The changes in the Jiangnan League in the past few days and the strong rise of the Xuanwu Gang have caused an uproar in Ba Shang. Although the Xuanwu Gang has not revealed its trump card yet, the Xuanwu Gang must have someone to rely on, otherwise the four deputy leaders of the Jiangnan League would not have gone over to take charge. Before finding out the opponent's background, big gangs such as the Guanlong Gang, Iron Blood Alliance, Taihe Society and other big gangs did not dare to act rashly, so as not to offend the backers behind the Xuanwu Gang.
At dusk, another brother of Zhang Zhongjian, Zhang Qun, rushed from Bashang to the Zhang family farm in Tongzhou. When something happened to the Jiangnan League, the fleet he brought from the south was still in the Tongguan area and was about to arrive in Zhengzhou. When he was in the county, a confidant came to deliver a message. In anger, he abandoned the fleet and came to Bashang. However, when he arrived at the headquarters of Bashang, the entire headquarters was moved into an empty shell.
Finally, I asked Sun Hua, the leader of the Taihe Society, and found out everything. But what disappointed him was that even the Dugu family behind Sun Hua could not find out who the Xuanwu Gang's manhole was for the time being.
In desperation, Zhang Qun had no choice but to follow Sun Hua's suggestion and rush to Tongzhou with a few confidants, hoping to ask his clan brother hiding in the farm what he thought.
"Puff~Puff, puff!"
Just when they were about to enter the farm, a crossbow arrow pierced Zhang Qun and others' throats and chests without any reaction. The sad flowers of blood suddenly bloomed under the sunset, and Zhuang Ding, who was wandering nearby, pierced their throats and chests. They were about to step forward to greet them, but they had no time to react, so they watched Zhang Qun and others fall straight from their horses to the ground. The blood was flowing back to Zhuang Ding's screams, which dyed a large area of the ground red. .
"Quickly, notify the head of the family!" Amid the screams, a large number of villagers rushed here. Several able-bodied "green forest heroes" searched around, but nothing was found around them.
Instead, he became a dead soul under the poisonous arrow.
Zhang Qun's body was quickly delivered to Zhang Zhongjian.
When Zhang Zhongjian saw the blackened face of his clan brother, his face suddenly turned as pale as paper. He sat there as motionless as a clay sculpture, but judging from his clenched fists, it was obvious that he was extremely angry.
"Master, this crossbow arrow seems to be a military crossbow..." A counselor pulled out the crossbow arrow from Zhang Qun's body, looked at it, and then said to Zhang Zhongjian: "It should have been used deliberately by the other party. The purpose is to tell us that the other party is from the government. "
"Who is behind this?" Zhang Zhongjian's voice was filled with cold murderous intent. He had also received a notice from Sun Hua and was discussing countermeasures with his advisers. Unexpectedly, his clan brother died at the gate of the manor.
"Although the imperial court has extremely strict control over crossbows, powerful people actually have them. There is no way to investigate simply by looking at the crossbows." The counselor frowned.
Zhang Zhongjian stood up and slapped the case, gritting his teeth and said: "90% of it was done by Caokou of the Xuanwu Gang."
The counselor said: "Bashang is a place full of disputes. Many gangs hope that others will fight to the death, so it is not ruled out that someone may frame the crime. But I think it is unlikely."
Without waiting for Zhang Zhongjian to ask, he stated his reasons: "First of all, the Jiangnan League has been in existence for nearly ten years. The matter behind it is the Yuan clan has been an open secret of various big gangs, so even if the Dugu clan supports The Taihe Hui did not dare to take action without permission, and the Dugu family did not dare to provoke a dispute between the two families, and the same was true for the rest."
"Secondly, because the Xuanwu Gang has no background, it has been a doormat for a long time. If the current backstage wants to support it, why wait until today? If you simply want to support a Cao Gang, why not choose a stronger one?"
"Third, the time for this force's support coincides with the time when the Jiangnan Alliance intercepts the Xuanwu Gang's shipment of military supplies."
"Fourth, although there are many overt and covert fights between the Cao Gang, there are limits between each other, that is, they will not attack each other's family members, lest their own children will also be killed in the future. But after Chao Tian and others left, All the family members of Zhang Han and others were killed, which shows that this is no ordinary gang war."
