In the inner room, in addition to Li Ding, the Tu brothers and others, there were also young masters, Zichang, Pang Xing, etc. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Hearing the young master's question, everyone turned their heads in unison, and all looked at Li Ding, who was the first to arrive at the scene, and saw that this originally articulate man was also a little nervous.

However, after a slight pause, he said in an orderly manner.

"The king, the little one thought that it was not Ning Yue's doing, because when Ning Yue stopped the small one, his person did not have any abnormal reaction, in the small one's opinion, if he really killed the lord, he would definitely not be able to stand here as usual, and if he stopped the little one and killed Zhou Gong, it didn't make sense, because after he went in, the small one heard a shout, and then soon the small one broke in, and he didn't have time at all, and when the little one went in, Ning Yue didn't have any weapons on his body, and there was no one on the ground, And the blood around Zhou Gong was about to dry up, so the little one thought that Zhou Gong had been dead for at least an hour at that time. The young master was offended. ”

After finishing speaking, Li Ding also arched his hand at the young master, obviously afraid that his words would top the young master, but the young master naturally had no opinion, even including the king, because of Li Ding's clear thinking and understanding of etiquette.

But who killed Zhou Gong? And the crowd began to talk again. Zhou Bian looked at the scene carefully, first of all, there was no murder weapon present, and secondly, the windows and doors of the whole house were wide open, and the weather was dry at present, leaving no footprints at all, again, Zhou Gong's residence was guarded all around, and Li Ding said that it was late at night and the guards were strict, so it seemed that it must be the ghost inside, thinking of this, Zhou Bian's heart moved, and he called the guards on duty that night, fortunately, Li Ding broke in and controlled the capital. After the interrogation one by one, everyone had eyebrows, it turned out that there was a small temple man after nightfall, and his identity was the little eunuch of the later generations, serving Zhou Gong to sleep, Zhou Gong was not a good woman, so most of the inner servants were temple people, and they naturally took them with them when they went on the expedition. Before the accident, the little temple man also left first under the pretext that Zhou Gong wanted to drink water, but he never came back, until Ning Yue screamed miserably after entering. From this point of view, Zhou Gong was actually killed by a close small temple person, and everyone was stunned, but they fell into another doubt, who instructed this small temple person? It's a pity that there was a big chaos in the army at this time, and the people of the small temple were afraid that they had already fled without a trace.

However, this is not the most important thing at the moment, everyone has just tossed in the inner room for a long time, and when they started to act, the Zhou Gong military camp was in chaos, and now it has reached the time of Yin, that is, around four o'clock in the future, about the dawn of the day, Zhou Bian saw that now the development of things has been completely according to his own plan, it is time to give further orders to restrain the remnants of Zhou Gong's army and control Gongyi City. So Zhou Bian spoke, pulled everyone out of their contemplation, and arranged them one by one, and everyone hurried out after receiving the order.

The Tu brothers were originally from the Luoyang army, so the two of them went to gather the remnants of Luoyang, and Li Ding was from Gongyi, so he went to gather the generals of the Gongyi army to serve the king, and then cleaned up the Gongyi atlas and account books to dedicate to the king, Zichang led the recruits to maintain order in Gongyi and control the whole city, and Pang Xing led the veterans of the Imperial Forest Army to guard the king, and then raised his spirit in order to enter Luoyang in the future.

After sending everyone away, the inner room suddenly became empty, only Zhou Mi and a few guards remained, looking at the dead body, Zhou Bian only felt depressed, thinking that this was still the close prince of the royal family after all, Zhou Bian sighed in his heart, although he couldn't bear it, he just wanted to get Luoyang, and didn't want your life, but he was still stabbed first? After ordering his subordinates to bury Zhou Gong's body, Zhou Bian also left the inner room and came to the front hall.

