Since the Ande Water Station has been opened, Dai Dabin does not want to delay too much and plans to leave for his hometown early.

There is also a time limit for Shen Rui to take office, and he has to go to Jinan to go through some formalities first, and then see Shen Li.

It's just that the four seriously injured guards really shouldn't move the bumps anymore, and they can't get on the road.

Although Ande County is a small city, fortunately, it is next to the canal pass, and there is a waterway post station, and it is not far from Texas, it is also prosperous, and there are good doctors and good medicines.

Shen Rui left two clever guards, rented a small courtyard in the county, hired a few subordinates, and placed the four wounded here, so that they could recover from their injuries and then go to Dengzhou.

Pan Qianhu made a great contribution this time, and he was really happy to be angry in front of Zhou Zhixian, who was wearing a pair of pants with the surname Niu.

In addition, he looked at the uninjured and slightly injured horses left by those "rogues" no less than twenty or thirty, his eyes were really hot, and he muttered a few sentences in passing, not wanting Shen Rui to give them generously. In addition to replacing the damaged horses of his own guards, Shen Rui only took five more top horses, and the rest of the injured horses were all left to Pan Qianhu.

Pan Qianhu couldn't help but be overjoyed, don't look at Hebei and Henan are all places to raise horses, and now a large number of Liaodong horses are pouring into the Central Plains, but this is still not an easy thing to obtain, mainly because of Pan Qianhu's status, this horse can not fall into his hands.

Even if he had the money to buy horses, he was reluctant to buy it—and if he had that money, he might as well raise his soldiers. Moreover, he did not buy the money for the many horses.

Pan Qianhu, who got the horses, looked at Shen Rui more and more pleasing to the eye, if Shen Rui was older and younger, he would be able to be cheeky and call him a big brother, but Shen Rui is more than ten years younger than him, no matter how rough he is, he is embarrassed to ask other brothers to take advantage of others. At the moment, there is only one way to complete what Shen Rui explained more attentively - to quickly find a soldier who knows the water and knows the rules and knows how to advance and retreat, and escorts Dai Dabin back to his hometown.

Because Shen Rui also lost manpower this time, not to mention the seriously injured, although the lightly injured walked without hindrance, it was difficult to use force again for a while, so naturally they could not play the role of a guard. Pan Qianhu also has two hundred people under him, and he doesn't have any tasks except Tuntian, and he allocates ten to Dai Dabin and twenty or thirty to Shen Rui, which is not a matter at all.

After this battle, although the two masters were well-informed and did not be as scared as Lin Fuyu, they did not dare to let the owner get into danger in the slightest.

Therefore, although Shen Rui felt that he was separated from Dai Dabin, Qiu Ju could not kill him and blame Liu Jin, and he would not do it easily even if he buried more people, but the two masters still strongly persuaded Shen Rui to take advantage of Pan Qianhu's good speech and leave more people to guard him.

"The owner is young, I don't know how powerful the homeless people are, if there are more hungry homeless people, they will be more fierce than the homeless." Master Chen has helped the former owner to appease the displaced people, and he is deeply touched.

Shen Rui has indeed not seen many homeless people, but he has not seen film and television literary works in his previous life, and he knows the pitiful and terrible homeless people in the famine years, so he does not insist, and discusses with Pan Qianhu to borrow some people.

Pan Qianhu agreed, wishing that Shen Rui would make more such a "simple" request, so that he could return some favors.

He picked a soldier who was slightly better and more clever and handed it to Shen Rui. This was a voucher for Li Baihu to go back to Qianhu to open a messenger, and Master Jiang from Shen Rui's side took the post and went to Zhouzhi County to open a road.

Dai Dabin only rested for half a day, and the next morning he bid farewell to Shen Rui and went south by boat.

Pan Qianhu was in a hurry to go to Dezhou Zuowei to report his merits, and he also said goodbye to Shen Rui, and quickly went to Dezhou.

Shen Rui stopped in Ande County for a day, settled the wounded, and then set off on the road. This time it is to pass Taoyuanyi, Liu Puyi, Yanchengyi, and then Jinan Mansion along the official road.

When Dai Dabin went south the day before, Zhou Zhixian also came to see him off, and prepared Cheng Yi, so polite. But when Shen Rui left, Zhou Zhixian did not kiss him.

The county and the chief bookkeeper have arrived, but they have a sad face, and they apologized repeatedly, saying that Lord Zhou had a sudden illness last night, vomiting and diarrhea, and he couldn't get up today, so he really couldn't come over, and asked Lord Shen to forgive Yunyun.

Shen Ruiyuan didn't want to make friends with this magistrate, so naturally he wouldn't mind, although he accepted Cheng Yi, he also asked the chief to prepare a thin gift, which was considered a condolence for the sick number.

The county Cheng and the chief bookkeeper obviously didn't expect to see the "return money", and the two looked at each other for a long time before accepting and thanking Shen Rui.

Seeing Shen Rui's team go out of the city and go to Jinan Mansion, the county man's face was wrinkled, and he said in a low voice: "Really told him to leave?" ”

The face of the master book is almost the same as that of a bitter gourd, and he said weakly: "What if you want?" The adults didn't dare to come by themselves, so they pushed the two of us to replace the dead ghosts. Could it be that you really dare to ask him? ”

The county man shrunk his neck and said, "If he doesn't know, wouldn't it be worse if he asks and let him know, and then the upper authorities can skin us alive." How dare you ask. ”

What is a magistrate, he is not serving a magistrate, those adults above are really terrible. He subconsciously touched his neck, still cherishing his head.

The master bookkeeper spread his hands and said, "Isn't it." Let's still have the right words, how do we go back to the adults. ”

The county's second-in-command and third-in-command met in one place to discuss the right words. There are policies and countermeasures, and the magistrate pushed them out to die, and they will not be wronged in vain.

