When Zhao Lanjiang walked out of the crowd, his whole body was covered in blood, except for the shadow of the leader, the rest of the people had already thrown themselves into the arms of death. He put the bladed sheep knife across the shadow neck, and said coldly: "Second brother of the Western Chu Emperor, is this Chu Zhongtian?"

The shadow was silent.

In the Great Chu State, as a shadow, his fate has long been sealed.

There was only a fight to the death, no betrayal. Fight to the death, and you will receive the highest honor, and betrayal, and the whole family will be nailed to the pillar of shame.

Zhao Lanjiang asked again: "Why did you kill him?"

The shadow remained silent.

Su Zhengyuan cautiously reminded beside him, "Brother Zhao, this person is dead. ”

Zhao Lanjiang found that the shadow's eyes were round, but he was not breathing, presumably this person had poison in his mouth. He rubbed his eyes, "I don't have good eyes. He threw the long knife on the ground and came to Chu Zhongtian, who was already trembling with fear.

"Your surname is Chu?"

"Yes...... yes!"

"You are the second brother of the Emperor of Western Chu, the second son of the previous emperor?"

Boss Chu's head shook like a rattle, "Boss Zhao misunderstood, I am a native of Yangzhou, such as a fake exchange, I used to be a gangster and a scoundrel selling fake medicines, I committed a crime ten years ago, I went to Hulu Mountain to fall into the grass and make a living, and I made a living by robbing houses and houses, if I hadn't been framed by the bastard surnamed Xiao, I would still be happy in Hulu Mountain!"

Zhao Lanjiang saw that his expression did not seem to be fake, and he spoke with a Yangzhou accent, an adult, no matter how long he has been in a foreign land, it is difficult to fade the native accent he learned as a child.

The fire has been extinguished, and Su Zhengyuan led his subordinates to clean up the battlefield.

In this battle, seven jailers died in Suzhou, thirteen prisoners died, and the shadow of Western Chu who was killed by Zhao Lanjiang was twenty-six. Originally, there was a robbery in Suzhou City, and he had to bear a lot of responsibility, but this time he left 26 lives in the Western Chu State, and he was also the elite of the opponent's army.

Zhao Lanjiang said, "I'm leaving, do you have anything else here?"

Su Zhengyuan said, "Zhao Daxia, no, Brother Zhao, you didn't do anything in the first place, you can come in, thanks to the help of your brother Xiao Jinyan." ”

Zhao Yanjiang said that Xiao Jinyan is too unreliable to do things, but since the second prince of Xichu has another person, it is not interesting to stay here, and said, "Shopkeeper Fan will also leave?"

Su Zhengyuan nodded hurriedly, stepped forward to let go of the frightened Fan Wuchang's shackles, and patted him on the shoulder, "Brother Fan, in Suzhou in the future, I have to ask you to take care of it more!" Fan Wuchang pondered, it's only been a few days, why has this guy changed his personality and become so good at talking? He didn't know that Xiao Jinyan had already greeted Su Zhengyuan in advance.

After Zhao Lanjiang and Fan Wuchang left, Su Zhengyuan stood in place, thought for a long time, took a single knife, made his clothes messy, gritted his teeth and slashed his shoulder, and then ordered, "Brothers, listen, tonight the Xichu spy infiltrated my six-door prison and was wiped out, whose credit is this?"

A subordinate said: "It's the credit of Zhao Daxia Zhao!"

Su Zhengyuan instructed left and right, "Send this blind one to the village to fight the shift! Let me ask again, whose credit is this?"

Another humanitarian: "The merit of the unparalleled Xiao Jinyan Xiao Daxia!"

Su Zhengyuan patted him on the head, "You also go to be with him." ”

Seeing this, a clever subordinate took the lead in shouting, "Tonight, the Xichu thieves attacked the prison, and Master Su took the lead in leading us and other sons to fight to the death, killing twenty-six thieves and robbers, and they were seriously injured.

Everyone roared: "Exactly!"

Su Zhengyuan nodded with satisfaction and said, "That's right, you hurry up and write an excerpt overnight, and I'll go to Lord Zhao to report it." ”

The man said, "My lord, my subordinates are illiterate!"

Su Zhengyuan said angrily, "Then you are the first soldier and the one who fights to the death, and you have a set of rhetoric." ”

The man scratched his head, "I heard that Mr. Guan Erye talked about it, and I saw that tonight was like Guan Erye, like a god descending to earth, and the second master was reborn, beating the Xichu thief to the point of urine, and he poured thousands of miles before he said these heartfelt words." ”

"No matter how well you say it, you can't write, it's useless!"

Su Zhengyuan returned to the government office, held back for a long time, and then reluctantly wrote an excerpt, saying that he had to find a master.

He prepared another 30,000 taels of silver, and ran to Zhao Jinlian's mansion overnight to ask for his military exploits.

When Zhao Jinlian heard the news, he was shocked, and a spy from Western Chu appeared under the jurisdiction of Ying Tianfu, so how could he, the feudal official who guarded the pastoral side, deal with himself. However, he has been immersed in officialdom for a long time, and he has long learned the ability to see people and talk about people, talk nonsense when he sees ghosts, and say bad things into good things, so he called his master and wrote a secret report, changing the beheading of 26 enemies to killing 100 enemies.

Su Zhengyuan said suspiciously, "My lord, there are only more than twenty spies in Xichu. ”

Zhao Jinlian sneered, "Aren't there still more than 300 people locked up in the six-door prison?"

Su Zhengyuan gasped, this governor seems to have a good face, but if he really encounters something, it is more vicious than a scorpion. Although he is greedy for money and lustful, if he really kills innocents indiscriminately, he does not have the courage, and hesitates: "This ......"

