"PS: Actually, the previous chapter should have been broken when Zheng Luo's eyes flashed and he rested his sword next to Zhao Yu's neck, but as we all know, I am kind-hearted and don't want to do that."

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"Let's get up and talk about it...... What's wrong? ”

Zhao Yu stretched out his hand to help Zheng Luo, but Zheng Luo still knocked on one knee and said, "I don't know if it's the second son, just ......."

At this moment, he was afraid for a while.

He never thought that Zhou Hu, the commander of Yingchuan, turned out to be Zhao Yu, the second son of his Luyang Zhao family, and recalled that he had put his sword on the neck of his second son, if his hand trembled a little......

Zheng Luo didn't dare to imagine it anymore, and even a thin layer of cold sweat oozed from his forehead.

As if guessing Zheng Luo's mood, Zhao Yu smiled and said with relief: "Okay, don't blame those who don't know, I don't blame you, get up." ”

With that, he reached out again to help Zheng Luo.

Zheng Luo breathed a sigh of relief and stood up with Zhao Yu's support, but the expression on his face was still a little embarrassed.

And at this moment, only to hear a bang, He Shun smashed the door with a sword in his hand and broke in, with several black tigers behind him, and saw Zhao Yu and Zheng Luo, who seemed to be dressed as a man in black, standing in the house.

"Good thief!" With a loud scolding, He Shun immediately glared at Zheng Luo.

Zheng Luo knew that the other party was his second son's subordinate, and since he knew Zhao Yu's identity, he had no choice but to retreat if he did it again.

Fortunately, Zhao Yu stopped He Shun and the few black tigers in time: "Stop, He Shun." ”

"Huh?"

He Shun, who had forced Zheng Luo back, was a little confused, and on the other side, Zheng Luo also raised his hands, indicating that he did not have a weapon in his hand.

“…… The Great Chief? ”

He Shun turned around and asked Zhao Yu, he was a little confused.

Zhao Yu shook his head and said, "Don't make a noise, it's just a misunderstanding, put away the sword first." …… I'll explain it to you later. ”

He Shun looked surprised, but still put away the sword.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu asked Zheng Luo again: "Zheng Luo, the two brothers outside my study ......?"

Zheng Luo hurriedly said, "Please...... Rest assured, I just asked my companion to take him down, and I didn't do any harm. ”

When he said this, he was also very happy in his heart.

As he said when he came, he came to Zhao Yu this time, just to force Tong Yan's whereabouts, which required this 'Zhou Duwei' to cooperate honestly, and he didn't want to provoke a Yingchuan Duwei who was originally innocent, so he didn't harm Gong Jiao and the others who were guarding outside Zhao Yu's study, otherwise, he really didn't know how to face the second son.

Hearing Zheng Luo's answer, Zhao Yu was very happy, after all, it seemed like Gong Jiao and others, that was the person He Shun carefully selected to stay by his side, maybe the strength may not be outstanding, but loyalty is undoubted, this kind of person as a guard, even if one Zhao Yu died, he would feel very sorry, especially because of this misunderstanding.

Immediately, he smiled and said: "That's good, in that case, Zheng Luo, you and He Shun go together, call out your companions, release Gong Jiao and the others, and come to me when you're done." ”

"Yes!" Zheng Luo hugged his fists.

From the side, He Shun also hugged his fists in surprise, he vaguely recognized this guy in a gray cloak, they seemed to have seen it in Liang County.

Under the leadership of Zheng Luo, He Shun followed him to the small courtyard outside the study.

On the way, He Shun asked Zheng Luodao: "Are you the ...... Zhao's dead soldiers? ”

may have noticed that He Shun's eyes were still vigilant, Zheng Luo said: "My identity, the second son will mention it later, I am not an enemy." ”

"......" He Shun nodded, and then said, "Let my people go first." ”

"Okay."

After that, He Shun stood in the courtyard and clapped his hands three times, the first one was long, and the last two were short, which seemed to be some kind of code.

Hearing this code, two black shadows turned out from behind the tree not far away, and one of the black shadows said to Zheng Luo in an old voice: "What's the matter, Zhao Luo, I thought you were subdued by them, and I was planning to save you......"

Zheng Luo shook his head and said, "No, the matter is settled...... What about the two guards? ”

"Still lying down." The figure gestured to the bottom of the tree.

Seeing this, He Shun ignored the two black-clothed men and walked quickly to the tree not far away, and sure enough, he saw Gong Jiao and another black tiger sitting on the ground with their eyes closed.

stepped forward to probe the snort of the two, and He Shun found that there was still breath.

