Zhang Ergou has gradually recovered after the careful conditioning of famous doctors, and Yang Lian is overjoyed. However, the housekeeper Yang Zhong fell and fainted from the rainy night, and he had been asleep on the sickbed for more than a month, and he had not been able to wake up after being treated by many famous doctors. Yang Lian didn't get a tangible answer here in Langzhong, but Langzhong was unanimous, so he was a little more relieved about Yang Zhong's illness.

Although the three people had never met Yang Lian, they kept exchanging letters, and Yang Lian learned that the bearded guest's name was Zhou Chaorui and the other two were secret, and Wei Dazhong and Yuan Huazhong, Yang Lian also learned from the letters that they were all members of an organization called the Donglin Society. Although Yang Lian had heard of this organization in the past, he didn't know much about it. Through exchanges with Zhou Chaorui and others, Yang Lian learned that the backbone members of this society are Jiangnan scholars, in addition to preaching Confucianism and discussing national policies, they are also very concerned about the social and people's livelihood.

The influence of the Donglin Institute is very wide, and it is all over the local bureaucrats, and it obtains timely and accurate information, and can always give a fatal blow to corrupt officials at critical moments. Secondly, conspiring with Yang Lian to impeach Wei Zhongxian is a big game of chess that Donglin Institute has been working hard and planning for a long time. Zhang Ergou disguised himself and infiltrated the barracks, which was also instructed by the Donglin Society, and its purpose was to collect evidence of Wei Zhongxian's corruption and perversion of the law, so as to uproot his power group.

After Guangzong's death, Concubine Li Kang wanted to hold Xizong hostage to interfere in the government, but Yang Lian raised his arms and called on the ministers loyal to the Ming family to support Xizong, and drove Concubine Li Kang out of the Qianqing Palace, turning into a palace change.

It is this love of the monarch and the minister who shares the hardships and hardships that makes Yang Lian worried about the country of the Ming Dynasty, and every night in the dead of night, he always sighs for a long time, he hates himself for not being able to get rid of the traitor, and he also cleans up the society. Seeing Wei Zhongxian bewitching the emperor and excluding dissidents, Yang Lian secretly swore in his heart, "If there is a sword from Shang Fang, I am willing to take your head."

Wei Zhongxian's forces are like an ancient tree with intricate roots, and his personal retinue is everywhere, and once the secrets are leaked, the lighter ones will lose their posts and their posts will be dismissed, and the worst ones will lose their lives. The bitter lesson of the former spokesman made Yang Lian have to be cautious in dealing with issues related to Wei Zhongxian. He wants to collect Wei Zhongxian's big crimes, hit the nail on the head, and hit him like hitting a snake and hitting seven inches.

Yang Lian now has the support of the Donglin Society, which is his iron-blooded ally. This organization representing the grass people is a powerful weapon to defeat Wei Zhongxian, the will of the people is the will of heaven, and Wei Zhongxian's death is not far away.

In order to bring down Wei Zhongxian as soon as possible, Yang Lian and the soldiers of the Donglin Society were divided into two ways, and Yang Lian and Zhang Ergou were responsible for secretly visiting Dashizhai Village and surrounding villages, mobilizing villagers to report and expose the illegal facts of dirty officials. Cut off Wei Zhongxian's minions and cut off his source of military spending. When the dirty officials confess their crimes, they will join forces with the people to play the court. In addition, Zhang Ergou was assigned to write out the detailed information of Wei Zhongxian's cronies' troops for the impeachment to corroborate. Zhou Chaorui, Wei Dazhong, and Yuan Huazhong, members of the Society, are responsible for strengthening exchanges with the core members of the Society, striving for the full support of the Society, and selecting scholars with sharp writing to draft articles and post them on the city walls of various states and counties, bitterly presenting the evidence of the crime of eunuchs plotting to cause chaos and disaster to the country.

