Inside the house, only Zhao Yu and Li Jun Governor were left.

In the past, County Magistrate Li might not have the confidence. After all, in front of him, he was a lawless former bandit leader.

But through the past two days of getting along, County Governor Li slowly understood some of Zhao Yu's character and knew that Zhao Yu was ambitious to be promoted and made a fortune. In his eyes, this means that this former bandit leader can control it, after all, he has something to ask for.

This is exactly the confidence that County Governor Li left Zhao Yu alone, and it is also the confidence that he would get angry at Zhao Yu next time.

"Bang!"

After slapping the case in front of him, County Magistrate Li angrily rebuked: "It seems that you still don't take my words to heart. I said before today's meeting that I, Xuchang, should unite and not act irresponsible, and form a clique for personal gain!"

Zhao Yu naturally would not be stupid enough to talk back to the county magistrate Li, who had finally eased his relationship, lowered his head and fist to make a compassionate expression. After Li Jung's anger subsided a little, he said: "Stop the anger of the county magistrate. How dare you not take your words to heart?"

County Governor Li was a little satisfied with Zhao Yu's respectful attitude at first, but when he heard this, his anger became stronger. He angrily rebuked: "Do you take my words to heart? If you take my words to heart, you will not take the opportunity to seek Cao Suo's position at this moment!"

"Stop the anger of the county magistrate."

Zhao Yu hugged his fists and explained: "It is true that the humble position is selfish. I dare not hide this humble position from the county magistrate, but in addition, the humble position is also a matter of fact... I did not target Cao Duwei, but in my opinion what Cao Duwei said was just a paper talk and was of no use to Xuchang. I think it is more suitable for the Duwei position than him."

"You are really 'true'."

County Governor Li sneered with a little sarcasm, and Zhao Yu pretended not to hear it.

After a while, County Governor Li sighed and asked, "Zhou Hu, if I ordered you to be the chief lieutenant, you might be guarding Xuchang?"

Hearing this, Zhao Yu unconsciously cheered up.

In fact, he was not very sure, so he could only take one step at a time, but County Governor Li asked this, how could he destroy his own might?

Of course, no matter what happens next, let’s get the position of Chief Commander first!

Thinking of this, he said seriously: "If the governor of Li ordered me to be the commander of the commander and commanded the county army in Xuchang, I, Zhou Hu, would do my best to defend Xuchang for the magistrate of the county, and even gradually recover the lost city for the magistrate. If the humble position cannot be done, please kill my head!"

...

County Governor Li glanced at Zhao Yu in surprise.

Although he was very unhappy with Zhao Yu's "ignoring the overall situation", Zhao Yu's promise of swearing still made Li County Governor quite satisfied.

At least, Cao Suo couldn't say such things.

After stroking his beard and pondering for a while, the county magistrate Li, who had recovered from peace, said in a deep voice: "You go back first."

Of course, Zhao Yu understood that the governor Li had to weigh the pros and cons, and was not anxious, so he stood up and took a break.

Looking at the departure back, Junjun Li stroked his beard and thoughtful.

At the same time, Xun Yi stood in the courtyard, with Jingnu, Niu Heng, He Shun and more than 20 black tiger thieves.

Suddenly, Zhao Yu walked out of the house, and he immediately walked forward and asked, "How?"

Of course, Zhao Yu understood what Xun Yi asked. After chuckling, he whispered: "Mr. Li is still thinking about it."

"oh."

Xun Yi nodded, and then, he seemed to have thought of something, and hesitated to ask Zhao Yu: "If County Governor Li still refuses to agree..."

Looking at Xun Yi's desire to speak but stop, Zhao Yu seemed to have guessed his thoughts and comforted him in a low voice: "Don't worry, if County Governor Li refused in the end, I, Zhou Hu, will do my best to break the siege of Xuchang, and it will never make it difficult for the Supervisor to do it."

Hearing this, Xun Yi nodded with relief and bowed to him, "I thanked the leader Zhou on behalf of the military and civilians of Xuchang."

"The supervisor is so ruthless."

Zhao Yu smiled and supported Xun Yi, then looked around, and asked in surprise: "Where is Chen Lang?"

Xun Yi immediately explained: "He got on the carriage of Juncheng Song... Oh, by the way, he asked me to convey that he left you the carriage of the two of you."

"oh."

Zhao Yu nodded, and a strange color flashed in his eyes.

At the same time, in a nearby street, the county magistrate Song Zhu was driving aimlessly slowly on the street.

In the carriage, Song Zhuang sat opposite Chen Lang.

He asked Chen Lang in confusion: "What did Zhou Hu say to you? He told you to change your attitude and decide to stand on his side?"

Chen Lang was not surprised to see this question. After sighing, he said, "As for the following, I really don't want to help Zhou Hu, so I have to do it...Mr. Song Junzhu remembers that Zhou Hu had talked with Junzhu Li alone yesterday? Do you know what the two of them talked about?"

"Did Zhou Hu tell you?" Song Zhuang asked in surprise.

"I said it." Chen Lang nodded with a wry smile, then gritted his teeth and said with a complicated expression: "That Zhou Hu, he had never thought about releasing my siege of Xuchang. The reason why he captured Yingyang and brought five hundred soldiers to Xuchang was to protect Li Junzhu to break through and retreat to Kunyang..."

