Chapter 48 and other news

Suddenly, a shout of killing came from the shore.

Wang Qianli and Xu Bao'er rushed over from the side, and the two helped He Xi out from under the table and said, "My lord, let's go quickly." This is not a place to stay for long. ”

He Xi tried hard, but he still felt a little weak. Almost carried by two people, dragged out of the cabin.

Out of the cabin where the fire had started. He Xi's eyes swept away, only to find that the situation had changed again. It's on both sides of the river. There are quite a few people fighting. Together, there are about one or two hundred people. It's spectacular. Both sides use bows and crossbows together, and long spears and short knives are used together.

In a matter of moments, dozens of people were lying in pools of blood.

A voice came from afar: "Jinyiwei commanded Mao Xiang to meet Secretary He." A middle-aged man strode over, ignoring the crowd around him. There was a pool of blood under his feet, and his steps remained unchanged, and his face did not move.

He Xi was relieved when he heard this voice.

Actually, from the time the enemy attacked, to the present. It's just a matter of time. He Xi has a feeling that his days are like years. In the experience of rubbing shoulders with death, He Xi was covered in cold sweat, and his underwear was already soaked. There is a profound change in the whole person. It's just that He Xi himself doesn't know about this change.

He Xi stood up, saluted from a distance, and said, "He Xi greets the commander of the Jinyi Guard. ”

Mao Xiang was relieved when he saw He Xi.

The person sent by Guo Huan has been under Mao Xiang's surveillance. It's just that I never thought that one was careless. Let them shoot a few rounds of arrows out of the air. One of them was a rocket. He didn't dare to slack off, for fear that he would lose something, so he immediately killed him.

This is also Mao Xiang's carelessness.

Guo Huan has raised these manpower, at most they are retired from the army, or the old, weak, sick and disabled of Zhang Shicheng and Fang Guozhen's remnants. And Jinyiwei is Zhu Yuanzhang's personal guard. It can be said that it was selected from more than 300 health centers in the Later Ming Dynasty. Even the officers of the Jinyi Guard are loyal ministers and generals. Maybe the brocade clothes and guards in later generations are already empty shelves. But in this era, Jinyiwei is definitely the elite of the elite.

Not to mention, factors such as training, equipment, etc.

When the two sides were short and the number of people was not much different, Jinyiwei was overwhelming, and even a few people died at all.

Mao Xiang looked down on Guo Huan's people at all, so he dared to relax and let them act, which led to this mistake.

Mao Xiao took a few steps forward and looked at He Xi, seeing that there was some dust on He Xi's clothes, and there were also a few scorch marks on the sparks on his long sleeves, and there was nothing else. Only then did he say: "This official is ordered by His Majesty to protect Lord He." At this moment, I would like to ask Lord He for forgiveness. ”

He Xi is clear, in He Xi's opinion, Mao Xiang's appearance is reasonable and unexpected. It is reasonable that He Xi feels that Zhu Yuanzhang will not give up monitoring him. Unexpectedly, He Xi felt careful enough in this paragraph, but he never expected that two groups of people would bite his whereabouts to death.

He Xi said: "Where is Lord Mao, I will also thank Lord Mao for saving his life." ”

Mao Xiao said: "Secretary He is polite. ”

He Xi said: "I was about to ask about something. Lord Mao, these people? ”

Mao Xiao said: "Secretary He, you should know." With a wave of his hand, Mao Xiang escorted a few live mouths in front of him, just as they spoke. The battle outside is over. Mao Xiang took the embroidered spring knife with a sheath, put it on the neck of the living mouth, and said, "Who sent you?" ”

The living mouth trembled and said, "I don't know, I don't know." I'm just on orders to kill. ”

Mao Xiang's hand shook, the embroidered spring knife was unsheathed by half an inch, the cold light flowed, and said, "You really don't know? ”

Huokou sweated on his forehead and said, "I really don't know, we used to mix at sea." ”

Mao Xiang said: "Sea mix? Fang Guozhen's old department? ”

Fang Guozhen rebelled the earliest, but he also knew the current affairs after all. finally surrendered to Zhu Yuanzhang. It's been seven or eight years since he died. However, Fang Guozhen was forced to surrender. Let part of Fang Guozhen's old department be in the imperial court, and the other part will be at sea.

Most of the pirates and maritime merchants at sea are Fang Guozhen's old department.

Therefore, as soon as he opened his mouth at this moment, Mao Xiang asked about this.

"Yes----, yes." Said alive.

Mao Xiang said: "Since it is mixed in the sea, why did you come here?" ”

Huokou said: "Someone from Hangzhou came and offered a thousand taels of gold." We want to kill someone. ”

Mao Xiang said: "It's all your people here? ”

"No, I don't think a lot. ”

Mao Xiang didn't ask anymore, and directly asked people to take the live mouth down. Mao Xiang turned around and asked He Xi and said, "Lord He, you already know who it is, right?" ”

He Xi nodded and said, "Master Xie Mao instructs." I know. ”

In fact, this matter is not difficult to guess. Coupled with the comparison of these populations, it just confirms He Xi's guess.

