In fact, everyone present had a common idea in their hearts, that is, Xu Xiangtian was deliberately framing Zhou Bo. Because they can all see it clearly, during the time that Zhou Bo has been in office, he has never done anything deviant, and most of the time at twelve o'clock a day is in Xiying. On the contrary, Xu Xiangtian is Xu Wenbo's younger brother, and this relationship can naturally involve personal grievances.

As soon as the two are compared, things already understand a lot.

However, now no one dares to talk about this, in the final analysis, they are all humble and light-hearted, and Zhou Bo has no backing behind him, what can be done about this matter?

In the back hall, there was silence for a while, everyone's faces looked very hesitant, and many people sighed.

At this time, a shouting voice came from outside the back hall: "All up, all open, what are you doing here, all scattered." ”

A person squeezed through the crowd of people blocking the door who wanted to find out the news, and finally squeezed into the back hall. This person didn't have time to take a breath, and hurriedly reported to the several adults sitting directly above: "Two deputy envoys, there is a team of sergeants from outside the Xiying, and they want to come into the camp for questioning. ”

Hearing this, everyone in the back hall was surprised, the sergeant was going to come and question? Could it be that Zhou Bo's matter also involved them?

Chen Xianzhi immediately got up and asked, "Sergeant, what is the way from, how many people are here, what do you want to ask?" He asked several questions in a row, and for a while and a half almost made the person who came to report stunned.

The person who came hesitated for a while, and said: "Back to Deputy Envoy Chen, there are only more than 50 sergeants who have come to meet you. The generals claimed to be in charge of Niu Gao. As for what to ask. The little ones don't know. ”

Chen Xianzhi and Gao Xue both knew very well that Niu Gao was Li Hui's person. The two of them looked at each other, could it be that this matter was really very involved? If so, wouldn't they also get into trouble?

Previously, all the officials in Xiying were still speculating about why Zhou Bo was arrested by Li Hui, but now they are worried about themselves, and some people are even muttering in their hearts, is Zhou Bo talking nonsense, so he implicated innocent people?

Chen Xianzhi hesitated for a while. He could only sigh and said, "Go, go and invite General Niu in." Besides, let the people outside disperse, don't make a fuss here. Go, go, go. ”

The people who came immediately turned around and went out, first scattered the people gathered at the door of the back hall, and then hurriedly ran outside the west camp and welcomed Niu Gao and other sergeants into the west camp.

Chen Xianzhi glanced at Gao Xue, and there was faint sweat on his forehead. He asked, "Boss Gao, what do you think about this matter? Could it be that Li Xianggong really suspects us?"

Gao Xue thought for a moment. He said in a deep voice: "This, it shouldn't affect us." Wouldn't it be said that Zhou Dadu made a mistake this time, then Xu Yanei has no grievances with us, and it will be detrimental to us if he can't do it. What's more, Zhou Dadu is not the kind of person who drags mud and water, and he will never make something out of nothing to drag us down. ”

Chen Xianzhi still had some doubts, and sighed: "I hope so." ”

While he was talking, Niu Gao and a kind of sergeant under him had already walked from the outside to the door of the back hall. He had his men wait outside the door, and then walked into the back hall alone.

Chen Xianzhi saw the look on Niu Gao's face when he came in, and his heart suddenly became blocked again, and he saw Niu Gao looking fierce and vicious, as if he was not asking questions, but looking for revenge. He immediately stepped forward, smiled reluctantly, and said, "Where is Captain Niu from?"

Niu Gao snorted, ignored Chen Xianzhi's question at all, looked at everyone in the hall anyway, and asked coldly: "Sprinkle the family and ask you, was Zhou Bo, the capital of Xiying, arrested by Li Xuanfu Xianggong?"

Everyone was originally very nervous, but when they heard Niu Gao ask this, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out that Niu Gao was just here to find out the true situation of Zhou Bo.

Chen Xianzhi was stunned for a moment, then laughed, and was not nervous, and said lukewarmly: "Captain Niu, you don't know the news that Zhou Dadu has been sent to the dungeon? But it's not strange, Captain Niu, you are a general outside the city, and we just received the news, not to mention Captain Niu?"

Although Niu Gao looked aggressive, the Song Dynasty has always emphasized literature and light martial arts. Chen Xianzhi is a civil official, as long as Niu Gao is not ordered to trouble him, there is no need to give him a good look.

Niu Gao didn't care about Chen Xianzhi's tone, and said again: "This morning, the Sa family met Zhou Dadu Guan at the gate of Li Xuanfu Xianggong's office, but I didn't expect that this afternoon, the Sa family had just entered the city to do business, and I heard rumors outside that Zhou Dadu had been convicted. This is really funny, it only took half a day to be convicted, so Zhou Dadu is a court official, how can he be directly convicted without even going through a public trial!!"

