Peach and plum spring breeze and a glass of wine

"The old man is just a shady ghost. Even if Mr. Yang kills the old man, what will it do to the cause?"

The old man in sackcloth watched Yang Ge coming with the knife, without any fear in his dim old eyes.

Yang Ge laughed when he heard this and said: "What's the point of being a fake ghost? If you want to do it, you have to be a real ghost!"

The old man in sackcloth said: "Whether I am alive or dead is not a big deal, but Master Yang is a talented young man with a bright future. Why do you have to wallow in this mud? You must know that you should leave a ray of hope in life so that we can meet you in the future!"

The smile on Yang Ge's face suddenly turned ferocious: "You are so smooth-talking, you want to take the postgraduate entrance examination!"

He raised his sword and struck at the old man in sackcloth, the sword energy flowing with the blade without revealing it.

The old man in sackcloth turned sideways to avoid the blade, and the cooked copper rod in his hand was like a poisonous snake spitting a message, reaching towards Yang Ge's throat.

Yang Ge slashed through the air with his sword and moved it outward. The blade followed the stick and he suddenly rushed forward, trying to break through the stick.

The old man in sackcloth held the wrought copper stick firmly against the golden ox-tail knife. The tail of the stick suddenly lifted up and hit Yang Ge's throat again like a soaring fist.

Yang Ge leaned back tactically, and struck his leg as fast as a cannonball, hitting the old man in sackcloth directly in the chest.

The old man in sackcloth squatted down sideways, the tail of the stick he raised turned into a pick, and he touched the wrist of Yang Ge's right arm with the stick.

"Bang."

The blade-like legs smashed the flower bed behind the old man, plowing the brick flower bed into two halves.

But Yang Ge, who seemed to be aggressive, not only did not take any advantage, but even the oxtail knife in hand was almost whipped away by the old man in sackcloth.

He withdrew from the attack range of the cooked copper stick and looked at the ordinary-looking old man in linen again with a solemn gaze: "The stick is really afraid of me!"

The old man in sackcloth gasped and pointed at him with a wrought copper stick. Hearing the sound, he tried his best to calm his breathing and replied in a deep voice: "Although I am old, I still have a few big teeth. No matter how young and strong Mr. Yang is, if I want to be unscathed, I want to take down the old man, but it is just a dream. If not today, you and I will each take a step back, and Changfeng will help us to make a golden staircase for you, and you will also show your noble hand. How about ending here?"

"call……"

Yang Ge took a long breath, but the anger in his heart surged up like adding fuel to the fire: "Listening to your compromise and bargaining, I almost thought I was bullying others!"

He retreated with one leg, his eyes fixed on the old man in sackcloth as he slowly bent down, holding a knife in one hand and two in both hands. True energy surged out of his body: "It's obvious... you guys are eating people!"

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly raised his knife and struck out with it. In an instant, the sharp knife energy burst out like a mountain torrent, urgent, wild... overwhelming!

The cloudy eyes of the old man in sackcloth were filled with sharp sword energy in an instant!

quick!

Too fast!

He had no time to dodge, so he could only hold the stick against his head in vain and use all his remaining strength to block.

"Bang."

The violent sword energy fell, the earth shook and the house shook, and everything the sword energy touched, whether it was a flower bed, a rockery or a wall, was split into two!

With one strike of the knife, a straight path that was three feet long and more than three feet wide appeared in front of Yang Ge.

As for the old man in sackcloth standing in front of Yang Ge, who was more than ten feet away, his frightened pupils slowly dilated, and the turbid light quickly dimmed.

He stiffly murmured in a low voice: "You are really afraid of young people..."

The next second, he and his staff were blown into two pieces at the same time and flew out.

"Do it, do it..."

Yang Tiansheng came out of the hole in the wall dumbfounded, looking at the straight passage in front of him with goosebumps all over his body, and shouted with a broken voice: "Awesome!"

He still remembered that they were evenly matched at the beginning of the year...

How long has it been?

If Zhang Mazi slashed him with this knife, he would be dead.

He must die in front of Zhang Mazi immediately!

Yang Ge was panting like an ox and slowly stood up holding the knife: "Are you awesome?"

