The barracks of Pingjiang Bo Chen Wangmo, the chief military officer of Caoyun, walked to a large manor borrowed by the great technicians, and there was a very beautiful huā hall with wells behind the temporary signing room.

However, it was the middle of winter, the red charcoal fire did not rise in the room, the panes were not covered with silk cotton curtains, and the north wind blew into the room unscrupulously from the empty dòng of the carved huā window.

"Ahh A merchant with a red nose sneezed and muttered a complaint: "Uncle Chen detains us here" and is not allowed to eat, not even hot tea, if it goes on like this, sooner or later he will give away his old life! ”

Another old shopkeeper who was trembling with his arms in his sleeves wrapped in his sleeves sighed long when he heard this: "Alas, we are still just detained, although there is no food, and we also give two dry steamed buns "lack of hot tea" and cold water to drink, which is already good. ”

When did the pampered Cao Gang merchants suffer such torture? sighed one by one, but the businessmen's natural fear of dignitaries made them dare not complain loudly about Chen Wangmo.

Suddenly, hearing the footsteps of Ling Luàn outside, the chief businessmen rushed to the mouth of Mén in a hurry: "Mr. Tian has come back from the hall!" Mén was opened, "several wolf-like soldiers pushed Tian Qiye inside" and closed Mén again.

Tian Qiye has long since ceased to be majestic and imposing when he was at the helm of the Cao Gang, his hair is messy like a jī nest, his eyes are bloodshot, and his lips are chapped and chapped. Zi" still had bruises on his face, and the high-quality azure silk cotton robe was also torn apart, fluttering dàngdàng.

Although he was not really punished, the soldiers under Chen Wangmo were not vegetarians, and Tian Qiye suffered a lot.

knew that Tian Qiye was suffering for the big guy, and the red-nosed Cao Shang hurriedly took a step forward to help him "complained: "Is there still Tianli?" It is clear that the White Lotus Sect stole the silver, and he wants to extort us from making up for it, and beat people ......", the laughter of the soldiers came from outside the mén: "This is not yet executed!" In two more days, the big punishment will be served, "See if you thieves can survive it?" ”

When the general merchants heard this, "they are all trembling, they usually eat and pamper their clothes", and they are surrounded by wives and concubines, and they have never suffered much, and at this time they have felt miserable when they are hungry and cold, and they are really punished and they are ironclad!

Several Cao Shang helped Tian Qiye to sit down, and the other people looked at each other with horror, "Finally, a white and chubby Cao Shang couldn't stand it, and said with a crying voice: "Everyone, we can't carry our arms but our thighs" It seems that Uncle Chen is determined to kill us! Now the xiǎo brother is cold and hungry, and even if he doesn't fight for half a day, he will freeze to death first, and he has no choice but to "The big guy will admit this Cao Yin, go back to the pawn house to sell the land, and help the upper and lower levels, so let's save my life first!" ”

As soon as this proposal came out, "there are a few people who agree, these general businessmen are unrelenting and stingy on weekdays", but now Xiucai meets Bing You can't explain clearly, "Xiǎo's life is pinched by Chen Wangmo, even if he borrows money, he has to make up that amount of money!"

"No, no, never!" Tian Qiye sat and rested for a while, and suddenly shouted loudly: "The silver is easy to compensate" is difficult to compensate! Even if we pay 500,000 silver in compensation, who will confess to this crime? The general merchants were silent, "As Tian Qiye said, after Chen Wangmo got the silver, the imperial court asked again, "Where is the White Lotus Sect thief", who did he put up? As long as the Cao Gang is willing to admit the silver, "this matter will become yellow mud and fall into the crotch of the pants, not but!"

Now if you don't pay the silver, "being starved to death by Chen Wangmo and frozen to death is just a life, and the family and property can still be preserved; Losing money will cause endless troubles, and when the time comes, he will be accused of colluding with the White Lotus Sect demon bandits to plot rebellion, kill his head and take his children and grandchildren, and his wife and wife will be assigned as a slave......

"I'd rather freeze to death!" The white and chubby Cao Shang just now sat on the ground.

The general merchants completely dispelled the idea of losing money for their lives, and were determined to spend it with Chen Wangmo, and their attitudes were different after they became hard.

