It was so hot and humid that night. The windows were wide open, the doors were wide open, and there was still not a trace of wind, and the grass insects in the courtyard outside the house were screaming very loudly.

A small oil lamp in front of the window table, Hai Rui wore a coarse cloth short coat, reading and marking in front of a stack of case files. The pu fan in his left hand occasionally slapped on his leg, apparently because there were too many mosquitoes.

It was already so hot, and Mrs. Hymers was still sitting in front of a small charcoal stove, looking at the medicine jar that was spitting hot gas. Although the sweat was constantly flowing, her face was flushed, and her eyes were shining from time to time, revealing the charm of the young woman, late spring.

After the medicine was boiled, there were two empty bowls next to it, and Mrs. Hai picked up a piece of wet cloth on the side of the empty bowl to pinch the medicine jar, but she couldn't help but look at Hai Rui, who was sitting in front of the window.

Hai Rui was so engrossed in reviewing the case file.

Madame Hai still wrapped the handle of the medicine jar, lifted the medicine jar and poured the medicine soup into one empty bowl, and then into another empty bowl.

The medicine was poured, but Mrs. Hai was stunned again. After a while, she was obviously determined, first wrapped the stove and carried it out of the door, turned back and walked to Hai Rui with a bowl of medicine.

The medicine bowl was gently placed on the table, and Mrs. Hai looked at Hai Rui, whose gaze was still on the case file. Mrs. Hai's eyes dimmed, and then she turned back and picked up another bowl of medicine, walked to the table and put it on the table, and then sat down quietly at the table opposite Hai Rui.

Hai Rui was still reading the case file, and Mrs. Hai's eyes also looked out the window. The grass insects in the yard chirped even louder.

Mrs. Hai finally looked at her husband again and spoke softly: "The medicine is going to be cold." ”

"Oh." Hai Rui responded, put down the pen, picked up the bowl of medicine close to him and drank it in one gulp, but he never looked at his wife, picked up the pen again, and looked at the case file.

Mrs. Hai's eyes were so desolate, and she hesitated for a long time before she picked up her bowl of medicine and drank it. Then he walked out with two empty bowls.

Hai Rui slowly looked out of the door, looking at the outside of the black hole, his eyes finally stopped there, whether it was guilt or pity, and he was confused.

The light on the table suddenly burst into a spark, and Hai Rui still looked out the door. Suddenly, he immediately turned his gaze to the case file. It turned out that Mrs. Hai came in again with a basin of water.

Placing the water on the stool in front of Hai Rui, Mrs. Hai said softly: "It's late at night, you also wash, it's time to rest." ”

"Hmm." Hai Rui just responded, and his eyes did not leave the case file.

Lady Hymers looked at him and saw that his face was sweating. After a moment's hesitation, as if with great determination, he wrung his handkerchief from the basin, approached his side, and wiped it off his forehead.

Hai Rui closed his eyes and sat there motionless.

Mrs. Hai's eyes lit up, and she gently rubbed her husband slowly from her forehead to her face.

After rubbing her neck, Mrs. Hai whispered in her husband's ear, "Rest, okay?" ”

Hai Rui finally opened his eyes, slowly stood up, and finally looked into his wife's gaze.

The gazes of both men had tenderness in front of the dim light.

Hai Rui finally stretched out his hand to hold his wife's hand, but Mrs. Hai showed shyness and nervousness: "The door hasn't closed yet." ”

"I'll close it." Hai Rui strode towards the door.

Mrs. Hymers sat down on the edge of the bed and pulled off the copper hairpin on her head.

Harry pulled the door on the left, then the door on the right, and the two doors slowly closed. Suddenly, Hai Rui's hand stopped there, his eyes stopped there, and he heard the pleasant chanting of his wife behind him.

Mrs. Hai has long hair and a shawl, and while slowly taking off her clothes, she is singing softly: "Grass insects, worms." I didn't see a gentleman, and I was worried. I also see and stop, and my heart descends. ”

and his wife's singing, Hai Rui's deep chant also sounded softly: "Zhibi Nanshan, words and ferns, I haven't seen a gentleman, and I am worried about ......."

Hai Rui turned around, his wife had taken off his underwear, only a belly pocket remained, and his shoulders and greasy skin made his heart gush out of a piece of love and pity in the faint light, his wife was the daughter of a family of poets and scholars, and her usual coarse linen shirt almost faded her natural beauty. Hai Rui walked up to his wife, pulled up her long hair, and picked her up.

His wife's cheeks were flushed, but her eyes were closed.

Hai Rui: "After so many years, I have wronged you. ”

The wife opened her eyes suddenly, and they were so bright: "Don't say such things at this time, okay?" ”

Hai Rui nodded, hugged his wife and gently put him on the bed. He began to take off his underwear, revealing his still strong physique.

"Blow the lamp." The wife said softly on the bed.

Hai Rui turned around and walked to the table, and was about to blow out the lamp, when he suddenly froze.

Madame Hai also shuddered violently and sat up on the bed.

They all heard a faint but clear humming from the side of the main hall.

It was the humming voice of the jellyfish: "The sun is going to rest, can you rest, rest...... The moonlight is going to rest, do you have a rest, you have to rest......"

Hai Rui immediately picked up his underwear from his chair and put it on, and walked towards the door.

"Ruxian!" His wife's screams behind him were so poignant. Hai Rui stood again at the door.

Hai Mu's humming voice was still faint and clear, and it was faintly desolate: "Ah Nan is going to rest, can you rest, rest ......"

Hai Rui finally opened the door and walked out the door.

The door to the main hall was wide open, and Hai Rui took off his shoes and walked in lightly.

The door of the mother's bedroom was also open, and the light came through. The humming voice of the sea mother is in the ear: "Mother is going to rest, can you rest, can't you rest......"

Hai Rui walked to the door of the bedroom: "Mother." ”

The humming stopped, but the jellyfish didn't answer. Hai Rui had no choice but to stand quietly outside the bedroom door and called again: "Mother." ”

The sea mother hummed again: "Mother is going to rest, the sun will not be bright, and the moonlight will not be bright......"

Hai Rui no longer hesitated, walked in, and immediately froze there.

Hai Mu sat on the bed with her sleeping granddaughter in her arms, looking out the window with tears in her eyes.

Hai Rui immediately knelt down, kowtowed, raised his head and said, "The child is unfilial, which makes the mother sad." After saying that, he stood up and hugged his daughter from Haimu's hand.

Hai Mu hugged her granddaughter tightly, but still didn't look at Hai Rui: "What are you doing?" ”

Hai Jui: "Mother is old and can't be left alone. The son is still here to accompany his mother. ”

Hai Mu slowly looked at her son: "Doctor Li said it well, maybe it's been too much for me to be a mother and mother-in-law all these years......"

Hai Rui: "How can Imperial Doctor Li say that?" Mother, there is only one filial piety in the world, there is no right or wrong. ”

Hai Mu: "But 'there are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is great'......"

Hai Rui: "My son is in the prime of life, and my daughter-in-law is only in her early thirties. But my mother is almost seventy. The days of the son's maid are short, and the days after him are long. ”

Hai Mu's face showed relief and kindness: "Have you taken the medicine prescribed by Imperial Doctor Li?" ”

Hai Rui paused for a moment before replying, "Back to my mother, I haven't eaten yet." ”

Hai Mu: "Why don't you eat it?" ”

Hai Rui: "I don't fight for two days or two." Mother, let your son accompany his mother tonight. As he spoke, he took his daughter from Hai Mu's hand. Turn around and walk out the door.

