"Others recruit accomplices to take away the dogs, that is the king's domineering spirit, the famous ministers and brave generals will bow their heads, and the wise men and wise men pay for it. I'm good, I want to find a Cheng Biting Jin as a thug, and I have to travel hundreds of miles to ask for help, climb mountains and wade through rivers and hard work, not to mention, and finally have to cross the Yellow River to Wuyang County to save him! It's good that I can save it, but if I can't save it, then my reputation for talent is basically over. Is this a matter of luck or my character? ”

No matter how much self-pity is useless, in order to help the accomplices and lackeys who are abused, and for the sake of his reputation of seeking talent and loving talents, Chen Yingliang, who has just taken office as the deputy envoy of the 12 counties of Henan Province to arrest him, can only go back to the road and go to Wuyang County, where he has no right to interfere in military affairs, to rescue Cheng Yanjin. Uncle Xiao Guo, who looked at Chen Yingliang from the beginning, was the first to have something to say.

Fortunately, the distance between Turtledove and Yuancheng is only about eighty miles, which is not too far, although it is necessary to cross the Yellow River in the middle, but Chen Yingliang, the official ship on the south bank of the Yellow River, can abuse his power and use it at will, so it only took less than a day for Chen Yingliang to lead Qin Qiong, Niu Jinda and ten cavalry to Yuancheng very easily - of course, Chen Yingliang, who left his post and went north without permission, did not dare to wear official uniforms, and Qin Qiong and ten Sui soldiers also wore civilian clothes.

Protected by the Yellow River, it is more difficult for the rampant thieves south of the Yellow River to spread to the north of the Yellow River, and because the treasure of Chengyuan in Wuyang County is still effective in quelling the rebellion and controlling the chaos, the situation in Wuyang County is slightly better than that of the counties south of the Yellow River, and the inspection at the gate of the county is not too strict, so Chen Yingliang did not use his official anti-fish charm, but only asked Qin Qiong to come forward under the pretext of entering the city on business, and used Qin Qiong's official defense of Qi County to enter the city along the way, and then inquired about the location of the Yamen of the Zanzhi Mansion of the treasure of Chengyuan in Wuyang County. It was very smooth and came directly to the official office of Yuan Bao.

Chen Yingliang's plan is like this, and he will not reveal his identity to give his nemesis Uncle Xiao Guo an excuse to impeach, find Yuan Bao in private and give him some gifts, and then talk about his relationship with Yuan Wendu, the patriarch of the Yuan clan. But what made Chen Yingliang cry and laugh was that his good luck seemed to have been completely used up in the battle of Mangdang Mountain, and when he went to Wuyang Zanzhi Mansion to ask, the Yuan treasure happened not to be in the yamen, saying that he had gone to the neighboring Wuyang County on business, and he would not be able to come back until at least the evening.

"Deputy envoy, what should I do?" Qin Qiong asked in a low voice, "Are we going to go directly to Wuyang County to find the Yuan Treasure?" ”

Chen Yingliang didn't rush to speak, first looked up at the sky, and found that the sun had begun to turn west, probably before the time had passed, so he shook his head and vetoed: "It's not too early, go out of the city to Wuyang again, if we can't find the Yuan treasure, we may not even be able to enter the city gate when we go back to Yuancheng." Instead of wasting any more effort to find him, it is better to wait for him to come back in the city, and also go to the county jail to visit Cheng Yanjin to see what his current situation is. ”

Qin Qiong and Niu Jinda nodded yes, and at that moment, Chen Yingliang and the others hurriedly inquired about the location of the county jail, and hurried towards the county jail. Fortunately, Yuancheng is not big, Chen Yingliang and the others didn't spend much effort, so they found the front of the prison door, and then Chen Yingliang came forward in person, using the signboard of Cheng Yanjin's relatives, and stuffed some copper coins into the officials who watched the prison door, asking to visit Cheng Yanjin. As a result, what made Chen Yingliang almost vomit blood was that although the official accepted the money, he said in a low voice: "This little brother, for the sake of your money, I will give you a word of advice, don't visit the prison, go quickly, otherwise you will be in big trouble." ”

"Why?" Chen Yingliang was stunned.

