"Zhou Hu, the word is right......"

That night, Zhao Yu lay on the bed in his room, secretly reciting the words that Taishi Chen took for him.

I have to say that if you look at it from the perspective of taking words in the world, it is really awkward to obtain this table word, but if you think about it carefully, this may be the characteristic of the old lady's words.

For example, the words of this old man for his five names are actually the brothers of 'Uncle, Zhong, Uncle, Ji, and Shao', plus the five virtues of 'wisdom, faith, benevolence, courage, and strictness' proposed by the soldier saint Sun Wu.

Looking at it this way, it is not strange that the old lady chose the word 'Juzheng' for 'Zhou Hu', after all, the old lady's actions are inherently unpredictable.

Just like this afternoon, when he saw the old lady put on a majestic posture at the beginning, Zhao Yu thought what to do, but the thunder was loud and the rain was small, and finally he was given a watch.

Although this table word is very strange, I believe that anyone understands the weight of this table word.

If someone thinks that his expression is strange in the future and asks Zhao Yu which elder gave it to him, Zhao Yu only needs to explain: "It was taken by Taishi Chen." ”

I believe that this is enough to scare the vast majority of people into not daring to reply.

Merely......

『…… Am I the righteous son of an old lady?'

Changing his sleeping position, Zhao Yu exhaled slowly.

Rao is him, and now he also feels a little confused.

Although today when Taishi Chen proposed to accept him as a righteous son again, he still did not agree - mainly stunned, but he finally accepted the table characters taken by Chen Taishi, and generally speaking, this kind of thing is taken by the elders who are close to him, either his own elders or the elders who have an extremely close relationship with his family.

In all fairness, Zhao Yu is not resistant to being the old lady's righteous son, after all, unlike Yang Tong's time, with the old lady's character and status, he will definitely not insult his biological father Luyang Township Marquis - even, if his father Luyang Township Marquis is still alive, he may feel taken advantage of.

After all, the age of the Luyang townsman is dozens of years behind the old lady.

The key is to tell the old lady that Zhao Yu doesn't want to meet this old lady on the battlefield in the future and stage a scene of 'father and son cannibalism'.

However, in response to this matter, the words that the old lady said today made him quite concerned - as long as you can do it (be right), even if he meets the old man on the battlefield one day, the old man will not be ashamed of you.

These words seemed to imply that as long as Zhao Yu behaved correctly, the old lady could accept Zhao Yu as his enemy in the future, and even would not be ashamed of Zhao Yu.

No, it's not a hint, it's almost explicit, it's a promise.

"Doesn't the old lady forbid me to secretly associate with the rebels? Or even an enemy of the Jin Kingdom? It shouldn't be......

Zhao Yu muttered to himself, after all, in his opinion, Taishi Chen was loyal to the Jin Kingdom, and he would definitely not do anything to 'appease and raise adultery'.

That night, Zhao Yu, who was preoccupied, tossed and turned, and did not fall asleep until late at night.

The next day, Zhao Yu still got up early and went to the room where Taishi Chen lived temporarily.

As in the previous days, the old lady was still exercising in the morning, and Mao Zheng and two or three guards stood beside him.

"Brother Mao."

Zhao Yu stepped forward to greet Mao Zheng.

"Brother Xian." Mao Zheng's expression was indifferent, and he returned a polite but distant smile to Zhao Yu, compared with the enthusiasm he had when he talked to Zhao Yu for the first time on the mountain, it was like two people.

Zhao Yu didn't understand the reason before, until yesterday when Taishi Chen asked him to talk for an afternoon—or simply scared him for an afternoon, Zhao Yu finally understood.

Without him, just because when Mao Zheng was sincerely kind to persuade him that day, Zhao Yu deceived him with lies.

Now that the reason has been known, it is easy to solve, I saw Zhao Yu solemnly arched his hand towards Mao Zheng, and said sincerely: "Brother Mao, it wasn't that I deliberately deceived a few days ago, but I just ...... In short, please Brother Mao a lot, don't worry about the younger brother. ”

Mao Zheng was slightly stunned, and then a slight smile appeared on his face, and when Zhao Yu was about to bow down, he held him up, and said with a chuckle: "Brother Xian's words are serious. ”

It seems that he forgave Zhao Yu for his previous deception.

If you don't admit your mistakes, he will be estranged from you, but if you sincerely admit your mistakes, he won't actually pursue them—maybe it's the truth of an upright person.

