After entering the city, Mr. Zheng said goodbye to Tianci and agreed to meet again later. Then he led a group of people straight to the inn. Tianci took two followers and walked around the county town and looked around.

Especially in places where city defense is important.

Tianci said to the two of them: "The defense of this city is very tight. If someone really comes to attack the city, I'm afraid it won't take a moment to succeed. They are talking so brazenly about war preparation and defense. It's really funny." Both of them were shocked.

In response, Chen Jinwu said angrily: "I think all the money they collected has been divided up privately, and it has not been used for defense."

"Let's go to the mansion to take over." After Tianci said that, he led the two of them straight to the General Military Mansion.

After arriving at the yamen of the General Military Mansion, he explained the situation to the guard, hoping to meet with the current chief to hand over the situation. The guard had heard that a new officer was coming to take office, but he didn't think Tianci looked like a general soldier, and he was a little doubtful.

Went in to report.

Chen Lude, the former commander-in-chief of Quyang City, was highly appreciated by General Huang for his proper reception arrangements during General Huang Zhipeng's last western expedition. Later, he was given a position in the capital, and he has been promoted and moved away. Now

Quyang County is under the agency jurisdiction of his former subordinate Tan Yunyue.

After Governor Tan took office as an agent, he has been moving around, hoping to officially take up the position of General Soldier. Recently, I heard that the imperial court has made other arrangements for candidates for the position of General Soldier. I feel very depressed. At the moment, I am working as Commander-in-Chief of the Army.

The government discussed countermeasures with several counselors.

At this time, the guard came to report that several people had come to the door, saying that the newly appointed commander-in-chief was here to handle the handover. Tan Weiyue was shocked after hearing this. He did not expect that they would come so soon, and he hurriedly asked the guard who was coming.

Such a person seems to have some doubts after listening to the guard's report.

After discussing with his counselors, he decided not to go out to greet him personally, but to have someone call him up first, and then make a decision after seeing him.

Tianci and the other three waited outside the door for a long time before the guard came back and invited them in. When Tianci saw that no official came out to greet them, but instead let them go in on their own, Tianci became suspicious. He turned around and said to his two followers:

: "Xiaoguan, follow me in to pay my respects. You don't have to go in to Jinwu. Just lead the horses to the corner of the street and guard them."

When the two handed the horses to Chen Jinwu, Tianci quietly said to Jinwu: "After the two of us go in, if you don't see Xiaoguan come out within a bag of cigarettes, you should take the horses away immediately and go out of the city to look for him.

Lieutenant Liu, please lead his troops to come to the rescue immediately." After that, he leaned into Jin Wu's ear and whispered how to send troops to rescue.

After the explanation was complete, Tianci and his entourage Xiao Guan entered the General Military Mansion under the leadership of two soldiers. After passing through the ceremonial gate, they came to the lobby.

At this time, Shou Tan was sitting upright in the lobby, wearing a bright silver crown, purple pottery, and a pink silk flowered jersey. He looked very majestic. When he saw the visitor entering the lobby, he did not get up.

He didn't mean to greet him, but he looked at it carefully with his eyes.

After he saw the two Tianci people clearly, he felt funny in his heart. He thought who kind of people they were, and they dared to pretend to be the commander-in-chief. So he slapped the desk and asked angrily: "Who is coming? What's the matter?"

Business?"

The follower Xiao Guan was about to step forward to answer, but Tianci stopped him with his hand, and stepped forward to answer: "I, Zhang Tianci, deputy commander of the cavalry battalion under General Huang Zhipeng, was ordered to take over the post of governor of Pingxi and take over the post of commander-in-chief of Quyang County. Today,

I have just arrived in your county, and I came here specifically to inquire about the job handover. I hope that your Excellency will provide you with convenience."

"Oh, I did hear about it before. They are just rumors. But I have not received the official letter from the court. You said that you are here to take over, or some Pingxi governor. Ah, I have never heard of this.

.Then please give me the appointment document from the imperial court."

"This is a temporary appointment. When I was sent to take office, there was no appointment document yet. Only Mr. Huang ordered me to come to Quyang County to receive the appointment document. If you haven't received the appointment document yet, it only means that we arrived a little early.

.”

"Ha, ha, ha... you are so good at talking nonsense." Before Tianci could finish speaking, Guard Tan laughed loudly. "This is an important military town. Appointment of important officials of the imperial court is nothing but child's play. You just rely on

You dare to come to Shuai Mansion to be deceived by some hearsay rumors. I think you are more like an enemy." After saying that, he suddenly stood up, slapped the table with his hand, and shouted: "Come here.

People, please take down these two enemies carefully!"

Immediately, two groups of soldiers rushed out from both sides of the hall. There were about twenty people in total, and they raised their swords and surrounded the two Tianci.

Xiaoguan drew his sword and wanted to fight with the opponent, but Tianci stopped him. Tianci did not want to fight with the opponent. Firstly, facing so many officers and soldiers, even if he could protect himself, he could not guarantee that Xiaoguan would not be harmed. Secondly, these soldiers would not be harmed in the future.

They are all his subordinates who serve him, and he doesn't want to hurt them.

The two men did not put up any resistance and were captured without restraint. The officers and soldiers removed their weapons and bound them with ropes.

"Okay, since this officer doesn't believe me, I can wait two days until the court appointment documents arrive, and then I can take over, okay?" After being tied up, Tianci still asked calmly.

"Now that you're here, you can leave as you please. Stop trying to deceive me. Quickly capture him and behead him in public."

"Wait a minute, if you let me go, after I take over in two days, I will no longer pursue you for the offense. If you dare to take us down, not to mention waiting for the court to appoint documents, the troops I will lead will be in the city.

Outside, if you don’t get any news from me, we will immediately attack the city and punish you."

After hearing this, Governor Tan hesitated. After thinking for a moment, he ordered the officers and soldiers to take the two men into prison first, and wait for two days before publicly interrogating them in the West Market. At the same time, he asked people to go outside the city to scout whether there were any troops.

stationed.

After a while, the soldiers who went to investigate came back and reported that there were no troops stationed outside the city, but only two to three hundred cavalry in uniforms mixed with the refugees outside the city.

After hearing the report, Guard Tan felt relieved and discussed with his advisers how to deal with these two people.

Some of the counselors said that these two men were obviously fake and should show their heads to the public immediately. Others thought that it was reasonable to listen to what they said and did not dare to make a rash conclusion. They should wait for two days to see what happened.

Finally, a master named Wei came out and said: "I think whether it is true or not, it is best if it is true. Mr. Tan should kill them quietly immediately, and then destroy their bodies and eliminate their traces. No outsiders should know about this."

"How do you say this?" Tan Zhenshou was a little confused.

"I still don't understand. If these two people were really sent by the imperial court to take over, we quietly dealt with them. After the imperial appointment documents arrived, no one took office for a long time, and there was no news. In the end, we had to give up.

, wouldn’t it suit you to choose another person?”

When Governor Tan heard this, he was overjoyed and shouted: "It is God's will. There is no basis for these two people. We just treat them as bandits and kill them. Even if they are found out later, we will not be guilty of any serious crime. How wonderful!"

"

Master Tan was feeling proud when suddenly a news came from outside the lobby. A soldier rushed up to the lobby to report: "Sir, the city defense team has come to report that there are soldiers and horses gathered outside the West City Gate, shouting for their immediate release, otherwise they will be invaded."

City, take, take your life!"
Chapter completed!