Yushan still has prestige, and the overnight persuasion has changed Guo Bin's heart, and the only thing Guo Bin doesn't understand is whether Du Shi has been courteous, whether Yushan has been threatened, and what is the treatment of Yuzhang's soldiers after they are attached.

Yuan Huaiying was very patient and waited for Guo Bin to ask these questions in a series of times before getting up and replying: "General Guo, the lower official is the cabinet walk, and he has served the emperor all the year round, and I still have some credibility, I will only say it truthfully." As he spoke, he looked at Yu Shan and gave him a look.

"Xiao Guo, if you look at how I am now, you can know."

Guo Bin shook his head and said to Yuan Huaiying: "Lord Yuan is a close minister of His Majesty Emperor Daxuan, I would not doubt this, but I still want to know what is going on with them, and I ask your Excellency to tell them one by one." ”

Yuan Huaiying got up and arched his hand and said: "The general wants to know, then the official will be nonsense, the Du family except for Du Sanlang was captured in Xiangtang, everyone else was courteous, General Du Heng himself wrote to His Majesty to ask for an order not to lead the troops, want to serve public water conservancy, the road is far away, I waited for Chengdu to get up and did not reply, but Du Erlang has been close to Qingyang Academy for teaching, to be inspected by the Secretary of Administration to give the official, this is the national policy of Daxuan employing people, Du Sigongzi Jun was specially promoted by His Majesty to be Bai Ze's internal guard. ”

"Bai Ze internal guard? Is it His Majesty Daxuan's pro-army?! Guo Bin was surprised.

"Yes, Bai Ze's internal guard is guarding the palace city, by the way, it just so happens that Du Shilang is under the command of the little grandfather's brother." Yuan Huaiying deliberately brought Zhuge Chen out, just to use his identity to reassure Guo Bin.

Guo Bin looked at Zhuge Chen, in fact, Guo Bin had paid attention to this Zhuge Chen since the two of them came in, he had heard Yu Shan say his identity last night, and he knew some of Yan Lan's identity, but he didn't know that Yan Lan was Zhuge Clan.

Zhuge Chen was pointed out by Yuan Huaiying, and immediately understood the meaning, got up and arched his hand: "Zhuge Chen has seen General Guo!" ”

"General Zhuge is polite, I heard that Ling Zun is the prime minister of the Daxuan Cabinet, dare to ask your surname?" Although Guo Bin knew, he still wanted to hear it from Zhuge Chen's mouth.

"Yes, my father is a descendant of Zhuge , when His Majesty conquered Chengdu, Zhuge Xingchen brothers did not know the current affairs, my father as a descendant of Zhuge is not allowed to fight against His Majesty, after being captured, His Majesty knew that his father did not have the heart to disturb the world and has been courteous, my father in order to avoid the hatred of the people of Chengdu for Zhuge , he changed his mother's surname to Yan, and His Majesty could not bear to break the blood of Zhuge because of this, and I was specially allowed to inherit the surname of Zhuge ." Zhuge Chen said it very normally, and there were no waves.

Just because of Zhuge Chen's attitude, Guo Bin's worries were half let go, and he said: "Your Majesty is kind-hearted in the general election, I admire it!" ”

"After the peaceful transition of Yuzhang's soldiers, some of them were tired of the army, His Majesty issued an order to distribute land to them, gave them household registration, and those who did not want to stay in Daxuan were given fifty taels of silver to let them go home, and the rest were incorporated into the Tiger Army." Yuan Huaiying took the conversation and finished in one breath.

Guo Bin hesitated, looking at Yu Shan's expression, it seemed that everyone was indeed doing well, sighed, knelt down on one knee in the direction of Chengdu and said, "The sin general Guo Bin is willing to be loyal to His Majesty Emperor Daxuan!" ”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, this Guo Bin is a person who understands current affairs, Yuan Huaiying hurriedly stepped forward to help Guo Bin up and said: "General Guo, you and I will be officials in the same dynasty in the future, please let Tanma know about the matter here." ”

Guo Bin smiled and said, "What the adults said is very true, come on!" Open the door of Sanyang Town! ”

Daxuan's work efficiency was efficient, but Yu Zhang sent a letter back in the evening, and Huo Youji sent a team of ten military leaders to assist Guo Bin in rectifying military affairs, and as a guarantor of the Marquis of Chu County and the princess of Changsha.