When the sky falls, there are tall people on top, at this time, the magistrate is taller than them even if he shrinks his neck, and they only need to squat down.

*

Zhou Zhixian, who was regarded as a tall man who wanted to reach the sky, couldn't stand up at all at this time, lying on the couch, putting a hot towel on his forehead, humming, really looking terminally ill and able to swallow his breath at any time.

His wife and two concubines were crying at his feet, so it didn't take well.

When Niu Qianhu came in, he saw such a look, his stomach was about to explode with laughter, and he had to make a panicked look on his face, and said hurriedly: "How is Lord Zhou?" ”

Zhou's wife hurriedly took the concubines to avoid going out, and she had to cry through the door curtain: "My lord is very sick, and my colleagues have a team, and I also ask Lord Niu to help me more." ”

Niu Qianhu hummed and chirped, and when he saw Zhou Zhixian again, he stretched out a hand to the void and grabbed it twice, Niu Qianhu knew it, and still refused to step forward, still standing eight hundred zhang away and stretching his neck to ask for warmth.

Zhou Zhixian secretly hated in his heart, but he could only say: "Lord Niu, can you find out?" My life is on Lord Niu. ”

Niu Qianhu only said that because the city gate was closed before, there were already a lot of merchants who wanted to go north, and then the city gate was opened and said that the bandits were all wiped out, and the merchants were busy going out of the city.

Zhou Zhixian listened to him push two, five or six, and he was already angry in his heart, only pretending to be sick and weak on his face, and almost whimpered: "How is this good!" It is not only the matter of a few adults in Jinan Mansion, but even Commander Lu can't get out of the way! ”

But it was naked and beating the cattle and thousands of households.

Niu Qianhu sighed and said, "I can't delay the affairs of the adults. Although this matter has nothing to do with me, but in the end it is a colleague, seeing that Lord Zhou is so sick, I can't not help at all, I still have brothers on my side This year's salary has not yet been paid, if Lord Zhou needs to respond to emergencies, just take it. ”

Zhou Zhixian couldn't lie down anymore, sat up with a rub, the hot towel fell from his forehead to the quilt, and he grabbed it and threw it on the ground, saying, "Niu Jie!" This is not a trivial matter, if you stand on the dry shore at this time, we will count one of them when we turn back, and we will never recover! What should be emergency! Is this a thousand eight hundred taels of silver?! Hurry up and get that bandit back to my officer! ”

Niu Qianhu sat down on the official hat chair by the wall, Erlang's legs were bent, his robe was lifted, and he said coldly: "Why do you call me irreversible?" Commander Lu only let our guards transport things and enter your treasury Lord Zhou, which is guarded by your people, and has nothing to do with my people. Yesterday, my lord, you ordered the city gate to be opened to welcome the prefect to come in, and you mixed in with the thieves, what does it have to do with me. ”

Zhou Zhixian gritted his teeth and said angrily: "Don't think about pushing it like this, it's a military town, and you have to maintain local law and order and coordinate the arrest of thieves!" Now that there is a river and ocean thief, you can't escape the blame! In the past, if there were bandits outside the city, you pushed back and refused to suppress the bandits, but now let the bandits enter the city to do such a big case, you ......"

"Lord Zhou." Niu Qianhu stiffly interrupted Zhou Zhixian's words and said, "Our guard is just doing the political envoys a favor." What does it have to do with us, we are not from Shandong Dusi. ”

Zhou Zhixian choked, and just about to speak, he suddenly heard Niu Qianhu say in an accentuated tone: "Lord Zhou, I heard that you didn't go to the prefect today, and you asked the county master to go and find out?" My lord, you are a stinky move, if you let the prefect know...... Well? So, my lord, listen to the advice of people to eat enough, or hurry up and think of ways to plug the leak. ”

Zhou Zhixian was angry and annoyed, slapped his palm on the edge of the bed, shook his palm, and said fiercely: "What do you take to plug the leak!" You still don't know? Is that something that can be blocked by three or five hundred taels?! How much oil can I have if I throw my old bones into the pot and squeeze them dry! That's 50,000 taels, 50,000 taels! The treasury was in charge of my people, and they knocked my people unconscious, robbed the money, and left! Fifty thousand taels is something that one person and two people can carry away? Fifty thousand taels, how many cars do you want?! Such a big battle has been in the city, and you street people haven't seen it?! ”

Niu Qianhu suddenly clapped his hands and snorted, "What Lord Zhou said is that who else in this Ande City can move so much silver in such a big battle?" ”

Zhou Zhixian was shocked for a while, staring at Niu Qianhu and no longer speaking.

Niu Qianhu's thick eyelids raised, and his eyes were a little cold, "Isn't Lord Zhou also suspicious, the blue sky is white, where did the rogue come from, and he just robbed a prefect?" ”

Zhou Zhixian opened his mouth, but he couldn't make a sound. He was naturally suspicious, otherwise how could he let the county magistrate and the chief bookkeeper go to visit the Shen Governor's Mansion, but it was just ......

"The surname Pan was so attentive to the prefect before, and the prefect was sent all the way into the city after 'saving', and someone was sent to escort him, but the prefect was also going to pass through Texas, why didn't he Pan Jiayu personally escort him, so he had to go to Texas first?" Niu Qianhu said slowly, "How many soldiers surnamed Pan have lent to the prefect and Hanlin, Lord Zhou, have you verified them one by one?"

The more Zhou Zhixian listened, the more frightened he became, and his face turned pale, he really looked like a patient.

Shen Zhifu asked for something, how dare he refuse, follow the list to open the way, where will he really get on the boat to verify how many people in the end! If Pan Jiayu really used this trick, he pretended to go with Shen Zhifu and Dai Hanlin, but quietly sneaked into the city, waiting for the opportunity to grab the silver and leave......

