Chapter Eighty-Eight: Self-Possession

Since he has waited for the edict, there is no need to rub it in, it is time to go back to Xuzhou, Dong Zhuo put himself together, what he wants is far from what he gets, and he has to make a feud with Yuan Shu if he doesn't get it, but he finally got the name of General Lingjiang. Although this is just a miscellaneous general, in Jiang Hong's opinion, eggs are useless, but mosquito legs are also meat, and it is better than nothing, so let's do it.

Back in Tan County, Jiang Hong looked at the streets full of vegetarian cities, but he didn't expect that he would return to Tan County by himself, and he would come back with the corpse of his boss. Jiang Hong smiled and left the army outside the city, while he took Dian Wei and the others into the city.

Tao Qian's second son, Tao Ying, waited for a long time in Tan County, looking forward to the stars and the moon, and finally brought Tao Qian back, but Tao Ying's heart was terrified, and he didn't know what fate he would face next.

"I've seen the general." A group of state officials stood in front of the state capital.

"You're all colleagues, so why bother." To be reasonable, there are still many people with higher official positions than themselves, what is going on with this affectionate greeting, Jiang Hongzhang is confused.

Jiang Hong saw that among the state officials, Mi Zhu kept squeezing his eyebrows at him, obviously he had something to say, Jiang Hong was not in a hurry, and carried Tao Qian's coffin into the mourning hall, and the rest was the Tao family's business. But at the moment, the most important thing is not how Tao Qian is buried, but where to go in Xuzhou.

"What's the matter?" After taking a moment, Jiang Hong came to Mi Zhu's house.

Mi Zhu unhurriedly served Jiang Hong a cup of tea, and then said:

"Shouzhi, you should know that there will be a dinner party in the state capital tonight, right?"

"Yes." Jiang Hong replied.

"Hehe, let's not say anything else, let's just say that you are now, with nearly 30,000 elite soldiers, the whole of Xuzhou does not dare to act rashly now, and only Zang Ba in the north dares to move, but he does not dare to make a big move. Tell me about my brother, what are your plans next? Mi Zhu asked.

"What's the matter, it's not back to Guangling." Jiang Hong took a sip of tea and said disapprerovingly.

"What?!" Mi Zhu was surprised, "Don't you have any idea about the position of this assassin history?" ”

"Nope." Jiang Hong spread his hands very brightly.

"Still." Before Mi Zhu could speak, Jiang Hong said, "I'm not interested in the history of assassination, but Guangling is about to be decided, the south of Xuzhou belongs to me, whoever dares to reach out, I will chop his claws." ”

"Haha, it's really the Shouzhi I know." Mi Zhu also laughed, "Then tonight, it will be exciting." ”

In the state capital, after three rounds of drinking, singing and dancing retreated, all the officials present knew that it was time to talk about business, and the voice of conversation suddenly became smaller.

"General Jiang, now that Tao Thorn Shi has died, and when today's son is in the hands of Dong thieves, the court is corrupted, and the central government is not yet able to protect itself, not to mention that I am now in Xuzhou without a leader, where will I go in Xuzhou, and I hope the general will give a word."

Jiang Hong took advantage of a little drunkenness, slowly stood up, walked to the center of the hall, took out the official seal that Tao Qian had been carrying with him and was now in Jiang Hong's temporary management, and then walked to the side of the unmanned main seat, and slammed it on the table with a "bang".

There was a sudden loud bang, which frightened some people. Jiang Hong put down the official seal, and then said loudly:

"I was originally the order of a county, but I was fortunate to be appreciated by Tao Thorn History, which is why I have today, I, Jiang Hong, am not the kind of person who forgets my ancestors, I dare not forget my roots, I am really grateful to Lord Thorn Shi. But this Xuzhou has no owner for a day, it will fall into a day of chaos, the Lord Assassin has governed Xuzhou for a long time, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, I can't bear to see its corruption. ”

"Therefore, I think that Xuzhou Thorn Shi should be a talented person, enough to serve the people, I think so." Jiang Hong paused, and saw that everyone's hearts were in their throats, so he said slowly. "I don't think I'm good enough to be the assassin of a state."

Everyone present sighed, and suddenly, Jiang Hong raised his voice and said:

"However, Guangling is too shou Zhang Chao to resign, Guangling is also my second hometown, and I can't bear to see its corruption, so I am not talented, and I am willing to take over his post of Taishou, do you have any objections?"

Damn, who is against it, Mi Zhu complained at the bottom, who doesn't know that you Jiang Hong is now majestic, holding military power, who dares to come and brush your tiger whiskers now, besides, you threw out the big bone of Thorn History, who cares about your Guangling Taishou.

"The general understands the righteousness and admires it." Zhizhong Beijia stood up and said.

For a while, the officials also reacted and stood up together to compliment Jiang Hong, but Jiang Hong knew that they were not complimenting themselves, but the small official seal behind them.

Jiang Hong waved his hand to stop these people's sycophants, picked up the wine glass on his table, drank all the wine in it, and then walked out of the door, saying as he walked:

"The position of the history of Xuzhou will be handed over to you to decide."

Jiang Hong led the people away, it was getting late, but the soldiers guarding the city did not dare to lock Jiang Hong in the city, and the nearly 30,000 soldiers outside the city were not decorations, so they hurriedly opened the city gate. Jiang Hong was not in a hurry to go out, and stood in the cold wind for a while.

Until a few black shadows came over, Jiang Hong asked without looking back:

"Did anyone bring it?"

"Brought." The man replied.

Immediately, a delicate body fell into Jiang Hong's arms, the fragrant wind permeated Jiang Hong's nose, Jiang Hong looked down at the lovely person who was crying in his arms, but it was Li Lan who Jiang Hong gave to the potter, and said with a smile:

"Thank you for your hard work."

"Lan'er is not bitter, not bitter。。。。。。" Li Lan hugged Jiang Hong and couldn't stop crying.

Jiang Hong also changed his hand to hug Li Lan, letting her cry in his arms, after a long time, Li Lan barely stopped crying, Jiang Hong let go of Li Lan, held Li Lan's petite face with both hands, wiped the tears on her face with his thumb, and said softly:

"Don't cry, go home."

Jiang Hong took people away, not only with people, but also took away those state soldiers who had been trained by Tao Qian for a long time, leaving only 3,000 soldiers and generals who were unwilling to follow Jiang Hong in Tanxian County. At this time, Xuzhou was like a peerless beauty without clothes.

However, the other counties around Xuzhou are not much better, it depends on who in this troubled world, first pull down the skin, and before others can react, the first to hug the beauty back, not to mention anything else, Jiang Hong is eyeing Huainan, a delicate person.

Huainan is just a general term, and I can't say which county it is, roughly speaking, most of Guangling County, half of Xiapi Kingdom, part of Lujiang County, the whole territory of Jiujiang County, plus part of Runan County, maybe a little bit of Danyang County's land, almost this is the land.