The next day, Xiao Tang got up early in the morning and set off for Dengzhou again with his deployment. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Although I originally wanted to visit Niu Gao, after all, business is important, and after the pacification of Jingnan Road is completed, I can still pass through this Lushan County in Ruzhou, and then it is not too late to find a way to recruit this undiscovered good general to his command.

But when Xiao Tang and his group set off for an hour, Niu Gao carried some pheasants and hares to the county government to find Xiao Tang, but was told by the officials that Xiao Tang had led the army to Dengzhou, and said that he would meet Niu Gao again when he returned to Beijing and passed through Lushan County after official business.

"Unfortunately, I wanted to catch some game to drink, and then drink with the big official. Now we have to wait for him to come back. He finished selling firewood and game in Lushan County, and then left the county seat happily and returned to his home in the mountains and forests.

But before Niu Gao stepped into the door, he smelled a pungent mushy smell. Niu Gao was shocked, he rushed into the room, but saw his old lady with a face like gold paper, lying on the bed with a soft moan, covered with a quilt and motionless. And her own lady sat on the ground and leaned against the corner of the wall, the firewood in the stove had been burned dry, and only the black residue that smelled choking was left in the pot.

Niu Gao was so frightened that he first hurriedly called out to his wife, then turned around and ran to his wife, grabbing her thin shoulders and shaking them. Niu Gao's lady woke up at this time, and said angrily: "The master... My mother-in-law and I seem to be sick. ”

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A few days later, Xiao Tang and his entourage have entered the ancient battlefield site of Liu Bei's defeat of Cao Cao's general Xiahoudun at the end of the Han Dynasty.

In other words, Wen Huanzhang is reminding Xiao Tang that this Yu Guangting is also very likely to be a member of Cai's party.

So what? Although Xiao Tang knew that Wen Huanzhang had advised him that night, how to properly purge the military supervisors and generals who were corrupt and corrupted the law on Jingnan Road according to the current situation, he was also deliberately waking up Xiao Tang's other party's origin.

Xiao Tang knew that this Yu Guangting was quite talented and upright, and later when the Jin soldiers attacked Dengzhou during the Jianyan period, Yu Guangting lived and died with the city, and died unyieldingly, and the whole family died heroically except for a nurse who escaped with her young son. (It is very likely that after the artistic processing of later generations, Yu Guangting incarnated as Lu Deng, who insisted on his death in Luzhou in the novel, and his young son, who was saved by his nursing mother, is the prototype of the well-known double-gun Lu Wenlong in the storytelling.) ）

As for his cousin Yu Shen, because he was valued by the traitor Cai Jing, he was criticized a lot, but in fact, this person is good at protecting himself with wisdom and wisdom, and his political achievements do not have many bad deeds. Since ancient times, it is not uncommon for the court to overkill a boatload of people in the partisan dispute of the imperial court, even when eliminating traitorous ministers and henchmen. Dealing with people, especially acting in officialdom, is definitely not black and white, not to mention what is Xiao Tang's identity now? Strictly speaking, he can also be counted as a member of the "Cai Party".

At this time, the officials of Dengzhou who greeted the pacification envoy had been waiting on the official road for a long time, and the sun had not yet set, Yu Guangting, the prefect of Dengzhou, Yang Tai, the chief of soldiers and horses on the Jingnan Road, and Xue Kewen, the official of the prison, stood at the forefront of the reliance. Xiao Tang, as a pacification envoy on Jingnan Road, inspected the military department's preparation and arrest of the green forest strongman, and the prefect and the criminal prison department were not subject to its control, but they were both officials who governed the road, and I heard that Xiao Tang is now a celebrity in front of the official family, and such etiquette should be accompanied by him.

Compared with the calm expressions of Yu Guangting and Xue Kewen, only the pair of soldiers and horses, Yang Tai, had a pair of tricks flickering, as if he was secretly thinking about something.

