Chapter 041: The Way of the Man

Chen Cao had just eaten dinner, Weng Meixin walked into the gatehouse in full costume, and then sat straight in front of Chen Cao: "Good guy, you killed Li Tong, the inspector of Ziyang County?" ”

Chen Cao sat up straight: "With my identity, do you think it is necessary for me to kill him?" ”

Weng Meixin's expression changed and said: "I just lied to you, and I will know that you have indeed been wronged by your reaction." ”

Chen Cao slapped the table vigorously: "In this way, it seems that Ren Chengwei and the Yanzhou prefect are in deep collusion." ”

"It's not them who are the ones who are the whole of you, but someone else?" Weng Meixin poured a cup of tea very indifferently and drank it: "You offended the Kong family in Qufu, they are fixing you." ”

Chen Cao frowned, and had doubts in his heart about the woman's ability to inquire about the news: "How did Miss Weng know?" ”

Weng Meixin looked at Chen Cao with a wicked smile: "You people should know what they have done, this girl won't mention it, anyway, Kong Tianxi has made up her mind to take revenge, and now she has greeted Yanzhou Mansion in black and white, Lord Chen, this time you have caused a lot of trouble..."

"The Kong family has been emboldened to this extent?" Chen Cao said coldly.

"Lord Chen can't talk nonsense," Weng Meixin said jokingly: "The Yansheng family is admired by my Ming Dynasty scholars, how could he do such a dirty thing?" At most, it's just that the control is not strict, and then the last guilty self will admit his mistake to his ancestral hall, and it will be over, even so, the people above will still think that Yan Shenggong is strict with himself... Hey..."

Weng Meixin had something to say, Chen Cao immediately took a serious look at the woman in front of him, she was about twenty years old, her right hand was a little calloused, and she wanted to have the habit of using weapons, plus this slightly baby fat face, such a person who pretended to be a pig and ate a tiger was not good at stubble.

Chen Cao stood up immediately and saluted Weng Meixin: "Jinling Chen Cao, I have seen Miss Weng, please ask Miss Weng for her identity..."

Weng Meixin was stunned for a moment, then stood up and said with a smile: "Lord Chen is so serious, it's really overwhelming, the little woman has already told Lord Chen's name, and she doesn't want Lord Chen to return anything, just look at your Nalan Rongruo's name," said and suddenly realized: "Oh yes, and your feat when you fought against the Japanese in Zhejiang, the little woman admires it very much, so, this time I will definitely help you to the end, as for the identity of the little woman, it is really needless to say." ”

Knock knock...

There was a knock on the door, and then Xu Kaixian walked into the house in a house suit: "My lord, my subordinates have found out something." ”

"Why are you dressed like this?" Chen Cao frowned, Xu Kaixian, who was used to wearing official mansions and brocade robes, suddenly wore a family clothes, which made Chen Cao feel that this kid was a spy who had penetrated into the enemy.

That murderous aura...

"It's Miss Weng who has made our subordinates change into family clothes, and then we can go out to find out the news." Xu Kaixian stepped forward as he spoke, but suddenly found that Weng Meixin was still there, and he stopped talking.

"Miss Weng has helped us a lot, so it's not in the way..."

"My lord, my subordinates went to the West Gate Ferry, the city gate has been closed, only in and out, and then the subordinates went to the prefect's yamen, and no trace of Lao Zhao was found, thinking that this guy either didn't go out of the city, or was blocked out of the city." Xu Kai said first: "The subordinates still went to the Lu Wangfu and found the Wen Liang guy, and the guy asked the subordinates to bring a word to the adult." ”

"Speak..."

"It's not bad to be impartial, not to help..."

Chen Cao couldn't help but smile: "The dignified vassal king, he is actually afraid of a duke... It's ridiculous. ”

Weng Meixin listened to Chen Cao's words, and then clenched her fists: "Lord Chen, if you want to go out of the city, the little girl can help." ”

Chen Cao's eyes lit up, it was useless to stay here and get angry like a fool, why didn't he think of how to get out of the city, so he immediately saluted Weng Meixin: "It's really an honor to have Miss Weng's help, so please ask the girl to be tired and find a way to let you get out of the city." ”

"Well said..."

...

Weng Meixin personally led the team, escorting more than a dozen carriages towards the Ximen Ferry, Chen Cao was also dressed as a family, and their embroidered spring knives were pressed under the cargo box of the middle vehicle.

