The three of them traveled all the way south to the post station in Leling County, Shandong.

Basha jumped out of the carriage: "Master Chang Shuai, Lelingyi has arrived." Shall we take Mr. Wang down? ”

Chang Feng nodded, and the two of them worked together to put Wang Shouren on a stretcher and carry him into the post station.

Yi Cheng stepped forward and stretched out his hand to ask the three of them, "Where are the post tickets?" ”

Chang Feng handed the post ticket to the post officer: "Oh, this is it." ”

After Yi Cheng saw it, he said in a low voice: "It turned out to be you." Xiaguan has been waiting for you for a long time. Rest assured, although you are derogatory, the post will take out the hospitality specifications of the first-class staff to serve you. ”

Chang Feng thought that Yi Cheng was afraid of the residual power of his brocade guard Chang Butcher, so he made an exception to entertain him.

Chang Feng was wrong, and people saw it as Wang Shouren's face.

Yi Cheng said: "The prefect has already passed the word. Mr. Wang Shouren Wang is a model of civil officials who are not afraid of power. He instructed us to receive Mr. Wang when he passed by. ”

Although the magistrates all over the world were afraid of Liu Jin's power, they did not dare to face him head-on. But everyone admires Wang Shouren, who dared to speak for his colleagues, fought against Liu Jin, and did not hesitate to be in an unpredictable place.

When passing through the various prefectures of Beizhili, although the magistrate did not dare to show up to receive Wang Shouren. But they ordered their subordinates to come and give Cheng Yi, wine and food.

Wang Shouren, who was lying on a stretcher, said: "We are degraded criminals. I'm afraid it's not appropriate to use the hospitality specifications of the first product, right? ”

Yi Cheng smiled: "Mr. Wang, don't worry. I have the final say on the one-third of an acre of land at the post station. There is no wind to breathe. ”

Chang Feng has been doing secret errands for half his life, and he is very sensitive. He asked, "How do you know he's Mr. Wang?" ”

"Although we handed over the post ticket, we declared our names."

Yi Cheng said with a smile: "No one in the world knows that Mr. Wang was beaten with dozens of canes because he was an enemy of the great traitor, and his muscles and bones were broken. ”

"He was lying on a stretcher and couldn't get up. Who else could be Mr. Wang besides him? ”

In fact, in addition to Wang Shouren, who is the enemy of Liu Jin on the surface, there is also Chang Feng.

But Chang Feng has always been born as a factory guard, and his reputation among the literati is too bad and too evil.

Therefore, the literati of the Ming Dynasty passed on the story of Wang Shouren who was not afraid of the eunuchs, but they did not compile Chang Feng into the story.

Yi Cheng led the three of them to the three first-class rooms of the post station.

Yi Cheng said: "Three, you can live here." I went to arrange the meal, according to the standard of 16 plates and 8 bowls. ”

Chang Feng said: "No." We had one room. ”

Yi Cheng hurriedly said: "Ah, that's not too crowded?" ”

Chang Feng made no secret of it: "We are afraid that Liu Jin will send his henchmen to assassinate Mr. Wang." Therefore, it is necessary to live in the same room for personal protection. ”

Yicheng nodded: "Understood!" You can rest assured, our post 16 post guards, two cooks, and six miscellaneous servants will also fight to protect Mr. Wang. ”

"The prefect said, Mr. Ruowang made a mistake in Lelingyi. He sent us all to the northwest to fill the army! ”

After so many years of handling secret errands, Chang Feng has developed a habit. That is, never trust anyone easily.

He said to Yicheng: "The food is delivered directly to this bedroom. Basha, let's settle Mr. Wang first, you go to the kitchen and watch the cook cook. ”

Basha nodded: "Okay." ”

The three of them settled in the bedroom, and Basha went to the kitchen.

Chang Feng took out all kinds of means to raid the house, and found out whether there were secret passages in the bedroom.

He was afraid that Liu Jin's killers would sneak attack in the middle of the night through the secret passage.

