Zhu Nao

Wei Yue's plan today went very smoothly.The reason why it went so smoothly was not because of his ingenious arrangement tonight, but because he had dealt with the officials of Jianzhou Prefecture for several months before that, and he had completely gained their trust.These officials were almost undefended against him-they had already drank many drinks and eaten many meals together, who would have thought that a partial meal could cause problems?At the same time, in order to ask for him, the officials put their figures even lower, and many officials did not even bring an attendant.

There were more than a dozen officials invited to the banquet today, and the list was drawn up by Wei Yue himself.Most of these people are high-ranking officials in Jianzhou Mansion, but there are also a few officials whose positions are not very high.Wei Yue spent a lot of effort investigating the situation in Jianzhou Mansion before, just to understand the responsibilities and backgrounds of the officials.This time, the people he invited out were all the most important officials in the Jianzhou Mansion. They were either important figures in the command center, or representatives of local tycoons in the government.As long as there are no more than a dozen people in the government, even if there are more than a hundred officials in the government, they will all become a mess, and the government will no longer be able to operate.

Therefore, as long as these dozen or so people are gone, the Jianzhou government will completely collapse.At that time, Zhu Nao will come to take over, and there will be no more resistance.

All the officials have been drugged unconscious, Wei Yue also began his last step - execution.

The first person he struck was Jianzhou Mu, who was sitting closest to him.This guy was fat and round. Wei Yue stepped on his belly, and his belly bounced like waves, and he didn't know how much oil and water it contained.

Wei Yue sneered with disgust on his face, and said with a sneer: "He is the biggest official in Jianzhou, and he is also the most corrupt official! Last time he bragged to me that he had hundreds of maidservants in his family. Today I will send him to see the King of Hades. Let hundreds of brats scrape off the oil and water for him!"

His brothers spit on Jianzhou Mu one after another.Most of these brothers are from Jianzhou. After years of hard life in exile, they wished to pluck off the skin of corrupt officials.

Wei Yue looked around at the crowd and said, "Who wants to kill him?"

As soon as the words fell, several people immediately stepped forward.However, after going forward, everyone looked at me and I looked at you, all holding up their knives hesitantly, no one really made a move.

They followed Wei Yue as thieves for a long time, although they did many bad things against the law and discipline, but very few of them killed anyone.I can't help being a little timid for a while.

Seeing this, Wei Yue frowned, and simply picked up a dagger and executed it herself.He turned Jianzhou Mu over, held his shoulders, and raised the knife to stab him in the heart.However, before making a move, his hand also paused in the air for a while.

After a moment, he closed his eyes.Just when everyone thought he didn't dare to make a move, he suddenly gritted his teeth and stabbed hard towards his body on the ground!

Blood spattered instantly, Jianzhou Mu's fat body twitched for a while, and finally gradually stopped moving.

Wei Yue's face was covered with blood, and it was dark, no one could see his expression clearly.He wiped the blood from his face, drew out the knife, and walked to the next person.

"This is also a big corrupt official. He pesters me every day and asks me to help him connect with the officials of Chengdu Mansion. Every time he makes a gift, he often gives hundreds of taels of money. It's all the people's fat and anointing. He should be killed!"

He was about to start again, when he suddenly heard someone behind him say: "Brother, let me do it."

Wei Yue turned her head and saw a young man walking out of the crowd.It was some time ago that he saw the young man who killed the evil servant of the landlord's house on the edge of the field.The young man had been following him lately.

Wei Yue backed away, and the young man stepped forward, gritted his teeth, and cut the corrupt official's neck!

After executing this one, Wei Yue went to the next one.

"This, it doesn't seem to be very greedy." Wei Yue stroked his chin and said, "Tie it up and take it away!"

And the next one.

"This, Zhu Nao specifically said to keep it. He said that his job is the key, and he needs to assist in governing Jianzhou. Tie him up and take him away."

Go to the next one.

"Heh, how many injustices has this guy committed? The poor are all imprisoned by him. If the rich break the law, they are blind to see! Killing him a hundred times is considered cheap!"

