Tong Xuan did not enter the county government and invited Wu Rumeng to the camp for a banquet, but returned directly to the camp and told Yue Su what he saw outside the county office.

After listening to Tong Xuan's story, Yue Su pondered for a moment and said: "This case, if we don't know, it's fine, but now that we know, we can't sit idly by." In this way, Tong Xuan, you and Jin Chan will take a few people, go to Chengdu today, and inquire about the prefect's yamen to see how the situation is. Also, Li Zhong and the others set off before us, and now that they have arrived in Chengdu, you can try to contact them and ask them what the situation has been found here. On my side, I will leave tomorrow as planned. ”

"Yes, sir." Tong Zhou and Jin Chan received the order together, retreated to the tent, selected a few people, and set off for Chengdu.

Here, Lord Yue was not idle, and secretly sent people into the city to inquire about the news, on the one hand, to ask where the Liukou is now, and on the other hand, to ask about the reputation of the officials in the Chengdu area.

After a long time, a spy sent a message, saying that he had heard from a passing traveler that Mianyang had fallen, and the rogue had hit Mianzhu Pass. But since ancient times, the road to Shu is difficult, and the Mianzhu Pass is even more dangerous for a man in Sichuan to be a pass, and it is almost impossible for Liukou to break through. As for the reputation of officials in Chengdu, not to mention anything else, Wu Rumeng, the prince of this county, is a good and honest official, and the prefect of Chengdu is Mo Sheng, and there is nothing good or bad, after all, there are governors, political envoys, and inspectors in Chengdu, and they don't have so much courage to make waves. That is, occasionally a little bit of a little come and go.

After getting the reward, Yue Su paid attention to the rebels in Mianzhu Pass and sent people to the city to investigate. I want to have a deeper understanding of Mianzhuguan.

It is reported that Mianzhu Pass was the only way to Chengdu, and at that time, the transportation was not developed, especially in the border of Sichuan. Mountains and mountains everywhere, in addition to waterways, if you want to get to Chengdu by dry road, there are only two roads before and after. If you come from the northwest, you must go through the Mianzhu Pass, as long as there are a few thousand people at the pass, even if there are 100,000 soldiers, it will be difficult to pass.

I have the bottom in my heart. Yue Su was relieved and waited for him to arrive in Chengdu. immediately went to Mianzhu Pass to supervise the battle, mobilize soldiers and horses, and exterminate the Liukou.

The general policy was determined, and early the next morning, Yue Su ordered the camp to be set up and go to Chengdu. Chengdu is only a few dozen miles away from Jianyang County. A normal march will take one day, and if you are riding a horse in a hurry, it will take two hours.

The army marched for a day. In the evening, we arrived in Chengdu. Zhu Xieyuan, the governor of Sichuan, had already taken the civil and military officials in the city out of the city to greet him, and after a simple and polite gesture, Zhu Xieyuan led the way in front and invited Yue Su to enter the city. The news of Lord Yue's appointment as governor of Sichuan had been notified to Sichuan as early as a month ago, and the governor's line was ready. Lord Yue was stationed directly.

Originally, the whole hour was just the time to eat. Zhu Xieyuan, in cooperation with the officials in the city, is already in the best restaurant in the city. Prepare the banquet and prepare to entertain Lord Yue. And Yue Su did not agree, so that all the officials could be withdrawn, leaving only the governor Zhu Xieyuan in the line and having a light meal.

The meaning of leaving Zhu Xieyuan is, of course, to ask about the current situation in Sichuan. From Governor Zhu's mouth, in fact, the battle situation is still in favor of the Ming Dynasty. The reason why the Liukou will rush into Sichuan in a big way is that it is really a bit difficult to mix in Shaanxi, and the governor of Yansui, Hong Chengchou, broke the Liukou in a row, and after several battles, the Liukou heard the wind and fled. Compared with the incompetence of Yang He, the governor of the three sides, the imperial court simply dismissed Yang He from his post and appointed Hong Chengchou as the governor of the three sides. There are two fierce generals in Shaanxi, one is called Zuo Liangyu and the other is called Cao Wenzhao, both of whom are quite powerful, and it is difficult for the rogues to be their front, so they simply rushed into Sichuan.

Sichuan is not the jurisdiction of Hong Chengchou, the Ming Dynasty has regulations, soldiers and horses are not allowed to cross the border without authorization, so they can only sit back and watch the liukou enter Sichuan. Now there are more and more rogues who have fled into Sichuan, since the fall of Baoning Mansion, Kuizhou Mansion has also fallen one after another, and the people of the two places have many rebellions, and the number of rogues has reached 500,000. There is no backup supply, and they can grab wherever they hit, and they throw a city into a city, and they have no base, in short, they just fight wherever they go.

Not long ago, Mianyang had just been broken, and now it is going straight to Chengdu, but if you reach Chengdu, you must break through Mianzhu Pass. Some time ago, Liu Wushou, the new Sichuan commander-in-chief, arrived in Chengdu, and Zhu Xieyuan asked him to rush to Mianzhu Pass to resist the rebels. In the battle where the former general army was defeated, Sichuan's soldiers and horses have lost a lot, and now Liu Wushou has brought the last belongings of Chengdu Mansion, a total of 6,000 people, plus the original guards of Mianzhu Pass, a total of 10,000 people. Relying on the danger, it is expected that Chengdu will be worry-free. Moreover, Zhu Xieyuan has just been on the fold again, hoping that the imperial court can let Hong Chengchou lead the army to aid Sichuan, attack back and forth, and exterminate the Liukou.

