39. Passed
Kong Ling's body was really bad, and after Fang Xia finished explaining, his face began to turn pale again.
The original ruddy faded little by little, as if the oil had run out of light.
As soon as Fang Xia opened the door, Mrs. Kong rushed in with a bit of a wolf, looking at Kong Ling with tears on her face.
As soon as Kong Ling scolded the woman, he couldn't go on. What can he say when a man is about to die?
When she walked into the house, Mrs. Kong helped Kong Ling and wanted to help him to the bed.
Kong Ling did not resist and sat on the bed obediently. His movements stiffened, as if he were already a corpse.
This kind of matter between husband and wife, Fang Xia is not interested in participating, and he is unwilling to watch it anymore, it is really a little sad. I was going to leave the last time for their husband and wife to talk, and she wouldn't be a light bulb at this time. In the final analysis, as a person with vested interests, although people didn't say it explicitly, from the subtle eyes that Mrs. Kong looked at her, Fang Xia also knew the other party's mood.
In any case, although Kong Ling was not killed by Fang Xia, and even Kong Ling's death had nothing to do with her, when Mrs. Kong saw Fang Xia, who had inherited her husband's power, she would inevitably feel a little uncomfortable in her heart, and even anger, which was also human nature, quite normal. And Mrs. Kong's restraint is already very good, she is not the object of Fang Xia's favor, but her eyes are leaked for a moment.
After asking the maid next to her where the room prepared for her was, Fang Xia went to rest under the guidance of the maid. It was very rude to see Kong Ling, a patient without even washing and changing clothes, but in a hurry, no one would say anything here.
The east wing room arranged by Mrs. Kong for Fang Xia and several others, Fang Xia's main room, Zhong Xuan and several others in the side room, are connected. The hot water had already been prepared, and after Fang Xia and the others washed up and changed their clean clothes, they were led to eat by the maid. From the moment they entered the city in the early morning, they tossed so much for half a day, it can be said that the water and rice have not entered, and they are really hungry.
After eating, Fang Xia said hello to the maid of the Kong family, asked her to tell her, and took Zhong Xuan out of the door.
Although Liang Xi has briefly introduced the form of Qianjun before, but these things, you have to see them yourself, hearing is false, seeing is believing, if you don't see it in person, who knows how much he said is true or how false, if you govern according to the news in other people's mouths, something really happens, and you can't cry if you provoke a change in the people.
In fact, at this time, the most important thing Fang Xia should do was to find Xu Chu.
In troubled times, nothing has military power. Kong Ling, the nest made by the Taishou, made no contribution when the princes of the Eighteenth Route were begging for Dong, and could only make up the numbers, not because he had no one and no soldiers? Even if someone doesn't give Kong Ling face, he must give Xu Chu face.
But Fang Xia didn't go, it was too ugly to eat at this time.
Although Kong Ling's family is dying, but he hasn't swallowed this breath yet, you go to collude with his subordinates, at least nominal subordinates, which is too much. Fang Xia was not in a hurry at this time, she had arranged everything before she came over, with Xun Yu here, she believed that there would be no chaos, it was the same with or without her, it was acceptable to stay in Qian County for a week and add back half a month.
Although Fang Xia is extremely famous, in Qian County, her face is obviously not as recognizable as in Xuchang. However, it still belongs to a glance, and you know that she is by no means the kind of Cheng dΓΉ of ordinary people. After walking around with Zhong Xuan, Fang Xia found that she was there, and those people were distracted, and they couldn't speak clearly, just looking at her, so they couldn't inquire about anything, so they mentioned that they were separated from Zhong Xuan.
Zhong Xuan acted alone.
Fang Xia went to the school to take a look twice.
Before, she felt that she was very civil and official, and only lacked military generals, but at that time, her vision was limited to Xuchang, although Xuchang was indeed good, but compared to the entire Yuzhou and even the entire Central Plains, the whole world, it can really be said that it is a land of projectiles, and now that she is prepared to be in charge of Yuzhou, Fang Xia feels that she is very short of people.
However, no matter how short of people there is, the most lacking is soldiers.
Although Kong Ling didn't have any military power, when he led the team to fight Dong, he also brought 5,000 soldiers, and then bragged about 10,000, and the five-figure figure came out all of a sudden. And this is not counting the private soldiers of the major wealthy families that Xu Chu is holding in his hand, if he really makes up it, it is estimated that he can make up an army of about 15,000. However, it is estimated that there will not be enough tenants to farm in the coming year.
Xu Chu was not in the school field, and none of these soldiers looked at the training and were not active and lazy. Some of the younger, more serious ones still waved their weapons with a straight face, and some of the older old fritters did nothing, just mixed in the crowd to bask in the sun, and mixed a meal of military rations by the way. Nowadays, the food is not too tight, and the people do not have enough to eat, but the soldiers can still barely eat.
