Fu Song

Chapter 389 The Unexpected Secret

It was already the third night when Hu Mao was tied up like a rice dumpling and thrown in front of Cen Zhong.

Although he saw the opportunity quickly and ran quite decisively, it was a pity that he still couldn't escape this big net after all.

It could be seen that she had suffered a lot, her clothes were torn, many places were dripping with blood, and some places were red, swollen and bruised.Probably because he was beaten while resisting arrest.

At this moment, the former fifth-rank controlling general closed his eyes tightly again, looking like a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water.

Leading troops to attack the envoy of the third rank of the imperial court, this crime alone is enough to make Hu Mao die without a place to bury him.

His only hope now is to get rid of the crime by himself, and then count on people like Tao Hongyuan and Fu Changrong to protect his family.

Cen Zhong was holding a small file knife, slowly scratching his nails, such a beautiful small file knife in his hand, but it was produced by Tiangong Iron Art in those days, because Bianliang Tiangong Iron Art was completely burned by a fire, and all the craftsmen in Beijing also died Yes, such an exquisite set of small objects has long since ceased production.

Although most of the Tiangong ironworkers have been moved to Qianzhou, these craftsmen are basically experts in smelting and weapon making, and there is a shortage of people who are good at those small objects.Even if there were, it was impossible for Xiao Cheng to let them make these things. Those exquisite parts on weapons such as the god arm bow also needed a lot of talents in this field.

"Hu Mao, I'm going to Guizhou. At that time, if I asked the pacifier to ask for your family, would you say he would give it to me?" Cen Zhong raised his hand and looked at his slender fingers by the light, Touching the newly cut nails again, he nodded in satisfaction.

Hu Mao suddenly opened his eyes.

Cen Chong looked at him with a smile, everyone is a mess in the officialdom, there are many things that don't need to be explained, it really makes sense.

"I almost died in your hands!" Cen Zhong pointed to Hu Mao.

Hu Mao's eyes showed a look of pleading, "I am recruiting envoys, and I am willing to pay for my crimes with death!"

Cen Zhong laughed: "Hu Tongzhi, you are very unreasonable. You know, what I want is not these. Don't you realize that it is not Tao's comforter who can protect your family and live a good life? Cen, who is sitting in front of you, is asking for envoys? Life and death are just in my mind. It is your little life. What's the matter if I spare you? Of course, the premise is to satisfy me .”

Hu Mao swallowed hard.

"Hutong system, think about it carefully, you don't say it, some people say it. Your confidantes have been arrested a lot this time, even if they don't know much, but for me, yes, that's fine. Yes. If you cooperate, my affairs will run more smoothly. If you don't cooperate, I can still achieve my goal." Cen Zhong turned cold.

Xiao Cheng on the side added lightly: "Hu Mao, after such an incident, do you think Tao Hongyuan can still sit firmly in the position of appeasement envoy of Guangnan West Road? It is inevitable that he will step down. And Cen recruits envoy , It’s also a matter of course. When the time comes, the Guangnan West Road will be comforted by Cen. Your life and death are just a matter of one sentence. Think clearly before speaking.”

"I am willing to recruit!" Hu Mao was finally defeated by the last line of defense.

Shocking cheers suddenly came from outside, Xiao Cheng raised his eyebrows, stood up, and said, "I'm afraid Ruan Qingzheng has been caught, I'll go and see."

The two important figures who attacked Cen Zhong this time, one is Hu Mao, who has already been captured, and the other is the general Ruan Qingzheng of Jiaozhi, who is an important figure who brought down Tao Hongyuan, colluding with General Jiaozhi, just this one , is enough to nail Tao Hongyuan to death.As for tribal leaders like Leihuodong and Xialeidong, they are really not in the eyes of Cen Zhong and Xiao Cheng.

Ruan Qingzheng looked a little miserable.

Bound by the hooves of four horses, he was carried through a pole to Xiao Cheng like a pig.His helmet was worn on top of his head by a soldier from Longying Cave, and the armor on his body was also stripped off, but it was put on by several barbarian soldiers around him. The veteran who only wore a set of underwear closed his helmet. Eyes, gray hair hanging down, very miserable.

Or because the hustle and bustle around him suddenly quieted down, Ruan Qingzheng opened his eyes and saw Xiao Cheng standing in front of him at a glance.

