Mengzhou.

Some time ago, Zhu Quanzhou, the governor of the Heyang Jiedu in Mengzhou, led the Heyang army of 5,000 to the rescue of Huaizhou, and thought that the Jiedu made the adults personally go out and would expel the Tang army from the country, but he didn't expect that the world was impermanent, and the Heyang army was defeated under the city of Huaizhou, and Zhu Quanzhou himself was also hated in that place that was still relatively unfamiliar to the people of Mengzhou.

After Zhu Quanzhou was killed, the Heyang army was full of generous revenge, and the five commanders who stayed in Mengzhou all shouted that they wanted to fight to Huaizhou, and captured Li Congjing's child alive and executed Ling Chi. This cries continued for a month, but the army did not move, and the uninformed did not know, but the informants did not have time to explain it to the uninformed.

Mengzhou is a piece of fertile land, after the death of Zhu Quanzhou, although there are less than 3,000 people left in the Heyang army, but the foundation and number are still there, the country cannot be without a king for a day, the family cannot be without an owner for a day, who will take over Zhu Quanzhou's position, has become the biggest problem.

According to common sense, if the festival makes the death, the deputy will be replaced, and the deputy will be replaced when the deputy is dead, and so on.

But the problem is that the senior generals of the Heyang Army have all died in Huaizhou, and no one who is staying in Mengzhou can preside over the overall situation. Moreover, this kind of written alternative order has long been useless, and whoever has the right to speak and prestige in the army can take over the envoy of the temperance. It's a pity that the five commanders and one of them are all waiting for him, and they have different opinions, no one is convinced of anyone, and no one is enough for others to obey him, so he didn't come up with a result for a while.

The entanglement of interests and factional struggles involved in this can only be understood by those who are in it.

The turning point occurred not long ago, the imperial court sent Dai Siyuan to lead 20,000 troops to Huaizhou, and the emperor Zhu Youzhen gave a very clear instruction to Mengzhou, and Dai Siyuan concurrently served as the envoy of the Heyang Festival.

This was originally the king's order, but an outsider could be the leader, but the Heyang army was not happy to go up to the capital and down to the soldiers, so several powerful generals were ready to unite with the outside world.

Seeing that Dai Siyuan was about to lead the army to Mengzhou, the Heyang army also got in touch with Dai Siyuan's scouts, but at this time, something happened.

Of the five commanders of the Heyang Army, two suddenly died in one day.

The two commanders who died violently were both dead at home, one with his head cut off and the other with his throat cut. This kind of incident happened before the war, and it immediately caused a shock from all sides, including the Mengzhou Assassin, the local administrator who had no military power, and rushed to the scene of the crime.

Zhu Mansion.

The commander made Zhu Maocai die in bed, and with him, there was also his concubine, two white bodies, lying naked on the bed, blood stained red quilt.

Zhu Maocai is Zhu Quanzhou's nephew, although he has no talent, but he is extremely close to Zhu Quanzhou, after Zhu Quanzhou's death, his call for succession as the envoy of Jiedu is quite high. But at this time, his body was lying upright on the bed, the wound on his throat was not big or small, just fatal, and his eyes were wide with fear, as if he had seen something extremely terrible before he died.

A room was full of people, some were standing, some were sitting, some were angry and some were unhappy, and a few female dependents were crying and messing up.

