Han ride

Chapter 173
"My lord, news has come that Madam has already gone to Wusong, she is escorted by Xiao's family, and she will probably arrive in Wusong tomorrow." On the official road, Li Xin was riding a war horse, and suddenly there were cavalry flying in front of him.

"Since we have arrived in Wusong, we can rest assured." Li Xin thought for a while and said, "What if we return now and let them go by boat?" Li Xin suddenly stopped his horse, looked around and said.

"I'm afraid it won't work." Xiao Yu's eyes lit up, he quickly shook his head again, and said, "General, the news of your going south has already spread, I'm afraid it's impossible to go north at this moment, the imperial court has sent elite troops to go south, it is said that Guan Ning cavalry."

"Guan Ning cavalry?" Li Xin was startled suddenly, looking at Xiao Yu, his face changed instantly.Unexpectedly, Guan Ning's iron cavalry was dispatched to go south, which surprised him. Could it be that Emperor Chongzhen was already so afraid of him.

"It's the Guanning Iron Cavalry, but there are only 200 people, and they are led by a man named Wu Sangui." Xiao Yu nodded and said, "I'm afraid they have already arrived in Shandong at this moment. And I also heard that the Nanjing Garrison Mansion has sent an order Everywhere in the south of the Yangtze River, look for the general's whereabouts."

"It seems that it is impossible for us to go north now. Even if we go south, there are many people in front of us blocking us." Li Xin's eyes flashed a glint, but he did not see any panic. Last year, he It is more dangerous than now, and there is a danger of death at any time, and now he has elite soldiers in his hands. Emperor Chongzhen must be careful when dealing with him.

"However, the Nanjing Garrison Mansion obviously didn't know that the general was going to Wusong." Xiao Yu finally revealed a relatively good news at this time.

"Then we'll go to Wusong." Li Xin thought for a while and said, "It will take us at least six days to get to Wusong. Where will Zhao Guang and the others meet us?"

"My Xiao family has some friendship with Zhou Daodeng, the former cabinet scholar. This time, I let my wife temporarily live in the outer courtyard of Zhou's mansion." Xiao Yu quickly explained: "Although Zhou Daodeng is stupid and has already resigned, in the end Even if the Imperial Guards in Nanjing find out where Madam is, they probably wouldn’t dare to search for her if she was a bachelor.

"Zhou Daodeng?" Li Xin frowned, looking for news about Zhou Daodeng in his mind.Zhou Daodeng did not leave any reputation in history, or it is far less famous than Zhou Yanru and others. During Chongzhen's more than ten years of prime ministers, Zhou Daodeng was remembered because of one person and one thing. The so-called one person is Liu Ruyue, and because of this person, Zhou Daodeng was noticed by others, or by Li Xin.When he was returning home, he forcibly redeemed Liu Rushi from the brothel, saying that he would send her to his mother as a maid, but soon after, he forcibly took her into possession and took her as a concubine. Unfortunately, Zhou Daodeng had already passed away. Getting old!Could it be that Liu Rushi likes it, and Liu Rushi's beautiful appearance caused Zhou Daodeng to live in restlessness. These wives and concubines spread rumors that Liu Rushi had an affair with Zhou Daodeng's school boy. Because of this, Liu Rushi had the chance to become one of the eight beauties of Qinhuai.

As for Zhou Daodeng's second famous place, it is the famous theory of black teeth. "History of the Ming Dynasty" records: One day at the court meeting, Emperor Chongzhen saw the word "black teeth" on a certain official's memorial. He was puzzled, so he asked the scholar of Zhou University. , Those with blackened teeth!." It means black teeth, that is, the teeth are blackened.Another time during the Chongzhen imperial scripture banquet, he asked Zhou Daodeng: "Why should the prime minister use scholars?" Zhou Daodeng thought for a long time, and then answered smoothly: "Rong Chen will return to the emperor after he finds out in the cabinet." After a while, Chongzhen suddenly remembered something, and asked: "Recently, in the memorials of various ministers, there is always the word 'qingmian'. What is qingmian?" This kind of answer came from the mouth of the majestic cabinet ministers, which really made Emperor Chongzhen dumbfounded, and even the eunuch standing next to him couldn't help laughing out loud.

"That confused Zaifu?" Li Xin said with a smile.

"It's this person." Xiao Yu nodded, and said, "This person is very stupid, it doesn't matter if you think about it, and it won't have any adverse effects on us."

"If it's him, it's fine." Li Xin nodded and said, "In this case, we don't have Wu Song. If it's possible, I would like to meet this confused Chief Assistant."

"Let's go." Zhang Wu saw that most of the missions of the people had been completed, and he was extremely happy in his heart. He hurriedly twitched his horsewhip, guarded by Li Xin's side, and the group changed their official route and rushed towards Wu Song.

"What? The Dong family has already left Bantang?" Zhang Gongwei, Longping Hou of Nanjing Garrison Mansion, heard the bad news early in the morning, and couldn't help cursing: "What are these people in Suzhou doing? I didn’t even watch over a single woman and let them run away, that’s all right now. If the Dong family meets with Li Xin and then goes north, the imperial court will make trouble for me.”

