Hearing Liu Yu ask this, Zhang Nan's eyes slipped around Ren Hongchang and the others before he said with some arrogance: "The general's name is Zhang Nan, he is the marching Sima under Liu Xiangye, and he is now in charge of all security affairs at the east gate of Yecheng. $(). (23) ()(x).)”

"Well, I'll tell you, I hope you can tell right from wrong." Although Zhang Nan's somewhat lustful eyes made Liu Yu look uncomfortable, but seeing that he didn't convict them as soon as he came up, Liu Yu reluctantly told him what happened.

Liu Yu pointed to Guo Chang, who was leaning on the corner of the street and was being supported, and said: "That nephew of Guo Tu, who is said to be an important adviser to the puppet general Yuan Shao, can actually play with a woman from a good family in broad daylight, and he is actually protected by a patrol, what is going on?" If it's just a squad patrolling to protect him, how can you explain that all the patrolmen you see lying here are actually covering up the nephew of an enemy military advisor? Could it be that you Liu Xiangye want to take refuge in General Yuan Shao's hands, so he asked you to sell Guo Tu a face, so as not to embarrass your colleagues in the future? ”

"Bastard, what do you think you are, dare to talk to General Zhang Nan like this, you are impatient?" The lieutenant named Jiao Touch was probably healed from his injuries, and he even began to shout and curse loudly again.

Liu Yu turned his head and asked Fan Lihua, "Has your skill regressed?" Why did that guy who got caught in the 'spinning world' jump around so quickly? ”

"The concubine body is practicing martial arts diligently every day, how can her skills regress?" Fan Lihua pursed her lips and said dissatisfiedly: "But considering that kid is an officer under the command of Fujun. The martial arts are also good, so the concubine really didn't be ruthless to him. ”

Just as Liu Yu and Fan Lihua were whispering, another little old man with gray hair and an obscene image ran into the scene that was blocked by the cavalry. When the little old man saw Guo Changshi, who was languishing on the side of the street, he was holding a broken arm. Immediately let out a heart-rending howl: "My son, who killed a thousand knives hurt you so ruthlessly......"

His miserable appearance not only did not arouse Liu Yu's sympathy, but made Liu Yu feel a little funny. After the doglegs who supported Guo Chang told in a few words, this little old man surnamed Guo, who knew at a glance that it was not a good thing, pointed at Liu Yu and scolded: "Bold mob, what are you, you hurt my son and don't tie your hands, you dare to quibble here?!" ”

Liu Yu ignored the clamor of the little old man surnamed Guo. Instead, he looked at Zhang Nan and said, "Now that you know what happened, you should understand that we are innocent victims." Although we killed and injured many patrolmen, it was also a helpless act of legitimate defense. The real culprit should be this gentleman named Guo Chang. ”

After listening to Liu Yu's words, before the others could say anything, the little old man surnamed Guo had already jumped to his feet and scolded: "What are you talking nonsense about? Even if my son commits a crime, it will be dealt with by someone in the yamen. That allows you to punish you here in private? ”

I have to say that this little old man does have some wisdom. immediately grasped the key point of the problem, worthy of Guo Tu's brother!

The words of the little old man surnamed Guo obviously woke up the marching Sima named Zhang Nan, a smug smile flashed on his face, and then he said solemnly: "What Master Guo said is very true, you should not be lynched no matter what. What's more, you have killed and wounded so many soldiers, which is an unforgivable capital crime. Now don't resist, and honestly go back to the barracks with General Ben! ”

Liu Yu also knew that what he did was indeed not in line with the law he personally formulated, so he really had plans to cooperate with them. But what happened next dispelled Liu Yu's idea.

