Chapter 118: In the Shadows

The mighty convoy headed towards the prefect's mansion amidst the soldiers brought by Huang Desheng. On both sides of the street, the people in Liaoxi City gathered more and more. Not only was it rare to see so many war horses gathered, but also Most people came to see the captured Hutu tribe leader Latobe.

The patriarch of a tribe is roughly equivalent to the master of Liaoxi City, the eunuch Zhang Shouyue. Many people secretly speculate about this gray-haired old man imprisoned in a cage and wearing heavy shackles. For more than ten years, this was the first time that an important person from the Eastern Hu fell into the hands of the Dayan people. The two families had been enemies for a long time. The Eastern Hu people and the Liaoxi people really did not have the slightest favor. I don't know who started it, a Chinese cabbage flew up from the crowd, hit the cage, and broke into pieces, the broken leaves of the cabbage fell from the cage and landed on Latobe's head, He raised his head in a daze and looked outside.

"Smash this Donghu dog to death!" There were bursts of shouts from the crowd, and with a shout, countless vegetable leaves, eggs, dirt and even pebbles flew towards the cage like raindrops.

Huang Desheng didn't see it well. If La Trobe was killed, the matter would be difficult. With an order, the soldiers rushed up and surrounded the cage tightly. He became tense, and immediately set up a cordon along both sides of the street, separating the angry people from the periphery.

Seeing Huang Desheng's soldiers respond quickly, Gao Yuan admired this Uncle Huang with scars all over his face. His soldiers were well led!

Amidst the cheers and anger of the crowd, the huge convoy crossed the street and went further and further.

Along the street, on the top floor of a three-storey restaurant, two people stood in front of the window with gloomy faces, watching the convoy. One was Linghudan, the governor of Liaoxi County, and the other was a silver-haired man with a shaggy body. The old man in the luxurious silk robe.

"Why didn't you let this La Trobe do it on the way?" The old man stood in front of Linghu Dan with his hands behind his back, and asked in a deep voice, but there was no trace of politeness in his tone.

"Uncle, it's not that I don't want to do it, I also sent people, but it's really hard to get it. This Lu Hong is a cunning and cunning man, and his nephew Gao Yuan's soldiers are thieves and thieves. They tried to get close several times, but they almost failed." Losing the wind, I had no choice but to give up in the end." Linghu Dan's face was full of frustration. "Who would have thought that this La Trobe is so useless, the four hundred cavalry were defeated by Lu Hong, and he was captured alive. Uncle, my nephew did not consider this accident."

"Didn't think about it?" The old man looked at him sarcastically, "Ah Dan, speaking of which, you are also an important general of my Linghu family, and you didn't consider other possibilities when you acted? It's the worst thing to do beforehand." Just in case, you have made such a big mistake, and you have to wipe your ass for your family, you have let the Prime Minister down too much."

"I hope uncle will speak well in front of the Prime Minister!" Linghu Dan showed a disturbed look on his face. Looking out of the window, the angry crowd was attacking La Trobe in the cage, and he couldn't help showing a look of complacency on his face, "It's best to kill him!" He said fiercely.

"No one else is a fool!" The old man said coldly, "If you catch La Trobe, you will get hold of our Linghu family. We certainly do."

"Uncle, what should we do now?" Linghu Dan showed a look of panic on his face.

"What should I do? La Trobe has no choice. The Prime Minister of the State has already thought of another way. He has sent eight hundred miles to see King Donghu urgently, asking King Dong Hu to take this La Trobe back no matter what. If it is Zhang Shouyue will definitely have to sell his face when King Donghu comes forward."

"Even if Zhang Shou promises to let La Trobe go,

That will definitely get what he wants. "Linghu Dan sat down dejectedly.

"If the person is gone, how useful is a confession? It's okay to deal with others, but it's not very effective against us." The old man said disapprovingly: "But there is one more thing, have you thought about it?"

"Uncle, what else is there?"

"You idiot!" The old man said angrily, "Latrobe's problem has been solved, what about the other person?"

"Huo Zhu?" Linghu Dan suddenly jumped up.

"Huo Zhu!" The old man nodded emphatically, "What are you doing for food? The people who were sent to help Huo Zhu break the city should have made Huo Zhu disappear as soon as they saw the failure of the operation. In this way, it can be said that Huo Zhu Zhu died in a fierce battle when Donghu broke the city. Not only did it erase this stain, but it also added some light to my Linghu family. Fortunately, you let him return to Liaoxi City with your people. At that time, it was too late to get rid of it, and you actually grabbed a pile of shit and paste it in your trousers, are you afraid that the Prime Minister of the country is not enough trouble?"

Cold sweat dripped down Linghu Dan's face. Uncle Linghu Qingyuan, who was always known for his elegance and demeanor, actually burst out with foul language. It was obvious that the other party's calm appearance was hiding an angry heart. Linghu Qingyuan In this way, the attitude of the Prime Minister can be imagined.

