After visiting the residences of Cui Chengxiu, Wang Wenyan, and Wang Tiqian, it was already evening when Li Xiao returned to the post house. His body was not very tired, but his mind was very tired.

Ao Canghai and the others were waiting outside, fully armed, and Fifth Master was already on his way. Li Hu, supported by Yan Rong, looked at Li Xiao longingly and did not dare to speak.

Li Xiao closed his eyes and kept tapping his fingers on the chair. No one knew what he was waiting for. The posthouse was so quiet that there was a risk of becoming a ghost. All the postmen in the posthouse were hiding in the room, and they could see through the doors and windows. I looked outside during the break, wondering what these soldiers were up to. They had made a lot of noise in the capital this month, and these guys weren't going to stop.

What a scene!

There was a burst of people neighing, and a large number of Jin Yiwei appeared at the door. The leader was wearing a flying fish suit and holding an embroidered spring knife. It was not Xu Xianchun or someone else. The person behind Xu Xianchun was wearing a conical hat unique to Dongchang Fanzi, and it was Sun Yunhe.

The postmen are scared to death. They don't know what the fuss is about tonight. Jin Yiwei and Dongchang are dispatched together again. Could it be that the fuss is going to be like Wanli's?

Xu Xianchun and Sun Yunhe didn't say anything when they saw Li Xiao sitting in the hall. They cupped their fists and raised their hands to Li Xiao and waited aside with their arms akimbo.

Ai Husheng noticed that Li Xiao withdrew one of his tapping fingers.

After a while, a carriage stopped at the door of the post house. The people on the carriage did not get off, and the boy driving the carriage stood at the gate and saluted Li Xiao from a distance. Li Xiao withdrew one finger again!

When a young chamberlain appeared in the hall to greet Li Xiao, the main forces in Beijing were basically present.

Li Xiao's eyes suddenly opened, and without saying a word, he strode towards the door and jumped on his horse: "Let's go!"

Everyone in the house came out with a cheer, and those who got on horses got on horses and carriages, and others got on carriages. Li Hu took two steps, and his face was throbbing in pain as his wounds were touched. Mao Wenlong curled his lips and sighed. He put his hands into his sleeves. Inside, I wandered back to the house.

Li Xiao brought representatives of all the big forces in the capital with him this time. Even Wang Tiqian, who represented the emperor, sent his own personal eunuch. Of course, he didn't have much power to influence things. But it was a human-shaped camera that would take him Tell the emperor exactly what he saw.

The power system of the Ming Dynasty was sometimes very strange. The power of the eunuchs was great but very fragile. There were rebellious eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty, but most of them were eunuchs who were loyal to the emperor. Although they had power over the entire government, they only needed a note from the emperor. The rights of the eunuchs will be like sand sculptures covered by the waves. They will instantly collapse into pieces!

In the hundreds of years of the Ming Dynasty, there had never been eunuchs like those in the Han and Tang Dynasties.

He walked from Changping to Huailai, Yanqing, a journey of three hundred miles, which took Li Xiao two days and three nights.

Xuanfu Town occupied the land of Jizhou, and it was Shanggu County in the Qin and Han Dynasties; in the first year of Emperor Taizong of the Liao Dynasty, Shi Jingtang of the Later Jin Dynasty cut off the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun and dedicated them to the Khitan, and it belonged to the Liao Kingdom; after the Jin Dynasty destroyed the Liao Dynasty, it belonged to the Jin Dynasty; in the Yuan Dynasty, it belonged to the Shangdu Road of Zhongshu Province In the Ming Dynasty, it belonged to the capital and the commander of Wanzhou. When Gu Zuyu discussed the geographical situation of the Great Wall in Xuanfu Town in "Miscellaneous Notes on Reading History", he said: "Hold the solid ground in the clouds on your right", sincerely guarding the important frontier land.

Xuanhua Prefecture set up a general military officer in the seventh year of Yongle, and it was first called Xuanfu Town.

When Li Xiao saw the Xuanfu city walls in the distance through the dim moonlight, he immediately ordered Jin Yiwei and Dongchang's fans to open the way in front. He led his team to follow closely behind, no matter how many soldiers he had and how capable he was. In the Xuanfu where there were many soldiers, Jinyiwei and Dongchang's font sizes were more effective.

Sure enough, when Xu Xianchun and Sun Yunhe arrived hand in hand to hand over their badges, Wang Tong, the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu who had already been waiting on the city tower, immediately ordered the city gates to be opened and personally greeted this extraordinary team.

Yesterday evening, a group of Jinyi guards suddenly came. It was actually led by a commander. After entering Xuanfu City, without saying a word, they rushed into the prison with the people and did not mention arresting people in the prison.

Stationed inside the prison, it seems like he is protecting someone.

