Chenzhou is an important town in the eastern part of Dali.

Because it borders the neighboring countries of Fuguo, Yuguo, and Qiaoguo, it is the largest number of troops stationed in the locality, and the number of troops stationed all year round reaches 100,000.

The whole city of Chen Zhoucheng is square and well-planned. The east of the city is where the army is located, and the west of the city is the common people. It is bounded by the clear road.

To the east of the road, the people were blocked by a high wall, and nothing was allowed to enter.

On the road to Qingqing, there is a tall wall gate that enters the place where the army in the east of the city is located, and on normal days, there are 20 soldiers guarding the gate, and the people can get a glimpse of the scene of the troops inside from the outside of the door.

Zhou Peng, who is stationed here, is now the only foreign surname of Dali, King Pingkang.

Zhou Peng and Zheng Jin were born in the same year, met when they were young and ignorant, and led soldiers to fight together in the five years from the age of 20 to 25, and both of them saved each other's lives, which can be said to be friends of life and death.

In the years when Zheng Jingang was taken down by the emperor, King Pingkang repeatedly tried to help his brother get justice, but he was successfully dissuaded by his wife Ming.

this day.

When the sun was setting, two carriages came from the west gate of Chen Zhou, followed by twenty or thirty black-clothed men on horseback.

The group had been walking east along the wide avenue in the center of the city until it reached the gate of the wall of the road. It stopped.

One of the horsemen behind, a thin man in black, dismounted, and said something to a soldier guarding the door, who immediately went to report it.

After a short time, the soldier returned and said to the group that came: "King Pingkang has an invitation, please come with me......"

The group followed the gatekeeper through the horse training ground, the shooting range, the sword training ground, and several barracks, and came to a complex surrounded by a compound.

Someone in one of the two sedan chairs got out of the sedan chair.

The body bones are cold, and the face is like frost.

It was Zheng Hangsu.

He stood in front of the door and looked at the door.

On the tall door plate, there are four big characters written "Pingkang Wangfu".

The door was pushed open in an instant, and a middle-aged man with a square face, bright eyes, and a majestic figure in a dark robe was walking towards the door to greet him.

This man is Zhou Peng.

When he saw Zheng Hangsu, he came to hug him and said, "Virtuous nephew, I have heard about the affairs of your family, you must mourn and change." ”

Zheng Hangsu had a look of pain on his face, and said, "Uncle Zhou, you must uphold justice for my father...... He was framed! ”

"What, framed?"

"Uncle, look at my father and my mother, I brought them ......"

"What, brought?"

"They're in the sedan chair."

Zhou Peng was puzzled and asked: "It's in the sedan chair?" I've heard they've ......"

Zhou Peng said and looked at the sedan chair at the door and said, "You said they were inside?" ”

Zheng Hangsu nodded and pointed to the sedan chair where Zheng Jin and his stepmother were placed.

Zhou Peng approached the sedan chair, he thought that Zheng Hangsu had brought his father and mother to him for treatment, could it be that the rumors were wrong?

Lifting the curtain of the sedan car and looking inside, I saw two charred corpses.

He immediately twitched and said, "Are they still ...... Alas! ”

Putting down the sedan curtain, he said to Zheng Hangsu: "Don't be too sad about your nephew, I will help you find out about the burning of your house." ”

Zheng Hangsu said: "Uncle Zhou doesn't have to work hard to mobilize the people, I have already made up my mind who will do it." ”

"What? Have you found out? ”

"Uncle, we talk inside."

Zhou Peng ordered the two soldiers around him: "You first drive this sedan chair of my brother and sister-in-law to the mourning hall." ”

The mourning hall is dozens of zhang away from here, and only the people who can be put into the mourning hall after death are the people above the head of the line, and ordinary soldiers cannot be put into the mourning hall after death.

And Zhou Peng took Zheng Hangsu and his party into the mansion.

It was already evening, and the lights were already on in the house.

The blue-gray tone of the house makes the whole house look quite solemn and solemn at a glance.

Coming to the backyard, there is a two-story attic.

Zhou Peng took Zheng Hangsu to the study on the second floor of the attic, dismissed everyone, and asked, "Virtuous nephew, you say, who did it find out?" ”

Zheng Hangsu said: "It was the one with the highest position in Dali who instructed his son to do it. ”

"What? Do you have a basis? ”

Zheng Hangsu said: "A few days ago, Prince Xiao went to my house, and my father warmly entertained him, and just a few days after he left, my family suffered this catastrophe, who else could he be?" ”

"Prince Xiao has been to your house?"

"Yes. If the uncle does not believe him, he can inquire about it. ”

"If he does go, it must be to see if your father has the heart to make a comeback......

"My father has been a man who has not left the house for several years, how can he do something so rebellious?"

"Indeed, I have heard that your father has never been out of the house." Zhou Peng sighed and said.

