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Chapter 191 Butterfly Wings
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"Brothers, work harder, finish the matter, the Commander rewards us with flowers and wine!" Amidst the unscrupulous shouts, hordes of soldiers from Wucheng Bingmasi pushed one after another. The trolley full of human heads grinningly rushed into the courtyard of Hou Xun's mansion, dumped the heads on the cart to the ground, and gradually piled up hills in the backyard and front yard of Hou Xun's mansion, and the choking lime smell permeated several streets. There are more and more soldiers, civilians and civil and military officials in the capital to watch the excitement. There are huge crowds of people, laughter, cursing and screams can be heard endlessly.

As the mountain of people's heads got higher and higher, it was almost at the same level as the beams of the main hall of the Hou Mansion. Hou Xun, who was jumping up and down to prevent the soldiers from dumping the heads at the beginning, stopped shouting, and stopped shouting. Trembling and shouting: "Zhang Haogu, you are ruthless! I remember you, I remember you, I must join you in today's matter! Please..." Before Hou Xun finished speaking, Young Master Zhang had already He punched him hard on the nose, causing Hou Xun's face to bloom, and his mouth and nose to bleed. Young Master Zhang kicked Hou Xun's lower abdomen again, kicking Hou Xun half a foot away, and sitting on a pile of heads superior.

"Zhang Haogu, do you dare to hit me? I am an imperial court official, how dare you hit me?" Hou Xun screamed like a pig while clutching his bleeding nose.Young Master Zhang said coldly: "You are an official of the imperial court, and I am also an official of the imperial court. You are a civil official, and I am also a civil official. There have been few civil servants fighting in the history of Ming Dynasty. Why can't I beat you? I violated that again." King's law?"——Although the words of Young Master Zhang are a bit forceful, they are not unreasonable. There have been several incidents of Ming officials fighting in the Golden Temple and killing people, but it is not a serious crime that cannot be overcome.

"Master Zhang, please calm down..." Chen Xinjia stepped forward bravely, trying to persuade Young Master Zhang to stop.Unexpectedly, Young Master Zhang bulged his triangular eyes and shouted: "Shut up, if you say another word, I will even hit you!" Chen Xinjia, who had no strength to restrain the chicken, trembled all over, and quickly retracted his head again.Cao Yubian over there boldly said: "Zhang Tanhua, we also know that Mr. Hou has done something wrong, but he is the censor, he is qualified to hear rumors, and he is also qualified to investigate whether you have killed a good person or not. Gong, why did you make things so big?"

"Didn't I ask him to investigate?" Young Master Zhang interrupted Cao Yubian sinisterly, then pointed to the pile of heads and said coldly: "In order to cooperate with your censor's investigation, did I kill the good and pretend to be meritorious?" , I will send all the heads here. Let Master Hou see each one clearly. If you are interested, Master Cao, I can also ask the brothers from Wucheng Bingmasi to send the heads to your home. You check carefully one by one. It’s okay, I’m not in a hurry to ask the court for credit.”

"No, I can't." Cao Yubian was taken aback and quickly refused. He didn't want Young Master Zhang to pile up these 10,000+ heads in his house again.At this time, Cao Yubian suddenly discovered that Xu Eryi, the head of the Ministry of Industry, had also arrived at the scene and was standing in the crowd to watch the excitement. Chen Xinjia hurriedly squeezed into the crowd, bowed to Xu Eryi and said, "Master Xu, you and Master Zhang Father-in-law Lord Xiong Tingbi is a good friend, Zhang Futai will definitely buy your face, how about asking you to come forward and ask for a few words of favor for Lord Hou?"

"Don't look for me." Xu Er refused straight away, and then angrily accused: "Look at you doing these bad things, is Zhang Haogu the kind of person who kills the good and pretends to be meritorious? Don't let Zhang Haogu get angry? Why should I wipe your ass for you?"

