On the second day of He Tong's judgment, he went to try the family member who returned to Xu's mansion, but the result was even more unbearable than the previous day's.

As a result, Tietou was dragged out and beaten again by the angry He Tongju, and Tietou was dying of old injuries and new injuries.

He Tongju didn't get anything real in prison, and remembered the account book of the patrol camp, so he had a plan, found a few old tents from Jianchang County, and went to the patrol camp with everyone, intending to take inventory.

The once lively patrol camp is now particularly deserted. The barracks were quiet, and most of the rooms were vacant. When a large group of people such as He Tongju, Hong Tuiguan, and Jianchang Lu County, who was forcibly dragged to accompany him, rushed to the patrol camp, they saw General Tie guarding the door, and the camp gate was set up to reject the deer and horses, and there was not even a single soldier standing guard inside.

He Tong turned his face to look at Lu Xiancheng, which means that you go to call the door.

Lu Xiancheng secretly cursed He Tongju in his heart, stepped forward with a canopy in his hand to explain the situation to the sentry, and saw the sentry hurriedly climb down the sentry tower and ran in to report it.

"Is this patrol battalion also so snubbing Shangguan on weekdays?" He Tongju was unhappy in his heart, and the words he said were a little rushed.

Lu Xiancheng had already learned Xu Liang's methods, and he was very reluctant to turn his face with Xu Liang in his heart, and when he heard He Tong's slightly reproachful tone, he was even more resentful in his heart, and said without being salty at the moment: "Lord He doesn't know, this patrol battalion has been under the jurisdiction of the master of Xu since the establishment of the camp, the expenses are at their own expense, the food and salary are self-raised, and they are nominally under the jurisdiction of the county government, but in fact, what the patrol battalion wants to do, they rarely report to the county government, yes, the lower officials are not very clear." ”

He Tong listened to this, frowned and said: "The patrol battalion is at best a militia group belonging to Jianchang County, and this official remembers that when Jiujiang Dao was set up, this patrol battalion was positioned to assist local law and order, and its status was still under the patrol department. Now if you don't listen to the command like this, Lord Lu, as the second master of Jianchang, you have to take responsibility. ”

This is a bit of a Shangguan flavor when he says this.

Lu County Cheng has been an official for more than ten years, how can he not hear it, and said coldly when he heard this: "Lu Mouxi is the Cheng of Jianchang County, in charge of money and grain, Yao service, and civil affairs, and this patrol battalion is directly dispatched by Xu Liang and Wang Zhixian, and it should be these two adults who are responsible." ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw a captain in the patrol battalion running out with a few soldiers and removing the objects blocking the road at the gate of the camp. ”

Lu Xiancheng hurriedly flashed and pointed at He Hong and the others: "Hu Whistle Officer, today it is Nankang Tong who sentenced Lord He and Lord Hong to come to handle the case, and this official is only accompanied, and everything should be decided by He Hong and the two adults." ”

Hu Xiaoyong listened, and saluted He Hong and the two adults in a proper manner.

He Tong sentenced a whole official robe, put up an official stand, and said majestically: "Hu Whistle Officer, right? This official was ordered to investigate the case, and now he wants to seal up the warehouse of the patrol battalion and count the deposits, so you can take this official with you quickly. ”

When Hu Xiaoyong heard this, his face showed embarrassment, and he said apologetically: "Lord Qiyu, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it today." ”

"How?"

"That's right," the whistle officer gestured with his hands and explained, "The adults came to investigate the case, and the patrol battalion should fully cooperate, but the adults want to seal the warehouse and count the deposits. ”

Hearing this, He Tongju waved his hand and said: "If you can't be the master, then call the person who can be the master to come out and see the official." ”

The whistle officer said: "My lord, at the moment, none of the people who can call the shots in our patrol battalion are in the camp......

"What?!" He Tongju said angrily: "This official has heard that the patrol battalion has two deputies and three patrol envoys, could it be that these three people are not there?" ”

"Your Excellency is angry." Hu Whistle Officer was sincerely frightened, and hurriedly explained: "My lord doesn't know, originally there were indeed three chief officers in our patrol battalion, but Deputy Envoy Ge and Deputy Envoy Huang went out on business four days ago, and Lord Xu was placed under house arrest in the Xu Mansion by the magistrate of the county, and he couldn't go out of the Xu Mansion until the case was clarified. ”

"What a mess." Hong Tuiguan couldn't stand it anymore, and said coldly: "This official and Lord He are ordered to investigate the case, if anyone stops, they will be punished for the crime of conspiracy, Lord He, we don't need to do anything about the patrol battalion to investigate the case, just go in and seal it up." ”

"Not bad." He Tong heard the verdict, it was really this reason, he was confused, and now we are investigating the case under the order of the prefect, the prefect's words, who dares to disobey in this place in Nankang?

"Come on, let me go in and seal him up." He Tong was bold and shouted.

More than 20 guards roared and were about to break into the camp. Seeing this, the whistle officer stretched out his hand to stop him: "A few adults, you have something to say, won't it make it difficult to mark it by doing this?" ”

"Are you out of the way? Obstructing the handling of the case is regarded as complicity! Hong Tuiguan said coldly.

Seeing this, the whistle officer said in his heart, Lord Xu, his subordinates have done their best to you, and these subordinates can't afford to offend, so it's important to save your life first. He stepped aside and let the guards rush into the camp gate.

Seeing the appearance of the whistle officer, He Tong was secretly proud, and led a group of officers and soldiers to the most magnificent building in the patrol camp.

