I'm watching the gate in the jail

Wang Zhi's memorial was still not finished in the inn that day.

He talked with Wan Lan until midnight, and he didn't return to Liaodong Daying until the rooster crowed three times and it was dawn.

In the residence Chen Yue prepared for him, Wang Zhi wrote the memorial and sealed it, and then handed it to Mei Qian.Let him instruct the fans of Xichang to send them back to the Forbidden City in eight hundred miles.

Wang Zhi considered for a long time whether to write "Alan's Love History in the Grassland", but in the end he decided to give up.

Just like what Su Su said, children know something, but it's just playing tricks.

It was Ajiga who proposed marriage to him grandly, but his daughter "repeated her promise" again, which made this prairie man very embarrassed to get off the stage, and almost beat up the child in a public performance.

No matter how politely Wanda refused, he insisted on keeping ten sheep as "compensation", and then left the inn with Duo'er, who was so pretty.

"I don't like you anymore!"

When Duo'er was taken away by her Ama by the back collar, she stuck out her tongue at Wan Lan.

Alan shrugged his shoulders, spread his hands, and looked innocent.

"Unexpectedly, my son raised by someone Wan is old enough to make a woman sad."

Seeing this, Wanda said with emotion.

"Do you call a 12-year-old girl a 'woman'? Isn't it your 'credit' that Ah Lan doesn't refute Sole? Thankfully, Duoer gave up on her own initiative, otherwise how would you plan to end this drama?"

Yang Xiuxian gave Wanda a disapproving look, and the latter let out a "hey hey" and pulled the mutton.

Ten big fat sheep, you can cook a whole sheep feast again.

This turmoil passed quickly, after all, it was just the nonsense of the children, and Wanda didn't take it to heart.

Who knows, not long after, an unexpected person came to visit.

When Tuojin walked into the Dengyun Inn with Xin Zhengzheng, Wanda and the others didn't react for a while.

"Treasurer Wan, thank you for taking care of my business. After that day, I bought so many horses one after another... Your kindness, I will accept it."

The two sides sat down, and Wanda gradually understood after hearing what he said.

It turned out that at the horse market that day, all the rough horses they bought were resold to the soldiers of Liaodong Daying, and they didn't keep any of them.

Afterwards, Gao Hui came forward and bought some low-grade horses one after another, some of them were put into the convoy, and some were given to the soldiers who had been punished.

Such a "big deal" deal, in the eyes of Tuojin, who is determined to win Ajiga's head, is an olive branch that Wanda intends to extend, and it means that he wants to have a relationship with him.

Duo'er, a stinky girl, had repeatedly declared in the clan that she was going to marry Shopkeeper Wan's handsome son as his wife.

Ajiga was also happy to see the success, and boasted to everyone that he would soon have the son of a rich businessman as his son-in-law.

In fact, everyone in the Ula tribe knew that the reason why Ajiga brought this chattering little girl with him every time he discussed business with the Han people, wasn't that the idea.

Duo'er was still young before, so he couldn't do it even if he wanted to send his daughter out.

Who knows that this year God sent two "big fat sheep" to shopkeeper Wan and his son.

If Duo'er really married to Daming, after they went to Beijing to pay tribute, the place where they settled would not be an inn, but the gate of the Wanjia mansion.

Maybe, after getting along for a long time, even Wan Shoufu's house can be touched.

In Tuojin's ears, all this made him envious and jealous.

If Ama hadn't been so eccentric back then and passed the position of patriarch to this big black bear, then all of this should be her own!

The imperial edict of the Ming Dynasty, the cattle, sheep and women on the grassland, and the innumerable wealth should all belong to him, Tuojin.

Unexpectedly, when people arrived at the inn, they also brought gifts for proposing marriage. The parents of both parties met, and almost the whole inn was crowded with people to watch the excitement.

Ajiga is the most face-saving person, and after Duo'er made such a fuss, he couldn't get down at all.

Ajiga, who drove countless cattle and sheep to the door to propose marriage, came back with great vigor and vigor when he set off, and returned in despair with Duoer, who was like a father who had died of enzymes.

