Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 337

Zhang Juzheng wrote a note to Emperor Longqing, and left Wang Chonggu in the capital in the name of calculating the military budget of the Northwest.

Feng Bao, the admiral of the East Factory, intervened in the snake spirit case.

Beizhen Fushi is on duty.

He Liu and Feng Bao carefully analyzed the case.

Feng Baodao: "Sixth brother. Now the clues point directly at Wang Chonggu. Wang Chonggu is suspected of murdering He Er, Lu Si, and Xu Qi in order to avenge his son's unjust death. But everything should be considered in reverse. Perhaps, someone deliberately framed and married Where is the evil king Chonggu? He wants to reform the military system of our Ming Dynasty, and in the Ming army, I don’t know how many people hate him so much that their teeth itch."

He Liu nodded: "I've thought about this too. If Wang Chonggu instigated He Ping to murder He Er, why did he write a letter himself? Isn't he afraid that He Ping will fail and the letter will fall into the hands of others? This is the biggest doubt now. "

Feng Bao suggested to He Liu: "Sixth brother, why not do this. Dongchang and Jinyiwei, investigate in two different directions. Our Dongchang, assuming that Wang Chonggu is the culprit, went to find evidence of Wang Chonggu's murder. You Jinyiwei, then Assuming someone framed Wang Chonggu on purpose, find out who framed Wang Chonggu."

He Liu looked at Feng Bao with admiration: "Feng Bao, Feng Bao. You are getting more and more sophisticated! Okay, let's do what you said. Let Jinyiwei and Dongchang investigate in two different directions. The snake spirit case."

Feng Bao suddenly sighed: "Oh."

He Liu asked, "Why are you sighing?"

Feng Bao talked eloquently: "The emperor absolutely does not want to see the relationship between the factory and the guards being so harmonious. What he wants to see most is the rivalry between the factory and the guards. You are my righteous brother, so naturally we will not have any conflicts." There is no harmony. I am afraid that the emperor will support Zhu Xixiao again in order to provoke the factory guards to fight. If you want to support Zhu Xixiao, it will naturally weaken your power, brother six."

He Liudao: "What about Concubine Li Gui's attitude? Does she also want to see Zhu Xixiao regain the power of Jinyiwei?"

Feng Bao shook his head: "Concubine Li supports Zhang Juzheng. Gao Gong opposes Zhang Juzheng everywhere, and Zhu Xixiao and Meng Chong belong to Gao Gong's party. Naturally, Concubine Li does not want to see Zhu Xixiao gain power."

He Liu called Feng Bao: "Actually, Dongchang and Jinyiwei should occasionally deliberately create small frictions for the emperor to see."

Feng Bao was woken up at six o'clock by He: "Yes! How could I have forgotten that life is like a play. We can show the emperor a play."

He Liu smiled and said, "If we do this, is it deceiving the emperor?"

Feng Bao laughed loudly: "Deceitful? Heh, Sixth Brother, you said that!"

He Liu sent Feng Bao away and came to Wang Ba's house.Jin Yiwei's extensive files are all firmly recorded in Wang Ba's mind.

Wang Badao: "Brother Six, what file do you want to check? I'll recite it to you."

He Liu asked: "Think about it, the generals, deputy generals, deputy commander-in-chief, and commander-in-chief from the Weisuo Army, all the way to the five governors of the five armies' governor's mansion. Is there anyone in the file that has anything related to snakes? about?"

Wang Ba asked strangely: "Is there anything related to snakes in the file? I have to think about it."

Wang Ba closed his eyes and meditated. After a while, he blurted out: "Xu Dazhi, the current general of Ningshaotai, was bitten by a poisonous snake in Fujian six years ago."

He Liu shook his head: "Been bitten by a snake? This doesn't seem to have much to do with the snake spirit case. Keep thinking."

Wang Badao: "Guangdong General Soldier Zeng Ruhai likes to eat snake soup."

Jin Yiwei is responsible for monitoring all officials.The preferences and life of the officials will be recorded in the files in every detail.The bastard's mind is really terrifying, he can actually record such cumbersome and huge files of hundreds of officials clearly and clearly in his mind.

He Liu shook his head again and said: "This Zeng Ruhai is a native of Guangdong, right? Cantonese people don't like to eat? From birds and beasts to fish, shrimp and turtle caps! Even Fujianese are Cantonese's dishes. Think again."

Wang Ba continued to meditate: "Cao Wudai, the commander of Ningxia Township, saved the life of a snake charmer two years ago."

He Liu became interested: "Cao Wudai? A snake charmer? Tell me carefully."

