In the middle of the night, when drums were beating outside the yamen of the governor of Yingtian, Huang Bingwen came to Hai Rui with the token of Dongchang, claiming that he had been attacked by the Japanese invaders. As the supreme administrator of Nanjing, Hai Rui did not dare to slack off, and urgently sat in the court, and sent Yang Zhukuai and others to inspect the inn; At the same time, the errand officers of the Yamen in Shangyuan County and Jiangning County also took action......

The city of Nanjing was brightly lit, and overnight it was like facing a great enemy, and all the officers and soldiers of the Jinyi Guard should be dispatched to deploy along the thirteen city gates......

Tie Niu carried a long knife and led a group of scoundrels to check door to door outside the gate of Xi'an......

Zhu Hui and Song He had already fled back to Tang Mansion, and were taken into the guest room of the second courtyard by Xu Ling'er, and they looked at each other as if they were nothing, and smiled knowingly.

"Sister, although we didn't kill Huang Bingwen, but we killed a lot of scoundrels who followed him to do evil, didn't Lord Hai say that the only way to deal with these mad people is to kill decisively......"

Without waiting for Zhu Hui to finish speaking, Xu Ling'er shouted: "It's just nonsense!" Lord Hai also said that in addition to the evil, the two of you can do it with the strength of the two of you? ”

"Sister Qianhu, let's kill one by one, right? Hehe......" Song replied with a smile.

"Capture the thief and capture the king first, what's the use of killing those minions! Now that he has been startled, it will be difficult to deal with Huang Bingwen in the future. Have you ever thought that Wong Bingwen would never give up, and I don't know how many innocent people will be affected by you tonight! Xu Ling'er said angrily.

At this time, Tang Jing, who was still reading in the study, suddenly heard the noise on the street, hurriedly ran out to find Wanxi, and after asking about the situation, he came to blame Zhu Hui and Song He angrily, and scolded: "You two little rabbit cubs, who asked you to assassinate Huang Bingwen?" ”

"Uncle, we didn't expect that Huang Bingwen had just returned to Nanjing for a few days, and he had actually snagged so many scoundrels and used crowd tactics to deal with us, otherwise, he wouldn't have survived tonight." Zhu Hui replied.

"Uncle, for this Huang Bingwen, I know his temperament, if we don't kill him, he will come to the door sooner or later to bully us......"

Xu Ling'er hurriedly interrupted Song He and comforted: "Tang Daguan, it's okay, Huang Bingwen can't find anyone here for the time being." ”

"With the words of Xu Qianhu, I am relieved." Tang Jing said, gave her a deep salute, and then said: "As early as before the Spring Festival, I heard that Cuihualou began to recruit troops and horses, as far as Yangzhou, Jiangdu, near Shangyuan, Jiangning and other places, they recruited hundreds of scoundrels, rented several courtyards outside the three alleys of Xi'anmen, and occupied half of the alley......

Hearing Tang Jing mention Cuihualou again, Zhu Hui smiled slightly, and hurriedly asked, "Uncle, have you been dishonest again in the few days that I have been away from home?" ”

Tang Jing glared, stretched out his hand to chase Zhu Hui, and scolded: "Stinky boy, do you dare to laugh? This time you've stabbed a hornet's nest! ”

Xu Linger thought to herself, no wonder Huang Bingwen ran to Nanjing just after the New Year, it turned out that he had already made all the preparations, but I don't know what he wanted to do with these scoundrels? Then he asked: "Tang Daguan, tell me, what does Huang Bingwen want?" ”

"I also heard from the outside, Huang Bingwen announced a personal vendetta, after serving the Cuihualou, but I didn't expect that the old bustard deposited all the silver into Xingji Qianzhuang, when he ran to the Qianzhuang to exchange silver, he found that Pang Shangpeng, the shopkeeper of Qianzhuang, did not buy his account at all, and with the support of Hai Daren, he sternly rejected Huang Bingwen, but this Huang Bingwen is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and immediately followed the example, and he built a Xinglong Qianzhuang by himself, ready to do a big job." Tang Jing replied.

"Even if he wants to open a money bank to do business, what's the use of getting these scoundrels?" Xu Ling'er asked puzzled.

"Pang Shangpeng, the shopkeeper of Xingji Money Village, was originally born as a member of the imperial court, and he was taken care of by Tianfu, and he got along well with Hai Daren, and the official business was enough for Pang Shangpeng to make money, what kind of virtue did Huang Bingwen have, and Hai Daren could buy his account? His prosperous bank could only make money by lending usury. Do you think, can the loan sharks be separated from these scoundrels? Tang Jing replied.

