"Lord Zuo has really worked hard, we won't let adults run in vain. On such a cold day, adults should rest here for the night. Li Hong also echoed.

Zuo Feng shook his head and said very reservedly, "The ancestral gardens and mausoleums of my Great Han Kingdom are all in Chang'an, but now the Xiliang rebels are approaching, so Your Majesty is so anxious about this that I can't sleep at night." I'm going to go back at once, and there's no time to delay here. ”

Xian Yufu heard that Zuo Feng insisted on leaving Handan today, so he immediately slowed down, beckoned Zhao Yun, and whispered a few words in his ear. Zhao Yun nodded again and again and left. Zuo Feng saw it in his eyes and felt very proud. He turned his face to look at Li Hong. Li Hong was worried about the matter of the Holy Decree, his face was worried, his heart was heavy, he smiled at him reluctantly, and he was no longer in the mood to tease him.

The holy decree was very simple, requiring Li Hong to complete the task of clearing and suppressing Zhang Yan of the Yellow Turban Army by April, and at the same time to recruit 50,000 troops in Youzhou and Jizhou, and go to the Xiliang battlefield before April.

Li Hong knelt on the ground for a long time and did not get up. He couldn't imagine whether this holy decree was drawn up by the Son of Heaven himself or whether these eunuchs had privately designed to frame him. There is no possibility of this task being accomplished. Xian Yufu and Jade knelt on his left and right, their faces were like earth, and their hearts were like ashes for a while, and they didn't know how things could suddenly become like this. Yesterday, everyone was happily celebrating that the Son of Heaven had rewarded all the soldiers, and today they received an unthinkable holy decree. If the will of the Son of Heaven cannot be accomplished, the fate of it is known without asking.

"You don't have to kneel, get up." Zuo Feng said with a smile, "Although Lord Li's Zhonglang General is not yet official, Li Zhonglang has become such a big official at a young age, which shows that the emperor favors you and is extremely favored." You have to be grateful to Dade for doing things for the emperor in a down-to-earth manner. ”

Li Hong and the others were thinking about their hearts, and when they heard Zuo Feng speak, they hurriedly kowtowed listlessly to thank them. Immediately, Li Hong accepted the holy decree and invited Zuo Feng to dinner.

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The dishes are very simple. Zuo Feng was quite easy-going, and he didn't care, so he ate a little casually.

Tian Zhong hurriedly came in and handed Xian Yufu a scroll of gift slips sealed with red silk.

Xian Yufu immediately stood up, walked to Zuo Feng's seat, put the gift list on Zuo Feng's desk, and said politely: "My lord has come from afar, and I will leave in a hurry soon, which is very hard." This little gift is the right to be a drink, please laugh at it. ”

Zuo Feng picked it up unceremoniously, untied the red silk, and unfolded the bamboo slip.

Zuo Feng first had a smile on his face, then changed to a cold face, and then became angry. He slammed the bamboo slip in his hand to the ground with all his might, and sneered at Li Hong: "What did Li Zhonglang do with this official?" Do you think I'm a beggar? ”

Li Hong sat still, holding back his anger in his heart, and his eyes looked at the wine and food on the table. Xian Yufu's blood rushed upward, his eyes were about to split, and he almost roared. He gritted his teeth, forced his composure, turned his back to Zuo Feng and let out a long breath, leaning over to pick up the bamboo slips on the ground.

"My lord, we are from the northern Xinjiang, and we are already very poor. The lord said that we had captured a lot of booty, which was indeed good, but after we defeated Nulu, everything was handed over to Zhongshan Kingdom, and we did not take a single share. After taking the Zhao State, there are more than 100,000 displaced people scattered all over the Zhao State alone, and the cost of ensuring that these people are alive is very amazing, and it is far from being solved by a batch of loot......" Xian Yufu stood in front of Zuo Feng and explained loudly.

After Zuo Feng listened to two sentences, he scolded sharply: "There are no rules." I'm talking to your family, what are you interjecting, is there a place for you to talk? Get the hell out of here. ”

The corners of Xian Yufu's mouth twitched, and his eyes almost burst into flames.

Tian Zhong on the side couldn't help but scolded loudly: "Officer Dog, it's too little to send you three million, this is enough for a month's salary for our five thousand soldiers, and you are also black-hearted." ”

Zuo Feng pointed at Tian Zhong very arrogantly and scolded: "Old horseman, get out of here." ”

Then he pointed at Li Hong and shouted, "Let them get out of here." Is this how Li Zhonglang led the troops? A military candidate dares to insult the imperial envoy, I see that your subordinates are tired of living? ”

Li Hong looked at him coldly and didn't make a sound.

"Five thousand soldiers? Do you have five thousand soldiers to be paid? Zuo Feng pointed at Li Hong angrily and said, "Li Zhonglang, I know everything about you. First of all, you falsely reported the number of people to get military salaries, and even the Son of Heaven knew about it. Hu Manzi didn't need to pay money at all, but you included them in the military and reported to Jizhou Mansion to get a large amount of money. Did you take this money to yourself? You have tens of thousands of soldiers, and for this alone, you can embezzle at least tens of millions of dollars in military salaries a month. Also, what about the captives in Handan City? Where are all the family members of the leader of the ant thieves? Did you collude with the ant thief or did you take the antthief's ransom? ”

Xian Yufu's face changed again, and he was suddenly frightened. Tian Chong's anger disappeared without a trace in an instant, and his face was shocked. The two didn't wait for Li Hong to speak, and hurriedly stepped aside, so as not to touch Zuo Feng's moldy head again and annoy the plague god.

