"How does this work?" Xu Jie stood there and looked at Chen Hong who was going to move the chair.

Chen Hong still carried the chair on the side, which was the chair that Zhang Juzheng moved during the day, and put it down on the opposite side of the Xu Jie's case, just like Zhang Juzheng during the day, he sat down in the position of his subordinates: "How can I say that I am a generation later than the cabinet elders, and in the future, as long as the cabinet elders are on duty in the cabinet, I will come here to approve the red." As he spoke, he moved the cabinet court mail proposed by Xu Jie's ticket to the big case in front of him, picked up a copy, held the red pen, and approved the two red letters "according to the approval" at the registration office.

Xu Jie was still standing there looking at him.

Chen Hong buried his head, took another ticket, and didn't want to look at it, and wrote the word "according to the quasi" at the registration office.

"Please wait." Xu Jie had to stop him, "Should Gonggong Chen see if the cabinet vote is appropriate, and then approve the red?" ”

Chen Hong looked up at him with a smile, and then picked up another copy of his ticket: "The emperor trusts the elder of the pavilion, what else do I not trust?" Whether it's appropriate or not, if there is a burden, I will bear it with the elder Ge. As he spoke, he went to approve the red again.

"Father-in-law Chen, this is not in line with the system. In the past, the old cabinet Yan Ge had to jointly review the votes of the old cabinet and several fathers-in-law who were in charge of the ceremony, and this Chen Gonggong knew it. It's absolutely inappropriate to be red like this. Xu Jie said and moved the stack of tickets in front of him: "Otherwise, I will read it one by one, and Gonggong Chen will approve the red again after listening to it." ”

Chen Hong's hand stopped, slowly put the pen back on the pen holder, and looked at Xu Jie with sincerity in his eyes: "Yan Ge's old vote Lu Gonggong asked a few of us to check it together every time, but Xu Ge Lao also knew that Lu Gonggong had not changed Yan Ge's vote every time. They're all going through the motions. The emperor has now handed over the cabinet to Xu Ge Lao, and handed over the celebrant to our family, so we won't come to those vain. Working together is a gentleman, and the word 'loyalty' is spoken to the emperor, and the word 'faith' is spoken to each other. I can trust the elder in my heart, otherwise I wouldn't have blocked Yan Shifan and them at the door, and only let Zhang Juzheng come in. ”

Chen Hong was eager to replace Lu Fang, but he used Yan Song's position as the first assistant to win himself over! Xu Jie was not only alert, but also a wave of disgust. He hated Yan Song more deeply for whether he was separated from the monarch and ministers to collect wealth in the palace and engage in private business, and as a famous minister of psychology, Xu Jie's most taboo was that people thought that he was overthrowing Yan Song in order to seek the position of first assistant. Regardless of whether Yan Song falls this time, even if Yan Song is really removed from the cabinet and sits in the position of first assistant, the current emperor will use himself as the second Yan Song, which is the deep reason why Xu Jie has been hesitating and not triggering the matter of 'downgrading Yan'. Seeing that he was so devoted to his own heart, Xu Jie sneered in his heart, but he pretended to be frightened on his face, and replied: "Xu deeply thanks Gonggong Chen for his trust. However, the system of the imperial court must not be replaced by private beliefs. What's more, Xu is still the second assistant, but because of Yan Ge's old age, he is temporarily in charge of cabinet affairs......"

"Pavilion Elder !" Chen Hong interrupted Xu Jie, "In this situation, does the elder still think that he is only temporary?" ”

Xu Jie was surprised: "The emperor and the imperial court do not have any intention of adjusting the cabinet, of course Xu is only temporarily handling cabinet affairs." ”

Chen Hong's face moved closer to him: "There are two sentences, haven't you ever heard of it?" ”

Xu Jie only looked at him.

Chen Hong: "Don't you hear that 'the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and a generation of new people is better than the old people'!" ”

It's so shallow! Xu Jie couldn't be false anymore, and the spirit of the scholar was revealed, covering his ears with his palms, shaking his head lightly and saying: "Recently, Xu reread Han Changli's "Sacrifice to the Twelve Lang Wen", Han Gong Youyun, 'Since this year, the firmament has either turned white, and the wavering or fallen off. Mao's blood is declining day by day, and his ambition is getting weaker and weaker. Geometry does not die from you'. Xu is sixty and five, although he is not as weak as Han Yu's teeth back then, his eyes are also dizzy, and his ears are also back. There was a ringing in my ears just now, but now it's still a buzzing sound. The old man didn't hear a word of the two sentences that Gonggong Chen said. I hope my father-in-law will forgive me, and I hope my father-in-law will not say it again. ”

joking at this point is tantamount to a slap in the face. Chen Hong's face, which had always been extremely sincere, was gloomy, he stood up stiffly, and hugged the stack of tickets on the table: "Since the elder of the pavilion is so disdainful of our family, our family will bring the old man's tickets back to the master of ceremonies to slowly review it." Holding the stack of tickets, he kicked away the chair with his foot and walked towards the door of the duty room.

The two little eunuchs ran from the gate of the courtyard to the door of the duty room with lanterns, and when they shone on Chen Hong, a light rushed away.

Xu Jie looked at the lantern light disappearing outside the courtyard gate, and sneered: "Hold the lamp, prepare toilet paper, old man is congratulating!" ”

After a while, a lantern outside the window floated from the left side door of the corridor to the door of the duty room, Xu Jie straightened his clothes and left the desk and walked to the door, but the lantern was not waiting at the door, but went straight into the duty room, blocking Xu Jie in the room, and before Xu Jie could see his face clearly, a page of paper had been handed to his eyes.

Xu Jie was shocked when he saw the light pink background of the paper, and he was even more shocked when he saw the lines on the paper!

The paper is the imperial note, the word is Jiajing's familiar line, and it is written with four ancient poems: "There are beautiful people in the north, peerless and independent." At first sight, the city will be captivated, and then the country will be captivated. ”

Xu Jie raised his head suddenly, and then he saw that it was Huang Jin!

In front of the lantern, Huang Jin also looked at him deeply, and said in a low voice: "These four lines of poetry are four words, and the emperor is waiting for the veteran of the pavilion to present the mystery, so write it under the imperial note." As he spoke, he walked over to the bookcase and placed the note on the desk.

Xu Jie slowly walked to the side of the case, and the mystery was thought out in these few steps, not daring to sit, just in front of the chair that Chen Hong was sitting on just now, he stood and picked up the pen, bowed down, and respectfully wrote the four block letters "good for yourself" on the imperial note, held it with both hands, gently dried the ink, and handed it to Huang Jin.

Huang Jin smiled slightly: "The elder of the pavilion is very knowledgeable. He took the note and turned around and walked out.

Xu Jie stood there in a daze, until another lantern appeared at the door, and a voice came in: "The villain is waiting for the old man of the pavilion." ”

Xu Jie was relieved of his apprehension and walked slowly towards the door.

