Emperor Zhengde

Chapter 72 We Are the Emperor's People

Wang Yangming just replied loudly: "Eunuch, why do you ask so many questions? I brought so many Jinyiwei with me to protect you. To be honest, some people in the court still want to severely punish you and your people. Li Gefu and Xie Gefu tried hard to stop them, but there is no guarantee that they will not act secretly. It is safer to have more people!"

Zhang Yu felt that Wang Yangming's explanation was a bit far-fetched, but he didn't know how to refute it for a moment. He also knew that he couldn't make things too awkward between himself and these civil servants. Even if he didn't let them in, they would find other ways to deal with them.

Therefore, Zhang Yu shouted again: "Only you are allowed to come in!"

Wang Yangming nodded, and at the same time gave a wink to Commander Yang Mao and Captain You.

Yang Mao and Captain You each led their troops to retreat about ten steps.

At this time, Zhang Yu signaled his servants to open the city gate.

The city gate slowly opened, and Wang Yangming rode his horse towards the city gate alone, with a smile on his face, neither hurried nor slow.

But as soon as he entered the city gate, Wang Yangming suddenly jumped up from his horse like a gust of wind! Then, Wang Yangming punched the servant who opened the city gate in the head, knocking the servant unconscious on the spot!

At the same time, when he landed, Wang Yangming kicked another servant who was opening the city gate to the ground with a whip kick.

Upon seeing this, Yang Mao and Captain You rushed in with their respective troops.

Suddenly, horse hooves were flying and the sound of killing was like thunder!
This series of actions happened suddenly, and Zhang Yu was completely stunned. When he came to his senses, the Juesheng Guards and the Dongchang people had already rushed into his manor.

Wang Yangming probably dealt with a dozen knife-wielding servants by himself. He clapped his hands, got back on his horse, brushed off the dust on his official robe, straightened his black gauze hat, as if nothing had happened. He watched the Ming army, which had been prepared, pick up bows and crossbows and shoot Zhang Yu and others in the hands and feet, as well as shoot and kill Zhang Yu and others' servants and thugs.

At that time, Wang Yangming was not yet famous. People in the Ming Dynasty did not know that he had traveled alone to the frontier in his youth, nor did they know that he was good at martial arts. Even Zhang Yu himself did not expect that the civil servant in front of him knew martial arts. He did not even ask the civil servant Wang Yangming's name, and just thought he was an ordinary civil servant who came to find him on the orders of the cabinet.

As soon as Zhang Yu came to his senses, he found that he had been hit by an arrow in each of his arms and his foot. He fell to the ground and cried in pain, but his eyes were still blazing as he stared at the Jinyiwei who were walking towards him: "I regret that I should have listened to you. I should have killed you for the late emperor!"

"Ah! It hurts!"

Zhang Yu was taken off by two Jinyiwei. He glared at Wang Yangming with his teeth bared. "Who are you? Liu Jian and the others don't think it's that easy to silence us! To tell you the truth, it's easy to kill us, but it's not easy to silence us. As long as the news of Zhang Yu and others' death spreads, all the despicable deeds of your superiors will be exposed to the world! Haha!"

Zhang Yu just burst into laughter as he spoke.

"It seems that Eunuch Zhang and Imperial Doctor Liu really know a lot of secrets. I will not hide it from you. I am Wang Shouren, a scholar at the Imperial Academy. I am here to arrest you and bring you to the capital under the order of His Majesty and the governor of the East Factory, Ma Dugong! How can you say you want to silence me?"

Wang Shouren said with a sneer.

Zhang Yu couldn't help but be shocked!
how come!
how so!
Didn't they want to silence me? Why are they arresting us and bringing us to Beijing? Although he was surprised, Zhang Yu was not stupid. After calming down for a while, he understood what was going on. He thought to himself, no wonder this group of people didn't kill him first but hurt him first when they broke in.

Therefore, Zhang Yu asked again: "Are you the emperor's Jinyiwei or not the Jinyiwei of the three cabinet assistants?"

"This is ridiculous! The Imperial Guards can only belong to the Emperor, so how can there be any Imperial Guards from the cabinet minister's family? But we are not the Imperial Guards either. Forget it, I don't want to waste time talking to you, just take him away!"

Wang Yangming did not reply to Zhang Yu after he finished speaking. He only instructed Yang Mao, the commander of Juesheng Guard, "Send some people to arrest their families and servants and escort them back to the capital. You and Captain You will lead the main force and escort Zhang Yu and other principal criminals directly to Sanyuan County with me. At the same time, I would like to ask Captain You to let someone know that the governor has been arrested and that they should reunite in Sanyuan County as soon as possible!"

Half an hour later, Wang Yangming, Yang Mao and others took Zhang Yu and other important criminals and left Mount Li.

At this time, it had already darkened, but Wang Yangming did not choose to go back the same way he came. Instead, he prepared to take a shortcut and head directly towards Sanyuan.

Because Wang Yangming could guess that the newly established Inspection Office here must be the people of Liu Jian, Li Dongyang or Xie Qian. After all, he had just come here and got the help of the Inspection Office under the pretext that he was sent by the cabinet minister. He also learned about the true situation of the manor where Zhang Yu and others were from the inspector of the Inspection Office. But if he left the Inspection Office again at this time, the inspectors of the Inspection Office might become suspicious when they saw him taking Zhang Yu and others away instead of killing Zhang Yu.

But when Wang Yangming and others walked out of the valley where the manor was located, they heard a burst of hurried horse hooves heading towards the direction of the manor.

"No less than five hundred!"

Captain You said this, and Yang Mao also used sign language to indicate that these people were all very skilled riders.

"It seems that this is the person who is here to silence us. Eunuch Zhang, Imperial Doctor Liu, you should thank me, Wang Shouren. If I hadn't taken you away first, you wouldn't have survived this night!"

Wang Yangming said something to Zhang Yu in the prison car behind him, and then ordered: "Speed ​​up! Try not to be discovered by them!"

The entire Juesheng Guard, together with the people from the East Factory, had only about 300 real cavalrymen, and the rest were infantrymen serving as cavalrymen. There were no less than 500 cavalrymen who came to silence the witnesses in front. Therefore, Wang Yangming naturally would not choose to eat these people who came to silence the witnesses, but to first ensure that Zhang Yu and other important criminals were safely escorted to Sanyuan County.

Wang Yangming was even a little worried that these 500 cavalrymen would come to pursue him. After all, he had taken away Zhang Yu and other important criminals, and he only had about 300 real cavalrymen under his command. He might not be able to guarantee victory, or at least he could not guarantee that Zhang Yu and other important criminals would not be killed.

But what puzzled Wang Yangming even more was how no less than 500 cavalrymen suddenly appeared in the Lishan area?
Although they were puzzled, Wang Yangming and others hurried on their way without any hesitation. Zhang Yu was not panicked. He knew that he would die whether he was escorted to Beijing or silenced. At this moment, he just wanted to find an opportunity to commit suicide. However, there were eight Jinyiwei watching him in front and behind, making it impossible for him to find a chance to commit suicide.

……

These five hundred riders were indeed here to silence Zhang Yu and the others, and their leader was the hero Shao sent by Li Dongyang.

When Shao saw that the entire manor was empty, he realized that he was a step too late, and he could not help but ordered: "Let's go to Sanyuan County! First do business, then make money!"

(End of this chapter)