Outside the Chaoyang Gate of the old imperial city of Jinling, in the sun of Shenlie Mountain, the atmosphere of the Chinese army tent in the Shenji Battalion was extremely tense, and the eunuch of the prison army was killed last night, and the Xiangli prison army kept crying and begging Huang Bingwen to let him write a chapter for the imperial court and impeach Hai Rui for interfering in the case of Dongchang beyond his authority.

If you want to defeat Hai Rui, you must have a chain of evidence that dealt him a fatal blow, and now that Wu Xiang has only been caught, his confession alone is far from enough, so Huang Bingwen seems very hesitant, but he doesn't know how to persuade him.

While the two of them were arguing, the sentry came to report that there was a Taoist priest from Chaotian Palace outside, saying that he had urgent military affairs and came to meet Lord Huang.

Huang Bingwen hurriedly greeted him, recognized Tie Niu dressed as an old Taoist priest at a glance, and asked angrily: "You rice buckets, you can't protect the prison army, how else do you come to see me?" ”

Tie Niu smiled and took off the scarf on his head, tore off the fake beard stuck under his chin, handed the carriage to the sentry at the door, ran forward, and whispered in his ear: "Lord Huang, I brought you back the 100,000 taels of silver that was robbed by that bastard of Wu Xiang." ”

Looking at the carriage whose wheels were about to collapse, Huang Bingwen nodded with satisfaction and praised: "You are much stronger than Zhang Hu." So saying, he returned to the big tent with the iron ox.

As soon as the Xiangli Prison Army saw Tie Niu, he asked angrily, "Where did you die last night?" Why didn't you dare to stop Hai Jui from killing? ”

"Please forgive my father-in-law. At that time, no one expected that Hai Rui would dare to assassinate ...... in public."

"You damn dog, you killed the old brother of the Sprinkle family." Xiangli Jian Jun cursed Tie Niu, turned around and pointed at Huang Bingwen and asked: "You can't escape from this case, the Sprinkle family wants to see, how do you treat Huang Gong's bus?" How can you get involved in that heavenly killing Hai Rui? ”

After glancing at Huang Bingwen, who looked nervous, Tie Niu took over the conversation: "Please Lord Huang and the father-in-law of the supervising army don't panic, these cases in Nanjing City and Qixia Temple have nothing to do with us, and I have already found someone to surrender to the governor's yamen." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Huang Bingwen asked in surprise.

So, the shaking iron bull smiled mysteriously, grinned widely, and replied proudly: "Last night, under my persuasion, Shen Qi carried everything down with the purpose of protecting the family, and this morning, he went to the Yamen of Yingtian Governor to surrender himself, if Hai Rui has returned to the Yamen now, let the two of them play slowly, guess in the next guess, maybe it won't be too long, the imperial court will have to remove Hai Rui from his post and investigate it......"

Huang Bingwen pretended to scold deeply: "You know a fart!" If Hai Rui was not completely sure, how could he dare to assassinate the overseer of the Shenji Battalion? Let me ask you, how can you let that Shen Qi go to the top bag? ”

Tie Niu realized his hypocrisy, and got up and spoke in fear: "Lord Huang, please listen to the details below. After that, he hinted at Huang Bingwen and asked Xiangli to avoid the army for the time being.

"Let's say, my father-in-law is not an outsider." Huang Bingwen replied.

So, after Tie Niu fled him back to the three alleys, how he transported the silver, how he persuaded Shen Qi, and taught him a complete set of words, which he told in detail.

After hearing this, the Xiangli Supervisor looked extremely angry, jumped up and pointed at the iron bull, and scolded fiercely: "What kind of thing are you, you are really bold, you don't let him be in peace when people die, and you actually slandered the poor old brother of the Sprinkle family, saying that he accepted Shen Qi's bribes and led the army out of the camp without authorization, do you still want the Sprinkle family to be buried with you?" ”

It's really three days, and you should be impressed. Huang Bingwen hurriedly persuaded: "Father-in-law, please don't worry, this matter will not affect you." As for the father-in-law of the prison army, he will not let him die in vain, Tie Niu has just brought 100,000 taels of silver, please use it as a pension. ”

handed over the money to Xiangli Supervisor, he naturally had nothing to say, but still insisted that Huang Bingwen write a chapter to impeach Hai Rui.

