"The sect is back, sit down quickly." Chen Xin pointed to the position of his head with a smile on his face. He was receiving Lu Chuanzong, who was the first to follow him, and there were two guards and an adjutant in the house.

Lu Chuanzong respectfully saluted the military salute, and then sat down in his position, and said to Chen Xin: "My subordinates haven't seen your lord for a long time, and the first thing you do when you return to Dengzhou is to come to meet your lord." ”

Chen Xinle went to pour the tea, handed it to Lu Chuanzong with his own hands, and then said with a smile: "This official originally planned to go to Wendeng recently, and by the way, take a look at your situation in martial arts, it just so happens that you are back, if there is anything unsatisfactory, you can talk to this official." ”

"Lord Xie is concerned, as long as you do things for adults, it is the same everywhere." Lu Chuanzong said sincerely, "But to be honest, his subordinates have a conflict with Shi Pingli in martial arts, and they don't want to take care of the affairs of the school, so they are wasting the position of the principal." ”

Chen Xin asked in surprise, "Then why didn't you come to the official earlier." ”

"My lord has a lot of opportunities, and my subordinates are inconvenient to disturb, and I think I can talk to Shi Pingli, maybe it will be better later."

Chen Xin smiled and nodded, "That's right, if you have any requirements, it's easy to make others suspicious, communication is very important, maybe Shi Pingli also wants to reconcile with you." ”

Lu Chuanzong raised his eyes to look at Chen Xin, and suddenly said, "My lord, my subordinates have something to report to my lord." ”

"It's okay, you say."

"Recently, that Ertun suddenly came to his subordinates, saying that the people from Dongchang had found him and asked him to inquire about the secrets of Dengzhou."

Chen Xin was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Lu Chuanzong to take the initiative to say this, and he stayed for a moment before standing up and said, "There is such a thing?" ”

Lu Chuanzong said with a solemn face: "That's true, my lord, you know this Ertun, the shop he opened last time...... It was also because I was used to him in the past that I did something I shouldn't have done, and I was later investigated by the Department of Industry and Commerce. After his subordinates came down, they also scolded him fiercely. But he didn't think that he had some grudges against Dengzhou because of this, mainly against the Department of Industry and Commerce and the Intelligence Bureau, because his brother and sister-in-law were injured and died during the investigation, so he couldn't let go of it in his heart, and this time he was bought by Dongchang. ”

Chen Xin was surprised: "Is there such a thing? Why didn't the Intelligence Bureau tell me, if they knew, they wouldn't be spared. ”

Lu Chuanzong stood up in fear and said: "His subordinates scolded him at that time, and he also repented at that time. Later, I thought that I was afraid that he would do something unfavorable to the adults, so I hurried back after receiving the order, and I was also busy reporting the matter. ”

Chen Xin walked back and forth in the room. His eyes changed a few times, and he looked down at the ground, so as to hide the doubts in his heart, Lu Chuanzong actually came to expose Ertun, whether he really wanted to repent.

Wait until Chen Xin stops. Lu Chuanzong said again: "The subordinates reported Ertun, and they also wanted Lord Chen to do their best to arrest this person, but please see that for the sake of his subordinates' hard work for many years, spare Ertun this time, and his subordinates will strictly guard him in the future, and there will never be any more accidents." ”

Chen Xin stared at Lu Chuanzong. A professional smile hung on his face again, "Chuanzong, you can report Ertun, it can be seen that you have the overall situation of Dengzhou Town in your heart." I really don't know about the killing of Ertun's family, and since you guarantee it, I can spare his life. ”

Lu Chuanzong said gratefully: "My subordinates have thanked you. ”

Chen Xin said to Lu Chuanzong with some excitement: "It's good that you can express yourself like this, you must know that you are the earliest person to follow me." This official is also very optimistic about your talents, and the place of martial arts is not an idle job that others think. It is the future of our Dengzhou Town, do it well, and there will be other positions in the future. ”

"The subordinate understood. In addition, there is another thing, that is, people from Dongchang are sitting and listening, the subordinate station is in Zhaoyuan, and the mansion is in Dengzhou, I don't know whether it is better to go back there. ”

Chen Xinman said indifferently: "You go and ask Wang Ting, then you are looking for him." ”

Lu Chuanzong hesitated and said: "If the subordinates want to go to Zhaoyuan, then there are also fans in the family, and the subordinates are a little worried, so please send someone to take care of them, so as not to make some trouble in those fans, and the family is full of female dependents and children......"

"You can go with confidence, the official will watch, forgive me for not having such courage."

