Ming Shi went out, and after a while, he led the five children of the broken household to return, and several people saw Sun Xing and Luo Cheng, and they knelt down to salute one after another, expressing their willingness to die for Sun Xing. Sun Xing saw that these people were about twenty years old, and there were many types of market rangers, so he praised them vigorously and left them to be led by Luo Cheng. These people are all locals, because the family is poor, there is no long thing, all day long to eat and drink, there is no land, but there is still some hope in the heart to get ahead, they have a chance to develop in this Linqu city, yesterday Ming Shijie came to lobby, a few people quickly agreed. This is also because they are usually familiar with Ming Shijie and know each other well.

Luo Cheng arranged for these people to rest temporarily in the inn and bring them to act together at night.

Ming Shijie and Sun Xing went to Mingxiong's house together, Sun Xing came forward and gave the servant a piece of broken silver, Mingxiong who inquired has not yet turned around, calculate the time, Mingxiong may still be in the garrison of the Han army, the two said goodbye and went directly to Mingxiong's station, Sun Xing pretended to be his clan relatives to visit, and his own soldiers introduced the two.

Mingxiong chatted with Ming Shijie yesterday, he has been restless, and he did not tell his mother-in-law, today he inspected during the day, and no abnormalities were found in the city, but there were more vegetable vendors, porters, woodcutters, etc. outside the city, listening to his accent, some did not seem to be locals. If it weren't for yesterday's events, Mingxiong would naturally not pay attention to these details, but now that he has something on his mind, he feels a little strange.

Mingxiong first put down his thoughts, inspected the defense of the city gate, and urged him to speed up the transportation of rolling wood and stones and then returned to his own station in the city.

Today, he led the clansmen from outside the city into the city to settle down, just to take care of the incense of the same clan, and he couldn't bear to suffer from the disaster of swords. If this matter is known to Lord Daru Huachi of the county, I am afraid that it will not be easy to explain. Thinking that the beggar is just serving here, and after a few years, he will naturally find another job, but he and his relatives have taken root here, and have been here for several generations.

"I've seen the fourth uncle!" The two of them entered the house from the outside, and when they saw the soldiers saluting and going out, one of them stepped forward to salute.

"Shijie, you, why are you here?" Mingxiong couldn't help but be dumbfounded, seeing Ming Shijie's face under the felt hat, he didn't expect that it was Ming Shijie coming.

Mingxiong hurriedly got up and went to the door to tell the soldiers: The clan relatives are visiting, there are important matters to discuss, and they are not allowed to disturb for the time being. Mingxiong covered the door again, returned to sit down, and reproached: "Someone has entered the city today to report to Lord Beggar Child, your matter of attracting bandits into the village in Hujiazhuang has been known by the government, and Beggar has already issued an order to start arresting you, and the sea capture documents will soon be posted inside and outside the city, won't you come out now to send you to death?" ”

"Ming Baihu doesn't need to panic, my family is about to take the city, I came this time to help the hundred households!" Humanity next to Ming Shijie.

"Who are you? How dare Ann speak like that? ”

"Fourth uncle, don't worry, let me introduce you, this is the hundred guards beside the leader, surnamed Sun Mingxing."

"Shijie, you are confused! How did you attract the thieves here, if it was leaked, wouldn't it hurt the fourth uncle and the family! ”

"How cowardly are Ming Baihu!" Sun Xing couldn't help but smile slightly, "Lord Su Wenming is skilled in military art and superb in martial arts, not to mention that he is the number one person in this city, and even in the Han army of Yidu Zhishuo, he can also rank first." I heard Shijie say that in recent years, the Yidu Road Han army has been compared, and the archery and equestrian skills of the Ming hundred households have been ranked first, and the gun and knife fighting is also five levels and six generals, and has been shortlisted for the end several times. ”

