At the time of Zigui, Liu Cong had strict restraints on Gan Ning and others, mainly to leave a good impression on Li Yan and the people of Zigui, so he basically ate and lived with ordinary soldiers. In addition to fighting together on the battlefield, this wine table is also a good time to make friends with the second son.

After three rounds of drinking, Huang Quan stood up under Liu Cong's hint: "Lord Zhang is hospitable, I can't wait to be grateful, but why don't you see Mrs. Zun?" ”

It was nothing if the ancients didn't go to the court, but Gan Ning and Wei Yan didn't care. But Liu Cong is the second son of Liu Biao, the lord of Jingzhou, and the governor of Nanjun. Zhang Bo is the commander of Yiling County, and the first time Wu Ju and Liu Cong led troops to crusade against the mountain bandits set off from Yiling, and Zhang Bo's concubine was accompanied by eating and drinking throughout the whole process. In terms of face, Liu Cong is no worse than Wu Ju.

What's more, Liu Cong is returning triumphantly, and Concubine Zhang Bo is a hospitable person, so there is no reason to avoid it. When Huang Quan mentioned it, Gan Ning and Wei Yan also felt strange. It is very a posture of holding grievances for Liu Cong.

Liu Cong took Huang Quan's words and asked, "Yes, why don't you see your sister-in-law, don't you look down on me Liu Cong." ”

Zhang Bo's face changed dramatically at first, then he got up and left the table, and fell to his knees: "The lower official should die, the lower official should die!" ”

"Lord Zhang, Liu Cong is just joking, why are you like this!" Liu Cong and the others were taken aback by Zhang Bo's actions, even if Zhang Bo's concubine deliberately neglected Liu Cong, Zhang Bo was also a county magistrate, not to mention that.

Seeing this, Huang Quan hurriedly put down his wine glass and got up to help Zhang Bo; "My lord is right, the right is just a quick mouth, just ask, if Mrs. Zhang is inconvenient, it doesn't matter, my lord is not a stingy person, Lord Zhang, please hurry up."

Gan Ning and Wei Yan also persuaded on the side: "Yes, Zhang Da, why are you doing this?" ”

"It's not an inconvenience in the cheap, but the lower officials don't notice, the lower officials should die, please forgive me!"

"What the hell is going on, you get up and talk first." The more Liu Cong listened, the more confused he felt, he wanted to knock Zhang Bo at the banquet with some clues from the Huang Quan Investigation Department before, but he never thought that Zhang Bo would suddenly make such a move.

Could it be that he is playing a bitter trick for himself? It's not like ah, Zhang Bo slammed his head on the ground like pounding garlic, Gan Ning also walked over, and Huang Quan helped Zhang Bo up.

Zhang Bo stood up and looked at a few people, and then he was about to kneel down again, but was stopped by Liu Cong, "What happened, you should make it clear and kneel before it's too late!" ”

"No!" Zhang Bo nodded again and again, and said, "Don't hide it from your lordship and you, I have been killed by me yesterday. Here's the thing......"

Hearing this result, everyone was stunned.

"You mean your concubine colluded with the mountain bandits? Then Nanjun Taishou Wu Ju is also a distant relative of your concubine's mother's family......"

What Zhang Bo said greatly surprised Liu Cong and others, but this also confirmed Huang Quan's previous investigation from the side. returned Huang Quan's innocence!

"That's right, Gongzi was defeated that day, Zhang Bo was puzzled when he got the news, and he led more than 3,500 elite soldiers to the battle with Gongzi and Wu Taishou. There are no more than 1,000 bandits in Zigui Mountain, and they can still fight if they stick to the county seat, and there is absolutely no need to attack.

Then Wu Taishou fled back to Jiangling in a panic, and the lower officials waited for Gongzi at the gate of the city for two days without seeing anyone, and then thought that Gongzi had been killed. So let people look around, but they didn't think about it but inadvertently found that they had close contacts with others, and at first they thought she was inappropriate, so they sent someone to follow her, and later learned that she actually colluded with the Ziguishan bandits, and one of the bandit leaders was her cousin.

When I learned about it, I advised her to cut off contact with the bandits, but she was not sure to listen and told me to leave the matter alone. I threatened her to divorce her, but she turned against her, saying that if I ruined her big business, the county order would not be done.

Later, she heard that Gongzi wanted to return to Yiling, and she even intended to murder Gongzi.

The lower official was appreciated by General Meng, and it had been five years since he made the county order, and he categorically could not let this happen, so he wanted to go out on the pretext of investigating the case, and secretly sent someone back to the county government to detain him. I wanted to put her in prison in the relationship between husband and wife, and deal with it after the son left, but who knew that she snatched the sword in the hand of the servant and wanted to stab me. The officials slashed him to protect me. ”

"Mourning is changing, Lord Zhang." Liu Cong originally wanted Huang Quan to knock him on the matter of Zhang Bo's concubine at the banquet, but he didn't expect it to be such a result.

