The night is as cool as water, the moon is bright and the stars are sparse.

Next to the official road between Liangdian and Ande Post, several bonfires were burning. Two iron pots were hung on the fire, and the thick porridge was bubbling. Another group of big men were baking on the fire.

The smell of fat chickens and fat gooses spreads for ten miles.

Although there was no wine, there were songs. A man whispered like a broken gong, howling so much that he could not be much better than a wolf, but he still won warm applause from everyone.

Such a scene looks like a friend on an outing camping trip, if dozens of corpses were piled up neatly a few dozen steps away from them.

Although Dai Dabin did not vomit his stomach clean like Lin Fuyu and hid in the car and shivered, he felt a burst of fear when he saw this scene.

Look at Shen Rui, who was sitting in the crowd and having fun with everyone, and then look at the two masters in the car next to him drinking hot soup calmly, Dai Dabin felt mixed feelings.

When he first met a thief, he was afraid and worried, but seeing that Shen Rui could draw his sword to meet the enemy, his admiration and yearning vaguely arose in his heart. When the bandits rushed to the car to commit crimes, they were killed by the guards and listened to the guards.

When the song Ruhong bell said, "Young Master, don't be afraid." He was also excited and secretly decided to practice martial arts.

However, these thoughts were only before he could see the bloody body with his own eyes.

After annihilated the bandits, Shen Rui asked someone to clean up the battlefield. His own bodies were cremated. Those with family members were sent back to the ashes and were given relief. Those without family members took the urn and went to Dengzhou to find the Fengshui treasure land for burial.

. Although the corpse of the bandit was ready to be handed over to the Dezhou Guard, it could not be just on the official road.

Dai Dabin and Lin Fuyu had heard that the battle was over. They got out of the car and thanked Shen Rui and the guards for saving their lives. But after getting out of the car, they saw the guards carrying the corpses of the bandits to another place.

The bloody smell came to the face. The two of them were so scared that they could barely be polite. They said a few words without rudeness, and then they returned to the car as if they were running away.

The weak scholar and the young master are also the young masters. They are usually in the house with clothes and food. They have never seen them killing chickens and fish before, so how can they stand this murder scene?

"I know that I am grateful for it. We are already the pile of corpses without them, but... I just can't help but be afraid." Lin Fuyu was about to vomit out his bitter gall, leaning on the wall of the car, and said weakly.

The sound was not loud at first, and he used Fujian language, as if he was afraid that Shen Rui's people would blame him if they heard it.

Dai Dabin sighed, but didn't know what to say.

Suddenly he cheered and shouted for the meal. Then he saw Shen Rui go to the carriage next to him and invite two masters to have dinner. These two masters were given by Yang Tinghe, and they were both the masters who had been in charge of the past.

He has worked in the field for many years and has experience in criminal finance and grain. Shen Rui has always been extremely polite to them.

Dai Dabin was thinking that his cousin was afraid of starving to death than getting off the bus. The servant looked like he was afraid of the Shen family's guards. He would have gotten off the bus and brought people to pick up the food.

The servant jumped out of the car and saw Shen Rui walking towards him.

Then, a faint fragrance of food came, and Lin Fuyu's stomach immediately rang out in the car.

He lifted the curtain awkwardly and got out of the car to salute Shen Rui, but he didn't dare to look at Shen Rui's eyes.

Even though Shen Rui had already changed his clothes, he looked like the gentle young man with a smile, and he could not tell that he had also held a sword for the horse. But when he thought of the pile of corpses, he couldn't help but feel weak.

Shen Rui didn't care, and smiled and asked the servant to bring the food box, saying to the two: "There are no good dishes in the countryside, so I feel sorry for Binzhong and Brother Fuyu."

The two of them thanked each other, and Shen Rui didn't say much, so he said goodbye and went there to have a meal with everyone.

Dai Dabin watched him go away, and the hungry Lin Fuyu had rushed back to the car and opened the food box.

When traveling outside, they are all wooden tableware. There are four wooden bowls in the food box. In the two large bowls, there are mixed grain porridge with beans and millet mixed with them. The two small bowls are ordinary pickled vegetables.

Because of mourning, the two of them cannot eat meat. If they live in the inn, there will always be vegetarian dishes to eat. In this case today, they naturally cannot ask for anything delicious. It is not easy to have such a porridge dish.

Shen Rui and his party had various inns along the way, and the Eight Immortals Station provided food, accommodation, and dry food for lunch.

Today's situation is that they can only stay here overnight. They are unwilling to stay in the village, in case there is a remnant of the fire that will bring them to a fire. They dare not set fires at the inn. What else can they dare not to stay in the private house? So they only sent people

Go to the village to buy water and eat.

Many villagers who were close to see the fight, and most of them were old, young, women and children at home, so they were so scared that they didn't dare to open the door. Wang Jianzi's people came up and were so vigorous that they didn't knock on the door, so they looked for the house.

