"It's his name, but it doesn't seem to be related to ......"

Before Ye Yongjia finished speaking, Cai Xianqing pulled through the letter and quickly found the paragraph about Cun Zhao, and when he looked at it carefully, he saw that it read: 'Cun Zhao has volunteered to return to Huai'an to investigate the resettlement matter, and there is no other ......' Cai Xianqing stared at this seemingly ordinary sentence, his eyelids jumped, and his face turned white in an instant.

"Cun Zhao is an extremely shrewd person, and with Chen Dang in it......" he let out a heavy sigh as he gently placed his hands on the paper, "this matter doesn't seem so natural. Tsk, I'm afraid ......"

Ye Yongjia also became serious: "I'm afraid of what? ”

Cai Xianqing said: "Huai'an is where the baggage is, and after Xuanhua is lost, it will be relied on as the military government." He suddenly gave up the struggle for power with us, and instead came here, probably because he had premeditated it and wanted to hold on to this money and food. ”

"They...... By what means can this be done? Ye Yongjia asked with a frown.

"It doesn't matter how many tricks they use, the purpose is nothing more than this," Cai Xianqing waved his hand and said, "Now the most important thing is to simplify the complex, and you must not think about the problem too complicated." Sometimes, the more complex the strategy, the more likely it is to become flawed. ”

Ye Yongjia suddenly became energetic, patted his knees and said, "Old Cai's words really made me suddenly enlightened!" If so, Ye has a countermeasure: According to the letter, Governor Zhang Chenghuai is a wavering person, and he can make some fuss from him. ”

Cai Xianqing was overjoyed, and pressed his shoulder and said, "Tinglong really understands it." Without further ado, write a quick letter and follow the Ming, the opportunity is fleeting! ”

Ye Yongjia thought so, hurriedly opened the letter, and added a few more lines at the end of the letter - in order to be precise, he even tried his best to consider it, and his clothes were soaked with sweat.

After entering Huai'an City, Cun Zhao couldn't see Dong Sheng's face anymore, and he felt extremely comfortable. After greeting the magistrate for a while, he gathered together and decided not to pick it out to the magistrate first, but to spread the news through the people.

The henchman was instructed by the ban, took the note with him, changed into a peasant's costume, and came to the street.

He raised his eyes to look at a tea shed, people came and went on all sides, and there were stalls selling vegetables and fruits next to it, although it was not as crowded as the people, but for a small city in Huai'an, it was a lot.

"Do you have any porridge here?" The henchman rolled up his sleeves, sat cross-legged on the bench, and greeted the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper looked at him suspiciously for a moment, then threw the firewood into the stove, came over and said, "Yes." But I don't think you're a local, do you? ”

The henchman could vaguely understand his native language, and replied: "I am indeed not a local, I live in the southern part of the city, which does not help the government to be an errand and deliver a letter somewhere, passing by here." ”

After all, he was a soldier under Cunzhao's hands, and he was born with tendons and flesh, and his skin was tanned, so the shopkeeper naturally believed his words, and then went to the pot and put a bowl of porridge in front of him.

The henchman had just taken a big sip of porridge, and he heard a group of people next to him talking about it, as if they were talking about border defense.

"What do you say?" He asked, leaning over his face.

"You don't know?" Those few people turned around and said, "The imperial court sent a Master Dong and transferred a forbidden army, clearly to expel the captives and recover Xuanhua." ”

Someone next to him also shouted: "This is a great thing! Our county has been harassed several times, and I am terrified every day, and this day is gone. ”

"That's right, even if you throw us to the front line!"

"It's a pity!" The henchman screamed, his face bitter.

Everyone clenched their fists and looked at them with sharp eyes: "What the do you mean?" ”

"I have been arrested by the government on an errand in recent days, and I have learned some inside information," the henchman shook his head and said, "Then Dong Sheng not only did not dare to go on the Northern Expedition, but also strengthened the defense line, so he built a lot of construction for this." He has built countless walled fortresses in a month on the border, and the time is short, and I am afraid that you will all have to go to the front line to serve as hard labor. Let alone...... The military government has no money to allocate and will not even pay a penny of wages. ”

The people panicked, pointed to the bridge of his nose and shouted: "There is no basis for your mouth, your mouth, you take the evidence!" Otherwise, I'll call you to the police! ”

The henchman sighed and took out the note from his bosom that stated the expenses: "Give!" ”

Everyone gathered around, twisting their heads to look at the small characters, and they couldn't recognize them at all.

"Which one is literate? It's so beautifully written, who the fuck can see it! The crowd was dissatisfied.

"I can," said the shopkeeper, who hurried away, pushing away those who stood in the way, and carefully reading the handwriting: "This is written...... What kind of fort, it costs two thousand taels of silver, and where is the fort, eight hundred taels ......"

"Don't be so long-winded, aren't you just building these things! There are more than 10 places in total, and it takes a lot of manpower! ”

The henchmen coaxed together, causing everyone to be in an uproar, cursing Dong Sheng angrily, and spitting stars flying around. It didn't take long for them to rush out of the tea shed and spread the shocking news to passers-by, causing a stir in the market.

This movement alarmed the officers and soldiers on patrol, who were armed with knives and guns, roared like thunderbolts, quickly maintained order here, tied up several ropes that were causing trouble, and asked sharply: "Which thief is spreading rumors, so bold!" ”

The people were afraid of the power and identified the henchman on the spot. I saw that he was still sitting indifferently on the stool drinking porridge, and glancing at the visitor with cold eyes.

"Let's go, follow me to the torture room, I'm going to beat you to death!" The officer and soldier for the head grabbed him by the collar, pushed the table away, and spilled the hot porridge on the floor.

"You thief, get down on your knees!"

The henchman was pushed into a small study, and saw a secretary sitting in front of him, his eyes fierce.

He looked around and said with a faint smile: "Who is this, who can kneel and treat each other?" ”

"He's a criminal master!"

"What kind of criminal name did I say, it turned out to be the secretary office in the county office! A book office is also worthy of teaching people to kneel! ”

"You dare!" The clerk slapped the table and got up.

"Of course I dare," the henchman said expressionlessly, "haven't you searched your body?" ”

"Don't be arrogant, I'm not going to ...... this"

The soldiers searched his blanket and took out a golden waist card, with the four big characters of 'Si Ban Cun Zhao'.

"Master Jun!"

The clerk's eyes widened, and he knelt down tremblingly and kowtowed.

"It's good that you know," the henchman walked a few slow steps forward, breaking away from the people on either side, "but I am not here to tempt, but to save your life. Don't panic. ”

"Please...... Please let me know. "The clerk was motionless.

"I and I are forbidden here to give your county an order: that is, within a month, find a way to allocate 200,000 taels of silver to help the new policy. Existing paperwork is proof! ”