In fact, his arrival was not particularly sudden. He had been staying in Luzhou for several days.
Xu Zhiqiong and Tao Huayuan only stayed at Tielang Pass for one day, and the next day they climbed from the city wall to the outside of the pass with the help of ropes.
After leaving Tielang Pass, Tao Huayuan was no longer restricted by Chi You's military seal. Tao Huayuan could freely use the magic circle. The two stayed in Yongzhou for three days, visiting the three major dangerous passes and various cities, and arrived on the fourth day.
Luzhou.
At that time, Yu Shan had not arrived yet, and Xu Zhiqiong was not in a hurry to reveal his identity, and took Tao Huayuan to check all over Luyuan City.
This investigation yielded a lot.
Xu Zhiqiong found a lot of good things in the houses of magistrates, magistrates, magistrates, governors, ministers, etc. There were some places where there was no time to check, so he asked them to help when Qiao Shungang arrived.
The investigation was almost done. Xu Zhiqiong originally wanted to see what Magistrate Wu would do next, but he didn't expect that Magistrate Wu didn't even put on his clothes in the morning and went out in a hurry. It turned out that he wanted to kill Bai Zihe who came to ask for help.
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Xu Zhiqing's lantern pole was placed across Wu Jingchun's neck. Wu Jingchun was still arrogant and shouted at Xu Zhiqiong: "Who are you?"
"Xu Zhiqiong is in charge of thousands of households in the Yamen!"
"What do you want to do? Do you want to let the traitors enter the city? Are you an accomplice of the traitors?" He wanted to give Xu Zhiqiong a hat first.
Xu Zhiqiong did not accept this trick. He was not angry or annoyed, and said calmly: "I will ask you to open the city gate immediately."
How could Wu Jingchun open the city gate?
If Bai Zihe is allowed to enter the city, many things will be exposed.
"Wu is bound to Luzhou to comfort him, and he is bound to the people of Luzhou. He will never open the door for the traitors!"
Xu Zhiqiong nodded and said: "Yes! Are you serious about not opening it?"
"For the people of Luzhou, I would rather die than leave!"
Wu Jingchun firmly believed that Xu Zhiqiong did not dare to touch him. He was the prefect of Luzhou and the backbone of Luzhou. Now that Luzhou was in crisis, even Elder Canglong did not dare to touch him.
The top priority is to shoot Bai Zihe and the more than 30 people behind him. Even if they can't all be killed, they still have to be driven away!
Wu Jingchun looked resolute and said: "Soldiers, don't worry about me, shoot the traitor quickly. Wu is not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death. If you want to kill or behead, please do as you please!"
Xu Zhiqiong admired Magistrate Wu's perseverance. He used the knife on the lantern pole to cut off two pieces of flesh from Wu Jingchun's left shoulder.
Wu Jingchun bit her silver teeth and shouted loudly: "Soldiers, don't be impulsive, open the city gate first!"
Wu Jingchun shed tears of pain.
Xu Zhiqiong doesn't follow the rules, he's serious.
As soon as the city gate opened, Yu Shan led his army to the outside of the city, took Bai Zihe and others into the city, and quickly summoned the medical officer to treat their injuries.
Wu Jingchun said with sweat on his face: "Xu Zhiqiong, you are so bold! You let the rebels enter the city and seriously injured me. Let me bandage the wound before I can argue with you in front of Elder Canglong."
Xu Zhiqiong said: "I am a cheerful person, I don't need to wait for you to bandage the wound, let's go to the theory now!"
Wu Jingchun shouted: "My house is bleeding, Xu Zhiqiong, you are going to harm me!"
"Stop shouting, these two blades are well-measured and don't draw much blood. Let's set up a pot later and chat while we cook."
Why is Xu Zhiqiong so vicious?
Wu Jingchun's tone softened: "Xu Qianhu, where do you want to take me?"
Xu Zhiqiong carried Wu Jingchun and said as he walked: "Let's go to the county government office to try the case."
Wu Jingchun quickly signaled to his followers and asked him to call all the officials of the state capital, big and small.
For this plan, only the state government can work together to save lives.
Due to the emergency of the war, all the officials of the state capital were in Xiaoye City. When they heard that something had happened to the prefect, they quickly went to the county government office to find out what was going on.
When Liang Jixiong heard that Xu Zhiqiong was back, he immediately went to the county government office.
In the county government office, Qiao Shungang detained the county magistrate, arranged the court, prepared witnesses and material evidence, and also brought in many civilians to the county government office to hear the trial.
When everyone came together, Xu Zhiqiong first asked Wu Jingchun to stand aside and saluted Liang Jixiong.
"Xu Zhiqiong, who controls thousands of households in the Deng Yamen, has met Elder Shengwei."
Seeing Xu Zhiqiong, Liang Jixiong felt very happy.
