Although the scouts sent out had confirmed that Altan and Li Fuda had withdrawn from the Great Wall, for the sake of safety, Xu Jin sent a group of cavalry to test, and walked around Youyu City and Kill Hukou for several times, and confirmed that there was no ambush. Then he quickly occupied Kill Hukou and rebuilt the damaged city gate.

As the saying goes, there are many people and great power. In just three days, the city of Khukou Pass, which was deliberately destroyed by the Tartars, was rebuilt and reinforced. Five fortress cannons and five Folangji cannons were added to the top of the city, which greatly enhanced its defense.

At this point, Xu Jin could finally breathe a sigh of relief. Altan had been driven out of the Great Wall. I wonder how Lao Wang is doing!

Although Xu Jin had plans to destroy the Tatars and reclaim the Hetao Plain, it was obviously not the time at the moment. Altan's sneaking pass to the south this time caused the Ming Dynasty to hurt its vitality. The Ming Dynasty needed time to lick its wounds, and the Ming army also needed time to prepare. The most important point is that firearms, without firearms, the same number of Ming troops could not beat the Tatar cavalry.

Governor Xu was in charge of Youyu City. Naturally, the civil and military officials in Shanxi did not dare to neglect them. They rushed to Youyu City to meet Shangguan. A storm to clear the remnants of the White Lotus began. The joint law enforcement teams of the Jinyiwei and the Ministry of Justice came out in four places. Whether it was the civil service system or the military service system, they were all thoroughly investigated from top to bottom several times.

As long as you are an official, no matter whether you are a civil or a military officer, no matter how high the position is, once you find that you have any connection with the White Lotus Sect, you will immediately arrest and interrogate. If it is verified, you will not need to review the Ministry of Justice and will immediately be taken to the street and cut it off.

As the saying goes, heavy sanctions should be used in troubled times. The civil and military systems in various parts of Shanxi have been penetrated into sieve by the White Lotus Sect. They must be thoroughly cleaned by bloody means. In this way, the chaos can only be cured after it is in chaos.

Of course, there must be some differences in treating ordinary people. These lower-class people are the cornerstone of the country. If they are killed, who will the ruler rule? Moreover, suppressing them with bloody means can easily arouse civil unrest.

Therefore, the White Lotus Sect believers among ordinary people focus on education and punishment as supplementary. However, those who have truly killed and injured officials and soldiers will not be included in the rank of forgiveness and will be sentenced to death!

In a blink of an eye, it was the first day of the winter of the fourth year of Jiajing, and the weather became even colder. This cleanup operation that swept across Shanxi Province was still in full swing.

Early this morning, Xu Jin quietly left the Killing Hukou under the escort of fifty personal soldiers and rode his horse downstream along the Cangtou River. It should be said to be Lingshui. After Cangtou River came out of the blockade, it was called Honghe. It was called Lingchuanshui in ancient times, also known as Lingshui.

It is already winter moon, the snow is just beginning to clear, and the river section with relatively slow flow in Lingshui has frozen, but the ice layer is very thin, so I guess it is not possible to run on it.

Xu Jin was dressed like a young man today, wearing a Liuhe unified hat, wearing a black fur, with red lips and white teeth, riding lazily on the horse, with a casual and comfortable expression, and the horse was free and free. The personal soldiers behind him were also dressed as a servant.

So at first glance, Xu Jin's vocation looks like a rich young man who was idle in winter, taking a group of slaves out to hunt. However, the number of slaves is a bit large, and they are all big and round, with sharp eyes, and are so fierce that they are timid that they dare not approach.

There are mountains on both sides of Lingshui, which belongs to the Loess Plateau landform with thousands of ravines. However, now the loess is covered with heavy snow. The undulating ravines are like a quilt that looks out to the edge, which has a unique view.

"The birds fly in the mountains, and the people are gone. The old man in a straw hat is alone, fishing alone in the snow in the cold river." Xu Jin looked at the snow scene in front of him and couldn't help but chant.

The guy Zhao Datou immediately flattered and said, "What a good poem, the Grand Marshal is really worthy of being a Tanhualang who won five yuan in a row. His poems are unparalleled, so he should be a big white one!"

Xu Jin couldn't help but speechless, Xie Sanqian curled his lips and said, "Brother Zhao, flattery is also a technical job. Don't pretend to be wise? Although I am a little educated, I also know that this poem was written by Liu Zongyuan of the Tang Dynasty!"

Zhao Datou said shamelessly: "Brothers of San Guns, the poem is written by that Liu, but it will be extraordinary when chanted from our handsome man's mouth. Lao Guo, what do you think?"

Guo Jindiao gave a thumbs up and said, "Okay, Lao Zhao, you have become a good kung fu. There is a saying that goes... Don't look at you with admiration for three days. My feelings for you are like the rolling Yangtze River, you can't pee!"

The soldiers couldn't help but burst into laughter!

Zhao Datou laughed and scolded: "Old Guo, go ahead, your uncle, shut up your stinky mouth, just say some shit, pee, and you're so stinky, it's so stinky, it's so insulting and dirty our handsome Qingting. Come on, let's put Lao Guo down and pee for a quarter of an hour."

The soldiers burst into laughter again, the atmosphere was relaxed and humorous, and this was the happiness between rough people!

