high official

Chapter 181

After finishing the last lesson in the ancestral hall, the children of the Zheng family had their last meal at home together. Then, with plausible answers, they prepared to leave their hometown where they had grown up for generations...

The town was full of sorrows of parting, but the outside of the town was filled with terror. Tens of thousands of officers and soldiers were waiting in battle. Zhu Jiuye personally led Jin Yiwei to guard the wooden bridge over the ditch, which was also the only way out of the town.

The water in the ditch under the wooden bridge was a foot deep.When the officers and soldiers dug to a depth of two feet, it seemed that they had dug into a water vein, and the groundwater gurgled up, and it became what it is now...

At this time, 110 households in the first mile of Zheng's family had arrived at the entrance of the town.Under the command of Jin Yiwei, one family passed the wooden bridge.In Jinyiwei, there are people who have met Jianwenjun in the palace before. They are the main force of the inspection. There is only one task, find that person!If they can find him, they will be rewarded with ten thousand taels of gold and direct promotion to one thousand households!

Under the heavy reward, every pair of eyes widened, and they looked at everyone carefully, except for children, old and weak women and children.Anyone who has a little bit of a figure or appearance will be called aside to accept the scrutiny of Jin Yiwei from the inside out.

Under such circumstances, the atmosphere at both ends of the bridge was extremely tense...

On the barracks tower not far away, Zhou Xin, a native of Zhejiang Province, looked a little careless.He looked at the Zheng family lined up in a long line, and under the intimidation of the officers and soldiers, they mobilized, and suddenly said to Zhou Tai next to him without thinking: "It's the twelfth lunar month."

"Yes." Zhou Tai said softly, "Today is the second day of the twelfth lunar month."

"The twelfth lunar month is the new year." Zhou Xin looked at the bridge and said slowly, "Those people probably won't be old enough."

Zhou Tai just wanted to say, 'Everywhere is a pass', but he thumped in his heart, and stared: "My lord is saying that they will die?"

"Yesterday, the Zhejiang navy has secretly lifted anchor. They have followed Tang Yun's secret order to set up an ambush at the mouth of Qiantang." Zhou Xin said in a very low voice, "We are waiting for the Zheng family's fleet to arrive..."

"Ah..." Zhou Tai was stunned. Even though he was on the opposite side, he couldn't help feeling sympathetic to the Zheng family.He asked softly, "Is this His Majesty's will?"

"No." Zhou Xin shook his head and said, "This is Tang Yun's own idea. It was also because the Pujiang battle was too embarrassing and he failed to catch the right owner, so he decided to take the Zheng family to the emperor..."

"It's really cruel..." Zhou Tai asked in a low voice, "What does your lord mean?"

"The Zheng family harbored that person, and it was only the matter of Zheng Tang, Zheng Yan and other core figures. The vast majority of people didn't know about it." Zhou Xin said in a deep voice: "Even if convicted, it's Zheng Tang and others who deserve to die. Those thousands of people are innocent." He sighed and said, "Master Hu and I exiled the Zheng family overseas to save their lives, but now we have become the culprits who killed them."

"My lord, the culprits are Tang Yun and Zhu Jiu!" Zhou Tai said angrily.

"I can't tell." Zhou Xin shook his head and said, "After all, we are the ones who let them go to sea."

"..." Zhou Tai worried: "My lord, is there a way to save them?"

"..." Zhou Xin pursed his lips tightly, closed his eyes and meditated for a while.His loyalty to Emperor Yongle can be learned from the sun, and he does not sympathize with the incompetent Jianwen Jun.But during this period of time, those people who were willing to die in order to protect Jianwen had a great impact on him.The Zheng family's determination of "I don't go to hell, whoever goes to hell" deeply shocked him even more.There are also classmates and friends who protected him in the past... It made him really unable to watch the thousands of members of the Zheng family buried in the belly of fish in such a muddled way... After a long time, Zhou Xin opened his eyes and said in a low voice: "You can only use Tiaohulishan It's a plan." Then he lowered his voice again and said, "Do you still remember that ghost Zhang in the prison?"

"Of course I remember." Zhou Tai said: "That guy forged the government's inspection and cooperation, and even the old officials in the yamen couldn't tell the truth from the fake. If it weren't for your lord's sharp eyes, he doesn't know how long he has been cheating."

"During the interrogation, I remember him saying that there is no seal that he cannot forge, and there is no handwriting that he cannot imitate." Zhou Xin said softly.

"Hmm." Zhou Tai stared wide-eyed and said, "What does your lord mean?"

"You go back to Hangzhou right now, use my Guanfang to bring out the ghost hand Zhang, and ask him to forge a troop dispatch order..." Zhou Xin ordered with a blank face: "Then find someone to pretend to be a messenger from Ningbo Mansion, send Send the letter to the navy at Qiantangkou!"

Zhou Tai couldn't help but gasped and said, "My lord, this is a lie about the military situation!"

"Yes." Zhou Xin sighed and said, "But if that's not the case, how can we mobilize the Zhejiang Navy and allow the Zheng family's fleet to sail smoothly?" This is Zhu Yuanzhang's power. According to the inspector, he can't command the army at all.

"What if we track it down in the future?"

