The next day, a battle report came from Taihu Lake, and Tong Guan and Wang Yu joined forces and began to encircle and suppress Shisheng.

Wang Yu brought a lot of ships from Jiangning, all of them were war boats, far from being comparable to the kind of thief ships of the Taihu bandits, and all kinds of ordnance on them were not available to thief ships.

After Zhao Ta read the battle report, he sent Du Yan to help, so that there were nearly 200,000 horses on land and water in Taihu Lake, and there were only a few thousand bandits under Shi Sheng.

Next, he did not stay in the Canglang Pavilion without moving, but took the car out to wander around during the day, watched the scenery of Suzhou, and went to Hanshan Temple to distinguish the scriptures with the old monk for a day.

The old monk is a dreamer, he has been a monk since he was a child, and now he is in his eighties, and he is eloquent, Zhao Ta really can't argue, so he has to stare and leave.

After more than ten days in this way, the battle situation on the Taihu Lake side was nearing the end, and Zhu Mian also began to prepare for the ceremony, waiting for Tong Guan to return triumphantly, and then put on a banquet to celebrate the pacification of Fang La.

During this time, Zhao Ta received a lot of gifts, all of which were sent by Suzhou officials, Suzhou has not fallen, the officials are relatively neat, and the gifts given are also valuable, especially Zhu Mian, the silver was given a full 30,000 taels, plus some gold beads and jade and other things, he alone sent 100,000 yuan.

Zhao Ta is the one who came did not refuse, no matter who gave the gift to accept it according to the order, which made the officials of Suzhou City overjoyed, after all, this time Fang La was a big matter, and the entire two Zhejiang provinces were almost lost, I was afraid that the court would ask for guilt later, and now that the King of Qin has received the gift, he will inevitably say a few good words on the official side when he goes back, so that he can continue to sit firmly in his position.

Zhu Xiuniang's side Zhao Ta arranged two more maids to take care of them day and night, no matter what, after all, she was pregnant with her own child, grievances are grievances, children are children, since there is no room for mistakes.

He knew that Zhu Xiuniang would not dispel the hatred in his heart, but what could he do? entered the gate of King Qin's mansion, how could she turn out any wind and rain.

A few days later, Tong Guan led the troops back, the Taihu Lake area has been basically cleared, except for a few thieves who escaped with martial arts, the rest were all killed, that is, the thief head Shi Sheng also died in the arrows, and the water of Taihu Lake was dyed as blood red as the remnant sun for a while.

The evening banquet was held in the Golden Valley Garden, which was the garden of Qian Yuanxuan, the son of Qian Biao, the king of Wuyue, and also survived for thousands of years, and was renamed Huanxiu Villa in later generations.

The layout of this Jingu Garden is famous for the rockery stacking kitsch, supplemented by the pool, the mountains and rivers depend on each other, it is very imposing, and it is also known as "the only step to conquer Ke".

The front of the banquet is divided into two rows, on the left is the generals who came to suppress the thieves led by Tong Guan, and on the right are the Suzhou officials led by Zhu Mian.

Before the opening of the banquet, Suzhou Xuezheng came out to give a eulogy, and said a quarter of an hour with a lot of flattery, saying that the matter of slashing square wax was a great achievement, which was compared to opening up the territory, and Tong Guan listened with a smile.

Then there was singing and dancing, Suzhou Jiaofang Division is different from Hangzhou, and I don't know where many colored women came from, all of them are very beautiful, light as Feiyan, and they can see that the eyes of all the generals of the Western Army are straight.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Zhao Ta suddenly waved his hand, dispersed the music, and then squinted to the left and right, and finally his eyes fell on Zhu Mian.

Zhu Mian didn't understand what he meant, and hurriedly stood up and said, "What does the prince command?" ”

Zhao Ta said coldly: "This king suddenly remembered something! ”

Zhu Mian was stunned when he heard this, even everyone next to him was puzzled, listening to Zhao Ta's unkind tone, I don't know what he remembers.

