As a member of the bloody battle between the Liaodong Front and the Houjin Tatars, Zhao Gongchang and the Tatars had too many blood feuds, and he and his brothers fought desperately on the front line to kill the enemy and fight bloody sands, and I don't know how many brothers died on the battlefield in order to protect their families and defend the country, and they fell forever on the land of a foreign land, but those mercenary businessmen colluded with the Houjin Tatars behind their backs to transport strategic materials to the sworn enemy, which was killing their compatriots in disguise.

Zhao Gongchang was furious on the spot, and he couldn't wait to screw off the heads of those villains on the spot, but fortunately, he had strong willpower, endured it, and carried out and completed the tasks assigned to him by Lu Haoshan very well.

Dogs can't change their eating, this Fan Yongdou gave Houjin Yun weapons and food, and was willing to act as Houjin's lackey, Lu Haoshan's face turned black on the spot.

"My lord, kill all these traitors, lest they bring disaster to the people again, and it is best to put them to death." Zhao Gongchang said angrily.

Li Dingguo, who was on a mission with Zhao Gongchang, couldn't help but say: "This Fan Yongdou is simply too hateful, and the children of the family who were sent in front of him pretended to be the king of troubled times and harmed the villagers everywhere, but I didn't expect his heart to be so black, in order to make money, he also colluded with foreign enemies, it is simply lawless, such a person is not enough to kill the people, my lord, it is better for us to report him to the government and let him taste the taste of the nine clans." ”

In the past, he followed Zhang Xianzhong, the eighth king, and did a lot of hurtful things, Li Dingguo felt that he was muddy enough, but now compared with that Fan Yongdou, Li Dingguo felt that he was simply a good person, at that time, he robbed big households everywhere, he was forced to be hungry, and in the final analysis, it was also a "family matter", and these big businessmen, who were not satisfied with brocade clothes and jade food, colluded with foreign clans to harm their compatriots, and Li Dingguo, who was a mob, looked down on this kind of person.

Lu Haoshan waved his hand and said, "It's not proper, this Fan Yongdou and Houjin colluded not for a day or two." He can last so long, there must be his way of survival, I don't know how many people in the officialdom of Shanxi have been bought by him, there must be people in the court to support him, and he will take out some silver every year to donate to the army, repair roads and bridges in the local area, and have a good reputation in the local area, it is difficult to bring him down for a while, and this matter has to be discussed in the long run. ”

"My lord, will this despicable villain just let him go?" Zhao Gongchang said angrily.

"Spare him?" Lu Haoshan sneered: "Think beautifully, such a person can't punish him well." are all sorry for their conscience. ”

Li Dingguo took the initiative to ask: "My lord, it's up to you how to do it, what do you want to do small, even if you go up the knife mountain and go down the oil pot." ”

"My lord, what to do, you can tell me." Zhao Gongchang also asked Zhan Dao.

Lu Haoshan smiled slightly: "What we have to do is to set up camp and quickly rush to Meng County to join General Deng." ”

"But my lord, then let these people transport the supplies to Houjin?" Li Dingguo said with a look of surprise.

looked at the sneer on the corner of Lu Haoshan's mouth. Zhao Gongchang suddenly realized and said happily: "Stupid, if it wasn't for the camp and set off, there would have been an accident." How do we stay out of it? ”

On 16 March, the Sichuan Army's Cultural and Chong Department set out for the fourth watch and the fifth watch, and the group rushed straight to Meng County, Taiyuan Prefecture, the destination of this time, although there were only a few hundred people. But it was all cavalry, swaggering all the way by, and the momentum was great. On the way, the discerning soldiers noticed that there seemed to be a lot less people in the group, and when they wanted to ask what was going on, they were told that they were going on a secret mission, and told them not to ask again and not to discuss the matter.

By 20 March, Lu Haoshan had arrived in Meng County, and was warmly welcomed by the new top boss, then deputy chief soldier of Sichuan, Deng Xi, in order to commend Lu Haoshan for his exploits in defeating the old man and beheading 3,000 on the battlefield, Deng Yu personally greeted Lu Haoshan outside the city gate.

"The subordinate officer meets the chief soldier." Lu Haoshan didn't dare to make a mistake, and when he saw his boss personally greeting him at the city gate, he dismounted and saluted from afar.

"Hehe, Haoshan doesn't have to be polite, get up, it's hard work." Deng Xi helped Lu Haoshan up with his own hands, and then said with a smile: "Have all the subordinates been settled?" ”

"The lower officials asked them to set up camp ten miles away from the county seat, and they were all settled, and Lord Xie cared."

Meng County is just a small county seat, can not accommodate so many soldiers, large troops into the county is not realistic, it may also bring problems of public security, for the sake of local security, the imperial court also has restrictions in this regard, without permission can not bring troops into the city, Lu Haoshan is no exception, let his soldiers camp outside the city, he just brought personal guards into the city.

In order to prevent anyone from recognizing Tang Qiang, Zhao Gongchang and others, Lu Haoshan brought Li Dingguo, Sun Xiong and several henchmen with him.

Deng Xi patted Lu Haoshan on the shoulder and said, "Well, yes, come, let's go into the city, Ben will have a banquet in Zuiyue Tower to catch the wind and wash the dust for you." ”

"Let the adults break the bank, and the officials dare not be ashamed."

"Okay, don't say these polite words, go, go into the city, Ben will introduce a few important people to you to know." Deng Xi said enthusiastically.

