Because of Xiao Yao's personal order, Zu Yan did not dare to have any neglect, and within a few days, he repaired the Xiao ancestral ancestral hall inside and out, and prepared various sacrifices for their worship, and also invited the local Xiao clansmen, and even the squires and celebrities with heads and faces in Lanling County to the Xiao ancestral hall to witness the recognition of Xiao Yao's father and son!

After worshipping the ancestral shrine, Zu Yan put on a feast again, washing the dust for Xiao Yao, his top boss, at the banquet, Zu Yan brought his ability to observe words and flattery to the extreme, and made Xiao Yao's sycophants very comfortable!

As Xiao Yao's father, Xiao Moke, who was sitting at the banquet, didn't speak much, whether it was Zu Yan's deliberate flattery, or the close relationship between those Xiao clansmen, Xiao Moke had always had a cold expression, not smiling, so scared that these people didn't dare to breathe in front of him! Fortunately, Xiao Yao showed a look of being full of ambition and enjoying himself, and kept toasting and laughing with these local snakes, so that the atmosphere of the banquet did not cool down!

Back at the residence, Xiao Moke, who still had a serious face, specially called Xiao Yao, who was already drunk and red-faced, to the room, ready to have a sincere exchange between father and son with him.

"Shiro, you are the assassin of Xuzhou, and you are the party leader who governs the entire Xuzhou, and Lanling County is also your jurisdiction, so it is your right to decide who to let be the taishou of Lanling County, and how to govern Lanling County! As the deputy commander of the Northern Expeditionary Army, I will not interfere with your governance of Xuzhou, and I have no right to interfere with you! But as a father, I think it is necessary to remind you that as the highest local governor, you can't reuse those sinister and cunning villains, and even stay away from them, if you want to become a good official, you must appoint more virtuous and talented people, so that you can govern Xuzhou well and let the people live a good life! Xiao Moke said earnestly.

"Does my father-in-law think that it was a wrong decision for me to reuse Zu Yan, an old minister of the Qi State, and let him continue to be a taishou here in Lanling County? The father-in-law is very unpleasant to look at this Zu Yan? Xiao Yao asked with a smile.

"That's right, I don't like this Zuyan very much! I heard that when he was in the court of Qi State, he was a treacherous and insidious villain, corrupt and perverted the law, framed Zhongliang, and flattered Emperor Gao Wei of Qi, and as a result, Hu Luguang, a brave and warlike general, was framed as a rebel and traitor, and finally was exterminated! So a villain like Zu Yan should really have his body broken into pieces! Xiao Moke said fiercely.

"Hu Luguang is the pillar of the country of Qi, he single-handedly blocked the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Zhou State to the west of Luoyang, such a fierce general, if he dies, isn't it equivalent to making my Chen State lose a strong enemy? As the general of Chen State, the father-in-law should be happy about Hu Luguang's death, you must know that after Yu Wenyong of Zhou State heard the news of Hu Luguang's death, he gave amnesty to the world to celebrate, if this ancestor Yan went to Zhou State, I believe that Yu Wenyong will definitely reward him heavily, let him be a court official, he will definitely not be as stingy as me, just let him be a small Lanling County Taishou! Xiao Yao deliberately pretended to be embarrassed and said self-deprecatingly.

"What's this, what are you talking about! Do you want him to be a bigger official? Xiao Moke was speechless for a while by Xiao Yao's rebuttal of not playing according to the routine, and then after organizing the language, he said in a somewhat angry tone: "Hu Luguang, as the top general of Qi State, his death is indeed a great news for Chen Guo of Zhou, and as a general of Chen Guo, of course I am also happy!" But what I want to tell you now is that Zu Yan is a villain, his character is not good, if you want to be a good official, you have to stay away from these villains! ”

