Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 150
On the way to the city on horseback, Luo Cheng was really suffocated in his heart.

These days, he kept his face on the surface and kept comforting and restraining the brothers below, but in reality he could hardly bear it anymore.

Riding alone to the north gate of the county seat, the guards at the gate have been replaced by new strong class yamen servants.Luo Cheng glanced over and saw that they were all unfamiliar faces.

Du Ruhui's actions were quick and steady step by step.

He recruited 120 township braves from the other four townships in Zhangqiu County except Changbai Township to form a new team of strong men, and he used his own servants as the team leader.

Luo Cheng came to the gate of the city on horseback, and there were already a few strong government servants with horizontal knives, leading a group of strong people to stop him.

"who!"

Luo Cheng directly showed the signboard of his county soldier captain.

"County Barracks Luo Cheng!"

A very burly bearded man in the strong class glanced at him, but he didn't let him go.

"Why did you enter the city?"

"See the county magistrate for anything."

In the past, Zhuang Ban was Luo Cheng's subordinate, and even the defense of Zhangqiu City was under his control, but now it is obvious that these newcomers don't pay attention to him.

After all, a Minzhuang used to be a member of the township regiment, and was incorporated into Luo Cheng's vanguard battalion auxiliary regiment when he suppressed the bandits last time, so he naturally knew Luo Cheng, so he leaned over to the big man and whispered something. sentence.

The big man glanced at Luo Cheng again, with an arrogant attitude, he didn't take Luo Cheng seriously at all.

Originally, the county soldiers, township regiments, and minzhuang were all part of the same system, and they all hunted and organized thieves and suppressed bandits, but now this person's attitude is obviously deliberate.

"Why, can't I go to the city?" Luo Cheng asked.

"The county magistrate may not be free to see you. Recently, the county magistrate and county lieutenant are busy reorganizing the county government."

"Whether the county magistrate has time to see me is the county magistrate's decision, and it's up to you to make the decision for the county magistrate."

The bearded man looked at Luo Cheng, and finally snorted, "Please."

Luo Cheng ignored him and rode into the city.

After entering the city, Luo Cheng found that the city of Zhangqiu was no different from the past, except that there were strong squads wearing the characters "Min Zhuang" stationed at every Lifang street and alley, and a group of Min Zhuang patrolled past from time to time.

He rode straight to the county government office.

In front of the county government office, there was also a group of strong men standing, all of them holding long guns, and several leaders with knives.Obviously, these sword-carrying servants were the servants of the Du family brought by Du Ruhui.

It stands to reason that although Luo Cheng, the captain of the county barracks, is stationed by the county, he is actually under the jurisdiction of the county, especially the county captain in charge of general affairs, who has the right to direct jurisdiction and transfer.

But after Du Ruhui came, he never summoned him, and Luo Cheng never came.

"Luo Cheng, the county barracks, wants to see County Magistrate Zhang and report something."

Min Zhuang, who was guarding the gate, checked his official seal as usual, and then sent someone to inform him that he would not be allowed to enter directly.

After a while, Zhang Yichen's long entourage came out from the yamen.

"Captain Luo is here, and the envoy sent me to welcome you in."

Following this long suit into the Yamen, Luo Cheng feels that this place is so strange now.

Not long ago, he was the second-in-command in this county government office, in charge of Lie Cao and general administration, but now basically all the people who come in and out here have become unfamiliar faces.

"The county government has changed a lot." The long follower also sighed.

On the way, he carefully told Luo Cheng that after Du Ruhui took office, he made big and small moves. Not only did he drive out Luo Cheng, the deputy county lieutenant, and his county barracks, but he also drove out his third squad.Then all the subordinate staff in the two houses and the treasury that were temporarily promoted or retained before were also released.

"Nowadays, the subordinate staff in the second house and the third class in the county government are all brought by Du Xianwei, and only a very small number are promoted from the local area."

Hearing what he meant, Luo Cheng was also somewhat dissatisfied with Du Ruhui's behavior, and he guessed that Zhang Yichen might also have such thoughts.

After all, Zhang Yichen was the chief official, and Du Ruhui was the assistant official. Now that he came, he cleaned up the county government from top to bottom. On the surface, it seemed that Luo Cheng was being cleaned up, but in fact, he pointed directly at Zhang Yichen.

When they came to Houya, Zhang Yichen was told by the defendant that he had gone to the County Weigong Hall in the east chamber of Qianya to discuss matters.

"Please wait here with tea."

Luo Cheng sat there and waited helplessly. After waiting for a long time, no one came.

A bowl of tea was already cold, and no one came to refill it.

It's really cool.

"What are you thinking, I've been in a daze, and I shouldn't call you outside."

A voice rang in his ear, Luo Cheng raised his head, only to realize that it was the girl next to Zhang Qianjin.

"It's the red line girl." Luo Cheng got up in embarrassment and said hello.

This girl is Zhang Yichen's adopted daughter who originally planned to marry Luo Cheng.

I haven't seen her for a while, the red thread has changed a lot, and the dress on her body has also changed. It is no longer a maid's attire, but a lady's attire with large sleeves.

"I happened to be passing by, and I saw you in a daze, what were you thinking?" Hong Xian didn't seem to be embarrassed.

"Oh, I just suddenly lost my mind."

Red thread looked at him, and found that he seemed more calm.

"Do you feel that the world is getting colder when people leave the tea?" Hong Xian asked.

"A little bit."

"Then do you still blame my adoptive father in your heart?"

"No."

"If you say no, you must have it in your heart, but in fact, you really can't blame my adoptive father for this matter. The new county lieutenant is not simple. He is the descendant of Jingzhao Du's family. He is the grandson of Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry. He has a noble status, but at the same time he is young and talented, and he is arrogant. I heard that he has arrived in Zhangqiu long ago, but he has not revealed his identity. Instead, he is secretly checking the situation in Zhangqiu. Then you and your brothers offended this person, so ah , He insisted on driving you away as soon as he took office."

"My adoptive father also said a lot of good things for you, but he refused to give in at all."

Luo Cheng shook his head.

"It's really impossible to say that we offended this County Captain Du. Although it's a bit of a misunderstanding, I think if he keeps such a thing in his heart all the time and wants to avenge his personal revenge publicly, then he is too narrow-minded."

Red thread covered his mouth and smiled.

"The righteous father also said the same thing. He said, actually, what offended you is just an excuse. The real reason why you can't tolerate you is that this person is very ambitious and arrogant. He came to take power, so he directly treated you Let’s do it, he’s actually trying to force you to leave by yourself.”

"By the way, aren't you a student of Zhang Juncheng? Why don't you go to the county?"

"I prefer to stay in Zhangqiu!"

"But County Captain Du can't tolerate you."

"I'm Zhang Shijun's person, Zhang Shijun can't see me being bullied by Du Xianwei all the time?" Luo Cheng said.

"The adoptive father is also very helpless." Hong Xian said.

At this time, there were footsteps outside, and Hongxian got up quickly, "I'll go first, take care of yourself, don't mess around, you can't beat Du Xianwei." After she finished speaking, she left in a hurry.

(End of this chapter)