Zhu Nao

Hearing that Zhu Nao sent someone to persuade him to surrender, Wei Bian hadn't made a statement yet, but the officers around him were all blown away.

"Brother, you are really deceiving people too much!" One person said, "They killed our brother and robbed us of our money, and now they want us to bow down to him, how can they do that?!"

"That's it!" The other person gritted his teeth, "I'm full of anger and have nowhere to vent it, so it's just for me to kill those few!"

There are quite a few reckless men under Wei Bian, and while talking, they are going to hit horses to kill people.

Wei Bian hurriedly stopped and said: "Everyone come back, don't be impulsive! Killing envoys is an act against morality, you can't do this! Why don't you just listen to what they have to say. If they dare to speak nonsense, we will humiliate them. Just drive them away."

Although Wei Bian also hated himself for being defeated by the Yanzhou Army, he knew very well that they were only fighting for the Xuantian Sect against the Yanzhou Army, and it was not a personal grudge.In the future, if Zhu Nao or Xie Wuji gain power, even if they don't expect to benefit from them, there is no need to make enemies.

And although he has no intention of joining the Shu army, it doesn't hurt to hear what conditions Zhu Nao has.

Wei Bian said so, and everyone had to temporarily quiet down.

After a while, the envoy sent by the Shu army was brought before Wei Bian.

Wei Bian asked, "I don't know if your envoy is here, what can I teach you?"

The envoy said: "General Wei, the governor of the Zhu government admires the talents of General Wei and the majesty of the black horse army, so he wants to ask General Wei to lead his troops to submit to the Shu government. If General Wei is willing to submit, the governor of the Zhu government will not treat the black horse army badly." brother."

Wei Bian's eyelids couldn't help but twitch.Now that they have been beaten into bereaved dogs, it sounds like ironic words to talk about their majesty.

He said coldly: "Thank you for the kindness of Zhu Fu Yin. It's just that Wei is a wild man who is not suitable for the Central Plains. He can't work for Zhu Fu Yin. Please ask Zhu Fu Yin to find someone else."

The envoy was not surprised to hear Wei Bian's refusal, he said: "Master Zhu has the heart to rejuvenate the dynasty and rule the world. If General Wei is willing to follow Lord Zhu, why worry about not being successful in the future?"

This is the second time Wei Bian has heard from Zhu Nao's subordinates that Zhu Nao will rule the world.Hearing this last time, he still felt a little disdainful in his heart, so he didn't take it to heart.But now, he suddenly felt a sense of sympathy.

Will Zhu Nao really be able to rejuvenate the dynasty and rule the world in the future... If there is a day, how will he treat himself and the dark horse army?What would happen if I obeyed?So what?

Wei Bian couldn't help but feel a little shaken.Now after this big defeat, presumably the business looking for him will decrease a lot in the future, and the year will be depressed, and it will be more difficult to lead troops.

But now, after all, the general situation of the world is uncertain, which makes him bet on Zhu Nao, and he dare not make such a gamble.It must be hard for the Dark Horse Army to be convinced.

After hesitating for a moment, Wei Bian's attitude was much more polite than before, but he still didn't let go: "Wei is very grateful for the love of Zhu Fu Yin. But Wei is too weak-minded and dare not take on big responsibilities. The black horse army has just encountered another After a big defeat, I have to go back to Youzhou to recuperate, raise troops and horses. When the soldiers are strong and horses are strong in the future, it will be no harm to serve the Lord Zhu."

With these words, I left myself a bit of leeway.After staying for three to five years, if Zhu Nao has done more, it will not be too late for him to lead his troops back to surrender; if Zhu Nao's general situation is gone, his empty talk will be gone with the wind.

The envoy naturally understood what he was thinking, and persuaded him a little bit, but Wei became old and scheming, and he was by no means a person who could be swayed by a few words.

After some exchange of words, the envoy saw that Wei Bian had made up his mind, so he knew that he would not move, so he changed his words again: "General Wei loves the people and raises soldiers, and he manages the army well. Yin is grateful for the achievements of General Wei, and would like to present General Wei as Youzhou Shepherd and General Polu!"

