Jiang Yueguang wrote the letter, checked it up and down, smeared it for a while, and then copied it again, and put it in the wax seal of the envelope. Then, after several hesitations, he summoned his confidant and old servant.

"Give this letter to the messenger of Shi Butang, remember, don't fake your hands to others, this is a matter of human life!"

To the old servant, Jiang Yueguang took the trouble and even told him repeatedly that he must not make a mistake, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable. The old servants responded one by one, but they only slandered in their hearts, what happened to the master today? Isn't it just a letter, as for such a repeated confession?

It wasn't until Shi Kefa's messenger left Nanjing City safely that Jiang Yueguang's anxious heart was slightly relieved, although he fell to Li Xin at a critical moment and hit Wei Guogong hard, but there was still a voice in his heart urging him to do so, whether this was delusion or obsession, even he couldn't tell the difference.

However, Li Xin's actions were far faster than Jiang Yueguang's expectations, and only two days later, the government announced that the whole city had committed several major crimes, and Li Shuangcai was sentenced to the punishment of the head of the sword. The so-called beheading means not only beheading, but also showing the head to the public. Such penalties are not insignificant.

In this regard, Jiang Yueguang was dumbfounded, he never imagined that Li Xin, who had always stated that he was not very good, would abandon his cronies and openly sentence him to the punishment of beheading.

Jiang Yueguang hopes to see Li Xin's jokes, the chaos is cut off by a quick knife, won't there be no room for making a big fuss? This is something he absolutely does not want to see. So, in the political hall, Jiang Yueguang openly interceded for Li Shuangcai, including the past merits of this person, in short, it is for the sake of Li Shuangcai's past merits, which can bypass the capital crime, make him wear the crime and make meritorious contributions to the court. With Jiang Yueguang taking the lead, the cadres of the Hanlin Academy also echoed the suggestions, and the wave of intercession was higher and higher for a while. So much so that many ministers and officials from various ministries are joining in to intercede for Li Shuangcai.

Not only that, but even after the Three Guards learned that Li Shuangcai had betrayed the leader, they also came forward to intercede for him.

Among them, Niu Jinsong was the most active, but no matter how the generals persuaded him, Li Xin never said a word. This gives people a different illusion, and some officials in various ministries and halls think that it is inconvenient for Li Xin to express his position, and a more reasonable step is needed.

So these people asked Jiang Yueguang to persuade Zheng Sanjun and Gao Hongtu to do a good job, if there was their plea, the success of the matter might be more solid. Jiang Yueguang enjoyed the feeling of being held by the stars, so he agreed to do so, but the next development made it difficult for him. Continuously ate behind closed doors outside Zheng Sanjun and Gao Hongtu's mansion, if these Shangshu received them, it would be easy to say, they would always be convinced by what they said with clever words. But he couldn't even see each other, so he really couldn't help it.

As everyone knows, at this moment, Gao Hongtu is discussing with Zheng Sanjun in the mansion whether to respond to Jiang Yueguang's plea in the matter of Li Shuangcai.

"Don't be in the company of them!"

Zheng Sanjun's answer was crisp and neat, without a trace of mud and water.

"Could it be that the Marquis of Zhenyu is really so ruthless? Don't care about your cronies? That seems a bit unreasonable, doesn't it? ”

The military generals of the time led the troops to win over their subordinates completely with personal kindness, and never emphasized the justice of the law, not to mention that even if they were pardoned for their crimes, it was also very easy to operate in Nanjing's public opinion. But why did the Marquis of Zhenyu make a fool at a critical moment? He made it public himself.

"Whether the marquis is ruthless or not will not be discussed for the time being, the old man only knows that even if this matter is tossed, even if you and I are mixed in, the top spot will be taken away by Jiang Yueguang, so why rush to be this foil?"

Zheng Sanjun's words were very reasonable, and he immediately persuaded Gao Hongtu as soon as he said it, but he was still worried.

"If the Marquis of Zhenyu really intends to pardon Li Shuangcai, and we don't come forward to intercede, will we be hated and hated?"

In Zheng Sanjun's opinion, Gao Hongtu's question was extremely stupid, so he smiled disapprovingly: "Brother Gao is so confused, why don't you want to think about it, if the Marquis of Zhenyu really intends to pardon Li Shuangcai, this matter should be turned into a small matter, instead of taking the initiative to make it public, isn't this asking for trouble for yourself?" ”

Gao Hongtu thought for a while and felt that this was indeed the truth, but he was still apprehensive, and was about to continue to ask, but Zheng Sanjun didn't give him a chance, and said categorically: "You and I are really not suitable to participate in this matter, don't be blinded by the illusion in front of you, isn't it strange for you to think that Jiang Yueguang is so abnormal?" ”

"What's so strange? Jiang Yueguang turned against Wei Guogong and had already offended Wei Guogong to death, if he didn't follow in the footsteps of the Zhenyu Hou, who would he follow? ”

After Zheng Sanjun listened to Gao Hongtu's analysis, a cold snort that was almost imperceptible came out of his nose. After a long time, he raised his eyelids and glanced at him, and then asked unhurriedly:

"Could it be that except for Wei Guogong, everyone supports the Marquis of Zhenyu?"

