Chapter Fifty-Eight: Let the Six Doors Move

Wu Sinan returned to Xuanfu with Jianxiu and a group of guards, and arrived on the same day without saying anything all the way. Entering the governor's yamen, Wu Sinan arranged a room for Jianxiu to live in, and he went to his wife in the backyard to tell him about Jianxiu's living in the house.

Although the two ladies were displeased, they had no choice, and they also knew the name of the sword embroidery, and they were even ready for the sword embroidery to enter the door, but they didn't expect that this day would come.

After a night's rest, at noon the next day, someone reported that someone outside the house claimed to be Chu Xiu's relative and came to ask for a meeting. Wu Sinan instructed the flower hall to entertain guests, and went to shout sword embroidery, and waited in the flower hall together.

After a while, a man with a cricket image came to the flower hall, and as soon as the man entered the flower hall, after seeing the sword embroidery, he immediately shouted: "Miss." ”

Jian Xiu smiled slightly and said, "Uncle Chen, don't be polite. Let me introduce you to you, this is Lord Wu, the governor of Xuanfu. ”

"Mark Chen Zhong and see Wu Dashuai!" The man hurriedly knelt down on one knee and saluted Wu Sinan.

"Hurry up and excuse me, I don't know where General Chen is now?" Wu Sinan said.

"The general is called, and he is ashamed to be ashamed. The mark is just a district manager in Zhangjiakou. Chen Zhong said.

"Oh." Wu Sinan nodded and said, "Since General Chen is the uncle of Jian Xiu, that is the uncle of the main department, please take a seat." As he spoke, he pointed to the chair that was in his hand.

Chen Zhong sat down with his hands down, but at this moment, he no longer looked rickety, and he looked tall. After sitting down, he hugged his fist at Wu Sinan and said: "Dashuai, it is marked that today is to come as agreed by Miss Feng, what does Dashuai have to ask, but it doesn't hurt to ask, Chen Zhong must know everything." ”

"Yesterday I had heard Miss Jianxiu say something about the general, and I respected the general Gao Yi very much. Hearing that Jianxiu's father was wronged and died, the headquarters had decided to redress his grievances, but one person's ability was limited, and he was new to this place, and many things could not be analyzed, and the general needed more guidance. According to Miss Jianxiu, her father was framed and sentenced to death because he withheld a batch of goods from local businessman Fan Yongdou. What that cargo is, the people who know it are all gone, but the headquarters expects that the process of framing him is always there, and I don't know if the general knows a thing or two. Wu Sinan said.

"General Chang has always been loyal and righteous, loves soldiers like sons, deducts military salaries, and eats empty quotas, which is absolutely unavailable. The reason why he was killed, ten is because of the batch of goods that detained Fan Yongdou, and the villain also heard that it was Zhao Yan, the soldier and horse supervisor of Zhangjiakou, who impeached General Chang for deducting military salaries and falsely reporting the number of border troops. After the court examination and checking the number of border troops, it was determined that General Chang deducted military salaries and falsely reported the number of border troops, so as to fill his own pockets. Then he was sentenced to beheading, and the head spread throughout the nine sides. Chen Zhong said.

Jianxiu's father's name is Chang Zhentan, Wu Sinan knows it, after listening to Chen Chong's narration, Wu Sinan nodded slightly, and said: "According to this, Jianxiu's father's case at least involves the prison army of Zhangjiakou, the governor of Xuanfu, and the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. It seems unusual for a businessman to be able to buy so many officials to help. General Chen, you have been in Zhangjiakou for a long time, do you know what kind of character this Fan Yongdou is, and what does it have to do with the DPRK and China? ”

"I only know that Fan Yongdou is a big Jin businessman, often doing side plug trading, his family is very rich, and the officials in Zhangjiakou and Xuanfu should have been fed by him. I heard that even in the DPRK and China, there are many officials who have been bribed by him, but I don't know what kind of origin it is. Like the prison army of Zhangjiakou and the former governor of Xuanfu, I heard that they would give him some face. Chen Zhong said.

