Just when the knife leaned in the direction of the avenue suspiciously, the Thousand Households of the Gravel Fort was heavily guarded inside and out, and in the main hall of the front yard, Zhang Zhongduan sat on the head, accompanied by Wang Chongli and Tian Guanglin on both sides, and Huang Changzu was allowed to sit at the bottom to listen.

On both sides of the flower path at the door, there were armed guards standing in three steps and one step, all the way to the gate, although the news that Xiao Ye was captured made everyone secretly relieved, but for this bold young hundred, Zhang Zhong was still happy to see the side.

Outside the Qianhu Office, there was a faint noise voice, coming, Wang Chongli and Tian Guanglin exchanged glances, and their hearts were slightly astringent, it seems that today's Ximen Xiao Night is sad to pass this hurdle.

Only Zhang Zhong sat firmly on the big chair, holding a celadon teacup, slowly sipping tea, looking leisurely.

After a while, there was a sound of brisk footsteps from the flower path outside the hall, and Fang Shanshui took Gou Chenliang through the well-guarded front yard and came to the bottom of the steps of the main hall; The two of them were dressed neatly, and Fang Shanshui shouted in a deep voice, "Fang Shanshui, a hundred households under the brocade guard, ask to see the prison lord,"

"It's all here, don't be so pretentious, come in quickly," Zhang Zhong sneered and said reproachfully with the teacup; Here, his status and official position are the highest, and others dare not talk much.

"Xie Jianjun," took off the embroidered spring knife on his waist and handed it to the wrestler next to him, Fang Shanshui and the two of them raised their feet and stepped up the steps, bowed their heads and entered the main hall, kneeling down to salute Shangguan.

"Bingjian Army, the lower officials have been ordered to bring the first 100 households to Ximen Xiao Ye, and a cadre of people is waiting outside the 1,000 households to be dispatched, and I also ask the prison army to instruct," Fang Shanshui, who lowered his head, shouted the order.

"Well, does Ximen Xiao Ye have any complaints?" Zhang Zhong, who was not in a hurry to see what Xiao Ye looked like, asked with a smile in his eyes, but his white teeth made the two Qianhu next to him tremble.

Only Huang Changzu, who was an outsider, was looking at Fang Shanshui with interest, and he didn't feel the evil intent on Zhang Zhong's body at all.

"If you go back to the prison army, Fang Baihu took the official / document, it was sent by the guard office, and your name was raised, then Ximen Xiao Yeyan dared to resist, and obediently handed over his weapons, he was simply speechless," Gou Chenliang, who was kneeling next to Fang Shanshui, replied with a smile on his face.

Fang Shanshui raised the corners of his eyebrows, lowered his head and had no objections, and acquiesced in Gou Chenliang's reply.

"Hehe, you two have worked hard, get up and talk," took out his snuffbox and smoked some cigarettes to refresh himself, Zhang Zhong finally satisfied the official authority and let go of the two brocade guards.

"Go, bring that Ximen Xiaoye in, this official wants to see how rare it is rare to dare to fight with the Tartars all day long," Listening to Zhang Zhong's instructions, Gou Chenliang hurriedly responded, and was about to retreat.

"Slowly, his personal guards under Ximen Xiao Ye dared to confront Jinyiwei, and if the rule was not strict and lacked discipline, he would kill them with arrogance and fifty rods,"

"I heard that Ximen Xiaoye's personal guards, but they are wearing protective clothing, and the sword is difficult to break, so show the prison army carefully, don't break one," Zhang Zhong's casual command made Gou Chenliang pause.

It's easy to fight, but to what extent, instinctively, Gou Chen looked at Fang Shanshui for a long time, and his eyes were fixed on the official boots at the feet of Baihu.

The great eunuch Liu Jin died, but the secret rules of his walking staff were spreading in the Jinyi Guard, if Fang Shanshui rushed out on his toes, it would be to fight to death, and those who did not kill the walking staff would have to die; If the toes are facing each other inward, it is to let go of a way out and teach the flesh a lesson.

However, at this time, Fang Shanshui didn't move at his feet, and Gou Chenliang was directly stunned, not knowing what Baihu meant, and he had no idea for a while.

"Huh? Why can't it go down, is it because this prison army doesn't understand? Seeing Gou Chenliang's slow movements, Zhang Zhong snorted unhappily, and his slender fingers tapped lightly on the table twice.

