Yang Ling received the holy decree, first rushed to the governor's yamen, asked people to invite all the dozens of adults in the prison out, and announced the decree in public, the decree said that the emperor heard that Gu Dayong had passed the pass, and many officials were innocently imprisoned, both worried and angry, Yang Ling immediately released the officials, the officials were reinstated, and Gu Dayong was removed from his post for investigation.

When the officials heard the holy decree, they thundered with joy and wept with joy. Yang Ling smiled and groaned and bypassed the public case, helped up a group of officials who were covered in bruises, comforted and condoled, and said that Liu Guang, the official of Zhaomu Zhaomo, was indeed a member of the Maitreya cult, and because he had died, he would not be held accountable, but his family property was confiscated.

Yang Ling revealed the news and also told the hundred officials that the emperor's order to arrest the Maitreya cultists was not untargeted, and there were indeed people in the cult in the official palace, but Gu Dayong could not understand the holy will, and because of choking, he wasted food and took improper measures.

Gu Dayong, as the governor of Dongchang Factory, has a close relationship with Liu Jin, the prime minister, and looks at officials at all levels in Datong, except for the acting king who has the qualifications and courage to give him face and make a statement to the emperor, there is only Yang Ling.

And when the acting king said the siege of Baishan a few days ago, although everyone with eyes could see that the whole city would fall when the army went out of the city, and it was a last resort to hold on to waiting for help, but after all, he was charged with the crime of sitting back and watching the king fall into danger and not saving him, how could he come forward at this time to ask for himself?

All the officials have their own ears and eyes, yesterday said that his colleague Pao Ze invited Yang Ling to a banquet and asked him to come out to the emperor to make a statement, and someone had already quietly handed in the news, and they had already decided in their hearts that Yang Ling pleaded for the hundred officials in front of the emperor, and everyone was able to get out of prison.

The person who sent charcoal in the snow is the most grateful, and during the emperor's visit to Datong, the person who raised the arrangement before and after running was Yang Ling, which is obvious to all, and now he has been severely defeated by Boyan to keep Datong safe for several years, and the public welfare and private favor are all from this person, these local officials have regarded Yang Ling in their hearts as a Shangguan who can be relied on and close to in the court.

Some stupid people are others leading the donkey and he pulls out, Gu Dayong pulls out the pouting and then leads the donkey to others, but he is diligent, he gets up early in the morning and rises up in the lobby to continue the torture, although Gu Dayong does not dare to take out the most cruel punishment of the factory guard, but the ordinary torture tools are not forbidden by these officials.

The officials who were unjustly punished hated him to the bone, but "as soon as he entered the Dongchang Gate, he would not die and shed his skin", and they only gritted their teeth and forbeared, and there were few Liao Liao who dared to scold him in person.

Gu Da sat on the official hat chair with Erlang's legs crossed, holding a teacup, and ordered people to hang the two rows of officials on a wooden shelf without smiling, and a big stone was decorated under his feet to "pull out the big man".

Those officials had only eaten a bowl of cold prison food in the morning, but now their hands were tied, big stones were tied to their ankles, and their hands and feet were bleeding from the ropes.

Before the words fell, two rows of fans in green clothes and red hats, Pu Dao and white boots entered proudly, standing on both sides of the lobby, Gu Dayong was stunned, no order, no report, who dared to enter the lobby so boldly?

He didn't know that since the fan of Dongchang was brutally attacked by the muskets and cannons of the inner factory and the regular army, he suffered from a serious "Neichang phobia", and the news that the emperor left Beijing was also covered up in Beijing, so Gu Dayong and Yang Fang also came to Datong as Qincha.

The so-called 'wicked people must also grind the wicked', this Dongchang Qincha's subordinates saw the people of the inner factory, they were scared in their hearts, and when they saw Yang Ling personally led the people of the inner factory to announce the decree, the guards outside the door were silent, not only did they not dare to stop it, but they didn't even have the courage to leave the news.

Yang Ling Shi Ran walked in, followed by Liu Biao and Wu Hanchao, Gu Dayong suddenly got up and said with a smile: "I said, no wonder this class of monkey cubs doesn't let go of a single fart, it turns out that Lord Yang has arrived, hehehe, come on, please sit down, is the emperor concerned about the Maitreya Sect?" Lord Yang can rest assured, if the Duke of Ben is out of the horse, even if he digs three feet into the ground, he has to dig them all out."

