Devil’s Advent

The hasty worship ceremony can only be kept simple;

But fortunately, there are enough people, and the people who come are very important;

Some people cried, some people were sad, and everyone did their best to "show their true feelings" in a short period of time.

to be honest,

After all, Yingdu used to be the capital of the country, and it was also a big city. Its influence and coverage are also large, and its population is also large. After the bottom base is raised, the people above will never be fools. At least, the acting skills are absolutely passable .

even,

Lord Zheng Hou also saw some officials who were obviously from Yan came down with tears.

you,

Why are you crying?

When they passed by Marquis Pingxi, they came to their senses. It seemed that they had been eager for skills for a while, and wanted to go up to discuss with colleagues from Jin, but forgot their own position.

But anyway,

This worship is still complete.

Ping Xihou's team left Shishan and headed towards Yingdu, which was the real destination of his trip.

The purpose of coming to Shishan for a walk around is to beat, and the target of the beating is naturally Prince Cheng's Mansion. To be precise, it is represented by Prince Cheng's Mansion, or in other words, he secretly wants to launch Prince Cheng's Mansion as a representative of all aspects in the future. power.

The establishment of a marquis mansion was originally to suppress powerful enemies, which is the foundation of Dayan military meritorious marquis.

The Zhenbei Marquis Mansion suppressed the desert, and the Jingnan Marquis Mansion used to deter Qianguo. Now I have the savages in the north, the Chu Kingdom in the south, and the Yingdu people in the west, that is, the people of Jin.

It's not that Zheng Fan doesn't know what the blind man and Gou Moli are thinking, but the two of them often do things too aggressively.

In Zheng Fan's own opinion,

Emperor Yan hadn't passed away for a day, so he had to play the role of the Marquis of the Great Yan Pingxi well. Before Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang, he was also a loyal and loyal man.

When the team entered the outskirts of Yingdu, groups of cavalry came on horseback.

In the four camps of Yingdu, two Yan armies and two Jin armies were stationed respectively. The number of the Jin armies was slightly larger than that of the Yan armies, but the rank of the general was not as high as that of the Yan armies.

This is also the fundamental reason why Gong Wang wants to hug Pingxihou's thigh tightly, otherwise, there will inevitably be a ceiling above his head, and even, he will easily enter the ending of being suspected by the Yan people to the end.

"The master of the East Gate camp..."

"The commander of the Ximen camp..."

"South Gate..."

"North Gate…………"

"See Lord Pingxi, Master Hou Fukang!!!"

At the beginning, Zheng Fan, who was Bo Hirano, could only mobilize the soldiers and horses here to enter the city by falsely passing on the military orders of King Jingnan, but now, there is actually no need for that.

Unless the imperial court released the wind in advance, or made some arrangements, or, he and the imperial court showed a gesture of disagreement;

otherwise,

normal times,

like now,

He said a word, and he could directly mobilize the camp outside the city to obey his orders and enter the city without the need of Jingnan Wangling.

The military system at the bottom of Yan State is very chaotic;

But in fact, Yan's top-level military system can be described as even more chaotic.

Over the past few years, because of the military prestige of the two Marquises, even the Zhenbei Army and the Jingnan Army, the main field cavalry of Yan, can be deployed with each other. As for the local garrisons, county soldiers, etc., It can be used as needed, and Emperor Yan and the imperial court are very open to this.

As the saying goes, the predecessors planted trees and the descendants enjoyed the shade. Now, as the Marquis of Military Merit, Lord Zheng Hou can naturally enjoy the privilege in this regard.

Well, there is a country that subdivides all these things very well, from top to bottom, and they are all in order, that is, Dagan.

Lord Zheng Hou opened the curtain of the carriage,

Looking at the generals kneeling on the ground in front of them,

road:

"Everyone has worked hard."

"It's the responsibility, don't dare to say bitterness!"

"It's the responsibility, don't dare to say bitterness!"

"These days when the Marquis is in Yingdu, I hope everyone and his affiliations are cheering up."

"The general obeys orders!"

"The general obeys orders!"

Lord Zheng Hou retracted the curtain, and the team entered Yingdu.

After entering the capital city of Ying, the team of Prince Cheng's Mansion, who had been ordered to close the door by Lord Zheng Hou, returned directly to the Palace.

Tonight, there are bound to be many people gnashing their teeth in bed, scolding the Yan people for their arrogance and domineering. There will also be many people who will be full of tears for the treatment of the old master today; Today's emotion.

but,

completely useless.

Lord Zheng Hou didn't go to see the fifth prince first, his team went directly to the prefect's mansion after entering the city.

