Chapter 467: A Tooth for a Tooth

Xu Tianbiao knew that his nephew died in Songjiang, and he and Xu Quan were together since they were in the border town, saying that they were uncles and nephews, and they were like father and son.

However, this grief was soon alleviated a lot, and Sima Tai, the head of the household department, now regarded him as his own, and the attitude of the officials of the six departments of Nanjing who used to shout at him was obviously much better, and at this time, Xu Tianbiao felt that this Nanjing Jinyi Wei commander had some meaning.

A few years after Jin Yiwei was encircled by Lu Bing, the function of intelligence shrank rapidly, although Xu Tianbiao was in a high position, but there was not much information in his hands, and the Ming officialdom knew that there were great benefits in sea trade, but everyone got money was the goal.

They don't care about what is behind it, so they know that there is Huazhou overseas, and they know that Jiang Feng is there, but they don't know anything else.

In their hearts, they just felt that it was a wealthy Ming army general who went overseas to exile and make a fortune, and they didn't know what kind of monster the other party was, the shelling on the seaside, after Xu Tianbiao and the generals of the sailors passed the buck to each other, they generally felt that this might be Jiang Feng colluding with Franco's warships to invade the Ming Dynasty, where would a pirate have such a big gunboat and such a big ship.

And according to the people who saw the shelled ship nearby, after the boat picked up Jiang Feng and his party, there was no other action, which proved his judgment. Deng Fang of Shuangyu on Liuheng Island also took the initiative to report that some big ships from the West had passed nearby recently, but there was no action.

Daming now has almost no ships that can fight at sea, and if Jiang Feng and his party are rescued by Westerners, then there is really no way to arrest him.

After Xu Tianbiao was careful for more than a month, there was no abnormal movement around him at all, he finally put his mind at ease, and it was expected that Jiang Feng would not have the courage to come back at all, in this era, Portugal and Spain had made provocative moves against the Ming Dynasty, such as in Guangdong, such as in Fujian.

However, they were all defeated by the Ming army, only the Portuguese used deception to obtain a small piece of land in Macao, and the officials and people of the Ming Dynasty were not afraid of the Western fleet, so for the appearance of Western ships in Songjiang, it was only to strengthen the fort and send additional manpower.

What's more, they don't believe in the huge ships that the shipwrights and merchants along the coast say at all, that is too exaggerated, how can such a ship come out.

For more than a month, Xu Tianbiao's only fear was that Jiang Feng sent assassins to retaliate, but there was no movement, and he gradually relaxed his vigilance. The status of Jinyiwei has improved, and the yamen, which had been idle for a while, has become busy again.

Things are gradually increasing, and there is no abnormal situation in Nanjing City, Xu Tianbiao feels that he should also go to the yamen to deal with his official business, and finally his rights and responsibilities have been increased, but he can't give up so easily.

There are hundreds of brocade guards in civilian clothes around the Xu Mansion, as well as the gangs under the Thirteen Chamber of Commerce, who are afraid that someone will be unfavorable to Xu Tianbiao, as soon as Xu Tianbiao goes out, there are immediately dozens of guards lined up beside him, surrounding him.

The place where he lives is also the area where officials at all levels in Nanjing City gather, and seeing him go out with such a big momentum, some officials said coldly:

"If I hadn't known that it was the commander of Ti Qi who went out, I would have thought it was Wei Guogong's car, so majestic!"

After swaggering through the city and entering the yamen, Xu Tianbiao finally breathed a sigh of relief, this was the first time he went out after Xu Quan died at sea, and it seemed that there was indeed no danger.

After entering the Jinyi Guard's command yamen, those guards naturally would not follow, only a few guards followed him, and it was impossible for those people from the Thirteen Chamber of Commerce to follow in.

The history of the yamen of the Nanjing Jinyi Guard is longer than that of the Beijing Division, after all, it was founded by Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, and the rules of officialdom not to repair the yamen are also obvious here, the houses are old and abnormal, and the pattern is relatively narrow.

The main gate leads to the official room, and there are still two corridors to walk, and four guards surround Xu Tianbiao in the middle, and the pace is the same, which can be said to be strict.

When he just walked to the second corridor, a small official holding a scroll came to him, and when he saw the commander coming towards him, he hurriedly flashed aside, Xu Tianbiao's four guards all put their hands on the handle of the knife, but their feet did not stop, but their eyes looked at the little official coldly.

