Luyang County ordered Liu Wei to convey to Ding Lu that he begged to see Zhao Yu, which was obviously a gesture of goodwill.

Zhao Yu can see him or not......

Of course, considering the current situation, it would be better to meet the county magistrate of Luyang County, after all, it is on the ground in Luyang.

So, Zhao Yu instructed Chu Yan to go to Zhengxiang and asked Ding Lu to find a way to convey it to Liu Wei.

In the early morning of 30 August, the county commander Liu Wei and the county lieutenant Ding Wu went to Zheng Township again on the pretext of inspecting Zheng Township.

When he saw Ding Lu, Liu Wei couldn't help but affirm again: "The second son is really ...... Did you really agree to see me? ”

Ding Lu waved his hand when he heard this: "I didn't say anything about the second son, I don't know anything." ”

Ding Wu rolled his eyes beside him.

This kid is still pretending to be garlic!

If the second son is not in that mountain village, this kid dares to let a county magistrate go on an adventure?

However, if you don't admit it, you won't admit it, as long as you can see the second son, Ding Wu doesn't bother to pay attention to his family's pretenses.

At Ding Lu's house that day, Liu Wei and Ding Wu had a simple meal, and then changed into ordinary people's clothes, after all, they were going to a thief's den on this trip, which had a lot to do with it.

At this time, Ding Lu also prepared a donkey cart, and called Feng Bu and Zu Xing, two brothers, and took Liu Wei and Ding Wu to Yuchangshan Village, where Zhao Yu was located.

On the way, the donkey cart ran slowly, and Liu Wei simply suppressed his anxious mood and thought about something about the second son, and the most puzzling thing for him was why the second son wanted to join a group of Ying bandits.

After all, no matter what time it is, the robbers and robbers will not be welcomed by the counties and counties in various places, and it is not difficult to see the attitude of the counties and counties towards the thieves in the region only by looking at the encirclement and suppression of the Black Tiger Village in Kunyang County in the past one or two years.

It is no exaggeration to say that if it weren't for the fact that the second son of the Zhao family was among this group of Ying thieves at this moment, then Liu Wei and Ding Wu would definitely not come alone today, but would have brought a lot of officers and soldiers to completely exterminate this group of thieves who infiltrated their Luyang from Kunyang.

"This is it."

The donkey cart slowly stopped at the bottom of the mountain, and Ding Lu reminded Liu Wei and Ding Wu, who were sitting in the carriage.

Under this reminder, Liu Wei and Liu County, who were dressed like an old man of a field farmer, got off the donkey cart and looked up at the mountains and forests in front of them.

Instructing Feng Bu to guard the donkey cart, Ding Lu and Zu Xing led Liu Wei and Ding Wu up the mountain, and it didn't take long for them to bump into the bandits patrolling the mountain.

The first person is Chen Mo's subordinate, Liu Tu.

Without waiting for the other party to ask, Ding Lu took the lead and said: "Ding Lu, who sent food two days ago, has an appointment with your leader Zhou, and came to meet the leader of Zhou with two distinguished guests. ”

In fact, Liu Tu had already recognized Ding Lu as the leader who sent the grain two days ago, which was why he did not show any hostility, but his level was not enough for him to know the secrets of the leaders, so after a little hesitation, he immediately sent this matter to inform his boss, Chen Mo.

Chen Mo is of course one of the core members of Zhao Yu's subordinates, and he is also a core member who knows Zhao Yu's identity.

After receiving the report sent by Liu Tu, Chen Mo immediately told Zhao Yu about the matter.

Knowing that it was two distinguished guests instead of one, Zhao Yu immediately guessed that the other distinguished guest was obviously his county lieutenant Ding Wu of Luyang, and he said to Chen Mo with a smile: "That's right, I do have an appointment with those two distinguished guests, and I am troubled by the second village master to help me invite those two distinguished guests to the village." …… Remember, these two distinguished guests have a noble status, so don't make a statement. ”

Chen Mo nodded, and immediately went down to the mountain village to join Liu Tu and his party.

At this time, Ding Lu, Zu Xing, Liu Wei, and Ding Wu were still stiff with Liu Tu and others, until Chen Mo came here, waved his hand to dismiss Liu Tu and a few others, and raised his hand to ask: "Under Chen Mo, the leader asked me to invite two honored guests to go up the mountain, and two honored guests to invite." ”

While speaking, he also secretly looked at Liu Wei and Ding Wu carefully.

