Chapter 47: Trembling

Gan Ning kept his promise and let Wu Yi go.

After riding a horse out of the city and reaching the wilderness ten miles outside Jiangling, Wu Yi put Pang Tong, who was held hostage by him, down the ground.

Pang Tong, who was lying on the horse's back, was almost displaced and his internal organs were spinning, finally stood firm. With a pale face, he straightened Jinxianguan on his head.

"The military advisor suffered."

The sky was dark and the earth was dark, and Wu Yi looked ashamed. Pang Tong took risks alone for him. He suffered from flesh and blood on the way out, which really made him very grateful.

Pang Tong waved his hand and signaled, then said in a deep voice: "The general has escaped the trouble. The Grand Governor will definitely complain first. After the general returns to Xincheng, he should write a secret letter to his lord to explain the danger in Jingzhou. Please wait and see for a while and not make any extreme moves. After the Grand Governor attacks Fancheng, he will make a decision. At least General Wen Yuan from Guanzhong secretly dispatches troops to return to Yizhou to make a decision."

Wu Yi felt like a huge rock was pressing on his heart, and even he felt heavy when he was breathing. After hearing Pang Tong's words, he agreed.

Without further ado, Wu Yi bid farewell to Pang Tong and rode his horse away.

In the wilderness, Pang Tong slowly walked towards Jiangling with his hands. After walking for half an hour, Gan Ning led his army to come. After meeting Pang Tong, someone led his horse to Pang Tong and returned together.

Wu Yi, who had escaped back to the new city, immediately came to the county seat after entering the city. Fa Zheng, who was busy with official duties, was surprised to see Wu Yi's face with a tired and solemn expression, and immediately stood up to greet him.

"Why didn't the general say hello in advance when he returned to the city? Why didn't I receive news of the troops entering the city?"

Fa Zheng was very strange. Wu Yi took food and supplies to Jiangling. He calculated the time and it was almost time to come back, but he didn't say hello in advance, and always felt that something had happened.

Wu Yi sat down and picked up the kettle and poured it down. After taking a few breaths, he said in a deep voice: "I came back alone, and the ten thousand soldiers who accompanied him were still in Jiangling."

After hearing this, Fa Zheng knelt aside and waited for the following text.

Afterwards, Wu Yi informed Fa Zheng of what happened in Jiangling without missing a trace.

"I plan to immediately submit a secret letter to my lord, reminding him to prepare for response early."

After saying that, Wu Yi saw Fa Zheng's thoughtful look, and after calling him a few times, Fa Zheng came to his senses and bowed and said, "The general is right, you should write to the lord immediately."

When Wu Yi saw Fa Zheng agreeing, he immediately picked up a pen and wrote in his hand on the main seat. Fa Zhengsu walked to the door and looked at the sky and stared at the sky in a daze.

Pang Shiyuan, it's cruel enough.

Fa Zheng smiled bitterly at the corner of his mouth. Things evolved to the current situation. If it weren't for the fact that I knew it first, I would have a cold body and a shock.

After Wu Yi wrote the letter, he handed it over to Fa Zheng for a look. Fa Zheng had no objection after reading it. At that moment, Wu Yi immediately ordered someone to send it to Chengdu on a night and night.

That night, Fa Zheng also wrote a letter to send someone to secretly give it to Guo Jia.

Since the successful recovery of the northwest, the imperial examination system under Guo Jia's rule has become once every three years, and time has been before the beginning of spring.

The reason is that at the beginning of the imperial examination, most of the Yizhou gentry and exiled gentry were willing to bow their heads to Guo Jia. As Guo Jia worked hard for twenty years, more and more common people participated in the imperial examination after getting educated. First of all, with the stability of the officialdom, fewer and fewer talents were selected every year, so it became the three-year imperial examination. Food is the most important thing for the people. Too many scholars who take the examination also had to take care of their family farming, so they had to complete the imperial examination before spring came, so they should not delay the spring farming at home. If they passed the examination, it would be a different matter. If they failed the examination, it would at least not affect their basic livelihood.