Guo Bin immediately went to Yuzhang to meet after he found out, everyone understood that Guo Bin was hiding, he chose to belong, but he didn't want to face Xia Wenyu directly, fortunately, everyone could understand it, and he would not be too forceful.

The envoy team stayed in Sanyang Town for one night and then continued on the road, but this time it was not so smooth, Sanyang Town and Meizhuang Town are only forty miles apart, but this section of the road is the most unsmooth, water bandits haunt all year round, but there is a wharf in this Meizhuang Town, it is one of the important wharves along the river trade road, even if it is perennial by bandits, but businessmen seek profits, or an endless stream, especially in recent years, businessmen and water bandits even collude with the military, which is probably one of the reasons why Ha Ping dares to swing around in the three directions.

The afternoon sun was scorching, and the calm of the water made Zhuge Chen's eyelids jump, and his hunch told him that something was wrong, and he deliberately strengthened his defense while everyone was resting.

Sure enough, as soon as they arrived, three teams of masked men and horses suddenly came out from the water on both sides and from the grass in the direction of Meizhuang Town, and the situation looked like a water bandit attack.

Fortunately, Zhuge Chen was well prepared, and quickly repelled the invading enemies on both sides and beat them back into the water, but the direction of Meizhuang Town was strange, as if he wanted to eat their envoy team.

Yu Shan and Yuan Huaiying are okay, Yu Shan is the one who leads the troops, and Yuan Huaiying also rushed out with Jin Fu all the way, so this kind of small scene and skirmish will naturally not attract too much attention from them.

Zhuge Chen immediately rushed to the front after arranging the defense of the sides and the guards, but it took half an hour to talk about these and drive them away, but the unexpected appeared, and the people accompanying the National Security Institute found the folk Su embroidery from the inner clothes of the corpses that these people could leave behind, although it was not valuable, but it was indeed the technique of Su embroidery.

Zhuge Chen cut off this piece of cloth and hurriedly went to see Yu Shan and Yuan Huaiying, Yu Shan frowned and said: "This is the defense area of Meizhuang Town, Daning soldiers and horses can't come over, could it be that Haping has fallen to Daning?!" ”

Yuan Huaiying thought for a moment and said, "Little grandfather, can you take it down to see the thief's body?" ”

Zhuge Chen was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Lord Yuan, Mr. Yu come with me." ”

Yuan Huaiying inspected the corpse in detail, and then said: "I have been in the Shen Penal Division for some time since I entered the office, and I have some experience in what I have done, this thief's corpse is indeed a military person, but although he is wearing Su embroidery, he must not be a Daning soldier, you look here." Yuan Huaiying said and pointed to the man's feet.

Yu Shan and Zhuge Chen looked over, feeling that there was nothing wrong, they looked at Yuan Huaiying questioningly, and only heard Yuan Huaiying say: "This person has very thick calluses on the soles of his feet, he must be a person who begs for a life on the water all year round, of course, people who beg for a life on the river will also be like this, but the thickness of this person's calluses must be caused by not going ashore all year round, only pirates along the coast will be like this." ”

"Then why does Lord Yuan decide that he is not Daning's sailor? Daning is also close to the sea, and the king of Daning Dongyang is not far away. Yu Shanfei questioned Yuan Huaiying, he recognized Yuan Huaiying's judgment that this person was begging for a living in the sea, but he still doubted that Yuan Huaiying said that he was not a Daning soldier.

Yuan Huaiying stared at Yu Shan and smiled: "This is to ask Mr. Yu." ”

Yu Shan looked confused, thinking that Yuan Huaiying was suspicious of him, but he felt that Yuan Huaiying would not be like this, after all, Guo Bin's matter had just been successfully resolved, and he was holding his breath and waiting for Yuan Huaiying to say it.

Yuan Huaiying smiled and said, "Mr. Yu is from Minyue, right?" ”

"Yes, it's from Puzhou, why is Lord Yuan asking?"