Song He was very unconvinced, and said: "No matter how many scoundrels there are, they are also a rabble, I am afraid that they will do something!" ”

Tang Jing glared at him fiercely and said: "We don't need to compete with these people, if Huang Bingwen doesn't come to make trouble with us, what kind of business he does has nothing to do with us, Xu Qianhu, what do you say?" ”

Seriously recalling what happened recently, Xu Ling'er said: "In the future, you must not be careless, Huang Bingwen went to Nanjing to handle the case as the criminal officer in charge of the Dongchang factory on the grounds of investigating the overseas assets of Yan Shifan, Luo Wenlong and others, and even the old prince of Chengguo could not restrain him. ”

"The drunkard doesn't mean to drink? What's that? Tang Jing asked.

"I have an idea, isn't he opening a bank? Okay, let my uncle talk to him about business in the name of raising money, ask him out for tea, and I will join forces with Song He to definitely kill him. ”

Tang Jing's face turned pale with fright, kicked Zhu Hui, and scolded: "Stinky boy, uncle wants to live a few more years!" ”

"It seems that Huang Bingwen will still take the search for the Luo sisters as a breakthrough in the investigation of that huge amount of wealth, and at the same time, it is very likely that he will do everything possible to frame Lord Hai, so that he can dominate Jinling in the future, and even he dreams of being promoted to two levels and spying on the high position of the governor of Yingtian." Xu Ling'er said, feeling that the situation was very serious, and turned to Zhu Hui and said: "In a few days, I should leave, in the future, you must give advice to Lord Hai, and discuss more with Elder Yuekong, Tang Daguan, and Mrs. He, and you must not act recklessly." ”

"Do you hear that? Stinky boy, don't think that if you are the chief flag officer of the Jinyi Guard, you can take a chicken feather and use it as an arrow, like those scoundrels, you will be rampant; Don't think that you are the only one in the world who is smart, you know? Brat! Cleverness is always mistaken by cleverness, and when the time comes, you won't know how to die......"

Before Tang Jing could finish speaking, Wanxi led Mrs. He to find it, and said with a panicked expression: "Uncle, a large group of officers and soldiers are slamming the door outside, saying that they want to enter the mansion to search. ”

When Tang Jing heard this, he was immediately frightened, sighed three times in a row, and asked helplessly, "What the hell can I do?" ”

"Is it someone from the governor's yamen?" Xu Ling'er asked.

Wanxi shook her head and replied, "It's Huang Bingwen, the chief criminal officer of the East Factory." ”

"You don't have to be nervous, I'll deal with it." Xu Ling'er said and walked out of the door.

Finding that Zhu Hui and Song He were also eager to try, Xu Ling'er glared fiercely and scolded: "Still making trouble!" Hurry up and go to bed, the sky won't fall. ”

Mrs. He was very moved, stepped forward to say a thousand blessings, and said: "Xu Qianhu, the Tang family will not forget your great kindness, you go first, I will pick up the things, and then come." ”

At this time, I heard that the rolling wood outside had begun to bang on the door, and Xu Ling'er said: "Wanxi, don't be excited, everything is up to me." ”

Wanxi nodded, came to the gate of the compound, and shouted: "Who dares to make trouble here?" ”

When the sound of the impact outside stopped, Wanxi opened the door, and Xu Linger hurriedly walked out, just opposite Huang Bingwen.

Huang Bingwen sat on the tall horse, waved the saber in his hand, and asked with a sneer: "Xu Qianhu, why did I meet you here?" ”

Xu Ling'er stepped forward and hugged her fists and replied loudly: "It turned out to be the Huangzhang criminal officer, who was humbled by the governor of the five armies to protect the mansion, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and the order of the prince of Chengguo to send an envoy to Jiangnan, so he lived in this mansion. May I ask Criminal Officer Huang Zhang, what is the matter with coming here in the middle of the night in the third watch? ”

"Haha......" Huang Bingwen immediately leaned back with a smile, and replied: "Come and arrest the widow who assassinated Ben Qincha, Xu Qianhu, let's not talk nonsense, quickly get out of the way of this official!" ”

At this time, Mrs. He and Qing Yang were in the grocery room, rummaging through boxes and cabinets to find things, and they were all sweating profusely......

Suddenly, Tang Jing walked in and asked, "What are you looking for?" ”

"The iron scroll of exoneration issued by Grandpa Tai to the king of Dongou was almost thrown away by you when he sold the old mansion, and now he still has the face to ask." Mrs. Ho replied angrily.