"I didn't expect me to make a cameo appearance as a guard family." Chen Cao whispered to Xu Kaixian, who was walking beside him, "Have you investigated their origins?" ”

Xu Kaixian nodded, and was about to speak, when Chen Cao signaled to silence: "Let's talk about it when we go out." ”

"Yo, isn't this Miss Weng?" The hundred household officials on duty at the city gate were extremely enthusiastic and bowed their hands to Weng Meixin, who was riding a horse in front: "It's getting dark, how can there be goods to be delivered?" ”

Weng Meixin said with a businesslike look: "Chang Baihu is polite, this batch of goods is going to Jining, you also know that some things can't be walked during the day." ”

Chang Baihu nodded very wisely: "I know, I know, hehe, since it is the goods escorted by Miss Weng, it must be important, come here, let go..."

Chen Cao is even more sure that Weng Meixin is not the child of a high-ranking official or a wealthy businessman, and the relationship behind it is definitely not ordinary.

The convoy of the team marched to the doorway, Chen Cao and his party had just walked in, and the sound of horses' hooves and footsteps behind them sounded one after another, and they heard someone shouting behind them: "Stop them, hurry, stop them, don't go out of the city." ”

"Get out of here." Weng Meixin rode to Chen Cao's side: "I'll stop them." ”

"Adults, let's go..."Xu Kaixian didn't care much, and pulled Chen Cao and ran out.

Chen Cao turned around and saw Weng Meixin smiling very proudly, and then rode forward.

"Miss Weng, what do you mean by that?" Qianhu, who led the chase, asked solemnly.

Weng Meixin looked around her chest with her hands and sneered: "Why, you dare to care about my Cao Gang's affairs?" ”

Qianhu Guan blew his nose and face when he was asked, and immediately said angrily: "This is Yanzhou, do you think it is in Huai'an?" ”

Weng Meixin couldn't help laughing when she heard this: "You guy is really arrogant, even if you commanded Jiang Wanchun to come, this girl is also the same sentence, you Cheng Wei can't care about the affairs of my Cao Gang." ”

"You..." Qianhu Guan was choked by this sentence, and he didn't care so much at the moment, and said behind him: "Don't worry about her, go chase quickly..."

"Thousands of households, you have to know the consequences of offending my Cao Gang..."Weng Meixin was also anxious.

A man riding a horse from a distance, wearing an official uniform, said directly to the Qianhu official: "Don't worry about her, take people." ”

Qianhu arched his hand, and then said to Weng Meixin: "Miss Weng, I'm offended, come here, surround her, and hurry up to arrest someone." ”

Ziyang County is the key point of the canal and waterway, there are countless traders coming and going, only in and out of the cause of people inside and outside, Chen Cao led people to run forward, behind someone chasing, launched a cat and mouse game.

"Stop..."

Chen Cao's speed of escape was also okay, he was the first to run out of the doorway, and then went in the direction of the ferry, and some of the pursuers behind him rode horses, so they had the upper hand in speed.

"Be careful, sir."

Xu Kaixian roared, Chen Cao felt that he was coming by a gust of wind, and with his own reaction, he lowered his head and slammed a rolling dragon to the right, and the long knife went down his bun, which scared Chen Cao into a cold sweat.

There were more and more chasing soldiers behind him, and when Chen Cao was about to draw his sword to snatch people to the death, the crowd of onlookers in front of him was rudely pushed away, and Zhao Xin carried a knife and walked with the right guard on the warship.

"Oh my God, where is this army?"

"Hey, didn't you see that it came down from the warship of the Commander of the River?"

is even more worried about the country and the people: "If my Ming soldiers are like this, why worry about the immortality of Jiannu?" ”

The pursuers looked at a large group of soldiers carrying muskets coming from the opposite side, and they didn't know what to do, but the thousand households leading the team had the foresight, and immediately reined in the horses and ordered the attention of his subordinates.

This time, Chen Cao didn't come to Shandong empty-handed, he brought two people from 100 households, led by Zhang Fengnian, Zhang Fengnian came out with a long knife: "Array..."

Whew...

The right guard changed formation with a neat pace, then neatly removed the flintlock pistol from his shoulder, raised his gun and began to form a battle formation.

The muzzle of the black hole was pointed at the guards of Ren City, Qianhu is not stupid, who doesn't know the musket, he was instigated at the moment, and he stood in place and didn't dare to move.

