At the beginning of the lanterns, Zhao Junsheng changed into his regular clothes and put on his armor with the assistance of his own soldiers.

Guo Yi reported on the side: "Since last night, my subordinates have sent people to keep an eye on the people coming from the capital, and found that there are two people secretly following behind them, and my subordinates have ordered someone to secretly capture one of them. After interrogation, this person is a subordinate of Yao Guangyuan, the Egret Division! ”

Zhao Junsheng hung the war knife on his waist and asked, "Does the Egret Division have a nest in Youzhou?" ”

"Yes, it's in a shop on South Street!"

Zhao Junsheng pondered for a moment and explained to Guo Yi: "These days, the emperor and the army of Zhengdong are in Youzhou, in order to avoid attracting attention from all parties, don't touch the people of the Egret Division for the time being, forget about this person who has been arrested, let him shut up forever!" You personally go to the East Street Restaurant to pick up the people from the capital to the Youzhou Army station, where am I waiting for you, remember to avoid the eyes and ears of the Egret Division! ”

"Understood!"

Zhao Junsheng soon took Li Bao and a group of personal soldiers out of the city on horseback to the Youzhou Army garrison, where there were not many soldiers and horses, and some of them were arranged to carry out patrol tasks.

Soon, Guo Yi brought visitors from the capital to the outside of the resident office.

"General, people have brought!" Guo Yi came in to report.

"Bring him in!" Zhao Junsheng closed the bamboo slip on the table and said.

A man in a gray robe and hat walked in and stood in the middle of the lobby.

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand, and the soldiers in the hall withdrew in turn, and Guo Yi also walked outside the door.

Zhao Junsheng got up and said to the hat-robber, "Follow me!" ”

The two walked to the ear room next to them one after the other, and Zhao Junsheng closed the door, "There are only you and me here, no need to bring a hat anymore!" ”

The gray robe man reached out and slowly took off the hat, revealing a delicate face, it turned out that this person was Zong Ai's subordinate eunuch Jia Zhou.

Jia Zhou put down the hat, walked to a low table and sat down cross-legged, picked up the teapot and poured water and drank a bowl, "I said General Zhao, you are too careful, this is your territory, no one knows that our family has come to Youzhou, who here knows our family?" With your guts, how can you do great things? ”

Zhao Junsheng turned around and said: "You are too bold, go to the Assassin's Mansion to find General Ben in broad daylight, are you afraid that the world will not know the relationship between you and me?" Do you think no one knows about your actions? No one knows you in this Youzhou? As long as one of the many people around the emperor bumps into you, you can't explain it with a hundred mouths! ”

"Also, since you left Beijing, the people of the Egret Division have been eyeing you, they have followed you all the way to Youzhou, and there is also a nest of the Egret Division in Youzhou, and there are people staring at you every hour of the twelve hours every day, do you know this?"

The tea that Jia Zhou had just drunk turned into beads of sweat, and he stammered: "This ······ How is it possible, our family's official position in the palace is not high, why is the Egret Division staring at our family? ”

"You'll have to ask yourselves!"

Zhao Junsheng said and waved his hand: "Okay, put this matter aside for the time being, let's get down to business, what did the Zhongcao Supervisor send you to do?" ”

Jia Zhou took off his long shirt, tore open the mezzanine of the long shirt, and took out a silk letter from it and handed it to Zhao Junsheng.

Zhao Junsheng took the silk cloth folded into small squares, walked to the desk and put it on the table to unfold it, the white silk cloth was densely written with words, he read it carefully, put the silk cloth on the oil lamp and burned it.

"Father-in-law Jia, do you know why the people of the Egret Division are targeting you?" Zhao Junsheng asked.

Jia Zhou hurriedly surrendered his hand: "Please also ask the general to solve his doubts!" ”

"Because you have been acting too flamboyant during this period of time, you have already attracted the attention of the emperor, and the Egret Division has been ordered to investigate you, and now they have begun to notice Zong Ai!"

Jia Zhou was shocked, and his face gradually turned a little pale, "What? Emperor ······ Suspicious of our family? So, how is that good? ”

Zhao Junsheng asked: "In addition to this silk book, what else does Zong Ai want you to convey to the general?" ”

Jia Zhou came back to his senses and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, Zhong Cao Ling said that there is a person of his own by the emperor's side, if the general wants to get news of the emperor, he can contact this person, but remember not to be too frequent!" ”

"How do I get in touch?"

"Oh, here!" Jia Zhou hurriedly took off the hairpin on the top of his head, pulled it out with both hands, the hairpin was divided into two parts, a white paper roll was exposed, he took out the paper roll and handed it to Zhao Junsheng.

Zhao Junsheng took the paper roll and unfolded it to look at it, knowing it in his heart.

Still burned the paper roll, Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "Send Father-in-law Jia back to his hometown!" ”

A figure suddenly flashed out of the darkness, and a sharp sword pierced from Jia Zhou's back and pierced through his chest.

Jia Zhou's eyes widened: "You ······"

Zhao Junsheng said: "Father-in-law Jia, you are too flamboyant, not only caused trouble for yourself, but also led the trouble to the people behind you, you were originally a very loyal dog, but you shouldn't your tail too high, go on the road with peace of mind, Zongai promises to take care of your family!" ”

Jia Zhou slowly closed his eyes and stopped breathing.