“…”

Just like Chen Lang's expression after hearing about this incident yesterday, Song Zhu was stunned for the first time, and his face changed suddenly.

He asked anxiously: "What Zhou Hu told you in person?"

"Ah." Chen Lang nodded, gritted his teeth and said, "He also said that as long as he can convince County Governor Li to abandon Xuchang and retreat to Kunyang, we will be dead by then..."

“…”

Song Zhu was stunned and looked horrified.

At this moment, he finally understood why Zhou Hu looked at him with that kind of playful look yesterday, and he also completely understood why Chen Lang had "turned over" to Zhou Hu's side.

Looking at Song Zhu's dumbfounded appearance, Chen Lang smiled bitterly and said, "This person's method is so fierce that he is at a loss... Prince Song, what do you think you should do?"

What should I do? How can I do?

Song Zhu was in chaos at this moment. After all, he was not sure that he could escape to Kunyang safely with his whole family and his family when breaking through, let alone his family's foundation.

"Calm down, calm down."

He comforted Chen Lang, and at the same time comforted himself: "Looking at Zhou Hu's words and deeds today, he still wants to be the chief lieutenant..."

"That's true."

Chen Lang nodded and echoed: "Zhou Hu asked me for help last night and asked me to check whether Wei Cao had lied to report the war."

"oh?"

Song Zhuan was slightly stunned and asked in surprise: "Did Weir Cao lied to report the war damage?"

"It probably has."

Chen Lang nodded and whispered: "What Cao Duwei said about '30,000 battle losses' is probably the casualties of Xuchang's military. The soldiers recruited from refugees in his county have not been included. I have heard of such rumors..."

"How much is the difference in quantity?" asked Song Zhuang.

"I don't know this." Chen Lang shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's no less than five thousand..."

Song Zhu frowned and began to ponder.

Although Cao Suo concealed the loss of 5,000 wars was not much, but the problem was just Chen Lang's estimate. What if there were nearly 10,000 people? Then the loss of Xuchang reached 40,000. Compared with the loss of 20,000 wars of the rebels, it is a full double gap - not to mention whether the damage of the 20,000 wars of the rebels was not known.

After pondering for a while, Song Zhuan asked Chen Lang in a low voice: "Do you think Zhou Hu can defend Xuchang?"

Chen Lang shook his head and said, "I dare not speak nonsense, but... he should be somewhat confident in his desire to replace Cao Suo."

Hearing this, Song Zhu sighed slightly: "Yesterday Cao Suo came to me and asked me to help him. Today, I don't know what to do if I hear you."

Speaking of this, he gritted his teeth and said, "Forget it! Solve the current affairs first..."

Chen Lang understood Song Zhu's hint and asked in surprise: "What is the county magistrate meant to secretly help Zhou Hu?"

"What else can it be done?"

Song Zhu frowned and said, "In the final analysis, Cao Suo is incompetent... If this continues, the county magistrate will be persuaded by Zhou Hu sooner or later, and the abandoned Xuchang and broke into Kunyang. It is all right. If Zhou Huxing used a knife to kill people, then you and I will be dead!"

Speaking of this, he whispered to Chen Lang: "Then Zhou Hu asked you to check whether Cao Suo lied about the damage to the war. This is a good way. You should do it according to his ideas and ask Zhou Hu to show off his wishes... As for the rebels in the future, let's discuss and find a way to drive away this person. Zhou Hu is ambitious and staying in Xuchang will eventually be a disaster."

Chen Lang nodded and said, "I understand."

only……

...Will it really be so easy to drive Zhou Hu away in the future?

After looking at Song Zhuan, who seemed to be confident, Chen Lang couldn't help but feel a little confused.

After a stick of incense, Song took Chen Lang back to the official office. After all, both of them still had government affairs to deal with.

Moreover, we must check whether Cao Suo has lied to report the damage to the war.

Until around dusk, Chen Lang returned to his mansion in a carriage.

He was worried, and somehow came to Xiyuan.

When he arrived at Xiyuan, he saw Zhao Yu and Jingnu standing beside the pond, as if feeding the fish in the pond.

After finishing his clothes, Chen Lang stepped forward and talked to Zhao Yu: "The Chief Commander of Zhou Shangmen."

Zhao Yu looked back at Chen Lang and asked lightly: "Did you tell Song Zhuan what I said to you yesterday?"

Chen Lang was shocked. After hesitating for a while, he explained half-truth and half-falsely: "Don't blame the commander of Zhou Shangmen. If you want to investigate whether Cao Suo lied to report the damage to the war, you need the assistance of the county magistrate Song..."

"Oh." Zhao Yu didn't care and asked casually: "What did Prince Song say?"

"Uh..." Chen Lang thought for a while and bowed and said, "Mr. Song said that if there is really such a matter, we must find out the truth!"

"Hey." Zhao Yu sneered and glanced at Chen Lang standing next to him.

In fact, he didn't care about Chen Lang's "leakage" at all. Even when he first threatened Chen Lang with this matter, he wanted to use Chen Lang's mouth to pass this "warning" to the county magistrate Song.
To be continued...