Chapter 1338: Defeated
People who don't know these things still live a leisurely life, such as the common people, such as merchants, such as those who come to visit Luo Xin.
Luo Xin chartered the largest inn in Hangzhou, and the people who visited in the future were arranged to live in that inn, and Luo Xin was responsible for all the food and accommodation. This made those scholars praise Luo Xin's benevolence and righteousness. However, Luo Xin was forced to have no choice, he had already concluded that the people of the White Lotus Sect and Zhang Daoyuan would definitely regard these Shilin people as a target, and if they could kill some Shilin people, the sensation would even be greater than killing the merchants of the feudal country.
If these Shilin people were allowed to live at will, Luo Xin would have no way to protect them, so Luo Xin had no choice but to gather these people, and then secretly sent martial arts masters under Wang Cuiqiao to protect them. There are even martial arts masters who live in this inn as Shilin people.
The White Lotus Sect and Zhang Daoyuan's side are already preparing to make a big fuss, and Luo Xin is also preparing to catch all these people, both sides feel that they are fishermen and the other party is fish.
Although the White Lotus Sect and Zhang Daoyuan's side were nervous, they were not afraid, and they were still excited in their hearts. Because they are completely unaware that they are under surveillance, ready to be annihilated at any moment. On the contrary, I feel that the government is still as relaxed as before. In this state, they think that once they get into trouble, it will bring a huge shock to the entire southern officialdom, and I am afraid that at that time, Luo Xin and Hu Zongxian will have to be implicated. If the imperial court can dismiss Hu Zongxian because of this incident and the unfavorable reason of Hu Zongxian's suppression of bandits, the suffering of their White Lotus Sect and Zhang Daoyuan will be over, and they are now being forced too hard by Hu Zongxian.
Of course, if Hu Zongxian is not dismissed, as long as Luo Xin is dismissed. Without Luo Xin, if any official comes to the south, I am afraid that he will not support Hu Zongxian so much, they know those officials of the Ming Dynasty very well, and they can support Hu Zongxian like Luo Xin, and the grain and grass and other material resources are constantly sent to the front line, there is no such thing, this can only be said that Luo Xin and Hu Zongxian's personal relationship is too good.
However, as long as Luo Xin is dismissed, Hu Zongxian will have no support, and Hu Zongxian, who has no grain and grass, will not be able to exert his power at all.
It was as if they had seen the dawn of victory.
Originally, Luo Xin should have been relaxed, after all, most of the people of the White Lotus Sect and Zhang Daoyuan were under his surveillance, just waiting for them to gather together and catch them all in one go, so as not to slip through the net.
However, Luo Xin was extremely nervous at this time, because until now, whether it was Jinyiwei or Wang Cuiqiao's people, no one from the White Lotus Sect and Zhang Daoyuan had been found in Hangzhou.
However, Hangzhou is too important.
There is a city division here, which is the largest foreigner distribution center in the Ming Dynasty, and now it has added the people of the Ming Quartet to gather here to visit Luo Xin.
If the White Lotus Sect and Zhang Daoyuan suddenly attacked and killed a large number of foreigners, this would not only seriously affect the future operation of the City Division, but also make Da Ming's face hurt.
What do the Ming people care about the most?
Face!
If such a thing really happens, Luo Xin, an official, doesn't want to be an official, and I don't know if I can keep my head.
If the White Lotus Sect and Zhang Daoyuan killed a large number of Shilin people again......
Luo Xin couldn't even imagine it!
At this time, he couldn't help but complain a little about Zheng Ruozeng in his heart, at this time, what are you promoting and hype?
Isn't that adding to the chaos?
However, the matter has already happened, and he agreed to it at the beginning, so the matter must be solved by himself, instead of complaining about Zheng Ruozeng.
"Check, check it for me!"
Luo Xin gave Jin Yiwei and Wang Cuiqiao death orders.
The city of Hangzhou is calm on the surface, but the waves are turbulent in the dark.
Another three days have passed, and the White Lotus Sect and Zhang Daoyuan still have no incident, but the situation that Jin Yiwei and Wang Cuiqiao have mastered is that the people from the White Lotus Sect and Zhang Daoyuan are constantly gathering, and the number of people is increasing.
However, the thieves in Hangzhou still found no trace.
"It seems that Hangzhou should be a nest of the White Lotus Sect and Zhang Daoyuan, hidden deep enough!"
In other state capitals in the south, Luo Xin was very active, because the White Lotus Sect and Zhang Daoyuan's people were in Luo Xin's hands, only in Hangzhou, Luo Xin was very passive, and he could only defend passively.
Fortunately, those Shilin people were all concentrated in an inn, and those Shilin people, Luo Xin was also handed over to Wang Cuiqiao to protect, relatively speaking, these Shilin people are much more important than foreigners, and Wang Cuiqiao's subordinates are also stronger than Jinyiwei.
And those foreigners also lived in a guild hall, this guild hall was established when Luo Xin was still serving as the prefect of Hangzhou and the city of Bo Si, in order to facilitate the management of foreigners, so the merchants of the feudal kingdom who came to the Ming Dynasty had to live in the guild hall. Luo Xin handed over this hall to Jinyiwei for protection.
Luo Xin didn't wait for the raid of the White Lotus Sect and Zhang Daoyuan, but waited for even worse news.
Hu Zongxian is in a coma!
Luo Xin held the letter in his hand, his face full of clouds.
This is a letter written by Hu Zongxian's deputy general to Luo Xin, Hu Zongxian's troops were divided into two routes, all the way to encircle and suppress the White Lotus Sect in Guangdong, and all the way to Zhang Daoyuan in the west.
Hu Zongxian has been fighting for many years, and his subordinates are all tigers and wolves, and they have won victories one after another, forcing the White Lotus Sect and Zhang Daoyuan to the deep mountains and old forests.
At this time, Hu Zongxian didn't take the White Lotus Sect and Zhang Daoyuan seriously at all. In fact, Hu Zongxian has never taken the White Lotus Sect and Zhang Daoyuan in his eyes, and since the conquest of the White Lotus Sect and Zhang Daoyuan, Hu Zongxian has been devastating all the way. The rabble of the White Lotus Sect and Zhang Daoyuan were not Hu Zongxian's opponents at all.
These people may be very strong in individual strength, but they have never experienced organized and disciplined wars, and have never received real military training, so how can they be Hu Zongxian's opponents?
Therefore, when the White Lotus Sect and Zhang Daoyuan retreated into the deep mountains and old forests one after another, Hu Zongxian did not take them seriously, and commanded the army to directly enter the deep mountains and old forests, preparing to complete their efforts in one battle, wipe out the last forces of the White Lotus Sect and Zhang Daoyuan, and capture the White Lotus Sect Leader and Zhang Daoyuan.
In the first half month, the White Lotus Sect and Zhang Daoyuan's people fled all the way to the depths of the deep mountains and old forests, and they didn't seem to be very familiar with the deep mountains and old forests. This made Hu Zongxian and his officers and soldiers more confident, and accelerated the pursuit of the White Lotus Sect and Zhang Daoyuan, so that it was deeper and the battle line was longer.
But......
At this time, the people of the White Lotus Sect and Zhang Daoyuan disappeared, and Hu Zongxian and the others never found any trace of the White Lotus Sect and Zhang Daoyuan and others, as if overnight, these people disappeared in this deep mountain and old forest.
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