Ming Dynasty 1566

Chapter 39

Two soldiers walked over and said fiercely: "Shut up! Call and kill your whole family again!"

It's quiet inside.

The soldier who kicked the pillar became anxious: "Use your shoulders, hit each other in turn!"

A soldier ran over and bumped his shoulder hard, the pillar shook violently, and the soldier also sat down on the ground.

Another soldier: "People who push people can push them down."

The soldier who kicked the pillar said, "Then push." ​​As he said that, he straightened his hands to support the pillar.

A soldier stood behind him and supported his back with his hands, and several soldiers behind him pressed against the front, and they all stood up.

The soldier at the top of the pillar: "Listen to my orders. Three (sound: San)—get up!"

All the people worked hard together, and the pillar fell down with a "boom" with the tiles on the eaves.

Those soldiers quickly dodge.

The soldier who kicked the pillar: "Pick it up, let's go!"

Several people lifted the pillars and ran.

After running a short distance, there was a rush of horseshoes on the side street.Several people stopped.

An official galloped over from the side street with a dozen horses.

The cavalry stopped beside the soldiers carrying the pillars.A few horses still trotted around them.

Several soldiers were dumbfounded.

The official was Gao Hanwen, staring at them closely at this moment: "Which yamen? What are you doing?"

The soldier was a little panicked: "Go back, sir, the county prison is on fire, let's go to the door to save people."

Gao Hanwen was surprised: "Take us there!"

Those soldiers did not dare to move again.

Gao Hanwen shouted: "Let's go!"

The soldiers all drew their swords.

The soldiers had no choice but to trot towards the county prison with the pillars lifted.

Gao Hanwen followed with his own soldiers on horseback.

——The torches are all ready, and a lot of dry firewood is piled up beside the walls of the houses where the jailers live in the yard outside the prison, and they will be set on fire as soon as the pillars come, and then hit the prison door.

The torchlight illuminated the yard outside the prison, and Jiang and Xu had retreated into a room at this time, standing behind the door anxiously waiting for the soldiers to find the pillars.Suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes mixed with footsteps, and immediately felt something was wrong.

But the soldiers in the yard couldn't wait any longer, their eyes were fixed on the gate of the yard, and the torches were shaking beside the dry wood.

Jiang Qianhu: "Not good. Tell them not to set fire first."

A soldier outside the door immediately shouted: "Don't let it go! Don't let it go first..."

Just as they were shouting, several soldiers carried the wooden pillar, and a group of people followed them and broke into the courtyard gate.

"Close the door!" Jiang Qianhu saw Gao Hanwen, and immediately pulled Xu Qianhu to close the door.

A group of horses galloped into the yard and trotted around in circles.

Gao Hanwen immediately asked loudly: "Where is the fire!"

The soldiers carrying the pillars looked at each other in blank dismay.The soldiers holding the torches also quickly threw the torches to the ground, stomped on them with their feet, and extinguished the torches.

Gao Hanwen looked around the courtyard with piercing eyes: "Everyone stands where they are, and anyone who trespasses will be caught immediately!"

The soldiers of the governor's office immediately shouted: "Line up! Stand up!"

The soldiers of the Neisi Yamen hastily divided into two teams and stood on both sides of the courtyard.

Gao Hanwen: "Where is Haizhi County?"

The soldier carrying the pillar: "Go back to my lord, I'm in, in the prison."

Gao Hanwen got off his horse: "Lead me in!"

Hai Rui slowly stood up from the chair and looked at Gao Hanwen who appeared at the door.

With gleaming eyes, Gao Hanwen quickly walked in from the steps of the cell door.

Tian Youlu hurried over to help Gao Hanwen: "My lord, be careful..."

Gao Hanwen flicked his hand lightly, and approached Hai Rui. The two of them looked at each other through the big picture.

Hai Rui had already seen the two personal soldiers of the governor's yamen who came in with him, and asked softly, "Futai, have you seen Hu Butang?"

Gao Hanwen shook his head: "Hu Butang sent someone here."

Hai Rui: "Master Tan?"

Gao Hanwen nodded.

Hai Rui heaved a sigh of relief, and the fatigue of the past few days suddenly emerged, so he sat down.

Gao Hanwen immediately shouted: "Help the magistrate of Haihai to go to the yamen to rest."

Tian Youlu and Wang Laotou competed and ran over, one on each side went to help Hai Rui.

Hai Rui stood up again: "I'm sorry. Futai, it's not time to rest yet."

Gao Hanwen asked with concern: "Can you hold on?"

Hai Rui: "Didn't Futai hold on?"

Gao Hanwen showed a smile for the first time in a few days.Then ordered: "You all go out first, I have something to say to Haizhi County."

Everyone then retreated slowly.

