As a necessary place to go south to Pengcheng, Pei County in May is no longer stable, and people are panicked. The people of Quanpei were worried that Pei Gong Lu Ze was detained by the Chu State, but he sent a new Pei Gong to urge Ding to urge food.

Recently, there have been rumors that Fengyi in the north has raised troops in the absence of its lord Yongya......

So the Pei County police, even the liquor inside and outside the city were all closed, and today Yin Xiahou Ying asked Yin Ren Ao to drink in prison, so he could only be at home.

"This so-called new Pei Gong, I don't accept it."

In the hall, the two sat opposite each other, Xiahou Ying complained to Ren Ao in a low voice: "In my opinion, there are only three people who are qualified to be Pei Gong. ”

Ren Ao drank a glass of wine: "I know, one is Lu Ze, the other is Wang Ling, all of them are heroes, and who is the third one?" ”

Xiahou Ying sighed: "It's Liu Ji." ”

Xiahou Ying was originally the emperor of the Pei County Government, responsible for raising horses and driving all year round, whenever he ushered in, often passed by the Surabaya Pavilion, and the former Surabaya Pavilion chief Liu Ji was like-minded, often stopped to rest, talked with Liu Ji, said some of his own knowledge out of the county, Liu Ji also listened to it with relish, and the two chatted for most of the day.

It's a pity that when Xiahou Ying also tried to be an official, Liu Ji had already gone to Jiaodong with Xiao He and Cao Shen to work under Heifu, and since then, he has never returned......

Ren Ao, who had been a prison official, was also a friend of Liu Ji, as early as the Chu period, he often sheltered Liu Ji, and later became Liu Ji's guarantor as a pavilion chief.

The world was chaotic, although both of them became Qin officials, but in the case of the rebellion of the heroes of Chu, in order not to make their hometown slaughtered by foreign forces, and also in line with the times, they elected Liu Ji's uncle Lu Ze as Pei Gong to defend the place with the children of the township party.

Lu Ze is wise, Fan Xu is brave, Ren Ao and Xiahou Ying also have some skills, relying on the joint efforts of everyone, the land of abundance has only had a year of peace in this troubled world.

A few months ago, as the Pei Duke of Chu State, Lu Ze was ordered by Chu State to go west to Liangdi, but not long after, Yongya, the lord of Fengyi in the north, sent the judge to come back to arraign, saying that Lu Ze was arrested by Xiang Liang, and together with his friendship with the Xiayi Gongwang Mausoleum and Hengyang Duke Fu Kuan, they were all imprisoned, and the lords of the three places were changed.

The one who came to Pei County was a son of the Xiang family, although his status was noble, but Pei people were unconvinced.

From beginning to end, they only trusted their hometown people, and they had no love for the airborne Xin Peigong.

In the past, although Lu Ze, Yongya, and Wang Ling did not accept anyone, they were willing to work together to resist their humiliation when faced with the aggression of bandits from other places.

Ren Ao said: "Now that Lu Ze and Wang Ling are all imprisoned, Lu Ze's brothers are not good, either they are hostages in Pengcheng, or they all run away when they hear that something happened to him." It's a pity that Liu Ji is not here, otherwise today's situation, if he comes forward, he will definitely let Peiren make his own decisions again. ”

Xiahou Ying, as a stable, often runs to neighboring counties, and even goes to Xue County, and is more well-informed: "It is said that Liu Ji has done a great career in Yanbei, and some time ago, didn't his younger brother Liu Jia go to defect?" ”

Ren Ao shook his head: "It's useless to say that he is useless, far water can't quench his thirst, and now even Fengyi has an accident, what should Pei County do?" ”

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that with the eastward advance of the Qin army, the state of Chu is about to die, where should Pei County go? This question is once again in front of Peiren.

Their place, historically belonged to the Song State, and was later annexed by Qi, and as soon as it changed hands, it was picked up by the Wei State. Then, under a series of peace treaties, it was incorporated into the state of Chu. After that, it was only two generations of hard work, Chu died, and Pei returned to Qin.

Although Liu Ji, Ren Ao, Xiahou Ying and others spoke the mixed dialects of Chu and Wei, they did not hesitate to become Qin officials when the times changed drastically - they were all small people in Shengdou, but they did not have the deep love for their mother country like the nobles, and later rebelled against Qin, which was also a self-preservation move to follow the trend.

