Chapter 256: Raising an Army to Hold the Culprit Accountable

The spring breeze brings happiness, the spring flowers have bloomed, and the spring thunder of February is beating.

On this day, under Lu Desheng's intentional guidance, the entire Hou City fell into a carnival, with laughter and laughter everywhere.

Shi Tao was no longer in a hurry. After the road was opened, he slowly headed towards Houcheng. He even sent someone to the Liaodong County Governor's Mansion to invite Zheng Xun to Houcheng.

When he approached Houcheng, Zheng Xun was already waiting there.

The two of them entered Hou City in a carriage together, followed by twenty or thirty solemn entourage.

Their group is incompatible with the current atmosphere of Hou City.

"Quickly, go inform the county magistrate that the governor Shi and the county governor Zheng are here." The young city gate general ordered the city gate guards.

"Yes!" The city gate guard ran towards the county government office.

The conversation between the two was quite loud, and two or three people nearby heard it. They were inexplicably worried and followed them spontaneously, praying in their hearts that nothing would happen to Mr. Lu.

These ordinary people followed the governor's motorcade. If they knew anyone, they couldn't help but ask. Several people didn't hide it, and expressed their worries and plans.

"Let's go and see together."

As soon as Lu Desheng came, he negotiated with Xianbei and won a three-year peace period for Liaodong County and Houcheng, and he suddenly won the support of many people.

For a time, more and more people followed, and the team became stronger and stronger.

Jiang Changyun and others will naturally report this situation.

Shi Tao didn't say anything, but Zheng Xun said with a slightly sour tone, "I didn't expect that Lu Desheng would win the hearts of the people as soon as he came here."

When the two arrived at the Houcheng County Yamen, they saw Lu Desheng leading Chen Ping, Liu Heshan and other subordinate officials waiting for them, with Le Guicai standing beside them.

Xuan Tao: Very good, everything is done. These people are quite sensible.

"Your Majesty, your Majesty the Governor, and your Majesty the Sheriff!"

Shi Tao got off the carriage and walked straight to the county government office, "Everyone, come in!"

Zheng Xun glanced at them and quickly followed.

Lu Desheng gave way to Le Guicai, who nodded and went in first.

Lu Desheng followed closely behind without any hesitation.

Chen Ping and Liu Heshan looked at each other and saw the same message in each other's eyes. Sure enough, those who come are not good and those who are kind will not come.

As soon as Shi Tao sat down, he began to question his guilt, "Lu Desheng, do you know your guilt?"

Lu Desheng asked curiously, "Sir, what is the crime of being a low-ranking official?"

"You took the lead in forming a negotiating team to negotiate with the Xianbei Royal Court without authorization, without the consent of Zheng Xun, the governor of Liaodong County, and without the consent of me, the governor of Pingzhou. It is an act of overstepping your authority—"

Le Guicai stepped forward bravely and interceded on behalf of Lu Desheng, "Master Governor, although Master Lu has made some inappropriate mistakes in this negotiation, please consider that this negotiation has achieved significant results..."

"Wait a minute -" Lu Desheng interrupted him directly.

Originally, Lu Desheng wanted to hear Shi Tao finish and see what he could tell him about why he came, but he didn't expect that Le Guicai, a military general, would answer so quickly!

He accepted Le Guicai's kindness to intercede on his behalf, but he couldn't admit guilt.

"The Governor, before I decided to negotiate, I sent people to send letters to the Governor and the Governor respectively. I explained the matter in the letter and invited the two adults to come to Houcheng to preside over the negotiations. It is a pity that until the two sides When the negotiations officially started, both of you didn't come. I had no choice but to go ahead."

So, in summary, it was you who failed in your duties, not me who overstepped my authority.

Everyone understood what Lu Desheng said.

Le Guicai, Chen Ping, Liu Heshan and others looked at Lu Desheng in surprise. When had he sent someone to deliver a letter?

Guo Chunsheng lowered his head, looked at his nose and heart, and submitted his name to the new county magistrate. He was serious. He was the one who helped arrange the messenger sent by the county magistrate.

