When he woke up the next day, Zhao Hongrun noticed that in addition to Wei Jiao sitting at the table in the center of the room, four clan guards, including Lu Mu, Zhou Pu, Chu Heng, and Mu Qing, were sitting in several corners of the room with solemn expressions for some unknown reason.
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Except for Chu Heng who had his arms folded, the others all put their swords on their knees and held the hilt of the sword with their right hand, as if they were ready to draw the sword at any time.
"Your Highness, are you awake?" Wei Jiao noticed the movement of Zhao Hongrun when he was lying down. Wei Jiao opened his eyes and asked with concern as before whether he had a good rest last night.
The other four clan guards in the room also stood up and walked towards this side.
"What's going on?" Zhao Hongrun asked with a slight frown.
Because although the Zongwei is responsible for his safety, generally speaking, only one Zongwei will be on duty at night. It is rare for all five Zongwei to be on duty in this room like today.
Unless something happened.
After hearing Zhao Hongrun's inquiry, Wei Jiao did not hide anything and reported truthfully: "Your Highness, a group of thieves appeared in the city yesterday and killed many soldiers who were patrolling at night..."
"What?" Zhao Hongrun frowned even more when he heard this, and said angrily: "What are the patrols outside the city doing? Where are the guards on the city wall? How can thieves sneak into the city so easily?"
Seeing that His Highness was angry, Wei Jiao cryptically reminded: "Your Highness, these thieves are not from outside the city, but are in the city to begin with..."
"Are you saying that someone is rebelling and causing trouble?" Zhao Hongrun's eyes flashed with a cold light.
However, Wei Jiao shook his head and said firmly: "Your Highness, don't worry, all the soldiers and generals under your command will abide by their duties, and no one will betray Your Highness."
"What is that..." As soon as he said this, Zhao Hongrun's words suddenly stopped and he asked thoughtfully: "You mean... that group of thieves came from those refugees?"
Wei Jiao nodded, and then said in a deep voice: "According to the report sent by General Qian Ben, the thieves who were killed on the spot yesterday were all wearing civilian clothes. Your Highness, the civilians in Zhi County have already moved to Xiangcheng. Except for
Who else is there in the group of refugees admitted yesterday?"
Zhao Hongrun turned over and sat on the edge of the bed, took the robe from Lu Mu and put it on his body, and asked: "What are those people...intentions?"
"I don't know about this. I only heard that a group of thieves attacked the county government's mansion in the city..."
"The residence of the county official?" Zhao Hongrun glanced at Wei Jiao in confusion and asked again: "The residence of the former county official Wanxi?"
"Exactly." Wei Jiao replied.
Zhao Hongrun put on his clothes in silence. Since he had just woken up, his head was still a little dizzy, so he couldn't understand why those thieves wanted to attack an empty county mansion.
Yes, the county official's mansion in Qi County has long been vacant. To be precise, it has been sealed up because it contains the spoils that the Yanling army deserved after they conquered Qi County. The county official in Qi County is headed by Wan Xi, the county official.
The family fortune of an unkind nobleman.
It's impossible for those thieves to go after the mountain of treasure, right?
With just that many people, how many can they take away?
Zhao Hongrun was a little confused.
However, after he washed his face with cold water and sobered up his head, he finally figured it out.
He finally realized that most of these thieves were coming for him.
It seems that these people didn't know that I lived at the outpost and took the wrong direction...
Wiping his face with a towel, Zhao Hongrun secretly guessed the mastermind of this incident.
The first thing he thought of was Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng.
After all, as they come into contact one after another, they gradually know each other's ins and outs. Just like Zhao Hongrun has had murderous intentions for Xiong Tuo many times, who can guarantee that Xiong Tuo will be the same?
But after thinking about it carefully, he excluded Xiong Tuo.
First of all, although Xiong Tuo is ruthless, he can be said to be aboveboard in his work. Xiong Tuo would probably disdain such a dirty assassination strategy.
Secondly, the relationship between Xiong Tuo and Zhao Hongrun was not bad enough to send an assassin to assassinate him.
As for the final outcome, even if it was for Mi Jiang's sake, Xiong Tuo would not harm him. Even if he was captured, the worst result would be house arrest.
...could it be Gulingjun Xiong Wu?
After wiping his hands again, Zhao Hongrun casually hung the towel on the edge of the tub.
He didn't know much about Xiong Wu. If he thought about it carefully, Xiong Wu's 80,000-strong army was almost wiped out by him, and his fiefdoms were also looted by his cavalry. It was difficult to protect this Chu state. The young master will not make such a move just because he has a grudge in his heart.
However, this time, Zhao Hongrun guessed wrong. After all, although Xiong Wu did hate him deeply, Xiong Wu still couldn't do such a thing as sending an assassin to assassinate him.
After all, although Xiong Wu is arrogant and arrogant, his character can be considered upright. Furthermore, this person has no channels to recruit assassins who are good at concealment and assassination.
Of course, for Zhao Hongrun, it makes no difference whether the mastermind of this matter is Guling Lord Xiong Wu, Juyang Lord Xiong Li, or even Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo.
Humph! When the two countries were fighting, they actually sent assassins to assassinate the enemy commander... It was really the "rules" thing to do.
With a slight snort, Zhao Hongrun sneered secretly in his heart: Is there no one who is good at bullying me? Hey! Let's play again when Yangxia Black Crow's large team arrives in Qi County!
Just sneering secretly, Zhao Hongrun turned to Wei Jiao and asked, "Wei Jiao, what were the casualties last night?"
