The night is as cool as water, and the moon is bright and the stars are scarce.

Beside the official road between Liangdianyi and Andeyi, several bonfires are burning, two iron pots are hanging on the fire, the porridge that is thickly cooked is bubbling, and a group of big men are roasting fat chickens and gooses on the fire, and the fragrance is floating for ten miles.

Although there was no wine, there were songs, and there were men who pulled their voices like broken gongs, howling not much better than a wolf's howl, but they still won warm applause from everyone.

It looked like a group of friends were camping—if it weren't for the dozens of corpses piled up neatly a dozen paces away from them.

Although Dai Dabin didn't vomit in his stomach and hid in the car like Lin Fuyu shivered, he was also frightened when he saw such a scene.

Look at Shen Rui, who was sitting in the crowd and enjoying with everyone, and then look at the two masters in the car next to him drinking hot soup calmly, Dai Dabin's heart was mixed.

When he first encountered theft, he was afraid and worried, but when he saw that Shen Rui could draw his knife and go out to meet the enemy, admiration and yearning also faintly rose in his heart. When the bandits rushed to the car to commit murder, was killed by the guards, and listened to the sound of the guards, Ruohong Zhong said, "It's done, don't be afraid", he was also enthusiastic, and secretly decided to practice martial arts.

However, these thoughts were only before he saw the bloody corpse with his own eyes.

After the bandits were wiped out, Shen Rui asked someone to clean up the battlefield. The bodies of their own people were cremated uniformly, those with family members were sent back with ashes and beneficial, and those without family members took the ashes altar and went to Dengzhou to find feng shui treasures for burial. And the corpse of the bandit, although he is ready to hand it over to Texas Wei, he can't just cross the official road.

Dai Dabin and Lin Fuyu heard that the battle was over, and got out of the car to thank Shen Rui and the guards for saving their lives, but after getting out of the car and not saying a few words, they saw the guards over there carrying the corpses of the bandits to one place, and the bloody breath came to their faces.

A weak scholar, and a son-in-law, he is usually dressed in a deep house to reach out for food to open his mouth, and he has never seen a chicken or a fish, where can he stand this murderous scene.

"I also know that we should be thankful for a thousand thanks, and we would have been the same pile of corpses without them, but ...... I just can't help but be afraid. Lin Fuyu was about to vomit out, leaning on the wall of the car, and said weakly.

Originally, the voice was not loud, and it was in Min language, for fear that Shen Rui's people would hear it and blame him.

Dai Dabin sighed, but he didn't know what to say.

There was a shout of joy and shouting that the meal was ready, and then he saw Shen Rui personally go to the carriage next to him and invite the two masters to come over for dinner. These two are Yang Tinghe's masters, both of whom have been in the field for many years with the former master, and they have experience in criminal names, money and food, and Shen Rui has always treated them very politely.

Dai Dabin was thinking that his cousin was afraid that he would rather starve to death than get out of the car, and the servants looked like they were afraid of the Shen family's guards, so he might as well get out of the car and take someone to get food. As soon as he was helped by the little guy and jumped out of the car, he saw Shen Rui walking towards this side.

Then, there was a faint smell of rice, and Lin Fuyu's stomach in the car immediately rang in response to the occasion.

He lifted the curtain in embarrassment, and also got out of the car to salute Shen Rui, but he didn't dare to look at Shen Rui's eyes at all.

Even though Shen Rui had already changed his clothes, he was smiling again, and he couldn't see that he had also been a slasher for straddle horses. But when he thought of the pile of corpses, he couldn't help but feel weak under his feet.

Shen Rui didn't care, smiled and asked the little maid to send the food box, and said to the two: "In the countryside, there are no good dishes, and I have wronged Bin Zhong and Brother Fuyu." ”

The two thanked each other repeatedly, and Shen Rui didn't say much, and said goodbye and went over there to dine with everyone.

Dai Dabin watched him go away, and Lin Fuyu, who was hungry there, had hurriedly returned to the car and opened the food box.

When traveling, they are all wooden tableware, and there are four wooden bowls in the food box, two large bowls are mixed with beans and millet mixed with multigrain porridge, and two small bowls are ordinary pickles.

The two of them can't eat meat because of filial piety, if they live in the post station, there are always vegetarian dishes to eat, today's situation, naturally can't ask for anything delicious, it is not easy to have such a porridge dish.

Along the way, Shen Rui and his entourage had various post stations and Eight Immortals stations to provide food and accommodation, and the dry food was only prepared for a lunch meal.

Today's situation is that I can only stay here overnight. They also refused to stay in the village, lest some sin would take them to the pot with a fire—they did not dare to set fire to the post station, and what else did they dare not dare to do in the houses. So he only sent people into the village to buy water and food.

Many of the nearby villagers saw the fight, and most of them were old and young, women and children at home, so they did not dare to open the door at all, and the people of the king stick came up with such vigor, and they did not knock on the door, so they looked for the best house, climbed over the wall and entered, threw down the silver, carried the grain bag and left.

