The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Yang Zhai, the prefect's mansion.

A new day has come. Today is the day of the prefect's ascension.

Last night, Prefect Wen was invited by Fei Chang, the county chief, to drink wine in the chief's house in the middle of the night, and his spirit was a little down. While recalling the charming and considerate manners of the beautiful maids who served him at the banquet, he was supported by two close servants and entered the room lazily.

Gong Cao Zhongyao, Wuguan Rafter Han Liang, chief bookkeeper Wang Lan, and planner Guo Tu and other important officials of the county and dynasty had already arrived, and they got up one after another to welcome him to the seat.

"You are here early."

"Today, the Ming Palace has been raised to the hall, and the servants should be here early."

"Last night, Fei Cheng invited me to enjoy the snow. I drank a lot and got up late. I'm ashamed and ashamed that you have been waiting for a long time."

Wang Lan smiled and said: "The year before and last year were two years of severe drought. This year, just after Zhengdan, snow fell from the sky. The new atmosphere is due to Mingfu's benevolence and love for the people, showing loyalty and filial piety, and being praised by all people. Feeling. This is an omen of the government and people, which is gratifying."

Prefect Wen wielded his sparse beard and smiled, very contented.

Guo Tu smiled and said: "Since the Ming government came to office, it has promoted the virtuous and deposed the evil, and encouraged the elite to govern. Now the wicked people in the county government have gone, and the wise men are in the court. There are Ming prefects above, and worthy officials and officials below. The government is harmonious and it should be. "

"Traitor", so on and so forth, is obviously alluding to Xun Zhen and Xun Yu. Guo Tu was a man who would retaliate against his grievances. Although Er Xun had resigned earlier, he still refused to let go of any opportunity to attack them.

Zhong Yao couldn't listen anymore, so he deliberately refuted him, seeing that there wasn't a single ally in the hall. Wang Lan is the confidant of the prefect. Han Liang's character is not bad, but his temperament is weak. In the past half a year, he has made a lot of suspicions against Prefect Wen. In order to stay in the county court and continue to do something for the people, especially in order to make Prefect Wen listen to what he is about to say, he has to confront Guo Tu. The dissatisfaction is tolerated for the time being.

When Prefect Wen was seated, he got up and said, "The Ming Palace is on top, and You have a very important event to report."

It was cold in the falling snow, and Prefect Wen was in his fifties. He was old, thin, and afraid of the cold. He instructed the clerk to raise the charcoal fire in the brazier to a higher level, take a sip of warm soup to get rid of the chill, and wrap his clothes tightly. After a while, he asked casually, "What's the matter? Come on."

"Therefore, the northern governor of the postal office Xun Zhen said a few days ago, asking the Ming government to arrest Nabo Cai, Bolian, and Fan Sheng. Shortly after that, the sages of Yingyin Xun and Liu Zhu's family jointly signed a letter to the Ming government, asking the Ming government to arrest him. Take Taiping Daoqu as handsome..."

Prefect Wen frowned and interrupted him, saying, "Haven't we discussed this matter? There are Taiping Dao believers everywhere in all the states, counties and counties in the world. A Zhang Jiao rebellion doesn't mean everything in the world. The followers of Taiping Dao must rebel. There are thousands of Taiping Dao believers, are they all rebels? I have also read the "Taiping Qing Lingjing", and they all lead people to be kind and teach people to be loyal and filial! During the drought, I fasted and bathed, burned incense and recited the "Book of Filial Piety" to the sky, and finally begged for the heavy snow this spring! I love the people so much, how can the people return nothing? I don't think they will rebel and make me embarrassed.

"Besides, Bo Cai and Bolian have a good relationship with Zhang Changshi's family. If they disagree, how can Zhang Changshi's family have a relationship with them? ..., 'Arresting Taiping Daoqu Shuai' is easy to say. , believers of Taiping Road in this county are all over the county and township, and they go to get their commander, Zhong Gongcao, for no reason, do you want to pacify the chaos, or do you want to promote the people's livelihood?"

"The subordinates dare not. There is one thing, do you know if the Ming Palace knows?"

"What's the matter?"

