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Chapter 547 Love Silk
The heavy snow in January covered the whole of Hebei, even the Shandong Peninsula near the sea is no exception.

Dengzhou in Donglai County was also covered with heavy snow. In this cold winter, hundreds of newly repaired warships were quietly moored in the port.

These are all Liaohai ships that came to protect the children's navy in the Sui Dynasty. Now, with the efforts of Zhou Zhou and Zhou Zuojiang, they have all been restored.

In the navy camp, Zhou Zhou, a sailor who joined the army, has been promoted from Youjing Craftsman Workshop to a member of the Ministry of Industry, Zhou Zuojiang, and his two family members are drinking in the navy camp by the harbor.

Zhou Zuojiang smiled and said: "It's snowing heavily. I just went out, and when I breathed out, shards of ice formed on both sides of my beard."

Zhou Zhou smiled, poured a bowl of rice wine for Zhou Zuojiang, and said, "Yes, with such heavy snow, I don't know if the river has thawed. Downstream, Wang Shichong has been reinforced."

After hearing this, Zhou Zuojiang said, "It's really going to be a fight. Li Tang is not Dou Jiande, Liu Heitai, I'm afraid it's not easy to fight."

Zhou Zhou said: "This is the meaning of the emperor. Have you ever heard the truth about the death of lips and cold teeth? Zheng Guo is the lips. If Zheng Guo dies, I will be exposed to the Tang army in Hebei, and it will be dangerous."

Zhou Zuojiang shook his head and said, "I don't know about that. My old Zhou knows how to forge weapons. As for fighting, I don't know anything about it."

Zhou Zhou said: "Building weapons is the best thing. You see, I am studying, but I joined the army in the navy, but you are a dignified member of the Ministry of Industry. How can this compare?"

Zhou Zuojiang laughed and said: "This is still the kindness of King Zhao, otherwise I am just a craftsman, how can I have any hope of becoming a master in this life."

The two were chatting and laughing, at this moment a soldier outside the tent came in and said: "I found a spy at the port with wax pills on his body."

Zhou Zhou was slightly surprised and said, "Wax pill? Bring that person up."

"promise!"

"Also please invite Manager Jin to join us."

Not long after, Jin Chunqiu, chief of the Dengzhou navy, entered the house, and the secret agent was also escorted, and he complained of injustice as soon as he entered the door.

Zhou Zhou cross-examined the other party's background, and there was nothing wrong with it, except that the wax pill was quite suspicious.

Zhou Zhou broke open the wax pill and got a bunch of unreadable words.If it wasn't for this wax pill, Zhou Zhou would have almost let this person go as an innocent person.

"What do the words on the wax pill mean? If you say it, your life will be spared. If you can't, you will be sunk into the sea."

The man said: "It's really wronged, I don't know where this wax pill came from, maybe someone manipulated it and put it on me, Xiaomin really doesn't know."

At this time, Jin Chunqiu, who was sitting beside Zhou Zhou, smiled, and said, "You speak Chinese well, but your accent is still not very authentic. You are from the Juan slave department!"

Speaking of this, the other party's face changed slightly, and he asked, "What Juan slave department, I don't know."

Jin Chunqiu sneered: "Still talking hard. Such a person can only be hit by me."

After speaking, a few Silla soldiers came up, and smacked their mouths at that Xi Zuo.

Jin Chunqiu sneered, and pulled out a burning charcoal from the burning charcoal fire.

Hearing a beeping sound, sparks burst out from the charcoal, seeing the charcoal in Jin Chunqiu's hand getting closer and closer to the eyes of the meticulous worker.

The man shouted: "I'm recruiting, I'm recruiting! In this wax pill, just read every three characters backwards."

Jin Chunqiu sneered and threw down the charcoal fire. Zhou Zhou read the letter once and said angrily, "What a li yuan, you bastard."

Jin Chunqiu read the wax book and said: "Although Li Yuan is shameless, he is indeed a ruthless person."

"However, we can't make the decision to cede the six counties of Youyan, including Zhuojun, Liaodong, and Liaoxi, to Goguryeo," Zhou Zhou said angrily. Not to mention the four counties of the Han Dynasty, Li Yuan still wants to cede Youjing, which has been inhabited by Han people for generations, to the Goguryeo people, which is really shameless."

Zhou Zuojiang heard this and said, "This matter must be reported to King Zhao immediately. If we send troops to help Zheng, it will be bad if Liaodong is taken by Goguryeo."

That night Jin Chunqiu continued to stay in the water village, Zhou Zhou and Zhou Zuojiang rushed to Donglai County under the escort of [-] soldiers.

The heavy snow had stopped at night, the cold stars in the sky were sparse, and the sea was in the distance.

The boundary of Donglai County is not very peaceful. Li Tang's Donglai Governor, Chunyu Nan, sent troops to harass Donglai County from time to time, so Zhou Zhou was on strict precautions all the way.

When we arrived outside the city, suddenly a carriage rushed from the official road.

Zhou Zhou was very surprised, thinking how could someone drive in the middle of the night.

So Zhou Zhou ordered the cavalry to intercept the carriage. After the carriage was intercepted, he found that there was only a mother, daughter, and maid in the carriage except for a driver.

Zhou Zhou was very surprised and ordered someone to light the torches, but seeing that the mother and daughter were not ordinary people, they were probably from official families, but why they were driving in the middle of the night was strange.

The woman said in a serious voice: "My family is the daughter of Qiao County Sheriff of Donglai County that you are looking for. You have nothing to say if you catch me, so you can dedicate me to Mr. Zhao!"

