"Deputy envoy, the Qin Qiong brothers and Niu Jinda brothers have already told me in detail about the matter, thank you for your kindness, since you are here specifically to recruit me Cheng Augly this time, then I Cheng Achou will follow you in this life, before and after the saddle, lead the horse to fall into the stirrups, go to the soup and fire, and break your bones, at any cost!"

Like the legend, the famous Cheng Biting Jin is a black and strong rough man, and like the legend, Cheng Biting Jin is a person with an upright personality and a fiery temper, listening to Qin Qiong and Niu Jinda After introducing Chen Yingliang to rescue him, Cheng Biting Jin didn't even blink his eyelids, and immediately knelt down on one knee in front of Chen Yingliang, clasped his fists and saluted, and offered to be Chen Yingliang's accomplice and lackey for life. Niu Jinda, who was originally Cheng Biting Jin's accomplice, also saluted Chen Yingliang without any wealth, swore to the sky to betray his birth class, and helped Chen Yingliang, a loyal lackey of the landlord class, to help Chen Yingliang brutally suppress the peasant rebels.

received two generals at once, Chen Yingliang, who was short of military generals under his command, of course couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly picked up Cheng Biting Jin and Niu Jinda with his own hands, and was kind and relieved and concerned about the injuries left by Cheng Biting Jin being abused in prison, and he also swore to be good brothers and good friends with Cheng Biting Jin and Niu Jinda for a lifetime. I won't mention it here.

It was also at this time that Chen Yingliang knew from Cheng Biting Jin's mouth that Yuan Baobao still told himself a little truth, that is, if there was no upright and upright Wei Zheng staring, and not giving Yuan Treasure and Murong Yan a little face to resolutely protect Cheng Yanjin, who was guilty of not deserving of death, Cheng Biting Jin would probably not wait for Chen Yingliang to rush to Yuancheng to rescue, and he would have been killed by Murong Long in prison. But Rao is like this, Cheng Yanjin still suffered a lot of torture and whiplash wounds, and Chen Yingliang had to quickly invite a good doctor from Yanggu at a large price to treat Cheng Yanjin, although Cheng Yanjin didn't know why Chen Yingliang attached so much importance to himself, he was still grateful and had a good impression of Chen Ying.

A day later, Chen Yingliang and the others returned to Turtledove Shop, and after accepting the gratitude of Cheng's mother and the Turtledove Dian Township Warrior Team, Chen Yingliang did not dare to leave the army for too long, and only stayed in Turtledove Shop for one day before quickly returning to the Menghai City camp. Cheng Yanjin and Niu Jinda promised to settle down the family team, and after Cheng Yanjin's injuries healed slightly, they would immediately go south to meet Chen Yingliang in Qian County, Chen Yingliang also knew that people like Cheng Yanjin could not be untrustworthy to their words, not only generously went south, but also offered to accept the Turtledove Dian Township Yong Team to join the Qian County Army, and promised that as long as these Xiang Yong were willing to follow Cheng Yanjin and others to the south, they would all be incorporated into the regular army.

After bidding farewell to Cheng Yanjin and others, Chen Yingliang and his entourage took another three days to return to the battlefield of Menghai City, fortunately, during Chen Yingliang's departure, the situation on Meng Haicheng's side was normal, there were no accidents, Zhang Xutuo and Yang Wang's team also honestly rested in Menghai City, and at the same time, what surprised Chen Yingliang was that after he temporarily left the army, there was no conflict between the army of Qian County and the army of Qi County, and the friendship seemed to have improved significantly. Especially Kan Liang and Luo Shixin, who used to be-for-tat at the gambling table, even came to greet him side by side.

It was only later that Chen Yingliang learned that after Luo Shixin gambled with Kan Liang on his back with Zhang Xutuo on his back, he not only won back the war horse armor that he had lost to Kan Liang, but also won a lot of copper coins that Kan Liang had saved by hard work. Under admiration, Luo Shixin, who has a somewhat concerned personality about money, has also formed good friends with Kan Liang, a rectum.

Secretly rejoicing that the relationship between the army and the friendly forces of Qi County had eased, Chen Yingliang hurriedly returned to the camp to change clothes and take a bath, preparing to meet Zhang Xutuo and Yang Wang after washing and changing, at the same time, Chen Yingliang naturally had to hand over the original of the so-called letter to Wei Zheng for inspection, and Wei Zheng After reading the original of the so-called Murong Yan letter forged by Chen Yingliang with his left hand, he immediately said sarcastically: "Deputy Envoy Chen's courage is really big, he didn't even bother to imitate the handwriting, he wrote the letter directly with his left hand, and then engraved a Murong Li's name seal with a radish, Dare to use this letter to arrest a court official, the courage of the means, it is really admirable. ”

