Chapter 71 Back to Daliang (III)

Zheng Xinjin didn't have to look back. He could tell that he was the taciturn deputy commander of the infantry army, Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wen came from the Cangzhou Army to the Imperial Army in the second year of Xiande. He served as the deputy commander of the infantry army in the Palace Front Office. He was the best martial arts general among the infantry generals of the Palace Front Office. During the Battle of the South, he was the vanguard many times and made many military achievements.

However, he was not Zhao Kuangyin's sworn brother, nor was he his old subordinate. Just like the situation encountered by several lieutenants of the Black Eagle Army, he had not been promoted for a long time. After the original commander of the infantry army was transferred, he was promoted to the commander of the infantry army, Luo Yanhuan, who was also the deputy commander of the infantry army. He was Zhao Kuangyin's old subordinate. Before entering the imperial guards, Zhao Wen had always been a long-term promising official. Since joining the army, he has made many military achievements. In less than a few years, he has become the Zhechong commander of the Cangzhou Army and was selected as the first commander of the Cangzhou Army.

The Imperial Army of the Great Zhou Dynasty became the general of the Imperial Army. He originally wanted to do something big with his ability, but after he arrived at the Imperial Army, he remained in the position of the deputy commander of the Infantry Army in front of the palace. Over the past year, many of his former subordinates have been promoted one after another, with two higher military positions and five more on par with him. Zhao Wen was also full of complaints about this. He blamed all this on his cousin Zhao Wu, who surrendered to the enemy. If he had not surrendered to the enemy, he would not have been like this.

He was in Daliang City, without family, and had nothing to do, and always wandered around the military camp. As soon as he turned to the camp gate, he saw the fighting soldiers and Hou Dayong who was rushing to come. He stood at the camp gate without saying a word, but just watched the change. When the captain Zheng Xinjin invited Hou Dayong into the military camp, he spoke coldly.

"No outsiders are allowed to enter the military camp without the consent of the commander of the head commander" is indeed the military rule of the imperial guards in front of the hall, but this rule is mainly applicable to war situations. In peacetime, this rule is already useless, because there are really many people entering and leaving the infantry barracks in front of the hall every day. If they have to be approved by the commander of the infantry army, it is unnecessary to be annoyed. Moreover, his family is in Daliang and the city. When he has nothing to do, he often stays in his house. If he wants to report everything, many things in the military camp cannot be done. Therefore, outsiders who need to enter the camp to do various things usually only need the consent of the officer on duty to enter the military camp.

Now, although Zhao Wen proposed this military rule, Zheng Xinjin did not agree with it, he had nothing to say. After all, the on-duty officer agreed to the outsiders entering the camp. It was just a hidden rule of the military camp. Although Hou Dayong was a high-ranking official position, he was still an outsider to the imperial guards. If he was on the table, according to the military rules, Hou Dayong still needed the approval of the commander-in-chief of the infantry to enter the military camp.

Zheng Xinjin was very clever and sleek. When he heard Zhao Wen speak, he said to Hou Dayong: "This is General Zhao Wen, the deputy commander of the Infantry Army in the front office." Then he put on a much more respectful posture than usual. He saluted in front of Zhao Wen, stood with his hands down, and stopped talking.

Hou Dayong and Zhao Wen are old rivals. In Cangzhou, Hou Dayong once used a trick to throw Zhao Wen off the small pool in front of Fu Ying.

Relying on the military rules of the imperial guards, Zhao Wen looked at Hou Dayong with a arrogant expression, looking at what you should do.

In Cangzhou, Hou Dayong's military position was slightly lower than Zhao Wen. Now, the two are far behind the military position. Hou Dayong is unwilling to argue with Zhao Wen. He calmly told the reason and finally said: "Please ask Deputy Commander Zhao to find the soldier Zhang Scarface in the military camp immediately. If you run away and kill someone again, you will bear all the responsibility."

Zhao Wen was not afraid. He said coldly: "Wei Jiang is the deputy commander of the infantry army in the front office. Without the commander of the commander of the commander, we dare not take people in the army casually. This is not Fengzhou, so please respect the governor."

Zheng Xinjin looked at Zhao Wen and Hou Dayong with gloating. He had already done favors. Now everything has nothing to do with him. Without his responsibility, Zheng Xinjin didn't know about Hou Dayong and Zhao Wen's holiday. However, he had long disliked Zhao Wen and hoped that the bigger the matter, the better. He said to himself: "How can a little Zhao Wen fight for the military governor, let alone Hou Dayong is still the brother-in-law of His Majesty."

