"Your Majesty, you must avenge your deceased husband."
Zhao Mingxiao knelt down and begged, crying.
Li Jingzhong quickly helped Zhao Mingxiao up and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely wipe out the rebellion in Qingzhou and bring the leader to Changda's grave. I will cut him into pieces as a tribute to his spirit in heaven."
Zhao Mingyue and her sisters all supported Zhao Mingxiao and comforted him.
Han Yuehua said: "When Han'er comes back, he will follow you. Bring him back then. Don't let him stay in Qingzhou."
Han Yuehua lost an ear in less than a year. She was heartbroken and wished Zhao Jingzhou would come back to quell the rebellion and take revenge personally.
Li Jingzhong said, "Don't worry, mother-in-law. I will not let Chen Han lose a hair again, otherwise I will bring my head to you."
Han Yuehua nodded and suddenly asked, "How's Zhao Lin?"
Hearing Han Yuehua asking the same question as Zhao Mingzhu, Li Jingzhong said with regret, "It's a pity he's fine. It's said that it was he who urged Dada to hastily dispatch troops, otherwise they wouldn't have fallen into the rebels' trap. Chen Han suspects that he is in collusion with the rebels."
"He deserves to die!"
When Zhao Mingxiao heard this, he screamed, "Kill him! You must kill him! I told you long ago that he's not a good person, but you didn't believe me."
Zhao Mingzhu shouted, "Mingxiao, shut up."
Li Jingzhong said unhappily, "Let her tell me what happened. If it weren't for Zhao Lin, Changda wouldn't have died."
Zhao Mingzhu sighed.
She actually wanted to tell Li Jingzhong about Zhao Lin's identity, but when she thought about how her parents favored Zhao Chenhan, and now Zhao Chenhan had lost an ear, and that Zhao Lin was related to Ma Changda's death, she didn't dare to say it.
It's too complicated.
Zhao Mingxiao continued to curse: "He should have been killed long ago! This bastard, this piece of trash that crawled out of a beggar's den, should be cut into pieces and fed to the dogs."
Zhao Mingya said, "I've already told you that Zhao Lin is no good and should be killed sooner rather than later. You guys don't believe me."
Zhao Mingyu sighed, "No matter what, he shouldn't have harmed my third brother-in-law."
Although Zhao Mingyue didn't say anything, her expression was the same.
Han Yuehua said angrily, "Enough! Why are you cursing? Will you be able to come back to life if you continue cursing?"
Zhao Mingxiao glared at Han Yuehua: "What are you going to do?"
Han Yuehua said with a gloomy face: "Prince Yu, when you get there, please investigate carefully to see if Zhao Lin is colluding with the rebels and if he was the one who killed Dada. If it's him..."
Han Yuehua gritted her teeth and said, "Execute him on the spot!"
"Mom!" Zhao Mingzhu shouted.
Han Yuehua said sternly: "Shut up! I can't care about so many things, otherwise you will all suffer."
Li Jingzhong didn't understand what these women meant. He seemed to be very conflicted about Zhao Lin. He thought that they must be blaming Zhao Lin for Ma Changda's death, but he also felt that Zhao Lin was a person valued by the emperor, so he had this conflicting mentality.
Li Jingzhong said, "Don't worry, I will investigate carefully. If Zhao Lin has nothing to do with Changda's death, then it's fine. But if there is a connection, hmph!"
A murderous look flashed in Li Jingzhong's eyes.
Ma Changda had soldiers under his command, which could be a great help to him in case of an emergency. However, he died in vain, which greatly affected his plan.
After returning to Prince Yu's Mansion, Zhao Mingzhu considered it over and said, "When you get there, don't attack Zhao Lin rashly. Even if he is indeed involved in Changda's death, don't do anything. Just bring him back, or His Majesty will find out and be dissatisfied with you."
Li Jingzhong smiled contemptuously: "Don't worry, if I take action, no one will be able to find out."
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Fu Chengwang and Li Xingye, who were investigating the people's conditions in various places in Qingzhou, returned to the Qingzhou government office in a hurry.
