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Ma Chao quickly declined:"My subordinates did not investigate before, allowing bandits to commit such heinous crimes.""

"Now that I can only redeem my previous sins a little, how dare I say that I have any merit? My lord, I am really ashamed of myself for what I have said! Zhou

Cheng smiled and said,"These are troubled times, and it is normal to have casualties. I only hope that Meng Qi can use this incident as a lesson.""

"You must be aware of everything in the future and don’t make such mistakes again!

Ma Chao quickly replied:"My subordinates will not dare to do it again in the future!" Zhou

Cheng nodded:"Okay, let's go down and rest for a while. I will gather all the soldiers tomorrow to arrange the follow-up matters.""

Ma Chao quickly thanked him and left.

Early the next morning, Ma Yunlu came to Ma Chao's house.

Ma Chao was just about to leave after receiving someone sent by Zhou Cheng to inform him of the meeting arrangements.

At this time, he saw Ma Yunlu arriving.

He also smiled and hurried He asked,"Why did my little sister come here? Ma

Yunlu looked at Ma Chao nervously and said,"I received an order from my lord yesterday evening, asking me to come to the Prefect's Mansion early this morning to discuss matters.""

"He didn't explain what was going on, so he came to ask his brother.

Ma Chao laughed and said,"You will only be so polite to me when you ask me for help."

Ma Yunlu was furious when he heard this:"Are you going to say it or not?""

After saying that, he raised his pink fist and prepared to fight.

Seeing that he couldn't defeat Ma Yunlu,

Ma Chao could only say sarcastically:"Actually, I don't know what the lord wants to say when he summons me."

"The person who delivered the order only said what was going to be discussed in the morning and nothing else.

Ma Yunlu said anxiously:"Could it be because of my private entry into the mountain?""

Wrowning, Ma Chao smiled and said,"I don't think so."

"What kind of person is the lord? How could you cling to such a small detail?"

"There must be something to arrange, such as this time's reward for merit and so on.

Ma Yunlu felt a little relieved, nodded and said,"That's good.""

The discussion was settled, and the two brothers and sisters came to the prefect's mansion together.

Entering the meeting hall, they saw that Zhang Yan and Zhang Fang had already arrived, as well as Li Ru and even Xu Huang.

Everyone saw Ma Chao. Both Ma Chao and Ma Yunlu hurriedly came forward to say hello.

Li Ru and Xu Huang had just learned about the expedition against bandits from Zhang Yan and Zhang Fang. They also praised the achievements of Ma Chao and Ma Yunlu.

At this time , another person came in at the door, dressed as a scribe, very young.

As soon as he came in, he looked at Li Ru and Xu Huang and said:"The two brothers are also here, they are filial and polite."

Li Ru and Xu Huang quickly returned the courtesy.

They were wondering why Guo Jia came here when he was not in Yecheng.

Guo Jia saw the expressions on the two people's faces, so he quickly explained:"I also received the order from the lord a few days ago."

"Transfer the management of Yecheng to the new governor and come here to report."

Xu Huang and Li Ru nodded to express their understanding.

Then Guo Jia looked at Ma Chao and Ma Yunlu and said:"This must be the famous Ma Chao and Ma Mengqi."

"And Fengxiao’s future mistress."

He also bowed quickly.

Ma Chao quickly returned the gift.

Ma Yunlu was blushing with shame, but he also returned the gift with embarrassment.

Guo Jia and Zhang Yan and Zhang Fang greeted each other again.

Then they saw Zhou Cheng leaving the inner room. came out.

Everyone quickly lined up on both sides and saluted Zhou Cheng.

Zhou Cheng smiled and waved his hands gently, indicating that everyone should sit down first.

After the attendants served tea to everyone,

Zhou Cheng cleared his throat and said:"This paragraph You have all worked very hard over this period of time, and I am very grateful."

"Therefore, everyone is summoned here today, on the one hand, to discuss merit and reward, and on the other hand, to arrange the work for the next stage."

When they heard about rewards based on merit, everyone immediately pricked up their ears and straightened their backs.

After all, no one has done anything bad recently.

So if rewards are based on merit, you must have your own share. Yes.

Zhou Cheng smiled secretly when he saw everyone's reaction.

"Wenyou, Gongming and Fengxiao made great contributions to the development of Yecheng"

"Help me successfully expand Yecheng into a granary transfer center in the north"

"It will be of great help to our forces in their future northern conquest."

"Therefore, each person will be rewarded with ten thousand taels of gold, which will be arranged later."

Li Ru, Xu Huang and Guo Jia quickly thanked them.

Then Zhou Cheng looked at Zhang Yan and Zhang Fang.

He smiled and said:"Although the two of them were guilty of not investigating before, they caused the lives in Shangdang City to be devastated and blood flowed like rivers."

"However, he repented and helped to defeat the bandits. He also harvested a large amount of treasures and captured the bandit chief."

"It can barely be counted as a deduction for the death penalty that was spared before."

"Now Zhang Yan is still restored to his post and appointed as the governor of Shangdang, and Zhang Fang follows Zhang Yan's arrangements. Hearing this, Zhang

Yan immediately declined and said,"My lord, I have sinned so much that I am really not suitable for such an important task.""

"What's more, now Governor Ma has also made great achievements"

"The villain thinks that Master Ma would be the most suitable person to take the position of governor."