Chapter XXXVII
Kong Qian, as the assassin of Zhaozhou and the official of the four-grade feudal territory, how could he not know this brand?
"Meet King Yu!" Kong Qian saluted. Seeing the gold medal for avoiding death is like seeing the saint, and seeing the gold medal of the royal decree of the king of Yu is like the arrival of the king of Yu himself.
"Master Kong is exempt." Zhou Yu smiled and said that after the secret investigation of Yang Chuan and others, it has been determined that Kong Qian and others did not secretly communicate with Wu Peng, the commander of Wu'an County.
"Are you King Yu's man?" Kong Qian looked at the scholar in front of him and asked in disbelief.
"It should be said that he is a friend of His Royal Highness King Yu." Zhou Yu thought for a while and said.
"Dare to ask, Your Highness is here to ...... this time" Kong Qian said halfway, but did not continue.
"Master Kong, yesterday I have told you all the purpose of His Highness's trip, have you forgotten? Early tomorrow morning, there will be a dirty deal involving 10,000 catties of iron ore in Lianhuapo. The adults only need to lead the three classes of officials in the state capital to go there, and they will find out at a check. Zhou Yu's tone was still so gentle and powerful.
"Wu Peng is really doing such a thing?"
"Your Excellency is suspecting that His Highness's information is wrong?"
"The lower officials don't dare! The lower officials will go to order the third class of officials, and immediately rush to Wu'an County, and when Wu Peng and the others trade with the profiteer tomorrow, they will be wiped out! ”
"Then there is Lord Lao, please also go here after arriving in Wu'an County and join His Royal Highness King Yu." Zhou Yu handed Kong Qian a note and said.
"Xiaguan understands." Kong Qian saluted and then withdrew.
After Kong Qian left, Zhou Yu also quickly met with Chen Jin.
"How?" Chen Jin asked.
"I've told him where we are staying in Wu'an County, and you can meet him there when the time comes." Zhou Yu got into the carriage and replied.
"Why do you want to go back to Wu'an County to meet? Isn't it okay to see it directly in this Assassin's Mansion, why is it so troublesome? Chen Jin was puzzled.
"If you are in Zhaozhou, but you don't tell Kong Qian, but just send someone to find out his truth, isn't that tantamount to telling him that you don't trust him at all? In this case, even if he doesn't dare to disobey you openly, he will secretly separate from you, and he will not sincerely help you in the future. When you meet in Wu'an County, you can skillfully avoid these problems, and then you entrust him to capture Wu Peng, the commander of Wu'an County, which can be regarded as giving Kong Qian a chance to make meritorious contributions, and he will naturally owe you a favor, and if you encounter any difficulties in Zhaozhou in the future, you will have someone to help you. Zhou Yu explained.
Chen Jin nodded as if he didn't understand.
"When you see Kong Qian, don't talk nonsense, just reflect these central points: first, you trust him, so you sent your henchmen to him for help; The second is that you respect him and give him the great merit of discovering the mineral deposits and catching the traitor; The third is ......" Zhou Yu began to teach Chen Jin how to deal with Kong Qian.
A quarter of an hour later.
"Do you remember the central point I just said?" Zhou Yu looked at Chen Jin and asked seriously.
"Remember it...... Chen Jin rubbed his temples and said.
"Seventy or eighty? That's not going to work! In case you say the wrong thing, this is a big problem, come on, I'll teach you again......" Zhou Yu was about to continue, but was interrupted by Chen Jin.
"Wait a minute!" Chen Jin stretched out his hand to signal Zhou Yu to pause.
"What's wrong?" Zhou Yu stopped and asked.
"You explain first, why there are twenty-three central points in a conversation?" Chen Jin glared at Zhou Yu and asked.
"Uh...... Is there so much I just said? Zhou Yu touched his head and said a little embarrassedly: "Then you just need to remember the first three points." ”
“……”
Chen Jin looked at him, and an inexplicable anger ignited in his heart: "I want to throw you off this carriage now." ”
"Hey, I didn't sleep well last night, I'm sleepy, call me again when I get to Wu'an County!" Zhou Yu turned over and lay down, no longer answering.
Seeing him playing a scoundrel, Chen Jin couldn't say anything, just recalled what Zhou Yu had just said in his mind. While twenty-three center points are a bit of a lot, some suggestions are valuable.
Leaving two guards to quietly follow behind Kong Qian and the others, Chen Jin and the others set off back to Wu'an first.