I heard Zhao Ta say slowly: "This king remembered the tragic death of hundreds of families in Jiangning at the hands of the thief army, remembered that night in the city was full of blood and corpses were everywhere, and remembered that the Zhu clan of this king's family was tragically wiped out, and this king ...... This anger is hard to get rid of! ”

When he said this, he was immediately silent, this matter is now known to everyone, no one knows about it, but no matter who it is, he doesn't dare to talk about it in the open, let alone talk about it in public, as if it is a taboo, and everyone avoids mentioning it.

At this moment, Zhao Ta said it, who would dare to take it? They all knew that Zhao Ta accepted the Zhu family's daughter, as if they heard that they were originally going to be princesses, but after the previous tragedy, the Zhu family was wiped out, and only a bare pole county order was left in the middle of Fujian, so in such a situation, I am afraid that it is difficult to be a princess again, and it is no wonder that Zhao Ta is angry.

Zhao Ta continued: "Such a big event, the court is shaking, the world is shaking, how many people in the court are in Jiangnan, but they have suffered such a thing, how can they be calm in their hearts? This is a deep feud in the sea of blood, and there is no reason not to repay it! ”

No one in the hall spoke, in fact, some officials in Suzhou were born in the Jiangnan Shi clan, not all of them were local families in Suzhou, some of their homes were in eastern Zhejiang, some were in southern Zhejiang, and some were in Jiangning.

Therefore, among these officials, there are also people who have been exterminated, and at this time, they can't help but turn pale when they hear the words, and some bow their heads and cry silently.

Tong Guan felt slightly that something was not quite right in his heart, he knew Zhao Ta, the second king was very rarely targeted, and it was impossible for him to say these words at the celebration banquet for a moment, I am afraid that there was some purpose.

He hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, now that Fang La has been awarded the head, all the thieves have been swept away, and it can be regarded as revenge for the public newspaper." ”

Zhao Ta glanced at him and said coldly: "Although Fang La is dead, don't you know what caused this thief?" ”

Yes? The people below trembled when they heard this, how could they not count the cause of the thief, nominally because of Huashigang, but in fact because of Zhu Mian's rampant expropriation and cleverness.

Zhao Ta saw that no one squeaked, and snorted coldly: "Could it be that you think it is because of the Flower Stone Gang?" ”

As soon as he said this, everyone below immediately sweated, who would dare to say such a thing? Isn't saying this kind of thing to accuse today's officials of being mediocre, which has led to the unbearable people of Li and the rebellion?

Zhao Ta's gaze swept over everyone again: "The things of flowers and stones are not valuable, they are usually visible, or they are picked or bought, or they are hired to salvage them, but ordinary things, as long as they are handled properly, how can they provoke a civil uprising?" ”

Tong Guan secretly screamed badly, he already knew what Zhao Ta wanted to do, and hurriedly spoke: "Lord Wang, naturally it has nothing to do with Huashi, but it is actually the Demon Sect that has long had bad intentions, so it is only then that the people are bewitched, and the rebellion is heinous, and the crime is monstrous." ”

Zhao Tan didn't even look at him: "If the people live a happy life, where does the demon sect bewitch them?" Where did the crowd come from? ”

When he said this, he slapped the table suddenly, looked at Zhu Mian and said, "Zhu Mian, are you guilty?" ”

Zhu Mian was completely stupid, this King of Qin's words were clearly aimed at him, but didn't he just send 100,000 yuan to the other party? Why don't you admit it when you turn around, and want to blame him?

He hurriedly ran out from behind the case and knelt on the ground: "The grass people know the crime, the grass people know the crime, the prince, the official family has already punished the grass people, and the grass people will be exempted from being white, the grass people are at fault, the officials will punish them, and the grass people will admit their guilt." ”

Zhu Mian hurriedly said that he had been punished by Emperor Daojun, since Emperor Daojun had been punished, it meant that his sins had been offset, and he should not be blamed now.

