Governor Yang said this, of course, it was angry. The Governor's Mansion officially issued a notice of the meeting, if in the end, it was only because of the absence of Xu Liang, the governor of Shaanxi, that the meeting of the governors of the three sides would not be held, then in the future, where should the old face of Governor Yang go?

The meeting was postponed for two hours before it finally began. It's just that the spirit of the meeting, more than a dozen high-level leaders from the northwest who were present were the most dissatisfied.

The notice said that it was to discuss how to suppress the bandits and quell the chaos, but in fact, Governor Yang only listlessly made some empty official remarks at the meeting, what has been in turmoil in the northwest for a long time, everyone should work together to protect the territory and the people, and be loyal to the country, and so on.

The procrastination of the beginning of the meeting and the end of the meeting are as inexplicable as the impressions of the high-level leaders of the Northwest who were present at the meeting.

When more than a dozen high-ranking people in the northwest left Guyuan City, just out of the city gate, they saw Wang Pu, the chief soldier of the Beijing camp, returning to Guyuan City with an army, Wang Zongbing's face was very ugly, several Northwest officials he knew greeted him, Wang Zongbing ignored it, and went straight into the city to see Governor Yang.

Seeing Governor Yang, Dongchang Factory Supervisor Yu Gonggong and others, Wang Zongbing sat heavily in the chair and threw down a sentence: "Xu Liang ran too fast and didn't catch up!" ”

Wang Zongbing really didn't catch up. Xu Liang led two hundred guards, and once he turned back, he galloped wildly, running out of more than 300 miles in one go, and did not stop when he passed through Pingliang Mansion, and returned to Chang'an.

Xu Liang's meaning is very simple, show his face outside Guyuan City, and don't go in. gave Father-in-law Yu, Yang He and others all hope, and then turned around gorgeously, which made Governor Yang and the others turn from hope to despair in a blink of an eye. I experienced the ups and downs of life very well.

It is not accurate to say that Xu Liang did not stay in Pingliang City, and it is not accurate enough to arrive, because Xu Liang still sent someone to Lu Yifa, the prefect of Pingliang, and the guerrilla Luo Rucai brought a warrant.

Chang'an City has been very chaotic in the past few days, the level of public security has dropped to a record low overnight, and incidents of smashing and looting have occurred from time to time. Qi Chu, the prefect of Chang'an, was very busy, the cell was almost full, and even the sweepers in the yamen were sent out, and people were arrested in groups and in groups, but the effect was still very little.

On the ninth day of the third month of the fourth year of Chongzhen, Xu Liang returned to Chang'an Mansion. Qi Chu, the prefect of Chang'an, the tax department raised Luo Baiguan, and He Zhun, the political envoy of the right cloth, and several others ran to the governor's yamen to complain.

The prefect's yamen jail was full of prisoners, and the yamen of the tax department was smashed by unknown people. The warehouse of the political envoy was also visited by thieves at night, and a lot of silver was lost.

Xu Liang sat there quietly listening to the reports of several cronies, and the sneer on the corner of his mouth became heavier and heavier. After a few people finished speaking, Xu Liang looked at Tietou and asked, "When will the people of Wanwen Mountain return to Chang'an?" ”

Tie Tou said: "The people's armies in Zhen'an and Shanyang have been repulsed, and General Wan has returned to the city with his division, and it is expected that he will be able to reach Chang'an the day after tomorrow." ”

Xu Liang nodded, and then said to Qi Chu and the others, "Everyone." Such a big change happened in Chang'an City, which was unexpected by this official. The official hurried back from Guyuan. is also worried about an accident in Chang'an City. At present, there are only 10,000 defenders in the city, and General Wan's men and horses have not yet returned. ”

Qi Chu and the others nodded, there are some things that don't need to be said thoroughly, everyone here knows behind this sudden commotion. There must be someone at the fingertips. There are insufficient guards in Chang'an City, and if the governor wants to carry out a big liquidation, he will have to wait until the men and horses of the guerrilla general Wan Wenshan come back.

There was no problem with the others, but the prefect of Chang'an, Qi Chu, said in embarrassment: "Futai, the rest is easy to say." The prison where only the lower officials are now overcrowded and can no longer be closed. ”

Xu Liang waved his hand and said with a sneer: "This is easy to do, the prison of the prefect's yamen can't fit in, and the prison of the governor's yamen is still empty." If you hand over all the offenders, and if they dare to commit crimes, the officials will be able to afford to lock them up. ”

When Qi Chu and the others heard this, they all felt a chill in their hearts, knowing that the governor was really angry, and they couldn't help but mourn in silence for those prisoners.

After sending Qi Chu and the others away, Xu Liang turned around and called the head of the Tsing Yi guard into the study, closed the door, and asked in a deep voice: "Have you found out all those people who fanned the wind and lit the fire and took the opportunity to make trouble?" ”

Tietou said with his fists in full swing: "Young master, don't worry, as soon as I come back, I will send out the people from the Tsing Yi Guard and the Governor's Yamen." It's almost touched. ”

"Tell me."

