510 Hidden Tracks, 'Tianting Pavilion' Pavilion Master

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Wei Hong heard Li Zixiao's inquiry, and replied seriously: "In addition to the six thousand White Dragon soldiers who stayed in Jiangbei, during this time, I have recruited another five thousand people and are training.

The first batch of 2,000 soldiers has been training for more than two months, and they can basically be turned into regular soldiers.

At this time, according to the order of the previous general, in addition to the 3,000 white dragon soldiers left outside Xuzhou City, the other 3,000 people were stationed in the new military camp in Yangzhou City.

I already did this half a month ago. ”

At this time, Li Zixiao's men and horses left behind in Jiangbei mainly had 6,000 white dragon soldiers, and their base camp was located outside Xuzhou City.

And because of the importance of Yangzhou, before leaving, Li Zixiao specially instructed Wei Hong to send 3,000 white dragon soldiers to station in the new military camp built outside Yangzhou.

On the one hand, these 3,000 White Dragon soldiers can guard against the Japanese invaders, and at the same time, once something happens in Yangzhou, they can also rush to the aid as soon as possible.

In addition, there were 20,000 city defense troops, who were scattered in Xuzhou, Huai'an, and Yangzhou, and were responsible for maintaining the daily law and order of the state capitals.

Li Zixiao will not use the White Dragon Army, which is not too large in number, and use it in a scattered manner, which is equivalent to reducing the strength of the White Dragon Army.

The 6,000 White Dragon Army is located in Xuzhou and Yangzhou, and will be like a sharp sword, which can deal with the invading enemy at any time, and they are training every day, and are not responsible for the training and security of the city.

To put it bluntly, the nature of the White Dragon Army at this time was more like a field army and an ace army, while the city defense army was more like an armed police and a miscellaneous army in later generations.

Li Zixiao is worried that the guy who tried to make trouble in Jiangbei this time may have bought off a lot of generals of the city defense army, and if he really fights at that time, the White Dragon Army will be the sword in his hand.

"You're doing a good job." After listening to Wei Hong's brief introduction, Li Zixiao nodded and said.

After a pause, Li Zixiao continued to say to Wei Hong: "You go back to the barracks outside the city now, and immediately assemble the recruits to be trained and stand by at any time."

Then, you set off for Yangzhou Daying, contact my father-in-law Lin Yongnian, once there is any change in Yangzhou, you can immediately enter Yangzhou, and those who dare to obstruct can be cut first and then played. ”

Although Wei Hong didn't know what was going on, when he heard Li Zixiao's tone, he knew that something was going to happen.

As Li Zixiao's confidant general, what Wei Hong needs to do most at this time is to follow Li Zixiao's orders.

So, Wei Hong arched his hand and said: "Yes, my subordinates obey the order, so I will go down and make arrangements, and I will leave for Yangzhou as soon as it is dawn." ”

"Well, you can go."

After letting Wei Hong leave, Li Zixiao turned his head to look at Quartz and said, "Stone, send a message to Zhang Ergou and ask him to come to see me immediately, he should be in Xuzhou at this time."

In addition, you go to the restaurant where the letter was delivered last time, take this jade pendant, meet the owner of the restaurant, and tell him, let the 'pavilion master' come to see me, go." ”

Li Zixiao handed Quartz a piece of jade pendant that he carried with him, and said.

"Yes, General."

Quartz took the jade pendant and went down to make arrangements.

Subsequently, Li Zixiao did not return to his Great General's Mansion, he was worried that someone would arrange eyeliner there, and if he went home now, if he was discovered, he would be alarmed.

"This time, let's do it once and for all, completely clean up the rats in the secret, and firmly control Jiangbei."

Subsequently, under the protection of Zhao Zilong, Li Zixiao quietly came to Zheng Guangming's mansion and climbed over the wall to enter.

Li Zixiao took Zhao Zilong and more than a dozen other personal guards to suddenly appear in his house, which really scared Zheng Guangming a lot.

Poor Zheng Guangming was still sleeping with his wife, and suddenly several White Dragon Army guards broke into the room, occupying the room inside and out, of course he was frightened.

"General, when did you come back?"

Zheng Guangming put on a coat and walked out, looked at Li Zixiao, and asked in surprise.

"What, when will General Ben come back, do I still need to inform you?" Li Zixiao said with a cold face, sitting on the chair.

"The subordinates don't dare." Zheng Guangming replied with his head down.

"Alright, put on your clothes and go to the lobby, I have something to ask you."

Li Zixiao looked at Zheng Guangming, who was only wearing a coat at this time, shivering from the cold, and said.

As soon as he had a cup of tea, Zheng Guangming came to the lobby and saw Li Zixiao sitting on a chair drinking tea.

