Li Jing also bowed immediately, "I also want to say sorry to the marshal, yesterday's Yuan wedding, Xiaguan and Lord Wang were originally going to come to the palace to congratulate." However, a few days ago, I came to visit friends in the village on this mountain with Lord Wang, but I didn't expect to drink a few more drinks at one time yesterday, and I missed the time to return to the city. I'm so sorry! ”

When Chen Kefu heard this, he thought about it, there were many guests yesterday, and he really didn't notice that Li Jing and Wang Rengong didn't come. However, when they said this, Chen Kefu suddenly had a clue, and reached out to the corpses of those black-clothed soldiers who fell to the ground, and pointed out, "Brother Wang and Brother Li, do you know the identities of those people on the ground?" ”

Wang Rengong shook his head, "Brother is also strange, the broken army said that it has only been more than two months since he arrived in Kyoto, and this is the third assassination he has encountered?" Do you know who did it? ”

Hearing Wang Rengong's words, Chen Kefu couldn't help but smile, and sure enough, things were as he guessed.

Li Jing and Wang Rengong have been visiting friends outside the city in the past few days, so they don't know that he has rebelled against the imperial court and is being hunted down by the imperial court. They had just descended the mountain, probably when they were about to return to the city, they happened to encounter their tearing up. As a result, because those people were all dressed in black, there were less than 100 people left who were fleeing.

Wang Rengong and Li Jing must have thought that the man in black who had stabbed him earlier had come to assassinate him again, so they killed him like this.

Thinking of this result, Chen Ke was rejoiced.

Pointing to the corpses on the ground, Chen Kefu said lightly, "They are all people sent by the imperial court, and they are sent by the emperor himself." ”

Wang Rengong's face changed, "Break the army, don't talk nonsense, how can the court and the emperor send someone to kill you." Don't say this again, it would be a big sin to be heard by outsiders. Although he also felt that only those great families in Kyoto could assassinate Chen Kefu again and again, but the emperor was certainly more capable of doing it, but he didn't dare to think so.

Chen Kefu jumped off his horse and rummaged among the corpses on the ground, and after a while, he found something from several corpses with the most valuable accessories.

"Dugu Ming, Deputy Commander of the Iron Guard Battalion of the Praetorian Guard Xiaoguo Army" and "Yu Chaoyang, Deputy Commander of the Iron Guard Battalion of the Janissary Xiaoguo Army", Chen Kefu read two of the waist cards and handed them to Wang Rengong.

Wang Rengong's hand trembled a little and took the waist card, and after just one glance, he already believed that it was true. Although he hadn't heard of this Praetorian Guard Xiaoguo Army's Iron Guard Battalion, the Xiaoguo Army knew that it was the most personal guard of the emperor's side. Knowing that he had inadvertently intervened in the emperor's affairs and ruined the emperor's good deeds, Wang Rengong couldn't help frowning. He fought for the Great Sui for many years and made countless military exploits, but last time it was only because his nephew had a relationship with Yang Xuangan.

In the end, he was relegated to the border pass and Mayi, and became the chief guard of a remote place. Now that he is involved in this secret matter, what awaits him?

Looking at Wang Rengong's expression, Chen Kefu paused for a moment, and continued to say without being shocked,

"Why don't Brother Wang and Brother Li doubt huò? Yesterday was just a big wedding, why did he appear here today, and he was chased and killed by the Praetorian Guards? ”

"Why?"

"Because it was the emperor's order to assassinate me several times before, and I also got the exact news that Emperor Yang Guang was scheduled to ambush me in the palace this afternoon. After getting the news last night, I made an emergency escape this morning. It's just that I didn't expect that Yang Guang still knew the news quickly, and now hundreds of thousands of people are chasing me. ”

Wang Rengong and Li Jing looked at each other again, their eyes full of shock.

"Two adults, your kindness to your subordinates has caused you to kill and exterminate your clan!

Even if I hide this matter for the two of you, I guess I won't be able to hide it. I think it's better for the two of you to go with me, as long as you get to Liaodong, everything will be easy. Chen Kefu originally hoped very much to accept Li Jing as his subordinates, but although Li Jing's position was not high, he was also from a family, and he was still very loyal to Da Sui and Yang Guang.

However, as soon as this accident happened, Chen Kefu saw hope. Li Jing and Wang Rengong are both famous generals for a while, Wang Rengong has been at war with the Turks for many years, although there is no big war, but he is also undefeated, and he has long been a veteran of the Great Sui who has been famous for many years. And Li Jing's reputation is not obvious now, but Chen Kefu knows that this is a rare handsome talent, a handsome man who is a late bloomer. If he is pulled into Liaodong now, it will be to bring a marshal who can stand alone for Liaodong. ,

Li Jing and Wang Rengong looked at each other speechlessly, no one thought that a favor would actually help such a problem. They all understood how serious the help was just now. But now the situation is clear, Chen Kefu has made it clear that he is going back to Liaodong to rebel, if they don't go, there is still some hope to clear up. If it really went, it was really a rebellion.

The bearded man who had not spoken on the side suddenly interjected, "Brother Wang and Brother Li don't need to hesitate, what is there to hesitate." In my opinion, Yang Guang is not a good emperor, if it weren't for Marshal Chen's pacification of Liaodong, maybe the Great Sui Dynasty has changed by now. I have traveled in the Central Plains for several years, and I really haven't found anything good about Yang Guang. Manly man, things are done. It is better to take this opportunity to go to Liaodong together, Marshal Chen will be the emperor in the future, and the two of you will not lose the position of minister. ”

Hearing such straightforward words, Chen Kefu couldn't help but look at this bearded man he didn't know. People in this era will be very cautious about such a major event as rebellion, no matter what. It's really hard to find someone as open-minded as this brother.

