1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 1067
When Yu Pingfeng went out to the Dusi Yamen early this morning, he felt that something was wrong, and his eyes jumped violently.As the saying goes, the left eye twitches wealth and the right eye twitches disaster, but this is the first time he has encountered the situation of both eyes twitching at the same time, and he doesn't know whether it is a good omen or a bad omen.After arriving at the yamen, instead of getting better, the situation got worse and worse.Although Yu Pingfeng is not a very superstitious person, he still felt a little bit guilty when he encountered such a situation, thinking that he might have run into something evil.

Near noon, Yu Pingfeng was about to have lunch after finishing a piece of business, when his subordinates suddenly reported that Jin Yiwei had come to see him.Yu Pingfeng has been waiting for the progress report from Liao Xun for the past few days, so he immediately asked his subordinates to bring the visitor.

The person who came was not wearing the official uniform of Jinyiwei, but claimed to be Liao Xun's personal entourage, and showed his identity badge and Liao Xun's warrant.After arriving at the court, he presented a letter to Yu Pingfeng.Seeing that the words on the envelope were indeed in Liao Xun's handwriting, Yu Pingfeng didn't suspect him at the moment, so he opened it and read it.After reading a few lines, Yu Pingfeng couldn't help getting excited.

Liao Xun mentioned in the letter that he had followed Cheng Fengxing's lead to find out the person in charge of Haihan in Hangzhou, and with the cooperation provided by Cheng Fenghang, he had secretly arrested this person last night. He is being detained in Chengfeng Bank outside the city.Under Liao Xun's persuasion, this person has turned to the light and is willing to serve the court to deal with the Haihan people. However, this person still lacks trust in Liao Xun's identity, so Liao Xun hopes that Yu Pingfeng can come forward to appease him, and use him as the commander of the Zhejiang capital to deal with the Haihan people. His fourth-rank official position should be enough to make the opponent let go of his last defense.

However, Liao Xun pointed out in the letter that according to this person's confession, Haihan has set up eyes and ears in important departments such as the Zhejiang Metropolitan Division and the Criminal Procuratorate Division. The official ostentation, so as not to expose the deeds and lead to the wastage of previous efforts.The messenger had already prepared a special chariot and horses outside the yamen. As long as Yu Pingfeng changed into casual clothes and obeyed the messenger's arrangement, he would be escorted to meet outside the city.

Liao Xun's signature was placed on the letterhead, and Yu Pingfeng had had official correspondence with him, so the handwriting was familiar, and one could tell by looking at the signature that it was not a forgery.It's just that Liao Xun's arrangement is a bit unreasonable, and he needs to ask more questions, so he slowly folded up the letterhead and said to the sender: "Master Liao is very good at taking people without making a sound. I don't know how many people Master Liao dispatched in yesterday's operation? Were there any casualties during the operation?"

The messenger clasped his fists in response and said, "My lord, Master Liao brought only a dozen brothers yesterday and set up an ambush in the store. It took no effort to take it down. That man is also a coward, once the knife was put on his neck, he immediately softened. Mr. Liao prepared several sets of torture methods in advance, but they were useless at all."

Yu Pingfeng heard what he said in a decent manner, so he didn't suspect that there was any article in it, and continued to ask: "Since Mr. Liao has captured the other party, why didn't he be escorted back to the city, but invite me out of the city to deal with it?" This matter?"

The sender replied: "This person is carrying a lot of secrets, and according to his account, every yamen in the Hangzhou government has his accomplices stationed there, even Jin Yiwei is not safe. Mr. Liao is worried that he will be discovered by his accomplices after he is escorted into the city, and he may be wiped out." Therefore, he stayed outside the city and temporarily requisitioned the commercial warehouse as a base for investigating the case. Mr. Liao said that it is better not to let him show up until all his accomplices hiding in Hangzhou are wiped out."

Yu Pingfeng couldn't help frowning when he heard this, this Haihan actually placed and bribed many people in the Hangzhou government, it's no wonder that in the past year, most of the methods used to deal with Haihan were in vain. Before the decree came out of Hangzhou, the Haihan people had already got the news.If these Haihan eyes and ears lurking in various yamen do not try to get rid of them, it will be difficult to spread the decree to rectify Haihan to other state capitals in the future.In this way, Liao Xun did have good reasons for doing so.

The messenger continued: "Master Liao's intention is that it is enough for Mr. Yu to show his identity in the past and let the man know that there are important officials in the government who are concerned about this matter. It will not delay Mr. Yu's work in the afternoon."

