At Youshi, the city of Hangzhou began to be locked down. The prefect Zhang Yinli personally led people around to patrol.

The flying clouds are brilliant and the drifting clouds are drifting. There are still huge crowds at Kinmen.

Several Ming soldiers guarding the city were questioning people leaving the city. Zhang Yinli, dressed in a scarlet robe, stood not far away with his servants and servants, looking sad. Before patrolling the city, King Lu summoned him and strictly ordered him to start from now on.

It is necessary to strictly control entry and exit to prevent Qing spies from sneaking into the city.

Zhang Yinli did not dare to neglect, so he dispatched experienced government officials and personally took them to each door to make arrangements.

Thumb thump thump~ There was a sound of horse hoofbeats, and a man and a horse were seen galloping in from the city gate.

Seeing this, the soldiers guarding the city hurriedly stopped and shouted loudly: "Dismount!"

The person on the horse was a middle-aged man, wearing a dusty coarse robe, with a dark complexion, a square face, eyes like copper bells, and thick eyebrows. When he saw the soldiers surrounding him, he hurriedly jumped off the horse and shouted like a bell: "I

It is Chen Hongfan, the former special envoy of the Northern Mission, who has important matters to meet with King Lu to supervise the country."

When the soldiers heard this, they looked at each other, and then the flag officer guarding the city gate came over menacingly with his sword on his waist.

"Chen Hongfan? Never heard of it. Come on, let's search first!" The flag officer looked serious. He ignored Chen Hongfan's words and directly called his soldiers to search him. King Lu had just ordered to prevent Tatar spies from sneaking into the city. He didn't want to

Get into trouble under your own hands.

Zhang Yinli, who was far away, heard Chen Hongfan's name. He knew this person. The Nanjing court had previously planned to "unite the captives to quell the invaders", so they sent a mission north to the Qing court to discuss peace. The leader of the mission was the former right-hand man of the Ministry of War.

Zuo Maodi, the minister and censor of Youqiandu, and his deputy envoys were Chen Hongfan and Ma Shaoyu. However, only Chen Hongfan later returned south. According to what Chen Hongfan told the court, it was because Zuo Ma and Zuo Ma were greedy for wealth and were committed to the Qing Dynasty and were unwilling to return south.

Only I am unyielding, stick to my heart, and escape resolutely.

Zhang Yinli didn't like Chen Hongfan very much because Chen Hongfan was a military general, but when he put down the Wuqiao mutiny, he was evaluated by the government and the public as "fearing thieves like tigers and extremely cowardly." Therefore, he did not step forward to rescue him.

Chen Hongfan, who was being searched, felt very aggrieved, but there was nothing he could do about it.

"Okay, let's go over there!" the flag officer said coldly.

Chen Hongfan didn't care and hurriedly led the horse towards Prince Lu's Mansion.

The sky is getting dark, and the city gate is deserted. Xu hour has arrived, the city is about to be curfewed, and the Yongjin Gate is about to be closed. From now on, only diseases, births, and death and funerals are allowed through, otherwise you will be whipped for violating the ban.

Looking at the slowly closing city gate, Zhang Yinli sighed softly and prepared to leave, but at this moment, there was another rapid sound of horse hooves.

"Zhang Guowei, the censor of the capital of Youqian, was ordered by King Lu to supervise the country."

I saw two people and two horses galloping towards me. The leader was a palace guard, holding a token from Prince Lu. Following behind him was a man with a broad build, a short brown shirt, and a bamboo hat on his head.<

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Zhang Yinli took a closer look and hurriedly turned around to greet him.

"Master Zhang, is it really you??"

"Who are you?"

Zhang Guowei, who was reining in his horse and driving slowly, was a little surprised when the official in front of him recognized him.

"Xiaoguan Zhang Yinli, the magistrate of Hangzhou, may not remember, but when you distributed food to Suzhou to help the people of Lu, millions of people were alive. At that time, I was serving as the Suzhou Prefecture and assisted in the relief matters under your watch." Zhang Yinli was very respectful.

He said with admiration in his eyes. Although he is now a fourth-grade prefect, the same grade as Zhang Guowei, he still maintains humility and respect in front of Zhang Guowei.

Zhang Guowei thought for a while, the situation has changed over the years, and he can no longer remember what happened many years ago. He could only smile helplessly: "Now he is the prefect of Hangzhou. Do your job well. People's livelihood is so difficult nowadays, and we still need to be responsible and honest."

