Daming: From the end of Hongwu

333 Chapter 331 - Xue Lu and Ji Gang

In the capital at the end of October, the chill is getting worse day by day, and some stories are also advancing in an orderly manner, just like the wind blowing from the north alley, it will always blow to the end of the alley and stop.

The servant of Zeng Gu's family in the Daming Mansion split up with Sun Cheng to ask for help. I don't know if this servant is not very eye-catching, or Sun Cheng attracted most of the Jinyiwei's attention, and he was lucky to reach the capital safely.

Afterwards, following his inquiries in the capital, on this day, he finally met Qian Shi, the governor of the right army, Xue Lu, the new Marquis of Yangwu in Jin Dynasty.

As if he had seen the savior, he cried and knelt on the ground, and while handing over the distress letter written by Zeng Gu to Xue Lu, he kowtowed sadly and begged Xue Lu for help.

Xue Lu frowned and took the letter and read it.

After a while, the content of the letter was known.

He thought back on Zeng Gu, and the prefect of the Daming Mansion he met last year when he attacked the Daming Mansion was well-spoken and had a special view on helping the world and saving the people.

Speaking of which, Zeng Gu has a lot of fate with him. Zeng Gu was originally from Jiaozhou, Shandong, and he lived in Jiaozhou when he was a child, before he went to Peiping with his father.

And what is more important to him about Zeng Gu is that when he attacked the Daming Mansion, if Zeng Gu hadn't secretly surrendered, his offensive would not have been so smooth. From this point of view, Zeng Gu can be said to be his. own people.

Xue Lu knocked on the table while thinking.

It's up to you.

Afterwards, Xue Lu opened his mouth to ask the servants of Zeng Gu's family for some more details. After knowing everything that should be known, Xue Lu smiled lightly and comforted the servant: "You don't have to worry, since I already know about this matter. , I won’t stand by and watch, and I think coming to Jinyiwei will give me some face.”

Not only did he speak easily, but he didn't think it was a big deal in his heart. Although Jin Yiwei is biting everywhere like a mad dog these days, it depends on the target. Not just anyone, Jin Yiwei can bite. of.

Xue Lu felt that as long as he and Ji Gang handed over such a sentence, Ji Gang would naturally know what to do and would not mess around again.

Hearing what Xue Lu said, the servants finally breathed a sigh of relief after worrying for many days.

Seeing this, Xue Lu tilted his head and ordered a few words to ask the family servants to take care of this person, then stood up and said: "It is better to hit the sun than to choose a day. I happen to have time today, so let's go to Jinyiwei."

After speaking, he asked people to prepare the horse.

A quarter of an hour later, the family prepared the horses, and Xue Lu headed for Jinyiwei Yamen with his personal guards.

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Jinyiwei can be said to be the most arrogant yamen recently.

Jing Nan’s meritorious officials looked at Zhu Di’s face, and Jin Yiwei’s family member Ji Gang was also considered a member of their army, so they would give some face when dealing with each other, and those old Jianwen officials, facing Jin Yiwei who was like a mad dog, had no time to hide. Naturally, he didn't dare to lose face of Jin Yiwei, and Zhu Di had a lot of trust in Jin Yiwei. Under these circumstances, how could Jin Yiwei not be arrogant, and even Ji Gang became a very popular figure in the court.

And Ji Gang is also a person with means...or maybe he can be regarded as a person with ideas.

In the Jinyiwei, he made up two envoys, the Four Great Arhats, the Eight Great Vajras, and so on. He also claimed to be a Bodhisattva, and compared the Jinyiwei's imperial prison to hell to show that the Bodhisattva sits in hell. It sounds very strange. Interesting and flamboyant, but he is not stupid, and he knows to reserve the seat of Buddha for Zhu Di.

I don't know if it's because of this reason, Zhu Di really didn't care about his mess in the Jinyiwei, and for a while, everyone in the Jinyiwei didn't care much about the original official position of the court, but one by one scrambled to be the Eight Great King Kong some type of.

When Xue Lu came to the gate of Jinyiwei Yamen, thinking of the messy things going on in Jinyiwei, he couldn't help complaining, "What kind of crap, it has a strong local gang atmosphere, and his mother is not too shameful."

