Chapter 9: Chopping the Wolf Knife

Yunyang victory, Tao Chenmo and others can finally breathe a sigh of relief, especially Yan Yu, praised Tao Chenmo, regarded as a reborn benefactor, Ren Pujia was also glad that she did not choose to flee again, she saw Tao Chenmo arrange troops and go into battle to kill the enemy, after this battle, Tao Chenmo looked at Tao Chenmo even more differently, admired, Wei Wenzhong, Wang Liyang, Wang Jinyi and others fought happily, in a good mood, a group of men around Zeng Yingying giggling, so unpleasant.

Tao Chenmo was naturally happy, but his happiness did not last long, Ren Pujia saw that everyone was teasing Zeng Yingying in the courtyard, but Tao Chenmo returned to the hall after arranging some aftermath matters, so she guessed that Tao Chenmo should be worried.

Ren Pujia entered the hall and saw Tao Chen's gaze staring intently at the map of Dayuan, so he asked: "In the battle of Yunyang, Yang Mingzhen is afraid that it will be difficult to recover in a short period of time, but the general still looks a little worried, I don't know what is bothering?" ”

Tao Chenmo turned his head, his face was a little worried, but it was not as serious as before the war, he looked at Ren Pujia, and said slowly: "Madame is right, Yang Mingzhen will not be able to recover in a short period of time after this battle, so I am not worried about him, I am worried about Yuzhou." ”

"What's wrong with Yuzhou?" Ren Pujia was a little puzzled.

"Before, I was worried that Yunyang's limited forces would be difficult to resist the Qianyang army, so after receiving the news that Yang Mingzhen had broken through Qianyang, I sent people to Yuzhou to ask for help, but today, three days have passed, not only have the reinforcements not arrived, but there is no news of the return." Tao Chenmo said.

Ren Pujia asked, "How many days does it take to travel from Yunyang to Yuzhou?" ”

Tao Chen said: "Hurry up, it only takes three days to go back and forth, and in case of war, it only takes two days to catch up with the starry night." ”

Ren Pujia said: "Could it be that the Qianjun is besieging the city and the envoy has been hindered?" ”

"No, Qianzhou and Yuzhou are one south and one north, and the Qianjun army is not as far north as my Yunyang City, so it will not hinder the messenger from transmitting the message."

"Could it be that something happened to the messenger on the road and he was delayed?"

"It's possible, but it's not likely. Recently, the situation has been turbulent, although Yunyang is far away in the southeast corner of Yuzhou, but it is a throat place during the war, so General Yunlu attaches great importance to it, and all the military towns of Yuzhou to the direction of Yuzhou have almost doubled the post station on the original basis, and the post envoys, horses, and grain of each post station have been newly equipped, so the possibility of accidents on the road of the post envoy is very small, and what I am worried about is what happened in Yuzhou. Tao Chenmo said uneasily.

But all this is speculation, in order to confirm his guess, Tao Chenmo asked Wu Changqing to arrange for someone to find out the original way again.

Human instincts are sometimes scary.

The envoy sent by Tao Chenmo arrived in Yuzhou on time, but was detained.

It all started three months ago.

Yuzhou Yunlu General Cheng Jinshang has 100,000 troops in his hands, which is one of the most important pillars of Dayuan, Dayuan Thirteen Prefectures, most of the Yunlu generals in most of the prefectures and counties are Qin Xiang's protégés, Cheng Jinshang is one of the few exceptions, he is a smart man, although he does not agree with Qin Yong's various actions, but as long as he does not directly infringe on his own interests too much, he will not care too much, in other words, he does not stammer with Qin Yong, but he never publicly says that he is not, and occasionally even flatters him, such as the appointment of Tao Chenmo, Cheng Jinshang entered the Prime Minister's Mansion with generous gifts and then entered the Imperial Palace, which is the status quo of Dayuan as an official today, and many capable people with lofty ideals spurned it, but Cheng Jinshang used it reasonably.

Qin Yong is even more intelligent, although Cheng Jinshang is not his door valve, but he can still use it for himself many times, besides, Cheng Jinshang is a famous family, there is no need to move him, but he is not his own person after all, he has 100,000 heavy soldiers in his hands, how can he guard against it, but he can't be too obvious, so the best way is to install eyeliner in Yuzhou, these eyeliners not only have to look at Cheng Jinshang at any time, but also stare at Yuzhou Thorn Shi Bian Xiang, If you want to grasp the every move of the two important ministers in Yuzhou, it is not something that ordinary people can complete, so the Yuzhou supervisor Shi has become the best candidate, he is second only to the assassin Shi and the general of Yuzhou, in this way, Qin Yong can not only have a good grasp of the movements of Cheng Jinshang and Bian Xiangyu, but also not directly offend these two Dayuan ministers who are praised by the world, and in the Yuzhou army, Qin Yong tried his best to arrange as many of his own people as possible, these people do not have to have much power in the army, However, it is necessary to report on the movements of the Chongqing army from time to time.

Bian Xiang Bird is the same as Cheng Jinshang, they are all smart people, talented, and can endure, but everyone has a bottom line, Cheng Jinshang's bottom line is the military power of Yuzhou, and the bottom line of Bian Xiang Bird is Yan Qingjiao. About three months ago, Yan Qingzhu was sent to Rongzhou to quell the rebellion, but when he was about to finish, he was cut off by Qin Xiang, and then he degraded Yunzhou on trumped-up charges, Bian Xiang Bird is Yan Shangshu's most proud disciple, and in Bian Xiang Bird's heart, Yan Qing Pick is the most respectable person in this world, Yan Qing Pick was demoted to Yunzhou, and the anger that Bian Xiang Bird has been holding back finally broke out, he ignored Cheng Jinshang's advice and directly wrote to the court to request a thorough investigation of Yan Qing's grain and grass picking was cut off, and privately greeted Qin Yong's ancestors for the eighteenth generation, of course, These things were quickly stabbed into Qin Yong's ears by Shi Zhongjie, the supervisor of Yuzhou, Qin Yong is now the supreme of Dayuan, no one can do it with him so blatantly, he is no exception to the bird, but the bird is the same as Yan Qingjiao, too clean, there is almost no stain, even if he curses himself in private, it is not a crime, but Qin Yong is not a mortal, especially the ability to squeeze out the able ministers and frame the loyal and good can be said to be unparalleled in the world, and there is no stain on the bird, then he will not be punished, Yuzhou is too stable, transfer him out of Yuzhou, Qin Yong had long wanted to really control Yuzhou, and Bian Xiangyu provided him with the most perfect opportunity.

