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Chapter 138 Wang Hu Worships the Lord
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Feng Yao led the generals into the mansion one by one.

At the front of the county mansion is a large empty yard, with side rooms on both sides for civil and military officials to work. There are several side rooms, which communicate with the lobby, and you can also directly enter the second courtyard through the back door of the ear room, or enter the second courtyard behind through the instrument doors on both sides.

The second courtyard is a relatively private place for the prefect, with only simple decorations and flowers and plants, but the main room in the middle is the study, where the prefect usually works, and the rooms on both sides can be used for the residence of his subordinates.

Further on, there is a third courtyard, which is the backyard. There are pavilions, rockery, various flowers and trees in it. This is completely the private place of the prefect, for the prefect’s family and relatives to live in. The whole layout looks like Very good, but in Feng Yaoyan's eyes, there is always a little warmth missing.

After taking a brief look at the entire Sheriff's Mansion, Feng Yao didn't have much time to go inside to take a closer look, so he ordered his soldiers to wait outside the hall first, and only brought Xu Chu, Dai Ling and other relatives to the study at the back, Feng Yao wanted to gather a few main confidants to discuss matters together, and only this study was the most suitable.

Dozens of guards guarding the door and patrolling the door quickly took control of the area around the study, and no one was allowed to come near it without permission!

The three of them sat down, and Yang Wu came in with a worried expression on his face. After giving the salute, he said: "My lord, most of the prisoners in the prison are former county officials in the county. Many people are dying of illness! My subordinates have asked, and besides some who surrendered to the Yellow Turbans, some have already been beheaded by Liu Pi, and only a few survived!"

Feng Yao nodded, "Yang Wu, we'll discuss this matter later, when some major events in this city are arranged, I'll go over and have a look in person right away, and you'll send someone to send an order to the prisoners locked inside , no matter what crime they committed, don’t ask them first, let them have enough to eat first, and after the case is found out, they should be released, and those who should be killed, I don’t want there to be many prisoners there all day long.”

Yang Wu nodded, got up and went to make arrangements.

Feng Yao, Xu Chu, and Dai Ling talked and waited for the arrival of the generals.

After about a quarter or so, everyone arrived, even Chen Dao, but Zhou Cang had already chased out of the city because he was chasing the fugitive Liu Pi's family members, and his whereabouts were unknown.

The generals who arrived included Ji Ling, Chen Dao, Gong Du, Zhou Zheng, Cheng Gu, Wei Yan, and Wang Hu, who was summoned by Feng Yao later. He is loyal, but there is no need to let him know about this meeting.

The generals were divided into two rows and sat in the lower seat. Everyone had a busy look on their faces, which showed that they were not idle before they came.

Glancing at the generals, Feng Yao first said: "Thank you for your hard work in this siege battle!"

"May the lord do the work of dogs and horses!" All the generals clasped their fists and said respectfully.

"General Wang! This time you can break through Pingyu so easily, you should be the first!" Feng Yao said.

There was a trace of shame in Wang Hu's eyes, and he said: "Thank you for your love! Wang Hu really didn't dare to take this first merit. Although I killed Liu Pi in anger, I actually felt guilty in my heart. Liu Pi was once my lord. If I didn't see his many injustices, And in order to save tens of thousands of rebels and the lives of the people in the city, Wang Hu will never do such a disloyal thing! Isn't the Fujun afraid of Wang Hu's betrayal?"

Hearing this, Xu Chu stood up and glared at Wang Hu, Wang Hu was not afraid, he looked at Xu Xuan and said: "If the general thinks Wang Hu should be punished, please do it, Wang Hu will be slaughtered by his neck!"

Feng Yao hurriedly pressed Xu Chu, "Zhongkang, Wang Hu has no intention of harming me!"

Xu Chu had just sat down, but his eyes were still cautious, and he did not let go of his guard.

The generals also stood up to persuade them, and the faces of the two calmed down.

Feng Yao stretched out his hands and pressed the generals to sit down. He understood that the generals did not approve of Wang Hu. After all, he killed his master and made the generals feel ashamed to be in the same position as him. No matter what, you can't be careless. The better you treat Wang Hu, the more likely that more enemy generals will surrender without a fight in the future. Feng Yao is not only considering the immediate interests.