Two people were particularly outstanding in this year's imperial examination, so Guo Jia personally met him.

In the lobby of Yizhou Prefecture, civil servants were busy with official duties step by step, while Guo Jia talked with two people who won the imperial examination in the side hall.

One is Dong He and the other is Xiang Lang.

Dong He's ancestors were in Yizhou, but he was from Nanjun, Jingzhou. When the princes were in chaos, Dong He moved his family back to Yizhou. It was not until now that he truly came into Guo Jia's sight.

Xiang Lang is one of the talents of the Jingxiang clan. He and Pang Tong are brothers of the same school. They both sat down to listen to the teachings in Sima Hui. When Pang Tong was in Jiangling, Xiang Lang visited him. It was Pang Tong who recommended him to participate in the imperial examination in Yizhou, which was also considered as if he had hoped to stand out.

The two of them could not imagine that Guo Jia was approachable and talked to them about everything, from the strategies of governing the country to the way of survival of the peddlers and pawns, the family, country and the world were all around them. They unknowingly had a deeper understanding of Guo Jia.

After endless talk, Guo Jia suddenly said to Dong He: "Young Sword, I heard that you have a son named Yun in your family. Why didn't he come to take the exam this time?"

Dong He can be considered middle-aged. His son Dong Yun is very young and has not yet performed the ceremony. When he heard Guo Jia's question, he suddenly felt something was sarcastic.

The father and son compete together in the exam. If the son beats the father, where will the father's face be put?

However, Dong He saw that Guo Jia valued him, and even his slightly talented son raised it, which shows that Guo Jia was not talking about the scene.

"Haha, since the lord said that, three years later, the dog will come to Jincheng to participate in the imperial examination."

Dong He agreed with a smile that since Guo Jia is a monarch worthy of loyalty, letting his son become an official and serve his loyalty is definitely a happy event to shine on his family.

Just as Guo Jia was smiling and wanted to say something else, Xiao Yi walked in, handed a secret letter to Guo Jia, and then turned around and went out.

Xiang Lang and Dong He were present, and Guo Jia did not avoid it. He opened the secret letter and took a look.

Guo Jia frowned slightly, but was a little surprised, but more confused.

Xiang Lang and Dong He have just taken office, and their specific appointments have not been implemented yet, so it is difficult to ask Guo Jia or give him advice. The two of them are very dedicated to their eyes and their noses and hearts, and they remain silent.

But Guo Jia passed the letter to the two of them without any concern and asked them to read it.

Dong He finished reading the letter first, his face was solemn, not knowing what to say.

The prefect of Xincheng, Wu Yi, wrote a letter to reveal that the Taiping Army's commander-in-chief Gan Ning was unofficial and privately recruited 50,000 troops in Jiangling. His crime can be considered as treason!

After seeing it, Xiang Lang said, "This is a false accusation."

Guo Jia smiled slightly. Xiang Lang was indeed a talent taught by Sima Hui. No matter what else, he could see through the key points of the matter at least at first glance.

After Guo Jia saw this letter, putting aside Wu Yi's motives, at least the content in it could not be true.

Wu Yi was a general and had some talent in marching and fighting, but his mind was still not meticulous enough.

Even if Gan Ning recruits troops in Jiangling, how could it be possible for Gan Ning to have 50,000 troops?

If he could recruit 50,000 troops after conquering Jingnan counties, he would be able to recruit 50,000 troops. Just relying on the three counties of Nanjun and Yidu Jianping, he would only recruit 20,000 or 30,000 troops at best.

But even if he really recruited 50,000 troops, where would he get money and food to raise it?

If you take another ten thousand steps, will such a big noise from recruiting troops be airtight?

Since that's the case, why didn't Wu Yi go to verify?