After sitting in the front hall for a while, when the east was already white, I suddenly heard hurried footsteps outside the door, and when I looked up, the person who came in was Fan Yu. I saw Fan Yu bowing his head, "King, a certain soldier walked around this city, looking for someone and asked, no one knew where Ning Yue was, even General Long didn't say where it was, but a few people said that they heard someone shouting that General Long had fled back to Luoyang first, and some people said that they saw Ning Yue change his clothes and also escaped." It's really frustrating, and I actually let these two people slip away. ”

Zhou Bian didn't know how many times he had seen this Fan Yu's dejected appearance, and when things were not done well in the past, he was also like this. Zhou Bian couldn't help but explain, "It's good that this matter can get to this point." But you, don't be so mindful, it's not a task that you have to complete, this king knows it, and you don't have to suffer too much. ”

"Okay, I'll pay attention to it later. However, that guy will definitely not be able to escape far, and in Luoyang City, he will definitely find it. Fan Yu said fiercely, obviously still remembering it in his heart and couldn't put it down.

Zhou Bian smiled but didn't persuade anymore, everyone has their own character flaws, but as long as it doesn't affect the overall situation, Zhou Bian naturally won't care too much.

Seeing that time passed moment by moment, and the east side had gradually become brighter, Zhou Bian couldn't help yawning a few times, and he hadn't slept all night, this young body was really a little pinched. But I feel excited when I think about it, although there was a small episode of an assassination attempt, but now the plan has been successfully completed for more than half of the time, Zhou Gongchao does not know who was killed, and Zhou Gongzi has also been controlled by Bai Gui, General Long's whereabouts are unknown, but Long Gongzi is also under Bai Gui's control, that is, he ran a resourceful Ning Yue, but it is expected that he will not be able to make any waves. Zhou Bian's heart was also much quieter, and now he only had to wait quietly for the generals sent out to successfully complete the task.

Shortly after dawn, when they drank the broth made by the cooks who had not escaped from the courtyard, the people who had been sent out earlier came back one by one to report. The first to come back was the Tu brothers, but the news brought back made Zhou Bian look uneasy, he didn't think that overnight, almost all the Luoyang soldiers who stayed in Gongyi City were injured, about nearly a thousand people, and more than 100 dead, but after thinking about it, he understood that those who were not injured had already run back from the West Gate, but even so, the total number of minor and serious injuries left in the city was nearly 1,000 people who made Zhou Bian sigh, it seems that the army's ability to deal with emergencies needs to be strengthened urgently. I had no choice but to order the Tu brothers to temporarily take charge of 500 people, comfort the wounded, and order the whole army to recuperate in Gongyi City, and at the same time inform the whole army that the situation in Luoyang is stable and there is no need to worry.

But then Li Dingze brought good news, now that Zhou Gong has passed away, the original generals of Gongyi were nervous all night, and suddenly heard the king's recruitment, so they came to Cheng one after another, it was really a day and a night, Gongyi has changed the master twice, looking at the dozen men kneeling in this hall, Zhou Bian couldn't help but think of the proverb, laugh to the end, is the best laugh.

After Li Ding led everyone to pay homage, a discordant voice suddenly sounded, "The king, there is injustice in my heart, and it is not that I don't want to serve the king first, but Li Ding's guy coaxed him with good words, so he worshiped under the command of the late Zhou Gong yesterday." Unexpectedly, Li Ding had already served the king, but he was not strict with us, and he made us change hands three times in one day, which is really ashamed! ”

Everyone looked back, and it turned out to be the words of a thin old man.

Zhou Bian couldn't help but be stunned, it seemed that he really ignored the feelings of these people, and then looked at Li Ding, but saw that he was not ashamed, and his heart suddenly felt unhappy, but after thinking about it, he still said, "This plan is set up by this king, and this king will not blame you for this, you can rest assured." ”

"It's not that I have any complaints about the king, but I'm angry at Li Ding's guy and deceived me, it's shameful to think about it." The old man continued to shout.

Li Ding couldn't be silent any longer, and after arching his hand to the king, he turned to the old man and said, "It's not that I want to deceive you, but the king's plan is subtle, and I don't know if you are as sincere as I am to serve my king, so I don't dare to take risks." Besides, if you really sincerely throw yourself to the king, why are you moved by me, why are you not moved by what I say, like Wang and Fei, and insist on serving the king yesterday? ”

This Wang Yu Fei is the only one in Gongyi, and after Zhou Bian entered the city, he joined the king's centurion, but because of the big incident last night, he did not follow the king, and at this time, he happened to be crowded among the crowd to pay homage to the king, and suddenly heard Li Ding talk about himself, and he knelt down and kowtowed in a hurry.