"Yes, but." Chen Xinjia still wanted to plead.Xu Er said coldly: "Master Chen, let me advise you, you are not deeply involved in this matter, you should shrink your head when you should, and stop sticking your face out to beat Zhang Haogu! Hmph, you actually sent People sneaked into the camp of the slaughtering slave army to spy on the military situation, Zhang Haogu didn't take the opportunity to frame one of you for stealing a military plane, that's enough." Chen Xinjia smiled wryly, and he didn't dare to beg Xu Eryi again, and he didn't dare to go back to the yard full of heads middle.

It's not that they didn't dare to come forward to intercede. At least Zou Yuanbiao's son, Zou Deqi, rushed to the scene after hearing the news, relying on his deceased father Zou Yuanbiao to write an epitaph to Master Zhang's grandfather, he stepped forward to plead for Hou Xun: "Zhang Futai, you have to forgive people and forgive others. Master Hou did not do it right. You just go to the table to participate in him, and I can also go to the table to participate in him for you, but you piled up so many heads at Hou Daren's house. It's too much." Another Zhu Chunchen who rushed to the scene also persuaded: "Master Zhang, just teach Hou Xun a lesson. Last time I participated in him to shake the morale of the army, the emperor has already demoted him by two ranks. You can also figure it out." Take a breath of anger, forget it! If you continue to make trouble like this, it will not be good for you."

"Zhu Guogong, Brother Zou Nian, it's easy for me, but how can I explain to my brothers?" Young Master Zhang said angrily: "In order to conquer the Horqin Tatars, my brothers went to the grassland for more than 27 miles in 2000 days, lying on horseback Sleeping on the back, hiding under the horse's belly overnight, feeding the horse with hay, tying the head to the waistband of the trousers to kill the enemy! What you eat is bloody beef and mutton that is too late to cook, raw horse meat without a little salt, and drink It’s the mare’s milk squeezed out, or even horse urine from war horses. How many brothers suffered from chicken blindness, vomiting and diarrhea due to poor diet? How many brothers rushed into the enemy’s camp with injuries, and bathed in blood with the Tartars. Fighting? But this guy surnamed Hou hides in the back, eats hot food, sleeps tenderly with his arms around a twelve or thirteen-year-old woman, and when the battle is over, he jumps out to slander my brothers for killing good men and falsely reporting military exploits! If I don’t seek justice and innocence for my brethren today, how can I be worthy of those brethren who were born and died with me? What right do I have to order them to hunt down rebels in the west and build slaves in the east?”

Zhu Chunchen and Zou Deqi were speechless together, while Liu Ruozai and Yu Huang who hurried over there were furious and yelled together: "Brother Zhang, wait, we will impeach Hou Xun immediately and get this justice for you. Come back! Also for the soldiers of the slave-slaughter army who fought bloody battles, get this justice back! If the emperor and Jiuqiantui are not allowed, we will bring the officials and censors from Dali Temple and Hanlin Academy to the Meridian Gate to kneel and sing. Bring down Hou Xun, a treacherous minister and traitor, and I will never give up!" After speaking, Liu Ruozai and Yu Huang really found a pen and ink, and wrote a memorial to impeach Hou Xun on the spot.

The piles of heads are getting higher and higher, and there are more and more people watching the excitement over there, and the streets near Hou Xun's mansion are crowded. They can say anything, but most of the people in the capital are right. Hou Xun cursed loudly, condemning Hou Xun for making trouble out of nothing, and slandering the soldiers of the slave-slaughter army who protected the safety of the people in Gyeonggi.The chief officials of the big and small yamen in the capital and the officials of the six departments all came to the scene one after another, but including Zhang Ruitu, Minister of the Department of Teachers and Officials of Young Master Zhang, and Feng Quan, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Hou Xun's friend, they were silent and did not dare to come forward to dissuade Young Master Zhang , but secretly sent people into the palace to report to Wei Zhongxian, who was the only one who could restrain Young Master Zhang, but Wei Zhongxian never showed up after seventeen or eight messengers were sent out, as if he didn't know about it yet.

Finally, when the last cart of human heads poured into the courtyard of the Hou Mansion, a mountain of human heads more than four feet high had already been piled up in the courtyard of Hou Xun's residence.First Young Master Zhang nodded in satisfaction, and then smiled grimly at Hou Xun who was supported by his servant: "Master Hou, all the heads captured by our slave slaughter army are here, you can check them one by one slowly, The hair, ears, and beard must all be checked to see if my brother has committed crimes. It’s okay, you check it slowly, I’m not in a hurry.”

