"PS: Riot Event? The starting point? I participated?'

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Wang Qing and others attacked the village and were caught by mistake, not to mention that Zhao Yu didn't expect it, and Guo Da and others didn't expect it.

At present, there is still some food and meat in the mountain village of Yuchang, although Guo Da saw that Wang Qing always refused to agree to submit to their group, and intended to withhold the meat of Wang Qing and others, but under Zhao Yu's persuasion, Guo Da finally put away that cautious eye and gave Wang Qing and his gang the same treatment as everyone else, the only shortage was alcohol.

This can't be helped, because there isn't much wine storage in this mountain village itself.

Zhao Yu meant that he hoped that everyone would get through it first, but he didn't expect that Wang Qing would not obey the discipline, and he took people down the mountain last night, because he did not admit to obey Zhao Yu, like Guo Da, Chen Mo, Chen Zu, Chu Jiao and others were not easy to persuade.

But who would have thought that this morning, Wang Qing's subordinates fled back to ask for help, saying that their group was actually planted in a village, and even Wang Qing was captured by mistake.

Guo Da couldn't do it angrily, and said hatefully when discussing with Zhao Yu: "I obviously warned him that Luyang is different from Kunyang, and asked him to settle down in the near future, but he still dares to ...... Ah Hu, since Wang Qing didn't listen to the warning and died by himself, what should we do with him? Just let him fend for himself. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Yu shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Wang Qing just disobeys me, but he is still a member of our Black Tiger Village, does Brother Guo Da remember when we broke through?" At that time, he did not object to my suggestion, right...... Let's save it. ”

After a pause, he said again: "What's more, if we don't care, Wang Qing will definitely be sent to the county government by the people of Zheng Township, and when the time comes, Wang Qing's gang will be executed for their crimes, not to mention, the Luyang County Ya may still find ......us by touching the vines."

Hearing this, Guo Da hated Wang Qing more and more in his heart, but he also knew that Zhao Yu was right, even if it wasn't to save Wang Qing, he couldn't let this kid fall into the hands of Luyang County Ya, God knows if this kid would confess them?

But......

"Ah Hu, you can guess that it is in Zheng Township at once, do you know that village?" Guo Da asked with some concern.

Hearing this, Zhao Yu nodded slightly, and explained with a little melancholy: "Count Wang Qing's life should not be extinguished." Zheng Township, where he led people to harass, is exactly the township I was responsible for when I was helping refugees, whether it is the villagers of Zheng Village, or Ding Lu and others in the refugee tun, I am familiar with them, but I ...... Maybe I can't hide my identity. ”

As soon as he heard this, Guo Da gritted his teeth hatefully, and scolded Wang Qing in his heart.

But scolding and scolding, he also knew that the only way to do so was to let Zhao Yu go out in person.

After summing up, Zhao Yu ordered people to invite Chen Mo, Chen Zu, Chu Jiao, Zhang Feng, and Ma Hong to explain the situation to these five people.

In fact, at this time, Chen Mo and Chen Zu had also learned what happened to Wang Qing, and they were also waiting for Zhao Yu to respond, but they didn't expect Zhao Yu to be so decisive to save people.

"I'll go with you." Chen Mo was the first to speak: "I heard Wang Qing's subordinates who fled back say that there are many strong men in those two villages, and it is said that Wang Qing and they were planted in this matter, but I didn't expect to kill hundreds of people at once......

From the side, Guo Da also said: "Ah Hu, I'll go with you." ”

Zhao Yu turned his head and glanced at Guo Da, he originally wanted Guo Da to sit in this mountain village, but he didn't expect Guo Da to want to go with him.

After thinking about it, he said: "In this case, Brother Guo Da and the second village master will go with me, and I will bring Brother Niu Heng and Chu Yan with me, so that it is enough to take care of each other, and the rest of the people will guard this mountain village." Remember, don't act rashly until I return. …… Chen Zu, Chu Jiao, Zhang Feng, and Ma Hong, please thank you. ”

"Don't worry."

"Dazhai master and rest assured."

Chen Zu, Chu Jiao, Zhang Feng, and Ma Hong hugged their fists and agreed.

After the discussion, Zhao Yu took Jingnu, who never left him, and Guo Da, Niu Heng, Chen Mo, and Chu Yan, and went down the mountain together.

In view of the lack of horses, carriages and other means of transportation, Zhao Yu and others could only walk.