Hai Mu looked at her son's back, and was distracted there.

As soon as he stepped into the door with his daughter in his arms, Hai Rui stopped, and it turned out that Mrs. Hai was already standing in front of the door, and the hairpin on her head had been hairpinned again, and her body was also put on and tied. His eyes looked deeply at Hai Rui who came in.

Hai Rui's gaze avoided her and looked at her daughter in her arms.

Mrs. Hai stretched out her hands and slowly hugged her daughter from Hai Rui's hands, turned around and walked to the head of the bed.

Hai Rui was stunned, looking at his wife's back.

Mrs. Hai gently put her daughter on the pillow and did not look back: "You go out." We're going to rest, too. ”

Hai Rui stood there for a moment again, and Mrs. Hai still did not look back, but just picked up the pu fan and gently fanned her daughter in the tent, chasing away mosquitoes.

Hai Rui closed his eyes for a moment, then turned and walked out the door.

After walking less than three or five steps, Hai Rui suddenly heard the door behind him "slam"!

The ramie mosquito net had been lowered, and the jellyfish could be faintly seen lying on her side facing the bed outside.

Hai Rui sat down gently on the stool next to the bed.

Every night at this time, the homework was to recite a passage of the saint's words to my mother. Hai Rui said softly: "Mother, tonight, my son will recite a passage of "The Fourteenth Chapter of Filial Piety and Fame" to his mother. As he spoke, he recited it: "'Zi said: The gentleman's affairs are filial piety, so loyalty can be transferred to the king. Brotherhood, so Shun can be moved to the long ......'"

"I'm not going to listen to this paragraph today." Hai Mu interrupted Hai Rui in the tent.

Hai Rui immediately stopped: "Whichever paragraph the mother wants to hear, the son will read it by heart." ”

The jellyfish in the mosquito net: "Back the next chapter." It is the chapter of "Chapter 15" that says that the courtiers dare to fight with the emperor, and the son dares to fight with the father. ”

Hai Rui was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "Mother, let's memorize another chapter, right?" ”

"That's it." Hai Mu interrupted him again, "You don't have to memorize the previous one, but you can recite the part where the son fights with his father." ”

Hai Rui hesitated for a moment, and had to whisper: "'If the father has a quarrel with the son, the body will not fall into injustice. Therefore when it is unjust, the Son cannot disagree with the Father......'"

Hai Mu still lay there on her side and said, "Tell Mother what this paragraph means." ”

Hai Rui hesitated a little, and Hai Mu urged: "Say." ”

Hai Jui: "Yes. What Confucius meant was that if a father had a son who dared to speak out, he would not do anything unjust. Therefore when a father commits something unrighteous, the son should not be silent, but should give gentle advice to the father......"

"That's not right." Hai Mu interrupted Hai Rui's words again in the mosquito net, "Confucius clearly said 'fighting', how can fighting be a tactful advice? ”

Hai Rui: "What my mother said is that the 'struggle' that the sage said here can also be interpreted as outspoken resistance. But the son felt that it was better to interpret it as a gentle advice. ”

Hai Mu sat up on the bed: "Then the next sentence 'the minister can't not fight with the king' is also a tactful advice?" ”

Hai Rui still said gently: "Back to Mother, there is still a difference here. ”

Hai Xiao: "What's the difference?" ”

Hai Jui: "It's a big difference. My father was only the head of the family, and he occasionally did unrighteous acts and gave advice politely, even if he didn't listen, it was just the misfortune of the family. The monarch is in charge of the people's livelihood, and if there is an unrighteous act, the people will not be able to make a living, and even their lives will be miserable. Therefore, those who are ministers must speak out and fight! ”

Haimu: "You mean that even though your mother has done something unjust, you and your daughter-in-law are unlucky. That's what it means, right? ”

Hai Rui was shocked and knelt down: "Mother, righteousness and injustice refer to men, the mother is the middle, and will not do unrighteous things, and the words of the saint do not mean to target the mother and son." ”

Hai Mu was silent for a long time before she said, "If only your father were still here...... It's almost the fifteenth day of the seventh month, and it's time to make offerings to your ancestors and your father. Go to sleep. ”

Hai Rui: "My son remembers. Mother, please rest in peace. ”

The mother of the sea in the mosquito net stopped talking, and Hai Rui stood up again, sat on the edge of the bed, and couldn't help but look out the window. In the yard, only grass insects chirped loudly there. He sighed silently, quietly blew out the oil lamp on the small table at his mother's bedside, and gently walked to the small bamboo bed opposite and lay down.

The moon rose and shone obliquely through the window. Hai Rui's eyes were open, as if he was listening to his mother's movements, as well as to the movement in his room outside the window. Only at this time did the eyes of this masculine and rigid man show the melancholy that he usually sees. A wave of fatigue finally set in, and he closed his eyes and began to snore slowly.

The chirping of grass insects in the yard and Hai Rui's snoring resounded in the dreary night.

Lying in the mosquito net, Hai Mu's eyes were still open, and she immediately heard another sound from the loud chirping of insects and the snoring of her son, the buzzing of mosquitoes. She got up gently, opened the tent door and got out of bed barefoot, took out a long mosquito smoke rolled up of straw paper under the bed, touched the flint from the small table, lit the velvet, lit the mosquito smoke, and gently put it under her son's small bamboo bed.

There was not a hint of wind, and the night was so hot. The moonlight coldly shone on his son's emaciated cheeks, and dense beads of sweat oozed from his forehead. Hai Mu sat down on the stool where Hai Rui was sitting, picked up the pu fan, looked at her son quietly, and fanned gently. For almost the whole night, the jellyfish sat like this. There were no mosquitoes, so he put the fan on his lap and took a nap, the sound of mosquitoes started, although his eyes did not open, the fan in his hand immediately fanned his son.

People in the world often think that the most masculine and strong people are different from others in that they are not shocked when things change, they are not chaotic in the face of danger, and they would rather bend than bend. As everyone knows, the biggest difference between the most masculine and rigid people and ordinary people is that they are open-minded and unentangled. For example, the people of Ruosi are in a predicament, they should eat and eat, and sleep when they should sleep. If the person who "waits for the day" does not sit with his eyes open with a gun and wait for the dawn, but his heart is like an empty city, and he sleeps peacefully with a gun on his pillow. The same is true of Hai Jui's decades-long maid's bed. The mother took care of herself before she slept, and when she slept, she fell asleep peacefully. How did he know how many nights, after he had fallen asleep, his mother always sat beside him like this, taking care of him, and waited until the day was about to dawn, and then went to bed. The so-called maid is actually a "maid".

It's almost dawn again. The sea mother has also arrived to go to bed from her nap. Suddenly, she heard a knock on the courtyard door!

Hai Mu's eyes immediately opened, and she looked at her son, who was still asleep because of the soft knock on the door, so she stood up gently, opened the tent door and quickly climbed into bed.

But at this moment, there was a knock on the door. Hai Rui opened his eyes suddenly, heard a hurried knock on the door, turned over and sat up, looked over at his mother's bed, and vaguely saw his mother lying sideways facing inside.

