Daming: From the end of Hongwu

Chapter 347 - Chapter 345
Burn together? !
These words may be able to scare others, but to Cao Xiaoman, it is like a breeze blowing on the face, which cannot cause any fluctuations.

He looked at Wang Quan coldly and said: "Do you think your family can cover the sky with one hand in Jinan City? According to the inspector, all the commanders, the chief secretary, so many yamen all listen to your family? Are you the family of the Jinan city? I've been holding you back for a long time, once you come to my house, sit there and show off your power like an old man, who is relying on? When I invaded Jinan City, you must be so frightened that you hugged your mother and asked for milk , still dare to threaten me? Is it frightening to be an old man?"

"Say it again!" Wang Quan said with gritted teeth, his eyes as if breathing fire.

Cao Xiaoman curled his mouth, and said indifferently: "I told you, what can you do to me? Your father has a higher position than me, but so what? When I am Cao Xiaoman, can you handle it at will? If you are not convinced, you let you Dad sends troops to kill me and try it, if your father dares to send troops to move me in the city, I will take your surname from now on, bah, his mother's dishonesty begs me to forgive me, and return his mother's threat Me, I really think I'm a clay figurine, and I'm going to catch my cousin."

After finishing speaking, Cao Xiaoman shouted loudly to the outside: "The mother is dead? Why don't you come over to see off the guests?"

When the servants heard Cao Xiaoman's anger, they rushed in and sent Wang Quan away.

Cao Xiaoman sat on the chair and couldn't get rid of his anger, but fortunately he came out of the Southern and Northern Wars with Zhen Wu, so he would not be swayed by emotions, so he immediately calmed down and considered the impact of today's incident.

The first is to arrange the home well.

Although he was sure that Wang Quan's family would not dare to do anything to him in the city, at least they did not dare to kill him openly, because if all the officials in the city were ordered to attack and kill a guard commander in the city openly, one of the officials in the city would count as one. Can not escape the relationship.

What's more, there is Zhen Wu behind him.

Therefore, any officials in the city would not allow the Wang family to do such things that trampled on the rules.

However, Cao Xiaoman had to prevent the Wang family from sending dead men in disguise to assassinate him.

This kind of thing is impossible to say.

Therefore, the protection of his home is particularly important.

Cao Xiaoman took a sip of herbal tea, stood up from the chair in a hurry, and then went down to arrange it himself. Speaking of arranging this matter, he was able to handle it with ease. In the past, he was responsible for the protection of Zhen Wu's family. It is not an exaggeration to say that he This is what he is best at. It's like a state banquet chef coming home to cook a few home-cooked dishes. It's really a piece of cake.

While mobilizing his cronies over, he arranged every detail in every position, and in a short while, he built his house to be watertight.

Only then did Cao Xiaoman clap his hands in satisfaction.

But when he saw Yao Qing again, he remembered something again, and quickly informed someone to invite Yao Qing's family to his home. Fortunately, Yao Qing's family background was average, and he had not been in Jinan for long, so the population was relatively simple.

When Yao Qing saw Cao Xiaoman like this, he already realized that something had happened. After Cao Xiaoman notified people to go down, he quickly asked, "What's the matter? Why do you need my family to come?"

"It's almost clear with the Wang family. I'm worried that they will take risks, so you can take your family and stay in my house for a few days. When Zhao Guogong comes and kills them all, you can go back."

Yao Qing was a little surprised, but he didn't refuse. It's a matter of family and life, so it's okay to be careful.

Afterwards, Cao Xiaoman and Yao Qing discussed how the Wang family would react and respond.

As they discussed, time passed by unconsciously.

……

Cao Xiaoman originally thought that he needed to be a tortoise in the city, at least for five or six days, but he didn't expect Zhen Wu to come so quickly.

He had only been at home for two days, and Zhen Wu and his party had already arrived five miles away from Jinan City.

When Cao Xiaoman got this information, he notified the manpower to gather while wearing armor, and finally he looked at Yao Qing and took a deep breath and said, "Why don't you stay at home, you don't have to go to meet the Duke, There are so many people going out of the city to meet the Duke, it doesn't matter if you are alone."

Yao Qing shook his head, he said: "After you meet the Duke, you will inevitably have to talk about the Wang family's affairs with the Duke, and I know this case best, why should I not go?"

