Chapter 40: Ash

There was a sound of horse hooves outside the barracks, and the soldiers came to the camp to report: Governor Zhao is here.

Du Xian turned his head and saw dust rising from the dust of the gate, and more than ten cavalry ran straight over from the dust.

The others were wearing gray-black iron helmets and armor, and only the one in the middle was wearing a red official robe, so it must be the governor Zhao Qu.

When the team came to the front, Zhao Qu and others turned over and jumped off the horse's back and came up to pay their respects.

Zhao Qu had a square face, his eyes were as clear as three vertical lines between his eyebrows, and he looked like a more serious person.

As soon as he said something like "I'm in a bad mood", Du Xian suddenly shouted: Zhao Qu, do you know your guilt?

Zhao Qu was shocked and said: Why am I guilty?

This official was ordered by the imperial edict, and was inspected by the Censor Zhao Qu, the governor of Youzhou, and was taken back to the capital for interrogation.Du Xian said seriously, come and take this person down!

Zhao Qu said anxiously: I am a Beijing official. If you don’t have real evidence, how can you just take it?

Do you still have to resist the order?!

Du Xian shouted sternly.

Immediately, a few powerful generals beside him rushed towards Zhao Qu, who was heading down. When a man who was as strong as a small mountain and moving like a thunderous rabbit was Yang Meng. He was the godson of the favored eunuch Yang Sixu in the court, who was placed beside Du Xian to make contributions.

Thousands of officers and soldiers in the camp broke up when they met them. Most of them were confused and dared not move around casually. One was the immediate superior and the other was the chief official from the capital. Who can you help?

It is naturally the best to watch the show while standing.

But the confidant generals around Zhao Qu were different. They only followed Zhao Qu's leader on weekdays. Seeing that others were coming to catch people, they all came to stop them.

Without saying a word, Yang Meng flew up at a general who rushed from the side, and with a clang of iron shoes hit the man's protection state of mind. The man fell to the ground with a scream of pain, and a mouthful of filthy spurted out of his mouth.

Yang Meng then shortened his body, and actually carried a fat man in front to his shoulder, shouting: Go!

He threw out the fat man with big and thick shoulders on his shoulders, and with a loud bang, the man raised his head and screamed to the ground and could never get up again.

In the blink of an eye, Yang Meng brought down two generals by himself, and everyone around him shrank a little.At this time, Du Xian was furious and said: You dare to resist the order by force, and those who block it will kill you!

Swish... Du Xian's people pulled out their weapons, and the fight would develop into a bloody conflict in a flash.

Du Xian pointed at Zhao Qu and said: If there are casualties, your family in the capital will die without a burial place, and the nine clans may not be protected!

Slow down!

Zhao Qu suddenly stopped his subordinates and strode forward and said, "I was wronged and I just wanted to take it."

Yang Meng and others were not polite, so they rushed forward and caught him. They also tied Zhao Qu's upper body, so they couldn't move their arms.

Du Xian is so wide-body and fat that he is even white. He is really decisive in doing things, and he is not at all elegant at this time.

Seeing that the governor had been taken down, he shouted: You are eating imperial grain, and they are all His Majesty's people. No one who responds to His Majesty's disloyalty has the right to control you.I am now ordered to take charge of the seal of the General Manager of the Hebei Road. From today on, you will all obey the orders of the General Manager's Office. Those who violate the order shall be executed by military laws!

Seeing this, the troops agreed, so Du Xian left several generals to maintain the situation in the military camp, and then ordered people to tie Governor Zhao to the horse and take the others out of the military camp in a swagger.

The group returned to the Mingguang Army camp, and Du Xian ordered the camp to be pulled into Youzhou tomorrow, and they will be temporarily stationed in their original location today.

When the generals saw that the Youzhou Governor was captured, they all went to the central army to congratulate him, praising Du Xian for his quick decisive means and bravely dared to use a hundred cavalry to capture the Youzhou Governor directly.

Du Xian disagreed: Jianbing once followed the current war and received military pay from the court, so it was basically impossible to turn against the court.If Zhao Qu did not come to the barracks today and hurried to Youzhou City to transfer local troops into the city, I would not risk entering the city alone.

After Du Xian said that, he asked someone to take Zhao Qu to the central army tent for interrogation, but Zhao Qu was obviously dissatisfied, and his arms were tied and he hit his soldiers with his shoulders.

When he saw Du Xian, he said angrily: What you did is really disappointing. Zhao has been guarding Youzhou for several years, and he has worked hard without any credit. If you can't even get any evidence, you will tie it up with false charges. Is this really the emperor's will?

Can we come from Chang'an and still spread the holy intention in front of the generals?Du Xian sneered.

Governor Zhao said: What do you do to me?

Du Xian said: If you confess the truth of the rebellion now, I will be able to write to the morning.If he refuses to plead guilty, he can only be taken back to Chang'an for interrogation... Du Xian remembered that when he was in the barracks, he immediately gave up his resistance. After thinking about it, he said, "If you are taken back to Chang'an to ask for a crime, you will have no choice but to argue, and I'm afraid that your family will still be affected by it."

I'm not guilty, what did you let me admit?

Governor Zhao insisted on his words.