The family thought that they had been robbed by a strongman, and cried like a mourner, but suddenly saw that there was silver, wiped their tears, and rejoiced, and heard that they wanted to buy vegetables and meat, and there were no fresh vegetables in this season, so they sold the chickens, ducks and geese at home, and spared two jars of pickles for nothing.

After being hungry for a long time, Lin Fuyu didn't feel that the food was shabby, so he started eating, and took a bite of hot porridge, and the uncomfortable energy of the fire in his stomach was immediately suppressed.

He exhaled comfortably and muttered, "Hengyun is a good person, I know that I can only eat porridge at this time, and if it is dry rice, I can't swallow it......"

Rao is Dai Dabin was full of sorrow, and he couldn't help laughing when he looked at him.

After they finished eating, the servant went over and brought back the bedding that had been warmed by the fire, laid out the inside of the carriage, and handed over a small porcelain bottle, which reported that it was a tranquilizing pill sent by Shen Rui, and let them take two pills.

Dai Dabin told Lin Fuyu to rest early after eating, but he got out of the car and went to Shen Rui's side.

The guards were still eating meat and singing, and Shen Rui had already finished eating, and explained what was going on with the two masters, Wang Stick, Ding Dachong, Zhang Chenglin and a few other henchmen around another bonfire.

After a while, they dispersed, Dai Dabin walked over, greeted each other with Shen Rui, and then took out the porcelain bottle and said: "Today has caused a lot of trouble to the second brother, and the second brother is also asked to take back this medicine, and it can also be used by those injured strong men, and it can also relieve one or two injuries." ”

Although he had been nesting in the carriage today, he also heard that Shen Rui sent someone to the city of Ande County to ask the doctor to buy medicine for injuries, but the person returned empty-handed.

The man said that the gate of Ande County was closed and no one was allowed to enter or leave. At that time, it was not yet sunset to close the city gate, and the soldiers guarding the city were to prevent bandits from entering the city and causing chaos.

I was afraid that some merchants on the road would find out about this fight and rush back to report the news, so that the county town closed the city gate and waited.

In this way, the wounded on Shen Rui's side are not easy to handle. The minor injuries are not enough, they are all men who lick blood with knife heads, they are still experienced in dealing with external injuries, and they also carry wound medicine with them, and they can eat and drink without delay.

The four seriously injured ones were not good, their wounds were also treated simply, they poured Peiyuan Guben's pills, and they were moved to the warmest place next to the fire, and everything they could did was done, and the rest could only depend on their fate, and they did their best to obey the fate of heaven.

Shen Rui waved his hand, sighed, and said, "There are still here, don't worry, they have all taken medicine." Today, you are also frightened, so you should take a pill and rest for the night. Tonight there is a shift of people, and you can rest in peace. ”

I don't know if it's the firelight, Dai Dabin's face turned a little red, and he said: "It's us, it's useless......"

Shen Rui interrupted him and comforted: "Bin Zhong shouldn't think like this, today's things are rare in life, and in the face of life and death, how can you not be afraid." Don't say that students and scholars are veterans of the battlefield, if they don't have the belief of being involved in the family and country, how many people can treat death as if they were at home and deal with it calmly? ”

The night wind struck, the tongue of fire was beating fiercely, the back was slightly cold, but there was a warmth in front of him, Dai Dabin looked at Shen Rui for a long time, and suddenly asked softly: "Second brother, at that time, were you afraid?" ”

Shen Rui was slightly stunned, looked at his still immature face, took a deep breath, and said seriously: "As I just said, life and death are at stake, how can you not be afraid?" Of course, I am also afraid, but hatred, anger, and anger are more than fear. ”

"You, too, have heard of my background. It is useless to mention too much about the past, but I was only enlightened by my teacher when I was nine years old, and I cherish this rare opportunity to study. At that time, the teacher liked to travel, and also took me through a few places, I saw prosperity, there is withering, not to mention what to set up to solve the suffering of the people of the Ming Dynasty, but also hope that one day can stand in the court, for the people to really do something practical. ”

"Ten years of hard work, and all kinds of hardships, to be able to advance to this level, and now there is a rare opportunity, to be an official of the people, to show the ambitions in my chest, I cherish it. However, there are villains who want to shatter my immediate hopes, how can I not hate and be angry?! There is more than life and death in front of you, there is no way out, so what if you are afraid? The only way to move forward is to fight a bloody way. ”

Dai Dabin's ears echoed these words, I don't know if he stared at the firelight for too long, only to feel that his eyes were slightly sour, he lowered his eyelids, hid his tears, and said with a wry smile: "I am conceited in vain to learn, and my mind is not as good as that of my second brother." ”

He looked at Shen Rui again and said sincerely: "The second brother cares about the people, and he will definitely be able to benefit one party." ”

Shen Rui chuckled and shook his head, and said, "Don't dare to say that it will be beneficial, just do what I can and do what I can." ”

Dai Dabin poked the bonfire with a long branch in his hand, and sighed: "Along the way, I also talked to the second brother about some plans, but I was a little dazed, thinking about repairing books and legacies, and thinking about being a gentleman in the family studies, and educating more children of the Dai family......"

