Zhu Nao

One morning in early May, the barracks.

The soldiers came out of their tents listlessly and headed to the school grounds to assemble, ready to start a new day of hard work.

Several military officers shuttled between the tents with leather whips, opening one tent after another for inspection.Because the work is too hard, soldiers often hide in the tents and try to escape from work.After being discovered by the officers, some officers will come to check every morning. If they catch lazy people, they will use the whips in their hands to beat the shit out of those people, ensuring that they will never dare to be lazy again for the rest of their lives.

Officer Liu San got into a tent, looked up, and saw three soldiers sitting cross-legged inside.He was taken aback for a moment, and then immediately excited that his whip was useful.

He raised his whip and scolded: "Bastard! What are you three doing hiding in there? Why don't you get out?"

The three looked at each other silently.

Suddenly, a scream came from the tent next to it.Liu San heard the voice somewhat familiar, it seemed to be one of his colleagues.He froze for a moment, a bad premonition welling up in his heart.He quickly turned around and wanted to exit the tent.It's a pity that it's too late.

A rope was wrapped around his neck suddenly, and he wanted to call out, but he only uttered a very short cry, and he couldn't make any sound.

Similar noises came one after another from camp after camp.

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On the school grounds, several battalions of soldiers had already assembled, and the officer was about to lead them off when they suddenly heard shouts from the direction of the camp.

"It's not good! Someone is rebelling!"

The officers were taken aback, and hurriedly went to the direction of the camp to find out.Suddenly, dozens of soldiers rushed out of the team, rushed to the officers, snatched the weapons from their hands, and pushed them to the ground.

The entire barracks was in an uproar.

Someone climbed onto the platform and raised his arms and shouted: "Brothers! The dog officers in the Chengdu government deducted our military pay, and the officers with no conscience treated us like livestock. Let's rebel together today! Let's kill the dog officers, burn the roster, and divide up the military rations. Let's go home together!"

In the queue, people gradually joined in shouting.The shouts grew louder and clearer.

"Kill the dog officer! Burn the roster! Divide up the rations!"

"Kill the dog officer!"

"Burn the roster!"

"Divide the rations!"

Dozens of people shake hundreds of people, and hundreds of people shake thousands of people.Soon, the barracks fell into complete riots.

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Two days later, an army of more than a thousand people approached Chengdu.Although the number of this team is not very large, the formation is very neat, the uniform is uniform, the armor is complete, and the majesty is majestic.Along the way, all the vagrants and thieves were frightened and avoided far away.

There is one flag bearer for every hundred people in the army, carrying a big yellow flag with the word "Lang" written on it.In the middle of the team, someone else carried a big red flag with the word "Zhu" written on it.

Anyone who can read will know that this is the army sent by Langzhou.Langzhou Mu Zhunao must have joined the team this time.

Sure enough, at this moment Jun Nao was riding a tall horse in the middle of the team.Beside him are Yu Changming and Jing Zhe walking on horseback.Another man with a smile on his face walked beside his horse and introduced to him what had happened in the past few days.

"Zhu Zhoumu, our brother Wei is really amazing! You didn't see what happened that day. Brother Wei raised his arms and shouted, and more than 7000 people in the entire barracks rebelled on the spot! The most powerful generals in the court also But that's it?" Boss Zhao chattered and praised Wei Yue, exaggerating the situation that day.He was sent by Wei Yue to welcome Zhu Nao, and he has just joined up with Jun Nao's team at this moment.

Zhu Nao asked with a smile, "Is your name Zhao Boss?"

Boss Zhao's eyes lit up immediately.He just said that he was Wei Yue's subordinate, and didn't give his name. He didn't expect Zhu Nao to call him out: "Yes, it's me. Zhuzhou Mu knows me?"

"I know." Zhu Nao said, "Wei Yue mentioned you to me, saying that you are good at speaking and bragging, and you are his right-hand man."

Boss Zhao didn't feel ashamed at all when he heard those words of praise or derogation, he only felt complacent: "So Wei Ge and Zhu Zhoumu praised me so much? Hehe, I'm really a little embarrassed."

Zhu Nao followed suit with a smile, and asked, "What about the 7000 people?"

Zhao Laodao: "After the military rations were distributed, most of them dispersed and went home by themselves. That day, more than 2000 people followed Brother Wei into Chengdu, burned the government, and then part of them also dispersed. Now there are more than 500 people left. Brother Wei is in charge, they are all in the city."

