After a heated debate, Xu Huizu finally reached a consensus with Wan Lei: Shuntian Prefecture can continue to open mutual trade to the Bei Yuan, but it must add a clause to restrict the Bei Yuan, which requires the Bei Yuan not to use troops against the Ming Dynasty.
If there is any violation, the Ming Dynasty will order Shuntian Prefecture to stop mutual trade.
Wan Lei did not object to Xu Huizu's request. After all, it was just to expand the scope of the peace agreement. Of course, Wan Lei did not serve as Xu Huizu's messenger in vain. He asked for 100,000 shi of grain as service expenses to compensate
The direct and indirect economic losses caused by Shuntian Mansion being blocked by the imperial court in the past few months.
Xu Huizu was a smart man. Faced with Wan Lei's behavior that was similar to robbery, he had to grit his teeth and endure it. One hundred thousand shi of food seemed like a lot, but if he didn't give it, the "lawless" Peking Army would betray more sensitive people in the mutual market.
goods, and even smuggled salt into the Ming Dynasty, undermining the Ming Dynasty's internal salt and iron control policy, which was even more detrimental to the Ming Dynasty.
After various agreements were negotiated in this atmosphere of intrigue, Xu Huizu, although he was angry, had to order a banquet and invite Wan Lei to the banquet. It was not because of how benevolent and moral he was, but treating each other equally was the order of the strong.
Basic rules for getting along with each other.
Although there are few villains in Shuntian Mansion, it is no longer the helpless little duckweed in the wind and rain, but a small tree that has found a place in the cracks. Its strength cannot be underestimated. Wan Lei also saw this
Only after a little bit did he dare to take cards from Xu Huizu.
I had some family affairs with Xu Huizu, discussed some Pingliao strategies, and spent a day in Yongping Mansion with good food and good accommodation. Wan Lei resigned early the next morning. Xu Huizu did not force anyone to stay, and sent him out of the Yamen himself.
entrance, and sent five personal soldiers to escort him all the way.
This is the end of his trip to Yongping. In this game between smart people, Wan Lei can be said to have taken the initiative, but he still ignored one point: there are many smart people in this world, but not stupid people.
Shao. No, as soon as he left Yongping City, he was surrounded by an army ambushing outside the city.
"Who are these people?" Wan Lei was surrounded by the five soldiers. Looking at the "miscellaneous soldiers" with swords unsheathed and bows strung outside, Wan Lei couldn't help but be a little stunned.
"Wan Lei is a guest invited by my father-in-law. Please hurry up and leave, otherwise we won't be blamed for our ruthless swordsmanship." The captain of the soldiers shouted angrily and unsheathed his long sword, with the intention of attacking if he disagreed.
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"Wan Lei is the number one criminal in the imperial court. He has committed a heinous crime. You should capture him as soon as possible." The leader of the team was a seventh-grade junior civil servant. Although he relied on the large number of people, he could tell at a glance that the five guards were Duke Xu.
My personal soldiers cannot afford to offend easily. In line with the principle of peace being the most important, he will only besiege but not attack for the time being.
"Master Li, you are really courageous. Under the control of my father-in-law, you actually dare to mobilize troops privately. Aren't you afraid of losing your head?" The captain of the personal soldiers pointed his sword at the little civil servant and asked.
"As an imperial envoy, I only know that it is my duty to punish rape and eliminate evil. Wan Lei is a self-reliant man who has committed smuggling and is guilty of a crime that will not be pardoned. He must be brought to justice to serve as a warning to others!" The person coming is
The new Yongping Taoist envoy Li Guan is, let alone one of the fools.
This Imperial Ambassador Li can be regarded as a representative of high-scoring and low-functioning people. He participated in the imperial examination last year and came in third place in the imperial examination. He was originally a valet of Emperor Jianwen. However, the northern border was in troubled times and there was no one available in the court, so
He was sent to Shandong Road as a supervisory envoy.
Even though the supervisory envoy is only a seventh-grade sesame official, his power is boundless. Inside, he is responsible for writing papers; inspecting the capital camp; supervising Linxiang, conducting examinations; inspecting Guanglu; inspecting the warehouse; inspecting the inner treasury, the imperial city, and five
In the city, they were on duty to listen to drums. Outside, they patrolled the Qing army, supervised schools, inspected salt, tea and horses, inspected canals, inspected customs, inspected transportation, printed horses, and cultivated fields. When the division was in charge, they supervised military discipline and merit, and each specialized in their duties.
Supervision.
To put it bluntly, the imperial envoy is actually patrolling on behalf of the emperor. He dares to take charge of everything. He supervises ministers, prefectures and county magistrates, conducts inspections, and is especially specialized in impeachment. Major matters are reported to the court for review, and small matters can be handled exclusively by the emperor.
break.
No, Li Dayu's envoy was so courageous. When he saw "smuggling leader" Wan Lei appearing in Yongping Mansion in a majestic manner, he suddenly became aroused. Last night, he had secretly suggested to Xu Huizu and took the opportunity to seize Wan Lei.
After being captured, he sent troops to raid the Peiping Army and annihilated Shuntian Mansion in one fell swoop.
Xu Huizu is not a fool. He understands the rules and can tell at a glance that Li Guan wants to engage in political speculation. He just wants to take credit for catching Wan Lei. As for the bad consequences of this move, it is not within the scope of such a person's consideration.
In order not to end up wiping someone else's butt, he sternly warned this guy to be more honest and not to cause trouble.
However, Li Yushi was an idiot in fighting and running the army, but he was an expert in complaining and punishing people. He immediately threatened to write to the court and report the matter to the court. He also made an extremely shameless insinuation: Mr. Xu protects Wan Lei in this way.
