The day after Yang Ding and Wang Yan left Luyang, Zhao Yu also left Luyang with Niu Heng and his party.

As for Wei Pu, Zhao Yu met him in Xuchang in May.

Of course, before leaving Luyang County, Zhao Yu specially took Ding Wu, the lieutenant of Luyang County, to Xinxiang Hou's Mansion again, intending to knock Zhao Bing again.

Knowing that Zhao Yu was coming, Zhao Bing secretly complained, at this time he still didn't know that Zhao Yu had Chen Taishi as the backstage, but he had at least learned that this person was not an ordinary county lieutenant - didn't you see that Yang Ding and Wang Yan couldn't help this Zhou Hu yesterday? Those two people, those are all officials of the Wang Taishi family.

After realizing this, Zhao Bing behaved submissively in front of Zhao Yu, vowing never to do anything to oppress the good people and threaten the county government in the future, and at the same time kept saying that he no longer missed the more than 20,000 fields, and almost knelt down in front of Zhao Yu with a sincere attitude.

In view of Zhao Bing's performance, Zhao Yu elaborated on his relationship with Luyang County in a normal tone, and finally dropped a cruel sentence that was not a cruel word: "Let me know that you are acting arbitrarily in Luyang, and I plan to have you three legs!" ”

Zhao Bingwei was submissive and did not dare to resist, and he even expressed his willingness to dismiss the servants in the mansion without compensation and return them to freedom.

After leaving the Xinxiang Marquis's Mansion, He Shun said to Zhao Yu with disdain: "This treacherous villain is also not credulous enough to be trusted. ”

"It doesn't matter."

Zhao Yu shook his head and turned to Ding Wudao: "If he does anything wrong again in the future, send someone to inform me, and I will clean him up again." ”

He had hinted to Yang Ding and Wang Yan before: he didn't mean to reach out to intervene in Nanyang County, but Luyang County was kind to him, and he wanted to repay the past kindness.

With this title, Zhao Yu can intervene in the internal affairs of Luyang County again and again.

Although this move will undoubtedly offend Wang Yan and Yang Ding, and even offend Wang Shangde, Zhao Yu is sure that these three people may not tear their faces with him for the sake of a Luyang County and a Zhao Bing, or they may take a blind attitude.

Ignore it once, ignore it twice, and wait for the third time, and then acquiesce.

As for why he didn't kill this Zhao Bing with a knife like Niu Heng's suggestion, of course, it wasn't because Zhao Yu cared about the friendship of distant relatives - he had already learned from Zhang Ji and Zhao Yin that although the Linzhang Zhao family was a distant relative from the Luyang Zhao family, and even only three generations, the relationship between the two was very bad.

To be precise, the reason why the Linzhang Zhao family was divided was because the eldest brother and the third-ranked younger brother had a dispute over family property, which then led to the separation of the three brothers, and they never got along with each other ever since.

The grandfather of Zhao Yin and Zhao Yu's brothers, that is, the third brother in line, Linzhang Zhao, that is, the eldest brother, and Xiapi Zhao, that is, the second son in the family at that time.

Relatives who have not been in contact for at least thirty years are no different from strangers in Zhao Yu's eyes.

There is only one reason why Zhao Bing is really not killed, and that is trouble.

After all, the title of 'Marquis of Luyang Township' that Zhao Bing is now holding was granted by the Jin Imperial Court, even if Zhao Yu is the Governor of Yingchuan, he has no right to dispose of it, if he pretends to be a thief, it will inevitably attract the investigation of the imperial court.

Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, Zhao Yu decided to temporarily let Zhao Bing keep his mansion, as well as the concession of the MG and the 'Thousand Households'.

He believed that the latter two items would return to him sooner or later, but it was just not the right time.

As for how to restrain Zhao Bing and prevent him from abusing the title and privileges of the 'Luyang Township Marquis', Zhao Yu also gave Ding Wu an idea before leaving: "County Lieutenant Ding might as well send someone to keep an eye on him, once he does something out of the ordinary, the county government will send someone to stop him, if he doesn't obey the discipline, you come to me." ”

In Zhao Yu's opinion, after a few times like this, Zhao Bingbao will definitely go back to Linzhang in a gloomy way - because he can no longer be domineering in Luyang.

In this way, the harm of this guy in Luyang County can be minimized.

"I understand." Ding Wu nodded, and then said solemnly to Zhao Yu: "This Zhao Bing is just a gentleman, but Du Wei offended Yang Ding and Wang Yan this time, I'm afraid this matter will not end so easily, Du Wei should be careful." …… I have drunk and chatted with Ye County Commander Gao Chun many times, and according to him, Yang Ding has always had the idea of wanting to be unfavorable to Du Wei. ”

"Relax."

