After slipping into the house from his father Luyang Xianghou, Zhao Yu sat next to Liu Wei, while Jingnu and Cao An knelt about a zhang behind Zhao Yu, subconsciously holding their breath, not daring to disturb everyone's discussion.

Immediately, Luyang Xianghou and Zhang Chun also returned to their respective seats.

After Zhang Chun sat down, Cao Ju asked with a smile, "Are Zhang Ji and Ma Cheng also there?" You didn't call them in? ”

"Your nephew Cao An is clever and clever, can you fight with Aji? Aji, one beats ten of your nephews!'

Zhang Chun glanced at Cao Ju and didn't bother to pay attention to this guy.

At this time, Liu Wei was smiling and speaking to Zhao Yu: "Second son, eavesdropping outside the house, this is not what my generation should do." ”

Zhao Yu looked teachable: "Liu Gong is right, it's just that the kid also wants to share his father's worries, but his father always thinks I'm young...... In fact, when he calculated that Kong Jian, he was not a few years older than me. ”

"I've heard of it." Liu Wei smiled and nodded.

Seeing the two of them so close, the Luyang townsman felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, coughed and said, "Yu'er, since you want to listen, be quiet." ”

As he spoke, he turned his head to Liu Wei and said, "Gong Liu, about that Wang Shangde......

Liu Wei understood, nodded and said, "Wang Shangde is indeed something we need to be vigilant about at the moment. …… If in the recent past, what can Kong Jian do, it is nothing more than to instigate Wang Shangde to collect money and grain from my Luyang County, as the townsman feared...... Speaking of which, I don't know much about this Wang Shangde, I don't know what the townsman is here, but what is the clue? ”

Seeing this, the Marquis of Luyang turned his head to look at Zhang Chun and said, "Zhang Chun, let's talk about it." ”

Under Liu Wei's surprised gaze, Zhang Chun hugged his fist at the former and said, "Maybe Liu Gong doesn't know that Zhang was originally a garrison in Fancheng and served as an uncle in the army, and his duty at that time was to beware of the rebels in Jiangnan......"

Liu Weiyan's face showed a little surprise when he heard this, and he arched his hand and said, "Disrespectful and disrespectful." ”

Zhao Yu also looked at Zhang Chun in surprise, looking at the guard chief with an oozing scar on his face, although he had guessed that Zhang Chun might have been born in the army, but he didn't expect that the latter was actually an uncle.

Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he interjected in surprise: "Wait, hasn't it been seven or eight years since Zhang Weichang came to the house?" Could it be that at that time, Jiangnan was already in rebellion? ”

"Yes." Zhang Chun nodded and explained: "However, the strength of the rebels was not strong at that time, when they invaded my Nanyang, Deng Pei, the then Nanyang County Guard, summoned Wannan counties, organized the army, and deployed defenses in Fanshui and Caiyang to resist the rebels, and I was wounded in the battle with the rebels at that time......

From the side, Liu Jian couldn't help but ask: "It is said that the battle situation at that time was very unfavorable?" ”

"Hmm." Zhang Chun nodded and said: "The rebels were numerous, and Wannan couldn't resist at that time, especially after the county lieutenants of the counties died one after another, the entire Wannan was occupied by the rebels, and Deng Junshou could only take the remnants of our soldiers to retreat to Wancheng...... Subsequently, Wang Shangde rushed to Wancheng with reinforcements. ”

After a pause, he continued: "Wang Shangde, I have never seen him, but he is very conceited, looks down on my Nanyang army, and is quite unkind, the first order he gave after arriving in Wancheng was to reorganize my Nanyang army, the general was wounded and eliminated, I was still recuperating from my wounds, three or five months could not move, and I was told to eliminate the establishment, in desperation, I had to return to my hometown with Zhang Ying and others, that is, Luyang, coincided with the recruitment of guards by the townsmen, so I and Zhang Ying and others defected to the townsmen......"

Zhao Yu suddenly realized, and finally understood why Zhang Chun was able to lead people to kill some mobs who tried to be unfavorable to the township mansion when there were refugees in turmoil a while ago, it turned out that Zhang Chun, Zhang Ying and others were all from the military, and they were also veterans who had dealt with the rebels, so it was no wonder that they killed the mob unambiguously.

At this moment, Zhang Chun is still telling his impression of Wang Shangde: "After defecting to the township, I gathered a group of old brothers who were excluded from the army after the permission of the township, during which I talked about that Wang Shangde, in all fairness, Wang Shangde is really good to the soldiers, and the military salary is never deducted on time, so the soldiers are willing to work for him, but for the people of Nanyang, this Wang general is not friendly, when the war on the front line is tight, he does not hesitate to forcibly recruit local young people, and order them to bring weapons to fight the rebels, Even when there was a shortage of food in the army, the general Wang did not hesitate to forcibly collect grain and grass in the local area, and I heard that a villager at that time was unwilling to obey, and the local young people drove away the grain officer who passed the order, and within two days, the general Wang sent 500 soldiers of his lineage to slaughter the entire township...... I used to talk about these things with the townsfolk in my spare time, and I thought that we would not have any intersection with Wang Shangde, but I didn't expect ......"

"I see. Although I had heard of Wang Shangde's violent temper and tyrannical personality, I didn't know that he had done such a thing. Liu Wei shook his head with emotion, frowned and said: "This person connived at the slaughter of the villagers, but he was not blamed by the court, obviously someone in the court exonerated him......"

After that, he turned his head to the Luyang townsman and said: "No wonder the townsman is worried, after listening to Zhang Weichang's words, Liu can't help but start worrying at this moment." If Wang Shangde listened to the instigation of Kong Jian and solicited money and grain from my Luyang County, then ......"

