At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 508 Counting Birds with One Stone

On the sixth day of September, the autumn rain that lasted for three days finally stopped, and the autumn sun was shining brightly, but there were still potholes and puddles of water on the official road, which was muddy and slippery, but there was no such situation outside the west gate of Ji County, the prefecture of Zhuojun , a newly paved white sand road stretches for several miles from the gate of the city. It is clean and tidy, almost without a red carpet.

Moreover, early in the morning, Duan Zecheng, the new governor of Zhuo County, led the local officials and gentry to wait eagerly at the gate of the city. Seeing this formation, the experienced people knew that there must be a big man coming today.

That's right, this big man is Gao Changqing, the newly-appointed Zhuojun left-behind Gao Changqing, the third-rank feudal official of Xinjiang, and the leader of Youzhou area personally appointed by Yang Guang.

It is said that Duan Zecheng was originally Duan Da's confidant. Because of his meritorious service in beheading Wang Xuba, he was promoted to be the magistrate of Zhuo County. Cheng is a little flustered now, worried that he will be killed too. Fortunately, Gao Changqing, who took over as the left guard in Zhuo County, has a little friendship with him. At least he fought side by side when he was besieging Wang Xuba and Li Shanfei. Therefore, Duan Zecheng felt that Gao Changqing should Will give myself a little face.

Of course, Duan Zecheng also knew that Gao Bufan had a lot of complaints about his old superior Duan Da, and as Duan Da's confidant, his brand was too obvious, so he was a little worried that Gao Bufan would wear small shoes for him, so Duan Zecheng He dared to be negligent, counting Gao Bufan's arrival date with his fingers every day, and sent someone to fix the road to the city as a way of showing his favor.

After learning that Gao Bufan was likely to arrive today, Duan Zecheng led his officials and generals out of the city early in the morning to wait. Going out of the city to meet Gao Bufan.

In addition to the local gentry in Zhuojun County, Cui Wang, the patriarch of the Qinghe Cui clan, also came in person, as well as Cui Hu, the chief steward.

It is said that most of the Qinghe Cui family's property has been transferred to Zhuo County. During this time, even the patriarch Cui Wang moved to live in Ji County, but not long after he moved in, Guo Xuan, the governor of Zhuo County, was killed by Dou Jiande. As for the beheading, Luo Yi killed Deng Hao, the prefect of Beiping County, and stationed troops on the border of Yuyang County, eyeing Zhuo County. For a while, the situation around Zhuo County, which was originally relatively stable, tended to deteriorate in vain.

You must know that most of the Qinghe Cui family's industries are currently concentrated in the Zhuojun area. Once the situation deteriorates, they may suffer heavy losses. Therefore, Cui Wang can't sleep and eat all day long during this period. Fortunately, Luoyang soon reported that After hearing the good news, the cowardly Duan Da has been dismissed, and Gao Changqing will take over the post of staying behind in Zhuojun.

In an instant, the entire Cui family in Qinghe was beaming with joy, because everyone knew that the Cui family and Gao Changqing had a strong relationship. Now that this person has become the leader in Youzhou, the Cui family in Qinghe will be as stable as Mount Tai in Youzhou in the future, and there will be no disadvantages.

So in the past few days, Cui Wang has been like Duan Zecheng, pinching his fingers to calculate the date of Gao Bufan's arrival. In fact, it is not only Cui Wang, but the seven surnames of Youyan are Ruzhi. Apart from being secretly happy, he also regrets that he did not "invest" enough in the past. Many, I knew that this person who was promoted to the top leader of the Youzhou area so quickly was just like Qinghe Cui and Fanyang Lu who threw money at the beginning.

Let's say that everyone waited until noon, and finally a fast horse came to report: "Master Gao and his party are already ten miles away, and they will arrive within a stick of incense."

Duan Zecheng was startled, and immediately stood upright, all the officials and gentry also subconsciously adjusted their official robes, and Wei Zheng, who was Gao Bufan's first staff member, was also highly praised by everyone, and they all had nothing to say Pick up a conversation, but Lao Wei just ignores it.

