"Just now, when I was on guard nearby, I saw this man floating on the surface of the river, his clothes in tatters, floating like a dead body, so he fished him ashore."

Jiang Xinghuo responded, but his gaze remained on the man's face.

He recognized it, this guy was indeed the guy in the restaurant, but he couldn't figure it out, how could the other party be injured like this?

At this time, the news of the killing of the county has not yet been spread on a large scale, but Jiang Xinghuo still has a little guess.

Don't

Wang Bin recalled what he saw today at this time, and a chill suddenly rose in his heart.

The two almost thought of going together, of course this guy is Jinyiwei, but I'm afraid there is another hidden story in this, Jinyiwei, maybe there is infighting!

But once Jinyiwei fights among themselves, if someone wants to be unfavorable to them, Jiang Xinghuo's situation at this time will be dangerous!

Although this speculation is absurd, it is not impossible to think about it!

Therefore, it is imperative to retreat to a safe place as soon as possible, so as not to have too many dreams at night.

After all, no one can say for sure, whether there will be any force jumping off the wall in a hurry.

"Where is the army of the second prince?"

Wang Bin hurriedly took out the map of Nanzhili Kanyu, spread it out on the stone table of the pavilion, found a place and pointed and said: "The army has been preparing for a long time, His Royal Highness the Second Prince set off later than us, yesterday I arrived in Dantu, and today I may have arrived between Baogang and Ligang." ”

"Is there a way to get in touch?" Jiang Xinghuo frowned and asked.

Wang Bin replied affirmatively: "Yes!" ”

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the map on the stone table and calculated the distance.

"Go get in touch and get them to head south as planned."

"Isn't the national teacher leaving?" Wang Bin was a little surprised, and tried his best to persuade: "What should not be stayed at this time, the national teacher is a living immortal like a heavenly man, and thousands of Li Shu in the south of the Yangtze River are waiting for the national teacher to save it, and there is no way to get out of the pool." ”

The only words that answered him were Jiang Xinghuo's two words.

"Don't go."

No longer explaining anything, Jiang Xinghuo turned his head to look at Huikong.

"Listen to the old monk, you know how to heal."

Huikong was slightly stunned for a moment, and then nodded hurriedly: "Amitabha, the little monk knows a little about the art of Qihuang." ”

"Then let's treat it quickly."

Huikong swallowed the sentence "The little monk really only understands a little" back into his mouth, and silently took out a set of silver needles.

He reached out and grabbed the silver needles and inserted them into the acupuncture points on the unconscious man's body, and after a while, as he pulled out the silver needles, a few drops of black blood fell.

Jiang Xinghuo couldn't help but ask, "Although it doesn't bleed anymore, shouldn't the wound be stitched up first?" ”

Huikong just wanted to say that this is not in line with the process.

But in the end, he didn't say anything, but changed his set of needles and threads, and rigorously and uglyly sewed fine stitches to the unconscious man.

Then, Huikong wiped the blood around him, bandaged it with a strip of cloth, and finally took out a pill, fed it to the other party's mouth, and slapped him on the chest a few more times.

Jiang Xinghuo stood by and watched quietly.

"Well, after a few months of rest, you can get back to normal."

Huikong packed up his things and said softly, "It's better to ask the national teacher to stay here for the time being." ”

"Okay, I got it."

Jiang Xinghuo bowed his head, and at this moment, suddenly there was a chaotic sound of footsteps outside.

As soon as I raised my eyelids, I saw several plainclothes guards running in the distance.

"What's going on so flustered?"

"National teacher, Wujin County Commander is dead."

As soon as these words fell, as if they were more reliable than any panacea, the unconscious man struggled to wake up in a daze.

Zhao Haichuan's eyelids slowly opened, and his vision gradually became clear.

Looking at everything in front of him, especially the young man sitting in the gazebo,

He tried to remember everything he had experienced before, and in the end, the memory went back to not long ago, when he fought Cao Song in the restaurant to the death, was stabbed in the lower abdomen by Cao Song's dagger, and then jumped out of the window and escaped by throwing himself into the water.

Available now.

Zhao Haichuan moved his lower neck with difficulty, and suddenly grinned in pain, and he turned his head to look.

"You are a national teacher."

Zhao Haichuan screamed weakly.

Jiang Xinghuo nodded: "Well, it's me." ”

Seeing that the guy in front of him knew his identity, whether it was guessing or something else, Jiang Xinghuo knew that he must have some status in the Jinyiwei branch of Changzhou Mansion.

Seeing this, Zhao Haichuan was also slightly relieved, since the national teacher had arrived here and saved him, it proved that he was backstabbed by Cao Song and had nothing to do with the national teacher.

But soon, he realized that something was not quite right.

His eyes glanced around, and he saw not only him and the national teacher, but also Wang Bin, and even some people of all kinds.

The energy of the national teacher is far beyond his imagination.

Jinyiwei is not the only channel for the national teacher to understand the Changzhou Mansion.

There are soldiers, powers, and intelligence. This made Zhao Haichuan's heart fall with a big stone.

"Let's talk about it."

When he arrived at such a field, looking at the plainclothes warriors around him, Zhao Haichuan wanted to live, and there was nothing to hide, so he told him about the previous things one by one.

"Well, Zhao Xiaoqi, that means that you killed Yao Gongzhi, but you were attacked by Cao Song and almost died."

After Jiang Xinghuo finished speaking, he twisted a piece of peach blossom in his fingertips, rubbed it in half vigorously, and said: "If you kill an official of the imperial court without permission, you have to resist your fate." ”

"The life of the subordinate is not worth much."

