April 278, the beginning of summer.

Gao Zuozhen, the counselor of the Chengzhou Prefecture, staged a military coup d'état with the intention of overthrowing the rule of the Chengzhou assassin Shi Taohe over Shuzhong.

After five days, it finally ended with the victory of Taoga. This power struggle that occurred in Shuzhong, under the secret promotion of Yang Yi, did not affect the people too much, but it caused a great shock to the middle and upper class businessmen, gate valves, and officials in Shu.

Gao Zuozhen, the counselor of Chengzhou, died under the arrow, and his Gaomen clan was beheaded by Tao He for the crime of rebellion, and more than 210 people were beheaded.

In anger, Tao He took the opportunity to purge the forces that opposed him in the Chengzhou Mansion, and the first of them was the first force in Shuzhong. The top leaders of the three major commercial houses were all beheaded, and the big knife of the executioner at the execution ground at the entrance of Dongmen City did not pause for two consecutive days, and the entire land of the execution ground turned crimson.

What annoyed Tao He the most was that there were also changes within the Chengzhou Army, which he was proud of, so that the Chengzhou Army failed to quell the coup in time, causing Tao He to also suffer heavy losses.

In this battle, Tao He's family almost all of his family funds were taken out, and there were nearly 300 guests hidden in his assassin's mansion, and there were not many left after the battle with Gao Zuozhen.

For Tao He, this battle was completely a thousand enemy losses and eight hundred self-inflicted injuries.

For Gao Zuozhen's failure, it was something that Yang Yi expected, if Gao Zuozhen and Dou Xu joined forces to launch an attack on Tao He, the probability of success would be much higher, but this is also Tao He's cleverness, completely dividing the forces of Gao and Dou, that is to say, even if Dou Xu is still alive, it is impossible for him to rebel with Gao Zuozhen.

However, the effect of Gao Zuozhen's hard blow is also obvious, not only allowing Tao He to show all his hole cards, but also exposing many of his fatal points.

Most of Gao Zuozhen's accusations against Tao He are true, plus Yang Yi added fuel to the fire and released a large number of Tao He's sworn enemies, and the final successor was that Tao He's cronies suffered heavy casualties, and his prestige in Chengzhou Mansion and even the entire Shu Dynasty has slipped greatly, and he has reached a critical point.

If it weren't for Tao He's already killed the red eye, I'm afraid that the gate of the Assassin's Mansion would already be crowded with people now, and everyone would need Tao He to give an explanation.

Perhaps, if there is enough time, Tao He can use his iron and bloody wrist to take the situation down strongly, and then continue to be his lord of Shu.

However, Yang Yi obviously won't give him this opportunity, this game of chess has been played for nearly three months, and it should be time to win or lose.

On the night of the third day after the end of Gao Zuozhen's rebellion, the south gate of Chengzhou City...

In the past two days, Tao He focused all his attention on the search of Gao Zuo Zhenyu in the city, and did not pay enough attention to the defense and investigation outside the city.

At the city gate, more than a dozen sergeants of the Chengzhou Army leaned listlessly against the hole in the city gate, tossing almost sleepless for several days, making the sergeants really tired.

A young recruit asked the veteran on the side in a low voice: "Brother Zhang, why did you kill Master Tao when you said that Master Gao was such a big official?" In the end, I lost my head. ”

The veteran yawned, glanced at the recruit and said, "Ask some insignificant questions, no one will dislike having more money in their pockets, and no one will dislike being an official, just like when you go to the kiln, will you dislike the girl for being too beautiful?" ”

The recruit paused, and smirked a little embarrassedly, "That pretty girl doesn't look down on us." ”

"! You kid fell in love with the top little girl in the Pink Mansion, and all the money was sent to the little girl every month, do you think I don't know? The veteran said disdainfully.

The recruit scratched his head and smiled, "Hehe... Which... What's going on? ”

The veteran moved to the side, changed to a comfortable posture and leaned on, and said: "It's nothing to go to the kiln, everyone has to go, and it's not uncommon for a girl to want to climb on her bedside, but yes, you have to remember one sentence, bitches are ruthless and meaningless, don't be stupid and let people pay for the pit." ”

When the recruit heard this, he straightened up and seemed to be a little angry: "Miss Huan'er is not that kind of person!" ”

"Hmph... Not that kind of person? You've given her so much money, has she ever looked at you? The veteran said disdainfully.

The recruit thought about it a little sluggishly, and finally shook his head in frustration and said, "Miss Huan'er is a woman who can see through the red dust, where will she look at me." ”

The veteran laughed, "Do you know how to get her to look at you?" ”

The recruit's spirit was shocked, and he said with some excitement: "What can Brother Zhang do?" ”

"The solution is very simple, make more money and become a bigger official, will she dare not look at it then?" The veteran laughed.

The veteran's words were boring and ridiculous when they heard it, but the recruit's eyes widened and he wondered: "Then how can I make more money and become a bigger official?" ”

The veteran was instead stopped by his question, which everyone in the world wanted to know, but there was never a real answer.

The veteran raised his hand and patted the recruit's head and scolded: "You furry egg, you really dare to think ~ or an honest errand, what's the use of thinking about those interesting and boring things?" Gao Zuozhen wanted to be a bigger official, but the heads of the whole family were lost, and just thinking about it was enough to infiltrate. ”

"But," the recruit said, touching his head and his voice inaudible, "but what if he succeeds..."

"What do you say?" The recruit's voice was too small, and the veteran didn't hear it clearly, and when he was about to ask, he suddenly heard their team calling: "All cheer up, the city patrol division is here!" ”

Hearing this, the veteran hurriedly stood up straight, and dragged the recruit next to him.

The City Patrol Division is dedicated to inspecting all parts of the city, not only for the common people, but also for checking the discipline of the army and whether anyone is neglecting. If they were caught lazy on duty, dozens of military sticks would definitely not be able to escape.

The defending army was taking torches, and took a look forward, and saw that the leader of the city patrol division of more than 100 people knew himself, and it was Zheng Yong, the military marquis of the city patrol division.

"I said, Brother Zheng, why did you come to Nancheng so early today?" The team shouted with a smile.

In the dark, the team of the City Patrol Division slowly walked to the city gate, and Zheng Yong, who was walking in the forefront, replied: "Yes... Yes, I went faster today. ”

The team greeted him and said with a smile: "I think you want to finish your work quickly and go home to hug your mother-in-law, right?" Ha ha!!! ”

The team is laughing and walking forward, this Zheng Yong has a good relationship with him on weekdays, and he has invited him to drink, usually the two of them call him brothers, I thought that with his own fun, Zheng Yong would also laugh, but when Zheng Yong walked in front of him, the team was stunned.

The night wind is very strong tonight, and the weather is cool, but at this time, Zheng Yong's face is full of sweat, and it is very strange when the torch illuminates Jingjing. Zheng Yong's expression was even more strange, as if he wanted to respond to the team's laughter, and he couldn't hide the fear from his heart, and his whole face became a little deformed for a while.