Hai Rui stood up, walked to the side of the bed and whispered, "Mother, mother." ”

"What's the matter?" Hai Mu replied on the bed.

The knock on the courtyard door was still heard in bursts.

Hai Rui: "I'm disturbing my mother. Xu has important business. You go to sleep, and my son goes to see. ”

Hai Mu: "Go ahead." ”

Hai Rui put on his shoes and walked quickly to the courtyard gate: "What's the matter?" ”

Immediately outside the gate of the courtyard, the frightened voice of the night clerk on duty: "Yu County Zun, there is an edict." ”

Hai Rui: "What level of command?" ”

The scribe's voice trembled: "Holy Decree! It's the Divine Decree that has arrived! ”

Hai Rui was also shocked when he heard this, and immediately opened the door, and the nervous scribe quickly bent down one leg and knelt down, and Hai Rui looked at him tightly.

During the Ariake generation, the documents passed from the imperial court to the provinces were often sent by the cabinet rather than holy decrees. Now that there is a holy decree sent down to a small Chun'an County, no wonder the scribe is frightened, and Hai Rui is also a little unconvinced: "Is it a holy decree?" That's right! ”

The scribe: "Back to the county, the Qin cha is waiting in the lobby." Indeed, it is a holy decree! ”

Hai Rui: "You go and accompany Qin Cha first, and I'll come after I change my clothes!" ”

The scribe got up and ran out.

Hai Rui also hurriedly turned around and was about to go to his bedroom to put on his official uniform, but saw his wife holding his official uniform and already standing behind him.

Hai Rui immediately understood that his wife had obviously not slept all night, so he could hear the knock on the door and know that there was something urgent, and he sent his official uniform at the right time.

A trace of gratitude immediately flashed in Hai Rui's eyes, and he took the black yarn on the official uniform with both hands and put it on his head, and his wife then shook off the official uniform and lifted it, and Hai Rui reached out to put it on. His wife tied his belt again.

His wife bent down and put on his boots again. Hai Rui held his wife's bent back with one hand, put on one official boot, and helped her back to put on the other official boot.

His wife straightened her waist and handed him a rice ball with lotus leaves, but her eyes never looked at him.

Hai Rui took the rice ball and glanced deeply at his wife, whose eyes were still looking at the ground. Hai Rui didn't think much about it, turned around and strode out of the courtyard.

The sky was already dark. Mrs. Hai raised her eyes to look at her husband's distant back, and slowly turned around and walked towards her room. At this moment, she felt that her mother-in-law was standing at the door of the hall, and hurriedly stopped: "Mother-in-law." Then he hurried over.

Hai Mu was standing at the door of the hall with a bamboo cane, looking at her daughter-in-law who came over. Mrs. Hai walked up to Hai Mu and stood with her head bowed: "It's still early, mother-in-law should rest for a while." ”

Hai Mu's demeanor was rarely gentle: "I won't stop." Your husband has something big coming. Go get him some dry food and a change of clothes. ”

Lady Hymers: "Yes. Then he hurriedly walked to his bedroom.

Hai Mu looked at the open courtyard door in a daze.

In the back hall of the Yamen, the governor of Hangzhou Zhezhi, Zhao Zhenji rushed to see Hu Zongxian, who had just returned to Hangzhou from Beijing.

"I said, how many people are you going to sink into this mud pit in Zhejiang?" Zhao Zhenji stood up, with an unhappy expression, "At this time, I will be dragged in too!" Ru Zhen, who is not easy to promote, you want to nominate me to the emperor? As he spoke, he stared at Hu Zongxian tightly.

Hu Zongxian looked thinner and darker than when they last met, and then sat in front of the chair in the middle and slowly looked at Zhao Zhenji: "You said that I recommended it, even if it was I recommended." ”

Zhao Zhenji: "You are the governor of Zhejiang, and the governor of Zhejiang, who does the emperor ask if you don't ask?" ”

"I said it, even if I recommended it!" Hu Zongxian didn't argue with him, his expression became grim, "Since you're here, what are you going to do?" ”

Zhao Zhenji: "This should be asked of you." You moved me from Yingtian here, what do you want me to do? ”

Hu Zongxian sighed: "If I really want to say what I can do, I can do it, Zheng Michang and He Maocai will not fall to this point." Meng Jing, when you were transferred to Zhejiang, not only me, but also the cabinet did not know in advance. This is the arbitrariness of the Holy Cadres. Tianxin has never been unpredictable, and you still don't understand this to this day? ”

Zhao Zhenji looked at him tightly, and then he was a little convinced, and immediately fell silent.

Hu Zongxian: "Think twice as everything. Zhejiang is a mess now, and if you don't do it well, you will fall into it. What if it gets right? You Zhao Mengjing may enter the cabinet to pay respects! Holy Lord, this is looking for a candidate for the next cabinet. ”

Zhao Zhenji's eyes lit up, and he immediately retracted again: "I don't look at it like this!" Merit and demerit always go hand in hand, I don't seek merit, and no fault is a blessing. ”

"No fault is merit." Hu Zongxian followed his words closely, "Meng Jing, hurry up and calculate Shen Yishi's family property according to the holy decree, thoroughly investigate the bribes of Zhejiang officialdom, and return all of them to the treasury, this is the merit." ”

"Confiscated Shen Yishi's family property and returned it to the treasury?" Zhao Zhenji looked at Hu Zongxian suspiciously, "Shen Yishi's family property is going to be resold to others, don't you know?" ”

"Is there such a thing?" Hu Zongxian stood up suddenly, "Didn't the edict clearly write that Shen Yishi's family property was confiscated and returned to the treasury?" How can there be a matter of reselling to others! ”

Zhao Zhenji looked at it: "Is this matter really unknown to the ministry in advance?" ”

Hu Zongxian: "! I left Jingshi seven days ago, and I only rushed back last night, where did I know? ”

Zhao Zhenji's face also became grim: "It seems that I really blame you in this way......"

Hu Zongxian immediately heard what he said: "I'll listen to it clearly." ”

Zhao Zhenji: "The resale of Shen Yishi's family property involves you." ”

Hu Zongxian: "Involve me? ”

Zhao Zhenji: "Do you know where the merchants who took over Shen Yishi's family property are?" They are all from Huizhou, Guixiang, and a few of them are still from Jixi, and they still have friendship with you. ”

Hu Zongxian's face immediately changed, and he stood up awkwardly: "Bastard!" How dare they do that! ”

Zhao Zhenji: "It seems that Zheng Michang and He Maocai know that things have gotten bigger, and they still want to redeem them in their dreams." So he came up with this idea of buying Shen Yishi's family wealth, thinking that as long as you can get some silver for you to fight in the war, and at the same time collect the 500,000 pieces of silk to be sold to Western merchants in the palace this year, and hand over the mission to the emperor, you can avoid this catastrophe. It's just a dog jumping off the wall. The pass is the weaving bureau, which is just using this fire medium to burn the fire on your head. ”

Hu Zongxian looked out the window with his hands behind his back. After a long time, he spoke: "You are the governor of Yin, and the contract signed by Zheng Michang should be annulled immediately." Some of my countrymen told them to go back at once! ”

Zhao Zhenji: "Of course, the contract signed by Zheng Michang must be annulled. But what if your hometown signed a contract with the Yamen of the Weaving Bureau? ”

Hu Zongxian was stunned again, and slowly turned around to look at Zhao Zhenji.

