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Chapter 134 Something Happened to the Lin Family? 【order】

When he saw those figures shooting arrows, Li Huan understood why these people were not killed, but hid in secret and waited for an opportunity.

Yue Buqun was obviously not the easy type, Li Huan could sense how many of these people were missing, and Yue Buqun had been hunted down for many days, so naturally he couldn't fail to notice the change.

Although Yue Buqun, who had always been on guard secretly, didn't expect the opponent to shoot with arrows, he didn't panic in the face of such a change. The sword light flashed, and the sword light filled the sky. Accompanied by a clanging sound, several arrows All the arrows were blocked by Yue Buqun.

However, Yue Buqun was distracted to block the arrows, but it gave the few people who attacked him a chance, and saw that the leader of the group attacked Yue Buqun's heart with sharp swords.

An iron bridge, Yue Buqun swung his long sword, and raised the blade that was going straight to the heart. At the same time, he swayed, stepped on the tree trunk, and used his strength to go straight to one of the archers.

"careful!"

The big man in the head couldn't help screaming when he saw this, and at the same time flew straight to Yue Buqun in an attempt to prevent Yue Buqun from attacking and killing the archer.

It's just that Yue Buqun was obviously faster than the big man, and with a groan, a sharp sword light directly slashed across the archer's neck, and then blocked the big man's angry blow with a backhand sword.

Borrowing the power of the shock from the long sword, Yue Buqun swayed, took a sword flower, stood tall and stared at the group of people who surrounded him again: "Yue said that the three of you It's ridiculous to hide it, refuse to reveal what you have learned, and want to surround and kill Yuemou."

In fact, from the very beginning, Yue Buqun's office clearly noticed that among these people, the ones who could really pose a threat to him were three of them.

It's just that none of the kung fu performed by the three of them is what they are best at, and they obviously don't want to expose their identities. Originally, the three of them might have threatened Yue Buqun if they showed what they had learned. Buqun looked for an opportunity to kill several companions.

After hearing Yue Buqun's words, everyone looked at the leader, especially the two of them clenched their weapons and stared at Yue Buqun viciously.

The leader pondered for a while, glanced at Yue Buqun, and suddenly shouted: "Let's go!"

Obviously this person's decision was somewhat unexpected by his companions, everyone was stunned for a moment, and looked at that person.

The leader snorted coldly and said, "Even if we attack with all our strength, we may not be able to keep Yue Buqun, and may even take the lives of more brothers. If that's the case, we might as well stop here!"

Li Huan couldn't help but secretly nodded when he heard the words, obviously the leader was not so stimulated by Yue Buqun's words that he lost his mind and made the most correct choice.

If Yue Buqun was not sure, how could he say that? Isn't he afraid that the other party will really try his best to deal with him regardless of revealing his identity?

Li Huan looked at Yue Buqun, as expected, when Yue Buqun heard the leader's decision, there was a look of disappointment in his eyes.

It can be seen that the person in charge has a high prestige among those people. Although some people are quite unwilling, they just hesitated a little and took the bodies of the two companions killed by Yue Buqun, and disappeared in a blink of an eye. away.

Yue Buqun didn't stop the other party from the beginning to the end, although he also wanted to know the identity of these people, but if he didn't force the other party to go all out, obviously he couldn't force the other party to use his own fame.

But forcing the other party to go all out, he also had to bear a huge risk. Without full confidence, when these people chose to give up on their own initiative, Yue Buqun also chose not to make a move and let the other party go.

A faint smell of blood filled the air, and the forest was very quiet. Through the moonlight, it could be seen that Yue Buqun was still holding the sword hilt tightly with one hand, obviously not letting down his vigilance.

All of a sudden, Yue Buqun turned his eyes to Li Huan's direction and said, "Your Majesty has been on the sidelines for a long time, I don't know what you want to do?"

Li Huan didn't deliberately hide his figure, so it's not unusual for Yue Buqun to find him. Even in Li Huan's view, that group of people probably noticed his existence, and finally chose to give up dealing with Yue Buqun. I don't know his details, because I feel jealous.

