I, Liu Bian, the hero

Chapter 124 The Madman Xu Shao
That night, a young government official named Wen Ji from Yuzhou Governor's Mansion returned home and told his wife: "Tomorrow I will go to Runan with Lord Governor."

"Xu Shao?" His wife was surprised: "Can such a person commit crimes?"

Wen Ji shook his head and said: "From what the governor said, it seems that Xu Zijiang made false comments on the government and slandered the court... Forget it, this kind of thing is not for you and me to comment on. I'm not at home these days, so you can take care of the family Plan, take good care of the second elder and Qin'er."

"En." The wife nodded, just as the baby was crying again from the back room, she hurried into the room to comfort her.

In the early morning of the next day, Huang Wan, the governor of Yuzhou, took several government officials including Wen Ji, and more than a hundred government soldiers, together with Qu Mu, Jian Shuo, and [-] tiger ben and [-] habayashi accompanying them, set foot on the road Journey to Runan.

In about five or six days, the group arrived at Pingyu, the county government of Runan County.

When they entered the city, some soldiers on duty at the city gate hurriedly reported to the eunuch Zhao Qian. Zhao Qian was also quite surprised. The government officials waited outside the prefect's mansion.

Not long after, Huang Wan and others arrived in front of the prefect's mansion, and Zhao Qian hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "Mr. Huang is here, and the officials have not come to meet him from afar. I hope you will forgive me."

Most of the older generation of party members are very modest, especially when they treat the juniors they are optimistic about, and Zhao Qian is just one of the juniors that Huang Wan admires, so he smiled and waved his hands and said: "I am in a hurry, don't blame me. Letter (written by Zhao Qian)."

In a hurry?

Zhao Qian was puzzled, and just in time to ask, he suddenly caught a glimpse of two people wearing brocade clothes standing next to Huang Wan. At first glance, they looked like scholars, but when he looked carefully, he found that the other person was white and beardless, not like normal men.

eunuch? !
Zhao Qian frowned imperceptibly, and cast a questioning look at Huang Wan: "Mr. Huang, these two are..."

Huang Wan didn't hide anything, and introduced Qu and Mu two sideways: "This is an angel sent by the imperial court, the two guards, Qu Mu and Jian Shuo, who are the guards."

After his introduction, Qu Mu and Jian Shuo also bowed their hands to Zhao Qian.

Arch Guard...

Zhao Qian thought softly in his heart, after all, he already knew about Xinjun's establishment of the Arch Guard Department, but he didn't expect to be able to deal with it so soon.

Could it be because my Runan has been unable to wipe out the Gepi Yellow Turban for a long time, and Xinjun sent people to question the crime?
With a muttering in his heart, Zhao Taishou invited Huang Wan, Qu Mu, and Jian Shuo to the mansion with anxiety, while the rest stood outside the mansion temporarily, attracting the attention of many people in the city. Yijia is obviously different from the general army, not to mention that the Habayashi cavalry are all cavalry.

After entering the mansion, Zhao Qian invited Huang Wan and Qu Mu to the upper seat, and ordered them to prepare refreshments. After the servants retired, he asked Huang Wan cautiously: "Mr. Huang brought an angel to our Runan today. What instructions?"

Hearing this, Huang Wan thought about it for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Recently, it is said that some scholars in Runan made false comments on the imperial court during the poetry and wine gathering. This matter was known to the imperial court, so the imperial court sent two angels to thoroughly Check this out."

"what?"

Zhao Qian never thought that it was for this matter.

Just when he didn't know how to respond, Huang Wan said again: "Yan Xin, I heard that Xu Shao is currently serving as a meritorious service under your command, is it?"

"……Yes."

"You send someone to call him."

"..." Zhao Qian was surprised and turned to look at Huang Wan. Seeing the latter nodding his head, he summoned a government official and said, "Go and invite General Xu Gongcao to come."