Hearing Niu Qianhu said: "I asked someone to go to see the ruts of the prefect, and there is no weight-bearing ......" Zhou Zhixian breathed a sigh of relief.

Niu Qianhu couldn't help but sneer when he saw him like this, and said, "That prefect is not stupid, where will he take the stolen goods for the surname Pan." If the person surnamed Pan hides this silver outside to avoid the wind and then takes it out, he will not be in the city at this time anyway, and he will not be able to find him for anything. ”

Zhou Zhixian was silent for a long time, and suddenly stared at Niu Qianhu and said: "Pan Qianhu has always been outside the city, how do you know that there is this silver in the treasury?" It must have been when he was carrying the silver. ”

Niu Qianhu snorted coldly and said, "I'm here to help Lord Zhou think of a way, but Lord Zhou wants to pull this sin on my head." Okay, let's just shoot it and break up, you just have to go and sue it, see if the person who transported the silver leaked the secret, or if the person in the library didn't keep the door! ”

After that, he got up and walked out without looking back.

Zhou Zhixian was so busy jumping out of bed, he couldn't wear his shoes, and hurriedly shouted Niu Qianhu.

In fact, he has a clear heart in his heart, no matter how he loses this silver, he can't bear this matter alone now, he must drag the surnamed Niu into the water and let him make up his mind.

Niu Qianhu squinted at Zhou Zhixian and said: "Lord Zhou, I have always disliked your scholars' beating around the bush, I will point out the way, this silver is lost, Lord Zhou, do you dare to report to the state government?" ”

Seeing that Zhou Zhixian subconsciously shrank down, he became more and more contemptuous, "This matter leaks out, and it is more troublesome than losing silver." Why don't you hold the matter and fill in the silver quietly. ”

Zhou Zhixian jumped to his feet: "Don't you just say, where did I get the money to plug this huge hole......"

Niu Qianhu waved his hand impatiently, "Come on, my lord, neither of us can hide the filial piety on the water's edge." This stubble is done, you may be able to hold the post for another three years, and now you can tighten your belt, how many more can't you get in the coming year? The money for disaster relief is coming down soon, and there will be grain going north in two months......"

Zhou Zhixian had to donate money to the official because of his family's wealth, and he had not put less money in his pocket in the past few years as an official, and now he was in the fat shortage of this water and land post road, and this silver was really not impossible to take, but in the end it was not a small amount, he still felt 100,000 points of pain, and the key was that this was clearly a disaster...... He couldn't help but be entangled.

Niu Qianhu quietly looked at him, and when he saw that the fire was almost over, he said: "This matter, to put it bluntly, it is also the surname Pan who calculated this point to harm us." Or where did you say the rogues came from? If it's Lord Zhou, you really think it's hard to take the silver......"

He leaned close to Zhou Zhixian's ear with a big head, "You just write a letter to Commander Lu, saying that the fake bandits surnamed Pan are suspected of robbing merchants, turning around and killing good people, deliberately giving grace to the prefect of Dengzhou, and after entering the city, his soldiers will harm the local ......"

Zhou Zhixian's eyes widened, "This...... This ......"

Niu Qianhu said coldly: "Aren't you reluctant to take silver?" The surname Pan has been much longer than you in the local area, and the silver in the pocket is also bulging. You tell Commander Lu a little thoroughly, saying that the person surnamed Pan knows about the silver, and Commander Lu will not spare him when he sees that he has so many crimes, and when he goes to prison to ask for the crime, we will take someone to raid the house, maybe his people can't bear the fright, and they can spit out the silver. It's that they don't let go, his surname is Pan, but he sits on the ground, and the money he has saved in his life can be worth that amount of money. ”

Zhou Zhixian was standing on the bluestone ground with a pair of thin cotton socks because he was not wearing shoes, only to feel a chill rising from the soles of his feet, and his legs were filled with lead, and he couldn't move back to the bed.

His face changed pale, and after a while, he gritted his teeth and squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "This incident...... Can it be done accurately? In case ......"

Niu Qianhu smiled contemptuously and said, "I'm just drawing a path, I can't go, hey, it's your own business Lord Zhou......"

*

The weather was fine and not cold, so Shen Rui rode on horseback, and the road was smooth, and he did not encounter the expected homeless people.

Listening to the soldiers of the guards, this side is next to the canal, and the life of the people here is acceptable.

"Actually, the famine in the past two years has been okay, and I haven't seen any victims running to our side." A soldier said, "It's also our area next to the water, and there is no way to do drought in the mountains, but flat land is always stronger." ”

At the beginning, these soldiers didn't dare to speak, although they walked with the Shen family before entering Ande, but in the end they only chatted with the guards. Now it's Lord Shen who comes to ask in person, don't look at people who are young, that's the prefect, the biggest official they have ever seen in their lives, how can they not tremble.

Shen Rui didn't care, he chatted with them with a smile, and didn't ask them about the health center, so he inquired about what was planted in the tuntian, what everyone planted at home, what they relied on for a living, what they ate every day, and what prices they sold in the market.

Just like the big brother next door.

Looking at those Shen family guards, they also generally joke with Lord Shen, and occasionally say a few nonsense words, Lord Shen is not annoyed, and the guards are relieved and not so restrained. Everyone thinks that Lord Shen is very kind, and he is not at all like those officials in their county who are not big but not small.

Pan Qianhu has never liked those guys who can speak well, so the soldiers who were selected and used were all in his style, straightforward and not verbose.

So whenever Shen Rui asked something, these soldiers rushed to answer, knowing everything and saying everything.

