Thief Emperor

Chapter 512 I’m Afraid That I’ll Die!

The imperial court is no longer the same court that could decide the life and death of local officials with just a piece of paper!
Even before the Wang Junping Rebellion, if the imperial court wanted to deal with a local military leader like Li Yun, it had to send troops to attack him in order to achieve the goal of "dismissing him from office."

But now, after so long in submitting the impeachment documents against Lu Yunzhang, all that was sent back was such a light and flimsy document of dismissal!
Mr. Li has a strong army and horses. Who can remove him? Do I expect to remove him myself?
Lu Jieshuai was a little annoyed. After being angry for a long time, he picked up the document on the ground, read it carefully, and threw it aside again.

"That kid surnamed Li would probably die of laughter if he saw this."

Lu Jieshuai looked in the direction of the imperial court and muttered, "If this continues, the imperial court's authority will be even less. I really don't know what the people in the imperial court are thinking."

No one is a fool, and Lu Yunzhang is certainly not a fool. He can clearly see the current situation in Jiangnan, and he can also see that this document from the court is just a joke.

What made him suspicious was that he could see that there was nothing that the gentlemen in the court could not see. If they could see it, then this document...

How was it sent down?

After thinking for a long time, Lu Jieshuai still couldn't come up with a conclusion. He could only shake his head helplessly and sighed: "The decline of the court is not without reason."

As soon as he finished speaking, a voice came from outside: "Jie Shuai!"

Lu Jieshuai was startled and almost thought that the people in the court had heard what he had just said, but he soon calmed down and said slowly, "What's the matter?"

"General, there is someone outside the military camp, asking to see you. He claims his surname is Zhou and he is from Qingzhou."

"Qingzhou, Zhou..."

Lu Yunzhang narrowed his eyes and said softly, "Please ask him to come in."

"Yes."

General Lu stood up and walked to a mirror in the big tent. He adjusted his appearance and straightened his clothes. Just at this moment, the man outside was brought in. After seeing Lu Yunzhang, he bowed his head and said, "Qingzhou Zhou Gui, I meet General Lu!"

Lu Yunzhang turned around and just finished dressing himself. Hearing this, he looked back at Zhou Gui and said with a smile, "From your surname, it seems that you are a family member of General Zhou?"

"Yes."

Zhou Gui bowed his head slightly and said, "I am a servant of the Zhou family. I have been in the Zhou family since I was a child and grew up with the general."

Lu Yunzhang then said "hmm", and sat in the main seat, motioning Zhou Gui to sit down as well. After Zhou Gui sat down, General Lu Jie said calmly, "I just evacuated from Yuezhou to Jiangbei, and it hasn't been long since I settled here, and you are here. It seems that the general is really sharp-eyed and sharp-eared."

Zhou Gui bowed his head slightly and said, "To be honest with you, Marshal, we have been watching the battlefield of Eyue for a long time. When we saw Marshal withdraw from Yuezhou, we knew that Marshal had also suffered a loss at the hands of that Li, so we came to see Marshal."

As the former Eyue Surveillance Commissioner, Lu Yunzhang naturally knew about the previous battle in Jiangbei, and also knew that the Pinglu Army and Li Yun of Jiangdong had an old grudge. Upon hearing this, he stroked his beautiful long beard and asked, "What do you mean?"

"That Li Yun is just an upstart who took advantage of the chaos and is now arrogant and domineering in this area."

Hearing this, Lu Yunzhang looked up at Zhou Gui, but did not say anything. He just lowered his head and took a sip of tea.

In his heart, he actually felt quite disdainful.

Because in his opinion, the Qingzhou Zhou family is also a nouveau riche, not much different from Li Yun.

The Zhou family has no right to say such things.

However, at this time, he still maintained the basic manners of a son of an aristocratic family and did not say this out loud.

Zhou Gui seemed to have sensed his emotions and did not continue talking about this point. Instead, he said, "Now, he first offended my general, and then offended the commander-in-chief. Because of this, he was dismissed from his official position by the court."

Zhou Gui looked up at Lu Yunzhang and said softly, "General Jie, our two families should join forces and advance and retreat together."

"Let's deal with Li Yun together."

Lu Yunzhang put down the teacup in his hand, looked at Zhou Gui, and asked, "What does the general mean?"

"From now on, your army and my Pinglu army will work hand in hand and advance and retreat together."

Zhou Gui said calmly, "If that Li guy makes any more moves, the Pinglu Army will not sit idly by."