The old man was stunned for a moment, but then reacted to Li Ding's words, his old face turned red, and he looked at Wang Yufei, who was kneeling on the ground cautiously, and Li Ding, who seemed to have a look on his face, and suddenly shouted, "A certain is not as firm as the heart of the Wang family's boy, and he was deceived by Li Ding's gang, so that in one day and one night, he changed hands three times, what face does the old man have to see the world again." ”

Saying that without waiting for everyone to react, he rushed to the pillar next to him, and everyone in panic was at a loss, when Zhou Bian just shouted the words "stop him", he only heard a bang, and the old man had hit the pillar hard, so that the whole hall seemed to be shaking. Then the old man's body softened, and he slipped down the pillar, and the blood on his forehead rubbed a long mark on the pillar.

It wasn't until the old man's body collapsed to the ground that the nearest guard reacted, hurriedly stepped forward to take a look, but shook his head, and ran to Zhou Bian to report that this person was dead.

Zhou Bian's body couldn't help but weaken, and he knelt on the ground, he didn't expect this person to be so extreme-minded, it was really undesirable. Sighing, seeing that there were astonished Gongyi officers or nobles below the hall, Zhou Bian took a deep breath and said, "Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, the shore of the land, and the king's ministers." You were born to be the king's servants, so why did you say that you changed hands? This king will not investigate what you have done before, but from now on, as long as you do things for this king wholeheartedly, you will be a loyal and good son. Do you all understand? ”

Everyone hurriedly fell to their knees and shouted "Long live".

"As for the old man who died, this king does not make a final judgment on whether his behavior is good or bad, but because of his self-esteem, you can refer to the doctor's gift to bury him thickly, and choose his descendants to inherit his title." Zhou Bian said.

And they all called for their commandment.

"As for the centurion king Yu Fei, this king feels that he took the lead in taking refuge, and he is specially promoted to the commander of a thousand soldiers, in charge of Gongyi's original soldiers and horses, and guarding Gongyi for this king, what do you think?" Zhou Bian had already thought about this, and he chose this time to say it.

Except for Li Ding, the rest of the people in the hall have no opinions, after all, Li Ding has coaxed everyone, so everyone accepts Wang Yufei more from the heart, so everyone nodded and said that Wang was wise. The panicked Wang Yufei waved his hand again and again, but was stopped by Zhou Bian with a smile, "General Wang doesn't have to shirk, he is just in charge of the military, as for the political affairs of Gongyi, this king will send someone else to take over later." ”

Seeing Li Ding's disappointed look among the crowd, Zhou Bian smiled and said, "Now I'm not afraid that everyone will know that Duke Zhou has passed away, and this king will soon enter Luoyang." Li Ding, can you lead the army and horses of your headquarters into Luoyang City with this king? ”

Staying in the remote Gongyi, how can he live in the prosperous Luoyang, and follow the king's side, Li Ding was suddenly overjoyed and couldn't stop kowtowing.

Immediately afterwards, several old men presented the Gongyi atlas that was snatched away by Zhou Gong earlier, and here, it can be regarded as Zhou Bian really owning Gongyi. Zhou Bian unfolded this atlas and looked at it carefully, but he didn't think that this boy's class had made a detailed inventory in Gongyi, Gongyi had a total population of 40,000, which was about the same as Chengzhou, and the most surprising thing for Zhou Bian was that Gongyi's grain output was far higher than that of Chengzhou. But then I thought of something, before the Gongzi class, the Taibao clan had controlled Gongyi for hundreds of years, and with the abundance of grain in Gongyi, why did he not find a huge amount of property when he copied Shan's home? This is a mystery, and it seems that you will only know if you catch the retainers or princes of the Shan family who have fled abroad.

After spending a morning to completely stabilize the situation in Gongyi, Ling Tu led the wounded soldiers in Luoyang to recuperate in Gongyi first, and after explaining various matters to Wang Yufei, after lunch, Zhou Bian led 600 Wang Shi and more than 200 people under the command of Li Ding, who had newly invested, and went eastward.