Knowing the more specific situation, Yue Su also felt that there was nothing wrong with sticking to the help, and it should be so. Xiongguan is dangerous, tens of thousands of people defend the city, and how can they be captured.

After a simple dinner with Zhu Xieyuan, Yue Su personally sent Zhu Xieyuan away. In this kung fu, Jin Chan and Tong Xuan took Li Zhong to Xingyuan, and Yue Su asked them to go to the flower hall to talk. According to Li Zhong's account, he first came to Chengdu and heard a lot of news, but what he heard was basically the same as what Zhu Xieyuan had just said.

Tong Zhou also talked about the situation of the Chengdu prefect's yamen, saying that after Zhang Yong was brought back, he was not imprisoned, but was sent to a mansion. Early this morning, the government also sent people out of the city quickly, and it seemed that they were going to Jianyang County.

Yue Su instructed them to rest for the night, continue to investigate tomorrow, and early the next morning, first platoon Li Haoran led a hundred guards, holding the governor's order, to Mianzhu Pass. With himself there staring, Yue Su also felt relieved, staying in Chengdu for two days, and then going to the former enemy in person, it was expected that it would not be a problem to hold the pass.

In the afternoon of the next day, Yue Su got the news that the prefect's yamen was promoted to retry Zhang Yong's case.

As soon as he heard about the retrial, Yue Su immediately felt that there must be something wrong with this, and it seemed that Mo Sheng wanted to shield Zhang Yong. instructed Jin Chan, Tong Xuan, and the people in civilian clothes to go to the hearing to see what tricks the Chengdu Mansion could play.

Jin Chan and Tong Xuan didn't bring anyone, so the two brothers went up and came to the prefect's yamen. At this moment, outside the prefect's yamen, there are many people watching, and it is not easy for the two of them to squeeze into the gate, but unfortunately this time, there are no officers and soldiers behind them, and it is difficult to go further. The people inside were too tightly crowded. Helpless, the two could only listen to the news from the front.

Above the public court, after the most central public case, it was naturally the prefect Mo Sheng who was sitting, and next to him, it was the master Zhang Tian who was standing. There is a chair in the hand, and it is Wu Rumeng, the county governor of Jianyang.

Mo Sheng looked down, and his eyes finally fell on Wu Rumeng's body, it can be said that Mo Zhifu hated Wu Zhixian very much, the reason is that Wu County Ling always didn't give him face, and he came to his own land to be a magistrate, for more than two years, and he didn't send a single son, how could he not make the superior leaders angry. Moreover, this time, knowing that Zhang Yong is the son of his master, he has to give some face, but you still dare to do business, it is really too deceitful. You know, it's up to the owner to beat the dog.

"Smack!" As soon as there was a startling sound, Mo Zhifu said loudly: "Come on, bring someone to commit a crime!" ”

The voice settled, and there was a "mighty" sound left and right, and soon, eleven people were brought to the hall. Among them are Zhang Yong, the four servants who were beaten yesterday, Old Man Kong, two people dressed as men, one person in Lang Zhong's costumes, and two errand officers who brought Zhang Yong to the hall yesterday.

When these people arrived in the hall, they knelt on the ground together, and said "The grass people knock to see the blue sky". Only the four servants and Zhang Yong were lying on the stretcher and did not kneel.

When the people arrived, Mo Sheng said: "Wu County Order, the reason why this government is asking about this case is that this government knows Zhang Yong, he has been a fool since he was a child, how can he be said to be pretending to be crazy and stupid." Therefore, the government brought him and his four attendants to the government office, and found that they had been beaten and bruised all over their bodies, especially Zhang Yong, but fortunately they were treated in time, otherwise they would have been disabled for life and could not be humane. Wu County Order, you are also a person who reads poetry and books, why would you do such a thing to destroy the conscience of heaven? ”

"Lord Mo, this is a bad statement. The day before yesterday, the lower official interrogated Zhang Yong's case of killing a people's girl, if Zhang Yong was just a fool, how could he do such a thing that lost his conscience? The lower official asked the people to help identify him, and he didn't order people to move him, how could he become crippled, almost inhumane, and the lower official really didn't know. It's better to let Zhang Yong tell him what happened at that time. Wu Rumeng was neither humble nor arrogant, and said lightly.

"You ......" Hearing Wu Rumeng's words, the prefect Mo Sheng's lungs almost exploded. Let Zhang Yong say to himself, you Lord Wu really have a lot of eyes, if he makes it clear himself, wouldn't it prove that he is not a fool.

However, Mo Zhifu was also a little discerning, smiled slightly, and said: "Chen Shi and Wang Shu, at that time, the two of you escorted Zhang Yong to the second gate for the people to inspect, right?" ”

"Yes, sir." The two officers replied honestly.

"What happened?" Mo Sheng asked.

"At that time, Zhang Yong was dragged into the crowd by the people, and the people beat him, and the two of us wanted to stop it, but they were stopped by the people, and they really couldn't go in." The messenger named Chen Shi said honestly.

"Wu Zhixian, can you hear this, this is the answer of the people in your yamen, forgive me for not being fake." Mo Sheng looked at Wu Rumeng.

Wu Rumeng was very calm and said: "Xiaguan was sitting in the position of an adult at that time, Zhang Yong was outside the second gate, among the people, try to ask where I can see the situation inside." Besides, since Chen Shi and Wang Shu saw the people beating Zhang Yong, why didn't they report back to the government immediately? Also, when the people were checking that Zhang Yong was a fool, they moved him, and the lower officials were very confused. First, the lower officials didn't let people move him, and second, why did the people beat him? For no reason, what are you doing beating him? Why didn't the people touch me? ”