Huang Bingwen said that there is no good way to take Hai Rui for the time being, which makes Xiangli Jian Jun and Tie Niu very puzzled, so he explained: "You don't understand, the reason why Hai Rui dared to kill the father-in-law of the prison army in front of the gate of Qixia Temple is because the commander is not in the Shenji Camp, and he has the right to protect the royal temple as a member of the Sanpin, and the court may not blame him, not to mention, the cabinet scholar Gao Gong also expects him to be able to contain the first assistant scholar Xu Jie. ”

"What's wrong with Xu Jie? What does this have to do with Xu Jie? The eunuch of the Xiangli Prison Army asked puzzledly.

"Yan Song's father and son during the dynasty, in the south of the Yangtze River changed rice to mulberry, the rich people continued to annex land, officials and businessmen colluded to monopolize the silk weaving procurement, and so on Xu Jiezhishi returned to the hometown, the Xu family is even more intensified to purchase land, it is said that it has reached 100,000 hectares, Yingtian ten mansions are about to become the world of the Xu family, in addition to this stunned Qing, who dares to curb the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty? Hehe, this is a secret of the court, this official went to Jiangnan this time, went to meet Huang Gonggong, his old man told me a thousand times, ten thousand instructions, don't provoke Hai Rui, try to avoid conflict with him as much as possible......"

Before Huang Bingwen finished speaking, Xiangli Jian Jun hurriedly asked: "The tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop." Lord Huang, could it be that watching Hai Rui do whatever he wants, let him and that Pang Shangpeng be embarrassed, and ruin the big thing of our Nanjing Weaving Mansion silk procurement? ”

"Yes, Lord Huang, we must not let Hai Jui ride on our necks......"

"How to deal with Hai Jui, this official has his own way." Huang Bingwen immediately interrupted him, glared at Tie Niu fiercely, and then said, "Before, didn't you always complain that Wu Xiang's luck was better than yours? Hehe, thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, you go and take a look at his bear now, Brother Tie Niu, others see you as the black whirlwind Li Kui, in the eyes of this official, you are my Zhiduoxing Wu Yong, the big shopkeeper of Xinglong Qianzhuang, you will be the only one in the future, go down and rest first. ”

After listening to Huang Bingwen's words, Tie Niu was very excited, smiled at him, and replied loudly: "I will never live up to the high expectations of adults!" With that, he walked out of the big tent.

As soon as he went out, Tie Niu met Wu Xiang, who was in a trance, pulled out his saber and rushed over, ready to end his life with a knife.

Wu Xiang screamed in fright and turned around and ran, when Yue'er appeared out of nowhere and stopped her brother.

"Sister, don't stop me, my brother wants to take out this evil breath for you and kill this bastard's thing!" Iron Bull stomped his feet and shouted.

Huang Bingwen heard the commotion, walked out and asked, "Tie Niu, what do you want to do?" ”

"Kill Wu Xiang, this useless thing!"

"Hehe, he's your brother-in-law."

Tie Niu also thought that Huang Bingwen was laughing at himself, so he was so angry that his eyes widened, he shook off Yue'er, chased after Wu Xiang, and said angrily: "What do you want him to do with this kind of wine bag rice bucket!" ”

"What a fool!" Huang Bingwen hurriedly grabbed Tie Niu and reproached: "Without Wu Gongzi's confession, how can the rhetoric you taught Shen Qi be verified?" ”

When Tie Niu heard this, he suddenly realized, brought Yue'er to Huang Bingwen's approach, and said, "Lord Huang, my poor sister, please leave it to you. ”

Huang Bingwen hugged Yue'er with a smile, waved his hand at Tie Niu, and asked him to go back to the barracks to sleep. After a while, he sent someone to call Zhang Hu in and asked, "Is there any news?" ”

"Lord Qiyu, Lord Huang, has already laid an ambush in the mountains and forests, as long as Hai Rui leaves Qixia Temple, he will never be allowed to return to Nanjing City alive." Zhang Hu replied.

"Be careful not to get caught, you know?"

"Obey your lordship's orders!"

"Go ahead."

At the same time, Hai Rui, who had stayed in Qixia Temple for a night, was preparing to return to the city, Elder Yuekong and others accompanied them to the outside of the mountain gate.