At this time, Zheng Luo signaled the two companions not to act rashly, and walked to He Shun's side and explained: "These two people were just poured by us with ecstasy, and they will be fine after sleeping for an hour or two, if you are in a hurry, you can also splash cold water on them to wake them up." ”

He Shun glanced back at Zheng Luo, nodded slightly, and immediately instructed the several black tigers who came with him: "Move these two guys to their house." ”

Several Black Tigers nodded, and stepped forward to carry Gong Jiao and another Black Tiger.

At this time, Zheng Luo's companion with an old voice asked Zheng Luo in a low voice, "Zhao Luo, what's the matter?" ”

"We'll talk about that later." Zheng Luo shook his head and said with relief: "Don't worry, it's okay." ”

A moment later, under the leadership of He Shun, Zheng Luo returned to Zhao Yu's study with his two companions, and immediately introduced the two companions to Zhao Yu: "Zhou Duwei, these two are my companions, Tian Xing, Gao Li, ......."

At this time, Zhao Yu had already put on a mask, and when he heard this, he looked at Zheng Luo's two companions with great interest.

According to Zheng Luo, the older man was called Tian Xing, who was both Zheng Luo's companion and teacher who taught Zheng Luo some unusual skills, while the young man who was about the same age as Zheng Luo was called Gao Li.

"Zhou was fortunate to meet two strong men."

After Zheng Luo's introduction, Zhao Yu greeted with a smile.

It can be seen that Tian Xing and Gao Ji are both confused about the current situation, and frequently look at Zheng Luo.

After a little greeting, Zhao Yu said with a smile: "I think the two strong men are also tired, so it's better to take advantage of me and ......."

He turned his head to look at Zheng Luo, who understood, bowed his head and said, "Zhao Luo." ”

Zhao Yu nodded and continued: "While I am chatting with Zhao Luo, how about the two of you go and use some wine and food first?" ”

Of course, Tian Xing and Gao Wei understood that Zhao Yu wanted to break them away, so they turned their heads to look at Zheng Luo, but saw Zheng Luo nodding and said, "It's okay, Zhou Duwei is his own person." ”

Seeing this, Zhao Yu handed over the matter of entertaining Tian Xing and Gao Ji to He Shun: "He Shun, you can arrange it." ”

"Yes."

After a while, Tian Xing and Gao Wei were invited by several black tigers to the dining room in the mansion to eat wine and food, and only Zhao Yu, Zheng Luo, and He Shun were left in the study.

After instructing He Shun to close the door, Zhao Yu took off the mask on his face and asked Zheng Luo about the events of the year.

Zheng Luo naturally did not hide it, and said with embarrassment: "After the disaster of the Xianghou Mansion back then, I was lucky not to die, and under the cover of my brother Zheng Yong, I fled from Zhengxiang with Zhang Wen and a few people......

The Zhang Wen people in his mouth were the guards of the supervisors sent by the Xianghou Mansion to Zheng Township back then.

“…… During this period, I also met Xu Xi and a person......"

Xu Xi here was also the guard stationed in the refugee tun by the Xianghou Mansion back then, but he was not in Zheng Township.

"About seven or eight people."

Recalling the past, Zheng Luo sighed and continued: "At that time, I saw the ruins of the Xianghou's Mansion and agreed to avenge the Xianghou, his wife and the two sons...... I'm sorry, Second Son. ”

Zhao Yu waved his hand disappreciatively, and immediately asked Zheng Luodao, "What happened later?" What about Zhang Wen, Xu Xi and others? ”

Zheng Luo was silent for a moment, and then said in a low voice, "It's dead." ”

“……”

Zhao Yu's lips moved slightly.

"Uhh

Exhaling slightly, Zheng Luo tilted his head slightly, as if he was caught in a memory, and said while recalling: "At that time, we didn't know that the murderer who framed my township mansion was the Tong Yan dog thief, and mistakenly thought it was Xu Lian, the former governor of Liangcheng, so I stabbed Xu Lian with Zhang Wen and others, but I didn't expect that Xu Lian to say when he was dying that it was Tong Yan's doing, and Tong Yan was in the name of his Liangcheng governor......" He sighed again: "That assassination, four brothers died, and Xu Xi also died." ”

“……”

Hearing this, Zhao Yu's mood was also inexplicably heavy.

He could understand the mood of Zheng Luo and the others at that time, he was so anxious to die, and he paid a huge price to kill Xu Lian, the governor of Liangcheng, but found that the other party had nothing to do with this matter.

