Chapter 31 Preparing to go south for 17___ to kill the eagle dog

Zhang Zhimu called Li Zhi over. Li Zhi's things, Zhang Zhimu didn't move, let him keep them by himself, also two big bags, on one donkey, and a few cages of pigeons covered with cloth, also on the other donkey. Zhang Zhimu took out a gold bar, handed it to him, and said, "Go home and make a living." Take the donkey. ”

Li Zhi knelt down with a thud and said, "You can't drive me away, be in charge." I, Li Zhi, am a useful person. "What Zhang Zhimu can't stand the most is the people of this era, kneeling at every turn. Zhang Zhimu hurriedly helped him up and said, "In the past few days, I have learned a little about you. You didn't bother less, I saw it all in my heart. Just feel like you've been away from home for too long and want you to go back and see. Since Brother Li is willing to go with us, there is no reason to disagree. ”

"In the past few days, I Li Zhi have also seen what the head of the house has done in my heart, and I have made up my mind to follow you. As for what the head of the house said, go home, after I have done something with you, and you are satisfied, you will allow my family to go home and have a look, and it will be beautiful to go back at that time. Now I'm going back, I'm a bandit. Li Zhi said sincerely, and Zhang Zhimu was also a little moved, so he nodded in agreement.

Zhang Zhimu instructed those women in Wild Boar Ridge to listen to the command of the third lady Yang Xilian in the future, there are too many people, and there are no rules. Finally, Zhang Zhimu stood on the carriage and said loudly: "Brothers and sisters of Wild Boar Ridge, from now on, you are my people from Yaogang, and you are my brothers and sisters of Zhang Zhimu." I'm with you all through thick and thin. I ask you, after you go out from here, you are not allowed to say that you have stayed in Wild Boar Ridge again, and you are not allowed to mention the word Wild Boar Ridge again. It is necessary to write off everything in the past. A new life starts today and starts anew. Later, someone asked you where you had been during this time? Let's just say that with me Zhang Zhimu, all our brothers and sisters in Yaogang can testify for everyone. Let's go! ”

The people of Wild Boar Ridge cheered, and the women hid their faces and wept.

Fanjiaying, the inn that Chen Yufeng contracted is called Bafangju, which is a very elegant and quiet inn, and at the back, there is a set of courtyards, which can be stacked with goods. Seeing that the distinguished guests came and chartered the inn, the innkeeper didn't dare to slack off, and went to buy a mat to help put the goods on.

In the guest room, Zhang Zhimu and the other four people had just laid down and had not slept yet.

"Cybernaut" Yan Boju asked Zhang Zhimu: "I said virtuous nephew, why can't you suppress this thief?" ”

Of course, Zhang Zhimu knew that he had learned it in history class a long time ago, and it was the landlord class that oppressed and forced the peasants to rebel, etc., and when he was admitted to university, he was very familiar with the melons on his back. But you can't tell them that. He asked, "Why?" ”

"You see, we will lay down a small bull head mountain, and there is such a big entry. Those anti-thieves, under a state capital, how much money is there! So the next state capital is enough for them to live for a while. ”

Zhang Zhimu thinks about it, it makes sense, it seems that the war is destructive, and on the other hand, the winner also gains greatly. At this time, Liu Yun knocked on the door. Li Yunhe got up and opened the door, and Liu Yun and Li Zhi came in together.

Liu Yun said: "Everyone should be more energetic tonight. ”

It turned out that Li Zhi had an informant here, and he worked as a partner in an inn larger than this Bafangju. After dinner, Li Zhi said hello to Zhang Zhimu, and went out with Liu Yun to contact the informant. After the informant came out, Li Zhi told him that now that he has changed owners, don't let your pigeon go, and the pigeon will have no home when it goes back. Now with the new owner, someone will send new pigeons in the future, and agreed on a new contact method, according to Zhang Zhimu's request, gave him ten taels of silver. When the informant heard that they lived in the Hagoon, he said, "Oh no, you are being targeted by the talons of the eagle." ”

This informant was very shrewd, and this time he found that the new customers in their store had unusual demeanors, and even booked three upper rooms next to each other on the second floor, but they only lived in the middle one. When he was delivering water, he overheard a few people saying that there was a problem with the guests of Bafangju, and when he wanted to hear it again, the people in the house were alert and had to send water in. Liu Yun asked him how many people were in the house, and said that there were five, one of which was Fan Jiaying, who was estimated to be an undercover person from Eagle Claw.

