Jinyi Night Walk

Wang Yuxia, Li Tianhen and his party were instructed by Xia Xun to leave Jinling immediately and rush to Guanhaiwei, but when they got there, they failed to rescue their captured brothers immediately.They have the verdict of exoneration from the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies in their hands, which can prove their innocence, but it is impossible to directly order Guanhaiwei to release them.

Chang Xiwen, the commander of Guanhaiwei, was not there. He accompanied Luo Yu, the commander of the Eastern Zhejiang Navy, to the sea.

Shuangyu Guard is now guarded by the officers and soldiers of Taicang Guard. Luo Yu, the commander of the East Zhejiang Metropolis, is not at ease. Xiao Meng, the governor of Eastern Zhejiang, who was sent by the Governor of the Five Armies to supervise the suppression of the Japanese, was accompanied by Chang Xiwen, the commander of the Guanhai Guard. , went to Shuangyu Island for inspection, they only left half a day earlier than Wang Yuxia and others.

Wang Yuxia and others had no choice but to temporarily live near Guanhaiwei.They were also very concerned about the current situation of Shuangyu Island, but they did not forget Xia Xun's entrustment.No matter how frantic Luo Yu and the others were, they would not dare to massacre the people of Shuangyu Island. It would not do them any good to slaughter a bunch of civilians, but if the captured Shuangyu guards were released, they would provoke If something happens, then Shuangyu Island will fall into a passive position.

Therefore, under the balance of the two, they still stayed near Guanhaiwei.It was not until the morning of the third day that the imperial court requested the release of the soldiers of Shuangyu Island and ordered Luo Yu, Ji Wenhe and others to arrive at Guanhaiwei.

Seeing the imperial court's writings, the generals who stayed at Guanhaiwei did not dare to be negligent, and immediately released the officers and soldiers of Shuangyu Guard, and returned their weapons and warships. Retaliation is about to be carried out. They were tortured and humiliated during their detention. If they raised their arms, these soldiers who didn't care much about the military discipline of the country and France are likely to respond in groups, thus turning from being framed into a real mutiny.

Fortunately, Xia Xun had the foresight. Wang Yuxia, the third leader of Shuangyu Island, was here. As soon as these people were released, he rushed to receive them and temporarily brought them under his jurisdiction. turned into a riot.

Under Wang Yuxia's repeated explanations and tyrannical suppression, he finally gathered up this resentful and rebellious team.The next day, the warships, weapons, and personnel were all handed over. They boarded their warships and prepared to return to Shuangyu Island. So they came back, and brought a huge fleet, Taicangwei's warships and soldiers were brought back by them.

The returning battleship also brought back a shocking news: Luo Yu, the commander of the East Zhejiang Navy, and Ji Wenhe, the commander of the Taicang Weidu, both killed Shuangyu Island.It was for this reason that Xiao Meng, a member of the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion who was invited to accompany the inspection, decisively took over the command and brought back all the troops from the Guanhai and Taicang fleets.The officials from the imperial court who came to issue the decree were stunned upon hearing the news, so they had no choice but to bring Xiao Meng and other insiders back to the capital, and the investigation was hastily concluded.

However, this news is not without benefits. At least those angry Shuangyu Guard officers and soldiers became less angry after hearing the news, and no one shouted against the court and became pirates again.

When the news spread back to Jinling, it immediately caused an uproar in the government and the opposition.

What is going on?

According to the report of Xiao Meng, the governor of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, he has been supervising the suppression of bandits in eastern Zhejiang under the orders of the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion.Two days before the incident, Luo Yu suddenly invited him to inspect Shuangyu Island together. Since Shuangyu Guard "rebelled", Shuangyu Island has been controlled by officers and soldiers of Taicang Guard. Luo Yu has never been to the island, so he feels relieved No more.

Naturally, Xiao Meng had no objection to this, he was ordered to come to eastern Zhejiang for inspection purposes, and had no right to influence the actions of the navy generals.Because the Zhedong navy is called a navy, most of the guards are guarding on land. Only Guanhai and Taicang guards actually own sea ships. At the moment, Taicang guards are guarding Shuangyu Island, and they can only use the warships of Guanhaiwei. , So the two led their soldiers to Guanhaiwei, accompanied by Chang Xiwen, commander of Guanhaiwei, to Shuangyu Island.

After they arrived at Shuangyu, they were warmly entertained by Taicang Guard Commander Ji Wenhe, had some wine that night, and then fell asleep separately.When he got up early the next morning, Luo Yu and Ji Wenhe were still nowhere to be seen. At first, he thought it was because he was drunk and got up late, so no one cared. Until the sun was three poles, they still didn't get up, so Xiao Meng and the generals went to find them.

In the end, they found that Ji Wenhe's bedroom was empty, and rushed to Luo Yu's residence, only to find that Luo Yu and Ji Wenhe had already died of anger.The two died very strangely. Luo Yu held a dagger in his hand and stabbed it deeply in Ji Wenhe's heart, but Ji Wenhe's waist knife lay across Luo Yu's neck. It looked like Luo Yu had suddenly attacked him. , Ji Wenhe fought back violently when he was dying, so that the two of them died together.

