Li Sizhe's battle with the Jiuhu people changed the fate of many people. Some people rose to great heights, some lost their lives in the battle, and some experienced ups and downs...
Su Ce was considered one of the lucky ones. He fought many battles and achieved meritorious service every time, and secured the title of Jingyang County Count.
However, Zhou Zheng, who was at Xiaohe Beacon Castle with Su Ce at the time, was in an extremely rough situation. Li Sizhe was facing a decisive battle. All he could do was pursue the enemy quickly and slowly. After more than a year, he had no success at all. The reason for all this was his Origin.
Zhou Zheng, who was born as a salt merchant, had a small amount of money in his family, but his career as a businessman determined that he would not be able to go far in the military or in a high-ranking officialdom.
Therefore, Zhou Zheng's experience can only be said to be extremely bumpy. Some of the Dingbei Army of the Anbei Governor's Palace became the defenders of the Anbei Governor's Palace. After Zhou Zheng was promoted to the brigade commander in the army, he was transferred to the army's baggage department. After serving for less than three months, there was a heavy rain on the grassland. The baggage team in charge was two days late in delivering the supplies, and he was blamed for the delay.
Shangguan thought that he had military honors on his body, which meant he could be exempted from death but could not escape from living punishment. He was dismissed from his official position and expelled from the army.
At this time, the second prince wanted to exterminate the mole crickets, and Zhou Zheng was selected. As a hidden stake, he was first absorbed by the northern mole crickets, and then was sent to Chang'an City by the northern mole crickets half a year before they were wiped out.
After all, Molecule also needs fresh blood. Zhou Zheng was ostracized in the army. It is rare for someone who knows both business operations and fighting to fight. So Zhou Zheng suddenly became a part of Chang'an Molecule. Now he bears the title of Dai Shi of Chang'an. He traveled around the city of Chang'an every day to contribute to Dai's water transportation.
Thinking of Bo Su Ce of Jingyang County, who had been rumored in Chang'an City these days, Zhou Zheng also concealed his past acquaintance with Su Ce, and his purpose was self-evident.
Even if he has a heavy responsibility, he still wants to protect his own life.
Zhou Zheng is actually the inner guard of Daqian Peony, one of the hidden piles buried among the Chang'an Mole Crickets. Zhou Zheng doesn't know who the other hidden piles are. He just knows that there are others like him among the Chang'an Mole Crickets.
Regarding Su Ce's current situation, Zhou Zheng could only say that he was envious, and even a little jealous of Su Ce. However, Zhou Zheng also thought that if he did things well this time, he might not be able to change his own destiny.
As a Peony inner guard, he shows off his mask to others every day and walks in the dark, with no obvious achievements. However, Zhou Zheng received a guarantee from the general of the Peony inner guard that the second son of the family will have a good future in the future. The businessman is humble. You don't have to have a lot of money to be respected by others.
Zhou Zheng has experienced the hardships of being a businessman, so he is not willing to let his family members be fettered by his business background.
When Peony Internal Guard contacted Zhou Zheng, he agreed wholeheartedly. However, the secret life of more than a year made Zhou Zheng live in a high degree of tension every day, fearing that he would say or do the wrong thing and become a suspect. There is an unknown corpse in the canal of Chang'an City.
The more news Zhou Zheng sent back, the more Zhou Zheng felt that the Chang'an Mole Cricket had run out of energy. To kill such a cancer, it was just a matter of waiting for the time to come.
Li Chang's contact with Chang'an Dai in the past few days was actually Zhou Zheng. When Li Chang said that Su Sai had a child, Zhou Zheng was filled with emotion, but he could only pretend not to know him.
Only Zhou Zheng knew the situation of the six people in Fengsuibao that year. Su Ce was awarded a title, Li Ji died in battle, and the other three went to the Anxi Protectorate.
The three people who went to Anxi Protectorate are now alive or dead. Zhou Zheng has actually lost contact with them for more than a year.
I had a lot of fun chatting with Li Chang these days. Perhaps because both of them were veterans of the Anbei Protectorate, they had many topics to talk about.
For Zhou Zheng, he only said that he was from the Anbei Protectorate, and did not go into details about his specific experience in joining the army. He only said that everything was over and he only thought about glory and wealth.
Li Chang didn't think much about it, he just went home and mentioned Zhou Zheng, and these two words also made Su Ce understand who the so-called backstabbers of the Peony Guards were?
The second prince went to the Weishui River under the pretext of hunting in the past two days, and went to Suzhuang at night to make friends with Su Ce.
There are only three people in the hidden stakes, one is Dai's groom, one is the cook in Dai's house, and the last one is Zhou Zheng, who once guarded Xiaohe Beacon Fort with Su Ce.
Su Ce understood that Zhou Zheng had probably suffered a lot of injustices over the years. It was precisely because of this that Zhou Zheng had an excuse to leave the army and was later selected by the Peony Guards. The second prince just followed the trend and allowed Zhou Zheng to successfully insert himself.
Among the mole crickets, and can carry the mission of hidden stakes.
Su Ce understood better that the second prince's actions seemed absurd and disorderly, but in fact every step had a profound meaning, which was far deeper than what appeared on the surface. The eldest prince liked more power in doing things, while the second prince liked more planning.
These days, Su Ce has been taking medicine at home to recuperate, and at the same time spending time with his children, wife, children, and children. Su Zhuang has also maintained his usual peace and quiet, but Su Ce knows that in a few days, when he buys a new house in Chang'an City
The place was vacated, and the Luben army would sneak into Chang'an City.
And I want to lead these brigade troops to destroy these mole crickets.
However, before that, he still needed to meet with Zhou Zheng. Regarding Dai's arrangement in the house, he also needed to clarify the number of people and their defense.
Zhou Zheng probably knew everything about this, so Su Ce scheduled a meeting with Zhou Zheng on the ninth day of the lunar month, ostensibly to settle the balance of the land purchase, but in fact, he wanted to have a chat with Zhou Zheng
The story of Dai Shi in Chang'an.
I even took this opportunity to meet my old friends. Many of my old friends who were garrisoned in the North back then have died, and most of the survivors are scattered in various places, so they have lost contact.
There are frequent transfers in the military every year, and this frequency often means that the people you are familiar with today are likely to be transferred to other armies a few months later, and then to other places in six months.
Many friends often lose contact due to transfer orders.
What does the Peony Guard do? Su Ce's heart is like a mirror. Compared to a lifetime of darkness, he can only walk in the darkness. No one knows his true identity. Su Ce wonders if he can take advantage of this opportunity to win over Zhou Zheng.
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To be rich and noble, don’t forget each other. Zhou Zheng is indeed a very capable person. Although he is hindered by his background, when it comes to fighting on the battlefield or his flexibility of mind, Zhou Zheng is not weaker than others, otherwise he would not be
Peony interior guard selection.
As for how Zhou Zheng will arrange it in the future, Su Ce went out of his way to ask the second prince. Su Ce couldn't tell the details about Peony's internal guard, but the name "Wei" has the character Wei in it, which means Zhou Zheng is still a member of the military.
Whether he continues to join the army or politics, he has a starting point. Su Ce can help as much as he can. If Zhou Zheng still hopes to stay in Peony Guards, Su Ce will not interfere more.