Please?
Qu Mu raised his eyebrows and thought to himself: It is said that Runan prefect Zhao Qian has no power, and the power is controlled by a group of government officials close to the Yuan family. I had some doubts at first, but now that I see it, I am afraid it is true.

In fact, he was wrong to think so, because Xu Shao was a celebrity that even the officials in Runan who were close to the Yuan family did not want to offend.

In history, even when Yuan Shao returned to his hometown, when he entered the border of Runan, he had to order his followers to disband the convoy so as not to be seen by Xu Shao. In the end, he returned to his hometown with only one car. It can be seen that Xu Shao, or his Yuedan comment, was influence at the time.

Not long after, the government official came to reply: "Xu Gongcao said that he was busy with affairs and could not come to see the prefect."

"..."

Zhao Qian's complexion couldn't hold back at that time, and his face turned pale for a while.

Qu Mu laughed from the side: "What a madman!"

Huang Wan also frowned, and commanded the official in a deep voice: "Call Xu Shao in my name! If he doesn't come, tie him up!"

It could be seen that Huang Wan was also a little angry, not only because Xu Shao didn't give Zhao Qian face so much, but also because Xu Shao had disrespected Chen Fan.

Don't look at Chen Fan's son, Chen Yi, who is now executed by the court in the matter of Wang Fen, but this does not affect the respect of the older generation of party members for Chen Fan. They all went to mourn the funeral, but Xu Shao didn't go. He said, "Zhongju (Chen Fan) has a severe temperament, and he can't understand it, so I won't go." '

You say you won't go if you don't go, and you still have to make some comments. What is this if it's not a madman?
You must know that Emperor Yu and the new emperor Liu Bian didn't like Chen Fan, and it was just because the scholars led by Chen Fan affected the imperial power, it didn't mean that there was anything wrong with Chen Fan's personal morality. , In terms of achievements are far behind, what qualifications do you have to evaluate Chen Fan, one of the three monarchs?
Because of this incident, Huang Wan actually didn't like Xu Shao in his heart, but the latter was indeed famous if he couldn't stand it.

After the government official left, Zhao Qian glanced at Huang Wan gratefully, caught a glimpse of Qu Mu and Jian Shuo looking at him with strange expressions, and laughed at himself: "Let me make a joke... In fact, Xu Zi The general is a person who was highly valued and promoted by the former eunuch Xu Yu, and he is also famous, so I dare not provoke him."

Hearing this, Qu Mu's heart was moved, and he deliberately said: "There was the Yuan family in the front, and Xu Shao in the back. The prefect Zhao is really a coward. He is obviously the head of a county, but he can't order the officials. If the matter is known to the Holy Majesty, the Holy Majesty may wish to call the prefect to Luoyang, and give him a serious reprimand."

Zhao Qian looked embarrassed, and heard a faint message: The new monarch seems to be inclined to state officials who are strong against local wealthy families?
Huang Wan obviously heard something, glanced at Qu Mu, but didn't say anything, seemed to be thinking about something.

After a while, the government official returned to the house, followed by four officials and a man who was tied up with ropes.

Really tied up Xu Shao?

Huang Wan, Zhao Qian, and Qu Mu couldn't believe it.

At this time, the government official bowed down and explained the reason, explaining: "...the humble official went to see Xu Gongcao in the name of the governor, Xu Gongcao said, then you can tie me up, the humble official has no choice but to call Several government officials kidnapped Xu Gongcao."

Hearing this explanation, Qu Mu couldn't help being happy, and turned his head to look at Huang Wan, only to see that the latter's face turned blue.

However, it was not Huang Wan who first made trouble, but Zhao Qian who felt more and more humiliated. He slapped the deputy on the seat and said angrily: "Xu Zijiang! It's fine if you don't respect me. Huang Gong sent someone to call You, do you dare not follow?"

