Li Jin nodded in response: "You're right, I think so." But now our side is not strong, and we have to take the initiative to go to war, with all due respect, I think this is self-defeating!"

Yan Mingjun laughed angrily: "I didn't expect that on this Qiongzhou Island, there would be a scene of military attachés and civil officials fighting in vain! Brother Li, have you taken all the court money for nothing all these years?"

Li Jin retorted: "It is precisely because I have taken the court's money that I have to consider the interests of the court. Now that we are at war with the Haihan people, in addition to giving them the pretext to annex Qiongzhou Island, it will be half beneficial to my Ming Dynasty?"

Yan Mingjun still insisted: "After getting rid of the Haihan people in the city, you can organize civil defense to defend Danzhou ......"

"If Danzhou can be defended, it will not be lost in the first place! It will not be necessary for the Haihan militia to take it back from the pirates!" Li Jin did not wait for Yan Mingjun to finish speaking, and loudly refuted his statement: "If you expect a group of assassins to be able to defend Danzhou City, it is really a big mistake! That Confucian student surnamed Huang actually expects Jinyiwei to command the operation to recover Danzhou, it is really stupid! It's not that I, Li Jin, look down on Jinyiwei's gang, what else will they do except investigate cases and take people?" Even if they were able to succeed in five days, when the Haihan people came back, would this arrangement of city defenses and command the battle be something that he could do as a brocade guard?

Yan Mingjun saw that Li Jin's attitude was so decisive, and he couldn't help but hesitate in his heart. He knew that Li Jin was not a person who was afraid of things, and he often acted recklessly, but even such a reckless man in the army thought that this matter could not be done, so this matter probably really needed to be carefully considered.

Yan Mingjun calmed his breath and asked again: "Then in Brother Li's opinion, how should this matter be handled?"

Li Jin said coldly: "Then it depends on whether Brother Yan still wants to save his life!"

Yan Mingjun said: "How do you say this?"

"Regardless of the success or failure of this matter, the Haihan people will definitely put the responsibility on you and me. Needless to say, even if it is done, the Haihan militia will not be able to escape if he comes back one day. Don't forget, now that the Qiongzhou Strait has been blocked by the warships of the Haihan people, it is impossible to withdraw to Guangdong. Li Jin sighed: "After coming to Danzhou for a long time, didn't Brother Yan find that none of the surviving local officials were against Haihan?

Yan Mingjun said: "Since it is inevitable to die if things succeed or fail, then why do you persuade me? At least you can fulfill the righteousness with death!"

Li Jin shook his head and said: "There is still a chance to live, why should you die in vain? As long as you don't participate in this matter, then you don't have to die." ”

Yan Mingjun sighed: "But I've already participated......"

"There are five days left, and there is still time to get out. Li Jin saw that his tone was somewhat relaxed, so he continued to persuade: "These people are not enough to succeed and more than they can lose, and if you get involved with them, you are just giving your life in vain! Quickly draw a clear line with them, so that you can protect yourself!"

Yan Mingjun said: "I'm afraid it's too late, and it's difficult to get rid of the involvement." ”

Li Jin was silent for a moment this time before he spoke again: "The people involved in this matter will eventually die, rather than you and me die, it is better to let them die." ”

Yan Mingjun looked at Li Jin in amazement and said, "You...... What do you mean...... Denounce them to the Haihans?"

"Only this method can get rid of responsibility, otherwise as soon as something happens, your and my lives will be in danger!" Li Jin saw that he was embarrassed, and said categorically: "Don't hesitate to make a decision in this matter, time is running out!"

Yan Mingjun never expected that he had been thinking about it in the mansion for many days, thinking that everything was only owed to the east wind, so he called Li Jin to discuss, and in less than an hour, his thoughts took a big turn, from how to kill the Haihan people and recapture Danzhou City, to how to protect himself in this catastrophe.

After Li Jin's explanation, he had to admit that his previous thoughts were indeed a little naïve. The Haihan now has so much power on Qiongzhou Island, how can it be changed by killing three or five Haihan people in Danzhou? His own life is still secondary, and once the Haihan uses this as an excuse to retaliate and seize Qiongzhou Island and start a war against the Ming Dynasty, will the Ming Dynasty fight or not? With the current situation in Guangdong, can it afford a long cross-sea war that does not have any advantage in strength?

