Chai Zhenge, or Tuoba Zhenge, who guarded the county seat of Huaiji, although Hou Dagou did not add any county order or the title of governor, when other soldiers called him, some called him leader, some called eldest brother, some called elder brother, and some called hero, but there is no doubt that he has the ability to control the central place where the three envoys meet.

Those Jianghu people who came back to report the news, after saying Ding Yi's request to talk to Hou Dagou, they hugged their fists and said to Chai Zhenge with a big grin: "Chai Daxia, I waited for you to come with Brother Hou before, but I didn't know that Brother Ding Rongcheng Ding wanted to protect the Zhu family, and now that I know this, I am going to go with Brother Ding!" ”

Murong Qiushui, who was standing beside Tuoba Zhenge and dressed as a scribe, shook his folding fan and asked puzzledly, "What's wrong with following Brother Hou?" In these days, whether it is wine and meat, money, or even those dog officials' women, how can Brother Hou treat me badly? The brothers want to be sober, yes, Ding Rongcheng is so famous, but I heard that Ding Rongcheng has a disciple named Wei Wencheng under his command, who became the ambassador of the Nanjing Branch of the Security Bureau, forcibly extorted a people's daughter, and still gave a full dowry, but the woman had a childhood sweetheart, so she was unwilling, but Ding Rongcheng knew about it, and beat him with thirty military sticks, and he heard that he couldn't get out of bed for more than half a month, and said that if there was a next time, he would castrate Wei Wencheng and send him to the palace as an errand ......"

The men on the rivers and lakes, except for the taboo thing of seducing the second sister-in-law, others, to be honest, most people are not very particular, and they all shrank their necks when they heard it, but Murong Qiushui was still saying: "...... There was also the British Duke of the Dynasty, because he prevented students from entering the Tribute Academy examination. I want to give Ding Rongcheng a seat, the British prince of the dynasty, and the disciple of the personal lineage. is beaten and punished on the street, this person really has nothing to talk about, you have to think clearly. ”

"That's it, the melon that is twisted is not sweet." Tuoba Zhenge raised his hand to signal Murong Qiushui not to continue, and said to those few Jianghu men, "Ding Rongcheng is also a first-class good man, you have to go with him." went by himself, but Lao Tzu was impatient to abide by those rules, a good man on the rivers and lakes. This can't be done, that's not possible, what is it like to live in this life? All right. It's better to get together than to disperse. Brother Qiushui, give them some entanglement, teach them to pack up their things and go. ”

Murong Qiushui responded, and retreated with the few hesitant Jianghu people. A middle-aged man who looked like a mountain man beside Tuoba Zhenge asked in a low voice: "Leader Chai, this kind of anti-bone boy can't be left, so I will go down and call my brother to do them all!" ”

Tuoba Zhenge shook his head and said with a smile: "Didn't Brother Hou say it?" Convince people with virtue! Feel relieved. Few people were willing to go with them, and there were rumors on the rivers and lakes at that time. Good men are willing to follow Brother Hou, even Ding Rongcheng can't take him away, Seventh Brother Hou, there will be more people who will come to vote for us by then! ”

Hou Qige also made sense when he heard it, so he nodded and didn't say anything more. Looking at Hou Qi's back, Tuoba Zhenge just sneered, he was not as rough as his face looked, these big thorns said in front of him that he was going to vote for Ding Yi, according to his heart, it was really cheap to kill them.

It's just that in Huaiji County, there are already a thousand Hou Qi led by Lan Shouer's old foundation of the rebel army, these old foundations are not good stubble, you must know that the Guangxi uprising in Ludao, from Hongwu to Chongzhen, there are one after another, but to say that there is really a meteorology, that is, Lan Shouer and Hou Dagou This period, there have been tycoon rats, Wei Baopeng, Qin Gongzhuan and other rebel army led by the leader of the rebel army, either the momentum is not large, or it is quickly extinguished.

And the old rebel army that Lan Shouer left for Hou Dagou is impossible to listen to Tuoba Zhenge's words, they don't even have Hou Qi, Hou Dagou's distant cousin, they don't necessarily give any face, this is a character who can kill the official army and break the city, and only the two right-hand men Zheng Ang and Huang Niu Er under Hou Dagou can make this thousand old foundations.

And Tuoba Zhenge naturally didn't want to rely on his fame in the rivers and lakes to be a puppet leader after joining Hou Dagou, so he recruited hundreds of heroes in the rivers and lakes, hundreds of people in Tongyouping plus nearly a thousand people in Huaiji County, these are his descendants, so that he can sit firmly in the position of the leader in Huaiji.

Kill these Jianghu people who spread the message, there must be a name, right? Say they're going to vote for Ding? After a while, there are nearly a thousand people in the city, what if they all say that they want to go to Ding Yi? Killed all? Then how could he stay on top of the leader? It is impossible for him to kill these Jianghu people at this time.

It is impossible to block the news, on the contrary, after he wants to let these Jianghu people go down, he will take the initiative to explain to other Jianghu people how bad and unfree it is if he goes to Ding Rongcheng, so that he can settle people's hearts is what Tuoba Zhenge has to do.

