Shen Shuren wanted to be a low-key person, and when he saw that Zuo Liangyu was forced to arrive in Nanyang helplessly, he didn't bother to see the other party in general, so he just let his personal guards bypass the left and take the main road south.

However, he didn't expect that he would be so stimulated by Zuo Liangyu. The vanguard scouts of the Zuojia Army saw the "Shen" banner appear in front, even if they were passing around the camp, they still sent people out to intercept and interrogate:

"Stop! The barracks are important and must not be approached! Where are you? ”

In the face of Zuo Liangyu's rudeness, the generals around Shen Shuren were of course furious. Zuo Zixiong, who was strong in martial arts, was the first to jump out and shouted:

"Presumptuous! This is the face of the Huguang military preparation sinking platform! How dare you be rude? Yang Ge Lao Xingyuan is close to the city, you are not afraid of being punished by the Ge Lao! ”

Zuo Zixiong brought out Yang Sichang, after all, there was still a sick tiger Yu Wei, and Zuo Liangyu didn't dare to be too rude. After all, Zuo Liangyu moved to Nanyang in a soft manner, gave up the territory that had been operating in Wuchang Hanyang for almost two years, and only took his descendants to start anew.

If you can't bear this, you would have raised the flag directly in Wuchang as early as possible, so why delay it until now.

Seeing that the two sides were about to clash, fortunately, there were senior officers in control. Zuo Zixiong personally stood in front of Shen Shuren, and there were guards next to him who took out a heavy iron shield and covered all around.

Between the words, a horn sounded in Zuo Liangyu's army. A majestic military general in his forties, with a burly appearance and a delicately groomed mustache, stepped out of the crowd, and the guards on both sides were like waves splitting to make a way.

Shen Shuren looked at this posture and knew that it was Zuo Liangyu himself who appeared.

It was the first time he had seen Zuo Liangyu with his own eyes, and the other party's appearance surprised him a little.

He originally thought that a warlord like Zuo Liangyu would definitely have to be groomed like Zhang Fei if he had a beard, and if it was long enough, he would definitely want to cultivate like Guan Yu.

But Zuo Liangyu shaved his cheeks very cleanly, and only a handful was left on his chin, except for the mustache on his lips, which was about halfway between Adolf and Stalin.

Shen Shuren is good at observing people, and from Zuo Liangyu's style of tidying up his beard, he can see that this person is afraid that in terms of "cherishing feathers", he is afraid that he will be with Hong Chengchou all the way-

Anyone who cherishes things often has some entanglement in the name of righteousness, which is why Zuo Liangyu can't be a thief directly, and always wants a reputation to serve the court.

It is no wonder that in history, he could play the banner of the Qing monarch's side, but he did not have the courage to directly play the banner of rebellion.

Of course, it's not a bad thing to cherish your feathers. Shenshu people also cherish feathers and like to plan for the long term. It's just that if the opponent also cherishes feathers, there is less need to worry about the opponent being reckless and making trouble.

Shen Shuren just gave a face, and he walked out of the crowd, holding a folding fan and arching his hand:

"It seems that it is Mr. Zuo who is in front of him. I have admired it for a long time, and I have to see it today. I heard that Yang Ge Lao will be reused for you in the future, so I wish Zuo Zongzhen to make persistent efforts to win the first level of thieves as soon as possible and make immortal achievements. ”

Just now, Zuo Zixiong called Zuo Liangyu "Zuo Zongbing", and Shen Shuren finally used the honorific title "Zuo Zongzhen", which was also regarded as giving face.

However, the Shen family army obviously has a very good scale, and they respect the orders of the imperial court very much, and they are always emphasizing that Zuo Liangyu has been deprived of the general title of "Ping Thief General", and now he is just a general soldier, nothing more than a general soldier with a particularly large number of troops in a town.

Zuo Liangyu's cheeks twitched, but it was not easy to have a seizure, but he couldn't help but use his fingers to comb his well-groomed mustache.

What Shen Shuren said was official, in this Nanyang realm and Yang Sichang's territory, he hadn't gained a firm foothold, and he couldn't tear his face casually.

Fortunately, there is no shortage of henchmen and lackeys around Zuo Liangyu, and at this time, he needs his subordinates to be rude, and he will come forward to play a round.

I saw a powerful general come out of the crowd, pointing at Shen Shuren and insulting: "Don't fake your surname Shen!" Who doesn't know that my general's move to the town was instigated by you! Don't think you're a civil servant! You're just an ado!

