After everyone heard Zhang Yun mention the three words of the White Lotus Sect, they all gasped.

A hint of panic flashed across Zhang Rulong's face, and then quickly disappeared. Zhang Rulong said with a smile: "Lord Zhang is not joking, how can there be a shadow of the White Lotus Sect." ”

Zhang Yun stared at him and said lightly: "Does the head of the Zhang family think I'm joking?" ”

Zhang Rulong was a little hairy by Zhang Yun, and dared to look at him, so he stood aside and stopped talking.

Even Yang Zhen was puzzled, because Zhang Yun didn't say it in advance, this matter had something to do with the White Lotus Sect.

On the side, Zhao Gang thought that Yang Zhen and Zhang Yun were colluding. looked at the two of them with a disgruntled face, and said in his heart: "If you two want to blacken the grain, go black, what are you doing involving the White Lotus Sect." ”

No wonder they reacted so much, you must know that the White Lotus Sect was a cult in the Ming Dynasty, and it was an anti-government organization. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the White Lotus Sect was strictly forbidden. During the Hongwu and Yongle periods, there were many armed riots of the White Lotus cultists in Sichuan, Hubei, Ganlu and other places, and some of them were also called emperors, all of which were suppressed. After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, they did not belong to each other, their teachings were quite different, and their organizations, rituals, and activities were also different, but they more or less bore the imprint of the White Lotus Sect. The rulers believed that they were still in fact White Lotus Cults, and the folk also referred to them as White Lotus Cults in general terms. In today's world, if anyone cares about the White Lotus Sect, it is a big crime to rob the family and destroy the door. Even unruly people like Zhao Gang are silent about this.

Zhang Yun took in their reactions, and said with a smile in his heart: "It seems that it really has an effect, and it is not in vain that I have worked so this matter." ”

Zhang Yun walked among the crowd and said to Han Cheng: "Han Cheng, it is not good for you to guard the granary this time, I should have punished you, but I have found the arson criminal, I limit you to arrest him as soon as possible, are you willing to make meritorious contributions?" ”

Han Cheng took a step forward, knelt on the ground and arched his hand: "The junior official is willing, since it is my fault, I am willing to make up for it." ”

After everyone heard Han Cheng's words, they had no choice but to give up. After all, he and Zhang Yun are singing double reeds here, and everyone can see it, and everyone quietly watched the two perform, and it was not good to pierce this layer of window paper in public.

In the end, Zhang Yun patted his chest and generously promised: "Rest assured, when the next batch of disaster relief food from the imperial court arrives, I will definitely make up for you, if the imperial court does not give it, when I return to the capital, I will pay out of my own pocket to make up for you!" ”

The people of the three major families looked at Zhang Yun's appearance, and their teeth were about to be crushed. Even Yang Zhen was shocked by Zhang Yun's shamelessness, Yang Zhen looked at Zhang Yun, who was full of righteous indignation, helped the official hat, and said in his heart: "People are already uncomfortable enough, you still go to other people's wounds to sprinkle salt, how can this other person stand it." ”

Zhang Rulong lowered his head with a gloomy face, then adjusted, raised his head, barely squeezed out a smile, and said to Zhang Yun: "Then I'll wait, I'll thank Master Zhang first." ”

After finishing speaking, Zhang Rulong flicked his sleeves and walked towards the outside of the gate, and the other two immediately followed after giving Zhang Yun a vicious look.

On the way back, Zhao Gang grabbed Zhang Rulong's hand and asked eagerly, "Is that it?" ”

Zhang Rulong sighed and said helplessly: "What else?" Didn't you say that the White Lotus Sect did it? Heh, this time we can only suffer a dumb loss. ”

After Zhao Gang heard this, he had to clench his fists, looked angrily in the direction of the county office, and finally let go of his fist and sighed.

At night, in an inn in Dengzhou City, a middle-aged man in a black robe was standing respectfully next to a man, and when he looked at it, the middle-aged man in a black robe turned out to be the head of the Zhang family, Zhang Rulong.

If others see his appearance, others will definitely drop their jaws, and at this time he is flattering beside the man, as if he is a subordinate.

The man said angrily and in a deep voice: "Didn't I say, don't take the initiative to contact me if you have nothing important?" ”

Zhang Rulong hurriedly explained: "My lord, I heard that the granary outside the city was on fire, and that brocade guard seems to have found out that our White Lotus Sect did it. ”

When the man heard this, he scolded: "Hmph, are you a pig? The guards are so tight, can I afford to do that stupid thing? It must be them who shouted to catch the thief and put this basin on our heads. ”

Zhang Rulong heard the man's reprimand, and had to lower his attitude, Zhang Rulong continued: "My subordinates also guessed that the kid was a thief and shouted to catch a thief, but he actually said our position crookedly, so I have to guard against it, my lord." ”

When the man heard this, he was also a little worried, saying that Zhang Rulong's worries were reasonable, and then he pondered for a moment and said to Zhang Rulong: "Okay, from today onwards, all the disciples will stop their activities, and you won't come to see me." ”

After Zhang Rulong was recognized, his face was also happy, and he repeatedly said that he would obey the man's instructions well.

