A knife in love

Chapter 1076

Huang Chong is a young man, it would be a lie to say that he is not keen on fame.It's just that later Mrs. Nie didn't allow him to be an official in the capital, so he tried every means to get him to leave the capital.For more than ten years, the Ministry of Officials tried to promote Huang Chong many times, but Nie's family used various methods to keep Huang Chong in Xiuwu County.Later, Zhang Baixing was sent to his side as a teacher, nominally to assist Huang Chong, but in fact he had the intention of monitoring him.

The behavior of the Nie family made Huang Chong feel like sitting on pins and needles every day, feeling aggrieved in his heart.Until the battle of Haizhou a few months ago, when the Xu family was overthrown, although Huang Chong was sad that all the men of the Du family were killed and injured, he was relieved.He thought that from now on, the Nie family would not force him to do things, and maybe he could go a step further in the officialdom.It never occurred to me that after the defeat of the Xu family, the Nie family pressed on every step of the way, but it was not much worse than the Xu family.Huang Chong knew that the situation was not good, and it happened that Hu Kun came to the door. Both of them knew that the Nie family was about to destroy the three families of Lu, Zhao and Du.But the Lu family is powerful, and the Nie family will not do anything for the time being, so they must get rid of the Zhao and Du families first.Huang Chong made an appointment with Hu Kun to maintain self-protection and jointly deal with the Nie family.At this time, the leader of Jinyiwei, Yang Zhenzhong, arrived, and Huang Chong made up his mind to hold the big tree tightly so that the Nie family did not dare to attack him.Therefore, he was very respectful to Yang Zhenzhong, even though Yang Zhenzhong motioned him to stand up, he still knelt on the ground and did not dare to move.

Standing behind Yang Zhenzhong, Xu Yingyang saw Huang Chong and a group of police officers kneeling in black, and said, "Master Huang, Master Yang has already ordered everyone to invite you, so you don't have to be so polite." .”

Huang Chong then stood up, took a few steps back respectfully, and stood with his hands down.After Huang Chong got up, Yin Butou, Master Feng and others also stood up one after another.Yin Butou whispered to Master Feng: "Damn, look at his prestige. Compared with him, we are almost crushed into the ground."

Master Feng tugged at the skirt of Yin Tutou's clothes, and pointed his chin at the guards in Jinyi, signaling him not to talk nonsense, lest he be heard by the guards in Jinyi, which would cause big trouble.Yin Butou said in a low voice: "Old Feng, you are too careful. They are so far away, even if they are listening to the wind, they still can't hear us."

At this point, Catcher Yin paused for a while, and then continued: "Old Feng, didn't you say that Master Yang is the commander of the Jinyiwei? Why did the senior Jinyiwei officer in black robe just say that he is a "rear army?" Is it possible that the Commander of Jinyiwei is someone else?"

Master Feng saw that Jin Yiwei didn't pay attention to the two of them, so he lowered his voice and said: "The commander of Jin Yiwei is only a third-rank military officer. In terms of rank, he is nothing special in the capital. It's just that Jin Yiwei is the emperor's pro-army and has always been the emperor's confidant. Therefore, the person in charge of the Jinyiwei must be the emperor's most trusted confidant. If you think about it, you have become the emperor's confidant, so how can you only be a small third-rank military officer? Therefore, the minister in charge of the Jinyiwei is often not the commander. Instead, he has other important positions. For example, Lord Lu Binglu, the most powerful person in this dynasty, was an old minister when the emperor was in the mansion, and Jin Yiwei was under his control. However, Lord Lu did not go to be a commander. He first came to Beijing At that time, his official position was "commander Tongzhi in charge of Jinyiwei". The commander of Jinyiwei was just a running dog under his sect. This Lord Yang did serve as commander of Jinyiwei, but he was later promoted to be the governor of the rear army. , and also in charge of Jinyiwei. Local officials and people in the Jianghu do not know that his position has changed, and they still think that he is the commander of Jinyiwei, which is a big mistake."

After Yin Butou heard Master Feng finished speaking, although his mind was still clouded, he also knew that Master Yang was more powerful than Commander Jin Yiwei.He glanced at Master Feng, and said in a low voice: "Damn it, it looks like you are a great book reader. Your old Feng is so talented, you know a lot more than a rough old man like us."

Master Feng shook his head and said: "Last year, I was ordered by Mr. Huang to go to the household department of the capital to do business. At that time, I was waiting for the hall officials to summon a group of officials in the household department's signing room. These gossips are just learning and selling in front of your old Yin. I heard from those Beijing officials that this Lord Yang is the emperor's confidant, and he seems to have saved the emperor's life. He is a great person. Master Huang's You know his temper, he has never been very flattering to his boss. But look at his current appearance, he is very respectful to Master Yang."