"I haven't seen Murong Yan's handwriting, and I found this letter from Meng Haigong's stolen goods, so I can track down Murong Yan's suspected thief case, and it is also out of loyalty to the saint, what can the court say about me?" Chen Yingliang asked rhetorically, and said even more eloquently: "Besides, who can prove that this letter was not written by Murong Yan who deliberately changed his handwriting?" Isn't it a reasonable explanation that Murong Yan's traitor deliberately used his left hand to write and leave different handwriting as a precaution, so as not to accidentally fall into the hands of others? ”

Wei Zheng was speechless, unable to find anything to refute Chen Yingliang's crooked reasoning, so he could only smile bitterly and said: "Fortunately, Vice Chen makes you the only person in the world, otherwise, I really don't know how many headless unjust cases there are in this world." ”

"Wei Facao is wrong, this case is not a headless unjust case, if this official catches Meng Haigong, he can find out whether this letter was written by Murong Yan himself." Chen Yingliang smiled and said: "If Wei Facao wants to investigate this case, he might as well stay in my army and help me take care of military and political affairs, while waiting for me to catch Meng Haigong, and then we can find out the truth." ”

"What does Deputy Envoy Chen mean by this, do you even want to recruit from a humble position?" Wei Zheng asked with some surprise.

"Not bad." Chen Yingliang knew that Wei Zheng had an upright personality, so he simply said directly: "Wei Facao, you are a rare talent, but you don't have the opportunity to show your strengths if you don't follow the right person." Stay, help me work together for the benefit of the people, for the court to quell the rebellion, I can vouch, I will definitely be able to let you show your strength, get what you want, and become a generation of famous ministers. ”

"It's ......." Wei Zheng, who had changed hands five times in history, hesitated a little before he said, "Please let me think about it." ”

"It's okay, you can think about it slowly." Chen Yingliang smiled and said: "But I'd better follow me to Qian County to see with your own eyes, see what is the difference between my official administration and Yuan Bao, and also see how the life of the people of Qian County is different from that of the people of Wuyin, and then give me an answer." ”

Wei Zheng hesitated for a long time, and then nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go with you to Qiaojun." ”

After persuading Wei Zheng to stay, Chen Yingliang hurriedly changed his clothes, and then hurried into the city to meet Zhang Xutuo, but Zhang Xutuo, who received the news, was already waiting for Chen Yingliang in the hall with Yang Wang, while Qin Qiong, Mulan and others stood aside. After meeting, Chen Yingliang hurriedly saluted to meet Shangguan, but Zhang Xutuo was silent for half a pillar of incense, and then suddenly opened his mouth and asked viciously: "Murong Yan's thief's letter, is it really that you found it on the battlefield?" When was it discovered? Why didn't the old man know beforehand? ”

"Ambassador Yu, Murong Yan's thief letter was indeed discovered by the lower officials when they were chasing Meng Haigong's traitors." Chen Yingliang hurriedly bowed and took the initiative to ask for guilt: "Please forgive the ambassador, the lower officials are a little greedy, and they are also afraid of leaking the news and letting Murong Yan destroy the evidence, so after discovering the letter, he did not report it to you in time, but found another excuse to go north, wanting to take Murong Yan first and then give you a surprise." It's just that I didn't expect that it would be a coincidence, and after arriving in Yuancheng, I actually discovered Murong Yan's other crimes. ”

Zhang Xutuo had a gloomy face and didn't speak, and Yang Wang, who didn't know it next to him, was surprised to ask about the specific situation, Chen Yingliang hurriedly said that he found Murong Yan's thief's letter, and he was afraid that the news would not be made public, and then under the pretext of recruiting Cheng Yanjin, he suddenly went north to Wuyin County to clean up Murong Yan, and he also admitted very frankly that he was a little greedy in this matter, and he did not report it to Zhang Xutuo in advance. Then he briefly introduced Murong Yan's official situation, especially emphasizing Murong Yan's illegal act of daring to set up his son's mourning hall in the public court, implying that Murong Yan was indeed guilty and deserved death.

