"PS: There is something going on at home today, a little less, please bear with me, after the transition chapters of the last few chapters, I will enter a new chapter."

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In mid-August, Taishi Chen returned to Xuchang with Mao Zheng, and Zhao Yu led people to take him to the house.

During dinner that night, Taishi Chen told Zhao Yu about the current situation in Henan County.

In a word, the porridge provided by the county officials to the people is getting thinner and thinner, from the original thick porridge to the current porridge soup, which has caused the people to complain.

According to Mao Zheng's addition, in fact, it is no wonder that the government of Henan County and the counties is really short of food in the hands of the government.

After all, last year, due to the rebels destroying the relationship between the fields, Henan County's grain harvest was negligible, and the government's savings of about one million stone of grain in previous years were basically exhausted from last year's autumn to around April this year.

Of course, during this period, there were also some officials who guarded and stole themselves, and during the period when Chen Taishi went to Henan County to investigate the matter thoroughly, these officials were dismissed from their posts and sentenced to heavy punishment.

"Jackals are hateful."

The jackals in Taishi Chen's mouth refer to these selfish people who ignore the current difficulties of the country, including those thieves in Runan County who take the opportunity to cause chaos.

"Has Henan County appeased the people?" Zhao Yu was also a little concerned.

After all, Henan County is a large county with a population and area above Yingchuan County, and it is next to Yingchuan County.

"For the time being, it can also reassure the people." Mao Zheng nodded.

According to his explanation to Zhao Yu, the current complaints of the people of Henan County are mainly aimed at the wealthy families and families in various counties, such as the Zheng family who dealt with Zhao Yu back then - that's right, it is the Zheng family of Zheng Zhong, Marquis of Ruyang.

Who made all parts of Henan County fall into the dilemma of food shortage, the nobles and families led by the Zheng family still held as much as hundreds of thousands of stone of grain, and they were not affected by this food shortage at all?

And this made the people of Henan County hold a grudge.

"Normal."

Zhao Yu said calmly after understanding the situation: "To put it bluntly, it is the hatred of the rich, my family drinks gruel every day, but the powerful people are still big fish and meat, how can I be relieved?" ”

"Not bad."

Taishi Chen nodded, and immediately glanced at Zhao Yu appreciatively.

He heard that when the rebels besieged Xuchang last year, Xuchang also fell into the embarrassment of lack of food, so Zhou Hu, who had just become the lieutenant of Yingchuan at that time, was ready to send the Black Tiger to talk to the various families in Xuchang, and was so shocked that Li Min, the county guard of Yingchuan, hurriedly stopped the mediation - God knows what this guy who even dared to burn the county government would do!

In the end, Yingchuan County borrowed a large amount of grain from Xuchang's family in the name of the official family, and it has not been returned yet.

Those families were not in a hurry, and they also urged the county guard to ask for it, but the county lord Chen Lang pushed it to the Du Wei Bureau, saying that without the consent of Zhou Du Wei, he would not dare to abuse the grain storage without authorization.

How dare those Xuchang families ask for this Zhou Hu? I could only pinch the thin IOU and wait for the food crisis to pass quickly.

It is no exaggeration to say that it is because Yingchuan County has Zhou Hu, a bandit-born lieutenant, in charge, that no one in the county dares to store grain, because they suspect that if they dare to do this, maybe a group of guys with black scarves on their heads will rush to their house and ransack his house.

is still the same sentence, this Zhou Duwei, that is a ruthless person who even dares to be a 'burn and rob official', and conniving at his subordinates to pretend to be rogues and rob a few houses, it is really not too out of line.

Although it is not worth advocating, Chen Taishi praised Zhao Yu's courage and responsibility in this matter, in contrast, the officials of Henan County were too 'weak', so that there was a shortage of grain in the government, but the family headed by the Zheng family still controlled a large amount of grain.

When he went to Henan County this time, Taishi Chen specially visited the Zheng family, and finally persuaded the Zheng family to agree to lend grain to the Henan government.

The more chaotic the situation, the more strong officials are needed, and Li Min, the warden of Yingchuan County, is not a strong official, but fortunately, Zhou Hu, the commander of the capital, Chen Taishi feels that perhaps this is the reason why Yingchuan County has survived the rebel crisis without danger and has become the fastest county to recover.

After a period of time, Taishi Chen and Mao Zheng lived in Zhao Yu's mansion again, probably before the autumn harvest, this old man had nothing else to do.

Because he was idle, Chen Taishi either went to the Governor's Mansion these days to visit the county guard Li Min, play chess with the latter, or go to the farmland outside the city to see, and at the same time see the state of Zhou Gong's batch of 'Xuchang Liken Army', or go to Yanling County, and then go to see the local refugees.

Generally speaking, Yingchuan County is currently quite satisfied with Taishi Chen in all aspects, so he does not hesitate to praise Zhao Yu.

