The results of this battle were counted, Zhu Houzhao lost two people on his side, Qiu Batian's side lost eleven people, and the civilians were not injured. The Texas head catcher brought more than a dozen people to the rescue, but he was stopped at the far end of the street, injured a few people, and then ran back to the county office.

The result was the killing of forty-eight of the enemy, and according to the account of the treasurer Qiu, at least a dozen escaped.

It is not trivial to be able to stuff such a force of dozens of dead soldiers into the city of Texas, and there is even a Zhuge crossbow, which should be inseparable from the civilian side. This time it must be investigated, but even Jinyiwei may not be able to find out, now it is not as good as Kaichao, what the official at that time said to the concubine the next night can be sent to Zhu Yuanzhang's desk the next day. In the Hongzhi Dynasty, because Hongzhi didn't like to use Jinyiwei very much, the strength of Jinyiwei also greatly decreased.

There were no distinguishing features on these dead men, nothing but weapons and some silver taels.

Dong Qinghai has already brought more than 300 people to pick up Zhu Houzhao's brothers, and now he can't discuss anything, so he can only go back to the camp first, after all, Dezhou City is not very safe.

After going back, there were still four people in the Chinese military tent, but the shopkeeper Qiu was replaced by Dong Qinghai. Dong Qinghai Zhengse said, "Now I have sent people to look for the remaining assassins in the city, but there are a lot of business trips to and from Texas, and the personnel are complicated, so I'm afraid I can't find anything." Moreover, there is no county order in the city now, and it is already very good to be able to keep the Texas county government running. ”

Zhu Houwei opened his mouth and said, "Although I don't know who the assassination is this time, I can also know which side did it with the existing clues." I didn't expect to use such extreme means, it seems that something has touched their bottom line. ”

Ma Sanniang said, "Is it because of business?" The big businessmen of the Ming Dynasty generally have the shadow of high-ranking official families, and now the royal family is doing business, which can be said to have divided their money. Moreover, those imperial villages in your capital produce abundantly, and this year alone, the amount of grain transported from the south to the north has decreased by more than half. Although many workers and the like rely on this to eat, it is not them who make the most profits. ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded: "This should be just one of the reasons." I feel like the fact that we got so many boats to help them this time really stimulated them. ”

Zhu Houwei nodded, "Yes." The two are united, and those people are also a little embarrassed in their hearts. At present, there is only so much to know, and the rest may have to return to the capital to know. ”

Zhu Houwei suddenly remembered something, stood up and walked outside. Zhu Houzhao asked, "What's wrong?" Zhu Houwei turned around and said with a smile, "I almost forgot about picking up other people's things and returning them to others." ”

Soon, Zhu Houwei took a dozen people to the south city gate, and there were still some people in the secret who were protecting, after all, no one knew if the remnants of the dead would suddenly kill.

Today, such a thing happened in the city of Texas, which caused tension in the city again, the city gate was closed, the business travelers were gone, and the official road was empty. Zhu Houwei saw a man standing on the official road next to the moat from a long distance, with a straight waist and gray hair, and he could only see a side face, a young face, who was looking at the southeast blankly at this time.

Hearing the sound of approaching footsteps, the man turned his head and saw that it was Zhu Houwei, and nodded slightly. Zhu Houwei didn't care, took out the broken sword wrapped in cloth, stretched out his hand to him, and said in his mouth, "My name is Zhu Houwei, what is your name." The man glanced at Zhu Houwei with some surprise, he basically didn't say hello like this in these years, and basically had to add something humble, "Down, contemptible", this way of introduction is quite novel, but the man didn't mind, on the contrary, he liked it a little, took the broken sword, and said expressionlessly, "Hong Yu." ”

This time it was Zhu Houwei's turn to be surprised, this name sounds like a woman, but in this era, boys are sometimes given girls' names, and the old man thinks it is easy to support. Zhu Houwei was very interested in this Hong Yu, and at this time, because when he returned to the camp from Texas, Ma Sanniang said that this Hong Yu was a master, and he had the opportunity to learn from each other.

