Xiao Moyun immediately said: "Wei Tianqing is fake benevolence and false righteousness, and the person who values righteousness the most in adults is just deceived by him for a while. The lowly has transferred some men and is searching the city, but the city gate has been closed, and he cannot leave the city at this time. ”

Qiao Mingtang nodded and said, "Well done." Then he looked solemn and frowned: "You must try your best to catch this person, otherwise the consequences will not be good." ”

"What do you mean?"

"It was the Governor who ordered him to be put in prison, and he was to be taken to the place of execution for execution as soon as the Holy Lord's decree arrived." Qiao Mingtang sighed: "This person must think that Ben Du is unkind and wants to send him to death, so he must be very resentful of Ben Du in his heart, and Ben Du is worried!" ”

Xiao Moyun was stunned, understood, and said softly: "My lord is worried that he will wait for an opportunity to retaliate?" ”

"Wei Tianqing's martial arts are not weak, and he knows us too well." Qiao Mingtang said: "He has been in Yunshan Mansion for many years, and he knows the terrain in Yunshan Mansion well, and even knows the habits of this governor very well. ”

Xiao Moyun nodded and said: "Your Excellency is very worried, I ask for my life, mobilize more people to guard around the Governor's Palace, and even send more people to search the city." ”

Qiao Mingtang thought for a moment before he said: "Director Xiao, this governor will send additional people to search, but there are still two things for you to do." ”

"Your Excellency, please command."

"You can make a reward order now, and post a notice in the city to reward Wei Tianqing for the arrest." Qiao Mingtang said: "Capture Wei Tianqing alive, and reward 1,000 taels of silver, even if the corpse is the corpse, we will also reward 500 taels of silver." ”

Xiao Moyun immediately said: "Go and do it immediately." ”

"You have to work hard, prepare overnight, and before dawn tomorrow, be sure to have the whole city post a bounty order." Qiao Mingtang said with a stern expression: "In addition, there is one more thing for you to do. After a pause, he said: "After dawn tomorrow, you will personally go out of the city and go to the camp outside the city to find the Marquis of Beiyong, and say that after they came to Xishan, the governor has not received the wind and dust for them, and tomorrow night, the governor will gather in the best restaurant in the city to hold a banquet to receive the wind." ”

Xiao Moyun was stunned, his eyes rolled, and finally he arched his hand and said: "Humble and orderly." Dare to ask your lordship, do you only invite the Marquis of Beiyong? ”

"Of course not." Qiao Mingtang said: "The leaders of the four barbarian tribes who followed the Marquis of Beiyong this time, aren't they all named ten thousand households by Shengshangqin?" Let the four barbarians also come to the banquet together, the barbarians have a good face, let's take the wind and wash the dust for them, and it will be much easier to deal with them in the future. ”

"Your Excellency is wise!" Xiao Moyun showed admiration, "I will personally go to invite you tomorrow morning." Yes, do you need to go to Quanjusheng to say that the restaurant will be contracted tomorrow night. ”

"I've already arranged this, so you don't have to bother." Qiao Mingtang said: "You hurry up and prepare the reward order now, the top priority is to arrest Wei Tianqing first." ”

Xiao Moyun didn't say anything more and retreated.

Xiao Moyun's efficiency is not low, and he has always been at odds with Wei Tianqing, this time he is to deal with Wei Tianqing, he is naturally very active, summoned painters, and soon made a reward order, after a slight modification, gathered dozens of painters in the city overnight, made hundreds of reward orders, and then ordered people to ride horses and post them in the streets and alleys of Yunshan Mansion.

By dawn, almost every street and alley in Yunshan Mansion had Wei Tianqing's reward order posted.

Wei Tianqing is naturally a celebrity in Yunshan, he has served as the commander of the Xishan Praetorian Guard for many years, and he is also very heroic on weekdays, in fact, he has friendships with many big families in the city, and his reputation in Yunshan is also very good.

Defeated before, Qiao Mingtang naturally tried his best to block the news, so as not to cause panic in the city, although there are also some people in the city who know that the Xishan Army seems to be defeated, but what is the truth, not many people know, Wei Tianqing has been in prison for many days, and the government has always blocked the news, and no one knows, so this time the reward order was posted, and the people in the city were surprised.

The reward order claimed that Wei Tianqing had violated the law of the country and was arrested and imprisoned, but he escaped from prison and offered a heavy reward.

Qiao Mingtang also sent a lot of people to search in the city, but Wei Tianqing disappeared as if he had evaporated from the world.

However, Quan Jusheng didn't care about these today, and was preparing for the banquet in the evening.

Quanjusheng is the No. 1 restaurant in Yunshan Fucheng, which is the property of the Xu family, and the head of the Xu family, Mr. Xu, has a close relationship with Linlang's father.

Quanjusheng has a total of three floors, gorgeously decorated, and a banquet is placed in Quanjusheng, which is a very face-saving thing, so the dignitaries and wealthy people of Yunshan, but there are banquets on weekdays, and the metropolis arranges them in Quanjusheng.

However, today is the governor feasting guests at the Quanju, although only one table of wine is placed, but Quan Jusheng also refuses to receive other guests, this is of course Qiao Mingtang's request, and Quan Jusheng also knows that the Governor is here to feast guests, and if there is any accident, Quan Jusheng will inevitably be affected, in this case, it is better to only receive this table of guests.

At dusk, before it was dark, Qiao Mingtang had already taken the lead in Quanjusheng.

