Chapter 682: Into the Tiger's Den

Zhao Yougong has been on the battlefield for a long time, his heart is definitely very incomparable, and his eyes are sharper, Chai Keyan is so smart, just a look, he can already guess what Zhao Yougong is thinking. Murder? It's not terrible at all, and Zhao definitely can do it, but she still walked towards Zhao Yougong little by little, leaning back slightly, her bright eyes were radiant, her pink lips opened slightly, and suddenly became soft, "Zhao Ling, you want to kill me, right?" Giggles, it's okay, just say it, oh, there's something I forgot to tell you, did you see this, it's time to give birth in a month, you say, is he a man or a woman? ”

Zhao Yougong was a little stunned, another month? Didn't the people in the hospital say that there are still two months? Suddenly, Zhao Yougong kind of understood why Chai Keyan was so confident, this child was his Zhao Yougong's, not Zhao Huan's, and only in this way would Chai Keyan be so fearless. Zhao Yougong was thinking, but Chai Keyan wouldn't give Zhao Yougong too much time to think, she squinted her eyes and said to herself, "It's better to be a boy, from now on, when he grows up, what do you like and want, I'll let him grab it, do you think my arrangement is good?" ”

This is Chai Keyan's revenge, she seems to be eager for father and son to kill each other, there is a trace of scarlet in her eyes, Zhao Yougong is inexplicably a little afraid of Chai Keyan, looking at Chai Keyan's smiling face, after a long time, Fang Cai said coldly, "Chai Keyan, you are really fucking crazy, this king only found out today that you are a madman." ”

"Yes, I'm crazy, but it was all forced out by you, Zhao Yougong, are you afraid? Giggle giggle I said it a long time ago. Someday you'll regret it. I'm going to make you kneel before me and beg me."

Moonlight is like water. The scenery is still beautiful, but Zhao Yougong has no intention of appreciating it, no matter how beautiful Chai Keyan is at this time, he has become a devil with an angel face. turned around and walked away quickly, not wanting to see Chai Keyan anymore, because thinking of that crazy face made my heart hurt. Listen to the Rain Pavilion. It's really amazing, this time Tingyu Pavilion won completely, because they cut Zhao Yougong's weakness.

Yelu Chun surrendered, the Great Song Dynasty recaptured the city of Nanjing, a qiΔ“ is so beautiful, but no matter how good things will pass, a month later, the matter of the surrender of the Great Liao Emperor faded. However, for the people of the Great Song Dynasty, the seventh year of Xuanhe was destined to be unstable, and the news of the great victory had not yet completely passed. The people of Jiangnan suffered another ordeal. At that time, Huashigang made the people in the coastal areas of the south of the Yangtze River miserable, and finally broke out the Fangla Uprising. Fang La's rebellion lasted for five years, until Boiling Noodles was killed and Fang La was captured, and the whole uprising was put down. Fang La was killed, and it is not long from now, and the people of Jiangnan have not completely forgotten it, but another flood broke out in Jiangnan.

Last year, in the eyes of drought in various parts of the Great Song Dynasty, but this year it was surprisingly rainy, especially in the south of the Yangtze River, the heavy rain poured in July, this time it was half a month, the rain accumulated, the water level was high, and the civil unrest broke out in the early years, and the riverbed was in disrepair, and the consequences can be imagined.

On July 28, the seventh year of Xuanhe, the embankment of the Xijin River in Xuanzhou was washed away, countless houses were washed down, the flood spread, countless people were drowned, and hundreds of thousands of victims were left homeless. With the Xijin River embankment being washed away, followed by the Dongjin River, only a few days later the Loujiang River embankment located in Suzhou Prefecture was also washed away, the heavy rain did not stop, and the people of Jiangnan were completely suffering. Jiangnan sent a letter of urgency to Bianliang City, and the imperial court had no good way. In August, the heavy rain stopped, but disaster relief became a big problem. Of course, how the situation in Jiangnan is erosive, Zhao Yougong doesn't have to worry, because at least for now, these are Zhao Ji's things. But on the ninth day of the eighth month, a piece of news shocked the entire Bianliang City.

