And there are many people who feel more inexplicably frightened than Gao Hongtu, and Jiang Yueguang is one of them. In the past few days, the changes in the city of Nanjing have long made the officials silent, and everyone is in danger. What official has never been greedy for silver? Now these have become swords hanging over their heads, for fear that when they open their eyes one morning, a catastrophe will come, and their families will be ruined.

Especially Jiang Yueguang, he had secretly gathered officials to try to take the opportunity to take away the marquis, and even if today's success was unexpected, he never imagined that the other party's revenge would come so violently. Hundreds of officials were arrested, and the various rumors repeatedly published in the city's newspapers made his heart tremble. What's more, he already has a ghost in his heart, and he has been afraid for days and ten years.

"Brother Jiang, Brother Jiang?"

It took several calls to pull him back from his distraction. Jiang Yueguang fixed his eyes and saw that it was Zheng Sanjun, the secretary of the household department in Nanjing, this old man who is usually high-spirited, but today he also had a disgraced face, and his expression was extremely embarrassed and uneasy.

"There was a cat at home last night, and I couldn't stop all night, so I was ignorant, don't be weird, don't be weird......" Jiang Yueguang explained a few words awkwardly, trying to avoid the inquiring gaze in Zheng Sanjun's eyes. Who knew that Zheng Sanjun didn't let him get his wish, and even pulled his sleeve.

"Brother Jiang, you and I will go together, and we will discuss something."

The words have been said so bluntly, even if Jiang Yueguang hates the old man in front of him, he can only pinch his nose and walk side by side to the improvised shed. As important ministers in the city, their treatment is still very good, and they are only a few steps away from the booth where the public trial will be held, and they can be heard clearly if there is a conversation.

"Brother Jiang, it's been three days since the Marquis of Zhenyu came back, and he hasn't even shown his face once, you say, will there be anything greasy in this?"

The deliberately lowered voice came from Zheng Sanjun's mouth, Jiang Yueguang was dumbfounded, he and Zheng Sanjun have never been all the way, what happened today, he actually said such simple words? Jiang Yueguang had to look directly at Zheng Sanjun, trying to find out the true purpose of his words.

And Zheng Sanjun seemed to be immediately aware of Jiang Yueguang's doubts, and immediately explained in a low voice: "I heard that someone colluded with the Japanese to invade Nanjing, and Brother Jiang has seen the thousands of stinking heads in the north of the city?" ”

Suddenly, he mentioned the head of the Japanese outside the city, Jiang Yueguang was even more puzzled, he naturally didn't dare to see the head of the Japanese outside the city, so he only sent the family to check the success or failure. And in the frightened and anxious look on his face when he returned from his home, he could also imagine how terrible his situation was.

"Let's put it bluntly, there are rumors in the city that there are important ministers who have colluded with those widows, if..."

Jiang Yueguang's eyes suddenly flashed a trace of anger, and then a chill rose in his heart, piercing his head.

"You, you don't want to spew blood! Even if the old man is no longer accustomed to seeing the marquis as a person, he will never do something that is worse than a pig and a dog to sit down. ”

Because of his excitement, Jiang Yueguang's voice suddenly increased, causing the surrounding officials to look sideways and whisper.

"Don't get excited, don't get excited. Didn't Brother Jiang think that the root of what the Marquis of Zhenyu had done in the past few days was in the Japanese Kou? ”

"Wako?" Jiang Yueguang's voice also lowered with Zheng Sanjun, all he had been thinking about in the past few days was Li Xin's revenge, but when he heard Zheng Sanjun's words today, another window seemed to have opened in his heart, and a few rays of sunlight shone into the dark and worried chest.

"Isn't it that guy who will take revenge again?"

Under the huge shock of his heart, Jiang Yueguang almost blurted out.

But Zheng Sanjun sneered twice, "Revenge? How many people in the political hall didn't feel sorry for him? Haven't you been safe until now? ”

"But, it is said that this person will be repaid..."

"If you will repay it, can Brother Jiang still stand here safely at this time today? I'm afraid I'll have to ...... three months ago."

At this time, Jiang Yueguang seemed to be a little sudden, yes, didn't he once be bent on doing things against Li Xin? But isn't Li Xin as rumored to be retribution? For a while, Jiang Yueguang's heart was extremely chaotic, and he didn't even hear a word of what Zhu Yuncai, who was the chief judge, said.

However, Jiang Yueguang turned his head and looked at Gao Hongtu, who was pale and dressed in a gray robe, and he seemed to be thoughtful.

"Could it be that he ......"

Jiang Yueguang pointed at Gao Hongtu, and he suddenly realized his gaffe.

"It's not good, the old man intuitively feels that the person behind the scenes is not him, maybe the Marquis of Zhenyu is knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger."

Jiang Yueguang was angry again, "Are you hinting at the old man?" The old man has long said that no matter how he is, he will not disdain to collude with pigs and dogs such as the Japanese Kou. ”

However, he quickly welcomed back Zheng Sanjun's mocking smile, although he didn't say it explicitly, but it was clearly saying, it's up to you? Do you deserve it too? Zheng Sanjun's disdainful gaze deeply stimulated Jiang Yueguang's self-esteem, but he had an unusual sense of relief.

