In the house, only Zhao Yu and Li Junshou were left.

In the past, Li Junshou may not have this confidence, after all, in front of him, it was a lawless former bandit leader.

But through getting along in the past two days, Li Junshou also slowly figured out some of Zhao Yu's character, knowing that Zhao Yu was ambitious and wanted to be promoted to become rich, and in his eyes, this meant that this former bandit leader could be controlled, after all, he had something to ask for.

And this is exactly the confidence of Li Junshou to stay alone to see Zhao Yu, and it is also the confidence for him to be angry with Zhao Yu next.

"Smack!"

Patting the case in front of him, Li Junshou angrily reprimanded: "It seems that you still haven't taken my words to heart, I said before today's meeting, I, Xuchang, should unite from top to bottom, and not act rashly and form a party for personal gain!" ”

Zhao Yu was naturally not stupid enough to talk back to this Li Junshou who had finally eased the relationship, bowed his head and clenched his fists in a respectful manner, and after Li Junshou's anger subsided a little, he said: "Lord Junshou is angry." How dare you not take your words to heart? ”

Li Junshou was a little satisfied with Zhao Yu's obedient attitude at first, but when he heard this, his heart became angry again, and he scolded angrily: "You take my words to heart? If you take my words to heart, you won't take the opportunity to seek Cao Suo's position at this stall! ”

"Lord Gunden is angry."

Zhao Yu hugged his fists and explained: "It is true that the lowly position is indeed selfish, and the lowly position will never dare to hide it from the county guard, but in addition, the lowly position is also on the matter...... I did not target Cao Duwei, but the strategy that Cao Duwei said seemed to me to be just talk on paper, not beneficial to Xuchang, and I thought that I was more suitable than him for the post of Du Lieutenant. ”

"You're really 'honest.'"

Li Junshou sneered with a bit of mockery, and Zhao Yu pretended not to hear it.

After a while, Li Junshou exhaled and asked, "Zhou Hu, if I order you to be the captain, you may defend Xuchang?" ”

Hearing this, Zhao Yu unconsciously cheered up.

In fact, he didn't have much certainty, so he could only take one step at a time, but Li Junshou asked so, how could he destroy himself?

Of course, no matter what happens next, let's get the position of lieutenant first!

Thinking of this, he said with a straight face: "If Li County guards me as the commander and orders me to command the county army of Xuchang, I, Zhou Hu, will definitely do my best to defend Xuchang for the county guard, and even, gradually recover the lost city for the lord." If you can't do it, please behead me! ”

『……』

Li Junshou glanced at Zhao Yu in surprise.

Although he was very unhappy with Zhao Yu's 'disregard for the overall situation', Zhao Yu's sworn statement still made Li Junshou quite satisfied.

At least, Cao Suo couldn't say such a thing.

After pondering for a moment with his beard rubbed, Li Junshou, who had regained his composure, said in a deep voice, "You go back first." ”

Of course, Zhao Yu understood that this Li Junshou had to weigh it, and he was not in a hurry, so he got up and retreated.

Looking at the departing back, Li Junshou stroked his beard thoughtfully.

At the same time, Xun Yi was standing in the courtyard, together with Jingnu, Niu Heng, He Shun and the more than twenty black tiger thieves.

Suddenly, seeing Zhao Yu coming out of the house, he immediately stepped forward and asked, "How is it?" ”

Of course, Zhao Yu understood what Xun Yi was asking, and after chuckling, he said in a low voice: "Li Junshou is still thinking about it. ”

"Oh."

Xun Yi nodded, and immediately, he seemed to think of something, and asked Zhao Yu hesitantly: "If Li Junshou still doesn't agree in the end......

Looking at Xun Yi's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, Zhao Yu seemed to have guessed his thoughts, and said in a low voice of relief: "Supervise the post and rest assured, if Li Junshou finally refuses, I, Zhou Hu, will do my best to relieve the siege of Xuchang, and will never make it difficult for the post supervisor." ”

Hearing this, Xun Yi nodded with satisfaction, bowed down and said, "On behalf of the Xuchang army and people, I thank Leader Zhou." ”

"The superintendent is serious."

