Returning to Ye County from Wancheng, Zhang Jing took Li Ying and others to the county government again to meet Mrs. Mao.

In view of the fact that it was the last wish of her deceased husband, Mrs. Mao was also very concerned about the case of the Luyang Township Marquis's family, and when she saw Zhang Jing again, she asked eagerly: "I wonder what General Zhang has traced?" ”

Seeing the old lady's face full of concern, Zhang Jing said with relief: "Old lady, don't worry, the little nephew probably has some clues." ”

Hearing this, the old lady nodded with satisfaction and said happily: "I hope that General Zhang can capture the real culprit behind the scenes as soon as possible, and restore the innocence of Gongyu's family, so that they will still be wronged under Jiuquan." ”

Hearing this, the smile on Zhang Jing's face became a little reluctant.

It is not difficult to return the innocence of Zhao Jing's family in Luyang Township, in fact, he can do it, but he must capture the real culprit behind the scenes......

Seriously, even Zhang Jing felt a little numb in his scalp.

If it weren't for his father-in-law, Chen Zhongnai, who was the imperial master and worthy of the name of the king's first minister, Zhang Jing probably wouldn't dare to pursue it.

After thinking about it, he comforted the old lady and said, "Old lady, don't worry, the little nephew will do his best in this matter." ”

After receiving Zhang Jing's promise, the old lady showed a relieved and joyful smile.

Seeing this, Zhang Jing also took the opportunity to say goodbye: "After a long time, there are not many things that can be found here in Luyang and Yexian, and the little nephew will want to take ......a look at Yuncheng next."

"To Yuncheng?" The old lady asked in surprise: "General Zhang didn't want to find Gongyu's father-in-law, Zhou Shouzheng and his wife?" ”

Guessed by the old lady, Zhang Jing was slightly surprised, but he didn't care, and nodded when he heard the words.

However, the old lady sighed: "The Zhou family has long been empty. ”

"Huh? How does the old lady know? ”

"Because the old body has already sent someone to go." The old lady sighed and explained to Zhang Jing: "After the death of her deceased husband, the old man thought that the matter of Gongyu's family should be reported to Mr. and Mrs. Zhou, and besides, those soldiers were arrogant and unreasonable that day, and the old man was afraid of implicating the Zhou family and his wife, so he asked the county lieutenant Gao Chun to send someone to Yuncheng to preach the news, but he never wanted to send the county guard back to report that Mr. and Mrs. Zhou had disappeared. ”

"Sure enough! There must have been survivors in the Luyang Township Hou Mansion that night......

Zhang Jing became more and more convinced of his own judgment.

After all, according to what he learned from the county population of Luyang County, there were more than 200 people in the Luyang Township Mansion, including nearly 100 guards, most of whom were retired soldiers, and on the night of the Xianghou Mansion, although most of the guards led by Zhang Chun were tragically surrounded and killed, some of the guards escaped because they were not in the Township Mansion that night, and they have never been seen since.

Zhang Jing guessed that among these guards, some people might have survived and reported to Yuncheng and Xiapi overnight—if the Xiapi Zhao clan and the Luyang Zhao clan really came out of the same group, then it would explain why Zhao Zhang, the county governor of Xiapi County, suddenly rebelled, killed the county commander and joined the rebels.

Of course, this is only Zhang Jing's subjective judgment.

Later, after chatting with the old lady for a few more words, Zhang Jing felt that the time was almost up, so he got up and said goodbye: "That's all the little nephew has found out in the past few days, if the old lady has nothing else to say, the little nephew will leave first." ”

Hearing this, the old lady's face showed a look of wanting to say something.

Zhang Jing guessed at a glance that the old lady must still have something on her mind, so she asked, "Does the old lady have any other instructions?" ”

"This ......"

I saw that Mrs. Mao's face showed a little hesitation, and she said in embarrassment: "The old man does have another matter that he wants to plead with General Zhang, but he ...... it."

Zhang Jing said with a smile: "The old lady said that it is okay, and the little nephew listens attentively." ”

"Then the old body will say it directly."