The sunset lights rose, and the books drying in the yard were all moved to Yan Song's study one by one.

What books are placed where, when and where to take which volume and which page are Yan Song's reading habits that have been cultivated for decades. Before the age of seventy-five, after drying books every year, he regarded different books as a pleasure in putting them in a position that he knew in his heart, and he did it himself, and never asked his subordinates to do it for him. When he was seventy-six years old, after posting the book, when he moved tens of thousands of books to the shelves, he suddenly felt powerless, and called Yan Shifan, who often accompanied his father to read here, Yan Shifan put the books on the shelf, and Yan Song found that it was almost the same as the one he had placed. Since then, every year I have asked my son to do this for me. Today, these books have to be set up by themselves, and they have to call two retinues to help them.

One attendant followed him with a lamp at his side, illuminating the empty bookshelves, while another attendant listened to his instructions in front of the bookcase.

Yan Song: "Lü's Spring and Autumn". ”

"Yes." The attendant in front of the bookcase took out a box of books from one of the boxes and handed them over.

Yan Song took it with both hands and looked at the cover through his glasses: "Wrong." It's the Song version of the box. ”

The attendant: "The villain should be damned." Then he put the box back into the original box, and took out another box from another box, which was also printed with "Lü's Spring and Autumn", but he still didn't know whether it was a Song version, so he opened the ivory book insert and prepared to open it.

"Just pass it over." Yan Song stopped him.

"Yes." The attendant inserted the ivory book into the sleeve and took the box of books.

Yan Song only glanced at the cover and said, "This is." He took it with both hands and put it in the head-high spaceroom of the bookshelf.

"Left Biography". The set that Hu Zongxian copied by hand. Yan Song said again while putting the book.

This made it even more difficult to find, and the attendant sweated on his forehead, and took out several boxes of books from one box, but he did not find the "Zuo Chuan" that the old man wanted, and went to another box to find it.

Yan Song stood by the bookshelf, illuminated by the lamp, and waited for a long time.

The face of the person looking for the book was covered with sweat, and the person holding the lamp was also anxious: "You come to get the lamp, I'll look for it." ”

"Forget it." Yan Song stopped them again, "Go, call your uncle." ”

The two attendants were stunned for a moment and looked at each other.

The attendant who held the lamp asked cautiously, "Did the elder say that he asked the villains to invite the elder of the pavilion?" ”

Yan Song nodded his head.

The entourage was not at ease: "Elder Ge, your old man has ordered during the day that no one will be seen for half a month, especially not to let the little elder enter the mansion." ”

Yan Song looked upward: "But others don't talk about the rules." Didn't Xu Jie meet Zhang Juzheng in the cabinet this afternoon? ”

The attendant knew that he had not forgotten something, but knew it in his heart, so he was relieved to go.

Hearing his father call him, Yan Shifan came over as if he was flying. When he came in, he called "Daddy", stopped looking at his father, glanced at the bookcases that filled the room, took off his coat, tugged the corner of his shirt into his belt, and went to carry the books.

The people have long since avoided it. Yan Song sat on the recliner alone, watching his son skillfully take out boxes of books from the box and put them in different spaces on the shelves, and the young son in his father's eyes resurfaced: how satisfied he used to be! How comfortable I used to be! How I once made myself feel that the future generations were prosperous! The look of pity that had always been shown at that time now appeared in the old eyes of the faint flowers.

"Don't be busy, wipe your face and drink tea first." The figure in Yan Song's eyes is still the figure of Yan Shifan in his twenties.

"Not tired. Daddy rest, the son will soon be laid out. Yan Shifan's face was covered with fine beads of sweat, and he still kept moving out the books in the box and placing them in the spacespace of the bookshelf where they should be placed.

This voice is no longer the voice of his son back then, but the words of the answer evoked Yan Song's affection for his son back then. He slowly sat up straight: "Has the box "Han Chang Li Ji" been moved out?" ”

Yan Shifan stood up straight in front of the bookcase: "Moved out, does Dad want to see it now?" ”

Yan Song: "Find out the volume of "Twelve Lang Wen". ”

Yan Shifan felt it, looked at his father, and saw that he was also looking at himself, so he walked to a bookshelf, took down a box of books from a space on the top to the right, pulled out the book insert, took out a volume from it, and soon turned to the article "Sacrifice Twelve Langwen", and when he walked to his father, he picked up the glasses on the desk again, walked to his father's side, and handed it over with both hands.

Yan Song looked up at his son: "I don't look at it, if you read it to me, just read the six sentences of 'I have been here since this year'." ”

Yan Shifan is also a person who is rich in five cars, where do you still have to hold a book, not to mention that the father and son are single-minded, and immediately understood the deep meaning of the six sentences that his father wants to read by himself, and the negative qi of the past few days was mixed with some sourness at this time, so he closed his eyes and was silent for a while.

"Read it." Yan Song knew his son's mood at the moment, and when he urged him, he aggravated his tone.

Yan Shifan closed his eyes and turned his back: "Since this year, the firmament may turn white. Those who are shaken or fall off. Mao's blood is declining day by day, ambition is getting weaker and weaker, and geometry is not from you...... death"

Father and son were silent for a moment.

"Do you know why Dad wants you to read this paragraph?" Yan Song broke the silence and asked.

Yan Shifan: "It's nothing more than blaming my son." Dad is old, and my son doesn't want to provoke trouble at your age. But for more than 20 years, there are so many people we have killed, locked up, and stopped, and my father just wants to spend his old age in peace, and they will not let you go. If the son is not in front, who can stand in front for his father. ”

Yan Song: "Just rely on a few of you to go to the forbidden gate of Xiyuan to make trouble, then you are also called to stand up for me in front?" Your father is not in the cabinet for a day, and none of you, Luo Longwen, and Yan Maoqing can enter the gate of Xiyuan. Zhang Juzheng went in, and he was able to plan with Xu Jie in the secret room and pass the order to the world. One day your father is really dead, you don't have to go to the gate of Xiyuan to make trouble, sitting at home can also arrest you all! ”

Although these words were harsh, Yan Shifan raised his head in shock when he heard this, and looked at his father: "Father knows about today's events at home?" ”

"I know what you know, and I know what you don't know!" Yan Song suddenly showed the majesty that made Yan Shifan awe-inspiring, "I am still the first assistant, the first assistant of the twenty years of the Ming Dynasty!" I have treated so many people in the past 20 years, do I dare not know about the affairs of the court? The tiger can still go to take a nap after eating someone, does your father dare to take a nap with this! ”

This kind of majesty can often be seen before Yan Song is seventy-five years old, and he has never seen it since he was seventy-five years old, and today he saw his father's majesty reappearing, Yan Shifan's usual domineering spirit immediately became a little witch, and people immediately moved a stool to sit down in front of his father like a child: "Dad, what do they want to do, do you know?" ”

Yan Song didn't answer and asked: "I haven't answered me what I asked you just now." Do you know why I want you to read the passage of Han Yu's "Sacrifice to the Twelve Lang Wen"? ”

No matter how good Yan Shifan's brain is, he also understands that his father asked him to read these words at this time is not what he just said, as for what it means, how can he understand it for a while, so he has to look at his father in a daze.

