On 17 September, Qin Cha from Jingshi rushed to Dengzhou Mansion non-stop, and Sun Yuanhua got the news early, received them politely, and promised that the reinforcements would leave within a few days.

The Qin cha who led the team is the soldier Wang Tingqian, Chen Xin's old leader, who was supposed to be dismissed at the beginning of the third year of Chongzhen, because of the great achievements of the Wendeng camp in Gu'an and the battle of the four cities, he became a soldier in the army, and the prospects are still good, but he has no interest in the military department, Wang Qia Yinjian is not far away, and now Liang Tingdong is also roasted on the fire, for Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru, he is undecided, but this time the emperor's attitude is very clear, he knows what to do.

There are four other members, including Zhou Ruibao, who is a neutral person, but he is more serious, so Wu Zongda specially chose Chapter 75 to be his mortal enemy, to show that the investigation team is very fair. This kind of person came to a place to conduct verification, how could he allow Sun Yuanhua to be perfunctory, and the other three were all from the Wen Tiren faction, and they were all imperial histories of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and they did not belong to the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War.

In addition to these people, there are also several people from Dongchang and Jinyiwei, who mainly investigate the collusion with Jiannu.

Sun Yuanhua had already received the news in advance, and when he heard that Lu Zhi had killed three governors, he immediately knew that it was a few people who went to Wendeng, and those people were not alone, and there were several guards, depending on the situation, they were also killed by Chen Xin, this kind of method is not an ordinary officialdom dispute, seeing that Chen Xintu was poor, Sun Yuanhua retreated in his heart, he was a literati after all. He is familiar with the mutual impeachment of each other in the officialdom, but this kind of life-and-death struggle is extremely uncomfortable, and recently he has to put guards around the house even when he sleeps.

Zhou Yanru's instruction to him was to stop the impeachment of Wen Dengying and Lü Zhi, because Lü Zhi and Chen Xin were one step ahead. And there is evidence, he has taken the initiative, and now that Sun Yuanhua is suspected, no matter what he impeaches, it can only make the emperor think that he is taking revenge for personal gain, not only will it not help, but the impression will be even worse Chapter 75 Mortal enemy. In addition, he asked him to report the documents of the Wendeng battalion's nuclear merit to the emperor without any deduction, and finally told the emperor to ask the Wendeng battalion to also send troops. Let Sun Yuanhua let the Wendeng battalion send troops no matter what, and pull Chen Xin to talk about it, maybe Wen Tiren will also be dragged into a pit.

The emperor was furious, and the Qin sent him. Sun Yuanhua knew that the big thing was not good, and he had been busy making fake accounts and recruiting fake soldiers in the past few days, and he went to meet Lu Zhi in advance, but Lu Zhi was lukewarm, and only dealt with it with ordinary colleague etiquette. did not compromise with Sun Yuanhua at all, nor did he hand over the heads of the three attendants.

Sun Yuanhua couldn't think about it, so he had to bite the bullet to meet the inspection, after Wang Tingqian and others arrived. To Sun Yuanhua's surprise, Wang Tingqian was not in a hurry to check the accounts. Instead, as soon as he arrived, he first visited Lu Zhi and saw the heads of the three participants with his own eyes. Wang Tingtry has been Denglai Road for many years, and he is familiar with Dengzhou, so he found a few old subordinates to see, and it was indeed a person from the governor's yamen, and then he went to the beach to see the captured sea boats, and looked around in the cabin, which had already been repeatedly arranged by Zhang Dong and others, and Wang Tingtry and his party naturally couldn't see any flaws.

Then Wang Ting tried to assign the four imperial histories, he knew the intentions of the emperor and Wu Zongda, and specially asked Zhou Ruibao, a thorn head, to bring a royal history to check the number of soldiers, Dongchang and Jinyiwei continued to investigate Li Sizhong's affairs, and he himself and the other two imperial histories went to check the treasury, mainly to see the materials allocated to the Wendeng camp, Sun Yuanhua simply did not falsify the accounts of Wendeng, because Chen Xin would definitely not cooperate with him, after the royal court tried to check for two days, it was found that the true nature of the Wendeng camp was very owed, and he did not let Sun Yuanhua explain, asked people to go to Wendeng and pass Chen Xin to come over to reconcile.