Yang Tiansheng looked at him with green eyes: "Isn't this awesome?"

Yang Ge thought for a while and replied: "I think I can be even more awesome!"

Yang Tiansheng gave him a thumbs up: "Then you are really awesome!"

“I’ll tell you later if you’re awesome or not!”

Yang Ge sheathed the knife and took a deep breath to calm down the boiling Qi in his body: "First break the legs of these corrupt officials!"

He turned and walked back to the wing.

In the side room, Xiong Jun was still paralyzed on the ground and vomiting blood, while the flame in the brazier had been extinguished by Yang Tiansheng.

He quickly walked to the table behind the brazier, picked up an account book on the table and browsed through the lines.

"On the tenth day of the sixth lunar month, three thousand taels of gold are given to Yang Fugui, the second steward of the Yang Mansion."

"On the second day of July, 300 acres of fertile land in Shaobo Town was transferred to the hands of Mei Tongming, the second son of the Mei family."

"On the ninth day of August, two pairs of jade horses..."

Yang Tiansheng stood beside him, scanning the account books, and said with a hearty smile: "What a great harvest!"

Yang Ge frowned and glanced at Xiong Jun who had fainted, turned around and shouted loudly: "Fang Ke!"

"The humble position is here!"

Fang Ke's voice quickly went from far to near, and he quickly rushed into the room, holding a knife and saluting: "My lord!"

Yang Ge pressed his saber and said solemnly: "Immediately lead your company of brothers to the government office to enforce martial law. Everyone in the government office, regardless of their official position, regardless of their closeness, will be arrested and detained separately!"

After saying that, he pointed to the pile of account books on the court case and added: "All the witnesses and material evidence have been collected. This official in Yangzhou is dead. As for whether we will reward or punish, it depends on what you do next." manage."

"If you do it well, even if it doesn't work, there will never be any punishment."

"If it doesn't work out, you and I will meet again at the Lingnan border."

Fang Ke understood and immediately responded: "Sir, please rest assured, I will handle this case as a solid case without leaving anything behind!"

Yang Ge nodded: "From this moment on, we have at most eight days. You should make good use of the time."

Fang Ke glanced at him and replied: "Sir, it only takes five days for the official documents from the Chief Secretary of Jiangsu and Zhejiang to be here."

Yang Ge: "I only know that we are the emperor's personal troops, officers and soldiers of the Xiuyi Guards North Town Fusi Shangyou Branch. I don't know what the Chief Secretary is."

Fang Ke: "I understand my humble position!"

Yang Ge: "Use the banner of my Xiuyiwei, and those who resist will be killed without mercy!"

Fang Ke: "Here!"

After saying that, he pressed the knife and turned around and left in a hurry.

Yang Ge watched him leave, feeling a little at ease.

Fang Ke is a person who has awe and a sense of importance in his heart.

That's a bad thing when there's a way out.

When there is no way out, this is a good thing!

If you don't force him, he won't know how good he is!

Yang Tiansheng looked at his gloomy eyes and asked in confusion: "Isn't everything done? Why do you seem so unhappy when you look like this?"

Yang Ge glanced at the brazier at his feet and sighed softly: "The remaining account books are all at the level of Yangzhou prefect. What level do you think the burned account books should be at?"

Yang Tiansheng smiled and said: "As the old saying goes, you should wear pants as big as your buttocks are. If you have a thousand households, you will be satisfied if you can reach the prefect level. What? Do you really want to bring down those high-ranking officials in the court? "

"This is the truth!"

Yang Ge nodded in agreement: "But that's not how it works."

Yang Tiansheng scratched his forehead: "What should I say?"

Yang Ge turned around, pulled up a chair and sat down, adjusting his breathing and said slowly: "If this fire can burn those high officials, they will definitely abandon these people in order to protect themselves, so we will We can deal with these people smoothly!"

"Now that the fire can't burn them, it's time for them to burn it on us..."

Yang Tiansheng also pulled up a chair and sat down: "If you ask for the top, you will win, if you ask for the middle, you will get the bottom, right?"

Yang Ge nodded: "That's what I mean."

Yang Tiansheng: "Don't think so much. Clean up the mess in front of you first. As for the future...don't you say that at most you can just take off your official clothes and go out in the world with your brother?"