Wang Ba closed his eyes, thinking and said: "It is recorded in the file that in the winter of the first year of Longqing, Cao Wudai led [-] cavalry to patrol the border. He ran into a group of horse bandits who were robbing a juggling troupe. Cao Wudai defeated the horse bandits. Among the juggling troupe, there is a snake charmer, a woman from the Western Regions, named Nuer Huahua. This girl is extremely alluring, and was adopted as a righteous daughter by Cao Wudai."

He Liu burst out laughing: "Protected daughter? Why didn't Cao Wudai just take her as a concubine?"

Wang Badao: "Cao Butai dare not accept any concubines! Because he has a very powerful father-in-law."

He Liu asked, "Oh? Which high-ranking official is his father-in-law?"

Wang Ba laughed: "His father-in-law is not a high-ranking official, but a coffin shop on Fulu Street in the south of the city. Doesn't Brother Liu know the story of a family of four generals and the world's number one coffin shop?"

Wang Ba reminded He Liu, and He Liu said: "Hey, why did I forget that Cao Wudai is Cao Jinya's son-in-law!"

On Fulu Street in the south of the city, there is a Fushouquan coffin shop.The name of the shopkeeper is Cao Jinya.

Although Cao Jinya was in the business of the dead, he was very skilled and his business was booming, and he actually saved some wealth.

Cao Jinya has no sons, only four daughters. More than 20 years ago, he recruited four son-in-laws for his four daughters.The sons-in-law stepped in the door backwards, and naturally all changed their surnames to Cao.

The four sons-in-law are the eldest son-in-law Cao Wudai, the second son-in-law Cao Wan, the third son-in-law Cao An, and the fourth son-in-law Cao Deshui.

I would rather be a dog of peace than a person in troubled times.In the 29th year of Jiajing, during the Genggarrison Change, the capital was besieged by Tatar cavalry.Although the Ming army forced the Tatars back, King Shangjingqin's Datong frontier army was completely lost.

Ever since, the imperial court decided to recruit troops on the spot in the capital to supplement the Datong frontier army.

For ordinary people, it is too late to escape military service.I am afraid that the son of the family will die on the battlefield.

Cao Jinya, the shopkeeper of Fushouquan's coffin shop, took the initiative to send his four visiting sons-in-law to Zhaobing Zhenfu.

The neighbors in the neighborhood all ridiculed Cao Jinya for being crazy, because he wanted his four beautiful daughters to watch over the family.

However, Cao Jinya uttered bold words to his neighbors: "None of my son-in-laws of Cao Jinya is a coward! A man should carry a three-foot sword and run rampant in the world. They are curled up in my coffin shop, making paper people paper horses, what are they? Are you working for a living? You are just a low-class person who waits on others all your life. The frontier battlefield is the place where men can make achievements!"

It is rare for Cao Jinya, a shopkeeper of a small coffin shop, to have such insight.

The four brothers-in-law were recruited into the Second Battalion of Youge, Shanxi.

The luck of Lao Cao’s family has been in Jiajing for 33 years!

In the spring of the 33rd year of Jiajing, Alda Khan sent ten thousand Chihuba and led ten thousand Tatar cavalry to harass Datong.The two sides launched a bloody battle north of Datong.

Needless to say, there are swords and swords on the battlefield, and rivers of blood flow.The four brothers-in-law of the Cao family made a mistake, and they joined hands to behead Chihuba, the chief Tatar general.

The main Tatar general was killed, so he had to retreat sadly.

The military achievements of the Ming Dynasty are headed by beheading generals and capturing the flag.The four sons-in-law of the Cao family, Qiqi, were exceptionally promoted to hundreds of households.

For more than 20 years, these four people have been fighting against the three tribes of Mongolia on the nine sides of Ming Dynasty.The four were repeatedly promoted.It's ridiculous to say that the four of them originally joined the army through recruiting.Now they have all become generals of the guard army.

The eldest son-in-law, Cao Wudai, is currently the commander of Ningxia Township.

The second son-in-law, Cao Wan, is currently the commander of Guyuan Town.

The third son-in-law, Cao An, is currently the commander of Xuanfu Town.

The fourth son-in-law Cao Deshui is even more remarkable.Among the four sons-in-law, he has the highest official position.The current governor of the former military governor's mansion is the same as the governor.He is the deputy of Bai Xiaoyan's godfather Zhao Dudu.

The Cao family produced four generals.Patriarch Cao Jinya naturally became a well-known gentry in the capital.

Cao Jinya did not forget his roots, and he only focused on the coffin shop business.Continue to open his Fushouquan coffin shop on Fulu Street in the south of the city.

In the 43rd year of Jiajing, Emperor Jiajing heard about this miracle, and personally inscribed the eight characters "The No. [-] Coffin Shop in the World" and bestowed it on Cao Jinya.Xu Jie, the second assistant, also wrote the five characters "four generals in one family" and presented them to Cao's family.

This is the allusion of "one family, four generals" and "the best coffin shop in the world".

(End of this chapter)