But Bian Xiangyu is not a mortal, since they have talked to each other, there is no need to deliberately do any more embellishments, so he simply refused the transfer letter to Jingzhou in the northwest and stayed in Yuzhou peacefully. Qin Yong was very angry, and angrily encouraged the emperor to send the holy decree to leave, the holy decree came, and the side to the bird also took it, but he couldn't travel far because of illness, and slept in the assassin's mansion every day, Qin Yong was annoyed and ashamed to ask Cheng Jinshang to invite him out of Yuzhou to send Tai'an to ask for guilt on the grounds of disobeying the holy decree to the bird, but Cheng Jinshang has worked with the bird for many years, and admires him very much. But at this time, Bian Xiangyu was already unwilling to compromise, Ren Cheng Jinshang persuaded him in every possible way but refused to leave, and it was a big deal to fight to the death, and he wrote to the emperor again, listing Qin Yong's thirty crimes, and asking the emperor to dismiss the prime minister.

Qin Yong was furious when he saw that Bian Xiangyu had openly confronted him, and Cheng Jinshang actually pushed back against his will, which made his murderous intent rise sharply, and after advocating in front of the emperor, he invited a special tour, and mentioned Shang Fang's horse sword and went to Yuzhou to behead Bian Xiang Bird on the spot, which made Cheng Jinshang very anxious, on the one hand, he knew that it was not the right time to turn his face with Qin Yong at this moment, on the other hand, he really didn't want to see his best friend in a different place like this, but Bian Xiangyu didn't think so, because at this time he already regarded death as home, Knowing that Qin Yong was coming, he deliberately dressed up.

Qin Yong came in anger, without saying a word, he ordered the left and right to catch the side to the bird, and summoned the officials of Yuzhou to behead it in public, at this time, the Yunyang post envoy arrived in Chongqing, and before the news arrived at the general's mansion, Qin Yong was already dissatisfied with Cheng Jinshang because of the side to the bird, and at the moment he was angry, so he ordered to detain the Yu post envoy first, and prepared to govern Cheng Jinshang with this, here, the Yunyang soldiers were bloody, and Qin Yong was killing Zhongliang.

Bian Xiangyu knew that he could not escape death, and he did not struggle, but he innocently affected Cheng Jinshang, and he was very unhappy in his heart, and here, Cheng Jinshang racked his brains to find a plan to exonerate Bian Xiangyu and himself, Qin Yong had told the officials in Yuzhou that they would behead Bian Xiangyu on the next day, and Cheng Jinshang only had one night.

This night, Cheng Jinshang came to Qin Yong's mansion to ask to see, Qin Yong excused himself to have something, so Cheng Jinshang waited in front of the door for two hours before receiving him, Cheng Jinshang entered the mansion and was Qin Yong's words against him, "If you come to intercede for the bird, then please go back, slander the bird first, resist the decree and refuse to adjust later, no matter which one is a capital crime, the old man has long said that anyone who intercedes for him will be considered an accomplice." ”

Cheng Jinshang had already been prepared, but he changed his words and said: "I didn't come here for the side birds, but for you, the prime minister." ”

"For me? Cheng Jinshang, you can't talk nonsense. Qin Yong was puzzled.

Cheng Jinshang said unhurriedly: "Prime Minister, the pillar of the court, it is natural to kill a sinner, but the adults here can't kill it, and if you kill it, Your Majesty will probably feel guilty." ”

"Killing the side to the birds, the old man has asked the emperor for advice, how can you use you to figure out the holy will." Qin Yong was still a little angry.

"Prime Minister, I dare to ask you a question." Cheng Jinshang is still not in a hurry.

"If you have any questions, ask them."

"The prime minister has consulted the saint over the years, has the saint not agreed?" Cheng Jinshang asked slowly.

Qin Yong thought about it carefully, and it didn't seem that there was really any, so he said: "The old man decides everything for Dayuan, and every decision has always been made after comprehensive consideration before asking the saint for instructions, and the saint knows that the old minister has good intentions, so he naturally agreed, what is strange about this." ”

Cheng Jinshang said: "In this way, everything the prime minister wants is what the saint thinks, and everything the prime minister wants to do is determined by the saint, which can be explained as the prime minister's decision and thoughtfulness, and the saint does not have to worry too much, but in the eyes of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, this seems to be interpreted as the prime minister is acting on behalf of the prime minister and deciding for His Majesty." ”

"Hmph, you're not the first to say this, and the old man doesn't care about you more." Qin Yong said indignantly.

"Yes, the prime minister's heart is loyal to the great abyss, everything needs to be decided, the courtiers will inevitably have misunderstandings, the prime minister doesn't have to care, but what if the saint thinks the same way?" Cheng Jinshang continued to ask.

"The old man gets along with the saint every day, don't you know what the saint's attitude is towards the old man?"

"Really? So this time, did the thirty charges of the prime minister presented to the poultry be handed over to the prime minister to see, or was it still read to the prime minister one by one? Cheng Jinshang stared at Qin Yong and asked coldly.

