On the second day after Taishi Chen and Mao Zheng went to Henan County, when Zhao Yu was about to go to the Governor's Office to handle official business, He Shun told him: "Captain, Dong Er wants to see you. ”

“……”

Zhao Yu's heart moved slightly, and he nodded: "You take him to my study." ”

"Yes."

A moment later, He Shun took Dong Er to Zhao Yu's study.

I saw Dong Er clenching his fists and saying, "Captain Zhou, please go to Nanyang under the behest of you." ”

Seeing this, Zhao Yu frowned slightly and said, "Dong Er, didn't I tell you?" Even if you go to Nanyang, it won't help......"

Dong Er was the liaison person who asked Nanyang Canal to keep Zhang Zhai with Zhao Yu, and Zhao Yu once arranged him under He Shun.

Of course, when he went to Liang County last year, Zhao Yu did not take Dong Er with him, but left him in the Duwei Zhou Mansion to act as a guard for the family and nursing home, after all, this person was Zhang Zhai's henchman, and Zhao Yu didn't want him to get involved in Tong Yan's affairs.

However, aside from this, Zhao Yu's feeling for Dong Er is still quite good, and he feels that this young man, who is actually a few years older than him, is a very diligent and practical guy.

Therefore, he didn't want Dong Er to go to the funeral of the doomed righteous teacher.

"I know." Dong Er lowered his head and said, "I know that the righteous master has been defeated, and I can't stop it, but I don't have to worry about Zhang Qu's envoy...... Zhang Qu envoy, he is a good person. ”

“……”

Zhao Yu glanced at Dong Er a few times and fell into deep thought.

After a long time, he asked Dong Erdao: "It seems that you have decided?" ”

"Yes." Dong Er lowered his head, clenched his fists and said: "Thank you Duwei Zhou for taking care of me these days, I have already decided that I must find Zhang Qu no matter what." ”

He Shun from the side, the murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

Zhao Yu didn't notice this scene, nodded after thinking about it and said, "Okay, since you have made a decision, then I will no longer dissuade you, He Shun, you prepare some rations and coils for him." ”

"Yes." He Shun lowered his head, unable to see the slightest clue.

And Dong Er was also delighted, clasped his fists and said, "Thank you Captain Zhou." ”

"Huh."

Zhao Yu waved his hand, got up and walked to Dong Er, and said with a little apology: "In fact, Zhou can get to this point, and he needs to thank Zhang Qu, but unfortunately Zhou can't do anything about the current situation of the righteous teacher......

"Zhou Duwei is serious."

Dong Er hurriedly said: "Captain Zhou has sheltered a lot of righteous soldiers......

He said this from the bottom of his heart, after all, if it weren't for Zhao Yu's protection, the righteous teachers from all walks of life would have defeated the captured soldiers, and they would definitely be persecuted.

What's more, rebel generals like Zhou Gong will never survive.

As for Zhao Yu helping Xue Ao repel the three-way righteous division led by Chen Miao in Liangcheng, although Dong Er had some opinions, he could understand it somewhat, after all, this Zhou Duwei was an official of the Jin State after all, and it was already benevolent and righteous to be able to treat his righteous master captives well.

"I'm glad you think so."

patting Dong Er's arm, Zhao Yu said in a low voice: "If you can find Zhang Qu this time, please tell him, I, Zhou Hu, will do what he says, and I will not forget the favor I owed him that day, if he has any difficulties, you might as well come to Yingchuan to join Zhou, and Zhou will definitely try to give him shelter." ”

Dong Er was moved when he heard this, and said solemnly: "Thank you Duwei Zhou!" ”

Seeing this, Zhao Yu nodded with a smile, and suddenly noticed that He Shun was looking at him intently.

He suddenly understood, patted Dong Er's arm and said, "Okay, you go and clean up first, and I'll ask He Shun to send someone to send you later." ”

"Thank you, Captain Zhou."

Dong Er left with a thousand thanks.

Waiting for Dong Er's figure to disappear into the small courtyard in front of the study, He Shun lowered his voice and said to Zhao Yu: "Leader, this Dong Er, I thought it would be a scourge to keep him, so it is better to kill him." ”

"Why?" Zhao Yu asked calmly.

He Shun was stunned, and replied with a little puzzlement: "He is a rebel man."

"That's it?"

Zhao Yu shook his head with a smile.