Although these soldiers are all Texans, they have not been far away, and their relatives and friends are also here, but Texas is a transportation fortress, and merchants from the south to the north will always bring a lot of news, and these soldiers are not unfamiliar with those small places.

It's just that the news brought by this canal is naturally along the canal, and they don't know about places like Dengzhou, which are far away from the canal.

Speaking of the homeless people in this famine year, a soldier said: "I heard that the state capitals everywhere do not let the homeless people run out, and the more they run, the more no one planted, more or less there is always some relief food down, and if you can't survive, you won't run." ”

"Those who ran were all over Caozhou, I heard that the rogue over there was very strong, and the people were arrested, and those who did not follow the thieves were killed. But if they are caught by the thieves and the government, they will also lose their heads, and they will run away a lot. Another soldier said.

"And there is Henan who came over. However, Henan also runs to the north directly, and we are also dry here, and there are rogues, and they also know it. ”

The crowd talked a lot, and talked about the catastrophe they had experienced before. It seems that this place in Shandong has not been very peaceful, drought, floods, locust plagues, epidemics, every once in a while will come to plague Shandong.

"That's not starving, we're not!" A soldier smiled and said, "If you plant seeds in the ground, you can grow things." ”

Shen Rui couldn't help but sigh, with this tenacity, people would not be defeated.

Speaking of Dengzhou, which they have only heard of but are not familiar with, everyone has a good vision.

"I haven't heard of the drought in Dengzhou. There is also a river in Dengzhou. ”

"There can't be hungry people in Dengzhou, there are fish to eat by the river, and there are more fish on the seaside?"

Even Master Jiang said: "Dengzhou Mansion can be regarded as relying on the sea to eat the sea, its clam powder, kelp, and sea clams are all among the fishing fees, and there are several rare fish species listed as Tugong in the previous dynasty." ”

Shen Rui said with a smile: "It's better to study and study this treasure in the sea when you go to the local area." ”

This way talking, laughing and laughing is also fast, and when the sun turns west, it will arrive at a station of the Eight Immortals.

This station is located at the junction of Dezhou, Lingxian and Pingyuan County, is one of the earliest sites to be established, and the development is also quite fast, and now it is a hub station, placing a small inn for the merchants to rest.

The shopkeeper of the site is also an old man of the Green Wolf Gang, named Wu Zhuang.

When their group marched, Ding Dachong led people to the first station as usual, and arrived here early to say hello, and Wu Zhuang cleared the field, vacated the entire inn, and purchased a lot of chickens, ducks, and fish to entertain the brothers.

Most of the green wolf gang guards are familiar with Wu Zhuang, and when they look at him from a distance, they shout and scream, and they all come forward to say hello, so they are not affectionate, Wu Zhuang has not seen everyone for a long time, and he can't stop smiling.

Shen Rui was not disappointed, and said loudly that since he arrived at "home", he would lift the prohibition tonight, drink freely, and give everyone a rest. There was thunderous applause, and everyone laughed and screamed.

But I don't want to, this time I was happy in vain, here I just killed chickens and sheep to prepare a delicacy, and suddenly a horse galloped over there.

Because of the previous attack, although it was the territory of the Eight Immortals, Tian Shun still set up a secret post to patrol the surroundings. The secret sentry stopped the person, only to find that the person who came was a familiar face, and it was also the person Pan Qianhu brought to the official road that day.

When the man saw these guards, he was not panicked, but he was overjoyed, and as if he had seen a savior, he rolled off the horse and hurriedly reported to his home, saying that he was following Pan Qianhu and asked to see Lord Shen.

Lord Shen is not something that can be seen when he meets, especially when he has just been assassinated, although the guards are familiar with him, they don't dare to take it lightly, they surrender their weapons, and take people to the inn to see Tian Shun and Wang Stick.

When they arrived at the door of the inn, two soldiers who were helping to chop wood saw the man, hurriedly dropped their axes and ran over, and asked in surprise, "Li Meng, why did you run here?" ”

The person who came was Li Baihu's brother Li Meng, because he was a domestic servant, he didn't have any military position, he had always followed Li Baihu to do things, and he was Li Baihu's cronies. The reason why the two soldiers wondered was precisely because domestic servants like Li Meng were usually not sent on missions.

Li Meng saw them, like seeing relatives, a dignified seven-foot man, but when asked, tears were about to fall, and he didn't care about the occasion, so he said: "I came to ask Lord Shen to save our thousands of households." ”

When the two soldiers heard this, they became anxious and urged him to speak quickly. There were also some guards around who were helping to carry the water and gather here when they heard the sound.

Li Meng said quite excitedly: "...... It was okay to speak in the hall of Commander Lu, and Commander Lu also praised our thousands of households, and the heads were also counted. Our Lord Qianhu originally said that the brothers would be loose and leave early after staying overnight, but somehow they suddenly came to the inn to make trouble, saying that the adults would kill the good and take the big man.

"My family went to theorize, and they were also tied up by this group of people. Our people are not convinced, and they are going to fight one after another. Liu Er, who was next to Lord Qianhu, told me to let me run quickly, I was not registered, and they couldn't find me if I ran away, so they asked me to chase Lord Shen, and he said that only Lord Shen could help Lord Qianhu prove his innocence. I took advantage of the chaos to get out. ”

Everyone exploded when they heard it, they were all Pan Qianhu's cronies, how could they stand the news, and they called their brothers to go back to save Pan Qianhu. Liu Zongqi, who was still leading the team, snatched out and drank everyone, shouting to listen to Lord Shen's intentions.

Tian Shun and Wang Stick also arrived early in the morning, and after listening to Li Meng's words, the two glanced at each other, and they both had a plan in their hearts.

