Chapter 055: Open Fight and Secret Fight

"The imperial court sent Lin Yaoyu, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, to come here as the minister of the Qin Mission, and to deal with the summer grain with the Duke of Wei."

Chen Cao curled his lips: "How long will it take?" ”

"Beizhen Fusi escorts all the way, and it will arrive tomorrow at the earliest." Zhao Xin replied.

After waiting for ten days to wait for people, there is a big controversy about who will come to the DPRK and China.

"What is Lin Yaoyu's identity?" Chen Cao asked.

Zhao Xin had already prepared: "It is not the Donglin Party, it is not a eunuch party, and its reputation in the government and the opposition is very good, and it is not aupright to say that it is upright." ”

"No wonder..."Chen Cao thought thoughtfully: "It seems that Wei Biao and Ye Xianggao are also afraid of each other, so they chose such a person." ”

"My lord, will Lin Yaoyu be bad?" Zhao Xin was a little worried.

The corners of Chen Cao's mouth rose: "It shouldn't be, if it is harmful to the interests of the eunuch party, Wei Eunuch will definitely not send him, and the Donglin party will also stop it, and vice versa is the same, from Tianjin to Huai'an by boat for a maximum of seven days, and it took ten days to delay, presumably they must have been arguing about this matter in the DPRK for a long time." ”

"How did they arrange Weng Linzhi to do?"

Zhao Xin arched his hand: "According to the instructions of the lord, as long as the minister of the Qin mission arrives in Huai'an, he will do it." ”

Chen Cao nodded: "How is Tian Laohu?" ”

Zhao Xin sneered: "That guy was very hard-mouthed at first, very not afraid of death, and his subordinates threatened to cut off his life and send him to Liaodong, this guy immediately changed his hexagram, asked what to say, and the condition was to let us let him go, my lord, since you asked about this matter, please also ask your lord to decide." ”

"What do you think?" Chen Cao asked rhetorically.

Zhao Xin was stunned, and then reacted: "The subordinates know that they are wrong..."

Chen Cao turned around and stared at Zhao Xin, seeing that he was furious: "The subordinates don't dare anymore, and the adults must be informed of the decision in the future..."

After Zhao Xin confessed, Chen Cao slowly patted him on the shoulder: "Our official's words must be counted, and when he is useless, he will have to cut him if he cuts him." ”

Zhao Xin trembled obviously: "The subordinates obey orders..."

...

Wang Yiqing and Dahewei's people were all arrested in Xu Hongji's line, and at this moment, only Liao Fan, the prefect of Huai'an, and a few officials of Huai'an Mansion were talking to Yang Yipeng.

"Lord Yang," Liao Fan frowned: "Huang Ming voted for Jinyiwei, and it is really unclear what secret report was given to the lower officials, when the lower officials' people arrived in Taoyuan, the Jinyi Guards had already protected all their families, and the people of the lower officials could not contact them at all." ”

Boom...

Yang Yipeng hammered the case hard: "Tian Laohu has also been arrested, and when the court comes, if the official can't get out of the way, one of you here will be counted as one, and all of you will suffer." ”

The officials present were terrified one by one, and even the governor of the third rank had suffered, what should they do with these officials below the fifth grade?

Some people even exchanged glances, and the same thoughts as Huang Ming appeared in their hearts.

Seeing this, Yang Yipeng sneered: "Everyone, don't think about those unrelated thoughts, your officials know that the princes of the court want you to die, do you think you can live if you take refuge in Jinyiwei?" ”

Despite all the threats, these people knew very well that they were in the same boat now.

"Your Excellency," said a green-robed officer, "why don't we break the net with them." ”

"Yes..."

"The fish is dead and the net is broken..."

Quite a few people agreed.

Yang Yipeng looked at it coldly, then took a deep breath and said, "Come on, go and find Pan Yourong." ”

Yang Yipeng wanted to see Pan Yourong alone, and the two of them were talking behind closed doors in the middle hall.

"Lord Yang, but is there something?" Pan Yourong sat in the chair and felt a little uneasy.

Yang Yipeng paced back and forth for a long time before he stood still and said, "I want you to find a group of dead soldiers..."

"Huh?" Pan Yourong was shocked: "Lord Yang, what are you doing looking for a dead man?" ”

"Kill..."Yang Yipeng showed a sharp edge like an eagle falcon.

Pan Yourong is not stupid, after Wang Yiqing was arrested, he knew that the last time Chen Cao told him that the thing was not simple, this time Yang Yipeng acted like this, something must have happened.

Yang Yipeng saw that Pan Yourong didn't speak, so he said: "Last time you invited Chen Cao to a banquet, but what deal did you make with him?" ”

"There is no deal," Pan replied decisively.