The best family, climbed over the wall, threw down the silver, moved the food bag and left.

The family thought that they were robbed by a forced man and cried like a loss of their parents. Suddenly, they saw that there was still money. They burst into tears and became happy again. They heard that they wanted to buy vegetables and meat. There was no fresh vegetables at this time, so they sold the chickens, ducks and geese at home.

, and also served two jars of pickled vegetables in Bailuo.

After being hungry for a long time, Lin Fuyu didn't feel that the food was simple at all. He picked it up and started eating. After a bite of hot porridge, the feeling of burning fire in his stomach was immediately suppressed.

He breathed comfortably and muttered: "Hengyun is a good person. I know that I can only eat porridge now. If I have dried rice, I can't swallow it..."

Even though Dai Dabin was full of sorrow, he couldn't help laughing when he looked.

They just used the meal. The servant went over and brought back the bedding that was warmed by the fire, spread the carriage, and handed over a small porcelain bottle. It was reported that it was the Anshen Pills sent by Shen Rui, so they could take it.

Two pills.

Dai Dabin asked Lin Fuyu to eat and then rested early, but he got out of the car and went to Shen Rui.

The escorts were still eating meat and singing. Shen Rui had just used his meal. He was talking to two masters and Wang Sticks by another bonfire, Ding Dachong, Zhang Chenglin and other confidants.

They parted for a while. Dai Dabin walked over and greeted Shen Rui. He took out the porcelain bottle and said, "Today, Japan has caused a lot of trouble for the second brother. Please take back the medicine for those who have suffered.

The wounded hero can also relieve one or two injuries."

Although he had been lying in the carriage today, he also heard that Shen Rui sent someone to Ande County to ask the doctor to buy medicine for injury, but he returned empty-handed.

The man said that the gate of Ande County was closed and was not allowed to enter and exit. Before the sunset was closed, the soldiers guarding the city were told to prevent bandits from entering the city for chaos.

I think it was a businessman on the road who discovered this battle and rushed back to report the news, so that the county town was closed and ready to face the battle.

As a result, the injured on Shen Rui's side were not easy to deal with. The minor injuries were just fine, but they were all men who licked blood from the knife. They had experience in dealing with trauma. They also carried the medicine with them and tied them up.

Nothing can be delayed if you can eat or drink.

The four seriously injured were not very good. Their wounds were treated simply. They were taken down Peiyuan Guben's pills and moved to the warmest place next to the fire. They did everything they could do, and the rest were all

It depends on your fate, and do your best to leave your fate.

Shen Rui waved his hand, sighed, and said, "There are still here, don't worry, they have all taken medicine. You are also very scared today, so you should take a pill and have a good rest for a night. I have arranged a rotation tonight

, you can rest with peace of mind.”

I don’t know if it’s the fire, Dai Dabin’s face turned red and said, “It’s us, it’s not useful…”

Shen Rui interrupted him and comforted him: "Bin Zhong should not think so. Today's events are rare in life. How can we not be worried about life and death? Don't talk about students and scholars, they are veterans on the battlefield. If they have no belief in family and country, they will also be

How many people can treat death as if they were home and stay calm?"

The night wind blew, the flames pounded violently, and behind me was a little cool, but there was a warm feeling in front of me. Dai Dabin looked at Shen Rui for a while and suddenly asked softly: "Second brother, are you afraid at that time?"

Shen Rui was slightly stunned, looking at his still tender face, took a deep breath, and said seriously: "As I said just now, life and death are at stake, how can I not be afraid? Of course, I am also afraid, but hatred, anger, anger, more

I'm afraid."

"You have also heard of my life experience. It is useless to bring more stories to the past. I was only nine years old when I was enlightened by my teacher. I cherish this rare opportunity to study. At that time, my teacher loved traveling and took me through several places.

I saw prosperity and decline. I don’t say that I had such a great aspiration as I hope to resolve the sufferings of the people of Ming Dynasty, but I also hope that one day I could stand in the court and do something real for the people.”

"I have been able to advance to this level after ten years of hard study and through all kinds of hardships. Now I have a rare opportunity to be an official who is in the people and to show my ambitions. I cherish it and value it. However, there are evil people.

, If I want to break the hope that I am close to me, how can I not hate or be angry?! There is more than life and death in front of me. So what if I have no way out, so what if I am afraid? I can only move forward and fight a bloody way."

Dai Dabin's ears echoed. I wonder if he was staring at the fire for too long, but his eyes felt a little sore. He lowered his eyelids, covered his tears, and smiled bitterly: "I am in vain to be talented and have no mind as much as my second brother."

He looked at Shen Rui again and said sincerely: "My second brother cares about the people and will benefit the people."

Shen Rui chuckled and shook his head, saying, "I dare not say that I will benefit you. Do what I can and do what I can."

Dai Dabin poked the bonfire with a long branch in his hand and sighed: "Along the way, I have also told my second brother some plans. I was a little confused. I thought about writing books and biography, and I also thought about being a gentleman in the clan school.