With the assistance of Zhao Xin, he put on his own scarlet flying fish robe, took the embroidered spring knife from Xu Kaixian's hand, and then stepped forward and asked: "Who are you waiting for, so blatantly holding a sword, a gun and a halberd against this official, do you want to rebel?" ”

The onlookers were stunned, which one were the people in this government singing?

The thousand households that chased him were speechless, and even he didn't know what to do?

The sound of horses' hooves sounded in the city gate hole, and Ren Chengwei commanded the same knowledge Wang Tiancheng to rush to the horse, and when he saw this scene in front of him, he was frightened at the moment, and he couldn't move on the horse.

Zhao Xin stepped forward with a knife, and the scar on his face showed that this guy was not a good bird: "Bastard, the commander of the Jinyi Guard is here, and he still doesn't get off the horse and salute and roll call?" ”

Wang Tiancheng is not a civilian official, and it is the consensus of the Ming Dynasty that civilian officials are more valuable than military attaches at this time, even if the other party is an eight-grade petty official, but Chen Cao is the Jinyi guard of the Nanzhen Fusi, who is in charge of the military discipline of the Ming army, if it is placed in Chen Cao's era, it is equivalent to a picket in the army.

Coupled with Chen Cao's official position, Wang Tiancheng was stunned for a moment, then turned over and dismounted, and gave a military salute to Chen Cao: "The last general is the commander of the city guard, and Wang Tiancheng is the commander, see Lord Chen." ”

Chen Cao's identity has changed now, and he immediately pretended to ask, "What are you trying to do with such behavior?" Not to mention leading troops out of the city, but also wantonly attacking the canal and waterways, don't you want to rebel as a city guard? ”

"Your Excellency is angry, please enlighten your lordship..."Wang Tiancheng saw that Chen Cao didn't mention anything about what happened just now, so he got off the donkey and said: "The horse thieves were mixed in the city, and they attacked and killed the inspection of Ziyang County. Wang Tiancheng said again: "I don't know what is the important thing for the adults to come here suddenly?" ”

Chen Cao opened his mouth and said: "My department came to Shandong for routine business, and as soon as I arrived at the ferry to enter the city for repairs, I heard that there was a sound of horse thieves in the city, what did you do with the city guards?" Don't you know how many vassal kings there are in the city? Disturbing these princes, you can't let the city guards eat and walk around. ”

Wang Tiancheng was countered by Chen Cao, and he didn't know how to answer at the moment, Chen Cao said again: "You wait for the food king's Lu, don't be loyal to the matter, this official is the commander of the Nanzhen Fu Division, and has the right to ask about this matter, and bring troops to assist, but you are holding a weapon against the official, Wang Tiancheng, it seems that it is necessary for the official to send you a copy of my Jinyiwei's driving post." ”

Wang Tiancheng was so frightened that he immediately knelt down: "My lord is angry, the last general is also ordered to do things, please spare my life..."

"Who's making a noise here?" Jiang Wanchun came with a group of people from the Chengwei Official Academy, but saw Wang Tiancheng kneeling in front of Chen Cao, he didn't recognize Chen Cao, but he recognized the scarlet flying fish suit, so he arched his hand towards Chen Cao: "The next official is the commander of the city guard, Jiang Wanchun, I don't know who the adult is..."

Zhao Xin came forward: "This official Jinyi Weinan Town Fu Si Zhen Fu envoy Zhao Xin, this is the commander of the Tongzhi Chen Cao Chen..."

Jiang Wanchun shook obviously, and then saluted Chen Cao with a smiling face: "I don't know if it's Lord Chen in person, and I ask Lord Chen for forgiveness, dare to ask my lord, is there anything important in Yanzhou Mansion today?" ”

Chen Cao carried the knife, ignored Jiang Wanchun, and said as he walked towards the city gate: "Go in with this official." ”

Weng Meixin was surrounded by a large group of soldiers in the middle, seeing Chen Cao wearing a flying fish suit and leading a large number of soldiers into the city, singing a breath, Chen Cao nodded to Weng Meixin, and after getting a response, he led people towards the prefect's yamen.

"Butler, it's not good," a housekeeper quickly ran into the private room: "That Chen Cao took a large number of soldiers from Nanzhili into the city, and at this moment he has gone to the prefect's yamen." ”

Zheng Rixin, who was drinking with Kong Tianxi, landed his wine glass on the table, and then got up and left without even having time to say hello.

Kong Tianxi frowned, and then said viciously: "This is Yanzhou, not Nanzhili, I want to see what they can do, you come over and listen to my orders." ”

...