"But...you have to think clearly, the Wang family will not sit still, he will definitely try to prevent me from seeing the Duke, so there must be a killer arranged by them on the road from home to the outside of the city. Half a scholar, I'm afraid you won't be able to bear the scene later, and I can't guarantee that I can protect you well."

"I see."

Yao Qing looked at Cao Xiaoman and said seriously: "It's just that I dragged you into the water, and now I'm going to face danger, how can I let you face it alone, what's more, if I'm afraid today, I will face thousands of difficulties in the future Do I still have to be afraid when we are in danger? Life is not a smooth road. It is a blessing to have your protection these few days. Now there is only such a small distance left. If I dare not go, I am afraid that in the future I will not You will shrink back when encountering difficulties, so don't try to persuade me."

Cao Xiaoman sighed again and said, "Okay then, let's see what the Wang family can do today, and who dare to block my way."

After finishing speaking, Cao Xiaoman waved his hand proudly, and walked outside with a group of cronies.

His family lives in Weixiang in the south of the city. This is an alleyway more than 200 meters long and three meters wide.

Cao Xiaoman and the others walked in the alley, and the crisp sound of horseshoes resounded in the alley, and then spread quickly, and finally the sound of provocation echoed in the alley.

After a group of them walked forward for a distance of about 50 meters, countless people suddenly jumped out of their front and rear directions and blocked their way.

Sure enough, there are thieves.

Cao Xiaoman sneered in his heart.

And it looked familiar, it turned out to be the wanted Bronze Mountain bandits.

This is really meticulous.

The Qingtongshan bandits attacked and killed the commander of the Jinan Guard of the Ming Dynasty, Tong Zhi, and then fled. Who can fault this rhetoric? !

It's just a pity.

The Wang family made a little mistake.

He, Cao Xiaoman, is a general who was born in a hundred battles. Although his reputation is not obvious, he fought tough battles with Zhen Wu. How could he be killed by just some mob bandits?

Ridiculous.

Cao Xiaoman's eyes seemed to reappear the previous scene of galloping horses and banners all over the place, and the blood in his body boiled naturally without being mobilized.

"Come with me."

Cao Xiaoman let out a low snort, and rushed forward with a waist knife in his hand.

……

Five miles outside the city.

Zhen Wu stared at Jinan City in the distance, in a daze for a long time.

The storming of Jinan City was still vivid in my mind. Looking at it now, I can’t help but feel a sense of vicissitudes. After a long time, Zhen Wu sighed and asked people to erect a guard of honor for the trip of other country’s princes and a sign of being an imperial envoy. Then the group headed towards the city of Jinan.

When I came to the city of Jinan.

Many officials in Jinan City had already been waiting outside the city. After Zhen Wu exchanged a few words with these people, he began to look for Cao Xiaoman in the crowd.

But when he looked around, he frowned slightly, and Cao Xiaoman was no longer in the crowd.

At this time, the commander of the capital of Shandong Province stepped forward with a smile and asked Zhen Wu if he wanted to enter the city.

Zhen Wu smiled back, but asked instead, "I don't know why Cao Xiaoman, the commander of the Jinan Guard, didn't come?"

The commander was stunned for a moment, and the next moment was a little awkward, because he didn't know clearly, he turned his head to look at his subordinates, but everyone shook their heads to express their ignorance, and only one of them showed a few stern eyes at this moment.

Zhen Wu saw everyone's reaction in his eyes, and immediately went into the city in no hurry. Instead, he started chatting with some of these people about the history of Jinan City.

But in the process, he signaled Cheng Liang with his eyes unobtrusively, and Cheng Liang immediately understood Zhen Wu's intention, came out from the crowd, and led a few people towards the city first, trying to find out some situations.

Even he could see that it was odd.

Zhen Wu wrote to Cao Xiaoman in advance, how could Cao Xiaoman not pay attention to Zhen Wu's itinerary, and if Cao Xiaoman knew that Zhen Wu had arrived in Jinan, how could he not come out of the city to pick him up.

This is exactly where Zhen Wu became suspicious.