Listening to Chen Yingliang's nonsense, Zhang Xutuo never said a word, his face was even more gloomy, but Yang Wang, the old slippery head of officialdom, was silent, and said slowly after a while: "Virtuous nephew, next time you find similar evidence, remember to report to Ambassador Zhang first, don't be greedy and concealed, act rashly, if you make a big mistake, it will be too late to regret it." ”

"Definitely, definitely." Chen Yingliang hurriedly nodded, bowed to Zhang Xutuo again, and said respectfully: "Please rest assured, the ambassador, even if the lower officials have a hundred courages, they will not dare to take the credit alone, and if they find similar evidence, they will report to you immediately." ”

"Fuck it!" Zhang Xutuo suddenly cursed and said angrily: "The old man has really been moldy for eight lifetimes, how can he be such a deputy who likes to monopolize credit?" Did the epistle bring? Bring! The old man wants to play the court truthfully and share the credit in this case! ”

Of course, Chen Yingliang would not mind Zhang Xutuo's contribution in this matter, so he quickly took out the forged letter, presented it to Zhang Xutuo with respectful hands, and added cautiously: "Ambassador Zhang, please be sure to write on the chapter that this is what the lower official found in the stolen goods when he was chasing Meng Haigong's traitors. ”

Zhang Xutuo snatched the forged letter angrily, opened it and took a cursory look at it, and then glared at Chen Yingliang viciously, as if he was blaming Chen Yingliang for being bold and acting recklessly. Yang Wang, who was next to him, came up to look at it together, and after only a few glances, Yang Wang pretended to exclaim and said, "What a treacherous thief!" Fortunately, Ying Liangxian's nephew worked tirelessly to visit Yuancheng and found other illegal evidence, which made him unable to get away with the law and further destroy the evidence. Ambassador Zhang, Murong Li, a traitor, is not punishable, you and I, as officials of the imperial court, must report truthfully to the imperial court and the saints! ”

glanced at Yang Wang, who was obviously helping Chen Yingliang, angrily, Zhang Xutuo wrote a note to report the matter to Emperor Yang of Sui, and by the way, he explained Murong Yan's crime of setting up his son's mourning hall in the public court, and sent someone to send it to Emperor Yang of Sui along with the false letter, and then he didn't bother to pursue it in this matter - it was useless to pursue it, as long as Chen Yingliang insisted that this letter was discovered when he was chasing and killing Meng Haigong, that is, no one could prove that this letter was forged by Chen Yingliang himself, In the end, it was a confusing account.

After finishing the matter of Murong Yan, Zhang Xutuo let his new deputy Chen Yingliang sit down, and then said quietly: "Okay, discuss business, after you leave, the old man has carefully considered the matter of you and me joining forces to exterminate the thieves in the twelve counties, the old man knows that you don't want to join forces with the old man to fight the thieves, and the old man doesn't want to join forces with you, a little slippery little slippery head, it's better to do this, we divide the twelve counties of Henan Province into two war zones in the north and south, you are responsible for exterminating the thieves in the southern region, and the old man is in charge of the northern region, and then join forces to suppress the thieves when the war is needed." ”

Divide the twelve counties into two war zones, and be in charge of one war zone alone, without listening to Zhang Xutuo's direct command, you can fight independently, Chen Yingliang heard that there was such a good thing, of course, he couldn't ask for it, and quickly nodded again and again, and said: "It's all up to Ambassador Zhang's arrangement, and the lower officials obey the order, dare to ask Ambassador Zhang, how to divide the north and south regions?" ”

"You're in charge of five counties." Zhang Xutuo replied casually: "The five counties of Liangjun, Pengcheng, Xiapi, Donghai and Langya belong to you, and the rest belong to me, how about it?" ”

Chen Yingliang's expression was a little embarrassed, because among the five counties assigned by Zhang Xutuo to Chen Yingliang's responsibility, Liang County happened to be the main activity area of the Wagang Army, and for various considerations, Chen Yingliang now neither wanted to completely exterminate the Wagang Army, nor did he want to fight with the Wagang Army too early, so as not to interfere too much with the historical process and completely lose the advantage of being a historical prophet. Fortunately, when he suddenly saw Yang Wang sitting opposite him, Chen Yingliang suddenly thought of a suitable excuse to excuse himself, and immediately said: "Ambassador, the lower official has a small request, and I hope you will agree." ”

"Say, what request?" Zhang Xutuo replied casually.

"The ambassador forgives the sin, can you let the lower officials only be in charge of the four counties, please take charge of the Liang counties?" Chen Yingliang said cautiously: "There are two reasons, the first is that there are too few soldiers and horses under the command of the lower officials, and the area in charge is too large, so I am afraid that I will not be able to do it." Ambassador, you also know that Pengcheng and Langya are both big counties, and the land of any county is more than twice that of Qian County, and the land area of Xiapi County is nearly fifty percent larger than that of Qian County. ”

Zhang Xutuo nodded, admitting that the area of the war zone that Chen Yingliang was responsible for was indeed a bit too large, and then asked, "What about the second reason?" ”

"The second reason is personal." Chen Yingliang arched his hand to Yang Wang opposite, and said with a wry smile: "Yang Tongshou of Liang County, he is the elder of Xia Guan, and he is very familiar with Xia Guan's uncle Li Guogong, Xia Guan is really embarrassed to give him command and point fingers, so Xia Guan wants to ask the ambassador to take charge of Liang County himself, so as not to be embarrassed when Xia Guan negotiates with Uncle Yang." ”