"My nephew is thinking that Huo Zhu has made a lot of contributions to our Linghu family over the years, and he always can't bear to cross the river and tear down the bridge, so he just abandons him and just pulls him if he can." Linghu Dan said in a low voice.

Linghu Qingyuan laughed hehe, looked at Linghu Dan, and shook his head again and again, "I really don't know how you got the favor of the Prime Minister of the country, let you control the most important economic lifeline of the family, Linghu Dan, really If something happens, let alone Huo Zhu, even you, you have to sacrifice for the family without hesitation, it's really ridiculous to think about this."

Linghu was stunned for a while, "Nephew understands, nephew will go down immediately to make arrangements."

"As soon as possible, Lu Hong has already entered the city, and tomorrow at the latest, they will take Huo Zhu and his son by hand. Once they are caught, and the testimony of La Trobe's confession is matched, it will be ironclad. Once Huo Zhu died, La Trobe His confession is nothing to be afraid of, hehe, a Donghu barbarian intends to alienate my important minister of Dayan, his sinister heart is evident, it is best to encourage that Zhang to keep his promise and kill La Trobe with a knife, when the time comes Donghu When the king sent someone to redeem La Trobe, this guy had already turned into a dead body, and King Donghu must be very unhappy, so it would be a good idea to give Zhang Shouyue some eye drops." Linghu Qingyuan narrowed his eyes, laughed.

"Nephew, let's do it!"

"Go, go, don't make any mistakes this time."

Looking at Linghu Dan's back in a hurry, Linghu Qingyuan sat down leisurely, picked up the wine glass on the table, and took a sip, "Good wine is better than the wine given by the palace." Well, it’s worthwhile to come all the way to Liaoxi City this time.” He sipped and drank slowly with great interest. Although this matter was a bit troublesome for him, it was not enough to make him feel at a loss. Even if it's the worst step, so what, it's possible that Zhang Shouyue still wants to turn against the Prime Minister, but in the end it's just hello, me, hello, everyone, with a smile, a tacit understanding, and a mention, the left and right are just general orders Hu Dan will go back and never let him out again.

In the prefect's mansion, all the material handovers have been completed. Of course, this is only on the surface, and there are some things that cannot be put on the table. Zhang Shouyue sent out all irrelevant people, even Huang Desheng and other generals. After receiving the order and being sent out, only Zhang Shouyue and Lu Honghe were left in the lobby.

It wasn't until this time that Lu Hong took out another list from his bosom, which contained Zhang Shouyue's dividends for the first quarter and three boxes of the six boxes of goods donated by Gao Yuan. After reading the numbers on the list, although Zhang Shouyue had been prepared in his heart, he was still taken aback. The huge profit was far beyond his expectation.

"In the first quarter, there was an income of nearly 30,000 yuan?" He looked at Lu Hong and asked in surprise.

Lu Hong bowed and said: "Yes, this is because we have just started to distribute goods in other counties, and more or less, overtly or secretly, we will encounter resistance and sabotage from some local forces. After a while, I believe that the income will increase." more impressive."

Zhang Shouyue was very excited. In the first quarter, he got nearly 30,000 guan, and after a year, he got 120,000 guan. This money is more than enough for him to build an army of 3,000 people. With his strength, he is not afraid that the Dayan court will not entrust Liaoxi County to him.

Shaking the list in his hand, "What are these goods?"

Although he knew that the other party was asking out of the blue, Lu Hong still replied very seriously: "The old Hutu camp was taken down. This is copied from them. There are twelve boxes in total, but this time they cooperated with the Hutus. They came out We collected more than 200 cavalry, and half of them were distributed. We got a total of six boxes, three of which were left in Fufeng. This time, Fufeng City was destroyed, and many families were destroyed. And the money is going to do exactly that."

"Yeah!" Zhang Shouyue nodded. In wars, especially after victories such as raiding families and exterminating clans, there must be a lot of floating wealth. As for how much the people below swallowed, he didn't care. If you don't put in much effort, it's not bad if you can take part of it to honor yourself, but if you don't have a penny, what can you do? Lu Hong was considered extremely loyal, judging from the number on the list, the value of these three boxes of goods was at least over 100,000 guan, and he was extremely satisfied.

"Lu Hong, I have always been very reassured when you do things. I must have revealed to you that the victory must have been revealed to you. This time I am going to prepare for the formation of the former army and transfer you to be the former commander of the army. Are you willing?" Zhang Shouyue put down his hands list, asked.

"It's a great honor for this subordinate to return to serve in front of the prefect again!" Lu Hong's voice was full of excitement. Being a general in the army led by the prefect is naturally not comparable to that of a county lieutenant. What's more, now that Fufeng has Gao Yuan, Lu Hong feels that he has nothing to do with him. With him around, he is extremely at ease.