Light snow is flying, spreading all over the land of Yuhang.
In December in Hangzhou, the weather suddenly became very cold, and within a few days, it actually snowed.
In the second year of the Yuan Dynasty, in winter, the twelfth lunar month, the first snowfall in Hangzhou was probably also the only snowfall.
In the south of Hangzhou City, hundreds of soldiers escorted a dozen injured silent black soldiers, walking through the south city in the light snow.
Li Xuan, wearing ordinary black clothes and chainmail, walked at the front, carrying a heavy Zhang Changlong on her shoulders.
His handsome face looked as clean as if it had just been washed, but the black clothes on his body looked as if they had been soaked with sweat and were now completely dry.
It dries out before it snows.
Not only Li Xuan, but also the hundreds of new recruits in black behind him all looked the same.
Hundreds of black-clad recruits lined up in threes and threes, equipped with long spears, bows and arrows, armors, helmets, long and short knives, and shields, all of which were indispensable.
Although everyone held their heads high and held their chests high, they were in good spirits, but a trace of fatigue could still be seen while walking.
The people around him couldn't help but point and point when they saw this scene.
On the city wall, two police officers, one tall and one short, wearing black brocade clothes, frowned as they watched Li Xuan lead the people away and return to the navy station.
"The King of Nanchang entered the mountain this time, and it seems that he captured a lot of innocent black soldiers." A short catcher turned sideways and looked at his companions with a solemn expression.
Another tall catcher held the Heng Dao in front of his chest and said calmly: "Hangzhou Prefecture did not stop us from entering the mountain. Hangzhou Fa Cao's catchers also tried their best to help. We also found him after entering the mountain several times. A few silent attacks, but what a result!"
Of course, there was no result. Every time they found the black pawns, the policemen from the Hangzhou Governor's Office started shouting from a distance, running slowly but shouting loudly. Before they could run over, the group of black pawns had already moved away.
"That's because those agents are cowardly and unwilling to fight tooth and nail." The short catcher sneered. He could see through the nature of these Hangzhou agents at a glance.
"Are you able to pay people a salary or give them a promotion?" The tall catcher rolled his eyes at him angrily, and then said with a sneer: "You don't really think Master Shangshu sent the two of us to Hangzhou, just to You really want to catch Wenxu and relieve that young master, right?"
"Isn't it true? Our good police officer from the Criminal Department came to Hangzhou just to catch the traitor so that the young master can escape?" The short head catcher couldn't understand.
The tall catcher sighed, glanced sideways at his companion, and said helplessly: "You are said to be smart in handling cases, but you are really smart. Let's say you are confused. You are really confused. So what if that young man escapes? His future in Hangzhou is ruined, and he can't go back to Chang'an. He can only stay in Hangzhou until the end of his term, and then be transferred to another place. It doesn't matter whether he catches the traitor or not."
The short man immediately became dissatisfied: "Then why do you think we came to Hangzhou?"
"Of course, keep an eye on the King of Nanchang. Don't let him use this matter to cause trouble again. Lord Shangshu really suffered a loss this time. Even the holy family members are missing a lot from the Queen of Heaven." The tall arrester The first sentence made the matter clear and also pointed out Li Xuan's difficulty.
The short catcher seemed to be digesting these things. After a moment, he slowly asked: "Then what should we do next?"
"Of course we want people. Let's go to the Navy to ask for people. The soldiers under the King of Nanchang can only arrest people without waiting for trial. Let's ask for people here, but don't let him really catch Wenxu, lest he You said something you shouldn't have said again." After the tall catcher finished speaking, he turned around and left.
The short catcher hurriedly followed up and said in a low voice: "What do you think the King of Nanchang is doing? Three thousand soldiers are either going to the sea to hold their breath or climbing mountains non-stop. What's the use of that?"
The tall catcher stopped, looked at his companions with stern eyes, and said coldly: "I don't know the reason, but I understand that there are some things that you shouldn't ask. If you ask too many questions, you will lose your head. .”
