Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Those who kill officials are naturally villains.

However, when a guy like Ruo Rong was killed, people couldn't help but want to say, well done!

Tao Qian clenched his fist subconsciously, and now he feels like he has swallowed a fishbone. In his heart is the sadness and anger at Ruo Rong's murder, and at the same time, he is helpless and sighs at the information contained in it.

Moreover, Tao Qian felt very ashamed, because he was the one who helped Ruo Rong up, and it was not that no one had reported Ruo Rong to him before, but he blocked them all.

Now that Ruo Rong is dead, his own reputation will be ruined, but Tao Qian will also be implicated.

Li Yi looked at Tao Qian's red and white face, and almost couldn't help laughing out loud. Although Chen Deng originally proposed the plan to assassinate Ruo Rong, the specific details were made by Li Yi, a veteran who framed him. Do it yourself.

First of all, to assassinate Ruo Rong, of course, you can't just go straight to Ruo Rong without saying a word. Such an action is too deliberate. Even if no evidence is left afterwards, it will inevitably make people feel a little bit against Chen Deng, or even against Chen Deng. Li Yi had a bad association.

Therefore, Li Yi asked Gan Ning and the others to change the assassination to kidnapping, and asked for a ransom before killing Ruo Rong, giving the outside world the illusion that they were actually running for money.

Then, when the foreplay is decided, Gan Ning and the others can really kill Ruo Rong, and finally take the property from the temple and run away. This will not only kill Ruo Rong, but also expose Ruo Rong's true face to everyone Now, in this way, even if someone will investigate the murder of Prime Minister Xiapi in the future, but because Ruo Rong is a duplicity person, it is very hard to say how much effort the investigators are willing to spend on this matter.

"Cough cough."

Li Yi cleared his throat, stepped forward to support Tao Qian's arm, and said softly, "I'm sorry for you, it's important to ask about the origins of those strong people first, otherwise there will be such vicious people wreaking havoc in Xiapi, and the people will be in danger."

Tao Qian glanced at Li Yi gratefully, then sniffed, and asked, "Are those strong people gone? Or have they been taken down?"

The messenger lowered his head and said: "After my young master learned about the incident, he immediately informed the people in the city to be careful, but because he didn't have the right to dispatch troops, he could only organize the young and strong in the family to look for the whereabouts of the strong man. He caught up with him, but he was extremely fierce with the gun, and the young and strong in the family were killed and retreated, so he was powerless to chase, but "

Having said that, the messenger suddenly paused, then looked at Li Yi, hesitant to speak.

Tao Qian naturally saw the man's expression, and was a little puzzled for a moment, while Li Yi frowned, and said, "If you have something to say, just say it, what do you think I am doing?"

The man was reprimanded by Li Yi, shrank his neck in fear, and then said hesitantly: "According to those who escaped, there are five or six hundred strong men, and their clothes are messy, but half of them seem to be from Yanzhou. The attire of soldiers and horses, and weapons are almost all used in the army."

Everyone couldn't help but looked at each other, which almost clearly stated that those so-called strong men were actually the remnants of Xia Houyuan's defeated army, who fled all the way to Xiapi, and then took care of the case.

But not long ago, Li Yi claimed to have wiped out all of Xia Houyuan's remnants, but now the situation is a direct slap in the face, no wonder that person is a little afraid to say it in front of Li Yi.

Many people looked at Li Yi subconsciously. Li Yi was stunned for a while, then turned sideways and bowed his head with shame on his face.

As if he knew he couldn't pretend to be an ostrich, Li Yi quickly raised his head with a tangled face, bowed to Tao Qian, and said in a deep voice: "The matter of Ruo Guoxiang is all Li's fault, and I am sorry for him." ah!"

Although Tao Qian was a little bit shocked by Ruo Rong's death, he still understood clearly. He shook his head, took Li Yi's hand and said, "How can you blame Marquis Xiang for this matter? It's not easy for Marquis Xiang to defeat Xiahou Yuan." , As for those defeated soldiers, who would have thought that they would go all the way to Xiapi, alas."

All the officials nodded. If Li Yi was the local general in Xuzhou, in order to shirk responsibility for this matter, they might really let Li Yi take the blame, at least take a large part of the responsibility, but Li Yi is an outsider. The official position is equal to that of Tao Qian, and the relationship between the two parties is not bad. Almost no one will blame him on the surface.

But Li Yi is the most benevolent and righteous person in the world in Tao Qian's mouth. Even though Tao Qian excused him, Li Yi still insisted: "No, I can't absolve myself of the blame for this matter. I want you to be tolerant, but I can't. Well, that’s all, when Ruo Guoxiang is buried in the future, I will personally hold the coffin and keep watch for him!”

For Li Yi's behavior that obviously has nothing to do with him, but he insists on taking matters into his own hands, everyone can only think that Li Yi is too benevolent and righteous, and wants to show one or two things to Ruo Rong, so no one present thinks that this There was something wrong with Li Yi, and as for saying that Ruo Rong's death was actually Li Yi's handwriting, such an idea would never appear.

At this moment, Wang Lang stepped forward and asked, "Where are those defeated soldiers going now?"

Wang Lang's question was crucial, and it immediately attracted everyone's attention. Tao Qian and Li Yi also turned their heads to look at the reporter.

The man replied: "I don't know the specific situation, but looking at the direction, it should be heading for Guangling."

Tao Qian nodded solemnly. Although the five hundred routs were just routs, because of this, they often act recklessly, and their fighting power far exceeds that of ordinary bandits and strong men. Although it is a matter of time before they are wiped out, in the process In the middle, I am afraid that many people will suffer.

"Where is Mi Zhu!"

Suddenly, Tao Qian called out, and Mi Zhu hurriedly got up and said, "This subordinate is here."

