Chapter 035: You Come and I Go Back

"My lord, Li Weihan personally led people to the barracks and took a few of our brothers with him." Qi Xianzong was a little anxious, he made a fortune with Chen Cao, but he also belonged to the thief ship, and once the incident happened, he couldn't escape.

Chen Cao was arranging for Song Che, and he was not in a hurry: "Don't worry, you can test the results of the training of our brothers in the army, and see if the psychological quality of these people is not up to the test during this time." ”

"Yaozhong, it's not safe to do this, if it happens in the future, it will be a big crime to destroy the Nine Clans," Song Che spoke a little little, and he was all worried in his heart: "And I'm very worried about that Zhao Tianlin, if he is in battle against the water, let..."

Chen Cao is also worried about this, Zhao Tianlin has been on the sea for many years, this kind of person can be the status of a sea pirate leader is not a good master at all, plus this fang is also a new person who has been subdued by himself, so that a person who is used to being the boss suddenly becomes a junior brother, this psychological gap is still very big.

"Actually, I'm not worried about whether Zhao Tianlin will turn against the water, as long as he leads the team to attack the ground in Nanzhili, once it affects Caoyun... Hehe..."Chen Cao smiled evilly: "I'm afraid he can't think of what I will do." ”

Song Che's IQ is definitely not comparable to Chen Cao's, but his own opinion is also enough, so he pointed to the map and said: "I know what you said, but there are many inspection divisions and thousands of households on the Yangtze River around Yangzhou Mansion, as well as Hengzhou Thousand Households on Jingjiang Island, Zhao Tianlin wants to cut off the canal and waterway, he must pass through Jingjiang Island." ”

Chen Cao shook his head helplessly, stood up and patted Song Che on the shoulder and said, "Shi Xiu, you are so young, you have been a soldier in Liaodong for a period of time in vain," Chen Cao made a look of hatred for iron and steel, and said: "I have figured out this group of guard troops, there are a total of 437 people from Pang Zhifan, the official of the Qianhu Station in Hengzhou, among which there are 120 young and strong soldiers, and the rest are auxiliary soldiers who are forty or fifty years old. ”

"Huh?" Song Che was a little surprised: "Pang Zhifan's blood is scary enough?" ”

"So, there are only four hundred people in this thousand households in Hengzhou, how can the dozens of people in the inspection department along the way compare with the warships?" Chen Cao turned back and forth in the hall a few times: "Zhao Tianlin only needs to lead the team through the Yangzhong sandbank, hey, the canal waterway is in front of you, the narrow and not very deep waterway, as long as you sink some boats into it... Hey..."

Song Che felt that the old brother in front of him, who had known him for many years, was not simple, his mind was not ordinary cunning, and he could actually think of blocking the canal waterway.

"If Nanzhili's autumn grain can't be transported to Tianjin, brother, if it is delayed for a day, the price of goods in Beijing will rise, and then I will send some people to spread rumors everywhere, you say, is Li Weihan dead or alive?" Chen Cao said confidently.

Song Che was enlightened, it turned out that Chen Cao's careful plan was like this, and he couldn't help but nod and applaud.

Three days later, Bao Guogong ordered that Chen Cao, the commander of the Fusi of Jinyi Wei Nanzhen, be temporarily dismissed, and the Nanjing Military Department also suspended Chen Cao's position as the Nanjing Right Guard, so as to command Song Che, a fellow intellectual, to temporarily supervise the Nanjing Right Guard.

On another day, Yushi cooperated with Beizhen Fusi Jinyiwei to arrest Chen Cao in Chenjiazhuang.

"Lord Chen, your incident happened, come with us, they are all from Weizhong, and I hope that your Excellency will be Haihan in the future..."

Fengtianmen Qincha Xingyuan Hall

Chen Cao is an official, he can not kneel, and there is Baoguo Gong sitting on it, followed by Wei Guogong, then Li Weihan, and then the personnel of the Nanjing Three Law Division.

Zhu Yanrong was shocked and asked, "Chen Cao, my father asks you, why did you lead a ship to sea to rob disaster relief materials?" ”

Part of the materials on Chen Qianshan Island was detained by Chen Cao in the right guard of Nanjing, and the other part was taken to the camp of the Caojiang Sailor, preparing to go to sea to trade with the Japanese State after the year, but the result was investigated.

Although Chen Cao was dismissed, it was also temporary, he was a high-ranking official of the Jinyi Guard, and he had to have the emperor's edict and the command of Luo Sigong to go to work, so now when he came out of the hall, he was also wearing a red flying fish robe, and he felt like he was performing.

