Chapter Twenty-Nine: Backtracking

Qi County Ya is the largest building in the city, covering an area of ten acres, at this time the sky has been dark, the gloomy county Ya gate is like the blood basin mouth of the man-eating beast, the two stone lions under the steps of the county Ya are cold and proud of everything that happens in front of the county Ya, symbolizing power and majesty. (，)

Qi County Commander named Linghu Shou, more than 30 years old, Dunhuang County, three years ago he was only a county lieutenant of Qi County, because of the digging of the Tongji Canal he recruited the people to be effective, and was commended by the imperial court, promoted to Qi County Order.

After three years of county order, the political performance is very bad, and the tax amount issued by the imperial court cannot be completed every year, which is also his cocoon, he levied 30,000 people in the county to participate in the digging of the Tongji Canal, but nearly half of them died, and he also got the nickname of the fox beast.

Lack of labor, barren land, and a great reduction in taxes, naturally he could not meet the quota set by the Ministry of Households, but fortunately, he had Shangshu Yu Wenkai of the Ministry of Industry as the background, and barely kept the position of the county order.

Ling Hushou's sister married Yu Wenkai's nephew, for this twisting relationship, he cherishes it very much, every year he will try his best to prepare a generous gift to honor Yu Wenkai, hard work pays off, he has received an order, a month later, he will be appointed as Jiangyang County Commander, that is Jiangdu County's financial and tax county, so that his heart is full of excitement.

Tonight, he hugged his concubine to bed early, and just when he was about to unite heaven and man, a quick knock on the door interrupted his interest, which made Hu Shou furious, and turned around and said viciously: "What's the matter?" ”

"Master, the official came to report, hundreds of people gathered in front of the yamen, and someone was about to rebel."

Shocked by Hu Shou, he had no interest at all, he hurriedly felt his clothes and put them on, ran outside and opened the door, outside the door was his butler and a servant on duty tonight.

"What the hell is going on?" He asked anxiously.

The official hurriedly said: "Report to the county order, it is hundreds of dock laborers who have come to the county government to dignitaries. ”

"Who do they want?"

"They said they wanted to remember the murderers of the ship."

Although Ling Hushou's political achievements are lackluster, his mind is enough, and he immediately understood, and it is estimated that the gang of bastards in Wanji Boat Company have done something and hid in his county office.

"Are those people from Wanji Boat Company hiding in the county government now?"

The official lowered his head and said, "It was Sun Gongcao who brought it into the county office." ”

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Ling Hushou scolded in a low voice, he had no choice but to walk out of the gate, the backstage of Wanji Boat Company is the Zhang Jin family, who he can't afford to offend, and he is about to go to Jiangyang County to take up a post, the new boss, Jiangdu County Taishou Zhang Yunyi is Zhang Jin's eldest son, he doesn't dare to make a decision immediately, he can only look and talk. Templars,

His home is the back house of the county government, and he went around to the front of the county office, only to see the fire hunting in front of the county office, there were five or six hundred people, holding iron rods and wooden sticks, all of them were emotional.

"The county order has arrived!"

The official shouted, and countless pairs of eyes looked at him, Ling Hushou had never seen this kind of formation, and he felt a pang in his heart, but he couldn't lose his official authority, he coughed heavily and slowly stepped forward.

"I'm the county magistrate of Qi County, which of you is the leader?"

Du Sheng stepped forward and said, "Xiaomin Du Sheng is the leader. ”

"Why did you lead people to besiege the county government, don't you know that this is a big crime?"

Du Sheng was neither humble nor arrogant: "We did not besiege the county government, and we didn't even step on the steps of the county government, we are to reason and ask the county magistrate to uphold justice for us." ”

"Alright! Even if you're not a siege, what's the matter? ”

Du Sheng pointed to the yamen and said, "There are more than a dozen murderous thugs who have hid in the county office, please ask the county magistrate to hand them over to us." ”

"Nonsense!"

Ling Hushou shouted angrily: "How can there be thugs in the county government? Even if there is, I will send officials to arrest it, and I will deal with it, so what do you have to do? ”

At this time, Fu Gong Yi yelled, "Kill!" ”

The roar was like thunder, and the five or six hundred people behind him shouted together, "Kill! ”

The momentum was terrifying, so frightened that Linghu Shou's face was like earth, he took two steps back, two trembling, Du Sheng waved his hand, stopped everyone's roar, and said coldly: "Linghu County Order, we are all rough people who do coolies, we don't know what the law is, we only know how to kill people to pay for their lives, if the county order refuses to hand over people, I can't control everyone's anger, and there will be a big mess." ”

Linghu Shou was helpless, although he couldn't afford to offend the Zhang family, but these dozen scoundrels were still far away from the Zhang family, and he couldn't risk his life for them.

