So I play chess

Chapter 23

Hearing Lao Zhao's voice, Liu Zhu swallowed the half-swearing words, and said in a listless voice: "I exercise my muscles and bones."

There was also a young man walking with Lao Zhao, he didn't look like a soldier or a scribe, and his temperament was even less obvious, so it was hard to tell what his origin was.

As soon as Liu thought about it, he guessed that this person might be the person from Tongcheng that the soldier mentioned just now.I was watching, but found that the other party also looked at me along the line of sight, so I turned my face away.

Old Zhao didn't care about all this, he came over and hooked his shoulder: "What did you just say, you are the magistrate of Tongcheng, right?"

In the past two days, I feel that Liu Zhu is too familiar. He also had great ambitions, but he fell under Yang Wantang's nose, and he could only humiliate his ambition and barely survive.After a long time at ease, it fell into Lao Zhao's hands again.

Just after leaving the snake and worm den in Tongcheng, he entered the tiger's den in Liangzhou Army.

It's just that Liu Zhuang's half ambition has not dissipated when he scolded just now, but he wouldn't dare to get angry again. After holding back for a long time, he could only stammer: "Yes...yes, I am the prefect of Tongcheng, what...what's the matter."

Old Zhao smiled and said: "Brother, this is a kind reminder to you. You are in Tongcheng, and you are the prefect. If you leave Tongcheng, you won't even be considered a surrendered general. You will be a deserter."

"You are a Liangzhou soldier, you control me as a big Chu official, you are too lenient."

Liu Zhu lowered his head, although anyone with a discerning eye would know that his whole family had abandoned the city and fled, but he refused to give up and held on to the last bit of his face.

At this time, the young man who came with Old Zhao suddenly spoke, his words and expressions were full of admiration: "It is not easy for Liu Taishou to protect himself when he is surrounded by such a sinister and ruthless treacherous minister like Yang Wantang."

Hearing this, Liu Zhu raised his head and looked at him. The other party cupped his hands and said, "Prefect Liu, I have admired you for a long time!"

Liu Zhu was often ridiculed. In the past in Tongcheng, even if he was polite, he would not hide his ridicule.At this moment, seeing the young man's expression was serious, without even the slightest bit of hypocrisy, he didn't want to deal with it, but for a while he didn't know how to respond, so he could only say "Don't dare."

The young man said seriously again: "Commander Zhao is straightforward, if there is any offence, please forgive me, Governor Liu."

Seeing that the two were talking, Lao Zhao stepped aside and handed over the stage to Li Mao.

Li Mao spoke well and had extensive knowledge. Liu Zhu had a good impression of him, and they just stood and talked for half an hour.Li Mao first scolded Yang Wantang angrily, and praised Liu Zhu's strength of character from time to time. His words brought out his own talent and learning, and he still received courtesy in Liangzhou. Compared with Liu Zhu, his reputation is really uncomfortable.

"Brother, don't underestimate yourself with such insights. As scholars, learning is the foundation of our lives. However, everyone's situation is different, and it is beyond our power." Liu Zhu comforted.

Li Mao sighed, and said regretfully: "It's a pity that Liangzhou is so small that it's hard to recruit talents from all over the world, and those who let me watch the basket have a place. In front of Brother Liu, I'm ashamed."

Old Zhao watched Liu Zhu go from being wary of Li Mao to being sympathetic to each other, thinking that this person really followed Li Mao's way.

Li Maocong and Yang Wantang scolded Beiyu. When the sky was about to dawn, Liu Zhu had already vowed to join the Liangzhou army in taking Tongcheng from Beiyu.

In the western suburbs, according to Wen Gu's idea, Li Mao gave four thousand Liangzhou troops the name of dispatching troops.On Tongcheng's side, Zhou Tong also followed Wen Gu's arrangement and divided the original [-] defenders in Tongcheng into three.

