Chapter 44 You all forgot my other identity

After coming down from Xiangshan.

Yan Shaoting then rode on a horse, led by a Jinyiwei cavalryman, and urged the horses to hurry.

It took Yan Shaoting much less time than the trip here to return to the outside of Fucheng Gate.

But at this time, there were more officials from the Bingmasi and Shuntian Prefecture outside the city.

It seems that a vicious robbery occurred here not long ago.

The government is suppressing and hunting down the criminals.

Yan Shaoting temporarily ignored the actions of the government and went straight into the city to the Jinyiwei Commandery located on the north side of Xijiangmi Lane in Dashiyongfang.

This area is located on the west side of the Daming Gate, with the Five Military Governors' Office, Taichang Temple, and Tongzhengshisi on the left and right.

As soon as Yan Shaoting arrived at the Jinyiwei Command Headquarters, he saw a team of Jinyiwei soldiers returning from the direction of Zhengyang Gate.

The Jinyiwei cavalryman who came back with Yan Shaoting led the two men's horses and whispered, "They are the people who came back from De'an."

Hearing this, Yan Shaoting nodded in understanding.

This was the person who sent Prince Jing Zhu Zaizhen to his fiefdom in Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province.

This year, according to Xiyuan's intention, King Jing, who has never had any offspring, has officially left Beijing to become a fief.

This also means that the next emperor of the Ming Dynasty will undoubtedly be Prince Yu Zhu Zaigui.

But these are things that are supposed to happen.

After Yan Shaoting understood the situation, he entered the Jinyiwei Yamen and headed towards the courtyard of the Beizhenfusi.

The location just after entering the Northern Pacification Office.

As I came forward, I saw a burly and well-dressed man with his upper body naked, who was having his arms and back hit by a long stick in the yard.

The people around who were holding long sticks were also merciless. Every time they struck, the long sticks made a loud noise on the shirtless man.

But the man gritted his teeth and said nothing.

Yan Shaoting's scalp tingled when he saw this.

"This is Master Qi."

After hearing the introduction, Yan Shaoting finally understood who the strong man with bare upper body who was exercising was.

It was none other than Zhu Qi, the captain of the Northern Pacification Division of the Jinyiwei.

Zhu Qi also noticed Yan Shaoting's arrival at this time. A sound burst out from his dantian, and everyone around him immediately retracted their sticks.

Zhu Qi slowly stood up, turned his limbs, and made a low muffled sound.

Yan Shaoting couldn't help but take a few more glances.

This guy's shoulders are several inches wider than those of ordinary people, and they slope down in an inverted triangle from chest to waist.

The pectoral muscles and arm muscles are bulging, and you can tell they are as hard as iron just by looking at them.

Without waiting for Yan Shaoting to speak.

Zhu Qi had already arrived in front of Yan Shaoting with a fierce fighting spirit.

While Yan Shaoting was looking at him, Zhu Qi was also looking at Yan Shaoting.

"Thank you!"

Only three words came out of Zhu Qi's mouth.

But it made Yan Shaoting feel dizzy and his chest was pounding.

It was hard to suppress it.

Yan Shaoting met Zhu Qi's captivating gaze with a smile on his face: "It turns out that you are the Seventh Master. There is no need to be so polite."

Zhu Qi was surprised to see Yan Shaoting was able to keep his composure despite his deliberate actions. He said in a muffled voice, "We already know about what happened to Shen Jingli's family."

Yan Shaoting couldn't help showing a hint of embarrassment on his face.

Shen Jingli is also known as Shen Lian.

Speaking of this person, I'm cleaning up the mess for the Yan family again.

He cupped his hands, his face showing pain: "I only regret that I can't see you, and now it's a small matter, it's hard to make up for it."

Seeing Yan Shaoting's grief-stricken look, Zhu Qi just nodded, but he felt something else in his heart.

The eldest son of the Yan family is not similar to his grandfather or father.

Zhu Qi is a straightforward man and he always distinguishes between gratitude and resentment.

Seeing Yan Shaoting like this, Zhu Qi stepped forward and saluted: "I wonder why you came to the yamen today, sir?"

Seeing that Zhu Qi and other Jinyiwei elders were able to put aside their grudges with the Yan family and talk to him, Yan Shaoting immediately changed the subject and said, "I still feel uneasy about the matter of asking Cheng to take care of me before. I wonder if the son of the Shen Jingli family is interested in civil or military affairs?
If he wants to learn martial arts, I am familiar with the eunuch Huang Jin, so I can let him join our Jinyiwei, which means he can follow in his father's footsteps.