He turned his head to stare at Shen Rui and said, "Now that I heard what the second brother said, I only felt that I was really narrow-minded before. Reading for the sake of reading is a nerd who reads dead books. I want to emulate the second brother, promote the cultivation school, I also have a family field in the hundreds, you can circle a special 'test field' to try to plant different crops, please experience the old farmers to come, select good seeds, Fujian warm, two crops a year, reciprocating screening, three years will be able to have a small success. ”

Shen Rui high-fived and smiled, and said: "I don't want Bin Zhong to think about farming, but it's for me to save trouble, if Bin Zhong gets good seeds, you can give me some, if you can also harvest in the north, wouldn't it be more beautiful!" ”

Dai Dabin said with a smile: "I still want the second brother to give me some good seed skills, but the second brother asked me first." ”

Both laughed.

Later, Dai Dabin mentioned the local maritime businessmen.

Fujian maritime merchants are also a large force, that is, during the period when the imperial court banned the sea, the maritime merchants did not lack overseas trading, and there were many private docks along the coast, and there were a large number of shortage of skilled shipwrights.

The Dai family is not a first-class family in Putian, and the status of the Shen family in Songjiang is not the same, but now the Dai family has Dai Dabin, a tanhualang, and has been promoted to a sixth-grade official within half a year, faintly leaning on Yang Ge Lao, and the Dai family has more and more right to speak in the local area.

Dai Dabin's second goal is to promote the craftsman school, although the maritime merchants naturally lack men who know how to settle accounts, but in the orthodox scholars, there will still be prejudice against business, and Dai Dabin does not want to touch this line. The craftsman school is also mainly aimed at teaching shipbuilding skills.

In addition to digging up a group of people in the local area, it is also necessary to borrow some people in Dengzhou and Songjiang.

Shen Rui said that it is easy to borrow people, but the craftsman school is different from the cultivation school, the cultivation school can be done on their own land, the craftsman school needs to have a source of life and a place to work, Dai Dabin is just a worried Hanlin Xiu still does not have enough weight to speak, the county governor may buy it, and the prefect is likely to be lazy to pay attention to him, and this matter has to be slowly figured out.

The two discussed whether to start from the side of the maritime merchant first, the maritime merchant has the will, and the maritime merchant has his own maritime merchant to dredge the way, and Dai Dabin will do what he is good at - selecting good teachers, organizing teaching, and, acting as a mascot - the name of Tanhualang is still very useful among the people.

The two also talked about asking the maritime merchants to sort out the sea route from south to north, not necessarily directly to the north, to Songjiang to turn, and then to Dengzhou, so that it might be better.

There is tea in Fujian, and there is cloth in Songjiang, and it is more profitable to resell it several times, and it is easier to stimulate maritime merchants to seek new sea routes.

In addition, there are foreign maritime merchants, Shen Rui told Dai Dabin to pay more attention if he sells overseas exotic flowers and plants, including clever things. Those things that are different from Middle-earth can be bought, and sent to Dengzhou for him to study carefully.

Now Dengzhou still doesn't know what the situation is, and he doesn't know what the property is, and he has not yet been fully sure of persuading overseas foreign businessmen to go north, so Shen Rui thought that this time, Tian Shun's subordinates asked to escort Dai Dabin to Fujian to pick up the old brothers, so it was better to let him build a branch in Fujian or Eight Immortals to collect these foreign goods.

He remembered that in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, some high-yield seeds flowed into the country, but he couldn't remember the specific year. He thought with a bad taste that no matter what happened to him, he had to get his hands on the corn and sweet potatoes that were the most popular among the traversers.

The two talked about each other until the little servants had warmed up the bedding twice, and then they went back to the carriage to sleep.

At dawn the next day, while breakfast was still rolling in the pot, I heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance.

The guards immediately became nervous and hurriedly prepared for battle, but the man who was in charge of climbing the heights and overlooking the distance shouted: "Don't panic, it's Shun Ye who is back!" ”

But it was Tian Shun who attracted the soldiers of the Texas Guard.

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However, it is said that the Texas guard is divided into two guards, the Texas Zhengwei and the Texas Left Guard, the Zhengwei was built in the Hongwu period, under the jurisdiction of seven thousand households, with more than 3,300 soldiers; Zuowei was built in the Yongle period, under the jurisdiction of six thousand households, there are more than 3,700 soldiers, and the two guards each have more than 500 belonging to the army, responsible for the affairs of Cao Yun.

The two guards are divided into cities and ruled, and they protect the same river. And under each guard, there are a number of tuns, 56 tuns of the main guard, 55 tuns of the left guard, scattered in the counties of Texas.

The place where Tian Shun went was the former office of the left guard of Texas, and the Qianhu office of Li Guantun.

Although it is a thousand households, it is not as many as a thousand soldiers, because there are a total of 3,070 soldiers in the entire Texas Left Guard, but there are 11 members of 1,000 households, 17 members of deputy 1,000 households, 36 members of 100 households, and 4 members of 100 households.

