In the eleventh year of Yongle, it has just entered autumn.

The air was already filled with a murderous aura.

Dozens of miles away from the capital, the General Mountain, which had not been able to be defeated, was breached, and all the mountain bandits were exterminated, and the bandit leader Pei Qian was arrested and imprisoned and tortured.

A few days later, the local magistrate of Jiangjun Mountain, Cheng Yi, and others were all taken into Jinyi Guard.

In both of these things, there is one person involved, Jinyi Wei Baihu Zhuang Jing.

"Who else knows about the arsenal?" Zhuang Jing raised his whip and picked up Pei Qian, who was unrecognizable on the torture rack.

Pei Qian's deal was really a loss, and he lost all his century-old inheritance, and he lost all his money and his life was worried.

"What...... What arsenal? Pei Qian was oozing blood between his teeth, he didn't refuse to move, he was really beaten.

"Help him reminisce about his memories." Zhuang Jing turned his back, and the execution captain took the torture instrument and walked to Pei Qian, an ordinary torture instrument, just a few embroidery needles.

Pei Qian has reached this state, and the physical punishment is untouchable, should I say it or not, this guy is still a man, and he has been up for a long time before he confessed to the magistrate.

However, this is not what Zhuang Jing wants.

At the beginning, I should have listened to Qiu Bu's words...... Pei Qian's consciousness was a little confused, and suddenly a sharp pain hit his whole body, his whole body couldn't restrain and shook violently, and his hands and ankles were bleeding from ropes.

"Qiu ...... Qiu ......"

"It's useless to beg!" Zhuang Jing slowly picked up a cup of tea.

"Qiu Bu!" Pei Qian roared.

The lieutenant stopped the torture and turned around and said, "My lord, what he said seems to be a personal name?" ”

Zhuang Jing put down the teacup, motioned to the captain who recorded the confession to follow, and leaned his ear close to Pei Qian's mouth: "Say, talk again...... Anything else? ”

"No ......"

Qiu Bu, this person Zhuang Jing knew that Wang Qian said that he was the king of Xin'an County, but Wang Qian also said that he didn't believe a word of Lin Scale's lobbying. Now it seems that this person is not only not the person of the king of Xin'an County, but he may also be a thief of Xiangma, if Lin Liangyou and him are really friends, it can be a big crime of Lin Liangyou smuggling bandits!

……

Wang Qian sent someone to give Lin Liangyou two rivet-inlaid mahogany brocade boxes, and this box alone seemed to be worth a lot of money. Open it and take a look, the silk and satin inside the bottom, in each box, there are eight balls neatly placed, the style size and pattern color are almost exactly the same as the billiards of Lin Liangyou's era, the difference is that the Arabic numerals on it have been replaced with traditional Chinese characters, and the small seal is written, to be exact, it is not written, it is engraved, and it is decorated with gold powder.

The biggest difference is that each ball, the uncolored part - that is, the part that should be white - is transparent, bright like a gem. Especially the cue ball, the whole body is transparent, like a huge night pearl. Probably because Wang Qian felt that the white coating was too cheap, and there was no such a large white pearl, so he replaced it with a transparent body.

I don't know what material is used to make it, in short, the cost is definitely not cheap.

"No merit is not rewarded, such a heavy courtesy, you will never dare to accept it." Lin Liangyou said to the gift-giving child.

The boy smiled: "Adult, do you look familiar with the little one?" ”

Lin Liangyou looked at it carefully and said, "Are you ...... The tea boy of the Dajingo family? ”

"It's small." Tea boy smiled.

Lin Liangyou was shocked, according to this, this gift was given by Ji Gang?

Tea boy nodded: "Dad said, everyone is serving the emperor, a family, look up and don't look down, if you have anything to say, the family says, don't make trouble outside." ”

This is really like what a parent said. But Lin Liangyou felt that things were not so simple.

Ji Gang, Lao Deng, why did he suddenly care so much about me? How can there be a reason for the Jinyi guards to command the envoy to give a gift to a hundred households? Something is wrong, nine out of ten is wrong!

"It's really a shame to be a lower official!" Lin Liangyou really doesn't dare to accept it! However, I like it so much......

