The border city is not far from Pingzhou, but it takes half a day.

Lu Chen went to Wuguan in the morning and did not return to the border city until evening. When he returned, Liu Feng was almost there with a large number of county troops.

At the recruitment office at the city gate, there were two bills, and Li Chengduan sat on the main seat of the recruit, and asked the young people who came to recruit in a dignified manner:

"Name."

"Niu Dali." A young man at the front of the line said.

"Where do you live?"

"...... people from Niujia Village, Border City County"

"Okay, this is your military card, take it, remember not to abandon ......"

"Next!" Li Cheng reached out and picked up a small wooden sign from the table, then wrote Niu Dali's name and handed it to the latter.

Behind the other table below him sat the county magistrate, who was recording the roster of today's conscription.

Although it was almost dusk at the moment, there was still an endless stream of young people who came to join the army, and there was still a long queue, and when Lu Chen rushed back from Wuguan, he saw this scene.

He turned over and dismounted, came to Li Cheng's side with a gloomy face, and asked in an unkind tone, "What's the matter?" ”

"Ah, it's the adults who are back, and the lower officials see the adults." Li Cheng first saluted Lu Chen respectfully, and then said, "Xiaguan is recruiting troops here according to the instructions of the adults." ”

When Lu Chen heard this, his brows furrowed secretly, he had indeed assigned Li Cheng to go to the county town to contact the royal court through carrier pigeons, but it was just that, how could he have allowed him to recruit soldiers without authorization, not to mention, the will of the Wind King had not come down yet, where did he come from so boldly?

Suspicious in his heart, Lu Chen asked quietly on his face: "But the king's will to agree to expand the army has been conveyed?" ”

"Oh......" Li Cheng paused, subconsciously peeked at Lu Chen, and saw that the latter was looking at him with deep eyes at this time, he secretly swallowed his saliva, and said in response to the question: "The intention of the lord to expand the army, the lower official has already told the county head......"

Before he finished his words, Lu Chen interrupted him sharply and said, "This official only asked you to go to the county town to write to the imperial court, how could you ever give an order to recruit soldiers!?" Who gave you guts! How good at advocating it!? ”

At this time, Lu Chen already vaguely felt that something was wrong.

The conscription was suspended, and the young men who came to join the army around also stopped to watch because of his arrival.

"Xiaguan...... The lower officials just want to share the worries of the adults. Li Cheng didn't know how to answer Lu Chen's question for a while, now Lu Chen is still a county guard, and there are several guards around him, and he can take Li Cheng's life at any time with an order, the latter doesn't dare to show too bluntly at the moment, so he can only deal with Lu Chen first in an ambiguous way, and he is secretly praying in his heart that Liu Feng will come soon.

Without continuing to pay attention to Li Cheng, Lu Chen turned his head and glared at the county lord Bo, and asked, "And you!" What are you doing here!? Who asked you to come!? ”

The county lord Bo was taken aback by Lu Chen's fierce appearance, he didn't know at all, he had been kept in the dark, and now seeing Lu Chen's appearance of asking for guilt, he knelt on the ground with a puff, and said in a trembling voice: "No...... Didn't the adults hand over the conscription to Lord Li to deal with, the lower official...... The subordinate is only acting on orders......"

"Fart! When did this official say such a thing!? Lu Chen was furious, and was just about to say something more, but at this time, at the end of the crowd queuing up for conscription, there was a sudden commotion, and then, a discordant voice came from the rear:

"What are you all doing here!?"

"Fuck off! Get out of here! The county chief has arrived, you and other untouchables, don't hurry up and get out of the way! ”

Opened by dozens of guards from the county capital, Liu Feng walked to the city gate surrounded by a large number of county troops.

As soon as he saw Liu Feng, Lu Chen's heart sank, and a bad feeling arose.

He went to the barracks to see the army, but Li Cheng, the county prince, took it upon himself to recruit soldiers in the city, and as soon as he returned to the city, the county leader Liu Feng came, and he also absurdly brought so many county troops, how can there be such a coincidence in the world!

How smart he was, it only took a little thought to understand it. His face became even more gloomy, and his gaze stayed on Li Cheng's body, becoming more and more dark.

Under this kind of gaze, if Li Cheng had been scared half to death before, he would definitely kneel on the ground immediately, but now, Liu Feng's arrival gave him full confidence.

Although he was still a little afraid of Lu Chen's eyes, Li Cheng dodged and didn't look at him, but hurriedly trotted in front of Liu Feng, bowed to Liu Feng to the end, and said flatteringly: "Ah, I don't know that the county head is coming, and the lower officials are not welcome, and I hope that the county head will atone for his sins." ”

"You are Lord Cheng Li of Border City?" Liu Feng asked as if he was meeting Li Cheng for the first time.

"The next official is the county of the border city." Li Cheng hurriedly replied.

It seemed that he was too lazy to listen to the official tone of the two of them, and before Li Cheng finished speaking, Lu Chen had already interjected and asked, "The county head suddenly came to the border city, I don't know what happened?" ”

"Humph!" Liu Feng snorted coldly, his attitude towards Lu Chen was unpleasant in his heart, and he said straight to the point: "The head of this county received the news that the border city county had recruited soldiers without the permission of the imperial court, I don't know what Lord Lu's explanation for this!?" ”

As he spoke, he glanced at the guards on the left and right, and the two of them understood, and immediately stepped forward, grabbed the bamboo slips from the thin table of the county lord, and then returned to hand them over to Liu Feng.

After the latter took it, he only symbolically unfolded it, and then angrily threw the bamboo slip in front of the county lord Bo, and angrily reprimanded: "Tell this official, what is going on!" Kindness!? ”

The bamboo slips were thrown, which frightened the county lord Bo, and the angry rebuke of the county head Liu Feng scared half of his three souls and seven spirits. Didn't you say that the king's request to expand the army had already been approved by the king? Why is it that now the county head has suddenly killed again, and it is still ...... Do you still say that you are a private soldier?

Recruiting troops without permission, what's the difference between that and rebellion!? Such a big crime, how can the county government owner Bo afford it! He picked up the bamboo slip from the ground tremblingly, held it in his hand, and stammered, "This ...... This...... This official is only acting on orders, how dare he recruit soldiers and horses......"

Before he finished his words, Liu Feng had already interrupted him with all his might, and shouted: "Of course this official knows that you are a small county lord, even if you have the courage to do such a disobedient thing!" It must have been your superiors who instructed you, right!? ”