"Oh......" Wu Sinan nodded again, and said: "I heard that a while ago, when the Tartars hit Zhangjiakou, they broke through the city in one day and killed tens of thousands of defenders. You are a survivor of this battle, what do you think of this battle? How did Tian Xiu defend the city, did he fight to the death or flee from the battle? ”

"There are only seven or eight thousand defenders in Zhangjiakou, where did they get more than 10,000 dead and wounded. There were more than 2,000 casualties in this battle, but Tian Xiu did not fight to the death, but was the first to flee on horseback, otherwise the brothers would not have fled with the whole line. I was placed under the city as a backup, and I didn't know the specific situation in the city at the time, but I heard the city shout, 'The general has run away, and the brothers will flee for their lives,' and the brothers below us followed. Later, I heard from the surviving brothers in the city that the Tartars were driving the people to attack the city, and General Tian said that those were the people of the Ming Dynasty and let them in, so the Tartars took the opportunity to follow up and easily captured Zhangjiakou. Chen Zhong said.

Wu Sinan had already roughly analyzed what he said, and he was not surprised. It seems that the person who really drinks the blood of soldiers and eats empty quotas is General Ta Tian. And you have to count one that escapes from the battle. At this time, Wu Sinan suddenly remembered another thing, so he asked, "By the way, Tian Xiu has a family?" ”

"Yes." Chen Zhong replied affirmatively.

"When the city is broken, his family will be there?" Wu Sinan asked.

"This ...... It seems that it was moved away before the Tartars attacked the city, and it is not known where it was moved. Chen Zhong replied.

"Well......" Wu Sinan nodded again, and when the enemy came, he took the lead in letting his family escape, that is, he did not have the determination to live and die with the city, coupled with his own analysis and Chen Chong's rhetoric, Tian Xiu escaped 100% of the time.

Affirming this, Wu Sinan nodded and thought about it again, and said: "Let's go back to the issue of Jian Xiu's father, let's analyze, what will be the batch of goods that General Chang detained Fan Yongdou?" can give him a catastrophe of destruction. Although we don't know what that batch of goods is, it will definitely not be normal goods, otherwise General Chang would not have detained him, don't you say? ”

"Yes." Chen nodded and said.

"You are the border army of Zhangjiakou, and you should know best what goods are not allowed to leave the fortress. Can you help the ministry analyze what kind of goods it will be? Wu Sinan asked.

"It is expressly forbidden, and the most culpable is military supplies. For example, weapons, armor, firearms, and food. However, weapons, armor and firearms are absolutely not allowed to leave the customs, whether they are sold to the Mongols or the Jurchens, they are not allowed, once found, it is to raid the house and destroy the door. And the grain is a little worse, and it can be sold to some of the tribes of the Mongols who have submitted to my Ming Dynasty, but it must be signed and recorded, and it must be checked. If it is said that what kind of goods can make General Chang make a big move, if nothing else, it should be weapons and armor and other goods that need to be headed. Chen Zhong reasoned according to common sense.

Wu Sinan also nodded approvingly, and said: "If it weren't for the goods that robbed the house and destroyed the door and lost his head, then Fan Yongdou would not have jumped over the wall in a hurry, united so many people, and got rid of the border army generals." However, such a felony must be substantiated, and now we can only guess. In your border towns, do you often have merchants transporting goods to other countries? ”

"Yes." Chen nodded and replied.

"How's the inspection going?" Wu Sinan asked.

"Don't hide it from your lordship, the errand of guarding the north gate has always been the fattest errand in Zhangjiakou, but all merchants who transport goods out of the customs must be taken care of. In this way, when it comes to this examination, that is, the matter of opening and closing the eyes, most of them will not even look at it. Chen Zhong said.

This situation is still the same as Wu Sinan's grasp, yesterday he had sent Wu Ping and Wu An to inquire, and the news that the two brought back was this. Merchants go out of the customs as if they are walking on flat ground, and the soldiers guarding the city generally do not even check, as if they are ornaments.

"It seems that this is the key. In the past, General Chang investigated Zhangjiakou strictly before losing his life, but now Tian Xiu is loose about here, so he can sit back and relax. However, now that the people defending the city are all his, it is not so easy for us to get both the stolen goods. Wu Sinan shook his head and said.

"My lord, in fact, there is an opportunity right now, if you can grasp it, it will be an opportunity." Chen Zhong said.