But to betray these anti-Haihan "righteous people" in exchange for his own chance to live, Yan Mingjun felt that this approach was unreasonable, and could even be said to be a bit despicable, so he did not immediately respond to Li Jin.

Li Jin sighed: "Brother Yan, you are still hesitating at this moment, do you have to wait for the muskets of the Haihan people to reach your head before you can remember how precious your life is?"

Yan Mingjun said: "I just think this matter is not in line with the general righteousness......"

"When is it still righteousness!" Li Jin reprimanded: "The interests of the Ming Dynasty are the righteousness! Not only will they not be able to help the imperial court get Qiongzhou back, but it will damage the overall situation! We must prevent them from doing such stupid things, we are safeguarding the righteousness!"

Yan Mingjun suddenly felt a deep sadness in his heart, before he came to Qiongzhou, he had thought about trying to reshape the authority of the imperial court in the local area, but he didn't expect that the Haihan people had already incorporated Qiongzhou Island into their rule. Now, to prevent the folk righteous from assassinating the Haihan people, it has become the right thing for the government to do, is this to help the Haihan, help the imperial court, or help himself get out and save his life? Yan Mingjun was a little confused for a while about the entanglement of interests.

Yan Mingjun suddenly realized that from the moment he left the Pearl River Wharf outside Guangzhou, his fate was no longer in his own hands. The Haihan people arranged everything properly, and there was no room for play. The resistance of Huang Zixing and others may be able to succeed under the negligence of the Haihan people, but it is difficult to make a big splash in changing the situation on the entire Qiongzhou Island. As Li Jin said before, whether the Haihan people are in power or doing business, training troops or fighting, they all have a level beyond the Ming government. Orthodoxy or not, if they rule Qiongzhou Island, how many people will have the will to resist to overthrow Haihan at the cost of their lives?

"Then what should I do now?" Yan Mingjun suddenly showed fatigue, leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes and asked weakly.

Then he sent someone to inform the Haihan people, and it was best to ask them to arrange a local conversation after nightfall. Li Jin immediately came up with an idea.

Yan Mingjun nodded and said, "Then it will be arranged by Brother Li." ”

After nightfall that day, a carriage stopped at the back door of Yan Mingjun's mansion, and after picking up Yan Mingjun and Li Jin, he went straight to the location of the Danzhou Management Committee in the north of the city. In the meeting room of the management committee, they saw Zhang Xin again, as well as several other familiar and unfamiliar faces.

"This is Lieutenant Commander Wang Tom, Commander of the Navy of the Haihan People's Regiment. The Danzhou garrison was commanded by Lieutenant Yu Tiezhu. Zhang Xin introduced in turn: "These three are Lin Nan, Li Qingyang, and Wang Baisuo, officials of the Haihan Security Department. ”

"This official Danzhou Zhizhou Yan Mingjun, everyone is polite!" Although Yan Mingjun still talked about his official title in accordance with social etiquette, he didn't have any official arrogance at this time, and he hugged his fists and saluted the people present one by one. Li Jin also followed to greet everyone.

"The two of you said that there was something important and that you needed to discuss it face-to-face, so I specially notified the heads of various departments in the local area to come over and audit, you won't mind, right?" Zhang Xin asked with a smile on his face.

Of course, Yan Mingjun didn't have the confidence to question the other party, and when he heard this, he just shook his head lightly to say that it was okay.

"Then tell me what is so important. Zhang Xin made a gesture of please.

Yan Mingjun and Li Jin glanced at each other, but Li Jin opened his mouth first: "Let's let this official talk about it!" Recently, Lord Yan and this official have received news that some people are trying to be unfavorable to Director Zhang and other Haihan people, and I hope that Director Zhang can be vigilant in advance, so as not to be taken advantage of by Xiaoxiao. ”

"Oh, I don't know what these people plan to do against me?" Zhang Xin still asked with a relaxed face, "Are you going to scold me in person, or do you want to tie me up and beat me?"

Li Jin said solemnly: "Director Zhang, this official is not lying and threatening, and what he said is definitely not a joke!"

Zhang Xin nodded, turned to Yan Mingjun and asked, "What does Lord Yan think of what Lord Li said?"

Yan Mingjun said with a stiff face: "Haihan recovered Danzhou from the pirates last year, and during this period, he governed on his behalf, so that Danzhou can restore its former peace, and it is meritorious to the imperial court." If there are lawbreakers among the people who want to do things that are unfavorable to Haihan, this official thinks that this move is not allowed by the law, and it should be stopped!"

