"Your Majesty has given two orders during this trip. The first is that Zhenhai County is occupied by pirates and I must take it back. This is one of them."
"Secondly, the Minister of Punishment and the Minister of Punishment accepted bribes from Zhenhai County and concealed the enemy's situation. The Holy One asked me to find out the truth and report it."
"I thought Qianjiang County was very peaceful, but pirates were rampant in Zhenhai. To put down the pirates in Zhenhai, we must recruit troops, and to recruit troops we must have money."
Long Chen looked at Chen Zu with a smile and stretched out his hand to make a gesture asking for money.
Chen Zu knew what Long Chen meant, which was to ask for a bribe.
"Sir, to be honest, I am an honest official and I don't have any money..."
Chen Zu is just a little guy, a puppet who works for the Third Grandfather. He has no money at all.
Long Chen chuckled and said, "You have no money, and neither do the wealthy gentry in the city? I heard that the Xu family, the Yuan family and the Wang family are known as the three ancestors. Do they have no money?"
Chen Zu was surprised. He thought that Long Chen didn't know anything, but he didn't expect that Long Chen also knew about the existence of the third ancestor.
Chen Zu said in embarrassment: "Sir, the third grandfather is a local snake, and the younger one asks them for money. This is not..."
Again, Chen Zu is just a gangster. If he asks his master for money, he will be beaten to death.
Long Chen waved his hand and said: "I didn't ask you to ask for money from them. You will hold a banquet at my house tomorrow. I will be moved by my emotions and understand it rationally. It is only natural and right for the people to raise funds for the imperial court."
Chen Zu did not dare to agree, so he had to say: "Sir, I will discuss this matter with all my colleagues."
Long Chen knew that Chen Zu wanted to report to Xu Zhi and the others, so he didn't rush him.
"No problem, I'm going back first and waiting for your good news."
Long Chen ordered the Xiaoqi Colonel to carry the box and go out, with a proud look on his face.
Chen Zu wanted to send Long Chen out of the city, but Long Chen declined and asked Chen Zu to contact the Third Patriarch early to discuss raising funds and recruiting soldiers. Chen Zu insisted on escorting him some distance away.
After leaving the gate of the Governor's Mansion, he walked on the street, where people were bustling with people, and Long Chen had a smile on his face.
"Dog officer!"
With a loud shout, a white shadow suddenly flew out from the upstairs on the street, and a bit of cold light went straight to Long Chen.
Zhang Qian and Wu Jian shot at the same time, with daggers and waist knives blocking them in front.
Dangdang...
There were two sounds of gold and iron, and a white shadow fell on a table by the roadside.
Chen Zu was startled and shouted: "Here comes an assassin!"
The Yamen servant of the governor's office heard the shouting and ran over in a hurry.
When Long Chen looked closely, he discovered that this person was Bai Tingting.
Zhang Qian stopped in front of Long Chen, Wu Jian called to the Xiaoqi Colonel to surround Bai Tingting, and the passers-by around him retreated.
Long Chen looked at the sword in Bai Tingting's hand and sneered: "So, you are here to avenge your mother?"
Bai Tingting sneered and said: "Damn eunuch, I thought you were a good person, but I didn't expect you are also a dog official."
"This hero will kill you today to eliminate harm for the people!"
After saying that, Bai Tingting raised her sword and came to kill Long Chen. Zhang Qian was furious and brandished her dagger to fight with Bai Tingting.
When Bai Tingting was in the capital, relying on Bai Qiu's prestige as Minister of Military Training, she didn't dare to fight back when she hit others. Her martial arts skills were actually average.
Zhang Qian captured Bai Tingting in just a few strokes.
The sword in her hand was disarmed, Zhang Qian cut Bai Tingting's hand behind her back and pushed her in front of Long Chen.
"Sir, take it!"
Long Chen sneered: "With your abilities, you still want to avenge Bai Qiulian?"
Bai Tingting spat: "It has nothing to do with Bai Qiulian. You sent troops to rob the people. You are a dog officer. You deserve to die!"
