Putting on his clothes and opening the door, Gao Fei saw Zhao Yun actually standing outside the door.

"Your Excellency, are you awake?" When Zhao Yun saw Gao Fei, the whole person seemed very humble and unreasonable.

Gao Fei was stunned for a moment, and then saw that Zhao Yun's eye bags were a little black, and his eyes were even more bloodshot, so he asked, "Zilong, ...... You kept watch all night outside my door? ”

Zhao Yun said: "This is what you should do for your lords." ”

"What about the other pro-soldiers? You are a dignified captain of the pro-soldiers, and you actually came to be on duty in person, and those pro-soldiers are too disagreeable! Goofy said slightly angrily.

Zhao Yun said with a smile: "My lord, don't blame those people, it's the subordinates themselves who want to come to vigil for the adults, everyone was so happy last night that many people were drunk." The soldiers guarding the city gate were also drunk, and their subordinates were afraid that something would happen, so they asked them to be on duty for the soldiers guarding the city. ”

"Zilong is loyal to his liver and courage, and he is really a rare talent. Zilong, if it is bright today, everyone else must have woken up, so you go to rest and rest, take a good rest, and recuperate your spirits! ”

"No! That subordinate retired! ”

Gao Fei looked at the back of Zhao Yun leaving, his heart was still overjoyed, he didn't expect Zhao Yun to come over, he would be so conscientious, and said to himself: "Zhao Yun is really a dedicated and good employee, if all my subordinates in the future can be as dedicated as him, how good it would be." ”

When I came to the county hall and saw some soldiers cleaning up the mess left over from the celebration banquet last night, I thought that this banquet should have cost a lot in this year of lack of food and clothing. He strode towards the door, and before he stepped out of the threshold, he saw Lu Heng walking over happily with Liao Hua, Pei Yuanshao, and Bian Xi, and immediately asked, "What makes you so happy?" ”

Lu Heng, Liao Hua, Pei Yuanshao, and Bian Xi saw Gao Fei and said in unison: "My subordinates see my lord!" ”

Gao Fei said: "No need to be polite, you came just in time, I was about to look for you, last night because it was late, and there was a celebration banquet, I couldn't find a chance to ask about the specific situation in the city, you all come in with me!" ”

Lu Heng and the others said in unison: "No! ”

Everyone came to the hall together, Gao Fei sat on the top, pressed his hands down, and gestured: "Sit down, there are no outsiders here, they are all their own brothers!" ”

Liao Hua, Pei Yuanshao, and Bian Xi were all grateful when they heard Gao Fei call them brothers, so they sat down with Lu Heng and bowed in unison: "Thank you, sir!" ”

Gao Fei said: "From now on, you will all be my confidants, I am your adult in front of outsiders, and you don't have to be so polite in front of our own people." ”

"No!"

"Lu Heng, yesterday you were counting the treasury of Xiaquyang, right?" Gao Fei got down to business and asked straight to the point.

Lu Heng nodded and said, "Yes, my lord, my subordinates counted it with the help of Liao Hua." ”

Goofy asked, "What about the count?" ”

Lu Hengdao: "It has been counted, there are a total of 136,800 people in Xiaquyang City, and there is a thief Zhang Bao in the treasury who looted the grain from all around, nearly 200,000 stones, which is enough for the people in the city to eat for a year." In addition, there are some gold and silver jewels in the treasury, and the subordinates have roughly counted them, there are about 1,000 catties of gold, 500 catties of silver, and other jewelry gestures are worth about 5 million catties. ”

"Well, the harvest is quite abundant, but these things must be well cared for, especially the grain, and the food must be distributed from house to house, so that they can return to the land, after such a great upheaval, the land outside the city is barren everywhere, if it goes on like this, where can I still eat food! As for the gold and silver, take out a little reward for the meritorious soldiers, and put away the rest for the time being. Goofy said with satisfaction.

Lu Hengdao: "My subordinates understand!" ”

"Liao Hua, Pei Yuanshao, Bian Xi, the three of you will stay in the army, from today on, the three of you will be the military marquis under me, as long as you follow me, the benefits will naturally be indispensable to you, not only can you get rid of the traitorous infamy on your back, but you can also continue to make contributions."