The thousand households here are hereditary military positions, named Pan Jiayu, and his people are as his name, his face is like a crown of jade, his appearance is delicate, he is forty years younger, but he is still like twenty-five or sixteen.

Looking at his face, he doesn't look like a martial artist, but he is full of martial arts temper, and he is also really handsome. The ancestral mandarin duck knife method, the heroes of the nearby green forest are all respectful, and they give him the nickname of Double Knife Jade Langjun.

It is probably because of his good kung fu and temper that he inevitably lacks some links such as greeting his boss and making good friends with colleagues, so he was sent to this place, although it is close to Ande County, but it is in charge of the area north of Ande County.

There is another Niu Qianhu in the Andeyi Canal Mouth Section, and the surname Niu is greedy and excessive, and even the slightest oil and water cannot fall into the hands of Pan Qianhu.

Pan Qianhu didn't even have a deputy thousand households, only two hundred households, two hundred soldiers, and was mainly responsible for the military tun. However, Pan Qianhu himself likes martial arts, but he has trained his soldiers to be much stronger than ordinary Tuntian soldiers.

Tian Shun, the snake letter, did not do it in vain, he rode all the way over, listened to Ding Dachong's brief introduction to the information obtained from the mouth of the local snake, and immediately made a judgment, abandoned the most greedy Niu Qianhu, and went straight to this unambitious Pan Qianhu.

However, Pan Qianhu doesn't like the twists and turns of officialdom, but it doesn't mean that he is a fool.

No matter what Tian Shunkou said like a hanging river, Pan Qianhu didn't even lift his eyelids, and he didn't believe it at all.

In the past two years, there have indeed been rogues in Shandong, but they are all in the border area with Henan, and they are actually running from there. The local Green Forest bandits in Shandong don't know that several guards by the canal have heavy troops, and they didn't come here to seek death.

And he Pan is also a well-known figure in the rivers and lakes, and the double knives in his hands are not good-looking, someone dares to spread wild on his territory? !

But soon, a cronie sent news that the gate of Ande County was closed.

Pan Qianhu stopped in the courtyard, glanced at the sun hanging in the sky, and believed Tian Shun - without it, the kung fu surnamed Niu in Ande County was so rotten, and the soldiers were sparsely tight, but the dog's nose was the most smart, but if he did shrink his head and forget eight, then it must be dangerous.

When Pan Qianhu returned to the house, he politely ordered tea, and ordered the banquet to be set up when it was not time to eat.

Fang Cai Tian was foaming at the mouth and said that he couldn't drink coarse tea for a long time, and he was treated as a VIP at this time, and he was entertained with good wine and food.

Between pushing the cup and changing the lamp, the two discussed it properly.

In the second half of the night, when the surrounding villages and towns fell asleep, Pan Qianhu took his henchman Li Baihu and ordered 60 soldiers to quietly rush to the place of the incident.

Shen Rui has the habit of getting up early to box, even if he has never slackened during the journey, when Pan Qianhu arrived, he was still dressed shortly, and he didn't have time to go back to the car to change clothes, so he had to come up to greet Pan Qianhu.

Pan Qianhu had a secret conversation with Tian Shun yesterday, and Tian Shun only said that they were loyal to the master of the guards and dart masters, and did not mention that the master knew martial arts. At this moment, Pan Qianhu's eyes quickly swept Shen Rui's dress and demeanor, and he had a judgment in his heart.

The courage of a scholar who witnessed the fight without being frightened, and who could sleep in the field with a pile of corpses for the night, was commendable enough.

Looking at this Shen Governor's Mansion again, he is still a martial artist, but I am afraid that he is not a mortal, and I don't know if he did it at that time. Pan Qianhu thought about it, he had some itchy skills, and pondered about the two hands, yesterday he subdued Tian Shun, who claimed to be a guard, and Ding Dachong, who claimed to be a dart master.

Shen Rui's official rank was already higher than that of Qianhu, and at this time, Da Ming had already begun to pay attention to the nobility and martial arts, and Pan Qianhu was actually very impatient with civil officials, so he was not very particular about saluting, but seeing that Shen Rui and that Tanhualang were in a high position at a young age, they were both polite, and they were not at all like those commanding villains in the local area, so they added a bit of favor.

Pan Qianhu didn't like to greet each other, Shen Rui and the others didn't have time to greet each other, so they went straight to the point when they saw the ceremony, Shen Rui didn't mention sending Pan Qianhu a great achievement, and asked Pan Qianhu first, you can bring a doctor from the health center, you can have good gold medicine, and please treat his injured subordinates first.

The person who led the soldiers should cherish the soldiers, Pan Qianhu nodded secretly, and hurriedly ordered someone to call a doctor to go over to treat the wounded.

Shen Rui went over in person, and heard the doctor say that the treatment yesterday was quite appropriate, only one person was injured in the abdomen, I am afraid that he would hurt his organs, and then he had a high fever, I am afraid that he will have to bother to treat it well, and in addition, the three of them can be raised back, so Shen Rui is relieved.

