"My lord! Subordinates have something to report. ”

Wang Xu was reviewing the official documents in the study, and he was about to finish reading the last volume of bamboo slips, but suddenly heard Shan Huai's voice outside the door. "Hmmm! Come on in! ”

"No!" In response, Shan Huai gently pushed open the door and walked in slowly.

"Say it! What's up? Because he was seeing the money spent on the production of military uniforms, Wang Xu didn't raise his head, and asked directly.

"Back to the lord, except for Cao Yin, all the people who participated in the assassination of the lord have all been arrested!" Shan Huai did not hesitate, and immediately replied.

"Oh? So fast. Hearing that it was about the assassin, Wang Xu finally couldn't help but raise his head and looked at Shan Huai in surprise. I thought that ten days was already a very tight time, but I didn't expect you to move really fast, and today is only the eighth day to complete the task. ”

Hearing Wang Xu's praise, Shan Huai's face did not show the slightest joy. "The lord laughed, those people were already under surveillance, just mobilize people to arrest them, it doesn't take too much time, if it weren't for Nanyang County being too far away, and the escort back would have been delayed for a while, it might have been completed yesterday."

"Hmmm! Not bad. Wang Xu smiled appreciatively and couldn't help asking, "Then where are you being detained now?" ”

"In the Quanling County Prison." Shan Huai replied.

"Okay, you go and inform Tian Feng now, and ask him to immediately release the list of the four counties of Jingnan, and the execution will be carried out in three days. All the participants, except for those who you have promised not to kill, or who have promised to testify, are all killed outside the West Gate. Wang Xu smiled lightly.

It seemed that he didn't expect Wang Xu to say this, and as soon as the words fell, Shan Huai raised his head and looked at Wang Xu with a surprised face.

"What? Questions? Seeing Shan Huai's surprised look, Wang Xu couldn't help but smile slightly.

"Oh! No. Quickly shook his head, Shan Huai looked at Wang Xu, who was indifferent, before slowly answering: "My subordinates were just curious!" ”

"Curious about what?"

Seeing Wang Xu's question, Shan Huai didn't hide it, and even said bluntly: "The lord used to be tolerant, but this time he was extremely strict, so he was puzzled!" ”

"Huh!" Hearing this, Wang Xu couldn't help but smile. looked at Shan Huai, then gently put down the bamboo slip in his hand and sighed helplessly. "It's not that I want to do more killing, it stands to reason that I indirectly participated in or provided assistance, and the plot is not particularly strict, so I should let it go. But this time the situation is different, I used to govern one side with benevolence, but I lacked coercion. If you look at the list you have put together, there are more than 150 people involved, of whom 71 are directly involved in the operation, and the rest are also indirectly helping or hiding these people. What a terrible number is this? The reason for this situation is nothing more than that the criminal law is not strict enough, and without that kind of oppression, it is natural to dare to do it. Therefore, this time I will kill them all, so that the people under my rule will understand in the future that I will not be tolerant of everything. When it's time to kill, he will never be soft, and he is more severe than others. ”

"My subordinates understood." Hearing this, Shan Huai suddenly nodded with relief.

But Wang Xu thought about it, but he still couldn't help but say: "That's it!" You can investigate it, and if one of them feels that there is a grievance for participating in this incident, they can report it. For example, if you are persecuted or deceived, I think you should be able to distinguish between being forgiving and forgiving. ”

"No!" Shan Huai immediately surrendered.

Thinking that he would see more than a hundred heads fall to the ground in three days, Wang Xu was not in a good mood, so he immediately waved his hand. "If there's nothing to do, you can go and get busy!"

"My subordinates have another thing to report." But Shan Huai immediately took over the conversation.

Hearing this, Wang Xu couldn't help sighing, put down the bamboo slip he had just picked up, and said with a wry smile: "Shan Huai, you will report the matter in one sentence in the future, you don't have to report it for a while, and report it again for a while." It's a waste of time, and it's very restrictive, so you don't have to do it when there are no outsiders! ”

Seeing Wang Xu's annoyed face, Shan Huai's cold face couldn't help but show a smile. "Yes, my lord!"

"Say it! What's up? Wang Xu didn't bother to say much, and immediately changed the topic back.

