Zhang Cheng looked around, and sixty or seventy corpses on the ground covered the doorway, and blood stained the earth. He closed his eyes, and after sighing, Zhang Cheng stared at Zhou Wuliang who was kneeling on the ground with a pair of angry eyes, and he said angrily: "Zhou Wuliang, you are corrupt and pervert the law, private equity and miscellaneous taxes, bullying men and women, competing with the people for profit, indulging in evil and murder, and running rampant. No one else dares to kill you, and today you fall into my hands, which is your death. ”

"You! You! Who are you? Zhou Wuliang was so frightened that he couldn't speak at the moment, and said tremblingly.

"I'm Zhang Cheng!" Zhang Cheng made no secret of what he said, and he told him bluntly, and he was not afraid that Zhou Wuliang would know this. The next thing he does is to act openly and honestly.

"Sure enough, really, it's really you!" Zhou Wuliang sat on the ground with his buttocks, and he no longer had any strength.

"Don't worry, I won't kill you now! Your sins are clear, and I have found out all your crimes! After I take over the Jizhou Assassin Shiyin on my behalf, I will show your head to the public to vent the anger of the people! Zhang Cheng said to Feng Jingyu: "Tie him up for me, lie on the back of the horse, let's go!" ”

"Yes!" The people took the command and turned away.

At this point, the identity of this mysterious young man was finally known to the people of Shexian County. He turned out to be the famous Northland Commander, the general who defeated the barbarians. No wonder in the face of Zhou Wuliang's identity as an almost national uncle, he is not afraid at all. And the Beidi County guard will build Beidi County into the richest county in Jizhou beyond Linyang County, if he takes office in Jizhou in the future, then Liyang County will definitely be able to change its face and take on a new look, and the life of the common people will be much better. This is the voice of most of the people in Shexian County, but in the hearts of those officials, there are words of suffering. Even Zhou Wuliang is so back. The people of Jingshen, Zhang Cheng are not merciful, those of them who follow Zhou Wuliang to do all the things that hurt the heavens and reason, can they still have good fruits to eat in the future?

In this kind of short-term discussion, Zhang Cheng pressed Zhou Wuliang to Anhua County, Jizhou.

Zhang Cheng asked the guards to stay outside Anhua County, and Zhang Cheng still only brought Yang Wenzhao, Feng Jingyu and other twelve people into Anhua City. The weather in Anhua City is one in the sky and one in the ground, and Zhang Cheng in Anhua City is not the first time to come, but every time he comes, Zhang Cheng's feelings are different. Anhua City is convenient for geographical advantages, and it is also the administrative center of Jizhou, where most merchants will rest and replenish dry food supplies. Linyang County was rarely ravaged by war, and it was the land of the imperial court, and its development has always been prosperous.

There are many shops on both sides of the streets of Anhua City, and the afterglow of the twilight sunset is faintly sprinkled on the red bricks and green tiles or the brightly colored pavilion cornices, adding a bit of hazy and poetic to the prosperous evening scene of Anhua City in front of you.

Walking, in front of and behind him are a pair of or long, or elegant, or fresh, or sophisticated faces, the carriages and horses are sparkling, the flow of people is like weaving, not far away faintly there is a penetrating shout of the vendors, and occasionally there is a long neighing of horses, as if in a colorful and rich picture.

After passing through the bustling streets, he came to the door of the Assassin's Mansion, Feng Jingyu took the lead in walking to the door, handed over the prayer post, and said to the doorman: "I bother you to go in and say that Lord Zhang, the Shou of Beidi County, came to visit, this is a worship post!" ”

When the doorman heard that it was the future Jizhou Thorn History, he nodded hurriedly and ran in to report after reading the post.

Just when Zhang Cheng was quietly waiting for the people inside to come back, the housekeeper followed the doorman and hurried out to greet him, and the housekeeper met Zhang Cheng the last time he met and recognized Zhang Cheng at a glance. He hurriedly bowed down and invited Zhang Cheng and others to enter the door.

The housekeeper took Zhang Cheng and the others straight to the Jizhou Assassin's Mansion, and Lord Fang Qian was already waiting inside. Zhang Cheng took Yang Wenzhao and Feng Jingyu in to meet them.

"Xiaguan Zhang Cheng pays a visit to Lord Assassin Shi Fang."

"Yang Wenzhao, the lowly official of Beidi County, meet Lord Fang."

Fang Qian waved his hand, dragged it for a moment, and said with a smile: "Lord Zhang doesn't have to be polite, please get up." Do it! Butler, serve tea! ”

Zhang Cheng and Yang Wenzhao sat down on the left-hand side, and Feng Jingyu stood behind Zhang Cheng, not squinting. After a few words of greeting, Zhang Cheng said to Fang Qian: "Last time, for the construction of Beidi County, I played a little trick, which made you think a lot, and really caused you a lot of trouble. Please forgive me. ”

Fang Qian waved his hand and smiled indifferently, he said with a smile: "Lord Zhang is far-reaching, and I am also for the sake of the people. You don't have to thank me. I'm just turning a blind eye. Okay, the holy decree has been issued, I will now hand over the Assassin Shiyin to you, after the paperwork is handed over, rest for a day, and you and I will enter the capital together to face the saint! ”

Zhang Cheng and Yang Wenzhao stood up and bowed down to receive the order.