The two sides were fighting, and a third party suddenly appeared. Without knowing the details of the third party, it was obviously difficult to continue the fight.

Li Huan said indifferently: "Everyone disturbing Qingmeng, why don't you allow Li to come over and have a look?"

Yue Buqun couldn't help speaking for a moment, took a deep breath, cupped his hands in the direction of Li Huan and said, "So Yue apologized to Your Excellency, please forgive me."

Li Huan came here, even though he knew Yue Buqun's identity now, it was not enough for him to take the initiative to meet Yue Buqun.

As the saying goes, we will meet each other by fate, and Li Huan feels that his fate with Yue Buqun should not stop there.

Glancing at Yue Buqun, Li Huan turned and left.

And after Li Huan left, Yue Buqun appeared in the place where Li Huan was standing just now, looked in the direction of Li Huan's departure, and through the dense forest, he vaguely saw a figure surrounded by a crowd leave.

"It's the team of Jinyiwei that I met during the day!"

Originally, he was curious about Li Huan's identity, but now he found that Li Huan might be the leader of the team of Jinyiwei that he saw earlier, Yue Buqun naturally dismissed the idea of ​​finding out Li Huan's identity.

Although he is not afraid of the Jinyiwei, it does not mean that he is not afraid of the Huashan faction. If he really brought disaster to Huashan because of his own curiosity, then he will not be redeemed after a hundred deaths.

Whether it was Li Huan or Yue Buqun, the two of them just looked at each other from a distance, and neither of them really met each other. They just passed by in the mountains and forests like passers-by who met by chance.

Yue Buqun watched the figures of Li Huan and others disappear into the distance, then sheathed his sword, recognized the direction, and immediately used light kung fu and body skills to run towards Fujian.

Minqing County, Fuzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province
Among the green mountains and green waters, there is a mansion with a very large area located in this mountain forest.

Green mountains, green waters, and forests set off against each other, making this mansion even more extraordinary.

Anyone with a bit of knowledge in Minqing County knows that this mansion is the mansion of Cai Wen, a third-rank official who supervised the judiciary of a province in Fujian, and the procurator of punishment.

Cai Wen has been in Fujian for more than ten years, from a seventh-rank official to the high position of procurator and inspector in just a short period of ten years, the speed of his promotion is not surprising.

After more than ten years of hard work, Cai Wen's family has completely taken root in Fujian, and this mansion is where the Cai family's mansion in Fujian is located.

Cai Wen has an old mother, more than a dozen children, and two brothers. The whole family has as many as 30 to [-] people, plus servants, guards, and so on. There are at least a hundred people living in this area. between mansions.

On this day, between a gazebo, two figures sat facing each other, Cai Wen frowned and said, "Gongya, tell me, did that little bastard Li Huan get it from Cheng Yi?" I'm waiting for evidence?"

Sun Wei looked at Cai Wen with a wry smile on his face.

In fact, a few months ago, when his cousin Sun Xiang sent someone to summon him back, Sun Wei was stunned when he saw the news from Sun Xiang.

Because in the news that Sun Xiang sent someone back, it was mentioned that his master's teacher and the biggest backer above the court, Ge Lao Xie Qian was dismissed.

Sun Wei knew what this meant. With Xie Qian's dismissal, the direct consequence was that Cai Wen's hope of promotion was cut off.

Fortunately, Sun Xiang told them in his letter that he found another backer for Cai Wen in Beijing, and it was Li Huan, the lucky minister of the emperor.

At that time, Sun Wei was not sure whether the Li Huan in Sun Xiang's letter was the Li Huan he thought of, but when he saw Sun Xiang's detailed introduction about Li Huan's background in the letter, Sun Wei was dumbfounded up.

In fact, it was not only Sun Wei, but Cai Wen was also full of disbelief after hearing Sun Wei's detailed account of Li Huan's situation.

Sun Wei was personally responsible for the conquest of Langqi Island, and even Cai Wen didn't know the details.

