The two drank tea again and agreed on some details. Wei Yanshan hoped that General He would personally take action this time and attack Youzhou quickly before they could react.
He Man finally looked at the powerful Duke of Wei, with a slightly weathered face, as if he wanted to see through this man. Wei Yanshan's expression remained unchanged and he took it calmly.
"Actually, Zhou Youzhou treated Daizhou well." General He sighed.
"Befriending far away and attacking close by, Hexi is a lesson learned from the past. General He needs to see clearly what talents are." Wei Yanshan said.
"What kind of person does Wei Gong think you are?" He Man asked.
Wei Yanshan pondered for a moment and suddenly said something irrelevant: "Many of the Guangling family were massacred. Does General He feel sad?"
He Man touched the sword at his waist and said nothing.
"I heard that the general's name comes from "He Manzi"?" Wei Yanshan said.
He Man nodded. During the late emperor's time, his family and country were lost, and the word He Manzi spread throughout China. His parents died of grief and anger due to the loss of their homeland, so he named himself He Man.
With a cry of He Manzi, tears fell in front of you.
Nowadays, traitors and traitors are everywhere. When will your Majesty be able to work hard to become stronger?
General He didn't know when he got older.
"I don't know about the general's problem." Wei Yanshan said: "But I guarantee that if the matter is settled, it will be difficult for the general to listen to "He Manzi" in the future."
General He seemed to smile after a while. After drinking tea, he held his sword and left. .
Chapter 231 "Add an extra chapter about Wei Yanshan"
Three to five days passed by in a flash, and the thirteen prefecture herdsmen each returned. They had to cooperate with the three military governors of Anguo, Yongping, and Caizhou in transporting grain and grass, equipment and equipment, and mobilizing soldiers. There were really many things to do, and among them were preparations. Secretary Shenwu Army, who was trusted by Wei Yanshan, had already left with Wu Ziying, He Man and others from Daizhou.
Later, only Liang Xing, the governor of Yuanzhou, and Zeng Zhiran, the governor of Fengzhou, had not returned to the administrative area. It happened that they both handed over their greetings at the same time.
Under the shade of a tree, two state pastors gathered together.
Zeng Zhiran, the pastor of Fengzhou, did not expect that the pastor of Jinzhou had not left yet, so he asked Liang Yuzhou politely: "Chu and Luzhou have already left, why does Brother Liang stay here?"
Liang Xing, the Mu of Yuzhou, was a few years older than Zeng Zhiran. He and he were veterans of the late emperor's period, so Zeng Zhiran looked at him with a feeling of sympathy. Unlike him who relied on his family to successfully become an official, Liang Xing became successful because of the late emperor's request. The immortal asked, Liang Xing caught the late emperor's eye with his Qingci, and after several twists and turns, he reached the position of Yuzhou Mu. It seemed that he was going to retire in the position of Zhou Mu like him.
"I have something important to report to Duke Wei, so I postponed my return to Yuzhou for a day." Liang Xing looked at Fengzhou Mu who smiled reluctantly, thought for a while and lowered his voice and asked: "I noticed that your carriage has already set off this morning. , why did you suddenly return?"
In the summer, Zeng Zhiran's head was covered with sweat and his face was angry. The Fengzhou Shepherd, who was in his fifties, was well-maintained. At this moment, his beard was trembling with anger: "I, Zeng, asked myself that the Lian family under my rule is not bad. I thought back then. When Lian Shiqing was demoted to a barren land, I promoted his elder brother to be the magistrate of a small county in Fengzhou. Even when Lian Shiqing went to Yuzhou to be the county magistrate, it was recommended by my old boss."
"Go ahead, I am the leader of his Lian Shiqing family!" Fengzhou Mu said angrily: "But who would have thought that the Lian family would actually run away!"
Liang Xing was stunned.
Fengzhou Mu was still angry, angry and hateful: "The news I just learned in the morning, I guess the Lian family took advantage of me to go to Jinling to discuss matters, and took the opportunity to run away with the whole family. Their destination is most likely either Guangling or Youyou." State, otherwise, the world is so big, who would dare to take in such a person who can even be abandoned by the emperor?"
Fengzhou Mu was originally hesitant. Lian Shiqing was now working under Zhou Youzhou. He had previously thought of sacrificing the Lian family to Wei Gong, but he gave up after thinking that the Lian family would still need to provide money and food. Who could Thinking that the Lian family actually ran away? !