Of course, the most unlucky person is that Xu Lian Xu Duwei, who blocked Tong Yan from a disaster for no reason.

"And then?" He asked in a heavy tone.

"Later, we turned to assassinate Tong Yan." Zheng Luo exhaled and said in a deep voice: "After Xu Lian died, Tong Yan realized that someone was looking for him, and he brought at least dozens of guards when he entered and exited, and I assassinated Zhang Wen several times, but not only did I succeed, but sacrificed all the brothers, and in the end, only Zhang Wen and I escaped desperately......

As he spoke, he opened his shirt, and Zhao Yu vaguely saw that there was an extremely long scar on the right side of Zheng Luo's neck, which was shocking.

"It was at that time that I met Tian Xing. I was lucky enough to survive, but Zhang Wen died......"

When he said this, Zheng Luo was silent, and Zhao Yu and He Shun were also silent.

The seven or eight guards of the Xianghou Mansion, in order to avenge the main family, assassinated the murderer several times, and in the end only Zheng Luo was left dead, which is more than loyalty.

After a moment of silence, Zheng Luo continued: "At that time, I knew that I alone would not be able to kill Tong Yan, so I followed Tian Xing temporarily. Tian Xing's old guy is specialized in killing, as long as someone is willing to pay, he will kill for that person, he invited me to be his helper, and I also wanted to learn from him the skills of stealth and medicine, so I did not refuse, and followed him for a few years...... Later, I separated from the old man Tian, but I still did this business, this line of money came quickly, a few years later, I saved a sum of money, netted some people, including many outlaws, and then I led people to stab Tong Yan several times, but unfortunately, the dog thief was too cautious, repeatedly failed to succeed, the closest to success was last year in the tavern in Liangcheng City......"

"I remember."

Seeing Zheng Luo look up, Zhao Yu nodded slightly: "I didn't know it was you at the time, besides, I still had something to ask Tong Yan, so I stopped you." Don't blame me, Zheng Luo. ”

Zheng Luo hurriedly said, "What did the second son say?" After that, he asked with a little expectation: "Then again, that Tong Yan ......"

"Dead." Zhao Yu said calmly: "I tortured the truth from his mouth, and then used his head to worship my father and mother, and finally destroyed the body and buried his ashes in the East Wing Mountain on the north side of Kunyang. ”

Hearing this, Zheng Luo nodded with satisfaction, wanting to laugh but couldn't.

He probably thought of the sacrificed Zhang Wen, Xu Xi and others.

After a long time, Zheng Luo adjusted his mood and said to Zhao Yu with heartfelt joy: "I didn't expect to come here this time and encounter two happy events...... Second son, it's great that you can be safe and sound. ”

"It's not just me."

Zhao Yu smiled and said, "Jingnu, Zhang Ji are also alive, and as you know, my brother is also alive......"

"This ...... It's true? Zheng Luo's eyes widened in surprise.

Compared with the news that Jingnu and Zhang Ji were still alive, he was even more surprised by the news of Zhao Yin, the eldest prince of the Hou Mansion in his hometown, and hurriedly asked, "The eldest prince is also alive?" ”

"You don't know?" Zhao Yu was puzzled and asked, "Didn't you call me the eldest son?" ”

"This ......" Zheng Luo's face was full of embarrassment, he was really embarrassed to say that his impression of the eldest prince was deeper than that of the second prince in front of him, so he subconsciously shouted out.

If it weren't for the wrong age, he would have shouted 'Xianghou'.

Seeing Zheng Luo's face full of embarrassment, Zhao Yu could roughly guess that Zheng Luo probably thought that he and Jingnu were dead.

He smiled absently, and then asked with a straight face, "Zheng Luo, what are your plans next?" ”

Hearing this, Zheng Luo's expression immediately straightened up, and he clenched his fists and said, "Although the second son commands, Zheng Luo is willing to go to the soup to fight the fire......"

"Eh, that's not what I meant."

Zhao Yu raised his hand to interrupt Zheng Luo, and said with a chuckle: "I don't have anything to ask you to do for the time being, I just want to ask you, do you want to come back?" Of course, if you want to go to my brother, I can arrange it for you. ”

Unlike Zhang Ji beside Zhao Yu, and different from Chu Xiao beside Zhao Yin, Zheng Luo was not originally the personal guard of these two sons, so there was no sense of intimacy between the two sons, in his opinion, it was okay to be loyal to any son.

