Zhu Nao

A few days later, Changsha Mansion.

Lu Chongshi came out from the official business, and just entered his yard when a servant greeted him and reported: "My lord, Qi Hao has been waiting for my lord in the backyard for a long time."

"Oh?" Lu Chongshi paused, "What is he here for?"

The servant shook his head and said, "I don't know either. He brought a very heavy gift, and he must have asked the Lord again."

Lu Chongshi was obviously very happy when he heard the word "respectful ceremony", but his tone was quite disgusting: "Really? I don't know what kind of idea that profiteer is up to. I'll go and have a look."

This Lu Chongshi is an official of the Changsha Mansion, and is highly valued by the Governor of Changsha Mansion, while Na Qihao is a Shu merchant, who often operates in the Changsha Mansion area.

Most businessmen like to make friends, especially officials, and Qi Hao is no exception.He spends very generously, giving Lu Chongshi a lot of money and treasures every year, and he will vigorously collect anything that Lu Chongshi likes.Lu Chongshi accepted his gift, and naturally reciprocated, helping him with activities in the government, which made him a lot of money.

When Lu Chongshi walked to the backyard, he saw Qi Hao waiting for him with a few servants. There was also a big box in the yard, which was a gift from Qi Hao.

Seeing Lu Chongshi approaching, Qi Hao immediately stepped forward to salute: "The grassroots see Lu engaged."

Lu Chongshi said: "Brother Qi and me, why are you being polite? I don't know what is the matter with Brother Qi coming today?"

Qi Hao quickly winked at his subordinates, his subordinates hurriedly opened the box, and carried out the contents of the box, there was a beautiful jade carving in it!

Lu Chongshi was shocked all over, his eyes were stuck on the jade carving and he couldn't move away.Just like his name, his biggest hobby is jade. The stone used for jade carving is known to him as a high-quality material at a glance. What's more rare is that the carver is extremely exquisite. A lifelike fairy holding peaches.At first glance, it is just the handwriting of a famous craftsman.

Qi Hao looked at Lu Chongshi's face, and said with a smile: "Cao Min found this jade carving when he went to other places to buy goods the day before yesterday. He knew that Lu Zong liked this, so Cao Min bought it. It happened to be that Lu Zong had recruited a beautiful woman recently. My concubine, this is a congratulatory gift from the grassroots to Lu Zheng's wedding."

Qi Hao's gift was as good as he wanted, Lu Chongshi was overjoyed and didn't shirk it, he couldn't wait to take the jade carving, held it in his hand and looked at it carefully, and said in his mouth: "Very good, very good. It's still Brother Qi Considerate, considerate!"

After scrutinizing it for a while, Lu Chongshi finally put down the treasure reluctantly, and said pleasantly, "Brother Qi's business has been going well recently."

Qi Hao said: "Thanks to Lu's work, everything went smoothly."

Lu Chongshi couldn't help being surprised.In fact, it was already last month that he took a concubine. Qi Hao used this as an excuse to give presents. Everyone knew that he must be asking for something.But if it's not a business matter, what is it?

Lu Chongshi immediately became vigilant.As the saying goes, if you have nothing to do, you can go to the Three Treasures Hall. Qi Hao suddenly sent this expensive gift. Could it be for some particularly difficult matter?He immediately regretted that he was impatient, he should have listened to the other party before accepting the gift.No matter how expensive the gift is, if you want to cause too much trouble for yourself, it is not worth it.

But Qi Hao said in a low voice: "Cao Min wants to ask Lu Zheng for advice on something."

Lu Chongshi rolled his eyes, and led him to wander around the back garden together, asking, "What's the matter?"

Qi Hao said: "The grassroots of the fasting day heard some rumors among the people, and they don't know whether it is true or not. Lu Zong is also a celebrity around Changsha Yin, and he is the most respected by the governor. Maybe he knows a thing or two—someone said that the Changsha army occupied Jiangling After that, the next step is to use troops against the Shu government. Is this really the case?"

Lu Chongshi was taken aback, and reprimanded: "Why are you inquiring about such things? You are a businessman..." Halfway through the scolding, he suddenly remembered that Qi Hao was from Shu, so he couldn't help but keep silent.