The wine banquet was placed in the living room on the top floor, in order to hold tonight's wine banquet, Quan Jusheng also made great efforts, and moved the other wine tables on the third floor, leaving only this unique table, and by the window not far from the wine table, there were also antique tables and chairs.

After Qiao Mingtang entered the restaurant, the front and back doors were guarded by Praetorian Guard warriors.

At tonight's banquet, in addition to Qiao Mingtang, several officials from Yunshan Mansion came to accompany the guests, and Xiao Moyun was naturally indispensable.

Several officials were talking in a low voice on the top floor, and the topic was naturally Wei Tianqing's escape from prison last night, and now a whole day has passed since the reward order was posted, but no one has reported the case to the yamen.

Just talking to himself, he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves downstairs, Qiao Mingtang got up and walked to the window, looked down condescendingly, and saw that more than ten fat and long-legged war horses had arrived at the gate of Quanjusheng, and the first person was Feng Poyu, with fifteen or sixteen horsemen behind him, both Hexi cavalry, but also half of the barbarian cavalry.

"It's coming!" Xiao Moyun glanced at it from the side and said with a smile: "Beiyong Marquis doesn't dare not give this face to the adult. ”

Qiao Mingtang just smiled faintly, noncommittal, and soon, he heard the sound of footsteps from the stairs, and before anyone arrived, Feng Poyu's voice had already been heard: "Governor Qiao, the public is for the public, and the private is for the private, you set up a reception banquet for us, we are happy and grateful in our hearts, but we can't be in arrears because of this." ”

Qiao Mingtang had already stepped forward and said with a smile: "Master Hou is in a hurry, since he is here, how can this grain and grass be avoided?" If he couldn't supply grain and grass, where would the governor dare to see the Hou Ye, he would have found a place to hide. ”

At this time, Feng Poyu had already walked to the staircase, and when he heard Qiao Mingtang's words, both of them immediately burst into laughter.

The officials behind Qiao Mingtang stepped forward one after another and saluted Feng Poyu, although Feng Poyu was a general who was subdued by Dingwu, but now after all, he has the title of Marquis of Beiyong, these officials may not have any awe for Feng Poyu in their hearts, but they can't be lazy on their faces.

Behind Feng Poyu, followed by the four barbarian men, went upstairs, and saw the gorgeous and extravagant decoration of the restaurant, whether it was the screen or the ornaments decorated around, it was exquisite and extraordinary, beautiful, and for a while he forgot to salute with the officials, but looked around, like a countryman who had just arrived in the city, his eyes were full of surprise.

It's no wonder that these barbarian generals, after they were transferred from Mobei to Hexi, they did not enter Wuping Mansion City, and have been stationed outside the city, and later were transferred to Yunshan, and they have also been stationed outside the city, and they have never seen such a magnificent restaurant.

"Master Hou, can you introduce these people?" Qiao Mingtang said with a smile.

Feng Poyu coughed and said in a deep voice: "Several, this is the Governor of Xishan Daoqiao, and I haven't seen it soon." ”

The four barbarian generals listened to Feng Poyu's orders, and then they came back to their senses, and they all saluted Qiao Mingtang, Feng Poyu said: "You must already know who these four are, they are the ten thousand households of the four barbarian departments, this is the Yibu Wanhu, this is the Anlei Wanhu, this is the Shuwutai Wanhu, and this one is the Fan Persie Wanhu!" ”

Several officials had smiles on their faces and bowed one after another, and the four Wanhu also followed suit, but they were obviously still very unfamiliar with the Central Plains etiquette, and their movements were also very stiff.

The officials were smiling, but they were amused.

The four of them are dressed in strange clothes, but the head shape is very strange, Ibuwan is a sky-high on his head, An Lei is a bald head without any grass, and Vulture is wearing a cape, and Van Persie is wearing dozens of pigtails.

"Come, everyone, please take a seat!" Qiao Mingtang greeted: "You have come all the way from Hexi to support my Xishan, as the governor of Xishan Road, this governor will thank you on behalf of the people of Xishan, although this reception banquet is late, you should not be surprised, after all, it is an extraordinary time, there are many affairs, and you have not been able to spare time." ”

Feng Poyu said with a smile: "We all know that the Governor is very busy, in fact, it doesn't matter if there is a reception banquet or not, as long as we work together, support each other, and put down the rebellion in the northwest, we are also happy to eat chaff." ”

Qiao Mingtang laughed, everyone sat down one after another, Feng Poyu naturally took the main seat, and Qiao Mingtang sat next to him.

"Governor Qiao, I heard that Wei Tianqing escaped from prison yesterday?" After Feng Poyu sat down, he asked straight to the point: "Can you be arrested now?" ”

Qiao Mingtang was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "Master Hou is so well-informed. ”

"It doesn't need to be well-informed." Feng Poyu said with a smile: "The streets and alleys of Yunshan Mansion City are full of reward orders, after we entered the city, we also saw more than a dozen posted reward orders, that is, we are blind, and we also know the news of Wei Tianqing's escape." ”

Qiao Mingtang's expression became cold, and he said, "Don't hide it from Master Hou, Wei Tianqing's traitor has indeed escaped from prison, but there is no news of him yet." After a pause, he said, "But don't worry, Master Hou, I have sent someone to search for the whole process, and he will not be able to escape from Yunshan Mansion City no matter what." ”

"It's okay for me, it's just that the court will investigate it in the future, and if Wei Tianqing doesn't take it to the errand, things won't be easy to handle." Feng Poyu chuckled and said, "This Wei Tianqing's ability is not small, and he can escape from the prison, no wonder Governor Qiao would choose him to be the commander of the Praetorian Guard. ”