Being asked by Cheng Jinshang, Qin Yong was a little weak-hearted, he remembered the scene where the emperor read it to him, thirty crimes, each of which is a capital crime, the emperor smiled when he read it to him, Qin Yong had long been used to such a smile, but when Cheng Jinshang reminded him like this, he instantly felt afraid, his anger and arrogance at the beginning faded a lot at the moment, and said: "Go on." ”

"The prime minister's power is naturally going to offend a lot of people, but it reassures His Majesty, because there is a prime minister, Your Majesty doesn't have to bow down to everything, but at the moment Dayuan is not stable, Rongzhou, Qianzhou, Yinzhou, Anzhou rebels are everywhere, and the north abandonment, Wei Rong has a great tendency to get out of the abyss, if Your Majesty suddenly wants to ask the reason for all this one day, how will the prime minister answer, the government is the prime minister's reason, the traitors in Rongzhou, Qianzhou, and Yinzhou are the prime minister's people, and the commander of the crusade against the north is also the prime minister's righteous son, not to mention how the government is, The people who quelled the rebellion in these three continents did not have a decent victory, and General Wang Jinglan, who had conquered the north, had entered the northern border for three months but had no news, and His Majesty wanted to ask what was the reason for all this, would the prime minister say that His Majesty was incompetent, or would he say that his own righteous son and students were incompetent? ”

Qin Yong didn't speak.

Cheng Jinshang continued: "The humble position is not to say that Qin Xiang's people are incompetent, but just to say that when everything is out of control, His Majesty always has to ask, the problem is here, Yan Shangshu was demoted to Yunzhou, and now his student, the virtuous minister in the eyes of everyone, Lord Bian, is about to be in a different place, Your Majesty looks back, whether it is Yan Shangshu or Lord Bian, you are the Prime Minister, you ask for the order to punish the crime, and now the people in the court are obedient to the Prime Minister, no matter who Your Majesty moves in the future, isn't it all about the Prime Minister?" Yes, it is a felony to resist the order of the birds, but Lord Bian has always been cautious, why did he suddenly have the confidence to contend with you at this time, did he just regard death as home, or did he get someone's instructions? The humble post has worked with the side to the bird for many years, not to say that it is a friend of life and death, but it is also like-minded, but no matter how the humble position persuades, the Lord Bian is indifferent, which is afraid that it is not only that he regards death as home, but also that the humble post did not send the side to the bird for trial according to the will of the prime minister is worried that there is a lot of article in it, the prime minister is in power, and His Majesty really turns a blind eye? ”

Cheng Jinshang's words, Qin Yong already felt a chill down his spine, but he was a smart person, he knew very well that Cheng Jinshang was probably excusing the side to the bird, but what he had done in the court in the past few decades really couldn't stand the introspection, he was weak-hearted, the emperor happily agreed to let him come to Yuzhou, will it really be as Cheng Jinshang said, he will change the weather when he returns to Tai'an this time, but he finally squeezed out a few words and said: "Cheng Jinshang, don't you end up trying to let the old man spare the side bird?" ”

"No, insulting the prime minister to the birds, it is a big crime to resist the decree and refuse to adjust, how can the prime minister forget it so easily?" Cheng Jinshang said decisively.

This answer was very unexpected by Qin Yong, the previous arrogant attitude was completely gone at this moment, and then asked: "According to what you just said, it seems that someone secretly instructed Bian to embarrass me, so the old man naturally can't kill him so easily, but the old man has told the governments of Yuzhou today that he will be examined and beheaded tomorrow, if the old man changes his mind and does not kill him, how can you let the old man stand up to everyone?" ”

"Standing up for authority is not killing a single tree, but there is an idea for lowly duties, which can not only make the border birds suffer from the crime, but also make the prime minister majestic and not sweep away." Cheng Jinshang said.

"Tell me about it."

"At the time of tomorrow's trial, the prime minister is naturally guilty of the crime, no matter how he quibbles and insults to the birds, the prime minister can talk about the facts, ignore his nonsense, the prime minister can naturally condemn him to death, but the prime minister can say that he will spare him for the sake of his hard work, but the death penalty can be avoided and the living crime cannot be escaped, since he doesn't want to go to Jingzhou, then okay, strip him of the post of assassin and send him to Qianzhou, so that everyone can only see the side to the poultry in public insulting the prime minister of the dynasty but do not see the prime minister angry and selfish, but be relieved and generous, and save him from the death penalty, In this way, the border bird is punished, and the prime minister is also stern, isn't it killing two birds with one stone? Cheng Jinshang said with a little evil intent.

"Hahahaha, Cheng Jinshang, Cheng Jinshang, the old man thinks that you are an upright and hearty person, I can't imagine that your means are no less than the old man, now Qianzhou has already fallen into the hands of the traitor Yang Mingzhen, and the distribution of the side to the poultry in Qianzhou is undoubtedly to send sheep into the tiger's mouth, which is no different from directly giving death, very good, the old man will follow your words." Qin Yong was very satisfied with Cheng Jinshang's strategy.

Hearing Qin Yong's reply, half of the stone in Cheng Jinshang's heart finally fell, and he waited for the result of tomorrow's trial. Back in the house, Cheng Jinshang arranged for someone to quietly hand a note to Bian Xiangyu, to the effect that when he was tried tomorrow, he would try his best to scold Qin Yong and not admit his guilt, Bian Xiangyu was a little overwhelmed when he saw the news, and he couldn't figure out what Cheng Jinshang was doing, but since he told himself like this, there must be his arrangement, anyway, he was holding back his anger and wanted to sprinkle it on Qin Yong.

On the second day, Bian Xiangyu really scolded Qin Yong during the trial, and all the bureaucrats were terrified when they heard it, and Qin Yong almost wanted to kill him quickly, but when he saw Cheng Jinshang's hint, he had to pretend to be generous, just talk about the crime and not say anything else, and then according to Cheng Jinshang's strategy, he was exempted from the death penalty and sent him to Qianzhou, until this moment, Bian Xiangyu understood Cheng Jinshang's good intentions, he could have let Qin Yong not come to the stage on the spot and kill himself on the spot, and what else was assigned to Qianzhou, but last night in prison thinking about it, Knowing that Cheng Jinshang is very embarrassed, so today is enough to stop and listen to the fate for the time being.

