Li Xin asked Lu Sizhen not to get excited, and to speak slowly if he had something to say. This proposer who has been in the Shanxi officialdom for many years was so excited that he was incoherent, and after organizing the language several times, he expressed his meaning clearly, to the effect that Lu Jiu had a personal vendetta and killed his son Lu Huizhong!

Tian Fuzhen interjected: "Lu Jiu's case was tried by Zhang Ge, and the government filed a lawsuit on behalf of the government, you are an auxiliary judge, and you did not directly participate in the trial, where did he take revenge on you?" ”

"This ......"

In fact, Tian Fuzhen said this specifically to squeeze Lu Sizhen, what he did in the north, even if he didn't say it, who wouldn't know? Lu Sizhen's old face turned red and he was a lot quieter, but he didn't dare to find out the dirty things he had done, after all, he still had to rely on people to snort, and let Tian Fuzhen snatch a white meal, which was much better than Li Xin's kind words and soothing effect.

Li Xin saw it in his eyes, but he held back a smile and played a round game.

"The battle report from the Zhenyu guard is also vague, and there is no certainty that Ling Lang suffers, Lord Lu wants to think about everything for the good, you go back and wait for the news, and you will be the first to notify you if you have a quasi-credit guarantee!"

Although Lu Sizhen is in the officialdom and rarely suffers losses, he is powerless to fight the battle array, and he wants to leave but misses his son. Li Xin naturally understood what he meant, and persuaded again: "I'll fix a letter now, and let Qian Tai organize people to search and rescue all the members of the field service team!" ”

Lu Sizhen also understood that what Li Xin could give him was probably this guarantee, but he hoped that he would really send someone to search and rescue. After accusing the crime, he turned around and left, but he never mentioned Lu Jiu's personal vendetta.

"Lu Sizhen's weakness is too obvious, I really don't know how he got to this day in the sinister officialdom!" Tian Fuzhen was half talking to herself, half questioning.

"It's not simple, his son was still young, his wings weren't hard yet, and he didn't have the ability to cheat his father!"

"Heh, the pit word is used well, and the general has been witty lately!"

Li Xin was embarrassed, and he popped out a word that did not exist in the world, "Tian Fuzun makes fun of it!" Then the conversation changed, "Look at this message!" He handed a letter on the case to Tian Fuzhen.

"Weird, weird!" Tian Fuzhen shook the letterhead he received from Li Xin's hand, "Is the information true?" ”

"Gu Shishi went in person, it wouldn't be wrong! Recently, Fan Yongdou's eldest son and Li Fengxiang, the director of the Xuanfu, have been hot, which is not a very good sign. ”

Tian Fuzhen said: "Li Fengxiang and his person Tian have heard of it, he is quite loyal, and he can do his duty well!" ”

"I'm afraid I'm afraid that on the word loyalty, if he looks like our senior supervisor, he really doesn't have much to worry about." Li Xin's worried color.

"Maybe the general thinks too much, Li Fengxiang can be a eunuch with a complicated interpersonal relationship, not necessarily easy to match."

Nobunaga breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, walked around the house, and turned back.

"Speaking of grain, they collected it at a high price, why didn't they just transport it out of the side wall, but hoarded it in Xuanfu first?"

Tian Fuzhen was also suspicious of this, "Do they want to use the grain they have to buy Li Fengxiang?" In exchange for unimpeded passage between the border walls of the Xuanfu Shuwei? But 50,000 stone of grain is not a small amount......"

"There is also this possibility, as the saying goes, if you can't bear the child can't trap the wolf, Fan Yongdou will give up this money! With this money, he can still earn back ten times and a hundred times on Jiannu and Daming! ”

"We should also prepare some corresponding countermeasures, and we can't just stare at it!"

Li Xin nodded and agreed with Tian Fuzhen's suggestion, "The top priority is to let Lu Jiu establish contact with our people in the Mongolian army first, so that we can find out the whereabouts of the 200,000 taels of silver." 200,000 taels of silver is not a decimal number, presumably it will not be far away, if the silver can be snatched back, it can solve our urgent needs! ”

"Didn't the general suspect that the man might have cast a tartar?"

Li Xin sighed: "There is no way to do it, we are far away from the truth and falsehood ahead, and the specific details may be difficult to grasp, let Lu Jiu and Gu Fourteen judge, and they can only open the gap in this person first!" ”

The Wenhua Hall of the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Sizhi's words are chiseled, and his language is sharp, and it is extremely rare for him to have such an aggressive posture.

"Shengshang, the matter has been ascertained, the reason why the merchants bought grain at a high price was to supply the Xuanfu military rations, in order to protect the safety of the business, and now there is a military newspaper from Li Fengxiang, the military director of the Xuanfu, to testify, which is enough to prove that the previous rumors are all with ulterior motives."

