Seeing this unexpected scene, Du Heng's eyes suddenly split. If this makes people die, in the blink of an eye, those old adults who are already very dissatisfied with him will arrange people to be forced to death by him for a moment! Even if this guy is guilty, he will get into trouble. But even if he was very close to this man, he would not be able to catch him by jumping off his horse to stop him at this time.

At the last moment, he only heard a loud shout. The shout sounded in his ears like thunder, and even with his martial arts concentration, he couldn't help but feel in a trance.

Compared with Du Heng, others are even worse. The middle-aged man who bore the brunt of the attack felt his ears buzzing, his head as if it were exploding, and his movements were even more hesitant, and the dagger paused for a long time when he was about to touch his chest. By the time he came back to his senses, a black shadow had already struck at a rapid pace, and the next moment, he only heard a ding, and when he looked down again, he was immediately shocked.

The dagger in his hand turned out to be only a bare handle!

Ah Liu looked at the short sword in his hand with great satisfaction, and thought that after returning to Beijing, he must go to the foreign office of the celebrant to thank Chu Kuan for giving the sword - although Zhu Ying dragged him to the treasury of the Zhao Guogong Mansion several times to select weapons, he refused to return. First, he didn't want the madman to laugh at him for taking advantage of the Zhu family, and secondly, he also remembered that the madman said back then, don't rely on divine weapons, anything can be used as a weapon.

But now it seems that it's good to have a magic weapon that sharpens iron like clay, and when you fight with people, you can also sharpen people and play with weapons!

Ah Liu cut off the human weapon, and began to look at the short sword in his hand with great interest. And this scene falls in the eyes of others, and the meaning is completely different. Du Heng immediately began to recall Ah Liu's moves, measuring the strength of people. The onlookers were smacking their tongues at the fact that there were terrifying masters among the soldiers and horses of these sharp cavalry battalions. As for the middle-aged man who didn't die......

He looked at the bare dagger hilt, and a chill felt in his heart, the little determination to die that he had been coerced and lured before had all dissipated cleanly! And it wasn't until the fright had passed that he woke up to the serious consequences of not dying. The next moment, he rolled his eyes and passed out directly and neatly.

Ah Liu watched the person fall to the ground very calmly, and then looked up at Zhang Shou among the soldiers in the rear—only to the eyes of onlookers, he seemed to be looking at Du Heng, the main general—and then asked concisely: "Do you want to wake people up?" ”

Seeing that Zhang Shou didn't answer, he added: "Pinch people, splash well water, and prick ...... There are many ways to wake people up! ”

There was silence for onlookers. Pinching people is indeed a good way to wake people up, but splashing well water ...... It's just too simple and crude. As for the iron needle prick, isn't this a trick in the Yamen torture room? This young man is simply a demon, no, just looking at the scene when the person just easily cut off the dagger, the person is even more fierce than the evil ghost!

Du Heng knew that Ah Liu didn't ask him, so he simply kept silent, he didn't want to be called murderous. And immediately after, he heard Zhang Shou's brief order from behind: "Take him!" ”

Hearing this, Ah Liu didn't ask much in half a word, and went straight forward to carry the person. Although he had not yet grown in size and looked a little thin, based on what he had just done and what he said, no one would think that he could easily carry a man taller and stronger than him, and there was anything strange about this scene.

Even if Ah Liu calmly walked into the group of cavalry, and put the middle-aged man who had attempted suicide and fainted like a sack in front of the saddle, and then jumped on the back of the horse and sat down, his waist as straight as an aspen, many people just swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and did not dare to say more than half a word.

Of course, some people saw Zhang Shou beside Ah Liu, who was different from those officers and soldiers, but no one dared to say half a word, but they couldn't help but guess in their hearts what the only two people in this team of sharp cavalry battalions who did not look like officers and soldiers came from.

The capital's reaction to the Cangzhou incident was too fast, and the people sent were even more swift, even if there were people in the court, the speed of delivering the news was not as fast as the footsteps of Zhu Tingfang and Du Heng Zhang Shou, so the whole city was naturally panicked.

was delayed like this, and when Du Heng and his party entered the city, they happened to meet Zhu Yi, who rushed over after hearing the news. When he saw Du Heng and his party, he found Zhang Shou in the team again, and he couldn't help but look extremely subtle.

Although he originally followed the second son, but now that the eldest son is here, after praising the second son, he locked people in the small black room, and Zhu Yi just listened to his eldest son's instructions and ran away. When I looked back, my uncle knew about it, would he open his eyes for the second son, or would he ......