"Well, don't be so polite. In the future, you and I will be officials at the same level, and there is no distinction between upper and lower. Come on, hand over the Great Seal of the Thorn History to Lord Zhang, and the housekeeper of other procedures will take Lord Yang down to hand it over! Fang Qian said to the housekeeper.

After the official handover was completed, Yang Wenzhao, under the leadership of the housekeeper, handed over the formalities with Sima and others. At this time, Fang Qian walked down from the table, came to Zhang Cheng, and said solemnly: "Master Zhang, do you have time to accompany this official for a walk?" ”

"I can't ask for it! Adult please! Zhang Cheng held his hand.

"I heard that you arrested Zhou Wuliang? And plan to decapitate it as an example? Fang Qian and Zhang Cheng slowly walked through the winding path and came to the backyard before Fang Qian asked this sentence solemnly.

Zhang Cheng was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then nodded and said, "Yes." I didn't expect the adults to learn the news so quickly. Adults don't care about this matter, let me eradicate this cancer. Eliminate harm for the people! ”

"I have long known about Zhou Wuliang's crimes, but I have repeatedly written to the court, but I have been left by the cabinet, and Zhou Wuliang's sister Zhou Wanqing has interceded for him many times by the lord's side, and the lord can't stand this pillow wind, so he just wrote a book to reprimand him and make him restrain his behavior. I'm helpless. Fang Qian sighed, Zhang Cheng was silent, and did not answer.

Fang Qian seemed to see through Zhang Cheng, he snorted coldly and said, "Hmph, you are also too bold, don't you know how powerful this is?" Zhou Wuliang is not only the brother of the Prime Minister's wife, but more importantly, the Prime Minister's wife is the mother of Zhao Hui, the Metropolitan Governor, now you should know why I have been withholding it until now, and I have not taken action to investigate Zhou Wuliang's responsibility, right? Fang Qian shook his head, a little blameful.

"What? Isn't he the Governor's own uncle? Zhang Cheng was shocked.

"You should know all this, your ears and eyes can be said to be all over the world, is there anything else you can't hear? Right now, you just killed Zhou Wuliang's nephew, and you haven't made a big mistake yet, once you kill Zhou Wuliang, you will offend the Duchess and the Metropolitan Governor. You came from a humble background, and it was the Metropolitan Governor who promoted you step by step, so that you have the status and power you have today, no matter what happens in the future, at least for now, you should understand that Entu retribution is. That's one of the reasons why I'm inviting you to my house today. Fang Qian said this heartfelt reassuring words in a serious tone.

"My lord loves the heart of the lower officials, and the lower officials remember, thank you." Zhang Cheng bowed deeply.

Dragging Zhang Cheng up, Fang Qian patted Zhang Cheng on the shoulder, and he instructed: "It's powerful, I think I've made it very clear, you are a smart person, how to do it, I don't believe I need to teach you." You've worked your journey, so go down and rest. ”

Zhang Cheng once again clenched his fists, bowed, and gave Fang Qian a deep salute.

"Go, go and rest." Fang Qian dragged his hand and gently dragged Zhang Cheng's hands.

It was night, Feng Jingyu and the others went to rest early because they were tired all day. Yang Wenzhao because of the need to sort out the handover of the public. Wen, so until now, he is still busy in the study. Zhang Cheng didn't know anything about these things, so he couldn't help much, so he walked out of the wing room alone and came to be in the courtyard.

Looking at the sparse stars in the sky and the bright moon that can be perfected, which is the weather that is difficult to see in the middle of winter, he quietly looked at the sky, thinking about every word Fang Qian said to him today. In his heart, he wanted to cut Zhou Wuliang with a thousand knives, but if he really did this, he would offend not only Zhou Wuliang, but also the wife of the lord, the future queen; And the son of the lord, the future prince, and even the next emperor!

Fang Qian is right, Zhao Hui is his benefactor, and he wants to repay the grace of dripping water. However, at present, Zhang Cheng has experienced several contacts with Zhao Jingyu, and he is afraid that there is already a lot of distrust in the heart of the Dadu Governor, and if such a thing happens again, I am afraid that the estrangement between him and the Dadu Governor will become deeper and deeper. At that time, I am afraid that it will not only be me, but also many brothers, friends, and relatives who will follow me.

Zhang Cheng walked slowly while thinking, not remembering that this was the Jizhou Thorn Mansion, the backyard of Lord Fang. Unconsciously, Zhang Cheng had slowly walked to the door of the courtyard where Fang Qian's daughter, Miss Fang Ningyu, lived. In the courtyard, a few cold plums, a few willows are hung with snow-white snowflakes. The bright moonlight scattered, making the whole courtyard look particularly quiet and elegant.