Tietou said: "The people's army that invaded Zhen'an County and Shanyang County was Shen Yikui's men, Du San and Yang Laochai's men. There are not many troops, three or five thousand people, attacking Zhen'an and Shanyang, at best, it is a show, not even the city gate has been breached, as soon as General Wan arrived with his troops, they ran away. The turmoil in Chang'an City, although there were many people who committed the crime, but the investigation of the Investigation Department was clear, basically the leader was the Shaanxi political envoy Qian Yongtai, the political envoy of the department, the commander of the envoy department, the salt transportation department, the town guard eunuch's mansion, Yuanma Temple and other yamen, and even some noble families such as the town and the auxiliary generals also participated. ”

When Xu Liang heard this, his face turned pale, a fierce look flashed in his eyes, and he shouted repeatedly: "Good, good, very good!" ”

Tietou said again: "However, young master, the trickier question is: it seems that the Qin Wangfu is also involved. ”

"King Qin?" Xu Liang took a light breath, King Qin is a hereditary vassal king, and he is sealed in Xi'an Mansion. Although Xu Liang, the contemporary Qin king, has never seen it, he has heard from his subordinates that this person is also a vassal king who has kept his place. When the prince of Han was in turmoil, he turned to King Qin for help, but King Qin ignored it.

Qian Yongtai was able to say that King Qin was able to follow suit, which made Xu Liang a little surprised. However, it was just an accident, and Xu Liang, a mere feudal king, didn't pay attention to it.

"Young Master, how do you plan to deal with this turmoil?" Tietou asked excitedly, he knew that since Xu Liang had returned to Chang'an, he would not sit idly by and ignore these troublemakers, and there must be a backhand.

Xu Liang smiled weirdly, looked at the iron head, and said, "Have you ever heard of the phrase fishing in troubled waters?" ”

Tietou listened even more excitedly, and asked eagerly, "Have you heard, how do you touch it?" ”

Xu Liang said: "Aren't they going to make a mess of Chang'an City?" Then we'll help them. They smashed and robbed, and we also smashed and robbed together! And make the momentum as loud as possible. The Tsing Yi Guard, the Governor Yamen, and the Liang Army stationed in the garrison were all disguised and sent out. Smash and rob me hard! It's best to turn the whole Chang'an City over for me! ”

"Huh?" Tietou's mouth opened wide and looked at Xu Liang in disbelief. "Young master, I heard you right, right?"

Xu Liang blinked and asked, "Am I not clear enough?" ”

The corners of Tietou's mouth twitched, and he said distressedly: "That's our Chang'an City, it's a pity to smash it......"

Xu Liang laughed. patted Tietou's shoulder and said with a smile: "Look at what scared you." Our people rush to rob, but we also have to rob in a targeted manner. Those decent small traders and hawkers, even if they are ordinary people, they don't have any family background. Let our people all stare at the shops, warehouses, and houses of those who took the opportunity to fan the wind and make waves. Smash me hard! All the valuable things that can be snatched away will be snatched, and if you can't be snatched, you will smash them all for me! Well, to make it clear, only smash, not set fire to the house! The buildings in Chang'an City are so dense, once it burns up, it will not end well! ”

The iron head finally understood, and his whole square face turned red with excitement. Nodding his head like a chicken pecking rice, he turned around and went out to arrange people like a gust of wind.

So Chongzhen was on the ninth day of March in the fourth year. On the afternoon after Xu Liang, the governor of Shaanxi, returned to Chang'an City, the turmoil in Chang'an City ushered in a small peak: almost all the well-known big stores in Chang'an City were smashed and robbed by the sudden appearance of big men, and the warehouses of several large businesses were also knocked unconscious by a group of bandits that night, and the guards were knocked open, and all the valuable things inside were looted. I heard that even the property under the name of the dignified Qin Wangfu has suffered.

Early the next morning, the complaint to the prefect's yamen to arrest the murderer was piled up on the table of the prefect Qi Chu, which was already half a person high, and the person who handed the letter was either rich or noble, and even the Qin Wangfu sent someone to deliver the case. A steward came, and he put on a face in front of the Qi Governor's Mansion for a while.

Qi Zhifu felt that the situation was not right, and hurriedly ran to the governor's yamen to inquire about the news, and when he came back, he closed the door to thank the guests, and heard that he had a headache again, and he was so uncomfortable that he died.

The person who went to complain saw that the prefect was closed to thank the guests, and after some calculation, he transferred the object of the grievance to the yamen of the governor of Shaanxi. The governor's yamen was even higher, and there were two rows of soldiers standing at the gate, looking at the crowd of people who came to complain.

At the door, the head of the Tsing Yi guard, the iron head, looked at these people with a sneer.

"Open the door, we want to see the Governor!" Someone shouted.

