"Okay, we'll meet at the north gate and greet Lord Hong together." Qu Duan said with a smile.

"You immediately call someone to find Hao Shaoqi!" As soon as he walked out of the county office, Liu Chengcheng shouted to Wang Xingguo, who was accompanying him.

"Yes, sir!" Wang Xingguo answered, and was about to turn around to give an order, but was stopped by Liu Cheng: "Remember to let him put on his armor." “

"Yes, sir!" Wang Xingguo looked at Liu Cheng with some surprise, but didn't say anything.

In the dressing room, two servants were helping Liu Cheng put on his armor, on the surface, his expression was quite calm, but if it was someone who was more familiar with Liu Cheng next to him, he would see from the corners of his eyes that were constantly twitching and his slightly trembling fingertips that a big storm was being set off in his heart at this time.

"Hong Chengchou shouldn't be coming for me, right? But what's the point of him doing that? Even a fool should understand that the key to the matter is not who He Renlong died at, but when Yang He stepped down. Hong Chengchou is a smart man, and he should know how stupid it is to make a mistake before the big picture is decided. ”

Liu Cheng kept thinking about how appropriate, but he still couldn't stop the panic and fear that kept pouring out of his heart. After all, human life is only once, and if the other party is brain-dead once, he can't afford this kind of consequence. Thinking of this, Liu Cheng walked to the table, took out the sandalwood box from the drawer, played with it in his hand for a while, and finally made up his mind.

"Wang Xingguo!"

"The end will be."

"You put this box away, and then go to the old gentleman to get a hundred taels of silver, and then say that I said it. If there is any accident later, you will go to Jingshi, send this box to Yang Zhijun's mansion, and hand it over to his son Yang Sichang, do you understand? ”

"Go and get a hundred taels of silver. If there is any accident, I will give this box to Yang Sichang, the son of Yang Zhijun! Wang Xingguo repeated Liu Cheng's order: "Is that so? ”

"Hmm!" Liu Cheng nodded with satisfaction: "You go get the silver, I don't need you here." ”

Looking at the back of Wang Xingguo's departure, Liu Cheng's face showed a grim smile: "Hong Chengchou, Hong Chengchou, if you really tear your face and want to do it hard, I will send this box to Yang Sichang." Yang He is not long ago, but his son still has a bright future. As soon as he saw this box, he understood why his father ended up in that fate, there is a mortal enemy like Yang Wenqiang, you Hong Chengchou will not have a good time in the future! “

At this time, Hao Shaoqi had arrived, Liu Cheng asked the two servants to retreat, and asked Hao Shaoqi, "Hao Shaoqi, how do I treat you?" ”

Hao Shaoqi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly replied: "If it weren't for the grace of adults, Shaoqi would have turned into a corpse on the side of the road." Adults waving flags are like reborn parents! “

"Good!" Liu Cheng nodded: "Then what else can't you put down in your family?" “

"My parents died early, and I don't have a daughter-in-law and children, so there's nothing I can't put down." Hao Shaoqi smiled: "My lord, do you want me to do something?" You can rest assured, as long as you say a word, my old Hao is not a man when he frowns in the water and fire! “

"You don't need it in the water or in the fire, but you do have to wave the flag and do one thing." Liu Cheng laughed: "Later, as long as I say the word 'I'm sorry', you will kill the person who is talking to me." After the deed is done, I Liu Cheng has something. It's indispensable for you to wave the flag. ”

"'I'm sorry', huh?" Hao Shaoqi laughed: "If it is anything else, I dare not say it, killing people is simple." Adults can rest assured. ”

"Good!" Liu Cheng smiled: "But I have to make it clear in advance, it's not easy for me to kill the person I want you to kill, if you are embarrassed, just say it directly, I don't blame you." “

Hao Shaoqi laughed: "It turns out that you are worried about this, my lord, I will kill whoever you tell me to kill, I don't care who he is." In my eyes, they are no different from pigs and dogs, at most they will be used as poles again, and you will give this life anyway. ”

Yichuan County North Gate Pavilion.

Liu Cheng and Qu Duan were sitting on both sides, gossiping with Hong Chengchou. To Liu Cheng's surprise, Hong Chengchou did not mention what He Renlong killed for himself. Just asked a few questions about soldier training, food, equipment, and the number of domestic rogues, which made Liu Cheng feel that he was prepared in vain.

