The emperors of the Lao Zhu family were famous for being rich in idle businessmen with "wide-ranging hobbies." If you pull out the history books and take a look, you will find the emperor who promoted weaving, the emperor who cultivated immortals, the carpenter emperor and of course, there was also the great general emperor Zhengde. I don¡¯t know if this ¡°willfulness¡± is engraved in the genes of the old Zhu family, causing the clan to be average. Shen Rui looked at a small lacquered wood token in his hand and twitched the corners of his mouth. Brother Shou had not yet become the "General" emperor, but he had first encountered an even more unreliable "Mountain King" clan. That brand is not a precious wood, but the workmanship is quite fine. The tiger down the mountain is carved lifelike and majestic, and the word "Ling" also looks like the handwriting of a famous artist, powerful and powerful. ???????????????????????????????? But it clearly says on it, the leader of the Red Tiger Village, the Divine Arm Vajra Zhu Youming. It¡¯s actually a real name! Those who usually raise thieves, such as King Ning raising water bandits in Taihu Lake and mountain bandits in Jiangxi, are all raised as chess pieces and scattered soldiers. Zhu Youming, the auxiliary general of Zhao Fan's Linzhang Palace, took up the profession of bandit with true feelings. He gathered hundreds of rogues and desperadoes from the market, built a stronghold on Cishan, and served as bandit himself. Your Majesty, it¡¯s okay if I don¡¯t change my name or surname. I really don¡¯t know whether to make a token or a business card! "Does everyone in the world use this order?" He Taizhi was curious, playing with a token in his hand, and humbly asked Du Laoba, a senior in the world, for advice. Du Laoba laughed so hard that he almost burst into laughter and shouted: "Master He, don't be deceived by his fake tricks! Is this the county magistrate who is handing out signatures? Hahahaha! Who on the street would use such a thing? Right? Lao Wan?" He Taizhi also laughed. Shen Rui couldn't help but smile, and just like the common people's assumption that the royal family was like the empress of the East Palace spreading big cakes and the empress of the West Palace peeling green onions, the general of the auxiliary country was afraid that the world was being used as a script. The short and stocky man called "Lao Wan" standing next to him laughed dryly, but he was quite reserved and did not dare to joke casually. This person was the bandit who kidnapped Du Min that day, named Wan Dongjiang. He took the news about Du Min and the gangsters as a meeting gift, and helped Du Laoba take the Chihu Village in Cishan in one fell swoop. Now Wan Dongjiang has successfully transformed from a robber to a bodyguard, and has led his brothers into Shunfeng Mark line. They all rely on the "road" for their livelihood. Wan Dongjiang is said to be familiar with the way, face, and rules. There is no obstacle to changing his career. "It's just that he is new after all. In front of a high-ranking official like Shen Rui who has elite soldiers, he will inevitably shrink back. Shen Rui was kind to him. Because he was well versed in the gangster's village, he searched the Red Tiger Village inside and out, keeping all the survivors alive and not a single piece of evidence that needed to be collected. The work was done cleanly and beautifully, which made Shen Rui's subsequent work much easier. "Lao Wan, we still have to work hard for you and the brothers for a few days. We still need to send people to guard the mountain pass. No information can be leaked for the time being." Young Shen Rui waved his hand to stop the unreasonable teasing of He Taizhi and Du Laoba, and said The token was thrown back into the evidence box and turned towards Wandong Jiangdao. Wan Dongjiang hurriedly bowed and agreed, saying "don't dare, don't dare, I will take care of the matter for you." Shen Rui nodded slightly and said to Du Laoba: "Lao Du, the people from Taihang should withdraw. You can take people to Zhu Youming's water and land docks and keep an eye on them. Wait for news here and then take action." Du Laoba immediately patted his chest to ensure that everything was safe. When he visited his old friends, he learned that the situation in Henan was serious, and he had already started to mobilize experts from the Baxian garages from the relatively stable east of Beizhili to Shandong to come and help, and now many have arrived. This dock market is different from the cottage. There is no hiding place and no masters. Most of them are ruffians. Du Laoba's Green Wolf Gang is from the market and is best at dealing with such people. The two men took the order. Over there, He Taizhi was looking through the evidence and was quite excited because he asked Shen Rui: "Second brother, are we going to Anyang (Fucheng) right now? Here in Wu'an" That After the bandit rebellion was suppressed, Shen Rui and his party have been stationed in Wu'an County. On the surface, they are providing disaster relief