Du Xian patted the case and said: It’s better not to admit it, but I will take him back to Beijing by using a prison cart one day.

Governor Zhao was furious and said: A soldier can be killed but not humiliated!

After hearing this, Du Xian stood up from his seat and walked to him. He suddenly pulled out his sword to cut the rope and handed the sword over.

Seeing this, the general hurriedly persuaded him. Du Xian raised his hand to stop everyone and said to Governor Zhao: I respect you as a man, and you have not mobilized troops to fight in civil war. Now I will give you a chance.If you feel unable to bear the humiliation of being interrogated, this sword is a sword worn by His Majesty. You can use it to thank the emperor for your kindness!

Governor Zhao frowned and reached out to receive the sword. More than a dozen eyes in the tent looked at him, and he was silent for a moment.

Du Xian said again: One year, the assassin was shocked in the Huaqing Palace. The Yulin Army general who was on duty apologized for his death, so he was relieved of his guilt, and his wife, children, and even his wife, children, and children were given pensions.If you express your regret for your death, I believe the court will not blame you too much.

After hearing this, Governor Zhao slowly aimed the sword in reverse and pointed it at his chest, widening his eyes and said, "I did not rebel." Then he pressed the hilt of the sword and the sword tip penetrated into his chest. With a plop, he knelt softly and fell to the ground. A lot of blood gradually flowed out of his body, and a pool of blood soon appeared in the tent.

After carrying it down, transport the corpse back to Chang'an.Du Xian pulled out his bloody sword and ordered calmly.

In the afternoon, he suddenly reported that the Chief Secretary Wang Xianzhi was asking for a meeting outside the gate. Du Xian looked back and said: Another guilty person came to his door.

Mingguang Military General Fan Shuhu smiled and said: By the way, Youzhou is about to rebel. The general manager has just arrived for a day and it is quelled without any effort.

After a while, an official who was whiter and fatter than Du Xian was brought in by a soldier. He reported that his family was Wang Xianzhi, the chief of Youzhou. Wang Xianzhi looked very kind, with a kind face as round as a melon and amiable and smiling.

He bowed to Du Xian on the front seat in the north. There was a pool of blood at the place where he stood, but it had been washed by blood. If he didn't look down, he could not see the faint blood there.

This is the respect of the officials and people of Youzhou City to General Du. Please read it.

Wang Xianzhi took out a post from his arms.

The sergeant took it at Du Xian's instruction and passed it on. Du Xian opened it and saw at a glance that this thing was nothing else, but a gift list with entries for various valuable items.

Du Xiandao: Governor Zhao was caught in the morning and has already committed suicide and apologized.Is Wang Changshi... want to bribe my official?

Governor Zhao has already... Wang Xianzhi's smile has become very ugly, his face turned pale, and he hurriedly said, "How dare you, how can you be considered a bribery?"It's just a little bit of thought, please accept General Manager Du and the generals and brothers.

Where is the stuff?Carry in and take a look.Du Xian said calmly.

Wang Xianzhi had no choice but to ask someone to carry the things to the military camp. He felt something was wrong at this time, but there was no other way, so he had to stand there with his teeth hanging down.

After the box was carried into the big tent, Du Xian immediately asked someone to open it in public, but Wang Xianzhi could no longer stop him.

As soon as the box opened, I saw that it was full of gold, jade and jewelry. The dazzling array of colorful treasures made the monotonous and simple military tent suddenly add a little more color.

All the generals stared at the box without exception.

Wang Xianzhi's forehead was covered with sweat.

Du Xian walked to the box calmly, reached out and picked up a piece of jade from the colorful things, and admired the light at the door with great interest.

Wang Xianzhi smiled and said: This is the best Lantian nephrite, gentle and pure like a gentleman, who is just matched with a gentleman like Mr. Du.

Du Xian nodded while listening, saying, "It's a good piece of jade, but after reading it, he threw it into the box. The reviewer said: Why are you glaring? How dare we take these things?Look at Wang Changshi of Youzhou. After working in Changshi for several years, he can even get so many things!Well, this is an unexpected fortune. Du didn't dare to let his brothers take it like this, but he set a rule to wait for the battlefield to reward them according to the merits and killing. As long as he wins a battle, the court will not pursue us.

The generals were immediately happy when they heard this. Someone said: This method is good, and you will feel at ease when you kill the enemy and get rewards. If you just divide it like this, you will still be afraid of being investigated.Everyone laughed when they heard this.

But Wang Xianzhi originally wanted to please Du Xian alone, but now it seems that Du Xian wants to collect money and not give face...

There was no more kind smile on Wang Xian's face, and it became even worse than crying.

Du Xian patted the box and said: I will send an order to kill the captive leader Li Huo and Xi Wang Li Daqiu, who will reward any twenty treasures in this box, and report to the court to reward them separately; those who seize the enemy flag on Yingzhou City and those who have broken the enemy in the battle formation will reward ten treasures.The rest of the enemy's heads will be rewarded with the coins after selling the treasures.

Get order!

Du Xian looked at Wang Xianzhi again: Wang Changshi, where did this money come from and what are you going to use for?After you go to Chang'an, you must not only explain the reality of your rebellion, but also make the money clear.