Yang Lian and Zhou Chaorui's plan was fully supported by the Donglin Society, and Zuo Guangdou, the leader of the Society, went to the Imperial History Mansion in person to meet with Yang Lian to discuss secrets. The two of them met each other at first sight, and the conversation was very speculative, Zuo Guangdou proposed the areas that needed to be added and improved in the plan, and the impeachment chapter lacked the support of the officials who were dismissed by Wei Zhongxian, like losing a sharp sword to kill the enemy. After Zuo Guangdou's mention, Yang Lian woke up like a dream, and he admired Zuo Guangdou's foresight very much. But Zuo Guangdou said that this opinion was not his own idea, and then he pointed to a person behind him.

Yang Lian, who was bent on talking to Zuo Guangdou, only began to look at the person behind Zuo Guangdou at this moment. This person is born with wide ears, a garlic nose, rat eyes, and cunning in his eyes.

Yang Lian couldn't help frowning, he expected that the society could accommodate such a person? The atmosphere in the Imperial History Mansion instantly became awkward, and this person clenched his fists at Yang Lian with a smile on his face, and paid tribute to Yang Lian endlessly. The stinky words of Fengying, Yang Lian listened to it as disgusting as eating flies. After a few words of greeting, Yang Lian turned to continue the conversation with Zuo Guangdou. However, he had to admire the man's cleverness from the bottom of his heart.

The plan for impeaching the Wei thief has been gradually perfected, Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou are very happy, and the two plan to proceed separately according to this plan.

At the end, Zuo Guangdou asked the person next to him: "Xu Xianchun, do you think we can impeach Wei Thief in this chapter?"

Xu Xianchun's mouse eyes rolled, and he pondered for a while and said: "With all due respect, if this music book is presented to the Holy Lord now, before the Holy Emperor reads it, I will already become a ghost under Wei Zhongxian's sword." ”

Zuo Guangdou didn't understand Xu Xianchun's words and asked him what this meant?

Xu Xianchun warned Zuo Guangdou, "The reason why the previous impeachment of Wei Zhongxian was lost in the sea was that someone must have controlled the way of speech and hindered the hearing of the heavens. I think this person must be Wei Zhongxian himself. ”

Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou agreed when they heard this, and they asked Xu Xianchun if he had any good plans?

Xu Xianchun suggested that Zuo Guangdou compile Wei Zhongxian's crime into a nursery rhyme and sing it in the market, so that the government could not find the source even if it was investigated. Moreover, Lord Yang participated in Wei Zhongxian's participation in this nursery rhyme, and there was also a basis for impeachment, even if Wei Zhongxian wanted to find the bad luck of the adults afterwards, Lord Yang could also deduce that this was the will of the people, not from his own heart. In addition, the saint is very fond of novel and interesting things, and listens to them with nursery rhymes, and no one is expected to doubt them.

Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou applauded after listening to Xu Xianchun's plan, Zuo Guangdou thought that since Xu Xianchun thought of the plan, then he would be responsible for implementing it, and the effect would definitely be twice the result with half the effort. He also had to contact the old subordinates of the imperial court to discuss ways to deal with Wei Zhongxian. Zuo Guangdou and Xu Xianchun went back to prepare soft clothes and bid farewell to Yang Lian.

After sending the two away, Yang Lian called the dumb servant Zhao Da and the nurse Zhang's mother. He instructed them to take care of the affairs of the house, and to take care of the comatose housekeeper Yang Zhong and his young son Cunyi. After explaining the family affairs, Yang Lian and Zhang Ergou prepared enough water and dry food, brought a few coarse cloth clothes and some broken silver, and marched to Dashizhai Village.

The journey was long and difficult, and Zhang Ergou was afraid that Yang Lian would suffer, so he wanted to hire a donkey cart for him. Yang Lian told Zhang Ergou that this trip was to conduct a secret investigation, his identity should not attract attention, and he was an honest official, and he had no savings, so he would save the silver and use it at a critical time. Yang Lian and Zhang Ergou drank white water when they were thirsty, ate some dry food when they were hungry, and spent the night in the tea shop. Xiaoxing stayed overnight, drove for four or five days, and finally came to Dashizhai Village.