Zhang Zhong was not happy, Fang Shanshui's face did move, if this trial hundred households answered and left, then I couldn't help it, you want to climb the thigh of the prison army, and you can see that this hundred households do not let go, in the big ditch outside the gravel fort, there can be one more corpse without a head at any time.

Fortunately, when Gou Chenliang was still awake, this made Fang Shanshui extinguish his thoughts, and his drooping fingers waved slightly, and there was no unnecessary move.

This means, Gou Chenliang understands, that is, you can do it, feel free; At this time, Gou Chenliang seemed to have received a signal, hurriedly answered again, and hurriedly turned around and ran out.

Looking at Fang Shanshui out of the corner of his eye, seeing that he didn't provoke his resentment, Zhang Zhong's breathing was a lot heavier, and he wanted to add a few nails to the brocade guard, but these brocade guards with more than 100 households were so cunning that they slipped away; However, those who are willing to be nails for themselves can't look down on it, just like this Gou Chenliang, who looks like the kind without bones, maybe one day he will turn his face and bite people, and he can't use it if he wants to pull it over.

Xiao Ye was pulled into the Qianhu House, on the gravel street at the door, the carriage was led to the tethered horse pile, the horse manure on the ground was messy, and in the warm afternoon, a stream of rancid smell surrounded the carriage.

Those female guards were better, and after the powerful man searched his body, he didn't find the khaki protective clothing, but it was inevitable to touch a few handfuls, which made Luan Fengying and the others scream again and again.

"Grass, you dogs, dare to touch Madame's guards, do you want to die," Ning Zhongyang, who was already short-tempered, was so aggrieved that he naturally shouted and scolded loudly, and the other guards also opened their mouths and scolded angrily.

Gou Chenliang, who ran out in small steps, saw that Ximen Xiaoye's personal guards were so arrogant, and he was directly annoyed, anyway, the hundred households gave a signal, and it would be easy to deal with it casually.

Gou Chenliang, who misinterpreted Fang Shanshui's hints, shouted at the soldiers, "Gagged, the prison army has an order, pulled out their clothes, took off their protective clothing, and punished them with a cane,"

With Gou Chenliang's instructions, the wrestlers who had long been displeased with Ning Zhongyang and them rolled up their sleeves and rushed up, took out the clods of soil on the ground, stuffed them into the mouths of these scolding soldiers, and smashed them hard, almost smashing the clods into their throats; See if you still scold, the wrestlers are quite skilled in their work.

Soon, not only Ning Zhongyang and the ten of them, but even Luan Fengying and them were stripped of their coats, if it weren't for Gou Chenliang's fear of immorality, seeing that they didn't have earthy yellow protective clothing, he stopped them sharply, and the wrestlers almost stripped the female guards naked.

But Ning Zhongyang and the others were beaten to the ground, stripped naked and pressed to the ground, their clothes were covered on their heads, and their feet were trampled on by official boots.

"Good head, how many walking sticks?" A close wrestler found a wrist-thick hardwood stick, approached Gou Chenliang and asked, his eyes also aimed at the feet of the hundred households.

Gou Chenliang pondered for a while, and was about to speak, when he saw the carriage at the tethered horse post in a blink of an eye, so he stretched out his hand and pointed, "Go, invite the ladies of Ximen Xiaoye to come down, let them see where the official authority is, it is really a group of dirt buns, and they don't know how to be polite,"

If Mei'er and the others came out at this time, and the silver was offered, maybe Gou Chenliang's anger would be less, but Mei'er and Lena had no experience in this matter at all, and they were already very determined to be able to hide in the carriage and keep silent.

Xiao Ye has not yet been convicted, but Lux did not mess around, but just opened the door of the back of the car, called them out to get out of the car, and stood in a pile of horse manure to watch the execution.

After waiting for a while, the three women with pale faces didn't look at them at all, Gou Chenliang paused impatiently, and waved his hand at his subordinates, "Half and half, fifty canes each," After speaking, he hid in the shade to watch the excitement.

If you have tried 100 households, the people below will know what to do, pick up the bastard and hit it hard, and the dull sound of hitting will sound on the street at the door of the thousand households.

The soldiers and craftsmen in the gravel fort were rushed back to their homes early in the morning, and on this quiet street, there was only the sound of the trumpet, counting one by one, "one, two, three,"

As a veteran of the cane, the brocade guard Lux wants to kill a strong man, not to say fifty strokes, that is, five strokes to complete the task, the hard wooden stick, originally intended to hit the buttocks, but a slight deviation, smashed on the spine of a guard, and smashed the backbone with a click.