"What chance?" Wu Sinan hurriedly asked.

"That day marked out of the city to sweep the tomb of General Chang, and when he went out of the city, he saw a large number of goods transported into the city. As soon as you look at the flag, you know that it is Wang Ji Goods. These goods, very heavy, through the traces of ruts, can be seen not ordinary things. Generally speaking, the most common goods pulled out of the plug are salt, tea, silk, and porcelain. Judging by the weight of this cart, it must not be filled with tea and silk, and it is probably very large in terms of salt and porcelain. Later, I met the young lady at the general's grave, and after some conversation, we agreed to meet again the next day. When I went out the next day, I encountered the same truck again, and the number was huge for a long time, but the banner was not Wang Ji Goods Store, but Jin Ji Goods Company. This makes me a little puzzled, because the marks of the ruts are basically consistent, and it can be seen that the contents are all heavy, and the goods of the two families are very likely to be the same......" Speaking of this, Chen Chong paused before continuing: "The Jin merchants in Zhangjiakou are not separate and compete with each other, but they are united and communicate with each other, and several of them get along very well. For example, General Tian's uncle Tian Shenglan not only has a good relationship with Fan Yongdou and his family, but also has a little to do with Wang Ji Goods Store and Jin Ji Goods Company. ”

Don't look at Chen Chong as just a small boss, but after staying in Zhangjiakou for a long time, he has been exposed to it and knows more things. But it is also limited to knowing the superficial phenomenon, the real inner thing, which is definitely not something he will understand.

"The goods of these two companies are basically the same, and I didn't care about it at the time, but hurried out of the city to meet the young lady. At that time, the young lady learned about the general situation of Zhangjiakou from me, and then made a decision, that is, to go to Chunfeng Ju to place an order, and at the same time told me that the governor would definitely come, and instructed me to follow to the Xuanfu to ask for a meeting after the governor left. I think adults know about this, but Miss also explained one thing, that is, staring at the Jin merchants in the city, as soon as I heard this, I told Miss about the things I encountered in the past two days. The young lady thought that this matter was very important, and asked me to keep an eye on it. So, I continued to stare at the instructions of the young lady, but I did not expect that for several days in a row, there were two convoys of these two families entering the city, and there were many goods, countless ones. Therefore, I have a suspicion, normally speaking, if it is to sell porcelain or salt to the outside world, it is absolutely impossible to transport so much at one time, and the things on this cart must have a lot of articles. If you can detain these two batches of goods for inspection, I can guarantee that they will be very rewarding. In the end, Chen Chong's tone became extremely affirmative.

"That being said, I'm afraid that once it's not a prohibited cargo, it will startle the snake. Moreover, there are not many soldiers and horses under my direct management, and if you want to transfer troops, you need to transfer them to the Xuanfu General Army. When the soldiers and horses are transferred from him, it is estimated that Zhangjiakou will also know that no matter what I go to investigate, they will run away a long time ago, and they will not give me this opportunity. It seems that there is a way to do it. Wu Sinan said.

"My lord, I think that this matter cannot be delayed any longer. Wang Ji and Jin Ji's goods should have been transported into the city, and it is estimated that it will not take a few days to be transported out of the customs. When they leave, there will be no chance. Chen Zhong said anxiously.

"I know, it's just...... As soon as the headquarters and the institute move now, it will inevitably arouse the vigilance of the Zhangjiakou side, and the goods will be taken out of the customs immediately, and it is a trivial matter for me to go in vain, I am afraid that their goods are not military supplies, and after being caught head-on, the thieves who really smuggle military supplies in the future will be more careful, so that we have no way to start. This matter needs to be studied by the Ministry and the Academy, General Chen, don't be in a hurry. Wu Sinan said calmly.

"What the adults said is that they are too anxious." Chen Zhong bowed and said.

"Now we have to discuss a countermeasure, that is, if the headquarters and the institute go back to Zhangjiakou now, it is more appropriate to go back under what name. It will not arouse suspicion, but can you still check those two batches of goods in the open? Wu Sinan said.