Zhao Zhenji: "Gonggong Yang called several noble villagers to the Weaving Bureau early in the morning. ”

Hu Zongxian was stunned for a moment, and his expression became very gloomy again: "You know my situation, I can work for the court for a day." Meng Jing, at this time, the emperor sent you to Zhejiang, what he wants you to do and how to do it, you know in your heart. The emperor intended to fill the deficit in the treasury. In the past, they used to collect money in the name of the emperor, and now they still transfer the property that should be handed over to the treasury to the Weaving Bureau in the name of the emperor. There is no distinction between the family and the country, which is the fatal disadvantage of my Ming Dynasty! Meng Jing, you are a person in science, and you are ordered to be in danger. You have to give the emperor a lesson in this matter. ”

Zhao Zhenji muttered there again, for a moment: "Ruzhen, don't mind if you ask a word." ”

Hu Zongxian: "You ask." ”

Zhao Zhenji: "You are the governor of Zhejiang, you know all these things, why don't you go to the sparse?" You have met the emperor twice this year, why don't you show Chen to the emperor? ”

These two sentences really stopped Hu Zongxian, he was silent, but Zhao Zhenji stared at him tightly.

I don't know how long he was silent, Hu Zongxian finally raised his head and stared at Zhao Zhenji: "Zhao Mengjing, when you ask me like this, do you suspect that I am using you as a gunman, or are you worried that Shangshu will take the blame for me?" ”

Zhao Zhenji was a little embarrassed, looked away, and waved his hand: "If you say so, then I didn't ask." ”

Hu Zongxian: "Since this is the case, I will answer you." At the beginning of the year, I changed rice to mulberry, I didn't go to the sparse, and what the result was after the sparse, you know. Because from the emperor, down to all the ministries of the imperial court, as well as your colleagues, they all regard me Hu Zongxian as a person who is an old man of the Yan Ge. The same thing can be said by someone and by someone who cannot be said. In this matter, you are unjust and public, and I am selfless and selfish. You understand this. Now you are asking me this because you are afraid that I will implicate you. In that case, we have never interacted for twenty years. You can still involve my fellow villagers, and you can sell Shen Yishi's family property to them! ”

These words made Zhao Zhenji's face flush when he spoke, and he was stunned for a while.

"I, Zhao Zhenji, am not that kind of person!" Zhao Zhenji blushed, knowing that he couldn't be silent anymore, and his tone became excited, "The affairs of the court, you have to do it right, of course I have to do it right." But you also know that as long as the palace intervenes in everything, it is up to us what to do in the end. Let's just say that your fellow villagers are now called by Yang Gonggong, if the Weaving Bureau must force them to take over Shen Yishi's family property and involve you, it will be difficult to tell. ”

"I don't argue." Hu Zongxian's demeanor had calmed down again, "Meng Jing, the edict is for you, you all understand the situation, whether Shen Yishi's family property should be resold, especially whether it should be sold to my fellow villagers, it is your duty to go to the court to distinguish it." Qi Jiguang's army reported that he was here, and then there were a few bloody battles with the Japanese Kou. I'm going back to the barracks in the afternoon. The war is imminent, the military supplies of the Zhejiang army, as well as the military supplies of the upcoming guest armies from Jiangxi, Anhui, and Fujian, I hope you will send them to me in time. With that, he stood up and walked out the door.

"Ruzhen!" Zhao Zhenji hurriedly stopped him.

Hu Zongxian turned his head and looked at Zhao Zhenji quietly.

Zhao Zhenji looked a little sad and a little excited: "Others don't know you Hu Ruzhen, after all, we have been friends for 20 years." Not to mention our friendship, for the sake of national affairs, in order for you to concentrate on pacifying the Japanese in the front, I will also send military supplies for you, and I will also free those fellow villagers for you. The treasury is empty, and I will find a way to raise money. The Weaving Bureau must sell Shen Yishi's workshop to other merchants, unless there is an edict from the Ming Dynasty or the cabinet. Otherwise, I will be sparse, and I will fight. ”

Hu Zongxian's eyes lit up again, and he was moved by his statement: "Meng Jing, there is hardly a foot of pure land in the thousands of miles of my Ming Dynasty, and it depends on you ministers of science to support the building." Those who are good at planning the country are like cooking small fresh. Zhejiang's affairs are intertwined, Zheng Michang, He Maocai and many other officials are involved in the court and the palace behind their backs, some things should be pursued, and some things cannot be traced to the end. Those who should fight must endure, and those who should endure must endure. Zhejiang Bureau is all up to you at this time! ”

Zhao Zhenji: "The anti-Japanese war is a major military event, and the Xiliu Battalion must be without Zhou Yafu!" You can go with confidence. I know what to do for state affairs, and for you and me. ”

As a boss, Hu Zongxian actually gave Zhao Zhenji a deep bow at this time: "Then please!" ”

Zhao Zhenji hurriedly replied: "What righteousness should do!" Take care! ”

The five Hui merchants were treated as guests and sat in front of the chairs by the window, and the coffee table beside them not only made fragrant tea, but also placed several plates of fresh and dried fruits.

Five covenants, in duplicate, a total of ten pages, are neatly laid out on the bookcase, each covenant not only has the signatures of Zheng Michang, He Maocai and the merchants, but also the two large seals of the governor of Zhejiang and the political envoy yamen.

Yang Jinshui sat upright in front of the desk, picked up a contract at random, looked at it, put it down again, and said to the entourage eunuch standing beside him: "These letters of appointment have been archived." ”

The attendant eunuch immediately gathered the ten covenants in a stack and placed them in a cabinet by the wall, and then locked the door.

Several Hui merchants were immediately stunned and looked at each other.

The old Hui merchant spoke: "Gonggong Yang, it seems that you should sign this contract and stamp it with the big seal of the Yamen of the Weaving Bureau and leave a copy for us." ”

Yang Jinshui's face turned grim: "I signed the contract?" How can I sign such an agreement? How could the Weaving Bureau stamp such a covenant? ”

Several Hui merchants were even more stunned and looked at him together.

"You guys!" Yang Jinshui dragged out his voice, and then looked at them coldly, "If you don't do good business in Anhui, you have to go to Hangzhou to take this trip to troubled waters!" Let me tell you, Zheng Michang and He Maocai were arrested by the holy decree last night! ”

Yang Jinshui's cold and shrill voice poured into the ears of several Hui merchants, like the cold wind of the three or nine days, and like ice water poured from the heavenly spirit cover, freezing them all there.

The old Hui merchant excitedly said: "Gonggong Yang, we are all law-abiding businessmen, how can we know the major affairs of the court and the government." Since Lord Zheng and Lord He committed the Qin case, the contract we signed with them was voluntarily withdrawn. ”

"Do you think this is a temple fair to buy things?" Yang Jinshui leaned at them, "Buy when you say you want to buy, and withdraw when you say you want to withdraw?" ”

Several businessmen looked at each other.

Yang Jinshui: "This is the Qin case!" No one can run away! ”

The faces of several merchants changed, and the four of them looked at the old merchant.

The old Hui businessman: "We really don't know that Master Zheng and Lord He committed the Qin case. Yang Gonggong, don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha, just look at the face of my own Hu Butang, let us go back. As he spoke, he knelt down.

The four Hui merchants also knelt down.