Hou Xun was panting heavily, his goldfish eyes almost popped out of his sockets, his whole body was trembling like he was swinging, Hou Xun wanted to pounce on Young Master Zhang, but he definitely couldn't beat him, Hou Xun wanted to immediately go to the court to impeach Young Master Zhang A charge of arrogance and arrogance, but Hou Xun knew very well that with the backing behind Young Master Zhang, even if he wrote a hundred memorials, he would never want to hurt a single hair of Young Master Zhang.Suddenly, Hou Xun began to hate his favorite student again. After Xifengkou Dajie himself was demoted to two ranks, he just had to keep his tail between his legs and stop messing with Young Master Zhang. Young Master Zhang might not kill him. But it was because he believed in the opinion of his favorite student that he judged others by himself, and believed that Young Master Zhang's perverted record was a fake report, Hou Xun got into trouble with this plague god again, and pushed himself into the embarrassing situation he is now.

"Little monkey, have you made enough noise?" At this moment, Wei Zhongxian's familiar voice of a male duck finally came. While speaking, Wei Zhongxian led a team of Jinyi guards and a middle-aged man whom Master Zhang had never seen before, with their hands behind their backs. Walked into the Hou Xun mansion full of heads.First look at the terrifying mountain of human heads piled up more than four feet high, and then Wei Zhongxian laughed and scolded Young Master Zhang: "Monkey boy, don't fight for three days, go to the house to expose the tiles, how did Master Hou provoke you? Such a big trouble movement?"

"Father, I..." Young Master Zhang opened his mouth to sue.However, Wei Zhongxian waved his hand to signal Young Master Zhang not to speak, then turned to Hou Xun and said with a smile: "Master Hou, you are too much, our little monkey has just come back from life and death, and you tripped him up behind his back. Said that this little monkey boy in our family is killing his good and taking meritorious service. The emperor originally wanted you to go to the Ministry of War to inspect the head handed over by the little monkey boy, so that other generals and officials would say that the court blindly shielded this little monkey boy. Since the little The monkey boy has already sent all the heads to you, so it will save trouble, you can check each head one by one, and see if our little monkey boy has committed crimes by killing someone—if not, Mr. Hou, you By the way, send these heads to the Ministry of War, and ask the Ministry of War to count the military exploits of our little monkey boy."

"What? Let me send the head to the Ministry of War?" Hou Xun's nose was almost out of breath. Young Master Zhang sent the head to the Ministry of War and let it be disgusting. In the end, he had to send the head to the Ministry of War by himself - bullying is not like that A bully law, right?Wei Zhongxian nodded with a smile, and replied: "That's right, it's hard work for Mr. Hou. Also, in just two hours since the beginning of this matter, more than 90 memorials have been sent to the cabinet to impeach Mr. Hou. Spying on military planes, slandering the slave-slaughter soldiers who threw their lives and blood for Ming Dynasty, and shaking the morale of the army, the emperor asked our family to ask you, will you submit your own petition and resign? Or will you be handed over to the three judges for punishment?"

No one spoke, but everyone knew in their hearts that since the emperor would say such a thing, Wei Zhongxian's instigation and instigation must be indispensable among them - Hou Xun was indeed at fault in this matter, but the fault of Young Master Zhang was not small. But Wei Zhongxian only took care of Hou Xun but shielded Young Master Zhang, which also favored Young Master Zhang to the fullest.Hou Xun on the other side was furious, jumped up and shouted: "Do you want me to submit an apology and resignation? What about the old one? He piled up so many heads at my house, smashed the wall of my house and beat my family members." , why not let him resign and plead guilty?"

"Shame on you!" Wei Zhongxian grinned grinningly, and pouted at the strange middle-aged man next to him. The middle-aged man in his 30s understood, and immediately held out an imperial decree and shouted: "There is an imperial decree, and the imperial court censor Hou Xun Kneel and accept! Blessed by heaven, the emperor ordered: Hou Xun, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, behaved absurdly. All family property will be confiscated from the treasury and confiscated, so as to rectify the law of the country! This!"