Yan Song: "Then I'll tell you, these words were said to Chen Hong by Xu Jie in the cabinet half an hour ago. ”

Yan Shifan's aggressive string immediately tightened: "Xu Jie's meaning is that his father is old, and he wants to bring down his father with Chen Hong?" ”

Yan Song shook his head: "He doesn't dare yet, and he doesn't have the ability." Chen Hong wanted to take Lu Fang's position, but he Xu Jie, he didn't have the courage right now. Just let him sit, and he couldn't sit steadily. You know why? ”

Yan Shifan thought for a while: "The emperor can't leave his father!" ”

Yan Song: "Also, the Ming Dynasty can't do without your father." In the past 20 years, your father has not only killed people, locked people up, and dismissed people, but also used people! The treasury depends on the people I use to save money, the border passes rely on the people I use to fight, and the people who can't get along with the emperor rely on the people I use to deal with them! This is what I want to say to you, using the right talent is the first thing to do great things. In the past few years, I have handed over the employment of people to you, who have you used? Zheng Michang, He Maocai? Last night, Zhejiang 800 miles sent their confession in a hurry, they sold you all, do you know? ”

Yan Shifan stood up suddenly: "These two dogs! Uemoto! I'm going to call them all and kill them all!" ”

"Who do you call? How to get on this? Kill them, kill you or not? Yan Song saw that he was impetuous, and asked a few questions.

Yan Shifan's mind was clearer, but his heart was on fire, and he made the mistake of walking around, and there were many bookcases piled up in the room, and he looked even more manic when he paced back and forth.

"Sit down at the bookcase!" Yan Song shouted in a low voice.

Yan Shifan stopped, so he had to walk to the bookcase and sit down.

Yan Song: "Pick up the pen, I say, you write." ”

Yan Shifan picked up the pen, his heart was still in turmoil, and he looked at Yan Song from afar.

Yan Song closed his eyes and read: "Brother Ru Zhenren Taijian." ”

Yan Shifan was stunned: "Dad asked me to write a letter to Hu Zongxian?" ”

Yan Song still closed his eyes: "It's not a letter, it's a thanks, and an apology!" ”

Yan Shifan slowly put down the pen: "Dad, my son really doesn't know why you always believe in him so much?" This year, if he hadn't made a hindrance from rice to mulberry this year, there would have been these things later. The son doesn't know what to thank him for, and what sin to make amends to him! ”

Yan Song opened his eyes suddenly, and shot straight at Yan Shifan: "Destroying the embankment and flooding the fields has done a sin, if it weren't for the flooding of his nine counties, hundreds of thousands of people died, and how many heads fell to the ground, he shouldered all the burdens, shouldn't he be thankful for this?" A few of you also dismissed the governor of Zhejiang, and didn't let him see me, let Zheng Michang and He Maocai make a fuss, and made a big incident, and he secretly calmed down, shouldn't this crime be compensated? ”

Yan Shifan was blocked in his throat in one breath and swallowed it raw, how could he have words back.

Yan Song: "Take out your little skills in writing green words, just say that you are confused and use people inappropriately, so that he can see that I am already old, and ask him to do one thing well." ”

Yan Shifan became serious at this time, slowly picked up the pen again, and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter?" ”

Yan Song: "Yang Jinshui will be escorted to Beijing in half a month." I ask him to fight several battles in this half month to stabilize the overall situation in the southeast. ”

Yan Shifan: "If you don't write this, he will do it." ”

"Listen!" Yan Song drank him off, "After fighting these battles, I'll rest." You can't help but suppress them, you can't kill them all, that's what matters! ”

Yan Shifan finally understood a little and looked at his father.

Yan Song: "The imperial court cannot be without the southeast for a day, and the southeast cannot be without Hu Zongxian for a day." If Hu Zongxian is here, Hu Zongxian is here, and if Hu Zongxian is here, no one can defeat us. Do you understand? ”

Taizhou, Zhejiang.

A group of artillery fire on the shore battery bombarded the warships of the Japanese in the sea!

In the sea, the Japanese warships bombarded the batteries on the shore!

About a mile to the right of the fort was a large beach, and countless small boats were laid down on countless Japanese boats, full of Japanese swords and roaring towards the beach.

As they approached the beach, the pirates on the boats jumped into the shallow water and rushed towards the beach with shouts.

At the place where the beach is backed by mountains, Qi Jiguang is sitting on a horse, his horse team is quietly lined up, there is no sound of people, no sound of horses, just looking at the Japanese who are getting closer and closer.

Four hundred meters, three hundred meters, two hundred meters! The hideous faces of the Japanese were clearly visible.

Qi Jiguang drew his sword: "Out of the battle!" ”

Rattan players, spearmen, and short knife players are in groups of nine, and countless "mandarin duck arrays" are pushing forward with heavy steps.

Looking down from a high place, the black-pressed widows are like rows of tides impacting the "Mandarin Duck Array" of the Qi family's army city wall!

The beach is backed by mountains, and Qi Jiguang's horse team is still standing like a mountain.

Sure enough, a large number of Japanese boats suddenly appeared on the sea covered by the mountains at the ends of the semicircular beach, and countless Japanese boats jumped into the shallow water from the small boats, roaring wildly from both sides of the beach to outflank the "Mandarin Duck Array" of the Qi family's army!

Qi Jiguang: "The left side of the first battalion, the right side of the second battalion, attack!" ”

The mountain of horses suddenly launched.

At the forefront of the horse team on the left, it was Qi Dazhu who was galloping with a sword! Countless cavalry stood in a triangle behind him, facing the Japanese who had landed on the left side.

The horse team on the right was led by Hu Zhen, and the cavalry also followed him in a triangular queue to meet the Japanese who landed on the right.

The horse team rushed into the ant colony.

There were only a few dozen horsemen lined up on Qi Jiguang's side, and Qi Jiguang's gaze controlled the battle array with a murderous sound from a high place.

On his left, there was a team officer holding a monocular clairvoyant mirror all the way to the Taizhou Fort, paying attention to the battle on the fort.

The picture in the monocular clairvoyant made the team officer freeze:

The artillery fire fired from the batteries at the Japanese ships gradually thinned out.

The fire fired by the Japanese ships at the fort gradually thinned out.

Countless widows on the rocks on the hillside below the fort swarmed like ant colonies and crawled towards the fort, and countless firebolts, feathered arrows, and spears were fired at the fort!

The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty on the fort were also firing arrows at the group of widows who climbed up one after another. However, the more and more the pirates gathered, and they got closer and closer to the fort.

What really shocked the officer was that at this time, Hu Butang was standing under the banner at the front of the fort!