"This ......" Chen thought about it for a long time, but didn't come up with an idea, rattled his head and said: "My lord, you let the standard run an errand or something, then there is nothing to say, let the standard make a plan, the mark is really not that piece of material." ”

Jian Xiu immediately looked at it and said, "Uncle Chen, you don't have to worry, Lord Wu has a lot of ideas in his stomach, and he has his own ideas for this matter." Uncle, you have come all the way, you must not have eaten yet, my lord, do you want to arrange for Uncle Chen to eat first. ”

"Should, should be ......" Wu Sinan hurriedly shouted: "Wu Tong, don't take General Chen down for dinner soon, you have to entertain well, you can't slack off." ”

Wu Tong was under the hall, and when he heard the adults inside say this, he hurriedly took the order and took Chen Zhong down to eat.

There are only two people left in the hall now, Wu Sinan and Jianxiu, Jianxiu looked at Wu Sinan and said, "My lord, the affairs of the slave family have bothered you." ”

"Sword embroidery, how can you say that, this is what I should do. Now that the situation is more or less understood, let's just find a name and go back. Wu Sinan shook his head and said.

"I knew we wouldn't be back so soon, and now that I want to go back, I can't think of any good words for a while. It's all to blame on the slave family. Jian Xiu said.

"Where, where, it's none of your business. When I went there at that time, I didn't bring many people, it was Tian Xiu's territory, and he still colluded with those Jin merchants, in case he really found something, he jumped off the wall in a hurry, and we couldn't leave if we wanted to. Therefore, it is only true to come back now and bring more people with you. ”

Beijing. The study of Yuesu's mansion.

"My lord, Wu Sinan has returned to Xuanfu from Zhangjiakou, this guy stayed in Zhangjiakou for three days, the first day to inspect the city defense, the second day to inspect the armament, the third night to go to the deputy general Tian Xiu to the courtyard in the city, Chunfeng Ju, and also took the female Chu Xiu there, and returned to Xuanfu the next morning."

Cao Yu was instructed to rush to Zhangjiakou after reporting Wu Sinan's news that day, where there were already people from the Changfeng Dart Bureau who inquired about Wu Sinan's movements. After Cao Yu collected the news, when Wu Sinan returned to Xuanfu, he rushed back to Beijing and reported the situation to Yue Su.

"This Wu Sinan, what tricks are he playing, even I was confused by him. But only inspecting the city defense and armament, do I need to transfer him all the way to Xuanfu as a governor? Who can't do this job? Well, when you get back, keep an eye on me and see what else he can do. Yue Su said.

"Yes, sir." Cao Yu bowed in response.

"By the way, last time you asked you to investigate what the goods shipped to Zhangjiakou by Wang Ji Cargo Company and Jin Ji Cargo Company, can you find out?" Yue Su asked.

"Back to the adult, my subordinates have personally gone to Wang Ji Cargo Store to investigate, but the guards there are very tight, and my subordinates have no chance to get close. Later, I went to Jin Ji Goods Store, which was the same, so that his subordinates had no way to start. Speaking of this, Cao Yu knelt down on one knee, "The subordinates are incompetent, and please ask the adults to punish them." ”

"Hurry up, I can't blame you for this." Yue Su raised his hand to signal Cao Yu to stand up, and when Cao Yu got up, Yue Su said again: "Their caution and caution may be more illustrative of a problem, the goods inside must be unusual." You are a dart walker, and you know a little about the goods that are transported to the outside of the plug, and if such a heavy cargo is transported to the outside of the plug, what will it be? ”

"If it is a normal cargo, only the weight of salt and porcelain can press out such a deep rut mark, and it is absolutely impossible to change it to anything else. However, it is normal to say that no one will escort so much salt and porcelain out of the jam. Moreover, salt and porcelain will not be used by so many people, so be careful to guard. Cao Yu replied.

"That's it." Yue Su smiled on his face, and then said: "This Wu Sinan, whether it can be done or not, once the military supplies are pulled out of the customs and sent to the Tartars, it will inevitably increase the strength of the Tartars." It's better to sell it to the Mongols, but if it is sold to the Jurchens...... Hum! Speaking of this, Yue Su snorted heavily, slapped the coffee table hard, and shook the teacups on it to the ground.

