In Jimo County, on the streets, there are people everywhere talking, and they are talking about one thing.

"Have you heard, Shenwu Hou was assassinated on the street yesterday."

"What? Master Hou, is there anything wrong with him? ”

"Of course not, Shenwu Hou's martial arts are world-famous, how can there be anything, but Hou Ye was so powerful that he killed all the assassins, leaving only one alive."

"Oh, do you know who is so bold to assassinate Master Hou?"

"Of course I know, the person who assassinated Hou Ye was the lustful bully, Yuchen, who was arrested by Hou Ye in the first place."

"Is it him? It is not an exaggeration for him to dare to assassinate Hou Ye as a partial general, it is really an exaggeration to destroy the nine clans, it is good to catch it, this dog thing relies on the support of the county guard, and has military power, and he does all kinds of evil all day long, and now he has retribution. ”

"I also heard that this Yuchen was actually instructed by someone."

"By whom?"

"Think about it, who can command him in the entire county, of course it's the county guard."

"The county guard? Why did he assassinate Hou Ye. ”

"Hehe, I heard that the county guard is unwilling to cooperate with Hou Ye to fight the enemy together, so I want to kill Hou Ye."

"What? But that day at the city gate, didn't the county guard already promise to fight the enemy with the Hou Ye. ”

"You don't know this, the county guard was forced by the will of the people that day, but in fact, he was very selfish and didn't want the Hou Ye to restrain him."

"How can this be reasonable, this Shi Qing is usually arrogant, but now that the enemy is present, our home may be destroyed by thieves at any time, and he is still trying to assassinate Lord Hou for his own selfish desires, cutting off the guarantee of our lives, it is really not a son of man."

"Who says it's not, after Hou Ye came to Linzi in the past few years, everyone's life has been better, and thanks to Hou Ye to protect the territory and the people, now Hou Ye is in need, Shi Qing actually completely ignores everyone's life and death, it is really infuriating, I heard that tomorrow Hou Ye will go to the county guard mansion to ask for guilt, and I will also support Hou Ye then."

"Let's go, I'll organize relatives and friends when I go back, Hou Ye will come to live here, and we big guys will have to administer justice for him, otherwise Hou Ye will be in trouble, and the big guys will also be in trouble."

For a time, the people of the entire county were spreading the news that Zhao Jun was assassinated by the county guard, as if they had already confirmed Shi Qing's evil deeds, and in the end, the people were indignant, and they gathered in Jimo County, preparing to help Shenwu Hou denounce Shi Qing on the second day.

Such a big thing naturally alarmed the county guard's mansion, but because Li Xun pressed it down, he didn't report to Shi Qing until it was dark.

"What? actually shifted the blame to me, what is Zhao Jun going to do? Shi Qing was extremely angry after hearing this.

Li Xun opened his mouth and said: "I'm afraid he wants to repeat the old trick and force the adults to compromise with him." ”

"Don't think!" Shi Qing spoke out indignantly, his eyes widened, but in the end, he had some doubts: "Li Xun, what do you think should be done, although this official is not afraid, but this public opinion is difficult to do." ”

Li Xun's expression moved, and finally smiled softly, with a look of extreme disdain: "What kind of public opinion, it's just that he deliberately instigated hundreds of Diao people, and it is not as powerful as when he enters the city, although you can rest assured, it really can't be fake, it can't be fake, since the adult hasn't done it, how can he impose it on the adult, in addition, tomorrow the adult can give me a warrant to mobilize the six thousand county guards outside the city to defend the adult, why are you afraid of a few people in him?" Besides, did the Marquis of Shenwu dare to murder the court officials in broad daylight? ”

"Li Xun, what you said is yes." Shi Qing let out a sigh of relief after hearing this, and finally his expression was provoked, and he said viciously: "I will give you the warrant early tomorrow morning, you must bring troops over, this official wants to make Zhao Jun embarrassed." ”

Li Xun smiled when he heard this, and clenched his fists and said, "No! ”

That night, where Zhao Jun stayed, Hu Hai, Bo Lang, Kui Che, Le Rui, Zhao Ling, and Mu Ning gathered.

Le Rui first said: "Master Hou, it is ready, including officials, industry and commerce, and the people, it is estimated that thousands of people will come." ”

Mu Ning said: "I have arranged for the people who listen to the wind to mix among the people, cooperate with Mr. Le, and secretly promote the people's emotions. ”

"I'm afraid that Shi Qing will mobilize troops outside the city and make us fall into passivity, and if Shi Qing retreats into the county guard, we are afraid that it will not be easy for us to act." Quicher worried.

Hu Hai also said: "Second brother, I have reconnoitred inside and outside the county guard's mansion, at least there are more than 700 officials, if Shi Qing doesn't come out, relying on the people alone, I'm afraid that it is easy to change, and we can't do it first." ”

"It doesn't matter." Zhao Jun waved his hand and said: "I have already informed Li Xun, he will cooperate with us, today you just have to rest, act early tomorrow morning, and be sure to take Dongjiao County in one fell swoop, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu have formed an alliance, and we are running out of time." ”

"No!" Everyone said in unison, they naturally knew this in their hearts.

