Lueyang County has a harsh climate and its economy has always been underdeveloped.
However, Lueyang County is located at the junction of Tianshui County and Anding County, and its geographical location is very important.
Therefore, according to past unwritten practices, those who can serve as the county magistrate of Lueyang County, as long as they have sufficient qualifications, are likely to be directly transferred to the state capital to hold the right position in the future.
Originally, serving as the county magistrate of Lueyang was something that would help his career, but Xie Qian, who was the magistrate of Lueyang at the time, couldn't be happy these days.
The reason why Xie Qian was depressed was, on the one hand, because the Han army was pressing down on the border, especially since the Han army was still led by Mi Yang himself.
The other reason is because of Yang Fu.
The reason Xie Qian was able to serve as the county magistrate of Lueyang was entirely due to Yang Fu's promotion, although Yang Fu did not show his care for Xie Qian in front of everyone in order to avoid suspicion.
But if others don’t know, how can Xie Qian not know?
The most important thing is that besides Xie Qian, there are some people who also know about this.
Xie Qian was grateful for Yang Fu's inspection back then.
But if he was just feeling grateful, Yang Fu's death would make him angry and regretful at most, but he would never feel worried at the moment.
Xie Qian felt worried at the moment because Cao Rui's punishment to Yang Fu was too severe.
In order to appease people's hearts to the greatest extent, Cao Rui even extended the punishment to Yang Fu's tribe.
This shows Cao Rui's hatred for Yang Fu.
It is precisely because of knowing this that Xie Qian is worried.
Based on the historical nature of those in power in the Cao family, although Cao Rui has not punished Yang Fu's disciples at the moment, what about the future?
Xie Qian felt that Cao Rui was not taking action now because the Han army was aggressively suppressing the border.
Most of Yang Fu's disciples and old officials were in charge of the local area. Cao Rui did not want to impose arbitrary punishments to cause turmoil in Liangzhou and benefit the Han army.
But if the Han army was repelled by the Wei army, would Cao Rui still be able to hold back the resentment in his heart?
Thinking of Cao Cao and Cao Pi's series of brutal methods when he was in power, Xie Qian's heart was filled with worries and uneasiness about the future.
The feeling of having a butcher's knife hanging on one's neck is not pleasant.
This feeling made Xie Qian feel very depressed in recent months.
Even Xie Qian's entire demeanor became much more haggard.
Because of physical fatigue, Xie Qian wanted to go back to the inner room to rest early after handling the last government affairs today.
Just when Xie Lian stood up and walked towards the inner room with the help of his servants, a hurried servant came to Xie Lian.
Seeing the servant arriving in a hurry, Xie Qian couldn't help but frown.
Xie Qian came from a well-known family and had more than ten personal servants.
According to the custom of the world, Xie Qian arranged corresponding responsibilities for each of his personal servants.
For example, the newly arrived servant in front of him is responsible for delivering personal letters to Xie Qian.
Normally, this servant would not come to ask for help unless there was something urgent.
Sensing the unusual Xie Qian, he calmly dispersed the crowds around him, and then asked the slave in front of him:
"What happened?"
Xie Qian's voice was very low, as if he was afraid that others would hear him.
After realizing Xie Lian's caution, the servant said nothing. He just took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Xie Lian's hand.
After Xie Qian took the letter and saw the signature of the letterer on the envelope, he was so frightened that he almost threw the letter in his hand.
I saw Jiang Wei's name written clearly on the signature place on the envelope.
As the son of an old friend, Xie Qian was of course very familiar with Jiang Wei's name.
When the two families were well connected, he often exchanged letters with Jiang Wei and Jiang's mother in the past.
It can be the past!
As time went by, Xie Qian came to know that Jiang Wei had joined Mi Yang.
From the perspective of Xie Qian, a Wei minister, Jiang Wei's behavior was treason.
Now the treasonous minister suddenly wrote a private letter. Once this matter is known to outsiders, with Cao Wei's strict laws, Xie Qian will definitely be involved.
Xie Qian's first reaction when thinking of this was to burn the letter in his hand.
But just when Xie Qian was about to open his mouth and order someone to find a candle, no syllables came out of Xie Qian's mouth.
After hesitating with his mouth open for a long time, Xie Qian finally put the letter written by Jiang Wei into his sleeve robe slowly.
Then Xie Qian forcibly suppressed the tension in his heart, pretended to be nonchalant, and continued walking towards the inner room.
After returning to the inner room, Xie Qian couldn't wait to take out the letter from his sleeve and read it.
Xie Qian's movements were as anxious as a drowning man grabbing a life-saving straw.
After Jiang Wei surrendered to Mi Yang, he suddenly wrote to himself. Xie Qian was not stupid. He guessed that there must be Mi Yang's instruction behind this incident.
And what would be Mi Yang's intention?
Of course it’s not difficult to guess.
After reading the contents of the letter, Xie Qian found that he had not mistaken the purpose of Jiang Wei's letter - he was really here to persuade him to surrender!
Xie Qian, who was originally a Wei minister, should have become furious after seeing Jiang Wei's letter.
But now Xie Qian is not like that.
On the contrary, he looked quite struggling.
It was as if he was making a difficult decision in his heart.
Also, if you really wanted to be a loyal minister of the Wei Dynasty, you would not have opened this letter after thanking Qian just now. You should have sent this letter intact to Cao Zhang on the front line.
Otherwise, regardless of whether Xie Qian actually committed an act of treason in the end, he would not be able to escape the crime of having ulterior motives.
After a long struggle, Xie Qian finally made a decision.
He summoned his confidant who had been standing outside and whispered a few words to him.
After listening to Xie Qian's instructions, the confidant immediately ran outside.
Seeing his cronies leaving, Xie Qian's expression became hesitant again.
I don’t know whether what he did today was right or wrong!
In a mountain forest outside Lueyang County, Man Chong looked at the confident Jiang Wei in front of him, and he couldn't help but ask:
"Does Boyo really think that Xie Qian will meet with me because of your letter?"
When Man Chong's question fell into Jiang Wei's ears, surprise appeared on his face and he asked: "Man Chong, are you thinking of giving up?"
Jiang Wei's rhetorical question made Man Chongyu choke.
Jiang Wei's words really touched Man Chong's inner thoughts.
Jiang Wei's confidence did not come from his ability to predict Xie Qian's actions 100%, but from his firm determination to complete this task.
It is precisely because Man Chong lacks this kind of determination that he hesitates.
But this is normal.
Even though he had sworn in front of Mi Yang when he set out, Man Chong was inevitably shaken when he entered Lueyang County and saw thousands of Wei army cavalry galloping and patrolling the county.
I think those thousands of cavalry were Zhang He's headquarters cavalry.
The presence of Zhang He's headquarters cavalry here means that Zhang He is on guard against the rear grain roads.
It's not that Man Chong doesn't have confidence that he can't persuade Xie Qian to surrender.
He was not confident that even if he persuaded Xie Qian to surrender, would the impact on the battle situation really be as great as initially imagined?
Although Man Chong was a wise man, he ultimately lacked the indomitable spirit of a martial artist.
Working overtime today, a short chapter.
Two big chapters will be presented tomorrow~