Once, Zheng Fan and Mao Mingcai had conflicts, but later, as the misunderstanding deepened repeatedly, Mao Mingcai suddenly became nice to Zheng Fan.

However, regardless of the relationship between the two parties, Mao Mingcai is indeed an official, and this official is still a big official.

Theoretically speaking, Mao Mingcai is the real feudal official. Zheng Fan can only be a special product under special national conditions. During the Taiping period, he was destined to be attacked by the central government.

The guards entered and set up their defenses ahead of time. After all, there was a major assassination case in Yingdu not long ago. At this time, security issues must not be taken lightly.

Those who came to welcome Zheng Fan were Mao Mingcai's wife and daughter.

When the male host is unable to entertain guests, it is common sense for the person in charge of the inner house to come out to entertain guests, and with the status of Marquis Zheng here, the etiquette must not be sloppy.

Lord Zheng Hou sat down in the living room, and Mao Qingqing, the daughter of Mao Mingcai, personally served tea to Zheng Fan.

Zheng Fan noticed that the other party's hair style was clearly a married woman, and at this age, she didn't look like she hadn't left the cabinet. Logically speaking, she shouldn't appear here.

Of course, this situation is also easy to guess, it should be promised to others, but something went wrong with her husband's family, so she returned to her mother's family.

The folk customs in Yandi are rough and there are not as many rules as in Gandi Chudi, and they are much more tolerant of widows.

After the wife and daughter go down,

Gou Moli leaned forward and whispered to Lord Zheng Hou:

"Master Hou, Mao Qingqing once married into a powerful family, and reconciled with her husband before Yan Huangma stepped into the family."

Lord Zheng nodded.

Mao Mingcai was Yanhuang's trusted minister, and he had served as Minister of the Ministry of War. Therefore, he should have predicted Yanhuang's plan in advance, so he let his daughter choose to reconcile with her husband's family.

However, in this way, although I saved my daughter, it will be difficult to remarry in the future. It is true that the folk customs in Yandi are rough, but it is really difficult to find a suitable family for this kind of behavior of flying ahead of the imminent disaster. Receiver.

What a pity for such a plump body,

Plus the just-right depression between the eyebrows.

At this time,

Mao Mingcai's wife, Mrs. Xu, came out again and saluted Mr. Zheng Hou:

"Your Majesty, this way please."

Mao Ming was able to meet the guests, which proved that he was not yet dying.

In Sun Youdao's first letter to himself, and in the official letter sent to him by Prince Cheng's Mansion, they only said that the fifth prince was dying. It can be seen that Mao Mingcai's safety should have been confirmed before that.

Stepping into the bedroom, inside, the smell of medicine is very strong.

Mao Mingcai leaned on the pillow and watched Zheng Fan walk in.

"Master Hou is here, old man, I feel at ease."

"Don't talk like that, I just came here, you just left;

Don't you just pour dirty water on me for no reason? "

"Hehe." Mao Mingcai smiled.

Lord Zheng Hou sat down on the chair next to him.

"Where is the fifth prince, has Lord Hou gone?"

Zheng Fan shook his head.

Mao Mingcai was very moved.

He already had a particularly good impression of Zheng Fan because of the continuous misunderstandings, and at this moment, he naturally benefited even more.

He actually didn't expect that Master Zheng Hou didn't care much about the life and death of the fifth child.

Prince this species, right?

After you destroy one with your own hands,

It's really hard for you to take it seriously anymore.

"How's your body?" Zheng Fan asked.

"Actually, I didn't drink much wine, because I was not feeling well at that time, so I touched my lips a little bit, meaning; I'm ashamed to say, I was agitated by what happened that night. That's why I'm bedridden."

Zheng Fan saw the official documents piled up in the bedroom. Obviously, when Mao Ming was lying in bed, he didn't forget to work.

"Your Majesty, don't think that I'm just taking advantage of my illness to get away..."

"It's the real fire that you get out of here by taking advantage of your illness, I understand."

Mao Mingcai nodded. It was a crime for him not to be able to preside over the overall situation at the moment.

Here is Yingdu again, the old territory of the Jin people, and the new territory of the Yan people, so there is no room for you to work hard and slack off here.

"I have already handed over the paperwork to the imperial court, and I reckon that the new prefect is coming soon."

"How can it be so fast."

One is the long distance, and the other is the prefect of Yingdu, which has a lot to do with it, and it is by no means just anyone can replace it.

The land of Yan is fine, but here in the land of Jin, the position of prefect must be cautious, otherwise the territory that has been won with great difficulty will be at risk of being overthrown.

"Actually, after the defeat of Chu, the imperial court deliberately sent me back to Beijing. I also want to go back to Beijing to see Your Majesty."

