Baodafang, Dongchang Hutong.

Compared with the short-lived West Factory in Lingji Hutong, which has only been around for more than ten years, the East Factory has experienced countless ups and downs since its establishment in the eighteenth year of Yongle, but it has always been standing. However, in the past ten years, although the East Factory is the most hated by civil officials, the successive governors have always been low-key, except for the rampant factory guards during the Chenghua years, Shang Ming of the Admiral East Factory is also the same as Wang Zhi, and finally ended up in the end, most of the time, the East Factory Governor is in the mouth of the people to falsely spread false rumors to stop children crying at night, but the name is not obvious.

However, Hongzhi once had a clear politics, and the factory guards were not as terrible as they were in the Chenghua years in the eyes of ordinary people, and even on both sides of Dongchang Hutong, occasionally a few stalls selling gadgets would be set up. Because every time he gave free tea to the lieutenants who came in and out of the East Factory, no one came to catch him for a while, and it was close to the Dengshi Hutong, which was originally a place where people gathered, and this business was actually prosperous.

On this day, there were many tea customers sitting on the tea stall as usual, and when they saw the official school of Dongchang coming in and out, someone said: "These days, people in and out of Dongchang are too frequent, and there are still people sitting here, and now there is no figure for a few days." ”

"Why, Wang Lao Wu, do you still dare to drink tea at the same table with those evil stars?"

After this joke, the tea guests suddenly laughed, and the ridiculed Wang Lao Wu suddenly couldn't help it, put the big tea bowl on the table, and then said angrily: "What don't you dare, last time a general flag of the East Factory sat at a table with me, not two eyes and one mouth......

"Save it, save you, these days Dongchang is busy because of that Shou Ninghou's affairs, otherwise Ping said to come here and sit down, just one look, don't think about anyone left in this tea shed, let alone a table!"

Speaking of Shouninghou, there are inevitably discussions in the tea shed, but after all, it is a state affair, and the small people just muttered two sentences. Just when Wang Lao Wu, who provoked the conversation but was full of boredom, left a few copper coins in anger, and then strode out, he only heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves, followed by a group of twenty or thirty horsemen roaring in front of Wang Lao Wu, the dust brought up by the wind and lightning coupled with that rare momentum, so that all the tea guests who were originally sitting in the tea shed stood up, and more than a dozen people crowded into the narrow place at the door to look around, Wang Lao Wu also boldly walked a few steps inside to see the movement, but after a while, he hurriedly ran back.

"It's amazing, someone actually hit the East Factory!"

This shouting suddenly made the tea shed explode, and then someone jumped up to question the most outrageous news in the world, but when he was dragged over there for a while by Wang Lao Wu, who had just dared to see the excitement, his face was as white as paper, and he swallowed a mouthful of saliva and nodded heavily: "It's really not wrong, someone really hit it, and it was ...... Dongchang."

"Good man, have guts!"

Although there was a good thing that shouted out loudly, more people looked at me and soon chose to slip away. Even the old man who opened the tea shed, for fear that the gods would fight and harm mortals, packed up the valuable guy as quickly as possible, and pushed away a car quickly, leaving only the lonely tea shed in the same place after a while. And the tea guest who was shouting a good man just now also slipped away among the others after waking up.

Although these ordinary people didn't dare to stay and watch the excitement, the people who took the lead in hitting the East Factory were single-minded and left behind all the consequences and other things. At this moment, Zhang Zong, who was carrying a stick with Qi Mei, said that when he saw those Dongchang fans being beaten and retreated, he shouted: "Don't be afraid, rush in and find people out for me, whoever is the first to find someone, I will reward you with a thousand taels of silver, and there will be something in the future, all the expenses of your family in the future, I will cover all the expenses of your family!" ”

One thousand taels of silver!

According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, as long as the robber gets wealth, it is a dead word, robbing during the day, and killing people is killed, even if it is a theft, the three crimes are also hanging. Such a strict punishment and strict law can not stop people's desire for profit, now Zhang Zong said that as soon as he opened his mouth, it was a thousand taels, even if these people who followed were already fed with silver, they could not help but have the mind to go out, plus Zhang Zong said that he had shown them the topographic map in the Dongchang Yamen in advance, and it was not long before the first one broke into a room, followed by the second and third.

And when the Dongchang fans saw Zhang Zongshuo personally carrying the Qi Mei stick into the courtyard to sit in the town, no one dared to really hurt this Shouning Hou Shizi with a different identity, and Wang Yue went out with a thousand households and a hundred households, and the head and face were not there, and the highest identity present was a Ma Zongqi, who could only shout and make a show on the side for a while, seeing that these wolf-like men turned the rooms into a mess.

Zhang Zong said that although he was hard in his mouth, he saw that time passed little by little, and the room was shouting constantly, but he never caught the person he wanted, and let him stand straight with a stick, but he couldn't help but feel very anxious in his heart, which had entered the late autumn weather, and the corners of his forehead were already oozing fine beads of sweat. Just when he could barely bear to wait any longer, he suddenly heard a shout like fairy music.

