On the fifth day of the seventh month of the eighth year of Hongzhi, the sun was like fire, and the leaves of the big trees on the side of the road were scorched and wilted, and a fast horse swept through the dust, causing several curses from pedestrians on the side of the road.

The horses galloped away, ignoring the spitting white spittle curses behind them.

Fuzhou City is heavily guarded, and without a road guide and a legitimate reason, it is impossible to enter Fuzhou City at all. The previous policy of allowing entry and not leaving has been quietly changed, and now Fuzhou City not only guards against the hidden sons of the imperial court who go out of the city, but also adds the hidden stakes of the imperial court that continue to enter the city.

"Get out of the way, I have an urgent military intelligence report to Lord Zhang, the governor of the Nine Sides." The knight's clothes on horseback were soaked, and dry words popped out of his dry throat.

The guards at the gate didn't care so much, two spears were placed directly in front of the horse, and the others were ready to shoot at any time.

Zhang Ru is no longer the nine-sided governor of the imperial court, and everyone in the world knows this news, but the rider on horseback said that the emergency military situation should be reported to the nine-sided governor, which is simply ridiculous.

The spear blocked the way of the war horse, and the force of the impact made the two burly defenders take a few steps back, and it was one of them who stuck the spear into the neck of the war horse to stop the retreat.

The rider on horseback somersaulted in the air, and after landing on the ground, he rolled a few more times before the two gate guards stopped the forward trend with their feet.

The leader, with a beard, kicked the cavalry lying on the ground and made him face up. Dealing with such an unknown person, the people of Fuzhou Wei have always had no good attitude.

The rider was already hungry and thirsty, and in order to deliver the letter to Fuzhou, he even saved a lot of sleep along the way. Unexpectedly, after arriving in Fuzhou, the other party did not give him a good face.

When he rolled in the air, he had no strength and smashed to the ground, and his body was solid and had a close contact with the gravel and green bricks on the ground.

By the time he was kicked on his back by a stinky foot, the rider was already spitting blood from his mouth.

The beard pulled out his waist knife very neatly and put it across the rider's neck: "Say, who are you!" ”

This rider has more breath out and less breath in, where is there any spirit to speak. Blood foamed from the corners of his mouth, and a foul ho-ho sound came out of his throat.

He raised his hand with difficulty and went deep into his arms, except for the leader of the general flag, everyone else took a few steps back, they were afraid that the thing in the rider's arms was a hidden weapon.

Fuzhou Wei has a good tradition under the leadership of Zhang Ru, that is, as long as there is an unknown danger, basically the officer will go first.

This benefit has always been spread in many border armies, and even in the Shenji Battalion of the Beijing Army, such a tradition has also been circulated.

After carefully using the tip of the knife to remove the hand of the cavalryman who had lost his strength, and then taking out the contents of his arms, the general flag was horrified!

It turned out to be a bright yellow decree, and a splendid coiled dragon was dancing its teeth and claws behind the cloth.

After seeing this holy decree, General Qi knew that he had done something wrong, and this person should really be here to summon him.

He didn't dare to slack off any longer, and immediately ordered the people behind him: "Come two people, take him to the doctor, and the others guard the city gate and check carefully!" ”

After the order, the general flag rushed to the yamen of the Fuzhou prefect.

Zhang Ru did not have a place to stay in Fuzhou, and generally as long as he arrived in Fuzhou, he would stay in the prefect's yamen. The prefect Lei Yuan is old, and after he loses his title and official position, he is still very close to him.

Especially the prefect's wife Liu, who is over fifty years old, has a son, and his son is also very competitive, and now he is serving as a partial general in the Fuzhou Navy.

After Zhang Ru occasionally talked about Zhang Ru's life experience, the old woman felt that Zhang Ru was pitiful in her heart, so as long as she saw Zhang Ru, she would arrange a table of good food and good dishes, so that Zhang Ru could feast on it, like a real elder.

Liu didn't know what Zhang Ru's identity was, but he heard her husband say that Zhang Ru was a big official, and later offended people, and he couldn't be an official.

Rao is like this, every time Liu sees Zhang Ru, he still greets him with a smile.

"Bang!"

The hurried general flag of the city gate knocked a weak figure out of the air.

"Oh yo, what daredevils are so reckless!" The figure lay on the ground for a long time and did not get up until the general flag passed by her again.

Zongqi retracted his strength when he hit someone, so that person should not be seriously injured, so he did not check whether the other party was injured. For him, the bloody decree in his bosom was more important than anything else.

Hearing the old woman's words, the general flag did not stop, still walking towards the front.

The old woman sat up by herself, saw that the general flag was in a hurry, and did not blame it, but stood up and patted the ashes on her body, and then walked towards the yamen.

"My lord, there will be something important to report at the end!" Zongqi knelt on one knee outside Zhang Ru's study.

He was brought in by Fan Tong, otherwise he would not have been able to enter such a place with his identity. Fortunately, Fan Tong knew him, otherwise Fan Tong would not have brought him in.

"What's the matter?" Zhang Ru, who was reading a copy of the Tao Te Ching in the study, put down the book, rubbed his eyes, and asked tepidly.

"People from the capital, with a holy decree, said that the military situation was urgent and asked to see Lord Zhang, and the last general did not dare to be arbitrary, and led people to stop the horse. The horse rushed forward, and the horseman was seriously wounded. General Banner said succinctly.

He knew that Zhang Ru didn't like to listen to nonsense, so he simply told the ins and outs of the matter.

"Come in and talk!" Zhang Ru stood up and said.

Fan Tong opened the door and led the general flag into the study.

As soon as the two entered the door, Zhang Ru's eyes fell on the bloody bright yellow cloth.

This is indeed a holy decree, and it is not a holy decree issued by the emperor in the traditional sense, it is a secret decree.

After receiving the holy decree from the respectful hand of the general banner, Zhang Ru did not immediately open it, but patted the shoulder of the general banner: "You did the right thing, you have worked hard, go to your boss to receive a hundred taels of gold, just say what I said." ”

Zongqi looked grateful: "Thank you, sir!" ”

Zhang Ru said with a smile: "Do things for Zhang, Zhang will definitely not be treated badly, you go and get busy first!" ”

The dignified seven-foot man had a sour nose after hearing this, and he almost didn't cry. After enduring it for a long time, the general flag who walked out of the prefect's yamen howled and cried.

After Zhang Ru and the others left, they slowly unfolded the holy decree, and the bright yellow holy decree was wrapped in a piece of paper. With his familiarity with Zhu Youzhang, it can be seen at a glance that this letter is from Zhu Youzhang's hand.

Fan Tong craned his neck to peek at the contents of the letter, but Zhang Ru stamped the holy decree: "Fan Tong, I will tell you what I can tell you, this letter was written to me by my brother, and I want to read it by myself." ”