After disposing of the side birds, Qin Yong suddenly realized and said to Cheng Jinshang that there was a Yunyang post envoy to report yesterday, Cheng Jinshang heard it, and secretly scolded in his heart "Old immortal", the Yunyang post envoy must have an emergency military situation, he has guessed that Yang Mingzhen is afraid that it is Yang Mingzhen who is attacking the city, and now it has been delayed for two days.

Qin Yong came to Chongqing and handled everything almost well, so he rushed back to Tai'an, first, he was worried about what changes would happen in the palace as Cheng Jinshang said, and secondly, he heard Cheng Jinshang say that Yunyang City was dangerous, and he was afraid that the rebels would directly attack Yuzhou and endanger him. Cheng Jinshang couldn't wait to kick Qin Yong back to Tai'an directly, so Qin Yong walked on the front foot, and immediately went to see the detained Yunyang post envoy on the back foot, and after listening to the post envoy's report, Cheng Jinshang shouted "not good", and then ordered Cheng Yanwu to immediately lead 50,000 troops south to Yunyang, and then arranged for Lian Chengzong, a master in the house, to follow Bian Xiangyu all the way, and after Bian Xiangyu entered Qianzhou, he disguised himself as a rebel in Qianzhou and pretended to kill Bian Xiangyu in front of the escort officers and soldiers, and then bluffed back and escorted the soldiers and waited for the opportunity to save this assassin who regarded death as home.

Cheng Jinshang began to close his eyes and recuperate after the arrangements were made, he knew that Qin Yong was already dissatisfied with himself, and he was belittled by the birds, and then the assassin of Yuzhou would definitely be Qin Yong's cronies, and he was afraid that his future life in Yuzhou would be sad, and more importantly, he underestimated Qin Yong's power in Yuzhou City, and he needed to calm down and think about who else was Qin Yong's eagle dog around him.

However, Tao Chenmo made him very worry-free, 50,000 reinforcements just halfway to receive a good news from Yunyang, Cheng Jinshang thought about it carefully, and finally decided to let Cheng Yanwu lead the troops to continue to Yunyang Don't go back to Yuzhou first, Yuzhou has 100,000 Taiwanese troops, but what he can really control is about 60,000 people, and the rest are restrained by Qin Yong's people, he let Cheng Yanwu lead 50,000 elite soldiers, intending to stay away from Qin Xiang's eyes first, and make an external response in Yunyang, some things must be planned.

Qin Yong also received good news from Yunyang on the way back to Tai'an, his wishful thinking was wrong, compared to the excitement of others, Qin Yong was deeply disturbed, his protégé Chu Chun'an did nothing in Guizhou for two months, but was a nobody who made war exploits, His Majesty is afraid that it is not easy to explain, but it is not entirely a bad thing, after all, Tao Chen's last Yunyang Xuanwei General was recommended to His Majesty by him and Cheng Jinshang, how can he get a reputation for knowing people and being good at his duties, and at the same time, he is also sober, knowing that Yang Mingzhen's vitality was greatly injured after the first battle in Yunyang, He ordered Chu Chunan to take advantage of the situation to counterattack in order to seize the merits of the war.

Chu Chun'an also had this intention, and then led the army to attack the city, Yang Mingzhen didn't care too much about this mediocre talent, didn't want him to take advantage of the fire to rob, even more than ten cities, felt very humiliated, and then withdrew from Qianyang, stationed in Dongxiang, and sent the general Wu Wentong of the defeated army to lead the general Li Xiu to counterattack, Chu Chun'an was opportunistic to win a big victory, Li Xiu was a traitor in the abyss, hated Qin Yong, so the combat power doubled, Chu Chun'an was his opponent, a little contact was defeated, and fled in the wilderness, tens of thousands of troops left to flee to Rongzhou.

The news of Chu Chun'an's defeat soon reached Qin Yong's ears, Qin Yong immediately ordered to block the news, this matter must not be known to His Majesty, otherwise Chu Chun'an's life will not be guaranteed, he thought hard in the mansion, in order to seek the art of rejuvenation, at this time, the palace strategist An Yingdong made a plan, that is, let Chu Chunan go to Yunyang to supervise the army.

If His Majesty asks in the future, he will say that Yang Mingzhen is actually only injured in Yunyang, and he still has heavy troops in Qianzhou, so the pressure on the Qianzhou counterinsurgency army is great, and Chu Chun'an strategically retreated to Yunyang to supervise the army with the intention of curbing the Qianjun army from entering Chongqing and guarding the gateway to Yuzhou. An Yingdong calculated that Yunyang had Tao Chen, Yang Mingzhen was frustrated here and did not dare to attack again, and in the future, Chu Chun'an naturally had a part as an overseer, and his defeat in Qianzhou could be interpreted as a strategic retreat. Qin Yong felt that this plan was very good, and immediately ordered Chu Chun'an to go to Yunyang to supervise the army.

Chu Chunan knew that the defeat was a big deal, and he was afraid that he would not be able to return to the sky, and when he heard Qin Yong's arrangement, he suddenly felt that the sick wood had rejuvenated, and he was very excited, so he left thousands of defeated troops and hurriedly led dozens of soldiers to Yunyang.

Almost at the same time that Chu Chunan learned of Qin Yong's arrangement, Tao Chenmo also received an order from the Ministry of War, that is, the imperial court will send a special patrol to supervise the army, everyone is puzzled, this Yunyang City is well guarded, why did the imperial court suddenly send any overseers, but when they saw Chu Chunan's name, everyone also understood, but it was even more infuriating, the general of the defeated army turned into an overseer, which was really ridiculous.

Tao Chenmo knew Qin Yong's intentions, so he didn't say much, but arranged to meet him according to the special patrol system, and prepared the Yunyang military situation.

