The south gate of Youzhou City is the core gate of Youzhou, in the deep and secluded city pier, there will be 300 soldiers guarding here every day, changing the post every three hours on average, at noon, another round of changing the guard begins.

A team of 300 sergeants under the leadership of a regiment leader lined up, the regiment leader rode a strong white war horse, he was about twenty-seven or eight years old, leopard eyes and lion nose, burly, shoulders are extremely broad, holding a good horse lance, it can be seen that this officer is strong in martial arts, this person is called Luo Yi, a native of Xiangyang, born in Jiangmen, served in the army for five years, and was promoted to the regiment master.

He was the commander on duty at the south gate at noon, and soon his army changed shifts, and the soldiers took up their posts, and he himself prepared to go up to the city to make rounds.

"Master Luo!"

Someone was calling him, Luo Yi turned around, and saw that it was a man who looked like a businessman, he had never seen it before, so he asked, "Who are you? What is the matter with me?"

The merchant arched his hand at him and smiled: "My surname is Jiang, a native of Jinyang, and I have an important matter that I want to discuss with Lord Luo. ”

Luo Yi saw that his attitude was calm, not like that kind of businessman with a roe head and rat brain, so he nodded, "Go to the city to talk!"

He urged his horse, rushed up the road, and ran towards the city, and in a moment he led the merchant surnamed Jiang into the officer's resting room, but the merchant slammed the door shut.

Luo Yi seemed to understand something in his heart, he sat down and said quietly: "Do you have something to do with me?"

The merchant took out two ingots of gold from the bag, one ingot was about twenty-five taels, a total of fifty taels of gold, and put them in front of Luo Yi without saying a word.

Ordinary businessmen often give small favors to the city gate guards, Luo Yi knows, he doesn't ask, but no one has ever sent fifty taels of gold. This is not an ordinary bribe, this is obviously a big scheme, Luo Yi suddenly had doubts in his heart, stared at this person and asked sharply, "Who are you? What do you want to do?"

The merchant arched his hand and smiled: "I can't hide it, I am under the command of Cao Han Zhiguo, the governor of the Han Dynasty, named Jiang Wuzhi, who temporarily lives in the Cage Fire City Station, and I heard that General Luo is on duty tonight." Han Cangcao wanted to ask General Luo for something. ”

Luo Yi looked at him coldly for a long time, and then asked slowly: "Say! What's the matter?"

Jiang Wuzhi lowered his voice and said: "At two o'clock tonight, we want to enter the city, please General Luo to make it convenient, after the matter is completed." and fifty taels of gold. ”

Luo Yi looked at the two ingots of yellow gold, his eyes gradually narrowed, what is 'after the thing is done', what do they want to do?

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In the governor's mansion, Shao Wen was persuading Dou Kang, Shao Wen had been a staff member for Dou Kang for several years, and he was the most trusted person in Dou Kang, and he knew Dou Kang's temperament well. I know that he is suspicious, and he has soft ears and no opinions.

"My subordinate asked a friend who had served in the Han Wangfu last night, and he told me that Cangcao Han Zhiguo had such a person, but he was not valued at all, and this person was severely beaten with a hundred military sticks for stealing Cangyu's belongings last year, and he was dismissed from his post and taken away. How could he be a Cangcao again, and he was sent to carry out such an important task, did you think it was possible?"

Dou Kang understood a little, "You mean, this Cangcao Han Zhiguo is fake?"

"Maybe the person is real, but the mission is fake, and the subordinates speculate that since he is Cangcao. must know Yang Liang's situation very well, he was beaten and dismissed, he has a grudge in his heart, and it is very likely that he will go to Beijing to complain, and this time he will pretend to be an envoy of the King of Han to Youzhou. I'm sure he's here to capture the envoy. ”

Shao Wen's analysis was reasonable and well-founded, which made Dou Kang believe it a little, but he was suspicious by nature, and he still didn't want to act rashly before he got real evidence.

"This... Let me think again. ”

Shao Wen's doubts about Dou Kang are very clear, he has already made arrangements, since he has already said that he has moved Dou Kang, the next step is to wait for real evidence.

