"Master, the villain has something to say."

A small guy escorting Zhu Yangrui suddenly opened his mouth, breaking the atmosphere of dead silence.

When Zhu Yangrui heard this, he turned his face with a little suspicion: "Do you have a good plan?" ”

The little guy arched his hand and said: "I remember that you have a friend, and now he is serving as a county magistrate, why don't you go and take refuge for a while?" ”

"You kid still have a good memory!" Zhu Yangrui's eyes lit up, and he patted him on the shoulder with a smile, "But it's a pity that you only know one and don't know the other." ”

The little guy's expression was blank: "That...... What else does the lord mean? ”

"Don't ask, you'll find out when I get there! Drive! I saw Zhu Yangrui turn the horse's head, hit a very loud whip, and galloped away; When the servants saw it, they hurried after them, but they could not reach them.

"Old friend! It's been a long time! Why did you come in such a hurry? ”

Surrounded by servants with a few lanterns, the county man walked slowly from the inner courtyard, waved at the panting Master Zhu, and looked at him a few times.

Zhu Yangrui handed the horse whip to the servant, and reluctantly smiled: "There was a little urgency, so we got along overnight." ”

The county Cheng heard that it was not right, so he repelled the people around him, and only invited Zhu Yangrui to the court to ask the reason; Yang Rui immediately explained the situation to him, and said the meaning of running.

The county man was shocked, locked his eyebrows and said: "Since the superior insists on arresting people, I am afraid that I will hide you here for a short time, and it is better for my brother to find him for another plan." ”

Zhu Yangrui smiled and said: "Don't worry, brother Xian, I will only live here for three or four days, and I will never involve you." But I need to ask you to do something: take me to see Zhixian. ”

"See Zhi County?" Xian Cheng sighed helplessly, "Isn't it good for you to settle down, silence for the time being, and avoid the limelight?"

Zhu Yangrui said: "Now the situation in the province has been seen by me for eight points, as long as I can buy time and catch up with the people above, everything is easy to say; But if you are cowardly, you will surely die. ”

The county couldn't resist him, so he had to agree again and again, and arranged a room for him to sleep in first; It was not until dawn the next day that he called Yang Rui to go to the yamen together.

But the county was afraid that the county would not want to save him, so he left Yangrui outside, went in alone, and explained his official duties to the county magistrate, and at the same time mentioned that Runing was investigated.

When the magistrate heard this, he was slightly displeased: "Squire Zhu is a sage of my Runing, and he will maintain the township affairs, and I can rest assured that officials of all sizes can rest assured." The boss said that he was going to track down the rebels, but he was arrested for no reason, and he didn't know what it meant. ”

"But ......" Speaking of this, he stopped the pen in his hand and looked at the county Cheng curiously, "I didn't know anything about this before, and you didn't go out on an errand, who did you hear about it?" ”

The county man was nervous and difficult to answer, and there were a few laughs outside the door: "The county master is really alert!" Tell me the truth, that's what I, the witness, told him! ”

The magistrate hurriedly got up, and when he saw Zhu Yangrui holding his beard and standing at the door, he was suddenly a little stunned: "Please, please sit." ”

"My lord," Zhu Yangrui sat on the circle chair beside him, "I listened to your words, you seem to be very puzzled by Wan Yuzhi's decision. ”

"Yes, Ye Dang and you seem to have no grievances."

Zhu Yangrui smiled bitterly: "I don't think so. The Taye Party has always been committed to the New Deal, and now it is vigorously pursuing the fields, and the spearhead must be directed at our gentry. ”

Zhixian pondered for a while, and suddenly opened his eyes excitedly: "If we track down the Blue Party and act according to the emperor's will, we will be helpless; If the annex is pursued, it is not within his authority. If they take the opportunity to impeach you, your Zhu family will be saved! ”

Zhu Yangrui nodded: "That's exactly the reason." Therefore, I want to beg the county lord to send someone to inform the government and ask him to talk to the people on the Chen Dang side and report the news to the imperial court as soon as possible. ”

The magistrate thought so, so he called two clerks: one rushed to Xinyang to inform the prefect of Runing, and the other went to Runing to check the situation, and by the way, he asked for an arrest document to come back as evidence.

The prefect of Runing was invited to a banquet by one of Wan Yu for three days, and he felt comfortable and happy in his heart, and he was willing to stay here for a few more days, and he had no intention of returning to this boss who held the power of life and death. On this day, he returned to the house with a slight drunkenness, but saw a person standing at the door, shouting and asking who it was, and the person immediately passed the name and surname, explained the origin, and explained to him what Zhu Yangrui had entrusted him.

The prefect didn't believe it at all, shook his head and said: "The Lord of All Things is here to Xinyang, specifically to hunt down people who disagree with him, we have no grievances with him, how can he cause trouble for no reason!" ”

The messenger had no choice but to stay here until the evening, and when the people from Runing's side came, he showed him the arrest documents, and said: "If Wan Yuzhi arrests Squire Zhu, the next step is to arrest you." It's never too late to make a living. ”

The prefect's face turned pale suddenly, and he hurriedly wrote a handwritten letter according to their request, stuffed the document into it, and handed it over to the two to take to the governor's yamen to report to a certain Chen party. After several rounds, the news finally reached the imperial court.

"See, was I wrong?"

Comrade Chen gently put the arrest document on the table, squinted his eyes and smiled.

"My lord is really a clever calculation," the Hunan people showed a rare change of surprise and did not be surprised, "Isn't it time to go to the book next?" ”

"We can't be at the forefront of this matter," Comrade Chen said, pinching his fingers, "After all, we have been fighting with the Ye Party for many years, and even if we are impeached with public intentions, Your Majesty will be suspected of fighting for the party." You should find someone who has not participated in party disputes...... And people who are not afraid of things. ”

"Zeng Liang?" The Hunan people blurted out.

"Or Sixing, you are smart!" Comrade Chen was pleasantly surprised, stroked his knees and smiled, "Then Chen will bother the elder brother to go out." ”

Zeng Liang sat crookedly in front of the window of the study alone, holding an account book while playing with his fingers, not knowing what to calculate, and kept muttering: "The remaining 108,322 taels...... Deduct another 10,000 ......"

"Zeng Shangshu!"

"Who?" Zeng Liang was startled, hurriedly raised his eyes, and saw that the Hunan people had stood in front of him, looking at him quietly.

"Oh, I'm so distracted......" he sat down at once, "I didn't even notice you were here!" Sit, sit. ”

"Zeng Shangshu, you seem to have become calmer recently, and you have been doing things here with your head bored, and you don't say anything at the court meeting." Guo Hunan people quipped.

Zeng Liang dusted off his clothes and said with a smile: "The old man is not an imperial historian after all, unless he is impeached in an urgent matter, wouldn't it be a contempt for the imperial court?"

Guo Xiangren frowned and said: "But there is an urgent matter in front of you, but I have never seen you speak out." ”

Zeng Liang was stunned.

The Hunan people said indignantly: "Now that the Ye Party is rampant and is doing mischief in the court, why do you turn a blind eye? ”