Chapter Seventy-One: Murder
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The raids of three years ago have left this barbarian-ravaged city still unrecovered from its trauma, and the population of the huge Cangzhou city is only 30,000.
The withering population and the abandonment of all industries are the true portrayal of Cangzhou at this time, but since the government issued the order to Tuntian in winter, the people who have returned to Cangzhou to reclaim farmland have gradually increased.
However, compared with the sparse people, the most people here are the merchants who come and go to trade, some of these merchants have official documents, and more of them are smugglers who do not have documents.
The trade of the barbarians has always been very strict in the country of Chongqing, but in the face of the pressure of the barbarians, it is impossible not to open the border trade, but some trade is strictly prohibited in the country of Chongqing.
The first was coal and iron, and the second was horses, and in general, trade in war materials was prohibited unless there was a certificate from the government.
The last time the Wang family mentioned trade with barbarians in Xiao Ming, it was precisely because of their weak hearts that they were afraid of the trade of coal and iron.
Different from the past, a team of well-equipped cavalry entered Cangzhou City at noon today, and the people in the city who saw the armor on the cavalry were almost frightened.
Because these cavalrymen were all wearing barbarian armor, and the horses were as thick as the barbarian war horses, at first glance they thought that the barbarian cavalry had entered the city, until they saw the Qingzhou military flag, and they were a little relieved.
On Xiao Ming's order, Lu Fei led the elite cavalry of Qingzhou to Cangzhou day and night, and arrived in Cangzhou City in two days and one night.
This time, the order he got was to take the Cangzhou assassin Shi Chai Lingwu and the Cangzhou governor Wei Tong together and send them to Qingzhou, if the two resisted, they could be killed on the spot!
Entering Cangzhou City, Lu Fei took thirty cavalry and ran directly to the Cangzhou Mansion.
This Chai Lingwu and Wei Tong, one is the son-in-law of the Qin family, and the other is the concubine of the Wei family, in Lu Fei's opinion, these two are not good things, and these four wealthy families should be cut by a thousand knives.
Three years ago, when the barbarian invasion, when the barbarian iron hooves wantonly trampled on the land of Liuzhou, the people wailed in pain under the iron hooves of the barbarians, while the local wealthy people hid in their own dock forts, gathered their families to defend themselves, and shrank their heads.
At that time, there were only more than 2,000 barbarian cavalry entering the six states, and the number of the four tribes was nearly 10,000, but these wealthy clans were all worried about the loss of their troops and refused to resist.
It wasn't until he led 3,000 soldiers to defeat the barbarian vanguard in the bloody battle of Cangzhou that the four tribes who learned the news were late, and Chai Lingwu and Wei Tong, who were the first to enter Cangzhou City at that time, saw that the barbarians were defeated and retreated, so they joined the encirclement and suppression of the remnants of the barbarian cavalry.
After that, the two of them claimed to be the first to take credit, and the Qin family also invited the King of Qi to return to Qingzhou, when the King of Qi had just been driven back from Chang'an, and he was shocked.
Seeing that Cangzhou City was recaptured, under great joy, he indiscriminately sealed Chai Lingwu as the assassin of Cangzhou, and Wei Tong as the governor of Cangzhou.
Lu Fei could understand the feelings of the King of Qi at that time, the limited army of the fiefdom and the barbarian bloody battle suffered heavy losses, and he could only rely on the tribes of the local wealthy clans, and it was precisely because he thought that this was the case, except for Qingzhou at that time, the other five states were controlled by the four families.
"Hehe, I didn't expect you to have today!" The fast horse galloped, and Lu Fei's heart was extremely happy.
In the past three years, he dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, how could Cangzhou, which was exchanged for the blood of thousands of soldiers, be handed over to such a reluctant person, and now that Xiao Ming has an order, these two killings are finally going to be killed.
When he arrived at the Cangzhou Mansion, Lu Fei dismounted and entered the Mansion, his voice was like a bell, and he shouted: "Where is the history of firewood, His Royal Highness has an order, come and listen to the order!" ”
There were only a few people in the palace, and an errand officer whispered: "Captain Huilu, the history of Chai Thorn is not here!" “
"Not there! So where is he! Lu Feibao's eyes widened angrily, "Say it quickly, you have delayed the major affairs of a certain family, be careful of your skin!" “
The errand officer was so frightened that his soul flew away, this Lu Fei came to Cangzhou last time for a few days, he naturally saw it, and Lu Fei's vicious name had already spread three years ago, he knew it clearly, he was frightened like this, how dare not say, "Assassin Shi and the captain both went to Bichun Garden in the city." “
"Humph! Two killers! Lu Fei strode out of the mansion, got on his horse and whipped up, and shouted: "Come with me, surround Bichun Garden for me!" “
"Yes!" Thirty horsemen roared in unison, and the hooves of horses roared.