Since Cao Xiaoman didn't go out on business, how could he not come to meet him outside the city? One must know that Cao Xiaoman has been with him for more than ten years. Zhen Wu knows Cao Xiaoman's temperament best, but Cao Xiaoman will never be delayed by trifles. down to business.

But since this kind of thing happened, Zhen Wu wouldn't just pretend it didn't matter.

Even at this moment, Zhen Wu had already begun to guess in his heart, whether someone in the city wanted to assassinate him, the Duke of the State and the imperial envoy, and Cao Xiaoman used this method to give him an early warning.

It's not impossible.

When he attacked Jinan back then, it was not that he did not leave enemies in Jinan.

But it turns out that he was thinking too much.

It didn't take long.

Cheng Liang and Cao Xiaoman rode straight over on horseback, and Zhen Wu frowned, because Cao Xiaoman was wearing a full body armor, and the spots of blood on the armor were even more clearly visible.

When Cao Xiaoman was still five or six meters away from Zhen Wu, he turned over and got off his horse. He threw the reins to the person behind him, and rushed towards Zhen Wu step by step.

When Zhen Wu approached, Cao Xiaoman knelt down, looked at Zhen Wu excitedly and said: "Xiaoman pays homage to the Duke."

He is indeed excited.

Since he followed Zhen Wu when he was a child, he has hardly been separated from Zhen Wu, but since he took office, he and Zhen Wu have not seen each other for nearly a year.

Zhen Wu's expression was also quite excited. He stepped forward to help Cao Xiaoman up, and then pointed to the blood on his body with concern and said, "What's going on?"

After saying these words, Zhen Wu's face completely sank, as if it was so cold that three feet of ice could condense.

Anyone could see that Zhen Wu was really angry.

Everyone present, some knew about the relationship between Cao Xiaoman and Zhen Wu, and some didn't know, but whether they knew about the relationship between Zhen Wu and Cao Xiaoman or not, the first time Shan Zhenwu saw Cao Xiaoman, he would not say anything. Without saying much, he became really angry, and made everyone know Cao Xiaoman again for a while.

Yao Qing, who was behind Cao Xiaoman, was both excited and shocked when he saw this scene.

It was Zhao Guogong who was right.

It's really Zhao Guogong.

It never occurred to him before that that stupid brother who was foolishly associated with him actually knew Zhao Guogong.

When Cao Xiaoman heard Zhen Wu's words and tone, he immediately understood that Zhen Wu was angry, and he quickly said, "Don't worry, Duke, Xiaoman was not injured, it's just that some bandits wanted to kill me in a whimsical way." .”

After saying this, Cao Xiaoman waved his hands to the back and said, "Bring the head over here so that the Duke of the State can have a look at it too. Be happy."

Someone immediately came up with a bag, and then a few human heads poured out, gurgling and rolling around.

Seeing this scene, many civil officials couldn't help being a little startled.

Commander Wang Dudu, who was also present, saw familiar heads, and cold sweat broke out from his forehead.

Zhen Wu pulled out his waist knife and picked the head. When the waist knife was sharp and touched the head, it inevitably pierced the skin of the head again. Zhen Wu clicked his tongue twice and said: "It's just chopped off. It's hot. I haven't seen it for a long time." See you."

Afterwards, Zhen Wu raised his head and asked Cao Xiaoman, "You just said to kill you, what happened?"

Cao Xiaoman said: "I was involved in a case, because it involved a commander, or several people, so I have been waiting for the Duke to come over so that I can investigate the case in detail. These people should be afraid that I and the Duke will mention this. That's why I want to kill me."

"A case involving the commander?"

After Zhen Wu muttered a sentence, he sighed: "It's true that ordinary people can't control this matter."

Afterwards, Zhen Wu asked Cao Xiaoman, "Is there any evidence that directly points to whoever is in command? Is anyone present?"

"Yes." Cao Xiaoman pointed to Wang Du's command.

Zhen Wu nodded, looked sideways at Cheng Liang, and said, "Cheng Liang, lead someone to arrest him first, and investigate the matter after clearing it up. If the injustice is cleared, if there is no injustice, hmph, I will never tolerate it."

"Yes."

Cheng Liang directly led people to dispatch, and detained Wang Du's commander in a flash, while the others just watched, no one dared to stop him.

Zhen Wu said at this time: "Let's go, go to the yamen first, talk about this matter clearly before talking about other things."