Mrs. Mao hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "The old man heard that in recent years, Kunyang has been plagued by bandits, looting caravans along the way, although Kunyang County has sent troops to encircle and suppress it many times, but it has never been able to completely eradicate it, it just so happens that General Zhang is now in Ye County, can you point out the officers and soldiers?" …… The old man knows that as General Zhang, it is really an insult to the general to entrust him with the matter of suppressing thieves, but can General Zhang look at the thin face of his deceased husband and point out the officers and soldiers of Ye County and Kunyang County to help him completely exterminate this group of thieves? ”

“……”

Zhang Jing was dumbfounded, and there was a slight smile on his face, but he realized that this smile was impolite and forcibly took it back.

He looked at Mrs. Mao's embarrassed and embarrassed expression, and asked with a smile: "Old madam, it's the businessman in the county who begs you, right?" ”

Mrs. Mao has lived for most of her life, and naturally she can see that Zhang Jing is a little unhappy at the moment, and said truthfully: "The old body knows that they first looked for General Zhang, but General Zhang refused, so they found the old body and asked the old body to come forward and plead with General Zhang." ”

Speaking of this, she pleaded euphemistically: "But please General Zhang don't blame them, speaking of which, this is indeed a dereliction of duty on the part of my Yexian County Ya." …… After the death of the deceased husband, the imperial court has not sent a new county commander for a long time, although there is a county Cheng Cao Su temporarily acting as the county commander, but in the end the name is not right, dare not rashly cross the county boundary to ask for thieves, can only sit back and watch the merchants of my Ye County repeatedly robbed by thieves. Although Lu Kuang and others are profit-seeking businessmen, they have indeed contributed to our Ye County, and it is only because of the Lu Ye Freemasonry that the business market of our Ye County can be so stable, and no one has raised the price of rice......"

The old lady has said this, where can Zhang Jing refuse.

For the sake of Mao Gong's face, he also has to agree.

He arched his hand and said, "Okay, for the sake of Mao Gong and the old lady's face." ”

Hearing this, the old lady was full of joy, and got up to salute Zhang Jing: "The old man is the deceased husband, and the county thanks General Zhang ...... on behalf of Ye County."

"I can't do it, I can't do it."

Zhang Jing hurriedly got up and hugged the old lady.

When he returned to the inn that night, Zhang Jing found that he had two more lacquered wooden boxes in his house.

He frowned, summoned the guards who stayed behind and asked, "Who sent this?" ”

The guard replied, "It was sent by a merchant named Lu Kuang. ”

Hearing this, Li Cheng smiled and said, "Hey, I knew it was him as soon as I guessed it......"

After that, he opened one of the lacquered wooden boxes, immediately raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "Yo, good thing." ”

Zhang Jing was about to instruct the guards to return the two boxes, and turned his head to look at Li Cheng, but saw that Li Cheng had a whole piece of tiger skin in his hand, and the tiger skin was of a strange color.

Thinking of his stepfather Chen Zhong's tiger skin saddle pad, which was very worn, Zhang Jing's heart moved slightly, and he waved his hand to let the guard retreat.

He opened another wooden box with great interest, only to find that the other wooden box was full of wine jars, and the words 'tiger bone soaking wine' were written on the sealing paper outside the wine jar.

In all fairness, like ordinary gold and silver wealth, Zhang Jing doesn't pay attention to it at all, but the two things in front of him are undeniably rare and good things.

"That Lu Kuang, he has a heart." Handing the tiger skin in his hand to Zhang Jing, Li Cheng said with a smile.

Stroking the fluff on the whole piece of tiger skin, Zhang Jing chuckled.

Although he was very dissatisfied with Lu Kuang's behavior of asking Mrs. Mao to force him to comply, Zhang Jing was still quite satisfied with these two gifts.

He stroked the fluff on the tiger skin, handed it to Li Cheng, and said with a smile: "Li Cheng, be careful to receive it, don't damage it, I will go back and dedicate it to my father-in-law." ”

"Okay." Li Cheng carefully put the tiger skin into the wooden box.

