"Deputy envoy, Brother Qin Qiong and Brother Niu Jinda have already told me what happened in detail, so thank you for your kindness. Since you came this time specifically to recruit me, Cheng Achou, then I, Cheng Achou, will be with you for the rest of my life. It's decided for you, before and after the saddle, leading the horse and falling into the stirrups, going through fire and water, smashing your body to pieces, whatever it takes!"
Just like in the legend, the famous Cheng Yaojin is a black, strong and bold man. Just like the legend, Cheng Yaojin is a straightforward and hot-tempered person. After listening to Qin Qiong and Niu Jinda's introduction of Chen Yingliang's rescuing himself Without even blinking an eyelid, Cheng Yaojin immediately knelt down in front of Chen Yingliang, cupped his hands and cupped his fists in salute, and offered to be Chen Yingliang's lifelong accomplice. Niu Jinda, who was originally Cheng Yaojin's accomplice, also saluted Chen Yingliang Jishou without any luxury, and swore to the sky that he would betray his own class, help Chen Yingliang, the loyal running dog of the landlord class, and help Chen Yingliang brutally suppress the peasant uprising army. Chongqing!
He received two generals at once. Of course, Chen Yingliang, who lacks the talents of generals under his command, couldn't help being overjoyed. The injury he suffered was also a vow to be good brothers and friends with Cheng Yaojin and Niu Jinda for the rest of his life, to share the joys and sorrows of blessings, and to be both sides of the knife in times of trouble. As long as he has a bite to eat, he will never let Cheng Yao Jin and Niu Jinda were hungry, and there were all kinds of sweet words, which were neither interesting nor nutritious, so I will skip them here.
It was also at this time that Chen Yingliang learned from Cheng Yaojin that Yuan Baozang had told him the truth to some extent, that is, if Wei Zheng, who was upright and likes to resist, was not staring at him, he would not give Yuan Baozang and Murong any face. Cheng firmly protects Cheng Yaojin, who deserved to die for his crime. Cheng Yaojin may have been killed by Muronglong in the prison before Chen Yingliang rushed to Yuancheng to rescue him. But even so, Cheng Yaojin was still severely tortured and whipped, and Chen Yingliang had no choice but to hire a good doctor from Yanggu at a high price to treat Cheng Yaojin, although Cheng Yaojin didn't know why Chen Yingliang paid so much attention to it. However, he is still grateful and has a great feeling for Chen Ying.
A day later, Chen Yingliang and the others returned to the Turtle Dove Shop smoothly. After accepting the gratitude from Cheng Mu and the Township Yong Team in the Turtle Dove Shop, Chen Yingliang didn't dare to leave the army for too long. He only stayed in the Turtle Dove Shop for one day and then hurriedly set off to return to the camp in Menghai City . Cheng Yaojin and Niu Jinda promised to go south to Qiaojun to meet Chen Yingliang immediately after they settled down their family members, and after Cheng Yaojin's injury healed a little bit, Chen Yingliang also knew that it was impossible for someone like Cheng Yaojin to be against him. Not only did he keep his word, he not only went south with confidence, but also offered to accept the Banjiudian Township Bravery Team to join the Qiaojun Army, promising that as long as these township bravery were willing to go south with Cheng Yaojin and others, he would incorporate them all into the regular army.
After bidding farewell to Cheng Yaojin and others, it took Chen Yingliang and his party another three days to return to the battlefield in Meng Haicheng. Fortunately, during Chen Yingliang's departure, everything in Meng Haicheng was normal, and there were no accidents. The team was still resting in Menghai City honestly. What surprised Chen Yingliang was that after he temporarily left the army, there was no conflict between the army of Qiao County and the army of Qi County. The friendship seemed to have improved significantly. In particular, Kan Leng and Luo Shixin, who used to face tit-for-tat at the gambling table, came to greet him side by side.
It was only later that Chen Yingliang found out that after Luo Shixin bet with Kan Leng behind Zhang Xutuo's back, he not only won back the horse armor he had lost to Kan Leng, but also won the copper coins that Kan Leng had saved from beheading people so hard. Quite a few, and Kan Leng was a big gambler who gambled straight. He didn't feel annoyed at all when he lost, and even generously offered Luo Shixin a drink instead. Under admiration, Luo Shixin, who cares a little about money, also became good friends with Zhichangzi Kanling.
