Wu Ciyou and Mingzhu talk and act every day, but they don't feel tired. After about ten days, it has passed Zhangde Mansion and arrived at the ground in Zhengzhou. On this day, I walked for a day, and saw a round of red sunset down Cangshan. Wu Ciyou smiled on the horse: "In addition to the captain and general, there are dozens of people on foot, full men don't know that hungry people are hungry, and pedestrians are tired when riding horses, so it's time to stay." Mingzhu pointed the horsewhip forward and said, "It's dark and gloomy in front of a big town, how about going in and sharpening it?" ”

Wu Ciyou said: "You are a Qincha, this time you enter the town, and the people who are in chaos come to worship you, I can't stand it!" Go to yours and leave me two to wait, and I'll rest in this ruined temple outside the town. ”

"How does the eldest brother say that he is angry!" Mingzhu hurriedly smiled, "Brother is you." As he spoke, he dismounted first, helped Wu Ciyou to come down, and placed the entourage sergeant to garrison the guard. The two lived in the main hall, and the lieutenants and sergeants rested in the two stele corridors. The accompanying Wang Shen General was placed under the eaves in front of the main hall, stopped for a while, and came in to pay tribute to Mingzhu: "It's just that there is nothing to eat, please show me, can you go into the town to raise some vegetables?" ”

Mingzhu said: "No need, there is dry food with you, just eat some casually, if you want to disturb the people, I will not follow it!" ”

Wu Ciyou was very satisfied with Mingzhu's disposition. When the people had retreated, he took off his boots, put his feet on the offering table, and let the blood flow backwards, and said with a smile: "Brother, you refuse to disturb the people in everything, and it is very good that I will not eat." Mingzhu grinned and said: "Eat or eat, just don't disturb the people!" As he spoke, he took out a bag from the horse jacket and unfolded it to see that in addition to the delicate palace points, there were peanuts, fried shrimp, dried steamed crab and a package of braised beef strips! Wu Ciyou suddenly laughed and said, "Brother Xian, you are so clever and skillful, you are indeed outstanding. ”

After the two of them had finished dinner, it was already dark, and the lonely cold stars were faintly twinkling on the blue sky. Wu Ciyou said with a smile: "Brother Ming, we should break up in front of you, you insist on another trip, tomorrow when you get to the Yellow River, I will go east, do you still follow?" ”

Mingzhu was silent for a long time, and Wu Ciyou knew that he was reluctant, so he smiled and said: "Thousands of miles to send you, you must say goodbye in the end." Why be sad about this, let's go out for a walk on this good night! Mingzhu said: "Cheng, let's go out for a walk." Then they did not call the servants, but the two changed into civilian clothes and entered the town together.

This town is quite large, although it is already night, there are still many people selling roasted cakes, wontons, fried tofu, roasted chicken and braised eggs in one street and two rows. Mingzhu bought two packs of spiced melon seeds, handed one to Wu Ciyou, and said, "Big brother, let's take a look inside." Wu Ciyou asked the old man who sold melon seeds: "Old man, what is the name of this town?" ”

"Oolong Town." The old man replied enthusiastically, "It is said that this place is bigger than the county seat, and it takes half an hour to walk from one end to the other!" ”

"Can you get by?" Mingzhu asked.

"You can't live with a loose life," the old man sighed, "if you have money, you can get by, and if you don't have money, you can't get by." ”

This is equivalent to not saying it. The two looked at each other and smiled, took the melon seeds and walked while eating, thinking that it would be time to rest after a walk in the south of the town and then turn back.

Walking through the most lively intersection, and then to the south, there is nothing to see. Wu Ciyou said: "The cold is coming, let's go back." Mingzhu nodded and was about to answer, when he suddenly heard a sound of zither on West Street, which came into his ears with a noisy noise, and this sound was leisurely rippling in the sky in the late autumn and moonlight night, but it was particularly quiet. Mingzhu said: "It's like singing the Henan pendant book, and I have always heard that the pendant is the most in Nanyang and Dengzhou, and I don't want to have a good hand at catching the zither here!" So he pulled Wu Ciyou and came west from the center of the street to find the location of the song.