He walked down in a circle, making decisions one by one.Whoever said he wanted to kill, the young man stepped forward and wiped off his neck.Anyone who said they wanted to stay, everyone hurried forward and tied them with ropes, and then put sacks on them.

The last one is Zhou Tianmu who came last.

Zhou Tianmu was also very fascinated, but probably drank the least, so he still had a sliver of sanity.He vaguely felt someone lifting his chin to look at him, and vaguely heard someone talking in his ear.

"This one doesn't seem to have done anything bad. Take it away too."

After Zhou Tianmu was put into a sack, Wei Yue looked back.Most of the dozen or so officials in Jianzhou Prefecture were killed, and the ground was covered with blood, leaving only four or five sacks containing living people.

At night, the wind was blowing, the lanterns were flickering, and there was a faint sound of beating outside.I can't stay here for long.

Wei Yue went to wash her face, changed into plain clothes and came back, held up a lantern and said, "Let's go."

Everyone carried a few sacks and left quietly through the back door under the cover of the night.

……

The next day, an explosive news quickly spread in Jianzhou City, causing a sensation in the whole city.

——Dozens of high-ranking officials in Jianzhou Prefecture were all killed overnight, and their bodies were found in a small courtyard.Another five officials disappeared without even a single hair being found.

Who is the murderer?No one knew that the official in charge of the prison was also killed, and the government was in complete chaos. There was no one in charge, let alone anyone who could investigate the case.

Ever since, all kinds of rumors became rampant, and the more they spread, the more evil they became, and finally all kinds of gods, gods and ghosts were involved.

For a long time afterwards, there was a legend circulating in Jianzhou.It is said that there is a very spiritual mountain god here, who protects the people, and once sent down divine power to kill dozens of corrupt officials and evil officials overnight.Later, it spread, and many foreigners came to worship the mountain god.Of course, this is all for later.

At this moment, the real murderer has led his team, carrying a few sacks, on the way to Langzhou.

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On the main road in Chengdu, a messenger galloped on horseback.The horseshoes were beating rapidly on the gravel road, making a sound like a drum beating, and a cloud of smoke and dust was raised.

The people on the road retreated to the sides one after another, pointing and talking about the figure of the messenger.

"Running in such a hurry, is something serious going on?"

"God knows, in the past few months, there have been major events every month. Anyway, it has nothing to do with us. No matter what happens, don't we live our lives as usual?"

"That's not necessarily true. Maybe something happened, and we have to be implicated."

"That can't be helped, what can we do? Come and suffer."

"Ugh……"

……

The fast horse galloped outside the government house, and the messenger reined in his horse: "Whoa! Stop!"

The well-trained posthorse stopped at the gate of the official mansion, and immediately an official came forward to help lead the horse.The messenger jumped off his horse, wiped the sweat from his brow, and walked quickly into the house.

……

Xu Yu was working, when he heard hurried footsteps outside.He looked up, and his confidant hurried over.

"Xu Shaoyin, there was news from Jingli just now, something serious happened!"

Xu Yu put down his pen: "What's the matter?"

The confidant leaned into his ear and reported a few words like this.

Xu Yu was shocked and couldn't close his mouth: "Really, really? Is there such a thing?"

The confidant nodded solemnly.

The expression on Xu Yu's face changed a few times, it could not be said to be happy or angry, but more surprised and puzzled.

After a while, he accepted the news, biting his fingers and lost in thought.

……

Lu Qinghui was packing the package.Yuan Jilu arranged tricky tasks for him and asked him to go out and execute them.At this time, there was a knock on the door outside.

"Who?"

"Lu Shaoyin, it's me."

Lu Qinghui recognized the voice as his confidant, and said, "Come in."

The man opened the door and came in, leaned into Lu Qinghui's ear and whispered something like this, Lu Qinghui suddenly opened his eyes wide, shocked to the extreme: "What?!"

He grabbed his confidant's arm and said anxiously: "Are you sure? Didn't make a mistake??"

The confidant nodded: "Really. The messenger is still in the government."

The blood on Lu Qinghui's face faded quickly, and he actually had a terrified expression.He said angrily: "Nonsense...it's ridiculous!! Those eunuchs...those eunuchs!"