"My lord said that Ming Baihu has the courage of tigers and leopards, and has the ambition to become famous in the world. My family has the ambition to drive out the Tartars and clear the world of the Han family, and welcome the heroes of the Ming Dynasty to rise up and join hands in the grand event. It's time to take the city today. Dare to love the heroes for the people of the city, open the city gates, reduce the casualties of the war, and after the deed is completed, they will be rewarded heavily! My lord promises: After the city is broken, he will never kill innocents indiscriminately, and he will not rob the people in the city! ”

Mingxiong didn't expect this anti-thief leader to value himself so much, he was diligent in military affairs on weekdays, and he didn't dare to slack off for many years, although his martial arts skills were high, he was not in the eyes of the officials, although he respected the officials according to the custom, but his family was meager, and he couldn't bear to draw more soldiers' blood, this gift list was naturally difficult to please the officials, and it was difficult to be promoted to official positions.

Sun Xing's words reached Mingxiong's heart, and Ming Shijie was watching the words, and seeing that Mingxiong seemed to be moved, he stepped forward to help persuade him. Although Ming Xiong is dissatisfied in his heart, his family is still stable, and he feels that since he has no hope of promotion in this life, staying by his beloved wife's side and living a stable life is also a good thing.

The three of them were talking in the house, and a domestic servant hurriedly ran outside the door, it was someone from Mingxiong's family, and the soldiers stopped the domestic servant and prevented him from entering the house. The servant was so anxious that he had to shout loudly outside. Mingxiong was displeased, and when he heard the voice of his own servant, he got up and opened the door, looking out. When the servant saw Mingxiong, he ignored his own soldiers, and shouted: "Master, there is an urgent matter at home!" Please speak in the house! ”

Without waiting for Mingxiong to react, the servant flashed into the house sideways, but found that there were already two people in the house, Mingxiong signaled his soldiers to continue to be on guard outside, returned to the house by himself, and then covered the door, seeing that the servant was so anxious that his face flushed, and he was sweating. Mingxiong did not shy away from the two of them: "Why is it in such a hurry?" Something to talk about slowly. ”

The servant glanced at the two people in the house, and recognized that one person was actually Ming Shijie, and couldn't help but be startled, he also saw that the old man had something to do and did not shy away from outsiders, so he simply said: "Master, disaster is coming!" ”

"Nonsense! What's the trouble? Mingxiong frowned and reprimanded him.

"Really, sir! Just now, a lot of Mongolian soldiers suddenly broke into the house, and they wanted to arrest the old man by name, saying that the old man was fornicating with the thief, and he wanted to connect the nine clans! The little one happened to go out and came back from running errands and saw the Mongolian soldiers blocking the house, and shouted loudly to know that there was a disaster, and his wife and others had been detained and locked away by the government. The little one didn't dare to go back to the house, so he hurriedly came over and told the master. Sir, run away, the officers and soldiers will be here soon! ”

"Ahh How so? Mingxiong was taken aback, his mind was spinning, and then he looked at Sun Xing and Ming Shijie, Sun Xing and Ming Shijie were also surprised, seeing Mingxiong's suspicions, he quickly argued: "The two of us really don't know about this, since we invited the adults to make trouble, how could we hurt Mrs. first?" ”

Mingxiong thought about it, what these two people said was also reasonable, and only Daru Huachi in the county who had the right to mobilize the Mongolian troops to dispatch, that is, the beggar could do it, and the beggar went to detain his family first, probably because he wanted to make himself a rat trap, but he was afraid that he would come to deal with him next. The incident happened suddenly, and he hadn't made up his mind whether to rebel against the court, and even his subordinates didn't contact him privately, but he didn't know how the beggar learned that he had a connection with the thief so quickly.

"Fourth uncle, now the situation is urgent, you should make a decision quickly!"

As soon as the words fell, I heard a few soldiers coming outside, and after being stopped by his own soldiers, the leader shouted loudly outside: "Lord Qi'er has issued an order, summoning Mingxiong and all the hundred households to discuss the affairs of the city defense subordinates immediately." Ming Shijie and Sun Xing naturally didn't dare to show their heads, so they hurriedly turned to the side room to hide, and Mingxiong went out to greet each other alone. The soldiers who came just urged Mingxiong to move quickly, claiming that the military situation was urgent and there was no room for slackening.