Seeing this, He Shun persuaded in a low voice: "Chief, now you really shouldn't have anything to do with the rebels, in case Taishi Chen learns that there are rebels around you, that Taishi will definitely not like it......"

"Huh."

Zhao Yu laughed and asked He Shundao: "According to what you said, I will also get rid of the more than 20 brothers who participated in Tong Yan's affairs?" That's a lot more serious, isn't it? ”

"This ......"

He Shun's face changed slightly, after all, this matter was not only related to his twenty or so subordinates, but also related to himself.

Just when he was worried, he saw Zhao Yu patting his arm, and said with a smile: "Don't always think that 'only dead people can keep secrets', otherwise what's the difference between you and me and Yang Tong?" ”

Yes, Zhao Yu did not kill any of the more than 20 black tigers who participated in Tong Yan's incident that day.

Because those people were originally He Shun's carefully selected loyalty, and they all had families in the main village, and even afterwards, Zhao Yu also sent a large sum of money to each person as hush money, which made those people very happy, and they were grateful to Dade one by one.

Although this arrangement can't completely keep secrets, Zhao Yu still doesn't want to take the method of 'killing people and destroying mouths', not like Yang Tong at the beginning, only to find out that people's hearts are lost, and there is no one who will follow him loyally.

If someone really betrays him in the future, then find a way to solve it.

After all, Tong Yan's matter is not small, but it is not big, just like Master Chen, this old man has vaguely guessed something, but can he continue to investigate? No!

This old man didn't pursue it, and still let Zhao Yu be his righteous son in a daze, what else is there to worry about?

Hearing Zhao Yu's words, He Shun was also inexplicably relieved in his heart, and hurriedly praised: "How can the big leader be comparable to Yang Tong's first-class?" ”

But when he thought of that Dong Er, He Shun couldn't help but worry: "But that Dong Er ......"

As if guessing He Shun's thoughts, Zhao Yu chuckled and said, "It's okay, just let him go." He went to the rebels with our kindness, and to a greater or lesser extent, he could also influence the rebels' perception of us, as for whether he could really find Zhang Zhai...... Whether it is successful or not is not a big problem, in short, multiple friends are always right. ”

"I hope ......"

He Shun nodded and said, "In that case, I asked Gong Jiao to send him and prepare some rations and coils for him." ”

"Well, go ahead. …… Tell Gong Jiao to follow me to the Governor's Office later, I still have a lot of official business over there. ”

"Yes!" He Shun clenched his fists and left.

Looking at the back of He Shun leaving, Zhao Yu's mind came to mind the appearance of Zhang Zhai, the envoy of Nanyang Canal.

In all fairness, among the high-level rebels he has seen so far, he has the best impression of Chen Miao, the commander of the Jiangxia Canal, and Zhang Zhai, the envoy of the Nanyang Canal, in contrast, Guan Shuo, the commander of the Changsha Yishi Qu Shuai who was beheaded by Xue Ao in Nanyang, deducted a few points in Zhao Yu's heart because of his arrogance.

For now, Zhao Yu doesn't know the life and death of Zhang Zhai, but he hopes that Zhang Zhai can live and create some trouble for Wang Shangde, Xue Ao and other Jin troops.

After all, if the righteous master of Jingchu was also exterminated by Wang Shangde and Xue Ao in one fell swoop, then the next thing the Jin Kingdom would do was Jiangdong Yishi.

Zhao Yu sincerely hoped that the Jingchu rebels could support it for a long time and create a respite for the Jiangdong Yishi.

Half an hour later, Zhao Yu took He Shun and several black tigers to the Governor's Office.

Don't think that if the lieutenant is a military attaché, he doesn't need to deal with civil affairs, in fact, the lieutenant needs to deal with a lot of civil affairs, otherwise he would not be specially assigned to civilian officials such as Gong Cao Shi.

The civil affairs to be handled by the Governor are basically related to 'county defense' and 'county governance', such as the suppression of thieves by the county army in each county, the application for armaments, and the request for assistance from the county army, etc., all of which must be approved by the Governor and then submitted to the county guard.

Generally speaking, if it involves the allocation of money, it is necessary to negotiate with the county governor in time, and if the amount involved is huge, it must be reported to the county guard separately, and as for the rest, the governor can make a decision alone.

And like Zhao Yu, the county guard trusts him a lot, and the county is the only captain who is the first to look forward, and the things he has made are basically a process to send to the county guard's mansion.

"Captain." Gong Cao Shuzuo Feng Ji was summoned and arched his hand towards Zhao Yu.