Anyone spying on military aircraft shall be killed!
At the Hangzhou Navy Station, the cold wind was biting and light snow covered the area.
On the dock, 600 shirtless soldiers jumped directly into Qiantang from the shore.
River.
It wasn't until he couldn't breathe that he emerged from the bottom of the river.
Around the school grounds, six hundred soldiers were walking quickly with thick rolling logs on their shoulders.
Even though their bodies were covered with sweat, they did not stop for a moment and kept gritting their teeth.
In the center of the school grounds, six hundred soldiers in thick clothes all had long spears on their hands, and they kept thrusting forward hard.
By the end of the day, my wrists were almost swollen but they kept going.
In the back room of the school ground, six hundred soldiers were resting casually. From time to time, someone would bring hot fish soup, which was very comfortable.
Occasionally looking at the brutally training companions outside, a group of people immediately burst into bursts of laughter.
Outside the school grounds, Li Xuan led 600 soldiers and returned from the navy station with a dozen unscrupulous soldiers.
"Put them all in the dungeon and tell the brothers of Qian Niuwei to greet them well." Li Xuan turned sideways and ordered Li Yi, the captain of Guoyi.
"Here!" Li Yi didn't hesitate at all and immediately turned around and sent the person to the dungeon.
Li Yi was a member of the Li clan in Yangzhou. He originally served in Youzhou. This time, the Yangzhou Li clan deliberately transferred him south to serve under Li Xuan.
Li Xuan waved his hand, and the soldiers who followed him immediately returned to the back quarters to rest.
Throughout the whole day, except for the long-distance raid at the beginning to capture the black soldiers, they almost spent the rest of the time climbing mountains, climbing mountains, and climbing mountains again. Carrying dozens of kilograms of weapons and armor, they climbed mountains repeatedly. Come down.
Li Xuan, like everyone else, does not have any privileges because of her identity.
He even deliberately did not use his cultivation, just to allow his body to quickly adapt to the thin air environment in a very short period of time.
This is a preparation method Li Xuan specially thought up to deal with altitude sickness.
Regardless of whether it was useful or not, at least under extreme exhaustion, the state of extreme hypoxia made some soldiers who had been to the Tubo Plateau feel very real.
Returning to his courtyard, Yu Ze, who was sorting out his daily training status, immediately stood up: "Your Majesty!"
"What happened to those two people?" Li Xuan walked over, poured a cup of hot tea from the teapot, and drank it all in one gulp.
"Still wandering around the city of Hangzhou, looking at this house and staring at that house. All the major families in Hangzhou have completely targeted them to death. They are doing the same thing as they have been doing every day for the past half month. There is no trace of anything. Harvest." A slight smile appeared on Yu Ze's lips.
"Yeah!" Li Xuan nodded and said, "I went into the mountains several times with no results and even made them complain. Naturally, they won't go there again."
"Fortunately, they didn't go again, otherwise I wouldn't know when they would die in the mountains." Yu Ze couldn't help but feel funny when he thought of what happened in the past half month.
"No, fortunately it's not them, it's us." Li Xuan looked up at Yu Ze and said softly: "Actually, the really smart person is our Shangshu Pei, who only used two small chess pieces to win the game. This is a good way to suppress all the grievances of the Hangzhou aristocratic family and the upper and lower bureaucracy!"
Li Xuan whispered, thinking of Pei Yan who calmly and coldly dealt with everything in Chang'an City, and felt a surge of emotion in his heart.
He is really an old fox!
In early October, the news that the Zhoushan pirates attacked Hangzhou City at night and were annihilated reached the court, and the court was immediately excited.
Without the Zhoushan pirates, Yuezhou, Taizhou, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Changzhou and other southeastern coastal states do not have to worry about the threat of pirates for the time being. Not only the money and food spent on it every year has been greatly reduced, but the annual tax payment by the states can also be relaxed. many.
However, before the central ministers could relax for a moment, an official from Hangzhou reported that Hangzhou's Fa Cao had joined the army and committed treason, which immediately shocked everyone.
