Chapter 7: Prelude to the Storm

That night, after seeing off Lian Jinpeng and others, Lu Dengyun couldn't sleep for a long time. www.biquge.info After so many years of stable life, he hadn't felt this kind of uneasiness for a long time.

Although Lu Dengyun didn't want to see Pang Yue really take advantage of this momentum to attack himself, as Xin Yuyong said, "everything is careful", he also knows that after so many years of fighting in the officialdom, sometimes the situation of struggle in officialdom cannot be predicted by common sense at all, and he will fall into the abyss if he is not careful.

However, when his mood calmed down a little, Lu Dengyun found that even if he wanted to prepare early, he didn't know where to start.

If you want to say that you are an innocent person and have no handle for others to arrest, Lu Dengyun himself can hardly believe this statement, but if he wants to say that he is very wrong, he doesn't think so. In his opinion, the things he has done, the entire Ming Dynasty guards nine out of nine can not be avoided, just ask which guard officer dares to pat his chest and swear to the sky that he has never embezzled military land and has not filled his pockets? The imperial court has always turned a blind eye to this kind of thing, and if it is completely more serious, I am afraid that all the guards and offices in the world will have to be closed.

Therefore, Lu Dengyun found that the handles on his body can be big or small, dispensable, the key is to see what kind of attitude Pang Yue has, if he blindly takes it seriously, he can always grasp some of his handles. If you want to completely cover it up, it is impossible, and the clues left by all aspects cannot be completely erased even if you are busy to death.

But Lu Dengyun has never been in the habit of sitting still, and some necessary measures still have to be done. Since he couldn't sleep, he simply got up and summoned batch after batch of people overnight to explain the specific affairs one by one. He did not feel the slightest sleepiness until the east began to turn white, but sat down in front of the bookcase and began to write by the light.

To Lu Dengyun's surprise, in the next few days, Pang Yue did not take any action against him. As for his son Land Rover and his gang of dogs, they were sent to the Chenzhou Mansion Prison the next day, where they were kept alone in a cell, closely guarded by sergeants sent by Pang Yue day and night. Lu Dengyun prepared gifts several times and wanted Pang Yue to intercede, but Pang Yue still didn't see him, but it didn't stop him from sending someone to send food and drink to Land Rover, which made him think about it a little, and he had to wait patiently for Pang Yue to change his mind after his anger subsided.

Just when Lu Dengyun was worried about his future and worried about his son's fate, Pang Yue's side was busy non-stop, such as adding and repairing the barracks, expanding the school field, etc., a scene in full swing. Chen Zhibin, the prefect of Chenzhou, also recruited a large number of people to assist, this kind of courteous attitude made Lu Dengyun very uncomfortable, Chen Zhibin used to call himself a brother, but when it came to a critical moment, his position changed.

But what made Lu Dengyun feel more uncomfortable was still to come. On the sixth day of October, Pang Yue dismissed the post of ambassador and deputy envoy of the Chenzhou Guard Weapons Bureau in the name of the commander of Huguangdu, and made two craftsmen in his army, Kang Dingen and Qin Shiyong, serve as ambassador and deputy envoy respectively.

Although it was a matter of one sentence for the commander of Zheng Erpin's commander to remove the two small ambassadors and deputy envoys of the Acropolis Ordnance Bureau, Lu Dengyun felt that he had been guarding Chenzhou for so many years, but Pang Yue actually removed the people without consulting him in advance, and he did not send a notice afterwards, until the two removed ambassadors and deputy envoys came to complain, and he suddenly realized.

Although Lu Dengyun's heart is at a fork, he can't do anything, after all, Pang Yue is the commander of Huguang and the chief soldier of Huguang, and he crushes people to death at the level of the official, and now he is pinching the life of his son Land Rover, so even if there is a thousand resentments in his heart, he can only be silently suppressed. However, he still smelled a hint of danger from Pang Yue's seemingly inconspicuous move, and had a hunch that this might just be a precursor to a storm. …,

Faced with the current situation of uncertain future, Lu Dengyun began to operate intensively through his own network. For a time, the commander of Chenzhou Wei made the mansion full of visitors......

On the eighth day of October, north of Chenzhou Prefecture, Liujiayuan

It is a small village with only a few dozen households, about ten miles away from the capital city of Chenzhou. At present, in the wilderness to the east of the village, a large number of people, soldiers, and craftsmen are busy, leveling the land, building various equipment, etc., which is the new school field under construction in Huguang Town.

Pang Yue stood on a small dirt slope on the edge of the school construction site, listening to Zhang Yunli introduce various situations, and Shi Youliang and other battalion officers of the four battalions were also present.

"My lord, you see, because of our experience in Ganzhou last time, the process is much faster this time." Zhang Yunli pointed at the school field that had begun to emerge, and his face was happy, "After the completion of the school field here, it can accommodate more than 10,000 soldiers of the four battalions to practice together. There, there will also be an area dedicated to the training of firearms and artillerymen. ”

Seeing that the progress of the construction of the school yard was indeed quite fast, Pang Yue also nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, when the construction of the new school yard is completed, the soldiers will be able to practice freely, these days they stay in the city, I'm afraid they will all be suffocated, right?" ”

As soon as Pang Yue's words came out, everyone present suddenly burst into a burst of laughter.

