A knife in love

Chapter 1079

Ji Dingzhong said angrily: "Fart! We just want to lure the Japanese pirates here, and then wipe them all out! Otherwise, why did we spend so much effort and set up a trap in this Chenghuang Temple?! If it weren't for you, a thief I don’t know what tricks you used to trick Hu Kun, and brought Ruyang Guard’s soldiers and horses into the City God’s Temple. We have already wiped out all the Japanese pirates! You big traitor is still confusing right and wrong here, do you really think we are all fools?! "

Xu Chengzong was about to retort, but he heard Yang Zhenzhong say: "Enough!"

His voice was not harsh, but Xu Chengzong and Ji Ding were stunned, and immediately stopped talking.

Yang Zhenzhong said in a deep voice: "You, Nie and Xu, both colluded with Japanese pirates this time..."

When Xu Chengzong and Ji Dingzhong heard what Yang Zhenzhong said, their expressions changed.It's just that Ji Dingzhong's face was full of disappointment, but Xu Chengzong's mouth showed a smile.

The children of Nie, Lu, and Zhao who were standing on the stone steps were also trembling.Everyone in the Nie family was a little terrified, but the children of Lu and Zhao were both surprised and happy.

Old Mrs. Nie stood on the stone steps, with his hands in his sleeves, his expression was indifferent, and he seemed to turn a deaf ear to Yang Zhenzhong's words.

I only heard Yang Zhenzhong say: "I don't want to pay attention to the grievances and grievances between your two families. But this time the trouble is too big, involving Japanese pirates and the imperial court. Even the magistrate of Luoyang died in Xiuwu County. He was also hijacked by Japanese pirates. Ruyangwei's soldiers and horses did not cooperate with the Ministry of War, so they dared to enter Xiuwu County without authorization. Each of these cases is a shocking case. If the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple jointly interrogate, I don't know how many people there will be If you want to copy and chop the whole family, you will implicate the nine clans."

When Yang Zhenzhong said this, he stopped on purpose, but his eyes slowly passed over the faces of Mrs. Nie, Ji Dingzhong and others, and finally fell on Xu Chengzong.Everyone knew that Yang Zhenzhong's words were true, and they were all terrified and restless.

Yang Zhenzhong went on to say: "I am not a foolish person, and I don't want to raise a big case because of it. Although you have done what traitors should do, you have no determination to be traitors. And both of you want to destroy the Japanese pirates in the end. , caused great damage to the Japanese pirates. Therefore, after thinking twice, I came up with a method that might save the lives of your family members..."

Xu Chengzong, Ji Dingzhong and all the members of the Nie family, Lu family and Zhao family were quite defensive when they heard Yang Zhenzhong's words, they were both surprised and happy.Only then did Ji Dingzhong remember that he had been standing on the stone steps, condescending, and disrespectful to Yang Zhenzhong.He hastily threw the long sword on the ground, ran to the bottom of the stone steps in three steps at a time, lifted the corner of his robe, knelt down in front of Yang Zhenzhong with a "plop", and said in a trembling voice: "I hope you will be considerate."

Seeing how Ji Dingzhong was acting, Xu Chengzong felt contemptuous of him, and was about to sneer at him, but then he thought, if he wanted to save his family's property and lives in another place, he would have to compromise like Ji Dingzhong.In an instant, he actually felt sympathy for Ji Dingzhong.

Yang Zhenzhong said: "Master Ji, please. I have read some of the official documents you wrote for Mr. Han. With the great talent of Master Ji, if he leaves the examination room, it will be more than enough to become the magistrate in the future. Even if you do three It is not impossible for a high-ranking official like a secretary. However, it is too condescending to be a white-clothed teacher in the Luoyang magistrate's yamen in a useful body."

Ji Dingzhong is talented and intelligent. He has read poetry and books since he was a child. He originally wanted to get fame.It's just that later Mrs. Nie strictly ordered the children of the Nie family not to serve as officials, but to hide in the government and manipulate power behind the scenes.Although Ji Dingzhong, in white clothes, controls the big and small affairs of Luoyang prefect's yamen, which is much more beautiful than prefect Han Qusi, but he is always resentful in his heart.Over the years, he has deliberately planned to overthrow the Xu family in one fell swoop. Apart from the fact that the Xu family is a feud of the Nie family, the two sides vowed to be incompatible, and had to fight to the death, but it was also because Ji Dingzhong always wanted to show his talents and insisted on making a fortune in his official career. Sincerely.In Haizhou World War I, the Xu family was destroyed. Ji Dingzhong thought that he would no longer have to hide in the Luoyang magistrate's yamen. He was about to step into the officialdom and show off his talents, but he didn't expect that the Xu family had slipped through the net, which almost caused the Nie family to suffer a complete defeat. .During this day, Ji Dingzhong experienced unprecedented joy and sorrow in his life, and Ji Dingzhong could no longer be as calm as he used to be.Listening to Yang Zhenzhong's eloquence at this time, Ji Dingzhong only felt that the person who understood him best in his life was actually the Lord Yang Zhen Zhongyang who was "in charge of guarding affairs" in front of him.So he knelt on the ground, although the cold wind was piercing, his heart felt hot and he almost shed tears.