This farce made Takujin so excited that he slept in a tent at night, even when he was dreaming, the corners of his mouth were crippled.

He thought about it for a few days, and felt that if he didn't seize this opportunity, he would become a big merchant in the capital.After he finished his business, he went back home.Come back next time, maybe it will be a year or two later.

So this is the arc of today's Tuojin belt

All these developments are in the hands of Wanda and others, it is simply "inadvertently planting willows and willows into shadows".

Ajiga looks rough, but in reality there are subtleties in the roughness.Except for drinking in their tribe that day, he couldn't help revealing an old story about Sanchiha to Wanda and the others.

The next few times we met, I didn't say a word.

How did Sanchiha die, and what happened to his nephew who went to Beijing to pay tribute.How this battle was provoked has not yet been found out.

Chen Yue is absolutely untrustworthy, and the information he reported to the court is naturally also unreliable.

If you want to know more about the inside story, you can only start elsewhere.

Now that Tuojin can take the initiative to approach, that would be great.

And they can take advantage of the gap between the two brothers to instigate a good...

"I made an appointment with Tuojin. Three days later, I will go to the pasture near Tielingwei. There is a secret horse farm for him. The horses raised are not inferior to the ten horses that Ajiga sold us."

After seeing off Tuojin and his party, Wanda summoned everyone to sit down.

"It turns out that Tuojin has long been unwilling to lie dormant under Ajiga. Not only does he have his own horse farm, man slaves, he even has a warehouse on the side of Tielingwei, which hides countless top-quality mountain treasures, waiting to be parked." Lick the oyster and shoot it!

"We went to Tielingwei to make a private deal with him. If someone finds out, we will be expelled from Liaodong Mashi."

This is tantamount to a black market transaction, escaping the supervision of the Daming Government Office and paying border taxes.At that time, if there is a dispute and the identity is found out, the success will fall short.

Yang Xiuxian said worriedly, "Besides, Tieling Guard is far away from here, and it takes a day to ride on horseback. In case he sets up an ambush there, he deliberately wants to 'black out' us, even if we reveal our identities and force Chen Yue to send troops , from Liaoyang Town to Tieling Guard is beyond our reach..."

"Master Yang, don't worry, we are not without help in Tieling Guard."

At this moment, Wang Zhi suddenly stood up.

He walked to the window, looked down, smiled and said to everyone, "My friend has arrived, he can guard our safety in Tieling."

friend?

Ah Zhi has only been here for a long time, and he has already made friends in Liaodong.

Besides, isn't he in Liaodong camp every day, mediating with Chen Yue?

It is said that if Wang Zhi was not a "eunuch", Chen Yue would have wished to send the woman to his couch himself.

Wanda, Yang Xiuxian, and Qiu Zijin glanced at each other, but couldn't figure out who this "friend" who fell from the sky was.

"Ma Wensheng, the left servant of the Ministry of War, has met everyone."

As soon as the visitor came in, Wanda and the others were taken aback as soon as he announced his family name.

This person was actually Ma Wensheng, the one who had a very bad relationship with Chen Yue, and he was also Ma Wensheng, the left servant of the military department of the governor of Liaodong!

Ma Shilang is a third-rank official. Here, except for Wanda, who is on the same level as him, everyone else's official rank is far below him.

Everyone hurriedly got up and greeted him one after another.

Ma Wensheng is over fifty this year. He was a Jinshi in the second year of Jingtai, and he has served the emperors of three dynasties so far.Although he is not very tall, his eyes are piercing and radiant.

This veteran with illustrious military exploits not only served as the governor of Shaanxi, but also quelled the Manchu Rebellion in Guyuan.In the ninth year of Chenghua, he defeated the Canyuan tribe in Heishuikou and captured Pingzhang Dielie's grandson alive.

Not only that, he is also Qiu Zijin's half boss.

During the Tianshun period, he served as the procuratorate in Fujian, where he cut violence and repelled rape, and solved an unjust, false and wrong case that had been delayed for 17 years in one fell swoop, and was called the "God King" by the people.Later, he served as Dali Temple Minister in Nanjing, in charge of the criminal law. (note 1)

The so-called "literary writing can secure the world, martial arts can set the world on horseback" refers to a genius like Mr. Ma.