Speaking of which, in fact, the mountain village they are in at this time is located at the junction of Luyang and Liang County, Zheng Township is actually not the closest village to them, the two places are thirty or forty miles apart, I really don't know how Wang Qing and his gang touched Zheng Township.

Zhao Yu guessed that it was very likely that Wang Qing and his group went straight south after going down the mountain, which bumpered with Zheng Xiang.

Probably at that time, the lights were blind, and Wang Qing and others couldn't see the specific scale of Zheng Township.

What kind of township is Zhengxiang?

It was a special township with a population of more than 1,000 and nearly 1,500 people, where there were hundreds of people in Zheng Village alone, not to mention more than 1,000 people in the refugee tun, and what was even more terrifying was that nearly seventy percent of them were young and strong.

What is this concept?

He did not have so many people in the heyday of the Black Tiger Village.

To loot a village of this size?

Not to mention the thirty or forty people under Wang Qing's hands, even if all the remaining Kou of his Black Tiger Village go, and counting Chen Mo, Niu Heng, Chu Yan, these outstanding warriors, they may not be able to win steadily.

This is his Luyang characteristic township, every township with a work site is a special township with a dense population, to a large extent, it relies on digging canals for the Luyang government to obtain food and wages, which is why Zhao Yu has warned everyone not to go down the mountain to cause trouble in recent days.

Because of his special townships in Luyang, ordinary thieves really can't afford to provoke them.

And Zheng Xiang is one of them.

Wang Qing and his group were planted in the hands of Zheng Xiang, to be honest, Zhao Yu was not surprised at all.

After walking for about half an hour, the official road he was walking was suddenly replaced by a ditch facing him, and the official road was moved to both sides.

Seeing this ditch, Zhao Yu was slightly stunned.

From the side, Niu Heng was happy when he saw this, touched his head and said with a strange expression: "What does this Luyang person think?" Dig a trench in the middle of the road? ”

When Guo Da heard this, he glanced at Zhao Yu quietly, and scolded in a low voice: "What are you talking about? ”

"What am I talking about? Which county would make a ditch in the middle of the road? Niu Heng shouted unconvinced.

When Niu Heng and Guo Da were arguing, Zhao Yu couldn't help but step forward, carefully looked at the ditch in front of him, and immediately squatted down and touched the soil next to the ditch.

Judging from the color of the soil, the soil is relatively new, and it is only a day or two of work.

"Is it going on?"

Zhao Yu turned his head to look at the south side.

"What's wrong?" Chen Mo stepped forward and asked.

Zhao Yu stood up, shook his head slightly, and then pointed to the south and said, "Follow this ditch to the south, you can reach Zhengxiang ......."

Hearing this, Chen Mo and Chu Yan both glanced at Zhao Yu strangely, and immediately thought about it.

Only the simple Niu Heng asked the question in his heart: "Ah Hu, how do you know?" ”

However, before Zhao Yu could explain, he saw Guo Da slap Niu Heng on the back of the neck, and scolded in a low voice: "You brute bull, why are you talking so much today?" ”

Niu Heng was furious, and he was about to fight with Guo Da with his thick neck, but he was dissuaded by Zhao Yu with a smile.

Under the guidance of Zhao Yu, everyone continued to walk south along the ditch.

Then the farther south they went, the wider the ditch beside them became, and the person in charge of digging the ditch gradually appeared in the ditch, and after only a dozen miles, the ditch around them was more than 20 zhang wide and eight or nine zhang deep from the ground.

At this time, even the most humble Niu Heng saw it, and said with wide eyes and incredulity: "It turns out that the people of Luyang are digging a river, what a big river......"

Hearing Niu Heng's words, the people who were digging nearby looked over one after another, and one of them greeted with a smile: "You are strangers, right?" ”

At this time, Zhao Yu hadn't put on that ridiculous mask, but he covered half of his face with a cloth, and when he saw that someone took the initiative to talk, he signaled Chen Mo, Guo Da, Niu Heng, and Chu Yan not to speak casually, and said, "Ah, we are from Ruyang." …… This canal is still being repaired? ”

"Repair, repair, all year round." The man said something casually, making everyone who was digging the river nearby laugh.

Probably because Zhao Yu and others provoked the conversation, some people temporarily stopped their homework and chatted with hoes.

"Who knows how many years it will take to build this canal?"

