One hundred and thirtieth chapters rush to the crown
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Xu Huai and Liu Qiong'er stood side by side in front of the main hall of Zhufeng Hall. They saw numerous horses galloping from the direction of the mountain pass from a distance, but they were sent by Xu Wujiang from Huaiyuan to report the news.
"The new magistrate Dong Cheng has arrived in Huaiyuan?"
Liu Qiong'er was shocked after opening the letter and reading it. She couldn't believe what Xu Wujiang wrote.
Su Laochang, Su Di, Xu Wukun, Xu Wuliang, Yin Peng and others rushed over quickly.
Dong Cheng was a Jinshi in the sixth year of Taicheng, and had a close relationship with Cai Hezhi, Cai Ting's eldest son. In the eleventh year of Taicheng, he was appointed the governor of the Zhenxiong Army. At that time, the Zhenxiong Army was controlled by Cai Ting and was one of the core members of the Cai Clan in the DPRK.
Dong Cheng came to Tangzhou with the Baohe Palace Attendant System, and also led the soldiers and horses as supervisors and regiment training envoys. Xu Huai could figure out with his toes whether the bandits in Tongbai Mountain should be suppressed or pacified, which was a matter of his own hands.
Something happened.
That's why they stepped up their efforts to establish Zhufengtang in Xiema Mountain.
The catastrophe that followed the first year of Jianhe was so illusory that people like Wang Zhen could not believe it. However, even in the face of the imminent further persecution of the Cai clan, everyone needed to unite more closely.
Xu Huai also never expected that Dong Cheng did not sit quietly in Biyang to organize his troops and wait until the recruitment of the bandit army was completed before attacking them, but he actually took a detour and took a detour to Huaiyuan with only a few chariots and horses?
"Why did Dong Cheng come to Huaiyuan at this time?" Xu Wukun, Xu Wuliang and others rushed to Zhufeng Hall and were shocked when they heard the news.
"Dong Cheng dares to come to Huaiyuan with a light chariot and a simple horse. I can't hide in Xiema Mountain," Xu Huai said. "Uncle Wu Kun, Yin Peng, you are ready. We will rush to Huaiyuan overnight to follow Shi Ma."
Uncle Qi and the others will meet up to see what trouble Dong Cheng and the others are going to make!"
"Tiaohutan, Huangqiao Village, you are too dazzling. Even if you are a reckless general, you are unparalleled in Tongbai Mountain. Dong Cheng really has some agenda when he comes here. Besides Wang Zhen, I'm afraid you are the main target...
Su Laochang said worriedly, disapproving of Xu Huai going to Huaiyuan at this time.
Xu Huai said: "Of course I know that there are some dangers, but no matter how great the danger is, can it be as great as the fighting on the front line? These things are not something we can avoid if we want to. If anything happens, it is nothing more than soldiers coming to block the water.
It's better to come and hide in the earth than to sit here and think about things!"
"..." Su Laochang was speechless. He was not a strong-willed person, and he seemed cowardly in some matters. He knew it was difficult to persuade Xu Huai to stay in Xie Mashan, so he said helplessly, "I know I can't persuade you to stay in Xie Mashan."
Mashan, but the situation is turbulent and treacherous. You have to be careful that Xu Wufu may change his mind at any time. Xu Wufu, Xu Heng and his son are convinced that Yakshahu is Miss Liu - if you take Miss Liu to Huaiyuan with you, you may be able to confuse them.
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When Xu Huai, Liu Qiong'er, Xu Wukun, and Yin Peng, surrounded by dozens of cast front guards, entered the newly built Huaiyuan City, the night had darkened.
Before the bandit chaos subsided, the city was on alert as during wartime, and ordinary people were prohibited from taking to the streets after dark.
The empty long street lay in front of him, and the fresh wind blew in. Through the armor, there was an indescribable coldness. If it weren't for the fact that the guards inside and outside the city gate were still in charge of the rural camp generals, Xu Huai was worried that Deng Gui had been bribed.
, set up an ambush here and wait for him to get caught.
Zhufengtang built the courtyard next to Zheng's butcher shop as the entrance of the hall. The courtyard has five entrances from the front to the east and spans the courtyard from east to west. There are nearly forty houses of various sizes, with stables, warehouses and other buildings attached.
In addition to being a weapons shop for selling and buying weapons to foreign countries, Xu Wujiang, Xu Xin'an, Xu Sihu and others also served as generals in the rural camp, and usually stayed in the back house at the entrance of the hall.
