Zhou Yuanfu thought to himself, you can't guess this woman's thoughts, she is moody, so you should stay away from her in the future.
Ju Yi also came out and said, "Congratulations, big brother. Congratulations, big brother. This time, big brother entered the enemy camp alone and persuaded the enemy to retreat with just his sharp tongue. With this great achievement, he will surely rise to prominence in the future."
"Haha, if brother Ju hadn't beaten them so hard during the day, how could I have been so successful? When I said that you only shot the left arm on purpose, their faces turned pale with fright, haha."
The two laughed together, feeling really proud this time. The enemy had retreated, and even if he was not rewarded, Du Ji would not embarrass himself anymore.
"Brother, why did my sister-in-law leave so angry just now? She has been waiting here for you all night."
"Waiting for me all night?"
Zhou Yuanfu was quite puzzled, did this girl listen to his cousin? Or did she really care about him?
"Don't worry about him. It's hard to guess what this girl is thinking."
Zhou Yuanfu felt that important matters were still important at this time, and he couldn't wait to see Du Ji's current expression.
Zhou Yuanfu returned to the prefect's mansion with great swagger, like a general returning from a victory, feeling smug in his heart. Now the Hanzhong Captain can surely get it.
At this time, everyone had also received the news that the traitors had retreated, so they gathered in the prefect's mansion.
"Hahaha, luckily I have lived up to my command! With my sharp tongue, I finally persuaded the generals of the traitor army. Now that the traitor army has retreated outside the city, you all can sit back and relax in the future."
Zhou Yuanfu saw that everyone was quite complete, so he said without humility, shaking his head, waiting for everyone's praise.
"Come here!" Du Ji shouted loudly.
Zhou Yuanfu thought he was going to arrange another banquet, and now Du Ji could finally trust him. From now on, if the two of them cooperate sincerely, the business in Hanzhong will be like an iron bucket.
Du Waner, who was secretly peeping in the back hall, was also secretly happy. She didn't know how much power her cousin had. She just thought that her cousin was going to confer an official position on Zhou Yuanfu on the spot.
But the situation suddenly changed, and dozens of swordsmen who had been prepared rushed out from all directions.
None of the other officials knew that Du Ji had secretly ambushed his men. Everyone was laughing and thinking about how to flatter Zhou Yuanfu. But for a moment, there were swords and guns at war, and everyone was so scared that they fell into silence.
Seeing this, Ju Yi hurriedly pulled out the long sword from his waist. He was unprepared for Du Ji's sudden change of attitude. He only regretted that he was careless and did not bring many soldiers.
"Du Juncheng, what do you mean?"
Zhou Yuanfu also turned cold. This Du Ji was really determined to fight him to the end. Did he know that he didn't persuade the rebels to retreat, but secretly reached an agreement with Zhang Lu? This is impossible. He and Zhang Jiao
Only the three of them knew about the alliance, and none of them would leak the news. Countless thoughts came to my mind, but I didn't know why Du Ji changed his face.
"Look for the thief Zhou Cang. He colludes with the bandits to seize Nanzheng. Arrest him immediately! If he encounters resistance, he will be killed on the spot!"
Du Ji ordered sternly.
"Wait a minute! If Lord Jun Cheng wants to be greedy for merit, I have nothing to say, but it would be too ugly to eat him, right?!"
After everyone heard this, they also whispered to each other and talked about it. People who didn't know the details really thought that Du Ji was trying to steal the credit.
"Hahaha, you are so smart! Zhou Cang, just because you are the Yellow Turban Thief, they are the Rice Thief, you are the Taiping Dao, and they are the Five Pecks of Rice Cult, it will not be unfair to arrest you!"
Du Ji sneered.
Zhou Yuanfu saw that Du Ji didn't provide any real evidence and he was probably deceiving himself, so he said coldly, "If you want to incriminate someone, why bother?"
"Zhou Cang, do you dare to say that you have nothing to do with the thieves outside the city? The thieves have been attacking the city for several days. I have sent three waves of envoys, but they were killed by the thieves every time. However, you easily and skillfully killed them.
Did they persuade you to retreat? This is too unreasonable. Today I will take you and interrogate you carefully about your conspiracy! Do it!"
Ju Yi jumped to Zhou Cang with a knife and said, "Whoever dares to touch my brother, bury it over my body first!"
Du Ji walked towards Ju Yi step by step, "General Ju, I heard that you followed Mr. Huangfu to exterminate the Yellow Turban bandits, and you had great military exploits. But because you were not rewarded by the court, you followed this bandit?!"
"Stop talking nonsense, my eldest brother risked his life to work as a lobbyist in the enemy's camp. It's okay if you don't give me a reward, but you also falsely accuse my eldest brother of having an affair with a bandit. How can you convince the public by doing this!"
