Chapter 188: Two arrests of Hu Du

Governor Hu stayed overnight in the city of Shaoxing until the afternoon of the second day, when he returned home.

The generals and heroes are in their places, waiting for the reward from the imperial court.

A few days later, Governor Hu Shangcao got the news that Zhao Liding was arrested and imprisoned and died in fear of crime. Hurriedly invited Xu Wentao into the Governor's Mansion to discuss. Half a day later, Xu Wentao came out of the governor's palace, his steps were heavy, and his face was gloomy.

Xu Wentao returned to Huancui Garden and told Zhao Yu about Zhao's father. When Zhao Yu and her mother heard the bad news, the mother and daughter hugged each other and cried bitterly.

It turned out that Zhao Liding went to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to worship the sea god this time, which was recommended by Yan Song. Zhao Liding extorted all the way, got a lot of gold and silver property, rare treasures, and after returning to the capital, he only gave a small part to Yan Song, and most of it was swallowed by him. Yan Song later learned about it, was furious, spoke in front of the emperor, and arrested Zhao Liding in prison.

Yan Song hated Zhao Liding very much, and hinted that Jinyiwei tortured him, and he must be eliminated as soon as possible. After the captain beat Zhao Liding twice, he whined.

Zhao Yu wanted to help her mother return to Beijing for the funeral, and Leng Yuhu decided to accompany her to the capital. Song Wang Moth will also follow. So the group said goodbye to their friends in the Huancui Garden, rode on horses, and hurried north, with Zhao's mother sitting in a sedan chair and following closely behind.

Leng Yuhu and others did not mention it when they went to the capital. Just said that Hu Shangcao was panicked all day long in the governor's mansion, and Xu Wentao was helpless on the side.

Sure enough, half a month later, the captain of the Jinyi Guard quietly came to Hangzhou, led by Ding Pingtao and Zhang Erzhong, the chief and deputy commanders, first found the Hangzhou garrison, led the troops into Hangzhou at night, and rushed straight to the governor's palace.

The governor's palace has its own guards, and when they saw the garrison arriving, they rushed straight into the governor's palace to kill, and the two sides fought together, and the sound of killing shook the sky for a while. There were heavy casualties in Hu's mansion, but the soldiers were very loyal to Governor Hu and swore to defend the governor's mansion to the death.

Ding Pingtao shouted: "There is a holy decree, arrest the criminal Hu Shangcao and enter Beijing, and those who disobey will be killed." ”

These pro-soldiers all knew that Governor Hu had made meritorious contributions in resisting the Japanese, and they were waiting for the imperial court to reward them, so where did they listen to Ding Pingtao's shouts in their ears, but they just resisted stubbornly.

Ding Pingtao waved his hand: "Kill!"

The soldiers flocked into the governor's palace, which was cramped, and they were close to each other, and flesh and blood were flying.

"Stop!" Governor Hu stepped out of the room.

Ding Pingtao shouted: "Hu Shangcao, do you dare to resist the decree?"

"Don't dare. ”

Ding Pingtao took out the holy decree and read it aloud, but he was still charged with crimes, saying that he was guilty of colluding with widows, squandering money and food, raising huge bandits, embezzlement and bribery, corruption and degeneration, etc., and took the captain into the capital for interrogation.

Ding Pingtao asked him, "What else do you have to say?"

Governor Hu said: "I have nothing to say, and when I see the emperor, I will argue." ”

Ding Pingtao said: "Someone came, tied up Hu Shangcao, escorted him into a prisoner car, and sent him to the capital." ”

The soldiers in the governor's palace shouted: "Your Excellency the Governor......"

Governor Hu said: "When I go to the capital, I can tell that you are guarding the government and must not act without authorization." ”

Governor Hu was escorted into a prisoner's car, and the soldiers in the governor's palace sent the governor away in tears.

It turned out that when the school captain searched Zhao Liding's house, he found several handwritten letters written by Governor Hu to him, as well as gift lists for gifts. Jin Yiwei sent these letters to Yan Song, and Yan Song was jealous and hateful, and took advantage of the emperor's Jiao to slander. The emperor was naturally annoyed, and immediately dressed in brocade clothes to arrest Hu Shangcao and go to Beijing for interrogation.

