Time always passes inadvertently, and in the blink of an eye, it is May, and in the middle of summer, the weather is even hotter.

In the fourteenth year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty, the Dragon Boat Festival, heavy rain fell all over Jiangxi, a fleet appeared in Poyang Lake with black wind and black waves, dozens of bow ships rose and fell violently between the waves, the sergeants on the boat staggered, some even scared their faces were green, they were the Beijing army, most of them were not accustomed to water.

There is a bow boat in the fleet, which is relatively stable due to the general width of the ship. However, at this moment, a eunuch in the cabin was still holding a spittoon and vomiting until the sky was dark, and two little eunuchs were waiting on the side.

A military general in his thirties, sitting on a sour branch chair with a golden sword, was calm, but obviously disgusted with the vomiting eunuch, and turned his head to look away.

It is said that summer is a little child, and when it is said that it changes its face, it will change its face, this storm comes and goes quickly, and it subsides after about a quarter of an hour, and Poyang Lake immediately calms down, and the hull of the ship finally stops shaking violently.

The eunuch who vomited seemed to have gone through a ghost gate, handed the spittoon to the little eunuch beside him, and said weakly: "I almost took half my life, and I won't take a boat to kill our family on the way back." ”

"Father-in-law Zhang, I told you not to come with me, I have suffered a crime now, I will definitely have to take a boat on the return trip, if Father-in-law Zhang doesn't mind, I can take a carriage back to Beijing by myself." The military general next to him had a hint of schadenfreude in his tone.

Eunuch Zhang sneered at each other: "Ouch, General Xu is yin and yang, is this because I am afraid that our family will rob you of your credit, or is it silver?" ”

The military general said lightly: "Gonggong Zhang wants credit and silver, and he wants to go to Wang Shouren!" ”

Eunuch Zhang sneered: "Isn't General Xu thinking like this? ”

The general Wu was shocked and snorted coldly and did not answer.

It is said that this eunuch Zhang is called Zhang Zhong, the eunuch of the imperial horse eunuch, and he is one of the eunuchs who is favored by the son of today, and this time he is going south with the Son of Heaven as a prison army. Zhang Zhong is not a good bird, together with Zhang Xiong, the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch, and Zhang Rui, the eunuch of the Dongchang Governor, collectively known as the "Three Zhangs", they are all difficult little ghosts, who have done a lot of bad things with the favor of the Son of Heaven, and have a very bad reputation.

And this military general is named Xu Tai, the martial champion of Hongzhi for 17 years, born in a martial arts family, participated in the suppression of Liu Liu, Liu Qi uprising, at the end of the previous year, with the Son of Heaven Zhu Houzhao to the north of the Xuanfu, achieved the "Yingzhou victory", repelled the invasion of the Tatar prince, was named Anbianbo.

Therefore, Xu Tai's military quality is still excellent, but his character is really not good, and he is in the same stream with Jiang Bin and other ministers, flattering and bullying, and greedy for merit and cruelty. This time, Xu Tai was a mighty deputy general, and accompanied Zhu Houzhao, the son of heaven, to the south to personally conquer.

It is said that last time he went north with the Son of Heaven to catch an Bianbo, Xu Tai tasted the sweetness, and this time he went south with the Son of Heaven to quell the rebellion, so he naturally wanted to go further and make a marquis. However, it backfired, and not long after the counterinsurgency army led by the Son of Heaven set off from the capital, Wang Shouren's good news came, and the opportunity for meritorious service naturally flew, so Xu Tai was extremely angry, and at the same time he was even more interested in Wang Shouren's merits.

Because of this, Xu Tai invited the Son of Heaven and personally led thousands of vanguard troops to Nanchang, preparing to snatch King Ning first, and then embezzle Wang Shouren's credit. However, the eunuch Zhang Zhong coveted the wealth in the palace of King Ning, so Mao recommended himself to follow.

As a result, a general who was greedy for merit and a eunuch who sought wealth led thousands of Beijing troops to rush to Nanchang. It's a pity that both of them are destined to be disappointed, Lao Wang (Wang Shouren) had the foresight, and took King Ning to leave Nanchang for the north half a month ago, and took the land route, cleverly avoiding Zhang Zhong and Xu Tai.

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Burn the incense and kill the heat. Birds and birds call for sunshine, invading the eaves of the eaves. The early sun on the leaves is dry and rainy, the water surface is clear and round, and the wind lifts the load one by one.

After the rain, the garden trees were originally wet, but they were quickly dried by the scorching sun.

In the study, moxa sticks are burned to repel mosquitoes, and the breeze after the rain blows in from the window, bringing a little coolness. The open "Spring and Autumn" on the bookcase was blown to the pages of the book, making a soft crackling sound.

At this moment, Xu Jin was lying on the couch and taking a nap in the morning, covered with a thin jacket. Xie Xiaowan sat beside the couch and gently drove away mosquitoes for Xianggong, and in the summer, these annoying little things came out in droves.

