Fenghou

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Xu Wu faintly heard the shouts of killing and screams, and he immediately shouted: "It's killing, charge up!"

His second son, Xu Qingzhou, led more than [-] famous servants to rush up the mountain. The hill was only more than [-] feet high. The servants brandished knives and spears and climbed aggressively. , but there is no one on the top of the mountain.

Xu Qingzhou waved his sword and shouted, "Go to the woods to the west!"

The servants shouted and rushed to the west, Xu Qingzhou suddenly felt a movement in his head, when he looked up, he saw a flash of cold light, the head flew out more than ten steps, only a headless corpse was left standing there, with blood flowing from the neck cavity squirt.

The servants looked back and saw the headless corpse, they were all frightened, at this moment, the god of death came, Chen Qing jumped from the tree, slashed away with the golden backed sword, and five heads flew up.

He had a fierce weapon, and charged into the crowd, killing people like chopping melons and vegetables. There were stumps, broken arms and rolling heads everywhere, and the bloody and pungent smell permeated the woods.

The five subordinates also cooperated tacitly to assassinate the servants, but their speed was too slow. After killing more than [-] people, no one was seen alive again. The remaining [-] people were all beheaded by Chen Qing. Losing his head, he didn't even have a chance to scream.

"Throw all the heads down!"

Xu Wu led more than fifty soldiers from the hills waiting for the result, when he suddenly threw countless black balls from the hills, and the black balls rolled to their feet, only to find that they were all bloody heads, including all of them. More than 100 heads were thrown at their feet, all of which were bloody and bloody. The soldiers were so scared that they turned around and ran.

Xu Wu was also so shocked that his heart almost stopped beating. He also saw the head of his second son Xu Qingzhou. At this moment, great fear overwhelmed his grief and anger, and he also turned his horse's head and ran out of the woods.

Chen Qing and five of his men rushed down the hill and chased after them. Chen Qing saw a war horse tied to a tree. It was Xu Qingzhou's war horse. After catching up with the fleeing soldiers, he brandished his broadsword and killed more than [-] people in a row, basically beheading them with a single blow.

Only [-] steps away from Xu Wu, Chen Qing picked up a spear from the ground sideways, raised his arms and threw it vigorously, the spear flew away, 'Puff! The spear pierced Xu Wu's back and nailed him to the ground.

Chen Qingzong immediately chopped off his head...

Xu Wu's dream and life disappeared without a trace.

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Tang Qi, the magistrate of the county, paced back and forth in the lobby restlessly, while Xu Xiangzhou comforted him, "Don't worry, the county lord, my father will not do anything uncertain. We have 230 people, and they are only six people, almost forty people Isn't it okay to deal with one person?"

Tang Qi sighed, that was His Royal Highness King Yong!How could he not be worried?

He has already started to regret it, he really shouldn't have listened to Xu Wu's instigation, if he really killed King Yong, how could they escape?

Xu Xiangzhou was still at the side trying to persuade him, Tang Qi suddenly got a little bored, waved his hand and said: "Go to the gate of the county government office to have a look, they should be back!"

Xu Xiangzhou had no choice but to walk out of the gate of the county government office. In fact, he was also very worried. After all, he was the one who initiated this incident. He told his father that Chen Qing was visiting the county government incognito. If he didn't say anything, nothing would happen. there is none left.

The four members of the Xu family, father and son, are all bad seeds in their hearts. Xu Xiangzhou is a scholar and a military adviser. It was his idea to usurp Lei Jun's old house and ancestral property, and he also arranged to kill Lei Jun. The conflict between the county magistrate was transferred to Xu's family, and Tang Qi, the county magistrate, was given a great favor.

Calculating the time, most of the day has passed, and they should have news.

At this time, there was a rush of horseshoes in the distance, and four war horses galloped into the north gate of the county seat, and rushed straight towards the county government office. Xu Xiangzhou knew that there were only four horses in the entire Yuchi County, and one horse in the county government office. There are three horses from the Xu family, they should be back.

Xu Xiangzhou went down the steps to meet him, and asked anxiously, "Father, did you get it?"

"Your father is here!"

Chen Qing threw a human head in front of him, Xu Xiangzhou recognized the head at a glance, it was his father, he was scared out of his wits, turned around and ran, but it was too late, the cold light flashed, and the head flew away for more than a foot .

The headless body fell to the ground with a thump, and blood spattered out. Several yamen servants happened to see it from inside the door, and they were so frightened that they yelled and turned and ran for their lives.

