Just as Chen Yongfu and Yang He were discussing how to defeat the enemy, Prefect Lin, who was driven out of the lobby by Yang He, was in the restaurant to entertain some of his close colleagues.

Although there has been a long time since the wind and wind outside Kaifeng Prefecture City, the happy and comfortable life of the rich people in the city does not seem to have been much affected.

"Brother An Ran, you are the one who is missing. Get your seat quickly." Prefect Lin warmly greeted the Kaifeng Prefecture General to the table.

The visitor hugged the other two people on the table, then walked to the empty seat on the left hand of the prefect Lin and sat down.

Prefect Lin stood up with a wine pot, poured a glass of wine for the magistrate Yu Anran, and said, "Brother Anran left the last time. I wonder if the supervisor has any explanation after I left?"

The two guests at the same table also raised their ears at this time.

Neither of them was an official, so they did not have the opportunity to participate in the matters chaired by Yang He.

However, they were naturally not from ordinary families who could eat at the same table as the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture. They were all from Jinshi and Juren.

He also has a certain status in Kaifeng Prefecture, and can be said to be a representative figure among local gentry.

"It's the things I said before the Mansion left, but after we left, the supervisor left Chen Zhijun alone. I think we wanted to discuss it privately with Chen Zhijun." Yu Anran briefly talked about what happened after the departure of Prefect Lin.

But he did not mention Cui Changshi of the Zhou royal palace.

But if he didn't mention it, how could Prefect Lin forget the Cui Changshi and asked directly: "After I leave, did that Cui Changshi leave anything else?"

"Changshi Cui was ordered by His Highness of Zhou to meet Yang in order to lift the siege of Kaifeng Prefecture earlier, and the prefecture was aware of these things." As he said that, Yu Anran looked at Prefect Lin.

When some things are discussed, the other party is also present, so he does not intend to hide anything from it.

But the other party didn't ask, and he pretended not to know and didn't say anything, but if the other party asked, he naturally didn't plan to hide it.

"So His Highness of the King of Zhou has agreed to support the supervisor to have some money and food?" Prefect Lin asked nervously.

Yu Anran nodded and said, "Before Cui Changshi left, he should have paid some of the money and food."

"That's great." Prefect Lin slapped the table with his hands excitedly.

The wine filled with wine cups on the table was shaken down onto the table.

Yu Anran said: "It is indeed a good thing. With the support of His Highness of the King of Zhou, the pressure to defend the city can be reduced a lot."

"No, no, no." Prefect Lin waved his hand and immediately said, "His Highness of Zhou should not pay his own money and grain. The defenders in Kaifeng Prefecture were the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, not the soldiers of a vassal king. The vassal king paid his own money and grain to support the army. What is this? The court will never allow any vassal king to do this."

Upon hearing this, Yu Anran looked at the righteous Prefect Lin in front of him with a look of surprise.

To defend Kaifeng Prefecture, he needed enough defenders and also needed a lot of money and food. He didn't believe that the other party didn't know this.

Although the Zhou royal family gave out money and grain to support defending the city was inconsistent with the law, it could alleviate the pressure of defending the city, and the other party was using this to talk about it, which was obviously self-interested.

"Brother Anran thinks what I'm talking about is reasonable?" Prefect Lin looked at Yu Anran with a smile.

Yu Anran hesitated for a moment and said, "Although it's reasonable, the current situation is different. There are hundreds of thousands of people in the city and nearly 20,000 troops in the city. As long as we don't retreat from the rebels outside the city for a day, the people in the city will not be able to leave the city, and the consumption will continue. Yang and the others can't wait to sit and eat the whole country."

He tried to persuade Prefect Lin to change his mind.

Now is the time when the rebel army is approaching, and he does not want to see his own strength depleting due to internal fighting.

"With that being said, the vassal kings are incompatible with the army, which is never allowed by the court. Brother An Ran is thinking of you and my colleagues for many years, so it is better not to go all the way to the dark side. Following Yang He has no future." Prefect Lin didn't even shout the supervisor and directly called Yang He's name.

Yu Anran's eyes flew over Prefect Lin and looked at the other two people in the deskmate.

Only then did he understand why Prefect Lin did not invite others, but instead invited these two people.

Because both of these two families are in the capital, one of them is even more in the family.

Some officials came forward to impeach Yang He, the governor of Henan, and even if they did not die, they would peel off a layer of skin from Yang He's body and would never make him feel good.

"Brother Anran doesn't need to see these two people. I specially invited them." Prefect Lin saw that Yu Anran reacted and said with a smile, "You both heard Brother Anran's words. Even if I don't do anything, those loyal people from the Ming Dynasty will never watch the King of Zhou feel unjust."

"Will it be bad to do this?" Yu Anran began to shake his heart.

Although he knew that it would be useless for the people of Prefecture Lin and others to defend the city of Kaifeng, the important thing for an official is to protect himself first. At this time, he would be too close to Yang He and others, and it would be difficult to guarantee that he would not be liquidated by the court in the future.

Prefect Lin raised his wine glass and said with a smile: "There is nothing wrong with this. Brother An Ran did this for the sake of the court. He should be praised by the court if the thieves do not take advantage of the opportunity to take advantage of the loopholes."

As he said that, the wine glass in his hand was held in front of An Ran.

Yu Anran hesitated for a moment, and finally chose to raise the wine glass and touch the wine glass handed over by the prefect Lin, and then drank it all in one go.

"Haha, okay, Brother Anran will be his own in the future." Prefect Lin laughed and drank the wine in the glass in one sip, and the wine glass was put back on the table.

"Don't just drink and eat food."

A squire at the same table warmly greeted the two of them with dishes.

Yu Anran put down his wine glass and looked at the prefect Lin and said, "Yang He is also the governor. The court now needs him to quell the rebellion in Henan, so it is probably not that easy to move him away based on this point."

The battle in Henan was at a critical moment. Although he chose to stand on the side of Prefect Lin, he was not optimistic that Prefect Lin would move Yang He, the governor of Henan, to successfully move away.

"Judge Yu Tong was too worried." The round-faced squire next to him picked up the wine pot and filled the wine glass in front of Yu Anran. He said, "Since Yang He entered Henan, he has suffered consecutive defeats. The voices of dissatisfaction with him have already spread throughout the court. In fact, even if we don't push him, he will not stay in Henan for long."

Yu Anran was surprised when she heard this.

He didn't think the other party was using lies to deceive him. In fact, there were some rumors of serious officials in the court being dissatisfied with Yang He, and even heard some of them here in Henan.

If it weren't for the fact that the emperor forced these dissatisfaction voices, Yang He would have been arrested and returned to Beijing.
Chapter completed!