Things turned out to be as Xu Liang expected, Cao Wenzhao and Zuo Liangyu brought Xu Liang's conditions back, and in the governor's yamen, more than a dozen high-ranking officials in Shanxi Province immediately burst into boiling water and quarreled.

The officials scolded everything, some scolded Xu Liang for being shameless, some scolded Lu Zhigao for being reckless, some scolded Cao Wenzhao for not talking about conditions, and even worse, they actually scolded Wang Guoguang, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and scolded him for having no eyes, and actually elected a person like Xu Liang as the governor of Shaanxi.

However, no matter how you scold, from morning to noon, no one said whether they agreed or did not agree to Xu Liang's conditions. In desperation, Cao Wenzhao and Zuo Liangyu had no choice but to put it forward!

At this time, several second-grade and third-grade high-ranking officials of the Third Division of Shanxi began to scold Cao Wenzhao and Zuo Liangyu, scolding them for being in Cao Ying's heart in Han, and actually favoring Xu Liang, and wanted to agree to such an arrogant condition proposed by Xu Liang.

Then another shouting was made! It was not until the afternoon that the officials finally reached a consensus, that is, they must not agree to Xu Liang's unreasonable demand. And the response that the officials came up with was also very simple: Xu Liang was stationed outside the city with more than 30,000 troops, and asked the officials in Shanxi to fight Xu Liang in person, and these officials did not have the courage to do so. Then the collective wisdom of the officials came into play, and they all thought of a trick: that is, to sue! Tell Liang's state!

Shanxi officials can't control Xu Liang, but the cabinet and officials can always manage him! So more than a dozen high-ranking officials in Shanxi jointly signed a letter, crying blood and bitterly describing Xu Liang's barbaric acts in Shanxi, and asking the court to severely punish him. As for Shandong's pacification of Lu Zhigao's safety, uh, even if he didn't agree to Xu Liang's conditions, Xu Liang couldn't really kill Lu Zhigao.

In the evening, Cao Wenzhao came to the Shaanxi military camp to meet Xu Liang, the governor of Shaanxi.

Xu Liang was in the big tent of the Chinese army, and he met him in a good time, brought Lu Zhigao out again, and asked Cao Wenzhao with a smile, "How about General Cao?" What is the result of the conditions we proposed, and you go back to discuss them? ”

Lu Zhigao looked at Cao Wenzhao expectantly, although he also knew that the Shanxi Governor Yamen couldn't take out the things that Xu Liang had mentioned, but he had been tortured and scared by Xu Liang, and now he just wanted to leave here early, return to his Governor's Yamen, have a good meal, and get a good night's sleep.

However, Cao Wenzhao lowered his head in shame, did not dare to look directly at Lu Zhigao's eyes, and arched his hand at Lu Zhigao in embarrassment: "That, Lord Governor, this general brought Lord Xu's conditions back and talked to the officials of the Third Division of Shanxi, and several adults discussed it for a whole day, but there is no result for the time being, and I ask Lord Lu to be wronged for a while......

Lu Zhigao couldn't help but be disappointed, looked at Cao Wenzhao hatefully, and asked, "Which adult disagrees?" Mr. Cao, tell me. ”

Cao Wenzhao smiled and said, "This ......"

Xu Liang sneered and said: "Why should General Cao cover up for those bastards of the Third Division of Shanxi, if the official guesses correctly, the officials of the Third Division are afraid that none of them agree." Mr. Cao, yes or no? ”

Cao Wenzhao was stunned and did not dare to answer.

Lu Zhigao was so angry that he gritted his teeth and scolded: "These bastards, they call me brothers and sisters on weekdays, and now I am in trouble, but none of them have ever thought of saving me!" ”

Xu Liang listened, waved his hand at Lu Zhigao and said, "Okay, Governor Lu, the time for you to show your face has passed, it's time to go back." ”

Two Liang soldiers stepped forward and escorted Lu Zhigao away.

Lu Zhigao looked frightened, and begged pitifully towards Xu Liang: "Lord Xu, I, Lu Zhigao, am the governor of Shanxi, and I want to make decisions for myself!" I promise you terms! ”

When Xu Liang heard this, he laughed heartily, then waved his hand to let the two soldiers let go of Lu Zhigao, beckoned Lu Zhigao to step forward, looked at Lu Zhigao with satisfaction, and said, "Governor Lu, this official really didn't misunderstand you." You are a person who loves life and cherishes life. Since you agreed to the official's terms, then everything will be easy. As he spoke, Xu Liang gestured to Wang Qinian.