As the captain of the guard, Ning Zhongyang also took the lead in confronting the wrestlers, scolding the most ferociously, and naturally the wrestlers took a fancy to him, and the wooden stick he picked up was a little crooked, and Peng Di knocked on his head.

Ning Zhongyang, who was covered by the hem of the mandarin duck battle jacket, snorted lowly, his head was silent, and a large stream of blood quickly seeped out, dripping on the hard ground of gravel.

Gou Chenliang, who was watching coldly not far away, didn't feel how cruel the cane punishment was, but there were two screams from the horse stake, and Lena and the maid were so frightened by such a cruel scene that they fainted directly on the ground, covered with stinky horse manure.

Mei'er, whose face was white, bit her lip tremblingly, lifted her cloth skirt and took out a cloth bag, handed it to the wrestlers who guarded them, and pointed at Gou Chenliang eagerly, "This official, a little heart, please let go of which soldiers,"

The wrestler who guarded him pouted and took the cloth bag, opened it casually, and his eyes lit up suddenly, and Gou Chenliang, who was in the shade from afar, saw that the hundred households were staring at him fiercely, hurriedly closed the cloth bag, and swallowed a mouthful of saliva, "Wait, I'll go and report the good head,"

A stack of more than a dozen gold-edged silver tickets in the cloth bag made Lux dazzled, and his steps towards Gou Chenliang were faster; Rao is like this, in just a dozen steps away, there are two more guards, and they have been hit the head, and they are out of breath.

took the cloth bag handed over by Lux, Gou Chenliang opened it and looked at it, and was directly happy, damn, what did you do earlier, half of the work was done.

"Okay, it's not easy for military households, don't use all the strength of milk," with Gou Chenliang's command, although the horns on the mouths of those wrestlers shouted louder, the strength of their hands was much lighter, and the accuracy was much better.

Among the ten guards, three people, including Ning Zhongyang, were directly shot in the head and died, two of them planned to have their backbones, which were considered crippled, and the remaining five people were also beaten to the flesh, but fortunately, they were wounded by flesh and blood, and did not hurt their muscles and bones.

The blood-drenched scene made the female guards cry bitterly, not caring about their own clothes, taking out the medicine belt from the clothes on the ground, and rushing to try to save their companions.

However, these soldiers who were silent when they were tortured, and even if they were killed on the spot, they only snorted on the spot, and the injuries all over their bodies were not at all rescued by a few medicine belts.

Fortunately, Gou Chenliang looked at the face of the silver ticket, let his subordinates take a few bottles of gold sore medicine and threw them away, and scattered the wrestlers with a wave of his hand, just surround him from afar, he still has to go in to pay the order.

Mei'er squatted on the ground, holding Lina's weak body, ignoring the flies flying overhead, just staring blankly at the few soldiers standing on the ground, she couldn't figure out that these young and vigorous guards, just screaming and scolding a few words vigorously, could be beaten to death by the brocade guards and die in front of their eyes.

"Why, why do you drop your weapons and be slaughtered like sheep and cattle?" The stick boy who was still alive at noon is now dead in the dusty streets, and this scene is like a nightmare; A burst of grief and anger hit her heart, and on her fair face, there was a faint scar, faintly bleeding red.

Liu Shuihe, the flag officer who quietly ran to the vicinity of the Thousand Households, said a few words to a few guarded sergeants at the far corner, and heard the screams of a woman in the Hundred Households, and when he looked closely, his eyes were suddenly blood-red; After a while, resisting the thought of rushing over, Liu Shuihe clenched his fists and walked away.

In the main hall of the Thousand Households, Xiao Ye was dragged into the hall by two stout guards on the street, with one foot behind his knees, and he fell to the ground involuntarily, and the chains on his body rattled.

was held down by his shoulders, Xiao Ye couldn't get up, and he didn't think about standing up; Slightly stiffening his neck, Xiao Ye glanced at the figure sitting opposite, "Xiaguan Ximen Xiao Ye, meet the supervisor and dare to ask your lordship, why are you so tied up with your subordinates?" ”

"Duh, bold Ximen Xiao Ye, Lord Prison is here, you dare to make a loud noise, and your palms and mouths are light," Huang Changzu, who was sitting on the side, rolled his eyes for a while, he felt that he had to take advantage of the fact that the prison army ignored him this time, and immediately got rid of Xiao Ye, otherwise he might not be implicated, this so-called sworn brother, let him miscalculate.