Secretly rejoicing that the relationship between the army and the friendly army of Qi County had eased, Chen Yingliang hurried back to the camp to change clothes and take a bath, preparing to go to see Zhang Xutuo and Yang Wang after washing. Handed it over to Wei Zheng for inspection, and Wei Zheng read the original so-called Murong Chou letter forged by Chen Yingliang with his left hand, and immediately said sarcastically: "Vice Envoy Chen is so courageous, he doesn't even bother to imitate the handwriting, so he just writes the letter with his left hand, and then writes the letter with his left hand. Carved a seal of Murong Cheng's name with a radish, and it is really admirable to use this letter to arrest a court official, the courage of the means."
"I have never seen Murong Chou's handwriting, and I found this letter from Meng Haigong's stolen goods. Based on this, I traced the case of Murong Chou's suspicion of collaborating with thieves, and it was also out of loyalty to the Holy Majesty. What can the court say about me?" Chen Yingliang asked straightforwardly, and then said more convincingly: "Besides, who can prove that this letter was not written by Murong Cheng deliberately changing the handwriting? The traitor Murong Cheng deliberately wrote with his left hand and left a different handwriting in order to prevent accidents. Isn't that a reasonable explanation for the letter accidentally falling into the wrong hands?"
Wei Zheng was speechless, and couldn't find anything to refute Chen Yingliang's fallacious reasoning, so he could only smile wryly and say, "Fortunately, there is only one person like you, Vice Minister Chen, otherwise, there would be no end to the unjust cases in this world." how many."
"Wei Facao is wrong. This case is not a case of injustice without a head. If I catch Meng Haigong, I can find out whether this letter was written by Murong Cheng himself." Chen Yingliang said with a smile: "If Wei Facao wants to If you find out about this case, you might as well stay in my Qiaojun army, help me with military and political affairs, and wait for me to catch Meng Haigong, then we can find out the truth."
"What does Deputy Chen mean by that? Don't tell me you want to recruit even a lowly position?" Wei Zheng asked in surprise.
"That's right." Chen Yingliang knew that Wei Zheng's character was upright, so he simply said directly: "Wei Facao, you are a rare talent, but you didn't have the chance to show your talents if you didn't follow the right person. Stay here and help me to fight for you together." For the benefit of the common people, to counteract the rebellion for the court, I can assure you, I will definitely let you flex your muscles, get what you want, and become a famous minister of a generation."
"This..." Wei Zheng, who had changed his master five times in history, hesitated, and said after a while: "Please allow me to think about it."
"It doesn't matter, you can think about it slowly." Chen Yingliang said with a smile: "But I suggest you go to Qiao County with me to see for yourself, to see the difference between my administration as an official and Yuan Baozang, and to see how Qiao County How is the life of ordinary people different from that of Wuyin people, and then give me an answer."
Wei Zheng hesitated for a while, then nodded and said: "Okay, I will follow you to Qiao County for a while."
After persuading Wei Zheng to stay, Chen Yingliang hurriedly changed his clothes, and then hurried into the city to meet Zhang Xutuo, but after receiving the news, Zhang Xutuo and Yang Wang were already waiting for Chen Yingliang to arrive in the hall, while Qin Qiong, Mulan and others stood in silence aside. After the meeting, Chen Yingliang hurriedly paid respects to the Shangguan, but Zhang Xutuo did not say a word for half a stick of incense, and then he suddenly opened his mouth and asked viciously: "Murong Chai's letter to the thief, was it really you who were on the battlefield?" Did you discover it online? When did you discover it? Why didn’t the old man know about it beforehand?”
"Ambassador, Murong Chai's letter to the traitor was indeed discovered by the subordinate official when he was chasing Meng Haigong's traitor." Chen Yingliang quickly bowed his hands and saluted, and took the initiative to apologize: "Ambassador, please forgive me. The subordinate official is a little greedy, and I am afraid of leaking it." The rumors made Murong Cheng's rebels destroy the evidence, so they didn't report to you in time after discovering the letter, but found another excuse to go north, wanting to take down Murong Cheng first and then give you a surprise. But I didn't expect it to happen by coincidence. After Yuancheng, Murong Cheng's other crimes were unexpectedly discovered."
