When he got up early in the morning, Zhang Kuang didn't even bother to eat, so he kept talking to himself in the house, reciting words, and with vivid facial expressions, he practiced the scene of meeting Wang Kefan.

It has been three or four days since Wang Kefan returned to Chongyang, and Zhang Kuang has personally visited him several times, but he has been saying that he is busy with military affairs and has avoided it. Zuihou still Meng Zheng sent out an idea, to ask Niu Zhongxiao, who is soft-eared, to talk in the middle, Wang Kefan brought the word over, and asked Zhang Kuang to the barracks for a while this morning.

Such an inverted and arrogant behavior, Zhang Kuang can only pinch his nose and endure it, he is now asking Wang Kefan, life and death, honor and disgrace are between the other party's thoughts, how can he take care of these face-saving courtesies.

Wang Kefan's unexpected victory over the water bandits made Zhang Kuang's Jihua who planted the blame completely failed, if he was still staring at this time and talking nonsense, as long as the other party captured the prisoner and sent it up, he would immediately dismantle the diorama, and then He Tengjiao was angry, and it was a small matter to lose the black yarn, and it was more likely that the head would move.

The loser has no dignity in front of the winner.

What Zhang Kuang is counting on now is that Wang Kefan can show mercy to his subordinates, share the credit with himself, and cover the shadow of defeat with the aura of victory.

The lost soldiers can catch some Ding Zhuang and the people to make up the number, and the lost weapons and baggage can be said to be a trick to lure the enemy, and the other generals of the Gongyi battalion are grasshoppers on a rope, and they will help them speak. As long as you report more for the disabled and the war damage, and then do some tricks and feet in the accounts, with the merit of recovering Tongcheng and exterminating the water bandits, you can pass the test safely in front of He Tengjiao.

But all this requires Wang Kefan to nod, without his cooperation, all the plans are to draw cakes to satisfy hunger. Zhang Kuang has made a lot of money for this, and in the past few days, he has raised funds in many ways, forcing Meng Zhengfa and other gentry and Gongyi camp generals to hemorrhage, and scraped together a full thousand taels of silver, preparing to use the silver bullet offensive to take down Wang Kefan.

Changing into a new official uniform, calling Meng Zhengfa to follow, Zhang Kuang came to Wang Kefan's barracks.

"The last general will participate in Zhang Shuai!" After Wang Kefan saw him, he was very respectful, and there was no arrogance after the big victory.

"Yuntai defeated the enemy, this battle is very great, I am really the first good general of my Gongyi Battalion......" Although Zhang Kuang ate a few closed doors, he didn't mention it like no one was right at the moment, and said a few words of greeting without nutrition, and glanced at Meng Zhengfa, and his subordinates immediately presented a silver box.

"Ben Shuai brought some silver to the army today, only a thousand taels of silver, just talking about the heart, and a little reward for the merits of the soldiers." Zhang Kuang said it lightly, but the full silver box was dazzling, a thousand taels of silver, ordinary people don't say they have seen it, they just can't think of such a huge sum of money.

Sugar-coated cannonballs? Wang Kefan smiled slightly, and ordered Jingliang's personal soldiers to put away the silver box. Sugar-coated and cannonballs are returned, which is the best way to deal with sugar-coated cannonballs.

"I took the silver, and I have to thank Zhang Shuai for the soldiers."

"Hey, it's all family, it should be!" Zhang Kuang was secretly happy in his heart, since Wang Kefan had received the money, everything was easy to discuss, and he also had a handle in his own hands, and when the time was ripe in the future, he would be able to put him to death on the charge of accepting bribes.

"Well...... Zhang Shuai didn't come here today just to give me silver, I don't know what else to do?"

"Ben Shuai does have something to ask for." Zhang Kuang waved his hand and ordered him to retreat left and right, and said in a low voice: "Wang garrisons thousands of prisoners here, many of them are soldiers of the Supervisory Battalion and the Gongyi Battalion, I don't know if they can ...... Return to the camp as soon as possible? ”

After the defeat of Tongcheng, the water bandits captured a large number of Ming troops, Song Jiang selected a part as the auxiliary commander, and followed him to conquer Yangloudong, and the rest were imprisoned in Tongcheng. After Wang Kefan defeated the water bandits, these Ming troops became his prisoners again, with about 2,000 people.

