But it was said that Beijing County Prince Shui Rong had thought about it for many days and finally figured it out. He called Zhong Heng and promised to let him go to Luzhou. Zhong Heng was very happy and grateful, and bowed down repeatedly. Shui Rong changed the subject and said with a smile: "You are not young anymore.
, it’s time to get a wife.”
Zhong Heng blushed and said, "My uncle has the final say on this matter."
Shui Rong thought for a while and said, "Since we are holding a military position in Luzhou, we can't do it without manpower. You can bring a few brothers with you."
Zhong Heng was overjoyed: "Your Majesty, are you serious about this?"
Shui Rong sighed: "You have been working for Xiao Wang for many years, but Xiao Wang has never thought about your life-long events. It is Xiao Wang's fault. If any brothers have the same peace of mind as you, let them follow you."
Zhong Heng hurriedly bowed to express his thanks, and then said: "If the prince is willing to send troops overseas, it is better to go to Jiaozhi, Siam and other Southeast Asian countries. After all, the prince has a navy. Now all the kings want to go to Japan to make a fortune, why bother to fight with them?
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Shui Rong asked curiously: "Why did they all go to Japan? If not King Chen, King Wu and Huo Sheng had all fished it out, how much would be left? Why didn't they go to Korea?"
Zhong Heng said: "On the one hand, the Japanese pirates have been harassing our territory for hundreds of years and killing our people, and it is quite reasonable to attack Japan; on the other hand, Japan's national power is weak and it is easier to fight than elsewhere, and there are many rich households. One or two trips to rob
There are three silver mines in Japan. However, most of those silver mines have been mined for hundreds of years, and there are not many left. In fact, even if all the silver mines are taken, someone will still have to dig them, right? The prince will go straight to Cochin, and Siam will open the treasury.
Wouldn't it be nice?" Jia Cong casually mentioned the silver mine issue on the way from Ezhou to Luzhou that day, and he remembered it.
Shui Rong was surprised and said, "You actually have such knowledge! I underestimate you." He sighed again, "Yes, it's been many years..." He suddenly laughed.
Zhong Heng said inexplicably: "Why is the prince laughing?"
Shui Rong smiled and said: "In the past, Cong'er often said some witty words." There was once a precious osmanthus cake placed in front of me. I didn't cherish it until it fell to the ground. I regretted it. The most painful thing in the world is
this.'"
Zhong Heng said with both laughter and laughter: "My subordinates have also heard that they are not talking about sweet-scented osmanthus cake, but mung bean soup. Why did God give him another chance? He said three words to the kitchen: put less sugar."
Shui Rong said: "I just thought of this. There was once a rare general in front of me, but I didn't cherish it until he resigned."
Zhong Heng lowered his head and said, "I owe you a great kindness to the prince, and I will definitely repay you in the future."
Shui Rong shook his head and said, "Don't take it to heart." He sighed again and waved his hand to let him go. Zhong Heng bowed again and left.
The next day, Zhong Heng got up and rushed back to the village. He told his brothers that he had found his uncle and that he was going to Luzhou to live a stable life. They were reluctant to leave. Zhong Heng said: "Now the prince intends to send troops overseas. If brothers fight bravely,
, I will definitely make a career." He also asked if anyone was willing to go to Luzhou with him. A dozen brothers who had followed the leader Zhao and had close friendship with him in the past few years came forward and said they were willing to go with him; on the contrary, in the early years
Those he had conquered from Ping'an Prefecture looked at each other for a long time, and no one wanted to follow him. Zhong Heng sighed softly, said goodbye to everyone, and led a dozen brothers to get up.
All the way to Luzhou, they went to the inn and asked. Zhong Wei had already bought a shop and moved it. Zhong Heng and others rushed to the tea house. When they arrived at the back, they saw that Zhong Wei was teaching Xiaolu Wang Kung Fu. Although the prince was short, he had some moves.