After walking about half a stone's throw away, I saw a tea shop in front of me, with only two stores in the façade, and a bookstore was opened inside, with six or seven tables of eight immortals neatly placed, and more than 30 people sitting drinking tea and listening to books. There is an old man and a young man on the desk, and the old man is a blind man, plucking the three-string accompaniment. This young woman is a young woman, dressed in plain clothes and light makeup, and stroking the long zither while playing:

Since the Three Kingdoms, the war has not stopped, and Cao A has concealed the power of the world and wants to fight for the imperial court. There is an imperial uncle, the word is Xuande, and he asked Zhuge to rise to Wolong in Nanyang......

As soon as Mingzhu heard it, he knew that the book cap had just passed, and this was the beginning of the main chapter, so he quietly picked two seats in the back and sat down. The man stepped forward and made two cups of tea, put a porcelain pot in front of them, and said, "Each person makes ten cents, you just drink it, and I will refill the water for you." ”

Mingzhu smiled: "Okay! Then he took out a silver horn from his bosom and threw it to the man, "Reward you!" The guy nodded and thanked him repeatedly, and after a while, he handed over two wrung out hot towels, "Please use the towels for your two masters!" ”

Mingzhu didn't answer, and looked straight at the desk. Wu Ciyou waved his hand and said: "Don't wait, you are busy with you, we still have to listen to books!" He turned his face to Mingzhu who was stunned and smiled, "This word is not bad, you fell into a daze as soon as you entered." Mingzhu gently pulled Wu Ciyou with his hand and said, "Big brother, who do you think this Nizi looks like?" ”

"Huh?" Wu Ciyou looked at it attentively, "I can't see it." ”

"Like a dead Cuigu?"

Wu Ciyou took a closer look, although he had the same eyebrows as Cuigu, and his eyes were passing on the autumn waves, there was no heroic aura of Cuigu between his eyebrows, and he definitely didn't look like Cuigu. He sighed and said, "Brother, this is called a knot, I look like it-" Before the words ended, Mingzhu smiled and said: "Big brother, I don't look like it again." ”

The book at the bottom is the two folds of "Heroes Meeting" and "Sacrifice to the East Wind" in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Although the set is very familiar, the old and the young are sometimes tight and sometimes slow, talking and singing for a while, sometimes singing like a cracked stone, sometimes sighing like a long song, it does have the power to capture the soul and hook the soul, until the end of the scene no one retreats first. Wu Ciyou sighed: "In such a small place, there is such a wonderful sound, tonight is worth the trip!" ”

While speaking, the old man took a small gong in his hand to collect money, and many people hugged him and walked out. Only the first few people in front of them casually rewarded some copper, which looked like dozens of dollars. The old man was sighing, Mingzhu went up, put five taels of silver into it gently, and said: "This silver will change the girl's outfit, it is impossible to sing well alone." ”

At this time, the guests were about to leave, and the old man pulled the girl, said two blessings deeply, and said a lot of good things before going over to clean up the yard. Mingzhu was already in high spirits, and dragged Wu Ciyou to leave, when suddenly a big man broke in from outside, his beard looked like a hedgehog, and the corners of his robe were lifted and tied around his waist. So he took the silver, squinted at the pearl, threw it up half a foot high, took it in his hand, and put it in his bosom.

The old man had already heard who it was, so he was busy and laughed in a low voice: "Second master! This bit of silver is the head of the two guest officials to reward the little girl, and they have earned money, but you are not old? This time...... This time......" He stammered for a long time, not knowing what to say. The woman pulled the old man back and said, "Dad! Sensei said, I still warm up my body with a breath! ”

When Wu Ciyou heard this, he couldn't help but be angry. Mingzhu saw that Wu Ciyou was about to come forward to theorize, so he hurriedly grabbed it and signaled to listen and talk.

"Okay!" The man laughed, "The wings are stiffened, and there is a backing up?" Let me tell you, the fifteen acres of land can't be bought for five hundred taels of silver, but you......" He walked up to the girl, smiled obscenely, and stretched out his hand to twist his face: "Playing with the second master for three years, huh?" The land is yours......"

