Chapter 111 Have You Offended Someone?
After hearing his subordinates' report, Chen Jin looked up at the sky and said, "Let him in!"

After a while, the handsome and refined Ou Zanghua came in, bowed and said, "Your subordinate Ou Zanghua pays homage to the Lord Xiantai."

Chen Jin sat on the chair and bowed in return. He looked at Ou Zanghua and asked calmly, "No need to be polite. Are you afraid of fighting?"

Ou Zanghua replied calmly: "I am not afraid."

Chen Jin smiled on his serious face, nodded and said, "Very good. The former Jiangxi Provincial Surveillance Deputy Envoy Zhou Xian fought bravely and died heroically for his country. The court has appointed you to temporarily take over his position. I hope you can also do your best for the country like Zhou Xian."

"Yes, I will remember it." Ou Zanghua bowed again.

Chen Jin took out a military token, placed it on the table, and said calmly: "Zhou Xian's former troops are stationed near Yonghe Gate. You will take over tomorrow."

"Yes."

After coming out of the Governor's Office, Ou Zanghua quickened his pace and arrived at the Nanchang government office before dark to pay a visit to Nanchang Prefect Li Chengxun.

After receiving the news, Li Chengxun immediately came out of the government office and went to the gate to greet him in person.

Both of them had the same master, Li Dongyang, so they were naturally close.

They entered the reception room of the government office together. Li Chengxun ordered someone to serve tea before he started chatting with Ou Zanghua.

After the cold, Ou Zanghua did not hide anything and said directly: "Brother Li, I just visited the Lord Xiantai, and tomorrow I will take over the old subordinates of Deputy Envoy Zhou."

"Hmm." Li Chengxun stroked his beard and said after a moment's silence, "After Deputy Envoy Zhou died heroically, everyone in his army was angry, which can boost morale. But Junior Brother Ou has just arrived, and some soldiers are not convinced. Junior Brother Ou should not be soft-hearted."

"Thank you, Senior Brother Li, for your guidance." After hearing this, Ou Zanghua finally understood what was going on.

He continued to ask, "I wonder what the situation was like recently? Senior Brother Li, please enlighten me."

After hearing this, Li Chengxun sighed and said, "The whole of Jiangxi is in a mess."

Ou Zanghua: ???

"The Hualin bandits Luo Guangquan and Chen Fu have not been pacified. In Fuzhou, local bandits Wang Yuwu, Xu Yangsan, Fu Jieyi, and Jie Duansan have emerged from the east. In Nanchang, there are Yaoyuan bandits Wang Chenger, Wang Haoeight, Yin Yongten, and Hong Ruiqi. In Ganzhou, the Damaoshan bandit He Jiqin has risen again."

As Li Chengxun spoke, he couldn't help but look at Ou Zanghua and asked, "Did Junior Brother Ou offend anyone?"

If you haven't offended anyone, wouldn't it be more comfortable to be an editor in the Hanlin Academy in the capital than to come here and suffer?

"Ahem. Senior Brother Li, I'm just taking over temporarily." Ou Zanghua almost choked on his tea and had to remind him.

"Oh!" Li Chengxun understood, with a bit of envy on his face. He was worthy of being a first-class Jinshi. He could not even imagine such treatment.

Ou Zanghua was speechless. Didn't you bring up this topic yourself?
He adjusted his mood and continued to ask, "Does Senior Brother Li have any plan to defeat the enemy?"

Li Chengxun's eyes turned, and he suddenly said loudly: "When I was leading the troops with the Provincial Surveillance Commissioner Wang to attack the Hualin bandits, we recruited a talented man named Huang Qi, who is both civil and military, and has a good strategy. I will introduce him to Junior Brother Ou. When Junior Brother Ou returns to the capital, you can also mention him to Your Majesty! After all, talents are hard to come by."

Ou Zanghua was stunned. What did this have to do with the question he asked?
But he quickly reacted and advised earnestly: "Brother Li, I admire your love for talent. But as the saying goes, things are unpredictable, so you must be on guard against others. What's more, he is a surrendered general. Who knows if he is pretending to surrender? Please be more cautious, Brother Li."

"Junior Brother Ou! You don't need to say this anymore."

Li Chengxun said with a stern look, "Since I have accepted Huang Qi, I should trust him completely! If Junior Brother Ou has doubts, I will prove it to you personally."

