As soon as Ye Yongjia walked to the corridor, a servant opened the bamboo curtain in the corner room and waved to him and shouted. Ye Yongjia went to the wall and asked him what happened.
"Where are you going?"
"Go to the toilet."
"There are relatives of Mr. Lu in this house. If you go the wrong way, you may be inconvenienced. I will guide you there."
Ye Yongjia agreed, and the man came out of the house, led Ye Yongjia to the door of the toilet, and said: "It's right here. I still have something to do, so you can go back by yourself."
Ye Yongjia smiled and thanked him, then turned around and went in. But he didn't have abdominal pain. He paced back and forth a few times, thinking that the man should leave, so he pushed the door lightly, looked around for a while, then walked out and closed the door.
He looked at several rooms passing by, found the study, and entered cautiously. Seeing that there was no one around, he took out a pen from the pen holder, dipped it in ink, and then took a piece of paper. For fear of making any noise, he slowly
written.
After writing, he tore off the part with the words, held it in the palm of his hand, and took it out with his hands behind his back.
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Ye Yongjia opened the curtain and saw Lu Deguang, slightly drunk, lying there laughing; and he was behind the armchair of the supervisory censor.
"Master Lu, I'm sorry..." He faced Lu Deguang, his hands on the chair, and took the opportunity to throw down the note.
It fell on the lap of the censor.
The censor hurriedly stuffed the paper into his sleeves, and then ate the wine as if nothing had happened.
"You are really unreliable! The Censor is here and you are doing so many things..." Lu Deguang scolded.
"What the prefect taught you is..."
Ye Yongjia immediately returned to his seat. His heart was pounding and he couldn't even take a few bites of the food. He prevaricated a few words and everyone dispersed in a moment.
When the censor came out, he didn't mention anything about going to the barracks. He just asked about the conditions of the household and prison cells, and talked about some unimportant matters. Lu Deguang felt relieved.
After patrolling for only an hour, the censor said: "It's getting late and I have to go on my way, so I won't stay here." After hearing this, the prefect persuaded him again, but the censor said he wanted to leave, so he had no choice but to do so.
I sent him out of the city to mount his horse and said goodbye.
The censor walked about a hundred steps and saw that Lu Deguang had led his people back and that the outside of the city had become an empty wasteland. He lowered his head and took out the piece of paper from his sleeve, and while riding on his horse, he read:
'Lu Deguang has raised an army of thousands, and he will raise a rebel flag within a few days. The imperial censor can report to the emperor to send troops to Chen. Hurry! Hurry!'
The censor was really taken aback and broke out in a cold sweat. He sent a sergeant over and ordered sternly: "Take this thing and hurry to the capital. If Lu Deguang wants to rebel, don't delay at all!"
"Yes!" The sergeant took the note, flicked his horse whip, and ran forward quickly, and disappeared after a while.
Lu Deguang, however, had not noticed anything strange, and was planning his great cause as usual. At this time, he began to send craftsmen to cast tiger talismans, and forged yellow satin edicts. In preparation for the day when the army was launched, he lied that "the emperor personally issued an edict, and strived to
"I will kill the willow thieves"; once you use this righteous name, you can deceive the hearts of the troops and make them focus on fighting the enemy without any distractions.
Because the materials used in the imperial edict were difficult to find, the matter was left alone. Although there was no mold for the tiger talisman, the shape must be different. However, it was only shown to the soldiers of Chenzhou as a way to gather people's hearts. Therefore, they were not so careful and casual.
The earth was forged.
Only Lu Deguang's "minions" knew about this matter, including Ye Yongjia of course. But this was a serious mistake made by the always cautious Lu Deguang and his military advisor. Ye Yongjia was worried at this time that he could not slow down the pace of raising troops.
But receiving such good news was like adding more power to a tiger, giving him an opportunity to build momentum.
Ye Yongjia first went to the governor's office to find Professor Zhao.
"Master Zhao!"
Professor Zhao couldn't help but smile when he heard someone calling him "Sir". When he turned around and saw that it was his colleague, his face suddenly changed and he felt evil in his heart.
"Tinglong, what are you doing here?"
"Does the governor still remember the previous grudge?" Ye Yongjia did not answer, but asked him with a smile.
"How can there be any hatred..." Although Zhao said so, his expression was not good-looking.
"Captain Zhao, I was confused about what happened before. I apologize. You see, I came here just to make meritorious deeds."
"How to achieve meritorious service? Let me tell you."
"Do you know about the Tiger Talisman?"
"I know, but it has nothing to do with me," Zhao Shouzhong sighed, "I, the governor, can't make the decision and lead the troops. I don't have the tiger talisman either."
"You won't go to Mr. Lu?"
"Don't dare!"
"Why don't the governor write a submission and pass it over to me? I'll try to persuade Mr. Lu, and maybe it will be done."
Professor Zhao looked at him warily: "I'm afraid you will say bad things in front of Mr. Lu..."
"This is absolutely not the case," Ye Yongjia tried to explain to him, "What kind of relative do you think you are to Mr. Lu?"
"You don't know? Ask me?" Professor Zhao's tone was not kind.
"I'm wrong... Please continue to listen to me. You are Mr. Lu's cousin, and you have been taken care of by him many times. I am not related to the prefect, so who is my turn to slander you? Why don't you worry about Governor Zhao?
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Professor Zhao felt that it was reasonable, and he was more eager to ask Fu, so he agreed: "I will write a petition right now; but if you can't handle it, don't even think about staying in Huaining City!"
"Yes, yes..." Ye Yongjia spoke humbly, for fear of offending him.
Professor Zhao wrote the submission in the hall and handed it to Ye Yongjia. He then left and walked to the magistrate's office. Hearing that Lu Deguang was resting in the study, he stopped paying him a visit. Instead, he asked Li Yong where he was and handed the submission to him.
He handed it to him and said that it was entrusted to him by Zhao Shu.
The reason why Ye Yongjia did this was because his prestige was gradually losing, and it was not his turn to speak when he was about to present the son, so he asked a prefect's servant to help him deliver it. Lu Deguang trusted Li Yong, so he naturally took this letter seriously, which aroused suspicion.
.
Lu Deguang was indeed suspicious. He held the submission in his hands and said nothing for a long time.
"I thought..."
"You don't need to tell me," Lu Deguang said, "I think Professor Zhao also has some problems."
"This letter was given to me by Ye Yongjia. I'm afraid..."
"No," Lu Deguang shook his head, "If he really wanted to make me suspicious of Professor Zhao, wouldn't it be more convenient to send him directly here and make some slanderous remarks in front of me? Why should he leave it to you... This must be assigned by Professor Zhao.
of."
Li Yong kept silent and didn't answer.
"He's so brave!" Li Yong, who was nearby, could clearly feel the vibration in Lu Deguang's throat. "Didn't anyone tell him that this military power belongs to me?" Magistrate Lu waved his hand and threw the letter away.
to the table.
"And in those days, I sent him to contact Magistrate Zhong, and then the Supervising Censor came. Today, something like this happened again... Can you tell me if he is less suspicious!"
"What do you think, Lord Prefect?"
"You will send someone to the Governor's Office to search for me tomorrow! ... As for raising troops, it seems that we will have to rest for a while."