"Count it!" He Renlong waved his hand affectionately: "My nephew and uncle still can't believe it?" If you do it well, a thief is a thief, and if you are a thief for a day, you will be a thief for a lifetime, and you should still kill it cleanly. As soon as Lord Hong comes, Uncle will ask for credit for you, and this time I will at least ensure that you are a guerrilla. “

"Hey, thank you, uncle!" He Guocheng's smiling face bloomed: "Uncle, this time you have made such a great contribution to Lord Hong, let alone you should be a general and lead the way alone, right?" “

"Hahaha!" He Renlong laughed: "General? Lao Tzu has taken on such a big role for them, just a general wants to send Lao Tzu away? Pipe dream! “

"That's the deputy chief soldier and the chief soldier up there!" He Guocheng showed a look of disbelief on his face: "Uncle, you can achieve this position at such a young age, that is the glory of the ancestor!" “

"Something I didn't see!" He Renlong sneered: "You think I'm doing this for Lord Hong?" ”

"Who else is not Lord Hong?" He Guocheng asked: "If Yang Zhijun falls, and he is familiar with the military affairs in the northwest, he will be able to take over immediately, and it will be Lord Hong, who can be promoted to your official if it is not him?" ”

"How can the affairs of the imperial court be so simple, even if Yang Zhijun falls, it may not be that the imperial court will let Lord Hong take over as the governor of the three sides? If he can't be the governor of the three sides, then won't your uncle and I all work in vain? ”

"That's the person who is bigger than Lord Hong." He Guocheng pondered for a while and asked, "Could it be the minister in the cabinet?" “

"Hmph. The old man is the prime minister today, but he may not be the prime minister tomorrow, and besides, Yang Zhijun is doing a good job in the northwest, why do you have to spend so much effort to get him down? Yang Zhijun also has people in the DPRK. ”

"Who else could it be? It can't be the Son of Heaven, right? “

"Of course the Son of Heaven is not, but there are people around the Son of Heaven!" He Renlong laughed: "Think about it, the Son of Heaven lives in the Forbidden City, and he doesn't have clairvoyance and ears, how do you know about things outside?" It's not all about what others told him. It is very easy for these people to make someone an official or who they don't want to be an official, as long as they say a few words casually in front of the Son of Heaven. Yang Zhijun offended them. I don't even know how I died. “

When He Guocheng heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised and happy, surprised that He Renlong's matter involved so many high-powered figures, and rejoiced that since He Renlong had taken this high branch, his nephew must have benefited a lot.

"Then the nephew wishes my uncle and the prince all generations, and the country will die together!"

"Well said, well said!"

Just as He Renlong was smiling happily, a personal soldier outside walked in quickly and whispered a few words in He Renlong's ear, and the smile on He Renlong's face immediately disappeared. There was a hint of panic.

"How many people did he bring?"

"Tell my lord, then Zhao Wende only brought two entourages and five or six guards, and there are no others."

"So little?" He Renlong pondered for a while and said, "When you lead him in, walk slowly, I have to prepare here for a while." “

"Yes, sir!"

After the soldier withdrew, He Renlong stood up and paced back and forth in the room. The expression on his face changed, and He Guocheng was surprised to find that the uncle who was arrogant and arrogant on weekdays was gone, and now He Renlong looked frightened. Even a little timid. Who is that Zhao Wende? can have such a big impact on my uncle.

"Uncle, who is here, why are you so troubled?"

"Oh, that Zhao Wende who came here is Yang Zhijun's staff. At this juncture, he must have come on behalf of Yang Zhijun. ”

"What's so terrible about a big turban? If my uncle allows it. The nephew gave him a dismount, so that he could kill his majesty. ”

"Oh?" He Renlong was stunned when he heard this, it was also strange to say, he also considered the consequences before he started, and felt that as long as he didn't throw himself into the tiger's mouth and always stayed with his army, Yang He would take that he didn't have a way, after all, Yang He couldn't transfer troops to fight. But when it came to the end, the prestige of civil officials over the years still made He Renlong involuntarily afraid. He gritted his teeth and nodded, "It's okay, I'll let you dispose of it!" ”

"Yes!" He Guocheng answered, and walked out excitedly, in his opinion, this is an excellent opportunity to show his talent to He Renlong, after all, there are dozens of sons and nephews of the He family under He Renlong, and it is not easy to get ahead.

"Lord Zhao, please follow the end of the future, Lord He is waiting for you!" He Guocheng's upper body leaned forward slightly, and he stretched out his right hand to make an inviting gesture.