Hearing Zhao Wen say this, Du Gang was held tightly by several soldiers, and he stared at Zhao Wen with a cannibalistic look.

Zhao Wen was rude. Hou Dayong touched the pistol at his waist several times with his right hand. This pistol has not been used for a long time. He wished he could draw out the pistol and kill Zhao Wen on the spot. However, although Zhao Wen was holding a chicken feather as a command arrow, he did hold a chicken feather. If he broke through, it would be unreasonable in principle.

Hou Dayong pointed at Zhao Wen and said, "Hou Dayong is a person who will avenge his grudges. You have to pay the price for everything you do today. If Zhang Scarface is let go, I will take the head of your neck sooner or later. Don't end up with Zhao Wu." After that, he ignored Zhao Wen and turned around and left.

"Import Manager Meng quickly and arrive at the Hou Mansion immediately." Hou Dayong walked very quickly and gave an order while walking, "I asked Zhou Jicai to come too."

"Notify the mansion to prepare horses."

"Send someone to take care of Du Gang and don't allow him to leave the house."

After issuing a series of orders, Hou Dayong has already walked back to Hou's mansion.

Fu Ying sat next to Xiao Lianzi, lowered her head and shed tears, while Xiao Lianzi lay on the bed, as if she was asleep. Xiao Lianzi was Fu Ying's personal maid, and Hou Dayong was not unfamiliar with her. Seeing the gentle and cute little Lianzi lying quietly on the bed, Hou Dayong felt sad.

This is different from on the battlefield. Every time a war is full of corpses, the nerves will become numb. In a relatively peaceful environment, everyone lives well and a living person dies, which is even more unacceptable.

Hou Dayong put his hand on Fu Ying's shoulder, patted it lightly twice, and said, "Xiaoying, you must be mourning." He could not say anything else for the moment.

Fu Ying stood up, leaned her head on Hou Dayong's shoulder, and sobbed, "Xiao Lianzi is one year younger than me. When I was seven years old, she followed me. It has been ten years since we were not only a servant girl, but actually my sister. How could she encounter such a thing? Did the murderer find the murderer?"

Hou Dayong briefly told the story, wiped the tears from Fu Ying's face with his hands, and said, "Don't worry, this kind of revenge is not a gentleman. I want to go to Zhao Kuangyin's place. If his soldiers killed someone, they must give me an explanation."

When Hou Dayong arrived at the yard, Meng Shu had already arrived. Standing in the yard, several personal guards stood beside him and kept talking. When Meng Shu saw Hou Dayong, he hurried over.

The two arrived at the study room. Hou Dayong said, "You must have known this. I analyzed that after these people killed people, they will most likely not return to the military camp. You immediately organize the entire Feiying Hall to go out and concentrate on finding out the whereabouts of these people. None of these people can escape."

Although Hou Dayong was heartbroken by Xiao Lianzi, he was a local official after all. After returning from the military camp of the Palace Front Office, his reason quickly gained the upper hand. He made up his mind to turn bad things into good things. On the one hand, he added some motivation to the Feiying Hall. Any organization who experienced some urgent and dangerous things would not be effectively trained. This time, it is necessary to test the team led by Meng Shu to do business and how efficient it is. On the other hand, Hou Dayong also wanted to contact Zhao Kuangyin through some specific things to see what changes had happened in the battle between Zhao Kuangyin and Gaoping in the high position. During the Battle of Gaoping, the Black Eagle Army was briefly affiliated with the imperial guards of the Palace Front Office. Hou Dayong and Zhao Kuangyin escorted Chai Rong together. Since then, Hou Dayong has never seen Zhao Kuangyin.

Meng Shu was in the yard and heard the soldiers talking about this, he guessed that Hou Dayong was going to let him go. He was a chess piece set up by Hou Dayong in Daliang City. Sooner or later, he would be used. He was thinking quickly and had a preliminary countermeasure. "I plan to start from four aspects. First, take back the people scattered in Feiying Hall and concentrate on doing this matter; second, I send people to guard the traffic road outside Daliang City, although these people may have been early.

He has run away, but in order to prevent it, he still has to send people to guard the important traffic roads; the third is to collect intelligence and judge where these people may go. There are former soldiers from the Black Eagle Army in the imperial guards in front of the palace. At the end of last year, a soldier had an urgent matter at home. The rich shop came forward to help him overcome the difficulties. He is now a member of the Feiying Hall, so I will contact him immediately. He must understand the specific situation of these people to facilitate the next step of tracking."