Tao Qian glanced at Li Yi, and then said: "From now on, you will be the prefect of Guangling, and you will go to the post. The first thing is to find the traces of those broken soldiers, and eradicate them this morning, so as to calm people's hearts."

"Please rest assured, Zhu will never fail to live up to your entrustment!"

Mi Zhu bowed to accept the order and was about to step back when Li Yi said, "Wait a minute, brother!"

Mi Zhu stopped and looked at Li Yi, only to see Li Yi say: "I brought a thousand guards with me on this trip. It's easy to deal with!"

Mi Zhu didn't refuse, nodded heavily at Li Yi, and took another look at Tao Qian. Seeing that he had nothing to explain, he stepped back quickly.

After giving instructions to Mi Zhu, Tao Qian had regained his composure, and asked the man again: "Who are the specific officials who were killed along with Ruo Guoxiang?"

The man replied: "Juncheng, Gongcao, Duwei, and the master are all in trouble."

Rao Tao Qian knew that Xiapi had suffered heavy losses before, but after hearing the specific results, he still wanted to vomit blood. Xiapi was really taken over by a pot, and even he couldn't help but began to complain in his heart. The Buddha will do it himself, why do you bring so many irrelevant people together, isn't this a crime?

Not to mention Tao Qian, Li Yi on the side also clicked his tongue secretly. Before the messenger met Tao Qian, he actually got the news, but time was in a hurry, Li Yi only knew a general idea, and didn't expect Gan Ning at all. They actually killed so many officials.

Li Yi didn't think it was Chen Deng's arrangement, because he couldn't arrange it. After much deliberation, he could only think that Ruo Rong wanted to make the Buddhist meeting on March [-]th a little louder, and asked all the officials to accompany him. After taking a bath and fasting, he was bumped into by Gan Ning.

Li Yi shook his head secretly, while Tao Qian's face was ashen. Although there is no shortage of people who want to be officials at any time in the world, but so many key positions are vacated at once, not just any cat or dog can fill them up, otherwise it will be sure It will make Xia Pi more and more chaotic.

Sighing, Tao Qian asked: "Everyone, the most urgent task is to stabilize the situation in Xiapi and not let the people panic, but, who can take on this important task?"

Everyone looked at each other, and no one dared to speak for a moment. It is really a troublesome job for anyone who goes to Xiapi in this situation.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Tao Qian's face became more and more ugly. Zhao Yu came out and said softly: "Master, before Jingxing recommended Yuanlong as Prime Minister of Pengcheng, my subordinates had no objection, but now that something happened about Xiapi, Yu Yu I thought that Chen Deng was originally from Xiapi, and both father and son had prestige in Xiapi, and now Xiapi officials have the highest rank of Yuanlong, so why don't you appoint Chen Deng as Xiapi's prime minister, so that people's hearts will be stable .”

After being reminded by Zhao Yu, Wang Lang also followed suit: "Exactly, Wang thought that he would not be the second choice except Chen Yuanlong for peace of mind!"

Tao Qian nodded slightly. Although the arrangement seemed a bit rushed, and even many details were not arranged in time, but for Xiapi, there was really no better choice except Chen Deng.

However, before making a final decision, Tao Qian looked at Li Yi again. Although he didn't speak, he obviously wanted to hear Li Yi's opinion.

Li Yi shook his head and said, "It was presumptuous for Yi to recommend the prefect of Guangling before, and he dare not participate in Xuzhou's internal affairs again."

"You."

Tao Qian sighed with emotion and did not force it. He looked at the others and saw that they had no intention of objecting, so he immediately ordered: "According to the wishes of the two of you, quickly send an official document and appoint Chen Deng as the Prime Minister of Xiapi!"

After all, Tao Qian's eyes suddenly became a little cloudy, and he sighed: "God, what crime did I, Tao, cause so many disasters for the people of Xuzhou?"

After all, Tao Qian shed tears, and the other officials were also Qi Qiran, because Xuzhou's life was really difficult.

Li Yi watched this scene from the sidelines, and he didn't take pleasure in other people's misfortune, because whether Tao Qian or the people of Xuzhou, they didn't do anything wrong, but they were born in this seemingly gorgeous place, but they were actually painted with blood. In the [-]s, the whole world was going to be in pain, Xuzhou, it was just a little earlier.

After finalizing the candidates for Xiapi Guoxiang and Guangling prefect, Li Yi's goal was successfully achieved, so he only stayed in Tan County for one day, and left for Xiapi the next day to guard the spirit of Ze Rong. The army stationed in Lanling moved towards Xiapi.

Afterwards, things developed very smoothly. With the dual support of Tao Qian's appointment and the local gentry, Chen Deng took the position of Xiapi Guoxiang, and quickly stabilized the chaos caused by the death of Ruo Rong and other officials. elephant.

Moreover, Chen Deng may have recruited a few not-so-obvious civil servants from Li Yi in order to fill the vacancy in Xiapi's official position, or to continue to show his loyalty to Li Yi. But once there is a change in Xiapi, it is definitely enough for those people to report to Li Yifeng.

Compared with Chen Deng's superior position, Mi Zhu lacked a little in terms of qualifications and popularity. It's not that he is incompetent, but that his status as a businessman has become his shortcoming, so the original Mi Zhu wants to become Guangling The prefect, although the local aristocratic family will not give him face at all, but it is very possible to make things difficult for some government orders, and then slowly turn against the guests.

However, although Mi Zhu has his own shortcomings, he has a powerful brother-in-law, and this brother-in-law will also be stationed in Guangling. Therefore, Mi Zhu's process of taking office was actually a bit smoother than Chen Deng's. Even when he first arrived in Guangling, the local The family gave him a big gift.

Chapter 509 Yangzhou Situation