Huang Changzu, who returned to Taiyuan to participate in the family business, accepted two beautiful concubines, and lived a comfortable life, and nearly a year passed in the dark, but he also formed friends with several official eunuchs in Taiyuan Mansion, and he did not have time to return to Gansu Town until the New Year.

No, a few days after coming back, he met Lei Zhengtang's cruel horse thief, and the murder weapon was actually related to this disdainful fourth brother, but it made him regret his intestines.

rushed to the gravel fort, he just wanted to take this opportunity to turn a bad thing into a good thing, and get in touch with Zhang Jianjun, but he has been suffering from interjection, and people ignore him, and he can't take out the money.

He also knew that if he hadn't had a relationship with Huang Bingbiao, maybe Zhang Zhong wouldn't even have a chance to see him, who would make the family a minister, and the little people wouldn't have a chance to get up at all.

No, if you look at the right time to show it, you may be able to temper the prison army.

Hearing this, Xiao Ye turned his head and said with a wry smile, "The younger brother has seen the eldest brother, so the eldest brother has seen it," he saw Huang Changzu when he came in, but he really had no face, he was tied up and kneeling here, it was difficult to see the extreme.

"Ahh

"Even if I am blind and unrecognizable, let's cut off the robe and break the righteousness, you and I will be clear," After speaking, Huang Changzu took a step back and bowed to Zhang Zhong, "I also hope that Lord Zhang will be clear, Changzu was confused for a while, and he formed this grass and field incense, and now it is finally over,"

"Young people are reckless, as long as they can turn around and correct themselves, this prison army will not blame," smiling slightly, Zhang Zhong said meaningfully, "It's just that there are not many opportunities to make corrections, you must seize the opportunity, so as not to get into trouble and implicate your family, it's not good,"

Huang Changzu read roughly, and he didn't understand the meaning of the words, but his face suddenly realized, and after a few words of praise, he retreated to his original seat and stopped talking; Wait and ask Wang Qianhu to decide whether to give a gift to this gelding.

"Ximen Xiaoye, raise your head and let this prison army see, what kind of courage can you have as a hereditary disciple to fight the Tartar horse thief," Zhang Zhong no longer paid attention to Huang Changzu, got up and stepped forward slowly, looking at the young hundred households with interest.

According to his understanding, Xiao Ye should at least be a rugged military man with big shoulders and a round waist, but when they first met, the one kneeling on the ground turned out to be a young man with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, which surprised him.

Xiao Ye, who was sneered at by Huang Changzu, relaxed the pressure on his shoulders, and raised his face expressionlessly, "I've seen Lord Prison Army,"

"Since it is a hereditary hundred households, presumably your ancestors are also meritorious to the Ming Dynasty, and they dare to go to the grassland to compete with the Tartars for food, not bad, not bad," very strangely, Zhang Zhong did not scold Xiao Ye's crime, but praised it gently.

"But as a military household, you stabbed the official for personal revenge, to commit a crime, to win over Persian merchants to get rid of profits and taxes, to break the law, to build a fort without permission, to violate the ban, it is not an exaggeration to say that you cut off your head," three words in succession, the voice was gentle, but the words were shocking, which had already made Xiao Ye's forehead sweat cold.

"Thinking that you are trapped in the wilderness, there is no land in half an hour, and it is difficult to feed the military households, this official will give you a chance to live, are you willing?" Standing in front of Xiao Ye, Zhang Zhong asked charity, but there was no doubt in his tone.

didn't go through Xiao Ye's old accounts, Zhang Zhong felt that it was unnecessary, those words without evidence, it was better to remember them for the time being, and there might be a chance to use them in the future, but now it seems that there is no need.

"The lower officials are confused, but please make it clear," Although he was not angry that he was suddenly dismissed from the post of a hundred households, Xiao Ye still decided to bow his head, and the subordinates and wives and concubines outside, they will also suffer if they are dizzy.

"Hehe, you're not confused, you're just reckless, a wild horse without a halter is bound to hit its head and bleed, you still have time," Zhang Zhong walked back to the big chair with his hands behind his back, turned around and sat down.

"Let me ask you, where did the Persian goods come from?"

"Two places, one is the Haixi tribe thousands of miles away in the north, and the other is the Galen tribe on the grassland, they also transported goods from afar, and Fuguilou Baodes is responsible for selling them," Xiao Ye, who had already considered this situation, replied without hesitation, his eyes did not flicker at all.

