In front of the Qingyang County government office, the county magistrate Yao Xiong was neatly dressed and led a team of officials from Qingyang County to greet him. Yao Xiong, who is nearly seventy years old, has a handsome and neat face. Although he is old, he is not slovenly.
There was no nervous look on his face because he was about to meet the Shangguan, but he was completely calm and quiet, seemingly unaffected by this incident.
Among a large group of government officials, most of them were standing behind Yao Xiong. One of them, an old man in black robe, was standing a little away from the crowd with his head lowered and full of thoughts. His short stature seemed to appear at this moment. Even more lonely.
Although Qingyang County Magistrate Yao Xiong is only a small county magistrate in terms of official position, his special position can be seen from his attitude in receiving Shangguan. Generally speaking, whenever people from the capital come to local prefectures and counties, The county magistrate always welcomes Shangguan outside the city gate early. Not to mention flattering, at least he must be diligent and diligent to give Shangguan a good impression.
But after Yao Xiong learned the news early in the morning, he only ordered to greet him in front of the Yamen, without any sign of grand reception at all.
No one in Qingyang County, big or small, thought it was inappropriate for this move that was obviously not in line with official practice.
Just because the location of Qingyang County is so special, the Jiuhua Mountain within the territory is home to a figure who can be called the first founding father of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and this figure who was feared by Emperor Li Jing day and night was even more special that Li Jing could not help but It is not necessary to re-appoint the nearly 70-year-old former Central Secretary Yao Xiong to condescend to serve as the county magistrate here. Therefore, how Yao Xiong handles affairs cannot be measured solely by the size of his official position.
This time today, no one understood the seriousness of this matter better than Yao Xiong. Since early morning, he had received news that several important officials from the imperial court, including Li Zhenggu, the Minister of War, had entered the city one after another. He also heard that After learning about the recent major events in the DPRK, I immediately understood the connection between the two, and this group of important ministers obviously came to Jiuhua Mountain. In the three years since I served as county magistrate, Qingyang County has never had anything like this. Such a battle... Now that he knew that Wei Cen, another important minister and deputy envoy, was about to arrive, Yao Xiong was standing in the square in front of the Yamen, with a hint of loneliness on his dull face. In fact, His mind was not on Wei Cen, but he couldn't help but think of his past.
Once upon a time, he, Yao Xiong, was also a person who stood beside the emperor and participated in the central court. He was a majestic official in the capital. Maybe he was envious, or maybe he felt a little regretful. He regretted that he had lived a long time, but in the end he still didn't. Get rid of the flaw in his character of being too upright, otherwise how could he have become a mortal enemy of the Jiuhua Mountain man? In the end, it was because of this that he was forcibly recalled by the emperor after he retired, and had no choice but to take on a torturous job... .... Originally, Yao Xiong had written a memorial to the emperor in July, expressing his sincere desire to resign from this sensitive and painful official position. However, he did not expect that the memorial would just disappear into the sea, and there would be no news at all. Later, he would fall into the trap again. In addition to the mistakes he had made before, half a month ago he wrote a memorial to the Yushitai with fierce and direct criticism of the government, which was intended to attract the attention of those in power. Ironically, there was still no response. This feeling of being deliberately ignored It's just maddening and helpless.
The sound of horse hooves roared at the intersection in front of the Yamen Square. Yao Xiong and the officials, who were all concerned, raised their heads and looked around. When they saw the galloping cavalry and the heavily armed guards, the officials hurriedly stepped forward and handed over their hands. He leaned forward to wait. After all, Wei Cen, the deputy privy envoy, was the most popular person around the emperor at the moment.
It is impossible to predict how many of the officials present are trying to cling to him and how many are secretly despising him.
Yao Xiong watched the cavalry team in front of him quietly, and saw the cold eyes of Wei Cen who was sitting high on the horse. He straightened his clothes, stepped forward and cupped his hands and said: "Qingyang County Magistrate Yao Xiong, here to greet Ambassador Wei and his party." Update, switch sources, read aloud with many sounds, .yeguoyuedu is available for Android and Apple.