According to the difference in the identities of the two sides, He Renlong should have personally dismounted outside the gate to greet him, but now he just sent a subordinate to greet him, obviously He Renlong must have something to do, Zhao Wende couldn't help but secretly congratulate himself that he had already been wary of going to Liu Cheng first. He didn't bother to be in danger with He Renlong's men at this time, and snorted coldly: "Lead the way!" ”

He Guocheng responded, and then took a few steps forward and walked towards the village, he consciously wanted to boast to Zhao Wende about He Renlong's martial arts, and pointed out the bullet marks, blood stains, and fire traces left on the houses on the side of the road along the way, but Zhao Wende looked cold and did not speak, as if he had not heard He Guocheng's words at all. Seeing Zhao Wende like this, He Guocheng couldn't help but become more and more annoyed in his heart, and scolded in his stomach: "Okay, you are a sour scholar, I will make you look good later!" “

The group walked through an alley, and suddenly there was a strong fishy smell in front of them, and Zhao Wende instinctively covered his nose with his sleeve, with a look of disgust on his face. He Guocheng triumphantly pointed to the heads hanging on both sides of the road: "Lord Zhao, my family has broken several anti-thieves in the past two days, and the seized weapons and armor are not counted, these are the heads that have been cut off!" ”

Looking at those heads whose skin had turned blue-black and described as terrifying, Zhao Wende's face suddenly turned pale, but he did not vomit or coma as He Guocheng hoped, but forcibly held back the disgust in his chest, walked forward and looked at them one by one, and suddenly he stopped, pointed to several of them, and shouted: "Xia Han has no beard, there are holes at the root of the ears, this is clearly the head of a woman, how did he become the head of a traitor?" And this, this, this, it's clearly the heads of children and old people, you are obviously killing good and risking merit, I'll definitely ask Lord He later, how do he know how to deal with these things? ”

"This—." He Guocheng was immediately embarrassed, he naturally knew about his subordinates killing good people and risking their merits, but Shangguan has always turned a blind eye to this kind of thing, but he didn't expect his subordinates to play big this time, and he actually let this official catch the handle. But without his uncle's reply, he couldn't tear his face, so he had to kneel down and kowtow in embarrassment: "This is all the negligence of the lower officials, I will definitely investigate it carefully and punish it severely!" ”

Zhao Wende snorted coldly, didn't speak, and walked straight forward, He Guocheng had to get up, followed closely, and kept saying good things, the idea in his chest to give Zhao Wende a good look had already been thrown to Java. Zhao Wende also ignored it. Straight into the line, He Renlong hurriedly stood up and said with a smile: "Lord Zhao, don't come to harm?" ”

"He Renlong!" Zhao Wende didn't bother to be polite to the other party: "You immediately handed over the military power, follow me to see Yang Zhijun!" ”

He Renlong didn't expect Zhao Wende to be so direct, and he was a little at a loss for a while: "Lord Zhao, where did you start, I am a four-rank guerrilla appointed by the imperial court, and I can't just leave the soldiers and go to Guyuan with you with your words, right?" “

"Four-grade guerrilla?" Zhao Wende sneered. took out a document from his bosom and threw it over: "You are no longer now, you attacked and killed your colleagues, destroyed the overall situation of Zhaofu, and Yang Zhijun has been exempted from your dispatch." Let you follow me to Guyuan to listen to the inquiry. “

"You mean that God is one and not mud? Wherever these two people went, they extorted places, bullied the gentry, conspired with soldiers, and had a heart of disobedience. I'm here to eliminate harm to the court! He Renlong defended: "If Lord Zhao doesn't believe it. I have dozens of gentry here, please forward them to Yang Zhijun for me! Speaking of this, He Renlong picked up a thick stack of papers from the bookcase. Handed it over. Zhao Wende didn't look at it, he knocked it to the ground with a flick of his sleeve, and sneered: "I'll ask you, do you go or not?" “

He Renlong was not annoyed, and argued with a smile: "Lord Zhao, the poison of the thieves in this area has not been cleared at the moment, if I go to Guyuan with you, there will be no one in the army to lead it!" It's better like this, you wait for me for a few days, and after I stabilize this area and ask Lord Hong to send someone to act as an agent, I should go to Guyuan with Lord Zhao, and if I want to kill or chop up, I will be disposed of! “

Zhao Wende looked at He Renlong, and suddenly laughed, he pointed at He Renlong's nose and scolded: "He Renlong, He Renlong, I underestimated you in the past, I didn't expect that in addition to your wolf's heart and dog lungs, you also have a cheeky skin that can't be inserted with a needle and can't be cut with a knife." Let me tell you that he is crazy, don't think that you can save your life if you take refuge in Hong Chengchou, Skynet will be restored and not leaked, sooner or later someone will clean up your unrighteous villain! ”

