Xu Liang sneered and said, "Slow." This official is the official of the court of the seventh grade of the court, there is a prefect, a political envoy, a governor, a ministry, there is no line of the ministry, the edict of the peak, who dares to take me?! ”

The guards of the Han Palace, who were about to step forward to take people, paused when they heard this, and looked at Commander Zhao.

Commander Zhao paused, and said inwardly: "This general is the commander of the five-grade guards, and he can't take your little county?" ”

Xu Liang laughed: "It's true that you are an official of the fifth grade, but don't forget, you are just a guard leader in the Han Wangfu, and you can't control the small county of Zhenyuan, which is the official." ”

Xu Liang's voice did not fall, only a neat footstep sound was heard outside the hall, and a group of Ming soldiers rushed out of the inner courtyard of the county government, rushed into the hall, and surrounded the guards of the Han Wangfu.

Xu Liang Zhengse said: "If Commander Zhao has nothing else to do, please go back, this official is still on time." ”

Zhao Yongyong saw a group of soldiers outside looking at his group of people, knowing that he couldn't do anything, and said hatefully: "Go." ”

Immediately, Tie Qing led the guards of King Han's Mansion with a blushing face and withdrew from the county office.

In the lobby, the officials of Zhenyuan County looked at each other. He Cheng said worriedly: "County Zun, now that someone is coming to the Han Palace, I'm afraid I can't hide the affairs of this courtyard." If Lord Han is traced, no one in our house will be able to eat and walk around. ”

Xu Liang also realized the severity of the problem, beckoned to a servant, gave him an instruction in his ear, and said to everyone calmly: "Don't panic, things may not come to that point. ”

asked Mao Yujie again: "Director Mao, have you disposed of all the materials that were dismantled from the other courtyard?" ”

"My lord, I have dealt with some of it, but the thieves attacked the city a few days ago, and the aftermath after the war was delayed for some time, and there is still some time to deal with in the future."

Xu Liang said: "You hurry up, the price can be lowered, get rid of it as soon as possible, it is a trouble for these things to stay in the county office." ”

"Yes, my subordinates understand." Director Mao said solemnly.

"Hmm." Xu Liang nodded, and saw that several people in the room still looked uneasy, so he said: "You listen to this official, at the moment, we are grasshoppers on the same boat." If the Han Wangfu investigates the affairs of the other courtyard, we have to unify our voice, and say that the other courtyard was destroyed before April. ”

"Yes, my subordinates understand." Several subordinate officials of Zhenyuan responded, and after the meeting was dismissed, they went back to the detention room one by one worriedly.

Xu Liang hurriedly returned to the backyard of the second hall of the county government, found the iron head, and asked him to dare to go to Zhenyuan City to find another quiet place to store the pile of deadly treasures. When the iron head took people out in a hurry, Xu Liang returned to the study and waited anxiously for Huang Ziren's news.

In the county hall of the county government, as soon as the commander of the guards of the Han Wangfu surnamed Zhao left, Xu Liang asked the officials to find Huang Ziren.

When it was about to get dark, Huang Ziren, an inspector of the Inspection Department dressed in black clothes and black pants, entered Xu Liang's study with a gloomy face.

"How?" Xu Liang was waiting for him, and asked eagerly when he met.

Huang Ziren took off the black scarf on his head, shook his head and sighed, "It didn't work." After receiving your letter from the eldest brother, I personally took people there, and the guards of the king of Han lingered on the street for a while and hurried out of the city. I took someone to take a shortcut and intercepted them in the middle of the road, but I didn't expect the leader to be too profitable, so I let him escape. ”

Xu Liang stomped his feet and said, "Why don't you use arrows?" There is a mental calculation or not, and I don't believe that they can still die with a salvo? ”

Huang Ziren smiled bitterly: "I'm embarrassed that I don't take advantage of such an obvious cheapness." The hateful thing is that the leader is too cunning, and he will fall to the ground and pretend to be dead after being hit by two arrows, and when my men stop shooting arrows and go down to check on the grandson, they will burst out, cut two soldiers, and then take their horses and run out. ”

Xu Liang was stunned, knowing that Huang Ziren also tried his best, and it was not good to blame him anymore.

Huang Ziren picked up the teapot on the table and poured a few sips, looked at Xu Liang and said, "Big brother, what are you going to do?" ”

Xu Liang shook his head, "I don't know either." ”

"It's really not going to work, let's run. I heard that although the prince of the Ming Dynasty has no real power, his status is quite high, and he is all very rich, and there are three or four thousand guards in the palace alone. If Lord Han wants to kill the two of us, it is no different from pinching an ant to death. ”

"It's not that far, wait." Xu Liang groaned, thought for a while, and said: "But we can't be completely unprepared, in this way, let Wan always take his people to the outside of Zhenyuan City to settle down, in case the shape is not good, it is good to have a response." ”

Xu Liang passed three days in fear.