He was naturally referring to Li Xin, who was the head of the rumors, and Zhu Youzhen was now tired of hearing that someone had complained about the impeachment of Li Xin, and even his teacher said that this matter was no exception, so he waved his hand and said: "There is no evidence, and there is no evil consequence, what are you talking about?" It is unsettling, and this matter should not be mentioned again. Moreover, it is rare for a businessman to have such a fist, and he can be rewarded according to the old practice! ”

Seeing that Zhang Sizhi was a little difficult to support, Li Shiwen, the head of the household, jumped out again, "The minister also has this play!" ”

Zhu Youzhen was even more impatient when he saw that he jumped out, and he didn't have to guess to know that the momentum of his fight was definitely aimed at Li Xin. Sure enough, "The minister got a report from the people below that Li Xin wantonly purchased jade wheat from Beizhili, Shandong and other places, and his deeds were suspicious!" ”

Li Shiwen took Yumai to talk about things, and it was also established in the Chongzhen period, since the early years of Wanli, Yumai has always been a special offer of the palace, so it is called Yumai, and then it is called to come and go, and it is called Yumai. By the time of the Apocalypse, Yumai had been cultivated on a large scale north of the Yellow River, and the wealthy people gradually began to eat it. Li Xin's inner intentions in the Wuchen wantonly acquisition of this kind of still somewhat sensitive stuff are worthy of in-depth study.

Sure enough, Zhu Youzhen was not very impatient after hearing this, and even asked Li Shi to ask him carefully. But what Li Shiwen knew was only a partial understanding, and he couldn't tell the details of the situation.

Zhu Youzhen suddenly remembered that Gao Shiming's secret report did mention a few words about Li Xin's collection of grain seeds and opening up the wasteland, although he didn't say what kind of grain it was, he thought it was the jade wheat that Li Shiwen said. This reassured him, it didn't rain, and it was understandable to buy some food for emergencies, these old guys, in order to hit Li Xin, did not hesitate to make a big fuss.

"I know, and I won't mention the matter of Yumai again!"

The important ministers advised again and again, saying that this matter was sensitive and should not be careless, and Zhu Youzhen was really annoyed, so he agreed to compromise a step, "Since the secretary insisted, then I will send someone to inquire, if there is a reasonable explanation and reason, you will not mention it again in the future!" ”

Zhu Youzhen wanted to send a eunuch to perfunctory, but Zhang Sizhi further raised it, this matter is not trivial, and he must send foreign ministers, and immediately proposed a candidate, that is, Li Yuefu, the left deputy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Later, the important ministers seconded the proposal one after another, and Zhu Youzhen was annoyed, so he hastily agreed, and "bombed" several important ministers out, and the whole hall suddenly quieted down.

……

Outside the border wall, Lu Jiu's cavalry crossed the Haliutu River first, and waited for the second echelon of Zhang Shirenadier Battalion on the east bank. This year is really a year of great drought, not only Shanxi, but also outside the plug has not rained, and the Haliutu River is now only a trickling stream, and adults can cross the river in two steps.

Lu Jiu set up a pergola with his hands, looked up at the scorching sun above his head, if it continued like this, there would not be a drop of water left in the trickle in front of him, and a drought would also break out on the grassland, and it was conceivable that herds of cattle, sheep and livestock would die of thirst because of the loss of water sources.

Although all the cavalry dismounted and rested, they were close to the horses, and kept the highest vigilance at all times, because the camp of the Tumut tribe was stationed in the lower reaches of the Haliutu River, which was only a few dozen miles away.

Although Li Xin captured Batu Khan of the Tumut Department in the Battle of Xuanfu Town, he later considered that he still had a strong uncle eyeing him, so it was better to let him take power than the slightly weaker Batu. Therefore, Li Xin let it go after weighing it, and although Batu patted his chest and swore to the sky and the earth as he left, he would always be loyal to his master, Li Xin, but no one took the words of this untrustworthy man seriously.

Lu Jiu's purpose here was not to come at the Tumut Ministry, so he didn't want to provoke them. He had already sent someone to communicate with his own people in the Mongol army several times, and the other party clearly told him that he had been informed of the whereabouts of the silver, and that in the next few days, when the gong was about to be transferred, he had agreed to meet by the Haliutu River, but the time had passed the agreed moment, and the person had not yet appeared.

Soon, Zhang Shishi came with his grenadier battalion first, and as soon as Zhang Shishi met, he hurriedly pulled Lu Jiu and said that there was something important to discuss.

"What is mysterious and mysterious that you can't say it in public?"

"It's not a good thing, my brother just met someone from Xinpingbao who asked for help, we just left Xinpingbao, the Mongols were overwhelmed by a large army on the back foot, you and my brother have to go back to the division to save Xinpingbao, dozens of people from the field service team, and our auxiliaries are also in Xinpingbao, if you walk a few steps late, I'm afraid it's too late!"

Zhang Shi said for a long time, but seeing that Lu Jiu was indifferent, he said, "Why isn't Brother Lu ready to leave?" ”

After a long time, Lu Jiucai said slowly: "I'm afraid it's too late to save Xinpingbao or not, but 200,000 taels of silver is close at hand, my brother just received the news, and he will be transferred in a few days, if he misses this opportunity, where can he find it?" If you can't get it right, it's an empty walk! ”

Zhang Shi disagreed, "If the silver is gone, you can find it again and rob it, if the person is gone, where can you find it?" Including the Field Service Team, those are hundreds of brothers of our Three Guards! ”

The two of them quarreled over whether to return to the teacher, and Zhang Shi insisted on going back to rescue Xinpingbao, thinking that as long as there was a glimmer of hope, he could not give up. On the contrary, Lu Jiu believes that the task of recovering the silver should be completed first.

After an argument, the two finally parted ways, and Zhang Shi returned to Xinping Fort overnight with the grenadier battalion.