Chen Xin knew that Wang Tingqian and others had arrived in Dengzhou, and there was no danger in this trip, so he immediately set off with his personal guards after receiving the order, rode to Dengzhou by land, rested in Ninghai Prefecture for a night, and rushed to Dengzhou on the second day. Here he has been here many times, at the beginning was to bribe Sun Guozhen with silver, just a small role that no one cares about, five years later he is nearly 10,000 soldiers, even if the governor wants to deal with himself, it is not easy, when he came here at the beginning of this year, Sun Yuanhua and himself still respect each other, the relationship is intimate, just a few months has been endless, life is indeed strange.

After he handed over the name post, the gatekeeper always asked a personal soldier to report to Sun Yuanhua, and then looked at Chen Xin with an unkind face, and the accompanying sea dogs and other personal guards looked at Sun Yuanhua's personal soldiers coldly.

Chen Xin was unaffected and thought about his plan until Sun Yuanhua personally rushed to the gate to greet him.

"General Chen, it's always good to be okay after a few months?" Sun Yuanhua put down Shangguan's shelf, and actually saluted Chen Xin first, Chen Xin raised his head, saw that it was Sun Yuanhua, hurriedly saluted, and said politely: "With Lord Sun's concern, the blessings of several generations of cultivation are naturally good." Master Sun works hard every day, and he must take care of his health. ”

Chen Xin alluded to Sun Yuanhua who has been thinking about embarrassment for himself recently, and after Sun Yuanhua heard it, he always smiled with a little embarrassment, which was not as good as the original acting schools such as Sun Guozhen and Zhong Haidao, and even more incomparable with characters like Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru at the top of the pyramid.

He paused for a moment before saying: "General Chen said that he laughed, the emperor and the cabinet elders are qualified to work on state affairs, and this official is just doing some small things according to the guidance of the adults, and the old man is just ordinary qualifications. ”

Chen Xin listened to the hint in his words and did not want to break the net with himself, and looked at Sun Yuanhua carefully, at the age of his early fifties, the wrinkles have increased a lot in the past six months, and it is estimated that the pressure is also very great, the Dongjiang River under the jurisdiction of Denglai can not let him worry, and the combat strength of the battalion is unbearable, he has to take out a huge amount of money to bribe Zhou Yanru according to the rules of officialdom, and it is not easy to pacify the peace everywhere in Denglai. Now he has a big hole to deal with with by himself, Dongchang and Jinyiwei are not people who can fill it lightly, plus Lu Zhi himself is an internal official, and Lord Sun does not make a lot of blood. Those fans will not let him go.

Chen Xin smiled slightly and said: "Under the rule of Denglai, the last general is another martial artist, so naturally he also does things according to Lord Sun's instructions, no matter how big or small." As long as Lord Sun hands it over to the last general, there will be an explanation after all, and if Lord Sun doesn't explain, the last general will really not be able to do things. ”

Sun Yuanhua was stunned for a moment, laughed, and led Chen Xin to the second hall, he has been an official for more than a year, and his official authority and demeanor are still good. The two casually greeted each other one after the other, and the people around them thought that they were really close.

He walked all the way to the side, and Chen Xin, who was following behind him, asked: "General Chen is a great victory on Midao, and this official originally wanted to report it a long time ago, but Huang Long and others returned. There is news that the first official of Jiannu was injured in this battle and is afraid that he will be killed soon, so the official wants to wait for the news to be verified, so as to add a credit to General Chen, so as not to make up the report afterwards. It attracted the questioning of the official Yushi, because it was delayed for some time, and some people said that the official deliberately embarrassed the general, and asked General Chen not to believe it. ”

Chen Xin lowered his eyebrows and replied obediently: "The last general will never believe it." ”

Sun Yuanhua lowered his voice and said, "I signed the document a few days ago. General Chen was rewarded this time, and a deputy general soldier couldn't run. After a year or two, or there will be more military exploits. A general soldier is not a problem, and the officer will find a better general position for the general at that time. ”

Chen Xin's eyes rolled, Sun Yuanhua was planning to benefit himself, but it was just a pie, if Zhou Yanru didn't fall, Sun Yuanhua's promise would have some effect, but Chen Xin knew that Wen Tiren should be able to defeat Zhou Yanru according to the normal trajectory, so why should he change the court to change an ethereal promise. It can be seen from this that Sun Yuanhua is indeed in a predicament at present, otherwise why would he make such a straightforward move, and it can also be seen that Sun Yuanhua is not good at buying a way, if Chen Xin comes to do it, it is better to give silver and grain directly, it is better than a cake.

