Last night, Niu Jinsong was punished for running around Hangzhou City three times, and this news spread throughout the entire Sanwei Army barracks early in the morning. In addition to the nervous and tired march, the generals had more to talk about after tea and dinner. At this time, the city of Hangzhou was still under martial law, and the purging of the scattered Japanese bandits from Xiaoshan to Hangzhou had not yet been completely over, and from time to time there was news from the countryside that a certain man or mother-in-law had been killed. Many officers and soldiers were organized into pieces, and scattered in teams of dozens to the countryside and fields to arrest the escaped pirates. 、

And in this atmosphere, a team of people drove into Hangzhou City, led by the head of the Three Guards, the marquis Li Xin. Li Xin entered the city this time to meet Zhao Bingqian for a while. Until last night, he had no intention of completely cleaning up this political envoy, but after a thorough investigation, as more and more reports of the investigation were made, the various crimes of this person gradually surfaced.

Zhao Bingqian is a typical civil official of this era, a hypocrite who seems to be sanctimonious. In addition, during Zhao Bingqian's tenure as a political envoy, the silver in the treasury was tossed from nearly one million taels to only more than 30,000 taels, and it can be said that this person has no ability to govern. In this person, Li Xin can't see the slightest merit, except for being bad or bad.

And one thing that finally strengthened Li Xin's determination to get rid of Zhao Bingqian was that in the case of Xiong Mingyu and Lu Jiu's attack, this person also spent a lot of money to buy off the pirates in the open sea, but Zheng Hongkui took the lead.

Soon, the horse team galloped outside the political envoy's yamen. The entire political envoy yamen has been surrounded at this moment, and it is not so easy for even a mosquito to fly out.

At first, the soldiers who surrounded the Yamen were very nervous about the sudden arrival of this team, and after a tense atmosphere, they found that it was the general who had arrived in person, and these soldiers couldn't help but shout excitedly and shouting long live.

Zhao Bingqian was in a panic all day, as long as he closed his eyes these days, he would have nightmares, and the concubine who was sent to Huangquan Road by him would come to his dream every night to cry. And this crying almost tortured him to madness.

Suddenly, Zhao Bingqian heard a burst of shouts from outside, and he was shocked, so he hurriedly went out to check. Through the crack in the gate, he saw a young general surrounded by a crowd of people cheering loudly.

Seeing this situation, even a fool can understand that this person must be a high-ranking general of the Three Guards, and it is very likely that it is the Zhenjun Marquis Li Xin, who even the Tartars have defeated.

Zhao Bingqian's heart suddenly rose in panic, he couldn't guess the intention of Li Xin's sudden visit. Now he has completely accepted his identity as a prisoner, and as time goes by, he has an inexplicable sense of crisis at every moment. As soon as there was an unusual sound outside the locked door, he panicked and impatiently went to the crack in the gate to see what was going on outside. At first, he was always worried that the soldiers who surrounded the mansion would break into the house one night, steal property, and commit adultery. Filthy women. Or simply kill for money. After all, Xingwu Qiu Bali are all the lowliest people. But as the days passed, his worries gradually disappeared, for he soon discovered that the army outside was different from any Ming army he had ever seen.

Among these people, when there is no order, they can even stand motionless for a morning, or an afternoon, and rain and wind cannot change their motionless state. And, to his disbelief, this behavior was carried out without any officer supervision. Military discipline is like stone, what a terrible army it must be.

Although Zhao Bingqian is useless, he finally has such a little eyesight, and he can judge their combat effectiveness from the military discipline of a group of people.

Bang Bang Bang!

The door was suddenly slammed, and Zhao Bingqian, who was walking halfway, was frightened and jumped suddenly, he wanted to shout to the old housekeeper next to him Don't open the door! However, he couldn't shout after all, after all, the other party can smash the door from the outside, and to the point where it is impossible to smash the door, his situation will be more passive than now.

"Open, open the door! Also, what are you still doing? ”

Zhao Bingqian stumbled to let the old housekeeper open the door, but he tidied up his sloppy robe as quickly as possible. Soon, the door creaked open, and the young general, who had just been surrounded by the generals, strode in. As this person got closer and closer to him, Zhao Bingqian's ominous premonition in his heart became stronger and stronger.

"You, are you Li Xin?"

Li Xin laughed: "The political envoy has good eyesight!" ”

He looked at the imprisoned official in front of him, who was a little panicked, this was a standard Chinese face, and it was slightly thin, and his facial features were extremely upright, but his eyes were slightly scattered and unfocused, and three strands of long hair were slightly scattered in the wind under his chin.

"The end of the old man's life has come?"

Li Xin said indifferently: "What the political envoy expected is good! ”

This sentence really came out of Li Xin's mouth, and Zhao Bingqian was not so afraid. What should come will always come, not to mention that there is a folk saying that a dog that bites people will not show its teeth before biting. Li Xin said straight to the point that his end had come, which may be a bluff to scare him.

