The turmoil in Huazhou gradually subsided.

On the one hand, Zhu Bocai stabilized the Huazhou generals, and on the other hand, he sent people to Chang'an to inform Liu Guangguo in a hurry.

Liu Guangguo is the eldest son of Liu Yanqing, the eldest brother of Liu Guangshi, and he is also the pacification envoy of the Yongxing Military Road, in charge of military and political affairs along the way, and the Yongxing Military Road is in Chang'an, with two prefectures and fifteen states, Huazhou is one of the fifteen states under its jurisdiction, and Huazhou is also located in the east of Jingzhao Mansion where Chang'an is located, and the two places are adjacent, so the distance is not far.

In fact, Liu Guangguo had long heard about the large-scale military operations in Huazhou in the past few days, and had sent people to inquire, but He Zhizhou only replied that it was to exterminate the bandits in Shaohua Mountain, so Liu Guangguo did not pay too much attention, and when the people sent by Zhu Bocai told him the whole story, he was scared enough to choke him, and he personally rushed to Huazhou!

In the evening half a day later, Liu Guangguo hurried to the scene and immediately ordered all the Huazhou soldiers to return to the camp, anxiously controlling the situation.

Zhao Bufan, who had simply dealt with his injuries, also hurriedly came forward to greet the heroes of all parties, and cooperated with Zhu Bocai and Huang Sheng to settle them in the nearest Fushui Town, and also paid out of his own pocket to treat the injured with good wine and meat, and at the same time asked Liu Guangguo to send someone to Huayin County to invite a doctor to come over to treat the injured.

Because there were still a small number of righteous soldiers who unfortunately died in battle, he also specially instructed Zhang Jiaotou to deal with it as a representative, whether it was funeral arrangements or family pensions, all of them should be treated according to the treatment of Juxianzhuang brothers, and even told Zhang Jiaotou in public, saying that as long as the families of these fallen righteous soldiers are willing, then all of them will be directly placed in Juxianzhuang.

Such an attitude also made the heroes have no complaints, and they quickly settled down.

The next day, Zhao Bufan wanted to have more contact with many heroes, but as soon as he finished washing, Liu Guangguo pulled Zhu Bocai and Huang Shang to find him.

"Heh, Lord Liu is so early!" Zhao Bufan smiled and greeted casually.

"Morning? I haven't slept all night!" Liu Guang's Chinese was full of complaints, and he looked at him unkindly: "Yesterday I assisted you to stabilize this side, and overnight I went to stabilize the Huazhou soldiers, they inexplicably suffered heavy casualties because of the selfish desires of this fool of He Zhizhou, and last night it was very bad, if it wasn't for me making some promises one after another, I'm afraid I would have mutinied collectively! Now that that it is stable, I immediately rushed to Shishui Town to find you!"

Zhao Bufan didn't know how to answer, and smiled awkwardly: "Lord Liu is tired, why don't you rest for a while first?"

"Rest?" Liu Guangguo's eyes widened, and his beard was crooked with anger. "How do you rest? Huazhou has made such a big incident, if it is not handled well, everyone will suffer, He Zhizhou's guilt is needless to say, even if he is dead, the saint will order the corpse to be whipped, but the matter of the dead will not be said, what should we do next? You Zhao Bufan left his post without permission, as a general of the northern border guard, but inexplicably ran to Huazhou, thousands of miles away, and almost died here, and even got into a mess with the Shaohua Mountain bandits, how should I write this twist?"

As he spoke, he looked at Zhu Bocai and Huang Sheng angrily, and said hurriedly: "There are also Master Zhu and Huang Daxue, you have privately instigated the people to confront the officers and soldiers, and the momentum is huge, and everyone in the surrounding government and people is now spreading the word in chaos, and the officers and soldiers have also suffered meaningless deaths and injuries because of this, how should I write this recital? Now that you have made things like this, how much responsibility should I, Liu Guangguo, bear as the economic and strategic pacification envoy of the Yongxing Military Road?"

