Early the next morning.
As soon as it gets dark, the streets of Chang'an City are already bustling with activity.
Businessmen opened their shops one after another and prepared to welcome guests. Officials on official business, riding horses or riding cars, rushed to the Yamen to start their hard work for the day. Travelers from north to south also started their journey...
The children selling newspapers appeared on the streets and alleys on time and started shouting. Everyone is now accustomed to this phenomenon.
"There was a big accident, and the Zheng family in Xingyang was killed by thieves..."
"Excuse me, the patriarch of the Zheng clan in Xingyang was struck by lightning..."
"Excuse me..."
Outside the number means that in the event of a major accident or emergency, the news newspaper is temporarily published by the newspaper. Because it is not within the daily news newspaper number, it is called outside (outside the number).
As for what the extra number means, no one understands it. What they care more about is the last sentence. The Zheng family in Xingyang, that big family with five surnames and seven looks, was actually wiped out by thieves?
Anyone who is literate and can still hang out in Chang'an City will naturally know the status of the five surnames Qiwang and the Zheng family in Xingyang.
For a time, these newspapers were sold out, and then countless carriages or horses came out of the city, carrying newspapers, and galloped away in different directions.
The major families in the Great Wall and the noble businessmen were dumbfounded when they saw the content in the newspaper.
The Zheng family in Xingyang controlled the lifeblood of transportation in the world, ran countless caravans leading to the Western Regions, and had countless children serving as officials in the court. How could such a large family have their hometown stolen and wiped out?
It’s incredible, I can’t imagine it.
But if the newspaper can report it, it will never be false. Not to mention that the court will not allow it, even if the people of the Zheng family find out, they will beat the shit out of the people who published the newspaper.
Who is this thieves, so brave?
"Get out of the way, get out of the way..."
A middle-aged man in a robe, holding a newspaper in his hand, ran wildly down the street, knocking over countless passers-by.
At the same time, it attracted curses from countless passers-by, and some even picked up things on the roadside and threw them at the person who knocked them over.
The middle-aged man is Zheng Guanzhe, Zheng Guanyin's younger brother and Li Jiancheng's brother-in-law.
He took his eighth uncle and ninth uncle to Chang'an City to rescue his second uncle. Unexpectedly, even if the eighth uncle and ninth uncle came, the court would not give them any face.
Even Zheng's officials in court were imprisoned.
They found Cui Hao, the Minister of Justice, at night, but Cui Hao beat them out without caring about their old friendship.
Later, they still refused to give up and went to find many dignitaries in the court and presented countless treasures, but still no one could accomplish this.
It is said that the Zheng family assassinated the prince, even if the king of heaven came, there would be nothing to do.
Since Li Shimin's road is going to be dark, don't blame the entire Shandong wealthy gentry for getting angry.
Just last night, the Eighth Uncle and the Ninth Uncle found the spokesperson of the wealthy noble families in Shandong in Chang'an City and had already discussed it.
The Zheng family has stopped transportation across the country and closed all stores. The other families will follow suit from tomorrow. In less than half a month, Li Shimin will be unable to hold on.
Li Shimin would personally let those people out and show his goodwill to Wu Xing Qi Wang.
After all, Li Shimin should know why the Sui Dynasty failed.
It has harmed the interests of the wealthy families in Shandong. Even if the king of heaven comes, it will not work.
But how could things become like this?
The Zheng family has been running Xingyang for hundreds of years. Not to mention the iron wall, it is also impenetrable. The entire Xingyang belongs to the Zheng family, how could it be destroyed by bandits?
But what the newspaper said was definitely not groundless.
The moment he got the newspaper, he was dumbfounded. He immediately ran away and rushed home to tell his eighth uncle and ninth uncle about the matter.
And we have to send someone to Xingyang quickly to check.
Zheng Guanzhe didn't even know how he got home.
Yirenfang, the inconspicuous little courtyard at the end of the box.
The two old men had already played a set of Wuqinxi. After the exercise, they lay on the chairs and basked in the morning sun.
They were able to be so leisurely and relaxed because they overestimated the power of their Zheng family and their Zheng family's position among the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes.
"Elder of the clan, something happened..."
Zheng Guanzhe's whole body was soaked with sweat. After shouting this, he raised his hand and handed the newspaper into the hands of the clan elder, fell directly to the ground, and began to breathe heavily.