Before the end of the word, he only heard the sound of "pop", and the left side of the man's face was slapped by the girl, "What kind of good door are you?" Ten times cheaper than us back then! Your brother used your mother's money to buy an official, and you will be arrogant and domineering and bully! After speaking, he picked up his father and left, but was stopped by the big man with his hand. Wu Ciyou and Mingzhu hurriedly stepped forward to decompose. The man glared at him and said, "What to do with you, get out!" ”

Mingzhu turned pale with anger. When he fell into Xifengkou, he also met such a person and suffered a big loss. As soon as you look at this thing, you know that he is a bully, if you want him to escape today, there is still a heavenly reason? Thinking of this, Mingzhu's blood was surging, and he tore open the button with a loud "snort" outside, slapped his right hand on the table, and said horizontally: "Whose power are you fighting to bully people like this?" ”

"Saying it scares you to death!" The big man roared, "The governor can't control it, the officials can't touch it, this Zhengzhou is 500 miles from east to west and 300 miles from north to south is under his control!" As soon as he spoke, a few more military-looking people rushed in from outside, staring at Mingzhu with horizontal eyebrows and eager to try. The old man saw that both sides were about to make a move, and walked over to persuade them to fight, and the girl saw that the two of them were going to suffer, so she also persuaded from the side: "The guest officer can't be angry with them, so go quickly!" ”

Mingzhu was furious at this time, and when he was about to have a seizure, he endured it again, and said: "You are powerful, you don't speak fairly, I can't afford to provoke you!" Pulled up Wu Ciyou and was about to go, but was blocked by the big man with his outstretched arm: "What, are you afraid?" Where is the strength to fight? ”

"Aren't we allowed to go?" Wu Ciyou raised his eyebrows and asked. As he spoke, he put his hand on the man's arm. Unexpectedly, the other party was very strong, and he didn't move at all.

"You have money to buy laughter, but you don't have money to buy gas?" The big man sneered, "If you make the second master angry, you can't go in vain, you have to put wine to dissipate the anger of the second master!" ”

"That's a bit of a coincidence!" Mingzhu slapped his body, and suddenly changed his smiling face and said, "I just brought five taels of silver, and I gave them out." How about we go back and get the money and take your breath off again? ”

"Well," the big man smirked, "it's like a human talk!" After speaking, he pointed to Wu Ciyou and said, "This one keeps the wine, you go back and get the money." No more, twenty taels is enough! ”

Mingzhu let out a long sigh when he heard this, threw a look at Wu Ciyou and walked away.

Out of the cross street, it was already past midnight. There was no one on the long street, and Mingzhu couldn't help but feel a little hairy. As soon as he turned the corner to the north, he saw General Wang Shen coming with more than a dozen captains with torches—they had already undressed and gone to bed, and when they heard Mingzhu and the two of them go out, they only walked on the side of the road outside the temple, but they didn't come back until midnight. General Wang was in a hurry and hurriedly led people into the town to look for him. At this time, seeing Mingzhu coming back alone, he couldn't help but be shocked: "Lord Zongxian, where is Mr. Wu?" ”

"Ran into a couple of thieves." As soon as Mingzhu saw the person coming, he immediately lifted his spirits, and commanded sharply: "Go and capture all the people in the teahouse over there and listen to me!" After saying that, he took only two servants with him, and did not turn back to the north.

In the tea shop here, Wu Ciyou knew that Mingzhu was going to move the rescue soldiers, and he was holding Erlang's legs and drinking tea calmly, while scanning the five men sitting next to him with his eyes. The old man and the girl cowered under the desk, their faces pale, silent, not knowing what was going to happen. The shopkeeper and Xiao Er stood aside with their hands down, wanting to persuade but not daring, just laughing and adding tea, and ordered Xiao Er: "Take some melon seeds to a few masters!" ”

