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After about half an hour, County Magistrate Li led Zhao Yu and Xun Yi back to the main hall, ending the strange scene of Song Zhuang, County Magistrate of Yingchuan County, and Chen Lang, County Magistrate and Chief Secretary of the County Magistrate Chen Heng and Niu Heng stared at each other.

"grown ups."

When the governor Li returned to the main hall, Song Zhuang and Chen Lang immediately stood up to greet him.

Jung-governor Li waved his hand and said, "Let's sit all."

Hearing this, Zhao Yu was not polite, pointed to the seat in the west and said to Xun Yi: "Supervisor, please?"

This Chief Zhou was too anxious...

Xun Yi shook his head with a wry smile.

Zhao Yu, who understood his meaning, was not polite, and immediately sat down on the first person on the west side, facing the county magistrate Song.

And Xun Yi, after shaking his head slightly, sat down at his lower head.

Seeing this scene, Jung Li was stunned for a moment, but he didn't say anything.

From the side, the county magistrate Song and the chief Chen Lang were slightly stunned when they saw this and looked at the county magistrate Li quietly.

Unexpectedly, the two of them accidentally discovered that County Governor Li had no response to Zhou Hu's seat at the first place on the west side without permission.

What's going on?

Song Zhu couldn't help but mutter in his heart.

Regardless of whether it was Jungjung Li and Xun Yi, he had been talking to Zhou Hu in the side hall for nearly half an hour. What's more, after the three of them came out, Song Zhu felt that Jungjung Li's attitude towards Zhou Hu was obviously kind and much more tolerant.

I wonder what Zhou Hu said to the county magistrate this time, which made the county magistrate's attitude towards him change drastically?

Song Zhu frowned and guessed secretly, then spoke up and tentatively: "Mr. County Magistrate, I wonder what the Chief of the Zhou Shangmen had talked with you in the side hall?"

"Nothing." County Governor Li said lightly: "I just talked about some things about the rebels."

Of course, he was not able to reveal his conversation with Zhao Yu to Song Zhuan. After all, Zhao Yu's words were not only loyal, but also persuaded him to give up Xuchang and retreat to Kunyang. This was equivalent to giving up Xuchang's military and civilians. How could the governor Li have the nerve to mention it?

Unless he had no choice, he didn't want to use this trick, although he also felt that this trick was really good.

After evading Song Zhuan, County Magistrate Li called in a soldier and ordered: "Come here, go and invite the lieutenant to come, and I will say I have something to discuss."

"yes!"

The soldier left.

Looking at the soldier's departure's back, County Magistrate Li chuckled and said to Zhao Yu: "Zhou Hu, you came to Xuchang this time. Thank you for your hard work on the way. I should have let you take a rest first. However, the situation is at stake and you have to compete for the difference. I hope you don't have any complaints."

Zhao Yu immediately clasped his fists and smiled, "The county magistrate is so serious... The county magistrate treats me well. How can the fatigue on the way stop me from sharing my worries with the county magistrate?"

"Ha ha."

Jung Li stroked his beard and chuckled, and nodded in his heart: Although Zhou Hu was born as a bandit, he really knew how to deal with people.

“…”

From the side, Song Zhuang and Chen Lang looked at each other, and they really didn't understand the situation.

Soon, Yingchuan Commander Cao Suo brought the sergeant Tian Qin and others to the hall.

When he saw a man wearing a mask sitting in the hall, neither Cao Suo nor the few people behind him had a look on his face.

"The Chief lieutenant..."

Tian Qin's expression changed slightly, and he whispered to Cao Suo.

Is he Zhou Hu? Sure enough, the person who came is not good...

Cao Suo raised his hand to interrupt, and took a deep look at Zhou Hu who "snatched" his seat.

You should know that in the absence of respected guests, the "county magistrate" as the assistant of the county magistrate, usually sits in the first place on the east side, while the "master magistrate" sits in the first place on the west side.

Now, Zhou Hu, who came from Kunyang, "snatched" his seat, which is not a sign of kindness.

However, Cao Suo was calm and walked into the hall calmly, clasped his fists at the governor Li: "Sir."

Following him, Tian Qin and others behind him also bowed their fists.

"Um."

Junjun Li nodded, and after looking at Zhao Yu, who was sitting in the top position on the west side, he raised his hand to point to the seat on the east side, and said to Cao Suo: "Sit first, sit down before you talk."

This action actually made Zhao Yu "robbing" the seat that should have belonged to Cao Suo?

Even though Cao Suo was a little cunning, his face changed slightly at this moment.

Tian Qin and others behind him showed displeasure towards Zhao Yu.

Seeing Cao Suo move and looking at Zhao Yu, Li Junjun was also embarrassed and secretly blamed Zhao Yu for not knowing the matter.

But just as he had ignored Zhao Yu's actions just now, he was not willing to ask Zhao Yu to get up and give up his seat to Cao Suo. After all, Zhao Yu had just expressed his loyalty to him, not to mention that Zhao Yu's talent was obviously better than Cao Suo, and the governor of Li had to rely on this person to repel the rebels for him.

Thinking of this, County Governor Li coughed and pointed at Zhao Yu and introduced: "This is Zhou Hu, Zhou Hu, who defeated the rebels in Kunyang last year, and this is Cao Suo, the commander of the county. How close are you to you in the future."

Hearing the introduction of County Governor Li, Zhao Yu stood up, clasped his fists and said, "It turns out to be Wei Du of Cao."

Cao Suo looked at Zhao Yu a few deep eyes, forced a smile, clasped his fists and said, "Zhou Shangbu Commander."

