Wang Qianli and Xu Baoer rushed over from the side. They helped He Xi out from under the table and said, "Sir, let's leave quickly. This is not a place to stay for a long time."
He Xi tried hard, but still felt a little weak in her legs. She was almost dragged out of the cabin by two people.
After getting out of the cabin where the fire was burning, He Xi glanced around and found that the situation had changed again. There were many people fighting on both sides of the river. Altogether, there were about one or two hundred people. It looked spectacular. Both sides
Bows and crossbows were used together, and long spears and short knives were used together.
But within a few moments, dozens of people fell into a pool of blood.
A voice came from afar: "Commander of the Jin Yiwei, Mao Xiang, pays homage to Secretary Lang He." A middle-aged man strode over, paying no attention to the people who were fighting around him. There was a pool of blood under his feet, but his steps did not change, and his face remained unchanged.
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When He Xi heard this voice, he breathed a sigh of relief.
In fact, it only took a while from the enemy attack to the present. He Xi felt like his days were like years. After experiencing death, He Xi was covered in cold sweat and his underwear was soaked. There was a kind of feeling in his whole body.
A profound change. It's just that He Xi herself doesn't know yet about this change.
He Xi stood up, saluted from a distance, and said, "He Xi pays homage to the commander of the Jinyi Guards."
Mao Xiang breathed a sigh of relief when he saw He Xi.
The people sent by Guo Huan have been under Mao Xiang's surveillance. But he never expected that, by accident, he would let them shoot several rounds of arrows in the air. One of them was a rocket. He did not dare to neglect, for fear that something would happen.
Lost, so he immediately killed him.
This is also Mao Xiang's carelessness.
The men Guo Huan raised were at most retired from the army, or the old, weak, sick and disabled from Zhang Shicheng's remnants of Fang Guozhen. The Jinyi Guards were Zhu Yuanzhang's personal guards. It can be said that they were selected from the best among the more than 300 guards in the Ming Dynasty.
After even the Jinyiwei officers became loyal and experienced generals, perhaps the Jinyiwei in later generations have become useless. But in this era, the Jinyiwei are definitely the elite among the elite.
Not to mention factors such as training, equipment, etc.
The two sides were fighting hand to hand, and when there was not much difference in numbers, the Jin Yiwei had an overwhelming advantage, and not even a few people died at all.
Mao Xiang looked down on Guo Huan's people at all, so he dared to relax and let them do what they wanted. This flaw came about.
Mao Xiang took a few steps forward and looked at He Xi. He saw that there was some dust on He Xi's clothes and there were a few scorch marks from sparks flying on his long sleeves. Other than that, there was nothing else. Then he said: "
I have been ordered by His Majesty to protect Mr. He. Please forgive me for coming here now."
He Xi understood that in He Xi's view, Mao Xiang's appearance was reasonable and unexpected. It was reasonable, but He Xi felt that Zhu Yuanzhang would not give up monitoring him. Unexpected
, He Xi thought he was careful enough, but he never expected that two groups of people would kill him.
He Xi said: "If Mr. Mao is there, I would like to thank Mr. Mao for saving his life."
Mao Xiang said: "Secretary He is so polite."
He Xi said: "I just have something to ask. Mr. Mao, these people?"
Mao Xiang said: "Secretary He, you should know." Mao Xiang waved his hand and brought a few survivors in front of him. Just as they were talking, the battle outside was over. Mao Xiang held the sheathed embroidery knife.
Put the spring knife on the neck of the living person and said: "Who sent you here."
The living creature had a trembling mouth and said: "I don't know, I don't know. I just follow orders to kill people."
Mao Xiang's hand shook, and the Xiuchun knife was half an inch out of its sheath. The cold light circulated and he said, "You really don't know?"
Huokou said with sweat on his forehead: "I really didn't know that we were hanging out at sea."
Mao Xiang said: "Sea gang? Fang Guozhenjiu?"
Fang Guozhen was the first to rebel, but he was also aware of current affairs. He finally surrendered to Zhu Yuanzhang. It had been seven or eight years since he died of illness. However, Fang Guozhen was forced to surrender, leaving part of Fang Guozhen's old troops in the court and the other part living at sea.
Most of the pirates and merchants on the sea belong to Fang Guozhen.
Therefore, as soon as he opened his mouth at this moment, Mao Xiang asked about this.
"Yes----, yes." Huokou said.
Mao Xiang said: "If you are at sea, why are you here?"
Huokou said: "Someone came from Hangzhou and offered a thousand taels of gold as a guarantee. They asked us to kill someone."
Mao Xiang said: "Are all your people here?"
Huokou said: "No, I don't think there are many."
Mao Xiang didn't ask any more questions, and just asked people to take him down alive. Mao Xiang turned around and asked He Xi, "Master He, do you already know who it is?"
He Xi nodded and said, "Thank you, Master Mao, for your advice. I understand."
In fact, this matter is not difficult to guess. Coupled with these people for comparison, it just confirms He Xi's guess.
