After asking these words, it is enough.

Yang Chao learned twice that the Marquis of Zhenyuan was targeting him, the first time was interrogated, and the second time was what he learned from Xiong Mingyu's letter just now.

Yang Chao was shocked when he first learned that he suppressed his military exploits this time, and he was shocked when he was the governor of Caojiang, because this matter was very strange, and his own merits were finally counted on the head of the Marquis of Zhenyuan, and the Marquis of Zhenyuan had no reason to withhold his military merits, unless he deliberately rectified himself, but he had no grievances with the Marquis of Zhenyuan, why did the Marquis of Zhenyuan suppress himself out of thin air.

The second time he learned that the Marquis of Zhenyuan not only suppressed his military exploits, but also wanted to restrain himself to death, Yang Chao was no longer surprised, because the letter was late, and the Marquis of Zhenyuan had already sent someone to attack Yang Chao's ship, but Yang Chao was not on the ship, and the people of the Marquis of Zhenyuan were defeated, and after being killed dozens of them, they ran away in disgrace.

However, once the truth was revealed after the trial, Yang Chao did not offend the Marquis of Zhenyuan, but offended the younger brother of the concubine of the Marquis of Zhenyuan.

And the reason why he offended this Cui Wei was because he met Jiang bandits, and he killed several Jiang bandits.

The water camp commander killed the river bandits, and he actually caused such a big trouble, which is really an unprovoked disaster.

If it weren't for Xiong Mingyu's sudden urgency this time and stepping forward, Yang Chao might really be killed by Gu Zhaoji.

But with such a prisoner in hand, it will be easy to do, and you can't lose the confrontation in the court.

Although Yang Chao knew that he couldn't lose, he still felt a burst of fear, because this disaster was too unprovoked, without any signs, and suddenly it was invited.

But at the same time, I couldn't help but feel sad and indignant, killing the thief by myself was good for the people, good for the people, and meritorious service to the country, but he actually provoked others. What's infuriating is that that person turned out to be a person from the water camp, and he is still the deputy general of the water camp.

The deputy general of the water battalion pretends to be a river bandit!

The army of the Ming Dynasty was indeed corrupted. But there is always a bottom line, a dignified water army. Pretending to be a Jiang bandit, this is not a little bit of discipline.

Yang Chao sneered in his heart, and a wave of grief and indignation swelled up.

"Third Master Xiong, farewell!"

Sending Xiong San out of the camp gate, Yang Chao was still not calm in his heart.

Back in the confinement room again, the prisoner was still tied to a chair and eating, and Yang Chao had someone prepare a meal for him. At this time, the captive ate weeping bitterly, as if he were reincarnated.

"Remember, repeat what you just said at night, and if you dare to talk nonsense, don't blame the official for being unkind to you."

Yang Chao coldly threatened.

The captives shouted, "The villains listen to the adults, and all the adults listen." ”

Yang Chao turned around and went out.

The back hall of the military department.

After Xiong Mingyu listened to Xiong San's report, his body suddenly stiffened, and he was completely angry, he didn't expect the water army to be corrupted to such an extent.

No wonder he asked Gu Zhaoji to suppress bandits in the past, but Admiral Caojiang always pushed back. Either they asked the military department to make up the salaries, or they asked the military department to replenish their armaments, and in the end they only agreed to guarantee the transportation of grain.

Gangnam is the most important. It is the millions of loads of grain every year, so as long as the grain can be guaranteed to be transported to Beijing, there will be no big mistake, and Xiong Mingyu will tolerate Gu Zhaoji's prevarication.

Xiong Mingyu originally thought that this kind of prevarication was because there were too many shortages in the navy, and the soldiers were weak enough to fight, so the commander of Caojiang was suffering and found an excuse to prevaricate.

Now that I think about it, this Jiang bandit turned out to be a naval army pretending, doesn't this mean that Admiral Cao Jiang is the biggest bandit. No wonder he refused to suppress the bandits.

"Bastard thing! The situation of the court has been corrupted to this point, and these nobles are hated. The world received the grace of the country and did not want to serve the court. It's just a vegetarian meal for the corpse, but he actually set up bandits and mutilated the people, he really deserves to die! ”

Xiong Mingyu slapped the chair suddenly, his whole body trembled, and his chest rose and fell violently.

"The old man is angry, beware of being angry."

Xiong San is not a fool, when he heard what the prisoner said in the barracks, he also felt that the situation was serious, the army was a bandit, it was a scandal, so he rushed back to report it non-stop, and sure enough, his master was angry.

Xiong Mingyu gasped for a while, and slowly calmed down, he just wanted to write a chapter to impeach Gu Zhaoji immediately, but now he is calm, but only deep sadness remains, and there is no strength in his body, just a wry smile.

What is the matter of the Marquis of Zhenyuan pretending to be a Jiang bandit to rob the past merchants, the world has come to the present, which of these powerful people who hold military power is clean, and Zuo Liangyu, who was promoted to the general of the thief because of his military merits, is known to the whole world, but what can he do, the court not only can't do anything to him, but can only continue to increase officials and enter the knighthood.

Gu Zhaoji is in charge of the Jiangnan Navy and is powerful, even if he writes a letter of impeachment, he may not be able to defeat him.

That's it, the affairs of the world, that is the business of the people of the world, not the matter of him Xiong Ming meeting a person.

As long as Gu Zhaoji can take a step, Xiong Mingyu doesn't want to pursue it to the end.

There is such a captive, Xiong Mingyu believes that Gu Zhaoji has to let it even if he doesn't want to.

Yang Chao arrived at Qingyun Tower early.

