Seeing him sighing, the deputy governor couldn't help but panic: "My lord, is Ye Yongjia really so powerful?" ”

"How can I be afraid of a weak scholar?" Shi Yiyi sighed, "Judging from the words in this Ye Shilang's mouth, it seems that Liu Gong intends to choose someone to replace the governor. On this patrol, I asked how many artillery pieces and guns there were, and even asked about the source, which clearly showed that we did not trust our army! ”

He looked out the window at the cold wall and banged against it in disgruntle.

"Are the Beiyu going to attack Xuanhua in a few days?" Shi Yiyi asked through gritted teeth.

"According to the scout, a force of nearly 10,000 captives is heading here, arriving in about two days."

"Fuck, we can't mess around anymore," Shi Dudu pushed away the case in front of him and shouted to the deputy governor, "You quickly inform the soldiers that there will be a big battle at the border pass immediately, and if you return victorious, each person will be rewarded with ten taels of silver, and they will be promoted one by one." We can't afford to lose face anymore, don't you hear?! ”

"The villain will do it......" replied the deputy governor tremblingly.

The tense atmosphere here did not affect Ye Yongjia's patrol on the city wall. There were no eyes beside him, which made him look very calm, and he walked to the bottom of the city tower.

I saw that there were many soldiers here, and there was a copper cannon on the city wall, which had a little rust, and was rushing towards several paths under the city.

Ye Yongjia looked at the people around him and asked, "Who is the leader among you?" ”

"My lord, I am." A soldier in black armor walked over, "The city defense of Xuanhua Gate is in charge of me." ”

"You've worked hard." Ye Yongjia leaned against the wall and brushed the dust off the battlement with his hand, "I don't know how Shi Dudu usually rewards you?" ”

"The governor remembers that my soldiers are brave in battle, and most of them are rewarded with silver and increased banlu, which are nothing more than these two methods."

"How many people have been rewarded?" Ye Yongjia spoke slowly, as if telling the other party that this was just an inconsequential trifle.

"My lord, I really can't remember this kind of thing, so I need to go to the account room to check. However, the five battalions of soldiers and horses have all received countless rewards. The officer didn't feel anything wrong, so he just told Ye Yongjia to listen to everything.

'Where did a governor get so much silver?' There must be a cat among them...... Ye Yongjia muttered in his heart, planning to put these aside first, and then asked: "I heard that the deputy governor has also come here to command recently, are you willing to listen to his dispatch?" ”

"Adjutant comes and goes, and several groups of people have to go a year, how can we be angry with this gang of customers?" The sergeant did not hide his attitude at all, "Unless there is a personal order from Lord Shi, how can you order everyone!" ”

Ye Yongjia was taken aback when he heard this, he turned to look at the tall city tower, stunned.

"You...... Q: What do these do? The sergeant suddenly became aware of this, and looked at him in disbelief.

Ye Yongjia trembled, and a few drops of cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He tugged at the placket of his shirt slightly: "It's nothing, military affairs, as a court official, I must know." It is gratifying to hear that you and others are united and abide by the rules. You defend the city well, don't let the enemy take advantage of the loopholes, the official is going back to rest, farewell, farewell! So saying, he made two moves in a row, and went down the stone steps beside the tower.

Ye Yongjia went to meet the deputy governor and other generals again, but this time he didn't dare to ask more, so he talked about some useless gossip, and then watched the sun set. So the two left from Xuanhua and returned to Suidi.

Ye Yongjia had dinner in Shifu, so he hurriedly changed into civilian clothes, ran to Cai Xianqing's residence, first told him all the news he had discovered, and then analyzed it endlessly: "I have always suspected that Shi Yiyi is greedy for ink and silver, and there is no other crime, who knows that this person still has the intention of raising private soldiers." As soon as the army was defeated, he did not hesitate to reward, which was not like an incentive to kill the enemy, but seemed to buy people's hearts and take Xuanhua as his own territory. The so-called merit is not rewarded, and he uses it to reward the soldiers all day long, and it is no wonder that he has frequent failures. ”

Cai Xianqing said: "His military power is so strong, it is really difficult to move him." There are tens of thousands of people under his command, and the country still has to rely on them to fight, and it must not stir up their dissatisfaction. ”

Ye Yongjia said with a smile: "Don't Cai Lao know, the truth of 'using the spear of the son and attacking the shield of the son'? Shi Yiyi's prestige accumulated by gold and silver, we can also use gold and silver to dismantle it. ”

"This plan is very good," Cai Xianqing bowed, "but I don't have much silver, only more than two hundred taels, packed in a box, I don't know if it's enough?" ”

"It's enough at the moment," Ye Yongjia was relieved when he heard this number, "I'm about to send someone back to the household department to ask about the cost of casting cannons, if it doesn't match the price of Xuanhua's forty cannons, then Shi Yiyi's corruption charge will be confirmed." By the way, take some silver, this is not difficult. ”

"But sending someone out needs to be kept secret, in case Shi Dudu knows about it, it will be nine deaths and one life." Cai Xianqing was a little worried about him.

Ye Yongjia smiled and shook his head slowly: "Old Cai said that I laughed, since I became an official in Chenzhou, I have experienced countless dangers, and I have never said a word of fear. Besides, isn't this kind of desperate posture also what you like for the elderly? ”

Cai Xianqing happily rolled up his sleeves and laughed: "Lord Ye really knows me!" So what else is there to say, do it! ”

The two waited until the night, heard the louder sound, and immediately selected a henchman to escort him, disguised him as a foreign merchant, dragged the car, took advantage of the curfew to drive people away, drilled out of Xuanhua City, and when he bought a healthy horse during the day, he galloped to Beijing.

At the same time, Shi Yiyi's house received a letter, and he himself looked at the paper and saw that it was the handwriting of the deputy governor, so he hurriedly picked up the lamp and opened it. It turned out that the soldier who was asked on the city wall was suspicious of Ye Shilang, and because he was illiterate, he asked the deputy governor to talk to him and begged him to write a letter back, and then he hurriedly handed it to the governor's mansion.

Shi Yiyi was furious after reading it, tore the letter again and again, clutched it into a paper ball, and threw it directly into the fire, turning into ashes in a moment.

"Ye Yongjia, this guy, relying on chicken feathers as an arrow!" He was furious in front of the minions, "If you dare to question Bendu, send someone to kidnap him!" ”

The slave didn't know who to invite, so he stood in place, scolded by Shi Yiyi: "You dog slave, how do you teach you on weekdays?" I have to call the master for this! ”

The old housekeeper kowtowed twice, jumped up and down in the house, and finally pulled the master over, and at that time, Shidu's anger was gone.

"What are you looking for?" The master closed the door casually.

"You have to think of a way to let Ye Yongjia leave early," Shi Yiyi's tone calmed down, "Otherwise, if he continues to visit like this, my Xuanhua's foundation will be overturned...... As long as the shortcomings have not really been revealed, this plague god can be sent away! ”