Therefore, he immediately got up, knocked on one knee in front of Zhao Yu, clenched his fists and said, "Zheng Luo is willing to serve the second son." ”

Zhao Yu was overjoyed, got up and helped Zheng Luo up, and said with a smile: "Okay, then you will stay with me in the future, and I will take you to see Jingnu later...... As for Zhang Ji, you will be able to meet him in a few days. ”

Zheng Luo was also happy to hear it.

Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he said, "Childe, my companions ......"

"The outlaws?" Zhao Yu frowned slightly: "Can't you be dismissed?" ”

To tell the truth, Zheng Luo and these people committed a very serious matter, killing the former Liangcheng Lieutenant Xu Lian, and slaughtering Tong Yan's family, which has already caused the wrath of the imperial court, if it were not for Zheng Luo's loyalty and loyalty to his Luyang Zhao family, in fact, Zhao Yu did not want to have anything to do with these 'Zhao family dead soldiers', not to mention that this group of people except Zheng Luo are some lawless outlaws.

Probably sensing the dislike of the son in front of him, Zheng Luo said cautiously: "Although the people I recruited are outlaws, most of them are still righteous, and they may be able to help ......the son in the future."

After all, the son in front of him had unexpectedly taken the position of the lieutenant of Yingchuan, and he didn't dare to guarantee that a group of outlaws could help this son.

It's just that he is the leader of the 'Zhao Clan's Dead Soldiers' after all, if he disbands the group of brothers under his hands, those guys will probably have to go to live a life of eating and sleeping in the open again, and after getting along for a few years, Zheng Luo still has feelings for those bastards.

"Hmm......"

Zhao Yu frowned and pondered, secretly weighing the pros and cons.

After a long time, he nodded and said, "Okay, let's keep them, maybe they can use ...... in the future."

Before the words fell, He Shun persuaded on the side: "The big leader ......"

As if guessing He Shun's thoughts, Zhao Yu raised his hand to interrupt the former's words, and Zhengse said to Zheng Luo: "However, the name 'Zhao's Dead Soldier' can no longer be used in the future." …… You killed Tong Yan's family, right? ”

"Yes." Zheng Luo admitted without hesitation.

Zhao Yu nodded and continued: "Before Tong Yan died, he begged me to let his family go, and I agreed, but I never thought that you would do it...... The matter has come to this, I don't blame you, but your behavior has caused the anger of the imperial court, I got a letter from the imperial court a few days ago, and learned that the imperial court is going to send a royal historian to track down Tong Yan's matter, this person will inevitably find you'Zhao's dead soldier', so I hope you will lose this name and hide for a while to avoid the limelight. As for the period, I'll take care of it for you. ”

"Yes." Zheng Luo hugged his fists.

He didn't care about giving up the name of 'Zhao's Dead Soldier', and he also understood that they who committed a big crime would only drag down the second son in front of him, and the second son was willing to shelter them, completely for the sake of the old days.

"By the way, are Tian Xing and Gao Heng credible?" Zhao Yu asked again.

"Credible."

Zheng Luo nodded and said: "Old man Tian was chased and killed by another group of people a few people ago, I saved him, and Gao Heng and I helped him kill a wicked gentleman who had bullied his sisters, both of whom owe me favors, so they helped me assassinate Tong Yan." ”

Seeing this, Zhao Yu nodded slightly and said, "Since you said that they are credible, then I will believe them." …… But you still have to be careful not to mention my identity in front of them, otherwise it will be very troublesome. ”

Zheng Luo naturally understood, and immediately swore and said: "Please rest assured, I will watch them, if they do something to endanger Gongzi, I will kill them with my own hands." ”

『……』

Zhao Yu glanced at Zheng Luo with some surprise.

He suddenly realized that Zheng Luo was very calm when he mentioned killing, and he didn't even blink his eyes, compared to the embarrassment when he was hit by Ding Lu in Zheng Township eight years ago, it was simply like two people.

It's really worthy of being an assassin for a few years.

After the instructions were completed, Zhao Yu saw that it was not early, so he instructed He Shun to take Zheng Luo to bathe and change clothes, and then eat and rest.

During this period, Zhao Yu came to the north room of the inner courtyard and told Jingnu about Zheng Luo, and Jingnu was both excited and moved.

excited, of course, because Zheng Luo is still alive, and the survivors of his Luyang Township Marquis Mansion back then were all his own people in Jingnu's eyes.

As for moving, it was naturally the feat of moving Zheng Luo, Zhang Wen, Xu Xi and others to seek revenge on Tong Yan at the expense of others.