Rushing out of the cavalry queue, judging by its outfit, it should be Zhang Nan's lieutenant general. The lieutenant general rode to Zhang Nan's side. He said, "General, although we have the responsibility to maintain law and order, we are not in charge of interrogating criminals, so should we escort them to Lord Sima Lang?" ”

Zhang Nan shook his head, glanced at Ren Hongchang and the others with squinting eyes again, and said softly to the lieutenant general: "Lord Sima Lang is so busy, we can handle these small things by ourselves." ”

"I'm afraid this isn't very good, right?" The lieutenant's attitude seemed very hesitant.

"Hehe," Zhang Nan laughed a few times, lowered his already low voice twice, and whispered to the lieutenant general: "Let me tell you the truth, brother, brother, I have taken a fancy to those women, take this opportunity to bring them into the barracks and have fun." Don't worry, brother, brother, I'm not a person who eats alone, how about giving you one when the time comes? ”

Liu Yu had a good impression of this Zhang Nan before, but his words completely overturned his perception, and Liu Yu had already sentenced this Zhang Nan to death in his heart. However, the performance of the deputy general made Liu Yu feel a little satisfied, after listening to Zhang Nan's words, his face changed, and he hurriedly said: "General, don't do this, this matter is a violation of military discipline, if the military judge knows, it will be terrible!" ”

His words did not dispel the bad thoughts of Zhang Nan, who was dizzy, but got a few complaints: "The thousand cavalry behind me were all brought out by you and me, who will go to tell the military judge?!" As for your brother, you don't want to kill your brother, do you? ”

"But......" The adjutant general was interrupted by Zhang Nan when he wanted to say something: "It's nothing, you must know that these four people have killed hundreds of patrolmen!" Although those patrol soldiers have not yet become official soldiers of our army, they are also Liu Xiangye's subjects! These people are ruthless to Liu Xiangye's people because of a trivial matter, and they obviously don't take Liu Xiangye in their eyes! Brother, don't you often say that you are a hardcore follower of Liu Xiangye, don't you want to speak out for Liu Xiangye? If these four people are handed over to Master Sima Lang, they will be sentenced to ten or twenty years of hard labor at most, do you think they can relieve their anger? Therefore, it is better for us to solve it ourselves, even if the military judge knows about it in the future, for the sake of us being angry with Liu Xiangye, we will not be severely punished! ”

After listening to Zhang Nan's words, Liu Yu's hardcore followers were obviously moved. After a slight sigh, he stopped talking.

Seeing the appearance of the deputy general, Zhang Nan was very happy, and said with a laugh: "Okay." Don't waste time, boy, come with us! ”

"Let's go, to your barracks?" Liu Yu said coldly: "You don't think I can't hear your whispers, do you?" ”

Zhang Nan frowned slightly, and then stretched out his hand to Ren Hongchang and the others disappreciatively, and said, "What can you do if you hear it?" These three women, I'm going to decide! As for you......" Zhang Nan pointed his finger at Liu Yu again, and said with a cruel smile: "Attack and kill the mob of the patrol team and the good citizen Guo Chang, according to the decree issued by our Liu Xiangye when he entered the city. will be killed on the spot. How's that, I'm doing this fairly, right? ”

"Justice? I'll let you know how the word 'justice' is written! The corners of Liu Yu's mouth showed a ruthless smile, and he looked directly at them with a cold gaze and said, "But it's not what you do with us, it's how we deal with you!" ”

"Hahaha. Are you going to dispose of us? I think you're crazy! Although you guys are very powerful. But we're not the kind of waste you just dealt with, and you will definitely not be able to stop the siege of our thousand elites! It's better to abandon your weapons and surrender as soon as possible, I don't want to hurt the beauty I fancie! Zhang Nan looked confident, as if Liu Yu and they were already in his pocket.

