Chapter 825 824 [The Fog of War]

Daliang, Yuzhou.

Dongling Prefecture, Pingshan County.

The Cheng family is the most famous and wealthy family in the area. Not only does it account for more than half of the timber and medicinal materials business in Yuzhou, but its descendants can be found in major cities all over the world, and most of them run restaurants and pawnshops. There are even rumors that the Cheng family With access to the Southern Zhou Dynasty, they could use the water transport of Tiancang River to sell various goods and make huge profits from it.

The current head of the family, Cheng Guang, is now nearly sixty years old. He has always been good at charity, and he is especially fond of supporting local students and providing relief to villagers, so he has an excellent reputation here. Not to mention the magistrate of Pingshan County, even the governor of Dongling County also respects him very much.

But no one could have imagined that Mr. Cheng, who was always so graceful and dignified on weekdays, would be as frightened as he is today.

In Cheng Mansion's study, Cheng Guang retreated from all the servants, looked at the middle-aged man standing in front of the window, and said with a pale face: "Master Jing, I hope you can spare the common people this fate."

The middle-aged man's name is Jing Chu, and he is the head of the Kun Department of Taishitai Pavilion.

Before Shen Mo Yunnan went south, he handed over the Kyoto Pavilion to Shen Danmo to take charge, and at the same time ordered Jing Chu and Lin Jia to assist him. However, he did not know why the former appeared in the southwest border.

After hearing Cheng Guang's begging for mercy, Jing Chu turned to look at the famous businessman and said calmly: "When Marquis Pei personally begged your majesty, your youngest son Cheng Siyuan was lucky enough to survive. Otherwise, he would have been like Qibao Pavilion." Xu Song lost his head like that, you probably haven’t forgotten this, right?”

Cheng Guang said with great humility: "The great kindness of Lord Pei will be unforgettable by ordinary people!"

Jing Chu said calmly: "Before I left the capital, I had sent people to arrest Cheng Siyuan and imprison him. He is now locked up in the Taige prison."

Cheng Guang was shocked, his hands kept shaking, and he said in panic: "Sir, this is... this is..."

Jing Chu stared into his eyes and said without mercy: "Your eldest son Cheng Siqing is the boss of Qiujiang Tower in Lingzhou, and he has met Hou Pei several times. Therefore, after leaving Dingzhou and entering Before the Southern Zhou Dynasty, someone had already informed me to put Cheng Siqing under control. Counting the time, he should have fallen into the hands of Taige spies a few days ago."

Cheng Guang could no longer hold on, his legs went weak and he knelt down, crying: "Please give the Cheng family a way to survive!"

Jing Chu's tone did not waver at all, and he continued: "Except for these two people, all the direct descendants of your Cheng family outside Yuzhou have been caught by my people, and maybe one or two have slipped through the net. , but that’s not important. However, this time I came to Yuzhou with only about ten people, and they didn’t enter this house with me, do you know why?”

Cheng Guang shook his head and said: "The common people don't know."

Jing Chu said: "Cheng Guang, I can give you a way out."

Cheng Guang immediately kowtowed non-stop. Although there were many martial arts masters in this mansion that he spent a lot of money to find, he would not dare to attack the head of the Tai Pavilion even if he had a hundred courages. That would be a serious crime of confiscating the family and exterminating the clan.

Jing Chu stopped him from continuing to kowtow and said slowly: "At the beginning of this year, Southern Zhou Fang Yunhu escaped from the Qishui Passenger Ship. Along the way, he kept getting rid of the pursuit of Taige spies, and finally successfully escaped back to Southern Zhou in a very bizarre way. Are you Don’t you think I can’t find out the truth about this matter?”

Cheng Guang was horrified. If his previous attitude was a bit deliberately weak, at this moment, all the courage was stripped away by Jing Chu's words. When Fang Yunhu came to the door, it was because he had some information in the Fang family's hands. , so he was forced to use secret channels to get rid of this trouble.

For a period of time after that, Cheng Guang was worried day and night, fearing that the crows from Taishitai Pavilion would come to his door. However, it was always calm for more than half a year. He even gradually forgot about this incident, but he did not expect that what was supposed to come would always come.