"General!" The officer's voice trembled, "Look! Hurriedly handed the clairvoyant mirror to Qi Jiguang.

Qi Jiguang took the clairvoyant mirror and looked at the fort, and immediately shook his body, put down the clairvoyant mirror, and quickly swept over the battlefield that was in a fierce battle. Soon, he saw that the closest to the fort on the left side of the beach was Qi Dazhu's battalion of horses.

Qi Jiguang immediately ordered the two generals beside him: "Go to the first battalion and order Qi Dazhu to lead the horse team to the fort to save Hu Butang!" ”

"Yes!" The two generals drew their swords and galloped away to the left side of the battle formation.

Taizhou main fort fortress. Although the big flag on the thick wooden pillar flagpole was burned by artillery fire, the big "Hu" character was still clearly hunting and fluttering in the sea breeze!

The pro-soldiers, as well as countless soldiers divided into several layers, tightly surrounded Hu Zongxian's sides and behind him.

Hu Zongxian was still wearing the big black coat, and he didn't have a sword on his waist, and he didn't look at the crowd fighting everywhere, but just looked at the distance where the sea and the sky met.

The sound of cannons, roars, and blades seemed to be far away from him, and there was only one voice ringing in his ears, which was the voice in Yan Shifan's letter: "The foolish brother is surrounded by villains, and he does not know the painstaking efforts of the benevolent brother and the loyal body of the country, resulting in mistakes again and again in Zhejiang affairs, and mistakes in state affairs. At night, he read under his father's knees, and ordered Yu to read Han Jingzhou's "Twelve Lang Wen", and read "I have come this year, and the people who are blue may turn white." Those who are shaken or fall off. Mao's blood is declining day by day, and his ambition is getting weaker and weaker. Geometry does not die from you either. 'Sentence, the old father's tears flowed, and the brother's tears also flowed......"

There were already several columns of artillery fire that were soaring to the sky not far from Hu Zongxian's side, Hu Zongxian was still motionless in the face of the fort and the wall, and the swarm of Japanese on the mountain rock under his feet was getting closer and closer to him like ants.

"Protect the Ministry!" A general roared.

Many soldiers had already jumped off the rocks of the fort forts, some raised their swords and spears to fight at the front of the Japanese invaders, and some raised their shields to block the fire feather arrows and throwing spears that were fired at the fort and Hu Zongxian.

Hu Zongxian's eyes were still looking at the sea in the distance, and Yan Shifan's voice was still ringing in his ears: "The old father said bitterly, 'The imperial court cannot be without the southeast for a day, and the southeast cannot be without Hu Zongxian for a day!'" 'If the country is in trouble in the southeast, and the imperial court does not pay heavy taxes, the treasury will be empty, and the situation will be in danger. Brother Fu Wangren must chase the Japanese in Zhejiang within ten days to protect the gateway to the southeast. The southeast is protected, and then Xu Tu enters the ......"

"Ministry!" With a sharp roar behind him, Hu Zongxian was pulled away from the city by a general behind his back, and then a group of soldiers rushed over from both sides to block countless shields in front of him, Hu Zongxian's eyes were dark, and the sea in the distance was gone, and then the fire, spears, bows and arrows of the Japanese were all shot on those shields, and those shields and the soldiers holding the shields were pushed backwards by the powerful impact and flew down, and Hu Zongxian was also washed down and sat on the fort!

There are more and more pirates rushing up, and they are getting closer and closer.

A group of soldiers jumped off the fort and fought against the pirates, but they all fell down quickly; Another group of soldiers jumped off the fort and soon fell as well.

There were only a few dozen soldiers left on the fort to protect Hu Zongxian's regiment!

At this moment, there was a roar on the right side of the fort, Qi Dazhu raised his sword and roared, leading the horse team to rush over, regardless of whether those horses could run on the steep mountain rocks, they still drove the horses towards the mountain rocks!

Some of the horses slipped on the slopes, the cavalry was thrown off their horses, and the horses were rolled into the sea!

Qi Dazhu's horse held out the longest, rushed under the fort, and finally slipped after a stumble. At this moment, Qi Dazhu jumped up from his horse and shouted, "Kill the thief!" Defend the department! "Take the lead and slash from the flanks of the herd.

His cavalry rose and followed him into the flank.

The morale of the soldiers on the fort was greatly boosted, and they jumped down one after another to fight the Japanese who were climbing the rock.

"Stand out!" Hu Zongxian drank away the only eight personal soldiers around him, and strode to the edge of the fort. Eight of his own soldiers hurriedly swarmed him, guarding his flanks tightly.

Hu Zongxian's eyes no longer looked at the sea, and watched his subordinates fighting against the Japanese on the mountain rocks.

One by one, the Japanese were cut down from the rocks and rolled into the sea; Many of his soldiers were also cut down from the rocks and rolled into the sea.

There are fewer and fewer Japanese on the mountain rocks, and there are fewer and fewer soldiers of their own.

His eyes were attracted by a long figure, the man jumped and slashed on the mountain rock, and the sword swept everywhere, and one by one the Japanese were cut down the mountain rock - his goal was very clear, it was the leader of the Japanese who was slashing and killing the Ming soldiers!

On the two boulders of the mountain rock, the man and Inoue Shishiro were only a few feet apart, and the two pairs of eyes met!

Hu Zongxian saw clearly, the long man was Qi Dazhu, he was holding the sword he had given him in his hand, the tip of the sword was pointing at the sea obliquely at his side, and the gaze in his eyes looked coldly at the leader of the Japanese who was standing on the boulder opposite with a sword in his hand!

Of course, Hu Zongxian didn't know that the leader of the would-be robbers was Inoue Shisan Lang, who had raped Qi Dazhu's wife, causing his wife to wield a knife and harm herself!

More Ming reinforcements swarmed over on the other side of the beach, and almost all the remnants of the Japanese were cut down from the rocks!

Qi Dazhu's soldiers roared angrily and rushed towards Inoue Thirteen, who was standing alone on the boulder!

"Get out of the way!" Qi Dazhu roared.

The soldiers stood still.

Qi Dazhu looked at Hu Zongxian, who was on the edge of the fort and said loudly: "Ministry! This is the brother of the Japanese thief Inoue Shishiro who was released from prison by the Zhejiang government, and he is the big leader of the Japanese bandits. His subordinates want to capture him alive, and ask the ministry to escort him to the court! ”

Hu Zongxian's gaze met Qi Dazhu, and he didn't speak, only a bottomless look.

With a long roar, the Inoue Thirteen Lang held his sword high in both hands and jumped into the air and slashed towards Qi Dazhu!

Qi Dazhu's sword swung towards the top of his head, and with a "bell", a sword collision flashed, and Inoue Thirteen's body stopped in the air in an instant, and the sword and his body weight were all pushed against Qi Dazhu's sword in the space above his head!

All eyes were stunned!