Mao Xiang said: "What is Lord He going to do?" ”

He Xi said: "Lord Mao is the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and he must be experienced in such a thing. Please also ask Master Mao for advice. ”

Mao Xiang said: "I don't dare to give advice. However, it has come to this point. Master He already knows what Zhejiang is like. If you look it up outside, it's not interesting. ”

He Xi said: "Then go back to Hangzhou." ”

This is also the difference between ancient and modern times. If the case is handled according to modern times. The evidence in He Xi's hands does not form a chain of evidence. But in ancient times it was different. Jin Yiwei handled the case, what evidence do you want. Even if it's not Jinyiwei, everything that is found now and every night is enough to enter the next link.

Mao Xiang said: "Okay. Please wait for two days, Secretary He, I have already transferred elite soldiers from Suzhou Qianhu. However, I will arrive in Huzhou in three or five days, and it will not be too late to go to Hangzhou at that time. ”

"No need." He Xi said: "I already have arrangements. Also, Master Mao, there are some things that I shouldn't have said. But after thinking about it, let's talk about it. I checked it in Huzhou. Although I didn't find out the specific data. However, one thing is certain. After Guo Huan took power in Zhejiang, grain of unknown origin was transported from Hangzhou to Suzhou every year and sold from Suzhou. ”

"I don't know why Suzhou didn't find it. There is no monitoring of abnormal fluctuations in food prices. Or did someone answer Guo Huan? Is there a brocade guard among them? ”

Mao Xiang was furious when he heard this, his tone was a little cold, and he said, "What do you mean by this? ”

He Xi said: "No, why? Just ask Lord Mao to think about Jinyiwei Hangzhou Thousand Households. ”

These words made Mao Xiang speechless, and even he himself was faintly worried.

For a while, he was also worried that the affairs of Hangzhou Qianhu Institute were not isolated. Otherwise, there is no news about such a big case in Zhejiang, and the same is true for the Suzhou Qianhu Office. Is it a matter of ability? Or is it an ass problem?

He Xi said: "Let's go." Soldiers are fast. ”

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He Xi was in Jiaxing, Huzhou went around and went to Hangzhou. This time it went very fast. Just outside the city of Hangzhou, it stopped. Waiting for a message.

And He Xi was waiting for news. Guo Huan in Hangzhou is also waiting for news.

What he was waiting for was news from He Xi.

These days, he has been on his whereabouts. But three days ago, the whereabouts were suddenly cut off. There was no news. Let Guo Huan worry. He had to invite Wang Zhong and said, "Lord Wang, you and I have cooperated for so many years, and everything is together. Something really happened, I can't run, you can't run, what's the news over there in Huzhou. Don't hide it. ”

Wang Zhong said: "There has just been a letter from Huzhou, saying that there is a case in Huzhou. In a river bay outside the city of Huzhou, there are traces of more than 100 people fighting, burning a boat, leaving out a lot of arrows and bloodstains. There was not a single corpse. However, they were sure that many people had died. ”

Guo Huan said: "With such a big case, why hasn't anyone reported it?" ”

Wang Zhong said: "What to report? What to do? To live is to see people, and to die is to see corpses. It doesn't matter how many people below feel dead. If you don't see the body, you can't report it, and now you know that if you can't solve such a big case when you really report it, the magistrate is not asking for trouble for yourself. ”

Guo Huan was stunned, he knew too well the virtues of the officials below. Even he was able to get up and down the iron plate. In many things, there are concessions. Local officials, no matter when. It's better to have more than one thing. In particular, Zhu Yuanzhang is relatively strict in all aspects.

In his position as a magistrate, it is estimated that the same is true.

Therefore, Guo Huan couldn't get the news, and Wang Zhong was also responsible for the punishment as the procurator. There are many contacts with the people who handle the case below. That's when I got the grapevine.

Guo Huan was a little restless and said, "What do you think is going on?" ”

Wang Zhong said with a gloomy face: "This is not a good thing. What the people we send are like, I know. They may be able to kill. But it won't be so clean, and not a single corpse will be left. That is to say----"

Guo Huan said: "It was Jinyiwei who ended? But there was no movement at all in Hangzhou Qianhusuo. ”

Wang Zhong said: "This is what worries me the most. ”

Guo Huan's face that had not changed for thousands of years finally showed a little panic, and said: "You mean that Hangzhou Qianhu is no longer trusted by Jinyiwei. And Jinyiwei sent someone? ”

Wang Zhong said: "Your guess is right. He Xi is a disguise, and it was Jinyiwei who really checked it, and now, they have surfaced. That means they found out. It doesn't have to be hidden. Brother Guo. We need to be ready to retreat. ”

Guo Huan was stunned for a moment and said, "Do you really want to go to sea?" ”

"The whole world is not the king's land, except overseas, where else can you go?" Wang Zhong said.

Guo Huan said: "You let me be quiet." ”

If there is a choice, Guo Huan will never go overseas. After all, overseas in this era is a completely different concept from modern overseas.