"Zhe'er..." Lao Jiu quickly went to help Zheng Guanzhe.
Lao Ba took the newspaper and took a look. His eyes suddenly widened and his hands began to tremble.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
"Who is so bold as to curse me, the Zheng family, to exterminate our clan?"
As soon as Lao Jiu helped Zheng Guanzhe up, when he heard Lao Ba's heart-rending roar, his hands suddenly loosened and Zheng Guanzhe's head hit the ground.
"My Zheng clan was exterminated, and my clan was exterminated by thieves. How is this possible?"
"Could it be that Li Shimin deliberately cursed me, the Zheng family?"
"Come here, go to Xingyang immediately to find out..."
Lao Ba and Lao Jiu finally lost their composure. They said it was impossible, but what was printed in the newspaper was meant for the world to see. How could it be fake?
If this matter is false, then the newspaper will be useless. It is impossible for Li Shimin to make fun of such a powerful weapon of public opinion. Wouldn't that be shooting himself in the foot?
Lao Ba thought for a long time and immediately said: "Pack up your things and burn everything that can be burned..."
"Lao Jiu, you take Guan'er to the Cui family, and I go to the Lu family..."
“Be careful and you’re not too far wrong!”
The two began to take action immediately, but unfortunately, a group of Jinwu guards suddenly came outside and surrounded the small courtyard.
When Lao Ba heard about being surrounded outside, he slowly closed his eyes and tears flowed down involuntarily.
He has determined that the Zheng family's genocide is probably true.
But they are definitely not bandits, but people sent by Li Shimin.
"Li Shimin, you are playing dirty tricks!"
His eyes were reddish, and he walked slowly towards the door with a cane.
"What are you going to do?"
Niu Jinda stepped forward and said with a smile: "Old sir, Chen Gan, the governor of Zhengzhou, has sent us an urgent call for eight hundred miles. Your hometown has been looted by bandits."
"Your Majesty is afraid that you will also be killed by your enemies, so you have sent your generals to protect you."
"You'd better be wiser. I have a bad temper. When I'm excited, I'm prone to knife attacks."
Lao Ba closed his eyes again, his heart was filled with despair. It seemed that the Zheng family had really been wiped out by the group.
But he really couldn't figure it out. The Zheng family had raised more than a thousand dead warrior masters. Unless the imperial court sent a large army, it would be impossible to destroy the Zheng family.
But from Guanzhong to Xingyang, there were hidden lines of theirs along the way. It was impossible for the clan leader not to know that Li Shimin mobilized large forces.
Knowing that he would be destroyed, he would definitely make arrangements in advance to allow the younger members of the clan to escape.
"close the door!"
Lao Ba returned to the house and immediately asked: "Is there a secret passage?"
Zheng Guanzhe had recovered now, but he was frightened, remembering the scene of being massacred back then.
Back then, only he and his sister were left in his father's lineage. If he hadn't been in Chang'an back then, he would certainly not have been able to escape the disaster.
At this moment, Zheng Guanzhe hated the Li family so much that he wanted to have his skin peeled off with cramps.
Just because his sister was the princess of Li Jiancheng, thirty-two members of his family were killed. His father Zheng Yi was imprisoned and wanted to behead him in public. In the end, the clan leader personally came forward and avenged his father. But when his father returned home, he Ended gloomily.
"Huhuhu..."
"have!"
Large families like them often dance on the edge of a knife, and sometimes encounter unexpected events, so they have also learned the strategy of a cunning rabbit with three caves.
"Lao Jiu, you take Zhe'er away, I will guard here."
"Old Ba, I have left the green hills without worrying about having firewood. The Zheng clan has been wiped out, but I, the Zheng clan, still have the power to spread across the country. Li Shimin killed the donkeys and went against us. Sooner or later, the country of the Tang Dynasty will be renamed. Change your last name."
"Uncle Eighth, you... want to go together!"
"Hahaha, I'm going with you two, who can pester the people outside?"
"Remember, for this plan, the only person who can contact your sister is she. Only she can send you out of Chang'an City."
"Don't believe anyone else."
"If the Zheng family is really wiped out, it will be up to you to continue the Zheng family's bloodline!"
Lao Ba tightly held Zheng Guanzhe's hand to explain the funeral affairs. At the same time, he told Zheng Guanzhe the names of two people. He escaped from Chang'an City and either went south to Yangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River or to Liangzhou, an important town in the northwest.
Biquge