Tian Shun is a person who is good at asking for confessions, so he carefully asked Li Meng about all the details, and also used the method that Shen Rui had taught him before, and consciously asked Li Meng repeatedly about some details that were not outstanding, to confirm that Li Meng was not lying, and it was indeed Pan Qianhu who was arrested.

Wang Stickzi first asked Liu Zongqi to restrain the soldiers, and then asked people to fetch water with Li to drink, and then asked him to prepare food so that he could rest. Seeing that the soldiers had eased their emotions, they intentionally or unintentionally talked to the same people and asked about Li Meng's situation.

Everyone said that this Li Meng was Li Baihu's confidant, and he had been loyal to Li Baihu.

After the two asked, Fang came to Shen Rui's side and reported the whole story.

Even if Pan Qianhu's matter is true, both of them have a general opinion, for fear that someone is doing something to lead Shen Rui back.

Shen Rui had already invited two masters to come over, and everyone discussed together.

After listening to Tian Shun's words, the two masters also had the same opinion, and they both felt that it was very likely to be a full set.

Master Chen said: "Now the emperor values the suppression of bandits in Shandong, and these guards know about it. If there is an expert in suppressing bandits, the commander will not be promoted, but he can also get some awards. On the contrary, if there is a person under his command who kills good and takes credit, the commander will be just as disgraced, and if he makes the emperor unhappy, it is not necessarily necessary to be guilty. ”

"There are really good things to kill, they are all hidden, and they are quietly erased. If it is a small flag and a general flag, even if it is a hundred households, the local government can dispose of it by itself or cover it up, but these thousand households are not disposed of by the local government, and if they are reported to Beijing, things will be big. Master Jiang also said.

Wu Zhuang was also called because he was sitting on the ground, and he briefly introduced the situation of the commander of the Texas Left Guard. It is indeed a simple introduction, because this Commander Lu is really nothing special, like ordinary people in this position, eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling are all kinds of things, because those who can be in such a place are fat and short of money that have been spent on silver, and the corresponding scraping of the ground is not soft.

"Every year, I send a lot of money to Beijing. I can't find out who was the subordinate before, since Liu Jin's father-in-law pinched the Houjun Governor's Mansion, the two guards in Texas have sent gifts to Liu's father-in-law. Wu Zhuang said, and couldn't help but apologize a little for the simplicity of his information.

Shen Rui has just been released from his foreign post, and he is placed in Dengzhou, and these people under them have only just gotten the news, and most of them are inquiring about the officialdom in Dengzhou, and people like Wu Zhuang along the way can't think of anything to do with them.

"It's Liu Jin's person, and it may not have anything to do with Qiu Ju." Master Chen said immediately. "You can't go."

Shen Rui frowned and said: "Since we said that Pan Qianhu saved us by suppressing the bandits, now that Pan Qianhu was arrested due to a misunderstanding, if we don't go back to save us, we will directly bear an ungrateful reputation." ”

Tian Shun didn't need to be mentioned, so he took the initiative to ask Ying and said: "The second master's itinerary should not be delayed, let the little one take the second master's name card and explain it to the commander." ”

Wang Gongzi also said: "Pan Qianhu, who was invited by the Shunzi brothers, also knows the inner door best, and the Shunzi brothers are cheap to take this trip." ”

Shen Rui shook his head and said, "After all, it's the commander over there, and this matter is also a big problem, let's take a greeting post and go over to talk about things, it's too slow, in case it's a picky person, I'm afraid it will backfire." ”

"This plan is also a two-way block, if our side turns a deaf ear, they are afraid that they will intensify the rumors and slander us ungrateful." Master Chen sighed: "But the owner must not go. Why don't you go with the old man and Tian Shun. If the old man goes, if it doesn't work, the adults go again, it's the same. ”

Master Chen is now Shen Rui's chief staff, and he was born in the old mansion of Yang Ge, so his identity is not rude.

And his appearance is also an ordinary rule of officialdom, he is equivalent to a temptation, even if he can't do it, it will not damage both sides. It is also easier for adults at the top to judge advance and retreat.

Shen Rui waved his hand and said, "The carriage and horses are tired, but Mr. is hard." Or I'm going on horseback, and it's fast to go back and forth. I didn't want to alarm the place, but now that this is the case, gentlemen don't have to worry, I'll first send a post to the Texas Yamen, and then go to the Texas Left Guard, the whereabouts are clear, no matter what conspiracy they have, they can't let me 'disappear out of thin air', right? ”

Shen Rui is not stupid and bold, one is that he thinks that it is unlikely that Qiu Ju will still set up an ambush, and secondly, because he really doesn't know which one of the conductors sang, he went over in person to control the bottom line. lest a stable person like Master Chen be too conservative and can't save Pan Qianhu.

Wait for Master Chen to fail to do it and then rush over, this back and forth will drag on for too long, and there will be many dreams at night, if there is a bending trick or something, it is easy for them to fall into passivity.

Mo said that he had a good impression of Pan Qianhu, so he rushed to his own reputation, and since he used others, he couldn't abandon it in such a situation.

But Master Chen still said that it was inappropriate and insisted that he would go.

Because Master Jiang is the master of money and grain, he is not as familiar with the law as Master Chen, and he is afraid that he will not be able to speak of the commander when he argues, so he does not recommend himself, and only advises the son of Shen Rui's daughter to sit down and not sit down.

Shen Rui thought about it again, and finally relented and asked Master Chen to do it for him, and then asked Master Chen to bring the bow and arrow with the mark, and then copy a confession and bring it with him.

"Mr. said that this thing has been sent to Gonggong Liu in Jingli." Shen Ruidao.

Master Chen twisted his beard and his head, "Since the commander is Liu Jin's person, he should know that this matter is very important, and he will definitely not dare to charge Pan Qianhu with indiscriminately." ”

Everyone agreed on countermeasures, and as soon as Tian Shun went out to talk to Li Meng, Mr. Chen and himself took the name post and quickly went back to explain to Pan Qianhu.

