On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 418 The kidnappers come out from the east

All the female relatives came to Jinyang, which undoubtedly solved Cui Che's worries.

It was certainly pleasant to have fun with grandchildren, but Cui Che also knew that he was not yet old enough to enjoy family happiness.

Compared with the Western Sui Dynasty, the Eastern Sui Dynasty was still at a disadvantage in terms of national strength.

Born in sorrow and dying in happiness, Cui Che re-entered the intense war preparation work the day after the Yang sisters arrived in Jinyang.

At the same time, Zhao Wen, deputy envoy of the Observation Department, also quietly came to Daxing.

The Observation Department is a spy agency established by Zhao Mu and Zhao Wen under the orders of Cui Che after he captured Maozhou.

Zhao Mu served as the chief envoy, and Zhao Wen served as the deputy envoy.

As the deputy envoy of the Observation Department, Zhao Wen took the risk to return to Daxing, and naturally he had a mission.

With Cui Che's ability and connections, it was only a piece of cake to purchase fake Western Sui household registrations for Zhao Wen and others. Moreover, Zhao Wen had followed Cui Che to study in Guanzhong since he was a child, and he spoke the Kansai dialect. After dressing up,

It won't arouse any suspicion.

Yiyang Square is one of the 109 squares in Daxing City. Many dignitaries lived in the square, including the residence of the late Xiangzhou Governor Du Zha.

There was a wine shop near the Du Mansion, and Zhao Wen would visit it every day. He would choose a private room on the second floor, sit by the window, and while drinking alone, he would observe the people coming in and out of the Du Mansion.

Soon, someone hurried up to the second floor and knocked on the door of the private room.

"Come in."

Zhao Wen called.

The person who came opened the door was Xia Zuo who had followed Zhao Wen to Daxing.

Then he came closer and attached to the ear canal:

"Deputy envoy, everything has been settled. The eldest son of the Du family has been lured out of the city and has been kidnapped by the brothers."

Zhao Wen nodded slightly and warned:

"Remember to treat him with courtesy and don't hurt him."

Xi Zuo accepted the promise and left. Zhao Wen had another drink, then got up and went downstairs. After paying for the drink, he went to Du Mansion to pay his respects.

Menzi politely asked Zhao Wen’s identity.

Zhao Wen did not answer, but took out a jade pendant and said:

"Please leave it to your third son. He will go out and meet you."

Sure enough, just as Zhao Wen said, Du Chuke, the third son of the Du family, suddenly changed his expression when he saw the jade pendant in his disciple's hand.

He hurried out and welcomed Zhao Wen into the side room. Du Chuke screened away the others, put the jade pendant on the table again, and asked:

"I wonder where this brother got this jade pendant?"

Zhao Wen smiled and said:

"This jade was a gift from an old friend."

Du Chuke, who was eighteen years old at the time, looked solemn and asked:

"May I ask my friend, where are you now?"

Zhao Wen spit out two words:

"Jinyang."

Du Chuke became excited:

"How is my second brother doing now?"

It turns out that this jade pendant is a personal belonging of his second brother Du Ruhui.

In the early years, when Du Ruhui was waiting for election in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, he met Fang Xuanling who came to Daxing to report on his duties. However, Fang Xuanling considered that Du Ruhui was from Guanxi, so he did not drag him into trouble.

After that, Du Ruhui was sent to Hebei by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and served as a lieutenant in Fuyang County.

But unlike the original time and space, with Cui Che secretly helping, Du Ruhui had a smooth life during his tenure in Fuyang and did not abandon his office midway. Instead, after his term ended, he was promoted to the county magistrate, but he still stayed in Hebei.

Be an official.

No need to think about it, this is also Cui Che's handiwork.

At that time, he had not yet fallen out with the court, and secretly arranged for a county magistrate, which was just a matter of effort.

The county governed by Du Ruhui was in Dingzhou.

When Cui Che had a bad relationship with the court and refused to enter the court, Du Ruhui also realized that there would be a battle between the two sides.

Du Ruhui was very decisive. He immediately abandoned his official position and left. However, Cui Che had already sent people to spy on him. Before Du Ruhui could leave Dingzhou, he was captured by Liu Fang.

Liu Fang imprisoned Du Ruhui and ignored him until Cui Che captured Hedong and brought Du Ruhui to Jinyang, but he was imprisoned in a different place.

Cui Che knew that if he wanted Du Ruhui to serve him wholeheartedly, he had to relieve him of worries, so he came up with the plan to send Zhao Wen to Daxing to personally take charge of taking Du Ruhui's family to Guandong.

Du Chuke was emotional, but Zhao Wen was very calm. He said calmly:

"The second young master is visiting Jinyang now. Everything is fine and there is no need to worry. But the second young master may ask me where the eldest young master is now."

Du Chuke could no longer suppress his anger. He grabbed Zhao Wen's lapel and asked:

"What did you do to my eldest brother?"

Zhao Wen patted Du Chuke's hand and said with a smile:

"This is not the way to treat guests."

When Du Chuke let go of his hand, Zhao Wen adjusted his clothes and said:

"The eldest son is fine. It's just that King Yan invited him to Jinyang as a guest."

Du Chuke gritted his teeth and said:

"What exactly do you want!"

Although Zhao Wen was a guest, he took the initiative to pour a bowl of tea for Du Chuke, handed it to Du Chuke and said:

"Third Young Master, calm down your anger first and listen to me slowly."

Seeing Du Chuke drink the tea, Zhao Wen explained:

"The King of Yan intended to reuse the second young master, but was also worried about implicating people from the Du family, so he ordered me to come to Daxing to take the second young master's family to Hedong."

Du Chuke breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. From this point of view, at least his eldest brother and second brother were not in danger, but he was still not angry and said:

"Isn't it too rude for me to kidnap my brother?"

Zhao Wen smiled and said:

"Without the eldest son as a hostage, how could Zhao dare to visit us?"

Du Chuke finally dissipated his anger. Now his second brother was trapped in Jinyang and his eldest brother was also taken hostage. Du Chuke said helplessly:

"Brother Zhao, please tell me clearly what Du should do."

Zhao Wen felt happy and said:

"I also asked Brother Du to lie and claim that the eldest son was in trouble outside the city, and take his family out of the city quickly. King Yan has already arranged a residence in Jinyang, and everything is ready. There is no need to pack your luggage."

Du Chuke had no choice but to agree to Zhao Wen's request.

After Zhao Wen left, Du Chuke took a group of frightened family members out of the city on the grounds that his brother was in trouble.

Du Ruhui is different from Li Jing. He did not become a thief and is still imprisoned in Jinyang Prison. Therefore, the Western Sui Dynasty did not restrict the freedom of his family members.

But Li Jing's relatives were implicated by him.

Li Jing's brother Li Duan, his younger brothers Li Keshi, and Li Weijie were all dismissed from office and were idle at home, unable to leave Daxing easily.

Du Chuke took his nephews, nephews, and female relatives to the ferry outside the city to join Zhao Wen and others.

The family members did not see his brother and asked him one after another. Only then did Du Chuke tell the truth.

Now that things have come to this, no one can blame him harshly

After seeing the token of the eldest son of the Du family presented by Zhao Wen and Du Ruhui's personal jade pendant presented by Du Chuke, the family members boarded the ship. As for the slaves who followed them out of the city, they were also taken along with them to avoid leaking the news.

The eldest son of the Du family was sent to Jinyang earlier. Zhao Wen was actually wary of Du Chuke's temporary regrets. Fortunately, all this was just his overthinking.

there is none left

(End of chapter)