and appeasing the people, but secretly, they are naturally investigating Zhu Youming's various illegal activities. Gao Wenhu¡¯s men were divided into several groups. In addition to continuing to arrest the bandits with great fanfare, they also helped the county guard some uneasy victims, and helped maintain the work-for-disaster relief order of Li Hao¡¯s side. This bandit rebellion caused a lot of damage to Xixiang and Nanxiang of Wu'an. Many villages were destroyed and many people lost their lives. Li Qi's simple shack construction method came in handy and facilitated centralized management of the victims. Li Ji¡¯s work-for-relief project mainly focused on water conservancy, mobilizing a large number of victims to take advantage of the dry season to dredge rivers, dig trenches and repair canals, in preparation for next spring plowing. Shen Rui arranged a batch of road construction jobs - Wu'an is very mountainous, and you always have to rely on the mountains.?, and no matter what is to be planted in the mountains, there must be roads to transport it. After the chaos in Wu'an, people's minds were at peace. Most of the villagers were simple people. The rule of "working to eat" was the main motivation for them to work for relief. The main motivation for their work was to build canals for their own fields. , the county magistrate and the chief registrar vigorously promoted that Shen Qingtian had led Shandong to become rich. Everyone felt that Wu'an's good days were just around the corner, so they naturally worked hard. ¡°Of course, no matter the thorny ones or the slippery ones, they were all picked out and thrown into the heaviest jobs, so no one dared to look for trouble. The big families in the city even recognize Shen Qingtian¡¯s golden signboard. Who knows that Dengzhou is also a land with many mountains and few fields. It was also plagued by famine for many years, but what about now? That is already comparable to Jinan Prefecture, and it also has the nickname Xiao Jiangnan! During this period, how many wealthy businessmen have emerged! It is said that the Lei family who is about to help in Wu'an is about to help the little landlord in the ravine. Who knows him, but now he lifts Shandong cocoon silk, who does not say that the Lei family is the first one! The Tatars outside the Great Wall recognize this cocoon silk the most. The Lei family came back from Liaodong and feared that they would not be able to make a fortune! There aren¡¯t many things around Wu¡¯an, but there are a lot of mountains! If we raise mountain silkworms to weave silk cocoons, and go to Shanxi to make a fortune outside the Great Wall Just thinking about it makes the big family's eyes red with excitement, and they are eagerly looking forward to Governor Shen attracting Shandong's wealthy businessmen to make a fortune with them. , so whenever Governor Shen has an order, they will resolutely implement it. At this time, Dong Shuang, the wife of the county magistrate, once again stood up to organize the "Jishantang". The wealthy households immediately responded positively and donated generously, and even secretly competed with each other to see who could donate more. Some even don¡¯t even hide the food at home and donate it all, hoping to have a name with the governor and county magistrate, and think of them first if they have a good business in the future. During this banditry, almost all the original communities were destroyed. Now it is time to rebuild the yellow list and reorganize the communities. With the donations and food from the "Jishantang", as well as the disaster relief allocated by the governor, With grain and cattle promised to arrive next spring, Zhuzi's warehouses were quickly established in each village. At the same time, the land clearing is also progressing rapidly. ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????: While the county government checked the archives one by one and issued new deeds, it naturally also checked the hidden fields of those large households. With the governor sitting in charge and heavy troops on his side, no one dared to make any mistakes. It can be said that everything in Wu'an is developing on the right track. But it would be too optimistic to say that this will stabilize the situation and sit back and relax. After all, this chaos has just passed a few days ago, the bandit leader has not been caught, and the mastermind behind the scenes has not even been seen. It is true that Zhu Youming, the auxiliary general of Zhao Fan, was greedy for money and violent. Chihuzhai did participate in this banditry, but to say that he rebelled against Xiao Xiang's position as the Ninth Five-Year Master is to think highly of him. He The hardware conditions are not met. King Anhua is a county king after all, and he has to win over the border generals and suppress the border troops before he dares to rebel. Zhu Youming, a general who is supporting the country, is counting on two to three hundred bandits and forty or fifty local ruffians to rebel. It is a joke. Zhu Youming is more like