Hearing this, everyone thought that Niu Gao was fighting for Zhou Bo, so they all sighed again, revealing their sympathy for Zhou Bo.

At this time, Fan Haicheng suddenly said more, and said: "There is naturally something strange about this matter, I heard that Li Xuanfu Xianggong was fine yesterday, but this morning Xu observed that Xu Xiangtian, the son of Xianggong, went to see Li Xianggong, and then things got big." ”

When Niu Gao heard this, his eyes immediately widened, and he asked Fan Haicheng: "Is Xu Xiangtian, the son of Xu Xiangtian, the prince of the Xianggong, the former governor of Xiying, the younger brother of Xu Wenbo?"

Fan Haicheng knew that he had said too much, but since Niu Gao asked, he couldn't help but answer, so he replied and said, "Yes, it is Xu Wenbo's younger brother." ”

Niu Gao immediately got angry and said: "Not long ago, Xu Wenbo couldn't manage it because he framed Zhou Dadu, but was exposed by Zhou Dadu, so he was kicked out of Xiying. Nine times out of ten, Xu Xiangtian was holding a grudge and deliberately wanted to frame Zhou Daduguan! ”

Niu Gao is an urgent son and a military general, so naturally he won't think about it so much. Straight to the point.

However, after Niu Gao, he broke through this layer of windows. All the Xiying officials present immediately responded. Especially a few people who have a good relationship with Zhou Bo. Not only did he show anger, but he also had an unwilling impulse.

"Since he took office as the governor of Xiying, Zhou Dadu has always been conscientious, not only getting rid of the bad habits accumulated in Xiying, but also being fair and selfless in the management of Xiying. But I didn't expect that the good and dignified person didn't provoke anyone, and he actually carried such a big basket on his back. Alas. You know, the army of Qi dogs is right under your nose. Lu Wenju was picked up by Zhou Bo, and he was naturally the most upset at this time.

Zhou Bo can actually see people, he knows that Lu Wenju is an honest person, so he reuses it. And Lu Wenju is indeed honest, one is one, and two is two, and after Niu Gao made his words clear, he immediately complained.

At this time, although some other officials felt that Lu Wenju said such direct words in front of people outside Xiying, the impact was very bad. However, there are still many people whispering.

Niu Gao heard Lu Wenju evaluate Zhou Bo's character, and immediately insisted in his heart that Zhou Bo was framed. He doesn't talk nonsense here either. He arched his hand to Chen Xianzhi and Gao Xue and said, "Farewell." After saying that, he turned around and went out angrily.

Gao Xue felt that Niu Gao would do something, so he quickly got up from his seat and chased after Niu Gao, shouting: "General Niu, General Niu, stop for a while!"

Niu Gao stopped, turned to look at Gao Xue, and asked, "Master Gao, do you have any orders?"

Gao Xue sighed and said, "General Niu, what are your plans now?"

Niu Gao said without changing his face: "Naturally, I went to find Li Xuanfu Xianggong theory." Now that the great enemy has retreated, how can we frame ourselves internally? This is completely a matter of destroying the prestige of our own people and increasing the morale of foreign enemies. ”

Gao Xue knew that Niu Gao was going to come to this set, and he said solemnly: "Captain Niu, what is the result of your theory with Li Xianggong? Even if this is a trap to frame Zhou Daduguan, but since Li Xianggong believes it, it shows that Xu Yanei has come up with convincing evidence, otherwise with the relationship that Li Xianggong has just been promoted to Zhou Bo, how can he easily get angry?"

Niu Gao thought about it and felt that what Gao Xue said was extremely true, so he asked, "Then what should I do now?"

Gao Xue took a deep breath and said, "We can only stand by and watch this matter." Unless, after some time, if Li Xianggong is the same, there is something strange in this, and at that time, General Niu and I will go to persuade together, but there is still a glimmer of hope. However, when I went today, Li Xianggong just got angry in the morning, and if he went again in the afternoon, I was afraid that it would make Li Xianggong even more angry. ”

Niu Gao snorted and said, "Lord Gao, I thought you would have a good idea, but I didn't know that it was such a bad idea." The Sprinkle family has been following Li Xianggong for so long, don't they know what kind of temperament he is? I don't break some words, and since you don't go, I won't force anything. ”

After he finished speaking, he immediately left the back hall without looking back, and left with his men.

Gao Xue looked at Niu Gao's back, he could only sigh, he didn't know what the result of Niu Gao's trip would be, to be honest, he really hoped that Niu Gao could convince Li Hui. But if you can't convince it, it will hurt Zhou Bo even more.