Guo Yan, the prefect of Yanzhou, was promoted from Sichuan, and now he has been in office as the prefect of Yanzhou for thirteen years, according to the iron law of the Ming Dynasty officialdom, people like him have already had the opportunity to be promoted to the political envoy as an official, but he is still the prefect of Yanzhou, and there must be something good for him to be reluctant to leave.

"Lord Chen, this is Yanzhou, not Nanzhili, besides, you can't take care of the affairs of the Fusi of the North Town, right?" After entering the yamen lobby, Jiang Wanchun asked in a weird way.

Chen Cao didn't talk to him, he just didn't want to deal with him, and looked straight at Guo Yan: "Governor Guo, this official came here today to receive a tip-off that there are horse thieves in Yanzhou, and even more, there are Japanese robbers who have infiltrated Yanzhou. ”

Guo Yanming raised his eyebrows and said, "Did Lord Chen misunderstand, or did you make a mistake in the reconnaissance of the cavalry?" My Yanzhou Mansion is in Shandong, where did I come from? ”

"No?" Chen Cao stared at Jiang Wanchun and sneered: "Impossible, not only the official, but even Lord Jiang and the thousands of households under him know that there are horse thieves in the city who have infiltrated the city, and they also attacked and killed Li Tong, the inspector of Ziyang County. ”

Jiang Wanchun's face was cold, it was originally an excuse to catch Chen Cao, but at this time it became an opponent's handle to manipulate himself, Guo Yan was even more blindfolded, and he was told by Chen Cao in a word, but he didn't know how to answer.

"Lord Chen," Guo Yan raised his head and said, "Although this official has nothing to do with Jinyiwei, he also knows that your Nanzhen Fusi is in charge of Nanzhili and the army, even if I am really mixed with the horse thieves in Yanzhou Mansion, it is not under the jurisdiction of Nanzhen Fusi, is Lord Chen a little nosy?" ”

Zhao Xin was about to step forward to refute it, but Chen Cao waved his hand to let him retreat, and then looked at Guo Yan and Jiang Wanchun evilly and said: "Governor Guo is right, but Governor Guo is afraid that he has forgotten what my Jinyiwei is doing?" ”

Guo Yan immediately reacted that he had said the wrong thing, Jinyiwei's matter was for the emperor, and anything could be mixed in, and there was no restriction at all: "Then... Then Lord Chen, why did you bring so many soldiers into the city, don't you know that it is a felony to transfer troops without permission? ”

"Commander Jiang, you come to tell Governor Guo, what is the responsibility of my Jinyi Guard in the transfer of troops into the army?"

Seeing Chen Cao asking himself, Jiang Wanchun turned his head to look at Guo Yan, and then whispered: "Prison Army.."

Chen Cao said and said: "This official personally led troops to Yanzhou Mansion, in addition to the horse thieves, more importantly, I received that there were Japanese robbers infiltrating Yanzhou Mansion, and," he said and looked at Jiang Wanchun with a blink of eyes, and said coldly: "According to the Shandong Tiqi Recital, someone in Ren Chengwei colluded with the Japanese Kou, hehe, Commander Jiang, don't be busy complaining about grievances first, you first think about how to get out is the last word, and my Jinyiwei's driving post will arrive later, so I can do it myself..."

Jiang Wanchun was paralyzed when he heard this, and he couldn't move when he stood still.

Guo Yandu felt that Chen Cao was a little bold: "Lord Chen, this is Yanzhou Mansion, the hometown of the saint..."

Finally came out of the backstage?

Chen Cao was about to leave, but when he heard this, he turned his head and smiled: "I know, because it is the hometown of Sage Kong, for the admiration of the world's scholars, this official also has to protect the safety here, right?" ”

...

"Lord Wang, Guo Yan and Jiang Wanchun have suffered a big loss, Chen Cao led troops into the city in the name of Ren Chengwei's collusion with the Japanese Kou, and after leaving the prefect's yamen, he gave Ren Chengwei a Jinyi guard's driving post, Jiang Wanchun and his own soldier Leng Yungui were all taken away and caught on the warship of the Caojiang Water Division;"

Wen Liang arched his hand towards Zhu Shouhong: "Originally, they slandered Chen Cao in the name of Li Tong as a horse thief and wanted to kill him directly, but how do you know that this lame reason has become an excuse for Chen Cao to fight back, Guo Yan is afraid that his career will be broken in the future, I heard that Chen Cao's family is attached to Wei Zhongxian, the master of ceremonies, it seems that he came prepared this time." ”

Zhu Shouhong laughed: "This group of people, take care of them, this king is just to see the excitement, besides, this king has no authority, what does he do?" In addition to my Lu Wangfu, the Confucian family in Qufu is in Yanzhou Mansion, and I really think that this Yanzhou Mansion is their world. ”

"Lord Wang, Chen Cao's men who came to the palace to ask for help were blocked by the lower officials, will Chen Cao hold a grudge?"