He now understands: Qi Hao came to him today, could it be to get him to persuade Changsha Yin not to use troops against Shu Mansion?If this is the case, it seems that he really can't accept that jade carving.This matter is of great importance, and more importantly, in terms of Changsha Yin's ambition, it is a matter of time for him to use troops against Shu. If he wants to fight against Changsha Yin, he may not even be able to keep his official position.

But Qi Hao said: "Lu Zong, if this matter is serious, Cao Min has an unspeakable and unfeeling request, and ask Lu Zong to help."

Lu Chongshi thought in his heart: Here we come!

He hurriedly said perfunctorily: "I haven't heard of this matter. You don't have to take the words of the market seriously. It's just a bunch of foolish people talking nonsense."

Qi Hao asked unwillingly: "Is it really just a rumor?"

Lu Chongshi said: "Yes, I have never heard Fu Yin talk about this matter."

Qi Hao was disappointed and said: "If this is true, Caomin originally wanted to ask Lu Zong to help silence Changsha Yin, and they should send troops to attack Shizhou as soon as possible."

"What?!" Lu Chongshi suddenly stopped in his tracks, suspecting that he had heard it wrong, "You just said... send troops as soon as possible?! Aren't you from Shu?"

A flash of resentment flashed in Qi Hao's eyes, and he said, "Yes. Although the grass people are from Shu, when they were operating in Shizhou, they offended Shizhou Mu because of trivial matters, and Shi Zhou Mu ordered the government to make things difficult for the grass people, causing them to lose money. Serious. The grassroots have been brooding over this matter. As far as the grassroots know, Shizhou Mu corrupted the law, colluded with military officers, and withheld military pay. The hatred of a villain."

It was only this time that Lu Chongshi really understood.He was stunned for a moment, and then his brows were filled with joy!

It turned out that Qi Hao gave him a gift not to persuade Changsha Yin not to send troops, but to persuade Changsha Yin to send troops as soon as possible.In this case, this matter will be much easier to handle. Originally, the invasion of the Shu Mansion was Changsha Yin's plan. If you speak according to the chief's mind, you will naturally please the chief.What's more, if what Qihao said is true and Shizhou is really vulnerable, after that, he will still be rewarded for his advice.Where can I find such a good thing that kills three birds with one stone? !

Lu Chongshi opened his mouth and was about to agree, but he remembered his evasive words just now, so he twitched the words on the tip of his tongue, and said with a smile: "Well, I will take care of it for you. If Fu Yin really has such thoughts, I will help you speak up Just a few words."

Although he didn't say anything to death, his attitude couldn't be more clear.Qi Hao was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Thank you Lu for engaging!"

Lu Chongshi waved his hand: "Hey, it's a trivial matter."

After speaking, he dragged Qi Hao back to the topic of jade.

Half an hour later, Qi Hao left Lu Chongshi's mansion with his people.He walked out of the gate, heard the sound of the door closing behind him, looked back, and secretly smiled.

I think that after Zhu Nao ascended to the position of governor, he began to vigorously encourage business.The rapid development of Shu merchants not only brought a lot of wealth to the Shu government, but Shu merchants went to various places. In order to operate, they naturally had to deal with local governments.So Zhu Nao expanded many contacts.For example, Qi Hao, who has been doing business in Changsha Mansion for two years, not only knows which officials are greedy for money, but can help him with affairs as long as they give gifts; Talk to Yin.

After finishing the matter, Qi Hao boarded the carriage and drove away.

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In the Chengdu mansion, several officials are gathering in the hall for a meeting.

Since Zhu Nao adopted Jia Cong's strategy, several states in eastern Shu have begun to withdraw their troops one after another.However, since the purpose of withdrawing troops is to confuse the Changsha government, it is not easy to make this matter too clear. Otherwise, if the Changsha government finds out, the plan to lure the enemy into deep will fail. The army was slowly transferred in batches, until only one third remained in the end.

It's also a coincidence that Shizhou's original commander had a sudden illness a month ago, and he is still bedridden, and it is difficult to succeed him.So while withdrawing the troops, the Shu government also needed to appoint a new Shizhou commander to command the remaining one-third of Shizhou's army, and to welcome the invasion of Changsha government that may come at any time.

