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Early the next morning, Xie Jiuxiao set off with Qingfeng, and a group of five people went straight to the refugee gathering place without delay.

At that time, people came from the Lu residence, Zhuo San listened to Jinwei's message, thought for a moment, and then turned to report to Lu Chengfeng.

Lu Chengfeng was writing his report, he heard Zhuo San's words while deliberating his words, without raising his head, he said in a cold tone, "Just say I'm busy with business."

Zhuo San got the order, and went to reply: "Go and report to General Wu, my master is busy, I have something to ask him to come to the door in person."

The Lu family's mansion is not small, and there are no other people around. Liu Xiaoxiaoxin made a kite and was testing it in the yard. Lu Chengfeng shouted from inside the house: "Stop playing, go and call Zhuo San."

Liu Xiaoxiao immediately put down the kite and called Zhuo San over.

Lu Chengfeng handed the written booklet to someone, and said, "I stamped my seal and submitted it to the household department as soon as possible, and report back to me as soon as there is news."

Zhuo San took it and went to do it immediately.

After noon, Wu Ju came to the door, and Lu Chengfeng was not idle. According to the news from here last time, Qingcheng and Jiuyuan immediately cooperated with the garrison to launch a patrol, and the second city general reported the result of the patrol to Lu Chengfeng. Cai Nongning asked Lu Chengfeng to give instructions on how to deal with the bandits in Heishuizhai. The prisons in Jiuyuan City couldn't hold more than a hundred people kidnapped from Heishuizhai.

The guard reported the visitor.

Lu Chengfeng pretended he didn't hear it, and after reading Cai Nongning's booklet, he said, "That's a problem."

Zhuo San asked the guards who came back and forth to back off first, and returned to Lu Chengfeng's words: "Killing them all seems too cruel. These people are also somewhat human. After all, they are not on the same road as Liu Xi, and the effect of killing chickens to scare monkeys has been achieved. Let's chase after them." It’s not appropriate to go down.”

Lu Chengfeng closed the book and said, "But after all, they committed a crime, so it's hard to convince the public if they let go like this."

The two thought for a while, and Lu Chengfeng said: "What do you think, how about handing over these people to Jiuxiao?"

Zhuo San pondered, and said: "The master wants to send them to do coolies?"

Lu Chengfeng said: "It's not a crime that deserves death. Besides, the refugee matter does need manpower. Although there are local officials, they have limited manpower and they have their own work to do. If these people are added to the resettlement of the refugees, it will eventually be difficult. It can find a way for everyone in Heishuizhai to get out of prison."

Zhuo Sanyi thought: "This method is feasible."

She seemed to be fully focused on this matter, as if she didn't care about Wu Ju's visit, and sat down to write back to Cai Nonning.

Half an hour later, there was noise outside the courtyard, and the guard hurriedly came to report: "Master, General Wu got angry at the door and said he insisted on seeing the master."

Lu Chengfeng put the written letter in an envelope, handed it to Zhuo San, and said lightly, "Please come in."

She stepped out of the room, quickly changed her smile, and saw a man striding towards him with an angry face in the garden, and greeted him with a slight smile: "Uncle Wu."

It was the first time for Zhuo San to see her face change so quickly, he lowered his head unnaturally and coughed, then followed behind calmly.

Seeing her smile, Wu Ju smiled for three minutes, thinking about the aggrievedness of not being able to see anyone these days, he couldn't help but tone up: "You still know to call me Uncle Wu, I just think you don't recognize me Woolen cloth!"

Lu Chengfeng laughed and said, "What did Uncle Wu say? It's because he can't get away from his official duties."

Wu Ju's face was sullen: "You mean to blame me for disturbing you?"

"Of course Chengfeng doesn't mean that. Why is Uncle Wu still fussing with me, a junior?"

Wu Ju calmed down a little, and sat down at the side, and soon the guards brought tea, and Wu Ju took a sip of the tea cup, and then said calmly: "I heard that you have become the governor of the five cities when you come back. Why don't you go to the barracks when you come back? What are you doing in this mansion all day long?"