After finishing speaking, he took out a wooden letter inlaid with gold from the package, and said: "Here is the official seal and Jingjie, please accept it from Youzhou Muxiao!"

Now Wei Bian was stunned, and the officers around Wei Bian were also stunned.

Now the throne is vacant and the court has no master, but the forces in various places are still changing, and the official positions also need to change constantly to adapt to the current situation.Therefore, the appointment of many officials originally required the appointment letter issued by the imperial court, but at this time, the imperial court was omitted, and the various forces appointed themselves.

The princes of all parties will still pretend to "play" some things, and what should have been submitted to the emperor is now only submitted to God.Then it was announced to the world, and each official position was determined.Going through this cutscene is just to show that I am different from Jianghu Caomang and understand etiquette.

But this is necessarily unreasonable, and it is impossible to follow legal principles today.The princes from all over the country formed their own government and appointed cronies arbitrarily. Without the control of the imperial court, the separatism and division in various places became more and more intensified.

However, the appointments of princes are often only within their own sphere of influence, and very few people extend their hands to other people's territories. After all, it is useless to extend their hands.

Naturally, there are also those clowns who "show" and "entrust" indiscriminately, pretending to be a general, and giving their father, son and brothers a few ministers, censors, etc., no one buys it, it's just a joke.

Zhu Nao is obviously not a clown, but Youzhou is not his sphere of influence either.Even if it is, how can he dare to appoint such important positions as Youzhou Mu and General Polu at will?Although he does not have the name of an emperor, he is acting like an emperor!

Wei Bian was really taken aback by his arrogant approach, but calmed down, regardless of whether Zhu Nao was disobedient, Zhu Nao's appointment was indeed worthy of his careful consideration.

Obviously, Zhu Nao had already expected that he would not surrender so easily, so he simply sold his favor and performed a "Youzhou Shepherd" for him, and Zhu Nao would endorse this Youzhou Shepherd.In case someone is dissatisfied or does not recognize Wei Bian, then Zhu Nao will help, otherwise it will not only hurt Wei Bian, but also his own face.

And for Wei Bian, he really needs a legitimate identity - Zhu Nao must have included this in the list.Although Wei Bian has actually taken control of Youzhou now, from time to time someone calls him a lunatic who is dishonest, and there are always people who want to overthrow him.He named himself the dark horse king just to raise his own value and stabilize his position.It's a pity that in the eyes of the princes, he is still just a reckless person. Even if he is polite to him on the surface, he often scolds him in private.

And if Zhu Nao endorsed it for him, his position would be more justified in the future.On the contrary, even if he is not attached to Zhu Nao, as long as he accepts the Youzhou Shepherd played by Zhu Nao, in the eyes of other people, he will feel that he is inclined to Jun Nao.In the future, if anyone comes to him for business, he will definitely think about his position.For this reason, it is very likely that some of his deals will be cut off.

For this Youzhou Mu and General Polu, is it worth it?

Wei Bian did not answer immediately.

After a while, he said with a smile: "Your envoy has come from afar, why don't you rest in our army for two days, and let me treat you well, to fulfill the friendship of the master."

The implication is to think for two days and discuss with the staff before making a decision. "

The envoy smiled and said, "No hurry, I'm just an envoy ahead. General Wei was too hasty when he left with his troops, and left behind a lot of luggage. The governor of the Zhu government has ordered people to bring the luggage back. The journey is slow, and I'm afraid it will take many days." to catch up."

Wei Bian's eyes widened in disbelief.When his army was defeated, Zhu Nao didn't have time to transport the things that he withheld as spoils of war, and ordered someone to bring them to him? !

Now their trip to Fenyang was not in vain, if he wanted to accept Zhu Nao's appointment, he would have to explain to his subordinates!

Wei Bian couldn't help being overjoyed immediately, and immediately ordered his men to go to the nearby villages to buy cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks, as well as delicious food and wine, so that they could hold a banquet in honor of the envoy at night...

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A few days later, the envoy sent by Zhu Nao to chase the Black Horse Army returned to Fenyang, and brought back the good news that Wei Bian had accepted the seal and Jingjie of the shepherd of Youzhou.

