Zhu Li came back, but as soon as he returned to the Thorn Mansion, he ushered in an acquaintance, and it should be said that an acquaintance rushed to him.

This person is Zhao Jing, the grandfather of Zhao Kuangyin in history.

"General, you must be the master of your subordinates, your subordinates really haven't done it." In front of the door of the Thorn Mansion, Zhu Li had just dismounted from the horse, and before he could go to help Wei Chi Jin dismount, Zhao Jing suddenly pounced on Zhu Li's feet with a vicious dog pounce from the oblique thorn, and cried to Zhu Li with a handful of snot and tears.

And behind Zhao Jing, there seemed to be a group of people around, all of whom were holding sticks, their faces were full of fierceness, and the posture seemed to be about to dismantle Zhao Jing into eight pieces.

It's just that the tiger power taken by Zhu Li, these people stand on the ground and don't dare to move.

This sudden scene not only shocked Zhu Li, but also made Yu Chijin look ugly, on the first day he came back, before he entered the house, he encountered such a thing, and Yu Chijin frowned.

Zhu Li stretched out his hand, hurriedly helped Zhao Jing up, glanced coldly at the big men holding sticks, and comforted Zhao Jing: "What's the matter, just say that I am here, I will see who dares to touch you." ”

Zhao Jing is an official, he was chased by a group of murderers so embarrassed, how could Zhu Li not be angry.

At this moment, Wei Chijin had already dismounted, came to Zhu Li's side, and asked Zhao Jing with a solemn face: "You are a dignified official of the general's mansion, and you were forced to be like this by a group of hooligans, which really gives your general a face." ”

Zhao Jing didn't know Yu Chi Jin, but it didn't prevent him from speculating, Yu Chi Jin and Zhu Li stood side by side, in no particular order, and questioned him in this tone, but Zhu Li didn't feel surprised at all, which made him have preliminary suspicions.

Zhu Linan's attack on Hedong, in addition to capturing Taiyuan, also had a purpose, that is, to welcome back the legendary lady, and the person in front of him, although he was dressed as a scholar, there was always a faint fragrance overflowing all over his body, so that Zhao Jing immediately knew her identity.

Once the identity of the other party was confirmed, Zhao Jing didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly arched his hand and said: "The lady forgives her sins, and her subordinates and subordinates are also forced to do so." ”

"Hmph" Wei Chi Jin snorted coldly when he heard this, glanced at the fierce men unkindly, and said solemnly: "Isn't there a yamen in Shuozhou, can't even the county order in Shanyang control a gang of hooligans?" ”

It's just that before she finished speaking, a person suddenly hurriedly walked out of the crowd of onlookers, this person was over fifty years old, elegant, and the county clothes on his body explained his identity.

really said that Cao Cao Cao arrived, it seems that this person is the county order of Shanyang.

The person who came walked up to Zhu Li and Wei Chijian, bowed his hand and said, "Song Yun, the subordinate county commander of Shanyang County, has seen the general and ...... Wife. ”

"Gong Song doesn't need to be polite, let's talk about it, what's going on, since you are near Zuo, why does Zhao Jing ask me for help?" Zhu Li frowned slightly, and looked at Song Yun and Zhao Jing very puzzled.

In the face of Zhu Li's inquiry, Zhao Jing glanced at Song Yun, Song Yun understood, did not dare to slack off, and glanced back at Zhao Jing with pity, and then arched his hand and said: "General, just three days ago, Lord Xin from the Crossbow Fang Department came to report that several female craftsmen under her command disappeared during the period of returning home to save relatives. ”

After receiving the report, his subordinates did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly investigated, never thinking that through the analysis of clues, the spearhead was pointed at a woman in the Zhao Mansion; When the subordinates find it

Zhao Shuzuo, but he said that this woman was given to him by Mrs. Shang. Speaking of this, Song Yun glanced at Zhao Jing.

As soon as he heard this, Zhao Jing first confessed to Song Yun, and hurriedly said to Zhu Li: "General, at the end of the year, when my subordinates visited their colleagues in Shuozhou, and when they were guests in Shangfu, Mrs. Shang did give a maid to her subordinates. ”

"It's just that the new law of Shuozhou stipulates that officials who have no meritorious deeds cannot take concubines privately, and their subordinates dare not do that illegal thing, although they bring the maid into the mansion, they rarely summon her, who would have thought that she would have something to do with the disappearance of the craftsman."

"The subordinates were really wronged, so they went to Mrs. Shang to ask for an explanation, who would have thought that Mrs. Shang ignored it at all, and even directly sent several family members and tooth soldiers to blast out their subordinates, and also sent these people to pursue their subordinates along the street, obviously to put their subordinates to death." Zhao Jing said this, wiping a handful of tears sadly.

Hearing this, Zhu Li's expression became ugly, the craftsman of the Crossbow Workshop Department, but Xin Qiniang specially trained to make repeater crossbows, these people attack the craftsman, and their intentions are self-evident.

At the beginning, for the sake of safety, Zhu Li moved the Crossbow Workshop Department back to Shuozhou from the grassland, after all, Shuozhou is Zhu Li's old nest, and the Crossbow Workshop Department is located here, which is convenient to protect, but now someone dares to move these craftsmen of the Crossbow Workshop Department under his nose, and he is really bold.

"Shangfu?" As soon as Wei Chijin saw Zhu Li's ugly expression, he knew that the situation seemed to be very serious, and couldn't help but show Song Yun an inquiring look.