Seeing that the time was almost noon, Qu Duan got up and said with a smile: "Lord Hong, I have prepared a table of thin wine in the city to wash the dust for the adults, and I also ask the adults to enjoy a thin noodles." ”

"Thank you Qu County!" Hong Chengchou said with a smile: "But this official is on official business, but he is just passing through Yichuan, and he will bother him next time." Qu Duan thought that Hong Chengchou was being polite, so he begged again and again, and Liu Cheng also spoke a few words next to him, but he didn't want Hong's attitude to be quite resolute, so the two had to give up. Just when Liu Cheng thought that he was nervous in vain, he heard Hong Chengchou say: "I met a person on the way to Yichuan, and he said that he wanted to meet the two adults, so I brought him." Speaking of this, Hong Chengchou shouted: "Come on, bring that guy up!" Before the words fell, Chi Leshan was brought up, and Hong Chengchou asked with a smile: "Two adults, do you recognize him?" ”

Facing Chi Leshan, Liu Cheng and Qu Duan both shook their heads blankly, Liu Cheng really hadn't seen it, Qu Duan had met a few times, but Chi Leshan had been wiped out, and he was beaten by the officials of Yan'an Mansion with old fists, and his nose and face were swollen, and his appearance had already changed greatly, where was it still the same as in the past.

Hong Chengchou laughed, he turned his head to Chi Leshan and said, "Look, the two adults said that they hadn't seen you, could it be that you were lying about what you said before?" You have framed the court officials, but you will be killed. “

"Tell Lord Hong, they are denying!" Chi Leshan took a step forward, pointed at Liu Cheng and Qu Duan and scolded: "I am Chi Leshan, you broke my village, killed my brother, and colluded with Xuezheng to ruin my reputation, why did you pretend not to recognize me at this time." “

Chi Leshan's voice was immediately recognized by Qu Duan, and his face suddenly turned pale. However, Liu Cheng looked calm: "It turns out that you are the second brother of the Chi family, and I have never seen you, so I don't recognize anything strange about you." But when the sky really has eyes, you obviously escaped alive, and you have to rush back to die. “

Chi Leshan stared at Liu Cheng hatefully, and his eyes almost burst into flames: "You dog thief, just because you can't extort money, you fabricate charges." Kill my brother and ruin my reputation. If I hadn't met Lord Hong, where would I have had a chance to rehabilitate Zhaoxue. “

Liu Cheng ignored Chi Leshan, turned his head to Hong Chengchou and asked, "Lord Hong, what do you mean by this?" ”

"What do you mean?" Hong Chengchou laughed: "According to my Ming law, I, Hong Chengchou, am the governor of the Son of Heaven and Yan Sui. This Yichuan belongs to the jurisdiction of Yan'an Prefecture, if the people have grievances, I can't sit idly by, right? ”

At this time, Qu Duan also recovered from the initial fright, and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Lord Hong, their Chi family brothers rely on their power, arbitrarily cut off the township, collude with bandits, kill innocents indiscriminately, and even attack the retreat of the escort tax. Killed more than 30 officials, the evidence is conclusive, if you don't believe it, you can check the case file. ”

"Really?" Hong Chengchou smiled, he didn't bother to argue with Qu Duan about the details of the case, after all, he was a dignified governor of Yansui, how could he deign to take care of such a big man at this juncture? The purpose of his doing this was to start a reason and grasp Liu Cheng's chess piece in his hand. The benefits of this for the next fight against Yang He are self-evident.

"A few of you should step back first, this official has a few words to talk to Master Liu alone."

Qu Duan glanced at Hong Chengchou. The tame walked out. When everyone walked out of the pavilion, Hong Chengchou smiled and said, "Liu Guerrilla, do you know? I came to Yichuan today, not for the case of Chi Leshan, but to find you. “

When Liu Cheng heard this, a stone fell to the ground in his heart. He replied in a deep voice: "Lord Hong is here for me to kill He Renlong, right?" “

Hong Chengchou was stunned when he heard this, he didn't expect Liu Cheng to be able to see his intentions, but after thinking about it, Liu Cheng was just a small guerrilla, if he hadn't done this big thing, how could he come to him as a governor of Yansui? It's not surprising to guess that. But that's not a bad thing. Anyway, there is no third party present, so it is convenient to speak.

"Guerrilla Liu is very clever!" Hong Chengchou smiled: "Yes, I came here for this matter, Liu Cheng, but Yang He ordered you to kill He Renlong?" “

"Lord Hong, the reason why He Renlong was killed, Yang Zhijun's excerpt to the imperial court can be written clearly, you think it is, why bother to ask me?"

