Chapter 450 If we want to gain a foothold in Liaodong, we must first get rid of Yang Zhengshan!

The account book is real, which means that the confession is false!

No, it is not completely false, it should be half true and half false.

Ning Dongsheng is in their hands, and there should be Ning Dongsheng's confession on it, but there should also be charges they fabricated.

Raising the grain price should be true, as for inciting the people to riot!

An Ruhui figured it out in an instant.

This is also normal, inciting the people to riot and forcing the court to allocate money and grain for disaster relief!

This kind of thing is definitely not something that ordinary people can do.

Although Zhao Yunxing is greedy for money, he is not so crazy.

That's right, inciting the people to riot was added by Yang Zhengshan.

To be precise, Yang Zhengshan just gave an example. Anyway, according to his order, the matter was to make it bigger, and Ding Qiu carried out his order very loyally.

He added this item without hesitation, and asked Ning Dongsheng to press his fingerprints on it.

As for whether Ning Dongsheng will change his confession in the future, that is a matter for the future.

"Ning Dongsheng's disappearance, are you sure it won't cause trouble?" An Ruhui said with some concern.

"So please write a memorial to Kyoto quickly, Lord An!" Ding Qiu said with a smile.

An Ruhui didn't know what Ding Qiu was up to at this time.

This is to use him as a knife!

But can he refuse?

He is not afraid of Yang Zhengshan. Yang Zhengshan is powerful, but he is not a person without background.

He looked at the account book in the wooden box again.

Others aside, these account books are enough to prove that the officials headed by Zhao Yunxing are a group of corrupt officials.

"I know, I will report as soon as possible!" An Ruhui said in a deep voice.

"I can help you send the memorial to Kyoto!" Ding Qiu said.

An Ruhui looked up at him and said, "Okay!"

He did not refuse. Although he knew that Ding Qiu was preventing him from retreating, he had no reason to refuse.

Because he would not retreat, and the matter involved too much, and he did not have too many reliable people around him.

Since Ding Qiu was willing to send someone to make a trip, he was naturally relieved.

Without much hesitation, An Ruhui immediately went into the study and wrote a memorial.

In just half an hour, he finished writing the memorial.

"Be careful on the road!"

He handed the memorial and all the evidence to Ding Qiu.

"Don't worry, sir!" Ding Qiu said.

...

Zhao Mansion.

Zhao Yunxing paced back and forth in the hall like an ant on a hot pot.

In the past two days, he received a lot of bad news. Black-clothed and masked warriors sneaked into the homes of major wealthy businessmen and took away their account books. Ning Dongsheng, the deputy envoy of the Censorate, disappeared. Jizhou Hengdaomen suddenly attacked Jizhou Luo's family, etc.

The news was summarized in Zhao Yunxing's hands, making Zhao Yunxing feel that a disaster was coming.

If it was just one or two families, he might not care, but there were more than a dozen families, and these more than a dozen wealthy businessmen had more or less relationships with him.

"Who is it?"

"Secret Guard? Impossible, the Secret Guard's methods can't be so crude?"

He guessed in his heart the power behind these things.

He denied the Secret Guard at the first time.

Because the Secret Guard's style of doing things has always been secretive, it is impossible to expose so many traces and loopholes.

As for whether there are Secret Guards monitoring him, he naturally knows that there must be.

It is precisely because he knew that he had been prepared.

In fact, in the minds of court officials, the existence of the Secret Guard is almost a card. Everyone knows that the Secret Guard will arrange spies around them. Although few people know what identity these spies are lurking around them, as long as they know that the Secret Guard exists, they have a way to avoid it.

So he is not afraid of the Secret Guard, but he is afraid of others.

"Besides the Secret Guard, who else has such ability?"

"So many warriors, all of them are acquired masters~~"

Zhao Yunxing paused, and his narrow eyes suddenly condensed.

"Marquis Jing'an!"

He has a basis for such speculation.

Because in the whole Liaodong, only Yang Zhengshan, the Marquis of Jing'an, has so many post-natal masters around him.

Since he can be called a post-natal master, he is naturally not a post-natal level 1 or 2 warrior.

The soldiers of the Royal Guard Camp are now almost all above the post-natal level 5. Not to mention the whole Liaodong, even in the whole Darong, there are not many people and forces that can mobilize so many post-natal level 5 warriors in a short time.

Thinking of Ning Dongsheng's disappearance, Zhao Yunxing is more certain that Yang Zhengshan did it.