"The latest news came from the north, Jizhou assassin Shi Wang Fen and others conspired to assassinate His Majesty, but because the matter was leaked, it has failed. His Majesty recruited Wang Fen into Beijing, and Wang Fen fled with Xiangkai and Chen Yi, and was pursued by Zhonglang of the imperial court, and killed himself in the Plains Kingdom, but their families were saved because of this. As for the rest of the conspirators, they were also killed. ”

After speaking, Shan Huai also remembered Wang Xu's words, no longer paused, and immediately opened his mouth again: "In addition, over there in Youzhou, the former Liaodong chief and the current cavalry captain Gongsun Zhan, who has conquered the traitors Zhang Chun, Zhang Ju and Qiu Liju, the leader of the Wuhuan tribe, has won three battles. And Youzhou Mu Liu Yu also gave enough assistance, and at the same time took pacification measures like the lord, and I heard that the results were very good. But that was half a month ago, and I don't know how it is now. ”

"Hmmm! Okay, I got it. Wang Xu nodded.

Seeing this, Shan Huai didn't say anything more, arched his hand, and prepared to turn around and leave. But as soon as he walked to the door of the study, he turned around abruptly, and his cold face showed a trace of embarrassment.

Wang Xu had been looking at him all the time, and when he saw this scene, he immediately smiled. "Huh! How? Anything else you haven't said? ”

"This ...... Yes! Although he hesitated, Shan Huai nodded stubbornly.

"Hey! Then you can say it! For Shan Huai, Wang Xu really didn't know what to say.

This time, Shan Huai was very fast, and he didn't salute or be polite, so he opened his mouth and said: "Lord, there is news from Shanyang that the lord's family has moved south. ”

As soon as these words came out, Wang Xu's eyes widened. After all, I haven't seen my family for several years, how can I not be excited. When even couldn't help but hurriedly said: "When did you leave?" ”

"It's been five days since Kuaima sent the credit, it should have been five days ago!" Shan Huai is not very sure of authenticity.

"Haha! It's just wonderful. Saying that, Wang Xu couldn't help the excitement in his heart and stood up suddenly. Walk! I'm going out with you, and I'm going to tell the eldest brother, the second brother, and Xu Sheng about this, so that they will be happy too! ”

After speaking, he took Shan Huai's hand and left the study quickly.

Called Xu Shu and said goodbye to Shan Huai, Wang Xu immediately ran to the front yard. After telling his eldest brother Wang Kai, Wang Kai was also so excited that he couldn't control himself. After he got out of prison, he was forced to go south and never returned home.

Seeing that he was walking around excitedly, it was difficult to calm down, Wang Xu simply took him and rushed to the fortress in the west of the city, anyway, he had nothing to do now. Of course, for safety reasons, he also followed Dian Wei and more than a dozen elite guards.

And when Wang Fei and Xu Sheng learned the news, they were also quite excited. Wang Fei is better, after all, he has only been away from home for about a year. But Xu Sheng was wronged, and he couldn't accompany Xu Bo for a few days after leaving the school, so he came to follow Wang Xu, and then traveled north and south for nearly three years, plus this year in Jingnan, it was also nearly four years.

As a result, under the joy, several people chatted in the general's mansion in the west fortress of the city, talking about things at home, which is rarely so easy. Especially when it comes to Wang Yue, Wang Cang, Wang Xiong and other brothers and sisters, I don't know how much has changed, and they are all emotional.

However, when the other generals took the time to come to visit Wang Xu, when they heard them talking about things at home, Song Qian, Guan Hai, Yang Feng, Zhang Jing and others all showed envious looks, and their eyes were also a little lonely. Zhou Zhi is very happy, after all, his parents have already moved to Shanyang Gao County, and they will inevitably follow this time. Gao Shun is an orphan, and with Zhang Yao by his side, he is already very satisfied, as for his master, that is, Zhang Yao's father, he traveled as early as when Zhang Yao came to look for him, and it was useless to think about it.

Wang Xu didn't pay attention at first, but Xu Shu was careful, and after thinking for a while, he gently attached it to Wang Xu's ear and told him about it.

Wang Xu then remembered that although Guan Hai and Yang Feng changed their names when they participated in the Yellow Turban Uprising, they also had this distant home. In the three years that I worked at Wang Xu's house, I could secretly go back every year to take a look, but when I came to Jingnan, it was far away, and I didn't have that time.

And Song Qian's parents, Wang Xu was very impressed, and the couple who wanted their son Jackie Chan were amazing. But since Song Qian left home with Wang Xu, the two have been fishing alone on the edge of Taihu Lake, and to this day, Song Qian has not been able to contact his family.