After listening to Sun Wei's detailed explanation, Cai Wen realized that the new backer Sun Xiang had found for them in the capital was that Li Huan had such a relationship with them.

It can be said that Cai Wen and Sun Wei who received the letter at that time sank into the abyss.

They and Li Huanna had a hatred for killing their father, so they couldn't help but worry about it.

It was like this for nearly a month, fearing that when an imperial decree would come down, Cai Wen would be called to Beijing.

Even Cai Wen and the others prepared for the worst.

However, after one or two months passed, Sun Xiang wrote to them regularly as always, and even told them in the letter that Li Huan had agreed to help Cai Wen to speak to the emperor.

So far, Cai Wen and Sun Wei have let go of their hearts.

In their view, it must be that Li Huan didn't know that they were planning Langqi Islet at that time, and their suspicion that Cheng Yi took away the evidence about their crimes was also groundless.

After thinking about this, Cai Wen, Sun Wei and the others said that it would be inconceivable that they would one day beg someone who has a huge hatred with them, but in order to climb up, and to be able to become the master of a department one day, it is What's wrong with giving gold and silver to your enemies!

Cai Wen even told Sun Wei not to tell Sun Xiang who was in Beijing about the enmity between them and Li Huan, lest Sun Xiang be unnatural in front of Li Huan and show some flaws.

Two months ago, Cai Wen even sent someone to send Sun Xiang a silver note of 10 taels, asking Sun Xiang to get in touch with Li Huan, so that he could be transferred to the capital as soon as possible.

It's just that just over a month ago, their contact with the capital was suddenly cut off. Neither Sun Xiang nor Cai Changgui heard any more news.

The ensuing imperial palace newspaper even published that the emperor appointed Jinyiwei Li Huan and supervisory censor Wang Yangming as chief and deputy imperial envoys to personally investigate the case of Jinyiwei's thousand households Han Ling's extermination in Fujian.

From that time on, Cai Wen, Sun Wei and the others had a faint feeling in their hearts, secretly guessing whether they had thought things too simply before, and Li Huan might not be as worthless as they thought. known.

With a slight sigh, Sun Wei said: "My lord, no matter whether Li Huan has obtained the evidence of your lord's crime, or whether he knows about our conspiracy to seize his Li family's foundation, now that my brother and the others suddenly have no news, this is a crime. It’s an extremely bad signal, we have to work hard to prepare for the worst.”

Cai Wen nodded slightly, and said with a bit of coldness between his brows: "You're right, I'm afraid Li Huan came here because of bad intentions, especially under the banner of thoroughly investigating the case of Han Ling's extermination. If we find any clues, I'm afraid you and I will be doomed."

Sun Wei took a deep breath and said: "Your Excellency, you have always been calm in the face of major events. If Li Huan is in the capital, we really can't beat him, but don't forget, this Fujian is our territory."

Stroking his beard, Cai Wen's eyes flashed a chill and he said: "You are right, the strong dragon is still crushing the snakes, I really don't believe that Li Huan can stir up troubles in the old man's territory."

While speaking, Cai Wen glanced at Sun Wei and said, "You immediately send someone to invite Gu Buzheng with my name card, and say that I have something important to discuss."

Gu Huang is the chief envoy of the three divisions, Zuo Buzheng. It can be said that he is the head of civil affairs in Fujian province. It is not an exaggeration to say that Gu Huang is Fujian's civil affairs No. 1.

Compared with Cai Wen, the procurator who was rooted in Fujian, Zuo Buzheng Gu Huang was only transferred to Fujian for three years.

When Gu Huang first arrived in Fujian, Cai Wen took the initiative to make friends with him. Therefore, with Cai Wen's initiative to make friends and help, Gu Huang quickly gained a firm foothold in Fujian official circles, and participated in the work that Cai Wen spent more than ten years. In the big net of interests weaved.

Originally, Gu Huang was considered clean and honest when he was an official in the court, but it is a pity that he could not withstand Cai Wen's money and beauty at all when he arrived in the local area, and he was in cahoots with Cai Wen in a short period of time.