But seeing the situation in front of him, Elder Shengwei was a little nervous.
"Zhiqiong, why is Magistrate Wu injured?"
Wu Jingchun was about to complain with tears in her eyes, but Xu Zhiqiong said calmly: "Elder, I cut this, and it's all my fault. You just need to praise me appropriately!"
Liang Jixiong didn't know what to say, so his colleague Fan Guodong stepped forward and shouted: "How can this be unreasonable? You are just a lantern man, who gave you the courage to seriously injure the prefect of Luzhou?"
Xu Zhiqiong turned around and asked, "Who are you?"
Fan Guodong looked serious: "I am Fan Guodong, a fellow acquaintance of Luzhou!"
"Are you the one who wants to deliver food to Tu Nu?"
Fan Guodong sneered and said: "Xu Qianhu, do you want to punish me for this crime? I am doing this for the people of Luzhou! It is for the thousands of people in Luzhou!
I once told Elder Shengwei that if I want to punish my crime, I will be willing to be cut into pieces with thousands of swords! I have no regrets for my Luzhou, I have no regrets for my Luzhou..."
Xu Zhiqiong interrupted Fan Guodong and said: "You Luzhou? Does Luzhou belong to you?"
Fan Guodong sneered and said, "I and the prefect share the same state. I regard Luzhou as my hometown. What's wrong with that?"
"Luzhou is yours, but what about Yongzhou? Is it yours too?"
Fan Guodong's expression changed and his eyes wandered: "What do you mean by Yongzhou? I am an official of Luzhou, what does it have to do with Yongzhou?"
Xu Zhiqiong said in surprise: "My lord, why should you be so modest? You are the lord of Yongzhou and Luzhou. This was promised to you personally by General Negu of Tunu!"
As soon as he said this, the whole hall was in an uproar.
Liang Jixiong was stunned for a long time, looked at Fan Guodong, and shouted: "Thief, you are a collaborator with the enemy!"
Fan Guodong quickly defended: "Elder Shengwei, don't listen to this man's nonsense. I have only seen Nigu come once, and I still followed the order of Elder Shengwei. As for the lords of the two states, I have never even heard of it!"
"The lantern holder listened to it with you, how can you say you haven't heard it?"
Xu Zhiqiong called Wang Zhennan, and Wang Zhennan repeated it in Tunu language in front of everyone: "When my army captures Luzhou, Emperor Tunu will make you the lord of the two states. If you are not useful, I will appoint another
Just find someone else."
After the words fell, Wu Jingchun took two steps back and distanced himself from Fan Guodong.
He understands Tunu, and Wang Zhennan's Tunu is very standard.
He knew what this meant. From the moment Wang Zhennan followed Fan Guodong to Tunu Camp, Fan Guodong was already dead.
Fan Guodong looked at Wang Zhennan with a pale face. This fool looked confused at first. Who would have thought that he could really speak Tunu language?
Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said: "Fan Guodong, should you translate what you just said yourself, or should I translate it for you?"
"Stop spitting blood!" Fan Guodong refused to admit it, "I never said such a thing!"
Wang Zhennan took his time and recited the conversation between Fan Guodong and Niegulu in Tunu and Xuanyu respectively, emphasizing a few sentences:
"God bless me, Emperor Tunu, and God bless me, great general. The food is ready, but Elder Canglong of Xuanquan is here."
Liang Jixiong was so angry that he trembled all over after hearing this.
"My subordinates are loyal to Emperor Tunu and loyal to the general!"
Wu Jingchun heard this and continued to distance herself from Fan Guodong.
"God bless me, the Great Emperor Tunu, and God bless my Great General. General, rest assured that my subordinates will fulfill their mission and help the General to kill all the Xuan Dogs and boost the power of my Great Tunu!"
This sentence was the most devastating. No one expected that Fan Guodong could say such shameless words in front of Niegulai.
All the officials stared at Fan Guodong and shook their heads in silence.
The people listening to the trial in the courtyard yelled and cursed.
"Shameless Fan Guodong, you called us Xuan dogs, who are you?"
"God bless you, Emperor Tunu. Why don't you look at what kind of person you are? Are you raised by Maosha?"
"Mao Sha must have slept with his mother and refused to pay her after sleeping, so he gave birth to such a bastard!"
Xu Zhiqiong asked Fan Guodong: "Is this true?"
Fan Guodong was covered in sticky sweat and shouted loudly: "I have never collaborated with the enemy. I have never said these things. You are framing me!"
Xu Zhiqiong said: "I didn't say anything about you collaborating with the enemy. What I meant was that when Mao Cha slept with your mother, did you pay her?"
The people in the yard laughed loudly, and Fan Guodong roared: "Don't listen to his nonsense. It was me who saved the people of Luzhou. If I hadn't begged General Tunu so hard, you would have died under Tunu's iron hoof."
