"Alas, our Yingdu has been quiet all these years, but it has not been peaceful, have you heard, the day before yesterday on the street of the old royal road, the heads of more than 100 palace guards were cut off, and the blood on the ground, the officials of Yingdu Mansion came to clean it with a water hose car, but the smell has not dissipated until now."

In a teahouse on Yingdu Front Street, two merchants are drinking tea here.

"Hey, what does it mean that the smell hasn't dissipated, and it's not a fishy pig in the water, human blood, how much smell can it have."

"Alas, brother, I've been flustered in my heart."

"It's weird, you do your business, don't mention anything else, now just from us to Fengxincheng, take people to bring goods to pull a set of grunts, go around, and return to Yingdu to distribute it, that is, the profit is thin and profitable, and there is no reason for losing money.

So, what are you panicking about? ”

"You know, I just bought a house in Yingdu, but looking at this place, I can't wait to have a mess every year, it really makes people feel uneasy."

"This is also strange, last year it was the Marquis of Pingxi who led the troops into the city once, it seems that there are a lot of broken families and a lot of arrests, but they are all little old men;

Today, the new Taishou entered the city, hit the prince in the face, and died the people of the palace, so many people were poisoned at the banquet a few days ago, one is counted as one, and they are all big lords.

The little old man and the big old man are suffering, what's in your way?

This business has not reached that point, the industry has not been saved to that point, and the skin on the body has not changed color, so I wonder if I will not be able to live a peaceful life after becoming a master in the future?

I said you're up to you. ”

"That's what you say, and that's true."

"What is it called, it's just such a reason, since he Yan people occupy the land, where is there anything that doesn't clean up? Don't look at this Yingdu bleeding a little this year and bleeding next year, to put it bluntly, this is also because you dodged a knife back then, but you escaped the first day of junior high school, you can't hide from fifteen, the blood that should be released must be released, and the debts that should be repaid must be repaid. ”

"Uh...... Brother Li, you have to press the payment again, I am short of money for a while. ”

"Straight thief, why are you so unkind!"

……

The banquet was poisoned, the prince was assassinated, the captivity on the stone mountain, and the palace guards were beheaded on the street;

One after another had a great political impact, but it didn't seem to have had much impact on a city that had just recovered from the war.

At least

The streets are still bustling.

Although there are still a lot of refugees outside the city, there is a city wall to separate it, and inside the city, it is actually a "prosperous scene".

Zheng Fan returned to Yingdu, but it was not Yingdu who led his guards into the open fire to fight in the ground, but entered the city with the sword saint Chen Daxia and He Chunlai in a micro-service way.

came in without much fanfare, in order to save face for the new Taishou.

Now, Zheng Fan's identity is different, and if he says that he wants to enter the city in advance, he will inevitably be greeted again, which will undoubtedly dilute the blood that Xu Fatpang has gathered so hard.

Yingdu is next, after all, it is Xu Wenzu's home field, and the Hou Mansion is now powerless and impossible to interfere too much in Yingdu's affairs for the time being, at most burying a few more nails.

came back quietly, invisibly, just to support Xu Fatpang,

Do you see it

Even the world-famous Marquis of Pingxi has to bow his head in front of our Lord Taishou!

Friendship, in fact, is like this.

The four of them found a shop in the city, had lunch, and Hou Ye Zheng returned to the wine house where he lived, and later, he sent someone to hang his flag and inform the eyes of the city who were staring at this place, and he Zheng Fan was back.

Not long after I came back, the bath water was just ready, and before Marquis Zheng had time to take off his clothes, he reported that the new Taishou Xu Wenzu was invited to see him.

I gave Xu Fatpang face, and Xu Fatpang immediately returned face, although Zheng Fan didn't care about this, but I have to say that Xu Wenzu can do this, which really makes people feel very comfortable.

Tea and pastries,

As soon as Xu Wenzu came in, he half-unbuttoned his official robe with a big grin, in this world, the official uniforms of most countries may be more focused on beauty and ignore comfort when designing.

To be exact, clothes that are too bells and whistles are definitely uncomfortable to wear.

There is still no thermal field,

Maybe it's to show that the relationship is good, so the two of them tacitly go to the jump.