Zhong Yao said solemnly: "The subordinates have been thinking about Xun Zhen's advice for the past few days. Zhen is a cautious person and is not a rash person. If he is not sure, he will not ask the Ming government to arrest Naboo. Cai and Bolian. Therefore, yesterday the officials specially sent people to inquire about the movements of Bolian and Bolian, only to find out that the two of them have left home for unknown time! "

Prefect Wen didn't care, and said, "What's so strange? In the first month of the month, it's time to visit relatives and friends. It's normal to visit relatives and friends when you go far away."

"Can……."

"Does Zhong Gongcao want this government to order that all the people from the county who go out to visit friends this month are arrested? I don't care, I'm afraid the prison in the county government is not big enough." , lol.

Guo Tu, Wang Lan, and Han Liang laughed along.

Zhong Yao wanted to say more, and a small official came in from outside the hall: "Report to Ming Mansion, and ask Hu Mian to see you in the rafters of Yingyin Court."

"Yingyin? Ting rafters?"

The prefect sits in charge of a county, and is the minister of dissecting the talismans. He mounts a horse to manage the army, and dismounts to manage the people. A high official of two thousand stone cannot be seen by everyone. A small court rafter, with a rank of no more than a hundred stones, such an official, Yingchuan does not have two or three hundred, but also one or two hundred, why should he ask to see the prefect?

Seeing that Prefect Wen was unhappy, Wang Lan, the chief clerk, scolded the little official: "Today the lord of the prefecture has ascended to the hall, and the Cao rafters of the prefectural officials are waiting for the lord to summon him. What kind of chaos does a court rafter of Yingyin get involved in? Ask him. If you have something to do, send it to the Cao Yuan where you should go to handle it."

The clerk said: "He said there was something important to report on the safety of a county. The clerk asked him what was the matter, but he refused to say anything, only said that he had been ordered by the Yingyin county magistrate, and the matter could only be reported in person. and Ming Palace."

"Is it related to the safety of a county? Under the order of the Yingyin county magistrate, I can only report to the Ming Palace in person?" Yingyin, isn't Xun Zhen a native of Yingyin? Zhong Yao's complexion changed suddenly, and he thought, "Could it be?..." He immediately said, "Since it was ordered by the Yingyin county magistrate, Mingfu might as well see it."

Although Guo Tu hated Xun Zhen and Xun Yu, he was very smart, and he sensed something unusual in these words. Arrived last night, or just arrived in the middle of the night. No matter which one it is, it means that something big has happened in Yingyin." Gradually put away his smile, agreeing with Zhong Yao's opinion for the first time, and also said: "Kong Cao That's right, since the magistrate of Yingyin sent him here, the Ming government might as well invite him to see him."

Prefect Wen said reluctantly, "Let him come in."

...

This little official bowed and left, and after a long time, he led a Baishi official in his forties to the hospital. It is Hu Mian, the rafters of Yingyin Court.

Yingyin was forty or fifty miles away from Yang, and Hu Mian ran through the snow in the middle of the night.

The clerk grabbed him in front of the steps outside the hall and told him to knock off the snow on his crown and clothes first. Where can he wait? After casually clapping a couple of times, he broke free from the clerk's hand, crossed the steps in three or two steps, and hurriedly entered the hall.

Prefect Wen is a person who attaches great importance to identity and etiquette. He was already displeased when he first heard that "the county court rafter asks to see you", and he was even more displeased when he saw him being disrespectful.

Wang Lan asked, "Why are you asking to see the manor?"

Although the county administrator and the county court rafters are all officials, one is in the county and is a henchman of the prefect, while the other is in the county and is just a more important county official.

Hu Mian didn't have the time to care about these things, so he knelt down and took out the memorial of the magistrate of Yingyin from his arms, held the top of his head high, and said, "Last night, at the time of Xu, my county's Xixiang Taipingdao commander, and this county's Taipingdao canal commander. Bo Cai and Bo Lian's party member Chen Niujiu rebelled and was beheaded by the villagers Yuan Pan and others."

The words "Xixiang Taipingdao Xiaoshuai in my county, Taipingdaoqu commander Bocai in this county, and Chen Niujiu, a member of Bolian's party members, rebelled", and the expressions of everyone in the hall changed.

