Song Xuezhu, the word is obscure, the number is Xuchu, and he is a native of Changzhou (now Suzhou, Jiangsu) in Suzhou Prefecture. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info Chongzhen Gengwu Township Recommendation, Xin Weicheng Jinshi, the first director of the Southern Ministry of Industry, Wu Yin, patrol Shandong, Yang Sichang, Tang Shiji, etc. In December of the eleventh year of Chongzhen (1638), the Qing army approached the city of Jinan, and 100,000 Qing troops attacked the city with artillery fire and ladders. Shandong Governor Song Xuezhu and Licheng County Governor Han Chengxuan led more than 1,000 defenders and people to resist desperately, but finally because they were outnumbered and isolated, after holding on for nine days and nights, on the second day of the first month of the second year, the city of Jinan was broken and captured and died.

Song Xuezhu, as a governor of Shandong, was a full-time official sent by the imperial court to Shandong to inspect the officials who violated the law and discipline, but in the face of the ruthless and murderous general Liu Zeqing, he was powerless, and he repeatedly asked the governor Yan Jizu to deal with Liu Zeqing, but Yan Jizu has not moved. He was very dissatisfied with this.

Yan Jizu looked at him, didn't care, just smiled and said, "Lord Song, Lord Zhang, I invited you over today to tell you something strange. ”

"What's strange, it can't be a person dug out of the soil, right?" Zhang Bingwen said indifferently.

Zhang Bingwen was handling official business in the Yamen, and was called by Yan Jizu, he thought there was something important, so he rushed over, but he didn't want Yan Jizu to say a strange thing, he thought it was idle chat, and he was a little unhappy in his heart.

"It's a strange thing that a person has been dug out of the soil, Liu Zeqing was bullied and came to complain to the official, this is a rare thing." Yan Jizu said with a smile.

"Liu Zeqing was bullied?" Zhang Bingwen and Song Xuezhu glanced at each other in surprise, and then looked at Yan Jizu, thinking in their hearts who had this ability.

Looking at the surprised expressions on the faces of the two, Zhang Bingwen smiled proudly and handed over Liu Zeqing's letter: "This is a letter of complaint written by Liu Zeqing, two adults take a look." ”

Zhang Bingwen took the letter and read it carefully. After reading it, he handed it to Song Xuezhu with a smile on his face.

After Song Xuezhu finished reading it, he praised with a smile: "Good play, good work, this Zhao Guohua has a kind." ”

"Zhao Guohua? Zhao Guohua? This name is a bit familiar......" Zhang Bingwen thought about it carefully, he felt that he had heard this name somewhere.

After thinking about it for a while, Song Xuezhu's heart lit up, and he remembered that he had seen this name in the imperial court newspaper not long ago, Zhao Guohua led his volunteer team to fight the Tartars in Zhuozhou. After the war, Zhao Guohua was promoted from a white body to the commander of the fifth grade.

Thinking of this, he asked excitedly: "Is this Zhao Guohua the one who fought the Tartars in Zhuozhou?" ”

"That's the man." Yan Jizu nodded with a smile.

Zhang Bingwen said happily: "No wonder! No wonder! He wasn't even afraid of the Tartars, how could he be afraid of Liu Zeqing's bandits. ”

He has long heard of Liu Zeqing's evil deeds, but he is only an official position and has no right to deal with it. Now someone has beaten Liu Zeqing's nephew, but Liu Zeqing can't do anything about it, this matter is really happy.

"What are you going to do?" Song Xuezhu looked at Yan Jizu and asked.

Zhang Bingwen asked, "How does the governor plan to deal with this?" ”

"Of course, it was handled impartially." Yan Jizu stroked his beard and said meaningfully.

Song Xuezhu thought that Yan Jizu was going to help Liu Zeqing suppress Zhao Guohua, so he looked at him with wide eyes, and asked with a dissatisfied face: "My lord wants to stand up for the bandit leader surnamed Liu?" ”

With a smile, Yan Jizu said: "Lord Song is too worried, just now the official said that he should deal with it impartially, and Zhao Guohua handled it well, the official just admitted the results of Zhao Guohua's handling and let everyone know about this matter in the form of an official announcement......

In this way, Liu Zeqing will be embarrassed. Not bad! Not bad! It's a good idea. Zhang Bingwen said with a smile.

Hahahaha...... The three of them laughed in unison.

A few days later, in the Yamen of Dezhou Prefecture, Shandong Governor Yan Jizu sat in the public court to try the case of Niu Huan, a loyal and brave member, who slapped the nephew of Liu Zeqing, a general soldier of Shandong. Zhao Guohua and Liu Zeqing sat on both sides to listen to the trial. Here are the people of Texas who rushed to see the excitement after hearing the news.

"It is rumored that the plaintiff Liu Xiaohu and the defendant Niu Huan, the scout captain of the general brave team, went to court to question the case." Yan Jizu said loudly.

With the shouting, the two people who had been waiting in the hall walked up. glanced at Niu Huan and saw that he had a stout physique, powerful limbs, and was obviously a warrior in the army

Yan Jizu nodded secretly and said in a deep voice: "You are Niu Huan, the scout captain of the General Yong Corps?" ”

"Yes, I am." Niu Huan replied.

Glancing at Zhao Guohua and Liu Zeqing who were hearing the trial, Yan Jizu asked, "Why did you want to beat Liu Xiaohu?" ”

"I haven't beaten any Liu Xiaohu, I'm fighting this dog mongrel who bullies men and women." Niu Huan pointed at Liu Xiaohu and pretended to be stupid.

