After rebirth, I joined forces with my mortal enemy to seek revenge.

With his deep eyes narrowed, Pei Jiaoran seemed to be thinking about the possibility of this happening. From the current perspective, the emperor sent the prince to the southern suburbs to pray for blessings, but the heavy rain still did not stop. It is easy to be used by people with malicious intentions to criticize the court and point out that it is because the king does not practice moral governance that God brings disasters.

Therefore, if the three towns of Heshuo were smart, they would probably take this opportunity to fight against the imperial court.

"If the three towns really have this intention. Xuanyin, please feel free to lead the army to conquer. I will guard Zuozang so that you have no worries."

This is the only promise she can give now. As long as we successfully survive this flood, we can use the wealth of the gentry to help the people. Then the imperial court's conquest of Heshuo would be much easier.

"Okay." Li Xiujing responded.

Thaksin's ability to guard Zuozang would not be a problem. But he was worried that once he left, the gentry from the same state would swarm him.

Meeting Li Xiujing's gaze, Pei Jiaoran smiled, "I have all the power and domineering power. If there is a war, Xuanyin doesn't have to worry about me. I have my own way to go on."

Hearing this, Li Xiujing said nothing. Seeing that it was late and they had to go to the county house for a banquet tomorrow, they went to rest separately.

The sky arrives as promised, and the heavy rain rarely stops.

As soon as they woke up, they went to the porridge shed outside the city and happened to run into Wu Lingjia and Zhou Mancao.

Wu Lingjia, who temporarily held the post of Heyang County Magistrate, acted vigorously and without mercy. Whenever any of the officials in Zhu Sheng behave inappropriately, or if Zou Sheng fails to meet Wei's law standards, she will deal with them according to the law after being caught.

Under Wu Lingjia's control, the porridge sheds set up in Heyang County were very harmonious. The officials were also quite polite to the refugees who came to beg for food and did not dare to neglect them at all.

"Now I know why you want Lingjia to temporarily act as county magistrate." Li Xiujing raised her lips and said.

He was not familiar with Wu Lingjia before, and they only knew each other by their official positions. Now that the two are familiar with each other, and in order to close the relationship with Pei Jiaoran, they call each other by each other's names.

Hearing this, Pei Jiaoran looked at him, "Huh?"

"She is only acting as the county magistrate temporarily, and this official will not last long. Those people who want to cause trouble in the future can't find anyone." Li Xiujing smiled, "So why not just be rogue, there is nothing they can do anyway."

The purpose was revealed by Li Xiujing, and Pei Jiaoran raised his eyebrows. This is indeed her plan. The political poker table cannot be all about conspiracy, let alone right and wrong and justice. When necessary, you have to choose cunning and rogue means to play out the cards in your hand.

And she asked Wu Lingjia to temporarily act as county magistrate, which was just an appetizer for the gentry of the same state. The main course is yet to come. Of course, how you want to eat this dish depends on whether the gentry is willing to give it a face.

"Servant Pei." Someone came on horseback from a distance. After dismounting, he cupped his hands and said, "No one has come yet."

It’s yesterday’s visit to the Imperial Palace.

"I understand, thank you for your hard work, Censor Guo." Looking around, Pei Jiaoran smiled and said, "Today's banquet has been canceled for the time being. Come back tomorrow."

"Here."

"Hey Liang." Pei Jiaoran called.

He Liang came over after hearing the sound and said in a deep voice: "Sir Pei, what do you want to say?"

"Two things. He Liang, you first send people to guard all the passages in and out of Heyang, and then ask people to spread the news that all the gentry's houses in Heyang have lanterns hanging at the door of the houses of the gentry who are willing to give and respond to requests." Pei Jiaoran said with a cold tone as he suppressed his smile. .

"Here. Let's do it now, General Mo!"

Listening to Pei Jiaoran's words, Li Xiujing couldn't help but clasp her hands. Let's not talk about what she wanted to do by controlling the main entrance and exit, but hanging a lantern at the door of the gentry's house that was charitable and responsive was really a thorough implementation of the word rogue.

