After noon the next day, Wang Huaiqing was still fast asleep. He drank too much yesterday and got drunk in the second half of the night. He didn't fall asleep again until dawn.)
At this time, the door of the guest room was pushed open with a creak. Yuan Su, Wang Litong and several soldiers entered the room grandly. However, until the group came to Wang Huaiqing's bed, the latter was still sleeping.
The sound was hearty and the voice was like thunder, as if he didn't know that there were many uninvited guests at the bedside.
Yuan Su walked forward calmly and called Wang Huaiqing twice in a low voice, but the other party remained indifferent. In desperation, he had no choice but to reach out and shake his shoulder a few times. The snoring stopped suddenly, and Wang Huaiqing was in a daze.
opened his eyes.
"Oh, Mr. Yuan, what time is it...?" Wang Huaiqing asked in a hoarse and low voice.
"It's almost eleven o'clock." Yuan Su said cheerfully.
Wang Huaiqing sat up slowly. After calming down, he found that there were other people standing in front of his bed, and he suddenly regained his energy. He was stunned for a while, and he couldn't figure out what Yuan Su meant, but
Seeing that the other party's face was gentle, I still imagined that nothing would happen.
"Master Yuan, what are you..."
"Don't panic, Mr. Wang, we are just here to discuss an important matter with Mr. Wang." Yuan Su said unhurriedly, his face still had a friendly smile, and his demeanor was just like at the banquet last night.
"If it's an urgent matter, you might as well ask Adjutant Zhou and Li Guan to come in and discuss it together." Wang Huaiqing said quickly. The more Yuan Su looked calm, the more frightened he was at this moment.
"Li Guandai is in the northern suburbs now and won't be able to come for a while. Adjutant Zhou was drunk yesterday and I have sent someone to take care of him nearby. In fact, it is not an important matter to Lord Wang. It depends on whether Lord Wang is...
How do you view this matter?" Yuan Su said with a pun, he was reminding Wang Huaiqing that the people in the patrol camp were already under his control.
"So Mr. Yuan, what exactly are you talking to me about?" Wang Huaiqing gradually realized that something was wrong, and when he spoke, he felt a chill running down his back.
"I hope Mr. Wang will listen to me and go back to Changli today to pack up his belongings and go to Tianjin or somewhere outside the customs to spend his old age. The country is not stable now and the country is still in turmoil. No one can guarantee what bad things will happen tomorrow.
Mr. Wang is very old, and he has accumulated a lot of wealth in the past few years while sitting in Tongyong Town. If something suddenly happens, wouldn't all the hard work for so many years be in vain?" Yuan Su put his hands behind his back, leaning on his waist.
He stood up straight and spoke in a condescending manner.
"What...what, Mr. Yuan, don't make such a joke." Wang Huaiqing was startled. He was about to get up and get out of bed, but Yuan Su was motionless in front of the bed, and he was at a loss for a moment.
"Master Wang, how could I joke with you about such a serious matter?" The smile on Yuan Su's face gradually faded, but his tone still did not change much, as if he did not intend to force Wang Huaiqing at all, but just negotiated with him.
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"Mr. Yuan, I took up the post of Tongyong Inspector on the order of your uncle, the President. I know that you are unwilling to give up Luanzhou, but it is difficult to disobey the order. Why do you have to tease me like this? The worst is like this. From now on, things in Luanzhou will still be handled by you.
You act as your agent and I will never interfere." Wang Huaiqing said repeatedly with a shy face, and for a while he did not dare to call himself "I". In his opinion, he must first stabilize Yuan Su, and wait until he can escape safely.
Let’s calculate this account carefully.
"Haha, Mr. Wang, don't you still understand what I mean? I understand very well. Mr. Wang, you think that after you escape, you can report this matter to Beijing and let my uncle complain. Not only can you still take Luanzhou
In your hands, you can completely eliminate this thorn in my side, right?" Yuan Su said with a specious smile.
"Where is the word, where is the word..."
"Since I can stand here and talk to you, I naturally anticipate your plans. Why should Mr. Wang keep pretending?"
"You, what are you going to do? The worst case... the worst case is just pretend that I have never been here. I don't care about Luanzhou's affairs. I will take up the post of inspector in Changli." Wang Huaiqing asked in a panic.
"Master Wang, let me ask you, is Luanzhou more important to me, or you," Yuan Su said calmly.
"Ah? This..." Wang Huaiqing's thoughts were spinning rapidly, but he didn't know what Yuan Su meant.
After a while, a frightening thought gradually emerged in his mind. Yuan Su had just shown that he knew his plan. Since Yuan Su was going to deal with him now, how should he explain it to his superiors? Or how should he deal with this matter?
Is the other party really not afraid of being blamed by the president?
Luanzhou is more important than him. This is obviously a hint. It seems that Yuan Su intends to use himself as a hostage and then hide it from the bully to solve the matter.
"Master Wang, please tell me." Yuan Su asked calmly and calmly.
"Of course...I am the important one." Wang Huaiqing said feebly.
"Wrong." Yuan Su smiled.
"Then, is Luanzhou important?" Wang Huaiqing looked surprised.
"Not having you is very important to me." Yuan Su gave the answer loudly.
