Yang He and Qian Yongtai didn't sleep all night, with two dark circles under their eyes, waiting for the response of Hong Qianhu, Qian Ning and others. However, until it was dark, he couldn't see his five fingers, and none of the people sent out returned.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Yang He's uneasiness became more and more intense, and he knew that he couldn't wait any longer, so he sent people out of the yamen again, one out of Chang'an City, and the other out of the Yamen of Jinyi Wei Xi'an.

Yang He and Qian Yongtai also had no intention of talking and laughing, and sat dryly in the yamen of the political envoy, stretching their necks and waiting for the response of the people sent out.

Soon after, the person who had gone to the Jinyi Wei Yamen to inquire about the news came back and informed Yang He that none of the Jinyi Wei Qianhu and the four hundred Jinyi Wei subordinates who had been brought out had returned.

Yang He couldn't sit still, and was shocked. There is no news of even the dignified brocade guard, what the hell is going on?

"Probe!"

Yang He shouted in a deep voice, and the guards ran out again.

Yang He spun around like a headless fly in the yamen, and his heart became more and more irritable. He was the governor of the trilateral realm, and he knew nothing of such a thing, and this feeling was the first time he had encountered it.

Feeling that there would be no result if he sat and waited in the yamen of the political envoy, Governor Yang pulled Qian Yongtai, the political envoy, out of the yamen, saying that he was going to relax, but the direction of walking was towards the yamen of the governor of Shaanxi.

Yang He now really wants to see with his own eyes what the situation of Xu Liang, the governor of Shaanxi, is.

The two of them did not wear official uniforms, let alone honor guards, and only brought a few plainclothes entourages behind them, and a group of several people left the political envoy's yamen and walked unhurriedly along the street.

Qian Yongtai was also very anxious in his heart. But along the way, he followed Yang He as he walked like a fool, and he was also uncomfortable. So he had nothing to say and cheered Yang He up.

"Your Excellency. In fact, when I think about it, it has only been more than a day since Hong Qianhu took people out of the city. Qian Yongtai pondered his words and said with a smile, "Hong Qianhu has not returned yet, maybe the target is too far away from Chang'an City." Maybe Hong Qianhu is on his way back to Chang'an at the moment. ”

Even Qian Yongtai himself didn't believe this, and Governor Yang didn't believe it even more, and glanced at Qian Yongtai, Governor Yang sighed lightly: "I hope so." Ay. There is a group of people in front of us, and it seems to be very lively, so you and I will go and take a look. ”

The two of them obviously knew that if they went further, it would be the road leading directly to the Yamen of the Shaanxi Governor, but neither of them wanted to break it, so they should drink and move forward.

The street wall in front of it was really bustling with people. Scholars passing by, merchants on their feet, farmers entering the city. Vendors selling snacks and so on were all gathered together. Immediately, I saw two soldiers who seemed to be patrolling the yamen squeezing through the crowd and walking out. Some curious people asked aloud, "Hey, what's written on this?" ”

When someone asks, there are naturally people who are willing to show off their literary brilliance to answer. Immediately, the scholar who stopped shook his head and read to the notice that had just been glued: "Notice: I was shocked to hear that on the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the Jinyi Wei Xi'an Thousand Households Honggang waved four hundred people. and the Trilateral Governor's Palace, hundreds of political envoys from Shaanxi went out of the city to round up fugitives. strayed into the encirclement of the people's army Wang Jiayin...... My Ming soldiers fought bloody battles and swore not to surrender. But in the end, due to being outnumbered, the whole army was annihilated...... Jinyiwei has been below Hong Qianhu, and no one has survived! ”

"Wow! When did the thief become so profitable? The surrounding people exclaimed, and sighed in amazement to each other: "Even the Jinyi guard can't beat it!" ”

"Still Chinese New Year's Eve ...... that day"

……

Outside the crowd, Yang He's face was as white as paper! Qian Yongtai felt that his whole body was surrounded by a piercing chill, and when he saw Governor Yang's figure shaking, he hurriedly stepped forward to hold him.

"Your Excellency the Governor......"

Yang He trembled, and he didn't know whether he was angry or frightened. He used all his strength to break free from Qian Yongtai's support, and turned to look at the Shaanxi Governor's Yamen, his expression extremely discouraged.

Soon after Yang He and Qian Yongtai returned to the Yamen, the soldiers sent out brought back more definite news.

Regardless of what happened on the proclamation of the governor's yamen, it is absolutely true that the more than 1,000 people brought out by Hong Qianhu were completely annihilated. However, it is not the same as the description in the proclamation: in the valley thirty miles outside Chang'an, where Hong Qianhu's entire army was annihilated, the entire valley was blown up by artillery fire, the corpses in the valley were piled up on the road, and black blood soaked the yellow soil in the valley.

Another piece of news from the inquiry was: In the middle of the night the day before yesterday, Wan Wenshan, a guerrilla general in charge of guarding Chang'an City, suddenly left the city with 20,000 Liang troops and disappeared.