The compensation for the dead and wounded of the Huazhou soldiers is quite easy to handle, and He Zhizhou will be ordered by the saint to raid his house sooner or later, and when the time comes, a part of the copied assets should be enough to fill this hole, but He Zhizhou is Cai Xiang's protégé, and this matter must be reported to the saint in detail, but I also have to say hello to Cai Xiang first! You tell me, what should I do with this matter? How should I write the fold?"

Questioning so much in one breath, Liu Guangguo didn't wait for Zhu Bocai and Zhao Bufan to answer, and immediately took out an empty fold from his arms. "Okay, everyone is an official in the same dynasty, and the two generations of our Liu family have also been friends with you for many years, so the Ming people don't say secret words, I can't write this fold, and I don't dare to get involved in your fight, I will give it to you now, you look at it and write it, and I am responsible for sending it to the saint!"

Zhao Bufan, Zhu Bocai and Huang Sheng all understood what Liu Guangguo meant, obviously expressing that he didn't want to wade into this mess, but this is also human nature, and the few people present are all old foxes who have been in the court for many years, and they will not care about the other party's shirking.

Looking at each other for a long time, Zhu Bocai took the initiative to reach out and take the song and said with a smile: "I will deal with the affairs of the court, but the Huazhou soldiers will bother Lord Liu to appease them, and Zhao Bufan left his post and ran to Huazhou without permission, in fact, it is not a big deal. This is more troublesome now that something happens, to put it bluntly, it is a big or small thing, I only expect Lord Liu to say a sentence at a critical time, confirming that Zhao Bufan came to Huazhou to buy a pair of calligraphy and paintings of Zhong Xuan in the late Han Dynasty, and the original intention was to dedicate it to the saint!"

"Master Zhu is smart and tight!" Liu Guangguo glanced at him angrily, but he didn't say anything, and stretched out his hand knowingly: "What about the calligraphy and painting? You have to give it to me first, so I can find someone to be the seller!"

"Three days!" Zhu Bocai stretched out three fingers and said with a smile: "It will definitely be delivered within three days, and it will be accompanied by the Longquan Sword that I have treasured for many years." When you came to my house as a guest, but you thought about it tightly, this time it was a thank you gift, and you are a fierce general!"

When Liu Guangguo heard the Longquan Sword, he suddenly came to his senses: "Is this true? I didn't let you agree to the price of 10,000 at the beginning!"

Zhu Bocai suddenly looked over angrily: "I still can't lie to you, when have I ever broken my promise?"

After receiving an affirmative reply, Liu Guangguo's mood improved significantly, and he immediately took over: "Okay, what about the Shaohua Mountain bandits? How do you want to play? I always have a bottom in my heart!"

Zhu Bocai pretended to be confused and spread his hands, and asked: "Shaohua Mountain bandits, what Shaohua Mountain bandits, where are they? Aren't Shi Jin, Zhu Wu, Yang Chun, Chen Da and others Zhao Bufan's entourage?"

"Really?" Liu Guangguo glanced at him for a long time.

Zhu Bocai stared at him for a moment and was defeated. "I've been friends with your father and your brother for many years, so I can't be so ruthless!"

"Leopard Head Armor and Flame Pony!" Liu Guangguo smiled nonchalantly, not caring so much at all.

Zhu Bocai's face collapsed instantly, and he said bitterly: "There is only leopard head armor!"

Liu Guangguo looked at him and quickly continued: "By the way, I checked several bandit leaders in Shaohua Mountain, and that Shi Jin seems to be the eldest son of Shi Jiazhuang......"

"Alright! alright! don't give me this set, just follow you, the leopard head armor and the flaming foal are all given to you, don't mention those names to me again, I'm very annoyed now!" Zhu Bocai showed a rare tangled look, obviously these things were his beloved things.

Liu Guangguo seemed to be very happy to see Zhu Bocai's heartache, and said with a little smugness: "Don't blame me, these are all things that my father let me get last night, last time you took away his beloved calligraphy and paintings, this time he is determined to get it!"