Everyone had lunch in Wu'an, and at the beginning of the afternoon, Kong Qian, the assassin of Zhaozhou, arrived.
"Weichen Xuzhou Assassin Shi Kong Qian, meet His Royal Highness King Yu!" Kong Qian knelt down and saluted.
"Lord Kong is exempt from courtesy, my lord has been tired all the way, it's really hard." Chen Jin said.
"Your Highness! It's just that it is the duty of the ministers to exterminate the mountain bandits and punish the traitors, and they dare not speak of hard work. Kong Qian said respectfully.
"Master Kong is upright, he is really a model for officials, and this king admires him!" Chen Jin said with a smile.
"Your Highness."
"Since your Excellency is diligent in her official duties, this king also tells Master Kong a good news."
"I don't know what Your Highness said, what kind of good news is it?"
"This friend of the Zhou brothers and the guards of the palace should cooperate with the outside to exterminate the Huifeng Village, and now the bandits on the Huifeng Mountain are all ambushed, only the big boss and the three bosses are still alive, and they are also controlled by us. The people sent by Wu Peng to Huifeng Mountain to deliver the message were also intercepted by us, and all Wu Peng's evil deeds were revealed. Early tomorrow morning, please ask Master Kong to lead a group of officials to ambush near the Lotus Slope, and when Wu Peng and others appear, they can be arrested and brought to justice. Chen Jin said.
"His Royal Highness's guards are all elites, and I am afraid that this official of the Assassin Mansion is incomparable...... Why don't you ...... Your Highness?"
"Master Kong, this is a case under the rule of Zhaozhou, and it should be resolved by someone sent by the Assassin Mansion." Chen Jin said with a smile.
Kong Qian also understood that King Yu seemed to want to give him this great credit, so he thanked Dai De and said: "Weichen will definitely live up to his trust!" ”
Once the two parties have reached an agreement, they just wait quietly.
The capital of Wenguo, the imperial palace and the imperial study.
"Your Majesty, the King of Yu sent someone to send an urgent secret report of 400 miles, saying that a high-quality iron mine had been found in Wu'an County, Zhaozhou, under the rule of Henan Province, and asked His Majesty to send officials from the Ministry of Industry to take people to survey and mine for my great writing." Lin Chun reported to Emperor Wen who was reviewing the recital.
Hearing the news, Emperor Lian Wen stood up in shock. There are often wars on the north and south borders of Wenguo, and those who encounter war must first use their weapons, so how great is the demand for iron ore? If this matter is true, it will solve an urgent need for Emperor Wen.
"Is that true?" Emperor Wen took the secret report and asked.
"Your Majesty, this is the performance of King Yu's urgent secret report, there should be no fake." Lin Chun responded.
"That's right, Jin'er has been honest since she was a child, and she never lied to me and Concubine Yu." Emperor Wen nodded, then read the secret report, and said with a solemn face: "Lin Chun, pass on my secret decree, and Cui Yang, the servant of the Ministry of Works, is the salt and iron transfer envoy, and he will lead people to Wu'an County on the same day to inspect the iron mine. Remember, this matter is top secret, and Cui Yang must be strictly ordered to move quietly, and he must not alarm everyone in the court. ”
"Minions command!"
Los Angeles City.
With the help of Zhou Yu's clever plan, the operation of Juxian Building has slowly been on the right track, and the source of customers has begun to stabilize. As soon as Zhou Yu left, Feng Liang became the acting shopkeeper of Juxian Building, looking at the restaurant where he was making money, he didn't know how beautiful it was.
But there was another thing that gave him a headache, as soon as Zhou Yu left, Feng Yue couldn't eat and sleep well, and she would have nightmares from time to time, so she had to let Shui Er sleep with her for the past two days.
"Xiaoyue, this is the mutton soup sent by Erniu, I have tasted it, and it is almost the same as what Xiao Yu made, you can taste it." Don't say it, this Erniu is really a cook's material, what Wang Yu teaches them, this kid will learn it as soon as he learns. Feng Liang tried to make Feng Yue happy.
Hearing Feng Liang mention Zhou Yu, Feng Yue's heart trembled, and a faint light appeared in his eyes, and then dimmed again.
"Xiaoyue, eat some, you haven't eaten well for a few days, if you are hungry and thin, Xiao Yu will not be distressed to death when she comes back?" Feng Liang persuaded.
Who knew that as soon as these words came out, Feng Yue actually raised her head.
Yes, if you don't eat well, Xiao Yu will definitely be sad when she comes back!