At that time, Xiao Meng brought more than a dozen middle and senior generals of Taicang Guard and Guan Hai Guard. They witnessed all this with their own eyes. These people are all witnesses and can prove what Xiao Meng said.As for why this happened, all the generals were baffled.Now, combined with the "Tongwa case" that has been tried, it is natural to draw a conclusion, that is: Luo Yu is the mastermind who framed his colleagues. After the incident, his eyes and ears in Beijing immediately sent back the news, Luo Yu Hearing the news, he wanted to kill people and silence them, so he used the excuse of inspecting Shuangyu, and took Xiao Meng as a cover to rush to Shuangyu Island.Later, he secretly met with Ji Wenhe, taking advantage of his unpreparedness, and wanted to kill the insider, but unexpectedly, Ji Wenhe was dying and killed him too.

If combined with the conclusion of the "Tongwo case", this bizarre murder case that occurred on Shuangyu Island is obviously the only reasonable explanation.The reason why there was an uproar was because such a thing was unheard of in the Ming army, and there had never been such a precedent, so Zhu Di had to express full concern.

At the same time, the generals of Zhu Gaoxu's faction all agreed with this inference and hoped to close the case, but the people of Zhu Gaochi's faction naturally refused to give up. They insisted that this was a murder planned by someone, with the purpose of killing people and protecting the real The mastermind behind the scenes, I hope the emperor will continue to investigate and make the case truly known to the world.

However, the civil and military officials of the neutral faction were no longer willing to let this scandal continue to tarnish the reputation of the court, and they did not want to continue the investigation. They came forward one after another and agreed with the conclusion made by the second prince Zhu Gaoxu, thinking that the truth of the case had been revealed and there was no need to continue. Check it out.The support of the neutral faction officials made the faction of the High Royal Highness who had a slight upper hand temporarily lose its advantage, and the political situation entered a stalemate and balance stage again.

Luo Yu's assassination of Ji Wenhe was naturally a trick directed by Xiao Meng.According to Zhu Gaoxu and Qiu Fu's plan, Xiao Meng was going to put the blame for the murder on the people of Shuangyu Island, but after receiving the order, Xiao Meng made some changes to the plan without authorization.There is only one reason, to better protect yourself.

He has been ordered to patrol the eastern part of Zhejiang Province. He planned the case of Tongwa, and he also contributed to the case of Tongfan. If the deaths of Luo Yu and Ji Wenhe were pushed to the people of Shuangyuwei, it would certainly achieve the goal of killing people, but why? Coincidentally, when the truth of the "Tongwa case" came to light, the two generals who pretended to be dirty were suddenly killed?If someone persists and continues to investigate, it is hard to say that he will not be pulled in and become a scapegoat for higher-level officials.

However, after he made a slight change, it became Luo Yu's intentional murder of Ji Wenhe. Although it made the case even uglier and caused the court to suffer a bigger scandal, he could better protect himself.From this it can be proved that Luo Yu is the mastermind. Because of the incident, he wanted to kill his accomplice, Ji Wenhe, to shirk his responsibility.

Although his purpose was to protect himself, objectively, he gave the whole case a theoretical basis for ending it, and won the support of neutral officials. Therefore, after returning to Beijing, he was not only not blamed by Qiu Fu, but also supported by Zhu Gaoxu. praise.

Of course they don't know that behind them, there is an invisible magic hand pushing their struggle to escalate, and Ji Wenhe is a member of this third party force.At this point in the matter, third-party forces worried that they would be involved and exposed to the sun, so they encouraged neutral officials to support them, hoping to suspend the continued investigation of the Zhedong Navy scandal.

It was at this time that Xia Xun returned to Jinling.

"Young Master, Madam is not at home. They are all going to decorate our new house. Xiao Di went to see it. It's a big house, and it's very spectacular. The two big stone lions at the door are not so big when you pile up two small Di. Gao, the inner yard is inside the yard, and Xiaodi lost his way after only turning half a circle. Mrs. Qi said that he still needs to stock up in the pool in the backyard..."

"Xiao Di, you can talk about it later."

Steward Xiao glared at his daughter fiercely, interrupted her, and reported to Xia Xun with a large stack of invitations: "Master, these are the invitations I received these days. The king's son-in-law has sent people here three times, to inquire The day when the master returns to Beijing, please come to the mansion. The scholar Xie Jin has sent two invitations to invite you to the mansion after returning to Beijing. Master Wu Youdao, the imperial envoy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, has come here four times in person. He said……"

"Oh? Has Wu Youdao been here?"

Xia Xun stopped in her tracks, tilted her head and smiled slightly, and took the greeting card from Manager Xiao. The Metropolitan Procuratorate was Chen Ying's territory, and Wu Youdao was Chen Ying's biggest competitive force. Wu Youdao intended to show his favor, and this olive branch must be taken over. After it has been cultivated, it will be Yang Xu's mouthpiece in the court.

Knowing how to do is worse than being able to speak, and being able to speak is worse than being able to blow. Now he also needs to cultivate his own drummer.

Manager Xiao continued to report: "Dingguo's mansion also sent a letter, saying that General Chizhong of Fuzhou has arrived in Beijing, and now he is staying in Dingguo's mansion. Please return to Beijing..."

As soon as he said this, a servant hurried over and reported: "Duke, the Royal Envoy Huang Zhen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is asking to see you!"

Xia Xun laughed and said: "Huang Zhen, this guy has a dog's nose, please sit in his study, I'll go right away!"