, none of you will survive!"
Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said: "How did you beg? Standing or kneeling?"
"I didn't kneel down. If you don't believe me, ask your two subordinates!"
"When you were made a lord, you were kneeling, right?"
"I'm standing! I've been standing..." Fan Guodong swallowed and quickly changed his words, "I don't know what a lord is! This is all nonsense spoken by your subordinates and framed on me!"
Xu Zhiqiong sighed and said: "Lord Fan, just admit it and say that Mao Sha slept with your mother. You are Mao Sha's son. It's not too shameful."
"Xu, you are pushing too hard. I won't argue with you. My heart aches and I need to rest for a while. I will rest for a while at the post house before I can argue with you!"
Fan Guodong turned to leave. As long as Wu Jingchun didn't stop him, he believed that no one in Luzhou would dare to stop him.
Xu Zhiqiong turned around and kicked Fan Guodong on the knee, stepped forward and broke Fan Guodong's calf.
Fan Guodong wailed in a hoarse voice: "Someone, save me, someone killed the imperial official!"
No one from the guards or entourage came forward.
Any propaganda person would not want to get too close to Fan Guodong.
Xu Zhiqiong stood in front of Fan Guodong and spat: "Which dynasty are you an official in? Aren't you a loyal dog of Emperor Tunu?"
Tao Huayuan handed Xu Zhiqiong two volumes of parchment.
Xu Zhiqiong placed it in front of Fan Guodong: "Do you recognize this thing?"
Fan Guodong lowered his head and said, "I don't recognize him."
"This is a letter from Nie Gulai to you. It contains your name and the promise Nie Gulai gave you.
You sent two thousand stones of food to Negulai. Negulai promised to protect your family after conquering Luzhou, and he also made you a minor lord.
You sent 50,000 arrowheads and 400 sets of armor to Negulai. Negulai promised to make you a great lord and grant you the entire territory of Luzhou.
If you send another 10,000 shi of food to Nigu Lai, and when Nigu Lai comes to call, open the city gate for Nigu Lai, and Nigu Lai will grant you all Yongzhou and Luzhou.
You exchanged more than a dozen letters back and forth, and you hid all these letters in your house because you were afraid that Nie Gulai would not admit it.
Do you think I can’t find it if it’s hidden in a secret room? The stench of this sheepskin is exactly the same as that of Mao Sha, and I can smell it even through several walls!”
Fan Guodong knelt on the ground and murmured: "I'm all for Luzhou, I'm all for the people, I'm all for them..."
Xu Zhiqiong shouted: "Lantern holder, hold the lantern!"
Niu Yuxian opened the lamp box, and twenty-four green lanterns were hovering in the lobby.
Xu Zhiqiong shouted: "Fan Guodong, you are guilty of embezzlement and financing the enemy?"
"I, I am all..."
"Are you guilty of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country?"
Fan Guodong turned around and looked at Liang Jixiong and said: "Elder Shengwei, I was confused for a moment. I did it all for the sake of promoting the people, and I did it for the promotion of the country!"
Liang Jixiong sneered and said: "You just said one sentence. Even if you are cut into pieces, you are willing to do it. After hearing you tell so many lies, I believe that this sentence is true."
Xu Zhiqiong turned around and said to Niu Yuxian: "According to the instructions of Elder Shengwei, chop this thief with three thousand swords!"
Niu Yuxian had Fan Guodong kidnapped, tied in the yard, and executed in public.
Wu Jingchun stepped forward and saluted: "Elder Shengwei, it is okay to rule under a humble position. Fan Guodong collaborates with the enemy, and he is guilty of neglecting his humble position!"
Liang Jixiong sneered again: "Why are you telling me this? Just ask Xu Qianhu, is it just an oversight?"
Wu Jingchun turned to Xu Zhiqiong and said, "I have no knowledge of what Xu Qianhu and Fan Guodong did!"
Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said: "Put Fan Guodong's matter aside for now. Let me ask you, Luzhou has been fighting hard for many days. How much food, grass and ordnance have you sent to Luzhou?"
Wu Jingchun asked the chief bookkeeper to bring the account books: "Please ask Xu Qianhu to take a look."
Xu Zhiqiong flipped through the account books and said with a smile: "General Bai Zihe, a subordinate of General Chariot and Cavalry, is in the city. Do you dare to confront him face to face with this account book?"
Wu Jingchun said righteously: "How can we believe the words of the rebels? I am..."
Before he finished speaking, Xu Zhiqiong kicked Wu Jingchun in the face, breaking Wu Jingchun's two front teeth.
Wu Jingchun covered her mouth and looked at Xu Zhiqiong with red eyes.
Xu Zhiqiong lowered his eyes and said: "This kick will make you remember. If you dare to call them rebels again, I will chop you with a hundred more knives!"