Guo Chang's father on the side was a little unhappy, and he interjected: "General Zhang, what do you have to say to this pariah, just send troops up and trample them into pulp!" Go back and send a few beautiful women to your barracks, you can have a or a virgin if you want. Why bother staring at these unsightly women? ”

Zhang Nan smiled slightly, and said with some smugness: "Master Guo doesn't know anything. Although these three women have not seen their true faces, they can conclude that they are absolutely rare and peerless beauties! ”

At Zhang Nan's signal, the deputy general came up with more than 30 horsemen. Liu Yu squinted at the officer, who claimed to be Liu Yu's hardcore follower, pursed his lips, and asked, "What's your name?" Is your badge made of bronze or silver? Do you want me to talk to your Liu Xiangye, move your position, I think he will definitely sell me this face. ”

"Who the hell are you?" Liu Yu's hardcore followers were a little stunned after hearing Liu Yu's words, and Zhu Ma asked, "Do you really know our Liu Xiangye?" ”

"Brother, don't be stupid." Zhang Nan said in a disdainful tone: "How can a pariah like him know the high-flying Liu Xiangye, don't be bluffed by him." ”

Seeing that Liu Yu's hardcore followers were a little hesitant, Liu Yu no longer embarrassed him, and said directly: "Okay, it's time for the game to end." Liu Yu didn't want to do any more killing, after all, these soldiers in front of him were different from the patrols of the fish and flesh people they had just eliminated, most of them were predators loyal to Liu Yu. Liu Yu didn't want to swing the butcher's knife at them, nor did he want them to die for Zhang Nan's selfish desires.

Liu Yu took out a gold medal from his arms, threw it at Liu Yu's hardcore followers, and said in his mouth: "Since you said that you are Liu Yu's hardcore followers, you should always know what this gold medal represents, right?" ”

Liu Yu's hardcore follower, who was full of doubts, took the gold medal and looked at it, and almost immediately rolled off the horse, knelt on the ground, held the gold medal high with both hands, and said in a trembling voice: "The last general, Han Juzi, see Xiangye." ”

Zhang Nan, who was behind him, showed a look of disbelief after seeing his movements and hearing what he said, and asked a little stammering, "Han Juzi, what did you call him just now?" ”

"In front of us is the big Han horse, the Duke of Zhou, that is, our supreme commander Liu Xiangye!" Han Juzi still knelt on the ground, and replied without looking back. From his trembling voice, Liu Yu could hear excitement and excitement, as well as a hint of fear.

Zhang Nan, who was originally sitting on the horse, immediately had a thin layer of sweat on his forehead, he immediately turned over and dismounted, walked forward quickly, knelt down to Han Juzi's side, and said in a trembling voice: "The last general Zhang Nan will see Xiangye." However, in his voice, Liu Yu only heard strong fear and uneasiness.

And the thousand-strong cavalry behind them also dismounted, knelt neatly in front of Liu Yu, and shouted excitedly in unison: "See Xiangye." Guo Chang and his father, as well as the remaining domestic servants and patrol soldiers, were also taken aback when they saw this, and knelt down with everyone without thinking about it.

Liu Yu stepped forward. While taking back the gold nameplate representing Liu Yu's identity from Han Juzi's hand, he said, "Get up!" Han Juzi didn't dare to say anything else, and got up with those cavalrymen. But Zhang Nan, Guo Chang and his son, and those patrol soldiers were worried that Liu Yu would settle accounts with them. I didn't dare to get up.

"Zhang Nan, Guo family father and son, oh, and the captain named Jiao Touch, do you have anything else to say?" Looking at the four people who were kneeling in front of Liu Yu and trembling, Liu Yu despised them more and more. It is a great mistake to let such four scumbags exist in this world, so let Liu Yu correct this mistake for Tianxingdao now!

"Please be gracious. The subordinates are just a momentary nonsense. Zhang Nan kowtowed and begged in front of Liu Yu like a rice. Guo Chang's father also cried and said, "Xiangye spares his life! My Guo family has the merit of surrendering, and the inferior son has also been taught a lesson, so I hope that the master will spare my son's life! As for Guo Chang and Jiao Touch, they had already collapsed to the ground. Not to mention begging for mercy, even their eyes were frightened.