In view of the fact that Zhao Yu did not explain Liu Wei and Ding Wu to Chen Mo, Chen Mo did not know the exact identity of the other party, but he could vaguely guess a little.

『Winged Tiger Chen Mo ......』

Ding Wu took a deep look at Chen Mo.

Although he didn't know Chen Mo, because of the high-purity relationship of the county lieutenant of Ye County, he was no stranger to Chen Mo, one of the three masters of the Black Tiger Village.

As far as Ding Wu knew, this Chen Mo was one of the first three leaders of the Black Tiger Village, and his personal strength was quite outstanding, and he could be indistinguishable from General Zhang Jing, one of the five tigers of the Chen Sect.

However, such a ruthless character failed to become the supreme leader of this group of bandits after the death of Yingshan Tiger Yang Tong......

Out of caution, Ding Wu whispered a few words to Liu Wei, and briefly explained the leader of the Ying Mountain Bandits who came to lead the way for them.

I have to say that after listening to Ding Wu's instructions, Liu Wei was also slightly surprised.

He didn't expect that Chen Mo, who came to show them the way, was actually one of the important leaders of this gang of Ying bandits.

Thinking back to Chen Mo's words, it seems that the second son is actually the leader of this gang of bandits?

Well, in fact, Liu Wei had already learned about this matter through Ding Lu before, but he was always a little difficult to accept, after all, in his opinion, the second son of the dignified township mansion and a group of thieves who robbed houses and houses were simply unrelated!

With complicated feelings, Liu Wei arched his hand with a complicated expression: "There is labor." ”

"Not necessarily. …… Please. ”

Under the leadership of Chen Mo, Ding Lu, Zu Xing, Liu Wei, and Ding Wu slowly walked along the mountain road to Yuchangshan Village.

On the way, they met the bandits patrolling the mountains and forests several times, but because of Chen Mo's presence, although those bandits were a little puzzled, they didn't dare to come forward to interrogate, just flashed in the forest next to the mountain road, and then left by themselves.

And Ding Lu and the others, especially Liu Wei and Ding Wu, also secretly observed the surroundings at this time, until Chen Mo led them to Yuchangshan Village.

At this time, the atmosphere in Changshan Village is still relatively harmonious.

Thanks to the agreement between Zhao Yu and Yu Chang, as well as Zhao Yu's restraint on the bandits by Guo Da, Chen Mo and other leaders, the Black Tiger Village group did not harm or bully the villagers of Yu Chang Village, and even, the women on both sides would sit together and chat, and the children on both sides would also play together.

I have to say that seeing this scene, Liu Wei and Ding Wu were quite surprised.

And just as they were secretly looking at it, they suddenly heard a fierce voice from the side: "Hey! ”

Hearing the sound, Ding Wu subconsciously protected Liu Wei behind him and turned his head to look in the direction where the sound came from.

Looking in the direction from which the voice came, Ding Wu saw a man lying on the lattice of a mud house, looking at them with an unkind expression.

『Wang Qing......』

With the help of the wanted warrant sent by Ye County, Ding Wu immediately recognized that the man was the leader of this gang of bandits, Wang Qing.

However, just when he thought that Wang Qing was going to do something, he saw that Wang Qing had already walked out of the house, walked straight to Ding Lu, and said with a little provocation, "Isn't this the Ding Lu Dingtun chief of Zheng Township......

Seeing this, Ding Wu realized that Wang Qingfangcai's hostility was aimed at Ding Lu.

In the face of Wang Qing's provocation, Ding Lu smiled indifferently.

As he guessed, Chen Mo immediately stepped forward to stop him: "Wang Qing, Ding Tunchang is the honored guest of the owner of the village, don't make trouble, go back to your house." …… If you break the precepts during confinement, I won't intercede for you this time. ”

“……”

Hearing Chen Mo's words, Wang Qing glanced at the former indignantly, and then pointed at Ding Lu and said: "Ding Lu, if you have a kind, let's fight again, just you and me, no one else will bring it, I want to see ......"

"......" Looking at Wang Qing's indignant expression, Ding Wu turned his head and glanced at Ding Lu.

As if noticing the inquiring look in Ding Wu's eyes, Ding Lu sneered and said: "I mocked him twice that day, and I was hated for ......."