"Don't look for it, this iron roll was useless in the year of Grandpa Cheng, more than a hundred years have passed, who still recognizes you now?" Tang Jing replied.

Suddenly, Qingyang's eyes lit up, and he raised his head and shouted, "Auntie, I've found it." ”

"Let's go, hurry up and show it to the official." Mrs. He said, holding this brocade box in her hand, shaking her little feet, and trotting all the way in a panic, and came to the first courtyard.

At this moment, the officers and soldiers were besieging Wanxi and Xu Ling'er, preparing to forcibly enter the mansion to search, seeing that the two of them were about to be overwhelmed, Zhu Hui and Song He, who were hiding in the courtyard, were also eager to try, but they were stopped by Mrs. He.

Mrs. He stood on the steps of the door and asked loudly, "Who dares to trespass on the Founding Father's Dongou Palace?" Let your chief come and talk! ”

No one in Nanjing City knew the background of the Tang family, and after hearing this, the officers and soldiers all took a few steps back.

So, Huang Bingwen urged him to step forward and replied loudly: "As far as this official knows, Dongou Wangfu is obviously on Nanmen Street in Jubaomen, and this place is the private residence of Wu Xiang, the brother-in-law of Cai Dezhong, the former governor of Yingtian, a big corrupt official, when did it become Dongou Wangfu?" Hehe, don't be afraid, give it to me! ”

Xu Ling'er, Mrs. He, Wanxi and Qingyang were not afraid and stopped the officers and soldiers side by side......

At this moment, I suddenly heard someone shouting: "Master Wu, the official of Jiangnan University, has arrived." ”

It turned out that when Hai Rui learned that Huang Bingwen was leading people to search Tang Mansion, he was going to come to intercept him in person, but he happened to meet Tang Jing's old uncle Wu Xuezheng on the way.

Since Wu Xuezheng's incorruptible image was exposed, he was also reported for corruption, and Hai Rui had long been full of prejudices against him, but at this time, he rescued Hai Rui.

Wu Xuezheng knew that there was a deep contradiction between Hai Rui and Huang Bingwen, and in order to show himself in front of the governor, he persuaded Hai Rui to avoid it, and he had a way to make Huang Bingwen withdraw from the army to make up for the gap between him and Hai Rui.

Hai Rui was also worried that the godson of the great eunuch would definitely not buy his own account, and there was really no way to take him, if the conflict with Huang Bingwen was completely intensified, I was afraid that it would not end well, so he asked Wu Xuezheng to come to mediate.

The four-pin sedan chair fell in front of the door of the Tang Mansion, Wu Xuezheng walked in a square step, walked to Huang Bingwen's horse, bowed down, and said: "Please calm down and don't be impatient, the old man has something to say." ”

Huang Bingwen didn't take this Jiangnan scholar in his eyes at all, and shouted: "Ben Qin sent an order to arrest the Japanese Kou, and no one can stop him!" ”

At this time, Mrs. He stepped forward, handed over the brocade box to Wu Xuezheng, and said, "Uncle Shi, you came just in time, take the exoneration coupon issued by Taizu to the Tang family, and show it to the master of the executioner." ”

So, Wu Xuezheng, who looked solemn, took the brocade box with both hands, put it on the steps, bowed to it three times and bowed nine times, and then took out a piece of yellow paper from it, handed it to Huang Bingwen, and said: "Lord Executioner, don't be reckless, this is the ...... issued by the grandfather to the Tang family."

Huang Bingwen began to be difficult, and he hesitated for a long time and didn't dare to pick it up. He knew in his heart: Don't look at this iron scroll as useless in front of the current emperor, since they use this as a shield, if they really don't take Taizu in their eyes, if something goes wrong one day and someone uses this matter to impeach themselves, I really can't say what the result will be......

Just when Huang Bingwen hesitated, a fast horse came running in the distance, and the person who came was a lieutenant of the Nanjing Jinyi Guard, who turned over and dismounted in front of the Tang Mansion and said, "Lord Huang, we have captured the assassin." ”

Huang Bingwen made up his mind, and he had to continue to make excuses, he must go into the Tang Mansion to search, and overheard that Jinyiwei had caught the assassin, and hurriedly asked, "Who is the assassin?" ”

"There are four assassins, two of them are widows, they have already confessed, and Chen Qianhu is waiting for the adults to go back and deal with them."

Huang Bingwen sighed deeply and said helplessly: "Master Ti Xueguan, I'm disturbed. With that, he led his men to evacuate the Tang Mansion.

