Fenghou

Chen Qing took Zhang Yanming back to the official room, he sat down and said, "Say it! How could there be a fight in the Jinxian Hall?"

"The humble office has investigated clearly. The cause of the fight was related to the punishment of three job-seeking officials who drank flower wine this morning. Huang Yougong was one of the officials who were punished. He lived in the No.11 courtyard, and the other two people in the same courtyard as him They are called Wu Fu and Liu Xuan, among them, Wu Fu and Huang Yougong are Jinshi of the same discipline, they know each other, Huang Yougong went to drink flower wine last night, and invited Wu Fu to go with him, but Wu Fu refused."

Chen Qing nodded approvingly and said, "That's right, you're enlightened, so why are you fighting again?"

Zhang Yanming sighed and said: "This morning, the three of Huang Yougong were disqualified from applying for jobs because they drank flower wine, and they were ordered to move out of the Jinxian Hall within three days. After paying attention to him, he went to smash Wu Fu's room again, Wu Fu's good friend Liu Xuan couldn't bear it anymore, and gave Huang Yougong a hard punch, Huang Yougong became furious and fought with Liu Xuan, just in time for His Highness to see him."

Chen Qing laughed, "This Liu Xuan is very righteous. What positions has he held?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, Liu Xuan has been a Jinshi in Shaoxing for four years, and has been on the bench for four years, and has always been an alternate?"

A successful Jinshi exam is only to obtain the qualifications to be an official. Whether one can become an official still has to pass through the hurdle of the Ministry of Officials. There are too many monks and too little food, so it is normal to become an alternate official, but it is rare to sit on the bench for four years.

"Why have you been on the bench for four years?"

"He is short, black and thin, and his image is not very good. In addition, his family is poor and he has no money to manage the bureaucracy. Therefore, all the Jinshi in Shaoxing for six years have taken office, but it is still not his turn."

Chen Qing laughed again: "I remember that when he was admitted to Jinshi, the rich would snatch him as his son-in-law, and then he would become rich. Is it because he has a bad image and no one snatched him up?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, his family has a wretched wife, and he even came to Jingzhao this time to borrow money. When His Highness saw him fighting with Huang Yougong, he was terrified."

Chen Qing nodded, "He does not abandon his poor and humble wife when he is admitted to Jinshi, but he steps forward when his friend is humiliated. This man is affectionate and righteous. Although he has no official experience, it does not mean that he does not understand the suffering of the people. I recommend him as the county magistrate." , the Ministry of Officials can give priority to arrangements, as for Huang Yougong, don't have to wait for three days, he will be driven out of the Jinxian Hall immediately!"

Zhang Yanming had a good impression of Liu Xuan, so he decided to help Liu Xuan once, and told about Liu Xuan's endlessly poor and lowly wife, and it really achieved good results.

He was also happy for Liu Xuan, and even bowed and said, "I obey the order!"

……

In the room, Liu Xuan was still crying silently with his head bowed. He was a head shorter than the tall and fat Huang Yougong, and weighed at least [-] catties lighter. Although he punched Huang Yougong first, he was eventually beaten to the ground Nose and face are swollen.

Of course, he didn't cry because he was beaten up, but because King Yong saw him fighting with Huang Yougong, and King Yong left in a rage. He was finished, completely finished, with no future...

Wu Fu looked at Liu Xuan's back from the side, and his heart was full of guilt. Of course, he did not stand by. He rushed up to fight and was questioned by two friends of Huang Yougong. They arrived at Huang Yougong and Liu Xuan who were fighting in the courtyard.

"We need to clarify the matter. You are not fighting, you are trying to stop Huang Yougong from going crazy. I think His Royal Highness King Yong will not be unreasonable."

Liu Xuan choked up her voice and said, "I'm just a little ant, who cares about the life and death of the little ant?"

Wu Fu felt even more apologetic, and said in his heart: "This matter is my responsibility, even if I can't help you, if you want to go back, let's go back together."

"What are you talking about? Who told you to go back."

A voice suddenly appeared at the door, which startled the two of them. Wu Fu turned around and saw that Zhang Yanming was coming. He hurried forward and said, "Zhang Shuling, I didn't explain the matter clearly before. I think Liu Xuan didn't fight. He He was beaten unilaterally, look at his face, how he was beaten, it was full of bruises."

At this moment, Huang Yougong yelled and cursed in the yard, "Let go of me, I will clean up the things myself!"

Zhang Yanming said to the two: "I'll tell you later! Things are not as bad as you think."

He went to the yard and ordered: "Take him out, pack up his things, and throw them out together."

"Let go of me! Let go of me!"