Zhao Yu said with a smile: "Today's me, Yang Ding wants to move me, and he has to weigh it." ”

"That's just as well."

Ding Wu smiled and nodded.

As everyone walked, they had already seen the carriage from afar, Zhao Yu stopped, turned to Ding Wu and said: "Okay, I am also going back to Yingchuan, this year's spring ploughing is still the top priority, as a captain, I must not slack off." …… You should also complete the Jinggong Canal as soon as possible, and strive to get ahead of the spring ploughing. ”

Ding Wu hugged his fists and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the county government has already sent people to inform the tun this morning, asking them to organize people to go to Ruyang, but I am afraid it will be a little difficult to complete the canal before spring ploughing......"

"Hehe, do your best."

Saying that, Zhao Yu turned his head and looked around a few times, and said sincerely: "Once the Jinggong Canal is completed, the appearance of Luyang will be different from the past. ”

"That's it." Ding Wu was also looking forward to it, and he certainly understood what it would mean when the Jinggong Canal was completed.

"Okay, let's just leave it here."

"This ...... Well, take care, Lieutenant. ”

"Take care, too."

After a few words of greeting, Zhao Yu boarded the carriage where Jingnu and Bi'er were.

"Have you returned to Yingchuan?" The quiet girl sitting in the carriage asked softly.

"Ahh

Zhao Yu answered, looked out of the car window, and waved his hand towards Ding Wu, who was sending them off.

As the carriage gradually moved, he couldn't help but feel a little complicated.

Luyang is his hometown, but unfortunately it is not under his jurisdiction, fortunately, Wang Yan and Yang Ding have made a compromise yesterday, and they should not interfere with his involvement in Luyang County in the future......

But thinking back on yesterday's events, Zhao Yu still cared a little about Yang Ding's attitude.

Yang Ding was too calm yesterday and almost never argued with him, this kind of wrong attitude made Zhao Yu inexplicably vigilant.

Half a day later, Zhao Yu and his entourage returned to Kunyang County.

This time they did not enter the county seat, but went straight to Heihu Mountain.

After meeting Guo Da, Zhao Yu told the latter everything that happened in Luyang County, and immediately told him: "Brother Guo, please send someone to keep an eye on Zhao Bing and Yang Ding for me." …… That Zhao Bing, as long as he is not in Hulai, Luyang County, don't care about him, the key is Yang Ding, I doubt what he is going to do. ”

"How dare he?"

Guo Da felt incredible when he heard it.

You must know that his brother Zhao Yu is not only the Captain of Yingchuan now, but also the righteous son of Taishi Chen, so what actions does Yang Ding dare to make? Aren't you afraid of offending Master Chen?

According to folk rumors, if Taishi Chen launched a thunderous rage, it would be feared even today.

Although this rumor must be untrue, it is enough to prove that Chen Taishi is a well-deserved No. 1 minister in the court.

"Be careful."

Zhao Yu reminded Guo Dadao: "Then Yang Ding is not a 'rule-abiding' person, don't forget, when Liu Yi and Wang Yong fell into our hands that day, he risked sacrificing two county orders to wipe out us and others...... Although I don't know what the reason is, it is enough to prove that he has always wanted to get rid of us. ”

From the side, He Shun interjected: "Maybe one mountain can't tolerate two tigers, Yexian is too close to Kunyang and too close to Yingchuan." ”

"Makes sense."

Guo Dashen thought so, and immediately nodded and said, "However, send someone to Ye County......

As if guessing Guo Da's thoughts, Zhao Yu said: "You might as well go to Huang Fu, the Huang family still has a family business in Ye County, and it will not be a problem to ask him to arrange a few of our brothers." ”

Indeed, although the brothers Huang Fu and Huang Shao 'defected' to the Luye Freemasonry, they still have ancestral homes and some shops in Ye County, and it is naturally not a problem to ask them to help arrange a few black tigers to pretend to be domestic servants and infiltrate Ye County as eyeliner.

"I see."

Guo Da nodded.

The next day, Zhao Yu and his entourage left Kunyang County and set off to return to Xuchang.

On March 16, Zhao Yu and his entourage finally returned to Xuchang.

Back in the city, back to his own Duwei Zhou's mansion, the housekeeper Jia Ying came out with a group of servants to greet him.