The official first looked carefully left and right, and then said in a low voice: "Our cell leader is the brother-in-law of the county commander, your relative Cheng Biting Jin, the one who killed was our cell leader's own nephew, the county lord and our cell boss are now arresting Cheng Biting Jin's comrades everywhere in order to avenge Murong Gongzi." It's good that you also ran into me, and if you ran into someone else, I would definitely arrest you directly now. ”

Everything was not going well, Chen Yingliang almost wanted to give the middle finger to the sky again, and after thanking him in a low voice, Chen Yingliang stuffed another handful of money to the servant, and said in a low voice: "Poor master, ask another question, did my relative Cheng bite the gold, did he suffer in prison?" ”

"What do you say?" The errand officer asked rhetorically first, and then said in a low voice: "He killed the only son of our county master, the nephew of our cell leader, can he not suffer hardship?" If it's not ....... ”

"Who are you? What is the purpose of carrying a knife and leading a horse? ”

The sudden sound of shouting interrupted the officer's whispered introduction to Chen Yingliang, Chen Yingliang and the others turned their heads to look, but saw a low-level official coming behind him, in his early thirties, tall and thin, with a dark face, holding a pile of documents in his hand, and his expression was very stern. The guard guarding the prison door did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and said respectfully: "Fa Cao, forgive me, they came to visit a friend, but their friend has been released from prison, and they asked the little one about the whereabouts of the friend, so they said a few more words." ”

"I see." Na Fa Cao's face slowed down slightly, and he ordered: "Open the door, I will continue to interrogate Cheng Yanjin." ”

The gatekeeper was busy opening the prison door, but Chen Yingliang rolled his eyes, hurriedly stepped forward to salute Na Fa Cao, smiled and invited Na Fa Cao to talk to the side, and planned to send some money to this Fa Cao to inquire about the specific case of Cheng Yanjin, but who expected that Na Fa Cao turned his face and said sharply: "If you have something to say to your face, talk secretly and alone, what kind of system will it be?" ”

"Damn, it's really a tiger falling in Pingyang and being bullied by dogs, and Longyou being played by shrimp in shallow water." Chen Ying, who is already in charge of more than 100 counties in 13 counties, has a fire in his conscience, but under the eaves, he can't help but bow his head, so he has to continue to smile all over his face, and very generously took out a piece of gold, quietly stuffed it into the hand of Na Fa Cao, and asked with a smile: "Lord Fa Cao, can I ask you to ...... now?" ”

Before Chen Yingliang's words were finished, he had already been slapped heavily on the paw of the gold, and directly knocked the gold to the ground, and then the Fa Cao still shouted with a black face: "What are you doing?" What are you giving me gold? Bribing the court officials, what do you want? Put your gold away immediately, or the official will order the arrest of someone!" ”

For decades before and after, Chen Yingliang really didn't meet an official who didn't accept bribes a few times, let alone a ruthless and direct official like the little official in front of him, and he was scolded on the spot, and Fa Cao didn't look at Chen Yingliang, and strode directly into the prison door, and at the same time, Fa Cao's loud shout also led to a lot of prison officers, looking at Chen Yingliang and his party curiously, many people looked at the gold under Chen Yingliang's feet and their eyes were shining.

Extremely embarrassed to pick up the piece of gold, Chen Yingliang made a little calculation, and then led Qin Qiong and Niu Jinda and others to the neighboring Yuancheng County Ya, but when they arrived at the yamen, what made Chen Yingliang gasp was that he didn't know who was behind the back to support Murong Li, Murong Li actually directly set up his son's mourning hall in the spacious county government hall, and the three classes of officials were all wearing filial piety, and the white flowers in the hall were full of incense. Seeing this scene, Qin Qiong was also furious, and said angrily: "This county magistrate is so bold that he dares to put the mourning hall in the public court, is there any imperial decree in his eyes?" ”

"Uncle Bao, Jinda, it seems that I thought too simply." Chen Yingliang said in a deep voice: "The door of the Yuan treasure is not easy to walk, and it is not easy to save the gold. ”

"Why?" Qin Qiong hurriedly asked.

"The county magistrate of Wuyang County is in this city, but Murong Yan dares to put his son's mourning hall on the public court, what does this mean?" Chen Yingliang pointed to the spiritual hall and said: "It shows that Murong Yan is fearless, Yuan Bao is in cahoots with his wolf, and deliberately turns a blind eye to his illegal behavior, so Murong Yan dares to act so recklessly." If you want Yuan Bao to come forward to rescue Cheng Biting Jin, it is definitely not as easy as I imagined. ”

While talking, there was a sudden commotion in the mourning hall, Chen Yingliang and others hurriedly stepped forward to check the situation, but saw a middle-aged woman in filial piety clothes lying on the coffin and crying loudly, next to a richly dressed woman was comforting, and then a middle-aged man with a white cloth hanging on his official hat also came to the hall to consol, and the woman in filial piety clothes grabbed the middle-aged man, crying hysterically, "You are still a county master, you are still a county master!" Your son was killed by thieves, why don't you avenge him? Why don't you take revenge on him yet?! ”