The road is rugged and difficult to walk, or there is no road at all. Now it is covered with heavy snow, so I have even more walking. It took me more than two hours to walk for seventy or eighty miles, which is not much faster than walking.

"Three shots, how far is it to reach Xianglu Mountain?" Xu Jin was eager at this moment, and he wanted to see Xue Bingxin immediately.

In the past, Xue Bingxin's identity was a time bomb for Xu Jin, but now it is no problem after it is exposed. Moreover, Xu Jin and Jiajing have reached a consensus that as long as Xue Bingxin makes great contributions to the court, she can defeat her merits. However, the identity of the daughter of the king must be suppressed. After all, this is related to the laws and face of the court.

It is actually very simple to suppress Xue Bingxin's identity as a rebellion against the daughter of the king. As long as Zhao Quan and Qiu Fu "change" their confessions, they can do whatever they want.

Xie Sanqiang looked at the surrounding environment and said, "I guess it's time to walk another ten miles. Last time I rode a horse from Xianglu Peak to Shahukou, it took only one and a half hours."

At this moment, two black dots suddenly appeared in the white snow in the distance. The two black dots were approaching quickly here. It turned out to be two horses, and there was a cold light reflected by weapons in the sunlight.

"Protect the Grand Marshal!" Zhao Datou shouted lowly, and the crowd immediately guarded Xu Jin in the middle with caution. There was no need to take out the flintlock rifle wrapped in tart cloth. After all, there were only two riders coming, which did not constitute a threat!

At this time, the two horses were getting closer and closer, and the sound of hooves was clearly heard. But the man in front was dressed in black and unarmed, while the man behind was wearing a sweater, holding a single sword with a flashing cold light. While riding the horse, he cursed: "Shiko, if you have the will, don't run away!"

"You are a fairy man. If you have a genius, don't chase him!" The man in black in front of him had time to turn his head and curse.

The personal soldiers couldn't help but look at each other. At first, they thought it was the Tartars chasing the Han people. It turned out that the one behind was also a Han person, and they were all straight and sarcastic, and they cursed so much that they were heart-wrenching!

At this time, the two horses had already run thirty or forty meters away, and their four hooves were kicking the snow and mud flying. At this time, the man in black in front probably discovered Xu Jin and others. The guy suddenly saw dozens of big men with big arms and round waists blocking the road. He was so scared that he hurriedly tied the reins, but his mount slipped and threw him out.

"Oh, it hurts so much!" The man in black screamed, rolled a few times on the snow, got up in a mess, and screamed with a ghost grinning, and immediately revealed two very distinctive big teeth.

Xie Sanqin couldn't help but lit up and said with a funny look: "Brother-in-law, this kid's name is Ma Liu, and he is a man under Miss Xue."

At this time, the man in a wool came after him, slamming his horse from afar, and looked at Xu Jin and others vigilantly. He should be guessing the origin of Xu Jin and his group. He wanted to come over and cut Maliu, but he was afraid to come!

"Take it!" Xu Jin waved his hand, Xie Sanqian and Pi Shiyi rushed over immediately. Seeing this, the man's expression changed, turned his head and tried to escape.

The man's riding skills were quite good, but unfortunately his mount was not very good. He was caught up by Xie Sanqian and Pi Shiyi after escaping for more than 100 meters and was caught from both sides.

The man swung his sword to cut Xie Sanqiu, but the latter flew his weapons with one sword. After Xie Sanqiu flew the man's weapons, he stretched out his arms and easily lifted the man over, slashed his hand at the back of his head, and then turned his horse's head and ran back. His movements were clean and neat, like a flowing cloud, and all the personal soldiers cheered loudly.

Xie Sanqiang ran back to the team, threw the captured man on the snow, then turned around and smiled at Ma Liu, "Da Banya, I just saved your life, call me!"

The man in black was the man under Xue Bingxin, whose name was Ma Liu, nicknamed Dabanya. This guy stared at Xie Sanqian with wide eyes, and then shouted in surprise: "Xie Sanqian, it turns out that he is really a brother of Sanqian. Hey, isn't this Xiaobai...hey, Mr. Xu?"

Ma Liu turned his eyes to Xu Jin, and obviously recognized this person as a "little guy" who had once gone to a copycat and looked for a boss. He was suspected to be a cheap man who was a young boss.

Xu Jin frowned and pointed to the fainting cardigan man on the ground and asked, "Ma Liu, who is this person? Why are you chasing you?"

Although Xu Jin is dressed like a young man, he has been in the top position for a long time and holds the power of life and death, and has a momentum of being uneven and powerful.

Ma Liu suddenly felt the pressure as if he was pressing down on the mountain, shivered cleverly, and answered honestly: "Young Master, this guy is the subordinate of the Li family's two evil spirits!"

"Two evil spirits of Li family in Tieling Mountain?" Xu Jin couldn't help but be stunned. What's the point?

Ma Liu smiled and explained: "In fact, it was a group of horse bandits entrenched on Tieling Mountain. Their leader was a pair of brothers and sisters. The eldest brother was called Li Feisha and his sister was called Li Mansha, so he got the nickname "Li Shi Shuangsha!"

"Then why did this Li family's double evil spirits chase you?" Xu Jin asked in a deep voice.
Chapter completed!