However, the old man was satisfied, but Zhao Yu felt a little uncomfortable.

In the final analysis, he was still afraid of this old lady in his heart.

Of course, the existence of this old man is not without convenience to Zhao Yu, such as the imperial historian Tian Guan sent by the imperial court.

On August 25, the imperial historian named Tian Guan, under the protection of a team of guards, came to Xuchang, and after meeting the county guard Li Min, he went to visit Zhao Yu at the Governor's Office.

The imperial history, also known as the speech official, is far inferior to the local governor in terms of power, but in terms of the influence on the court and the emperor, it is far from being comparable to the local governor.

Therefore, when he saw this Tian Guantian Yushi, Zhao Yu was very polite.

However, this Tian Yushi, who is in his forties, does not seem to be a very easy person to deal with, he first politely rejected Zhao Yu's kindness to set up a banquet for him, and immediately, he immediately asked Zhao Yu about the cause of death of the former lieutenant Tong Yan.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu told the story he had made up earlier to this Tian Yushi, saying that Tong Yan was to win the favor of the chariot general Xue Ao, which led to the greed for merit and was ambushed by the rebels and unfortunately killed.

This explanation, Zhao Yu firmly believes that this Tian Yushi can't find any flaws, even if the latter has asked Wang Xun and Zhang Qi when he was in Liang County before, after all, Wang Xun and Zhang Qi will definitely put all the big faults on Tong Yan, a dead man, as before, so that Zhao Yu is only a small mistake of 'not having time to advise' at best.

Considering that he and Tong Yan are both lieutenants of one party, and the status of the lieutenant of Liangjun is higher than that of the lieutenant of Yingchuan, in fact, Zhao Yu does not even have this small fault.

But this Tian Yushi still raised his question: "Since Tong Duwei died in the hands of the rebel general Xiang Xuan, where did Tong Duwei's body go?" ”

"Oh? Liang Chengjun hasn't found Tong Duwei's body yet? ”

Zhao Yu pretended to be surprised, and secretly scolded Wang Xun and Zhang Qi in his heart.

You said that you two would have buried the fake corpse as Tong Yan earlier, wouldn't it be over?

Just when he secretly scolded Wang Xun and the two, Tian Guan Zhengse said: "Externally, Liang Chengjun claimed to have found Tong Duwei's body and put it into the ground, but after my several inquiries, Wang and Zhang The two scholars told the truth, they searched for several days in the place where Tong Duwei was killed, but still did not find Tong Duwei's body, they were afraid that the court would blame them, so they had to find a corpse to replace them." …… Therefore, Tian specially came to ask Zhou Duwei to see if Zhou Duwei knew the whereabouts of Tong Duwei's body. ”

As he spoke, he looked at Zhao Yu with suspicion.

With years of experience, Tian Guan felt that Zhou Hu was very suspicious.

On that day, it was clear that Zhou Hu and Tong Yan led the army together and were ambushed by the rebels, but this Zhou Hu was safe and sound, but Tong Yan ended up with no one alive and dead.

And Zhao Yu also noticed Tian Guan's gaze, and said with a wry smile: "Tian Yushi looked at Zhou like this, didn't he suspect that Zhou had harmed Tong Duwei?" ”

"That's not it, I just think this matter is a little strange......" Tian Yushi smiled faintly, but a pair of eyes stared at Zhao Yu.

Just when Zhao Yu was thinking about how to get rid of this pestering Tian Yushi, suddenly two people walked in outside the door of his room.

Zhao Yu turned his head to look, only to find that it was Taishi Chen who led Mao Zheng to his room, so he hurriedly got up and saluted.

From the side, Yushi Tian Guan also saw Taishi Chen, and his face immediately showed surprise, he hurriedly got up and saluted: "Tian Guan pays a visit to Taishi." ”

Taishi Chen first smiled and nodded at Zhao Yu, then looked at Tian Guan thoughtfully, and said after a while: "Ah, it turned out to be Tian Yushi." …… Why did Tian Yushi come to Xuchang? ”

Tian Guan didn't dare to hide it, and truthfully told the truth: "A while ago, the former Liangcheng Governor Tong Yan and his family were slaughtered, and the murderer fled after leaving the 'Zhao Dead Soldier', the court was furious and ordered the officials to thoroughly investigate the murder of Tong Duwei and his family. Xia Guan learned in Liangcheng that Tong Duwei had a close relationship with Zhou Duwei before his death, so he came to inquire about some things with Zhou Duwei to see if he could find some clues. ”

"Oh, that's what happened."

