At this moment, a group of garrison troops came out from Youzhou City and headed towards Muchuan.
"Reporting to your lord, a group of garrison troops have been sent from Youzhou City towards us. They are probably sent by Fu Liqing to find you."
Zhao Siyu said.
Seeing this, Muchuan looked serious and said, "Ignore them, let's keep moving forward. I want to see if they can stop us."
"promise!"
Zhao Siyu said.
"Rumble..."
Following Zhao Siyu's order, Muchuan's guards set off again.
The hoofs of these cavalrymen trampled on the ground extremely loudly, which seemed particularly harsh in the wilderness near night.
"Uh...stop!"
Suddenly Muchuan shouted.
Muchuan's guards tightened their reins and then stopped.
"Sir, what happened?"
Zhao Siyu asked.
Muchuan stared at the garrison in the distance and said: "The purpose of their coming is probably to find me. We don't need to leave, we will wait for them here!"
Zhao Siyu nodded and said: "Your Excellency is wise!"
After finishing speaking, Zhao Siyu waved his hand behind him, and all the guards stood still.
Soon, the Youzhou City garrison arrived about a hundred meters away from Muchuan and the others. A cavalryman ran over quickly and said loudly: "May I ask, sir, Lord Muchuanmu?"
"It's me. I wonder who you are?"
Muchuan clasped his fists and said.
The soldier said: "I am the deputy general of the Youzhou garrison, Zhang Defang. Following the order of Commander Fu, I came here to greet Mr. Mu and invite Mr. Mu to quickly enter the city to rest."
"Hahaha, Vice General Zhang is too polite.
please!"
Muchuan said with a smile.
Muchuan understood that Fu Liqing was inviting him back to Youzhou City.
In fact, he plans to put himself under house arrest!
This kind of thing was very common in ancient times.
In ancient times, local officials did not trust Beijing officials. They would rather kill a few treacherous people than allow Beijing officials with different surnames to sit in office.
After all, when those adults from Chang'an arrive here, they will threaten their status.
This was the practice of ancient feudal dynasties.
Although Youzhou is now under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, Fu Liqing is the governor of Youzhou and is responsible for the governance of Youzhou.
Therefore, he will not allow himself to act as he pleases. He will definitely stay and monitor him, or put himself under house arrest, and will not let him wander around easily.
Muchuan knew that whether he was under house arrest or under surveillance, it would not be good news for him.
Therefore, he planned to strike preemptively.
"Sir, isn't it appropriate for us to enter the city like this?"
Zhao Siyu said worriedly.
"Haha, what are you afraid of? Could they still eat me?"
Muchuan sneered and said, "Let's go in."
After saying that, Muchuan took the lead and followed deputy general Zhang Defang's team into the city, with Zhao Siyu following behind Muchuan.
As soon as Muchuan stepped into Youzhou City, he felt that the whole city was filled with a depressing atmosphere.
There weren't many people on the street, and even the vendors on the road had disappeared.
"Sir, it seems that everyone in Youzhou City has moved away from Youzhou City, or in other words, they have all retreated!"
Zhao Siyu said.
Muchuan sneered and said, "Something must have happened in Youzhou City. Fu Liqing may have begun to make plans."
Soon Muchuan and others arrived at the hall of a mansion. At this time, Fu Liqing was sitting on a chair, waiting for Muchuan's arrival.
"Master Mu, you are finally back. The maid who was assigned to you just now came back and told me that you are missing! It really scared me to death. Master Mu, this is a border town with Turkic servants everywhere and bandits are rampant. You have to be careful about your own safety.
Running around."
Fu Liqing said with a smile.
"Oh, how do you say this?"
Muchuan said.
Fu Liqing said with a smile: "This morning, many black-clad and masked people appeared in the city, killing people and setting fires, and burned a lot of property!"
"Is there such a thing?"
Muchuan said pretending to be surprised.
"Well, these people are very fierce. Our soldiers can't resist them at all. I'm worried about your safety, so I sent people to find you."
Fu Liqing said.
When Muchuan heard Fu Liqing's words, he suddenly showed a look of realization and said: "So that's it, it seems that someone is paying attention to me, I thought it was some big deal.
It's okay, it's just robbery, whoever robs whom, I like to do this kind of thing the most."
Muchuan's words made Fu Liqing a little embarrassed. He originally wanted to scare Muchuan away with this incident, but he didn't expect that Muchuan would say this.
However, Fu Liqing recovered quickly and said, "Sir, I have prepared a banquet for you. Please invite me here."
Muchuan and others followed Fu Liqing to the restaurant, and then started eating and drinking.
Fu Liqing's face turned pale after seeing such a scene.
He didn't expect Muchuan to be so arrogant and not afraid of him at all.
She was not even afraid of falling out with him at this time, which made Fu Liqing very angry.
"You bastard, I will definitely deal with you, I will."
Fu Liqing thought angrily.
Fu Liqing is worthy of being the governor of Youzhou.
Muchuan chatted with him for a long time at the wine table and basically found out his details.
The ancestral home of this Fu Liqing is Hejian County, and his ancestors were former ministers of Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty.
Moreover, Fu Liqing was once a very powerful military general and participated in the crusade against the Turks.
Just because after Li Shimin ascended the throne, he didn't like him and directly transferred him from Chang'an!
Later he was demoted.
But Fu Liqing still didn't give up. He wanted to regain Li Shimin's recognition and hope to be reused.
In this way, he can be promoted and gain important positions based on his military exploits.
He knew that doing so was against the rules and against the will of the monarch.
But he is not afraid!
He believes that as long as his ability is strong enough, even if he makes a mistake, His Majesty will forgive him.
So during this period of time, he secretly cultivated his own power.
Moreover, in the past few years, he secretly colluded with the Turks outside and organized many people.
These people are all heroes of Youzhou.
Some people in Youzhou used to be domineering and bully men and women.
But now they are all recruited by him to help him seize power and occupy Youzhou.
Fu Liqing has his own power in Youzhou, but most people don't know about it.
Muchuan's appearance today ruined all his plans.
"This Muchuan is so arrogant, he actually eats, drinks and has fun here."
A counselor next to Fu Liqing said when Fu Liqing went out to the latrine.
Fu Liqing said: "Humph, we must control him now! He represents Li Shimin's will and eyes. As long as we control him, we can control everything about him."
The counselor said: "Sir, what do you mean..."
"You immediately summon several other counselors in Youzhou City to discuss it, and then join forces to fool Muchuan."
Fu Liqing said: "Since Muchuan dares to act wild in Youzhou, he will have to bear the consequences!"
