Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 257
Yangju County City,

In the city, on the street between Xicheng Square.

Ji Yunhui didn't shy away from it, and directly led a large number of soldiers from the Imperial City Division, walking quickly on the street, and they were rampant along the way, without any regard for the people who came and went.

When you see an unhappy passer-by, you push them to the ground, and even smash and kick any small businessmen who stand in your way, leaving a mess on the ground.

All of them showed the unusualness of this team, and what's more, they saw rich and wealthy households stop by the side of the road to watch. Beat people up and howl like ghosts and wolves.

And in the restaurant not far from the Yanzheng Yamen, the waiter and shopkeeper, when they saw the street corner, the people from the Huangcheng Division secretly came to the window on the second floor of the restaurant to observe.

When Ji Yunhui came to the Yanzheng Yamen, he saw that there was not even a guard standing at the door, his heart sank, something happened.

He took people directly into the yamen, only to see the yamen servants in twos and threes gathered together, gambling for money, and chatting for money.

Seeing such a scene, Ji Qianhu shouted loudly;
"gather."

With a roar, the yamen servants immediately stood up in fright, and when they saw a lot of soldiers coming, they all unconsciously swayed, and one of the squad leaders came over tremblingly and asked;

"This Shangguan, the younger one is the head of the yamen squad, may I ask why you came here?"

"What's the point of gathering a crowd to gamble? Come here, pull the gamblers down and hit ten boards to see the effect, and the rest will immediately go outside the door to guard,"

Ji Yunhui said coldly, Feng Qianhu behind him waved his hand, and the people from the Huangcheng Division went straight over, and beat up the boards on the spot according to the few officials who gathered for gambling.

"My lord, my lord, I don't dare, I don't dare, please forgive me."

No one spoke, only the sound of hitting the board, "crack, clap."

There is also the muffled snort of the yamen servant.

The people around were so frightened that they immediately went out to stand guard, only the old squad leader was wiping his sweat in front of his face, Ji Yunhui asked upon seeing this;

"Leader, where is Master Lin?"

"Go back, sir, Master Lin is in the backyard mansion, I heard that he is ill."

The old team leader was talking hesitantly there, Ji Yunhui felt something was wrong and said loudly;
"Brothers, immediately seal off the entire Yanzheng Yamen, inspect it carefully, and then clean up the house. We will stay here. Deputy Feng Qianhu, please come and watch, and I will see Lord Lin."

Deputy Feng Qianhu responded immediately;

"Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely watch you carefully."

"Okay, let's do it right away."

Deputy Feng Qianhu immediately ordered his subordinate Baihu to start assigning tasks.
"You, you, a few of you lead people to inspect the entire yamen to see if there are any hidden entrances and exits. The remaining [-] households lead people to clean up the houses immediately. As many as you want, clean up on the spot, fast."

Just when the Imperial City Secretary behind him started to act.

Ji Yunhui came to the backyard with his own soldiers. The backyard of the yamen is usually used as an official's residence when he is an official in a different place, and it is almost separated by a wall.

Entering the backyard, it looks spacious and bright. Unlike the warm lofts in the north, Jiangnan is more concise and somewhat tall. Jiangnan has a lot of rainy seasons and often accumulates water, so the house must be built on a high place.

But Ji Yunhui walked through the yard and entered the main house. Before entering the house, he smelled an unpleasant smell of Chinese herbal medicine, and walked in with a sullen head.

In the hall, on the bed at the back of the house, Lin Ruhai was also lying on the bed with a pale face, his complexion was so bad that Ji Yunhui was also terrified.

came under the couch, and bowed down;
"My lord Lin, Ji Yunhui, a thousand households in the Imperial City Department of the humble capital, led a bodyguard to guard my lord, what is this, my lord?"

"Ahem. Get up first. I don't know about this. It's just that my health is getting worse these days. It's good that you come here. The guards are almost dead. I haven't seen them these days. I don't know what happened to them? Don't trust anyone in Yangzhou, Ji Qianhu, remember. Cough cough."

Ji Yunhui's pupils shrank, and it turned out to be so, he said anxiously;

"Don't worry, my lord, my humble position will definitely protect my lord well, did my lord invite a doctor here? Your body."

"Don't worry, I won't die yet. Those people dare not let me die now. Who else will come besides you?"

Lin Ruhai struggled to sit up, and the nurses and maidservants beside him came to support her. After sitting up, she looked at Ji Qianhu, who was dressed in bright armor and majestic, as expected of a man in the capital.

"Return to my lord, the supervisor is waiting here on behalf of the humble officer. The Holy Majesty has already sent an imperial envoy and a large number of soldiers to come. Don't worry, Lin lord, just wait for a few days."

Ji Qianhu told Lin Ruhai what the nephew had told him. Although he didn't know who the imperial envoy was, he must not be a good person who could lead troops here, at least he could protect the lives of his group.

After hearing this, Lin Ruhai squinted his eyes and thought about it. Although he is not in the capital now, he still knows a lot of things. In this way, the person who came here must be the emperor's person, and he might be a murderer. Who could it be?

After thinking about it, I still had no idea, so I had to say;

"Ji Qianhu, it's in the Yamen, take someone to search it carefully, the old man is unwell and hasn't sat in court for three months, and I don't know much about the affairs of the house and the Yamen. You have to know it well, if the imperial envoy The news of the minister going south has spread, we must be the focus, and the killer will definitely come again, be careful."

