"Is there such a thing?"

In the back office, Yue Su met with Liutai, and after listening to his story, his brows were deeply locked. The seriousness of the situation, Yue Su is clear, stirring up the people's uprising, as a magistrate, he can't get rid of joint and several responsibility.

After hesitating for a moment, Yue Su said: "Liu Tusi, according to what you said, the cause of this incident is all because Fang Tusi was assassinated, and it was the Duke of Qianguo who sent someone to assassinate him. Before you have sent anyone to retaliate, General Zhang's side has raised troops to recruit and suppress them. ”

"My lord, that's right." Liu Tai nodded and said.

"It shouldn't be, if the imperial court orders extermination, at least it must inform the locality, how can there be a reason not to tell the government. I think there is another reason for this, so I'll go with you and see what it's for. By the way, you said that the Duke of Qianguo sent someone to stab Fang Tusi to death, but what evidence do you have? ”

"Lord Hui, the certificate is naturally there, the weapon left by the assassin is engraved with the words of the Yunnan General Military Mansion of the Ming Dynasty. If it weren't for the Duke of Qianguo, who would have such a weapon? Liu Tai said truthfully.

"I want to cover it!" As soon as he heard Liu Tai say this, Yue Su directly made up his mind. sneered: "The dignified Duke of Qianguo, if you really have the heart to send someone to assassinate you, you won't be poor and have to take a weapon engraved with your own name." This matter is even more strange, I am afraid that someone is provoking it and wants to stir up some waves. Sanmiao is under the rule of this official, and now that I know, I can't ignore it. ”

After that, he shouted loudly: "Tieqiu, prepare your horse quickly, and lead people out of the city with me." ”

Of course, the prefect's yamen had horses, but there were very few, only seven, and Yue Su took Tie Qi, Tong Xuan, and four messengers from Yangshuo County to go out of the city together, preparing to go to the general army to ask what was going on.

As soon as a few people came out of the city, they met two Miao people, and when they saw someone from Liutai, they happened to know each other, and they were from this village.

"What are you two doing here?"

"Patriarch, the officers and soldiers have now rushed to Fang Village and set up camp ten miles away from the village, Patriarch Fang asked us to come over to inquire about the news and see what your situation is." A clansman said truthfully.

"So fast." Liu Tai looked at Yue Su and wanted to ask for his meaning.

Yue Su pondered for a moment and said, "Then let's do it, let's not go to the general army first, and go directly to the barracks." He was now really worried that the two sides would waste time if they started to fight, so he decided to go to the barracks first to find out.

A group of people hit horses and went straight to Fangzhai, fast horses and hurried, and for an hour, they had seen the camp of the Ming army. At this moment, it is unitary time, the sky is dark, and the barracks are burying pots and cooking, and cooking smoke is everywhere. "Go to the barracks."

Yue Su knocked his feet on the horse's belly, led the way first, and came to the door of the barracks. When the soldiers guarding the gate saw someone coming, they immediately rattled and prepared to meet the enemy, and only when they saw Yue Su wearing a five-grade official uniform, and the people who followed behind him were also dressed as errand soldiers, they let down their guard.

A soldier politely asked, "May I ask this lord, what is your business here?" ”

Tong Xuan followed closely behind Yue Su, and without waiting for Yue Su to answer, he had already said loudly: "My family is the prefect of Tongren, and I am here to see your general. ”

"It turned out to be the prefect." The soldiers hurriedly saluted, and then someone immediately went to the Chinese army to report.

The general who led the troops this time was You Chuancheng, who went to the prefect's yamen last time to plead with Ge Sheng, which made him very unhappy. Now I heard that Yue Su was out asking to see him, so he didn't greet him personally, but asked Qipai to bring people in.

Yue Su only took Tong Xuan and Liu Tai into the camp, came to the Chinese military tent, greeted each other, and sat down. Then Yue Sucai said: "General You, I don't know why you raised troops here?" ”

"Ben will be ordered by the general of the army to come here to exterminate the rebels." You Chuancheng said with a grin.

"Exterminate the rebels? I don't know who is a traitor? Yue Su asked.

"They are the people of Fangzhai."

"General You, where did you start with this?" Yue Su said with a light smile: "Fang Zhai is under the rule of this mansion, and this mansion has not heard that they have the heart of rebellion, how can they become traitors in the mouth of the general?" Besides, before the general sent out his troops, why didn't he say hello to the government? ”

In the Ming Dynasty, the military generals were very strictly controlled, and the local civil officials had the right to intervene when they mobilized troops in the local area. This is called using literature to control force, supervising you, and you can't accept it.

"Ben General was only ordered to inform the local affairs to the Chief Soldier, why he didn't inform him, Ben General didn't know anything. As for why the Fangzhai people are traitors, the chief soldier said that the Fangzhai people were bold enough to assassinate the Duke of Qianguo, and now the evidence is conclusive, isn't it a traitor? Of course, You Chuancheng understands this truth and must answer, but his tone is particularly unkind. However, this is also understandable, the military generals have been suppressed by civilian officials, and of course they are very unconvinced.

"You said that the evidence of the crime is conclusive, where is the evidence, take it out and show it to the government." Yue Su said toughly.

"Lord Yue, this general is only an errand sent by the superiors, if you want evidence, please go to the general army to ask for it."