With Wei Yue's own strength, it is naturally impossible to subdue an army of nearly 2 in such a short period of time.If he had this ability, he would be a genius born in the world, and it would be too condescending for him to be given the position of general.In the past month, he has used the method of forming cliques to recruit people in the army, and it is extremely rare to be able to leave 500 people in the end.

The decision to dismiss the 2-strong army was not made by Wei Yue, it was what Zhu Nao had told him when he was sent to Chengdu.Of the [-] people gathered so rashly, Yuan Jilu would be choked to death if he ate it, and Zhu Nao would choke enough if he ate it, so there was really no need to stay.It's better to send them back first.If he needs an army in the future, he can pull out another team in his own way, and the team he pulled out will be handy when used.

Zhu Nao asked, "Then what's the situation in Chengdu now? Has Yuan Jilu caught him?"

Speaking of this, Boss Zhao curled his lips in displeasure: "The city of Chengdu is quite chaotic now. The soldiers who entered the city that day couldn't control it and smashed up many places. Yuan Jilu didn't catch it either, probably because he heard about it. The team ran away as soon as we entered the city, and he was gone when we entered the government. And that Lu... Lu and other Shaoyin also ran away. Only Xu Shaoyin is still there. I heard that Xu Shaoyin is Zhu Zhoumu's friend, Brother Wei Treated him very well, these days they are also presiding over the restoration of order in the city."

Zhu Nao nodded, and did not express any opinion on Yuan Jilu and Lu Qinghui who fled, but said: "Okay, thank you for your hard work."

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Several hours later, Zhu Nao's brigade finally arrived at the city of Chengdu.

The city gate has long been controlled by Wei Yue. He has received the news that Zhu Nao is coming, so he opened the city gate ahead of time and came to greet him in person.

The team stopped outside the city gate, Zhu Nao got out of the team, rode forward, and came in front of Wei Yue.

Wei Yue's face was full of color, and when he walked, he wished he could walk sideways with his arms and legs like a crab.All he could do was write the word "invite credit" on his face, and said triumphantly, "Zhuzhou Mu, I did a good job, right?"

Zhu Nao said with a smile: "There is nothing better."

Wei Yue pricked up her ears, waiting for him to boast a few more words.

But I heard Zhu Nao say, "I've got a good idea of ​​this matter."

Wei Yue was slightly taken aback.He also wanted to hear Zhu Nao praise him more, why did Jun Nao drag him back to himself just as he started?Of course, Zhu Nao should be responsible for this matter. It was Jun Nao who sent him to do it. It was Jun Nao who found out all kinds of news and told him. It was also Jun Nao who created the chaos on the outside before discovering his internal disintegration. It is a good time, but his contribution is also indelible. If it were someone else, he might not be able to accomplish such a great event. How could it be worth saying "no matter how good it is"?

Just when Wei Yue was not depressed, Zhu Nao continued with a smile: "If I ask you to do this matter, it will definitely be done. Sure enough, I did not make a mistake in my calculation."

He said again: "As expected, I was very lucky to meet a genius like you; and I must have accumulated a lot of blessings before you are willing to do things for me."

Wei Yue was stunned for a moment, and the corners of his mouth almost reached his ears, that is to say, he didn't have a tail, otherwise it could reach the sky.He felt comfortable all over, and made a gesture: "Zhuzhou Mu, let's go into the city."

The army of thousands of people walked towards the city of Chengdu mightily.

After entering the city, there is indeed some chaos in the city. When the army is in chaos, it is inevitable that they will not be able to control it, causing losses to some ordinary people.This is why Zhu Nao asked Wei Yue to dismiss the [-] army.But the situation is passable, after all, there are people who control the matter.If it was really a disorderly army that broke in, I'm afraid Chengdu would have been turned into a piece of scorched earth by now.

Hearing the news that the army had entered the city, the streets were empty, and all the people hid in their homes, and no one dared to come out.However, as the army entered in an orderly manner, gradually, some heads poked out from the windows, behind the door, on the fence, etc., looking at the new army curiously and cautiously.

Langzhou Mu Zhunao.

In the past two years, everyone in Sichuan has heard of this name and his deeds.Some people say that he is an ambitious traitor, while others say that he is a generous and benevolent official.No matter what the legends say, this is the first time that the people of Chengdu have seen him with their own eyes, so it is inevitable to be careful.

