A luxurious mansion in Kaifeng City.

In the flower hall, there were three people chatting. Sitting on the main seat is Li Qiongying's father, Li Wenzhang, and next to him, there is an elderly man over fifty years old, this elder is the famous Fang Congzhe.

After Fang Ge Lao was forced to pay tribute, he planned to return to his hometown of Zhejiang, but he met his good brother Li Wenzhang on the way, and he was not dragged to Huguang for a reunion. This gathering was more than a year, and when Henan was hit by the disaster, Li Wenzhang decided to take advantage of it here, and dragged Fang Congzhe to Kaifeng. The relationship between the two is close, even if Fang Congzhe is no longer the first assistant, Li Wenzhang is still as warm and thoughtful as ever. Therefore, Old Man Fang was embarrassed and could only follow.

In the place where he started, there was a young man, who was about twenty years old, brightly dressed, and knew at a glance that he was a child of a family. This person is Li Qiongying's younger brother, and the Li family is alone Li Yuanchen.

"Brother Fang, I got the news today that the honor guard of the new Henan governor Yue Su has entered Henan, and he will be able to arrive in Huaiqing without saying anything, and this time the officials of Henan are afraid that it will be difficult." Li Wenzhang talked and laughed in an authentic manner.

"This Yue Su has made a lot of noise in the past year, many powerful people in the capital have been rectified by him, the Fajue of Tantuo Temple was Ling Chi by him, Sun Shenxing fell because of him, and the people on both sides of the left and right were offended by him. is just such a person, but he has been favored by the emperor, and no one can help it. But it is not a good thing to make too many enemies, and his road is too difficult to walk in the future. This time he patrolled Henan, and I thought that those people in the capital looked at him unpleasantly and forced him out. Fang Congzhe said indifferently.

"It is true that he was squeezed by Donglin and Kewei, but the emperor's grace can also be seen. The holy decree issued by the emperor, haven't we heard of it, give three bronze guillotins, Shang Fang sword, whether it is a prince or a pawn, you can cut it first and then play, and even return to Beijing without a will, this kind of grace, I am afraid that there is no one who has never come before. Li Wenzhang said, couldn't help but ask with a hint of pride.

His smile was naturally seen by Fang Congzhe. Fang Congzhe said with a smile: "Yue Su is valued by the emperor, this is an unsurpassed glory, virtuous brother, I want to congratulate you for my brother." The literati rarely use the title of "virtuous brother", only the table character, which can also be seen from the relationship between Fang Congzhe and Li Wenzhang.

"Brother Fang laughed, little brother He is happy." Li Wenzhang said with a smile.

"No one else knows about this, don't I know yet? Ling Ai and Yue Su...... I think you, the future father-in-law, Taishan, should also express ......," Fang Congzhe said with a smile.

"Alas....... I used to blame me for not taking a fancy to Yue Su, who knew that it had only been a few years, and he had already risen to this position. Qiong Xuan is iron-hearted to him, and in this case, I will fulfill them. Li Wenzhang said, looked at his son Li Yuanchen, and said, "Yuanchen, tomorrow you will send someone back to Wuchang to bring your sister here." It is only said that Yue Su is now the governor of Henan, and he will go to Kaifeng without saying anything. ”

"Yes, father." Li Yuanchen nodded and said.

"I heard that Yue Su is very upright, and his family has no money to spare, so if you marry your daughter, do you have to prepare some dowry." Fang Congzhe said suddenly.

"The younger brother has only this son and a daughter under his knees, and his daughter is married, how can he treat Bo ......" Li Wenzhang just said this, and only then did he react, Fang Congzhe's tone seemed to have something to say. He hurriedly changed his words and said with a smile: "Brother Fang, what dowry do you think I should prepare for the little girl?" ”

"Yue Su was ordered to provide disaster relief, and the decree said that 300,000 taels of silver would be allocated, 50,000 taels of silver would be paid by the household department, and Huguang would pay taxes in advance and transfer to Henan. Huguang's 250,000 taels of silver, I don't know what year or month it will arrive, don't those people in Beijing make it clear that they want to give your son-in-law a good look. Fang Congzhe said with a smile.

"The elder brother didn't remind him, and the younger brother almost forgot, anyway, the money was almost earned, and the gang had to help him. Ming said that I would send someone to Henan, let Li An open a warehouse in Huaiqing to release grain, help the victims, and also give his boy a long face, so that he would know that his future father-in-law was not a rich and unkind lord. ”

As soon as Li Wenzhang's words were finished, a subordinate hurriedly ran outside the door, first greeted the three people in the hall, and then said: "Master, the shopkeeper of Huaiqing Li sent an urgent letter. ”

"This is really talking about Cao Ying, Cao Ying. As soon as he spoke of Ang Lee, his letter came. Present the letter to me. ”

The subordinate stepped forward and presented the letter to Li Wenzhang. Li Wenzhang took it and took it apart, looked at it carefully, and his face couldn't help but change at first, but soon showed a smile. said: "Yue Su, this kid, is really not small. ”

"Brother Xian, what's wrong?" Fang Congzhe on the side asked curiously.

