Ding Xuan's face was surprised. This Wu Tuzhen has always been straightforward, but it is also very refreshing. What kind of fame is it today, and all the officials in the county need to gather together to greet him, is it possible to put on a stand if he wins the battle?

That's it. I heard that there was a big surprise, but I wanted to see what kind of good things it was.

In addition to the number one taishou and the second-in-command general, the main officials in a county are Gong Cao, who is in charge of all personnel in the county, the chief bookkeeper who is in charge of documents and notices, the postal inspector who is in charge of picketing subordinate counties and supervising the officials and people of the county, and Tian Cao, who is in charge of the affairs of agriculture and mulberry in the county.

Under the officials, there are also large and small officials who handle specific affairs. These "officials" are recruited and hired by officials at all levels on their own, and in today's parlance, they are external personnel without a formal establishment to assist officials at all levels in handling large and small government affairs.

In the palace of Ding Xuanchao, he called out a few officials on duty, and after a few orders, the officials ran separately to the various Cao Guanyuan residences.

Since he was asked to wait here, Ding Sui simply did not enter the mansion, but stood in the open space in front of the mansion, with his hands in his hands. He took a few deep breaths of the cold air of the winter morning, only to feel that his mind was much clearer, and he was also refreshed.

He smiled, and looked at the sky, there were still a few stars in the sky, fading away; The blue-white dawn and the faint morning mist blended together, staining the outline of the street of houses in the distance, and in a moment, the east was already showing a silvery red.

Today is bound to be a crisp winter day. Ding Sui was relaxed for a while, and looked left and right, more than ten Cao officials and deputy Peng Shi had been called.

Seeing that Ding Xuan came back to his senses, everyone stepped forward to salute: "My subordinates have seen the Ming Mansion." ”

Ding Xuan calmly bowed his head, beckoned Cao Zhurong, who was headed by Cao Guanzhong, and said to everyone: "Captain Wu has returned to the city victoriously, and it is reported that he has just passed the city gate, and he will come here in a short time. Ladies and gentlemen, do you have to work hard and wait a little longer? ”

"The Ming Mansion is strategizing, and Captain Wu is well commanded, so he can win a big victory." Zhu Rong bent down slightly and replied respectfully.

He looked at Ding Xuan's face, and then smiled again: "It's just that there is no surprise, the subordinates are here to greet the triumphant king, that is also the right thing, how dare you say bitter?" ”

These words won the unanimous approval of all colleagues, and they all said that the Ming Mansion had worked tirelessly, and that it had already been engaged in government affairs before dawn, and that the subordinates would definitely take the Ming Mansion as a model, just for the diligence of the king, and did not dare to say it.

Everyone laughed, and then discussed and guessed what surprise Wu Tuzhen had brought back. Some people say that it is definitely a thing of wealth, otherwise it would not have marched so slowly; Some people said that there might be a number of beautiful women, and it happened that Brother Tai carefully selected them to be a five-room concubine.

Several people suddenly lowered their voices, their eyebrows fluttered, they said something intently, and when they said something wonderful, they burst into laughter again.

Ding Xuan also smiled and waved his hand: "Eh." It's good to be so praised by the kings, it's a natural share. Oh, I'm ashamed...... Well? ”

He suddenly stopped laughing again, and looked back and forth in front of several people, and when everyone was inexplicable, Ding Sui had already called the assistant who had gone to pass the word before: "Why didn't Cao Tian Cao call?" ”

Zuo official looked panicked: "Back to the Ming Mansion, Cao Tiancao is not at home, according to his family, he said that he went to Zuojin Township yesterday to investigate agricultural affairs, and only said that he would return today, but he didn't know when he would return." ”

"Hmph."

Ding Xuan pursed his mouth tightly, and from the left and right nostrils, a white gas spewed out from each of the unangry ones, looking like a stubborn cow with a heavy snort and waiting to attack.

"Cao Tian Cao is the most casual, often not in the ya, the most like to mix in the fields, and those pickled farmers are intimate, what kind of system!"

Seeing Ding Sui's complexion turn from sunny to cloudy, several Cao officials hurriedly filled with righteous indignation.

"Cao Tiancao and the peasant Buyi always talk happily, but they are cold and silent with our fellow officials and colleagues, which is really rude."