Raise some children of the Dai family to serve in the office..."

He turned his head and stared at Shen Rui, saying, "I'm now listening to my second brother's words, I just feel that I was really narrow-minded before. Reading for the sake of reading has become a nerd who has been studying hard. I want to imitate my second brother and promote the cultivation school.

, There are also tribes in our tribe, so we can draw a special "experimental field" to try planting different crops. Please ask experienced old farmers to select good varieties, warm Fujian land, two ripens a year, repeat screening, three years

There will definitely be a small success.”

Shen Rui smiled at the high five and said, "I don't expect Binzhong to think about farming, but this is a way to save me. If Binzhong gets a good seed, he will give me some. If he can also harvest in the north, wouldn't it be even more beautiful!

”

Dai Dabin smiled and said, "I'm still thinking that my second brother will give me some good skills, but my second brother will ask me for it first."

Both of them laughed.

Dai Dabin then mentioned the local maritime business again.

Fujian maritime merchants are also a considerable force. Even during the period when the imperial court banned the sea, maritime merchants also did a lot of overseas business. There were also many private docks along the coast, and there were a large gap between experienced boatmen.

The Dai family is not a first-class family in Putian, and its status as the Shen family in Songjiang is incomparable. However, now the Dai family has produced Dai Dabin, the Tanhualang, and has been promoted to the sixth rank official within half a year, and has vaguely leaned against Yang Ge Lao, Dai

When your home is in the local area, you will have more and more say.

Dai Dabin's second goal is to promote the Craftsman School. Although the maritime businessmen naturally lack a friend who knows how to settle accounts, they still have prejudice against commercial affairs among orthodox scholars, and Dai Dabin doesn't want to touch this line. The Craftsman School is also mainly targeted.

Sexually teaches shipbuilding skills.

In addition to digging a group of people in the local area, we also need to borrow some people in Dengzhou and Songjiang.

Shen Rui said it is easy to borrow people, but the Craftsman School is different from the Craftsman School. The Craftsman School can be done on its own land. Does Craftsman School need to have a source of students and a place to find employment? Dai Dabin is just a Hanlin writer who is Ding You.

If it is not worth enough, the magistrate may buy it. The magistrate may be lazy and careless, and he will still have to take this matter slowly.

The two discussed whether to start with the maritime businessman first. The maritime businessman has the will and has its own maritime businessman to clear the way. Dai Dabin is the choice of good teachers who he is good at, organizes teaching, and acts as the name of the mascot Tanhualang.

It's still very useful among the people.

The two talked about letting the maritime merchants sort out the sea routes from south to north, and they might not have to go directly to the north, to Songjiang, and then head north to Dengzhou. This might be better.

There is tea in Fujian and cloth in Songjiang. After several reselling, the profits will be more abundant and it will be easier to stimulate maritime merchants to seek new sea routes.

In addition, there are foreign maritime merchants. Shen Rui reminded Dai Dabin to buy foreign flowers and plants, including skillful things, and you must pay more attention. Those things that are different from Middle Earth can be bought and sent to Dengzhou.

Study carefully.

Now, Dengzhou is still unknown, and it is not known what the product is. Before he is fully convinced to persuade overseas foreign businessmen to go north, Shen Rui thought that this time, Tian Shun's subordinates asked him to escort Dai Dabin to Fujian to recruit old brothers. It would be better to let him go

It builds a branch point of the Fengfeng or Eight Immortals in Fujian, and specializes in collecting these foreign items.

He remembered that in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, some high-yield seeds flowed into the country, but I really couldn't remember the specific year. He thought without any worries, no matter what, the corn and sweet potatoes that travelers love the most must get as soon as possible.

Bar.

The two of them had aroused their conversation until the servants heated up their bedding twice before they went back to their carriage to sleep.

The next day, when breakfast was still rolling in the pot, I could hear the sound of horse hooves in the distance.

The guards immediately became nervous and hurriedly prepared for the battle, but the man responsible for climbing high and looking into the distance shouted: "Don't panic, it's Mr. Shun is back!"

However, Tian Shun attracted the soldiers of Dezhou Guards.

*

However, the Dezhou Guard is divided into two guards: Dezhou Zhengwei and Dezhou Zuowei. Zhengwei was built during the Hongwu period and has seven thousand households under its jurisdiction, with more than 3,300 soldiers; the Left Guard was built during the Yongle period and has six guards under its jurisdiction

There were a thousand households and houses with more than 3,700 soldiers, and the two guards had more than 500 troops under the jurisdiction of the transportation of the grain.

The two guards are divided into cities and governed, protecting the same river. Under each guard, there are several garrisons, including 56 garrisons and 55 garrisons of the left guard, scattered in all counties in Dezhou.

The place where Tian Shun went was the Qianhu House of Li Guantun, the front office of the Left Guard in Dezhou.