The army marched all the way, without touching anything belonging to the people, and went straight to the outside of the government.What was supposed to be the most prosperous and luxurious place in the city has now become the most desolate place. The walls are pitch black and there are broken bricks and tiles everywhere.It was set on fire by angry troops.

Zhu Nao asked Wei Yue, "Is Xu Shaoyin in there?"

Wei Yue nodded: "There are still a few official residences inside that have not been burned, and Xu Shaoyin is using them inside." The official residence of Chengdu Mansion is huge, and it may take days and nights to burn it all down.

Junao nodded and went in.Yu Changming hurriedly ordered the army to stop outside, and ordered a few people to follow Zhu Nao to go in.

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At this moment, Xu Yu is leading several subordinates to sort out official documents.Many official documents in the government were burned by the angry rebels. Fortunately, some important accounts survived.They have to take a good inventory, or the mess behind them will be too difficult to clean up.

Suddenly someone came to report: "Xu Shaoyin, Zhu Nao, the shepherd of Langzhou, is here."

Xu Yu was taken aback, but didn't look surprised.He put down the things in his hands, thumped his sore waist from bending all the time, and straightened up.

"You continue to tidy up." Xu Yu ordered other officials, then left the room and walked to the reception room.

After a while, footsteps approached.

Xu Yu was really curious and couldn't help poking her neck out to look out.Several people had already walked outside the hall, and the leader was a young man with fair skin.I saw a pair of slightly curved eyes, with a three-point smile when he wasn't smiling naturally, and he looked very friendly.From this face, where can one see half of cunning, treacherous and scheming?

Xu Yu was secretly taken aback, and couldn't believe that this was the legendary Zhu Nao.But people have already come before him, so if they don’t believe it, they can only believe it.

This is really... people can't be judged by their appearance...

"Xu Shaoyin." Zhu Nao stood still in front of Xu Yu.

Xu Yu was a little embarrassed, and didn't know what etiquette should be at the moment.After all, considering his current official position, he is much older than Junao.Wiping his palms on his side, he lifted his hands and said with a smile, "Zhuzhou Mu, I've looked forward to it for a long time."

Zhu Nao cut to the chase: "Xu Shaoyin, I plan to take over the position of Chengdu Yin, what do you think?"

Xu Yu was taken aback.He had expected this a long time ago, but he was a little surprised that Zhu Nao didn't make any detours.He licked his lips and said cautiously: "This...Chengdu Yin is the highest official of the Chengdu Prefecture, with jurisdiction over thousands of hectares and millions of people. , the matter is of great importance, I'm afraid it will take a long-term plan..."

Although Zhu Nao has already entered Chengdu, he can immediately take over the administrative power in Chengdu, but if he ascends the throne hastily like he did when he was in charge of Langzhou, there will be endless troubles in the future.Chengdu Yin's position is no better than that of Langzhou Mu. The bigger the official, the more difficult it is to do it.At least it looks justifiable.

Junao said "Oh", "So, you don't object?"

"Ah?" Xu Yu hurriedly said, "I, I don't want to object, it's just that this matter is not that simple..."

"I know. I don't intend to ascend the throne right away. I have to take care of some chores first—at least, find Yuan Jilu first." Zhu Nao looked at him with a smile, "If I become your chief, I would like you to take care of me." I mean to do things, you won't be unhappy, will you?"

Xu Yu was frightened by Zhu Nao's straightforwardness again and broke into a cold sweat.He understood why Junao would ask this question.Although he helped Jun Nao do a lot of things before, they had never met each other, and they didn't understand each other's demands.It is entirely possible that he helped Jun Nao because he wanted Jun Nao to become a helper in his own political struggle.It's just that this boost is too powerful, beyond the scope of control.

Xu Yu hurriedly said: "No, no, I won't. If Zhu...Zhu Zhoumu ascends to the position of Chengdu Yin, I will concentrate on assisting you."

Junao blinked and blinked: "Why?"

In the current chaos, Xu Yu, as Shaoyin, is only one step away from the position of Chengdu Yin, so it must be reasonable to ask him to hand over to others to be calm.

Xu Yu thought for a while, and then smiled: "Because I——Because I have self-knowledge. I have the ability to assist, but I have no top talent."

Zhu Nao stroked his chin and expressed his satisfaction with the answer: "Xu Shaoyin is indeed a man of great wisdom."