Mao Xiang said: "What are you going to do, Master He?"
He Xi said: "Master Mao is the commander of the Jinyi Guards. He must be experienced in such matters. Please give me your advice."
Mao Xiang said: "I don't take advice seriously. However, the matter has reached this stage. Mr. He already knows what Zhejiang is like. There is no point in checking it outside."
He Xi said: "Then go back to Hangzhou."
This is also the difference between ancient times and modern times. If the case is handled according to modern times, the evidence in He Xi's hands will not constitute a chain of evidence. But it is different in ancient times. What evidence does Jin Yiwei need to handle the case? Even if it is not Jin Yiwei, what He Xi found today
Everything is enough to move on to the next step.
Mao Xiang said: "Okay. Secretary He, please wait for two days. I have transferred elite soldiers and generals from Qianhu Station in Suzhou. I will arrive in Huzhou in three to five days. It will not be too late to go to Hangzhou then."
"No need." He Xi said: "I have already made arrangements. In addition, Mr. Mao, there are some things I shouldn't say. But after thinking about it, I decided to say it. I checked it in Huzhou. Although I didn't
Find out the specific data. However, one thing is certain. After Guo Huan came to power in Zhejiang, grain of unknown origin was transported from Hangzhou to Suzhou and sold from Suzhou every year."
"I don't know why Suzhou didn't notice it. Is it because they didn't monitor the abnormal fluctuations in food prices? Or is there someone taking care of Guo Huan? Are there any Jin Yiwei among them?"
Mao Xiang was furious when he heard this and said in a cold tone: "He Xi, what do you mean?"
He Xi said: "No why? I just asked Master Mao to think about the Qianhu Institute of Jinyiwei in Hangzhou."
These words left Mao Xiang speechless, and he even felt faintly worried.
For a moment, he was also worried that the matter at the Hangzhou Qianhu Office was not isolated. Otherwise, there would be no news about such a big case in Zhejiang, and the same would be true for the Suzhou Qianhu Office. Is it a problem of ability? Or a problem of butt?
He Xi said: "Let's go. Soldiers are valuable and quick."
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He Xi went around Jiaxing and Huzhou, and then headed towards Hangzhou again. This time he walked very fast. He stopped outside Hangzhou, waiting for news.
While He Xi was waiting for news, Guo Huan in Hangzhou City was also waiting for news.
What he was waiting for was the news about He Xi.
These days, he has been tracking He Xi's whereabouts. But three days ago, this whereabouts suddenly stopped. There was no news. This made Guo Huan worried. He had to invite Wang Zhong and said: "Master Wang, you and I are so
We have been working together for many years, and we do everything together. If something happens, I can’t run away, and you can’t run away. What news is there in Huzhou? You must not hide it."
Wang Zhong said: "We just received a letter from Huzhou, saying that there was a case in Huzhou. In a river bend outside Huzhou City, there were traces of more than a hundred people fighting. A boat was burned, and many arrows were missed.
There was blood. There was no body. However, they were sure that many people were dead."
Guo Huan said: "Why has no one reported such a big case?"
Wang Zhong said: "What to report? What should I do? You need to see people in life, and you need to see corpses in death. No matter how many people below think are dead. If you don't see the corpses, you can't report it. Now you also know that such a big case is really reported.
, If it cannot be broken, the local officials are not causing trouble for themselves."
Guo Huan was stunned. He knew the virtues of the officials below him very well. He even made concessions on many things in order to be consistent. Local officials, no matter what time, always do more things than less things. Especially, Zhu Yuanzhang
They are stricter in every aspect.
Putting it in his position as a local magistrate, it is probably the same.
Therefore, Guo Huan could not get the news. It was Wang Zhong who was responsible for the execution of the case as the inspector. He was in contact with many people handling the case below. Only then did he get the gossip.
Guo Huan was a little restless and said, "What do you think is going on?"
Wang Zhong said with a gloomy face: "This is not a good thing. I know what the people we sent are like. They may be able to kill people. But they will not clean up so cleanly and not even a body will be left. In other words-
---"
Guo Huan said: "It was Jin Yiwei who ended it? But there was no movement at all from the Qianhu Institute in Hangzhou."
Wang Zhong said: "This is what I am most worried about."
Guo Huan's face, which had not changed for thousands of years, finally showed a look of panic, and he said: "You mean that the Hangzhou Qianhu Institute is no longer trusted by the Jinyiwei. And the Jinyiwei sent someone here?"
Wang Zhong said: "Your guess is right. He Xi is a cover. It is Jin Yiwei who really investigates. Now, they have surfaced. It means they have found it. There is no need to hide it. Brother Guo, we must be prepared.
Way out."
Guo Huan was stunned and said, "Do you really want to go to sea?"
"The whole world is not the royal land. Where else can we go but overseas?" Wang Zhong said.
Guo Huan said: "Please let me be quiet."
If he had a choice, Guo Huan would never go overseas. After all, overseas in this era is a completely different concept from overseas in modern times. This chapter has been completed!