Although it is a thousand households, there are not as many as a thousand soldiers, because the entire Dezhou Left Guard has 3,77 soldiers, but there are 11 members of the main households and 17 members of the deputy households, and 3 members of the actual households.

Sixteen members, four members of a hundred households were tested.

Qianhu here is a hereditary military post, named Pan Jiayu. The man is just like his name, with a handsome face and a handsome appearance. He is 40 years younger than him, but he still looks like a twenty-five or six. This is a skill in maintaining his face.

I don’t know how many noble ladies I want to admire.

Judging from his face, he doesn't look like a warrior, but he has a very strong temper and a very handsome skill. His ancestral sword technique was passed down by the mandarin duck sword technique. The heroes from the nearby green forest all respected him and gave him a nickname called Double Sword Jade.

Mr.

Maybe it was because of his good kung fu and his temper, so he was inevitably lacking in the process of betting on superiors and making friends with colleagues. So he was sent to this place. Although he was close to Ande County, he was in charge of Ande County.

This piece of northern part.

Another Niu Qianhu in the estuary section of the Andeyi Canal, the greed of Niu is beyond the hands of Pan Qianhu.

Pan Qianhu had no subordinates, only two hundred households, two hundred soldiers, and they were mainly responsible for military garrisons. However, Pan Qianhu himself liked martial arts, but he trained his soldiers to be stronger than ordinary military garrisons.

many.

Tian Shun, the snake, was not in vain. He went by quickly. He heard Ding Dachong briefly introduce the information he got from the local snake's mouth. He immediately made a judgment and abandoned the most greedy Niu Qianhu and went straight to the unsuccessful Pan Qian.

Come from the house.

However, Pan Qianhu doesn't like the twists and turns in the officialdom, but it doesn't mean he is a fool.

No matter how much Tian Shun said, Pan Qianhu didn't even lick his eyelids, he didn't believe it at all.

In the past two years, there have been bandits in Shandong, but they are all in the border with Henan, and they actually ran over there. Who doesn’t know that there are heavy troops in several garrisons by the canal?

Isn't this avenge on death?

Moreover, Mr. Pan is also a well-known figure in the world, and the two swords in his hand are not beautiful. Someone dares to act wildly on his territory?!

But soon, a close confidant sent a message saying that the gate of Ande County was closed.

Pan Qianhu stood in the yard, looked at the sun hanging in the sky, and believed Tian Shunwu. The kung fu of Ande County was so bad that it was too weak, and the troops were tightly led, but the dog's nose was the best.

Soul, if he wins over his head, it will be in danger.

When Pan Qianhu returned to the house, he politely called tea and ordered the table before the meal was ready.

Just now, Tian Shun Moumo Hengfei talked for a long time but couldn't get a sip of coarse tea. Now he was treated as a VIP, with good wine and good food.

While the cup was being exchanged, the two discussed it.

In the second half of the night, when the surrounding villages and towns fell asleep, Pan Qianhu and his confidant Li Baihu ordered sixty soldiers and quietly rushed to the scene of the incident.

Shen Rui had the habit of getting up early to box, and he never slacked off during the journey. When Pan Qianhu arrived, he was still dressed in short clothes and was not as good as returning to the car to change clothes. He had to come up to greet Pan Qianhu.

Pan Qianhu had a secret conversation with Tian Shun yesterday. Tian Shun only said that it was their guards and escorts who were loyal to the master, and did not mention that the master was good at martial arts. At this moment, Pan Qianhu, the Jian family's eyes quickly glanced at Shen Rui's dress and acted.

, there is a judgment in my heart.

The scholars themselves were not frightened when they witnessed the fight, and they could sleep in the wild with a bunch of corpses for a night. This courage was commendable.

Seeing that this prefect Chen is still a martial artsman, I'm afraid he is not a mortal, I don't know if he had taken action at that time. As Pan Qianhu thought about it, he was a little itchy and thought about it. Yesterday, he called himself a guard Tian Shunhe Ding Dachong, who claimed to be a stuntman, was defeated.

Shen Rui's official rank is already higher than Qianhu. At this time, the Ming Dynasty began to pay attention to literary nobles and martial arts. Pan Qianhu was actually very impatient with civil officials, so he was not very particular when performing rituals, but he saw Shen Rui and the Tanhualang. He was at a high position at a young age, but he was always polite. He was completely different from the face of those domineering villains in the place, which added a little more favorable.

Pan Qianhu didn't like to greet him, and Shen Rui and others had no time to greet him. After seeing the gift, they went straight to the point. Shen Rui did not mention Pan Qianhu's great achievements, so he asked Pan Qianhu first, but brought the medical staff in the garrison. But if you have good Jinchuang medicine, please treat his injured subordinates first.

The person who led the troops was to cherish the troops. Pan Qianhu nodded secretly and hurriedly ordered the doctor to come over to treat the wounded.

