Even a few hundred years ago, Beijing, the most important and largest city in the Central Plains, had a population that amazed all the world's major powers at the time - nearly two million people lived in the capital. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

And in such a huge city, it is not easy for ordinary people and officials to find someone, which can almost be regarded as looking for a needle in a haystack. But fortunately, this time on Yang Zhen's order, looking for Xiao Jing is the most well-informed Jinyi guard in the city, so this task is not difficult.

In fact, it is not impossible to find such a local official who came to Beijing from other places to run errands and would not stay for a long time. Such a person will definitely not buy a house or rent a house, and with his status as an eight- or nine-grade official, it is impossible for him to have any friends he made in his early years in the capital, so there are only two directions to find this person - post inn inn, or guild hall.

This guild hall is an organization set up in Beijing by officials or non-governmental officials from other provinces to serve officials, scholars, and even ordinary businessmen from their hometowns. They can provide necessary accommodation, meals, and other assistance. When a local person falls ill or even dies due to an emergency, these clans will also take care of them on behalf of their fellow villagers. It can be said that this hall is the best place for people who come to the capital to do business in ordinary people.

Therefore, if Jin Yiwei wanted to find Xiao Jing, he first set his eyes on the Huguang Guild Hall. And soon, they got the exact news that Xiao Jing had indeed stayed in Beijing after entering Beijing. However, to their surprise, when they arrived the next morning, they found that the man was not in the hall.

However, this did not stump them, and the Jinyi Guard was patient and waited for the rabbit, so he sent a lot of eyeliner to keep an eye on this area, waiting for his return. And this method did work, and after noon, I finally saw the target's footsteps and returned to the guild hall with some vanity.

This time, Xiao Jing really made a lot of contributions and completed the things arranged by the governor. On the night of two days ago, he spent a lot of lips and tongues, and at the same time, he was under the pressure of Zhang Ge Lao's mountain to get things done. You must know that so far, except for them Huguang, no province has been able to make Zhang Ge Lao nod and agree to reduce the grain tax by 30%. That alone is enough for him to brag about for a lifetime.

It was precisely because of such a big thing that Xiao Jing, who was proud of himself, plunged into the gentle township of the Teaching Department in the evening after resting for a whole day yesterday. This capital is the capital in the end, and the taste of the beauties in the teaching workshop is comparable to that of Jiangling, no, it is more ecstatic than the best Qinglou in Wuchang City. After one night, he couldn't bear it, and he slept until after noon before he could barely get up, otherwise if he continued to sleep, he would probably have to fight for another night.

Xiao Jing was a responsible official after all, and he knew that the errand assigned by the above could not be delayed, so he hurriedly came out of the Teaching Workshop Division, returned to the guild hall to prepare to clean up, and left Beijing overnight. Anyway, going back to Huguang is a canal and waterway, and it is too late to leave at any time.

With these thoughts in his heart, and thinking that he would inevitably be appreciated and promoted by his boss after he went back, Xiao Jing was even more excited. He didn't even notice that when he entered the hall, there were no less than five or six pairs of eyes staring at him.

However, until he left the guild hall and boarded a carriage out of the city and headed towards the city gate, the brocade guards who were hiding around the guild hall had no intention of making a move, but hurried a few steps and followed the carriage in front of him, always keeping it within his sight.

Jin Yiwei did this, not because he was afraid that he would not be able to hold him, with the skills of these people, let alone one Xiao Jing, even ten or eight, even in the densely populated downtown area, they could be quickly captured. However, taking down this person in the capital may bring some trouble, which will make Zhang Juzheng's side vigilant, so they will not do it in the city. And Xiao Jing left the capital after returning to the guild hall, which gave them a better chance.

Before closing the city gate at dusk, the carriage went out of Beijing smoothly, and then under the vigorous drive of the coachman, the carriage ran towards the Nantong dock at a faster speed.

At this time, there are obviously fewer people on the official road that has always been crowded, after all, if you go to Beijing at this time, it is likely that you will not be able to enter the city, so it is better to find an inn or something like outside to stay first. And after the sky got dark, it looked like only Xiao Jing and his carriage were still on the road.

Because he had just slept until noon today, Xiao Jing's spirit was still quite strong at this moment, so he simply lifted the curtain behind the carriage and wanted to take another look at the majestic Beijing city from a distance. In his mind, he shouldn't have a chance to come again in his life. After all, with his status, at most, he was promoted by the county to the government as a second official, and he didn't have to come to the capital to thank his majesty at all.