Xu Yu was slightly ashamed.Although this is indeed the case...But usually when he expresses his humility like this, it is normal for the other party not to praise him, and then he continues to be humble?Is it a bit...

And why did Zhu Nao speak straight to the point?Shouldn't someone like him, who is an official and a businessman, make all sorts of insinuations and let people figure it out carefully?How does this look like a high official...

In short, this person really does not follow common sense at all...

Zhu Nao said: "Xu Shaoyin, you and I met for the first time today, and I have a lot to talk about slowly. Let's have a banquet in the city to eat together. But I have to ask you first—do you know where Yuan Jilu is hiding?" went?"

Xu Yu hissed: "I-I really don't know about this... When the news of the riots in the Japanese army came, he knew that if the rioters broke in, his life would be in danger, so he immediately took his raised Fifty warriors escaped."

Zhu Nao said indifferently: "Shouldn't he run far away. Does Xu Shaoyin know any relatives, friends, or estates he has in Chengdu?"

Xu Yu thought for a while, and said: "I know some relatives and friends. As for the Yuan Mansion... Yuan Jilu's property, there are records in the mansion, just find it."

Zhu Nao said, "Then go find it now."

The incident happened suddenly. Although Yuan Jilu ran away, he should not have escaped from Chengdu.He won't be willing to just leave like this, he should be hiding somewhere waiting for an opportunity to regain control of Chengdu Mansion.

Seeing this, Xu Yu didn't delay much, and hurried to find the records.

Not long after, Xu Yu found the record, and also wrote a letter of information about Yuan Jilu's relatives and friends that he knew, and handed it to Zhu Nao.Zhu Nao took it and passed it directly to Yu Changming.

"Get someone to look for him right away, he won't go far." Zhu Nao said, "If you still can't find these places, I will write a wanted warrant and send it to the people, asking them to provide information."

Yu Changming took the address and said, "Isn't there another Shaoyin who also ran away? Do you want to look for it?"

Xu Yu was secretly surprised when he heard this.When the rebel army entered the city that day, Lu Qinghui had been sent out by Yuan Jilu and was not in the official residence.Later, when I heard the news that the rebel army occupied the government, I naturally didn't dare to come back.

Lu Qinghui has always been at odds with Zhu Nao, and he has made a lot of trouble with Zhu Nao's affairs.I don't know if Jun Nao hates him too...

But Zhu Nao said with a smile: "Look for it. Find out if Lu Shaoyin has any good friends and properties in the local area, go there and look for it. If you find it, invite him back, be more polite... No, forget it, let's call him." If you get dizzy, just tie it back. Otherwise, with Lu Shaoyin's temperament, I'm afraid he would rather die than follow, and bite his tongue to kill himself."

Xu Yu: "..." This is indeed very similar to what Lu Qinghui would do...

Yu Changming responded, turned around and left.

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At night, Yu Changming returned to the temporary residence.

Zhu Nao's residence was next door to him, and when he came back, he saw that the light in Zhu Nao's room was still on, so he knocked on the door.

Zhu Nao said, "Come in."

Yu Changming opened the door and walked in, only to see Zhu Nao looking at the ledger.There was still a thick stack on his desk, all brought to him by Xu Yu.

Zhu Nao put down the ledger and said, "How is the army settled down?"

Yu Changming said: "I found a place to live in the city first. The city is a bit chaotic right now, and when the order in the city is almost restored, let the soldiers go out of the city to camp. The thousand soldiers we brought are fine, Wei Yue that I'm a little worried about 500 people. Are you going to let them go out of town?"

Zhu Nao said indifferently: "We will drive them out of the city immediately when we come, I'm afraid they will have resentment. I will talk to Wei Yue, and you will also send him some teachers to help him lead the troops."

Yu Changming was silent.What Zhu Nao meant was that the soldiers and horses that Wei Yue recruited by himself will be handed over to Wei Yue in the future.It's not that he wants to compete for these 500 people, it's just that Wei Yue is inexperienced after all, and these [-] recruits lack education, so if something goes wrong, it may end up in trouble.But Zhu Nao has always been bold and unconstrained in employing people. Since he said so, he must have made a decision and will not change it.

After a while, Yu Changming said: "What about Xu Yu? You will still use him as Shaoyin in the future?"

Junao seemed to be puzzled by this question: "Otherwise?"