Li Meng and Liu Zongqi knelt down and kowtowed with a group of soldiers, thanking Lord Shen for saving his life.

It is not an ordinary crime to kill a good person and take a meritorious service, especially since the head they paid is a small fifty people, and if they are bitten to death is killing a good person, it is only a capital crime. Pan Qianhu can't run, can they run like the people below!

Tian Shun looked coldly at the excitement of this group of people, and the people of Xindao couldn't stay here, so he quietly discussed with Wang Stickzi, and made it clear to Shen Rui that he wanted to bring these soldiers back, "In case there is a short and long man on Pan Qianhu's side, it will be bad for us to be angry again." ”

Shen Rui only sighed and said to Tian Shun: "No matter what, try your best to keep Pan Qianhu." ”

At this time, he really hoped that it was a trap to trick him into going back, it was better than that Commander Lu made some madness, and then found an inexplicable military method for Pan Qianhu to be executed on the spot.

Tian Shun responded with a mouthful, because it was important to save people, everyone hurriedly ate a bite of food and hurried away overnight, Master Chen rested in the car and said that Tian Shun and Liu Zongqi and Li Meng were returning with a cadre of soldiers on horseback at night.

They didn't eat a good meal, and the Shen family's guards couldn't eat and drink wine and meat because of Pan Qianhu's affairs, especially when this group of soldiers left, the task of guarding Shen Rui was heavier, and everyone didn't dare to drink.

Wu Zhuang was afraid that Shen Rui's side was short of manpower, so he thought about handing over the store to his subordinates to take care of it temporarily, and he took a few good people in the store to escort Shen Rui for a ride.

Shen Ruishi didn't care about his kindness, and when he saw that Wang Stick and others also insisted, it was up to him.

Leaving the next day, everyone also marched slowly, not only to prevent a possible sneak attack, but also to wait for news from Tian Shun's side as much as possible.

*

The road was calm, until Liu Puyi in Yucheng County, and the person who reported the news caught up, saying that Master Chen and Tian Shun came over with Pan Qianhu.

Shen Rui couldn't help but be surprised, why did he bring Pan Qianhu?! If the case is explained clearly, shouldn't Pan Qianhu be let go back to the jurisdiction, how could he follow them? And...... Pan Qianhu is not a pawn, can he leave his post without permission?!

Because the person who reported the news only brought the information, and he didn't know the details, he only said, "Pan Qianhu was injured." ”

Shen Rui couldn't help but feel a chill in his eyes, how could a good end be injured? I'm afraid that I will be punished. What is it for, must beat Pan Qianhu for the crime of killing good and risking merit?

Shen Rui asked everyone to rest temporarily in Liu Puyi, waiting for Master Chen, Tian Shun, and Pan Qianhu and their party.

Three days later, Tian Shun and others arrived at Liu Puyi.

Shen Rui personally went out to greet him, but when he saw that Master Chen's face was tired again, he was old and tired, and he was a little unbearable from the fatigue of the journey, so he only bowed his hand and sighed, without much explanation.

Shen Rui is also preparing for the two to talk alone, and at this time, it is important to look at Pan Qianhu first. saw that Pan Qianhu and Li Baihu were both in the carriage, Pan Qianhu was still able to sit leaning on the carriage, but Li Baihu was lying there as if he had fallen into a coma.

Pan Qianhu saw Shen Rui reluctantly tugging at the corners of his mouth, and said, "I can't salute Lord Shen, thank Lord Shen for saving me first." ”

Although Shen Rui was mentally prepared, he didn't expect the two of them to be so seriously injured, and his face showed shame, "It's me who can't live with Qianhu, so that the commander misunderstands Qianhu......"

Pan Qianhu interrupted Shen Rui's words, gritted his teeth and said, "It's not a misunderstanding, this is not the place to talk, let's talk to Lord Shen in detail when you go inside." ”

Shen Rui glanced sideways at Master Chen, and when he saw that he also nodded with a heavy face, he ordered someone to carry Pan Qianhu and Li Baihu out of the car to settle down.

After Master Chen and Tian Shun washed and changed their clothes, they hurriedly came to see Shen Rui and told them everything about that day.

But on that day, the two rushed to the left guard of Texas, and the commander of Na Lu first asked his subordinates to say that they were not there, and refused to see the two.

Master Chen couldn't judge for a while whether it was his intention to set up a situation to harm Shen Rui, and when he saw that Shen Rui didn't come, he didn't see them.

However, he is also an old errand, and at the moment, he sent the post to the state office, and bought off the confidants of Commander Lu, and only handed a sentence to Commander Lu - there is a piece of evidence related to Gonggong Liu, if Commander Lu is not interested, then it will be handed to the state government.

Commander Lu thought that he had weighed the pros and cons before meeting Master Chen.

Master Chen didn't say those clichés of civil official greetings at the beginning, and directly laid out the evidence he brought.

This incident was obviously unexpected by Commander Lu, but he saw that his face changed several times, but in the end, he gritted his back molars and did not let go and said that Pan Qianhu was not guilty, but turned his head and put another charge on Pan Qianhu.

He said that the reason for the arrest of Pan Qianhu this time was because he was suspected of killing the merchant before, so he suspected that he was pretending to be a rogue, stopping the court official and then pretending to save people, and taking advantage of the situation to pretend to be a leader of the army.

Although it is true that he saved the prefect now, it is different from harming the merchants before, and he cannot get rid of the previous suspicion.

"Moreover, he said that after arresting Pan Qianhu, he ordered Niu Qianhu in Ande County to search Pan Qianhu's house and camp, and found out the stolen goods." Master Chen said with an angry look on his face.