"What should I do?"

Zhao Yunxing hesitated whether to send someone to inquire about Yang Zhengshan's situation.

At this time, his personal follower Liu San hurriedly ran into the hall, "Master, I have found Mr. Yan!"

"Where is he?" Zhao Yunxing heard the words and asked anxiously.

Liu San said a little nervously: "He said that they can't help with this matter, and can only rely on the master himself!"

"Damn it!" Zhao Yunxing cursed angrily.

The Mr. Yan they were talking about was Yan Huichun who was previously in the Zhen family in Dongyang. This time they jointly targeted Yang Zhengshan and planned to take the opportunity to raise the price of grain. It was Yan Huichun who colluded in it.

Zhao Yunxing was persuaded by Yan Huichun under the temptation of huge benefits.

If it weren't for Yan Huichun's lobbying, Zhao Yunxing would not have instructed Ning Dongsheng to impeach Yang Zhengshan for those wealthy businessmen, and he would not have the courage to raise the price of grain by taking advantage of the drought.

But now that the matter has been exposed, Yan Huichun actually ignored him. How could he not be angry?

"Master, Mr. Yan also said that if you want to live, you can only, can only~~" Liu San stuttered.

"Can only what?"

"Can only make Pingyuan chaotic!" Liu San said.

Zhao Yunxing's face froze, and his face turned pale.

Let Pingyuan chaotic?

As long as Pingyuan is chaotic enough, the court will not be able to deal with him, and the court even needs him to stabilize the situation in Pingyuan.

"No!" Zhao Yunxing was still afraid!

Now his problem is only collusion between officials and businessmen and accepting bribes. Even if the court wants to deal with him, at most he will be dismissed from office. But if he dares to make Pingyuan chaotic, then the whole family may be executed in the future.

He hesitated and was afraid, and couldn't make up his mind for a while.

At this moment, in a courtyard in Dongyang Prefecture.

Yan Huichun was standing in front of a young man in his twenties. The young man was eight feet tall, handsome, and full of ambition. He was twisting a string of black pearls in his hand, and his eyes were staring at the clear sky.

"My Lord, I have passed the message to Zhao Yunxing!" Yan Huichun said respectfully.

The young man shook his head slightly, "It's useless. Zhao Yunxing is greedy by nature, but he is as timid as a mouse. It's okay to instigate him to target Yang Zhengshan, but let him make trouble. Haha, that's too much of a compliment to him!"

His tone was a bit frivolous and playful, and he didn't take Zhao Yunxing, a third-rank governor, to heart at all.

Yan Huichun frowned and asked, "What should we do next?"

"What else can we do? We should leave!" The young man turned around and grinned, "It's impossible to do anything, it's better to escape first!"

Yan Huichun was shocked, "My Lord, this is not good!"

"What's wrong with it?"

"We have been planning for so long in Pingyuan, and we just give up like this?"

"Haha, planning for so long is just a test, I have already got the result I want!" The young man said nonchalantly.

"What result?" Yan Huichun was puzzled.

They obviously didn't gain anything, not only did they not gain anything, but they paid a lot.

"If we want to gain a foothold in Liaodong, we must get rid of Yang Zhengshan first!" The young man mentioned Yang Zhengshan, and a gleam of brilliance flashed in his eyes.

Yan Huichun thought for a while, then nodded, agreeing with the young man's idea.

"But before leaving, you have to get rid of Zhao Yunxing and Zhen Shicheng first. They have seen you many times, and you can't stay!" The young man said again.

"I understand, I will deal with it now!" Yan Huichun said.

"Yes!"

The young man nodded and walked into the room.

At night, Zhao Yunxing and Zhen Shicheng, the head of the Dongyang Zhen family, died quietly in their study.

The two died in the same way, both of them were pierced through the skull by a sharp weapon.

Before dawn, the news that Zhao Yunxing was assassinated spread throughout Dongyang City, and the people of the entire Dongyang City were in panic.

An Ruhui also received the news, and he sat in his study with a panic in his heart.

Until Ding Qiu came to his study, he felt a little more at ease.

"Did you kill Zhao Yunxing?" An Ruhui asked.

"No!" Ding Qiu shook his head.

"Really not?"

"Really not!" Ding Qiu showed a helpless look.

An Ruhui stared at Ding Qiu closely, and seeing that Ding Qiu's expression was not fake, he asked again: "Who killed him?"