Murong Qiushui came back soon, arched his hand at Tuoba Zhenge, shook his folding fan again, and didn't say anything, because there was no need, these things were expected, but Tuoba Zhenge thought about it and said: "Go and report to Zheng Ang and the scalper, Ding Rongcheng, who is famous all over the world, will teach them to pass the word to Hou Dagou." ”

"Okay!" Murong Qiushui still smiled, put away the folding fan and went to do it himself, he knew Tuoba Zhenge's thoughts, whether it was to let Zheng Ang and the scalper kill Ding Yi, or Ding Yi to kill these two people, it would be extremely beneficial to them, if Zheng Ang and the scalper died in the hands of Ding Yi, then in the name of avenging these two, Tuoba Zhenge might be able to support the old foundation of the thousand righteous army.

Soldiers, after a long time, follow the generals to win victory after victory, and gradually have a sense of belonging, as long as they lead this thousand righteous army veterans north to Huguang and kill several state capitals, these thousand soldiers can be regarded as the sons of Tuoba Zhenge.

As for Zheng Ang and the scalper who killed Ding Yi, it would be even better, if the name of Hou Dagou is still known in the rivers and lakes, although these two people can fight, they are not very recited by the heroes of the rivers and lakes outside Guangxi, and the world knows that he is the subordinate of Tuoba Zhenge, and the famous Ding Rongcheng has also been killed, why is it afraid that no one will vote?

Ding Yi appeared in front of the Huaiji city wall, with only Wen Fatzi by his side.

At this time, there was a conflict among the men in the city, and someone said: "Ding Rongcheng is just like Grandpa Yue, he is a loyal minister, and it is better to vote for Ding Rongcheng than to make trouble!" "Break the Tartar array, save the emperor, protect the Jingshi, which one will come out, and don't teach people's hearts to boil? I'm going to go to the Ding family's brother! But someone said, "Don't you say it?" Ding Rongcheng's rules are very big, you see that Wei Wencheng, who was beaten and punished on the street in the British public capital, and became the ambassador of the Nanjing Bureau, violated the rules and couldn't get out of bed for half a month, our brothers went, wasn't they beaten to death in less than three days? "Yes, this kind of character, admiration is, but it is not close to his mother! ”

There are more than a dozen people from the rivers and lakes who are about to be born in good families, and in the end, regardless of the nearly 1,000 Jianghu men who have almost overwhelmingly concluded that "voting for Ding Rongcheng is asking for hardship", they still packed up their things and were still determined to vote for Ding Yi. When they approached the gate of the county seat, Zheng Ang and the scalpers, who had been informed by Murong Qiushui, also rushed here, but they heard Murong Qiu instructing the soldiers on the city wall: "When they can go out of the city, they will shoot to death the dog thieves who want to join the government!" ”

"Let them go." This sullen voice was the scalper like an iron tower, who opened his mouth on the side, "I heard that Ding Rongcheng is a famous hero, and he is not a bad breed who voted for him." Zheng Ang stood aside with his arms crossed, looking at Murong Qiushui with a smile, but he didn't speak.

The latter sensed the unkindness in Zheng Ang's eyes, shook off the folding fan and said with a smile: "This city wall is Brother Zheng's responsibility, and the student has no intention of offending. It's just that after teaching people to inform the two of them before, they are waiting for the big frame here, but they don't have the heart to call the brothers under Brother Zheng. ”

"Well said." Zheng Ang didn't say much, just nodded and stepped onto the city wall.

At this time, the city gate opened, and the twenty or so men walked out of the city gate, looking at the two people who were a stone's throw away from the city wall-Ding Yi and Wen Fatzi, who was standing beside him, and someone asked: "I don't know which one is the brother of the Ding family?" "Wen Fatzi is going to do something, and as soon as he let go, the 20 or so men rushed forward, bowed their heads, and claimed to have seen their brother.

Ding Yi picked them up and taught them to go to Tongyouping to rest first, but motioned for the fat man to speak, so the latter asked the people on the city wall: "Ding Rongcheng is here, he wants to talk to Brother Hou, which good man can pass on the word, please make a noise!" When he had finished speaking, he saw that there was no answer on the wall, so he shouted again.

This time, someone finally responded, but a cold voice sounded: "What do you say?" Is Ding Rongcheng going to vote for my big brother Hou? Okay, Brother Hou is sitting in Datengxia, Bitan Capital, and the Emperor's Palace, please ask Ding Rongcheng to kowtow! "The capital city of Bitan was built by Hou Dagou in Bitanwei, and an emperor's palace was built to be used for the deliberations of the righteous army.

It was Zheng Ang who spoke, and listening to his words, the people who defended the city were all the old men of the rebels, and they couldn't help laughing.

But I heard Zheng Ang say again: "Yes, the firewood leader here before also went to talk to Brother Hou, Brother Hou saw that he spoke well, so he rewarded him to guard this Huaiji City, if Ding Rongcheng can also speak, he can more or less mix a leader, go to the emperor's palace and go on a trip, he can be an official, not bad!" ”

The so-called "good words" is a very insulting statement for Tuoba Zhenge, who commands a county, and it is simply a role for him to be a good man. Murong Qiushui stood aside, although he still had a smile on his face, the hand in his sleeve had been pinched to the point that his bones turned white.

Ding Yi smiled and shook his head, maybe Zheng Ang thought it was mean enough, but for Ding Yi, it was really nothing. (To be continued......)