"Don't get me wrong, I'm here to help you solve these people."

"Solve Li Mao?" Mr. Liu glanced at Li Mao, who was rolling on the ground and sweating coldly under the earthen wall, and grinned: "Okay, General Tan really did this big thing, and I will give you a big credit." ”

Zhou Hong also understood Mr. Liu's intentions, but asked: "But I don't know what General Tan is going to do with these people, these people are very tricky." ”

Tan Zhong said: "It's really tricky, and if you are not careful, you will get into trouble." How about I burn them to black coal, crush them, and throw them into the river for the water to wash away? ”

Mr. Liu shook his head: "It's too yin, they will get retribution, leave them a whole corpse." Mr. Liu said and walked away, Zhou Hong smiled and said: "Mo Ruo dug a deep pit and buried them, not only to save a hundred of them, but also to protect their whole corpses, I believe they will not be jealous of you under the nine springs." ”

Tan Zhong said: "It's indeed a good idea. ”

"Good idea?! Then it's hard for General Tan. ”

A big pit three zhang long, one zhang wide, and one zhang five zhang deep was quickly dug well, the location of the pit was selected by Zhou Hong, the soldiers who dug the pit were designated by Zhou Hong, Tan Zhong was the supervisor, and Zhou Hong monitored Tan Zhong step by step.

After the pit was dug, Li Mao, Qin Mo, Hu Chuan and other seven living people and sixteen corpses were thrown in one by one, the living people were below, and the dead bodies were on top, pressing layer upon layer. Although Li Mao and others couldn't even stand up after being poisoned, Zhou Hong still ordered everyone to be given a pair of steel handcuffs.

The man is buried, the ground is compacted, and it is covered with a layer of dead branches and leaves, slightly decorated, and it looks like nothing has happened.

Zhou Hong clapped his hands and praised, Tan Zhong nodded modestly, and said, "Please also ask General Zhou to say more kind words in front of the queen." ”

Zhou Hong pretended to be surprised and said: "After staying in Youzhou, I can't reach it." ”

Tan Zhong said quietly: "The servant can't survive this month, the second son is wise and wise, and he must be the most suitable candidate." ”

Zhou Hongdao: "What do you say, who is the most suitable person?" ”

Tan Zhong said: "The second son, Mr. Liu, is always virtuous and talented, and he is the most suitable person for the envoy of Youzhou Festival. ”

Zhou Hong lowered his face coldly and looked at Tan Zhong with a smile: "You'd better remember this sentence." ”

Zhou Hong and Tan Zhong left first, leaving their cronies to guard the local area, and left after a whole day.

Returning to Mr. Liu claiming that Li Mao was dead, Mr. Liu sighed, waved his hand, and a tooth general beside him led the order to come out, leading 300 cavalry to attack a cottage on the outskirts of Shenzhou in Chengde Town, and killed the chickens and dogs of the 300 people's troops stationed here, and finally brought back 300 heads, a few charred corpses and some tokens of Li Mao and others back to Yingzhou.

Mr. Liu was presiding over the meeting on behalf of his father, and when he heard the urgent report from Tanma, he was shocked, and hurriedly ran out of the camp gate, knelt in front of the corpse and cried. Everyone was puzzled and asked, and Mr. Liu was too sad and couldn't speak.

Zhou Hong explained: "The day before yesterday, General Li Mao suddenly received an urgent report and returned to the Shence camp in Zhenzhou, but unfortunately he was ambushed by the Turkish army in Shenzhou, and the whole army was annihilated. ”

After that, Zhou Hongru was mourned, beat his chest and cried nonstop.

Those corpses were charred and difficult to identify, and Li Mao's whereabouts were very secretive, what happened in the middle, but no one could tell, and everyone didn't dare to say anything, just sighed.

Mr. Liu was crying in the dark, and suddenly reported that Liu Ji was critically ill, Mr. Liu was shocked, got up in a hurry to wipe his tears, and hurriedly got on the horse and returned to the city.

Mr. Liu took advantage of Liu Ji's serious illness to take control of Yingzhou City, and spread rumors to divide his father and eldest brother Liu Qi. Liu Jizhong planned to kill fifteen generals close to Liu Qi in public, making the inside and outside look at each other, thus confirming the rumor that Liu Sui would replace his father.