There was only a crisp sound, and everyone looked up. It was the tea bowl in Wen's hand that fell to the ground, and the warm soup was spilled on the ground and splashed on his knees. Fortunately, the clothes were thick and not hot.

Hu Mian paused, seeing the stunned look of Wen Taishou, as if he had no intention of questioning, and continued: "Last night, at midnight, the northern governor, Xun Zhen, was assassinated. Brother Bolian's guests. At the beginning of the night, the people of my county rioted. This is the memorial of the magistrate of my county, please watch it in the Ming government."

He fell on the ground and held the memorial high for a while, his arms were sore and numb, and no one came to take it. He hurried the road in the middle of the night, the wind and cold forced him, and his physical strength had long since been exhausted. Prefect Wen was dumbfounded. The facial features rafter Han Liang looked terrified. The master bookkeeper Wang Lan opened her mouth wide, and the arrogance of "Shangguan" just now disappeared. The face of the planner Guo Tu was uncertain.

In the silence in the hall, Zhong Yao was the first to recover, took Hu Mian's memorial, and presented it to Prefect Wen.

Prefect Wen subconsciously caught it, opened it, and looked up.

Zhong Yao noticed that his eyes were blank, and he didn't know if he had read the memorial.

Han Liang said in horror: "Yingyin people are rioting, has Yingyin's Taiping Road reversed? If Yingyin's Taiping Road is reversed, then let's Yangzhai? What about Wuyang? Oh, just now Zhong Gongcao said that this county's Taiping Road The Qu Shuai, Bocai and Bolian, went out of the house and didn't know where they were going. They, they. By the way, what did Hu Tingrong say? He said that Chen Niu was a henchman of Bocai and Bolian? ..., Bocai and Bolian disappeared, Chen Niu disappeared. Niu Jiu rebelled, and Yingyin people rioted."

Putting together a series of emergencies, even a fool can see: Taiping Road is really going to rebel.

He slumped to the ground, with a crying voice, and repeatedly shouted: "Mingfu, Mingfu, Taiping Road is reversed! It's reversed!"

Wang Lan came back to her senses and shouted, "Mingfu, quickly write to the court for help, and ask the court to dispatch the generals to pacify them quickly."

Wen Taishou slowed down, glanced at ten lines, and hurriedly read the Yingyin County magistrate's memorial, threw it aside, and said, "Yes, yes, immediately write to the imperial court, and ask the imperial court to send the generals to pacify! Wang Lan, take a pen and paper. "

Wang Lan rolled and crawled, took a pen and paper, laid it on the table, rolled up her sleeves and rubbed the ink hard.

With trembling hands, Prefect Wen picked up the pen and wrote on the paper. After writing a few words, he remembered that the pen had not yet been dipped in ink. Wang Lan hadn't finished grinding the ink. He dropped the pen and urged Wang Lan: "Hurry up, hurry up."

The weather is cold and the ground is freezing, and the ink is not so easy to be melted away. He couldn't sit still, got up from the couch, and rubbed his hands around the case.

The snow fell outside the hall, and the officials in the hall were either kneeling or sitting.

Compared with the crying Han Liang and the gnashing Wang Lan, Zhong Yao and Guo Tu were more calm.

Prefect Wen waited for Mo Kai, sighing and hesitating, he suddenly remembered that Zhong Yao was talking about Bo Cai and Bo Lian just now, his eyes lit up, he walked quickly to his case, and said eagerly to him: "Unexpectedly, it's really like a gentleman. Yan, Taiping Road is rebellious and treacherous. Now the matter is urgent! Why did Cao Rong teach me?"

Guo Tu was quite resourceful and said first: "From the view of the picture, the most urgent task is not to write to the court, but to be on guard."

"What does Gong Cao Rafter think?"

"What Guo Jun said is very true."

Hearing that Zhong Yao agreed with Guo Tu, Prefect Wen immediately stepped in front of Guo Tu again, and asked hopefully, "Why did Gongze teach me?"