Ruan Qingzheng actually had a deep impression of the young general who launched a charge in the army and stood alone under the banner of the Chinese army.

"General Han?" he asked.

Xiao Cheng smiled and said, "My surname is not Han, but my surname is Xiao. The General Han you mentioned is my subordinate!"

"Qianzhou Xiao?" Ruan Qingzheng asked suddenly.

"It seems that you are still very well informed!" Xiao Cheng waved his hand, Ruan Qingzheng was placed on the ground, and the pole was pulled away, which allowed him to lie on the ground sideways, which looked a little better than before.

"I have been hiding in Tibet for the past two days, and I have been thinking, where did such a strong army come from? After thinking about it, only Qianzhou has such an army that can ignore the rules of the Song Dynasty. , wantonly crossed the border and came to the team of Guangnan West Road." Ruan Qingzheng said.

Xiao Cheng laughed loudly: "We are the army of the Great Song Dynasty. We came to Guangnan West Road from Qianzhou and crossed the border recklessly. What about you, General Ruan?"

"Almost, I am under the command of the Jingjiang Army Jiedushi." Ruan Qingzheng said calmly.

Xiao Cheng was really amused by this guy, and stretched out his hand to pat the other person's face: "You guys who have sex with each other, you have really thick skins, probably at this time, you will call yourself under the command of the Song Jingjiang Army Jiedushi .”

"I want to talk to you alone!" Ruan Qingzheng took a deep breath.

"Is this necessary?" Xiao Cheng spread out his hands: "Whether you live or die, for us, the effect is actually the same."

"It's different." Ruan Qingzheng looked at Xiao Cheng, "The value of the living me and the dead me is a thousand miles apart."

"Oh?" Xiao Cheng was a little surprised: "General Ruan, you have to be clear, lying can only delay you for a while at most, and it can't change the final outcome. You are a decent person anyway, there is no need to come to this moment. And doing some unseemly things."

Ruan Qingzheng didn't speak, but just looked at Xiao Cheng.

Xiao Cheng stood up and said, "Well, I am willing to give you such an opportunity, and I hope you can really say something that surprises me."

In a wooden house, Ruan Qingzheng, who had been untied from the rope, drank tea greedily while grabbing the dessert on the table and stuffing it into his mouth. Sitting opposite him, Xiao Cheng was neither impatient nor impatient. , looking at each other quietly.

Intuitively, this Cochin veteran seems to be really calm, as if he has some hole cards in his hand that can get him out of the current situation.

Finally, the other party seemed to have had enough to eat and drink, wiped his face, looked at Xiao Cheng who was opposite, and said, "There are only you and me in this room, so you are not afraid that I will get into trouble and take you as a hostage?"

Xiao Cheng laughed: "General Ruan, you can give it a try."

Ruan Qingzheng stared at the other party, and shook his head for a while: "Since you said that, then I don't have to try. I think Mr. Xiao is a generation with both civil and military skills, and he is not afraid of an old man like me at all. Let it be humiliated."

"There is also self-knowledge. But why do people like you easily intervene in the internal disputes of Guangnan West Road?" Xiao Cheng said: "In my opinion, your intervention is completely unreasonable."

"Because I have to intervene!" Ruan Qingzheng took a deep breath: "Every year, at least [-]% of the strategic materials and ordnance smuggled to us from Guangnan West Road are intercepted by me privately. If I get exposed, I won't be able to hide it."

Xiao Cheng's eyes flickered, "You can't hide anymore, it seems that you still have a lot of secrets that we don't know! As a general, it is normal to withhold some ordnance, but you are afraid of being exposed , That is to say, these things you intercepted are not for legitimate purposes, but are not tolerated by the current Jiaozhi Li Dynasty."

Staring at the veteran in front of him, Xiao Cheng suddenly took a deep breath: "General Ruan, you won't tell me what connection you have with the Jiaozhi Li family?"

"Li Zhun, the last direct descendant of the Li family is in Guangyuan Prefecture." Ruan Qingzheng said: "The weapons and ordnance supplies that I intercepted were all handed over to him."

Xiao Cheng looked at the other party strangely: "General Ruan, you don't think Li Shi still has a chance to come back?"

"Time and power!" Ruan Qingzheng sternly said, "When your elder brother Xiao Ding left for the Northwest, who would have expected that he would become the King of the Northwest a few years later?"

what!
Xiao Cheng laughed.