My general is close to Hou Gongzi and Hou Shangshu, and close to Donglin Zhengdao, that is a grateful retribution, you frame the general for personal grudges, and sooner or later it will not end well! ”

"Allegiance, no presumptuousness! Go back and get twenty sticks! After Zuo Liangyu and the other subordinates finished scolding, he also straightened his beard, so he reprimanded a few words painlessly, and then turned to Shen Shuren:

"Shen Daotai, my subordinates are all rough people, you won't quarrel with them, right? The imperial court has its own public opinion on the merit and demerit of the rescue time. Your congratulations to General Ben have taken it personally. ”

It turned out that the general next to him who was responsible for scolding people and taking military sticks was named Hao Xiaozhong - this guy was not famous in history, and Zuo Liangyu also followed Zuo Mengeng after his death.

The only bright spot is that this Hao is not very loyal when he does things for Daming, but he is very loyal after the Qing Dynasty. Later, when he fought with the Nanming armed forces in Huguang and Sichuan, he was defeated and captured by Sun Kewang, and he would rather die than be beheaded, which can be described as a loyal and righteous hardcore traitor.

Later, in the seventh year of Yongzheng, the Qing Dynasty also put Hao Xiaozhong and Kong Youde together and entered the "Zhaozhong Temple" to worship, which is really ironic (they were all martyred for the Qing Dynasty after the Qing Dynasty, one was killed by Sun Kewang, and the other was killed by Li Dingguo).

Shen Shuren didn't know much about the deeds of these little people, and when he read "History of the Ming Dynasty" in his previous life, he just thought that the deeds of this guy were too strange, so he couldn't help but notice it a little.

Looking back now, I am also amazed: I really opened my eyes today and saw such a hardcore traitor.

It's a pity that the other party's bad deeds haven't happened yet, and he can't find an excuse to kill him directly, so he can only fight with his master.

Shen Shuren responded with a smile: "Don't worry, Mr. Zuo, how can this official be as knowledgeable as this kind of thing." If you can live to this day, I believe that your subordinates will not all be like this, otherwise I believe that you would have died in the hands of Zhang Xianzhong. ”

Hao Xiaozhong was so angry by Shen Shuren's words, and regardless of Zuo Liangyu's obstruction, he was about to step forward to give Shen Shuren a good look as soon as his brain was hot - it was a big deal to be punished! Anyway, it was said that Shen Shuren insulted him, he was impulsive and had nothing to do with his own general!

As long as Zuo Liangyu didn't command others to step forward and use force, he wouldn't be able to bite Zuo Liangyu's head if something happened, at most he would be a poor administerer.

Zuo Liangyu seemed to hesitate, and after such a delay, Hao Xiaozhong had already rushed to Shen Shuren. Unfortunately, in the next second, he was like hitting a wall, and was directly slapped away by the handle of a long knife.

Zuo Zixiong's long knife rotated like a fly, just like Liu Ling during the Salhu War, and directly threw the rude Hao Xiaozhong off the horse.

Zuo Liangyu's eyes narrowed, and the other generals around him couldn't help but lean back a little, but he didn't expect that there were such a strong martial arts general by Shen Shuren's side.

Shen Shuren's face remained unchanged at all, but he just looked at all this coldly, and there was no panic at all when other civil officials suddenly encountered an accident.

The soldiers on both sides couldn't help but glance at Shen Shuren's composure again.

Zuo Liangyu had no choice but to suffer this secret loss, after all, if he personally ordered to do it left and right, the nature of the matter would change.

He twitched a few times in his nasolabial folds, asked the left and right to immediately bring military sticks, and knocked Hao Xiaozhong, who had fallen to the ground in public, and severely punished forty military sticks in public, and punished him for being rude to Shen Daotai.

After forty strokes, Hao Xiaozhong chrysanthemum was on the flesh and blood mold lake, Zuo Liangyu said with a smile: "Shen Daotai, the last general is not strict in governing the army, and he is impulsive for a while, and he just wants to reason with you, I have already punished him, so forget about it." ”

Shen Shuren also knew that he couldn't be in a hurry, so he got some face, got a bargain, and accepted it when he saw it.

He said very measuredly: "Since Mr. Zuo has spoken, this bit of face is still to be given by the official." To be honest, this official doesn't want to be your enemy. At the beginning, it was Hou Sui and Hou Fangyu who offended me, and I naturally wanted to obstruct what they wanted to do.

Mr. Zuo, you are not a material for mixed officialdom, what Donglin is not Donglin, it has nothing to do with you. I advise you, as a military general, don't think about the Chinese faction. I heard that His Majesty has become more and more taboo about civil and military friendships recently, and some things will only hurt Hou Shangshu even more.

