Old Feng nodded, and Wei Fufeng laughed at himself: "I am just talking on paper. The consequences of taking chestnuts from the fire will be death."

"Young Master, there is no need to take risks." Old Feng said.

"If I accept my fate and live a peaceful life, I will not leave Shangluo County. I want to seek an independent world of survival, instead of relying on others and being enslaved by the family. I will be a hero in life and a ghost in death." Wei Fufeng said calmly.

"You will be a hero in life, and you will be a hero in death, a noble man." Old Feng praised softly.

Wei Fufeng's face was slightly dry. To relieve the fear in his heart and cheer himself up, he casually said two heroic words.

In fact, he always felt unwilling to accept a life that was even more humble than that of a domestic slave.

"People die for money, and birds die for food. Now that we have the opportunity to become rich, we can only gamble with our lives." Wei Fufeng secretly explained sternly.

.......

At dusk, the fleet anchored in Guangyuan. Wei Fufeng ordered someone to send a message to Wang Meng to come and discuss the matter.

Wang Meng came as ordered, walked along the pier, and boarded Wei Fufeng's boat.

Five of Wei Fufeng's subordinates stood outside the cabin, each carrying a military crossbow.

Wang Meng took a quick look and saw that the five people looked relaxed and calm. He walked towards the cabin door, bent down and reached out to pick up the curtain and entered the cabin.

The cabin is divided into front and rear, with Wei Fufeng and Lin Qingxue living in the rear cabin, and their five subordinates sleeping in the front cabin.

As soon as Wang Meng entered the cabin door, he saw Wei Fufeng sitting on a stool next to the table in the cabin, facing outward, and a woman in green clothes was clearing away the dishes.

"General Wang is here." Wei Fufeng greeted with a smile.

Wang Meng took three steps forward, bowed his head slightly in military salute with his arms crossed across the table, and said respectfully: "I humbly pay my respects to you, Your Excellency."

"Well, sit down and I'll tell you about Luzhou." Wei Fufeng said.

Wang Meng nodded and lowered his arms, walked towards the bench and sat down. Before his buttocks could fall down, Wei Fufeng, who was sitting at the next table, suddenly tilted his body and fell to his left.

Wang Meng was startled and looked up, "Bang!" There was a popping sound, and a sharp arrow flew out of the curtain of the rear cabin.

Pfft! With a range of only two meters, the sharp arrow passed Wei Fufeng's right side, flew across the table, and viciously hit Wang Meng between the eyebrows.

Wang Meng groaned and leaned back, and quickly grasped the handle of the knife with his right hand.

The woman in green clothes took action, and a bowl in her hand flew away, accurately hitting the back of Wang Meng's right hand.

The bowl shattered with a bang, but it also stopped Wang Meng from pulling out the long knife.

Wei Fufeng also moved, grabbed the stool and threw it at Wang Meng, then quickly retreated and 'escaped' into the back cabin.

In the back cabin, Old Feng held a military crossbow in both hands, but it was the moon-shooting crossbow carried by Wei Fufeng's bookcase.

The curtain on the front cabin door was suddenly opened, and a muscular man appeared.

When the man saw the Hu stool flying towards Wang Meng, his expression changed and he stepped into the front cabin, raised his leg and kicked Wang Meng in the lower back.

Wang Meng was hit by the bar stool and fell even further. He was kicked hard in the back, and his armored body flew up violently.

After the man kicked him, he reached back and grabbed Wang Meng's right shoulder. With a fierce tug, Wang Meng's body was tilted upward and landed flat on the ground.

With a bang, the man leaned forward and pounced on Wang Meng, and then other subordinates rushed in and pounced on Wang Meng.

One of the burliest men put a big hand on Wang Meng's neck. Wang Meng struggled for a while and finally stopped moving with his eyes wide open.

"Sir," a man shouted.

"Don't be loud, our army is fine." Wei Fufeng stood at the door of the rear cabin and responded. This time he killed Wang Meng without telling him.