Liao Hua, Pei Yuanshao, and Bian Xi all replied in unison: "Thank you for your love, we will follow your lordship loyally until death." ”

Gao Fei said: "Well, from now on, I will not fail you, and I hope you will not fail me!" Okay, Pei Yuanshao and Bian Xi, the two of you go to Fei An to ask for three sets of official and military clothes, change out of the clothes on your bodies, Liao Hua and Lu Heng stay, I have something to discuss with you. ”

"No! Subordinates retire! Pei Yuanshao and Bian Xi slowly withdrew from the hall.

"Yuan Jian, because of your assistance, I was able to take down Xia Quyang without much effort, and I am grateful to you. Now let you be a military marquis under me, and when I write the good news and deliver it to the court, the court will have a reward, and I will promote you again. Gao Fei walked to Liao Hua's side and patted him lightly on the shoulder to show that he was very serious, and said slowly.

Liao Hua hurriedly stood up and bowed: "Thank you for your kindness, since my subordinates have taken refuge in my lord, and my lord has taken me as a confidant, my subordinates have no regrets, and the size of the official position is not important to my subordinates, as long as my subordinates can follow my lord's side, my subordinates will be satisfied." ”

"It's enough to have your words, I won't treat any of my subordinates badly. I see that you are witty, and you are a little good at talking, you must have read books before, right? Goofy laughed.

Liao Hua said: "I have read it, my subordinates are from Xiangyang, and I have read books for a few years when I was young. ”

"Then you can write, right?"

"I can write, but my subordinates' handwriting is not good, but I'm afraid that I will make adults laugh when I write it."

"It's okay, it's okay to write." Gao Fei smiled, turned to Lu Heng and said, "Is there paper and pen in the army?" ”

Lu Hengdao: "Yes, do you want to write a good report?" ”

Gao Fei nodded, he saw that although Lu Heng could guess what he meant every time, he never exceeded his authority, compared with Fei An, Lu Heng seemed calm and serious, which was also a qualitative difference between the two people, compared to which he preferred Lu Heng. Although Fei An is also a clever ghost, sometimes he is too clever, this kind of person often makes mistakes at critical times, Rao is so, but his subordinates are very short of people who are sincere to him, so he will use it, he has already given Fei An a preventive shot, at least in the short term, he will not let him worry anymore.

"Your Excellency will wait here, and your subordinates will come when they go down!"

Lu Heng ran out as soon as his voice fell, and when he came back again, he had more pen, ink, paper and inkstone in his hand, and walked straight to the side of a few cases in the hall, put the pen, ink and paper inkstone on the case, and at the same time rolled up his sleeves, studied the ink with his own hands, and spread out a rough piece of paper, and then dipped the brush in ink, held the brush with his own hand, and said to Gao Fei: "My lord, please hold the pen!" ”

Gao Fei was stunned for a moment, where would he write any calligraphy, the reason why he left Liao Hua was to borrow his hand to write good news. He waved his hand, smiled, and said to Lu Heng: "Give Liao Hua, I said he wrote!" ”

Liao Hua was also taken aback, and exclaimed, "Me? I...... How can a subordinate write on behalf of an adult? ”

"What's not to do, I said you write!"

Lu Heng turned to the side slightly, handed the brush to Liao Hua, and said, "Your Excellency's words are orders, do it!" ”

Liao Hua took the brush tremblingly, and said with a wry smile: "I haven't written for a long time, I'm afraid it's rusty, not to mention that this is good news, it is to be shown to the imperial court, and my subordinates are only afraid that my writing will be particularly sloppy......"

"Okay, okay, the ugly daughter-in-law always wants to see her in-laws, so let's write it, those literati and writers in the court must also know, how good can our martial arts words be? Write with confidence! ”

Liao Hua hesitated for a moment and said, "My lord, I heard that Liu Bei was once the protégé of Lord Lu, the Zhonglang general, and he must be able to write a good hand, so it is better to ......."

"Uh-huh!" Lu Heng coughed softly, reached out and pulled the corner of Liao Hua's clothes, interrupting what Liao Hua was about to say.