Toyoshu Mu was extremely irritated. He was already old, how many more years could he stay in the position of Toyoshu Mu? In order to have a good life in his later years, he has gathered a lot of property in recent years, among which the Lian family has a lot of filial piety. This is why he protects the Lian family. Now that the Lian family does not know good and evil, don't blame him for being ruthless.
"So, Zeng Fengzhou, you want to ask Duke Wei to make the decision?" Yuzhou Mu reacted.
Zeng Zhiran said angrily: "Fengzhou is close to Luoyang. The fastest way from Luoyang to Guangling is by water. I want to see Mr. Wei because I want him to send an official document to Luoyang and intercept treacherous villains like the Lian family in Luoyang."
"Here, can you make it in time?" Liang Xing said.
"Then we can't just do nothing and watch them run away in vain!" Zeng Zhiran was extremely angry and his tone was a little harsh.
The back hill of Lan Ke Academy.
Wei Yanshan looked at Yuzhou Mu, and Fengzhou Mu paid homage to him.
Wei Erlang stood beside his father. When he saw that one of the greetings was from Jinzhou Mu, a look of uneasiness flashed on his face. After all, it was well known that the young lady of the Liang family admired him, and because of her age, Not big, he has a romantic nature and has made a lot of jokes. Now that Jinzhou Mu is here, Wei Erlang just wants to hide away.
"Excuse me, Master Kuya, please invite Liang Yuzhou to come in." Wei Yanshan said to Master Kuya.
After Master Kuya left, Wei Erlang immediately said: "Father, Er Niang misses me so much. I want to go back to Luoyang to see her."
Wei Yanshan casually looked at the Buddhist scriptures on the long desk, reading whatever page the wind blew: "You have been busy here for a few days, so you can rest if you want, but your mother-in-law has been sick these days. I heard that The illness is not serious."
When Wei Erlang heard this, a trace of anger and gloom flashed across his jade-like face, but soon he bowed and said with concern and regret in his tone: "Is mother sick? My son is unfilial and I only found out today. , I will return to the palace first, apologize to my mother and show filial piety, and then return to Luoyang to see my second mother."
Wei Yanshan expressed his gratitude: "Dalang is an aggressive person by nature. He did something wrong this time. I locked him up in the house to drink away his sorrows. He lost a lot of weight. Mother and son are close to each other. It's not surprising that your mother is sick."
"Sit down and come back to the palace with me later." Wei Yanshan said.
Wei Erlang lowered his head: "Yes."
He sat on the right side of his father, staring blankly at the back mountain lake, thinking of his aunt and brother in the palace, as well as his biological mother. In order to avoid his aunt's sharp influence, his biological mother had moved to Luoyang in recent years, and was repairing in Luoyang, carefully. After all, he hasn't seen his mother-in-law for nearly three months, all because his aunt asked him to fulfill his filial piety in front of her.
Sometimes, Wei Ci really hates the word filial piety, but what can he do? As long as his aunt is alive, she will always be his mother in name. He must be filial to her, even if his idiot brother ridicules him. He must also bear the insults.
How unfair?
Wei Cixin tried her best to suppress the hatred in her heart. Thinking that her mother-in-law taught her that being impatient can ruin big plans, she calmed down her emotions. It didn't matter. Her father was tired of them and valued him more and more, so he still had a chance. .
He just had to be patient and wait.
Master Kuya asked Yuanzhou to be a pastor, and Fengzhou pastoral retreated when he reached the back mountain.
Wei Yanshan invited the two of them to sit down and said with a smile: "Liang Yuzhou, Zeng Fengzhou, these are the mountain peaches produced in Dajue Temple. You can try them."
The shepherd of Jinzhou looked at the mountain peach that was as bright as blood, ate a piece of it, stroked his beard and praised: "The mountain peach fruit of Dajue Temple is truly worthy of its reputation."
Fengzhou Mu was not in the mood, so he also used a petal.
"Brother Fahua likes it. I will ask the monks from Dajue Temple to escort more than a dozen peach trees to your residence tomorrow." Wei Yanshan smoothly said the word "Zhenzhou Mu".
"Hey, no need, no need." Liang Xing smiled and waved his hands: "I appreciate Mr. Wei's kindness, but the soil and water support a person. If this mountain peach is transplanted to my place, it will not matter whether it blooms or not. After all, my family does not have Dajue. The spiritual spring in the temple irrigates the mountain peaches, saving good things from wasting."
