Cui Nan was born in a civilian, he was a general who fought out from a hairy soldier with a knife and a gun, and he didn't know these officialdom rules in Yin Chengliang's mouth, he only knew that Qiu Yizhi was the son of the emperor's moth, and no one could practice it, so he said with a straight face: "The last general is unwilling to interfere in your government affairs, but he can't sit back and watch Lord Qiu being bullied!" ”

Yin Chenghao is not easy to capture Qiu Yizhi, and he can immediately release the Miaozhen monks and Dao Gu who were detained in the cell, and when the time comes, let them fly away or simply kill people, and then coerce and induce the plaintiff to withdraw the lawsuit, then this big case that stirred up the officialdom in Jiangnan will be eliminated invisibly immediately.

However, when he saw that he was about to finish, he killed a general Cui Nan for no reason, and completely stood on Qiu Yizhi's side in just three words.

Yin Chengliang is a person who pays close attention to the changes in the center of the imperial court, and knows that this General Cui Nan has received the title of General Zuo of the Forbidden Army, and he is also the emperor's favorite general from Youyan Dao, and he has brought 100,000 elite troops to garrison Quzhou not far from here - it is really impossible to offend.

However, the case of Miaozhen Jushi involves bureaucrats at all levels of the Jiangnan civil and military affairs, and it also affects the whole body, and if it is exposed, then the results of his painstaking management in Jiangnan officialdom for more than ten years will be ruined, and he will definitely be ruined, and his future generations will never have a bright future.

So Yin Chengliang weighed the words and said: "General Cui, Lord Qiuyi is just a one-sided word, the general can't listen to it and believe it!" ”

Cui Nan was about to speak, but he heard Qiu Yizhi say to Cui Nan: "General Cui, there are many people here, and it is inconvenient to speak, please take a step to speak." He turned his head and instructed Wei Chi Ji Ming, "Ji Ming helped General Cui's soldiers and soldiers to watch this group of officials here first. ”

Cui Nan agreed without thinking about it, and followed Qiu Yizhi out of the lobby.

Seeing this, Yin Chengliang hurriedly ordered his guards and said, "What are you still doing in a daze?" Qiu Yi's matter is not over yet, how can he be easily let out? ”

When the guards heard this, they hurriedly stepped forward to stop them. But he saw that the dozens of soldiers brought by Cui Nan were glaring angrily, pressing their sabers, and they seemed to be about to face each other if they didn't agree. The guards under Yin Chengliang were just some people who bullied the weak and feared the hard, and they had just suffered the loss of Wei Chi Jiming, so they immediately gave up, standing in place and not daring to step forward to make a move, watching Qiu Yizhi and Cui Nan walk side by side.

The terrain in Shanyin County, Qiu Yizhi is very familiar, he bypassed the crowded place, led Cui Nan to the small back garden, saw that there was no one around, so he whispered to Cui Nan: "General Cui, now the matter is urgent, I have no time to thank you, and I have no time to explain the reason for the matter." There are only three things I want you to do, I wonder if you can trust me or not? ”

Cui Nan didn't say anything, and after a little thought, he agreed: "His Royal Highness Yi just orders." ”

Qiu Yizhi nodded, crossed his fingers and said: "The first important thing is that the general immediately sends troops to occupy the county government cell, and must not let the prisoners held in it be released without permission. ”

Cui Nan immediately nodded in agreement when he heard this, and then called his next hundred households, and asked him to light up 300 elite soldiers and go to take over the county government hall.

Qiu Yizhi saw that Cui Nan was doing things vigorously and resolutely, and he was very satisfied, and said: "The second thing, in fact, Zhao Chengxiao and others under my command - General Cui also knew each other, and now they have been captured by the official army. The general is also asked to come forward and release them. ”

Cui Nan said: "This matter is simple. Then he called another man and gave him a few words, and let him do his errand.