"What do you want that Rausch to do?" The second master said with a blushing face, "Ask them to pay for it and get a table of dishes in Desheng Building, Lao Tzu is here to drink and listen to music!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the sound of the table overturning the chair overturning, and General Wang Shen and his people had swarmed in, drawing his sword in his hand with a "brush", and shouting: "Tie it all up!" When the lieutenant's soldiers heard this order, they dispersed in an uproar, and the two were about to attack one. Wu Ciyou saw that they were stunned and even had to tie up the father and daughter who were singing, so he hurriedly shouted: "Don't be reckless!" The innocence of the shopkeeper, Xiao Er and these two entertainers! ”

"Who are you?" The big man has been tied up like a cold duck, and he still stiffened his neck and asked, "Dare to come to Tai Sui's head to break ground!" When you are young, you will regret it! ”

No matter how violent he was, General Wang said, "I can't say who I am, a filthy beast like you!" Take! ”

Mingzhu was already standing outside the Guandi Temple, dressed in a crimson shirt, with braids around his neck, and a broad-faced knife in his hand, pacing back and forth for someone. It's like a mountain king! Several military academies are also plainclothes, standing casually on the steps with bright torches. Wu Ciyou almost didn't laugh.

"You catch me two turtles, I'll catch you five bastards!" As soon as Mingzhu saw the big man, he walked down the stairs by the firelight, pointed his nose with his hand and scolded: "What is your name, dare to deceive people like this?" ”

When the big man saw that there were officers among the people who took him, and when he saw this battle, he suddenly became furious, and said in anticipation: "The king doesn't need to be angry, he has something to say!" In Xia Feng Yinglong, there are only a few pieces of land, if you want to entangle, let this brother go, let him go back to get ......"

"Okay!" Mingzhu smiled, stepped forward and cut the rope of a servant with a knife and said, "Go, you want to make a ghost, look at his appearance!" With a grin, he came to the man who was being tied up, raised his knife in his hand, cut off two ears and threw them in the ground. "Go back and get three thousand taels of silver!" Wu Ciyou didn't expect Mingzhu to be so ruthless, and he couldn't help but take a breath.

Seeing this, the big man became more and more convinced that it was a robber who had kidnapped the ticket, so he handed over a look and said, "You go back and tell the old lady that you have a friend who urgently needs three thousand taels of silver, so hurry up and bring it." If it's not enough, go to the eldest brother to exchange a few, do you hear? The man replied, "Wow!" "A puff of smoke went.

"You make me a robber!" Mingzhu saw that the servant had gone, laughed, and said to Wu Ciyou, "He thinks his brother is a robber!" He turned his face to Feng Yinglong and said, "I'm an official!" Then he ordered someone to carry out the card of quiet avoidance, and said loudly to the lively people: "I have already learned that this Feng Yinglong is the tyrant of Oolong Town. Go back, tomorrow here to put a card to complain, there are grievances, there are grievances! ”

Unexpectedly, as soon as the people heard that this was an official, they looked at each other and whispered for a while, then they knelt down together and said: "This Master Feng is not a bad person, please let him go!" And when he had spoken, he prostrate.

This plea not only surprised the captains, but Mingzhu and Wu Ciyou were also surprised. Feng Yinglong raised his head at this time, triumphant. Seeing him like this, Mingzhu smiled coldly and said, "What a 'master', it turns out that he is still an official!" What kind of fame do you have to oppress this side of the people like this? ”

"Zhengzhou Guardian Qianzong," Feng Yinglong rolled his eyes and said, "How is it?" ”

"Since you are the president of Qian, why don't you come to Zhengzhou and come to this town to do something?"

"I took a leave of absence to come back to recuperate. How, not allowed? ”

"Humph! You're sick! Seeing that he was stubborn, Mingzhu gritted his teeth and smiled, "Why did you rob this woman of five taels of silver?" ”

"His family bought me fifteen acres of renamed land, and he should pay five hundred taels of silver, and you will make a fuss if you take five taels!"

Guarding the palace is always from the five grades, and the pearl is a little hesitant. At this time, there was a gap in his words, and he asked in a loud voice: "The renamed Tian is a relic of the former Ming Dynasty, and it belongs to the imperial court, and the money from the sale should belong to the imperial court, how dare you trespass into your private pocket?" When did you get on the errand? ”

"The year before last." Feng Yinglong said with an easy answer, he was a little irritable. "What kind of officer are you?"