"Please smile, sir." The tea boy said, "If Mr. doesn't accept it, Dad will definitely punish the little one." ”

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At night, Lin Liangyou sat in the hall, with the two brocade boxes in his hand and two jade-like billiards in his hand.

It's already late, and the watchman outside doesn't know how many times he has walked by, and the bangzi sounded, and the watchman shouted: "The third watch is safe." ”

Zhang Ben finally pushed open the courtyard door and walked in, staggering, seeing that the hall lights were still on, Lin Liangyou was sitting there alone, so he staggered in, a fat face was red from drinking, especially the tip of his nose, shining in the firelight, red to reflect.

"Second brother, what's the matter...... Why don't you sleep yet? Zhang Ben pulled out a chair and sat down, stretched out his hand, knocked over the cups on the table, he quickly grabbed the cups, poured water for himself, and poured several cups in a row.

"Waiting for you." Lin Lanyou said silently, "Who are you drinking with?" ”

"Zhang Xin of Nansi." Zhang Ben smiled.

"What else?"

"Yuan Jiang, Pang Ying......"

"Don't you have a grudge against Pang Ying?"

"You care so wide? You're not my wife! How do you look like a, what's wrong with the big man drinking some wine, it's crooked. Zhang Ben was still not happy.

"Who else?" Lin Liangyou continued to interrogate.

"Wang Qian, Li Chun!" Zhang Ben glanced at the billiards in Lin Yanyou's hand, "It's gone!" ”

"Sure enough." Lin Liangyou raised the billiards in his hand, "I'll just say, how could he know the style of billiards, actually, it was Ji Gang and his old man who personally sent someone to send it to me, I'm really flattered!" It turned out to be big brother, and your face is big. ”

"Second brother, listen to what I tell you." Zhang Ben stretched out a finger and gestured in front of him, "Jianghu, he's not fighting and killing, he's ...... People are sophisticated, and temples are the same. Do you understand? ”

"If I don't understand, will I accept this gift?"

"That's right-" Zhang Ben dragged out the last "la" word, and then patted Lin Yanyou's shoulder, like all drunk people, babbling a lot, serious and annoying.

Although it is annoying, it is a good opportunity, because drunk people often tell the truth, and they really regret the truth when they wake up.

"You Zhang family, can you play Ji Gang?" Lin Liangyou began to apply Zhang Ben's truth.

"Second brother, you are familiar with history." Zhang Ben said.

"I didn't read it."

"Someone knows it well."

"The Charti?" Lin Liang said, "You are a brocade guard, aren't you afraid that the Taoist official will sell you?" Do you believe him? ”

"I believe in our old Zhang family, and I believe in history even more." Zhang Ben cut the railway.

"History, perhaps, can be changed." The forest scales swim in a secluded way.

"Do you have a better way?" Zhang Ben said, "Second brother, if you are hard, you can't touch them." Overcome rigidity with softness. ”

Zhang Ben and Qiu Xuanqing Dao Chang are not in vain, and the Tai Chi method has been used.

"At least, judging from the current situation, they won't attack you and me for the time being." Zhang Ben said, "Wait for this matter, you and I will be idle officials, don't ask about the affairs of the court, you can also play your billiards well, and when the time comes, the eldest brother will accompany you to play two strokes." ”

"Is it okay?" As long as people are in the rivers and lakes, in the court, and in places where there are people, things can't be hidden.

"There will be a day." Zhang Ben patted him on the shoulder and squeezed it hard.

Lin Liangyou knew very well that if it weren't for Zhang Ben, it would be difficult for him to survive in Daming, and perhaps, he would have died under the knife of Ji Gang and them.

He also decided to put aside his personal grudges with Li Chun and others for the time being, because he didn't want to be a pawn of others.

Zhang Xin and the others obviously don't need his chess piece yet, but because of his chess piece, they also disrupted their plans.

"Big brother, thank you." Lin Liangyou said suddenly.

Zhang Ben smiled: "Thank you? Between our brothers, what else do you say thank you? The feelings are fading! ”

……

Suddenly, Qiu Bu, who had disappeared without a trace, came to the door again: "Brother Lin, I have something to ask for, you did it for me, and I won't mention the return of the gold." ”

Jin Yiwei was looking for this guy everywhere, Lin Liangyou hurriedly took him to his room and covered the door lightly:

"What?"

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