Zhang Cheng stood at the gate of the courtyard, and suddenly saw a woman standing in the courtyard, this woman was dressed in a snow-white velvet coat, her hands were crossed in front of her, looking up at the bright moonlight, those bright eyes were like the stars twinkling in the sky, which was so dazzling and moving.

This woman Zhang Cheng is very familiar, that face, that delicate face, has long been imprinted in his heart, and he has never forgotten it.

Since he saw her for the first time in the Thorn Mansion, Zhang Cheng secretly admired her, and later relieved her siege in Lingxian County, and the two met and left in a hurry. The last time I went to Lingzhou through Anhua County, I left in a hurry without saying a few words, and when I saw her at this time, Zhang Cheng's quiet heart surged again. stared stupidly at the daughter of the courtyard.

The woman in this courtyard is Fang Ningyu. At this time, she also saw Zhang Cheng standing at the door, and she was stunned for a while. Then she laughed, she smiled, looked at the man who looked at her stupidly at the door, and smiled: "How long have you been standing at the door?" ”

"Ugh. It's been a moment. Hey! Zhang Cheng scratched the back of his head and said embarrassedly.

"I can't imagine that you, a general who commands tens of millions of soldiers and horses, gallops across the battlefield, and dominates the world, will be shy and blush! It really impressed the little woman. Fang Ningyu smiled skillfully and laughed mischievously.

"Hey, hey." Zhang Cheng didn't know what to say, he only knew that he was smirking.

The two just looked at each other quietly, looking at each other. There were not too many words, but in the eyes of the two, the shadows of each other were reflected.

For a long time, Fang Ningyu suddenly smiled again, glanced at Zhang Cheng, and said, "Do you want to be stupid and keep standing at the door and not coming in to sit?" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Cheng was a little embarrassed, walked into the garden, and stood in front of Fang Ningyu. Fang Ningyu looked at the stone bench beside him and said to Zhang Cheng: "Don't dislike it, just sit here for a while." ”

"Good!" Zhang Cheng nodded. The two walked to the stone table and were about to sit down when they saw Fang Ningyu.

"Wait a minute." Zhang Cheng came to the stone bench where Fang Ningyu was about to sit down, wiped the stone bench with his sleeve, and then said, "Okay, sit down!" ”

Fang Ningyu glanced at Zhang Cheng deeply, his every move just now fell in her eyes, and he was deeply moved in his heart. She stroked her skirt and sat down, and said to Zhang Cheng, who was sitting in front of her: "In the past, my father chose many young talents for me, and they gave me jewelry, jade, and treasure hairpins, which are not as good as the sleeves you wiped for me on the stone bench. ”

Zhang Cheng smiled again, not knowing what to say. The two were silent again.

After a long time, it was Fang Ningyu who took the lead in breaking the silence, and she asked seriously: "I saw you meditating alone outside the door just now, and your face was quite worried. But is there any dilemma? ”

Hearing Fang Ningyu ask about his thoughts, Zhang Cheng did not shy away from it, he said bluntly: "Jizhou Liyang County guards Zhou Wuliang, corrupt and bend the law, bully men and women, expropriate tyranny, oppress the good, and do all kinds of evil, so that the people of the entire Liyang County are miserable, live miserably, and many people die of hunger and freeze to death. This kind of corrupt officials and evil officials hate it deeply, and they can't break their bodies into pieces. However, Zhou Wuliang has a special identity, not only the wife of the lord, but also the uncle of the governor. If I kill him, Metropolitan Governor Zhao Hui will inevitably misunderstand me. ”

After slowing down, Zhang Cheng stood up and said meaningfully: "Since ancient times, the struggle for power has always been bloody, and if you are not careful, you will fall into it, and you will be crushed. This is especially true of the struggle for the throne. You also know that half a year ago, Shang Shu ordered Zhao Jingyu to come to Beidi County for no reason, you all know about this matter, but the Metropolitan Governor's Council doesn't know? Then, after the Lingzhou War, there were extraneous branches, and he was relieved of all military posts by the Metropolitan Governor and sent back to Beidi County for reflection. However, Zhao Jingyu suddenly rewarded me with a favor, and named me the assassin of Jizhou, in charge of all military and political powers in Jizhou, and gave me an additional power to command 30,000 troops. In this way, the Metropolitan Governor must be even more suspicious of me. ”

"Now, if I kill Zhou Wuliang again, it will inevitably make the Metropolitan Governor even more distrustful of me, and even think that I have already favored Zhao Jingyu, the Shangshu Commander. Your father said to me today, I was born in a small way, and I was promoted by General Huo Han, and I was promoted by the Metropolitan Governor. Although he is not a good person, he also knows the truth that he should repay the grace of dripping water with a spring. Hey, when I'm in a dilemma, I don't know what to do. Zhang Cheng said with distress.

Fang Ningyu glanced at Zhang Cheng and said to him: "In the past, Mr. Zhuge still had the disobedient act of slashing horses with tears, let alone mortals? You just have to do everything from your heart, and if you feel you're doing it right, do it. Whatever you do, I've got your back! ”