If it was just to show up and appease the Haihan prisoners captured by Liao Xun, it wouldn't take much effort.It just so happened that Yu Pingfeng had nothing else to do, so it wouldn't hurt to take advantage of his lunch break to check it out.Yu Pingfeng made sure to pay attention, so he asked the messenger to wait in front of the hall, changed into casual clothes, and came out with only one entourage, and then followed the messenger out of the yamen.Sure enough, a black-covered carriage stopped at the corner of the street. After Yu Pingfeng and his entourage got into the carriage, the carriage soon started to head south.

With Jin Yiwei's warrant, the carriage passed through the city gate and left the city without even a symbolic inspection.When the carriage arrived outside Chengfeng House, someone opened the gate and let the carriage in, and then quickly closed the gate.If you hadn't been staring at Cheng Fengxing, it would have been really hard to notice that such a carriage had entered in an instant.

The carriage stopped in the courtyard of Chengfenghang, after Yu Pingfeng and his followers got off the carriage, the messenger led them inside.Yu Pingfeng saw that the storehouse was full of young and strong men in casual clothes. Although they were not wearing weapons, they all looked extremely capable. Presumably they were all under Liao Xun's subordinates.It's just that after I arrived, Liao Xun didn't come out to greet me. It's a bit inflated for a small family to put on airs in front of the fourth-rank officials. Usually, it's just a polite word in official circles to address him as "Master Liao". Do you really think that Jin Yiwei is a little privileged?Although Yu Pingfeng kept his face calm, he was already thinking about trying to beat Liao Xun after the meeting, so that he would not forget how much he weighed.

As soon as he entered the courtyard at the end, Yu Pingfeng saw a person sitting in the hall facing the courtyard, it was Liao Xun who had invited him here.There is a big Eight Immortals table in this hall, Liao Xun is sitting behind the table, seeing Yu Pingfeng coming, but he has no intention of getting up to greet him.Yu Pingfeng snorted, told his followers to wait outside, and walked straight into the hall by himself.

"Master Liao is so arrogant!" Yu Pingfeng cupped his hands, his tone very unhappy.He really couldn't figure it out, this Liao Xun used to be quite good at being a man, why he hadn't seen him for a few days, and he was playing tricks with him.

Liao Xun responded with a wry smile: "My lord, please forgive Liao for being inconvenient to move, for being far away!"

Yu Pingfeng was startled and said, "Could it be that Master Liao hurt his legs and feet when he caught the thief yesterday?"

"That's not..." Liao Xun raised his hand and pointed to the seat next to him, motioning for Yu Pingfeng to sit down and said.

Yu Pingfeng sat down next to Liao Xun, just as his butt touched the chair, he caught a glimpse of Liao Xun's hands and feet covered by the tablecloth of the Eight Immortals table with iron shackles, so scared that he almost fell to the ground.

"Master Yu, don't panic. Since you're here, you can stay as a guest."

With a tease, Yu Pingfeng saw a masked man appearing at the door, and the attendant he brought from the city disappeared without a sound at some point.

"Who are you? Dare to detain an official of the imperial court for the purpose of rebellion?" Yu Pingfeng stretched out his hand and pulled the shackles on Liao Xun's body, and found that it was impossible to untie him, so he decisively gave up the useless attempt and concentrated his attention To the masked man.

"My lord, Gong Shiqi, please forgive me for not being able to welcome you from afar." Gong Shiqi revealed his identity without any concealment: "I am one of the Haihan people whom Master Yu hates."

Yu Pingfeng's heart sank suddenly, and he said to Liao Xun: "It seems that the letter you sent to me is all fake news?"

Liao Xun smiled wryly: "My family's lives are in the hands of Haihan's thieves. My lord, I'm sorry!"

Yu Pingfeng realized almost immediately that this Liao Xun had somehow fallen into the hands of the Haihan people. He couldn't bear the threat of the other party and had surrendered to the enemy. According to the other party's arrangement, he deliberately wrote a letter and handed it to him. His eagerness to seek merit led him out of the city.The most terrible thing is that Yu Pingfeng believed Liao Xun's words and did not tell his colleagues and family members about his whereabouts before leaving. Now, no one in the capital's yamen knows his specific movements. Find this place.Yu Pingfeng really wanted to stand up and resist, but it was a pity that he didn't wear any weapons, and it seemed that it would be difficult to get out of this shop.