The memorial clearly states that the salary money from the governor's office in Hangzhou was stolen and was later found underwater in the residence of Xue Zhongzhang, the new military officer.
Moreover, Xue Zhongzhang's mansion was given to him by Xiaoshan Colonel Wenxu.
Xiaoshan Captain Wenxu, the former deputy head of the Yuhang Hall of the Tianyin Sect, is now under the command of the King of the East China Sea.
Xue Zhongzhang was attacked at night in Hangzhou
That night, Wenxu got drunk by chance, and then slept on the flower boat.
The most surprising thing was that after his family found the stolen salary money from the governor's office in Hangzhou, he actually produced a secret order from the Ministry of Punishment asking him to thoroughly investigate the conspiracy between officials and clans in Hangzhou.
The governor of Hangzhou, Lai Jingye, Chief Shi Hu Yu, Sima Yuan Yi, Guan Mi, who joined the army as a recorder, and Liu Cao, who joined the army, jointly signed the memorial.
There is no exaggeration in the memorial, and it tries to restore the truth of what happened that day as much as possible.
What each person said is recorded in the memorial.
Hangzhou officials asked the Central Committee to conduct a thorough investigation to see if the Ministry of Punishment had this official document and secret order.
The imperial court had not yet investigated the origin of this official document. In the blink of an eye, the imperial censor had already impeached Xue Zhongzhang for his incompetence.
Immediately afterwards, a large number of officials from the southeast complained of grievances. At the same time, they impeached Pei Yan, the Minister of Punishment, for nepotism and unjustly accused Zhongliang, and begged the court to clear their names.
For a time, all the eyes of the government and the public were on Pei Yan.
There is obviously insufficient evidence to say that Xue Zhongzhang was connected with the King of Donghai, but no one can deny that he is incompetent in handling the case.
But everyone knows that the real focus of this matter is not Xue Zhongzhang, but Pei Yan.
Pei Yan knows people poorly and is incompetent. This hat has been firmly placed on his head.
Everyone understands that Pei Yan must have given the secret order, but the reason why the secret order is a secret order is that it must not be taken out easily.
But at the critical moment, Xue Zhongzhang directly sold Pei Yan in order to protect himself.
However, although this matter greatly reduced Pei Yan's holy family, it did not bring him down. After all, it was a fact that there were remnants of the King of East China Sea in Hangzhou.
Wei Wenxu of Xiaoshan County was a member of the King of East China Sea, and this was reported to him by Hangzhou himself.
Therefore, although the Ministry of Punishments handled matters inappropriately, it was essentially correct.
Pei Yan argued hard in the court, but strangely, at this time, the Hangzhou governor's office did not pursue the matter fiercely, but instead fell silent.
In the end, Empress Wu came forward to protect Pei Yan, but asked the Ministry of Punishment and the Hangzhou Government to arrest Wen Xu as soon as possible and clarify Xue Zhongzhang's culpability in this case.
After that, Pei Yan sent two criminal officials to Hangzhou, but unfortunately, nothing has been found yet.
"Although the Southeast Family is aggrieved, Pei Yan is right. They do have problems." Li Xuan raised his head and glanced at Yu Ze, sighing softly: "Although we only see these two people, in the secret, who dares Are you sure, Pei Yan only sent these two people?"
Li Xuan's words made Yu Ze choke back the rest of his words.
Although Pei Yan, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, was born as a scholar, his eyesight has been honed for many years in the position of the Minister of the Ministry of Justice.
His counterattack methods are not that simple.
At this moment, footsteps sounded outside the door. Zhou Qian stood at the door and cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, people from the Ministry of Punishment and Hangzhou Prefecture are here to arrest someone."
Li Xuan stood up calmly, nodded towards Yu Ze, and Yu Ze immediately handed over and left.
Li Xuan then looked at Zhou Qian and said, "Let's go, let's go to the dungeon first and see how the Qianniuwei brothers are doing with their interrogation?"