"Sit, Feng Li." Zhao Yu waved his hand, motioned for Feng Ji to take a seat, and immediately chatted with the latter casually: "Who did I hear last time that you have finalized the marriage for Ling Lang?" I don't know which girl it is? When I got back, I asked someone to prepare a generous gift. ”

"How dare you." Feng Ji was flattered and resigned again and again.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu deliberately said: "What? Look down on me? ”

Feng Wei smiled bitterly: "Captain, you...... You know that is not what it means. Okay, then I will accept the humble position, thank you Lieutenant. ”

In all fairness, when Zhao Yu is an official, he can already walk sideways in Yingchuan County, but Zhao Yu is cautious and low-key by nature, and has not done anything out of the ordinary so far, and still treats the officials of the Governor's Office and the County Guard Mansion in an approachable manner, which also makes him very popular in the two official mansions.

In fact, even Taishi Chen is so low-key, and he is just a captain of Yingchuan, and he really has nothing to be proud of.

After chatting a few words, Zhao Yu began to deal with official business, while Gong Cao Shuzuo Feng Ji sat behind the small case in the party room and assisted Zhao Yu.

Compared with the county officials who focus on 'governing the people' and the governors who focus on 'public security', the official duties are relatively relaxed, especially in a county like Yingchuan County, where there are basically no thieves, Zhao Yu probably only needs to approve the expenses of the county army, unlike other counties where thieves are rampant, rewarding, suppressing thieves, killing thieves and showing the public, a lot of things that need the approval of the captain.

Suddenly, Zhao Yu's brows froze.

It turned out that what he was reading in his hand at the moment was a copy of the following text.

For example, the official documents sent by the imperial court to the counties, and then issued by the counties to the county seats, are called the downward documents, and on the contrary, the official documents reported by the county level to the county and reported to the imperial court by the counties are called 'upward documents'.

At this time, Zhao Yu turned to a line, which was a line sent by the imperial court, which only told one thing, that is, the family of Tong Yan, the governor of Liang County, was killed by assassins, and the murderer left a note before leaving, and Zhao died.

This kind of text is actually equivalent to a notice sent by the imperial court to the counties, and it does not require the counties to react, but simply reports this matter, so that the counties know that such a thing has happened.

However, this time, due to the bad circumstances, the imperial court will send an imperial historian to investigate the matter, and ask Yingchuan County to assist the imperial historian and Liang Cheng to track down the murderers of the so-called 'Zhao Dead Soldiers'.

"Zhao's Dead ......"

Zhao Yu's mind suddenly came to mind the assassin who assassinated Tong Yan in front of him in Liangcheng that day.

Seriously, Zhao Yu didn't think about what to do to Tong Yan's family, when Tong Yan begged him to spare his family before he died, Zhao Yu nodded and agreed without hesitation.

In his opinion, Tong Yan, as the master of the Jin royal family, framed him Luyang Zhao, and he also killed Tong Yan, this grievance is over, and then it is only the grudge between his Luyang Zhao family and the Jin royal family.

Unexpectedly, he let Tong Yan's family go, but Tong Yan's family was still killed by the 'Zhao family'.

『…… Because Tong Yan was not found, did he kill his family to vent his anger? This group of Zhao dead soldiers seems to really have an irresolvable hatred with Tong Yan......

Looking at the text in his hand, Zhao Yu couldn't help but wonder about the identity of the dead soldiers of the Zhao family.

hates so much that he doesn't even let go of his family, that's really a mortal enemy who doesn't share the sky, will it be his Luyang Zhao family?

For example, Zheng Luo?

To be honest, Zhao Yu is really not sure, after all, that Tong Yan caused at least ten Zhao families in various places to be ruined during his lifetime, and each Zhao family may take revenge on him.

"That's a ......."

After a few more glances at the line text in his hand, Zhao Yu sighed secretly and put it down.

When he returned to his mansion that night, Zhao Yu told Jingnu about it in the couple's bedroom.

"Oh, yes." Shizune's reaction was flat.

It's right to think about it, although after Tong Yan's death, the resentment in Jingnu's heart gradually disappeared, but it doesn't mean that she has any good feelings for Tong Yan's family.