If a mortal has a rebellious heart, he must wander around and win connections, how can a person who does not even go out of the house have a rebellious heart?

Zheng Hangsu suddenly knelt down at this time and said, "Ask your uncle to administer justice for your nephew......"

The sadness on his face was beyond words.

Zhou Peng helped him up and said, "Don't be in a hurry about this matter......

If justice is done for him, then he must send troops to rebel, and the stakes are very high, and he must think about it.

Although his sympathy for his deceased brother is now greater than anything else, he needs to be cautious and analyze the pros and cons before he can make a choice.

After frowning and pondering for a moment, he said, "Virtuous nephew, you can live in my mansion today." I'll have someone prepare a room for you. Now you can go to the study and rest for a while. Then he shouted, "Someone's coming." ”

Soon two soldiers walked in.

"You go and prepare a house and a bed for Zheng Gongzi. As for the others brought by Zheng Gongzi, they were temporarily arranged to live in the barracks. ”

"Yes." The two soldiers said at the same time.

Zheng Hangsu respectfully saluted Zhou Peng and said, "Uncle Xie takes it in." The nephew will not disturb the uncle for the first time. As he spoke, he hurried out the door.

Zhou Peng looked at his back as he went out and remembered Zheng Jin's former demeanor.

Back then, Zheng Jin was also so extraordinary and radiant.

Like a shining star in the crowd.

I was very inconspicuous back then. In terms of style, legendary experience, and pleasing women, he is not as good as him.

But he didn't have the slightest jealousy of Zheng Jin, but regarded him as a lifelong confidant.

Now, he has become a black-charred corpse, and he can't help but sigh that creation makes people.

Now, he needed to talk to his wife about what to do next.

Mrs. Ming's name is Ming Qian, and she is just the daughter of a county official, but she has always been good at analyzing problems and seeing things through the world.

When I came to Mrs. Niang's room, I saw that she was making a female celebrity.

It's not a hobby for her to be a female celebrity, it's purely to pass the time.

In her words, in peacetime, it was very boring to stay in this mansion surrounded by barracks on all sides. It's just wasting your time.

After Zhou Peng came to his wife's room, he told his wife that Zheng Hangsu was here today and the content of his conversation.

At the end, he asked Madame, "What do you think, Madame?" ”

Ming put the peony scarf he was embroidering on the table and said, "This matter is a little difficult. ”

"Madame, come and hear it." Zhou Peng looked at his wife and said.

Ming's is more than forty, her face is a little square, although her eyes are big, they are not the eyes of Danfeng, and her face has never been smooth and shiny, when she was young, her complexion was a little darker, and now it is even darker.

Although she is not the best in the world, her bearing, courage, and intelligence are not available to ordinary people, so Zhou Peng never accepts concubines.

The appearance of the lady is the appearance of the most beautiful woman in his heart.

I listened to Ming's words: "If it is really the emperor who sent the crown prince Xiao to do this, the people of the world will have a lot of complaints about the emperor." And Zheng Hangsu came to you, it will be known to the world in a few days, if the people of the world think that he came to beg you to make decisions for him, and you still ignore it, you will become a bear in the hearts of everyone, and your reputation will be ruined from now on. ”

She sighed and said: "Things are so contradictory, although people in the world think that Emperor Dali is a good emperor, but if you don't oppose him, you just don't stand up for your brother, you will become the target of public criticism."

But if you oppose him, you will still be regarded as a shameless thief by those who see him differently. After all, this is an era of peace, but you have sent troops to rebel for personal vendetta, putting the safety of millions of people at risk. ”

Zhou Peng said: "Then according to what Mrs. said, I am not a person, I am not a person, I am not a person, I am not a person inside and outside?" ”

Ming nodded and said, "That's it." ”

"Then I might as well do the opposite. At the very least, if the rebellion succeeds, I will still be able to establish myself as king. ”

"You first investigate how Zheng Jin's house was burned. Zheng Hangsu concluded that Prince Xiao sent someone to do it just because Prince Xiao came and went to his house and his house was burned down, which is too arbitrary. Evidence is needed to do so. ”

"The house was burned, how can there be evidence?"

"People in the neighborhood may find something for themselves. You'll just investigate and see. ”

Zhou Peng said: "What Madame said is very true. However, since my nephew has pulled the bodies of his father and stepmother here. I have to bury him well, and starting tomorrow, the whole army will be vegetarian! ”

"Aren't you afraid that the emperor will know that you think you have a bad heart for the sake of Zheng Jin's whole army?"

"Even so, I admit it! This is the brother who saved my life! ”

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On the second day, the people of the entire Chenzhou City heard about Zhou Peng's whole army for his brother.

Fu Zhou, Hu San, and Hu Si, who had been following Zheng Hangsu to Chenzhou, naturally heard about it.

So Hu San and Hu Si continued to stay in Chen Zhou to listen to the news. Fu Zhou went back to Jiangbei City to report that Lu Shikang had gone.