"Busy asking me what to do?" Mingzhu said coldly, and asked the father and daughter again, "When did you plant this land?" ”

The old man cowered and didn't dare to answer, the woman had already seen that Mingzhu had a great background, and hurriedly knelt down and replied: "In the tenth year of Shunzhi, our family fled here and planted fifteen acres of land...... It turned out to be the land of the former Mingfu prince. This ruffian took advantage of his brother's power the year before last to protect the whole of Qianzong, and insisted that he would pay 500 taels of silver for this land...... It is difficult to find all the money and food in the imperial court, where can I find this money to fill this bottomless debt? …… When he couldn't pay the money, he took my brother to be a battalion soldier, and my father came out to stop them, and told them to blind them with both eyes......" The girl said this, and she couldn't stop crying.

"Brother Mingzhu," Wu Ciyou whispered beside him, "this person is really a thief, and he must not be let go!" Mingzhu nodded, and said, "Girl, if you speak boldly, it's up to me to decide!" ”

"Why do you use me to speak!" The girl pointed to the people kneeling on the ground and said, "They are all witnesses, let them speak." How did Master He die in the county in front of him! Seeing that no one dared to speak, the girl choked up and said, "I'm afraid of him, I say!" He Lao Ye Kangxi was the magistrate of Zhengzhou in the sixth year, and issued a notice asking the people to delay the payment of the name change money - how many years have we waited to meet such a good official. He Feng Yinglong communicated with Feng Yilong, the brother of the Zhengzhou prefect, and held a banquet in Wulong Town, and Master He died violently on the road that night! Master He's coffin returned to his hometown and had no money, or did the poor people of Oolong Town quietly exchange money and hand it over to He Gongzi - are you all dumb? Why don't you dare to tell the truth? ”

This matter is very important, no one dares to talk about it, in the cold night in front of the Guandi Temple is as silent as death, only the mournful cry of the night owl can be heard from afar, and everyone's heart trembles. Mingzhu knew that if he didn't show his identity, it would be difficult to ask about the case, so he ordered: "It's cold, take the yellow coat given to me by the saint!" This sentence was extremely clear in the wilderness, which shocked Feng Yinglong, and the people were even more dumbfounded.

When it was young, the drums played in unison. Mingzhu wears a yellow coat on the top, a Jianghai robe on the bottom, and a red-topped emerald hat on her head. The entourage brought out two stone piles from the temple and let Wu Ciyou sit in separate compartments. The people of the town could hear the music outside in the middle of the night, and more and more people came. The civilians in the poor countryside had never seen such a powerful faction, and they all bowed their heads and shouted in unison: "Lord Qingtian! ”

The words made Mingzhu's heart warm, and he slowly stepped down the steps and said with his hands in unison: "Fathers, please get up!" He turned his face to Feng Yinglong and said, "Didn't you ask me about my identity?" This Xian is when today's son drove the first-class guard, the left capital of the imperial history pearl, sent by the Holy Shangqin to the West Road on business, passing by here tonight, visiting your bad deeds, to eliminate harm for the people! ”

As soon as he said a few words, the people below cheered and roared in unison: "Long live the emperor!" Hooray! Feng Yinglong's face was like ashes, and he was already paralyzed to the ground.

Mingzhu became more and more energetic, pointed at Feng Yinglong and said, "I am like a pig and a dog." Then he said to the people, "If you have any grievances, sue him, and this constitution will be your decision!" The people were so excited that they told Feng Yinglong's crimes: just to eat the money from the renamed field, he had forced thirteen lives to die, not to mention his bad deeds of seizing people's women, capturing men without permission, and enclosing land. It wasn't until dawn that the main crime was revealed.