Over there, Pan Qianhu had already gone with Li Baihu to examine the corpse of the "Liukou".

Tian Shun whispered in Shen Rui's ear to talk to Pan Qianhu about everything in secret, Shen Rui had a plan in his heart, and after returning to the car and changing clothes, he went over there to find Pan Qianhu.

Texas can be regarded as a military town, and the power space of the guard is very large, and the two guards on the left and right of Texas also have the functions of managing civil affairs, participating in the governance of officials, maintaining local security, and coordinating with the surrounding areas to catch thieves. This is in Pan Qianhu's jurisdiction, and it is logical for him to send troops to suppress bandits.

Pan Qianhu looked at the corpse, and when he saw Shen Rui coming, he arched his hand and said with a smile: "What a handsome skill." Shen Zhifu, there are no weak soldiers under the strong generals. ”

Shen Rui returned the salute and said solemnly: "Fortunately, the dart master hired by this official is very loyal and brave, desperately protecting each other, and was able to survive until the arrival of reinforcements. ”

Pan Qianhu rolled his eyes in his heart, and the civil officials of the Heart Dao are all eighteen intestines, and the words are so good.

He smirked twice on his face, but he didn't beat around the corner, and said directly: "Don't say dark words in front of the Ming people, these are all my henchmen and cronies, Lord Shen will say it directly, let us take such a big credit, I don't know what to ask for?" ”

Hearing this, Shen Rui couldn't hold back his serious face, pulled the corners of his mouth, and said, "I think that Tian Shun, the head of the guards in my mansion, had already told Master Pan yesterday. He pointed to the Confucian shirt he had just changed into and said, "It's a civil official down there." What is the use of military merit. If you give it to thousands of households, you can also make a friend. ”

Pan Qianhu said more and more directly: "Lord Shen is a civil official, and he is going to Dengzhou, what is the use of befriending my little military attache in a small county." ”

Shen Rui raised his eyebrows, "Could it be that Lord Pan still suspects me?" ”

Although Tian Shun told him about this person's temperament, he didn't expect that this rectum could go to this point.

"I didn't hurt Master Pan as a 'little county town and little military attaché', right?" Shen Rui gestured over there, and Zhang Chenglin lifted a corner of the lacquered cloth covering the cart next to him, revealing half of his bow.

Shen Rui pointed to the big lane: "These are also sent to Master Pan." Master Pan only had to send these and a confession to the Houjun Governor's Mansion to talk about the Governor's Office, and he thought that there would be good news in the near future. ”

Dezhou Wei is more special, although it is located in Shandong Province, it is not under the jurisdiction of the Shandong Metropolitan Division, but directly under the Houjun Governor's Office. And Liu Jin's father, Tan Rong, now holds the title of Governor of the Later Military Governor and Governor of the Mansion.

Pan Qianhu glanced at the standard bow in the army, pursed his lips, raised his hand, and said, "Governor Shen, please take a step to speak." ”

The two walked to the quiet place behind their backs, and Pan Qianhu said: "I don't doubt Lord Shen, Lord Shen, well, that Tian Shun said that you are the fourth in the world, and a person like you wants to calculate me, I can't run away." I didn't bother to think about these calculations, I was just a rough man, and I didn't like those twists and turns, so I said it bluntly. ”

Shen Rui couldn't laugh or cry when he heard the fourth in the world.

I only heard Pan Qianhu say: "Even if this thing in the car is sent to Beijing and beleases Father-in-law Liu, it is not a good thing for me." What if Father-in-law Liu thinks I'm loyal and transfers me to the river? I can't learn Niu Jie's ability to fish flowers in the oil pot. ”

Niu Jie is Niu Qianhu. Although the eastern section of the canal is in Linqing, Dezhou is located at the throat, and there will always be some people who make small moves in private to get some benefits.

Seeing Shen Rui's surprised face, Pan Qianhu spread his hands, "I am trying to suppress bandits." True picture. Where this bird doesn't, you have to make meritorious contributions, don't think about it in this life. Forty-eight decapitations of bandits, well, not to mention great achievements, it's also good, catch up with the bandits in Shandong for a while, the emperor can reward more, if I can go one step higher, my children and grandchildren will also have a higher position in the future, so as to save him Lao Tzu from those birds. ”

The normal guard station is to command the staff should be a four-person establishment, but many guards are not strictly in accordance with the establishment, such as the Texas Left Guard, which has enough eight commanders, and it is not much of a place for Pan Jiayu, and it is probably a false name.