"Master Hou, the Dong family is not important. The most important thing is Li Xin. As long as Li Xin can be caught, the Dong family will run away." At this time, a person dressed as a literati beside Zhang Gongwei said.He is Zhang Gongwei's aide, and aides were especially popular in the late Ming Dynasty, especially for generals like Zhang Gongwei, if there is no one around to give advice, God knows what will happen.

"However, I haven't found where Li Xin is yet." Zhang Gongwei still shook his head. To be honest, he still admires Li Xin, but before getting promoted and getting rich, no one can avoid it. Even Zhang Gongwei admires him. Li Xin, but it is very different from the benefits obtained from capturing Li Xin.

"Master Hou, we can't find Li Xin, but it doesn't mean that others can't find Li Xin." The scholar rolled his eyes and said suddenly: "There are some people who will definitely find Li Xin, and that is the gentry in Jiangnan. He was born in a reckless family, threatened the countryside, and has countless eyes and ears. If Li Xin wants to go south, he must not dare to go to the big city, maybe he will go to the countryside. Although the Marquis has a lot of soldiers and horses, the area he is defending is too large, and the countryside cannot be completely defended. Why don't Lord Hou mobilize the squires from all over the country? As long as these people have some benefits, they will naturally help Lord Hou to find where Li Xin is. Which of these squires does not have some servants or something, even if these people can't capture Li Xin, they are slow. It’s okay to take a look at Li Xin’s actions.”

Zhang Gongwei nodded when she heard the words. These people are obviously gentlemen, but in troubled times, they still have another name, that is, powerful.These people spread across the countryside, armed with dozens or even hundreds of dead people, these people are a huge force when combined, if they can be used properly, they can do great things, use these people to Blocking Li Xin, or looking for Li Xin is perfect.

"Okay, you can send a letter to the gentry everywhere, asking them to look for Li Xin. If they can find Li Xin, I believe the emperor will reward you generously." Zhang Gongwei nodded, and then urged: "Tell them, if you want to live Yes, if anyone kills Li Xin, don't blame me for copying his house."

"Yes." The staff scholar also nodded, with a look of embarrassment on his face. In fact, Li Xin had to be killed for this kind of thing, otherwise, the choice would be in the way.It's a pity that Li Xin has a lot to do with him, and killing him is tantamount to killing himself, but in this way, it will be much more difficult for him to capture Li Xin.

Following Zhang Gongwei's order, all the country gentry in the entire Nanzhili area have been dispatched, looking for Li Xin. Others don't know much about Li Xin, but who is Zhang Gongwei? There is no one in the Nanzhili area who does not know.Who would dare to block Zhang Gongwei's order.All of a sudden, the whole of Nanzhili became jittery, and Li Xin's name spread throughout the whole of Nanzhili in an instant.

"Tianru, I didn't expect that the whole of Nanzhili would be shaken by a little Li Xin. It's really interesting!" In Taicang City, in a huge mansion, several middle-aged people were sitting around together, with a smile on their face. Sipping a few cups of tea, a middle-aged man with an elegant complexion shook his head while stroking the beard under his chin.

"The Li Xin that Zichang is talking about is General Li Xin who shocked Liaodong not long ago?"

"Shouxian also knows this person?" The person called Zichang asked his friend in surprise.

"I've heard about this person in Beijing." Shouxian nodded with his eyes shining brightly, and said, "Although this person is rebellious and unruly, it is true that he has shocked Liaodong. , even Lin Danhan who was Megatron Grassland was defeated by this person. I didn't expect this person to come to the Central Plains this time. If I, Zhang Cai, can meet this person, I will not be in vain."

It turned out that this person was called Zhang Cai, Zhang Cai, styled Shouxian, nicknamed Nanguo, and was born in Taicang, Jiangsu.Born in the 24th year of Ming Shenzong Wanli.It is as famous as Zhang Pu in Tongli, and is named "Er Zhang of Loudong".Jinshi in the first year of Chongzhen.Pu was investigated, and Cai was impeached.The nature is strict and resolute, and he likes to judge whether it is right or not.Know Linchuan, destroy the strong and help the weak, and gain a great reputation.When the disease returns, the people weep and send it away.At the moment he is retreating home.

"I, Zhang Pu, have heard of this person before." The scholar sitting at the top had a thin face, and there was a hint of majesty between his eyes. This person was none other than Zhang Pu, whose reputation spread all over the country.Zhang Pu was born in a family of officials and eunuchs, but because he was born to a concubine, he ranked eighth, so he was "not valued by the clan party, and his family members were especially rude to him, and he tried to make things fall." "Pu Xi'er", which means "born of a lowly person, will never breathe out".Zhang Pu was humiliated by this, he was diligent and eager to learn, and he had to copy his books by hand, and then burned them after reading them. He repeated this seven times.Later, he named his reading room "Qiluzhai", and his book was also titled "Qiluzhai Ji".During Chongzhen's four years as a Jinshi, he was conferred on Shu Jishi, but it was a pity that he was demoted back home not long after, and he was chatting with a few classmates and friends at the moment.But I never expected to talk about Li Xin.

(End of this chapter)