"Haha, father-in-law, please stop being angry, I was just kidding you just now!" Xiao Yao said with a laugh, then regained his serious expression and smiled confidently: "Of course I know that Zu Yan is a villain who will do anything to achieve his goals, and I am already staying away from him!" That's why I will let him continue to be the Taishou in Lanling County, instead of transferring him to Xuzhou City and following me as the Taishou of Xuzhou City! ”

"Zu Yan is indeed a bad character, but he has the talent to govern, and his talent is stronger than many people on our side, including me, so I want to continue to reuse him! Now we have just recovered Xuzhou, and Lanling County has also been ruled by the northern state for decades, so I need to let Zu Yan, a former important minister of the Qi court, rule here for us, stabilize the situation, and calm the people's hearts, so that the war-torn Xuzhou can develop again, and the people can live a good life in peace and contentment! Didn't my father-in-law see that today's squires and celebrities in Lanling County, as well as our Xiao clansmen, all of them expressed their support and approval for us to recognize our ancestors and return to our ancestors in Lanling County, they did not have any resentment and resistance because it has now become the rule of Chen State, it can be seen that this Zu Yan's governance of Lanling County is still very successful! ”

"And I also know that he is a whisker and a horseman, so I let him be the chief guard of any county, in Lanling County, he is the biggest official, and no one will shoot him if he wants to! Lanling County is not far from Xuzhou City, but it is not close, even if he wants to frame others in front of me, he has no chance! Xiao Yao smiled proudly.

"Well, you have also seen that Zu Yan is a villain, so you appointed him as the Taishou of Lanling County, so as to stay away from his inferior character and reuse his talents, you can think like this, it seems that you have grown up, and your father-in-law's worries are superfluous!" Xiao Moke smiled and said with relief.

Then You immediately returned to a serious expression, and continued to say to Xiao Yao, who was looking at you: "You are so smart, I believe you already know why His Majesty suddenly appointed me as the deputy commander, and also sent me to Xuzhou to serve!" Your Majesty just wants me to come here to supervise you, and not let you do those lawless things here without any scruples! ”

Hearing that Xiao Moke confessed to himself so directly about his purpose for coming to Xuzhou, Xiao Yao shook his head and said with a wry smile: "It seems that many people in Jinling City are very dissatisfied with my way of privately proposing peace to Qi State without asking His Majesty!" ”

"Not satisfied! They all asked Your Majesty to punish you severely, not reverence for the imperial power, concealing Your Majesty, and bullying the king, which of these is a capital crime! If it weren't for His Majesty's love for you and magnanimity, you would have been escorted back to Jinling for disposal, and you still thought that you could still sit so comfortably in the position of Xuzhou Thorn History! Xiao Moke scolded with a look of hatred that iron is not made of steel.

"It's not that Your Majesty has a love for me Xiao Shilang, it's because he really has no one who can replace me as this Xuzhou assassin!" Xiao Yao sneered and said, "The general will not be affected by the life of the monarch outside!" According to the actual situation on the front line, what is wrong with me to make the most beneficial choice for our soldiers! Those ministers of the DPRK and China who all said that they would punish me severely, they are probably all protégés of the prince's side, right? Hehe, they have been living in Jinling City to eat and drink spicy food, how do they know how hard it is for our soldiers to march and fight? Do they think that if they want to conquer Qingzhou, they will be able to conquer Qingzhou? Do they know that I have enough food and grass? How much weapons and ammunition are left? They can't just because they are the prince's people, so they keep targeting me, and they want Your Majesty to put me to death! ”

"Shiro, you can't be rude to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince like this! Alas, why do you have to keep going against His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? No matter how you say it, he is also the prince of Chen State, the future emperor of Chen State! And now His Majesty's favor for King Xing has faded a lot, haven't you thought about how you can gain a foothold in the Chen Kingdom in the future? What's more, now that Wuhua is already the crown princess, His Royal Highness the prince is also a family with us, and my father really hopes that you can turn enemies into friends with the prince, defeat foreign enemies for Chen Guo together, and dominate the world! Xiao Moke also shook his head and said with a wry smile.