After Xu Qi, Wang Zhuo and others took their people away, the inn and the inside and outside returned to tranquility.

The inn has been strengthened for vigilance. This time, not only Chen Xi’s people have increased their vigilance, but even Xu Qi has sent heavy troops to protect him, for fear of another accident.

Chen Xi returned to the second floor, as if nothing had happened. She sat down at the desk and wrote something. Xier, who had been standing next to her, was nervous and wanted to speak but stopped.

"Sir, why did you hand over those people to Duke of Wei? Are you not afraid of being exposed?" After a long silence, Xier finally couldn't help asking.

Chen Xi said: "What stuffing is exposed? It was originally a group of assassins. Old Man Xu wanted to check it, so he asked him to find out what tricks he could find out."

Xier asked in surprise: "Is that what the woman brought...is a real assassin?"

Chen Xi smiled faintly: "From the beginning, he was a real assassin... What the Japanese girl did was to tell the Japanese people who were hiding in the city and tempt them to take action. As long as the Japanese girl's safety could be guaranteed, there would be no variables in how he investigated the nature of this case."

Xier finally realized it suddenly and lowered her head and said, "So that's it. That lord really took risks before."

Chen Xidao: "If I am prepared and even succeeded by the thief, then the guards around me will not have to mess with me... However, these assassins do have some skills, and many of their brothers were injured."

Xier was a little confused: "That adult, I won't have any problems with the assassin handing over to Duke Wei and others, right?"

Chen Xi smiled and said, "What are you worried about? Finding their purpose from these Japanese people? Old Man Xu himself has a ghost, and he doesn't dare to touch some things... These assassins are just bait, so why don't you need to order good bait to fish?"

"clear."

Xier said this, but she was still a little confused. She was not as comprehensive as Yunliu, and her mind was often not enough.

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Xu Qi left the inn and rushed to the Duke of Wei's mansion.

Xu Cheng followed the sedan chair and told the story of what happened in the city that night: "...not only the Japanese, but also the remnants of Ning Wang took the opportunity to attack. The city shouted and killed one after another, and a large number of thugs took the opportunity to rob, and many places caught fire... All the yamen were in a mess and asked the Governor's Office to dispatch the Seventeen Guards to quell the rebellion."

Xu Qi said angrily: "Didn't you send your Majesty's personal army rashly to take advantage of Shen Zhihou's wish? You didn't ask your Majesty and did not get permission from the Beijing Ministry of War. You didn't make sure that you were planning to be ill-telled? You can't use any tricks at this critical moment... but a few rioters, you need to make such a big battle?"

Xu Cheng said nervously: "But the problem is that it is still unclear how many rioters are in the city... What if the remnants of Wang Ning counterattack and are preparing to seize Nanjing and order the Southeast?"

"Are you laughing at me?"

Xu Qi lifted the curtain and glared at Xu Cheng, saying, "When King Ning was entrenched in Jiangxi, he had 100,000 troops, and now he was just a few mobs who were going to cause trouble. He thought it was the Japanese pirates and the remnants of the rebels who fought back? What I want to guard against now is that Shen Zhihou is talking to me, and there must be no chaos in the city!"

"yes."

Xu Cheng felt that the problem was serious, but he couldn't find a way to deal with it, so he had to bow his head and agree.

Xu Qi suddenly remembered something and waved his hand: "Star Shen Zhihou to death... Why do I think he came here to make trouble? There was nothing in Nanjing, but now he is here, everything is starting to emerge. It would be a coincidence that those thieves were targeting him... If he disappeared for no reason, you don't have to come back!"

Xu Cheng's face was like bitter gourd, so he could only bow his head and said, "Mr., don't worry, this time we have complete preparations, and there will be no major problems in the security guard."

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The city was in chaos.

As the new eunuch in Nanjing, Wei Bin had not yet handed over his power, so he could only listen to the loud shouts of killing outside in the Duke of Wei's mansion, look at the flames in Yinghong half of the sky, and paced anxiously in the yard. With his ability, he was helpless about what was happening in front of him.

Xu Qiu was always on the front line of quelling the chaos.

The current situation in the city is that there are heavy thunder and little rain, and there are many blocks with problems. There are both arson and robbery in the middle. However, more people shout at the doors of wealthy families, causing the guards to shoot arrows outwards on the yard wall, and then disappeared without a trace.

As a result, there were warnings everywhere, but no one was caught, which made the officials of the Governor's Office and the City Defense Office frustrated.

Xu Qi finally returned home. The banquet had already ended. Wei Bin had a dedicated reception and settled it. Xu Qi had no intention of meeting him. He sat on the chair of the Grand Master in the center of the main hall, panting heavily. The things in front of him made him feel anxious and he had the heart to kill.