When other ministers got the news, they thought that the opportunity could not be lost, and they impeached Hu Shangcao one after another, put all the charges on him, and even said that he supported his own army and was ready to establish himself as the king in the southeast, so that he could not only bring down Hu Shangcao, but also rescue several colleagues who were imprisoned. The emperor read the recital and took the case, thinking that Hu Shangcao was extremely evil, and the second batch of lieutenants quickly arrested him.

It's the middle of the night. Zhang Jinhua slept on the bed, tossing and turning, and couldn't sleep. He had been fooling around in the Yan Mansion for more than a month, and now that he was middle-aged and experienced, he had a premonition that something was going to happen.

Suddenly, he heard the sound of footsteps outside the Huancui Garden, and a skeleton got up from the bed, too late to dress, grabbed the sword and hurried up to the ridge, seeing that the garden was surrounded by soldiers.

Zhang Jinhua hurriedly said: "Old Zhen, hurry up." ”

After a while, Zhang Xizhen also flew into the room. Asked:

"What's the situation?"

Zhang Jinhua said: "It's the officers and soldiers who came to arrest us." ”

"Why?"

"I don't understand. ”

Zhang Xizhen asked, "What should Mr. Xu do?"

"We protect them. ”

It turned out that there were not only Xu Wentao in the park, but also apprentices Liu Jian and Cao Weiyong living in their own homes.

Zhang Xizhen flew out of the room and woke up Xu Wentao and Liu Jian.

The two followed Zhang Xizhen and ran along the corridor.

Xu Wentao said: "Sister-in-law Zhang, you don't have to take care of me. ”

"How could I leave you?"

"If you take care of me, no one can escape. ”

Zhang Xizhen said blankly: "What should I do?"

Although in a panic, Xu Wentao was resourceful and said: "First set fires around Huancui Garden, the fire has started, and I have my own way to escape." ”

"Good. ”

Jin Yiwei has not yet rushed into the garden. Several people were busy carrying firewood and grass, and lit a fire from the kitchen and stable. It's autumn, it's dry, and the fire is burning out quickly.

The Jinyi guard tonight was divided into two roads, one was led by Ding Pingtao to arrest Hu Shangcao, and the other was led by Zhang Erzhong to arrest the heroes in Huancui Garden. Seeing the fire in the garden, Jinyiwei slammed open the door and rushed in. Zhang Jinhua and Liu Jianfei went to the house and ran to the west. Zhang Erzhong also went to the room, and the beaded arrows "swished ......" shot straight at them, Zhang Jinhua and his wife did a good job, where could these arrows hit them.

Liu Jian is the only apprentice of Zhang Jinhua and his wife, and the two couples teach each other, but he has a short time to learn martial arts, and his martial arts are poor. Zhang Jinhua turned around from time to time and used his sword to remove the arrows that shot at him.

Liu Jian shouted, "Master flee first." ”

Zhang Jinhua understood what he meant and said, "Be careful." ”

Zhang Jinhua and his wife turned around and killed Zhang Erzhong. Zhang Erzhong used the "Spirit Snake Sword Technique" to face Zhang Jinhua and his wife. The soldiers outside the garden released arrows one after another, and for a while the arrows rained down, but tonight they met Zhang Jinhua and his wife, who were the first in the world, and these arrows like rain could not fall on them? After shooting for a while, even these garrison soldiers had to admire their light achievements. Zhang Erzhong led several captains with strong martial arts to fight around Zhang Jinhua and his wife.

Liu Jian had already fled from the other side. Several lieutenants chased after Liu Jian. Liu Jian stabbed them a few times, turned around and ran away with light skills, running on the roof, and several lieutenants were not weak in light skills, and the group headed north like a puff of smoke.

Liu Jian thought to himself, I led them to Cao Weiyong's residence, hoping that he could save himself. Make up your mind, and while running, shouting, "Help......"

Liu Jian fled with all his might, like a star, and the captain behind him was in hot pursuit.

Liu Jian screamed "help" and ran to Cao Weiyong's residence, thinking that in the quiet night, his own screams must have woken up Cao Weiyong, so in order not to add trouble to his family, he swept past his house and ran away.

Sure enough, Cao Weiyong heard Liu Jian's cry for help, hurriedly got up, covered it, jumped into someone else's yard, and then flew up to the room, and when he saw Liu Jian on the run, he ran towards him.