Zhao Ying, the captain of his personal guard, recognized the title of the Eight Great King Kong, and couldn't help but suggest it.

"Master Hou, why do I think it's pretty good? It's so majestic when you say it, why don't we do one later?"

Xue Lu snorted and said, "What a fart, there's nothing new, and it's not as good as Boss Zhen's Ten Elements."

Ten elements?
What the hell is this?

Zhao Ying was dumbfounded.

Xue Lu glanced sideways at him, hummed a few words and said, "You know nothing." After speaking, he proudly took the lead and walked into the Jinyiwei yamen.

The captain of Jinyiwei, Lishi and other young people saw Xue Lu walking in straight, and hurriedly stepped forward to report, and soon reported to Ji Gang's ears layer by layer.

Ji Gang immediately stood up to greet him.

However, before he walked out of the house, Xue Lu had already walked over.

Xue Lu gave Ji Gang a cold look, walked straight into the room, found a chair, and sat down without waiting for Ji Gang's greeting.

Ji Gang smiled and said: "Old Xue, what's the matter, so angry?"

"Old Xue?"

Xue Lu said coldly, "Am I familiar with you?"

If it was around, Xue Lu really gave Ji Gang this face, even if he looked down on Ji Gang, but after all, Ji Gang led Zhu Di's horse and pedal, and there was no credit but hard work, but he came here this time to ask Jin Yiwei for an explanation, let alone What's more, Jin Yiwei moved his people first, so naturally he wouldn't have a good tone.

Ji Gang was stabbed coldly, and his face changed slightly. These days, all the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty, who would not give him some face, how about Cao Guogong?Instead of talking with him carefully, Xue Lu, a little Marquis, dared not give him any face in front of his subordinates.

However, Ji Gang also knew that Xue Lu was well-connected in the Jingnan Army, so his face changed a few times, but he suppressed the slight anger in his heart, and said with a smile: "What's wrong, Lord Hou, could it be that I, Ji Gang, What offended you? If so, Lord Hou can speak up, and Ji Gang will definitely give Lord Hou an explanation."

Xue Lu's face softened a lot after hearing this, but when he thought of Dangdang Ji Gang kneeling in front of Zhu Di's horse, wanting to help Zhu Di's horse, he couldn't help but show a touch of disdain again, he was neither yin nor yang. : "Commander Ji is really very prestigious recently. He caught the remnants of Jianwen and the rebels, and even caught my person. Should Commander Ji take me, Xue Lu, into the prison, and then take me to His Majesty to ask for a favor?" Reward, and let His Majesty take a good look at me, this traitor, by the way."

"Where is this?" Ji Gang was slightly startled: "We all followed His Majesty Jing Nan to fight here. No matter how I arrest people, Ji Gang will not catch my own people. Is there any misunderstanding?"

"Misunderstand?!"

Xue Lu snorted coldly and said, "What happened to Zenggu in the Daming Mansion? How did I hear that you wanted to frame him as a remnant of Jing Nan? The pleading letter for help was sent to me. Could it be that you have been wronged? "

Daming mansion?Zeng Gu?

Ji Gang frowned, with a puzzled expression on his face. He has been so busy recently that the big fish in Beijing are still too busy. How could he pay attention to the small fish and shrimps in other places.

"I really don't know about this." Ji Gang said in a deep voice, then he thought for a while, and said again: "But Lord Hou, don't worry, I'll go check it out, if it's mine, it really touched Lord Hou's. Man, I will give Lord Hou an explanation."

This attitude is full of sincerity.

Xue Lu looked at Ji Gang deeply. He originally planned to show his anger, but finally he endured it and decided to save some face for Ji Gang. He stood up and said, "Okay, since you are helping His Majesty For the sake of you, I will not trouble you today, I will wait for you to explain to me."

After finishing speaking, Xue Lu walked towards the outside in big strides, his steps were like dragons and tigers, and he had a sturdy temperament.