Wei Jiao shook his head when he heard this and said, "Sun Shuke hasn't counted the statistics yet."
"Huh?" Zhao Hongrun was stunned when he heard this, because he had handed over the night patrol of Zhi County to Sun Shuke yesterday. Logically speaking, if such an accident happened last night, Sun Shuke should immediately count the losses and come to him. Reporting is.
So...what about people?
Zhao Hongrun's expression changed slightly because he suddenly thought of an unpleasant guess.
He immediately asked: "Where is Sun Shuke...?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Pu replied: "It is said that General Sun Shu led his soldiers to Nancheng to question the refugees."
broken!
Zhao Hongrun secretly screamed something bad.
Because in his opinion, the generals under his command who are good at leading troops to fight tend to be straightforward and rarely beat around the bush.
Take Sun Shuke as an example. The general was suspicious of the refugees yesterday. Now that something happened in the city, there was no guarantee that the general would not lead his soldiers to interrogate the refugees or even torture them.
And such impulsive behavior often leads to bad situations.
Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun immediately ordered: "It is said that Sun Shuke will come to see this king immediately!"
"Yes!" Zongwei Lu Mu clasped his fists and left.
At the same time, as Zhao Hongrun said, Sun Shuke took two lieutenants, Qian Ben and She Li, and hundreds of soldiers to the Nancheng where the refugees lived yesterday.
When he arrived in Nancheng, Sun Shuke didn't waste any time. After the village chiefs and people chiefs gathered together, he ordered the soldiers to throw more than a dozen corpses in front of them.
The dozens of corpses were all thieves killed on the spot by the Wei soldiers who were patrolling last night.
"General...General, this...what are you?"
Among the village chiefs and chiefs, there was an old man who looked to be in his fifties. This man looked at the corpse that was thrown in front of him in horror, and his face turned pale.
Sun Shuke glanced coldly at the village chiefs and civilian chiefs present, and at the many refugees watching in the distance, and said in a deep voice: "Last night, a group of thieves attacked the soldiers on night watch in the city and killed many soldiers.
, Dad, I, the general, want you to give me an explanation."
"Explanation...explain what?" the old man asked confusedly.
As soon as he finished speaking, Qian Ben snorted coldly and shouted angrily: "Stop pretending!... The civilians in Qi County have already been moved to Xiangcheng by His Highness King Su, and are preparing to take them to live in the Wei Dynasty in the future. At this moment, in Qi County
, there are only you civilians who came out of nowhere..." As he said, he took two steps forward, grabbed the old man's clothes, and asked harshly: "Old man, who are you in charge of?
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The old man was so frightened that his face turned pale and he was trembling and did not dare to speak.
Seeing this, She Li frowned and said: "General, Zhi County's military strength is not large to begin with. If something happens in the city, once Lord Xiang Mo leads his troops to attack, Qi County will definitely be unable to be protected..."
You mean, expel these?
Sun Shuke pondered for a moment, just to make a decision, when he suddenly heard a rush of footsteps behind him.
Looking back, he realized that it was Lu Mu, the Zongwei who was leading a team of Suwang guards.
"Lord Lu Mu."
Although Lu Mu's rank was only that of a personal guard, and Sun Shuke had the rank of battalion general, he still took the initiative to salute Lu Mu with clasped fists.
However, Lu Mu's attitude was also quite eager. He took Sun Shuke's fisted hands in salute, suppressed this courtesy, and said with a smile: "General Uncle Sun, why do you have to be so restrained?... You and I are all here for Your Highness.
Please stay closer to me in the future."
The polite words made Sun Shuke feel warm in his heart.
Suddenly, he asked out of curiosity: "Why is Lord Lu Mu here?"
Lu Mu glanced at the corpses of more than a dozen thieves on the ground, then glanced around and said to Sun Shuke: "His Royal Highness King Su summons the generals."
"Right now?" Sun Shuke said to himself: I am tracking down those thieves last night.
However, Lu Mu seemed to have guessed Sun Shuke's thoughts and whispered: "General Uncle Sun, please don't be impulsive. It's better to follow Lu to see His Highness first."
Sun Shuke immediately understood, and then he frowned and lowered his voice and said: "Master Lu Mu, many of the thieves last night were not captured, and I suspect they are hiding among these refugees..."
He wanted to say more, but unfortunately Lu Mu pulled him away with a smile.
In desperation, Sun Shuke left Qian Ben behind, while General She Li kept an eye on the refugees, while he followed Lu Mu back to see Zhao Hongrun.
After a while, Zhao Hongrun met Sun Shuke in his study at the outpost.
Zhao Hongrun didn't say much about Sun Shuke's actions. After all, many of the soldiers killed last night were Sun Shuke's old troops.
Furthermore, Zhao Hongrun could also understand the general's anger.
Because in this era, soldiers die on the battlefield. This is fate, and it is the fate of a soldier.
Therefore, despite the fact that the Yanling Army killed many soldiers under Sun Shuke at the beginning, after the two sides merged and reorganized, the soldiers who were originally on the enemy's side will not hate each other too much. At best, they will feel uncomfortable at first, and then they will gradually become harmonious.
stand up.
However, it is another matter for soldiers to die outside the battlefield, under the assassination of assassins, or under conspiracy. Note: The conspiracy here does not refer to strategies on the battlefield, but to alienation.
, assassination, poisoning and other tactics. For a long period of time, many generals disdained such tactics.
At this time, because of Sun Shuke's relationship, the emotions of the refugees also fluctuated. (To be continued.)