Xiahou Ying sighed: "It would be nice if Xiao He and Cao Shen were here...... These two men are wise enough to make up their minds. ”

Ren Ao shook his head: "Now one of them has become Jiuqing, and the other is Jiaodongshou, holding great power, where will they remember this little Pei County?" ”

Xiahou Ying was noncommittal, and said in a low voice: "You are wrong, they really remember!" ”

Saying that, Xiahou Ying clapped her hands, but walked out of the back kitchen A middle-aged man with a straight face came out, dressed as a mediocre protector, but he sat down in front of the two unceremoniously, looked at Ren Ao, and sneered:

"What's the matter, Ren Prison History, don't you know me anymore?"

Ren Ao stared at it with wide eyes for a while, only to feel that this person was really kind-faced, so he said:

"Are you...... You are the history of the old Surabaya County, Zhou Cao!? ”

Zhou Ke was a little angry: "Ren Ao, you were escorted to the county town for delivery in the past, and I received you, but you almost didn't recognize me?" ”

Zhou Ke is the brother of Zhou Chang, the commander of Qinba County under Heifu, and the two look like they are carved out of a mold, the only difference is that Zhou Ke does not stutter when he speaks.

In the past, as the history of Surabaya County, he was Xiao He's colleague and Ren Ao's top boss.

When Heifu raised troops in Nanjun, Zhou Ke was implicated in his younger brother's relationship, so he had to flee back to his hometown Pei County, instigating Lu Ze to raise troops against Qin, and later he disappeared with Xiao He and Cao Shen's families......

I haven't seen him for a few months, and now Zhou Cao's beard is much shorter, so when he entered the wine room, Ren Ao didn't recognize it at first glance.

Zhou Cao took a sip of wine unceremoniously and said: "You also know that the Xiang family asked me and Xiao He and Cao Shen's family members to be very anxious and wanted to harm them, Lu Zenian was in the same country, and he didn't want to harm our lives, so he asked me to escort Xiao He and Cao Shen's family, and relied on the bribes of businessmen all the way to open the way, take Yimeng and other mountain roads, and go to Jiaodong. ”

Ren Ao said: "Jiaodong? In this way, Zhou Jun met Cao Shen? ”

Zhou Ke said: "Not only Cao Shen, but also Chen Ping, by his order, I sneaked into Xue County from Qidi, and recently returned to Pei County, relying on the assistance of Xiahou Ying, hiding in his house." ”

Ren Ao was suddenly a little dissatisfied, and looked at Xiahou Ying: "When did you contact Zhou Shushi, why didn't you tell me?" ”

Xiahou Ying hurriedly confessed: "Brother, don't blame, this matter is related to the life and death of the fathers and children of Pei County, and I didn't dare to disclose the story before, but today's matter still needs the assistance of my brother to succeed." ”

Zhou Cao expressed his intentions: "At first, Xiang Liang used Lu Ze as bait and arrested Wang Ling and others, who were good friends with him, thinking that he would have no worries, but he didn't expect that Yongya and Lishang, who had nothing to do with Lu Ze, had already defected to the Qin army, and suddenly made trouble when withdrawing from the army, and the Yingchuan Han army also followed it and attacked Xiang Liang's army. ”

"Xiang Liang was raided, and was pursued by the Qin cavalry, the army was divided into two, retreated to Suiyang, and Xiang Ji came to the aid of Chen Di, blocking the Qin cone handle, and now Qin and Chu are fighting between Chen and Song, and the stragglers have their own victories and defeats, and the main force of Qin is also increasingly advancing eastward."

Although the Qin army was outnumbered, it was not easy to control the vast land of Liang and Han, and Heifu asked the forward to cooperate with the Liangdi County Gonghe Han army to oppress the Chu army, and the main force did not rush to pursue, but slowly advanced to the east, not giving the other party a chance to counterattack.

Ren Ao is most concerned about the safety of the lord: "How are Pei Gong and Fan Xu?" And the royal tomb ......"

Zhou Ke said: "They were all rescued by Li Shang and returned to Daqin, but they were blocked by mountains and rivers, and they couldn't come for the time being, so they were only ordered to go to Shan Father and Xiayi to collect the children of Qingxia and help Qin attack Chu grain." ”

Everyone is a grass on the wall, not to mention that the county officials of the Pei department have Xiao He and Cao Shen, two fellow villagers in the court, and the psychological burden of throwing themselves into Qin has burned a lot, and the wind and waves of rebellion against Chu have gradually spread from Liangdi.

"Now that Fengyi has received the news and raised troops to respond, next, it will be Peixian's turn!"

