I’m The King Chapter 557: : Return

A few days later, the officials who came from Jicheng to welcome the soldiers and generals who had returned from Donghu arrived late. among the beneficiaries.

For Dayan's former Taiwei Zhou Yuan, Deng Gongming was extremely polite, "Taiwei, I was ordered to welcome the Taiwei back to the court. Zhou Yuzhou Taiwei asked me to apologize to you, because the Qi** team recently There are frequent movements, Taiwei Zhou Yu suspects that they may invade Dayan, and must be dealt with, so I can't come to greet Taiwei personally, and ask Taiwei to forgive me."

The corner of Zhou Yuan's mouth twitched slightly. Zhou Yu is a member of the Zhou family. Yuan strongly supported him. Without Zhou Yuan's strong support, how could Zhou Yu have reached his current position in the army at this age, but what he never expected was that at the most critical moment, he would It was this distant nephew who he regarded as the direct descendant of the direct descendant who stabbed him severely.

Now, there is nothing more to say. Anyway, he is also considered to be the Zhou family. The direct line of his own family may be doomed this time, but at least the Zhou family will not suffer because of this. Declining, without himself, and Zhou Yu, the Zhou family will not be completely defeated like the Ning family.

This can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune!

"National affairs are the most important thing. I am a defeated general and a resigned official, and I dare not work for a dignified country's Taiwei to come to greet me." Zhou Yuan said plainly.

Deng Gongming was a little apprehensive. He had just been promoted, and he still had a kind of fear in his bones for this formerly famous captain.

"The Taiwei's words are serious. The Taiwei detains Donghu, Zhou Yu and Zhou Taiwei are worried day and night."

Zhou Yuan heyed, but he was noncommittal. Deng Gongming didn't dare to meet him again, so he turned to Meng Chong who was beside Zhou Yuan and said, "General Meng is here, I'm sorry, please pay my respects to General Gao Yuangao."

Meng Chong waved his hand carelessly, "My governor has left here a long time ago. The governor takes care of everything every day, and he has accumulated a lot of official documents when he came to see Taiwei Zhou. How can he wait for you here when he has time. Come here and hand over the military book To this Lord Deng."

After listening to Meng Chong's words. Deng Gongming was ashamed and annoyed, the meaning of Meng Chong's words was very clear, Gao Yuan came to see Zhou Yuan, but he would not see you, because you are not qualified. Don't look at him fearful and timid in front of Zhou Yuan, but in front of Meng Chong, he feels that his status is much higher. How can you say that he is also one of Dayan's top doctors now, you are a lowly young general. He actually dared to make nonsense, straightened his waist, and was about to explode when Zhou Yuan on the side interjected, "Master Deng. This is the west of Liaoning."

Zhou Yuan's words suddenly made Deng Gongming realize the current situation of the Eastern Conqueror Army and the court. Gao Yuan didn't urinate in Jicheng at all. These big soldiers chopped off their own heads with one knife. Jicheng's reaction was mostly to send another official, rather than to avenge himself.

Swallowing this breath abruptly, he took the Yan army's military booklet, and when he looked at the total number in his head, he couldn't help but think about the color, the total number of five thousand Yan troops. It had already been changed to 4,500 by an extremely brutish one, and that wildly crossed out original number made Deng Gongming almost fuming with anger.

"General Meng, the Donghu people should have released 5,000 people, why are there hundreds less?" He held up the military booklet in front of Meng Chong. asked loudly.

Meng Chong raised his eyelids, glanced at him, and said disapprovingly, "What's the matter, you're dead!"

"How is this possible?" Deng Gongming roared loudly. "When the Donghu people released them, there were still 5,000 people. Only a few days later, hundreds of people died? How did they die?"

Meng Chong coughed and rinsed, and with a pop, a mouthful of thick phlegm was directly splashed on the ground. Deng Gongming's eyes twitched, "How did he die? He died of swelling!"

"What did you say?" Deng Gongming could hardly believe his ears. "How did you die?"

"I said they were bloated to death!" Meng Chong raised his voice, "Master Deng, you don't know that these soldiers are all skinny and hungry, obviously they have never had enough to eat, our governor Seeing this, I feel compassion. These are all Yan people, and they are all our robes. How can they be so hungry? So they ordered us to kill pigs and sheep. The meat is not a pot. Basin to the upper end, the white flour steamed buns are lifted up in baskets, just to let these poor soldiers have a full meal, but who knows, these hundreds of people may be very hungry, and eat again. If you eat too much, you will be bloated to death!"

Meng Chong said it seriously, but Deng Gongming was so angry that he went crazy. When he opened the military book, his eyes turned black. There are dozens of grassroots officers at the rank of lieutenant, and the majority of other sentinel commanders and soldiers. They were all killed by swelling. Obviously, these people were all detained by the Eastern Conqueror Army.

