(Thanks to the Golden Alliance for the smiling support...)
"But Mr. Zheng?"
Hearing the hoarse voice behind him, Zheng Hui turned his head and saw that Xu Wufu had not been seen for just half a day. He suddenly felt a bit old and his eyes were bloodshot.
Xu Wufu usually considered himself a scholar, but at this moment he was wearing a long sword outside his black mourning clothes.
"Zheng Hui has met Xu Langjun." Xu Hui bowed his head and said.
"What are you doing here at this time?" Xu Wufu couldn't help but asked resentfully.
He learned that Dong Cheng had gone to Tangzhou and that one of his staff was named Zheng Hui, so he specially sent Xu Heng to borrow money to Xinyang to pledge the goods, and rushed to Biyang City in disguise to visit Zheng Hui.
However, Zheng Hui refused.
Xu Wufu never expected that Dong Cheng and Zheng Hui would come directly to Huaiyuan City yesterday, which would anger Xu Wujiang, and Xu Huai and others would attack them first.
"Shouldn't I come at this time?" Zheng Hui asked.
Xu Wufu gritted his teeth, and after a while he said, "Mr. Zheng, please come over and talk!"
Zheng Hui and Xu Wufu walked through the moon gate in the light snow and walked to the side room in the side courtyard. The room was full of the smell of soup and medicine. Xu Wuqi lay on the couch with a pale face. When he saw Zheng Hui coming over, he shouted hoarsely: "No If Xu Huai is killed, no one will have peace!"
"Are you in the way?" Zheng Hui asked.
Xu Wuqi stared at the tent above his head with wide eyes, and did not reply to Zheng Hui's words for a long time.
Xu Wufu sighed and shook his head, saying: "The sternum is seriously injured and it may take three to five months to heal..."
Zheng Hui secretly felt that it was a pity that Xu Wuqi was over forty years old and his muscles and bones had already passed their prime. After suffering such a serious injury, it would take three to five months to recover from the bone injuries, but his fist and foot strength might also decline a bit.
Xu Wufu has no problem. Even if Xu Wuqi was once a member of the Jingsheng Army, he no longer thinks there will be any problem.
The Xu family is so internally divided. If Xu Wuqi really misses the old friendship, it is hard to imagine that he will stay with Xu Wufu instead of helping Xu Wujiang, Xu Wukun, Manghu Xu Huai and others completely seize the Xu family. control of soldiers.
In that case, what leverage does Xu Wufu have to fight Xu Wujiang and the others? He himself would not have suffered such a heavy blow today, and would have been humiliated by having Xu Huaijiang spit on his face.
Thinking about it this way, Zheng Hui secretly felt that he was still too sensitive in the past, but there were many people around the Prime Minister who said that most people in the world were just like a dog, so why bother to be on guard against what those few remnants might do?
Come to think of it, there are so many places where ghosts are said to have been seen these days, but how many of the truly loyal people have seen them?
It must be said that there is, Wang Zhen is a hard-nosed person who can barely be counted as half. It is so smelly and hard that it has caused them to toss in Tongbai Mountain for almost a year.
Zheng Hui sat under the lamp and spied on Xu Wufu and his youngest son Xu Chen guarding the courtyard with a knife. He asked: "Xu Wujiang wanted to instigate mutiny today, but he instigated Mang Hu to kill your noble son. I was shocked. Are there any clues that Xu Langjun has not cleaned up?"
Xu Wufu and Xu Wujiang and the others had become mortal enemies at this time. Of course Zheng Hui was not afraid that the night visit would fall into the eyes of Xu Wujiang and others, but at this time he was still curious about why Xu Wujiang and the others chose Xu Heng, and Xu Wuqi killed him.
Of course, he also guessed some reasons, but after all, he was far less familiar with the internal situation of the Xu clan than Xu Wufu, not to mention that it also involved the remnants of the Jingsheng Army, so he was not allowed to ask a few questions.
Xu Wufu didn't believe that Xu Wujiang had noticed when he secretly communicated with Zheng Hui.