Long Chen was stunned for a moment, then slapped Bai Tingting on the face, causing the corner of her mouth to bleed.
"Fart! The pirates robbed the people last night. As an imperial envoy, how could I rob the people!"
Bai Tingting spit out a mouthful of blood and laughed loudly: "Young official, if you dare to do it, don't admit it. If you have the guts to kill me, let me return to the capital. I will report to the empress and let her see clearly who the eunuch she favors is."
What something!"
Snap!
Long Chen slapped her again and cursed: "Gag her mouth and take her back to the military camp. I'll play with you slowly!"
At this time, the yamen servants of the governor's office rushed over, and the governor Chen Zu apologized: "My lord, I didn't protect myself well enough, and I almost let the assassin hurt you..."
Long Chen waved his hand and said: "This matter has nothing to do with you. I have some enemies in the court. They are seeking revenge on me. It has nothing to do with you. You go prepare for tomorrow's donation."
Chen Zu then returned to the Governor's Mansion with his troops.
Long Chen tied up Bai Tingting and took her back to the military camp.
When they arrived at the camp, Long Chen threw Bai Tingting into a military tent, blocked her mouth, and took some fish oil from Wu Xiangyun and applied it on Bai Tingting's face.
"Sir, how should we deal with this Bai Tingting?"
Zhang Qian asked.
She didn't know what Long Chen meant.
Long Chen said: "Let it go, she helped me by accident."
Zhang Qian didn't understand and asked: "Isn't she making trouble? Why did she help the adults?"
Long Chen chuckled and said, "You'll know in two days."
Within the city.
Chen Zu watched Long Chen leave the city and immediately led people to Xu's house.
Entering Xu's house, he saw a smiling middle-aged man. Chen Zu asked: "Butler, where is Grandpa Zu?"
The man smiled and asked: "Did you send that imperial envoy away?"
Chen Zu said: "Oh, he is difficult to deal with. I gave him 1,000 taels today, but he is still not satisfied. He wants to have a fight with the third ancestor."
The man's face was still smiling, but his tone became cold: "Hey, this is the first time in so many years that someone dares to fight against the third ancestor."
Chen Zu said unhappily: "Isn't that right? I ate bear heart, leopard gall, no, I ate sea urchin!"
The two of them walked inside and reached the backyard, where they saw Xu Zhi and Monk Fayin talking.
"I've met my grandpa, little one."
Chen Zu met Xu Zhi and kowtowed respectfully.
Xu Zhi asked: "How about Long Chengen?"
Chen Zu got up and replied: "I followed Master Fayin's instructions and gave me a gift of 1,000 taels of silver. He happily accepted it, but he said two more things."
Chen Zu told what Long Chen meant. Xu Zhi and Fayin listened slowly, thinking about what Long Chen meant.
Fayin said: "Master, in my opinion, this Long Chengen just wants to make a lot of money here."
"Another point is that he seems to have discovered that there is a problem in Qianjiang County, but he is willing to hide it from us as long as the money is in place."
Xu Zhi nodded and said: "I think so too, but I don't know how big this Long Chengen's appetite is. If he eats his mouth like a lion, how much should we give him?"
Fayin said: "Let's test his tone tomorrow. If it's acceptable, that's a good thing."
"Long Chengen is the face of the fourth princess. It is said that the empress has an affair with him. If he can cover it up for us in the capital, then Qianjiang County will always be ours."
In the past, I worked hard to deceive the governor and imperial envoys by acting. If I can win over Long Chen, things will be easier to handle in the future.
Chen Zu said: "When Long Chengen left the city just now, he met a female assassin, who is said to be Bai Qiulian's daughter."
Fayin was slightly surprised: "Bai Qiulian's daughter? She seeks revenge from Long Chengen?"
The news that Long Chen overthrew Bai Qiulian spread to Qianjiang County, and these people also knew about the grudges involved.
Chen Zu nodded and said: "The female assassin threatened to report Long Chengen and was taken away."
Xu Zhi asked: "Report for what?"
Chen Zu replied: "Report him for setting up troops and plundering."