"How many years have you been in charge? If we repair for one more day, we will receive one more day's wages, what's wrong with that? Instead, I'm worried about what will happen when the canal is completed. ”

"You don't need to worry about this, the government has already said that after repairing this canal, everyone will move to the west of the county, and help the people in the west of the county to dig a lake near the upper reaches of the Shahe River to store water, and after saying that, they will dig a small canal to irrigate the fields...... I figured that I couldn't get it down in seven or eight years. ”

"Ouch...... At the beginning in Yuxian County, Lao Tzu had been a hunter for generations, and he fled to this damn Luyang, and he dug the soil and forgot his ancestral craftsmanship. ”

"Hahaha......"

Just as he was laughing, a sturdy man walked in the distance, scolding as he walked: "Laughing fart? Who allows you to be lazy? ”

"The tun chief is here, the tun chief is here."

"Hurry up."

As soon as they saw the tun chief approaching, the group of people who took the opportunity to be lazy and laughing hurriedly buried their heads in work, and Zhao Yu immediately left with Guo Da and Chen Mo.

"Dig a lake and store water in the upper reaches of the Xisha River in the county...... What?'

Continuing south along the canal next to him, Zhao Yu's mood was slightly complicated.

Suddenly, Niu Heng asked strangely, "What are those stones for?" ”

Hearing this, Zhao Yu took the opportunity to look ahead, only to see that not far ahead, some servants who were responsible for building the canal were piling up pieces of ashlar stones that were enough for one person to hold on both sides of the canal, and then filled the gaps between the stones with mud, making both sides of the canal neat and beautiful.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu's mood became more and more complicated.

Because whether it is the width and depth of the canal, or the embankment on both sides of the river with stones, these are all suggestions that he made notes on the river construction drawings at the beginning.

The width is to prevent collisions between passing ships, the depth is to have a better draft, and the stones on both sides of the canal are used as embankments to prevent the mud on both sides of the canal from being washed away by the river and eventually causing the river to backflow, and by the way, for aesthetic reasons.

Since he Luyang County wants to build a canal named after his father Luyang Township, then Zhao Yu naturally hopes to be perfect, even if this canal will be a major landscape of his Luyang in the future.

I still remember that after he took out the blueprints of the river building, the people in his Luyang County Ya were frightened, and the county Cheng Xu Xuan's face turned pale because of this, and he even said: "This, this, how much does this cost?" ”

However, all this has lost its meaning for Zhao Yu today.

"Let's go."

After a moment of daze, Zhao Yu continued to walk forward silently, and Jingnu squeezed his hand distressedly.

As I walked, a stone monument suddenly appeared in front of me, standing next to the canal.

I saw this stele, the head of the stele is two dragons holding beads, the orb is in the middle, and the two dragons are located on the left and right; The stele base is the shape of a dragon tortoise, as if it is the legendary negative stele beast; And what touched Zhao Yu's mind the most was the four words engraved on the monument from top to bottom: Wang Jinggongqu.

In addition, there is a line of small characters on the left side of the bottom: Wang 36 years, Xia, Luyang County Ya set up a monument. Those who destroy the monument will be severely punished.

"Wang Jinggongqu?" Niu Heng scratched his head and asked curiously, "Who is Wang Jing?" Was it the person who donated to build the canal? ”

Zhao Yu smiled slightly, slowly approached the river monument that was full of others, and reached out to gently stroke this stone monument.

From the side, Jing Nu covered her mouth with her hands, her eyes were red and she was sobbing, and she could see Chen Mo and Chu Yan looking at each other.

"Wang Jinggongqu ......"

Zhao Yu whispered the words on the stone tablet, and the misunderstanding of Liu Wei, the commander of Luyang County, was suddenly eliminated a lot.

He knew that Zhang Jing, one of the Five Tigers of the Chen Sect, was ordered by his father-in-law, Chen Taishi, and entrusted by Mao Jue Mao Gong, the former county commander of Ye County, and had just begun to investigate the tragedy of his Luyang Zhao family, which meant that his Luyang Zhao family was still accused of 'colluding with the rebels and trying to rebel'.

In this case, the Luyang County Ya played a little trick and still named the canal 'Jinggong Canal', which is enough to prove the attitude of the Luyang County Ya and the attitude of the county commander Liu Wei.

Probably, at the beginning, the Luyang County Ya couldn't resist the pressure and announced his Luyang Zhao's 'crime' to the outside world, which was really a last resort.

"Ah Hu."

Guo Da stepped forward and patted Zhao Yu on the shoulder, whispering comfort.

Except for Jing Nu, he was probably the only one who knew what was going on, although he didn't know the name of Zhao Yu and his father Luyang Township, but at this moment, when he saw Zhao Yu's reaction, he more or less guessed a few points.