Mingxiong thought to himself that he had only met with Ming Shijie quietly twice, and it was difficult for the beggar to convict himself without evidence, and now he didn't do anything at all, if his wife was imprisoned, he would make some arrangements in a hurry, but he would give someone a handle. The lady's comfort is hard to say.

In the end, Mingxiong still did not listen to Sun Xing's hard advice, and went out to follow the herald to the county office. Ming Shijie and Sun Xing didn't dare to show up, hiding their figures and following far behind, seeing that after Mingxiong entered the county office, the two red lacquered doors of the yamen were immediately closed tightly. Ming Shijie said in his heart: I am afraid that the fourth uncle will suffer an accident, and sure enough, soon there will be news from the yamen, Mingxiong because of a private meeting against thieves, trying to be unfavorable to the court, the beggar has been punished, has been taken and put in prison, and the family slaves should be imprisoned.

Soon Sun Xing and others found out the news, and in order to prevent accidents, all the men and horses of Mingxiong's hundred households were withdrawn to the garrison in the city, all the weapons were confiscated and put into storage, and the soldiers were detained in the barracks; The defense of the southern gate was entrusted to another Han army in the city.

Because of the lack of soldiers and horses in the city, Beggar began to recruit the Mongolian and Semu people in the city yesterday, organized into a team of 100 households, with nearly 100 people, and Beggar drew a ten-person team from it, led by the head of the brand, who was responsible for guarding Mingxiong's soldiers. Several of Mingxiong's personal soldiers were also detained and imprisoned.

Mingxiong's men and horses were originally defending normally at the city gate, but they were suddenly ordered to withdraw to the garrison, and all their weapons were confiscated, and then they were ordered to stay in the barracks and forbidden to enter and exit, and the soldiers were quite strange. Someone asked Qian to ask the guards of the Semu people, only to know that it was Mingxiong who conspired to rebel, and someone secretly reported the beggar, and now Mingxiong's family has all been put in prison, and the beggar will be beheaded directly after the arraignment is postponed.

Sun Xing and Ming Shijie are all strange, I don't know who leaked the news. Hurry back to the inn and gather all the personnel, there are a lot of them, even a few children contacted by Ming Shijie are also there, Mingxiong's relatives are all in the house, and they don't go out. Ming Shijie quietly returned to the City God Temple to inquire, only to know that it was Shui Bo who had an accident.

It turned out that Shui Bo went out to contact his nephew, but the nephew himself did not dare to agree, he was shocked and scared at home, and was seen by his mother-in-law and asked what was the alarm, and the nephew began to dare not speak, but he had always been afraid of guilt, and finally told the reason after several inquiries. Although this mother-in-law is playing tricks at home, she is very timid outside, and she was shocked when she learned about it. The Mongolian people are violent and malarial, and the punishment for the crimes of the Han people has always been harsh, and the crime of rebelling against the court is even more numerous among the nine tribes, and the crime is unforgivable!

This mother-in-law was heartbroken, and simply instigated her husband to denounce Shui Bo's crimes, maybe there will be a reward from the government! This Shuibo nephew has no opinions, and under the nagging of his mother-in-law, he finally got greedy, secretly found the county, and secretly reported the matter. County Yin Xie Lin was naturally shocked, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he first sent someone to detain Shui Bo, and then sued the beggar. The beggar didn't like Mingxiong in the first place, but when he learned of this, he didn't hesitate, and immediately ordered the Mongolian guards to take the yacha and the Han army to detain Mingxiong's family first.

The beggar was supposed to detain Mingxiong at the same time, but was stopped by the county Yin, saying that if Mingxiong was in the station, if Mingxiong and his soldiers and horses colluded, he would immediately rebel when he learned of the incident. It is better to send someone to summon him, and then take him down after he has come in the name of deliberation. The beggar followed his words, and this is the scene just now.