During this period, the old housekeeper reported to Zhao Yuyu: "Du Wei, during the period when you and your wife were not in Xuchang, there was a person who claimed to be your acquaintance Du Wei, and came to visit, and the old man didn't know whether it was true or not, although he didn't dare to welcome him into the house, he just sent someone to settle him in the post house in the city, and told the post house to take care of his food. ”

"Oh?" Zhao Yu was a little surprised and asked, "What is this person's name?" ”

"This man calls himself Gao Heng." The old butler arched his hand.

"Gao Heng...... Zheng Luo's people."

Zhao Yu immediately reacted, nodded and said, "Okay, I know." ”

After the old discipline stepped down, Zhao Yu gave He Shun a look, and the latter would go.

After entering the house, Zhao Yu first went to the inner courtyard to wash and change into clean clothes, and then came to the study, quietly waiting for Gao Heng's arrival.

After a while, He Shun led Gao Heng to the study.

Sure enough, it was Zhao Yu who had seen that day, Zheng Luo's companion Gao Heng.

Given that the other party was Zheng Luo's trusted companion, Zhao Yu naturally behaved quite politely, and when Gao Heng entered the door, he stood up and smiled with a little apology: "The people in the mansion don't know Brother Gao, they don't mean to be lazy, and please don't blame Brother Gao." ”

As seen that day, Gao Heng was a taciturn person, and he didn't seem to like politeness, after hearing Zhao Yu's words, he only said flatly, 'Du Wei is serious', and then explained his intention: "The leader sent me to forward this letter to Du Wei." ”

As he spoke, he took out a bamboo pipe from his arms and handed it to He Shun and Gong Jiao on the side.

Taking the bamboo pipe from He Shun's hand, Zhao Yu took out a piece of white cloth from it and looked at it carefully.

Although he didn't know whether this was Zheng Luo's handwriting, looking at the title and the content of the letter, it should be a letter written by Zheng Luo to him.

According to Zheng Luo's letter, after he arrived in Dangshan County with his companions, he deliberately made a big show of worship to the Dangshan Zhao clan.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the imperial court to send the imperial court to investigate the cause of Tong Yan's death.

Even, that Tian Yushi, together with Dangshan County, arrested suspicious elements on a large scale.

According to Zheng Luo's own judgment, they have successfully shaped the 'Zhao Clan's Dead Soldiers' into a group of dead soldiers who avenged the Dangshan Zhao Clan, diverting the attention of that Tian Yushi.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu was very happy in his heart, after all, he was still very jealous of that Tian Yushi, for fear that he would find out any clues, and now, Zheng Luo deliberately guided him to the 'Dangshan Zhao Clan', even if Tian Yushi wanted to be suspicious, he would only suspect that there were still survivors of the Dangshan Zhao clan back then, and it was impossible to suspect the Luyang Zhao clan.

If you want to blame Tong Yan, you can blame Tong Yan for eradicating and framing so many families with Zhao Wei's family, so that now it has become a matter of looking for a needle in a haystack to track down the murderer who committed him, which is called self-inflicted.

In addition to the above incidents, Zheng Luo also briefly told the current news in Pei County in the letter.

According to the information found by Zheng Luo, Zhao Yin, who was separated from Zhao Yu that day, had successfully evacuated to Peijun with Chen Miao, Cheng Zhou, Wu Yi and the remnants of the righteous division who had been defeated in Chen County, and was currently confronting Han Yan, the general stationed in Jiangxia, in the vicinity of Pengcheng.

Probably because Peijun has also been surrounded by thieves recently, Han Yan, one of the Five Tigers of Chenmen, suspended the attack on Jiangdong Yishi, and instead surrounded and suppressed the small groups of thieves who were making trouble in Peijun, and the interesting thing is that Chen Miao and Cheng Zhou were also doing the same thing - both sides were fighting against the small groups of thieves who were making trouble in the territory in order to maintain the stability of Peijun, and they maintained restraint with each other.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu couldn't help but want to laugh in his heart: I hope that the thief Kou in Peijun is well.

Of course, this is just a joke, most of the thieves in the world deserve to die in Zhao Yu's eyes, he naturally won't worry about these people, he just thinks that the current confrontation between Han Yan and Chen Miao, Cheng Zhou and others is quite interesting.

However, he also understands that this kind of 'peace' is only temporary, and once the Jin army solves those thieves, it will immediately take action against Jiangdong Yishi and the forces such as Chen Miao and Cheng Zhou who are now dependent on him.

And now the most terrifying opponent for the Jiangdong Yishi, that is the five tigers of Chenmen - Zou Zan of Runan, Xue Ao of Liangjun, Zhang Jing of Jibei, Han Yan of Peijun, and Wang Tan of Chen County, these five tiger generals are now stationed in front of the courtyard of the Jiangdong Yishi, just waiting for Chen Taishi's order, they will launch a fierce attack in the three directions of Jibei, Peijun, and Jiangdong, attacking the head, waist, and tail of the Jiangdong Yishi respectively, and cutting the territory of the Jiangdong Yishi into three sections, dividing and breaking it.