"Your father, why is he here?" Zhu Bocai was surprised.

Liu Guangguo smiled mysteriously, turned his eyes to look around, and said in a low voice: "This time, Scholar Huang presided over the Luoyang Conference, and so many martial artists gathered together, do you think the Holy Lord is completely at ease?" On the surface, it is the soldiers and horses of Henan Mansion who maintain order, in fact, my father has long been ordered to lead more than 25,000 elite forbidden troops to curb all important places, but whenever there is a little trouble, it can be suppressed at any time, if it is not for my father to learn that you are going to bring someone to save Zhao Bufan, turn a blind eye, and intend to let go, how can so many warriors gather in Huazhou, I am afraid that they will not be able to get out of Henan Mansion at all!"

Hearing this, Zhu Bocai was really a little angry, and said angrily: "Since your father already knew that Zhao Bufan was in danger at that time, why didn't he help me, and let me toss blindly, and even almost lost my life?"

Liu Guangguo immediately defended: "It's no wonder that my father, when Lord Zhu mobilized a group of heroes to come to Huazhou, he also knew about this matter, what is the difference between him rushing over to save people at that time and you rushing over? Even if it is a light horse attack, doesn't it take about the same hour? Since this is the case, it is better to let you bring people yourself!"

This explanation obviously did not convince Zhu Bocai, and he still asked dissatisfiedly: "If he sends troops to Huazhou, will things become as troublesome as they are today?"

"The 25,000 men and horses are not the soldiers directly under my father's command, but they are all the descendants of the former secretary of the palace, you don't understand the reason why the saint arranged this? Besides, who doesn't know how protective Gao Yu is? If his descendants are killed or injured because of the Huazhou incident, don't you think this matter is more difficult to handle?" Liu Guangguo meant something, and his eyes looked at Zhu Bocai deeply.

These words also made Zhu Bocai silent, when he heard that those forbidden troops were Gao Yu's descendants, he immediately understood Liu Yanqing's intentions, thinking that Gao Yu was originally a saint's cronies, and his life was the most short-sighted, if his descendants caused losses because of the rescue of Zhao Bufan, then Gao Yu would definitely open his mouth, and things would only be more complicated, in this situation, Gao Yu would be easier to open one eye and close one eye, so as not to get mixed in, as the so-called matter has nothing to do with himself, hanging high, anyway, it is also a big or small matter, and there are many forces involved, with Gao Yu's cunning, it is absolutely pretending not to know anything。

Seeing that he understood, Liu Guangguo shook his head with a smile, looked at the silent Zhao Bufan and continued: "When I just learned about the turmoil in Huazhou, I was really scared, this matter is so big that even I have to be implicated, but my father came to see me secretly last night and I made it very clear that he intends to protect Commander Zhao this time!"

Speaking of this, he sighed softly, with a slight helplessness in his tone: " My Great Song Dynasty is now in extremely complex form, there are not many people in the world who are willing or dare to rejuvenate the country and strengthen the army, my father thinks that Commander Zhao has done so much for the Great Song Dynasty, and he should get some returns, so he also wants to do his best, this incident in Huazhou is not less Huashan bandits, there is no group of heroes in Huazhou, the whole process is that Zhao Commander and Zhu Lian came to Huazhou, and was murdered by the bold He Zhizhou, Zhao Commander's guards resisted desperately, and at the same time sent someone to break through to Luoyang to find you, and my father secretly heard about it, and decisively sent troops to quell the Huazhou turmoil, all major negligence was not reported, and it was directly suppressed！”

Zhu Bocai was obviously relaxed, and his expression eased. "Your father is willing to help so much, then this matter will be easy, He Zhizhou is Cai Jing's protégé, he is the one who pulls it out, He Zhizhou committed such a big thing, Cai Jing definitely doesn't want the truth of the matter to be known by the saint, so he will accept this plan, and Gao Yu did not suffer losses, I will give it two calligraphy and paintings casually, he definitely doesn't want to offend people indiscriminately, Tong Guan and others will not care, then everything is logical!"

