marquis of jingan

Chapter 612 The knife is coming!
The anti-Japanese army in Fuzhou Prefecture still killed fifty Japanese pirates in Fuzhou City every day.

While killing the Japanese pirates, the interrogation of the Japanese pirates was also going on at the same time.

Because Japanese pirates have been beheaded all the time, the psychological pressure on the Japanese pirates who are "waiting to die" on the other side will increase. Although these Japanese pirates are not very afraid of death when they fight, this kind of waiting for death is far more important than dying in battle. horrible.

On the third day, the leaders of the two Japanese pirates couldn't hold on and gave more information.

It is not only the original four families who are connected to the Japanese.

In fact, businessmen who went overseas to do business a few years ago, as long as they had a way to communicate with the pirates, sometimes they would pay some protection money to the pirates to ensure that their business would not be in vain.

This type of family that has contacts with Japanese pirates is certainly at fault, but it can be forgiven.

But others, after transporting the goods, pretended to be robbed by Japanese pirates to avoid the court's taxes, and even paid for the Japanese pirates, which is an unforgivable crime.

Because the two pirate leaders confessed and pulled out the thread, Ling Su personally interrogated the two pirates for a whole night. In the morning of the next day, General Ling, with dark circles under his eyes, had no time to rest and went straight into Fuzhou city. At Shen Yi's residence in Fuzhou, I saw Master Shen who had just woken up.

At this moment, Shen Yi was about to go out to visit the tea shop opened by Xu Fu in Fuzhou. When he saw Ling Su walking in, Master Shen looked him up and down, looked at the almost bloodshot eyes in his eyes, and said with a smile: "Looking at General Ling's appearance, it seems that the Japanese pirates have made progress?"

"Yes."

Ling Su lowered his head slightly and said, "Yesterday afternoon, two pirate leaders confessed that there were a large number of merchants paying tolls for them along the coast of Fujian, and there were quite a few in Fuzhou..."

"Among them, there are two families in Fuzhou City who once gave a lot of money to a group of Japanese pirates to allow them to survive."

Hearing this, Master Shen narrowed his eyes and said slowly, "Which two?"

"According to the two pirates."

Ling Su lowered his head slightly and said, "It's the Tan family and the Feng family..."

Shen Yi took a deep breath, expressionless: "Is there any new evidence?"

Ling Su shook his head slightly: "Mr. Shen, these Japanese pirates... speak Chinese very reluctantly, let alone let them record it. Even if we find evidence, the two families will most likely deny it...don't recognize what these Japanese pirates wrote down. thing."

"The only thing that can be used as evidence is the letters that were found earlier..."

Shen Yi stood on the spot, thought for a while, then looked at Ling Su, and said lightly: "Transfer two more hundred-household battalions into the city and place them nearby. Remember not to scare the snake away. As for these two families..."

"I will send someone to follow them, and if they make any changes, immediately control them."

Ling Su nodded slightly, cupped his fists at Shen Yi, and then went down to work.

After Ling Su left, Master Shen lowered his head and pondered for a while, and suddenly remembered something.

Feng Lu, the former county magistrate of Jiangdu, seems to be from Fujian.

If I remember correctly, he is from Hui'an County, Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province.

Hui'an County is not too close to Fuzhou, but it is definitely not too far away. I don't know if Shen Yi's old enemy has anything to do with the Feng family in Fuzhou.

If there is…

that would be great.

Thinking of this, Shen Yi stretched out his hand to touch his chin, and there was somewhat evil spirit in his eyes.

He's a bit of a grudge.

At the beginning, he almost died in the hands of County Magistrate Feng. Although several years have passed, Master Shen still remembers it clearly until now.

Even when Feng Lu left Jiangdu, Shen Yi deliberately inquired about the hometown and whereabouts of the county lord, which has been remembered until now.

If it really fell into Shen Yi's hands, not to mention killing the magistrate Feng, at least he would have to return all the boards he ate back then...

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In the blink of an eye, another two days passed.

In the past two days, Fuzhou City can be said to be calm on the surface. As for the turbulent undercurrent in the dark, ordinary people can't see it clearly.

And as the center of the turbulent undercurrent, Shen Yi naturally couldn't enjoy the peace and tranquility. In two days, at least a dozen greeting cards came to his door, asking him to go out to meet.

They were all rejected by Shen Yi one by one, and he even locked himself in the house, not going out.

On the third day, when Master Shen was writing in his study, Jiang Sheng knocked on the door of Shen Yi's room, and then handed a name sticker to Shen Yi with both hands.

"My lord, someone sent me a greeting card."

Shen Yi put down the brush, glanced up at Jiang Sheng, and asked, "Have you collected the money?"

Jiang Sheng quickly shook his head and waved his hands.

"My lord, this was sent by a servant. His tone was very loud. I thought it might be some big person's greeting post, so I sent it to you..."

"The man..."

Jiang Sheng thought for a while, and added: "Very proud."

Hearing these four words, Shen Yi knew in his heart that there is a high probability that this post has a strong origin.

So he glanced casually at the names on the cover.

Cheng Tingzhi.

Shen Yi thought about the name, and checked the list of Fujian officials he had seen a few days ago, and soon knew the origin of Cheng Tingzhi.