In fact, in just a moment, Inoue Thirteen Lang's knife was still pressing Qi Dazhu's sword, and when his body fell, he actually freed his left hand and pulled out another short sword on his waist, stabbing Qi Dazhu in the abdomen!

Some of Qi Dazhu's soldiers have already exclaimed!

Hu Zongxian's eyes also showed consternation!

But soon both figures stopped on the boulder of Qi Dazhu.

Qi Dazhu's sword and Inoue Thirteen Lang's long sword were still hanging above the heads of the two, but the tip of Inoue Thirteen Lang's short Japanese knife also stopped an inch away from Qi Dazhu's abdomen - Qi Dazhu's left hand tightly grasped the back of the short Japanese knife, and the Japanese knife was still using dark energy, but it couldn't move forward a single point!

The two pairs of eyes were less than a foot apart, and they both looked at each other for a short time.

The sword in Qi Dazhu's right hand moved, and with a sharp twist, the long sword in Inoue's hand flew into the air!

The blade of Qi Dazhu's long sword was already close to the left neck of Inoue Thirteen Lang!

A hint of horror flashed in Inoue's gaze, but it quickly turned into a smile - he actually jerked the short wafer in his left hand, and the short wafer knife in the lightning and flint changed positions in his palm, and the tip of the knife was towards his abdomen, thrust violently, and then slashed downward!

Qi Dazhu was shocked!

Inoue Thirteen Lang slowly fell backwards, Qi Dazhu grabbed Inoue's chest, Inoue Thirteen Lang looked at him for the last time, and then closed his eyes. Qi Dazhu's hand was still holding his chest, and he gently placed his body on the rock, looking at the short knife that had been cut open and still inserted in his lower abdomen!

On the fort, there was a dead silence on the rocks.

Only Hu Zongxian's eyes slowly moved to the battlefield on the right side of the fort.

The sound of fighting on the beach in the distance also disappeared, and the battlefield was full of Japanese robbers and the bodies of Ming soldiers Chen Wo. Some of Qi Jiguang and his soldiers were riding on horses, and some were standing among the corpses everywhere, all frozen there!

In the distance, dozens of Japanese boats fled to the south, gradually turning into a few black spots.

It is reported that in July of the 40th year of Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty, Hu Zongxian personally supervised the Qijia army to launch the Eighth Taizhou Anti-Japanese War. The soldiers of Lai Qi's army fought bravely and bloodily, he failed to die for the country, and the victory in Taizhou contributed to the final decisive battle with the Japanese who had been suffering for ten years!

The good news of the eighth Taizhou victory was sent to Hangzhou at the fastest speed, and Tan Lun was the most excited. He immediately came to the yamen of the governor of Zhejiang to see Zhao Zhenji.

"Eternal merit! Eternal work! Tan Lun's excited voice sounded outside the door, but when he stepped into the door of the signing room, he was stunned for a moment and quieted down.

——A huge brown paper map was placed on the ground in the middle of the signing room, Zhao Zhenji was squatting on the side with a lamp in his hand and looking at the map, Zhejiang Liangdao held his breath and stood next to him, and he didn't dare to speak when he saw Tan Lun coming in, but just waved at him.

Zhao Zhenji was still looking at the map, but said, "Please take a seat." ”

Tan Lun sat down in a chair by the window.

"You just said that the military supplies of the provinces are still how bad?" Zhao Zhenji looked at the map, and he was obviously asking about the Zhejiang grain road.

The grain said: "Hui, Huizhongcheng, Hu Butang said that the reinforcements in Shandong still need at least 200,000 taels of military salaries, and the reinforcements of Yingtian and Anhui also need 300,000 taels of military salaries; And must be charged within seven days. ”

"How much silver is there in the treasury of the Zhejiang Domain?" Zhao Zhenji still didn't look up.

The grain said: "The subordinates have reported to Zhongcheng many times, and after several wars, the deposits of several Hui merchants have already been spent, and where is there still treasury silver in the Zhejiang Domain." ”

"Then raid the house! Copy it overnight! Zhao Zhenji suddenly stood up.

The grain said: "Please, please ask Zhongcheng, whose house is it to copy......"

Zhao Zhenji: "Zheng Michang! He Maocai! ”

The grain Dao hesitated, and asked timidly, "Lord Zheng and Lord He have already been convicted?" ”

Zhao Zhenji's face was pulled down, and his eyes were fixed on the grain and said, "What does it have to do with whether they are convicted or not and what does it have to do with your escort of military salaries?" ”

Although the grain road was apprehensive, he gritted his teeth and replied: "The humble post is to remind Zhongcheng that if the court has not convicted them of raiding their home, Zhongcheng will have to take the blame......"

Zhao Zhenji looked at him, of course he understood that this grain road that had been in the officialdom in Zhejiang for a long time could not be separated from it, and it had something to do with Zheng Michang and He Maocai, so he sneered: "Then I won't take care of this matter, if the military salary is not delivered within three days, the barracks will be yours." Take 500,000 taels of silver from your own house and send it. ”

"W-What do you mean?" The grain was stunned.

Zhao Zhenji took out an arrow from the bookcase holder and threw it in front of the grain road: "Go to the house immediately!" If you don't copy Zheng Michang and He Maocai's homes, you will copy your homes! ”

The grain road was really scared, stunned for a moment, and bent down to pick up the arrow: "Zhongcheng, the humble position is the grain road, there are only soldiers who hold the grain, and there are no soldiers who raid the house." Lord Tan is here, do you want to ask the soldiers of the Yamen to do this errand......

"Lord Tan heard everything?" Zhao Zhenji looked at Tan Lun at this time, and smiled, laughing angrily, "This is an official in Zhejiang, and a grain road dares to instruct the governor and the envoy to go on errands." As he spoke, he walked to the desk with the lamp and put it down: "There are soldiers in the Yamen, and I won't send any of them." Then you will take the soldiers who are carrying the grain to your house and carry the silver, and the two hundred soldiers will carry five hundred thousand taels of silver, and the manpower will be sufficient. ”

Where did the grain dao dare to say anything, and only replied: "If you are lowly, you will immediately take someone to raid the homes of Zheng Michang and He Maocai." After saying that, he hurriedly walked out of the door with the arrow.

"Close the door!" Tan Lun stood in front of the desk and drank again.

As soon as the grain road stepped out of the threshold, he immediately trembled again: "Yes." Then he stepped into the door again and closed it.

"Come on, help the handle." Zhao Zhenji had already crouched down and scrolled the map on the ground.

Tan Lun immediately came over and helped him slowly roll the map over on the other side.

"With this great victory, the ten-year plague is about to be cleared!" Tan Lun rolled the map and said, "Zhongcheng should immediately report to the imperial court, ask for credit to Hu Butang, ask for credit to Qi Jiguang and all the soldiers, boost morale, and the next battle will be easy to fight." ”

"The report has been prepared, and it will be sent tomorrow morning when you sign it." The map had been rolled up into a tube and pushed to the wall, and Zhao Zhenji stood up.