No, after apologizing, Mao Zheng changed his indifference to Zhao Yu in the past few days, and chatted with Zhao Yu as enthusiastically as he did at the beginning.

At this time, Taishi Chen's side had also noticed Zhao Yu's arrival, put down the stone lock, wiped the sweat on his body with the dry cloth handed by the guard, and walked to this side, and greeted Lang with a smile in his mouth: "Ju Zheng ......"

Zhao Yu was stunned for a long time, and then he realized that he was calling him.

"That's what you're called?"

When Mao Zheng couldn't help laughing, Zhao Yu muttered to himself, and hurriedly bowed his hand: "Boss......"

Taishi Chen looked at Zhao Yu's obedient appearance with a smile, and said with a smile: "You don't have to be restrained in front of the old man. ”

"I don't have to be restrained in front of you?"

Zhao Yu muttered to himself, after all, he was frightened by this old lady yesterday, and even considered making a strong move at first, but fortunately, he was calm and didn't get things out of control.

"I wonder what the boss has arranged today?" Zhao Yu asked respectfully.

Hearing this, the old lady stroked her long gray hair and said with a smile: "The old man has also been bothered for a few days, it's time to go to Ye County...... In fact, you also wish that the old man would leave as soon as possible, right? ”

"Why did the old man say that?" Zhao Yu hurriedly said: "It is an honor for the boss to live here temporarily, and it is an honor for the people up and down the village, how can I wish the boss would leave as soon as possible?" ”

"Oh?" The old lady's eyes flashed with a hint of narrowness, and she deliberately said, "Since this is the case, then the old man will stay for a few more days." ”

“……”

Zhao Yu was speechless for a moment, and his face under the mask immediately became very exciting, and he couldn't wait to give himself two mouths.

"Hahahaha."

The old lady suddenly laughed, patted Zhao Yu's arm and smiled: "You, you are young, how can you learn to be so hypocritical?" When a person lives a lifetime, he should be upright, love and hate clearly, rejoice in what he rejoices, and abhors what he hates, and he must not compromise on perfection, then he will lose his integrity......"

"You don't have a backache when you stand and talk...... Who dares to ask you to compromise?'

Zhao Yu muttered to himself, but still arched his hand and said, "Thank you for your teachings." ”

Seeing this, the old lady suddenly smiled and said, "I'm afraid you're still not convinced, right?" Maybe you think that the old man is in a high position to say this? ”

"Huh?"

A hint of surprise flashed in Zhao Yu's eyes, and he felt that this old man was simply as sharp as a monster.

At this moment, I heard the old lady say earnestly: "A person's integrity has nothing to do with his position, and the old man was not born in a powerful family, but is just the son of a farmer." Why did the Emperor value me? Just because I am upright, and I don't make false ......."

"Humble, taught."

Zhao Yu nodded thoughtfully.

Seeing this, Taishi Chen said with a smile: "Okay, the old man has come this time, and everything he has to do has been done, so he won't bother anymore, and the old man will go to Ye County to worship his old friends." …… Don't look at the old man like this, the old man is still very busy. ”

"That's, that'......"

Zhao Yu nodded again and again.

This time, he was sincere.

After a while, after breakfast, the group left the cottage.

Upon learning of this, Guo Da took Chu Jiao to bid farewell to a group of villagers.

I have to say that the experience of the past few days still makes them feel as if they are in a dream, who has ever been a thief's nest and had the honor to receive the Taishi of the Jin Kingdom?

It is worth mentioning that even the group of naughty children in the cottage came to see each other off, waving to Master Chen from afar and shouting: "Old man, come again next time." ”

Guo Da and the others were frightened, but Taishi Chen laughed and waved his hand in response to the group of children.

After responding, he said solemnly to Zhao Yu: "Zi said, filial piety, can not be raised." In the same way, teaching children is not just about feeding and cloning them, these little children are innocent by nature, and whether they will be good or evil in the future depends on how you discipline them, and you must not be careless. ”

Zhao Yu had witnessed the old lady guiding those children correctly in the past few days, so he naturally understood what he was referring to, and immediately hugged his fists and responded: "Obey the order." ”

After going down the mountain, the group took a carriage to Ye County.

During this period, when passing through Kunyang, Zhao Yu transferred 500 county soldiers, led by Chen Mo, the commander of the department, who was responsible for protecting Chen Taishi along the way.

