More than 100 miles away from Yizhou City, there is a mountain forest and green water surrounding, pines and cypresses are like clouds, there is a manor in the middle, it is said that the land within a radius of dozens of miles is owned by the manor, but this Zhuangzi is very strange, do not do farming, only densely planted trees around the Zhuangzi, over the years, the manor is already a dense forest.

On this day, the manor was full of gongs and drums, and from the black village gate, the pink and white walls to the high roof tiles in the courtyard, all of them were covered with red and hung colors, and the whole Zhuangzi was immersed in a joyful atmosphere.

The large table in the front hall and the main hall was full of delicacies, but there were only two people on the table, Tian Hu was smiling, and he persuaded a middle-aged man in a vermilion brocade robe: "Today is my father's birthday, Lord Chen has to have fun!" ”

Tian Hu called Lord Chen is Gaizhou, Chen Zhizhou has been in office in Gaizhou for nearly ten years, and the relationship with Tian Hu is extraordinary, today's Tian's father is on his birthday, Chen Zhizhou naturally wants to come to help.

"Brother Tian, you're welcome, are our brothers still sharing each other?" Chen Zhizhou said with a smile, and drank all the wine in the cup as he spoke.

Tian Hu laughed: "Lord Chen is really arrogant!" Good amount of alcohol! Good spirit! Ha ha! ”

Chen Zhizhou shook his head with a smile: "Brother Tian, don't compliment me, compare the amount of alcohol with you?" Doesn't that make a fool of me? ”

Tian Hu smiled: "An adult is a literati, how can I be compared with an adult?" Among the scribes, the amount of alcohol that adults drink is the only one seen in Tian! ”

Chen Zhizhou also smiled slightly proudly: "This is true, but few of my colleagues are my opponents!" ”

Just as he was laughing, a subordinate hurriedly ran in and whispered a few words in Tian Hu's ear. Tian Hu nodded slightly, turned his head to Chen Zhizhou, and said, "My lord, wait for my brother to change his clothes." ”

Chen Zhizhou nodded, Tian Hu apologized, got up and walked to the back hall, his body just turned around, and the smile on his face immediately dissipated. When he entered the back hall, his face was already iron-blue, and there was only a middle-aged scholar dressed as a Taoist priest in the back hall, who was closing his eyes and meditating, and when he heard Tian Hu's footsteps, the priest opened his eyes. Sigh.

Tian Hu stood in front of the Taoist priest and frowned, "Why did Mr. sigh? ”

The Taoist priest said: "Brother Tian forgive me. Recently, the eldest brother has been very unwise, and he should be quiet. ”

Tian Hu snorted. Stretched out his hand and pulled over a chair and sat down heavily, "Sir, do you think it's inappropriate to loot the samurai village today?" ”

The Taoist priest nodded. Zhengse said: "Brother Tian, don't be impulsive. Destroy the good foundation! ”

Tian Hu listened to the words of the Taoist priest and stood up angrily: "How can I be impulsive? Can a few of our brothers die in vain? What to say to bury the inheritance. It's even more nonsense! What about Mr. Ruoyiqiao?! This Taoist priest is Tian Hu's advisor, Qiao Daoqing, the news of the destruction of Sun An'an's army came back, Tian Hu's eyes were dark, he almost fainted, and he cried on the spot, Sun Anke was Tian Hu's most important subordinate, Sun An, Tian Hu was like losing his right arm, how could he not be sad and angry?

But although Tian Hu was angry, he was not reckless to take revenge, but ordered people to collect information about Wujiazhuang, only to know that Wujiazhuang was equipped with a large number of forbidden army equipment, and when Zhu Jiazhuang formed an alliance with himself, he thought that he was afraid that he was cowardly, and his words were not true, and he did not say anything about Wujiazhuang's possible deep background, which led to his carelessness and only sent 500 elites to attack Wujiazhuang at night, and the whole army was wiped out.

Tian Huzhi can't wait to drink blood and eat meat of the Zhu family's father and son, but the Zhu family father and son have been killed, and it is useless to hate and scold again, only to be full of anger will be on Wujiazhuang, these days will recall his subordinate brothers 6 to recall, today evening is the day of Zhongerlang's bloodbath in Wujiazhuang, today's Tianjia Manor backyard has gathered three or two thousand people, Ma Tianhu is about to set foot on Wujiazhuang in one fell swoop, and those warriors under his command naturally rub their fists and grind their palms, full of heart to avenge Sun An and others, especially Su Sheng and Bian Xiang, who have a good relationship with Sun An, are holding their breath to go to Wujiazhuang to vent their anger.