"Brother Zheng, I recently checked the account."

"Oh? What did you find? ”

During the Battle of Chu, Yingdu played the role of a material transfer place, and a large amount of money and grain people traveled here every day.

Zheng Fan helped Tian Wujing take care of the secular affairs of the army for a period of time, but in fact, the loss of money and food in the army is often a confused account, and it is not clear if you want to calculate it.

Even if everyone is clear of the water, hundreds of thousands of troops on the front line eat, drink, and use Lazar, all kinds of ordnance, war horses, medicinal materials, etc., they can't be sorted out at all.

Many times, it was a certain department that shouted that he was missing something, and Zheng Fan sent it with a six-fold batch of slips.

Xu is soldiers and horses below also know that you will be discounted, so when you report, you tend to report more, anyway, every time you send it over with six discounts, the following does not reply that it is not enough, so that Zheng Fan thinks about whether to discount it again for a while?

And Yingdu, so much food, so much loss, so many people, so many bureaucrats, account books, can be clear, then it is really a ghost.

But in the account books, some things can still be seen.

Like what

Earlier, the money and grain of the snow customs were sufficient.

The full amount here refers to the household department with a strip down, which is already more than others, plus the handling of the Sun family on the side of Yingdu, and then sent it to himself, regardless of the loss, the money and grain delivery of the Snow Customs can be two or three times that of soldiers and horses of the same scale.

It is almost equivalent to someone else's house is a dry meal of porridge, and will maintain the strength to hold a knife, and the snow customs can open meat every once in a while.

However, Zheng Fan is not worried that Xu Wenzu will use this matter to attack himself, first, on the side of the household department, he, the number one cadre of the Six Masters Party, can't eat more.

In this world, the most stupid leader is the kind of person who shouts that you are me, and at the same time avoids suspicion and treats everyone equally;

Obviously, Xiao Liuzi is not.

As for the Sun family's side, he is now the Hou Ye, and he should eat more and take more, plus similar things Xu Wenzu did to himself when he was in Nanwangcheng, when he was in Nanwangcheng, when he was assigned to military supplies, prisoners of war, and barbarians, Xu Wenzu can be said to be extremely partial to himself.

"Brother Zheng, there is no fish when the water is clear, brother, I understand, but the problem is that there is a thick layer of oil floating on this account."

"Too thick?"

"Not really."

"How thick?"

Xu Wenzu hesitated, reached out and pinched his stomach, and said:

"Brother, my two layers of fat are thick."

"How many layers of fat do you have?"

"If you count the chest, five layers."

"That's fine." Zheng Fan raised his head with some confusion, "It seems that it's not very serious." ”

"But brother, what do you think, you are fighting on the front line, and they still have the energy to save some money in their pockets in the back? Can you bear it? ”

"I can't bear it." Zheng Fan said with a smile, "But it's not easy to take this account book to attack." ”

In the case of political struggle, it is possible to convict people of corruption after they have been overthrown, but it is better not to use corruption to rectify people.

This thing, a whole indiscriminate attack, is easy to make things end badly.

Xu Wenzu smiled,

Road;

"How can I be, I plan to put the account books in order and present them to Your Majesty."

Xu Wenzu is an old fritter in the officialdom, this matter naturally does not need to be reminded by Zheng Fan, and sorting out the account books and showing them to Emperor Yan is actually the most effective way, so that His Majesty Emperor Yan can know more clearly how the bureaucrats and magnates who have been attached to Yingdu are "doing their best" for Dayan.

Combined with the current fiscal deficit and food shortage situation in Dayan, it is enough to increase the negative perception effect even more.

In the final analysis, Taishou is a herdsman on behalf of the Son of Heaven, as long as he has the support of the Son of Heaven, Xu Wenzu will be able to toss in Yingdu more freely.

This is actually Xu Wenzu's own governance strategy.

"Well, that's a good idea."

Zheng Fan picked up the tea and took a sip, if it was just to talk about this matter, he would have been able to quietly return to Yingdu by the way.

But Xu Wenzu immediately lowered his voice again,

Said slowly:

"There is one more thing, you have something to do with Brother Zheng."