Tan Lun also stood up: "Zhongcheng's support work can't be buried, I'll write this omission, and I'll ask for credit for you." ”

"Wash your hands." Zhao Zhenji didn't have the slightest joy, and walked to the washstand by the door to wash his hands.

Tan Lun also came over to wash his hands together.

Zhao Zhenji wiped his hands with the towel on the shelf, and suddenly sighed: "I don't want to mention this skill." As long as I don't send the Beijing teacher, it is my luck. ”

Tan Lun was stunned, looked at Zhao Zhenji in a daze, and came to his senses for a long time: "Is it the matter of the Qin case, what did the court say?" ”

Zhao Zhenji slowly walked to the front of the case and picked up the two court mails on the desk: "The court mails sent by the cabinet celebrant are all about the Qin case. See for yourself. As he spoke, he handed it over.

Tan Lun snatched the court mail, walked to the window and stood there looking at it quickly.

Zhao Zhenji began to pace: "Actually, it was expected. Hai Rui's interrogation of Zheng Michang and He Maocai's confessions stirred up the cabinet and the celebrant supervisor, and of course the cabinet and the celebrant will sprinkle this anger on my head, and I can be regarded as offending the two major centers. That's fine, after I get dismissed, I will no longer have to worry about the case, and I will go back to Taizhou to learn my mind. ”

Tan Lun had already finished reading the court mail, and he also listened to Zhao Zhenji's words just now, and then turned his head suddenly: "It's not your business to ask about the crime!" The eight-hundred-mile expedited court mail was sent to the two of us, and it arrived two days ago, why did you show it to me at this time? ”

Zhao Zhenji: "I showed it to you two days ago, can you reply to the imperial court?" ”

"It's one thing to be able to reply, how to reply!" Tan Lun is also a deep enough person, and he can no longer hold back the disgust in his heart in the face of this person who is deeper than himself, "When it comes to the Qin case, I am still the deputy trial, and Hai Rui and Wang Yongji are also the appointed jurors." It's not up to you to be alone in your heart wondering if you will be dismissed and questioned, leaving us all aside, and the court situation aside! Two days have passed, and now you have only taken out the court mail that the court urgently needs to reply, what is the matter? ”

Zhao Zhenji was not annoyed by his accusation, and said slowly: "There is also a court mail from the Ministry of War that strictly ordered me to quickly supply Hu Butang and the provincial reinforcements to fight against the Japanese, which was written to Zhao Zhenji, the governor of Zhejiang, and it was pressed on my desk for a day, so I won't show it to you." In addition, there is a secret letter from Zhang Taiyue, implying that it was written to me with the approval of Xu Gelao, and it should not be shown to you, in order to reply to what you just said, I will still show it to you. As he spoke, he picked up the letter from the Ministry of War on the desk, took out two pages of eight-line books from it and handed them over.

Tan Lun hesitated, looking at the court mail he handed over, he didn't accept it, and he didn't accept it.

"Look." Zhao Zhenji threw the court mail on the desk on Tan Lun's side, "After reading it, I'll reply to what you just asked." ”

Tan Lun leaned the letter closer to the light and looked at it nervously.

Zhang Juzheng's voice rang in his ears at the same time: "A torch in the southeast, the iceberg melts." The dark clouds of my 20 years of the Ming Dynasty are only between the announcement of the confession of Hai Rui signed by my office and raised my hand! The confessions of Zheng and He Erzhi can be presented to the emperor, then the young name of my prince will surely shine together with the sun......"

That's enough! The words on the eight-line book blurred in front of Tan Lun's eyes, and Zhang Juzheng's voice gradually faded away. With such a big plan, Zhang Juzheng only wrote a letter to Zhao Zhenji, and Tan Lun immediately felt like being abandoned. Could it be that King Yu doesn't want to implicate themselves? If this is the case, of course, Zhao Zhenji will not be willing to be a pawn when the situation of the dynasty is unclear. He somewhat understood Zhao Zhenji's state of mind at this time, and slowly looked at him.

Zhao Zhenji knew that he had finished reading the letter: "The cabinet of the celebrant sent back the confession that Hai Rui had interrogated and asked me to retry it, but Zhang Taiyue asked me to sign the original confession and report it again. It's you, what should I do? ”

He was sent to Zhejiang, and his biggest mission was to be strict, Tan Lun was silent for a while, and finally abandoned the selfish thoughts in his heart, and replied: "I will sign it with you!" ”

"At this time? This kind of situation? Zhao Zhenji stared at him tightly, "Ten years of trouble, once cleared, that is, between the past two months." Hu Zongxian commanded tens of thousands of troops in front of him to fight a decisive battle against the Japanese invaders, but at this time, we have to lift out the destruction of the embankment and flooded fields that he has already concluded, and we also need to involve the closure of the case that the emperor has already acquiesced in? Such a confession will be reported in the name of you and me, not to mention how the cabinet and the celebrant are angry, and the emperor will be brought out for questioning, or will you and me be taken out for questioning? Don't forget, you and I are both holding Yuwang behind our backs. ”

Tan Lun was silent again, thinking sharply: "Things should still be looked at twice." After all, destroying the embankment and flooding the fields is the mastermind of Yan Shifan! Chasing Hu Zongxian is at most a mistake of negligence. Ten years of trouble must be eliminated, and 20 years of strict party chaos is even worse than the trouble! Brother Meng Jing, Zhang Taiyue's letter is by no means his intention, although I am not mentioned in the letter, the court really wants to investigate, I share this responsibility with you, and you and I will not involve others anymore. ”

"Then let you be the governor of Zhejiang, and I will follow your signature to share this responsibility!" Zhao Zhenji no longer discussed with him, "My top priority now is to raise military salaries, as well as the 500,000 pieces of silk that the imperial court needs this year!" These two can't be done, don't say it's strict, Xu Ge Lao and they are only afraid that they will fall first in the court! King Yu has no letter, Xu Ge Lao has no letter, just with his Zhang Juzheng's two pages of eight-line books, I will not ignore the court situation and work against the celebrant and the cabinet! Needless to say, the personnel of the Qin case were immediately summoned, read out the letter sent by the Cabinet of Ceremonies, and retried the confession. ”

Tan Lun knew that there was no longer any defense: "Who will retry it?" ”

Zhao Zhenji: "I can't be involved in the current situation, and you can't be involved, of course, it will still be retried by Hai Rui." ”

The red torch had a high fever, and it was another emergency at night.

The chair in front of Zhao Zhenji's desk in the middle of the lobby was still empty, Tan Lun sat and waited on the chair on the top left, Wang Yongji sat on the chair on the left and waited, and Hai Rui sat on the chair on the right. The upper chair on the right was also empty, apparently reserved for the Jinyi Guard.