However, what made Tian Hu dissatisfied was that his number one strategist, Qiao Daoqing, had been persuading each other bitterly, saying that Tian Hu's move was very unwise, and he tried every means to persuade Tian Hu to change his mind, but Tian Hu had already made up his mind, so how could Qiao Daoqing change it in a few words? At this time, seeing Qiao Daoqing speaking coldly again, Tian Hu couldn't help but be furious, and his eyes glared at Qiao Daoqing for the first time.

The Taoist priest stared at Tian Hu but did not speak.

Tian Hu also glared at Qiao Daoqing angrily, but after a while, he finally sighed heavily, sat back in his chair, and his tone softened: "Sir, Tian Hu respects you, and you have always obeyed everything, but this time Tian really can't be as calm as Mr. I am bound to win the samurai! ”

Qiao Daoqing sighed: "Dare to love Brother Tian thinks that Qiao is an unintentional person? Brothers died, Qiao didn't hurt? Qiao doesn't hate? Brother Tian's words inevitably chilled Qiao's center of the earth! ”

Tian Hu said: "Since Mr. also hates, why do you want to stop me from taking revenge?" Is the blood of the brothers shed in vain? ”

Qiao Daoqing shook his head and said, "Revenge? But it's not like this, Brother Fufa Tian doesn't say that Wujiazhuang is well-equipped, can we succeed. How many brothers will be lost if you are lucky, even if Brother Tian has God's blessing and does not hurt a soldier and wins Wujiazhuang, so what? ”

Tian Hu snorted: "How?" Kill the samurai village and don't leave a chicken dog! ”

Qiao Daoqing said: "And then?" ”

Tian Hu was stunned, "What, then?" ”

Qiao Daoqing said: "After destroying Wujiazhuang, how will Brother Tian deal with the aftermath?" Looking at Wujiazhuang's methods of dealing with Zhujiazhuang, the owner of the village is not an idle person, and Brother Tian didn't think about how he would retaliate? ”

Tian Hu snorted coldly and said, "I'm afraid that he won't come, and I just want his head when the time comes!" ”

Qiao Daoqing smiled bitterly: "What's wrong with Brother Tian today?" It is said that the wise man must have a thousand worries, but the eldest brother is blinded by hatred, and he is wise, no wonder he is determined to go to the bloody Wujiazhuang......"

Tian Hu became angry again: "Sir, make it clear!" What's wrong with what I'm saying? ”

Qiao Daoqing said: "How could the master of the martial arts village lead the crowd to retaliate like the eldest brother?" Qiao was worried that he would use the power of the official family, and he seemed to have a good foundation in Zhending Mansion......"

Tian Hu waved his hand: "So what?" This is Gaizhou, and Chen Zhizhou is our own people. No matter how powerful he is in Zhending Mansion, he can't control our Gaizhou! ”

Qiao Daoqing said: "Brother Tian, don't forget how his armament came about, think about it, he has a lot to do with the forbidden army of the Daimyo's Mansion!" Although the Daimyo Mansion can't control the affairs of our Gaizhou, there is no need to worry too much, but it can be seen from this that this person is not simply a snake, I am afraid that he has a great background, if he wants to deal with this kind of character. But you can't just act on the basis of righteous indignation and recklessness, you need to plan and act before acting! ”

Tian Hu was not a reckless person, but he was angered by Sun An's death, and he couldn't help but think silently when he heard Qiao Daoqing talk in simple terms.

"I'm going to accompany Chen Zhizhou. More on that later! Tian Hu stood up and said.