Things."

"I sincerely follow your instructions. Sir, I am about to go to Prince Lu's Mansion. I will lead the way for you!" After saying that, Zhang Yinli gently pulled the reins and personally led Zhang Guowei's horse.

When the palace guard leading the way saw this, he held the token and went to the palace to relay the order.

Along the way, in the deserted official street, the moonlight shone everywhere, and only the sound of Zhang Guowei's horse hooves could be heard clearly.

After walking not far, when passing by the Children's Alley, a few crooked figures came out of the alley, leaning on each other and talking dirty words.

Zhang Yinli was shocked. It was already under curfew. Who was so bold as to dare to go out on the street? The government officials who followed him reacted very quickly. Before Zhang Yinli could say anything, they swarmed up with their swords drawn and surrounded those people.

Zhang Guowei, who was riding on the horse, frowned. He had already used the moonlight to roughly see the costumes of those people. They turned out to be camp soldiers!

"Bold! Who dares to violate the prohibition!" The head of the Yamen team shouted loudly and asked.

Seeing that they were surrounded, those dark figures did not panic at all. Instead, they laughed wildly and replied arrogantly: "Open your dog eyes and see clearly. I am a soldier of Fang Camp. Why don't you hurry up?"

Get out of here!"

Fang Ying? Zhang Yinli's face suddenly turned dark. Ever since Fang Guoan moved outside Hangzhou City, his soldiers have often entered the city to cause trouble. They either roosters and dogs robber, they eat and drink, and even worse, they rob people in broad daylight.

Girl. It gave him, the prefect, a headache, but he had nothing to do. After all, the city of Hangzhou still relied on his 10,000 troops to defend the city.

The government officials also knew that the soldiers in Fangying were not easy to deal with, so they turned back to look at Zhang Yinli.

Zhang Yinli was a little embarrassed. If he dealt with these big soldiers, Fang Guoan might take advantage of them to cause trouble again. If he didn't deal with them, Mr. Zhang would be watching right away.

Zhang Guowei smiled softly, got off his horse, patted Zhang Yinli's back gently, and walked towards the big soldiers.

"You said they are soldiers from Fang Ying, but whose soldiers are Fang Ying?" Zhang Guowei asked calmly.

"Of course they are soldiers of the Ming Dynasty!" One of the soldiers said without thinking.

"I am Zhang Guowei, the censor of Youqiandu in the Ming Dynasty and the governor of the ten prefectures. You have violated the curfew. I wonder if I am qualified to deal with you?" Zhang Guowei asked sharply.

When the top soldiers heard this, they immediately trembled. They didn't understand those official names, but the governor of the Ten Prefectures sounded very impressive. They couldn't help but be frightened by Zhang Guowei's momentum, and they couldn't help but kneel on the ground.

"Take them and follow them!" After Zhang Guowei said this, he called Zhang Yinli and said, "Let's go. Riding on a horse for too long will make your feet no longer grounded. Let's take a walk."

The government officials escorted the big soldiers and followed Zhang Yinli.

The group of people stopped delaying and quickly headed to the palace.

......

At this time, Prince Lu's Mansion was brightly lit.

Zhu Changzi was standing in the main hall, looking at a map of Southern Zhili hanging on a shelf, thinking deeply.

On the ground in the hall, there was a person kneeling, it was Chen Hongfan. He had been kneeling here for more than half an hour, and Prince Lu Jianguo never let him get up. Chen Hongfan, who was depressed and confused, felt that his knees were about to break.

, Sweat has soaked his clothes.

The draft blew through the hall, and the candlelight in the hall swayed.

Zhu Changzi turned around slowly, stared at Chen Hongfan expressionlessly and said: "Chen Jiuchou, do you know whether Zhao Xiangguo is open?"

Boom!

Chen Hongfan's hair stood on end, and he looked at King Lu in horror. He saw King Lu staring at him with a half-smile, and felt a heat in his crotch, and a warm current flowed down.

The fishy smell suddenly spread.

Zhu Changzi remained silent, then turned around and looked at the map. He couldn't help but think of the way Guo Kai flattered himself at his feet after he destroyed Zhao. It made people laugh.

"Report to King Lu to supervise the country, Zhang Guowei, the censor of Youqiandu, and Zhang Yinli, the prefect of Hangzhou, request an audience!"
Chapter completed!