Originally, Lu Kuang hoped to get the support of Mrs. Mao, so that he could send troops to aid Kunyang, but what he didn't expect was that he actually met Zhang Jing, one of the 'Five Tigers of Chenmen', in the county office.

The Five Tigers of Chenmen, those are the five young generals in the current court, if they can get the help of this person, why should they be a thief? Taking a step back, even if it's not for the bandits, these characters have to be befriended.

Thinking of this, Lu Kuang, who returned home, immediately bought a gift list and carried it to the post house in the city to meet Zhang Jing.

At the same time, Zhang Jing and some of his attendants had dinner in the post house, and were sitting at the table thinking about something.

In the middle of the night, he took out a letter from his arms, which was the one that Mao Gong wrote before he died.

Zhang Jing watched it again, and then picked up his pen and wrote a few key words on another piece of paper: Tong Yan, Gu Xuan, and Liang Cheng.

Since a while ago, he was entrusted by his father-in-law Chen Zhong to go south to Ye County and Luyang to investigate the matter entrusted by Mao Gong before his death, so he went straight to Ye County from Hebei to learn about the incident from Mao Gong's widow Old Lady Mao as soon as possible, so he did not delay in Liangcheng, which seemed to be more critical.

Because he felt that this Gu Miao was unlikely to be the murderer of the Hou Mansion in Luyang Township.

He knows that Nandu Yin and Liang Junshou, to be honest, this official position is indeed very remarkable, but this person is in this position, which does not mean that he has outstanding political achievements, but because of his sleek and connections in the officialdom.

Therefore, Zhang Jing believes that the murderer should be someone else, that is, the Tong Yan.

"Liang Duwei Tong Proverb ......"

Zhang Jing pondered for a moment, and suddenly asked his henchmen and guards: "Li Ying, I remember that the captain of Liangcheng is not a man named Xu Lian?" ”

The guard who was questioned, Li Cheng, was wiping his sword in the room, and replied with some hesitation: "It seems to be ......."

"Then where did this fairy proverb come from?" Zhang Jing frowned and asked.

Li shrugged and said he had no way of knowing.

"It's impossible to change someone to be Captain Liang for some reason, right? This Liang Duwei is not a petty official. Zhang Jing said with a frown.

Hearing this, Li Ying lowered his voice and said, "This person's surname is Tong, could it be the prince's person?" In recent years, hasn't the prince frequently installed henchmen in the place, maybe he is the prince's person. ”

“……”

Zhang Jing's brows furrowed even deeper when he heard this.

In his opinion, if the fairy proverb that came out of nowhere was really the prince's person, then the matter would be troublesome.

But on the other hand, if that Tong Yan is really the prince's person, then he framed Luyang Zhao out of the prince's intention? But why did the prince target the Luyang Zhao family?

It doesn't make sense at all.

It's not that he looks down on the Luyang Zhao family, as far as Zhang Jing is concerned, the prince is afraid that he doesn't even know what the name of the Luyang townsman is, how can he frame the latter?

Besides, the methods of the Luyang Township Marquis Mansion are too ruthless, if it is really the prince's doing, once the rest of the princes catch the evidence, the prince will most likely fall into a crime of immorality - how can the prince be so stupid?

In contrast, Zhang Jing was more suspicious that it was the Wang family.

For no other reason, he simply disliked the Wang family.

Thinking of this, Zhang Jing Zhengse said to Li Cheng: "Tomorrow, you go to Wancheng with me, let's find Wang Shangde to find out the wind first, according to what I learned from Old Lady Mao today, Wang Shangde swallowed 200,000 stones of grain and grass from the Zhao family in Luyang, and this guy is not a small suspect." ”

Li Ying smiled when he heard this: "I guess the young general is purely unhappy to see that Wang Shangde, right?" …… I don't think Wang Shangde will kill people for a mere 200,000 stones. ”

Zhang Jing didn't deny it, smiled and said: "In short, this Wang Shangde must have a certain relationship with the Luyang Zhao family, otherwise why did the Zhao family get 200,000 stone grain and grass for him?" It is said that this guy has taken good care of Wancheng in the past two years, and Wang Ying's old immortal has been mentioned many times in the court, I guess this guy's tail is going to rise to the sky. …… Let's come here, how can we not meet that General Wang? ”

"I knew it."

