Invincible son

Daliang, Yuzhou.

Tangling Mansion, Pingshan County.

The Cheng family is the most famous and wealthy family in the area, not only occupying more than half of the wood and medicinal material business in Yuzhou, but also the children of the family are spread all over the big cities in the world, mostly operating restaurants and pawnshops.There were even rumors that the Cheng family had a connection in the Southern Zhou Dynasty and could use the Tiancang River to sell various goods and make huge profits from it.

The contemporary patriarch, Cheng Guangru, is nearly [-] years old and has always been kind and generous. He especially likes to support local students and help the villagers, so he has a very good reputation here.Not to mention the magistrate of Pingshan County, even the governor of Dongling Prefecture respects him very much.

It's just that no one could have imagined that Master Cheng, who is always graceful and graceful in normal times, would have such a sincere and fearful attitude today.

In Cheng's study, Cheng Guangping withdrew 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 I can spare the grass people from what happened."

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

Before Shen Mo went down to Yunnan, he handed over the capital pavilion to Shen Danmo, and at the same time ordered Jing Chu and Lin Jia to assist him, but he didn't know why the former appeared in the southwestern border.

After hearing Cheng Guang's begging for mercy, Jing Chu turned to look at the famous businessman, and said calmly: "Your youngest son Cheng Siyuan survived by luck when Marquis Pei pleaded with His Majesty, otherwise it would have been like Qibao Pavilion Xu Song lost his head like that, you probably haven't forgotten about it, have you?"

Cheng Guang said extremely humbly: "Master Pei's great kindness and virtue will never be forgotten by the grassroots!"

Jing Chu said indifferently: "Before I left Beijing, I sent someone to arrest Cheng Siyuan and put him in prison, and now he is locked in the prison in Taige."

Cheng Guang turned pale with shock, his hands kept trembling, and he said in panic, "My lord, this is... this is..."

Jing Chu stared into his eyes, and said mercilessly: "Your eldest son, Cheng Siqing, is the boss of Qiujianglou in Lingzhou, and he has met Peihou several times. Therefore, after leaving Dingzhou, Peihou entered Before the Southern Zhou Dynasty, someone had already informed me to bring Cheng Siqing under control. Calculating the time, he should have fallen into the hands of Taige secret agents a few days ago."

Cheng Guang couldn't hold on any longer, his legs softened and he knelt down, and said in a mournful voice, "Please give the Cheng family a way out!"

Jing Chu's tone did not fluctuate at all, and he continued to say: "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 slipped through the net." , but this is not important. However, this time I came to Yuzhou with only a dozen people, and they did not follow me into this house, do you know why?"

Cheng Guang shook his head and said, "The grassroots don't know."

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

Cheng Guang immediately kowtowed non-stop. Although there are many martial arts masters that he spent a lot of money to find in this mansion, but even if he had a hundred guts, he would not dare to do anything to the head of the Tai Pavilion.

Jing Chu stopped him from continuing to kowtow, and said slowly: "At the beginning of this year, Nanzhou Fang Yunhu escaped from the Qishui passenger ship. He kept getting rid of the Taige secret agents along the way, and finally managed to escape back to Nanzhou very strangely. Are you Didn't you think that this officer couldn't find out the truth of this matter?"

Cheng Guang was horrified. If the previous attitude was a bit of a show of weakness, at this moment, Jing Chu's words have stripped all his courage.When Fang Yunhu came to the door, because he had some clues in the hands of the Fang family, he was forced to use secret channels to send this trouble away.

For a period of time thereafter, Cheng Guang was worried day and night, fearing that the crows from Taishitai Pavilion would come to his door, but for more than half a year, everything was calm, and he even gradually forgot about it, but he didn't expect that what should 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 you. Don't let your imagination run wild. It's not that Marquis Pei wanted to spare you, but I think it might be useful to keep you."

After all, Cheng Guang has seen the world, and he is not an ordinary person who has never been out of the county. He only felt bitter after hearing this sentence.

According to the identity of the Marquis of Zhongshan and the long-cherished wish of the country for decades, he certainly understands what the so-called usefulness is.

Jing Chu watched the change of expression on his face, nodded slightly and said, "Have you thought it through?"

Cheng Guang said tremblingly: "The grassroots are stupid, please tell me clearly."

Jing Chu said in a deep voice: "I know that you hold several secret channels into the territory of the Southern Zhou Dynasty. As long as you can assist the military to do a good job, the court will consider mitigating the matter of your collaborating with the enemy and traitorous country in the future." Fall."

At this moment, Cheng Guang only had eight words in his mind: It's not that we won't report, the time has not yet come.

But he has no choice. Even if the crime of smuggling across the Tiancang River and smuggling goods does not lead to ransacking his family, his assistance in Fang Yunhu's escape is enough to wipe out the entire Cheng family. Who knows the reputation of Taishitai Pavilion?It would be worse than death if it fell into their hands.

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

Jing Chu said: "It's not about doing your best, but doing it well."

Cheng Feng said in the tunnel: "Obey."

"I'll give you a day to arrange the way, and someone will come to you tomorrow afternoon to discuss specific matters."

Jing Chu turned around and took a step, then walked out from the side door of Cheng Mansion, walked through the streets and alleys in the lingering autumn wind, and came to an ordinary inn.

Entering a certain guest room, the man in his thirties stood up to greet him, and he was Qian Bing, the head of the Dui Department of Taige.

After taking his seat, Jing Chu said calmly, "Cheng Guang has surrendered and can be used at any time."

Qian Bing subconsciously smiled and said: "This old man is quite knowledgeable, otherwise he would have ransacked his family and exterminated his family. Now that the arrangements have been made in Dingzhou, it is hard to guess whether the whole battle line is true or not. 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 safe?"

Qian Bing was surprised and said: "Old Jing, you have to know that this is Pei Hou's Tibetan front guard, how could he be restless? To be honest, I have never seen such a strict military discipline. This way started from Dingzhou and passed through Sizhou. The journey to the border of Yuzhou is not short, but they have never violated any military regulations. However, that young master seems a little eager, wishing he could enter the territory of Southern Zhou immediately."

Jing Chu finally showed a slight smile, and said slowly: "Gu Fan has a deep blood feud with Nan Zhou's Fang family, this time Pei Hou deliberately let him enter the Zangfeng Guard, obviously to give him a chance to take 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 had been hiding in the dark all his life tremble with fear. It was truly murderous."

Jing Chu nodded and said: "If it wasn't for that, it would be impossible for him to leave his job as a well-off idler and go to the frontier army and start as a pawn."

Qian Bing said with full expectation: "I just don't know how much flesh will be bitten from Nan Zhou's body in this battle."

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

Qian Bing smiled, his eyes became brighter.