Jing Chu looked at the trembling old man, frowned imperceptibly, and said indifferently: "At that time, Mr. Shen decided to uproot your Cheng family, and it was Marquis Pei who dissuaded him. Don't have wild imaginations. Marquis Pei didn't want to be lenient to you, but he just

I think keeping you here might be of some use."

After all, Cheng Guang has seen the world and is not an ordinary person who has never been out of the county. After hearing these words, he felt filled with bitterness.

Based on the identity of the Marquis of Zhongshan and the long-cherished wish of the country for decades, he certainly understands what the so-called use is.

Jing Chu looked at the change in expression on his face, nodded slightly and said, "Have you thought clearly?"

Cheng Guang said tremblingly: "The common people are stupid, please let me know clearly."

Jing Chu said in a deep voice: "I know that you have several secret channels to enter the Southern Zhou Dynasty. As long as you can help the military do one thing, the imperial court will consider lenient treatment for your collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country in the future.

Disappointed."

At this moment, Cheng Guang only had eight words in his mind: It’s not that he won’t retaliate, it’s that the time has not yet come.

But he had no choice. Even if the crime of smuggling goods across the Tiancang River would not lead to the confiscation of his family and his family, assisting Fang Yunhu in escaping would be enough to wipe out the entire Cheng family. Who knows the reputation of Taishitai Pavilion? He would be afraid of falling into their hands.

Life is worse than death.

Thinking of this, Cheng Guang kowtowed again and said: "Thank you, sir, for giving the Cheng family a way to survive. The common people will do their best."

Jing Chu said: "It's not about trying your best, but you have to do it well."

Cheng Guangfu stood in the tunnel and said: "Follow your orders."

"I'll give you one day to arrange the route. Someone will come to you tomorrow afternoon to discuss the specific matters."

Jing Chu turned around and stepped forward, then walked out of the side door of Cheng Mansion, walked through the streets and alleys in the gentle autumn wind, and arrived at an ordinary inn.

Entering a certain guest room, the man in his thirties stood up to greet him. He was Qian Bing, the head of the cash department of Taige.

After Jing Chu sat down, he said calmly: "Cheng Guang has surrendered and can be used at any time."

Qian Bing smiled subconsciously and said: "This old man is quite knowledgeable, otherwise he will end up confiscating his family and annihilating his clan. Now that Dingzhou has made arrangements, it is difficult to judge the reality of the entire front. This time, the Southern Zhou Dynasty did not know the heights of the sky and tried to seize Jiangling.

It is bound to end in a situation where you steal the chicken but lose the rice."

Jing Chu asked noncommittally: "Is that cavalry still peaceful?"

Qian Bing said in surprise: "Old Jing, you have to know that those are Pei Hou's Tibetan front guards, how could they be restless? To be honest, I have never seen such a soldier with such strict military discipline. We started from Dingzhou and passed through Sizhou.

The journey to the border of Yuzhou was not short, but they never did anything that violated military regulations. However, the young man seemed a little eager and wanted to rush into the territory of Southern Zhou immediately."

Jing Chu finally showed a faint smile and said slowly: "Gu Fan has a blood feud with the Fang family of Southern Zhou. This time, Marquis Pei specially allowed him to enter the Zangfeng Guard, obviously to give him a chance for revenge."

Qian Bing sighed: "When he knew that Fang Yunhu had died in the hands of Marquis Pei, his expression made even a person like me, who has been hiding in the dark all his life to assassinate people, feel frightened. It was really murderous."

Jing Chu nodded and said: "If this were not the case, it would be impossible for him to leave his job as a wealthy and wealthy person and go to the border army to start as a pawn."

Qian Bing said with great expectation: "I just don't know how much flesh this battle will take from Nan Zhou."

Jing Chu turned to look south and said in a deep voice: "The chess game played by Your Majesty and Marquis Pei is so majestic that even people like you and me who are in the game can't see the whole picture, let alone those people in Southern Zhou who are blinded by obsession.

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Qian Bing smiled, his eyes getting brighter.
Chapter completed!