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Chapter 97 The Threat of Sleeping on the Sofa
The envoys from the imperial court arrived sooner than anyone imagined.

A group of more than twenty riders left Beijing on the fourth day of August and arrived in Nanyang on the sixth day.When the imperial envoy arrived in Wuling on the eighth day of the lunar new year, instead of entering the county town, he drove his horse directly into the Dazheng Army Camp in Yanmen County.

The imperial envoy sent by the court this time was also beyond everyone's expectations. It was actually Uncle Sheyang Wang Ju who was born as a military official.

He came with twenty luan-clothed guards on light horses, and the imperial guard of honor was probably still thousands of miles away.

Daozhong Observation Envoy He Zhijiang, Inspector Envoy Zhang Tan, Defense Envoy Cheng Xiaozhi, and Wuling County Sheriff Yan Yun, Tong Zhi Sun Yao, and General Judge Pei Yuanhong all met with the imperial envoys in the central army tent.

And Shao Lianting, one of the four envoys of South Yunmeng Dao, was beheaded by Uncle Sheyang in Nanyang the day before yesterday with a gold medal.As for Tong Leng, the Commander of Wuling Commandery and Ceshan Army, he had died in the battle against Wu a few months ago, and Gan Dinghe, the current deputy general of Ceshan Army, replaced the Commandant's Mansion to pay homage to the imperial envoy.

Wang Ju is 55 years old, and he is a powerful general in the court.

This person acted swiftly and resolutely. On the same day, Zou Tianyang announced the decree that Jin Zou Tianyang be the Duke of the county. On the second day, accompanied by Zou Tianyang, he went to Shangyin along the Xishan trail opened by the Song family for more than ten years.

Uncle Sheyang Wangju has another identity when he goes out of Beijing this time, Xilu Xuanwei envoy.

He also has another imperial decree in his hand, which is directly sent to Lord Xilu.

Wang Ju did not take the route from Xijiang County to Mengdu County fixed by the envoys in previous years, but instead took the Xishan Trail, from Lanke County under Zou Tianyang's control to Xilu Country, this behavior had a strong sense of intimidation.

Zou Tianyang's army escorted Wang Ju back to Shangyin, while He Jianguan and the others set off for Nanyang after explaining to Yan Yun and others.Wang Ju beheaded Shao Lianting, Nanyang must have been in chaos.

Taishou Yan did not take a sedan chair back to Wuling, but asked Sun Yao to walk together.

All the accompanying cars and sedan chairs followed from a distance.

"Uncle Sheyang has good means," Yan Yun sighed to Sun Yao who was beside him, "When he arrived in Nanyang, he killed the transfer envoy based on those letters. It seemed reckless, but it actually gave Zou Tianyang the best reassurance. The court's intention should be to have Zou Tianyang use troops against Xilu within the year."

Sun Yao was thinking about Nanyang.

"He beheaded Shao Lianting, which made it easier for him to do his job, but Nanyang lost a lot of chicken feathers. He Guan was in such a hurry to go back to the provincial road, he didn't even care about the welcome banquet for you and me. I heard from He Guan According to the attendant, students from several academies have already surrounded the inspector's yamen, and they must ask Zhang Xunzun to take a copy of Yang Bo."

Yan Yun sneered: "He Guanjian is in a hurry to go back, but it's not because of these trivial matters. Those students were nothing more than mobilized by Shao's remnant party. One is to test the mind of the remaining three envoys in the Tao, and the other is to reverse the case for Shao. It's all just wishful thinking. When we parted just now, He Observer had arranged for the Yangshan Army to leave for Yaocheng tomorrow, and told me that all the assets of the Song family would be converted into rice grain and military supplies in Wuling and transported to Yaocheng. He Observer was in a hurry to go back, I want to take advantage of the absence of the new transfer envoy to gather the strength of the whole province in Yaocheng. I expect that within the year of Heguan, all armies will be launched to attack Nanwu Qijun again. At the time of the autumn harvest, at least the northern part of Qijun must be captured. Counties."

Sun Yao wasn't very interested in the war, so he could only coherently say, "No matter how bad it is, we can harvest all the autumn rice in Qijun counties for others."