"Is Ma Da Da really dead?"
Fu Chengwang asked as soon as they met.
Zhao Lin nodded. "Zhao Chenhan was captured by the rebels. Ma Dada launched a surprise attack in the middle of the night to rescue him, but was ambushed."
"This idiot!"
Fu Chengwang was furious: "How can such a man, who is brave but not wise, be qualified to be a general?"
The civil officials of the Great Qi Dynasty have always looked down on military generals.
Ma Changda had an army of more than 20,000 people, but he was ambushed and killed by thousands of rebels. No wonder Fu Chengwang was angry.
Li Xingye asked, "What's the situation now?"
Zhao Lin said, "Zhao Chenhan will escort General Ma's coffin back to the capital. General Yang will temporarily take over the army until the court sends more troops."
Li Xingye asked, "If you go, can you defeat the rebels?"
Zhao Lin laughed and said, "They are just a bunch of rebels, a mob. If students were to go there, they would be easily captured."
"good!"
Li Xingye said, "I'll go and tell General Yang that you two will lead the troops, you as the leader and he as the deputy, and put down the rebellion as soon as possible."
Fu Chengwang frowned and said, "It's not right to do this without your Majesty's order, right?"
Li Xingye said, "We must act swiftly. General Dingyuan has died here. If the rebellion cannot be quelled quickly, the surrounding rebels will think we are strong here. Some will rebel, while others will gather here. It will be too late for Your Majesty to send new troops."
Fu Chengwang was startled. "Yes, that's right. Zhao Lin, prepare immediately and quell the rebellion as quickly as possible."
Zhao Lin hesitated and said, "General Yang won't agree, will he?"
Fu Chengwang said, "I will go with Lord Li."
These two big guys are going to use their high positions to bully others.
Zhao Lin followed Fu Chengwang and Li Xingye and headed straight for the camp outside the city.
When leaving, Li Xingye deliberately took a step behind and said to Zhao Lin, "Well done."
Li Xingye and Fu Chengwang visited Qingzhou these days. The people here generally had a good impression of the young prefect and were full of gratitude when talking about him.
Similarly, they were all filled with hatred towards the equally young fellow magistrate.
After a quick investigation, the two discovered that Zhao Chenhan did not care about the lives of the people in the process of collecting the flower and stone tax, and the rebellion could be directly attributed to him.
This made Fu Chengwang so angry that he almost vomited blood.
It is believed that people with bad character are loved by the people.
And the person he admired so much turned out to be a cruel official who didn't care about the lives of the people.
If Zhao Chenhan hadn't escorted Ma Changda's coffin back to Beijing.
Fu Chengwang had to teach Zhao Chenhan a lesson.
However, Fu Chengwang was already prepared and would severely criticize Zhao Chenhan as soon as he returned to Beijing.
Zhao Lin naturally didn't know this, but he understood what Li Xingye meant and said with a smile, "It's all thanks to my mentor's good teaching."
Li Xingye laughed.
Fu Chengwang sighed inwardly.
This student was originally his.
What a pity.
A group of three people arrived at the camp outside the city.
Yang Nantian hurried out to greet him.
When these two bigwigs of the imperial court came together, even the royal family members did not dare to neglect them.
After hearing Li Xingye's suggestion, Yang Nantian was a little unhappy: "Why can't I be the main one and Zhao Lin be the deputy?"
"snort!"
Fu Chengwang snorted coldly and said, "If you had that ability, why would General Ma die tragically here?"
Yang Nantian was about to explain, but Li Xingye said, "Zhao Lin is the garrison commander, and he's supposed to lead the troops here. Okay, I don't want to say any more. It's settled."
"No!" Yang Nantian firmly objected: "Without your majesty's order, no one can move these troops."
Both Li and Fu frowned.
Zhao Lin said, "My Lords, since General Yang is so confident, why not let him demonstrate his confidence? As long as we can eliminate the rebels, it doesn't matter who leads the troops."
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