Obviously, it was the middle-aged man from Yuancheng County who ordered Murong Li to quickly explain, but his wife was sprinkled and cried, "What else do you want to report to the court?" What else do you want to report to the court? Just give him a charge of thief and split his car to death? Just throw him in a late position? ”

Crying and shouting, Murong Yan's wife knelt down to the richly dressed woman again, and cried and said: "Sister, Xiao Ji was grown up by you, our Murong family and your Yuan family have always been like brothers and sisters, you tell Yuan Zanzhi, beg him to avenge my family Xiao Ji, I want that beast to bury Xiao Ji!" I want to bury him under Xiao Ji's coffin, and give my Xiao Ji a cow and a horse for the rest ......of my life! ”

Seeing this, Chen Yingliang didn't bother to look down, turned his head and walked out, Qin Qiong and Niu Jinda and others hurriedly followed, Niu Jinda was still full of anger, and kept whispering and scolding Murong Yan's wife for being vicious, but Qin Qiong was worried, and said to Chen Yingliang: "Deputy envoy, the situation is not good, look at the appearance, the relationship between this Murong Qi and Yuan Bao is not only good, but also extraordinarily good." ”、

"It's fine." Chen Yingliang said calmly: "When I was on the road, I had already considered this possibility, so I prepared a backup plan, but until the last moment, I didn't want to use this method." ”

"What's the solution?" Qin Qiong hurriedly asked.

"If the soft ones don't work, the hard ones will come!" Chen Yingliang said viciously: "Make a big fuss, so much trouble that his Yuan Treasure does not dare to shield and connive at Murong Yan, and let Murong Yan let him go obediently!" ”

"Make a big fuss? What's the trouble? Qin Qiong was completely confused.

"A very cheap trick, you can't use it until you have to, and you can't learn it." Chen Yingliang smiled mysteriously, and then ordered: "Go, don't go to the inn, go directly to the post house, and show the gold-lettered signboard of the twelve counties of Henan Province to arrest the deputy envoy!" ”

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After finishing his official business in Wuyang County, when he returned to Yuancheng, the right eyelid of Chengyuan Treasure in Wuyang County kept beating violently, and he felt uncomfortable, as if something was going to happen. The results also proved that the sixth sense of Yuan Bao was very effective, when his team returned to the city of Yuan County, before he had time to enter the city, there was an errand who hurriedly stopped Yuan Baobao's horse's head, hugged his fists and said: "Qi Yu Yuan County Cheng, just now a group of people arrived at the Yuan City Post House, and the person headed by him showed the seal of the twelve counties of Henan Province to arrest the deputy envoy, saying that there are 100,000 urgent military affairs and asking to see you." ”

"The deputy envoy of the twelve counties of Henan Province is arrested?" Yuan Bao was stunned, and exclaimed: "When did the imperial court arrange a deputy for Zhang Xutuo, why didn't the official know?" ”

Of course, the messenger could not answer the question of Yuan Bao, Yuan Bao did not know the details of this deputy envoy and did not dare to be too lazy, and did not return to the Yamen, and directly hit the horse and came to the post house, which was also a coincidence, and the Yuan Bao who entered the city through the west gate to the post house must pass through the Yuancheng County Ya. Seeing the arrival of the Yuan Treasure team, the county government official returned that the Yuan Treasure was coming to mourn, and hurriedly entered the house to report, and the Murong Yan couple, who were crying in the mourning hall, did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly came out to salute and greet, and the wife of the Yuan Treasure, who was still in the mourning hall, also came out to meet her husband.

was stopped by Murong Yan and his wife's salute, Yuan Bao had to get off the horse and make friends in the world, and comforted him with kind words, and then Murong Yan invited Yuan Bao to enter, Yuan Bao hurriedly shook his head and refused, and roughly said that the arrival of the deputy envoy of the twelve counties of Henan Province was arrested, and Murong Yan was also very surprised when he heard it, and said: "When did the imperial court arrange a deputy for Zhang Xutuo?" Why have you never heard of it before? ”

"It should have just been appointed, and the edict was not clearly issued to the world, so we don't know." Yuan Baobao explained casually, and said in a low voice: "Brother Xian, you should be more restrained, it is still too ostentatious to set up the mourning hall in the county hall, and of course I will cover it up without outsiders." But suddenly this foreign official came, I don't know the details, if it's a stunned young man, it's a little troublesome, in my opinion, you should do your best to move the mourning hall to the back hall. ”