Qiao Daoqing sighed: "I don't know why Qiao is faintly uneasy in his heart. Brother Tian had better beat Chen Zhizhou quickly and dismiss the brothers! ”

Tian Hu was stunned and said, "What? ”

Qiao Daoqing said: "Thousands of armed villagers gathered in the villa. In case of leaking the news, this matter can be big or small, and it will make a big fuss. Even if we gather people to rebel, it's okay! ”

Tian Hu laughed: "Mr. Qiao is too cautious. How could this have been leaked? And this day the brothers were scattered. We haven't been less than these things before, isn't it that Mr. hasn't seen the big battle for a long time, and his mind is already timid? ”

Qiao Daoqing smiled and shook his head: "I'm afraid that's the case, alas! ”

Tian Hu returned to the front hall, Chen Zhizhou was waiting impatiently, and said with a smile: "Brother Tian has been gone for a long time!" Tian Hu smiled and apologized, sat down, and the two talked and laughed, pushing the cup and changing the lamp, and while talking, Chen Zhizhou suddenly said: "Brother Tian, you have to be cautious recently!" ”

Tian Hu was shocked, could it be that Sun An and others attacked Wujiazhuang and the matter was exposed? Or did he hear the news that he wanted to lead the people to wash the Wujiazhuang in blood?

I was shocked and uncertain, so I heard Chen Zhizhou say again: "Your king has recently made a big move, several officials have been degraded, and the situation in the famous mansion has changed, and I heard that there are also several generals in the forbidden army who have been implicated, hehe, the descendants of the Chinese scholars, but they are almost passive!" ”

Tian Hu felt a little relieved but said strangely: "What does this have to do with Tian?" ”

Chen Zhizhou said: "The stake is not big. But at this time, the situation in the Daimyo's Mansion is changing, and Hebei officialdom is also in the wind, and at this juncture, Brother Tian is still careful to buy and sell, so as not to be caught by someone with a heart! ”

Only then did Tian Hu understand that the Hebei officialdom was reshuffling the Hebei officialdom who dared to love the king, and Chen Zhizhou was afraid that he would expose his bottom and be used by his opponent to make a fuss.

Tian Hu smiled: "Don't worry, Tian Hu will take care of it!" ”

Chen Zhizhou nodded with satisfaction: "Brother Tian also knows my relationship with Lord Zhongshu, recently, Lord Zhongshu came to write a letter saying that in front of the saint, I will be promoted as the transfer envoy of Hebei West Road, and in a few days, I should have a quasi-letter, I am really reluctant to stay in Gaizhou for a long time!" Saying that, he sighed, and seemed to be quite reluctant to cover the state, but his face was full of color.

Tian Hu said happily: "Congratulations to Lord Xi's ascension!" "The transfer envoy is in charge of the wealth all the way, it is so fat that it can no longer be fattened, and the transfer department is in charge of all the way to tea and salt, etc., Chen Zhizhou's high ascension, Tian Hu is like a tiger with wings, if Chen Zhizhou really helps Tian Hu with all his might, since then the supply is abundant, I am afraid that there is no salt gang in the world to compete with Tian Hu, no wonder Tian Hu looks happier than Chen Zhizhou.

Chen Zhizhou smiled: "Don't spread the word about this matter, just know me and I know!" ”

Tian Hu nodded again and again.

Chen Zhizhou put the food into his mouth, chewing and said: "In the past few days, Brother Tian's business should be put away, come to Japan, the long will not be here for two days, there will be no mistakes." ”

Tian Hu said: "That's natural, and the brothers turned around and ordered them to stop business." In my heart, I put aside the idea of bloodbathing the martial arts village and waited for detailed planning in the future.

Chen Zhizhou listened to Tian Hu's promise, and his heart was happy, picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "Brother, sure enough, Brother Tian is reasonable, come to brother, toast you!" ”

Tian Hu hurriedly raised his glass to greet him: "Your Excellency is polite!" ”

Chen Zhizhou drank the wine in the cup and praised it a few times before he said: "It's not that brothers, be careful, it's really that the old opponents who have been suppressed by your brothers have jumped out one after another, and a bunch of clowns who have jumped off the beam really think that your king can poke a hole in Hebei?" He shook his head. His face was full of disapproval.

Tian Hu said: "It's been a few months since your king took office, didn't you listen to your lords talk about it quite calmly?" ”

Chen Zhizhou snorted and said, "Who knows what he thinks?" Hmph, do you really want to be separated from the master of the Chinese book, Cai? ”

Just as he was saying this, a man in Tsing Yi suddenly ran in a hurry outside the hall, and when he entered the room with a panicked face, he shouted: "The owner." Oh no! Oh no! ”

Tian Hu was stunned for a moment, then got up angrily and kicked over: "Why don't you understand the rules so much?!" ”

The subordinate was kicked to the ground by Tian Hu, and just about to open his mouth, he was slashed by Tian Hu and covered his face with two big ears: "Get out!" ”

The subordinate was fanned to the point that Meng Mengden walked out. was kicked by Tian Hu from behind, and his waist flew out of the living room with an "ah".