Chen Qing strode into the county government office with five of his subordinates, and walked straight to the back hall. There was no one in the back hall, but the tea was still steaming. Chen Qing grabbed a tea-serving maid from under the table. The maid cried out in fright, "Don't kill me, a good man!"

"Where is your county magistrate? Don't say I killed you." Chen Qing said viciously.

The maid pointed at the drapery hanging from the floor, and fainted from fright...

Chen Qing put down the maid, and seeing the shaking of the curtain, he gave his subordinates a wink, and his subordinates walked over quickly, pulled off the curtain, and squatted on the ground a short and fat magistrate, shaking like chaff.

The soldiers grabbed him by the back collar and picked him up, causing Tang Qi to shout in fright, "Your Highness, please forgive me. It was Xu Huhu who forced me. If I don't agree, he will report me!"

"Drag him out!"

The soldiers dragged Tang Qi into the yard like a pig. At this time, Ma Houwen, the county captain, was notified by Chen Qing's soldiers and hurried over. He saw Chen Qing in Bianliang and recognized Chen Qing at a glance. Qing's makeup has been completely removed, revealing his true colors.

"The low-ranking Yuchi County Wei Ma Houwen sees His Royal Highness King Yong!"

Chen Qing snorted, and said coldly: "Yuchi County has simply rebelled, and the magistrate colluded with Hao Qiang to want my head, Chen Qing!"

Ma Houwen's face turned pale with fright, and he hastily explained: "The humble official really doesn't know anything about this matter."

Chen Qing saw that he had a face with Chinese characters and an upright expression, so he nodded and said, "From now on, you are the magistrate of Yuchi County, immediately summon all the government officials and civil servants!"

Surprised and delighted, Ma Houwen hurriedly summoned the yamen servants and civil servants.

Chapter 92 Processing

Not long after, more than [-] yamen servants and seven or eight clerks came, and Bo Zhangshan ran to Hanji Winery to find Han Xiancheng. Han Xiancheng heard that His Royal Highness Yong came to pay a private visit, and was almost killed. The county magistrate of Tang was also so frightened that his legs went weak, and he rushed back to the county government.

"Han Zhan, the humble county magistrate, is meeting His Royal Highness King Yong!"

"Hmph! Do I call you Han Xiancheng, or Han Dongzhu?"

Han Xiancheng was ashamed and lowered his head to lose his position. Chen Qing glared at him and said, "Because there are more serious incidents today, I can't take care of your small matter for the time being, but I warn you, I will hear about you again." If you hold two positions, you should resign immediately!"

If Han Xiancheng was granted an amnesty, he quickly promised: "I will never dare to be in a humble position again!"

Chen Qing stood on the steps and said loudly to everyone: "This time I came to Yuchi County for a private visit to investigate the brewing situation of the wine. I didn't want to disturb the people, so I asked the army to come back two days later, but I didn't expect to meet someone with wolfish ambitions." Xu Wu, you Xu Huhu, maybe he thinks that my head can give him the glory and wealth of the imperial court. He colluded with Tang Qi, the county magistrate, in an attempt to kill me. Now their plan has been shattered, and all four of the Xu family, father and son, have been killed. All the militants who participated in the encirclement and suppression of me were also wiped out. I will not kill this magistrate of Tang County for the time being. I will send someone to investigate his embezzlement of official food, and then liquidate them together. From now on, Tang Qi will be removed from the post of county magistrate , Appoint county captain Ma Houwen to take over as county magistrate."

Ma Houwen stepped forward and bowed in salute, "The humble job must not disappoint His Highness's cultivation!"

Chen Qing asked his soldiers to give him the seal of the magistrate, and said to him: "Now you need to do two things. First, put Tang Qi in prison. There will be troops to escort him, so take him first!"

Ma Houwen quickly arranged for the jailer of the prison camp to take Tang Qi to a prison with a few people.

Chen Qing then said: "The second thing is to trouble you to gather some people to go outside the city to collect the corpses."

Ma Houwen hastily said: "Don't bother the common people, I will arrange for the township soldiers to pick up the corpses."

"How many township soldiers are there?" Chen Qing asked.

"Reporting to Your Highness, there are a total of 130 town soldiers, led by Li Dutou."

"What's Li Dutou's background?"

"Li Dutou is Tang Qi's fellow villager. He is called Li Sheng. He was originally a pseudo-Qi commander. He was nicknamed the Golden Sword General. He wields a thirty-pound sword. He is very skilled in martial arts. I will go and find him for my humble position."