"My lord, on this day, the lower official was terrified, and the woman died when she died, but she temporarily said something that made the lower official very embarrassed."

"What did she say?"

She said...... Her uncle wouldn't let me go. At first, I wondered if I had heard of any noble people in her family when I married her. Later, I felt strange and sent someone to inquire around, it turned out that her parents were from Changsha, and her mother-in-law was surnamed Wu ......"

"You mean her uncle?"

Xia Guan didn't dare to speculate, but he thought of Gongzi's strange defeat that day, and Wu Junshou actually fled back to Jiangling regardless of Gongzi's safety. And the woman had a cousin who was the head of the thief...... Xia Guan sent someone to investigate today, and I believe that there will be results tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. ”

This Zhang Bo was spitting and spitting, but Liu Cong and the others understood what he was talking about, if Wu Ju was the uncle in the mouth of Zhang Bo's concubine, then the so-called mountain bandit rebellion in Zigui was not planned by him, and Zhang Bo's cousin should be the representative sent by Wu Ju.

It is indeed strange that Wu Ju completely disregarded Liu Cong's safety after the defeat that day, but if he wanted Liu Cong to die, it would make sense.

But Jiangling only has a total of 1,500 county soldiers, and he Jiangling is so close to Xiangyang, what does he rely on, is it just more than a thousand mountain bandits? Not only Liu Cong didn't understand, but Gan Ning, Wei Yan and others didn't understand either, not to mention other counties, there were 30,000 elite soldiers in Xiangyang County alone, and 10,000 sailors. Of the seventeen counties in Nanjun, three are directly under the jurisdiction of the General's Office, and six are closer to Xiangyang than Jiangling.

Does Wu Ju want to use Banjun to fight against the entire Jingzhou, you must know that since Liu Biao rode into Yicheng fifteen years ago, Jingzhou has basically not suffered any wars except for the mountain bandits in the early years, and Liu Biao's reputation in Jingzhou is still quite high. Liu Biao himself is not only the imperial prince, but also the general of Zhennan of Qinfeng, the marquis of Chengwu, and the state pastor.

Zhang Ji, Sun Jian, Yuan Shu and others once coveted Jingzhou were defeated by Liu Biao successively, although Liu Biao is old, but Cai Mao, Zhang Yun and others are all relatives of Liu Biao, and they will never let the power fall, Wu Ju chose to make trouble at this time is incomprehensible. Can't figure it out anyone? Do you think that Liu Biao is old, and his son is useless, so he bullies people?

"How many people still know about this?"

"The three cronies of the magistrates in the county knew that they were the ones who did it themselves. I have told them to keep it a secret until the prince decides. ”

Liu Cong looked at Zhang Bo, then at the generals, and after a while, he smiled and said: "It is really rare for Zhang Cong to kill his relatives in righteousness, and after Liu Cong returns to Xiangyang, he will definitely show his father to ask for credit for you!" ”

"The lower officials are terrified......"

"As for Wu Taishou's matter, Zhang Bo is inevitably too sensitive, Lord Wu is an old friend of his father, and there is no possibility of rebellion. Your mother-in-law's surname is just a coincidence, presumably it was your concubine who saw that the matter was revealed and made a divisive plan, you and I must not be fooled. Liu Cong couldn't show it even if he wanted to slander Wu Ju, so he made an official statement.

"But ......" Zhang Bo thought of countless ways to persuade Liu Cong,

"Master Zhang, this is the end of this matter! On that day, I was ambushed at the same time as Wu Taishou. Wu Taishou is the magistrate of a county, and it is reasonable for his subordinates to protect him first. When I see Taishou in the future, I will clarify this matter for you. ”

"Then the lower official thanked my lord."

"Don't mention that troublesome thing, come, drink and drink!" Liu Cong sat down again, calmly raised his glass and beckoned everyone to sit down, although Gan Ning and Wei Yan were full of suspicions, seeing that Liu Cong no longer cared, they also sat down, and everyone continued to drink after a while of comfort.

Later, because Zhang Bo lost his wife not long after, he stopped giving him back.

Gan Ning drank the most, staggered and was helped out of the city by his own soldiers, Wei Yan also drank a lot and went back to the barracks, the county government arranged accommodation for Liu Cong, Huang Quan and others in the county government, Liu Cong comforted Zhang Bo, while pretending to be drunk and said to Huang Quan: "Lord Zhang's loyalty is better than killing his wife and begging for Wu Qi, you have to learn more from Lord Zhang." ”

Huang Quan didn't know whether it was true or not, and nodded again and again.