Chapter 36: Inciting the Provincial Governor to Revolt
Chapter 36: Inciting the Provincial Governor to Revolt
"Pang...General Pang is dead!" the General of the Central Army shouted excitedly.
The governor's hesitant eyes suddenly lit up, "Are you serious?!"
"Really? Now everyone in the city knows about this. He was stripped naked and his blood has stained the entire Jinzhou City Lord Road!"
"God has mercy on us! Finally someone helped me get rid of Yang Guofu's hidden chess piece." The governor said with tears of gratitude.
"Sir Governor, what do you think of the gift I give you?" Everything seemed to be within Yan Lang's calculations, and it was reasonable and logical.
"Very good! Very good! I am willing to cooperate with you!" The governor immediately arranged a banquet to entertain Yan Sheng in the evening.
"Dad, who is he?" asked the General of the Central Army, looking at Yan Sheng, who was seven or eight years younger than him.
"Xue Yi, he is the student of the prime minister of this dynasty - Chen Yanjun."
After listening to the governor's introduction, the General immediately became respectful to Yan Sheng, "I didn't expect that the owner of Lanyu Tower, Chen Yanjun, would come to visit our house. Please forgive me for any offense just now."
Yan Lang picked up his wine glass and said, "Young Governor, why don't you drink a few glasses of wine with me and analyze the current situation in the world."
Liu Xueyi glanced at his father and said, "You guys chat, the future of the Great Zhou will be yours. I'll go to your house to arrange some affairs and tell Yang Guofu about this." The governor stood up and left.
When Jiao Niang saw the chaos on the street and a man being dragged behind the horse, she knew that Yan Lang had succeeded. She turned to Song Fengren and said, "We are not going back to Fangzhou County now. We should go to Jinchuan Prefecture."
"Jinchuan Prefecture?" Song Fengren asked doubtfully.
"Yes! Yan Sheng told me before that if there is no chaos in Jinzhou County, let us return to Fangzhou County immediately; if there is chaos in Jinzhou City, we will go to Jinchuan Prefecture immediately." Jiao Niang explained.
"Let's go, Feng Ren. Jingyang should have left the city by now. Let's go to Jinchuan Prefecture to meet up with Yan Sheng. If you have any questions you want to ask, just ask him directly." Jiao Niang stood up and urged.
"I think Prime Minister Yang has a much better chance of winning in the current court situation, but my family supports the Prime Minister. After all, my father and the Prime Minister have been classmates for ten years and have been friends in the court for more than twenty years. I hate that the old thief Yang sent many people to Jinchuan County to monitor our every move. Now most of the military power in Jinchuan County has fallen into the hands of Yang Guofu! We can only survive under their coercion."
Hearing that he was anxious because he had no soldiers to use, Yan Lang asked, "Now that we have dealt with the general guarding the city for you, how much military power can your family gain?"
"We can't even recover one layer! Together with the soldiers I have, I estimate that there are less than three layers of troops, and most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled people." Liu Xueyi beat his chest and stamped his feet.
"Tonight I will let your family take back all the military power! You just need to..." Yan Lang told his plan into his ear.
"Sir, isn't this a bit risky?" Liu Xueyi became hesitant upon hearing his plan.
At this time, the master of the mansion came over and said, "Sir, someone outside the door said that they are guests of the mansion, but the master has never held a banquet in the mansion today. Why don't you go out and take a look?"
"Okay, I understand!" Liu Xueyi said to his master.
"It seems that my wife is here. She will be the one to solve the problem!" Yan Lang said. Liu Xueyi could see that Yan Lang admired his wife's expression, so he didn't ask any more questions.
The two men went out of the house to greet them and welcomed Jiao Niang, Song Fengren and the other three into the house. "Madam, can you please stop? What I am going to say next has nothing to do with you." Yan Lang stopped Jiao Niang.
Jiao Niang stared at him and said, "I'm too lazy to know!" and left.