When Zhao Bufan heard this, he had some doubts in his heart, and interjected strangely and asked: "Tong Guan has always been incompatible with me, why won't he interfere?"

As soon as these words came out, Liu Guangguo, Zhu Bocai and Huang Sheng were all slightly stunned, but they laughed in an instant, which made Zhao Bufan a little confused.

Huang Sheng saw that he didn't understand, and laughed in a low voice: "Extraordinary, you are still young after all, things in the court are not so simple and straightforward, whether it is Tong Guan or other people who are not in harmony with you, can they really bring down the Zhu family and you with the help of this turmoil in Huazhou?"

Zhao Bufan thought about it, shook his head and said, "It shouldn't work, this matter is a capital crime!"

Huang Shang continued: "This is not right, the Zhu family is a close confidant of His Majesty, and you are also deeply loved by His Majesty, Your Majesty will make you unable to turn over because of this mistake? It is difficult to say how to punish you, but at least it cannot shake your fundamentals, and now according to General Liu Yanqing's plan, then Gao Yu is considered to be acquiescing, Cai Jing is tied to the ship, and General Liu Yanqing and others are also involved, how big is the implication?" Those who want to harm you will not be able to deal you with a fatal blow and will not get any benefit for themselves, and they will have to go to great lengths to provoke a great incident and offend so many people, do you think that they are all brainless? If so, then how can they come to such a high position today?"

Zhao Bufan suddenly realized, and gradually understood the imperial court and what it was to dump power against each other.

Zhu Bocai stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and said with a gentle smile: "You have to understand the words of Huang Daxue well, don't be a military general who can only fight, in today's Great Song Dynasty, if you only know how to fight, no matter how powerful you are, sooner or later you will be forced to die, the Yang family of Tianbo Mansion was a lesson from the past!"

"I understand!" Zhao Bufan nodded, accepted their admonition, these rights struggles have not been personally experienced, it is really difficult to understand, secretly thought about it, and felt that all the people present were loyal ministers of the Great Song Dynasty, and couldn't help but humbly ask for advice at the moment: "Since this turmoil in Huazhou will not make me break my bones, what does it matter if I report it truthfully, why don't we work together to change the chaotic atmosphere of the Great Song Dynasty?"

Zhu Bocai, Liu Guangguo and Huang Sheng glanced at each other, and suddenly laughed out loud.

Liu Guangguo looked at Zhao Bufan deeply, and sighed from the bottom of his heart: "No wonder everyone is unwilling to chill your heart, and they all want to help you as much as they can, even my father, who has been idle for many years, likes you, and clearly says that he will come forward to protect you! Your sincerity in enriching the country and strengthening the army is a priceless treasure of the Great Song Dynasty, and those who have your heart often do not have your ability to fight, and those who have your ability to fight often do not have your heart!"

The praise made Zhao Bufan a little embarrassed, but fortunately, Liu Guangguo quickly put away his mind and answered again in a serious tone.

"Extraordinary, you report the truth really will not hurt your muscles and bones, and you can indeed be a frank and unrestrained person, but you don't want the soldiers and horses in the northern Xinjiang? If you report according to the truth, how can others still have scruples about you, and you will definitely fall into the ground, and if you announce it in public in the court today, tomorrow you can only degrade your officials and take your power, even if Your Majesty likes you, and when the limelight passes, you will promote you, but in the long run, don't you make Your Majesty annoyed, thinking that you are a mediocre person who will only cause trouble, and a reckless man who only knows how to fight?

What you just said is very correct, if you want to enrich the country and strengthen the army, you must first clarify the rule of officials, and you can't use power to dump and collude with each other, but it is so simple to clarify where the rule of officials is, and what you just said is okay to say in front of us people, never say it again, if you can't even keep yourself, how can you clarify the rule of officials? When you have no soldiers and no power, you can be satisfied how you want to die, understand?"