Three days later, Chu Chun'an Yaowu entered Yunyang City, everyone admired it very much, and there was no trace of the defeat that had just been seen on him, as if he was born with a halo and invincible in a hundred battles, Wang Liyang really wanted to go up and tear him apart, but because Tao Chenmo had greeted him in advance, he barely endured it. After receiving Chu Chun'an's good food and drink, Tao Chenmo planned to report to him about the latest situation in Yunyang, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he was blocked by the overseer, saying that he was tired of driving and horses, and he needed to rest and rest first, and Tao Chenmo was too lazy to break it down.

Chu Chun'an kept saying that he was very tired, but he didn't stop talking at the table, and he didn't think about it for a long time, and he always talked to Ren Pujia without a match, asked her about her life experience, and praised her for being beautiful, Ren Pujia was very disgusted with this person, but because he was an overseer sent by the imperial court, he could only say something perfunctory.

Tao Chenmo saw it clearly, so he mentioned Li Xiu intentionally or unintentionally, Chu Chunan had suffered a big loss under Li Xiu, and he was in a bad mood, so he hurriedly drank a few glasses of wine and returned to the room to rest. But he couldn't sleep, not because he was stimulated by Tao Chenmo, but because he thought about Ren Pujia over and over again in his mind, he felt that this woman was too beautiful, and he had a group of wives and concubines, but none of them could compare to this Mrs. Pujia, and he had been in the army for the past few months, although there were women in the account from time to time, but most of them were rouge willows, which were very tasteless, and this Mrs. Pujia was too different from the mortal and unique flavor, and the more he thought about it, the more irritable he felt, so he got up and went out, saying that he was going to visit Mrs. Pujia, But as soon as he walked to the door of Pujia's Mansion to report his name, he was told by Ren Pujia's guard that his wife was still in the General's Mansion, Chu Chun'an thought of Tao Chenmo and other generals being present and felt very interested, so he had to leave angrily, and felt that something was wrong when he walked halfway, so he ordered the left and right to prepare some gifts first, and then visit the door on a later day.

For Chu Chun'an's frivolity at the banquet, everyone can see it clearly, Wang Liyang, Wei Wenzhong and others admired Ren Pujia, and they were very angry when they saw Chu Chun'an's appearance, and they all advised Ren Pujia to be careful to watch out for him, Ren Pujia had never seen anyone, and she knew Chu Chun'an's intentions, so as soon as she returned to the house, she ordered a good person, if it wasn't for the people from the General's Mansion to see, anyone else would refuse, so Chu Chun'an was naturally closed-door, but this is not always a way, Chu Chun'an was ordered to come to Yunyang to oversee the army will naturally stay here for a while, If you can refuse once, you can't do it again and again, so she thought about it and decided that if Chu Chunan came again, she would see her, and she would make it clear once that it would be good for everyone.

In the evening, Chu Chunan refused the dinner party of the General's Mansion, because he heard that the General's Mansion was reporting to the Yunyang Military Intelligence tonight, and Ren Pujia would naturally not participate in such an occasion, so he went out to enjoy the night view of Yunyang under the pretext of having something to do, walked to the deep street, found a fireworks field and led everyone into it happily. Late at night, Chu Chunan was tired of playing and then returned to the house, and when he returned to the house, he felt bored, so he simply called the servants in the house to ask, intending to inquire about Ren Pujia's situation, these servants were selected by Wu Changqing, they are all clever people, most of them take care of him, Chu Chunan took out a few ingots of silver and rewarded him first, and the servant also said what he knew, in fact, they were all inconsequential things, the servant received the reward, turned around and told Wu Changqing what happened, Wu Changqing immediately went to tell Tao Chenmo, Tao Chenmo was very helpless, This Chu Chun'an is really unserious to the extreme, he didn't let people follow Chu Chun'an, but Wu Changqing's arrangement is undoubtedly not wrong, at this time he knows that Chu Chun'an has a bad heart, so he let Wu Changqing stare at him closely.

After a night of tossing and turning, Chu Chunan finally stayed up until dawn, and after breakfast, he led a few cronies to go to Ren Pujia's mansion with the gifts he selected yesterday.

Entering the mansion, Chu Chun was polite, and then asked about Ren Pujia's life experience, and pretended to sigh, "Mrs. A weak woman has experienced such a storm, which is really pitiful." ”

Ren Pujia knew his intention, so he said: "This division is the department of Tongping Mansion ordered by His Majesty, and everything is naturally arranged by His Majesty, so in order not to dishonor the emperor's order, it is naturally commonplace to go into battle to kill thieves and take the enemy's head, and Lord Chu does not need to feel pity." ”

Chu Chunan said with a smile: "Yes, yes, Madame is very courageous, and she is naturally not afraid of this sword and sword, but Madame is a woman after all, sometimes, well, sometimes it is inevitable that a man needs help." ”

"Adults are too worried, there are many men in the world who deceive the world and steal their reputation, Pu Jia has his own way of living, why bother to lower his personality." Ren Pujia said lightly.

Chu Chun'an was very thick-skinned, knowing that Ren Pujia was rejecting or even sarcastically mocking herself, but she still pulled her face and grinned: "Madame's words are wrong, there are some things in this world that women can't do after all, what do you say?" ”

Ren Pujia now regretted letting him in, seeing that this person was getting more and more light, anger gradually rose in his heart, and he said coldly: "My lord, if there is nothing to worry about, please go back to the house, Pujia and General Xuanwei still have important matters to discuss, and this is going to the general's mansion, which is really offended." ”

Chu Chunan waved his hand and said: "What is there to do in Yunyang Mansion, how can I, the overseer, not hear about it, besides, Madam and General Xuanwei are of the same rank, you don't have to listen to him." ”

Ren Pujia sneered: "General Tao saved me from danger, but I can be regarded as a reborn benefactor, how can I be ungrateful and arrogant, so let's do it, if the adults like the cold house, you can enjoy it here, Pujia said goodbye first." Then he turned around and wanted to leave.