Zhong Heng looked at him with great relief. When the King of Lu saw him, he shouted "Ouch" and rushed towards him. Zhong Heng smiled and hugged the little disciple in his arms, full of joy. Later uncle and nephew
No need to go into details about getting together.
A few days later, someone came to report that a group of bandits had recently arrived outside Luzhou City and had robbed two granaries and many wealthy households. Fortunately, no one was hurt. The King of Lu ordered Du Dequ, the pacifying envoy, to go and annihilate them.
The bandits. Du Dequ was not happy that they opened so many schools in the city. They only asked for military salary and refused to leave. Zeng Chun had no choice but to discuss with the King of Lu and others to transfer some money to him from elsewhere first. The King of Lu was unhappy and angry.
Zhong Heng complained loudly: "I hate that Du Dequ the most! He doesn't like to train soldiers, he only thinks about making money all day long." Zhong Heng didn't listen and ordered him to practice martial arts. King Lu had to stick his head out.
The mouth was stabbed with horse steps, but fortunately the stabbing was relatively stable.
After King Lu finished school, Zhong Heng returned to the teahouse and said to Zhong Wei: "Uncle, you are just a bandit from the mountains. Why don't you take me to have a look?"
Zhong Wei immediately understood what he meant and chuckled: "It doesn't matter, my arms and legs are not old yet."
The uncle and nephew tidied up for a while, then rode out of the city and ran all the way to where the bandits were. They arrived at the foot of the mountain as the sun set in the west. With Zhong Wei's ability, it was not difficult for a man to go up the mountain and kill the bandit leader alone; because
I got my nephew today, so I had to teach him some tricks, so I spent some time. Fortunately, Zhong Heng has also been a bandit for many years, so it was easy to show off and move. Moreover, Zhong Heng was very familiar with banditry, so he found the bandit easily.
nest.
It was winter now, it got dark very early, and there was a bright moon hanging in the sky. The bandits' den was just a tent set up casually. Zhong Wei raised his eyes and praised: "There are actually three formations! This
The bandit leader is a capable man. If he can be subdued, it is better not to kill him."
Zhong Heng looked at it and said with a smile: "We usually have this formation when marching outside the village. Is this the Three Talents Formation?"
Zhong Wei felt pity in his heart, and after a while he said: "You don't know the art of war! You can also form a three-talent formation. It shows that your talent is not inferior to others. From tomorrow on, I will teach you the formations commonly used in the army." Zhong Heng pursed his lips and responded.
"yes".
The two of them quietly bypassed the two patrolling bandits and sneaked to the back. They took a look at the tent first. Zhong Wei praised it again: "It's a good tent!" Then they listened carefully. There was no sound inside, but there were two people guarding the front.
, smiled and said, "This is where the money is kept." Then he cut open the tent with a dagger and got in. Sure enough, he saw boxes packed neatly inside, which were obviously moved from someone else's warehouse.
Zhong Heng glanced at it and found it strange, so he took a few more glances. Zhong Wei asked, "Can you see anything wrong?"
Zhong Heng said: "These boxes are not in piles. Ordinary bandits have robbed things so neatly arranged? It seems like they are placed in a warehouse."
Zhong Wei said: "Maybe the king of this family is thoughtful?"
"Then there shouldn't be a higher pile and a lower pile." Zhong Heng opened some tent openings that his uncle had cut to let in more moonlight, and said, "And how come the boxes in each pile are all the same style? Could it be that the bandits robbed them?
Are property still divided according to the family where it comes from?"
Zhong Wei said: "You have been in the bandits for many years, and you have always robbed merchants and rarely interacted with others. There is also a kind of bandit where several young men form a gang to commit crimes. When they divide the loot, they divide it according to which family belongs to which group."
of."
Zhong Heng quietly approached the tent door. There were two bandits guarding the door chatting. Zhong Heng didn't even see what his uncle did. The two men had already fallen. He secretly clicked his tongue and felt a little happy.
After the two people came out of the tent, Zhong Wei said: "Take these two people to the back for questioning."
Zhong Heng nodded, looked down, and was stunned: "Ding Laosi!" Then he looked at the other person next to him, "Wang Zhuzhu! Why is it them?"