Considering that he might have to stay here for a while, Zhang Jing wrote a letter that day, sent someone to the Xiapi area, and handed it to his brother-in-law Han Yan, asking Han Yan to check whether the rebellious Xiapi County Lieutenant Zhao Zhang was the branch of the Luyang Zhao family, if this is the case, he might as well rebel and see.

Although it has always been an unforgivable capital crime to plot rebellion, considering the special situation of the Zhao family, if Zhao Zhang is willing to cooperate with the rebels and make meritorious contributions, it is not impossible to avoid the death penalty.

On the contrary, if the other party is stubborn, then there is no need to be polite, anyway, he Zhang Jing has already done his best, which is enough to be worthy of Mao Gong's entrustment.

In addition, Zhang Jing sent two more guards to Liangcheng to inquire about the news.

After listening to the accounts of Mrs. Mao, Luyang County Commander Liu Wei, and Wancheng General Wang Shangde, Zhang Jing also knew that the key person in this case was the so-called 'Liangcheng Commander Tong Yan', but in his impression, Liangcheng Commander should be a person named Xu Lian.

He is not afraid of confronting that Tong Yan, he is afraid that he will not find that Tong Yan in Liangcheng when the time comes, and the captain of Liangcheng is still that Xu Lian, so the problem will be big.

If he really found out about such a bizarre thing, then Zhang Jing really went to consult his stepfather Chen Zhong first, otherwise, even if he was a general with tens of thousands of troops, he would not dare to rashly pursue it.

The next day, Lu Kuang came to visit Zhang Jing again.

For the sake of Mrs. Mao's face and the two gifts, Zhang Jing did not embarrass this businessman who was only submissive in front of him, and took him to the county government to meet with Cao Su, the county seat of Yexian County, and Gao Chun, the county lieutenant, to discuss the matter of sending troops to assist Kunyang County in encircling and suppressing the Ying bandits.

At this time, Lu Kuang went straight to Kunyang and put pressure on Liu Bi, the governor of Kunyang County.

Liu Bi was originally reluctant to invite the officers and soldiers of Ye County to help encircle and suppress the Ying bandits, after all, the large-scale encirclement and suppression was easy to be detected by Yingchuan County, which exposed the fact that there was a giant in Kunyang County, causing Liu Bi to be questioned by the county.

Fortunately, last year, his Kunyang County's suppression of thieves went well, and he wiped out several bandit dens except for Black Tiger Village in one fell swoop, and even Liu Bi breathed a sigh of relief.

After the defeat, ask the neighboring counties to help, that is called asking for help, and after the victory, ask the neighboring counties to help, this is called eliminating the evil, so when Lu Kuang insisted on asking Liu Bi to allow the neighboring counties to help, Liu Bi finally gave in.

I don't know if it was really Yang Tong's letter, and Lü Kuang then visited Runan County and begged Runan County to order Liu Yi to send troops to assist Kunyang.

Considering that the Luye Freemasons behind Lu Kuang had a huge influence in his Runan, and Liu Yi himself hated those Ying bandits, the county commander finally agreed and sent the county lieutenant Huang Ben to lead the county soldiers to Kunyang.

On the second day of the fifth lunar month, Gao Chun, the county lieutenant of Yexian County, Ma Gai of Kunyang County, and Huang Ben, the lieutenant of Runan County, and three county lieutenants gathered officers and soldiers from the three counties to camp on the avenue at the foot of the Black Tiger Village Mountain.

Upon learning of this, the Black Tiger Village was shocked, after all, it was the officers and soldiers of the three counties.

"Look at the good things you've done!"

Yang Tong scolded Zhao Yu for this.

Although Zhao Yu lowered his head and made a look of not daring to talk back, he was faintly excited in his heart.

After more than a year, he was finally able to start implementing the last step of his plan.

At this time, he didn't realize that he intended to attract a group of beasts to eat Yang Tong, but he inadvertently attracted a fierce tiger.