Is the person in front of you still inspired by the matter of your elder brother?

"General Ruan, this is different!" Xiao Cheng still said patiently: "In the Northwest, there was no force that could knead those ethnic groups together earlier, which gave my elder brother a chance, and in Jiaozhi, Li After Shi overthrew Li Shi, what he took over was an almost unified Jiaozhi, which is completely incomparable."

"Maybe there will be a chance!" Ruan Qingzheng looked at Xiao Cheng: "Because our goal now is not to say that we have to restore the country, as long as we can overthrow Li Shi and kill Li Shi completely, we will do it. I am also satisfied. Such a rebellious minister and traitor can be punished by everyone in the world."

"General Ruan, how did you hide it from the eyes and ears of the Li Dynasty, and let you take charge of the military power in Guangyuan Prefecture?" Xiao Cheng looked at Ruan Qingzheng with a look of admiration on his face: "It's really admirable!" Great!"

"Xiao Ding is so powerful in the northwest. How can you be satisfied with Qianzhou, the second son of Xiao, when you come to the southwest? Guangnan West Road seems to be in your hands right now. If you want to come to us to have sex, it will also be one of your goals. , is it not?" Ruan Qingzheng asked.

"Well, I can't say that I can't think about it!" Xiao Cheng replied vaguely, touching his chin.

"If I die, Li Zhun will have no one to cover up, and it will be easy to expose, at least he will not be able to do anything anymore!" Ruan Qingzheng said: "So, let me go back, for you, What you can gain in the future is likely to exceed your imagination."

"It is indeed a very tempting proposal!" Xiao Cheng laughed: "General Ruan, at this point, I think we can have an in-depth discussion. Of course, we need time to verify the things you said. For a moment, it would be best if the descendant of the Li family came here."

Staring at Ruan Qingzheng's reluctance, Xiao Cheng hit the iron while the iron was hot: "You don't have to worry about that person's safety at all. My identity and the environment I am in now are clear to you, and what I want, you It's pretty much the same, so we have a very broad space for cooperation. Even if you have evil intentions and want to use our power in the future to realize your plan to revive the Li Dynasty, haha, as long as you have the ability Success. If I want to become your tool, it’s only because of my lack of strength, but you finally became my tool to take down Cochin, you don’t need to be angry, do you?”

"You're right!" Ruan Qingzheng said.

"So, we need to announce it openly, and we also need to see clearly whether your strength is qualified to sit on the table and negotiate with us!" Xiao Cheng said: "Of course, if you really master Guangyuan Prefecture, you will indeed have To tell you the truth, we want to plot cochin, and having a bridgehead like Guangyuan Prefecture can indeed draw on our strengths. At least, we can save more than ten years of hard work. Once the opportunity is ripe, we can Drive straight in. Guangyuan Prefecture can be used as both a front and a back.”

"Ten days, I'll send someone back, and after ten days, Li Zhun will come here!" Ruan Qingzheng let out a foul breath.

"Okay!" Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "General Ruan, I hope we can cooperate happily, but in the past few days, I still have to wrong you."

After listening to Xiao Cheng's narration, Cen Zhong also found it inconceivable.

"Could it be a scam?"

"If there was a fraud, they would not lie to us with such outrageous things. It has been almost fifty years since the Li family was destroyed. Under the pursuit of the Li family, there are still direct descendants who survived, and Ruan Qingzheng actually It's incredible to have the military power in Guangyuan Prefecture!" Xiao Cheng said: "Brother, this is a good opportunity, once you win the position of pacifier of Guangnan West Road, you can directly handle this matter. Tao Hongyuan used to sit on a golden mountain begging for food, but he didn't know how to take advantage of such a big opportunity."

"Those people only have money in their eyes, and it would take time and effort to do such a thing there. If they don't do it well, they will be thankless!" Cen Zhong said angrily: "If Tao Hongyuan knows about this, maybe he will Take the remnants of the Li family to exchange some benefits with the Li dynasty, anyway, for them, who is in power is not important at all, and it won't delay their making money, right? Quick cash is the only thing they are interested in."

"That's right, Ruan Qingzheng Lizhun probably saw such a fact, so he never revealed the truth to Tao Hongyuan and others. He just silently withheld some ordnance to slowly expand his strength."

"Junior brother, is there another ghost idea?"

"Of course, I think after two years, we'll make the cochin mess up!" Xiao Cheng said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)