In the battle of Huangqiaozhai, more than 20 Xu family members died, and more than 300 people were killed in the rural camp. Xu Wujiang and the others really should have noticed this earlier. In the past two months, he had many fights with Xu Wujiang, Xu Wukun, Xu Xin'an, Xu Sihu, etc.
It's impossible for people to touch them without showing any emotion.
Xu Wujiang may be difficult to predict, but he knows how many cities Xu Wukun, Xu Xinan, Xu Sihu and others have. It is difficult for these people to hide such a big thing in their hearts.
In addition, Xu Wufu also believed that Xu Wujiang had other, sufficient reasons to kill them. At this moment, he said with regret:
"They set up Zhufengtang on Qian Street to sell swords, shields, bows, arrows and spears. It looked like a small Wuwei workshop, but in fact it was located in Shituoling, Jinshagou, and Xiema Mountain.
Integrated into one body - I am not surprised that they would do something evil, but I didn't expect them to do it so quickly! Mr. Zheng, you should know that they succeeded by looking at the deserted atmosphere in this courtyard!"
In Xu Wufu's opinion, in addition to the fact that Xiema Mountain is its own family, if Xu Wujiang wants to further control the entire Xu family, he must trample his father and son under his feet. He also believes that Dong Cheng and Zheng Hui suddenly came to Huaiyuan.
The key reason why Xu Wujiang had to use violent means to break up with this side and kill him was to use this strategy to alert the enemy.
The purpose of Xu Wujiang and others was to force most of the Xu clan members who had previously been on the sidelines to choose sides at this moment, thereby strengthening their confidence to resist the persecution by Dong Cheng, Zheng Hui and others.
This is also the reason why Xu Wufu resented Dong Cheng and Zheng Hui suddenly came to Huaiyuan to arouse the enemy. He completely distrusted them and left them defenseless.
Xu Wufu did not speak too clearly, but Zheng Hui could also see the resentment on his face. He had no way to defend himself, so he went directly to the topic and said:
"In addition to hoping that the name change would be more legitimate, we also thought that even if Xu Wujiang and the others could tolerate it forever and not let us seize the opportunity, we could also disband the rural camp after recruiting the rebel army, and then deal with them - now look
Come on, step by step won’t work. According to Xu Langjun’s opinion, how can we kill Xu Huai’s reckless tiger first?”
Xu Huai's bravery and his reputation among the soldiers and people of Huaiyuan were almost used by Xu Wujiang to provoke a mutiny, which was somewhat beyond Zheng Hui's previous expectations.
Compared with these, Yaksha Fox, who has been playing tricks in secret, is sometimes not that big of a threat.
"I'm not saying that I must avenge Heng'er. The truth is that this guy is not looking for a chance to get rid of him now. Once we let them flee into the deep mountains and old forests, Mr. Zheng, how many lives do you have to fill in to surround and kill this guy," Xu Wufu
His voice was extremely cold at this moment, and he said, "Among the many people in the Inspection Department, Tang Tiande is the easiest to sell. As long as he cooperates with us and transfers Tang Pan and Tang Qing away from each other at the critical moment, it will be easy to attack...
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"By transferring Tang Pan, Tang Qing will only scare the enemy, but Tang Tiande may be afraid that the Tang family will have a second Xu Wujiang, so he should be more happy to see Tang Pan. Tang Qing died unexpectedly; Deng Gui is even more of a wallflower - Xu Wujiang himself
I thought I would scare others with that reckless thing, but I didn't know that being so rampant would arouse jealousy!" Xu Wuqi was lying on the bed unable to move, but at this time he said hoarsely.
"..." Zheng Hui looked back and recalled Deng Gui's reaction when Xu Huai punched Xu Heng. He couldn't help but secretly nodded, feeling that Xu Wuqi's judgment made some sense...
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After inspecting the defenses of the villages in Huangqiao, Dong Cheng decided to move the garrison to Huangqiao and share the joys and sorrows with the generals. Deng Gui had no choice but to obey.
After a busy day, Deng Gui returned to his residence exhausted, but he still couldn't help but feel agitated. He recalled the noise made by the soldiers and civilians inside and outside the inspection department at noon. Although he understood Xu Wujiang's and others' desperate state of mind, he was still so angry that he wanted to throw the long hair in front of him.
The case was overturned.
