It's an ordinary day; There are many solar terms in the lunar month, but the thirteenth day of the lunar month is not any festival. It's such an ordinary day, but it seems destined to be unusual.

Hu Guangbu political envoy to the city of the office, Wuchang Mansion. Jin Zhong, the secretary of the military department and the Huguang transfer envoy, is watching the killing outside the city!

Today's sky in Wuchang Mansion is miserable, and there was a burst of rain before; At this time, the cold wind gusted, blowing the dead leaves and debris on the ground. This weather is exactly the scene of this smashing event.

A row of prisoners on the school field were tied up, including the rebels who had been caught one after another as spies, officers and soldiers who had violated military law, and officials and civilians who had violated the laws of the Ming Dynasty, all of whom were capital criminals! After the officials of the Wuchang Prefect's Yamen received the official documents from the Criminal Department and the Huguang Procuratorial Department, they will execute all of them today.

Because most of the prisoners were soldiers of the two armies, the executioners next to the school grounds were not executioners, but some officers and sergeants.

"Get on your knees!" A military general roared.

The prisoners fell to their knees one after another, kneeling in a relatively neat row. Many of them were shivering, not just because of the cold wind.

Not far away, a big man picked up a wooden hammer tied with a red cloth and beat the drum with a "knock knock ......". Two rows of stubbornly clad sergeants, with an even pace to the beat of the drums, marched neatly behind the prisoners.

Amid the shouts of the generals, the first platoon of sergeants raised their sharpshooters, clamped the guns under their armpits, put the muzzles against the prisoners' vests, and then picked up the fire folds and blew them.

As soon as the muzzle of a cold gun touched the back of a prisoner, the prisoner trembled violently and fell to the ground with a limp.

The military general standing nearby was furious, brandished his waist knife and shouted: "Kneel down! ”

The prisoner struggled for a moment with his hands tied behind his back before he stood up and knelt weakly. He raised his head and called out with fear: "Mother, mother......"

The sound of the fuse burning came from the "Zizi Zi ......", and the faces of the prisoners were full of despair, and some of them tilted their heads and closed their eyes. Bang bang bang ......" A row of firearms rang out, and the smoke filled the air, and the screams followed.

Then the sergeants changed teams, and the second row of sergeants with cherry guns rushed to the front, stabbing the prisoners in the pool of blood with their weapons. Some of them had not yet been beaten to death by the firecrackers, but they could no longer resist in the slightest, and were letting out a screaming and screaming madness.

The civil and military officials watching from the sidelines of the school were all solemn at this time.

Jin Zhong rode on his horse and watched the whole process intently. At this time, he turned his head and saw the two officials of the procurator and the prefect beside him, Jin Zhong's gaze swept over the faces of the two and stayed on the face of the procurator in charge of the review of the criminal law.

Jin Zhong opened his mouth and said: "The prisoner knows that he will die, why is he still so obedient? ”

Huguang pondered for a moment and said: "Back to the Jinbu Hall, under the eyes of the army, they know that it is useless to resist. ”

Jin Zhong was obviously dissatisfied with this answer, and shook his head lightly: "There are many people here, but no one resists. They are in a desperate situation, or at least they can not follow the arrangement! ”

The envoy pondered for a while, and then said: "The lower official thinks that people are like this; It is even more so for military households who have obeyed military orders for many years...... They all know in their hearts, and they know that there is nothing they can do, which is why they are so afraid; Since no one comes out, it's common for people to conform to the herd and do nothing. However, if one person resists just now, I'm afraid everyone will riot! ”

"Makes sense." Jin Zhong nodded thoughtfully.

At this moment, a man in a green robe walked over and said to Jin Zhongzuo, "Someone has asked to see Jin Butang, and he has a letter signed by you." ”

Jin Zhong said: "Where are the people? ”

The green-robed officer turned and pointed not far away. Jin Zhong followed the direction and saw a man wearing a hat; The man lifted his hat and bent down lightly towards Jin Zhong.

Seeing this, Jin Zhong said, "Bring him to my study." ”

"Yes." The green-robed officer arched his hand.

Jin Zhong immediately left the school grounds, returned to Wuchang City, and arrived at the military department of Wuchang Mansion. The local government offices all have six offices, which is convenient for the central government to send people down to do things. Jin Zhong doesn't pick a place in Huguang, and has always been on an errand in the military department.

Soon after he arrived at the hotel, the man who had asked to see him was also brought in.

After the visitor entered the door, he took off the hat and gently placed it by the door; He walked over to where Jin Zhong was sitting and saluted with his fists clenched.

Jin Zhong nodded slightly, and the person who came came closer, and said in a deep voice: "The Chinese army of the 'Pinghan General' in Changsha City, I saw something very strange. After thinking about it, he decided to risk being discovered and rushed to Wuchang Mansion to report to the minister. ”

"Say." Jin Zhongdao.

Humane: "The British Duke lives in the backyard of the Chinese army, and not long ago he locked up a person in the courtyard wing, and asked his henchmen to watch over him day and night; The origin of that prisoner and how he came to work in the Chinese army could not be ascertained.