fishing in troubled waters, or becoming a knife in the hands of others. Of course, no matter what kind, he must be taken down quickly. "On the Wu'an side, some troops will stay behind. There are Li Chu and his son and Shen Xiu. It's not a big problem. Let's not go to Fucheng and go directly to Linzhang." Shen Rui said in a deep voice: "First take down these monsters and demons from Linzhang Prince's Palace. " He Taizhi nodded and said: "It's just that, second brother, if this involves Prince Zhao's Mansion, we have so few manpower I heard that Zhao Fan Dingkou is also very large, so why don't we wait for Jiang Heizi? Over there?" "We can't wait any longer, Jiang He's people won't be here for a while," Shen Rui said. "Today's Henan can't afford to make troubles and needs to be resolved quickly." There was something in his heart that was difficult to say even to He Taizhi. He had always suspected that Prince Ning was involved in this matter, but the evidence he had obtained so far showed no trace of Ning Fan. But Prince Ning¡¯s young master has been in Henan for a little longer. The theory is that Henan is in such chaos that they should leave as soon as possible. However, now that I am leaving Henan and entering Zhili, the time is just right. When I arrive in Beijing in the early twelfth lunar month, I have to stay in Beijing to celebrate the New Year. And if I want to be the incense minister in the Taimiao Temple, I will not have time to learn the corresponding etiquette. In the palace, the news of Queen Xia's pregnancy was still being kept under wraps. Based on the few words Brother Shou revealed during the chat, Shen Rui estimated that she would not give birth until March or April next year Ning Fan has been lavishly sending gold and silver to win over her for many years. The courtiers have always spent money to fight public opinion wars at all costs, and Beijing has spread rumors about the virtues of the young master of Ning Mansion.??Flying all over the sky. "It's a matter of national foundation." In this New Year, I don't know how many people who are jealous of money and how many people who pretend to be confused will jump up and down in the government. However, what if the news of Zhao Fan's "commission" spreads to Beijing? "The rebellion of King Anhua is not far away. Now there is another sect that is colluding with the rebels and intends to seize the county seat, which is still close to Beizhili "Zongfan, is it still safe? Under this situation, Shen Rui wanted to see who else would jump out and cheer for Ning Fan Therefore, Zhu Youming's matter must be completed quickly, the evidence must be smashed, smashed to death, and sent to Beijing quickly. "First of all, let's just take the vassals of the Linzhang County princes. As for the Zhao vassal," Shen Rui smiled coldly, "With the temper of King Zhao, he has the heart to protect his shortcomings, and he may not dare to act rashly." He Taizhi silently completed the second half of the sentence in his mind. It is better to act rashly and catch them all in one fell swoop. * Anyang, Zhangde Prefecture, the back hall of the government office "Whether the young master of the Ning Prefecture wants to be the incense minister of the Imperial Ancestral Temple, it depends on the emperor's wishes, but we must protect the person first. If something goes wrong, the court will ask us for the person. , What should we do? Go and see him!" Zhangde Magistrate Yu Pan put the tea cup down on the table and stared at the judge He Hanzong who was still waiting to open his mouth. "The Secretary Xiang of Taimiao is just a lie, but there is still a real fifty thousand taels of silver! That person brought the silver of King Ning Xiaojing to Xiu Hongde Hall! Fifty thousand taels, that's fifty thousand taels, something went wrong "You or I?" "He Tongpan was speechless. As Magistrate Yu said, it's another matter whether the incense in the Ancestral Temple will be successful or not. The 50,000 taels of silver is true. Can Qianqing Palace not be repaired? The emperor was blamed for wasting this money, which was much worse than offending a governor. He Tongpuan comforted himself and calmed down a little, but he still couldn't help asking: "Then the young master of Ning Mansion has also left Henan. If Mr. Shen is still in Wu'an and doesn't come to Anyang, can we just do this?" Are you waiting? " When civil unrest breaks out in Wu'an, it is inevitable that the officials of the Zhangde Mansion will be held accountable. However, Henan has suffered from natural disasters for many years and people's livelihood is difficult. It is expected that the court will not punish them severely; but the failure of rescue is completely OK. Pushed it to the Qianhu Office in Lin County and to the head of the Henan Dusi. However, after the governor rescued Wu'an County, the magistrate did not immediately welcome the governor to the city. This still made other officials of the Zhangde Mansion feel frightened. They were afraid that if the governor was unhappy, he would write a note with his pen