But what Zhang Shou did was not the most important thing, he knew that the two hundred people brought by Du Heng were the real reliance of the eldest prince - although the eldest prince barely cheered up the hundred people of the Rui cavalry battalion who followed the eldest prince but were stripped naked and humiliated, but God knows if these guys are reliable - therefore, he quickly withdrew his gaze and saluted Du Heng respectfully.

"The general has now temporarily requisitioned the Changlu County Ya, and asked General Du to lead the army to garrison the palace."

The place of the palace was not originally a place that his subordinates could occupy. The eldest prince was allowed to live in the palace by the emperor when he left Beijing - of course, what he didn't know was that the emperor was afraid that he would casually accept the gifts from those big businessmen who sent mansions to manors, so he made an exception to allow it. Therefore, Du Heng's first reaction was that the fact that he was stationed in the palace was too arrogant.

Therefore, he immediately objected: "Stationed in the palace? That doesn't seem right, right? ”

Zhu Yi glanced at Zhang Shou again, and then said calmly: "The eldest prince said that the palace now needs to sort out and take inventory to see if there are any missing utensils and things, and he has requisitioned a few tents to count." ”

"And the hundreds of people who once entered the palace, after the eldest prince recorded them one by one, he asked the neighbors to temporarily let most of them go, but there were still dozens of people, which also required enough manpower to guard, and the non-sharp cavalry battalion was not competent."

Speaking of this, Zhu Yi paused, took another step forward, and said with sincerity: "There is also a great prince in the palace who is like a frightened bird. To tell the truth, if the 100-member team of the Rui Cavalry Battalion that accompanied the eldest prince before was stationed in the palace, it might not have happened that they rushed to the palace at the order of the eldest prince, only to be collectively put down after the great prince's feast. ”

Although he has not been in the Rui Cavalry Camp for a long time, Du Heng does not believe that a hundred people are no match for a group of flat-headed people who have risen up.

How stupid is the eldest prince to be held hostage? How stupid do you have to be to deceive your own guards after being held hostage, and then let a group of thieves take people down? Isn't this self-severing your arm and cutting yourself off?

In view of the fact that the reason given by Zhu Tingfang was too sufficient, Du Heng finally said with a dark face: "In this case, I will take people to the palace to station, so as to protect the eldest prince...... It's just that I was only ordered to obey General Mingwei, but as soon as I entered Cangzhou, I encountered someone blocking the road to complain, in case this incident occurred again in the future, if there was no order from General Zhu, I would have led the army to garrison the palace and not show up. ”

"General Du's words, I will report it immediately."

After figuring out that as long as he led the troops well, he didn't care about anything else, Du Heng was already in a good mood at this time, and he didn't care about Zhu Yi's vague answer at the moment, and said straight at the moment: "I'll wait until the soldiers and horses are settled, and then I will go to meet General Zhu." As for Dr. Zhang, the eunuch of the country who came with me by order, I will go with you to see General Zhu first. ”

Hurry up and send away the two plague gods of master and servant!

Zhang Shou saw that the soldiers around him were going away with Du Heng like a tide, and he wanted to say General Du, you are walking too fast, do you know where the Cangzhou Palace is? If you go so fast, do you plan to ask people for directions on the way, or call a local to be your guide, or take an armed march around the city, and finally find a place to go in, and if it doesn't go well, continue to march in the city?

However, since Du Heng was walking fast, he had no choice but to take Ah Liu, who still had a fainting and unlucky ghost on his horseback, and went straight to Zhu Yi. As soon as the two sides looked at each other, before he had time to ask, Zhu Yi immediately said: "Uncle, this is not the place to talk, let's go to Changlu County immediately!" ”

As soon as he said this, he realized that he had committed a great speech problem. This is in front of the public, and he actually inadvertently brought out the title that Zhao Guogong Mansion or Zhao Yuan was used to in the capital.

Outsiders don't know that Zhang Shou is just a quasi-aunt of the Zhao Guogong Mansion......

Zhang Shou didn't notice this stubble at all, not to mention, Du Heng's departure, many eyes were focused on him, even if he was used to such a sneaky look, but he still didn't want to be watched like a monkey, so he nodded and said, "Okay, you lead the way, let's go!" ”

On the way to the county government with Zhu Yi, Zhang Shou thought that he had no right to dispose of the local chaos, and the emperor did not have any special explanations before the trip, so it was enough to let Zhu Tingfang come forward to deal with the idea, and he was not in a hurry to rush to the Changlu County government, so he simply let Zhu Yi lead the way, and went to the state government to go around first.