"What for?" Yang Jinshui looked at them, "What are you doing here?" The contract was signed by you and Zheng Michang and He Maocai, whether you pursue it or not, you have to listen to the will of the imperial court. If you beg me, you might as well go and beg Hu Butang. He is the governor of Zhejiang, and his official is greater than mine. You knelt here and let Hu Butang know, and you thought I was having trouble with him. Haven't you gotten up yet? Well, then you can kneel here. With that, he simply sat down in his chair.

The middle-aged Hui merchant pleaded: "Gonggong Yang, Hu Butang didn't know about the fact that we were invited by Zheng Michang and them in advance. Father-in-law Yang, you always know. If you don't speak for us, we won't be able to live. A few of us are not ignorant people, Yang Gonggong but any expenses, we try our best to serve. As he spoke, several people lay down.

The attendant eunuch took the bowl of tea and handed it to Yang Jinshui, Yang Jinshui took the bowl, took a sip, and looked at the few Hui merchants who were still kneeling there: "I can't help you even if I want to help you with what you just said." Speaking of this, he put the lid of the tea bowl on the tea bowl loudly, and handed it to the eunuch who was entourage: "Give me expenses?" Joke. My expenses are all expenses of the palace, so what do I want you to do? To tell the truth, did you secretly pay Zheng Michang and He Maocai anything? Otherwise, how could they have reduced 100,000 to 80,000? actually changed the 30,000 horses in the tribute palace every year to 20,000? It's a joke, they dare to cut the annual tribute in the palace without authorization! Too lazy to say it. You can keep these words and say them to your own family. ”

The five Hui merchants were so frightened by Yang Jinshui that they lost their souls at this time, and they kowtowed desperately:

"Father-in-law, we have been wronged!"

"God, we really didn't pay Zheng Michang and He Maocai any expenses!"

"Father-in-law Yang, you always have to avenge us!"

"That's it!" Yang Jinshui snorted. Several Hui merchants immediately dumbfounded.

Yang Jinshui slowed down his tone: "It is your own bad luck to be involved in this troubled water." Now you have implicated Hu Butang as well. Can I help you speak, I have to discuss it with the new Governor Zhao. Now, if you can't go now, stay with me first. But if I can come up with a way for you, I will do my best to save Hu Butang's face. ”

The five Hui merchants kowtowed together: "Father-in-law Xie Yang!" Father-in-law Xie Yang! ”

Yang Jinshui glanced at the entourage eunuch and walked out.

Zhao Zhenji began to fulfill his promise to Hu Zongxian, and when he returned to the governor's yamen, he immediately interrogated Zheng Michang and He Maocai in the second hall in order to recover the stolen money and urgently raise military salaries.

The four brocade guards were the jury of course, and two sat on one side. The resident eunuchs themselves had the secret mission of supervising the local government in the palace, not to mention that this case involved the Weaving Bureau, and Yang Jinshui naturally participated in the jury.

To prevent collusion, such criminals have always been tried separately and arraigned. The first to be brought to the hall was Zheng Michang.

It was a common practice in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty that before the criminal was tried and decided and reported to the Holy Judge, the official would treat him with courtesy as usual. It is said that the chances of Ming officials being convicted are too high, and even if they are not guilty, they may be chained overnight after being falsely accused and framed. Today's questioning is not guaranteed to be tomorrow's sinner, and today's courtesy to others can leave room for others to be courteous to themselves tomorrow. Therefore, Zheng Michang had already gone to the chain before being escorted to the hall by the two team officers, and a stool was placed in the center of the hall for him to sit down.

Zheng Michang's demeanor surprised several people who interrogated him. In the past, this person's weakness and fear of prevarication were famous in the officialdom, but today he seems to have changed as a person, Xu Bu walked up to the hall, bowed deeply to Zhao Zhenji and Yang Jinshui above, and then arched his hand to the brocade guards on both sides and sat down quietly on the stool, and then closed his eyes.

Zhao Zhenji and Yang Jinshui couldn't help but glance at each other, and then at the four brocade guards.

"Zheng Michang." Zhao Zhenji called him.

"The sinners are here." Zheng Michang's eyes were still closed.

Zhao Zhenji: "You have heard all the decrees. You served as a political envoy in Zhejiang for three years and as governor for nearly a year. How many bribes Shen Yishi has given you in the past four years, and how much money you have taken in Shen Yishi's workshop, it is best to confess it yourself. We should also report to the court and the emperor. I mean, do you understand? ”

Zheng Michang still closed his eyes: "Lord Zhao, there are still four Qincha, how much money I, Zheng Michang, have taken from Shen Yishi, you can go and check." ”

Zhao Zhenji: "Of course we will check." Now is the time for you to have a chance. The "Da Ming Law" contains clear text that the sentencing of one's confession and those found out can be very different. ”

"Then I want to say that I didn't take Shen Yishi's money?" Zheng Michang opened his eyes.

Several people were stunned.

The four brocade guards immediately showed a sneer on their faces, but they didn't answer, because the official was Zhao Zhenji.

Zhao Zhenji also sneered: "Lord Zheng, you are a Jinshi in the twenty-first year of Jiajing, right?" ”

Zheng Michang: "Ten years of cold window, I have the teachings of a saint. ”

Zhao Zhenji: "I won't tell you about Sage Kong or Sage Meng today. Lao Tzu has a famous saying, which Master Zheng has naturally read, that is, 'Skynet is magnificent, negligent but not lost'! ”

Zheng Michang: "I have fallen into the skynet, I have nothing to say." After saying this, he closed his eyes again and did not speak again.

There was silence in the hall.

Zhao Zhenji suddenly asked loudly to the court: "When will Hai Rui of Chun'an Zhixian arrive?" ”

The clerk who was sitting in front of the lobby immediately stood up: "Lord Huizhongcheng, the edict should be delivered early this morning." If it's fast, we'll be there tonight. ”

Zhao Zhenji: "That's good. Since Lord Zheng does not accept our affection, please go back to the cell. As soon as Haizhi County arrives, let him interrogate you! ”

Zheng Michang's face twitched at this time, and his eyes closed even tighter.

Zhao Zhenji: "Hold it down." Take He Maocai! ”

The two team officers immediately came up and stood on either side of Zheng Michang. Zheng Michang slowly stood up again, but at this time he looked at Yang Jinshui, and suddenly said: "Don't worry, Gonggong Yang, I will never say what I shouldn't say." I won't say what I need to say. ”

"Hold on!" Yang Jinshui was enraged.

The two team officers immediately grabbed Zheng Michang's arm and escorted him down.

He Maocai and Zheng Michang, who were brought up, met outside the lobby door, He Maocai stared at Zheng Michang with wide eyes, but Zheng Michang didn't look at him, and walked down the steps very calmly.

It was at this glance that He Maocai suddenly felt that he should also have a human appearance, so he raised his anger again, strode towards the lobby, and also bowed deeply to Zhao Zhenji and Yang Jinshui, but forgot to salute the brocade guards on both sides, and sat down on the stool.

The four brocade guards glanced at each other, and their faces immediately became gloomy.

Zhao Zhenji looked at him: "Master Zheng has said everything he should say." Lord Ho, when he was the political envoy, you were only the envoy, and when he was the governor, you were also the political envoy. You are an accomplice, and you should know how to give an account to the court. ”

"Wronged!" He Maocai's voice was still so loud, and as soon as he opened his mouth, the hall was buzzing.