"The whole family was dispatched to the army in Guizhou, and all the family property was confiscated?" Wei Zhongxian's attack was so heavy that Young Master Zhang was also a little surprised.The faces of all the civil and military officials watching the bustle also changed, and there was a lot of awe in their eyes when they saw Young Master Zhang.Wei Zhongxian snorted coldly, waved to Young Master Zhang and said, "Little monkey, let's go, leave the affairs here to others, and we have something to discuss with you." Young Master Zhang came back to his senses and hurriedly arranged Wu Liuqi, Wu Sangui and others went out of the city to return to the camp, and then followed Wei Zhongxian and the middle-aged man out of the crowd and walked away.

It was quite beyond Young Master Zhang's expectation. When getting on the sedan chair, Wei Zhongxian not only called Young Master Zhang into his own sedan chair, but also called that middle-aged man whom Young Master Zhang had never seen before into the sedan chair. Sitting on both sides of Wei Zhongxian.Seeing Young Master Zhang's surprised expression, Wei Zhongxian said with a smile: "Little monkey, it's very strange. You have been the only one among civil and military officials who have sat in this sedan chair in our family. Now there is another person who knows who he is. No?"

"My child doesn't know." Young Master Zhang honestly shook his head.The rather handsome middle-aged man smiled gently, and introduced himself with a Guizhou accent: "Zhang Tanhua, a subordinate Ma Shiying, lives in the prefect of Datong. Tan Hua Lang's dignified appearance is indeed dignified, and he dares to act bravely, and I will have no regrets in this life as an official."

"Ma Shiying? You are Ma Shiying!" Young Master Zhang was so surprised that he stood up in the sedan chair.Ma Shiying didn't expect Young Master Zhang to react so violently, so he hurriedly replied with a smile: "Yes, the lower official is Ma Shiying. Could it be that Tan Hualang has also heard of the name of the lower official?" Shiying and Wei Zhongxian were taken aback - Young Master Zhang, who has always been known to be arrogant, knelt down on one knee to Ma Shiying and saluted with fists clasped!Ma Shiying was so scared that he also stood up and knelt down on one knee to return the gift to Young Master Zhang, and said in surprise: "Tanhua Lang, you are the governor, and I am just a magistrate, there is no difference between superiority and inferiority, how dare I be your big gift?"

"Master Ma, I am not your job, but I respect your virtue and your integrity." Young Master Zhang rarely spoke the truth.Ma Shiying was taken aback again, not knowing what he had done to make Master Zhang, the number one celebrity in the eunuch party, respect him so much.Over there, Wei Zhongxian laughed happily, "Okay, okay, at first our family was worried that you would not work together and work together for our family, but now it seems that our family is unnecessary to worry about." Wei Zhongxian pointed at Ma Shiying again, smiled at Young Master Zhang, and said, "Monkey boy, do you know why Master Ma is qualified to sit in our family's sedan chair? Because he, like you, strives for our family's pride and does all the errands assigned by our family Be pretty, and give our parents face."

After Wei Zhongxian's careful explanation, Master Zhang finally understood the ins and outs of this matter. It came from the outbreak of the peasant uprising in Shaanxi last year. The prefectures around Shaanxi were in a state of emergency. They were beaten by the rebels and hid in the city. The spread spread and the land was lost. Zhang Yiming, the governor of Datong, even hid in the city of Datong and refused to come out. However, Ma Shiying, who was powerless, led the army to the south and fought back many times in vain. The insurgents did not dare to take a step towards Datong.In the end, Ma Shiying, who was originally very inconspicuous in the eunuch party, volunteered again and took the initiative to provoke the heavy task of trying to divide the people into the mu, and achieved certain results. That's why Wei Zhongxian especially appreciated this eunuch rookie. When Ma Shiying offered to go to Beijing to report on his work, he agreed, and gave Ma Shiying the same special treatment as Young Master Zhang—sit in the same sedan chair with Wei Zhongxian.

