"In accordance with the heavens, the emperor ordered that Yanghe garrison Xia Deyi... Zhangjiakou garrison Liu Dongming, according to Chal and others, they colluded with the eight major Shanxi merchants to stolen the country..."

At the beginning, Xia Deyi and others were a little puzzled. Why did the emperor mention them in the imperial edict? Why didn’t he say that King Lu himself?

But then, when they heard the imperial edict that they had joined forces with the eight Shanxi merchants to stolen the country, their faces changed immediately.

Although the eight major Shanxi merchants did not make it clear, they themselves knew that they were indeed the eight major Shanxi merchants. Tonglu did business, wasn’t it just smuggling! However, the imperial edict said that Tonglu had stolen the country, which means that this was a decree to punish them. Moreover, to be serious, wasn’t traitorous to the country arbitrary!

No one can bear such a big crime. At the same time, they also knew that the matter of making a fortune was exposed.

At this moment, they didn't dare to listen anymore, and they all wanted to refute or shout for injustice.

However, at this moment, many armed guards were huddled out from both sides of the back hall, shaking swords and spears, and rushed towards them.

If they didn't want to die, they had to resist. They quickly wanted to draw their swords, but after a moment of evasiveness, they suddenly remembered that when they came in, their weapons were left outside.

At this time, Xia Deyi felt so regretful. He was thinking so much that his mind was thinking that everyone wanted to listen to King Lu. Now, he didn’t even have a chance to resist!

With bare hands and empty fists, Chen Xinjia's confidants knew which of the local lords and generals who were treasonable in Tonglu were brave and good at fighting. They were immediately forced to be blocked by Lu Xiangsheng's personal guards with swords and guns, and served one of them. After a while, they were tied up tightly. Then, they were pressed to the ground and kneeled down.

After reading the imperial edict, Lu Xiangsheng looked down at the scum in the army with a condescending moment, shouted coldly: "All are locked up, and when news comes from Governor Hong will be escorted to Beijing."

Outside the Governor's Office, the guards of the local chiefs faintly heard the noise from the Governor's Office, as if their chiefs were shouting. They couldn't help but be a little surprised and became a little turbulent.

When Lu Xiangsheng, who was on duty at the door, saw him, he immediately shouted: "This is the Governor's Mansion, Lord Lu is inside, what do you want to do?"

As soon as this reminder, these local chief guards were immediately timid when they remembered the reputation of King Lu's reputation and quickly stood aside and waited. Of course, they thought to themselves, could it be that their master was spanked by King Lu's again?

After waiting for a long time, I still didn't see my master coming out, so these personal guards were a little confused again.

However, before they could think of something, they heard the sound of neat footsteps on the street. As soon as they heard that they knew that there must be an army coming, they looked back.

Sure enough, a Ming army drove over, marched neatly, and had that fierce aura. You can tell at a glance that this is definitely an elite force!

These personal guards were all local lords and generals who were able to fight in the border army. But at this time, they were surprised to see that the entire army was elite.

He quickly flashed aside, whispered to comment on this elite army that suddenly arrived.

However, what they did not expect was that after the army arrived at the gate of the Governor's Mansion, Lu Xiangsheng's personal guard at the gate suddenly pointed at them and said, "Sir, I have ordered them all!"

So, these people were stunned, with a more flexible mind, and soon they remembered the movements that had been heard in the Governor's Mansion. However, at this time, they could no longer be allowed to surrender and could only surrender.

In the Governor's Mansion, Lu Da quickly came out and immediately began to command. This elite force was actually the Five Thousand Yonggu Camp under his command. Before, he was hiding outside the city. After all the landlords and generals arrived, he sent people to inform them to enter the city.

Now that the chief generals of all walks of life have been arrested, the army has entered the city, so they will start to control the city gates and arrest the imperial criminals in the city.

It’s just a pity that Shanxi merchants are not here.

In Zhangjiakou, it was called Zhangjiakou Fort at this time. It was built in the fourth year of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty, and had a history of more than 200 years. In the eighth year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, it was expanded. It was an important military garrison castle on the Great Wall's defense line and was the most powerful in the northern border with the reputation of "Martial City".

