Chapter 1034: Bad news, the whole country is grieving
Xu Jin and Li Yuanwai were rescued on the ship by the Ming army, the latter collapsed on the deck after vomiting a burst of bitter and salty seawater, but his face showed the joy of the rest of his life, he gambled correctly in this game, and finally picked up his life, and also gained freedom, except for the funeral expenses and pensions of several sailors, there was basically no loss.
Of course, compared to the "great friendship" with the Governor Xu, who shared life and death and weal and woe, these losses were negligible, and Li Yuanwai felt that he would soon be richly rewarded.
Xu Jin's heart was also full of joy for the rest of his life after the catastrophe at this moment, he patted Li Mu's shoulder and said "kindly": "Li Yuanwai can't swim and dares to jump into the sea, admire and admire!" β
Li Yuanwai patted the round fat belly and smiled bitterly: "Go back to the Governor, don't hide it, the contemptible person is a person from Cixi, Ningbo Prefecture, Zhejiang, who has learned to swim since he was a child, but he has become rusty after not going into the water for a long time, and he is middle-aged and rich, all of which are forced by life." β
Xu Jin couldn't help but wonder, this product is quite humorous, and he is full of fat, which is indeed "forced" by life.
The marshal "died" and came back to life, and the Ming army on the ship was as excited as the New Year. When Xu Jin changed into a set of clean clothes, Xie Sangun escorted Ori Shin Miko, who was tied up by five flowers, to the boat.
"Brother-in-law!" Xie Sangun took three steps and ran in front of Xu Jin in two steps, his eyes were red, and his expression was very excited.
Looking at the brother-in-law like the black iron tower in front of him, Xu Jin couldn't help but feel warm in his heart, this little clever ghost who was only ten years old at the time had grown into a majestic nine-foot man today.
Xu Jin patted Xie Sangun's shoulder, everything was silent, the latter grinned, pointed at Orishimiko and asked, "Dashuai, what to do with this widow?" Do you want to cut it? β
Orishin Miko didn't say a word, just stared at Xu Jin coldly.
Xu Jin frowned and asked rhetorically, "Are the other four kings still alive?" β
"They're all alive, even that little kid is okay." Xie Sangun replied.
Xu Jin nodded and said lightly: "Then let's take it down and lock it up, the five kings will go to Beijing together to congratulate them, if one of them is missing, it will not be beautiful after all." β
Orishin Miko breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, but she also secretly hated, demon, obviously you coerced, and you also called it Asaga, it's really shameless.
Xie Sangun glanced at Ori Shin Miko strangely, the reason why the brother-in-law didn't kill this woman sounded high-sounding, but it seemed a little unusual to think about it, and being too lenient with the enemy was not what the brother-in-law always did.
Indeed, Xie Sangun's feeling is not wrong, Xu Jin is indeed too tolerant of Orishin Miko, for no other reason, because after careful calculation, he was able to survive this time, in fact, it all depends on Orishin Miko, so although this woman had bad intentions and tried to take him back to the Wa Kingdom under house arrest, Xu Jin still chose to be punished lightly, but only restricted his freedom.
After Orishin Miko was taken down and imprisoned, Xu Jin turned his head and smiled at Li Yuanwai: "This official was able to get out this time, thanks to Li Yuanwai, Xu is grateful!" After speaking, he bowed formally.
Li Yuanwai hurriedly returned the salute with sincere fear: "Lord Xu is serious, this is what a contemptible person should do." β
Xu Jin smiled and said: "Next month is the wedding day of Her Royal Highness Princess Yongfu, will Li Yuanwai continue to go to the Wa Kingdom to do business, or will he go to Beijing with this official to congratulate?" β
Obviously, Xu Jin is sending out an invitation, Li Yuanwai's heart was beating rapidly, and he could only describe it as ecstatic, and hurriedly said: "Money is something outside the body, what does it matter if you earn more and earn less, but how can I miss such a grand event as Princess Daming marrying, since I am fortunate to have Lord Xu's sincere invitation, I am willing to do it...... Hehe, to paraphrase a sentence from you readers, you don't dare to ask for it! β
Xu Jin couldn't help laughing, this Li Yuanwai is a wonderful person!
Li Yuanwai also laughed, his heart blossomed, developed and developed, this time he followed Governor Xu into Beijing to attend the princess's wedding, even if he didn't get the emperor's reward in the end, he just followed Lord Xu and made a lot of money by mixing with a group of Beijing officials, not only the scenery is unlimited, but it will be much easier to do business and deal with magistrates in the future, as long as he moves the name of Governor Xu out, who dares not to give face?
At that moment, Li Yuanwai returned to his bow merchant ship, ordered the sailors to turn the bow of the ship, and followed the Ming warship in the direction of the Ming Dynasty.