"Mr. Yu, you people along the coast of Minyue have a characteristic, they are not too tall, their complexion is heavier than that of the Central Plains, and their noses are flattened, and the coastal people under Daning's rule are more like northerners in terms of figure, and the four seasons are distinct over there, and there is not much difference between them and inland people in terms of skin color, and there is another reason, that is, although Xiao Ze is nearby, it is Yu Qingwu who is in charge of Daning, and Yu Qingwu has always disdained this method."

Yu Shan looked over with a skeptical attitude, and after a long while, he relieved his brows and exclaimed: "Lord Yuan is really careful, he doesn't notice it at the next moment, and his words are offensive, please don't blame." ”

Yuan Huaiying waved his hand, not caring at all, only to see Yu Shan become serious again and said: "Ha Ping is a pirate who was subdued by General Du back then, and it seems that most of this team is Ha Ping's work." ”

Yuan Huaiying denied again: "Not necessarily, according to Mr. Haping, although this person is cunning, he is not enough to send people to directly oppose Daxuan, these people have other things, but they are really inseparable from Haping, although he did not appoint him, but he must know about it, he deliberately indulged, it seems that he wants to test us." ”

Zhuge Chen on the side had been listening, and it wasn't until Yuan Huaiying finished speaking that he slowly spoke: "Could it be someone from the Tangyuan faction?" ”

"No!" Yuan Huaiying and Yu Shan said it at the same time.

Yuan Huaiying raised his hand and asked Yu Shan to say first, Yu Shan replied with a grateful look, and said: "Tang Yuan is now talking with Hu Shuai, at this time he has no time to take care of our side, not so much Tang Yuan's doing, I prefer to believe that it is Daning's people." ”

"If that's the case, there are still fourth parties besides Daning, Nanchu and Ha Ping?" Zhuge Chen said worriedly.

"Little grandpa, do you remember those few things?" Yuan Huaiying reminded.

Zhuge Chen suddenly realized, and said in surprise: "It's them!" It's too daring! ”

This time it was Yu Shan's turn to be confused, he couldn't understand the conversation between the two, and wanted to ask, but seeing that the two of them were talking quite vaguely, it was estimated that it was the secret of Daxuan, and he didn't know how to speak, let alone whether it was appropriate to speak.

Yuan Huaiying saw Yu Shan's discomfort and said: "Mr. Yu, this is a matter of the National Security Institute, not our business, little grandfather, this matter will be handed over to the head of the accompanying National Security Institute." ”

Yuan Huaiying made a very clear statement, and Yu Shan naturally understood that the secret news of the court was not something he could ask about at this time, but Yuan Huaiying's attitude was also very clear, this was a matter of the National Security Institute, and it was a matter of spies.

Just as the three of them were about to leave, Zhuge Chen suddenly froze and muttered, "Lord Yuan, do you think Ha Ping will be their person?" ”

Yuan Huaiying was also stunned after hearing this, Zhuge Chen's suspicion was not unreasonable! Since Ha Ping can indulge them in their actions, the relationship must be unusual, "Zhu Yan" has always been ruthless and decisive, if Ha Ping is their person, this Meizhuang Town will never be able to enter, if it were not for their people, Ha Ping would have died in Huangquan by now, and this Meizhuang Town can no longer enter.

After thinking for a while, Yuan Huaiying said: "Mr. Yu, Meizhuang Town is not safe, we can't go over, please Mr. Yu send a competent person to Meizhuang Town to see Haping, and ask Haping to go out to meet him on the grounds that Mr. is ill." ”

Seeing the nervous and serious expressions of Yuan Huaiying and Zhuge Chen, knowing the seriousness of the matter, Yu Shan immediately sent his henchmen to Meizhuang Town, and Zhuge Chen also sent a signal to the Jiujiang sailors who were cruising in the big lake, moving closer to them, and at the same time sent someone to Yuzhang to inform Huo Youji.

Later in the evening, Yu Shan's henchmen returned, and replied with a frightened face: "General Haping was killed when he was resting with his concubine in the room this afternoon, and General Haping's head was hanging in the middle of the house!" ”