Moreover, Feng Yao has been familiar with Wang Hu for a long time, and he knows that he is not the kind of person who will conspire behind the scenes, and his behavior is often determined by his own preferences. The two-year-old child was not spared, and it was only after Feng Yao's surrender that he disregarded the interests of the thousands of rebel soldiers under him and only cared about his own gains and losses, so Wang Hu acted angrily.

Feng Yao looked at Wang Hu and said, "Of course I'm also afraid that General Wang will strike me from behind!"

As soon as this remark came out, all the generals laughed, but Du Wanghu looked embarrassed, Feng Yao then straightened his face, his voice became dignified, and said: "But! How can I bury the credit of General Wang because of my personal feelings! ! If I do not betray you, you will not betray me!!"

Wang Hu was greatly moved when he heard the words, and immediately kowtowed with his head on the table, crying bitterly: "Your Majesty really knows Wang Hu too!! Wang Hu is willing to die in allegiance to repay the kindness of knowing you! I beg you to accept Wang Hu!!"

"Wang Hu! You have to think clearly! Even if you don't recognize me as the master, I will appoint you as a general, but once you recognize me as the master, you must not have any intention of betraying me in the future!" Feng Yao did not immediately accept Wang Hu's recognition of the master is to further test Wang Hu's determination, and at the same time, he wants to use Wang Hu's example to give a hint to those who have not yet recognized the master.

"I am willing to be a servant!" Wang Hu kowtowed.

Xu Chu interjected at this moment: "You must swear!"

Wang Hu immediately pointed to the sky and made an oath: "My Runan Wang Hu swears today! I am willing to be Feng Yao's servant, and the heavens are above, as a witness. If my Wang Hu has the intention of betraying the master Feng Yao in the future, he will be punished by heaven! Everyone died under the plague!"

As soon as Wang Hu's oath came out, all the generals were shocked. Most people swear only by their own family, but Wang Hu actually swears by the whole family, and the most frightening thing is that he cursed his whole family with the plague! !
Feng Yao couldn't help but feel hairy, and thought: "I hope Wang Hu's oath will not come true. If the plague breaks out, it won't be some people who will suffer!" But Feng Yao is different from what many people think. It's just a verbal statement, it's just a statement, if you want your subordinates not to betray the lord, the key is to have both grace and power, both of which are indispensable!

Wang Hu's oath was not poisonous, but among the generals, two people immediately became unhappy, the first was Xu Chu, and the other was Ji Ling.

Xu Chu snorted, "What's the use of making such an oath?"

Ji Ling frowned, and said, "General Wang, do you want the entire county to fall into the plague?" As the main general around Feng Yao, Ji Ling rarely spoke, giving off a very stable image. Ling was convinced, seeing Ji Ling also reprimanded, the rest of the generals nodded one after another, and all looked at Wang Hu.

Wang Hu knew he was wrong, so he immediately changed his words: "If Wang Hu loses to the lord, the whole clan will be bullied by rebels, the man will be beheaded, and the woman will be the slave of others!"

Only then did Ji Ling clap his fists at Feng Yao in satisfaction, "Congratulations, my lord, for gaining another general!" It meant that he recognized Wang Hu's status.

All the generals wished together, and Xu Chu clasped his fists at Wang Hu and said, "General Wang, due to a certain duty, I offended you just now, please don't take it for granted!"

Wang Hu returned the salute to all the generals one by one.

Feng Yao didn't say much, but he didn't expect that such a simple process of accepting generals would cause so many quarrels. It is estimated that there will be more generals in the future, and there will be more conflicts, so he kept a thought in his heart. In the future, I need to think more about it before doing things better. At the same time, I also feel that the most important thing I lack is counselors. Zhiyue stayed in Xiyang City last time to handle government affairs, and he didn't follow him, which made me a little overwhelmed. coming.

"Everyone! Time is running out now, so I won't talk about anything else. The reason why I called you here is to arrange the soldiers and horses in the city. What do you think is a good strategy?" Feng Yao said.

(End of this chapter)