Shen Rui went there in person and heard from the doctor that the treatment was quite appropriate yesterday. Only one person was injured on the ventral side, which may have damaged the organs. He had a high fever again now. I am afraid he had to worry about treating it well. In addition, all three of them could After raising it back, Shen Rui felt relieved.

Pan Qianhu and Li Baihu have already checked the bodies of the "bandits" over there.

Tian Shun whispered to talk to Pan Qianhu in secret in Shen Rui's ear. Shen Rui had a problem with him, and after returning to the car and changing his clothes, he went there to look for Pan Qianhu.

Dezhou can be regarded as a military town, and the garrison station has a great power space here. Dezhou's two guards also have functions such as civil affairs, participation in official administration, maintenance of local public security, and coordination in surrounding areas to catch and catch stealing. This is in the jurisdiction of Pan Qianhu. It was natural for him to send troops to suppress bandits.

Pan Qianhu saw the corpse, and when he saw Shen Rui coming, he bowed his hand and smiled: "So handsome. Master Chen, the strong general has no weak soldiers."

Shen Rui returned the favor and said solemnly: "Fortunately, the escort hired by me is very loyal and brave, and I have fought to protect each other and can last until the reinforcements arrive. It is also a blessing that Pan Qianhu, you are loyal and loyal, patrolling every day, and come to rescue him immediately when you find something abnormal. Only officials can escape by chance.”

Pan Qianhu rolled his eyes wide in his heart, and thought that all civil servants were eighteen intestines, and they said so nicely.

He laughed twice, but he didn't go around the corner, and said directly: "In front of the wise man, I'm all my confidant here. Lord Shen said it straight, I've made such a big deal. We have given credit, but I don’t know what to ask for?”

Hearing this, Shen Rui couldn't hold back his serious face, and pulled the corners of his mouth and said, "I think Tian Shun, the leader of the guard in my mansion, had already told Lord Pan yesterday." He pointed to the Confucian shirt he had just changed into, and said, "I am a civil servant. What's the point of needing military merits? It's better to send it to thousands of households and make friends."

Pan Qianhu said more and more directly: "Mr. Shen is a civil servant, and he is going to Dengzhou again. What's the use of making friends with me, a small military officer in a small county town?"

Shen Rui raised his eyebrows, "Can Mr. Pan still doubt me?"

Although Tian Shun told him about his character, he did not expect that his rectal heart could reach this point.

"But I didn't need to harm Lord Pan, a little military officer in a small county town?" Shen Rui made a gesture over there, and Zhang Chenglin lifted a corner of the painted cloth covered by the cart beside him, revealing half of the bow. .

Shen Rui pointed to the big lane: "These are also sent to Lord Pan. Lord Pan only needs to send these and one confession to the Houjun Governor's Office to discuss the Governor's Office. I think there will be good news soon."

The Dezhou Guard is quite special. Although it is located in the Shandong Province, it is not under the jurisdiction of the Shandong Metropolitan Commander, but is directly under the Governor's Office. Liu Jin's father Tan Rong is now entitled to the Governor of the Governor's Office.

Pan Qianhu glanced at the military bow, curled his lips, raised his hand, and said, "Prince Chen, please take a step to speak."

The two walked towards the quiet place of the bow, and Pan Qianhu said, "I don't doubt Lord Shen, Lord Shen, well, Tian Shun said you were the fourth in the world. People like you want to plot against me, I I can't escape. I'm too lazy to think about these calculations. I'm just a rough person and don't like those twists and turns, so I just said it."

The fourth in the world made Shen Rui laugh and cry.

Pan Qianhu said: "Even if this thing in the car is sent to Beijing and asking Eunuch Liu for good, it will not be a good thing for me. What if Eunuch Liu thinks that I am loyal and transfer me to the river. Do it? I can't learn the ability to make money from a oil pan."

Niu Jie is Niu Qianhu. Although the Shandong section of the canal is in Linqing, Dezhou is located in the throat, and some people always make small moves in private to get some benefits.

Seeing Shen Rui's face showing surprise, Pan Qianhu spread his hands, "I am trying to suppress the bandits. Real pictures. This place where the bird does not shit must make meritorious contributions. Don't think about it in this life. Suppressing the bandits and beheading forty-eight, well, Not to mention great achievements, it is also good. As the Shandong bandit suppression is now, the emperor can reward you more. If I can take another step, my children and grandchildren will have a higher position in the future, so as to avoid being so angry with those birds like him. .”

Normal garrisons are commanded by four people, but many garrisons do not strictly follow the organization. For example, the Left Guard of Dezhou, there are only eight people, which is not much less than Pan Jiayu's place. It's probably a false name.

Shen Ruiwei was stunned, then he could no longer hold a smile on his face and said, "I heard that Lord Pan is very good at kung fu, and I just saw that this marching is very well organized. I think it is to start a career. How to say that it is decadent. language?"