Yang Ling said with a straight face: "Gu Dayong takes the order!" ”

Gu Dayong was stunned for a moment, hurriedly picked up his robe and knelt down, facing the south to receive the decree, Yang Ling unfolded the holy decree and read it out loud, and then put away the holy decree, glanced at the stunned Gu Dayong, and said with the sleeves of his robe: "Come on, peel off the jade belt of Gu Dayong's python robe, and immediately put down all the adults."

The two rows of fans immediately rushed up to put down the adults who were hanging there, Yang Ling arched his hand and said: "Your lords, the official has notified the families of all the adults to come to greet you, please go back to the house first, and return to your posts after the injury is recovered. ”

As soon as Yang Ling waved his hand, the family members and servants of the adults were let in, crying and screaming, those adults were naked and injured, and they were unstable on their feet, but they still let their families support them and thank the emperor and Yang Ling, and left one by one.

Gu Dayong's face was as pale as dirt, kneeling there motionless, until the courtyard was empty, he was shocked, grabbed Yang Ling's robe sleeve and cried: "Lord Yang, the old slave wants to see the emperor, and the old slave is loyal to the emperor."

Yang Ling had been standing upright with a calm face, and he didn't look at him, but when he saw that all the officials had been picked up, he suddenly put on a smile on his face, helped Gu Da up with kindness, and said with a smile: "Father-in-law Gu, what are you doing?" Although you acted recklessly, aroused the resentment of the civil and military officials in Datong, made the army uneasy, the battalion roared last night and suffered countless casualties, and the garrisons in various towns were panicked and there were signs of mutiny, but the emperor has a good heart, and he treats you well, and the holy family of Gu Gonggong is not declining, and please be relieved."

"Huh?" Gu Dayong heard that he had caused so many troubles, and his face turned pale when he heard a sentence, and when he heard that there seemed to be room for recovery in the end, his pale face returned a little bloody, and he hurriedly wiped his tears, pulled Yang Ling's sleeve and said, "How can Lord Yang say this?" The emperor didn't resent the old slave? ”

Yang Ling pulled Gu Dayong aside and whispered, Gu Dayong laughed when he heard it, and said: "Thank you for interceding for our family, alas, our family only wants to make a contribution in front of the emperor, but underestimate the strength of these local officials."

Yang Ling waved his hand and said: "Where is it, this is the emperor's benevolence, to be honest, this incident did make the morale of the Datong army very depressed, yesterday it was said that the 'camp roar' killed and injured thousands of people, there are signs of mutiny in the army, Yang Zongzhi had no choice but to ask the emperor to sanction to calm the army's heart, it is really forced to helpless, not to hide from the Gu father-in-law, Yang is also generous in front of the emperor, and strongly advocate for your removal from your post and investigation!" ”

"Huh?" Gu Dayong thought that Yang Ling had said good things for him, but he didn't expect that he would also fall into the ground, but now that his future and surname were in his hands, he didn't dare to attack, he was angry in his heart, and his face was blue and white for a while, and he didn't know what to say.

Yang Ling said softly: "Father-in-law Gu, the emperor has grown up slowly, this siege of Baishan Mountain, the edge of thousands of troops is all the emperor, but the emperor is not afraid, calm and calm, the emperor is not an ignorant child." Our personal friendship is very good, but now that you have fallen into such a catastrophe, if I blindly intercede for you in front of the emperor, what will the emperor think? ”

"I am the governor of the inner factory, you are the prince of the eastern factory, and you have great power in your hands, how can the emperor not be jealous when he sees that we are in the same breath and echo each other? Even if I wanted to pardon you, I'm afraid I have to make a decision immediately to solve the trouble. My father-in-law has taken care of the emperor since he was a child, and this feeling is not thin, if he sees me falling into the well, he asks for severe punishment, and the emperor has compassion together."

"Ahh Gu Dayong suddenly, raised his big finger and praised: "It turns out that the adults are retreating for the advance, wonderful plan, wonderful plan, the adults are really painstaking for our family, this is really a long time to see people's hearts, I am grateful!" ”

Although Yang Yiqing is upright, he is not a stunned young man, since he bluntly asked the emperor to severely punish Gu Dayong, and did not care about his personal future, Yang Ling guessed that the atmosphere in the army was indeed tense, and there was a tendency to break out, and it was difficult to calm the people's anger without a dose of fierce medicine.

But with the surname of Emperor Zhengde, it is really difficult for him to punish people close to him, and he will not help Yang Yiqing, Zhengde will definitely not make up his mind to deal with Gu Dayong, then the situation in Datong is critical, and now that he has helped Yang Yiqing, Gu Dayong will know what he has said in front of the emperor sooner or later, instead of letting him be jealous and resentful at that time, it is better to say it now, so as not to make an unnecessary enemy.