"My son died for the sake of his country, and I should do it." Murong Yan's eyes turned a little red, and he said viciously: "My son met the thief's daughter on the road, he was captured, and he was killed by the thief's fellow party Cheng Jin, in order to commend his merits, I set up the mourning hall in the lobby, if anyone dares to say anything, my Murong Sanzang clan will fight him to the end!" ”

Knowing that his friends in the world are sad and chaotic, and it is not good to say much about the Yuan Treasure of the Xianbei clan with Murong Yan, he can only comfort him with kind words, and then he is about to go to the post house to meet Chen Yingliang, but Murong Yan grabbed the Yuan Treasure again, and said in a low voice: "Brother Shi, I want to kill that Cheng Yanjin, as well as all his comrades, and avenge my son!" ”

"You can watch this for yourself, you don't need to tell me." Yuan Bao replied nonchalantly.

"But that guy under your command has always insisted on investigating the facts of the case before making a decision, and he won't let me do it." Murong Yan whispered again: "Please stop him, Brother Shi, don't let him make trouble." ”

"That guy's temper, don't you know, can I stop it?" Yuan Baobao whispered angrily: "It's not good for you if this matter is big, don't think about any Ming Zhengcanon, ask your brother-in-law to press the sack, kill a violent illness and die, and then you take the corpse, you can take revenge as much as you want." ”

Murong Yan nodded, and in a pair of triangular eyes, two fierce lights immediately shot out.

After a slight delay in front of the county yamen, Yuan Baobao led his entourage and continued to move forward, and soon came to the door of the Yuancheng Post House, and Qin Qiong and others had already changed back into military clothes and armor, and guarded in front of the post house with knives and guns, actually climbed to the position of the deputy envoy of the twelve counties, and God really has no eyes. ”

The heart is angry and angry, and the hypocrisy and politeness between colleagues are still unavoidable, so after entering the post house to meet Chen Yingliang, Yuan Baobao was surprised by Chen Yingliang's young and handsome, but still greeted Chen Yingliang with each other, and showed each other fish charms to verify their identities. It was also at this time that Chen Yingliang took the opportunity to ask Yuan Baobao: "Yuan Juncheng, I don't know what the name of you and Yuan Wendu Yuan's predecessors is?" Xiaguan is very familiar with the predecessors of Yuan Wendu, and during the Eastern Capital War last year, they also killed the enemy side by side more than once to quell the rebellion. ”

"Hehe, Deputy Envoy Chen misunderstood." Yuan Baobao said with a smile: "Although Xiaguan and Yuanwendu's predecessors have the same surname and the same clan, they are not one, Yuanwendu's predecessors are Tuoba Tianci's lineage, Xiaguan is Tuoba Xiao's lineage, and Xiaguan's ancestor was executed by Yuan's predecessor's ancestor, so the two families have not been in contact for a long time." ”

Chen Yingliang's eyelids twitched slightly, and he was extremely glad that he had left his back hand in advance, and did not bet all his bets on the relationship between Yuan Wendu and Yuan Baobao, and then hurriedly smiled and said: "Yuan Jun forgives his sins, the lower officials are rarely heard, I don't know about it, my words are offended, and I hope that Jun Cheng will forgive me." ”

"It's okay, those who don't know are not guilty." Yuan Baobao sneered in his heart, waved his hand generously on the surface, and then asked: "Deputy Envoy Chen, I heard that you are here for a hundred thousand urgent military affairs, I don't know what kind of military situation?" ”

"Very important military intelligence." Chen Yingliang put away his smile, changed his stern face, and said solemnly: "The lower officials found out that in your county, there is an incumbent official who secretly contacts with the rebels and thieves, intending to plot rebellion and raise the flag to rebel!" The matter is very important, and the lower official has to come to Yuancheng in person to contact you, asking you to arrest this person immediately and interrogate him strictly. ”

"Who is so bold? How dare you go against thieves? Yuan Bao was taken aback.

"It's none other than the county magistrate of Yuancheng County, Murong Li!"

Chen Yingliang's words were shocking, and he took out a letter from his arms, handed it to Yuan Baobao and said: "This is a copy of the letter written by Murong Yan to Meng Haigong, a rebel in Jiyin County, which was discovered after Xiaguan and Ambassador Zhang joined forces to break through the thief city of Meng Haigong. ”

After that, Chen Yingliang glanced at the Yuan Treasure that was already dumbfounded, and said with a smile: "Yuan Juncheng, this is a great achievement, and I won't hide it from you, even Ambassador Zhang doesn't know about this matter, and when Murong Yan is taken to understand the case, you and I will share the credit equally!" ”