Yan Ruoli has been detaining the prefect Fan Xuan and the court disaster relief official Mr. Wang for several days.

Based on her and Ye Weiyun's original plan, they were to keep the two of them locked up.

Mr. Wang came to Nanzhou and failed to return to the capital as scheduled. He would not be discovered until at least a month later.

By then, she had sorted out the situation in Nanzhou.

If everything went well, Ye Weiyun should have rescued Ye Linyuan by then.

As long as she can organize Nanzhou's army, she will not be afraid at all if the imperial court sends troops to Nanzhou.

But Gu Xiaoran brought some bad news.

"Young madam, I have gone to see General Xiao several times. I didn't dare to disclose the situation in Nanzhou City easily. I just talked to General Xiao about the disaster and life of the people in Nanzhou, and wanted to hear his opinion. But every time As soon as it was brought up, General Xiao avoided the topic and only talked about the weather, food, and romance with the humble post."

At the end of the sentence, the voice became quieter.

On the one hand, Yan Ruoli is a woman, and she feels somewhat uncomfortable when the word "Feng Yue" is mentioned in front of her.

On the other hand, he was uneasy at not being able to complete the task.

Yan Ruoli saw that he had been to the military camp outside the city several times in the past few days, and she knew that this matter was not going well.

She thought for a moment and asked: "General Xiao is probably aware of your intention, but he just doesn't want to talk about it anymore. So, has he revealed his attitude to you?"

Gu Xiaoran replied: "When he was chatting with Beizong, he once said that Nanzhou has a lot of delicious food and beautiful scenery. He only wants to spend the rest of his life here, and everything else has nothing to do with him. This should be his attitude."

Yan Ruoli nodded.

Judging from what General Xiao meant, he wanted to be a hands-off shopkeeper and not take care of anything.

"If he really can do nothing, it doesn't matter. But if the imperial court gives him an order to go to war with us and regain control of Nanzhou, can he not listen?"

"I'm afraid not." Gu Xiaoran said, "Unless the imperial decree cannot reach his hands."

Yan Ruoli understood what he meant.

If the connection between the imperial court and General Xiao is cut off, then even if General Xiao has an army, as long as he does not take action, he will not pose a threat to this side.

"This is the worst plan. We'd better win his support. Otherwise, don't say we can't guarantee that we can intercept the imperial decree. Even if we can intercept it, if General Xiao suddenly changes his mind and attacks us from behind, it will be terrible. ”

"Young Madam is right, then, I'll go find General Xiao after I humble my post."

Gu Xiaoran gritted his teeth and decided to go to General Xiao again to try hard.

Although, based on his experience, it may not make much sense to look for General Xiao again.

Yan Ruoli stopped him: "Don't be impatient yet. You've gone there too often these days. If you go again, I'm afraid it will annoy people and have the opposite effect."

Gu Xiaoran also knew this and felt powerless.

"Madam, what should we do now?"

Yan Ruoli said thoughtfully: "Please inquire in detail about the people in General Xiao's family and their relationships. What are the hobbies and weaknesses of the main members of the family? Especially General Xiao himself, if he is particularly obsessed with The things you care about are better.”

Gu Xiaoran's eyes lit up when he heard this and said, "I'll go and inquire about it now."

Why didn't he think that there were so many ways to achieve his goal?It would be foolish for him to just go to General Xiao to state his interests and win over him.

The young lady still has more ideas.

After Gu Xiaoran left, Shi Xuan came in to report to Yan Ruoli.

"Young madam, there are some bad rumors in the city. Some wealthy families have noticed the changes in the prefect's Yamen, and there are many speculations in private."

"What are your guesses?" Yan Ruoli asked.

It is impossible for those wealthy people not to be suspicious.

After all, they were most concerned about what was going on at the prefect's Yamen.Especially after Yan Ruoli asked Fan Xuan to open a warehouse to store grain and asked everyone to raise donations, these people became even more concerned.

Nowadays, Fan Xuan has not shown up for a long time, the prefect's office has changed a batch of officers, and Master Zhou has also lost his trace. These are all abnormal phenomena.

What's more, the fact that Yan Ruoli was in charge of the prefect's Yamen has been spread widely.

Not to mention those wealthy families, even ordinary people know that Yan Ruoli has the final say in the prefect's Yamen now.

Of course, people's evaluations of Yan Ruoli are relatively positive.

Although she was an exiled prisoner and a female prostitute, her arrival helped ordinary people overcome their difficulties.

At least the disaster-stricken villagers outside the city have food to eat and can survive.

In addition, Gu Xiaoran and Zhu Ziyu, who had never been taken seriously before and were very marginalized, are now being reused.

Some more keen people naturally noticed that things seemed to be changing in Nanzhou.

As expected, Shi Xuan said: "Many people are saying that Fan Xuan has been emptied out and Nanzhou has changed hands. Some people say that the young lady is a god sent by heaven to save Nanzhou, while others say that the young lady has caused evil. This skill confused Fan Xuan, so he obeyed the young lady's advice."

Yan Ruoli frowned. If these rumors spread, the news would soon leak out.

She asked: "Where are the brothers guarding the city gate? How is the situation?"

Shi Xuan replied: "We found out that several people from wealthy families sent out to deliver messages. After they left the city, they were quietly caught by our people and locked up. I just don't know if any fish slipped through the net."

The people of Wuhuiling are the most trustworthy, so in addition to practicing shooting and martial arts every day, they are also responsible for some key tasks.

Such as guarding the city gate.

They have limited manpower, but fortunately Gu Xiaoran and Zhu Ziyu have roped in some trusted cronies to join them.

In addition to selecting personnel from the original army, the two also asked their cronies to quietly develop more members.

Yan Ruoli asked Gu Xiaoran to add a new army. Anyone who is willing to participate in the Nanzhou revolution and uprising and who is trustworthy after inspection will be incorporated into this army.

The new army is gradually growing and gradually replacing the original personnel.

Yan Ruoli thought for a moment and said, "Let's do this. In order to prevent them from guessing too much, we can let Fan Xuan show his face. Mr. Wang, let him show his face too."

She is not afraid of rumors and speculation, but she needs time.

At least, she had to wait until she could deal with General Xiao.

Shi Xuan asked in surprise: "Fan Xuan is lucky, he will definitely listen to you. But Mr. Wang, I'm afraid he won't buy your fault."

"It doesn't matter," Yan Ruoli said with a smile, "Let Fan Xuan receive him and take him out of the city."

"Send him out of the city?" Shi Xuan thought for a moment and quickly understood what Yan Ruoli meant, "Don't worry, young madam, I will take the brothers on the road to see off Mr. Wang properly."

For the greater good, they would rather be bandits again.

Yan Ruoli bowed her hands to him and thanked him: "Thank you."

Shi Xuan waved his hand and said, "Young lady, you're welcome. This is what we should do."

Shi Xuan hurried out to make arrangements, and Gu Xiaoran also brought the news he had learned.

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