"Son of Heaven Sword, please!" Mingzhu shouted, and Wu Ciyou hurriedly got up to avoid it. I saw two captains carrying a wooden frame at one end, and a sword with a golden dragon sheath and a tooth jade inlay handle was inserted on it. Placing the sword in front of the steps to worship, Mingzhu unhurriedly turned around and bowed three times and bowed nine times, got up and said to Feng Yinglong: "With your thirteen lives alone, you will die innocently!" He turned around and instructed the captain: "I am ordered by the Holy Order, to patrol on behalf of the heavens, and today I will clear out the people and thieves here, and you will wait for you!" ”

The lieutenants heard the order and shouted in unison: "Chirp! With the sound of a horn and three cannon sounds, Mingzhu waved his hand, and the two lieutenants walked over, picked up Feng Yinglong and dragged him a few steps forward. At this point, Mingzhu Fang felt that half of his evil anger had gone, and pointed to several of Feng Yinglong's accomplices and said, "What do you say?" ”

The three people were already so frightened that they couldn't care about binding their hands, but just kowtowed and shouted: "I just want the old man to be born under the sword!" Mingzhu was ruthless, and he wanted to be ruthless again, Wu Ciyou whispered beside him: "These people don't deserve to die, it's enough to enlighten them a few boards." ”

"Good!" Mingzhu said loudly, "Drag it down, forty sticks for each person, so that they will remember today forever!" ”

In the past few years, the people's grievances have been stretched day by day, and they have raised their eyes to the sky to thank them. Some chanted the Buddha endlessly, some came around to inquire about Mingzhu's official title, some gathered around to see the excitement, and some were extremely poor, so they went to Feng Yinglong's corpse to find silver. The chaos lasted until breakfast, and then dispersed. Wu Ciyou took out another thirty taels of silver to send the father and daughter who were singing.

"Happy!" Mingzhu returned to the main hall, sat down at the god table, took off his big hat, raised his head and drank a cup of herbal tea, "I don't want our brothers to co-star in "Oolong Town" last night! He laughed.

"Brother, you have lost your mind!" Wu Ciyou said suddenly. Seeing that Mingzhu was surprised, he said, "There is no confession, and there is no need to draw a detention," Shen Yin said for a moment, "His brother is the prefect again, and he will come to make it difficult today, you have to deal with it properly." ”

"Just because his brother conspired to poison a certain official, he dared to ask me if he had a confession?" Mingzhu smiled, "It's okay, if Feng Yilong doesn't come today, he will come tomorrow, you can look at your brother." - I let that man go, and I told him to tell him. I'm afraid that if he doesn't come, he will start a pen and ink lawsuit, which will be troublesome! ”

"I know this, so you will definitely win the lawsuit." Wu Ciyou said slowly, "I mean, my brother is Zhengyuan, and it is better to be more calm in the future." ”

This is indeed a good word, Mingzhu admired it very much, and hurriedly said: "Brother wrote it down." ”

At this time, the sun was three poles, and after eating early, Mingzhu simply released a sign, saying that he would stay here for three days to inspect the people's situation. Last night's murder has caused a sensation in the town, and the people have helped the old and the young to flock to the north of the town to see. Mingzhu sent someone to carry the big gong, and shouted while knocking on it: "Lord Qincha has been in the sedan chair here for three days, and the people have grievances and complaints, and they will go to the Guandi Temple to submit it!" ”

As he was shouting, the flow of people in front of him suddenly gave way to a sidewalk. A four-person blue tweed sedan chair was carried over slowly, and the honor guard in front of it was not used, and only a few officials pushed the crowd with their hands to open the way for the sedan chair. It turned out that the prefect of Zhengzhou, Feng Yilong, had arrived.

He originally got the report last night that his brother Feng Yinglong was kidnapped by bandits in Wulong Town, so he went to the camp and quickly ordered 200 soldiers and personally led the team to kill him. When he arrived in the town, he found out that it was Qin who had arrived, so he hurriedly sent the soldiers back from the people and waited for him, and took a sedan chair to see Mingzhu. The people were originally gearing up, and they were discussing in groups to recommend the gentry to see the Qincha, but when they saw him coming, they all stopped, staring blankly at him and going straight to the Guandi Temple.