After all, although Guan Shuo, the commander of the Changsha Yishi, had already given up Yexian County, which could not be captured at the offensive rate, as early as last year, and transferred the main battlefield to the central part of Nanyang County, and joined forces with Jingchu Yishi, this rebel army still had an army stationed in the camp east of Yexian County to contain Yexian, so Zhao Yu naturally had to arrange soldiers to protect Chen Taishi.

On the way to Ye County, Chen Taishi unexpectedly chatted with Zhao Yu and Mao Zheng about Ye County, of course, he mainly talked about the past interactions between Chen Taishi and Mao Gong, the former county commander of Ye County.

I saw Chen Taishi say to Mao Zheng with a smile: "When Guoqi was in his thirties, the old man met him, at that time, he was a madman, criticizing the government and politics, frank and fearless, the old man and him hit it off at first sight......

The 'national weapon' in his mouth is the expression of Mao Zheng's father and Mao Yu, the county commander of Qianye County.

Mao Zheng said with a smile: "I heard my father mention this matter, but at that time, my father did not mention the Taishi, only said that he was a 'confidant', I never thought that it was the old man......"

"Haha." Master Chen stroked his long hair and smiled: "Never thought of it? When you were still in your infancy, the old man still hugged you. ”

"Uh......"

Although Mao Zheng was over thirty years old, he couldn't help but blush with embarrassment when he heard this.

After chatting for a while, the topic gradually turned to the current Yexian County Commander Yang Ding.

Mao Zheng said thoughtfully: "I haven't seen that Yang County Commander, but according to my brother, it seems to be a good person." ”

"Hmm......"

The old lady did not comment on the praise, stroked her long hair and said calmly: "This Yang Ding, born in the Yang family, is the grandson of Yang Tai, the former Situ of the court, the son of Yang Jin, the captain of Changshui, and the powerful man of Handan, who later caused trouble for interfering in the affairs of the royal family......"

"Royalty affairs?" Zhao Yu said tentatively.

The old lady glanced at Zhao Yu, and did not mean to hide it at all: "That's right, the Yang family tried to interfere in the matter of Lichu, so they brought trouble on themselves. ”

"Wow, that's a ......."

Zhao Yu raised his eyebrows.

Of course, he knew that in all dynasties, the matter of establishing a prince has always been a taboo for the imperial court and the royal family, and the royal family has always not allowed courtiers to intervene, but there have been many courtiers in all dynasties who want to intervene.

And the vast majority of these people died quite miserably.

Just when he was secretly sighing, he suddenly heard the old lady say solemnly: "Zizheng, Juzheng, if you two become officials in the court in the future, remember not to intervene in the royal dispute, understand?" This is the most taboo thing for kings in the past, whether it is His Majesty today, or ...... Emperor Xian. ”

Seeing the old lady's serious expression, Mao Zheng and Zhao Yu nodded: "Yes." ”

Seeing this, the old lady's tense face eased a lot, and she asked Zhao Yu with a smile: "By the way, Juzheng, have you dealt with that Yang Ding?" How does it feel? ”

"Not so good."

Zhao Yu thought for a while and said, "This person seems to be polite, but I always feel that he is a little eager for quick success...... I won't say much more, lest the old man think that he is framing with despicable slander. ”

"Haha."

The old lady didn't think it was a pestle, and said with a smile: "It seems that you really don't like this." …… Anyway, the old man went to see it himself. ”

During the chat, the group was getting closer and closer to Ye County, and the old lady did not mention the matter of 'Yizi' from beginning to end, which made Zhao Yu a little confused, and he didn't know what the situation was now.

Around midnight that night, Zhao Yu and Chen Taishi and their entourage, accompanied by 500 Kunyang county soldiers, arrived at the north gate of Ye County.

Seeing that the gate of Yexian City was closed, Zhao Yu came forward and shouted towards the city: "Listen to the soldiers in the city, I am Zhou Hu, the commander of Yingchuan, and I have something important to enter the city, so quickly open the city gate." ”

I have to say that the official position of Lieutenant of Yingchuan is really not small, and as soon as he heard Zhao Yu's shout, the soldiers in the city immediately responded: "Lieutenant Zhou, and later, let me wait to tell the county lieutenant Gao." ”

"County Lieutenant Gao? High purity? Isn't Yang Ding in Ye County?'

A thought flashed through Zhao Yu's heart, suspecting that Yang Ding might lead troops to support Wang Shangde.

Of course, this is just a casual thought by him, and it has nothing to do with them whether Yang Ding is there or not, because he knows that the old lady has no good impression of that Yang Ding, who made Yang Ding a disciple of another Taishi Wang Ying in the court - that Wang Ying, but Chen Taishi's old political enemy, gritted his teeth with hatred when he mentioned it.