"Brother, please speak."

"The accounts have been flattened, but who am I, brother, the records of the imperial court, the records of the place, the records of the entrance to the city, the records of the exit of the city, the records of the Wangjiang ferry, no matter how powerful the accounts are, how can things really disappear out of thin air?

I think back then, the war against the Jin, the two marquis of the north and south, and the hundreds of thousands of Zhenbei army and Jingnan army, but my brother and I supported the logistics alone, and then cooperated with the eldest prince for another year, and there was no mistake. ”

Xu Wenzu is indeed something to be proud of, because he does have the ability to be Xiao He.

In fact, if it weren't for the war against Chu, it would be inseparable from him to deal with the military adventures that might arise from the three sides of the Qianguo, and Xu Wenzu might be the most suitable person to sit in Yingdu at that time.

It's just that

Something doesn't sound right.

Marquis Zheng put down the teacup,

Shouldn't the biggest rat be himself?

How

Does Xu Pang Pang really want to liquidate himself?

He doesn't have a fever in his head, does he?

"Dude."

"Hmm."

"Gong Wangbu, it's your subordinate."

Gong Wang?

Zheng Fan immediately realized that Xu Wenzu must have discovered the matter between himself and the Sun family, but people skipped it, and what they found was Gongwang's part.

The Gongwang Department and the Gongsun Zhibu were placed in the westernmost part of the territory by themselves, so there was a problem on the Gongwang side?

"Brother, we are our own family, although the imperial court now intends to want Yan Jin not to be separated, brother, I also know that you are broad-minded, after all, you have long been able to control the use of brute soldiers.

but

Not my race,

Mao Mingcai may have known that Yingdu was somewhat unclean, but at that time, as long as the front-line baggage could be transported, he turned a blind eye for the sake of the overall situation.

But he shouldn't have known that someone was feeding Jin Ying alone under his nose. ”

Xu Wenzu patted his belly,

Road:

"You said that these guys up and down Yingdu are greedy, eat a little, this is harmless, who doesn't have a wife and children and concubines to support?

But if you want to say that they don't know what will happen if they reach into the army, even if it is a camp, once the matter is revealed, hehe, brother, I don't believe it. vp

They knew, but they did it anyway, taking such a big risk, you say, what are they trying to do?

Gong Wang, this person,

Can you believe it? ”

"His son is still with me."

"Heh, in this world, there are many filial sons who send their sons to Bliss early, and Lao Tzu, who treats his son as a mustard and can be thrown away, must not be ........."

Zheng Fan looked at Xu Wenzu suddenly,

Xu Wenzu was stunned,

Then he came to his senses,

Immediately pumped his mouth a few times,

This was scolded by Emperor Yan together, and it was a big taboo.

"Brother Zheng, this matter is the purpose of my brother's visit this time."

Zheng Fan nodded,

Road:

"I'll take care of that."

"Okay." Xu Wenzu scratched his head, "The matter of the palace, what do you think you should do next?" ”

"The palace is a flag, not to mention pulling out this flag, this has to be decided by His Majesty, but if you want to not be tied up, brother, at least you have to press him down.

Situ Yu is still young and can't make any waves, and the queen mother is just an ordinary woman, but there is a group of people around the palace.

Anyway, the slap has already been drawn, so let's do it again. ”

"Well, it's this Li'er, Brother Zheng, what do you say to do?"

"I heard that the group of palace guards was killed by the order of a city patrol captain named Ran Min?"

"Yes, that person is quite exciting, don't say, I saw a little bit of your shadow in him."

"He seems to have a good reputation among his men."

"Yes, he is a person who can do things and wants to be high-minded."

Zheng Fan nodded,

Road:

"Okay, then we'll give him another chance to be on the rise."

……

Ran Min's home, in the second street of Xifang in the city, he bought a small house here, in fact, he can live in the yamen of the city patrol division, but there are many people in the yamen, in the words of later generations, it is equivalent to a staff dormitory, and the living conditions are naturally not too good.

After he gets off work on weekdays, he will return to this house.

Push open the door,

Ran Min saw a little lady setting up dishes and chopsticks,

"Master, you're back, I'll go and bring out the dishes."