Since the 30th year of Jiajing, this place has become an official designated location for tea-horse trade between the Ming and Mongolia. As a result, Zhangjiakou's pure military function began to develop towards business. The trade agreement with Altan Khan in the fifth year of Longqing in the Ming Dynasty was further changed. By the time of the Wanli period, this place was already very lively. From that time on, some Shanxi merchants began to stolen the country, thus rising rapidly.

At this time, in Zhangjiakou Fort, there were traffic, people coming and going, and it was very lively.

However, in the lobby in a large mansion in the city, the atmosphere was extremely serious.

In the lobby, there were two seats on the main seat, and three seats on both sides. Although there was tea and water beside these eight people, no one touched them. Everyone was staring at one of them and talking. These people were naturally the eight major Shanxi merchants.

"This is impossible! No matter how busy Mr. Chen is, he will definitely send a letter back if he is so busy!"

"Yes, especially the position of Governor General Xuan Da, it goes without saying how important it is. Even if Lord Chen is now an assistant minister in the cabinet, he will definitely send someone back!"

“…”

Faced with the doubts, Huang Yunfa said a little annoyed: "King Lu Yan is in the Governor's Mansion. Can I still lie to you? Xia Deyi sent someone to inform me, and there is still a false statement?"

Speaking of this, he looked annoyed and said, "Aren't we the assistant minister of the cabinet? We have helped us up. Why did Chen Xinjia do such a hurry? Did he forget that we are his foundation? If we were not behind him, even if he became the chief minister of the cabinet, he would not have been able to sit firmly!"

Fan Yongdou frowned and suddenly said, "No, Lord Chen is busy with the rebellion case, right?"

Speaking of this, he seemed to have figured out something, and then said: "The emperor's decree is to ask Lord Chen to cooperate with the investigation of the grain merchant's rebellion case. This is a big case. Lord Chen may want to reverse that situation and is busy. Or he may not have expected Lu Xiangsheng to come so quickly, so he delayed it after a while?"

This kind of speculation is indeed possible.

However, these Shanxi merchants were not satisfied, so they heard Wang Dengku say angrily: "Mr. Chen and Yang Gemen don't know what happened. Why didn't they completely defeat Lu Xiangsheng! They even asked him to come back to be the Governor of Xuanda. Isn't this causing trouble for us? I thought that before, we spent so much effort to get him away!"

"Yes, now Lu Xiangsheng's father is gone, and the same method cannot be used anymore!" Tian Shenglan also shook her head and said, "It would be great if his mother was still alive. We can use the same trick again!"

“…”

Hearing the complaints about Chen Xinjia in the lobby, Fan Yongdou came out to smooth things over and said, "Everyone, everything is already like this, it's useless to say that these are all. Anyway, we have basically concentrated our supplies here. King Lu is still in Yanghe at the moment, so he can just mess around there. I believe that Yanggemen and Lord Chen will come up with a solution soon."

Hearing this, the lobby was quiet for a moment. Wang Dengku answered his words and said, "Or, everything should be transported to Liaodong. I don't know what happened. When I faced this King of Yan Lu, I always felt a little uneasy when I remembered the broken things in the capital!"

"It's true, I don't know what happened to King Lu!" Wang Dayu nodded, "But he will definitely rectify the army first. When Lord Liu comes back, we will ask about the situation. Like now, King Lu is just here, we will be scared first, so it won't be!"

Hearing his words, the other Shanxi merchants felt as if they were indeed scared by Lu Xiangsheng. This was too strong for his morale, and they couldn't help but echoed: "Yes, why are we afraid of King Lu's doing?"

"This Shanxi is our territory. Lu Xiangsheng will come here this time and then clean up him."

"I want me to tell you, I'll try to kill him this time. If I don't take any ruthless measures, I don't know how powerful we are!"

“…”

It was Fan Yongdou who stopped these verbal boredom and said, "Okay, after contacting the capital, we will deal with King Lu Yan depending on the situation. Anyway, he just came, so he won't be able to get along with us immediately!"

After saying that, he didn't drink tea, stood up and said, "Everyone will go and count your own things, and everyone will be ready to go out of seclusion."

There are too many supplies, and it is so far along the way to Liaodong, and there are so many guards alone. Although I have been there many times, no matter what, so many supplies are transported out of customs, it is not possible to leave just by leaving.

Hearing his words, other Shanxi merchants also stood up one after another.