Chen Cao arched his hand and said with a straight face: "Back to Baoguogong, our Ming Dynasty has a clear rule since Emperor Taizu that the board is not allowed to go to the sea, I don't know if all the adults here agree to agree with what Xia Guan said." ”

Li Weihan is the imperial history of the right capital, and his eloquence as a speech official is not ordinarily good, and when he heard Chen Cao say this, he refuted: "Chen Cao, you are really interesting to talk about, why not a piece of board during the period of Emperor Chengzu?" Besides, when Long Qingye was in power, didn't Guangdong also open a city? Don't mess with the public, or answer Baoguogong's questions honestly. ”

"I am the commander of Jinyiwei, and everything I do is a royal case, if Lord Li wants to ask, go to the emperor to ask." Chen Cao said casually.

"Presumptuous..."Li Weihan scolded loudly: "You martial artist is so angry, don't forget that you have been dismissed now, you are not a person from Jinyiwei, before the matter is clear, you still have to figure out how to solve the current matter." ”

Zhu Yanrong also looked at Chen Cao with an unkind expression and said, "Chen Cao, my father thinks that you... It is better to answer honestly, lest you suffer from the flesh. ”

Chen Cao was shocked, all of which showed that the punishment of the generation would not be used on the officials, but now it may be his wishful thinking or those who write novels to deceive themselves.

"Chen Cao," Xu Hongji also spoke: "You can answer whatever Baoguo Gong asks, don't talk nonsense." ”

Xu Hongji's words were intriguing, Chen Cao felt a little messy in his heart at the moment, and at this moment, Li Weihan arched his hand towards Zhu Yanrong and said: "Baoguo Gong, this official thinks that it is best to use punishment, lest this guy think about it..."

Zhu Yanrong sank down, but still looked at Xu Hongji next to him, Xu Hongji was not as old as Zhu Yanrong, and it was the first time for him to experience this kind of scene, so he couldn't help but beat a drum in his heart.

When Li Weihan saw Zhu Yanrong looking at Xu Hongji, he was not polite at the moment, and took out the style of an official: "Don't forget that you are the minister of the Imperial Mission, and this matter was decided by the court of Lord Shoufu." ”

Zhu Yanrong's body straightened obviously, Chen Cao saw it in his eyes, and suddenly understood something, it was bad, but he forgot that Jingshi Xungui was also involved in the business of sea trade, Li Weihan was the right capital imperial history, how could Ye Xianggao not know the truth of this matter, I think it was because he himself must be involved, otherwise Li Weihan would not put pressure on Zhu Yanrong.

Zhu Yanrong slapped the startled wood vigorously and scolded: "Come on, take off Chen Cao's robe and clothes, and beat him with a cane for twenty to set an example." ”

Xu Hongji didn't open a sentence from beginning to end, the veteran of the execution of Jinyiwei Shibei Zhenfusi, these people all know one thing when they are on errands, if they don't know that the other party will definitely not be saved, they will definitely be heavy-handed, and although their thousands of households are civil officials, they don't deal with the new commander Tongzhi Lord Xu, but after all, he is Jinyiwei, in case there is a manpower under his feet, and he will be heavy-handed, and he will definitely not be able to eat and walk around when he settles accounts after the autumn.

So the two executioners glanced at each other with a tacit understanding, and began to give Chen Cao a wooden cane to fry butt meat.

Chen Cao frowned vigorously every time he was beaten, the person who started was measured, although the hand was heavy, but the injuries were all epidermis, and there was no injury to the muscles and bones, even so, after twenty battles, Chen Cao couldn't help but faint.

Li Weihan's expression was very comfortable, his purpose was very simple, to destroy Chen Cao, and then take the money himself, after all, what he lost this time was his own industry.

When the matter reached this point, the interrogation must be suspended, so Chen Cao was kept alone in a room in Xingyuan, surrounded by brocade guards.

Chen Cao suffered twenty battles, and his ass was almost rotten, but fortunately, Xu Hongji did not see death and did not save him, and vouched for his own identity, and found Zhang Shenxian, a famous doctor in Jinling, for Chen Cao, the old guy had saved Chen Cao before, and the first thing he said when he met was, 'Hey, isn't this the general flag that was hanged'...

The news of Chen Cao's beating quickly spread all over Jinling, who didn't know that Chen Cao was Nalan Rongruo? In order to, a large number of Chen Cao's fans surrounded Qin Cha Xingyuan under the encouragement of well-intentioned people, with only one purpose, to save Chen Cao...