Mingzhu was talking with Wu Ciyou in the main hall, when he suddenly saw a lieutenant come in, handed over his notebook and said: "Zhengzhou Governor Feng Yilong, please see Lord Zongxian!" ”

"Call him in!" Mingzhu commanded with a smile. Wu Ciyou said: "You officials pay a visit on business, I am a common man, so avoid it." Mingzhu hurriedly said: "Why bother? What is he, I want my eldest brother to avoid it! ”

As he was talking, Feng Yilong had already entered the hall. When Wu Ciyou looked closely, this person had a short figure, a square face, and a fierce face. While reporting his name and position, Feng Yilong threw his two horseshoe sleeves on the ground with his face up, and performed the court salute according to the etiquette of the government hall to see the governor. According to the rules, Mingzhu should be exempted from courtesy, but he sat still. Feng Yilong refused to bow again, and the two of them already had a mustard in their hearts.

"Please sit down and offer tea!" Mingzhu coldly commanded, and deliberately asked again, "Is the prefect of Zhengzhou at your feet?" ”

"Don't dare," Feng Yilong replied with a bow, "Tingzhi has already received it, but I didn't expect Lord Qincha to come so quickly, and I didn't have time to greet him, begging for forgiveness!" As he spoke, he turned around and asked, "My lord, I asked the Son of Heaven to kill Feng Yinglong of our mansion with a sword last night, but I don't know what crime he committed?" ”

Mingzhu didn't expect him to dare to strike first, and replied after a moment's pause: "Brother kills him, there is a reason to kill him." Why, I can't kill him? ”

"That's not the case." Feng Yilong straightened his waist, "Feng Yinglong is now a fifth-grade official, and he is ordered to urge the department to pay the renamed silver taels, and he is not an outlaw." Even if the lord kills him, he must have an explanation, otherwise he will not be able to return to his humble position. ”

"The people are already hungry, where will they get the money to pay for the name change? This minister has bowed to the Ming Sheng, please forgive all the decrees! ”

"The request is the request, and the exemption is the exemption," Feng Yilong replied in a loud voice, "Now that there is no will, there is the crime of killing officials without permission, and the lowly duty cannot but be compromised!" ”

Wu Ciyou suddenly laughed and said: "Poisoning the former county commander He Mou and forcing thirteen lives to death, is it also on order?" ”

"What He, what thirteen lives?" Feng Yilong did not show weakness, "I will talk back to the adult, who are you?" ”

"He asked, he asked, and you don't bother to ask anyone!" Mingzhu was furious, "Come, get out of the seat!" Then two captains stepped forward, pushed Feng Yilong and staggered, removed a stool, and listened to Mingzhu's next order: "Remove his crown!" ”

"Slow!" Feng Yilong was very stubborn, and shouted loudly with both hands, "Which one dare?" I'm the official of the Western Election! ”

"Western selection" refers to the civil and military officials selected by Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, who are not subject to the control of the second department of the imperial court. Wu Sangui has an army of fifty-three leaders and more than 10,000 green flag soldiers in Yunnan, and the government and the opposition will be shaken with one move, and even Kangxi will let him score three points. Mingzhu couldn't help frowning. But in the meantime, there is really no room for turnaround, and the face is really not down. The heart was horizontal and shouted: "Crazy slave! Is the king of Pingxi bigger than the imperial court? Capture! The lieutenants swarmed up. Feng Yilong still struggled and cursed, and rushed forward violently. Mingzhu immediately pulled out the sword from the shelf and stabbed it into his heart, stabbing out the back of the heart by more than half a foot! Wu Ciyou couldn't help but close his eyes.

Feng Yilongwu leaned back and refused to fall, holding the hilt of the sword on his chest with both hands, bleeding from his mouth, and said with difficulty: "You...... You...... It's so poisonous! ”

"No poison, no husband!" Mingzhu smiled, "It's not unjust to kill you, the people are happy!" It also saves you and me from a pen and ink lawsuit. As he spoke, he pulled his sword violently, and immediately the blood flowed profusely. Feng Yilong screamed and fell to the ground, swallowing his breath without even kicking his legs. When Feng Yilong saw this tragic situation, all of them turned pale. Wang Shen Jiang looked at this elegant scholar, who was so ruthless, and he was secretly shocked.