The banner of the pacification envoy of Jingnan Road has just entered everyone's eyes from the horizon, and Yang Tai gave an order, and the arranged gong and drum team was noisy, and the dense sound of firecrackers sounded around it, which was extremely festive for a while.

Xiao Tang took the lead, and Guan Sheng, Yang Zhi and other forbidden army brave generals led the chariot to Yu Guangting and others, and Xue Kewen took the lead in slowly walking out of the honor guard, and smiled and saluted Xiao Tang: "Pacifying the adults has worked hard all the way, and I will wait for a long time." ”

Xiao Tang glanced at Xue Kewen, and saw that Xue Kewen was around forty years old, delicate and elegant, and had a bit of a celebrity. According to the rank, Xue Kewen was in charge of the prison under the rule of Jingnan Road, verified the facts and overwrote the law, supervised the rape and thieves, redressed the wrongs, and impeached the officials, in today's words, he is the chief prosecutor of a provincial procuratorate, not only the resident officer of the road, but also pacified the military and government with Xiao Tang, and even according to the official practice of the Song Dynasty, his status was only higher than Xiao Tang, so he greeted Xiao Tang only politely, but he did not see any courtesy.

Comparing Yu Guangting and Yang Tai's attitude towards Xiao Tang is much more submissive, although Yu Guangting, the prefect of Dengzhou, was born with fine skin and tender meat, his eyes were blazing, his expression was full of energy, and he was neither humble nor arrogant when he saluted Xiao Tang, and he was polite and courteous; And Yang Tai, the head of the soldiers and horses on the Jingnan Road, was born as a martial artist at first glance, he was a tiger with a wolf's waist and a burly figure, but he was a little more careful when he greeted Xiao Tang, but he didn't look like a calm man.

In addition to the transfer envoy in charge of the transfer department, the transfer envoy is located in Xiangzhou, and several officials in charge of Jingnan Road are also gathered in one place today, waiting for everyone to have a pleasantry. Yang Tai hugged his fists and smiled respectfully at Xiao Tang: "Greetings to appease the envoy, Lord Xiao has worked hard all the way. I have set up a banquet in the building to entertain Lord Xiao. ”

Xiao Tang glanced at Yang Tai, and hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "This official is just following the orders of the official to inspect and inspect, not as good as all the adults who take care of the military and political affairs of the southwest road of Beijing, and have worked hard for a long time, but now they have to bother you to come to greet you in your busy schedule, it is really ashamed." ”

Xue Kewen smiled after hearing this: "Lord Xiao, this meal always has to be eaten, and now I am waiting for a banquet in the building, just to catch the wind and wash the dust for Lord Xiao, since Lord Xiao is considerate of his colleagues, it is not good to live up to my kindness, right?" ”

Xiao Tang heard Xue Kewen say this, it is indeed difficult to refuse, it seems that this Xue Kewen and Yang Tai intend to give Xiao Tang face, this kind of entertainment in officialdom is the norm, and Xiao Tang also intends to probe more from the mouths of these officials who have been entrenched in western Beijing for a long time, so he said: "Since this is the case, then it will bother you." ”

At this time, the unpleasant look in Yu Guangting's eyes flashed, although he stood on the side in a low-key manner, his expression was seen by Yan Qing beside Xiao Tang. Yan Qing, who was originally beautiful and very good at observing words and feelings, thought about his eldest brother's envoy to appease Jingnan, and he had to deal with these local officials, so he secretly paid attention to the relationship between these officials and his attitude towards Xiao Tang.

Fang Cai's words, and their reactions, seemed to be ...... That Xue Kewen and Yang Tai seem to have a closer relationship, but this Yu Guangting seems to have no way with them. Since the eldest brother intends to purge the traitors in the Jingxi Army, he has to find out the details of Yang Tai, the commander of the soldiers and horses on the southwest road of Beijing, this Yu Guangting Yu Governor's Mansion...... It must be very useful for the big brother.