Some people say that the old man Zhou Du in the capital is a son of the nv family, and the day before yesterday he had sent his family to send a letter to the past, "I will immediately go to the book to expose Chen Wangmo; Some people say that the second son is Lu Zhishi in the same year, and he has asked Master Lu to transfer it to Shen Shixing, a cabinet scholar, "begging him to speak on his behalf." ,

Tian Qiye, who was sitting on the chair and panting, seemed to have exhausted his jīng strength because of the roar just now, and only he knew that he was sneering in his heart: How far is Jingshi from Yangzhou? On weekdays, I use the relationship between Master Zhou Du and Lu to bluff the county officials of Zhou Du and Lu to "pull the tiger skin to make a big banner, and now at this juncture, I will send someone to Beijing to ask for help, this time back and forth, plus the time of the Jiuqing court meeting, the six departments, the cabinet vote, the celebrant and the celebrant wearing red, etc., "You idiots are all frozen into popsicles!"

If you want to turn evil into good fortune and become auspicious in distress, I am afraid that you have to count on that Qin chief, the general merchant of the Cao Gang was imprisoned by Chen Wangmo to chase the stolen silver, but this uncle himself was not happy, he was outside the huā garden across the wall of the huā hall, and he was pacing anxiously in the second hall, and the state of the god was not much better than that of Tian Qiye.

Qiu Baihu of Yangzhou Jinyiwei at the bottom looked worried, and said: "Not only are there signs of the White Lotus Sect being reported in Changzhou, Zhenjiang and other places", but even the local rumors in Yangzhou are wrong...... The situation is serious, please make a decision as soon as possible! ”

The hundred households, general banners, and xiǎo banners stationed in various places by the Jinyi Guards are by no means corpse vegetarians, and they have also grasped a lot of clues about the old rival White Lotus Sect, and all kinds of abnormal signs have attracted attention" However, due to the interference of Chen Wangmo's actions in the direction of the investigation, and the deliberate misdirection of the White Lotus Sect, they did not grasp the true situation in an overall sense.

Rao is like this, the right deputy capital Yushi, the governor Cao Yun and the admiral military governor Fengyang and other places Li Qiu and the deputy envoy Huang Gonggong of the Zhongguan Qincha were already very surprised, and Master Bai also opened his mouth, looking surprised.

Huang Gonggong is okay, he is just a eunuch sent to supervise the Caoyin case, but Li Qiu is completely different" A face is white and blue, the Wen Governor urges, and the Wu Governor Yun, the theft of the Cao Yin is mainly Chen Wangmo's responsibility, so he has been deliberately staying out of the matter: But now there are signs of the White Lotus Sect's stupidity, he has the governor of Fengyang, and if something goes wrong in the jurisdiction, the imperial court has to ask for him.

"Uncle Chen" thought that the White Lotus Sect still needed to be suppressed as soon as possible, otherwise it would cause endless harm! Li Qiu grabbed his beard worriedly: "The Cao Jun jīng Rui brought by the uncle and the supervision of the lower officials must be prepared. ”

Cao Yin failed to recover" The White Lotus Sect made another stupid move, Chen Wangmo's heart was like a numb for a while, and he waved his hand: ", Don't panic, this official has already sent jīng soldiers to Changzhou, Zhenjiang and other canals to camp, foolproof. ”

At this moment, the Chinese officer ran in from outside, and said angrily as he walked: "Is there still a royal law?" Even Yuan Mén dares to rush into his eyes, is there still my uncle? ”

Walking to the front of the second hall, he knelt down on one knee and said: "There is a group of workers outside Uncle Qiqi" said that he wanted to petition and present his feelings, and he almost rushed away, which is really bold! ”

Chen Wangmo's eyes widened: "Does this handsome man dare to rush?" He is the son of a state and county parent official? ”

Unlike ordinary civil officials, the state and county officials allowed the people to beat the drum and voice their grievances, and the court could also watch the trial, but the military law practiced by the commander-in-chief was unstoppable, and he would be questioned and killed at every turn.

Master Bai's eyes also widened: "Dong Weng, isn't it true that these Cao Gong were not instigated by the White Lotus Sect?" ”

Chen Wangmo is military general heard this, but his face changed a few times, Li Qiu was frightened, and the two hemp legs under the silk cotton robe trembled like chaff, and Huang Gonggong was even more frightened.

The Chinese officer hurriedly reported: "It's not the White Lotus Sect, it's just that an ordinary Cao Gong standard waited for the drink to stop and knelt outside Yuan Mén to shout grievances" and held up a blood book. Hearing that this group of people rushed to the ground, they just knelt on the ground and shouted grievances, "The senior officials breathed a sigh of relief.

