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The sunset is setting, and it is dusk in a blink of an eye.

At this time, Zhao Yu and Zhang Ji were still happy, but because the time was getting late, he said to Zhang Ji: "If you have nothing else, why don't you go to Kunyang first. I have something to ask you...how?"

Hearing this, Zhang Ji clasped his fists without hesitation and said seriously: "I hope to return to the second young master."

Zhao Yu was slightly surprised by such a blunt expression of loyalty.

After all, today is different from the past. Zhang Ji has already held an important position in Jiangdong, so Zhao Yu did not think of Zhang Ji returning to his side.

But unexpectedly, Zhang Ji brought it up by himself.

Perhaps it was because of vanity, Zhao Yu deliberately asked, "What should you do about your affairs in Jiangdong?"

Zhang Ji said seriously: "The eldest son has Chu Xiao and others around you, and I am the guard next to you, the second son."

Hearing this, Zhao Yu was very happy. He looked at Zhang Jihou with relief, nodded and said, "Go back to Kunyang first."

After saying that, he put on the tiger-patterned mask again and said to Niu Heng, who had already finished all the barbecue quietly, "Brother Niu, call back He Shun and others."

"good."

Niu Heng, who was full of wine and food, touched his stomach and shouted at the top of his throat: "He Shun!"

The loud shout was like thunder, which shocked the quiet girl, covering her ears and jumped away a little, while Zhang Ji was secretly surprised: This rash man was full of energy and his voice was like thunder, he must be a warrior!

He guessed it right.

"Here's here."

After Niu Heng's voice, He took a few black tiger thieves to appear in the distance, and the two Jiangdong soldiers brought by Zhang Ji were also passing by. Seeing that Zhang Ji was safe, the two of them felt relieved and hurried back behind Zhang Ji.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu ordered He Shun: "Notify all brothers to return to the county town, today's affairs will not be announced."

"yes."

He Shun responded with fists.

Before going down the mountain, Zhao Yu took care of Zhang Ji privately: "When I put on this mask, I will be Zhou Hu."

Of course, Zhang Ji understood the purpose of this second young master.

In this way, the group went down the mountain and returned to Kunyang.

When we returned to Kunyang, the sky had completely darkened, and only the light of torches flashed in Kunyang City.

Taking advantage of the time when He Shun called to open the city gate, the two Jiangdong soldiers beside Zhang Ji finally couldn't help it and asked him in a low voice: "Brother Zhang, is this Kunyang?"

Seeing the two of them trembled, Zhang Ji smiled and comforted, "Captain Zhou asked me to stay for a few days, so there is no need to panic."

However, when he heard this, the two Jiangdong soldiers became even more nervous.

Don’t be afraid of Guan Shuo and Chen Xu, because Jiangdong also belongs to the righteous teacher, and Kunyang... that is the territory of the black scarf thief!

When they were in the military camp on the south bank of Shahe River, they heard the soldiers of the righteous army talk about the ferocity of these black scarf thieves - they were a group of fierce bandits who could not even win the righteous army!

Seeing that the two of them were frightened and turned pale, Zhang Ji had to comfort him again: "It's okay, Chief Zhou is my old acquaintance, he will not harm us."

While comforting, he couldn't help but sigh again, feeling that the second young master had created a huge territory without any help.

"...The eldest son is not as good as this talent."

He thought to himself.

After entering the city, Zhao Yu took Zhang Ji and others back to his and Jingnu's residence - a rather ordinary house in the north of the city.

Although it looks ordinary, since the entire street is home to the Black Tigers, for a long time no local people dared to appear on this street, and regarded it as a "forbidden place".

Of course, after the Battle of Kunyang, the people of Kunyang no longer fear those who wear black scarves, but instead regard them as heroes. However, since the streets are all black tigers, the streets still seem deserted.

He Shun ordered He Shun to send someone to take care of Zhang Ji's two Jiangdong entourages and arrange accommodation for them nearby. Zhao Yu brought Jingnv, Zhang Ji and Niu Heng into the small house.

"How? Jingnv cleans up the floor very cleanly, right?"

When he pushed the door open and walked into the main room, Zhao Yu said to Zhang Ji with a smile.

However, Zhang Ji couldn't laugh. He looked at the narrow yard and felt a sense of sadness surge in his heart.

When did he live in such a small house by the second son of Zhao, Luyang?

He said in a tactful tone: "Why do the second young master treat himself so harshly?"

"Ah?" Zhao Yu didn't understand for a moment.

Seeing this, Zhang Ji pointed to the narrow house.

Unexpectedly, the quiet girl from the side complained: "Brother Zhang really stands and speaks without any pain. In such a house, I have a lot of hard work to clean up the floor every day."

『…』

Zhang Ji, who was choked, looked at Jingnv with a strange expression.

"alright."

Zhao Yu smiled and patted Jingnv's back, urging him: "Go and make some dishes, I'll talk to Zhang Ji again."

"Um."

Jingnv nodded and then turned toward the kitchen.

Looking at her leaving back, Zhang Ji couldn't help but say to Zhao Yu: "The quiet girl... is completely different."

In his impression, Jingnu was a very well-behaved and docile little girl, and she would never complain like she had just now - although he also knew that she had no malice.

"Are you referring to her temper?"

Zhao Yu smiled and invited Zhang Ji into the house, without denying Zhang Ji's doubts.

Indeed, compared to the timid little girl back then, the quiet girl has become stronger and stronger now.

