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Chapter 400 The quiet Jinguan City

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The news of Yang Wuhou’s defeat at Taiping Field soon spread throughout the city.Zhuchengmen in Chengdu have successively been martial law.

The troops of Li Rang, the commander of Chengdu defender, were all transferred to the front line, but the general who commanded the defender was replaced, so he failed to follow Xue Lu to join the battle.

Early in the morning, Li Rang slowly used breakfast and put on his clothes and armor, and walked to the doorstep surrounded by servants.

At this time, two men in common clothes were already standing next to the doorman waiting.

They came up and took out a piece of paper with seals and a sealed waist card of the Jinyiwei. One of them said: Please ask Commander Li to go with us.

Li Rang's face turned pale immediately, and he stood there for a while without saying a word.There were a group of guards and slaves around, but no one spoke at this time.

Commander Li?The soldiers of the Jinyi Guard called out.

Li Rangdao: Today I will go to the Ministry of Command and Commander Office to discuss the city defense and military affairs, and I have agreed.

The soldiers of the Jinyi Guard said coldly: We will say hello there, Commander Li doesn’t have to worry, and there is no need to go.

good.Li Rang nodded, and then lowered his head and looked at him, "I'll change my clothes first."

The two soldiers of the Jinyiwei looked at each other, and the other said: Please General Li as soon as possible.

Li Rang turned around and walked towards the mansion, came to a wing room, and asked the servants beside him to pick up his official uniform.

He then grabbed the scarf, wiped it on his forehead, took a strong breath, and exhaled it long.

He sat stiffly for a moment, took the sword from his waist and placed it on the table, staring at the scabbard with his eyes intently.

After a while, Li Rang suddenly grabbed the scabbard, stretched out his right hand, and pulled out a piece of knife with a loud noise, but immediately stopped moving again.

He frowned, staring at the blade, thinking about something.

Li Rang sat in the room for a long time and did nothing. When the slave came out of his official uniform, he changed it. Then he walked to the door of the wing room and suddenly turned around and said to the slave: Tell your wife...

The slave bent down quickly.

Li Rang looked like he was reluctant to speak, and finally continued: Don’t worry, Madam, I will go home soon.

The slave choked and said: Yes.

Li Rang obediently followed the two Jinyi Guard soldiers away from the house and got into a carriage and left.

He did not resist at all, mainly because he could not resist. All the main troops of the Chengdu defenders were taken away by Xue Lu, fled, surrendered or died. Now Li Rang is a bare-headed person; even if there are soldiers, if there are sudden changes, the consequences will probably be worse and more people will be affected!

He was taken to the Sichuan Provincial Administration Office and arrived at a study room. No one could do anything to him for the time being.

Li Rang noticed that there was an airtight curtain hanging behind the study. He couldn't see anything behind, but it was hard to check it out. He always felt that there was someone behind!

After a while, a big man came in, someone he had never seen before.The big man sat down casually on a chair and said: I am from the Jinyiwei, my surname is Di.

Li Rang clasped his fists and said: General Di, lucky to meet.

The man named Di clasped his fists and replied, "I want to ask Commander Li for advice if you have something. More than a month ago, I made it clear that it was September 28th, the hour of You. Commander Li went to the mansion of a man who was over 20 years old. Who was that person?

Li Rang swallowed and slowly spoke: Cousin, my cousin, his surname is Zhang.

The great man nodded in all his thoughts.

Li Rang had already prepared his words and thought the man wanted to ask in detail what the relationship was. Unexpectedly, the man bowed and said: Commander Li may not know much about the situation. During those days, more than one general in Sichuan's garrison had met the secret envoy of the King of Han, and many people admitted it. Mrs. Zun's cousin came mysteriously in those days, and such a thing is indeed quite strange. Are you right?

Li Rang nodded and took a deep breath in secret.

The Han Dynasty said: The King of Han sent secret envoys to persuade the surrender. This was a long time ago as we expected, and it was not a general's fault.The King of Han wants to send traitors here, what can you do?He paused and continued, Don't worry, those generals did not agree to the conditions of the King of Han's traitors, so nothing is wrong now...

Marquis Yangwu is more ruthless in doing things, but he has left Chengdu City. Don’t be scared by what Marquis Yangwu did.The tone of the Han Dynasty was very good. Now the governors Guo Gong and Guo Butang were fully in charge of the military and political affairs of Chengdu Prefecture. Guo Butang was a well-educated scholar who read the books of sages. He was polite and reasonable in everything, and would never make things difficult for Commander Li.

Silence fell in the study.

Li Rang's mind was turbulent, and at some point he wanted to admit it. After all, the other party was really polite and what he said made sense. If a spy came to find him, there was nothing he could do about it!

But Li Rang finally said nothing.

The big man said: Actually, the traitor has been caught by us. Guo Butang felt that General Li was understandable, it depends on what General Li meant.

Li Rang closed his mouth, clenched his teeth and loosened it. The man was really not a spy. I'm afraid Guo Butang and General Di had misunderstood!

Bang!The man suddenly slapped the table with a palm, and the teacup on it bounced up.