Ding Wu shook his head speechlessly, not knowing what attitude to make, but at this time, Chen Mo said to Ding Lu: "Ding Tun Chang doesn't have to pay attention to him. …… As long as you don't allow it, he won't do it directly to you. ”

Ding Lu smiled.

Maybe that Wang Qing was really frightened by the number of people in his Zheng Township that night, and he failed to exert his original strength, and was overturned by them in three strokes and two blows, but how could he use all his strength?

He Dinglu is indeed a ruffian, but who said that ruffians don't pay attention to force?

No, the more ruffians you are, the more you have to be good.

However, considering that Chen Mo was a kind reminder, Ding Lu didn't explain anything.

After a small episode, Chen Mo took Ding Lu, Zu Xing, Liu Wei, and Ding Wu to the house where Zhao Yu lived.

At this time, in front of Zhao Yu's house, Niu Heng was sitting on a bench, peeling mountain fruits and eating them with a few children in the village and village who were not afraid of life, and when he saw Chen Mo leading a few people over, he immediately stood up and patted the debris on his hands.

Not to mention, with the size of this fool, even Ding Wu felt a little pressure, and his eyes showed a little vigilance.

However, at this time, Niu Heng greeted Ding Lu and Zu Xing: "Isn't this Ding Lu and Zu Xing?" ”

Ding Lu and Zu Xing also knew that Niu Heng was one of Zhao Yu's henchmen, so they said hello to Niu Heng with a smile.

After some greetings, Niu Heng said with a smile: "Ah Hu said that he wants to see two distinguished guests today, are the Ding Lu brothers and the Zuxing brothers?" ”

Ding Lu smiled and waved his hand, explaining: "No, no, no, we just came by the way, and the two distinguished guests that Zhou Gongzi wants to see are these two ......."

As he spoke, he pointed to Liu Wei and Ding Wu.

Hearing this, Niu Heng took the opportunity to set his eyes on Liu Wei and Ding Wu.

At the moment, Liu Wei and Ding Wu, Ding Wu's appearance is not bad, although he is dressed as an ordinary person, his look, especially those sharp eyes, makes people know at a glance that he is not an ordinary person, but Liu Wei and Liu Xian Ling ...... Dressed as an ordinary person, he looked like an old farmer in the field, and Niu Heng was very puzzled in his heart.

He whispered to Ding Lu secretly, "This little old man...... Is it really a valued guest? ”

Maybe he thought he was asking Ding Lu in a whisper, but in fact, the people present still heard his words, which made Liu Wei feel quite embarrassed.

"Absolutely."

Glancing at Liu Wei, who was slightly embarrassed, Ding Lu held back a smile and nodded his head in promise.

At this moment, a voice came from inside the house: "That's right, Brother Niu Heng, you can invite two distinguished guests in." ”

Hearing this voice, Liu Wei and Ding Wu's faces changed suddenly, and they subconsciously looked at the room.

And Niu Heng no longer had any doubts, and raised his hand with Chen Mo and asked, "Two, please." ”

Glancing at each other, Liu Wei and Ding Wu walked into the house, and then saw two people standing in the room, one was Zhao Yu and the other was Jingnu.

Although more than two years have passed, the images of Zhao Yu and Jingnu have changed, such as the two of them have grown taller, but Liu Wei and Ding Wu can still recognize Zhao Yu and Jingnu at a glance.

"Second Son......"

Seeing Zhao Yu, who he thought he had died a long time ago, appear in front of him, Liu Wei didn't know what to say for a while.

On the contrary, Zhao Yu was calm and calm, arched his hand and said, "Two, don't come unharmed." ”

Liu Wei and Ding Wu also returned the salute, but they didn't know what to say.

After all, there are so many things they want to ask and say in their hearts that they don't know what to say or what to ask for a while.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu glanced at Ding Lu, Niu Heng and the others who were standing near the door of the house, and instructed Chen Mo: "Second village master, you entertain Ding Tun for me, it is enough for me and Niu Heng to have big brother here." ”

"Yes." Chen Mo nodded, and led Ding Lu away, leaving only Zhao Yu, Jingnu, Niu Heng, Liu Wei, and Ding Wu in the house.

At this time, Zhao Yu instructed Jing Nu again: "Jing Nu, you go and order someone to prepare some wine and food to entertain the two distinguished guests." ”

"Yes, young master."

Jing Nu bowed her head, turned around and walked to the door, and when she passed by Ding Wu, she couldn't help but take a second look at this Ding County Lieutenant.