Zhao Ta looked at him, and the corners of his mouth showed a cold smile: "The official family has indeed punished you, and demoted you to a white body, but it's just ......"

Everyone in the hall pricked up their ears when they heard this, after all, what Zhu Mian said was good, and they all wanted to hear what Zhao Ta said.

Zhao Ta said: "The punishment of the official family is that you acted recklessly in Jiangnan, preying on the common people, looting the people's fat and ointment, taking advantage of the name of the imperial court, and provoking the demon sect to coerce the people to rebel...... But what this king wants to ask you is that most of the Shi clan in Jiangnan was destroyed and destroyed, and there was not one in a hundred, and they died tragically from the crime of sword soldiers! ”

Zhu Mian was suddenly shocked, not to mention him for this kind of crime, even Cai Jingtong Guan can't afford it, a Jiangnan clan, most of the Tokyo Imperial Court, if this kind of crime comes down, then even ten deaths are probably not enough.

"Lord Wang, Lord Wang, this matter has nothing to do with the grass people!" Zhu Mian's face turned pale and shouted: "Lord Wang, the Shi clan was killed by Fang La's thieves, how can they have anything to do with the grass people?" ”

Zhao Ta sneered: "It has nothing to do with you? If you didn't rob the people of Jiangnan, how could you provoke rebellion, if there was no rebellion in Jiangnan, how could these scholars in Jiangnan be killed by thieves? ”

"Ah, this ......" Zhu Mian was stunned, there was nothing wrong with the logic in Zhao Ta's words, but how wrong it sounded, he couldn't think of how to justify it for a while, and couldn't help shouting: "Lord Wang, the grass people are wronged, this is all done by thieves, not the grass people, the grass people are wronged......"

"Are you wronged!" Zhao Ta slapped the table in front of him hard, the cups and dishes jumped up one after another, and he roared: "If you hadn't caused the rebellion in Jiangnan, how could the scholars be killed?" How could the Zhu family, where the king's inner family Xiuniang belonged, be wiped out and died tragically? Come, take this wicked man to prison for this king, keep him under strict guard, and wait for tomorrow to be questioned! ”

"King, the prince ......" Zhu Mian's face was like ashes at this time, and he begged for mercy: "The prince spares his life, the officials have forgiven the sins of the grass people, and the grass people have been punished, and please ask the prince to be gracious." ”

Zhao Ta stood up suddenly, stretched out his hand and pointed at Zhu Mian: "The official Shengming, spare you for the crime of stirring up the civil uprising and demoting you to a white body, but what this king wants to ask now is the crime of the Jiangnan Shi clan being killed, what else do you have to quibble!" ”

Tong Guan opened his mouth below at this time, he was friendly with Zhu Mian, so he wanted to persuade him, after all, he was close to Zhao Ta, and he would not be blamed if he said a few words to Zhao Ta.

But just when he wanted to speak, he heard Zhao Ta say again: "I heard that your son Zhu Ruli has no official position, but he led troops on the shore of Taihu Lake, and actually led thousands of troops in armor, is he going to rebel?" ”

When Tong Guan heard this, he was shocked, and the words he was about to say immediately swallowed back into his stomach, secretly thinking about why he mentioned this stubble? This is to rectify the Zhu family to the death, the 3,000 soldiers that Zhu Ruli brought at the beginning were left by him, and the 3,000 soldiers sent later were said by Zhao Ta himself, but he turned around and didn't recognize it at this moment.

Tong Guan's heart "banged" straight up, wondering why Zhao Ta wanted to kill Zhu Mian like this? Yes, yes, every time Zhu Mian enters Kyoto, he carries a large number of gifts, and gives them to Cai Jing Wang Huang, including his own family and others, especially in Yun Wang Zhao Kai, there are countless gold, silver and jewelry, and even women's musicians, and he has not boarded the door of King Qin's mansion once, so it is strange that King Qin can look at him, maybe he has long held a grudge and just waited for the opportunity to retaliate.

