As soon as he saw Zhao Zhenji's figure, Xu Wei knew that something was wrong, jumped off the wall, pulled his legs and ran to the backyard.

The soldiers of the Qincha Yamen surrounded the villa, and the silent guards resisted desperately, but the tiger could not stand the wolves, and they were still knocked to the ground one after another, and watched the soldiers of the brigade rush in, and quickly controlled the courtyard, and surrounded the small building tightly.

The captain of the guard looked up, and saw that there seemed to be smoke coming out of the upper floor, so he hurriedly rushed up, and saw a brazier on the table, and there was a cloud of black ash in the basin, and only embers remained.

I saw Zhejiang Patrol sitting silently at the table, smiling at him and saying, "You are one step late." ”

The captain of the guard roared angrily and stepped forward to fetch him.

But he listened to Shen Mo and said unhurriedly: "This official is a Zhejiang patrol, and he is handling the case, you can think about the consequences and then talk about ......."

The captain of the guard snorted, retracted his body stiffly, and overturned the brazier with his hand, causing black ash to float all over the room. Gritted his teeth and said to both sides: "Look at him!" So he went downstairs angrily to report.

After receiving the report, Zhao Zhenji entered the courtyard with a black face, walked upstairs with heavy steps, stared at Shen Mo coldly, and asked word by word for a long time: "Where are the account books?" ”

Silently dusting the ashes from his sleeves, he smiled faintly: "It's all over the house, don't you see?" ”

Looking at the ashes all over the ground, Zhao Zhenji was angry, he trembled and pointed to Shen Mo and said, "You, you, are you crazy?" ”

Silent shrugged his shoulders in protest against the statement.

"Why?" Zhao Zhenji took two steps forward and looked at Shen Mo and said.

Shen Mo shook his head and smiled: "You are a Qincha and I am also a Qincha, you are not qualified to interrogate me, and I am not obliged to tell you." ”

"Hugh be arrogant!" Zhao Zhenji angrily said: "I will write to Your Majesty, remove your fame and official position, and punish you for your crimes!" Saying that, he sneered angrily and said, "I want to see how your fellow party will save you!" ”

"No, you're wrong." Shen Mo said calmly: "I am silent and have no party." ”

"Non-party?" Zhao Zhenji laughed and said, "Then why did you burn the account book?" ”

"I'm not obligated to tell you," Shen Mo shook his head and smiled, "You can play it, everything is up to Your Majesty's decision." ”

Zhao Zhenji's face turned hideous for a while, and he squeezed out a few words from between his teeth and said, "I'm going to search now!" ”

The guards searched the room from the inside out, and finally found a secret compartment behind a marble painting, but it was empty.

It seems that he really let him burn it, Zhao Zhenji roared angrily: "Give me a good look at him, no one is allowed to see him without my order!" Saying that, he glared at Shen Mo and said, "Shen Shuyan, let's wait and see!" Then he went downstairs in a rage.

At Beixin Pass, it was another extremely fierce battle, and the Ming army, after paying a heavy price, finally repelled a wave of strong attacks by the Japanese invaders.

The battle was so tragic, with more than 600 casualties and more than 300 losses among the officers and soldiers, the heaviest of the year. Hu Zongxian was also in the battle, he was slashed on the arm by a stray arrow, at first the battle was tight and he didn't care, but now when he looks at the wound, it has swelled up, and black blood is flowing out.

The medical officer accompanying the army was a doctor in his thirties and forties, with a short beard and a cloth coat, and a thin appearance, who had seen Hu Zongxian's injuries and frowned: "It's grass head black." ”

Pulled by him, Hu Zongxian inhaled the cold air and said with a forced smile: "It doesn't matter, there is a gentleman here anyway." ”

The doctor said angrily: "Do you think I, Li Shizhen, am the reincarnation of Hua Tuo?" Although he said this, the movements of his hands were not ambiguous at all, and he quickly helped him deal with the wound.

Hu Zongxian took a small wooden stick in his mouth, his face turned pale from pain, and beads of sweat rolled down and insisted on not screaming.

At this moment of incomparably torment, the pro-soldier ran over with a messenger, knelt in front of him and said, "Zhongcheng, Mr. Wen asked me to bring you a message, saying, 'Qin sent Zhao Butang to send troops to Xixi Villa'. ”

Shocked, Hu Zongxian stood up suddenly, forgot the pain and said, "What did you say?" When was this? ”

"It's in the morning."

"Quick, go back!" Hu Zongxian was about to go down, but was firmly pulled by Li Shizhen and said: "Treat the wound first." ”

"I can't care so much." Hu Zongxian wanted to break free of him.

"I don't care what you do," Li Shizhen said lightly: "Now that you are my patient, you must listen to me and treat the wound first." As he spoke, the movements of his hands quickened.