"no need!"

Chen Qing called Ma Houwen to stop him and said calmly, "The corpses you asked someone to clean up are theirs!"

Ma Houwen was stunned for a moment. He saw the golden knife on Li Du's head, which was thrown on the ground like broken copper and iron. It was stained with blood. How many people did he kill?

"Let's go to the lowly position!" Ma Houwen reacted now, and hurriedly led the yamen servants to find the civilian husband.

Chen Qing sent a soldier to go with them to guide them and instruct them how to deal with the corpses so as not to cause an epidemic.

Until dusk, more than a hundred corpse cleaning teams finally ended their nightmare and returned to the county. They will never forget that bloody scene in their entire lives. Ma Houwen suddenly remembered the nickname of His Royal Highness King Yong a long time ago, human devil.

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The next step is to clean up the property of the Xu family and repatriate the servants. At this time, Yan Jun also led three thousand cavalry to Yuchi County. The commander of the army, well aware of the seriousness of this matter, this is more dangerous than any assassination.

Yan Jun swore secretly that he would never let His Highness take a few people to conduct private visits in micro-services again. He must be followed by the army. Not only that, he must report this matter to the Internal Affairs Hall.

Three days later, Chen Qing led [-] troops to leave Yuchi County, and took away dozens of large carts of wealth from the Xu family. All properties were confiscated and became government property.

The army left Yuchi County in mighty force. Before leaving, Chen Qing rewarded the owner of the inn with fifty pennies, thanking him for his help.

The owner of the store held ten taels of silver as if in a dream, and watched the army go away. He said to himself: "It turns out that it is His Royal Highness King Yong. It is amazing! I have met a nobleman."

At this time, someone patted him on the shoulder, and when the shop owner turned around, it turned out that it was the new county magistrate. Ma Houwen smiled and said, "Thank the shop owner for recommending me to King Yong."

The store owner was tongue-tied and couldn't say a word for a while.

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Back in Bianliang, Chen Qing went to inspect the excavation of the canal again. This time, he did not visit in private, but took [-] cavalrymen down Caihe River.

Compared with last year, the Cai River has changed a lot. The river channel has been widened, and the river surface is very open. Six thousand-stone ships can be paralleled. In this way, a three-thousand-stone warship can also go to the Huai River through the Cai River.

Accompanying Chen Qing to patrol the river were Zhang Xiao, the appeasement envoy of Henan Road, and Zhang Yuanlang, the supervisor of water affairs of Henan Road.

There are obviously more ships on the water, one after another, and there are many fleets full of cargo, which are transported from the south to Bianliang.

This made Chen Qing very excited. In this way, Bianliang's status as a bulk cargo distribution center was slowly established. This was also his original intention of digging the canal, giving Bianliang a chance to rejuvenate.

"Is the excavation of the canal finished?" Chen Qing asked with a finger on his horsewhip.

Zhang Yuanlang said respectfully: "His Royal Highness, the first section is over, from Bianliang to Xiangcheng, the second section is also ready to start, from Xiangcheng to Huaihe, and then there is a third section, the third section is a branch line, mainly Dredging cleared the silt from Yancheng to Nandun, Chenzhou, so that Yingshui was connected to Caihe River, and basically all the state capitals on Henan Road were connected by waterways.”

Speaking of the branch line, Chen Qing thought of the branch line between Songcheng and Caihe in Guide Prefecture, and asked, "Has the branch line from Xiangyi County, Suizhou to Tongxu County, Kaifeng Prefecture been repaired?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, it has already been repaired, so that Songcheng County can go directly to Caihe through the branch line without having to make a detour to Bianliang for transit."

Chen Qing nodded, "We will strive to complete the repairs within this year. The transportation will be convenient, and a large number of goods will be transported by water. Only in this way can we maximize the commercial effect."

Speaking of this, Chen Qing turned his head and said to Zhang Xiao: "Don't forget to sow pasture seeds on both sides of the river!"

Zhang Xiao said with a smile: "The plan has been completed. This year, [-]% of the rivers have been planted, and the rest will be completed next year. We will have seeds in autumn, so there is no need to be busy with Jingzhao."

Chen Qing didn't complete the tour, and after walking through Kaifeng Mansion, he returned to Bianliang.

Back in Bianliang, Chen Qing invited Zhang Xiao again. He will leave for Jingzhao tomorrow morning, and he has some important matters to explain to Zhang Xiao.

