Seeing this unexpected scene, Du Heng's eyes suddenly burst into tears. If someone died, in a blink of an eye, the bosses who were already very dissatisfied with him would arrange for him to die because of his slip of the tongue! Even if this guy is guilty,
He would also get into trouble. But even if he was very close to this person, he would be unable to stop him even if he jumped off his horse.
At the critical moment, he heard a sharp shout. The shout sounded like thunder in his ears, and even with his martial arts concentration, he couldn't help but feel in a trance.
Compared to Du Heng, the others were even worse. The middle-aged man who bore the brunt felt his ears buzzing and his head felt like it was exploding. His movements were even more hesitant. When the dagger was about to touch his chest, he paused for a long time.
When he came back to his senses, a black shadow had already hit him quickly. The next moment, he only heard a "ding" sound. When he lowered his head again, he was immediately horrified.
The dagger in his hand only had a bare handle left!
Ah Liu looked at the dagger in his hand with great satisfaction, thinking that after returning to the capital, he must go to Si Li Jianwai Yamen to thank Chu Kuan for the sword. Although Zhu Ying dragged him to the warehouse of Zhao Guogong's mansion several times to choose weapons,
But he refused every time. Firstly, he didn't want the madman to laugh at him and take advantage of the Zhu family. Secondly, he also remembered what the madman said back then, don't rely on magic weapons, anything can be used as a weapon.
But now it seems that it is good to have a magic weapon that can cut iron like clay. When fighting with others, you can also cut their weapons for fun!
Ah Liu cut off the man's weapon and began to examine the dagger in his hand with great interest. But in the eyes of others, the meaning of this scene was completely different. Du Heng immediately began to recall Ah Liu's attack process and weigh the man's actions.
The level of military force. The people watching were stunned that there were such terrifying masters among these sharp cavalry soldiers. As for the middle-aged man who did not die...
He looked at the bare handle of the dagger, and felt cold in his heart. The little determination to die that he had only had when he was coerced and lured before was completely dissipated! And it was not until the fright passed that he finally realized that he was still alive.
Death would be a serious consequence. The next moment, he rolled his eyes and fainted to the ground.
Ah Liu watched the man fall to the ground very calmly, and immediately looked up at Zhang Shou among the soldiers in the rear - but in the eyes of onlookers, he seemed to be looking at the general Du Heng - and then asked concisely: "
Do you want to wake someone up?"
Seeing that Zhang Shou didn't answer, he added: "Pinch someone, pour water from a well, prick someone with an iron needle... there are many ways to wake someone up!"
The onlookers were suddenly silent. Pinch someone is indeed a good way to wake them up, but pouring water from the well... this is too simple and crude. As for pricking with iron needles, isn't this a trick used in the Yamen torture chamber? This boy is simply evil.
Ghost, no, just looking at the scene where the man just cut off the dagger easily, the man is simply more evil than the evil ghost!
Du Heng knew that Ah Liu wasn't asking him, so he just kept silent. He didn't want to bear the reputation of being cruel. Then, he heard Zhang Shou's brief instructions from behind: "Take him with you!"
Hearing this, Ah Liu didn't ask any questions, and went straight forward to carry the person up. Although he was not yet tall enough and looked a little thin, based on what he just did and what he said, it was nothing.
People would find it strange that he could easily carry a man who was taller and stronger than him.
Even after Ah Liu calmly walked into the group of cavalry, he placed the middle-aged man who had attempted suicide and fainted like a sack in front of the saddle, and then he jumped on the horse and sat down, with his waist like a poplar.
Generally straight, many people just swallowed their saliva and didn't dare to say more than half a sentence.
Of course, some people saw Zhang Shou next to Ah Liu, who was wearing different colors from those of the officers and soldiers, but no one dared to say a word more, but they couldn't help but guess that the only two people in this group of sharp cavalry battalions who didn't look like officers and soldiers.
Where do people come from?
The capital's response to the incident in Cangzhou was too fast, and the people sent were as fast as thunder. Even if there were people in the court, the speed of delivering the news was not as fast as the footsteps of Zhu Tingfang, Du Heng and Zhang Shou, so the whole city was naturally in panic.
Due to such a delay, when Du Heng and his party entered the city, they happened to bump into Zhu Yi, who had rushed over after hearing the news. When he saw Du Heng and his party, he spotted Zhang Shou among the team, and couldn't help but look unusually subtle.
Although he originally followed the second young master, but now the eldest young master came and locked him in a small dark room after praising the second young master. Zhu Yi just followed the instructions of his eldest young master and ran around. When he turned around, his uncle knew about this.
Will you open your eyes for the second young master, or...