As soon as Lu Desheng, the new county magistrate, arrived, he knew that he was a man of great courage. He was different from the original magistrate Zheng Qiao who had always wanted to escape from Houcheng...

Shi Tao and Zheng Xun's faces turned dark.

Shi Tao: "You said someone would deliver a message to me, but where is the person? I haven't seen him."

Zheng Xun said quickly, "I didn't see anyone either."

Lu Desheng: "It's impossible. I clearly sent two parties."

At this moment, a government official came to report the matter, "Sir, there is someone outside asking to see you, saying that he has something important to report to you."

Lu Desheng pretended to scold, "Why are you seeing me? Didn't you see that I am busy?"

The yamen servant became anxious, "Sir, that man said he was going to deliver a letter to the governor!"

Lu Desheng was 'surprised', "What? Please come in."

Shi Tao sneered, he wanted to see what tricks he was playing!

Not long after, the person was carried in by a few villagers. The man's left leg was wrapped with loops of straps.

When Lu Desheng saw the person, he stood up in shock and shouted exaggeratedly, "Li Rong, how did you end up like this?"

Li Rong had a 'guilty' look on his face, "Sir, Li Rong has lived up to his trust."

"Don't be too busy apologizing. First, tell me what you did." Lu Desheng pointed to his leg.

"My subordinate went to Liaoxi County to deliver a message to the governor. On the way to Wangping, he encountered a landslide and was hit by sand and rocks. He was knocked unconscious. When he woke up, he found that his leg was broken."

"Fortunately, I was lucky and was knocked unconscious on the side. If I were in the middle, I would have died on the spot. It was also lucky. I was later rescued by a fellow villager."

Several villagers who sent him in nodded after hearing this, proving that what he said was true.

Lü Desheng looked at Shi Tao with embarrassment, "Sir, what do you think of this?"

The man encountered an accident, was pressed there and fainted, his legs were broken, and finally he couldn't deliver the letter. It's really not his fault.

Shi Tao slammed the table, "Lü Desheng, do you think you can deceive this governor by just finding some people to act?"

"Sir, how can you wrongly accuse me like this?" Lü Desheng looked humiliated.

Shi Tao was about to get angry, but his sleeve was pulled by his subordinates, "Sir, the governor--"

Shi Tao looked at Jiang Changyun unkindly.

Jiang Changyun whispered, "Sir, we have seen this person. Didn't we save a person when we organized the villagers to clear the official road before?"

Shi Tao heard this and looked at the man fiercely. After he reminded him, Shi Tao also remembered it. And at this time, he happened to see several villagers who were hesitant to speak.

Another subordinate followed suit, "Yes, sir, I recognize the villagers who carried him in."

"Is this the one you rescued before?"

Several villagers nodded, "Yes, sir, this is indeed the one we rescued before, sir, you were there at the time."

"In that case, you can't blame County Magistrate Lu." Chen Ping and Liu Heshan spoke in a low voice, and the two of them looked quite decent.

The two of them thought to themselves, Lord Lu, the two of us can only help you so far.

Lv Desheng looked at the two of them gratefully, and he was thoughtful.

He retracted his gaze and continued, "Sir, let's have someone carry Li Rong down first? Find a doctor to treat his legs."

Shi Tao was silent for a while, then waved his hand and approved his request.

After the villagers carried Li Rong down, Lv Desheng looked at Zheng Xun, "We also sent someone to deliver a letter for help to the county magistrate."

What? Zheng Xun suddenly realized that he was also involved in this. "I didn't receive the letter."

"No way?" Lv Desheng said exaggeratedly, "The person who sent you the letter didn't meet with an accident?"

"What's going on in Liaodong County? Is it a bad omen for me?" Lv Desheng muttered.

"Go check!" Shi Tao ordered, "See where the person sent by Lord Lv to deliver the letter to Lord Zheng, the county governor, is? I want to see him alive or dead!"

It was just right, taking advantage of this time, he thought about what to do next?