Shaanxi political participation Hong Chengchou led Xu Liang to the house of Wu Zhiwang, the governor of the three sides.

Governor Wu has been locking himself in the house since he returned to Pingliang Mansion, and he did not summon any of the Pingliang officials such as Xu Liang, Lu Yifa, and Huang Daozhou.

Hong participated in politics in front, Xu Liang in the back, the two passed through the aisle of the prefect's yamen, and then turned a half-moon-shaped arch, which was the temporary residence of Wu Zhiwang, the governor of the three sides.

Hong Shenzheng walked to the arch, his footsteps paused slightly, and he looked back at Xu Liang, who wanted to speak and stopped.

Xu Liang hurriedly arched his hand and said: "My lord, you and I are all the same, my lord has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it." ”

Hong Senzheng nodded, pulled Xu Liang aside, stretched out his hand and pointed inside, and said in a low voice: "The Ming army was defeated, several tiger generals were killed in succession, and the 40,000 Ming army was almost lost in the hands of the people. As the governor of the three sides, Lord Wu directly commanded the war, and he was deeply ashamed of the deaths of several generals. And on the way back to Pingliang, the Wu people were silent and depressed, and the official was worried that the Wu people would be even more depressed. ”

Xu Liang nodded slowly, Wu Zhiwang is the governor of the three sides, the largest local official on the ground in the northwest, the battle of Fengxiang Mansion, the Ming army suffered countless casualties, although it is said that there are terrible martial arts masters like Gao Zilin in the people's army who are assassinated in secret, but the elite of the northwest is lost, and there are no soldiers to fight in the northwest!

As the supreme leader of the local government, Wu Zhiwang, the governor of the three sides, bears unshirkable leadership responsibility.

Xu Liang sighed secretly and said, "Does Lord Hong need to do anything from the lower officials?" ”

Hong Shenzheng stepped forward and gently patted Xu Liang's shoulder, looking lonely. He muttered, "Master Wu is a rare good official. When an adult asks you something, you enlighten him more. ”

Xu Liang nodded heavily.

"Go ahead. Master Wu is waiting for you inside. Hong participated in the political road.

Xu Liang once again said goodbye to Hong's participation in politics, and sorted out the crimson official robe. Raising his feet high, he walked lightly and cautiously entered the half-moon arch.

Behind the arch, quietly, not a single guard, no sentry. Xu Liang walked along the stone pavement and walked lightly into the only small building behind the arch.

It was nearly dusk, and the sunset was like blood. As soon as Xu Liang entered the room, he saw a thin old man looking at the railing in the corridor of the small building. His eyes were stunned as he watched the sunset shining in the courtyard.

The figure of the single book looked lonely and unrestrained.

Xu Liang approached cautiously, stood three steps away from Governor Wu, and called softly: "Pingliang and Xu Liang see Lord Governor." ”

Governor Wu didn't seem to hear Xu Liang's salute, and his body didn't move.

Xu Liang waited for a while, glanced at Governor Wu, saluted solemnly, raised his voice slightly, and said again: "Your Excellency, see the Governor!" ”

This time, Governor Wu turned his head sideways and glanced at Xu Liang. The voice was old, "Guozhong, you are here." ”

"The Governor has kept me waiting." Xu Liang said, "The Governor is in a hurry to summon the lower officials. I don't know what's going on? ”

Governor Wu glanced at Xu Liang, and his empty eyes couldn't help but surprise Xu Liang.

Xu Liang thought about the past to meet the trilateral governor Wu Zhiwang, an important minister of the court who was over seventy years old. Although the manes are white, which time is not radiant? Even Governor Wu was seriously ill. Xu Liang went to visit with Hong Chengchou, who was participating in the politics of Shaanxi, and Governor Wu's expression was not as good as it is now.

Xu Liang's eyes on the Governor of Shangwu. That kind of emptiness and godlessness can only be found by the desperate.

There was not a hint of brilliance.

Xu Liang felt a pain in his heart, the battle of Fengxiang Mansion was such a big blow to the governor of the three sides, Wu Zhiwang!

Xu Liang's nose was sour, and his voice was choked, "Lord Governor, in the battle of Fengxiang Mansion, our army was defeated, and it is not the fault of adults." Why should adults be so sad? ”

Wu Zhiwang, the governor of the three sides, listened, paused for a while, and couldn't help but burst into tears, "The old man personally led an army of 40,000 to go out to the battle, and his fierce generals were like clouds, facing tens of thousands of people's troops, they were actually defeated, the soldiers were killed and wounded, and the generals lost more than half!" Wang En, the general queen of Ningxia, Li Ying, the guerrilla of Guyuan, Xing Zhongshan, the general of the Liang army, and Liu Zhilun, the governor of Shaanxi, all hated the suburbs...... The elite of the northwest was lost, the morale was low to the bottom valley, Hanzhong Mansion and Fengxiang Mansion fell into the hands of the people's army, and millions of Ming people suffered from this catastrophe...... All of this is due to the old man's lack of governance and improper command! ”

Governor Wu glared at Xu Liang and asked, "The situation in the northwest has been eroded to this point, but Guozhong, you said that it was not the fault of the old man?" If it's not the old man's fault, whose fault should it be? ”

"Adult ......"