That is to say, with the support of Gu Huang, the head of civil affairs in Fujian, and Cai Wen, the procurator who raised the penalty, the third department of the Ming Dynasty, Gu Huang and Cai Wen, accounted for the second of the three, and it can be said that they directly dominated the entire Fujian. Everything except the military.

Compared with Cai Wenlai, Gu Huang, the chief envoy, was even more unbearable once he was depraved. In just a few years, he managed to acquire a lot of wealth, and imitated Cai Wen to build other courtyards and mansions in many places.

It seems that they are congenial, or for better cooperation, Gu Huang chose to live in Minqing County as well.

Minqing County not only has Cai Wen's mansion, but also a Gu's mansion that is no less than Cai's mansion.

If it is said that Cai Wen is greedy for power and only wants to climb up, then Gu Huang should belong to the kind of person who is greedy for money and sex.

Someone once secretly counted that since Gu Huang entered Fujian, he had to take a concubine almost every month, and every time Gu Huang took a concubine, officials from all over Fujian would send congratulatory gifts.

It can range from a few hundred taels to as many as a thousand taels. It can be said that Gu Huang received tens of thousands of taels of congratulatory gifts every time he took a concubine.

According to what Gu Huang himself said, he didn't even need to take bribes. He could receive 30 million taels of gold and silver a year just by accepting a concubine once a month.

In order to accommodate so many concubines he had married, Gu Huang built more than a dozen other courtyards in Fujian Province, each of which had three or two concubines. Going to a place is as convenient as coming home.

However, this mansion in Minqing County is occupied by Gu Huang's first wife and two concubines. These three women were married by Gu Huang before his fortune, so they were placed in Minqing County by him.

Because not long ago, the imperial court sent an imperial envoy to thoroughly investigate the case of Jinyiwei's thousand households Han Ling's extermination.

As the head of civil affairs in Fujian, Gu Huang obviously wanted to greet the imperial envoy in person. Of course, the most important thing was that Gu Huang knew the whole story of Han Ling's extermination. Gu Huang panicked and rushed back to Minqing County immediately.

Not long after returning to the Gu Mansion, Gu Huang cleaned up and was going to see Cai Wen to discuss how to deal with the imperial envoy sent by the imperial court, but Cai Wen sent someone here to invite him.

Gu Huang went out of the mansion immediately, got on a sedan chair and ran towards Cai's mansion.

Compared with Cai Wen who learned that Li Huan was appointed as an imperial envoy to thoroughly investigate Han Ling's case, Cai Wen was not flustered from the beginning to the end, but Gu Huang was different.

Gu Huang seemed very nervous. The first time he saw Cai Wen, he sat down opposite Cai Wen with a panicked face and said, "My dear brother, the imperial envoy is here to thoroughly investigate the case of Han Ling. What should I do? How can this be good!"

Although Gu Huang is greedy and lustful, it does not mean that he is a fool. Han Ling's case cannot withstand investigation at all. Wen is not just as simple as dropping his hat, he might lose his head.

Cai Wen looked at Gu Huang's flustered look, and a trace of disdain flashed in the depths of his eyes, that is, the other party was lucky enough to hug Liu Jian's thigh, and thus got the official position of Fujian Chief Envoy Zuo Buzheng Otherwise, based on strength alone, even if Gu Huang worked hard for 100 years, he would not be qualified to sit on the high position of Zuo Buzheng.

One is Xie Qian's disciple, and the other is Liu Jian's disciple. Because of the relationship between the two elders, they are a natural alliance in Fujian official circles, so they came together not long after Gu Huang took office. , colluding and colluding, controlling all civil affairs in Fujian.

Cai Wen poured Gu Huang a cup of tea, said with a slight smile, "Brother Gu, don't panic, Li Huan is just a mere child, what can I do?"

