On the evening of 19 June, before the officials of the Governor's Office left work, Zhao Yu summoned all the important officials in the Governor's Office to his room.

In addition to Tian Qin, Liao Guang, Han He, Liu Jian and a cadre of Gong Cao, Shi Chen Lang, the county guard, and Xun Yi, who joined the army with Gong Cao, were also present.

I saw that in front of everyone, Zhao Yu pointed to Qin Yu and Jia Shu and introduced: "Qin Yu and Jia Shu, who were deceived by the rebels and committed to being thieves, fortunately finally woke up and abandoned the darkness and turned to the light. …… The two of them had previously served as generals in the rebel army, commanding 2,000 soldiers, and were quite talented, and now I summoned them to Xuchang and appointed them as soldiers, hoping to get along with each other well in the future. ”

Hearing this, the sleek Jia Shu immediately hugged his fists towards everyone, and said with a smile: "I am an official in the same office, I hope you will take care of it more in the future." ”

Compared with Jia Shu, Qin Yu was arrogant, and he just hugged his fists towards everyone.

Looking at Qin Yu and Jia Shu, except for Chen Lang, Xun Yi and Gong Cao Shuzuo Feng Wei, everyone else had a slight change in complexion, among which of course Tian Qin and Liao Guang were the most obvious.

Looking left and right, Wei Shi Liu Jian said euphemistically, "Captain, is this matter a little ...... Insecure? ”

He glanced at Qin Yu and Jia Shu, and said with a strange expression: "Although these two have gone astray, they have served the rebels after all, and the commander has now appointed them as soldiers...... I'm afraid some people won't be convinced. ”

"Who is not convinced?" Zhao Yu asked calmly.

Liu Jian was speechless for a moment, and lowered his head with a look of unease.

Although Zhao Yu's tone was calm, everyone in the room felt as if a cold wind was blowing, making them feel a chill down their spine.

Even Liao Guang, who was faintly angry, didn't dare to speak at this moment, after all, they had already learned a lesson.

"Since there is no objection, it is so decided."

Glancing at the people in the room, Zhao Yu instructed Tian Qin: "Tian Qin, tomorrow you take Qin Yu and Jia Shu to inspect the barracks and outposts in the city, if the two of them are confused, you explain to them." ”

“…… Be. ”

Tian Qin clenched his fists with a complicated expression.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu nodded, waved his hand and said, "Okay, you can all stand down." …… Wang Gong Cao Shi. ”

"Humble duty." Gong Cao Shi Wang Tao hurriedly answered.

"You arrange a room for Qin Shizhi and Jia Shiyi, and if there is no empty house, find someone to vacate two rooms."

"Don't worry, there is still a vacant room in the department, just clean it."

"Okay, then you can arrange it."

"Yes."

After a while, the officials left one after another, leaving only Chen Lang and Xun Yi.

Chen Lang immediately asked Zhao Yu with a worried look: "Du Wei, are these Qin and Jia two credible?" ”

Zhao Yu said with relief: "Don't worry, this Qin Yu and Jia Shu are the generals who were captured by my Kunyang last year, and I used a trick to order the rebels to abandon the two, making the two resentful of the rebels." Moreover, although I put them in charge of the army, they did not have my orders, and with their origins, they could not mobilize a single soldier of the county army at present. …… All in all, the two of them can only exercise the power of a scholar if they are effectively loyal to me, and Chen Changshi has no need to worry. ”

"That's good." Chen Lang nodded when he heard this.

To be honest, in addition to caring about the loyalty of Qin Yu and Jia Shu, he didn't care about Zhao Yu planting henchmen in the county army, after all, he didn't care about the county army.

Following him, Xun Yi also said worriedly: "Zhou Duwei, I just looked at Tian Qin and Liao Guang, and I suggest that Du Wei talk to him and ......."

Of course, Zhao Yu understood what Xun Yi meant, and he also knew that Xun Yi was for his good, but he still shook his head: "It's not that I didn't think about winning them over, including the other officials of the Governor's Office, although I experienced some unhappiness when I first became the Captain, but in the end I still tried my best to maintain the status quo and still told them to stay in their original positions, but what was the result?" The Lieutenant was like a sieve up and down, and what I had said the night before had reached Song Shu's ears in less than a night......