The two bow ships sailed on the sea for two days, and returned to the agreed joint location to wait for Wang Lin'er, the commander of the Shenji Battalion, and two days later, Wang Lin'er led the battleship back gloomily, but when they learned that the commander was on the Xie Sangun ship, all the people were boiling in an instant!
On the battleship led by Wang Lin'er is the Shenji Battalion, and the Shenji Battalion is the descendant of Xu Jin's lineage, these soldiers saw that the living handsome man was back, and one was so excited that he burst into tears, and he knelt down and shouted: "See the handsome." β
Xu Jin is both excited and proud, this is a group of brothers who can go to the soup for themselves, what a regret in this life!
For the time being, let's not talk about how Xu Jin hurried back to Daming, here will turn the camera back to the capital first.
In a blink of an eye, it is the golden autumn and August, and there are still more than 20 days before the wedding date of Princess Yongfu. The most troublesome thing is that the new concubine Li Chun is not from the capital, and his hometown is thousands of miles away in Cixian County, Ningbo Prefecture, Zhejiang, so he must send a delegation to Cixi County, Ningbo Prefecture, Zhejiang, and many trivial etiquette must be completed in the man's hometown.
Thankfully, the new pony was selected in mid-July, and there was still more than a month before the wedding day.
However, just when the Ministry of Rites was busy, a major event occurred that shook the entire court.
On the first day of the eighth month of the fifth year of Jiajing, a fast horse galloped into the city from Chaoyang Gate, galloped all the way to the location of the military department, and sent an 800-mile urgent document to Qi Zhen, the left attendant of the military department.
Due to the absence of Xu Jin, the secretary of the military department, the military department is now in charge of the second-in-command of Qi Zhen.
Qi Shilang didn't dare to slack off, hurriedly opened the paperwork and looked at it, and shouted in horror on the spot: "It's not good, something is wrong, something is wrong!" β
Qi Shilang settled down, lifted his official robe and ran out, and those officials in the military department couldn't help but look at each other, what happened to him? As for it?
It turned out that this 800-mile expedited letter was sent back to Beijing by Xu Pengju, the Duke of Wei, who landed in Nantong, the capital of Yangzhou, on 22 July and immediately sent an 800-mile expedited letter to the capital. Xu Jin fell into the sea and died without a servant, and this matter must be told to the emperor as soon as possible.
Over the years, Xu Jin fought in the south and the north, with a great reputation, he was a sea and a wave, a thief, and opened up territory for the Ming Dynasty. It can be said that Xu Jin has now become the white jade pillar of the Ming Dynasty, the purple gold beam of the sea, the prestige of merit, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are unsurpassed, including the three elders of the cabinet!
Now that Xu Jin's Dinghaishen needle has fallen into the sea, life and death are unknown, this is not a big deal, what is a big deal? This is definitely a big deal for Daming!
Therefore, Qi Zhen, the left attendant of the Ministry of War, was so not calm when he saw the official document, he ran to the cabinet and handed the official document to Fei Hong, the first assistant of the cabinet.
Xu Jin is not only his protΓ©gΓ©, but also his double niece and son-in-law, although the two are not father and son, they are like father and son, and now the white-haired person sends the black-haired person, Fei Hong can't help but feel sad from it!
The second assistant Jin Xianmin and the third assistant Jia Yong took the urgent paperwork and looked at it, they were all surprised, God is jealous of the talent, Xu Ziqian has fallen like this? really responded to the sentence: Since ancient times, famous generals have been like beauties, and they are not allowed to see white heads in the world.
Xu Ziqian fought in the east and west, and has not tasted defeat so far, he is too capable of fighting, almost everything, this is too against the sky, and God took him back early. Xu Ziqian's death is really a great loss for my Ming Dynasty!
Although Xu Pengju's urgent report did not directly say that Xu Jin was dead, a normal person fell into the sea and was not found for so many days, so it can be said that he is dead!
Soon, this urgent report was delivered to Jiajing's hands, the latter screamed on the spot, the sky was spinning, and he fainted directly, and in an instant, the whole palace was jumping, and the eunuchs, palace maids, and imperial doctors ran in and out like a marquee, as if the end of the world was coming.
"The ...... of the Imperial Doctor"
"The ...... of the Imperial Doctor"
Li Yanwen was busy like a spinning top, and he had to rush to Cining Palace after running to Qianqing Palace, because Empress Dowager Jiang's condition worsened, and it is said that Princess Yongfu suddenly fainted, and the entire palace was in chaos.
The news that Xu Jin, the Marquis of Jinghai, fell into the sea and died, and even the body was not recovered, spread not only throughout the officialdom, but also quickly spread throughout the capital.