Chen Wangmo flicked his sleeves: "What kind of person dares to offend Uncle Huwei, it turns out to be a group of ignorant fools, but we didn't embarrass Caogong, why did these people rush in and shout grievances, what is the reason?" ”

The Chinese officer went out to investigate, and soon returned, holding in his hand a letter of love with a bloody handprint, "Hand it to Chen Wangmo."

"! When did the official bī pay for these bitter haha? It's obviously on those general merchants! Chen Wangmo angrily threw the blood book on the ground.

"I'm afraid it's for my own owner!" Gonggong Huang came back to his senses when he heard that it was not the White Lotus Sect, and remembered Qin Lin's entrustment, so he advised again: "Uncle should not extort the money from the Cao Gang, didn't General Qin go to investigate?" From our family's point of view, General Qin never deceives people, and most of the money has been found at this time, so why should the uncle bī Cao Gang? ”,

Master Bai immediately arched his hand and said to Chen Wangmo: "What Gonggong Huang said is reasonable, but the East China Sea is boundless, where can there be a quasi-believer?" No matter how powerful General Qin is, he is afraid that it will be difficult to spread his hands and feet.

Dong Weng's "student Su Zhicao helped Yin Fu" 500,000 silver is actually nothing to them, "If you work harder, there must be someone who can't stand it." ”

Chen Wangmo nodded, feeling that this remark made sense, no matter how capable Qin Lin was, it was illusory after all, only the silver in Cao Gang's hand was real.

Now that he has caught all the chief businessmen, even if the Cao Gang is pinched in his hands, if he wants him to be round, he will have to be round, "If he wants to flatten him, he will have to go all over, this is a real fight that can't run away, don't hold on tightly but count on Qin Lin" Isn't it reluctant to seek the near and far?

In fact, Huang Gonggong has been persuading him not to be impatient, but Jingshi's various reminder documents are still flying like snowflakes, and under the repeated persuasion of Master Bai, Chen Wangmo once again stretched out his hand to the Cao Gang, "I hope to fill the hole with silver and atone for my sins."

Qin Lin expected everything, the only thing he didn't expect was Chen Wangmo's xìng grid, the dead Dao friend is not dead and poor, "Since he has this mentality, it is not surprising that he has made his current move."

The commotion outside was getting louder and louder, and Chen Wangmo's brows were furrowing more and more.

"Dong Weng, I'm afraid that these people were instigated by the Cao Gang General Merchant, right?" Master Bai arched his hand: "Ordinary coolies are afraid that the government is too late" How can they trespass? In the humble opinion of the students, these people were instigated by the Cao Gang General Merchant, and they came here to create momentum and sing against you, uncle. "The official's Yuan mén, is it really said that he will break in? Chen Wangmo was angry, and now the general merchants are unwilling to return the stolen silver, and dare to "instruct" the Cao Gong to make a big fuss outside the country, and they clearly do not take him, the chief military officer of Pingjiang Bo and Caoyun, in their eyes.

Mud Sa also has three points of fire, not to mention that Chen Wangmo is the chief soldier of the army?

"Pass my military order" Chen Wangmo gave an order: "Give me a stick to those who offend the military and trespass!" ”

Li Qiu nodded and said appreciatively: "To these people who have no king and no father, just be unceremonious!" ”

"But," Huang Gonggong wanted to say something, but in the end, he stopped talking.

"Never!"

The sound shook people's eardrums, and when they looked closely, it turned out to be Zhang Jingxiu and Zhang Maoxiu.

It was Zhang Maoxiu who stopped him just now, he grabbed a few steps and asked Chen Wangmo: "General Jinyi Wei Qin, who is in charge of investigating the case, has already said that he will send the silver back to Yangzhou Mansion in just a few days, why is Uncle Chen so impatient?" "Don't be rude" Zhang Jingxiu stopped his younger brother, and said gently: "Uncle bent to the Cao Gang to compensate for the silver and beat people, I'm afraid it's not a good thing to spread it out, and Xiǎo Ke just observed that this group of Cao workers who petitioned to make a statement are very likely to be bewitched, and once something happens, it can't be saved." ”

"What was instigated, instigated by the White Lotus Sect?" , Li Qiu's eyes widened in surprise and fixed his mind, and then he put his hand down everything: "To deal with these people, we must strike hard and suppress their arrogance, otherwise the national law will be abolished and the program will not exist, and the world will definitely be great!" Master Bai also leaned into Chen Wangmo's ear and said a few words in a low voice, only to see this uncle's eyes sometimes narrowed, sometimes brushing his beard with his hand, sometimes nodding lightly.