"Master."

Just as Xu Qi wanted to squint his eyes and recover his spirits, Xu Cheng appeared in front of him again, "The person who took back from Lord Shen has been interrogated. It is indeed the Japanese. Both sides fought hard and gunfire. Many of the people under Lord Shen were injured. It seems that the Japanese infiltrated and deliberately assassinated Lord Shen."

Xu Qi was furious: "This kind of thing will happen in Nanjing City? What does the city gate guard do? Even the Japanese people don't know what they enter the city?"

"this……"

Xu Qiu's question was beyond Xu Cheng's jurisdiction and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

Xu Qiu said again: "Have you heard any useful news from the Japanese people?"

Xu Cheng said: "With their confession, this assassination incident was planned. Before, Lord Shen defeated the Japanese pirates in the naval battle. If they wanted to make a comeback and gain a foothold near the Ming Dynasty, they had to get rid of Lord Shen first... So this time they tried their best. It is said that there were the help of the powerful and powerful behind them, so they easily sneaked into the city. Moreover, Lord Shen's whereabouts were also locked through the help of the powerful and powerful..."

The hall suddenly fell silent, and Xu Qi's face looked gloomy and there were signs of anger.

After a while, Xu Qi calmed down a little and said, "Now it seems that the Japanese want to cause trouble in Nanjing... They must have been eyeing Shen Zhihou for a long time, but they have never had a chance. Now that Shen Zhihou left his nest and came to Nanjing, they felt that if they didn't take action, they would never have a chance. So... Humph, they really took the courage of the bear heart and leopard, and dared to act wildly on my territory."

Xu Cheng asked for instructions: "That master, Lord Shen..."

Xu Qi said: "Why, I still want me to give him an explanation? I am already doing my best. I reminded him early in the morning that there is danger in the city. I specially let him live in the official post and be protected by the officers and soldiers. It was because he was careless and insisted on living in a private inn. Who could blame me? Now I will search from house to house immediately, and be sure to find the Japanese and solve the problem before dawn!"

"Yes, Master." Xu Cheng took the order and left.

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In the city of Nanjing, it lasted until the second midnight that the seventeenth guards stationed in the west of the city did not start to take action.

These soldiers were temporarily recruited by Xu Qi. They were decided by Xu Qi after urgent discussion with Nanjing Minister of War Wang Zhuo and Nanjing Eunuch Wei Bin. However, in fact, there is not much difference from Xu Qi's self-decision... In the current chaos in the city, no one can guarantee any serious consequences, and Wang Zhuo and Wei Bin cannot object at all.

When Zhang Yong was still there, he could challenge Xu Qi, and even had the authority far above Xu Qi. However, Wei Bin was just a new arrival and was unfamiliar with people and land, and everything was under the control of Xu Qi.

Although the city is in chaos, it has not had much impact on the lives of ordinary people.

It is said that it is a search from house to house, but the number of households in the inner city of Nanjing exceeds 100,000 and the population is more than 600,000. It is obviously impossible to search for so many houses in a very short time. Therefore, the soldiers specially look for high-walled courtyards. Anyway, they act according to the order of the Duke of Wei. Those wealthy families are worried about harassing their relatives, and they are all stuffed into money. Most people have no spare money to bribe them, so naturally no one will harass them.

All streets were set up, and all people told them not to go to the streets. The focus of the search was the neighborhoods near Chenxi Luotiao Inn, and then there were places where the three religions and the nine streams of the city gathered, such as Qinlou Chu Pavilion, restaurants, tea shops, etc., as well as Taoist temples in the city, and a large number of officers and soldiers also poured into the temples, as if they were to dig three feet into the ground and find the rioters.

At this time, Zhu Ye, the princess of Jutan, was stuck in the civil hospital, and her channels for obtaining external news were almost completely cut off.

"Prince, now it's a mess outside. The people we sent to set fires everywhere, creating some chaos. However, the real trouble was another group of people. They were covered in black clothes and came and went like the wind. They should be Japanese. They attempted to assassinate Shen Zhihou and vented their anger on the people of Nanjing... In addition, there seemed to be mysterious forces catching fish in the troubled waters..."

The family general who came to report the truth about what he knew. Zhu Ye got too little useful information from it and was worried for a moment.

She didn't show too much concern about who was making trouble in the city. Now she had to consider her own safety issues to avoid being affected by the fish.

Listening to the neighing of the war horses outside, Zhu Ye frowned and asked, "What's wrong with so many soldiers suddenly appearing in the city?"