Now that Tong Yan's family has been killed, Jing Nu will naturally not have any strong reaction, after all, Tong Yan's family members are inferior to strangers in her eyes - if it is a stranger, Jing Nu will sympathize with it, just like she sympathizes with the refugees who fled from Henan, Chenliu, and Chen County, and discussed with Zhao Yu a few days ago that she would take her own food to the refugees to give soup and do what the townsman did back then.

However, this matter was stopped by Zhao Yu, not for anything else, because this matter has already been sent by Yingchuan County to do it, and Jingnu will add chaos to it when she goes there, and it is not safe.

In all fairness, Zhao Yu at this moment did not expect that the group of Zhao dead soldiers would find him.

After all, in his opinion, Tong Yan was already dead - of course, at the hands of the rebel general Xiang Xuan.

And after that, Tong Yan's family was also killed by the group of Zhao dead soldiers, what reason did this group of people have to find him?

However, he underestimated the Zhao Clan's dead soldiers......

On the evening of July 16, Zhao Yu drew a map in his study, a map that encompassed the whole world.

The reason for drawing this map is that he is idle, or that he wants to have an intuitive understanding of the situation today.

According to what he knew, the 100,000 Jin troops led by Wang Shangde, Xue Ao, and Li Meng were still preparing to cross the river in Fanshui.

This preparation is not for anything else, it is purely waiting for the grain production of Henan and Yingchuan counties this year.

As long as hundreds of thousands of stone grains are transported to Nanyang, Wang Shangde and Xue Ao will immediately cross the river to capture Jingzhou and completely defeat Jing Chuyishi.

If nothing else, Jingzhou can already be regarded as being recovered by the Jin State.

As for whether Wang Shangde and Xue Ao will attack Jiangxia, Changsha, Yuzhang, or even the foundation of Jiangdong Yishi after this, Zhao Yu is not sure.

Because according to what he knew from chatting with Taishi Chen a few days ago, after learning about the riot in Runan County, this old lady deliberately wanted to slow down the offensive, and even proposed to negotiate with Yishi, which once shocked Mao Zheng.

Of course, this negotiation is basically to persuade the righteous master to surrender unconditionally, as long as the righteous master can agree, the old lady said that he can pardon some people's capital crimes.

Taishi Chen's purpose is very clear, that is, to prevent the riots in Runan County from happening in other places, and to prevent some restless guys from taking advantage of the defeat of the righteous division and the vacuum that the Jin army has not yet captured, to take advantage of the opportunity to cause chaos and kill innocent civilians.

Hu Ben Zhonglang general Zou Zan, for this reason, was ordered by Taishi Chen to postpone the recovery of Jiangxia County.

For the same reason, Chen Taishi did not want to move Jiyin, Jibei, Lujun, Peijun, Lujiang, and Jiujiang counties for the time being, the most obvious example is that the general Wang Tan, who originally planned to converge with Han Yan to the east, and his 50,000 Handan troops are still stationed in Chen County, and they have not moved, just to avoid excessive pressure on the Jiangdong Yishi, causing the Jiangdong Yishi to shrink the defensive line, making Jiyin, Peijun, Jiujiang and other large places fall into an uncontrolled chaotic situation.

Rather than letting thieves run rampant everywhere, it is better to let Jiangdong Yishi manage it for the time being, which is the consideration of the old lady.

Of course, the Jiangdong Yishi will eventually be exterminated, after the Jin army has properly dealt with Jingzhou, Runan County and other places.

According to Zhao Yu's estimate, it will probably have to wait until next year.

But would this prevent riots everywhere?

Zhao Yu doesn't see it that way.

In his opinion, there is another factor that will lead to riots in the counties, and that is food.

This year's grain harvest in Henan and Yingchuan counties will not be able to supply Nanyang County, Chenliu, Chen County, Runan County and Jingzhou South County, which will be occupied this year—after all, Jingchu Yishi is the 'leader' of other righteous teachers, and he must be the first to exterminate it—once there is a shortage of food in these places, the people will be uneasy and will riot.

In other words, the old lady's consideration can only be said to minimize the harm, but it cannot prevent riots in various places, even if he temporarily slows down the encirclement and suppression of all kinds of righteous teachers.

It seems that this kind of riot is actually quite unfavorable to the Jin Kingdom and the righteous teacher, after all, the mob and the rogues only know how to loot and destroy, they will not produce at all, and will only have a bad impact on the whole world and the whole society.

It's a pity that this is destined to be the general trend of the past two years, unless the Jin Kingdom and Jiangdong Yishi temporarily cease war and jointly maintain the situation, but if you think about it carefully, it is really unlikely.