Probably thinking of the appearance of the county lieutenant Ding a few days ago who was frightened by herself, she sneered, but then she realized that it was rude, quickly apologized, and then hurriedly walked out of the house.

Ding Wu guessed a little bit about Jing Nu's loss of laughter, but of course he wouldn't care about a cute little girl, besides, he was not in the mood to care about it at the moment, so he looked at Zhao Yu intently, as if he was discerning whether the second son of Zhao in front of him was a living person or a ghost.

From the side, after a period of silence, Liu Wei arched his hand towards Zhao Yu, and said sincerely: "I can see that the second son is safe and sound, Liu...... Honest consolation. ”

Speaking of this, he suddenly bowed to Zhao Yu and made a big salute.

"What is Gong Liu doing?" Zhao Yu hurriedly held Liu Wei and asked in surprise.

Liu Wei shook his head and said: "Liu is ashamed of the townsman, and he is ashamed of the second son......"

Zhao Yu was silent for a moment, and helped Liu Wei to ask rhetorically: "What does Liu Gong mean that the Luyang County Government announced the charge of 'colluding with the rebels and intending to rebel'?" ”

Hearing this, Liu Wei's face became more and more guilty.

Seeing this, Ding Wu explained on the side: "The second son is not to blame Liu Gong, Liu Gong was also forced to do so at that time. …… At that time, the guy threatened Liu Gong, if Liu Gong refused to cooperate with him to cover up the truth, that guy would try to remove Liu Gong. Second son, you know, I, Luyang, have invested a lot of manpower and material resources in order to repair canals and lakes......"

At this time, Liu Wei interrupted him: "Ding Wei, let Liu explain it himself." ”

After that, he looked at Zhao Yu and said sincerely: "Second son, Liu is not trying to exonerate himself. I don't know if the second son knows that for the sake of repairing canals, roads, lakes and other things in the county, the townsman and the second prince ran back and forth, although the credit is huge, but the county government also took a lot of risks, such as the deficit of the county warehouse...... The second prince may not know that he wants to build a canal between Rushui and Shahe, which is not at all affordable for a county, and the county has to make the decision in general, and even report to the imperial court. And I, Luyang, belong to Nanyang County, and the second son of Nanyang County also understands the situation, although General Wang Shangde has been much more prosperous because of the military market in recent years, but with his character, how can he be willing to spend a lot of money in my Luyang County? He didn't send someone to stop me from building in Luyang, which is already a blessing......"

Zhao Yu quietly listened to Liu Wei's explanation.

He didn't refute Liu Wei's words, after all, he also knew some situations.

For example, the Jinggong Canal, it is indeed not a project that a county can afford, after all, it spans three county borders, more than 100 miles long, and this canal is not a simple sense of 'leading Rushui into the Shahe River', but also has to consider the boat, so it will become a big project in five to ten years.

Such a big project, which originally had to be brought forward by the county at least, could only be borne by Luyang County alone because of the collapse of Nanyang County.

Some people may ask, does it really make sense for Luyang County to engage in such a big project alone?

The answer, of course, is yes.

Because after the completion of the Jinggong Canal, Luyang County can not only completely solve the problem of drought and water shortage in recent years, but also make the whole county prosperous through water transportation, which can be said to be a project with huge investment and huge returns.

However, not everyone has the courage to do this.

Especially in recent years, the world has been in drought and the imperial court is short of money, in this environment, the imperial court will not praise Luyang County for taking the opportunity to build water conservancy, on the contrary, those county orders that can make the imperial court get more taxes are more likely to be rewarded by the imperial court.

In such an environment, who can guarantee that the next county magistrate who replaced Liu Wei will continue to implement the political views of his predecessor?

In the unlikely event that the successor county order terminated the project after Liu Wei was banned, not only would Luyang County's previous investment be wasted, but the surplus labor caused by the suspension of the project would also shake Luyang's stability.

On the one hand, there is the dead Xianghou family, and on the other hand, Luyang County, which is still under construction, between the dead and the county, Liu Jian finally chose the latter.

“…… We all thought that my son's family was dead......"