Thinking of this, Feng Yue turned her head to Feng Liang and said, "Brother, give me the soup." ”
Feng Liang was overjoyed and hurriedly handed over the mutton soup.
Sure enough, heart disease still has to be treated with heart medicine, and Zhou Yu is Feng Yue's heart medicine.
Feng Liangyi was happy and doubled the amount of money for all the maids in the family this month, and the people in the entire Zhou Mansion became happy.
The night passed.
At the end of the hour, the time is approaching, the lotus slope on the outskirts of Wu'an County.
"Why is there only Boss Song, the second and third and his subordinates?" Wu Peng, the commander of Wu'an County, saw Boss Song, the bandit leader of Huifeng Mountain, who was standing alone, from a distance, and asked with some doubts.
"Maybe it's on the way." The official said with a little weakness. He and his companions were captured by the guards of the palace the day before yesterday, and in order to protect themselves, he confessed all Wu Peng's crimes. Someone needed to stabilize Wu Peng, so Chen Jin explained to the guards to put back the two officials they had captured, and threatened them that if they reported to Wu Peng, the consequences would be very serious.
After seeing the horror of this group of people, the two officials naturally did not dare to tell Wu Peng, but reported to Wu Peng according to the statement arranged for them by Chen Jin, creating a false impression of "peace in the world".
"Check it out." Wu Peng quickened his pace.
The two henchmen who had already "defected" also immediately followed.
"Old Song, why are you alone, the second and third?" Wu Peng looked at Boss Song and asked.
Boss Song just stood with empty eyes and did not answer Wu Peng's question.
At this time, a person walked out of the forest and said with a smile: "Lord County Commander, I will answer you in this matter." The second master has been ambushed, and the third master has been detained by us. ”
"Emilidaries?" Wu Peng looked at the young man in front of him and asked in surprise.
Zhou Yu laughed contemptuously, then immediately changed color, and scolded fiercely: "Wu Peng, you are so bold!" As a county magistrate, he found that the iron mine was located without reporting to the imperial court, not to mention mining privately, and let people pretend to be bandits and kill people! What's more, it is really a crime to steal and sell such valuable materials to the merchants of Qianguo! ”
"You...... You...... Who are you? Wu Peng pointed at Zhou Yu and retreated again and again, his tone full of fear.
However, before he could take two steps back, he was restrained by two officials behind him.
"What are you doing!" Wu Peng desperately wanted to get rid of the two, but he never succeeded.
"Adults, I'm sorry, the little ones just want to live!"
"Yes, my lord, don't blame the little ones, it's all out of your own volition!"
The two officials held Wu Peng to death.
"You two white-eyed wolves, I don't treat you well!" Wu Peng's mood turned from fear to anger.
"Wu Peng, so far, don't you plan to recruit from the truth?" A very majestic voice rang out.
Hearing this voice, Wu Peng, who was shouting angrily, immediately wilted.
"Say, why don't you say it? Let the officer listen carefully, how do you treat them well? "Kong Qian, the assassin of Zhaozhou, also walked out of the forest.
"My lord, I ......" Wu Peng wanted to say something.
"You bastard! The collusion of officials and bandits is a capital crime, and you dare to betray the country, it is really bold! Kong Qian pointed at Wu Peng and scolded.
"Adults, villains also have difficulties!" Wu Peng said with some sadness and indignation.
"I'd like to hear what kind of hardship can make you do such a disgraceful thing?" Chen Jin's voice came immediately.
"You...... Who are you? Wu Peng looked at the two teenagers in front of him, and really couldn't figure out who could make the dignified Thorn History of Zhaozhou as a foil.
"Who we are and what does it have to do with you? All you need to do is be honest about your problems! Zhou Yu looked at him coldly and said.
Wu Peng glanced at Lord Thorn Shi and said, "My lord, everything the lower officials have done is just to obey orders. ”
"Oh? Who commanded you to do this? Kong Qian asked.
"My lord, I'm afraid that the lower official will tell who this person is, even if the adult doesn't kill the lower official, the lower official won't live long." Wu Peng actually laughed at himself.
"What do you mean?" Kong Qian seemed to understand something.
"I can only tell one adult, not the others!" Wu Peng said.
Kong Qian motioned for the two officials to tie up Wu Peng, and then the two "rebellious" officials were escorted away by the Assassin's Office, and he listened to Wu Peng reveal the mystery.
As if hearing something incredible, Kong Qian's pupils dilated suddenly, and even his mouth opened in shock.