.      Xu Wei's arrival cast a layer of tension in the entire Lu City. Anyone who has the news knows that this guy is the one who comes to find the Hawk. If he catches him, he will not have a good life. Whether it is doing business or becoming an official in Lu City, I am afraid that few of them will have clean butts.

Sima Rui led the civil and military officials of Lucheng out of the city and grandly received the imperial envoy from the court. Seeing Xu Wei's silly face with a national character, everyone was worried. Only Sima Rui, like a person, was chatting and laughing. As expected by She Wenzhuang, the eldest prince did not stand by and watch the fourth prince dig his corner. The imperial envoy changed from one to two. Huang Pu, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of War, also inserted it in. Xu Wei was in charge of the case, and Huang Pu, the name of Huang Pu, was to rectify the military affairs of Lucheng, to prevent such incidents from happening again, and to investigate the military chief of Lucheng.

"It is rare that the two adults come together to a remote place like Lucheng. Thank you for your hard work. Sima Rui prepares a little wine in the mansion to welcome the two adults!" Sima Rui smiled and bowed to Xu Wei and Huang Pu, both of them were in charge of the court. The third-rank official is not nominally higher than Sima Rui, a fourth-rank general.

Xu Wei waved his hand and interrupted Sima Rui's words, "There is no need to greet you for the time being. I came to Lucheng to take the order to thoroughly investigate the case of the massacre in Yunjia Village. I believe that General Sima's case files have been prepared in this regard, and I must read the case files first."

Sima Rui was stunned. He didn't expect that Xu Wei would give him any face in front of so many people and called him back on the spot. For a moment, his face couldn't help but look ugly.

Huang Pu, who was on the side, smiled and said to Xu Wei: "Mr. Xu, why bother? It's a 3,000-mile journey from the capital. Not to mention that Lord Xu is a civil servant, even I, an old corpse, have almost lost my body along the way. Although investigating the case is a metaphor, I don't have to hurry up in this moment, and this is not something that can be done in just a few days. You have to calm down and take your time. It's rare that General Sima made arrangements. We guests should follow the guests, ah, hahaha, go to have a meal first, relax, and exchange your views on this matter during the meal. How about it, Lord Xu?"

Xu Wei sighed and said that he could be rude to Sima Rui, but Huang Pu was of the same rank as him and was an official in the same dynasty. He still had to give this little face. What's more, both of them were imperial envoys. If they got up with him, they would inevitably let everyone see the conflict between imperial envoys, which was very unbeautiful.

"Since Lord Huang also said so, let's go to have a meal first, and then start after the meal!"

Seeing Xu Wei let out a sigh of relief, Sima Rui couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, thinking that the prince was wise. If Xu Wei really came alone, how could he make things difficult for him!

"Two sirs, let me introduce this. This is Wang Min, deputy general of Lucheng, and this is the battalion general of Lucheng." Sima Rui waved his hand, and Wang Min, Yao Meng and others, who were standing behind him, took a step forward and saluted Xu Wei and Huang Pu, "I will meet the two sirs at the end."

"I'm exempted. All the generals guarding the border city are all the pillars of my Dayue. The border is bitter and cold, and it's not as good as the prosperity of the mainland. You're suffering!" Huang Pu said with a smile. These people are all soldiers. In name, they are their bosses and are in charge of them. Moreover, after Sima Rui took office, Yao Meng and several other battalion generals issued by him. To be honest, it can greatly bring the relationship closer.

"General Sima has a keen eye to recognize people. When I issued your letter of responsibility, I still felt a little confused. Can these people be competent? Today, when I saw all the Yingrong, I couldn't help but feel relieved. It's such a hero!" Huang Pu laughed.

Xu Wei snorted, "A true hero will keep the people on the border from being disturbed and live and work in peace and contentment. Now it is rampant and killing people. You have to work harder. Don't let Lord Huang's painstaking efforts go to waste. If this happens again, I'm afraid that everyone will be unable to protect their heads."