Seeing You Chuancheng's tough attitude, Yue Su snorted coldly and said: "General You, you said that the clansmen of Fangzhai are traitors, but this mansion has not seen any signs of Fangzhai's rebellion. Since you said that the people of Fangzhai assassinated the Duke of Qianguo, then the government will arrest the Tusi of Fangzhai and bring it to justice, and he should give an explanation to the Duke of Qianguo. As for you, let's retreat quickly. ”

"Lord Yue, this official has been ordered by the general officer of the general army, how can you say that if you withdraw from the army, I will withdraw from the army? If you want me to withdraw from the army, it will not be difficult for me to withdraw from the army, so you can ask the general army for orders. Come on, send Lord Yue! "This time it is the general order issued by the general soldier, he is acting on orders, there is a way to be unsubject to the orders of the foreign monarch, You Chuancheng is also angry at the moment, and he has to give those civil officials a little color.

But Yue Su is not good, seeing that a soldier approached, as if he was going to forcibly send off a guest, he suddenly got up and shouted: "You Chuancheng, you are so bold." This official is kind and persuasive, you dare to stop, once the people are provoked, I will see how you will end. This government will say ugly things in front, as long as the swords and soldiers are together, the first one I will participate in is you, and you will definitely lose your official position at that time! ”

Yue Su raised his voice, and the soldiers who came over were so frightened that they retreated, looking at You Chuancheng one by one, waiting for his instructions. You Chuancheng was so frightened by Yue Su's angry shout that he couldn't help but shudder, don't look at the military generals in charge of the soldiers, but in the eyes of these civil officials who are full of poetry and books, they are nothing. Civil officials do not look down on military generals for promotion by military merit, as long as they grasp the slightest bit of the handle, they will be referred to in the book. The civil officials in the court seem to have a very tacit understanding, and when they see that there are civilian officials participating in the generals, whether they are justified or not, they will definitely help together to talk about the mistakes of the generals. In a word, you generals, never want to turn over and overshadow our Wenchen, who called us a family of scholars in the world.

You Chuancheng still wanted to argue, but he just didn't have the confidence. He understands that no matter whether the extermination of Miao Village is a victory or a defeat this time, it will not be a good result if he is participated by the local prefect. If you win the battle or can get better, at most you will be demoted, and in case of defeat, the charge of provoking the civil unrest will be confirmed, and the official position will not be guaranteed. He is not stupid, he knows that civil officials and military generals are basically one and one quasi, thinking about how much credit Yu Dayou made back then, he was not dismissed as soon as he joined the army, and he was a deputy general. Gao Juexian, the official of the Qianguo State, was assassinated and did not dare to cross the border to lead the troops to recruit and suppress, he was an errand runner, could he be so desperate, God knows that after being sensitive, the Qianguo Guild will not come forward to protect himself, even if he has a guarantee, he still doesn't know if it will work.

In his heart, he secretly scolded the civil official for being shameless, and he had to show a friendly smile on his face, "Lord Yue, what are you talking about, I am not also acting on orders, there is no way." Otherwise, you can write a letter to General Zhang and ask him to order me to withdraw my troops, otherwise I will withdraw my troops without authorization, and I really can't afford this crime. ”

In doing so, he is also shirking his responsibility, no matter whether Fang Zhai really rebels or not, it will be guaranteed by your local highest civil official, and if he makes trouble later, it has nothing to do with himself. I want to exterminate, but you won't let me do it, and you can't blame me for this.

Yue Su is not stupid, of course he understands what You Chuancheng meant, at the moment he just listened to Liu Tai's words, God knows if Fang Zhai sent someone to assassinate the Duke of Qianguo. If he directly wrote to Zhang Yanfang to withdraw his troops, if he was sure that it was really Fang Zhai's doing, Fang Zhai would make any moves, and his future would not be guaranteed.

He thought for a moment and said: "This matter is not urgent, this government is going to Fangzhai now, arrest Fangzhai Tusi and interrogate him." You settle down here first, and when the government brings the Fangzhai Tusi to your camp, I will write to General Zhang and let you withdraw from the army. If this official enters Fangzhai tonight and has no return, you should act in accordance with General Zhang's military orders. ”

Yue Su's words, firstly, were said to You Chuancheng, and secondly, to Liutai on the side. I'll go into Fangzhai to raise people now, and you guys should be honest.

"My lord has worked hard for the country, and I will really admire it, but since my lord said so, then I will be here to standby." You Chuancheng was polite, but he was thinking in his heart, you'd better let those Miao people kill them after you go in, and I will exterminate Miao Village in the name of avenging you, which is a great achievement.

Liu Tai listened to Yue Su's words, and felt a little difficult in his heart. Look at what Lord Yue means, this is to bring Fang Cai'er to the prefect's lobby for interrogation, can the people from Fang Zhai agree? But if you don't do this, you don't seem to have any better way, the prefect arraigns the criminal, that's right, if you don't follow, you will be arrested, and the crime of rebellion will be settled.

Tongyue Su left the barracks, and everyone rushed to Fangzhai on horseback, Fangzhai is now heavily guarded, but the two patriarchs are worried and are worried about Liutai. At this time, a clansman reported that Patriarch Liu had returned with Lord Yue, the prefect.

Fang Caier and Gou Yao went out of the village to greet them, invited Yue Su into the village, and put a banquet in the hall to entertain them warmly.

Yue Su on the wine table didn't even touch the chopsticks, and said straight to the point: "Patriarch Fang, I heard that the old Tusi was assassinated, and this mansion is deeply regretful. ”

"Lord Yue is really straightforward, what do you want to know, but it doesn't hurt to say it." Fang Cai'er's eyes were staring at Yue Su tightly.

Yue Su said indifferently: "The first public case is the case of the assassination of the old Tusi, I heard Liu Tusi say that the old Tusi was assassinated by the assassins sent by the Qianguo Gong, and there is evidence. I don't know if this evidence can give this government a look. ”