Yang Ge suddenly sneered: "I am a great man who has returned to his true nature, and I am going to wander the world with you, a fish in the sea of ​​qi? Can't you tell who is the elder brother and who is the younger brother?"

"Snapped!"

Yang Tiansheng stood up and said angrily: "Who are you looking down on? Isn't it just the return to truth state? I can get it at your fingertips!"

Yang Ge stretched out his hand and made a "please" gesture: "Stop bragging, just refine the Qi for me to take a look at now!"

Yang Tiansheng's face turned red and he walked away with a flick of his sleeves: "I guess I don't know who the person is and I accidentally befriended the villain..."

Yang Ge quickly grabbed him: "Okay, okay, just kidding, kidding... hahahaha!"

Yang Tiansheng's face dropped, and he glanced sideways at him. In the end, he laughed along with him, and cursed while laughing: "You really think that everyone is as inhumane as you!"

Yang Ge: "You won't believe me. Originally, I just wanted to be a waiter in a waiter who ate and waited for death. I lived an ordinary life. I never thought about practicing martial arts or becoming an official. However, God chased me and fed me. Eat, I can’t eat even if I don’t want to!”

Yang Tiansheng smiled and scolded: "I say you are awesome, but you are really awesome...what now?"

Yang Ge thought for a while and replied seriously: "Now I still just want to be a little person who eats and waits for death."

Yang Tiansheng shook his head with gloating: "You are not a nameless little person now. Your name of 'Timely Rain' Zhang Mazi is also a resounding gold-letter sign in the world!"

Yang Ge smiled and didn't answer any more.

After a while, Deputy Qin Qianhu, who had cleaned up the mess, quickly stepped inside and clasped his fists, saying, "Sir, all the law-breakers and lawbreakers from the Changfeng Gang have been captured!"

Yang Ge nodded: "Search the house, interrogate, dig out all the dirty things they have done over the years... Focus on interrogating the three major grain merchants and the three major grain merchants since the hoarding case last year. Those people behind the big grain merchants are doing a stupid thing of amassing money and land. The money must be divided accurately, the land must be divided accurately, and the people must be accurate down to their names. Anyone they expose will be immediately sent to arrest!"

After a pause, he softened his tone and said warmly: "Old Qin..."

Deputy Qin Qianhu, who looked hesitant, immediately stood up straight and responded: "I'm here!"

Yang Ge smiled and said slowly: "I don't think I need to say anything about the current situation of this case. You already know it yourself!"

"This case is settled, let's all eat meat together with pride!"

"But if it doesn't work well...not to mention you and me, the entire Beizhen Prefecture, and even our more than 14,000 brothers in the Embroidery Guard, will all suffer the same fate!"

"Although I was the one who picked the matter, you are handling the case now!"

"You must not take the blame for this on yourself..."

"It will kill people!"

Deputy Qin Qianhu's face tightened, and he immediately cupped his fists and said, "Thank you for your advice, Sir, I will save you the trouble of lowering my rank!"

Yang Ge waved his hand: "I don't care how you do things, I only want evidence and results!"

"The evidence and results are in my hands. If I can't kill them, the blame lies on me, Yang Erlang!"

"But if your evidence and results are not solid enough and you ask them to overturn the case, then you won't be able to get rid of the blame!"

Deputy Qin Qianhu frowned and said sternly: "Sir, wait a moment, I will come back as soon as you go!"

After he left, Yang Tiansheng looked at Yang Ge in amazement: "Have you always done this?"

Yang Ge took a long breath and said angrily: "Do you think that everyone is just like you who cares about the head and not the bottom? To do something well, you have to look at the overall situation and fight up and down...strategically You can be bold and reckless, but you must be careful and careful in tactics!"

When Yang Tiansheng heard this, he couldn't help but recall Yang Ge's magical move when he burned down the case library and replaced the boards with butcher's knives and delivered them to Emperor Xiping. He felt both admiration and dissatisfaction in his heart: "It's not that I am very You want to find fault, you said that we have to fight from top to bottom, and I will admit it, but if you arrest a group of corrupt officials, does it have half a copper coin to do with the overall situation of the times? "

Yang Ge laughed "haha": "Well, let's make a bet. If I convince you, from now on, I will be the elder brother and you will be the younger brother of the two evil spirits of ice and fire. If I convince you, you will be the elder brother from now on." , How about I become your younger brother?"