Tietou glanced at the man, and when he saw that he looked like a rich housekeeper, he asked nonchalantly, "Who are you?" The Governor has a lot of opportunities, how can he see it if he wants to? ”

The butler waved the paper in his hand and shouted: "I am the housekeeper of the Zhenguo General's Mansion, and someone knocked out the guards last night and stole tens of thousands of taels of silver from my general's warehouse!" I'm going to sue! ”

Tietou almost laughed out loud in his heart, the mansion of the general of the Zhenguo was itchy for a while, and he personally led people to do it. Unexpectedly, the harvest was quite rich, and the silver alone could not be robbed of more than 10,000 taels, in addition to some precious medicinal materials, jade and other things.

"Oh!" The iron head let out a long sigh and asked lightly, "Where is the housekeeper's surname?" ”

The housekeeper only heard the name of the Zhenguo General's Mansion in front of the door, and he was scared in his heart, and he couldn't help but have a smug look on his face, raised his chin, and shouted, "My surname is Liu." ”

"It turned out to be Steward Liu!" Tietou said, then leaned out his hand and said, "What is written on the paper in Steward Liu's hand, show me first?" ”

Steward Liu hesitated for a moment, and then someone next to him whispered in his ear: "Steward Liu, this is the captain of the guard of the Governor Yamen, I heard that his surname is Tie, and he is a loyal subordinate of Governor Xu Liang. ”

When Steward Liu heard this, he looked at the sturdy square-faced man in front of him again, and handed over the letter suspiciously.

I saw that the captain of the guard of the governor's yamen was holding the paper handed over by Steward Liu, looked at it horizontally, frowned, looked at it vertically, shook his head, and then turned it upside down to take a look, and then glared at it with thick eyebrows, slapped it back into Steward Liu's hand, and shouted angrily: "What kind of thing to draw!" This official can't understand it! ”

Steward Liu was very angry: he dared to love this pretend, but he was an illiterate master.

"This lord, I want to present this form to Governor Xu, since you can't understand it, please go inside and spread it!" Steward Liu shouted, then pointed to the dozen or so people holding the paper behind him, and said, "Look at it, these people behind me are all here to sue!" ”

Tietou rolled his eyes, stretched out a finger to clasp his nose, snorted softly with his nostrils facing the sky, and said, "Steward Liu, you can see clearly, this is the governor's yamen!" Our governor has a rule that if there is a grievance to be complained about in all the prefectures and counties under his rule, he will go to the county government and the government office to complain! The Governor is too busy to pay attention to your bullshit! ”

"Well, how can you talk like that?" Someone was not convinced, and shouted: "The governor is the biggest parent official in Shaanxi, and if he has a grievance in Shaanxi Province, who will he not look for?" ”

Tietou sneered: "If you want to sue, you can go to the Chang'an County Ya, Chang'an Mansion Ya!" ”

The man said angrily: "We have been to the Chang'an Mansion." The prefect Qi Chu pushed and dragged with a headache! We can't help it, so we came to the governor's yamen. ”

The iron head laughed and said, "That's your business!" In a word, the governor's yamen does not take the case! ”

"We don't believe it! We ask to see Governor Xu! Steward Liu took the lead and shouted.

"Yes, we want to see the Governor!" As soon as Steward Liu finished speaking, the people behind him immediately raised their hands and shouted, there is a great tendency that they will not stop if they don't see Xu Liang himself.

Tietou's cold gaze swept over Steward Liu's head, and he shouted in a deep voice: "The governor of the yamen is important, and you dare to make a loud noise to hinder official business!" Come on, get me! ”

The governor and yamen soldiers behind Tietou bravely listened to the order and immediately stepped forward to arrest people. Steward Liu was the first to be pressed to the ground, and then seven or eight more people were arrested, and the rest of the people screamed in surprise when they saw this, and fled in all directions.

"Why arrest me!" Steward Liu's head was pressed to the ground, he gnawed a mouthful of mud, and asked by glaring at the iron head.

Tietou sneered, waved his hand and took Steward Liu and others into the governor's yamen prison, locked them up, snorted, and scolded: Idiot, it's you who are arrested!

The person who filed the complaint not only did not make the complaint, but was arrested! The news spread, and soon someone from the Zhenguo General's Mansion came to the governor's yamen and asked to see Governor Xu Liang and ask for the release of Steward Liu.

The visitor waited in front of the governor's yamen for a long time, only to see a guard come out, look at him coldly, and throw down a sentence: "Steward Liu rushed into the governor's yamen and was imprisoned for a month as a light punishment!" ”

The people from the Zhenguo General's Mansion still wanted to intercede, so they saw that the guard ignored them and turned around and went in.

On the evening of the tenth day of the first month of March, the turmoil in Chang'an City became more and more intense, and that night, even the power yamen such as the Yanyun Division and the Yuanma Temple were suffered. The Salt Transport Division lost more than 100,000 loads of salt and thousands of taels of silver tickets, and the more than a dozen Dawan horses in the Yuanma Temple that were ready to pay tribute to the court were also taken away overnight!

In the backyard of the Yamen, the political envoy Qian Yongtai was puzzled by the Yuan Ma Siqing and others who came to question him, and the monk who was also the second Zhang: "The official has already sent a message to them to stop!" Who is so disobedient and indiscriminate?! (To be continued.) )