Zhu Yanrong and Li Weihan couldn't imagine that Chen Cao was so famous in Jinling City, and under the pressure of the people, and more importantly, those nobles in Nanjing, they had to temporarily return the seriously injured Chen Cao to Chenjiazhuang's mansion, but the mansion was guarded by brocade guards.

Li Xiang cried and fainted a few times, but she was also pregnant, and the person who was about to give birth in a few months could not be frightened, so the task of taking care of Chen Cao was handed over to his own concubines, who were Zhang Chunyao, who was the most concerned.

"Zhang Shenmei has taken the best medicine, all of which were taken from Grandpa Guo, and he also said that it will take at least a month to fully recover, but you will be able to get out of bed and walk in more than ten days." Li Xiang was very happy to see Chen Cao wake up, and kept shushing and asking for warmth.

"Go and get me Zhao Xin."

When Zhao Xin heard that Chen Cao had woken up, he also hurried to Chen's mansion, first asking for warmth, and then reporting on the situation in the past few days.

"None of the brothers who were taken away in the army spoke ill of adults."

Chen Cao nodded with satisfaction, thinking that his prestige had been thoroughly instilled in the soldiers of the right guard: "What is the plan?" ”

This is Chen Cao's study, and he has been lying on his stomach since he was carried to bed by the family, and only Zhao Xin is there except for himself.

"Zhao Tianlin's original subordinates and the adult's family have taken a sea boat into the Yangtze River, and yesterday broke through the Hengzhou Thousand Households, Pang Zhifan is very knowledgeable, after receiving the money, he expressed his willingness to obey the dispatch of the adult, and is ready to return to Yangzhou Mansion tomorrow with the remnants of the army to report the news," Zhao Xin said in a low voice: "There are only more than 60 people in the Yangzhong Shazhou Inspection Division, and there are only a dozen people with knives, and it is estimated that it will become Zhao Tianlin's temporary residence tonight, and before tomorrow, it should be possible to block the mouth of the canal." ”

Chen Cao nodded, and then ordered: "You have to pay close attention to the actions of the Cao Jiang Water Master, and also, send someone to Yangzhou to cooperate with Pang Zhifan to spread the news, how much money is needed for you to get it yourself, this time I must avenge my ass." ”

"My lord, my subordinates want to confirm one thing, after investigation, the Jinyi Wei Qianhu who came back to Jinling is not Lord Xu's person, it is Luo Sigong's person, and Luo Sigong is a gang of the Donglin Party, hiss... This Li Weihan is also one of the lackeys of Donglin. Zhao Xin said and handed over a letter: "This is the verified news, please take a look." ”

"These people are already very good," Chen Cao didn't have time to pay attention to the letter: "Although the attack is heavy, it can't hurt the muscles and bones, by the way, the people put pressure on Li Weihan, did they do it?" ”

Zhao Xin shook his head: "No, if this matter is a big problem, the court will think that the adult is bewitching the hearts of the people of Nan Zhili, fortunately, the adult knows who is helping you?" ”

"Wei Guogong them?"

"Fei Ye..."Zhao Xin also took out the set of scholars: "It is Bai Mengsheng who helps your lord, it is that Magnolia..."

"Is that her?" Chen Cao couldn't have imagined that it was this weak woman.

Zhao Xin nodded: "She wrote a lot of articles and distributed them, mobilizing the people of Jinling to intercede with the adults, not only that, but the reason why the Baoguo Gong couldn't stand the pressure to release them was because the Tieling Township Monarch found a group of people to come, so they let you go." ”

"Li Wan'er..."Chen Cao was moved in his heart, how long had it been since he had seen that little girl: "How is the situation outside?" ”

"Li Weihan said that tomorrow, no matter whether the adult is awake or not, the court will be held, and if the adult is still dizzy, he will be sentenced directly." Zhao Xin said and took out a murderous aura and said, "My lord, do you want your subordinates to send someone to him tonight..."

