"A great change occurred at the time, and everyone was not united. Things happened little by little, and unexpected things happened." [A Brief History of Famous Officials in the Yuan Dynasty·Privy Minister Zhao Wenzhenggong]
Lai Min, Wu Ban and others were waiting anxiously in the mourning hall. Half an hour had passed, and they didn't know how the negotiation between Meng Guang and the others was going. If Liu Mao could be persuaded to wake up, he would be worthy of the imperial court;
To live up to Huang Wan and Liu Yan's trust, if Liu Hao persists... then Lai Min has no other option.
The only power he has in his hands now is Wu Yi, and he can entrust the guest tribe of the Wu Ban brothers. However, after half a year of running, it cannot be said that it has been fruitless. At least those powerful men in Shu County saw the imperial troops coming to Baishui, one by one.
The wait-and-see attitude changed one after another, expressing their willingness to contribute to the return of Yizhou. After all, it seems that only Lai Min can communicate with the court at the moment. Even if he does not have a formal edict from the court, he is still the person sent by the former Sikong Huang Wan.
Now that Liu Yan is dead, all conflicts will be put on the table. The surrender factions such as Lai Min, Gao Yu, and Meng Guang are making their last efforts against Liu Hao.
But Gao Yu and others had been discussing with Liu Hao in the side room for so long, but why didn't they hear anything?
Lai Min sat in the corner, looking around with vague eyes, but his mind was always paying attention to what was going on in the side room.
At this time, Wu Ban walked over from the side with a sword on his shoulder and whispered: "It has been arranged. In half an hour, if Liu Mao still has no regrets, my family's troops hiding nearby will rush in."
Capture it. The tribes of the Zhang family, Du family, and Wang family have already been placed at the city gate, guarding and guarding together with the county soldiers under Gaofu Jun. As long as they control the capital, Liu Mao, and Sun Zhao's troops will have thousands of troops.
It can’t turn the world upside down.”
After the death of Gao Jing, the captain of Shu County, his troops were controlled by the prefect Gao Yu. In order to win over Gao Yu, Lai Min went to visit Gao Jing at Gao Jing's funeral, but to no avail. But later, he may have seen Baishui Pass in an emergency.
, Gao Yu suddenly came to his house two days ago and expressed his willingness to send troops to help. This is how today's "courtesies first, soldiers second" came into being.
But until now, Lai Min was still hesitant. He was not a good player in conspiracy. After arriving in Shuzhong, the first thing he thought about was that as long as he won over the powerful local families, everything would be safe.
Thinking of seizing the military power, Gao Yu took the initiative to look for him this time. After he accepted it happily at first, he gradually realized that there seemed to be some unspeakable strangeness in it. He looked at Wu Ban and said: "What happened to me last night?"
I feel restless inside, and I don’t know what’s going on. I always feel that something is going to happen.”
"Lai Jun must be overly worried." Wu Ban's eyes seemed to wander around the crowd casually, and he whispered: "We have a very careful plan. Liu Hao is a child, how can we let him escape?"
Just as Lai Min was about to say something, there was a sudden sound of breaking a tea bowl from the side room next door, followed by several noises.
"No, something happened!" Lai Min suddenly stood up, and everyone in the mourning hall looked at each other. At this time, Lai Min discovered that Mrs. Fei, who had been sitting in front of Liu Yanling, had disappeared without a trace.
None of her relatives, the Fei family, were also missing, as if they had disappeared out of thin air.
Lai Min suddenly felt something bad in his heart.
In a side room, Liu Mao stood up from the table and said to Meng Guang and others, old and young, in front of him: "Don't talk in front of me. I know what you are relying on." He looked at the county magistrate Gan Ning and his men.
Are the rangers on the run? Do you want to rely on them to keep an eye on Sun Zhao? Do you know that Gan Xingba surrendered to me two days ago!"
"What?" Du Qiong was shocked and turned around to look at Gao Yu. As Gan Ning's direct subordinate, Gao Yu had sworn that Gan Ning would rather serve for him. Now Gan Ning turned to Liu with no warning.