Xu Huai, Liu Qiong'er, Xu Wukun, and Yin Peng walked into the back house and saw Wang Zhen, Lu Xiong, Xu Wujiang, Xu Xin'an, Xu Sihu and Zheng Tu sitting in the room. The long case was cracked open by someone with a palm.
When he saw the hole, there were also broken porcelain in the corner of the room, and tea stains were scattered on the wall. He forced a smile and asked: "Who made such a big statement that even a fine sandalwood table has a hole?"
Xu Xin'an babbled in the direction of Xu Wujiang.
The anger in Xu Wujiang's heart at this time was not as strong as before, but he was indescribably frustrated, angry, and said bitterly:
"We fought so hard to kill so many people. How many people have been killed and displaced in Tongbai Mountain in the past six months. This bitch Zheng Hui actually followed Dong Cheng into Huaiyuan City today. What the hell is going on in this world?"
Even though he had long known that people like Zheng Hui were causing trouble behind the scenes, and even though he had long learned to be slick and sophisticated in the inspection department, Dong Cheng convened the inspection department and the rural camp officials to discuss matters, and introduced one of his staff to be Zheng Hui, Xu Wujiang, etc.
For a moment, he was completely ignited with anger - even when he talked about it at this time, there were waves of bad energy in his chest that could not be calmed down.
"During the discussion, Zheng Hui sat next to Dong Cheng and commented on the suppression of bandits in Huaiyuan. I was so frightened at that time, because I was afraid that Uncle Seventeen would not be able to restrain himself and draw his sword..." Xu Xin'an said.
"I'm not that stupid." Xu Wujiang sat down angrily.
Xu Huai was also stunned at this moment. He didn't expect that Zheng Hui would dare to openly come to Huaiyuan City to show his face?
Even if he could guess that Dong Cheng and Zheng Hui were deliberately provoking them at this time, in order to anger them and have the excuse to kill the Xu family, Xu Huai wanted to scold his mother at this moment, wishing he could fuck these bastards and chop them into pieces.
"Sir, is this Zheng Hui really sent by Privy Councilor Cai Zheng to come to Tongbai Mountain to cause trouble in order to kill Mr. Wang?" Zheng Tu brought a chair to Xu Huai. He had just heard Xu Xin'an say this.
I still find it unbelievable.
"Is it really Zheng Hui?" Xu Huai took off his knife and sat down with Xu Wukun and Yin Peng and asked.
"Ms. Wang, Mr. Lu didn't go to attend the meeting, but this bitch was afraid that others wouldn't know he was coming to Huaiyuan, so he even accompanied Dong Cheng for two laps in the market at dusk." Xu Wujiang said angrily.
"It's indeed him." Lu Xiong said.
Xu Huai and Xu Wujiang had never had the opportunity to meet Zheng Hui before. During the interrogation of the Hutou Village prisoners, they only knew that Zheng Zihui rarely showed his face around Chen Zixiao. When he did see him, he looked sallow and sick.
From their looks, we know that people like Zheng Hui usually apply special ginger juice on their faces to slightly change their appearance.
However, Lu Xiong had dealt with Zheng Hui before, so it was impossible for him to miss him easily.
"It seems that Zheng Hui and others should have left Tongbai Mountain to join Dong Cheng when he took office, and then came to Tangzhou to take office as Dong Cheng's staff - they have already made arrangements for recruitment."
Xu Huai couldn't care less about being angry. He knew that the other party was a trick, but he had to suppress the anger in his heart. He frowned and took a breath and said, "Dong Cheng came to Huaiyuan this time, but he came specifically to deal with us!"
Wang Zhen also looked up to the sky and sighed, he really had nothing to say about this situation.
"What's Deng Gui's attitude?" Xu Wukun asked.
"What kind of attitude can he have? He just wants to put his head back into his crotch!" Xu Sihu said resentfully.
"Don't say these are useless. Deng Gui did not remove the rural soldiers from the city, and did not side with Dong Cheng, but other than that, we can't expect Deng Gui to do much."
Xu Huai stopped Xu Sihu from complaining.
Even if they had sufficient evidence of assassination and banditry, they would not be able to convince the dim-witted official who was sitting high on the dragon's throne that it was indeed the case, and there would be no way to bring down Cai Qing through this matter.
Dong Cheng, Zheng Hui and others seem to be unscrupulous, even absurd and unbelievable, but this is also their cleverness and insidiousness, which will weaken the intensity of the accusations against them.