Liu Yu smiled coldly, and said to them solemnly: "A moment of nonsense? I think Zhang Nan is quite sober, where are you scribbling? Guo Chang? Rest assured. This prime minister has no intention of taking your son's life. However, there are some things that the prime minister needs your assistance in the investigation, so I have to wronged you! After speaking, Liu Yu said to Han Juzi: "You lock up these four guys for me, and no one is allowed to visit or interrogate them without my order, can you do it?" ”

"The end will be a death guarantee, it will definitely be done!" Han Juzi said with a firm face.

In this way, a conflict ended with Liu Yu's resounding victory, and although there was an element of force, it was power that played a decisive role in the end. Liu Yu clearly knows the role of power. Because many times "power" is much easier to wield than "force", as is the case today.

After this incident. Ren Hongchang and the others also lost their interest in continuing shopping, and after Liu Yu promised that he would often go shopping with them after returning to Luoyang, they followed Liu Yu back to the Governor's Mansion. After seeing his wives return to the inner courtyard, Liu Yu immediately ordered someone to summon Guo Jia, because he really had too many doubts in his heart.

Liu Yu waited anxiously for nearly half an hour before he saw Guo Jia running in, and before he let him give Liu Yu a salute, Liu Yu asked, "How did you arrange the city defense?" How can I see that the defenders of Yecheng are also maintaining law and order in the city today? ”

After listening to Liu Yu's question, Guo Jia's face showed a look of obvious relief, and then he gasped a few times and said, "Weichen thought something was wrong, it turned out to be like this......"

Liu Yu frowned slightly, and said with some displeasure: "Didn't I tell you that all prisoners of war who want to join our army must go through political education and strict training before they can take up their posts again?" Why did the captives of Yecheng become patrols so quickly? ”

Guo Jia explained disapprovingly: "Our army has gone through a series of battles, and the soldiers are exhausted, in order to allow our soldiers to get a good rest, and considering that those prisoners who want to join our army are basically locals, so Weichen will make the decision to let them assist our army in maintaining law and order in the city." ”

His words made Liu Yu's brows furrow tighter and tighter, and he couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you afraid that those captives will turn against each other when they are free and get weapons?" ”

Guo Jia still looked indifferent, and said slowly: "Xiangye doesn't know, although the defenders of Yecheng claim to have 60,000, but the only ones who can really form combat effectiveness are the veterans of the Yuan Army who only have 15,000 or 6,000 people, and the rest are ordinary people in the region who have been forcibly conscripted. After the city was broken, the veterans of the Yuan army who dared to resist were wiped out by our army, and most of the rest begged us to release them home, and there were only more than 8,700 Jizhou men who expressed their willingness to join our army. Therefore, Weichen only released 8,000 prisoners, how could these 8,000 'militia' possibly pose a threat to our army? If they make a move, the 30,000 Rangers in the city alone will be able to kill them all. ”

Now that Guo Jia has thought it through, Liu Yu was a little relieved, and asked casually: "Then how did you arrange the eight thousand 'militia'?" ”

Guo Jia smiled and said, "Although these 'militias' are not trained enough to be used on the battlefield immediately, they are still capable of maintaining law and order in the city. Wei Chen asked eight former Yuan generals who had surrendered to our army to lead 1,000 people each, and patrolled the four urban districts day and night. Only when something they can't solve will our Rangers be dispatched! ”

"I see." Liu Yu nodded knowingly, and asked again: "Didn't you send people to spy on those 'militias'?" Aren't you afraid that they will continue to collude with the local wealthy families to prey on the common people? ”

After listening to Liu Yu's words, the expression on Guo Jia's face immediately changed from indifferent to treacherous, and he chuckled and said, "Of course Weichen has sent someone to spy on him!" Weichen is trying to take this opportunity to test their hearts, to see if they can be entrusted with important tasks, and by the way, to see if the wealthy families in the city have any tricks for us to pinch. However, Wei Chen explained that those secret sons should not show their traces, and could only record their words and deeds in secret, and only when those 'militias' killed innocent people in vain and raped women, they could come forward to enforce military law. ”

