After the last lesson at the ancestral hall, the children of the Zheng family had their last meal at home together, and then, armed with specious answers, they carried their baggage and their families, preparing to leave the hometown where they had grown up for generations...
The town was full of strong feelings of separation and farewell, but outside the town there was a killing spree. Tens of thousands of officers and soldiers were waiting in full formation. Zhu Jiuye personally led the Jinyi guards to guard the wooden bridge over the ditch, which was also the only way out of the town.
The water in the trench under the wooden bridge was ten feet deep. When the officers and soldiers dug to a depth of two feet, they seemed to have found a water vein, and the groundwater gurgled up, making it look like this now...
At this time, the one hundred and ten households in the first ward of the Zheng family had arrived at the entrance of the town. Under the command of the Jinyiwei, each family passed the wooden bridge. Among the Jinyiwei, there were people who had met Jianwen Jun before as servants in the palace.
They are the main force in the inspection. They have only one task. If they can find that person, they will receive a reward of ten thousand taels of gold and a thousand households.
Under the heavy reward, every pair of eyes widened. They looked at everyone carefully, except for children, old, weak, women and children. Anyone who had the slightest difference in figure and appearance would be called aside.
Accept Jin Yiwei's scrutiny from the inside out.
Under this situation, the atmosphere at both ends of the bridge was extremely tense...
On the sentry tower of the military camp not far away, Zhejiang Zhetai Zhou Xin's eyes seemed a little careless. He looked at the long queue of Zheng family members, who started to move under the intimidation of the officers and soldiers, and suddenly looked at the people beside him without thinking.
Zhou Tai said: "It's the twelfth lunar month."
"Yes." Zhou Tai said softly: "It's the second day of the twelfth lunar month."
"The twelfth lunar month is the New Year." Zhou Xin looked at the bridge and said slowly: "I'm afraid those people will not live until adulthood."
Zhou Taigang wanted to say, 'It's all over the place,' but his heart thumped and he glared, "Sir, are you saying that they will die?"
"The Zhejiang Navy secretly weighed anchor yesterday. They followed Tang Yun's secret order and set up an ambush at the entrance of Qiantang." Zhou Xin said in a very low voice: "We are waiting for the arrival of the Zheng family's fleet..."
"Ah..." Zhou Tai was stunned. Although he was on the opposite side, he could not help but sympathize with the Zheng family. He asked softly: "Is this your Majesty's will?"
"No." Zhou Xin shook his head and said: "This is Tang Yun's own idea. It was also because the battle at Pujiang was too embarrassing and he failed to catch the real owner, so he decided to use the Zheng family to report to the emperor..."
"That's really cruel..." Zhou Tai asked in a low voice, "What do you mean, sir?"
"The fact that the Zheng family is harboring that person is only a matter of Zheng Tang, Zheng Yan and a few other core figures. Most people don't know about it." Zhou Xin said solemnly: "Even if he is convicted, it will only be Zheng Tang and the others who deserve to die.
Those thousands of people are innocent." He sighed and said, "Master Hu and I asked the Zheng family to be exiled overseas to save their lives, but now they have become the culprits of their harm."
"What are you talking about, sir? The culprits are Tang Yun, Zhu Jiu and the others," Zhou Tai said bitterly.
"It's hard to explain." Zhou Xin shook his head and said, "After all, it was us who let them go to sea."
"..." Zhou Tai said worriedly: "Sir, is there any way to save them?"
"..." Zhou Xin pursed his lips tightly, closed his eyes and pondered for a long time. His loyalty to Emperor Yongle was evident, and he did not sympathize with the incompetent Lord Jianwen. However, during this period of time, those who were willing to protect Jianwen
The people who went to die had a great impact on him. The Zheng family's determination of "If I don't go to hell, who will go to hell," shocked him deeply. There were also classmates and friends who had protected him in the past... Let
He really couldn't watch thousands of members of the Zheng family die in the belly of a fish like this... After a long time, Zhou Xin opened his eyes and whispered: "The only way is to lure the tiger away from the mountain." After that, he lowered his voice again:
"Do you still remember that weird guy in the prison?"
"Of course I remember." Zhou Tai said: "That guy forged the official survey, and even the old officials in the government couldn't tell the authenticity. If it weren't for your sharp eyes, that guy wouldn't know how long he had been deceiving."
"During the interrogation, I remember him saying that there was no seal that he couldn't forge, and there was no handwriting that he couldn't imitate." Zhou Xin said softly.
"Hmm." Zhou Tai said with wide eyes, "What do you mean, sir?"
"You go back to Hangzhou right now, use my security guard to bring out the ghost Zhang, and ask him to forge a troop deployment order." Zhou Xin ordered expressionlessly: "Then find someone to pretend to be a messenger from Ningbo Prefecture and deliver the letter.
Go to the Navy at Qiantangkou."
Zhou Tai couldn't help but gasped and said, "Sir, this is a lie about military information."
"Yes." Zhou Xin sighed and said, "But if that's not the case, how can we mobilize the Zhejiang Navy to allow the Zheng family's fleet to go to sea smoothly?" This is the power of Zhu Yuanzhang. He separated the three powers at the local level, and the chief envoy and the
The inspector general could not command the army at all.
"What should we do if we investigate in the future?"
"Ask three questions and you don't know." No one in the world knows better than Zhou Xin that if others don't know, you can't do it unless you do nothing. But sometimes, you have to do it knowing you can't do it, otherwise how can your conscience be at ease?