Qiu Yizhi said again: "This third thing is not easy to do. Now that the military and political officials of Gangnam Province are gathered in my San'in County, I wonder if we can force these officials to stay here in order to achieve great things? ”

As soon as Qiu Yizhi's words came out, even if he was silent and calm like Cui Nan, he couldn't help but be a little surprised. Although the so-called word "forcible retention" is already very unpleasant, its essence is "detaining the officials of the imperial court", and if it is investigated, it will be a major crime of rebellion.

Cui Nan didn't dare to agree easily, and was silent for a long time before saying: "This matter is very big, and the last general can't be the master." ”

Qiu Yizhi knew Cui Nan's temperament, and he never hesitated after careful consideration, if he was asked to come forward to do this, he would definitely have to speak clearly with him and convince him completely.

So Qiu Yizhi pondered his words and said, "I don't mean to get along with these officials in Jiangnan Province. It turned out that these officials were all involved in a major case—and as for the origin of the case, the general did not need to know—that I had already gone to Beijing to talk to the emperor and Master Zhongli about this case, and the two of them meant to handle it strictly. Now that a big war has come down, things have become bigger, so I want to ask General Cui to leave them here, so that they don't go out to report the news and miss the emperor's important affairs. ”

Cui Nan heard Qiu Yizhi bring out the emperor's name, knowing that his relationship with the emperor was extraordinary, and seeing the emperor's exclusive gold medal order arrow, he was already very sure that this case must have been deployed by the emperor himself.

So he pondered for a long time before he said: "This matter is very difficult to do, and in the end, these officials will be stopped here for two or three days at most, and it will be difficult to say any later." ”

Qiu Yizhi knew that Cui Nan never joked, and never bargained, and these "two or three days" were already his limit, so he nodded and smiled: "His Royal Highness has left Beijing to handle the case a few days ago, and it must have arrived in the next few days." The general can stop these officials here for a day, and if it is delayed for one more day, the case will have an additional chance of winning. ”

Cui Nan heard this, and suddenly remembered that the Ministry of War had sent a submission to him a few days ago, and also said that His Royal Highness was going to come to Jiangnan Province to inspect government affairs in the next few days, and he had to make preparations for customs defense. This is in contrast to Qiu Yizhi's words, and he has been completely persuaded by Qiu Yizhi.

So Cui Nan finally made up his mind and said, "Okay, then the general will do his best." Please also ask His Highness Yi to avoid it, I am afraid that it will be ugly to move at that time. ”

Qiu Yizhi also knew that if he watched from the side, Cui Nan would inevitably be restrained, so he said: "Then I won't be in the way by the general's side, I'll go to Zhao Chengxiao and others, with them by my side to escort, the general can rest assured, just do it boldly." With that, he turned and went down.

Qiu Yizhi walked a few steps, but heard Cui Nan call again: "Your Highness Yi walks slowly, I still want to borrow something from His Highness." ”

Qiu Yizhi hurriedly turned back and asked, "What does General Cui want to borrow?" Just say yes. ”

"Gold Medal Arrow." Cui Nan said four words briefly.

Qiu Yizhi was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and thought: This gold medal makes the arrow able to mobilize the world's soldiers and horses, and cannot be moved lightly, and the emperor has given him supreme honor and incomparable trust; However, he thought about it: Cui Nan was Zheng Rong's confidant and beloved general, and when he was still starving in the ruined temple, Cui Nan was born and died next to Zheng Rong; He also thought that what Cui Nan was about to face was the treacherous and cunning Yin Chengliang, and he was unknown with his martial arts and literature, and he really needed hard goods like "Gold Medal Arrow" to be controlled.

Thinking of this, Qiu Yizhi finally made up his mind, and handed Cui Nan the "Gold Medal Order Arrow" that had just been put in his arms and had just been heated by his own question, and only said: "Please be careful, general, this thing is very important, and it cannot be damaged in the slightest." Then he walked away quickly.

