The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Ye County has a long history. "In the Spring and Autumn Period, it was established by Duke Huan of Qi". It has been seven or eight hundred years. In the sixth year of Emperor Gaozu of the former Han Dynasty, the area on both sides of the Zhangshui River was demarcated from the Handan County of the old Qin Dynasty, and Wei County was added. All are the county seat of Wei County, and the county seat is not small.

The county seat is in the northwest of the county seat.

Xun Zhen drove the guard of honor on the street in the middle of the county. Because there were no county officials and gentry to greet him, many people in the county did not know that the new prefect was here. Surprised, most of them didn't respond, and no one greeted them.

Sitting in the car, Liu Bei looked out, and when he saw the movement on the street, he frowned and said to Jian Yong, who was in the same car with him: "Look at the appearance of the people in the county, I don't know that Duke Ming is here. It's really hateful that the county and county officials don't greet them first, and they don't notify the county residents."

Jian Yong said casually, "Does this even need to be said? Apparently, Zhao Zhong's family is covering the sky with one hand in Wei County, and the county officials had to obey him, so that's why."

Although Liu Bei and Jian Yong were not mediocre people, and Xun Zhen didn't say it clearly, but after entering Wei County, they both guessed as early as Cheng Jia and others that this must be the ghost of Zhao Zhong's family, Liu Bei frowned. Mei said: "The poison is rampant on the outside, and the Zhao Zhong family is so domineering on the inside. The situation is very unfavorable, and I don't know how Duke Ming plans to deal with it."

With the poison of tens of thousands of people, Zhao Zhongquan's power over the government and the opposition, internal and external troubles, Wei County is not easy to cure.

"Ming Gong is an extraordinary person, and Gai Wei is an extraordinary person. Only then can he do extraordinary things and make extraordinary achievements. Xuande, I'll just wait and see how Ming Gong responds."

Jian Yong had great confidence in Xun Zhen. It's no wonder that since he got to know Xun Zhen with Liu Bei, everything that Xun Zhen has seen has been done by an outstanding person. Such an outstanding person will definitely not be smashed into the sand in Wei County.

The car drove Linlin, led by the county official named Chengde, to the county seat.

The county gates were closed.

Yuan Zhongqing came outside Liu Bei's car and said, "Ming Gong asks you to call the door."

Liu Bei was Xun Zhen's cadre when he was a lieutenant, and he was the most suitable person to call him.

He agreed, got out of the car, came to the door of the mansion, joined Cheng Jia and Cen Rong, and reached out to pat the door.

After a while, someone answered the door and asked, "Who is making a noise outside?"

Cen Yan replied loudly, "Duke Xun is here on an edict, why don't you and the officials open the gate of the mansion to greet him?"

After a while, the gate of the mansion opened, and the manor came out to greet him.

Liu Bei looked intently, only a dozen or so people came out, sparsely, not in a queue, he said stunned: "There are only so many officials in the mansion?"

The attitude of these government officials was still respectful, and they replied: "There were originally a lot of officials, but after the rebellion, some were not in the war, and some gave up their posts. It's just me waiting."

The Yudu Rebellion did great harm to Wei County. First, half of Wei County fell into the hands of Yudu. Secondly, Ye County was besieged by Yudu for a long time, and officials died or fled. What he said: Except for the rest and those who asked for leave, there are only a dozen or so Shishishu Zuo left in the mansion.

There was only a dozen or so officials in a dignified county prefect's mansion. Liu Bei was stunned. He didn't expect Wei County to be so different from Zhao County.

He glanced at the dozen or so county officials, most of them had no seals and ribbons, and they were obviously fighting food officials with less than a hundred stones. The remaining half had black ribbons and half-pass seals. Where is the governor?"

The county chief is six hundred stones, and the seal is different from the hundred stones.

Among the dozen or so officials, an older man in his fifties replied, "The county chief is ill, and he cannot get up due to illness."

"Where are you Cao officials?"

Among the literati of the two Han Dynasties, the right is the most respected, and the right Cao refers to the important prefectures, such as the Five Officials, Gong Cao, and Duyou.

"Five Guanyue was sick in the house, Gong Cao was also sick in the house, and the chief bookkeeper of the former prefect was killed in the battle."