"Who is this brother?"

Li Jing said, "This is Brother Zhang Zhongjian, Brother Zhang, I met Brother Zhang when I was in Mayi, and the three of us can be regarded as good friends." ”

The bearded man looks only about forty years old, compared to Li Jing's early fifties and Wang Rengong's early sixties, he is the youngest of the three. Chen Kefu couldn't help but wonder that these three people with such an age difference could become good friends.

Chen Kefu arched his hand with the beard, but he always felt that the name was a little familiar, and then looked at his big curly beard, and suddenly remembered a name.

"Could it be that Brother Zhang is Zhang Zhongjian, who is known as the bearded guest?"

This statement not only made Zhang Zhongjian stunned for a moment, but also Li Jing and Wang Rengong were stunned.

"How did the marshal know that he was under his name? Although I have traveled in the Central Plains for several years, few people know me? Zhang Zhongjian said puzzled.

Chen Kefu smiled mysteriously, "I not only know Brother Zhang's name, but also Brother Zhang's identity." Although Brother Zhang has traveled around, his family wealth is hundreds of thousands, and there are industrial shops and estates under Brother Zhang's name all over the Central Plains. ”

Wang Rengong said suspiciously: "I only know that Brother Zhang is a rich man who has disappeared from the world, but I never knew that Brother Zhang is still so rich." What surprised me even more was that I, a friend who had been with Brother Zhang for several years, didn't know about it, and Dashuai had never seen Brother Zhang know about it. ”

Chen Kefu smiled: "I not only know that Brother Zhang's family wealth is hundreds of thousands, but I also know that Brother Zhang is still a strongman at sea." In various places along the coast of the south of the Yangtze River, Brother Zhang also has several large fleets, with hundreds of large ships. Hundreds of large ships were rampant on the sea, and trade between the four seas was more profitable than the Silk Road in the Western Regions. ”

After speaking, Chen Kefu made eye contact with Zhang Zhongjian, and at that moment, Zhang Zhongjian's face had changed. The meaning of Chen Kefu's eyes was very simple, and he meant that he knew more about Zhang Zhongjian.

On top of the facts, it is true. Chen Kefu knows a lot of things about Zhang Zhongjian, not because of the things of the three heroes in later generations. It was because of the credit of the Secret Service Division, when he ordered the secret manufacture of ships, he once asked the Secret Service Department to secretly get back a lot of craftsmen. Some of them were brought back from the coastal areas of the Central Plains, and some of them were taken from those islands, which were full of pirates and craftsmen.

It was from the mouths of these pirates that the Secret Service learned that there was a powerful pirate fleet along the coast. After exerting a lot of effort on the Secret Service, the Secret Service dug up the master of the pirate. The owner of this pirate was Zhang Zhongjian, a bearded guest, who was ostensibly a coastal merchant who brought silk, tea and porcelain from the Central Plains to various places on the sea in exchange for various rare precious items in the Central Plains, such as gold, ivory, and precious stones.

But in fact, behind him is still the head of the "curly-bearded pirate fleet" on the coast of the south of the Yangtze River. And an unexpected discovery made Chen Kefu know that the head of the curly-bearded pirate fleet was not Zhang Zhongjian's true identity. Zhang Zhongjian's true identity is the crown prince of the Ryukyus in the East China Sea, and this Ryukyu country is the future Taiwan, including the Ryukyu Islands annexed by Japan. The Ryukyus live on the East China Sea, and there is not much communication between Honto and the Central Plains.

In the third year of the great cause, Yang Guang once ordered Zhu Kuan, the captain of the feather cavalry, to go into the sea to visit the strange customs, and arrived at Liuqiu. Because of the incomprehensible speech, he seized one of them, took his cloth and returned it. The following year, Emperor Yang sent Zhu Kuan to Liuqiu to recruit surrender, but Liuqiu refused. So he sent Ben Lang to send Chen Ling and the court to invite the doctor Zhang Zhen and Zhou Fa Dongyang more than 10,000 soldiers from Yi'an to attack the river and seek the country. The king of Liuqiu, Huan Si, sent troops to fight against the Sui army, and was frequently defeated by Zhang Zhenzhou. Chen Ling led the main force to enter the low Wutan Cave, and begged the old model of Xiao Wang Huansi to lead the army to fight, but was defeated by Chen Ling and beheaded the old model of Huansi.

The army of the Sui Dynasty was divided into five armies, all the way to the capital of Liuqiu. The king of Liuqiu, Huan Si, was thirsty and was forced to fight in person, and was defeated by the Sui army. The Sui army then attacked the capital of the Liuqiu country, and pursued it to the Liuqiu army gate and attacked it. The Sui army killed the king of Liuqiu, Huan Si Thirsty Thorn, captured his son Huan Si Dao Mallet, and destroyed Liuqiu's palace.

The captured Huansi Island Hammer, the son of the King of Liuqiu, was Zhang Zhongjian, and when Zhang Zhongjian was captured and escorted back to the Central Plains, he successfully escaped. It was from then on that he gave himself the Chinese name Zhang Zhongjian and began to travel to the Central Plains. Although Liuqiu Guo had already found him, he had refused to return to Liuqiu to inherit the throne. Instead, he learned the culture of the Central Plains in the middle nose, and also used the power of Liuqiu to establish a maritime fleet and a curly-bearded pirate fleet along the coast.