"Really?" Hong Chengchou laughed: "Do you know that although Yang He is the governor of the three sides, he does not have the right to kill, even if He Renlong is at fault, he must be taken down and interrogated carefully before being punished." He Renlongyi did not surrender to the enemy before the battle, and second, he did not disobey the order. Yang He sent you to attack and kill him, and he has already committed a great crime! It's okay when Yang He is in power, if he leaves, he will look for you next! “

According to Hong Chengchou's expectations, when he said it to this point, Liu Chengcheng should be paralyzed on the ground and let himself knead it. But to his surprise, Liu Cheng was still the same old look, as if he didn't care about his threat at all. Hong Chengchou couldn't help but be secretly annoyed, and said coldly: "What's the matter, Guerrilla Liu, aren't you afraid of the laws of the imperial court?" “

Facing Hong Chengchou's threat, Liu Cheng sneered: "Lord Hong, if you open your mouth about the law of the court and close your mouth, you are either the court, and what comes out of your mouth is the law?" “

"What do you mean by that?"

"I don't mean anything!" Liu Cheng sneered: "It's just that I saw some people playing some small tricks behind their backs, sabotaging the overall situation and coveting high positions." On the surface, he pretended to be righteous and Lingran, accusing others of being wrong and wrong, which is a little funny! ”

"Bold!" Hong Chengchou pointed at Liu Cheng with a trembling right hand: "You made it clear to me, who are the 'people' you are talking about?" ”

Liu Cheng sneered, but did not answer Hong Chengchou's question, and recited aloud: "If you can go to Yang He's post, the affairs of the northwest should be handled by my father, and the matter of the marquis is not enough-", he memorized about two or three hundred words before stopping, and asked Hong Chengchou: "Lord Hong, do you still want me to memorize it?" ”

The reserved smile on Hong Chengchou's face has long since disappeared, and his iron-blue face is full of horror and rage, he stepped forward and pointed at Liu Cheng and asked word by word: "Where did you see this letter?" “

"Lord Hong is so smart, he must have guessed it!" Liu Cheng said with a smile.

"Is it He Renlong? Didn't he ruin all these letters? Hong Chengchou shouted: "Damn it, the erector is not enough to conspiracy!" “

"Lord Hong, you're joking." Liu Cheng said with a smile: "He Renlong, he is not a fool, these letters are his treasures, in the future, all the wealth and wealth will point to these things, how can they all be burned?" When I found the letters, they were kept in a sandalwood box, along with some jewelry, and they were very well preserved! “

"Damn it!" Hong Chengchou scolded, he suddenly stepped forward, stretched out his right hand to Liu Cheng and shouted: "Liu Cheng, what about the letter, take it out quickly!" Liu Cheng sneered and twisted his head to the side. Hong Chengchou withdrew his hand, and his gaze became cold: "Liu Cheng, do you want to use those letters to blackmail the official?" Let me tell you, you are killing yourself, this matter is not something that you can mix with a small guerrilla, the water in it is very deep, and if you honestly hand over the letter, I will treat it as if nothing happened before! ”

Liu Cheng said with a smile: "I naturally know that this water is very deep, even if I throw these letters out, I can't pierce the sky." It's just that Lord Hong's methods are really powerful, if I hand over the letter, maybe one day Lord Hong will think that I know too much, and find an excuse to behead me. ”

"You think this faith will save your life?" Hong Chengchou sneered: "I will let people take you down now, and then send someone to your residence to search carefully, can you still escape from my palm?" ”

"Lord Hong, you're joking again, since I know what these letters are, how can I keep them around? Let me tell you the truth, I have already made these letters to a friend, as long as I am safe and sound, if something goes wrong, he will send this letter to Yang Wenqiao, Lord Hong, you can think about what the consequences will be. ”

Hong Chengchou's pupils immediately shrank, like a cobra about to pounce, he stared at Liu Cheng deadly, and Liu Cheng also looked at each other without showing weakness, the two confronted each other like this for a few minutes, and finally Hong Chengchou turned his gaze away and snorted coldly: "Guerrilla Liu, what do you want?" ”

"Lord Hong, you just want to protect yourself!" Seeing that Hong Chengchou's attitude softened, Liu Cheng's attitude also became respectful: "Now that the people in Shaanxi are rising again, Yang He's resignation is already a foregone conclusion, and I don't want to finish with him." (To be continued.) )