An hour later, Xu Ming ordered the troops to be collected, and at this time, Hara Manglai had been consumed by the fire, along with the thousands of corpses in the city, as well as a large number of supplies, which became the raw materials of the fire, and turned into ashes in the flames.

Wu Guojin, Wang Yang and other Jinyi guards took Fan Sanba, who had woken up, and also went south with thousands of soldiers from the cavalry battalion, and had already sent fast horses to take the first step, ordering Yao Guangming and others who stayed in Zhangjiakou City to start immediately.

"Mr. Xu, your shot is too heavy!"

Wu Guojin rode his horse and followed the army south, marching side by side with Xu Ming, and couldn't help complaining: "I originally thought that I would take Fan Sanba and burn Ha Lamang, but you had to slaughter the city, which delayed a lot of time!" ”

"Lost time?"

Xu Ming said: "This is the grassland, there are many Qing troops stationed around, if the news leaks and attracts the Qing army brigade to chase and intercept, it will be a delay in time!" ”

"Isn't the news of a fire leaking out now?"

Xu Ming said: "The Qing army will also be led to Hara Mang first, and then come to catch up, we are already one step ahead." ”

Then Xu Ming asked: "When we arrive in Zhangjiakou, how will my cavalry battalion cooperate with the actions of the Military Intelligence Department?" ”

Wu Guojin said: "The guards of Zhangjiakou and the surrounding Ming army guards must have colluded with the Fan family and other traitor businessmen, please Xu General Divide the troops to disarm those guards, and wait until the people of our military intelligence department find evidence, and then escort all those traitorous generals back to Beijing." ”

"Good!"

The army galloped all the way, and when the Qing army around Hara Mang came to react, Xu Ming, Wu Guojin and others had already arrived in Zhangjiakou City.

At this time

The city of Zhangjiakou has become a mess, and the houses of the Fan family and other eight Shanxi businessmen have been surrounded by the military intelligence department of the brigade. In order to accomplish this time, Wu Guojin transferred almost all the Jinyi guards of Nanzhen Fusi, about 400 people, into Zhangjiakou City.

In addition, more than 200 people were mobilized from Beizhen Fusi as support, and at this time, these six or seven hundred brocade guards were divided into eight teams, and the eight houses had been completely blocked.

However, what Yao Guangming, the commander of the Nanzhen Fusi, did not expect was that Xu Weiji, the garrison of Zhangjiakou, rushed to the outside of the Fan family house with hundreds of soldiers, claiming that the Fan family was a good businessman, and asked Yao Guangming for instructions from the imperial court, otherwise Yao Guangming and others would be disarmed on the grounds of "mutilating the people".

"Humph! It seems that this Fan family has fed you a lot of silver on weekdays! ”

Xu Weiji said loudly: "You don't want to spew blood!" Even if you are all Jinyiwei and rashly go to Zhangjiakou to arrest people and raid your house, you must come up with tangible evidence, otherwise this lawsuit will go to the capital, and Lao Tzu will not be afraid! ”

"Evidence?"

Yao Guangming said coldly: "If you want evidence, I'll go in and show it to you!" ”

Saying that, Yao Guangming was about to lead the crowd to rush in, but was stopped by the Fan family guarding the gate, and then Xu Weiji also surrounded him with soldiers, and said angrily: "Lord Yao, if you are ready to do it hard, don't blame my brother for not being merciful, when the time comes, everyone will not end well!" ”

Yao Guangming said angrily: "Jinyiwei is doing things, who the dares to stop it!" Rush in for me, and kill the blockers! ”

At this time, more than two hundred Jinyi guards from the Fusi of Nanzhen had already gathered outside the Fan family and received orders

Then he immediately drew his knife and rushed in, and those Fan family members were also brave, and they rushed up to kill with Jinyiwei, and more than a dozen people fell in a pool of blood in an instant.

Seeing this, Xu Weiji's face suddenly turned ugly, and he hurriedly beckoned his subordinates to withdraw, and one of his subordinates asked, "My lord, aren't we going to help?" ”

"Help?"

Xu Weiji said angrily: "You idiot, that's Jinyiwei!" Just put a few cruel words, it can be regarded as worthy of the Fan family's silver over the years, you really want to follow the Fan family to the dark! ”

"My lord is saying that the Fan family is going to end?"

