There was a rustling sound on the ground around the grass hut, and more than a dozen black shadows appeared, blocking all the retreating paths, and aiming the crossbow in his hand at Lu Chuanzong and the others, Ertun let out an exclamation in fright.

"I have been friends with Brother Lu for many years, and I really don't want to see you here, but you finally came." Zhou Shifa's voice came from the grass hut slowly, "Last year's farewell, goodbye is already such a scene, ridiculous and lamentable. Looking back on the past, I have mixed feelings at this time in my heart. ”

Lu Chuanzong bit his lip and didn't speak, thinking about a way to get out, his eyes glanced at the fishing boat by the river, and three figures also appeared on it, Lu Chuanzong couldn't help but dry his throat.

"Brother Lu wants to hide from the world in Dengzhou, but he doesn't take my brother seriously. However, if Brother Lu is willing to say a few words, he will drop the short gun in his hand, and I will give you a good time then. ”

Lu Chuanzong hesitated for a moment, shook his head lightly and said: "I'm a military general, I don't want people to be happy, Zhou Shifa, you have always been hiding in the dark, let's just talk like this." I just want to know, how did you know here? ”

Zhou Shifa sighed, "These Dongchang fans are all masters, but they have left traces of people, and the accent of the Jingshi is still easy to recognize." They killed the people of our intelligence bureau on the territory of Dengzhou Town, if they let them escape, this director will not have to be the director, and the same is true for Brother Lu, if you are allowed to escape to the court and talk nonsense, there will only be one death Lord Xie Chen. In addition, remind Brother Lu, it's best to stand still and don't move, don't think about rushing in and kidnapping him, there are still a few of my subordinates holding strong crossbows in the house, so I reminded Brother Lu first. ”

Lu Chuanzong said with a smile: "Don't worry, I have no grievances with you, but I have been a brother for many years, I am already a mortal place, and I can't pull you on my back." If Chen Xin is here, I may give it a try. ”

Zhou Shifa laughed and said: "I heard that Brother Lu is full of resentment towards Lord Chen, and he considers himself a soldier, but he thinks that he has learned all the secrets of Dengzhou and can compete with Lord Chen, so he has always been resentful of Lord Chen's transfer of you to martial arts." ”

Lu Chuanzong snorted, "This official is the deputy general of the Dengzhou Right Association appointed by the imperial court, and he listens to the military garrison and the governor. didn't listen to the management of the Dengzhou General Army, and he Chen Xin transferred me around, what was the basis for that. ”

"It turns out that Brother Lu is an official of the imperial court, and he is not talented, but only an official of Dengzhou Town."

Lu Chuanzong laughed and said, "Zhou Shifa has your talents." It is enough to be the commander of the Jinyi Guard......"

Zhou Shifa's voice interrupted calmly: "It doesn't matter what you can do, what matters is what you do, and who gave you such appreciation." I met Brother Lu when I was in Tianjin, and the first time I saw Brother Lu was on the flowing water seat of Lord Chen. ”

Lu Chuanzong was speechless for a while, and then said: "Brother Zhou, you were also born and died for him, what position do you have now." That's also Brother Zhou, you came with your own life. Lu Chuanzong replied coldly.

"This Tianjin Wei Yijie family Ding, thanks to Lord Chen's appreciation, is in charge of the affairs of this intelligence bureau. I often think that if I went to Beijing to be a housekeeper back then. is also selling people's lives, and those who sell are much cheaper. How great the future of Dengzhou Town is, I believe that Brother Lu can see one or two, and the watermelon is already in his arms. It's a pity to throw away the sesame seeds in front of you. ”

Lu Chuanzong snorted and did not speak.

Zhou Shifa paused for a while before he said leisurely: "Back then, the three of us went to Dengzhou to do business. There is also Nie Hong, which is led by Brother Lu, and is also reused by Lord Chen because of this, Brother Lu was brave and resolute back then, and there was no mistake or omission in the selection of locations, scheduling, tracking, assassination, and evacuation. Even today, that Dengzhou assassination is a must-learn routine for newcomers to the Intelligence Bureau. Speaking of which, although he had been a family member in Xia, it was the first time to kill someone on the street like this, and he admired Brother Lu at that time, and never thought that he would one day deal with Brother Lu by coming down. What's ridiculous is that the one who arrested Brother Lu this time was led by Zai Xia and Nie Hong, and it was nothing more than that. ”

Lu Chuanzong's eyes were a little confused, the past of assassinating Han Bin emerged from the depths of memory, seven years ago he walked out of the shack by the Tianjin River, followed Chen Xin out of the sea once, made a fortune, saw the hope of life, and then fought again and again, after being promoted again and again, he drank bitterly with the brothers in the camp, married into the house one by one, and left a child, and finally arrived step by step outside the grass hut on the riverbank of this dark night.