While the two were talking in low voices, they heard Yang Zhenzhong say to Huang Chong: "Master Huang, the Japanese pirates launched an attack today in an attempt to cause trouble in Xiuwu County. Fortunately, all the people in Guixian made a concerted effort to resist desperately, which prevented the Japanese pirates from succeeding. Wait for me When we return to the capital, we must report this matter to the emperor. At that time, the emperor will naturally issue a decree. Master Huang, I want to congratulate you first."

Huang Chong trembled, bowed hastily and said: "Thank you for your promotion, my lord, I am very grateful."

Yang Zhenzhong smiled slightly, and continued: "Master Huang will write a note tonight, and write down the names of all the officials who have meritorious service. I will pass the note to the cabinet for Lord Huang."

As soon as Yang Zhenzhong said this, Huang Chong was overjoyed, and Yin Butou, Feng Shiye and other police officers on duty were also ecstatic.It should be known that Huang Chong is just a small county magistrate, even if he writes an account, details the process of the matter, and then reports the names of the meritorious persons, he still has to hand over the account to the Luoyang magistrate's yamen first, and then the magistrate's yamen will send it to him. Go to the Yamen of the governor of Henan, and be sent to the capital by the governor of Henan.Along the way, it was not easy for the officials of Xiuwu County to be able to leave the size of a sesame seed after their credit was originally as big as a watermelon.At that time, the imperial decree will be promulgated, and it must be that "the governor of Henan Province will lead a group of capable officials to personally go to Xiuwu County to encircle and suppress the Japanese pirates. The governor will take the lead and kill several Japanese pirate leaders. The name is actually the Qiancheng of the imperial court. From now on, the officials of the governor's yamen will be promoted to three ranks in succession, and they will be rewarded with [-] silver."But the officials of the Xiuwu County Yamen have done nothing in vain, and if they make trouble, they will be accused of "faintness and ignorance, indulging Japanese pirates to commit murder". At that time, the Xiuwu County Yamen will be punished from Huang Chong down.

But if Yang Zhenzhong delivered the book to the cabinet with his own hands, all the academicians must unseal it in person, and then send it directly to the emperor.This credit must all fall to the officials of Xiuwu County.At that time, Huang Chong, Yin Tutou, Feng Shiye and other officials will be promoted, and the tolerance arresters will get rich quickly, and everyone will benefit, that is a great thing.Therefore, not only Huang Chong was happy, but even those police officers who had no hope of promotion were also elated and extremely proud.It's just that while everyone was happy, they all thought in their hearts that we must flatter Mr. Huang tonight, and let him not forget to add my name in the booklet. If he can add a few words for us, maybe the emperor will be happy after reading it. , Maybe I will be promoted to a high official right away.Even if you can't be a high-ranking official, won't you be prosperous if you reward him with a hundred taels of silver? !

Seeing that everyone in the yamen of Xiuwu County looked happy, Yang Zhenzhong smiled slightly, and then said: "Master Han, the prefect of Luoyang, died unfortunately. I will naturally report to the emperor and take care of his family. It's just that there are corpses everywhere in this Town God's Temple. I also need Master Huang to lead someone to clean it up. Drag the corpses of the Japanese pirates out of the temple, count the number, burn them to ashes, and then bury them in the ground. As for the remains of the Yamen brothers who died here, they must be sorted out Clean, buy a coffin, and choose a good place for burial. The money needed for the burial and pension money will be borne by the imperial court."

Huang Chong hastily bowed and obeyed.At this time, most of the fire in the yard had been extinguished, and Huang Chong personally took Yin Butou, Master Feng and others to clean up the corpses in the yard.The errands and arresters of the prefect's yamen in Luoyang lost their leader, and at this time they were busy in the yard with Huang Chong and others.

After Yang Zhenzhong arrived with Jin Yiwei, Li Qiufeng quietly walked to the shadow under the stone steps on the left side of the main hall, quietly watching Yang Zhenzhong and the others talking.

After Huang Chong took people to the yard to clean up the corpses, a large area was filled in front of the hall.At this moment, a loud cry came from the hall, followed by someone crying.Everyone was shocked, and they didn't know what happened in the hall.Yang Zhenzhong raised his head and looked into the main hall, but his eyes met with Mrs. Nie.Yang Zhenzhong said: "Yang has heard of Lord Nie's name long ago, but he didn't expect to meet here, which is a bit surprising."

Old Mrs. Nie looked as usual, nodded slightly, and said: "When the old man was convicted and left the capital, he went to the dragon to dive into Huguang today. Mr. Yang is the confidant of today, so he must have been in Huguang at that time, serving today. It's just that Lord Yang knows the name of the old man, so the old man is flattered."

(End of this chapter)