"Big Brother ......"

"Sir, you're finally back......

Many people in the young master's mansion cried with joy, and Zhang Sijiao, Zhang Siduan, and Zhang Sixiang's three younger brothers even hugged their heads and cried, looking extremely wronged, as if they had never done the crimes of bullying the people, oppressing artisan households, abducting tenant farmers' wives and daughters by rent taxes, and colluding with foreign Tartars to collaborate with the enemy and betray the country, but were innocent little girls who were turned a hundred times by Qin Lin, the "big villain".

"Enough!" Zhang Siwei threw his sleeves angrily, "A few things that don't make it happen, don't you lead me to kowtow in front of my father's spirit?" ”

The eldest brother was angry, and the younger brothers of the Zhang Mansion remembered that their father's coffin was still parked in the lobby! Only then did he busily lead the eldest brother to kowtow in front of Zhang Yunling's spirit.

Zhang Siwei's face was pale, he knelt in front of the spirit and wept bitterly, and his forehead hit the coffin with a bang: "Father, father, you were killed by the annihilation of people, and your son and him do not share the sky, this revenge will not be avenged, and you will not be a man!" ”

Not only did his father's hatred not share the sky, but he thought of being forced to worry about it, leaving the position of the first assistant university scholar who had just sat on the hot seat, leaving the Jingshi who was surging in the clouds of Jinghua, and being occupied by Shen Shixing's repeated villain The first assistant throne, Zhang Siwei's heart was dripping blood, and he couldn't wait to break Qin Lin's body into pieces.

The faces of the brothers of the Zhang Mansion are a little better, as the saying goes, the eldest brother is like a father, and they have another layer - Zhang Siwei served as the first assistant in Beijing, one person under ten thousand people, and the care and help for the entire family was too great, and the shadow of the young master's mansion did whatever he wanted in the land of the Three Jin Dynasty. In their minds, this eldest brother is simply omnipotent, and since he said that he wants revenge, there will be nothing wrong with him.

Zhang Siwei stood up, his cold gaze swept over the faces of his three younger brothers, and finally fell on the face of Zhao Fu, who was sincerely frightened, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, his father Zhang Yunling died, and his stepmother Mrs. Hu was also so frightened that she fell ill in bed, and it is estimated that she will not live for a few days, Zhang Sheng, Cao Si, and Sun Youdao have been killed, and now his closest relatives are only three younger brothers, and there is only one capable housekeeper, Zhao Fu.

Thinking of Xuanhe's Young Master's Mansion and the arrogance of the ruling dynasty in Beijing, Zhang Siwei's heart couldn't help but be full of loneliness...... After all, he was a former scholar of Shoufu University, and he had endured in front of Jiangling Prime Minister Zhang Juzheng for ten years, and Zhang Siwei Zhang Fengpan, who overthrew the Jiangling Party in one fell swoop, he quickly adjusted his mentality and said coldly: "Big brother, since I am back, I have my own way to deal with that Qin someone, but you have to tell the truth, what have you done over the years!" ”

Zhang Sijiao, Zhang Siduan, and Zhang Sixiang looked at each other, their faces turned red, but they didn't dare to speak.

"Just before my father's spirit, tell me!" Zhang Siwei broke off his drink, and the candlelight in front of the spirit swayed, and the three brothers turned pale like dirt, and they only looked at Zhao Fu one by one.

It's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided, Zhao Fu was helpless, and said with a hard head: "What do you say about bullying the people, that's not necessarily, let's just follow the land rent contract one by one; The abduction of the wives and daughters of the good family is even more nonsense, it is all because they can't pay the rent and can't pay the interest, so they voluntarily take people to pay the debt......"

Zhang Siwei's eyes narrowed into thin slits, and the cold light was pressing: "Don't talk nonsense, you know what I asked!" ”

With a plop, Zhao Fu knelt on the ground and kowtowed like pounding garlic: "The matter of selling weapons was decided by the old lady, and we can't be the master!" The old lady is also for our house, for the sake of the eldest lord, you ......"

"Yes, yes, big brother, you just became an official for a few years, and we have a lot of silver in our house, if you don't do this business, where will you return your capital so quickly?" Zhang Sijiao, Zhang Siduan, and Zhang Sixiang also knelt down and said in unison.

Zhang Siwei closed his eyes, his lips trembled, and he was afraid of anything...... As the first assistant of the imperial court, he never personally sold ordnance to Tumen Khan and Dong Fox, no matter how crazy Zhang Siwei was, he couldn't do this kind of thing, he only vaguely heard some rumors, so he turned a blind eye, and occasionally used the identity of the first assistant to travel conveniently.

This time Ding Wei returned to his hometown, Zhang Siwei did not have a little luck in his heart, maybe his father's arms business was not so excessive, and the crime was not very serious?

But the ruthless truth shattered the last bit of fantasy in my heart, perhaps, that fantasy was originally to lie to myself.