Chen Zhizhou frowned. This Tian Hu is good at everything, but he is too rude. At this time, Tian Hu turned around and said, "My lord, sit down for a while, and go out to have a look!" ”

Chen Zhizhou smiled and nodded.

Tian Hushi was so flustered when he looked at the people in detail. It must be a big deal. Don't be the backyard brothers fighting on their own? Speaking of which, there were several leaders who were originally opposed, although they were all convinced by Tian Hu. But it often fights openly and secretly, so it won't be another incident, right? Naturally, Chen Zhizhou couldn't let Chen Zhizhou know that it was Tian Hu who kicked his subordinates out.

Walking out of the living room, the next person was humming and chirping, and when he saw Tian Hu rushing out, he was so frightened that he lay there and didn't dare to move again, for fear of being beaten by Tian Hu.

Tian Hu snorted and said, "What's wrong?" Is there a backyard commotion? ”

The subordinate cringed and said, "No...... It's not ......"

"Why is that? Tell me about it! Tian Hu's eyes narrowed.

Before the subordinates could speak, a big man suddenly ran in from outside the courtyard, and when he entered the courtyard with a simple knife in his hand, he shouted: "Brother Tian, it's not good, there are officers and soldiers!" ”

Tian Hu was stunned: "Officers and soldiers? At this time, in the gust of the north wind, the horse neighing could be faintly heard Tian Hu startled: "What the hell is going on?" ”

The big man calmly wiped the sweat from his forehead: "There is a large group of soldiers outside the village, it seems to be ...... It seems to surround our Zhuangzi! ”

Tian Hu: "Huh? "The sound of the ground is quite confusing, Gaizhou Zhizhou, that is, the head of the soldiers and horses, who can mobilize the soldiers and horses here? Isn't it Chen Zhizhou's opponents, but it's not right, there is no order from the commander of the soldiers and horses, who dares to move the troops and horses privately?

"Ask what they want to do?" After instructing Zhuang Ketian Hu to hurry back to the living room, although he was surprised, he didn't care too much, after all, the highest official of Gaizhou was on his seat, so what was there to be afraid of?

"My lord, there seems to be a large number of soldiers outside Zhuangzi...... Tian Hu said after sitting back in his seat, and at the same time looked at Chen Zhizhou's face.

Chen Zhizhou was obviously taken aback: "Soldier? Where are the soldiers? What to do? ”

Tian Hu said: "This brother doesn't know. ”

At this time, there were a few screams faintly outside, Tian Hu was stunned, and then the footsteps in the front yard were chaotic, and a Zhuang guest hurriedly ran in, regardless of Chen Zhizhou, who was present, and said hurriedly: "Big brother, these thieves and birds seem to have come to copy Zhuangzidi, and they have already exchanged hands with the brothers who are on guard in the forest!" ”

Tian Huteng stood up suddenly: "What? Copy Zhuangzi? ”

Chen Zhizhou also opened his mouth in surprise and stammered, "No...... Can't you? He was stunned for a while before he came back to his senses and said, "Brother Tian, don't panic, I want to see who is so bold?" I dare to mobilize military horses when I give orders? Do they really want to rebel? ”

Tian Hu hurriedly said: "It's so good!" ”

At that moment, Tian Hu was in front and Chen Zhizhou was behind, and the two hurriedly came to the front yard door, the courtyard door was closed, and dozens of big men gathered behind the door, looking through the crack in the door from time to time, everyone looked frightened.

Tian Hu frowned, is it too long since the peaceful days were? A little bit of battle is scared like this?

"Open the door!" Tian Hu said coldly.

When those men saw that the owner of the village had arrived, they hurriedly got out of the way, and the villagers in front of the courtyard took off the door fork and opened the door, Tian Hu glanced at them coldly, and said Go back and clean up you.

scolded these unsuccessful subordinates in his heart, went out of the courtyard door, raised his eyes, and Tian Hu couldn't help but gasp? This? What does this do?