Jin Yiwei commanded hundreds of such small officials in the yamen, and it was not a rare person, Xu Tianbiao had been on the battlefield for many years, and he was used to being careful, and his hands were all folded.

The little official flashed respectfully to the side, and the two sides passed by, there was nothing special, Xu Tianbiao and his party were a little relaxed, and walked straight forward. After walking about ten steps, they suddenly heard the sound of mechanical friction behind them.

They all felt that something was wrong, and they all hurriedly turned around, but saw that the respectful little official had already straightened up, holding a short fire gun with a wheel in his hand, and the steel wheel on it had already rotated to the end, this process was very short, because no one thought that in the command yamen of Jinyiwei, there would be someone to make a move against the commander, and there was nothing secret, it was so open.

When the two guards in the back wanted to raise their knives and Xu Tianbiao wanted to dodge, the fire gun was already roaring, within ten steps, the fire gun could almost be used as a straight ballistic, and almost everyone present could hear a clear 'bump' sound, and there was already a blood hole in Xu Tianbiao's chest, and he fell down directly, and his internal organs were already shattered by this blow, and he couldn't survive.

After the little official finished this shot, he didn't dodge or dodge, looked at the two guards who rushed over with knives on the opposite side, pulled out a short knife, turned his hand and stabbed it in his neck, blood splattered......

This matter is tantamount to the great shame of Jinyiwei, a sensation in Nanjing, the eunuchs guarding the town, the Nanjing garrison and the general soldiers, are all ordered to be strictly investigated, and the thousands of households in charge of Nanjing Jinyiwei have used all the power that can be used in their hands, but the results obtained can not explain anything.

The little official was indeed a member of the Nanjing Jinyi Guard, and his neighbors said that the son of the little official was born with a disability and had a disease, and in order to cure the disease and support the child, he already owed a large amount of debt, but half a month ago, someone replaced the money for the little official, and also took his son.

As for who took the son of the little official, who helped him pay off the debt, then nothing can be found, the knife on which the little official committed suicide has been quenched with poison, and the matter is also decisive, some people wonder if it is related to this incident a few days ago, Xu Quan's death at sea is related to this matter.

But this guess is too incredible, the battle between the brocade guards of the Ming Dynasty and the pirates or merchants, the other party is just worried about the retaliation of the brocade guards, who dares to chase and kill. Moreover, this little official has the demeanor of a dead man, and such a tragic act, how can ordinary people instruct him?

After this incident, the entire Nanzhili and Jiangnan were quiet again, and everything was closed, and they were traced for a few months without a clue, and this headless case gradually faded, and all kinds of messy rumors began to appear, and what Xu Tianbiao occupied the wife and daughter of the little official, and so on, it was wonderful.

When Jiang Feng was in Beijing, Zhang Xiaosan, a stalker sent by Sima Tai, the head of the household department, had a much better life in the past six months than in the previous two years, the food at home was again meaty, his wife and son also had new clothes to wear, and the whole family had a smile on their faces.

Zhang Xiaosan invited Sima Tai's housekeeper to go to the Qinglou once in February, and then handed over a red envelope of more than a dozen taels of silver.

What's more, there are broken fans everywhere in the Beijing Division, Zhang Xiaosan doesn't do it, just find another one. There is a way to be a seven-grade official in the prime minister's porter, and he entered the house of the household servant as an errand boy, which can be regarded as decent, and people who know Zhang Xiaosan are all sighing, this kid is really lucky, it seems that he has turned over.

A few days ago, Zhang Xiaosan went to the street to buy vegetables, and after returning home, he followed the neighbors and said that the father and mother in the countryside wanted to see their grandchildren and granddaughters, so let the mother-in-law in the family take the children to the countryside, which can be regarded as filial piety, such things are commonplace, and no one takes it seriously.

Sima Tai had lunch every day, and if he was in the house, he would definitely make a pot of the best dragon well in the study, which was already a habit that could not be moved, and his colleagues and subordinates also knew that they should not disturb Lord Shilang at this time, otherwise there would be no good fruit to eat.

Zhang Xiaosan put the spring water used to drink water every day into the tea room in a wooden barrel, which is also one of his daily jobs......

The housekeeper hurriedly walked into the inner courtyard with a document, hesitated outside the door of the study of Sima Tai, the household servant, but pushed the door in, bowed down and said respectfully:

"Master, the emergency report over there in Nanjing, the commander Xu Tianbiao was killed in the mansion!"

There was no response, and the housekeeper looked up cautiously, but saw that Sima Tai's head was tilted to the side, and there was no sound......