For Zhu Nao, the capture of Fenyang and the capture of the Xuantian sect created a large area to govern.He couldn't take care of the affairs of Youzhou in the first place, besides, Youzhou is a place of bitter cold, and it is located in the border area, so it was not worth his efforts to pacify it, or spend a lot of money and food to raise so many people. people.All he hopes is that the dark horse army will not add trouble to him and become his enemy.

And "Biao Zuo" Wei became Youzhou Mu, and all he paid was to find someone to engrave an official seal and make a festival, which cost a total of five taels of silver.As for the luggage, it was originally taught by Xuantian, and he used it as a favor.

With this relationship, Wei Bian must think carefully about how to choose his future position, and he will not be his enemy in a short time.And those forces that were already hostile to him would no longer easily seek Wei Bian's help.This five taels of silver is equivalent to buying an ally, which is really worth the money.

After finishing Wei Bian's side, the spies he sent to the various branch altars of Xuantian Sect also came back one after another, and brought back news: Henry Zhang didn't go to any branch altars!

On the contrary, after hearing the news that the city of Fenyang was broken and the ministers were captured, those branch forums immediately fell into chaos.A lot of sacrificial wine began to seize the last chance to amass money indiscriminately, turning the place into a miasma; as for the sub-altars in Fenyang and Yanzhou, many of the ministers had fled with their money because they were afraid of getting into trouble!

After the news spread to Fenyang City, the officials got together to discuss it.

"Then Henry Zhang didn't go to other branches? Could he still be hiding in Fenyang City?"

"It's really possible! After we entered the city, we immediately sent someone to seal the city gate. Those big missions didn't run away. Why is only Henry missing? He's probably hiding in a certain corner of the city!"

"Then order people to torture those ministers again, and let them confess Henry Zhang's whereabouts!"

"Or tell the whole city, let the people in the city expose Henry Zhang's hiding place!"

"In my opinion, Henry Zhang may not be in the city. No news about him has been heard from anywhere, perhaps because he knew that we would hunt him down and had already fled. Why don't you check his relatives again to see if he might have fled Where to take refuge..."

Everyone said something to each other, and they were eager to find out Henry Zhang who had slipped through the net.After all, Henry Zhang is the most important person in Xuantian Sect.If he is still making trouble outside, I am afraid that the cult will not stop.

Zhu Nao didn't accept all the suggestions that everyone talked about.He shook his head and said: "Forget it, just say that Henry Zhang has been arrested, and a weasel is caught, please ask the Taoists to rehearse a scene, and execute the execution in public in a few days."

Everyone was taken aback: "Fu Yin, aren't you looking for the whereabouts of Henry Zhang?"

Zhu Nao said: "You need to look for it, so take your time. It's best if you can find it, and it's fine if you can't find it."

Now that Fenyang was captured by the Yanzhou Army, the Black Horse Army was defeated, and the news of the capture of all the ministers in Daxuantian Temple had spread, the followers of Xuantian Sect must be panicked.Henry Zhang still wants to stabilize people's hearts, so he should show up as soon as possible.

But so far there is no news about Henry Zhang, and he left the congregation and fled before Xie Wuji attacked Fenyang. I am afraid that this person has already given up the mess of Xuantian Sect.Even if he didn't give up, it might not be easy for him to come out and make waves after the limelight passed.

Although Henry Zhang is a heinous person, it is more important to quell the Xuantian Sect chaos as soon as possible than to convict him.As long as Henry Zhang's life and death remain unresolved, there will be believers with fantasies.It would be better to execute the "weasel" as soon as possible, and then Zhang Xuan, Li Xuan, and Liu Xuan, the sons of Laoshi, will be punished as bullying.

What's more, if Henry Zhang stopped causing trouble and concentrated on hiding in a small village in a corner, who would be able to find him?It's just a waste of time and effort.

Now that Zhu Nao had made up his mind, everyone agreed on the plan and date of the execution, and they went back separately.

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In the evening, Xie Wuji walked into the Daxiangguo Temple.

This Daxiangguo Temple was previously occupied by the Xuantian Sect and was renamed Daxuantian Temple. Now it has been renamed by Zhu Nao and has been requisitioned as a temporary official residence. The property documents seized from the Xuantian Sect are sorted here. And deal with things in the city.