and they would be punished. I couldn't eat anymore and walked away. The governor stayed in Wu'an County for several days. However, the magistrate was so stable that the junior officials like him were already as anxious as ants on a hot pot. They were worried about the magistrate Yu. Eight generations of ancestors have scolded him eighteen hundred times. "If he comes, ask you, are there any countermeasures for disaster relief? How much grain does the official warehouse have? There is still no harvest this autumn, where will the grains come from next spring? How do you answer?" Magistrate Yu asked coldly. He Tongpuan was choked and raised his neck. ??Ding You, a former colleague of Zhangde Prefecture, left his post and returned to his hometown due to his father's death. In many places in Henan, the summer and autumn grain harvests failed, the number of victims increased sharply, and bandits were everywhere. It became a hot potato, and no one was willing to fill the gap. And as the situation between North Korea and China has become increasingly chaotic recently, no one pays attention to this issue. Magistrate Yu is a veteran in officialdom, and he quickly handed over all the work done by Tong Zhi to Tong Pan from the very beginning. He Tongpuan had been in charge of the two major stalls in the past few months and was already exhausted mentally and physically. Hearing the long list of questions from the governor, he couldn't help but have a headache. He opened his mouth and just said half a sentence: "More than ten porridge stalls have been set up " Magistrate Yu interrupted him and said: "There is also the matter of clearing the land of the father-in-law. " He Tongpan was completely speechless. ??What to clear? Not to mention how many wealthy families there are in Zhangde Mansion, just talk about Prince Zhao's Mansion. There is no way to clear it. Magistrate Yu snorted from his nose and said: "Then why don't you take advantage of the fact that the governor hasn't arrived and think carefully about what should be done and what accounts should be writtenah? You have done everything clearly. You are so anxious. If you go up to him, won't you be afraid of being frightened by him? Zhangde is the first time he gets into Henan Province." He Tongfang had no choice but to respond. When he saw the magistrate taking a cup of tea and taking a sip, he understood that he meant to see off his guests. , then he stood up and left. The first thing a new official needs to do when taking office is to avoid being used as firewood to fill the stove. He Tongpan sighed and went to the reserve warehouse, preparing to make the grain and rice accounts more smoothly. There was not much rice and grain in the past, but now, alas, not only the disaster relief, but the young master of Ning Mansion brought a team of people to escort the 50,000 taels of silver. This man eats horse chews and needs local supplies. ??????????????????? It is possible that the Ancestral Temple¡¯s Secretary Xiang and even further master, can you not please the prefect Yu? He specially transferred a batch of grain and grass supplies from the treasury, and several official warehouses?Bottom out. Alas, when the governor was in Shandong, he built the Zhuzi Shegang. I heard that it is now being built in Wu'an. I thought that when I came to Anyang, I had to do this first. When the granary was empty, there must be an explanation He Tong When I think about it, it feels extremely difficult. What he expected was not bad. Later, Governor Shen arrived in Fucheng and indeed pushed Zhu Zi Shecang up again. However, at that time, he no longer had to worry about insufficient food. Because, before arriving in Fucheng, the legendary "Shen Chao" committed another earth-shattering incident of confiscating all the vassal houses including Linzhang Prince's Palace! The vassal mansion is full of grain, rice, and gold and silver, many times more than the reserve warehouse in the county. People say that it is enough to feed the people of the county for two years "Copycat the Linzhang Prince's Mansion?!" Prefect Yu Pan almost jumped. He got up, hurriedly grabbed the person who came to report the news, and said sternly: "The entire Linzhang Palace?! Not even a vassal house was spared? How is it possible! How many people did he bring?!" Fortunately, he was in the secret room, otherwise this The roar can alert the entire government office. Magistrate Yu's eyes were sinister and he said almost word by word: "Is Zhu Youming really dead?" The messenger shook unconsciously, and then whispered back: "Shen Rui transferred people from Dezhou Guard, I don't know. How many are there? Are you afraid of ten thousand? There are still more than two thousand on Gao Wenhu's side. They don't have a single Henan soldier The younger one went to the market, and the road there was blocked because he was in a hurry to report to the adults. I didn't go to Cishan, but since Cishan didn't come to rescue me, I was afraid" "De, Zhou, Wei?" Magistrate Yu couldn't help but grit his teeth. Prefect Yu also