After some searching, the bedroom is quite safe. Chang Feng tied a string on both sides of the door and hung a bell on it.

Wang Shouren said: "Brother Chang, you are too careful. ”

Chang Feng smiled bitterly: "Be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years." I don't know how many people under Liu Jin are looking to kill you and ask for credit in front of their master. ”

After a while, the bell at the door rang out.

Basha pushed the door open. Several post guards put together the wine and food.

Chang Feng instructed the guards: "Go down first." ”

The postmen left.

Chang Feng took out the set of household goods that Jinyiwei tested for drugs when he went out on an errand, and carefully tested the wine and food one by one.

After a pillar of incense, Chang Feng said: "It's done, you can eat it." ”

Basha took some dishes from each of the plates and placed them on two plates. walked to the bedside and fed Wang Shouren food.

After eating, Wang Shouren said: "I'm tired of Brother Basha, take a copy of "Huixian Yaxu" from my luggage." ”

Wang Shouren kept his hands on the book day and night. is simply a volume king among literati.

For him, reading is a pleasure. He reads those obscure literary books, just like the old bookworms of later generations of online literature read through the text. If you don't watch it for a day, you won't be able to eat well.

Chang Feng also took out a copy of the "Champion Volume of the Past Dynasties" and began to study, which is one of the materials for preparing for the exam.

Basha sat down on a chair. He put the Tujia knife on his lap and stared at the door with a pair of tiger eyes.

Late at night, Wang Shouren lay down on the bed and fell asleep.

Chang Feng and Basha laid the floor. After a day of traveling, Chang Feng yawned from his heavy sleepiness.

He said to Basha, "You are on duty in the first half of the night, and I am on duty in the second half of the night." ”

Basha nodded: "Yes." ”

Midnight.

"Dangchang!" The bell at the door rang suddenly!

A black-robed man pushed the door open and walked in.

Basha reacted very quickly, and a harrier rolled over and got up from the floor, and in the blink of an eye, the knife was on the neck of the black-robed man.

Chang Feng also woke up, picked up the scorpion crossbow placed next to the pillow, and aimed it at the black-robed man: "What person?" ”

The black-robed man said, "Don't get me wrong. I'm Liang Chengde, the governor of Texas. ”

Basha lit the candle. Liang Chengde took off his black robe, and inside was a four-grade cloud goose scarlet robe.

Wang Shouren was also woken up. Rubbing his sleepy eyes: "Brother Tai is?" ”

Liang Chengde said: "Brother Shouren, I am Liang Chengde." In the second year of Hongzhi, when you and Mrs. Zun passed by Guangxin and paid homage to the family teacher Lou Liang, we had a relationship. ”

Wang Shouren looked at Liang Chengde carefully: "Ah, it's Senior Brother Liang." ”

Chang Feng also recognized Liang Chengde: "I remember, you are the sixth place in the second class in the sixth year of Hongzhi." That year, I entered the Tribute House with you and Brother Shouren. ”

"My brother and I are named Sun Shan. You were nominated on the apricot list, and the gold list was ranked second. ”

Liang Chengde said: "You must be the Changdu Governor of Jinyiwei." is worthy of being a person relied on by the emperor, and he really has a good memory. ”

Chang Feng asked: "Governor Liang, you came here late at night, what are you doing?" ”

Liang Chengde said: "I learned that Brother Shouren arrived at Lelingyi, and he came over on a fast horse overnight. ”

"Don't worry. The prefects of Dezhou, Jinan, Tai'an, and Jining sent letters privately. During your transit through Shandong, we will do our best to keep Brother Ren safe. ”

"He is now an example and a role model for the lower officials of the world. We will do our best to ensure that he can go south smoothly. ”

Wang Shouren said: "Thank you, Senior Brother Liang. ”

Liang Chengde said again: "I came this time to bring fifty prefects and yamen catchers, all of whom are good hands. They will escort you all the way across Texas. ”

"When you arrive in Jinan, the Sun Governor of Jinan will also send someone to escort you. The same is true for Tai'an and Jining. ”

"Out of Shandong, I think the magistrates of the other provinces will also try their best to protect Brother Shouren."

