Chapter 118: In the Shadows

The mighty convoy rushed in front of the soldiers brought by Huang Desheng, heading towards the Taishou Mansion, on both sides of the street, the people in the city of Liaoxi were gathering more and more, not only that more war horses gathered than expected, but more people came to see the Hutu tribe leader Latobe who was captured alive.

The patriarch of a tribe has a status that is about equivalent to the master of Liaoxi City, and he is too obedient to keep the promise, and many people secretly wonder about this gray-haired old man who is imprisoned in a cage and is shackled. For more than ten years, this is the first time that an important person from Donghu has fallen into the hands of the Dayan people, and the two have been enemies for a long time. I don't know who started, a big cabbage flew up from the crowd, smashed on the cage, shattered into pieces, the broken leaves of the cabbage fell from the cage, and landed on Latobe's head, he looked up a little dazedly, and looked outside.

"Stoning this Donghu dog! In the midst of the crowd, there was a burst of shouts, and with a shout, countless vegetable leaves, eggs, dirt and even pebbles rained down towards the cage.

Huang Desheng didn't see it well, if he stoned Latobe to death, things would not be easy, and at the sound of an order, the soldiers rushed up and surrounded the cage to death, and the soldiers who had relaxed the vigilance before also became nervous, and immediately set up a cordon along both sides of the street, separating the angry people from the periphery.

Seeing Huang Desheng's soldiers react quickly, Gao Yuan also admired this Uncle Huang with scars on his face, his soldiers were very good!

Amid the cheers and anger of the crowd, the huge motorcade crossed the street, more and more.

On the side of the street, on the top floor of a three-storey restaurant, two people with gloomy faces stood in front of the window, also looking at the convoy, one was the assassin of Liaoxi County, and the other was an old man with silver hair and a luxurious silk robe.

"Weishenme didn't let this Latobe do it halfway? The old man stood in front of Ling Hu Tan with his hands behind his back, and asked in a deep voice, but there was no politeness in his tone.

"Uncle, it's not that I don't want to start, I also sent people, but it's really difficult to get it, this Lu Hong is a treacherous and slippery, and the soldiers under his nephew Gao Yuan are thieves and thieves, and they tried to get close several times, but they almost lost their wind, and finally had to give up." Ling Hu Tan's face was full of frustration. "Who would have thought that this Latobe was too useless, four hundred cavalry, actually killed by Lu Hong, and he was captured alive.

"Didn't take it into account? The old man glanced at him sarcastically, "Ah Tan, speaking of which, you are also the important general of my Linghu family's side, and you didn't even consider other possibilities when acting?" If you plan for the worst in advance, you can just in case, now that there is such a big revelation, and you have to wipe your ass for the family, you have disappointed the prime minister too much."

"I hope my uncle will speak well in front of the Prime Minister! Ling Hu Tan had an uneasy look on his face. Looking out the window, the angry crowd was attacking Latobe in the cage, and his face couldn't help but show a look of relief, "It's best to be stoned to death!" He said fiercely.

"No one else is a fool! The old man said coldly: "If you catch Latobe, you will take the handle of our Linghu family, even if Zhang Shouyue doesn't want to take down our Linghu family, but it is certain to use this to blackmail us."

"Uncle, what do we do now? Ling Hu Tan had a panicked look on his face.

"What to do? Latobe has no choice, the minister of state is already thinking of something else, and has already sent 800 li to rush to see the king of Donghu, asking the king of Donghu to take this Latobe back no matter what, if the king of Donghu comes forward, Zhang Shouyue will definitely have to sell this face."

"Even if Zhang Shouyue lets Latobe go, he will definitely get what he wants."

"If the person is gone, how useful can a confession be? It's okay to deal with others, but it's not much power to deal with us." The old man said disapprerovingly: "But there is one more thing, have you thought of it?" "

"Uncle, what's the matter? "

"You idiot! The old man said angrily: "Latobe's problem is solved, what about one more person?" "

"Huo Zhu? Ling Hu Tan jumped up suddenly.

"Huo Zhu! The old man nodded heavily, "What are you eating, the person who was sent to help Huo Zhu break the city saw the failure of the operation, and he should have directly let Huo Zhu disappear as soon as possible, so that it can be said that Huo Zhu died in battle when Donghu broke the city, not only erased this stain, but also added some light to the fox family for me, now it's good, you actually let him return to Liaoxi City with your people, at this time, it's too late to clear up, you actually grabbed a piece of and pasted it into your pants, Are you afraid that the Prime Minister will not be in trouble enough? "

Cold sweat trickled down Ling Hu Tan's face, his uncle Ling Hu Qingyuan, who has always been known for his elegance and demeanor, actually burst into foul language, obviously under the other party's calm appearance, what was hidden was an angry heart, Ling Hu Qingyuan was like this, and the attitude of the Minister of State could be imagined.