But what happened a few days ago is even more strange! The British sent one of his henchmen to send the 'prisoners' out of the Chinese army in the evening. He quietly followed them out, saw them out of the city, and then the two of them changed horses together and went south! At that time, it was almost dark, and the lowly did not dare to follow too closely, so he lost his ......."

Jin Zhong listened carefully to the description, he also felt quite weird, and said in his heart: What is that Zhang Fu doing?

After thinking for a while, Jin Zhong said, "You did a good job, hurry back to Changsha City as soon as possible." ”

"Obedience."

Jin Zhong stayed alone in the room and pondered for a long time. He was quite confused, and he really couldn't guess the reason and why Zhang Fugan's incident was so mysterious...... Unless, Zhang Fu is quietly contacting the traitorous king?!

Even he himself was shocked by such an inference! Jin Zhong really didn't suspect that someone like Zhang Fu might even have betrayed the king.

Jin Zhong pondered and weighed it for a while, and felt that this matter was very important; And if you want to deal with such a figure as the "General Pinghan", it is best to play the imperial court first.

After figuring out the various joints, Jin Zhong's movements immediately became fast! He called his entourage into the house and told him to prepare to leave for Beijing; While he began to take out a pen and paper to write a secret note.

Jin Zhong wrote hard at the desk, first described the incident reported by the secret agent on paper, and then wrote his speculation: Zhang Fu's fornication against the king is not completely impossible!

When he finished writing the piece and re-reading it, he felt that it was inappropriate to write his own speculation; Today's saint's mind is not idle, and there are so many ministers in the court, Jin Zhong does not need to express his position. Helping the court speculate, it's just a matter of adding to the snake.

So he crossed out the words and re-copied them.

The messenger had already left the library's study, and was waiting below.

After Jin Zhong deleted and modified, he sealed the secret music; He then signed an urgent official document from the military department and handed it to the messenger. Jin Zhong advised: "Take the official document and take the post road, four hundred miles to expedite!" And this secret recital was not sent to the political envoy, but directly to the commander of the Jinyi Guard; With my seal on it, you will definitely be able to meet Tan Qing, the commander of the Jinyi Guard. ”

The messenger clenched his fists and said, "Little one obeys!" ”

Jin Zhong glanced at the sky outside and said, "The city gate hasn't closed yet, let's go immediately!" ”

Wuchang City's expedited official document delivery to the Beijing Division, 400 miles expedited, estimated in three days and three nights to barely arrive.

Because if the speed of official document transmission exceeds 400 miles, it will run to death; Therefore, there must be a major event, an urgent matter such as a local rebellion, and the government will use that kind of transmission method at any cost.

So Jin Zhong chose an urgent document of 400 miles. After all, the fastest 800-mile rush will take about two days to reach Jingshi!

…… On the fifteenth day of the lunar month.

Jin Zhong received an official letter from Changsha City; The official document was signed by General Pinghan and British Gong Zhang, and the content was probably the combat strategy of the Huguang official army.

Because the official army and the Chinese army have received a number of definite news, the rebels will prepare a boat bridge and force the Xiangjiang River in the south of Hengzhou City; Therefore, Zhang Fu and others decided on a new strategy, and immediately transferred the water and land armies to the south, intending to block the rebels from crossing the river south of Hengzhou!

Zhang Fu's official letter informed Jin Zhong: Let Jin Zhong prepare more military rations and hoard them in the dock warehouse along the river.

The whole thing seems to be no problem on the surface, Zhang Fu even took the initiative to inform Jin Zhong when he decided on the strategy of troop transfer!

However, Jin Zhong had already learned about Zhang Fu's strange behavior from the secret agent, and at this time he had a different opinion: even if Zhang Fu really had different intentions, such a major event as the transfer of troops could not be concealed; It is better to take the initiative to tell Jin Zhong, but it will confuse colleagues even more.

Jin Zhong connected the two things before and after, and felt more and more that something was wrong!

For the sake of safety, Jin Zhong hurriedly wrote a recital again! This time, he did not perform the secret recital, because the content was only the strategy of the Huguang official army.

However, Jin Zhong chose the 800-mile expedited transmission method, and marked the words "800 miles" on the recital. He ordered the messenger to deliver the music to the capital as quickly as possible, at all costs!

One is just a recital of the front-line combat strategy, but it is in an expedited way of 800 miles; That speaks for itself! Therefore, Jin Zhong did not express any suspicion in the recital. He believed that the court and the courtiers would surely find out why!

Jin Zhong walked out of the room, and under the cloudy sky, he watched the messenger's hurried back.

He withdrew his gaze and turned to look at the southern sky; He subconsciously made a gesture of listening, of course, it was impossible to hear any movement.

So Jin Zhong became a little restless, he paced with messy steps, making some meaningless trivial movements, and then he looked up at the gray sky. The clouds in the sky have been in the sky for a few days, but they have not been able to rain happily, and only a few drops of rain are sufficient.

But somehow, Kim Chung intuitively felt that the day of heavy rain was gradually approaching!

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