He Renlong was scolded by Zhao Wende, but his face did not change color, he stretched out his hand to stop He Guocheng, who wanted to rush up and grab Zhao Wende, and said in a deep voice: "Lord Zhao is a little tired, you ask Lord Zhao to go down to rest, you have to live and serve, if there is a half-point difference, military law will be engaged!" ”

"Yes!" He Guocheng responded, walked to Zhao Wende's side, bowed and said, "Lord Zhao, please don't embarrass the villain!" Zhao Wende sneered, turned around and went with He Guocheng. Soon after, He Guocheng returned to the hall, and He Renlong asked, "How?" ”

"Tell my uncle, when that Lord Zhao arrives at the residence, he will eat when he sits down, and sleep when he lies down."

"What's so special about your look?"

"There's nothing out of the ordinary, just very little talking."

Hearing this, He Renlong's face showed admiration: "What a Zhao Wende, I didn't expect Yang He to have such a wise and brave person." “

"Wisdom and bravery? Where does this begin? He Guocheng asked with some puzzlement.

"If you think about it, it's not uncommon for people to scold in anger or fight to the death, but it's difficult to calm down and face danger without changing color. That Zhao Wende also scolded me just now, and now he is my prisoner, and he can still do it as usual, and his kung fu to nourish his qi is really good. “

"Uncle said yes, but no matter how powerful the surnamed Zhao is, he is also a defeated soldier under his uncle." He Guocheng patted He Renlong's ass.

"Hehe, no matter how powerful a person is, can he be so badly outdated? If the times are not good, everything is in vain, so the most important thing in being a person is to know the current affairs. He Renlong sneered: "After you go down, restrain the soldiers well, don't provoke any moths for Lao Tzu at this juncture, tell those rabbit cubs, wait until this matter is over, Lao Tzu will let them go on vacation for three days, and they can toss as they want!" “

"Yes!"

In the evening of the day when He Renlong dealt with Zhao Wende, among the many ravines in the southeast of Ansai County, a bare locust tree stood on the top of the hill between a few large stones, and a small group of undressed cavalry stood silently, this group of cavalry was only about thirty or fifty people, judging from their messy clothes and the scars on their bodies, they should have experienced a fierce battle not long ago.

"Brother Flag! The officers and soldiers didn't catch up, they should have gone back to their kennels! A young man said to the man at the head, it was a burly man, broad shoulders and thick chest like the king or wrestler statue in the Longmen Grottoes, a face with thick eyebrows and big eyes, sideburns and messy hair together, giving people a savage but vigorous feeling. He did not answer his subordinates' words, but continued to stare in the northwest direction for a while, listened to the wind for a while, and finally said angrily: "Well, everyone will rest, loosen the belly belt for Ma Song, and feed him, but he is not allowed to get off the saddle." ”

"Yes, Brother Flag!"

This burly man who is called "Brother Shaking the Flag" by everyone is called Hao Shaoqi, his real name is unknown, because of his bravery, he served as the standard-bearer after joining the peasant army, and he took the lead every time before the battle, regardless of life and death, so he was called Hao Shaoqi by his companions. After He Renlong attacked and killed Shen Yikui and did not stick to the mud, the rest of the scattered peasant troops who were recruited were defeated and eliminated by He Renlong because they were caught off guard and did not have a unified command. And the leader of the part where Hao Shaoqi was located was also killed by the official army, and he himself relied on his own bravery to fight his way out of the encirclement, and finally got rid of the pursuit of the officers and soldiers.

After placing his subordinates, Hao Shaoqi walked to the locust tree and sat down to rest, he was not iron-clad, after several hard battles and long-distance gallops, the whole person was already tired to death, but he held on to it in one breath before, and now he fell asleep immediately. In order to expand their horizons, Hao Shaoqi chose the hill on which the terrain was very high, and a gust of northwest wind blew, which was extremely cold. Hao Shaoqi's heat turned into ice on his thick beard, and most of the soldiers around him were thinly dressed, dirty and torn, and most of their clothes, especially their sleeves, were stained with dried blood, some of them were their own, and more were splashed from the enemy. In order to resist the cold, some people hugged their arms and shrunk their necks into their collars as much as possible, while others staggered and fell asleep in a hazy way, and suddenly slammed into the arms, and the weapons on their waists made a crisp collision sound. Hao Shaoqi woke up in shock and jumped up from the ground. (To be continued.) )