Just as the two saluted each other, someone behind Cao Suo could not help but jumped out and accused Zhao Yu and said, "Why did the upper lieutenant of Zhou rush to take the position of the lieutenant?"

"Oh?" Zhao Yu looked at the seat behind him, pretending not to know: "Is this seat originally exclusive to Wei Tai Cao?"

Sure enough, something happened.

Xun Yi, who was sitting at the head of Zhao Yu, shook his head secretly.

Of course he understood that the leader Zhou was not ignorant of the rules, but "knowingly committed the crime" - to put it bluntly, when the leader Zhou came to Xuchang this time, he not only wanted to seize Cao Suo's seat, but also the latter's position.

Although Xun Yi supported the leader Zhou in his heart, he still felt that the leader Zhou was actually too "strong".

However, at this point, he could only stand on Zhao Yu's side.

He first reminded Zhao Yu of the other party by introducing the method: "This is Han He, Han Weishi."

Unlike the position of a sergeant who Tian Qin served as, Wei Shi prefers civil servants, and is basically an official who assists the Duke and handles affairs, and is also responsible for conveying the Duke and the commands of the Duke.

Often under a commander, there will be two sages and two lieutenants.

After explaining the other party's identity, Xun Yi immediately stood up to smooth things over for Zhao Yu, explaining so as not to make Zhao Yu's 'strong' unhappy County Governor Li: "Chief Zhou doesn't know these rules, so I hope the Duwei Cao will not blame him."

“…”

Cao Suo and Xun Yi had little friendship, so they didn't say a word after hearing this.

The Wei Shi, named Han He, sneered and said, "Since you know you have made a mistake, you should give up your seat."

Hearing this, Zhao Yu reached out to stop Xun Yi, who was still preparing to smooth things over for him, looked at Cao Suo and said with a smile: "Master Cao, do you have to give up your seat below?"

This rhetorical question however put Cao Suo in a dilemma.

From his original heart, he certainly wanted Zhou Hu to give up his seat, but the problem was that he had already sat down and forced the other party to give up his seat, which was a bit like "justice and unforgivable" - it doesn't matter to ordinary people, but Zhou Hu in front of him...is that ordinary people?

Didn’t you even the governor Li acquiesced to this matter?

Thinking of this, Cao Suo stopped Han He and said expressionlessly: "Enough, Han He, don't make it difficult for the county magistrate to do it."

As he said that, he turned to the side of the county magistrate Song Zhu. Chen Lang, the chief secretary who was sitting at the head of Song Zhu, quickly got up and gave the seat to Cao Suo.

This scene made Li Junjun nodded secretly: Cao Suo still knows how to advance and retreat.

While secretly praising Cao Suo, he turned to look at Zhao Yu.

Zhou Hu was ambitious this time, afraid that it was not because he did not understand the rules, but because he was coveting Cao Suo's position as the chief lieutenant...

Jung-governor Li, who had been in the officialdom for a long time, could see the profound meaning behind Zhao Yu's "snatching the seat" at a glance.

However, apart from secretly blaming Zhao Yu for causing trouble for him as soon as he came, County Governor Li did not feel any disgusting. The key point was that Zhao Yu had to express his loyalty to County Governor Li just now.

As long as Zhou Hu is sure of his loyalty to him and his loyalty to the court, even if Zhou Hu has the ambition to replace Cao Suo, Li Junjun will not interfere.

After all, Cao Suo, the commander, has performed so badly in the past two years in the past two years. Even if he was replaced by Zhou Hu, it would be fine in the eyes of Li Junjun.

"cough."

After Cao Suo and his group sat down, County Magistrate Li coughed lightly and said in a deep voice: "Today I call you to wait, but to discuss the fight against the rebels... I have a good news and a bad news to announce here. Maybe you have heard of it."

After pausing, he revealed in a deep voice: "The bad news is that after the Henan commander Li Meng withdrew from Changshe County, the rebel general Xiang Xuan captured Changshe. Changshe County Commander Xu Gui and County Commander Wu Pi were all killed and died... Good news: Zhou Hu, the commander of the upper commander, captured Yingyang two days ago, and according to my Xuchang, there was only one Yingyin."

After the words came to a calm state, it was obvious that everyone in the room had already heard of these two news.

Seeing this, County Magistrate Li said again: "Before today's meeting, Duwei Cao, I hope you will tell the current situation of my Xuchang truthfully so that the new Zhou Hu can understand..."

Hearing this, Cao Suo suddenly felt a strong sense of crisis.

County Governor Li asked him to introduce Zhou Hu to his current detailed situation in Xuchang, which means that Zhou Hu would participate in his Xuchang's "decision against the enemy", and also means that he will inevitably lose power gradually - at least in terms of decision-making, he will definitely lose it.

But Cao Suo had no choice. After all, the Yingchuan County Army led by him, Tian Qin, Han He and others did not have any gratifying results either last year or this year, and was even defeated by Xiang Xuan and others many times. On the other hand, Zhou Hu defeated the rebels with few defeats last year in Kunyang.

In this case, what excuse does Cao Suo have to prevent Zhou Hu from making decisions for him, Xuchang?

At least we must hold the military power in our hands and must not be stolen by Zhou Hu, otherwise...

After taking a deep look at Zhao Yu, Cao Suo began to tell the current situation in Xuchang in a deep voice, such as how many soldiers and armies he still has in Xuchang, etc.

During this period, Zhao Yu listened quietly and remembered all the numbers in his heart.
Chapter completed!