"PS: The serial number of the previous chapter is wrong, and it is corrected here."

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After about half an hour, Li Junshou led Zhao Yu and Xun Yi back to the main hall, ending the strange scene of Yingchuan County Cheng Song Shu and County Warden Shi Chenlang and Niu Heng staring at each other in the main hall.

"Your Excellency."

When Li Junshou returned to the main hall, Song Shu and Chen Lang immediately got up to greet each other.

Li Junshou waved his hand and said, "Sit down." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Yu was not polite, pointed to the first seat on the west side, and said to Xun Yi: "Superintendent, please?" ”

"This Zhou leader is also too anxious......

Xun Yi smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Zhao Yu, who understood what he meant, was not polite, and immediately sat down in the first place on the west side, facing the county Cheng Song.

And Xun Yi, after shaking his head slightly, sat down under him.

Seeing this scene, Li Junshou was stunned for a moment, but he didn't say anything.

From the side, Juncheng Song Shu and Changshi Chen Lang were also slightly stunned when they saw this, and looked at Li Junshou quietly.

Unexpectedly, the two of them unexpectedly found that Li Junshou did not react to the fact that Zhou Hu sat down in the first place on the west side without authorization.

"What's going on?"

Song Shu couldn't help but muttered secretly in his heart.

Regardless of the fact that Li Junshou and Xun Yi and this Zhou Hu talked in the side hall for nearly half an hour, what's more, after the three of them came out, Song Shu felt that Li Junshou's attitude towards this Zhou Hu was obviously kind and tolerant.

"I wonder what Zhou Hu said to the county guard this week, which made the county guard's attitude towards him change greatly?"

Song Shu frowned and secretly guessed, and then opened his mouth to probe: "Lord County Guard, I don't know what the Captain of the Upper Zhou Department talked about with you in the side hall?" ”

"Nothing." Li Junshou said lightly: "I just talked about something about the rebels." ”

Of course, he didn't want to reveal his conversation with Zhao Yu to Song Shu, after all, Zhao Yu's words, in addition to showing loyalty, were to persuade him to give up Xuchang and retreat to Kunyang, which was equivalent to giving up the military and people of Xuchang, how could Li Junshou be embarrassed to mention it?

Unless he had no choice, he didn't want to use it, although he thought it was a good one.

After prevaricating Song Shu, Li Junshou opened his mouth to summon a soldier and ordered: "Come here, go and invite the captain to come, and say that I have something important to discuss." ”

"Yes!"

The soldier departed.

Glancing at the back of the soldier leaving, Li Junshou chuckled and said to Zhao Yu: "Zhou Hu, you came to Xuchang this time, the way was hard, I should have let you rest first, but now the situation is dangerous, and you have to fight for points, I hope you don't have any complaints." ”

Zhao Yu immediately clenched his fists and smiled: "Lord County Shou is serious. …… The county guard treats me well, but how can the fatigue on the way stop me from being willing to share my worries for the county guard? ”

"Haha."

Li Junshou stroked his beard and chuckled, and nodded secretly in his heart: Although Zhou Hu was born as a bandit, he really knows how to behave in the world.

“……”

From the side, Song Shu and Chen Lang looked at each other, really a little puzzled.

Not long after, Cao Suo, the commander of Yingchuan, brought the scholar Tian Qin and other cadres to the hall.

When he caught a glimpse of a masked man sitting in the hall, whether it was Cao Suo or a few people behind him, the expression on his face was a little unnatural.

"Captain ......"

Tian Qin's face changed slightly, and he whispered to Cao Suo.

"Is he Zhou Hu?" Sure enough, the one who came was not good......

Cao Suo raised his hand to interrupt and took a deep look at the Zhou Hu who 'snatched' his seat.

You must know that in the absence of honorable guests, the 'county commander', as the assistant of the county guard, generally sits first on the east side, while the 'Du Wei' sits first on the west side.

And now, Zhou Hu, who came from Kunyang, 'grabbed' his seat, which is not a sign of goodwill.

However, Cao Suo was still calm, walked to the hall quietly, and hugged his fist towards Li Junshou: "My lord." ”

Following him, Tian Qin and the others behind him also clasped their fists and saluted.

"Hmm."

Li Junshou nodded, and after glancing at Zhao Yu, who was sitting at the head of the west side, he raised his hand to the seat on the east side, and said to Cao Suo: "Sit down first, sit down." ”

This move actually acquiesced in Zhao Yu's 'grabbing' of the seat that should have belonged to Cao Suo?

Rao is Cao Suo also has a bit of the city, and his face has changed slightly at this moment.

And Tian Qin and the others behind him looked at Zhao Yu with displeasure.

Seeing Cao Suo moving and turning his head to look at Zhao Yu, Li Junshou was also a little embarrassed in his heart, and secretly blamed Zhao Yu for not knowing anything.

But just as he just turned a blind eye to Zhao Yu's actions, it was not easy for him to ask Zhao Yu to get up and give up his seat to Cao Suo at this time, after all, Zhao Yu had just expressed his allegiance to him, not to mention, Zhao Yu's talent was obviously better than Cao Suo's, and Li Junshou still had to rely on this person to repel the rebels for him.

Thinking of this, Li Junshou coughed, pointed at Zhao Yu and introduced: "This is Zhou Hu who defeated the rebels in Kunyang last year, Zhou Hu, this is Cao Suo, the governor of the county, how close you two will be in the future." ”

Hearing Li Junshou's introduction, Zhao Yu stood up, hugged his fists and said, "It turned out to be Cao Duwei." ”

Cao Suo glanced at Zhao Yu deeply a few times, barely squeezed out a few smiles, and returned the salute with a fist: "Captain Zhou." ”

Just as the two saluted each other, someone behind Cao Suo finally couldn't hold it back, and jumped out to accuse Zhao Yu: "Why did the captain of the upper part of Zhou grab the position of the captain? ”

"Oh?" Zhao Yu looked at the seat behind him, and pretended not to know: "Is this seat originally for Cao Duwei?" ”

"Sure enough, something happened."