Seeing Gu Dayong's appearance, Yang Ling breathed a sigh of relief, and said to him with a heartfelt look: "Father-in-law, since Yang entered Beijing, he had to be taken care of by you and Father-in-law Liu, the inner court and the outer court, we are the closest, who do you say I won't help you?"

It's a pity that you are reckless for a while, Dongchang Factory Gong this son is not able to do it, after returning to Beijing, the official will advise the emperor to open the sea ban, I have recommended to the emperor to go to Jiangnan to preside over the opening of the sea trade, hehe, when the time comes, all countries come and go, gold and silver are like water, this fat almost I don't know how many people are red-eyed, and the father-in-law is the east corner of the lost mulberry harvest."

Gu Dayong nodded again and again when he heard this, Yang Ling patted him on the shoulder again, and said earnestly: "Father-in-law Gu, you can't just rely on the emperor's favor and do whatever you want in the officialdom, you have to be cautious and careful in the future, and do your best to do a good job of opening up the sea and trade, not only glory and wealth are at your fingertips, no matter the authority of this world, the reputation of a hundred years later, who can compare with you?" ”

He smiled slightly and said, "Do you think about how majestic the Three Treasure Eunuchs were in the past? Who won't let him score three points in the outer court and inner court? If it is not an immortal achievement, it is difficult to rely on it, and it is difficult for a non-immortal achievement to have such a sharp edge! ”

Wealth, fame, and authority, a bright future dazzled Gu Dayong's eyes, and the frustration of ousting the governor of Dongchang was suddenly swept away.

Yang Ling's warning words he really listened to, he is a person who has followed Li Guang to do things, he has seen with his own eyes how Li Guang, the most favored Li Guang of Emperor Hongzhi, went from arrogance to defeat, he thought that the little emperor could be bullied, and since he took charge of the authority of Dongchang, his caution gradually disappeared, and he became unpopular.

Gu Dayong listened to Yang Ling's confidant's words, and was grateful in his heart, and obediently followed him to the post house, but he was scolded by Zhengde, Gu Dayong already knew where he would be placed after returning to Beijing, so he just accompanied the smiling face and was careful, let Zhengde get angry, and did not argue.

Zhengde scolded enough and felt that he was doing things for himself, although things were messed up, it was better than those ministers of the DPRK and China who shirked their own will, the official was removed, and he was scolded so bloody, and it was really pitiful to keep silent with a smiling face, so he waved his hand and told him to go down.

Yang Ling discussed with Zhengde again on the matter of raising the army, and Zhengde issued an order to the governor Hu Zan to visit the innocent imprisoned officials on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and then Yang Ling rushed to the pass to raise the army with another will.

All the arrested officials of the Datong military were released, and the officials were immediately reinstated, and the Dongchang factory officials were removed from their posts and investigated. After returning to Beijing, the emperor will add officials to the generals who have made meritorious contributions to the battle, and the soldiers of the border army will take turns to enter Beijing and change the defense with the Beijing camp. When these soldiers who had been guarding the bitter cold land all the year round heard these exciting news, they immediately rejoiced, and the mountains shouted long live, and for a time the mountains echoed, and the sound spread inside and outside the Great Wall.

Although the morale of the army has been calmed down, but the border is important, after all, do not dare to be sloppy, Yang Ling and Yang Yiqing discussed it, and placed Jing Foer and Xu Tai in two passes with heavy troops, so that Yang Yiqing and Wang Shouren each defended one side, and the four important passes and the Du Renguo of Datong echoed each other from afar, clamping down on the defenders everywhere, once the army mutinied, it could be quickly divided and annihilated as soon as possible to avoid the expansion of the situation.

It took two days, everything calmed down, and the emperor's return to Beijing became a major event in front of him, and the news of the rumors in Beijing Yang Ling has also been known through various channels, and the news has spread, and the spread of people with hearts is getting more and more bizarre, and the people of Beijing are panicking, and Yang Ling is also afraid that the local vassal kings will think about it. At least the government has been abandoned for too long, and it is ultimately unfavorable to the country, if something goes wrong, the work of Datong will be wiped out, and seeing that Tang Yixian's condition has improved in the past few days, he set off to return to Beijing.