As soon as he raised his hand to lift the curtain, he heard the sound of eager horses' hooves behind him, chasing straight towards him, like the beating of the dense drums. Then, in the faint distance, he also saw more than a dozen horsemen rushing towards here from the side of the capital, and in a flash, they were only a stone's throw away from his carriage.

Seeing that these knights were in such a hurry, Xiao Jing sighed in his heart, what is the city of Beijing, and the people who are doing things are in such a hurry. If it were placed in Gangneung, it would be impossible for anyone to rush overnight to run errands. He never thought that these knights who were hurrying at night would come at him, and he was not even a fart in the capital.

But something unexpected still happened, the more than ten horsemen and horses came to the carriage quickly, and when they twisted their bodies, they stood in front of the carriage, so frightened that the coachman in front hurriedly pulled the reins, so that they did not hit headlong. And by the light of the stars and moon overhead, after seeing clearly what the knights were wearing, the coachman was even more frightened, and almost fell to the ground from the wheel.

"A few big ...... My lord, I don't know what to advise? "Fortunately, this coachman is still used to running the dock, even if he is flustered, he can still say what he should do.

But the knight who was the leader was very arrogant, and he didn't pay attention to or explain at all, he just swept his eyes into the carriage, and after seeing Xiao Jing's appearance, he waved his hand: "Take it!" ”

The person who had already dismounted immediately stepped forward, reached out, and grabbed Xiao Jing who was stunned in the car, and then dragged him out of the carriage with a force.

It was only at this time that Xiao Jing woke up and immediately shouted: "Who are you, you dare to be here and kidnap people at the feet of the Son of Heaven!" I'm an official ......."

When the leader heard him shouting like this, he unconsciously showed a sneer, dusted off his upper clothes, and straightened his waist: "Our Jinyi Guard wants to take people, no matter what your identity is." Take! As he spoke, he turned his horse's head without looking at the coachman who had been there for a long time, not daring to say or move.

After Xiao Jing heard him report his identity, he changed color again, and then he was speechless, and he even forgot about his struggle. Jin Yiwei, even if he is a magistrate who came from Jiangling, he has heard of his name for a long time. In the past few years, they have already replaced Dongchang and become the most terrifying existence in the minds of everyone in the black and white realms of Daming. And when he thought that these guys were chasing him all the way from the capital, he panicked even more.

"Could it be that these people came to get me on the orders of Elder Zhang Ge?" Thinking of the fact that he used those things as a threat in front of Zhang Ge Lao to force him to agree to reduce or reduce Huguang's taxes, he was a spirit. At this moment, Xiao Jing finally felt regretful, he shouldn't have taken such a risk, how could a big man like Zhang Ge Lao afford to offend? This time, I'm afraid that I have to send my life to the capital.

Because of the regret and fear in his heart, Xiao Jing even forgot about the struggle. He was quickly gagged and put into a hemp bag, and then he was put on his horse by these brocade guards and rushed towards the capital.

He thought that he would never come to Beijing again after this time, but in the blink of an eye, he was going back again. All that remained on the road was an empty carriage and the frightened driver on the wheel......

At the same time, in Zhang's mansion, after Zhang Juzheng listened to Zhang Shoulian's report, his face suddenly sank: "The person has already left?" ”

"Exactly. When our people rushed to the Huguang Guild Hall, Xiao Jing had just left. They wanted to chase after them, but they found that the city gate was closed, so they ......" Zhang Shoulian said with some self-reproach: "We should have gone earlier, and this kind of thing would not have happened." ”

Originally, Zhang Ju would never have made such a mistake. It's just that he has been so busy for days that he has no time to rest, and Xiao Jing forced him that night to make him very unhappy, so that he obviously forgot the fact that this person would be a big disaster for him, and he must not be allowed to fall into the hands of others.

It wasn't until this evening that he suddenly remembered this, and hurriedly sent someone to the Huguang Hall to find someone. Zhang Juzheng didn't mean to get rid of Xiao Jing, he didn't have to do anything with such a small person, he just wanted to make sure that he was sent back to Jiangling safely.

Unexpectedly, the result was still a step too late, and the person actually went out of the city today.

After pinching his eyebrows a little tiredly, Zhang Juzheng said: "Then wait until tomorrow morning to greet the patrol ships up and down the canal, so that they must find them and ensure that this person arrives safely in Jiangling." Speaking of this, he was worried again, this canal is inseparable from the Cao Gang, and the Cao Gang has a deep relationship with Yang Zhen, if this person is targeted by Jinyiwei, the problem will be serious.

"The little one understands." Zhang Shoulian hurriedly agreed.

But they didn't know that it was too late to make these arrangements now, and the people had already fallen into the hands of Jinyiwei.