After all, Zhang Zhongjian is used to seeing life and death. He took a deep breath and stepped forward: "Then who do you think he is?"
"Enemies!" The counselor said with a bitter smile: "In order to gain a good foothold in Guanzhong over the years, we have done a lot of things for high-ranking officials. And the people the powerful people asked us to assassinate are all people of the same level."
Zhang Zhongjian was silent when he heard this. They had assassinated Yang Su and Su Wei several times over the years, and even more others. For a while, he couldn't figure out who this enemy was.
"But why didn't the other party report it to the official?" asked a man.
"Report to the official? Maybe report to the official! But the target of the report must be our former employer, not us." The counselor said: "Because what we do is shady, the other party also uses shady means to retaliate Us. If we report to the official, we will not be able to eradicate us."
"Check it out for me! At least find out the enemy!" Zhang Zhongjian also knew that it was not appropriate for him to come forward at this time. He pondered for a while and said, "Find a way to contact the Yuan clan and the Yuwen clan and ask them to help us find out where the Xuanwu Gang's canal mouth is. The details. Also, let everyone be careful."
"Here!" Everyone nodded. Although everyone knew that even if they were found out, it would be useless, but if they were not checked, everyone would probably not be in peace.
However, what Zhang Zhongjian and others did not expect was that Zhang Qun's death was just the beginning. In the next two days, Zhang Zhongjian's right-hand men and fierce "green forest heroes" all died, and those in the farm named Zhang, Everyone who was related to Zhang Zhongjian was destroyed.
These people were either stabbed or shot to death, or their food was poisoned. Although Zhang Zhongjian's family was not succeeded by the assassin, even so, Zhang Zhongjian was frightened out of his wits. Not only did he add guards, but important advisers around him also sent a large number of "villagers" to protect them day and night.
Four days later, just when Zhang Zhongjian thought that the assassination incident was over, an even more terrifying assassination attack occurred in all his shops, caravans, and ships. Ordinary people escaped, but the responsible persons everywhere were executed. Killing them all, all his industries were paralyzed. Even though Zhang Zhongjian had accumulated a strong foundation, all the people in charge were slaughtered, which completely paralyzed his industry that he had been operating for many years.
What's even more serious is that after the assassination, the government immediately intervened and collected a lot of incriminating evidence. Many rosters and letters that he had originally hidden in the headquarters also appeared in these places.
When some powerful people heard that the assassins who assassinated themselves or their relatives, disciples, and faction officials were in these places, they also joined the crusade.
The existence of Zhang Zhongjian's assassin organization made most officials, dignitaries, and aristocratic families feel threatened. So with everyone's support, the officialdom launched a vigorous purge in Guanzhong, uprooting many similar assassin organizations and copycats. .
"Damn traitors!" Zhang Zhongjian said bitterly: "I haven't even looked for them yet, but they actually leaked all our strongholds."
"Master, it's too late to say anything now." The counselor said bitterly: "The next step is to find Tongzhou. For this plan, we must gather the troops as soon as possible and leave Guanzhong overnight, even if they escape into the mountains. Otherwise, everyone will die."
"Master, what's wrong!" A villager suddenly rushed in.
"What's the matter?" The flustered Zhang Zhongjian slammed the table and cursed loudly: "How can you be so panicked and behave appropriately?"
"Several ladies, the young master, and the young lady have all been poisoned and died!" Zhuang Ding said in a trembling voice.
"What?" Zhang Zhongjian's face turned pale instantly and his mind went blank. How could all his children be poisoned to death?
He stood there dumbfounded, his whole body was cold and his teeth were chattering. Everything happened so hard, too suddenly, and too fast. He never expected that the assassin would sneak into the house that he thought was an iron-walled house, and in the 'Heavy Soldiers' Protecting his family was poisoned and killed.
"Quickly..." Zhang Zhongjian only shouted one word. Before he could say "come", his eyes popped out of his sockets. At this time, the servant who was kneeling in front of him and crying bitterly, in the moment when he lost his mind, He took a dagger and stabbed it into his stomach with a "pop" sound.
Zhang Zhongjian roared, grabbed the opponent's neck, and crushed the opponent's throat with a click.