Chang Feng said: "You are making enemies of Liu Jin!" Aren't you afraid that Liu Jin will trouble you? ”

Liang Chengde smiled bitterly: "Few people in the world have the courage to be enemies with Liu Jin on the bright side." Not everyone has the courage of a sorcerer. ”

But secretly poked and poked Liu Jin as an enemy to protect Wang Shouren. We still have the guts. ”

Chang Feng said: "I didn't expect the magistrates all over the world to form a group. It is necessary to protect Shouren's brother to Guizhou safely. ”

Liang Chengde said: "Governor Changdu, you have been demoted to a post officer, and you are not qualified to watch the Di Bao. You probably don't know yet, do you? ”

"Ten days ago, Liu Jin sent a message to the world in the name of the emperor. In Yunnan, the town guard eunuch replaced the governor's duties. ”

"There are rumors in the DPRK and China, and in the future, there will be a trial trial of supervising eunuchs to replace political envoys and procurators!"

"Liu Jin is a wolf with ambitions. The Ming Dynasty ruled the world with civilian officials. He wants to change it to a eunuch to rule the world. ”

"If the officials of the world do not fight with them in a group. In ten years and eight years, I'm afraid that we, the two Jinshi who have studied hard for ten years, will have to go home to pick up our children! ”

Eunuchs ruling the world is a bold move. Liu Jin revealed this idea to Chang Feng before.

At this time, Chang Feng firmly believed that it was absolutely not feasible for eunuchs to rule the world!

Liu Jin was in power for only a few months, and he revealed all the inferior nature of the eunuchs.

As an aside, from the perspective of God in modern people, the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty did oppress the people and were indeed corrupt and bribed.

But at least, the civil servants of the mid-Ming Dynasty knew how to fish with sustainability at all costs. I know that leeks can't be uprooted, and I have to cut them for a long time.

Eunuchs are different. They are not imperial examinations - the bureaucracy has gone up step by step.

Most of the eunuchs are Liu Jin, who once held the power again, he caught the fish and cut the leeks clean.

Nowadays, the power of the eunuchs is still only concentrated in the capital.

If in the future the eunuch takes charge of the place. I'm afraid that the Ming Dynasty will be like the Southern Han Dynasty, and the country will die because of the eunuchs' rule.

Chang Feng said: "No wonder you are so united this time, and you vow to keep Brother Ren safe in the dragon field." ”

Liang Chengde said: "Brother Shouren is a banner for civil officials to resist the eunuchs. This flag can't fall! ”

Chang Feng said: "Then I bother you to bother." ”

In fact, this time Wang Shouren traveled south. It is not only civilian forces that secretly protect it.

Chang Feng also mobilized a force to secretly accompany him to protect.

Now the factory guards belong to Liu Jin. The people of the factory guard are unreliable.

The force mobilized by Chang Feng is a man of skillful hands.

Sai Tanghong, the head of the Miaoshou Sect, sent her senior brother Shi Jian, who was over fifty years old, with twenty masters, to secretly follow Chang Feng's carriage.

At this moment, twenty masters of the Miaoshou Gate are in the woods near the post station.

As long as the wind blows the arrows, they will come to them.

Now with the addition of Liang Chengde's fifty catchers, he is helping. The overnight stay at Lelingyi is even safer.

Liang Chengde took out a silver ticket from his sleeve: "These five hundred taels are for Brother Shouren." Don't shirk it. ”

There is a way to be a poor Beijing official and a rich county order.

Nine out of ten local civil officials in the Ming Dynasty were tycoons. They have always been generous to their bosses and colleagues passing by.

Wang Shouren had just passed through the Beizhili border and stepped into the Shandong border. He had already received three or four thousand taels of Cheng Yi back and forth.

Wang Shouren's father and son have always been honest and honest as officials, but they didn't expect to be demoted, but he became a landlord and a rich man.