For the first time, he felt despised and was actually a comfortable thing. Soon, Jiang Yueguang cast a sympathetic look at Gao Hongtu again, speaking of which this person can be regarded as being affected by himself, but now he has nothing to do with himself.

Jiang Yueguang suddenly woke up, he didn't know the purpose of Zheng Sanjun's words today, and wanted to ask for clarification. But when he turned around, Zheng Sanjun had already separated him a few steps from him and achieved his position. Jiang Yueguang coughed awkwardly, but finally didn't lean over cheekily.

However, before Jiang Yueguang's ass sat on the chair, two third-guard officers politely stopped him.

"Please cooperate and come with us!"

Jiang Yueguang didn't react at first, but hesitated, his eyes a little dazed. It wasn't until the two officers repeated it again that he could hear it clearly, and suddenly his face was covered in cold sweat.

"Let's go!"

One of the officers urged, and Jiang Yueguang didn't even resist, like a defeated rooster, and followed them out of the public trial venue.

It's just that because the two officers are extremely low-key, the vast majority of people didn't notice that Jiang Yueguang was taken away.

Jiang Yueguang didn't know how he walked, and he didn't even remember how far he had gone or where he had been. Until outside a house, someone told him, "The Marquis of the town is inside, go in!" ”

"Town, town?"

At this moment, he suddenly realized that his legs were trembling and could barely support his thin body. After entering the room in despair, Li Xin was standing in front of the window with his hands in his hands.

"Xiaguan, Xiaguan has seen the Marquis of Zhenyu!"

Li Xin turned around when he heard the voice, and hurriedly supported Jiang Yueguang, who was thrown to the ground.

"Master of the Academy, don't be like this. Inviting the bachelor over today is really a request. ”

"Entrusted?"

Hearing the word entrustment in Li Xin's mouth, Jiang Yueguang felt even more confused in his head, didn't the Marquis of Zhenyu call him to settle accounts after the autumn? On the way here, he was ready for the destruction of his family, but when he arrived here, after listening to the word entrustment, a glimmer of hope rose again.

In the past, no matter who was before or after, Jiang Yueguang mentioned that Li Xin would be called Qiu Bawufu, and his words were full of endless contempt, but at this moment, he really experienced a kind of awe. It seems that Li Xin did not call him to ask for guilt, which made him almost feel inexplicable.

After a brief period of distraction, Jiang Yueguang cheered up.

"The marquis of Zhenyu has orders, but he said that the lower officials dare to disobey their orders!"

At this point, Jiang Yueguang has completely lost his previous arrogance and arrogance in front of Li Xin, and now his mind is full of the tragic experience of his family after he lost his official position and left his post, and he is afraid that he will also follow in the footsteps of Gao Hongtu. A living example is in front of him, not to mention that he is not a determined person, even if he is a hard-hearted person, he will be heartbroken and frightened when facing the suffering of his family.

"The prestige of the bachelor in the Hanlin Academy is unrivaled by Xiang Bei......" After waiting for a long time, Jiang Yueguang waited for Li Xin to speak, but it was this word of praise, where did he dare to accept it calmly, and immediately said with sincere fear, "Xiaguan, don't dare, Zhenhou praises!" ”

Looking at this old Hanlin, who was once confident and arrogant in front of him, Li Xin couldn't help but sigh with emotion, he couldn't see the slightest bit of the character that a literati should have in this person, and finally chose to be obedient and give in in the face of strong pressure.

If it weren't for the fact that there was no one around him, he would definitely treat these so-called civil officials and important ministers who were on the corpse. But now he cannot, not only cannot, but he has to be important to some people as appropriate, and guide some people to do something for him.

"Bachelors don't have to be humble, you have to do that. This is also where Ben Shuai needs to borrow a bachelor. ”

Jiang Yueguang said that he didn't dare again, and then cautiously asked for instructions, what to order.

"In the past few years, there have been Huangmei thieves and Huai Wang rebellion in Jiangnan, and then Zheng Zhilong has made a rebellion, which has had an extremely serious impact on the stability and prosperity of our Jiangnan region, especially the hearts of the military and the people, and has been particularly affected. In the official documents of the provinces that have been obtained recently, there have been large-scale fugitives in many places, and if this continues for a long time, I am afraid that the situation in the south of the Yangtze River will corrode and will follow in the footsteps of the provinces of the Central Plains. ”

Li Xin did not directly say what he meant, but talked about the various difficulties faced by the provinces south of the Yangtze River at present. Under Li Xin's aggressive gaze, Jiang Yueguang couldn't help but secretly think: Where should these things be the things that a military general should worry about, on the contrary, he is serious about such things, doesn't it also prove from the other side that this person's ambition is really not small?

If Jiang Yueguang had come to this conclusion before this anti-corruption storm, he would have spared no effort to expose Li Xin's wolf ambitions, but now that he is still difficult to protect, and there is Gao Hongtu's bloody example in front of him, he chose to pretend to be deaf and dumb without hesitation.

It may not be appropriate to pretend to be deaf and dumb, in Jiang Yueguang's own words, he is falling headlong to the opposite side of himself, aiding and abetting, and obeying the words of the marquis.