"Shut up!" A brocade guard slapped the big case in front of him, obviously angered by his rudeness just now and the roar at the moment, "Roar at the court again, there are torture instruments in it!" ”

He Maocai habitually turned his head to look at the brocade guard, but as soon as his eyes met, he was immediately discouraged.

The brocade-clothed guard stood there with a towering skeleton, his eyes like eagles, showing a posture that would immediately jump over and catch him!

He Maocai turned his gaze to Zhao Zhenji: "Zhao Zhongcheng, although I am a leather officer, the trial has not yet been finalized, please treat me according to the "Da Ming Law". ”

Zhao Zhenji: "I will naturally treat you with the "Da Ming Law". But a few of them are the palace messengers, and I have no right to ask what they do to you. ”

He Maocai: "Okay, whatever punishment should be used, you can use whatever punishment you want." Killed me, the government and the opposition have their own discussions. ”

"You'd be wrong." Jin Yiwei leaned back in his chair and spoke coldly, "We have all killed officials who are a few levels older than you, and the mosquitoes have not snorted." What's more, you are such a little stolen official. Also, everyone in your family is still locked up in the West Courtyard. ”

He Maocai's face changed at this time, and he stood up: "I took Shen Yishi's money, I admit how much I take, and I will return as much as I can." But the edict said that Zheng Michang and I were greedy for millions of ink, which is really wronged! ”

Zhao Zhenji: "Where was wronged?" ”

He Maocai: "I have only been in Zhejiang for three years, but Shen Yishi's family wealth has been used for the expenses of several government officials, how can we calculate all the accounts?" This is the first injustice. Also, the court gave us only a small amount of money, and the expenses in the government were so large, which yamen could rely on regular money to deal with official affairs? Lord Zhao, you are also a feudal official, are you the governor of Nanzhili and only rely on the regular silver to meet the expenses of the yamen? ”

Zhao Zhenji slapped the shocked wood: "Clever words!" Now am I asking you, or are you asking me? Good! Since you asked me so, I can tell you too. Where I, Zhao Zhenji, am an official, I have never been greedy! You are now greedy for a huge amount of money, and in the face of the holy oracle, you are still so rampant, it can be seen that you don't do evil on weekdays! To condemn you, we have the evidence of the crime, and if you don't admit it, we can re-punish you as usual! ”

He Maocai: "Lord Zhao, you are also an official in the Ming Dynasty, why do you need to fry each other?" ”

"What do you mean by frying!" Zhao Zhenji drank him again, "You don't be greedy for ink, you don't do evil, who can fry you!" Let me ask you again, where did all the money you were greedy for? Why do you have only so much silver? If it is recruited, I and a few Qincha will naturally consider the conviction. No, now we have moved to your hometown and sent a magistrate to raid it. Wherever it is hidden, we can find out. ”

He Maocai: "What I'm telling is the truth, I took Shen Yishi's money, and it was only 30,000 taels of silver." It's been three years, and I've spent more than 20,000 taels, and I only have a few thousand taels of money left. ”

"Treat us like children." Jin Yiwei interjected, "In the past twenty years, your Zhejiang government has coveted Shen Yishi and one million pieces of silk, which is equivalent to 10 million taels of silver at a market price. Even if you have been greedy for three years, it should be on 1.5 million taels, even if you remove half of Zheng Michang's, it should be about 750,000 taels, and if you remove the greed of the officials below you, you are also greedy for 500,000 taels. ”

"Wronged!" He Maocai was in a hurry and shouted again, "I have taken a total of more than 100,000 taels of silver from Shen Yishi in three years, and most of them have been used for the expenses of the yamen!" If you don't believe me, that's how much you killed me. Father-in-law Yang, you always have to defend me! Speaking of which, he also set his sights on Yang Jinshui.

Yang Jinshui didn't look at him at all, and turned to Zhao Zhenji, "Lord Zhao, this case can't be decided in one or two sessions. When the two jurors come, they can be given a preliminary trial. ”

Zhao Zhenji: "The edict ordered us to immediately recover the stolen money to relieve the anti-Japanese military needs at the front." ”

Yang Jinshui: "Lord Zhao is right, raising military salaries for the front is a major military matter. ”

Zhao Zhenji slowly looked at Yang Jinshui, and the latter's gaze was also looking at him with deep meaning. Zhao Zhenji immediately guessed that it was a few Hui merchants who bought Shen Yishi's property, which was exactly what he had to do with Yang Jinshui immediately, so he shouted to his subordinates: "Prison He Maocai." ”

The two team officers came up immediately, this time they also acted by their eyes, and when they saw that several interrogators were tired of him, they grabbed He Maocai's arms as soon as they came up and escorted him out.

After retiring, Yang Jinshui immediately invited Zhao Zhenji to the yamen of the Weaving Bureau.

The 100,000 taels of silver tickets, a total of five, are all cash passes that can be exchanged and redeemed immediately in Hangzhou's silver number - handed from Yang Jinshui to Zhao Zhenji.

Zhao Zhenji took the five silver tickets and looked at Yang Jinshui with puzzled eyes.

Yang Jinshui: "Now the soldiers and horses led by Hu Butang are 5,000 people, and the reinforcements from Anhui, Jiangxi, and Fujian are 20,000, and 25,000 people, these 500,000 taels of silver can be used as a month's military supply." ”

Zhao Zhenji: "Father-in-law Yang, where did this silver come from?" ”

Yang Jinshui: "Not to mention that Lord Zhao should also know, it is the deposit for the resale of Shen Yishi's family property." ”

Zhao Zhenji slowly put the silver ticket back on the case: "The edict told us to confiscate Shen Yishi's family property, and did not ask us to resell Shen Yishi's family property. Gonggong Yang, I can't do this without a new edict or a cabinet letter. ”

Yang Jinshui also stopped taking those silver tickets and sat down: "Then Lord Zhao must have another way to raise military salaries for the front, and there is also a way to weave out the 500,000 horses of silk that the imperial court sold to the West this year?" ”

Zhao Zhenji: "The purpose of recovering the stolen money is to raise military salaries. As for the 500,000 pieces of silk sold to the West, whether the imperial court has another motion, we can only wait for the decree. ”

Yang Jinshui: "Don't wait, the will has already been there." The southeast is against the Japanese, the north is against the Tatars, and there are still so many disasters this year, and the imperial court is all pointing to the south of the Yangtze River. 500,000 horses of silk must be sold to the West this year, and Hu Butang cleared the southeast sea in order to be able to transport the silk out to sea. Lord Zhao really doesn't even understand this? ”

Zhao Zhenji: "Can Gonggong Yang show me the will of the palace?" ”

Yang Jinshui: "I don't have a will now, would you like to read Grandpa Lu's letter?" ”

Zhao Zhenji was silent.

Yang Jinshui took out the key from his waist, walked to the big cabinet by the wall, opened a copper lock, took out a stack of paper and put it on the big case, first picked up a letter from it, obviously prepared, the letter was folded outside the envelope, and handed it to Zhao Zhenji.

Zhao Zhenji quickly looked at it, but was still silent.

