Xie Ming

After they finished chatting in the melon shed, Qin Jing, leading a team of cavalry, came rushing over from the entrance of the forest road not far away.

When they arrived in front of the shed, the country guests who had been chatting and chatting, as well as the melon farmer and his wife, all looked horrified. They were afraid of provoking these people, so they lowered their heads and shrank their bodies, and were very scared for a moment.

call--

"Uu——"

"Stop!"

As the cavalry approached, leader Qin Jing gave an order and everyone reined in their horses.

Afterwards, Qin Jing dismounted from his horse with a nimble flip and bowed in front of Xiao Lang.

"My Lord, the affairs at the Changshu County Office have been settled."

"Well, come along. There is new news from Nanjing."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Jingchuan remained calm and drank the tea in the cup.

Instead, Yue Xiu stood up first, and when he saw the Jinyiwei members who had come with him in the team, he stepped forward to greet them.

As for the person who was responsible for delivering the message, he did not delay either. He quickly dismounted his horse, walked a few steps forward, bowed, took out the secret letter from his bosom, and handed it over with both hands.

He turned around and passed it on. Yue Xiu handed the letter to Xiao Lang and whispered in his ear.

"My Lord, look at the seal of the letter. It is written by General Ti himself."

"I'm afraid there's something urgent and confidential. You'd better open it yourself."

After saying this, Yue Xiu turned his head, stood up and stood guard nearby.

Qin Jing, who was kneeling nearby, also looked at him.

At Yu Xiaolang's signal, he stood up and took two steps back, waiting for his orders.

"Old Xiao, the emperor has urgently summoned you back. Return as soon as you see the letter."

"In Yangzhou, Yan Yingyuan was promoted to prefect by imperial decree, and Ma Weimin was also appointed as Taotai as he wished, in charge of the grain and salt routes."

"I will secretly send more people to monitor the palm."

"You don't need to worry about it in the short term. The emperor intends to send troops to Anhui and Henan."

"Come back as soon as possible, I have something important to discuss with you later!"

Xiao Wei opened the letter and looked at each other.

After reading it, Yihe took the letter and handed it back to Yue Xiu to destroy it.

While sitting firmly, he took a deep breath, clapped his hands on his thighs, refreshed himself, and stood up quickly!

"Okay, great!"

"Finally I've been waiting for the letter!"

"Go, Qin Jing, get on the horse!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Jingchuan took a few quick steps, flipped over and jumped onto the horse.

"Yue Xiu, pay for the tea."

"I'm afraid we don't have time to go to Changshu County anymore."

"Take two people with you and make the trip."

"In addition to the previous good intentions, there is one more thing."

"Uh, the old man just said that the man's name is Ning Ji, right?"

"If you are really in prison, release you."

"Just say I'll protect you!"

"After he comes out, if he is willing, ask him to learn the rules with you first, and then bring him to my house to work."

"Of course, if they don't want to, we can just let them go home!"

Xiao Lang became interested in the person who had just heard about it.

Upon hearing this, Yue Xiu bowed.

"Yes! I understand." Yue Yan responded.

"Well, okay!"

"The matter here is over. Qin Jing, the unlucky star, let's go and ride back now."

"Ride as fast as you can, and head straight to Nanjing!"

After it was finished, General Xiao was eager to return, so he didn't wait any longer. He whipped his whip, turned his horse's head, and galloped back the way he came like an arrow.

Finally, another sentence floated in the wind.

"Yue Xiu, tell someone to hurry up and you can return to Nanjing to join us!"

Upon hearing this, Yue Xiu also shouted in reply. "Okay, I understand!"

After saying this, Qin Jing and Sang Menxing led the rear team and followed without stopping.

In a flash, there were only three or five people left in front of the melon shed.

Dangdang——

Yue Xiu turned around and went to the table, placing two large coins on the table.

"Haha, old man, these should be enough to pay for your tea, right?"

"We have urgent matters to attend to, so we won't stay any longer. Goodbye!"

After hearing this, the old melon farmer plucked up his courage and suddenly forced himself to stand up and move.

Yue Xiu's words were polite and he didn't delay any longer.

Afterwards, he jumped onto the horse that was stopping by, swung the reins, and was about to go the other way towards Changshu County.

"Uh, the, the officer, this officer!"

"Little, little old man, I don't know how high your position is."

"Yes, but I also heard what your leader said when we just went downstairs."

"Ning Ji, huh, huh, if you guys really want to let him go, then, then can you help me return this silver particle to him?"

"It also saves me from having to run another trip."

"The main reason is that I don't know the way and I've never been far away. I'm just afraid."

The old melon farmer plucked up the courage to step forward, took out the silver particle he had just put away from his waist, and hurriedly handed it to Ma Yuexiu, saying this.

At this moment, seeing that such trouble had actually come to the official, his wife who was hiding in the back was horrified. She was so frightened that tears were about to burst out. She stepped forward and grabbed the melon farmer's arm and pulled him back.

"Oh, you old thing, you are looking for death!"

"No, we dare not deal with them, you..." the old woman muttered.

When Yue Xiuyu heard this, he was speechless.

"Oh, all right!"

"You'd better go and pay back the silver yourself when he comes out."

"We have other things to do, so we won't stop for long."

"Goodbye!"

After saying this, Yue Xiu didn't want to delay any longer, so he kicked his horse's belly and galloped forward.

Three or five people followed him.

Only the old melon farmer was left sighing on the spot.

Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

Right here in Changshu, after receiving a secret report from Xiao Jiezhi, he traveled day and night without stopping.

It was not until the late night of September 10th that they returned to the city of Nanjing.

On the morning of the 11th, he was summoned to the palace to report on his work.

Inside the Wuying Palace, Emperor Hongguang Zhu Cilang summoned Xiao Lang to meet him.

This time, the emperor ordered the confiscated embezzled money to total more than 4.8 million taels, and the amount of grain raised was 10,000 shi.

Moreover, the disasters and epidemics in the former Changzhou and Danyang were alleviated, and the sufferings of the people were also alleviated.

With such achievements and contributions, Emperor Hongguang was very pleased in the court. He praised Xiao Lang highly and expressed his intention, perhaps hoping that he would rely on him more in the future.

Afterwards, the two had a heart-to-heart talk and were unable to escape at noon, so they had lunch together in the palace.

After another detailed and secret conversation, Zhu Cilang told Xiao about the recent situation in Shandong and his own thoughts and actions.

Regarding future military affairs, he said that he intended to allow part of Xiao's army to withdraw from Shandong in an organized manner and head to northeastern Anhui and Henan.

The general intention was to ask Xiao Jingchuan to start a new business.

Of course, Xiao's side had already predicted this kind of discussion.

Just in the early morning, Xiao Zhi returned to the mansion again after the night, and found that Xiao Lang had met with Linggu Temple at night despite being tired from the journey.

In the temple, Xiao, Qiu, and Master Hongren Yao Zuyin had already had a detailed discussion on this situation.

After all, when he approved the imperial edict, Huang Degong was to take over all the military affairs in Shandong.

In fact, Xiao Jingchuan's troops were of no use here.

(End of this chapter)