At that moment, he replied to Sun Yuanhua with a grateful face: "Thank you Lord Sun for your love, and the last general will initially join the battalion, but I want to be a half-official and a half-post to shine on the lintel, and I never thought that I could achieve the high position of deputy chief soldier and chief soldier. ”

Sun Yuanhua looked at Chen Xin as if he was looking like him, quite a real temperament, maybe he could really reconcile with him, a little relieved, but Chen Xin did not promise it personally, he was still a little unsure, he made a deal with such a martial artist today, but he hoped that Chen Xin would let him go, if it was an ordinary time, how could Chen Xin be qualified to talk to him like this.

His eloquence is also average, and he has nothing to say in the blink of an eye, I wanted to remind Chen Xin that he also knew about his smuggling and private military training, but he never said it, so he had to talk to Chen Xin about some idle things.

After the two talked, the relationship eased a lot, and soon they arrived in the second hall, Wang Ting tried to welcome him, he deliberately asked Sun Yuanhua to pick up Chen Xin, and also hoped that Sun Yuanhua could have a room for maneuver, if the two parties could reach a deal, he would be able to make a difference, and he would not offend Zhou Yanru, now looking at the appearance of the two, it should be much more harmonious.

Chen Xin caught up a few steps, knelt down and saluted Wang Ting, and said: "The last general has seen Lord Wang, and the adults took more care of the last generals back then. ”

Wang Ting tried to touch his beard and smiled, Chen Xin still did things very properly, although he was transferred out of Denglai, but Chen Xin still has a gift of money every year, although the number is not much, but the mind is still there, and Chen Xin is now supported up, "Chen Shen will be more powerful, as long as you make meritorious service to the emperor in Denglai, it will make the official's heart feel more comfortable than visiting the official......"

Wang Ting tried to say this, so he said that he had a meal, put Sun Yuanhua aside, and when he finished speaking, he beckoned Chen Xin to enter the house to discuss the matter, and there were Lu Zhi and two imperial historians in the house, and the imperial historians were all upright and gentlemanly, and several people greeted Chen Xin.

Wang Tingqian saw that Chen Xin and Sun Yuanhua were quite harmonious outside, thinking that the two had reconciled, and looked left and right at the imperial history of the two Wen Tiren factions, and felt that he could ask Chen Xin.

"General Chen, the emperor sent me here this time to supervise the military affairs of Dengzhou, after the official checked a few days ago, the true color of the Wendeng camp has not been able to be sufficient, last year only received two months, this year also only received two months, I don't know the truth is so? Or, Master Sun has made another agreement with you. Wang Tingtry waited for Chen Xin to take a sip of tea, and then asked him.

"Back to the king, there is no agreement." Chen Xin put the teacup, he already knew that the two imperial histories were Wen Tiren's people, and now there was no room to take the middle route, and said excitedly, "Lord Wang, you have been in Denglai for a long time, you all know, the last general's battalion is recruited and trained by homeless people, and there is not much military land in Wendeng to plant, Dengzhou will be a true character, and my Wendeng camp is starving all over the place, and Lord Sun does not allocate to the water camp ships, and none of the iron, gunpowder, and nitrate are sufficient, so that our battalion is not well prepared for the battle of Shenmi Island, and there is a lack of ships, and finally suffered heavy losses." The merit report document was withheld again, the death pension was delayed, and the families of the soldiers who died in the war were waiting for their families, and the last general was ashamed to ...... the martyrs" Chen Xin wiped his eyes after speaking.