He just wants to be a peace officer, why is it so difficult?
There was a knock on the door, and Deng Gui asked exhaustedly: "Who is it?"
"Xu Du will come to see you." The old soldier who was waiting for him said outside.
"No!" Deng Gui said angrily, wanting to shut Xu Wujiang out, but after a while, when he heard the old soldier walking down the steps, he felt bad again, opened the door and said, "Let Xu Wujiang come in...
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Even though Xu Wujiang came here to pretend to beg for mercy for Xu Huai, Xu Wujiang was the commander of the rural camp after all. He had not yet handed over the command of the Huaiyuan rural camp and the patrol officers, so there was really no need for him to do so in private.
When talking to Xu Wujiang, one must avoid suspicion.
"Why is Deng Langjun worried?" Xu Wujiang sat down in front of the case, took a boiling iron kettle, and helped him and Deng Gui make tea. There was no sense of unfamiliarity at all.
"Those who know my heart say that I am worried, but those who don't know me say that I am worried." Deng Gui stared at Xu Wujiang for a long time, then dropped his book bag and said, "General Xu, why do you think I am worried?"
"Dong Cheng, Zheng Hui and other thieves could have recruited the thieves first, disbanded the rural camp, and then attacked us, but they went to Huaiyuan to scare the snake. In the end, they still fear the world's mouth and want to kill them.
We are once again forced to flee in order to justifiably annihilate us," Xu Wujiang said. "This makes me worry about Deng Langjun's fate - after all, with Deng Langjun's character, it is absolutely impossible for him to join them. What a harm to them
Will Deng Langjun, who is well aware of many evil deeds, be their next target to eradicate?"
"Stop trying to sow discord, just like you said, as long as some people are still afraid of the world's mouth, what should I be afraid of?" Deng Gui said angrily, wanting to drive Xu Wujiang away directly, so as not to see it in front of his eyes.
terribly upset.
"If Mr. Deng was really unafraid, why did he ask his wife and the two young masters to go back to their parents' home from Biyang City after Dong Cheng took office?" Xu Wujiang asked.
At that time, officials were treated very favorably, and their families could accompany them to their posts. However, Deng Gui wanted his two sons to pursue official careers, but there were no good libraries or famous teachers in Huaiyuan, so he settled his family in Biyang City.
No matter how weird the situation was before, Biyang City was still out of the turmoil.
After the battle of Litangzhai, Chen Shi and others were killed on the battlefield. Although Biyang City had the strategic pacification envoy Gu Pan personally leading the imperial army to garrison, there was no need to worry about safety. But at that time, Deng Gui thought of Chen Shi's death, so many prefectures and counties.
When there is a vacant official position, the Cai clan only needs to add one more person to the position, and the recruitment can be easily completed, but the turmoil will not stop.
As a precaution, he arranged for his family to leave Biyang City in advance.
Seeing that Deng Gui remained silent, Xu Wujiang said: "In the battle of Huangqiao Village, at least six private soldiers of the Cai clan died under our swords and bows. These private soldiers may not be important in Cai Qing's eyes, but their relatives
If he wants to seek revenge against the equally insignificant Deng Langjun, can Deng Langjun stay out of it? Deng Langjun can blame Wu Jiang for speaking out, but Wu Jiang is really thinking about Deng Langjun. To say the least, we are really going to be beaten by Cai
The government thieves are forcing them to take desperate risks, so Deng Langjun is willing to drive them to become our enemy?"
"What, are you going to rob a prisoner and escape from the army today?" Deng Gui pressed his hand on the long case and looked at Xu Wujiang with bright pupils.
"No, we want to completely cut off the Cai Party's wings in Tangzhou and leave Dong Cheng alone. No matter how powerful we are, we can't make a splash, but if we want to accomplish this, we need Deng Langjun to succeed." Xu Wujiang said.
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"What can I do?" Deng Gui said.
"Deng Langjun only needs to obey them in everything!" Xu Wujiang said.
Deng Gui stared at Xu Wujiang in shock. He thought that Xu Huai killed Xu Heng in public because Xu Wujiang and the others wanted to provoke a mutiny, but he did not expect that they still used Xu Huai as bait!
