Song Nan dictated, the two Tartar officers wrote their confessions in their own hands, drew and signed them, and Song Nan explained some details in detail, teaching the two Tartar officers to answer correctly, and then ordered the two to be taken down and detained separately.

When the two of them left the secret room of the interrogation, the sky was already bright, the red clouds in the east were rolling, and the sun was about to come out.

After a busy night's work, Song Nan felt a little tired, Jiang Bin was in good spirits, seeing Song Nan yawning, Jiang Bin said slightly apologetically: "Brother Song, this night has been hard for you, my brother is a capable person, and you have to arrange for me to be at ease today." ”

Song Nan said with a smile: "Lord Qianhu is polite, I only hope that our hard work is not in vain." ”

Jiang Bin said: "Brother is doing his best for my business, Jiang is grateful from the bottom of my heart, I have a stupid mouth, and I can't say anything beautiful, but I, Jiang Bin, swear here, if I can escape this catastrophe, I will regard Brother Song as a brother and sister in the future, but where Jiang Bin is needed, Jiang will do his best to die." ”

Song Nan smiled and said: "Then thank you first, for now, let's focus on ensuring the smooth progress of the plan, the hundred households of the Jinyi Wei Fang will come in a while, Jiang Qianhu still arranges this matter, and then the real show begins." ”

Jiang Bin smiled and said: "Brother seems to be looking forward to it, I have no interest, I don't blink an eye when I kill people and cut people, why am I a little nervous now." ”

Song Nan smiled and said: "Planning is in the people, there is no need to be nervous, some things seem to be ungraspable, but in fact, there are rules to follow, you would not have thought that Fang Datong would participate in it, in fact, he was not persuaded by us?" Therefore, there are only unexpected things, and there are no things that cannot be done. ”

Jiang Bin raised his finger and praised: "Brother Song is calm and sophisticated, sixteen years old is like a sixty-year-old mountain carving, compared with you, I, Jiang Bin, have lived to a dog for more than 30 years." ”

Song Nan said with a smile: "Don't, this is praising me or hurting me, Fang Datong is coming, I should not stay here, it is easy for him to suspect that there is fraud, I better go back to the city." ”

Jiang Bin hurriedly said: "Okay, I ordered someone to escort you back to the city from the path, does Brother Song have anything else to explain?" ”

Song Nan pondered for a while, and said softly: "Lord Qianhu only remember two points, first, these two Tartar prisoners must not fall into the hands of others, otherwise it is very likely that the matter will be exposed, once someone forcibly interrogates them, Lord Qianhu must make a decision immediately; Second, you can't allow others to have the opportunity to contact the Tartar prisoners alone, and the guards must choose your most trusted subordinates, because your fate and mine are at stake, and you must not slack off. ”

Jiang Bin nodded solemnly and said, "Don't worry, brother, I still understand this." ”

Song Nan took his leave, and under the escort of seven or eight personal soldiers, he left Black Mountain Fort and rushed west along the path back to Ulzhou City.

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In the north of Ulju City, there are many tall buildings and Huayu, the garrison is extremely strict, here is the heart of Ulju City, there is no north gate in Ulzhou, there is a tall enemy tower built on the north city wall, guarded by heavy troops, inside is the Jade Emperor Temple, the state yamen, and the office of various key departments, and the military office of the commander of the Ulzhou guard is also here.

The sun rose three poles, hundreds of soldiers gathered at the gate of the Ulzhou Guard, the short commander Wang Dan stood on the steps in front of the yamen in military uniform, and behind him stood the white-faced and black-bearded commander Tongzhi Huang Tong, as well as the partial general Qianhu and others under a cadre of subordinates, all of whom gathered their eyes on the avenue in front of the yamen, as if waiting for someone to arrive.

Wang Dan has a small nose and small eyes, although his figure is thin, but he has the aura of a superior person, and his squinting eyes flicker from time to time, under his proud gaze, hundreds of officers and soldiers are silent, and there are very few who even cough and fart.

Of course, Wang Dan has the capital that he is proud of, the hereditary status of the border marquis, and the imperial court handed over the defense of the border town of Ulzhou to him, these two points alone are enough to make many people difficult to match.

Of course, people who know the details of the Tao can't help but see the essence under these halos, Wang Dan's status as a relative is hereditary, and he himself eats from the shadow of his ancestors, and he has no special credit, plus this person has two major hobbies, one is greedy for money, and the other is lustful, and for these two things, he has done a lot of outrageous things, and people who know his details can't help but secretly despise him.