Yang Lian was afraid that someone would recognize Zhang Ergou, so he put on the appearance of a fortune teller, and Zhang Ergou disguised himself as a fruit seller. Yang Lian left the Tianji hexagram in his left hand, held the dust in his right hand, and recited words in his mouth, and walked towards Dashizhai Village with square steps. Zhang Ergou pushed a cart of Yamanashi and followed closely behind.

As soon as they arrived at the entrance of the village, they were stopped by an old man. Seeing this, Yang Lian hurriedly stepped forward to salute the old man, and the elder told the two of them that the village was interrogating, catching suspicious people and sending them to the county's yamen for torture. Yang Lian told the old man that he was just a fortune teller, so he shouldn't get into any trouble.

The old man listened to Yang Lian's words, and he was so anxious that his eyebrows stood up, and he whispered to Yang Lian that it was only because a spy from an enemy country escaped from this place a month ago and spied on the imperial court's military training. Where is the chief going to find someone? When the deadline expired, he couldn't make a difference, so Wei's godson arrested the lieutenant chief and put him in the county prison, beating people who didn't look like people, and ghosts didn't look like ghosts. This was not to be relieved, and he also set fire to the captain's house and seized his property. And warn us that this is the end of indulgence of the imperial court. The old man also revealed to Yang Lian that Wei Gonggong Ling Chi had executed one of his personal soldiers, and it was said that this person was an accomplice to the escaped criminal.

Yang Lian glanced at Zhang Ergou and caught a trace of bitterness flashing on his face. It was none other than Zhang Ergou's fellow villagers who died.

"I don't kill Beren, but Beren dies because of me." Zhang Ergou stole away the tears that were about to roll down, but fortunately, the old man was talking to Yang Lian and did not notice this detail.

After listening to the old man's story, Yang Lian still wanted to go into the village to investigate, otherwise his hard work for a few days would be in vain. He believes that the investigation in the village and the imprisonment of the chief are all in order to catch the fugitive. It didn't get in the way of himself, but the next scene dispelled Yang Lian's thoughts.

When the old man was convincing Yang Lian not to enter the village, a young man with a black figure ran to the entrance of the village, and he told the old man in a hurried tone that the evil young man Jia Lao Liu was molesting his daughter. When the old man heard the young man's words, he trembled with anger. With trembling steps, he walked through the village with difficulty. Yang Lian and Zhang Ergou wanted to help the old man, but were stopped by the guy. He warned the two that even if they went, it would only increase their sadness, and Jia Lao Liu was the godson of Father-in-law Wei. Not to mention bullying men and women, even if you kill someone, it is like crushing an ant to death.

Yang Lian and Zhang Ergou were furious, but they had nowhere to vent. Wei Zhongxian's fake son disregards the law, and he thinks that Wei Zhongxian is also supporting him. If you don't rectify this evil thief, what face will stand on top of the temple? Yang Lian secretly made up his mind that this trip must investigate the crimes of the Wei thief.

Give the people justice.

After leaving Dashizhai Village, Zhang Ergou asked Yang Lian what he should do if his plan changed?

Yang Lian told Zhang Ergou that if he went around the county, he might have an unexpected gain. It was only a few miles from Dashizhai Village to the county seat, so the two of them went to the city before sunset. After coming to the county seat, Yang Lian chose a room in the largest drunken Eight Immortals restaurant in the city, and Zhang Ergou paid a few pennies and lived in the stables in the backyard. After all the arrangements were stopped, Yang Lian set up a hexagram stall outside the restaurant, and Zhang Ergou put the cart opposite and sold the mountain pear.

As the sun gradually sank, a group of people walked towards the restaurant with laughter and laughter, and the person in front of him had a sharp beak and monkey cheeks, circling around a person behind him like a fly, and his mouth burst out of sycophants from time to time. "That chick was good just now, hehe. The man in the back drooled as he spoke. The man with the sharp-beaked monkey cheeks and a crooked-mouthed man next to him heard this, and a sly smile appeared on their faces.

Zhang Ergou saw that these three people were talking foul language, and he didn't expect it to be a good bird, so he tilted his head to the side and turned a deaf ear.