With this understanding, Zhao Bingqian stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation, and let Li Xin go to the main hall. But Li Xin refused.

"Don't go into the house, it's cold in the early winter in the south, and it's even worse in the house, just one thing, let's talk while walking in this yard!" As he spoke, Li Xin raised his eyes and looked at the pavilions in Zhao Bingqian's mansion and the trees whose leaves had fallen, and sighed: "It's still the officials in Jiangnan who will enjoy it, when they are in Shanxi, even the palace of the King of Jin is not so elegant!" ”

Zhao Bingqian, who Li Xin said this, was secretly proud in his heart. He didn't dare to boast of the luxury of his mansion, but in this word elegant, he was immersed in it and put a lot of effort into it. Li Xin has this vision and insight, which impresses him. Thinking of these things that he cares about the most in his daily life, for a moment he temporarily forgot his anxiety about his own safety.

"The Marquis of Zhenyu has good eyesight!"

Zhao Bingqian also praised with a smile, and returned the words that Li Xin had sent him before. Li Xin also smiled indifferently, and said: "It's a pity, such a good garden, there are not many chances for the political envoy to see it again!" ”

Originally, Zhao Bingqian's mood had gradually relaxed, but Li Xin's words made him nervous again, his eyes looked at Li Xin without blinking, and he stammered and asked, "You, you, what do you mean by this?" ”

Li Xin didn't intend to scare him, but still said unhurriedly: "What has the political envoy done over the years, haven't you counted it in your heart?" ”

"I, what have I done?"

Zhao Bingqian was very weak-hearted, but he was still hard-mouthed.

As soon as Li Xin waved his hand, a pro-soldier immediately brought a thick stack of complaints and official documents.

"Bu Zheng made him look at it, and he remembered it clearly."

Only then did Zhao Bingqian notice that the soldiers who were following Li Xin were still holding a stack of thick official documents. He trembled and took the stack of official documents from the hands of his own soldiers, and after only a few chapters, his face had become extremely ugly, and after less than half an hour, beads of sweat the size of beans appeared on his forehead in the hard and thin early winter cold wind, crackling and falling on the official documents held in both hands.

Many of the things described above, he thought he was secret, and some even forgot about himself, and now that they have been turned out, what it means, it is not difficult to guess with Zhao Bingqian's mind.

"You, you're just a super-grade marquis, and you're not qualified to deal with the imperial court officials!"

Zhao Bingqian still had to make a final struggle, intending to refute Li Xin with the imperial court system. After hearing this, Li Xin smiled again, what he usually pays most attention to is his reputation, and he strives to make it impossible for others to find fault, so he has long been prepared for Zhao Bingqian's questioning.

"Envoy look what this is!"

Li Xin took out an official letter from his bosom and opened it, only to see that it was stamped with the seal of the governor of Yin Hong, which was Zhang Fangyan's authorization to investigate the case of Zhejiang's corruption of ink as the governor of Zhejiang and by the holy order.

Zhao Bingqian stretched out his hand and wanted to take a closer look, but Li Xin raised his hand and put away the official document stamped with the governor's seal. This thing is the only one, if you want to make up for it back to Nanjing, it will not be good if it is torn up by Zhao Bingqian's dog jumping off the wall.

In fact, Zhao Bingqian did think so, as long as he tore up this official document, he would see if Li Xin still had chicken feathers as an arrow.

To this day, Zhao Bingqian is still lucky, hoping that Li Xin will not be wiped out, and he even thinks that he may sell himself to Xiong Mingyu like that, and maybe he can find a foundation for himself to settle down. After all, if a vulgar martial artist wants to succeed in this Jiangnan, he can't do without them literati, especially officials from Jinshi, who are even rarer.

However, when Zhao Bingqian euphemistically proposed attachment, Li Xin ruthlessly refused directly.

"Don't take chances, your felony cannot be atonemented unless you die! Before coming here, Li had already made a decision, and handed over the fate of the political envoy to the officials and people in the city to decide! ”

Li Xin's words made Zhao Bingqian a little puzzled, what does it mean to leave it to the officials and people in the city to decide? If he can still understand that he is pretending to conduct a three-class trial, what does it mean to leave it to the officials and the people to decide? What kind of moth is going to come out of this hill?

Zhao Bingqian didn't want to die, but he didn't know how he could get Li Xin to spare his life.

At this time, a personal soldier suddenly came to report that a group of Japanese robbers of unknown origin had sneaked ashore outside Shaoxing Mansion and were attacking in a big way.

After Li Xin heard this, he hurried away, leaving the stunned Zhao Bingqian behind. After a long time, Zhao Bingqian reacted, and suddenly realized that his turning point may have arrived!