Thinking of the tearful faces of Song Qian's parents in the morning light when they left, Wang Xu suddenly felt sad for a while. Secretly blame yourself: as there are more affairs, there is less concern for these brothers, and it really shouldn't be. At the beginning, Han Meng's family also wanted to pass the letter to Fu Zhi, so he took it by the way. It's really a dereliction of duty to do what my lord did......

If you know it's wrong, of course you have to change it! Thinking that now that the army is on the right track, and the fortress has been built, it is only necessary to repair and strengthen the interior, and there are not many things. So when it was proposed, let Song Qian, Guan Hai, and Yang Feng go home and pick up their relatives, and the affairs in the army would be temporarily taken care of by the rest of the people.

This move immediately received unanimous support from everyone, and Han Meng and Wang Fei patted their chests and said that they would take it all together. The rest of the people, though not as exaggerated as they are, have the same thoughts in their hearts. However, the three of them were extremely grateful, their eyes turned red on the spot, and the generals were in a hurry to comfort them.

It's just that Zhang Jing's affairs can't be helped, his family, his parents, and his sister were all killed by Zhang Lie, and there is nowhere to pick them up if they want to. All the generals knew about this, and they looked at each other, and they didn't know how to comfort them, after all, this kind of thing, the more they mentioned it, the more sad it became. Especially from now on, all the generals will be able to go home for reunion during the Chinese New Year this year, but Zhang Jing is completely alone. Everyone was in the army last year, and it wasn't so uncomfortable, but now that it's like this, it's hard for him to get through that hurdle in his heart!

Everyone here is a good brother who has come together, and who doesn't worry about him, but now he really doesn't know what to do. In the end, it was Han Meng who snorted and mentioned that everyone had a good gathering today, drank happily, and opened the topic.

It's a pity that Zhang Jing has already fallen in, and the feeling is unforgettable when you think about it. Although everyone talks about happy things and brags when he drinks, it is clear that he is always smiling. He didn't drink very much, but he drank the most today......

In the evening, after returning to the Taishou Mansion, Xu Shu saw that Wang Xu was still frowning, and couldn't help but pull his hand and comforted: "Husband, I know you feel very uncomfortable, but what can be done about it?" The dead cannot be resurrected, and he misses his relatives, and there is nothing he can do! ”

"Hey! Of course I know this, but it's not a way for him to be such a person, and the emptier the house, the easier it is for him to think about those things. Wang Xu sighed and said.

"What do you mean?" Xu Shu heard some flavor from Wang Xu's words, and immediately became interested.

"Hmmm! Yes, I want to find him a family affair, take a few wives and concubines, and save him from thinking nonsense. As he spoke, Wang Xu finally showed a faint smile on his face. Moreover, Zhang Jing is upright, very gentle to girls, and extremely affectionate, those women marry him, and they are much happier than marrying others. ”

"Huh! The idea is good, but is Zhang Jing willing? He's going to talk about feelings! Hearing Wang Xu's ridicule, Xu Shu couldn't help but smile, but she was obviously very skeptical of the content.

Seeing this, Wang Xu raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "You don't understand men!" Sent to the door, how can there be no reason, as long as this woman is virtuous and virtuous, feelings can be cultivated slowly! ”

"Cut! You're not talking about men, you're talking about yourself! Hearing this, Xu Shu suddenly glanced at Wang Xu angrily.

"Am I not a man?"

"You hate it! Looking for a fight, isn't it? Seeing that she was teased by Wang Xu, Xu Shu suddenly didn't follow and waved her hand to fight.

"Alright! I won't tease you, no matter what, Zhang Jing's matter must be solved as much as possible, and you can help inquire about it recently to see if there are any better girls. He is in the army all day, how can he have time to find it? ”

"Alright! I'll help take a look. Saying that, Xu Shu pursed her lips, but shook her head and said: "However, I advise you to ask Zhang Jing's opinion euphemistically, I remember that he seems to have said that he has to take care of the two girls in the family?" ”

"Girls?" Wang Xu suddenly looked at Xu Shu with confused eyes.

"Oops, you forgot! When he was deceived by Zhang Lie, didn't he arrest two girls? was also tortured by Zhang Lie to the point of not being able to do it. Zhang Jing promised to take care of them all their lives, and now they are still at home! In the three years since you were arrested, Zhang Jing has beaten and scolded the two of them, and they have taken good care of them! ”

Saying that, Xu Shu sighed with some emotion. "Hey! He did this to make up for the mistakes he had made! In fact, he is a victim himself, and God is really unfair sometimes! ”