Due to the unfavorable disaster relief of the Xuanzhou prefect, the people's grievances were boiling, and Zhu Qi, a native of Nanling, broke the Nanling County Ya and robbed all the materials, and Zhu Qi made a rebellion, which caused a chain reaction for a while, and the phenomenon of civil unrest also appeared in Jing County, Kunshan, Suzhou, and Taicang one after another, and the entire Jiangnan fell into chaos in the blink of an eye.

Zhao Yougong was a little stunned, because he really didn't expect the situation to change so quickly, and to take a good job of disaster relief, he would lose control so quickly. When the civil unrest broke out, Zhao Yougong's first feeling was that there was a problem, if it wasn't someone who did it on purpose, how could the civil unrest spread so quickly? It's okay to say about Xuanzhou, then Meng Tengxuan, the prefect of Xuanzhou, is indeed corrupt and perverts the law, and it is possible that he deducted Nanling's disaster relief money, but what about Kunshan and Taicang? According to Zhao Yougong's knowledge, before the imperial court order was issued, Suzhou Mansion had already begun disaster relief, why did such a big civil unrest occur?

Xuanzhou is just that, Kunshan and Taicang south of Xiuzhou, if the civil unrest spreads too fast, who dares to guarantee that the chaotic people will not impact the major salt farms in Xiuzhou, and now a large part of the financial resources of the Qin Wangfu come from Xiuzhou and Hangzhou's salt farms, so Zhao Yougong is not in a hurry. In the palace of the king of Chu, Xiao Zhiyun and Zhao Yougong sat on the couch, the two of them curled up their legs, staring at each other with big eyes, "Official, this Jiangnan civil turmoil is very strange, especially in Kunshan and Taicang, I am afraid that the officials will have to go to Suzhou Mansion in person, although Suzhou Mansion is still under the control of His Royal Highness, but that Yiyang Hou is not His Royal Highness's cronies." ”

"Hmm" Zhao Yougong nodded lightly, the imperial court had sealed Yiyang Hou as the Jiangnan East Road disposal envoy, and was fully responsible for quelling the chaos, but this Yiyang Hou Liu Che was the uncle of the fourth sister Zhao Fujin, and the relationship with the Qin Wangfu was very delicate, if he took the opportunity to quell the chaos, it would be easier to do something else.

I don't know how erosive the situation in Jiangnan is, and when Zhao Yougong rushed to Suzhou Mansion, he knew what the entire Suzhou Mansion had become. By mid-August, Kunshan, Taicang, Jiading, and Baoshan had been connected, and the entire rebel army had separated Suzhou and Xiuzhou in half, with hundreds of thousands of rioters. Sitting on the Taishi's chair in distress, Wang Yuyan was obediently busy Zhao Yougong rubbed his temples, "Your Highness, don't worry too much, Fang La's chaos before didn't make it easy for His Highness to deal with, and the current matter is nothing." ”

Zhao Yougong grinned and said secretly, Wang Xiaoniang is still a little naΓ―ve, this time is different from last time, the imperial court is a little looking forward to the chaos in Suzhou, because Suzhou is the territory of the Qin Palace, if you can't do everything to quell the civil unrest. Those who have a heart will take the opportunity to enter Xiuzhou and Hangzhou. The salt works will change hands. Of course, the best way to do this is to forcibly suppress these rebels. But what can really be mastered now is more than 10,000 Suzhou government soldiers, as for the 20,000 troops of Yiyang Hou Liu Che, it is absolutely impossible to count on it, and I don't see that Yiyang Hou has no intention of sending troops south.

And the most important point, Zhao Yougong still hasn't figured out how Suzhou is messing up, and if he wants to take action, he must wait for Tang Miao to bring back the news.

The Suzhou Rebellion, the Jiangnan disaster. What conspiracy is hidden?

At this time, there was a small boat in Taihu Lake, and there were two richly dressed people sitting on the boat, these two people were none other than the two most powerful people in Suzhou Prefecture. Since Fang La was exterminated, Peng Xin has sat firmly in the position of the prefect of Suzhou, and this sitting has been two years. Peng Xin, the prefect of Suzhou, is completely different from the prefect of other prefectures, he is not only in charge of Suzhou, but also in charge of Xiuzhou and Hangzhou, especially the salt works in the area of Hangzhou Bay. In just two years, the people of Jiangnan gave the current Suzhou prefect a nickname. It's called "Peng Daring". has this nickname, just because Peng Xin is cold-faced. We will never be soft on the officials who harm the people, as long as they find evidence, they will be directly sent to the Suzhou Prison. Another reason is that Peng Xin doesn't look at the face of the court at all, just take the taxes of Xiuzhou and Hangzhou Salt Farms as an example, and directly do the accounts himself, but the court sent someone to intervene, and he was immediately forced away by Ma Budu Ning Guoxiao, in short, Xiuzhou and Suzhou are no longer the territory of the imperial court.