Although Wanda and the others had never met him before, they had heard a lot about his achievements.Seeing him now, he is indeed a stable and resolute person, completely different from Chen Yue and his like.

However, people can only look at the surface, and everyone is still a little worried that Wang Zhi has easily exposed their identity as a "private interviewer".

"Susu, don't blame me, I didn't expect to meet Lord Ma either."

Sitting down, Wang Zhi nervously explained to Wanda.

Said that he did not reveal their identities on purpose.Moreover, Ma Shilang is a hero, and he is absolutely trustworthy. Even if he knew that they were visiting privately, he would not disclose it to others.

When Wanda heard this, she sighed that Ah Zhi was still too young, and also a young man who worshiped heroes, and it was too easy to trust others.

They "visited privately in microservices", except for the Jurchen, the Tatars and Chen Yue, who wanted to "interview". Isn't this Ma Wensheng the target of their investigation?

The situation in Liaoyang is so chaotic, Chen Yue is certainly at fault, so can Ma Wensheng stay out of it?

In the final analysis, the generals are at odds with each other and fight each other, so that foreigners can take advantage of it.

But that's the end of the matter, it's useless to think too much.

Wanda can only think about finding an opportunity in the future, and warned Ah Zhi, "Just talk about three points when you meet people, but don't throw your whole heart away."

Ma Wensheng didn't wear an official uniform today, but was dressed as an ordinary warrior.

There are so many martial arts people on the border, and if he walks on the road in such an attire, even if he encounters soldiers from the Liaodong camp head-on, he may not be able to recognize him at a glance.

"Little brother Wang and I are 'unknown if we don't fight'."

Mr. Ma is also quite forthright. Seeing Wang Zhi's awkward situation, he hastily opened his mouth to help him.

This is from the past few days.

The two letters that Mei Qianzhang found from Chen Yue's barracks were also brought back to the Forbidden City by Wang Zhi, and they were presented together with the notebook as evidence.

Chen Yue didn't know where he found out that more than ten years ago in the Hunan area of ​​Guangxi, there used to be a "flower picker who cut plums", who liked to steal and tease the people in the government, and every time he committed a crime, he would leave a picture of red plums.

This person came and went without a trace. Although he hasn't come out to commit crimes for more than ten years, the notices for arresting him are still posted at the gates of the government offices of various prefectures in Guangxi.

As for how this "one cut plum" went from southwest to northeast, spanning the entire Ming Dynasty.And the first case after "returning to the rivers and lakes" turned out to be him, Chen Yue couldn't figure it out no matter what.

Because of these two letters, Chen Yue lost his mind for several days, and finally suddenly remembered a few days ago that the governor of Xichang was still in his camp, and he had neglected him for so long.

Letters are important, so are His Majesty's special envoys.I have already lost one, and I cannot lose both.

So these days, Chen Yue became more attentive to Wang Zhi.

As long as he is free, he will personally bring food and grits to several towns, ride horses, drink and listen to theatre.If he is not free, he will send his men to follow Wang Zhi and pay for his tour guide at any time.

Naturally, the purpose is to make Wang Zhi happy, let him go on a business trip comfortably, and then go back and say a few good words in front of His Majesty.Completely "smoothed" my previous affairs in Liaodong.

Wang Zhi was well aware of all this, so he dealt with him hypocritically, so that Wanda and the others could seize the time to find out the news.

In the past few days, Wang Zhi and Mei Qianzhang took the soldiers sent by Chen Yue as usual, took off their official uniforms and "eat, drink and have fun" and "domineeringly" in the city.

The soldier accompanied Wang Zhi for a few days, but he also acted like a tiger.He actually bullied others by taking advantage of his power. He didn't give people money after eating, and even set up others' stalls.

It just so happened that the people who were eating at the stall were Ma Wensheng and his attendants who had rushed back from Tieling and dressed as civilians.