When the emperor went out of Beijing, it was a private visit to Weifu, and now the news of the emperor's defeat in Datong was propagated by Yang Ling, and it was also spread to the world through the official and internal communication channels, and the emperor could not quietly go back to Beijing without the emperor's guard of honor, so the convoy was mighty, the flags were displayed, and the grandeur left Datong and set off to Beijing

Cui Ying'er went out day and night, avoiding the official layers of fortified avenues and copying the paths, and only arrived in Xingzhuang after two days, after two days of travel, she had already made up her mind to die with the idea of righteousness, and her ashamed and embarrassed mood was lightened.

Her innocence has been tarnished, and the most shameless person in the red lady now is Yang Hu, but if she quietly ends her life, Yang Hu will inevitably count this revenge on Yang Ling's head.

Yang Ling's authority is all over the sky, no matter whether Yang Hu can kill him or not, Bazhou, and even the Cui family's old village are in danger of being copied by the officers and soldiers, how can Cui Yinger be willing to add another sin when she is dying? had to bite the bullet and come to see Yang Hu with a shy face.

Along the way, she also carefully consulted the fifth uncle's last words, but she never figured out the meaning of the phrase "Li Fuda is invisible in the group", she has been in the rivers and lakes for many years, but she has never heard of the "group" or "group" such a sect or place name, on the way to the local farmers inquired, but also do not know the details, this matter has become a stuffy gourd in the heart.

However, she understands Huo Wuye's kung fu, and now that she has calmed down, she also expects that if there is no chance to sneak attack, she will definitely not be Li Fuda's opponent with her martial arts, and she will send the news of the fifth uncle's death back to the mountains, maybe an old Jianghu like her father will know the meaning of the fifth uncle's words, so as to find out Li Fuda's hiding place and avenge him. Before she died, there were only these two things left unresolved.

Xingzhuang Julong Inn is one of the largest carriage and horse shops, with three religions and nine streams, mixed fish and dragons, and it is easy to hide traces. Cui Ying'er arrived at the place, quietly observed, and found that no officers and soldiers or yacha paid more attention to this inn, so she sneaked into the store and asked Xiao Er to look through the hotel book, but she didn't find that Yang Hu and others had agreed in advance to stay in the hotel with pseudonyms.

The red lady's heart was tight, could it be that Yang Hu and they also had an accident? Cui Ying'er, who has always been strong, is arrogant, and when she first entered the capital, if necessary, she dared to break through even the Forbidden City. But this trip to Datong, the loss of life, **of**, she is like a walnut that has been knocked open with a hard shell, and she can't stand such bad news.

The red lady walked out of the inn, looked around, and found a few seemingly meaningless patterns carved on the gable wall of the house. It was just simple circles, squares, and arrow lines, messy like what a child had drawn on an adobe wall, but it was a little higher.

The red lady looked carefully for a while, turned around and walked onto the street, a girl dressed as an ordinary village girl and not surprised, quickly disappeared into the crowd

It was late at night.

The west side of Xingzhuang is a river channel more than 100 meters wide, in the rainy season, the river water is divided into several streams, the shallow one crosses and flows in several deeper ravines in the river, only when the flash flood occurs, the whole river will be filled with yellow-brown floods, the flood overflows out of the river, and the highlands on both sides will also be submerged over the waist, so no one in this area builds houses and settles.

Now the river is covered with snow, and the shallow frozen ice in a few places has become thin and brittle because the weather is getting warmer, and if you accidentally step on it, you will get your shoes soaked.

Tonight is a first quarter moon, the crescent moon is bent, and a faint silver glow is gently sprinkled on the earth.

In the moonlight, a figure swept across the river as lightly as a raccoon, crouched on the bank and waited quietly for a while, not finding anyone following, before rising again and flying away. In the midst of a few ups and downs, she crouched in the snow again, turned to look back, and with her alertness, although the moonlight was dim, it was really difficult to follow her.

Halfway up the mountain, there are three ruined kilns that have long been abandoned, and a man limps out with a wooden stick, crouching down and filling the half-broken clay pot with snow. On the left and right are rocks and mounds, and the ground in front of you is also pitted by digging and firing kilns, and it looks mottled in the moonlight.

"Sledgehammer, I'll come, you're not in good shape, go rest for a while" Yang Hu came out and said to him, reaching for the clay pot.

Hu Dazhui snorted heavily, reached out to pull the clay pot, either intentionally or unintentionally, just blocked it, Yang Hu was smacked, his face couldn't help but be hot, and he said angrily in a low voice: "Sledgehammer, what's wrong with you?" ”

Hu Dazhui was silent for a moment, and said in a sullen voice: "Big boss, sister-in-law went to the city to kill Yang Ling, what did we say?" Attack a few checkpoints first, attract the attention of officers and soldiers, as long as my sister-in-law enters the city safely, we will come to Xingzhuang and wait for her, isn't that so? ”

"yes, what's wrong?" Yang Hu's eyes shrank, a strange smile appeared on his face, and he asked softly.

