Shangyong City, outside the north gate.

"There is no need for you to see me off, Grandmaster. Zhi Nai is a low-level student and doesn't dare to work. Please stay."

A young man in his early twenties bowed respectfully to a middle-aged man.

Liu Huang looked extremely happy, smiling so much that the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes seemed to deepen a bit, and he took the initiative to help the young man up.

"Bo Miao, although you are from Jingzhou, you have lived in Sichuan and Sichuan for a long time, and now you are considered a leader among the younger generation in Yizhou. This time you went to Luoyang to meet the saint, and you were entrusted by His Majesty to serve as the magistrate of Mianyang County. Such important use is the Tai

Scholars are also rare, and this is indeed the common glory of all ethnic groups in Yizhou."

"Since you are willing to come to Shangyong to visit me, I will help you. There are several letters here. I am familiar with several major local wealthy families in Mianyang. You take my letters to your appointment to promote His Majesty's work.

During the land equalization order, I should have been less hindered. This can be regarded as my humble contribution to repay Your Majesty for your kindness."

He ordered his servants to hand the letter to Deng Zhi. Deng Zhi hurriedly bowed down and took it with both hands.

"Thank you for being late, sir."

"Okay, it's a long way to go. You have to get to Hanzhong before nightfall, so I won't stay any longer."

"Your Majesty, stay here. It is also very difficult for your Majesty to implement the land equalization order in Shangyong. Please take care of it and beware of villains. Wan Sheng will say goodbye."

After that, Deng Zhi took the riding whip from the servant's hand, got on the horse's back, and left.

Liu Huang looked at his back, smiled, did not take his parting words seriously, and turned back to the city.

The land of Yizhou had just returned to the imperial court. Although the construction team under Liu He was growing day by day, it was now busy improving the official roads and Chi roads in Liangzhou and Xuzhou. Therefore, Deng Zhi had already

Instead of a paved and flat road, we turned to a rocky road overgrown with weeds.

Fortunately, Deng Zhi came from a well-known family, and was a descendant of Deng Yu, the leader of Yuntai's twenty-eight generals under Emperor Guangwu. Although after two hundred years, the Deng family has declined a lot, it can be considered a well-off family, so he,

With the addition of four servants, all riding authentic Liangzhou war horses, even on this wilderness road, the speed will not be too slow.

After driving for more than half a day, Deng Zhi looked up at the sun and said to his four servants: "It's still early. I remember that there is a thatched cottage and teahouse not far ahead. I'll go there to have a rest and feed the horses."

Forage, it’s not too late to continue on your way.”

The four people immediately took the order, and one of them quickened his pace and went ahead to take care of everything.

The teahouse was only six or seven miles away, so Deng Zhi and others arrived quickly. The servants who had gone ahead had already asked the old couple who headed the teahouse to prepare hot tea, pasta, and fodder.

Deng Zhi and others got off their horses, sat down at a random table, and started drinking.

However, after a while, another group of people also walked into the teahouse. These six people were all majestic and had long swords on their waists. They came to a table next to Deng Zhi and shouted loudly,

Let the boss serve tea.

Deng Zhi ignored them. After eating and drinking, he stretched a little, put down a row of brand-new "Yuanxing Tongbao" that glowed with the glory of copper, took the war horse, and continued on his way.

However, after walking only a short distance, he realized something was wrong.

"Master, those guys are following me. I'm afraid they are coming for you, Master."

A servant said softly.

"Well, I don't know who sent it. Could it be the killers from the wealthy families in Mianyang?"

Deng Zhi guessed.

In order to stabilize his rule after becoming emperor, Liu Yan took the initiative to compromise with the clans, which made the local gentry in Yizhou extremely powerful. Often a few families controlled most of the fields and industries in a county. It can be said that the imperial court

The Land Equalization Order dealt the greatest blow to the Yizhou gentry.

Zhang Song, Fazheng, Huang Quan, Wang Lei and other families followed them and the tide rose. Although their interests in Yizhou were hit, the family's industry and the young members of the family were able to leave Yizhou and work in the vast north of the Han Dynasty.

If the states use their fists, it will develop throughout the country and even to the Western Regions, so they are naturally happy.

The vast majority of the remaining people who did not immediately follow Zhang Song and others to assist the court, naturally did not receive such treatment. Seeing that their land would be re-measured by the court, most of it would be taken away and distributed to those

The dissatisfaction and anger of the poor people, and even the savages from the mountains who came down from the mountains to farm, can be expected.

The land of Ji and the Union is the current place of His Majesty's Longxing, and the Sili area is at the foot of the imperial city, the land of Youzhou and Liangzhou. In recent years, by attacking foreigners, the local nobles have also taken advantage of the situation to cleanse them.

Therefore, there is almost no obstacle to the implementation of land equalization orders in these five places.

In the remaining five states of Qing, Xu, Yan, Yu, and Yi, there must be a lot of resistance from local powerful people, and Yizhou is particularly serious, so Deng Zhi made such a conjecture at the first time.

The servant said: "Master goes first, and the subordinates will deal with them first, and then join the master."

After that, he wanted to call the other three servants and was about to take action, but was stopped by Deng Zhi.

"Don't be anxious. This place is not far from the tea house. If I attack rashly, I'm afraid they will threaten me with the old couple. I am an official of the imperial court. If the Han people die because of this, I will have no face to face the people of Yizhou. Again.

Go forward a few miles, take one person with you, find a secret place to ambush, and then suddenly attack, you will have a better chance of winning."

