On December 11, the fifth year of Chongzhen, on the day of Jiaxu, it was very cold.

There is a folk proverb singing: "The cold is cold, and the cold will be cold without wind."

The air is extremely cold, but there is still no snow in Shanxi. It is just because the air is dry and the water vapor is not enough to make snow.

As soon as Xu Dingchen took office, he rushed to Taiyuan to arrange defense and urgently transferred Zhang Yingchang, Po Ximu, and Ai Wannian to lead 7,000 troops to Fenzhou, and was responsible for Fenzhou, Qinzhou, Liaozhou and other 38 prefectures and counties.

The Governor of Xuanda Zhang Zongheng transferred the tiger's power, He Renlong and Zuo Liangyu led 8,000 troops to Pingyang Prefecture, and was responsible for the 41 prefectures and counties including Pingyang, Zezhou, Luzhou and other 41 prefectures and counties.

When Xu Dingchen was dispatching troops and preparing to go to Fenzhou, the commander Du Yingtang came back and brought back the 85th-level true slave head and 160th-level Tartar head.

There is also a Meleezhen from the White Banner, and a La Ezhen from the Yellow Banner.

When he saw the head of the cart and saw two strong men with bare heads and only a rat tail of money, Xu Dingchen and a group of Shanxi officials were stunned.

It was not until Du Yingtang whispered a few words in his ear that Xu Dingchen came to his senses and ran to Ashan and Touloush in ecstasy, looking at the two bald heads carefully.

A large number of officials surrounded Du Yingtang, and all kinds of compliments and hints were heard.

Not long after, these officials surrounded Xu Dingchen again.

After a bargaining, Xu Dingchen wrote a good news with a stroke of his pen. The general content was: When Xu Dingchen led all officials in Shanxi to Lan County to investigate the evidence of Qin Chuan's crimes in Ninghua District as a disaster for the village, he learned that Qin Chuan went out to block the enemy. Xu Dingchen thought that Qin Chuan's battle was in danger, so he urgently ordered the commander of Shanxi Du Yingtang to lead more than ten officials to command 1,000 troops to help Qin Chuan.

Du Yingtang used troops like a god, led by example, defeated the slave thief in the snake's belly groove, beheaded 245 levels, and captured one of the slave thief Meilezhen and one of the Jialalezhen.

After the good news was written, Xu Dingchen immediately sent five hundred cavalry to escort the prisoners and heads, and the fast horses rushed to the capital. The prisoners and heads were transported by the fast horses and camels, speeding up the journey.

As for the investigation results... this is naturally to be suppressed. When the emperor has seen the good news and checked the head, the investigation results will naturally not matter.

Xu Dingchen, Du Yingtang and other officials were in a good mood. Seeing that it was almost dusk, they shouted to go to Lord Du’s mansion to set up a few banquets to celebrate.

Before we could go out, a chaotic footsteps sounded outside the door, and then a group of figures rushed in.

The leader was a white and clean middle-aged fat man with a sparse goatee, wearing a four-clawed and four-balled indigo green dragon robe, with a bad face, and strode into the yamen of the governor's office.

Although Xu Dingchen had never seen this person, he could tell at a glance that the person who came was a prince.

"Where is the governor of Shanxi? Who is the new governor? Come out to me."

The visitor was Zhu Minji, the King of Ninghua. He shouted angrily as soon as he entered the door.

"See the Prince."

The great officials who knew this master hurriedly bowed to the master.

While Du Yingtang bowed, he quietly said to Xu Dingchen.

When Xu Dingchen heard this, he hurriedly compiled it to the end and said, "Secretary Xu Dingchen, please see the prince."

"You are Xu Dingchen?" Zhu Minji walked over with a straight face.

"It's the lower magistrate, I don't know what the prince has to give."

"Okay, Xu Dingchen, do you know that you have a rebel under your rule?"

Xu Dingchen was shocked: "Why did the prince say this?"

"Hmph! When my king's palace guard went to Loufan to handle the farm affairs, the thief named Qinchuan in Mengjiazhuang in Loufan actually threatened the prince's palace Zongyi and wanted to rob thousands of acres of Wangfuzhuang fields in Loufan Valley. After failing to threaten, he set up an ambush at the entrance of Luyu and attacked the escort of the prince's palace. What's the difference between such behavior and rebellion?"

"Xu Dingchen, I ordered you to mobilize a large army immediately to surround the Mengjiazhuang in Loufan and eliminate the traitors in one fell swoop!"

"ah?"

Xu Dingchen opened his mouth and stared at Zhu Minji blankly, without saying a word.

Du Yingtang and other officials were also stunned and looked incredible.

Zhu Minji said angrily: "Why are you still standing there? Why don't you send troops quickly and eliminate the rebels?"

Xu Dingchen came to his senses, thought quickly, and asked, "Prince, is it true that what you just now?"

"How is it not true? Do you think this is the king falsely accusing the imperial court of appointing an official?"