Zhao Yu smiled and hugged Xun Yi, then looked around, and asked in surprise, "What about Chen Lang?" ”

Xun Yi immediately explained: "He got into Song Juncheng's carriage. …… Oh, by the way, he asked me to convey that he left you the carriage when you both came. ”

"Oh."

Zhao Yu nodded, and a little different color flashed in his eyes.

At the same time, on a nearby street, Song Shu was driving aimlessly and slowly down the street.

In the carriage, Song Shu and Chen Lang sat opposite each other.

He asked Chen Lang puzzled: "What did Zhou Hu tell you that made you change your attitude and decide to stand on his side?" ”

Chen Lang was not surprised by this question, and said after sighing: "In terms of the following, I really don't want to help that Zhou Hu, so I have to do it as a last resort." …… Can Song Juncheng remember that Zhou Hu had a separate conversation with Li Junshou yesterday? Do you know what the two of them talked about? ”

"Then Zhou Hu told you?" Song Shu asked in surprise.

"Got it." Chen Lang nodded with a wry smile, then gritted his teeth and said with a complicated expression: "That Zhou Hu, he didn't think about relieving my siege of Xuchang at all, the reason why he captured Yingyang and risked coming to Xuchang with five hundred soldiers was just to protect Li Jun to break through and retreat to Kunyang......"

“……”

Just like Chen Lang's expression after hearing about this yesterday, Song Zuo was also stunned for a moment, and then his face changed suddenly.

He asked eagerly, "What did Zhou Hu say to you personally?" ”

"Ahh Chen Lang nodded, gritted his teeth and said, "He also said that as long as he can persuade Li Junshou to abandon Xuchang and retreat to Kunyang, we will all be dead at that time......"

“……”

Song Shu was dumbfounded, his face full of horror.

At this moment, he finally understood why Zhou Hu looked at him with such a playful gaze yesterday, and he also completely understood why Chen Lang 'defected' to Zhou Hu's side.

Looking at Song Zhuo's dumbfounded appearance, Chen Lang said with a wry smile: "This person's methods are so fierce, and he doesn't know what to do...... Song Juncheng, what do you say I should do? "Seven

"What should I do?" How do I know what to do?'

Song Shu was also in a big mess at the moment, after all, he was not sure that he would be able to escape to Kunyang with his whole family unharmed when he broke through, let alone his family's foundation.

"Calm down, calm down."

He opened his mouth to comfort Chen Lang, and at the same time comforted himself: "Looking at the words and deeds of Zhou Hu today, he still wants to be the ...... of this captain."

"That's right."

Chen Lang nodded and agreed: "Last night, Zhou Hu asked me to help and asked me to check whether Captain Cao had lied about the battle damage. ”

"Oh?"

Song Shu was slightly stunned, and asked in surprise: "Did Captain Cao lie about the battle damage?" ”

"I guess there is."

Chen Lang nodded, and said in a low voice: "The '30,000 battle losses' mentioned by Captain Cao probably refers to the casualties of the Xuchang army, and the soldiers recruited from the displaced people in other counties have not been counted, I have heard of such rumors......"

"What is the difference in quantity?" Song Shu asked.

"I don't know." Chen Lang shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's no less than five thousand ......."

Song Shu frowned and pondered.

Don't look at Cao Suo's concealment of 5,000 battle losses, it's not much, but the problem is just Chen Lang's estimate, what if there are nearly 10,000 people? Then his battle losses in Xuchang will reach 40,000, compared with the 20,000 battle losses of the rebels, that is a full double gap - not to mention, it is unknown whether the 20,000 battle losses of the rebels are boring.