"Uncle, how much more can we come up with? I don't think it will be possible to take the blood capital today, this Lord Zuo came prepared, as if he was here to blackmail us. Xian Yufu said in frustration.

Although Tian Zhong scolded in his heart, he knew how powerful he was to be a eunuch, so he couldn't do it if he didn't bow his head.

"Five million dollars at most."

Xian Yufu glanced at him and said, "What about this month's military salary?" ”

Tian Chong's eyes widened and said, "Are you crazy? Without military pay, will there be a war this month? Tomorrow the troops will go north. ”

"Am I crazy?" Xian Yufu smiled bitterly, "As soon as Lord Zuo goes back and complains in front of the emperor, the people will be beheaded according to the law, and you and I will also go to prison?" ”

"So what?" Tian Zhong rolled his eyes and said, "Everyone dispersed in a hurry, what should they do." The people will definitely go to Yanshan to be horse bandits, so I will follow him to live happily together, so as not to be angry here. ”

"Uncle, what are you talking about? Would you like to watch those poor people suffer and watch them die in droves? ”

"I don't want to, but what? The emperor doesn't care, we care about having a fart. Look at that castration, five people and six people, what kind of thing, but with his kind of goods, he still holds our little lives in his hands, what kind of world is this? ”

"Go and bring him all the salary, and let him get over the matter before him. Stop talking a lot of nonsense. ”

Tian Zhong stood still, looking at Zuo Feng in the hall angrily, eager to rush up and kill him.

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Zuo Feng saw Li Hong sitting on the seat, with a tense face and a murderous look, he felt very comfortable, thinking that he had scared him, and his emotions gradually calmed down a little.

He took a moment and said slowly: "Li Zhonglang, don't forget, you can be a Zhonglang general, and the strong help of Marquis Zhang, Marquis Zhao and other Marquis is inseparable, don't you have a little gratitude?" ”

Li Hong was silent.

"Li Zhonglang, you have heard the emperor's decree. Do you think you can do it? Zuo Feng asked triumphantly.

Li Hong smiled bitterly.

"You can't do it, everyone knows you can't do it, but the emperor thinks you can do it." Zuo Feng took a sip of wine and continued, "If I go back and tell the emperor in detail about Li Zhonglang's difficulties, let the emperor change his attention, and give you a period of time, should you be grateful to me?" ”

"So many people have to be grateful, so many things have to be grateful to me for helping you, do you want to reciprocate?" Zuo Feng seemed to have taken Li Hong's face and laughed.

"Li Zhonglang, it's better for us to be friends than to be enemies, don't you say?" Zuo Feng saw Li Hong nodding and finally laughed.

Li Hong looked at Zuo Feng, who was smiling and groaning, and it was really difficult to understand how this gentle-looking person could be so shameless and dare to threaten himself in front of the court.

"Lord Zuo, but how do I think this holy decree seems to be someone deliberately framing me." Li Hong asked, "Is there someone in Luoyang who wants to kill me?" ”

"Clever." Zuo Feng praised, "Li Zhonglang has a brain. ”

"Please make it clear." Li Hong bowed to Zuo Feng and said, "The grace of the lord, this official will not forget it." ”

"After you go south, why don't you immediately join up with the troops of Lord Guo of Jizhou, causing the entire army of Jizhou to be wiped out, and Lord Guo to die in Guhongling?" Zuo Feng asked.

"Lord Guo refused my request to go south to join him." Li Hong asked strangely, "I still have a reply from Master Guo here." ”

Zuo Feng sneered, "Li Zhonglang is young and vigorous after all, and he doesn't know the insidiousness of officialdom. Do you know that after this incident, the documents that Jizhou denounced you flew to Luoyang like snowflakes, and the study room was full of them, and my head was big. ”

Li Hong was stunned.

"Also, in the gall pottery, why did you delay the battle with the main force of the ant thieves, and repeatedly delayed the time, causing the gall pottery city to fall into a bitter battle? After the battle, why don't you do your best to attack the ant thieves and cause the enemy's main force to retreat calmly? Zuo Feng asked again.

Li Hong stammered and couldn't answer.

Zuo Feng smiled: "Li Zhonglang has nothing to say?" Why? Can you explain it to me? If you fight the ant thieves as soon as possible and relieve the siege of the gall pottery, will Lord Feng die in battle? If you attack the ant thieves with all your strength under the city of Gaunt, will the main force of the ant thieves escape? ”

"My lord, we wrote a detailed document in the Great War of Pottery and played it to the imperial court a long time ago, and we explained the cause and effect very clearly, why do you still question us so much?" Yushi, who had been silent, finally couldn't help it and asked loudly.

"Sneer......" Zuo Feng looked at him with disdain, sneering at Jade's words.

"You barbarians in the northern Xinjiang, scold you idiots, you are still not convinced, and you have done your best to relieve the siege, and you don't know how to repay the favor. You know that you have robbed something and kept it for yourself, and you don't know how to leave a way back for yourself. Did you explain it clearly? Who said you explained it clearly? Go up to the court and listen, how many ministers accuse you? Zhang Taiwei even asked the emperor to order the immediate arrest of Li Zhonglang and his trial in Beijing. ”

Li Hong and his subordinates were dumbfounded and stupid.