Huang Yougong struggled desperately, but was dragged out by several tall and strong soldiers. He also put his things into bags and carried them out.

Liu Xuan couldn't care less about crying at this moment, the two stood in front of the window watching this scene, Liu Xuan said in a low voice, "This is because they were forcibly kicked out."

Wu Fu nodded, "It should be! But I didn't drive you away, so King Yong must have treated you differently."

Liu Xuan thought of what Zhang Yanming said just now, 'Things are not as bad as you think'.

A glimmer of hope suddenly ignited in his heart.

At this time, Zhang Yanming walked back to the yard, walked into Liu Xuan's room and said with a smile: "See! He was supposed to leave within three days, but he committed suicide. King Yong was angry and demanded that he be driven out of Jinxian immediately. But this bastard is very vindictive, you should be careful these two days, and try not to go out if you can, after all, villains are hard to guard against."

"Zhang Shuling, what does Liu Xuan say?" Wu Fu asked.

Liu Xuan also looked at Zhang Yanming nervously. Zhang Yanming looked at Liu Xuan who had been beaten bruised and swollen, and said with a slight smile, "I told King Yong about your situation. His Highness heard that you have been admitted to Jinshi, and you will never stop being a poor and humble wife." , I also learned that you stood up for your friends, praised you for being affectionate and righteous, worthy of reuse, and others did not remember King Yong's visit to the Jinxian Hall, so they remembered you, boy, your fortune has come."

Liu Xuan's nose twitched violently twice, and couldn't help it anymore, she turned around and said, 'Woo!Woo! 'Crying.

……

As night fell, Huang Yougong stood diagonally across from Chen Qing's mansion carrying a large bag, which was full of sulfur, pine oil, birch bark, hay, candles and other items.

He stared at the hills and trees inside the fence with hatred in his eyes, and he had only one thought in his mind, to ignite the contents in the bag, throw them into the fence, and burn Chen Qing and his family to death.

But the wall of Chen Qing Mansion has been rebuilt into a city wall, wider, thicker and higher, with soldiers patrolling back and forth on it, and in the dark outside, there are inner guards watching, but Huang Yougong didn't see the inner guards watching the street in the dark Soldier, he is still looking for a chance to get close to the city wall.

At this moment, Huang Yougong suddenly noticed several black shadows slowly approaching him, so frightened that he dropped his bag, turned his head and fled, rushed into an alley, and ran away without a trace for a while.

In fact, the inner guard soldiers didn't suspect Huang Yougong, he was so unprofessional, he walked up and down the street with flimsy feet, it was obvious that he had never practiced martial arts.

The inner guard thought that he was just curious about Yongwang Mansion. An inner guard stepped forward to pick up the big package and weighed it. It was very light and obviously had no weapons.

"That man ran suspiciously, open it and have a look!" Another inner guard soldier stepped forward and said.

The two inner guard soldiers opened the package, but were stunned for a moment. It was full of fire igniters.

What did that person want to do just now?

Huang Yougong was afraid of being arrested, so he fled Jingzhao City overnight and returned to Lin'an.

Chapter 894 Lu You

Wang Hao rushed over quickly. He heard the report from his subordinates that an arson object was found outside Prince Yong's mansion, which really shocked him. Although it is very difficult for the current defensive assassins to have another chance, they are afraid of signs, so they don't know the signs. How deep is the water behind.

"The control system is this big bag, half of which is hay."

Wang Hao opened the bag and looked at it. His brows were also frowned. If it was going to be set on fire, it would be too casual. Even if this bag is ignited, it can't be thrown against the palace wall!It's so light, it's almost as good as putting a brick in it.

"What kind of person?" Wang Hao asked.

"Looks like a scribe. He is tall and fat, but he obviously doesn't know martial arts, and he doesn't carry a weapon. He just walks up and down the street outside the wall, looking around the mansion. We want to go up and question him. He saw We turned around and ran, ran into the opposite alley and disappeared."

Another inner guard soldier also said: "We never thought that this man was going to set fire. We wanted to chase him, but we were afraid it was a plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain."

Wang Hao asked again: "Has he entered the alert range?"

The two inner guard soldiers shook their heads, "No! If he enters the warning range, the guards in the city will stop him."

Wang Hao nodded. It seems that they are not organized assassins, but ordinary people who are dissatisfied with King Yong. If they set fire professionally, they will definitely use gunpowder arrows or kerosene arrows to launch from a long distance. Gunpowder and kerosene are not available in the market. It can also be bought in small quantities, and walking up with a bag of fire starters can only be ordinary people.