After the Spring Festival, Hai Rui, who was preparing to start the Wusong River, Baimao River and other projects, never expected that so many bizarre cases would suddenly appear, which made him unable to prevent it, but he knew very well in his heart that it was all because of the consequences of sinning the great eunuch Huang Jin.

Hai Rui, who was riding on a horse, was bowing his head and pondering, when a cold arrow suddenly flew and slid over his head, and everyone was shocked......

So, Hai Rui hurriedly dismounted, Yang Zhukuai and others quickly guarded him, and the servants immediately launched a search in the mountains and forests......

After waiting for a long time, the messengers did not catch the assassin, and all of them came back, everyone led the horses and walked cautiously, and slowly came to the foot of Shenlie Mountain, where they happened to meet Zhu Hui, Xu Ling'er, Shi Shiyong and others.

Yesterday, after recapturing the two Oriental merchants, they were sent to the Yamen of Yingtian Governor, and under the arrangement of Master Wu, Lang Zhong was invited to treat their injuries, and someone was sent to Tangfu to invite Xu Ling'er to be an interpreter and interrogate them overnight.

Early the next morning, Zhu Hui went to the governor's yamen to look for Xu Ling'er, and while he was watching the confessions of the two Mr. Matsuura, Shi Shiyong escorted Shen Qi, who "surrendered", back.

Zhu Hui and Xu Ling'er asked Shen Qi a few words and found that there was fraud in it, but Shen Qi swore that he was the culprit, and stated the statement that Tie Niu taught him.

When they heard that they bribed the eunuchs of the prison army with 100,000 taels of silver, and used the officers and soldiers of the Shenji Battalion to arrest Xuande Zhenren and Chen Yuanhua last night, they were all shocked, worried that Hai Rui would have a conflict with those Qiu Ba, Shi Shiyong hurriedly ordered someone to put Shen Qi in prison, and the three of them immediately got up and rushed to Qixia Temple.

After meeting at the northern foot of Shenlie Mountain, Shi Shiyong reported the relevant situation in Nanjing to Hai Rui.

Hai Rui judged that maybe Huang Bingwen was hiding in the Shenji Camp, so he decided to meet the culprit behind the scenes in the name of appeasing the army's heart.

Everyone was very worried about Hai Rui's safety and tried their best to dissuade him, but he was unmoved, only by catching the evidence that Huang Bingwen colluded with the eunuchs of the Shenji Battalion could Shen Qi's lies be self-defeating, otherwise, there was really no good way to take this person who turned himself in.

The group came to the Shenji camp outside the Golden Gate, and the defender sentries found that the governor of Yingtian suddenly visited, and did not dare to slack off, because the commander of the capital went out to patrol, and the eunuch of the supervising army was killed yesterday, and the deputy generals and generals in the camp did not dare to come forward, so he had to go to report to Huang Bingwen.

Huang Bingwen was holding Yue'er in his hand, scolding Zhang Hu and others loudly, blaming them for not being able to kill Hai Rui in the mountains and forests.

If Zhang Hu and others lost their hands outside the door, let Hai Rui come in, and Tie Niu led the group of scoundrels under him, put on the clothes of soldiers, and mutinied in the barracks in the name of avenging the eunuchs of the prison army, and took the opportunity to assassinate Hai Rui.

This time, Hai Rui must not be allowed to return to the governor's yamen alive, and all arrangements were stopped, Huang Bingwen immediately took two retinues and rode out of the barracks through the side gate.

Yue'er overheard Huang Bingwen's deployment, and hurriedly pulled Wu Xiang back to his residence, the two changed into soldiers' clothes, quietly followed behind Zhang Hu and others, and slipped out of the small door, not being stopped by the sentry.

Accompanied by the guards, the Xiangli Prison Army welcomed out of the gate of the Shenji Battalion, Hai Rui was already impatient, and suddenly saw a eunuch coming to greet him, and felt a little disappointed, so he got off the horse with a solemn expression.

