Gao Hongyi said softly, and those people were about to sweat, and they knelt on the ground one after another, and said loudly: "General, we have always been loyal to the old general, and we will never dare to rely on the old and sell the old, let alone accuse the general!" Please also ask the general to be clear! ”

Gao Hongyi didn't answer, but sat in his position, picked up the list, took the vermilion brush handed over by Qin Xi and stroked it casually, and after it was drawn, he put down the list.

Gao Hongyi looked at the city lords kneeling on the ground, and said quietly: "My father has always been generous, and he is kind to others everywhere, no matter how big a mistake his subordinates make, he has always been tolerant. Treat loyal old subordinates, even more so old brothers! Now that he is gone, none of you have come forward to treat his funeral, and you are still here to push back and make trouble.

Father's coffin is still resting in the mourning hall in the backyard! Those of you who once made an oath of allegiance to the Gao family, those bold words that you said with a pat on your chest, forget!

To tell you the truth, my heart is cold, and my father's spirit in heaven is cold when he sees you like this!

I originally wanted to wait for my father's funeral to be completed, and then give you the city guards who followed Shi Hu to rebel against his father, which is to reward you for your loyal father's merits, and also to let you help me well and support me to govern and manage the northern protector well. Complete his father's legacy and achieve great things.

But how can I be reassured of you, and how dare I give you the cities?

That's it, the old man is gone, and the newcomer is coming, and you are old, so you should let go. ”

When the city lords heard Gao Hongyi's words, they were all moved, and the old man of Jingzhou City said with tears in his eyes: "General, what the general said just now has reached the hearts of his subordinates. The subordinates were ashamed. The subordinates are really not things, thinking that as soon as the old general leaves, the subordinates are old, so they can have no scruples, do what they want, and don't do it if they don't want to do it.

But we forgot that the old general is gone, and the general is still there, we have forgotten our duty as subordinates, and we have forgotten that we once made an oath of eternal allegiance to the Gao family in front of the general.

Since the general is disappointed in us and wants to replace us with a new person, we are willing to accept the order as a subordinate.

However, I have a few words in my heart that I would like to say to the general, and I ask the general to listen patiently to me. ”

"Say it," Gao Hongyi replied expressionlessly.

He said helplessly: General, we are old, but we have paid so much for Beihu, is it just that?

We followed the old general to resist the invasion of the Western Xia and the Mongols, and fought for half of our lives, what are we for, in order to make the people of the north safe and secure, and more importantly, to be able to live a good life one day.

Now that the old general is gone, our hearts ache and it is even more difficult to settle! What hurts us is that we failed to complete our original ambition with the old general, destroyed Ma Tangfeng, and unified the northwest. We don't know each other well, I don't know if you will treat us like a general, or will you listen to the villain's slander and kill us?

We know that the old general was killed this time, and we have an unshirkable responsibility, and even we hurt the old general when he was dying, and we are guilty!

If the general wants to kill us, we have nothing to say. But we never want to die here in vain, and the husband will die on the battlefield, how can I lose my life!

I also hope that the general will look at the face of the old general, punish me and others to kill the tiger camp, let us die in the field, and live this life!

But if the general thinks that it is still useful for us to wait, we will definitely be loyal to the general and obey the general's orders in everything.

General, newcomers still need to be brought by the elderly! ”

Gao Hongyi nodded, sat down in his position and was about to say something, at this time, Chen Xuan, the city lord of Eagle City, who was dressed in linen and filial piety, said loudly: "General, about the funeral of the old general, it is not that we have not done our best to handle it, but we have never handled this matter, and I don't want the old general's funeral to be so hasty." I have been trying my best to find a person who can cure the funeral for the past few days, and I have found a person, but I am really unable to persuade him to come, and I ask the general to take a look. ”

Gao Hongyi didn't speak, but handed the list in his hand to Mei Rou and said, "The Shi Hu family and those generals who rebelled with it, as well as Mao Zhen who killed the tiger camp, are all executed!" All their families were sold into slavery, go ahead and do it! ”

Mei Rou took the list and went down on an errand.

Gao Hongyi looked at the city lords under the stage, exhaled lightly and said: "I think you are all loyal to your father, if you had told me earlier, there would be such a thing as today." ”

Gao Hongyi said and went down to help them up, "The fear of being a subordinate is that the superiors don't know the original appearance of things by listening to the villain's slander, but you don't know what you are most afraid of as a general, it is that your subordinates don't come to talk to him!" ”

"I know that you hurt your father, but Shi Hu forced you to do it, otherwise you would not have escaped being killed!

I have understood what you have just said, and I will think about it carefully, and before I think about it, you should stay and watch for my father's spirit! ”

"The subordinates have thanked the general, the general is young and intelligent, the old man is serious, the subordinates swear here, they are willing to die for the general, loyal to the general, if you violate this oath, you will cut off your children and grandchildren!" Chen Xuan replied, and several other city lords immediately echoed.

"The subordinates are willing to die for the general and be loyal to the general, if they violate this oath, they will be cut off!"

Li Zhong sneered on the side, "You guys are very active!" What a quick change! ”

Gao Hongyi blamed, "Brother Li, don't talk nonsense. ”

"A few city lords, you go down first, Chen Xuan's city lord stays."

Those few people retired and left, and Gao Hongyi immediately asked: "City Lord Chen, just now you said that you found someone to treat your father's funeral, but you couldn't invite it, let's talk about it in detail." ”

Chen Xuan immediately bowed his hand and was about to speak, Gao Hongyi hurriedly said: "City Lord Chen doesn't have to be formal, sit down and talk." ”

"Qin Xi, serve tea." Gao Hongyi said.

Li Zhong also came over, "You are really, why didn't you tell me about such a big thing just now, what do you mean by hiding it." ”

Chen Xuan replied, "It's not that the subordinates don't say it, but the subordinates don't know what to say." ”

"Then take it slowly and carefully." Gao Hongyi said gently.

"General, the subordinates did find an excellent candidate for the funeral, this person is a well-known erudite person, family history, Confucian scholarship is even more intensively studied, the most ingenious thing is that this person knows the "Zhou Li" best, once did a funeral official for the Jin people, and later fled here because he offended the Jin people.

After the subordinates knew about this person, they immediately went to invite him, and the subordinates thought that he was afraid that he would know his details and send him to the official, so he put on civilian clothes and comforted him outside the door, saying that it was to treat a virtuous old man for funeral, and he would never harm him! Helplessly, he just closed the door and said that he had never done anything to treat the funeral. The subordinates have returned several times in vain, and there is nothing they can do! ”

"If you don't talk too much, you should directly tie up this kind of person, and see if he does it or not." Li Zhong sneered.

"Master Li, you don't understand this, you don't dare to be rude when dealing with this kind of learned person, if you make him unhappy, if he wants revenge and handles the funeral indiscriminately, we don't understand! Doesn't it make people laugh off their big teeth and say that other people are good! ”

Gao Hongyi asked: "Who is this person, can he have a name!" ”

"The surname is Mingde, the word Kaufu, but the name is not, but he has a prodigy son, and the general may have heard of it."

"Oh, what's it called?"

"Yuan is good to ask!"