Three days later, the governor of Chang'an Mansion, Yamen. Governor Hu Tingyan called several important officials under him to the governor's yamen early in the morning to discuss matters, and all the officials arrived, but they did not see the governor show up.

After some inquiry, it turned out that Governor Hu had seen a mysterious guest in the second hall.

In the second hall, Hu Tingyan, the governor of Shaanxi, was sitting opposite a man.

Governor Hu is nearly 50 years old, perhaps because he has been worried about the chaos in Shaanxi all the year round, and he looks much older, and most of the uninformed people will see him as an old man in his 60s.

And the man sitting opposite Governor Hu was dressed in brocade clothes and had a handsome face, if it weren't for a dark red birthmark the size of a fingernail on the bridge of his nose, he would have been said to be a beautiful man.

"Lord Governor, I think my Lou family in Shaanxi and even the entire northwest territory, it is also a family with a head and a face, Lou family's industry all over Shaanxi Province, nearly a hundred years, no matter which adult is in charge of Shaanxi, and my Lou family has always been respectful. I can't imagine that I have been bullied by a small county order now. The man said angrily.

Governor Hu frowned and listened, and said in a deep voice: "Master Lou doesn't have to be angry, the prestige of Loujiabao is well-known in the whole of Shaanxi, and this official and Ling Zun have also known each other for a long time. ”

It turned out that this young man turned out to be the eldest son of the Lou family in the Northwest family, Lou Chuan.

"That'll be fine." Lou Chuan nodded, got up and said, "That son is waiting for the good news of the governor." Leave. ”

Governor Hu smiled and sent the boat out, then lowered his face and walked towards the lobby in the front yard, and when he was about to enter the lobby, his face suddenly put on a majestic look, and his face changed quickly, which was impressive.

Today, Governor Hu summoned several important subordinates in Shaanxi to the governor's yamen, mainly to discuss the extermination of the thieves. At present, thieves are rampant in Shaanxi, riots are being waged in various places, the county seat is lost, the county order is killed in battle from time to time, and the prefect is killed in some places.

A room full of red robes, the blue-robed officials saw Governor Hu turn out from behind the screen in the lobby with figure-eight steps, and hurriedly greeted him. The meeting then began.

As soon as he discussed a few words, suddenly a master came out from behind the screen and whispered in Governor Hu's ear for a while, Hu Tingyan's face changed, interrupting the prefect of Gongchang Mansion who was reporting the situation, and said: "Everyone, let's discuss here for the time being, Lord Hong stays, and the others disperse." ”

After that, Hong Chengchou, the prefect of Pingliang, nodded slightly, and hurriedly followed the master into the back of the screen.

Hong Chengchou didn't know what the governor meant by just leaving him, but he happened to have a few important things to report to the governor at hand, so he sat down on the chair with peace of mind, silently combed the materials at hand, and patiently waited for Governor Hu's reception.

I waited for nearly two hours.

Seeing that it was almost lunch time, the person who looked like a famous master came out behind the screen, and invited Hong Chengchou to come over.

Hong Chengchou saw Governor Hu with his hands on his forehead in the governor's study.

Seeing that Governor Hu didn't raise his head, Hong Chengchou stood quietly and didn't speak.

After a long time, Governor Hu stopped pressing his forehead and said in a deep voice: "What is the origin of Xu Liang, the former magistrate of the county under you?" ”

Hong Chengchou chuckled in his heart, and for a while he didn't understand what Governor Hu suddenly meant by asking, and after thinking about it, he said in a decent manner: "Xu Liang, the county governor of Zhenyuan, was transferred from Jianchang County, a county subordinate to Kangfu, in southwest Jiangxi more than a month ago, to Zhenyuan Zhixian County, and he was raised in the sixth year of the Apocalypse. After the middle lift, he went to Jianchang County to serve as a canon, and a year later he was promoted to the chief bookkeeper and the county secretary. ”

Governor Hu was surprised and said: "In less than two years, this Xu Liang has actually been promoted to Zhengqipinzhi County, this person is not small." ”

Hong Chengchou listened, and said with a smile: "Yes, if you want to say that this Xu Zhixian really has some means, this time the thieves are a young man, Guo Tianxing, Shangtianlong and others besieged Pingliang, and after the defeat of the army, they turned to attack the surrounding states and counties, Chongxin, Huating, Jingzhou, Guyuan, etc. have all fallen, only his Zhenyuan County has not been breached, and Xia Guan is about to report to Zhongcheng you." ”

Governor Hu snorted coldly and said, "According to what you say, this person is still somewhat useful. ”

"Yes." Hong Chengchou heard that Governor Hu's tone was wrong, so he hurriedly put away his smile and responded carefully.

