Liu Kongzhao and Zhao Zhilong whispered and slowly walked out of the imperial city, and saw an official wearing a red official robe hurrying over, but it was Yin Ruan Dacheng of Ying Tianfu.

"What are you doing in a hurry?" Looking at Ruan Dacheng's back, Zhao Zhilong frowned.

"Hmph, Ma Shiying's dog, I don't know who I'm going to bite!" Liu Kongzhao said disdainfully.

Ruan Dacheng was originally a member of the Donglin Party, but later defected to the eunuch Wei Zhongxian and broke with the Donglin Party. After Chongzhen ascended the throne and Wei Zhongxian was taken down, Ruan Dacheng also fell unlucky, and was dismissed and disgraced as a eunuch.

In the Chongzhen Dynasty, Ruan Dacheng was not able to be an official in the imperial court, but this guy was not willing to be lonely, and recruited rangers in various parts of Anqing and Nanjing, talked about soldiers and swords, and formed a literary society.

In the end, because of his identity as a eunuch, he was hated by the gentlemen of the Donglin Party Restoration Society, and the famous people Gu Gao, Yang Tingshu, Huang Zongxi, etc. hated him as a person, and made "Staying in the Capital to Prevent Chaos and Public Exposure" to drive it away, saying: "The more evil it is, the more its flames are opened, the songs and dancers fill the backyard, the mansions and high mansions shine on the streets, and the day and the north and the south are in the case of endless traffic, and there are many intimidations. ”

Therefore, Ruan Dacheng's reputation in Nanjing can be described as extremely poor. After King Fu arrived in Nanjing, Ruan Dacheng saw a good opportunity for a comeback and joined the newly established Ma Shiying. Ma Shiying also felt that there were not many talents in his hands, and Qian Qianyi and other Donglin Party members repeatedly violated the yang and yin, so they accepted Ruan Dacheng and appointed him as Ying Tianfu Yin to help him control Nanjing.

Nanjing is the nest of the Donglin Party, and the officials and people are deeply influenced by the Donglin Party, and even Liu Kongzhao and Zhao Zhilong have no good impression of Ruan Dacheng.

Seeing Ruan Dacheng hurriedly walking in, Ma Shiying couldn't help frowning, knowing that something must have happened.

"Brother Ji, talk about something slowly." Waiting for the servant to serve Ruan Dacheng tea, Ma Shiying said slowly, the official has done his part, he is already happy and angry, although he knows that something big has happened, he is still not in a hurry.

After taking a sip of tea and suppressing the impatience in his heart, Ruan Dacheng's expression stabilized: "Yuanfu, things are not good, there is a messenger from Shuntian Mansion to report, saying that Lu Zonghan, a thousand households of Jinyi Wei, has made a move and is trying to plot against him." ”

"Lu Zonghan!" Ma Shiying's expression became solemn, he has always wanted to rebuild the Jinyi Wei system, so as to monitor the civil and military ministers in Nanjing for himself, an old man like Lu Zonghan naturally can't use it anymore, and he must control the Jinyi Wei in his own hands.

However, the time he came to Nanjing was still short, and most of Ma Shiying's energy was spent on stabilizing the situation, thinking about how to deal with Chongzhen who was going south, and he didn't spare his hands at all.

In Ma Shiying's view, Lu Zonghan is just a little person who can be eliminated at will, but he didn't expect this little person to try to turn the tide.

"What's going on? You speak slowly. Ma Shiying said.

"Thanks to the emperor's grace and Yuanfu's support, I was able to become this Ying Tianfu Yin. Naturally, he wanted to repay Yuanfu's reward, so since he took office, he has been trembling every day in order to live up to Yuanfu's appreciation.

The subordinates were secretly ordered to follow the mission of the Tianfu people and pay close attention to all the news in Nanjing. Just today, an errand came to report that Lu Zonghan had not returned home all night, and people came and went in his outer house, all of whom were spies of the Jinyi Guard.