Although it was a bit embarrassing, Ling Hushou couldn't take care of it, he turned around and gave the official a look, and at this moment, Du Fuwei found that more than a dozen black shadows from the county government wall a hundred steps away had turned out, obviously trying to slip away. ，

He pointed with his hand and shouted, "Over there!" ”

The laborers all saw it, and they were angry and raised iron rods and wooden sticks and rushed up, and the dozen or so Wanji boat thugs felt that the county order could not protect them, so they wanted to sneak away, but they were found by Du Fuwei, they were so frightened that their souls were not possessed, and they ran away, but they were blocked by the laborers from all directions, and there was no way to escape, more than a dozen people were so frightened that they knelt down and begged for mercy, and the angry laborers rushed up, and beat more than a dozen people to death.

Ling Hushou felt a chill in his back when he saw it, and they all said that Qi people have the same hatred for the enemy, and it is easy to gather and rebel, and when I saw it today, it was true.

When he saw Du Sheng walking towards him with dozens of people, he was so frightened that he raised his hand and shouted: "I swear to the heavens that the government will not investigate tonight's matter!" ”

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Jiangdu City, here is the center of the southeast rule of the Great Sui Dynasty, after the Great Sui Ping Chen unified the country, Yang Guang, the king of Jin, was ordered to pass through the south, he is sitting in Jiangdu, through the south for ten years.

At this time, Jiangdu still had an extremely important position in the Great Sui Dynasty, and Yang Guang regarded it as a companion capital and prepared to officially set Jiangdu as the southern capital.

Jiangdu County Taishou also has a very high status, and Yang Guang issued an edict stipulating that the rank of Jiangdu County Taishou is equivalent to Jing Zhaoyin, and he belongs to the third-grade high-ranking officials.

This high-ranking Jiangdu Taishou is Zhang Yunyi, the eldest son of the great general Zhang Jin, Zhang Yunyi is over forty years old this year, with a medium build, fair skin, big ears, and full of official appearance.

Zhang Yunyi has served as the Taishou of Jiangdu for nearly four years, and has a strong network of officialdom in the entire Jianghuai area, and Emperor Yang Guang also said to him in person when he inspected Jiangdu two years ago, 'You can replace his father', that is, Zhang Yunyi is qualified to join the cabinet as a minister.

It can be said that Zhang Yunyi is the leader of the new generation of Great Sui officialdom and the leader of the new generation of Guanlong nobles.

Zhang Yunyi had just received a quick letter from the county magistrate of Qi County, Linghu Shou, and hundreds of laborers in Zhangqiu, Qi County, attacked the county government and killed more than a dozen men of Wanji Boat Company in Qi County, because Wan Ji Boat Company accidentally injured a Zhangqiu County businessman while inspecting the canal.

It stands to reason that Qi County belongs to Pengcheng County and has nothing to do with Jiangdu County, so there is no need for Ling Hushou to report this matter to him, but Zhang Yunyi understands in his heart that this Ling Hushou is about to move to Jiangyang County, and he is showing himself, and Wanji Boat Company belongs to the Zhang family's industry, which is also related to him.

Zhang Yunyi closed his eyes and was silent, if it was in the past, he would immediately ask the imperial court to suppress this group of laborers who dared to attack the county government for the crime of gathering a crowd to rebel, but now he is a little worried, more than a month ago, his uncle Zhang Xin was transferred from Pengcheng County, and now Yu Shi Wei Deyu and Si Li Doctor Xue Daoheng appeared in the Jiangnan area at the same time, his unique political sensitivity told him that there may be a trace of extraordinary information hidden in it, at this time, he must not be careless.

At this time, the housekeeper reported at the door: "Master, the owner of Wan asks to see!" ”

The proprietor of Wan Ji is Wan Qi, the big proprietor of Wanji Boat Company, and is a son-in-law of their Zhang family, Zhang Yunyi knows that he is here for the affairs of Qi County, but Zhang Yunyi doesn't want to see him now.

"Go and tell him, I know about the matter of Qi County, I will deal with it, let him go back!"

Zhang Yunyi decided that the matter in Qi County should not be made big, but the troublemakers should not be spared, at least their leader should be arrested, it seems that his name is Du Sheng.