Ji Gang and the others looked at Xue Lu's back, until Xue Lu was no longer visible, Ji Gang's left envoy couldn't help but spit, and said with a gloomy face: "Bah, what the hell, come to us Jinyiwei is so arrogant, really follow Your Majesty has fought battles for several years, is he a character?"

After Ji Gang heard this, his face was gloomy, and he slapped Zuo Shi's face heavily with his palm, and Zuo Shi stood aside obediently in fright.

Ji Gang then looked in the direction Xue Lu was leaving without saying a word.

At this time, an inexplicable sense of humiliation rose in his heart, and this sense of humiliation burned his heart like a flame.

He caught the disdain on Xue Lu's face just now, and he knew that many of those Jing Nan heroes looked down on him.

This reminded him of the time when he was not valued by others and had no sense of existence. At that time, he was as small as a dust, and anyone could step on him, but now he is the commander of Jinyiwei, and the civil and military officials of the whole dynasty are all His eyes trembled, how could he allow a group of people to look down on him.

He clenched his fists secretly, swearing in his heart that one day, he would make everyone afraid of him.

However, not yet.

Ji Gang ordered in a cold voice: "Go and find out what's going on in the Daming Mansion."

The left envoy hurriedly responded and went to investigate.

Soon, everything about the Daming Mansion was found out, and when Zuo Shi and Ji Gang finished speaking, Ji Gang was shocked.

"What?! That fucking Zeng Gu has already been wiped out?!"

The left envoy swallowed his saliva and nodded, he also knew that this matter was a bit difficult to handle.

"Fuck, these bastards, why did they attack so quickly, and this bastard Zeng Gu, he died as soon as he said it. It's really a fucking bad time to die. This is going to be troublesome."

Ji Gang's face became ugly, and his brain turned quickly, but fortunately, with Xue Lu's posture today, he probably didn't know that Zeng Gu had been wiped out, but the trouble was that if Xue Lu knew that Zeng Gu had already The whole family has been wiped out. Judging from Xue Lu's attitude today, this matter may not be good.

What to do then?
Ji Gang thought about it, and Zhu Gaoxu's figure suddenly appeared in his mind. During these days, he was considered as Zhu Gaoxu's guest, and Zhu Gaoxu also regarded him very highly. If he begged Zhu Gaoxu to make peace, maybe this matter can be suppressed.

But Zhu Gaoxu is not in Beijing these few days, so it will take five or six days to come back.

Five or six days!
It seems that we must find a way to delay these few days.

If Xue Lu is allowed to make a big fuss about Jinyiwei, then the power he has accumulated these days will be gone. Even if he can maintain the position of Jinyiwei commander in the future, he will be just a fringe figure who bends down and fights.

He absolutely cannot accept this.

……

On the other hand, after Xue Lu came out of Jinyiwei, he went back with peace of mind. He still had to eat and drink at night, but he didn't expect that Xue Lu didn't see Ji Gang take the initiative to explain to him all day the next day.

It is impossible for Jin Yiwei to check the information so slowly.

Xue Lu immediately stopped Ji Gang after the government was over another day.

He looked at Ji Gang coldly, with a gloomy expression, his actions instantly attracted the attention of many people.

Who is it?

How dare he confront Ji Gang head-on.

I don't know that Jin Yiwei has been envious of arresting people recently. When a person enters the imperial prison, he is accompanied by a whole bunch of them.

After many people had doubts, they turned their heads and looked carefully. Afterwards, everyone immediately recognized Xue Lu, and all of these people suddenly showed curiosity in their eyes.

This is something to watch.

One is the commander of Jin Yiwei, who is in the limelight and the holy family is in full swing, and the other is the governor of the right army, Qian Shi Yang Wuhou, one of Zhao Guogong's most trusted arms.

If these two people quarreled, it would be enough for everyone to watch.

Ji Gang's eyes and ears were sharp, and he guessed about the expressions and thoughts of the officials in the court. He looked at Xue Lu who had a bad face, and somehow didn't want to fall into the name of Jinyiwei in front of everyone, and he even didn't want to Let yourself be trampled on again, and suddenly become paranoid and ruthless.

"Master Hou, what is the purpose of this?"

"Why are you and I pretending to be confused!" Xue Lu said coldly.