"Maybe, but it's not finished, it has nothing to do with us, go back immediately now, and burn all the letters exchanged with the Fan family over the years!"

"Yes!"

At this moment, Xu Weiji saw a large group of cavalry appear on the street, and his face suddenly showed a frightened look, and he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him: "The last general, Xu Weiji, who is guarding Zhangjiakou Fort, meet the chief soldier!" ”

Xu Ming took the lead, and the chief officer of the cavalry battalion fluttered in the wind behind him, looking at Xu Weiji who saluted in front of him, and then looked at the scene of the battle in front of him, Xu Ming said coldly: "The Ministry of Military Intelligence ordered the imperial court to raid the Fan family and other traitorous businessmen, then the Fan family resisted, and Xu Garrison did not go to assist the Military Intelligence Department to kill it, where is this going?" ”

Xu Weiji stammered, and couldn't find a suitable reason for a while.

Xu Ming immediately ordered someone to take out a stack of letters, threw them directly on the ground, and said, "I have already been to your garrison yamen, do you want to go back to find these letters?" ”

Xu Weiji's face suddenly turned to ashes, and he knelt on the ground and said loudly: "Lord General Soldier spared his life, it was the Fan family who coerced and lured him, the last general."

I can't help myself! ”

Xu Ming said to Dong Yun, the general of the left department: "You lead people to help the brothers of the Military Intelligence Department, and take down each family as soon as possible!" ”

"Yes!"

Dong Yun immediately rushed forward with the cavalry battalion officers of the brigade, and the battle in front soon showed a one-sided situation.

Here, Xu Ming ordered Xu Weiji and other hundreds of soldiers to disarm and escort them to the military camp in the city to take care of them.

In the courtyard of the Fan family's house, Fan Yongdou looked at the Jinyi guards and the soldiers of the cavalry battalion of the new army who broke in with the brigade, his eyes widened and he was a little at a loss, what's wrong?

At this time, Wu Guojin and Wang Yang strode in, looking at Fan Yongdou, who was protected by more than a dozen family members, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief, this old guy hasn't run away yet!

"Daddy!"

At this time, Fan Sanba was escorted in by several brocade guards, and when he saw Fan Yongdou, he suddenly howled: "Our family's goods have been burned by the officials and soldiers, and Ha Lamanglai has also been burned, and they are all dead!" ”

Fan Yongdou suddenly shook when he heard this, looked at the soldiers who rushed in with a pale face, and said with a wry smile: "Those who should come will come after all." ”

Wu Guojin sneered and said, "It seems that Old Lady Fan is prepared?" ”

Fan Yongdou snorted coldly and said, "But don't you want to find any evidence, just based on a few empty words from Fan Sanba, you want to punish me for my crimes, delusional!" ”

Wu Guojin and Wang Yang almost laughed, Wang Yang rushed directly to the backyard with a large group of people, and those family members no longer dared to stop them, and they were all disarmed.

Wu Guojin said coldly: "Evidence? Your son Fan Sanba was taken by me from Ha

Lama Manglai was caught directly, and the stolen goods were captured, and the evidence of the fart was also needed! ”

Fan Yongdou was about to speak, but he saw Xu Ming also striding in, and when he saw Fan Yongdou, he went up directly and slapped Fan Yongdou's face with a heavy mouth, which immediately hit Fan Yongdou and vomited blood, and several black and yellow rotten teeth also flew out.

Wu Guojin looked at it and frowned slightly, and said, "General Xu, what is this for?" ”

Xu Ming said coldly: "Wu Butang is from Jinyiwei, how can he be a mother-in-law and mother-in-law, what nonsense to talk about with these traitors, he will be beaten directly, half of his life will be wasted, and what evidence do you want, even his wife can recruit a few wild men who have served him!" ”

Wu Guojin was speechless.

Then Fan Yongdou was tied up with five flowers, and the thirty or forty members of the Fan family, young and old, were tied up in the front yard, those women were crying, and the men were sad.

"Dad, how is this good, those adults in the court will definitely come to the rescue of us, right?"

Half of Fan Yongdou's face was swollen at this time, as if it was a pig's head, and he snorted a few times, then muttered: "It will definitely be, so much silver was smashed into it in previous years, they will definitely make a move!" ”

Just as Fan Yongdou and Fan Sanba were muttering, a large number of gold and silver belongings were moved out of the backyard and the cellar of the house, and the front yard was soon piled up.