Under Guo Da's comfort, Zhao Yu realized that this was not the time to miss the past, and turned around and said to Niu Heng and the others: "Let's go, it's not too early, in case Zheng Xiang sends Wang Qing and the others to the county government, it will be bad." ”

“……”

Looking at the reactions of Zhao Yu, Guo Da, and Jingnu, Chen Mo and Chu Yan glanced at each other, and seemed to have guessed something, but they didn't ask.

On the way to the south, Zhao Yu's mood felt much lighter for some reason.

I remember when he first arrived in Luyang a few days ago, in fact, he was in a very heavy mood at that time, and even, if he didn't have no choice, he didn't want to return to Luyang.

But today, when he saw the canal that was still under construction, especially the stone monument next to the river, his mood suddenly improved.

Lu Yang has not forgotten his father, nor has he forgotten his Zhao family.

With a little excitement, Zhao Yu and his party finally arrived at the ground of Zhengxiang.

As mentioned before, Zhengxiang is a special township with a population of more than 1,000 and close to 1,500 people, and the households are very dense, so when Zhao Yu and others are close to Zhengxiang, they will inevitably be paid special attention by the locals.

Those who carried hoes and baskets on their backs looked at Zhao Yu and the others intentionally or unintentionally, and saw that Guo Da, Chen Mo, and Chu Yan were all a little numb.

Because they know that it is wary of the gaze of a foreigner.

As for the reasons for vigilance, what else could it be? It's nothing more than Wang Qing's idiots who ran to the village last night.

Of course, there is another reason because Zhao Yu and his party all wore hats and deliberately covered their appearance, among which Zhao Yu did it most thoroughly, and covered half of his face with a cloth, which would make anyone suspicious, especially Zheng Xiang, who had just been harassed by a group of thieves.

No, after Zhao Yu approached the two villages, someone immediately stepped forward and asked, "Hey, how many of you are foreigners, right?" Where are you from? What for? ”

Signaling Guo Da and the others not to talk, Zhao Yu deliberately explained in a thick voice: "I'm here from Ruyang, and I'm going to find the head of Ding Lu Ding Tun in Guitun to talk about business." ”

Seeing Zhao Yu say Ding Lu's name in one mouth, the eyes of the villagers who interrogated them faded with some suspicion.

But even so, the dress of Zhao Yu and others still made these villagers feel vigilant: "Looking for Ding Tun Chief? …… Why the secrecy? Take off the hat. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Yu also felt a little headache.

After all, according to his speculation, Huang Ben, Gao Chun, and Ma Gai should have guessed that they fled to the west of Yingshan after they failed to encircle and suppress them, and in this case, Gao Chun, the county governor of Yexian County, would definitely spread the news of his Black Tiger Village to Luyang, and even the wanted portraits of Chen Mo, Guo Da, Niu Heng, Chu Yan and others.

In case Luyang County has already distributed these wanted portraits to Zheng Township and other townships under the county, then at this moment, Chen Mo and the others took off their hats to reveal their true appearance, and they would definitely be recognized.

If you don't pick it......

Just when Zhao Yu and the others hesitated, the villagers who interrogated them became more and more suspicious, and shouted with a calm face: "Why don't you dare to show your true face?" …… I don't think you're a businessman from Ruyang at all, maybe you're an accomplice of the thieves last night! With that, he shouted around, "Come on, there is a companion from the thieves from last night!" ”

Hearing this, hundreds of people immediately rushed over from all directions.

Seeing this scene, Guo Da, Chen Mo and others finally understood how Wang Qing and the others planted it last night - who can stop this?

Seeing this, Zhao Yu decisively ordered in a low voice: "Take two!" ”

As soon as they heard this, Chen Mo, Niu Heng, and Chu Yan immediately made a move, and in a blink of an eye, they subdued the villagers who interrogated him, but at the same time, they were also surrounded by hundreds of angry villagers.

"Sure enough, it's an accomplice of the thieves!"

"Damn it...... Let them go! ”

"Do you think you can escape?"

More and more villagers rushed to this side when they heard the news, all holding hoes and pitchforks, their faces full of indignation, if it weren't for Chen Mo, Niu Heng, and Chu Yan grabbing a few hostages, I'm afraid these people would have rushed up long ago.

Even, some villagers squeezed in front of the crowd with swords in their hands, staring at Zhao Yu and his party with unkind expressions.