But there are many acquaintances in this world, and there are few people like Jiang Bin, who is stunned and secretly makes a small report, and only a fool will do the matter of eggs touching stones, Wang Dan's embezzlement and annexation of military households is almost no secret, nearly 10,000 acres of fertile land in the north of the city are all obtained by Wang Dan's exploitation of his military households, and these military households have to be forced to cultivate for him.

The way to get money is not only that, the filial piety of the merchants in the city is one, and the other entry is even more jaw-dropping: in Wang Dan's territory, hundreds of Ulzhou Wei soldiers flee every year, and the establishment of more than 6,000 people is now less than 4,000, but the number of soldiers who can be reported to the military department to receive salaries is growing, Wang Dan asks for an increase in the number of soldiers every year in the name of strengthening Ulzhou's defense, and more than 3,000 vacancies plus the weapons and armor and other military materials allocated by the imperial court have all become Wang Dan's pockets.

Wang Dan is not a fool, he takes care of the eunuchs of the town army, the left and right deputies, and related people, etc., to ensure that everyone is beneficial, and everyone is the long-term way to get rich. The rest of the time was spent on the belly of one woman after another, which was the second greatest pursuit in his life.

But there are some people who don't open their eyes, such as Jiang Bin, who is a thousand households under him, although this person is a good hand at fighting, this is also the reason why Wang Dan handed over the Beiqian household, which was responsible for the main defense, to Jiang Bin; However, it is one thing to be able to fight, and it is another thing to know whether or not to know current affairs, that is, this Jiang Bin actually secretly reported that he was exploiting the fields of military households, if it weren't for his deep foundation, the money on weekdays was not spent in vain, and he almost stabbed this matter to the court; This matter is like a bone thorn piercing Wang Dan's chest is blocked and painful, since Jiang Bin doesn't know how to lift, and he doesn't have to be polite to him, this kind of stunned blue must be completely removed.

Wang Dan will not give people the truth of narrow private revenge, he has always done things steadily and steadily, finally, the opportunity came, Montenegro Fort was raided by the Tartar rangers, and dozens of soldiers guarding the fort were all killed, if this kind of thing was before, Wang Dan would reprimand at most, and he would never make a big show of it, but this time it became the best opportunity to kill Jiang Bin, this kid just took leave that day to visit friends, and he deserved to be unlucky.

Wang Dan reported the matter to the imperial court, in addition to blaming himself for not being strict with the emperor, he attributed the main responsibility to Jiang Bin's dereliction of duty, and the military department immediately sent the governor of the examination to inquire about the matter.

Although the grade of the governor is only five grades, and there is still a fourth grade behind Wang Dan's three grades, after all, he is a person from the military department, and there is no need to welcome him out of the city gate, and it is already quite a big face to line up at the yamen gate to greet him.

The sound of horses' hooves, a soldier galloped quickly, rolled the saddle and dismounted, and Wang Dan said lightly: "Are you here?" ”

"Commander Qiqi, Governor Qian's carriage and horses have arrived at Dongdajie."

Wang Dan snorted, waved his hand to signal the soldier to step back, and turned his head to the commander Tongzhi Huang Channel: "Arrange the reception, no one is allowed to contact the governor of the examination, by the way, where did Jiang Bin go?" Why didn't you see him here? ”

Huang Tong whispered: "Don't worry, my lord, all the humble duties have been arranged, Jiang Bin is not in the camp, and his hundreds of households said that he led hundreds of soldiers to inspect the defense of Fort Montenegro yesterday, and he has not come back yet." ”

Wang Dan snorted and said: "It's too late to hold Buddha's feet temporarily, why did you go early; It's okay if he doesn't come, anyway, he won't be able to do it for long. ”

Huang Tong smiled and said: "What my lord said is, by the way, this Governor Qian, do we want to mean it, so as not to cause him too much." ”

Wang Dan thought for a while and said: "Look at it, some people are pretentious, and it is not good to give him face too much, and a small examination of the governor will not make a fuss." ”

Huang Channel: "I understand my humble duties. ”

The sound of neighing of people and horses sounded, and several horses galloped on the street, followed by a team of more than a dozen people of carriages and horses, Wang Dan's expression changed, he slowly stretched out his hand to straighten his clothes, and slowly walked down the steps with his head held high.