After returning from the river that day, Gu Zhirong received a letter from Sister Hong, which wrote that when the court official Lu Zheng visited Chen Bin, the general of Chen, saying that the Jiangnan Caoyun merchant ship was ambushed, and the local officials searched for the token of Chen Jiajun from the water bandits.

Of course, General Chen did not admit it, and fabricated that bandits had been rampant in Jiangzhou recently, and he asked his subordinates to send troops to annihilate the bandits, not wanting the 8,000 soldiers to be wiped out. Those bandits took off the waist cards of the soldiers who died in the battle, and pretended to be officers and soldiers to rob, and they were innocent.

Of course, this argument is untenable, and it was first strongly criticized by the official Lu Zheng. Lu Zheng said that since he was pretending to be an officer and soldier, why did the passing ships loading and unloading on the dock only see bandits, and did not see the sergeants with spears and calcium armor?

At the same time, under the leadership of Lu Zheng, other officials immediately reported General Chen's harsh detention.

The emperor was furious, and immediately ordered General Chen to reorganize military discipline and reduce General Chen's army by 20,000, and at the same time, appoint officials to Jiangzhou to investigate the case, and if it is not true, the punishment will be increased.

Not only that, those officials also praised the Tongjia Army, saying that although the Tongjia Army was under the harsh detention and lived a difficult life, in such a difficult environment, it still insisted on training the army, becoming a division of tigers and wolves, deterring the enemy, defending border security, and was deeply supported by the border people.

After hearing this, the emperor was greatly appreciative, rewarded the Tongjia army, and allowed it to expand the army by 30,000.

After reading the letter, Gu Zhirong burned with charcoal, but he was very happy in his heart. This was the result she wanted, and this heavy blow was her warning to the general, the third room of the Yuanning Marquis Mansion. Not so easy to bully!

She immediately thought that after listening to the rumors in the market, the official Lu Zheng and General Tong were both upright and loyal people. It is the pillar of the country. If the young master's "great cause" is to support these loyal people, then this young master is not a bad person. It seems that he should no longer look at him with prejudices in the future.

Since he was going to leave for the northeast border where the Tongjia army was stationed tomorrow, Gu Zhirong asked Lushui to go out to buy some necessary dry food for the journey as soon as he came back, picked up his baggage, and rested in the inn early after dinner.

What she didn't expect was. As she fell asleep, a snow-white pigeon was rushing into the night sky, heading for the distant capital.

On the feet of that carrier pigeon. A small bamboo tube is tied, and a note is stuffed in the bamboo tube, which is the handwriting of the Xuanhe of the Guangming Temple.

Brother Mingkong:

I have been taught the mastery of the disciples, and the strangeness of that strange book has deeply shocked me. The prince's condition has been capricious recently. There were a few times when they were on the verge of danger, and it seemed that it was not appropriate to delay any longer, and it was time for the Orderer to give it a try. Don't worry, I'll lead her there.

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It is said that a few days ago, General Chen, who was guarding the border pass, received a letter from his sister, that is, the eldest lady of the Yuanning Marquis Mansion, and after reading it, he directly overturned the table. The teapot, teacup, saucer and so on the table were all swept to the ground, ping-pong. Tea in one place, ceramic shards in another.

The girl in the house trembled with fright and couldn't say a word.

General Chen felt that he couldn't relieve his anger, and like an angry lion, he overturned everything in the study, smashed it, and kicked the little guy who came in to report twice.

The little guy was kicked in the chest, coughed for a while before he came to his senses, hung his head in fear, and trembled as he reported: "Old, master, there is a master Zhang who claims to be the prince of Shou outside, and he wants to meet the master." ”

"Didn't you see that I'm in a bad mood?" General Chen roared loudly, "No!"

Master Zhang entered uninvited, stood at the door and glanced at General Chen, and snorted, "I thought that the general was a man of temperament, and he would take revenge, but I didn't expect it to be so wasteful, I can only take some things in my own house, and there are people who are angry!"

General Chen was immediately enraged, glared angrily at two eyes as big as copper bells, and said fiercely: "What are you talking about, believe it or not, I strangled you to death with one hand?!"

Master Zhang was not afraid at all: "You do it, if you don't want to avenge your wife, and don't want to give General Chen a breath back, then strangle him to death." ”

A sentence hit General Chen's heart and calmed his anger. After thinking about it, he calmed down and asked Master Zhang for advice on revenge.

Master Zhang then offered a plan and asked him to send 8,000 soldiers, pretending to be water bandits, and taking the opportunity to rob the cargo ship anchored at the Jiangzhou wharf of Jiangnan Caoyun. First, because Jiangzhou is a place where there are three careless, it is normal for some robbers to occur; second, the goods transported by the other party are the goods of Baojiantang, and if they are snatched, it is revenge for Baojiantang for helping Miss Gu Wu kill the general's wife. He had already inquired about what was on the cargo ship. As long as you rob the goods, keep them and make a fortune.

However, to their surprise, the enemy's ships were equipped with artillery, which was extremely powerful, and instead of reaping the slightest benefit, the soldiers they sent to pretend to be water bandits were blown up by the discharged artillery fire and the bones of 8,000 soldiers were destroyed.

When the general heard the bad news again, his hands trembled in fright, and the teacup in his hand fell to the ground.

It's not that he's timid, after all, it's eight thousand sergeants, and it's just gone, and it's really hard for him to explain. Besides, in recent years, he lost his hand once and was included in a book, in order to cover up the facts, he had to buy Chang Guogong and marry his niece, that is, Gu Yuanxin, the eldest lady of the Yuanning Hou Mansion, to the Lu family of Changguo Mansion and marry the playboy of the Lu family. For this reason, the eldest lady of the Yuanning Marquis Mansion, that is, her sister, complained about herself. Now, another miss, how to cover up this matter?

Master Zhang made a decision immediately and gave him an idea. Let him find a remote village, slaughter the whole village, and then say that they colluded with bandits to kill 8,000 sergeants, and convict the village of the crime.

The imperial court really sent someone to investigate the matter, and Master Zhang was clever and used a few tricks to fool the past. Before leaving, the official who had been sent to investigate the case returned to Beijing happily with bags of local and valuable local products in his hands.

After hearing the report, the emperor didn't say anything more, and the matter came to an end. At this point, General Chen was so impressed by Master Zhang's methods that he threw himself into the ground, and his contacts with Shouwangfu became closer and closer.

Of course, in the face of the shame of losing 8,000 sergeants for no reason, being reprimanded by the emperor, and cutting 20,000 troops, General Chen still hated it in his heart.

He hated Gu Zhirong, and even more hated the Baojiantang that made him lose his soldiers.

Therefore, he swore that he would take revenge on Gu Zhirong and Baojiantang.

Master Zhang smiled "hehe": "Don't be in a hurry, it's useless to be in a hurry." Without Baojian Hall, the five girls of the Gu family are not worried. ”

General Chen hurriedly said: "Ask Master Zhang, how can I bring down Baojian Hall?"

Master Zhang smiled again: "The top priority now is not that Baojian Hall, but Ling Gongzi." ”

General Chen was slightly stunned: "What, my son?"

Master Zhang approached him, attached to his ear, and said mysteriously: "Do you want your son to be the commander of the 100,000 forbidden army?"

General Chen was stunned for a moment, and then, his eyes widened, and a light came out. (To be continued......)