Lu Yunzhang said softly, "Your Excellency's intention is to focus on the Pinglu Army."

"It's natural."

Zhou Gui stood up, raised his head slightly, looked at Lu Yunzhang, and said slowly: "If the general does not allow it, my general will come over to take a look at the general."

There was a strong threat in these words.

Lu Yunzhang took a deep breath and frowned, "I need to think about this."

"it is good."

Zhou Gui forced a smile on his face and said, "That thief Li will not cross the river in the short term. There is no rush for this matter. Marshal Jie has plenty of time to think about it slowly."

As he spoke, he bowed to Lu Yunzhang and said, "I'll take my leave first."

Lu Yunzhang subconsciously wanted to stand up and see him off, but when he thought of the other party's identity as a servant, he did not move, but just smiled and said, "Have a good walk." Zhou Gui responded, turned around and strode away.

After Zhou Gui walked out of Lu Yunzhang's tent, General Lu clenched his fist and threw the teacup in his hand to the ground.

However, because they were stationed in the wild, the teacup did not break.

“Two generations later, they are no longer nouveau riche?”

Lu Jieshuai gnashed his teeth, filled with anger.

"Barbaric and shameless!"

…………

On the other side, in Jinling City.

Fei Xuan looked at the two eunuchs in blue in front of him and frowned at first. Then he looked down at the document in his hand with a strange look on his face.

"Two angels, are you here to play a joke on Fei?"

The two eunuchs shook their heads quickly, and one of them said with a smile: "Sir, then Li Yun..."

As soon as the man said this, he was grabbed by another eunuch, who continued, "Mr. Fei, why Mr. Li offended, we slaves don't know, we only know that the court asked us to deliver the message, maybe, maybe there is some misunderstanding."

"But no matter what, the court wants Lord Fei to take over the post of Jiangnan Province Observer. This is absolutely correct. Lord Fei can go find Lord Li for the specific details, and the two of you can discuss it in detail."

Fei Xuan took the document and laughed at himself: "Before, the court sent me to Jiangnan for no reason and appointed me as the governor of Jiangnan East Road. Fortunately, I survived and am still alive today."

"Now, I am asked to replace Lord Li as the governor of Jiangnan Province."

He looked at the two blue-robed eunuchs and murmured, "The court is afraid that I will not die."

The two eunuchs were somewhat confused about the situation in Jiangnan. Only the older eunuch knew something. He lowered his head and smiled bitterly, "Master Fei, if you have anything to say, you should talk to the court or Master Li. We two servants..."

"I don't understand anything."

"I know."

Fei Xuan stood up, without even looking at the two men, and walked straight out with the document.

His office was not far from the government office, and he soon arrived at the door of Du Qian's study. Du Laian immediately informed him and the door was quickly opened.

Yao Zhong, who was sitting at the door of the study, stood up immediately when he saw Fei Xuan coming in, bowed his head and said, "Mr. Fei."

Fei Xuan also looked at him and returned the greeting indifferently.

Du Qian also stood up, cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Why is Master Fei here?"

"It's something urgent."

Upon hearing this, Yao Zhong immediately bowed his head and said to Du Qian: "Ling Yin, I will step aside for now..."

Du Qian shook his head and said with a smile, "Brother Yao, please be busy. I will go out and talk to Master Fei."

After that, he stood up and pulled Fei Xuan out of the study. When they were outside the pavilion, Du Qian smiled and said, "What's the matter that makes Master Fei so anxious?"

"See for yourself."

Fei Xuan handed the documents given to him by the two eunuchs to Du Qian, and said with a wry smile: "I think I have offended a prime minister in the court. He didn't forgive me when I was working in the capital before, and now he still won't let me go when I am working in Jiangnan."

Du Qian took it and looked at it, then he smiled and said, "I have known about this for a long time."

Du Qian smiled and said, "The court wants to dismiss Lord Li now, but in the entire Jiangnan Province, after counting and counting, you are the only one who is qualified to take over the post of Jiangnan Province Observer."

"Others don't have enough experience."

He looked at Fei Xuan and comforted him.

"Mr. Li has already known about this matter."

"Master Fei, don't worry."

Fei Xuan was relieved. He looked at Du Qian and asked, "What does the court want to do?"

"Stupid."

Du Qian answered clearly and neatly.

He looked at Fei Xuan and said softly, "Master Fei, from now on, Jiangdong Li Erlang will no longer be bound by any constraints."

(End of this chapter)