Song Fengren understood Yan Lang's intention. He didn't want Jiao Niang to be involved in this court turmoil! He had wanted to persuade Yan Sheng to let Jiao Niang join their Zuiyan Tower, but now it seems that his wish has been shattered.
As soon as they entered the room, they saw the governor sitting in the middle. The entire room was filled with only four people sitting there, and they were discussing the fate of the Great Zhou in low voices.
"Young sir, you said you are worried about losing military power! I can get people to help you defend Jinzhou County with 30,000 soldiers." Yan Lang said.
"Thirty thousand soldiers?" The Inspector and the General of the Household were slightly shocked when they heard this number. Thirty thousand soldiers were already far more than the soldiers of Jinzhou County.
"Are you serious, Mr. Chen Yan?" the governor confirmed again.
"Princess Danyang can testify!" Yan Sheng looked at Song Fengren and said.
The governor and the lieutenant general only then realized that the woman in front of them was the daughter of the Protector of the Nation, Song Xiaosheng, and they immediately cheered up, "Princess, is what Chen Yanjun said true?"
Song Fengren looked at Yan Lang, who frowned slightly and hinted that she should agree first, "Seriously!"
Then Yan Lang talked about his plan. He planned to let Yang Guofu personally hand over the military power of Jinzhou County. The governor hesitated, but the General of the Household agreed immediately, "If I really die, it means that I am worthy of the two-character memorial archway of loyalty and bravery bestowed by the late emperor."
Seeing that his son agreed, the governor also agreed. He immediately sent a letter to Yang Guofu to tell him what happened in Jinzhou County and hoped that he would send more people.
In the evening, Yang Guofu in the capital received a secret letter from the governor of Jinchuan. He was shocked at first, "That old man is willing to surrender to me?" Then after discussing with his followers, someone suggested that only if the governor of Jinzhou was willing to hand over the Jinzhou seal could he show his loyalty.
Soon, another letter came to report: "The Jinzhou governor has handed over the seal to Jinzhou Jinzhi Tower. The seal is on its way back to the capital. He requested to send reinforcements to catch the murderer!"
"Haha! Park Jong-won probably didn't expect that his master Liu Dong would surrender!" Yang Guofu sneered at the friendship of those literati, "Come on, play music at the Prime Minister's Mansion tomorrow!"
"The Jinzhou governor also said in the secret letter that he had discovered Chen Yanjun's whereabouts in Jinchuan County and requested support from Jinzhou County's Jinzhi Tower."
"Good! Good! Good!" Yang Guofu said three good words loudly, "Let everyone in Jinzhou County's Jinzhi Tower assist Liu Dong and tell him that as long as he can capture Chen Yanjun alive, I will promise to make him a vassal king!"
"Park Jong-won, as long as I can win over the governors and prefects of the northern counties, what can you use to fight me!" Yang Guofu was ecstatic.
After the people in Jinzhou Prefecture had some exchanges, Yan Lang, Yuzhu and others disappeared. When Yan Lang left, he told Jiao Niang, "I believe you can do it!" When the dinner was going on normally, a group of uninvited guests appeared in the house.
The mysterious man in black said respectfully to Liu Dong: "The Prime Minister has ordered that from today on, you are the owner of the Lanyu Tower in Jinzhou County. You can command all our men at your command."
"Okay! Then you should quickly go and capture the people from Zuiyanlou! Xueyi, you should also go with this master. They are new to Jinzhou County and are not familiar with the terrain. You should go and help this master."
"Yes!" Liu Xueyi put on armor and went out with them.
As soon as the door closed, the governor sat limply on the ground, "Please bless my son and Chen Yanjun and the others with a safe journey."
"Sir Governor, are the things I want ready?" Jiao Niang asked, and then the governor took her into a clean room, "When the young master comes back, send him to this room immediately."
After Jiao Niang finished her arrangements, she took out a complete set of surgical tools from her space and soaked them in medicinal wine! She closed her eyes and waited for Liu Xueyi to arrive.
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