"Mr. Zuo has worked so hard. We won't let the adults go for nothing. It's such a cold day, so I'd better rest here for a night." Li Hong also echoed.

Zuo Feng shook his head and said with a reserved gaze, "The ancestral gardens and tombs of my great Han Kingdom are all in Chang'an, but now the rebels of Xiliang are approaching, so Your Majesty is anxious about this and cannot sleep at night. I want to go back and serve with you immediately, and there is no time to delay here."

When Xian Yufu heard Zuo Feng insisting on leaving Handan today, he slowed down, waved his hand and called Zhao Yun, and said a few words in his ear. Zhao Yun nodded repeatedly and left like a flying one. Zuo Feng saw it and felt very proud. He turned to look at Li Hong. Li Hong was worried about the imperial edict, and looked worried, and was worried, and forced to smile at him, and he no longer had the mood to tease him.

The imperial edict was very simple, requiring Li Hong to complete the task of clearing out Zhang Yan's troops of the Yellow Turban Army before April, and to recruit 50,000 troops in Youzhou and Jizhou, and to go to the Xiliang battlefield before April.

Li Hong knelt on the ground and did not get up for a long time. He could not imagine whether this imperial edict was drafted by the emperor himself or the eunuchs privately designed to frame him. This task was impossible to complete. Xian Yufu and Yushi knelt on his left and right sides, his face as if he was like earth, and his heart was ashamed for a moment. I wonder why things suddenly turned out like this. Yesterday, everyone was happily celebrating the emperor's kindness and rewarding all the soldiers. Today, they received an imperial edict that was not thought of. If the emperor's decree could not be fulfilled, he would know his fate without asking.

"Everyone doesn't have to kneel down, get up quickly." Zuo Feng said with a smile, "Although Lord Li's general is not formal, Li Zhonglang has become such a high-ranking official at a young age. It can be seen that the emperor favors you and is particularly favored. You must be grateful and do things for the emperor steadily."

Li Hong and his friends were thinking about their worries. When they heard Zuo Feng's words, they hurriedly kowtowed listlessly to thank him. Then Li Hong received the imperial edict and invited Zuo Feng to dinner.

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The dishes were very simple. Zuo Feng was quite easy-going and didn't care, so he ate a little casually.

Tian Chong hurried in and handed Xian Yufu a gift list sealed by the red silk.

Xian Yufu then stood up, walked to Zuo Feng's table, put the gift list on Zuo Feng's desk, and said politely: "Sir, come from afar, and you will leave again in a hurry. It's very hard. This little gift is just for wine, so please accept it with a smile."

Zuo Feng picked it up without hesitation, unbuttoned the red silk, and unfolded the bamboo slips.

Zuo Feng's face was first smiling, then he changed into a cold face, and then became angry. He smashed the bamboo slips in his hand to the ground, and sneered at Li Hong: "What did Li Zhonglang treat me as? Do you think I am a beggar?"

Li Hong couldn't sit upright, holding back his anger, looking at the wine and food on the table. Xian Yufu rushed up his blood, and was about to roar. He gritted his teeth, tried to calm down, and let out a long sigh of relief to Zuo Feng, leaned over and picked up the bamboo slips on the ground.

"Sir, we came from the northern border and were already very poor. Sir said that we had seized a lot of spoils, which was indeed good, but after we captured Nulu, we handed over all the things to Zhongshan Kingdom, and we did not get a share. After taking Zhao Kingdom, there were more than 100,000 refugees scattered across Zhao Kingdom. To ensure that these people are alive, the cost is very amazing, and it is far from being solved by a batch of spoils..." Xian Yufu stood in front of Zuo Feng's seat and explained loudly.

After hearing a few words, Zuo Feng rebuked sternly: "There is no rules. I am talking to your adult family. Why are you talking? Is there a place for you to talk here? Get off."

Xian Yufu's mouth twitched, and his eyes almost spurted out of fire.

Tian Chong, who was standing beside him, couldn't help but curse loudly: "Dog official, I'm not too short of giving you three million. This is enough for our 5,000 soldiers to pay a month. You are too heartless."

Zuo Feng pointed at Tian Chong very arrogantly and cursed: "Old man, get out of here."

Then he pointed at Li Hong and shouted, "Let them get out of here. Is this how Li Zhonglang led the troops? A military officer dared to insult the imperial envoy. I see your subordinates are tired of living?"

Li Hong looked at him coldly without saying a word.

"Five thousand soldiers? Do you have five thousand soldiers to receive military pay?" Zuo Feng pointed at Li Hong in anger and said, "Li Zhonglang, I know everything about you. First of all, you falsely report the number of people to receive military pay. Even the emperor knows this. Hu Manzi doesn't need to pay any money at all, but you took them into military citizenship and reported to Jizhou Prefecture to get a large sum of money. Did you take this money by yourself? You have tens of thousands of Hu soldiers, and this one alone, you can embezzle at least tens of millions of money in military pay a month. Also, what about the prisoners in Handan City? Where did the family of the leader of the ant thief go? Did you collude with the ant thief or have you received the ant thief ransom?"