Wang Qinian took out a stack of written warrants from the drawer, spread them out, and said to Lu Zhigao: "Governor Lu, since you have agreed to our conditions for Lord Xu, then please sign the name of your Shanxi Governor Lu Zhigao on these warrants, right?" ”

Lu Zhigao stepped forward in surprise, and when he saw the meaning of the warrant above, his eyes immediately straightened, and he looked at Xu Liang in horror, and said, "Lord Xu, you, what are you going to do here?" ”

Xu Liang smiled faintly and said, "Governor Lu, as long as you sign these warrants, then the official can let his subordinates take your warrants to do things." ”

Lu Zhigao sighed and said: "You want to take the warrant of this official and go directly to the prefectures and counties to ask for supplies!" This...... You can figure it out. ”

Xu Liang glared, "There is so much nonsense, you dare to sign tightly!" ”

Lu Zhigao thought to himself, these bastards of Shanxi Sansi didn't care about my life or death, signed these things first, and then made further plans when they returned to the governor's yamen. So he picked up the pen he had prepared and happily signed his name. Seeing this, Wang Qinian took over the top one, took out Lu Zhigao's personal seal, and printed the seal on Lu Zhigao's signature.

Lu Zhigao was shocked, "You actually took my seal!" ”

Wang Qinian smiled and said, "There are words and chapters, so it looks more formal." ”

Lu Zhigao snorted angrily, looked at the next point, it was actually the same warrant, and couldn't help but ask in surprise: "What are you doing to sign so many identical warrants?" ”

Xu Liang smiled proudly and said: "The territory of Shanxi is so big, the official is afraid that it will be too late to come up, so he can only ask Governor Lu to sign a few more copies, and the official's people will ask for it in several places at the same time." It's a little faster that way. ”

Lu Zhigao snorted lightly again, holding his breath and signing one by one.

Wang Qinian waited for him to sign a copy, so he printed the seal, and Lu Zhigao signed the tea. Wang Qinian put away Lu Zhigao's seal, took this stack of warrants, and strode out of the Chinese army's tent.

Lu Zhigao sat down on the chair as if he had been drained of his whole strength, Xu Liang stepped forward with a smile, gently patted Lu Zhigao's shoulder, and comforted: "Governor Lu, if you want to open a little, as long as the materials that the official wants are collected, you will be free." Alas, the things belong to the court, and the body is one's own. I see that you have lost a lot of weight just by drinking that little gruel in the past two days. Come on, quickly give Governor Lu some good wine and food, from today onwards, Governor Lu will follow his official to eat. In addition, clean up a clean room for Governor Lu to make people sleep more comfortably. ”

When Lu Zhigao heard this, instead of being surprised, he jumped up and shouted like a dog with its tail stepped on: "What? I'm still going to stay here?! ”

When Xu Liang heard this, he nodded with a natural expression: "Governor Lu is right, the materials that the official wants have not been collected, how can I let you leave as a hostage?" What if you go back and regret it? ”

Governor Lu was very angry, he signed a warrant and stamped a seal, and he couldn't imagine that he would not be able to return to the Shanxi Governor's Yamen safely in the end.

Cao Wenzhao saw all this in his eyes, and at this time, Cao Wenzhao couldn't help but speak out.

"Lord Lu, Lord Xu, it's useless for the two adults to discuss how to ask for supplies now. The so-called generals are outside, and the king's orders are not subject to it. Now that Lord Lu is not in the governor's yamen, his warrant is taken out, and it is still a question whether the magistrate in Shanxi will recognize it. Don't forget, yesterday, the senior officials of the Third Division of Shanxi decided to ignore the conditions put forward by Lord Xu, and instead complained to the court. ”

When Lu Zhigao heard this, he shouted angrily: "These killers, I will settle accounts with them after the official returns." ”

Xu Liang smiled mysteriously at Cao Wenzhao: "Governor Lu only signs a warrant, and what to do is a matter for my Shaanxi officers and soldiers." Having said that, the execution car of the official's Liang Jun has always been quite good. ”

When Cao Wenzhao saw Xu Liang like this, he had nothing to say, and brought the words that should be brought, so he took his leave, and when he got out of the big tent of the Chinese army, he saw the noise of people in the camp of the Shaanxi army, and many officers and soldiers were in a hurry.

Cao Wenzhao didn't care, and just wanted to rush back to Taiyuan City as soon as possible and tell those officials of the Third Division of Shanxi that Lu Zhigao, the governor of Shanxi, had signed a warrant for the expropriation of materials.

He entered Taiyuan City with his front feet, and just after he had not gone far, he heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him, and suddenly woke up, and when he turned around, he saw a group of officers and soldiers riding into the city. The sergeant defending the city hurriedly stopped, and the leading He Renlong threw a whip over, holding a warrant in his hand, and shouted: "On the order of Lord Lu, the governor of Shanxi, the official Qingyang guerrilla general He Renlong temporarily took over the defense of Taiyuan City, and you must not disobey!" ”

As he spoke, He Renlong laughed wildly, and rushed into Taiyuan City with thousands of Liang troops behind him. For a while, the defenders of Taiyuan City Gate were stunned and dared not speak angrily.