Ding Sui sneered: "Anyway, he is a person who has been a county magistrate, or he is so ignorant of self-respect, and he is not decent for an official at all." It's no wonder that he was deposed so far and became a Tian Cao. ”

As he spoke, he heard a few small and neighing horses in the distance, and hurriedly turned his head to stare into the distance, but saw that the black pressed a group of soldiers, embracing Wu Tuzhen, who was riding on a tall horse, and walked from the distant avenue.

"That's it. Let's not mention the field of the house. Ladies and gentlemen, Captain Wu has arrived in triumph, and we will cheer up and express our condolences to all the soldiers who have worked hard all night. ”

"Everything is only judged by the Ming Dynasty."

In a short time, the army was approaching. Wu Tuzhen put on his helmet and armor, sat on a horse, held the bridle in his hand, and was not in a hurry, and he really had a calm and calm general bearing.

"Captain Wu, this official has led his colleagues, and he has already been waiting here, congratulations to Captain Wu on his triumphant return."

Several Cao officials behind Ding Sui were also smiling, and they were busy bowing their hands and greeting loudly.

Wu Tuzhen was still sitting on his horse, and Shangguan led the crowd to greet him, but he did not dismount. Zhimu smiled back in a daze. Ding Xuan was unhappy, but found that Wu Tuzhen's smile was bitter and astringent, how could it be more ugly than crying?

Ding Xuan took a closer look and found that although Wu Tuzhen was sitting on a tall horse, he did not have a trace of the high-spirited spirit after victory, and the others were obviously shrunk on the horse, and a pair of eyes did not dare to look at him.

Is it a lost battle? But when he set out, he took a thousand men with him; Now the black is pressing, and at a cursory glance, I am afraid that there are more than a thousand people.

Ding Sui felt a strange atmosphere, which suddenly spread in the air. Seeing that Wu Tuzhen led the crowd closer and closer, Ding Xuan hurriedly said: "Wait for the first time!" ”

He cleared his throat, forced his eyes to look at Wu Tuzhen, and said loudly: "Captain Wu, why don't you say a word, and your mood is low?" ”

Several Cao officials also felt that something was wrong at this time, but they couldn't say what was wrong, and they only looked over in amazement.

Wu Tuzhen walked in front of several people, but he still did not get off the horse, condescendingly, and looked down in a daze. Still not answering.

Very rude! Ding Xuan was furious, and immediately attacked: "Wu Tuzhen! Hello big official. Why, after a small victory, did you ignore the official and a group of colleagues? ”

"Who taught you, when you see Shangguan, you can not get off the horse to see, who taught you, Shangguan asked, you can ignore it? You're so perverse, I'm afraid you don't want to be the county general anymore, right? ”

Although the position of the county general is appointed by the imperial court, the county taishou can give priority to recommendation and selection, and if the county general is derelict in his duties, the taishou also has the right to remove him first and then play the imperial court.

Ding Xuan made up his mind, Wu Tuzhen was so rude, in front of so many people, he didn't put himself, the supreme governor of Longxi County, in his eyes, it was extremely hateful, and he must be dismissed immediately to set an example.

"Too angry. It was I who taught Captain Wu not to speak for the time being. Beside the Wutuzhen horse, a tall young soldier took two steps forward and replied.

"Presumptuous! Licentious! ”

Ding Xuan was furious, so angry that the three corpses jumped violently, and he didn't realize at all that Wu Tu was really a general in command, how could he be at the mercy of a pawn?

"This official is talking to the county general, where is it your turn to intervene as a nobody? Is it tolerable or unbearable! Come on, come on......"

Suddenly, he was stunned, and stopped his mouth as if he had been hit with a stick. Flashes of lightning flashed through his mind, and he sensed something was wrong.

"You, who are you?" Ding Xuan watched blankly, and a team of soldiers trotted over from behind, holding spears, and surrounded him and the Cao officials in silence. He only felt a cold air rushing up from the soles of his feet, and the sweat that came out of his body was also cold.

The young soldier was not angry, he took two steps forward, stood in front of Ding Xuan, with a mocking smile on his face, and said: "The good sect learned that a certain surname is Gao Mingyue, and the word Yunsong is Song. ”