Ding Qiu thought for a while, "Not only Zhao Yunxing died, but also Zhen Shicheng. We met a martial arts master in the Zhen family."

They have been lurking in Dongyang City for the past few days, and have arranged people to keep an eye on several important targets.

However, they did not find anything unusual in the assassination last night. It was not until the Zhao Mansion was in chaos that they realized something was wrong.

There are not many martial arts masters in Dongyang City, and there are only a handful of martial arts masters who can sneak into the Zhao Mansion quietly.

At least Ding Qiu felt that he could not do it.

Before coming to see An Ruhui, he discussed with Luo Jinsong who killed Zhao Yunxing and Zhen Shicheng, and there was only one answer, that is Yan Huichun.

However, they did not know the origin and identity of Yan Huichun.

"Martial arts master? Who is he?"

"I don't know. A martial artist of the ninth level of the acquired realm is not a famous martial artist in Liaodong. He should be from outside the area!" Ding Qiu said.

An Ruhui frowned.

"How could there be a martial artist from outside the area?"

Ding Qiu shook his head.

They also looked for traces of Yan Huichun, but unfortunately they didn't find him.

After all, this is Dongyang Prefecture. They can't search openly and can only search in secret.

It's hard to imagine how difficult it is to search for someone hiding in the dark.

An Ruhui was helpless when he saw that Ding Qiu didn't know anything.

"Since you don't know anything, forget it!"

Ding Qiu smiled and said, "Well, the memorial has been sent to Kyoto, and there should be a reply soon!"

"In addition, we will return to Chongshan Pass tomorrow, so I won't come to say goodbye to Lord An!"

An Ruhui heard that Ding Qiu was leaving, and said nervously, "You are leaving? Then how should things here be handled?"

"Of course, it will be handled by the court!" Ding Qiu said as a matter of course.

"But what about Ning Dongsheng?" An Ruhui asked again.

Ding Qiu grinned, "We have released him, and he should be home now!"

"Released!" An Ruhui was stunned.

Ding Qiu didn't explain, but clasped his fists and bowed, "Master An, I'll take my leave first."

When An Ruhui came to his senses, Ding Qiu had already walked out of the study. He stretched out his hand to call Ding Qiu back, but the words were on the tip of his tongue and he swallowed them back.

Release Ning Dongsheng?

Is Ning Dongsheng still useful?

Of course he is useful, he is a witness.

But Zhao Yunxing is dead, and Ning Dongsheng as a witness is actually not very meaningful.

Because Zhao Yunxing's death has put everything in the open.

The court will definitely send someone to investigate the matter thoroughly.

So there is nothing for Ding Qiu and his team to do next.

...

Chongshan Pass.

Yang Zhengshan rode back to the general's mansion from the military camp outside the city.

Although he has been busy with the upcoming drought in Liaodong during this period, he has not neglected the training of the Zhenbiao Camp.

At present, the recruitment tasks of the five Zhenbiao Camps have been completed. Except for the Zhenbiao Front Camp, which has been fully staffed, the other four camps are also fully staffed.

Each battalion has 6,000 soldiers, totaling 30,000 soldiers.

However, the full strength of the five battalions of Zhenbiao does not mean that the training of the five battalions of Zhenbiao has ended. On the contrary, the real training of the five battalions of Zhenbiao has just begun.

At the beginning, the five battalions of Tenglongwei trained for five years before becoming truly elite.

Now the five battalions of Zhenbiao also need to train for more than three years to meet Yang Zhengshan's requirements.

In addition to the five battalions of Zhenbiao, soldiers from various reinforcement battalions will also come to Chongshan Pass for training. Although Chongshan Town has not returned to its full-victory period, its combat effectiveness has improved a lot compared to a year ago.

The full-victory period of Chongshan Town in recent years should be before Liang Chu conquered the Donghai Hu tribe. At that time, Chongshan Town rested for several years, and with the strong support of the court, it was strong in soldiers and horses, so it could destroy the Donghai Hu tribe in one fell swoop.

Now the recruitment of the Town Flag Battalion and the Six Reinforcement Battalions of Chongshan Town has basically been completed. The Town Flag Battalion has 30,000 soldiers, and the Six Reinforcement Battalions each have 12,000 soldiers, with a total of more than 100,000 soldiers.

The only flaw is that the soldiers still lack training, but this cannot be rushed, so we can only train them slowly and improve the combat effectiveness of the soldiers bit by bit.