Zhang Siwei, who was about to have a seizure, was blocked by the words of his younger brothers and couldn't say a word.

He was just an official for those years, the Beijing master sat in the eunuch bag to clear the hardships, and he had to be sent to the people in the Shilin, the same year in the same township, the same door and the same list, those of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, among the six departments, eight of the ten were poor enough to be pants, to open their mouths to sue the autumn breeze, and they had to entertain one or two, as for the boss, it was impossible to miss the number of courtesies, Zhang Juzheng did the first assistant and gave gifts to Feng Bao, how could he Zhang Siwei be alone?

Relying on the continuous supply of silver from his family, he has laid a good reputation and earned a good official reputation, and his bosses and subordinates can support him, so that he can be comfortable in the officialdom of Beijing! And among these money, there is a share earned by Zhang Yunling by collaborating with the enemy and smuggling weapons!

The wealthy families of the three Jin Dynasty in Guanzhong, whether it is Ma Ziqiang's Ma family, Wang Chonggu's Wang family, Yang Bo's Yang family, or his Zhang Siwei Zhang family, are all known as poetry heirlooms, relying on the imperial examination to become officials, and at the same time they are big landlords and big businessmen.

"Come on, I'm too lazy to care about it, but in the current situation, what are you going to do?" Zhang Siwei had to stagger his words, since he had done these things, he could only find a way to deal with it, and there was no point in escaping.

He can endure it for ten years, but as long as he does it, he will be ruthless and decisive!

Zhang Siduan wiped his sweat and said tentatively: "Or, this year's tax will be slowed down a little, so that the mud-legged people can take a breath and save them from making trouble?" ”

"Or, the women who are locked up in a few other courtyards, put them back first? At this juncture, we must avoid giving birth to some branches," Zhang Sixiang also came up with an idea.

"Confused!" Zhang Siwei looked at his younger brothers coldly, with a look of hatred that iron could not become steel, which made them inexplicable, but he stopped talking, and just looked at the sky with his hands behind his back.

However, although the housekeeper Zhao Fu and the second master Zhao have been away for so many years, he still understands the master's mind best, and sneered: "The third master and the fifth master, we haven't done anything wrong in the house, why do you want to beg for mud legs?" I'm afraid that only the matter of the ordnance is the most important. ”

Zhang Siwei nodded, this was exactly what he meant. If you change course and connive at tenants to evade rent, wouldn't it be a confirmation of the crime of bullying the people in the Young Master's Mansion before? To be honest, evil deeds such as exploiting tenants are indispensable to any high-ranking family, but the degree is severe, and this can not defeat the former Shoufu University Scholar! Now that he sells the mud legs well, others don't appreciate it, but they look down on the Young Master's Mansion and look down on him, the first assistant scholar!

However, the one that collaborates with the enemy and betrays the country must be cleared up, and the father and son of Yan Song and Yan Shifan are all planted on this, how is he Zhang Siwei compared to the father and son of the Yan family?

Zhang Siwei let out a long breath and looked at his younger brothers: "Zhang Sheng, I can trust him, he must not have confided anything before he died, so Qin Xiaothief killed him Liwei, and now that Huo Tieshan is dead, you can think about it for me again, who still has the details of the iron yard over the years?" ”

There is no basis for the words, even if a hundred blacksmiths come out to testify against the young master's mansion for smuggling heavy weapons of the military and the country, and betraying the country, it is only a fart, and the court will never take a bunch of lowly craftsmen's household registration confessions, so they will ask the truth of the former first assistant, Shilin will not agree, Qingliu will not agree, and the entire officialdom will not agree.

What's terrible is the detailed inventory of the year.

The iron field undertakes the task of manufacturing the ordnance used in the Xuanda defense line, so that the ordnance can be built unscrupulously and not be investigated by the imperial court, and Zhang Yunling is using this to transport the ordnance made privately to various departments outside the Seychelles for sale, so that the people under the command of Tumen Khan Dong Fox can slaughter the soldiers and people of the Ming border pass with the strong armor blade produced in the Ming Dynasty!

The details of the iron yard out of the warehouse record in detail how many iron armor, arrows, crossbows, and swords were transported from the Xiyao Iron Yard, as long as you get this thing, and then get the number of the Nine Sides Arsenal received from the iron yard, there will be a huge difference between the two, and this difference that disappears out of thin air is the ironclad evidence that the Young Master's Mansion has betrayed the country! No matter how capable Zhang Siwei is, he can't go back to heaven.

Therefore, the most important thing for him is to catch this evidence.

