Big businessman and little fisherman

Chapter 324
The county captain Shen of Nanyang County was so daring that he even sent someone to assassinate the princess.

The news spread quickly in Nanyang County, and most people didn't believe what they heard.

When the officers and soldiers of the imperial court surrounded the courtyard of the County Wei's house and escorted the family to Beijing, everyone realized that the news that the princess had arrived in Nanyang County was true.

It's just that the princess with golden branches and jade leaves doesn't want to stay in a good palace, so why did she come to Nanyang County?
Could it be that this princess was born to the empress dowager?
Come to visit relatives at the Shen family in Nanyang County?

That's not right, I haven't heard that the Empress Dowager gave birth to a girl back then.

Someone immediately retorted that the queen mother didn't give birth to a girl when she was in Nanyang, but she might have given birth when she went to the capital.

This, it seems, is also true!
Someone asked again, since the princess was born to the queen mother, why did Captain Shen kill the princess?
You know, the Queen Mother is from the Shen family, and Shen Xianwei has been able to hold the position of Xianwei from the previous dynasty to the present, but he has entrusted the honor of the Queen Mother Shen.

Then who knows, County Captain Shen is not a good person anyway, the princess must have seen the character of County Captain Shen, and County Captain Shen was afraid that the news of his bad deeds would be leaked, so he had to kill the princess to prevent the news from leaking.

Some people also said that Lieutenant Shen County was obsessed with lust, and seeing the princess as beautiful as a flower, he wanted to take her into the mansion as the ninth concubine, but he didn't know that this beautiful little girl was the princess who visited in private.

It is also said that the emperor in central Beijing knew about Weiyurou Township in Shen County, and specially sent a princess to pay a private visit in Weifu.

With the downfall of Lieutenant Shen, the group of people who usually followed Lieutenant Shen and pretended to be Huwei also suffered great misfortune, ransacked their homes, and exiled them.

Originally, the first branch of the Shen family was severely injured by the previous court a few years ago. This time, because of the matter of the county captain, everyone in the branch was in danger. No one in the Shen family even dared to mention the name of the queen mother for a while.

"Aren't you afraid that Empress Dowager Shen will be embarrassed by doing this?" Zhou Yang was sitting opposite Lu Yangge at the moment, sipping a cup of tea.

"If these people don't arrest the people in the village in the name of the queen mother, it will embarrass the queen mother." Lu Yange looked at the man in front of him, "Besides, it was the princess who killed Shen Xianwei this time, maybe I This time, I can still hit the right track, give the empress dowager a good name, and win the praise of killing relatives with righteousness."

"It makes sense." Zhou Yang raised his glass, "Respect the queen mother, respect the princess."

Lu Yange smiled, raised his teacup and took a sip.

"Zhou Yang, aren't you suppressing bandits? Why did you come to Nanyang?"

Zhou Yang put down the teacup and said with a smile, "The suppression is over. I heard that Honghu Lake is infested with bandits, so I'll stop by to have a look."

"So fast?"

"It's just a mob. It's said that there are three mountains and six villages. The largest village is only a few hundred people, and the total number of people is no more than a thousand. When the imperial court sends troops, they still don't run away."

After saying this, Zhou Yang still couldn't control himself, and secretly touched his waist and abdomen with his hands.

It is said that there are three mountains and six villages, but in fact, there are not many hills on each of the hills.

There is a natural danger in the mountains, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack. If he hadn't been so skilled, he might have fallen into the hands of this gangster this time.

However, to Lu Yange, he would naturally not say that he was injured, let alone complain.

Zhexue, who was standing behind Lu Yangge, moved her nose slightly, as if she could smell a faint smell of blood.

She crawled out of the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood, so she knew that General Zhou had been injured without looking.

laugh.

Zhexue couldn't help snorting coldly in her heart, the son of this aristocratic family seems to value face more than anything else.

I didn't even mention that I was injured, but I was still holding on here.

Since Zhou Yang rushed to Nanyang County with injuries, he was afraid that Lu Yangge would not know the situation, so he really sent troops to suppress the bandits.

When he arrived in Nanyang, he found out that Lu Yange had moved Shen Xianwei, but he seemed indifferent to the river bandits.

Strange, the princess' adoptive father is a fisherman, logically, she should hate these water bandits?

Could it be that the princess already knows who the leader of the water bandits is?
Zhou Yang was still thinking carefully when he heard Lu Yangge ask: "I heard that there are only a dozen or 20 bandits in Honghu. Are these people worthy of General Zhou's own actions?"

"It was really not worth it." Zhou Yang raised his eyes to look at Lu Yangge, his voice paused slightly, "However, I heard that the leading young man is very good."

Lu Yangge only felt that what Zhou Yang said was strange, and didn't think much about it.

It's amazing, it can be more, but the water bandits with more than a dozen people are more powerful than the chief village master who suppressed the bandits before Zhou Yang?
I heard that those villages were originally independent, but later the owner of one of the villages took the lead to unite these villages to advance and retreat together, and only then did the three mountains and six villages become today.Otherwise, they would not have grown so strong in the past few years that even the imperial court feared them.

Seeing that Lu Yangge didn't listen to his words, Zhou Yang had some idea in his mind. It seemed that Lu Yangge didn't know who led the water bandits on Honghu Lake.

He wanted to sell favors to Lu Yange, but he didn't know what to say for a while.

To put it bluntly, isn't it too hasty?
To put it mildly, I am afraid that the princess will not understand and something will happen instead.

Zhou Yang was still struggling, but Lu Yangge had already said, "Since General Zhou has arrived in Nanyang, I don't care about the water bandits. Tomorrow, I will go back to Jiangjiaba and live at my adoptive parents' house for a while."

"To Jiangjiaba?"

Zhou Yang was overjoyed and felt that he had found an opportunity, "Will the princess go to Jiangjiaba by water or by land?"

It takes about an hour to get there by water, with the wind and the water.If you go by land, you have to take a detour, there is no bridge in the middle, and you have to take a boat, which will take at least a day on the road.

Originally, there was no need to ask this question. From Nanyang to Jiangjiaba, few people would choose land.

"Of course by water."

After Lu Yange finished speaking, he seemed to think of something, "General Zhou, do you want to send a boat to send the princess off, maybe you can just meet the water bandit in Honghu Lake."

Zhou Yang tactfully said: "This minister has this intention, but the princess's status is precious, why don't you stay in Nanyang for a few more days, and after I wipe out the water bandits, you go to Jiangjiaba again?"

"General Zhou, your temperament should be open and aboveboard. Why do I find that General Zhou's words are not grand at all now?"

Lu Yange snorted coldly, "With General Zhou's ability, the bandits in the three mountains and six villages are not afraid of going forward, but will they be afraid of the dozen or so water bandits in Honghu Lake?"

Zhou Yang's forehead twitched violently, he knew he was wrong this time.

For Princess Changle, she should be outspoken instead of trying to hide.

"General Zhou said that the leader of this group of water bandits is very capable. Let me guess. The person who makes General Zhou fearful should be related to me? Let me guess, he is the one I grew up with. Neighbors? No, there are seven families in Xiaoxinzhuang, and I know what each of them does, and it is impossible for them to be bandits. Then they are relatives of my former Lu family."

Lu Yangge looked at Zhou Yang with cold eyes: "Is it Chen Xiaohu?"

(End of this chapter)