Chapter 50: Framed
At Liu Feng's suggestion, several Kabuki sat around Li Cheng and frequently persuaded him to drink, but the latter did not refuse to come, not to mention how excited he was, and soon his ugliness was revealed, and his dirty hands raged on Kabuki's body, laughing again and again.
As the saying goes, things gather like and people are grouped, Li Cheng was wearing an official uniform, and the ugliness exposed in the public was in Liu Feng's eyes, the latter not only felt disgusting and ugly, but also added fuel to the fire.
After three rounds of wine and the food was almost finished, Li Cheng held a kabuki in one hand, and amid the giggles of the kabuki, he said drunkenly, "Gun...... The head of the county, the lower official...... Xia Guan also forgot one thing, this Lu Chen, and also mentioned that Xia Guan asked the county head to ask for some military resources and armaments by the way. ”
"Humph! This Lu Chen is really insatiable! The official just gave him a batch of supplies a few days ago, and after only a few days, he came to the official again to ask for it, where can the official give it to him! Besides, what bullshit supplies do you need when you're dying! Liu Feng said angrily, although he was very angry, but the movements of his hands were not ambiguous at all, and the woman in his arms was flushed.
"Huh?" When Zhang Tao heard this, he waved his hand and said: "My lord, anyway, the matter has come to this point, it is better to stabilize Lu Chen first, anyway, the border city and county will also be decided by Lord Li, and this batch of materials will also fall into the hands of Lord Li sooner or later, we are all our own family, aren't we." ”
Liu Feng glanced at Zhang Tao with some displeasure, but Zhang Tao had already said this, and he couldn't say anything more, so he had to laugh dryly: "Yes, yes, then do what Mr. Zhang wants." ”
Yo! When Li Cheng heard this, he immediately came to his senses, and even half of the wine was sober, and the materials allocated by the county to the border cities were not a small amount for each batch, if they all fell into his own hands, it would not be hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.
He excitedly said to Liu Feng again and again: "Thank you, Lord County!" Thank you, Mr. Zhang! Listening to the meaning of his words, it was as if he was already doing it by the city and county guards here.
"Huh? Didn't Mr. Zhang already say that we are all our own family, even so, Lord Li does not have to be polite with the official, and if there is a bite of food from the official in the future, there will definitely be no shortage of Lord Li! Liu Feng said politely, but in his heart it seemed like he was dripping blood.
Everyone knows that corrupt officials are stingy, especially big corrupt officials. The more greedy you are, the more reluctant you are to cut a little bit of meat from yourself.
Zhang Tao, as his dog-headed military advisor, how could he not understand Liu Feng's character, seeing this, he smiled, and then said: "There is one more matter, I have to report to the adults below." ”
"Oh? What else? Liu Feng asked absentmindedly, just now Zhang Tao asked him to take out the supplies, which had already made him feel a little secretly strange in his heart Zhang Tao was too talkative.
"Don't forget, my lord, Lu Chen has just broken the barbarian army in the border city." Zhang Tao said calmly: "The adults can go to the imperial court, and in the recital, they can say that the adults have personally gone to Wuguan to reward the army before the war, and encourage the army to resist the enemy, so ......."
The next day, Liu Feng personally wrote a letter to the court of Shangshufeng Kingdom.
In the recital, he was ashamed to claim that he was the head of the county, but for the safety of the people in the border city, in order to defend the territory of the country, how to go to Wuguan in person, and in order to defeat the barbarians in one fell swoop, how he transported the materials to the border city in batches, and finally, he told the court of the Fengguo that this battle consumed a lot, and if the barbarians invaded again next time, the county might be difficult to support, and asked the court to allocate materials for support.
He almost boasted that he was in the sky and there was nothing in the ground, and he took all the credit of the border army on himself, and he didn't even mention Lu Chen's name.
After receiving this letter, the Wind King's court quickly responded, and the Wind King Chen Guang also praised Liu Feng in the letter, saying that he was a rare loyal minister, and approved his requests.
Pingyang County is a county of border sai, far away from the capital of the Wind Country, but fortunately, there are carrier pigeons between the county government and the royal court, so within three days, Liu Feng received a reply from the imperial court.
When he saw this letter, Liu Feng was so happy that he couldn't even close his mouth, and praised Zhang Tao, who deserved to be his chief think tank!
Two days later, Li Cheng returned to the border city with a large number of supplies.
As soon as he came back, he went straight to the county government to find Lu Chen to restore his life, but he didn't know that he was empty, and the steward in the county government told him that Lu Chen had just left not long and went to Wuguan to inspect the military situation.
Originally, Li Cheng still wanted to use this batch of materials to stabilize Lu Chen first, and then act in the future. But at this moment, Lu Chen is not in the city, isn't this a God-given opportunity!
He almost jumped so high in excitement, as if he was afraid that Lu Chen would suddenly come back, he hurriedly asked people to move the materials into the treasury, and then called the county lord Bo and asked him to follow him to the city gate to recruit troops, and record all the recruited soldiers.
When Lord Bo heard this, he was startled, and subconsciously asked, "Li ...... Master Li, this ...... This official has not received orders from adults, and besides, recruiting soldiers without permission is a big crime, how can you and I afford it. ”
Li Cheng calmly returned: "Hey? This official went to the county town these days, and he was entrusted by the lord to ask to see the county head for the expansion of the army, so you must know all this, right? ”
Seeing that the lord nodded, he continued: "Yesterday, the king's edict had arrived at the county government through the flying pigeon, and agreed to the expansion of the border city. ”
"......"
"It's nothing, the county guard has handed over the expansion of the army to the officer, the official naturally does not dare to slack off, the expansion of the army, it is urgent, the barbarians may fight again one day, recruit new soldiers one day earlier, you can drill one day earlier, this is also the meaning of the county guard, otherwise, why do you need to pass the book through the flying pigeons of the county government, isn't it because time is pressing! Now, since the king has agreed, you and I should contribute to the county guard's worries! If everything needs to be done by adults, then what's the use of asking me to wait for the lower officials!? Without waiting for the master to say anything, Li Cheng had already preemptively said.
Seeing this, Li Cheng knew that Lord Bo Bacheng believed what he said, but he was still a little hesitant, and then he took out the posture of a superior official and ordered Lord Bo to go to the army with him.
In the county government, the county guard is not there, so of course the county has the final say, at this time Li Cheng intends to press down, although the lord Bo has doubts, but he does not dare to disobey, and finally has to follow him to the city gate recruitment.
On the way to the city gate, Li Cheng also specially summoned the commander of the county army who was escorting the supplies, asked him to return to Pingzhou quickly, and informed the county head Liu Feng, saying that the big thing had been accomplished, and asked the county head to send someone to arrest the traitor Lu Chen as soon as possible.