Zhao Junsheng couldn't help but complain: "I said Lao Lu, your means of killing should be improved, you can't use a sword alone, even this kind of person who has no power to restrain a chicken is also worthy of your sword?" Your sword isn't worth much, is it? Look at you, there's blood everywhere, and I'm going to have to find someone to clean it up! ”

Lu Xuanbo fell into deep thought, "You seem to have some truth in what you said, this kind of person who has no martial arts is indeed not worthy of my sword!" ”

Zhao Junsheng called his own soldiers to carry the body away and bury it secretly.

Coming out of the ear room, he sat down in the lobby and shouted to the door: "Guo Yi, come in!" ”

Guo Yi walked into the lobby and hugged his fists and said, "What does the general command?" ”

"Among the civil and military ministers who came with the emperor this time, there is a person named Zhu Xiuzhi, you go and check this person's background!"

Guo Yi hugged his fists and said: "General, don't check anymore, the subordinates have checked the accompanying ministers and generals, this person named Zhu Xiuzhi is a military general, two years ago he was still the general of the Southern Dynasty, when the slip was broken by our army, Zhu Xiuzhi was also captured, and then escorted to Pingcheng, the emperor was very appreciative of his integrity in sticking to the lonely city and swearing to the death, did not kill him, but named him as a servant, Yunzhong town general, the emperor married his cousin to him, and he was captured with the deputy general Xing Huaiming and the military Sima Xu Zhuo, Both of them were also given official positions."

"In addition, the spies below noticed that this Zhu Xiuzhi went to visit Mao Xiuzhi last night!"

Zhao Junsheng raised his eyebrows: "You said that Zhu Xiuzhi went to see Fan Yang and Mao Xiuzhi too much?" Are the two of them old acquaintances? ”

"This matter is being investigated by his subordinates!"

"If you have any news, report it to me immediately!"

"Yes!"

Zhao Junsheng beckoned and asked Guo Yi to come over with his ear, he whispered a few words in his ear, and then ordered: "Find a way to meet this person, and then change the joint method!" ”

"Understood, subordinates retired!"

That morning, Zhao Junsheng was having breakfast with Hua Mulan in the Assassin's Mansion, when he suddenly heard the sound of crying outside the mansion, and at the same time there was the sound of drums.

Zhao Junsheng frowned when he heard this, and motioned to Li Bao: "Go and see what happened!" ”

Li Bao did as he said, and soon turned around and reported: "General, dozens of people in villages outside the city beat drums and shouted grievances, they said that the village suffered a military disaster last night, and asked the general to make the decision for them!" ”

Zhao Junsheng turned his head to look at Hua Mulan and said, "I knew that these people and dogs couldn't change their eating!" Look, something happened, right? Now it's a headache again! ”

Hua Mulan said: "You just deal with it impartially, anyway, there is the emperor's will first!" ”

"Hey, you said it lightly, tens of thousands of horses belong to several departments, who knows which department did it? It's good to catch someone on the spot, but if you don't catch someone, it's not easy to check! ”

Hua Mulan said: "Then you can check slowly, I'm going to the barracks to supervise the drill!" By the way, I can put the words here first, this matter is by no means the people in my right wing, I have ordered that no one is allowed to leave the camp in the past few days, I was also in the camp last night, and I have inspected the camp in the middle of the night, there are many of them, I only came back this morning, so this thing is definitely not done by the people in my right wing! ”

Hua Mulan left, but Zhao Junsheng couldn't go, he ordered the soldiers to prepare for the service, and planned to be promoted to the court to try the case, he couldn't ignore this matter, the Assassin Mansion had just promulgated a new policy to increase taxes and taxes, he patted his chest and assured all the people in Youzhou that there would be no soldiers to harm the people, and someone had damaged his reputation in just a few days, if he didn't deal with it, he would really have no face to stay in Youzhou.

"Bang" Zhao Junsheng came to the hall and patted the shocked wood, and asked: "Who is beating the drum in the hall to complain?" Who are you going to sue? ”

The man kneeling on the ground hurriedly said: "Back to the envoy, the villain is Yang Guang, the chief of Yangjiawan, twenty miles west of the city, at nightfall last night, a group of soldiers suddenly broke into the village to burn and kill, and plundered, eleven people in the village were killed, twenty-two women were raped, and six young girls were taken away, nine houses were burned, and the property and livestock in the village were looted!" All the folks here can testify! ”

Zhao Junsheng looked at the dozens of people who were stopped outside the hall and asked, "Where is the body of the person who was killed?" ”

"Back to the envoy, the villain ordered the village people to carry the corpse, just outside the mansion!"

"Bring it in!" Zhao Junsheng beckoned.

Eleven corpses were carried in one by one and side by side, Zhao Junsheng got up and walked over and squatted down to check the corpses one by one, judging from the wounds, it was indeed caused by weapons in the army, and he still had this eyesight.

Zhao Junsheng got up and instructed the thief Cao: "Send someone to Yangjiawan on a fast horse to verify the situation, and find out and report it quickly!" ”

"Yes, General!"

At this moment, a soldier outside the door walked in and reported: "General, the leader of the army in the middle of the army Hedoro asks to see you!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Hedoro, who was wearing heavy armor, walked in with a few personal soldiers and laughed: "Haha, General Zhao is not harmed?" ”

You're a barbarian, and you're a barbarian, no matter how you look at it, it's a big disobedience. Zhao Junsheng cursed in his heart, got up and looked at He Duoluo, and shouted: "Come on, drag the guards down and beat each of them with thirty military sticks!" Replace people to guard the door again, and then let people in without notification and permission, and all military law will be involved! ”