The family general said: "It should be that the Duke of Wei sent out his personal army to the seventeen guards. The number is unknown... This is not the first time that Duke of Wei has dispatched troops without authorization. Seeing this posture, the city seems to be a big show, and it is not a good thing... Those with the surname Xu may rebel."

"rebellion?"

Zhu Ye looked at him disdainfully, "You really look down on him... If he really has that ability, he would not have been defeated by the Wang brother in Jiuhua Mountain... Besides, Shen Zhihou is in the city and is stolen in front of the Minister of War of the Court. What's the difference between this and death?"

The general of the family explained: "But I heard that Shen Zhihou has been controlled by the Xu... I heard that the inn where Shen Zhihou temporarily lives is all servants of the Duke of Wei's Mansion, with three layers inside and three layers outside."

Zhu Ye shook his head and said, "Shen Zhihou is capable. If he can't make a good deal, the current chaos is what he wants to see... Everything is in his design..."

The general reminded him: "Princess, we cannot strengthen our ambitions and destroy our own dignity."

Zhu Ye glared at the general of the family: "You don't even look at who that person is! He is the war god who has never suffered defeat on the battlefield. He is a person who secretly took action and let tens of thousands of soldiers of the Ning Prince's Mansion return in failure... When he entered Nanjing City, it means that everything in Nanjing is under his control. Now the first person to beware of is this person!"

The next general dared not answer casually, after all, he was also very afraid of Chen Xi's strength.

Zhu Ye said again: "Since the situation is no longer under control, then find a way to make our people lurk and avoid any abnormal movements... Stay green mountains without fear of burning firewood, and even if you want to make a comeback, you don't have to hurry up. The most important thing now is to preserve your strength in the chaos and joy."

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In the inn, Chen Xi sat firmly on the Diaoyutai as always.

No matter how chaotic it was outside, for Chen Xi, he wrote at his desk, turned a blind eye to the matter outside the window, and was calm.

Ma Jiu came to report to Chen Xi, and the fourth round of drum was already ringing outside. Ma Jiu said nervously: "Sir, just got the news, the Nanjing Ministry of War issued a transfer order to mobilize five thousand households from the camp in the west of the city... Now it is in chaos outside..."

Chen Xi put down his brush, blew the ink on the paper in front of him, and raised his head: "Even if the procedures are not so consistent with the norms, at least he responded when an emergency occurs, but... As a civil servant in command of the general commander of Jiangnan, he seemed a little unreasonable if he didn't come to ask me for instructions... I thought that before Duke Wei did these things, he had discussed with Duke Wei and Shangshu Wang."

Ma Jiu replied respectfully: "Now, Wang Shangshu of the Ministry of War of Nanjing and the new eunuch Wei Eunuch, are both in the mansion of Duke Wei, who think they have discussed it in advance..."

Chen Xi nodded: "What's the situation outside now?"

Ma Jiu subconsciously glanced out the window and turned around and said, "There are hundreds of officers and soldiers around, and it is very troublesome for us to enter and exit... It is becoming increasingly difficult to get in from outside."

Chen Xi picked up a token from the table and handed it to Ma Jiu: "Get this... This is a gold medal given to His Majesty. Whoever dares to stop it will kill you! Even if Nanjing City is the territory of Duke of Wei, don't forget who the Minister of War of the Ming Dynasty is! I haven't stepped down for a day, and I will be the one who will be the central government of the Ministry of War for a day. Many times I can act on behalf of the emperor!"

"Get orders!"

Ma Jiu took the order and retreated.

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At the beginning, Chen Xi was very gentle and looked uncontested.

But at this moment, Chen Xi suddenly became stronger and asked Ma Jiu to take his people to the city to work. Anyone who stops him will lose his head.

Even if Xu Qi gave the death order and did not allow the people from Shenxi in the inn to enter and exit, the officers and soldiers did not dare to stop them. The news immediately reached Xu Qi's ears.

"Mr. Shen's subordinates suddenly became tough. Whoever stopped him from facing each other directly... Our people dare not do anything randomly. Mr. Shen's subordinates crawled out of the dead..."

When Xu Cheng reported in front of Xu Qiu, he seemed to be bullied young wife.

Xu Qi was furious: "What, can the generals of the Duke of Wei be vegetarian? In the past, during the rebellion of King Pingning, those bastards still fought a path of blood from the dead in Jiuhua Valley?"

Xu Cheng said with a bitter face: "The situation is different after all. That master is Lord Shen... He is the Duke of the State like you, and he also serves as the Minister of War. Which of the generals in Nanjing does not rely on him for his reluctance? It would be a bad thing if one was accidentally deprived of his military position, especially if he is a person trusted by His Majesty... Now his people have left the inn and heard that they are going to the Nanjing Ministry of Justice..."
To be continued...