"This Yue Su actually seized the Fulai Rice Shop, the Yunsheng Rice Shop, and my Rice Shop. He threatened to requisition all grain and rice. With that, Li Wenzhang handed the letter to Fang Congzhe.

Fang Congzhe took it and looked at it, and after reading it, he also laughed and said, "Your uncle, you are really bold." If you seal your rice line, forget it. He treated everyone equally, and even King Fu and Zhang Guozhang's rice lines were also sealed. It seems that you are not easy to do. ”

"It's really hard to do, but this kid is bold and careful, and it's admirable. The letter didn't say that he said that when the court's disaster relief money arrived, he would pay off the grain payment, and if anyone was in a hurry, he could go to the household department to ask for it. But he made himself clean. In addition, all the dry methods used are thunder strikes, small links, and they are handled properly, and he is a person who can do big things. On this point, I also recognized this son-in-law. However, his future path still needs Brother Fang's support. In Li Wenzhang's tone, there was little appreciation for Yue Su.

"Brother Wei also admires this young man very much, but it's a pity that he is powerless now. You also know that people go to tea and cool, and now that I am no longer in the position of the first assistant, there are a few who can still listen to me. Qi, Chu and Zhejiang, I heard that since Jingcha, many of them have defected to Wei Zhongxian. It's difficult, it's difficult......" Fang Congzhe sighed.

"Yes, since this Jingcha, the three parties have collapsed and exist in name only. The only real controllers in the DPRK and China are the Donglin and Kewei factions. The two of them are now tense, and sooner or later they will have to fight to the death. Yue Su wants to be alone in the court, I am afraid it will be more difficult, after the two families are separated, they will inevitably attack him. He is alone, where can he fight this gang. However, this is an opportunity for the other brother to make a comeback. After Li Wenzhang finished speaking, he looked at Fang Congzhe with deep taste.

This made Fang Congzhe a mess, only to hear Fang Congzhe wonder and say: "Brother Xian, it's not easy for my brother to make a comeback." No matter who wins in the end, Donglin and Kewei won, they can't tolerate me. ”

"Whether Brother Fang can go back or not is not what he Ye Xianggao said, nor what he Wei Zhongxian said, as long as the saint nods, who can stop him. With Brother Fang's qualifications, after he goes back, as long as he ascends to the heights, he will not respond to all calls, and he will take over the power. Li Wenzhang said and said, he was excited.

"It's easier said than done......" Fang Congzhe shook his head and sighed. Since he was kicked out of the court by the Donglin Party through the red pill case, he already knew that he had no chance to turn over.

But Li Wenzhang didn't think so, and said with a smile: "Brother Fang, don't be discouraged, having said that, there are still opportunities." The few are just a person who advises the emperor. Yue Su is now the emperor's favorite minister, as long as he speaks up, even if Brother Fang can't immediately return to the position of first assistant and enter the cabinet, there is still no problem. When Brother Fang and Yue Su join forces, what will Donglin and Ke Wei have? ”

Hearing this, Fang Congzhe's eyes couldn't help but light up, this was a desire for power. He immediately said: "Brother Xian's words are true, if Yue Su makes a statement to the emperor and returns to the cabinet for his brother, there is still hope." ”

"I've thought about it now, we must do our best to help Yue Su, complete the disaster relief as soon as possible, and let him return to the capital as soon as possible." When Li Wenzhang said this, he looked at his son and said: "Yuanchen, tomorrow you will personally go to Huaiqing and talk to Yue Su, you don't have to say too much, just talk about some topics about disaster relief, and tell him that the requisitioned grain and rice, even if we donate it to the imperial court, on the south bank of the Yellow River, we will open a warehouse for disaster relief as soon as possible." As for other things, everything is waiting for your sister to come and talk to him in Kaifeng. ”

"The child understands."

At the time of the fourth watch, Xiaojiatun in the southeast of Huaiqing City was in flames, and the shouts of killing were endless.

Guo Yigang led thousands of soldiers, and at the second watch, he flew to Xiaojiatun and caught the other party off guard. Although there are few people in the Dragon Slaying Gang and they are caught off guard, they are also very fierce, desperately fighting with officers and soldiers, and breaking through in bloody battles.

In such a small-scale battle, everyone thought that it would be resolved quickly, but they actually killed until dawn, and finally let the "Xiao Yuanwai" Wang Qilong escape in a bloody battle. After the battle, the casualties on both sides were counted, and a total of 223 rebels of the Dragon Slaying Gang were annihilated, 28 were captured, 130 officers and soldiers were killed, and more than 200 were wounded. As for the Zhuangzi of "Xiao Yuanwai", it was also necessary to raid it on a large scale, but unfortunately, there was nothing else except a few thousand taels of silver and some grain.