When encountering this kind of tough person, Hu Zongxian had no choice but to sit down obediently, urging from time to time: "Hurry up, hurry up." ”

"Don't rush me, otherwise something will go wrong, and you will suffer for the rest of your life." Li Shizhen frowned.

Hu Zongxian had no choice but to shut up. His heart was as anxious as frying in oil, and the only good thing was that he had completely forgotten the pain.

Finally got to the last lap of bandaging, Li Shizhen instructed again: "Don't exercise vigorously for half a month, don't get angry, and don't eat raw, cold and spicy things." ”

Hu Zongxian nodded again and again, got up and asked his soldiers to dress him and said, "I have to go back, is Mr. with me?" ”

Li Shizhen shook his head while washing away the blood on his hands: "I am a doctor, where there are many injuries and diseases, I am there." ”

"That's good." Hu Zongxian nodded, and instructed left and right: "Take care of Mr." So he went down to the castle. Before he went out, he saw another messenger coming over with his own soldiers, and reported: "Lord Shen went to Xixi Villa first......

Hu Zongxian's heart was a little wider, but he still hurried to Hangzhou. After traveling for several miles, he met a messenger and reported to him: "Shen Xunji clashed with Zhao Butang in Xixi Villa and has been placed under house arrest!" ”

Hu Zongxian breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the direction of Hangzhou City for a long time, and then shouted: "Humble words, I, Hu Zongxian, will live up to you in this life!" Then he turned his horse's head and ran in the opposite direction.

"Zhongcheng, where are we going?" The pro-soldiers followed closely.

"Ninghai, Nanxi Hot Springs." Hu Zongxian gritted his teeth and said: "I can't let that person soak anymore, I must let him write a letter to the capital immediately and let him rescue Humble Yan!" Saying that, he slapped the horse's buttocks fiercely: "If he doesn't agree, I'll go to Yanjing to turn myself in, and everyone will finish playing together!" ”

On the painting boat of Jianhu, he was also closely watching the movements in Hangzhou, and after only one day, he knew everything that happened in Xixi Villa.

Tang Shunzhi, who came in a hurry, knelt down on his knees in front of Ji Ben and Wang Ji, kowtowed: "Two teachers, please be sure to save Humble Yan," he raised his head as he spoke, and his face was already full of tears: "Although this kid is scheming, he understands the general situation and takes the overall situation into account." This time, he is not trying to protect Hu Zongxian, let alone Zhao Wenhua, but to protect the last trace of justice in our southeast! ”

"You must be well aware that in our southeast Fujian and Zhejiang, there are always some ruthless and mercenary big families, who do not hesitate to collude with the Japanese to carry out rampant smuggling in order to make huge profits. These things that have forgotten their ancestors, for their own selfish interests, have no evil and are insufficient, report to the Japanese invaders, inquire about the news, and even directly participate in the robbery of my Ming people! ”

"In order to prevent their true colors from being exposed, they co-opted and corrupted local officials, intimidated and coerced them, hoping that the government would be in the same league as them! Once you encounter someone who has integrity, ideas, and wants to do something for the country and the people, he will immediately use the mask of hypocrisy in private, attack and frame, suppress and isolate, and use all kinds of guns! Tang Shunzhi said with infinite indignation: "Don't talk about it from afar, let's just say that in the past ten years, Zhu Kun, Wang Chen, Zhang Jing, Li Tianzhong, and Zhou Xuan, these are the best and most capable officials in my Ming Dynasty, but they have fallen into the sewage pit of Zhejiang one after another, is it just because the mastermind behind the scenes is too powerful?" ”

Under Tang Shunzhi's forced gaze, everyone lowered their heads, and heard him roar angrily: "No! By no means so...... How many big families are there along the coast? Most of them are still inland, and their strength is much stronger than their coastal ones, so why can they make waves again and again, and we people can only shake our heads and sigh here? ”

Everyone was very embarrassed, and someone said: "It's not that you don't know, everyone is angry, and it is difficult to make a move because of face......

"Not necessarily, right?" Tang Shunzhi sneered: "Actually, everyone knows that this statement is just a kind of self-comfort. The real reason is because everyone has a piece of tea plantations, countless looms, and so many tea and silk cloths are produced every year, and only by selling them can they make money! And those coastal families are everyone's biggest buyers! That's why I said that everyone turned a blind eye, and even connived at the cover-up, just because they didn't want to cut off this main financial route, right? ”

Wang Ji shook his head and said softly: "It's not like this, the situation is so serious, and the losses have far exceeded the gains." Pointing to all of you present, he said, "None of them has suffered a lot of losses in their families, and they all hate those beasts who colluded with the Japanese to death," he said with a sigh and said: "It's just that after many years of your coming and going, they already have enough evidence in their hands to prove that we are also guilty of the common sins, if we bring them down, can we still have any good fruit to eat?" ”

(To be continued)