Fang Xia took a look and found that in addition to the large number of people, it was not much better than the pit goods she had recruited.
But the advantage of having more people is enough to kill her in seconds.
Fang Xia felt that his future road was quite difficult, and he really had a long way to go.
After turning around like this, when Fang Xia went back, it was time for dinner.
As a celebrity who is famous for his clear soup, Kong Ling naturally followed the ancient law and had dinner at about four o'clock in the afternoon. And it shouldn't be said to be a dinner, it should be said to be a banquet. When Fang Xia was in Luoyang, he had participated in the banquet held by Hu Zhen, and now although Kong Ling was sick, he still attended the banquet crookedly.
At this banquet, Kong Ling's purpose was naturally to support Gu. He is still very kind, since he plans to hand over Qian County to Fang Xia, then hand it over completely, in front of everyone, and pass the handover procedures, then if Xu Chu wants to resist, he has soldiers in his hands, Fang Xia has no way, and Kong Ling also has no way. But at least Xu Chu doesn't occupy the name of righteousness, and this name is still very important in these years.
As the Taishou, Kong Ling held a banquet, and it was probably the last time in his life, and all the officials of the county had arrived.
Xu Jing, Liang Xi and Xu Chu.
This was the first time Fang Xia had seen Xu Chu. He was indeed as rumored, more than eight feet long, with a thick waistline, and now it was a separate meal system, and the small table in front of him could barely stop this person. When I came in to say hello before, it was also like a bell, almost deafening people's ears.
After everyone had already sat down, Kong Ling coughed twice and motioned to Xu Jing with his eyes.
At this time, he found it difficult to even speak.
Xu Jing naturally understood, got up and began to introduce to everyone.
Since we had already known each other before, we were just going through the motions at this time, so it was going quickly. Xu Jing first introduced Fang Xia to everyone, and then in turn, introduced everyone to Fang Xia, because there were few people, there were only six people present, except for the four people from Qian County itself, plus Fang Xia and Zhong Xuan. After walking down in such a circle, the time for a single tea did not pass.
In the end, it was Xu Chu's turn.
Xu Jing was still smiling, and said: "Lord Diao Chan, this is the famous Xu Chu, Xu Zhongkang, and Lord Xu Zhongkang, who defeated the Yellow Turban Thief back then. β
Fang Xia nodded and said, "I've seen Lord Xu." β
Although she thinks that a martial artist like Xu Chu has clear likes and dislikes, loves and wants to live, and evil wants to die, it stands to reason that she can be closer to him and win his favor. But at this time, it is a formal banquet occasion, if her attitude is too good, and then Xu Chu's reaction is not as expected, it is really a bit embarrassing to stick a cold face with her. It doesn't matter if Fang Xia is embarrassed, but the identities she attaches to her make it impossible for her to be ashamed.
Therefore, Fang Xia finally chose a decent title.
Xu Chu didn't reply immediately, he played with the wine cup in his hand.
Fang Xia's golden finger only works on Wenchen and military generals, even if it is a future Wenchen military general, see Ganyu.
Xu Chu must have eaten this set, but Xu Chu is not a person, he represents all the heroes in the entire county. Although these heroes had heard of Fang Xia's reputation, they naturally had admiration for her, but they were not deeply affected, and they must have protected their own interests first at the first time. And the best way to protect their own interests is to elect Xu Chu as this Taishou, and they are autonomous.
Before coming to the banquet, these leaders who had the right to speak in the powerful got together and held a meeting, if they wanted Xu Chu to squeeze out Fang Xia and successfully take over Qian Jun after Kong Ling. In their opinion, Qian County was originally theirs, and now it is just a matter of returning it to its original owner, Kong Ling is a foreigner, what qualifications does he have to decide where Qian County belongs?
This kind of thinking is human, and there is nothing wrong with it.
If there was no Fang Xia, Xu Chu would also be willing to be a taishou.
In fact, Xu Chu has a little "official fan", if it weren't for the fact that the troubled times are coming now, the royal family of the Han Dynasty itself is difficult to protect, there is no time to manage the world, and the system has begun to be chaotic. Xu Chu's current position is still because of the military power in his hands, and Kong Ling has to compromise.
Xu Chu was equivalent to taking Bai Kong Ling for Taishou in exchange for an official position, and completed the step from a citizen to an official.
Xu Chu didn't know how to be a Taishou before, but in fact, Kong Ling was not good, and Xu Jing and Liang Xi basically handled big and small things. As long as Xu Chu takes the throne, referring to the old practice, he is still in charge of the military power, and other political affairs are decentralized, and he can still run the county.
But Fang Xia came, Xu Chu had a good impression of Fang Xia, and he felt that as an elder brother, he should take care of this girl.
Xu Chu glanced at Fang Xia deeply, and finally made a decision, he said, "I've seen Lord Diao Chan." β
As soon as this title came out, it had already indicated what he meant, and Xu Chu recognized Fang Xia as an adult.