It is no wonder that since Xu Jin entered the officialdom, he cleared the grange, promoted new crops, opened the sea ban, leveled the Japanese and the Dangkou, Qinwang rescued the driver, and Kuang Fu Sheji, everything he did was a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, so he was deeply loved by the people.
The Xu Mansion of the Hour Fang was even more crying, Xie Xiaowan, Fei Ruyi, and Fei Jixiang cried so much that their hearts and intestines were broken, and the two little cabbages in Yue'er and early spring and early summer were also crying and swollen their eyes, and the five-year-old Xiao Xu Kang was still ignorant, and when he saw the adults crying, he also cried with Wow Wow, and in an instant, the whole Xu Mansion was gloomy and bleak, as if the sky was falling.
Of course, not everyone is saddened by Xu Jin's death, for example, Yan Song's father and son celebrated each other at home, and they almost didn't burn artillery battles, beat big drums and sing big plays.
"Hahaha, die well, die wonderfully, the surname Xu has too many beheadings, and finally retribution, God has eyes, God has eyes!"
Yan Song laughed heartily, because as soon as Xu Jin died, he could sit back and relax, and no one would stare at him anymore to pursue the rebellion of Wang Zhi's father and son, and his career would be bright from then on...... No, Fei Hong is Xu Jin's mentor and in-law, and now he is the first assistant in the cabinet, which is the biggest stumbling block in his career, and he must find a way to get him down!
Yan Song's eyes couldn't help but fall on his one-eyed son Yan Shifan, Lord Yan was not satisfied with his son's appearance, but he was very satisfied with his son's brain, because this kid's brain was full of ghost ideas.
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Baiyunguan, Tao Zhongwen informed Li Dayi of Xu Jin's death, and the latter breathed a sigh of relief and secretly said that it was a pity, Xu Jin was undoubtedly a terrible opponent, and now he fell into the sea and became a water ghost, which is undoubtedly a good thing for himself and his father Li Fuda, but it is a pity that he can't kill this person with his own hands.
"This person is known as a constant victory, undefeated in a hundred battles, but unfortunately he is just a short-lived ghost, this young master also plans to slowly compete with him after becoming a horse, hehe!" Li Dayi sneered and asked again: "By the way, Xu Jin is dead, how is Jiajing Xiao'er's reaction?" β
Tao Zhongwen stroked his beard and said, "It is said that I fainted on the spot!" β
Li Dayi said lightly: "So, Xu Jin's death is a bigger blow to Jiajing than Concubine Shu's miscarriage?" It seems that Jiajing is really fond of Xu Jin. β
Tao Zhongwen nodded and said: "According to poor Dao's observation, Jiajing's feelings and trust in Xu Jin are like that of his father and brother, even Lu Bing can't compare, and Xu Jin is indeed capable, it is Jiajing's left arm and right arm, without Xu Jin, Jiajing may not even be able to sit on the throne, and Daming does not have the prosperous situation it has now." β
Li Dayi said coldly: "Don't say anything else, if there is no Xu Jin, Da Ming is afraid that he will be destroyed by me last year, this son is dead, it proves that Da Ming's qi is almost exhausted." Jiajing was hit again and again, and he was bound to collapse, and it was a great opportunity to start an incident, so he immediately sent someone to send a message to the outside world, so that his father could encourage me to answer the Ming again. β
Tao Zhongwen shook his head and said: "I am now busy fighting with the Tatar left wing, and I have no time to invade the south, and with the support of the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid it will not be easy for me to annex the left wing." β
Li Dayi couldn't help frowning and said: "Jiajing's trick of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight is clever, it is said that Xu Jin also came up with the idea, if this person does not die, it is really a big trouble." β
Tao Zhongwen smiled and said, "Fortunately, this person is dead, and there are no bones!" β
Li Dayi smiled and said: "Regardless of him, there are still twenty-five days, this young master is the great Ming concubine, or get ready to enjoy the beautiful princess, this young master can't wait." β
Tao Zhongwen wanted to speak, Li Dayi frowned and said, "What is Tao Protector's opinion?" As a colt, does the sleeping princess have a problem? β
"Poor Dao heard that Princess Yongfu also fainted when she learned of Xu Jin's death, I don't know if it's true or not!" Tao Zhongwen said cautiously.
Li Dayi's face suddenly sank, he felt that his head was green, and said in a cruel voice: "This slut can't have a personal affair with Xu Jin, right?" How can this be reasonable, if the time comes, the cave-room finds out that she is not a virgin, and see how Lao Tzu concocts her. β
Li Dayi obviously regarded Princess Yongfu as a bag, and when he heard that Princess Yongfu fainted because of Xu Jin's death, he couldn't help but be jealous, as if he was wearing a green hat by Xu Jin, and he wanted to break Xu Jin's body into pieces, but he didn't know that he was just a cheating person.