"Your official really doesn't know what Lord Hou means." Ji Gang's expression also sank.

"Okay, I remind you, how about Zeng Gu's account for me?" Xue Lu asked in a deep voice.

"Zeng Gu? Who is Zeng Gu?" Ji Gang pretended to be confused.

Xue Lu's face suddenly became angry: "You bastard, don't you really dare to touch me?"

Xue Lu did not lower the volume of these words, and the people around who were paying attention to the movement here heard them all clearly, and the expressions of many people changed for a while, while Zhang Wu and other generals of the right army, or Jing Among the meritorious officials, those who had friendship with Xue Lu all frowned.

But Zhang Wu and the others didn't say anything. If they all supported Xue Lu, it would not only appear to be bullying the few with the more, but it would also appear that Ji Gang is a character.

In their hearts, Xue Lu could handle Ji Gang's role by himself.

At this time, Ji Gang felt the faces of the people, unwilling to admit cowardice, his face sank, and he also angrily said: "Your man? Please be careful, Lord Hou, all the people in the world are kings and ministers. We are all the emperor's people. Why? What did the person who came to you say?"

The people around were in an uproar.

Many of them actually looked at Ji Gang with some admiration. They didn't expect that Ji Gang was not only cruel to their former Jianwen ministers, but also dared to show no weakness to Jing Nan's heroes.

After Ji Gang noticed this, he was a little surprised, and then a gleam of joy floated in his heart. He didn't expect to gain such a reward from the confrontation with Xue Lu, so it seems that it is not a bad thing to be a pair with Xue Lu.

Perhaps after this incident, those Jing Nan heroes did not dare to underestimate him anymore.

For a moment, Ji Gang became more determined.

He was neglected for a long time before, and he was paranoid that everyone looked down on him, but once he got the power, he wished to use the power in his hand to make everyone in the world look at him.

He dared to use ten points of power.

"you…"

Xue Lu was so suffocated that he couldn't speak, his face was so ugly that he could wring out water for a moment.

How can he compare to Shang Ji Gang when he is more skilled than his mouth.

but it does not matter.

Since verbal skill is not as good as it is, let's do it directly.

A fierce look appeared on Xue Lu's face, but just when he was about to strike, Zhang Wu and others hurried out and stopped Xue Lu. What kind of place is this, and Xue Lu can let Xue Lu strike at will? !
Don't want to live anymore? !
Xue Lu was stopped by Zhang Wu and others. After he regained consciousness, the rising anger slowly dissipated. He looked at Ji Gang with cold eyes, full of murderous aura, and Ji Gang strode away as if he didn't realize it.

But when Ji Gang got away from Xue Lu just now, the hardened heart just now dissipated, and he couldn't help but began to worry.

Xue Lu, the fighters in the army, dared to beat people if they disagreed with each other. If Xue Lu beat him up, it would be a big embarrassment.

No.

It's better to stay at Master Jingmiao's place for two days to avoid the limelight, and wait until Zhu Gaoxu comes back to talk about other things, Ji Gang thought.

After thinking about it, Ji Gang asked someone to pack his things for him, but the next moment, Ji Gang stopped his followers again. He was a little worried that Xue Lu would find Master Jingmiao's Taoist temple. After thinking about it, he told his followers: "Go to the Yamen Here, call all the Luohan King Kong in Beijing, and bring another hundred or ten masters, and let them go with me to live with Master Jingmiao."

Follow the call and go.

The fierce light in Ji Gang's eyes was victorious, and he thought fiercely in his heart, I hope Xue Lu can know what is good or bad, if the persecution is really too tight, he will not care whether Xue Lu is a hero of Jing Nan or not.

Do you really think he is easy to bully?
What about Zhao Guogong's arm, so what if he moves it, as long as he doesn't suffer from it, and when things get serious, he has the emperor and the second prince behind him. I don't believe anyone can make him suffer again.

Not to mention a Yang Wuhou, even Zhao Guogong, what can he do to him? !

After all, beating a dog depends on the owner.

His dog is a royal dog, and not everyone can beat and scold him.

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(End of this chapter)