In the early morning of the second day, more than 200 gentry had gathered at the place where Zhao Jun stayed, they were all prominent figures in Dongjiao County, and when they heard that Zhao Jun was assassinated, or Shi Qing instigated, they were immediately indignant, and later under the persuasion of Le Rui, they decided to help Zhao Jun.

"Wu Sushuang, please see Master Hou!"

A group of more than 200 people, all dressed extraordinary, politely standing outside the gate, the first person with a high crown and long clothes, but it is a meritorious person in the Qin Dynasty, when Qin Poqi, the Su family had internal merits, so it was canonized by the Qin Dynasty, and it was also the largest wealthy family in Dongjiao County.

The iron guard on duty in front of the door hurriedly sent someone in to report when he saw this situation, and soon, Zhao Jun came out.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know what is going on with you?" Zhao Jun hugged his sword quite politely and asked, in fact, Le Rui told him, but these gentry are the key to this action, so they can't be lazy.

When everyone heard this, they all bent down and bowed, "Meet Master Hou." ”

In the end, Su Shuangxian said solemnly: "Hou Ye, I heard that you were assassinated by the county guard, and I was quite angry. ”

"Master Hou, you are righteous to save us, the county guard is still not kind to you, if we don't come forward, won't others laugh at me that the people of Dongjiao are unrighteous people?"

"That's it, Master Hou, you just have to rest assured, today we are fighting for our lives, and we have to seek justice for Master Hou."

A group of gentry shouted one after another, and for a while the whole door was noisy, and everyone was even more excited.

Zhao Jun smiled gratefully, hugged his fists and thanked: "Thank you for your enthusiastic help, the army is grateful, but Master Shi is a county guard after all, and the army has not suffered any harm, so I don't want to make things bigger, so as not to affect the government affairs of Dongjiao and not good for the people."

Now Ben Hou is only worried that Lord Shi will not cooperate, the bandits in the south have formed an alliance, and the military ministers and Han Guang in the north are all interested in occupying my Linzi, Dongjiao and Langya, if this Hou is in a bad relationship with Lord Shi, I am afraid that Lord Shi will not cooperate even more, and it is nothing for Lord Shi to be wronged, but if Lord Shi does not agree, won't it affect the people? ”

"Hou Ye Gaoyi, hateful Shi Qing is stupid." After listening to Zhao Jun, everyone praised Zhao Jun for being broad-minded and thinking about the people in everything.

At this time, there was a person behind him: "Hou Ye is generous and tolerant, we admire him, but if Hou Ye blindly shows weakness, then Shi Qing must be even more inch-oriented, and Shi Qing is stubborn and narrow-minded, so he will not cooperate with Hou Ye to fight thieves at all, and he does not take our people to heart."

Today, Hou Ye must go and let Shi Qing speak, it's a big deal that we will fight with our lives to support you, otherwise after the thieves come, Hou Ye will be isolated and difficult to accept, I am afraid that our entire Dongjiao people will be wantonly slaughtered by those anti-thieves. ”

"Brother Zhang is right." Su Shuang hugged his fist at the person who was talking behind him at this time, and then turned to Zhao Jun and said: "Master Hou, please rest assured, everyone in our Dongjiao County will support you today, if Shi Qing doesn't know the practice, everyone will deal with him together." ”

"Master Hou, otherwise, please kill this person with the power of the Marquis of Shenwu, and we will petition the court together, and Lord Hou will not be punished."

"That is, I believe that with the leadership of Master Hou, we can live a more stable life."

"I beg Lord Hou to have mercy on our people."

"I beg Lord Hou to have mercy on our people."

In the end, more than 200 gentry knelt down to petition, and knelt down in front of the door.

"Well, what are you doing here, please get up, get up." Zhao Jun looked panicked and stepped forward to help everyone up.

But everyone said firmly: "If the Hou Ye does not allow it, we will not be able to kneel for a long time." ”

These gentry are thinking about their own lives and safety, in order to climb up to Zhao Jun, they are all up to make up their minds at this time, they know very well in their hearts that Zhao Jun may not be selfish, but now they are sharing weal and woe with them, if Zhao Jun can't subdue Dongjiao, then they can't keep their big family business, and many of them have a deep relationship with Momen, if they don't help Zhao Jun with all their might, they can't pass the single Momen pass.

In fact, to put it mildly, this is the result of Zhao Jun's good deeds in the past few years, and the three counties have lived a rich life, and the people have not been oppressed much, and they also believe that under the rule of Zhao Jun, life will get better and better in the future, so when Momen found them, they agreed without hesitation.

The same is true of the rest of the people, everyone has a scale in their hearts, what to do and what not to do.

"Ugh." Zhao Jun said reluctantly: "Okay, for the sake of the people, I will do my best, and I ask you to go back and prepare, and call more people, maybe Lord Shi will change his mind when he sees so many people, and then you will all be heroes, and I believe that the court will not treat you slowly." ”

"Hou Ye is wise." Everyone shouted, and at the same time they were a little happy in their hearts, it seemed that they had successfully hugged Zhao Jun's big tree, otherwise Zhao Jun would not have said the last sentence, which was a hint to them: To do this for Ben Hou, Ben Hou will definitely not treat you badly.

After everyone said goodbye and left, Zhao Jun's face smiled, and finally ordered the iron guards behind him: "Order, all the iron guards gather, and send troops to the county to guard the mansion." (To be continued.) )