Chen Cao felt funny: "You idiot, if Li Weihan dies, Wei Guogong and I will not be able to escape, and we will have to shed our skin if we don't die, but you can find some people tonight to disgust Li Weihan's dog thief, and Zhu Yanrong is not a good thing." ”

Zhao Xinxie smiled: "My subordinates understand." ”

The next day, Chen Cao was carried in on a stretcher

Li Weihan's spirit was a little bad, and Zhu Yanrong asked curiously: "Lord Li, didn't you sleep well last night?" ”

"I don't know which killer it is, last night I climbed over the wall and entered the post house and poured a bucket of feces at the window where I slept, hey..."Li Weihan gritted his teeth, then stared at Chen Cao, and said with an unkind smile: "This kind of dog thief's habitual tricks seem to be only done by the Jingshi and other splashes." ”

As soon as Zhu Yanrong heard this, he immediately ordered someone to investigate, but was stopped by Li Weihan: "Grandpa Guo doesn't have to worry, this official has already ordered someone to investigate." ”

After speaking, Li Weihan stared at Chen Cao again, and then scolded: "Be bold Chen Cao, you should quickly recruit from the truth, so as not to suffer from punishment again." ”

Chen Cao laughed twice, and then said: "Ladies and gentlemen, Guogong, I don't know if you know Zhejiang Huiyuan Commercial Bank?" ”

When Li Weihan heard this, his body immediately shivered, and then he looked at Chen Cao with a murderous face, and said coldly: "Chen Cao, now the trial is to ask Cao Jiang Shui Shi about it, what is the matter of Zhejiang Commercial Bank, you had better not talk about it, lest ..."

Zhu Yanrong knew what Chen Cao meant, but in fact, he himself was more or less involved in it, and he couldn't choose it at all, so he also nodded and said: "What Master Li said is, Chen Cao, my father is asking you about the Jiang Shui Master now, and you'd better not say anything else." ”

"What does Wei Guogong think?"

Xu Hong was basically very guilty about Chen Cao's beating, and now Zhu Yanrong looked at himself again, and Chen Cao also looked at himself, obviously falling into the part of the choice.

Chen Cao is not a fool, he already has resentment in his heart when he beat Xu Hongji that day and did not say a word to save himself, he did this today to see who Xu Hongji helped, so that he could get along well in the future.

Xu Hongji pretended to cough twice, and then said: "This duke is the commander of the Jiang Shui Division, and Chen Cao led the team to exterminate pirates and pirates and pirates is also transferred by my duke to the Nanjing Military Department, if Chen Cao has anything to do, my duke will not be able to take the blame, His Majesty made it clear that Chen Cao is not allowed to participate, but he didn't say that his duke can't, today my duke is sitting here, thinking...

Thought... What Chen Cao wants to say, he naturally has to let him make it clear, otherwise it will be difficult to judge the case if there is anything to hide, what do the other adults here think? ”

"Wei Guogong..."Li Weihan called Xu Hongji with some dissatisfaction.

Zhu Yanrong also looked at Xu Hongji with some unkindness, Xu Hongji withstood the pressure of the two, and said again: "My lords of the Nanjing Law Division, this matter is a military matter, and it stands to reason that the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies will have to try it. ”

"Wei Guogong is too worried," Zhu Yanrong's face was not good, but it was not good to tear his face: "It is that this duke has not informed the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, this matter can actually be big or small, it depends on what Chen Cao himself says." ”

"All the people here are high-ranking officials in Nanjing," Chen Cao looked around, the officials of the Nanjing Criminal Department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Dali Temple were all there, and the highest was Qiao Yunsheng, the Shangshu of the Nanjing Criminal Department, this old guy had dealt with Chen Cao before, and now he is there regardless of whether he has a grudge or not, so he naturally has to talk about it: "I want to ask all the adults here, what do you think you should use to help the homeless?" ”

None of them spoke, just looked at Chen Cao quietly, Chen Cao saw this, and stared at Zhu Yanrong again and said, "What does Baoguo Gong think should be used to help the displaced people?" ”

Zhu Yanrong seemed to feel that something was wrong, and he didn't speak, Li Weihan felt something, so he scolded: "Chen Cao, if you dare to believe it, it won't be a matter of twenty battles." ”

Chen Cao didn't care about Li Weihan, and looked at Wu Chun behind Zhu Yanrong: "What does Gonggong Wu think should be used to help the homeless?" ”

Li Weihan turned his head to look at Wu Chun, and said coldly: "Gonggong Wu is still cautious..."

"Yo..."Wu Chun quipped, "It's not Master Li's turn to intervene in how our family does things." ”

"You..."Levihan felt like he had eaten a big...