Zhu Houwei smiled and asked, "I'm from the capital, where are you from?" Hong Yu said flatly, "Dengzhou, desertion." Zhu Houwei's smile froze, this person is too bad at chatting. Zhu Houwei smiled again and said, "It's too bitter, I can't go on?" Hong Yu's eyelids answered, he was silent for a few seconds, took a breath, and then said, "The family is gone." Zhu Houwei asked again: "Is it the pirate this time?" Hong Yu nodded and didn't speak. Zhu Houwei felt that there was no need to detour, so he said directly, "Then what are your plans in the future?" Hong Yu glanced at Zhu Houwei, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, but he sneered, and his voice was still flat, "Guards? Zhu Houwei paused for a moment, then nodded, but he could feel Hong Yu's disdain. Hong Yu spoke: "You fought the pirates?" Zhu Houwei nodded, "I'm not a commander, I can only be regarded as a favor." Hong Yu looked at Zhu Houwei calmly, and Zhu Houwei had no choice but to look at him. The eyes of both of them were flat, and after a while, Hong Yu spoke, "I agreed." Zhu Houwei was taken aback by him, and said "oh" in his mouth, and then suddenly asked strangely, "You agreed?" Hong Yu nodded expressionlessly.

Zhu Houwei knew this person's character, and said directly, "Okay, come with me." I'll help you figure out your identity, and I'll be my bodyguard in the future. By the way, I forgot to tell you, I am King Fu, and you will be the palace guard in the future. Hong Yu nodded indifferently, not seeming to care.

Zhu Houwei shook his head and walked towards the camp with a few people. Hong Yu's identity is very easy to check, according to his statement, he used to be a hundred households in Dengzhou Wei, until this time the pirates came ashore to sneak attack, his village was attacked, and his family was also poisoned, and he happened to go hunting in the mountains at that time. Although it is a hundred households, it does not exploit the military households, so his life is also tight, so he has to hunt some prey to increase food and money. When he came back and learned that his parents and wife had been killed, after being settled, he went to Texas to find his sister who had married out to report the news, but it turned out that his sister was seriously ill, and he could be regarded as sending his sister on his last journey.

Is what he said true, as long as it takes ten days, Jin Yiwei will be able to put the booklet of his ancestors for three generations to Zhu Houwei, so Zhu Houwei can wait with peace of mind.

This journey is really tiring and tiring for Zhu Houwei. This Hong Yu is too bad at chatting, asking and answering, never saying much, and there is no expression on his face, which makes people depressed.

Back at the camp, Zhu Houzhao, Dong Qinghai and others all saw Hong Yu and didn't have a big reaction, they knew that Zhu Houwei had his own considerations and didn't have to worry about anything. Ma Sanniang's eyes lit up when she saw Hong Yu, and her hands unconsciously clenched into fists. Her gaze attracted Hong Yu's attention, and then nodded at Ma Sanniang as a greeting.

Zhu Houwei noticed that Zhu Houzhao and Dong Qinghai's faces were happy and a little depressed, so he stepped forward to ask what happened. It turned out that two fathers-in-law had come to the camp, one had come to announce the decree and the other had come to find the master.

The one who came to find the master was the eunuch next to Zhu Houzhao, Liu Jin. This time I came to Shandong and suffered an old sin. First, he got seasick on a boat, and when he arrived in Texas, he couldn't move at all, so he had to rest in Texas. A little better to run to Dengzhou, only to find that Zhu Houzhao had gone to Wenshang County, Huangzhuang, Shandong, to Huangzhuang, Guan Zhuang's father-in-law said that Zhu Houzhao went to Timen Town, and found that he went to Jining when he arrived in Jining, and when he arrived in Jining, Lu Zhixian said that he went to Dezhou, and today he finally arrived in Dezhou, and he also saw Zhu Houzhao. It's really not easy, I turned most of Shandong and returned to Dezhou before I met it, and when I saw Zhu Houzhao, it was old tears, and I couldn't cry. Zhu Houzhao also appeased for a while, Ma Sanniang and Dong Qinghai were already far away, and the two of them didn't have the courage to watch this beautiful picture.

Coincidentally, not long after Liu Jin came in, a father-in-law came to the camp again, and he took the emperor's will to announce the decree. The will was given to Dong Qinghai, and after burning incense and kneeling to accept the order, he knew that he had been promoted. Dong Qinghai was promoted to the commander of the Dengzhou battalion (commander, Zheng Sanpin) because of his defeat of the rebels in Dezhou and the safety of the city, and Wu Yiheng was promoted to the commander of the water and land battalion (from Sanpin) because of his meritorious service in fighting pirates.