Li Cheng and the other two guards in the room couldn't help but laugh.

It's no wonder, after all, Chen and Wang are political enemies, so it's strange that Zhang Jing will give Wang Shangde a good look.

At this moment, a guard suddenly entered and said, "Young General, there is a merchant from Ye County, Lu Kuang, who asks to see you." ”

"Lu Kuang?"

Zhang Jing frowned slightly, and even remembered the Ye County businessman he met when he met Mrs. Mao in the county government today, and suddenly his heart suddenly changed: "It's him...... What's the matter with him? ”

"Uh......"

The guard paused for a moment, and then said, "He didn't say it, he only said that he had something important to ask to see the major general." ”

Zhang Jing thought for a while, nodded and said, "Okay, you bring him in." ”

"Yes!"

A moment later, the guard led Lu Kuang to the house.

After seeing Zhang Jing sitting in the room, Lu Kuang hurriedly bowed down and bowed: "Grass people Lu Kuang, meet General Zhang." ”

Zhang Jing glanced at Lu Kuang up and down a few times, and said lightly: "Sit." ”

"Thank you, General." Lu Kuang hurriedly thanked him.

At this time, Zhang Jing asked, "I heard that you have something important to see me?" ”

"Yes."

"Say it."

"Yes."

Lu Kuang arched his hand and said cautiously: "Recently, there is a gang of thieves in Kunyang who have been in trouble, robbing homes and houses, and doing all kinds of evil, and Kunyang County has sent troops to encircle and suppress it several times but it has not been able to eradicate it, and it happens that General Zhang has passed through Ye County, and I implore General Zhang to help Kunyang and Ye County to eradicate this group of bandits." ”

After that, he secretly glanced at Zhang Jing's face, but saw that the other party seemed to be smiling.

He chuckled in his heart, took out the gift slip from his arms, put it on the table respectfully, pushed it to Zhang Jing, and said with a straight face: "If General Zhang can help each other, the two counties will be grateful." ”

“…… Scold. ”

Zhang Jing smiled, and without hesitation, he picked up the gift slip and glanced at it twice.

I have to say that the gifts on this gift list are still quite considerable, even Zhang Jing couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

He smiled and asked, "It's really a big shot." …… Do you just want to eradicate the gang of Ying bandits in Kunyang? ”

Lu Kuang hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to tell the truth: "This gang of Ying bandits has caused serious losses to the caravan under the name of my Luye Freemasonry, as long as we can eradicate it, we are willing to bear the price......

"Luye Freemasonry?" Zhang Jing was puzzled and asked, "What is that?" ”

"It's a joint chamber of commerce." Lu Kuang explained: "It is my businessmen in Luyang and Yexian who have joined forces to exchange news and exchange ......."

Zhang Jing listened a little interestingly, and asked casually, "You founded it?" ”

Lu Kuang hesitated for a moment and said honestly: "It was founded by the second son of the Zhao family. ”

"The second son of the Zhao family?" Zhang Jing was slightly stunned: "Which Zhao family?" Luyang Zhao? ”

"Yes." Lu Kuang nodded, and briefly explained Zhao Yu's original intention of founding the Luye Freemasonry.

Seeing that Wang Shangde was involved, a trace of surprise flashed on Zhang Jing's face, but what surprised him even more was that the second son of the Luyang Zhao family seemed to have a good relationship with Wang Shangde?

"What is the name of the second son of the Zhao family?" He asked.

"Uh......" Lu Kuang hesitated for a moment and replied, "It seems to be called...... Zhao Yu, yes, Yu Yu. ”

From the side, Li Cheng couldn't help but ask, "Is this person very smart?" ”

"Hmm." Lu Kuang nodded and said, "Although the second son of the Zhao family is not very old, he is indeed extremely intelligent. ”

"Not old?" Zhang Jing was surprised and asked, "How old is he?" ”

Lu Kuang thought for a while and replied, "When the Zhao family was killed, they were about ten or eleven years old. ”

"Ten, eleven?"