"My nephew is thinking that Huo Zhu has made a lot of contributions to our Linghu family over the years, before and after the saddle, he always can't bear to cross the river and tear down the bridge, and he will abandon it, and he can pull him up." Linghu Tan said in a low voice.

Linghu Qingyuan laughed, looked at Linghu Tan, and shook his head again and again, "I really don't know how you got the favor of the Prime Minister and let you control the most important economic lifeline of the family, Linghu Tan, something is really going to happen, not to mention Huo Zhu, even you, you have to sacrifice for the family without hesitation, and you still think about this, it's really ridiculous."

Linghu was stunned for a long time, "My nephew understands, and my nephew will go down to arrange it immediately."

"As soon as possible, Lu Hong has entered the city, at the latest tomorrow, they will start to take Huo Zhu's father and son, once they are caught, and Latobe's confession is corroborate, that is, ironclad evidence, Huo Zhu died, Latobe's confession is not to be afraid, hum, a Donghu barbarian, intending to separate my Dayan ministers, his heart is sinister, it can be seen, it is best to instigate the promise to slaughter Latobe, when the king of Donghu sent someone to ransom Latobe, this guy has become a dead corpse, Presumably, King Donghu must be very unhappy at that time, and it would be good to give Zhang Shou some eye medicine." Ling Hu Qingyuan narrowed his eyes and said with a smile.

"Nephew, let's do it! "

"Go, go, don't make any more leaks this time."

Looking at the back of Linghu in a hurry, Linghu Qingyuan sat down leisurely, picked up the wine glass on the table, and took a sip gently, "Good wine, much better than the wine given by the palace in the palace, this time I came all the way to Liaoxi City, It's not worth the trip." He poured a slow drink with great interest, for him, although this matter is a little troublesome, but it will not make him feel at a loss, even if it is the worst step, what can it be, it is not enough to keep the covenant and want to turn his face with the country, in the end it is just hello, I am hello, everyone, hehe smiled, tacitly, unveiled, left and right is just to get Linghu back, and never let him come out in the future.

Taishou Mansion, the handover of materials has been completed, of course, this is only on the surface, there are still some things that cannot be put on the table, Zhang Shouyue sent out all the irrelevant people, and even Huang Desheng and other generals also received orders to be supported out, and only Zhang Shouyue and Lu Honghe were left in the lobby.

It was only at this time that Lu Hong took out another list from his arms, which was the dividends of Zhang Shouyu in the first quarter and three of the six boxes of goods donated by Gao Yuan. Looking at the number on the list, although Zhang Shouyue was prepared in his heart, he was still taken aback, the benefits were so great, far beyond his expectations.

"Nearly 30,000 yuan in revenue in the first quarter? He looked at Lu Hong and asked in surprise.

Lu Hong bowed and said: "Yes, this is because it has just started to distribute goods in other counties, more or less, more or less, openly or darkly, there will be resistance and destruction in some places, and after a while, I believe the income will be more considerable."

Zhang Shouyue was very excited, the first quarter was nearly 30,000 guan, and in a year, 120,000 guan would be in hand, this money was enough for him to build an army of 3,000 people, and he had enough strength in his hands, and he was not afraid that the Dayan court would not give him Liaoxi County when the time came.

Shaking the list in his hand, "What's the matter with these goods?" "

Although he knew that the other party was knowingly asking, Lu Hong still replied very seriously: "Beat the old camp of Hutu, which was copied from them, there are a total of twelve boxes, but this time it is in cooperation with the Huns, they sent out more than 200 cavalry, and they took half of it, we got a total of six boxes, three of which were left in Fufeng, this time Fufeng City was broken, many people were destroyed, just to compensate the An family is a large amount, but this money is just used to do this."

"Hmmm! Zhang Shouyue nodded, fighting, especially after this kind of victory in the battle of destroying the family, there must be a lot of floating wealth, as for how much the people below swallowed, he didn't care, anyway, in this battle, he didn't make much effort, it was good to be able to take out a part of it to honor himself, but he didn't have a penny, saying no, what could he do? Lu Hong is still extremely loyal, looking at the number on the list, the value of these three boxes of goods is at least more than 100,000 yuan, and he is extremely satisfied.

"Lu Hong, I have always been very relieved that you are doing things, and I must have revealed to you that this time I am ready to build the former army, and I am ready to transfer you to be the commander of the former army, are you willing? Zhang Shouyue put down the list in his hand and asked.

"It's not an honor for my subordinates to return to serve in front of Lord Taishou again! Lu Hong's voice was full of excitement, being the chief general of an army in the army led by Taishou is naturally not comparable to the county lieutenant of a county, not to mention that the current Fufeng has a high distance, Lu Hong feels that he has nothing to do, and he is also very relieved to have him.