Yang He and Qian Yongtai turned ashen and collapsed on their chairs. Yang He looked at the roof blankly, and kept chanting: "How dare he? How dare he do that? ”

Qian Yongtai was mourning in silence for his own brother Qian Ning! Poor brother, you can't even find your bones when you die......

After a long time, the two of them woke up from their shock and grief. Yang He got up suddenly, found a pen and paper on the desktop, gritted his teeth and wrote hard: "My emperor is above, and Yang He, the governor of the three sides of the ministers, weeps blood and writes......"

I silently read the book in my heart, and I cried blood on the book, and I repeated it several times, but I couldn't put pen to paper!

Qian Yongtai stepped forward and shouted angrily: "Yes, impeach him, impeach him to death!" ”

Yang He looked at Qian Yongtai in frustration and asked, "What is the impeachment of him?" ”

Qian Yongtai shouted angrily: "Impeach Xu Liang for killing the ministers of the three divisions of Shaanxi, framing his colleagues, and killing my Ming soldiers!" ”

Yang He spread his hands and said, "What about the evidence?" ”

Qian Yongtai glared and shouted, "Isn't this obvious? Evidence...... The evidence is in the hands of Jinyiwei......"

After speaking, Qian Yongtai stopped talking, looked at Yang He dumbfounded, looked at it for a while, then screamed miserably, sat back in frustration, and scolded in his mouth: "Xu Liang is too cunning!" He's done so many bad things, and we can't get any grip on it......"

The two thought about it carefully, although everyone knew that Xu Liang did these things. However, at least on the official side, he couldn't catch Xu Liang's flaws. The commander of the capital made Sima Commander wait for the death of the seventeenth, and he said that it was the rebellion of the people's army. This time, Hong Qianhu and thousands of officers and soldiers were all wiped out, and the notice posted by the governor's yamen said in a grand manner that Hong Qianhu and others had fallen into the encirclement of Wang Jiayin's department of the People's Army, and they were outnumbered and annihilated.

This is really a lie! If the people's army has the strength to rape thousands of Ming troops and regular troops in one fell swoop. Among them are also 400 Jinyi guards with good combat strength, and this northwest has long been the world of the people's army.

Yang He and Qian Yongtai thought about it more carefully. And I was even more afraid. Hooligans are not scary, they are afraid that hooligans are educated! The two of them were still immersed in fear of Xu Liang. Suddenly, I heard a shout outside the yamen: "Shaanxi Governor Xu has arrived!" ”

Yang He and Qian Yongtai were startled, and hurriedly got up nervously, looking out of the door with complicated eyes.

I saw two rows of majestic Tsing Yi guards driving into the lobby of the political envoy and standing on both sides. Xu Liang, the governor of Shaanxi, who was dressed in a new official robe, walked in with a serious face, and he was not surprised by Governor Yang's strange expression at all, with an unfathomable smile on the corner of his mouth, he bowed slightly to Governor Yang, and arched his hand: "Xu Liang, the governor of Shaanxi, has seen the governor!" ”

Governor Yang's right hand in his robes tightened. Loosen tight. I was thinking about whether to smash the cup as a sign and kill Xu Liang. However, seeing two rows of fierce-looking Tsing Yi guards, Governor Yang reluctantly gave up this risky plan.

Looking at Xu Liang with a complicated expression, Governor Yang raised his hand in a hoarse voice and said, "Lord Xu doesn't need to be polite. ”

Xu Liang stood up straight, his eyes fell on Qian Yongtai, and he smiled indifferently: "Where is Lord Qian?" ”

Qian Yongtai scolded secretly: This is the political envoy's yamen, I'm not here, where should I be!

"Lord Xu is here. But something to report? Governor Yang asked.

Xu Liang nodded, sighed, and arched his hand towards Yang He: "I guess the matter is known to the Governor and Lord Qian." The proclamation sent out by the governor yamen not long ago said that more than 1,000 people, including Jinyi Wei Qianhu and Hong Gang, died in the valley thirty miles outside Chang'an City! That death. It's so miserable, I can't find the whole corpse! ”

Xu Liang sighed in a heavy tone and said to Yang He: "Such a big thing happened in Shaanxi Province. The official knew that the governor was still in Chang'an City, so he came to report it. Belch. The excerpt that was reported to the court was already sent out by the official on a fast horse. As for how to deal with the aftermath. You'll have to ask the Governor to call the shots! Xu Liang said, staring straight at Yang He, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth.

Demonstrate! This is a demonstration of Chiguoguo! Yang He felt very angry and aggrieved! Xu Liang besieged and killed more than 1,000 people including Hong Qianhu and did not give up, and now he actually openly ran in front of him, asking him, the governor of the three sides, to make decisions about how to deal with the aftermath?

Shameless! It's so shameless! It's too much of a bully!

