serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 199
There was a deathly silence in the whole square.

King Zhongshun turned his gaze to Mei Changwen.

Mei Changwen plucked up a bit of courage, and looked at Niu Jizong: "You are the Minister of the Ministry of War, and Prince Teng is in your charge. What do you say?"

Niu Jizong didn't speak, but met Mei Changwen's gaze, waiting for his next words.

At this time, all eyes were on Mei Changwen.

Mei Changwen swallowed his saliva, and then said: "Whether Wang Ziteng was defeated and captured, and used money to redeem his life, we should investigate and deal with it immediately. I also doubt the authenticity of this letter. After all, Wang Ziteng's life is not the result of this little money." available for purchase.

Check it out, firstly, you can clear Wang Ziteng's innocence, and secondly, see if there are other transactions involved."

With a snap, Niu Jizong slapped him away!
Mei Changwen staggered from the beating, fell to the ground, and screamed, "You, why did you hit someone?!"

This was something that no one had expected, and they all stood there in a daze, motionless.

Niu Jizong shouted loudly: "Shameless villain! I think we should check you carefully to find out who is instigating you behind the scenes, and see what leader you are in Yang Kaiwu's place? Hall master? Or deputy gang master?! Tell me!"

Mei Changwen was startled for a moment, then blushed: "You, you slandered me!"

Niu Jizong: "Whether it is slander or not, you can find out if you check it. Maybe there are other transactions."

These words immediately made Mei Changwen stand there, his face turned livid again.

"You, you are messing around!" King Zhongshun was furious.

"Shoufu, he is framing me. I don't know Yang Kaiwu at all!" Mei Changwen also panicked, and hurriedly said to Song Chengliang.

Niu Jizong's voice was cold, but very firm: "You will say you know each other when the time comes." After saying this, he turned his gaze to the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and said loudly: "Duke Ning has been in the past month. Hundreds of thousands of rebels were wiped out, and a large number of letters and account books were confiscated from the rebels, and some people had an affair with the rebels!"

King Zhongshun and Mei Changwen were in a daze, the officials were in a daze, Song Chengliang, Wang Hetang and others were also in a daze.

At this moment, Wang Rulin, the royal censor of Youqian capital, hurried over and said to Song Chengliang: "Shoufu, the family of Quanjiao County Magistrate remembered something again." After speaking, he took out a piece of ink paper from his sleeve and handed it to Song Chengliang past.

Song Chengliang took a look, frowned, then handed the ink pad to Elder Yang Ge who was beside him, and said to Wang Hetang and the others: "Look at it too." He glanced at Niu Jizong again.

Old Yang Ge glanced at it, and his eyes straightened all of a sudden!

Wang Hetang, Niu Jizong and others were stunned by his demeanor, they quickly surrounded him, and their faces changed after seeing him.

Niu Jizong was also a little surprised. He didn't expect Wang Ziteng to be involved in Xuzhou's case.

At the beginning, Liu Fang urgently sent a thick stack of trial records, some of which were the confessions of the noble officers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the head of the Cao Gang, some of the confessions of the White Lotus Sect, and some of which were densely signed by a hundred ex-Xuzhou Testimony of the names of the defenders.

Everyone’s long-standing guesses were confirmed by these confessions and testimonies. The fall of Xuzhou City and the sudden appearance of rebel cavalry in Henan were driven by someone behind the scenes. The former Xuzhou City Guard opened the city gate after seeing someone.

Unfortunately, the former Xuzhou guard died in the scuffle, and no one knew who it was who went to see him that night.

In fact, everyone already has the answer in their hearts, but no one is willing to say it, let alone pierce the window paper.

But, what kind of role does Wang Ziteng play in this?
Suddenly, Niu Jizong trembled slightly. Could it be that Wang Ziteng was really defeated and captured, and bought his life with money?
A gleam of light flashed in the eyes of King Zhongshun, who was looking at the ink paper, and he looked at Song Chengliang: "Shoufu, tell me what to do!"

Song Chengliang hesitated for a moment, and then said: "This matter is of great importance. The cabinet, together with the Ministry of War and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, will have a joint trial in the side hall of Wenyuan Pavilion!" !"

Elder Yang Ge: "Yes." He handed back the ink pad to Song Chengliang, and walked out quickly.

Looking at the back of Yang Ge going all the way, Song Chengliang sighed, and then said, "Let's go to the study together while it's now." Saying this, he pointed at Wang Rulin, then at Mei Changwen, and strode forward go outside.

King Zhongshun looked up at the cloudless sky above the palace, and said, "The weather is really nice today." After speaking, he laughed and strode out.

Mei Changwen and Wang Rulin looked at each other with satisfaction, then walked out.

With a "hum", Niu Jizong hurried out.