Pan Qianhu waved his hand and said impatiently: "Sir Shen, don't drop the book bag with me. I'm a rough man and I don't understand these great principles of yours. Let's just say it, but this has cut off only about forty bandits. Thanks, I can't really transfer me to Caozhou to continue to suppress the bandits. In Dezhou, that's the case."

Shen Rui suddenly asked, "Can Lord Pan know water?"

Pan Qianhu was stunned, then sneered and said, "Is Lord Shen joking? We grew up next to the canal, by the water. Do you think I can water?"

Shen Rui smiled and said, "I offended you. Lord Pan, don't blame me. That's right. There are not many people in my guards who can help me find some soldiers who can help me. I want to ask Pan Qianhu to find a few soldiers who can help me protect Tanhualang Dai to go to Fujian. , The soldiers on your side are both good at water and martial, I think it is more appropriate."

Pan Qianhu couldn't make a turn for a while, and somehow he went from military merit to escorting Tanhualang up. As expected, scholars' minds were quick, so he couldn't keep up.

However, since he wanted to receive a military merit from Shen Rui, he naturally would not refuse to agree to such a simple request. He immediately said: "My children are all good at water, even if they are rough people, don't dislike them. I will turn around and pick a few people who are sensible and protect Mr. Dai.”

Shen Rui bowed and thanked him, and no longer mentioned the matter of military orders to him.

Pan Qianhu only said that Shen Rui understood his wishes, so he didn't say much. He went back and ordered Li Baihu to behead all the corpses, burned and buried them on the spot, and the head was made of lime specially brought.

Get up and wait to hand over it to count military merits.

Breakfast is ready here, including chickens, gooses, bacon, marinated fish, etc.

This time, soldiers wearing the uniforms of the officers and soldiers of the garrison took the Shen family guards to the village to buy things. When the villagers saw that there were officials and their families had money, they were no longer afraid and sold more things to them. So they were the ones who sold them.

Breakfast is extremely rich.

The soldiers who followed each other smiled and after a full meal, they had already escorted the Shen family and said that they were called brothers and brothers to get in touch.

After a hurry to eat breakfast, everyone set off for Ande County.

Pan Qianhu naturally led his troops to escort them all the way.

The distance was not far, and after two hours, the crowd arrived at the city.

The guards on the city saw a large group of people coming from afar and were still a little nervous, but when they got closer, they saw that they were soldiers in the garrison, so they relaxed.

But even though Shen Rui showed his identity and Pan Qianhu showed his face (familiar face, face swiping), the guards still refused to open the door. They were only polite and said that the young man could not make any decision. They had already reported to the magistrate and asked.

The two adults wait a moment.

*

Ande County Yamen Back Hall

Zhou Honghui, the magistrate of Ande, walked around the hall like an ant on a hot pan.

Niu Qianhu next to him sipped wine and picked up a bite of meat from time to time. He ate the mouth full of oil, shook his head and hummed in some way, which was particularly comfortable.

Niu Qianhu's dietary rules are to drink three meals a day. Yesterday, when Zhou Zhixian sent someone to find him, he fell asleep drunk and could not wake up no matter what.

County Magistrate Zhou could not do so, so he could only close the city gate first just in case.

This morning, this person slept until midnight. When he arrived at the county government office, he said he came with an empty stomach and said that he could only drink wine.

Zhou Zhixian was so angry that he smoked, but when he was about to use him, he could only swallow his anger and serve the food. He didn't expect that he would enjoy this guy happily now and did not mention any military matters at all. Zhou Zhixian even said that

Extreme hatred.

If the county magistrate hadn't had many people in his hands and could not have defeated the bandits at all, why would he have to invite this living father to come!

Zhou Zhixian really wanted to go over and overturn the table, but he still didn't dare. He only dared to punch the table hard and said sternly: "Niu Jie! I tell you that this Curry's thing cannot be made at all.

!If the bandits are asked to come into the city and rob them, let alone three drinks a day, your next drink will be three glasses of sake in the soil next Qingming Festival!”

Niu Qianhu was indeed swept away his interest. He raised his thick eyelids, widened his eyes, and was full of alcohol, and said dissatisfied: "Scholars just don't have the courage! You have closed the city gate, but you are still afraid of nothing!

Don’t say that thief didn’t know that you were all pretending to be silver. Even if you knew, he would really dare to attack the city?! The sky is blue and white, the bandits are all in Caozhou, so there are so many bandits coming to attack you, breaking the county town

!”

"What I'm talking about! How come the bandits emerge??" Zhou Zhixian said coldly, "The Censor arrived at Jinan Prefecture and started to investigate. The bandits suddenly appeared here. Do you think there is such a thing?

Clever method? You'd better go out and see. If you're really a thief, you'll be killed. If there's anything... let's report it to Lord Xiao as soon as possible."

Lord Xiao refers to Xiao Ke, the governor of Jinan Prefecture.