Lu Chuanzong sat for a while, and then rushed to see Wang Tingqian and ask about the arrangements of the East Factory. Chen Xin sent him to the door and told Lu Chuanzong: "The matter of Dongchang stems from the in Zhangjiakou, if you ask you, you can scold Zhong Caisheng for being rude, you should know how to say the rest." ”

Lu Chuanzong nodded in agreement, and then saluted and said goodbye to Chen Xin, he said loudly: "My subordinates have always remembered the days when I was born and died with adults at the beginning, and I did something wrong in the past, but my subordinates figured it out when they were studying martial arts, please watch the words and deeds of my subordinates in the future." ”

Chen Xin said a few words of approval with a smile on his face, and sent it to the gate, Lu Chuanzong strode out, Chen Xin looked at Lu Chuanzong's back, and slowly put away his smiling face. The adjutant next to him leaned in and asked, "My lord, do you want to let Zhou Shifa slow down." ”

Chen Xin's eyes stared at Lu Chuanzong's back, and the past scenes floated in front of him, and he didn't feel a little distracted, and finally said: "Don't kill Lu Chuanzong first, but stare at death, let Zhou Shifa do his best to find out where the Ertun and the three Dongchang Fanzi are." ”

At the moment of the adjutant's record, Chen Xin muttered: "Is it really salvageable?" ”……

Lu Chuanzong's mansion outside the Chunsheng Gate, Jiang Yuegui is entering the Lu Mansion in a bright manner, and the two are very polite when they meet in the courtyard, and they talk in front of the servants and servants, Lu Chuanzong is polite and cold.

Jiang Yuegui lived in Lu Chuanzong's mansion that day, and there was nothing to do overnight, and on the second day, Jiang Yuegui took a fanzi, and the two of them formally asked for an interview with Lu Chuanzong, so as to complete the tasks assigned by the court, which is not surprising.

As soon as the two sides walked into the study, Jiang Yuegui closed the door and glanced at it first, and the other carefully checked the places where people could be hidden.

After a qiē was done, the three of them sat down, and one fan began to ask aloud questions, his questions were so long that they could be heard outside.

Under the cover of his voice, Jiang Yuegui quickly leaned over and whispered to Lu Chuanzong: "When you see Chen Xin, can you tell you what I told you?" ”

Lu Chuanzong immediately replied: "It's all said like that, I reported Ertun, and said that I didn't have any complaints in martial arts, and I also recalled the past of the year, Chen Xin seems to have relieved a little, but this person is very thoughtful." Won't fully trust someone, except for that Liu Minyou. ”

"It's good that he's relaxed, at least he won't deal with you right away, and we'll have time to make an escape. In addition, why did you arrange Ertun to find other people from Yanggu? This is easy to expose. ”

Lu Chuanzong replied loudly at this time, and then he began to ask the next question.

Lu Chuanzong turned to Jiang Yuegui again and sneered, "Ertun only looks for Huang Yuan, only Huang Yuan and Xu Yuanhua know the truth, for the others, Huang Yuan only tells them about selling grain, so it is easy to get a boat." None of them knew about the East Factory. If they can go out to sea, Huang Yuan will take them away when they get on the boat. These people are useful for military training, and they are also the most familiar with the system of Dengzhou Town. ”

Jiang Yuegui frowned. Lu Chuanzong obviously wanted to use these people to divert his attention so that he could escape better, and he felt a little disdainful in his heart, and he immediately asked, "You tell me about the system of the Dengzhou army first." ”

Lu Chuanzong smiled slightly, "Lord Jiang is still a little anxious. I can't finish a sentence or two, it's better to talk slowly when I get to Beijing. ”

Jiang Yuegui stared at Lu Chuanzong for a moment, and a rare smile appeared on his face, "He is worthy of being the tiger general of Dengzhou." ”

Lu Chuanzong asked lightly: "Lord Jiang said that Husband Cao promised the rank of chief soldier, but there is a handwritten letter from Husband Cao as proof. ”

"No, it's impossible for this official to go out with such a thing. Once the official is in danger in Denglai, what should I do if this kind of thing falls into the hands of others, and before the official leaves Beijing. Cao's husband doesn't know about Dengzhou Town, and he can't decide who can come or not, how to write this warrant, but he said it himself, and the emperor told him. The generals and above from Dengzhou are all reused, and the deputy generals and above are assigned to the chief officers. ”

Lu Chuanzong still had some doubts in his eyes. But years of resentment weighed down in his heart, and he no longer had time to discern carefully.

"And how's the evacuation going?"