The confidant also sighed.

Lu Qinghui was startled and angry, and the blood all over his body rushed to the top of his head.He was overstimulated, and suddenly felt dizzy, and he took two steps back, barely holding on to the table to stand still.

The confidant was startled, and hurried forward to help him: "Shao Yin, are you alright?"

Lu Qinghui did not respond.His chest rose and fell violently, and his chest was cramped, so he raised his hand to cover his chest.However, his palms couldn't help shaking...

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Yuan Jilu was taking a nap in the room, when he was woken up by the movement outside, he said displeasedly, "Who is outside?"

The people outside the door said: "Fu Yin, there is news from the capital."

Yuan Jilu was startled, and lazily got up and put on his clothes and got out of bed: "What news? Come in and tell me."

The messenger who came today is not here to promulgate the imperial decree, but to inform in advance after getting the news, and the official documents will not be delivered until a few days later.Therefore, there were not so many rules. The man opened the door and came in, took out a simple letter, and handed it to Yuan Jilu.

Yuan Jilu was careless when he opened the letter.The situation in the court has been very turbulent recently, and something happened from time to time. In fact, there are not many people who have something to do with him, so he doesn't take it too seriously.

He unfolded the letter, read it, and took a sip from the wine glass on the table.However, before he swallowed this mouthful, he spit it all out with a "poof".

He quickly wiped the letter paper dry, and stared at it carefully.After reading it over and over again, I finally put down the letter and began to meditate.

After a long time, a few creases appeared on his greasy face, and he laughed loudly: "Interesting. Now it's interesting..."

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Langzhou.

Zhu Nao, Yu Changming, and Dou Ziyi rode on horseback and walked in the front. Jing Zhe and Pei Ziqi followed behind them, and then followed the mighty troop of soldiers, each armed with armor and looking heroic.Everyone is heading towards the gate of the city.

In the middle of the group of box soldiers, five men followed the group.At first glance, they were different from well-trained soldiers. Surrounded by a group of soldiers, they seemed timid and depressed.Zhou Tianmu was also among these five people - they were the officials that Wei Yue had brought back from Jianzhou that day.They will be sent back to Jianzhou soon.

After leaving the city gate, everyone reined in their horses and stopped.

Zhu Nao said, "I'll send it here. The situation in Jianzhou is no better than that in Langzhou, so be careful."

It was already cold in the morning, but Dou Ziyi looked very hot, and raised his sleeves to wipe his sweat.

Yu Changming said calmly: "Don't worry. I dare not say anything else. Keeping Master Dou safe is not a problem." He added, "I'm not here, so you should be careful."

Behind Zhu Nao, Jing Zhe and Pei Ziqi raised their heads, signaling Yu Changming not to worry.

Today, Yu Changming and Dou Ziyi are going to Jianzhou.

They started making preparations a few months in advance. Dou Ziyi understood Jianzhou's government affairs and situation, and was ready to take over.And Yu Changming trained a hundred elite soldiers.

The situation in Jianzhou is very chaotic, there are a large number of refugees, and some local tyrants may hinder them.However, the refugees are just a mob, not to be feared.A powerful servant cannot be compared with a well-trained and well-equipped soldier, so it should not be a problem for him to enter Jianzhou Mansion with these hundred people.

After moving in, what Dou Ziyi has to do is what Zhu Nao did in Langzhou back then—take over the mess in Jianzhou Prefecture and restore order in Jianzhou.

The current situation in Jianzhou is indeed very similar to the original Langzhou.Originally, after the autumn harvest, the situation has been very turbulent, the social order has collapsed, and atrocities have occurred frequently, making it extremely dangerous.Wei Yue killed the officials again, robbed the rob, it was tantamount to pushing the tired eggs, causing the tired eggs to explode all over the ground.This situation seems to be extremely bad, but in fact, it is an excellent opportunity for the person who takes over.After all, if you take over when you are tired, you will not be able to support it, and it will easily blow up on yourself.It would be easier to sweep with a broom when the ground is broken.