"That's it!" Du Yu waited for Luo Daming to slap the table in annoyance, "Don't shout, what does it look like if it's a mess?" The top priority is to quickly find out who killed Commander Zhu so as to avenge him! What do you think? ”

Li Youcai, the assassin, touched the beard on his chin, and was not very interested in Luo Daming's attitude, and said indifferently: "What Du Yuhou said is that Commander Zhu is dead, and the murderer will naturally be found out." ”

Luo Daming has a fiery temper, otherwise he wouldn't be the first to get angry, hearing Li Youcai's unclear tone, he was even more annoyed, "The question is how to check!" I, Luo Daming, am a rough man, I can't do this kind of thing, but these things are the things that your yamen should take care of! ”

Li Youcai picked up the tea bowl on the table and took a sip of tea, and sneered, "Check? How to check, I asked just now, no one has ever seen what the murderer looks like! I didn't hear any movement last night, and early this morning, it was the maid who discovered Zhu Maocai. ”

"Then bring the maid over and ask again, if she dares to say that she doesn't know, she will cut her with a knife, and see if she still dares to say clearly!" Luo Da Minghuo is not unreasonable, he is Du Yuhou, and he is the most promising person to inherit the Jiedu envoy, but if such a thing happens, if he can't solve it properly, as the person with the highest military rank in Heyang now, his prestige will definitely be greatly reduced.

"This murderer hasn't been found out yet, what's the matter, Du Yu is going to kill him?" A yin and yang strange voice sounded, "Do you want to kill everyone in this mansion, and then kill me and the others, and you will be happy?" ”

Luo Daming looked at the person who spoke, slapped the case, pointed at the other party's nose and scolded: "Chen Qinglin, what the hell do you mean?!" ”

"What do you mean?!" Being pointed at his nose and scolded, Chen Qinglin also stood up angrily and shouted: "Who here doesn't know what it means? In the army, the generals and soldiers are all under the command of Zhu, and he was originally going to be promoted as the envoy of the festival, but your surname Luo has been making a block from it, what do you think, who doesn't know, don't you just remember the position of the envoy of the festival, and want to sit on it yourself? In the past, only Commander Zhu had the most prestige in the army, but now that he is dead, of course, the one who benefits the most is your surname Luo! ”

"Chen Qinglin!" Luo Daming was furious, rushed to Chen Qinglin in two steps, and slammed a punch in his face, blasting him out, "Dare to slander Lao Tzu, you are so fucking tired and crooked!?" ”

Who can bear this loss among the men in the army, after Chen Qinglin got up, he pulled out his knife and roared at Luo Daming, "Luo Daming, Lao Tzu killed you today to avenge Commander Zhu!" ”

For a while, the sound of swords coming out of the sheath in the room was incessant, and the sergeants outside the room poured in.

"Stop!" A low shout, the voice was not loud, but the momentum was extremely strong, "Jiedu makes the bones not cold, and the murderer who killed Xiao Zhu's command has not been found, so you are going to kill each other?" ”

"Put away the knives for me, go into the house and get out, there's nothing to do with you here!" The middle-aged man who stood up was majestic, and when he spoke, everyone stopped one after another, although there was reluctance, but no one was disobedient.

From this action, it can be seen that he is the most authoritative of this group.

"Tracking down the murderer, but also hard to assassinate Lord Shi, we and other men in the army, do not know this way, I also hope that Lord Assassin Shi will remember the friendship of his comrades, and my Heyang army will thank Lord Shi for his kindness." Huangfu Shao hugged his fist at Li Youcai, the assassin, with a sincere attitude.

"Since General Huangfu said so, this official should do his best." Li Youcai said lightly.

"That's right, thank you." Huangfu thanked him and looked back at the generals, "Xiao Zhu commanded the new funeral, we are grief, and it is understandable that everyone's emotions are difficult to control, but if something big happens for this, it is intolerable." The Yamen is responsible for the pursuit and killing of the murderer, and you and I should take care of the aftermath for Xiao Zhu's command. At present, the army of the imperial court is about to arrive, and the army will send Huaizhou to avenge the festival on the same day, and I hope you will be united. ”

He said this decently, and naturally no one was unconvinced.

The preparations for the funeral were done by themselves, and several commanders had their own military affairs, and they did not stay long before they dispersed.

When they went out, one of the three commanders was scattered, but as they walked, when no one could see anyone, the four of them were divided into three waves.