Lu Chengfeng held the tea: "Not long after I came back, I took care of some things, so there was a delay."

Wu Ju pondered for a moment, then looked at her: "I heard that you have suppressed the bandits in Jiuyuan and Qingcheng, and you have done a good job, but was Wei Hongran's handling too hasty? Kill him without trial, It must have been a bit of a joke."

Lu Chengfeng lowered his eyes and smiled, the tea in the cup was fragrant and the water was green. Lu Chengfeng took a sip and said: "The evidence of Wei Hongran's collusion with the Qingcheng bandits is conclusive. There are personal and material evidences. He is the overseer of the garrison army." , I have the right to dispose of it, but Uncle Wu thinks I did something wrong?"

Wu Ju said: "It's not because you did something wrong, it's just—this Wei Hongran really deserves to die, but we should be informed."

Good for us.

Lu Chengfeng smiled and looked at the person: "The next time something like this happens again, I will definitely let you know in advance."

Wu Ju nodded in satisfaction: "I don't have anything else to do here today, the main thing is to hear about you, so I came here specially to take a look. You should also go to the barracks to have a look."

Lu Chengfeng said: "I am very relieved that there are several uncles in the military camp. It will not be too late to go after I finish my work."

Wu Ju hesitated and wanted to say something else, Lu Chengfeng showed concern: "I heard that Uncle Wu was not feeling well when he came, but has Dr. Xun visited him? What is the symptom of this disease, and he recovered so quickly? The doctor at home is so skilled in medicine?"

For her serious concern, Wu Ju felt half guilty, and hurriedly waved his hands and said, "It's just a small problem——"

Before he finished speaking, his face turned pale suddenly, and his body was also crooked. Lu Chengfeng was sincere and hurried to help him up: "What's wrong with Uncle Wu?"

Wu Ju only felt a sudden pain in his temples, and he waved his hands to speak as if he had committed an old problem again: "I-I-"

Lu Chengfeng interrupted him urgently: "Zhuo San, why don't you send someone to call for a doctor!"

After speaking, he said to Wu Ju: "Uncle Wu, I have ordered someone to invite a doctor, and you can live in peace at home."

Immediately, he ordered someone to prepare the wing room, and asked someone to help Wu Ju to rest.

The doctor came soon, and Wu Ju insisted that he was not sick, but that he was tired and rested for a while, but Lu Chengfeng naturally refused to comply, and the doctor said that he was short of energy and blood and needed to rest and take care of himself. If it was similar, a prescription was prescribed to grab the medicine, and Wu Ju was in a daze and was poured down the soup, and fell asleep directly.

When Zhuo San sent the doctor away, Lu Chengfeng was playing with Liu Xiaoxiao in the yard with a kite. She had never played with this thing since she was a child, so she looked a little curious, Zhuo San stepped forward and said, "Master."

Lu Chengfeng handed the thread to Liu Xiaoxiao and said, "Are you honest?"

Zhuo San said: "Honestly."

With his left hand behind his back, Lu Chengfeng walked towards a newly sprouted pear branch in the courtyard: "Let him rest for a few days, and let him recover when someone from the military camp comes."

There was a careless indifference in her words, she brushed the branch of Lvyin's head, and slowly showed a meaningful smile: "It's just an early bird, there is no need to go to war."

So when Wu Ju woke up at night, his whole body was weak, he was sweating profusely, and his appetite could not be raised. At first, he thought that Lu Chengfeng had secretly poisoned him, and let Gao En, the guard who came with him, secretly invite a doctor , but the new doctor took the pulse and diagnosed that it was indeed a deficiency of Qi and blood caused by overwork, and he needed to rest, otherwise time would be short.

Wu Ju was terrified by this sentence, he didn't care about doubting Lu Chengfeng, so he immediately took medicine on time and took a rest.

The night was quiet.