"......" Xun Yi subconsciously looked at Chen Lang.

"It's not me." Chen Lang waved his hand again and again.

"It's not Chen Changshi." Zhao Yu shook his head and guessed: "Either Tian Qin, Liao Guang, or those Gong Cao." …… I appointed Qin and Jia today to knock and knock on these people, so that they can understand that this is the Governor's Office, but all the officials in the Department should be responsible to me, the Governor, not the county! ”

Seeing that Zhao Yu's mind had been decided, Xun Yi felt regretful, but he no longer persuaded him, after all, what he cared about was whether Zhao Yu could repel the rebels and keep Xuchang, but he didn't want to be too involved in the power struggle between Zhao Yu and the county Cheng Song Shu or the former governor Cao Suo. - Although he also understands that he has long been labeled as the 'Zhou Hu faction', he can't avoid this power struggle at all.

At the same time, Wang Tao, the official of Gongcao, had led Qin Yu and Jia Shu to an empty house.

I saw him say to Qin Yu respectfully: "If the Qin scholars are quite satisfied with this place, this room will be used as the scholars' room, right?" ”

"Hmm."

Qin Yu looked inside the room and nodded slightly.

"That's good." Wang Tao said with a smile: "I will order someone to clean up tonight, and Qin Shizhi can move in tomorrow to deal with affairs." …… Oh, the house is next door, and I'll take you there. ”

"Okay."

Jia Shu followed Wang Tao with a smile, leaving Qin Yu alone to look at the furnishings in the house.

After a short time, Jia Shu returned to Qin Wei's room, and saw Qin Wei sitting on a chair with his legs resting on the table in front of him, and he said with a smile: "This is not in line with the etiquette of court officials." ”

“……”

Qin Wei rolled his eyes and said lightly, "Have you seen the next door?" ”

"I've seen it, it's pretty much the same."

Leaning on the corner of the desk, Jia Shu said with emotion with a little excitement: "I really didn't expect that you and I would actually become officials of the 'imperial court'. ”

He deliberately accentuated the word "court", which seemed to be self-deprecating.

"......" Qin Yu closed his eyes and closed his eyes to recuperate.

Suddenly, Jia Shu asked casually: "By the way, where are we going to stay at night?" ”

Only then did Qin Yu open his eyes and ask calmly, "Didn't Leader Zhou give instructions?" ”

"I don't think so." Jia Shu shook his head, and then said with some yearning: "Why don't you go to that Chen Mansion?" "The egg hurts

"Is it the mansion of the county warden Shi Chenlang?"

Qin Yu leaned back on the chair with his hands on the pillow, and said lightly: "He is a county guard, and the mansion is not small." …… Hmph, I'd rather go to the post house and live with Liu Tu's gang of bandits. ”

"You......"

Jia Shu shook his head helplessly, and said helplessly: "Then go to the post house." …… Let's talk about it first, don't mention any bandits in front of Liu Tu and them. ”

"I'm not stupid."

Qin Wei rolled his eyes.

After the discussion, the two came to Zhao Yu's room and told the latter about it.

Zhao Yu also knew that Qin Yu and Jia Shu couldn't get together with officials like Chen Lang who were wealthy, and it was not surprising to hear this, leaving Qin Yu and the two of them to make their own decisions, in his opinion, Qin Yu and Jia Shu would not give up their current official positions, leave behind their old subordinates in Kunyang, and abscond alone.

At the same time, Liao Guang, Han He, and Liu Jian came to Tian Qin's house.

After closing the door, Tian Qin said to the three of them with a complicated mood: "What do the three of you think about today's events?" ”

"What is there to say?"

Liao Guang sneered: "It's nothing more than inserting henchmen." …… I have to say that week...... That guy is really bold, even the rebel generals dare to use it. ”

Speaking of this, he was suddenly stunned: Since Zhou Hu even dared to use the rebels' generals, then they ......

Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard Han He say in a low voice: "I think today's incident may be that Zhou Duwei wants to beat me and wait...... Let me ask first, was it any of you who reported the matter of the three Yingyin people a few days ago to Song Juncheng? ”

"Not me." Liao Guang shook his head.