Niu Jie drooped his eyelids and continued to drink, saying, "What are you afraid of? Just close the city gate. If you are a thief, you will lose your life if you don't have any money. If you have the intention, the Ande city wall is not a pile of soil. Ask him a gust of wind to blow away.”

"When will the city gate be closed?! Will it open today? Will it open tomorrow? The canal has already opened freezing, delaying the opening and transportation, delaying the canal transportation, please bear it and I will bear it?" Zhou Zhixian almost roared. .

Niu Jie, this Forget-Bao Ba Zi, has gained a lot of benefits in every day, and he shrinks his neck at the critical moment!

He will no longer save face for this pig or dog. This time he will not only sue him, but also sue him, but also, he will sue him. He must not carry it on his back!

The two were in a stalemate in the hall, and suddenly a minor official ran in quickly. Reported that the prefect of Dengzhou and the thousand Pan family were outside the city gate. There must be a hundred people in the group. Those who guarded the city dared not make decisions. Please tell me. Can't open the door.

Both of them were stunned in the hall.

"Governor of Dengzhou? Chen Chuanlu?" Zhou Zhixian said strangely, "Why is he outside the city?" He lowered his head and calculated the days, muttering, "Yes, it's time to get there. Go fast enough."

Shandong was also receiving the imperial edicts very quickly, because Fang Xuan, the current governor of Dengzhou, was promoted to the deputy envoy of Henan Censorate, and he freed up his position for the Chen Chuanlu, but he had not taken office yet. Shandong specifically noted him. We have to wait until the prefect Chen arrives and hand over before leaving.

Fang Xuan was the prefect of Dengzhou who served as the second year of Zhengde, and now his term of office is not yet completed.

However, looking back, Dengzhou Prefecture has changed five prefectures in eight years since the 14th year of Hongzhi. Some people have been transferred to office at the beginning of the year, so it is nothing if Fang Xuan’s dissatisfaction with his term.

What's more, Fang Xuan was promoted, maybe he had to thank Chen Chuanlu.

Regarding Chen Chuanlu, the officialdom in Shandong is as confused as in the capital. I wonder if this person still has a holy family member.

However, regardless of whether there are still holy relatives or not, there are two cabinet masters standing behind him. These two cabinet masters have no power in Shandong at present. Chen Chuanlu came here, perhaps the two cabinet masters wanted to plan for Shandong. It's unknown.

Niu Qianhu ignored the civil servants and shouted loudly: "Why is the one with the surname Pan coming?"

Only then did County Magistrate Zhou realize that there was another Pan Qianhu. He frowned and asked the minor official: "What are Pan Qianhu going to do?"

The minor official said carefully: "Pan Qianhu never said that. However, the soldiers he brought here looked like fifty or sixty, as if he was escorting the prefect Chen."

"Those who curry favor with Beijing are flattering and attentive." Niu Qianhu spat, "He still leads troops! He can think of it."

But Zhou Zhixian asked anxiously: "He, lead the troops? Outside the city?"

Niu Qianhu rolled his eyes and said sarcastically: "The scholar is so brave. He is afraid of slapping his head if he loses a leaf! You don't know what kind of person named Pan is? There are only fifty or sixty people. What's there to be afraid of? ”

Zhou Zhixian's expression changed and ignored Niu Qianhu.

Niu Qianhu snorted coldly, glanced at him and said, "What, you dare not let a prefect come into the city?" Suddenly, he punched his fist and burst into laughter, saying, "Miao, the city." It’s not exactly what Old Pan should be in charge. Old Pan just happened to be with his soldiers, so you can let him see what kind of thief is doing."

Zhou Zhixian gave a fierce greeting to Niu Qianhu's ancestors in his heart. He had a job to push him to be a villain in the end. But he knew that there was no other way. If Pan Qianhu could persuade him to suppress the bandits, he would be good.

He immediately asked someone to open the city gate, then dressed himself and went to welcome the prefect Chen himself.

*

Zhou Zhixian was a juren. He spent several layers of relationships to move this official position. When facing officials who were a Jinshi on the imperial examination, they always became shorter, especially a Tanhualang in front of him and a Biography. Duke Lu, who are all top figures selected by scholars, are particularly attentive.

However, his attentive smile soon froze on his face as he chatted. Prefect Chen told him that they had met bandits halfway in his jurisdiction, and there were also guards who were killed and injured. Fortunately, they were rescued by Pan Qianhu, who was patrolling the defense.

Zhou Zhixian's face turned blue and red, and his face was particularly wonderful.

Pan Qianhu also promptly stated that all forty-eight bandits were beheaded, and asked Zhou Zhixian if he needed to behead him to show his head to the public, which would shock the stingy outside the city. If not, he would directly raise the head and go to the commander of the guard to collect the merits and rewards; if necessary, Zhou Zhixian County asked to issue a document to support him.

When Zhou Zhixian heard this, he was secretly glad that the bandits were completely wiped out, so he didn't have to worry about his treasures in Curry, and he was worried that the bandits in his territory were brave enough to rob the imperial court officials. His performance in the next year would be ugly. He was even more afraid of being in a state of dilemma. The prefect hated him, and wrote a letter to sue him...