After Liu Ji killed fifteen generals, he vomited blood that night, and Mr. Liu took advantage of the situation to take over the defense of Yingzhou, replacing him with his own people inside and out.

Seeing that he was only one step away from success, Li Mao arrived in Yingzhou, which made Mr. Liu very nervous for a while, but Li Mao's actions gradually won his trust, this is a greedy and lustful person, this is a person with no ambitions, this is a person without courage and no strategy, this is a dispensable person who will not harm his own affairs.

With this basic judgment, Mr. Liu relaxed his vigilance against Li Mao, and he planned to drive Li Mao away in a perfunctory manner, but his confidant Zhou Hong told him that Li Mao was secretly looking for a candidate and looking for someone who could get close to Liu Ji.

When Mr. Liu lifted his suspicion of Li Mao, Zhou Hong did not relax, he closely watched Li Mao's every move, and soon he saw a flaw from Li Mao's entourage Hu Chuan: Hu Chuan is lustful, but he is also looking for a candidate who can get close to Liu Ji in the name of lust.

In order to see Hu Chuan's hole card clearly, Zhou Hong used his trump card, which he was originally going to use to be of great use, but now he can only cheapen Hu Chuan's kid.

The trump card is the trump card, and he quickly gained Hu Chuan's trust and saw the opponent's hole cards clearly.

Knowing that Li Mao's trip was aimed at him, Mr. Liu was furious and immediately moved to kill, and Zhou Hong was ordered to set up an ambush and dig a pit overnight. Li Mao was dazed and ignorant, and rushed in.

Now Li Mao and his guards have been sleeping underground, and there is no threat to Mr. Liu in Yingzhou, but at this time, his father is seriously ill, and Mr. Liu feels that his good days have come.

"Seal the gates of the city, and no one will enter or leave without my warrant." Mr. Liu said when he entered the city.

"Blockade of the Assassin's Mansion, no one is allowed to enter or leave without my warrant." When entering the Assassin's Mansion, Mr. Liu commanded.

"Close the door and listen to me." When he walked into the courtyard where Liu Ji raised soldiers, Mr. Liu whispered orders left and right, and then he untied the weapon and handed it to Liu Ji's old guard Wei Wenbao.

Wei Wenbao followed Liu Ji for more than 20 years, almost became the embodiment of Liu Ji, in order to show respect for his father, Liu always retained the banner of Wei Wenbao, and handed over the weapon to his Uncle Wei every time he went in and out, to show his absolute loyalty to his father.

After brewing his expression in the hospital, Mr. Liu walked into Liu Ji's ward crying, and then ...... He froze.

"Bastard, I'm not dead yet." Liu Ji sat there, like a bronze statue, but his face was gloomy like a piece of iron.

There was a crisp sound of "pop", and a porcelain cup fell at Mr. Liu's feet.

Mr. Liu ran out of instinct, but was kicked back by a person in the chest.

It was Uncle Wei, who was pretended to be respected, who cut off his life.

"Uncle Wei, you, you ......"

The qi and blood in the chest cavity surged, and Mr. Liu couldn't help but spit out the blood.

Two figures ghostly walked out and held him down.

"Ahh

Mr. Liu screamed heartbreakingly, his face was like dust, as if he had seen a ghost.

A piece of stolen rag was shoved into his gaping mouth with unmistakable accuracy, and a hemp rope was immediately strangled through it.

"See clearly, I'm not a ghost."

A person smiled and slapped Mr. Liu's face, Mr. Liu stopped calling, settled down, he saw clearly, the person holding him down was not a ghost, but more terrifying than a ghost, he wanted to ask: "Aren't you buried alive, why did you come here." ”

But he couldn't shout, he looked at his father, Liu Ji was dressed in civilian clothes, sitting upright like a ritual, although his face was still ugly, but it was by no means a dying checkmate.

"It turned out to be all fake."

Mr. Liu was like a deflated ball, he suddenly softened, he kowtowed to his father a few times, and burst into tears for a while.