"Caught, caught, people here!"

With this shout, Zhang Zong said that when he saw a number of people coming out of other rooms and swarming in the direction from which the words came, as if to grab the credit, he immediately shouted loudly: "Don't be such a useless monkey, escort that Zheng San out to me!" The rest have no merit and hard work, and when they go back, each will be rewarded with a hundred taels! ”

Hearing that there was also a reward, although the rest of the people were a little unhappy to rob the big head, since there was some compensation, they also took advantage of the situation to stand up. Seeing a triumphant pockmarked man pull out a person with a bruised and insincere benevolent shape, these people changed their faces together, and Zhang Zongdao strode forward and grabbed the person's hair to recognize it, and saw that it was really his own Zheng San, his face suddenly became extremely gloomy, and he immediately glanced around at the Dongchang official school that was looking at each other.

"Good, good! My Shouning Hou Mansion has been tracking down such a house slave who caused my father to carry the black pot, but I didn't expect that Dongchang would have taken down people a long time ago without making a sound, and tortured them like this! Speaking of this, he sneered and said, "Get people on the horse, let's go!" ”

Seeing that Zhang Zong said that he really wanted to escort people away, at this time, Ma Zongqi, who stayed in the yamen, woke up like a dream. Thinking of this matter, his own governor did not report it to the emperor, and now Zhang Zong said that if he came to the door and snatched people away, the consequences of this matter would be too serious to be repeated. Thinking that all of them were going to be implicated at that time, he immediately went out, pulled out his knife and slammed it high in his hand, and rushed out with an arrow, just in front of Zhang Zongshuo.

"Little Hou Ye, you led people to storm the Yamen of Dongchang, this is already a mortal crime, and now you have to take away the Dongchang criminals, this is even more of a crime, please Xiao Hou Ye you think twice!"

"Think twice?" Zhang Zong raised his eyebrows, and then shouted, "It's because I've been thinking twice before, I didn't think of you earlier, and I didn't come here earlier!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the eyebrow stick in his hand suddenly went out, and a stick hit the right hand of the unsuspecting Ma Zongqi knife, seeing that the knife held by the guy flew out at once, and fell to the ground with a bang, and then covered his right hand with a shocked face, he shouted: "Listen to all, rush out with me!" ”

Zhang Zong said that since this Shouning Hou Shizi was released, the rest of the people naturally followed behind with a roar, dragging the half-dead Zheng San and rushing out of the Dongchang Yamen. Although there are also people who try to block and block, but although it is a sword against a club, one is scruples, the other is high morale, and this victory or defeat can be imagined. When watching this group of dozens of people get on their horses and roar away, Ma Zongqi, who chased out of the yamen with his wrists covered, turned gray for a while, and it took a long time to stomp his feet.

"Have you sent a letter to the Prince's Gazette?"

"Master Ma, just now, all of them were tightly guarded by these people, although two of them climbed the wall to report the news, most of them were ......"

Before he finished speaking, a shout came from behind: "Deng Da and Lao Hai fainted!" ”

Hearing that the person who was sent out to report the news at the beginning had already been knocked unconscious, Ma Zongqi felt even more bitter in his throat, and only after a while did he say in a dry voice: "Don't say it, then go and report to the prince now!" ”

"Master Ma, do you want to report a message to the Dongcheng Soldiers and Horses, as well as the Shuntian Mansion and the Daxing County Ya?"

"Those three yamen dare to take care of the affairs of the Hou Shizi of Shouning?" One sentence blocked the proposed fanzi, and Ma Zongqi sat down on the stairs in front of the door, muttering to himself, "But even if the Hou Shizi of Shouning has great courage, how can he dare to hit the Dongchang Yamen to rob people...... No, how did he know that he was in the Dongchang Yamen? ”

Zhang Zong, who was regarded as a bold man, said that after galloping all the way out of Dongchang Hutong, and then going south along Andingmen Street, the palm holding the reins at this moment was sweaty, and a heart almost jumped out of his throat, and the whole person was scared.

Although he inherited his father's irritability and arrogance, and he had been rampant in the capital for a while, he didn't even dare to think about this kind of work directly with the governor of Dongchang, but today he actually did it. If Wang Yue came back halfway, if other characters who could calm the scene were still there, or if he went out to fight against him, he didn't know if he still had the courage to persevere. Fortunately, everything went as planned, and nothing went wrong!

"God forbid!"

He muttered to himself, and a loyal henchman next to him reminded in a low voice: "Lord Shizi, Dong'anmen has arrived!" ”

Zhang Zong said that he came back to his senses, and saw that not far away was the Dong'an Gate on the top of the mountain with seven three-door yellow glazed single eaves, and he looked left and right as soon as he pulled the reins and said: "Get off the horse and escort people over!" ”

(To be continued)