Wang Tong was able to join the general army. Not only was he able to lead troops in battle, he also had a bright mind. He knew very well who the Jinyiwei were. Even in the capital, there were not many people who could touch the Jinyiwei. Find the commander named Cui Yingyuan.

After having good food, drinks and hospitality, I spent hundreds of taels of silver to understand the situation.

He didn't expect that such a big thing happened here, and there was a team with a higher standard behind him. Wang Tong quickly mobilized his men to inquire about the situation, and finally felt relieved after finding that it had nothing to do with him.

Now Wang Tong is secretly happy. He has only been transferred to the Xuan Mansion for more than a month. He and Governor Zhu Zhifeng cannot urinate in the same pot, but there is nothing he can do now. There are people in Zhu Zhifeng's court who are in Xuan Mansion.

The government is a local snake that has been in business for five or six years. If he wants to confront him, Wang Tong does not have the strength.

It's good now, someone from the capital will take care of you. If you are defeated, Zhu Zhifeng, the entire Xuanfu will be my empire.

Cooperate! You must actively cooperate!

Wang Tong did not send anyone to notify the governor Zhu Zhifeng. Instead, he and his personal guards waited on the city tower for a day against the strong spring wind of Xuan Mansion. At night, he finally saw the people coming from the capital.

Dear relatives! You are finally here!

"This must be the Shangguan from the capital!" Seeing Xu Xianchun and Sun Yunhe, they were very respectful to this young man, and there were even eunuchs following behind him. Wang Tong became shameless and bowed to Li Xiao.

He is the chief military officer, and Li Xiao just regards the gap in general level as the gap between a commander of a large military region and a commander of a small regiment, uh... or battalion commander.

Li Xiao was a little baffled by Wang Tong's enthusiasm, but he soon realized that this matter had nothing to do with him. Maybe the person who imprisoned Mangui was still his enemy. The enemy of his enemy is his friend. This rule has always been in political relations.

Midway.

"I don't dare to take it seriously. Li is just a boss. This time...!"

"Official positions don't matter, everyone from the capital is a superior! Superior! Please come in. I will prepare a small glass of wine to wash away the dust of the superior." Regardless of his age, Wang Tong held his hands in front of his chest with a smile on his face.

The wrinkles on my forehead have opened up!

Since ancient times, the saying that money is not spent in vain has been a wise saying. When Cui Yingyuan handed over the money, Li Xiao's status in the capital was completely destroyed.

Nowadays, there are still people with such great ability, and the big guys in the capital let him use him. If he doesn't curry favor with him, it will simply be unjust and unacceptable. Before Li Xiao came, Wang Tong made a decision.

Determined to overcome all difficulties, he must win over this future upstart of the Ming Dynasty.

"General Wang graciously accepted Li, but Li's brother is still in jail. Li wants to go to jail...!"

"It's okay for the superior officer to pay a visit, but that place is under the control of the governor's office. I can't do it even if I try my best. I can only send some meals for the occasion in the past two days to show off the camaraderie among the soldiers!"

"General Wang is interested. Please note this down, and you will definitely be rewarded in the future." Li Xiao looked at the smiling old man with a gray beard. This damn man is really good material for an official, but he doesn't think much about soldiers.

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With the Ming army under such people, it would be really difficult to defeat the Eight Banners as fierce as a tiger.

"Then I will take the messenger to the prison, please!" Wang Tong said and led the way. The group quickly crossed the street and arrived at a street next to the governor's Yamen.

The guard guarding the gate saw so many people and immediately alerted the people inside. Before Li Xiao and others could get closer, no fewer than twenty people rushed out. Each one of them was holding a fire stick in his hand and stared at the approaching team with eager eyes.

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Li Xiao pulled Wang Tong's sleeve with his hand, and Wang Tong was stunned for a moment.

"Pa", "pa", "pa"...! A row of soldiers knelt down on one knee, and a row of soldiers stood behind them. Two rows of bullets were fired at the jailers who rushed out!

Wang Tong was shocked. He didn't expect this person to be so ruthless. He didn't even say hello when he started, and saw blood flying from a dozen people. In the blink of an eye, there were more than a dozen corpses lying on the ground, and six or seven others were injured.

Screaming people.

"Come on, rescue Mr. Man." Ao Canghai ordered, and Li Xiao's soldiers rushed in like wolves.

When he came, Li Xiao had already discussed with Ao Canghai, and this time he would strike preemptively. No matter what Man Gui did, he had to get the person out first. Anyway, no matter how big the trap was this time, the above

There were also people protecting him. In order to win the throne this time, Li Xiao spent a lot of money and even invited Wang Wenyan to come out.

Wang Wenyan watched in the dark and curled his lips with a smile. This kid is really ruthless and decisive in killing. He will be a material for big things in the future.