These two words put the gentry on a high level and recognized them. If they don't give food to the people who come to ask for food, they will be sorry for these two compliments. If the court pursues the case, it can also use this to make a fuss.

Glancing at Li Xiujing next to him, Pei Jiaoran chuckled, "If you can use conspiracy, I don't want to use conspiracy. Okay, we should go back."

As soon as he returned to the post office, Pei Jiaoran left Li Xiujing behind. I went to the hospitals in the city alone and confirmed the storage status of medicines in various drug stores in the city. After returning to the post office, he wrote another memorial and copied it to Chang'an.

The food issue is still under control. If there is a shortage of medicine stones, it will become a fatal problem.

For several days, no gentry from the same state came to Heyang for a banquet. On the contrary, various counties followed Heyang's example and hung lanterns showing charity and responsiveness to the homes of wealthy households and gentry in the county.

For a time, the refugees stopped running. Instead, he walked to a nearby county. Once he entered the city, he went to a house with a lantern hanging on it. Even if the gentry wanted to report to the official, they were blocked when they arrived at the county office. He only replied one sentence, the people just want food and are not trying to steal wealth, so you can just give it. Want to complain? Okay, go to Heyang alone to find relief from the governor.

The rain has also slowed down slightly in the past few days, with more rainy days than rainy days.

Pei Jiaoran stood on the second floor of the post house and looked downstairs. At this time, Zhou Mancao was leading a group of officials on the street, playing gongs and drums, changing lanterns in front of the homes of wealthy businessmen and gentry.

Since she released the news, other county magistrates have heard the news and followed Heyang's example. However, in fact, Heyang did not do this. Instead, it borrowed grain from them in the name of the prefecture and county to help the victims.

Because she wanted to see if this decree could drive these people into her game.

Today is the fifth day she agreed to entertain the gentry from the same state. But they still didn't come. But the lanterns in Heyang must be hung up.

In the past few days, Zhou Mancao followed Wu Lingjia among the refugees and gained a lot of favor. The people also trusted her, so she sent Zhou Mancao to hang the lanterns.

Tapping the red railing with his fingers, Pei Jiaoran thought briefly in his eyes.

After Zhou Mancao finished hanging the lanterns, she was stopped by several children on the road, who sang and danced around her. And she was playing with the children with a gentle look.

His eyes fell on Zhou Mancao, and Pei Jiaoran slightly curled his lips.

"What are you laughing at?"

Hearing Li Xiujing's voice coming from behind, Pei Jiaoran turned to look at him, "I heard that you asked He Liang to pick up the Shence troops left behind in Feng Xu?"

"Yes. Even though they may not be trustworthy, in your current situation, it is always better to have more people." Li Xiujing handed her tea, "Lieutenant Liu sent me a letter yesterday. It said that there was something strange in Heshuo these days. Frequently, Jin Wuwei has arrested several businessmen from the three towns in Chang'an City."

After hearing the words, Pei Jiaoran lowered his head, "It seems that they are borrowing the help of businessmen to inquire about Chang'an's defense situation." After a pause, she continued: "Fortunately, Wei Boli is not close to Chang'an, and they would have to fight for a while. Time. It’s just that we’d better keep them within the confines of the three towns, so that they won’t have any impact on the people of other realms.”

"That's natural. But as the battle lines lengthen, it also involves the issue of supplying military academies everywhere." Li Xiujing frowned.

"As long as you have enough wealth, these are not problems." After thinking for a while, Pei Jiaoran continued: "Just go ahead and do something."

Li Xiujing was about to speak when he saw Yi Cheng hurriedly upstairs and stopped talking.

Yi Cheng raised his hands to the two of them and said excitedly: "General Li, Minister Pei. They are here."

After listening to Yi Cheng's words, Pei Jiaoran grinned.

"Come on, let's go meet them."