Chapter 1285
Out of the Western Mountain Building, Ying Yi walked a few steps quickly and got into an alley diagonally opposite.
There are not many people in Yexian nowadays. Zheng Yunzhi, the county lord, restricted entry but not exit. Commoners all knew about stealing, and those who had a way were gone. From the behavior of Zheng Yunzhi, Ying Yi can tell that he is a good official, but he is not a qualified official.
As a County Magistrate, he is responsible for keeping the land. The people who put the county seat fleeed, leaving the county seat empty. This seemed to have done a good thing, but it pushed Ye Xian to the edge of the cliff. How to guard a county with no one? When commoners fled, there might have been some officers and soldiers who had insisted, but they were already in panic. Maybe it just disappeared in a rush.
In the end, he was left alone, living and dying with city. The fame is kept, but current affairs are of no avail.
Sun Xiucai said that he was a top scholar in Chongzhen's twelve years, and he was quite talented. But in Ying Yi's view, it is also only this. Of course, perhaps Zheng Yunzhi has seen the world thoroughly and is already dead.
From Ying Yi's point of view, since Zheng Yunzhi has become an official, he must shoulder the responsibility of being an official. The stream thief is fierce, and the natural disasters continue for years, so what? Isn't it the problem that officials should solve? If you don’t solve the problem, you can’t be considered if you are negative.
Working hard to solve the problem, even if it can’t be solved in the end, it’s hard work to be worthy of that body, and death is worthy of death.
Ying Yi also knows that this is probably an ideal state. Many officials may know this truth in their hearts, but doing it is another matter. There are not many who can unite words and deeds, and unite knowledge and deeds. Regardless of this time and space, or the era several hundred years later, they are essentially the same.
Ying Yi hid in the alley, feeling the decadent negativity and emptiness in the air. This is probably a common phenomenon in the late Great Ming. However, Ying Yi didn't have so much energy to contemplate. He stared at the Western Mountain building. Standing at his position, he could just see the situation of the table of people in the front window of the Western Mountain building.
There are five people in total. They are all neatly dressed up. Three of them behaved rashly and temperamentally, the other two were not, especially the tender face, which gave people a feminine temperament-that was a cross-dresser woman!
Ying Yi can tell at a glance.
When leaving the Inn, Ying Yi heard their conversation, which seemed to involve officers and soldiers. Also implicated with the thief. And they call the Chuang thief the Chuang Wang, which shows that they are not the same as the Great Ming Dynasty. Especially the word'Jie', made Ying Yi give birth to some thoughts.
"These people are related to the thief, maybe they can be used."
Originally, Ying Yi decided to leave the city early in the morning, just like when she came in last night, she took a leap in a remote place. It's up.
But now, he decided to wait and see before talking.
About a moment later, five people walked out of the Western Mountain building, looked around for a while and entered an alley. Ying Yi followed far away and saw the five people reach a remote place on the corner of the city wall, and opened a broken door, revealing a hole no more than two feet in size.
Ying Yi startled!
Looking at the size of the hole, it is completely satisfactory for one person to pass.
The three rashers were on guard, the fake man and another respectful middle-aged climbed out first. Then two of the remaining three grasses went out, the last one did not go out, and the hole was re-covered with the door panel and was about to leave. But unexpectedly, a hand stretched out behind his back, covered his mouth, and dragged him aside.
This person was startled, struggling desperately, but where did he get away? Ying Yi's hand was like steel, and he was firmly restrained, and he dragged him a few steps into the alley. First, he punched him in the abdomen, and hit him like a cooked shrimp. He shouted no in pain. Come out, then Ying Yi squatted down and asked him: "Speak, who are you?"
The man gasped for a while, panicked, weak and cried, "Who are you? Why hit me? "
Ying Yi sneered: "Pretend to me?"
The backhand was a slap, and when he hit him, he spat out half of his bloody teeth: "Say, the fake man is Who? What's the matter with the military pay from Ganxi? What is your relationship with the robbers? What plans do you have?!"
When this man heard this, his face was pale with horror, he roared and turned over. Bounced straight to Ying Yi, Ying Yi slapped like lightning, and knocked him to the ground again: "Fell into my hands, still want to resist? Explain clearly that I will give you a happy life, and I don't understand that I told you to have a better life. Die!"
While speaking, Ying Yi ruthlessly stepped on one of his hands, and before he screamed, she covered his mouth again.
After a while, Ying Yi released her hand: "Say."
This man seems to be a tough guy, but in fact it is only this. The thieves and the like, after suffering, immediately pour beans, and say everything they know.
They are indeed gathering here for the military expenses from Ganxi. Including this person, the three stubborns were all the people of General Hao waved the flag under the command of the thief, and they were old thief for many years. Although Zheng Yunzhi closed the city gate tightly, they sneaked in a few times.
This dog hole is their handwriting these days.
The cross-dresser's surname is Yuan. He doesn't know the specific name, so he only calls Yuan Young Master. The news of Jiangxi’s military pay came from Master Yuan Young. The Yuan Young Master was determined to take refuge in the thieves, contacted Hao Yaoqi, and used the news of Nanjing Six Secrets to transfer military pay from western Jiangxi as a proof of allegiance.
The amount of this batch of military pay is not small, a full two million silver tael.
The information disclosed by Master Yuan Young said that this batch of military pay is exactly the military pay of the thief. It is a trump card used by the Great Ming Dynasty to invigorate the military. Great Ming has now overthrown and mobilized these two million silver taels. I don't know how much work it took, but a woman broke it.
When Ying Yi heard this, she didn't know what it was like in her heart.
The thief also said that this batch of two million silver taels will arrive in Yexian soon. And they followed Hao Yaoqi's order to come here to fight the front stand. And Master Yuan Young and the middle age person—the middle age person are the followers of Master Yuan Young. When they went out this time, they contacted Hao Yaoqi in real time, and they started immediately as soon as the military payment arrived.
"Where is Hao Yaoqi now?"
Ying Yi asked him.
"In Yuzhou."
Ying Yi heard some information in her mind. Ye County belongs to Nanyang Prefecture and is located at the junction of the three provinces. To the northwest is Ruzhou Prefecture, and to the northeast is Kaifeng Prefecture. There are two counties nearby, Jiaxian in Ruzhou Prefecture, Xiangcheng County in Kaifeng Prefecture, and Yuzhou is located in the north of Xiangcheng County and is adjacent to Xiangcheng.
The last time the officers and soldiers failed to suppress the thief, Wang Qiaonian was defeated and died in Xiangcheng. It's less than one hundred and fifty miles away from Ye County.
Ying Yi thought a lot for a moment. If the military pay is mobilized to Yexian, it will only show one problem, that is, the fight against thieves is about to begin again. Maybe Yang Wenyue and Zuo Liangyu, who were licking their wounds in Huguang, may have already started their army.
Between Ying Yi's thoughts, she asked him again: "I heard that a tiger and Luo Ru just passed through Ye County. And with your gangsters, it is not difficult to take down Ye County. Why do you want to do so? , Do so many small actions?"
The humanity said: "The master is not willing to beat the grass to scare the snake."