Zhao Ta narrowed his eyes: "Leading soldiers in white, what is it if you are not a rebellion?" This king also heard that you Zhu Mansion raised a soldier who died, which one is not a capital crime? ”

"I, I'm ......" Zhu Mian trembled all over, and at this moment he didn't know that Zhao Ta really wanted to kill him.

"Take this traitor away!" Zhao Ta said again: "Du Yan, Wu Song! ”

The two hurriedly stood up: "Lord Wang." ”

Zhao Ta said: "Give you two 5,000 soldiers, surround the Zhu family for me, and you must not run away from one, otherwise you are the only one who asks." ”

The two of them were ordered to go out, and Zhao Ta said again: "Wang Yu, you can save it, you take 10,000 soldiers to seal up the other mansions and gardens of the Zhu family in Suzhou City, if there are those who do not obey the order, they will be punished for the crime of treason, and they will all be killed!" ”

After a few orders, there was silence in the lobby, and everyone knew that this Suzhou City was probably going to change in the future!

But at this moment, Zhao Ta didn't say anything about the banquet, no one dared to leave, and he didn't dare to continue eating and drinking, so he had to sit still and wait for the following.

More than half an hour later, seeing Wu Song coming back in a hurry, Zhao Ta saw that he had a different expression, so he called him to come close and ask.

Wu Song whispered a few words, Zhao Ta showed a surprised expression, frowned, and said, "There is still such a thing?" ”

Wu Song said: "Lord Wang, my subordinates didn't believe it, but this surnamed Xiao said it well, and his subordinates thought that if it was really the same family of the prince, it was a little difficult to deal with it, so I came back to ask for instructions." ”

Zhao Ta thought about it, Wu Song said that the soldiers besieged Zhu's mansion to arrest people, and when they encountered resistance, they all subdued it, but Zhu Ruli actually had someone around him to protect him, claiming to be surnamed Xiao, and he was the same door.

This made him puzzled, he knew that the teacher Zhou Tong accepted a total of five disciples, the eldest Lu Junyi, the third was him, the youngest Yue Fei, and the second senior brother and the fourth senior sister did not know the origin of the name.

But Wu Song said that the person surnamed Xiao was less than thirty years old, and it was unlikely that he was the second senior brother, after all, Lu Junyi had said before that Zhou Tong left Hebei after passing on his martial arts, and said that he would go to an old family in the southwest to accept the other party's son as an apprentice, and this was nearly thirty years ago, and the person surnamed Xiao was in his twenties, so he would not be still in his mother's womb, just listen to Zhou Tong teach martial arts, right?

Zhao Ta wondered, but since this person dared to say so, even if he was not the second senior brother, he must have something to do with it, but how could he appear in the Zhu Mansion and protect Zhu Ruli from the side?

"Lord Wang, do you see ...... matter" Wu Song saw Zhao Ta's suspicious expression and didn't speak for a long time, so he couldn't help asking.

Zhao Ta thought about it, this matter is not easy to expose in front of these Suzhou officials, whether the other party really has something to do with his own family, or is an impostor, he must always say it in private, he said: "Lock it up first." ”

Wu Song was ordered to go out, Zhao Ta thought that something was wrong, and said, "Don't be locked up with other prisoners, I'll see him at midnight." ”

After Wu Song left, he stayed for another hour or two, Wang Yu and Zhe Kecun also came back to resume their lives, all those who should be arrested were arrested, and those who should be seized were also sealed, Zhao Ta dismissed the banquet, and everyone wiped their sweat and left, but Tong Guan was a little slow, and the last one walked to the door.

Zhao Ta looked at him and said, "Tong Shumi's step." ”

Tong Guan hurriedly stopped, although he saw that Zhao Ta was going to kill Zhu Mian, but he and Zhu Mian had been friends for more than ten or twenty years, and Zhao Ta obviously wanted to do it directly without reporting, so he hesitated a little in his heart.