Where is the conscience? He sighed deeply and said, "We'll talk about the future later. Let's help them get over this situation first.
"Yes." Zhou Tai has followed Zhou Xin for eight years. This is the first time he saw him doing illegal things, but it made him respect his master even more. He bowed deeply and went straight to Hangzhou...
"Brother Ziyan," Zhou Xin looked at Muqiao again, his eyes more calm than before, and he said softly: "I don't owe you anything..."
Not everyone is paying attention to the wooden bridge. Commissioner Hu Qin, who should be most concerned about the inspection site, is not at the wooden bridge and has gone to visit the injured...
The injured number that allowed him to visit was, of course, Master Xianyun. It was said that when Master Xianyun was found in the bamboo forest, he was already dying. But he didn’t know whether it was because the Ming Dynasty’s surgeons had great medical skills or because of his inhuman qualities.
In less than half a month, I have passed through the gates of hell... The wounds have not suppurated, and I no longer have a fever. This life has been completely restored.
Of course, this is also related to Wang Xian and Ling Xiao's undressed care. Speaking of which, the big guys are gathering together these days, Zheng Fantai, Hu Qincha, Zhu Jiuye, one by one, competing with each other. Even Zhou Zhitai doesn't talk much. Wang Xian
Naturally, he had nothing to do. He was also very happy. While taking care of the seriously injured Xianyun with Lingxiao, he inquired about the situation in the county. Yesterday, he heard that the army had recaptured the county. He wanted to go and see it quickly to confirm the safety of his brothers.
But it's the same over there as here, it's surrounded by water and no one is allowed to go in or out.
Wang Xian had no choice but to give up. He was feeding Xianyun a spoonful of chicken soup this morning when he saw Hu Wei coming in from outside. Wang Xian had known about his arrival two days ago and wanted to settle the score with this bastard who had tricked him.
But what is his identity? Is it possible for him to see him when he meets her? What's more, I heard from Lingxiao that Hu Wei's martial arts is better than Xianyun, and this account will probably be ruined...
So when Hu Wei came in, he saw Wang Xian's eyes were so full of resentment, like a pregnant woman who had been abandoned and abandoned, making people feel that he had made a huge mistake.
"Ahem, don't look at me like that." Even though Hu Yan was so thick-skinned, he couldn't help but cough and said, "I'm really not honest about this."
Wang Xian whispered: "Not only is it unreasonable, it is simply too unreasonable."
"Okay, okay, I will compensate you." Hu Tong said: "Go back and say hello to the officials and ask you to go to Hangzhou to be an official and leave this ghost place. Is that okay?" He glared at him and said.
: "You messed up the errand, and I haven't settled the score with you yet."
"..." Wang Xian shrank his neck when he heard the words and whispered: "That thing is too strange. I don't know how the secret of 'Chasing the Soul A Thousand Miles' was known to the other party." After a pause, he said: "I asked Ling Xiao, she said
After Xianyun was seriously injured, his body entered a state of breathlessness and it was impossible to speak."
"Then there is a traitor." Hu Yan said in a deep voice: "Have you ever told the people around you about 'chasing a soul thousands of miles away'?"
"No..." Wang Xian shook his head and said with a blank look on his face.
"Forget it, I won't bite you if there are too many lice. Let's talk about this later." Hu Yan lifted the quilt on Xianyun's body, looked at his upper body wrapped like a rice dumpling, and sighed: "This time I really can't steal the chicken."
Bangmi, if there is something wrong with this young master, how can I explain it to Master Sun?"
"He is out of danger and can wake up at any time." Wang Xian comforted Hu Xian and said: "What's more, the court has set up a dragnet and the man will not be able to fly out of the Pujiang River."
Hu Yan glanced at him but didn't respond. He sat down by the bed, picked up Xianyun's wrist and checked his pulse for a moment, then covered him with a quilt before saying, "Do you really think so?"
"Now that things have come to a point, we can only think about the good things..." Wang Xian whispered.
"Haha," Hu Wei couldn't help but smile bitterly: "No matter what you think, there is no chance again this time." After a pause, he said: "After I heard that you missed in the mountains, I knew there was no chance. Now we just dig up the ground in Pujiang County.
I can't even find that person."
"Why are you so pessimistic, sir?"
"I have been looking for him for six years." Hu Yan said in a deep voice: "I know very well that there are too many people protecting him, so I use you, a boy who has nothing to do with the past. It's not because of me, but because of my sincerity.
I don’t know who to trust.”
"It's a pity that I let you down." Wang Xian whispered.
"No, you have greatly exceeded my expectations." Hu Yan said with a smile: "You used some vague clues to deduce the general location of the person, and used their mentality to eliminate all hidden dangers to successfully lure them.
He came out. Being able to kill more than 20 of his followers this time is already a great achievement."
"It's a pity that man still escaped." Wang Xian whispered.
"Be content, boy." Hu Tong gave him a slap in the face and scolded him with a smile: "If you catch him right away, I, the guy who has not succeeded in the past six years, should find a piece of tofu and kill him." He said with a smile and said seriously.
: "This time I can at least give the emperor an answer, and it's not completely impossible to communicate."
Wang Xian nodded, he understood what Hu Xian meant. This time it could at least prove that Lord Jianwen was indeed alive, and at least Emperor Yongle could feel at ease.