The reason why he hasn't done it yet, firstly, is that he has been stumped by the thieves who have risen in various places, such as the group of thieves in Woniu Mountain who arose in Runan County; Second, the grain and grass of the various Jin armies have not yet been raised.

And once the Jin army is fully prepared, there will be a war in the world that is no less than that of several righteous divisions in the previous two years.

"Jin Guo, don't you really plan to delay it for two years?"

Putting down the letter in his hand, Zhao Yu rubbed his forehead and pondered.

In all fairness, even from an objective standpoint, he felt that Taishi Chen should also delay for two years before dealing with Jiangdong Yishi, after all, the county where the five tigers of Chenmen were stationed had just experienced the war of several righteous divisions, not to mention the fluctuation of people's hearts, and food had also become a major issue related to the survival of the local people, if at this time, the Jin State disregarded the people's livelihood and continued to raise food to wage war, then Zhao Yu could be sure that countless innocent people would inevitably die of hunger at that time.

Considering Taishi Chen's personality, he shouldn't ignore all this.

"What is that old man doing now?" Is he still in Handan?'

Standing at the window with his hands behind his back, Zhao Yu thought secretly.

At the same time, in Handan, the royal capital of the Jin Kingdom, Chen Taishi was taking Mao Zheng and riding a carriage to the palace.

As an important minister of the two dynasties and the guardian of the Jin royal family, Chen Taishi has all kinds of privileges, such as entering the court, going to the palace with a sword, visiting the name, etc., since ancient times, the courtiers and even the ministers of the extremely human have enjoyed the privileges, Chen Taishi almost enjoys, and it can be said that he is a well-deserved 'first person under the king'.

still remembered that when Mao Zheng followed Taishi Chen into the palace for the first time, he couldn't imagine the privilege that this old man had.

However, after a few times, Mao Zheng gradually got used to it.

"Taishi."

On the way to Daxing Hall on foot, Mao Zheng asked Taishi Chen in a low voice: "Your Majesty summoned Taishi this time, I don't know what happened?" ”

"The old man doesn't know."

Taishi Chen shook his head slightly.

A while ago, for the sake of Yang Gu, the Marquis of Chu, Taishi Chen had a bit of an unpleasant quarrel with the current emperor of the Jin Kingdom.

The reason for the matter is very simple, it is nothing more than that Chen Taishi thinks that the 'Jing Chu rebellion' is not in Yang Gu, but in a certain prince, although he crusaded against Yang Gu, the Marquis of Chu, and even brought the latter's body back to the royal capital, he thought that this matter should end here. Even, in order to show magnanimity, the imperial court should bury Yang Gu, the Marquis of Chu.

In this regard, the one in the Daxing Palace disagreed, after all, the rebellion of Yang Gu, the Marquis of Chu, made His Majesty hate him deeply, although His Majesty also understood why Yang Gu, the Marquis of Chu, hated the court and him.

As a result, Taishi Chen quarreled with His Majesty for an hour, during which it can be said that the eunuchs and servants of the Daxing Palace trembled.

But in the end, under the arguments of Chen Taishi, the emperor of the Jin State finally agreed to bury Yang Gu, the Marquis of Chu, and promised not to pursue the escaped sons of Yang Gu, the Marquis of Chu.

Of course, this is on the premise that those princes of Chu no longer rebel against the imperial court and the Jin state.

Otherwise, Taishi Chen would not show mercy to his subordinates, just like he knew that the righteous teachers were not unjust, but he still took a few sons to defeat those righteous teachers.

He, Chen Zhong, was after all a courtier of the Jin State who received the favor of the first emperor.

After a while, Taishi Chen and Mao Zheng came to the gate of the Daxing Palace.

At this time, Mao Zheng arched his hand and said to Master Chen: "Master, the juniors are waiting here." ”

"Hmm."

Taishi Chen nodded and walked into the palace.

I saw that in the palace, the emperor of the Jin Kingdom, who was over sixty years old, was sitting lazily on the throne with his hands on his cheeks, seemingly listlessly listening to the announcements of several courtiers in the palace.

But when he caught a glimpse of Taishi Chen walking in from the palace gate out of the corner of his eye, the son of heaven of the Jin Kingdom subconsciously sat upright and shook his spirits.