This is a restaurant near the fourth archway, a very pure restaurant, but the business is not bad, because there are a number of yamen near here, the teaching workshop division, the pedestrian division, the huiguan, the government military guard, the government army avant-garde, the general administration department, the Jinyi guard, the flag guard, the Qin Tianjian, the five military governor's mansion, Taichang Temple, Hanlin Academy, Zhan Shifu Tai Hospital, and the six departments of Nanjing, it can be said that Nanjing's most important official government, more than ninety percent are here.

Like later generations, the government is also a wealth center nearby, and the consumption power of officials is quite amazing, so Qingyunlou does not need to operate a red industry, and the business is also booming, and their fame is excellent.

Of course, if you want to open a restaurant in this kind of place, you can also get the likes of officials, and the background of the owner of Qingyunlou is also unfathomable, and it is said that it has a deep relationship with a certain nobleman in Nanjing City.

Xiong Mingyu and Gu Zhaoji chose to meet here in private, which was also a helpless move, because it was close to the Yamen, and it would not be seen by others.

If it was usual, they would go to a green building like Mei Xianglou, but now the scholars are making a lot of noise, and those green buildings are occupied by scholars at night, whether Xiong Mingyu or Gu Zhaoji. No one wanted to meet those scholars, so the two decided to have a private conversation in Qingyun Building, and it was better to be seen by colleagues than by scholars.

"Shopkeeper's. What to say and what not to say. I'm sure you have a number in your heart. ”

Yang Chao placed a silver ingot of ten taels on the table, and the shopkeeper stood aside with a slight bow, but there was no respect on his face.

Yang Chao didn't care, knowing that Qingyunlou had a deep background, he just hoped to provide him with a little convenience.

"Within three rooms next door, I don't want to see anyone, I will pay the money, I can't think about your business."

Yang Chao continued.

The shopkeeper said, "That's good." It's convenient to sell Yang Gongzi, but it's not an example, the people who come to Qingyunlou are all adults, and if you neglect any one, the villain can't afford to be guilty, and I hope Yang Gongzi will forgive me. ”

Yang Chao said: "Naturally, there will be no next time." ”

The shopkeeper said, "That's good." Yang Gongzi invited, but there were still some trivial matters at the front desk, so he would retire. ”

After saying that, he naturally took the ingot of silver from the table.

Yang Chao watched him close the door, and then he glanced at Lao Zhang, who walked over quickly. Quietly opened the crack in the door and looked at it.

After reading it, Lao Zhang turned around and said, "My lord, no one." ”

Yang Chao nodded, and then turned around and spoke to a person next to him.

"Remember. If I ask you today, I'll ask you again later, you don't have to care about anything, just tell the truth, if the official is satisfied, keep you safe, if the official is not satisfied, I'm afraid you will beg someone to kill you but can't get it. ”

Yang Chao said to the person next to him in a cold tone.

The man was immersed in the delicacies on the table, frightened. Unable to eat any longer, he stood up and stepped aside and fell to his knees.

"Your Excellency, spare your life. The little ones must know everything and say everything, and the adults can rest assured. ”

Yang Chao nodded: "I believe in you!" Sit down. ”

Only then did the man dare to sit down. But there is no appetite anymore.

This person is the captured captive, Cui Wei's head of the family, whose name is Cui Si.

This is a private room on the second floor of Qingyun Building, there are a total of more than ten rooms on the second floor, all of which are the same private rooms, Yang Chao promised a lot of money, and only then did he get a guarantee that there would be no one in the three rooms of Qingyun Building, and they wanted them to vacate the entire second floor, they didn't agree, no matter how much money you paid.

Suddenly, there was a sound next door, it was the sound of the door opening, and it seemed that the person who should have come had come.

Yang Chao glared at Cui Si, Cui Si shuddered, Zhang Dawei had already handed him two balls of cotton, Cui Si honestly stuffed himself into his ears, Zhang Dawei was still not at ease, and he stuffed it again to confirm that it was tightly stuffed before nodding.

Cui Simei smiled and nodded at Yang Chao.

Yang Chao didn't pay attention to him, but walked to the side, holding a bowl, lightly buckled it against the wall, and eavesdropped on the conversation next door.

It was a complete waste of Yang Chao's preparation, and the voice next door was very loud, it was Xiong Mingyu's voice, as if he deliberately spoke loudly for fear that others would not hear him.

The two exchanged pleasantries at first, but soon got to the point, and Yang Chao immediately listened more carefully, for fear of missing a little bit of news.

"Master Hou can't let go of that boss?"

This is Xiong Mingyu's voice.

"Lord Xiong lost his words, how can Ben Hou and a general not get along, it is really intolerable by national law."

This is Gu Zhaoji's voice.

This is the first time the two have clashed, Xiong Mingyu's voice was extremely loud, Yang Chao couldn't help but smile in his heart, this is what Xiong Mingyu deliberately said to himself.

Gu Zhaoji's voice was normal, and it was not in vain that Yang Chao got such a big porcelain bowl.

Xiong Mingyu continued: "Master Gu really believes that the evidence is conclusive? ”

Gu Zhaoji said with a smile: "This can still be fake, the head is the head of the right guard of the navy, and the family has claimed it, signed and drawn it." ”

Yang Chao secretly hated in his heart, this is already the evidence to death, and he has such a big enmity with himself? I have to kill myself!

Xiong Mingyu said: "What about the others?" ”

Xiong Mingyu deliberately probed, but he still asked Gu Zhaoji to tell Yang Chao.

Gu Zhaoji didn't know that there was a deception, and said confidently: "Why did Lord Xiong knowingly ask, this general has no military department, without the permission of the Admiral's Yamen, he sent troops without authorization, and killed good people without permission, these two things are enough to be a capital crime." ”

Xiong Mingyu smiled: "What about the loss of soldiers?" (To be continued)