Guo Yigang returned proudly with prisoners and booty, according to his previous surname, this kind of battle, it is rare to falsely report the merits of the battle, kill 200 enemies, at least 2,000. It's a pity that Yue Su has already examined the details of the other party, and sent Jin Chan and Li Zhong to lead the way, how dare Guo Yigang exaggerate the credit.

After returning to the city, Master Guo thought that Yue Su would praise him a lot, but when Yue Su heard that he had run away from the thief, he only caught a few minions, and his nose was almost crooked. But I ran away, and it was useless to blame Guo Yigang too much, so I had to give up. Who said that he did not personally lead the army? However, in such a small scene, Yue Su really couldn't go out in person, after all, what he wanted to arrest was just a group of thieves, and he was the governor of Henan, who received the title of Shangshu of the Criminal Department, and the second-rank officer, to arrest them in person, it was too unidentity. If he has to come out of the way, according to this logic, he will not be able to come forward after arresting the leader of the Dragon Slaying Gang. What does the imperial court do to raise so many generals.

Yue Su now had no choice but to immediately order the torture of the captured gang members in order to find out where Wang Qilong was located, as well as the other strongholds of the Dragon Slaying Gang in Henan.

Fortunately, the servants of Huaiqing Mansion were very skilled in torture, and in less than half a day's effort, they interrogated six or seven dens, Yue Su did not hesitate, and immediately sent a letter to all prefectures and counties, confiscated all the strongholds, captured the prisoners, and must be escorted to Huaiqing immediately. Then he played the situation of this place to the imperial court according to the book. In this way, the seizure of the rice shop in the city is even more to say, after all, everything is for the sake of the country's society and the suppression of the thieves.

Yue Su can be described as vigorous and resolute this time, and his words are extremely harsh, and at the end it is written, "If there is a mistake, it will be punished as a crime of gangsterism."

Henan is not very big, with 400 miles to expedit, no matter where you go, it is only a day's journey. That is, to go to Luoyang and Zhengzhou, you need to cross the Yellow River, which can be a little slower. When the text arrived in the prefectures and counties, how dare the local officials slack off, they immediately sent troops to arrest them, and after they were captured, they did not interrogate them, but directly sent people to Huaiqing.

The next morning, Wen County, Wuzhi County, Weihui Mansion and other places had already cleared the prisoners. Yue Su ordered a strict interrogation, and the various strongholds that were destroyed belonged to liaison stations, and they knew more information than the minions who were caught last time, and soon confessed nearly forty dens. Yue Su wrote again and continued to investigate, and the whole of Henan was full of rumors, and officers and soldiers came out in all directions.

In just a few days, almost all the large and small dens of the Dragon Cutting Gang in Henan were wiped out, and nearly 1,000 rebels were captured. But it's a pity that the big boss Wang Qilong seems to have evaporated from the world, and he can no longer find a shadow.

Yue Su's guard of honor and guards have arrived in Huaiqing. Yue Su temporarily set up the line in Li Ji Mixing, Chen Dong and a group of children, these days were also recruited by Yue Su, as soon as they saw the golden cicada and the iron chopper change into the clothes of the head catcher, they were majestic, and they were envious. Yue Su also liked this group of children, and said that if they wanted, they could stay, and the martial arts would be taught by Jin Chan and Tie Qiu, and they would contribute to the court and make contributions to the future. The children were naturally willing, but they were also worried that the Li family would not agree, and it was because of this effort that someone came to spread the word that Li Yuanchen, the son of the Li family, asked to see.

Yue Su laughed and said, "It just so happened that I came here, so I will ask for a favor for you, and let Li Gongzi leave you all behind." Then he shouted: "Tea in the front hall." ”

Li Yuanchen and Li Qiongying are brother and sister, their appearance is very similar, Li Qiongying is delicate and beautiful, and Li Yuanchen is elegant and romantic.

The front hall that Yue Su said was actually the main hall of Mi Xing's backyard, and after entering the door, Li Yuanchen immediately bowed to Yue Su, "See Lord Governor." ”

Yue Su nodded and said, "Gongzi Li is polite, please take a seat." As he spoke, he glanced Li Yuanchen up and down, and secretly said in his heart that there was really a shadow of "Brother Li".

Yue Su sat down on the main seat, and Li Yuanchen sat down. Then Yue Su said: "Gongzi Li, this is the property of your mansion, and the headquarters is really embarrassed. ”

"Adults are the parents of the people, and they can't be invited if they want to, but it is really an honor for my Li family to live here." Li Yuanchen doesn't look old, but he is quite capable of doing things, and he is by no means a gentleman.

Yue Su nodded and said, "In this way, the headquarters will thank you." I don't know what happened when Li Gongzi asked to see the headquarters this time? ”

"The villain came to see the adult, there are three things."

"Oh, which three?"

(To be continued)