"You say!" Governor Wu asked sharply.

Xu Liang couldn't help but secretly complain, eager to slap himself in the mouth. Remembering Hong Shenzheng's instructions in his heart, he wanted to comfort the sad and desperate old man in front of him, so he made up a nonsense to coax him in a hurry. What Xu Liang meant when he said this was nothing more than to casually say a reason to enlighten Governor Wu, so that Governor Wu would not get into the horns.

Xu Liang's eyes flushed slightly, and he couldn't answer.

However, Governor Wu looked very persistent, staring at Xu Liang like a hungry wolf, staring at Xu Liang with red eyes, it seemed that he would not get an answer from Xu Liang's mouth, and would never withdraw his gaze.

Xu Liang's eyes fluttered, and he looked around.

"Say!" Governor Wu shouted again, and there was already impatience in his eyes.

Xu Liang sighed, in the face of Governor Wu's aggressiveness, he had to temporarily continue to make up nonsense, his eyes were confused, and he suddenly pointed to the sky, and said: "Lord Governor, the northwest has fallen so far to this step, I don't blame the court, I don't blame the governor, I don't blame the soldiers, I can only blame this day." The situation in the northwest is all providential. ”

Governor Wu was stunned, and then looked at the sky, and a strange smile burst out of his mouth, "Providence? You say it's all providence? ”

"Hehe, haha!" Governor Wu shook his head vigorously a few times, and let out a strange laugh that seeked people, like laughing and crying.

"Sure enough, it's providence! Hahaha, this is the day to die, my Ming Dynasty......" Governor Wu exclaimed miserably.

Xu Liang couldn't help but be taken aback, looked at Governor Wu with wide eyes, and secretly said that I was forced by your old man to talk nonsense, Governor Wu seems to be serious?

"Heaven is going to kill me!" Governor Wu shouted again.

Xu Liangdeng's hands and feet trembled. Listening to Governor Wu shouting and saying such words from the Nine Clans, he couldn't help but look around carefully like a thief. He muttered in his mouth: "It was Wu Zhiwang who said it alone, and it has nothing to do with me." It's okay......"

After rolling his eyes for a week, he found that there were no other people around this small building than himself and Governor Wu. Not even a cat or a dog!

This discovery somewhat frightened Xu Liang's heart and liver recovered. Listening to Governor Wu crying and laughing there, muttering nervously in his mouth, Xu Liang was afraid that he would be heard by a small soldier who ran in without being informed, and as the only person who knew about the scene, he was afraid that he would not be able to wash it if he jumped into the Yellow River.

Xu Liang was half curious, half changed the topic, and asked, "Ah, Lord Governor, do you also think this is providence?" ”

"Providence, this is all providence." Governor Wu muttered. "Our Shaanxi, since the apocalypse years began to cause drought, the more troublesome the more fierce, the field is so dry that the crops can't grow, plus the apocalypse is not a master in charge, when Wei Gonggong was in power, he didn't look down on the ground in Shaanxi, he was poor and partial, and waited until Chongzhen Ye ascended the throne. After supporting the Duke of Wei, and catching up with the war with Houjin, Liaodong was nervous, and the attention of the court was focused on Liaodong. In the northwest, no one paid attention to it, and there were years of drought. The people are struggling to make a living, and bandits are everywhere. The more noisy it became, the more ferocious it became, and finally it evolved into a large-scale civilian army unit. The old man poured all his strength into the province to exterminate the people's army. I ran into Gao Zilin, a military division of the People's Army, who specialized in assassinating my Ming general...... It's all providential. ”

Xu Liang's eyes straightened when he heard this! Even he, the person who proposed the will of heaven, didn't think of it so much, and he didn't expect that Governor Wu himself would fill this gap! Moreover, it seems that what Governor Wu said, it sounds quite reasonable!

Seeing Governor Wu muttering something softly, he turned around and walked towards the small building, Xu Liang hurriedly followed.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he followed to the main entrance of the small building, Governor Wu suddenly turned around and glared at Xu Liang, and said, "What are you doing here?" ”

Xu Liang was stunned for a long time by Governor Wu's sudden question, and then he remembered uneasily what he was doing, pointed at Governor Wu, and then pointed at himself, and said: "Lord Governor, it was your old man who summoned the official to come, and you haven't started to talk about what you want to inquire about." ”

This old man, shouldn't he be overstimulated and suffer from Alzheimer's, right? Forgot the original purpose of calling me so quickly? Xu Liang secretly slandered himself.

Governor Wu looked at Xu Liang fixedly for a long time, and sighed, "Guozhong, you can see it more thoroughly than me...... Originally, it was important to call you over, but now it seems that there is no need for it. Guozhong, the court will not give up the northwest, you guard the city well, and wait for the court to send troops to help......"

