The heavy rain finally stopped.
The dark clouds receded, and the moon jumped out mischievously. The silver moonlight illuminated Xingyang City.
Zheng Yuankui had no sleep all night, standing quietly by the window, looking at the water droplets on the eaves.
He was waiting for news from the old ghost.
If you want to completely eradicate the people sent by Li Shimin, you must throw out a fat enough bait to make Li Shimin's people pounce out and bite the hook at all costs.
Xingyang is the home base of the Zheng family, and Li Shimin's people must not be allowed to infiltrate. This will be very detrimental to his next trump card.
Only by completely killing the people sent by Li Shimin will other families look down upon him, the Zheng family.
Even if you want to give up on him, Zheng, I'm afraid you have to weigh it carefully.
The history of a family's development is definitely a history of bloodshed. No powerful family can continue without bloodshed and sacrifice.
Unless you can open a door and establish a sect, like the Confucius family.
Otherwise, it will only become the smoke of the past after its glory, and it will not even leave a mark in the history books.
Because these aristocratic families are inherently opposed to the imperial power.
Bang bang bang...
There were knocks on the door one after another outside the house, which made Zheng Yuankui feel a little harsh.
"Come in!"
The old ghost knelt down in front of Zheng Yuankui with a thump, and said in a trembling voice: "Master, this subordinate has messed up the matter. Please kill the old slave!"
Zheng Yuankui's eyes suddenly became extremely cold, and his chest began to rise and fall, but he still controlled his anger and asked him to calm down. Once people are angry, it is easy to make wrong judgments.
"call!"
"Tell the important point."
"The three heads of the family and the five heads of the five families encountered thieves on their way out of the city..."
Zheng Yuankui's eyes are bulging out. What a bullshit thief. There are no robbers in this area for hundreds of miles. The thief's eyesight is not good. He will come to rob Zheng's people. Doesn't he think his life is too long?
"Old slave, according to your instructions, in addition to the escorting guards, each house owner also has a cavalry of dead soldiers not far behind him..."
"After the family owners encountered the bandits, the Death Soldier Cavalry immediately killed them. However, the other party secretly arranged for masters to kill the Death Soldier Cavalry before they could reach the family owners."
"According to the dead soldiers who escaped and came back to report, the opponent had swordsmen, cavalry, and archers. It was as if those people came out of the depths of hell. They were extremely terrifying..."
"The old slave didn't believe it, so he went to the scene to investigate in person. The result made the old slave shudder. There were only the corpses of the bandits, not the corpses of the opponent's cavalry."
"And the heavy rain last night has covered the direction in which they left, old slave..."
In other words, Lao San Lao Wu died in vain, and he was accompanied by so many dead soldiers, cavalry and guards?
"Where are the children and women?"
"I don't know. There were no bodies of children or women at the scene."
Zheng Yuankui clenched his fists and hit the old ghost's head with the crutch in his hand. Blood spattered everywhere in an instant. The old ghost was lying on the ground, not even daring to take a breath.
"You beast, you ruined my big business!"
He took a deep breath and said angrily: "Let's set out immediately, lead the people to bury all the bodies, and pretend that nothing happened."
"yes……"
Zheng Yuankui finally realized that the person sent by Li Shimin was not a simple person, and his next plan was suddenly disrupted.
"Send the others to come to me immediately..."
"What? The third and fifth sons were killed by bandits?"
"How is this possible? There are no bandits here at all!"
"Li Shimin, I and you are irreconcilable."
The old woman's face was extremely gloomy. She looked at the patriarch and said, "Boss, Li Shimin is going to kill our family completely. How long will you continue to shrink?"
"Let me go!"
Zheng Yuankui asked coldly: "You don't even know where he is hiding, so what can you do?"
"Last night I sent the Death Soldier Cavalry, but they were all killed."
"Little sister, please don't cause any trouble."
In the living room, there was silence immediately, and everyone started staring at each other.
After a long time, Zheng Yuankui said: "Please evacuate all Zhuangzi outside the city, and let all the people of the Zheng family come to live in the city."
"I'm worried that they will attack Zhuangzi tonight."
The rest of the popular old arms and legs can no longer be used. How has the majestic Zheng family of Xingyang ever been so aggrieved?
Lao Liu stood up and said, "Boss, get those people out of the mountains. What else are you doing with them?"
"Maybe, you and I will have to go to hell together tomorrow."
"Since they want to attack Zhuangzi outside the city, why not use their plan to kill all these scoundrels?"
"Yes, only when our side is safe can we fully support Lao Ba Lao Jiu's actions in Chang'an!"
"Clan leader..."
Zheng Yuankui was also feeling aggrieved. He had already used the trick once and used the third, fourth, and fifth as baits, but they were all killed.
But at this moment, that's all it can do.
"Okay, old ghost, bring everyone back from the mountains, ambush them in the village tonight, and kill them..."
It's dawn, the sun is out.
Li Ke finally woke up. He didn't fall asleep in the middle of the night. The rain outside was too heavy and the noise made him upset.
When he learned that the bandits had killed Zheng Laosan and Zheng Laoer, captured their wives and children, and obtained several boxes of gold, silver and jewelry, he finally fell asleep.