After walking a few more steps, Yan Yun stopped.

"Guangxian, let's take advantage of this time to do the few things you and I agreed on before."

"What Ziheng said is true."

Zhang Zhe wanted to leave the room, but was stopped by someone.

Meng Xiaowan's black hair like dark clouds was casually tied behind her head with a brocade handkerchief, holding a moon-white modern handicraft round fan in her hand, and wearing a blue chiffon antique long dress, she stood impartially at the door of the main room.She didn't speak, just shook her fan lightly, looked out of the window with her face up to the sky, and blocked Zhang Zhe's way.

Zhang Zhe couldn't help but cast his gaze to the big window of the main room.

"If your husband is thinking of climbing out of the window, then you should pay attention to those few mottled bamboos. If the bamboo is damaged, I will not die with my husband."

Zhang Zhe had no choice but to withdraw his gaze from looking at the window.

"How can the lady not sleep with me?"

"Just ask my husband to be quiet for a few days. There is also a couch in the study. I will let the egret clean it up. After my husband has figured out what my concubine is asking for, it is not too late for us to talk."

Zhang Zhe gasped when he heard the words, this threat really hit his vitals, and for a moment he deeply hated his lack of concentration.

He turned his attention to an exquisite invitation on the case table, and this object was the culprit of his embarrassment at this time.

This invitation was sent by Lin Funiang, but the person invited was not Zhang Zhe, but his wife——Zhang Mengshi, Mrs. Meng.

August [-]th is the traditional gathering day in Wuling County to appreciate osmanthus.

Lin Funiang was invited by the Taijun of the Yan Mansion and Mrs. Sun's Mansion to invite the famous and talented women of the county to enjoy the osmanthus and drink in the Nixiang Garden.The reason why Meng Xiaowan was invited was because of the cowhide that Zhang Zhe had blown for her earlier.

It is the phrase "Smoke Lock Pond Willow".

As a result, the scholars of Hejun have "looked lightly" on the class in the past few months, and the ladies of Hejun have a sense of elation.

It is because this sentence "absolutely" was "made" by Meng Xiaowan, that Lin Funiang entrusted Huo Bingcheng to send this invitation.Meng Xiaowan couldn't bear the face of Taijun Yan and Mrs. Sun for a while, so she had to find trouble for her husband.

Zhang Zhe needs two things for her.

The first thing is to have a couplet with her.

In Zhang Zhe's memory, there are quite a few couplets in "Yan Suo Pond Willow", but unfortunately they only end up with a four-character evaluation - "not satisfactory".Among them, the sentence he remembers most is the allusion of the legendary Ming Taizu, "The artillery collapsed the Zhenhai Tower".

It's a pity that Zhang Zhe was "not very good" just now, and made a joke with his wife, and told the "Shenzhen Teppanyaki" that the joke was right, and provoked Meng Xiaowan, who was already depressed, and blocked the door Don't let him out.

Otherwise, he will be asked to "sleep on the sofa".

For nothing, Zhang Zhe had no choice but to rub his cheeks and go to Hyundai to ask Du Niang for help.

"Peach burning Jinjiang embankment," Meng Xiaowan put down her round fan, took the words written by Zhang Zhe, read them softly several times, and then nodded slightly.

Seeing that Zhang Zhe was about to go out, she opened her mouth unhurriedly.

"My husband went out to meet with Huo Yanei, and I had to hurry up with the second thing my concubine asked for. Five days later, my concubine was in a hurry to use it. The reputation of my concubine was spread by my husband. If the sign collapsed at that time, others would laugh I must not be a concubine alone."

Although Meng Xiaowan was talented in poetry, and she was confident that none of the women in the audience could surpass her, she still asked her husband for two osmanthus poems at the bottom of the box as a backup.She said it was a backup, but she actually asked for it on her own excuse.With her conceit, how could she use her husband's poems to "bully" people?

Zhang Zhe breathed a sigh of relief, this is easy to handle.When he had a "private meeting" with Du Niang just now, he checked it out with foresight.

He immediately went to the case and wrote a poem.

(End of this chapter)