Li Xiangjun's matter, it was you who didn't reinforce Huangzhou first, I drank too much for a while, and I was full of anger, saying that I leaked my mouth, didn't make you ashamed, right? I resigned to the elder of the pavilion this time, and I will go to Wuchang to take over, hoping that the civil and military forces who stay in Wuchang will not stumble on me because of the relationship between Zuo Zongzhen. Otherwise, the official will have no choice but to do business. ”

Zuo Liangyu's forehead was bruised, and for a moment, it seemed that the left and right generals were looking at him from behind, silently saying, "Hou Fangyu wanted to buy Zuo Liangyu's concubine, but he was cut off and slept with by Shen Daotai."

However, Shen Shuren used a tone of explanation and explanation, and the timing was just right, if Zuo Liangyu had an attack, he would definitely be charged with a heavier crime.

Moreover, while Shen Shuren humiliated him, he also secretly threatened, and at the same time, there was another step hidden in the threat for him to go down-

Historically, in the second half of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, Hou Sui had been released from the edict prison, restored to the position of the head of the household department, and was even later transferred to Huguang and Henan Governor.

Zuo Liangyu went north to Yuncheng in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen and fought with Li Zicheng in Zhuxian Town, which was urged by his benefactor Hou Sui to fight. It was rare for him to give Hou Sui a face, and he made a contribution, but he was still defeated by Li Zicheng, and the elite was lost.

Now, because of the butterfly effect, firstly, Yang Sichang is not dead, and no one else is needed to supervise Zuo Liangyu.

Second, Shen Shuren has also promoted a lot of reforms on the side of the household department, and has attracted many powerful factions to make meritorious contributions together, and the current household department is already Jiang Dejing's regularization.

Third, because the Hou family colluded with Zuo Liangyu and was muddled by the Shen Shuren, the reputation of the Hou family became even more stinky. Hou Fangyu has been kicked out of the list of "Four Sons of Jiangzuo" in Nanjing Shilin and has become a despised existence. Hou Sui is even more estimated to be locked up in the edict until he dies.

If Zuo Liangyu acts rashly and causes losses to the imperial court, then Chongzhen will directly behead Hou Xun!

Zuo Liangyu hesitated again and again, and finally found a step for himself.

He was able to bend and stretch out to compensate Shen Shuren in public, and he was very polite. Dismount and stand until the Sunken Tree Man and his party are far away.

The generals behind him were indignant, and even Hao Xiaozhong, who was beaten to a bloody lake, shouted:

"General! When did our Ping thief army suffer from this kind of bird anger! We have an army of 100,000, and we are afraid of such a civilian official who leads 20,000 troops! This guy has humiliated me too much, and he will go up to give them a good time, and he will take the sin! It won't bother the generals! ”

"Idiot! Am I afraid? I'm here for the benefactor Hou Shangshu! Hou Shangshu is still locked up in the edict prison! If it makes a big fuss and is misunderstood by someone about what kind of civil and military relations, wouldn't it hurt Hou Shangshu! ”

"The Point Guard Is Here"

Zuo Liangyu slapped him a few times and regained face for himself.

The generals didn't feel good in their hearts, but they also found the bottom of the steps, endured the nausea and continued to boast: "The general is really righteous!" For the sake of Hou Shangshu, he endured this surnamed Shen! Otherwise, this kind of villain with ambition would have slaughtered him a long time ago! ”

No matter what everyone thinks in their hearts, whether they laugh at Zuo Liangyu or not, they can bear it if they are cut off by someone, and the stunning concubine can bear it, at least the lines spoken on the surface are enough for the spiritual victory method.

After regaining face, Zuo Liangyu came back to his senses for a long time, and after thinking about it carefully, he felt that his tricks might not be able to convince the public, and he was afraid that he would eventually lose some face in the hearts of his subordinates.

He secretly thought hatefully: This Shen Shuren is powerful, he is calmer than the other civilian officials in charge of the army he met before, and in a hurry, he can continue to slap people in the face and slap people's faces, and at the same time threaten you with the benefactor Shangguan, and at the same time, he has already thought of going down the steps.

After the people of Shen Shu walked out several miles away, Zuo Liangyu figured out the logic of what happened just now.

Originally, when he met Yuan Jixian, he didn't feel so difficult, although Yang Sichang was majestic, but he was already dying, if he was a teenager and a little sharper, he would have the majesty of Shen Shuren.

This guy can frame himself and succeed, and it's really not easy to match! Zuo Liangyu sulked for a while, and he was helpless.

On the other side, the Sunken Tree Man and his personal guards quickly rode their horses to the White River Wharf, boarded the boat and changed the waterway and went downstream. Zuo Zixiong and other generals beside him are still full of praise there:

"Daotai is really heroic and extraordinary, both civil and military, a reason, Zuo Liangyu is speechless, and he is shocked by you. I believe that the other civil and military forces around Yang Ge Lao will soon know about this. ”

Shen Shuren snorted indifferently: "What's the point of bickering." You're a bit of a pursuit. ”