A piece of hot knowledge is,

Jiangnan Road is about two thousand miles away from the two capitals in the pass.

Jiangzhou and Hongzhou are located in the center of Jiangnan Road in Guangliao.

According to the calculation of eight hundred miles express, it means traveling eight hundred miles in one day.

It would take at least half a day for an urgent military message to be transmitted back to Luoyang, the capital of China, along the fastest canal and official road.

This is not counting unexpected delays along the way.

At present, the Great Zhou Dynasty still adopts the ten ways of the world divided by Taizong in the early Qian Dynasty.

Above counties and states, there is no specific administrative unit within a region. Each state operates independently.

The so-called supervisory envoys, Jiedu envoys and other posts are not permanent in other areas except at the border.

In other words, these official positions currently exist, but they have not yet formed the powerful real power that integrated military, civilian, and financial administration into one body as in Ouyang Rong's previous life.

In short, administrative units at the provincial level are of no use for the time being.

The Zhou Dynasty's situation of centralized power and bloated localities, which emphasized internal affairs and neglected external affairs, had both good and bad consequences.

The advantage is that a land is divided into states and counties, each under their own supervision, making it less likely to cause chaos and ensuring stability in the rear.

The disadvantage is that if something goes wrong, the response is slow and there is no one to stand up for it.

Therefore, before the news of the Northern Return garrison causing trouble in Hongzhou has reached the capital of the gods and the court has not reacted,

The message is transmitted back and forth within a window period of nearly ten days.

Only the chief officials of Jiangzhou Hall and Hongzhou Hall responded.

The current situation is such chaos and panic.

In the main hall, Jiangzhou officials gathered, and the atmosphere was silent.

Facing the gazes of Ouyang Rong, Hu Fu and others.

Wang Lengran frowned and couldn't help but glance at Ouyang Rong's calm and calm expression.

His face looked uncertain for a while,

After a while, he reluctantly nodded:

"Eunuch Hu, please be patient. I will go and discuss things with General Zhechong right away."

Wang Lengran hurriedly left the main hall.

Go and summon the generals of Zhe Chong Mansion.

No matter what, at this critical moment, Ouyang Rong and Wang Lengran have the same interests.

Hongzhou and Jiangzhou are horns to each other, and their lips are cold and their teeth are dead.

As the chief and adjutants of Jiangzhou, the two of them would be of no benefit to either party if problems arise in Jiangzhou.

At the entrance of the main hall, Ouyang Rong withdrew his gaze. Only then did he have the energy to observe Khufu, whom he had not seen for a long time.

I saw this emperor's personal envoy, his soap robe was messy, probably because he was in a hurry, his face was haggard, and he had deep dark circles under his eyes.

His palm was still tightly grasped on the handle of the short knife at his waist, as if he was a stress reaction left behind when he escaped from the water that night.

Too.

Anyone who experiences such a sudden turn of events and a narrow escape from death will be shocked and have their heartstrings tightened.

But Ouyang Rong still remembered the mature and steady appearance of this young eunuch with a beard when he received Khufu at Xunyang Ferry.

Comparing the two, the contrast is quite large.

Ouyang Rong pursed his lips.

The emperor's personal envoys are also ordinary people.

Even the imperial envoys from Luoyang, the divine capital, bear the majesty of the emperor and carry their own noble rank.

It is nothing more than a clay Bodhisattva coated with a layer of gold. It cannot protect itself when crossing the river.

Ouyang Rong suddenly thought about whether Cai Qin and other garrison soldiers thought the same thing that night when the uprising scared Khufu away.

In a sense, this is a kind of disenchantment against the oppression of the imperial authority.

It gives rise to a feeling of joyful revenge for noble officials and powerful people in the capital of God.

Princes and generals have a certain kind of relationship.

I wonder which man in the past and present has been able to withstand such earth-shaking passion and pleasure.

Perhaps this is also the reason why most mutinies that broke the stable order in the past and present ended violently. They couldn't stop and could only go to the dark side.

When you are restrained from the front, you are pressed harder, but from behind you break the old order, and when you break free, the sky is high and the sea is wide.

"Aren't Ouyang Changshi worried about something happening in Hongzhou?"

They walked out of the main hall together. Khufu saw the look on Ouyang Rong's face next to him and couldn't help but ask.

"There's no point in worrying or rushing."

Ouyang Rong shook his head: "There are many things that worry me. I can't be anxious all the time. I won't even eat."

Khufu was silent for a while, rubbed his face, and nodded: "That makes sense."

"correct."

As if remembering something, Khufu touched his waist knife and said calmly:

"Thank you, Ouyang Changshi, for the gift of the knife that day."

Ouyang Rong raised his eyebrows slightly and heard some unintentional sounds.

He looked around, then led Khufu to a deserted place on the other side of the corridor, and asked, "What happened that night?"

Khufu sighed and told in detail what happened when he woke up that night and was rescued by Su Qian.

"Although Lieutenant Su doesn't talk much, he is very thoughtful. If he hadn't kept an open mind, the Za family would not be able to see Ouyang Changshi today."

Khufu hissed.

Ouyang Rong listened quietly.

Suddenly asked: "My father-in-law came back at night with only a waist knife. Where are the official documents, seals and other items? And where are the followers."

Khufu's face was sullen, "This... is because the miscellaneous family is useless and escaped too hastily, making Ouyang Changshi laugh..."

"It's not a joke, it's just a worry...forget it, now that the matter is over, let's talk about something else."

Ouyang Rong shook his head and asked:

"Eunuch Hu, does he still remember Cai Qin's change in attitude? Did he take any slightly unusual actions before and after?"

Khufu frowned and thought for a while, then said with regret:

"It's all the fault of those local petty officials who are short-sighted and ignore the overall situation... Starting from Raozhou, strict troops have been set up to guard the checkpoints along the way.

"It was also from that time that Cai Qin and others were shocked, and the subsequent situation worsened."

"Wait, where did you say?" Ouyang Rong interrupted and asked, "Raozhou?"

Khufu nodded: "Yes, Raozhou."

Ouyang Rong was silent.

Khufu looked at Ouyang Rong's squinting expression and asked, "Is there any difference in this state?"

Ouyang Rong asked back: "When Sir Hu passed through Raozhou, did he see the newly appointed Sima of Raozhou?"

"Sima Raozhou?" Khufu frowned and said:

"That day when the Zajia family went to the Raozhou Hall to ask for an explanation, there were many people. The Zajia family only remembered the Raozhou Zhao Changshi, but the little Sima didn't pay attention.

"Ouyang Changshi asked what was going on. Could it be that there is something wrong with this person?"

Ouyang Rong pursed his lips and said nothing, saying nothing about Li Zhengyan.

There are no outsiders here. The tall and powerful Khufu sat on the stone bench in the corridor quite decadently and sighed:

"By the way, there is also something wrong with the captain surnamed Du. Ever since he came..."

"Last name is Du?"

"That's right."

"What is this person like?"

Khufu spoke carefully. After Ouyang Rong listened, he closed his eyes and sighed: "What's the accent of this person?"

"Speak in the official dialect of Chang'an." He had been in the Luoyang court for a long time, had contact with all the elites of the empire, and was accustomed to the official dialect of Chang'an.

Ouyang Rong said softly: "Most of the soldiers killed in Beigui garrison are from Hongzhou and Jiangzhou. They speak the Wuyue dialect with a gentle tone."

Khufu hesitated: "But the Zajia looked at the south, and there were not many people who spoke the official pronunciation. I didn't care at that time."

"But even if you say the official pronunciation of Chang'an, it will be more or less mixed. Think about it, this Captain Du is like this."
To be continued...