"Your Excellency, you're right!" Shi Youliang tore away his rough throat, "In the past few days, everyone has stayed in that big fart place in the city, and it is really aggrieved, if you don't move your muscles and bones in a spacious place, I'm afraid you will have to suffocate to death!" ”

Pang Yue also laughed, when he visited the camp a few days ago, he did hear many officers and soldiers say that the school field was too small and the training time was too short, but they were a little unaccustomed to it, and they still missed the time when they could let go of their hands and feet in Ganzhou before. Hearing such a reaction from the officers and soldiers, Pang Yue said in his heart that he knew that the reason why the Ming army in the late Ming Dynasty was repeatedly defeated by Jiannu was that the slack of camp work and the lack of diligence in training were also an important factor, and now the soldiers under his command have begun to adapt to the training intensity set by themselves, and in the long run, both the mental outlook and combat effectiveness will take on a new look.

"How is the Shiping Village school yard in the west of the city being built?" Pang Yue asked Zhang Yunli again.

Since the strength of Huguang Town will reach the scale of more than 20,000 people in eight battalions in the future, it is not enough to have only one school field, in addition to Liu Jiayuan in the north of the city, Pang Yue also ordered the construction of a school field in Shiping Village in the west of the city.

"The two campuses started construction at the same time." Zhang Yunli said, "The progress is comparable, and it is estimated that it can be completed at the same time." ”

Pang Yue nodded and said, "That's good, build the school field quickly, so that we can calmly train more elite soldiers, so as to drive out the Tartars and repay the holy grace." ”

Those present even claimed yes.

"My lord, Master Ma has returned to the city, saying that he has something important to ask you to see." I don't know when, Wei Yuan came to Pang Yue's side and said.

Hearing this, Pang Yue's brows raised, and the corners of his mouth twitched out with some smiles.

By the time Pang Yue returned to the Yamen of the General Army, Ma Yuancheng, who had been out for many days, had been waiting for a long time. Pang Yue didn't talk nonsense, and directly asked Ma Yuancheng to go into the study to speak.

"Your Excellency is right, that Land Rover has indeed been rampant and domineering in the local area for a long time, and there are many evil deeds." Ma Yuancheng said, "According to your lordship's orders, my subordinates have arranged secret visits from the military intelligence department and a number of eyeliners on the periphery in the past few days, and I have mastered a lot of information. In the past two years, Land Rover bullied men and women, and there were more than 20 women from good families who were plundered and raped by him, and many of them committed suicide due to humiliation. In addition, he and his gang of evil slaves plundered on a large scale, looting other people's shops, acres and other industries almost as a common occurrence, and many innocent people were injured and disabled by him, and more than 10 people were seriously injured and died. But these things were resolved by his father Lu Dengyun through various relationships, minor incidents were brushed aside, and more serious ones were just a random scapegoat, and Land Rover, as the culprit, has been at large. ”…,

At first glance, Pang Yue was also emotional, a villain relied on his father's power to do such evil things and was unharmed. A glimpse of the whole leopard shows what kind of life ordinary people lived under the obscenity of various evil forces at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

"What a Lu Dashao!" With a sneer, Pang Yue continued to ask, "Regarding Lu Dengyun's own situation, how has it been investigated?" ”

Ma Yuancheng replied: "Judging from the existing situation in the hands of his subordinates, this person is by no means an innocent person, and he has swallowed a large amount of military land and guard assets into private ownership by virtue of his position, forcing a large number of military households to flee. As for the specific amount and relevant evidence, the subordinates are still collecting, and they should be able to give an answer to the adults in the next few days. ”

"Okay, go check it out as soon as possible!" Pang Yue nodded, and said in his heart that since Lu Dengyun was such an unclean person, he could justify his next actions.

"Yes, sir! But ......"

"But what?"

"Regarding Land Rover's crimes, some victims and their families have been found, but most of them have moved to other places and are reluctant to come forward as witnesses." Ma Yuancheng said.

"They have lost confidence in the government," Pang Yue said with a wry smile, "I am worried that the officials will protect each other, but in the end, it will not be done, but it will attract Lu Dengyun's revenge." This situation is also purely reasonable. Don't force them first, and arrange for people to protect them in the dark. ”

After thinking for a while, Pang Yue's eyes flashed with a hint of fierceness, and he said, "Since this is the case, then we will find a way to strengthen the courage of those victimized people." Tomorrow, you go to the group of evil slaves of Land Rover to pick the two biggest crimes, attach the evidence collected, I will go to the prefect Chen Zhibin, and ask him to open a court trial and punish him heavily. A four-grade prefect, even if he doesn't dare to kill the son of the commander, killing two doglegs first shouldn't make him too embarrassed, right? ”

"Yes!"