At this moment, there was a report from the guards at the door, "Report to the general manager, Luo Yi, the guard of the south gate, asked to see him, saying that there was an urgent matter." ”

A hint of imperceptible pride flashed in Shao Wen's eyes, and as expected, Luo Yi came to tell the truth, Dou Kang frowned, "Order him to come in!"

After a moment, Luo Yi walked into the room quickly, knelt down on one knee and saluted, "Humble Luo Yi, see the general in charge." ”

"What's your urgency?"

Luo Yi took out an ingot of gold and put it on the table, and said in a deep voice: "This is a secret gift from Cao Han Zhiguo, the governor of the Han Dynasty, to his subordinates. ”

Dou Kang saw that the ingot of gold was twenty-five taels, which was not a small amount, he was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly asked, "What are they giving you gold?"

"Tonight is the south gate of the city on duty, and they want to enter the city at two o'clock in the middle of the night, begging me to make it easier. ”

Dou Kang was stunned, he sat down slowly, the fire of anger began to burn from the depths of his heart, and he entered the city in the middle of the night, and his purpose was self-evident.

If Shao Wen's persuasion filled Dou Kang's heart with fire oil, then Luo Yi's timely whistleblowing was a spark that ignited the fire oil, and the fire of anger began to burn monstrously and could no longer be calmed down.

Dou Kang stood up and shouted, "Someone!"

When a personal guard entered, Dou Kang threw out an arrow, "Order Helan Yi to lead 5,000 troops, give me to immediately surround the Cage Fire City Station, and arrest everyone, if there is any resistance, kill them!"

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The order to arrest people was issued, Luo Yi also retreated, Dou Kang paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, the anger in his heart was far from subsided, his anger was no longer aimed at the person who came to arrest him, but at the newly enthroned emperor Yang Ying.

He did not agree to Yang Liang's participation in the rebellion, but Yang Ying did not believe him and sent people to arrest him.

Dou Kang's face was swollen red, his eyes were spraying anger, Shao Wen was thinking about his thoughts on the side, he knew how to make Dou Kang listen to his words.

"Let the king calm his anger, and do not lose his mind, and do not make a great mistake for the sake of a moment's anger. ”

Dou Kang slowly calmed down, he nodded and asked, "In my opinion, what should I do now?"

"Does the subordinate mean, or according to the original strategy, neither to help the king of Han, nor to favor the imperial court, to maintain neutrality. But things have to be done beautifully, so that you especially pay attention to some details. ”

"What are the details?" Dou Kang asked again.

"First of all, the people sent by the Holy Lord to arrest the envoys, they must not be killed, they can be placed under house arrest, and when the matter is over, they will be released, and they cannot really annoy the Holy Lord, and then there are the people of the King of Han. It is even more necessary to deal with it carefully, and must give them enough face, and cannot let the lieutenant go back and speak ill of the envoy. ”

"You mean to let me go see them?"

Shao Wen nodded, "This is a must, yesterday the envoy did not allow them to enter the city." In fact, it is very rude, those lieutenants are usually pampered, when have they suffered this kind of grievance, especially if the king wants to remain neutral, then the etiquette must be thorough, put on a low posture to meet the envoy, which can make the king of Han feel the sincerity of the envoy, as for whether the envoy really sent troops. He didn't care about it, his subordinates thought that this was a very cost-effective deal with a small and large deal, and it couldn't be delayed, so it was better to go now. ”

Dou Kang is a soft-eared and unassertive person, and Shao Wen is very reasonable, so he nodded and agreed. "Okay! I'm going to make a low gesture and apologize to them. ”

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Li Xiong never dreamed that Dou Kang really sent it to the door, and he only brought five hundred guards, which made him have to admire Yang Yuanba's methods, and Yang Yuanba did not enter the city, did Dou Kang send it to the door obediently?

His heart was excited. also began to prepare for the plan to incorporate the Youzhou Army, but at the same time he discovered a strange phenomenon, Dou Kang had arrived at the door, and Yang Yuanba was actually gone.