Hearing this, Lord Zheng's eyes sank slightly.

This is,

Are you really going to change?

Lord Zheng Hou can look down on Prince Cheng's Mansion, one is because Mao Ming is here, and the relationship is good;

Although everyone around Lord Zhenghou can clearly feel his "heart of Marquis Pingxi\

,"But outside, in the outside world, in the specific environment of Yan State,

And Li Liangting Tian Wujing's pearls and jades are in front,

In fact, Zheng Fan's reputation has always been very good, and he really isn't the kind of seed who wants to rebel.

After all, everyone's attention was focused on King Zhenbei, King Jingnan and the matter of seizing the heir. He, Marquis Pingxi, rebelled, and he hadn't had a turn on the small blackboard yet.

That's why Mao Mingcai had no doubts about Zheng Fan's change of perception.

Another nail in Yingdu is Sun Youdao, and Taifu Sun is also on his own boat.

Here, if the prefect position is changed, wouldn't he have to reconnect with him?

It's quite troublesome to engage in such a thing.

"The imperial court also asked my opinion, and after that, the imperial court also had a statement..."

"oh?"

Candidates are confirmed?

"Xu Wenzu, the commander-in-chief and magistrate of Nanwang City, moved you to Yingdu to take over my position as the prefect of Yingdu. By the way, Xu Wenzu, you should know Lord Hou?"

Fat Xu!

"Hehehe..."

Master Zheng Hou laughed,

this moment,

He didn't care about any gains or losses, nor did he think about the impact Xu Wenzu's arrival would have on his Hou Mansion;

After Xu Pangpang's figure appeared in his mind,

Just want to laugh.

When Mao Mingcai saw this, he also laughed.

In his opinion, there may be times when Pingxi Hou Ye appears impatient and unreasonable when doing things, but he is really dedicated to serving the public and sacrificing himself for the country.

This is a kind of, what a simple temperament.

"Master Hou, I think Xu Wenzu will only do better than this old man when he becomes the prefect of Yingdu."

"Well, I think so too."

"..." Mao Mingcai.

Mao Ming just coughed.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Lord Zheng Hou got up and patted his back for help.

In fact, if someone is interested in checking the resume of Lord Zheng Hou, he will definitely be able to find out the relationship between Lord Zheng Hou and Xu Wenzu;

When Zheng Houye was a lieutenant in Hutou City, Xu Wenzu was the envoy of Beifeng County, and the Yamen was in Hutou City;

When Lord Zhenghou was guarding Cuiliu Fort, Xu Wenzu was the commander in chief in Nanwang City;

It's just that Zheng Houye followed King Jingnan into Jin Dynasty, while Xu Wenzu still stayed in Yinlang County.

Zheng Houye has been on the rise in the past few years, but Xu Wenzu, in fact, has also been promoted step by step.

Four years ago, the melee of the Three Kingdoms started,

Xu Wenzu assembled more than a dozen groups of local generals with complex compositions in Nanwang City, and forcibly stopped the temptation of Qian Guo's three-sided troops to go north;

Not long ago,

The eldest prince beheaded Zhong Wenmian and made him a Marquis. In fact, Xu Wenzu was also rewarded for his meritorious assistance.

Furthermore, although Xu Pangpang was a general in the army, he was actually a civil servant. Now that he is succeeding Mao Mingcai as the prefect of Yingdu, he is a real frontier official. When he returns to the court in the future, he must be a minister or other big bosses Make room for him to sit.

the most important is,

Xu Wenzu's ability and methods are all first-class, so there is nothing to say.

"I hope that after Xu Wenzu takes over my position, he can work with you, Lord Hou, to completely stabilize this half of the Jin land. Once this half is stabilized, the entire San Jin land will not be chaotic."

Because the other half is sandwiched between Jindong and Yanguo, he doesn't care about his head, no matter how noisy he is, he will be pressed down in the end.

"Well, I haven't seen him for a few years."

"Thinking about it, Lord Hou and Xu Wenzu have a very good relationship."

Zheng Fan nodded.

"So, the imperial court treats Lord Hou very well. It stands to reason that Yingdu should choose someone who is not against you, Lord Hou, to be the prefect so that they can check each other."

This can be regarded as what is in the heart, because it is very taboo.

Zheng Fan shook his head and said disapprovingly: "The land of Yan and Jin is indeed vast, but compared with the dry Chu, it is actually relatively barren. The reason why my big Yan was able to add to the sea is actually because of your majesty's wisdom. Under the leadership, our group of people will not abolish public affairs for personal reasons, and will not hinder each other;

It's not yet the time when Ma Fang Nanshan is here, where is the effort to internalize these things. "

"Master Hou's heart is open, and I admire you."