After pondering for a moment, Song Shu asked Chen Lang in a low voice, "Do you think that Zhou Hu can hold Xuchang?" ”

Chen Lang shook his head and said, "I don't dare to say anything about this, but ...... Seeing that he is confident and wants to replace Cao Suo, he should still be a little sure. ”

Hearing this, Song Shu sighed slightly: "Yesterday, Cao Suo came to me and asked me to help him, but when I heard you say it today, I don't know what to do." ”

Speaking of this, he gritted his teeth and said, "That's it! Solve the current matter first......"

Chen Lang understood Song Shu's hint and asked in surprise: "What does Jun Cheng mean, secretly helping that Zhou Hu?" ”

"What else?"

Song Shu frowned and said, "In the final analysis, Cao Suo is still incompetent. …… If this continues, sooner or later, the county guard will be moved by Zhou Hu's words, abandon Xuchang and break through to Kunyang, all the time, if Zhou Huxing borrows a knife to kill people, then you and I are really dead! ”

Speaking of this, he whispered to Chen Lang: "That Zhou Hu asked you to check whether Cao Suo lied about the battle damage, this is a good way, you do what he thinks, so that Zhou Hu can be happy." …… As for the fact that after he repels the rebels in the future, let's discuss again and find a way to get rid of this person. This week, the tiger is ambitious, and staying in Xuchang is a scourge after all. ”

Chen Lang nodded and said, "I understand." ”

Merely......

『…… Is it really that easy for him to get rid of that Zhou Tiger in the future?'

Glancing at Song Shu, who seemed to be confident, Chen Lang couldn't help but muttered a little in his heart.

After a stick of incense, Song wrote and Chen Lang returned to the official office, after all, both of them still had government affairs to deal with.

Moreover, it is necessary to check whether Cao Suo has lied about the war damage.

Until around dusk, Chen Lang returned to his mansion in a carriage.

Worried, he somehow came to Xiyuan.

When he arrived at Xiyuan, he saw Zhao Yu and Jingnu standing by the pool, as if they were feeding the swimming fish in the pool.

After getting dressed up, Chen Lang stepped forward to talk to Zhao Yu: "Captain Zhou." ”

Zhao Yu glanced back at Chen Lang and asked lightly, "What I told you yesterday, did you tell Song Shu?" ”

Chen Lang was shocked, and after hesitating for a while, he explained half-truthfully: "The commander of the upper part of Zhou is not strange, if you want to find out whether Cao Suo lied about the battle damage, you need Song Juncheng's assistance......"

"Oh." Zhao Yu didn't care, and asked casually: "Then what did Song Juncheng say?" ”

"Uh......" Chen Lang thought for a while, and arched his hand and said: "Song Juncheng said that if there is really such a thing, he will definitely find out!" ”

"Hey." Zhao Yu chuckled and glanced at Chen Lang who was standing next to him.

In fact, he didn't care about Chen Lang's 'leak' at all, and even when he first intimidated Chen Lang with this matter, he had the intention to use Chen Lang's mouth to convey this 'warning' to Jun Cheng Song Writer.

As he expected, Chen Lang really informed Song Zuo of the matter, and Song Zuo also chose to compromise under this threat.

Throwing the remaining food in his hand into the pool, Zhao Yu put his hands behind his back and said lightly: "Within three days, I will become a captain!" ”

『…… Who do you think you are?'

Seeing Zhao Yu's arrogant attitude of giving orders to himself, a little strange look appeared on Chen Lang's face, and even a little unhappiness.

But in the end, he still bowed down and arched his hand: "Under the ...... Do everything you can. ”

"Good."

Turning his head to look at Chen Lang, Zhao Yu patted the latter's arm and said slowly: "If this is done, Zhou will never treat Changshi badly." ”

“…… Be. ”

After giving up his hand, Chen Lang peeked at Zhao Yu in front of him with a strange expression, and a question arose in his heart.

Is this guy really a bandit?

Or is it that in these years, even the bandits are so good at the art of the royal family?

Chen Lang was puzzled.