Wei Yanshan looked at Zeng Zhoumu, who had a bitter look on his face: "Brother Zehun, does he have something on his mind?"
Zeng Fengzhou quickly told what the Lian family had done, which attracted Wei Erlang, who was secretly depressed, to look over.
"Wei Gong, the food and grass for the army's expedition are distributed to the various states, and each state is required to raise it on its own. The Lian family, relying on someone from Youzhou behind them, is amassing money in Fengzhou. It is a luxurious and luxurious family. I originally wanted to use it to raise part of the military supplies for Wei Gong. , I didn’t expect to receive news from my confidants in the morning that the Lian family had run away, and asked Wei Gong for help, issuing a wanted order on the Luoyang waterway to arrest the Lian family! Otherwise, Fengzhou may not be able to supply military supplies. " Zeng Fengzhou spoke quickly because he was impatient.
The "Lotus Sutra of Wonderful Dharma" on the long desk was flipped by the breeze, revealing a corner of the page. It happened to be a chapter where a master lectured on the true Dharma. It is good at the beginning, good in the middle, and good at the end. Its meaning is far-reaching, and its words are ingenious, pure and mixed. With the appearance of being innocent and doing good deeds, Wei Yanshan suddenly found it interesting.
What Zeng Fengzhou said is similar to the Buddhist saying above. His language is also extremely clever, pure and mixed. There is one truth in ten sentences. The superficial words are pure and flawless. He has left himself clean and everything is pure. They are all thinking about big things and worrying about other people's worries, so they appear to be innocent and good deeds.
Wei Yanshan looked at Fengzhou Mu with a smile. Every state has clear regulations on military supplies. Could it be that if the Lian family ran away, Fengzhou wouldn't be able to collect military supplies? Moreover, according to Fengzhou Mu's incompetence, the cunning Lian family may have run away long ago, and he doesn't know when the news he got now was.
Zeng Zhiran was originally very angry, but looking at Wei Gong's smile, chills kept coming out of his heart. Thinking about his previous vaguely threatening words, he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat and said, "Wei Gong, I didn't mean that. It means that with the Lian family, Fengzhou will definitely be able to contribute more during the war."
"Regardless of whether we can catch the Lian family or not, I guarantee that Fengzhou will do its best to cooperate with the army's needs." Zeng Zhiran kowtowed in fear.
"That's good. Of course I can trust Brother Zehun's character." Wei Yanshan said: "As for the Lian family, I will issue an official document to arrest him."
"Yes, yes." Fengzhou Mu kowtowed hurriedly, not daring to make any demands, and quickly left.
Wei Yanshan looked at Zhenzhou Mu Liangxing: "Brother Fahua, is there something wrong?"
"I came here mainly for one thing." Liang Xing began to get to the point.
"Brother Fahua, please speak." Wei Yanshan asked.
Liang Xing cupped his hands in the direction of Chang'an.
"I have been deeply cultivated by the late Emperor and His Majesty. Now that the Majesty has expressly ordered me to cooperate with Duke Wei, I must do my best." Liang Xing continued: "Recently, I received news that the Qinghe County Magistrate arrived in Guangling privately without official transfer documents. , and openly made friends with the rebellious minister Zhou Youzhou."
"This happened under my rule, and it is really my fault." Liang Xing said with shame: "Two years ago, the magistrate of Qinghe County died of illness. I originally wanted to choose Qinghe Xun Gong and Xun County Cheng to be promoted to county magistrate, but he was Shen got there first."
"County Magistrate Shen is a member of Chen Qing's sect in Hanlin Academy. It's not surprising that he is collaborating with the Xiao family." Wei Yanshan said: "Logically speaking, brother Fahua, you are the shepherd of Jinzhou, and all the transfers of officials under your rule are made by you. Chen Qing Interfering with the post of Qinghe County Magistrate without authorization two years ago was an overstep."
"Mr. Xiao is behaving erratically and becoming more and more arrogant. I know Brother Fahua's difficulties, so how can I blame you harshly? Now is a great opportunity for all the princes to join forces to eradicate them. Brother Fahua just needs to keep an eye on them to prevent Xiao." Escape."
"This is what it should be." Liang Xing nodded and said: "Unknown to Mr. Wei, the Qinghe Xun family has been secretly working for me. Xun Gong endured the humiliation for the overall situation and has always been in contact with Shen County Magistrate. He has already collected information about Shen County Magistrate's collusion with the Xiao family. There is a lot of evidence, and this time Xun Yan, the eldest son of Mr. Xun’s family, also followed Shen into Guangling.”