Chu Chunan shouted: "Ren Pujia, the original envoy is the Yunyang Overseer, how can you be so unreasonable?" ”

Ren Pujia said coldly: "Then what does Lord Chu want?" ”

Chu Chunan signaled to retreat left and right, but Liang Yan was reluctant to leave, Chu Chunan said sharply: "Why, are the people in Madame's Mansion so unreasonable?" ”

Ren Pujia looked at Liang Qi and motioned him to retreat, Liang Jia had no choice but to retreat, as soon as he went out of the door, several of Chu Chun'an's personal soldiers took the door and separated Liang Qi in front of the steps, Liang Jia did not attack, with his ability, these people in front of him would not cause him any trouble, what he was worried about was how Mrs. Pu Jia would deal with Chu Chun'an, a scoundrel.

After closing the door, Chu Chun'an's original form was revealed, and he said in a strange manner: "Madame has lost Tongping, and now she is under the fence, if Madame is willing, I can ensure that Madame is on the rise, what is a small mansion, and it will not be a problem to seal the territory in the future." ”

"I'm just a weak woman, and I don't have the ambition to break the territory, not to mention, the spirit of the dead husband is in Tongping, even if the marquis worships the prime minister, how can I be relieved of my lovesickness." Ren Pujia said coldly.

Chu Chun'an didn't care so much, slowly approached Ren Pujia, and said with a lewd smile: "Siren has passed away, Mrs. has been guarding for many years, it is a pity to be so beautiful, it is better for you to follow the envoy today, you have meritorious service in guarding Yunyang, and when the envoy returns to Tai'an, let His Majesty give Mrs. a big official, you and I can take what we need when we live in the court." ”

Ren Pujia was furious and said sharply: "Lord Chu is an official of the imperial court, and this time he came to Yunyang to supervise the army by order, how can he be so frivolous and unreasonable?" ”

Chu Chunan didn't care, and said coldly: "The envoy is not interested in the overseer, but the lady let the envoy not think about tea and dinner, if you follow the envoy, this Yunyang affairs are easy to say, and it will benefit you without harm." With that, he reached out to hold Ren Pujia into his arms.

Ren Pujia grabbed Chu Chun'an's hand and twisted it with her backhand, so painful that Chu Chun'an screamed, and everyone outside the door, especially Chu Chun'an's personal soldiers, began to feel a little bad, but there was a smile on her face, at this time, Zeng Yingying ran over and asked about the situation of her mother in the house with concern, and Liang Ying comforted her and said that it was okay.

Chu Chunan had to let go and take a few steps back, and said fiercely: "Ren Pujia, you can think clearly." ”

Ren Pujia smiled slightly: "Lord Chu, Pujia has been fighting for many years and admires the heroes who can destroy the city and pull out the village, if Lord Chu can win me today, then I will consider your proposal for suitable talents." ”

Chu Chun'an saw that the opportunity was coming, and said "yes" and pounced on Ren Pujia, Ren Pujia dodged left and right, and kicked Chu Chun'an in the lower abdomen when he saw the gap, where could Chu Chun'an parry this ruthless move, he instantly fell out of Zhangyuan and smashed the tea table, and the soldiers outside the house heard it clearly, and wanted to rush into the door but were afraid that Chu Chun'an would be angry and had to do it in a hurry. Where did Chu Chunan think that the woman in front of him was so powerful, the lust just now dissipated in an instant, and he finally got up, and said viciously: "Ren Pujia, you will regret your actions today." After that, he opened the door and fled with his stomach covered, and the soldiers wanted to help but were scolded and pushed away by him, Liang Yu coldly watched the gang flee and did not speak, but Zeng Yingying was stunned by the scene in front of him.

Ren Pujia tried hard to control herself in front of Chu Chun'an, pretending to be calm and composed, but she was a woman after all, a big man treated her so lightly, she still felt humiliated, after Chu Chun'an left, she was obviously more angry than just now, Zeng Yingying was very sensible and hugged her arm, Liang Yu was also a little indignant, and said: "Madam, do you want to tell General Tao about this?" ”

Ren Pujia didn't answer immediately, hesitated for a while, and said: "Don't let General Tao and other people in the General's Mansion know in advance, the people in this General's Mansion have strong personalities, if they hear that I have been insulted like this, they will definitely find trouble with Chu Chun'an, but after all, he is an overseer sent by the imperial court, and General Tao will definitely feel deeply embarrassed to deal with it, not to mention that it is he Chu Chun'an who really suffers this time." ”

Liang Yu understands Ren Pujia's mood very well, he knows that his lord is actually extremely angry and aggrieved, but she has to weigh the pros and cons, over the years, since the president Zeng Hong left, she has suffered too much such grievances, he knows that his wife is righteous, but he can't share one or two for her, and he feels very guilty.

It is said that Chu Chun'an was very depressed after being beaten, and led a group of soldiers to run rampant on Yunyang Street, and everyone who stood in the way was knocked on his back, and walked to a cloth shop on Linshui Street, and saw two handsome-looking women who were choosing fabrics here, the two of them were talking and laughing, and they looked very cute, Chu Chun'an was angry at Ren Pujia, thinking that there were still women in this world who could not get them, in any case, these two women themselves also took a fancy to them, and then ordered the left and right to pass the word to let the two women go back to the house to accompany them.

Since Tao Chenmo took over the Yunyang General's Mansion, the army has been strictly governed, and the Yunyang garrison has never dared to clash with the people for no reason, not to mention such a blatant teasing of the people's daughters, where have the two women seen such shameless soldiers, so they scolded "shameless and hooligans".

Chu Chunan thought, even if I was angry with Ren Pujia, these rural village girls dared to look down on themselves like this, and instantly became angry, and roared: "Open your dog's eyes and see, Lao Tzu is an overseer sent by the imperial court, grandpa, I fancy you are the blessing you cultivated in your previous life, I don't believe it, the people of Yunyang City are so ignorant of the sky." With that, he forcibly took one of the women into his arms and made a gesture to take her home.