Was he being bribed? Faced with such groundless accusations, Xu Huizu became so angry that he asked his soldiers to drive this guy out.
Even after being blown away, Ambassador Li still refused to stop. He ran around and gathered dozens of government servants from nowhere, guarding them outside the city, ready to wait for Wan Lei to leave the city. He didn't care about the people in his hands.
Is there any holy monk named Fang Baojian? I just wanted to kill him first and then play the show, so I acted like this.
Wan Lei swept through this group of people who were at war with each other. Seeing that he could not get out, he shook his head and smiled bitterly. He raised his hands to the sky and said: "The officials are forcing the people to rebel, and the people have to rebel. No matter what, no matter! Heaven is proof, it's not that I don't care about the common people.
The suffering is really due to the lack of discipline of the imperial court, which goes back on its word!"
"The evil man Wan Lei has committed a heinous crime. He should not say anything more. He should restrain his hands obediently and wisely. Otherwise, there is no need to blame the ruthlessness of the country's laws!" Royal Ambassador Li's arrogance reached its peak again.
"If any of you dare to take a step forward, don't blame us for being ruthless with our swords!" The captain of the soldiers swung his long sword horizontally and whispered to a young soldier beside him: "Take the opportunity to break out of the encirclement and return to the city to report to the Lord."
"Fellow military commanders, please hand over Wan Lei. I will report to the court and reward you generously." Li Guan didn't want to really use the knife, so he started to bewitch.
"Master Li, you don't know what kind of trick you have made. It's hard to say whether you can save your life in the future. If you are smart, step aside and we will pretend that nothing happened." The captain of the soldiers said with a sneer. In terms of understanding of the current situation,
, this big boss is much more sober than Li Jinshi.
In the recent defense battle of Peking, the captain of the soldiers had witnessed with his own eyes the madness of the Peking Army, and the relentless ferocity of the bloody battle. Anyone who had seen it would be frightened. Who dares to touch the Peking Army's "
"Senior", what awaits him is the craziest revenge of the Peking Army.
"Since all the military commanders are bent on protecting the imperial prisoners, don't blame me for being rude. Come on, someone!" Li Guan gave the order, and at the end he did not forget to add: "If we take down the imperial prisoners, the court will surely have
Great reward!"
"Brothers, kill!" The five-man guard pulled the reins of the horse, protecting Wan Lei and about to break through in self-defense. Seeing that a bloody battle was inevitable, Wan Lei waved his hand and said: "Stop it, I will follow you."
Just leave!"
"Mr. Wan, this is absolutely impossible. If you see that we are not protecting you well enough, you will be severely punished," the captain of the personal soldiers advised hurriedly.
"Go back immediately and report the news to Mr. Xu. Our Peking Army is not afraid of any enemy. We have expected this to happen. Please decide whether it is a war or a peace." After Wan Lei said this, he rushed out of the escort on horseback.
Circle, he rushed to Li Guandao: "I want to see if you, a parallel importer, can float this big iceberg of mine."
"Don't be so arrogant, come here, take it down and send it back to the capital immediately!" Li Guan was not stupid, he also knew how to move people away.
Several young men swarmed up with ropes and were about to put them around Wan Lei's neck. When the captain saw this, he hurriedly guarded the front with his sword and said angrily: "Which of you dares!"
At this moment, Wan Lei saw a few heads emerging from the grass not far away. He couldn't help but turn up the corners of his mouth, looked up to the sky and laughed: "Hahahaha..."
"What..." Li Guan laughed a little inexplicably, but he didn't hear the sound of the hidden weapon being fired, which was covered up by the laughter. Before he could finish his question, he saw Wan Lei suddenly lying on the horse's back.
on top, while hundreds of tiny flying needles all around fell like raindrops.
"Something stabbed me..."
"There are mosquitoes!"
"No, it's a flying needle!"
"Ah, no, we were attacked!"
"Ah, this, this needle is poisonous!"
In less than a few seconds, a group of people fell on the ground. Wan Lei dodged the attack of flying needles and jumped off the fallen horse. At this moment, several people rushed out of the grass beside the road. They
Like a gust of wind, he rushed into the crowd of people who were lying on the ground, knocked them unconscious when they were not unconscious, and pulled out the needles when they saw them. In a short time, the battlefield was cleared.
"Sir, are you okay?" The people who came were none other than the Seven Little Taoist Priests. They used super invincible hidden weapons: insinuations and high-grade anesthetics were applied to the flying needles. They knocked out hundreds of enemies in one fell swoop. They were killing people, stealing goods, robbing houses, and snooping around.
Special magic weapons. Of course, the structure of these things is not complicated, they are just scaled down versions of repeating crossbows.
"It's okay. You guys arrived just in time. Have you been following me?" Wan Lei smiled slightly and was secretly happy: "With these ghostly and elf-like paths to protect me, the safety index will skyrocket in the future."
"Sister Xue'er has been keeping an eye on you in the dark. When she saw that you were in danger, she brought us here. Fortunately, we arrived in time, otherwise we would have been in trouble." said the joke.
"You can't stay too long at this time. Miaozhi, please leave a letter and tell Mr. Xu that I will take action first, so that he can take care of himself!"
"Why do you have to do it yourself?! How dare you do something dirty to our big brother Wan, it's really irritating. According to me, these guys should be escorted to Yongping City and let them give an explanation. If they don't give an explanation, we
Just rebel and make an excuse." Zhao Xueer said angrily.
"Girls rebel and rebel all the time. How can they be like that?" Wan Lei scratched Zhao Xueer's nose. When he saw that the letter was written, he said, "Let's go, we have won and returned to camp."
"Bah, this is also called returning to camp in victory? This is obviously called fleeing." Zhao Xueer pouted, kicked Li Guan on the ground, and then quickly followed.