At this time, the sky has already brightened, the gate of Heze Mansion City is also wide open, many people are in and out, so lively, the soldiers guarding the door saw two people riding the fast horse of the post station, carrying the flag of the 'messenger' behind them and rushed over and couldn't help but be taken aback, quickly confirmed that their brand was correct and immediately let them in, you must know that this kind of messenger will never be used according to the law of the Song Dynasty is not a very urgent situation, enjoy a high authority, no one can stop it!

So the two went straight to the mansion, who knew that at this time, the prefect Liu Wanchun had not yet gone to the court, so they had to wait there for more than half an hour before they saw a steward arrogantly calling them in to obey.

The two hurriedly followed the steward to the back hall, only to see Liu Wanchun having breakfast in an elegant verdant bamboo forest, the table was full of four cold, four hot, eight dishes of exquisite side dishes and a large bowl of white fungus lotus seed soup, and two maids beating their legs, two maids knocking on their backs, one was feeding him, and his hands were touching the jade legs in the depths of the valley at the top of the peaks and mountains.

Seeing the two people coming in, Liu Wanchun's eyes slanted and said impatiently: "Where did you two come from, what is the most urgent matter, you have to alarm this official early in the morning - do you know how busy this official is every day?" If you can't say why, beware of the board! ”

The two of them said in their hearts that it was almost noon, where did it come from early in the morning, and you are probably Riliwan's 'chicken', but the two of us ran for half the night with hardships and worries, but they didn't even have a mouthful of hot tea, this person can't be compared, but how dare they say it directly, and immediately handed over Shi Wenbin's letter respectfully.

Liu Wanchun didn't take it seriously, so he asked the steward next to him to read it to him, but he was startled when he heard half of it, and involuntarily interrupted: "What? There are thieves attacking Yuncheng County, can this matter be taken seriously? ”

The two messengers hurriedly kowtowed again and said: "My lord, it's true, where do we dare to make such a joke with you, there are indeed thieves who have come to attack the city, and the momentum is quite huge, Lord Shi is leading a few heads to organize people to resist, but the losses are heavy, and I hope that the adults will rescue them quickly." ”

Liu Wanchun glanced at the clothes of these two people with all kinds of mud stains, and there were also a lot of abrasions and bruises on their faces, obviously they were extremely careful and difficult along the way, plus Shi Wenbin was also a calm and experienced official, he would never joke with himself about this kind of thing - unless his black gauze hat was no longer wanted, it seemed that Yuncheng County was indeed in danger and had to be dealt with.

He didn't care about the life or death of Shi Wenbin and the people there, but if this Yuncheng County was lost, he would also be jointly and severally liable as his boss, in case those thieves robbed the nearby townships and counties again, it would be even more troublesome, although he had the support of Lord Yang Jian in the court, but Lord Yang Jian's subordinates were not just his protégés, in case someone else took the opportunity to take advantage of the loophole and say bad things about himself behind his back, he would hate it.

So Liu Wanchun immediately said: "You two go to the next room and wait first, the official has his own opinions." ”

The two messengers hurriedly kowtowed and retreated, and Liu Wanchun didn't care about eating flowers and wine at this time, so he waved his hand to let a few maids retreat and asked the steward to quickly call his henchmen over to discuss the matter.

After a while, I saw seven or eight people hurrying in from outside, and they all saluted Liu Wanchun, it was his cronies here, two of them, one of them, one Yu Hou, and two thieves in charge, two commanders and one of them.

Liu Wanchun hurriedly asked everyone to sit down and serve tea up, the name of the whole is Han Hao, nicknamed the Double Sword General, he is a person with an anxious personality, as soon as he sat down, he immediately asked: "There must be something important for me to wait here, but please command." ”

This Han Hao has the courage of ten thousand people, he is the leading fierce general in Heze Mansion, and he has followed Liu Wanchun for many years, and he has won his trust, hearing Han Hao's words Liu Wanchun smiled and said: "General Han, don't worry, this official has summoned a few people to come over to discuss, and I am about to listen to your opinions." ”

After speaking, the steward hurriedly read Shi Wenbin's letter again, everyone's faces changed after hearing it, and they couldn't help but look at each other, all of them were Liu Wanchun's cronies, but there was nothing to hide, that Yu Hou said first: "This group of thieves is so strange, although there are more than ten strongmen within a hundred miles of us, but it seems that they don't have the courage to directly attack the county seat, could it be thieves farther away?" ”

A master nodded and said: "What Brother Zhao said is very true, I also think that it is a foreign thief, I don't shy away from saying that they are all my own people here, those strong people in our local area have some contact with us, they all rely on us to live, and they will never dare to come to plunder the tiger's beard."

It's just that why did this group of foreign thieves choose Yuncheng County to attack? If you want to talk about precautions, Yuncheng County is the strongest nearby, and the two counties of Changli and Hefu next to Yuncheng are far behind, why do they have to give up the easy and difficult? This really puzzled Zai Xia. ”

The rest of the people also discussed it, some people said that this group of thieves came from afar and did not know the situation, and randomly chose a county town to attack; Some people say that these thieves overestimated their strength, thinking that they could get away with breaking through this Yuncheng County; There are also people who suspect that there may be more than one thief, but Yuncheng County has the fastest response, and it is best to send someone to all the nearby counties to check on it to confirm the specific situation.

Han Hao was really impatient to listen, and said to those literati in a rough voice: "Gentlemen, isn't it a rough person, if there is anything inappropriate in your speech, I hope you don't have to be surprised, you must know that this battlefield is like fighting fires, anything can happen, just when we are discussing here, maybe Yuncheng County will be lost, and when the time comes, this black pot will be detained, but it will be carried by grace, we must seize the time to share the worries for Grace, not talk about it here." ”

When Liu Wanchun heard this, he immediately said: "What General Han said is extremely true, so what should be done according to the general's words?" ”

Han Hao said: "Isn't it a military attaché, I don't understand what you are talking about, I only know how to cover the water with soldiers, now Yuncheng County is in an emergency, the most important thing for us is to send someone to rescue as soon as possible, and then go to the surrounding county to inspect after those thieves are killed, if there are thieves, they will be killed on the spot, if not, it is just a lap in vain, isn't this a very simple thing?" Why sit here and guess left and right, it's just a waste of time to delay the fighter. ”

As soon as Liu Wanchun heard that it was in line with his heart, he immediately said: "This official thinks that what General Han said is extremely appropriate, do you have any high opinions among the gentlemen?" ”

Those staff members are all people who are accustomed to seeing the wind and steering the rudder, and it can be seen at a glance that this Liu Governor has actually agreed with Han Hao's opinion, plus Han Hao is already domineering, relying on the prefect's favor has always been rampant, no one dares to provoke, why should they touch this mold, naturally they nodded yes one after another.

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