"Okay, let's go!"

"Yes!"

A moment later, Gao Chun, the county lieutenant of Ye County, learned of the county guard's announcement, and was greatly surprised: "Zhou Hu? What did he come to do? ”

He didn't have a good impression of Zhou Hu, but given that he was now the captain of Yingchuan, Gao Chun couldn't afford to offend, so he hurriedly came to the North City Gate.

After personally confirming the authenticity of Zhou Hu, Gao Chun ordered someone to open the city gate.

I saw him go out of the city and come to the outside of the city, come to Zhao Yu, and salute reluctantly: "Ye County Lieutenant Gaochun, meet Zhou Duwei." ”

I have to say that he has a lot of resentment in his heart at the moment, or simply jealousy.

After all, when Zhao Yu was still a thief in Heihu Mountain, Gao Chun was already the governor of Ye County, and a few years have passed, Gao Chun is still Ye County, but Zhao Yu has become the governor of Yingchuan County, not to mention Gao Chun, even Yang Ding can't compare, which makes Gao Chun can't help but feel a kind of depression that 'people are more popular than dead people'.

Of course, if you are unhappy, you will not be happy, and Gao Chun will definitely be the captain of Yingchuan this week, after all, he knows the ability of this guy.

"I don't know what Duwei Zhou came to my Ye County late at night, what did he do?" Gao Chun endured the unhappiness in his heart and said.

In view of the fact that Gao Chun was promoted by Mao Gong when he was alive, and he was not too much of himself, Zhao Yu naturally didn't care - it didn't matter if he was surrounded and suppressed by Gao Chun with troops at the beginning, after all, it was people's duty.

"Long time no see, County Lieutenant Gao."

After a few words of greeting, Zhao Yu said with a smile: "This time, Zhou is as a guard, escorting an old man and Mao Gong's eldest son to Guixian to worship Mao Gong. ”

"The eldest prince?" Gao Chun's eyes widened in surprise.

At this moment, Mao Zheng also got out of the carriage and stepped forward to salute Gao Chun: "Brother Gao, don't come unharmed." ”

Maybe I haven't seen him for many years, Gao Chun looked at Mao Zheng stunned, and it wasn't until a while later that he said happily: "It's really the eldest prince......

Mao Zheng smiled and said gently: "I heard that there are still rebels in the Yexian area, can you allow us to enter the city first?" ”

"That's nature, that's nature." Gao Chun nodded again and again, out of the way.

Seeing this, Mao Zheng beckoned and let the carriages in the team enter the city first, followed by the five hundred Kunyang county soldiers led by Chen Mo.

It is worth mentioning that when the carriage in which Taishi Chen was riding passed Gao Chun, the old man smiled at Gao Chun from the car window.

It seems that Taishi Chen also recognized Gao Chun.

Seeing this, Gao Chun's face showed a little confusion, and he turned his head and asked Mao Zheng: "Eldest son, is that old man an old friend of Mao Gong?" It seems that some faces are familiar, and the lowly position seems to have seen ...... before."

Now, there is no point in concealing the identity of Taishi Chen, Mao Zheng said to Gao Chun: "It is Taishi Chen in the court." ”

Gao Chun gasped in shock.

Immediately, he hurriedly summoned two county guards and gave two orders in a low voice.

Zhao Yu guessed that this high-purity estimate was to report to Yang Ding.

After a while, Gao Chun led Chen Taishi, Mao Zheng, Zhao Yu, Niu Heng, He Shun and others to a private house next to the county government, and immediately said respectfully to Mao Zheng and the old lady who got out of the carriage: "The old lady and the second son are currently living here. ”

“……”

With the help of the torches in the hands of the county officials behind Gao Chun, the old lady looked around at the seemingly ordinary house in front of him, and his expression did not look very happy.

But he still nodded, turned his head to Zhao Yu and said, "Ju Zheng, you arrange the affairs of the county guards under your command, and then enter the house, the old man and the son are going to see the old lady first." …… By the way, you can send another post house in the city to arrange a place to stay. ”

"Yes." Zhao Yu hugged his fists.

After instructing, the old lady pushed open the door of the courtyard under the guidance of Mao Zheng, stepped in and walked in.

After a while, a young man's voice sounded in the house: "Who is it...... Brother? Mother, it's my brother, my brother is back......"