How could this woman stand such an insult, a slap on Chu Chun'an's head during the struggle, Chu Chun'an felt that his eyes were full of stars, and the other woman also pulled Chu Chun'an to save her companions, Chu Chun'an's anger at the moment was completely ignited, and she kicked the pulling woman to the ground, where could a weak woman stand this full kick, only to hear a scream, the woman no longer called out, just convulsed painfully on the ground. Seeing that the woman in her arms was still struggling, Chu Chunan had lost her mind, threw her out, took out a big knife from the guard's waist casually, and cursed while walking towards the woman: "Ignorant villagers, pretend to be high for Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu sees that you are the blessing accumulated by your ancestors for eight generations, and you dare to beat me, see that Lao Tzu will not kill you." ”

At this time, the people on the street had already gathered around, and a group of pro-soldiers saw that the matter was big and wanted to persuade Chu Chunan to calm down first, but it was too late, Chu Chunan raised his knife and fell, and the poor innocent woman died immediately.

After killing someone, Chu Chunan finally calmed down, his hands trembled slightly, he seemed to remember that this was in Yunyang, and when he looked up, he and a dozen pro-soldiers had already been surrounded by the indignant people, but he had to hold on, seeing that everyone was getting closer and closer, he frantically danced the bloody big knife in his hand, and roared hoarsely: "I am an overseer sent by the imperial court, you don't come over, whoever comes over I will cut him to death, I, I, I am a student of Qin Xiang, whoever moves me, I will destroy his nine clans." Seeing that the situation was not good, the pro-soldiers had to draw their waist knives to make a posture.

But this didn't seem to be useful, there were still a few people rushing over, Chu Chunan lost his mind again, he waved the big knife in his hand, and two more people fell to the ground in response, the angry people didn't rush forward, Chu Chunan seemed to have won a glimmer of life for himself.

The General's Mansion is very quiet.

Inside the house, Wang Jinyizheng and Tao Chenmo discussed the layout of the 50,000 army barracks transferred from Yuzhou, and analyzed the interests behind Cheng Jinshang's encounter in Yuzhou.

Suddenly, the voices of Wang Liyang and Wei Wenzhong sounded outside the door, and Wang Liyang said with a smile: "Yingying, slow down." ”

Tao Chenmo and Wang Jinyi looked at each other and smiled, knowing that the pistachios of Yunyang Mansion were coming.

But Zeng Yingying, who used to be playful and cute, doesn't seem to be happy today.

Tao Chenmo still squatted down, gently stroked Zeng Yingying's hair, and asked, "What's wrong with Yingying today, are Uncle Wei and Uncle Wang bullying you again?" ”

Wang Liyang hurriedly said: "General, you have wronged us, and I don't know what happened to Yingying today, so we didn't care about it when we entered the door, so we went straight to you." ”

Tao Chenmo smiled and asked, "Yingying, who bullied you, tell your uncle?" ”

Zeng Yingying's eyes suddenly flashed with tears, and she said aggrievedly: "Someone is bullying my mother, uncle, you must arrest that bad guy." ”

When everyone heard this, they were all concerned.

Tao Chenmo hurriedly asked: "Yingying, what's wrong, tell your uncle quickly, who is so bold that he dares to bully our Yingying's mother?" ”

Zeng Yingying's face was flushed, and she said angrily: "It's the general who came yesterday, he locked his mother in the house, and I heard them arguing." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, Tao Chenmo hurriedly beckoned everyone to go to Ren Pujia's mansion, at this time, a voice shouting Zeng Yingying came from outside the house, and the person who came was none other than Liangqi.

Tao Chenmo hurriedly asked: "Uncle Liang, I heard Yingying say that Chu Chunan went to the house again, is the lady okay?" ”

Liang didn't want this little girl's mouth to be so fast, but Ren Pujia had confessed that he couldn't say anything about it, so he could only snort: "General, I can't believe the child's words, it's nothing, now that Master Chu has left the house, everything is fine with Madame." ”

The so-called children's words are unscrupulous, children have no ability to judge right and wrong, but they are the most direct reducers of the truth, so at this moment, Tao Chenmo believes Zeng Yingying more, he looked at Zeng Yingying and then at Liangyi, and asked seriously: "Uncle Liang, everyone knows what kind of person Chu Chunan is, you don't have to hide it, if Madam is really wronged, can you afford it?" ”

Liang Yi originally planned to hide it, but when he saw that everyone in the hall was looking at him seriously, he knew that he couldn't hide it, so he hesitated for a while and said the matter as it was.

After hearing what happened, everyone was furious, especially Wang Liyang, who immediately drew his knife and ran out, saying that he wanted to kill Chu Chun'an, Tao Chenmo hurriedly stopped: "Stop, Madame is fine, this matter needs to be handled with caution, impulsiveness at this moment will only make things more out of control." ”

Wang Liyang said indignantly: "What else to deal with, Mrs. Pujia is a distinguished guest in our house, and she is also an official of the imperial court, and she is a chaste woman, Chu Chun'an, this bastard is simply blind, I don't think it is enough for him to die ten times." ”

"Death can't be the way you say it is." Tao Chenmo said sharply.

Wei Wenzhong also hurriedly comforted: "Brother Wang, don't worry, the general can retreat 50,000 strong enemies, and a little Chu Chunan can't let him get out?" ”

Tao Chenmo thought for a while and said slowly: "This is Yunyang, he Chu Chun'an crossed the bottom line of our waiting, and I have my own way to deal with him." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, someone suddenly came to report that Chu Chun'an was molesting a woman on the street and killed someone with a knife.

When they heard this, they were even more angry, and they were all terrified.