The captain guarding the city stepped forward cautiously and asked, "This General He, our governor has not returned yet, where did he get the warrant?" ”

When He Renlong heard this, he glared at the bull's eye, handed the warrant in his hand to the captain, and shouted in a deep voice: "You can see clearly, there is Governor Lu's autograph and seal on it!" ”

When the lieutenant heard this, his eyes widened, and when he saw that it was indeed the character and seal of Lu Zhigao, the governor of Shanxi, he became more and more afraid to resist, and obediently ordered his soldiers not to resist and hand over the city defense.

Seeing this, Cao Wenzhao felt that the situation was not right, so he couldn't help but go back, walked to He Renlong, who was commanding his soldiers to take over the city defense, and asked, "General He, what are you going to do here?" ”

He Renlong was not afraid of Cao Wenzhao, the chief soldier of Shanxi, grinned and said: "General Cao, I heard that you were also present when Governor Lu signed the warrant, and General Cao was ordered to run an errand, and asked General Cao not to obstruct him!" ”

Cao Wenzhao said angrily: "I remember that Lord Lu only agreed to your conditions, but he did not mean to ask the Taiyuan defenders to hand over the city defense. ”

He Renlong tugged at the corners of his mouth and said disdainfully: "General Cao's words are fresh, this is our Lord Xu's order, if you have any opinions, you can mention it to our Lord Xu!" Choked Cao Wenzhao, He Renlong no longer paid attention to Cao Wenzhao, beckoned and shouted: "Leave a team of people to guard the city gate, and the others will ask Lao Tzu for things to enter the city according to the assigned tasks!" ”

"Yes!!" A group of Liang Jun's subordinates shouted loudly.

Then thousands of Liang soldiers were divided into more than a dozen teams under the gaze of Cao Wenzhao and scattered.

He Renlong himself took hundreds of Liang soldiers into the village like Tartar soldiers, rushed to the Yamen of the governor of Shanxi, dismounted, waved his hand, and shouted: "General Ben rushed in." ”

A group of Liang soldiers shouted and began to rush in. The guards of the governor's yamen inside watched this scene in horror, and the three staff officers of the governor's yamen who stayed behind hurriedly ran out of it, stopped in front of He Renlong, and shouted angrily: "This general, this is the governor's yamen, where are you soldiers, what do you want to do?" ”

He Renlong smiled, stepped forward, shook out the warrant of Lu Zhigao, looked at the three staff officers coldly, and shouted in a strange manner: "The three adults have seen clearly, this is the warrant of Lu Zhigao, the governor of Shanxi, Lord Lu." Lord Lu has an order that the yamen of Shanxi Prefecture and County must unconditionally meet the demands of the officers and soldiers of Shaanxi, and if there is any obstruction, they will be punished for the crime of treason, and the officers and soldiers of Shaanxi have the right to be killed on the spot! ”

The three staff officers of the governor's yamen exclaimed, "This ...... That's impossible! How could the governor sign such a warrant! ”

He Renlong pouted and said, "The warrant is here!" General Ben is acting according to the warrant, come, search for me! ”

A group of Liang soldiers responded loudly, and then swarmed in, and when they saw something valuable, they took it and grabbed it.

When the guards of the governor's yamen saw that it was really the warrant of the governor of Shanxi, Lord Lu, they did not dare to act rashly, and the three staff officers saw that Liang Jun was descending the mountain like a tiger, rummaging through boxes and cabinets in the governor's yamen, and wantonly collecting valuable things, and they couldn't help jumping to their feet in anger.

"Oh my God!" An old staff officer who was nearly seventy years old had tears in his eyes and shouted up to the sky: "What kind of world is this! In broad daylight, everyone is watching! The dignified Shanxi Governor Yamen was robbed! ”

He Renlong listened, frowned, and then went straight to the past, knocking the old staff officer aside, He Renlong snorted coldly: "Old guy, let me go, this official is going to check the treasury of the governor's yamen!" ”

The old staff officer also had a bit of backbone, he was hit and almost fell, turned back, pulled He Renlong's sleeve tightly, and shouted hoarsely: "You madman, don't want to leave!" Go with the old man to see the official! ”

The old staff officer is also confused, the Shanxi Governor Yamen is the largest official residence in Shanxi, and now where does he want to go with Renlong?

He Renlong paused, glared at the old staff officer, and shouted coldly: "Let go!" ”

The old staff officer was very stubborn and shook his head firmly: "The old man will not let go!" The old man will take you to the Yamen of the Inspectorate and let the Inspector condemn you! ”

He Renlong scratched his head and asked again, "Will you let go?" ”

The old staff officer shook his head, "Don't let it go!" ”

He Renlong snorted lightly, pushed the old staff officer away, and shouted left and right: "This person obstructs the execution of the general's order, and is suspected of rebellion, come on, arrest him!" ”

Four soldiers of the Liang Army ran forward, grabbed the old staff officer left and right, and dragged them out. The old staff officer struggled and shouted: "The old man did not rebel!" You're the rebel! You butchers, executioners! There will be retribution! (To be continued.) )