The knives glowed in the night, and the fish were dying in the snow.

The four of them were like four dead fish paralyzed in the snow, staring desperately at a pair of cold eyes peeking out of the masked black scarf.

Tang Zihe's voice was very distant, like floating out of the yellow spring of hell.

"I know who you are, the Liu brothers in Wen'an County, Beizhili once gathered a crowd for thieves, occupied nearly a hundred miles of the mountains and forests of the official road, looted the past travelers, and later the Liu brothers were killed, and nearly 2,000 horses were scattered, each making a living, if I guessed correctly, you were once the remnants of the Liu brothers, right? The Liu family has been dead for nearly two years, you are really promising, not only did you do your old job, but even took over the work of an assassin, not only that, but you actually dared to assassinate the prince of the dynasty, if you are really an outlaw, the Liu brothers can have a good subordinate like you, I think they can laugh at Jiuquan......"

The black-faced man became more and more suspicious, and said in a trembling voice: "You...... Who is it? Why is it so clear about our bottom line? ”

Tang Zihe giggled and said: "Of course, you are the same as you are Jianghu people, snakes have snake paths, rats have rat paths, Jianghu people have their own rivers and lakes, the factory guards can't find you, because they are not in the rivers and lakes, and I want to find you, it's easy." ”

The black-faced man suddenly understood something, and exclaimed, "You are here for Qin Kan?" ”

Tang Zihe sighed: "Otherwise, do you think I came to invite you to dinner and drink?" ”

The beautiful eyes under the black scarf suddenly became sharper than a knife, staring at the black-faced man tightly, Tang Zihe said coldly: "My temper is not very good, and my patience is even worse, so if I ask anything now, you had better answer it without thinking, otherwise you will answer the old saying." Twenty years later, he is a good man again. ”

Scarface, who had been slumped on the ground for a long time, sneered: "What kind of ability is it to put our brothers down with some tricks from the side of the rivers and lakes!" Brothers planted it, and if you want to kill it, you will kill it......"

Brush!

A snow-white knife light swept by, and quickly rushed back into Tang Zihe's sleeve, so fast that she didn't even see what her blade looked like, but there was an extra red line on Scarface's neck, the red line cracked bigger and bigger, hissing outward with red blood, blood dripping on the snow was still steaming, Scarface stared at Tang Zihe with a cracked eye, and his body shook a few times. He fell to the ground and died.

If you don't agree with each other, you will take someone's life. The three living were stunned, staring stupidly at Scarface's dying and convulsive body on the snow, and a despair more terrible than death gripped their hearts.

Snow and blood interplay to create a gruesome picture. Tang Zihe covered his mouth and giggled. There was no trace of fire and killing intent in his eyes. It was as if the man who died on the ground had nothing to do with her.

"It is said that women like to deceive people, but I am different, I never deceive people. I said I was very patient, so why don't you believe it? Tang Zihe muttered to himself, but his snake-like vicious gaze was already fixed on the other two men: "You two, do you also want to leave a few cruel words to save your face?" It's okay, say it. ”

The two men looked at each other with earthy faces, and said, "I...... I ......"

Tang Zihe sighed lightly: "If you can't say cruel words to save face, it doesn't matter, now I ask you, who instructed you to assassinate Ning Guogong on the street?" ”

Looking at the three people who were trembling and pale, Tang Zihe's smile became more and more enchanting: "Although I heard the words 'Lord Cao of the Military Department' outside just now, I still hope that all the heroes will say it again and be more detailed, so it is more sincere, what do you think?" ”

A man gritted his teeth and said, "This woman ...... Hero, since you are both Jianghu people, the so-called killing is not too much, why are you too aggressive......"

Brush!

Before he finished speaking, a cold white light suddenly swept out of Tang Zihe's sleeve, like a meteor across the man's neck, the man opened his eyes and was silent for a moment, blood quickly sprayed out from his neck, and then fell to the ground heavily.

The two men who were alive obviously didn't expect this glamorous woman to be so ruthless, treating them like chickens and ducks and saying slaughter, the two looked at the two corpses in the pool of blood, and their limp bodies couldn't help but tremble violently.

Tang Zihe, who killed two people in a row, didn't seem to like the thick smell of blood in the air, frowned and covered his nose and took a step back, a pair of soul-hooking beautiful eyes squinted at the two, and said with a smile: "I forgot to tell you, I like to listen to the answer directly when I ask, I don't like to listen to nonsense, if someone prevaricates me with nonsense, I have to cut off his neck and shut him up, okay, let's forget the unpleasant scene just now, and start the game of I ask you to answer again, there is only one life, don't take your life as a child's play......"

The two who were alive could no longer stand such a huge psychological oppression, and finally collapsed.

"I say! Girl, what do you ask me to say, please don't kill me......"

