The sky gradually darkened.? ?

Zheng Hong walked quietly along the city wall.

All three city gates have been closed, which is the convention.

When you are at night, you must close your door. Except for the water gate in the north, because there are naval troops stationed and the naval troops decide by themselves, the west gate and the south gate will be closed at the hour of You. If there are no special circumstances, the door will not be opened.

As for the East Gate, it is not open at ordinary times. It only opens for one hour in the morning and afternoon every day, which is convenient for the nobles in the city to visit the Kokkoji Temple and Dongtai Lake. In addition, the goods from Nagasezu Pier will also choose these two hours to enter the city, so they will not open at other times.

As the ant thief retreated from Shouzhou, although the other counties had been severely damaged, this promoted the prosperity of Shouchun City in disguise.

A large number of gentry with slightly assets flocked to Shouzhou to avoid ant thieves, especially wealthy families with small assets in Anfeng County, who fled into Shouchun City.

Although the ant thief has gone south, the city is burned and the refugees have turned into bandits, making Anfeng and Huoqiu counties a chaotic place. However, the heads of Shouchun City have never made up their minds to leave the city to clear them.

However, both Umeda's families focused on Yingbo and the two states on the opposite bank of the river north. The ant thieves there were still fighting with the Huaibei War Army, and they have not yet seen any conclusions.

What they were most worried about was that the ant thieves finally suddenly went south to attack Shouzhou, so they would rather delay for a year than send their troops out to suppress the bandits easily, for fear of being caught off guard by the ant thieves.

For them, the prosperous Tang Dynasty and Huoshan no longer belong to Shouzhou. They originally had little profit in these two counties, and Huoqiu and Anfeng were also destroyed into white land. The clearance and recovery were not affected a few months earlier, a few months later.

After walking along the city wall, when Zheng Hong passed by Yunhe Tower in the north, there were guests on Yunhe Tower and there were many guests. The melodious singing of the leading female genius girl in Shouzhou was coming from the lingering in the private room on the second floor.

"Didn't you hear that the three-foot dragon spring sword is no one in the box. A fallen goose bow and a hundred golden flower arrows. I have been loyal to the country and have fought in hardships. I hope to make achievements first, and then meet the king..."

The strong and heroic spirit came to his face.

"good!"

"Miss Green Bamboo, chivalrous,..."

"Brother Chunlai returned from Jiangdu. Have you ever seen the beauty of Yangzhou? Compared with Miss Luzhu, does it mean to be sonorous?"

"Mr. Mei made fun of it. How can the figure of the green pearl and puppet will be comparable to that of Yangzhou?"

Tian Chunlai came back from Jiangdu.

The main characters of Umeda's two families are embracing him.

If it were in the past, the Umeda family might have invited the Zheng family, but in the past six months, the Umeda family's attitude towards the Zheng family has also quietly changed.

Like today, I just sent someone to send an invitation to invite the leader of the Zheng family to attend. Everyone in Shouchun City knew that his elder brother was in poor health and had not gone out for a long time. How could he attend such a banquet? But these people intentionally did not invite other members of the Zheng family, which obviously did not want the Zheng family to attend.

This is not good news.

Tian Chunlai is the number one master of the Tian family, and is only in his early thirties. Although he is still a little different from Mei Kuang's fixed interest period, he is already a fierce character in the late stage of Taixi. Even Zheng Hong himself has to admit that he is inferior to Tian Chunlai himself.

If nothing unexpected happens, it will be a short time for Tian Chunlai to enter the fixed interest period.

The Tian family was backed by Huainan, and the Tian family has always had close ties with the King of Wu Yang.

However, in recent years, the relationship between the King of Wu Yang and the powerful minister of Wu State Xu has been tense. Although the Xu family has taken the power and took the initiative, the Yang family has a deep foundation in Wu, and the Xu family is also quite afraid of it, so both sides dare not tear their faces arbitrarily.

I don’t know what Tian Chun’s purpose was to come to Jiangning this time and what he gained.

Tian Chunlai was the deputy commander of the Shouzhou Yajun Army, and Mei Kuang was the commander of the Shouzhou Yajun Army. Although the Shouzhou Yajun only had a battalion of people, its combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.

He glanced at the brightly lit pavilion from afar, Zheng Hong's face was quiet, but he quietly withdrew his gaze and walked forward again.

The two of them followed Zheng Hong tightly, tightly following the weapons on their bodies and followed silently.

Along the water gate of North City, Zheng Hong quietly walked into the shadows, and there were already people waiting here.

"Uncle Second." The man in armor saw Zheng Hong coming and bowed.

"Youlu, there is no need to be too polite, are you ready?"

Qian Youlu's cheeks were sweating, and even his voice changed a little: "Uncle Second, at most, Mei Jing will take over at Chou Shi Mei Jing, and before Mizushi, Ya Jun was patrolling, so there was only Mizushi's hour."

"One hour? It's enough." As if feeling Qian Youlu's nervousness, Zheng Hong smiled and comforted: "Don't worry, everything goes according to plan."