There was stubbornness in the woman's voice, but the mother beside him said flatly: "This is the end of the matter, everything is left to fate, but we are also descendants of a famous family, so you must not be rude."

Zhou Zhou knew that Mr. Zhao was Zhao Xin, the sheriff of Donglai County. He had heard about the daughter of the sheriff Qiao. Donglai County was not big, and there were many rumors in the officialdom. Walk around less, but I also heard that Zhao Xin fell in love with this woman and wanted Feng Qiuhuang, but was frequently rejected.

Now the other party is running at night, apparently to escape Zhao Xin's control.

Zhou Zhou saw this woman standing alone beside the car under the cold wind, like a plum blossom standing steeply in the cold wind, her appearance could be called national beauty, but there was a sense of determination.Zhou Zhou thought to himself, he just thought that even Zhao Xin, a son from such a famous family, would admire this woman endlessly.

Zhou Zhou has always been a person who despises the rich and powerful. Although he has been an official in the Zhao Kingdom for a long time, he has been quite unsatisfied, and it is also because of his arrogance.And this woman is not afraid of rape, she would rather run away than refuse the court guard Zhao Xin's pursuit, which really made him feel a surge of appreciation.

At that moment Zhou Zhou waved his hand and said, "Let's go!"

The woman was very surprised and asked: "You are really willing to let me go."

Zhou Zhou said: "Yes, but this area is in turmoil. If you don't worry, you can go to Dengzhou. There you can go to sea by boat. You can go to Jiangnan and Yangzhou."

After hearing this, the woman immediately said: "This kindness and virtue, I will keep it in my heart, I wonder if I can tell my life?"

Zhou Zhou waved his hand. He let this woman go because of his discord with Zhao Xin.He said casually: "I can't get anything in return for saving you. Let's go, I can only help you here."

The woman said: "I don't want to thank you for your kindness." After speaking, Yingying bowed down in the snow.
The moment she got into the car, the woman suddenly opened the curtain and said, "My family's name is Qiao Yuexin, and the officials still remember it."

After saying that, the car drove away, but Zhou Zhou froze in place.

After the woman left, Zhou Zhou's troops arrived at the city of Donglai County at dawn, and the city gate just opened at this moment.

Zhou Zhou entered the county guard's mansion and Zhao Xin, the county magistrate, reported to the Tang army what he had done carefully.During the discussion, Zhou Zhou saw that Zhao Xin's expression was very anxious, and he was completely different from the usual calm demeanor of the son of the aristocratic family.

Zhou Zhou sneered from the bottom of his heart and said, "Mr. Zhao, if something belongs to you, even if you lose it for a while, it will come back. But if it doesn't belong to you, even if you get it temporarily, you will lose it sooner or later. I advise you to see it." Open some."

After hearing Zhou Zhou's words, Zhao Xin said angrily, "Zhou Canjun, what do you mean? There is something in the words?"

"It's nothing interesting, anyway, I've already brought him, so you hurry to Youjing and leave." Zhou Zhou ignored Zhao Xin and strode away after speaking.

"This bastard, he fought with me when he was in the county school, and he still fought with me after he became an official. Now he is stepped on by me, and he still doesn't know what to do. One day, I will make you suffer like this."

Zhao Xin looked at Zhou Zhou's back with cold eyes, but when he thought about what Zhou Zhou said just now, he found it suspicious.

Immediately, Zhao Xin sent someone to inquire, and finally found out by bribing one of Zhou Zhou's soldiers that it was Zhou Zhou who let Qiao Yuexin go.

Zhao Xin was furious at the moment, thinking Zhou Zhou, I am incompatible with you.

At present, Zhao Xin wrote in the memorial that Zhou Zhou had privately released the daughter of Governor Qiao, and also participated in his sabotage in repairing the ship. He collected twelve charges out of nothing and wrote them down in the secret.Then the secret paper was sent to Youjing together with the details of Goguryeo.

Then Zhao Xin wrote a letter to his father, asking him to mobilize the forces of the Zhao family to impeach Zhou Zhou.

On the other hand, Zhou Zhou left Donglai County the next day. His colleagues reminded him that Zhao Xin might retaliate, but he never took it to heart.

Zhou Zhou returned to Dengzhou. After some inquiries, he learned that Qiao Yuexin and his mother had just left for Yangzhou on a merchant ship.

Hearing that Qiao Yuexin had left, Zhou Zhou, who was a little moved by him, couldn't help but feel a little at a loss.He remembered that when he was parting, Qiao Yuexin picked up the curtain of the car and told him her boudoir's name. Was it because she had feelings for him?
Thinking of this, Zhou Zhou couldn't help but feel a little crazy, but then he said, the world is in chaos right now, the people are displaced, and he is about to do something big with this, how can he care about his children's personal relationship.Thinking of this, Zhou Zhou forcibly cut off the longing.

In the Linshuo Palace in Youjing, two memorials appeared on Li Chongjiu's desk. One was Li Yuan's plan to let Goguryeo send troops to restrain Zhao's army from aiding Zheng, and promised to send Zhuojun, Liaoxi, Yuyang, Anle, and Beiping to the five prefectures of Zhuojun, Liaoxi, Yuyang, Anle, Even the old land of Liaodong was ceded to Goguryeo.

One copy is naturally from Zhao Xin in Zhouzhou.

Of the two memorials, the latter one is of course not as important as the former one. Li Chongjiu just disliked Zhou Zhou even more in his heart. He wanted to reward Zhou Zhou for this matter, but he gave up.

But now Li Yuan's alliance with Goguryeo has caused Li Chongjiu to fall into deep thought.

(End of this chapter)