This appointment is not easy.You must know that this is a hard job, and your life may be lost at any time.But the Shu Mansion can't just send someone to take over the job. The person who takes over the task must cooperate with the Shu Mansion's actions, otherwise it may destroy the overall situation.Officials gathered for a meeting today to find a suitable candidate.

Every official attending the meeting thought of several candidates before coming, and prepared to recommend them to Junao.However, after the meeting started, Junao did not ask everyone for their opinions.

—He already had his own ideas.

Zhu Nao said: "I have an idea about the position of Shizhou Commander. I invite you to come today, just to hear your opinions."

Everyone hurriedly pricked up their ears, wanting to know who the sacred person had entered into Zhu Nao's Dharma Eye.

Zhu Nao said: "I want to appoint Han Feng first. I don't know what you think?"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they were all in a mess.

Han Feng first? !

Is that Han Fengxian? ? ?

This... Zhu Nao is really not joking...

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Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

After parting with the Shu army, Xie Wuji led the Yanzhou army to continue northward.Along the way, he frequently received urgent reports from the north - the situation in Yanzhou was deteriorating day by day, the morale of the soldiers had been greatly damaged, the morale of the army was slackened, and the city might be destroyed at any time.

Xie Wuji was very impatient, he wished he could fly back to Yanzhou to personally supervise the battle.However, the army has a lot of luggage and travels slowly. It will take half a month at the fastest to rush back to Yanzhou.Maybe when they rushed back, Yanzhou had already been destroyed.

So after discussing with several cronies, Xie Wuji made a bold and risky decision-the army continued to transport the luggage, and he personally led [-] cavalry, day and night, to rush back to Yanzhou first!

Although there were not many 800 people, he selected all elites.Moreover, the crisis Yanzhou is currently facing is not only isolation and helplessness, but more importantly, low morale.If he personally led the troops to help, the morale of the soldiers defending the city would be boosted, and they would last for a few more days. When the army arrived, the crisis would be resolved.

After this plan was proposed, some people naturally opposed it.The main reason for the opposition was worrying about Xie Wuji's safety. You must know that the situation in the north was chaotic. Xie Wuji only brought [-] cavalry and lacked supplies. In case of any trouble along the way, Xie Wuji's life was a hundred times more important than Yanzhou!

However, after all, the war is tight. After some discussion, half of the people agree and those who oppose it. Xie Wuji is not a fearful character.So he finally ordered [-] Qingqi and set off first.

Babai Qingqi was extremely fast, traveling day and night, and covered more than a hundred miles in just one day. At this speed, they could reach Yanzhou in three or four days.However, as the saying goes, what you are afraid of will come.The further north he went, the more chaotic the situation became, and everything was worse than Xie Wuji expected.

——During his absence, due to the rampant Xuantian Sect, the north has become a complete mess.The bandits and rebels who had just been suppressed by him two years ago rose up again, and the people were forced to be involved. There were almost no good people in the land of thousands of miles.

When they reached a mountain ridge, Xie Wuji ordered the team to slow down, and sent scouts to the front to investigate first.However, the scouts hadn't gone far, so there was no need to go - without the scouts prying, a huge crowd had already appeared in front of them. At a glance, there were as many as thousands of people.

The other party sent an envoy and shouted at them: "Who are you waiting for? Report your name!"

In order not to attract attention, Xie Wuji didn't put up a banner when he was on his way.Naturally, he would not report his name, so Eight Hundred Qingqi confronted the other party coldly and did not answer.

After a while, the other party shouted loudly again: "Pass on the road from now on, and leave money to buy the road! If you don't leave money, you will save your life!"

It turned out that what they encountered was a group of bandits.

Xie Wuji frowned.Although the enemy is outnumbered, he is not afraid of these bandits.It's just that there is an urgent matter, he doesn't want to lose his troops and waste time here.He was hesitating whether to turn around and evacuate, when he suddenly heard a rolling sound from a hill not far away.So he looked back, his face suddenly changed.

——On the hilltop a hundred meters away, there were black and black people's heads all over them.It looked like another team of thousands of people.