But what Zhang Shou did was not the most important thing. He knew that the two hundred people brought by Du Heng were the eldest son's real support. Although the eldest son said a few words, those who followed the eldest prince were stripped of their clothes and weapons and humiliated.
The centurions of the sharp cavalry battalion were barely able to pull themselves together, but God knew whether these guys were reliable - so he quickly withdrew his gaze and saluted Du Heng respectfully.
"The general has temporarily requisitioned the Changlu County government office and asked General Du to lead his troops to station in the palace."
The palace was originally not a place that ministers could occupy. The eldest prince received special permission from the emperor when he left Beijing, and then he was able to live in the palace. Of course, what he didn't know was that what the emperor was afraid of was that he would accept those things casually.
The wealthy merchants gave gifts of houses and manors, so they made an exception and allowed it. Therefore, Du Heng's first reaction was that the fact of stationing a palace was too arrogant.
Therefore, he immediately objected: "Stationing in the palace? This seems inappropriate, right?"
Zhu Yi glanced at Zhang Shou again, and then said calmly: "The eldest son said that the palace now needs to be sorted and inventoried to see if there are any missing utensils or things. He has commandeered several accounting rooms to do the inventory."
"As for the hundreds of people who had entered the palace, after the eldest son recorded their names one by one, he asked the neighbor Gu Bao to temporarily let most of them go, but there were still dozens of people left, which also required enough manpower to guard them.
No one without a sharp cavalry battalion can do the job."
Having said this, Zhu Yi paused, took another step forward, and said sincerely: "There is also the eldest prince in the palace who is like a frightened bird. To be honest, if the 100-man Ruiqiying battalion that accompanied the eldest prince was stationed in
In the palace, perhaps it would not happen that they rushed to the palace in response to the eldest prince's order, only to be collectively knocked down after the eldest prince's reward banquet."
Although he had not been in Ruiqi Camp for a long time, Du Heng did not believe that a hundred people could not defeat a group of ordinary people who rose up in rebellion. When he heard this, he immediately realized the truth and was furious.
How stupid is the eldest prince to be kidnapped? How stupid does he have to be to deceive his own bodyguards after being kidnapped, and then let a group of rebels knock him down? This is not cutting off one's arms.
Is there no way out?
Seeing that the reason given by Zhu Tingfang was too sufficient, Du Heng finally said with a dark face: "In that case, I will take people to station in the palace to protect the eldest prince... However, I am only following the order of General Mingwei.
But as soon as I entered Cangzhou, I encountered someone blocking the road and complaining. To prevent this from happening again in the future, without General Zhu's order, I would lead my troops to stay in the palace and not show up."
"I will report this to General Du immediately."
After figuring out that he only needed to lead the troops well and not worry about anything else, Du Heng felt at ease now. He didn't care about Zhu Yi's vague answer at the moment and said directly: "I'll wait for the troops and horses to be settled.
Then go and meet with General Zhu. As for Dr. Zhang, the Imperial College Superintendent who came with me on orders, I will go with you to meet with General Zhu first."
Hurry and send away these two plague gods, master and servant!
Zhang Shou saw that the soldiers around him were following Du Heng away like a tide. He wanted to say, General Du, you are walking too fast. Do you know where the Cangzhou Palace is? You are walking so fast. Are you planning to ask people for directions on the way?
Or ask a local to be a guide, or march in an armed parade throughout the city, and finally go in when you find a place successfully. If it doesn't go well, continue the armed march in the city?
However, since Du Heng was walking fast, he had no choice but to lead Ah Liu, who was unconscious and unlucky on his horse, straight towards Zhu Yi. As soon as the two sides met, before he could ask any questions, Zhu Yi immediately
Said: "Uncle, this is not the place to talk. Let's go to Changlu County Government immediately!"
As soon as these words came out of his mouth, he realized that he had committed a huge linguistic problem. This was in public, and he had inadvertently brought out the title he was accustomed to when he was in the Zhao Guogong Mansion or Zhao Garden in the capital.
What outsiders don’t know is that Zhang Shou is only the uncle-in-law of Zhao Guogong’s mansion...
Zhang Shou didn't notice this at all. What's more, when Du Heng left, many eyes were focused on him. Even though he was used to such secret inspections, he still didn't want to be watched like a monkey.
He nodded immediately and said: "Okay, you lead the way, let's go quickly!"
Zhang Shou accompanied Zhu Yi on the way to the county government office. He thought that he had no authority to deal with the local chaos. The emperor did not give any special instructions before leaving. He just had to ask Zhu Tingfang to deal with it. He was not in a hurry.
He was rushing to the Changlu County Government Office, so he simply let Zhu Yi lead the way and went to the Zhou Government Office for a tour first.