I only heard Governor Hu's voice rise sharply: "It's just that there are a lot of leaks, hmph, just now, Lou Chuan, the eldest son of Loujiabao, reported to the official that Zhenyuan Zhixian County had seized his Louji grain store for no reason, and then, Zhu Zijian, the son of King Han, deliberately ran to shout for the official to dismiss his official." ”

Governor Hu knocked on the desk and scolded: "What is he trying to do!" In less than two months after taking office, he offended Loujiabao and Han Wangfu! ”

Hong Chengchou was stunned, and secretly scolded Xu Liang in his heart for causing trouble, looking at Governor Hu's face, he carefully explained: "Zhongcheng, that, borrowing grain from the grain store in the city to defend the city, Xu Zhixian once talked to the lower officials, and the lower officials thought that in order to protect the city, it is not too much to borrow grain from merchants for the time being. It's just that, how did he provoke the prince of Han Wang? ”

Governor Hu said coldly: "Zhu Zijian said that the annex of his Han Wangfu in Zhenyuan was demolished to the ground, and even the guards sent to check on him died so much that only one ran back. ”

"He is so bold that he dares to kill the palace guards?" Hong Chengchou exclaimed.

“…… It's not necessarily Xu Liang's doing, the palace guards are attacking people on the way back to Chang'an Mansion. ”

Oh. Hong Chengchou patted his chest and wiped his sweat secretly, in fact, he still has a good impression of Xu Liang, he came to Zhenyuan for less than two months, and he killed and repelled the siege of tens of thousands of thieves.

But if he dared to kill the palace guards blatantly, which was tantamount to rebellion, then Governor Hong would have to get as far away from him as possible.

"Then what does Zhongcheng plan to do with this Xu Liang?" Hong Chengchou asked.

"What else can I do?" Governor Hu scolded: "The prince of Han has been grinding for a long time in this official, and if the official doesn't make any moves, I'm afraid that Lord Han will be blamed." Dismissal and investigation! ”

Hong Chengchou listened, his eyebrows were about to wrinkle together, and he considered the words and said: "Zhongcheng, at present, Xiaguan's Pingliang Mansion has fallen except for Zhenyuan County, and all other states and counties have fallen, Xu Liang's prestige among the people of Zhenyuan is very high, if he is withdrawn at this time, I am afraid that it will cause turmoil." ”

Governor Hu listened obediently, knowing that Hong Chengchou wanted to protect Liang, he glanced at Hong Chengchou, and said in a deep voice: "In your opinion, what should I do?" ”

Hong Suichou took a step forward and arched his hand: "The face of the Han Wangfu and Loujiabao can't be ignored, but the stability of Zhenyuan City can't be ignored, according to the will of the lower officials, it is better to temporarily remove Xu Liang from the county order position, retain the rank, and give him a lesson to see the after-effects." As for the affairs of Zhenyuan County, for the time being, the county is in charge of Huang Daozhou. ”

Governor Hu frowned and shook his head and said: "That Huang Dao Zhou also has some impressions, a few years ago, when the court collected military food to the northwest to quell the chaos, he was still the revision of the Hanlin Academy, and he didn't do anything right, and he was biased towards the matter of requisitioning grain, which was really annoying." ”

Hong Chengchou didn't expect Huang Daozhou's impression in the eyes of the governor to be so bad, and hurriedly made up for it: "The county affairs are not all handed over to the Huang Dao Zhou people, He Cheng, a director of Zhenyuan County, is a local talent from Xiucai, brave and strategic, and he is very good in guarding the city. ”

"A principal?" Governor Hu looked at Hong Chengchou suspiciously.

"Oh, He Cheng has an elder brother, who is the deputy chief soldier of Yansui, He Huchen." Hong Chengchou hurriedly said.

"It turned out to be the younger brother of General He. Haha" Governor Hu smiled and said: "He Huchen is a rare general, and this official is about to recommend him to the court to be the chief military officer of Ningxia." ”

"Okay, then according to what you mean, Xu Liang, the former magistrate of that town, just dismiss him." Governor Hu said.