Zhao Haichuan Zhao Xiaoqi is very self-aware, he said to himself: "Xia Guan has evidence of Cao Song's crime, he is a Jinyi Wei secret pile, and it is not open to the public, but there are some officials in Changzhou Mansion who know his identity, and in order to block his mouth, they gave him a lot of money, including Yao Gongzhi, the commander of Wujin County, and Yao Gongzhi's backer is Ding Meixia, the governor of Changzhou Prefecture. Ding Zhifu is in this position, since Hongwu took over Zhang Du in the 25th year, he has been sitting until now, and he can be said to cover the sky with one hand in Changzhou Mansion, and no one is not afraid of him or him. ”

In fact, since the Hu Weiyong case and the Lanyu case during the Zhu Yuanzhang period, in order to stabilize the civil service system with a large reduction in personnel, Zhu Yuanzhang has acquiesced to this long-term system, which is the so-called "all internal and external officials, must not be re-employed, especially not soon", for example, Qiongzhou Mansion, a place where everyone regards birds as not, prefect Wang Bozhen has been doing it for 16 years, and as for the record-setting post of Yicheng magistrate, it is even more outrageous, Yin Xiwen has not moved his nest for 20 years.

As soon as Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, he was busy cutting down the feudal domain, and he didn't have time to engage in the normal promotion, promotion, and dismissal of civil officials, so officials in various places generally worked for another four years.

This situation of a local chief official holding a certain position for a long time will inevitably lead to the combination of his power in the local area and the local power, and then become intertwined and become a parasitic emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

In the rich land of Jiangnan, this situation is particularly serious, and this is also the first thing Jiang Xinghuo will do.

If you don't drive down this group of soil emperors, how can you change the law? They will not obediently watch the world change that is not in their favor.

"Can you still move your arms?"

"Yes."

"Write down everything you know, and write a list that falls on paper."

Jiang Xinghuo lit the incense burner in the Buddhist temple, and the fragrance rose.

After a stick of incense, looking at the list in his hand, Jiang Xinghuo chuckled.

"I didn't expect so many things to be involved."

Zhao Haichuan looked at the national teacher nervously, everything he knew could be explained, if the national teacher was a person like Cao Song, he must be useless to hide his personal interests at this time, if the national teacher really wanted to kill him, he would not be able to save his life.

Unless, the national teacher still lacks a certificate, of course, he is the only one, which is far from enough.

"Your stuff is useful, I'll take it."

Jiang Xinghuo folded the list, put it in his arms, and then said: "No matter what you do, Zhao Haichuan will die, you won't, and you can rest in this temple." ”

When Zhao Haichuan heard this, he pondered for a moment and nodded: "Then it's bothering the national teacher." ”

Jiang Xinghuo waved his hand, signaling that it was okay.

Zhao Haichuan was carried down by the warrior monks in the temple, and at this time, Wang Bin stepped forward, lowered his voice, and said in a low voice: "Relying on this person alone, I'm afraid the evidence is insufficient, if there is no decent evidence, even if His Royal Highness the Second Prince brings troops over to control the situation, he will not be able to convict Ding Meixia. Of course, the national teacher can take Shang Fang's treasure knife and kill him with a knife, but he can't convince the public. ”

"I know."

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the green smoke wafting in the incense burner, and said softly: "I made an appointment with the shopkeeper Chen, and at dusk today, I want to inspect the goods." ”

"Do you guess, will his warehouse that can hold 20,000 stone meters be his own warehouse, or the Changzhou Mansion's Changping warehouse, or will he take me directly to the grain transfer warehouse for the Japanese army?"

"You must know that after the announcement of the formation of the reserve army last year, the imperial court set up several large storage stations along the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, Changzhou Station is one of them, these storage stations are not new things, they are all bad debts in the old station used by the Southern Army from Jiangnan to transport military grain from Jiangnan to Xuzhou Camp during the Jingjing period, and then supply to the front line of the Texas Battalion, I'm afraid they have been piled up for four or five years, right?"

Wang Bin looked at the sharp eyes of the national teacher, and was solemn for a while.

Bad debts mean that they can't stand up to inspection.

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Chartered port, wharf.

Countless foot soldiers, dressed in neat cowhide armor, disembarked from the ships with spears and old-fashioned firearms.

The footmen were all wearing shackles, and the light reflected from their dark and shiny skin in the sunlight looked murderous.

The attire of these soldiers is not only very uniform, but if you look closely, you will find that each soldier also wears a medal of different materials ranging from one to several pieces on his chest, and the badges are painted with different scenes that are lifelike, commending their exploits in different battles such as Baigou River, Dongchang, Jiahe, Gaocheng, Lingbi, etc.

Every word Jiang Xinghuo said in prison was slowly becoming a reality.

As a matter of fact, the soldiers recruited by the tax guards were veterans with rich combat experience and who had generally participated in the Battle of Jingjing.

They were the first pure firearms experimental unit of the Ming Dynasty, and after completing the experimental task, they would become the most powerful weapon of the Ming court to collect taxes from the gentry.

And now, Zhu Gaoxu will follow Master Jiang Xinghuo's plan in advance, and lead this army of thousands of people to arrive at their first stop, Changzhou Prefecture.

Riding on a majestic sweaty and bloody horse, Zhu Gaoxu looked at the southern city and grinned.

"Gentlemen of Changzhou Mansion, it's time to check the tax form."

(End of chapter)