He was so upset that Pan Qianhu asked him about the treatment of the bandit's head. He couldn't help but feel overwhelmed and didn't know what to do.

He apologized to Shen Rui and Dai Dabin, kept asking for a banquet to relieve the shock of the two of them. He also ordered someone to ask famous doctors in the city to treat the injured, thinking of paying out some pensions out of his own pocket (the important thing is to give Shen a Adults give gifts to relieve their anger.)

Shen Rui responded to the doctor to see the injured, and even proposed that he hoped to hire a doctor to follow them all the way. However, he refused the banquet from Zhou Zhixian County, saying that he was frightened just now and had no intention of having a banquet. Lord Dai was filial again. It was not convenient to have a banquet, so they just wanted to have a rest, so they hurried to Jinan Prefecture.

He looked like "although he tried his best to show his calmness, he was still scared and afraid of meeting bandits again." County Magistrate Zhou was unable to do so, so he had to send the person to the inn to settle down, and personally arranged for Dai Dabin's ship to go south and Shen Rui to Jinan Prefecture with Shen Rui The carriage and horse to go.

*

Niu Qianhu himself was not present, but sent his personal guards to the team of Zhou Zhixian to see why Pan Qianhu came here.

When Pan Qianhu suppressed forty-eight bandits, he rescued a prefect and a Hanlin man. The guards were shocked and gave each other a look. One of them hurriedly left the crowd and ran back to report the news.

Hearing the news, Niu Qianhu jumped high and woke up from drinking, he shouted sternly: "What did you say? What's going on?"

After listening to the retelling of the matter several times, Niu Qianhu also turned around in the house like Zhou Magistrate Zhou, until another guard came to tell him that Chen Magistrate Chen had not had a drink with Zhou Magistrate Zhou. Instead, he went to the inn to settle the site, and Pan Qianhu wanted to go to the Zuowei Guard in Dezhou City to report his merits to the commander and commander.

Niu Qianhu then stopped and his face was ferocious: "The sky is blue and white, where did the bandits come from? There are fifty people in the first place! Did the Pan kill some people to make up for the numbers?"

The two guards changed their colors after hearing this. One of them approached him and whispered: "Sir, there are no refugees here. If you say that you are killing the people, the surrounding villages will know that the people you are killing are not the people..."

Niu Qianhu bit his back teeth, and his cheeks trembled a few times, "There is a passing merchant over there. He swallowed the goods and killed people. Humph, when will the man surnamed Pan patrol?! How could he save him just in time?

A person like the magistrate?"

He stared at a personal guard and said, "I don't believe it. His stupid and slutty tongue in his name can tell the lie down! Go to Texas quickly, be sure to grab it in his head and report it to Lord Liang,

The person named Pan is very suspicious, I am afraid that he deliberately designed to rob the prefect and come forward to rescue him to seek military merits."

After saying that, he turned around and grabbed another guard and said, "You, go to the post station! Isn't the magistrate also dead? Just tell the servants about the insidious surname Pan, and set up a poisoning plan.

, let them lose..."

After the explanation, Niu Qianhu did not let go. On the contrary, his hand became tighter and tighter. The tighter his clothes made his guards breathe a little. Just as he was about to ask the adults to let go, Niu Qianhu suddenly smiled and lowered his voice:

You go and tell me that Pan's move is to lead troops into the city and rob the county's Kuyin. There is an extra silver in the Kuyin, which is a disaster. Lord Zhou dared not speak out and could only eat it.

I'm losing money..."

The guard showed horror and stuttered: "This...this...this...this is unspeakable!"

They were responsible for escorting the money here, knowing that the relationship was of great importance and implicating many big shots, and at this time they were so scared that they were blinded.

Niu Qianhu suddenly let go, the guard stood steadily, stepped back a few steps, sat on the ground, grinning, but he didn't care about the pain, and rolled over and hugged Niu Qianhu.

Legs, he advised, "Sir... I can't do it... not many people know about this. If the adults are broken, if we find out who is leaving and reveals the news...we...we

But you have to…”

I'm afraid I'm going to die without a burial place.

"What's the wind that shows off?" Niu Qianhu's cold eyes swam on the faces of the two confidants, "You guys think of a way to keep the soldier named Pan in the city for me. We went to move Kuyin, and it happened to be in trouble.

On their heads.”

The two personal guards widened their eyes, as if they were foolish and could not move.

"Don't worry, I said that the person surnamed Zhou did not dare to make a statement about this money," Niu Qianhu sneered, "What's more, there is the magistrate here, so that he could hear a little bit, and the person surnamed Zhou could only know how to do it.

I was even more afraid, and I could only suffer a lot of money and make up for it. Zhou, the man who was surnamed Zhou, can still afford to make up for the money for many years..."
Chapter completed!