Zhang Xutuo had a gloomy face and did not speak, while Yang Wang, who was not aware of it, was surprised and asked about the specific situation. Chen Yingliang hurriedly said that he had discovered Murong's letter from the thief, and was afraid that the news of the leak would not be made public, and then he used an excuse to recruit Cheng Yaojin He suddenly went north to Wuyin County to deal with Murong Chou, and admitted frankly that he was a little greedy in this matter, and did not report to Zhang Xutuo beforehand. Then he briefly introduced Murong Cheng's status as an official, especially emphasizing Murong Cheng's illegal act of daring to set up his son's mourning hall in the court, implying that Murong Cheng really deserved death.
Hearing Chen Yingliang's nonsense, Zhang Xutuo never said a word, his face was still gloomy and even more terrifying, but Yang Wang, the old slick official in the officialdom, remained calm, and after a while he said slowly: "Nephew, next time you find similar criminal evidence, remember You must report to Ambassador Zhang first, and stop hiding your merits and acting rashly, if you make a big mistake, it will be too late for regret."
"Definitely, definitely." Chen Yingliang nodded quickly, then bowed his hands to Zhang Xutuo, and said respectfully: "Please rest assured, the ambassador, even if you have a hundred guts, you will not dare to take the credit for yourself. report."
"Damn it!" Zhang Xutuo suddenly cursed, and said angrily, "This old man is really unlucky for eight lifetimes. How could he have such a deputy who likes to take credit for himself? Have you brought the letter? Bring it! This old man wants to report it truthfully." The imperial court, share the credit for this case!"
Of course, Chen Yingliang would not mind Zhang Xutuo's sharing of credit for this matter, so he quickly took out the forged letter, presented it to Zhang Xutuo with respectful hands, and added cautiously: "Ambassador Zhang, please be sure to write Ming, this is what the officials found among the stolen goods when they were chasing Meng Haigong's rebels."
Zhang Xutuo snatched the forged letter angrily, opened it for a few glances, and then gave Chen Yingliang a vicious look, as if he was blaming Chen Yingliang for his audacity and misconduct. Yang Wang who was next to him came up to watch together, after only a few glances, Yang Wang pretended to scream, and said: "What a cunning and rebel! He even wrote with his left hand, making it impossible to check the handwriting. Nephew Ying Liangxian went to Yuancheng without hesitation and found other evidence of his illegality, which made him unable to escape the law and further destroy the evidence. Ambassador Zhang, this traitor Murong Chou cannot be punished. As officials of the court, you and I must Report the truth to the imperial court and the Holy Majesty!"
Angrily glanced at Yang Wang, who was obviously helping Chen Yingliang, Zhang Xutuo wrote a memorial to report the matter to Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty. Together with the false letter, they were sent to Zhu County to hand over to Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty, and then they didn’t bother to pursue the matter any further—it’s useless to pursue it, as long as Chen Yingliang insisted that the letter was discovered when he was chasing and killing Meng Haigong, That is to say, no one could prove that this letter was forged by Chen Yingliang himself, and it was a mess in the end.
After finishing the matter of Murong Chou, Zhang Xutuo asked his new deputy Chen Yingliang to sit down, and then said in a bad voice: "Okay, let's discuss business. After you leave, the old man has carefully considered that you and I will join forces to eradicate the chaos in the twelve counties." Regarding thieves, I know that you don’t want to join forces with me to seek thieves, and I don’t want to join hands with you, a sneaky little cunning, so it’s better than this. We divide the twelve counties of Henan Province into two war zones, the north and the south. This old man is in charge of the North District, and when the war requires it, we will join forces to suppress the bandits."
Divide the twelve counties into two war zones, and he is in charge of one war zone alone. He doesn't need to listen to Zhang Xutuo's direct command and can fight independently. When Chen Yingliang heard that such a good thing happened, he couldn't wish for it. He nodded quickly and said: "It's all about Ambassador Zhang arranges, and I will obey the order, dare to ask Ambassador Zhang, how to divide the North and South districts?"
"You are in charge of the five counties." Zhang Xutuo replied smoothly: "The five counties of Liangjun, Pengcheng, Xiapi, Donghai and Langya belong to you, and the rest belong to me. How about it?"
Chen Yingliang looked a little embarrassed, because among the five counties assigned to Chen Yingliang by Zhang Xutuo, Liang County happened to be the main activity area of the Wagang Army. I don't want to fight against the Wagang Army too early, so as not to interfere too much with the historical process and completely lose the advantage of historical prophets. Fortunately, when he suddenly saw Yang Wang sitting opposite him, Chen Yingliang immediately thought of a suitable excuse, and immediately cupped his hands and said, "Ambassador, I have a small request, and I hope you will definitely agree to it."
