The bodies of Du Zhen and others were only discovered a few days later. This matter is not trivial, the local governor brought a few young men to check it out, and it was initially determined that it was done by bandits, and then they hurriedly sent people to Shunxiang Fort to report the news.

For a time, the entire Shunxiang Fort was also alarmed. Shunxiang Fort Deputy Qianhu Lin Daofu, Zhenfu Chi Dacheng and other large and small officers also hurriedly took people to the local area to inspect, and to see the scene, everyone unanimously believed that it was the bandits. In particular, the idea that the crowd encountered several bandits on the road and wanted to beat their horses and armor strengthened their inference.

The killing of the acting defender is a big deal, and what is even more hateful is that Du Zhen and the others exposed their corpses in the wilderness, not to mention, their horses and armor were all looted, and even the wealth and silver on their bodies were bare. It is really sad and lamentable, for a dignified substitute defensive officer to end up like this.

Everyone hated the thieves and bandits, and after collecting the bodies of Du Zhen and others, they hurriedly sent people to the state city to inform the ethics officer Xu Zucheng.

Xu Zucheng was shocked when he heard this, and he was speechless for a long time, but he didn't expect that his henchman Xu Zhongjun had just died, and his successor Du Zhen was killed again, why was he always so troubled? Thinking of the sadness, Xu Zucheng couldn't help but shed tears again.

After the bodies of Du Zhen and others were transported back to Shunxiang Fort, Zhang Gui also rushed to Shunxiang Fort overnight after hearing about it, and saw Du Zhen's corpse, the look on Zhang Gui's face was very strange. ”

He cried loudly, and the cry was earth-shattering, which really made those who heard it cry and those who saw it sad!

The Du family was already sad enough, but when Zhang Gui cried like this, he was touched by the scene, and then he cried again.

Zhang Gui cried for an hour, but still refused to get up, and in the end, everyone dragged him up. He looks like this, not to mention that the Du family is very moved, even others nod secretly, this Guizhong is really needless to say.

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Exterminating the bandits and avenging Lord Du Zhen is the next step, and the most important thing at the moment is to handle the funeral of the acting defense officer.

As for who will take over as the next defensive officer of Shunxiang Fort, the integrity officer Xu Zucheng is also a headache, in his opinion, Zhang Gui and Lin Daofu are not the ideal objects in his mind.

In fact, Xu Zucheng didn't think about Wang Dou, this guy is good, loyal and brave, and his ability is also outstanding, but unfortunately Wang Dou's qualifications are too shallow, and his official position is too small.

In the end, Xu Zucheng only asked Lin Daofu to temporarily take the position of the defense officer of Shunxiang Fort, but for the formal appointment, he did not come down for a long time, and the open and secret battle for this position has continued.

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The time soon came to the Double Ninth Festival on September 9, when the cold dew had passed, and the autumn sowing and cultivation of the military households in Jingbianbao had already been completed.

On this day, Gao Shiyin and Zheng Xiaoyun, the third sister of Zheng Niangzi of the "Wanshenghe" rice store, got married, and the two have known each other for less than two months. In fact, Zheng Jinglun didn't agree with his niece marrying Gao Shiyin, because Gao Shiyin was a military household, and his niece married him and gave birth to children, and he also suffered as a military family for generations.

Since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, although there are more people in the military household besides Zhengding, there are also more people engaged in business and scientific examinations, and in the Wanli year, there are as many as 87 military candidates who are jinshi, accounting for more than a quarter of the candidates. Wu Dui, the secretary of the military department during the Jiajing period, was born in a military household, and Zhang Juzheng, a famous assistant, was also born in a military household.

However, on the whole, the reputation of the Ming military household in various places is not very good, the military service is heavy, and there are few people who can get ahead, for hundreds of years, I have only heard of the Ming military household fleeing, and I have not heard that anyone has voluntarily joined the military household, of course, the military households of Jingbian Fort are not counted, that is a special case.

No wonder Zheng Jinglun is worried, but I heard that Gao Shiyin gave someone girl, raw rice and cooked rice, and now the thing will be successful, and if you don't want to, you have to be willing.

For his third sister and Gao Shiyin's marriage, Zheng Niangzi had a blessed attitude, because the happy event was done suddenly, it was impossible for the Zheng family to rush from Ulzhou to Baoanzhou, so Zheng Jinglun and Zheng Niangzi participated in the wedding as Zheng Xiaoyun's elder relatives ().

As for Gao Shiyin's side, this guy is an orphan, he is Wang Dou's subordinate, and it has become Wang Dou's unshirkable responsibility to arrange the marriage for him.

Wang Dou didn't know much about Daming's wedding, but fortunately, he had a mother and she was experienced. Three media and six hires, Wang Dou let his mother Zhong do the work on his behalf, and the Tao, Liu and others in the castle also helped together.

In such a hurry, Gao Shiyin's marriage was finally done on the ninth day of the new year.

On this day, the whole Jingbian Fort was full of joy, with colorful lights, drinking happy wine, and making a hole in the house, which was very lively for a day.

This wedding wine will be drunk for several days, and the next day Jingbian Fort will be lively.

Near noon, Wang Dou suddenly reported urgently that a large group of bandits were coming to Jingbian Fort.

In September, more and more bandits flowed into various parts of Baoan Prefecture, from dozens to hundreds, and finally reached nearly 1,000 people per share. According to the reconnaissance of the Han Dynasty, most of these bandits entered the state from Ulzhou, Shengshunchuan City and other places, and most of them spoke accents from Henan, Shanxi, and Shaanxi.

According to Wang Dou's understanding of history, as well as his own reading of the Di Bao, in June, the superintendent Hong Chengchou gathered his army in Ruzhou, and together with Deng Xi, You Zhaiwen, Zuo Liangyu, Tang Jiuzhou, and Cao Wenzhao, the generals defeated many peasant armies one after another. In August, Lu Xiangsheng was the prime minister of the military affairs of the five provinces, and the Ming army was powerful.

It seems that these bandits who have flowed into the territory are the remnants of these defeated peasant armies.

A large number of thieves came, as many as hundreds of people, it seems that this wine can not be drunk, Wang Dou shouted loudly to order Jingbian Fort to be on guard, and at the same time he was in a hurry to take the officers in the fort to watch the castle wall.