As soon as he saw Hai Rui, the Xiangli Supervisor bowed down and said loudly: "Congratulations to Lord Hai, congratulations to Lord Hai!" Please! ”

Hai Rui, who didn't know what was going on, asked, "May I ask my father-in-law, what do I like about?" And what is there to celebrate? This governor is investigating, who gave the order to send officers and soldiers of the Shenji Battalion to besiege the royal temple with firearms in hand yesterday night? ”

"Haha......" After a shrill laugh, Xiangli Supervisor replied: "What a gratifying congratulations! The Sprinkle family has already investigated clearly, it was Shen Qi, a pariah who colluded with the prison army and the widows, and accepted a huge bribe, so he dared to risk the world's disapproval and lead a large army to besiege Qixia Temple, and wanted to kill the demon who escaped from the palace, as well as the Ningbo pirate Chen Yuanhua, but fortunately, the Hai people were wise and decisive, and killed the prison army who colluded with the thieves......"

"Why did Shen Qi kill people?"

"Because Shen Qi colluded with the pirate Chen Yuanhua, Wu Xiang, the brother-in-law of Cai Dezhong, the former governor of Yingtian, and others to set up a money bank......"

Before he could finish his sentence, a shout suddenly came from the distance: "Lord Hai, be careful, there are assassins!" ”

Yang Zhukuai, Shi Shiyong, Zhu Hui and others hurriedly escorted Hai Rui, and Xu Ling'er led the messengers to rush to the front of the guards of the Shenji Battalion, and the two sides confronted each other......

At this time, behind the stone archway outside the Golden Gate, Zhang Hu and others, who had already opened their bows and arrows aimed at Hai Rui, suddenly heard Yue'er's shout, threw away the bows and arrows in their hands in horror, and all pulled out their swords, just when Yue'er tried to escape, they rushed forward and stabbed Yue'er to the ground......

Huang Bingwen, who was hiding in the mountains and forests, saw Zhu Hui, Shi Shiyong and others coming to arrest Zhang Hu, and immediately urged the horse to rush over, shouting loudly: "Bold thief, dare to assassinate the third-grade members of the imperial court!" ”

Just when Zhang Hu and the others were stunned, Huang Bingwen and his two entourages quickly shot and killed them in front of Zhu Hui and the others. At this moment, Xu Ling'er saw the development of the situation clearly, and promptly led people to surround Yue'er who fell to the ground.

Huang Bingwen laughed loudly, bypassed Zhu Hui and the others, came to Hai Rui's approach, turned over and dismounted, and said with a smile: "Lord Hai is frightened, please forgive me for being a step late in the future." ”

Hai Rui shook his head and asked, "Judge Huangzhang, may I ask why you are here?" ”

Huang Bingwen raised his head slightly, and replied without changing his face: "I am arresting pirates on the order of the factory duke, and I have just returned to Nanjing from Ningbo, I heard that someone pretended to be the father-in-law of the prison army late yesterday and led the army of the Shenji Battalion to besiege Qixia Temple. ”

At this time, the Xiangli Supervisor also stepped forward and shouted loudly: "Greetings to Lord Hai and Lord Huang to the Shenji Camp to discuss matters, please!" ”

The assassins were all killed, and at this time, Huang Bingwen and Xiangli Jian Jun pretended not to know each other, and the two sang and harmonized, playing a double reed in front of Hai Rui.

Because Hai Rui already knew the content of Shen Qi's "surrender" and was very disgusted by their performance, even if he entered the Shenji Camp, it was impossible to catch the evidence of Huang Bingwen's collusion with the eunuchs of the prison army, so he sighed and ignored them.

Xu Ling'er squatted beside Yue'er, plugged her wound with a silk scarf, and gently called her name, suddenly, Wu Xiang, who was wearing a cloak, ran from behind the archway, only to see him separate from everyone, kneeling on the ground with tears streaming down his face, and picked up Yue'er......

Huang Bingwen couldn't figure it out, and he didn't know how Wu Xiang and Yue'er ran out, so he couldn't help but send his entourage to chase after him.

Zhu Hui and Shi Shiyong and others were not slacking off, drew their swords and stepped forward to stop the pursuers, and the two sides did not answer, and immediately fought together, Huang Bingwen saw that his entourage had the upper hand, so he stepped forward and shouted to stop.

Holding Yue'er covered in blood, Wu Xiang recalled the two little guessing times, hummed the songs of his childhood, and slowly walked into Shenlie Mountain, Zhu Hui, Shi Shiyong, Xu Ling'er and others followed behind him, calling Yue'er in unison......