"Ask three times and don't know." No one in the world knows better than Zhou Xin the principle of "If you want others to know, you have to do nothing yourself", but sometimes, you have to "do what you know you can't do", otherwise how can your conscience be at ease?Where is the conscience?He sighed deeply: "Let's talk about the matter in the future, let's help them close this matter first."

"Yes." Zhou Tai has been with Zhou Xin for eight years, this is the first time he saw him doing "illegal activities", but it made him respect his lord even more, he saluted deeply, and then went straight to Hangzhou...

"Brother Ziyan," Zhou Xin looked at the wooden bridge again, his eyes were more calm than before, and he said softly, "I don't owe you anything..."

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Not everyone was paying attention to the wooden bridge. Hu Qin, who was supposed to be most concerned about the inspection site, was not by the wooden bridge and went to visit the wounded...

The injured person who can let him visit is naturally Young Master Xianyun.It is said that when Master Xianyun was found in the bamboo forest, he seemed to be on the verge of dying, but he didn't know whether it was because of Daming's great surgeon skills, or because of his inhuman quality, it took less than half a month, and he actually broke through the gates of hell... …The wound did not suppurate, and the person no longer had a fever. This life was completely restored.

Of course, this is also related to the indiscriminate care of Wang Xian and Ling Xiaoyi.It is said that the big bosses have gathered together for a while, Zheng Fantai, Hu Qincha, Zhu Jiuye, one by one, even Zhou Jietai doesn't talk much, and Wang Xian naturally has nothing to do.He was also so happy, and while taking care of the seriously injured Xianyun with Lingxiao, he asked about the situation in the county.Hearing yesterday that the government army had retaken the county seat, he wanted to go quickly to check on the safety of his brothers, but it was the same as here, surrounded by water, and no one was allowed to come in or out.

Wang Xian had no choice but to give up, and this morning he was feeding Xian Yun a spoonful of chicken soup, when Hu Yan came in from outside.Wang Xian knew that he was coming two days ago, and wanted to settle accounts with this bastard who cheated him to death, but what is his identity?Could it be that he can see each other when he meets?What's more, I heard from Ling Xiao that Hu Yu's martial arts are higher than Xianyun's, and this account is likely to be rotten...

So when Hu Yun came in, he saw Wang Xian's eyes were so resentful, that eyes were like a pregnant woman who had been abandoned all the time, making people feel that he had made a huge mistake.

"Cough cough, don't look at me like that." Even though Hu Yun had a thick skin, he still couldn't help coughing twice and said: "I really did not behave properly in this matter."

Wang Xian said in a low voice: "It's not just unreasonable, it's simply too unreal."

"Okay, okay, I will compensate you." Hu Yun said, "Turn around and say hello to the official department, let you go to Hangzhou to be an official and leave this ghost place, it's okay, right?" He stared at him and said : "You messed up the errand, and I haven't settled with you yet!"

"..." Wang Xian shrank his neck when he heard the words, and said in a low voice: "That thing is too strange, the secret of 'Thousands of Miles of Chasing Soul' has been known to the other party somehow." After a pause, he said: "I asked Lingxiao, and she said After Xianyun was seriously injured, his body entered a state of tortoise's breath, and it was impossible to speak."

"Then there is an inner ghost." Hu Yan said in a deep voice, "Have you ever told the people around you about the 'chasing souls from thousands of miles'?"

"No..." Wang Xian shook his head and said with a blank expression.

"Forget it, don't bite if there are too many lice, and we'll talk about it later." Hu Yan lifted the quilt on Xianyun, looked at his upper body wrapped like a rice dumpling, and sighed: "This time, it really won't hurt to steal chickens." Bami, if there is something wrong with this young master, how can I explain to Sun Zhenren?"

"He is out of danger, and he can wake up at any time." Wang Xian comforted Hu Yun, "Besides, the imperial court has set up a net, that man cannot fly out of the Pujiang River."

Hu Yun glanced at him without responding, sat down on the edge of the bed, picked up Xianyun's wrist to check his pulse for a moment, then covered him with a quilt and said, "You really think so?"

"I can only think about the good things now..." Wang Xian whispered.

"Hehe," Hu Yun couldn't help but smiled wryly, "No matter what you think, this time it's a dead end." After a pause, he said, "After hearing that you guys missed in the mountains, I knew it was a dead end. Now it's time to dig three lands in Pujiang County. Ruler, I can’t find that person either.”

"Why are you so pessimistic?"

"I've been looking for him for six years." Hu Yun said in a deep voice, "I know too many people are protecting him, that's why I use you, a kid who has nothing to do with the past. I don’t know who to trust.”

"It's a pity that I let you down." Wang Xian said in a low voice.

"No, you have greatly exceeded my expectations." Hu Yan said with a smile: "You used some vague clues to deduce the general location of the person, and then used their mentality to eliminate all hidden dangers, and successfully baited them. It is a great achievement to kill more than 20 of his servants this time."

"Unfortunately, that person still escaped." Wang Xian whispered.

"Satisfied, boy!" Hu Yan gave him a shudder, and laughed and cursed: "If you catch him in one go, my guy who has not succeeded in six years, he should find a piece of tofu and kill him!" He suppressed his smile, Seriously said: "This time at least I can give the emperor an answer, and it's not like I can't do business at all."

Wang Xian nodded, he understood what Hu Yan meant.This time it can at least prove that Lord Jianwen is indeed alive, at least it can make Emperor Yongle feel at ease...

(End of this chapter)