Wang Hetang, Zhao Zixun and Qian Shangshu looked at each other with wry smiles, shook their heads at the same time, and walked out together.

Anhui, Luzhou Prefecture.

The sun is already westward.

There have never been so many soldiers stationed in the official pavilion in history. The 10,000+ army of the imperial court is spread over the vast fields with a radius of more than ten miles.

In the deserted field less than three miles away from the camp, countless huts were built in a few days, densely packed until the banks of the Pai River, and there were refugees everywhere, some in the huts, some in the fields, sitting or lying down .

Not far from the shack, there are two porridge sheds every [-] paces. In each porridge shed, two big pots are cooking porridge. Some children are chasing between those porridge sheds with their bowls. Officers with guns and knives are patrolling.

Suddenly, a low-pitched trumpet sounded from the direction of the army camp, and the people in the huts poured out. At this time, there was the sound of war drums shaking the sky, and the people let out a thunderous cry!

There was a moment of silence in some places, and then these people also cheered, celebrating the arrival of another imperial army.

The people gave out heartfelt cheers. They all heard that the imperial court has pacified all places except Hefei, and will soon launch an attack on the rebels entrenched in Hefei to wipe out all the rebels and put down the rebellion.

Inside the Chinese army tent.

Jia Hu was sitting in front of the desk, looking down at the account book.

At this time, Jia Lian and Eunuch Zhao were sitting on the side drinking tea, they obviously just arrived, their faces were full of fatigue.

After reading the account books, Jia Hu nodded with a smile, and said to Jia Lian, "Second brother Lian has worked hard."

Jia Lian quickly put down the tea bowl, stood up, and said, "It's a matter of duty, and the other [-] shi of grain can be delivered to Daying within five days."

Jia Hu waved his hand: "Sit down, sit down. We are brothers, and Supervisor Zhao is not an outsider, so feel free."

Jia Lian answered "yes", saluted first, and then sat down.

Jia Hu nodded, and said to Eunuch Zhao: "Since the firearms camp and food and grass have arrived, I plan to break out the camp the next morning, lay siege to the city on the [-]th, and start to attack the city on the [-]th."

Eunuch Zhao thought for a while and asked, "What do the old Duke and Wang Ziteng say?"

Jia Hu: "As long as we are besieging the city, the old Duke and the Pioneer Battalion will come to reconcile. Eighty miles away, it will only take a day and a half. As for Wang Ziteng, he is still attacking Chao County. Don't wait for him. "

Hearing this, Eunuch Zhao nodded, and then glanced at Jia Hu. Although he hadn't been with the army for a month, he still knew about Jia Hu. Although all the states and counties in the state capital are deputies, they all hold real power.

This is also where he admires Jia Hu, enough is enough.If it is the main halls of the states and counties, even if the emperor does not speak, the cabinet will find a way to transfer these people away, but the deputy is different, just to take care of Jia Hu's face, they have to wait for these people to serve for one term before being transferred. Three years, very long.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew in, and the curtain was blown up, and then a gust of wind blew into the big tent from a distance and from all directions with a sharp whistling sound.

Jia Hu frowned, the weather was cloudless, where did such a strong evil wind come from?

"Click" came a crisp sound of wood breaking, followed by a terrified cry:
"The banner is broken!"

"The flag was broken by the wind!"

Jia Hu stood up abruptly and strode out.

Jia Lian and Eunuch Zhao looked at each other, with a look of fear on their faces, and hurriedly followed.

Strange to say, the wind stopped.

In the open space in front of the big tent of the Chinese army, a large flag with the character "Zhou" was lying on the ground, and the flagpole with thick arms was broken off in the middle.

All the soldiers looked at the big flag on the ground, with expressions of horror on their faces.

Jia Hu's eyebrows trembled violently, his eyes slowly swept across the faces of the crowd, and he looked up at the sky, the sky was clear.

At this time, Xie Qiong, Yun Guang, Yang Dayong and others came over.

Yun Guang hesitated for a moment, then said in a low voice, "It's not a good sign!"

Jia Hu nodded. Suddenly, an astonishing thought flashed through his mind, and he said to several people, "Could it be that the rebels raided the camp at night?"

Hearing this, several people were startled at first, and then nodded one after another. Hefei is more than [-] miles away from here, and the rebel cavalry can arrive in about half an hour. In addition, many victims of disasters have arrived recently. How many rebels are hidden inside.

Jia Hu thought about it for a while. The overall terrain here is high in the southwest and low in the northeast. His side occupies a favorable location, which is very suitable for cavalry to charge.

After a stick of incense, groups of cavalry rushed out of the camp.

In the direction the cavalry was heading, the setting sun was as red as blood!

(End of this chapter)