"Guangming, did you just come back from Shanyang three days ago?" Li Zixiao took a sip of hot tea, saw Zheng Guangming coming in, and immediately asked.

"Yes, General." Zheng Guangming stood respectfully on the side and answered.

"Did you notice anything unusual about Sanyo?"

"Strange situation? What does the general mean? Zheng Guangming asked puzzled.

Li Zixiao smiled, a pair of deep eyes, staring directly at Zheng Guangming, and did not speak for a while.

And Zheng Guangming didn't stare at Li Zixiao like this, feeling pressure, but he still stubbornly said: "My subordinates really don't know, and I ask the general to make it clear." ”

"It's nothing, General Ben just received a wire report saying that someone was going to do something in Jiangbei, and I originally thought that your Zheng family had taken root in Xuzhou for many years.

You have been an official in Xuzhou for so long, and you have just come back from Shanyang, haven't you noticed any clues?

Or is no one taking the initiative to contact you, ready to launch a rebellion while Ben is not in Jiangbei? ”

Li Zixiao's eyes were cold, and when he said this, he stared at Zheng Guangming, and at the same time said in his heart: "Lao Zheng, I hope you don't get confused this time, otherwise don't blame me for not remembering the old love." ”

Zheng Guangming, as the former prefect of Xuzhou, was very cooperative when Li Zixiao first entered Xuzhou, and later took the initiative to take refuge in Li Zixiao.

And Li Zixiao also reuses him, and he is also one of the few high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty who Li Zixiao reuses.

After Li Zixiao returned to Xuzhou this time, he carefully calculated in his heart, if someone wanted to make trouble in Jiangbei, it was very likely that he would contact Zheng Guangming.

If Zheng Guangming can be used as an internal response for them, it will be easier for those people to start a rebellion and regain control of Jiangbei.

At this time, Li Zixiao came over to test Zheng Guangming first to see his reaction.

Regardless of whether Zheng Guangming admits it or not, Li Zixiao will not care, because when Quartz brings the 'Tianting Pavilion' pavilion master to see him, whether Zheng Guangming lied or not, Li Zixiao will know everything.

"General, his subordinates don't have it, the general has a lot of trust in his subordinates, and he has repeatedly entrusted him with important tasks, and his subordinates have already sworn to serve the general, how dare they have two hearts."

Li Zixiao's words also jumped Zheng Guangming, 'plopped' all of a sudden, knelt down directly, and said with a sincere face.

"Okay, General Ben believes you, get up." Li Zixiao walked over and helped Zheng Guangming up.

Then, looking at him closely, he said, "Then tell me what you found in Shanyang, don't tell me, you didn't notice anything." ”

"Yes." Zheng Guangming breathed a sigh of relief and responded respectfully.

Of course, he found out something, and he also knew that Li Zixiao was just testing him just now.

But Li Zixiao's temptation made Zheng Guangming no longer dare to hide anything, and decided to tell what he knew.

In fact, with Zheng Guangming's status under Li Zixiao at this time, it is impossible for those guys who are secretly making trouble not to contact him.

"General, in the past two months, the situation in Jiangbei has indeed been a little abnormal, and when my subordinates were in Shanyang before, there were several major accidents in Shanyang.

Whether it is the robbery of the sweet potatoes stored in the official warehouse or the strike of the Qingjiang Shipyard, there seems to be a force behind the trouble.

A week ago, some people came to lobby their subordinates, hoping that their subordinates would betray the general and participate in great affairs with them.

However, they were all rejected by their subordinates, and their subordinates finally confirmed that there was indeed a black hand that was disturbing the order of Jiangbei, and I also communicated with Master Qian.

When Lord Qian meant, don't act for the time being, your subordinates can only wait and see what happens, and your subordinates are true, without the slightest deception, and ask the general to know it. ”

At this time, Qian Guangming really told everything he knew.

Because he is optimistic about Li Zixiao, he doesn't think that those clowns who are secretly jumping off the beam have any possibility of successfully subverting Li Zixiao in the end.

Look at Li Zixiao's prestige in Jiangbei at this time, it is like the sky, because of the implementation of land reform, the vast majority of people are grateful to Li Zixiao.

Even those salt merchants whose interests have been seriously damaged by Li Zixiao's new policies and regulations have now been attributed to Li Zixiao.

Because, Li Zixiao helped them find a more profitable business again, sea trade!

In the past few months, all the trade fleets that joined the Li family's fleet and went to sea to Japan have not made a lot of money every time they came back.

This made many businessmen also support Li Zixiao at this time, and there are only a few people who really hate and oppose Li Zixiao in Jiangbei after all.

In this context, Zheng Guangming believes that even if Li Zixiao is no longer in Jiangbei, it will be difficult for some people to overthrow Li Zixiao and regain control of Jiangbei.