Governor Wu inexplicably pulled a lot, and finally blasted out Xu Liang, who was so straight in the eyes that he heard it.

After Xu Liang walked away step by step, Governor Wu stood there in a daze, stood for a long time, as if he had made a particularly important decision, turned around and strode around the desk, laying out the pen and ink.

Governor Wu picked up his favorite brush, pinched it in his hand, and was silent for a long time.

Tick! Governor Wu didn't know what he was thinking, and the brush he was holding in his right hand had already been stained with ink, and it fell on the paved paper with a click.

The small building was extremely quiet, and the sound of ink suddenly woke Governor Wu from his sad conjecture. When I looked down, I saw a large drop of black ink dripping on the white paper. Governor Wu sighed, found another piece of blank paper, laid it out like the previous one, and wrote: The old minister, the governor of the three sides, Wu Zhiwang, wept blood and wrote the book, kowtow, kowtow, kowtow! ……”

Xu Liang came out of the half-moon-shaped arch, and Hong Chengchou, a political officer in Shaanxi Province who was stomping his feet in place, immediately rushed forward and dragged Xu Liang outside.

The two came to an aisle with few people, Hong Shenzheng looked stern and asked in a deep voice, "How is it?" Did the Governor of the Three Sides, Lord Wu, say anything? ”

Xu Liang thought carefully for a while, and reluctantly said to Hong Shenzheng: "It seems to be ...... Didn't say anything. ”

Hong participated in politics and was angry.

Only two days later, from the front line of the fast horse to convey the military report, since the Ming army withdrew, the prefect of Fengxiang Mansion with thousands of people and in the Fengxiang Mansion tower and the people's army fought for a few days, the defenders were unstoppable, the Fengxiang prefect was killed, Fengxiang City was captured.

When Xu Liang heard the news, he immediately ran to the prefect's yamen.

There were already more than a dozen civil and military generals sitting in the main hall of the prefect's yamen, and Hong Chengchou, a political participant in Shaanxi, fell to the top with a gloomy face, but he was missing the hope of the governor of the three sides.

Xu Liang asked the person next to him, "Why didn't Master Wu come?" ”

The person next to him was He Huchen, the chief soldier of Yansui. General He glanced at a side passage behind the screen in the lobby, and leaned next to Xu Liang'er and said worriedly: "Before you came, Lord Xu, after Lord Wu saw this military report, his face turned pale. The figure shook and left without saying anything. It hasn't come out yet. ”

Xu Liang sighed lightly and said worriedly: "The entire territory of Fengxiang Mansion has fallen, I estimate that the people's army will not stop for too long, and in a few days, it will attack our Pingliang City." ”

He Huchen sighed: "Yes, how do we deal with it, we should come up with a charter." ”

When the people in the room saw that the governor of the three sides, Wu Zhiwang, had not returned for a long time after leaving, they couldn't help but gather together and discuss something in a whisper, occasionally showing a heavy or regretful look.

Xu Liang chatted with General He for a while, and seeing that Wu Zhiwang, the governor of the three sides, had not yet come out, he couldn't help but feel anxious, and said to Hong Chengchou, who was participating in the politics of Shaanxi: "Lord Hong, why don't you go to the backyard to see if Lord Wu has forgotten and come back." ”

Hong Shenzheng glanced up at Xu Liang, nodded slightly, got up and clapped his hands and quieted down to everyone in the room.

"Everyone, wait, this official will go and invite the governor of the three sides, Wu Zhiwang!"

After Hong finished speaking, he hurriedly went to the far courtyard behind the prefect's yamen.

A room full of civil and military officials sat and waited for the return of the governor Wu Zhiwang of the three sides.

Everyone sat down for a while, and some people inevitably began to whisper again, starting with one or two people, and after a while quickly developing into a few people, and soon it evolved into a place similar to a farmer's market, making noise and gossiping.

Xu Liang and He Zongbing got together, their heads almost together, and they were discussing something in a whisper. Now the relationship between Mr. He and Xu Liang has heated up sharply, and the relationship is so good that they can wear a pair of pants together.

Suddenly, a scream of extreme sorrow rang out.

"Your Excellency the Governor!!"

Screaming is not enough to describe the sound, it should be a human scream. There is a heart-rending pain in the pathos.

The main hall was full of silence, and everyone looked at each other.

In the corner, Guo Tianxu, the county governor of Pingliang, hesitated and said, "This seems to be Lord Hong's voice......

"What's wrong?" Someone else asked blankly.

Guo Tianxu hesitated and said: "What Hong just shouted, it seems to be the governor?" ”

And they were doubtful. Hong participated in politics originally to invite Wu Zhiwang, the governor of the three sides, but suddenly found out that this kind of non-human scream is what's going on?

After a while, hurried footsteps sounded from outside the main hall.

"Oh no, Governor Wu committed suicide!"

With a bang, everyone in the hall got up suddenly, stunned for a while, and rushed out of the main hall in a hurry to rush out of the main hall in the direction of the small building where Governor Wu lived. (To be continued......)