Liu Bei thought to himself: "The county chief is sick, the five senses are sick, the meritorious Cao is sick, is the prefect of Wei County a sick seedling nest?"

Being sick was obviously an excuse, and it was the county chief, Wuguanjue, and Gong Cao who used this as an excuse not to come to see Xunzhen. Seeing that the government official was so rude and rude, Liu Bei suppressed his anger and asked, "Where's the postmaster? Are you at home too?"

The old official in his fifties replied: "The eastern postal governor is in trouble. He asked for leave yesterday and went home. The subordinate Wang Cong is ready to serve as the western postal superintendent."

Liu Bei was also a man of wealth. He endured and endured without getting angry. He also restrained himself and asked why the postmaster from the west called Wang Cong didn't go to greet Xun Zhen, and took a few more glances at the dozen or so crooked melons and cracked dates. Like a government official, he said: "Ming Ming is in the car, please wait and be ready to meet him."

Greeting the prefect requires ceremonial procedures.

Xun You didn't know when he got out of the car, came to Liu Bei, glanced at the government officials, and said: "Ming Gong has an order: Wei Fang has been robbed, it is advisable to keep everything simple. I told you not to have to deal with each other, and then enter the government. Bar."

The postmaster from the west named Wang Cong agreed to take the dozen or so government officials and opened the gate of the mansion. Xun Zhen's car drove into the mansion.

...

Dongcheng in Ye County is the place where wealthy people live in Ye County.

The houses of these wealthy people are the largest, occupy the most extensive area, and the most powerful family is the Zhao Zhong family.

During the Yellow Turban chaos last year, Zhao Zhong took all his close relatives to Luoyang, and now the head of the house is a younger brother of his, named Zhao Ran, who specially guards the house for him.

Although he is a clan brother, Zhao Ran is much younger than Zhao Zhong. He is in his early thirties this year, and is in his prime.

Just as Xun Zhen, Jian Yong and others have speculated, this time Xun Zhen took office, and no officials, gentry, and elders of Wei County came to greet him. It was Zhao Ran's handwriting. The Wei County Chief who "couldn't get up because of illness" is now in his hall. , lol.

While laughing, the county chief raised his thumb at Zhao Ran and said, "Young lord, this plan is very good, he will definitely be able to kill Xun Ruhu's zeal and let him know who owns the world in Wei County and who is in charge. It's all said and done."

Zhao Ran stroked his beard reservedly, and said, "What if this old thief Huangfu Song destroyed my family's house? I'm not living here? I'll see who dares to come and confiscate it, but this revenge has to be repaid. My brother has cleaned up the old thief Huangfu Song, and I will take care of the little thief Xun Zhen."

A guest who had just returned from inquiring outside stood panting and stood in the hall. Zhao Ran called him in and asked, "Has Yuzhou's son entered the city?"

The guest replied: "I have already entered the city, and I have just entered the county palace."

"Oh? Is there anyone in the county government to greet you?"

The guest sneered and said, "Since Shaojun has made it clear that the prefectures and counties are not allowed to welcome children from Yuzhou, the officials of the prefecture certainly dare not disobey the order. Now, there are only a dozen or so little officials left in the mansion."

Zhao Ran nodded with satisfaction, and said with a smile, "It's not too bad." Seeing that the guest was still unfinished, he seemed to have something to say, so he said, "What else is there to say?"

"It's the old thief surnamed Wang who didn't ask for leave and is still in the county house."

"The surname is Wang?"

"It's Wang Cong, the postmaster general of the West."

"This old Shuzi Xiang is against my family. He is not worth anything by himself. Don't worry about it... Yuzhou Er is furious?"

"That's not true. I think it was because I was too soft. I didn't even show my face, and I didn't let the government officials greet me. I went straight into the palace by car."

Zhao Ran frowned and said, "Just entered the palace?"

"Yes, I must be afraid of the majesty of the young master."

Zhao Ran thought for a while, and said with a sneer, "I didn't expect Yuzhou'er to be so deep! Hmph, how could he be able to endure, no matter how deep? It's just the beginning that the county does not welcome him to take office, and it will be slow in the future. Pick him up slowly, I don't believe how long he can endure it!"

The county chief patted the horse flatteringly, and said, "Young lord is in the prefecture of Zhenzhou, and it will be easy to take care of a small Yuzhou child."

While he was talking, a man came running outside, sweating profusely and looking terrified.