When the officials heard this, they also nodded secretly, and the chief secretary, Zhao Song, also advised: "Master Jun Cheng, do we need to consider this matter in the long term? After all, the traitors have retreated. Look at this..."
"Now that the prefect has not arrived, I am responsible for the safety of Hanzhong. If anything goes wrong, I will be responsible for it myself."
Du Ji's attitude was firm, and everyone stopped trying to persuade him.
"General Ju's original surname is Qu, right? Your brother Qu Sheng rebelled some time ago and killed County Magistrate Zu Li, and he has been executed! You must imitate him. If so, all of your Qu family will become rebels!"
Du Ji said coldly and threw a Di newspaper in front of Ju Yi.
Ju Yi picked it up and looked at it and his eyes were splitting. "That's nonsense. The magistrate of Zuli County, Liu Jun, has a grudge against my brother. The two of them have a personal enmity. How can they be charged with treason?"
Du Ji looked up to the sky and laughed, "I don't know if your brother is plotting rebellion, but if you try to stop him today, that would be treason!"
"Thank you for the virtuous general. The father and the son will take the place of humiliation! Our ancestors were once framed for rebellion and imprisoned. Hahahahaha. I didn't expect that it would be my turn today, Zhou Cang. Okay, okay, today I will see this big man's prison cell!"
Zhou Yuanfu knew that he could not act impulsively at this time. If Ju Yi resisted, he might be able to rush out with the help of soldiers and horses in the city. If he did well, he might be able to counterattack Du Ji and capture Nanzheng. But if he did this, regardless of the risks
Da Da, as long as we use weapons today, we will completely break up with the imperial court, and all the previous arrangements will be in vain.
"As long as I, Ju Yi, am here, I will protect my eldest brother. Brother, you go first, and I will take the lead."
"My dear brother, don't act rashly. You can leave the green mountains without worrying about having firewood. You and Yunchang will go find Uncle Tian now."
Zhou Yuanfu stopped Ju Yi and secretly gave instructions.
Ju Yi hesitated for a moment and wanted to persuade him.
But Zhou Yuanfu had already taken a step forward and was about to be captured. All the officers and soldiers moved forward and tied up Zhou Yuanfu tightly.
"Stop! Stop! You can't wrong a good man. He is a meritorious official. He saved the people in the city. You can't treat him like this."
Du Waner ran out crying.
Seeing this, Ju Yi knew that the matter was irreversible and took advantage of the chaos to go out.
"Brother, please tell me, he is your brother-in-law, how can you treat him like this?"
Du Waner cried so hard that the pear blossoms brought rain.
Du Ji had a headache when he saw this, so he ordered several maids to pull him away.
Zhou Yuanfu had mixed feelings in his heart at this time. He was so angry at what Du Ji had done that he lost all control and laughed coldly.
"Miss Du, is this a plan that you and your brother have thought up? You can get rid of me this way, Gao Ming, I admire you!"
Du Waner was stunned when she heard this, "Zhou Lang, don't you believe me?"
"You praise me too much. How dare a rough guy like me deserve to be called Zhou Lang? It turns out that I thought you were just a young lady with a bad temper and could just play around, but I didn't expect you and your brother to come up with such a vicious idea.
What an idea! What a vicious woman!"
Du Waner's eyes darkened and she barely managed to stand upright, staggered away and cried bitterly, covering her face.
…
"This is actually happening! This Du Bohou is so heartless!"
After Tian Feng heard Ju Yi's report, he started to take action.
"They are both sons of aristocratic families, and they are in-laws. This Du Ji's behavior is too unethical!" Zhang Liao sighed and said.
"I heard that when Du Ji was the county magistrate, he was a master in solving cases, but now he seems to be a fool!" Ju Yi said.
"This Du Bohou is really thoughtful. If we still follow the previous strategy to take Hanzhong by force, this person will probably have seen through it long ago, and we will all die without a burial place. It is true that this person has such knowledge at such a young age.
It’s rare.” Tian Feng praised sincerely.
"What time has this happened? We have to rescue my eldest brother quickly! If it's too late and Du Ji kills me, I'll regret it!" Guan Yu said anxiously.
"Yun Chang, don't panic. Although Du Ji dares to arrest people, he may not dare to kill people. Even if he does not consider the marriage relationship, he still has to care about the face of the Zhou family. Furthermore, Du Bohou is just a county magistrate. If he wants to kill someone, he needs to hire someone.
Don’t be impatient, we need to take a long-term approach at this time.”
Tian Feng advised, thought for a moment and then said, "It should be effective if I write two letters. The three of you must be careful, not only to prevent the Xiliang rebels from entering Hanzhong via Baoxie Road, but also to be careful
Du Ji jumped over the wall to sneak attack. Now as long as Xu Huang and the others can take Shangyong City, everything will be easy to handle."