Gu Huang seemed to be influenced by Cai Wen, and gradually calmed down his flustered mood. He took a sip of tea and looked at Cai Wen seriously and said, "My dear brother, that's an imperial envoy. If you really want him to find out something, you and I Everyone will suffer."

Cai Wen smiled and said: "So what about the imperial envoy, don't forget, with the strength of you and me, the huge land of Fujian dare not call the wind and rain, but if you want to deal with a mere imperial envoy who has no one to rely on, it is not easy ?”

Gu Huang's eyes gradually lit up, and when he heard what Cai Wen said, he couldn't help clapping his hands and praised: "That's right, the entire chief political envoy is just for my brother's words, and the procuratorial envoy is punished by my virtuous brother." The business is like an iron bucket, when Li Huan wants to investigate the case, he can't avoid us no matter what, as long as we don't cooperate, even if he has great ability, he will never find anything."

Cai Wen nodded and said: "That's the reason, so Brother Gu doesn't need to regard the imperial envoy as a scourge, he is the real dragon emperor, and if he comes to our territory, he has to be entangled, right?"

Gu Huang drank the tea and said with a smile: "As a brother, I know that my virtuous brother has plenty of countermeasures. When the imperial envoy arrives, how about my virtuous brother being in charge of entertaining you?"

Stroking his beard, Cai Wen smiled slightly and said, "It should be so."

After sending Gu Huang away, Cai Wen said disdainfully: "What a waste, if he hadn't hugged Liu Jian's thigh at the beginning, it would be wishful thinking that he would also want to sit in the position of governor of a province."

Sun Wei sighed softly: "In the officialdom, relationships are greater than ability. No matter how powerful you are, you will never be able to beat those with connections. With the ability of an adult, why can't you become a department, but why can't you get out after more than ten years?" A province."

A trace of resentment flashed in Cai Wen's eyes and he said: "Who told me that Xie Qian is not my teacher? Speaking of which, I only joined Xie Qian's sect halfway through, and I have never been regarded as a disciple that he really values."

He said with a bit of sarcasm: "And that Gu Huang is Liu Jian's real beginner disciple. Even if his ability is mediocre, he doesn't even need to work hard to get through the camp, and his teacher paved the way all the way. He easily surpasses me by ten. Years of hard work and hard work."

The three divisions of the Ming Dynasty are all commanders and envoys, who are in charge of the local military.

And the chief envoy is obviously higher than the procurator for punishment. If you really want to talk about the status, the most honorable person is the commander of the capital, then the chief envoy, and finally the procurator for punishment.

This is why Cai Wen said that Gu Huang easily surpassed him, because in the perception of everyone in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, the chief executive is going to surpass the procurator.

Otherwise, Cai Wen and Gu Huang are about the same age, the exact age of the two is really unknown, but the two have never talked about their age, in front of Cai Wen, Gu Huang is a brother, and Cai Wen is a brother.

Taking a deep breath and exhaling the frustration in his heart, Cai Wen looked at Sun Wei and said, "Sun Wei, there is news from the post station. Where are Li Huan and his party now?"

Sun Wei said: "My lord, there was news from the station three days ago that the imperial envoy and his party had entered Jianning Mansion. Judging from the pace of their journey, they should have reached the prefectural city of Jianning by now."

Cai Wen couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and said, "Jianning? If I remember correctly, Jianning City should be the residence of the Fujian Xingdu Division."

Sun Wei nodded slightly and said: "My lord, that's exactly the case. The Fujian Xingdu Division is stationed in Jianning, and the guard station that controls Fujian Province is under the jurisdiction of the former Military Governor's Mansion."

Cai Wen pondered slightly: "It was reported in the residence that Li Huan was appointed by His Majesty as the Governor of the Chinese Army, and had no direct jurisdiction over the Fujian Xingdu Division. However, Li Huan is an imperial envoy, and he is valued by the emperor. That old Dong Cheng will not take the initiative to curry favor with Li Huan, the emperor's imperial envoy."