These thousand defenders had no intention of defending to the death, and the Southern Chu court was turbulent and treacherous, and the ministers would not be ministers, and the generals would not be generals.In Tongcheng, there is another arrogant and greedy Yang Wantang.This is not a dangerous frontier city that has long been like an abandoned child.The prefect has no ambitions, and the generals of the two battalions naturally have no morale.

Second, Tongcheng had no supply of troops for a long time, and Liu Zhu reluctantly took troops on the spot.The big clans in the city each placed their children in the two battalions for their own advantage, and their hearts were not in the army.

When Zhou Tong took over the two battalions, he started to find out their details.At this time, those with great ambitions were absorbed into the Liangzhou Army for reintegration drills.Those who had no intention of joining the army were sent home on the spot.Those who have secretly contacted Beiyu will not reveal it after verification, and wait for two days to use it for other purposes.

And the children of the various clans, the secret agents, flew south and north, across dense forests, across fields, and reported to their true masters.

But human communication is always slow.If it is a carrier pigeon, the time for a trip is not as long as half a trip by manpower.

Naturally, there are some big families in Pigeon City, and since the Liangzhou Army entered the city, quite a few have often flown out from various parts of the city within a few days.

They thought that the Liangzhou army had no control over where their people left the city.But they didn't know where their pigeons flew out of the house.

……

The back garden of Tongcheng Taishou's Mansion, although not magnificent, is quite elegant.

At this time, a bonfire was rising in the middle of the elegant space, and a wooden bridge was erected on top of the bonfire. A few shaved pigeons were placed on it, and Wen Gu was holding the side of the Zaomu leisurely, Slowly flipped back and forth.

"The heat is the most important thing. The skin should be crispy but not burnt, and the meat should be tender but not greasy. Sprinkle a pinch of salt after roasting, it will be fragrant."

The golden fat dripped into the fire along the gap of the wooden bridge, and then was swallowed up. Occasionally, sparks splashed and hit the pigeon skin, making a sizzling sound from time to time.The high fire roasted these pigeons until they were full of fragrance, attracting Xia Xia to stare at them intently.

"Miss, steamed pigeons three days ago, stewed pigeons the day before yesterday, and pigeon soup yesterday, I really thought I had enough, but today's roasting method is too delicious." Zhixia looked at it and muttered.

"It's not enough." Wen Gu asked Zhixia to open the jar in his hand, grabbed a handful of crushed and dried red thorn scallions in it, and sprinkled it on the roasted pigeon with his fingers, "This That's fine."

Zhixia hastily removed the jujube wood, and set it aside on a shelf to cool down.A little impatient, he slapped it with his hand, then grabbed one and started to eat it.

"Be careful." Wen Gu looked at her and smiled.

Zhixia didn't know whether it was because of the heat or the heat, so she inhaled while eating: "Miss, you said that there are so many pigeons, have they killed them all? What if there are any pigeons that are missed?"

"Let's leave a few out. It's not normal for Tongcheng to have such a big change without flying pigeons to send messages." Wen Gu said lightly.

Zhixia was puzzled: "Then why are we still working so hard to beat so many?"

Wen Gu said seriously: "Of course it's for food."

Zhixia didn't know what to say for a while, and Wen Liang arrived just at this time.Wen Gu greeted him: "Uncle Wen, come and eat pigeons."

Wen Liang looked at the pigeon, then at Zhixia's oily hands, and said with a smile, "I won't eat it, it's too oily."

Wen Gu stopped persuading, and instead asked, "Have you found Liu Zhu's genealogy?"

Wen Liang nodded and replied, "I found it."Wen Gu picked up a small knife from the table and handed it to Wen Liang.

"Uncle Wen, cut the meat with a knife and eat it, so you don't have to touch your hands." After finishing speaking, he looked at Zhixia again, "After eating in a while, let's go get acquainted with the prefect Liu."

　Thanks to Shi Gandangdang, thanks to Fei Yin, thanks to Book I Don't Know, and thanks to Nan Yihuan for the reward.

　　I am trying to catch up with the draft, and I will work hard to add more later! !
　　
　
(End of this chapter)