Chapter 418
All the female relatives came to Jinyang, which undoubtedly settled Cui Che's concern.

It is certainly comfortable to play with grandchildren, but Cui Che also knows that he is not yet old enough to enjoy family happiness.

Compared with the Western Sui Dynasty, the Eastern Sui Dynasty was still at a disadvantage in terms of national power.

Born in sorrow and dying in peace, Cui Che re-entered the intense battle preparation work the day after the sisters from the Yang family came to Jinyang.

At the same time, Zhao Wen, deputy envoy of the Investigation Department, also quietly came to Daxing.

The Observation Department is a secret service agency established by Zhao Mu and Zhao Wen after Cui Che captured Maozhou.

Zhao Mu served as the chief envoy, and Zhao Wen served as the deputy envoy.

As the deputy envoy of the Observation Department, Zhao Wen took the risk to return to Daxing, and naturally he had a mission.

With Cui Che's ability and connections, it is a piece of cake to buy fake residence registrations for Zhao Wen and others in the Western Sui Dynasty. Moreover, Zhao Wen followed Cui Che to study in Guanzhong since he was a child, and he can speak the Kansai dialect. It will not arouse suspicion.

Yiyangfang is one of the 109 squares in Daxing City. Many dignitaries and dignitaries lived in the square, including the residence of the late Xiangzhou governor Du Zha.

There is a restaurant near the Du Mansion, and Zhao Wen visits it every day. He will choose an elegant room on the second floor, sit by the window, drink alone, and observe the people coming and going from the Du Mansion.

Soon, someone hurried up to the second floor and knocked on the door of the elegant room.

"Come in."

Zhao Wen called out.

The person who came pushed open the door, and it was the secret work of following Zhao Wenyi to Daxing.

The fine work approached, attached to the ear canal:

"Deputy Envoy, everything has been settled. The eldest son of the Du Mansion was tricked out of the city and has been kidnapped by the brothers."

Zhao Wen nodded slightly, exhorting:

"Remember to treat each other with courtesy, don't hurt him."

Xi Zuo agreed to leave, and Zhao Wen drank another glass, then got up and went downstairs, paid for the drink, and went to visit Du's mansion.

Menzi asked Zhao Wen's identity politely.

Zhao Wen didn't answer, just took out a jade pendant and said:

"Please leave it to the third son of your mansion, he will go out and meet you."

Sure enough, as Zhao Wen said, when Du Chuke, the third son of the Du family, saw the jade pendant in his doorman's hand, his expression changed drastically.

He hurried out and welcomed Zhao Wen into the wing room. Du Chuke pushed back the others, put the jade pendant on the table again, and asked:
"I don't know where this brother got this jade pendant from?"

Zhao Wen laughed and said:

"This jade is a gift from an old friend."

At that time, Du Chuke's face was serious, and he asked:

"Dare to ask my friends from Xiongtai, where are you now?"

Zhao Wen spat out two words:

"Jinyang."

Du Chuke became emotional:
"How is my second brother now!"

It turned out that this jade pendant was the personal belonging of his second brother Du Ruhui.

In the early years, when Du Ruhui was waiting for election in the Ministry of Officials, he met Fang Xuanling who came to Daxing to report on his work. However, Fang Xuanling did not drag him into the water because he considered Du Ruhui was from Kansai.

After that, Du Ruhui was sent to Hebei by the Ministry of Officials to serve as a lieutenant of Fuyang County.

But different from the original time and space, Cui Che was behind the scenes. During Du Ruhui's tenure in Fuyang, Du Ruhui went smoothly and did not abandon his position halfway. Instead, he was promoted to be a county magistrate after his term of office ended, but he still stayed in Hebei. To be an official.

Needless to say, this is also Cui Che's handwriting.

At that time, he had not yet fallen out with the court, and secretly arranging a county magistrate was just a matter of little effort.

And the county that Du Ruhui ruled was in Dingzhou.

When Cui Che turned against the court and refused to enter the court, Du Ruhui also sensed that there was bound to be a battle between the two sides.

Du Ruhui was very decisive, he immediately resigned from office and left, but Cui Che had already sent someone to spy on him, and before Du Ruhui left Dingzhou, Liu Fang caught him back.

Liu Fang imprisoned Du Ruhui and ignored him until Cui Che seized Hedong and brought Du Ruhui to Jinyang, but he was imprisoned in another place.

Cui Che knew that if Du Ruhui wanted to work for him wholeheartedly, he had to relieve him of any worries. That's why he sent Zhao Wen to Daxing to preside over the plan to take Du Ruhui's family to the Kanto.

Du Chuke was emotional, but Zhao Wen was very calm. He said lightly:
"Second Young Master is now a guest in Jinyang, everything is fine, there is no need to worry, but Second Young Master may ask me where Eldest Young Master is now."

Du Chuke couldn't suppress his anger anymore, he grabbed Zhao Wen's lapel and forced him to ask:
"What have you done to my elder brother!"

Zhao Wen patted Du Chuke's hand and said with a smile:
"That's not the way of hospitality."

When Du Chuke let go, Zhao Wen straightened his clothes and said:

"The eldest son is fine, it's just that King Yan invited him to Jinyang as a guest."

Du Chuke gritted his teeth and said:

"What exactly do you want!"

Although Zhao Wen was a guest, he took the initiative to pour a bowl of tea for Du Chuke, and said to Du Chuke:

"Third Young Master calm down first, and listen to me speak slowly."

Seeing Du Chuke drink the tea, Zhao Wen explained:

"The king of Yan intends to reuse the second son, but he is worried that the people in Du's mansion will be involved, so he ordered me to come to Daxing and take the second son's family to Hedong."

Du Chuke breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words. From this point of view, at least his elder brother and second brother are not in danger, but he still said unhappily:

"Is it too rude for Xiongtai to hijack my brother?"

Zhao Wen laughed and said:

"Without the eldest son as a hostage, how dare Zhao visit the house."

Only then did Du Chuke dissipate his anger. Now that the second brother is trapped in Jinyang, and the eldest brother is also taken hostage, Du Chuke said helplessly:
"What Du should do, please tell Brother Zhao clearly."

Zhao Wen was overjoyed and said:

"Brother Du, please lie that the Eldest Young Master had an accident outside the city, and quickly take his family out of the city. King Yan has already arranged a mansion in Jinyang, and everything is ready, so there is no need to pack up."

Du Chuke had no choice but to agree to Zhao Wen's request.

After Zhao Wen left, Du Chuke took a group of frightened family members out of the city on the grounds that his brother was in distress.

Du Ruhui was different from Li Jing in that he had never been a thief and was still imprisoned in Jinyang Prison, so the Western Sui Dynasty court did not restrict the freedom of his family members.

But Li Jing's relatives were implicated by him.

Li Jing's brother Li Duan, his younger brothers Li Keshi and Li Weijie were all dismissed from office, and they were at home, so they couldn't leave Daxing easily.

Du Chuke rushed to the ferry outside the city to join Zhao Wen and others with his nephews and family members.

The family members didn't see his brother, and asked questions one after another, and Du Chuke finally told the truth.

Things have come to this, and everyone can't criticize him

After seeing the token of the eldest son of the Du family presented by Zhao Wen, and Du Ruhui's personal jade pendant presented by Du Chuke, the family members boarded the boat, and the slaves who followed them out of the city were also taken with them, so as not to leak the news.

As for the eldest son of the Du family, he was sent to Jinyang earlier. Zhao Wen was actually on guard against Du Chuke's sudden repentance. Fortunately, all of this was just his carelessness.

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