Governor Yang suppressed the anger that suddenly rose above his head, and asked fiercely: "Hong Qianhu and others sacrificed their lives for the country, and they should be posthumously sealed and compensated according to the law!" Why did Lord Xu come to ask the Governor? ”

Xu Liang hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Don't be angry, Lord Governor!" What this official meant was that the death of Hong Qianhu and the others was really surprising, and this Chinese New Year's Eve was not in the mansion to prepare the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, but he actually ran out of Chang'an City with thousands of people silently, and died outside. But I don't know if he is acting privately, or if he has been ordered by the top? If it was an order from the Governor-General, of course it would be a sacrifice for the country! The official is worried about Hong Qianhu, in case it is his private act, then the court not only should not be posthumously sealed, but should investigate Hong Qianhu's guilt! ”

Governor Yang finally couldn't help it, and said angrily: "Of course it's the Governor's order!" ”

Xu Liang sighed and said indifferently: "Then the official will rest assured!" In this case, Lord Qian, the matter of collecting the corpses of more than 1,000 soldiers who died in battle such as Hong Qianhu will be handed over to the political envoy Yamen! You must do your best to do it, and don't disappoint the Governor. ”

Xu Liang chuckled lightly, arched his hand towards Governor Yang, and was about to raise his feet to leave, when he suddenly paused again and said, "By the way, this official still has something to report!" ”

Governor Yang breathed heavily and glared at Xu Liang. Political envoy Qian Yongtai looked at Xu Liang's eyes with surprise and anger.

Xu Liang turned a blind eye to the unkind eyes of Yang He and Qian Yongtai, and still went his own way, grinning and said: "A few years ago, Jinyiwei found out a lot of illegal things about officials in some states and counties under the rule of Xi'an Prefecture. For these black sheep, this official will never tolerate them! The official has already sent a message to the Jinyi Guard, asking them not to take into account the face of the governor and the official, and to punish them severely, and never be soft! Hehe, this official almost forgot to tell the Governor and Lord Qian, I'm sorry, I'm sorry! ”

Xu Liang chuckled, made a gesture, turned around and left. As soon as he left, the two rows of Tsing Yi guards in the hall of the political envoy closed the line and followed Xu Liang and swaggered away from the political envoy's yamen.

"Too much deception!! Governor Yang shouted violently, lifted the table in front of him, smashed it to the ground, still unable to understand his hatred, followed up and made up for two more feet, and then, holding the kicking foot and jumping and jumping.

Wan Wenshan withdrew all the Liang troops and threw the work of cleaning up the battlefield in the valley to the political envoys. Although Qian Yongtai hated and feared Xu Liang in his heart, he was worried about his brother Qian Ning, so he summoned the political envoy and the people from the Yamen of the Chang'an Prefect to rush to thirty miles outside Chang'an City.

The inventory and burial work lasted for three or four days, and when the clean-up work was over, Qian Yongtai, the political envoy, fell ill and closed his door. On the same day, Yang He, the governor of the three sides, quietly left Chang'an Mansion with the remaining more than 100 governor's palace guards, no one noticed.

When Qian Yongtai learned the news and got up from the hospital bed to send him off, Governor Yang's human guards had already walked out of the city for more than ten miles, and they looked like they were being carried away.

The Shaanxi governor's yamen was busy for a while, and there was an endless stream of officials who came to visit the governor. Although it was the first month of the year, the court closed for a holiday, but the officials of the entire Shaanxi Province seemed to have collectively forgotten this stubble, and rushed to Chang'an City to meet the governor of Shaanxi. Several political counselors who had always followed the political envoy Qian Yongtai each carried a thick gift list and appeared in the lobby of the governor's yamen with smiling faces.

These officials were very respectful when facing Xu Liang and spoke very carefully. For what Xu Liang said, he took it to heart. Often Xu Liang had a displeased look, and these officials had to get up in horror and apologize.

This situation is very different from the situation when Xu Liang first took office, and entered the city in a cold and deserted manner outside the gate of Chang'an City. Xu Liang himself is very satisfied with this effect! He understands a truth even more: if you can't cultivate prestige, then kill it!

Just after the Lantern Festival, at the governor's yamen meeting on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, Xu Liang glanced at the officials of the three divisions of Shaanxi Province and the yamen at all levels, and said in a deep voice: "Two days ago, according to the inspector, Lord Deng Shuiqing, asked me about the reason why six officials of Xi'an Mansion were arrested by Jinyi Wei and escorted to the capital. Now, I will share this reason with everyone here: This official is the governor of Shaanxi, and within the jurisdiction of this official, as long as his hands and feet are not clean, he occupies an official position and does not work, and he disobeys the instructions of his own official, such a person and this official will not be wanted, and he will be tied up and escorted to Beijing City and returned to the Ministry of Officials! Of course, this trip to the capital, the road is far away, it is not very peaceful, it is normal to have some accidents on the road, alas, this official has just got the news, the six officials escorted this time, just out of Xi'an Mansion were intercepted and killed by thieves again! This thief in the northwest is really rampant! ”

In the lobby, the officials present were solemn and silent. So much so that Xu Liang's voice was not loud, but it came out clearly. (To be continued.) )