Zheng Hong could understand that it was not easy for this foreigner to sit in this seat. Mei Jing kept trying to replace him, but lost the support of the Zheng family. Qian Youlu also knew that he would not be the commander of the camp for long. Mei Jing had already told the people below that before September, the commander would be changed.

"Second uncle, is the entire army of the Hanzhou army really entering?" The man in armor couldn't help asking again. Although Zheng Hong had already told him three times, he was still subconsciously worried. The handle of the hand knife in his hand had been soaked in sweat that it was a little slippery, but he was still uneasy.

"Youlu, what do you think?" Zheng Hong tried hard to make his expression relaxed. "The combat effectiveness of the Xuzhou army is far better than the troops under the Umeda family that did not even dare to leave the city gate. They not only defeated the ant thief in Han Baling's army, but also defeated the famous Caizhou army in Gushi City. This time, their governor Jiang Feng led the team himself, and the ice king halberd Yang Kan, known as the twelve blades of Bianliang, assisted. We will win this battle, but the premise is that you want them to enter the city smoothly!"

It seemed that Zheng Hong's words had a little fighting spirit for the man in armor. The man in armor nodded: "That's good, second uncle, I heard that Tian Chun is coming and going?"

"Well, don't worry, just a master in the Taixi period. I heard that Lord Jiang's personal female guards are all masters in the resting period. The Ice King Ji Yang Kan has already entered the fixed period." Zheng Hong subconsciously raised the level of the Xuzhou period, which was as if he was comforting the other party and cheering himself up.

Seeing Zheng Hong's casual look on his face, the man in armor breathed a sigh of relief.

"Youlu, remember, once the Xuzhou army enters the city, be sure to control Mei Jing and seal those people in the camp. After disarming, they will be detained. They will definitely not be allowed to go out. If there is a resistance, they will be killed without mercy!"

A trace of murderous aura squeezed out from Zheng Hong's teeth, and Zheng Hong's eyes also became a little colder.

"Don't worry, I know how to do it." The man in armor also knew that he would not be able to be kind at this time. Either you die or I die. If he wants to resist and disobey, he has no choice. Even if he is the best robe, he can only face his hands and blades.

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Yunhe Tower.

Singing, dancing, orchestral, ups and downs.

The little songs of a slutty and melodious high-pitched voices linger incessantly.

During the meals, people's hearts were different.

Tian Chunrong also noticed that his cousin was not in high spirits.

After returning from Jiangning, he realized this. His cousin seemed to have been depressed and worried.

He could probably guess some, but he could do nothing.

His family affairs are beyond our reach.

Similarly, the Mei family members sitting opposite were all worried.

Not only the imperial court ruled away the prosperous Tang Dynasty and Huoshan, but these two counties were less than 20% in the original old Shouzhou, whether it was population tax or land production.

It was not entirely ant thief who swept over Huoqiu and Anfeng. Huoqiu is the foundation of the Zheng family, and the Umeda family did not have much profit there.

Although Anfeng suffered huge losses, the most important things in Anfeng are Tiantu and Shaopi. No one can move these two things. As long as they can attract refugees, they can recover their vitality in one or two years.

My cousin was worried about the unstable situation in Wu, while the Mei family was a little worried about the corruption in the situation in Huaibei.

Originally, the Zheng army of Huoqiu was annihilated, which was a good time for the Umeda family to take over the Zheng business. However, the ant thieves were still poisoning in Huaibei. It was reported here that the situation in Wu might change at any time, so people had to think twice before doing anything.

When I returned from Jiangning, my cousin kept talking about the situation in Wu, but Tian Chunrong could feel that it was mostly unfavorable to the Yang family.

This diluted the excitement brought by the Umeda family's two reached to divide the Zheng family's business.

"Chunlai, is it that Jiangning is in a bad situation? Is Xu going to do it?"

The man with wide forehead, high cheekbones, who had not spoken much, looked slightly, "Brother, I'm not sure, but I can feel that the King of Wu is very afraid of Xu, and even reaches a point of being a little afraid. This is not a good phenomenon."

"The King of Wu is still planning to stay in Jiangdu?" Tian Chunrong pondered for a moment. Jiang is the old nest of the Xu family, and the Yang family has a greater influence in western prefectures and counties such as Luzhou, Xuanzhou, Hezhou, and Chuzhou.

"I also think he should go back to Luzhou, but what's the reason?" Tian Chunlai was also a little conflicted. "If he really went back to Luzhou, he would really give up Yangzhou, Runzhou, and Changzhou to the Xu family."

"Maybe the situation is not as bad as you think?" Tian Chunrong shook his head, "The Yang family has been deeply rooted for decades and has received many favors from the Yang family. The King of Wu is afraid that he has some confidence in his heart and is willing to stay in Yangzhou just now."

Tian Chunlai shook his head repeatedly, obviously disagreeing with his brother's point of view.

"Brother, the King of Wu is afraid of Xu Zhigao from the bottom of his heart. I can feel that if even His Highness of Wu is so afraid of his opponent, it would be better to withdraw from Yangzhou and defend Luzhou's rivalry."
Chapter completed!