Back to Daming to be a genius

Chapter 190
(PS: The second update was delivered. The guests at home took a lot of time, so the update was delayed and the number of words was less. Please forgive me. I also beg for the October monthly ticket again.)
During the Northern Expedition to Tatar, Young Master Zhang successfully staged a miracle of swallowing an elephant with a snake. With no food and grass supply and no reinforcements, he used 20 troops to control the Mongolian soldiers ten times his own to sweep across the grasslands. Thousands of miles without a single defeat, nearly a hundred Tatar tribes bowed their heads and surrendered, and the grassland was settled in the first battle. The Jimen Great Wall can basically rest easy for [-] years.Such a record, no matter what dynasty or country it is placed in, can definitely be ranked among the top famous generals!After Young Master Zhang triumphantly returned to his teacher, whether it was the direct beneficiaries of the people in Gyeonggi, or most of the Shilin officials headed by the Donglin Party who benefited indirectly, they also accompanied the emperor to Deshengmen to welcome Master Zhang triumphantly, and expressed their gratitude to Master Zhang. My sincerest thanks and respect.Of course there are exceptions...  

On the second day after Young Master Zhang triumphantly returned to Beijing, after the morning was over, a few officials who were extremely suspicious of Young Master Zhang's record became active, looking around for the detailed process of Young Master Zhang's expedition to Tatar, and to inquire about Young Master Zhang's real record.But at noon, these officials gathered at the Suanzao Huan where Hou Xun's mansion is located. Cao Yubian, who had disliked Young Master Zhang from the beginning, told Hou Xun and Chen Xinjia dejectedly, "Check it out, Zhang Haogu’s little dog did indeed bring more than 11 Tatar human heads, and it is estimated that by tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, the little dog will hand over the heads to the Ministry of War and ask for credit and reward.”

"Have you checked the authenticity of the head?" Hou Xun twirled his beard and sneered, "My favorite student told me in the letter that the general method of killing good people and pretending to be meritorious is to kill innocent people and take their heads. Come to the imperial court to ask for credit, as long as you carefully examine the hair, ears and beard of the human head, you can tell whether it is true or false. Like Tatar soldiers, they all like to wear double braids with ring ears, and wear earrings but have big beards , so we must check the braids, pierced ears and beard on the head, and we must expose Zhang Haogu's ugly face of killing good men and taking meritorious deeds."

"But we don't have anyone in the Ministry of War, how can we check the head carefully?" Cao Yubian's face became more and more gloomy.Over there, Chen Xinjia looked Hou Xun Yitong up and down, and asked tentatively: "Brother Dazhen, seeing that you are so confident, do you have a solution?"

"Nothing can be hidden from Chen Yushi's eyes." Hou Xun smiled triumphantly, continued to twirl his beard and sneer, "When Zhang Haogu returned to the army, he let Ning Jin, who was supported by my Ming army, take a shortcut. I left, but I took a detour to the Zhaowu Daomeng and returned to Beijing from Gubeikou. My protégé, the governor, knew something was weird. He suspected that Zhang Haogu, the little dog, was killing someone and pretending to be meritorious. He was worried that my protégé would find out, so my protégé The disciples sent a confidant surnamed Zuo back from Ningyuan to assist us in investigating the authenticity of the head of Zhang Haogu’s little dog. This confidant has been in the army for many years, he is brave and resourceful, and he is a rare general. He will help us investigate , we must find out whether Zhang Haogu’s head is real or not!”

"Brother Dazhen, it's impossible that your student's confidant is an official of the Ministry of War? If not, there is no way to investigate carefully?" Cao Yubian asked suspiciously.Hou Xun smiled, shook his head and said: "He doesn't need to be an official of the Ministry of War, he was born in the Ningyuan army, and he is very familiar with the generals and soldiers under Man Gui, Zhang Haogu's right-hand man, and he can easily inquire about the grassland war from Man Gui's subordinates. The detailed process, as well as easy access to the carriage carrying the head, carefully check the authenticity of the head."

"Okay, Brother Dazhen, why don't you send him out quickly?" Cao Yubian and Chen Xinjia were overjoyed together.Hou Xun replied with a smile: "It has been sent out a long time ago. Before I went to the morning court today, I had already sent him out of the city to the camp of the little dog to inquire about the situation. Let's accompany each other, lest Zhang Haogu's minions will see through, and be prepared. It is estimated that there will be news to report by the afternoon at the most."