Ren Ao was cautious, and said with some concern: "At present, although Qin Qiang's Chu is declining, but the abundance is lonely and hanging in the rear, Pengcheng is only two hundred miles away, what if you take revenge for the Chu people?" ”

"The Chu people are too late to resist the Qin master between Chen and Song now, how can they have the kung fu to manage abundance? What's more, Qin Qing Chen Ping is wise, he has found a strong reinforcement, and will soon pass through Fengyi and arrive in Pei County, Xiang Pei Gong will definitely close the city in a panic, you can wait for the opportunity to take the remaining children to open the city gate! ”

Ren Ao was a little puzzled, and asked: "Pei County is the hinterland of Chu, Jiaodong is thousands of miles away, where did Chen Ping get the reinforcement?" ”

Zhou Ke smiled: "This is Chen Ping's power. ”

"The reinforcement he is looking for is called Peng Yue!"

Ren Ao was surprised, and after glancing at Xiahou Ying, he completely understood the situation, and the two left the case together, and said to Zhou Cao:

"Respectfully!"

……

The battle of Peixian was lackluster, and the new Pei Gong who was airborne was unpopular, with 30,000 Qi troops outside, and Ren Ao and Xiahou Ying with Peiren's children to respond, they fell in half a day.

But Ren Ao and the others did not relax their vigilance, but looked at the "Qi army" outside the city with trepidation.

Although the name of the Qi army, in fact, it is just Peng Yue gathered all kinds of water bandits, they are all kinds of clothes, the banners are tattered, the weapons are mixed with farm tools, the order is very chaotic, not like the army, but like a group of beggars, now they are taking water and drinking by the Surabaya in an orderly manner, and there are even some women in the army who have been plundered along the way......

Ren Ao and Xiahou Ying were very worried about how they would stop this group of green-eyed thugs from rushing into Pei County and looting.

Zhou Ke reassured everyone: "Thanks to Chen Jun, what his generation is looking forward to more now is the rich Pengcheng, and they are not interested in our poor and remote county." ”

Chen Ping didn't know what rhetoric he used to persuade Peng Yue's rabble not to enter Pei County, and stationed outside the city, he Ze entered the city with his horse, and absorbed the Pei County armed forces in the city in one go, and asked Ren Ao, Xiahou Ying, Lu Shizhi and others to ask the right questions.

After some examination, Chen Ping, who also has the demeanor of a superior, said with a smile:

"Pei County is really an outstanding person, there are so many talents. It's no wonder that the regent went to Jiaodong to take up his post and would pass through this place specifically, but unfortunately it was controlled by the law at that time, and he couldn't accept the staff on a large scale, otherwise this Pei County Yingjie, I'm afraid none of them would be able to escape! ”

After a joke, he, as the new "Surabaya County Guard", began to give Ren Ao temporary official positions one by one.

"Zhou Cao is a fake Surabaya lieutenant."

"Thou shalt be the order." He picked Ren Ao.

"Thou art Lieutenant." Xiahou Ying was also named.

In addition, Lu Shizhi, the younger brother of Lu Ze, the former Pei Gong, also came from the nearby mountains and forests and was appointed as a soldier Cao Peng.

Xiao Tong, the son of Xiao He, who came with Chen Ping, and Cao Yuan, the son of Cao Shen, also held their respective positions, both of which were county Cao officials, and the two young people returned to their hometowns in fine clothes and were proud.

Even Liu Ji's younger brother Liu Jiao, Chen Ping heard that he was a disciple of Fuqiubo in Jiaodong, and asked him to come to meet.

"You and your brother Liu Ji are really completely different." Seeing that Liu Jiao's words were polite and quite Confucian, Chen Ping was a little surprised and asked Liu Jiao to make an entourage document, but only he knew what the idea was in the little eyes.

In short, the grass platform team of the Surabaya County Government was set up in this way, and it even collected 2,000 people from Feng and Pei, and it began to take shape.

Seeing that this Great Qin Jiuqing was so shrewd and capable, Ren Ao and Xiahou Ying couldn't help but be solemn, and felt that they had made the right choice, Pei County, temporarily safe:

"Chen Jun, we will also follow Peng Yue to attack Peng City next?"

The two of them have ambitions and want to go to Pengcheng to rescue Lu Tai and Lu Chan, the sons of Lu Ze, who were held there as hostages.

Chen Ping said lazily: "For its rear army, just protect the flanks." ”

After Ren Ao and Xiahou Ying left, Chen Ping looked at the map and muttered his true purpose:

"We just need to watch the play next......"

Chen Ping said in a low voice:

"Watch a good show to drive the tiger and devour the wolf!"