Even, perhaps due to his influence, Jingnv sometimes seems to have his shadow when she makes every move.

But Zhao Yu didn't mind. After all, he was the hostess, so how could he have no means?

After invited Zhang Ji into the house, Zhao Yu took the paper and pen and ink, placed it on the table, and said to Zhang Ji: "While Jing Nu is still cooking, tell me the current situation...especially the territory that the righteous master has built."

"yes."

Zhang Ji hugged his fists, took the brush from Zhao Yu, and explained to the second young master while depicting it on the paper.

"...Jingchu Yishi, I heard that he had taken Nanjun last year and is currently fighting with Wang Shangde from Nanyang in Wannan... On the Jiangzhong Yishi, Jiangzhong Yishi can be roughly divided into three divisions, including Changsha Yishi under Guan Shuo, Jiangxia Yishi under Chen Xu, and Yuzhang Yishi under Cheng Zhou. Guan Shuo and Chen Xu. I won't say much. I think the young master knows better than me. As for Cheng Zhou's Yuzhang Yishi, this Yishi is now slowly falling to my Jiangdong..."

Zhao Yu chuckled and said, "Zhao Zhang has a big appetite."

"It's Mr. Gongyang's suggestion." Zhang Ji smiled and said, "Jiangdong is still a little weaker after all. If he can absorb other charity masters for his own use, it is naturally the best."

"Um."

Zhao Yu nodded and did not continue to ask about this question.

Because he also understood that the Jiangdong Yishishi where Zhao Zhang, Mr. Gongyang and others were located was different from other Yishishishi in the world. To put it bluntly, Mr. Gongyang just borrowed a tiger skin from the "Yishishishi". If he stripped off this layer of tiger skin, Jiangdong Yishishishishishishi was a force that Zhao used to revenge.

In addition to revenge, Zhao Yuguan's strategic arrangements seemed to have the meaning of "breaking the soil and governing" with Jin State, or even "replacing Jin State".

"Anyway, if you want to rebel, then do it thoroughly...Is that what does it mean?"

Zhao Yu shook his head with a strange expression, and suddenly realized that the pedantic and stubborn Mr. Yang was actually a "ruthless man".

Just as Zhao Yu was muttering secretly, Zhang Ji had already drawn the distribution map of the important forces in the world on that piece of paper.

I have to say that he is really not good at painting and has poor painting skills, but Zhao Yu still gained a general understanding of the current situation through the map he drew.

According to Zhang Ji's introduction and explanation, the entire south of the river is currently the territory of the "New Chu Kingdom", and the King of Chu who obeyed Jingchu - at least in name.

On this basis, the various Yishi troops led their troops north last year and captured Nanjun, Jiangxia, Runan, Jiujiang, Lujiang and other counties. In addition, Xia Pi, Pei, Guangling, Pengcheng, and the entire Yishi forces controlled by the Yishi Army in Jiangdong have occupied half of the world.

But if you carefully analyze this "half of the world", the moisture content is really great. After all, compared with the densely populated Hebei, Henan, Central Plains, and Shandong, the territory occupied by Yishi is mostly remote and remote areas that are "underdevelopment".

Take Luyang and Kunyang as an example. Small counties like this are everywhere in Hebei, Henan, Central Plains, Shandong and other places, but on the territory occupied by the Yishishi, this is already a large-scale "big county". In other words, although the Yishishi forces have occupied a lot of territory in the past two years, they have almost no harm to the Jin State.

Zhao Yu suspected that the Jin court had not sent reinforcements for a long time, which may be based on this point - that is, deliberately giving up some unimportant land and induce the righteous army to strategically disperse its troops in order to facilitate subsequent rebellion.

When Zhao Yu told Zhang Ji this speculation, Zhang Ji also nodded and said, "What the young master said is very true. In fact, Mr. Gongyang also has considerations in this regard... Therefore, Mr. Gongyang suggested that after taking over Jiyin, Jinan, Taishan, Shandong and other places, he would suspend the offensive and instead defend to prevent Jin's counterattack. Mr. Gongyang said that Jin had been withstood for a long time, and once a counterattack was launched, it would inevitably be a thunderous momentum. If the righteous army could not resist the counterattack of Jin, not only would all the previous advantages be gone, or it might be defeated like a mountain or even annihilated the entire army."

"Mr. Gongyang is sure to keep it?" Zhao Yu asked with a frown.

Zhang Ji shook his head and said, "It depends on whether I, Jiangdong, can defeat Zhang Jing from Jinan before the reaction of Jin State, and take the lead in occupying Mount Tai and Jishui... Otherwise, I may have to retreat to Pengcheng."

"Zhang Jing?" Zhao Yu was slightly stunned: "Is Zhang Jing, one of the five tigers of Chen's family?"

"Young Master knows this person?" Zhang Ji asked in surprise.

"Well." Zhao Yu nodded and said simply: "A few years ago, Zhang Jing came to Luyang for the matter of my Zhao family to investigate, and won the imperial court's...'approval'. During this period, I had dealt with him several times, but I had never seen him."

"oh."

Zhang Ji nodded suddenly and said, "Jiangdong also heard about the forgiveness of sins..."

He knew from his indifferent tone that neither he nor Jiangdong would be polite about this matter——the Zhao family in Luyang suffered such unrestrained disaster that day. What is the point of just relieving their grievances?
Chapter completed!