After Xu Zongwen occupied the Governor's Mansion, he hid Fu Lang's concubine in the secret room where Fu Lang hid his property. Fu Lang was monitored by Zhang San's men day and night for twelve hours, and every move was recorded by a dedicated person. Reports come every two hours. At the same time, all the guards of the Governor's Mansion were replaced by Xu Zongwen's soldiers.
On the surface, everything in the Qingzhou Governor's Mansion was operating as normal as before. Except for a few unfamiliar guards, the governor's clerks and subordinate officials were working peacefully in their respective rooms after finishing their orders.
In fact, the owner of the Governor's Office had long been replaced by Xu Zongwen. The documents sent by the Governor's Office to various counties and the military orders received by the captains of each department were all written by Xu Zongwen without exception.
According to Pei Qing's suggestion, Xu Zongwen replaced the Linzi order and Linzi county captain in the name of corruption, replaced them with two team leaders of Xu Zongwen's personal soldiers, appointed Zhang San as the commander of the governor's office, and appointed the Qi commander who was recommended by Xi Jian. The civil and military officials were promoted to high positions, with Pei Qing temporarily replacing Qingzhou Biejia, and Xi Jian, the chief secretary of Qi County, temporarily replacing Qingzhou Prefectural Governor. They were in charge of all the Cao scribes and were the third-ranking figure after the governor and Biejia.
"Tell the people outside to come in quickly, wash the floor in the corridor, remove all the blood stains, and then paste up the two broken windows in the outer room of the west wing." The old servant of the housekeeper directed the servants of the Governor's Mansion to clean up. In the inner courtyard of the Governor's Mansion, I heard the old servant's urging from a distance early in the morning.
Xu Zongwen pushed open the door of Fu Lang's dormitory, opened his hands and was about to welcome the warm embrace of the noon sun. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw his old servant running over in a hurry.
"General, there is a girl named Zhen'er who refused to listen to my advice last night and wanted to sleep in the west wing. The window lattice there is still broken. There are two corpses in the outer room, and there are blood stains everywhere. I can't help but persuade you. Said it would be safer to be closer to the general..."
This girl is quite courageous.
"It's okay. There's no one here anyway, so just let her sleep," Xu Zongwen asked, "But we have to clean up today."
The old servant of the housekeeper assured: "That's right, that's right, the little old man has arranged for someone to clean it!"
Xu Zongwen took two steps and stopped, put his hands on his hips and asked, "Old man, may I ask Gui Geng?"
"The little old man is born in the seventh year of the fake Zhao Guotaihe. He will be sixty next year." The old servant of the housekeeper raised his eyes and replied thoughtfully.
The pseudo-Zhao is Shi Zhao, the Zhao State founded by Shi Le of the Jie tribe.
"What's your last name, old man?"
"My surname is Zhou. I heard from my late father that the year my late father was born, the beggar army he defected to was defeated. Longxiang General Xi Jian was attacked by the Jie people and was forced to go to Mount Yi in Lu. Later, he went south to Jiankang. , so far the Puppet Zhao State had completely occupied Qingzhou, and later the Jie people left, and the Xianbei and Di people came again, and the little old man's family also took root in Linzi."
When talking about the past, Uncle Zhou's mind was far away, and he didn't know what he was thinking of. He hesitated to speak, and Xu Zongwen couldn't ask more questions.
Who is Xi Jian?
Xi Jian was a famous person. He was the first head of the Xi family since Gaoping's southern migration. During the Yongjia Rebellion, the royal family moved south. He led more than a thousand nobles to recruit tens of thousands of refugees and stayed behind enemy lines for more than ten years. When Emperor Sima Rui of the Yuan Dynasty arrived, He didn't officially go south until the collapse.
Since then, Xi Jian has been guarding Jingkou. He has made great contributions to the Jin Dynasty in putting down two rebellions by Wang Dun and Su Jun. He assisted the government together with Prime Minister Wang Dao. He was a famous minister and a great hero. .
"I didn't expect Uncle Zhou to know a lot."
"I'm old and can't remember. Just remember these and tell the general. I hope the general doesn't think the old man is verbose."
"No" Xu Zongwen continued to walk, "but in troubled times, Uncle Zhou can live for a lifetime because his ancestors are blessed, and Uncle Zhou himself is blessed."