In fact, even setting fire with gunpowder arrows is useless, it will be quickly extinguished by patrol soldiers, and lighting the hill will not have any impact on the safety of His Royal Highness Yong.

Wang Hao put his heart down, but he still ordered: "Strengthen your guard, don't be careless, in case the other party is deliberately pretending to be stupid and testing our outer defense!"

There is a possibility of this, and all the inner guard soldiers agreed together, and returned to their posts, disappearing into the darkness.

……

After Chen Qing listened to Wang Hao's report, he immediately thought of Huang Yougong. He is tall and fat, but his figure is quite similar. He was ordered to be kicked out of the Jinxian Hall by himself. Did he want to take revenge?

Chen Qing thought for a while and said to Wang Hao: "You can go to Zhang Shuling of the trial office early tomorrow morning and ask him to help you find a person named Huang Yougong. It may be this person."

"Why don't the humble officers search overnight to prevent him from escaping overnight."

Chen Qing waved his hand, "It's not a big problem, he can leave as he pleases, but if he still wants to set fire to Jinxian Hall, then he is asking for his own death."

"Humble job arranges people to monitor around Jinxian hall."

"can!"

Even if there is no Huang Yougong, the guards should be sent to watch near the Jinxian Pavilion. After all, these job-seeking officials are not ordinary people.

Wang Hao retreated and left. At this time, Lu Xiu came in with a cup of ginseng tea.

"Did you find any assassin again?" Lu Xiu put down her tea and asked with a smile.

"How does Madam know?"

Lu Xiu smiled and said, "I'm just guessing. Every time I see Wang Tongzhi asking for an interview at night, I think it has something to do with the assassin."

"It's not an assassin this time, it may be a job-seeking official. I kicked him out of the Jinxian Pavilion because of drinking flower wine. He held a grudge, so he bought a pack of fire starters and wanted to set it on fire, but the inner guard found it and scared him. Throw away the package and run."

Lu Xiu shook her head and smiled: "This person is also stupid, he doesn't even think about it, if it was so easy to set fire, our place would have been burnt down long ago."

"It doesn't matter if you don't mention such a small person, did you see your uncle today?"

The uncle Chen Qing mentioned was Lu Datong. Lu Datong and Lu Qingshan were the same age, and both were ten years younger than Lu Yihao. Among them, Lu Datong was Lu Yihao's younger brother, and Lu Qingshan and them were half-brothers.

Chen Qing didn't like Lu Datong, mainly because Lu Datong lacked principles in his work, and his bottomless doting on his youngest son, Lu Tang, created a disaster that dragged down the entire Lu family, leading to Lu Yihao's dismissal for the second time.

However, Chen Qing still looked at Lu Yihao's face and appointed him as the governor of Fangzhou, but his wife and children must stay in Jingzhao and cannot go to Fangzhou with him. Chen Qing was worried that Lu Xian would harm the people in Fangzhou again.

Lu Xiu nodded, "I just said a few words to him. He wanted to show his loyalty to his husband, but I flatly refused. I told him that loyalty is done, not just spoken. Treating people well is treating your husband well." The utmost loyalty."

"Well said!" Chen Qing praised sincerely.

"But he's kind of upset."

Lu Xiu sighed and said, "He actually wants to bring his wife and children with him, does your husband think it's possible?"

Chen Qing shook his head and said, "Actually, I didn't think about his son Lu Tang. I received a letter from my grandfather. My grandfather said that Lu Tang's nature is hard to change. He must stay in Jingzhao and send someone to monitor him. He also said... ..."

Chen Qing hesitated, but did not continue, Lu Xiu asked: "What else did grandfather say?"

"It's nothing, what did Doctor Liu say after seeing Yingluo today?" Chen Qing changed the topic.

"Tell Yingluo that everything is fine, and there is no need to protect the baby."

Seeing that her husband refused to speak, Lu Xiu could only smile wryly and said, "Husband, if you have time, please pay more attention to Ah Ying! Yingluo's pregnancy has a great impact on her."

"I know!"

Lu Xiu paused for a moment, and asked, "Did grandfather ask my husband to get rid of Lu Hang?"

Chen Qing took out a letter from the drawer and handed it to Lu Xiu, "This is a letter from your grandfather to me."

Lu Xiu opened the letter and read it, then sighed softly and said, "What is your husband planning to do?"

Chen Qing pondered for a while and said, "I have sent inner guards to monitor him."

Lu Xiu said in a low voice: "Grandfather's decision must have been made after careful consideration. If there is a day, Husband just let it go."

Chen Qing said lightly: "I know, I hope that day will not come."

Lu Xiuli left the study and went back to her room.