Xie Wuji walked into the hall, Zhu Nao was looking at the family property accounts that his subordinates had confiscated from the various officials of the Xuantian Sect.Seeing Xie Wuji come in, he beckoned Xie Wuji to come and see.

Xie Wuji walked to him and sat down, turned around roughly, and his brows were already knit together: "A few cult ministers in the district have such a family property! The corruption of state officials is nothing more than this!"

The money and food seized from the Xuantian Sect was already a considerable sum, but it was unexpected that after the family property of these great ministries was copied, what was seized was much more than the money and food in the teaching treasury!This is probably "rich corrupt officials, poor state treasury", no wonder Henry Zhang was so ruthless that he left Xuantianjiao and fled.

If those believers knew that they had finally driven away the corrupt officials who exploited them, they would be greeted like saviors with even more blood-sucking moths. They really don't know how they would feel.

Zhu Nao said: "Before the execution, post these accounts and make them public for a few days."

Xie Wuji glanced at him, and said: "You haven't ordered a strict investigation of the remaining party members in the city so far, do you want to wait for them to change their minds?"

Although all the core members of Xuantian Sect have been arrested except Zhang Xuan, this Fenyang was once the old nest of Xuantian Sect after all, and the power of Xuantian Sect is deeply rooted.Even though many people have hated cults, there are still many people who believe in them.If Xie Wuji was in charge, the first thing he would do after entering the city would be to investigate the remnants of the cult and uproot the power of the cult.But Zhu Nao vaguely wanted to let the rest of the gang go.

Zhu Nao smiled a little helplessly: "If only 500 people are involved, we will naturally have to strictly investigate. I am afraid that 5000, 5 people will be involved, and if Fenyang is investigated into an empty city, the gains will outweigh the losses. Let's wait and see Let's talk about it later."

Xie Wuji was silent.

Indeed, most of the people in Fenyang City voluntarily or forcedly contributed money or efforts to the cult.If you want to strictly investigate, the scale is too difficult to control. If it is light, it is better not to investigate; if it is serious, it will involve too much.

Today the world is in dire straits, and people's livelihood is in decline.Jun Nao has always been committed to restoring people's livelihood, and it is indeed his style to handle this matter leniently.After all, a person's position can be changed, but if a person dies, it will take 80 years to recover.

Xie Wuji wanted to say something, but swallowed it back.After a while, he said: "Finish the important matters, let's go back to Yanzhou as soon as possible."

Zhu Nao nodded: "It's almost the end of the month."

After they stabilized the situation in Fenyang and left some manpower to continue the management, they could go back to Yanzhou.This place is not a place to stay.

Xie Wuji said again: "When you travel, you must be more manned to protect you, and you need to be careful with food and beverages. There are mixed fish and dragons here, after all, it is no better than Yanzhou."

Zhu Nao smiled: "With you and Jing Zhe here, what else is there to worry about?"

Xie Wuji narrowed his eyes slightly, and wanted to say a few more words, but felt that he was too entangled, so he stopped talking.

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The darkness is all together, and the night wind gradually rises.

After nightfall, Xie Wuji lay down and fell asleep after finishing his military affairs.After sleeping for about three to five quarters, there was a sudden commotion outside.

He had always been a light sleeper, and was awakened quickly. He grabbed a coat and went out of the house. He was about to ask someone what happened, and when he saw the situation outside, his pupils suddenly shrank: It was as red as a soldering iron, and the direction of the fire was Daxiangguo Temple!

At this time, someone ran past the courtyard, Xie Wuji rushed out and grabbed the person, and asked sharply: "What's going on? The Daxiangguo Temple is flooded?!"

The man took a closer look in the dark, only to realize that the person who grabbed him with disheveled hair was actually his own general!He was startled, and stammered: "Just, someone went to see it just now, it seems, it seems that someone set the fire, the details are not, not clear..."

Seeing that he couldn't ask anything, Xie Wuji let go of the man, and ran out in three steps at a time.

The man shouted from behind: "Where is the general going?"

Xie Wuji didn't hear human voices, only the sound of wind and burning could be heard.He quickly rushed to the manger, jumped on the horse, and galloped in the direction of Daxiangguo Temple!