Out of the West Mountain Building, Yingyi walked a few steps briskly and got into an alley diagonally opposite.

There aren't many people in Ye County anymore. The county respects Zheng Yunzhi and is not limited to entry and exit, and the people know that they are stealing, and those who have a way are gone. Judging from Zheng Yunzhi's behavior, Yingyi can see that he is a good official, but he is not a qualified official.

As a county magistrate, he has the responsibility to guard the land. The people who let the county town flee for refuge, making the county seat empty. This seemed to be a good thing, but it pushed Ye County to the edge of the cliff. How can the county town be defended when there is no one? The people fled, and the officers and men who might have had some of the intention of holding on to it were already panicking. Maybe at some point, they will be scattered.

In the end, he was left alone, living and dying with the city. The name is preserved, but it is useless in current affairs.

Sun Xiucai said that he was a first-class jinshi in Chongzhen's 12 years and was quite talented. But in Yingyi's view, it's nothing more than that. Of course, maybe Zheng Yunzhi has seen through the world and has already died.

From Yingyi's point of view, since Zheng Yunzhi has become an official, he must take on the responsibility of being an official. The thieves are ferocious, and natural disasters have been going on for many years, so what? Isn't this exactly the problem that officials should solve? If they do not solve the problem, they will be passive and right, and they will not be able to do so.

worked hard to solve the problem, even if it couldn't be solved in the end, it was a good effort, so that he was worthy of the official skin, and he was worthy of death.

Yingyi also knows that this is probably an ideal state. How many officials may know this truth in their hearts, but doing it is another matter. There are not many people who can unite words and deeds, knowledge and deeds. Whether it is this time and space, or the era hundreds of years later, they are essentially the same.

Ying Yi hid in the alleys, feeling the air of decadence, negativity and emptiness, which was probably a common phenomenon in the late Ming Dynasty. However, Ying Yi didn't have so much energy to feel it, he stared at Xishan Tower, standing in his position, he could just see the situation of the people at the table in the front window of Xishan Tower.

There were five people in total. It's all neat and neat. Three of them behaved recklessly, and the other two were not, especially the one with a tender face, giving people the temperament of a lady - it was a woman dressed as a man!

Yingyi can see it at a glance.

When leaving the inn, Yingyi heard their conversation, which seemed to involve the salaries of officers and soldiers. It was also implicated in the thieves. And they call the thief the king of Chuang, which shows that he is not the same as the Ming court. Especially the word 'robbery', which made Ying Yi have some thoughts.

"These people are related to the thieves and may be able to take advantage of them. ”

Originally, Ying Yi decided to leave the city early in the morning, just like when he came in last night, and found a remote place to jump.

But now, he decided to wait and see.

After about a moment, five people walked out of the West Mountain Building, looked around for a while, and entered an alley. Ying Yi followed from a distance, and saw that the five of them had arrived at a remote place at the corner of the city wall, and lifted a tattered door panel, revealing a hole no more than two feet in size.

Ying Yi was taken aback!

Look at the size of the hole, fully meet the passage of a person.

The three of them were on guard, and the fake man and another very respectful middle-aged man climbed out first. Then the remaining three Cao Mang also went out two, and the last one did not go out, and the hole was re-covered with the door panel before leaving. But unexpectedly, a hand reached out behind his back, covered his mouth, and dragged him aside.

This man was taken aback, struggling desperately, but where did he break free? Yingyi's hands were like steel, he restrained him stiffly, dragged him into the alley in a few steps, and first punched him in the abdomen, hitting his body like a boiled shrimp, and he couldn't shout in pain, and then Yingyi squatted down and asked him, "Say, who are you?"

The man gasped for a moment, looked panicked, and cried out weakly, "Who are you, and why are you beating me?"

Ying Yi sneered: "Pretend to be with me?"

The backhand was a slap, and he spit out half of his bloody teeth: "Say, who is that fake man? What is the military salary from Ganxi? What is the relationship between you and the thief? What are your plans?!"

When this person heard this, his face turned blue with horror, he roared, turned over and bounced straight at Yingyi, Yingyi slapped like lightning, and knocked him to the ground again: "If it falls into my hands, do you still want to resist?" Explain it clearly, I will give you a good time, I don't understand that I call you worse than death!"

As he spoke, Yingyi coldly stepped on one of his hands, and before he could scream, he covered his mouth again.

After a moment, Ying Yi let go of his hand: "Say." ”

This man seems to be a tough guy, but in fact he is nothing more than that. The thieves and the others suffered hardships, and they poured beans at the moment, and told everything they knew.

They did gather here for the military pay from Ganxi. The three reckless, including this person, are all people who are the generals under the command of the thieves, Hao Shaoqi, and they are old thieves who have accumulated years. Although Zheng Yunzhi closed the city gate, he was also sneaked in by them.

This dog hole is their handiwork these days.

The woman dressed as a man, surnamed Yuan, he didn't know what the specific name was, only called Yuan Gongzi. The news of the military salary in western Jiangxi came from Yuan Gongzi's mouth. This Yuan Gongzi was determined to take refuge in the thieves, contacted Hao Shaoqi, and took the news of the secret transfer of military salaries from western Jiangxi by the Nanjing Sixth Department as a letter of nomination.

This batch of military salaries was not small, and it was two million taels of silver.

According to the information revealed by Yuan Gongzi, this batch of military salaries is the military salary for suppressing thieves. It is the hole card used by the Ming court to boost the morale of the army. The Ming Dynasty is now about to be overturned, and the two million taels of silver were mobilized, but I don't know how much effort it spent, but it was ruined by a woman.

When Yingyi heard this, she didn't know what it was like in her heart.

The thief also said that this batch of two million taels of silver will arrive in Ye County in a few days. And they were ordered by Hao Shaoqi to come here to fight the front station. And Yuan Gongzi and that middle-aged man are Yuan Gongzi's entourage. When they went out this time, they contacted Hao Shaoqi in real time, and prepared to start as soon as the military salary arrived.

"Where is Hao Shaoqi now?"

Yingyi asked him.

"In Yuzhou. ”

Ying Yi listened, and some information came to her mind. Ye County belongs to Nanyang Prefecture and is located at the junction of the three prefectures. To the northwest is Ruzhou Prefecture, and to the northeast is Kaifeng Prefecture. There are two nearby counties, Jiaxian in Ruzhou Prefecture and Xiangcheng County in Kaifeng Prefecture, while Yuzhou is located in the north of Xiangcheng County and is adjacent to Xiangcheng.

The previous time the officers and soldiers failed to suppress the thieves, Wang Qiaonian was defeated and died, and it was in Xiangcheng. It is less than one hundred and fifty miles away from Ye County.

Ying Yi thought a lot for a moment, if the military salary was mobilized to Ye County, it would only mean one problem, that is, the war against thieves was about to start again. Maybe Yang Wenyue and Zuo Liangyu, who were licking their wounds in Huguang, had already started with a large army.

In the middle of his thoughts, Yingyi asked him again: "I heard that a tiger and Luo Ru have just passed through Ye County. And with the momentum of your thieves, it is not difficult to defeat Ye County, why do you make so many small moves in one move?"

The man said: "The master does not want to startle the snake. ”