The footsteps of the three approached, and soon they arrived in front of Zhang Ergou's pear stall. The sharp-beaked monkey-cheeked man said to the evil young man in the middle: "Young master, there is a pear seller here, I heard that pears are good for the throat, I'll get two for the young master." The evil young man nodded when he heard this, and the sharp-mouthed servant walked straight to Zhang Ergou's pear stall, grabbed the pear and walked back without asking the price. Zhang Ergou saw that this person was openly robbing, so he stepped forward to block his way.

At this time, Yang Lian was watching from the sidelines, he was afraid that Zhang Ergou's impulse would ruin the big thing, so he hurriedly walked towards this. Seeing Zhang Ergou blocking the way, the evil servant swung his fist at the door in front of him, and Yang Lian hurriedly stopped it loudly when he saw this. The evil young people were shocked by this shout, and it took a long time to come to their senses.

The evil rare person who came was a warlock, and said to Yang Lian: "You fortune teller, you don't take advantage of the divination, you come here to go through troubled waters, what's wrong with your long life?" Yang Lian smiled slightly when he heard this, and said to the evil young man: "The son has a noble face, and he has been lucky recently. The evil young man and the servants smiled at each other when they heard Yang Lian's words, and then ran to the Chunxiang Building opposite to eat flower wine.

The onlookers saw the evil young man leaving, and said to Zhang Ergou: "It's so dangerous, you dare to provoke even Young Master Jia, aren't you afraid of death?"

Yang Lian interjected and asked, "Who is this Young Master Jia?"

An old man said: "He is Wei Qiansui's godson." Yang Lian gasped and gave Zhang Ergou a look, and after the two left everyone's sight, they returned to the hotel room.

Yang Lian said to Zhang Ergou: "You almost missed a big deal just now." Zhang Ergou knew that he was wrong, and hurriedly apologized to Yang Lian.

Yang Lian waved his hand at him and said to him: "If this evil young man is the victim, if he is not detained, the local people will not dare to count his crimes, and we don't have to go to Dashizhai Village to directly question this Jia Lao Liu, so that he can confess Wei Zhongxian's crimes." ”

Zhang Ergou agreed with Yang Lian's approach, and said: "Lord Yang, as long as we pry open Jia Laoliu's mouth, plus letters and account books, I am not afraid that we will not be able to cure Wei Zhongxian's crime." ”

Yang Lian said to Zhang Ergou: "Now let's go to the county government and ask the county order to arrest Jia Laoliu as soon as possible." ”

After Yang Lian finished speaking, he left the guest room with a three-foot-long cloth bag and Zhang Ergou and walked towards the county office. After the two arrived at the county office, Zhang Ergou knocked on the door of the mansion and showed Yang Lian's official certificate, and the official invited Yang Lian in and told them that Huang County ordered to tidy up their clothes and come to meet the adults.

Not long after, the county commander Huang Qi walked in in an official uniform, and when he saw Yang Lian, he hurriedly bowed to him. Yang Lian told Huang County that he didn't have to be polite, and after explaining his intention to the county order, Yang Lian showed the "Shang Fang Sword" he was carrying, and ordered the county order Huang Qi to arrest Jia Laoliu quickly. Although Huang Xianling was afraid of Wei Zhongxian, who was in a high position, Qin sent down from the sky in front of him, and it seemed that the Holy Will was determined to rectify Wei Zhongxian. He deserved to be a county magistrate, and he was so angry with Jia Laoliu. Therefore, after Yang Lian gave the order, Huang Qi immediately sent a catcher to Chunxiang Mansion to drag the happy Jia Lao Liu off the bed, and after putting a single coat on him, he locked him in the county jail.

It was late autumn, and Jia Laoliu was thinly dressed and screaming in the prison. Young Master Jia, who was invincible in the past, has now become a prisoner, and the cell boss has a chance to take revenge, and throws the stinky prison food to him to eat. The next day, Yang Lian finished freshening up and came to the county government to urge Huang Qi to go to the hall to ask about the case. Huang Qi is worried that there is no chance of promotion, and he is naturally very concerned about the case of "special care" of the saint.