"Master Ma is indeed a rare capable official in Ming Dynasty." After hearing Wei Zhongxian's introduction, Young Master Zhang first praised, and then tentatively suggested: "Father, for a capable minister like Lord Ma, only let him be one." Prefect, are you too wronged?"

"It's a bit wronged." Wei Zhongxian nodded, and then hummed: "However, Mr. Ma's boss, Zhang Yiming, the governor of Datong, disappointed our family very much. When the thieves came to the border of Datong, he dared to hide in the city like a turtle. He ordered the troops not to go out of the city to fight, but to guard the city to the death—if Yaocao hadn’t followed his order to lead the army to attack, would Datong Mansion be where it is today?” After that, Wei Zhongxian turned to Ma Shiying and said, “Yaocao, work hard! , after these few days, our family will ask the emperor to change positions between you and Zhang Yiming."

"Thanks to Nine Thousand Years from the humble position, the kindness of the nine thousand year old supporter, the humble position will never be forgotten." Ma Shiying did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly left his seat to kowtow to Wei Zhongxian to thank him—the respectful appearance was even more than that of Young Master Zhang.Wei Zhongxian laughed heartily, very pleased with the sudden appearance of two young talents in his hands.

While speaking, Wei Zhongxian's big sedan chair had already returned to Chengtian Gate, and Wei Zhongxian told Young Master Zhang and Ma Shiying: "Monkey boy, you'd better not enter the palace for the time being, the emperor's family will take care of it for you—hmph, Dare to slander our family's slave slaughter army for killing good people and taking meritorious service, courting death! You and Yaocao are waiting here first, and our family will enter the palace to hand over the order. After a while, our family will take you back to the mansion, clean up the dust for you, and discuss the stall by the way It's about Ding's entering the mother." Young Master Zhang and Ma Shiying agreed respectfully together, and Wei Zhongxian walked into the palace gate with a big smile.

After Wei Zhongxian entered the palace, Young Master Zhang took Ma Shiying to a secluded place beside the Jinshui Bridge. Just as he was about to ask Ma Shiying about the implementation of stalls into the mu, Ma Shiying asked first: "Tanhualang, do you know a man?" A girl named Hong Niangzi? And gave her a Dongchang waist badge?" As he spoke, Ma Shiying reached into his bosom, took out a Dongchang waist badge from the stick, and handed it to Young Master Zhang.

"That's right, I gave Hong Niangzi the Dongchang badge." Young Master Zhang recognized the badge at a glance, and asked in surprise, "Master Ma, why is this badge in your hand?"

"Miss Hong Niangzi came to me with this waist card, and asked me to help rescue her parents and family members who were threatened by evil businessmen." Ma Shiying said in a deep voice: "Don't dare to lie to Tan Hualang. On the surface, it is to report the situation of the trial implementation of the distribution of people into the mu, but in fact, there is another purpose, that is, the businessmen in Zhangjiakou! The cause of the incident is because you gave the red lady this waist card! Tanhualang, the enemy is too strong , I need the assistance of you and Jiuqian, please be sure to lend a helping hand to Xiaguan."

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While Young Master Zhang and Ma Shiying were discussing secretly by the Jinshui Bridge, the affairs of Hou Xun's mansion were also coming to an end. Hou Xun's family was arrested by Jin Yiwei according to the diagram, put into a prison car and temporarily locked up in the sky prison. The Governor of Liaodong sent to assist Hou Xun in the investigation The confidant who was true or false about the exploits of the slave-slaughter army was also put into the prison car, and was also temporarily put in the sky prison.But he is not from Hou Xun's family, and he has military membership, so Jin Yiwei is a little embarrassed about how to deal with him.In the end, it was Chen Jianhuang who decided: "How about this? Since he has military status, he might as well be sent to Shaanxi to serve as an army, and let the gang of thieves in Shaanxi deal with him."

"Okay, then I'll draw up the text." Chen Jianhuang's Jin Yiwei experience agreed, and wrote in the official document: "One prisoner is hereby dispatched to the army in Shaanxi. The name of the prisoner is Zuo Liangyu..."

(End of this chapter)