Zhao Ran said unhappily: "What's the panic? It's not decent!"

The man ran into the hall and said in horror, "Head! Head!"

"What head?"

"On the street, on the street, several heads!"

Zhao Ran was inexplicable when he heard this, his face sank, and he said, "Speak clearly, what street and head?"

The man swallowed a few mouthfuls, calmed himself, and said, "A group of knights came from outside the county, galloping down the street, holding up several heads, and heading straight into the county house."

Zhao Ran was stunned and said, "A group of knights came in from outside the county and took their heads to the county palace?"

"Yes."

Zhao Ran turned to the Jun Cheng: "What's going on?"

Jun Cheng was also stunned and guessed tentatively, "Could it be that Yuzhou'er did something?"

Zhao Ran ordered the person who came to report the news: "Go and inquire."

Zhao Ran had a lot of eyes and ears in the county house. After a while, this man returned from inquiries and reported: "Those heads are Zheng Ce, Wang Heng, Sun Fan, Lu Ji and others."

These people are Zhao Ran's henchmen in the county soldiers. Hearing the words, he was shocked, and suddenly stood up: "What?"

"Before the little thief entered the county, he ordered his righteous subordinate to go directly to the barracks, and gave him an order from the righteous subordinate. After his righteous subordinate arrived in the camp, he did not give out the order, but was arrogant. The ground ordered Zheng Ce and others to give up the best barracks, and only took out the order when Zheng Ce and others refused to obey the order and wanted to expel them from the barracks. They took Zheng Ce and others on the spot and beheaded them on the spot. ."

Zhao Ran knew that Xun Zhen's Youyi came from the cavalry, so he specifically explained to Zheng Ce and the others, and ordered them to drive them out if Xun Zhen's followers went to camp in the barracks. Zhen was in no place in Wei County, but he didn't expect Xun Zhen to come up directly and start killing people, beheading all of his cronies in the county soldiers.

He was frightened and angry, and said angrily: "There are nearly two thousand county soldiers in the barracks. Are they all dead? Just watch Zheng Ce and the others get killed?"

"Yuzhou Er's troupe has been prepared for a long time, and the leader is surnamed Xu. As soon as he turned his face, under the leadership of a knight surnamed Xin, more than a hundred elite cavalrymen surrounded him, along with several surnames Liu, Guan, and Zhang. , Zhao's leader, more than a hundred soldiers holding spears and bows, also rushed to the front, eyeing tigers. The surnamed Xu originally arrested Zheng Ce first, and Wang Heng, Sun Fan, Lu Ji and others rushed up to try to grab people. As a result, it was knocked over by Xin, Liu, Guan, Zhang, and Zhao before it was close~www.wuxiaspot.com~ was also taken down."

When this guest went to the prefect's mansion to inquire, it happened that the few knights who had entered the city had just finished reporting to Xun Zhen, and he heard the whole story from the mouths of the two government officials.

Xu Zhong, Xin Ai, Liu Deng, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun were all fierce generals.

Zhao Ran was furious, grabbed the short sword on the case, and walked out of the hall.

The county chief hurriedly grabbed his sleeve and asked, "Where do you want to go?"

"The little thief is abominable! The person who dares to kill me! I will send troops to lead the crowd and take his head."

The county chief was shocked and said, "Absolutely not! Young Master."

"Why not!"

"Although he doesn't open his eyes, he is the prefect after all, and you must not raise troops to fight with him."

Zhao Ran was extremely angry, and said angrily: "Then according to what you said, do I have to put up with this?"

"...Just look for another chance."

...

Xu Zhong beheaded Zheng Ce and others who disobeyed the order, and several **** heads were sent all the way from outside the county to the county, and then galloped down the street to the prefecture. Xun Zhen let the people in the county know on the first day he took office gained his reputation as a milk tiger. At the gate of the county, when the knights who sent the heads galloped in, Chengde, who had sent Xunzhen to the county house and returned to the city, saw this scene, and he sat down on the ground on the spot. Xun Zhen, who looked so introverted on the surface, was actually so ruthless.

In this room, Xun Zhen beheaded several people, which made the officials and people terrified. He had just established his first prestige after arriving in Wei County, and someone over there took the initiative to send him to the door. It was Yu poison who came to the door. (To be continued)