Li Hong was woken up in the middle of the night by shooting a tiger. After the Black Panther Yicong and Zhao Yun were left in the camp by Li Hong, Shooting Tiger brought his own personal guards to Li Hong as an attendant. Li Hong drove him several times but didn't drive him away, so he had to follow him.

Li Hong opened his eyes and suddenly saw Zhao Yun with a smile on his face. Li Hong was taken aback, turned over and sat up.

"How did you get here? Did the search for Qingwu go well? Is there any news from anyone else? Did something happen? Li Hong grabbed Zhao Yun's hand and asked hurriedly.

Although Fu Xie provided information about some corrupt officials in Xiliang, Fu Xie did not have detailed evidence in his hands. Without convincing evidence, these people cannot be cured. In order to grab the evidence, it is necessary to seize the time, the speed, and catch these greedy and cunning corrupt officials before they destroy the evidence, and strive to get all the stolen goods.

"My lord, we have searched a lot of money, silk, silk, and gold in Qingwu, a whole room, at least 200 million yuan." Zhao Yun said excitedly, "We also found what the adults wanted." ”

"Great." Li Hong smiled, "What about things? ”

Zhao Yun replied: "Cheng Qiu is a very careful person, and he remembers every account of corruption and bribery in great detail, and there are five large boxes of books alone. Zijun had already scattered them and tied them to the war horses, and was hurrying back to the Pingxiang camp with them. ”

Li Hong's heart fell to the ground, smiled happily, and said, "There are so many? How did you find it? ”

Zijun cut the chief manager named Liu Zhong from top to bottom without a piece of good meat, and he almost died. That person couldn't bear the pain, so he recruited it. Everything was buried in the cellar and dug up by us. Zijun and I took a cursory look at these books, and the records in them were basically all about his corruption and bribery in Xiliang, and there was no record of his dealings with Luoyang, and there was no record of his embezzlement of military funds, so Wen Chou and I both felt that these records were only part of them, and Cheng Qiu must have other places to hide money. ”

"I see." Li Hong patted Zhao Yun on the shoulder and said, "Good job." In the future, we will slowly dig down, what is the hurry? Did the attack on Qingwu go well? ”

"The walls of Qingwu are high and thick, and they are very difficult to fight. Zijun and I didn't have enough people, so we went to the Huaili camp and requisitioned Ji Wei's 3,000 men and horses, and asked them to rush to Maoling with siege equipment to support. It took us three hours to knock it down. ”

"Are there many casualties?" Li Hong asked.

"More than a hundred people were killed." Zhao Yun whispered.

"How many killed?" Li Hong asked a little unhappily, "This price is also too great." ”

Zhao Yun looked at Li Hong and snorted, "After we rushed in, the soldiers were furious and killed all the men inside. ”

"How much?" Li Hong asked.

"More than 1,100 people." Zhao Yun replied in a low voice.

Li Hong glanced at Zhao Yun sternly, and said dissatisfiedly: "Are you and Zijun crazy to kill so many people." ”

"According to the orders of the adults, those who are in the way will be killed."

Li Hong glared at him fiercely.

"But ......" Zhao Yun glanced at Li Hong and said cautiously, "Lord Bao, the Governor of Fufeng County, once came forward to stop us, saying that Qingwu is the property of Emperor Uncle Wuyang. ”

Li Hong sneered and said, "It doesn't matter who it is, as long as it is related to Cheng Qiu, it will be checked." Just drive him away. ”

"Zijun thought he was verbose, so he detained him, and we only let him go when we left Qingwu." Zhao Yun said, "We checked, this Qingwu is indeed the property of King Wuyang in name, but all the account records show that Qingwu's income was finally given to a person named Zhang Kui. We asked Liu Zhong, and he said that Zhang Qiang was the younger brother of Zhang Rang, a regular attendant in the middle school. ”

"Zhang Rang?" Li Hong smiled, "There are eyebrows." After you return to Pingxiang, tell Master Zheng and Zuo Sima that you must resolutely investigate to the end, don't be afraid, as long as we find evidence, we will be invincible. For that Cheng Qiu, try everything you can to pry his mouth open, and remember, don't kill him. ”

Zhao Yun agreed. Li Hong then asked, "Is there any news from other people?" ”

"On the way back, we met Lord Yan's attendants, who were escorting the document scroll back to the camp, and heard that Lord Yan was killing in Chang'an, making Chang'an bloody."

