Chapter 3 Conspiracy! Hundreds of Jinyiwei Households!
In the evening, a group of subordinates held a banquet in the county government office. Lin Nuo did not refuse. He had a simple banquet with everyone and then dispersed.
After the banquet, when Lin Nuo came to the backyard of the county government office, Xiu'er was directing the two brothers Zhao to carry luggage into the yard.
In Shanyin County, I and others are expected to stay here for a few years, so they have bought a lot of things along the way. Packing now is a troublesome task.
"Sorry to trouble you!"
Entering the courtyard, Lin Nuo smiled and greeted Zhao and Da, and then looked at the heavily armed guards in the courtyard.
At this time, everyone seemed to have just had dinner and were packing their bags. After seeing Lin Nuo come in, Chen Nan hurried forward.
"Sir, since you have arrived safely in Shanyin County, according to His Majesty's decree, we should set off back to Beijing tonight!"
Lin Nuo was not surprised by this. After all, they were imperial guards and generally could not leave the palace. Hongzhi was able to send a special group of imperial guards to escort him to take office, which was considered a great favor from the emperor.
"There's no need to be in such a hurry, right? Why not rest for a night before leaving?"
"No, it's hard to disobey the emperor's order. I have other tasks to deal with when I get back!" Chen Nan cupped his fists and saluted, then got on his horse and prepared to leave.
"General, wait!"
Lin Nuo opened his mouth to stop the other party. At this time, Xiu'er walked out with a plate and handed it over.
"General Chen, brothers, you have worked hard on the journey with me. You can take these coins as a token of my gratitude!"
Lin Nuo raised his hand and opened the red cloth on the tray, revealing a pile of broken silver. Then without any explanation, he grabbed a handful for each of the guards and stuffed them into their hands.
As for Chen Nan's share, he did not directly give it to him. Instead, he stuffed a bag of money into the opponent's sleeve without leaving a trace, regardless of whether the opponent wanted it or not. Then he stepped back, cupped his fists and said, "Bon voyage!"
Chen Nan looked a little unnatural and coughed dryly, but he did not stop the matter. After all, the soldiers were willing to go out on missions just for this little bit of money. If he blocked his men's way of making money, the soldiers would not be able to do anything about it in the future.
Brought it.
"Brother Lin, the situation in Shanyin County is complicated, you should be more careful!"
After giving instructions, under the gaze of Lin Nuo and others, Chen Nan and the other guards slowly set off, and finally disappeared into the night, heading towards the capital overnight.
"The Imperial Guards have left. It is estimated that in the coming days, those subordinates under your command will not allow you to safely serve as the county magistrate!" Xiu'er came from the side and said.
In the past, Lin Nuo was guarded by the imperial guards. In the county below, the bookkeepers could not use some of their methods. But now that the imperial guards have left, it is estimated that all the chieftains may be unable to bear it any longer.
"Haha, just wait and see what happens. I want to see what kind of waves they can make!"
...
It was late at night, but the lights were still brightly lit in the mansion of County Prime Minister Zhang Yan.
County Magistrate Zhang Yan and Chief Registrar Li Mo were gathering together.
"Li Mo, you and I fought to the death before, but it was just for the position of county magistrate. Now that Lin Magistrate has been created out of thin air, there is no need for you and me to continue fighting in the future, right?"
"There is really no need to continue fighting!"
Li Mo nodded, his face a little ugly, "You have also seen what happened today. Lin Nuo did not take the two of us seriously because he was protected by the Imperial Guards. If we don't find a way to get him away, what will happen in the future?"
Life is not easy for any of us!"
"Then what are Mr. Li's plans?"
"I have already sent people to investigate. The imperial guards who escorted Lin Nuo left in the evening. We might as well find an opportunity in the next few days to kill him..." Li Mo said as he spoke.
, while raising his palms to make gestures on his neck.
"The folk customs of our Shanyin County are fierce, and from time to time barbarians descend from the mountains to plunder. Magistrate Lin accidentally encountered barbarian robbers when he went to the countryside to observe the people's sentiments, and died in the line of duty. Do you think this is a sufficient reason?"
As a local gangster and the spokesperson of the Han people in Shanyin County, Li Mo's underworld forces are extremely powerful, and he often pretends to be a barbarian to kill people and get goods. He is very familiar with doing this kind of thing.
"Inappropriate!" Zhang Yan shook his head, "After all, Lin Nuo was a new talent in the science and was a person valued by the emperor. He died not long after he took office. I'm afraid it will cause huge trouble. Don't leave until you have to.
This step!"
"Lord Zhang, what do you want to do?" Li Mo's originally round face showed a trace of gloom. Thinking of Lin Nuo reading Taizu's legacy in front of everyone today and beating him overtly and covertly, he felt unhappy.
"Tomorrow is the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, and a small group of military paymen will pass by our Shanyin County. Mr. Li thinks that if the paychecks of those big soldiers are lost in our Shanyin territory, can our County Magistrate Lin be punished for this crime?
Can you afford it?”
"Robbery of wages?"
Li Mo frowned when he heard this. He was not afraid of losing his salary and blaming the superiors. After all, the magistrate was the chief official, and the superiors were looking for the new magistrate to blame. The two of them might be affected a little, but it was not a big problem.
His main worry was that after losing his pay, if the big-headed soldiers in the eastern suburbs of the city mutinied, the first person to suffer would be him, the chief clerk who lived in the eastern area of the city.
"Master Li, anything you do is risky. We don't really want to get the salary. We only need to wait until the superiors dismiss or transfer Na Linnuo, and then we can recover the salary in the name of suppressing bandits.
That is, although there are some risks, they are not big!”
Li Mo's fat fingers tapped on the table for a moment, and then he nodded with a sinister expression, "Done!"
"It's not like the barbarians have come down to rob the mountains once or twice. The robbery of military pay this time is nothing new, right?"
On one side, two local snakes from Shanyin County were discussing how to drive Lin Nuo away. On the other side, two guests dressed in black came to Lin Nuo's mansion.
"Zhou Yan of Jinyiwei Baihu, pays homage to Mr. Qianhu!"
"Fang Yun of Jinyiwei Baihu, pays homage to Mr. Qianhu!"
Seeing the two of them arriving, Lin Nuo nodded with satisfaction, "I just arrived today, and you two rushed here. It's so fast!"
"Sir, the area in charge of the two of us happens to be not far from Shanyin County. We can arrive there in one day as fast as possible. As for the other hundred households in the Yunnan-Guizhou area, due to the long distance, it may take a few days to see you, Your Excellency!"
Lin Nuo hummed, stretched out his hand to signal the two of them to sit down, and then continued to ask: "How many available people do you two have under your command now?"
"Sir, I have a lot of people under my command, but most of them are spies and have no combat capabilities. If we talk about those who can fight, the total number is about a hundred!"
This is normal. The situation in the Yunnan-Guizhou region is complicated. It is an area where Jinyiwei's power is relatively weak. Compared with other regions, the available manpower is indeed much smaller!