Zhang Jing's eyes widened in surprise and looked at Li negatively.

A teenager gathered businessmen from Luyang and Yexian and established the Luye Freemasonry?

Thinking of this, Zhang Jing asked Lu Kuang again: "After the death of the second son, you took over the Luye Freemasonry?" ”

Lu Kuang was not stupid, and hurriedly explained: "General Zhang, the disaster of the Zhao family has nothing to do with Zai Kewan." ”

"I didn't say anything about it, how did you mobilize the Liang Cheng Army? I just want to ask you, who has the Zhao family offended? …… Since you can take over the Luye Freemasonry, it means that when the second son was alive, your relationship with him was also close. ”

"Uh......" Lu Kuang thought for a while and replied: "The second son has offended the Zheng family of Ruyang, and it is the Zheng family of the Zheng family of the Marquis of Runan. ”

"Marquis of Ruyang? Is it Zheng Zhong, Marquis of Ruyang?'

Zhang Jing secretly kept this name in his heart, and prepared to check the details of the Zheng family in Ruyang in the future to see if they had any backstage.

While he was thinking, he asked Lu Kuang again: "How did the Zhao family offend the Zheng family, you can tell me in detail." ”

"Uh...... Be. ”

Seeing that Zhang Jing kept asking about the Zhao family, Lu Kuang was distressed, he said in his heart that he was here to ask for help, how did he become here to provide news?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but interrupt: "General Zhang, the matter of suppressing thieves, you see?" ”

Interrupted by Lu Kuang, Zhang Jing glanced up at Lu Kuang, feeling a little unhappy in his heart.

He smiled and asked, "Listening to what you just said, your Luyang Freemasonry seems to have a lot to do with Wang Shangde, so why don't you ask Wang Shangde to help suppress the thief?" Is he asking for too much? ”

"No, no, no."

Lu Kuang hurriedly explained: "General Wang is busy with the rebels, how dare I disturb him with a few bandits." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Jing said expressionlessly: "But you dare to disturb me with this? …… Do you look down on me? ”

As he spoke, he casually threw the gift slip back on the table.

Lu Kuang's face was shocked when he heard this, and he hurriedly explained: "General Zhang is angry, he doesn't mean to look down on the general, and he thinks the general is ...... I thought the general ......"

"Thought I was idle, right?" Zhang Jing frowned and stared at Lu Kuang, and his sharp gaze made Lu Kuang dare not breathe.

Seeing this, Zhang Jing snorted lightly.

He is a general with tens of thousands of troops, is it really idle to come to Ye County?

It's all about Mao Gong's face!

It's ridiculous that this businessman in front of him dared to buy him with wealth and induce him to encircle and suppress a group of bandits.

He is a dignified general with tens of thousands of troops, and he has always been in charge of local rebellions and foreign enemies invading the territory of such a scale of warfare, how can he run to encircle and suppress a group of bandits for a little profit from the merchants, and grab work with the local county lieutenants?

How humiliating does that have to be?

"Major General......" Li Cheng whispered a persuasion beside him.

Zhang Jing nodded, and immediately said coldly to Lu Kuang: "Go back." …… The thief in your mouth has its own Kunyang County to deal with, if Kunyang County can't handle it, Yingchuan County will come forward, and it will not be Zhang's turn to come forward. ”

"Yes......"

Lu Kuang resigned, got up and retired.

"Take what you left behind!" Zhang Jing pointed to the gift list on the table and reprimanded unceremoniously.

"Yes......"

A moment later, Lu Kuang was driven out of the post house by a group of guards, and stood at the door of the post house with a blank expression.

"It seems that I still have to ask Mrs. Mao to come forward......

After glancing at the fading sunset, Lu Kuang decided to go to the county government tomorrow to plead with Mrs. Mao.