Taishi Chen suddenly realized, and immediately instructed Zhao Yu: "In this case, Juzheng, you have to assist Tian Yushi well, tell the truth everything you know, and don't hide it, understand?" ”

At this time, Zhao Yu had already guessed a few points, and agreed to the situation: "Please rest assured, my lord." ”

Seeing this, Taishi Chen nodded and said, "Originally, I wanted you to take the old man around your governor's office, but in this case, you two will be busy first, and the old man will go around by himself." ”

"Congratulations, sir."

Zhao Yu and Tian Guan coincidentally sent the old lady outside the room.

Looking at Tian Guan at this time, his expression when he looked at Zhao Yu was a little different, after all, he had just heard it very clearly, the old lady called the table word to the Zhou Duwei in front of him - generally speaking, only people close to him would call the table word.

This Zhou Duwei, could it be that he is a junior close to the old lady?

Tian Guan, who was shocked, asked cautiously: "Captain Zhou, I don't know ...... you and the old lady are ?"

If you don't touch the light of the old lady at this time, when will you stay?

Zhao Yu smiled quietly: "I'm ashamed." …… I was fortunate enough to be appreciated by the boss, who took the table for me, and intended to accept me as a righteous son, so that I was really flattered and did not dare to climb high......"

Tian Yushi's complexion changed slightly, he glanced at the door thoughtfully, and then said to Zhao Yu with a smile: "I didn't expect that Zhou Duwei could be appreciated by the old lady, and he really envied others." …… It's not too early, if Zhou Duwei doesn't have any clues, he will leave first. ”

Compared with Fang Cai, although the change in attitude of this Tian Yushi is not as condescending, it is really a lot more polite, at least he no longer looks at Zhao Yu with suspicion.

And Zhao Yu didn't do anything superfluous, just invited Tian Guan to his mansion for a banquet in the evening.

Tian Guan was originally suspicious of Zhao Yu and didn't want to accept it, but when he heard that Taishi Chen was currently living in Zhao Yu's mansion, he hesitated for a moment and finally agreed.

That night, Zhao Yu entertained Tian Guan in his own house, and Taishi Chen and Mao Zheng also attended the banquet at his invitation, which made Tian Guan flattered and happy.

After the banquet, Tian Guan stayed in Zhao Yu's house for a night.

During this period, Taishi Chen and Zhao Yu came to the latter's study together.

He smiled and said to Zhao Yu: "Today, the old man can be regarded as solving a matter of concern for you, right?" ”

Although the old man was always smiling, Zhao Yu didn't dare to take it lightly, after all, after getting along with each other during this time, he gradually discovered that this seemingly rough old lady was actually very good at knocking on the side, which is like Fang Cai's sentence, which may not be a temptation.

In view of this, Zhao Yu pretended to be ignorant and said: "The words of the old man made the younger generation a little confused. ”

"Confused? Hehe. ”

Taishi Chen chuckled, glanced at Zhao Yu meaningfully, and then said with a smile: "It's okay to be confused, the old man doesn't look at you as a person, and he doesn't look like a person who will poison women and children, the old and weak." …… How much do you know about the 'Zhao Clan's dead soldiers' mentioned by Tian Guan? ”

This really made Zhao Yu difficult to answer, he thought for a moment, and replied cautiously: "According to the opinion of the younger generation, this Zhao family's dead soldier, as the name suggests, is the Zhao family's dead soldier...... I have heard that Tong Duwei has done some ...... to the Zhao family in various places over the years Well, maybe it's the revenge of those people. ”

"Such and such a thing?" Taishi Chen glanced at Zhao Yu with a smile and said, "When did you become so taboo?" ”

With that, he tapped the armrest a few times, and after some thought, sighed abruptly.

For a moment, the old lady looked a little weak and helpless.

In all fairness, the old lady didn't care about Tong Yan's life or death, and he didn't even want to pursue any 'Zhao family's dead soldiers', because he already knew what was probably going on, just like what his newly acquired righteous son said in front of him, it was just the Zhao family's revenge on Tong Yan.

From the point of conscience, that Tong Yan died innocently, but his family was also slaughtered, which made the old lady have some pity.

But even so, he hoped that this would be the end of the matter.

Compared with the 'Zhao Dead Soldier', he cares more about the Zhao brothers of the Jiangdong rebels, if the former is just revenge on Tong Yan, then the latter seems to be aiming the contradiction at the Jin court.

That's the real threat!

Taking a deep breath, the old lady said: "Juzheng, there is still more than a month to go before the autumn harvest, you have to be strict and must not have any negligence, understand?" ”

Looking at the old lady's sharp eyes, Zhao Yu's heart sank, and he said respectfully: "Understood." ”

Seeing this, the old lady stood up, patted Zhao Yu's arm and said, "Okay, it's not too early, let's rest early." ”

With that, he strode out of the study with his hands behind his back.

"I'll send the boss."

Zhao Yu raised his head and rushed up.

At this time, the back of this old lady gave him an inexplicable feeling of tiredness.