East Factory Governor

Chapter 633
Cao Guozhang is a veteran of the Donglin Party. Since Zhou Yanru wants to go to Sichuan, it means that Sichuan must be ready to stand on its own.

Thinking of this, Lu Xiangsheng immediately ordered someone to inform Shaanxi governor Hong Chengchou to immediately lead troops to station in Hanzhong and Longnan, the gateways of Sichuan, to deter the troops in Sichuan and prevent these generals from rebelling with Cao Guozhang.

At the same time, he also ordered He Huchen and Du Wenhuan, who were still suppressing Zhang Xianzhong in southern Shanxi, to suspend the suppression of bandits, and instead led the army to Ankang via Hancheng and Xi'an to deter Hubei.

The next day was the third day after Zhou Yanru fled.

In the evening, before Lu Xiangsheng's order reached Hong Chengchou, Qin Shuhuai's order arrived at the Shaanxi governor's office in Xi'an.

Qin Shuhuai's opinion was bolder than Lu Xiangsheng's. He asked Hong Chengchou to directly lead troops into Sichuan, at least [-] troops to be stationed in Guangyuan or Bazhong.

Hong Chengchou hesitated after receiving the letter.

On the one hand, he is short of troops.There are only about 7 troops in Shaanxi, of which more than [-] are stationed in the south, mainly defending against the Demon Cult whose main force is now entrenched in southern Gansu.Although there is no movement from the Demon Sect now, if the [-] troops are dispatched, there will only be [-] left in southern Shaanxi. What will happen when the Demon Sect attacks?
Hong Chengchou has experienced the strength of the Demon Sect soldiers before, and he knows that with more than 4 officers and soldiers, they are no opponents of the Demon Sect.

On the other hand, it is fine for his soldiers to move back and forth in Shaanxi, but to enter the territory of Sichuan, they need to be ordered by the court.Now that I have neither imperial decree nor order to transfer troops into Sichuan without authorization, I have nothing to say when people refuse - this matter is not in compliance with the rules!

He was very tangled in his heart, thinking that Lord Hou is a sensible person, why doesn't he think about this level?
After thinking about it, I finally understood.

What Hou Ye wants to know is whether Sichuan will rebel.If Sichuan does not rebel, even if there is no imperial order, as long as he enters Sichuan in the name of chasing down the remaining bandits, Cao Guozhang will let him in.If Sichuan wants to rebel, even if he has an imperial order, Cao Guozhang will not let him enter Sichuan.

As for the Devil's Cult, since Lord Hou is sure of sending troops into Sichuan, the Devil's Cult should not attack.

So he immediately ordered to transfer [-] troops from Baoji and Hanzhong, under the command of He Renlong, and rush to Guangyuan immediately.

However, he still told He Renlong that if Guangyuan City did not allow them to enter, then they should not force their way in. They should retreat back to Ningqiang County, which is not far from Guangyuan, but in Shaanxi, and wait for him to report to the court before making any plans.

That night, five carriages hurried past on a trail near Xiangning County in southern Shanxi.

The carriage was full of goods, and it looked like a team of merchants.

The convoy consists of more than a dozen people, all of whom are strong men.

The carriage in the middle was very large, and the curtains of the carriage were tightly covered.

The convoy deliberately avoided the official road, and chose to walk on the rugged trail.But even though it was a trail, the speed of the convoy was not slow.

After a while, a healthy horse caught up and ran to a thin middle-aged man at the front of the convoy, and said eagerly, "Elder, there is news from the capital that my brother who is in charge of preaching was killed three days ago. When Qin Shuhuai intercepts them, not one out of ten will be able to leave the city!"

The middle-aged man frowned, then raised his hand to signal the convoy to stop.

The middle-aged man got off his horse, walked to the big carriage in the middle, cupped his hands respectfully, and said, "Mr. Zhou, I have something important to report."

It turned out that this was Zhou Yanru's cavalry that everyone couldn't find.

Sitting in the carriage was Zhou Yanru.

And the thin middle-aged man outside is Zhou Yunhuai, the elder of the Dark Cloud Sect.

He is the younger brother of Zhou Huaian, the suzerain of the Dark Cloud Sect.

Zhou Yanru lifted the corner of the sedan chair curtain, and asked in a panic, "What's the matter?"

Zhou Yunhuai said, "Prime Minister Zhou, Qin Shuhuai seems to have an internal response in the Prime Minister's Mansion. The brothers who are in charge of our sect's preaching have not left the capital, so there will be no more than one out of ten!"

The biography, of course, is about the biography of "A Call to the Rebellious Minister Qin Shuhuai"!

Zhou Yanru was shocked when he heard the words, and walked out immediately.

"Is there any internal response in the Prime Minister's Mansion?"

"Yes, there may be internal responses."

"This, how is this possible?" Zhou Yanru muttered to himself, "Could it be Chen Shang? Only Qian Qianyi and Chen Shang know about this matter. The old man Qian Qianyi knows that he will never seek refuge with Qin Ni. "

At this time, the person who reported the news just now said immediately, "Master Zhou, it is reported that Chen Shang has been arrested, and the Chen residence has already been confiscated. It is said that the entire Chen family may have been ransacked!"

Zhou Yanru's eyelids lifted suddenly, and then his gaze slowly turned to the carriage.

Inside the carriage were his two favorite beautiful maids.When he fled from the secret passage, he didn't even bring his married wife with him, only brought these two maids with him.

Zhou Yunhuai immediately winked at the two strong men beside him, and the two strong men understood, jumped into the carriage immediately, and dragged the two maidservants down.

Zhou Yanru's thin body trembled slightly, he pointed to the two and said, "Chunmei, Chunxiang, is that you?"

Cha Lang, the two strong men immediately pulled out their sharp knives and put them on the necks of the two maids.

The maid named Chunmei said calmly, "Master, what do you think?"

Zhou Yanru couldn't believe it, and he didn't want to believe it.

He waved his trembling hands weakly, and said, "It's not you, is it? I know it's not you. Chunmei, you and I have children!"

Zhou Yunhuai said loudly, "Mr. Zhou! Don't you understand what happened so far? Only you, Mr. Qian, Chen Shilang and the two of them were present! Since Mr. Qian and Chen Shilang are impossible, who else is left? Could it be that you told Qin Ni yourself?"

Chunmei and Chunxiang knew they were going to die, and suddenly burst out laughing.

The laughter was shrill, like a ghost crying.

Zhou Yanru was cold all over.

He hunched over and took two steps back in a vain manner, like a body that had been drained of vitality in an instant.

He murmured, "Why? Isn't this old man good enough for you? Even if we have no kindness, at least we have no grievances, right? Why do you want to kill this old man?"

The laughter stopped abruptly.

Chunmei said quietly, "Zhou Yanru, we have no grievances or enmity with you! But your student Lin Qimin still remembers? You taught me well. When he was the magistrate of Wuqiao County in Hejian Prefecture, he first used force The order of donation arrested my father, and then forced my mother to raise money to redeem him. My mother borrowed money from relatives and neighbors, but only got half of the money. Ordered someone to beat my father, and beat him to death!"

Zhou Yanru recalled carefully, but he couldn't figure out who this Lin Qimin was.Because he has too many students, anyone who has entered Donglin, or the class of students he invigilated, can be called his students.

He was puzzled and said, "Then Lin Qimin deserves to die, but what does this have to do with the old man? The old man has peaches and plums all over the world, how can he ensure that everyone is a person with both ability and political integrity?"

(End of this chapter)