Two days later, a visitor came to the Zhan Mansion in Ruiguang City, but the conversation between the host and guest did not seem pleasant.

"Gong Zhan, for several days in a row, the Jianclaw tribe has been walking along the Dan River in the upstream direction, and if it continues like this, it will soon approach the southernmost Guangyao Town. ”

The visitor was in his thirties, slightly chubby, with a beard on his chin, and although he was dressed in casual clothes, it could be seen from his demeanor that his identity was not simple.

Zhan Gong was not in a hurry to take the tea cup and said: "Ye Zhi, this is the new Fengyu tea in Ningshan, you might as well taste it." ”

Ye Zhi sat still and said with a serious expression: "Duke Zhan, I'm not here to drink tea, Duke Liu's Mansion was very angry when he heard the news, the Duke Mansion has only been in the capital hall for more than a month, and his ambitions have not been displayed, he doesn't want to see the southern region of the Protectorate start a war." You have to give a clear explanation of this today, no matter what. ”

Zhan Gong looked very determined, took a sip of tea slowly under Ye Cheng's questioning gaze, and then put it down and said: "Ye Zheng, if you believe in Xiao'er, he must be able to appease that tribe,

Ye Zhi said: "In the current situation, how can I believe you?"

Zhan Gong smiled, stroked his beard and said: "I have lived for more than 100 years, what kind of scene have I never seen? Didn't I survive the battle 60 years ago? Don't worry, let me go one more day, and I will give an explanation to the Gongfu." ”

Ye Cheng looked at him, stood up, and said, "Okay, then I will reply to Duke Liu's Mansion truthfully, hoping to wait for good news from Duke Zhan." He arched his hand and went out.

Zhan Gong immediately ordered the housekeeper to send off the guests.

Just waiting for Ye Zhen to leave, Zhan Gong's calm and unhurried appearance immediately disappeared from his face, replaced by a thick worry and anxiety.

"What's going on with those students? It's not that they should find out the situation as soon as they arrive at the Strongclaw Tribe, why haven't they heard back until now!"

At this moment, a cronie walked in from the outside, came to his side and whispered a few words, Zhan Gong was startled, immediately ordered to change clothes, left the house, and hurried to Taiyang School Palace by carriage.

In the Kuiwen Hall of the Taiyang School Palace, as before, the Superintendent Chi summoned the four school orders and the heads of each subordinate hall to engage in deliberations, and after waiting for a long time, the people were almost there.

Hong Xueling had only said a few words, and when he saw the door open, Zhan Gong panted slightly, walked in with a cane, and immediately someone stood up to greet him, and said, "Zhan Gong is here." Then there was a sporadic greeting in the hall.

Zhan Gong obviously felt that these people were far less enthusiastic about treating him than they were last time.

Superintendent Chi sat on the main seat and didn't get up, he looked up and said, "Zhan Gong is here, well, this matter is also related to Zhan Gong, since he is here, let's sit down and listen to it together." ”

He gave Hong Xueling an order and motioned for him to continue.

Hong Xueling cleared his throat and said, "In the past few days, the Jianclaw tribe has suddenly moved north, according to the news transmitted before, we suspect that this matter may be related to the Zhan Jie envoy's handling of affairs......

Zhan Gong hadn't sat down at the moment, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but raise his head and said, "Hong Xueling, what is the basis for this?"

Hong Xueling said: "Duke Zhan, after the envoy of Zhan Jie went to the Jianclaw tribe, he sent back a total of three letters before and after, each of which was mentioned, because it was difficult to see the big chief of the Jianclaw tribe, so he wanted to find an opportunity to meet. ”

He flipped through the documents in front of him and held out a letter, "Especially this third letter says that the Great Chief of Strongclaw went out hunting, and he wanted to take a risk to see it, but he could calculate the time, and when this letter was sent not long ago, the Strongclaw tribe withheld it, and then the whole tribe began to move north along the river, so even if he was not directly responsible for this matter, it must be indirectly related to this matter." ”

Zhan Gong looked at the people on the table and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, just last month, the Jianclaw tribe moved frequently, and my son rushed to the Jianclaw tribe at this critical juncture, and then there was no movement in this tribe in recent months, what is the reason, I don't know." The Claw Tribe is just a barbarian, ignorant of etiquette and morality, and now the change may be due to internal chaos, then we should try to find out the crux of it, instead of ignoring the reason, first suspect our own merits!"

There was a humane person at the seat: "Zhan Gong is not in a hurry, we are just inferences, not conclusive conclusions." ”

Hong Xueling said: "Zhan Gong, the envoy of Zhan is trapped now, and from what we have learned, the life and death of the person you sent to contact is unknown, even if we want to find out what happened, we can't count on the envoy Zhan, so we need to send a person who is also proficient in the language of the Jianclaw tribe to ......"

"No, you don't!"

Zhan Gong suddenly waved his sleeves and shouted, which startled the people around him, but he didn't expect that a person of his age would have a big voice.

Zhan Gong took two breaths, looked at the people in the seat, and said in a slow tone: "Everyone, don't take this matter too seriously, I thought it was just a trivial matter, and it could be solved soon." ”

Hong Xueling looked at him and said, "Zhan Gong, why do you have such confidence?"

At this time, an assistant walked in from outside, holding a letter in his hand.

Everyone looked at it.

The letter was delivered to the seat of Superintendent Chi, he reached out to take it, opened it for a moment, and then looked up and said, "The Strongclaw Tribe has stopped going north. ”

"Stopped?"

There was a lot of discussion, and many people showed joy.