Although Liu Ji's heart was as hard as a stone, he didn't want to see this son anymore, he said to Li Mao beside him: "Mr. Liu has done such a thing, he is no longer my son, please bring it back to Chang'an and hand it over to the Holy Lord." ”

Li Mao waved his hand, Qin Mo and Wang Jian escorted Mr. Liu to retreat to the corridor, Mr. Liu just knelt down, and saw Tan Zhong escorting Zhou Hong and Yan'er over, Zhou Hong had a blue nose and purple eyes, and a new knife wound on his left shoulder. Yan'er's hair was tied up randomly, and there was a clear palm print on her pretty face. Both of them were disheveled and dusty.

Zhou Hong glanced at Mr. Liu, lowered his head, and his eyes were empty.

"Zhou Hong and his daughter were **** in the house, and they were caught by someone."

Liu Ji raised his head, his eyes were blank: "You spread rumors and provoke discord between my father and son?" ”

Zhou Hong said: "I am acting on orders. ”

After a pause, Liu Ji asked again: "You designed to murder the envoy." ”

Zhou Hong said: "I am acting on orders. ”

Tan Zhong kicked down Zhou Hong and scolded angrily: "It's obviously your second son, you pushed it backwards cleanly." ”

This kick broke Zhou Hong's two ribs, and Zhou Hong was afraid of being beaten again, so he didn't dare to speak up, and bowed his head to accept the crime.

Liu Ji waved his hand and motioned for the person to be escorted down.

Wei Wenbao, who was guarding under the corridor, came in and whispered in his ear twice, Liu Ji bowed slightly, Wei Wenbao helped Liu Ji stand up, and shouted outside: "Please come in to see the generals." ”

But I saw twenty generals lined up in two columns, holding swords in one hand and Douao in the other, and entered with neat steps, lined up in the hall, and saluted Liu Ji. Liu Ji replied and did not say anything. Wei Wenbao took the military order in his hand, read it out loud, and the generals received the orders one by one, and then bowed out.

Liu Jiliu and Li Mao sat upright in the hall, and there were constant reports from the generals: the Assassin's Mansion, the garrison camp in the city, the granary and silver warehouse, the four city gates, and the garrison camp outside the city were all controlled, and all the cronies of President Liu were detained, and Yingzhou City was already under control.

Liu Ji has been in charge of the army for 20 years, and he lost power due to serious illness, and he seems to be defeated, but the reversal is also overnight.

After regaining military power and controlling the inside and outside, Liu Ji summoned all the generals and announced the military order drawn up by Fan Xichao in front of Li Mao: the whole army should be drawn out, out of Yingzhou and Raoyang, and capture Shenzhou before the Mid-Autumn Festival in August.

Shenzhou is an important town in the northeast of Chengde, and seizing Shenzhou can directly threaten Ji and Zhao Erzhou, cut off the connection between Dizhou, Dezhou and Zhenzhou, and more importantly, once Shenzhou is occupied by Liu Ji, there is no threat to the flank of Zhang Maozhao's army of the Yicheng army, and 20,000 Yicheng troops can send troops from Dingzhou to directly threaten Zhenzhou, Wang Chengzong's base camp.

In this way, Chengde is very good, and the defeat is only between the first line.

The Youzhou army parted ways and set off, and Liu Ji said to Li Mao: "The grace of saving lives, Liu Ji is unforgettable. Loyal to the monarch to serve the country, Liu Ji did not dare to be behind. Please ask the envoy to reply to the commander of the capital and the deputy commander, and the army of Lu Long should be the first to make new contributions. ”

Li Mao was overjoyed and held a banquet in the hotel to thank Tan Zhong for saving his life, but Tan Zhong refused to go to the banquet. The trustee said: "Repay the favor, no need to thank you." ”

Liu Ji learned that Tan Zhong refused to go to the banquet, so he specially looked for him and told him: "I never doubt your loyalty, the envoy invited you not to go, but I saw that I was stingy." ”

In Caozhou that year, Tan Zhong approached Li Mao in the name of offering a knife, chose the opportunity to assassinate, failed to assassinate, was captured, and was grateful for Li Mao's grace of not killing.

After leaving Caozhou, he broke away from the Assassin Order, traveled around, and fell ill on the streets of Youzhou, almost losing his life, and it was Liu Ji who saved him. Liu Ji learned of his identity, but instead of being disgusted, he was polite. Tan Zhong thanked him for his kindness, and stayed in the guards as a general, and was relied on by Liu Ji.