Li Tong and the others were stopped by Zhou Qiao so they didn't see Tai Shou Shengxian, and remembered that the official who was kidnapped and sent back to Wu County claimed to be Zhou Qiao's disciple, and the meaning of this was not asked.

The officials of Wu County went to Lujiang to collect grain, I am afraid that Sheng Xian did not know.

Zhou Qiao is the younger brother of Danyang Taishou Zhou Xin, and the information revealed in the middle can be roughly seen.

Xu Chu held his cheeks and said to himself: "When I met the officials of Wu County that day, Zhang Yun and Xie Zhen had different reactions...... Zhang Yun is from the Zhang family of Wu County, and it is rumored that Sheng Xian was set up by the county officials......"

Several clues are connected together, and Xu Chu, a 'caring person', knows from it.

Zhou Xin's ambition is not small, his younger brother Zhou Qiao served as Cao Peng in Wu County, contacted the Wang Shi clan in Wu County to 'put Sheng Xian in the cabinet', and he was in Danyang County, blatantly working against Chen Wen, the assassin. Later, when Lu Kang went to Yuzhang and Xu Chu had just arrived in Lujiang to take office, he wanted to take advantage of Xu Chu's unfamiliar life to provoke the relationship between Xu Chu and Chen Wen.

If Xu Chu didn't have strategists like Guo Jia and Xi Zhong by his side, he might really be Zhou Xin's way. A newcomer to the Taishou found that there were officials from other counties under his rule who were collecting grain, and in a fit of rage, he probably spread fire on the Taishou of that county.

Coincidentally, Wu County is too conservative and shengxian, it is the only Taishou who can be trusted by Chen Wen in addition to Jiujiang Taishou Liu Miao, in this way, Xu Chu and Chen Wen have a disagreement, Zhou Xin sits in Danyang County, his younger brother is in Wu County as a soldier Cao Peng is in charge of part of the military power, and Huiji County has his clansmen and good friends with other clansmen, it can be said that once Xu Chu and Chen Wen are incompatible, Zhou Xin will have the opportunity to become the real sense of Yangzhou Thorn History.

It's a pity that Zhou Xin didn't count that Xu Chu had such a few top strategists from poor backgrounds and little reputation, and he did his homework in advance before he arrived in Lujiang, and deeply analyzed the officialdom of the entire Yangzhou.

——Walking on the promenade in the backyard of the county government, Xu Chu looked at the unique Jianghuai scenery in the garden, and his mood was slightly heavy.

"Wenda, Boxu, you go to the barracks first. In the headquarters, Xingba and you are the best at fighting in mountains and forests, and they have stepped up their training. Xu Chu turned his head and said to Li Tong and Chen Gong.

The two of them already knew about Xu Chu's redistribution of troops, and they took the order with excitement on their faces, and the haze that had been swept away because of the indifference of envoy Wu Jun.

After Li Tong and Chen Gong left, Guo Jia strode forward and said side by side with Xu Chu: "Lord, Zhou Danyang's side, there may be a big move." ”

Xu Chu stopped, "Don't say it first, I'll guess." ”

Since Zhou Qiao directly drove back the envoy sent by Xu Chu to Wu County, he was unwilling to let Xu Chu's people have contact with Sheng Xian, and it was also very obvious to reveal hostility.

Xu Chu's guess is that Zhou Xin will probably secretly Chen Bing in the county close to Lujiang County on the one hand, and on the other hand, instigate the thieves in Lujiang County to make trouble.

After all, the current chaos has not started, and the mutual attack between counties should not be stopped. Zhou Xin wants to dominate Yangzhou, and the only feasible way at the moment is to weaken his political enemies and strengthen himself.

The soldiers must be moved, according to Xu Chu's thoughts, it is the thieves who move in the open, and the Danyang soldiers who move in the dark. There are also a lot of reasons, such as helping Lujiang County to pacify thieves or something, as long as you think about it, you will definitely have it.

Guo Jia smiled and nodded, in this special period when chaos will not be chaotic, there are still cases of soldiers and horses entering hostile counties to take the opportunity to suppress political enemies, not to mention, Tao Qian recruited four thousand Danyang soldiers from Danyang, why? It's not that he wants to use military might to suppress the counties of Xuzhou, which county is disobedient, he came up with various names to seize the defense, and put the county under his own eyeline.

However, Guo Jia said: "This is the reason, but what Zhou Danyang will do is not something we can speculate." ”

Thinking about it, Zhou Xin is a young teacher in Beijing, and the teacher is a great Confucian Chen Fan, and there is still a lot of ink in his stomach. He wants to deal with Xu Chu, and through his brother Zhou Qiao's indication that he will be extremely tough, he must have finished planning, and started from a very tricky angle that Xu Chu did not expect.

