Xihua is naturally the most difficult bone to gnaw on the road to the military power of the Lu Governor's Mansion. Although he got such a useful chess piece as Zhao Zhu, the county could not play a decisive role after all, so he could only temporarily 'don't use the hidden dragon'. But I don't know whether it is God's mercy or destiny, which makes everything bright in an instant: he got the news yesterday that there were bandits in Ruzhou.

He may not put this matter in front of him at this moment, after all, it is a case in another state; But a few days later, when he returned from consulting with the governor in Kaifeng, he brought with him all kinds of hope.

However, this is explained from Lai's perspective, and Lu Deguang may not have opened his eyes to his great opportunity.

"Prefect, what did the governor say?" Li Yong made tea and asked.

"The governor said: 'Your Chenzhou is close to Ruzhou, you should send troops to help and jointly suppress the bandits'," Lu Deguang hung his official robe on the hanger and looked back at Li Yong, but he was very happy.

"What's there to be happy about? When the time comes, the thief will be exterminated, and the credit will be attributed to Yuan Lun, but it will increase the ambition of others, but I will not benefit at all. ”

"But as a local governor, it shouldn't be difficult for Yuan Lun to ask for a talisman, right?" Li Yong said with a smile.

"I took his talisman......" Lu Deguang suddenly stopped, "what?" ”

"That's a lot of use."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

"The prefect has arrived!"

Yuan Lun took many officers to greet him in front of the Governor's Hall and bowed to Lu Deguang.

"Governor Lu hasn't been to the Governor's Hall for a long time!" Yuan Lun stood up, his thick face flashing that treacherous smile. It is no wonder that Li Yong said that he is a brave and unscrupulous person, and he never harbors evil intentions.

"Today is also for official business, so I won't talk clichés." Lu Deguang ascended to the main hall, and the entourage behind him followed; Yuan Lun stopped two steps and sat down in the hall.

"What Lord Lu said should be the incident in Ruzhou, right? There is no need for Lord Lu to worry about this, the governor will arrange to send troops. ”

"It's not going to work. This government is not the kind of idle mediocre official, and I will naturally dispatch this soldier; Give me the talisman. ”

Yuan Lun didn't know how to refute this, hesitated for a moment, and then said with a smile: "The talisman is a thing of the Governor's Office, Lord Lu said to take it, I'm afraid it will be out of order." ”

"Normatively, I am the governor of a state, and I am in charge of major military and political matters, so it shouldn't be considered more than my duty to take a military talisman, right?" His voice grew harsh.

Yuan Lun couldn't argue with him, and when he thought that he couldn't raise much trouble with a talisman, he showed a look of indifference and ordered his subordinates to get it.

After a while, he took the talisman and handed it to Lu Deguang, who turned the talisman a few times, confirmed it, and left with confidence.

However, a few days later, Lu Deguang transferred military horses, sent from Huaining, carrying military rations, a total of more than 100 people, and went straight to Ruzhou; At the same time, he summoned the new county Cheng Zhao Zhu, pinched the talisman, and said to him: "You show this thing to Wu Zhixian, saying that Yuan Lun's army is ready to launch a mutiny and go straight to Huaining, so I show you the talisman, please kill the confidants of the prefect in the county, in order to show the heart of the uprising." ”

"Why?" As soon as Zhao Zhu came out as an official, he was entrusted with an important task, and it was inevitable that he couldn't figure out the thoughts of this old oilman.

"Wu Zhixian kills my cronies, and the name of rebellion will be confirmed; When the time comes, if you kill him, you will be able to change the county in the name of justice, and Xihua's military power will be in my hands, do you understand? ”

As soon as Zhao Zhu heard the words of Changzhi County, he became energetic and hurriedly asked, "I...... Can I be? ”

"You're my cousin, as long as it's done,"

After saying that, he suddenly changed his words and showed a cruel smile: "If you can't do it, I'll be the first to kill you." ”

Zhao Zhi trembled with fright, and his words seemed to be more energetic; In a panic, he took the talisman, put it in his coat, and pulled out.

This man still has a little bit of a mind. He had heard of the friendship between Ye Yongjia and Wu Renyun on weekdays, and today he got this order, and he couldn't help but suspect that Lord Tongzhi would come, for fear that he would breed chaos in the future, so he wanted to kill two birds with one stone and add another credit to himself, so he first went to the Tongzhi Mansion and said to Ye Yongjia: "Lord Lu ordered the villain to go to Xihua to force Wu Renyun to rebel, and let me tell you that you want to rush to the county with the army later, take the opportunity to block the county office, and quell the chaos in one fell swoop, in order to calm things down as soon as possible." Ye Yongjia naturally didn't dare to say half a 'no', and dispatched the officials to gather the military horses in front of him, so Zhao Zhu was relieved and said goodbye.

……

"County?" Wu Renyun saw Zhao Zhu coming in with his hands behind his back, mysteriously.

"Lord Zhixian," he pressed the table with one hand and whispered, "Governor Yuan has an order......

Wu Renyun looked left and right, and pointed to his lips: "Be quiet." Are you also a member of the Governor? ”

Zhao Zhu just smiled, which meant self-evident.

"What is the Governor's order?" Wu Renyun said.

Zhao Zhu took out the hand he was holding on his back, and there was a small talisman on his palm.

"Let me raise troops?" Wu Renyun was surprised.

"It's not a good time." He hesitated.

Zhao Zhi was not happy: "Since Yuan Dudu has given orders, it will be too late for you and me to say anything." It's better to hurry up and obey the order to seek great things! ”

Wu Renyun first groaned, and then decisively knocked on the table with his nails: "That's good!" ”

"I sent troops spontaneously, you go and call Master Qin to come over, this person is a confidant of the prefect." Wu Zhixian instructed.

Zhao Zhu immediately gave up his hand and went out of the county office; The magistrate of the county transferred the soldiers of the inspection department with a military talisman and told them to ambush in the compound of the government office, and when the master of Qin came, he would be hacked to death.

"Why is Zhao Xiancheng in such a hurry......" Master Qin was pushed and shoved by Zhao Zhu and rushed to the front of the government office.

"There is an urgent matter in the county, so don't delay the main book."

Master Qin walked in front of him, and when he saw that there was no official escort, the magistrate did not come out to greet him, and the surroundings were surprisingly quiet, and his heart suddenly had no bottom; expected that Wu Zhixian was still Yuan Lun's henchman, and his legs and feet were like nails there, standing between the lobby and the backyard, and he didn't dare to go again.

But at this time, he can't help it. Zhao Zhu saw that he was suspicious, and hurriedly pushed him with his elbow, causing him to stumble and fall to the ground.

Master Qin panicked and wanted to get up, but his hands and feet didn't have any strength at all; He looked around in a panic, and the curtains of the study on the east side were rolled, revealing the shaft of a large knife, which frightened him to sit on the ground and dare not move.

Suddenly, more than a dozen officers and soldiers were killed in the room, armed with knives and guns, and strode towards Master Qin. Before he could cry out, he heard a terrible sound, terrible.

The magistrate turned his back to the door in the council hall, and after a while, he first asked, "Have you cleaned up the corpse?" ”

"Your Excellency, it's gone."

He turned around and saw Zhao Zhu also kneeling outside the threshold. "Are there any other prefects?"

"There are still a few officials ......"

"Call them all over......" Wu Renyun gritted his teeth, his eyes were empty, and he struggled as if his heart had been cut off layer by layer by a quick knife, which was very painful.

"Kill them."