Yu Changming said: "This man's city is very deep, too slippery. Back then he was able to hand over all the secrets of the Chengdu mansion to you. What if he handed it over to others in the future?"

Zhu Nao's bet in this game was that the Chengdu government would collapse on its own due to recruitment and other things before it invaded Langzhou, and he also won the bet.This game was a big and risky gamble, but the reason why he dared to gamble was because Xu Yu had given him many account books at the beginning, allowing him to calculate the odds of winning.For Yuan Jilu, Xu Yu was absolutely disloyal.

Zhu Nao didn't take it seriously: "A good bird chooses a tree to live in, and a famous minister chooses a master to serve. Isn't this the common sense in the world?"

But Yu Changming still felt worried: "Aren't you afraid that he will meet a better Jiamu, a more powerful Mingzhu?"

Zhu Nao tilted his head: "Huh? Will you?"

Yu Changming: "..."

Yu Changming: "..."

What does Zhu Nao mean is that there is no better Jiamu, a more powerful Mingzhu?Is this self-confidence or shameless...

However, thinking about it carefully, since he followed Junao, even Junao's style of doing things has something that makes him dissatisfied.But if there is any kind of person who can pry him away, he really can't think of...

I'm afraid this person is poisonous...

After a while, Zhu Nao asked, "Has the person looking for Yuan Jilu been sent out?"

Yu Changming came back to his senses, nodded and said: "Sent out. Today's time is too short, I only had time to investigate one place, but I didn't find it. I will continue to investigate tomorrow and the next day. I will definitely dig out the dog officer by digging three feet!"

Zhu Nao lowered his head again and continued to read the book: "Don't worry, he can't run away."

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Three days later.

Yuan Jilu sat in the room with a bowl of freshly brewed hot tea by his hand.He picked up the tea and took a sip, but he didn't know if it was the tea that was scalding him, or because he was upset, or both, and the anger in his heart was ignited by the hot tea.

With a "bang", he slammed the teacup to the ground!

Just as Zhu Nao expected, at this moment he is hiding in a remote and secret mansion in Chengdu.The rebel army broke in that day, and he hurried out of the government to save his life, but he didn't leave the city at all.First, there are rebels outside the city, and going out is tantamount to death; second, he never thought of leaving Chengdu.

He is Chengdu Yin, and the land of Shu is his capital. Where else can he go if he leaves this place?Back to the capital?The capital is so chaotic, what do you do when you go back?Did he not want the wealth bestowed on him by the imperial court?

He originally thought that those rebellious troops were just a group of rabble, and they naturally withdrew after burning, killing and looting in the city.When he returns to the government, he can still continue to be his Chengdu Yin.But he didn't expect that there was an undisturbed army among the chaotic army, which did not leave for a long time, dominated the government and controlled the gate of the city, as if there was an expert sitting in the battle.He sent samurai to investigate. There were five or six hundred people in the team, but he only had fifty guards, so he really didn't dare to take risks.

Worse things are yet to come.Before he could figure out how to deal with those five or six hundred people, a thousand soldiers from Langzhou Mansion had already entered the city.

The matter is completely clear at this point.The chaos in Shu, the disintegration of the [-]-strong army, the soldiers who broke into the city... Everything, Zhu Nao is behind the scenes! !

Yuan Jilu hated Zhu Nao so much that he gritted his teeth, wishing he could eat his flesh and drink his blood.It's a pity that judging from his current situation, what he needs to consider now is not how to deal with Zhu Nao at all, but how to escape from Chengdu...

After smashing the teacup, Yuan Jilu saw the arrest warrant that the guard brought back from outside.I heard that Zhu Nao has already ordered the whole city to put up a list to arrest him.This arrest warrant was written in an extremely vicious way. "Anyone who provides the whereabouts of Yuan Jilu will be rewarded with 50 taels of silver. Those who are guilty can fully forgive their crimes and receive another reward."

——What does it mean that a guilty person can fully forgive his crime? !Doesn't this show that Jun Nao knows that there are people around him who are helping to harbor him, and wants to lure these people to reveal his whereabouts?

How vicious! !

Yuan Jilu kneaded the reward order into a ball forcefully, not knowing how to vent it, when he suddenly heard the terrified voice of the guards outside: "Fu Yin, the outside has been surrounded by soldiers!"

Yuan Jilu: "!!!"