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On the fourth day of the first month of the fourth year of Zhengde, the strong smell of the New Year is still in the air, and the people of the world are still immersed in the joy of the New Year, but there are eight warships in Tianjin Donggang quietly going to sea, each warship is equipped with forty-two new Franc machine guns, the wooden partition outside the ship is opened, and dozens of cannon muzzles exuding a faint killing intent are poked out of the dark and secluded hole, looking at this world fiercely.

Although embattled, Qin Kan's will was still unswervingly carried out by his loyal subordinates below, and eight warships were sailing through the Bohai Bay under Qin Kan's orders to several islands hanging overseas, and their targets would be directed at every island where the pirates were hiding, launching rounds of devastating bombardment with the force of lions fighting rabbits.

The sails swayed on the sea, and the newly recruited sailors, dressed in neat armor, stood in a formation on the inside of the ship's side, waving to the officials and craftsmen on the shore.

It wasn't until the fleet slowly disappeared on the other side of the horizon that there was no longer a trace of shadow in sight, that Yan Song, who was wearing an official robe, turned around, sighed abruptly, and waved his hand tiredly to the criminal officer who escorted him: "Let's go, this official will go to the capital with you......"

Standing quietly on the side was Chang Feng, a thousand households of Jinyiwei. He was Qin Kan's confidant who was stationed in Tianjin to supervise the construction of the ship, and he and Yan Song have been getting along quite happily for more than a year, both on business and in personal terms, and at this moment, seeing that Yan Song was framed by the villain in the court, Chang Feng couldn't help but widen his eyes angrily, and said: "Lord Yan, those miscellaneous things in Beijing don't know the adult's intentions, why do you bother with them?" Even if you don't enter Beijing today, I believe that Your Majesty will not do anything to you, Lao Tzu simply took the responsibility to slaughter these bastards who escorted you. Look what those bastards dare to do to Lao Tzu! ”

After speaking, Chang Feng brushed out his waist knife. More than a dozen Jinyi lieutenants behind him also drew their knives at the same time and pointed directly at the officers of the Criminal Department.

Several officers of the Criminal Department who escorted Yan Song were so frightened that their feet were weak, and they almost knelt down for Chang Feng, and said with a crying voice: "This adult, you are angry, and a few of us are also ordered by the adults of the Criminal Department." We have seen a lot of large and small court battles in the Beijing Division. There have been unjust cases over the years. There are also guilts and deserved, but whether it is black or white, it is none of our business. There is a debtor and a master, we are just little minions who eat the emperor's grain as drudgery, and it won't help if you kill us......"

Yan Song smiled slightly, shook his hand and said: "Chang Feng must not be unreasonable, they are also driven by fate, they can't help themselves, what's the use of killing them?" ”

Chang Feng was so anxious that he stomped his feet and said, "Lord Yan, if you are really taken to Jingshi and put in the prison of the Criminal Department, I don't know how many crimes you will suffer, are you willing to be rectified to be inhuman?" ”

Yan Song said with a smile: "Don't forget that Grandpa Qin is in charge of the Jingshi, and with him, he will be able to protect me, Grandpa Qin...... He's a peculiar man, and even though he's embattled at the moment, I'm sure he will have a way to defuse the crisis......"

Looking at the calm sea and the shipbuilding scene in full swing on the side of Donggang, Yan Song's tone gradually became heavier, and he said abruptly: "The world is so big, why can't it accommodate a person with open ambitions?" Strengthening the country and enriching the people, this is only one step away! ”

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Kyoshi Imperial Palace.

The master of ceremonies is still located on the side of the weaving bureau in the east of the palace, and the old house with red walls and green tiles looks very dilapidated, but it controls the fate of most of the Ming empire.

Early in the morning, there was a chirping bird song from the garden in the palace, Zhang Yong wore a python robe, walked into the ceremonial prison with brisk steps, walked into the celebrant prison with great momentum, slowly sipped a sip of the fragrant tea offered by the little eunuch, breathed a sigh of relief, sat on the long kang and crossed his legs, and began the daily recital.

Although it is the period of the New Year's holiday, the major yamen in Beijing have been suspended, but the celebrant can not rest, and the eunuch of the master of ceremonies can not rest, the higher the position, the busier he is, and he is so busy that he can't help himself.

For Zhang Yong, this may be the trouble of happiness.

From the first day of the first month to today, the celebrant has received nearly 1,000 notes, and the content of the notes is basically impeachment, and the spearhead is directed at one person, a person who is most favored by the emperor and has increasing authority, Qin Kan.

Looking at the accusations and scolding, Zhang Yong impatiently closed it, threw it aside, and then opened another one, and the cycle repeatedly.