As for why Dou Ziyi was sent instead of Zhu Nao himself, because Zhu Nao had to preside over Langzhou's government affairs and preside over non-traitorous affairs, so he really couldn't get away.

Seeing that Dou Ziyi couldn't stop wiping his sweat, Zhu Nao was still nervous, and said, "Why, you're not ready yet?"

Dou Ziyi licked her lips.

Zhu Nao tilted his head: "Do you want to leave in two days?"

Dou Ziyi: "..."

He didn't know if Jun Nao was joking or serious, but he believed that with Jun Nao's temperament, he nodded, and it was possible for Jun Nao to drag the team back without saying a word.Being so frightened, he stopped sweating.

He shook his head quickly: "I'm ready, I'm leaving today."

Junao nodded in satisfaction.Dou Ziyi's talent is very outstanding. After several years of training in the position of chief bookkeeper, she is very capable.When he went to Yuzhou, it was Dou Ziyi who acted as the governor of the state for him, and he did a very good job.It's just that his temperament is more reserved, sometimes not so refreshing.

Zhu Nao looked back at Zhou Tianmu and other former Jianzhou officials who were not far away.He smiled at them gently, like a spring breeze: "Will you all assist Master Dou well?"

The five of them nodded in unison, the hairs on their backs standing on end.

After these five people were captured and returned to Langzhou, Zhu Nao asked them to account for the government affairs of Jianzhou, and almost all five of them obediently cooperated without much resistance.It's not that they are cowardly by nature, it's just that they don't have the awareness of who they should be loyal to under such a corrupt atmosphere in the government.What is the difference between working for Jianzhou Mu, Yuan Jilu and Zhu Nao?

Zhu Nao smiled more and more kindly: "That's good. Thank you for your hard work."

The cold hairs on the five people's backs also stood up higher and higher.

The brigade was about to set off when suddenly a group of fast horses came from afar.Everyone looked at each other suspiciously and waited in place.

The fast horse soon came to the front. It turned out to be a messenger.This messenger is different from the official messenger who goes to Chengdu Mansion to report the news. With Zhu Nao's status, no matter whether it is the imperial court or Chengdu Mansion, he will not send any news to him.However, his level of well-informed information is not much worse than others. This is the eyes and ears he cultivated through business and other means.

The messenger jumped off his horse and came to Junao's side.Junao also dismounted from his horse.The messenger whispered something in his ear, and his eyebrows twitched violently, not sure if it was because of surprise or something else.

Seeing this, Dou Ziyi and Yu Changming also got off their horses.

"Zhu Zhoumu, what happened?"

"Yeah." Junao nodded, "It's a big deal."

The two looked at each other and asked again, "What's the big deal?"

Zhu Nao said: "It is said that the imperial court has issued an order that in order to resist the rebel forces in various places, local officials above the prefect can recruit troops by themselves."

Yu Changming and Dou Ziyi: "..."

A gust of wind blew and rolled up a few fallen leaves.There was complete silence all around.

Yu Changming and Dou Ziyi looked at Zhu Nao blankly.

After a while.

"Wait, wait a minute." Yu Changming put his hands around his ears, suspecting that he had heard wrong just now.Is Zhu Nao's calm and breezy tone saying that he needs to add more clothes when it's cold? "What can local officials bathe in? Take a bath?"

Zhu Nao took a deep look at him, his eyes seemed to sympathize with him for being deaf at such a young age: "What about bathing. Recruiting soldiers. The recruiting soldiers who recruited and bought horses."

Yu Changming: "!!!"

Dou Ziyi also paled in shock: "Really?! Is it confirmed news?!"

Zhu Nao thought for a while, and said, "No one would dare to make up such an outrageous thing. It's true, right?"

Two people: "..." Isn't it because it's outrageous that you have to doubt its authenticity? ? ?

All dynasties died in military disasters.Every new dynasty, the founding emperor would do everything possible to control the military power and disarm the local military forces, so as to prevent the local troops from becoming self-respecting, separate regimes and self-government, and even shake the authority of the royal family.For more than a hundred years, this dynasty has been implementing the system of separation of military and government. Local civil officials are only in charge of political affairs, and the troops stationed in various places are directly under the imperial court's orders, and non-local officials can be dispatched.