Glancing at Zhao Yu, Liu Wei said with guilt: "It's not that I'm greedy for official positions, but I don't want the energy, manpower and material resources we have invested so far to be in vain...... Next...... agreed to the request of the proverb, and lied that the Xianghou Mansion colluded with the rebels and plotted against him, so as to cover up the evil deeds of leading his soldiers to kill the Xianghou Mansion at night. ”

After listening to Liu Wei's explanation, Zhao Yu nodded calmly and said lightly: "A few days ago, on the way to Zhengxiang, I had a river monument...... Seeing the words 'Wang Jinggongqu', I can somewhat understand Liu Gong. ”

Hearing this, Liu Wei was slightly stunned and wanted to say something, but in the end he just nodded slightly.

"Sit down, two."

“……”

Liu Wei and Ding Wu glanced at each other, and sat down on the seats in the room according to their words.

They could feel that the second son in front of them was no longer as close to them as before, and thinking of the reason, the two of them sighed secretly in their hearts.

Perhaps thinking that the atmosphere was too heavy, Ding Wu diverted the topic and asked, "Second son, I don't know how you escaped that day?" ”

Hearing Ding Wu's inquiry, Zhao Yu did not hide it, and said truthfully: "On the night of the disaster in the house, fortunately, after Zhang Weichang, Zhang Ji, Ma Cheng, Cao An and other loyal guards and servants broke off, Jingnu and I escaped the pursuit of the Liangcheng soldiers and soldiers and fled north into Yingshan. I wanted to go to Liu Gong, but I didn't want to learn that the county government had announced my family's crimes......"

"......" Liu Wei looked ashamed.

Fortunately, Zhao Yu didn't intend to humiliate Liu Xuan, so he gently exposed it, and continued to narrate: "Later, Jingnu and I wanted to go to Mao Gong again, but unfortunately Mao Gong died......

Liu Wei and Ding Wu listened to Zhao Yu's story silently, although Zhao Yu's face was calm when he told all this, it was not difficult for them to guess the despair and helplessness of Zhao Yu and Jingnu at that time.

Licking his lips, Ding Wu asked again, "How can the second son have a ...... Should the bandits mingle together? ”

Zhao Yu glanced at Liu Wei and Ding Wu, and said lightly: "At that time, Jing Nu and I had no way to go to the sky and no way to enter the ground, and it was close to winter, so I was worried that there was no place to live, but I didn't want to happen to meet Ying Mountain thieves who went down the mountain to rob a village, so I took Jing Nu to them......

"I see."

Liu Wei and Ding Wu suddenly glanced at each other.

Originally, they were very puzzled why Zhao Yu would mix with a group of bandits regardless of his identity, until at this moment, after listening to Zhao Yu's story, they finally understood.

Even the two of them had to admit that if it were them, maybe they would have made the same decision as Zhao Yu at that time.

However, how did this second son become the leader of this group of bandits?

With all kinds of puzzlement, Ding Wu asked about it.

In this regard, Zhao Yu did not explain too much, and said lightly: "After Yang Tong's death, the leaders of the village were at a stalemate in order to compete for the position of the owner of the village, and they were not satisfied with each other, so I took the opportunity to seize the position of the owner of the village. ”

Hearing this explanation, Liu Wei and Ding Wu looked at each other.

Although Zhao Yu said it simply, the two of them would not be naïve to think that things were really as easy as Zhao Yu said.

However, since Zhao Yu didn't want to reveal it, Liu Wei and Ding Wu didn't want to ask.

After calming down a bit, Liu Wei asked with a little guilt: "I don't know what the second son plans to do in the future?" ”

Zhao Yu glanced at Liu Wei, did not hide it, and said lightly: "The hatred of killing my father, the hatred of my dead mother, this hatred is different from Dai Tian, I will definitely find the murderer, blood for blood, tooth for tooth." ”

Although Zhao Yu's face was calm when he said this, Liu Wei and Ding Wu faintly heard a little.

After pondering for a while, Liu Wei Zhengse said: "Second son, I don't dare to force the second son to forgive me with righteousness, but for the things of the year, I also hate the lack of ability. Now that the second son wants to find the enemy, Liu Wei will do his best to help the second son. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Yu glanced at Zhao Yu, and suddenly said with a faint smile: "I also know that Liu Gong had no choice but to blame Liu Gong for this." As for revenge, I don't want to implicate Liu Gong and Ding Wei, as long as Liu Gong and Ding Wei can turn a blind eye to certain things, I will be grateful. ”

Liu Wei and Ding Wu were slightly stunned, and after a little pondering, they understood what Zhao Yu meant, and their faces changed slightly.

This second son, is actually asking them to turn a blind eye to this gang of bandits?

This......