"Your Excellency! Lord Governor! Ladies and gentlemen! It's polite to be late. Wu Shigong wore a set of literati robes and a scribe's scarf on his head, and bowed deeply to all the civil and military officials in the hall, performing a standard literati etiquette.

In the stunned eyes of the officials in the hall, Governor Hong Chengchou said with a smile: "There is no need to be polite, today is a private banquet, please take a seat quickly." ”

Under the guidance of the slaves, Wu Shiran sat at the bottom of the civil officials, and faintly pressed down the seats of the military attachés. At this time, the hall could no longer be quiet, and those officials exchanged heads and ears, talking about Wu Shigong, the "Variety Pig Man".

Seeing the top two adults, they all frowned, and Guan Kesong, as the host, immediately shouted: "Today, I welcome the king, and the Runing place is also very happy, and a song and dance will be rehearsed for everyone to enjoy." Hurry up! ”

With Guan Kesong's call, a team of Kabuki went to the hall under the arrangement of Li's mother, and more than a dozen flower cards accompanying the wine also accompanied the officials in turn.

When passing through the city of Runing, Guan Kesong invited the civil and military members of the army to participate in the banquet arranged in the city. Before the banquet, Governor Hong Chengchou and Governor Xuan Mo both asked Guan Kesong whether they had invited "Runing Xianliang" to accompany him.

Guan Kesong didn't know that the "Runing virtuous" in the mouths of these two adults specifically referred to Wu Shigong, and he thought that it was a local celebrity and a gentry, so he immediately replied: "Yes"!

But at the beginning of the banquet, Hong Chengchou and Xuan Mo were surprised to find that Wu Shigong did not attend. hurriedly asked Guan Kesong the reason, and at this time Guan Kesong knew that he had messed up.

There's no way, send a quick horse to send a message! And Wu Shigong, who received the news, couldn't shirk it anymore. The camp was so close to the city that there was no reason to refuse this banquet anymore. Besides, what Wu Shigong was afraid of was the military discussion, the governor's sword of Shang Fang. And this kind of private banquet is the most talkative. A "poisonous snake" like Wu Shigong has never been afraid of anyone!

The banquet is a song and dance, a spring class, and the process is not detailed. It's just that after a few songs and dances, Xuan Mo excused himself out of the lobby. After a while, a servant came to Wu Shigong's side and whispered, "Lord Governor, please!" ”

The servant led Wu Shigong to the back hall, Xuan Mo had already sat down on a chair, and when he saw Wu Shigong coming in, he raised his hand and motioned for him to sit down opposite. The servant quickly offered a cup of tea, and then immediately withdrew.

"Long respect! The old man asked Side (Zhou Junwu) to go to Er that day, not for other reasons. Only for Changjing to train in a good way, and to be safe and prosperous, it is for good talents, so I want to let Changjing help the old man one or two. Xuan Mo opened his mouth very politely.

As soon as Wu Shigong heard Xuan Mo running up, he was doing homely things, and did not use any officialdom language. So he replied respectfully: "Late life is ashamed!" I was quite disrespectful to Brother Side, and I apologize to the Governor here. ”

"It's okay!" Xuan Mo smiled and waved his hand and said. "Side is not like a long-term place to live. His personal accident is quite unfamiliar, but after he is the old man and neighbor, he hopes to support each other with Changjing in the future, and Changjing also needs more guidance to him! ”

Wu Shigong hurriedly saluted again: "The governor is polite. ”

After the greetings, Wu Shigong waited for Xuan Mo to say what he meant. Xuan Mo pondered for a moment, and then said to Wu Shigong: "This time, the old man is promoted to the imperial court. It is for the peace of the people of Henan. Although Changjing was impeached, the old man also has some thin faces in the court, and he should have nothing to do. Governor Hong now needs to help encircle and suppress the thief army, and the old man also needs his army to be pacified. Is it possible to choose long-term respect? ”

"What! What the? Wu Shigong suddenly grew his mouth in surprise, Xuan Mo's words were too informative, so that Wu Shigong couldn't react for a while. Someone actually impeached himself, who is it? Wu Shigong has done too many "bad things", so he can't judge it for a while. Of course, Wu Shigong didn't know, in fact, all his "bad things" were impeached by officials.

However, in Xuan Mo's words, it was also revealed that Xuan Mo interceded with the court for Wu Shigong. Besides, Wu Shigong of course refused to let the Runing army leave the locality, so he immediately replied: "The late life is the head of the governor's horse. ”

Xuan Mo nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "What does Changjing need, the old man can also do his best?" Xuan Mo waited for Wu Shigong to open the conditions.

"Don't you dare to work hard, Lord Governor!" Wu Shigong came up and was polite first, "But his subordinates have suffered too many casualties this time, and it costs a lot of money to reorganize the army, and the Runing army has been in arrears for a long time. Look......"

"First give Chang Jing 20,000 silver and 10,000 stones. Is it enough? Xuan Mo interrupted Wu Shigong's words and immediately said the conditions.

Wu Shigong smiled and nodded, his heart can't be too dark at this time. So he continued: "Erlang's armor is tattered, especially the lack of gunpowder, I hope the governor will understand!" ”

"Give you three hundred armor and a thousand gunpowder."

"The generals of Runing and Guide are all ordered by the late students!"

"Yes!"

"The two prefectures of Runing and Guide are conducive to the suppression of bandits, and they can make decisions alone in their later years."

"Yes!"

"There is no need for a late life, please give instructions to the governor!"

Wu Shigong knew that Xuan Mo agreed so readily, so Xuan Mo's requirements must have been very high, but he definitely didn't expect that Xuan Mo's request was what Wu Shigong had dreamed of.

"The old man Yun Changjing led 10,000 troops, and he was not limited by the quota of the Ministry of War. In addition, the regiment of General Li trained the town, and it was necessary to ensure the tranquility of the three prefectures of Nanyang, Runing, and Guide in the south. In addition, the three southern counties of Ruzhou and Kaifeng also need to be bothered by long-term respect. How about a long tribute? ”

In Xuan Mo's opinion, he is a lion who has opened his mouth. There are only so many people in the Runing Army, but it is also a very challenging task to pacify half of Henan.

But in Wu Shigong's opinion, he suddenly had a sufficient reason to enter the area he had wanted to enter for a long time, and Wu Shigong would never let go of this kind of beautiful thing.

But afraid that Xuan Mo would see it, Wu Shigong pretended to hesitate and thought for a while before replying: "Later life will definitely live up to the trust of the governor." But the western part of Nanyang is far away from the Runing Army, and some whips are beyond the reach of the late generation, and there are even more Shaanxi bandits infested there. Therefore, the late life can only keep Nanyang Fucheng, and the rest of the places will not be able to do it. ”

"It's okay!" Xuan Mo smiled and said, Wu Shigong's promise has exceeded Xuan Mo's psychological bottom line, he originally thought that Wu Shigong would add three more counties in Kaifeng Mansion at most, "This time, Governor Hong will go for the thief army, hoping that he will succeed." But in case the thief army re-enters Henan, Changjing can only protect the city. This is not my fault in Henan, and I don't need to worry about it! (To be continued......)