It is also because of this that Yuan Jilu has nothing to do with Zhu Nao's tough bone in Langzhou.He has no soldiers in his hands, so what else can he do?

But now, with a single order from the imperial court, Yuan Jilu can immediately recruit troops.From then on, the military and political power in Shu will be in his hands alone.

"This is simply... simply unreasonable!" Yu Changming shook his fist vigorously, extremely indignant.The reason for his indignation was not only for the safety of Langzhou, "Are those dog eunuchs crazy?! They can recruit soldiers everywhere, so wouldn't the world be in chaos?!"

Dou Ziyi's lips are also a little white.He thought for a moment, then murmured: "I'm afraid the situation in the north is worse than what we heard..."

Zhu Nao nodded to show his agreement: "One is that the north is too chaotic, and the other is that the troops stationed in various places are the former troops of General He, who refuse to obey the eunuchs. The eunuchs are afraid of death, so they rush to the doctor in a hurry, so they thought of this stupid trick to save their lives. "

Although the land of Shu is also chaotic at the moment, compared with the north, it is already in order.The war in the north has been burning for many years, and it has become more and more intense, and it has burned to a place not far from the capital.After the death of General He, although the eunuch party gained the upper hand in politics, it was in jeopardy militarily.The garrison of the capital is in the hands of the eunuchs, but the garrisons in various places are all the old troops of General He, let alone obeying the orders of the eunuchs. Many local troops rebelled immediately after hearing the news of the death of General He. Planning to go to Beijing to kill eunuchs.

Under such circumstances, it is indeed too late for the eunuch to save his life.It's not that they don't know that letting go of military power will definitely lead to local separatism and military disasters. The problem is that they have no choice.Only by making the already filthy water even more muddy and allowing more forces to participate in the dispute, can the spearhead aimed at them be weakened.

Perhaps the dream of the eunuchs is to let the local rebel army, the original garrison, and the army newly recruited by local officials fight among themselves, so that they can sit back and relax in Beijing.But everyone who is sober knows that the ending of the eunuch has already been written, and it is only a matter of time.That's why Jun Nao said that they are continuing their lives.

Dou Ziyi said worriedly: "Ministers above the prefect can recruit soldiers by themselves... If this is the case, our situation may not be good. We occupied Langzhou, but now we have taken Jianzhou. Chengdu Yin will definitely regard us as a serious problem , The first thing after recruiting is to deal with us."

Yu Changming was also worried.Of course they can ignore the law and recruit troops on their own.In fact, Zhu Nao had previously raised hundreds of private soldiers under the banner of Xiang soldiers. These soldiers were already different from ordinary Xiang soldiers, and they were real troops.But even if they count Langzhou, Jianzhou and even Yuzhou, there are only three states.What Yuan Jilu has is the whole of Shu!How do they compare with Yuan Jilu?

Zhu Nao said: "There is no rush. If he recruits troops now, he will have to practice for several months before he can use them. We have plenty of time."

Yu Changming's eyes lit up, and he said immediately, "What do we have time for?"

He thought Jun Nao had an idea, but he didn't expect Jun Nao to say calmly, "We still have time to think about countermeasures!"

Yu Changming: "..." Isn't that the same as saying nothing!

However, even if it was Zhu Nao, the news had just been sent, and it was impossible for him to immediately come up with a winning strategy.

Zhu Nao said: "Okay, you go to Jianzhou first. They should think it strange to delay here for so long."

Stimulated by this sudden news, Dou Ziyi was no longer nervous about taking over Jianzhou's mess - just kidding, what a Jianzhou is.There is another Chengdu Mansion waiting for them!

Before the team set off, Zhu Nao told Yu Changming: "You have stabilized the situation in Jianzhou, come back as soon as possible."

Although his tone was calm, Yu Changming could hear a bit of solemnity.He nodded and got on his horse: "Don't worry, I'll go and come back soon!"

With a kick on his horse's belly, he led the neat team out of the city, into the vast wilderness, and galloped towards Jianzhou without looking back.