Zhu Shouhong shook his head: "This king doesn't want to cause trouble, everyone knows it." ”

...

Will there be a grudge?

Of course, Chen Cao is a person who must be repaid, belongs to the category of villains, and is not a good bird.

"My lord," Zhao Xin had blood on his hands, and just came up from the bottom of the cabin: "Leng Yungui's guy can't bear the punishment, and he has passed out." ”

Jiang Wanchun's hand holding the teacup trembled for a moment, and then he drank the hot tea that Chen Cao poured for him in a trance.

"Well, wake him up, let the military doctor treat him, and then punish him after returning to Nanjing, by the way, immediately send an official document to the Tianjin Command Envoy Si Yamen, and write down the things here as they are." Chen Cao also took a sip of tea, a little bitter.

"Yes..."

"My lord," Jiang Wanchun couldn't sit still, stood up and arched his hand towards Chen Cao: "Please also ask your lord to let go of thousands of households." ”

"Put?" Chen Cao was surprised, then put down the teacup and motioned for Jiang Wanchun to sit down: "If it weren't for the wit of my subordinates, Leng Yungui's guy would definitely shoot this official into a hedgehog with a bow and arrow, and Commander Jiang would not have had the opportunity to get on this naval warship to drink tea with this official." ”

"My lord, we are also acting on orders, and my lord also knows that the county officials are not as good as the current ones..."Jiang Wanchun said helplessly.

Chen Cao nodded, and agreed with Jiang Wanchun's words: "It makes sense, but this official is not good at stubble, originally this official came to Shandong to buy land, and he can't deal with you at all, and you just want the whole official, hehe, the so-called Taoist ideal of fighting snakes without dying but being bitten must be understood by Commander Jiang." ”

Jiang Wanchun bowed his head and was silent, and Chen Cao said again: "It's better to make the words clear, this official has offended Qufu now, and if you want to be good, it is also a fool's dream, it is better to take you under the knife, and fight with them in one go, it is a big deal to lose both, although the consequences of this will be a loss, but it can also ensure that this official will not be retaliated against in the future." ”

Jiang Wanchun's body was startled, then he trembled, and looked up at Chen Cao: "Lord Chen, you have to think twice..."

"Think twice?" Chen Cao thought it was funny: "Have you ever thought twice about it when you charged this official with horse theft?" The dignified brocade guards were cornered by you, if it weren't for the official's plan in advance, he would have been a corpse in the hands of your gang by now;

Commander Jiang, have you heard about Li Weihan? ”

How did Jiang Wanchun not know about Li Weihan's affairs in Nanjing? On the way to escort, he also rested in Yanzhou Capital City for a day.

Seeing that Jiang Wanchun didn't speak, Chen Cao said mysteriously: "Li Weihan is a relative of Emperor Shenzong, isn't he also imprisoned and killed?" At that time, the official directly said in front of Baoguo Gong that if he asked him to collude with the Japanese Invaders, he would definitely collude with the Japanese Invaders, no, he was indeed condemned to death for colluding with the Japanese Invaders, right? ”

Jiang Wanchun's head was big when he heard this, and these words were so obvious that Jiang Wanchun's body trembled.

"This official said that if you let the city guards collude with the Japanese invaders, if Leng Yungui and a thousand households report the collusion with the Japanese from their superiors, you will be the commander, hehe... Commander Jiang, as I said before, you should think about how to get out, instead of thinking about helping those people to make up the whole office, you can do it yourself. ”

After Chen Cao finished speaking, he instructed Xu Kaixian beside him: "Go, take our driving post, and arrest the commander Wang Tiancheng." ”

"Yes..."

"My lord," a lieutenant came to Chen Cao's side: "The commander of the Shandong Metropolitan Commander and the commander of the envoy Tongzhi Kong You is here, and he wants to see your lordship." ”

Chen Cao turned his head to look at Jiang Wanchun and said, "Commander Jiang, you drink tea well, this official will go to meet your savior for a while, and come to talk to you after the incident." ”