This rhetorical question made Zheng Sanjun stunned, he really didn't expect this, yes, is it possible that except for the Jiangnan officialdom of Wei Guogong, they are all supporters of the Marquis of Zhenyu? The answer is clearly no.

At this time, Gao Hongtu had to admit that Zheng Sanjun's opinion was indeed reasonable.

"In that case, you and I will watch from the wall."

Who would have thought that Zheng Sanjun shook his head again, "You and I are not watching from the wall, but it is inconvenient to participate in the internal affairs of the Zhenyu Marquis and the Three Guards." ”

It wasn't until this sentence came out of Zheng Sanjun's mouth that Gao Hongtu suddenly had a sense of enlightenment, he had been influenced by inherent thinking before, thinking that Li Xin's decision was influenced by public opinion, and now after thinking about it, Li Xin's actions this time did not seem to have strong pressure from public opinion!

"Is it?"

Gao Hongtu only said three words, and the rest gestured with his eyes, Zheng Sanjun understood and replied: "As Brother Gao expected." Just let Jiang Yueguang toss, he may not have any good intentions in doing this, but he will not be able to figure out the key points for a while. ”

"Didn't you instigate the Marquis of Zhenyu to let Li Shuangcai go, and then attack him with public opinion?"

"This is also the same thing, but he is working so hard now, he is afraid that he will want to talk back in the future, and the first person people will spit on is someone."

……

Mi Yan has been following Li Xin's side for the past few days, and wanted to open his mouth several times to plead for Li Shuangcai, but he swallowed back before he reached his mouth. Judging from his experience around the Zhenyu Marquis, Li Xin is determined to set an example this time, if Li Shuangcai is just an unintentional mistake, but after accepting bribes, he was taken advantage of by gangsters, which has brought a very bad impact to the Three Guards. In addition to similar cases, how should they be handled?

Therefore, the more Li Xin never mentioned Li Shuangcai to everyone, the more certain Mi Yan was that Li Shuangcai was in a catastrophe this time. But Niu Jinsong still can't see through the joints, and even launched a joint plea of 10,000 people. I'm afraid that this is exactly the opposite of the original intention of the Marquis of Zhenju. Far from playing a positive role, their tandem will have an extremely bad impact on the development of the Three Guards.

Although this effect will not be visible in a short period of time, in the long run, before the major event is accomplished, the Three Guards may quickly decay and decay at a speed unimaginable to ordinary people. Mi Yan's speculation was not based on speculation, thinking that just before he came, he had heard that the gendarmes who had not seen movement for a long time had arrested a few generals or even thousands of generals. And these people are all important people who participate in the management of general affairs at the military port wharf. If there is no order from the marquis, who would dare to go to the dock to arrest people?

"General Yu, Zhu Langzhong has arrived!"

"Very good, lead him to the school grounds!"

After that, Li Xin turned to Mi Yan and said, "Let's go, let's go to the school field too, the soldiers should be in a hurry." ”

Regarding Li Xin's gathering lecture, Mi Yan instinctively thought that it must be inseparable from Li Shuangcai's incident, and perhaps the incident that had been making trouble for a few days should come to an end today.

There was no problem with the school yard of the Three Guards accommodating 50,000 people, but seeing that it was already densely packed with neat phalanxes, and Li Xin's appearance made the originally silent school field erupt into enthusiastic cheers.

Li Xin came to the side of the temporarily erected high platform, stepped up quickly, and after standing firm, he pressed his hands weakly and signaled quiet. Suddenly, the cheers on the school field were gone, and tens of thousands of expectant eyes were exchanged.

Mi Yan glanced at the phalanx of soldiers in the school yard behind the high platform, and more than half of them were all good sons recruited by Nanzhili locally.

"I want to ask you, are there any corrupt officials in your hometown?"

This question was greatly unexpected by Mi Yan, and the responses of the soldiers were a little chaotic, but they could generally be heard clearly, and most of the answers were in words. So Li Xin then asked: "Do you hate the corrupt officials who knock out your bones and suck the marrow, take away your food, and persecute your family?" ”

"Hate! Hate! Hate! ”

This time, the answer was neat until it was like shouting a trumpet, and tens of thousands of people spoke in unison, and the momentum shook the sky, which made people can't help but look sideways.

"If Ben Shuai is in charge for you, how do you want Ben Shuai to deal with these corrupt officials who loot the people's fat and ointment?"

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

Although the people's lack of livelihood may not be entirely the fault of corrupt officials, the people are simple-minded and cannot think of any other reason than the fact that corrupt officials have harmed them, and they have no food to eat, and they have no fixed place to live.

The sound of grievances lingered for a long time inside and outside the school field, and it was only after a long time that it gradually quieted down, and Li Xin asked coldly again.

"If there are corrupt officials within our Three Guards, what do you say?"

Mi Yan's brows couldn't help but jump suddenly a few times, and he said in his heart, today's main topic finally appeared, and at the same time, he also understood the reason why those middle-level officers were suddenly arrested.