"What's wrong? What's wrong with me, you ask? Big boss, brothers follow you from birth to death, that is, you don't frown, but we can't fight a foolish battle, I heard that the emperor is outside the Datong Alliance, and the three guards of Duoyan have done it with the Tartars.

At this moment, the city is full of soldiers, and my sister-in-law wants to find a chance to kill his surname Yang, can it be so easy? Aren't we going to wait for our sister-in-law to come back? Yes, you took us to Hu Laocai's house to wash the Hu family's dam, there were more than ten wolf dogs in the house, and the plate was not stepped on in advance. ”

He grabbed the dogskin hat and cried "whining", crying and crying and wiping his face suddenly: "Immediately after, I went to the Yellow Sheep Guard to attack and kill the commander of the guard, isn't this death?" Just a few of us, how many nails can we hit with iron? These fights are all chaotic battles, the good brothers are almost dead, and the black harrier is lying in the kiln, and he is dying without medical treatment and myrrh, you still want to take revenge tomorrow night, big brother, what are you doing? ”

The smile on Yang Hu's face turned cold, the corners of his lips twitched, and he asked sharply: "Sledgehammer, what is the first rule of our cottage, have you forgotten?" ”

Hu Dazhui raised his head and said stubbornly: "I haven't forgotten, Qi Feng is the master, and the flag is ordered to go to the world, if you violate the order of the family, everyone will be punished!" But whether we are a group of tigers or a group of wolves, this leader can't know that it is a dead end, and take the big guy inside, will it be helpful for us to do these things for my sister-in-law?

The big boss, in the guard, how did Hong Fuzhi die? You said! He could have avoided that arrow, but you were so coincidental that it flashed behind him, so that he had nowhere to dodge it, and he was forced to take that arrow? I didn't think much of it at the time, and the more I came back, the more wrong it became."

Yang Hu's eyes began to flash with a dangerous light, and he smiled and said: "Sledgehammer, this is your mistake, you said, they are all good brothers who live and die together, am I deliberately harming him?" What am I drawing? ”

Hu Dazhui roared angrily: "I am his grandmother and can't figure it out, what are you in charge of?" What exactly is the picture? There's no reason for you to take everyone to death, but you're obviously sending everyone to death! I won't go tomorrow night, I'm going to tie up a man to heal the black harrier, and carry him back to the cottage, his blind old lady is just this one son, I have to think of getting him back. ”

Hu Dazhui said, got up and walked to the cave, Yang Hu's eyes flashed, seeing him walk to the entrance of the cave, suddenly his eyes narrowed, he got up with a low cry, and smashed his soft flank with a heavy fist.

Hu Da Hammer practiced kung fu horizontally, but his hard skills were not as good as Yang Hu, and he hit the soft underbelly unexpectedly, he "uh" a sound, a few "Karala" bone breaks, Hu Da Hammer slammed into the earthen kiln, the broken bone pierced into the heart, and the blood foam overflowed from the mouth.

He glared at Yang Hu with shocked and disbelieving eyes, and hissed, "Why? Why? You, you".

Under the moonlight, his eyes were as straight as a piercing cold arrow in Yang Hu's eyes, he didn't dare to look at Hu Da Hammer's eyes again, but that look stared at him instantly, Yang Hu shrank for a moment, and then roared in annoyance and hatred, pounced and punched Hu Da Hammer in the chest.

Cracked bones, chest depressions, blood gushing.

Yang Hu was crazy, clasped his shoulder with one hand, clenched it into an iron fist with the other, and hit him in the chest with a fist, and his trembling voice roared angrily in the sound of "poof, tom", "Don't look at me!" I don't want to get your blood on my hands, why are you forcing me? Why are you forcing me? You bastard! ”

With the dull sound of hitting the flesh, Hu Da Hammer's strong body was against the mud kiln, his chest had collapsed completely, blood flowed out of his mouth, and continued to flow on Yang Hu's hands and arms, spraying onto his face, he seemed to be crazy, while beating, he was already shedding tears: "You are all my good brothers, why are you who are bad for my good deeds?" It is you who seek death, and you yourself who seek death! ”

The figure that quietly appeared behind the convex rock stood there stupidly, just like the corpse of Hu Da Hammer who had fallen to the ground if it weren't for Yang Hu's clinging, soft, and trembling with Yang Hu's heavy punch.

(To be continued)