It's all impeachment, there is nothing new, this time the civil officials seem to have taken aphrodisiacs, and they will never stop if they don't kill Qin Kan, Yan Song has been locked up, and is on the way to Beijing, those officials of the Criminal Department have been sharpening their knives for the past few days, waiting for Yan Song's arrival with a hideous face, as long as he enters the prison of the Criminal Department, those who should not be recruited, and those who want him to be recruited, will all fall on the confession paper.

Zhang Yong was a little stunned, he realized that Qin Kan's trouble this time was not small, and it seemed that he was powerless.

Zhang Yong is not Liu Jin after all, he is not as ruthless and unrighteous as Liu Jin, the allies who used to be shoulder to shoulder are now about to be rectified and collapsed, Zhang Yong's heart is full of taste, and the mood of the early morning light block seems to be covered with a layer of haze, but the mountains of notes on the case can no longer be watched.

Standing up and stretching a long lazy waist, Zhang Yongzheng was about to go out for a walk, but when he walked to the door, he met a person, the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor Bingbi, and the governor of the East Factory Dai Yi.

Dai Yi smiled kindly, and greeted Zhang Yong affectionately, Zhang Yong nodded with a smile, and walked out with a step, but he might as well be pulled by Dai Yi, Zhang Yong looked at him in amazement, Dai Yi smiled apologetically, and then waved away the little eunuch who served in the celebrant prison.

"Grandpa Zhang, there is something that the slave has to tell you......"

Zhang Yong raised his sparse eyebrows and said lightly: "What's the matter?" ”

"Recently, the Chinese officials of the DPRK have risen up to attack, the cabinet Liang Yang and the two university scholars pretended to be deaf and dumb, and the court shouted and scolded and quarrelled, the more noisy the civil officials became, the more they made trouble, the more disagreeable they became, Zhang Gonggong is my Ming minister, can you look at such chaos?"

Zhang Yong frowned, and glanced at Dai Yi lightly: "Rounding around, do you want to exonerate Grandpa Qin?" ”

Dai Yi said with a smile: "How can a slave and maid have this ability, although Grandpa Qin has taken a lot of care of slaves and maids in the past, but he is a foreign minister after all, and the slave and maid are eunuchs, no matter how affectionate the slave and maid are, they don't feel that they are in the same boat, not to mention that now the civil official vows to take the life of Grandpa Qin, and Grandpa Qin's boat seems to be about to sink......"

"Then what do you mean by picking this matter early in the morning and telling the miscellaneous family?"

Dai Yi smiled and said: "The slave and maid have no other meaning, the slave and maid are soft-spoken, even if they want to save Grandpa Qin, they have no ability to save it, but Grandpa Zhang, you are different, you are in charge of the Ming Inner Court, and you will shock the world with a word, if you say a word......"

Zhang Yong snorted, and said in a non-yin and non-yang manner: "If the miscellaneous family sends a sentence, the civil officials will even clean up the miscellaneous family by the way, when they fought against Liu Jin together, Grandpa Qin helped the miscellaneous family many times, the miscellaneous family is not ungrateful, how can they not think of Grandpa Qin?" But don't forget how menacing the Eight Tigers were when the inner and outer courts conspired to kill the Eight Tigers, and later when Liu Jin was eliminated, the civil officials were so fierce and vicious, and the miscellaneous family has been walking on thin ice since they became the boss and the supervisor of ceremonies, trembling, and they dare not be good at internal and external affairs, why do you think it is? ”

Zhang Yong sighed helplessly: "In the final analysis, civil officials are not easy to provoke!" This time they will point the finger at Grandpa Qin, even if the miscellaneous family wants to save it, they can't do anything, until the Shangyuan Festival, the palace resumes the court, they will inevitably launch a sharp blow, Grandpa Qin is in a desperate situation, the situation is extremely dangerous, if anyone helps him, not only can he not save people, but even he has to get in......"

Dai Yi said with a smile: "Father-in-law Zhang has seen thousands of miles, and he really deserves to be the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, but the slave maid has a small idea, and I ask my father-in-law not to be surprised when I say it......

"What do you think?"

Dai Yi lowered his voice and said: "Father-in-law Zhang, we are eunuchs, in the final analysis, we are all slaves of the heavenly family, the joy of the slaves, the joy of the slaves, the evil of the slaves, the evil of the majesty, the laughter of the majesty, let's laugh, the anger of the majesty, the anger of the majesty, if the pace of the slave is inconsistent with the majesty, I am afraid that the end will not be good......

Zhang Yong's brows tightened more and more: "What do you mean?" ”

"Father-in-law Zhang, Your Majesty...... I won't watch Grandpa Qin die, the slave said something presumptuous, even if Your Majesty gives up your life, you will protect Grandpa Qin's thoughtfulness, Your Majesty is such an attitude, if we are slaves at this time, if we stand by and ignore it, no matter whether Grandpa Qin is dead or alive in the future, our life will definitely not be easy......" (To be continued......