Chen Congzhi was in a very good mood, because last night he personally commanded and killed more than 30 old bandits from Huang Congshan, and the head had been prepared overnight, so he was waiting to be pulled back to the county seat to ask for merit from the magistrate.

The surnamed Qin cut more than ninety levels of heads last night, plus the previous two hundred, he had a total of three hundred levels on hand.

Although the price of the guy started on the ground, he had to add an extra 200 taels of silver, but 700 taels of silver to buy the head of a 300-level old bandit was not expensive at all.

Coupled with the more than 200 heads he cut outside Mengjiazhuang a few days ago, there are a total of 600 heads, just hand over these heads, and then dot up and down, maybe the magistrate of the county can be promoted, not to mention the prefect, even if he can be promoted to the governor or Tongzhi, he Chen Congzhi can make a fortune with it.

Therefore, before dawn, Chen Congzhi sent a warden to lead dozens of officials to Jingyou Town, and asked the Du family to borrow two hundred taels of silver first, and scraped together seven hundred taels for the one surnamed Qin.

The Du family's two hundred taels of silver, of course, do not need to be repaid in the future.

At noon, after the funeral was completed and Mengjiazhuang quieted down, Chen Congzhi said goodbye to Wang Jizong and led two hundred people to Mengjiazhuang.

He still didn't dare to enter the village, so he only asked people to send the silver in, and it didn't take long for his people to carry out several bags of hemp, which were full of nitrated human heads, a total of two hundred and ninety-seven levels.

Chen Congzhi asked a few officials and officials to check their teeth, and after confirming that they were all old bandits, he arched his hand towards the gate tower of Mengjiazhuang, thanked him, and then led the people back to Jingle.

After not taking a few steps, a voice surnamed Qin suddenly came from the gatehouse: "Master Chen, go back and tell the county lord that as long as Qin is given a hundred household jobs, Qin can guard the southern gate of Jingle County for him." ”

Chen Congzhi stopped and turned around, and arched his hand again: "Qin is in charge and relaxed, the county is like a mirror, and the credit of the big steward is indispensable, if there are thieves rampant in the future, please tell the big steward Qin one or two, you and I will work together to break the thief." ”

"Well said, well said."

Qin Chuan also smiled and arched his hand.

"Don't leave it at that."

"Have a nice trip."

……

The next morning, He Changbao took a cursory look at the heads, and after listening to Chen Congzhi's detailed report, he paced back and forth in the county office.

Chen Congzhi guessed that he hesitated in his heart, so he bowed and said: "My lord, according to the late life, Han Mao has fallen to the end now, but he is to blame, at the moment when the states and counties in Shanxi have fallen to the head of the thief, the governor is in urgent need of a group of thieves and the head of the thief, and the Shanxi Xingdu Division will naturally not offend the governor for the sake of a thousand generals." ”

After listening to Chen Congzhi's words, He Changbao pondered for a while, then suddenly slapped his thigh, shouted "Okay", and then walked quickly to the desk.

Chen Congzhi hurriedly helped him polish his ink.

A day later, 600 heads and a letter were sent to the yamen of the Taiyuan prefect by fast horses, and it happened that Song Tongyin, the governor of Shanxi, was preparing for defense in Taiyuan, and the 600 heads and documents were sent to him as intact.

Song Tongyin personally inspected the 600 heads, and saw that nearly half of them were the heads of some old bandits, so he opened the text and wrote: "Jingle Zhi County He Chang Bao, on the second day of October, the leader of Huangcong Mountain, Bashan Hu, led a group of thieves to raid Lou Fu Town, inspected Tang Tao and 30 archers were killed, fortunately Lou Fu Qin surnamed Yishi led the villagers to fight to resist the enemy. ”

"Bao Qin led 200 Ya Gong Xiang Yong, and Ninghua guarded the thousand households of the Thousand Households Han Mao led 300 soldiers, marched in the starry night, rushed to Lou Fu, Han Mao made meritorious contributions, the lone army ventured, defeated, many dead and wounded, Bao led the army to arrive, flank the raid, beheaded the thief Kou 400 levels, pursued more than 70 miles, and cut more than 100 levels, the thief retreated, Lou Fuping."

"Lou annoys Qinchuan, the people of Huoshui Hongdong, before they can stand, the righteous man also, led 400 villagers to stick to Mengjiazhuang, killed 70 enemies, and when he attacked the side, he led the villagers to rush and kill, took the lead, and killed 90 enemies."

"Bao face-to-face praise, his words are clear, willing to serve the court, after death, and because Lou is annoyed and lonely hanging in the south of Jingle, surrounded by mountains and mountains, thieves are rampant, Lou Fu is uneasy day and night, so he asked to set up a hundred households, placed in Lou Fu, and asked a hundred households to work, self-financing, training soldiers, in order to ensure Lou Annoyance Qingping, the country and the people's peace."

"Bao deeply felt that he was loyal and brave and eager to serve the country, so he asked to set up a hundred households, and asked him to serve a hundred households, and gave him the way to be loyal to the country."

After reading He Changbao's text, Song Tongyin's face was gloomy, and he took out another document and took a closer look.