Zhong Wei frowned: "Do you recognize it?"
Zhong Heng said: "They were my former subordinates." After thinking for a moment, he walked a few steps to another tent and recognized them again. He turned back and told Zhong Wei, "They are all my people."
Zhong Wei thought for a moment and said with a smile: "I roughly know why the tent just now looked like a warehouse."
Then he turned around and shook the two bandits awake. The two of them opened their eyes in confusion and were overjoyed: "Chief Zhong! You are here!"
Zhong Heng looked at them and asked, "What's going on?"
The two of them did not answer, but shouted: "Zhong Tou Ling is here - Zhong Tou Leader is here -" A large area was shocked instantly, and countless bandits came out of the tent, shouting, "Where is Zhong Tou Leader -
—”
Not long after, a short fat man hurried over, hugged Zhong Heng and said, "I was thinking of going to find the leader in the past few days, but you came first!"
Zhong Heng had some vague thoughts in his mind and asked angrily: "Speak quickly! What's going on?"
The short fat man smiled and invited him to the front tent together with the bandits. He also poured two bowls of hot water for his uncle and nephew, and then started from the beginning.
These people were not Shui Rong's subordinates at first, but ordinary bandits from Ping'an Prefecture. When leader Zhao wanted to rob the Rongguo Mansion, Ping'an Prefecture sent it to Gao's family in Chang'an as a birthday gift to Jia Taijun, and ordered Zhong Heng to conquer them, and ordered Zhong Heng to subdue them.
Heng led them to surround the birthday gift convoy first, and then led his people to rescue him, so that Gao Ying, who was escorting the birthday gift, would not take precautions and then robbed him at night. Unexpectedly, Zhong Heng had other ideas, and a group of young men from Rongguo Mansion did not want to
Simple. In the end, these bandits followed Zhong Heng and joined Shui Rong. Because Shui Rong's original soldiers were all serious court soldiers, they somewhat looked down upon these serious bandits, and they never stayed on the same hilltop with Shui Rong's people.
Although they were all led by Zhong Heng, there was little traffic between the two sides.
About a month ago, the leader of Panlong Mountain Village, Ge Qiao, suddenly went to their village and told the brothers early that Zhong Heng was afraid that he would no longer be a bandit due to family problems. Everyone was shocked and immediately worried that the new leader would understand.
He looked down upon them, and all his belongings and belongings were partial to those people.
Ge Qiao said: "I only say this, and you only listen to this. The king of Luzhou is young, and all the troops and horses are in the hands of the pacifier Du Dequ. Du Dequ is greedy and does not listen to the king of Lu.
Brothers all know that Zhong Tou Ling is very capable. As the saying goes, having talent is like pregnancy. As long as you have it, people will see it sooner or later. When Zhong Tou Ling comes under the rule of King Lu, sooner or later he will be regarded as a great sage and invited to be a military attache.
However, if he is capable, has no official position, has no achievements, and has no subordinates, he will be bullied by Du Dequ." All the brothers looked at each other. He then smiled and said, "If you are thinking about Chief Zhong, why not move to Luzhou?
Rob some wealthy households, then contact Leader Zhong, and ask him to ride up the mountain alone to recruit hundreds of bandits, and show his face in front of the King of Lu and the people of Luzhou. In this way, he has achieved credit, has men under his command, and also
Are you worried that you will have no official position and no future? Wouldn't it be good for you to follow him and become a serious official and soldier of the imperial court, and secretly change your clothes and resume your old career in your free time?"
When everyone heard this, they all said that this was a good idea. But they were still acquaintances on the surface. Therefore, when Zhong Wei asked who wanted to come to Luzhou with him, no one said a word. In fact, they all secretly made up their minds and just waited.
As soon as Zhong Wei left, they followed him and set up camp, all the way to Luzhou, and acted according to their plan.