Zhao Zhenji had changed into a red official uniform at this time, but he was still staying in the signing room behind the lobby, his eyes slowly moved to the two court messages and the confessions sent back by the boss and cabinet of the bookcase, walked over and picked up the two court mails and the confession and held them in his left hand, and then looked at the court mail sent by Zhang Juzheng's military department on the bookcase, and gently picked it up and threw it aside, revealing the two pages of Zhang Juzheng's eight-line book that the court sent down.

He picked up the two-page eight-line book, reached over to the candle and lit it. When the fire was about to burn to the fingers, he threw the book that had been reduced to ashes to the brick floor, stepped on it again, and then walked out with the two copies of the court letter from the celebrant and the cabinet and the confession returned.

As soon as Zhao Zhenji appeared from behind the screen in the lobby with the figure of Tingji, Tan Lun and the others all stood up.

"The matter of supervising the military quartermaster at the front, you have been waiting for a long time." Zhao Zhenji walked to the front of the big case in the middle of the case as he spoke, did not ask the four people to sit down, and did not sit down himself, glanced at the empty chair on the right, and turned to Tan Lun: "What about the top of the Jinyi Guard, why didn't you come?" ”

Tan Lun replied stupidly: "Said that they did not receive the order, since these two court mails were sent to the Zhejiang Yamen, they don't have to come." ”

"I don't expect them to come." Zhao Zhenji slapped the confession in his hand on the case, and raised the court mail in his hand: "The celebrant and the cabinet court!" Take Zheng Michang and He Maocai to the court! ”

Due to the confession of destroying the embankment and flooding the fields, Zheng Michang and He Maocai had no longer enjoy the treatment of leather workers, and at this time they were all wearing shackles and handcuffs, and the beard and hair that had not been repaired for more than ten days were all messy grass, and the long shirt that had not been changed for more than ten days was also dirty and wrinkled.

Naturally, the chairs were not sitting, and Zhao Zhenji did not ask them to kneel, but only glanced at the prison guards who held them. The four prison guards immediately retired.

Zhao Zhenji was still standing, Tan Lun, Hai Rui, and Wang Yongji were also standing, along with Zheng Michang and He Maocai, who were standing in the middle of the lobby, and the shadows of the six people were projected on the brick floor of the lobby by candlelight on all sides.

"The celebrant cabinet of Jiajing in the fortieth year of July 1, 800 li, expedited to the court!" Zhao Zhenji opened the court mail and began to read: "I received the confessions of Zheng Bichang and He Maocai from the Zhejiang 800-mile express delivery, and I was shocked to read it!" Zheng and He are guilty of grabbing the national funds of the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau, and scraping the grease of the people of Zhejiang. In order to escape responsibility, he wantonly climbed and shook the court, because his crime of greedy ink can still be determined according to the law, and his desire to move away from trouble is difficult to punish! ”

Reading this, Zhao Zhenji stopped, and stared deeply at Zheng Michang and He Maocai.

Zheng Michang and He Maocai were stunned for a while, they seemed to understand, but they seemed to be a little incomprehensible, and their eyes looked at Zhao Zhenji even more tightly.

Zhao Zhenji: "Don't you understand? Then I will read the important sentences again: Zheng and He are greedy for money...... It is his sin of embezzlement of ink that can still be judged according to the law, and his desire to move away from evil is difficult to punish.'" ”

This is completely clear, it is to retract the confession yourself! Zheng Michang's eyes lit up a little, and He Maocai knelt down impatiently despite being wrapped in shackles: "The sinner didn't intend to climb, it was all forced by Hai Rui, and the sinner was willing to take back the original confession." Brother Michang, haven't you been shouting grievances, it's time to say something! ”

Zheng Michang thought more clearly, what he was waiting for was this moment, as long as the court had taboos, it did not involve the destruction of embankments and flooding of fields, and it did not involve the common people, as the court said, "The crime of greedy ink can still be determined according to the law", it is nothing more than a house raid, nothing more than a flow in vain, and his heart is determined to stand there and straighten his body, but his voice is a little hoarse: "The sinner did not climb, all the words on the confession were set up by the official Hai Rui, and the sinner asked the court to learn clearly!" ”

It is not surprising that the court of the cabinet and the celebrant are hoping to retract the confession of the second offender. However, the presiding judge Zhao Zhenji did not consult with the jurors after receiving such a court message, so he openly read it out in front of the two criminals, causing the two criminals to retract their confessions in court, which is very incomprehensible. The air in the lobby immediately froze.

Wang Yongji immediately looked at Tan Lun, but Tan Lun lowered his eyelids and looked at the ground, and Wang Yongji looked at Hai Rui with concern. Hai Rui still looked at Zhao Zhenji motionless, waiting for him to finish his recitation.

Zhao Zhenji's gaze moved to Tingji again, and then read: "Zhejiang Governor Zhao Zhenji and other officials ordered by the order to preside over important cases, how prudent should they be?" Today, Zheng and He Er are allowed to transfer their crimes and disrupt the situation, what is their sincerity? The original confession is now thrown back, and the trial is immediately re-arried, and the facts must be reported to the court within seven days. If there is any more untruthful words, the official will be guilty of the same crime as the offender! ”

As soon as this passage was read, Hai Rui immediately knew that Zhao Zhenji had already decided to overturn his original confession according to the intention of the Cabinet of Ceremonies, retry the second offender, and cover up the major joints of the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau and Yan Shifan's instructions to destroy the embankment and flood the fields and the unjust people. In a flash of light, he remembered the letter Tan Lun wrote to him at that time, and remembered the life and death he had experienced in the past few months, and a sense of loneliness and anger came up, so he looked at Tan Lun.

Of course, Tan Lun would not make eye contact with him at this time, and his eyelids were still drooping.

"The sinner is willing to confess the truth! But please ask Lord Zhongcheng to interrogate in person. He Maocai immediately shouted again.

Zheng Michang: "The offender also asked Lord Zhongcheng to interrogate him personally. ”

Hai Rui's gaze turned to Zhao Zhenji again, and Wang Yongji's gaze also looked at Zhao Zhenji.

Zhao Zhenji didn't look at anyone: "If an orange is born in Huainan, it is an orange, and if it is born in Huaibei, it is an orange!" The confession of the former interrogator is one way of saying, and the confession of the posterior interrogator is another, can such a confession be reported to the imperial court again? The confession that was originally tried is still being tried by whom. There are still seven days to date, two days to finish, and the third day of the 800-mile express must be sent to the Beijing division within five days! After saying the last word, he picked up Hai Rui's original confession and threw it on the brick floor of the lobby, and then left the big case and walked to the side of the screen.

From the time the court read out the court to the retrial to the figure disappearing behind the screen, Zhao Zhenji was waiting in the hall for less than a quarter of an hour. Now the remaining boss in the lobby is Tan Lun, and Hai Rui and Wang Yongji are silent there.

Tan Lun had no choice but to look at the two: "If the order is like this, then I can only ask Haizhi County to retry it, and Wang Zhixian will record it." ”

"Of course, I'll retry it." Hai Rui immediately answered, "Someone! ”

Several prison officers rushed up.