There is a saying that there are too many lies, and those who lie will believe the lies, Xiao Ye will not reveal the inside story of the stone mill when he is killed, and he hypnotizes himself many times, so he naturally looks calm.

"Okay, you repair a book, stating that in the future, you will give up escorting Persian goods, and you will no longer set foot in the slightest, and draw a press seal," Zhang Zhong knocked on the table very decisively, and his own personal guard took pen and ink and rice paper, and put it in front of Xiao Ye.

Xiao Ye nodded in resignation, raised his hands tied with chains, and the strong man came from the door, took out the long key, unfastened the lock, and removed the chains.

pinched the brush and dipped it in black ink, Xiao Ye wrote a letter according to Zhang Zhong's meaning, drew a knot, and pressed the handprint; The hundred copper seals in his arms were searched, and he could only press the handprints.

Holding the letter presented by the guard, Zhang Zhong read it carefully, nodded with satisfaction, and put the paper on the table, "Fuguilou is requisitioned for the imperial store, and Lao Yangkou Tunzi has set up an official store, and the notice should now be in Lao Yangkou,"

Xiao Ye's face trembled a few times, and he closed his eyes suddenly, "The three stone forts of Lao Yangkou and Shiguantun, Shi Dao is willing to be dedicated to the Lord of the Prison Army, and the two stone mills are also handed over to the Lord of the Prison Army, and the materials and weapons stored by the hundred households in Yonghetun, along with the food and finances, are all handed over,"

At this time, Xiao Ye was already a bad man on the board, and he had to reluctantly leave his net worth, anyway, he could see that those things outside his body had fallen into the hands of others at this moment.

What he is most worried about now is the roster that Mei'er hid in the kang cabinet in his bedroom, if the roster falls into Zhang Zhong's hands, he will definitely die.

"Okay, okay, it seems that Ximen you still know the current affairs," haha smiled and stroked his palm, Zhang Zhong dissipated the haze in his heart, this useless boy, in order to survive can give up all his wealth, but let him appreciate it a little.

"This official is not hypocritical, he said that if he gives you a chance to live, he will not break his promise," As he spoke, Zhang Zhong took out a seal from his arms and threw it in front of Xiao Ye.

"Thirty miles north of Qingfeng Valley, there is the Aishan Thorn Tribe, this prison army has appointed you as a hundred households of the tribe, take office immediately, go out of Qingfeng Valley, and you will not be allowed to return without an order," In a word, Xiao Ye was exiled to the grassland.

To say that in the Ming Dynasty, among the many tribes in Mongolia in the early stage, there were tribes that took refuge in the Ming Dynasty, and the imperial court would send hundreds of officers, and even thousands of officers to take office, and the tribal leaders would take up the Ming Dynasty as officials; It's just that this rule was soon abandoned, and for nothing else, there were very few officers who survived, and no one was willing to send them to death.

Picking up the seal letter on the ground, Xiao Ye stared at it, and the five regular engraved letters of "Aishan Piercing Hundred Households" made his heart jump suddenly, "Lord Xie Jianjun, the next official will set off,"

The surprise flashed on Xiao Ye's face, Zhang Zhong saw it in his eyes, quite disdainful, not to mention that there was a Tartar on the grassland who received the news, can he let this kid go, even if King Naning was disturbed by his wealth, he would not spare him; To the prairie? Will it make it to it alive, God knows.

Wang Chongli and Tian Guanglin couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief when they saw that Xiao Ye had escaped death, but Xiao Ye actually explained the confidential business way neatly, which made them regret it in their hearts; I knew that they would have done this, but he let Zhang Zhong intervene, he represents the royal court, and the benefits are gone.

What he especially regretted was Huang Changzu, who was even more unkind when he looked at Xiao Ye now.

Only Fang Shanshui, who was standing quietly on the side, his hands hanging there, his eyelids trembling slightly, but he didn't say anything.

"Lord Bingjian Jun, according to your orders, the lower official has already inflicted cane punishment on those soldiers, and ten pieces of protective clothing have been put away," under the steps outside the hall, there was a flattering voice from Gou Chenliang's surrender order.

Xiao Ye, who was lying on the ground, struggled to get up with numb legs, and carefully put the seal letter in his arms, "Lord Xie Jianjun has shown extrajudicial grace, and the lower official has retired," The official robe on his body was not removed, but it saved trouble.

This kind of hundred households sent to the grassland tribe, Zhang Zhong had no interest in paying attention to it, snorted lightly, and did not raise his eyelids.