Zhang Zhimu thought to himself, this is terrible, now is not the time to confront the court, let alone confront the court, even against this eagle claw. Thinking about it again, we didn't make a big mistake, and now Talon just suspects that we have a problem, and it's not sure yet. But the eagle claw, if it is in a border pass like Kill Hukou, it is normal, but why is it in this town?

Zhang Zhimu said his thoughts, and Chen Yufeng said: "Zhimu, plan for the worst." This eagle claw will not look for any evidence of your crime, as long as you suspect it, you will arrest people. Eagle's talon catches very few people are released. I don't know if it's the East Factory, the West Factory or Jinyiwei. ”

Zhang Zhimu knew that he had to stabilize his position at this time, and said: "No matter who it is, it is the eagle dog of the imperial court anyway." We want to be obedient people and live a good life. If they don't let it. We can't stretch our necks and wait to die. Don't be afraid, it's still the same sentence, 'It's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided.'" Tonight, a few of us will lie down in our clothes. Don't alarm others, the fewer people who know about it, the better. ”

At this time, Chen Yufeng said: "Here, you can't use guns now. These eagle talons are all masters of one by one, it seems that there are four or five people, but the informants of Fanjiaying will not show their lines. If there is anything, Liu Yun, Li Wei, and Li Yunhe will go out with me first. Don't show your head first. ”

After thinking for a while, he said, "It's better that they don't come, and when they do, they will be led out and destroyed." He asked Li Zhi again: "Can you find the one from Fanjiaying?" ”

"I can find it," Mr. Li said.

"Okay, everyone be vigilant and rest first." Zhang Zhimu said. A few people were crammed into the room.

was targeted by the eagle claws of the imperial court, and although he lay down, no one could sleep.

Zhang Zhimu has read the history of the Ming Dynasty and knows this imperial eagle dog very well, even better than these people around him. This imperial eagle dog is divided into the East Factory, the West Factory and the Jinyi Guard.

This Jinyi Guard is the commander of the Jinyi pro-army, and it is the emperor's bodyguard. It was formerly known as the Imperial Arch Guard Division set up by Zhu Yuanzhang during the Ming Dynasty. In order to monitor, investigate, and suppress the illegal acts of officials, the Emperor appointed his cronies and civil and military officials to act as "inspectors" to listen to the unfairness, lawlessness, and rumors of officials in Beijing.

Dongchang is the East Investigation Factory, which was a privileged supervision agency, secret service agency and secret police agency in the Ming Dynasty of China. In the eighteenth year of Yongle (1420), Ming Chengzu set up the Dongji Factory (referred to as the East Factory), which was headed by a close eunuch. Dongchang is the earliest national secret intelligence agency established in the history of the world, and its branches are as far as the Korean Peninsula. The location was located in the north of Dong'anmen in Jingshi (present-day Beijing). In the late Ming Dynasty, Jinyiwei and the East and West factories were juxtaposed, and the activities were strengthened, and they were often called "factory guards". Dongchang's power is above Jinyiwei, and it is only responsible to the emperor, and without the approval of the judicial organs, it can supervise the arrest of subjects at will, thus opening the end of the eunuch interference in the Ming Dynasty.

The founder of the East Factory is Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty. After the "Battle of Jingyan", Zhu Di ascended the throne. On the one hand, rumors appeared from time to time that Emperor Jianwen was not dead, and on the other hand, many ministers in the imperial court were not very supportive of the new regime. And Zhu Di also distrusted the ministers of the imperial court.