Mingzhu casually took out a silk silk from his arms, wiped the blood on the sword, and said, "Happy!" One day and one night to eliminate two evils for the people, the Holy One will praise me! ”

After everyone retreated, Wu Ciyou was shocked and said to Mingzhu: "Virtuous brother, I didn't know that you had such a little courage, in comparison, the foolish brother is only a corrupt one!" Mingzhu smiled: "Where did I get to be a little bold!" This bit of spirit still comes from listening to the eldest brother teaching the scriptures and history. The eldest brother is a sage and sage, but he doesn't do it, and the younger brother slaughters this fang with his hands, and he goes into obscenity. After smiling, Wu Ciyou was silent, and said for a while: "It's just that it's too ruthless, don't you get close to the kitchen?" ”

"If you don't have a ruthless hand, where does the world come from?" Mingzhu smiled, "This is all reading experience." This time, if it weren't for the little brother's advice, the golden wire mesh was laid on the top of Yuqing Palace, Rao is brother Huchen is talented, but I am afraid that it will take more trouble! ”

Wu Ciyou and Mingzhu circled in Oolong Town for three days, and carefully supplemented Erfeng's charges in accordance with the law, and then bowed to the fold, and sent it to Beijing with an expedited delivery of 600 miles, asking for punishment. After everything was done, Wu Ciyou was going east along the old road of the Yellow River. Mingzhu said: "Maybe the court will issue a decree to punish me, and the eldest brother will bear to go, why not wait a few more days?" Wu Ciyou also had this matter hanging in his heart, and he couldn't be quiet, so he simply stayed for a few more days.

On the sixth day, the edict came down, one was issued and one was sent by the court.

Wu Ciyou smiled after reading Mingfa's edict: "This decree exempts the money for changing the name of Tian, which is really immeasurable!" If the sage is like a mirror, the world can be prosperous and naturalized from now on! ”

Mingzhu said: "Don't be happy big brother, let's take a look at this court again, this is the punishment of the younger brother!" "When I opened it and looked at it, I couldn't help but be happy. It turned out to be Kangxi's own Zhu criticism, the front repeated Mingzhu's words of asking for punishment, and the later Zhu criticism wrote:

According to the Imperial History, the official was killed without a request, and he should have been punished as appropriate to extend the state's express order. Thinking of its shearing violence in Russia, rebellious in the first sprout, its initial ambition is good! The order is still based on the original intention of the west, all the way to inquire about the officials, carefully twisted and folded. The sanction requested is exempted.

Seeing this, Mingzhu exclaimed in surprise: "Big brother, the Holy Lord still asked about you!" When Wu Ciyou was busy looking, he saw a few lines of small words behind him:

Is Mr. Ng going east? Very much. If not, you can express your wishes. The weather is already cold, I hope he will take care of himself along the way, you can appoint two capable people to accompany him to Anhui, I have issued an edict to the governor of Anhui to receive it, earnestly.

Mingzhu was very moved and said, "The Holy One still can't forget his brother!" Wu Ciyou didn't answer, he bowed to the edict with tears in his eyes, and when he stood up, the sleeves of his robe were wet.

The next day, the two brothers finally broke up. On the embankment of the Yellow River, the wind is cold, the sand and dust are all over the sky, the two of them have long braids fluttering behind their heads, the sand waves are like a stream swinging in the wind, and the wisps of thatch and thin willow bushes are swaying and dancing in the wind, crying and crying, as if they are pouring out their feelings for the departed. The two of them held hands and looked at each other, and there were no words for a long time, and Wu Ciyou suddenly sang:

Jun will go, I will live, look west at the smoke lock Chang'an Road.

The sand path wanders the ancient Yellow River, where is the wandering tonight?

The flowing wind sighed back and wanted to dance to the sky.

Wow, you don't see the ancient Yan Zhao Tragic Singer, and he doesn't look back when he fights his sword and travels westward!

Strive for Mingde to have a meeting period, and the long river and the moon will end in the past!

Yin Ba smiled with tears in his eyes: "Brother, let's separate!" ”

Mingzhu cried loudly and fell to the ground. Wu Ciyou was also afraid to look at him again, turned over and got on the horse, and the group of three people and four horses did not look back. Mingzhu climbed the embankment to lookout until he saw them, and then set off for the west.