After the banquet, Huang Quan helped Liu Cong to rest in the back court of the county government, and Zhang Bo was already ready to go to the room. Liu Cong was also not sure whether what Zhang Bo said was true or false, so he told Huang Quan to immediately arrange someone to investigate, and informed Wei Yan to closely monitor the situation in the city, and Gan Ning was stationed outside the city to keep an eye on the movements around the county seat.

As soon as Liu Cong finished instructing Huang Quan, Zhang Bo knocked on the door. There seems to be something urgent.

Liu Cong motioned for Huang Quan to go down to do something, and then welcomed Zhang Bo into the room with a smile. Zhang Bo didn't speak until Huang Quan walked away, then he cautiously closed the door and knelt on the ground.

Liu Cong was stunned, he didn't know what Zhang Bo was singing, and hurriedly walked over to help Zhang Bo up.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Bo pushed with his hand, broke free from Liu Cong, and said with a crying voice: "Lord Duwei, please save the official!" ”

"Lord Zhang, why are you doing this? Please get up and speak! ”

"Please be sure to agree to the next official."

"Master Zhang, you are embarrassed by the official, if there is something to talk about, if Liu does his best, the official will never stand idly by, if he ......" Liu Cong felt that this Zhang Bo was a little strange at the banquet, but he didn't expect what kind of drama he was singing now, so it was naturally difficult to express his attitude at will.

"Thank you, Lord Lieutenant!"

Without waiting for Liu Cong to reach out to help Zhang Bo again, he stood up from the ground, his expression seemed to be much more relaxed, but he still cried, "Lord Liu, the lower official should die, the lower official should not deliberately deceive Lord Du Wei at the banquet......"

Well? Liu Cong suddenly woke up when he heard this, it turns out that this blog really has an article?

"What did Master Zhang say? Liu was confused. ”

"It's a matter of concubines." From the moment he entered the door, Zhang Bo didn't dare to look at Liu Cong squarely, and when he saw Liu Cong's tone relaxed, he raised his head and looked at Liu Cong with a pitiful look.

"Oh, didn't you say that she colluded with the mountain bandits to plot rebellion and was already killed by you? Master Zhang is well aware of the righteousness, how can the captain of this capital be compared to these subsections. ”

"It's right that I led someone to kill me, and as for the rebellion, it's the lower officials' guesses......"

"You ......" Liu Cong was speechless for a moment, looking at Zhang Bos Si Wenwen, still a county order, not like the kind of fool who doesn't know the severity, not to mention that it was his concubine who was killed.

"My lord, although the concubine's rebellion has yet to be verified, it is the truth that she committed adultery with others!" Zhang Bo sighed as he spoke.

"Co-authored because she committed adultery with someone, and you gave her a crime of treason, and killed her under the pretense of public welfare? How can this be called Captain Bendu to help you? Master Zhang, you're so confused......"

"Not exactly, do you know who the adulterer is?"

"Who is it?" Although Liu Cong was not interested in gossiping, he saw that Zhang Bo was so nervous, so he asked casually.

"Wu Ju!" Zhang Bo's tone was very light, but his eyes were full of anger.

"This ......" looked at this Zhang Bo but was only in his early forties, and Wu Ju, the Taishou of Nanjun, was forty out of fifty this year, and he didn't seem to be stronger than Zhang Bo in terms of appearance, what is this Zhang Bo concubine like? Is it just because Wu Juguan is big, it doesn't make sense.

"My lord, the lower officials didn't kill the slut innocently because they had an adulterous relationship, but Wu Ju didn't think about rectifying the team before he sent out the army, but he had sex with someone and a concubine in the middle of the night, which would lead to the defeat of the army, and after the defeat, he didn't think about rescuing the adult, but he withdrew to Yiling, not only with the Yiling County soldiers, but also did not forget to have a tryst with the slut......"

"Master Zhang, your concubine is so indecent, don't you usually know it?" Liu Cong, who was originally wary of Zhang Bo, was a little sympathetic to Zhang Bo at the moment.

This is in the Han Dynasty, although women are still relatively open, but Zhang Bo is the respect of a county, and the concubine actually goes out of the wall, which is indeed a very faceless thing, it seems that this Zhang Bo also talked to himself after thinking about it. Liu Cong couldn't help but look at Zhang Bo carefully, waiting for the following.

She doesn't go out of the door on weekdays, and she doesn't step out of the second door, but this Wu Ju was very excited as soon as she came, and Xia Guan thought that they were just meeting for the first time, until the slut said a few words before he died, Xia Guan guessed that the two of them were both from Changsha, but I was afraid that they had already had contacts, otherwise Wu Ju would not dare to be so bold......

