Chapter 45: Jiangcheng is besieged

Zhao's study

"Excuse me, today came so suddenly, but what happened?" Zhao Jingyuan stared at the proud protégé in front of him with a serious expression.

"Teacher, today Liu Jiang sent a message from there, saying that Ning Jun went to Jiangcheng. I suspect that Liu Jiang may have done something stupid for him to guess. This is also where Song Jinyan is very puzzled, it stands to reason that they are well disguised, if they don't show their feet, they won't arouse suspicion at all.

"This Ning Jun is indeed a talent, is it possible to win over us?" Mrs. Zhao still admires young talents like Ning Jun.

"It shouldn't be possible, if he can win over, he should have stood in line when he delivered the medicine earlier, Xiao Zhuzi also said before that he had heard Gonggong Fu mention it, and Ning Jun promised the emperor not to participate in the battle between the princes." Song Jinyan shook his head.

"In this way, then let Liu Jiang leave him in Qingzhou forever!" Although Zhao Jingyuan's tone was full of regret and helplessness, his eyes were full of coldness.

Zhao Qianrou, who was standing in the cold wind outside the house, withdrew the hand that stretched out and was about to push the door, the blood on her face faded, she bit her lip stubbornly, and quietly retreated into her small courtyard, as if she had fallen into an ice cellar, shivering with cold.

Daddy, they were going to kill him! So how do you choose this time?

"I also want to leave Ning Jun directly in Qingzhou, but the previous master explained that if it is exposed, we don't need to do anything, and he will deal with it." Song Jinyan was still a little unbearable in his heart, after all, Ning Jun had not done anything hurtful to nature.

"The master's heart is too soft, I am afraid that he will miss a big event in the long run, and now if he doesn't get rid of Ning Jun while he is young, he will definitely have endless troubles when he grows up in the future." After all, Zhao Jingyuan was a little deeper, and he saw through Ning Jun at a glance that he was a potential threat.

"In that case, I'll deliver the news to Liu Jiang tomorrow!" Song Jinyan's hand hidden in the middle clenched tightly, and sighed helplessly.

"Sincerely, I understand that you can't bear it, but since you have chosen to help your master achieve great things, you have to understand that soft-heartedness has to pay a price on this road, and those who achieve great things are not informal, do you know?" Zhao Jingyuan patted Song Jinyan's shoulder and said earnestly.

"Teacher, I see!" Song Jinyan lowered his head to contain the emotion in his eyes, bowed respectfully to Zhao Jingyuan and left.

Jiangcheng

"Sure enough, the people who were sent to investigate before have already met with accidents! It seems that the grain of the private soldiers was indeed transferred from Jiangcheng, Chi Yu and Qing Li, and the three of us each took a team of soldiers to check all the rice and grain in the city to check their accounts, and all the grain accounts that had a large number of shipment records in the past half a month were registered, no matter where they went, they were all recorded. "Dare to touch your own brother, don't let me find out who it is, otherwise he must be good-looking.

Lunch time one day later

"General, I've checked all the rice and grain shops in the south of the city, except for one that regularly sends grain to a few mines between the two cities, and there is basically no huge amount of grain produced."

"Qingli, what did you just say? Mines? ”

"Well, there is a Wang Ji rice grain store that regularly delivers grain to several mining areas, and the day before we arrived in Jiangcheng, we also transported a large batch of grain to the past."

"Mines, food, private soldiers, weapons? I know! They use the mining area as a cover, in fact, they are training and building weapons, and those so-called bandits are actually watching, or to help them clear the obstacles from Qingzhou to Jiangcheng, there are bandits in the mountains, and passers-by must choose to take a detour for the sake of safety, so as to reduce the possibility of exposure! They're so smart! ”

"Chi Yu, you asked people to check how many people are currently in the mining area, I will go to the official in charge of Jiangcheng to find out the situation and see how many people are involved in this matter? Qingli, you go back to Beijing first, if we don't go back within three days, then you can ask Lixing to bring someone to save us! Xu Mengmeng didn't believe that he was not being stared at here.

It was only a matter of time before they guessed what they were doing, and they must have dealt with it quickly, so for the sake of prudence, they still had to prepare for the worst and arrange a way back for themselves.

In fact, the people sent by Chi Yu to investigate have not come back yet, and the restaurant where Xu Mengmeng and them are located has been surrounded by soldiers, so she is relieved that fortunately, Qing Li has been allowed to return to Beijing in time, and now as long as she can survive three days.

"Lord Liu, I don't know what you mean by this?" Approaching dusk, Xu Mengmeng stood on the fence on the second floor of the restaurant, looking at Liu Jiang who was leading troops to surround him and others below, with a smile on his face.

"Yesterday, many households in Yongcheng, Jiangjiang were stolen, and two households were tragically destroyed, some people saw that it was General Ning who did it, and reported to the official, and the subordinate had to take the liberty of asking the general to go with us!" Liu Jiang directly opened his eyes and said nonsense, and made up a reason to arrest people.

"Presumptuous, this official is a dignified three-rank general, even if the crime is held accountable by the emperor and the criminal department, you are just a small five-rank guard, and you are trying to slander this official, what crime should you be guilty of?" Xu Mengmeng's momentum changed suddenly, and his sharp eyes shot at Liu Jiang like a knife.

"As the saying goes: 'The Son of Heaven is guilty of the same crime as the common people', although General Ning's official position is indeed higher than Liu's, but Liu, as a garrison of Qingzhou, is responsible for protecting the people of Qingzhou. Afterwards, I will personally go to my emperor to ask for guilt! Liu Jiang's face was awe-inspiring, and the onlookers also cast admiration and appreciation at him.

"You're a good Liu Jiang, you dare to hit a rake! When I return to Beijing another day, I will make it clear to you about raising private soldiers in Qingzhou. Rao is Xu Mengmeng was calm, but he was also made angry by Liu Jiang's arrogant attitude, and blurted out some words in a hurry.

"Keeping a private soldier? How dare Liu do such a rebellious thing, General Ning still don't want to be wronged! Okay, don't talk nonsense, come on, please General Ning be a guest in our county jail! Liu Jiang's face was straight, and he said coldly.

"Liu Jiang, have you forgotten that I, Ning Jun, didn't come empty-handed this time!" Now that he has torn his face, Xu Mengmeng is naturally not a soft persimmon to be manipulated by others.

"Oh, I forgot to tell the general that the general's 2,000 soldiers bullied the villagers and brutalized the people in my Qingzhou, and an hour ago, Liu Mou had already corrected them on the spot on behalf of the general!" Liu Jiang glanced contemptuously at the young man who was angered by himself, and explained disdainfully.

"What? Do you dare? I'm going to kill you! Xu Mengmeng stared at her red eyes and roared. After a few steps, he ran downstairs and drew his knife and slashed towards Liu Jiang.

"By the way, even the little brother you sent back to the capital I sent a lot of people to entertain him well, and now I guess I have gone down to be with those two thousand people!" As if he didn't feel that it was enough to stimulate Xu Mengmeng, Liu Jiang added this sentence lightly.

Hearing this, Xu Mengmeng had lost his mind, and rushed towards Liu Jiang with a long knife regardless of it, completely like an enraged she-wolf, and officially started the war with both hands, and immediately the crowd of onlookers retreated.