Zhang Yunyi immediately called a confidant, took down a Pixiu paperweight carved from the bookshelf at any time, put it in a box, and handed it to his subordinates, "You go to Pengcheng County and hand this paperweight to the new Sima Taishou, just say that it is my heart, congratulations to him on his new appointment." ”

There are a lot of things in the officialdom that can't be said explicitly, and I can only understand that giving him a gift is a hint of asking him for help, and it depends on whether he gives himself this face.

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After the county government incident, everything became calm, as if nothing had happened, the government did not hold them accountable, the wharf workers in Qi County were still busy every day, with the autumn harvest grain into the warehouse, the grain in the wharf warehouse should enter Beijing, a team of hundreds of boats of the official fleet moored in front of the wharf.

More than 1,000 laborers kept carrying grain back and forth on the ship, Du Sheng, like other ordinary laborers, also had to participate in the transportation of grain to earn money, he was only the leader of the group, but not the foreman, the apprentice Fu Gongqi and his son Du Fuwei also helped on the dock.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and I saw the dust flying, and soon, thousands of troops appeared outside the dock and were rushing towards the dock.

Du Sheng was taken aback, he immediately understood that this was the army to arrest him, and the county order went back on his word, swearing to the sky like a fart.

Du Sheng was in a hurry, and immediately looked for his son everywhere, someone told him that Fu Gongqi and Du Fuwei were in the warehouse, Du Sheng turned around and ran towards the warehouse, ran more than 100 steps, and he saw his son from a distance.

At this time, more than 2,000 local troops of Pengcheng County rushed into the dock under the leadership of the commander Song Jun, who pointed at the officials on the dock with a horsewhip and shouted: "Where is Du Sheng, the head of the thief?" ”

The official didn't dare to hide it, and pointed to Du Sheng's father and son in the distance and said, "It's them!" ”

Song Jun pulled out his long knife and waved, "On the cavalry, those who resist the capture will be killed!" ”

Hundreds of armored cavalry swooped down on Du Sheng's father and son, and when Du Sheng saw that the situation was in danger, he shouted to his son and apprentices: "Jump into the river and go!" Come on! ”

Du Fuwei and Fu Gongqi refused to leave, and Du Fuwei was so anxious that he cried: "I want to go back to save my mother!" ”

"Get me away!"

Du Sheng knocked Du Fuwei to the ground with a punch and yelled at Fu Gongyi, "Save my son!" ”

Fu Gongyi knew in his heart that he would not be able to live if he didn't go, so he knelt down and kowtowed to Du Sheng with tears, picked up Du Fuwei and ran away, jumping into the Grand Canal.

Du Sheng saw his son wake up in the water, his heart was a little settled, he picked up a stick, shouted, jumped up, and smashed a cavalry head-on, the cavalry screamed and fell off the horse, Du Sheng was overjoyed, jumped on the horse, but at this moment, a cold arrow came silently, Du Sheng was defenseless, was shot through the back of the heart by an arrow, Du Sheng screamed, fell off the horse and died.

Song Jun put away his bow and said coldly: "Arrest his wife and children, none of them can be let go!" ”

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Dozens of soldiers rushed to Du Sheng's house, in the courtyard, only Du Sheng's wife Li was washing rice and cooking, the soldiers were overjoyed, and rushed into the courtyard together, at this moment, an arrow 'whoosh! The ground shot head-on, hitting the throat of the leading officer, who screamed and fell backwards.

Li Shi found out that there were soldiers outside, and she screamed in fright, but she saw that from the roof, a woman in red jumped down, her long sword was like snow, and her figure was as fast as a ghost.

The woman in red grabbed Li's wrist and ran towards the back door, at this time an arrow shot at her back, as fast as lightning, the woman in red had a keen ear, she backhanded a sword, split the cold arrow away, kicked open the back door, and pulled Li Shi out of the door.

There were four or five soldiers' corpses lying in the back door, all of them were stabbed in the throat with a sword, and they couldn't even shout screams, their faces were distorted and deformed in pain, and Li's legs were so frightened that she didn't know what was going on.

"Run!"

The woman in red pulled her and galloped towards a forest not far away, where a horse was parked next to the woods, and the woman in red heard the sound of running at the back door, and as soon as she returned her hand, a crossbow arrow shot out of her sleeve, knocking a soldier who rushed out of the back door head-on.

The woman in red put her arms around Li's waist, jumped on the horse, and urged the war horse to gallop into the distance, gradually running away, only to see a whisk of dust flying behind her.

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