Moved, Jingnu asked Zhao Yu, "How does Gongzi plan to settle them?" ”

Zhao Yu thought for a while and said: "Zheng Luo is different from Zhang Ji, when Zhang Ji was in Jiangdong, he was trained by my brother and Mr. Ram as a general, so I can rest assured that Zhang Ji is in charge of the army, but Zheng Luo's words ...... If I am promoted to general, he may not be promoted, and even waste his talent and experience in some areas...... Coupled with the fact that he still has a group of outlaws under his command, well, I have decided to let him gather news for me for the time being. ”

Jing Nu naturally didn't affect Zhao Yu's judgment, she just said worriedly: "That'...... What about the Imperial History? Zheng Luo and the others have committed such a big case, that imperial historian will definitely investigate it to the end, in case it is found on the son......"

"Don't worry."

Zhao Yu chuckled and said: "I will ask Zheng Luo and them to hide for a while, as for the name of the Zhao clan's dead soldier, I will find a way to connect it to several other Zhao clans to confuse the audio-visual ...... of that imperial history."

The other Zhao clans he mentioned are the Zhao clans that have been framed by Tong Yan over the years.

In Zhao Yu's opinion, he killed Tong Yan, which can be regarded as avenging these Zhao families, who are under Jiuquan, and should not mind him borrowing his name a little.

Although even so, Zhao Yu guessed that he might be approached by the imperial historian in the future, after all, Tong Yan, who had always spared his life, inexplicably 'died' in the hands of the rebel general Xiang Xuan, which really made people feel a little strange.

But it's still the same sentence, as long as there is no evidence, the imperial history can't help him.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhao Yu took Zheng Luo to meet Jingnu.

Of course, Zheng Luo recognized Jingnu, but he never expected that the little girl who followed his wife Zhou back then would now become the wife of the second son.

Of course, this is the decision of the second son, Zheng Luo naturally didn't say anything, and respectfully called Jingnu: "Madam." ”

Seeing that she had been recognized by an old man from the Township Mansion, Jingnu was happy in her heart.

On the same day, Zhang Ji was also recalled to the mansion by Zhao Yu.

During this period, Zhang Ji was responsible for supervising the farmland outside Xuchang City, not only to supervise the work of the Xuchang Reclamation Army led by Zhou Gong and others, but also to prevent the refugees who poured into Xuchang from secretly stealing the crops that were about to ripen in the farmland.

It wasn't until he saw Zheng Luo with his own eyes that he understood what was going on.

After understanding, these two guards of the former Xianghou Mansion naturally have to reminisce about the past.

It's a pity that this reunion is only temporary, in order not to be implicated by the 'Zhao family's dead soldiers', Zheng Luo set off for Dangshan in the name of Zhao Yu, trying to make people mistakenly think that the 'Zhao family's dead soldiers' refer to the loyal servants of the 'Dangshan Zhao family', by the way, Zhao Yu also instructed Zheng Luo to go to the Dangshan area to inquire about the news in the Peijun area.

You must know that on that day, his brother Zhao Yin took Chen Miao and others to lead the remnants of the army to retreat into the Peijun area, and in that area, there was Jiangxia general Han Yan, not surprisingly, Zhao Yin, Chen Miao and others would definitely bump into Han Yan, so Zhao Yu wanted Zheng Luo to investigate and see the battle situation in the Peijun area.

After all, the terrain around Peijun, including Weishan Lake and Surabaya, is the main position of the Jiangdong Yishi to block the Jin army, if this place is broken by the Jin army, then the current territory of the Jiangdong Yishi will be lazy and cut off into Shandong and Jiangdong, which is greatly unfavorable to the Jiangdong Yishi.

Two days later, Zheng Luo took Tian Xing and Gao Heng and quietly embarked on the road to Dangshan.

Zhao Yu took He Shun and Gong Jiao to send Zheng Luo from afar.

Watching Zheng Luo and the others drive the carriage away slowly, Zhao Yu sighed in his heart.

I have to say that this reunion with Zheng Luo, although the process was a little thrilling, but seeing that Zheng Luo was still alive, Zhao Yu was also happy in his heart.

In addition to being happy, a glimmer of hope rose in his heart: Except for Zheng Luo's accident, would there be any survivors in his family back then?

Thinking like this, Zhao Yude unconsciously appeared in his mind the appearance of a sharp-beaked monkey gill.

"If only he were alive......

He thought to himself.

He was thinking of the most faithful, even foolish, servant he had ever been.