In the sound of reading loudly, Jiang Yuegui said quickly: "I care more about this matter than Lord Lu, I was already arranging before I went to see Lu Zhi, and my subordinates were already working on this matter in Zhaoyuan, and soon there will be eyebrows, in a few days, you will go to Zhaoyuan military camp on the grounds of returning to the station, and I will arrange it outside the military camp, how to get out of the military camp, you can only figure out your own way." ”

Lu Chuanzong nodded and said, "If I can't even do this, I will be in the army for so many years." ”

Jiang Yuegui finally asked: "That Huang Yuan and Xu Yuanhua, are they credible?" I always felt like there was a leak here. ”

Lu Chuanzong said firmly: "Absolutely credible, they are all my playmates from childhood to adulthood, and they were also born and died together in Dengzhou, I can trust them, and these two people are of great use, they are indispensable people." ”

Jiang Yuegui finally nodded and said, "That's good, but I also mention one, the place and time of the final departure, you have to wait until you go to Zhaoyuan before you can tell them." ”……

Three days later, in a courtyard on the east side of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Xu Yuanhua was walking back and forth anxiously in the study.

Because of Chen Yijing's involvement, digging out the matter of Ertun shop, Xu Yuanhua was transferred from the important industrial and commercial department to the inexplicable science and technology department, there are only three clerks here, and there are still a few projects to deal with at the beginning, and then there is nothing, and it has become a real idle job, every day is to drink tea, but sitting idle for a day with nothing to do is more painful than busy.

Among the clerks, there may also be agents from the Intelligence Bureau, and the feeling of being monitored at any time made Xu Yuanhua restless, and later the people in Yanggu were all transferred back to Denglai and arranged to work in various departments, and Huang Yuan had nothing to do in the Mobilization Department.

There was only one Dai Zhenggang left in the Yanggu faction who did not participate in the Ertun shop, and Dai Zhenggang also transferred with Zheng Sanhu and became the third battalion officer, and went to Pingdu Prefecture far away. Chen Xin's intention to suppress the Yanggu faction was very obvious, and it was resolute, only causing a little ripple in Dengzhou Town, and then it calmed down, and the Yanggu Gang, which once ran through the military, civil, and commercial affairs, instantly became a group of idle eaters, and its influence disappeared.

Xu Yuanhua really got to know Chen Xin's character this time, but he still didn't want to accept such a result, he went to see Liu Minyou many times, but Liu Minyou didn't see him, and only asked him to manage the affairs of the Ministry of Science and Technology.

After spending a year in this anxiety, Huang Yuan brought him a shocking news, Lu Chuanzong wanted to follow the people of Dongchang to join the imperial court, and the price offered by the imperial court was not low, and he hoped that Xu Yuanhua would follow him, follow Lu Chuanzong to find a place to build a foundation, and continue to manage civil affairs.

Xu Yuanhua was a little moved, but his family could only give up, and he was reluctant to have a bunch of wives and children. He followed Chen Xin to Weihai as early as the seventh year of the Apocalypse, and after so many years, there are five concubines and seven children, not that you can give up if you give up.

"The Imperial Court?" Xu Yuanhua muttered to himself, and shook his head again, Lu Chuanzong only saw the military strength of Dengzhou, and he may also know that the civil ministry was necessary, but the power of the real civil ministry and the trading company is only understood by people like Xu Yuanhua. Just like the recent grain shortage in the canal, Xu Yuanhua gradually saw the reason.

Compared with the increasing number of chips in Chen Xinxing's hands, the imperial court is too far away. Not to mention that he may not even be able to escape from Dengzhou.

Lu Chuanzong's plan was to use other unimportant people in Yanggu to divert the attention of the intelligence bureau, obviously to sell grain, but in fact, Huang Yuan bought another boat, which was the way for Huang Yuan and Xu Yuanhua to leave. This is an act of betraying the countryman.

Xu Yuanhua stomped his foot violently, "Lu Chuanzong." Lu Ertun, Lao Tzu has done too much for Yanggu, if it weren't for you, Lao Tzu would have become the director of the Tun Affairs Department and the deputy head of the Civil Department, and you still want to drag me into the water today, no wonder I. ”

Xu Yuanhua quickly wrote a letter. He found a guard who was assigned to each division chief, and told him: "Please send this letter to the General Military Mansion, it is of the utmost importance." Crucial. ”……

With a "dang bang", an inkstone shattered into several pieces on the ground.

The door was pushed open with a bang, and several guards rushed in, and Chen Xin shouted, "It's okay, don't come in." ”

A few guards ran out as fast as they could. Chen Xin turned around and grabbed a pen holder and slammed it on the ground. The brushes on it were scattered on the ground, and the wind driven by the clothes shook the candle shadows violently.