Chen Wangmo was indeed afraid of the power of the Zhang family, but the day before yesterday had already seen signs in the court, and it seemed that Zhang Juzheng seemed to deliberately put all the blame on Chen Wangmo, the chief military officer of Caoyun, in order to divert the attention of the gentry in the world.

So now Chen Wangmo is not polite to the two brothers of the Zhang family, looking at the huā hall where the general merchant of the Cao Gang is imprisoned, he is more and more anxious and flicks his sleeves, and makes the arrow chōu go out and fall to the ground: "Pass my military order to beat out all the trespassers with sticks!" ”

An arrow was not yet two or two shots, but it fell to the ground heavier than a thousand jun, and Chen Wangmo did not know what terrible consequences would happen after the arrow fell out of his fingers.

Xingyuan was originally a borrowed salt merchant's house, and there were other houses opposite and next to Damén, where many ordinary people lived, but now the owners of the two houses are no longer there, but there are several black-clothed people hiding in the room, all of them are holding powerful crossbows, and they hide their bodies through the yīn in the room, "observing the situation on the opposite side from the window with a slit open."

There were only about 20 poor brothers who had come to petition with Brother Pi, but they came out of the houses, and along the way, there were more and more people asking to join the team, and when they reached the outside of Yuanmén, the number of people had reached more than 1,000, and they knelt in Yuan Mén against the north wind, and there were poor workers who joined in, gathering more and more like a snowball. ,

In contrast, "the number of soldiers was much smaller, and there were only about fifty people on the side of Yuanmén, because some of the soldiers sent by Xiǎo to Sanwan to garrison and guard the remaining Cao boats, most of them were more than those sent by Chen Wangmo to camp along the canal, and the total number of soldiers left in Xingyuan would not exceed three hundred."

Seeing this, several men in black covered their faces with black cloths, and the corners of their mouths turned upward, "showing an evil smile."

As long as the soldiers and the workers clashed after a while, even if it was just an ordinary push, the man in black would shè the arrows in his hands and take the lives of several workers and soldiers.

At this time, Nei Ying, who was lying in the ranks of the Cao Gong, would shout and incite the Cao Gong to fight with the soldiers, the more luàn the better, and the more blood would stimulate this group of honest Cao Gong into red-eyed mad cows, and then they would rush into the weakly defended barracks under their leadership......

In the future, the chief military officer of Caoyun, Pingjiang Bo, Chen Wangmo, the right deputy governor of the imperial history, Cao Yun, the commander of the military affairs of the commander, Fengyang, and other officials, Li Qiu, and the deputy envoy of the Zhongguan Qincha, Huang Gonggong, will be killed by the people of Luàn very coincidentally.

Killing an earl, a governor, and a deputy envoy of the Imperial Mission, how big the crime would be, there was no need to even think about it, and at this time, all the Cao Gang members had no way to retreat, and could only follow the White Lotus Sect on a road of rebellion that either seized power or died without a corpse.

At the same time, the White Lotus Sect's arrangements in the south and north of the Yangtze River will be launched together, turning the southeast and the land upside down!

So, will Chen Wangmo send soldiers out and clash with these workers?

He never dreamed that there would be such serious consequences, "So the fluttering, but enough to decide the life and death of countless people, was thrown down by him!"

Countless human heads fell to the ground, and blood flowed into Han ......

Master Bai smiled sinisterly, from Officer Feng going out with the arrow, he knew that the plan had been accomplished, and everything was irreparable.

He made an excuse to go back to Xiǎoyuan, where he lived.

There was a cooing sound in the yard, and the people in the general soldier's house knew that it was the master's good thing to serve the pigeons, and he would take the pigeon cages with him wherever he went.

Master Bai caught a pigeon out of the cage and tied a paper scroll of xiǎoxiǎo to the pigeon's feet, and then he smiled and sent it up with both hands, "The pigeon fluttered its wings and flew away."

The short, sharp sound of "whoosh" suddenly sounded in the air.

"Wow, click, click, click", Qin Lin's strange and rhythmic evil smile also came out from behind the wall at the same time.