Zhao Ta asked people to close the door before saying, "Daofu can't bear Zhu Mian's death?" ”

Tong Guan bowed his head and said: "Lord Wang, the ministers dare not hide it, Zhu Mian's crime is innocent, but the minister has been friends with him for several years, it is really ...... There are some, alas. ”

Zhao Ta nodded and said: "Daofu is a person who values love and righteousness, but has Daofu ever thought about how to calm down the tragedy of the Jiangnan Shi clan?" Don't you think that if most of the Jiangnan Shi clan was killed, you don't have the slightest responsibility! ”

Tong Guan was stunned when he heard this, and then cold sweat broke out on his forehead, this time he conquered Fang La, he is the main force, Zhao Ta and Zhao Kai are just sitting on both sides, waiting for the opportunity to support, and the overall situation of the entire Jiangnan bandit suppression is actually in his hands.

He hadn't thought about this stubble before, but now when he thought about it, he couldn't help but tremble in his heart, Emperor Daojun ordered him to pacify Jiangnan, but it was not the second king, the third king, so to speak, the killing of the Shi clan, his sin was the greatest.

"Lord Wang, the old minister should be damned!" Tong Guan is such a clever person, he suddenly woke up at this moment, and immediately said: "Thank you for mentioning this matter, otherwise the ministers will go back to the court, and they won't be able to say how to face the attacks of the ministers, and they won't even have the reason to explain." ”

Zhao Ta said: "Zhu Mian can't be brought back, you go to the prison in a while to ask him for a confession, be sure to be detailed, I heard that he has killed people like grass mustard over the years, and there are many excesses in the wine pond and meat forest in the house, so I asked about it." ”

Tong Guan said yes, Zhao Ta glanced at him and said: "Zhu Ruli has no official position at the moment, and he dares to wear armor and lead soldiers, which is really bold." ”

Tong Guan couldn't help but cry out in his heart, secretly thinking that you had dug a big hole, but he didn't dare to mention the past, so he only said: "There is indeed a suspicion of rebellion, there is indeed a suspicion of rebellion." ”

Zhao Ta said: "His Zhu family is full of capital crimes, and he should have been sent to Tokyo for trial, but ...... I'm afraid that after going to Tokyo, many people will talk to him, and it won't be good if he doesn't die, but this king doesn't care, and you will suffer if you don't die. ”

Tong Guan didn't know that Zhu Mian bought many ministers in the court, and Cai Jing was the first person to promote Zhu Mian, and now he and Cai Jing are at odds, if Cai Jing tries to protect Zhu Mian, then the sin of the Jiangnan clan will fall on his head, which is very bad.

He gritted his teeth and said, "What does the prince mean ......"

Zhao Ta said: "Zhu Mian is white at the moment, let's kill it tomorrow." ”

Tong Guan said: "Yes! ”

Zhao Ta said: "As for the rest of the Zhu family, if you look at the killing, you will always have to go to the official family to make a few living errands, and also relieve the hatred of the princes in the court, Zhu Mian is dead, and no one will give his family a head again." ”

Tong Guan wiped the cold sweat on his forehead: "It's still thoughtful and thoughtful." ”

Zhao Ta thought for a while, and then said: "The Zhu family has been operating in Jiangnan for so many years, and the wealth must be abundant, and there are industries all over Zhejiang, you ......."

Tong Guan's eyes lit up when he heard this, he didn't know what Zhao Ta meant, and hurriedly said: "The minister knows how to do it." ”

Zhao Ta said with a smile: "The official family must always be satisfied, and the rest of you look at the profits, this king thinks that it will always exceed your harvest of exterminating Fang La." ”

Tong Guan said in a low voice: "The minister doesn't dare, the minister is afraid." ”

Zhao Ta shook his head and said: "There is nothing to dare or not, Daofu, if you don't take it, how can you let this king take it?" ”

Tong Guan hurriedly bowed his head: "What the prince said is true!" ”

Zhao Ta said: "Then hurry up, this kind of thing should be sooner rather than later, there are many dreams at night, by the way, this king will personally supervise Zhu Mian tomorrow!" ”

Tong Guan said: "The minister obeyed the order, and the minister retired first." ”

Watching Tong Guan leave, Zhao Ta's face turned gloomy, and after returning to Canglang Pavilion, he asked Bai Ao to call Wu Song and bring the person who claimed to be a master over.