"Okay!" Cao Yubian and Chen Xinjia were overjoyed, and they both said that as long as they got the evidence that Zhang Haogu's little dog killed a good man, they would take down this bullying little dog even if they risked their lives.But at this moment, there was a sudden noise in front of Hou Xun's mansion, a servant stumbled in and cried out with a mournful face: "Master, something is wrong, the young master was beaten, he took him out of the mansion to the The servant was tied up with a rope after being killed by several thieves, and brought to the gate of our house, where he beat the young master in our yard, and the servant who beat the young master and took him out."

"What courage!" Hou Xun jumped three feet high and led Chen Xinjia and Cao Yubian to the front yard in a hurry.Sure enough, he saw his youngest son Hou Chaozong being carried by a fifteen or six-year-old boy standing in the courtyard, with two bright red palm marks on his face, and Hou Xun's favorite student sent a red-faced man with a confidant surnamed Zuo , was beaten all over his body, and was lying in the yard like a rice dumpling. Another young man in his twenties led five or six other men to beat and kick him, and there were crowds of spectators outside the door .Hou Xun was furious, and shouted sharply: "Stop it, you guys are so brave, you dare to beat the official's son and servants, is there any king...?"

After calling here, Hou Xun couldn't keep shouting—because Hou Xun, who had been a patrol officer in Jimen for two months, suddenly discovered that the young man who led his son to beat him was actually Wu Sangui, a young general promoted by Young Master Zhang. The young man who beat up the student's confidant was surprisingly the young master Zhang's confidant Wu Liuqi.Wu Liuqi over there also noticed Hou Xun's arrival, stepped on the red-faced man's face, raised his head and snorted coldly: "Master Hou, it's been a long time, this kid is your servant, right? He's quite courageous, He actually sneaked into the camp of our slave slaughtering army to spy on the secret military situation of our slave slaughtering army, Zhang Futai asked me to bring this kid to ask you, did you instigate this?"

"No, of course not." Hou Xun denied it.Unexpectedly, Wu Sangui immediately slapped Hou Chaozong's face again, grabbed Hou Chaozong and lifted it up, and said with a grinning smile: "Little boy, your father doesn't admit it, tell your father, how did you admit it to us just now? "

"I..." Hou Chaozong cried and rolled his eyes wildly, wondering if he should tell the truth.Unexpectedly, Wu Sangui slapped him hard again, and shouted: "Say it! If you don't say it, I will kill you!" Hou Chaozong's cheeks were swollen and he had to cry, "I just said, yes My father asked me to take the servants to your camp, and when I get there, I will pretend to be curious and look around, you think I am a child, so you won’t pay attention to me, and the people I bring can take the opportunity to do things.”

"Master Hou, did you hear that?" Wu Liuqi said with a sneer: "Master Hou is indeed a general. Your youngest son is not yet ten years old, but he has learned to be a secret agent to spy on information, so you might as well castrate him and send him to the east. Go to the factory to be a little eunuch, maybe in the future there will be a chance to sneak into the supervisor of ceremonies and become a eunuch of Bingbi." As he said, Wu Liuqi kicked the red-faced man's waist and eyes again, and the red-faced man screamed in pain, Cursed: "My surname is Wu, please remember, unless you kill me now, otherwise I will ask you to settle today's debt sooner or later!"

"Trash!" Hou Xun glared at the red-faced man, raised his head and shouted: "Well, even if Chaozong and this servant were sent by me, what's the matter? I sent them to see your military might. What's wrong? It's you guys who beat up my son and servants like this indiscriminately, where is Zhang Haogu? I want to argue with him! I want him to give me an explanation!"

"Lord Hou, you can deceive ghosts with your words!" Wu Liuqi mentioned the red-faced man, and said with a smirk, "You think our Master Zhang really doesn't know that you sent him to investigate the heads we captured to see if we killed them?" Good deeds, right? Do you know why we understand this? This little brat is from your protégé Liaodong governor’s personal army, and I am also from the Liaoxi army. I happened to meet him, so I remember his red face!"

"What is Zhang Haogu going to do?" Hou Xun asked bravely.Wu Liuqi smiled and said: "Don't worry, you'll know right away—don't you suspect that our slave slaughter army killed good people and took credit for it? Our Master Zhang is going to let you check it carefully today, so you can rest assured."