thought that Shen Rui, the commander of the Shandong and Henan Military Affairs Bureau, might dispatch Shandong soldiers to respond to emergencies. After all, this guy had just come to Henan, and whether the people on the ground in Henan would listen to him or not was another question, so he kept sending people to keep an eye on the nearest people. Dongchang Prefecture Pingshan Guard, but never thought that Shen Rui would transfer the Dezhou Guard. Not to mention the Dezhou Guard, the key point is that the commander of the Dezhou Guard is Zhou Xian! ! Doesn¡¯t the Shen family have a grudge against the Zhou family? ! "After all, he is an heir, a beast that is not well-raised." Magistrate Yu was so angry that he couldn't help but cursed in dialect for a long time to vent his anger. But he also knew very well the benefits of transferring Zhou Xian here. Ordinary commanders, such as Guo Ren of Pingshan Guard, would not have the guts to raid the vassal mansion without an explicit order. Without a good father-in-law like Shen Rui, who wouldn't worry about being the scapegoat? " Only Zhou Xian is the only legitimate son of Xianmiao's sister, Princess Chongqing. Given her status and seniority in the clan, she has no scruples about making a move, and the court does not dare to say anything. And the Dezhou Guard also has a lot of soldiers. As Shandong became increasingly prosperous, water and land transportation became more and more important. Dezhou guarded the water and dry roads from nine provinces to Beijing, and its status also increased. Originally, the Dezhou Guard was divided into the main guard and the left guard. After Zhou Xian left for a year, both guards were under his command. In recent years, the guard base has continued to expand its troops. The original number of troops was 8,000, but now there are more than 20,000. The number of troops responsible for water transportation has also been expanded from 1,000 to 5,000. It is winter now, when the fields are idle and the canals are frozen. Zhou Xian has dispatched 10,000 troops and horses to Henan, which is more than enough. Ten thousand soldiers and horses Magistrate Yu thought over and over in his mind several times, and then he said in a deep voice to the messenger: "Don't go to Tangyin, hurry up and call for someone, no, go there yourself, go to Zhou Mansion, Yi Mansion , and there is a message from the Zheng Mansion." The messenger responded and asked: "What about the Zhao Mansion" Magistrate Yu said disdainfully: "A wimp, a little brat, can't beat Shen Rui. What did he do?" Even though he said this, he sent away the messenger, and the next day he still claimed that he was ill and blocked all those who came to visit him because of the cold. The next day, the news that Linzhang Prince's Mansion was raided spread a lot in the city. Not long after the news of bandits attacking the city in Wu'an came to the capital, it was a sensitive period. It was revealed that the general of the auxiliary country, Zhu Youming, was secretly raising bandits and coercing the victims of Wu'an County to attack Wu'an County with the intention of treason. How could this not attract people's attention? Notice. There was a lot of discussion in the streets for a while. Soon, it was revealed that Zhu Youming had been rebelling for a long time. A few years ago, he had secretly set up a checkpoint at the Taihang Mountain Pass, set up a private black cell, secretly carved a customs seal, and set up a private forex market at the water and land wharf. I heard that Lord Shen, the governor, was in the county government office to hear the case against the vassal for oppressing the people. The first case was shocking. A family named Duan came to sue, claiming that Duan Xiang, a lowly citizen, had offended Zhu Youming for no reason and was tortured to death. Zhu Youming went so crazy that he ordered his slaves to chop off his head and chop off his face and body parts. , Abandoned corpse outside the city. The Duan family wanted to collect the body and bury it, but they were harassed and blackmailed in every possible way, and almost lost their entire family. The case was quickly concludedEverything told by Duan's family members is true, there are both witnesses and physical evidence, and the slave who committed the murder also confessed and was tacked on. Because Zhu Youming belonged to the clan and had many crimes on his body, he had to be escorted back to Beijing to be judged by the emperor himself. The evil slaves who committed crimes were sentenced to death in court, and without any delay they were taken out and beheaded in public in the street. The local people have been suffering from the feudal lords for a long time, and they all applaud and applaud them, and they are more and more daring to expose the evil deeds of the feudal lords. Since then, there has been an endless stream of cases, and people have been robbed of their lands and property, and even their families have been destroyed. Zhu Youming is not the only one who is cruel. The generals Zhenguo, Fuguo