"That person threatened Lao Er at that time, saying that he asked the old man and me to agree to a request from him, that is, when the officials of the imperial court inspected and inquired, let me admit that it was you who coerced and lured me to wait for ink, so that I got the square circle map of the single cannon, and also said that let Lao Yu and others show in public that the square circle map is my ink maker,."

In the back hall of the county guard's mansion, the old man Ma Shouzheng stood in front of Chen Zhi, explaining 1510.

As soon as his voice fell, Ran Zhan on the side couldn't help but sneer: "I really don't want to be embarrassed, I want everything, and I have to make up such a statement, what ink person gifts, dedicated to the court, it seems that we are too clever and take it, it's really shameless!" Obviously, it was according to what Taishou said that there was this so-called single-tip cannon. ”

As soon as he said this, everyone present nodded their heads.

But Ma Shou's face changed slightly, and he shook his head secretly, feeling that Chen Zhi was a failure by calling this Ran Zhan over, this person didn't seem to be a person who could keep secrets, in case a big mouth said it and caused a storm in the city, then the lives of his family would be in danger.

At this time, there are not many people in this hall, in fact, it is worth sitting on the top, and the others are artificially gathered in a circle, after Ma Shou finished speaking, he also retreated to the side, and sat down carefully, but only half of his butt was next to the chair, and he didn't dare to sit down.

Except for horses. In addition to Ran Zhan, there are several other people, namely Su Liao, Chen Zi, Bao Jingyan and the Yang family brothers, as well as Zhou Ao.

It can be said that those who can appear here are the first people to follow Chen Zhi, and they are now regarded as Chen Zhi's henchmen by the Dai County.

The reason why they are gathered here is precisely because of the report of the horse—

According to him, although he was threatened with the life of his family members, he also felt that he could not fail to repay Chen Zhi's kindness, so he hurried over to report it.

Chen Zhizi was greatly rewarded for this, but from Su Liao and Chen Zi to Ran Zhan Zhou Ao, no one believed this statement.

They had dealt with this old man more or less, and knew that this person seemed to be a kind old man on the surface, but after a few times, they knew that he was clearly an old fox who was unprofitable and could not afford to be early, and he would come to report it at the risk of killing his whole family for the sake of so-called loyalty? There must be his considerations in this.

But since Chen Zhi didn't say anything about it, and accepted this statement, others could only follow this story.

"Taishou, do you think this could be the person photographed by the imperial court envoy?" Seeing that everyone loved to meditate, Ma Shou put forward a conjecture, "You see that this statement is beneficial to the imperial court and wants to enhance the prestige of those inspectors." ”

"It shouldn't be that simple." Zhou Ao saw that everyone didn't speak, and immediately expressed his opinion at this time, he knew his own family affairs, and he could sit here, not because he had more ability, but because he was an old subordinate in the real sense of Chen Zhi, standing in line with a strong level, and at the same time showing loyalty, at the moment, a few people in front of him, either from extraordinary backgrounds, or with excellent skills, such as the Yang family brothers are even more dominant on the battlefield, as soon as these people speak, he Zhou Ao has little room to perform, it is better to seize the opportunity now, and throw bricks and bricks first.

Sure enough, as soon as he said this, everyone's eyes gathered.

Zhou Ao cleared his throat and said, "I think the other party can sneak into Mr. Ma's house silently, and that is meant to hide it, in this case, how can he take the initiative to expose it?" When these demands are spoken, they can only make people think about the people who came to the court, which is equivalent to being completely exposed and undesirable! ”

"Makes sense, but ......"

To Zhou Ao's surprise, he thought that it would be characters like Su Liao and Chen Zi who would refute him, but he didn't expect that the first person to speak was actually Ran Zhan, a martial artist.

"But what?" Ma Shou was a little puzzled, he listened to Zhou Ao's words and felt that it made sense.

Ran Zhan said: "Didn't that person take the lives of Lao Ma's son, nephew, clansmen, and granddaughter to blackmail him not to say it, this normal person will definitely not dare to talk nonsense, otherwise the lives of the family will be gone." ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhou Ao almost laughed, and Ma Shou is face suddenly darkened.

Although the others are determined and well-cultivated, they can see that they are holding back their laughter.

Why?

Undoubtedly, the old man was quite ruthless, and he came to report the news regardless of the life or death of his family.

Of course, Chen Zhi couldn't help but express his position, and immediately reprimanded: "What nonsense, the old man is well aware of the righteousness, and he sees that the person who threatens him is just a strong and inward-looking, so he will do this, this is a wise and brave decision, where can you understand?" ”

Ran Zhan bowed his head and was silent, while Chen Zhi turned to reassure Ma Shoudao: "Mr. Ma doesn't need to worry, I will arrange for someone to take a few people to my mansion and guard them strictly, but in this way, it is equivalent to being completely exposed, how to choose, you think about it." ”

"That's fine, it's too much trouble to have labor." Ma Shou looked worried, and seemed to be unable to sit still, and looked tired, so after a few more words, he hurried away.