Fujian chief envoy.

To be precise, it is the right minister of Fujian.

According to the rules of the imperial court, the chief envoy has two chief envoys, the left and the right, and the left is generally respected.

However, this is only the theoretical preparation of the court.

The chief minister was originally the highest administrative office in a province, so the court needed to set up two chief ministers to divide powers, but later, it gradually became common practice for each province to set up a governor, and the chief minister became a subordinate institution of the governor's office, with authority. greatly weakened.

In this case, the establishment of the left and right chief envoys is usually missing one.

In other words, most provinces have only one chief envoy.

For example, Zhejiang has been a political envoy for decades.

However, the chief envoys in Fujian are full of two chief envoys.

This situation means that the two chief envoys were not particularly pleasing to the court, or to the officials, so they were placed in the same yamen.

After opening the greeting post, Shen Yi glanced at it briefly.

Roughly speaking, I asked Shen Yi to have lunch together at Yanyun Building in the west of Fuzhou City.

This is the first Fujian provincial official to come to see Shen Yi.

Shen Yi lowered his eyebrows and thought for a while, then put the greeting stickers into his sleeves, and looked up at Jiang Sheng: "Calculate the time, today and tomorrow, it is very likely that there will be a letter from Jiankang, after you receive the letter , no matter what time it is, send it to me immediately, understand?"

Jiang Sheng bowed his head: "I understand."

Shen Yi gave a "hmm", stood up and stretched his waist: "I haven't gone out for a few days, it seems that I have to go out for activities."

So, when it was close to the end, Shen Yi put on new clothes, got into his own carriage, and wandered to the Yanyun Tower in the east of Fuzhou City.

After arriving at Yanyun Building, there were already people waiting for him downstairs. When he saw Shen Yi's carriage, a servant immediately stepped forward, bowed slightly and said, "Is it Master Shen?"

Shen Yi nodded slightly: "It's me."

The servant looked respectful: "Master Cheng has arrived and is waiting for you upstairs."

Shen Yi nodded slightly: "Lead the way."

Soon, under the leadership of this servant, Shen Yi went all the way up to the second floor, and arrived at the door of a private room. After knocking on the door, a middle-aged man who looked about 50 or [-] years old opened the door, and the middle-aged man went up and down. He took a look at Shen Yi, and then asked with some surprise: "Is it Bachelor Shen?"

Shen Yi smiled and nodded: "It's me."

He cupped his hands and said, "See Cheng Cheng Fantai."

"What is the Fantai not the Fantai?"

Cheng Tingzhi smiled all over his face, turned his body sideways, and invited Shen Yi in. At this time, two stoves were already lit in the room, and it was quite warm after entering.

"Cheng is a little older than Xueshi Shen, if Xueshi Shen thinks highly of him, just call me elder brother."

Shen Yi smiled, but didn't answer.

After receiving such kind words, it would be a little embarrassing.

The two quickly took their seats. After they were seated, Shen Yi said with a smile, "It's been a while since I've been in Fuzhou, and it's the first time I've met the chief officer of the Sansi Yamen. I feel very honored."

Cheng Tingzhi shook his head slightly, and sighed: "I'm a right minister, and I can't be considered a chief official."

"But speaking of it..."

The chief envoy looked at Shen Yi, smiled and said: "Two days ago, when Sun Futai called us to discuss the matter, he mentioned Bachelor Shen."

"Oh?"

Shen Yi smiled and said, "What did Sun Zhongcheng say?"

"Scholar Shen doesn't understand etiquette."

Cheng Fantai smiled and said: "When we arrived in Fuzhou City, we didn't even hand over the worship stickers to the governor's office."

Shen Yi raised his eyebrows, and responded with a smile: "Cheng Fantai's words seem to be sowing discord."

"Speak the truth."

Cheng Tingzhi looked at Shen Yi with a smile on his face: "To be honest, Bachelor Shen, I am from the capital city. I also went to Ganquan Academy to study in my early years. I lived there for a few months and asked Master Lu for advice."

"You and I are from the same family."

Same shit.

Shen Yi complained in his heart.

I have been in Fuzhou for five or six days, and I am really from the same family. Why are you coming to see me now?

Obviously, this Cheng Fantai has been weighing his interests these few days.

Whether to stand with those Fujian colleagues, or come to see Shen Yi, the imperial envoy of the imperial court.

But today, he met Shen Yi here, which shows that the master of Fantai has made his own choice.

Shen Yi was about to open his mouth to fool around, when there was a knock on the door, followed by Jiang Sheng's voice.

"Young master, Jiankang letter."

Shen Yi stood up from the chair, and smiled apologetically at Cheng Tingzhi: "Waiting for Fantai, I will go down to receive an urgent letter."

Cheng Tingzhi looked thoughtfully at Shen Yi who was walking towards the door.

Master Shen walked to the door of the private room, and took the letter from Jiang Sheng outside.

After quickly opening the letter and glancing at it, Shen Yi immediately took a reassurance in his heart.

He reached out and patted Jiang Sheng's shoulder, smiled and said something that Jiang Sheng didn't understand.

"Here comes my knife..."

(End of this chapter)