At this moment, people were shouting and shouting outside, and the rumble of horse hooves filled the night sky.
The counselor's shocked eyes flashed with a look of despair. The fear of death made him almost collapse, and he said in a fit of piss: "Master, the officers and soldiers are coming to kill!"
"Let's go through the tunnel!" Zhang Zhongjian pulled out the dagger. He didn't have time to bandage it, so he staggered towards the back hall, clutching his stomach.
This manor was the reward he received from He Ruobi, and he also prevented this day from coming, so when he built the house, he dug a tunnel in case of emergency.
Now it comes in handy, but his family will stay here forever. However, these people are all evil people who kill people, steal goods, and rob homes. They killed countless businessmen, gang members, wealthy households, and officials. This end can only be said to be retribution on their families.
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The next morning, Yang Ji got up early. After washing, he changed into a set of exquisite purple royal robes. Yang Ji himself didn't know how many sets of such clothes there were, but he didn't like wearing them very much. Just because these clothes are good-looking and honorable, but their breathability is not as good as white folded clothes and linen clothes, so Yang Ji has never liked wearing them, especially in summer.
But today I have to meet with some great scholars from Beijing and Guanzhong, so in order not to lose the face of the royal family, I turned these clothes inside out again.
Standing in front of the tall bronze mirror and looking at the tall and heroic young prince, Yang Ji couldn't help but sigh.
It is said that appearance is determined by the heart, and status determines temperament. This is true at all. Appearance is still the same, but temperament is completely different. If we say that in the past it was "cynical" and "people in strangers are like jade, and young men are unparalleled in the world", So now, it is like an eagle overlooking the common people, full of evil aura that looks down on the world. Especially when wearing this kind of formal attire, an invisible aura naturally arises.
If this continues, what's the point?
"It's fine, why are you sighing?" Xiao Ying appeared in the mirror.
"Nothing?" Yang Ji stretched out his hand, hugged Xiao Ying's soft body, and said with a smile: "I'm going to meet some great scholar today. It's probably going to be another fruitless debate."
Liu Xuan and Liu Zhuo are the most powerful Confucian classics masters, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are the living complete book of hundreds of schools of thought. Their status in the "world" among scholars is extremely high.
However, since ancient times, scholars have looked down upon each other, and the great scholars from aristocratic families have always been dissatisfied with Er Liu. They always believed that Er Liu was incompetent, wrong, and bad, and they would come to Liangzhou University from time to time to hold debates. Debating Yang Ji is naturally welcome, after all, the reason cannot be argued clearly, and the Tao cannot be argued clearly.
However, those shameless ones will refuse to admit it even if they lose the argument.
That's all, but after these shameless people went back, they formed a gang to promote his wrong ideas, and then verbally and writtenly criticized Er Liu, completely criticizing Er Liu's correct ideas and views.
Ultimately it affects a lot of people.
Faced with such a shameless "stinky meat", let alone Yang Ji, I'm afraid even the Jade Emperor can't do anything about it. After all, writing an article is not like a martial arts competition. In a martial arts competition, you lose if you are beaten down, but literary skills For this big part, even if you write an article that is full of anger and flowers, if I just shamelessly say that you are not as good as me, what can you do?
"Since ancient times, there has been a saying that there is no first in literature and no second in military power!" Xiao Ying looked helpless after listening to her husband's words.
"Alas!" Yang Ji sighed again: "Speaking of which, Er Liu is really not qualified to be a disciple of Confucius."
"How do you say this?" Xiao Ying was very curious. Er Liu was unparalleled in talent and learning, so how could he not be qualified to be a disciple of Confucius?
"People only know that the overlord lifted the cauldron, but they don't know that Confucius, who always convinced people with his virtue, could lift one and a half of the cauldron lifted by the overlord. However, these two great Confucian scholars, Er Liu, were not good at using force. This really humiliated Confucius. "Yang Ji said: "If Er Liu inherits Confucius's martial arts, I will definitely move the big tripod over, let them dance like Confucius, and then 'miss' and smash those bastards to death."
Xiao Ying chuckled and couldn't help but laugh: "Your idea really makes me laugh to death!"
"Mr. Er Liu can't do it, but Mr. Lang can!" At this time, Pei Shuying said from the side.