Shen Rui was slightly stunned, and then he couldn't hold back the smile on his face anymore, and said with a smile: "I heard that Master Pan is very good at kung fu, and I just saw that this march is also very methodical, and I think I want to make a career, how can I say such decadent words?" ”

Pan Qianhu waved his hand, and said impatiently: "Lord Shen, don't drop your bookbag with me, I'm a rough person, and I can't understand your big truth." Let's just tell you the truth, but this is the credit for cutting down more than 40 bandits, and I can't really be transferred to Caozhou to continue to suppress bandits. In this part of Texas, that's it. ”

Shen Ruihu asked, "Master Pan knows water?" ”

Pan Qianhu was stunned for a moment, then sneered and said, "Is Lord Shen joking?" We grew up next to this canal, by the water, and you think I know how to water. ”

Shen Rui smiled and said: "It's me who offended, don't blame Lord Pan, that's the case, there are not many of my guards who know water, I want to ask Pan Qianhu to find a few soldiers who know how to water, and escort Lord Tanhualang Dai to Fujian, the soldiers on your side know both water and martial arts, so it is more appropriate to come." ”

Pan Qianhu couldn't turn around for a while, and he didn't know how to talk about military exploits to escorting Tanhualang, and sure enough, the scholar's brain was spinning fast, and he couldn't keep up.

However, since he was going to take over a military merit from Shen Rui, he naturally would not refuse to agree to such a simple request, and immediately said: "My sons and daughters are all coarse people, and adults don't dislike them." When I go back, pick a few sensible people to come out and protect Lord Dai. ”

Shen Rui thanked him and stopped mentioning the ordnance with him.

Pan Qianhu only said that Shen Rui understood his wishes, so he didn't say much, and went back and instructed Li Baihu to ask the soldiers to behead all the corpses, and the corpses were incinerated and buried on the spot.

Breakfast here is ready, there are chickens and geese, and there are bacon and marinated fish.

This time, a soldier wearing the uniforms of the officers and soldiers of the guard took the Shen family guards to the village to buy things again, and when the people in the village saw that there were officials and families and silver, they were no longer afraid, and sold more things to them. So the breakfast was extraordinarily rich.

The soldiers who came with him were all smiling, and after a full meal, they had already made friends with the Shen family's guards and dart masters.

After a hurried breakfast, everyone set off for Ande County.

Pan Qianhu naturally led troops to escort all the way.

The distance was not very far, and after two hours of coming, a group of people arrived at the bottom of the city.

The guards of the city were still a little nervous when they saw the large group of men and horses coming from a distance, but when they got closer, they saw that it was the guards and relaxed.

It's just that even if Shen Rui showed his identity and Pan Qianhu showed his face (familiar face, brush his face), those guards still refused to open the door, and only politely said that the little one really couldn't call the shots, and someone had already reported to the county lord, and asked the two adults to wait a while.

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Ande County Yahou Hall

Zhou Honghui of Andezhi County was like an ant on a hot pot, constantly walking around the hall.

And next to Niu Qianhu sipped a sip of wine, from time to time a mouthful of meat, eating a mouth full of oil, shaking his head and humming an unknown tune, which was extremely pleasant.

Niu Qianhu's dietary rule is three meals a day, and when Zhou Zhixian sent someone to look for him yesterday, he fell asleep drunk and couldn't wake up.

Zhou Zhixian couldn't, so he could only close the city gate first just in case.

This morning, this one slept until three o'clock in the morning, and when he came to the county office, he said with a shy face that he came on an empty stomach, and he only needed to drink wine when he opened his mouth.

Zhou Zhixian was so angry that he smoked, but when it was time to use him, he could only swallow his anger and serve the wine, he didn't want to see this guy enjoying it at this time, and he didn't mention the matter of soldiers at all, and Zhou Zhixian hated it even more.

If it weren't for the fact that the county lieutenant didn't have many people in his hands, he wouldn't be able to beat the rogue at all, so why would he invite this living father over!

Zhou Zhixian really wanted to go over and flip the table, but after all, he still didn't dare, so he only dared to punch the table with a heavy fist, and said sharply: "Niu Jie!" I'll tell you, there's nothing wrong with this library! If you ask the bandits to go into the city and rob it, let alone three drinks a day, you and I will have three cups of sake in the soil next year! ”

Niu Qianhu was really swept away, his fat eyelids were raised, his eyes were round with a pair of blistering eyes, his mouth was full of wine, and he was dissatisfied: "The scholar just has no guts!" You've shut up the gates, and you're scared of a fart! Don't say that the thief doesn't know that your vault is full of silver, but he knows, he really dares to attack the city?! The sky is blue and the sky is white, the rogues are all in Caozhou, where are there so many rogues to attack you and break the county! ”

"That's right! It's so good, why did it come out of nowhere!? Zhou Zhixian said coldly, "The supervision of the imperial history arrived in Jinan Mansion and began to investigate, and suddenly came out here, you say, is there such a trick?" You'd better go out and have a look, and if it's really a thief, you'll get rid of it. If so...... Let's hurry up and report to Lord Xiao. ”

Lord Xiao refers to Xiao Ke, the prefect of Jinan Prefecture.

Niu Jie lowered his eyelids and continued to drink, only said: "What are you afraid of, just close the city gate, if it is a thief, you will disperse when you see that it is not cheap." If he had a heart, the wall of Ander was not a mound of earth, so that he would be blown away by a gust of wind. ”

"How long can the gates be closed?! Can't open it today? Can't open tomorrow? The canal has been frozen, delaying the passage of posts and delaying the transportation, you will bear the burden of me?! Zhou Zhixian almost roared.