While he was hesitating, several masked men poured into the door, each holding a wooden stick as thick as an egg and more than two feet long.However, these men did not rush forward to attack him, but stopped five feet away.But at this time, if Yu Pingfeng still tried to resist with force, the wooden sticks around him would be smashed down before he could stand up.Yu Pingfeng saw that the opponent's advantage was hard to shake, so he didn't try any more pointless resistance at the moment, but just stared at Gong Shiqi to see what the leader of Haihan would do.

Gong Shiqi walked to the table, opened a chair and sat down: "My lord, it's been hard work for me, Hai Han, to try every means to drive us out of Zhejiang this year. Already!"

Yu Pingfeng said: "Like you and other people who have no law, the government will naturally punish you. Do you know how big a crime it is to detain an official ordered by the court?"

Gong Shiqi nodded and said: "Master Liao has already said about the detainment of the imperial court officials before. But since Mr. Yu has doubts, then I will explain it again. It doesn't matter how high an official you are in the Ming court. Haihan, the law of the Ming Dynasty can't cure the crimes of the Haihan people. I set up a trap to arrest you because you have been using your power to fight against Haihan. You think you can use the official position of the Ming Dynasty to overwhelm Haihan, but today I want to tell you that this kind of thinking is really wrong!"

Yu Pingfeng said: "If you want to kill, then kill, what is your intention to detain us here?"

Gong Shishi said: "Master Yu, don't be in such a hurry, there are places where you can come in handy. Come here, get a pen and paper!"

Immediately, someone presented paper, pen, inkstone and other stationery supplies, and Gong Shiqi said, "Your Excellency, don't feel confused. I have gone through all this trouble to invite you here, not just to ask for your calligraphy. Now I need you to write a letter." Letter, write to your companion, just copy the content of the letter you saw from Mr. Liao before."

"Are you going to bring Mr. Guo here?" Although Gong Shiqi did not mention Guo Zheng's name, Yu Pingfeng had already thought of his real purpose.

"Aren't the three of you always advancing and retreating together? It's great to be able to gather here, and by the way, I can also see the Haihan people you've always wanted to meet. It can be regarded as fulfilling your wish." Gong Shiqi said jokingly.

Yu Pingfeng said angrily: "How can I be coerced by you to do such a dirty thing!"

Gong Shiqi said: "You don't need to write, but tonight there will be an unknown fire in your house, and no one will be able to escape."

"Despicable!" Yu Pingfeng scolded angrily: "The barbarians are really villains!"

Gong Shiqi was not worried, and still said in a calm tone: "I am just a servant doing dirty work for Haihan. No matter how much you insult me, it is useless. I am coming to Hangzhou to complete the task. As for the means to achieve the goal...no People will care about the fate of the loser, what you should do now is to prevent yourself from losing too thoroughly. At least, try your best to keep the lives of your family members safe."

Yu Pingfeng looked at Liao Xun beside him, and suddenly understood the other party's feelings. Presumably, when Liao Xun was forced to write a letter to him this morning, he must have been very embarrassed.The Haihan people actually came up with such a poisonous plan to lure the three of them into the net one by one, which is really hard to guard against.

Gong Shiqi added: "I remember in the letter that the two of you are together now, and Master Liao also signed a signature after the writing, which should be more convincing."

Yu Pingfeng thought this was indeed the case, with him and Liao Xun as guarantors, Guo Zheng who received the letter naturally did not doubt that he was there, and he might come to join him soon.In this way, within a day in Hangzhou City, three high-ranking officials would disappear inexplicably.But in his current situation, there was absolutely no way to change the direction of the situation, and he was powerless to resist Gong Shiqi's arrangement.

About an hour later, the messenger who had brought Yu Pingfeng here earlier came to the city again in a carriage with another letter just out of the oven.His destination was the Prosecutor of the City, and he delivered the letter to Guo Zheng, the official.If Guo Zheng moved fast enough, before the city gate closed, he would be able to take the carriage provided by the action team and rush out of the city to Chengfengxing, where he could join his two fellow sufferers.

Gong Shiqi ordered Yu Pingfeng and Liao Xun to be guarded in different rooms, and now they are waiting for Guo Zheng to take the bait. This mission will be completed.Thinking back on the missions he and Takahashi Minami performed this time in Hangzhou, it was indeed a situation that he and Takahashi-nan had never expected to be able to develop into the current situation.

(End of this chapter)