The two sides fought on the spot.

During the scuffle, Mei Qianzhang "touched" the token that Mr. Ma was wearing.When he looked to the side, he knew the identity of the other party.

At this time, Wang Zhi pretended to be "invincible", and left with the soldiers who were beaten half to death cursing.

He returned to Liaodong Daying angrily and told Chen Yue that he was bullied on the road.Chen Yue was so frightened on the spot that he offered a bunch of jewels to "shock" Wang Zhi, but Wang Zhi accepted them all without hesitation.

At the same time, Mei Qianzhang went back again and offered the token he had found with both hands.And according to Wang Zhi's instructions, he informed the other party of his identity.

"It turned out to be like this 'We don't know each other if we don't fight'."

Wanda nodded.

"I didn't expect it. In the West Factory of the capital, there are such talents with 'skillful hands and empty hands'."

Ma Wensheng pointed out that this brother was also responsible for the theft in Liaodong Daying before, right? I just don’t know why you have to name him. What about 'Yijianmei'? Not many people in Jianghu know the name of this person now."

Although she brought the maid to masturbate, Mei Qianzhang still lowered her head in embarrassment.

"Of course, if it's a secret of the Kansai factory, just pretend I didn't ask."

Ma Wensheng said with a big smile.

"Lord Ma, to tell you the truth, we were ordered by His Majesty to come to Liaodong to inquire about this war. Since Lord Ma already knows our identity, then we will not go around around the corner. I hope Lord Ma can act accordingly. Tell the truth."

Wanda decided to open the skylight to speak out.

Ma Wensheng saw that Wanda spoke quickly, his eyes were clear, and he was not as obscene and obscene as rumors in Beijing, so he let go of his previous prejudice against him.

"During this period of time, I have been rectifying the frontier affairs at Fengji Fort..."

"Is it for the battle at the beginning of the year?"

Wanda asked.

"Exactly."

Ma Wensheng nodded.

"What's going on in Fengji Fort now, have you suffered heavy losses?"

"The Jurchens took advantage of the remnants of their old age to accuse Zheng. We were unprepared. Not only did the people suffer heavy losses, but even the food stored in the government office and the treasury silver that had just been harvested and had not yet had time to be escorted to Beijing were robbed. Fengjibao, Tielingwei The loss was heavy, and it would take at least a year and a half to recover. Moreover, the soldiers in the guard were almost wiped out. In order to prevent the war from counterattacking, they had to mobilize troops from Liaoyang and even Guyuan to make new arrangements. "

Hearing Ma Shilang's words, everyone felt extremely heavy in their hearts.

"During this time, I have been running around in order to regroup. Speaking of which, this is the first time I have returned to Liaoyang City since the end of the war."

"Master Ma has done a lot of hard work, please be respected by Wan Mou."

When Wanda heard this, he finally couldn't help standing up, and bowed deeply to this veteran who was still running on the front line at a young age.

Needless to say, Yang Xiuxian, Gao Hui and other generals, even Qiu Zijin was full of admiration and saluted Chaizana together.

Looking back at the actions of Chen Yue who provoked the war and plotted military exploits today, it is even more contemptuous and contemptuous.

"Lord Ma, I still have some questions, I hope you will give me some advice."

Yang Xiuxian bowed his hands to Cai Zina.

In fact, Jin Yiwei bears the emperor's mandate, so he doesn't have to be so humble to any official.But Mr. Ma's character and character made Yang Xiuxian admire him, so he naturally respected him.

"As far as I know, at the end of last year, Chen Yue wrote a letter to His Majesty, requesting the imperial court to raise troops against Liaodong. It also mentioned that he had already made preparations in Liaoyang, and posted notices and recruitment notices, talking about The Liaodong Guards are full of hard-boiled soldiers, and the 'Battle of Dinghai' can be repeated just by the court's order. In this case, even if our army is busy with the New Year, it is impossible for the Fengji Fort to be completely unprepared."

Hearing Yang Xiuxian's question, Ma Wensheng nodded repeatedly, praising him for his sharp eyesight.