"Ah?! Mr. Yuan, Mr. Yuan, you, please don't mess around." Wang Huaiqing was like a bolt from the blue. He never expected that Yuan Su was more ruthless than he thought. He suddenly came over, as long as he disappeared
, Yuan Su could not only control Luanzhou, but also take over all the territory of Tongyong Town. In the blink of an eye, a small army leader with a few hundred people turned into a general with thousands of people.
As Yuan Su is the nephew of the president, he has the support of Zhang Zhenfang in the provincial capital and the support of the local gentry and military officers. What's more, he is very aware of his reputation in Tongyong Town. He is usually too greedy, which not only offends the local government.
The bureaucrats and gentry once again let their subordinates complain about their deployment. Even if the president is angry, he will weigh the pros and cons, and the final result can only be comfort rather than blame.
He was very upset now. After entering the city yesterday, he should have thought that things would definitely not go so smoothly. This was Yuan Su's elaborate trick of playing hard to get.
However, it was too late to regret it now. He didn't know what was happening to the troops he brought into the city. At the moment, it was obvious that Yuan Suban had taken care of them, and he could only protect himself first.
"Master Wang, you don't have to worry too much. If I really want to touch you, you won't be able to sleep comfortably until now. I have already said what needs to be said before. I give you a good suggestion, Master Wang, clean up.
Let’s take care of all the belongings and take the aunts and wives to live a happy life.” Yuan Su added slowly.
"Ah? Yes, yes, then just do what Mr. Yuan wants." After hearing what Yuan Su said, Wang Huaiqing nodded quickly and responded, but at the same time, he became more confused in his heart. Yuan Su asked him to go back to Changli County to pack up his belongings. This does not mean letting the tiger go back to the mountain.
As long as he can return to Changli County safely, there are still four battalions of troops in the county. When the time comes to assemble these troops and report the situation to Beijing, Yuan Su will still be in trouble.
However, this time he learned a little smarter. If Yuan Su dared to let him go, he must have been prepared for this matter. As for what preparations he would not be able to guess for a while, he could take it one step at a time. If it was really Yuan Su,
Su made a miscalculation, which might not be a bad thing for himself.
"Okay, Mr. Wang, please hurry up and take care of things. We will send Mr. Wang back to Changli County later." Yuan Su said with a discreet smile. After saying that, he turned around and led everyone out of the room.
After Yuan Su and others all left, Wang Huaiqing was still stunned on the bed for a long time. The scene that just happened was so sudden that his tense nerves suddenly relaxed, and his whole person returned to a dreamlike state. Until Yuan Su gave the order
Two attendants came into the room to help Wang Huaiqing dress and wash, and he slowly came back to his senses.
Yuan Su and his men were waiting in the front hall of the Consultative Bureau Hall. Wang Litong and several members of the Consultative Bureau were also here. Everyone's faces were serious and even a little nervous. This morning
At that time, Wang Litong, under the instruction of Yuan Su, first summoned several members of the Consultative Bureau and briefly talked about what happened last night, so that everyone in the Consultative Bureau had an idea, and then everything went well.
Follow and work together.
The members of the Consultative Bureau are the leaders of the gentry class in Luanzhou. In fact, they were dissatisfied with Yuan Su's use of military power to influence the Luanzhou government. Fortunately, Yuan Su did not do anything excessive, and he usually
He was quite polite and courteous to everyone. Now, Wang Huaiqing suddenly came, and everyone has heard of his reputation as a greedy person. If he is allowed to take charge of Luanzhou, there will definitely be greater conflicts.
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Therefore, from the perspective of political interests, the Consultative Bureau does not want Wang Huaiqing to come to Luanzhou. In other words, they must fully support Yuan Su now. As the saying goes, choose the lesser of two evils. Compared with Wang Huaiqing, Yuan Su
Su is a gentleman.
However, they are also worried that this matter cannot be handled properly, not because they are afraid that the higher-ups will blame them. Even if the president is furious, it is only Yuan Su who is unlucky and has nothing to do with the Consultative Bureau. What they are worried about is that Yuan Su cannot
Completely deal with Wang Huaiqing, so that Wang Huaiqing will retaliate even more after he turns over.
Yuan Su didn't care about the mentality of the members of the Consultative Bureau, because he was able to conclude that these people had no choice but to take action, and now they could only stand on his side honestly.
Not long after, Chen Wennian rode to the Consultative Bureau Hall and reported to Yuan Su the situation of the two patrol battalions: all the weapons of the two battalions were confiscated, and all the officers were taken to the Biaobu compound and imprisoned. Over there in the suburbs of Beicheng
Only the soldiers were left. At this hour, most of the soldiers were still sleeping soundly, and some of the other soldiers were doing nothing. They were just chatting, hanging out, and waiting for lunch as usual. No one noticed anything strange at all.
The two teams of the First Battalion of the Security Regiment, commanded by Sun Lianzhong, have been stationed near the outskirts of Beicheng since last night, keeping an eye on the situation of the patrol battalion soldiers at all times.
At present, everything in Luanzhou City is under control, so supervision preparations have been made to ensure that no mistakes can be made.
"Very good, I will go to Changli County later. Brother Lao Gongtai is here in Luanzhou." Yuan Su nodded and said.