"Smack!" The teacup shattered, and Tie Qiu, who was guarding outside the study, heard the sound and hurriedly rushed in. Seeing that there seemed to be nothing going on in the study, he hurriedly bowed down and said, "Your Excellency, ......"

"It's nothing, it's my momentary gaffe, go down." Yue Su said gently.

"Yes, sir." Iron Beard walked out of the house.

Yue Su calmed down at this time and said, "Cao Yu, you go down first." Eat some food, rest well, and go back to Xuanfu tomorrow. Remember, if there is anything, come back immediately. ”

"Subordinates obey." Cao Yu said yes and exited the room.

After Cao Yu retreated, Jiang Jie, who was sitting at the bottom, said, "My lord, your heart is a little anxious. ”

"Let the gentleman see it." Yue Su shook his head and smiled.

"Adults have always been suspicious of employing people, but this time they doubted Wu Sinan's ability. Wu Sinan's work is indeed incredible, but his approach should not be wrong, if he does something with great fanfare as soon as he arrives in Zhangjiakou, he will inevitably startle the snake. Therefore, I feel that the more dull it is, the more unexpected the harvest may be. Jiang Jie said.

"That's what the gentleman said. It's just that this time, there are too many things for these bastards to be shipped out of the customs, and I really don't dare to bet all the treasures on Wu Sinan. Yue Su shook his head and said.

"My lord thinks so, in fact, he is right, Wu Sinan's subordinates, there are only hundreds of guards, if what Sima Qiaoyu said is all true, then the entire Zhangjiakou is basically in Tianxiu, and it can even be said that it is under the control of those Jin merchants. In case Wu Sinan finds out something, those people will jump over the wall again, kill Wu Sinan, and then pretend to be a Tartar to Zhangjiakou to ransack, and press the crime on the Tartar, Wu Sinan will be in danger. Jiang Jie said calmly.

"In Mr.'s opinion, how much should we help him now?" Yue Su said.

"The gang is also to help secretly, it is better for adults to send people secretly, in the name of the caravan and the dart bureau, to enter Zhangjiakou first. If Wu Sinan finds out this batch of goods in the city, Tian Xiu and they want to do something to Wu Sinan, and at the critical moment, our people can help him. If Wu Sinan didn't find out this batch of goods and let this batch of goods go out of customs, our people would chase them out one day later, and they would have turned out of the group of people outside the plug, and they would chase the things back, and then the adults would come forward in person, go to Zhangjiakou, and solve all the things there, that is. At the moment, my subordinates also hope that our people will not be able to use it. Jiang Jie said.

"What Mr. said is the same as what Su thought, in this way, I will let Jin Cicada go through the six gates, mobilize people there, and then go to Zhangjiakou. Our people, if you can, don't move. Yue Su said.

"Your Excellency is thoughtful." Jiang Jie nodded and said.

Early the next morning, Jin Chan and Cao Yu led six doors and 200 catchers to set off quickly and headed for Zhangjiakou. They were pretending to be caravans, going there in disguise. Don't underestimate the fast catching of the six doors, they put on the number uniform is to catch fast, take off the number uniform, what kind of outfit they put on, it is what kind of identity, it can be said that the three religions and nine streams are omniscient, and the sound of dogs and horses knows everything.

Don't look at Lord Yue, who has been away from the capital for two years, but the six doors are still under control, after all, he still has the title of Shangshu of the Criminal Department. The current chief catcher of the six doors is Wang Yuanhua, who was specially promoted before Lord Yue left Beijing, specifically replacing Tong Xuan. Wang Yuanhua was a personal guard for Yue Su at the beginning, and after Yue Su carried him by himself, he was grateful to Yue Su and loyal, and now Yue Su is back, he is still his top boss, arranging things, how can he not handle it immediately. The people sent are all first-class good players, and they are proficient in everything immediately, not boasting, if these people fight with the gangsters, five or six hundred people will not be taken seriously. Especially this time, after Wang Yuanhua saw Jin Chan and got the order, he personally went to Yue Su to ask Ying to fight.

They easily infiltrated Zhangjiakou, did not arouse anyone's suspicion, lived in the store, and Cao Yu inquired about the situation in the city and improvised according to the situation.

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