The big man pointed at Li Rang and said coldly, "Look at you, don't know the methods of the Jinyiwei?"If you don’t want toast, you will be punished for wine!

Li Rang hurriedly said with a sad face: My general's future has been destroyed by the woman, and he has been making trouble for me more than once...

good!good!The big man stood up and General Li would not be willing to do so without passing the water first.

Cough, cough.Two soft coughs came from behind the curtain.

The big man immediately walked behind the curtain.

After a while, he lifted the curtain and said, Commander Li, go home, stay in the mansion, don't go anywhere, and don't send people out to have an affair with irrelevant people.Take care of yourself!

...Three days after the Taiping Field Battle, Xue Lu had arrived in Chongqing Prefecture.The people from the Jinyiwei immediately came to the army to see him and asked him to lead the army to help suppress the rebellion if necessary.

Only then did Xue Lu realize that Chongqing Guard Commander Xu Hua was arrested by the Jinyi Guard Captain.

The general of the Jinyiwei called Xu Hua to the prefect's office and spoke, showing his identity, and asking Xu Hua about meeting the traitor of the King of Han.

But Xue Lu knew in his heart that the people from the Jinyiwei had no idea whether Xu Hua had an affair with the King of Han, and he must have wanted to cheat Xu Hua!

No one in the Jinyiwei soldiers in the capital could control the civil and military officials from outside the court.

However, in addition to those who are secretly responsible, most of the soldiers of the Jinyiwei guards must be controlled by the emperor's trusted ministers, such as Guo Zi and Xue Lu, who can take care of them; because the Jinyiwei's responsibilities in Sichuan are assisting the emperor's trusted ministers, and at the same time, they also need the supervision and help of ministers with great power.

So Xue Lu knew that Sichuan's Jinyiwei military generals had never sent anyone to Chongqing Prefecture.

They wanted to cheat Xu Hua because they had caught several traitors and found out that there were traitors from Han kings in various parts of Sichuan to contact the generals. They also found out from the file that Xu Hua was once Qu Neng's old subordinate.

Xue Lu listened by the window behind the office room.

After saying a call inside, Xu Hua admitted: I have indeed met that person, but I was a military officer from the Ming Dynasty and a general from the vassal king. I did not agree to him anything and refused!

The general of the Jinyiwei asked: Why didn’t General Xu arrest the traitor and report to the commander of the capital?

Looking in through the crack in the window, Xu Hua was not tall, had a long face, had very little hair on his forehead and had a lot of beard, and looked like a carrot just pulled out of the ground.

Xu Hua glared with his round eyes and said: Brother, we are all military officers, you don’t understand, how can you do things too well?The King of Han rebelled, but he was still the priest's brother. Why did we offend too much?

The general of the Jinyiwei Guard said: Only when you are in the army, you are dereliction of duty and lazy in fighting will the official army fail in the first battle.

Damn it!Xu Hua was furious. Xue Lu was fighting in Chengdu, hundreds of miles away from Chongqing Prefecture, and I didn't go at all!If he loses, can he still rely on me?!

The general of the Jinyiwei said coldly: You personally admit that you have an affair with the rebel king and spies, but you don’t report it secretly, and you have something to say?If you are unfaithful to the court, you will be a traitor sooner or later!

Ge, I just met and did nothing. Didn’t you just say it’s okay?Xu Hua pointed at the nose of the Jinyiwei and cursed. The more he scolded, the more he became, the more he couldn't understand it. It was all in dialects.

Xue Lu turned his head and gave a wink. A group of soldiers next to him lifted the back door, rushed in, and pushed Xu Hua straight to the ground.

Xu Hua twisted his neck with force, his face turned red, and cursed in strange official words mixed with a strong Sichuan accent. If I had known this, I would have just joined the King of Han!Damn it!

The general of the Jinyiwei said: Didn’t you admit this?Who are your accomplices?

Xu Hua said: Your mother and I are accomplices. They slept together and gave birth to you a tortoise son!

The general of the Jinyiwei was furious: drag it into the prison and beat it to death until he confessed!

Xu Hua was tied up and dragged out of the room, and it was foggy outside.The winter in Chongqing is cold and wet, as if it is covered in fog all day, and the fog never dissipates.

...At this time, in Chengdu, hundreds of civil and military officials stood in the lobby in the office of the commander-in-chief, but the seat was Guo Zi, the governor.

Guo Zi was not only the governor, but also the Minister of Revenue in the Central Court of the Court, holding an imperial edict that could control the military and political affairs of Sichuan. Now that the general Xue Lu has left Chengdu, Guo Zi took over the power of Chengdu city's defense.

A group of civil and military officials bowed and stood in the lobby, and the room was full of people.Guo Zi spoke in the upper hand: The city walls of Chengdu are strong, with sufficient food, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians; at most, two months of guarding!The imperial court's reinforcements will surely arrive.As long as you are loyal to the court and do your best, your official will be with the emperor and ask for me for you!

This official is not humble, and this official is one of the few important officials whom the emperor relies on.At this important time, whoever does his best for the official will be his benefactor, and he will have no worries about his future.Nothing false words!

Then Guo Zi waved his hand and several generals came up and began to deploy the responsibilities of civil and military officials on duty.