When Yang Tiansheng heard this, he decided whether he was convinced or not. He immediately slapped the table and said: "A gentleman's words are hard to catch up with!"

This fool has all his plans on his face, how could Yang Ge not see it.

But he was not worried. He was sure to convince this guy: "Let's take the case of the three major grain merchants as an example. Do you know why I delayed setting fire to the archives until then, instead of setting fire to the imperial envoy of the dead eunuch? As soon as you enter the road pavilion, are you going to set that fire?"

Yang Tiansheng wondered: "Aren't you waiting for heroes from all walks of life to gather at the road pavilion and make a big deal?"

Yang Ge sneered and asked, "Did you make a big deal out of it?"

Yang Tiansheng was speechless.

Yang Ge said slowly: "I didn't rush to take action because the time was not right at that time. Even if I set off the fire, the emperor had to suppress the fire temporarily, because at that time, the court was in the process of mobilizing troops. At the critical moment when He Liangcao uses troops against the grassland, internal stability is needed. As long as there is no rebellion, no matter how big the issue is, it must give way to war!"

"That dead eunuch was dragging himself out for those few months in Luting. This is the time he spent!"

"It's a pity that none of the officials who can reach the imperial court are stupid. The emperor is wasting time waiting for the Queen to settle accounts, and those corrupt officials are also seizing time to wipe their own butts!"

"If there are no accidents, the final result of that incident is that those corrupt officials pushed out the three major grain merchants and gave the emperor a bad breath... The real messenger will not lose a hair on his hair!"

Yang Tiansheng suddenly realized: "So you chose that time to set off the fire?"

Yang Ge nodded: "At that point in time, preparations for the use of foreign troops must have been completed. I concluded that as long as the knife is handed over, the emperor will definitely take it and knock the mountain to shake the tiger, and conveniently raise the last batch of military expenses and food... Of course, that time point is not the most perfect. The most perfect time point should be after the victory of the foreign war. If the knife is handed over after the victory, it will no longer just knock the mountain to shock the tiger, but start killing. !”

"It's a pity that those corrupt officials acted too quickly!"

"I can't afford to wait, and neither can the people in the provinces..."

When Yang Tiansheng heard this, he was not only convinced, but also felt that the scholar's heart was really dirty: "What about this time?"

Yang Ge said slowly: "Through the numerous measures to use troops on the grassland, we can see that the current emperor is an ambitious and capable ruler. Now that the imperial court has returned victorious from foreign wars, the emperor will inevitably With the momentum of a great victory, we turn around to rectify the government and reshape the court. At this time, the civil and military officials in the court must avoid their sharp edges no matter how many calculations they have in mind!"

"At this juncture, I will hand over the knife..."

"Do you think these people will die?"

Why are there so many emperors in history who want to be Emperor Wu?

Is it because they are all war madmen?

of course not!

That's because the most powerful emperors in history were all Emperor Wu!

On the contrary, those Emperor Wen were mostly manipulated by powerful ministers, and their decrees changed as soon as they left the palace...

China's 5,000-year history has been recorded in two words and eight characters.

The first word is called ‘striving to be the emperor’.

The second word is called ‘Game between king and minister’.

This may also be true. Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes...

Yang Tiansheng was speechless, looking at Yang Ge as if he were looking at a monster.

Yang Ge looked at him with a smile: "Are you convinced?"

Yang Tiansheng was silent for a long time before nodding silently.

Yang Ge looked at Xiong Jun who had his eyes closed on the other side: "Brother Xiong, are you convinced?"

Xiong Jun opened his eyes faintly, and said softly with anger: "Everyone on the left and right is dead, why should a certain family make you proud?"

Yang Ge pressed the armrest of the seat and changed into a comfortable sitting position, and said quietly: "You are definitely dead, but if you can save me some effort, I may be able to be noble and let your descendants go. .”

Xiong Jun: "Why should a certain family trust you?"

Yang Ge: "I don't want money, why don't you believe me?"