There were two commanders accompanying him, one of them was Chen Qinglin, the commander who angered Du Yu Hou Luo Daming, and the other was Huangfu Shao. Chen Qinglin smiled and said to Huangfu Shao with a little flattery: "Today, Luo Manzi acted under the anger of the man, everyone saw it, eldest brother, you took care of the overall situation, everyone also saw it clearly, let the brothers spread it well in the past few days, and at least half of the hearts of the people in the whole army will go to the eldest brother." ”

Where is Huang Fu Shao's half-righteous words at this time, and he snorted coldly with a sinister face: "Luo Manzi is brave and unscrupulous, his brain is full of, and he also wants to fight with me?" You sang well today to provoke Luo Manzi. ”

Chen Qinglin said with a sneer: "Is the relationship between the eldest brother and the Lord Thorn Shi properly corrected?" Zhu Maocai's death, framed to Luo Manzi, the key is to rely on Lord Assassin Shi to lead the murderer to him, when there is evidence, Luo Manzi is planted, and no one in the whole army can compete with the eldest brother. ”

"You still want to remind me of such an important matter?" Huangfu Shao sneered.

"Yes, yes, the eldest brother is naturally extremely wise, and he is too talkative to be a younger brother." Chen Qinglin hurriedly admitted his mistake.

"Big brother doesn't blame you, you reminded you right, the saint must have a mistake." Huangfu Shao appeased Chen Qinglin, "What Li Youcai wants to do, as long as he leads the suspicion to Luo Manzi, there is no need for ironclad evidence, there is no difficulty in this matter at all." When the time comes, if you provoke Luo Manzi again, are you afraid that he will not lose his temper? As soon as his brain is hot, he will be out of proportion, and he will be given a trap at random, and he will fall. ”

"The eldest brother is really wise and brave, and the younger brother admires it!" Chen Qinglin gave it a slap.

"Alright, gossip novel, you hurry back to duty." Huang Fu Shao waved his hand.

Chen Qinglin clenched his fists, "Listen to the eldest brother." ”

Chen Qinglin took a few steps, Huang Fu Shao suddenly stopped him, and said with a cold face: "Only you and I know about killing Zhu Maocai, you have to take care of your mouth, if you leak it, don't blame me for being ruthless!" ”

Chen Qinglin's face changed, and he hurriedly promised: "Big brother, don't worry, I will definitely keep my mouth shut!" ”

"Yes, go ahead." Huangfu Shao waved his hand.

Because Chen Qinglin was walking with his back to him, Huangfu Shao didn't see Chen Qinglin's vicious eyes when he left.

After separating from Chen Qinglin, Huangfu Shao went straight home.

When he entered the door, Huang Fu Shao instructed his servants to close the door and thank the guests.

Huang Fu Shao went directly into the study, there are a lot of books in the study, and there is rice paper full of words on the desk, he is a man in the army, but he is not a machine that only knows how to kill, he does not want to climb up all the time, he has the ambition that many people in this era have, so he reads and writes, and pays attention to these.

Before entering the study, Huang Fu Shao ordered that no one should be disturbed without his summons. After closing the door, Huangfu Shao breathed a sigh of relief, and when he turned around, he found that there was already an extra person in the room, with his back to him.

The man said in a clear voice: "General Huangfu, you came back very late!" ”

Huangfu Shao was taken aback, but there was not much Zhang Huang, but he hugged his fists and said, "I've seen Lord Tao." He straightened up and said with a smile: "Lord Tao is still so nowhere when he visits." ”

The man turned around, but it was clearly a woman, her long hair fluttering, purple hair wrapped around her slender body, and her voice did not fluctuate in the slightest, "How are things going?" ”

Huangfu Shao said with a smile: "Lord Tao's subordinates are really powerful, and they were killed with one sword, and no one noticed. This matter should be unaware of the ghosts. Don't worry, if your business is done, my business will naturally be done well. ”