Seeing this fierce folk customs, Guo Da subconsciously swallowed his saliva, and couldn't help but ask Zhao Yu in a low voice: "Ah Hu, is this ...... You okay? ”

Zhao Yu was just about to speak, but he heard a slightly familiar playful voice: "Yo, the accomplices of the group of thieves last night?" Ha, come on, let me see. ”

With this voice, a strong man with a big shoulder and a round waist squeezed into the crowd, which was the Ding Lu in Zhao Yu's memory......

Well, that's not right.

It is indeed Ding Lu, but today's Ding Lu's dress is very different from Zhao Yu's memory.

In Zhao Yu's memory, Ding Lu's clothes were very bad, his hair was as messy as a bird's nest, and the clothes on his body were also torn and dirty, stained with a lot of greasy, but today, this Ding Lu combed his hair neatly, although the clothes on his body looked very old, they were very clean, and several holes were also sewn up.

Just when Zhao Yu was secretly wondering, Na Ding Lu had already walked towards them, stopped a foot away from them, and asked with a calm face: "A few of you, if you guess correctly, it should be the thief accomplice who attacked my village last night, right?" How? Come to the rescue of your companions? ”

"Ahem." Zhao Yu coughed and said in a thick voice: "No, I'm just a businessman from Ruyang, and I want to make some deals with Ding Tunchang." ”

"Hmph." Ding Lu snorted coldly: "Use the villagers you have held hostage to exchange for your companions? ”

Zhao Yu ignored Ding Lu's ridicule, and said in a rough voice: "There are many people here, it is not suitable to discuss, if Ding Tun doesn't mind, let's talk in private." ”

Hearing this, two people walked up to Ding Lu and whispered, "Boss, what are you talking nonsense about these thieves?" Let's go to the ...... together."

Zhao Yu glanced at it and recognized these two people, who were Ding Lu's best brothers, Feng Bu and Zu Xing.

It's a pity that the words of these two people were still heard by Chen Mo, Chu Yan and others, Chu Yan immediately pulled out the short sword at his waist, put it against the neck of the villager who was subdued by him, and warned in a deep voice: "I advise you not to act rashly. ”

Seeing this scene, Zhao Yu immediately signaled: "Chu Yan, put it away." ”

After saying that, he turned his head to Ding Lu and said, "Chief Ding Tun, we have no ill will towards Guitun, I just want to talk to Chief Ding Tun privately." ”

Ding Lu stared at Zhao Yu coldly and asked rhetorically, "You are the leader?" ”

Zhao Yu did not answer.

Seeing this, Ding Lu nodded and said, "Okay, you can." ”

"Boss ......" Feng Bu and Zu Xing tried to persuade them, but they were interrupted by Ding Lu raising his hand.

So, surrounded by hundreds of villagers, Ding Lu took Zhao Yu and others to his house.

At this time, he turned back to Zhao Yu and said, "Your subordinates, let them stay outside the house, no problem, right?" ”

Zhao Yu shook his head, and immediately took Jing Nu's hand and said, "She wants to follow me." ”

Looking at Jingnu's height, Ding Lu didn't care, and said to the inside: "Come in." ”

Seeing this, Guo Da said in a low voice: "Ah Hu......"

"It's fine." Zhao Yu whispered, and Xuan even took Jing Nu and followed Ding Lu to the house.

After entering the house, Zhao Yu saw a woman sitting in the room who was doing needlework, and after a closer look, it turned out to be Ma's.

"What's going on outside? …… Hey? Who are these two? Ma asked curiously.

"Don't worry about it, it's not a good person anyway, you go to the back room, lock the door, and don't come out no matter what happens outside."

"Then ...... you," Marsh asked worriedly.

"It's fine. There's a bunch of people out there. Ding Lu reassured.

Under the strange gaze of Zhao Yu and Jingnu, Ma obediently picked up the basket on the table where she was doing needlework, walked towards the back room, and immediately heard a click and closed the door.

At this time, Ding Lu turned to face Zhao Yu and Jingnu, and said coldly: "How to talk?" ”

Seeing this, Zhao Yu and Jingnu glanced at each other, slowly took off the hat together, and pulled down the cloth that covered half of their faces.

"Long time no see, Ding Lu." Zhao Yu smiled and said hello.

Looking at Zhao Yu and Jing Nu, Ding Lu, who was not afraid at all, slowly widened his eyes to an incredible extent.

Immediately, his face turned pale, and he couldn't help but take two steps back, and finally sat down on the ground.

"Hell ......"

He swallowed his saliva and muttered with difficulty.