The sound of gunshots was as loud as popping beans. The orders received by these soldiers in Pidao were to kill without mercy in case of resistance. Once an honest man receives a military order, he will execute it without hesitation. This is also the benefit of Li Xiao calling them!

All of them have been on the battlefield and seen blood. This scene is simply trivial. They have attacked the Shuntian Mansion Prison in the capital, not to mention a broken cell in Xuan Mansion.

"Boom!" There was a loud noise, which made Wang Tong shiver. He didn't know what this was!

"Let's go! Go in and see Master Man!" Li Xiao ignored the injured guards who were howling on the ground. When he walked into the courtyard, he saw Man Gui being helped out of the cell by Master Wu. Behind him, Cui Yingyuan led

A group of Jinyi guards stayed close by. When they saw Li Xiao, Cui Yingyuan cupped his fists and saluted.

It had only been two months since they last met, and Li Xiao almost didn't dare to recognize that the person in front of him was Man Gui.

The cotton inside the clothes was turned black. The whole body exuded a sour smell, and the beard and hair could not be distinguished at all. Under the firelight, you could even see some dark red and white guys running back and forth inside.

His nose and eyes could not be seen clearly at all, and his whole body was out of shape. God knows how much Man Gui has suffered in the past two months!

"Brother Xiao! You're here!" Man Gui, who kills without blinking an eye, saw Li Xiao crying like a baby in confinement.

"Master Man, what's going on!" Li Xiao quickly hugged Man Gui and took out his handkerchief to wipe Man Gui's tears.

"I want to kill Zhu Laosan, I want to kill Zhu Laosan. Dozens of our brothers were killed by him. Tragic! Tragic!" Mangui paused and beat his chest.

"What!" When Li Xiao came, he thought the matter would be big. But he didn't expect it would be so big. There are only a hundred or so of Mangui's old brothers, and more than a dozen of them have been killed or injured in the past two years. The remaining ones are

More than eighty people, half of them have been killed now.

"Kill Zhu Laosan, I will kill Zhu Laosan!" Mangui waved his hands in excitement, and Ao Canghai slashed his neck with a knife. Mangui's body slowly softened!

"Commander Wang, who is Zhu Laosan!" Li Xiao turned back to look at Wang Tong. Now he is the person here who knows the situation best in Xuanfu.

"This is Zhu Laosan...!" Wang Tong said indifferently: "Zhu Laosan is the younger brother of Governor Zhu, because he is the third eldest. In the Xuanfu, he is called Zhu Laosan in private, and everyone calls him "Zhu Laosan" in public.

Master Zhu."

"Master Wang, ask your men to take the Jin Yiwei to ransack Zhu Laosan's house. Master Xu, please go there. Remember! Zhu Laosan and anyone who has my brother's blood on their hands will be spared alive."

"No!" Li Xiao handed Xu Xianchun two thousand taels of silver on the way. This guy was very happy to do the work.

"Master Sun!"

"Here!" Sun Yunhe clasped his fists and came out.

"Take the people from Dongchang and invite the governor Zhu here." Li Xiao knew that it would be fine for the Jin Yiwei to scare the sixth and seventh-rank officials. But the power of a third-rank official like the governor would be greatly reduced.

Dongchang is different. He acts arbitrarily and has the right to kill first and report later. Not to mention a mere governor, even the governor of Jiliao, Wang Zaijin, trembled in his heart when he saw Dongchang's story. He was afraid of offending these people who eat people without spitting out their bones.

My lord, this resulted in a fatal disaster.

"No!" Sun Yunhe also got Li Xiao's money, hugged Li Xiao with a fist, and left with his Dongchang Fanzi.

"Settle down Master Man!" Li Xiao ordered, and the soldiers carried Man Gui to the room where the jailers rested.

"General Wang, you should know what's going on. Tell me!" Someone brought two chairs, and Li Xiao and Wang Tong sat in the middle of the prison courtyard to talk.

"It has been less than two months since I took office, and this incident happened before I took office. I have heard about many things, and I don't know whether they are accurate or not. Please be patient!" Wang Tong saw.

Li Xiao was so cruel that he immediately thought about how to take it out first.

"Oh, it turns out that General Wang has just arrived. In that case, please tell me what you heard!"

"Here's the thing! Those people under your command are all Mongolians. Although many of them also farm, they are still Mongolians. The boundaries of Xuanfu are not good. It is close to the outside of the Great Wall and the wind and sand are strong. The harvest in the fields has always been poor.

Not so good! These Mongolians have to pay land rent, so there won't be much food left.

You took these people back and made them all extremely rich. If others don't talk about it, let's talk about Mr. Mangui Man. You actually brought back thousands of taels of silver. Who wouldn't be jealous of you?

When I heard that I had earned money by following you to fight against the Tartars, I wanted to expand the army there. Every one of these Mongolians became excited. After all, life here is too poor. Many Han people also want to follow Mangui.

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Chapter completed!