Niu Gao left Xiying and went directly to Li Hui's line. He took more than 50 guards, each of whom rode a horse, and these guards followed him all the way from Hebei to Ezhou, and naturally experienced a lot of things along the way.

When I came to Li Huixingyuan, I saw that the streets were already full of sentry posts, and many soldiers were patrolling and guarding here, as if people who didn't know what was going on thought something big had happened here. When Niu Gao came to the intersection of the street, the sentry here saw that they were dressed in military uniforms, and immediately became alert and stepped forward to stop them.

The captain of the guard at the sentry asked, "Dare to ask who the captain is?"

Niu Gao didn't answer, but a guard behind him shouted: "Blind your dog tricks, don't you know the Niu Command?"

These soldiers guarding the streets were all Li Hui's troops, and they naturally didn't know Niu Gao's people. However, when the captain of the guard heard that it was "control", he immediately showed a groveling appearance, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be Captain Niu, dare to ask Captain Niu what is the noble matter?"

Niu Gao said lukewarmly: "The Sprinkle family wants to see Li Xianggong, there is something important to discuss, you wait and get out of the way, let the Sprinkle family and others pass." ”

The captain of the guard smiled awkwardly, with a look of embarrassment on his face, and said: "Captain Niu is really unfortunate today, some big things happened here in the morning, and Li Xianggong has put this place under martial law and will not let anyone pass." also deliberately explained, no matter how big or small the entry is, it will be handled tomorrow for the time being. I also ask Captain Niu to forgive me, and the little ones are just acting on orders. ”

Niu Gao snorted and blurted out a scolding: "You talent, the Sprinkle family also met with Li Xianggong this morning, you dare to stop me? I don't know how to lift, quickly roll to the side with the Sprinkle family, and anger the Sprinkle family, and the Sprinkle family will cut you with a knife." ”

When the captain of the guard saw that Niu Gao was so short-tempered, his heart was cold, but because of the order, he fell into a dilemma for a while. He hesitated for a long time before he said hesitantly: "Captain Niu, otherwise, you will be here later, and the little one will go to report to Captain Niu, if Li Xianggong wants to see Captain Niu, the little one doesn't have to take on anything, so as not to let Captain Niu run away in vain." Look, okay?"

Niu Gao roared and said, "Fuck you, the Sprinkle family never loses this set of etiquette when you see Li Xianggong." Hmph, if you don't get out of the way, then the Sprinkle family won't give you face. After he finished speaking, he kicked the spur and forced his way straight through the sentry post.

The captain of the guard still wanted to stop him, but if the other party was only three or two horsemen, it would be fine, but the other party had fifty men and fifty horsemen, and his own people stepped forward to stop him, wouldn't he become the object of being trampled by the horses' hooves?

Niu Gao rushed all the way to the door of Li Hui's Xingyuan, but he was closely followed by a group of soldiers, first, he was worried that Niu Gao was coming to rebel, and second, he naturally did not dare to take responsibility for dereliction of duty. Niu Gao came to the door of Li Hui's mansion, and jumped off the horse, and the guards at the door of the mansion all knew Niu Gao, so they naturally didn't dare to slack off.

"Captain Niu, later, you have sent someone to report it, Captain Niu, how are you beating people?"

Niu Gao didn't even look at the guards who came up, he pushed them away, and then walked towards the mansion with a fierce attitude. The palace guard, who ran to report first, told Li Hui the news of Niu Gao's incoming. Li Hui was originally asking people to sort out the evidence of Zhou Bo's rebellion, Xu Xiangtian was also present, and at the same time, even Zhai Xuan sent a judge to help corroborate the evidence, as long as the evidence was clear, Zhou Bo would definitely be in trouble.

However, at this juncture, Niu Gao came to make trouble, and Li Hui was in a bad mood all of a sudden. He didn't want to meet Niu Gao, so he asked the guards to drive Niu Gao out, but the judge sent by Zhai Xuan still had some foresight, thinking that if he didn't meet Niu Gao at this time, Niu Gao would definitely think that Li Xianggong was weak-hearted, so he asked Li Xianggong to delay Niu Gao first, and he was moved by emotion.

Li Hui felt that it made sense, so he had no choice but to come to the front hall and meet Niu Gao.

After Niu Gao saw Li Hui in the front hall, he asked directly: "Li Xianggong, I would like to ask you, is it because you listened to Xu Yanei's words, do you think that there is something wrong with Zhou Dadu? However, even if Zhou Dadu cares about something, he will not be taken into the dungeon." (To be continued.) )