No, considering the vision of Mr. Ram and Master Chen, this matter is not completely impossible, but it is just too shocking.

Suddenly, he heard a small sound outside the study, which made him a little concerned.

"Gong Jiao?" He shouted to the guards outside the house.

Generally speaking, his personal guards are in charge of He Shun and Gong Jiao, and it should be Gong Jiao's turn today.

However, Gong Jiao outside the house did not respond.

“……”

Frowning slightly, Zhao Yu stood up and walked to the door of the study, and was about to open it.

Only then did he realize that there was no one outside the study.

It stands to reason that Gong Jiao and another Black Tiger will stand outside the study.

"It's not ...... good"

A thought flashed in his heart, Zhao Yu was about to shout loudly, but suddenly felt that something sharp was against his back, and immediately, a deep voice came from behind him: "Don't move." ”

“……”

Zhao Yu's whole body immediately froze.

Assassin?

To be honest, he really didn't expect him to encounter assassins - in this part of Yingchuan County, there would still be anyone who would dare to assassinate him? Assassin the Captain?

Just when he was frightened, the deep voice behind him said, "Yingchuan Commander Zhou Hu, right? …… Please rest assured, I'm not here to harm you, I just want to ask you a few questions, please don't alarm the guards in your house, lest you lose both. ”

After a pause, he added, "Now, please close the door and turn around." ”

In this case, Zhao Yu could only honestly listen to the other party's arrangement, close the door of the study, and turn to face the other party.

Only then did he realize that the person who came was unkempt, wearing a dark and shabby cloak, and his face, which he could not see very clearly, seemed to have been smeared with black ink, and given the dim candle flame here, he couldn't see his face at all.

But Zhao Yu still recognized the other party: "Zhao's dead soldiers? ”

Vaguely, the other party grinned, and then said in a low voice: "It seems that Zhou Duwei still recognizes me...... Very good, then I'll ask directly, where is Tong Yan? ”

Zhao Yu secretly looked at the person who came, and replied: "He was killed by Xiang Xuan......"

"Less of this!"

The person who came said in a deep voice: "Tong Yan, that dog thief has always been cunning and sparing his life, how could he be so stupid as to be killed by the rebels?" Besides, the corpse of Tong Yan found by the soldiers of Liang County was not Tong Yan himself at all! ”

"The soldiers of Liang County also got a corpse and pretended to be Tong Yan? Oh, it was probably instructed by Wang Xun and Zhang Qi."

Zhao Yu thought secretly in his heart.

At the same time, he also guessed the reason why this Zhao dead soldier found him.

Obviously, the other party suspected the cause of Tong Yan's death, and saw that the Liangjun soldiers found that Tong Yan's body was not his own at all, so he became more and more suspicious, so he found him.

Who let Zhao Yu get very close to him in order to deceive Tong Yan's trust during his time in Liangcheng?

At that time, Zhao Yu and Tong Yan called him brothers, and even Xue Ao was deceived, and he was once dissatisfied with Zhao Yu's stammering with Tong Yan.

Seeing that Zhao Yu was silent for a long time, the Zhao dead soldier became impatient and threatened in a low voice: "Captain Zhou, you and I have no grievances, and I don't want to harm you, but if you refuse to tell the truth, then don't blame me for being polite......

As he spoke, he also gently pressed the sword in his hand against Zhao Yu's chest, full of threat.

"Calm down, calm down."

Zhao Yu chuckled and reassured, nodded and said, "Zhou will definitely cooperate, but Zhou wants to ask a question...... Are you Zheng Luo? ”

“……”

In the dim room, I saw that the dead soldier of the Zhao family had a flash of eyes, and the sword in his hand rested beside Zhao Yu's neck.

"Who are you?" The other party's tone grew deeper.

However, at this time, Zhao Yu did not panic, he just slowly took off the mask on his face without stimulating the other party.

"Zheng Luo, do you recognize me?"

"......" The visitor looked at Zhao Yu in a daze, and his eyes widened: "Big, big son? ”

"No, it's the second son." Zhao Yu corrected with a smile.

The person who came opened his mouth, and then popped, and knocked on one knee in front of Zhao Yu.

"Zheng Luo, meet the second son!"

Hearing this, Zhao Yu's heart was settled.

His previous guess was right, this guy who claimed to be the dead soldier of the Zhao clan was indeed his Luyang Zhao clan's bodyguard, Zheng Luo.