Yang Ji burst out laughing when he heard this: "With just those few poems, how can he be qualified to be a great Confucian?"
"It is true that poetry cannot make Lang Jun a great Confucian, but the Three Character Classic can!" Pei Shuying stared at Yang Ji with shining eyes and analyzed in a clear-eyed manner: "The Three Character Classic written by Lang Jun includes literature, history, astronomy, geography, Human ethics, loyalty, filial piety, justice, etc., and the core ideas include 'loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, righteousness, sincerity, respect', etc. Now it has not only become a must-read enlightenment book for children, but also deeply inspired by adults. Since Zhou Xingsi can become a god with the help of "The Thousand Character Essay", why can't Lang Jun?"
"Really?" Yang Ji's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. If he had become a great Confucian, he could really have brought the topic to Confucius' tripod, and then accidentally smashed a few to death.
"Are you taking it seriously?" Xiao Ying was speechless. Of these two people, the man was bold and the woman was afraid that the world would not be in chaos. When they were in the capital, as long as they got together, all kinds of accidents and disasters would happen. Small accidents would turn into big accidents, and small disasters would turn into big disasters. But the magical thing is that no matter how big the trouble was in the end, he would always be there. Both are always victims.
As for the other party, no matter how miserable his fate is, it is his own fault.
She glared at Pei Shuying, who was very interested. Pei Shuying stuck out her tongue and stopped talking.
Xiao Ying turned to Yang Ji and said, "You have enemies everywhere, please don't mess around!"
"Auntie, this is already the case anyway, it doesn't seem to matter if there are a few more, right?" Liu Rumei said in confusion.
"That's nonsense!" Xiao Ying heard Liu Rumei say the same thing, and immediately felt a pain in her head. Originally, there was only one Yang Ji who was unreasonable, but now it's better. Whether it's Yang Ji's subordinates or family members, everyone likes it. Use a domineering approach to deal with enemies and opponents.
Even her brother Xiao Yu is no exception. That guy never gossips with anyone, let alone who is behind the other party. As long as he has real evidence, he will directly arrest the other party for interrogation.
Anyway, in one sentence, as long as you have broken the law, you will be brought to justice.
They can afford to force various criminals to rebel, but these criminals cannot afford to rebel.
They have been doing this for several years, and although they have offended a large number of people, the public security in the counties and prefectures of Liangzhou has obviously improved, and the people have become more and more trusting of the government.
The people's support is also Yang Ji's biggest reliance in implementing various new policies.
Because even if the people do not understand the pros and cons of a certain new policy, they believe that what the government does is beneficial to the people.
"Those shameless 'great scholars' are indeed from aristocratic families, but they are beyond the aristocratic families and enjoy a great reputation in the scholarly community. If we attack these people, the poor scholars who don't know what they are doing will become alienated." Xiao. Ying stood up straight from Yang Ji's arms and patiently explained to them: "The title of Leader of the Han Clan is equivalent to Lang Jun's strongest shield. If all the Han scholars are gone, Lang Jun will not even have an ally. Of course, Lang Jun You can use real evidence of crime, bad personal ethics, etc. to deal with them, and you can even use the unfilial children of their families to attack them, but you must not fight them in the scholar forest, because each of them has There are countless admirers, and using their admirers to ruin a person's reputation has always been a method they are good at."
"What the good wife said is absolutely true!" What Xiao Ying said made Yang Jishen believe it. He knew that the aristocratic family was never easy to deal with, otherwise it would not have been passed down to this day. The reason why they were able to discredit the Cui family in the first place was because of the evidence of the Cui family's crimes. They used their numerous criminal descendants to attack their thousand-year reputation. If there were only one or two, people would only say that the big tree has dead branches. But before, they also used The big tree has dead branches to deceive the world.
When he saw Zhang Chuchen's figure appearing in the courtyard downstairs, he said to the three women: "It's time for me to go to the Prefecture Mufu to meet the great scholars there. You can eat by yourself, so you don't have to wait for me."
"Yeah!" The three women nodded and watched Yang Ji leave.
"Master!" Zhang Chuchen saw Yang Ji coming downstairs and quickly stepped forward to salute.
"Did you get a letter from the capital?" He and his mother had been exchanging letters frequently in the past few days. Yang Ji naturally knew that his mother had launched a bloody revenge against Zhang Zhongjian, so he asked as he walked.