Niu Jie, a forgetful lamb, has taken a lot of benefits in Su Ri, and he shrinks his neck at the critical moment!

He won't save face for this pig and dog anymore, this time not only has to sue Lord Xiao, but he will also submit a letter to the political envoy Che Bu and Zhang Bu, all in all, if there is nothing to do, he must not carry it on his back if something happens!

The two were in a stalemate in the hall, and suddenly a small official ran in quickly, and it was reported that the prefect of Dengzhou and the thousand households of Pan Jiayu were outside the city gate, and there were hundreds of people in the line.

Both of them in the hall were stunned.

"Dengzhou Governor? Shen Chuanyu? Zhou Zhixian Qidao, "Why is he outside the city." He looked down and counted the days, and muttered, "Yes, it's time to come." Go fast enough. ”

The holy decree was also received very quickly on the Shandong side, because the current Dengzhou prefect Fang Xuan was promoted to the deputy envoy of Henan according to the judge, and the position was vacated for this Shen Chuanyu, but he had not yet taken office, and Shandong had a special note that he would wait for Shen Governor to come and hand over before leaving.

Fang Xuan was the prefect of Dengzhou who served in Zhengde for two years, and now his term of office has not yet expired for three years.

However, looking back, Dengzhou Mansion has changed five prefects in eight years since the fourteenth year of Hongzhi, and there are also those who have been transferred at the beginning of the year and at the end of the year, so Fang Xuan's dissatisfaction with this term is nothing.

What's more, Fang Xuan was promoted, maybe he has to thank Shen Chuanyu.

Regarding Shen Chuanlu, Shandong officialdom is also as confused as Beijing, and I don't know if there is a saint in the end.

But regardless of whether there is a saint or not, there are two elders standing behind him. These two pavilion elders currently have no power in Shandong, and Shen Chuanyu is here, maybe it is unknown that the two pavilion elders want to plan Shandong.

Niu Qianhu didn't pay attention to the civil officials, and only shouted loudly: "Why did the surname Pan come?" ”

Zhou Zhixian only then reacted, and there was a Pan Qianhu. He frowned, and also asked the little official, "What is Pan Qianhu going to do?" ”

The little official said cautiously: "Pan Qianhu didn't say it. However, when he brought the troops, he saw that there were fifty or sixty, as if they were escorting the Shen Governor's Mansion. ”

"It's the courtesy of the stammer." Niu Qianhu took a sip, "And lead the soldiers!" He figured it out. ”

Zhou Zhixian asked urgently: "He, leading the troops?" Outside the city? ”

Niu Qianhu rolled his eyes and sneered: "The scholar is so bold? I'm afraid I'll hit my head if I drop a leaf! What is the surname Pan, you don't know yet? There were only fifty or sixty of them. What is there to be afraid of. ”

Zhou Zhixian's face changed, and he didn't pay attention to Niu Qianhu.

Niu Qianhu snorted coldly, squinted at him and said, "What's the matter, you still dare not let a prefect enter the city?" Suddenly, he slapped his palms with his fists, burst into laughter, and said, "Wonderful, it's not Lao Pan who is in charge of the outside of the city, and Lao Pan just happened to be in charge of the soldiers, so you let him go and see what kind of thief is scattering wild." ”

Zhou Zhixian viciously greeted the eighteenth generation of Niu Qianhu's ancestors in his heart, and he had a job to push two, five or six, and at the end he would let him be a villain. But I also know that there is no other way, if I can say that Pan Qianhu will go to suppress the bandits.

At that moment, he asked the people to open the city gate, and then dressed himself and went to greet the prefect Shen in person.

*

Zhou Zhixian is a person from a high background, and it took a few layers of money to move out of this official position, and in the face of the officials who were born on the right path to the imperial examination, they always unconsciously became shorter, especially a Tanhualang in front of him, a hand-me-down duke, who is one of the top people in the book, and he is particularly attentive.

However, the courteous smile quickly froze on his face as he talked, and Shen Zhifu told him that they had encountered bandits halfway through his jurisdiction, and the guards were killed and wounded, but fortunately they were rescued by Pan Qianhu, who was patrolling.

Zhou Zhixian's face was blue and red for a while, and this face was extraordinarily wonderful.

Pan Qianhu also said in a timely manner that all 48 of the bandits were beheaded, and asked Zhou Zhixian if he needed to show the public and deter the small people outside the city. If he didn't use it, he would directly take the head to the guard post to command the lord to receive the reward; If necessary, the county should issue an official document to support him.

When Zhou Zhixian heard this, he was not only secretly glad that the bandits were completely wiped out, so he didn't have to worry about his treasure, but also worried that the bandits in the land under his jurisdiction had the audacity to rob the imperial court officials, and his performance appraisal in the coming year was afraid that it would be ugly. I was even more afraid that Governor Shen would hate him because of this, so he wrote back to complain......