The things on the table were quickly smashed to the point that only the candlestick remained, Chen Xin held the bottom of the candlestick and gasped for a few breaths, and finally slowly let go of his hand, and then looked down at the crumpled letter paper in his left hand with blood-red eyes, and his hand trembled slightly unconsciously. After a long time, he clenched his fists violently, took a deep breath, adjusted his breath, sat back at the table, and pulled the rattle.

The adjutant quickly walked in, ignoring the debris all over the ground, and raised his head slightly and stood solemnly, "My lord." ”

Chen Xin said calmly: "Where is Zhou Shifa?" ”

"Yesterday, Lu Chuanzong went to Zhaoyuan, and the Intelligence Bureau found traces of Jiang Yuegui's son in Zhaoyuan, Zhou Shifa personally went to Zhaoyuan to monitor, and Wu Jianzhong was temporarily in charge of the Dengzhou Intelligence Bureau."

"Immediately inform Wu Jianzhong, all the action teams on standby will attack, except for Xu Yuanhua, immediately arrest everyone in Yanggu who stayed in Dengzhou, and kill that Jiang Yuegui, no matter where he is. Notify the chief officers of the departments of discipline, military order, military affairs, and military justice to come to our office for a meeting, and send people to Pegasus out of the city to Zhaoyuan to inform Zhou Shifa and arrest Lu Chuanzong immediately. ”

The adjutant said loudly: "My lord, Zhou Shifa may not be able to enter the barracks, and the guards will not let the people from the Intelligence Bureau go in and arrest people." ”

Chen Xin patted his head, "First send someone to inform Zhou Shifa to strengthen surveillance, and Nie Hong of the Military Justice Department will personally go to Zhaoyuan to arrest Lu Chuanzong!" ”

The adjutant shouted the order to leave, Chen Xin propped his hands on the table, and said to himself fiercely: "Lu Chuanzong, you are still a senior, dare to deceive Lao Tzu, and use grain sales to divert Lao Tzu's attention, don't blame me this time." ”

Chen Xin was silent at the table for a long time, then pulled the rattle bell again, and said to the guards who came in: "Go and invite Master Liu, just say that I have something urgent to discuss with him." ”……

Late at night on the third day of the seventh month of Chongzhen, outside a small fishing village by the river in Zhaoyuan Zhongli, two black shadows came to the fishing village a hundred steps away.

Lu Chuanzong escaped from the barracks and entered the last place to go to sea, which is a small harbor on the Zhongli River in Zhaoyuan, and you can go to sea along here, and there is a sand boat waiting to meet them at the place where you go to sea, and Huang Yuan and others will set off from a private port in Dengzhou, and they will meet in Tianjin, as long as they enter the Beijing Division.

Glory and wealth are waiting ahead, Lu Chuanzong now has some sense of politics, the imperial court must be wary of Dengzhou, since Liaozhen is not enough to balance Dengzhou, then another force is needed.

Of course, the best location is Xuanda, which is far away from Jingshi, and can be the emperor of the soil like Chen Xin, staying in Jingshi is not a good choice, where the power of the Dengzhou Intelligence Bureau is equally strong, and it is not easy to develop his own power, so Lu Chuanzong plans to apply to the emperor for a Beijing camp to chase down the Liukou, so that he can get rid of Dengzhou's sphere of influence and lay a foundation in Shaanxi, Henan and other places.

Lu Chuanzong's eyes flashed in the dark, and he was already planning for his future future. Ertun, who followed him, asked in a low voice: "Brother Donkey, it's the grass shed in front, the boat is by the river outside the grass shed, and Fanzi is in the grass hut." ”

Lu Chuanzong returned to his eyes, and glanced at the dark environment in front of him vigilantly, the grass hut was by the Zhongli River, about fifty steps away from the fishing village, standing alone, and it would not alarm the dogs in the village at night, it was a good place to evacuate.

There was silence in the mountains and fields, only the chirping of insects came and went, Lu Chuanzong listened for a while, there was nothing abnormal, and he took Ertun to the grass hut.

When he came to the grass shed, Er Tun whispered to the dark grass shed: "Master Huang, I and Vice General Lu are here, let's go." ”

There was no response in the grass shed, Lu Chuanzong's heart tightened, and he gently pulled out his short gun and sword, and whispered to Ertun: "Have you made a mistake?" ”

Suddenly, a familiar voice in the grass shed said, "There is nothing wrong with the place!" But people aren't quite right. ”

Lu Chuanzong took a step back in the dark, "Zhou Shifa! ”