Xu Xiaowan wore a thin summer skirt today, the little girl will be fifteen years old in a few months, and she has obviously grown a little taller, plus now she doesn't need to be exposed to the wind and sun, her skin has become fairer, and she is more and more handsome.

Xie Xiaowan fanned Xianggong for a while, stood up lightly, walked to the bookcase to close the "Spring and Autumn", and walked lightly outside, and sure enough, she saw Yue'er's girl holding a stack of manuscripts and reading with relish, but she still had a "afraid" expression.

"Dead girl, I know that you are watching Xianggong's "Strange Tales from Liaozhai", and the book is blown and you don't come in to help!" Xie Xiaowan patted the back of Yue'er's head with a fan and said lightly.

Yue'er stuck out her tongue embarrassedly, and said with a smile: "Didn't you say that Zi Buyan was weird and confused? There are so many stories of ghosts, ghosts, foxes, foxes and demons in the master's brain, but it's really good. People used to think that the master hadn't opened his mind yet, but it turned out to be ...... Madame see it for herself, I don't know where the master learned to be bad! ”

Yue'er took a sip with a red face after speaking, obviously, there are also some inappropriate descriptions for children in "Strange Tales from Liaozhai".

Xie Xiaowan's pretty face suddenly burned like fire, although she and Xianggong have not really had a round room, but the intimate things between men and women have basically been done, and they talked about it not long ago, so they naturally thought that the "bad" of Xianggong School came from their own practice.

The master and servant were talking quietly, and suddenly a maidservant came in from outside, it was Liu Er.

Xie Xiaowan smiled and said, "Liu'er, is there something wrong?" ”

Liu Er glanced at the inner room first, and then bowed to Xie Xiaowan and said, "Madam, it's Li Xiancheng outside who has something to look for." ”

Xie Xiaowan said: "Oh, the master is taking a nap at noon, why don't you let Li Xiancheng come back later." ”

"But Li Xiancheng said that there is an emergency!"

Although Xie Xiaowan felt sorry for Xianggong's hard work recently, she didn't dare to delay in business, and hurriedly said: "That's it, then I'll go in now and wake him up!" Then he turned and walked inward.

Yue'er stopped Liu Er, who wanted to take the opportunity to follow up the room, and said lightly: "Liu Er, you should step back first, and the old man will go out to see Li Xiancheng when he is dressed." ”

Liu Er could only exit the room in disappointment!

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When Xu Jin heard that the county was looking for him in an emergency, he didn't dare to slack off at the moment, so he hurriedly put on his official uniform under Xie Xiaowan's service, washed his face and went to the front office.

It is said that it is already May, and there are still more than two months to hold the township test, so Xu Jin has been studying in retreat during this time, and all the affairs of the county government have been thrown to the county Cheng and the main officer, these two people are also very knowledgeable, if it is not an important event, they will definitely not go to the back office to disturb Xu Jin.

Xu Jin took Erniu to the second hall of the county ya, and the county Cheng Li Wen was already waiting, and he looked anxious.

Xu Jin had a bad premonition in his heart and asked, "Li Xiancheng, what happened?" ”

When Li Wen saw Xu Jin, he hurriedly said: "Lord County, it's not good, there is going to be a fight at the gate of the North City, you can hurry up and take a look!" ”

Xu Jinjian frowned, and said in a deep voice: "What's the matter?" ”

Li Wen replied: "Anbian Bo Xu Tai and the supervisor Zhang Zhong came to lead the army into the city, but they were stopped by Meng Chang, the commander in charge of the city defense, and the two sides clashed. ”

Xu Jin was slightly taken aback, and blurted out: "The emperor has arrived?" ”

"That's not it, the royal car just arrived in Yangzhou, Xu Tai and Zhang Zhong arrived first." Li Wen obviously disdained Xu Zhang and the others, so he called them by their names.

Xu Jin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, thinking that Zhengde Zhu Houzhao was coming, and he was still playing in Yangzhou, and said suspiciously: "I should find Master Wu to come forward for this matter!" ”

Now the governor Wang Shouren is not there, and the highest governor of Nanchang City is Wu Wending, the prefect of Ji'an. It is said that when Wang Shouren went north to offer prisoners, he appointed Wu Wending as the envoy for punishment and probation, and temporarily took charge of all affairs in Nanchang.

Li Wen smiled bitterly: "Lord Wu took people out of the city to inspect the flood situation this morning, and he hasn't returned yet." ”

Xu Jin heard that he could only reluctantly summon his own soldiers and servants to rush to the north city gate, according to Wang Shouren's appointment, assisting the city defense is also one of his tasks, and now the officers and soldiers guarding the city and the army from the capital have a conflict, he naturally has to come forward, if it causes serious consequences, he must also be held accountable for this county order.

It's really unlucky, could it be that a small Qipin county order wants to fight against the big man from the capital?