It didn't take too long, a team of soldiers and horses tied up the famous young man to the outside of the Canglang Pavilion, and Du Yan, Wu Song, Bai Ao, and Bai Ba escorted the young man into the hall together.

Zhao Ta looked this person up and down, and saw that he was born with a lofty skin, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and he was only twenty-seven or eighteen years old, but he didn't look like his second senior brother.

He and Lu Junyi didn't know much about these divisions, and in the end, the teacher explained them to Yue Fei, the little junior brother who closed the door, but he and Yue Fei hadn't seen each other for many years, and now they don't know if they are still in Xiangzhou's hometown, and there is no way to ask.

This person didn't bow his head when he came in, Zhao Ta looked at him, and he also looked at Zhao Ta.

Du Yan and Wu Song couldn't figure out the relationship between the two, so they couldn't force him to kneel, but they just guarded him strictly to prevent him from suddenly breaking out and sneaking forward.

Zhao Ta was suspicious in his heart and did not speak, but this person spoke first: "Xiao Yunfei, Yiwu, Wuzhou, has seen His Royal Highness the King of Qin. ”

Zhao Ta frowned: "Xiao Yunfei...... You claim to be the same as this king? ”

Xiao Yunfei said: "Exactly, if you talk about seniority, His Royal Highness is still the junior brother of the grass people!" ”

Zhao Ta narrowed his eyes: "I don't know when the teacher accepted a disciple of your age." ”

Xiao Yunfei was slightly stunned, and then shook his head: "Your Highness is mistaken, I am not a disciple of Uncle Zhou, my master is Yun Jiuxiao, and I am Your Highness's uncle." ”

"Uncle Shi?" This time it was Zhao Ta's turn to be stunned, Zhou Tong had never told him anything like an uncle, and he didn't know that there was such a person at all.

Xiao Yunfei couldn't help but become embarrassed when he saw Zhao Ta's expression, he could see that Zhao Ta really didn't know about it, and couldn't help but ask tentatively: "Didn't Senior Uncle Zhou mention the matter of the division to His Highness?" ”

Zhao Ta clasped his hands in his arms, leaned back in the chair, and shook his head slightly.

Xiao Yunfei stood in the middle of the ground and couldn't help but show a trace of embarrassment, and said: "After Master Zhou accepted His Royal Highness as an apprentice, he sent a letter to his master, but if there is a personal disciple to enter, he needs to make a book, and the master has the name and identity of His Royal Highness. ”

"Master? Division? Zhao Ta became more and more confused, Zhou Tong didn't talk to him about this at all on weekdays, maybe he took care of his identity and didn't want him to get involved in the troubles of the rivers and lakes, so he said something to Lu Junyi, but he didn't say anything here.

"Master...... Which is it? ”

The corners of Xiao Yunfei's mouth twitched, and he also scratched his head a little at this time, originally thinking that he would know when he mentioned the other party, although he didn't expect to be a guest of honor, he always let him go, but he didn't expect the other party to know at all.

He had no choice but to say: "Uncle Zhou's game is dusty, jumping out of the world, I haven't talked about it with His Royal Highness, Shigong is known as the Divine Fist Earthquake Kyushu, and the name is on the gold and down, Shigong has accepted three disciples in his life, Master Zhou is the elder, my master Yun Jiuxiao is second, and there is also a senior aunt." ”

Divine Fist shook Kyushu...... Jintai? Zhao Ta's face showed a look of doubt, but it only became solemn in an instant, and he already remembered who this Jintai was.

The king is not a neck, the general is not a Li, and the fist is not gold!

This Jintai is a generation of martial arts masters, and he is known as the king of martial arts in the world.

(End of chapter)