Chen Qing walked to the window with his hands behind his back, looking at the sparkling lake below, he was still thinking about the last sentence in Lu Yihao's letter, "This son is vicious and hard to change, and he must be a serious disaster for the Lu family. He needs to stay in Jingzhao for strict supervision." , if he commits another evil deed, his son-in-law can kill him with the hands of others, and I will bear all the consequences. '

For the sake of the safety of his family, Lu Yihao already did not hesitate to kill Lu Hang.

……

After capturing Taiyuan Mansion, Chen Qing temporarily stopped his northward attack. He needed time to digest the southern and central parts of Hedong Road. One year later, the officialdom of Hedong Road had stabilized, and the Shangshu Xingtai of Hedong Road was operating normally. Starting next year, Hedong Road Lulu will begin to pay taxes normally, and the time to attack the north of Hedong Lu is gradually ripe.

Just at this time, the Kingdom of Jin is about to launch an offensive against the Mughal tribe, and the grassland in the north of Datong Mansion will also be an important battlefield. According to the information from Datong Mansion, the [-] Jin soldiers in Datong Mansion are already sharpening their knives, preparing to Expedite the grasslands in the north.

But in the north of Hedong Road, there are not only [-] Jin soldiers, but also [-] Xie Congjun troops. These [-] Xie Congjun troops are composed of [-] Khitan army, [-] Han army and [-] Dangxiang army.

Among them, [-] Han Chinese Xie Congjun troops were stationed in Xinzhou and Xianzhou in the north of Taiyuan Prefecture, and Chitang Pass was guarded by them, while [-] Khitan troops were stationed in Daizhou and Yingzhou, and the other [-] Dangxiang troops were stationed in Lanzhou and Fuzhou.

Therefore, it is not so easy for Chen Qing's army to seize Datong Mansion. They have to annihilate the [-] troops first.

Datong Mansion is the Xijing of the Liao Kingdom. The Liao Kingdom has lived here for a hundred years. People and so on, various ethnic groups live here, with a population of nearly 20, and it has always been the military center of the Liao Kingdom and even the Jin Kingdom.

Of course, the Han people here, like the Han people in Yanjing Mansion, have been transformed into the Liao Kingdom, and now they have become subjects of the Jin Kingdom, and they no longer have the affection for the Song Dynasty.

It is also for this reason that it is difficult for the Western Army to obtain information here. The intelligence point set up by the Jingzhao Intelligence Division in Datong City is a shop opened by a Sogdian.

Chapter 895 Soucheng

The governing office of Datong Prefecture is called Yunzhong County, which looks no different from the city in the Song Dynasty. The tributary of the Sanggan River, Yunzhongshui, flows around the city, bringing water sources for the people of Datong Prefecture and Datong City. Come to a moat.

There is a well-decorated shop next to the east gate, which looks like a Sogdian shop, specializing in the sale of Western precious items, gems, silverware and blankets.

The owner of the shop is called Kang Mode, who can speak fluent Sogdian, Chinese, Khitan, Turkic and Jurchen, and of course Xixia. He often brags about the far west, for fear that others will not know that he is from far away Samarkand.

But in fact, Commode is from Zhangye. This is his biggest secret, and the only people who know this secret are a few of his confidants, and these confidants are all intelligence spies of the Western Army.

Commode is not an intelligence agent, but a businessman to the letter, but his family is in Zhangye, and he will also retire in Zhangye in the future. The Western Army hopes that he can provide assistance, and he naturally cannot refuse.

All his real men stayed in Zhangye to work, and the five men brought here were all members of the Intelligence Department, four of them were Qiang people, and one was Han. The Han man was Yu Shouzhong, the leader of the five.

The situation in Datong Mansion is different from other places. They can’t take the initiative to collect information, they can only collect it through the shop owner, Kang Mode. The tea lovers are full of guests every day, come here to chat and drink a cup of good tea.

A lot of useful information is collected bit by bit in this way, and they can be verified with each other to confirm the authenticity of the information, and then send it to Taiyuan Mansion with Eagle Letter.

This morning, when the door curtain rang, a man wearing a fur cap and a cloth robe came in and asked loudly, "Is Master Kang here?"

This person is Yelu Qiyan, a Khitan native, and a member of the army from Datong Prefecture. After Datong Prefecture surrendered to the Kingdom of Jin, except for the prefect who was replaced by a Jurchen, other mid-level and low-level officials remained the same. Jin Kingdom could not send so many officials. , This situation is the same in other places. The middle and low-level civil servants are basically former Khitans or Liao Han people.

Commode came out and laughed loudly: "My old friend, why are you here today, do you miss my good tea?"