Obviously, that young man is Mao Gong's second son, Mao Bing.

Half an hour later, after Zhao Yu arranged the overnight stay between Chen Mo and the five hundred Kunyang soldiers, he personally booked a vacant room at the post house, and then returned to the Mao family he had just visited.

After Mao Gong's guards reported, Mao Zheng personally walked out of the house and led Zhao Yu and his party to the house.

At this time, in that hall, Mrs. Chen was sitting at the table, and on the other side of the table sat an old woman, who was Mrs. Mao.

On the side, a young couple sat on a small stool, and there was a little girl standing next to the woman, apparently Mao Bing and his wife.

"Integrity."

Seeing Zhao Yu enter the house, Master Chen said with a smile: "This is Mrs. Mao, you can also come over to see each other." ”

"Yes."

Zhao Yu nodded, and saluted Mrs. Mao respectfully: "In the next Zhou Hu, meet Mrs. Mao." ”

His respect is not because of Master Chen, but because he is respectful from the bottom of his heart.

After all, this old lady is not an outsider, his father Luyang Xianghou has brought Zhao Yu to visit Mao Gong and Mrs. Mao many times, and even invited the old couple to the Xianghou Mansion as guests.

For Zhao Yu, this old lady is not a stranger, on the contrary, she is like an ancestor-like elder.

In fact, over the years, Zhao Yu has thought more than once about coming to see this old lady, but he never dared, for fear of revealing his identity, but he didn't expect to see this old lady as 'Zhou Hu' today, which made Zhao Yu really feel a little emotional.

At this time, Mao Zheng explained softly to Mrs. Mao: "This is Zhou Hu, the commander of Yingchuan, and he is also the righteous son of Taishi. ”

"Hey, hey, don't talk nonsense......

Zhao Yu muttered to himself, but it was difficult to deny it, after all, if he denied it, it would inevitably give people a feeling of ignorance and ignorance.

Just as Zhao Yu was muttering to himself, Old Madam Mao's eyes showed a bit of a different color: "Huh? ”

Seeing this, Mao Zheng was puzzled and asked, "Mother, what's wrong?" ”

I saw that Old Madam Mao shook her head slightly, looked at Zhao Yu with a puzzled expression, and asked, "...... Zhou Duwei?"

Looking at Mrs. Mao's expression, Zhao Yu chuckled in his heart.

He suddenly remembered that the mask he had been wearing in the past few days was only a mask that covered the upper half of his face, and his cheekbones were all exposed.

It's naturally nothing to meet a stranger, just like Taishi Chen, at most, he can only guess that Zhao Yu's age is about twenty, which is younger than he imagined, but if he meets a familiar person, such as the old lady Mao before, this is very bad.

It is undeniable that Zhao Yu and Mrs. Mao are actually not familiar, but the problem is that the Marquis of Luyang and Mrs. Mao are familiar - the old couple can simply say that they have grown up with the Marquis of Luyang, and they are not much different from their own son.

My son wears a mask, and he can't recognize him when he is an adult?

How can it be!

After a long time, the old lady shook her head slightly and said, "It's nothing, it should be the old body who made a mistake." ”

But despite this, she still looked at Zhao Yu with a puzzled gaze, I am afraid that even she was wondering why this strange Captain Yingchuan gave her a familiar feeling.

I have to say that this old lady's gaze frightened Zhao Yu a lot.

He almost thought that his identity that he had hidden for more than eight years was about to be exposed.

Fortunately, Mao Zheng relieved him at this time and introduced his younger brother Mao Bing and his wife to Zhao Yu.

During this period, the old lady stroked her long hair and looked at Zhao Yu thoughtfully.

That night, Mrs. Chen chatted with Mrs. Mao for a long time, and as juniors, Zhao Yu, Mao Zheng and Mao Bing and his wife listened quietly.

It wasn't until late at night that Mrs. Mao obviously felt a little tired and tired, so the old lady took Zhao Yu and others to get up and say goodbye.

On the way to the post house, the old lady suddenly asked Zhao Yu: "Juzheng, have you seen the old lady before?" ”

Zhao Yu was shocked in his heart, and pretended to be calm and said, "There shouldn't be." ”

"Oh."

The old lady took a deep look at Zhao Yu and didn't ask.

But despite this, Zhao Yu's pounding heart still couldn't be calmed down for a long time, and he never thought that he would be suspected of his identity by Mrs. Mao.

"I have to get rid of this old man as soon as possible and go back to Xuchang."

He thought to himself.