Wang Tingqian was a little in a daze, and the two imperial historians were excited, and kept recording, Lu Zhi just smiled and nodded slightly, Chen Xin continued: "The last general was unwilling to be desolate, and sent people to Dengzhou to investigate, and learned that Denglai's true rice and grain were all collected by the Shandong Buzheng Division, but they were transported to the Dongjiang River by the sailor under the pretense of being transported to the Dongjiang River, and they were transferred to various private ports, and many of them were sold to Nansiwei by profiteers through Liaohai, and the people involved in the sailor were more than ten generals such as Peng Zaien, the capital of Dengzhou Water Camp, and among the profiteers, there were Dengzhou Huang's grain store, Tang Congren, and Wang Liangyi...... Half an hour later, Wang Ting's mouth opened wide, and the two imperial histories were full of volumes, Chen Xin walked out of the door and took a look at Sun Yuanhua, both of whom were indifferent in their eyes.

Sun Yuanhua had heard it outside the door, although Chen Xin did not directly say that Sun Yuanhua smuggled grain, but all the charges were pointed at himself, this was to put himself to death, he was about to say a few words to Chen Xin, Lu Zhi had already walked over with the Dongchang fan who led the team this time, Lu Zhi said to Sun Yuanhua: "Lord Sun, the people referred to by Lord Chen are all serious crimes, and the identification is well-founded, our family believes that it is all done by the people below, and it has nothing to do with Lord Sun. ”

Sun Yuanhua even found Wang Tingqian behind him and argued with him, only saying that he could not arrest people without evidence, but Wang Tingqian took out an account book, which was from the Huang Grain Store in Dengzhou, which recorded how much grain was taken from a certain official of the Water Division on He Ri, and when it was transported to Gaizhou for trading, Sun Yuanhua stayed on the spot, he didn't know much about the affairs of the army, and he knew that the battalions were greedy for ink, but these true colors were actually transported to Liaodong, but he never thought of it.

Wang Tingqian shook his head, he is also re-evaluating Chen Xin now, but until now, he still hasn't figured out why Chen Xin is so opposed to Sun Yuanhua, with Chen Xin's usual tactfulness, he shouldn't be like this with Shangguan.

Chen Xin didn't wait for them, he went out of the gate, a group of Ming troops passed by in front of the door, and Zhou Shifa, who pretended to be a personal soldier, came up and whispered: "My lord, this is the left battalion of the pacesetter and the part of the main barracks, the generals are Kong Youde and Wu Jinsheng, and they are about to take a boat to rescue the Daling River." ”

Chen Xin said lightly: "Wang Tingtry asked us to send troops too, I agreed, we sent a thousand people, but the time dragged on, in two days, please ask Wang Tingtry to go to Wendeng to inspect, send a letter back first, let Mr. Liu find more wounded soldiers, if you can't make enough, you will find disabled among the displaced people, and you have to pretend to be bitter." In addition, the Denglai soldiers have already moved, so that the special service team and the action team will infiltrate various points in Dengzhou first. ”

"Yes." Zhou Shifa still didn't understand why he was laid out in Denglai, but he didn't ask much.

"Where did Zhang Dong and Wu Jianzhong go?"

"Zhang Dong is in Shuicheng, and Wu Jianzhong has gone to Laizhou."

"Haven't come back yet?"

"Wu Rong has come back with the action team, they bought two small bandits, we can't say that they are from the Wendeng camp, the big bandits don't believe them, Wu Rong led the people back to Dengzhou to standby, only Wu Jianzhong, he said that he would help the adults recruit a big force, and he stayed in Laizhou alone."

"He's alone?"

"Yes."

Chen Xin praised, "Courageous ......"

At this time, the footsteps behind him, Sun Yuanhua followed the Wang Ting's try, and walked with a gloomy face, although he was impeached many times, but now he is still the governor of Denglai, he has not been dismissed for a day, he has the hope of turning the tables, and Chen Xin believes that his only hope is to get enough military merits, and it cannot be the military merits of Wendeng Battalion. Then only the Dengzhou town soldiers, pacesetters and Dongjiang soldiers remained.

Sun Yuanhua and his entourage were about to go to Shuicheng to give the oath of the Ministry of Kong Youde, and when he walked past Chen Xin's side, he suddenly said: "Fearing the sky and loving people, how can it come from the mouth of a shameless person like you." Then he looked up and laughed and left. rs！！！