Lu Haoshan is a young talent, and a general who is turned from a civil to a martial arts, this kind of general is very important to the imperial court, and Lu Haoshan is deeply valued by Han Wendeng, the commander of Sichuan, and Deng Xi also consciously befriended this kind of rising star with unlimited prospects, so he took the initiative to greet him at the city gate and give Lu Haoshan face.

As soon as he entered Mengcheng, before Lu Haoshan had time to comb, he was pulled by the enthusiastic Deng Xi to the most prosperous and best Zuiyue Building in the county, and under the leadership of Deng Xi, he entered the private room and frowned lightly without a trace.

There are already a lot of people sitting in the banquet, judging from the clothing, there are generals, knowledgeable counties, and squires, among more than ten people in a line, Lu Haoshan has only one person who knows, that is, Cao Wenzhao's nephew Cao Bianjiao, this is a member of the imperial court to suppress the righteous army, I don't know why he appeared here, when he saw Lu Haoshan, he smiled at Lu Haoshan and nodded lightly, which was regarded as a greeting.

Meeting Cao Bianjiao here made Lu Haoshan feel a little surprised, but what surprised Lu Haoshan even more was that the main seat of that seat was not Cao Bianjiao who came from afar, nor was it a vacant position to be reserved for Deng Xi, who had high official positions and old qualifications, but an old man in ordinary clothes.

An ordinary old man actually occupies the main position? Lu Haoshan took a closer look and quickly understood that this old man had no beard on his white face, and at first glance, he felt less strong as a man, more feminine as a woman, and no Adam's apple around his neck, needless to say, this old man was a eunuch.

"This is Lu Qianhu, he is really a young hero, he has lost his welcome, he has lost his welcome." The man dressed in Tsing Yi stood up and said to Lu Haoshan with a smile on his face.

"This is Zhao Zhixian of Meng County." Deng? reminded Lu Haoshan in his ear at the right time.

Lu Haoshan hurriedly said: "Don't dare, Zhao County is polite, these are Zhao's duties." ”

These people who were sitting stood up one after another and greeted Lu Haoshan and Deng Xi, Deng Xi introduced Lu Haoshan one by one like a senior taking care of his juniors, this is a hundred households, this is Zhang Zhushu, this is Squire Li, etc., Lu Haoshan also greeted them one by one kindly, politely,

It is said that people are in the rivers and lakes, and they can't help themselves, this is also appropriate in the officialdom, this is what officialdom calls entertainment, Lu Haoshan originally wanted to fight a good war, improve his status in addition to training, and better strengthen his power in the future, but at this moment, he also has to be careful to entertain these people.

After greeting each other, Deng Xi led Lu Haoshan to the banquet, and said to Lu Haoshan with a smile: "Haoshan, this is Gonggong Sun sent by the imperial court, you can get to know each other well, we have a lot of places to rely on Gonggong Zhang in the future." ”

"Father-in-law Zhang is above, and the lower officials are polite." Although Lu Haoshan didn't have a good impression of these eunuchs, he still pretended to be respectful and said.

"Hehe, Lu Qianhu is killing the Lun family, in the final analysis, the Lun family is a mere seven-grade internal official, and the Lun family still needs to call you the Lord of Qianhu in terms of taste." The father-in-law said with a smile.

Senho-sama?

It's a good thing to say, Lu Haoshan has a disdain in his heart, and he said that the person who came was a guest, he had just arrived, and he came with victory, and everyone present stood up to welcome him, regardless of his position, and even Cao Bianjiao, who had always been proud, also stood up and complimented a few words, only this self-proclaimed seven-grade internal official sat still like a big old man and waited for him to come and salute.

It's one thing to say, and another is done, which is really disgusting.

"Don't dare, don't dare, I'll ask Grandpa Zhang to help me in the future." Lu Haoshan couldn't believe his "politeness".

At this time, Zhao Zhixian, who was the landlord, said with a smile: "Okay, since everyone is together, let's not stand, sit down and chat while eating." ”

When everyone heard this, they sat down with a smile, and Lu Haoshan was arranged to sit next to Deng Xi.

After sitting down, it was naturally polite again, Lu Haoshan found an opportunity and asked in a low voice: "Lord Deng, what's the matter with this father-in-law?" ”

A wry smile appeared on Deng Xi's lips, and he whispered to Lu Haoshan for a while, and Lu Haoshan suddenly realized that this Zhang Gonggong was the prison sent by Chongzhen.

It turned out that during the period of his own recuperation, a lot of things happened, the imperial court mobilized heavy troops in many ways, menacing, all kinds of righteous troops avoided the real and the false, kept moving back and forth in Shanxi, Henan, Hebei and other places, taking the opportunity to attack, the official army was in a passive position, the internal contradictions also intensified, the military department accused Henan of not plugging the danger of Taihang, making thieves, not innocent, and the Henan squire asked the imperial court that the governor of Shaanxi, Hong Chengchou, was also in charge of Shanxi and Henan military affairs, and the military department thought that this could prevent the provinces from passing the buck, so they agreed to this plan, As a result, Hong Chengchou became the "governor of the three provinces" and was responsible for suppressing bandits.

This is a great power, and it is also a major change made by the imperial court to suppress bandits, but for the suspicious Chongzhen, he is not willing to let his courtiers have too much power to prevent their ambitions from growing in excessive power, so he went back to the old path of Wanli and Tianqi to reuse eunuchs, sent eunuchs as supervisors, and sent eunuchs Chen Dakui, Yan Siyin, Xie Wenju, and Sun Maolin to serve as the supervisors of Cao Wenzhao, Zhang Yingchang, Zuo Liangyu and Deng Xi respectively.

Sitting on the top is none other than Sun Maolin, the supervisor of Deng Xi's department. (To be continued......)