Zhan Gong breathed a sigh of relief and said with a little excitement: "I said that my son will definitely be able to solve this matter." ”

Superintendent Chi ignored him and said in a deep voice: "This letter was sent by several students in the school palace from the Strongclaw tribe. ”

"Student, Strongclaw Tribe?"

Everyone was a little baffled, when did another student from the Academy Palace run to the Solid Claw Tribe?

Superintendent Chi grimaced and said, "Someone took advantage of Auxiliary Teacher Zhang's absence to privately transfer the students he taught to communicate with the natives of the Jianclaw tribe. He swept his gaze to the left and right, his eyes stern, "Who did this?"

The rules of the school palace have always been that whoever takes the students will be responsible, and if others want to call them, they must at least get the consent of the teacher to distinguish the rights and responsibilities.

Of course, although this matter is not in accordance with the rules, it can be big or small, but without the consultation and permission of the school palace, he actually took the initiative to send students to the Jianclaw tribe to communicate, if something happens, the capital can completely put the blame on the head of the school palace.

Superintendent Chi turned his head to look at Wan Qian Xueling, ordinary people can't do this, it must be Xueling that is possible, and only his people have the deepest relationship with Zhan Gong here.

Wan Qian Xueling was a little weak-hearted, and unconsciously avoided Superintendent Chi's gaze.

Zhan Gong said at this time: "You don't need to go to see Wan Qi's academic order, I asked him to do this, I also want to figure out the specific situation, for the school palace, for the capital to protect the mansion!"

Hong Xueling said coldly: "This is not in accordance with the rules." ”

Zhan Gong said awe-inspiringly: "In front of the interests of the Protectorate of the Metropolitan Mansion, what is this? Besides, didn't those students bring back letters? The Solid Claw Tribe also stopped, which means that this matter is done right." ”

Superintendent Chi said coldly: "Stop?"

He shook the letter in his hand, "The letter is very clear, the reason why the Jianclaw tribe stopped is because the rain in Duhufu has spread to the lower reaches of the Dan River in the past few days, and the heavy rain has suffered there, making it impossible for those barbarians to brave the rain to move forward, which has nothing to do with the Zhan envoys." ”

He looked at Zhan Gong, "There is still content in the letter, saying that this time it was the Zhan envoy who angered the great chief of the Strongclaw Tribe, which caused the later incident, which is consistent with our previous inference." ”

Zhan Gong's face changed, and he hurriedly denied: "This is absolutely impossible!"

Superintendent Chi ignored him, handed the letter to Hong Xueling, and said, "Pass it down for you to read." ”

After Hong Xueling roughly flipped through it, he handed it to the next person, and the people present looked at Zhan Gong with unclear meaning after taking turns to look at it.

Zhan Gong felt more and more uncomfortable, and the letter finally reached him, he reached out to grab it, but maybe he was too anxious, and he didn't grasp it steadily, but fell to the ground, so he bent down to pick it up, but he couldn't pick it up several times, and he still waited for the assistant to come over, and then put it on the table.

Zhan Gong trembled and took out a pair of glasses, and after putting them on, he picked up the letter and read it carefully, and after a while, his hand kept trembling, and he said angrily: "This matter is forged, it must be forged! How can the words of a few students be believed!"

With a few clicks, he tore the letter to shreds, and then held on to the table and gasped.

Superintendent Chi looked at him coldly, the letters presented to the hall were all copied copies, even if they were torn, it was nothing, he said: "The matter has been clearly understood, Hong Xueling ......"

Hong Xueling nodded, stood up and said: "The news from the Xuanfu Mansion is that Zhang Fujiao is already on the way back to Ruiguang, and it is not far from Changyuan at this moment. ”

After a pause, he said: "In view of the low academic position of Zhang Fujiao, I hereby propose that he learn from the palace. ”

The people in the audience exchanged opinions for a while, and one of them spoke first: "I seconded the proposal below." ”

"Seconded. ”

"Seconded. ”

"Seconded. ”

There was a chorus of secondment.

"Everyone!" Zhan Gong slammed his cane on the ground, making a rapid and heavy sound, and he said hoarsely, "This is not fair to children!"

Hong Xueling said solemnly: "Duke Zhan, the major affairs involving the people of the Duhu Mansion have never been child's play, Ling Lang is to appease the tribe, but what we see now is that there is a negative expectation of the school palace and the trust of the capital! ”

Zhan Gong was still struggling, "But, my son ......"

Many people here secretly shook their heads, secretly saying that Gong Zhan was confused, it seemed that he was also concerned about the chaos, and he couldn't see that the matter had reached this point, and there was no possibility of recovery.

Zhan Gong turned his head at this time, looked at Chi Xuejian, his eyes were red, and said: "Chi Zhao, I have served the Duhu Mansion for 80 years, I have been in battle to kill the enemy, and I have survived the danger of death, and I have even more learned the palace to educate the people, and Xingli Bule, how can I suffer this injustice? I will go to the Dutang and go to the Liugong Mansion to present this matter to ......."

"Zhan Gong!"

Hong Xueling interrupted him abruptly.

Zhan Gong looked surprised.

Hong Xueling's expression was extremely serious, and he said loudly: "Zhan Gong, you have to take care of the overall situation!"

Zhan Gong's eyes widened, this sentence was a little inexplicably familiar, it seemed that he had often said it to others before.

The figure in front of him seemed to become blurred, and the voice echoed in his ears.

He was a little dazed.

Am I not the big picture?

The cane slipped from his hand and he fell.

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