Hearing him say this, Liu Yu couldn't help but ask with a slight suspicion: "So you should have known what happened to me in the east of the city, so what did you pretend to be when you came just now?" ”

Guo Jia looked embarrassed and a little speechless, looking at his blushing appearance, Liu Yu didn't want to delve any further, so he changed the question and said, "Do you know the 'Guo family' in the city?" Their young master seems to be called 'Guo Chang'. ”

Guo Jia nodded and said, "Weichen knows that what Xiangye is talking about should be the Guo family known as 'Guo Chengdong'!" ”

After listening to his words, Liu Yu narrowed his eyes and asked, "Guo Chengdong? Are they called 'Guo Chengdong' because they have half of the city's wealth? ”

Guo Jia nodded and said: "Yes, there is a nursery rhyme in Yecheng that sings 'There is a lack of white jade frost in the sky, and the gods come to ask Luo Shui Shang' and 'If you want to ask where the salt and iron are the most, there is a big pot in the east of the city'." This is talking about the two richest people in Yecheng, the Zhen family who lives in the west of the city and the Guo family who live in the east of the city. ”

"White Jade Frost?" Liu Yu asked with some confusion: "Isn't that a balm produced by Xingchanglong Trading Company that is said to make people's skin whiter and more tender?" Liu Yu knew that women's money was the best to make, so he had long written out more than a dozen formulas of homemade cosmetics that were circulating on the Internet in modern society, and handed them to Su Shuang for him to put on the market after successful development. Liu Yu's cosmetics are made of pure natural materials, and there are absolutely no side effects on the human body, and this white jade cream is one of them. What made Liu Yu feel strange was why Bai Yushuang wanted to go to the Zhen family to ask for it, which was obviously the monopoly product of Xingchanglong Trading Company?

Guo Jia said with envy: "The Guo family has become a salt and iron monopoly in Jizhou because of Guo Tu's relationship, which belongs to the nature of officials and businessmen. The development of the Zhen family is because their Luoshui Chamber of Commerce negotiated the exclusive agency of Baiyushuang and more than ten other cosmetics in Jizhou from the hands of Xingchanglong Trading Company, and in just four or five years, the Zhen family, which was originally just a second-rate family in Jizhou, has become one of the five largest merchants in the world. ”

can actually get the agency of those cosmetics from Su Shuang's iron rooster, hey, it's kind of interesting...... Wait a minute? Zhen's family?! Liu Yu remembered something and asked, "Does the Zhen family have a girl named Zhen Mi?" ”

"It turns out that Xiangye has also heard of this woman's name......" Guo Jia said with admiration: "This young daughter of the Zhen family is very good at business, since she took charge of the Zhen family's Luoshui Chamber of Commerce at the age of twelve, the industry under the name of the Zhen family in Jizhou has tripled. It is said that she is as beautiful as a fairy, ranking fifth in the latest 'stunning list', and she also has the nickname 'Luoshui Goddess'. Tsk, if anyone is blessed to marry her, it will really be a combination of people and money! ”

Looking at Guo Jia's obscene appearance, Liu Yu couldn't help but roll his eyes and said, "Okay, it's time to go back to the topic we just had!" Tell me, does the Guo family have a sincere gesture towards us? ”

Guo Jia snorted disdainfully: "The Guo family's way of development lies in relying on Guo Tu to become a salt and iron monopoly in Jizhou, they wish Yuan Shao could occupy the whole world, how can they have a sincere move towards us?" ”

How dare you lie to me?! Liu Yu's eyes were slightly cold, and he asked in a cold voice: "Since you have a secret son, then you should know that the general of our army and the Guo family seem to be quite familiar, can you tell me what is going on?" (To be continued.) )