Zhao Jinlian looked at him coldly, "Why, you don't even have this bit of courage, and you still want to be a general judge in Suzhou?" If you don't do this, the people who follow behind you are not only you, Su Zhengyuan." ”

Su Zhengyuan was caught in a choice.

He was originally a small catcher in Liangzhou Mansion, relying on the pit to be abducted, and spent money to donate the missing children of the six doors of Suzhou, and after coming to Suzhou City, he dug three feet into the ground and made a lot of oil and water, but he did not do anything evil. Tonight, he wanted to impersonate his name and ask for merit and confirm the sentence that Zhao Jinlian had already promised him, but he didn't expect that this governor would take the lives of seventy or eighty people with one mouth. These people, though they are extremely vicious, are not mortal people.

"What should I do?"

Su Zhengyuan was fighting fiercely in his heart, if he obeyed the orders and pulled dozens of people out of the prison to make up the number, he would have achieved great success, and glory and wealth would be at his fingertips, but from then on, he would be tortured in his conscience; if he refused Zhao Jinlian, let alone the general sentence in Suzhou, I am afraid that even the official position of the chief arrester of the six doors would not be able to keep it.

Zhao Jinlian is a second-class master, and there are 10,000 ways to kill himself.

After thinking about it for a long time, Su Zhengyuan's inner conscience finally overcame his desire to be promoted and make a fortune, he took a deep breath and said, "Lord Zhao, this subordinate is difficult to obey. ”

Zhao Jinlian's chest was full of anger, but his face sank like water, "Why?"

Su Zhengyuan said: "My subordinates have been officials for seven or eight years, although they are also greedy for money and lustful, but they also have their own bottom line for being a man and doing things...... The subordinates are really, and they can't do it. ”

By the time he said the last few words, his voice was already trembling.

He knew what kind of consequences he would face after saying this, but he still chose this answer.

Zhao Jinlian said three "good" words in a row, "I didn't misread you, you can step down." ”

Su Zhengyuan walked out of the governor's yamen, and he was in a cold sweat behind his back.

Zhao Jinlian threw a teacup on the ground, "Confused!

He sat on the Taishi's chair, his chest rising and falling. Tonight, Western Chu sent spies to attack the Six Gates, not to mention the purpose, the nature of this matter alone is enough to cause a shock in the imperial court. The border between Ming and Chu has been peaceful for 20 years, but the border friction has never stopped, but this time, the Western Chu spies openly entered the territory of the Ming Dynasty, which is tantamount to declaring war on the Ming Dynasty.

The days of peace between the Ming court and Western Chu may have come to an end.

Li Yanfang, his own division and secretary of the military department, is about to become a minister, and Zhao Jinlian is also ready to replace him in the sixth department, and he only owes a credit. The matter of Suzhou Prison, if it is operated properly, is very likely to make it soar and go further. He felt that Su Zhengyuan was capable and could do things, so he thought that he would take the opportunity to help him, but he didn't expect that at this juncture, he would retreat.

The master came over cautiously, "My lord, the fold has been written, and the number of enemies killed here, do you see?"

"Whatever you see, write it truthfully. ”

......

As soon as Zhao Lanjiang and Fan Wuchang turned two streets, they saw Yang Xiaoxiao, who was dressed in green, looking at the two of them with a smile.

Fan Wuchang said strangely, "Isn't this Tianxianglou Yang's family, now Suzhou City is not very peaceful, and there are often colored demons in the middle of the night, why don't I send you home?"

Yang smiled and smiled, so charming that Fan Wuchang's heart melted.

"I'm waiting for Zhao Daxia here, I have something important to discuss, I wonder if Master Fan can give him a face?"

Fan Wuchang said that he wanted to get it, he wanted it, and he glanced at Zhao Lanjiang with great interest, and said, "Don't come back too late." ”

After Fan Wuchang left, Yang Xiaoxiao came to Zhao Lanjiang, Zhao Lanjiang was covered in blood, she couldn't help wrinkling her nose, and said, "Zhao Daxia, I gave you a big gift, how do you repay the slave family?"

Zhao Lanjiang laughed, and was about to hold her in his arms, Yang Xiaoxiao jumped back, "I have something to do with you!"

Zhao Lanjiang asked, "I just think it's strange, you are also from Western Chu, how could you send your compatriots to death in the Six Gates?"

Yang Xiaoxiao smiled and said angrily, "Zhao Daxia, don't look at me with such suspicious eyes, I'll confess, yes, I'm from Western Chu, but I'm from the Hundred Flowers Palace of the Jade Maiden Sect, they are the people of Prince Xiang, and getting rid of them with your hand is also something I like to see." ”

Zhao Lanjiang was not surprised when he heard this, and there was not a harmonious atmosphere within Western Chu, and there were many party disputes, and he had also heard of it when he was on the border in the west a few years ago. He grinned, "In that case, I should have given you a big gift, how can you thank me?"

Yang Xiaoxiao feigned anger and said, "You are obviously using strong words!"

Zhao Lanjiang said, "I observe the celestial phenomena every day, and the solar activity has been relatively strong recently, so I can't be reasonable during this time." ”

Yang Xiaoxiao felt curious and wondered, "Why?"

Zhao Lanjiang said: "There are too many sunspots in Fangcaotian. ”

Yang Xiaoxiao covered her mouth and smiled, "I didn't expect Zhao Daxia to be quite humorous." She pondered for a moment, and then said: "Okay, who makes me like you, let me tell you the news, your good brothers Xiao Jinyan and Li Chengcheng were trapped in a mass grave by Zao Wou-ki, if you go late, I'm afraid you will have to collect his body!"