I saw that the dense forest outside the village was densely packed with countless heavily armored soldiers, although the forest could not be put in formation. But the staggered spears and trees in the forest made it even more solemn to kill the heavily armored soldiers, followed by crossbowmen and archers, and then beyond the dense forest there were groups of light horses and light horses circling behind. Faintly a phalanx of heavy cavalry, but far away, I don't look at it properly.

What's to be done? Tian Hu was completely stunned, and when he heard the report, Zhuangzi was surrounded by soldiers on all sides, and it seemed that there were tens of thousands of defenders in Magaizhou. Where did these soldiers come from?

Turning his head to look at Chen Zhizhou, Chen Zhizhou was also stunned. Stunned, he looked at the soldiers in the dense forest and couldn't speak.

At this time, the sound of horses' hooves sounded on the path in the dense forest, and a ride slowly galloped towards him. Jujube Red is immediately a sturdy general, with thick eyebrows and angry eyes, and a thick stubble on his face. Heavy armor protection. Holding a swarthy mountain axe in his hand, it looks very powerful.

"Gaizhou Tianhu! Bad intentions! By the order of the Beijing Left-behind Division! Arrest the bandit Tianhu and a cadre of henchmen. If you resist, don't hesitate! The heavy armor general rode his horse to the open space in front of the village and shouted loudly.

Tian Hu's head buzzed, what are you afraid of, is it really Qiao Daoqing who is right? Now that his thousands of subordinates are all in Houzhuang, if he insists on saying that he is rebelling, he really can't tell the difference.

Chen Zhizhou calmly walked up a few steps and said, "This general is your king's account?" ”

The heavy armor general nodded slightly and said in a deep voice: "Not bad! This general is the genuine military rope under your king's account! Chen Zhizhou, whose voice was like rolling thunder a few steps away, was dizzy.

Chen Zhizhou shook his head and said with a wry smile: "General Suo's name is a long-admired official, he is the governor of Gaizhou, Chen Guang'a, the owner of today's farm, and the old father is eighty years old, and the official is here to congratulate!" ”

Suo narrowed his eyes and looked at Chen Zhizhou a few times, and said sullenly: "So what?!" ”

Chen Zhizhou's anger is just a small number of genuine soldiers who are lower than their own grades, I don't know how many knots, and he was born as a jinshi, and he was promoted all the way to the transfer division in a blink of an eye, how can you be compared to a rude martial artist? When he saw me, he didn't get off the horse to see me, what a reason!

Suppress the anger, after all, the battle in front of him is too big, not when he plays majestic, "General Suo, Tian Hu is a famous local squire, usually benevolent, in Gaizhou, known as a virtuous person, how can he be a rebel, and this official has intersected with him for many years, his person, this official knows very well that the owner of the grange will not make a rebellion, this kind of hook, please ask the general to be clear!" ”

After saying that, I felt that something was wrong, I was really dizzy, what was the use of telling him this? "Dare to ask the general who is leading the team this time?" It's better to find the right one.

Suo Leng snorted: "What about your king personally leading the army?" Would you like to meet him? ”

Chen Zhizhou is so angry, how can this guy speak to Shangguan without a trace of respect? However, I heard that it was your king who led the team, but Chen Zhizhou chuckled in his heart, and when he looked back, Tian Hu also changed color slightly, and he was even more dazed.

Chen Zhizhou smiled at Suo Qiang and said, "Then can you bother the general to pass on the news that Chen Guang'a, the governor of Gaizhou, asks to see your king Chitose." ”

Suo nodded: "Then you wait!" As he spoke, he glanced at Tian Hu, turned his horse's head, and ran towards the forest.

Chen Zhizhou frowned and turned his head to look at Tian Hu: "What the hell is going on?" The tone had become stiff.

Tian Hu is even more inexplicable, how can he provoke your king in a good manner? I haven't been to the Daimyo's Mansion for a few days, since the arrival of your king, I have also gone to the Daimyo's Mansion when I entered the palace, isn't it that I have my own subordinates who provoked the people of the Guiwang's Mansion?