Yao Meng and others all changed their faces and bowed to answer. Sima Rui's face also looked ugly, and Huang Pu's smile was also condensed on his face. This was a slap in the face in public. Xu Hammer really didn't give him any face.

"General Wang!" Xu Wei looked at Wang Min.

"The last one will be here!"

"When I passed by Qinghe County, I also visited the veteran General Feng Congyi." Xu Wei looked at him, "The veteran general is looking forward to you and said a lot of good things to you."

Wang Min was ashamed, "The last general failed the old general's expectations."

Xu Wei snorted, but the following was gone. Huang Pu said, "Mr. Xu and I visited the old general Feng, mainly to understand the situation around Lucheng. Now it seems that the changes are quite big!"

Sima Rui smiled slightly, knowing that Huang Pu was helping him, so he immediately took over the conversation, "The court is wise and set up a court in Lucheng. Today's Lucheng is changing so much compared to this time last year. Two sirs, let's go, Sima introduces it to you, and also ask you to see the new atmosphere of Lucheng today! Two sirs, please!"

In the general's mansion, the banquet was extremely sumptuous. The northern border town had a very different dietary habits from Shangjing, but Sima Rui specially invited a chef with Shangjing style from Tanzhou. The table of dishes was full of Shangjing style, which surprised Xu Wei and Huang Pu. The more you went north, the two people who rarely left Beijing had almost never had a good meal.

Eating familiar food and looking at Wang Min who was a little dejected below, Xu Wei sighed in his heart and went to visit Feng Congyi himself, hoping to get some support from him. After all, Feng Congyi has been in charge of Lucheng for decades and has subordinates all over Lucheng. But now it seems that the form is very bad. It seems that the entire Lucheng, except for Wang Min, who is obviously excluded, has been closely united around Sima Rui, which has brought great difficulties to his mission.

Wang Min alone doesn't know what support he can support him? But no matter what, he still has to talk to him, even if he can get a little information from him, Wang Min has been in Lucheng for so long, and there are still some news channels, better than his first time coming, his eyes darkened, and he had to open a crack. Xu Wei believes that with his own ability and case handling experience, he can tear the gap bigger and bigger, thus exposing all the things that were not seen behind the curtain in broad daylight.

The Yunjia Village case is just an excuse, and it is the top priority to find out what the eldest prince may do here.

Thinking of this, Xu Wei couldn't help but feel a little heavy. Things were far from as easy as he imagined. Lu Cheng, now it seems, has become a one-man show.

There were chatting and laughing at the table, and drinking and drinking, but people had their own thoughts and plans. Xu Wei was here to turn the table over, and Huang Puchun came to stir up Xu Wei's situation. Both of them understood in their hearts, but their faces were still harmonious. You toast me, I toast you, and I looked like you to make friends.

Just as the time came, an officer hurriedly stepped into the banquet hall, leaned over and whispered a few times in Sima Rui's ear, and Sima Rui's face changed slightly.

"However, what military affairs are there?" Huang Pu asked when he saw this.

Sima Rui smiled slightly, "It's okay, I just got the news that the horse bandits in Yingzui Rock suddenly made a big move, and their target was unknown!"

"But towards Lucheng?" Huang Pu asked.

"It is not possible to judge at the moment. Lord Huang, these horse bandits come and go like the wind, and their whereabouts are difficult to determine, Yao Meng!"

"The last one will be here!"

"You lead the first battalion and go out of Lucheng to guard against these horse bandits coming to Lucheng to harass."

"Yes, General!"

Yao bowed and turned around and left.

"Come on, two sirs, let's continue. Just a few bandits, don't care. If you dare to invade me, Lucheng, you will just let the two sirs see the power of Lucheng's military!" Sima Rui said with a smile.

"I feel relieved if General Sima has this responsibility!" Huang Pu said with a smile.

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Chapter completed!