Wu Chun said loudly in yin and yang words: "Our family is the master of ceremonies and the hall Wu Chun, who is His Majesty's house slave, and what he does or says is also on behalf of the heavenly family," he said and looked at Li Weihan and said: "What, Lord Li, a foreign minister, wants to accuse Your Majesty of how to discipline the house slaves?" Don't forget, every word you say is in our family's heart, whether it's good or bad, we have to tell Grandpa Wei when we go back. ”

Zhu Yanrong frowned, he didn't like eunuchs, and he didn't like Wei Zhongxian, but Wu Chun's task on this trip was indeed to record what they said and did and then tell the emperor, and now Li Weihan is so aggressive, he can't help but be a little too secretive: "Father-in-law Wu should not be anxious with Lord Li, Lord Li is also thinking about the people." ”

"Really?" Wu Chun glanced at Chen Cao as he spoke, and then said: "To help the displaced people, it is natural to use food and clothing, otherwise how can the people live?" ”

Li Weihan was deflated, his performance was in the eyes of the people in the hall, and some people showed an expression of hatred for iron and steel.

Chen Cao nodded: "What Gonggong Wu said is right, food and clothing are needed to help the people, but does Gonggong Wu know what those things Chen Cao seized?" ”

"Tell me about it..."

Wu Chun and Chen Cao seemed to have discussed, you and I said it word by word, as if they were performing cross talk, Zhu Yanrong heard this, and finally couldn't sit still, so he interrupted the two of them: "I'm sorry Father-in-law Wu, my father-in-law wants to take a break, let's have some refreshments and ask again?" ”

Wu Chun looked at Zhu Yanrong's serious look, and then looked at Chen Cao's slight shaking of his head, and knew what to do: "That's not good, if you deal with it earlier, our family will have to go back to Beijing to report the news." ”

"Grandpa Wu, or..."

"Newspaper..."

Li Weihan had just spoken, but was interrupted by an urgent report, and it was none other than Zhao Xin who came in.

Zhao Xin arched his hand towards Chen Cao and said, "Lord Qiqi, report urgently." ”

"Who are you?" Zhu Yanrong looked at Zhao Xin coldly.

Zhao Xin arched his hand: "Back to Baoguogong, the next official is Zhao Xin, the envoy of Jinyi Weinan Town, and there is an urgent report to the Lord of the Matter." ”

"Presumptuous," Zhu Yanrong scolded coldly: "This prince is the minister of the Qin Mission, and he has been dismissed from all his positions in the name of the Qin Mission, so if you have something to report, you have to find someone else." ”

Zhao Xin showed an inconspicuous smile at the corner of his mouth, and then arched his hand again: "Then Xiaguan will report directly to Grandpa Guo," said Zhao Xin and said in a loud voice: "Grandpa Qiguo, Xiaguan just received an urgent report from Tiqi, a group of pirates took a sea boat through the mouth of the Yangtze River into the Yangtze River, and broke through the Jingjiang Island Hengzhou Thousand Households last night, and Pang Zhifan fought to the death, but was defeated by the fierce firearms of the pirates, and was forced to evacuate after hundreds of casualties. ”

"This group of pirates is really a good dog," Zhu Yanrong said and looked at Xu Hongji: "Duke Wei Guo, Yangzhou Mansion is the boundary of Nanzhili, this matter is under your jurisdiction, and it is inconvenient for this Duke to interfere." ”

Xu Hongji was about to answer, Gao Chong quickly ran into the lobby, and arched his hand towards Zhao Xin: "My lord, the big thing is not good, Yangzhou Tiqi is in an emergency, the pirates sank several ships at the mouth of the canal, blocking the mouth of the canal, at that time, there happened to be a tax grain ship in the Zhejiang Prefecture that was held hostage by pirates at the mouth of the canal, and those people set fire to the tax grain transported to Beijing..."

"Ahh

Bao Guogong and Xu Hongji both shouted in unison, and then hurriedly stood up, Xu Hongji had the greatest responsibility, and immediately ordered his subordinates: "Quickly go to Cao Jiang Shui Shi to give orders, and the warships will attack to eliminate this group of pirates." ”

"Yes..."

"Bao Guogong, is my case still tried?" Chen Cao asked jokingly.

Zhu Yanrong was a little annoyed with Chen Cao, and before he came back, he said that Chen Cao was not a good match, but now it seems that this is really the case, the key is that this guy's official position was guaranteed by Wei Zhongxian at that time, that is to say, Chen Cao is an out-and-out eunuch, no wonder Wu Chun helped Chen Cao speak, and Xu Hongji seemed to be the one who helped Chen Cao, Zhu Yanrong thought about talking to Chen Cao alone.

"Trial, but stop the trial now, and wait for Wei Guogong to come back." As he spoke, he ordered: "Come on, bring Chen Cao in, I want to question." ”