Yan Jizu smiled slightly and said, "He is Liu Xiaohu, and the person you beat is him." Say, why did you hit him? ”

"Oh, here's the thing, that day, I and a few brothers entered Texas City to have something, passing by a street corner, I saw that he was directing his slaves to beat a man, a woman was kneeling and begging, we asked to know, he wanted to occupy the woman so he wanted to beat the woman's man to death, we couldn't see it and went to dissuade, this kid said that his father was Liu Zeqing, I was angry when I heard the name Liu Zeqing, so I hit him."

"Why did you get angry when you heard the name Liu Zeqing?" Yan Jizu asked deliberately.

Niu Huan said: "My lord, don't you know, there is a villain in our hometown, also named Liu Zeqing, this person is a well-dressed beast, there are dozens of evil slaves under his hands, bullying men and women and doing all kinds of evil, doing all kinds of bad things, the most shameless thing is that he even has to do it with his own sister and stepmother, you say, is such a person still a person?" Liu Zeqing, brute. Liu Zeqing, this mongrel, I am his eighth-generation ancestor. Niu Huan frothed at the mouth and scolded.

This is completely pointing at his nose and scolding Liu Zeqing, Liu Zeqing's face was pale, his chest rose and fell rapidly, he stood up sharply, pointed at Niu Huan and howled: "Boy, you dare to scold me, you wait, you look good." ”

Listening to Niu Huan's scolding, Yan Jizu didn't say anything to stop it.

These words were taught to Niu Huan by Zhao Guohua in advance, and the purpose was to take the opportunity to humiliate Liu Zeqing.

"I'm not scolding you, I'm scolding that bastard from my hometown. You are the chief soldier of Shandong, have you also done these bad things" Niu Huan said with a smug face.

Song Xuezhu smiled and said, "Mr. Liu, it's not you who he scolded, why should you be angry." ”

"Yes, what Lord Song said is that Mr. Liu is angry! Calm your anger! Zhang Bingwen persuaded.

glanced at the two of them, and then glared at Zhao Guohua, who was looking at him coldly, and snorted in his nose, Liu Zeqing sat on the chair with a strong ass, and the chair made of rosewood was pressed by him and creaked, as if it was about to fall apart.

After Niu Huan's scolding of "mongrels and beasts" was enough, Yan Jizu continued to ask: "Liu Xiaohu, Niu Huan said that you set slaves and beat people, do you admit it?" ”

"I don't admit it." Liu Xiaohu denied.

Glancing at him coldly, Yan Jizu said, "The witness is in court." As soon as the words fell, dozens of people came up and knelt under the hall. These people were all eloquent northern soldiers selected by Zhao Guohua from the loyal and brave team.

"Are you all witnesses?" Yan Jizu asked. Everyone nodded: "We are all witnesses." ”

After glancing at them, Yan Jizu knew that this was a specially arranged person, he glanced at Zhao Guohua meaningfully, and continued to ask: "Have you seen Liu Xiaohu committing murder?" ”

"Yes, the beating made the man's mouth and nose bleed, and there was blood on the ground, and the scene was so scary." One person said.

"This Liu Xiaohu is still screaming, beat me, killed and threw it to feed the dogs." Another said

"Liu Xiaohu also said that my father is the chief soldier of Shandong, not to mention that killing a grass man is to slaughter the governor of Shandong, and he is just a fart." One person said. Yan Jizu was expressionless when he heard this, he knew that he had made it up.

Liu Xiaohu was anxious and hurriedly confessed: "I didn't say it." ”

"You said it, we all heard it." The witness retorted.

After listening to the testimony of the 'witness', Yan Jizu said: "The facts of this case have been clarified, the plaintiff Liu Xiaohu committed the murder, the defendant Niu Huanlu saw the injustice and acted righteously, for which Liu Xiaohu was slightly injured, after arriving at the case, Niu Huan admitted his mistake and was willing to send a pig's head as compensation in accordance with the customs of his hometown. ”

As soon as this verdict came out, the people in the hall burst into laughter......

"Hmph, we'll see." Liu Zeqing said, glared at Zhao Guohua viciously, and pulled Liu Xiaohu out.

Looking at the back, Zhao Guohua said provocatively: "Liu Zeqing, if you want to retaliate, come here, I will wait for you for three days, and I will not wait for the time to expire." Liu Zeqing was stunned and rode away.

Seeing Liu Zeqing leaving in embarrassment, Yan Jizu, Zhang Bingwen, Song Xuezhu and others felt a joy that they had never felt before. Everyone came over to get close to Zhao Guohua.

"General Zhao, you humiliate Liu Zeqing like this, but you have to guard against his retaliation." Song Xuezhu reminded him.

Zhang Bingwen said with concern, "What Lord Song said is that Liu Zeqing is a villain, and General Zhao must not be guarded against." ”

Looking at Zhao Guohua, Yan Jizu brushed his beard and said: "General Zhao, this official, the governor of Shandong, is a little coercive to Liu Zeqing, if you have something, you can send someone to Jinan to inform me, and I will help you." ”

After listening to Yan Jizu's words, he arched his hand and said: "The kindness of the three adults Zhao has received it, please rest assured, this Liu Zeqing will not come to provoke me, otherwise, I want him to look good." ”

"Since General Zhao is prepared, then we will go back to Jinan and say goodbye." Speaking of Yan Jizu, he was about to get on the sedan chair

Seeing that the three of them were about to return to Jinan, Zhao Guohua suddenly remembered something.