He looked at Meng Chong panting heavily, and Meng Chong also looked at him innocently, spreading his hands together, "Master Deng, we made a mistake in this matter, but it is also kind, if you regret it If these people die, why not go to their graves to pay homage!"

Deng Gongming stared at Meng Chong: "These people have family members who borrowed them. I wonder if I can take their ashes back?"

"Of course!" Meng Chong waved his hand, "Come here, go and dig out the soldiers of the Yan Army who were buried a few days ago, burn their remains, and pick up some ashes for Mr. Deng to take back."

There was a loud reply from outside, and Deng Gongming was stunned. If these people were really dead, they had already been buried, because if they were dug out again, they would be cursed for eighteen generations.

"Enough!" Zhou Yuan growled on the side. Meng Chong is shameless, and this Deng Gongming is incompetent. Now that he knows that these people have been detained by Gao Yuan, is it possible to come back? The most sensible The best way is to pretend that you don't know, it's rare to be confused, so you can save your face, there are only a few hundred people, if you really want to annoy Gao Yuan, they will all be deducted, what can you do?

"Let's go!" With a flick of his sleeves, he walked out of the house. Deng Gongming's face turned purple, and he followed behind Zhou Yuan, walking out quickly. Obviously, he also wanted to understand the key to this. But it was a bit late to understand.

Nearly 5,000 Yan troops began to move out from the camp at Niulan Mountain. Unlike when they were released, they were camped at Niulan Mountain. Gao Yuan gave each of them a winter coat. These things originally belonged to the Yan army. It is not a pity for Gao Yuan to give them back some of the ones prepared for the Eastern Expedition. At least I can reap the gratitude of these big soldiers. When these people go back, whether they return to the barracks to serve as soldiers, or they retire and go home to work in agriculture, it is also good to help themselves spread the reputation of kindness.

The accompanying Zhengdong Army is a thousand cavalry led by He Lanxiong's general He Lanjie. These thousand cavalry are both protection and escort. They must be thousands of people. Very troublesome.

Although the weather was cold and the road was completely covered by snow, but fortunately it was also frozen solid. These soldiers who had finally returned to their homeland were eager to return home, and they walked not slowly. At the end of the day, they walked almost A hundred miles away, the city wall of Fufeng could be seen in the distance. Seeing that it was getting dark, Deng Gongming ordered the whole army to set up camp.

It is impossible for a large army to be put into Fufeng City, but a big man like Zhou Yuan will naturally not endure the bitter cold outside the city. , greeted them, and invited a group of senior officials to rest in the city.

In the city, in the post house that had been vacated long ago, all the supplies had been prepared, after a hot bath, and a sumptuous banquet, Deng Gongming returned to his room contentedly, and the dragon in the house was burning. It was extremely prosperous, and as soon as he entered the room, a gust of heat rushed to his face. Deng Gongming, who had just drank a lot of wine, suddenly felt dry all over. He took off his cotton robe outside, sat at the table, and took a glass of wine for himself. After drinking the tea in one sip, and drinking a cup of herbal tea, the dryness calmed down a bit.

The magistrate of Fufeng County, Liu Xin, is a knowledgeable person, and he is much more polite than Meng Chong.

There was a soft knock on the door.

"Who is it?" Deng Gongming asked.

"Master Deng, I am the postman of the posthouse, and I have brought you hot water." A humble voice came from outside.

"Well~IndoMTL.com~Come in!" Deng Gongming was very satisfied. The service of this post house was much more considerate than those of the post houses in Jicheng. At this time, warm your feet well, get rid of fatigue, have a good sleep, and tomorrow, you will be full of energy again.

When I left Beijing this time, Lord Tan personally ordered me to meet Zhou Yuan Zhou Taiwei, oh, it should be the former Taiwei, I have to be careful, I must not learn from Chen Maoyan and **** the Ye family to Beijing As a result, the Ye family and his wife died in the car, and they were almost unable to step down from the king to Lord Tan. Although Xu Maoyan saved his life, he has become the most common one in Yan Lingwei after his official position. Spy, the fruits of decades of achievements will all be paid off in one day.

It is said to be a welcome, but in fact it is an escort. Deng Gongming is also very clear about this. How to deal with this Zhou Taiwei, the court has not yet reached a conclusion. Zhou Yu, Zhou Taiwei and Lord Tan have remained silent. Well, the king didn't say it clearly, but other people in the court got into a quarrel, and they haven't come up with a reason until now.

But no matter what, I have to take care of this former captain carefully. Even if he is resigned, even if he is guilty, but Zhou Yu Zhou Taiwei is also a member of the Zhou family. Where is he now with Zhou Yuan? The two have become strangers, but they can't write two characters of Zhou in one stroke. If something goes wrong, I'm afraid that Zhou Yu Taiwei Zhou will take the opportunity to make trouble for himself, so that he can explain to the Zhou clan. Unjustly died.