Xu Chu smiled and said, "This matter has to trouble Feng Xiao and Zhicai to discuss a countermeasure, I will go to see the chief bookkeeper Xie Jun to see if I can get some dry goods out of his mouth." ”

Zhang Yun went to find Xie Zhen because Zhang Yun was unexpected, and he was the one who was inclined to Zhou Xin's side. Among the scholars, it is often impossible to say who is stronger and who is weaker, and the Huiji Zhou clan is not necessarily the object of Zhang Yun's attachment, and it is more likely that the two will use each other. Except for Zhang Yun's Zhang family, what is the attitude of the rest? This is also something that has to be understood, Xu Chu thought about understanding from Xie Zhen, who is not very interested in Zhou Xin at least for now, what kind of attitude the scholars of Wu County and Huiji County have towards the major forces in Yangzhou.

Turning out of the backyard of the county government, on the way to the lobby, Xu Chu caught a glimpse of Zhao and Shi Lu talking to a young man he had never met.

Xu Chu, a big and small official in the county, has seen it, although he can't memorize everyone's names at once because of the large number of people, but he still knows if he looks familiar with his face in the past.

Quietly walked over, and the three of them were chatting hotly. The sound of the conversation was not small, Xu Chu's ears were good, and he could tell what they were talking about from a distance of more than ten meters.

But I heard the young man pretend to sigh and say: "The two gentlemen turned out to be from the Northland, I heard that the Hun cavalry over there often have Koubian?" ”

Zhao snorted and said, "Wuhuan, Xianbei, Goguryeo, etc., have repeatedly disturbed the land of You, He, and Liaodong. When the ancestor was there, he often regretted that the imperial court was unable to eliminate the troubles of foreign races. ”

The young man asked, "Who is the Venerable Master?" ”

"Anping Leyin, so the general of the chariot cavalry has a long history."

"Look up for a long time, look up for a long time."

Shi Lu suddenly said: "It's all to blame on Xu Hou!" ”

Xu Chu, who was eavesdropping from afar, couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this.

The young man also said strangely: "Why did Shi Jun say this? ”

"Zijing and Zai Ben sent the ancestor back to his hometown for burial, and he didn't want to be captured here by your hideous-looking robbers, but the robbers kept saying that they were under the command of Xu Hou, and I didn't believe it, but I didn't believe it until I arrived in Lujiang, and I knew that it was true. It's a pity that Xu Hou is famous, and he will also do such 'bandit acts'. ”

Pulling the trick down Shi Lu suddenly, "Don't talk nonsense!" ”

Shi Lu turned his head and closed his mouth suddenly, and happened to catch a glimpse of a tall figure not far away, and his face suddenly turned earthy.

Xu Chu walked over, ignoring Zhao and Shi Lu first, but asked the young man gently, "Who is Jun?" Why haven't I seen you? ”

The young man glanced at the faces of Zhao Zhao and Shi Lu, and woke up and said: "It turned out that the prince was coming, in Zhu Huan of Xia Wu County, the word Xiu Mu, and I had seen the prince and the marquis." ”

Zhu Huan?

Xu Chu took a good look at this young man who called himself Zhu Huan, who was about the same age as himself, with a medium stature, and the heroism between his eyebrows was not inferior to Le Jin, Leadzhao and others.

This Zhu Huan should be the Zhu family of Wu County, and later Zhu Huan of the Tiger General of the Sun regime.

"Dare to ask Zhu Jun to come to Shu County?" Xu Chu couldn't help but think luckily in his heart: Could it be that he came to seek an official because of my reputation?

The illusion was shattered in an instant, and Zhu Huan replied: "I traveled in all directions downstream, and when I passed by here, I remembered that Zhang Gong was there, so I came to visit him." Zhang Gong had ordered his studies before, and asked the prince not to blame. ”

The county guards and ordinary people are not allowed to enter without permission. Of course, Xu Chu would not blame Zhang Yun and Zhu Huan for making a big fuss, so he said quite old-fashionedly: "It's really good for young people to take a walk and take a look." ”

Not only Zhu Huan, but also Zhao and Shi Lu also felt a little weird when they heard this. It seems that your Guigeng is only in his twenties......

Zhu Huan smiled, said goodbye to everyone, and went to find Zhang Yun.

Xu Chu shot his gaze at Zhao and Shi Lu, Shi Lu hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to make eye contact with Xu Chu; Otherwise, he stood there with his waist straight, without any weakness.

Xu Chu took the two of them in his eyes, and suddenly said, "Say, do you want to be a civil or a military officer?" ”

Xu Chu's straightforwardness, with an unusually arrogant meaning - it is impossible to return to his hometown, now I give you a chance to choose a candidate, hurry up.

Zhao and Shi Lu looked at each other and smiled bitterly.