But Tao Chenmo was embarrassed, if it was just a matter of Mrs. Pujia, he had his own way to make Chu Chunan suffer some losses, first, he could wash away the shame for Ren Pujia, and secondly, he could not offend Qin Yong, but what could he do if he killed people on the street, now the crowd was excited, and it would be difficult for the people to be angry if he didn't kill, but at the moment, he couldn't allow him to think too much, and after thinking about it a little, he took everyone to the place where the incident happened.

When I came to Linshui Street, I saw that the street had already been surrounded by angry people, and Chu Chun'an's hoarse scolding could be faintly heard in the crowd.

When the people saw General Xuanwei coming, they all got out of the way, but they were even more excited and angry to accuse Chu Chun'an. Chu Chunan was relieved to see that Tao Chen was coming, he knew that he was the Yunyang Overseer or Qin Xiang's protégé, and this Tao Chen would definitely protect him well when he came.

But he seemed wrong, and he was very wrong.

Tao Chen didn't look at him directly after he arrived, but kept staring at the corpse on the ground that was still warm, and then in a blink of an eye, there were several people who had been cut by Chu Chun'an and the woman who was still curled up on the ground. Tao Chenmo's eyes were full of grief and indignation.

Chu Chunan seemed to be stupid, logically speaking, the first thing Tao Chenmo did when he came to the scene was to quickly protect him and send him to a safe place, seeing Tao Chenmo's eyes, Chu Chunan panicked, but he was a person who knew how to live, so he hurriedly approached Tao Chenmo, but was blocked by Wang Liyang and Wei Wenzhong, he shouted: "Tao Chenmo, you hurry up to protect the envoy and leave, this gang of Diao people want to harm the envoy, you hurry, I am the overseer sent by the emperor, if I have three long and two short, you will not be able to escape the blame." ”

Tao Chenmo ignored him, but asked people to rush the injured woman and several passers-by to the hospital, and then helped up the parents of the innocent woman who had been kneeling on the ground and crying and begging for severe punishment for Chu Chun'an.

Chu Chunan wanted to take advantage of the chaos to slip away, but he was blocked by Wang Liyang and Wei Wenzhong again, he was very surprised, he didn't want everyone in Yunyang City to dare to do anything to him, so he shouted again: "Tao Chenmo, you quickly let your people let go of their envoys, I am the overseer sent by the emperor, I, I am a student of Qin Xiang, if you dare to touch me, I promise to let the corpses of Yunyang City be all over the field, and there will be no grass." ”

At this time, Tao Chenmo finally looked at him, but there was no sadness in his eyes, let alone anger, only cold and icy calm, and he asked word by word: "Chu Chun'an, did you kill the person?" ”

Chu Chunan was a little scared, but he didn't want to admit his guilt yet, so he pretended to be calm and said, "What do you want?" ”

Tao Chenmo asked coldly again: "Ben will ask you again, did you kill the person?" ”

"What if I killed you? It was this woman who first insulted the envoy and then attacked the envoy, insulting and beating the court officials, shouldn't she be killed? Chu Chun'an's voice was already a little trembling.

"Get on your knees!" Tao Chenmo seemed to be a little angry again.

"Tao Chenmo, are you crazy, don't you know ...... envoy?"

"Ben will make you kneel!" Tao Chenmo said word by word again.

But Chu Chunan seemed to feel that it was not appropriate to kneel a small Xuanwei general in his own capacity, so he hesitated, Wang Liyang and Wei Wenzhong couldn't allow him to hesitate for too long, seeing Chu Chun'an refused to kneel, Wang Liyang directly kicked him to the ground, Chu Chunan still wanted to stand up, and was pressed down by Wei Wenzhong and couldn't move, a group of soldiers saw that their master was controlled and wanted to help, Tao Chenmo saw it clearly, and casually pulled out the waist knife of the soldier next to him, and swung it away steadily, I only heard a scream, and the thumb of the right hand of the first pro-soldier who wanted to take people fell to the ground, Tao Chen's last action was so fast that it seemed that the blade had not yet had time to get blood, and then he said sharply: "Whoever dares to move, the next time will be the head." ”

The relatives and Chu Chun'an thought that Tao Chenmo was just making a show at first, because they had seen a lot of such people, but when they saw Tao Chen's end of his hand rise and fall, everyone understood that today was afraid that a catastrophe was coming.

Tao Chenmo ordered Chu Chunan and other more than ten people to be tied up, but the people still did not want to disperse, Tao Chenmo had to turn around and say to the onlookers: "Chu Chunan ignored military law, molested people and girls in broad daylight, killed innocent people indiscriminately, and should be punished according to the law. ”

The people of Yunyang believe in Tao Chenmo, and since he took over Yunyang, the army and the people have been peaceful, so everyone gave way after a little hesitation, and Tao Chenmo hurriedly asked Wei Wenzhong and Wang Liyang to escort Chu Chunan and others back to the general's mansion.

When they returned to the mansion, Yan Yu and Ren Pujia also rushed over when they heard the letter.

This time, Tao Chenmo is really embarrassed, whether it is military discipline or Dayuan law, Chu Chun'an is a capital crime, not to mention that there are tens of thousands of Yunyang people to confess, but killing Chu Chun'an is a small matter, offending Qin Yong is a big matter, if Chu Chun'an is moved today, then Tao Chenmo's career is over, this year's more than a year of experience has made Tao Chenmo happily give up his career, so he personally doesn't care, but his Xuanwei general is recommended by Cheng Jinshang, Every choice he made next might be connected to this heroic General Yunlu, so at this moment, Tao Chenmo could only pace back and forth in the hall, silent.

Everyone saw that Tao Chenmo didn't speak and didn't speak, Ren Pujia originally planned to blame Zeng Yingying for a few words, but this matter was no longer just because of her, so she didn't say anything.

Yan Yu was still more anxious, and when he saw that Tao Chen didn't speak for a long time, he couldn't help asking, "Brother Tao, do you really plan to kill Chu Chun'an?" ”

Tao Chenmo did not answer, but stood in front of the door and looked into the distance fixedly.

After a long time, Tao Chenmo turned around and said lightly: "Kill." ”