Now that the county lord has left, the following talks are actually of little significance.

Both Lu Yao and He Yu know that according to the current situation in Hebei, the only person who has enough strength to stabilize Youzhou and subdue the Hu clan is Daijun Lu Yao, and the variable is only whether Lu Yao is inclined to the Luoyang Imperial Court or the King of the East China Sea; And whether the imperial court or the king of the East China Sea trusts this powerful man who has risen rapidly, what kind of name he is willing to pay, and what kind of authority he is willing to give. But this topic involves the secrets of the center, and the county lord of Jingling is not there, so it is not something that He Yu, who is out of Wei County, can put his beak.

So the conversation had a bit of a routine flavor, and everyone in the congregation was bored, but they had to do it. Around the time of the day, Lu Yao said goodbye. He Yu personally went down to the hall to see off the guests, and asked Yang Heng to accompany him until outside the general's mansion.

Although Yecheng has been hit by military disasters, due to the inflow of population from the surrounding counties, it is still worthy of being the leading city in Hebei. Looking south through the sparsely built Chenghuang stables, I saw several neighborhoods bustling in a row. Surrounded by the poor and sick, countless red men and women still shuttle back and forth, the frolicking and laughter of the rich and the lavish and the cries and cries of the poor are intertwined, and the noise almost converges into a visible cloud of transpiration, and the deformed prosperity seems to be more than it was a few months ago.

Lu Yao couldn't see this kind of drunken dream and death scene, and secondly, he was not happy to ride his horse slowly in the crowd, so he led a few riders to the west, intending to pass under the Golden Tiger Terrace, along the city wall to the west of Yecheng all the way to the south, and then go back to Fengyang Gate to go out of the city.

The foot of the city wall was sparsely populated, and the people had not gone far in the shadow of the city platform, and a horse protruded from the narrow alley in the oblique thorn, and joined the cavalry. The riders were not surprised, but naturally stepped back a little to make room for him.

"What's the situation over there in Youzhou?" Lu Yao asked in a deep voice.

The knight immediately was Zhu Sheng, an officer under General Yingyang's command who specialized in reporting to the sentry. At this moment, he was dressed as a merchant, his head, face and clothes were full of dust, and it seemed that he had just made a long way and was about to enter Yecheng.

Hearing Lu Yao's question, Zhu Sheng bowed his head respectfully and said: "General Qiyu, after the news of Wang Pengzu's death reached Youzhou, the Youzhou Shogunate was immediately in chaos. Jin Wenwu gathered in Jixian County to negotiate day and night, and there has been no decision so far. Most of the Hu generals scattered in a hurry, and the rest were busy delivering news to their own people. On the road north from Jixian County, there are no less than dozens of messengers every day. It is said that the Duan Division, the Yuwen Division, and the Murong Department are all vigorously preparing for emergencies. However, the big families in Fanyang, Yanguo and other places, such as the Feng family, the Tian family, the Zhang family, etc., gathered the people of the tribe in Wubao, and there was no special move. ”

"Good." Lu Yao bowed. Wang Pengzu had no heirs, and the generals under his command had no prestige enough to replace him in a critical moment, so he fell into a situation where the dragons were leaderless. And the eastern Xianbei tribes control each other, and there is no big storm. The longer this chaos continues, the more beneficial it will be for Dai County to make use of it. Of course, this is also due to the deep planning of Daijun, which makes Youzhou at a loss.

Zhu Sheng paused, and then said: "In addition, the Youzhou soldiers and horses originally stationed in the northern counties of Jizhou are gradually withdrawing, and that Fang Qinzhi is also moving with the army. He asked me to tell the general that he had a lot of old habits in Youzhou, and he just took the opportunity to contact him in order to cooperate with the general's next move. ”

"Fang Qinzhi?" Lu Yao's mind immediately showed the extremely long-winded and funny image of the three Fang brothers: "This person does have some special talents, you have to send someone to cover carefully, and you can't reveal his identity before the overall situation is settled." In addition, I sent a message to him for me, saying that Lu remembered his hard work. ”

"Yes." Zhu Sheng responded neatly, and the horse was about to leave.

As a high-ranking official with full authority for the military and political affairs of the land, Lu Yao sent people to the north soon after he arrived in Yecheng, and established a liaison with the newspaper every three days. However, a secretive spy leader like Zhu Sheng was not suitable for easily appearing in front of people, so he came and went as a businessman, even if he was under the corner of the remote city wall, he did not stay by Lu Yao's side for long.