If you want to study, I am now a reader in the Hanlin Academy. I can just say hello to the Imperial College and I won't be able to deduct any preferential treatment from them.

But no matter what, I hope that the monthly salary, rice, and house in Beijing can be passed on to...to Brother Shen Shi through the hands of Master Qi."

From the very beginning when he greeted Lu Yi, Yan Shaoting wanted to have a good relationship with the Jinyiwei people just like today.

really.

Seeing that Yan Shaoting not only took care of Shen Lian's son's money, food and housing, but also considered his literary and military future, Zhu Qi, a man of iron, felt warmed in his heart.

Zhu Qi clasped his fists and bowed deeply.

"You are so kind! I will do my best to handle this matter!" Seeing that Zhu Qi had changed his mind, Yan Shaoting smiled and said, "I just hope that Mr. Shen can rest in peace. I hope that all the Jinyiwei can be harmonious."

Zhu Qi nodded and asked, "What is your job today?"

Yan Shaoting immediately smiled knowingly.

Not long.

The people in the capital saw the Jinyiwei mobilized in large numbers, with countless Jinyiwei cavalry searching the market.

Every shop was blocked by the Jinyiwei Tiqi.

No reason, no excuse.

Any merchant who dared to resist was captured on the spot by the Embroidered Uniform Guards.

For a time, all the merchants in the capital were trembling with fear.

Outside Chongwenmen, because this is the customs checkpoint of the capital city, and it is also responsible for calculating the value of goods of passing caravans, the tax collection plant is outside the city gate.

As a result, a large cargo distribution center naturally formed here.

In Toutiao Hutong next to Dongheyan.

A residential complex was blocked off by the Jinyiwei who were moving like crazy today.

From time to time, the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground and breaking could be heard in the yard.

After knocking on the gate, they found that several merchants dressed in silk had been captured by the Jinyiwei, tied up and forced to kneel on the ground.

"We are good citizens!"

"We are working for the adults, you can't arrest us!"

"I want to sue! I want to sue!"

"..."

In the yard, the businessman who was pinned to the ground kept roaring angrily, looking extremely arrogant.

They all came from the south of the Yangtze River and were big merchants in the capital who mainly traded grain, silk, porcelain and even salt and iron.

In the capital, relationships are naturally complicated.

However, the Jinyiwei who were present were silent, with eyes that were cold enough to kill people.

I don’t know when.

There were footsteps outside the yard.

The first to be hit was Zhu Qi, who was already wearing the Jinyiwei Feiyu uniform.

Without waiting for the merchants to shout out.

Yan Shaoting had already walked out leisurely behind Zhu Qi.

Zhu Qi glanced around, then stepped aside, bowed and saluted: "We have caught the criminals with evidence, they are all here!"

Yan Shaoting smiled and looked at the merchants who were captured here.

The businessmen showed surprise on their faces.

"Master Yan!"

"Why are you arresting me?"

"How can Master Yan arrest us?"

These businessmen are not bystanders.

It was the merchant from the southeast who spent three million taels to sell all of the Yan family’s property in Beijing last time.

The two sides are old acquaintances.

Yan Shaoting still had a smile on his face as he walked towards them: "Everyone, have you all forgotten that I have another identity?"

The merchants were confused and asked in confusion: "Master Yan, what is your other identity?"

Zhu Qi shouted coldly, looked at several people, raised his hands and faced Yan Shaoting.

"You are staring at me with wide eyes. This is Yan Shaoting, the deputy commander of the Jinyiwei Command, my personal army!"

The merchants finally reacted.

Yan Shaoting, who is now a celebrity in the court, is not only a reader in the Hanlin Academy, but also the right son of the Right Spring Office of the Zhanshi Palace and the reader of the Crown Prince of Prince Yu's Palace.

There is also a most inconspicuous Jinyiwei commander.

The merchants panicked.

They just thought that Yan Shaoting was coming to them to ask for back the property that the Yan family had sold.

"Master Yan, we have done nothing wrong, and you have no evidence. How dare you arrest us in broad daylight?"

Yan Shaoting laughed and looked at the Jinyiwei around him with a smile on his face.

He looked at Zhu Qi again.

Finally, Yan Shaoting looked at the businessman who had shouted.

"Have you forgotten again?"

"The Imperial Guards are doing their job, and the emperor has given special permission to execute first and report later!"

(End of this chapter)