Seeing this, the courtiers in the hall were a little surprised in their hearts, or they turned their heads to look behind them consciously, and then they saw Taishi Chen walking into the hall.

The Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, and this Chen Taishi can govern His Majesty.

"Minister, Chen Zhong, meet Your Majesty."

Taishi Chen bowed respectfully to the Son of Heaven, full of energy.

"No courtesy."

The Son of Heaven waved his hand casually, and at the same time looked up and down at the Taishi Chen Zhong in front of him.

Recalling the dispute between the two a while ago, this son of the Jin Kingdom hated it so much, he would not forget the appearance of Chen Zhongwei when he was staring at him that day.

If it weren't for this, Chen Zhong was the adopted son of the first emperor......

If it weren't for this, Chen Zhong was an old minister who had known him for decades......

If it weren't for this, Chen Zhong was the most loyal courtier of his Li royal family......

He had already beheaded this old thing who dared to disobey him many times.

But it's a pity that he can't kill Chen Zhong, but this Chen Zhong can take out the jade battle given by the first emperor at any time and beat him up, which is called 'persuasion'.

The only thing he can do is to exile this old thing to Saiwai in disguise under the pretext of the instability of the foreign races outside the Saiwai as he did a few years ago, but unfortunately, the foreign races outside the Saiwai who frequently harass him in the Jin Kingdom have been killed by this old thing a few years ago......

"He's almost old, is this old guy still so energetic?"

The Son of Heaven of the Jin Kingdom, who flashed this thought in an instant, didn't notice that he was already over sixty years old.

"Ahem."

Coughing lightly, Jin Tianzi said in a deep voice: "Taishi, I invited you here this time because the chaotic party in Jiangdong sent people to send a truce proposal to the imperial court......

As he spoke, a eunuch standing beside him hurriedly handed a letter-like thing to Taishi Chen.

Taishi Chen took it and looked at it carefully with a frown.

As far as he could see, this armistice was written by a Confucian scholar who called himself a 'ram' and a military advisor of the Jiangdong rebels, and intended to make an agreement with the imperial court not to invade each other within two years.

In the following content, this ram also elaborated on the various evils of the Jin court's immediate order to conquer Jiangdong, saying that "it may make the crowd wait for the opportunity to rise up and make the people more miserable."

"Taishi, what do you think?" Jin Tianzi asked.

Chen Taishi carefully read the letter and said in a deep voice: "This is because the Jiangdong rebels are afraid of the encirclement and suppression of the imperial court, so they ask for peace in the name of thieves and ......robbers."

After that, he flicked the letter with his fingers and said in a deep voice: "Having said that, but this 'ram', he clearly sees the weakness of my Great Jin today, as he said, if the imperial court is desperate to attack Shandong and Jiangdong, it will definitely make the country more and more unstable. According to the minister's opinion, although it cannot be agreed, the court should really rest for two years, and when it is fully prepared, it will destroy the rebels in one fell swoop. ”

"Two years?"

Jin Tianzi said unhappily: "Taishi, do you want me to watch that group of thieves occupy Shandong for two years?" ”

Taishi Chen was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said: "At this time, the hidden danger is too great, don't say anything else, just talk about raising grain and grass......

"No matter how big the hidden danger is, it is not as big as the hidden danger of the Jiangdong chaotic party occupying Shandong. The imperial court has been recuperating for two years, and isn't that group of rebellious parties also recuperating for two years? Saying that, Jin Tianzi looked at Taishi Chen, and said: "Taishi, I ordered you to enter Shandong this year and capture and kill the two tigers, otherwise, I will not be at ease." ”

"Two Tigers...... Why?'

Taishi Chen frowned and was silent.

That night, in Handan's Taishi Chen Mansion, Taishi Chen was sitting in his study, looking at the paper on the table with a solemn expression.

I saw that on this piece of paper, the word 'Yinhu' was written on the left side, and on the right side, the word 'Shenhu' was written.

「…… I dream of two tigers, one big and one small...... The tiger pounced, wounded my arm, and stabbed him with my sword...... The little tiger waited in ambush and bit my throat......

Taishi Chen's ears seemed to echo a nightmare that the Son of Heaven told him at the beginning.

In all fairness, for the sake of a dream, the world was wronged, and Taishi Chen was very indignant about this, but he didn't expect that the nightmare of the Son of Heaven would gradually come true?

"Uhh

With a slight sigh, the old lady's face became serious again, and immediately, he took a pen and wrote two more names on these two pieces of paper: Zhao Zhang and Zhao Yu.

"This, that is, the two tigers of the Great Jin Dynasty!"

Looking at these two names, the old lady's eyes were as sharp as knives.