Xiu Wuji went to Guangling County on the order of Sima Jingwen, and now he also came to the outside of Wu County with the guerrilla general Wang Qing and the personal soldiers of King Langya.

Wuji asked Wang Qing to camp five miles outside the city, and he himself went into the city first to meet King Langya.

On the second day, Sima Jingwen changed into a golden silk robe, wore a golden scale sleeve armor, and wore a three-bead crown on his head, Gu Rong also changed into an official uniform, and drove Gu Fu's car out of the city early.

Wang Qing sent people to the Wu County Mansion to inform Hu Chong of the arrival of King Langya, and when Hu Chong heard that King Langya had arrived, he panicked and sorted out his official uniform and went out of the city with Li Zhao to greet him.

When he arrived at the mansion, Sima Jingwen sat on the main hall, and Xiu Wuji, Gu Rong, and Wang Qing stood on the left and right.

Li Zhao, Hu Chong, and Li Zhao's main bookkeepers, deputy generals, government offices, and captains stood on both sides below.

Sima Jingwen said to Hu Chong straight to the point: "Hu Taishou, this king was ordered to go to Jiangnan to investigate the case, and I heard that the fields in the counties and counties under Hu Taishou's rule were making trouble, refusing to pay the levy, and even snatching the requisitioned grain, so I came over to see how the situation was?" ”

Taishou Hu Chong hurriedly knelt down when he heard this: "Back to King Langya, the rule of the lower officials is not strict, and there are indeed a few Diao people who are dissatisfied with the imperial court's grain collection and refuse to accept the levy, and there is a slight conflict with the officers and soldiers, but the lower officials have already sent the right governor to deal with it." ”

"Master Hu got up and spoke."

Hu Chong shook his body, got up from the ground, lowered his head, and wiped the sweat on his forehead with the corner of his clothes.

"I heard that Shi Li was also asked to send troops to suppress it?"

"Back to King Langya, those Diao people have no royal law, openly disobey the orders of the imperial court, gather people to make trouble, rob the official warehouse, and the lower officials are afraid of triggering a popular uprising, so they negotiated with Lord Li, and it was Lord Li who suggested that Lord Li ask Lord Assassin Shi to send troops to suppress it to prevent the expansion of the world." Hu Chong replied cautiously.

"Lord Hu is also responsible, but if it is forcibly suppressed, once it causes a large-scale riot, it will really cause a popular uprising. Now that the war at the border of the northern county of the imperial court is tight, and the displaced people in the northwest need to be appeased, if there is another incident in the south of the Yangtze River, I am afraid that you will become the sinners of the imperial court! ”

"Yes, yes, what King Langya said is very true, the lower officials are incompetent, and the lower officials are wrong, please ask King Langya to punish him." Hu Chong agreed.

Li Zhao couldn't look down on Hu Chong the most, his eyes were full of contempt, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly: "King Langya came to investigate the case by order this time, and this official is the imperial court sent by the imperial court to supervise the grain, King Langya rashly came to Wu County this time to interfere in the imperial court's grain collection, I'm afraid it's not appropriate, right?" ”

"I'm afraid it's inappropriate for General Ji Yu to say this, King Langya is the hereditary General Anton, the great-grandson of Emperor Xuan (Sima Yi), even if Shi Chong and Shi Li are here, I am afraid that I don't dare to speak like this!"

Seeing that Li Zhao relied on the momentum of having Empress Jia as a backer, and was disrespectful to Sima Jingwen's words, Gu Rong refuted loudly.

Hu Chong knew that Li Zhao was a person, and when he heard Gu Rong say this, he was afraid that something would happen, so he hurriedly stood up: "What Master Gu said is extremely true, what he said is extremely true. ”

Subsequently, Gu Rong softened his tone and said: "Although King Langya is ordered to investigate the case, if there is a civil rebellion in the counties under the rule of Yangzhou, King Langya, as General Anton, will be held accountable by the imperial court, and I am afraid that it will inevitably be questioned that King Langya is negligent and bears the responsibility of supervising and unfavorable." ”

Li Zhao stopped talking when he heard this, and Hu Chong kept nodding yes.

Sima Jingwen glanced at Li Zhao, then looked at Hu Chong and said: "Trouble Lord Hu to send someone down to the counties to detain the chief evil who instigated the fields to make trouble back to the government, and the rest of the fields have been levied according to the regulations of the imperial court, and they are not to blame!" ”

"The lower official obeys the order, and the lower official immediately arranges the left and right lieutenants!" Hu Chong responded.

"Lord Hu should go down in person, the people below sometimes don't care about the severity, so they trouble Lord Hu to go on a trip in person, mainly to appease."

"Yes, yes, King Langya is right, the lower officials will personally supervise it, no trouble, no trouble!" Hu Chong wiped the sweat on his forehead and squeezed out a smile and said.