After all, the opponent had more people than he did. Although Deng Zhi considered himself to be extraordinary in martial arts, he always acted cautiously and did not dare to put too much pressure on others.

The six people were separated by more than a mile and followed leisurely. They planned to follow for more than half an hour and then take action after the sky darkened a little. However, this area was originally a mountain road with many twists and turns.

After they turned another corner, they suddenly found that two people were missing from the target group in front of them, which made them immediately alert.

"Oops, they must have discovered us and are going to send someone to Hanzhong in advance to report the news. The master said that no one should be left behind and no delay is allowed, so they will take action now."

The leader among them spoke, and the six of them hurriedly chased after him.

"Deng Zhixiu left, leaving behind his head."

Hearing the loud shout behind him, Deng Zhi, who was well prepared, immediately turned around, took a short bow from the side of the saddle, and shot an arrow within a breath.

However, after the opponent had been observing him for so long, he naturally discovered the short bow and took precautions. He easily dodged it, and then one of them brandished a spear and stabbed directly at Deng Zhi.

"If you want to kill my master, you should first ask for a sword from a certain family."

One of the servants slashed the sword out, deflected the spear, then rode his horse forward to fight with the opponent.

The remaining servant also chose an assassin and fought to the same place.

The remaining four people, seeing that Deng Zhi was the only one left, felt that they had a chance to win, so they all came over to kill him with evil smiles.

"Hmph, you clown, how dare you underestimate Deng? Today I will show you the marksmanship of the Deng family, the leader of the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai."

He took his spear and rushed forward, one against four, without any fear.

"System prompt: Deng Zhi fights an assassin. Deng Zhi's current basic force is 89 points, the weapon bonus is 1 point, and the comprehensive force is 90 points."

Such martial arts skills are enough to be qualified for the position of captain in Liu He's army today. Although the four assassins are also good, they all have martial arts skills in their early 80s. If they were living in the wilderness, they would be heroes, but if they want to

It is not easy to capture Deng Zhi.

The two sides were going back and forth, and there was a stalemate for a while. At this moment, two figures suddenly shot out from the bushes on the side.

The two men couldn't help but raise their swords and strike. Unprepared, two assassins were chopped to the ground on the spot.

Such a sudden change greatly surprised the assassin leader, and then he became panicked.

"Oops, I fell into this kid's trick. Today is not going to be good, so retreat quickly!"

As soon as he tightened the reins and said hello, he was about to escape. It was so difficult to fight six against three, but now it was the opponent's five against one's own, which meant that there was no life or death.

Deng Zhi looked at their fleeing backs, but sneered, took the short bow again, aimed at the leader, and shot another arrow.

"ah……"

The assassin leader screamed and fell off his horse.

Deng Zhi led his men in pursuit, shouting as he chased: "If you dismount and are bound, you can spare your life, otherwise Deng's short bow will show no mercy."

Those few people saw his shooting skills, and because their leader was dead, they were so panicked that they had no choice but to throw away their weapons, dismount and kneel down.

One of Deng Zhi's servants shouted: "You are blind, and you don't know that General Deng Yu's marksmanship and shooting skills were the best in the world. He was repeatedly praised by Emperor Guangwu. Even General Fubo Ma Yuan was willing to be inferior. I forgive you and other little thieves."

, you dare to attack my master, you don’t think of yourself."

The remaining three assassins kowtowed and begged for mercy. The stones on the mountain road were extremely sharp, and blood marks were drawn within a few strokes.

"Okay, as long as you confess truthfully, I will spare your life."

Deng Zhi's words made the three of them see the hope of survival, and they hurriedly swore that they knew everything and would never dare to lie.

“So best.”

Deng Zhi snorted coldly, but did not put down the short bow, and asked directly: "Tell me, who sent you to assassinate the imperial official?"

One of them hurriedly said: "You guys don't know, but we are employed by others. The employer behind the scenes has always only contacted my eldest brother. It's just that my eldest brother has died under your lord's magic bullet, so..."

Deng Zhi frowned, then thought of something again, and continued to ask: "Then where did you come from to intercept me?"

"This little guy knows. My eldest brother took five of us brothers to Shangyong City four days ago. After eating and drinking for a few days, we left Shangyong early this morning and are waiting for you, sir, in the dense forest in the mountains."

Deng Zhi was stunned, as this answer seemed a bit unexpected.

"Shangyong? Why is it Shangyong? Four days ago..."

He suddenly thought that he was Shangyong who arrived five days ago. That night when he was having a banquet in the prefecture, he had some unpleasantness with the Shen brothers. He realized that the two brothers were quite contradictory to the imperial decree, so he did this.

Before I say goodbye today, I would like to say some words of warning to the prefect.

Suddenly, he thought of something in his mind, and his face couldn't help but be shocked.

"No, the governor is in danger!"

He was about to mount his horse and rush back to Shangyong for help, but he stopped again just after taking two steps.

"Master, why do you stop moving forward?"

Deng Zhi looked sad: "Since the two thieves of the Shen family have sent assassins to kill me, they will definitely attack the prefect at the same time. If we rush back to Shangyong at this time, I am afraid it will be too late, and even your life and mine will be at stake."

Get in."

"What should we do?"

Deng Zhi calmed down his emotions and said: "When the Shen brothers launch an attack, they will definitely sacrifice Shangyong to Sun Ce. Since Shangyong is lost, Hanzhong is in danger. For the current plan, we will rush to Hanzhong immediately and report to the prefect of Hanzhong."

Only by reporting it can we not let down the loyalty of Prefect Liu."
Chapter completed!