"Who trespassed into the patrol camp?" With a cold drink, three teams of soldiers with long guns rushed out of several barracks, blocking the way of He Tongju and the others in a fan-shaped manner. Another lieutenant stepped out of the crowd, pointed at the steel knife, and shouted: "Military land, trespassers are dead!" ”

Lu Xiancheng was very happy when he heard it, it was such a tattered patrol battalion, and it was also a military powerhouse! When he raised his eyes, he recognized that the young lieutenant was Xu Liang's second brother Xu Qing.

He Tong straightened his chest and said loudly: "What is the judgment of this official Nankang Mansion, I was ordered to investigate the bribery of Jianchang patrol envoy Xu Liang, and I came to seal up the warehouse of the patrol camp today, who is it, and you still don't let go?" ”

Xu Qing heard this, looked at the blue-robed official who spoke, and secretly said that this was the person who wanted to find trouble for the third brother, and rolled his eyes at the moment, and said in a tone of voice: "This general is Xu Qing, the guard officer of the patrol battalion, this adult came to seal it, but there is an approval from my family?" ”

He Tongju was stunned and said blankly: "What approval?" ”

"The patrol battalion is under the jurisdiction of Lord Xu, the patrol envoy, and is also controlled by Lord Wang of Jianchang Zhi County, this Lord came to seal the patrol camp, so naturally he has to need the approval of Lord Xu or Lord Wang, otherwise how can this general know that several adults are real or fake?"

He Tong pointed to Lu County Cheng on the side and said, "This is Lord Lu of Jianchang County, you should recognize him, he can prove the identity of this official." ”

I only heard that the sentry officer looked at Lu Xiancheng, and said slowly: "Lord Lu, I naturally recognize it, you two are not easy to say." ”

"You!" He Tongju was immediately furious, "This official is ordered to handle the case, who dares to stop it, you ignorant little school quickly get out of the way, otherwise, this official will arrest you together." ”

Sentinel Xu took a few steps back abruptly, stood behind the soldiers of the patrol battalion, and said in a loud voice: "The defense post army only orders, those who trespass into the barracks will be killed!" ”

"Yes!" With a shout, the soldiers of the patrol battalion who stopped in the front row had already flattened their spears, the tips of the guns were glowing with coldness, looking at their indifferent eyes, they were afraid that if someone dared to take a step forward, they would be splattered with blood on the spot.

He Tongju was so angry that he trembled, and pointed to Xu Sentinel, who was hiding behind the soldiers, and was speechless for a long time.

"You are so bold!" It was also the first time that Hong Tuiguan had encountered such a lawless militia team, and said angrily: "Whoever is that, quickly tell your people to put down their guns, otherwise, this official will punish you for the crime of disrespecting the official." ”

Officer Xu sent's neck stiffened: "This will only listen to the responsibility of guarding the patrol camp, and anyone who dares to trespass on the patrol camp will be stabbed to death indiscriminately!" ”

"Good! Good! Good! He Tong was so angry that he was all open, and shouted: "Come on, rush up to the official, the official wants to see who dares to stop it!" ”

The twenty guards hesitated for a moment, drew their swords in their hands, and leaned in cautiously.

"Thorn!"

"Hah!" The spears in the front row stabbed over with the order of the stab, the so-called one inch long, one inch strong, one inch short, one inch dangerous, the spear in the length of the natural guard's Pu knife advantage, although this stab did not really hurt people, but also scared the twenty guards very lightly, hurriedly retreated, nervously confronted the soldiers of the patrol battalion.

This time, He Hong and the others were also taken aback, it was the first time they had seen the regimental training soldiers and horses who dared to use swords and guns against Shangguan, and they were trembling with anger at the moment, but they were really afraid that the stunned young lieutenant on the other side would not know the severity and really fight with their own guards.

"Oh, what are you doing here!" Lu Xiancheng stood at the end to watch the play, seeing that the two sides had become a tiger riding a difficult situation, he knew that if he didn't come forward again, it would be difficult to ensure that the two sides would really fight.

"Who, tell someone to put down their weapons! These two are really adults from Nankang Mansion! ”

Xu Qing was not completely dizzy, seeing this, he waved his hand to let the soldiers lower their weapons, lift the hostility, folded his hands, and looked at the opposite side with a sneer.

Lu Xiancheng said to He Hong and the others: "Lord He, Lord Hong, this little colonel elm head, stubbornly abiding by military orders, I don't know how to be flexible, it seems that if we don't have the approval of Xu Liang and Wang Zhixian in our hands, I'm afraid it will be really difficult to get in." Two adults, let's go back first today and come back tomorrow? ”

He Tongju was so angry that his face was red and his neck was thick, and he glared at Xu Qing hatefully, and when he saw Xu Qing puffing out his cheeks and glaring back at him, he couldn't help but be even more angry, and said angrily: "Go, go back!" ”

He Tong sentenced a group of people to leave, and Xu Qing smiled proudly.

On the way back to Jianchang, He Tongju scolded all the way: "Is this still a soldier of the Ming Dynasty?" It's not as good as a ruffian! There is no court, lawlessness! Damn, shit! ”

He turned his head to Lu County and said, "Lord Lu, look at the Jianchang County you govern, there are all this kind of soldiers!" ”

Lu Xiancheng's face turned red when he heard this, his lips trembled, his hands clenched into fists clenched in his sleeves, and he cursed in his heart: I knew that I should have let those soldiers stab you to death with a spear! I don't know what kind of goods I have!