He was so upset in his heart, but Pan Qianhu also asked him about the disposal of the bandit's head, and he couldn't help but be anxious, and he really didn't know what to do.

He apologized to Shen Rui and Dai Dabin again and again, opened his mouth and closed his mouth to set up a banquet for the two of them to wash the dust and suppress the shock, and then ordered people to invite a famous doctor in the city to treat the injured, thinking of paying out of his own pocket to pay some money for the pension (the important thing is to give a gift to Lord Shen to dissipate his anger. ）

Shen Rui asked the doctor to see the injured, and even proposed that he hope to hire a doctor to follow them all the way. But they refused Zhou Zhixian's banquet, saying that they had just been frightened and had no intention of feasting, and that Lord Dai was filial piety, so it was inconvenient to drink and feast, so they just wanted to rest and live, so they hurried to Jinan Mansion.

He made a look of "although he tried his best to show calmness, but he still had palpitations for fear of encountering rogues again", Zhou Zhixian was also unable to do so, so he had to send people to the post station to settle down, and personally arranged for Dai Dabin's southbound ships and Shen Rui's carriages and horses to Jinan Mansion.

*

Niu Qianhu himself did not show up, but sent personal guards to follow the team of Zhou Zhixian to find out why Pan Qianhu was here.

When they heard that Pan Qianhu had saved a prefect and a Hanlin by the 48th of the bandits, the guards were taken aback and looked at each other, and one of them hurriedly and quietly withdrew from the crowd and ran back to report the news.

Hearing the news, Niu Qianhu jumped so high that the wine also woke up, and shouted: "What did you say? What's going on?! ”

After listening to the guards repeat the matter a few times, Niu Qianhu also circled in the house as Zhou Zhixian did, until another guard came to tell him that Shen Zhifu did not go to eat and drink with Zhou Zhixian, but went to the post station to settle down, and Pan Qianhu wanted to go to the left guard post in Dezhou City to report to the commander.

Niu Qianhu paused at this time, and his face was hideous: "The blue sky and the white day, where did the rogue come from?" There are fifty people less than one who came! Didn't Mo, surnamed Pan, kill some people to make up the numbers? ”

The two guards changed color when they heard this, and one of them approached him and whispered: "My lord, we have no displaced people here, if you talk about killing people, the surrounding villages will know that it is not the people who are killed......

Niu Qianhu gritted his back molars, and his cheeks trembled a few times, "There are merchants passing by over there." Swallowed the goods and killed people. Hmph, when did the surnamed Pan patrol again?! How could you just save a character like the prefect? ”

He stared at a personal guard and said, "Lao Tzu doesn't believe it, his clumsy tongue surnamed Pan can tell this lie round!" If you go to Texas quickly, be sure to grab his head and report it to Lord Liang, saying that the surname Pan is very suspicious, and I am afraid that he deliberately designed to rob the prefect, and then come forward to rescue him, in order to seek military merit. ”

After saying that, he turned his head again, grabbed another guard, and said, "You, go to the post station!" Didn't the prefect's subordinates also die? You will pass the news to those subordinates, and say that the surname Pan is insidious, and set up a poisonous plan to make them lose ......"

After explaining, Niu Qianhu did not let go, on the contrary, the hand became tighter and tighter, and the shrunken placket made the guards a little breathless, and when he was about to beg the adults to let go, Niu Qianhu suddenly smiled, and said in a low voice: "You go and say, the move surnamed Pan is also to logically lead troops into the city and rob the county treasury silver." In that curry, there is an extra amount of silver, which is robbed, and Lord Zhou does not dare to speak out, so he can only suffer a dumb loss......"

The guard looked frightened and stammered, "This ...... This...... My lord...... That's unbelievable! ”

It was they who were responsible for escorting the silver to this place, and they knew that the stakes were very important, and they were implicated in many big people, and they were bluffed at this time.

Niu Qianhu suddenly let go, the guard stood unsteadily, took a few steps back, and sat on the ground with a fart, grinning his teeth, but he didn't care about the pain, and crawled over to hug Niu Qianhu's legs, and persuaded bitterly: "My lord...... I can't help it...... Few people know about this, in case it hurts the adults, if it is found out who is revealing the news...... We...... We're going to ......."

I'm afraid I'm going to die and have no place to bury.

"What's the rumor?" Niu Qianhu's cold gaze swam on the faces of the two cronies, "You guys think of leaving the soldiers surnamed Pan in the city for Lao Tzu." We went and moved the treasury silver, and planted it right on their heads. ”

The two guards widened their eyes, and they were already as stupid as they were stupid, and they couldn't move.

"Don't worry, I said, this silver, the surname Zhou doesn't dare to make a noise," Niu Qianhu sneered, "What's more, what kind of prefect is here, let him hear a little bit of a star, the surname Zhou will only be more afraid, and he can only make up for it by himself." The surname Zhou has been scraping the ground here for all these years, and this idea can still be made up for by silver......"

(End of chapter)