In the troubled times of Wuhu, not to mention ordinary people, emperors and ministers were very few who could live past forty or fifty, and even fewer who lived over sixty.
Uncle Zhou is a living treasure. No wonder Fu Lang asked him to be the patriarch of the governor's mansion. He wanted to use Uncle Zhou's luck to increase his own happiness and longevity.
"If you don't die of old age, if you don't die of old age, don't you become a thief?" Uncle Zhou joked.
After Xu Zongwen chatted with Zhou Bo for a few words, he immediately went straight to the lobby of the governor's office. Pei Qing, Xi Jian and a group of Qingzhou civil and military officials were waiting for him to discuss matters. Of course, he participated in the discussions as an aide to the governor Fu Lang.
As for Fu Lang, who was still frightened at first, this morning Xi Jian handed him the handwritten letter from Xie An copied by Pei Qing. Fu Lang suddenly seemed like a different person and acted very proactively.
So, Xu Zongwen stood behind Fu Lang and began to control Qingzhou's big game...
Since Shen Yu received Xu Zongwen's letter from Linzi, he has been worried every day. He has been worried that Xu Zongwen will expose his identity. Under Zheng Lue's hard work, Shen Yu can only keep Xu Zongwen alive. In the name of inspecting Dongguan, he actually went to Linzi to tell the truth.
Zheng Lue was impetuous, but he was not as calm as Shen Yu. When Pei Qing sent the latest military information from Linzi on a fast horse, Zheng Lue learned that Fu Lang was planning to surrender and rebel again, and he could no longer sit still. , took several followers and rushed to Nancheng to find Zhu Xu, begging Zhu Xu to send troops to Qingzhou quickly to coordinate Xu Zongwen's actions in Linzi City.
"You idiot, do you know what the crime is for breaking into the governor's camp without permission?" Shen Yu stopped Zheng Lue.
Zheng Lue held his head high, fearing neither heaven nor earth: "I don't care, if there is something wrong with my brother in Linzi, I will kill Zhu Xu who refuses to save him..."
Shen Yu covered Zheng Lue's big mouth: "You don't want your head!"
"Oh - I - don't care." Zheng Lue struggled away and accused Shen Yu: "Didn't you see that Mr. Pei said that Fu Lang is a capricious villain? Zhang San has five hundred people under his command, can you rest assured, brother? Is your safety in danger?"
"Idiot!" Shen Yu cursed in anger: "Don't you know the fighting strength of the soldiers under my eldest brother? Each of those five hundred people are as fierce as tigers and wolves, and can fight one against ten warriors. , are there any princes in Linzi City who can stop them with up to a thousand Qin soldiers?"
Zheng Lue let go of his hand, froze in place and stopped talking. What Shen Yu said was indeed reasonable.
He carefully recalled the days when Xu Zongwen was training troops in Pengcheng. At first, he was quite jealous of the soldiers who had a lot of meat and fish every day. Later, he saw with his own eyes that the soldiers were marching in a hurry in the heavy rain, bare-chested and crawling in the mud. He was beaten and beaten, and trained to death with wooden knives and sticks. Some of them even broke their ribs and picked up their hamstrings, so he no longer dared to say a word.
Indeed, the strength of such a group of people who are desperate for life cannot be measured by common sense!
"Then what do you think we should do? We can't do nothing and just wait, right?" Zheng Lue spread his hands and he had no idea for the time being.
Shen Yu sighed: "Do you think Zhu Shijun doesn't know what the elder brother is doing in Linzi?"
"What are you talking about? Then Zhu Xu knew that my elder brother was trapped in a tiger's den, but he didn't care?" Zheng Lue became anxious. When he heard that Zhu Xu had not made any move, he became furious. "I'm going to Nancheng Camp to question him. He is Aren’t you looking at my eldest brother’s outstanding achievements and stealing his credit, so you want to take the opportunity to kill my eldest brother?”
Zheng Lue was originally prepared to listen to Shen Yu's plans, but Shen Yu kept coming back and forth with the same words. At best, it was called staying the same to cope with the ever-changing situation, and taking advantage of the situation. At worst, it was called waiting stupidly.
Shen Yu stepped on the stirrup and waved his whip while chasing and shouting: "You fool, come back here!"