What Guo Jia couldn't figure out was here. It was obvious that Wu Yi sent a secret letter in a critical situation where he had no time to think about it.

Xiang Lang only said one sentence, and he didn't dare to continue to say anything further.

Since Wu Yi falsely accused Gan Ning, why did he do this?

Having not yet entered the center of Guo Jia Group, what Xiang Lang could guess is nothing more than a game in the army.

Maybe it was Wu Yi who wanted to defeat Gan Ning, maybe it was the new generals who did not follow Guo Jia into Shu and were suppressed by the downs. They were dissatisfied and wanted to fight for power and profit.

No matter what it is, Xiang Lang will not say much. The consequences of participating in this struggle are often two extremes.

But Wu Yi's methods were too clumsy after all.

Dong He and Xiang Lang looked at each other, and each kept silent.

Dong He also thought of an internal political struggle, but it was not necessarily just the generals in the military. There was also a military advisor Fa Zheng around Wu Yi, who was in charge of the Guo Jia group. Fa Zheng would know what Wu Yi did. So, why did this letter come to Guo Jia? Does Fa Zheng also think that Gan Ning dared to recruit soldiers in Jiangling, even if he really dared, could he really recruit 50,000 soldiers?

Therefore, Fa Zheng was obviously standing on Wu Yi's side, but it seemed like a very stupid behavior.

Just as the two were quiet, Guo Jia was also closing his eyes and pondering, Xiao Yi walked in again. This time, he handed Guo Jia two secret letters.

Guo Jia grinned and said, there are a lot of things happening today.

These two secret letters were written by Fa Zheng and Pang Tong. After Guo Jia read them, he did not let Xiang Lang and Dong He look at them as before.

The suspicion disappeared. After Guo Jia read the secret letters from these two advisers, he finally knew what was happening in Jingzhou.

"Two and I will go to the lobby next door to discuss matters."

Guo Jia stood up and invited the two to come to the main hall of Yizhou Prefecture together and took the main seat. Guo Jia ordered people to summon civil and military officials from Chengdu to discuss matters.

Guo Jia, sitting in the main seat, let Xiang Lang and Dong He truly see what cunning and momentum are. Guo Jia, who had previously had a very happy and approachable conversation with them, exuded an invisible majesty only with a moment of calm expression.

He is arrogant without anger and has a strong aura. Guo Jia's expression has already told everyone that what he wants to talk about next is extraordinary.

The generals who rushed from the barracks thought that a war broke out, and they all stood in the hall holding their breath and preparing to listen to Guo Jia's orders.

When the world and the world were not bad, Guo Jia asked Xiao Yi to read Wu Yi's secret letter in public.

In this letter, Wu Yi said that he hopes Guo Jia will not make any noise for the time being and will deal with Gan Ning after the battle in Fancheng ends.

When Xiao Yi finished reading the lyrics, Xu Chu immediately stood up and shouted: "All nonsense! Nonsense! This Wu Yi is ulterior motive. He intends to slander the Grand Governor. This matter should not be spared lightly. Lord, I use the head to guarantee it. The Grand Governor will never act without orders, nor will he betray the lord."

Other generals, Dian Wei, Gao Shun, Zhang Yan, Deng Zhi, Zhang Ren, etc., took the lead together to support Xu Chu and use the heads as a guarantee.

However, Guo Jia was unmoved and his face was as deep as water.

Xi Zhicai stepped out quietly and bowed and said softly: "Although this matter is strange, it may not be groundless. The lord must deal with it carefully."

Xi Zhicai's words made the generals very uncomfortable, so Dian Wei turned his head and questioned him: "Master Xi, what do you mean? Do you believe that the Grand Governor will betray the lord?"

Xi Zhicai lowered his head and said lightly: "If the Grand Commander is not right, if the Grand Commander acts properly, then the matter will be found out. Isn't it just for the Grand Commander to prove it?"

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