"Brother Hezhou, seeing that you are so reluctant, do you want to accompany your brother back to Runing? That's too polite, isn't it? Wu Shigong made a joke about Liu Zeqing.

As soon as he left Texas, Liu Zeqing led his entourage to catch up with Wu Shigong. Wu Shigong was quite surprised by this, because Liu Zeqing had already decided to stay in Texas for a while and not go back with the Runing Army.

Liu Zeqing's purpose of staying is very simple, that is, to have a relationship with Yan Jizulala, the governor of Shandong, because as soon as Qiu Lei died, the position of the Shandong general soldier was vacant, and Liu Zeqing was staring at this position.

For this reason, a few days ago, Liu Zeqing invited Wu Shigong and Yan Jizu to a banquet, and at the banquet, he tried his best to match the relationship between Wu Shigong and Yan Jizu.

In fact, Liu Zeqing's matchmaking also came from Yan Jizu's instructions. In Yan Jizu's opinion: Although he was frightened at the time, after all, Wu Shigong did not rebel, and killing Qiu Lei was just a reckless soldier's brainless behavior, so Wu Shigong now has no threat, but has something to use.

So at the banquet, Yan Jizu threw out the conditions, he would play with the Spring and Autumn penmanship on the matter of Wu Shigong's killing of Qiu Lei, and say a few good words for Wu Shigong. Correspondingly, Yan Jizu also hoped that Wu Shigong would give him some military merits for defeating the Qing army, and the merits would be reversed to offset Yan Jizu's guilt for losing the feudal domain and losing Jinan City. As the intermediary Liu Zeqing, Yan Jizu will fully support him to take over as the commander-in-chief of Shandong.

For this political exchange, Wu Shigong is indispensable. To be honest, when Wu Shigong killed Qiu Lei, he was not afraid of what the court would do to him at all. Isn't it possible for the imperial court to send another Qincha and a team of brocade guards to Runing? That's a joke. Since the assassination incident, Wu Shigong will never break away from the protection of the Runing Army.

Then the court can give Wu Shigong nothing more than dismissal. But does Wu Shigong care about the rank of the general soldier and the rank of a military attaché? It just so happened that the unofficial body was light again, and the Runing Army could be free to go wild again. But the court will not do such a stupid thing again.

Therefore, Wu Shigong didn't pay attention to Yan Jizu's condition that he thought he was very heavy. However, if you help Yan Jizu and Liu Zeqing, Wu Shigong will not spoil the scenery. So during the banquet, Wu Shigong agreed to Yan Jizu's exchange.

After the banquet though. After discussing with Zhang Zhiheng and Zhou Junwu, Wu Shigong felt that Yan Jizu and Liu Zeqing's ideas were basically a bamboo basket for nothing. After all, the crime of losing the feudal domain this time is too big, and Yan Jizu is likely to be unable to protect himself. And Liu Zeqing pinned his hopes for promotion on Yan Jizu, the ship that was about to sink, how to look at this matter and feel unreliable. But this has nothing to do with Wu Shigong, and he will not go to the crow's mouth to awaken the sweet dreams of Yan Jizu and Liu Zeqing.

After that, there was nothing to do in Texas, and Wu Shigong was ready to go home as soon as possible. Unexpectedly, Wu Shigong just said goodbye to Yan Jizu and Liu Zeqing, and set off from the city, and Liu Zeqing, who was in the city, chased after him. This made Wu Shigong secretly feel very strange.

"Long respect brother! Don't make fun of it, things have changed! Liu Zeqing smiled bitterly.

"What's the matter?" Wu Shigong frowned and asked.

"The Governor has heard from the Imperial Court that Tiqi is about to arrest the Governor with a holy decree." Looking at the cronies of the two of them all around, Liu Zeqing whispered to Wu Shigong.

Yan Jizu always thought that he and Yang Sichang were of the same faction, and his garrison in Texas also followed the Ministry of War. That is, Yang Sichang's order, so he and Yang Sichang are grasshoppers on the same rope. Yang Sichang will also exonerate himself no matter what. I didn't expect Yang Sichang to be so ruthless. Li Daitao stiffly asked Yan Jizu to completely put the crime on top, which made Yan Jizu completely confused.

And Liu Zeqing has nothing to do with the members of the imperial court, and finally caught the line of Yan Jizu, but he didn't expect that Yan Jizu would not only be unable to help anymore, but he also couldn't protect himself, so he came to find Wu Shigong like an ant on a hot pot.

"Then let Governor Yan send someone to the court to dredge it up quickly. Little brother can't help much? Listening to Liu Zeqing's words, Wu Shigong was even more strange.

"It's for the sake of dredging!" Liu Zeqing hurriedly explained, "In addition to the governor's own search for a relationship, he also hopes that we can help." Add a boost to their exoneration. ”

"Oh? What about Brother Hezhou? ”

Then, Liu Zeqing introduced the method that Yan Jizu came up with for Wu Shigong. Don't say it, Yan Jizu is a veteran of officialdom in the end, and in this dead situation, he can still come up with a glimmer of life. However, this method needs to use Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing. Yan Jizu asked Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing to jointly play with him and ask for merit to exonerate him. just wants to add some weight and let the court let him go.

In the final analysis, it is to rely on the army of Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing to force the palace to the imperial court. is to make the court feel: If Yan Jizu is not let go, then Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing will make trouble.

Of course, Yan Jizu's method requires the cooperation of Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing. There is absolutely no problem with Liu Zeqing, now he is already an official fan, but Wu Shigong, who has a heavier weight, needs Liu Zeqing to convince him.

But when Wu Shigong heard this, he immediately flatly refused: "Brother Hezhou! King Qin this time, you have already made war achievements, and the court has rewarded you somewhat, why bother to wade into this muddy water? ”

Wu Shigong thinks that Liu Zeqing is confused. You must know that Yang Sichang has already used this trick to kill people, and he must have become mortal enemies with Yan Jizu, and he will never die. and one is Emperor Chongzhen's favorite minister, a bachelor who entered the cabinet; The other is the governor of the place, the minister who is about to be convicted, should this choice be considered?

Besides, making military merit and joint play are completely two different concepts. If it is just a military merit, it can be said that it takes into account the friendship of colleagues, and it is easy to explain afterwards. The joint performance proves that Wu Shigong, Liu Zeqing and Yan Jizu are on the same front, and they will immediately become a thorn in Yang Sichang's side and a thorn in the flesh. In other words, Wu Shigong also became mortal enemies with Yang Sichang. Does Yan Jizu have such a big friendship with Wu Shigong?

So Wu Shigong bowed again and said goodbye to Liu Zeqing. And Liu Zeqing can only be helpless. But at this moment, Yan Jizu also arrived on a flying horse, and he finally put down the governor's shelf to beg Wu Shigong.

After that, Runingjun stayed again, and Wu Shigong also discussed with Yan Jizu and Liu Zeqing for a whole day, and then Yan Jizu had to taste his wish, and Wu Shigong interceded for Yan Jizu alone. And Yan Jizu also immediately sent his cronies, with Wu Shigong, Liu Zeqing and his own self-defense recital, as well as a large amount of money to the capital for activities. This activity was so powerful that the imperial court order to arrest Yan Jizu was magically canceled. (To be continued......)