A few days of training has made Lu Zheng gain a lot, and his prestige in the defenders of Jilu Prefecture has gradually risen, and those former outcasts are also reborn at this time. Although it cannot be compared to the regular army, the tasks of patrolling the city defense can be delivered.

At this time, in addition to the matter of city defense, Wang Hui, who was in the surrender of the city recently, also sent a letter, asking the armies of various states to carry out the collection of grain after the tuntian. Lu Zheng took some light cavalry recruits and went out of the city to inspect at this time, and many tuntians along the way came straight into his eyes.

After galloping all the way, we arrived at the eastern surrender city, which was more heavily guarded than Jilu Prefecture, and the three surrendered cities were connected to a line on the steppe, shackling the horses' hooves of the Turks.

After Lu Zheng and a few cavalry entered the city, he went directly to meet the Zhenwu military envoy in charge of this place, the Tang Dynasty was divided into large and small military towns, the largest was the road, the slightly larger was the army, the road had the general manager of the march, and the army had a military envoy, and he was under the command of the general manager of the march when he went out. This Zhenwu army governs the surrendered city in the middle and east, and has great responsibilities, and further south you can drink the Yellow River and peep into the Central Plains.

The Zhenwu military envoy is much larger than Lu Zheng at this time, Lu Zheng has not been recognized by the imperial court now, at most he is a confidant of Wang Hui, but even if he does not have any official rank, he can still be recognized.

As soon as a few people arrived at the mansion, they saw that the door of the mansion was open, and Lu Zheng stepped forward and asked the soldiers to enter the mansion to report. After Russia came out, the soldier said: "Envoy Liu has an order, I can only let you go in alone, and the rest will wait outside the house." ”

Lu Zheng didn't have a way, since Liu Junenvoy had already spoken, he went in alone with the soldiers, and as soon as he entered the mansion, Lu Zheng was led into the inner courtyard by the soldiers, and along the winding corridor, he saw that the guards in the mansion were very tight, and almost every room was guarded.

Lu Zheng was a little surprised, this soldier seemed to be the servant of Liu Jun's envoy, but Lu Zheng didn't dare to say anything, after all, it was a felony to privately store armor, so he could only guess.

At this time, Liu Jun, who was in the inner courtyard, heard that Wang Hui had appointed Lu Zheng to take charge of the Wandering People's Army, and he almost laughed at this little-known little person. When he watched Lu Zheng being led in front of him, he looked at Lu Zheng carefully, and Lu Zheng arched his hand at this time: "Our Lu Zheng came to see Liu Junan, and this time I came to be ordered by Wang Daduhu. ”

Liu Junenvoy heard what Lu Zheng said, and thought that this person dared to use Wang Hui's power to suppress me, and without waiting for Lu Zheng to say more, he said: "In the land under my jurisdiction, there are more than 10,000 elite soldiers, and I have already ordered some soldiers to go out of the city to farm, and now the grain in the treasury is enough for the next battle." Do you think there's anything wrong? ”

Lu Zheng smiled and said: "What I mean is to let Liu Junenvoy pay more attention to the Tuntian affairs outside the city, just to remind him, and he has no other intentions." ”

"There is no need to remind you, this central and eastern surrendered city is my jurisdiction, and I will never let this Tuntian matter have problems."

"Yes, yes, Liu Jun is reasonable." Lu Zheng once again put his words very respectfully.

Liu Junenvoy asked again at this time: "I heard that you have a tributary people's army under your command, or is it designated by Wang Daduhu, so it seems that Wang Duhu has made an exception to reuse you?" ”

Lu Zheng knew that Liu Junenvoy was making fun of himself, and he was dissatisfied with Wang Hui's move, so he said: "Wang Duhu focuses on the overall situation, as long as he is available, he will be promoted and reused, not that I am special." ”

"Yes, Wang Duhu has his reasons for what he does, and as a subordinate, as long as he does it right."

After saying that, he instructed the subordinate next to him: "Brother Lu must be exhausted when he comes to my house this time, please sit down." ”

Lu Zheng immediately sat down, noticed that there was a book and a pot of wine on the stone table, and the aroma of wine in the wine cup reached his mouth and nose, so he said: "Liu Jun is so elegant, this book and wine are also happy." ”

Liu Junenvoy said: "It's not that I'm interested, since I came to the Saishang garrison for many years, and now the war has not started, talk about entertainment, these are not violations of military discipline, and these are practical books on the art of war." ”

Then Lu Zheng laughed and said: "I didn't expect that Liu Junenvoy would not forget his original intention, he didn't go to the battlefield, and he became more and more uncomfortable after staying for a long time." ”

Liu Junenvoy was also smiling at this time, and Lu Zheng saw that he was talking speculatively with Liu June, so he asked directly: "I don't know something, why do you have so many armor soldiers in your mansion?" ”

Lu Zheng's words made Liu Junenvoy put away his smile, he was a little knotted about this question, but Lu Zheng wanted to ask, and he couldn't leave people gossip.

So he said honestly: "It's normal for my brother not to know this inside story, I was only stolen by a thief some time ago, so I was on guard." In a few days' time, I will evacuate them. ”

The thieves in the rivers and lakes are so skillful, they are rampant in the Zhenwu Military Embassy, and they can retreat with their whole body, this seems to be a situation set up by people with ulterior motives, but who in this city will have such a force, but there can be such a thing.

Lu Zheng asked, "What is the stolen treasure?" ”

"It's a small piece of unpolished jade, which I bought at a great price, and I originally wanted to make it into a jade wall, but it was stolen. It's just one night. Later, I feared that the thief might come again, so I sent some soldiers to guard the palace, and sent sergeants to search for the thief in and around the eastern surrender city. ”

Lu Zheng was a little surprised that a thief had alarmed so many soldiers, but since the thief came for money, he might do it again.

Lu Zheng said at this time: "What clues can the people sent by the military envoy get?" ”

"There are clues, but there is no connection."

Liu Junenvoy said to Lu Zheng, Lu Zheng had a reason in his heart, and he really had no idea, but Lu Zheng could conclude that this was done by someone with a heart, and there were only a few cities on the grassland, and there were very strict security checks for people coming and going here. If it weren't for the conspiracy of the people in the house, it would be hard to think of who would do this.

Lu Zheng took the case at this time and said: "In such a state of affairs, my Anbei Protectorate must not let it be wanton, and I am willing to find out the cause of the matter for the general." ”

"I'm afraid it's difficult for you to go it alone, so it's better for me to lend you some troops, which can be regarded as giving you some help. If you can find the murderer, I will entertain you, and if you don't catch the murderer, I don't blame you. ”

Liu Junenvoy was also kind, but Lu Zheng said: "Don't worry about Liu Junan, I can just go with my subordinates, even if this thief has the ability, I will eliminate the thief." ”

Liu Junenvoy was very surprised, but he still glanced at Lu Zheng approvingly.