"What if I say that Liaoyang City has not made any preparations at all?"

He sneered, and said quietly, "If I still say that Mr. Chen was not in Liaoyang City at all during that time?"

"What? Could it be that he deliberately deceived His Majesty and the entire court?"

The crowd was shocked.

Dare to refute ㄗYou Maoting used the power of the whole country to send troops to the north without preparing anything.

This Chen Yue is so courageous that he made fun of the entire Ming Dynasty, trying to shake the foundation of the country!

"This Chen Yue... is really bold."

It took Wanda a long time to calm down, and said with a long sigh.

Luckily, fortunately, His Majesty kept the scripture right at that time.

Even after the battle of Fengji Fort and the result of the subsequent counterattack against Privet, Zhu Jianshen's decision was not easily shaken.

"In addition to this, the lower officials also heard that the border guards knew all about the feud between Lord Chen and Lord Chen, and it was a blow to the morale of the officers and soldiers here. The Liaodong camp was actually divided into 'horses', The 'Chen' factions are not willing to give in to each other, is there such a thing?"

Yang Xiuxian's question is quite acute.

However, Ma Wensheng did not show the slightest expression of being offended, and he even looked ashamed and embarrassed.

"Because Master Chen forced soldiers to buy horses to redeem their crimes, I had many disputes with him, and even wrote a book to him. Although it didn't matter in the end, the resentment has been forged... The generals did not get along, and the military plane was involved. A certain... duty-bound."

Ma Wensheng turned his head to the side in shame, and said with a sigh.

"After the battle in the first month, Mr. Chen and I continued to have quarrels. In order to stabilize the morale of the army, I simply avoided his edge and went to Tieling to rectify military affairs, avoiding right and wrong places, and focusing on revitalizing defense first. heavy."

Everyone nodded after hearing this, and praised Mr. Ma for his understanding of the general situation and his emphasis on the affairs of the Ming Dynasty.

"Actually, I'm not very clear about how this battle was fought. But one thing is definitely related to Sanchiha. After all, they came to commit crimes in the name of revenge against Sansanchiha's nephew. side."

Ma Wensheng finally said.

"Revenge? That means the birth inspector is dead."

Qiu Zijin's almond eyes opened slightly.

Chen Yue never mentioned this matter in the battle report.

They wanted to go to the Haixi Jurchen tribe to find this person, but they didn't expect him to be dead.

"It seems that we have to go to Tieling Guard. Otherwise, all these speculations will be fruitless."

Wanda said.

"Let's go with peace of mind. I will return to Tieling soon after finishing my work in Liaoyang Daying today. If something happens at that time, I can also echo with a few of you."

Ma Wensheng said.

Everyone agreed on the contact information and meeting time in Tieling, and before Bo Zheng scolded Zhihe Shang, Wang Zhi and Mei Qianzhang took a pretentious stroll outside, and then returned to Liaodong Daying.

Chen Yue was not an idiot either, knowing that the person who had clashed with Wang Zhi on the street that day was Ma Shilang who had suddenly returned to Liaoyang camp, he was afraid that they might have an intersection, so he secretly asked Wang Zhi several times.

Wang Zhi was naturally thinking of Shuncai, saying that Mr. Ma is simply a rough man, and when he saw him as the admiral of the West Factory, instead of going up to greet him, he was actually so rude to him.

When he returns to the capital, he must speak carefully in front of His Majesty.If the man surnamed Ma was transferred from Liaoyang, it would be best to send him to some poor village.

These words made Chen Yue's heart burst with joy, and the heart that had been hanging over him was finally let go - it seems that this Wang Zhi is just an embroidered pillow and a bag of grass, specially coming to the border to do his best.At least those two letters should have nothing to do with this idiot eunuch.

"Since the miscellaneous people here have almost inquired about it, I'm going to prepare to go back and return to my life."

Wang Zhi scolded Bo for giving back

"When is your lord going to leave, I will personally lead the horse and send you into Shanhaiguan."

"Three days later, leave early in the morning."

Wang Zhi laughed.

The author has something to say: Note 1: "Ming History Volume Seventy"