I saw two old doormen doing nothing in front of the door. The door was stained and peeled off. There were even moss and dust stains on the two stone lions on the side. I don’t know how long they had not been wiped and cleaned. The brick wall was in disrepair.
Looking inside from the gate, he saw that the huge courtyard was deserted and few people were walking around. He asked Zhu Yi curiously and got an unexpected answer.
"Cangzhou is a state, not a prefecture. Originally there were only three counties: Nanpi, Yanshan, and Qingyun. The state government was in Cangzhou City. Changlu was originally just an inspection department and was famous for its salt industry. However, when Emperor Taizu first came to the throne,
After years of neglect, we had to specialize in salt and iron. But later on, the farming became quite effective, and trade became increasingly developed, so the salt law was changed, and the Changlu Inspection Department did not have much to do."
At this point, Zhu Yi paused for a moment before continuing: "Later, during the Taizong period, for some reason, Changlu County was established in Cangzhou Prefecture. As for the magistrate of the prefecture and the subordinate officials, most of the time they did not
Too set."
"Then the magistrate of Changlu became an anomaly... Although he was only the seventh-grade county magistrate, he was actually equivalent to the magistrate of the three counties of Zhizhou, Dinanpi, Yanshan and Qingyun from the fifth grade.
It is equivalent to its rank, but many matters often have to be reported to the court, and then transferred to the imperial court by the Changlu County Magistrate. Therefore, today, the Cangzhou Prefectural Government Office has fallen into disrepair for a long time, but the Changlu County Government Office is very impressive."
Hearing is false, seeing is believing. When Zhang Shou dismounted in front of Changlu County Yamen, he deeply realized the difference between this place and Cangzhou Yamen. The eight-character wall of Changlu County Yamen has neat green bricks and mortar joints. At first glance,
It looks majestic and solemn at first glance. The stone lion in front of the yamen is smooth and smooth, not to mention moss, not even a trace of mosaic. The door in front of the door also has a plump chest and protruding belly, with big shoulders and round waist.
The two disciples, who looked very impressive to outsiders, immediately smiled and nodded and bowed their heads after seeing Zhu Yi, but their eyes kept stealing glances at the two people Zhu Yi brought - if the indifferent young man behind them was carrying
Counting them in, there should be three people. Because the person being carried faced backwards and couldn't see clearly their appearance, their eyes eventually shifted to the boy in front of them.
Although Cangzhou is an important road on the canal, and they have seen various outstanding figures traveling from north to south, but they have never seen such a handsome, elegant, handsome, and gentle young man in front of them.
.
When people came closer, they did not smell the various incense or even powdery fragrances that were often found on the local young men. There was only a very light fragrance of ink. When they were wondering in their hearts that this was the latest favorite in the capital,
All they saw was that the man turned his head and glanced at them. The two disciples lowered their heads in a hurry, and then they found that the man had stopped and was actually standing in front of them.
"Ah Liu, show them the person you brought. I think he must be a famous person in Cangzhou City."
After agreeing, Ah Liu put down the middle-aged man on his shoulders, then raised his arm, and raised his chin with his hands to let the two doors see clearly. Sure enough, after just one glance, the young man among them
Some of them exclaimed in surprise.
"Isn't this Mr. Jiang, the richest man in West City?"
"Oh? The richest man in Xicheng?" Zhang Shou smiled knowingly, and then asked curiously, "Is he a landlord with tens of thousands of acres of land, or a rich man who runs a bank? Or is he an industrialist who runs some industry or workshop?"
Regarding Zhang Shou's strange classification method, the two disciples couldn't help but look at each other. The fast-talking disciple just now felt a little regretful, but when he saw the cold young man holding Master Jiang, he casually took out a bunch of money from the money bag on his waist.
, he realized that it was a reward, and quickly said to please: "Master Jiang has two thousand acres of cotton fields, one hundred spinning machines, fifty looms..."
After thinking hard for a while, he continued: "He is an in-law of the Hua family, the richest man in Suzhou. He has shares in two local banks in Cangzhou City. In addition, others say that he also owns two large ships.
. But Cangzhou is not a big port. No one has seen that ship, and they don’t know whether it is true or not. So he is only the richest man in Xicheng, not the richest man in Cangzhou."
Zhang Shou saw Ah Liu nodding his head, and then clenched his fists, as if he was planning to put the handful of coppers he had just grabbed back into the purse. He immediately couldn't laugh or cry. Of course he knew Ah Liu very well. During those three years, he had no money and no money.
When spending money everywhere, I always saw Ah Liu counting coins one by one. But when Ah Liu actually got a "salary" from teaching Zhu Er martial arts, the young man generously spent money to supplement his family's income.
So, he had to cough and say: "Ah Liu, give him the money... that's what he deserves." Don't be so stingy!