"What the hell is Zhang Haogu planning to do?" Hou Xun was uncertain.Cao Yubian over there cheered in a low voice: "Master Hou, don't be afraid. Zhang Haogu's army is a foreign army. If he enters the city without a will, he will rebel. He dare not bring his army." Chen Xinjia also said in a low voice: "Brother Dazhen, wait here, we will contact other adults immediately, and ask them to impeach Zhang Haogu for his murder."

"Since that's the case, there are two adults, Lao Xun." Hou Xun nodded in confusion, but he didn't see that Cao Yubian and Chen Xinjia were planning to take the opportunity to escape.But at this moment, there was a sudden commotion among the people watching the excitement outside the courtyard, and then the familiar voice of Young Master Zhang also came from outside the courtyard, yelling fiercely: "Bump me, if something happens, I will take care of it!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" The dull sound of hitting the wall came from the courtyard wall of the Hou Mansion. While the brick wall was shaking, the left and right courtyard walls of the gate of the Hou Mansion collapsed at the same time, making two loud noises. A group of soldiers from Wucheng Bingmasi entered the courtyard with their heads held high.Hou Xun almost lost his temper and went mad, roaring: "Zhang Haogu, did I provoke you? Why did you smash my courtyard wall?"

"Master Hou, you didn't provoke me, but didn't you intend to check the authenticity of the Tatar heads I captured?" Young Master Zhang sneered, nodded vigorously, and said, "Okay, I'll let you check one is enough! "Speaking, Young Master Zhang waved his hand, and the generals of the Wucheng soldiers and horses behind him raised the flag, and two-wheeled vehicles one after another were pushed into the courtyard of Hou Xun's mansion. Young Master Zhang tore apart a two-wheeled vehicle The sackcloth covering the car suddenly revealed a cart full of rattan baskets, and the baskets were full of human heads pickled with quicklime, which caused the people outside the courtyard to scream again, "Heads! They are all dead heads!"

Young Master Zhang grinned again and said, "Master Hou, aren't you planning to check whether the head is real or not and whether I have committed suicide? Well, I'll let you check enough!" Then, Young Master Zhang waved his hand again and shouted : "Push all the heads into the hall, and pour them down in the hall for Master Hou to check slowly!"

"No, no need!" Hou Xun was frightened out of his wits—just kidding, dozens of hundreds of carts of people's heads fell in the hall, will anyone dare to live in this house in the future?It's a pity that the soldiers of the Wucheng Bingmasi didn't listen at all. They just faithfully carried out the orders of Young Master Zhang, pushing car after car of human heads into the hall of the Hou Mansion, dumping them on the ground. One after another, the heads turned black by quicklime rolled into the hall of their house, and gradually piled up into hills.Soon, the hall of the Hou Mansion was full of heads, and they kept rolling down into the courtyard, but the head convoy brought by Young Master Zhang didn't even finish half.

"Master Zhang, there is no room in the hall, please show me." The leader of the five city soldiers, Si Qianhu, asked respectfully to Young Master Zhang.Over there Hou Xun almost didn't cry, he almost knelt down to Master Zhang and begged for mercy, "Master Zhang, it's alright, it's alright, I believe it, I believe it, please let someone take the head away."

"That can't be done!" Young Master Zhang said with a sneer: "Master Hou, your favorite student, the Governor of Liaodong, must have taught you how to identify the authenticity of a Tatar head? If you don't look carefully, how will you know that I brought it? Is the head real or fake? When your disciple inspected Jiannu’s head, he tortured Marshal Pidao Mao to death. Today, if you don’t inspect the heads one by one and torture me to death, how can you have the face to see you? Where is your favorite student?"

As he said that, Young Master Zhang waved his hand again and ordered: "Pour it in the yard, first in the back yard, and then in the front yard when the back yard can't hold it, and then go out of the city to pull it. The 11 heads I captured, It’s enough to fill this house! Today I’m going to borrow Master Hou’s place to build a Beijing temple, and let Master Hou carefully examine every head I’ve captured! Wait for Master Hou’s inspection to confirm that I haven’t killed anyone for the sake of meritorious deeds , I will hand over the head to the Ministry of War for credit!"

"Building the Beijing Temple at my house?" Hou Xun almost fainted, but the soldiers of Wucheng Bingmasi borrowed by Young Master Zhang did not say a word, pushing a cart full of heads to the backyard of Hou's mansion, and soon Yes, the screams of the maids and female relatives came from the backyard of the Hou Mansion, "Oh my god! Human head! Dead human head—!"

(End of this chapter)