He felt that the Jinyi Guard, which was located outside the palace, was not very convenient to use, so he decided to establish a new institution.

The function of the East Factory is to "visit and conspire against the evil and evil, and equalize the power with Jinyiwei". One person is in charge, and he is entrusted with the power of visiting and spying. At first, Dongchang was only responsible for investigating and arresting people, and did not have the right to interrogate prisoners. But by the end of the Ming Dynasty, Dongchang also had its own prison. Dongchang monitored various political forces, such as government officials, celebrities, and scholars, and had the right to report the results of the surveillance directly to the emperor. According to the information obtained from the surveillance, for those political opponents with lower status, Dongchang can directly arrest and interrogate them without judicial trial; As for the opposition who are high-ranking government officials or have the status of royalty and aristocrats, Dongchang can also arrest and interrogate them with the authorization of the emperor. The scope of detection in the East Factory is very wide. The information obtained by Dongchang can be reported directly to the emperor, which is much more convenient than Jinyiwei, which must be reported in the form of a chapter.

The West Factory was an exclusive spy agency in the Ming Dynasty in addition to the Jinyi Guard, the East Factory and the Insider Factory, and they were all directly under the orders of the emperor. The members of the West Factory were selected by the Jinyi Guard, and Xianzong set that the number of Tiqi (Jinyi Wei School Guards) under his command should be twice as large as that of the East Factory, and he also took over the powers of the East Factory and the Jinyi Guard, and its authority was greater than that of the East Factory and the Jinyi Guard. Xichang's duty was to investigate the words and deeds of the ministers, and to detain and torture suspects, and Xichang mixed the prison and the court, and could arrest the ministers of the court and the central government at will, and could not ask the emperor for request.

However, no matter which way of sacredness is eyeing him, it is the same for himself, Zhang Zhimu thought.

After a long time, Zhang Zhimu couldn't stand it anymore, and the two eyelids began to fight. Just when Zhang Zhimu was sleeping, he heard Chen Yufeng whisper: "The guest is here." Zhang Zhimu immediately woke up and pricked up his ears, but he didn't hear anything. A few people in the room had already gotten up and quietly walked out. Zhang Zhimu obviously felt the murderous aura emanating from several people, and this murderous aura was not felt when he encountered thieves on the road.

Through the window, Zhimu heard a few soft cracks outside, then a few clanging blades, then a run, and then no movement. From start to finish, there was not a single vocal.

Zhang Zhimu, Yan Boju, and Li Zhi all came to the courtyard together with their blades. The courtyard was empty, as if nothing had ever happened. None of the others were alarmed. A few people took a turn and didn't find anything wrong. So I went back to the house and waited.

In anxious waiting, Chen Yufeng and the others finally returned. Chen Yufeng entered the house and said, "Three have been solved." There are two more, and now I'm going to clean up together, so be fast. ”

It turned out that when Chen Yufeng and the others went out, three eagle talons had already come in the courtyard. One of them went up to the house, the other two in the yard. As soon as Chen Yufeng came out, he knew that he had been discovered. The man in the room raised his hand like a dart. Li Wei, who went to the room to observe when he came out, had already seen someone in the room, and when he saw that the person raised his hand, two darts in his hand went out, one dart flew the dart from the room, and the other went straight to the person in the room. The man in the room was also a master, and with a flash of dart on his shoulder, Li Wei also jumped up the room and fought with the man. At this time, several people underground have already started to fight, Liu Yun and Li Yunhe can fight one each, and it can be a draw, but as soon as Chen Yufeng is on the side, the two of them can't resist, in fact, Chen Yufeng can kill the two of them immediately, but he doesn't want to start here. Fortunately, neither side wanted to alarm others, so no one yelled. The injury on the room was even more invincible to Li Wei, and Li Wei didn't want to kill here, so he didn't kill him. The three of them were invincible at first sight and greeted each other. made a false move, turned around and ran, Chen Yufeng and the others were the result, so he led people to chase him out.