】Wei Cen sat high on the saddle and reacted indifferently to Yao Xiong's greeting. He didn't even intend to dismount. He just grunted and rode past. He didn't rein in his horse until he got under the high-ranking county government office. Set, turn over and dismount.
Zhang Wenbiao, who followed behind, was not like this. Naturally, Zhang Wenbiao, who had returned to the Southern Tang Dynasty for less than a year, had never heard of Yao Xiong and had no special feelings for him.
But as the most basic respect, Zhang Wenbiao's attitude was much calmer since he was new here.
When Yao Xiong stood there awkwardly, Zhang Wenbiao jumped off his horse and came to him, cupping his hands and saying, "Magistrate Yao, thank you for your work." Yao Xiong turned his head and his expression was obviously surprised. How did he know this tall man? A great general, and now that Wei Cen has arrived, if not Wei Cen’s generals, they should at least be good friends with Wei Cen. In front of Wei Cen, Zhang Wenbiao’s completely different behavior , which really surprised him.
"General, what do you call me?" Yao Xiong asked without concealing what he wanted to say.
At Wei Cen's signal, a guard of the Wei Mansion replied loudly: "This is Zhang Yuhou of the Dianzhi Army." Yao Xiong was stunned and said quickly: "But Zhang Wenbiao, Zhang Yuhou, the famous general of Langzhou? Oh? , Yao was rude.
Zhang Wenbiao smiled indifferently and said: "There is no need for magistrate Yao to be polite. All the famous generals in Langzhou are from the past. No one in the Tang Dynasty knows about it. At present, Langzhou has the famous general Li Yuan and Governor Li of our dynasty. Haha... .... Magistrate Yao, why don’t we go into the Yamen to talk. "Yao Xiong frowned, as if he heard a sour feeling, and nodded hurriedly: "Okay, okay! "Zhang Wenbiao smiled and nodded, and glanced at all the officials. Although he didn't recognize any of them, he had been marching and fighting for many years, and suddenly he recognized the old man in black robe standing in the distance, isolated and independent. At this time, he was staring at him expressionlessly. Zhang Wenbiao felt very strange in his heart, but in the end he did not ask.
At this time, Yao Xiong came over and saluted: "Honor Zhang Yu, please go first!" Zhang Wenbiao laughed and said: "No need to be polite, let's go in together." Wei Cen had already stepped up to the high steps in front of the county government office and kissed him Wei Sanzheng, the leader of the guard, handed over a paper tube respectfully. Wei Cen held the paper tube in his hand and looked at the people gathered around Zhang Wenbiao with a serious expression. There was a trace of displeasure on his face, and he suddenly shouted loudly: "Qingyang County Magistrate Yao Xiong received the order." All the officials hurriedly stopped and leaned down at the steps. Zhang Wenbiao was suddenly frightened. He followed Wei Cen and joked all the way. He had no idea that there was an imperial edict hidden in his arms. He secretly wondered and walked a few steps to stand. Next to Wei Cen.
Wei Cen glanced at the group of trembling officials below, opened the soft plug at one end of the paper tube, carefully took out the imperial edict, and read aloud: "Under the sect, the foundation of the world. Woohoo! Yao Xiong, the magistrate of Qingyang County, is an important minister. Youyouyou It is a great ceremony to support, reward and extend the life of Yi, and favor and consolidate the rivers and mountains! I remember his long-standing loyalty, restraining his strategy, working hard, guarding the place, relieving my worries, and making great achievements! But I remember his great age. Now that he is old, his master and his disciples have been exposed, and they have been stationed in the mountains for a long time, and they have good feelings. Therefore, Yun Xiong asked me to return to the harmonious music and take care of my life. I admire this!" As soon as he finished speaking, Yao Xiong was so excited that tears almost fell out, and he immediately trembled. He shouted loudly: "I thank you for your kindness! Long live your Majesty!" All the officials also shouted in unison.
Wei Cen rolled up the imperial edict and put it back into the paper tube. When Yao Xiong stood up, he looked directly at Yao Xiong and said, "Magistrate Yao, are you satisfied now?"