The guard escorted the doctor out of the small garden, and the two had just walked a few steps when Zhuo San waited with Liu Xiaoxiao in the hallway, Liu Xiaoxiao gnawed a bunch of corn in one hand and held a lamp in the other, looking this way.

Gao En led the doctor forward, cupped his hands and said, "Guard Zhuo."

The doctor followed suit and nodded.

Zhuo San's face was cold, and his tone was indifferent: "No flaws revealed, right?"

Gao En lowered his eyes: "I said everything according to your wishes, and General Wu didn't suspect anything."

Zhuo San said: "Okay, go down, your brother will go home in a few days."

Gao En took the doctor back, Zhuo San watched the two go away, turned around, Liu Xiaoxiao handed him the lamp, and said, "Uncle Zhuo, tell me, when someone comes, what will Sister Lu do?"

Zhuo San smiled and walked back: "Are you asking what your elder sister Lu is going to do, or are you asking me something?"

Liu Xiaoxiao said: "I don't understand."

Zhuo San raised the lamp forward, and the candle light illuminated the road in front of him. The night breeze was gentle, and it brought the cold spring night: "Qingfeng went back to Subei in advance to find out a lot of things, and most of them are military camp affairs. Su After the death of Lu Feng, Beizi once fought a big battle with Yuanhu, which was a disastrous defeat, and the defense line on the northern border was pushed back. At that time, during the spring chaos, epidemic disease broke out at the border, and both Yuanhu and Subei suffered heavy casualties, so the war had to be stopped. In the past year, the Hu imperial family has been too busy to take care of themselves. There have been small-scale frictions at the border. Procrastinating and procrastinating until now."

Turning around the promenade and stepping down the steps, Zhuo San continued: "Speaking of the fact that after Lu Feng's death, the master went to Beijing, the remaining four are the largest in the Subei Army, namely General Wu Juwu, General Li Zhaozhong Li, General Zou Xianwei, and Sun Muquan. General Sun, the four famous battalions in Subei refer to them. All of these four have experienced battles and are not ordinary people. All of them are well-known and naturally they are all unwilling to be inferior to others. It is naturally difficult to unify their opinions. In the past year, none of them obeyed anyone, but no one thought that the master would come back, and he would still bear the title of Commander of the Five Cities, Commander of the Five Cities, what does this mean?"

The two of them had already walked to the archway, and they saw the lights in the house from a distance. She had been running so fast that she had already reached Zhuo San's shoulder. Liu Xiaoxiao raised her head slightly and looked at him with questioning eyes.

"It means that there are 1 soldiers and horses in the Subei Army, and [-] soldiers and horses in the five-city garrison are at the disposal of the master."

Liu Xiaoxiao was surprised and said, "So majestic?"

Zhuo San's eyes darkened, and he said: "Girl, this is not majestic, it is a heavy burden, you may not feel the feeling of Subei tied to one person, then you might as well try to imagine, a family of old and young , all rely on one person's feelings."

This metaphor is quite vivid, Liu Xiaoxiao thought about it along with his words, and instantly sobered up.

Zhuo San sighed: "It's all right for the old and the young, the old is disobedient, and the young ones like to cause trouble, isn't that very bad?"

Liu Xiaoxiao murmured: "This is really bad."

"Now the master has become the commander of the army of the five cities. The four people who have been fighting for more than a year must not be able to sit still. The master has been in Subei for more than half a month and has not been in the army. They must come to check the situation. And this Wu Ju is the best to deal with among the four. Simply put, he has no tendons. After being teased by others, he became a bird in his eyes. If not, who will suffer?"

Zhuo San extinguished the lantern, hung it aside, and said, "He's here, and he's been sick for the past few days. Do you think the other people will be impatient? I'm afraid they will suspect that Wu Ju and his master are on the side, and they will be even more worried." I can't sit still."

Liu Xiaoxiao shook her head, sighed, and couldn't eat half of the corn: "This sounds like a headache..."