Ertun's crying voice came, Lu Chuanzong's eyes refocused, and he said to the shack: "Brother Zhou is willing to give Chen Xin his life, and the official has nothing to say, since it fell into your hands today, he is also a brother who was born and died together, and the head of this official was not given wealth to lackeys like Wu Jianzhong in vain." But I have today, and you Zhou Shifa can't escape Chen Xin's poisonous hands in the future. ”

Zhou Shifa was silent for a while and said: "Brother Lu still doesn't understand where he died today, let me ask you, if the imperial court wants to transfer Zhu Guobin, Wang Changfu, and Zheng Sanhu, will Lord Chen directly arrest them?" Lord Chen will only think of keeping them in Denglai, and these people will also come to think with Lord Chen, instead of selling Dengzhou's secrets and fellow villagers in exchange for his official status like Brother Lu. Brother Lu always has a kind of grievance in his heart, in the next opinion, Brother Lu is still a little arrogant, always thinking that he can do something bigger, our Dengzhou people are not in your eyes, even Lord Chen and Lord Liu are not in your eyes, I can't wait for you to sit in the position of the Dengzhou General Army. I hinted at you by the strength of the wine when I drank many times, and I don't know if you are really drunk or fake drunk, but you don't go to your heart, and today's ending is really self-inflicted! ”

There was no sound inside and outside the grass hut, and the two comrades-in-arms who assassinated Han Bin together seven years ago confronted each other across the firewood wall of the straw hut. The undulating sound of insects around and the sound of water flowing in the Zhongli River make the night even more mysterious.

Lu Chuanzong sneered, "Zhou Shifa, you don't have to say it so nicely, is there a waiter room among the people around here, and you want to show loyalty to Chen Xinbiao through their mouths?" ”

Zhou Shifa still said leisurely, "Loyalty or disloyalty, Lord Chen knows best in his heart." By the way, I told Brother Lu that all the people of Yanggu in Dengzhou had been arrested, and Lord Chen would order that all those involved in Brother Lu's escape would be executed, Brother Lu, you not only harmed yourself, but also your fellow villagers. ”

Lu Chuanzong knew that he was going to die, and suddenly laughed loudly: "I will also tell Brother Zhou by the way." This time, we are buying grain and looking for a ship in Dengzhou, thanks to the help of the sea dogs, Lord Zhou just said righteous words, in the face of the sea dogs, please don't ......"

Zhou Shifa suddenly shouted angrily, "Kill them!" ”

The dense bowstrings sounded at the same time, Ertun and Lu Chuanzong snorted again and again, and the musket in Lu Chuanzong's hand rang out, he didn't expect Zhou Shifa to kill him here. I thought I would capture Dengzhou and behead him, but he was caught off guard and his body was hit by a powerful crossbow arrow, and the muzzle of the gun was crooked and spewed out a flame into the grass shed, leaving a dazzling mark in the dark night, and the firelight printed Zhou Shifa's face full of shadows of branches between the firewood branches. The light disappeared in a blink of an eye, and Lu Chuanzong fell to the ground softly.

The two fell to the ground and squirmed a few times, letting out a low moan, and the surrounding dark shadows surrounded them and fired several arrows at the corpses on the ground, until the two corpses were silent, and then they came close to check their pulses.

Because engaged in covert operations. Danger can happen at any time, so the men of these squads look fierce, but they are actually much more careful than the soldiers, and they are very cautious at all times. They don't see it as timidity, it's the norm. When they confirmed, one of the team members said to the grass shed: "Lord Zhou, they are all dead." ”

A dark shadow walked out of the dark door of the hut. He came to Lu Chuanzong's corpse and squatted down, and took a torch lit by the person next to him. Lu Chuanzong's eyes were wide open, and there was a kind of unruliness in his expression.

Zhou Shifa shook his head and said to the surrounding team members: "Take it back to Dengzhou, Lord Chen wants to see it." ”……

In the official room of the General Military Mansion, the adjutant had just closed the door and went out, Liu Minyou and Chen Xin were sitting opposite each other, and the two were speechless for a long time after watching the results of the surprise interrogation. When the Yanggu people in Dengzhou colluded to sell grain, they actually bought Chen Xin's number one guard sea dog. The sea dog had just gotten married, was recuperating at home, and didn't know much about Chen Xin's deal with Yanggu, and the Yanggu people promised him benefits, he thought that he was just selling grain to make money, so he went to help ask for ships and grain, as Chen Xin's henchman, it was very smooth to do things. But now it has been confessed by the people of the Yanggu Department.

After a long while, Liu Minyou spoke: "Do you have to kill?" ”

Chen Xin squeezed out a few words from between his teeth, "Lu Chuanzong's group must die." ”

"What about the fur dogs?" Liu Minyou let out a long breath, "Why is the sea dog so ignorant, and the people of Yanggu can be kind to him?" He was so stupid that he went to help get the boat. ”

Chen Xin closed his eyes and rubbed his forehead, and after a while, he raised his head and said: "Everyone involved in this Yanggu entanglement escape will die, many people in the intelligence bureau know about the sea dog, Huang Yuan and Lu Chuanzong told everyone in Yanggu about the sea dog's help, and even Xu Yuanhua knows that if I don't kill the sea dog, I can't convince the public." ”

"Perhaps...... It's okay to keep them in jail. ”