But Yang Yipeng is sophisticated, he doesn't believe it at all, and he doesn't debunk it, he just sneered: "Pan Yourong, don't forget your identity, this official doesn't care if you have a deal with him or not, this official just wants to remind you that you agreed to Weng Shijie's matter, and his purpose for coming to Huai'an is also very clear. ”

Seeing that Pan Yourong bowed his head and didn't speak, Yang Yipeng continued: "I, an upright person in Donglin, want to fight with the eunuchs this time, your Pan Yourong's affairs are clear, don't think about getting out, otherwise, more than 300 people in your Pan family will die without a place to be buried." ”

Pan Yourong raised his head, his face was afraid, and then his heart was full of anger, and he was about to speak, when Yang Yipeng interrupted his thoughts: "The person who came this time is Lord Lin Yao Yulin, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, although he is not a member of my Donglin Party, but he usually does not like the eunuch party, and he will not embarrass us much if he wants to come, as long as Huang Ming is dead, there is no proof of all death, and the words of other people in Taoyuan County are decorations, who can do anything to us?" Pan Yourong, let's be honest. ”

"I'll do my best to do it." Pan Yourong seemed to have made up his mind, and left after speaking.

The people waiting for Pan Yourong outside the governor's yamen, as soon as they got into the carriage, Pan Yourong said: "Go and find Liu Yizhong, the master of the Nantang Hall, I have something to tell him." ”

"Helper?" Pan Yourong's henchman asked with concern.

Pan Yourong let out a sigh: "Yang Yipeng is right, the result of betting on both sides is a lose-lose situation, but I think there is a problem with his words, who said that you can't be opportunistic, people are killed, if something happens, I still have a follow-up move, Chen Cao must not dare to kill me, so what are you afraid of?" ”

Huang Ming never went back, because he had to testify in court, and Lin Yaoyu would go to Huai'an tomorrow, so he couldn't go anywhere, the post station where he lived was guarded by a team of brocade guards, plus this was Huai'an Mansion Huang Ming slept soundly...

Chen Cao and his party have just come out of the brothel, and drinking flower wine outside is his biggest hobby in this world, which is similar to that of later generations, and Chen Cao now only needs to play the name of Nalan Rongruo, and he doesn't even have to give money to drink flower wine.

When Chen Cao and Zhao Xin walked out of the door of the brothel and turned into another street to return to the post station, they heard a sound of 'tension'.

"Be careful, my lord..."Zhao Xin shouted, and a lieutenant in front of him had been shot and fell to the ground and wailed.

As the so-called wine is strong and intimidating, Chen Cao just finished his business and drank some wine, but his feet were a little vain, and he fell to the ground after being pulled by Zhao Xin.

A few more bows and arrows rang out, and another wailed.

The weather really affected the play of the arrows, and after Chen Cao fell to the ground, he saw dozens of masked black-clothed men rushing out of several streets around him, one by one, carrying Pu knives, and killing him in this direction.

Chen Cao was shocked, he didn't have time to care about the origin of these people, there was no one on his side except Zhao Xin, Xu Kaixian and more than a dozen captains, and a few people were shot by arrows just now, and there were only about fifteen or sixteen people standing now: "Zhao Xin, put a signal flare to call people, and send people to find reinforcements." ”

"Yes..."

Chirp.... Bang...

A red firework bloomed in the black sky...

The leading man in black took advantage of the light of the moonlight and torches, and slashed at Chen Cao with a knife, and in his opinion, this person in civilian clothes was the real big fish.

"Be careful, my lord..."Xu Kaixian cut off the attack of the man in black with a sword, and then fought with him.

"Kill..."

A fierce fight broke out between the two sides...

Chen Cao relied on his combat experience in Liaodong and Zhejiang, and did not take these people seriously at all, and took out the embroidered spring knife and rushed forward.

It was very dark as far as the eye could see, and if it weren't for the other party holding a torch, he wouldn't know who the person who was cutting it was.

It's raining...

And it was so big that even the torches of the other party were extinguished, and this sudden rainstorm was like a savior, so that the two sides had to be separated temporarily, and the man in black was ready to go, as if at halftime.

"My lord, there are only a few of us left." Zhao Xin said with difficulty, he was injured, and blood was flowing out of his arm, converging with the rain dripping.

"The people of the Cao Gang are really courageous, Yang Yipeng, if you don't die today, you will definitely die tomorrow." Chen Caowu said to himself.

"How did the adults know that they were from the Cao Gang?"

"Guess..."

"Hands-on..."

The cold light flickered, and the man in black made a move again, this time the opponent made a ruthless move, and the random knife slashed towards Chen Cao's side, and the captain under his command couldn't stop it at all, and was hacked to the ground from time to time.