Facing Qu Mu's reprimand and questioning, Xu Shao, who was kidnapped, looked calm and said calmly: "In the past, Taishou Xu was enlisted in order to ask him to assist him in the examination of officials' merits, and he did not let him flatter his superior.  … …Today, the subordinate official is performing his duty as a meritorious service officer, and he has no ability to separate himself, but the governor and the prefect forcibly ask the subordinate official to put down his duty, but he is the subordinate instead?"

After finishing speaking, he bowed slightly, and said to Huang Wan and Zhao Qian, "Forgive me, it's hard to give a full salute because of the ropes in my body."

"What a madman!"

Qu Mu clapped his palms and smiled, he wished that this guy named Xu Shao would be more arrogant, so that when he wanted to tie this guy to Luoyang in the future, Huang Wan would naturally not hinder him any longer—he was the only one among all the people present. The one to be afraid of is Huang Wan, who is deeply trusted by the new king.

this person...

Xu Shao glanced at Qu Mu, and also saw some clues from Qu Mu's white and beardless appearance.

While he was secretly looking at Qu Mu and Jian Shuo, Huang Wan was also watching him, while secretly suppressing the displeasure in his heart.

Not to mention Xu Shao's disrespect towards him, just the exaggeration and publicity shown by Xu Shao made Huang Wan, an older party member, very displeased. If you don't take Xu Shao's reputation seriously, Xu Shao will probably lose his skin.

After a little silence, Huang Wan recounted the purpose of his visit today, and introduced Qu Mu and Jian Shuo by the way: "Xu Shao, these two are angels sent by the imperial court. Guardian...I heard that you and a group of local scholars commented on the government and slandered the court during the poetry and wine gathering, and the court ordered me and two angels to thoroughly investigate this matter.... Let me ask you, is there such a thing?"

Rao Xu Shao was a little dazed when he heard this: It was nothing more than a random comment on the government during the poetry and wine gathering, and it actually alarmed the court like this?

Realizing that something was wrong, Xu Shao put away his previous cynicism and frowned in thought.

Among the scholars in the world, only Yuzhou has the most scholars, and most of the scholars in Yuzhou come from Yingchuan and Runan counties. Therefore, what Zhang Rang once said to Liu Bian as "secretly forming friends" also belongs to Yingchuan and Runan counties. South most.

Of course, Zhang Rang's one-sided words certainly contain elements of exaggeration and slander. In fact, most of his so-called private alliances are just gatherings of young scholars from the same county—a group of young scholars of similar ages gather together, When reciting poems, drinking and drinking, it is inevitable that some people who can't control their mouths will make comments from the court to the villagers.

Precisely because Runan is also a large county with scholars, poetry and wine gatherings like scholars are often gatherings of hundreds or even thousands of people. For gatherings of this scale, it is impossible to conceal it.

Thinking of this, Xu Shao admitted the matter, then frowned and said, "It's just that scholars of similar age gather together to drink and chant poems, and they alarmed the court to send an angel?"

Qu Mu said with a smile: "Whether it's drinking and reciting poems, or slandering the imperial court under the guise of a poetry gathering, our family will investigate and find out. Please list all the scholars who participated in the poetry meeting."

Xu Shao frowned, then said nonchalantly, "I can't remember."

"Can't remember?" Qu Mu chuckled lightly, "Can't remember any of them?"

"Ah." Xu Shao pretended to be calm and said, "It's nothing more than a gathering of comrades of the same age. After getting drunk, naturally I can't remember it."

Qu Mu was amused: Does this madman treat everyone as fools?

He smiled and said: "Coincidentally, our family is best at reminding people of things they can't remember."

After finishing speaking, he ordered the accompanying Huben scholar: "Come on, take it!"

A few Huben warriors behind him stepped forward without saying a word.

Seeing this, Xu Shao finally realized that he was in a big trouble this time, and he couldn't help feeling a little flustered.

But the problem is that he is neither the organizer of the poetry and wine party, nor the leader who first commented on the imperial court at the party.

Pain too!

(End of this chapter)