Man Chong watched in astonishment that these criminal officials appeared again. Just now, he watched these people being dragged away by the Shijia guards, and Shi Xie pronounced the crime on each of them.
But now, not only are they back alive, but they are already forcing Gong Shixie.
This change of time made it difficult for him, a neutral person, to turn around.
He didn't understand, and the other ministers still sitting here didn't understand even more. They had no idea why there was such a change.
These prisoners seemed to have joined forces with the Beifu general from the north.
Shi Xie had been forced into a corner, and he roared angrily: "Shi Jie, come and save me!"
But when he mentioned the name, he suddenly woke up.
"Shijie, it's you! It's you who betrayed me!"
An old man walked hurriedly outside the door. It was Shijie.
"Master, I'm here."
Shijie bowed silently, then bowed to Zhuge Liang and said, "Mr. Zhuge."
Zhuge Liang nodded in greeting.
Jiang Wan met Shi Jie and knew that Shi Jie was actually very capable and definitely not an ordinary domestic slave. However, he did not know Shi Jie's true identity.
Zhuge Liang knew it, so he said to Shi Xie: "Old governor, you haven't forgotten where your servants come from, right?"
Shi Xie was so shocked that he shouted: "Shi Jie, you are from a northern family and you fled here. I took you in and raised you for twenty years, twenty years! How can you betray me?"
Shijie sighed and murmured: "I am from a well-off family. I have been punished by the Party and avoided disorderly relations with the state. There is no place to avenge the hatred of the country and the family, but the hatred of the family has a target. Head of the family, these years I have I have done so many things for you, but you have forgotten that when I was living in Jiaozhou, there were still other people around me."
He stood up, looked at Shi Xie and said, "Where have they gone? My eldest brother was instigated by you to go to Cangwu to steal military information, but was killed by Wu Ju. My third brother transported supplies to pay tribute to Xudu for you. , were robbed and killed by Liu Biao on the way. They died, but how did you treat them?"
There wasn't much anger in his voice, just a long sigh: "Master, you are old. You can no longer listen to other voices. It's time to retire."
Finally, he made a final decision: "Jiaozhou, it's time to truly obey the emperor's edict. Mr. Zhuge came here with integrity, I have to submit to the righteousness!"
Shi Xie's eyes were red, his face flushed, and he shouted: "The seller is just asking for glory!"
He wanted to say something else, but there was a sudden pain in his chest.
After all, he was too old. He had worked hard all night and should have rested, but he caught up with Zhuge Liang who took advantage of the situation.
At a certain moment, his heartbeat suddenly stopped, and Shi Xie clutched his chest and fell straight back.
No one hurt him just now, he was angered to death by Zhuge Liang.
Zhuge Liang looked around, his eyes still as gentle as a gentleman's, but everyone in the circle, including the criminals, were all silent. Even Man Chong felt a little afraid of this young man.
It was really terrifying that there was such a monster in Beifu. He almost killed Shi Xie without even a single blow.
This was only the place they could see. In the place they couldn't see, the flags at the top of Jiaozhi City were changing. The guard at the top of the city couldn't find the flag with the word "Cao" for a while. Fortunately, at dawn, the craftsmen had already woken up. Come, so people everywhere are hurrying to embroider flags.
Jiaozhi County Zhilongbian City, this city, within a few hours, changed its owner again.
Zhuge Liang turned around, took the staff from Zhang Xia, raised it high and said: "General Beifu came from the north to attack the enemy. He pointed his troops to the south. In December, Jingzhou was settled. In March, he went to Jiaozhou and killed the governor of Cangwu. Wu Ju conquered four counties in April, and Shi Xie, the prefect of Jiaozhi, died in fear of his crime. Jiaozhou was defeated, and all seven counties were attached to it, and they paid tribute to the emperor's kindness."
He looked around again and said loudly: "Gentlemen, do you have any objections to Mr. Muman of Jiaozhou taking office in Jiaozhou?"
Man Chong's eyes were burning and he looked around.
No one in the whole hall objected.
Although Man Chong breathed a sigh of relief, he also smiled bitterly in his heart. Although in the overall situation, he and Cao Wu were both Cao Cao's subordinates, after all, he and Cao Wu had no quarrel. Now that Jiaozhi has really been pacified, these officials can't make trouble for the time being, but they all care about General Beifu, how will he, the shepherd of Jiaozhou, carry out his work in the future.
But having said that, without Cao Wu and Zhuge Liang, he was full of favors. On his own, he wanted to imitate Liu Jingsheng's riding into Jingzhou alone, but he didn't know when he would be able to realize it.
During this quiet time, Man Chong sorted out what Zhuge Liang had done, and the more he thought about it, the more his scalp became numb.
It seems that Zhuge Liang has actually arrived in the city, but has been lurking.
On the surface, Jiang Wan was the representative of the Beifu forces and participated in the counter-rebellion last night, which successfully confused Shi Xie and himself. Zhuge Liang, on the other hand, acted secretly to win over people.
Why Zhuge Liang was able to make Jiaozhi officials rebel was because of a few things.
First, Zhuge Liang himself came from a noble family, Langya Zhuge was famous all over the world, and he also fled Jingzhou due to the war. He had a common experience with the noble families who lived in Jiaozhou, so he could easily sympathize with them and move them even more.
Second, Zhuge Liang came with integrity. Even though the Han Dynasty was in decline, the Emperor's Scepter still represented the Emperor and had orthodox power in the eyes of the nobles.
The third is that although Shi Xie had already caught up with Shi Xie, he was not in a hurry to take action. Instead, he let Shi Xie sentence the offending officials, then rescued them, made them grateful, and asked for their support.
Fourth, he entered the stage when Shi Xie was most tired and caught Shi Xie off guard.
Although he clearly had the winning chance, he was still neither arrogant nor impetuous, and had everything planned out. Zhuge Liang was simply astonishing.
"There are so many talents."
Man Chong looked at him, and then at Jiang Wan who was next to him who was eager to try, and suddenly became discouraged. Maybe General Beifu was really a great talent and not a sycophant.
However, in his opinion, these are not enough to repair the relationship between him and Cao Wu. What he ultimately wants to see is the decisive battle between Cao Wu and Zhou Yu.
Zhou Yu's ability was revealed in the Battle of Chibi. With the advantage of water warfare, he almost defeated Cao Cao's hundreds of thousands of troops. If Cao Wu can still win this battle, then what does it matter if he favors a white body and has no friends, so he turns to Cao Wu?
After making up his mind, he continued to watch attentively and saw that all the officials in the hall were kneeling on the ground.
The ceremony they performed actually went beyond the formal etiquette of a lower official meeting a superior official.
"Greetings to Manzhoumu!"
All the officials said in unison.
Man Chong had no choice but to stand up and give him a little support. He knew that it was not him this week, but Cao Cao, Cao Wu, and even Zhuge Liang.
At this time, Zhuge Liang had already stepped aside and came between Man Chong and Jiang Wan.
The officials stood up, with fear and surrender in their eyes.
Zhuge Liang whispered to Man Chong: "Manzhou Mu, with so many officials, can Jiaozhou be managed well?"
Man Chong said without hesitation: "Jiaozhi is fine, but after all, there are other counties."
Zhuge Liang said: "Cangwu has been decided. The only ones the state pastor is concerned about are Rinan, Jiuzhen, and Jiangdong Army. We might as well reveal that Rinan and Jiuzhen counties have also surrendered."
"What? How?"
Man Chong thought he had seen through Zhuge Liang, but he didn't expect that Zhuge Liang's words would frighten him.