Tian Qin also shook his head and said, "Although I was invited by Song Juncheng to his mansion for a banquet a few days ago, I didn't mention it......

Only Liu Jian showed a different color on his face.

Seeing that Tian Qin, Liao Guang, and Han He all turned their heads to look at each other, Liu Jian said with a wry smile: "I...... That day, Song Juncheng invited me to drink at the house, and mentioned what happened recently, but I didn't care about it at the time, and said it casually...... Haven't a few of you been invited by Song Juncheng to go? ”

"But we didn't mention Captain Zhou's order to seal his mouth." Han He said with a frown.

"That'...... So let me explain? Liu Jian said in a bit of a panic.

Tian Qin thought for a while, pressed his hand and said: "This matter is not busy, I asked you to come here this time to reveal something to you." …… In the past two days, I received a message from Cao Duwei, asking me to go and drink when I have time, and call a few more people......"

“……”

Liao Guang, Han He, and Liu Jian looked at each other.

Of course, they knew that Cao Duwei was not really recuperating at home, but was idle in disguise.

As soon as they heard Tian Qin's words at this moment, Liao Guang and the others were keenly aware that Cao Duwei might have wanted to 'come out'.

"What do you guys say?" Tian Qin asked, looking at the eyes of several people.

Liao Guang had a left opinion with Zhao Yu in the past two days because of the matter of 'whether to take the opportunity to recapture Yingyin', and he held his breath in his heart, and even agreed when he heard the words: "I'll go." ”

Following him, Liu Jian also nodded and said, "If Captain Cao can come forward to preside over the overall situation again and restrain the domineering and arbitrary Captain Zhou, it will naturally be the best...... Call more people. ”

Only Han He hesitated and said, "I...... Belch...... I'm afraid ......"

Seeing Han He's stumbling, Tian Qin said unhappily: "Han He, Cao Duwei treated you well in the past." ”

Han He's face was full of shame, and he wanted to stop talking, but in the end he still didn't agree.

Seeing this, Tian Qin said with a disappointed face: "In this case, please keep it a secret and don't leak it." ”

"Okay." Han He nodded again and again.

On the same day, Tian Qin secretly contacted the officials of the Governor's Office, but to his surprise, Gong Cao Shi Wang Tao and Gong Cao Shuzuo Feng Ji resigned in horror after hearing it.

In the end, there were only three people, Tian Qin, Liao Guang, and Liu Jian, which made Tian Qin both shocked and frightened.

Zhou Hu has only been the governor for a few days, so the officials above and below the governor's office are so afraid? If time goes by, will Cao Duwei still have a chance to make a comeback?

Gritting his teeth, Tian Qin thought that Cao Duwei should be allowed to come out of the mountain again as soon as possible, even if he was on an equal footing with a certain Zhou Duwei.

That night, Tian Qin, Liao Guang, and Liu Jian quietly went to the house of the former governor Cao Suo to make an appointment.

They never expected that when they went to Cao Suo's Mansion to make an appointment, Wei Shi Hanhe, who had repeatedly promised that they would not tell the truth, and Gong Cao Shuzuo Feng Ji, successively reported this matter to Zhao Yu, which surprised Zhao Yu - it turned out that there were also people in this Lieutenant Office who were willing to report to him.

In addition to the accident, he naturally said good words to appease the two.

On this night, when Tian Qin, Liao Guang, and Liu Jian were drinking in Cao Suo's mansion, Zhao Yu stood in the pool pavilion in the West Garden with Jingnu, admiring the moon shadow in the pool.

Tian Qin, Liao Guang, and Liu Jian went to Cao Suo's mansion to drink, which was not a big deal.

The key is what Cao Suo wants to do? What can be done?

『…… Since Liao Guang also went, he must have instigated Cao to ask for Yingyin...... Did Xiang Xuan's hand get rid of Cao Suo and Song Xuan? Tsk, that's a bit expensive......

After hesitating for a long time, Zhao Yu still couldn't make up his mind.

In other words, he was going to wait and see if Cao Suona was really ready to step into Xiang Xuan's trap.

If that were the case, then he would have to ......

Give Cao Suo a ride.

"It's just cheaper Xiang Xuan......

Zhao Yu thought unhappily.