As soon as the others left, the atmosphere in the room changed abruptly.

"How credible is his word?" Chen Zhi looked around at everyone and asked.

Bao Jingyan never said a word, smiling beside him, and Zhou Ao knew that he had some ability, so he bowed his head and was silent, as for Ran Zhan, he had the intention to interject, but unfortunately he thought about it, and he couldn't say why, so he had to give up.

At the critical moment, it was Chen Zi and Su Liao who stepped up.

It was Chen Zi who spoke first, and he said slowly: "At that time, Ma Shou didn't know the secret of the single cannon, and he would definitely not be able to give an answer, so it was normal to be asked to cooperate later, but this matter may not be related to Yu Liang and them, because this practice is too obvious." ”

Su Liao also nodded and said: "At that time, Ran Jun was outside, but he had actually found the traces of that person, but according to your order, he did not move, just to lure out the people behind, but when this person left, he was also very careful, and left the city directly, without looking back all the way, really did not leave any traces." ”

Chen Zhi nodded, looked at Ran Zhan again, and saw that the latter's face was quite unhappy, so he immediately smiled and said: "Don't feel too aggrieved by your kid, that old Mr. Ma came over this time, no matter what his intentions were, he took a risk after all, and I can't let him feel cold." ”

Ran Zhan shook his head and said: "The kid is not unhappy because of this, I know the old man's affairs, and I also understand the truth behind it, what I am really unhappy about is that I have seen several people in front of me these days, but I can't do it!" ”

It turned out that after Ran Zhan came back before, Chen Zhi expected that someone would make a fuss about the ink man, so he transferred manpower to guard them beside Gongyihua, and whether it was Gongzhihua or Li Li Wei's brothers, in the final analysis, they were all Chen Zhi's servants and subordinates, and it was convenient to defend.

In contrast, Old Man Ma's family is lonely, although it is not far away, but there is a distance in the end, plus their family is also a little vigilant, Chen Zhi will not arrange them too close to prevent a few people from thinking blindly, so that there are some difficulties to deal with the garrison work of this family.

In this case, Chen Zhi arranged for Ran Zhan, a few masters in his camp, to personally go out to protect the Ma family, and also issued an order to try not to alarm those who were more skilled in infiltrating and peeping.

It is conceivable that with a character like Ran Zhan, he can't do anything with the enemy in front of him, not to mention how sad it is.

"Especially today's person, this person is indeed smart, but it's not really impossible to notice, but he looks like no one in our Daijun can cure him, it's really angry to look at!"

The more he spoke, the more annoyed Ran Zhan became.

Chen Zhi understood, and said with a smile: "Okay, this kind of grievance in the future is that I won't let you do it." ”

Ran Zhan nodded.

Then Chen Zhi looked at a few people and asked, "Where do you think this person came from if he wasn't sent by Yu Liang?" ”

"It is very likely that it is the person from the Duan Department who has just arrived, that person is still being hung out, and besides, he is most likely to want to provoke from it," Su Liao gave a judgment, "Moreover, with the current situation of the Duan Department, provoking our relationship with the DPRK and China is the fastest way to take revenge, and the subordinates will collect relevant information as much as possible in the past few days." ”

Chen Zhi nodded and looked at Chen Zi again.

"It's not necessarily the current forces in Daizhou," Chen Zi pondered for a moment and replied, "At present, the envoys of the imperial court, the envoys of the Duan Department, and the generals of the Murong Department are all in the city, but looking at the entire northern land, there are many forces, and there are still many people who have hands-on motives. ”

When Su Liao heard this, he couldn't help nodding, and then added: "There are also the Huns, they also said that they would send people over, the reason is not clear, they just wore a letter, and they didn't say who was coming, and with the grievances between the Huns and Taishou, it is not impossible to send someone to assassinate them." ”

"Maybe it can be counted as the Tuoba Department," Suddenly, Chen Zi said a name that surprised others, "Tuoba Yulu in Tuoba has a good relationship with Taishou, but he can't personally represent the tribe, if Daijun rises strongly, then Tuoba Ministry's control over this part of the grassland will be loosened, there is an obvious sign, that is, the seven dependent tribes, this is definitely a thunderbolt for some tribes on the grassland, it will bring all kinds of different reactions, and it is not strange for Tuoba to change their minds." ”

Ran Zhan was dizzy when he heard this, how could he think that it was the Tuoba Department of his allies, and there was such a risk?

Just as he was about to ask, there was a knock on the door.

Chen Zhi's expression changed slightly, let people in, and as soon as he saw that the person was Chen Ju, he said to the people around: "I have already ordered, there is no major matter, do not disturb, since Chen Ju is here, it means that the matter is not small." ”

After saying this, Chen Ju had already handed over a letter to Chen Zhi.

Chen Zhi took a cursory look, and his expression suddenly became solemn.

"What's wrong?" Chen Zi asked.

Chen Zhi handed over the letter and said in a deep voice: "There will be a big war in Jizhou!" ”