He asked the catcher to beat gongs and drums along the market, and whoever had a grudge against Jia Laoliu could go to the yamen to cry out for grievances. For a while, the noisy street market suddenly became deserted.

After Jia Lao Liu arrived at the case, he denied it in every way, and when he talked about him left and right, Huang Qi ordered him to be given 20 boards. Looking at the lively people on the side, you said a word, I said a word, and began to count Jia Laoliu's crimes. Under the anger of the public, Jia Laoliu was afraid of death,

not only confessed his crimes, but also piggybacked on Wei Zhongxian to confess. Huang Qi asked Jia Lao Liu to sign a confession and postpone the painting, and sent someone to escort him back to his cell. After getting the confession, Huang Qi asked the people to write a joint petition listing Jia Laoliu's crimes.

The county magistrate was secretly happy for his thoroughness in handling the case, and he presented Jia Laoliu's charges to Yang Lian, thinking that the "Lord Qincha" would definitely protect his merits from the emperor, and his promotion was just around the corner. After Yang Lian collected the guilt of the Wei thief, he instructed Huang Qi to prepare a fast horse, and he and Zhang Ergou hurried back to the capital. Huang Qi wanted to send someone to escort him all the way, but Yang Lian refused on the grounds that he was worried about attracting attention.

At the same time that Yang Lian left Beijing to investigate Wei Zhongxian, a person knocked on the heavily guarded door of the East Factory late at night. The person who came revealed Yang Lian's intention to go out to Wei Zhongxian, the factory father, and asked him to be prepared to deal with it. Wei Zhongxian took out a stack of silver tickets and handed it to the person who came, and this faceless person left in a hurry while the night was dark.

After the mysterious man left, Wei Zhongxian began to formulate self-defense measures, and a large number of Dongchang killers were like fierce hounds, closely tracking the characters who had been in contact with Yang Lian. Yang Lian, who thought he had done a great job, released a carrier pigeon and told Zuo Guangdou to return to Beijing quickly, and asked him to gather the members of the Donglin Society, and after he succeeded in impeaching Wei Zhongxian, he contacted the officials who were excluded by Wei Zhongxian and accused Wei Zhongxian of blocking his speech and attacking Zhongliang.

After Yang Lian returned to Beijing, he compiled what he saw and heard along the way into a nursery rhyme and sang it to Xizong, "When the ghost is in the court, the flowers are red everywhere." The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty knew its meaning very well, and only Emperor Xizong thought that the nursery rhymes were good and catchy to read. Yang Lian saw that Xizong failed to comprehend, and was about to explain, when the emperor waved his hand to him and asked the eunuch to announce his retirement from the court.

After the early dynasty was dispersed, a little eunuch had already reported the news to Wei Zhongxian, and the Wei thief secretly ordered the Dongchang spies to round up the Donglin Society, and sent Zuo Guangdou, Zhou Chaorui, Wei Dazhong, and Yuan Dazhong to the Dongchang prison and tortured them to convict them. After Zuo Guangdou was imprisoned, Yang Lian made a desperate bet, took letters, account books, and joint letters from the people, knelt in front of Emperor Xizong, and bitterly stated that Wei Zhongxian had committed 20 major crimes. But Xizong faced Yang Lian, who was enthusiastic and sincere, and said coldly: "Qing accused Wei Aiqing of committing twenty major crimes, as an imperial history, what should you do if you are corrupt and pervert the law?"

Corruption is the biggest insult to Yang Lian, who has been honest and honest all his life, and he immediately defended himself. The emperor frowned, and said to the little eunuch beside him, "Take the witness as a witness." ”

After a while, a person knelt down in front of Xizong to say hello, Yang Lian waited for him to turn around, and couldn't help but be surprised, he was actually his housekeeper Yang Zhong. Yang Lian angrily cursed Yang Zhong for framing him, and Xizong on the side said impatiently: "I see that Xu Xianchun is a person who is loyal to the country, and he is specially promoted to Dali Siqing, responsible for investigating Yang Lian's corruption case. ”

The emperor completely ignored the past merits, Yang Lian was extremely sad and angry, his eyes were dark, and he fainted to the ground.