Yang Wang smiled and didn't say anything about it, but deep down in his heart, he still didn't want to be commanded by Chen Yingliang, a junior. After Zhang Xutuo thought about it for a while, he nodded and said: "Okay, then you are only in charge of four counties, fortunately, the situation on the side of Liang County is quite passable, and the officers and troops under Yang Tongshou are also quite effective, and the old man is not too difficult to manage one Liang County." ”

Chen Yingliang was overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked Zhang Xutuo, Zhang Xutuo snorted a few times to express his dissatisfaction with Chen Yingliang, and then changed his face to Yan Sù, and said solemnly to Chen Yingliang: "After returning to Qian County, in addition to expanding the army, you must also do your best to send troops to Pengcheng to help Dong Chun, the situation of thieves on his side is very strict, especially the big thief Peng Xiaocai, who has been suppressed repeatedly, you have to use your brains more, help Dong Chun eradicate Peng Xiaocai's thieves earlier, and defeat the arrogance of Pengcheng's thieves." ”

Chen Yingliang agreed, and Yang Wang, who was opposite, also suddenly spoke: "Yingliang, be respectful to Dong Liushou, although your authority is above him now, he is a senior after all, he is old enough to be your grandfather, and his official rank is still above you, and suddenly he is under your constraint and command, and there will inevitably be unhappiness in his heart, this is human nature, you have to be prepared." Remember, don't be vindictive, that will only harm others and yourself. ”

Chen Yingliang respectfully agreed, and Zhang Xutuo also told Chen Yingliang to deal with the relationship with Dong Chun carefully, and then discussed with Chen Yingliang the distribution of money and grain for the thieves, and agreed to collect it from the responsible county, Zhang Xutuo said again: "Then let's do it, since you have come back and our team is almost rested, then let's set off tomorrow, and get together for a glass of wine tonight, even if the old man sees you off." ”

Chen Yingliang and Yang Wang agreed together, and then Yang Wang smiled at Chen Yingliang and said: "Virtuous nephew, as soon as we say goodbye tomorrow, we don't know when we will be able to meet again, do a good job in office, but also pay attention to safety and take care of your body." Also, when you marry the eldest grandson, remember to tell me, I must go and drink your wedding wine. ”

Chen Yingliang hurriedly agreed, but Zhang Xutuo hurriedly asked, "What?" You're already married, kid? Didn't the old man hear that your kid was divorced by the Chai family? ”

"He was divorced, but he was married again immediately, and for this matter, Li Guogong also made a big joke and almost made two main houses for this kid."

Yang Wang, who knew that Chen Yingliang and Pei Hongce were fine, smiled and told Zhang Xutuo that Pei Hongce was unknowingly married to Chen Yingliang and Pei Cuiyun as a joke, but unfortunately Zhang Xutuo not only didn't smile after hearing it, but his expression was also very complicated, and then Zhang Xutuo peeked at Mulan next to him, and found that she hung her head and didn't speak, and she couldn't see the expression on her face, Zhang Xutuo couldn't help but sympathize with her heart, and said secretly: "Girl, it's not that the old man doesn't help you, it's that you don't have this fate with him." ”

Quietly peeking at Chen Yingliang, Mulan's head hung lower, and she kept silently thinking in her heart, "I don't like him, I hate him, it's the handsome mandarin duck who messes up the mandarin duck spectrum, and insists on matching me and him, in fact, I still hate ......him." ”

I kept comforting myself in my heart, and in the corners of Mulan's eyes, I couldn't help but have tears faintly flickering............"

"He was divorced, but he was married again immediately, and for this matter, Li Guogong also made a big joke and almost made two main houses for this kid."

Yang Wang, who knew that Chen Yingliang and Pei Hongce were fine, smiled and told Zhang Xutuo that Pei Hongce was unknowingly married to Chen Yingliang and Pei Cuiyun as a joke, but unfortunately Zhang Xutuo not only didn't smile after hearing it, but his expression was also very complicated, and then Zhang Xutuo peeked at Mulan next to him, and found that she hung her head and didn't speak, and she couldn't see the expression on her face, Zhang Xutuo couldn't help but sympathize with her heart, and said secretly: "Girl, it's not that the old man doesn't help you, it's that you don't have this fate with him." ”

Quietly peeking at Chen Yingliang, Mulan's head hung lower, and she kept silently thinking in her heart, "I don't like him, I hate him, it's the handsome mandarin duck who messes up the mandarin duck spectrum, and insists on matching me and him, in fact, I still hate ......him." ”

kept comforting herself in her heart, and in the corners of Mulan's eyes, she couldn't help but have tears faintly flickering............