"Wait a minute......," Lu Yao suddenly called out.

Zhu Sheng turned back, habitually glanced at the surrounding movements, and said in a low voice: "General, what else do you have to order?" ”

Lu Yao pondered for a moment, his face showed a very rare hesitant look, he didn't speak first, but waved his hand to rebuke Ma Rui and the others: "Zhu Sheng...... I heard that in the past three months, you have taken four wives and concubines in a row in Daijun, and you are all married to the daughters of official eunuch families? Is this true or false? ”

Zhu Sheng broke out in a cold sweat. As Lu Yao's particularly trusted military officer, although he seems to have a low status, he actually has considerable power, and the manpower, material and financial resources that can be mobilized are very large, especially the use of the wealth seized from the hands of the Hu people to establish a commercial system widely distributed in Hebei, which is even more coveted. Among the old Jin people and the wealthy merchants of Hebei, many people donated money and beauties in order to welcome him.

Zhu Sheng was born as a horse thief, and there were many gold and silver hands when he was a teenager, so he was not particularly keen on money, but he owed some strength in women, especially women with noble family backgrounds. So everyone became more and more fond of him, and found a lot of noble ladies of the scholar clan who had been ruined by years of war, and Zhu Sheng was also bold and did not refuse to come. In just a few months, Zhu Sheng's family has a number of beautiful wives and concubines. Although he did not interfere with official affairs because of this, he also knew that this matter was a taboo, so he was extremely low-key in marrying a wife and taking a concubine.

But he never thought that at this moment, he would be exposed by Lu Yao as if nothing happened!

For a while, Zhu Sheng only felt that his heart was about to jump out of his throat, and he couldn't help but roll the saddle and dismount, and fell to the ground with a pop: "General Qiyu, this matter ...... Alas, there were. But the villain would never dare to betray the interests of our army because of this, and in addition, the military affairs were very good at that time, and the villain knew that his status was humble, so he was afraid of disturbing the general...... Therefore, it has not been done in a big way, and it is definitely not intentionally concealed! ”

After saying these words, Zhu Sheng suddenly felt sad and almost cried. He fell to his knees and waited for his departure to be dismissed, and did not further excuse himself.

Lu Yao glanced at Zhu Sheng, and said impatiently, "What are you panicking about?" Get up and speak! ”

When Zhu Sheng's face was like earth, Lu Yao leaned closer to him and asked in a low voice, "Are you at home...... Can the piano be harmonious? Ahem...... I want to ask, most of the daughters of those big families are a little eccentric, and they don't take others seriously...... How do you settle them? ”

Zhu Sheng was stunned, only to feel that Lu Yao's question today was full of weirdness. He guessed what "leveling" meant, and looked at Lu Yao's expression cautiously before frowning: "The villain's family is still harmonious. Although those girls are of noble birth, since they have been reduced to the Dai Land, they have already suffered a lot. Marrying me is a good end, what's not to be satisfied with? ”

As he spoke, he raised his hand and raised his horsewhip to signal, and said with a cruel smile: "Occasionally, if someone is not interesting, the villain will serve him with family law and whip his mother hard!" ”

"How does this work?" Lu Yao suddenly screamed angrily.

Zhu Sheng's yellow face was almost frightened, and he hurriedly said, "Yes, yes!" What the general said was, how can this work? You must not use family law, you must not fight! ”

He was trying to show his thoughts, but he heard Lu Yao turn his horse a few times more and more anxiously, and said to himself: "I'm also dizzy, what's the use of asking you?" You are Zhu Sheng, not Wan Feng! ”

Since joining the army in Ji County, Zhu Sheng has witnessed countless hardships and obstacles. However, no matter how dangerous the situation is, General Lu is wise, and the final situation always changes as the general expected. He didn't understand, what was the problem that was bothering the general at the moment, which actually made Lu Yao, who had always been confident, lose his temper? He thought again: Who is Wan Feng? But there was no one named Wan Feng among the civil and military ministers of Daijun. Listening to the general's meaning, this person must not be an ordinary person, if there is a fate to meet in the future, you might as well accept it.

was thinking wildly, when he suddenly heard Lu Yao Yixing said, "You go!" ”

"Yes!" Zhu Shengru was pardoned, and hurriedly rode away.

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In fact, these chapters should be called "The Troubles of Young Lu Yao", but there are too many words to be suitable, hum.