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Five subordinates.

"As long as nothing happens, sir," the man responded.

Wei Fufeng nodded lightly, his expression calm, but actually he was very scared inside. He had seen many dead people, but this was the first time he killed a general.

Facts have proved that Wang Meng is indeed tough, even if he is fatally wounded, he can still show off his power even before death.

"Sir, is he going to attack you?" the man asked again hesitantly.

"My army killed him. If he doesn't die, you will die because he wants to imprison our army." Wei Fufeng explained.

The five subordinates looked at each other.

Wei Fufeng added: "Our army has learned that Wang Meng was once a general who served as the former Jiedushi of Dongchuan. He has a violent temper. This time when he goes to southern Sichuan, Wang Meng will not sincerely serve our army. He will mutiny and imprison our army." , you also know that the two hundred soldiers who returned this time will only obey Wang Meng's orders."

The man who spoke crossed his arms in military salute and said: "I don't understand, I only know that I should follow your orders."

Wei Fufeng nodded, and the other four people also silently raised their arms in military salute. Whether they understood it or not, they knew that they were in the same boat as Wei Fufeng, and their recent fortunes and misfortunes all depended on Wei Fufeng.

With a heart-to-heart consensus, Wei Fufeng stopped making excuses and ordered Wang Meng to take off his clothes and armor. As a result, he found a cloth bag near Wang Meng's waist.

Wei Fufeng took the cloth bag and opened it, and saw two flat jade seals, one large and one small. Looking closely at the seals, one was "Dongchuan Jiedu" and the other was "Zhang Shu records events".

Wei Fufeng handed the jade seal to Old Feng. After looking at it, Old Feng whispered: "There is actually a copy of the official document of the secretary in charge. This person must have been preparing for a long time."

Wei Fufeng nodded and said: "This person actually has a copy, it seems to be a coincidence."

"He was originally a Dongchuan general, so he naturally wanted to plot to seize Dongchuan. However, he was not allowed to be reused by Yang Shouliang's subordinates. Now he felt that the opportunity had come, and he eagerly persuaded the young master to enter Luzhou." Old Feng said.

Wei Fufeng nodded and said: "There should be some blank official documents, go find them."

Old Feng took the order and left. Wei Fufeng went into the back cabin and sat on the bed in a daze. However, conflicts arose in his heart. When things came to a close, he felt fear again.

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When the fleet arrived at Hezhou Pier, Wei Fufeng went alone to say goodbye to the supervisory army, and then led more than fifty people to land in Changzhou.

Changzhou is geographically located in the northwest of Yuzhou and the southeast of Luzhou, in the same glyph shape as Luzhou and Yuzhou.

Changzhou was established not long ago. During the reign of Emperor Suzong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Dingzhuo submitted a letter to the imperial court and set aside parts of the six prefectures of Lu, Pu, Chongqing, He, Zi, and Rong. It governed Changyuan County and Dazu County. County and Jingnan County.

Wei Fufeng and his party landed and successfully arrived in Tongliang County, under the jurisdiction of Hezhou.

After discussion, it was decided that Lao Feng would lead most of the soldiers to postpone their trip for one day, and Wei Fufeng would only take ten capable subordinates to go to Changzhou.

Early the next morning, Wei Fufeng and his party set off, hiring four cars to travel. They entered Changzhou smoothly and arrived at Dazu County. After entering the city, they walked to the county government office.

Dazu County is much inferior to Tongliang County. The city is dilapidated and the buildings in the city are uneven and disorganized.

Most of the people walking on the main street were in rags. This is a county that is not wealthy.

Based on the information he obtained, Wei Fufeng knew that bandits were rampant in Changzhou and that there were a thousand regiments for training, but the bandits were said to exceed 10,000.

In fact, it was not just Changzhou where bandits caused harm, but the war in the entire Liangchuan area resulted in many large and small groups of bandits, mainly to avoid military service and unable to pay food and taxes.