Chen Zhizhou looked at Tian Hu speechlessly, sighed and walked step by step, this noble king's behavior is really unpredictable, how can he lead the army to Gaizhou again? I'm afraid it's not for a little Tian Hu, but not for myself? Does he really want to fight with Lord Zhongshu?

Outside the dense forest outside the courtyard of Tianjiazhuang, Wu Zhi was dressed in purple armor, and the snow-white jade lion under his crotch listened to Suo Hui, and the two generals beside him were Wen Da and Li Cheng.

A few days ago, Wu Zhi borrowed the intelligence of Long Wu to start rectifying Liang Zhongshu's lineage, who knows or underestimates the interests of these officials, and they want to slowly adjust one by one, who knows that just after taking down a judge, those officials will be in chaos, some intercede, some will be sent to the capital, some will jump out to blame, in short, what kind of face is sung, at this time, Liang Zhongshu has been pressed to death, those officials also think that the time has come, and they have come to stand up and testify against the various crimes of Liang Zhongshu's officials, and the Daimyo Mansion is in a mess, Wu Zhi only has a quick knife to cut through the mess, and all the officials who wanted to slowly adjust are all taken down。

But I didn't know that the officialdom of the Northern Song Dynasty was very fast and very sensitive, it was just Wu Zhi to take a few small officials, in the eyes of the officials of the Hebei state capitals, it was the king who made a big move to cut off Liang Zhongshu's henchmen, although the Daimyo Mansion could not control the state capitals, but Wu Zhi was a noble king after all, and Liang Zhongshu fought not necessarily to lose, so some unambitious officials went to the Daimyo Mansion to take the road, and the Hebei officials who intended to rely on Wu Zhi jumped out in various places, especially the several state capitals that had something to do with Liang Zhongshu were even more secretly fighting.

For these Wu Zhi, he only smiled bitterly, he was still inexperienced, Hebei officialdom was a mess by himself, there were boiling rumors everywhere, I am afraid that Liang Zhongshu and Cai Jing will definitely find a way to deal with themselves, and I am afraid that the situation in Hebei in front of me will be exaggerated by them and passed into Zhao Ji's ears, and then I will be annoyed by the Hebei officialdom of his own party and the same people, everyone is in danger, etc., then Zhao Ji is bound to be disappointed in himself.

Wu Zhi was worried for a few days, and he couldn't think of countermeasures, and at this time, Lu Junyi sent news, and the subordinates of the Tian Hu Conference were preparing to wash Wujiazhuang in blood.

Wu Zhi had an idea at the moment, if he wanted to get out of this political whirlpool, the best way was to divert his attention, just like those politicians in later generations often led to some international disputes in order to divert domestic contradictions, and they themselves could learn from Tian Hu to gather his subordinates, wouldn't there be two or three thousand people? Just can give him a charge of intent to rebel, and then lead the troops to suppress him, it is killing two birds with one stone, one is to remove a confidant for Wujiazhuang, and the other is that there is such a shocking case in Hebei, and his move to take down a few petty officials is just a drizzle compared to this case, after all, this kind of big case is rare for decades, and I don't know how many officials will be implicated.

Although Tian Hu was killed in a hurry, he didn't have time to arrange for Wang Jin to come in and take over Tian Hu's territory, then there would definitely be a vacuum in the underworld in Hebei and become a battlefield for various forces to fight, but at this time, he couldn't take care of this, and he would get through the difficulties in front of him.

Wu Zhi thought about it, it was imperative to exterminate Tian Hu, not to mention the news sent by Lu Cheng in the capital, Gaizhou, Chen Zhizhou, Liang Zhongshu, Baoju is very prosperous, it seems that this guy is Liang Zhongshu's sworn friend, judging from Lu Junyi's news, Chen Zhizhou has a close relationship with Tian Hu, and he can buckle the black pot on his head, so that Liang Zhongshu will suffer a big dumb loss. Anyway, it is estimated that Cai Jing should also start dealing with himself, so he simply gave them a disadvantage first.

Originally, I was thinking about how to plant the crime on Chen Zhizhou's head, but I overheard Suo come to report that Chen Guang'a, the governor of Gaizhou, was asking to see your king Chitose on Tianhuzhuang.

Wu Zhi couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and said that he had stepped on the iron shoes and had nowhere to find them, so it didn't take any effort to get them, and this guy actually hit the muzzle of the gun by himself.