Xun Yi, who was sitting under Zhao Yu, shook his head secretly.

Of course, he understood that this Zhou leader was not ignorant of the rules, but 'knowingly committed' - to put it bluntly, this Zhou leader came to Xuchang this time, not only to take Cao Suo's seat, but also to take the latter's position.

Although Xun Yi supported this Zhou leader in his heart, he still felt that this Zhou leader was too 'strong'.

However, now, he can only stand on Zhao Yu's side.

He first reminded Zhao Yu of the identity of the other party in the form of introduction: "This is Han He and Han Weishi." ”

Unlike Tian Qin's position as a non-commissioned officer, Wei Shi was more inclined to a civilian position, and was probably an official who assisted the Governor in handling affairs, and was also responsible for conveying the orders of the Commander.

Usually, under a captain, there will be two sergeants and two captains.

After explaining the identity of the other party, Xun Yi immediately got up again to round the field for Zhao Yu, explaining, lest Zhao Yu's 'strongness' make Li Junshou unhappy: "Leader Zhou doesn't know these rules, and I hope that Cao Duwei will not be strange." ”

“……”

Cao Suo and Xun Yi didn't have much friendship in the first place, and they didn't say a word when they heard the words.

And the Wei Shi named Han He sneered at this time and said, "Now that you know that you have made a mistake, you should give up your seat." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Yu stretched out his hand to stop Xun Yi, who was still about to round the field for him, and looked at Cao Suo and said with a smile: "Captain Cao, do you have to give up your seat below?" ”

This rhetorical question put Cao Suo in a dilemma.

Starting from his heart, of course he wished that this Zhou Hu would give up his seat, but the problem was that people had already sat down, and then forcibly asked the other party to give up his seat, which was also a bit of a 'unreasonable and unforgiving' meaning - it didn't matter to ordinary people, but this Zhou Hu in front of him ...... Is that the average person?

Didn't you see that even Li Junshou acquiesced to this?

Thinking of this, Cao Suo stopped Han He and said expressionlessly: "Enough, Han He, don't make it difficult for Lord Junshou." ”

As he spoke, he turned his head and walked to the side of Song Shu, who was sitting at the head of Song Shu at this time, and quickly got up and gave up his seat to Cao Suo.

Seeing this scene, Li Junshou nodded secretly: This Cao Suo still understands how to advance and retreat.

While secretly praising Cao Suo, he turned his head to look at Zhao Yu.

"This week, Hu is ambitious, I'm afraid it's not that he doesn't understand the rules, but he is coveting Cao Suo's position as the captain......

Li Junshou, who has been in the officialdom for a long time, saw at a glance the deep meaning behind Zhao Yu's 'grabbing a seat'.

However, in addition to secretly blaming Zhao Yu for causing trouble for him when he first came, Li Junshou didn't have any bad feelings, and the key was naturally that Zhao Yu had to show his loyalty to this Li Junshou.

As long as Zhou Hu's loyalty to him and the imperial court can be ensured, even if Zhou Hu has the ambition to replace Cao Suo, Li Junshou will not interfere.

After all, Cao Suo, the captain, has behaved too badly in the face of the rebels in the past two years, even if he is replaced by that Zhou Hu, it is nothing wrong in the eyes of Li Junshou.

"Ahem."

After Cao Suo and his party sat down, Li Junshou coughed lightly and said in a deep voice: "I summoned you and others today to discuss the matter of fighting against the rebels. …… I have good news and bad news to announce here, and you may have heard about it for a long time. ”

After a pause, he revealed in a deep voice: "The bad news is that after Li Meng, the governor of Henan, withdrew from Changshe County, the rebel general Xiang Xuan captured Changshe, and Xu Gui, the county lieutenant of Changshe, and Wu Bi, the county lieutenant, were martyred. …… Good news, Zhou Hu, the upper lieutenant, captured Yingyang two days ago, and according to me, Xuchang is only separated by a Yingyin. ”

When the words fell, there was calm in the house, and it was obvious that everyone in the house had already heard the news.

Seeing this, Li Junshou spoke again: "Before today's meeting begins, Cao Duwei, I hope you will tell the truth about the current situation of my Xuchang first, so that Zhou Hu, who has just arrived, can have an understanding......

Hearing this, Cao Suo suddenly felt a strong sense of crisis.

Li Junshou asked him to brief Zhou Hu on the current situation in Xuchang, which meant that Zhou Hu would participate in his 'decision-making against the enemy' in Xuchang, and it also meant that he would inevitably lose power gradually—at least in terms of decision-making, he would definitely lose.

But Cao Suo had nothing to do about it, after all, the Yingchuan County Army led by him, Tian Qin, Han He and others, whether it was last year or this year, did not have any gratifying results, and was even defeated by Xiang Xuan and others many times; On the other hand, Zhou Hu defeated the rebels in Kunyang last year with less victories.

In this case, what excuse does he Cao Suo have to stop that Zhou Hu from making decisions for him Xuchang?

"At the very least, you must hold the military power in your hands, and you must not be stolen by that Zhou Hu, otherwise you ......."

After taking a deep look at Zhao Yu, Cao Suo began to talk about the current situation in Xuchang in a deep voice, such as how many soldiers and how many armaments he still had in Xuchang.

During this period, Zhao Yu listened quietly and memorized those numbers in his heart.

After all, this Yingchuan County Army, which is currently under the command of Cao Suo, will be his in the next second.