"Well done." Li Hong said with a smile, "These people are all extremely heinous, cunning and treacherous, if we don't kill them, what can we find?" The corrupt officials in Xiliang thought that someone was covering them, and they were rampant and arrogant. I'd like to see if it's my knife or their backstage. ”

"What's going on in the Taiwei Mansion?"

"I don't know. It's been two days since we acted, and it stands to reason that Lord Taiwei should have received the news. Zhao Yun replied worriedly, "When Lord Taiwei is angry, will he send someone to arrest you?" ”

"I still have 30,000 people in my hands, so I don't dare to touch me easily." Li Hong said with a smile, "We have found evidence of corruption and bribery by Cheng Qiu and several Xiliang bureaucrats, and now he has no reason to arrest me, at most he can only write a letter to impeach me for acting beyond my authority." I don't understand their officialdom, but whoever wants to frame me and kill me, it's best to think about it yourself first and see who you provoke. I'm now wound up, and there's no way back. ”

Zhao Yun whispered: "It's better to be careful, adults." ”

Li Hong nodded and asked, "Zilong, you came to me late at night, but what's the matter?" ”

Zhao Yun smiled, "There is one thing that must be consulted by adults. ”

"Tell me." Li Hong smiled, "I have already said that there are some things that you can handle by yourself, and you don't need to ask for instructions again and again." ”

Zhao Yun said in embarrassment: "From Cheng Qiu's batch of books, we have found a large number of evidence of corruption and bribery of Xiliang bureaucrats, and a rough count shows that there are at least 30 people who need to be arrested, that is to say, there are more than 30 more to be raided, and several of them still live in Wubao. ”

"This time our action is fast and ruthless, it is estimated that these people have not received information or have not yet taken countermeasures, and now is a good opportunity to catch them. Once this opportunity is missed, it will be difficult to catch them again. ”

"Catch." Li Hong cut categorically, waved his big hand, and said vigorously, "Catch, catch immediately." ”

"But ......," Zhao Yun said cautiously, "the more this person is arrested, I am afraid that in the future, it will be a big problem, and if things get out of control, it will be troublesome." ”

"What's the trouble?" Li Hong smiled, "The more troublesome the better, and the more people involved, the better." This kind of pickled dirty and filthy thing just can't see the light, once it sees the light, who dares to get into trouble? Arrest me immediately, whoever dares to hinder me, kill whoever I am. It's the Taiwei Mansion, the people of Jingzhao Mansion, kill me the same. Is it possible to uphold justice and still break the law? ”

Zhao Yun smiled, "My lord, then you have to give me people, we have too few people." ”

"How many people?" Li Hong asked.

"About 2,000 to 3,000 more." Zhao Yun said, "It's best to be Captain Xu, the Xiliang cavalry of Captain Koji." ”

"Why?" Li Hong asked puzzled.

"The language barrier. Karasuma soldiers, Xianbei soldiers basically can't speak our Han dialect, they can speak, and they can't understand the Xiliang people's speech, so it's very troublesome and inconvenient. It's not a war, so ......"

"I know, I know......" Li Hong nodded again and again, and said with a smile, "This is negligent." ”

"Xiaohu, go and bring Captain Xu, Captain Koji, and Lord Hua to invite you immediately."

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Xu Rong, Koji Yi and Hua Xiong didn't know what was going on, and hurried to Li Hong's big tent. Seeing Zhao Yunsu standing in the tent, the three of them were a little surprised. They met with Zhao Yun in the Pingxiang camp, and knew that Zhao Yun was Li Hong's confidant, he was a military Sima at a young age, and he was the leader of the Black Panther Yicong, so it can be imagined that Li Hong valued and trusted him. He suddenly rushed from Pingxiang to Shooting Tiger Valley late at night, something must have happened.

Li Hong invited the three of them to sit down, and said with a smile: "The three adults are righteous and Bo Yuntian, for my business, they are willing to risk losing their heads and kill Benlong County with me, I am very grateful to the three adults......"

Koji Yi smiled: "The adults woke us up in the middle of the night, wouldn't it be to thank us and invite us to a bar?" ”

Hua Xiong also smiled: "How can the adults treat our brothers, we know in our hearts, the adults are talking too much." The lord is a Shangguan, we will do whatever we are told to do, and if you have any orders, you can say that the sword mountain and the sea of fire will not be resigned. ”

Xu Rongan sat quietly and did not make a sound.