But at this moment, someone suddenly hurried into the lobby and reported to Fan Yongdou in the main seat: "Master, it seems that the factory guards are coming to the fort."

"What?" When all the Shanxi merchants were shocked when they heard this, they all stared at the man, a little disbelief, "You say it again?"

"Master, since the previous two days ago, some suspicious people have been wandering around the fort and asking about our affairs." The man immediately reported again, "The people below felt that it was a little wrong, so they reported the situation. They suspected that it might be factory guards, at least their style of doing things is like people from the government!"

Fan Yongdou's face immediately looked ugly and shouted sternly: "Why are you here to report now?"

"Master, they are all dressed in business." The man quickly explained, "I originally thought they were asking us for business because they wanted to do business. And it has not been a long time since, so the subordinates didn't care much. After these two days, they found that they were a little wrong. The subordinates felt it and immediately reported it."

In the past, there was such a thing. For example, when they first smuggled with Jianlu on a large scale, officials came over, but these people eventually died at the hands of "thieves".

Later, when Lu Xiangsheng became the Governor of Xuanda, someone came here to investigate the situation. There was no accident. These people also died of "accident".

Then, after Chen Xinjia became the Governor of Xuanda, such a thing never happened again. Therefore, these Shanxi merchants became a little careless and reported the situation a little late.

Fan Yongdou frowned, feeling like he was raining all night. King Lu Yan ran back, suspected that the factory guards actually appeared in Zhangjiakou. Could it be that it was the capital? An accident happened, not as good as expected, right?

He didn't have time to think about it anymore and immediately asked, "Where is that person?"

"Thirty-six people in the fort have been stared." The man hurriedly reported, "Three other people went out of the city, and the villain also sent fifteen people to go out. Just like before, he would find a place to arrest them for interrogating the situation and then do it!"

"Okay!" Fan Yongdou nodded after hearing this, "Once the news comes from outside the castle is true, immediately attack these people in the castle. Don't let one of them go!"

After hearing this, the man quickly patted his chest and promised: "I understand! Don't worry, Master, you will definitely not make any mistakes."

Seeing him leaving, Fan Yongdou's face was a little grim and said to other Shanxi merchants: "The grain merchant's rebellion case should have been burned to Shanxi. I don't know if this is the first batch, so it is a bit passive if this continues. We must contact the capital immediately to figure out what's going on in the capital. We cannot let the capital send people over continuously, otherwise the flaws will be revealed sooner or later!"

"Oh, it's really not easy for us to do some business!" Wang Dengku said with some emotion after hearing this.

When Guest Liang heard this, he comforted him: "Don't worry, after this batch of materials comes out of customs, the next transaction will be at least the end of the year. For such a long time, we are all in a proper manner. Even if the court comes, what else can we do without evidence?"

Fan Yongdou ignored this, thought for a while, and said to them: "Don't move first. After packing up the minions of the government, then transport the supplies out. Otherwise, the movement will be too loud, I'm afraid that if it happens!"

His words were a safe move, and the others had no objection, so they turned back to their respective residences in Zhangjiakou Fort and began to arrange related matters.

At the same time, in the field of the fort, three people rode horses, and behind them, fifteen riders followed.

The road was not peaceful these days. Gradually, the three riders seemed to feel something was wrong and accelerated. The fifteen riders behind were familiar with this area and knew that the long road ahead was quite desolate, so they accelerated and started chasing the three riders in front.

Such obvious intention made the three riders in front of him feel a little panicked. They stopped walking on the official road, rode their horses and ran to the forest.

"Haha, I can't panic!" The leader laughed loudly after the fifteen riders behind him, and then waved his hand and shouted, "Chasing, you can't let them run away."

So, the intention became obvious. The three of them ran away desperately in front, while the fifteen cavalry behind them chased them desperately.

After running for a long time, probably away from the official road, I turned over a valley and finally caught up with the target.

The three riders seemed to know that they could not run away, so they stopped and turned around to look at the person behind them.

"Haha, see if you still run away, this is my territory!" The leader of the fifteenth cavalry shouted proudly, pulled out his sword, turned the valley entrance, and was about to come forward to catch someone, but he saw the situation behind the three cavalry in front, and was stunned...m.
Chapter completed!