"Chen Niu gathered a crowd to rebel last night, which shows that so far, Taiping Road is only in the preparatory stage, and there is no formal rebellion. This is beneficial to us. I want to ask the government to order troops immediately, and send a decisive and brave one. People, go and arrest Bo Cai and Bo Lian immediately! Bo Cai and Bo Lian are the commanders of Taiping Dao Qu in this county. As long as the two of them are taken down, even if the remaining party of Tai Ping Dao remains, it will not be a big problem. Take it easy. That's one of them."

"Very, very. What about the second?"

"Secondly, immediately send to the counties, order the magistrates of the counties to capture the leaders of Taiping Dao in the counties, and send officials and soldiers to guard the city. The county defends the city separately and prepares for the battle, and has both offense and defense, which is enough to protect the county from worry."

"Extremely, extremely! What about the third?"

"There is no third."

"Government tricks, govern tricks."

Prefect Wen nodded like a chicken pecking at the rice. In a hurry, he didn't realize his gaffe, and he didn't realize that "go to arrest Nabocai and Bolian immediately" as a response to Xun Zhen had already mentioned it.

After he turned back to the case in a hurry, he planned to give orders to the counties, but another trouble came out: "The orders for the counties are good, but Zhong Gongcao said that Bo Cai and Bolian had already left home and did not know where to go. Guo Qing, arrest How should Nabocai and Bolian start?"

Guo Tu was dumbfounded: "This,..."

...

When Prefect Wen and Guo Tu were talking, Zhong Yao was not idle. He summoned Hu Mian to the front and asked in a low voice what happened in Yingyin last night.

At this time, he stood up and said, "Please don't panic in the Ming Palace. You have a plan, which is enough to protect my county."

Prefect Wen dropped his pen, walked out from behind the case, and came to the front of Zhong Yao's case. He supported the black case with his hands, leaned forward, almost kneeled on the ground, and said in surprise, "Yuan Changkuai said, Say it!"

He could be in a hurry to be rude, but Zhong Yao didn't dare to let him kneel halfway. He turned to his side, knelt down and replied, "As long as you invite one person into the county, my county will be safe."

"Who?"

"So the northern governor Xun Zhen~www.wuxiaspot.com~Xun Zhen?"

"Does the Ming government know why Yuan Pan, a villager from Yingyin Xixiang, beheaded Chen Niu?"

"I think it is unwilling to obey."

"The next official thought the same thing at the beginning, and asked Hu Mian Fang of the rafters of Yingyin Court to find out that Yuanpan and others were in awe of Xunzhen's mighty virtue, so they killed Chen Niu. Yingwu is strong and strong, his family is a famous gate in the south of the county, he is a postal supervisor in the north, and he has a vision in the middle of Weizhen County. I am also deeply afraid of it, otherwise I would not have sent people to assassinate him last night. Last night, Yingyin changed, and he was not afraid of danger. He assisted the county magistrate of Yingyin, cleaned the city, and sent people to pacify the chaos.  …, Mingfu, today I am in Ying It is also the autumn of life and death in Sichuan, if you want to eliminate chaos, you must be virtuous!" Zhong Yao kowtowed and said loudly, "Please Mingfu immediately summon Zhen to the county!"

Prefect Wen didn't like Xun Zhen because he was afraid of being overtaken by Xun Zhen and others, afraid of losing his power and becoming a puppet. Now Taiping Dao is about to rebel. If this chaos arises, let alone "power", I am afraid that "life" is also in danger. At such a critical juncture, even if he was reluctant, he had to seriously consider Zhong Yao's advice.

After thinking about it carefully, he felt that Zhong Yao was right. It is enough to prove that Xun Zhen was able to "discover Taiping Dao's intention to rebel early, and ask the prefect's office to capture Bo Cai and Bolian" and "Bo Cai and Bolian were also deeply afraid of them, and sent people to assassinate them late at night". Man is indeed a "talent". Perhaps, it was really Xun Zhen who pacified Taiping Road in this county?

"Okay, okay, I'll call him into the county now!"

...

Prefect Wen accepted Zhong Yao's advice and summoned Xun Zhen into the county.

Knowing that the Yellow Turbans were about to rise, Yangzhai, as the county governor, would definitely become the primary target of the Yingchuan Yellow Turbans, but would Xun Zhen risk her entry into the county regardless of her previous suspicions?