"Senior Brother Li, don't take any risks!" Ou Zanghua quickly held down Li Chengxun.

"No need to say more, just watch, Junior Brother Ou." Li Chengxun looked confident, while Ou Zanghua looked helpless and had to bow and say goodbye, with an expression that said 'you will suffer the consequences if you don't listen to good advice'.

After Ou Zanghua walked away, Huang Qi in the dark took two deep breaths, adjusted his mentality, walked into the reception room, and bowed, saying, "General Huang Qi, I pay my respects to Lord Li."

"Huh?" Li Chengxun seemed to have just discovered Huang Qi, and asked in surprise: "Huang Qi, when did you come?"

"Just now," Huang Qi said with some guilt. He didn't want Li Chengxun to know that he had been standing outside for a while and heard everything he should and shouldn't have heard. "Oh!" Li Chengxun breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Huang Qi, stay with me in the military tent tonight. Tomorrow morning, I will inspect the military camp."

Huang Qi was even more moved after hearing this. Lord Li actually came up with such a weird reason to help him clear his name. He immediately responded, "Yes!"

Ou Zanghua hurried on his way. These officials were truly horrible. Their acting skills came so suddenly that he almost couldn't catch up with the performance.

Only when I returned home and hugged my wife did I feel that I had left the officialdom and returned to normal life.

Qingqing is great. The children will never go hungry in the future.

"Husband, what's wrong?" Liu Qing was a little confused. She was held in Ou Zanghua's arms and asked shyly.

"Nothing, I just want to hug you." Ou Zanghua smiled and let go of Liu Qing.

He looked at the food on the table and asked, "You haven't eaten yet?"

"Well, my husband didn't ask Senior Brother Da Nian to come back and report the news. I thought you would come back to eat, so I've been waiting for you." Liu Qing smiled and nodded, then she probed into the bowl of food and breathed a sigh of relief when she felt it was still warm.

The couple ate three dishes and a soup under the candlelight, telling some funny stories from time to time, and the atmosphere was very warm.

Early the next morning, Ou Zanghua bid farewell to Liu Qing and, under the leadership of Zhao Tuiguan, led about 200 people to Yonghe Gate.

Four officers and soldiers were standing at the door holding rifles. When they saw a group of people approaching, they immediately became alert.

Zhao Tuiguan hurried forward and said, "This is the newly appointed Deputy Provincial Surveillance Commissioner, Lord Ou. Please do not be rude."

After hearing this, an officer asked, "Do you have a military token?"

Ou Zanghua took out the military token and handed it to Zhao Tuiguan.

When the four officers and soldiers saw him, they immediately knelt down and bowed, saying, "Greetings to the Deputy Censor!"

"No gift."

"Thank you, sir!"

After the four officers and soldiers stood up, two of them were responsible for opening the gate of the military camp and were ready to run in to report to the captain that a superior was coming.

But he was stopped in time by Ou Zanghua, who led about 200 people into the military camp. Zhao Tuiguan beside him reported in a low voice: "Originally, there were 3,000 officers and soldiers in the military camp. Last time, Lord Zhou was ambushed and defeated, and 217 people were killed or injured. Currently, there are 2,700 soldiers who can fight. At present, the two generals Qian Zhongyi and Ma Xiaolin are in charge of the overall situation."

Just then, two tall men came out.

Ou Zanghua turned his head and saw a man eight feet tall, with a waist ten feet wide, a leopard head with round eyes, a swallow chin and tiger beard, and he was as powerful as a galloping horse.

The other man had a face as black as charcoal, sharp eyebrows, a body as strong as a tiger, and a body of steel.

They looked murderous, and when they appeared side by side and marched forward in unison, their momentum was so overwhelming that it made people tremble.

Zuo Lengchan almost subconsciously took a step forward and protected Ou Zanghua behind him.

The two were too powerful, and even Zuo Lengchan wasn't sure he could take down both of them at the same time.

The next moment, the two men bowed and said at the same time: "I, Qian Zhongyi and Ma Xiaolin, pay my respects to Lord Ou!"

Ou Zanghua walked out from behind Zuo Lengchan, gently helped the two of them up and said, "No need to be polite, both of you."

The two men looked at each other silently. The new deputy envoy of the provincial surveillance department was indeed quite courageous.

(End of this chapter)