Zhang Kuang wanted to hide from the world, but he couldn't explain that there were so many soldiers missing, this gap was too big, and he would definitely not be able to make up for it by just arresting Ding Zhengfu, and it had been locked up for a long time, and the families of these soldiers learned that the news was up, and they couldn't hide their great ability.

"Yes, as long as they are interrogated and identified, the Ming soldiers will be released." Wang Kefan agreed very happily.

Zhang Kuang was overjoyed, he didn't expect the other party to be so easy to speak, it seemed that he was stunned by the silver.

"There is another thing, although there are small setbacks in this battle, but there is also the merit of command and planning, the villains in the market do not know the reason, there are many rumors, Wang Shou is in front of outsiders, please cover up for the commander or two......"

This is an inch, obviously to grab the credit, but Wang Kefan smiled and nodded: "This battle commander strategized, and personally went to Tongcheng to lure the enemy, and ordered our department to set up an ambush in Yanglou Cave, so as to break the thief in one fell swoop......"

didn't expect the other party to be so knowledgeable and interesting, Zhang Kuang couldn't help but be overjoyed, according to this statement, not only did he have no fault, but he was greatly meritorious.

"Not bad, not bad! This marshal is indeed painstaking, leading the ......, ah, of course, Wang Garrison is the first hero of this battle, I will definitely ask for merit in front of He Junmen, and ensure that Wang Garrison is a guerrilla general! ”

"There is no need to ask for merit, I also have something to ask for, please Zhang Shuai to fulfill it."

Calculating the time, Li Zicheng should have left Shaanxi and is about to enter Huguang, He Tengjiao sees that he is difficult to protect, even if he is given a general, it is not uncommon.

Zhang Kuang was stunned for a moment, it turned out that Wang Kefan was not easy to fool, and he accepted the money and put forward additional conditions, but he really didn't have a half-step retreat, and immediately made up his mind, no matter what the other party wanted, he didn't hesitate to agree first.

In the face of his promise to take care of everything, Wang Kefan smiled meaningfully and unveiled his hole card: "In fact, it's just a trivial matter, a new trial bureau has been established in this county, and it will be opened today, and Zhang Shuai will be invited to be a congratulatory guest." ”

The Tribunal? Zhang Kuangru was puzzled, looked at Wang Kefan blankly, and then turned his head to look at Meng Zhengfa......

……

Near the county office, an ugly man walked on the street blankly, and passers-by showed a look of shock and vigilance when they saw his slanted eyes and buckteeth.

He is the black fish, he was caught by King Dulong, and inexplicably participated in the battle of Chongyang, and was almost killed by Wang Kefan's shot, and lay in the medical hall of the Gongyi camp for three months, just recuperating from his injuries. The same group of captives had already been released, and he had no acquaintances among the bandits, so he left the hospital abruptly, not knowing where to go.

"Boom, boom......"

A gong sounded from far and near, there was a lieutenant who was walking through the streets and alleys, pulling his throat to announce what news, two officials came out of the gate of the county government, holding a notice in their hands, and pasted it on the eight-character wall with a "pop", and the people nearby immediately surrounded it, and there was a Confucian who could read and write and shook his head, reading the content of the notice.

Trial Bureau...... Temple...... There are two cases to be tried today......

The black fish listened to the general idea and followed the flow of people towards the City God Temple.

Chongyang East 2nd Street, City God Temple.

There are two long tables and a few wooden chairs on the small square in front of the temple gate, there is nothing on the table except for some clerical pen and ink, clean and tidy, Lu Renqing, Wang Sheng and Zheng Xuan are sitting behind the table, with solemn faces. Twenty soldiers of the Gongyi battalion stood in two rows on the left and right of the table, each with a stern appearance and a spear in hand, just like the officials in the county hall when the case was being heard, but it was more majestic and solemn.