A group of people followed Zhen Wu towards the city.

When everyone arrived at the Dusi Yamen, Zhen Wu sat in the chief seat and asked Cao Xiaoman about the details of the case. Cao Xiaoman turned around and called Yao Qing out.

Yao Qing's ability is indeed outstanding. A complicated case was uttered logically and clearly in his mouth.

only…

Zhen Wu raised his eyebrows and said, "So most of it is your speculation, and you don't have any evidence?"

Yao Qing stopped talking, a little dumb, but the next moment, he said anxiously: "Grandpa, although it is all speculation, but the clues are obvious, as long as the Duke is willing to give me someone, let me take someone to investigate, three days, In at most three days, I will definitely find out the truth, and those officials are involved, and I guarantee that none of them can escape, of course, the premise is that no one will stop me with his official position, or no one will try to secretly kill us again to silence us."

"That's it."

Zhen Wu thought for a while, then turned to look at the commander of Shandong Capital Division, he asked with a slightly mocking tone: "I ask you about the soldiers in Jinan City, but are they still my Ming soldiers? Can I still use them? Tell the truth, if you can’t, I’ll go to Dongchang or Dezhou to send people here. If people from Dongchang or Dezhou can’t do it, then I’ll go to Shuntian Prefecture to send troops. I still don’t believe it. A case that I want to investigate clearly, but I still can't figure it out in a daze."

Commander Shandong Dusi shuddered.

Transfer troops from Shuntian Mansion?

What is this for, are you going to fight Jinan City again?
He hastily said: "I am absolutely loyal to Daming from all over Jinan City, and I have no second thoughts. The Duke, please ask me to help you with the investigation, and the whole city will fully cooperate with you, and no one will try to stop it." a trace."

"Since it is available, I will give you a chance to digest this matter in Jinan City."

Zhen Wu stood up from the main seat, and said in a deep voice: "I have ordered that Jinan City will be under martial law from now on. The whole city is allowed to enter and not to leave. All guards except for the guards will return to the camp. No one will be ordered by me." One is not allowed to mobilize a single soldier, and when this matter is over, I will report it to the emperor in detail."

After finishing speaking, Zhen Wu took out his token and threw it to Cao Xiaoman: "You are responsible for leading the thorough investigation of this case, who or what troops you need, you can arrange it yourself, I will only give you three days, three days I want the result, you guys investigate this matter thoroughly for me, no matter who is found out, no one will be tolerated."

Then, Zhen Wu looked at all the people present, and he smiled: "Of course, I also know that some people here may have received money, or many people were involved in it, and I have never been too extreme, so I will also give you a chance to confess, make up for your mistakes, and even make up for your crimes. If you want to ask someone to intercede afterward, no matter who comes, I will not give you this face. It depends on what you do choose."

"Do you have any other objections?" Zhen Wuhu asked, looking at everyone.

Everyone said nothing.

"Since that's the case, let's do this first. If there is nothing to do, let's go. Those who should notify the people should notify the people, and those who should investigate the case should investigate the case." After Zhen Wu finished speaking, he waved the people present to disperse.

Cao Xiaoman excitedly pulled Yao Qing, and called the Commander of Shangdu to investigate the case. They had a lot of clues to investigate before, but because of their status, they did not dare to investigate rashly. Now they have the support of Zhen Wu , they will naturally check the clues one by one.

Zhen Wu looked at their leaving back and sighed.

This criminal gang rooted in Jinan City, in the eyes of Cao Xiaoman and others, relying on their strength alone, it can be said that it is more difficult to get rid of, because anyone with a higher official position than them may be able to block them. If you can't make any progress, you might even get rid of it secretly.

Even if it is an official at the level of an inspector or chief envoy, it is not easy to get rid of such a criminal gang.

But in Zhen Wu's hands, this matter seemed easy.

The question is whether Zhen Wu wants to investigate, or to what extent.

This is the benefit of authority.

Behind him is the order of the entire Ming Dynasty. Anyone who does not want to challenge this order must obey Zhen Wu's will.

He can unite all officials who are not involved in the incident with one sentence, so that everyone is no longer alone.

When there are enough righteous people, there will only be more and more, and then justice will naturally become inevitable.

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