At the same time, the capital.

Liu Jin summoned Chang Feng's brother-in-law, Yin Huangyuan of Shuntian Mansion, at the celebrant supervisor.

Huang Yuan arched his hand: "Yi Taishan." ”

Liu Jin said enthusiastically: "Good son-in-law, you are here, sit down quickly." Come on, why are you so eyeless and don't you want to serve tea soon? ”

Huang Yuan took a sip of tea: "Yi Taishan, you are always in charge of today." Summoning the son-in-law is an important matter, right? ”

Liu Jin smiled: "It's an important thing, and it's a good thing." Today, Jiao Fang came to me and said that Beizhili was vacant according to the inspection envoy. One of his students was willing to pay 50,000 taels of silver for this shortage. ”

"This is a good thing, can I cheapen outsiders?"

"What I mean, you were promoted to the position of Beizhili as the envoy, and you still serve as the Yin of Shuntian Mansion."

Chang Feng has been demoted out of Beijing for more than ten days. Liu Jin is still emotional, and he always feels sorry for the Chang family.

He can only compensate the Chang family by promoting Chang Feng's brother-in-law Huang Yuan.

As soon as Liu Jin said this, Huang Yuan was dumbfounded: "This is not in accordance with the rules, right?" ”

"My son-in-law has been idle at home as an idle guest of honor since he became a jinshi."

"This year, I came out, and as soon as I came up, I became the middle of the five-pin Shuntian Mansion. Within a few months, he was promoted to four levels in a row and became the Yin of the Zhengsanpin Mansion. Now that he is going to be promoted from the third grade, I am afraid that there will be criticism. ”

Liu Jin glared: "Criticism? Who dares to criticize? It's a long life, isn't it? ”

"My Liu Jin's godson-in-law is promoted to the inspector, whoever dares to have more mouths and more tongues, I will cut his tongue!"

"I said hello to the governor of Beizhili. Let him take care of you, the new boss. ”

"When you take office as a new official, you have to do something practical to impress others. You can check the backlog of cases. ”

"If there is not enough manpower, it will be transferred from the internal factory."

"In short, as long as you are smooth sailing in officialdom, step by step. If you want money, I will give money, and if you want people, I will give people! ”

Liu Jin really didn't say anything about Huang Yuan.

Huang Yuan, the adopted son of the old lame man who is a thief of the magic hand, can now be said to have ascended to the sky in one step.

Huang Yuan said: "Yi Taishan." Son-in-law has something to ask you. Among the people who followed Wang Shouren a while ago, five of them were my same year. ”

"Their family begged to come to my house, I think, can Yi Taishan sell his son-in-law a face and let them go?"

Liu Jin waved his hand: "Your same year, Cheng!" Give me my name and I'll release him. You tell them to be honest in the future. Don't get involved with traitors! ”

Huang Yuan was stunned: "Traitorous party? ”

Liu Jin took out a piece of paper from the bookcase: "Yes, I have made a list of traitors." It will be read at the Imperial Gate tomorrow morning. Look. ”

Huang Yuan took the list and looked at it.

I saw that in this list, the former cabinet members are Liu Jian and Xie Qian.

The former ministers of the ministry include Han Wen, Yang Shousui, Zhang Fuhua, and Lin Han.

The former subordinate officials include Langzhong Li Mengyang, director Wang Shouren and so on.

The former minister has reviewed Liu Rui and so on.

Among the predecessors were Tang Lijing, Chen Ting and so on.

The previous imperial history has Bo Yanzheng, He Tianqu and so on.

Huang Yuan took a cursory look, and the list of traitors reached as many as 100 people. are all people who have fought against Liu Jin.

Liu Jin said: "Originally, I wanted to include your eldest brother Chang Feng in the list of traitors. After thinking about it, I still forget it. After all, he is kind to me. ”

"You and the slaves have a good job. I will not do you any wrong. For me, Changfeng is Changfeng, and Changjia is Changjia. ”

(End of chapter)