Standing aside, Li Qiufeng suddenly heard Yang Zhenzhong praise Ji Dingzhong, he was taken aback, thinking to himself that Yang Zhenzhong has always been very deep in the city, why would he openly praise Ji Dingzhong?For such a high-ranking official, he must be extremely cautious when speaking and doing things.At this time, Ji Dingzhong can be said to be wearing a sinful body, but Yang Zhenzhong, regardless of the presence of outsiders around him, actually praised Ji Dingzhong so highly, there must be other deep meanings.

When Yang Zhenzhong said this, he paused for a while, and then continued: "Master Ji, you are welcome, please hurry up."

Ji Dingzhong got up from the ground and stood with his hands down, not even daring to make a sound.He has always been conceited and clever, but now in front of Yang Zhenzhong, he is ashamed of himself, and he no longer dares to be arrogant.

Yang Zhenzhong took a look at Ji Dingzhong, then turned his head to look at Mrs. Nie standing on the stone steps, and said, "Master Nie, congratulations for having such a great young master. When Mr. Nie left the capital, even though he was safe There is no worry of ruining his family and life. However, with Mr. Nie's ability, how can he be convinced that he has become an official like this? Not to mention that Qian Ning and Jiang Bin who framed Mr. Nie back then have already subdued the law, and the court has replaced old ones with new ones. If Mr. Nie comes out again, it will not be difficult to become a cabinet scholar with the ability of turning his hands into clouds and turning his hands into rain in the officialdom."

Hearing this, Li Qiufeng thought to himself, Yang Zhenzhong first praised Ji Dingzhong, and now he piled high hats on Mrs. Nie's head one by one, which is quite different from his usual style of doing things.I'm afraid that he is so contrived and has other plans.

While Li Qiufeng was thinking about it, he heard old Mrs. Nie say indifferently: "Lord Yang is putting gold on the face of our father and son. It's just that although I am old, I haven't reached the point of being stupid."

Old Mrs. Nie paused for a while when he said this, and then continued: "I have already guessed what Lord Yang wants to say. With the useless body of this old man, in exchange for hundreds of people from the five families of Nie, Lu, Zhao, Du, and Hua." People's lives are safe, we are already grateful for Master Yang's kindness. Master Yang has a bodhisattva heart, and this kindness will be appreciated by this old man."

As soon as Mrs. Nie said this, everyone's hearts trembled.Many people thought to themselves that Yang Zhenzhong praised the old man Nie and Ji Dingzhong and his son without any intention of blaming them.But why Mrs. Nie suddenly said such a sentence is really puzzling.

It's just that Ji Dingzhong and Li Qiufeng are different from others.Ji Dingzhong is smart and good at making changes, and Li Qiufeng knows Yang Zhenzhong's character well.The two just listened to Yang Zhenzhong talking to Old Master Nie, and they were puzzled at first.But after thinking about it, he immediately understood the deep meaning of what Yang Zhenzhong and Mrs. Nie said.Ji Dingzhong's complexion changed drastically, the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, and he couldn't help but tremblingly said to Mrs. Nie: "Daddy, how could you be like this..."

When Ji Dingzhong said this, he saw that Mrs. Nie turned his head to look at him. There were reproaches, pity, and encouragement in his eyes.Just trembling slightly, I lowered my head and couldn't bear to look any more.

Li Qiufeng thought to himself, there have been frequent serious crimes in Yuntai Mountain and Xiuwu County recently, and thousands of people died.The six ministries of the imperial court, the cabinet, Yushitai, and Dali Temple are all paying attention to this matter.If it is not handled properly, even if Yang Zhenzhong is the emperor's cronies, the ship may capsize.What's more terrible is that these cases also involve Japanese pirates, which is touching the fate of the imperial court's party struggle.Over the years, the imperial court has been arguing endlessly over the invasion of Daming by Japanese pirates and Tartars.Some officials advocate appeasement and peace, and they should not use weapons without authorization.Some officials insisted that suppression should be the main priority, and they must not make peace with these jumping clowns.As a result, the two sides formed their own factions and attacked each other, which has become a fire and water.If the Japanese pirates infiltrated into the Central Plains and spread the news of killing officials and civilians in Xiuwu County, all parties in the imperial court would inevitably attack each other. I don't know how many people would lose their heads because of this. I'm afraid it would also involve Lu Bing, Yang Zhenzhong and other factions.In order to protect itself, Yang Zhenzhong wanted to suppress this big case, and absolutely must not set up a big prison because of this, so as not to set fire to himself.

(End of this chapter)