Mao, this leaves them with no more capable soldiers and horses, waiting for the good situation to be overturned in one fell swoop.
Gao Yu looked at Liu Hao with an expressionless face, his eyes never straying even a little bit, and his expressionless expression seemed to be petrified.
Du Qiong turned to look at Meng Guang again. As the key figure sent by Liu Yan to connect the powerful people and connect all parties together with Lai Min, he frowned at this time and looked disappointed. But Meng Guang looked at
Liu Mao looked disappointed, as if what disappointed him was not Gan Ning's sudden change of heart, but Liu Mao's self-interest.
At this moment, the seemingly ordinary servants near the side room suddenly showed their faces and took out willow leaf-like daggers from their hiding places. Some of the long soldiers were even decorated with tiger stripes.
These people suddenly got into trouble and broke into the mourning hall, catching Lai Min and others off guard. Lai Min and others gathered together and first identified the origins of these people from the strange bronze weapons held by the other party: "They are from Bajun.
!”
Lai Min had a clear mind, and his complexion immediately changed, and he said angrily: "How dare he collude with Zhang Lu!"
The Ji people, also known as the Banzhen Man, live in Bajun. They have always believed in witches and witches, and many of them took the Five Pecks of Rice as their teacher.
Although Fei Boren and others are not from Yizhou, they have stayed in Yizhou for these years and know the customs of Yizhou. As long as the Bajun people are mentioned, it is difficult not to associate them with Zhang Lu. Especially Bajun people.
Almost all of the powerful kings like Du Yi and Pu Hu were on good terms with Zhang Lu. Now, looking at the exquisitely decorated swords in the hands of these people, there is a high probability that they are inseparable from Zhang Lu.
"People from Bajun?" Some of the guests recognized the identities of these people and began to whisper.
"I heard that most of Zhang Lu's tribe was in Brazil, and he was on good terms with King Si. Could it be that..."
When people were in panic, Liu Hao walked in from outside the mourning hall, followed by Meng Guang, Du Qiong and others who were held hostage by the prisoners with weapons. Liu Hao looked around the crowd and his eyes rested on Lai Min. Lai Min was flustered.
, or forcefully cheer up and look at him.
Liu Mao sneered, looked away, and said with a victor's tone: "Hanzhong Prefect Zhang Lude heard the news of his late father's lamentation, and sent a special envoy to express condolences. He also said that he was worried that Yizhou would be left without an owner, and might be taken advantage of by traitors.
, wanted to make me the shepherd of Yizhou. I said how could I take on such a big responsibility at such a young age, but Lord Gaofu and Duke Du said, "
He turned half of his body, bowed crookedly to Du Qiong, and said with a teasing look in his eyes: "What did Du Gongshi say?"
Du Qiong was furious, his face turned red, and he was about to explode when his sleeves were suddenly pulled a few times. However, Meng Guang looked at Liu Yanling's position with a gloomy face, and shook his head almost imperceptibly. Du Qiong suddenly
When you are discouraged and outmatched, there is really no need to fight with death: "Yizhou has no owner and the people are uneasy. We can temporarily make Shuyu the pastor of Yizhou and settle down in Shu."
Everyone was in an uproar, and most of them subconsciously looked at Lai Min in the corner. What they wanted to do today was to let Liu Hao occupy his position temporarily, and then discuss the matter with the court. But now Liu Hao is indeed being supported.
He was appointed as a shepherd in Yizhou, but that was obviously not the case. Something unexpected happened and Lai Min was in a state of confusion. His face turned green and red, and he was almost speechless.
"How can you be so virtuous and capable?" Although Liu Hao said this, he still walked step by step in front of Liu Yanling, knelt down and bowed. Then when he stood up, he swayed the hem of his linen clothes as if unintentionally.
Three seals of different materials were revealed, attracting everyone's attention: "It's just that the peaceful and happy people in Yizhou today are all due to the generous and benevolent administration of my father. How can we see that the hard work of our fathers has been wasted now?"
"I have no choice but to take this position temporarily according to Duke Du's proposal."