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When I walked outside the county government office, I was immediately greeted by a group of officials and government servants.

The leader was wearing a blue official uniform, about thirty years old, with a mustache, fair complexion, and regular facial features. He looked very calm like an official.

"Dazu County welcomes you." After approaching, the Dazu County magistrate led officials to pay homage because they had received a report from the city gate defenders.

"Well, Dazu County, I am the new defense envoy of the southern Sichuan capital, in charge of the military affairs of Changzhou and Luzhou." Wei Fufeng introduced himself calmly.

"Your Excellency, I would like to show my disrespect to you," the Dazu County Magistrate responded respectfully.

"Well, Qingxue, let Dazu County see the seal." Wei Fufeng said.

The woman in green clothes behind her opened the cloth bag in her hand, revealing the seal of the tiger in green ribbon, and took out Wei Fufeng's official documents and forged official documents.

Before leaving, they handed it out together and said elegantly: "This is my young master's official certificate."

The Dazu County Magistrate glanced at the seal on the woman's left hand, respectfully reached out and took the official documents, and opened them one by one to read.

Wei Fufeng was nervously building up his momentum. His strategy was to proceed step by step and gradually create preconceived information.

If the Dazu County Magistrate could not see through the forgery, he would definitely send someone to report it to the governor urgently.

When the governor hears the news, he will be inclined to believe the arrival of the capital defense envoy. If it is approved by the Changzhou governor, it will then affect the Luzhou governor's opinion.

After seeing it, the magistrate of Dazu County sent it back and said respectfully: "Your Excellency is in charge of the military affairs of Changzhou and Luzhou. It is a blessing to all the people of Changzhou."

"Well, since our army is here, we should try to suppress the bandits and bring peace to the people." Wei Fufeng responded.

The magistrate and officials of Dazu County bowed respectfully, and Wei Fufeng said again: "Our army is going to Luzhou, and will stay in Changyuan County overnight on the way. In Dazu County, you prepare meals and boats, and our army will set off at noon."

"Yes, sir, please." Dazu County Magistrate responded respectfully.

Wei Fufeng and his party stopped for a rest in Dazu County and left Dazu County at noon.

After being sent off by officials from Dazu County, he boarded a awning boat under the Laixi River and headed southwest down the river to Changyuan County, which is governed by Changzhou.

Near dusk, we arrived at the dock where Changyuan County is located.

Wei Fufeng saw many officials and troops. The officials were stationed on the dock. The most eye-catching one was an old official in red robe, with gray beard and hair, but a tall and straight posture.

Wei Fufeng knew that the old official's name was Li Song, and he was an official who had served as the governor of Changzhou for more than ten years.

Changzhou's geographical importance and wealth were far inferior to those of the surrounding states. Compared with Yuzhou and Luzhou, in the eyes of Dongchuan Jiedushi, it was not worthy of attention.

During the Huangchao War, the official governance order in the Central Plains and the South was severely damaged, causing the imperial court to lose its ruling influence in most of the region.

However, the official order in the two rivers and rivers has not been fundamentally destroyed.

Although the governors of the two Sichuan provinces were in power, it was not easy to change local officials if they wanted to. First, the authority of the imperial court still existed, and second, local officials also had their own power.

Therefore, after Jiedushi took over, he basically adopted a gentle strategy. As long as he expressed his obedience and paid taxes, he could compromise with each other and achieve co-governance.

Li Song, the governor of Changzhou, was a tumbler. He had been the governor of Changzhou since before Yang Shili, and the governors of Yuzhou and Luzhou had also been in office for many years.

Gu Yanlang became the governor of Dongchuan, and after several years of establishing himself, he dared to seize the governor of Luzhou.

Yang Shouliang took control of Shannan West Road later than Gu Yanlang, and most of the Shannan West Road's territory was just a sign of submission.

In fact, what Yang Shouliang could really rule was Xingyuan Mansion.

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