Hai Rui: "Escort Zheng Michang and He Maocai back to prison." ”

"Yes." Two of the four prison guards waited for one, and pulled Zheng Michang and He Maocai out of the lobby half-loaded and half-mopped.

Tan Lun was the first to leave his seat, personally walked to the center of the lobby and picked up the confession that Zhao Zhenji threw on the ground, walked up to Hai Rui, and handed the confession to him with both hands apologetically.

Hai Jui had no intention of accepting his apologetic gaze, but simply reached out to take the confession.

Tan Lun pinched one end of the confession tightly: "You know the meaning of the court, the court situation is important, the time limit is urgent, let's retry it overnight." ”

"Zhao Zhongcheng gave me a two-day deadline, so I don't need to be tried overnight." Hai Rui pulled the confession out of Tan Lun's hand, "I have to go back tonight to take a good look at what is wrong with this confession, and who is messing with the situation." After saying that, he waved at him and walked down the hall.

Tan Lun's face was gloomy, so he had to turn to look at Wang Yongji.

Wang Yongji had a chance to speak, and he no longer hid the dissatisfaction in his heart: "I don't know what the court thinks, but you know better than anyone else about Zhao Zhongcheng and Lord Tan here." Now you have to put all the burden on Hai Gangfeng alone, and you shouldn't have recommended him at that time. After speaking, he waved to Tan Lun and walked down the hall.

Only the feverish red torch was left in the lobby, shining on the lonely Tan Lun who was distracted there. After a moment, he flicked the sleeves of his robe and turned around and walked towards the back hall in the direction of the screen.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye, and Hai Rui not only did not see Zheng Michang and He Maocai for interrogation, but disappeared after leaving the governor's lobby that night. It was already late the next day, and Wang Yongji, who had been sitting in front of the interrogation room to record the case, finally saw Hai Rui coming in with the case file, and stood up stiffly: "Where have you been in the past two days?" ”

Hai Rui put the case file on the desk, looked at Wang Yongji and smiled tiredly: "Are you looking for me?" ”

Wang Yongji: "Zhao Zhongcheng and Lord Tan are looking for you." Without further ado, it's only tonight's deadline. Brother Gangfeng, hurry up and retry the case. ”

When Hai Rui looked at Wang Yongji again, Wang Yongji saw that his eyes were bloodshot, and his expression was very solemn: "I'll retry it." The original case was tried by me, and I didn't do anything about Zhao Zhongcheng, Lord Tan, or you Wang Zhixian. The two lists of Kejia were originally taken from the hometown. This case is still tried by me, a person from a high background. Wang Zhixian asks you to recuse yourself. Wang Yongji was stunned, of course he understood that Hai Rui did not want to implicate himself, and at the same time, a kind of humiliation also came up: "Haizhi County, you may not think too low of my officials from the Ming Dynasty." Speaking of the original case, you didn't try it alone, and my king's name was also signed on it. ”

Hai Rui: "You are just a record of the original case, and the record is a book-run business, so I will use the book to record it tonight." Please stay away. ”

Wang Yongji simply sat down, uncovered the lid of the inkstone, and began to grind the ink.

Hai Rui: "If you don't avoid it, I won't try it tonight." ”

Wang Yongji still lowered his head and polished the ink: "Please." If you don't try it, I'll try it. ”

Hai Rui couldn't hide his true feelings anymore, walked to the desk opposite Wang Yongji, grabbed his hand to polish the ink, and said in a low voice: "Wang Runlian, I still have old mothers and young daughters at home. Have you forgotten what you promised me? ”

Wang Yongji raised his head: "How many mothers and sons in the world are crying less from hunger and cold!" Brother Gangfeng actually forgot? ”

This sentence put Hai Rui there, slowly let go of his hand, and sighed: "Sage Runlian, I am not as good as you." After saying this, he shouted loudly: "Take Zheng Michang and He Maocai!" ”

Zhao Zhenji, who had been waiting in the governor's yamen for two days, couldn't wait at this time.

"It seems to be upright, but it hides the heart of fame! You Tan Zili should know who that Hai Rui is by now. Zhao Zhenji was already wearing an official uniform, and his hands were already trembling slightly with anger when he picked up the black yarn from his hat, "Don't wait, this person has fled back to Chun'an." Let everyone in the world scold him, you and I will have to try this case in person tonight. Tomorrow morning, together with the retrial recital, attach the recital of Hai Rui, remove this person's official position, and then punish the crime! ”

Tan Lun had already put on the red official uniform, and was still sitting on the chair by the window at this time: "Hai Rui shouldn't be such a person." Or wait a minute. ”

Zhao Zhenji: "We wait for him, the court doesn't wait for me." Come. ”

A scribe approached in, bent straight behind Zhao Zhenji, fastened the hat strap behind his official hat for him, and took the jade-inlaid belt from the shelf and helped him go around and insert the buckle from behind.

Zhao Zhenji: "Prepare a sedan chair and go to the Yamen Prison!" ”

Tan Lun had no choice but to stand up.

At this time, another scribe appeared at the door, panting and bowing his head: "Lord Yuzhongcheng, Haizhi County has found ......"

Zhao Zhenji: "Where?" ”

The scribe adjusted his breathing: "Lord Huizhongcheng is interrogating Zheng Michang and He Maocai in the prison. ”

Zhao Zhenji was stunned for a moment.

The scribe who was waiting for him to wear didn't know each other, and asked in a low voice: "May I ask Zhongcheng, do you still have a sedan chair, do you want to go to the prison?" ”

After a few days of dealing with the unpredictable situation, Zhao Zhenji made a decision all the way, and suddenly looked embarrassed, his face was immediately gloomy, and the scribe was about to be angry.

Tan Lun had already looked to the side at this time.

After all, as a Confucian minister of the Taizhou School, a Confucianism, the first thing is self-cultivation, and "not to be angry, not to be wrong" is the homework of daily cultivation. At this time, Tan Lun was beside him, and Zhao Zhenji immediately had a voice in his heart reminding him that at this time, he was angry, and this thought aroused shame, and he said lightly to the scribe: "I won't go to prison." Lord Tan and I are here tonight on official business, and we will inform the kitchen to prepare some meals. Also, Haizhi County and Wang Zhi County were introduced as soon as they arrived. ”

"Yes." The scribe quietly withdrew.

Zhao Zhenji looked at Tan Lun, and the speculation about Hai Rui just now must also be explained: "It is easy to cultivate yourself, but it is difficult to cultivate an official." I'm too nervous about what Hai Jui just thought. But this person's behavior is too difficult to deal with. It looks like the outcome of tonight's retrial will make it difficult for you and me. In any case, I must be able to explain to the court when I sit in this position, Brother Zili, you must be of the same heart as me. ”

"Let's wait for the results."

Tan Lun said indifferently.