Li Zhao looked at Hu Chongwei's stumbling appearance, glared at him fiercely, and did not make a sound.

"Wang Qing should take a team of people with him, and pay attention to proportion, and don't expand the situation."

"Subordinates obey!" Wang Qing finished speaking.

He walked up to Hu Chong and said, "Master Hu, please lead the way." ”

"Okay, Lord Wang, please!" As he spoke, he walked in front, and the left and right lieutenants and related generals also left behind.

Sima Jingwen asked, "Where is the official post?" ”

One of the chief bookkeepers of the Wu County Mansion hurriedly stepped forward and said: "King Langya, the little one will arrange for the post to greet you!" ”

Sima Jingwen said: "No need, you lead the way." After speaking, he got up and left, Gu Rong and Xiu Wuji followed, leaving Li Zhao to stare there.

That night, in the study room in the inner courtyard of the Taishou Mansion, Li Zhao called the main book and the three records to the front.

Li Zhao drank tea slowly, looked around at the few people in front of him from time to time, and didn't say a word for a while.

The main book and the recorders didn't know what medicine was sold in Li Zhao's gourd, and the atmosphere was tense and they didn't dare to come out.

The main bookkeeper held back for a long time, and finally couldn't help it, and he had the courage to snort twice, wanting to say something, Li Zhao raised his head and glared at him, the corners of his mouth twitched in fright, and swallowed the words back.

Li Zhao put down the tea bowl and kept his eyes on Zhang Chao, who was hiding at the back: "Zhang Lushi, I heard that you went out yesterday?" ”

Zhang Chao lowered his head and said, "Yes, the villain went out and bought some plasters and came back." ”

"But the official heard that you went to Ruyi Cloth Village, and you went in for a quarter of an hour, is this to buy cloth to make clothes?"

"Back to the adult, the villain went to make a pair of leg guards, and the cold disease on the villain's leg was committed, and he couldn't sleep at night."

"Oh, when are you going to pick it up?"

"You could have taken it today, but when King Langya arrived, the villain didn't dare to go out." Zhang Chao looked panicked.

"Well, Zhang Lushi followed the official out, and it was also hard, the king of Langya was here these days, don't go out, I will send someone to Ruyi Buzhuang to get Zhang Lushi's leggings back."

"Then it's troublesome." Zhang Chao said deferentially.

"King Langya is afraid that the person who came this time is not good, except for the high master, the three of you were all sent by Lord Shi, why did Lord Shi send you here in the first place, the stakes in this, you don't need to be reminded by this official, I think you are also clear. So what should be said and what should not be said, everyone must know in their hearts, otherwise it will be bad if the family cannot be reunited during the Yuanchen Festival. ”

When Li Zhao said this, a trace of fierceness flashed in his eyes, his gaze swept over everyone's faces, and he paused for a short time, as if to tell the reporters, if you dare to say more, don't blame me for being polite.

Several people were really frightened by Li Zhao's momentum, and immediately swore to the sky that they would keep their mouths shut.

Li Zhao then changed his face that seemed to be smiling, took out a few gold ingots, and asked the high master book to divide the three records, and the records went down with a thousand thanks, leaving only the high master book.

After the recorder left, Li Zhao opened the door with his hand, looked out, and saw that the three recorders had gone away, closed the door and whispered to Master Gao:

"Lao Qi, you have followed me for 20 years since Jingzhou, you should know this old feud between King Langya and me, Yang Raid died in my hands back then, Yang Raid's daughter originally hired Princess Langya, and I am afraid that this turn will put me to death."

"Are you worried that King Langya will find something, or are you worried that he will know your identity?"

"When the Yang family was destroyed, that remnant Yang Zheng came to kill me a few days ago, how could there be such a coincidence, I suspect that this is the king of Langya playing tricks, I am afraid that he wants to take the opportunity to investigate the case and pierce my identity."

"I wasn't there that day, and I heard it afterwards, and I didn't see you mention it, so it was just an ordinary revenge."

"It's hard to talk about, so I don't talk about it again. The matter of requisitioning grain and using Hu, King Langya can't hide it if he wants to investigate, this Wu County is Gu Rong's hometown, and his Suyi Sect is composed of Sun Wu's secret guards, and he is very good at killing people and spying on intelligence. And today, the king of Langya sent Wang Qing down, just to get the official Hu and the human certificate, I am afraid that there are already people from the Suyi Sect among the Diao people who are making trouble. ”

At this time, Li Zhao's face did not have the slightest arrogance and ferocity, and he was completely cautious.

"Now what shall we do, shall we destroy the books of accounts first, except for the three records?" Master Gao asked.

"Let's wait and see, if we are in a hurry to get rid of those three records, we will not confess ourselves, they only have Guan Hu now and can't do anything to me, as for my identity, they have no evidence, you just pay attention."

"Understood, don't worry, sir."

"Go ahead, be careful!"

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