Chen Xin shook his head and said: "This is not the time to be soft-hearted, we are facing enemies on all sides, not only military threats, but also the breeding of various internal **, it is very important to maintain a high degree of internal unity and authority, in this critical period, I will not allow any mistakes, and I must give everyone a deterrent." ”

Liu Minyou sighed and said: "Huang Yuan is the most hateful, and he also told many irrelevant people in the Military Affairs Department about this matter. ”

Chen Xin slapped the table and stood up, "Needless to say, it was all instructed by Lu Chuanzong, the Military Affairs Department just issued a general order, and the person suspected of smuggling grain and grass was severely punished by military law, so he dragged the sea dog, this sea dog deserved it, he bought it for eight hundred taels of silver, and ran to help people sell grain, everyone knew that he was my confidant, and they gave him the boat, and his mind was full of paste, and he deserved to die." ”

Liu Minyou covered his head and said: "The sea dog is just confused for a while, he just got married, and he doesn't know the seriousness of this matter, why do you ...... it?"

Chen Xin stared at Liu Minyou and said firmly: "I have already conveyed to the Department of Military Justice and the Intelligence Bureau that all those involved will be executed, and there are already many people who know about the sea dogs." Even if he doesn't know that I can deal with Yanggu, but he knows about the fact that the military affairs secretary ordered him not to smuggle grain to sea, that is, he knowingly committed it, or thought that I would not deal with him. If you let go of a sea seal, how can the authority of the military order remain! I've always been soft-hearted to the people inside, and now there are enemies on all sides, a team in such an environment, if the discipline of the team is not strengthened, how can it survive, everyone wants to go to the imperial court to betray Dengzhou and get promoted, or openly resist the order like a sea dog, then it will not be as simple as killing a sea dog, how many more people will die. You must support me this time and not affect my determination. ”……

On the afternoon of July 6, in the official office of Chen Xin of the General Military Mansion, the time came to finally decide the outcome of the Yanggu Gang, and this time a total of more than 110 people from the Yanggu faction were arrested, and 23 people who were directly involved in Lu Chuanzong's escape. Except for Xu Yuanhua, other people in some positions in Yanggu were basically arrested, Dai Zhenggang was temporarily relieved of his position as a battalion officer of the third battalion, and the third battalion was taken over by the Military Affairs Department.

Jiang Yuegui was poisoned in Lu Chuanzong's mansion, and died that night, Wang Tingqian sent the case to Penglai Zhixian to handle, and the people of Dongchang died in Dengzhou Town's official mansion, Tang Zhixian was so frightened that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven, and finally he was the head, and he couldn't come up with a conclusion for a while, Tang Zhixian is a drag word, and any conclusion to this matter may happen, only dragging the most appropriate, at most it is to fall into a mediocre conclusion of ability, and be dismissed, it is better than losing your head.

Inside Dengzhou Town, the tone of Chen Xin's handling had been set, Lu Chuanzong and other military officials were sentenced to death for the crime of defection, and the army was conveyed to the level of the 100 general managers, and the people of the civil and commercial companies involved in the case were executed in the name of colluding with Jiannu. This time, the target of the shock is not the grassroots soldiers, but the people in the middle and core institutions.

Nie Hong said softly: "My lord, tomorrow's subordinates will behead the people involved in the Yanggu case led by Huang Yuan, will you still see them?" ”

Chen Xin thought for a moment and waved his hand, "It's gone, behead it directly." ”

Nie Hong peeked at Chen Xin and stammered, "Then, what about the sea dogs?" ”

"Sea Dog ......" Chen Xin muttered, that silly familiar smile appeared in front of him, and he was speechless for a while.

Zhou Shifa looked at his nose and nose, he and Chen Xin were old neighbors in Tianjin, and later followed Chen Xin at the earliest, and he knew the relationship between Chen Xin and Hai Gouzi the best, and the feeling of being a brother and a father, Hai Gouzi has always been Chen Xin's personal guard, and the two are together almost at any time.

Chen Xin clasped each other's hands and rubbed them on his left fist with the palm of his right hand, Nie Hong, Wu Jianzhong and Zhou Shifa looked down at the ground, neither daring to persuade nor urge, even Liu Minyou next to him, Liu Minyou neither wanted the sea dog to die, nor did he want this treatment to be unconvincing, he didn't dare to look at Chen Xin's appearance, and his eyes didn't know where to put it.

"I don't want to see the fur dog again, and I don't want to listen to him." Chen Xin finally said softly.

Liu Minyou let out a long sigh, shook his head in pain on the chair, got up and walked out.

Chen Xin acted as if he didn't see it, Nie Hong and the others didn't persuade again, there was a moment of silence in the room, Chen Xin waved his hand lightly, and Nie Hong and the other three retreated together. As soon as Nie Hong came out of the gate of the General Military Mansion, he hurriedly pulled Zhou Shifa over, dragged him to the wall next to the military gate, and said with a sad face: "Brother Zhou, Lord Chen really wants to kill Brother Hai Dog!" You've got a lot of brains, think of a way. ”