Sun Weidao: "Your Excellency's words are very true. Dong Chengcheng belongs to the Wu Xun family. It is said that he has an old relationship with the British Duke Zhang Mao. He has been sitting in the command post of the Fujian capital for more than ten years. I dare not say that the entire Fujian guards If you control everything, you can easily control and adjust most of it.”

Cai Wen pondered for a while and said: "Dong Cheng, an old man, has always kept a low profile. He only guards his own one-acre three-point land. He has never been interested in external affairs. I hope this time will be the same, but he has to guard against it. People secretly kept an eye on that old guy, if there is any change, be sure to report."

Since the Battle of Tumubao, the civilian group took the general power from Xungui, and most of the power of the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion has already been lost. No real power.

Naturally, it is not surprising that Cai Wen and other civil servants who came from a provincial civil servant group did not think highly of the dignified commanders of the second rank.

That is to say, Dong Cheng, the commander of the capital, has been in Fujian for more than ten years. He is deeply rooted and has a lot of influence. Otherwise, if it is really a new commander of the capital, Cai Wen will not even take him to heart. .

Langqi Island, Changle County

Chen Yidao looked at Zhao Zhi expectantly and said, "Mr. Zhao, tell me where Brother Huan is now?"

Ever since the news that Li Huan was appointed as an imperial envoy and sent by the emperor to Fujian to investigate the case, the whole Langqi Islet was in a state of excitement.

Who would have thought that two or three years ago, when his father was murdered by others, a boy who was only sixteen or seventeen years old and went to Beijing alone would have such a heaven-defying fortune. The matter, Jin Yiwei Commander Tong Zhi, the emperor's imperial envoy.

In the past few days, all the officials, squires, and tyrants who have some kind of friendship with the Li family have prepared generous gifts to visit Langqi Island. Compared with the previous time when Li Huanyuan left the capital, the front of the Li Mansion was completely different. , only let Zhao Zhi and Chen Yidao really feel what it means to make the icing on the cake easy, and it is difficult to give charcoal in the snow.

Zhao Zhi glanced at Chen Yidao and said, "The latest news is that the imperial envoy has already arrived in Jianning. If everything goes smoothly, they will arrive in Fuzhou City in half a month at most."

Chen Yidao clapped his hands and praised: "Okay, Brother Huan has returned home this time. At that time, we must sacrifice to the ancestors of the Li family and tell them that the Li family has prospered under the hands of Brother Huan. "

Zhao Zhi nodded and said: "You're right, but second brother, you can't directly call him Brother Huan in front of Brother Huan from now on, if you want to change it to an adult, Brother Huan doesn't care, but others listen They will only think that we are ignorant of etiquette and dignity."

Chen Yidao couldn't help scratching his head when he heard the words, and grinned: "I know, I know, damn it, we have been calling Brother Huan for more than ten years, and we suddenly have to change our words, and it is really uncomfortable for a while." adapt."

Zhao Zhi said seriously: "If you don't adapt, you have to adapt, otherwise you will lose Brother Huan's people. You don't want Brother Huan to be ridiculed because of us, right?"

While speaking, a figure came in a hurry, it was none other than Li Hu, the personal guard chosen by Li Huan at the beginning.

Li Hu came out panting, which only made Zhao Zhi and Chen Yidao look surprised.

Chen Yidao glanced at Li Hu and couldn't help saying: "Li Hu, didn't you let you sit in Fuzhou City and look after the shops of our Li family? Why did you come back all of a sudden?"

Li Hu also calmed down a little now, looked at Zhao Zhi and Chen Yidao and said, "Uncle Yidao, Uncle Zhi, where is Xiao Linzi?"

Chen Yidao was taken aback for a moment, and immediately realized that the Xiao Linzi Li Hu was talking about was none other than Lin Zhennan's son, Lin Pingzhi, and everyone usually referred to him as Xiao Linzi.

Chen Yidao glanced at Li Hu and said, "Lin Pingzhi and the others should be practicing saber skills by the sea right now!"

Speaking of which, Chen Yidao wondered: "Seeing that you are in such a hurry, could it be that something happened to the Lin family?"

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