Hearing this, several people present were silent.

Luyang County does have a sum of money and grain now, but this is used for cash-for-work, if this money and grain is forcibly expropriated, what will Luyang County use to help the refugees in the territory? Luyang County, which has stabilized for the time being, will definitely cause turmoil again.

At this time, the Luyang townsman, who had been silent for a long time, spoke: "Tomorrow, I will visit Mao Gong in Yecheng." ”

"Yecheng's county commander Mao Jue, Lord Mao?" Liu Wei asked curiously.

"Hmm." The Marquis of Luyang nodded and explained: "Mao Gong is said to have met a big man in the royal capital, and Mao Gong's physical condition has become worse and worse over the years, but when he invited me to drink a few years ago, he said in front of me that he knew a great big man and was a drinking friend with the other party......

"Who?" Liu Wei asked curiously.

"I don't know." The Marquis of Luyang shook his head and said: "I only know that Mao Gong calls him 'Chen Gong', probably the surname Chen should be ......."

"Chen?" Liu Wei thought for a moment, he shook his head and said: "The big names in the royal capital, and the surname Chen, abound, but there are few people who can make Wang Shangde jealous, I advise the townspeople not to expect too much, everything, or make the worst plan." ”

The Marquis of Luyang was silent for a moment and said, "The worst plan is nothing more than that I, Luyang, obediently hand over the money and grain, right?" ”

"......" Liu Wei stroked his beard, and frowned.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu said on the side: "Father, Liu Gong, the child has a suggestion, I don't know if it is feasible or not. …… If that General Wang really listened to Kong Jian's instigation and sent someone to collect money and grain from our Luyang County, although we could not resist it head-on, we could not think of some way to make him a rat trap. ”

"How?" Luyang Xianghou asked.

"Leak it out and spread it." Zhao Yu Zhengse said: "I, Luyang, including the refugees who defected, now there are tens of thousands of people, and Yecheng next to me, I'm afraid there are not seventy or eighty thousand, if Wang Shangde sends someone to collect money and grain from us, we can release the news in advance, so that the households in Luyang and Yexian will definitely be angry......"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Liu Wei with a stunned face, and this was the first time Liu Wei interrupted Zhao Yu: "No, the second son must not, this is the way to get into trouble!" …… The second son may not know, instigating the people's hearts, creating public resentment, and conspiring to rebel! ”

Conspiracy?!

Messing up?!

Hearing these two words, the Luyang townsman chuckled in his heart, and suddenly accelerated his heartbeat.

Regarding the faces of the two of them, he has always had questions: he is a small countryman, why are his two sons both kings?

Don't......

The Marquis of Luyang looked at his youngest son Zhao Yu carefully, and saw that the latter had no worries on his face, and in turn persuaded Liu Yu: "Otherwise, what else can be done?" If Wang Shangde insists on going his own way, only in this way can he be jealous. Isn't he fighting the rebels in Wannan and Nanjun now? If the people's grievances boil behind him, or even cause turmoil, this is not a good thing for him, right? ”

Liu Wei opened his mouth and couldn't speak: The second son in front of him is actually a lawless person?

After a while, he shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Second son, the strategy you said sounds feasible, but the hidden danger is too great, I won't say anything else, just ask, what if Wang Shangde is not threatened?" Moreover, what if the grievances of the people in Luyang and Yexian can't be contained? He pointed to the Luyang township, and then pointed to himself, jokingly: "If the people's grievances can't stand it, it will be bad, maybe tens of thousands of people in Luyang County will kidnap the townsman and Liu, and force the two of us to lead them to rebel against Wang Shangde, which is equivalent to rebellion, what should we do then?" Defection to the rebels? ”

"That's nothing." Zhao Yu said with a smile: "Jingchu has been in rebellion for nearly ten years, but the imperial court has not only been unable to exterminate it, but the rebels are becoming more and more powerful, it can be seen that there are a large number of people in Jiangnan who support the rebels, it is really not good, let's help the rebels defeat Wang Shangde, maybe my father and Liu Gong can still be generals and ......county guards."

"Second son, this kind of joke can't be made."

While Zhang Chun and Cao Ju couldn't help laughing, Liu Ji said with a wry smile.

Of course, none of them cared, after all, they also knew that Zhao Yu was joking.

Only the Luyang townsman couldn't laugh.

"Could it be that the appearance of my second son's man and king corresponds to the rebels? The King of Men ......

After swallowing his saliva, the face of the Luyang townsman suddenly became extremely bad, and he immediately stopped: "Shut up!" Don't say anything like this again, not even a joke! We are the people of the Great Jin Dynasty, how can we be in the same league as the rebels?! ”

"Townsman?"

Liu Wei looked at the Luyang Township Marquis in confusion: "The second son is just saying a joke, Liu will not take it seriously, why be so angry?" ”

Zhao Yu also said puzzled: "Dad, I just said it casually......"

Under the puzzled gaze of Liu Wei, Zhao Yu, Cao Ju, and Zhang Chun, the Marquis of Luyang Township slowly exhaled, slowed down his tone, and said: "In short, don't make this kind of joke in the future, Liu Gong knows that you are joking, but if you are heard by someone with a heart, then you will bring disaster upon yourself." …… Tomorrow, I will first go to Yecheng to visit Mao Gong and talk to Mao Gong about Kong Jian, as for the rest, I will wait for the news from Wancheng and wait and see what happens. ”

"That's all there is to it."

Liu Wei stroked his beard and nodded slightly.