Seeing the two idle old men in front of the door, the gate was mottled and painted, and the two stone lions on the side could even see moss and dust stains, and they didn't know how much time they hadn't been wiped and cleaned, and the brick wall was in disrepair, looking in from the gate, the huge courtyard was deserted and few people were moving around, so he asked Zhu Yi curiously, and got an unexpected answer.

"Cangzhou is a state, not a government, there were originally only three counties of Nanpi, Yanshan and Qingyun, and the state was in Cangzhou City. Nagashi was originally just an inspection department, and it was famous for its salt industry. However, in the early years of Emperor Taizu's accession to the throne, he had to monopolize salt and iron, but later Tuntian was quite effective, and commerce and trade became increasingly developed, so the salt law was changed, and there was not much to do in the Changlu Inspection Division. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Yi paused for a moment, and then continued: "Later, during the Taizong period, I don't know how, Cangzhou Prefecture set up Changlu County, as for the Zhizhou and the subordinate officials below, most of the time it is not very established. ”

So the Changlu County Order has become an outlier...... Although it is only a seven-pin county order, it is actually equivalent to the county order from Wupin Zhizhou, and the county order of the three counties of Nanpi, Yanshan, and Qingyun is said to be equivalent to its grade, but many affairs often have to be reported, and then transferred to the imperial court by the Changlu county order. Therefore, now the Cangzhou Prefecture has been in disrepair for a long time, but the Changlu County Government is very magnificent. ”

When Zhang Shou dismounted in front of the Ya in Changlu County, he deeply realized the difference between here and Cangzhou Prefecture. The eight-character wall of the Ya of Changlu County is neat, the mortar hooks the joints, at first glance it looks majestic and solemn, the stone lion in front of the Yamen is oily and slippery, not to mention the moss, there is not even a trace of variegation. The door in front of the door is also shy and protruding, with big shoulders and a round waist.

The two menzi who seemed to outsiders to be alive and spirited, after seeing Zhu Yi, immediately nodded with a smile on their faces, but their eyes kept sneaking a glance at the two people brought by Zhu Yi - if you count the person carried by a cold young man in the back, it should be three people. Because the person being carried couldn't see clearly with his face facing back, their gaze eventually shifted to the previous teenager.

Although Cangzhou is the main road on the canal, and they have not seen all kinds of outstanding people from the south to the north, but they are still the only young men who are as handsome and elegant as they are in front of them, Zhong Lingyuxiu, but still seem gentle and amiable.

When the people approached, they didn't smell the various incense or even fat powder incense that those local sons and buddies often had, only a very faint scent of ink. When they were surprised in their hearts that this was the latest preference of the capital, they saw that people actually glanced at them sideways, and the two men hurriedly bowed their heads, and then found that people stopped and stood in front of them.

"Ah Liu, show them the person you brought. I think it should be a celebrity in Cangzhou City. ”

With a promise, Ah Liu put down the middle-aged man on his shoulder, then lifted the person's arm, and raised the person's chin with his hand so that the two men could see it clearly. Sure enough, after just one glance, the younger one exclaimed.

"Isn't this the richest man in Xicheng, Master Jiang?"

"Oh? The richest man in the West Side? Zhang Shou smiled, and then asked curiously, "Is he a landlord with tens of thousands of acres of land, or a rich man who opens a bank?" Or is it an industrialist who runs some industry or workshop? ”

For Zhang Shou's strange classification method, the two men couldn't help but look at each other. The fast-talking man just now was still a little regretful, but when he saw the cold young man holding Master Jiang casually took out a string of money from the money bag on his waist, he realized that it was a reward, and hurriedly said flatteringly: "Master Jiang has 2,000 acres of cotton fields, 100 spinning machines, and 50 looms......

After thinking about it for a while, he continued: "He is the in-law of the richest man in Suzhou, the Hua family, and the two local money banks in Cangzhou City have his shares, and in addition, others say that he also has two big ships. But Cangzhou is not a big port, and no one has ever seen that ship, and they don't know whether it's true or not. So he is only the richest man in Xicheng, not the richest man in Cangzhou. ”

Zhang Shou saw Ah Liu nodded, and then clenched his fists, as if he was going to put the handful of copper he had just grabbed back into the money bag, and he suddenly couldn't cry or laugh. Of course, he knows Ah Liu very well, when he had no money and nowhere to spend it in those three years, he always saw Ah Liu counting money on a copper plate, but when Ah Liu taught Zhu Er's martial arts to have "Yu Lu", the young man generously paid money to supplement his family.

So, he had to cough and order: "Ah Liu, reward him with money...... He deserved it. "Don't be so stingy!

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