On the way back to the Nanjing Jinyi Guardhouse, Huang Bingwen asked, "Have you already been tried?" ”

"After the trial, there are two black-clothed robbers, and two who claim to be businessmen, one of them is very hard-mouthed, and he is beaten by us, and he refuses to confess, but the older businessman has already confessed, but he keeps saying that you have a good relationship with your lord. Hehe, I guess that the person who does this kind of thing must be an acquaintance. The lieutenant replied wisely.

When Huang Bingwen heard this, he felt that something was wrong, and then asked, "Where did you capture the assassins?" ”

"Near Chaotian Palace, there is a shop called Xinglong Qianzhuang......

Before the captain finished speaking, Huang Bingwen was so angry that he almost fell off the horse, and scolded viciously: "Bastard thing, it's a big thing for Lao Tzu!" ”

Huang Bingwen and the others returned to the Yamen of the Jinyi Guard in Nanjing, and Yang Zhukuai from Ying Tianfu happened to be here, and he also heard that the assassin had been caught, and he was sent by Hai Rui to interrogate the suspect here.

"Chen Qianhu, have the arrested widows confessed?" Huang Bingwen asked.

Chen Qianhu replied proudly: "Report to Lord Huang, the lower officials have already been tried, because the Japanese don't understand our language, there is no confession yet, but their accomplices have already confessed." ”

At this time, someone escorted Chen Yuanhua, Zhang Gou'er, and two strong men in black over, Huang Bingwen was so angry that he stomped his feet and scolded angrily: "You rice buckets, all get out of here!" ”

Among the four, only Chen Yuanhua was not beaten, but he didn't want to defend now, so he lowered his head and was silent; Zhang Gou'er and the two strong men in black were not lightly injured, their clothes were torn, and they were still dripping blood......

Chen Qianhu, who didn't know what was going on, glanced at Yang Zhukuai, Yang Zhukuai stood at the door with a smile on his face, hugged his fists and said: "Congratulations to Lord Huang, congratulations to Chen Qianhu!" Now that the assassin has been caught, he hurriedly informed the Yamen of Yingtian Patrol and the government offices of Shangyuan and Jiangning counties to stop harassing the people. ”

Huang Bingwen really couldn't understand why Chen Yuanhua brought two Japanese robbers to Nanjing? At this time, he was not in the mood to deal with them, so he ordered Tie Niu to escort them back to the three alleys outside Xi'an Gate. Along the way, Chen Yuanhua didn't dare to say anything, he thought that since it fell into the hands of Huang Bingwen, he should let himself go.

It was nearly five watches, everyone was so sleepy that they couldn't open their eyes, and Huang Bingwen was even more angry, allowing these scoundrels under his command to beat and scold Chen Yuanhua and others, and finally put them in a prison cell.

"Lord Huang, wronged, I'm Chen Yuanhua, I have something to say."

Zhang Gou'er didn't know the relationship between the two of them, and persuaded: "Shopkeeper Chen, a little backbone, don't ask us to wronged us indiscriminately, even if I become a powerful ghost, I can't spare these wolf-hearted officials!" ”

The man in black, who was beaten to death, asked in Japanese: "Seeing that we are dressed in black and shaved our heads for a month, they treat us as widows, how can this be true!" Shopkeeper Chen, why do you want to confess? Do you want to kill us? ”

"The Ming government may treat foreigners as pirates, and after we go back, we must tell Lord Matsuura Takanshin the truth, and we won't let him put half a tael of silver into your bank." Another Japanese preached angrily.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Matsuura, if I don't confess, they will kill the two of you directly, but it's safe here, that Lord Huang is a friend of the next and a shareholder of Qianzhuang, and he will release us soon." Chen Yuanhua replied.

"In order not to be beaten for yourself, you confess with your conscience, and cooperate with people like you to do business, I have no confidence!"

"Since this chief is your friend, why hasn't he let us go?"

At this time, Zhang Gou'er also said angrily: "Shopkeeper Chen, for the Ming court, I am completely dead, if I can get out alive, I will never deal with them again in this life." ”

At this moment, Chen Yuanhua was very embarrassed and didn't understand why Huang Bingwen hadn't come to release them......

The iron bull guarding outside the door was frozen enough, listening to what they said to you and me, they didn't finish talking, they were already holding a belly of fire in their hearts, and rushed in with their subordinates, and beat them again, this time even Chen Yuanhua didn't let go......

It may be that Tie Niu and the others were a little heavier, only to hear the two Japanese howl like pigs, Chen Yuanhua shouted loudly: "Lord Huang, come and save us!" ”

At this time, only Zhang Gou'er gritted his teeth and endured all this silently......