"Hmm."

Ran Min sat down at the dinner table.

This little lady's surname is Liu, she was originally a homeless person, she sold herself to bury her father, and he paid to help her bury her father, so she naturally followed him, and she was one of his concubines.

She is ingenious, the female red does a good job, and the dishes are also cooked very well.

"Master, you try this dish."

"Hmm."

Ran Min took the chopsticks and began to eat.

Mrs. Liu sat next to her, smiling, watching him eat.

She really likes him, this man can bring her a great sense of security, in her eyes, he is the last person her father pointed out to herself, and she can be entrusted with it for life.

The meal has been served,

Liu Niangzi said; "Master, the concubine will go and fetch water for you to wash your feet."

"Okay."

"Wait, sir."

Mrs. Liu went to the kitchen stove to fetch hot water.

Then

There was a sound of footsteps in the courtyard, which was relatively subtle, but Ran Min was also a martial arts practitioner after all, so he naturally heard it.

He immediately drew his knife and pushed it away, and went out into the courtyard.

As the captain of the city patrol division, he has offended a lot of people in the past two years, and there are naturally a lot of enemies, plus he just came to the door in person a while ago to destroy the prestige of the palace and degraded their decency, so Ran Min can be described as extremely cautious for a while.

In the yard,

A man in black appeared,

The man in black was holding a sword in his hand.

"Who is Your Excellency, and can you give your name?"

The man in black stretched out his hand to the west side,

forthwith

I thought that the place was on the east side,

pointed in another direction,

Very seriously:

"I'm from Taishoufu."

"Taishou-sama? Lord Taishou sent you to find Ran, what is the matter? ”

"Taishou let me, stab you with a sword."

"Taishou wants to kill Ran?" Ran Min couldn't believe it, this was going to unload the mill and kill the donkey? It shouldn't be!

"No, I don't stab you, I stab you, and then you put that whistle letter, call people, and then let them come after me, and I will lead them to the palace.

This is called, and the water leads to the east. ”

"Is that so?"

Ran Min suddenly realized, and then said: "But how can Ran Min believe Your Excellency? ”

The comer shook his breath, and immediately, an aura close to that of a fourth-grade swordsman came out.

The man in black spoke:

"If I want to kill you, don't talk nonsense."

Ran Min showed a wry smile on his face,

Road:

"Ran knows, Ran also understands, please take out your sword."

"After I stabbed you, I was in the front street alley, waiting for your people to chase you out."

"Okay, Ran remembered."

"It's going to hurt a little bit."

"Ran is a person who has been on the battlefield, as long as he can do something for Lord Taishou, even if he gives up his life, Ran will not hesitate to do it, not to mention this little pain?"

"That's too fake."

"........." Ran Min.

"The feeling of speaking is far worse than his."

"Who are you talking about?"

"Look at the sword."

A little cold light comes first,

stabbed Ran Min in the chest,

He immediately pulled it out, and then drew a sword on Ran Min's right arm.

The wound on the chest is well controlled and does not touch the organs, after all, it is not a little injured here, which is a bit too unprofessional; The wound on the arm did not touch the veins, but it tore enough to make it look like it was bleeding.

Ran Min staggered back two steps.

The man in black nodded, as if he was very satisfied with his masterpiece, and then said:

"I'm waiting in the alley of the front street, you call your people to come."

After that,

The man in black dodged over the courtyard wall.

………

"Whoosh!!!"

A piercing and shrill whistle sounded,

Time

The two teams of city patrol soldiers who were patrolling a few nearby streets immediately rushed over, they all knew that their captain's outer house was here, and many of them had also gone to the captain's house to eat the food cooked by the little lady of the captain's family.

"Bang!"

The gate of the courtyard was kicked open from without,

The city patrol divisions rushed in,

"The assassin just ran away, went to the front street, ahh!!!!h

The voice of the lieutenant came from within,

The Captains of the City Patrol saw,

At this time, the lieutenant of his own family was sitting on the threshold, covered in blood and seriously wounded;

In the arms,

is still holding the dead Mrs. Liu,

I'm crying!