"Say, what request?" Zhang Xutuo replied smoothly.
"Ambassador forgive me, can you let me be in charge of only four counties, please take charge of Liang County?" Chen Yingliang said cautiously: "There are two reasons. It's too big, I'm afraid I can't handle it. Ambassador, you also know that Pengcheng and Langya counties are both big counties. The land area of any county is more than twice that of Qiao County, and Xiapi County is also larger than Qiao County. Nearly 50% of it, the troops under the command of the lower officials are too powerless to wipe out the thieves in such a vast land."
Zhang Xutuo nodded, acknowledging that the area of the war zone that Chen Yingliang was in charge of was indeed too large, and then asked, "What about the second reason?"
"The second reason is personal." Chen Yingliang arched his hands to Yang Wang who was facing him, and said with a wry smile: "Yang Tongshou of Liangjun is the elder of the lower official, and he is very familiar with the lower official's uncle Li Guogong. The official is really embarrassed to give orders to him and point fingers, so the lower official wants to ask the ambassador to take charge of Liang County himself, so as to avoid embarrassment when the lower official negotiates with Uncle Yang."
Yang Wang smiled and didn't say anything about it, but deep in his heart he still didn't want to be ordered by Chen Yingliang, a junior. After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Xutuo nodded and said: "Well, then you are only in charge of four counties. Fortunately, the situation in Liang County is not bad, and the officers and soldiers under Yang Tongshou's command are also in charge It's quite capable, and it's not too difficult for the old man to take charge of a Liang county."
Chen Yingliang was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked Zhang Xutuo. Zhang Xutuo hummed a few more times to express his dissatisfaction with Chen Yingliang, then changed his serious face and said solemnly to Chen Yingliang: "After returning to Qiao County, besides expanding your In addition to the army, we must send troops to Pengcheng to help Dong Chun as soon as possible. The bandits there are very serious, especially the big bandit leader Peng Xiaocai, who has been suppressed repeatedly. You have to use your brains and help Dong Chun earlier. Purely eradicate Peng Xiaocai's rebellion, and destroy the arrogance of Pengcheng's rebellion."
Chen Yingliang agreed, and Yang Wang on the opposite side also suddenly said, "Yingliang, show some respect to Dong Liushou. Although you have authority over him now, he is a senior after all. He is old enough to be your grandfather, and his official rank is still high." Being above you, suddenly subject to your restraint and command, it is inevitable that you will feel unhappy in your heart, this is human nature, you have to be prepared. Remember, don't be angry, it will only harm others and yourself."
Chen Yingliang respectfully agreed, and Zhang Xutuo also told Chen Yingliang to be careful with Dong Chun's relationship, and then discussed with Chen Yingliang about the distribution of money and food for the suppression of thieves, and agreed to collect from the responsible counties. Said: "That's how it is. Since you came back smoothly and our team has almost rested, let's leave camp tomorrow. Let's get together for a glass of wine tonight, and I will see you off."
Chen Yingliang and Yang Wang agreed together, and then Yang Wang smiled at Chen Yingliang and said: "Nephew, we don't know when we will meet again when we leave tomorrow. Do your job well, but also pay attention to safety and health. Also, when you get married to the eldest grandson girl, remember to tell me, I must go to drink your wedding wine. "
Chen Yingliang quickly agreed, but Zhang Xutuo was taken aback, and hurriedly asked: "What? You're already engaged? Didn't the old man hear that you were divorced by the Chai family?"
"He was divorced, but he got engaged again immediately. For this matter, Li Guogong even made a big joke, and almost made two main houses for this kid."
Yang Wang, who knew the details of Chen Yingliang and Pei Hongce, smiled, and told Zhang Xutuo that Pei Hongce had unknowingly engaged Chen Yingliang and Pei Cuiyun as a joke. , and then Zhang Xutuo took another peek at Mulan next to her, and found that she was drooping her head and didn't speak, and couldn't see the expression on her face. Zhang Xutuo couldn't help feeling sympathetic, and secretly said: "Girl, it's not that the old man won't help you, it's You have no fate with him."
Taking a peek at Chen Yingliang quietly, Mulan lowered her head even lower, and kept saying in her heart, "I don't like him, I hate him, it's because the commander messed up the couple and insisted on matching me and him. hate him… ."
Constantly comforting herself in her heart, the corners of Mulan's eyes still couldn't help the faint flickering of tears...