When the Rongguo Mansion invited Zhong Heng to meet his uncle, it was Liu Xianglian from Panlong Mountain who had set the thread. Unbeknownst to others, Zhong Heng naturally knew that Panlong Mountain had something to do with the Rongguo Mansion. This matter was obviously the idea of the two brothers from the Jia family. He couldn't help but be speechless.
He laughed and said, "I owe him another favor!" Nai looked at everyone, "Are you really willing to follow me?"
All the brothers were extremely happy and shouted in unison: "Yes! Follow the leader Zhong!"
"Okay." Zhong Heng said, "Since everyone is willing to follow the surname Zhong, I will not let you down!"
"Follow the leader Zhong—Follow the leader Zhong—" the cheers were so loud that the birds on the mountain fluttered in fright. Zhong Wei nodded secretly beside him, feeling extremely proud.
Early the next morning, the uncle and nephew of the Zhong family led a large group of bandits and returned to Luzhou City with a lot of property that the bandits had robbed in Luzhou. The whole city felt like boiling oil exploding!
Everyone on the street is talking about it: The hero Zhong who taught Lu Wang Qiansui martial arts and the boss Zhong of Yue Zhi Teahouse are rare heroes in the world! The two rode together, broke into the bandits' den at night, and fought with more than 700 bandits.
The bandits first fought with each other, and then swarmed up and defeated them all! These bandits were subdued by them! Now the King of Lu has issued a recruitment order to integrate these bandits into the Prince of Lu's personal guard camp, and ordered Zhong Heng to lead the army.
The knight was Commander Zhongxian and commanded the camp. He also ordered all the wealthy households who had been robbed by thieves to come to Prince Lu's Mansion to collect the robbed property, and many of the original items were returned. The wealthy households who had been in trouble were all very happy.
With tears streaming down their cheeks, they all praised the two heroes Zhong as gods who came down from the realm to save people in distress.
Such heroes all have no wives!! Especially Xiao Lieutenant Zhong, who is young, has strong martial arts skills, and is handsome. He commands the royal guard camp of Prince Lu and is also Prince Lu’s martial arts master! There is no need to calculate his future.
Everyone knows that among all the young girls in the city, who doesn’t want to marry him? In just three days, two doors of Yuezhi Tea House were broken! It was all the fault of the matchmaker.
Zhong Weili was so happy that he couldn't keep his mouth shut. He didn't care about the business of the teahouse anymore. Every day he saw all kinds of matchmakers, looked at various portraits, and carefully selected his nephews and wives. But there was something strange about the two families there. One family used to be from Beijing.
Hanlin of the Central Hanlin Academy, feeling depressed due to the great changes in the imperial court, recently brought his whole family to Luzhou; the other family is a wealthy businessman from Yangzhou, very wealthy. It’s not that the girls from these two families are not good.
, Zhong Wei just felt that there was no need for them to ask for a marriage with Zhong Heng. No matter how heroic Zhong Heng was, he was just a warrior, and he was somewhat unreachable.
He then sent a pigeon to the capital and asked Shi Li to check on these two households. Unexpectedly, Shi Li worked very quickly, and not long after, a pigeon sent a message: Hanlin was from Beijing County Prince Shuirong, and Prince Shui had once
Having saved the lives of his whole family, it was also an easy path for him to enter the Hanlin Academy. The wealthy businessman was the brother-in-law of Zeng Chun, the uncle of King Lu. Zhong Wei saw it and said nothing, and only showed the letter to Zhong Heng.
Zhong Heng was shocked: "Prince Beijing! Why is he seeking my marriage?"
"My nephew is a general. He didn't check it before. But he realized it only after he had allowed you to leave the stronghold. He felt very regretful and wanted to win over you." Zhong Weinai sneered, "Before Mr. Cong left,
He also told me that there are five daughters in the Zeng family, and they are all used to win over others. If they want to marry their daughter to you, I had better not agree. Both of us are honest people, and we can’t scheme against their family. Who knows who
My family is simply reluctant to give their own girl to our family."
Zhong Heng was silent for a moment, slowly shook his head and sighed. (..)