Here, as soon as Tian Youlu walked out of the prison door, he grabbed the sleeve of a soldier in the governor's office.The soldier looked at him.

Tian Youlu said in a low voice: "Jiang Qianhu and Xu Qianhu are hiding in this yard, and you can find them by looking around the door."

The soldier: "Everything is up to Mr. Gao, it's none of your business."

Tian Youlu swallowed his saliva, and looked at the prison head Wang again.

Wang Laotou said: "Don't worry, I will always get that paper back."

Over there, Gao Hanwen and Hai Rui were sitting next to each other, both of them looked at each other.

Gao Hanwen: "There is me here, no one dares to make trouble again. Master Tan means that you are the person recommended by King Yu to the Ministry of Officials to go to the pier to take down the lanterns of the Weaving Bureau and detain all the grain ships." .”

Hai Rui: "How many soldiers will you give me?"

Gao Hanwen: "As much as you want."

Hai Rui: "How do you say that?"

Gao Hanwen took out a piece of official document from his pocket: "This is the official document from the governor's office, hold it, and you can dispatch all the soldiers."

Hai Rui stretched his hands over the desk to pick up the paper.Gao Hanwen didn't let go immediately, and looked at him deeply: "Brother Gangfeng, do whatever you want. I'm with you!"

At this time, a ray of morning light shot in from outside the prison door, and it was dawn.

In Beijing, where there has been no wind for several days since the beginning of summer, there was a slight breeze at dawn. Jiajing refused to let people close the gate of the palace. After all, there had been no wind for more than ten days. He was willing to watch the wind blow in from outside, Hanging the curtain between the monastery and the hall.

Jiajing sat cross-legged on a bright yellow embroidered futon, his thick Songjiang cotton robe was tied up, and his complexion looked better than last night.

Yan Song also gave him a seat, his face full of fear, not pretending, his eyes were dimly looking outside the veil.

Yan Shifan was kneeling outside the veil.

Lu Fang was still busy with his work, first changed the incense on the altar, then picked up a dust whisk and stood beside Jiajing to prevent flying insects from flying in.At the same time, he said to himself: "It's still the sincerity of the Long Live Lord, and finally the wind has blown. There must be rain in a couple of days."

Jiajing: "Speak less. Let them talk."

Lu Fang: "Yes, master."

Yan Song had no choice but to speak: "Yan Shifan, how is the progress of Zhejiang's transformation of rice into mulberry? Have all the victims of the disaster been compensated? In front of the emperor, you report the truth."

Yan Shifan's voice came from outside the veil: "The minister received a report from Zhejiang yesterday evening, saying that Chun'an has thieves who are tricking the Japanese. Zhejiang has sent the new county magistrate of Chun'an, Hai Rui, to deal with it. Then we will arrange 'reform and relief'." '. In June, Sang Miao will definitely be able to insert it."

Jiajing: "How did you change 'Reform and Relief'?"

Yan Shifan outside the veil was silent for a while, and then another voice came: "If you go back to the emperor, let the big silk households with grain to buy the fields of the victims, and then change them into mulberry fields. Arrangements have been made, and next year these mulberry fields will be planted by them."

Jiajing: "What big silk family are you talking about?"

Yan Shifan's voice came after a while: "Back to the emperor, of course it is those big households in the Zhejiang silk workshop."

Jiajing slowly looked at Lu Fang, and Lu Fang looked back at Jiajing, and Jiajing motioned for him to ask.

Lu Fang: "Isn't the Weaving Bureau the largest silk producer in Zhejiang?"

First of all, Yan Song felt trembling when he heard this sentence, and looked at Lu Fang suddenly.

Immediately, Yan Shifan's panicked voice came from outside: "Your Majesty! I, I don't know what Eunuch Lu means?"

Jiajing glanced at Lu Fang again.

Lu Fang: "Do you know, God knows, and you know too!"

Yan Song immediately knelt down from the short pier.

The wind suddenly picked up, and with a sharp whistling sound, it blew into the palace gate from a distance and from all directions.The two windows of the Abode were suddenly blown out, and the veil flew from the direction of the main hall to the Abode, revealing Yan Shifan who was kneeling outside the veil.

Lu Fang hurried to the veil floating to the side of Jiajing, grabbed it, and dragged it there.The veil on this side was still fluttering, just passing over the head of Yan Song who was kneeling on the ground, fluttering wildly.

The gate of Yuxi Palace was also rattled by the wind, and the two eunuchs on duty immediately blocked the gate inward.

"Closed! Close the gate of the palace!" Lu Fang shouted in a low voice.

Against the wind, the two eunuchs struggled to close the palace door from the inside out.

"Don't close it." Jiajing said.

"Master..." Lu Fang held the veil tightly and looked at Jiajing.

Jiajing: "I said, don't close it."

(End of this chapter)