"Don't worry, my lord, I will bring you all the experts from the capital, and I will definitely do a good job in defense. But my lord, I would like to ask, is the Imperial City Secretary in Yangzhou or the Imperial City Secretary in Jinling still trustworthy?"

Ji Yunhui was still not reconciled, and when he asked about this again, Lin Ruhai laughed at himself and said;

"I asked for help eleven times from the Yangzhou Imperial City Division, and six times from the deputy commander of the Jiangnan Remaining Imperial City Division. The secret guards sent them there in person, but no one came back. What do you think?"

Hearing this, Ji Yunhui clenched his fists tightly and replied;
"My lord, the humble official knows,"

At this moment, from outside the door, Feng Qianhu ran in with a look of horror on his face. Seeing Lin Ruhai, he knelt down and bowed while enduring his discomfort.

"Feng Gu, deputy deputy Qianhu, has met the adults!"

"Ahem, get up, what's scaring you."

Lin Ruhai asked curiously, but Ji Yunhui was also puzzled.

"Master Lin, Master Ji, in the bamboo forest in the backyard, vomit."

Feng Gu retched before he finished speaking, Ji Yunhui's eyes narrowed, knowing that it was unusual, so he bowed his hands instead of asking;

"Master Lin, you should have a good rest, I will go over and have a look."

Lin Ruhai burst into tears suddenly, choked up and said;
"Wait a minute, tell me, is it the brothers of the hidden guards? I haven't seen a single person for many days. I must have been murdered. I owe them."

Ji Yunhui looked at Feng Gu, and Deputy Feng Qianhu also nodded,

"Master Lin, Master Ji, the secret guards were found, and their heads were all beheaded and discarded in the bamboo forest in the backyard. They all stink. There are many of them, and some of them have already seen their bones."

"Hey, Ji Qianhu, if possible, bury them in the bamboo forest. Since the old man took office, if it had been five years without them, they would have been decapitated. Now, just like my family, I never thought about Yin and Yang. After a while, I saw them all last time. I still don’t know their names, ahem.”

The more Lin Ruhai spoke, the more desolate he became, and there was always a lot of resentment in his heart, but with such a crippled body, there was nothing he could do.

"My lord, the humble job association has made arrangements, you rest first, some accounts have to be settled slowly, there is no rush."

"Well said, don't rush."

Forlingshire Town,

In the canal outside the city,
Zhang Jinyu's naval fleet had already passed Anshui and turned to the Water Transport Canal. Not far away was Fuling County in the middle of the Water Transport, which was also the residence of the Governor of Water Transport.

Zhang Jinyu slept in a separate cabin, and when he woke up, he received a report from the soldiers sent by Duan Hong, saying that Commander Lu, the pilot, asked if he was resting at the naval camp in Fuling County.

Zhang Jinyu fell asleep for a while, and didn't know where she was on the boat, so she followed the soldiers out, and woke up sleepy when the wind blew.

Then he came to the command cabin at the bow, saw Duan Hong still staring there, and said;

"Old Duan, the lieutenant will take turns watching this section of the road. You don't need to be here. Let's talk about it when we reach the border of Jiangbei. Now we just relax. If something happens to the guards at the Governor's Mansion, it will be over."

Duan Hong sat on the chair, got up when he heard that Lord Hou was coming, and replied;
"Master Hou, it's all right. The command cabin is sheltered from the wind and rain, and there are chairs to sit on. It's much more comfortable than outside the pass. By the way, Commander Lu said, do you want to spend the night in the Faling County navy camp?"

Seeing that Duan Hong was in high spirits, Zhang Jinyu stopped persuading him, and patted Duan Hong on the shoulder and said;
"Forget it, it's up to you. Well, Fuling County is a good place, but it's a pity that we can't go there. If we stop the boat there, the news will leak out. Next time. Tell Commander Lu to continue south."

"Yes, Lord Hou."

Duan Hong asked the captain next to him to go out to convey the news, then took out a tray from a box behind him, and knocked there.

Before Zhang Jinyu paid attention, he heard the sound of "bang bang" around him, and when he turned his head, he saw Duan Hong knocking a ball of mud there.

Zhang Jinyu walked over and asked curiously;
"Okay, the old Duan has started to play with mud, and you are an eye-opener for your hobby."

Unexpectedly, Duan Hong sold a trick,
"Master Hou, you can think about it badly. This is the unique skill of the last general's hometown. The lotus leaf is called the flower chicken. It is wrapped in lotus leaves and then buried in the mud and roasted slowly. It is delicious."

After finishing speaking, he showed off a bit and shook the lump of mud in his hand.

Zhang Jinyu had also heard a little about beggar chickens, and looked at the trays in the box, there were a few more, no problem, just picked them up and left.

"Okay, old Duan, I'll give you a taste of these three benefactors. If you're tired, go down and have a rest instead of staying up."

"Hey, Lord Hou, this, I know."

Duan Hong reluctantly agreed behind him.

In front, on the large ship led by the navy, Commander Lu Yi arranged for the lieutenant to be on duty, and was about to go back to the cabin to rest, but when he walked out of the command cabin and passed the deck, a captain of the guard came over,
"Master Commander, please take a step to speak!"

(End of this chapter)