and Fengguo of Linzhang County and Prince are extremely cruel. Black hands are ruthless. Otherwise, what does the gold and silver grains accumulated in the warehouse of the Fanfan come from? ! It's not Lumi, it's all people's fat and people's anointing! Linzhang Prince's Mansion, the copying was not unfair at all. Of course, Prince Zhao¡¯s Mansion would not think so. When the Zhao Palace got the news and rushed to the prefect Yu Pan, they found that Yu Pan was "sick and couldn't afford to go to bed." The royal palace chief Shi directly brought the palace's good doctor and the medicine eunuch to "visit the patient". Unexpectedly, Magistrate Yu had already prepared. The palace's good doctor diagnosed the pulse and said that it was indeed a high fever due to wind and cold. The medicine eunuch had read the prescription and even the medicine. Zhazi also said that everything was symptomatic. Chang Shi was so angry that his nose was crooked, but he had no choice but to leave in anger. After being in charge of fellow governors for a long time, He Tongpan was about to take over the larger government affairs of the prefect. He was so angry that he jumped at home and scolded Prefect Yu for being cunning. At the same time, he was also worried, fearing that Prince Zhao's palace would come to him. ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? I don¡¯t know if it was because of his low official position that it was difficult to deal with important matters, but the Zhao Palace did not invite him to come to the palace to talk to him. Instead, he was sent a message from heaven, indicating that he would be sent to the capital in a hurry to present it to the emperor. According to the report from He Tongpan's spy, there must have been about ten waves of people leaving Anyang before and after Zhao Wang's Mansion. I don't know where to send the message. Although Judge He Tong pinched his nose and listened to the instructions of Prince Zhao's Palace, he thought coldly in his heart that Governor Shen's case was probably too high for one person, and it would be difficult for Prince Zhao's Palace to turn over no matter how hard it tried. He didn¡¯t have much time to worry about Prince Zhao¡¯s house, because Lord Shen was investigating the vassal¡¯s invasion of the people, so it was inevitable to implicate those local officials who helped the tyranny. ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? could? could not be the one or two?officials involved in?the present situation. The governor was serious about his actions. He was afraid that the officialdom of Zhangde Mansion would change. There were also rumors that Shen Chao's family was afraid of clearing out the rest of Liu Jin's gang. People in Fucheng are panic-stricken, even if they have nothing to do with Liu Jin and Jiao Fang, and there are no people in the same city who have not dealt with Zongfan, there are always some unclear things, and if you look closely, no one is clean. Suifucheng has been in a state of turmoil these past two days. The God of Death "Shen Chao" was on his way here, and the Prince of Zhao, the God of Decay, was rushing out of the city in waves every day, and another great god - the land-scraping god, Henan's guarding eunuch Liao Boring, also rushed to take action at this time. There was a scene in Fucheng with great momentum. Everyone in the city was complaining. They were afraid that Eunuch Liao would scratch the ground again like before, and they were also afraid that this was the great man invited by Prince Zhao's "inviting magic talisman" one after another, and he would have to carry Governor Shen on his shoulders. " You say that when gods fight, little devils will suffer. If these two fight, if one of them is a little crooked, the place will be in disaster. The official official began to plan for his own family, and Yu Zhifu, who was "seriously ill," gradually "healed" and could get out of bed and walk around. When Eunuch Liao arrived in Anyang City, he did not go to see King Zhao first. Instead, he came to the government office to take a look at Magistrate Yu. He didn't bring any doctors with him, and he didn't care much about the prefect's physical condition. He didn't even enter the ward. He just stood in the front hall symbolically and said lightly, "It doesn't matter, I'll take you to Prince Zhao's Mansion later." Yes." Then he swaggered into the villa vacated by the richest man's family in the city, and accepted a large number of filial piety, including those from the Yu family. He kept his word, and two days later, he actually asked someone to carry a sliding pole to carry Magistrate Yu to Prince Zhao's Mansion. Magistrate Yu was actually "recovered" enough to be able to walk on the ground, but he couldn't immediately show that he was alive and well, so he had to thank the superior officer again and again for his understanding and "strengthen his sick body" to sit on the sliding pole. Also going with them were Governor Shen Rui, who had just arrived in Fucheng, and Zhou Xian, the commander of the Dezhou Guard.