Among the three brothers of the Zhang family, it is the second brother Zhang Sijiao who assists his father in business, as the second master of the Young Master's Mansion, he does not often go to Xiyao Ancient Town, but through his subordinates, he still knows the situation very well: "Big brother, Huo Tieshan used to be our iron field leader, only he pinched the entry and exit details in his hands, this guy was originally quite diligent, and then his son died and went crazy, and he insisted on going against us, fortunately, he had been cut off by Zhang Dalang, and the details went to the underworld with him." ”

Zhang Siwei's expression did not ease in the slightest, but frowned: "People can't speak when they die, but the details of the ledger don't die, and it is unknown where he is hiding." What are the relatives and friends of this person...... No, he stayed in the ironworks all day, and he was more likely to tell his apprentices and grandchildren......"

Speaking of this, Zhang Siwei's expression suddenly became extremely stern: "Quick, go to Xiyao Town along the official road, and kill all the blacksmiths who have a better relationship with Huo Tieshan!" ”——

Xiyao Town is on the south bank of Salt Lake, at the foot of Zhongtiao Mountain, more than 100 miles away from Puzhou, along the way first through Jiezhou City, and then through Wangguan Valley, to Puzhou boundary.

Wang Guan Valley, under the bright moonlight, Yin Binshang, Lu Yuanzhi, Niu Dali and the lieutenant brothers walked along the official road to beat their horses, but they couldn't run too fast, because several blacksmiths couldn't ride, so they could only ride with the lieutenant brothers, hugging the knight's waist tightly so as not to fall down.

Horses are precious animals, to feed beans and grain, far less than mules and donkeys can withstand rough feeding, even cattle are more useful, so in addition to dignitaries and military horses, there are also some carriages and horses, the people rarely use horses, counting on blacksmiths to ride horses, it is better to expect them to embroider.

Rao is like this, Cui Baozhu, Zhang Huogen, and Chen Jinhe were also turned upside down, and the inner thighs hurt hotly, and the buttocks were afraid that they were also grinding out of the cocoon.

"Hey, I'm not a big girl, what do you just have to touch?" Jinyi Official Academy laughed rudely, the elite of their Beizhen Fusi, if it weren't for the case, where would they ride with a few blacksmiths? The other party hugged his waist tightly, and he couldn't help but make a bad joke.

Speaking of this kind of evil joke, it seems that the initiator is Qin Lin Qin, Chief Qin...... Cui Baozhu's face turned blue, and he grinned with an ugly smile: "Sir, the little one really can't ride a horse, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" ”

Lu Fatzi shook the reins next to him and said with a smile: "Where is the hell-damn entry and exit details, you can also say it now, right?" Rest assured, the fat man has never said what he has said, and Chief Qin is even more obedient, and he will not trap you. ”

Cui Baozhu's face became more and more ugly, he twisted his eyebrows in embarrassment, and said with a red face: "The honorable official said that he was joking, I really don't know, if I knew it, I would have said it a long time ago, why bother, why do you have to run so hard?" That is, Mr. Yin said that Chief Qin was clever, and the younger ones went over to ask if they might be able to get any inspiration, so they followed the chief master on this trip. ”

"That's it, if you don't say it, you won't say it," Lu Yuanzhi pouted, these people have a lot of concerns, and they should always tell the truth in front of Brother Qin.

Cui Baozhu smiled helplessly, Zhang Huogen, Chen Jinhe glanced at each other, and they all searched their stomachs and recalled, where would Huo Tieshan hide the details? If we come to the front of Chief Qin, who is bent on making decisions for us, and he still doesn't know what to ask, then where will we put this face of the iron man? It's a shame!

Yin Binshang absentmindedly carried the reins, drooping his head and not knowing what he was thinking, perhaps thinking about chewing the information from the blacksmith's mouth, trying to find the answer before Qin Lin, well, if he could do it, it would be very fulfilling.

All the people who rode on their horses had their own hearts...... The screech of the arrows shattered the silence of the night, and the lieutenants instinctively dodged or drew their embroidered spring knives to block the arrows, but the three blacksmiths had no such experience, and Mu Mu sat straight on his horse.

"Hey, why are you ......" A brocade-clothed lieutenant hurriedly pressed Zhang Huogen's shoulder, but he heard a tooth-aching thud, and the blacksmith's heart had a slightly trembling sharp arrow, and the sharp tip of the arrow actually pierced out from under the shoulder blade!

Not good! Yin Binshang was so depressed that he ambushed the caravan of the Young Master's Mansion here, but he didn't expect the Young Master's Mansion to ambush him here, and he reported it back and forth, which was really unpleasant.

The moonlight was bright, but with all kinds of murderous intent, because the bright moonlight reflected the shadows of men and horses clearly, and the arrows flying out of the dense forest flew like targets!

In the forest, Zhao Fu's face was full of ferocity: "Brothers, kill all these dogs!" The big lord has a lot of rewards! ”

The Young Master's Mansion was caught off guard and had gained the upper hand.

Yin Binshang on horseback dodged the arrows, bit the corners of his mouth fiercely, and finally said that the geese were blinded by the geese, but you are still tender!

(To be continued)