"Lord Yan is right. Zhang Xin then asked, "Then Lord Yan has any opinion of Huang Zixing, the head of Zhongming Academy, who came to visit the mansion a few days ago?"

Yan Mingjun chuckled in his heart, knowing that this new Zhang probably didn't have any news. It was more than half a month ago that he interviewed Huang Zixing, and after that, he only passed a few messages through other means, and he didn't even leave half a handwriting, this Zhang Xin actually cared so much about this matter, he must have understood Huang Zixing's purpose.

Yan Mingjun pondered for a moment before responding: "This person seems to have misunderstood Haihan because of his family affairs, so that he has a grudge. Although the official tried to persuade him, it didn't seem to have any effect. ”

"Is there anything else?" asked Zhang Xin reluctantly.

Yan Mingjun was still hesitating to sell Huang Zixing, and Li Jin next to him had already opened his mouth to speak for him: "This surnamed Huang is the person who Shicai said intends to be unfavorable to Haihan." He came to visit Lord Yan in order to persuade Lord Yan to help him act, but Lord Yan was upright and did not want to make mistakes with him. Today's interview with you is to expose this surnamed Huang. ”

Zhang Xinwan smiled and said, "It's still Lord Li who speaks more cheerfully." What the two of you said, in fact, we have already received the rumors on our side. We already know who they are, what they want to do, and how they want to do it. ”

Yan Mingjun and Li Jin both opened their mouths and didn't know how to answer. They originally thought that they would take the initiative to sue, at least they would be able to clear their suspicions and avoid being dragged into the water by Huang Zixing and others and losing their lives. But I didn't expect that the Haihan people had already taken precautions against this matter, and they were already in a confident manner, and it seemed that most of them had laid a big net, waiting for these people to throw themselves into the net.

"Tom, tell the two adults about the situation. Zhang Xin handed over the right to speak to Tom Wang next to him. Although he is a military officer, from the administrative level, Wang Tom's authority is undoubtedly the highest person in Danzhou at present. And the overall command of this operation has been handed over to him by the executive committee, which means that he can directly exercise the power of life and death without asking for other instructions in the process of handling this case.

Wang Tom nodded and said, "Before the two of you came to Danzhou, this Huang Zixing had already been included in our watch list. Many of his family members were killed in last year's pirate raids, but based on our investigation, we believe that it is highly likely that the Huang clan colluded with pirates to cause trouble, and later the conflict broke out because of the uneven distribution of spoils. In response to this, we also imposed certain penalties on the Huang clan after the war, mainly confiscating the land and property they had acquired through improper means. And Huang Zixing resents us precisely for this reason. ”

Wang Tom's statement basically confirmed what Huang Zixing said to Yan Mingjun at the beginning, but as soon as this position changed, the statement also changed, and the Huang family changed from a victim to a deserving one. But who is right and who is lying, is no longer what Yan Mingjun cares about now.

Wang Tom raised his hand and gestured to several officials of the Ministry of Security next to him, and continued: "The Ministry of Security of Haihan has taken surveillance measures against Zhongming Academy a long time ago, and every move of Huang Zixing and his accomplices is under our surveillance. What is the purpose of Huang Zixing's visit to Lord Yan, and we also roughly know that the reason why we have not started to arrest these people is that after they have completed the series, we will directly come to a connected pot!"

Yan Mingjun had nothing to say at this time, so he could only murmur: "General Wang is really a good means......

Wang Tom said: "These people are living a stable life, but they want to work against our Haihan, since they are restless, then they can't complain that we have adopted some unconventional means to deal with it." According to the information we have, Huang Zixing and his gang will take advantage of the Danzhou Chamber of Commerce to hold a birthday banquet for Director Zhang to launch an assassination five days later, and the moment they do it will be the time when their gang will be destroyed!"

Yan Mingjun and Li Jin felt that the cold sweat on their backs was coming out at this time, and these small actions of daring to love Huang Zixing were seen by the Haihan people from beginning to end. They haven't done anything, they are just patiently weaving a net, waiting for Huang Zixing's group to be exposed, and then they will start to exterminate them. If you don't come to confess this matter to the Haihan people today, then you will probably have to add two more names to the list of unlucky ghosts at that time.