Passing by Linxia County, meeting with Zhao Wei, and having a brief conversation, Li Xun continued to travel westward, and at dusk, he finally returned to Wu'an City.

Compared with the madness outside, the inside of Wu'an City seems quite calm, and it is no different from before, except that after the riots, martial law began to be implemented in the city and patrols and security were strengthened.

Outside the gate of the Governor's Mansion, Fan Zhongyun and You Chong were standing there, waiting for a long time.

"I'm back."

"Go in and say."

Li Xun and the others entered the Governor's Mansion, came to the study, and sat down.

"Where's Gan Tuyuan?"

You Chong said: "Yuan He, Shan Qiu and others are leading the troops outside, only I and Gan Tuyuan are the two main generals left in the city, martial law has been imposed since the day before yesterday, I am on duty during the day, Gan Tuyuan is on duty at night, if the governor is looking for Gan Tuyuan to have something, I will send someone to call him over." ”

"No, each to his own thing."

Li Xun shook his head, looked at Fan Zhongyun, and said, "Old Fan, what's the situation?" ”

Fan Zhongyun must have had many other things that were not written on that letter.

"Some religious leaders were also involved in this riot, which caused the people involved in the riot to be very emotional, and it was extremely difficult to resolve it peacefully."

Regarding this point, after reading Fan Zhongyun's letter, Li Xun had already guessed that the scale of the people's rebellion last time was not small, but the personnel were scattered and broken by each other, and they were soon suppressed, but this time, it was very different, in just a few days, the people who started the incident quickly exceeded 100,000 people, and they were relatively concentrated, forming a powerful force, if no one secretly organized, it was impossible to form such a scale in a short time.

"Have you been in contact with the top of the rebellion?"

Fan Zhongyun said: "Yesterday I sent two people to negotiate, and they were killed quickly, their attitude was very resolute, and they did not have any intention of peace talks. ”

Li Xun smiled coldly: "Since this is the case, then there is no need to talk about it, we will solve it by our own means." ”

"Governor, what do you think?"

You Chong asked out loud at this time.

Li Xun didn't reply, he walked back and forth with his hands behind his back, his mind turning rapidly.

After pondering for a long time, Li Xun already had a plan in his heart, but he didn't say it in a hurry, but looked at Fan Zhongyun: "Old Fan, what do you think?" ”

"Use both soft and hard, fight a battle first, and then talk about it, and knock out their tough attitude."

You Chong said: "What does Mr. Fan mean is that he is ready to make up his mind from within them? ”

"100,000 foreign people, it is impossible for all of them to have the same heart, since we have two ambitions, we naturally have a chance."

After saying this, Fan Zhongyun looked at Li Xun: "Li Xun, you should also have an idea in your heart, you might as well say it and let us hear it." ”

Since arriving in Wuzhou, Fan Zhongyun found that Li Xun was very different from when he was in the capital, there was a lot less cynicism, and the previous kind of big grin was less and less, and occasionally, the whole person became more and more restrained and steady, and began to have his own, independent subjective ideas, for Li Xun's changes, Fan Zhongyun was very happy, a person who lacked independent judgment could not do great things.

Li Xun squinted his eyes and said slowly: "In this riot, religious leaders must have played a very important role in it, there is more than one such person, since there are hardliners, there must be moderates, my opinion is to fight one faction, pull one faction." ”

"The governor is clever, and this plan is very feasible."

After listening to Li Xun's plan, You Chong's eyes suddenly brightened, and he clapped his hands and agreed loudly.

Fan Zhongyun glanced at Li Xun with great appreciation, and there was a deep smile on his face: "I have looked for Alepf, but he is not willing to come forward. ”

Li Xun said lightly: "I'll talk to him, and I'll make a condition that he can't refuse." ”

Fan Zhongyun said softly: "Alepf is a kind old man, can he not be embarrassed... Don't embarrass him. ”

Li Xun nodded silently.

Several people discussed for a long time, and finally dispersed, Li Xun had a hasty dinner, and he didn't rest well in the past few days, so he went to bed early.

Early the next morning, Li Xun took Jiang Daxiong out of the Governor's Mansion and went to Alef's residence.

It is still the dilapidated Tianlan Temple, what is different is that now here, there is not only Alef, but there are hundreds of foreign people, because of the riots outside, rumors are spreading, their hearts are a little confused, so they spontaneously gathered here, hoping to get help from Alepf of the Degaowang clan.

Alepf sat at the front, holding a book in his hand, his eyes closed, and reading the scriptures softly in his mouth, and below him, hundreds of foreigners, too, looked very calm and gentle in the whole courtyard.

Li Xun walked in, watched all this silently, and did not speak.

Perhaps sensing Li Xun's footsteps, Alepf opened his eyes and met Li Xun's gaze, and both sides saw something in their eyes.

Alepf closed the scripture in his hand, stood up, and walked silently towards the room not far away.

"Big Bear, you wait for me here."

Li Xun whispered to Jiang Daxiong, and then walked towards Alepf.

The two entered the room one after the other.

Alev asked aloud: "Li Xun, what is the matter with you coming here?" ”

Li Xun said lightly: "Why do you ask knowingly, you should understand my intention." ”

Alepf shook his head: "Fan Zhongyun came to me two days ago, and I have already made it clear that I will not care about your affairs." ”

Li Xun looked directly at Alepf and said coldly: "Alepf, don't think that you can stir up any storms, this is the world of our Han people, if you want to live well, you must learn to obey and endure." ”

Among the many leaders of the Tianlan Sect, Alepf belongs to the moderate faction, and now that the civil unrest has broken out, it should not be what he wants to see, but Fan Zhongyun came to seek mediation, but Alepf bluntly refused, and there are some problems.

After some thought, Li Xun slowly understood that as a large number of Han people migrated to Wuzhou, whether it was Dashi people or Western Regions people, it still touched the most sensitive nerve in their hearts, they were afraid, worried about their fate, would it be like many years ago, Dashi captured Wuzhou, a large number of Dashi people and Western Regions people migrated to Wuzhou, the local Han people began to be persecuted in various ways, and the entire culture was completely changed, in the future, will the Jin Dynasty also treat them like this? Forcing them to change their culture and beliefs? And in their view, to deprive them of their faith is to deprive them of their lives.

Alepf should also be watching now, if the Jin Dynasty officers are defeated, when they are standing up and negotiating, the Jin Dynasty may be forced to compromise.

Alepf's tone also began to be cold: "You don't have the upper hand now. ”

Li Xun sneered: "What if we lose? The court will send more troops to suppress it, and then you may understand that I have been very merciful to you. ”