Fan Yongdou and Fan Sanba looked at the gold and silver, as if they were being cut meat, and they broke out in a cold sweat in pain.

At this moment, Fan Yongdou's wife screamed and said: "These are all my Fan family's money, you stinky hills, how dare you do this, he asks the adults in the court to take action, and none of you are good."

Die! ”

Fan Yongdou was suddenly startled, and scolded angrily: "You slut, what are you yelling about!" ”

But it was too late, Wu Guojin had already heard the shouting and walked over, and asked coldly, "What are the adults?" Make it clear. ”

The woman didn't dare to say anything at this time, as the saying goes, she was like this, and she had lowered her head at the moment, and she didn't dare to say a word.

Wu Guojin said coldly: "Take this woman to the backyard and interrogate her strictly!" ”

Yao Guangming on the side responded excitedly, took two brocade guards, and dragged Fan Yongdou's wife to the backyard.

"Adults spare their lives, that mother-in-law is talking nonsense, adults spare their lives!"

Fan Yongdou hurriedly begged for mercy, the wife was newly married the year before last, although she was not Fan Sanba's biological mother, but the relationship with Fan Yongdou was also very good, except for some people in her eyes on weekdays, there was no major problem.

Wu Guojin said coldly: "I advise you to save your strength, wait until you get to the capital, and after you get out of Zhaojiao, beg for mercy for yourself!" ”

Half an hour later, Yao Guangming returned to the front yard with unfinished intentions, his hands stained with blood: "Ministry, that mother-in-law only knows a general idea, and she doesn't know the specific name and official position, saying that Fan Yongdou and Fan Sanba father and son know the details." ”

Wu Guojin nodded and said: "In this case, I don't think there is any need to escort them back to the capital, interrogate them on the spot, so as not to have many dreams at night!" ”

"Good!"

Immediately, Fan Yongdou and Fan Sanba were taken into the rooms in the backyard, and Yao Guangming and Wang Yang each brought people to interrogate them, and there were bursts of screams in the two rooms.

Wu Guojin took people to the other seven Jin merchant mansions to take a look

At this time, the officers and men of the Military Intelligence Department and the cavalry battalion had already succeeded, and in addition to Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Wang Dayu, Liang Binbin, Tian Shenglan, Zhai Tang and Huang Yunfa, along with their respective family members, were all arrested.

During this period of time, the military intelligence units have been strictly monitored, and today they suddenly attacked, and several people did not have time to destroy the evidence of the captives, and the Jinyi guard seized a large number of bills and letters from the courtyards of each house.

In addition, there are also letters exchanged between Fan Yongdou and other eight traitorous Jin merchants and the ministers of the DPRK and China, and these letters were sealed before being sealed after being read by Wu Guojin and Xu Ming.

"How does this end?"

In the face of Xu Ming's inquiry, Wu Guojin looked at the murderous aura on Xu Ming's face, and already understood what he was thinking, so he said: "After Fan Yongdou and Fan Sanba get the confessions, all the eight criminals will be escorted back to the capital for custody, and I will take the people from the Military Intelligence Department to bring all the evidence and the seized money and food back to the capital." ”

"In addition, I also bothered General Xu to lead people to clean up the garrisons around Zhangjiakou."

After Liu Yan's rectification, the imperial court, the Shangshu of each ministry was a civil official product, and the first assistant of the cabinet was a super product.

The general military officer of each town is a military attaché, and the civil and military level system is implemented, which changes the previous policy of the Ming Dynasty to civil and military affairs.

However, now these are only implemented in Beizhili and Shandong, and the rest of the Ming Dynasty has not been able to be completely implemented for the time being.

So at this time, although Wu Guojin was the secretary of the Ministry of Military Intelligence and the cabinet minister, he was still very polite when he spoke to Xu Ming, because from the perspective of grade, the two were equal.

Xu Ming said murderously: "If you operate according to the method of the ministry, then."

There are many long dreams at night, in my opinion, after getting the evidence and confessions, these eight traitorous Jin merchants were all killed and killed, and all the evidence and money and grain were transported back to the capital, how about it? ”