Yang Jinshui: "The Ming Dynasty is the emperor's Ming Dynasty, not the Ming Dynasty of Gonggong Lu. If it weren't for the emperor's will, our ancestors wouldn't have asked us to do this. Lord Zhao has read Gonggong Lu's letter now, if there are any objections, I will reply to the ancestor, and let the ancestor ask the emperor to bow down and personally give another will to Lord Zhao. ”

Of course, Zhao Zhenji knew that it was impossible to resist this matter, but he promised Hu Zongxian's words, and he had to fulfill his promise: "Since there is a will in the palace, of course I will do it." The relatives who resold Shen Yishi's family property to Hu Butang showed that it was Zheng Michang and He Maocai's intentions. Gonggong Yang, the major events of the anti-Japanese war ahead are on the shoulders of Hu Butang, and this matter cannot be linked to Hu Butang. We can resell our property to other silk merchants. ”

Yang Jinshui looked at him for a long time before he said, "Shen Yishi's family property can only be sold to Hu Butang's relatives!" ”

Zhao Zhenji was a little angry: "Why! ”

Yang Jinshui looked at his demeanor and no longer answered, but opened the lid of the tea bowl next to him with his left hand, and then stretched out the middle finger of his right hand to dip it in the tea, and then wrote a big word "strict" on the desk!

Zhao Zhenji's face changed immediately!

Yang Jinshui: "Lord Zhao, you also know about the recent cabinet changes. The emperor handed over the real power of the cabinet to Xu Gelao. You are a student of Xu Gelao, why do you need to bring this word to others? ”

Zhao Zhenji still didn't understand anything at this time, although he felt uncomfortable for a while, his gaze at Yang Jinshui was obviously completely submissive.

Yang Jinshui picked up the stack of paper that he had just taken out of the cabinet: "Here is the contract I signed with those five Hui merchants." The difference is that the 80,000 horses of silk handed over by every five workshops this year have been changed to 100,000 pieces of silk, and the 20,000 pieces of silk that will be paid annually in the future have been changed to 30,000 pieces of silk. The 500,000 taels of silver tickets were taken out of half of the 100,000 horses of silk added this year. For the sake of national affairs, I also did my best. If Lord Zhao has no other objections, please sign these five covenants and bring them back to the yali to be stamped with the big seal of the governor's yamen. With these 500,000 taels of silver, he immediately prepared military grain and grass and sent it to Hu Butang's camp. ”

It was very difficult for Zhao Zhenji's hand to stretch out, but he still took the stack of covenants and the five silver tickets handed over by Yang Jinshui.

Dozens of large ships loaded with rations, ordnance, gunpowder, and pay raised their sails. On each boat stood officers and men escorting the boat.

Zhao Zhenji stood on the steps of the dock and shouted to the liberation officer standing on the steps two steps below: "These military quartermasters are escorted to the Hubutang camp within four days!" Those who delay a day will be killed! ”

The SLM officer replied loudly: "Yes!" He immediately stood up and hurried down the steps, shouting, "Anchor!" Weigh! Then he stepped aboard the main boat near the dock, and at once a pair of hands reached out, took the hand of the liberation officer, and pulled him up.

- The person who pulled the PLA official was actually Hu Zongxian'an's secretary in the governor's yamen!

Dozens of large ships lifted anchor and sailed downstream of the canal to cover the river.

Zhao Zhenji still stood there fixedly, his eyes gloomy.

Outside the tent was the sound of torrential rain, but inside the tent was very quiet. Hu Zongxian stood in front of the big case and looked at Zhao Zhenji's official document, his face immediately showed excitement, and he raised his eyes to look at the drenched PLM officer kneeling in front: "With such a heavy rain, it only took four days for you to send the military supplies, you worked hard!" ”

The liberation officer raised his head and replied, "Zhao Zhongcheng has a death order, and we must be transported in four days." ”

Hu Zongxian: "You take the escorted officers and soldiers to eat and rest first, and then go back to Hangzhou when the rain stops." I have a palindrome to thank Zhao Zhongcheng. ”

The SLM officer kowtowed: "Yes." He got up and walked out.

Hu Zongxian: "Someone! ”

Several generals came in wet from outside the tent and stood straight on either side.

Hu Zongxian: "The military grain and grass have arrived. Immediately send it to General Qi's barracks, pass on my order, and enter the nest of the widows in Wenling according to the agreed deployment! ”

Several generals shouted in unison: "Yes! At the same time, he ran into the rain outside the tent.

After heavy rain and darkness in the tent, Hu Zongxian picked up the lamp on the desk and turned to look at the large military picture hanging on the tent. At this time, the captain of the pro-soldier led the clerk and quietly came in.

The captain of the pro-soldier called softly, "Ministry." ”

Hu Zongxian still looked at the map: "Say." ”

Captain of the pro-soldiers: "Wang Shuban is here." ”

Hu Zongxian turned around slowly, and the captain of the personal army hurriedly took the lamp from his hand and put it on the table.

The Wang Shuban knelt down drenched: "Knock to see the minister." ”

Hu Zongxian looked at him closely.

The Wang Shuban raised his head: "Ministry, your old fellow villagers have not succeeded." I signed an appointment with the governor's yamen and the weaving bureau's yamen! ”

Hu Zongxian's face immediately changed.

The Wang Shuban then said: "The military supplies that were transported this time were prepared with a deposit handed over to the governor's yamen by a few villagers. ”

Hu Zongxian stood there for a long time, and then walked out.

The captain of the pro-soldier hurriedly picked up the umbrella and followed.

Hu Zongxian walked out of the big tent and walked towards the rain curtain. The captain of the pro-soldier hurriedly put the umbrella on it, and Hu Zongxian waved his hand, waved off the umbrella, and walked into the torrential rain.

The muzzle of the black hole is spewing fire!

Torrential rain poured, dark clouds covered the land, covering the sea all the way to the distant sky. The artillery of the Japanese invaders was erected in the fence on the shore, and the warships erected on the sea continued to bombard Qi Jiguang's forward position on land!

The artillery fire was in front of the officers and soldiers of the Qi family's army, on their left and right sides, and some even exploded a ball of fire around them! But all the people were prostrate and motionless in the rain, and it was even more rare that the horses were also prostrate beside the people and did not move.

The artillery of the Qi family army had already been arranged, and the muzzles of the guns had long been aimed at the fence of the Japanese and the Japanese ships on the sea, but at this time they were silent, and none of the guns fired.

In the heavy rain, Qi Jiguang's big white horse was also lying quietly beside him, and the artillery fire exploded not far away, and the torrential rain smashed down so that it closed its eyes tightly. On the side of the white horse, the soldiers held a large oil umbrella, and Qi Jiguang knelt there under the umbrella, holding a monocular clairglass and looking at the Japanese village and the Japanese boat in front of him.

In the monocular clairvoyant mirror: In the rain curtain that fills the sky and the earth, you can vaguely see that whether it is a Japanese village or a Japanese boat, the Japanese are all hidden behind the cannon, and the walled ground and boat board in front of each cannon are full of bound Ming people.

The general of the artillery officer bent over and ran over: "General, return the cannon!" If we don't return the artillery, our casualties will be great! ”

Qi Jiguang put down the clairvoyant mirror and was silent.

Perhaps in order to save artillery powder, seeing that the Qi family's army did not move, the artillery fire on the side of the Japanese boat gradually thinned out and gradually stopped.

At this time, the rain gradually subsided, the dark clouds on the sea and sky slowly dispersed, and the fog on the sea slowly rose again.