"I dare not. Xiaguan just thinks this matter is of great importance and wants to find out carefully. If the evidence is conclusive, Xiaguan will be a famous scholar-in-law."

"Hmph! What else can I find out? I am a thief, he is a thief!"

"This... Prince, did anyone see Qin Chuan present at the time of the incident?"

"Those thieves have covered their faces. Even if Qin Chuan's dog thief is present, who can see it?"

"Prince, how many troops did the thief have at the time of the incident?"

"About five hundred, maybe more."

"Then... what about the deaths and injuries of the escorts in the royal palace? So what about the deaths and injuries of the thief?"

"Hmph!" Zhu Minji's face became more and more angry. "The three hundred guards of this king were almost wiped out. Manager Tao had to flee back to Taiyuan with dozens of cavalry. As for the casualties of the thieves... Manager Tao killed two hundred enemies, but the thief army was powerful, so he had to lead the guards to break out and return to Taiyuan for help."

"Um……"

Xu Dingchen didn't ask any further, but just lowered his eyes and pondered without saying a word.

"What are you still standing there? Why don't you send troops quickly?" Zhu Minji looked fierce.

Xu Dingchen hesitated for a moment and said apologetically: "Prince, please calm down. This matter is very important. Please allow the officials to find out the real murderer before making a decision, so as not to wrongly accuse the innocent and escape the real murderer."

"What else can I do? The real murderer is Qin Chuan, Mengjiazhuang, Loufan. Who else dares to touch my guard besides him?"

"The prince calmed down. At that time, the thieves committed crimes in masks. They could not prove the identity of the thieves, nor could they prove that the matter was done by Qin Chuan. Moreover, there was a group of thieves in Donghuluchuan, 70 miles west of Luyukou. There was also a group of thieves on three cliffs. There was a camp there. These two groups of thieves often robbed everywhere and attacked passing caravans. Maybe this matter was what the thieves called."

"you!"

Zhu Minji's face turned pale, pointed at Xu Dingchen with one hand, and said with a straight beard: "Xu Dingchen, you have just made excuses for the rebels. Could it be that you have something to do with that group of thieves?"

"Your Majesty, you can eat random food, but you can't talk randomly."

"Hmph! I ask you, will you send troops?"

"After the real murderer is found, I will become famous immediately."

"You...good you Xu Dingchen! Wait for me! Hum!"

Zhu Minji's face turned pale with anger. He pointed at Xu Dingchen several times, then left with his sleeves.

Xu Dingchen wiped his forehead and let out a long sigh of relief.

"Master Futai..."

Du Yingtang, who was beside him, came over and asked in an inquiring tone.

Xu Dingchen waved his hand: "Send someone to go around Sanzu Cliffs immediately, and then wait until the emperor rewards Qin Chuan."

"yes."

Du Yingtang hurriedly went to make arrangements.

Xu Dingchen walked back to the back of the desk, picked up the brush, and began to think about how to write this music.

The attack on the Ninghua Prince's Mansion must be reported to the emperor, and it must be reported in a timely manner.

However, this memoir has to be carefully written to proofread

If the emperor saw the prisoners and heads of the slave thief, he was very happy and wanted to use Qin Chuan because of this, the thief who attacked the escort of the royal palace could not be Qin Chuan.

Xu Dingchen decided to simplify the complex and state that the escort of the royal palace was attacked, but he did not mention who the thief was, and there was no doubt that he had sent someone to investigate.

...

Qin Chuan was in a good mood, not only because Luo Daniu fought a beautiful ambush, but also annihilated a guard of the Sanbairao Palace at the cost of killing and wounding Liu Rao.

Also because the Fan family has sent food.

A total of three thousand stones of food is not enough.

Qin Chuan wanted to tell all the gentry that he was a trustworthy person.

So, he released Fan Sangao as agreed.

Of course, Master Fan was beaten to death. Liu Youzhu and Li Dingliang were beaten to him when they were idle.

Fan Yongdou did not come, so he just sent a manager. He looked very kind and respectful to Qin Chuan.

When he let go, Qin Chuan asked him to give Fan Yongdou a sentence: If he dares to be a traitor, the Fan family will disappear within three years.

The manager nodded violently, and promised to bring him there.

Then, Qin Chuan let them go.

Mengjiazhuang had too much food to put it down, so Qin Chuan had to ask someone to clear the two inner courtyards that were originally used to live in Rao Caves to store grain.

The caves in the Luliang Mountains are very dry and are very suitable for storing grain. Now they are frozen in cold places, so there is no need to worry about the deterioration of the grain.

Nowadays, there are two other families who owe Qinchuan money and food, one is the Li family in Fenzhou. Qinchuan asked them to use two hundred stones of grain to redeem Li Anru, but they didn't even give a grain of food.

The other family is the Kelan Xue family, who owes 4,000 taels of silver.

Xue Dongting should be here soon.
Chapter completed!