It's not that Lao Wei is drifting away now, it's because of his personality, withdrawn and poisonous tongue, ordinary vulgar people can't get into his eyes at all, and he doesn't bother to talk to you, if he sees the right person, chat with you for three days Sanye is fine, that's right, she has such a personality.

Those local gentry are obviously aware of Mr. Wei's character, even though they are coldly received, they don't care too much about it. Of course, this is also because of Gao Bufan's face. Disdainful, let's lie down if it's cool!
Well, this society is so realistic, and so are people!

After about a stick of incense, everyone finally saw a cavalry team appearing on the official road, about 30 people, the leader was riding a big green horse, about [-] or [-] years old, with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, full of heroic spirit , with a long knife hanging from his waist, as sassy as a poplar.

Everyone's spirits were lifted, the Lord is coming!

That's right, this horse team was Gao Bufan and his party. After leaving Luoyang, they rode for [-] days and finally arrived at Jixian County, the prefecture of Zhuojun.

"Duan Zecheng, Prime Minister of Zhuojun County, lead the people here to wait for your lord!" Before Gao Bufan's horse stopped, Duan Zecheng strode forward to salute, and announced his name loudly.

Gao Bufan got off his horse, followed by a group of soldiers behind him. At this time, a group of officials and gentry came up to greet him and saluted Gao Bufan one after another.

Gao Bufan clasped his fists with a smile and said: "You don't need to be too polite, I will be uneasy if everyone goes out of the city to welcome you."

"Hehe, this is what it should be. Everyone looks forward to Mr. Gao just like looking forward to the stars and the moon. Now that we see Mr. Gao, everyone feels at ease. With Gao Dashan, the sea-fixing needle, sitting in town, our Zhuo County will be as stable as Mount Tai. "Guan Huang, one of Youyan's seven surnames, said with a smile.

All the officials and gentry also spoke in agreement.

Gao Bufan smiled, suddenly surprised, walked up to Cui Wang and said: "It turns out that Patriarch Cui is also here, how can I work for Patriarch Cui to welcome you?"

Everyone's gazes immediately looked at Cui Wang in unison, only envy, there is no way, who let the Qinghe Cui family get ahead, stretched out an olive branch when Mr. Gao was still unknown, and kept looking at Gao With the full support of the adults, it is only natural that they are now treated with extra courtesy by the adults.

At this moment, Cui Wang's face was full of spring breeze, and he was very happy, but on the surface he said politely: "Mr. Gao is serious. Just like Guanshi Huang said, Mr. Gao is the God of Dinghai in Youzhou. This old man is also looking forward to the stars and the moon. Finally, Mr. Gao Here comes Pan, not to mention just going out of the city gate to greet him, it is also appropriate to go ten miles out of the city to greet him."

Gao Bufan smiled and said, "Patriarch Cui is overrated."

Gao Bufan and Cui Wang said a few words of courtesy, then took a look at the handsome young man beside Cui Hu, and asked with a smile: "Brother Cui, is this the son?"

Cui Hu nodded and said: "It's Gouzi, Jiu Ling, who still hasn't paid homage to Mr. Gao."

The young man next to Cui Hu was about seventeen or eighteen years old, somewhat similar to Cui Shirou, with a gentle temperament like jade, standing behind Cui Hu with a smile all the time, when Gao Bufan asked, he immediately saluted politely: "Cui Jiuling I have met Mr. Gao, heard Mr. Gao's name earlier, and I am fascinated by it. I am so lucky to meet you today!"

Gao Bufan nodded secretly. It turns out that this is really Rouer's elder brother Cui Jiuling. He thought that when he stayed at Cui Hu's home for the first time, he lived in this room. Well, this Cui Jiuling looked very educated. He is a man with a calm and unhurried demeanor, as the saying goes, he has a poetic and scholarly spirit, which is a manifestation of self-confidence. It can be seen that Cui Hu is not only good at teaching daughters, but also good at teaching children.

Gao Bufan and Cui Jiuling greeted each other with a few polite words, and then greeted Lu Sanlang and the seven surnames You Yan individually.

After the cold announcement, everyone surrounded Gao Bufan into the city and settled in the Liushou Mansion, and then there was a welcome banquet, after the banquet, everyone dispersed contentedly.