Now that I get up, I feel refreshed. Mrs. Zheng of Xingyang can't play for a few more days.
Slowly wear them down.
Last night, he had someone sneak into the Xingyang City County Office and gave the county magistrate two large gifts.
One is that someone stole the county magistrate's seal.
The other one was for someone to forge the county magistrate's handwriting and write a secret report to the court that the Zheng family was going to rebel. As well as letters of communication with the court for many years, they were all placed on the pillow of the county magistrate Zheng Qian.
At the same time, people leaked the news to the governor and chief historian of Zhengzhou that they would come to Xingyang City today.
The governor was ignored, and it didn't matter whether he came or not, but when the governor came, he could send Zheng to the West for a thousand years, causing conflicts within the Zheng family.
But the governor just wanted to check whether the seal was there. This was a task personally assigned by the secret guards. He had to go and check, otherwise Li Shimin would make him walk around without food.
When the Zhengzhou governor and Changshi arrived at Xingyang City, the gate was closed and the people in the city ignored them at all. Fortunately, they brought more than a thousand soldiers with them.
Chang Shi also explained his purpose and then opened the city gate.
The governor of Zhengzhou came to the Yamen and was furious. He also learned that bandits killed dozens of members of the Zheng family last night. This was a huge case. Zheng Qianqian did not report it and closed the city gate privately. It was an unforgivable crime. .
Chang Shi could only watch on the side, furious in his heart. Such a big thing happened last night, and as a junior of the Zheng family, he didn't know anything about it, especially because the person who died was his own father.
The whereabouts of their family are unknown.
"Zheng Qianqian, what do you do for food? There are swarms of bandits outside the city, killing people and stealing goods. It's better for you to hide here and not report it..."
"Someone, take him down!"
The soldiers who followed glanced at Chief Shi Zheng Ming, and Zheng Ming said angrily: "Take it down..."
He was also very angry. His father was actually killed, and more than a dozen members of his family still didn't know whether they were alive or dead.
"Hand over the big seal and the military talisman..."
Zheng Qianqian was stunned. Damn it, uncle, who are you talking to? He couldn't get used to it for a while. This dog governor usually smiled when he saw him and treated him with great respect. Today he ate a bear's heart. Leopard is brave, dares to capture him?
"Lord Governor, you have no right to deal with me."
Snapped!
However, Chief Shi Zheng Ming slapped Zheng Qianqian in the face and said angrily: "You bitch, who are you talking to? Why did my father die? Give me an explanation. There are dozens of people in my family." ?”
"Bandit, how can there be any bandits in this hundred miles radius? I believe you, did you, a beast, kill my father..."
The governor looked relieved. He had been here for three years. Damn it, if you are in civil strife today, I will not be polite.
"Who is coming? There must be evidence! Don't let go of the study, bedroom, or any place where things can be hidden."
After a while, the subordinate came down and reported: "Sir, the official seal was not found, and the military talisman was also missing."
"However, many letters were found in his pillow."
The governor smiled at Zheng Ming and said: "Chang Shi, it's not convenient for me to see this. After all, this is the Zheng family's territory."
So he turned around and asked, "Zheng Qianqian, where are the official seals and military talismans?"
Because Xingyang is a special place, with a thousand soldiers stationed all year round, the county magistrate takes charge of the military talismans, but if he wants to mobilize the soldiers, the governor has to speak.
But in Xingyang, the county magistrate is in charge of this military talisman, and the governor has nothing to do. It can be said that these one thousand people are equivalent to Zheng's private soldiers.
Zheng Qianqian was also confused. Wasn't the official seal kept in his study?
Just waiting for him to check the official seal, the official seal was missing. Now, he finally panicked. As a county magistrate, losing the official seal was a capital crime.
However, before he could react, Zheng Ming drew his sword and stabbed Zheng Qianqian directly. Fortunately, the governor had quick hands and quick eyes and grabbed the long knife. Both hands of the governor were cut by the long knife.
"Brother Zheng, what are you doing? Even if he deserves to die, you can't kill him!"
"You are breaking the law knowingly..."
Zheng Ming took the letter and turned around, going directly to Zheng's old house.
"Snapped!"
The letter fell heavily in front of the patriarch, and Zheng Ming said angrily: "Chief, Zheng Qianqian must be buried with my father."
Zheng Yuankui looked at the grief-stricken Zheng Ming. He also knew that his son would not accept the death of his third son. It was really because Zheng Ming was the governor of a state and held military and political power that he allowed his third son to die.
This can better stimulate Zheng Ming's potential.
But after he read the letter, he suddenly lost his composure: "This is..."
"Searched from Zheng Qianqian's bedroom."
"He became a lackey of the imperial court and killed my father!"
Zheng Yuankui's hands were trembling a little. He never expected that Zheng Qianqian would betray the Zheng family.
No wonder the other party was well prepared last night. It turned out that there was a spy inside.
"brute……"
He checked it several times, and it was absolutely correct. This was Zheng Qianqian's handwriting. Most people could not imitate it. This was Zheng's unique writing style. He had practiced it since he was a child. It was a habit that was deeply rooted in his bones.
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