Not only was Li Xiong strange, but Su Lie was also a little out of breath. He walked into Yang Yuanba's room quickly, and saw Yang Yuanba sitting in the room reading leisurely, and couldn't help but hurriedly say: "General Yang, Dou Kang has been waiting outside for a quarter of an hour, and if you don't see him again, he will leave in a bad mood, and it will be too late to regret it." ”

Yang Yuanba glanced at him, and saw that his face was full of anxiety, so he put down the book and smiled slightly: "Don't worry, since he is here, he will not leave, I will let him come in and beg me willingly." ”

Su Lie had to smile bitterly, he found that his concentration was indeed a little insufficient, didn't Yang Yuanba know the importance of opportunities? But people were not in a hurry, calm, confident, the gap between them was not as simple as a little bit.

Su Lie was silent for a moment, and then asked, "General, that staff member surnamed Shao seems to be quite strategic, does the general want to use him?"

Yang Yuanba shook his head slowly, "I won't use this kind of person who betrays the Lord and seeks glory." ”

"But that kind of person also gave him a hundred taels of gold, isn't it too cheap for him?"

Yang Yuanba glanced at Su Lie, and said with a faint smile: "If I regret it, who will do things for me in the future?" Shao Wen betrayed the lord to seek wealth, naturally the Dou family will clean him up, don't worry about us, it's just a hundred taels of gold, and if you can catch Dou Kang, this bit of money is nothing." ”

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Outside the post station, Dou Kang had been standing for half an hour, he was very annoyed, the other party actually refused to see him, the reason was that he was unwell, let him wait for a while, this was obviously revenge for not letting them enter the city yesterday, although Dou Kang gritted his teeth with hatred in his heart, and had already scolded the eighteenth generation of the ancestors of this eunuch Ma Shenjun, but he knew that he really couldn't leave in a rage, if he left in anger, he would completely offend this eunuch, and he had to stand patiently and wait outside the gate of the mansion.

The five hundred soldiers not far behind him all scolded the eunuch for his arrogance, and even Shao Wen was so nervous that he was about to collapse, and he secretly begged Yang Yuanba in his heart, "Living immortals! ’

Dou Kang stood with his legs sore, couldn't hold back any longer, and said to Yi Cheng: "If you go in and report it again, just say that I Dou Kang has offended, and I will definitely compensate for it." ”

Yi Cheng ran in again, and after a while, he ran out and said, "Chief Dou, Lieutenant Ma, please go in." ”

Dou Kang suddenly understood the reason why the other party refused to see him, it turned out that the other party wanted money! He had money, and it would be easy to do it if he was willing to ask for money.

Originally, it was supposed to be Zhongguan Ma Shenjun to greet him, but after Ma Shenjun put on a good fight, Dou Kang naturally felt that it was already good for the other party to see him, where could he expect him to come out to greet him, and for his own soldiers, they only felt that the other party was too arrogant, but no one realized that their manager actually walked into the Longtan Tiger's Den.

Dou Kang, accompanied by Shao Wen, walked quickly into the post station, Dou Kang thought in his heart, how many gifts to give the most appropriate, Wang Yicheng has been leading him into a courtyard, there are two guards standing in the courtyard, standing straight, like two statues.

"Grandpa Ma, Manager Dou is here!" Wang Yi reported.

"Come in!" came the high-pitched and arrogant voice of a eunuch in the room.

Dou Kang scolded secretly, so he had to walk into the room hard, as soon as he entered the room, he was stunned, there were no eunuchs in the room, and there was a young officer sitting opposite, looking at him with a smile.

Without waiting for Dou Kang to react, four big men suddenly rushed out behind him, pressed him to the ground, and one of the big men stuffed the sackcloth he had prepared earlier into his mouth.

Dou Kang suddenly understood, he looked at Yang Yuanba in horror, Yang Yuanba took out Yang Ying's edict to him, and read it aloud: "Dou Kang, the governor of Youzhou, is suspected of colluding with the King of Han to rebel, and the special general Yang Yuanba went to Youzhou to arrest Dou Kang and entered Beijing, and Li Xiong, the assassin of Lanzhou, temporarily took over as the governor of Youzhou. ”