"Mrs. Qiyu, the Shang Mansion is the mansion of the General Shang Rang of the Guide Zhonglang, General Shang has been commanding the troops outside, and the master of the mansion is Mrs. Shang's Liu." Regarding this lady's inquiry, Song Yun did not dare to hide it, and immediately told the truth.

When Zhu Li heard this, he thought that there was such a character in Shanyang City, but he ignored it.

Liu's family, whose appearance is beautiful and sultry, is still allowed to come from the chaotic army; Shang Rang was killed by Shi Pu, and Liu was exiled to the land of fireworks, and was later discovered by Shi Pu, and became Shi Pu's wife again.

Zhu Wen extinguished Shi Pu, took the Liu family for himself, and then was named "Mrs. of the Country".

From time to time, there are virtuous ministers Jingxiang, who helped Zhu Wen a lot, in order to make Jingxiang return to his heart, Zhu Wen endured the pain and gave Liu to Jingxiang, but this Mrs. Liu still wantonly entered and exited Zhu Wen's inner room, as if Jingxiang put on a super big green hat.

Not only that, the Liu family privately set up minions and servants, secretly communicated with the general of the feudal town, and the obscenity was to the extreme, so that Jingxiang couldn't raise his head in front of his colleagues.

Now this flowery lady is actually involved in Zhu Li's military and political affairs, and Zhu Li can't help but be angry.

"Okay, Zhao Jing, you come to my house to stay for a few days, if you really have nothing to do with this matter, I will naturally return your innocence, are you willing?" Zhu Li turned his head to look at Zhao Jing and asked solemnly.

"The subordinates are willing, the subordinates are naturally willing, and please return the general to the innocence." Zhao Jing was overjoyed when he heard this.

He went to the Liu family to ask for an explanation, not only did he not ask anything, but he was also instructed by the Liu family to chase and kill from the Shangfu to the county government, and then to the gate of the general's mansion.

Liu is not only a military family, but also a general's wife, he didn't dare to fight back when he beat him, Shuozhou's protection of military families is extremely strict, and even the law stipulates that the same crime, if it is

If the military family is involved, the crime will be increased by one degree, who dares to ignore it.

So the Liu family chased and killed him, he could only run, Song Yun, the county order, couldn't protect him, he could only come to Zhu Li, and the result was the previous scene.

Zhu Li placed Zhao Jing, and then turned to Song Yun and said, "Gong Song, I will send someone to assist you in investigating this matter, and I also want to see who is so arrogant that he dares to touch the craftsman of my crossbow workshop." ”

"No, but according to the general's orders, his subordinates must investigate to the end and never let the general down." Song Yun hurriedly reassured.

Just after defeating the five states of Hedong, before he had time to celebrate, someone here actually started the idea of a repeater, which made Zhu Li angry.

As soon as he entered the Assassin's Mansion, Xuan Jingming came to see him.

For Zhu Li's urgent move, Jing Ming didn't dare to slack off, almost less than a cup of tea, he came to the main hall of the General's Mansion, Zhu Li had a gloomy face, and said in a deep voice: "Someone has the idea of playing a crossbow, do you know." ”

Although Zhu Li just asked without a head, Jing Ming immediately knew what he was referring to, and hurriedly said: "This matter, the subordinates naturally know, and the ghost guard is also being investigated." ”

"Hmm" Zhu Li heard this, and immediately came to his senses, "Is there a clue?" ”

Hearing this, Jing Ming glanced up at Zhu Li and said cautiously: "There are currently three clues, all of which are suspicious. ”

"Three clues?" Zhu Li was a little unhappy, if the person who started was determined, there should be only one clue, but now there are three, obviously there is still no clue.

Regarding Zhu Li's dissatisfaction, Jing Ming didn't dare to give in, and hurriedly explained: "The first clue is Cuiwei Pavilion, we have already determined that this is the power of the imperial court, because the general has not been instructed, so the brothers have not moved them. ”

Zhu Li nodded when he heard this, after all, he is still the general of Tang Ting, and if he moved Cuiwei Pavilion, it was obviously a slap in the face of Tang Ting, if it was according to his temper, he would definitely wipe out this Cuiwei Pavilion, but he was not a person after all, he still had to consider the people around him, at this time, it was not the best time to move Cuiwei Pavilion.

"As for the second clue, it is the emerging force in the underground of Shuozhou, Chiwu Fort, and the subordinates can confirm that this is Zhu Wen's force." Jing Ming is sure to be authentic.

"Chiwu Fort?" This name makes Zhu Li very unfamiliar, when did such a force appear in the territory of Shuozhou, if it wasn't for Jing Ming to mention it, he, the lord of Shuozhou, really didn't know.

"Chiwu Fort was originally a manor near Youyucheng, and a year ago, this manor was bought by a big businessman from Henan Province and built into a wall fort; If the subordinates' speculation is correct, the rangers in the fort are all Chiliangwei from Bianzhou. Jing Ming was frank and honest, and he had one thing to say.

"Hmph, Zhu Wen even dared to insert people in my territory, it's really a long-term plan." Zhu Li's expression was not angry, and the meaning was difficult to understand, "What about the third clue?" ”

"This third force that may be attacked is the Khitans." Jing Ming reported solemnly.

"Khitans?"

"Yes, General." Jing Ming hurriedly affirmed, "Since the general leveled Fengzhou and captured two Khitan women alive, his subordinates have placed them in the general's workshop as usual; I never thought that a wave of Khitans had recently appeared in Shanyang, who were stationed in the city in the name of selling horses, but secretly they were constantly trying to get close to the mansions of Yanmu Jin and Yueli Xin, with ill intentions. ”