"That's very good." Wei Yanshan said: "Brother Fahua tells Duke Xun for me, asking him to remember to protect himself from the enemy."
"I have asked Xun Gong to secretly take care of the Xun family's eldest son, and use him as an internal agent to do things for us. I will definitely convey the earnest words of Wei Gong to Xun Gong when I return." Liang Xing said: "For this reason, I will Shen County Ling suppressed the collusion with Mr. Xiao secretly and pretended not to know about it to prevent them from being alert."
"After two people, I will send an envoy to Guangling to redeem the Guo family. If there is a suitable opportunity, the envoy will contact the Xun family Dalang on his own. If not, let the Xun family Dalang wait for the time. Don't be impatient. "Wei Yanshan said.
"I sincerely obey Duke Wei's order," Liang Xing said.
The two talked again. Wei Yanshan asked his second son to see off the governor of Yuzhou, and Liang Xing said goodbye to Duke Wei with a smile.
Wei Yanshan looked at Guangling across the river. He and Zhou Xu were rivals. If they were going to fight, they had to make all-round preparations.
In order to prevent Zhou Xu from noticing that he intends to cut off You and Dai Zhitong, he has already asked the Huaiyou Army to attack the five towns of Guangling. Tomorrow he will go to the Huaiyou Army to supervise the battle in person, making sure to capture all the attention of his opponent.
at the same time.
Xiao Luolan looked at the Lian family who came over, still a little confused.
The Lian family, numbering in the hundreds, looked longingly at Mistress Youzhou. The leader, Lian Dalang, just laughed and rubbed his hands in embarrassment and anxiety. His old face turned red and he couldn't hold back a sentence for a long time.
"What do you like, Princess?"
Xiao Luolan is even more confused now.
The second brother said that to please someone, you have to do what they want. Is it right to ask this question? When the elder man of the Lian family saw that the princess was silent, he felt uneasy.
Chapter 232
Xiao Luolan listened to these incoherent words and looked at the hundreds of people in the Lian family. Most of them looked tired and worried, especially the two elders of the Lian family, who were already in their sixties and lived on crutches. With his back hunched, he was surrounded by a group of juniors not far away in the hall. One young man stood out in particular. Although he was wearing coarse clothes and linen, he had an extraordinary bearing, which made Xiao Luolan take a second look.
On Lian's side, the bright eyes of the children and the dim eyes of the old man were also looking towards the main hall.
But without exception, she was uneasy, as if she was afraid that she would reject them who came to seek refuge.
Perhaps her gaze caught the attention of the two elders, causing a slight commotion in the Lian family.
Lian's father secretly cursed his eldest son for failing to live up to his expectations, so he pushed away the Lian family members and Mo Wanxia, the second son's guest who was supporting him. He slowly walked up to the main hall by the light of the candles in the hall, looking at the bright red flowers shining brightly. place, bowing with both hands: "The Lian family and the Lian people come together to pay homage to the princess, and wish the princess eternal prosperity..."
Before he finished speaking, Lian's father saw the brilliant Minghua under the candlelight approaching, and his movements were extremely jumpy.
He was startled and felt bad. A dignified and steady person like the princess would not behave like this. She must have worshiped the wrong person. He was slightly anxious for a moment. If it hadn't been for the past two years, his eyes had become dim and dim, and he couldn't even look at anyone. It's clear, there is no need for the elder to come forward.
"You are worshiping the wrong person, old man, my mother-in-law is over there." The skirt Xiao Qingxue was wearing today was particularly bright. She looked at Old Lian with a smile on her face, knowing that the elderly man had a little ear. His voice was louder and crisper, and he stretched his arms to point in the direction.
Lian Dalang hurriedly supported his old master and turned him around. Mo Wanxia, a retainer, stepped forward without leaving a trace and also supported his old master. The two of them happened to be on the left and right.
"Thank you very much for the reminder, Princess Qianjin. As people get older, their eyes are no longer useful. They are fine during the day, but can't see clearly at night. Just now, I vaguely saw a fairy's shining clothes in front of me. I mistakenly recognized the Princess for the Princess on the spot. "After Lian's father made a mistake, he quickly became wise and bowed to the princess again: "I made a fool of myself in front of the princess as soon as we met. I'm really embarrassed."
