"How do you know if you don't try? That's not a god. Zhang Jingju said lightly.

The Confucian priest next to him put away his smile and said faintly: "You try, you can make us lose a lot, a commander with a knowledge, hundreds of dead soldiers, and with today's suspicion, I'm afraid that there will be more than these deaths in the future, in recent years, we have many people died under his butcher's knife, but we can't be so reckless." ”

Zhang Jingju sighed softly: "Most of the people we recommend are not happy today, and even I recommend myself to the court and don't like him, and now the government is controlled by this hairy boy, if you don't get rid of him, I am afraid that we will no longer have the power to affect the government in the future." ”

"You don't have to live in a temple to influence the government, now you are mean and unkind, even Liu Ji has ended up like that from the dragon's work, what can I do even if I enter the court?"

Zhang Jingju narrowed his eyes, and then smiled: "What Brother Ziyi said is extremely true. ”

"It's not a good place to stay for long, let's go." The Confucian scholar known as Ziyi nodded.

"Okay." Zhang Jingju turned around and wanted to leave, but then he paused again and said with a smile: "Go and say hello to that monk before leaving." ”

"It's fine." Zhang Ziyi also nodded.

The two left the pavilion together and walked towards the main hall of the temple.

In the main hall, a monk of about fifty narrowed his eyes slightly, knocking on the wooden fish and chanting quietly.

The two stepped into the hall, and Zhang Jingju spoke: "Monk, let's leave first!" ”

The monk who was chanting the sutra stopped moving, put his hands together and said, "Two donors, please." ”

Seeing this, Zhang Jingju laughed and said: "Ziyang cultivates Buddhism, and now that he is immortal, don't you want to inherit his mantle?" ”

"Ziyang is not a Taoist, I am not a Buddha, what we cultivate is the same." The monk's voice was flat.

Zhang Jingju and Zhang Ziyi glanced at each other, shook their heads and said with a smile: "God chatter, okay, you can cultivate slowly, let's go first." ”

The two turned to leave, and the monk turned around and continued to chant the Buddha.

……

In the lobby of the mansion, Li Wei came directly here after Lang Zhong treated his wounds.

Tian Qing and all the officials in Yangzhou stood tremblingly, and Ji Gui also rushed over after exterminating the Japanese invaders.

Tian Qing and the others were shocked after getting the news, they never imagined that there would be someone in Yangzhou City who colluded with the Japanese to murder the horses.

Yangzhou is still far from the coast, although the waterway is developed, but along the river there are dozens of inspection divisions and thousands of households, the coastal defense is tight, and it is impossible for the Japanese to come here.

But the reality is that the Japanese are really here, and the target is directly aimed at the horses!

It is very likely that someone colluded with the Japanese and deliberately let them in!

"What about Zhang Cheng? Immediately have someone catch him! ”

Li Wei's face was pale, and he didn't talk about any evidence, so he ordered directly.

Tian Qing and the others looked at each other, and they didn't know where Zhang Cheng went.

But Ji Gui stepped forward and said respectfully: "Master Ma, Zhang Cheng went to visit our commander Zhou Bin before, and after the two drank together, they were both poisoned and died, and I have ordered someone to guard the body." ”

"What, Zhang Cheng is dead?" Li Wei said with a shocked expression.

Tian Qing and the others were also shocked and discussed.

"Yes, I found out when I got the news when I went to the commander when the Japanese attacked you." Ji Gui affirmed.

When Li Wei heard this, his face became even more ugly.

He always thought that the mastermind this time must be Zhang Cheng, but now that Zhang Cheng is dead, no mastermind will plot to kill himself, this Zhang Cheng was obviously killed by someone!

So who else will there be besides Zhang Cheng?

Li Wei thought about it carefully, but he had no clue.

He came to Yangzhou for a very short time, and the only grudge with him was Zhang Cheng and those local heroes, although those places were powerful, but after all, they were only small people, Zhang Cheng as a fellow knower, the second-in-command of Yangzhou Mansion, naturally would not be taken by them at will, so calculated, there must be others behind Zhang Cheng!

"Zhang Cheng is innocent of corruption and perversion of the law, but this matter can't be just settled, it must be investigated in detail!"

Li Wei said coldly.

"Yes, don't worry, my lord, we will do our best to find out who is behind the scenes!"

Tian Qing said respectfully.

Li Wei's gaze swept over Tian Qing, fell on Ji Gui's body, and said, "What's your name?" ”

"If you go back to Ma Ye, the last will be the commander of Yangzhou Wei." Ji Guigong said.

Li Wei nodded lightly and said: "Yangzhou Wei is now leaderless, this official ordered you to temporarily act as the commander, this time you have a meritorious role in rescuing this official, and I will give you a formal appointment when I show Your Majesty!" ”

"Thank you, Master Ma!"

When Ji Gui heard this, his heart suddenly became hot, and he secretly said that this battle was not in vain.

In fact, Li Wei's appointment of a military attache privately was considered ultra vires, but at this time, the commander of Yangzhou Wei died, and Tongzhi was even more rebellious, so it was reasonable for him to do so.

After finishing Ji Gui, Li Wei set his eyes on Baihu who saved his life next to him: "What's your name?" ”

Hearing the horse master's inquiry, this hundred households were a little excited, and stepped forward and said: "The last general Yangzhou Wei hundred households have a long name, and I have seen the horse master!" ”

"It's a long name, but I forgive you." Li Wei muttered softly.