"Good. Although we have known each other for a few days, we are all people who lick the blood with a knife, and what we want is to be passionate and take care of each other, since everyone followed me from the pastoral garden to here, to tell the truth, we are people in the same boat, and we can no longer separate each other. You just want to get out of me, and I guess it's going to be difficult. ”

Koji Yi smiled: "My lord, don't be so serious, okay?" You're not going to be a rebel, are you? ”

There was laughter in the tent.

Li Hong waved his hand, barely held back a smile and said, "This matter is not much different from rebellion, but I guarantee that you will be as happy as you are and do it more vigorously than anyone else." ”

Zhao Yun took out a scroll of silk full of words from his arms, put it on the desk and slowly opened it.

The three of them looked out.

Koji Yi's face turned cold, and he said loudly: "My lord is crazy. ”

Hua Xiong's thick eyebrows trembled violently a few times, and he sighed: "Xiliang is going to be messed up." ”

Xu Rong smiled slightly, and said slowly: "Justice, there is still justice in this world after all." ”

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After receiving the order to withdraw the army, Xian Yufu immediately led his troops to Juyuan to meet Sun Jian. The two armies then slowly retreated under the command of Xian Yufu. At this time, Zhou Shen had returned to the Pingxiang camp with his troops and prisoners.

As soon as Zhou Shen settled down, Zheng Xin came to visit.

Zheng Xin was blunt and told Zhou Shen everything that had happened in the past few days.

Zhou Shen had been lying down, as if he had fallen asleep with his eyes closed. It wasn't until Zheng Xin finished speaking that he slowly opened his eyes, looked at Zheng Xin, and asked, "Li Zhonglang is determined to do this?" ”

Zheng Xin bowed slightly and said, "My family has already done it, and there is no way back." ”

Zhou Shen's cheeks were deeply sunken, his cheekbones were high, and he looked very old and weak. He smiled bitterly and said: "Yes, Li Zhonglang has even beaten down Qingwu, what is the way out." Xiliang's old accounts for decades seem to be shaking off. ”

"This kind of thing can only be done by a person like Li Zhonglang, a bloody man." He sighed and said to himself: "It's not like us, we have smoothed out the obtuse angles of the years, and we don't know what is right and wrong anymore." ”

Zheng Xin hurriedly said: "The old general is too modest. ”

"Cheng Qiu's search of the camp is a trivial matter, and Li Zhonglang doesn't need to take it seriously. He made great achievements in the two battles in Xiliang, and even if His Majesty knew that he had intercepted the rebels' belongings, he would only laugh it off. Li Zhonglang is a young man, and he can't stand the grievances, so that he makes mistakes again and again, and he is self-defeating. ”

"Now, he wants to seize the handle of the traitors through corruption, so as to escape death." Zhou Shen sighed: "He thought simply, where is it so easy." Xiliang's thing is a hornet's nest, and it can't be poked. Once stabbed, the consequences are unpredictable. For decades, there have been not only traitors in the palace who have been involved in the hornet's nest of Xiliang, but also relatives of the emperor and family bureaucrats, among which the relationship is complicated, and the Xiliang problem cannot be solved by relying on a few pieces of evidence of corruption. ”

Zheng Xinxin was heavy, and he listened silently and didn't dare to make a sound.

"For the sake of their own selfishness, traitors ignore the state and society, which is indeed a disaster to the country and the people, but it is not only a traitor who brings disaster to the country and the people."

"Li Zhonglang has this courage and courage, I admire it very much. He poked the hornet's nest open in Xiliang, and the hornets poured out of the nest, and no one standing under the hornet's nest could escape. Whether it is a traitor, a relative, or a bureaucrat of the world, as long as you are stung, you will have to pay the price, either you die or I die, and no one has a way out. On the contrary, at this time, Li Zhonglang, who stabbed the hornet's nest, was the safest. Although he was also stung, all forces had no intention of caring about him in order to save his life. ”

"Li Zhonglang's volley, although there is no blood, but the momentum of sweeping the front army has been completed, the blood rain is about to come, and the wind is full of buildings, and no one can run away."

Zhou Shen sighed and closed his eyes silently.

"General......" Zheng Xin whispered, "The main meaning of my family is to deal with traitors. Saying that, he took out a red satin brocade box from his arms and gently put it beside Zhou Shen, "In the past two days, we have seized a lot of stolen goods, and found that the corrupt officials in Xiliang have a large number of fields and manors in Jizhou, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou. ”

Zheng Xin immediately took out a black satin brocade box from his arms and put it beside Zhou Shen.