Hou Dayong was very satisfied with Meng Shu, but he did not show it on his face. He added: "I am going to Zhao Kuangyin's mansion now and ask him to come forward, so that the imperial guards can also search for the whereabouts of these people. I guess that the imperial guards cannot catch these people, so they will still rely on Feiying Hall in the end."

Meng Shu said: "It is best if the Imperial Guard is willing to come forward. However, we cannot search the Imperial Guard's barracks in depth. As long as those people are not hiding in the barracks and digging three feet into the ground, I will dig him out."

Hou Dayong stood up and said, "Let's start the action, I'm going to Zhao Kuangyin's mansion."

Meng Shu gave a clean and neat salute, turned around and went out.

Because of his achievements in the Southern Expedition, Zhao Kuangyin was promoted to the commander of the Palace Front Commander and led the governor of the Kuangguo Army. In the Palace Front Commander, he became the commander of Zhang Yongde, the second only to the Palace Front Commander. However, since he was personally responsible for the rectification of this imperial guard, the new imperial guard commander of the Palace Front Commander, Long Jie, Hu Jie, Iron Cavalry, Guanhe and other imperial guard commanders were all promoted by him, most of whom were his sworn brothers or former former subordinates. Therefore, Zhang Yongde was the highest commander, but in fact, the powerful faction in the army was Zhao Kuangyin.

Hou Dayong brought an exquisite scimitar captured from Uighur General Wu Ke on the bank of the Wei River. He followed two personal guards and rushed to Zhao Kuangyin's mansion. After a while, he heard footsteps inside. Soon, the middle gate opened wide. Zhao Kuangyin was wearing casual clothes and brought a large group of people in the mansion to the gate.

"When will Hou Lang come back from Fengzhou? I want to die with my brother." Zhao Kuangyin is tall and fat, with big ears on his face. Although he is wearing casual clothes, he looks extremely powerful.

"Long time no see Zhao Lang, I'm thinking too much." Seeing that Zhao Kuangyin was very considerate, Hou Dayong praised in his heart and raised his scimitar and said, "There is nothing good in the border area. This Uighur scimitar is made very exquisitely. I hope Zhao Lang likes it."

Zhao Kuangyin did not refuse, took the scimitar, looked carefully in the sunshine, and then tried the blade with his fingers, saying, "This knife is very sharp, no worse than a horizontal knife. The blade is bent, which is more conducive to chopping and killing. A good knife. How dare Zhao Lang take such a heavy gift?"

After the two entered the small hall, Hou Dayong did not take any turns and told Zhao Kuangyin the whole story. As for the encounter with Zhao Wen in front of the military camp, he did not tell Zhao Kuangyin, so as not to appear petty. Someone in the military army in front of the palace reported this to Zhao Kuangyin.

Zhao Kuangyin said to a personal guard with a calm face: "I have passed on my general order. The whole city will search for Zhang Scarface and others. Those who dare to resist will be killed." He also said: "Let the housekeeper take 100 taels of silver and send it to the Marquis' Mansion to hold funerals for the victims." One tael of silver can be exchanged for one hang of money, and this hundred taels of silver was already a huge sum of money at that time.

After giving the order, Zhao Kuangyin said to Hou Dayong: "If the army is not strict, such a thing will happen. I think I am really ashamed. I will hold a banquet to welcome Hou Lang another day."

Seeing that Zhao Kuangyin was very smart in handling matters and was not leaking, Hou Dayong said, "I won't bother you much, see you next day."

Zhao Kuangyin stood at the gate and watched Hou Dayong riding a war horse slowly disappear on the street, without a blink of an eye.

Zhao Kuangyin said to the Chen Yilun who followed behind him: "Hou Lang is really a master. From Cangzhou, Gaoping to Fengzhou, he never lost all his battles. After the four states of Jiedu Cheng, Feng, Qin, and successively defeated the Tubo people and Uighur people, and eliminated the western border troubles, so that the Great Zhou army could do its best to fight south."

He was the first to be the governor of Yongxing Army, Bai Wenke, who is now at the sect of Zhao Kuangyin, and is highly valued by Zhao Kuangyin. He said quietly: "As a governor of the area, Hou Dayong actually came to the palace commander for a maid. He was either a loyal and traitor or a sloppy person."

Zhao Kuangyin smiled and said, "Hou Lang is naturally a loyal and brave man."

Chen Yilun whispered, "I'm afraid it may not be." He said, "Zhang Scarface must have left the city long ago, and the imperial guards couldn't find a few of them."
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