Duan Da lived in the Zhuojun Liushou Mansion, but now it naturally belongs to Gao Bufan. After Duan Da moved out, Wei Zheng sent people to clean up and arrange it again, and added servants and servants, so Gao Bufan immediately left the house. I can move in.

After the banquet, after dismissing all the officials and gentry, Gao Bufan was changed and washed under the service of the beautiful maid Ming Cui, and invited Wei Zheng and Du Ruhui to the study to discuss.

"Mr. Wei, how much do you know about the rebellion case of Deng Hao, the prefect of Beiping County?" Gao Bufan asked straight to the point.

Wei Zheng and Du Ruhui looked at each other and laughed!

Gao Bufan's heart moved, and he asked: "Could it be related to you?"

Wei Zheng shook his head and said, "I can't think of such a bad idea."

Du Ruhui also laughed and said: "It's not about Ruhui's business, Ruhui has been doing things by your side all the time, beyond my reach!"

Gao Bufan blurted out: "That's Shi Ji!"

"Who else but him!" Wei Zheng snorted coldly: "This guy saw that the lord used Yuchi Jingde a lot, and he personally led troops to fight in all directions, so he couldn't bear to be lonely. Well, some time ago, he had already led five hundred cavalry secrets. It's a pity that Luo Yi didn't attack in the future after infiltrating Yuyang County, this kid is probably in a hurry to grab the land."

Old Wei Yu's tone was a bit gloating, and he was still as venomous as ever.

Gao Bufan didn't laugh and said, "What's going on?"

It turned out that after Xu Shiji learned about the Luohe stele, he was a little worried that Yang Guang would detain Gao Bufan in Luoyang, so he had an idea and planned to do something about it, so that Yang Guang had to rely on Gao Bufan to release Gao Bufan from Luoyang.

Since the matter was going to be rectified, it must be done in a big way, because trivial matters were not enough to affect Yang Guang's decision, so Xu Shiji set his sights on Luo Yi.

Luo Yi was originally used by Yang Guang to contain Gao Bufan, so doing Luo Yi is undoubtedly killing two birds with one stone, so Xu Shiji asked Cui Hu for help, first spreading rumors that Luo Yi was planning to rebel in Beiping County, muddying the water, and then He also secretly hid ten sets of armor and some crossbows in Xu Ajiu's grain shop warehouse, and then anonymously reported to Deng Hao, Taijun, Beiping County.

Xu Shiji had known for a long time that there was a conflict between Deng Hao and Luo Yi, so he expected that Deng Hao would attack Luo Yi. Rebellion, trying to catch Luo Yi by surprise.

Xu Shiji backhandedly leaked the news to Luo Yi, so Luo Yi acted preemptively, broke into Xinchang County and killed Deng Hao.

Gao Bufan couldn't help being a little stunned after hearing Wei Zheng's story!

Tsk tsk, Xu Shiji's trick of counting birds with one stone is so wonderful that even Gao Bufan couldn't help being amazed by it. It's not in vain that he got this kid by tricking and abducting him, awesome!
Du Ruhui was a little worried and said: "Iron cavalry is your trump card. It's too early to be exposed at this time."

Gao Bufan smiled wryly and said: "I'm afraid this is Shi Ji's original intention, just like what Mr. Wei said, this kid is unwilling to be lonely."

Du Ruhui frowned and said: "Once the iron cavalry is out, the news will definitely not be blocked. Have you thought about how to explain it to the court?"

Gao Bufan smiled and said: "Since Shiji used the iron cavalry, he must have considered it carefully, so I don't need to worry about it."

Du Ruhui couldn't help but sighed: "My lord has no doubts about employing people, this kind of heart is the most frustrating for subordinates."

Gao Bufan said with a smile: "Mr. Du doesn't need to put a high hat on me, if something goes wrong, I still can't spare Xu Shiji."

Wei Zheng stroked his beard and said: "My lord, don't worry, this guy Xiao Xu is a monkey, he probably has already planned to put the pot of shit on Luo Yi's head, or else you think the ten armors that were planted were given away for nothing?"

Gao Bufan and Du Ruhui looked at each other, well, nine times out of ten this is the case, that kid can do this kind of thing!

(End of this chapter)