Since there is no hope of overthrowing Cai Qing in a short time, how can Deng Gui, a small inspector, fight against Dong Cheng, who holds the military and political power in Tangzhou and is fully responsible for suppressing bandits in Tongbai Mountain?
Isn't Deng Gui afraid that Dong Cheng will perform a scene in Huaiyuan in which he kills Ma Su with tears?
Or can they expect Deng Gui to get angry at the bandits and lead the inspection of the military soldiers and the generals of the rural camp to chop Zheng Hui, Dong Cheng and other bastards into pieces?
So what is the difference between this and raising an army to rebel?
Deng Gui did not turn to Dong Cheng, Zheng Hui and others did not replace the patrol officers and soldiers to guard Huaiyuan City, nor did they relieve Xu Wujiang and others from their posts in the rural camp. In fact, they made the most of the small patrols to make those
With his humble authority, he resisted the unbridled behavior of people like Dong Cheng and Zheng Hui.
After the Xu clan's troops were consolidated and merged into the countryside, Xu Huai never served as a general again. Zhufengtang was also nominally headed by Xu Wujiang. Even in all military discussions, Xu Huai would not show up, but the lower-level generals were
Force has the most direct desire and pursuit, and it is also the most subservient to force.
Although Xu Huai scolded Xu Sihu, he was still a little unconvinced, but he also sat aside and said nothing.
Xu Huai took a deep breath to calm down the anger in his chest and asked as calmly as possible: "Dong Cheng, how many people did Zheng Hui bring here? Did Dong Qifeng accompany him?"
"Zheng Hui rarely shows up, and not many people in Huaiyuan know him. But Dong Qifeng's scarred face, I don't know how many generals saw it in the battle of Huangqiaozhai. If he really dares to show his face, I will see the entire village camp."
They all have to blow up their nests. They don't have the guts to do this yet," Xu Wujiang said. "Dong Cheng and Zheng Hui are surrounded by dozens of direct followers. In addition, there are more than a hundred sword archers brought by Zhu Tong from Biyang County to accompany them all the way -
-what you up to?"
Seeing that Wang Zhen's eyes also became stern, Xu Huai smiled bitterly and said: "We only have this few manpower, and there are thousands of children who need to be taken care of. Aren't you worried, Mr. Wang, that we will rebel? And if we escape from Huaiyuan City,
It’s just that I fell into the trap of these idiots.”
"How do you plan to respond?" Wang Zhen asked with a wry smile.
"Of course you have to clean your neck and let them chop it off!" Xu Huai said.
Wang Xun closed his eyes, with a sad look on his face. After a while he stood up and said: "You have shown kindness and kindness to me, Wang Xun. I can't repay you, and I shouldn't make any demands or constraints on you. You can do whatever you want."
If you do, you don’t need to think about me!”
Lu Xiong stood up, sighed deeply, pressed his palm heavily on Xu Huai's shoulder, and followed Wang Zhen out without saying anything.
Wang reported that after Lu Xiong left, Xu Xin'an walked to the entrance of the courtyard to take a look, then walked back with a little excitement and asked: "How are you going to start? You won't leave us alone this time, will you?"
"How could they not be on guard against a recurrence of what happened to Guo Caoling? Aren't you afraid that seventeen or eight of us would break through and fall into the trap set by the other party?" Xu Huai said with a bitter smile, "I just told Mr. Wang Chen that,
Even if they are angry words, they are helpless angry words - Deng Gui still has some conscience for the time being, and he also knows that people like Dong Cheng and Zheng Hui are tigers and wolves, and it is not enough for him to seek skin from tigers, so Dong Cheng, Zheng Hui and the others cannot yet directly
Harm us. However, at the same time, Zheng Hui will not sit back and watch us assassinate Dong Cheng, and he cannot bear the responsibility. Now we can only wait for them to take action first. If this is not possible, I believe Deng Gui will not stop us from escaping.
Huaiyuan City, as well as Dong Cheng, Zheng Hui and these idiots should also hope that we will take a step forward, so that they can change their name and bring the bandit army to deal with us..."
Xu Huai heard a soft sound coming from the courtyard wall outside the house, and alertly signaled to everyone in the house not to be alarmed. However, when he and Xu Wujiang took off the knives from their waists, the man who climbed over the wall to enter had already spoken in the courtyard:
"it's me!"
"It's you? What are you doing here?" Xu Huai and Xu Wujiang opened the door and looked at the man standing in the courtyard in disbelief.