This is an urgent Tang newspaper submitted to the Shanxi Xingdu Division and transferred to his desk, which reads: "Ninghua guards the crime of thousands of households, Han is in a hurry, and in early October, the second leader of Qinchuan and two thousand thieves are in Jingle, and when he first hears the urgent report, he is furious, and orders 300 soldiers to guard the county seat of Jingle, and personally leads 300 soldiers to gather with Chen Congzhi, a guest of Jingle County, and 200 townsmen, and go south to guard the royal Jingyou. ”

"It was night, the thieves attacked Jingyou at night, Chen Congzhi led the township to flee without a fight, risked the lonely army to reject the thieves in Jingyou, but the thieves were powerful, risked to serve the country but it was difficult to support alone, fought until dawn, and took advantage of the fatigue of the thieves to lead the army to break through, only one hundred soldiers remained, and the thieves were also seriously injured and retreated on the same day."

"Risking not being able to annihilate the enemy in Jingyou, but burying two hundred soldiers with red blood pill hearts, risking guilt, please punish."

After reading this Tang newspaper, Song Gongyin slapped the long case violently and snorted angrily: "Lying about the military situation is bold!" ”

The civil and military officials on the side were all taken aback.

Song Tongyin pushed the two documents forward, then looked around, and said, "Everyone, look, who should this official believe?" ”

Several civil and military officials around him surrounded him, took turns to read the two official documents, and then fell into a deep groan.

In fact, the civil officials have already made a conclusion, He Changbao is a civil official, Han Mao is a reckless man, no matter what the truth is, they naturally want to protect the civil officials, especially when He Changbao also sent six hundred heads.

As for the commander of the Shanxi Xingdu Division, Tongzhi and others, their faces were hesitant, and they didn't know how to make a decision for a while.

Han Mao is their direct subordinate, and it stands to reason that he should say a few good words for him, but the current situation is very unfavorable to Han Mao.

From the current point of view, He Changbao's text is more convincing, after all, he still has six hundred heads, and Han Mao has nothing but a Tang newspaper, which is difficult to convince.

It's just a Han Mao, and if he abandons it, he will give it up, not to mention that he is alone and takes the blame.

It's just that you have to figure out the mind of Lord Futai first.

After pondering for a while, the first to express his stance was not the civil official, but the commander Du Yingtang.

The Ming Dynasty emphasized literature and light martial arts, even if they all commanded the envoys to be the second-grade military generals, and the Song Tongyin was only a fourth-grade imperial history, but as a governor, he was in charge of the military and political affairs of a province, and even the second-grade military generals had to bow down in front of him.

Du Yingtang took the lead in stepping out of the crowd, and respectfully bowed his hand and said: "Lord Futai, according to the lower officials, He Changbao's beheading of six hundred levels is indeed a matter, and there is no doubt about those heads, and Han Maotang's words have no basis, Ninghua guards the loss of thousands of households and his lone army is inseparable. ”

"What Lord Du said is extremely true, and the lower officials seconded it."

"The lower official seconded the proposal."

Other civil and military officials also came out one after another to express their positions.

Song Tongyin looked at everyone's expressions expressionlessly, and then nodded: "This official immediately wrote a handbook, and presented it to the Jingshi with six hundred first-level fast horses, and reported He Changbao's achievements in suppressing bandits, and ...... Because of Lou Annoy's inspection, Tang Tao was martyred in battle, and there was no one in the inspection department. ”

"Lord Futai is wise."

Song Tongyin immediately worked hard to write the book, wrote the book, and sent someone to send the head and the book with the book, as well as He Changbao's letter, to the Beijing Division.

He didn't have any greed for merit, let alone robbing He Changbao of the credit, the letter was not changed word for word, and it was sent out as it was.

Historically, Song Tongyin was a rare incorruptible and capable official with both civil and military skills in the late Ming Dynasty, and when he was still the prefect of Huai'an, he made remarkable achievements in both flood control and the eradication of the White Lotus Sect.

It's just that Chongzhen's five years of rogues wantonly invaded Shanxi to conquer the city, and various prefectures and counties fell one after another, and Song Tongyin could not escape the responsibility of poor garrison, and was framed by Zhou Tingru for having an order of "those who kill thieves to die" without fighting, and was dismissed from the post of governor in December of the fifth year of Chongzhen, and died of depression two years later.

In fact, when the Liukou entered Shanxi, Song Tongyin flew to Cao Wenzhao, the commander-in-chief, and ordered him to lead the army to rush into Puzhou and Qinshui to meet the headaches, but Cao Wenzhao encountered countless thieves along the way, slowing down the speed of the march, and the Liukou went straight to Shouyang, with the potential to attack Taiyuan.

Song Tongyin urgently ordered the deputy general Wu Cai to lead 5,000 elite soldiers to hold Shouyang, but Wu Cai was defeated in a battle, fled back to Taiyuan in a hurry, and was beheaded by Song Tongyin on the spot.

In the first month of the sixth year of Chongzhen, when Cao Wenzhao arrived in Huozhou, Song Tongyin had already dismissed Taiyuan and left a regret.