"Pan Qianhu is not at home, I heard that the person surnamed Niu is a greedy and cruel person, and it is not up to them to deliberately frame him by means of searching!" Shen Rui said hatefully.

Master Chen said: "The old man is also expected to be like this. He told him that the case could not be decided by the stolen goods alone, and the stolen goods could not be opened, and that the confessions of human and material evidence were required, and that the merchant's death was due to the victimization of the businessman, and that the body had been examined......"

Shen Rui couldn't help but be glad that he had sent a famous criminal master over, because he asked Master Chen: "I think they were dumbfounded by Mr. ”

A little smug flashed on Master Chen's face, Commander Lu is not a good stubble, and there are one or two people around him who can speak well, but it is really not enough to look at an old criminal name like Master Chen. Master Chen was speechless.

"However, when the old man listened to the meaning of these people's words, he thought that he had eaten a sum of money, and he refused to spit it out." Master Chen shook his head and said: "If it is said that Pan Qianhu has no merit, it is their sin, not only to return the things they stook, but also to reward Pan Qianhu, but also to give him credit, but also to punish them for wronging Pan Qianhu - how can they admit it." ”

Shen Rui slammed his fist on the case, his expression was cold and hard, "The evidence is conclusive, they all dare to ignore the facts, bend the law for bribes, and frame a good general!" I'm going to write an excerpt ......."

"The owner!" Master Chen unceremoniously interrupted him and said, "It's good for the owner to have justice in his heart, but it is not appropriate to act like this at this time and here. Here, in the end, Jinan Mansion, not Dengzhou Mansion, not to mention the health office, the adults are in charge too much, but they want to make the boss dislike or even suspicious. ”

"Could it be ......" Although Shen Rui knew that Master Chen had brought Pan Qianhu out, he thought that there was a solution, at least he must have saved Pan Qianhu's life, but he was still angry when he thought about it, and it was he who cheated Pan Qianhu - he originally wanted to send a personal favor and send a great credit, but he didn't want to send a life talisman.

"Owner! Rest easy. Master Chen said, "The old man has already told the commander of Na Lu that you have sent a letter back to Beijing, and Gonggong Liu knows that Pan Qianhu has solved a trouble for him, and he will definitely express it." And the matter of saving the court officials in the hands of the Liukou will also be heard by the 'elders' of the adults, and His Majesty's favorite brave and martial arts characters may be rewarded. ”

Several mountains pressed down, and Commander Lu couldn't bear it, and finally said that he would re-investigate the merchant case to see if there was any misunderstanding, but saving the court official was always a great achievement, even if he accidentally injured the merchant before, he could also offset the merit.

Pan Qianhu was tortured in prison, and he always had to recuperate from his injuries, so he was suspended from his post to recuperate, and his duties and manpower were handed over to Niu Qianhu for the time being.

How dare Master Chen let Pan Qianhu stay in Texas to recuperate, and then they will make a "serious injury", and there is no need to re-examine the case.

He said that it happened that the prefect's guard was damaged, and he needed Pan Qianhu's people to help protect him, but Pan was also suspended now, so if he asked Pan to go on this trip, he could also control his subordinates, and go to Jinan Mansion to find a famous doctor for diagnosis and treatment.

The two had a good time again, Master Chen moved the British Mansion, the Fengcheng Marquis Mansion, the Wujingbo Mansion and even the Chun'an Eldest Princess Mansion, Youfuma Mansion and other mountains, such a shiny and hard military general backstage, and finally suppressed Commander Lu to death.

Commander Lu pinched his nose and recognized Master Chen's statement, and asked Master Chen to take the person away.

Master Chen didn't delay, and came to catch up with Shen Rui's team after picking up someone.

Tian Shun assigned people to visit the homes of Pan Qianhu and Li Baihu, and moved their families and the four seriously injured brothers who were recuperating in Ande City to the site of the Eight Immortals to ensure safety.

"Pan Qianhu and Li Baihu both suffered skin injuries, Pan Qianhu has a better foundation, but Li Baihu has repeated fevers and has been taking medicine." Tian Shun replied, "Their homes have been copied clean, it must be the forgotten eight lambs surnamed Niu, who really dares to catch a handful in the oil pot, and he doesn't let go of a penny or silver, but fortunately, he didn't move his family." The little one has settled down, and he has also buried the line in Ande County, and if there is any movement, he will immediately report to the Eight Immortals Station. ”

Shen Rui listened to the situation from the two of them, Pan Qianhu and Li Baihu over there had already been served by someone to change clothes and dressings, and had used soup and rice, and someone came to invite Shen Rui to talk over.

When Shen Rui passed, Li Baihu was also sober, took antipyretics, and the person was a little more energetic, as soon as he saw Shen Rui, he said: "Forgive the official for being injured and can't kowtow to the adult, the adult saves his life......"

Shen Rui hurriedly waved his hand, interrupted his words, and soothed: "Li Baihu really tormented me like this, if it weren't for me, ......"

However, he didn't finish his words, and was interrupted by Pan Qianhu again, Pan Qianhu's face turned pale, and said: "Lord Shen originally gave me a great achievement, but I was unlucky, I met a bad wolf, and I had nothing to do with my lord." ”

"The surname Niu has always dealt with me, he can't see me well, and he knows that I have made great contributions, so he slanders me for killing good and risking merit, which is also common. It's just that this time we didn't kill the merchant, and when we were tortured, we didn't ask about the merchant's body, but asked the merchant for two silver, which was obviously going for our net worth of money.

