The guard retired.
Pei Shun returned to the back office at this time carrying the freshly brewed hot tea.
"Sir, the tea you asked for."
He placed the tea on the table, and the heat inside rose.
The officer, who had not left the yamen for a short time, came back again, saluted Pei Hong and said, "Sir, you guys can't stop me. The deputy chief soldier broke in with his men."
As he finished speaking, a tall man wearing a red military officer's official robe walked in from outside.
Along with the big man, there were several other strong men wearing cotton armor.
Each of these armor-clad men had knives on their waists. They stood there with murderous intent on their bodies.
Pei Hong, who was behind the desk, turned pale when he saw someone barging into his house as if no one was around.
"Master Pei, don't blame the people below. I am the one who must see you, Master Pei. These servants can deal with ordinary people, but they are far from capable of dealing with the soldiers around me." The military commander in official robes sat on the seat next to him with an awkward look.
"Deputy Commander Yang, it's not good for you to just barge in like this! Or maybe you don't take me seriously at all, and think that my yamen can let you, Deputy Commander Yang, come in and out at will." Pei Hong looked at him with a look on his face. gloomy.
Although he had just arrived in Datong not long ago and had never seen the general in front of him, he knew that there was only one deputy general in Datong named Yang Guozhu.
It is not difficult to tell from the official robe of the military general in front of him that this person is Yang Guozhu.
Yang Guozhu laughed twice when he heard this, and immediately said: "Master Pei, don't get me wrong, I had no intention of forcing my way in. It was only because Master Pei didn't want to see me that I had no choice but to take this step. "
"Okay, I don't want to hear your quibbles here." Pei Hong waved his hand impatiently and said immediately, "I will report this matter to the court and ask if the officials in Datong can no longer act lawlessly."
Previously, the governor sent someone to threaten him, and now the deputy general soldier of Datong forced his way into his governor's office. The anger in his heart could no longer be suppressed.
Bullies don't bully people like this.
Yang Guozhu said calmly: "After I have finished saying what I need to say, if Mr. Pei still wants to join me and join me, I will never stop him."
"I don't have time to listen to your nonsense here, Pei Shun, see you off." Pei Hong ignored Yang Guozhu's mood and asked Chang Sui to drive them away.
Pei Shun walked over, but before he could speak, he saw a soldier behind Yang Guozhu coming up and subduing Pei Shun.
"What do you mean? Do you want to make a fuss in my patrol office?" Pei Hong stood up from his seat angrily, raised his finger and pointed at Yang Guozhu and asked.
Yang Guozhu waved his hand towards his own soldiers.
The soldiers let go of Pei Shun and retreated behind Yang Guozhu.
Pei Shun hurried back to Pei Hong's side, not daring to continue chasing people away.
"I heard that Governor Liu's aide Du Wanyuan came to see Mr. Pei?" Yang Guozhu said.
"So what!"
Yang Guozhu smiled and said: "Master Pei, don't be nervous. This general is different from Du Wanyuan. He is here to take the message for Governor Liu, and I am not from the same group as them."
"I don't want to hear this, just tell me your purpose of coming!" Unable to drive him away, Pei Hong could only let Yang Guozhu reveal his purpose of coming, so as to fool people away early.
Yang Guozhu said with a smile: "Master Pei still doesn't understand what I mean. I just said that I am not from the same group as Governor Liu and Liu Heng of Xinpingbao."
"So what? Your current situation in Datong is not much better than mine, or even worse than mine." Pei Hong said disapprovingly.
There is a general soldier in Datong, and a deputy general soldier can't do anything. What's more, the deputy general soldier and the general soldier are not of the same mind and are targeted everywhere.
Although such a person has the foundation to become an ally with him, he does not want to become an ally with such a useless person. Moreover, he is a scholar and looks down on generals like Yang Guozhu.
Yang Guozhu was not angry because of Pei Hong's sarcasm, and said calmly: "Master Pei is right, I am indeed marginalized everywhere in Datong, but there is a general who is different from Master Pei. I have three thousand soldiers and horses around me. , all are elite soldiers and generals brought from Xuanfu."
"I'm not interested." Pei Hong waved his hand impatiently and said immediately, "Deputy General Yang just wanted to tell me this, so there's no need to say it anymore."
Yang Guozhu shook his head slightly and said, "Of course it's not just to talk about this. I'm here to help Mr. Pei solve the difficulties at hand."
"That's nonsense. What kind of difficulties do I have that I'm talking nonsense here?" Pei Hong snorted.
Yang Guozhu smiled slightly and said: "If you want to disintegrate the official alliance in Datong, the key point is not Governor Liu, nor the general soldier of Datong, but a small guerrilla general."
"What do you mean?" Pei Hong became interested.
He came to Datong with a mission, but nothing has been accomplished now. One day in the future, Wei Gong will liquidate him, and the Donglin Party may not help him, but if he helps Wang Wenyan get things done, even if Wei Gong is offended, as long as Donglin Party If Party Lin is willing to take action, he will still be fine, and may even have a chance to advance further in the officialdom.
In today's imperial court, if you want to stand out in the officialdom, you must be a member of the Wei Dynasty or a member of the Donglin Party.
Previously, he had offended Wei Eun by telling the general of Xinpingbao to move the people to the grassland privately, so the Donglin Party was the only option.
Yang Guozhu said with a smile: "Master Pei must have discovered that Governor Liu is not so easy to deal with this time. In other words, if you deal with Governor Liu alone, the entire Datong officialdom will be the enemy of Master Pei."
"You just said that the key to disintegrating the Datong officialdom alliance lies in a guerrilla. Who is this guerrilla?" Pei Hong ignored Yang Guozhu's sarcasm and directly asked what Yang Guozhu had said before.
Yang Guozhu raised his hand and pointed to the north and said, "Didn't Mr. Pei also participate in the guerrilla general's book? Why did he forget it so quickly?"
"You mean Liu Heng, the guard of Xinping Fort?" Pei Hong raised his eyebrows.
Yang Guozhu nodded and said: "Yes, that's him. If you want to bring down Governor Liu, you have to deal with Liu Heng first. If you don't deal with him, the entire Datong officialdom will be your enemy, Mr. Pei."
"Why is this?" Pei Hong asked curiously.
He has also met the guard of Xinpingbao. Except that he is younger, he is just an ordinary person.
Yang Guozhu said: "Does Mr. Pei know about smuggling in Bian Town?"
"I've heard of it. Could it be that the guard of Xinping Fort is involved in smuggling on the grassland?" Pei Hong said.
Many officials knew about the smuggling in the border town, and some officials of the imperial court even benefited from it. However, he was just an ordinary censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so he naturally did not have the opportunity to participate.