"Maybe after a while we will have an important negotiation with the imperial court, which involves the status of Bianliang. One of the main intentions of the emperor's Northern Expedition is to capture Xuzhou and other states, and then use these states Exchange Bianliang with us."

Zhang Xiao sneered and said, "His wishful thinking is very good! Cut our flesh and exchange our blood."

"That's not true! The emperor's longing for Bianliang has been turned upside down, and it has become his biggest heart disease."

"Could it be that he still wants to move the capital back to Bianliang?"

"It's definitely impossible. He just doesn't want me to move the capital to Bianliang. I have the late emperor and the prince in my hands. If the late emperor ascends the throne again in Bianliang, he will have a bad reputation. So he desperately wants to get Bianliang, just for the sake of it." Prevent the late emperor from returning to Bianliang."

Zhang Xiao smiled slightly and said, "So Your Highness has seen a business opportunity?"

Chen Qing nodded, "I can give him Bianliang, of course it's only in name, the actual control is still in our hands, at most let him appoint a governor of Kaifeng and Tokyo to stay behind, and then I promise the first emperor not to move back to Bianliang, fulfilled his dream."

"I'm afraid the emperor will have to pay a heavy price for this!"

Chen Qing nodded, "Give me the entire Jing South Road, that's my condition."

Chapter 93 Conditions

Before dawn the next day, Chen Qing led [-] cavalry to leave Bianliang and returned to Jingzhao. This time, he was not as eager as when he came, but returned calmly.

In Lin'an, Hu Yun, the special envoy of King Yong, visited Xu Xiantu again.

But this time it was not at Xu Xiantu's house, but at Xu Xiantu's official room. This time it was on official business.

"The special envoy means that Bianliang can be handed over to us?" Xu Xiantu was a little surprised.

"Yong Wang only agreed to the political delivery. I don't know if Xu Xianggong understands what I mean. It's not a complete delivery to you, but a formal delivery, or the two sides jointly manage Bianliang."

Xu Xiantu nodded, "I understand what the special envoy means, but I want to know more, what does His Royal Highness King Yong want?"

"His Royal Highness King Yong does have a condition, that is, both parties need to sit down and talk to reach a plan acceptable to both parties."

Xu Xiantu pondered for a while and said: "Although the emperor really wants to take back Bianliang, he is not unprincipled. The envoy told me a general condition before I can return to the emperor, otherwise the emperor will also blame me for being incompetent."

Hu Yun smiled slightly and said, "I can only say that His Highness King Yong is more interested in Jinghu South Road."

"I understand, I will report to the emperor."

After Hu Yun said a few more words, he took his leave and left. Xu Xiantu thought for a while, then got up and went to the imperial study.

In the imperial study room, Qin Hui and Zhu Shengfei were also there. Although the Northern Expedition ended in vain, at least Han Shizhong, the warlord who held military power, was cut off, which made Zhao Gou happy. I am afraid that in his heart, cutting down the feudal clan is more important than occupying a few pieces of land. important.

He and Chen Qing did not fall out, and everyone still maintains a superficial harmony and harmony, like a rebellious son of a big family. No matter how hated he is, at least he still comes to worship his ancestors every year. For things that go beyond the limits, you can tolerate them as long as you can, or you can see them as pure.

The same is true for Chen Qing. He has de facto a separatist regime, even a de facto court, but as long as Chen Qing does not proclaim himself emperor, does not enthroned, accepts the canonization of the court, and recognizes himself as a Song official, then the emperor Zhao Gou will tolerate him .

But this was the previous state, and when Chen Qing captured Henan Road, Zhao Gou was full of fear for Chen Qing. He knew that as long as Chen Qing's army marched southward, it would be easy to seize the land north of the Yangtze River. This is the reason for the conflict, lest Chen Qing find an excuse to send troops.

Zhao Gou narrowed his eyes after listening to Xu Xiantu's report. Chen Qing's suggestion hit his heart completely!

Bianliang is the place where his ancestors built their capital, and all his ancestors were buried there. Zhao Gou wanted to take back Bianliang even in his dreams!

"They say they share Bianliang, but I don't understand what that means?"

"What Hu Yun meant was that Bianliang was only given to us in name, but they are still responsible for the specific governance of Bianliang."

"What about the conditions?" Zhao Gou asked again.

"The other party's condition is Jinghu South Road!"

"No!"

Zhu Shengfei immediately objected: "Chen Qing really hates it. Fortunately, he figured it out and gave us a false name, but he wants practical benefits. How can there be such a good thing in the world?"