He paused and said, "Even if there is no adult, maybe they will also think of harming me." It was because of the adult that we saved our lives, and Li Yan (Li Baihu) and I will not forget the great kindness of Lord Shen. ”

Shen Rui Zhengse said: "If there is no matter of mine first, they may not be able to easily frame Brother Pan, although I can't recover it immediately, but I dare to promise Brother Pan that he will call this villain to the law one day." ”

Li Baihu was already grateful, but Pan Qianhu was silent for a moment, smiled bitterly, and said, "Lord Shen has already been kind to us, and there is no need to make this promise again." ”

Shen Rui said: "The two of you will take care of your injuries first, I will send someone to keep an eye on this matter, and if you dare to calculate the property of your colleagues, you can't spare them according to military law." I originally thought that Brother Pan's military exploit would fall in the guard, but now that I am like this, I have written that I will not let Brother Pan miss this great achievement. ”

Pan Qianhu wanted to say something, but Shen Rui had already waved his hand to stop it, Pan Qianhu was a cheerful person, so he was no longer polite, he thanked him again, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I have to inch in one inch, and I also ask Lord Shen to be a master, if you can transfer me to the side is the best, it is to promote me to a job, under the command of Lu, there is no good fruit for me to eat." ”

Shen Rui nodded and said, "Brother Pan can rest assured about this matter." "He also planned it early on.

*

After that, there was no word along the way, no ambushes, and no harassment by the homeless.

The word that came back from Texas City was that the people of Niu Qianhu had brought two batches of silver into the city and placed them in the heavily guarded silver vault in the county.

There was too little information, and Shen Rui and the two masters couldn't analyze anything, so they just asked people to continue to stare at it.

Within a few days, I arrived at Jinan Mansion.

Shen Li actually went out of the city to greet him.

Since Shen Li left the capital in the winter of the first year of Zhengde, the two brothers have not seen each other again, and they are a little excited for a while.

Although it has only been more than two years, many things have happened, and Shen Rui has taken off his youthful appearance and has become more and more calm and serious. And Shen Li, from a personable middle-aged gentleman, to now his temples have grown luxuriant, his face is thin, and he often frowns and forms Sichuan character lines on his forehead, showing a bit of old age.

"Sixth Brother...... The sixth brother was reduced. Shen Rui only felt choked in his throat, and finally said such a sentence with a forced smile.

Shandong has been repeatedly affected by disasters, and Shen Li is in charge of disaster relief in the political envoy department, and this state is obviously caused by busy and tired official duties.

Shen Li's laughter was still clear, patted Shen Rui's arm, and said with a smile: "Good boy, you are a good person!" The letter is vaguely written, but now you want to tell me about your great achievements. ”

Shen Rui's sad idea was also dispelled by him, because he smiled: "Even if I have a thick skin, I can't bear the praise of the sixth brother like this!" ”

The two laughed a few words, and Shen Li's eldest son Shen Lin and second son Shen Feng came over to greet them.

Shen Lin went to Beijing with his mother Xie to attend Shen Rui's wedding, and Shen Rui had only met for a long time, and they got along a lot and were very harmonious.

Shen Feng was young before, but now he has reached the age of jumping up, but he is not short, Shen Rui still treats him as a child, and goes to pat him on the head, but he straightens his chest and said with a smile: "Second uncle won't be able to touch the top of my head in two years." ”

The crowd burst into laughter.

Shen Rui introduced Pan Qianhu and the two masters to Shen Li, because he sent a letter to Shen Li earlier, Shen Li was no stranger to them, and everyone exchanged two words of greeting and entered the city together.

Shen Rui and Shen Li walked side by side, looking at the street scene of Jinan Mansion, there was a match and gossip, Shen Li sighed: "When I first came to Jinan Mansion, the prosperity was not lower than that of Gyeonggi, and the disasters and famines in the past two years have hurt the vitality......

While he was talking, a group of carriages and horses came over there, and when he saw Shen Li and Shen Rui, he stopped, took a taxi and got down in a casual clothes dressed as a scribe.

Shen Li hurriedly beckoned Shen Rui to dismount, and whispered to him: "Supervise the imperial history Zhang Yu." ”

Shen Ruizhi is now in Shandong to check the money and grain affairs, this time is in Jinan Mansion, and he will go to Dengzhou Mansion in a few days, his official position is not high, but his authority is heavy, so he does not dare to slack off, and he comes forward to greet each other.

Zhang Yu looked clear, and his words were quite polite, and he asked Shen Rui about the hard journey, and as soon as the conversation changed, he suddenly said that he would have a banquet at home tomorrow to entertain his colleagues in Jinan Mansion, so he invited Shen Rui to come together.

Shen Rui glanced at Shen Li quietly, saw him nodding slightly, and knew that he was also going, so he responded with a smile and even called him bothered.

The two sides exchanged a few pleasantries, said goodbye to each other, and got into the car and ran their own horses.

After walking far, Shen Li said to Shen Rui in a low voice: "This Zhang Yu is the second class in the fifteenth year of Hongzhi, and the military department appointed in March of the first year of the Shuji Shisanguan.

"This time I came to Shandong, I don't know if it was instructed by the above, but it was pressing step by step, and the leaks in Shandong were not soft, which made many people have a headache. The patrol press Yu Shi Hu Festival has not left yet, and the two of them are facing each other, but they are lively. This time it was also a good feast. However, when you first came to Shandong, he invited him, and you should not refute his face, but you don't know anything before you take office, and he won't ask you anything. And he will come to the banquet of officials at all levels in Jinan Prefecture, and you will also recognize people. ”

"You were attacked in Texas, and I think there is also news that has reached Zhang Zhen's ears." Shen Li paused, swept his eyes back, and said, "No matter who asks, Pan Qianhu annihilated the Liukou and saved you, you just tell the truth." ”

Shen Rui smiled and nodded, "I will tell the truth." ”

(End of chapter)