In Mantuo Villa, Zhao Yougong was accompanied by Wang Yuyan, walking in the splendid camellias, Mantuo Villa never stayed with men, but His Royal Highness Zhao was an accident, and Mrs. Wang was obviously very satisfied with this son-in-law. As the saying goes, the mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law, and the more she looks at it, the more she likes it, which still makes some sense. Zhao Yougong has really had a hard time in the past two days, things in Suzhou are like a pile of mud, and now the Kunshan area has become a pot of porridge, but there is no clue at all, Xuanzhou is because Zhu Qi picks the head, but Suzhou Mansion is a little strange, there is no warning beforehand.

Ah Zhu walked over a little anxiously and bowed his hand, "Your Highness, Governor Peng and General Ning have arrived, and they are now waiting outside." ”

Mantuo Villa has a rule of not accepting male guests, which everyone in Suzhou Mansion knows, especially after the marriage between Wang Xiaoniang and His Royal Highness Zhao is confirmed, Suzhou officials dare not offend Mantuo Villa. As for His Royal Highness Zhao living in the villa, it is incomparable, but he is half the owner of the Mantuo Villa. Nodding, as Azhu came to the outside of the villa, the environment of Mantuo Villa is elegant, guarding the shore of Tianhu Lake, it is the hottest summer, and it is still refreshing and pleasant here. Ning Guoxiao and Peng Xin are also rarely so idle, finally come to Mantuo Villa, always have to relax, the two sit on the ground, back against a towering banyan tree, the wooden lady on the pier is fishing, wearing a hat, like an old man, but looking at her shaking body from time to time, it is estimated that this fish has not been caught.

Seeing Zhao Yougong coming, Ning Guoxiao and Peng Xin hurriedly got up, took two steps forward and bowed, "See Your Highness!" ”

"Well, it's all here, don't be restrained, let's sit down and talk" Zhao Yougong is not a particular person, sitting cross-legged on the grass, so that the two can talk. A few people chatted about nothing more than what happened in Suzhou Mansion recently, Peng Xin put on a poker face that had not changed for thousands of years, and said with a stern expression, "Speaking of which the civil unrest in Suzhou is also strange, since the flood, Xia Guan has urgently allocated materials to relieve the victims, and the bedding and food alone have been sent twice, but somehow, the civil unrest still happened." Afterwards, the state officials and General Ning's lieutenant also went to Kunshan to investigate, and came to the conclusion that the grain was gone. ”

"Missing the food?" Zhao Yougong wanted to laugh when he heard it, how could this be possible, a large amount of grain was transported to Kunshan, and it must be guarded by the army, how could it be gone? If it were someone else, he would have laughed out loud, but Zhao Yougong didn't laugh, Peng Xin and Ning Guoxiao didn't dare to cheat on this kind of thing even if they had the audacity, because Tang Miao would definitely be able to find out these things clearly, and besides, Peng Xin and Ning Guoxiao had no reason to do so, Suzhou Mansion was in trouble, and the first unlucky ones were the two of them. Zhao Yougong frowned, one hand kept touching his chin, "What the hell is going on?" Is it that the local officials in Kunshan are cheating and enriching their own pockets? ”

Ning Guoxiao shook his head directly, "Your Highness, this possibility is not great, after the incident, the last general sent troops to control Cao Renguang, the magistrate of Kunshan, and Bai Qingsong, the county magistrate, after strict interrogation, these two people wanted to die, and they were sure that they watched the grain enter the warehouse with their own eyes." But somehow it was gone. ”

Zhao Yougong felt that it was impossible. How can good food disappear? It seems that there is a lot of strange in this. After explaining some things to the two of them, Zhao Yougong returned to Mantuo Villa, before the matter has a clue, he will not act rashly, if the matter of Hengwangfu has taught him any lesson, that is, he must be careful, and he must not be blindly confident. If it weren't for blind self-confidence, Chai Keyan would not have fallen to Zhao Ji. The fourth sister is even more unlikely to become what she is now, and there are enough lessons, so you must be cautious this time, who knows what traps are hidden under this kind of puzzle?