"Exactly!" Zhang Chuchen took a step behind and whispered: "Last night, our people broke into Zhang Zhongjian's Zhuangzi, but the officers and soldiers arrived too quickly, causing some changes in the well-planned plan."
"Didn't you say that you have at least two days to operate?" Yang Ji asked: "How did the officers and soldiers find Tongzhou Farm so quickly?"
"The person who led the troops yesterday was Wei Wentong. It is said that this person is from Yuwenshu, and Yuwenshu has contacts with Zhang Zhongjian. The concubine, Hao Yuan, Liu Xu and others all believed that Yuwenshu was killing people and silencing them. Otherwise, these officers and soldiers would not It happened so suddenly." Zhang Chuchen said: "The most powerful evidence is that after Wei Wentong killed all the people in Zhang Zhongjian's house, he burned the house with a fire, which was obviously to destroy the evidence."
Yang Ji nodded and said, "I know Wei Wentong! This person is Yu Wenshu's fake son. He was originally placed in the martial arts examination B list by Yu Wenshu, but he was later cleared by me. I didn't expect that this person would be promoted so quickly. After becoming a military attache, it seems that Yu Wenshu has a lot of secret plans! We will closely monitor this person in the future."
"Here!" Zhang Chuchen bowed and responded.
Yang Ji pondered for a long time, slowed down and asked, "Where is Zhang Zhongjian, is he dead?"
"According to our people, he escaped again. But the official said he was dead." Zhang Chuchen stared at Yang Ji's indifferent profile with his beautiful eyes and said worriedly: "Sir, the official statement is not credible. Zhang Zhongjian is definitely still alive. He is now a poisonous snake hiding in the dark. As long as he doesn't die, the master's danger will always exist. What should we do now?"
Yang Ji was silent for a while and said: "The people Zhang Zhongjian hates most right now are undoubtedly Chao Tian and others. Sooner or later, he will go out early and let our people protect them secretly. If he goes to take revenge, he will be killed. As for At home... the defense force at home is sufficient, so there is no need to worry too much." He frowned and thought for a while: "But Zhang Zhongjian has a very wide network of contacts, and he might be traced to us. If we are targeted by him, it won't last long. It’s a plan, we’d better divert the trouble to the east.”
"How to lead?"
"Lead them to Wei Wentong and Yu Wenshu!" Yang Ji smiled: "When the government issued the wanted order, I added a reward order: If someone catches or kills Zhang Zhongjian, Prince Wei will reward him with an additional three gold coins. One thousand taels. You will send an eagle letter back later and ask Aniang to send someone to give three thousand taels of gold to Wei Wentong to thank him for killing Zhang Zhongjian."
"Since this incident has made a big fuss in Guanzhong, and Wei Wentong, who made a 'great contribution', is Yu Wenshu's pretender, I think Yu Wenshu will definitely take the opportunity to come back. Once he comes back, it will be confirmed that he is scheming. The facts about Zhang Zhongjian.”
Zhang Chuchen said with admiration on his face: "Young Master is wise and has a wonderful plan!"
There was a soft sound of "Pa!", and Zhang Chuchen received a gentle slap on the shoulder.
Zhang Chuchen was heartbroken and blushed. He quickly looked around and secretly rejoiced: "Fortunately there is no one here."
The three heads upstairs hurriedly retreated from the window lattice, Xiao Ying said with a smile: "Fortunately, she didn't see them."
Zhang Chuchen said coyly: "Sir, what did I say wrong?"
Yang Ji stretched out a finger and said: "When I talked about giving money, if you still can't think of what happened next, then you are Fatty Zhu, not Red Fu Girl, but you still pretend to be ignorant of the world. Looks like this, do you think I should be beaten?"
Zhang Chuchen laughed out loud, then quickly straightened his pretty face, lowered his head and said meekly: "Yes! I know I was wrong!"
After a while, she asked in a very tangled tone: "Sir, I have always had a question."
"explain."
"When Sanniang ran away at night, why did you say Hong Fu ran away at night? Who am I running after? I can't even figure it out."
"Hong Fu runs at night, what does it have to do with you, Zhang Chuchen?"
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