"Have a good rest. For a while, I'll help you set up this place. After Xu Wenzu arrives, I'll come see you off. Anyway, I want to say hello to him."

Even if Xu Wenzu came, it would take a while to handover with Mao Mingcai.

As far as reason is concerned, Master Zheng Hou will come again.

Of course, if Xu Pangpang came here with the enthusiasm of crushing two horses after being arrested in the desert, maybe the two trips could be combined.

Anyway, there will be post stations along the way to send messages, you can check it later, and then calculate whether Xu Wenzu is on the road or not.

"Then it's up to Lord Hou, and there are many matters in the city, Lord Hou, please settle them with one thought."

"Where did it come from? It's nothing more than An Yi's reassurance. I read the city inspector's file on the way here, and I guess I couldn't find anything."

Because the person who delivered the wine, the person in the winery, and the person who approved the note to enter the wine, all died. The group of assassins who assassinated the fifth prince also took poison and committed suicide after the stabbing.

This is the most primitive but often the most effective way of dealing with the aftermath.

Lord Zheng Hou didn't think he could be very good at investigating cases, so he gave up the idea of ​​investigating cases early on.

"The situation is stabilized, and those little schemes are impossible to succeed." Mao Mingcai sighed, "Now, I really understand that it is people like you, Lord Hou, who make the country of Great Yan."

"You're being polite, let's help each other and help each other. You lie down and I'll go see the Fifth Prince."

"Okay, let's go."

………

After Zheng Houye left the prefect's mansion, he went directly to the house where the fifth prince lived.

Carriage to the gate of the house,

The personal guards rushed in immediately, and cleared the place for their own Lord Hou like they did in the prefect's mansion before.

However, there was a sudden confrontation inside, even after the guards showed their waist cards, the people inside still did not retreat.

Because at this time, the ones protecting the fifth prince's safety are the secret agents.

However, when Lord Zheng Hou got out of the carriage and entered the gate of the house, the leading secret agent immediately knelt down at the helm, and at the same time ordered his men to withdraw their knives and retreat.

If you don't see Allah and don't take the knife, it can be regarded as a sense of responsibility.

Zheng Houye followed Daxia Chen and Juggernaut into the back house.

The guard at the helm took a look at the guards of the Marquis of Pingxi, especially their clothes and sabers. After the guards followed Lord Hou into the back house, he couldn't help smacking his lips and whispering teasing to a cronies beside him road:

"Zhi Niang, why are the guards around Master Hou more like secret agents than us?"

It's a pity that Marquis Zheng didn't hear this comment, otherwise he would be very happy,

At the same time, praise the helm: having vision.

The maidservant opened the door and let Lord Zheng Hou enter the bedroom.

The Fifth Prince lay unconscious on the bed, pale and motionless.

"Everyone go out."

Lord Zheng Hou ordered.

The eunuchs and maidservants serving inside looked at each other, and finally they all backed out without daring to disobey Ping Xihou's order.

The fifth prince's companion wanted to say something, but under Ping Xihou's gaze, he still shut up and walked out of the room.

The house was emptied;

Outside the house, there are Juggernaut and Daxia Chen guarding;

Lord Zheng Hou walked to the bedside,

reach out,

He took out a Xue San brand poisoning dagger from his cuff,

Um,

Before meeting the prince,

No one dared to search Zheng Houye's body.

holding a dagger,

Lord Zheng Hou said with emotion:

"It's a pity, the Gundam has not been created yet, and the human will die."

At this time,

The "comatose" fifth prince lying on the bed,

opened his eyes.

"You woke up early."

The Fifth Prince smiled and said, "I don't want to roll out of bed in a panic to dodge when the dagger falls, it hurts."

"Then how boring am I?"

"Do you have to go through a process?"

"Yes, look, my dagger is ready."

"All right."

The fifth prince closed his eyes again and cooperated with the performance.

Lord Zheng Hou caressed the edge of the dagger,

When San'er gave him the dagger before, he specifically told him not to lick the dagger with his tongue just to look handsome.

Lord Zheng Hou holds a dagger,

said gloomyly:

"It's a pity that he didn't die, but anyone who dares to stand in the way of the Sixth Highness must die!"

finished speaking,

The dagger stabs down.

"Plop!"

The fifth prince rolled off the bed and fell hard,

open your eyes

Staring at Lord Zheng Hou,

With three points of surprise, three points of embarrassment, three points of bewilderment and the last point of suspicion,

asked:

"How do you know I'm faking it!"

Zheng Fan snapped his fingers,

Nodding with satisfaction,

road:

"Perfect."