Another day passed, and finally waited for Tang Miao, at this time, Tang Miao's body was dirty and messy, looking like a dusty servant, and he didn't have time to freshen up, so he made a report to Zhao Yougong, "Your Highness." The matter in Kunshan has now been ascertained, and it was Hou Fangyi, a native of Wu County, and Meng Zexu, a native of Taicang, who caused the rebellion. The reason for the rebellion was that there were no porridge shops in Taicang and Kunshan, and the people were homeless and unable to live. Ling's subordinates specially investigated the Kunshan grain depot, and there was indeed no grain except for empty grain bags. ”

There are grain bags without food, this thing is really strange, now the situation is chaotic, the best way is to do your best to transfer another batch of grain, but Suzhou Mansion does not have much grain, directly from Suzhou Mansion is no play, from Bianliang Tune, that is also far from water can not quench the thirst, so the most fundamental way is to find those disappeared food. Sitting in the chair, Zhao Yougong frowned and pondered, he was thinking about what was the ultimate goal if there was a conspiracy at this time? It must be to disrupt the Suzhou Mansion, so it is better to profit from it, so the most correct way is not to rush to suppress the bandits, but to pacify, but now that there is no food, how can these mobs be appeased? After thinking for a long time, Zhao Yougong slowly sighed, "Give Ning Guoxiao and Yang Zaixing an order, all soldiers and horses should withdraw from Taicang and garrison Wu County and Qinglong Town, and this king will personally go to Taicang." ”

As soon as Zhao Yougong's words came out, Tang Miaoke was really startled, the rebellion in Suzhou, the strictest thing was Taicang, that Meng Zexu and Hou Fangyi gathered nearly 10,000 young people to occupy Taicang, His Royal Highness personally went to Taicang, isn't this an adventure? Worried in his heart, Tang Miao hurriedly took a step back, bowed down and said hurriedly, "Your Highness, this matter must not be, how can that reckless person worthy of His Highness's daughter?" ”

"Tang Miao, do you think there is a better way than for this king to go to Taicang in person?" After Zhao Yougong said this, Tang Miao was silent, because what Zhao Yougong said was the truth, you can not go to Taicang, but there must be food, but how to find the disappeared food for a while? If there is no food, you have to appease first, otherwise you can only meet each other with soldiers, and Zhao Yougong is naturally not afraid, but what is the benefit of ruling Suzhou Mansion by doing so?

Tang Miao couldn't think of any good way for a while, and in desperation, he could only acquiesce to Zhao Yougong's idea. On August 19, Zhao Yougong left Suzhou Mansion and went directly to Taicang, Taicang County is pillow on the Loujiang River, close to Wu County and Kunshan, in Suzhou Prefecture, Taicang is also a beautiful place, but now Taicang is not beautiful at all, there are collapsed houses and crops everywhere, and the corpses left after the flood can be seen everywhere on the country road. Hey, this heavy rain is too miserable, it's a good thing that it rains in the south of the Yangtze River, but too much rain is also a disaster, Zhao Yougong doesn't blame these people, they don't have anything to eat, what else can they do except rebel, what should they hate are those villains who take away the food.

Meng Zexu is a man in his forties, he was originally a fisherman in Loujiang, but he was quite prestigious in the local area, but unfortunately when the flood came, Meng Zexu's home was washed down, and then two of the three children starved to death, there was no way, Meng Zexu robbed the Taicang treasury. There are some things that have been done and there is no turning back, and Meng Zexu is full of prestige, coupled with his righteousness, there are countless responders in a short period of time. Meng Zexu has a pair of thick thick eyebrows, at this time he touched his eyebrows with his right hand, his face was bitter, although he took a batch of grain from the Taicang Treasury, how long could it last? It's only been two days, and the bottom has already been reached, and if they don't find a way to get some food, the leaders will have to complain a lot.

To be honest, Meng Zexu was forced to be helpless when he took this step, he didn't want to be this so-called big boss at all, in his opinion, being a big boss is to make a living for everyone, and the pressure is simply sky-high.