Cui Nan took the arrow, rubbed it, and carefully hid it in the cloth bag with his arrow, watched Qiu Yizhi leave, thought about it again, and then recruited a cronie and said: "You hurry back to Quzhou, transfer three thousand fine horses to ride over, go back quickly, and go back quickly, there must be no mistake!" ”

After that, he calmed down, tidied up his clothes, and then walked back to the county government hall, and looked up to see that the dozens of escort soldiers he brought were still in the hall, and no one seemed to have left the Jiangnan Provincial officials in the hall, so he felt a little relieved.

He also saw that Yu Chi Jiming was also standing in the same queue of his guards, so he approached and said, "Miss Yu Chi, you don't need to be here, just go back and guard Lord Qiu." After speaking, he watched Wei Chi Jiming leave, but he didn't speak again, moved a chair by himself, and sat at the door of the lobby with his eyes closed.

Yin Chengliang, who was sitting in the hall, originally thought that Cui Nan would take Qiu Yizhi down and ask a few words, and then he would bring him to the hall again, but he didn't expect that he would come back alone in the end, and Qiu Yizhi was nowhere to be seen.

Seeing this, he was immediately a little anxious, and hurriedly got up and said, "General Cui, why didn't Lord Qiu come back with you, where did he go?" ”

Cui Nan made up his mind to pretend to be deaf and dumb, to drag on for a moment, to pretend not to hear, and continue to sit motionless at the door.

Yin Chengliang didn't have his patience, so he simply left behind any style and prestige, walked down the hall in person, walked in front of Cui Nan, and repeated Fang Cai's question: "General Cui, why didn't Lord Qiu come back with you, where did you go?" ”

When Yin Chengliang spoke, he was only one step away from Cui Nan, and he asked very urgently, and two spittle stars sprayed Cui Nan's face. Of course, Cui Nan heard his question, and the muscles on his face trembled imperceptibly, but he still closed his eyes and didn't answer.

Yin Chengliang observed the subtle change in the expression on Cui Nan's face, and knew that he was pretending to be deaf and dumb, so he stopped asking, walked up to a military attache in Jiangnan Province and said: "The criminal official Qiuyi is afraid of the crime and absconded, you will order troops and horses, search and capture in and around the city, don't let this thief escape!" ”

The military attache agreed, and hurriedly trotted to the outside of the county yamen.

Before the military attache walked out of the lobby, he heard Cui Nan, who had been silent for a long time, say: "No one is allowed to leave without the order of the last general." Although his voice was low and a little hoarse, it was still clear to the audience.

The military attache was stunned for a moment, and immediately stood in place.

I heard Cui Nan order his guards again: "You block the gate, don't let a fly out!" ”

Cui Nan's dozens of guards agreed in unison, and immediately lined up in a neat line, blocking the main entrance of the lobby tightly, like the Great Wall of human flesh that people could not cross.

When the civil and military officials of Jiangnan Province saw Cui Nan's sergeants acting like this, they were in an uproar, and then they regained their calm, and dozens of eyes looked at Yin Chengliang in unison.

Yin Chengliang also felt that things were strange, and asked Cui Nan as if confirmed: "General Cui, according to your meaning, do you want to imprison us here?" ”

Cui Nan thought for a while and said, "Don't dare." I would just like to ask you to rest here. ”

This Yin Chengliang is such a scheming person, he knows that although Cui Nan said this politely, the meaning is extremely clear, and he can't help but be a little shocked, and said: "General Cui, we are all officials of the imperial court, and the Han Dynasty has its own system, and we can't be detained at will for no reason." I don't know why the general wants to detain us here? ”

Cui Nan also knew that his move was not in line with the Han system, so he couldn't help but feel a little weak-hearted, and blurted out: "This is Lord Qiu's order!" ”

Yin Chengliang was stunned when he heard this, thinking about the reason, but he thought about it and couldn't think of Qiu Yizhi's identity and his relationship with Cui Nan, so he thought about it for a long time and then asked tentatively: