The task of Governor Wu was completed, and the lecture of the prince was also over, and all the officials went back to prepare for the expedition. Xu Liang waited for a group of high-ranking officials in Shaanxi to walk out of the prefect's yamen hall, and then went out last.

Anton Zhongwei Qianhu official Huang Ziren was waiting outside. The two people who crossed at the same time met again, and they were naturally very close. On the one hand, Xu Liang ordered people to return to the town with his own letter of transfer of troops, and Xing Zhongshan and Hu Xiaoyong led a battalion of Liang troops to Pingliang Mansion to gather, and on the other hand, he ordered the guards to go to the inn where they stayed to set up a banquet to have a drink with Huang Ziren.

The two went out of the prefect's yamen and saw a blue-robed official coming out of the prefect's yamen in a daze, ready to get into the carriage and leave. Xu Liang smiled and greeted, "Isn't this Lord Lin?" Lord Lin, don't come to harm's way? ”

Lin Jialuo, the magistrate of Jingzhou, turned around when he heard this, and saw that it was Xu Liang and Huang Ziren, because Xu Liang and Huang Ziren had led the army to relieve the siege of Jingzhou City from the hands of the thief Shangtianlong, Lin Jialuo was naturally very grateful to Xu Liang and the two, so he stepped forward and arched his hand: "Lord Xu, Lord Huang!" I didn't expect to see you here, what a surprise. ”

The three of them are all young talents, and it is inevitable that they will have a sense of bosom friends, and the three of them are polite to each other, so Xu Liang invited Lin Jialuo to go to the hotel with him to eat and drink.

Lin Zhi County naturally does not allow it.

Ten taels of silver to buy a banquet, the wine is a good wine, the banquet is a good banquet, Xu Liang and Huang Ziren talked very happily, but seeing Lin Zhixian smiling in the face of a table full of good dishes, Xu Liang couldn't help asking: "Brother Lin, it's rare for the three of us to get together today, and let go of our worries and drink happily." ”

Lin Zhixian smiled bitterly, "Lord Xu, Lin and the two adults hit it off at first sight, but they couldn't be happy." ”

"Lao Lin, what are you doing!" Huang Ziren had already called Lin Jialuo a brother and brother, and shouted dissatisfiedly when he heard the words, "If there is anything difficult to say, let's study and study it together." ”

"Alas," Lin Zhixian sighed deeply, looked at Huang Ziren, and then at Xu Liang, and said in a depressed voice: "Actually, Lin has come to Pingliang for the fourth time to find the prefect." The two also knew that Jingzhou had just been captured by thieves a few years ago, although the two adults rescued in time and did not cause a major disaster, but Jingzhou City was seriously injured. Seeing that spring has begun, the people of Jingzhou want to sow seeds on schedule, but more than eighty percent of the people do not have the equipment to sow seeds, and even the cattle that plow the land will not exceed 30 in the county, and there is a shortage of grain seeds...... As a parent official in Jingzhou, Lin can't watch the people miss the sowing season and starve to death in the coming year! Therefore, I want to ask the Lord of Futai to allocate some silver taels of grain. ”

"Looking at Brother Lin like this, could it be that Lord Hong ignored it?" Xu Liang asked.

"Alas," Lin Zhixian just sighed uncontrollably, and said helplessly: "Lin begged Lord Hong three times, and Lord Hong finally agreed to allocate some silver taels to me first, and today Lin Mou originally came to Pingliang to receive silver taels." However, Lu Tongzhi said to the official that the governor of the three sides, Lord Wu, will send troops to fight in the near future, and all the money and grain in Pingliang Mansion will be used as military supplies, and there will be no surplus silver for Jingzhou for the time being! ”

I see! Xu Liang and Huang Ziren exchanged glances, and in this case, the two could only feel sorry for Lin Zhixian. Huang Ziren said: "Lu Tongzhi didn't tell a lie, my eldest brother Xu Liang is also in response to the call. ”

Xu Liang explained the reason for Governor Wu's dispatch of troops to Lin Zhixian again, and Lin Zhixian knew that he couldn't do anything, so he had to think that he was unlucky, and poured several sips of liquor one after another, and sighed incessantly.

Xu Liang thought that the situation in Jingzhou was not as good as that of Zhenyuan, although Zhenyuan was also difficult, but he had never heard that there was still a shortage of farm tools, even if it was grain seeds, he thought that with the help of the Liang family in Jingzhou, there would be no big problem. Then I thought that the Liang family in Jingzhou was supposed to be the rich gentry of Jingzhou, but they were dug into the corner by themselves, and this kind of approach is somewhat incompatible with Lin Jialuo, the magistrate of Jingzhou.

Xu Liang pondered and said to Lin Jialuo: "Brother Lin, you and my brother are like old friends at first sight, now Brother Lin has something difficult, and there is no reason to stand by and watch as a brother." ”

Lin Jialuo listened, swept away his original listless appearance, sat up straight, and asked suspiciously, "What does Brother Xu mean by this?" Ah, isn't it Brother Xu who has someone in the prefect's yamen? That's great. ”

"Where," Xu Liang shook his head and said: "My brother came to Shaanxi a year or two later than Brother Xu, and I didn't recognize all the faces of the prefect's yamen, how can I have acquaintances?" ”

"So, is there a way for Brother Xu to help Brother Fool?"

"That's the case," Xu Liang said: "Although my Zhenyuan County is also difficult, the situation is slightly better than that of Jingzhou, and the grain seeds are also in short supply, but the livestock that plough the land and the farming tools can still be evened out some, if Brother Lin does not dislike it, Xu will repair a book, and Brother Lin will send someone to hand it over to Cheng Huangdao Zhou in Zhenyuan County, and Lord Huang will do it." ”

Lin Zhixian was immediately excited, his eyes were grateful, and he raised his glass to Xu Liang and said solemnly: "Lord Xu's actions are tantamount to sending charcoal in the snow, and Lin Mou's generation of Jingzhou is grateful for Lord Xu's righteous deeds." ”

"Brother Lin is polite."

I touched a glass with Lin Zhixian at the moment.

Lin Zhixian inadvertently received Xu Liang's assistance, and his heart was a little calmer, and he also cheered up at the moment, and said some interesting stories about Shaanxi and Xu and Huang, and the three of them quickly drank several glasses.

Huang Ziren's alcohol consumption is not as good as Xu Liang's, after a few glasses, his face will turn red, and after a few glasses, he will be a little slurred. He opened his drunken eyes, looked at Xu Liang with a big tongue, and said, "Big brother, it's not my brother, I said you, Zhenyuan is still too, too small!" ”

Xu Liang and Lin Zhixian both looked at Huang Ziren, and said in their hearts that Huang Ziren was most likely over.

I only heard Huang Ziren say: "Originally, I followed my eldest brother to be an inspector in Zhenyuan, and I felt that this official had done a lot of work, but after I arrived in Pingliang, I realized how ridiculous my previous ideas were, and I was simply a frog at the bottom of the well." ”

"Ziren, you've drunk too much." Xu Liang said with a smile.

"I didn't drink much!" Huang Ziren puffed out his eyes, shouted, stretched out another finger, pointed in the direction of the prefect's yamen, and said, "Take those people in the yamen in the morning, do you know who the eldest brother is?" ”

"I don't know."

"Brother Han, I don't know." Huang Ziren leaned his head close to Xu Liang, his mouth spewed a strong smell of wine, and he smirked: "As soon as the governor of the three sides arrives, the three divisions of Shaanxi Province, the yamen, who can come, basically come, the political envoy, the envoy, the commander, and those who participate in politics, senators, commanders, local general soldiers, garrisons, guerrilla generals and the like, stand full of people, as far as our Anton Zhongwei's commander Ye Yanqing is concerned, he only has a seat on the side of the door, as for you and me, hehe, that is only the part of the station." ”

Hearing Huang Ziren talk about so many high-ranking officials in Shaanxi when they arrived in Pingliang Mansion, Lin Zhixian and Xu Liang were surprised. Xu Liang laughed at himself: "Yes, in the morning, Brother Wei was standing next to the door." ”

Huang Ziren nodded thoughtfully, looked at Xu and Lin with a strange expression, and said, "Do you know who the most mysterious person in that group is?" ”

Xu Liang thought about it, and just wanted to say that it was the prince with a huge shelf. Huang Ziren had already spoken to himself: "It is the prince of Dongchang. Do you know who he is? ”

Xu Liang and Lin Zhixian both shook their heads.

Huang Ziren suddenly lowered his tone, looked around nervously, and smiled when he saw that the window and door were closed.

This move made Xu Liang and Lin Zhixian nervous for no reason, but they were also curious. The two waited for a while, but saw that Huang Ziren was just laughing, and he didn't speak for a while, so he couldn't help but be secretly anxious, Xu Liang deliberately provoked him, and said in a disapproving tone: "What's so unusual about the identity of the prince, looking at his dress and momentum, most of them are the leaders of the East Detective Factory, if not the head of the big stall, at least the head of the second stall." ”

When Huang Ziren heard this, he looked proud, as if he was carrying a big treasure in his arms and others didn't know it, he shook his head proudly, and said: "It is natural that Wang Gonggong is the head of the Dongchang stall, but his background is little known. Saying that, he glanced at Xu and Lin Er, nodded to himself: "Speaking of which, the eldest brother and Brother Lin are not outsiders, today I will whisper to you, you have to keep your mouth shut, so as not to cause trouble to my brother and Commander Ye." ”

Lin Zhixian said strangely: "What does this have to do with Commander Ye?" ”

Huang Ziren said with a smile: "It seems like such a secret thing, how can I know about it, brother?" This qiē was secretly sued by Commander Ye. ”

Xu Liang was amazed and said, "It seems that Ziren, you are even appreciated by Commander Ye?" ”

When Huang Ziren heard this, he was very useful, chuckled proudly, beckoned Xu Liang and Lin Zhixian to get closer, and said mysteriously: "Let me tell you, that Wang Gonggong is the second head of Dongchang, his real name is Wang Tiqian, when Gonggong Wei was in power, he was also a hot figure in the court, and he can be regarded as Gonggong Wei's right-hand man." ”

When Xu Liang heard this, he didn't react, but Lin Jialuo was taken aback.

"Huh? He's Wang Tiqian?! Lin Zhixian exclaimed.

"Exactly!" Huang Ziren nodded, and sneered: "Now Wei Zhongxian is afraid that even his bones are about to rot into powder, but the prince is still alive." What's even better is that the emperor actually asked him to arrest the descendants of Grandpa Wei, you say, isn't it wonderful? ”

Xu Liang was still at a loss, and when Lin Zhixian saw this, he told Xu Liang about Wang Tiqian's origin. After Xu Liang figured out the origin of Wang Tiqian, he was surprised that Cheng was no less than Lin Zhixian, and he was shocked for a while. According to Lin Zhixian, Wang Tiqian was Wei Zhongxian's right-hand man in the Tianqi Dynasty, the chief eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor, the general manager of the inner house, and the bad things that Wei Zhongxian did, the prince basically had a share, killing Wang An, framing the Donglin Party, and eliminating dissent in the court for the Duke of Wei, all of whom were busy with the princess. Now that Father-in-law Wei is dead, people who have a little to do with Father-in-law Wei have no good end, and as Father-in-law Wei's cronies and eunuchs, and right-hand man, Wang Tiqian not only did not die, but also mixed into the East Factory and became the head of the East Factory.

The three of them knew such a big news, but they were secretive, and they didn't talk about anything else at the moment, they drank their own wine, and the banquet quickly dispersed.

Huang Ziren had his own soldiers to bring back to his house. Lin Zhixian had no place to live, and he had to rush back to Jingzhou City. Xu Liang was sent to the door of the inn, and when they were leaving, Lin Zhixian hesitated to pull Xu Liang aside, and asked in a low voice: "What Huang Qianhu said just now, Brother Xu will lead troops to go out with Governor Wu in the future?" ”

Xu Liang nodded, not understanding the purpose of Lin Zhixian's sudden question, and looked at him suspiciously.

"That's weird!" Lin Zhixian looked at Xu Liang and said the question in his heart: "Wu Zhiwang is the governor of the three sides, and he waved no less than 100,000 soldiers and horses under his control to suppress a small gang of thieves, even if the leader of the gang is Wei Zhongxian's descendants, it will not be your turn to lead troops to a small local magistrate, Brother Xu?" ”

Xu Liang was stunned for a moment.