A strong man hurriedly ran in, and looked at his happy face, as if he had picked up eight million, "Brother, there is a little white face outside, saying that I have something important to do with you!" ”

Meng Zexu was annoyed, and he didn't want to wave his hand and say angrily, "What little white face?" Does Lao Tzu know the little white face, and there is something important? Eighty percent came to rub food again, so hurry up and leave. ”

"Hey, brother, you misunderstood, this time that little white face didn't come to rub rice, he said that he was sending us food!" After the strong man finished speaking, Meng Zexu, who still had a disdainful face, stood up suddenly, "You old five, why didn't you say it earlier?" ”

The strong man called Lao Wu felt particularly aggrieved, what is this called, he wanted to talk about it, but you didn't seem to want to hear it. As Meng Zexu nodded, soon the so-called little white face was led into the hall, Meng Zexu stared at the visitor twice, and suddenly fainted, it was really a little white face, not only a little white face, but also three. Meng Zexu looked at it for a long time, but he didn't see anything, he hesitated and arched his hand, "Brother, do we know each other?" ”

"Leader Meng laughed, we have never met before, how can we meet? But I didn't know it before, it doesn't mean I won't know it in the future, I have heard the name of the leader for a long time, and I admire it very much" Zhao Yougong arched his hand and smiled heartily.

Meng Zexu is an anxious man, he doesn't know how to drop his book bag, and after sitting down, he asked anxiously, "Brother, I don't know what your name is, what your identity is, can you really get food for my brother?" ”

"Of course" Zhao Yougong nodded, and said very calmly, "Don't hide it from the leader, what about me, surnamed Zhao, now I am the king of Qin, and I am in charge of a place in Guanzhong, I wonder if the leader of Meng has heard of it?" ”

Qin King Zhao Yougong? Although Meng Zexu doesn't know much, can he still not know the name of Zhao Yougong, the king of Qin? He stared at Zhao Yougong, almost didn't bare out his eyes, and after a while, he suddenly leaned back and laughed, "Little brother, you are here to find someone to have fun, Zhao Yougong, King of Qin, he dares to come here, if he dares to come, someone will be the first to chop him!" ”

Meng Zexu laughed arrogantly, and even the people next to him laughed. Mu Wanqing and Hu Sanniang, who came with Zhao Yougong, saw this situation, and immediately raised their eyebrows, and they wanted to get up and scold, but they were stopped by Zhao Yougong. Zhao Yougong sat like a mountain, his face was calm as usual, he looked at Meng Zexu with a smile, and he didn't mean to be angry at all.

Gradually, Meng Zexu felt that something was wrong, he didn't know much, but he could still see that the young man in front of him was unusual, because this person was extraordinary and calm, could it be that he was really Zhao Yougong, the king of Qin? But how is this possible?

"Little brother, who the hell are you?"

"If you don't change your name, you won't change your surname, Zhao Yougong is the name of this king, what's the matter, the leader still has doubts?" As she spoke, Hu Sanniang next to her took out a token, with a few golden characters engraved on it, "King Qin's Order"!

Is it really Zhao Yougong? Meng Zexu couldn't laugh anymore, and then his expression turned cold, he slapped the table, almost jumped up, and picked up the machete on the table, "Zhao Yougong? Hmph, Lao Tzu doesn't care if you are real or fake, since you dare to send it to the door, Lao Tzu has to cut you, if it weren't for you gang of scum in the court, why would I wait for the people of Taicang to be like this? ”

Zhao Yougong was not nervous, but replied lightly, "Leader Meng, it's easy for you to kill this king, but if you kill this king, you won't get a grain of food." And do you think this king is so easy to kill? ”

"Hmph, this can't help you, today Lao Tzu will let you taste the advantages of this knife" Meng Zexu hated all the officials in Suzhou Mansion, not to mention Zhao Yougong, the king of Qin, he held the knife and really cut down, this knife is fast and heavy, if it hits the body, it must not be split in half immediately, Zhao Yougong is not in a hurry, his body is on one side, and then the afterimage flashes, Meng Zexu only felt a flower in front of him, and then his wrist was sore, and his arm couldn't go down, not to say, even the machete was gone. (To be continued......)