Wu Changming was stunned: "Huh? What did you say? ”

"It's nothing, from today onwards you will be a thousand households!" Li Wei said lightly.

This time he was able to escape with his life, and this martial artist was indispensable, so he naturally would not be treated badly.

When the martial chief heard this, his face suddenly looked surprised, and he respectfully thanked him: "Thank you, Master Ma!" ”

Li Wei nodded slightly.

After he arranged these, the situation in Yangzhou was temporarily stabilized, the military generals had Ji Gui to support him, Zhang Cheng was dead on the civilian side, and others did not dare to say more.

The turmoil subsided, the horse master was in danger, and the civil and military officials in Yangzhou finally breathed a sigh of relief, but what they didn't know was that this was just a moment of tranquility before the storm!

Jingshi, Mao Xiang hurriedly entered the palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang took care of everything, and after Mao Xiang came in to salute, he asked without raising his head: "What's the matter?" ”

"Your Majesty, something happened in Yangzhou, there was a gang of Japanese robbers smuggling into the city, and the horse master happened to be outside the city, and he was pursued by this gang of Japanese robbers...... "Mao Xiang said hurriedly.

Before Zhu Yuanzhang could finish speaking, he stood up suddenly in shock and asked directly, "What?" So what happened to Li Wei? ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, Master Li was only slightly injured and is fine." Mao Xiang hurriedly said.

Hearing that Li Wei was fine, Zhu Yuanzhang breathed a sigh of relief, but he was still afraid for a while.

If Li Wei died in Yangzhou so suddenly, then all his support for so long would be in vain, not to mention that so many affairs in the DPRK and China are inseparable from Li Wei, and many things such as the bank, the head of the bank, and the Ordnance Bureau cannot be replaced by others.

What's more, Li Wei is still a concubine, and he also saved Queen Ma's life, whether out of personal feelings or public intentions, he will never allow this kind of thing to happen!

"How can there be widows in Yangzhou, there are so many guards along the river, and there are inspection divisions, are they all waste?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious and scolded loudly.

Mao Xiang bowed his head and didn't dare to speak.

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished scolding, he set his eyes on Mao Xiang and asked eagerly: "How is the situation in Yangzhou now?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the commander of Yangzhou Wei poisoned Zhou Bin to death, and Fan Guangyang, who knew Tongzhi, forcibly closed the city gate, and Lord Li was almost killed......"

Mao Xiang reported the news he got in detail, and the thrill made Zhu Yuanzhang wipe a cold sweat for Li Wei.

After listening to Mao Xiang's report, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes flickered, and his mind turned sharply.

Now although Li Wei is temporarily out of danger, in his opinion, Yangzhou is still not safe, Yangzhou Wei can produce a Fan Guangyang, then there can be a second and third, no one can guarantee that these town guards in Yangzhou will have such outlaws to assassinate Li Wei again.

"In this way, you immediately lead the pro-army to Yangzhou and bring Li Wei's kid back to us, hurry!" Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice.

"Yes!" Mao Xiang gave up his hand and turned to leave.

"Wait!"

Just as Mao Xiang was about to leave, Zhu Yuanzhang stopped him again.

"What else does Your Majesty command?"

After hesitating for a moment, Zhu Yuanzhang said again: "Bring the people from the Shenji Battalion with you!" ”

"Yes!"

Mao Xiang bowed his hand again, paused, and saw that Zhu Yuanzhang had no other instructions, so he bowed down and retreated.

After Mao Xiang left, Zhu Yuanzhang slowly sat down again, and the anger on his face did not subside.

"Okay, what a Fan Guangyang, we will definitely kill his nine clans! And this Zhou Bin, during the town guard, drinking and mishapping, bastard things! There are also thousands of households along the river, inspection ......"

Zhu Yuanzhang muttered the death list in a low voice, and his eyes revealed Sen Ran's murderous intentions.

After his exasperation, he couldn't help but ponder again.

This incident sounded the alarm bell for him, in the past, Li Wei's official position was low, and no one took such a lot of effort to risk getting rid of him, but now it is not possible, these affairs in his control involve the interests of too many people, and it is inevitable that some people will take dangerous moves.

Before, Li Wei either stayed honestly in Beijing, or accompanied by a large army, and he was naturally safe and worry-free, but this time he went to Yangzhou, and it was obviously not enough to bring only the dozen or so guards he gave him, and once he encountered an emergency, it was difficult to deal with it at all.

If Li Wei had been accompanied by hundreds or thousands of guards, he would definitely not be in danger this time.

But thousands of guards, not to mention that he is a colt, even if Xu Da Li Shanchang is a prince, there is no such treatment on weekdays, and there is only a prince who has such treatment!

"This kid, can we really make him a king?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's face changed, it was not that he was stingy, it was really the significance of the king with a different surname, once it was sealed and passed down from generation to generation, it would be a force to be reckoned with, even if he could rest assured of Li Wei, he could not rest assured of his descendants.

When Zhu Yuanzhang hesitated, Mao Xiang had already left the palace in a hurry, asked for the seal according to the order, and transferred 5,000 elites in the personal guards.

In only half a day's effort, Mao Xiang urgently mobilized tens of thousands of troops, traveled lightly, boarded a warship and went down the river to Yangzhou. (End of chapter)