The subordinates knew that things were not good, so they ordered the messenger to take down a Jinyi guard captain, and forced out from his mouth that Lu Zonghan had colluded with the rebels, trying to collude with the generals in the city to make a rebellion, and assist the rebels in capturing Nanjing. ”

Ruan Dacheng's words shocked Ma Shiying.

Lu Zonghan himself is nothing, and the Jinyiwei he controls does not have much strength, but after all, Jinyiwei is a secret spy who specializes in inspecting prisons, and once it gets out of control, the destructive power will be great.

If they are allowed to act as the eyes and ears of the rebels and wantonly persuade the generals and guards in the city, once the rebels come to the city and collude with them inside and outside, the city of Nanjing will not be protected! Thinking of this, Ma Shiying couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

"Brother Ji, you are in charge, immediately search and arrest the whole city, arrest Lu Zonghan and a group of henchmen, and interrogate them immediately after being caught, to see which civilian and military generals dare to collude with the rebels!"

Ma Shiying said in a fierce voice.

"However, my subordinates are also a group of Ying Tianfu's servants, so they can deal with ordinary people, but I am afraid that they will not be able to deal with Jinyiwei."

Ruan Dacheng said in embarrassment, he had only been in office for a few days, and he could barely control the Ying Tianfu envoys, but it was a little difficult to drive them to arrest Jinyiwei.

"It's okay, I immediately ask King Fu to issue an order, let Liu Zeqing allocate a thousand soldiers to you, you must catch Lu Zonghan and take down all the Jinyi guards."

Ma Shiying said, leaning over and writing a holy decree with a pen on the desk, stamping his own seal, and ordering the servant to send it to King Fu as soon as possible and let him stamp the seal.

After Ruan Dacheng got the holy decree, he immediately came to Liu Zeqing's house, and after showing the holy decree, Liu Zeqing happily handed over an army of 1,000 people to Ruan Dacheng's hands.

Ruan Dacheng immediately ordered a partial general to lead 500 soldiers to the Jinyi Guard's Thousand Households Yamen, and capture all the Jinyi Guards in the Yamen.

He personally led the rest of the soldiers to search for Lu Zonghan and a Jinyi guard everywhere.

At night, at the beginning of the lanterns, groups of soldiers rampaged through the streets, so frightened that the people of the city screamed again and again, and closed their doors.

The partial general took 500 soldiers to the Jinyi Wei Qianhu Yamen, smashed open the gate, and the Jinyi guards who remained on duty inside did not dare to resist in the face of the imperial army. After searching, Lu Zonghan and Yiying's henchmen were not in the yamen, so all the Jinyi guards from 100 households to wrestlers were imprisoned.

Ruan Dacheng led his troops to Lu Zonghan's mansion in person, but after breaking into the door, he was scolded by Lu Zonghan's wife.

"Blind your dogs, do you know what this place is, do you know who I am?" The Zhao family, who was used to being spicy, relied on the fact that he was Zhao Zhilong's distant cousin, pointed at Ruan Dacheng's nose and scolded.

Ruan Dacheng ignored her either, waved his hand, and a row of crossbow arrows was released, and the maid servants who followed her were shot to the ground, and Zhao sat on the ground with a frightened butt, and the warm liquid flowed down his thighs.

"Say, where is Lu Zonghan?" Ruan Dacheng asked. Zhao shook his head vigorously, but he didn't know.

The wolf-like soldiers rushed into Lu's house, and Lu Zonghan's family was immediately devastated, dozens of family members were tied up with ropes, and a large amount of property was turned out and put into their pockets by the soldiers.

The slightly beautiful maids were all insulted, and even Lu Zonghan's widowed sister did not escape.

Liu Zeqing's subordinates have extremely poor military discipline, and they have long been ruthless because they have been severely restrained these days, but now that they have the opportunity, how can they not release it?

That night, the wolf-like soldiers went around to arrest the Jinyi Guard, and the soldiers who had lost their restraint took the opportunity to rush into the homes of ordinary people in the name of arresting the Jinyi Guard, and the whole city of Nanjing was in chaos.