In the end, Chen Cao was left with the three of them still resisting, Chen Cao relied on his martial arts and stood in front of Zhao Xin and Xu Kaixian: "Brother Cao on the other side, kill me today, do you know the consequences tomorrow?" ”

The man in black in the lead hesitated for a moment, then said with a smile: "As long as a person is dead, he can say anything, so that you can remind him, brothers, kill him, do it..."

Bang...

A musket rang out, and the man in black in the lead felt as if he had been hammered in the chest, and then he couldn't stand and retreated.

"Impossible... Such heavy rain... Muskets can't be..."

Before he could finish speaking, the leading man in black died of his breath.

Chen Cao once again put paper shells on the handcuffs, and then raised his gun at the gang: "Who wants to try it?" ”

There are at least two dozen of the remaining black-clothed people, but they all stood still without exception, they are not afraid of swords, and the opponent's musket can still be fired on a rainy day, so how can they fight?

"Brothers, he only has one musket, it's useless to hit one of us, follow me..."

Bang...

As soon as the words fell, the person who spoke was also killed by Chen Cao, Chen Cao had no tricks now, his handcuffs only had two paper shell bullets, who would have thought that someone would assassinate him in Nanzhili.

So he threw away the handcuff and lifted the embroidered spring knife: "Come, this official Jinyi Weinan Zhenfu Si commanded Chen Cao, kill this official, you are famous..."

"Kill..."

Footsteps and shouts from far and near, Chen Cao let out a sigh of relief, his own reinforcements are coming, and the handcuffs have been delayed for a long time, if he doesn't come for a long time, he is afraid that he will die here.

Sure enough, torches were lit around, and the right guards of Nanjing in the brigade drove into this street, and the black-clothed men who were panicked chose to fight to the death, these people were all dead soldiers, and there was no idea of being captured alive.

'Bang bang bang...'

The guns were fired indiscriminately, and the first dozen or so black-clothed people were all beaten into a sieve...

"Keep your mouth alive...," Chen Cao shouted.

But under the dominance of heavy rain and gunfire, his own words seemed superfluous.

Torrential rain comes and goes quickly, and from time to time it becomes a drizzle.

Chen Cao stared at the dozens of corpses lying on the ground, and there was a burst of fire, but now was not the time: "Is there a living mouth?" ”

The leader of the team came from a thousand households and saluted Chen Cao: "Lord Hui, these people are all dead soldiers, and they can't catch them alive." ”

Dead?

Chen Cao slowly spit out two words, he was attacked and almost killed, and those who came to kill him were all dead soldiers, it seems that the opponent is really prepared.

"The bow and arrow have been erased, and they should be arrows in the army..."Zhao Xin hurriedly checked it after a simple bandage.

"My lord...", a school captain hurriedly ran over: "Something is wrong, the post station was attacked, and Huang Ming was killed." ”

"What?"

...

When Chen Cao led people to the post station, Huang Ming's body had just been carried out of the post station.

Yi Cheng is in the mood to commit suicide at the moment, he is a spy of Jinyiwei in the local area, and he can't get rid of such a big thing.

"Let's talk about it." Chen Cao said angrily.

Yi Cheng hurriedly knelt down: "Lord Hui, as soon as the rainstorm was done, a group of masked black-clothed men broke into the post station, and there were only two patrol guards in the station, who were not opponents at all, and even the brothers of Jinyiwei were poisoned, and the lower officials were helpless." ”

Zhao Xin checked and said, "My lord, most of the brothers in this small banner department died from arrows. ”

"How many people are coming?"

Yi Cheng was terrified: "It's dark and rainy, but the number of people is at least twenty or more." ”

"What a means..."Chen Cao nodded with a sneer: "Pan Yourong, Pan Yourong, you are so bold that you are boundless..."

"My lord," Zhao Xin stepped forward: "As soon as Huang Ming dies, what do you plan?" ”

Chen Cao has the heart to kill, let alone now: "As soon as he dies, his testimony is just a decoration in Lin Yaoyu's place, and it can't be true, and there is no proof of death..." ”

"That lord," Zhao Xin frowned, "We suffered such a big loss tonight, what should we do?" ”

"What should I do?" Chen Cao sneered: "As soon as Huang Ming dies, those people in Taoyuan County are frightened birds, and they dare to attack in front of me and Wei Guogong in Fucheng, do you think they will still believe that we have the ability to protect them?" ”

"So, maybe those guys will bite back?" Zhao Xin said in horror.

Chen Cao nodded: "Killing me is secondary... The important thing is Huang Ming, Yang Yipeng, you really have two brushes, and you can actually say that Pan Yourong will do things for you. ”

"My lord, do we want to send someone to surround Pan Yourong's mansion now?"

Zhao Xin was about to leave, but was stopped by Chen Cao: "Don't be busy, we won't die tonight, we will settle the account with them tomorrow, and immediately go to Wei Guogong's line and report tonight's incident to Wei Guogong." ”

"Yes..."