Liao Hua seemed to sense something, so he hurriedly changed his tone, and immediately bowed: "The adult's orders are not to be disobeyed, please speak to the adults, and the subordinates will start writing!" ”

Gao Fei naturally knew that Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei could all write, but he didn't want any of the three of them to know about the good news. When he saw that Liao Hua agreed, he smiled slightly, imitated the ancient Chinese of Hu Zhiye, said it dignifiedly, and included the names of Zhao Yun, Lu Heng, Zhou Cang, Guan Hai, Liao Hua, Pei Yuanshao, Bian Xi, Fei An, and Xia Houlan in the list of meritorious generals who killed the enemy, but did not list the names of Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei. As he spoke, Liao Hua wrote, the words written were not as bad as he imagined, but the square characters with rules and regulations, from the point of view of calligraphy, should be the official script of the Han Dynasty.

When Liao Hua finished writing the last word, he put down the pen in his hand, blew on the paper with his mouth, and read it carefully, and found no typo, so he arched his hand to Gao Fei and said, "My lord, it has been written, please take a look." Just ......"

"But it doesn't hurt to say it!" Gao Fei heard the question in Liao Hua's words, and said aloud.

Liao Hua said: "Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei are all quite meritorious, did the adults really decide to hide and not report it?" ”

"Bold!" Lu Heng immediately shouted violently, "What should adults do, do you still need to teach you?" ”

"Subordinates should die, subordinates shouldn't talk too much, please punish adults!" Liao Hua hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

Gao Fei helped Liao Hua up with his own hands, and said with a smile: "Don't blame Lu Heng, he is also thinking about me." But I think you should also understand what I mean by doing this, Liu Bei will definitely not be a person who has lived under the people for a long time, but he and his two sworn brothers have their own strengths, in case the court gives them a reward and makes them a county commander and a county lieutenant, Liu Bei will inevitably leave me. I cherish talents, I don't want them to leave me, I can only make this decision, my hard work, can you understand? ”

Liao Hua nodded heavily and replied, "The subordinates understand, and the subordinates promise to keep their mouths shut and will never leak out." ”

Gao Fei smiled: "Well, you can understand the stakes here, and it's not in vain that I treat you as a confidant." ”

"If an adult can be open and honest with his subordinates, it means that the adult has more trust in his subordinates, and the adult is so loving to his subordinates, how can his subordinates be disloyal to his subordinates?" Liao Hua owes himself.

Gao Fei smiled, showed a satisfied smile, turned to Lu Heng and said, "Frame the good news and send the scout fast horse to Luoyang." ”

Lu Heng hesitated for a moment, raised his eyelids to look at Gao Fei, and asked, "My lord, don't you go through Lord Zhonglang?" ”

Gao Fei said: "If we want to go through Lu Zhi, I'm afraid that our credit will be much smaller, and that big credit will only fall into Lu Zhi's name." The reason why I want to lead the troops alone is to be able to stand out from under Lu Zhi's hands and no longer appear as a general. ”

Lu Heng smiled: "Your Excellency is clever, and your subordinates admire it." However, his subordinates thought that this good news would have to be sent out a few days later. ”

"Why is that?" Goofy asked curiously.

Lu Hengdao: "My lord, even if the good news is sent to the imperial court, it may not be able to get a rich reward, because the official positions in the court have to go through the ten permanent servants, and they are not given certain benefits, even if such a major merit like an adult, at most it is just a county lieutenant." The subordinates heard that Zuo Feng, the squire of the Yellow Gate, had traveled to Hebei in place of His Majesty, and he must have arrived in Lord Lu Zhi's army, and if the Lord could grasp this opportunity, he might be able to get a high-ranking official. ”

Gao Fei said with a smile: "Well, what you said is good, then do what you want, with Lu Zhi's character, he will never give Zuo Feng any benefits." In this way, it will be possible to cheapen me. This good news was sent to Guangzong, and once Xiaquyang was pacified, Lu Zhi would inevitably take Zuo Feng to parade here and show off his achievements. Liao Hua, you go and move half of the gold and silver from the treasury, and the high-ranking officials will see this opportunity. ”

"No! Subordinates understand! ”

(Off-topic: Zhang Fei's calligraphy, according to historians, is also second to none in this era, and he is not the black face and reckless temper in romance novels, but a fair-skinned, jade-like face, gentle and elegant handsome boy.) Of course, everyone is used to Zhang Fei's deeply rooted appearance and temper, if I have to make an alternative, it is estimated that there will be many bricks and bricks, so I will also follow the trend and continue to interpret the popular image of Zhang Fei. ）