Not to mention, Li Zixiao came back secretly at this time, and at this time, of course, Zheng Guangming made a decisive choice and stood firmly on Li Zixiao's side.

After Li Zixiao listened to Zheng Guangming's words, his eyes were cold, and he said in a cold voice: "In this way, there are indeed people planning a rebellion behind their backs.

And who is the person who came to lobby you? It was really a big deal to promise you an official position as the right servant of the household department afterwards!

In this way, among the forces involved in the plot behind the scenes this time, there are people from the household department involved! ”

"The person who came to lobby his subordinates is Jiang Yufeng, the current defense guard of Shanyang City, and he is also a jinshi in the same year as his subordinates."

At this time, Zheng Guangming decisively betrayed Jiang Yufeng, even if he was his best friend for many years, in exchange for Li Zixiao's trust in him.

"Shanyang soldiers and horses are guarded, Jiang Yufeng? It turned out to be him. Even Li Zixiao was surprised when he heard it.

Jiang Yufeng, after Li Zixiao took control of Huai'an, was still a relatively early group of Ming officials who took the initiative to serve Li Zixiao.

Otherwise, Li Zixiao would not have followed and promoted him to the position of Shanyang Soldiers and Horses Garrison.

Now, even Jiang Yufeng is willing to be driven by others to participate in this conspiracy to subvert Li Zixiao, which makes Li Zixiao even more convinced that the guy who is planning all this behind his back this time has a big background.

It is precisely because of the big source that he can give Jiang Yufeng greater benefits and let him dare to take such a big risk to participate in it.

"General, do you want to wait for dawn and immediately send someone to arrest Jiang Yufeng?" Zheng Guangming asked cautiously.

"No, that would scare the snake. Not only could they not catch him, Ben would use him to lure the snake out of the hole, and Ben would help them. ”

Li Zixiao's face was gloomy, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he said.

"Lord Zheng, if Jiang Yufeng still comes to lobby you, you will agree, and you can even cooperate with their actions, do you understand what I mean?"

Li Zixiao stared at Zheng Guangming and said.

Zheng Guangming thought about it carefully, vaguely guessed Li Zixiao's intentions, and quickly nodded in response: "Yes, my subordinates know what to do." ”

"After dawn, you can go back to Shanyang, you didn't see General Ben tonight, understand?"

"Yes, my subordinates understand."

Li Zixiao continued: "In the next few days, I will temporarily live in your mansion, no problem, right?" ”

"Absolutely."

After dawn, everything in Xuzhou City was as before, and no one knew the news that Li Zixiao had returned to Xuzhou City last night.

Zheng Guangming set off and went to Shanyang again, and at this time, Quartz also came to Zheng's mansion with a middle-aged man.

"Brother Zeng, long time no see!"

When Quartz took this middle-aged man and saw Li Zixiao, Li Zixiao actually walked over, hugged the middle-aged man, and said with a smile.

"You are now the general of Zhenguo, I am your subordinate, you must stop calling me Brother Zeng."

The middle-aged man stopped Li Zixiao and said.

"Hey, there are no outsiders here, between our brothers, why are you polite about this!" Li Zixiao said with a laugh.

The middle-aged man looked at Li Zixiao's appearance, and shook his head with a wry smile, and he also understood Li Zixiao's temperament, so he didn't refuse again.

"Brother Zeng, you should know the purpose of my coming to you this time, your 'Tianting Pavilion' during this time, I'm afraid you've collected a lot of information, I need it now."

After Li Zixiao and Zeng Qi sat down, they restrained their smiles and said to Zeng Qi.

And the middle-aged man named Zeng Qi in front of him is the pavilion master of Li Zixiao's 'Tianting Pavilion', who is responsible for monitoring the henchmen of his officials for Li Zixiao.

Zeng Qi is not an old man who followed Li Zixiao's troubles, but he has a lifelong friendship with Li Zixiao.

Zeng Qi back then was not an ordinary person, but a chief flag officer of the notorious 'Jinyi Guard' of the Ming Dynasty, but he was framed by a traitor and wanted to be used as a substitute for the dead.

In that case, Zeng Qi, who was unwilling to be killed, chose to flee, and was ordered to be arrested by his boss, and was chased and killed by Jinyiwei all the way.

At that time, Li Zixiao had just been framed for murder and escaped from Jinling City, and the two met in a ruined temple.

Before the meeting, Zeng Qi was caught up by seven Jinyi Wei masters, Zeng Qi fought to kill all seven Jinyi Wei masters with one enemy and seven, and he himself was seriously injured and dying.

And Li Zixiao, who happened to arrive, saved Zeng Qi's life, and the two became brothers since then.

Then Zeng Qi wanted to return to his hometown and settle his old wife, wife and children, while Li Zixiao fell into the grass, and then walked step by step to the position of general.

(End of chapter)