The errand came to his senses, and when he saw Lu Fei's posture, he was afraid that something would happen, so he hurriedly left the mansion and went to the governor's mansion.
At this time in Bichun Garden, Chai Lingwu and Wei Tong were pushing cups and handing cups, and there was a woman like flowers and jade lying in their arms, and opposite the two was a businessman in a gorgeous costume.
"Chai Thorn History, Governor of Wei, thanks to the help of the two of you for this horse matter, you can successfully send a thousand war horses out of the city, this is a little gift from the King of Wei to the two, please accept it!" The merchant raised his hand in thanks.
Chai Lingwu pushed the merchant to the wooden box in front of him and opened it, which was full of a layer of gold ingots, Wei Tong saw it, and Chai Lingwu glanced at each other, and the two nodded slightly.
Since the two of them entered Cangzhou, the border trade inside and outside Cangzhou City, and the smuggling merchants have all looked at the two of them, and they need to send money to pass unhindered.
In just three years, the two of them looted hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.
The three of them were raising their glasses to each other, when there was a sudden sound of people screaming and neighing outside, and then a woman's scream came from the first floor of Bichun Garden, without waiting for them to react.
The door of the room was kicked open, and Lu Fei walked in with his right hand pressed on the handle of the knife.
"Captain Lu!" Chai Lingwu and Wei Tongju were both shocked.
The two came back to their senses, and Wei Tong said unhappily: "Captain Lu, why are you here?" What do you mean by that? “
Chai Lingwu was also contemptuous, the two of them were far away in Cangzhou, they didn't know about the changes in Qingzhou at all, and they looked down on Lu Fei and his reckless husband because of their identity as a local clan.
Lu Fei saw the situation in the house, the table was full of delicacies, and the delicate beauty was lying in the arms of the two.
He was already annoyed by Wei Tong's perfunctory construction of the Corps and his refusal to settle the fields, thinking that his soldiers were working hard in the fields and eating only a few bowls of gruel, he was even more angry.
But at this time, he suddenly laughed and said: "Offended, offended, the day before yesterday, I got the order of the King of Qi, so I came to Cangzhou, and when I learned that the two of you were here, I came to announce the order!" ”
Wei Tong saw Lu Fei's smiling face, and felt proud in his heart, no matter how Lu Fei was in the army, he didn't come from a good background, and in the end, it depended on their faces.
He said lightly: "I don't know what His Highness commands?" ”
"Don't dare to command, Your Highness has made meritorious service in guarding Cangzhou for three years, so let me reward the two, and a certain one will be remembered for the two." Lu Fei was still smiling.
Chai Lingwu and Wei Tong glanced at each other and smiled.
When the businessman opposite the two heard this, the corners of their mouths showed a casual sneer, these two people are full of private pockets in Cangzhou, the king of Wei inside, and the barbarians outside, this king of Qi now wants to reward the two, it is really ridiculous, it is not the most useless of the princes.
Lu Fei read at this time: "Cangzhou assassin Shi Chai Lingwu, Cangzhou Governor Wei Tong listens to the order!" ”
Chai Lingwu and Wei Tong stood up, bowed down and said, "The minister is here!" “
"Chai Lingwu, Wei Tong, as the assassin of Cangzhou, did not think about the border, but secretly colluded with businessmen to smuggle war horses, filled his own pockets, and violated the king's army to order Yin Fengyang ......"
Reading this, Chai Lingwu and Wei Tong were shocked, Wei Tong immediately pressed his hand on the handle of the knife on his waist, but the soldiers who followed Lu Fei immediately stepped forward and pressed the two to the ground.
“…… From now on, he will be removed from the post of assassin and governor, and sent to Qingzhou Prison, if there is disobedience, he will be decided! ”
"Lu Fei, you are talking nonsense, I don't believe this is His Highness's order, I want to see His Highness!" Chai Lingwu shouted.
Wei Tong threatened: "Lu Fei, half of this Cangzhou garrison is my Qin family's tribe, if you dare to touch my hair, don't want to get out of Cangzhou City!" ”
As soon as his words fell, there was a neighing of horses downstairs, followed by the noise of soldiers.