The small square was densely packed with people, who were talking to each other, and they were all full of curiosity about the newly opened trial bureau. The soldiers of the Gongyi battalion and the county officials maintained order together, leaving a vacant lot in the middle.

Another gong opened the way, Wang Kefan, Zhang Kuang, Xu Bingzhong, Niu Zhongxiao and Bu Zuowen, as well as twenty or thirty civil and military officials, came to the City God Temple together, behind them, were the gentry and wealthy households in the county town and the tooth merchants, almost all of whom had heads and faces in Chongyang.

Wang Kefan stepped forward, and Lu Renqing and the others also stood up and saluted everyone around them.

"Dear fathers and gentlemen, today is the day of the establishment of the county trial bureau. Everyone has seen that the conditions of our trial bureau are very simple, and there are only a few tables, chairs and benches in all the belongings, which looks like a grass platform team, isn't it? ”

With Wang Kefan's cordial and easy-going conversation and laughter, the onlookers let out a burst of good-natured laughter, but Zhang Kuang's face was gloomy, looking like an angry little daughter-in-law.

"You must be very strange, what this trial bureau does, let me explain it to you now." Wang Kefan said: "The Songjiang water bandits are in turmoil, disrupting the law and order of the county, and there are constant disputes in various townships and villages......

Wang Kefan's words hit the nail on the head, and the onlookers all felt the same way, nodding their heads and discussing, but the expressions of the gentry and wealthy families gradually stiffened and became more and more unnatural.

"Due to the lack of manpower and funds in the county government, although Xu Daling pities the suffering of the people, some cases can only be compromised, so that the villagers are wronged......"

When Wang Kefan said this, he had long been ready to haode Xu Bingzhong sighed, interjected and echoed two sentences, Chongyang is now out of the county seat, and he has completely lost control over the gentry in the township, and he is trying to use the liliang of the Gongyi camp to fight against those powerful families who are against him.

After he finished speaking, Wang Kefan continued to speak.

"Fortunately, the supervising army Daozhang Observation cares about the people and shows the general a clear way......" He raised his hand and pointed at Zhang Kuang, raised his voice, and said word by word: "Fengzhang Observation General Order: In this extraordinary period, in order to protect the safety of more than 100,000 people in Chongyang, this county will implement public security and military management, and set up a trial bureau to clean up the bandits and small people in the territory, punish the powerful and powerful families who do evil, and return the people to a good place!" ”

As soon as his voice fell, Xu Bingzhong was the first to slap his hands and praise the good, as if relieved, his smile was relaxed, Chongyang County Chinese Wu, as well as Niu Zhongxiao, Wang Sheng, and even Bu Zuowen and others also praised one after another, but Zhang Kuang tightened his face and said nothing.

With a bang, the surrounding people talked enthusiastically, like boiling water, and when everyone understood the meaning of Wang Kefan's words, more and more people began to cheer.

Lord Qingtian, always the most popular among the poor people, they live at the bottom of the society, more or less have been treated unfairly, Zhang Kuangzhang Lord wants to fight against those wealthy and powerful families, gentlemen and businessmen, they are sincerely happy and supportive, some good old people, on the spot kneeling down to Zhang Kuang kowtow, shouting Zhang Lao Ye Wan Minsheng Buddha, generations of princes and so on.

Zhang Kuang became the focus of attention, his face was pale, and the red moles on his face were suffocating. He felt very clearly that the eyes of the rich gentry around him were full of hostility, and there was no doubt that as long as he nodded and said a good word now, he would become mortal enemies with these rich gentry in the future.

At this time, Wang Kefan turned around and smiled at him: "Zhang Guan, let's say a few words to my father and fellow villagers." ”

"Uh-huh......, uh-huh......"

Zhang Kuang coughed dryly, swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, his expression suddenly changed, and he said loudly to everyone: "The ancients, in troubled times, you should use heavy codes!" The trial bureau should be strict and serious in investigating the case! No matter what background you have, as long as you have illegal and evil acts, you must investigate them to the end and never tolerate them......"

He paused, raised his voice again, and shouted hoarsely: "Those who dare to obstruct the official affairs of the trial bureau are all enemies of this observation and disobedience!" ”