"Then you want to get rid of Wu Ju with the help of this official?" Liu Cong patiently listened to Zhang Bo's crying, and directly expressed his doubts.

"It's not!" Zhang Bo replied with certainty: "That slut does have a connection with the mountain bandits, and there is a relative who is the leader of the bandits." Xia Guan thought that since she and Wu Ju were old acquaintances, coupled with Wu Ju's various strange behaviors this time, Xia Guan boldly guessed that Wu Ju and the Zigui Mountain Bandit Rebellion were inseparable. I hope you will see it! ”

"Just based on your guesses, slander a minister of the court, the head of a county?" Liu Cong is actually having a headache these days, so Wu Ju didn't save him when he saw that he fell from his horse, whether he was scared and confused, or he did it intentionally, in short, he didn't pay enough attention to Liu Cong, let alone respect him, although Liu Biao temporarily awarded him the title of captain, but Taishou was the governor of a county.

Liu Cong wants to make a difference, in addition to being restrained by Liu Biao, he also has to look at Wu Ju's face in Nanjun. The result of Huang Quan's previous investigation was that someone in Yiling colluded with mountain bandits, and Liu Cong thought that he could take advantage of the situation to bring down Zhang Bo, so that he could control the two counties in one fell swoop, and then investigate Wu Ju's responsibility. Now it seems that this Zhang Bo is very smart and has picked himself clean. A fire was lit and he wanted Liu Cong and Wu Ju to fight.

However, in this way, Wu Ju's suspicion did increase greatly, so Liu Cong was silent for a while and then questioned Zhang Bo: "As an official of the imperial court, it is a serious crime for you to kill your concubine privately, and now you slander Taishou for no reason...... Lord Zhang, I really can't figure out why you are so fearless! Liu Cong thought about it carefully, this Zhang Bo must have other important evidence, but he was unwilling to take it out.

"Your Excellency! I have a few letters here to prove that Xia Guan is more than just speculation! ”

"Oh, open it and see?" Liu Cong just deliberately pretended not to know anything to see what cards Zhang Bo had.

When Zhang Bo saw Liu Cong sitting down, he hurriedly took out a few letters from his sleeve and handed one of them to Liu Cong.

Liu Cong took a few glances at the letter, and looked at Zhang Bo with a puzzled face: "This is written to the mountain bandits?" ”

"Exactly!"

"What does that have to do with your concubine and Wu Taishou?"

"Your Excellency, look at this again."

"Is it a love letter to your concubine?"

"Yes, my lord, you look between the two letters......"

"You mean handwriting?" Liu Cong picked up the letter and looked at it carefully, only to find that the two letters seemed to come from the same person.

"Your Excellency is wise!"

"That's not right, how can this letter to the mountain bandits be in your hands, and since your concubine has misbehaved, how can this love letter be written by Lord Wu?"

"My lord, is it Wu Ju's handwriting, I just need to revise a book tomorrow on the grounds of reporting the battle situation of Zigui......"

"You see Wu Taishou's official documents all day long, and it's not difficult to find someone to imitate them......" Liu Cong still refused to let go, although he couldn't wait to convict Wu Ju of rebellion immediately, but this Wu Ju was Nanjun Taishou, and he couldn't be sloppy at all if he wanted to bring him down.

"My lord, the lower official swears in the name of his ancestors: if the lower official does what the lord says, he will be thundered by five thunders!"

"You don't have to be so alarmed, it can't be fake, it can't be fake!"

"Yes!"

"However, the official has said in advance, if your concubine and Wu Ju and others do participate in the mountain bandits, the official can not blame you for killing the concubine. If you find out that you have covered up your crimes with a personal vendetta, you will be punished for all crimes! ”

"Lord Xie Duwei!"

"Sit down, Yiling is so close to Jiangling, if Wu Ju wants to rebel, you won't just get two letters."

"My lord, I have heard of it before, but Lord Wu is the superior of Xiaguan, and I don't dare to speculate. Presumably, Lord Wu also mastered all the movements of the official and Yiling through the concubine, so he didn't need to contact the lower officials.

On that day, the lower officials heard that the county soldiers were ambushed and wanted to lead the county soldiers to the rescue, but they never thought to meet Lord Wu, who not only did not save him when he saw death, but also took away most of the county soldiers in the county on the grounds of the emptiness of Jiangling, and the lower officials also heard that there are now more than 3,000 county soldiers in Jiangling County, which is greatly exceeded. Before the Zigui Rebellion, Jingzhou had been calm for several years, and the expansion of troops in each county had to be approved by the general and transferred from Xiangyang. ”