In the Dengzhou Wei military camp, Han Chengzheng looked at Zhang Yun with an anxious face, and then said with some embarrassment: "My lord, there is the White Lotus Sect here, who set the fire, they don't know, can you still not know?" Shall I go up there and find the White Lotus Sect followers for them? ”

Zhang Yun waved his hand and said with relief: "If you really can't find it, go to the prison to find a few death row prisoners, anyway, they die early and die late, if they are willing to admit it, we can give his family a little money." ”

After Han Cheng heard this, he suddenly realized, after all, he could see a lot of this matter in Jinyiwei, he was usually the son of a high-ranking official and nobleman, and when he committed something, when he was executed, he would find a prisoner on death row and put the cover on his head, and no one would recognize him.

Zhao Hu was on the side, and said excitedly: "Okay, good, this plan of the adults is good, I think who will dare to talk crookedly, and when the time comes, he will be charged with fornicating with the White Lotus Sect, which is enough for him to drink a pot." ”

When Han Cheng and Zhang Yun heard this, they also laughed, and said that Zhao Hu, a man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, actually had so many ghost ideas.

Zhao Hu touched his head, and said with a smile: "Isn't this what you learned from adults, and Han Cheng?" ”

After hearing this, the two patted Zhao Hu on the shoulder and said, "Very good, you kid has a future." ”

After Zhang Yun saw that the matter of food was resolved, he began to plan to go to sea. In fact, he has not been idle in the past few days, he has written a letter to Wanli, hoping to go to sea to fish, to make up for the lack of food, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the sea to eat the sea.

After Zhang Yun got Wanli's approval, he immediately explained the matter to Qi Jiguang, and Qi Jiguang also agreed, after all, Zhang Yun had the support of the emperor, so he didn't do it casually.

The only thing that bothered Zhang Yun was that most of the soldiers he brought were soldiers from the capital, and they were all landlubbers.

After Zhang Yun and Qi Jiguang explained the situation, they said with a smile: "What is this?" I have to be a good soldier with good water nature, I can choose it. After speaking, he took Zhang Yun to the military camp of Dengzhou Wei.

Qi Jiguang stood on the platform, although he was in his fifties, he was still full of energy, these were Qi Jiguang's old subordinates, Qi Jiguang looked at the soldiers below and shouted: "Brothers, now I am in trouble in Dengzhou, this Lord Zhang was sent by the emperor to help us Dengzhou." Now that His Majesty the Emperor is gracious and can go to sea, Lord Zhang needs to find some soldiers with good water nature, who is willing to go, take a step forward. ”

After hearing this, the soldiers in the audience discussed and commanded, and a young soldier shouted happily: "Great, I can finally go to sea." An old man next to him scolded: "What do you know? Shooting the first bird, you can now, it doesn't mean you can in the future. The young soldier had to bow his head and not dare to argue.

Zhang Yun took a full view of the situation and smiled at everyone: "Brothers, I, Zhang Yun, am ordered by the emperor, I promise that this time I will go to sea, and I will not affect everyone, and those who follow me out this time will receive 2 stones of grain per person per month." As soon as he said this, the entire barracks boiled.

You must know that they couldn't buy one stone of rice for a month's military salary, but now they can get two stone of rice when they go out, which is a great thing, and everyone has signed up. The old soldier from before was among them.

Zhang Yun walked in front of the veteran and looked at him, the veteran was not tall, but his body was strong, his eyes were bright, and the hair on his temples had already turned gray, Zhang Yun saw this, frowned slightly, and said with a smile: "Uncle, you are old, I am afraid that you can't stand the wind and waves on the sea, so you better not go." ”

Unexpectedly, when the old man heard that Zhang Yun dared to despise him, he immediately said angrily: "Don't look down on people, when Lao Tzu was playing in the water, you didn't know that you were in that mother's womb?" ”

When Qi Jiguang heard that he was so rude, he scolded: "Wang Zhong, how can you talk to Master Zhang?" ”

The veteran named Wang Zhong, after hearing Qi Jiguang's reprimand, also hurriedly smiled and slapped his mouth. Qi Jiguang was not surprised by this, and then Qi Jiguang explained to Zhang Yun: "His name is Wang Zhong, and he has fought with me for many years, just because he can't control this mouth, and he is still a general banner." But he's a good hand at sea. ”

After hearing this, Zhang Yun was also in awe of her, hammered his chest, and said solemnly: "The veteran is not dead." ”

That Wang Zhong also smiled, which was regarded as a response to Zhang Yun.

Next, Zhang Yun continued to select more than 100 soldiers who knew how to be water. Zhang Yun pointed at the soldiers and said to Wang Zhong: "Lao Wang, you should be these 100 heads first, and 100 households first." ”

After Wang Zhong heard this, he also looked at Zhang Yun with a grateful face, and couldn't speak for a long time.

Qi Jiguang and Zhang Yun on the side deliberately pulled him, gave Wang Zhong a kick, and scolded with a smile: "Thank you Lord Zhang for not hurrying." ”

After Wang Zhong heard this, he immediately thought about Zhang Yun and thanked him. Zhang Yun smiled, said a few words to Wang Zhong and left.

After everyone watched Zhang Yun leave, they gathered around Wang Zhong to congratulate him on his promotion, and Wang Zhong responded one by one with a smile.