Xian Yufu's face changed again and he was immediately frightened. Tian Chong's anger disappeared without a trace, and he looked shocked. The two of them hurriedly retreated aside without waiting for Li Hong to speak, so as not to touch Zuo Feng's bad head again and annoy the plague god.

"Old man, how much more can we take? I guess it won't work if I don't spend a lot of money today. This Zuo came prepared, as if to blackmail us." Xian Yufu said in frustration.

Although Tian Chong cursed in his heart, he knew that the eunuchs of the dynasty were so he could not bow his head.

"At most five million."

Xian Yufu glanced at him and said, "Where is the military pay this month?"

Tian Chong widened his eyes and said, "Are you crazy? You don't have military pay, will you still fight this month? The troops will go north tomorrow."

"I'm crazy?" Xian Yufu smiled bitterly, "As soon as Lord Zuo goes back and complains to the emperor, the people will be beheaded according to the law, and you and I will also go to prison?"

"So what?" Tian Chong rolled his eyes and said, "Everyone scattered and did whatever he should do. The people must go to Yanshan to be a horse bandit, so I will follow him to live happily so that he will not be angry here."

"Old man, what are you saying? Are you willing to watch the poor people suffer in suffering and die in batches?"

"I don't want to, but what can it be? The emperor doesn't care. It's useless for us to care. Look at the castrated guy, who is five or six people, what kind of thing, but just like him, he still holds our lives in his hands. What kind of world is this?"

"Go and take the military pay and give it to him. Let's take over what's happening in front of you first. Don't say a lot of nonsense."

Tian Chong stood still, looking at Zuo Feng in the hall with anger, wishing he could rush up and kill him.

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Zuo Feng felt very comfortable when he saw Li Hong sitting on the mat, his face tense and murderous look. He thought he had scared him, and his emotions gradually calmed down a little.

He was very relaxed and said slowly: "Li Zhonglang, don't forget that you can be the General of Zhonglang, and you will be inseparable from the powerful help of Marquis Zhang, Marquis Zhao and other Marquis. Do you have no intention of being grateful?"

Li Hong remained silent.

"Li Zhonglang, you have heard the emperor's imperial edict. Do you think you can do it?" Zuo Feng asked proudly.

Li Hong smiled bitterly.

"If you can't do it, no one knows you can do it, but the emperor thinks you can do it." Zuo Feng took a sip of wine and continued, "If I go back and report to the emperor in detail about Li Zhonglang's difficulties, let the emperor change his attention, and you will be able to enjoy your time, should you be grateful to me?"

"So many people should be grateful, and so many things should be grateful for me to help you. Do you want to get some reward?" Zuo Feng seemed to be unable to eat Li Hong and laughed.

"Li Zhonglang, it's better for us to be friends than for enemies, do you think so?" Zuo Feng saw Li Hong nodding and finally burst into laughter.

Li Hong looked at Zuo Feng who was smiling and couldn't understand why this gentle and gentle person was so shameless and dared to threaten himself in court with his might.

"Master Zuo, but why do I feel that this imperial edict is like someone deliberately framed me?" Li Hong asked, "Is there someone in Luoyang going to kill me?"

"Smart." Zuo Feng praised, "Li Zhonglang has a brain."

"Please make it clear, sir." Li Hong bowed to Zuo Feng and said, "I will never forget my kindness."

"Why didn't you immediately meet with Lord Guo's troops from Jizhou Mu, causing the entire Jizhou army to be wiped out and Lord Guo died in Guhongling?" Zuo Feng asked.

"Mr. Guo rejected my request to go south to join him." Li Hong asked strangely, "I have a reply from Mr. Guo."

Zuo Feng sneered, "Li Zhonglang is young and energetic after all, and he doesn't know the insidiousness of the officialdom. Do you know that after this, the documents reported to you in Jizhou flew to Luoyang like snowflakes. The Shangshu room was full, and my head was too big."

Li Hong was shocked.

"Also, in Yitao, why have you been slow to fight with the main force of the ant thief, and repeatedly delayed time, causing the Yitao City to fall into a hard battle? After the battle, why don't you fight your best to attack the ant thief, causing the main force of the enemy to retreat calmly?" Zuo Feng asked again.

Li Hong was speechless and could not answer.

Zuo Feng smiled and said, "Does Li Zhonglang have nothing to say? Why? Can you explain it to me? If you fight with the ant thief as soon as possible and lift the siege of Yantao, will Lord Feng die in battle? If you attack the ant thief with all your might under the Yitao City, will the main force of the ant thief escape?"

"Sir, we wrote the detailed documents in the battle of Taotao, and we have already submitted them to the court. We have explained the causes and consequences very clearly. Why do you still question us so much?" Yushi, who had not made any noise, finally couldn't help but ask loudly.

"Swish..." Zuo Feng looked at him disdainfully, sneering at the words of jade.

"You group of barbarians in the northern border have scolded you idiots, but you are not convinced. You have tried your best to help you get the siege and you don't know how to repay your kindness. You just know that you snatch things and keep them, and you don't know how to leave a way out for yourself. Have you explained it clearly? Who said you explained it clearly? You go to the court to listen, how many ministers accuse you? Taiwei Zhang even asked the emperor to order Li Zhonglang to be arrested immediately for trial."
Chapter completed!