Qi Jiguang stood up and said loudly: "The Japanese boat in the nest is full of my Ming people, and this battle does not seek to capture the enemy for meritorious service, but only to rescue the people!" No artillery is allowed to be fired without my military order, and no attacks are allowed! Wait for our ships to come close to the sea and form a circle, and then attack in full force! ”

First of all, those officers and soldiers who were close to Qi Jiguang shouted in unison: "Yes! ”

Immediately afterwards, the officers and soldiers scattered around shouted in unison: "Yes! ”

The roar of thousands of people alarmed the Japanese invaders again, and the artillery fire immediately came to this side!

But at this moment, there were also several pillars of fire in the Japanese village, and then a Japanese boat was also hit by two shells, rushing into flames! On the east and southwest sides of the sea, two fleets of the Qi Army's sailors appeared at the same time, and they opened fire on the Japanese villages and the Japanese ships.

The camps and warships of the Japanese immediately panicked, and many of their guns turned around one after another, firing back at Qi Jiguang's sailor warships on the sea.

The artillery fire of the naval warships seemed to be more intense, and a few more shells hit the Japanese ships, and countless people were blown into the air, and some fell into the sea from the air. Immediately, the panicked cries of the people were heard from the ship.

"Blow the trumpet, wave the flag, order them to stop firing cannons!" Qi Jiguang stood in the rainstorm and roared loudly.

The horn of "woo woo" was immediately sounded, and several starters on the hill also issued a flag to the naval warships on the sea at the same time to stop firing cannons.

"Stop firing!" Chen Hao, a hundred households on the naval warship, ordered loudly.

In the East China Sea, the naval warships of the Qi family's army stopped firing artillery.

"Stop firing!" Commander Hu Zhen ordered loudly.

In the southwest sea, the naval warships of the Qi family army also stopped firing artillery.

The artillery fire of the Japanese did not stop, and still exploded a sky-high column of water around the naval warship. One of the artillery shells hit a naval ship. A fire broke out on board!

The ships of the naval division were forced to retreat.

"General! You can't fight like this! A big man knelt down on one leg to Hu Zhen and shouted loudly. This man's face was blackened by the smoke of artillery fire, but he was not wearing a military uniform, and he was obviously a volunteer of the people.

Many followed:

"How can you fight if you don't fire a gun!"

"We can't win this fight!"

"Shut up!" Hu Zhen stopped them, "There are civilians on the boat, and there is a military order not to fire cannons." ”

The volunteer was still kneeling there on one leg and shouted: "Then get close to the Japanese boat and rush up to fight!" ”

Hu Zhen looked at the volunteer soldier: "The Japanese artillery fire is fierce, how can you get close to the Japanese boat?" ”

The volunteer: "General, it's foggy, give us a few clippers, and we can rush to the boats." ”

At the same time, dozens of ordinary people's volunteers knelt down:

"Let's go!"

"We're willing to go!"

Hu Zhen: "You are righteous people, and it is not your forte to drive a boat to fight, and if you want to go, you should go to the official army." ”

The volunteer: "General, we are Sanghu of Chun'an, and we have been driving boats to protect the silk on the Xin'an River Canal and the sea, we know how to avoid artillery fire, and we can also fight." ”

Hu Zhen was a little moved: "It's rare! What is your name? ”

The volunteer: "The little people are called Qi Dazhu." General, our lives were originally picked up, if you die in battle, please tell us Haizhi County, even if I, Qi Dazhu and my brothers, repay his kindness! ”

At this time, the eyes of those faces blackened by the gunfire were shining, and people recognized them as the righteous people of Qi Dazhu and Chun'an.

Hu Zhen looked deeply at these people who were brave and brave, and ordered loudly: "Transfer three clippers for them!" Order all the guns to fire around the enemy ships and cover their approach! ”

"Yes!" A team officer answered loudly.

At this time, the fog on the sea surface became thicker and thicker, and the warships that could be clearly seen were covered in the vast fog. Later, there were rumors among the people that the sea here was within the scope of the blessing of Guanyin Bodhisattva of Putuo Mountain, and this fog was sent by Guanyin Bodhisattva's apparition. It can be seen that the heart of heaven is also the desire of the people.

The oars flew together, and the three clippers led by Qi Dazhu rowed quickly towards the big ship of the Wakou Water Village in the fog!

The Japanese in the village were obviously frightened by the sudden fog, and the artillery shelled aimlessly in all directions. Some artillery fire fell on the sea not far from Qi Dazhu's fast boat, hitting the water column that soared into the sky, and several boats shook violently in the waves.

The naval warships also fired their cannons, apparently reducing the distance of their guns, and the shells also fell on the sea a few feet away from the Japanese ships, stirring up a column of water that soared into the sky.

The three clippers are getting closer and closer to the big ship of the Wako Water Village.

On the first fast boat, Qi Dazhu held a steel knife in one hand and a long penny in the other, staring at the increasingly large shadow of the boat.

The artillery fire of the naval warships stopped in time. The artillery fire on the Japanese ships was still bombarding in the distance. Three clippers had rowed to the lower side of the boat.

The clipper boat is small, the boat is large, and when you look up, the side of the boat is about a foot high from the clipper.

Qi Dazhu bit the steel knife between his teeth, and stood up on the bow of the boat with a penny in both hands.

The volunteers on several boats had their knives at their waists, and they all stood up with long ropes with grappling hooks in their hands.

"Up!" Qi Dazhu roared, and the iron tip at the bottom of the penny was violently propped up on the bow of the boat, and the person jumped into the air with the bounced penny, and fell towards the plank of the ship.

Immediately afterwards, the long rope in the hands of the volunteers was thrown to the side of the boat, and the iron hook hooked, so the people grabbed the long rope and quickly climbed towards the boat.

Immediately, there was a roar of killing, the sound of blades clashing, and the cries of the people for help!

"Attack!" Hu Zhen in the southwest waved his sword and shouted.

The sailors and warships here have adjusted their sails and sailed towards the warships of the Wako Water Village.

The officers and men on the warship shouted in unison: "Kill the thief!" Kill the thief! ”

"Attack! Sortie! Chen Hao, the general in the east, also ordered loudly.

The sailor warships here also immediately adjusted their sails and headed for the warships of the Wako Water Village.

Echoing the southwest sea, the officers and soldiers on the warships here held their weapons high and shouted: "Kill the thief!" ”

In the vast fog, Qi Jiguang immediately made a judgment, waved his sword and got on the horse, and ordered loudly: "Attack on all fronts!" ”

Countless war horses carried the cavalry of the Qi family army and galloped in the sea fog to the water village of the Japanese Kou.

Then the infantry sprang across the mountains and rushed towards the water village of the Japanese Invaders.

The sound of shouting and killing, the sound of fighting in the hazy fog, the sound of the mountains, the sound of the sea!

In the summer of the 40th year of Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty, under the deployment of Hu Zongxian, Qi Jiguang led the Qi family army with the assistance of Zhejiang Yimin to attack the water village stationed in the southeast sea of Wenling from land and sea by land and sea. In this battle, more than 1,200 people were rescued, hundreds of people including Goro Rulang and Jian Rulang, the leaders of the Japanese pirates, were captured alive, and 11 Japanese ships were captured. It won the sixth complete victory against the Japanese in that year.