"This is the land mansion that we have seized from the corrupt officials in Xiliang who have been arrested, and I ask the general to entrust the Zhongzang Mansion to pass it on to Your Majesty, so as to express my family's loyalty to Your Majesty and loyalty to the country."

Zhou Shen suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Zheng Xin in surprise, wanting to say something, but swallowed it back again.

Li Zhonglang generously raised his hand in Xiaoniu Mountain to give credit, it turned out that he had already saved the idea of winning himself over? His son is the commander of the Central Tibetan Prefecture, but the official is not big and does not attract attention. People all over the world think that the emperor's private wealth is handled by Xiao Huangmen and Zhongchang Servants, but in fact, his son is also taking care of the emperor's private wealth, but not many people know about it, how could Li Zhonglang know about this? From this point of view, this Li Zhonglang is not simple, and he looks down on others.

Now, he not only owes Li Hong the favor of sending his military exploits, but also is dragged down by Li Hong's anti-corruption actions. He is Li Hong's superior, and he can't get out of this matter at all? Now Li Zhonglang has made a generous move and casually sent himself 2,000 hectares of land, and he can't find a reason to refuse. This kid is amazing, and he can't help him by himself.

Zhou Shen glanced at the two brocade boxes placed on his side, then raised his eyes to look at Zheng Xin, and said slowly: "Li Zhonglang wielded a knife to suppress corruption, and took offense as defense, which not only won the hearts of the people of Xiliang, but also won over the bureaucrats of the clan, and if he succeeded, he could also get the favor of His Majesty." At such a young age, with this kind of mind, the future is limitless. ”

"Lord Zheng, without further ado, I will immediately repair a letter and send it to Luoyang overnight on an eight-hundred-mile fast ride, what do you think?"

Zheng Xin was overjoyed and hurriedly knelt down to thank him.

He felt that he was really an idiot, that day in Xiaoniu Mountain, for Li Hong to give Zhou Shen his military exploits, he also lost his temper, now it seems that if it wasn't for Zhou Shen that day, now, it is really difficult to ask for others.

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Mulberry Yang led people to Shoot Tiger Valley overnight.

Li Hong hurriedly took out the guilty plea. This is when Zhao Yun was leaving, Li Hong asked him to write it. He can't write this kind of article, the sentences don't make sense, the words don't reach the meaning, and he can't write well. But no one is surprised. He had forgotten even his parents and family, not to mention what he had learned. As long as you have a wise brain, you can lead everyone to victory.

Sang Yang complained about him. Fortunately, Li Hong is older than him, otherwise Sang Yang would really ignore his identity and scold.

After scolding, the two sat down to talk about business. Sang Yang told Zhang Wen what he meant, and he could deal with Xiliang's corruption as he wanted, but he must report it in time. Now everyone is tied up and has to work together. Then Sang Yang said that he wanted money.

"The military expenses of the army can only be maintained until the beginning of next month, and in a few days, it will not be able to support it, Lord Taiwei asked you to send a batch of stolen money and goods to the Taiwei Mansion for emergency."

Li Hong scolded hatefully: "The imperial court has gone too far. If we win, what will happen next month? Does everyone drink the northwest wind? ”

Sang Yang smiled and said sarcastically: "Fortunately, this time there is you Li Zhonglang, who not only won the battle, but also grabbed the money, and the matter was solved." ”

Li Hong scolded: "What kind of world? After winning the war, we are still not allowed to live, and we are still guilty, and now we don't even have military funds, isn't this a intention to send us to death? You've been hiding it, are you trying to kill us all? ”

Sang Yang scolded angrily: "Now we killed you." You don't want to ramble, when will the money be sent? In the name of Lord Taiwei, I warn you not to keep stolen money and goods without permission, you know? Once someone reports and exposes, I don't know what earth-shattering things you are going to do. ”

"Hehe...... " Li Hong smiled embarrassedly, and arched his hand and said: "Please return to Lord Taiwei, I will immediately order Zuo Sima to send the money over." ”

Sang Yang nodded and said, "Your Excellency, rescue General Dong as soon as possible, end the battle, don't procrastinate." Now we have to do everything in our power to deal with the traitorous eunuch's counterattack, which is the most important thing, the matter of life and death. ”

Li Hong agreed repeatedly.

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