Chapter 346: After repeated setbacks, he came to visit in person
Iron Mansion.
Tie Tang, who had just turned around, saw Tie Long following him coquettishly, neither standing nor sitting, like a frustrated little daughter-in-law.
Tie Tang saw it funny and deliberately ignored him, only discussing the formation with Fang Pengyi and Fang Lexian.
About half a stick of incense has passed.
It was Fang Lexian who raised his eyebrows and helped Tielong out of the siege.
"Brother, Brother Xiaolong seems to have something urgent."
"He is a rough guy. He has already told me something. He probably saw that I asked Tiehu to go to Zhoufeng City and refused to let him go, so he wanted to ask me for mercy."
After Tie Long and Tie Hu bought the elixir for Li Qingyuan, they watched him take it with their own eyes. After seeing that he was fine, they came back to report to Tie Tang.
Tie Tang was worried that Li Qingze in Zhoufeng City couldn't handle it, so he asked the more stable Tie Hu to come over and help.
In this way, even if Gou Zhen tries to counterattack, there will still be someone who can compete.
I originally thought that Tie Long came here for this matter, but I didn't expect him to shake his head after hearing this.
Originally, Tie Long was a straight-tempered, reckless man, but now that he was provoked, he couldn't hold it in any longer.
"Sir, I am not talking about this, but about something else. Can we change the place to say..."
Tie Tang was thoughtful, and after thinking for a moment, he guessed something.
"Could it be that your son or nephew has a problem?"
If it were for other things, Tie Long would have spoken long ago. There are no outsiders here. Only if it involves his own family members, Tie Long would not be comfortable speaking in public.
"Sir, it's not me who is causing trouble, but after my second brother, third brother and ten children went to the army, everyone was beaten.
Jingshan, the second child, was somewhat capable and didn't let anyone take action, but he still lived a very miserable life."
"Is there such a thing?" Tie Tang raised his eyebrows, realizing that the matter was not simple.
As soon as the words were spoken, Tie Long no longer hid, and said in a loud voice: "They went to the army. Although they belonged to different military camps, they were all beaten with a killing stick, a disdain, cold water, and three fires.
The tricks are very good.
Originally, this was a trivial matter, and other people who newly joined the army would also receive such treatment.
However, after they suffered a setback, many old people came to deliberately find trouble and started fighting whenever they disagreed. The children had a hard time.
In addition, they became corps commanders as soon as they left, and there were all kinds of rumors in the army, so many of them were ostracized.
My son Chengan is loyal and honest. The other nine brothers came to him and wanted to make a strategy, but Chengan stopped him for fear of ruining your reputation.
You take one step back, and others take one step forward.
After a few days, all of them were injured. Except for Jingshan, who was better, none of the other nine looked like human beings."
Fang Lexian was surprised by these words: "A few of them went to the army, and anyone with a bit of vision knew who was behind them, but there are still people who dare to take action like this?"
These ten people were placed by Tie Tang and airborne as corps commanders. The veterans in the Israeli army have such a fractious temperament that they are considered incorruptible if they don’t fawn over them. How could they rush to offend them?
Isn’t this making yourself uncomfortable!
Tie Long was angry: "How did I know this? If other children had told this, I might have half believed it.
But since both Cheng'an and Jingshan said so, it can't be wrong.
Besides, is everyone in the army a hero?
The boys in my family are somewhat capable. Cheng'an and Jingshan have even entered the secret realm of witchcraft, cultivated into Dragon Yuan, and have witchcraft power.
That's it.
Still, he was beaten to a pulp by the soldiers who came to his door.
If this is not intentional, I don’t believe it!”
Hearing this, everyone present knew that 90% of the time this happened was against Tie Tang.
The ones who took action couldn't be other soldiers, they must be the children of the aristocratic families in the city who were placed in the army.
Li Yao, who was waiting on the side, was very angry after hearing this. He immediately bowed his hand to Tie Tang and said, "Sir, let me pass. I guarantee that no one in the army dares to raise his head."
Li Yao is not a first-rate person in Tietang's house, but if he were put outside... he would be too powerful.
Ninth-grade talent, three hundred acupoints, and the red flame unicorn body, which penetrates the Tianshou acupoint, and the fighting power will never retreat. You can keep fighting and sweep away the generals of the army.
In addition, he is from the Li family and has a different background.
The current commander-in-chief of Qingshui County’s military affairs is Li Qingwan, who is said to be ‘not afraid of officials, only afraid of management’.
The Li family is now the leader in the army. Even the children of other aristocratic families in the army do not dare to offend easily.
Li Yao is definitely one of the best ways to break the situation now.
But Tie Tang just thought for a moment before denying Li Yao's request.
"It would be a bit unfair to let you go to the army. I have been serving as the supervisory envoy for a while, and my subordinate Xing Ming has not yet been selected for the post of Imperial Secretary.
How about...how about you being one of them?"
Li Yao was surprised and then happy again.
Xing Ming, the position of Yushu, has a great reputation, but it has no reality. All power must rely on the attached supervisory envoy.
These two official positions are between the eighth and seventh ranks. They are not considered imperial officials, but they are hundreds of times better than the exiled officials outside the ninth rank.
The biggest problem...is that it is difficult to get promoted!
Assuming the position of Xing Ming and Yu Shu, unless he switches to someone else halfway or becomes a supervisor himself, it can be said that half of the road to officialdom has been cut off.
But how could Li Yao consider this?
You must know that there are differences between supervisors, and the general candidates are Xing Ming and Yu Shu. Even if you search the supervisor hall, how many supervisors with extremely high qualifications can you find?
Difficult!
Very difficult!
Coupled with the two positions of Xing Ming and Yu Shu, for the supervisory envoy, they are like confidants. Cases, big and small, no matter how detailed they are, almost all pass through the hands of these two people.
Once the supervisor commits a crime, 99% of his subordinates, Xing Ming and Yu Shu, will not be able to escape responsibility.
The reverse is also true.
Xing Ming, if there is a problem with the imperial book, the first person to call is the supervisory envoy.
In this situation of almost sitting together...
Every inspector has a lot to choose from for these two positions under him, and would rather have them lacking than filling them up.
"Thanks to your lord's respect, Li Mou will not hesitate to die!" Li Yao immediately knelt down on one knee and bowed his hands in salute.
Tie Tang pulled him up by the hand: "Okay, we still have to do these things. You go to the Supervisory County Mansion and pass the law test. As for the question of conscience, if you can't pass it, even I can't do anything."<
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Xing Ming, the post of Yu Shu is not something you can just do if you want to. Even Tie Tang is not qualified to place his own people at will.
First, you need to pass the legal exam.
For example, Li Jingtai, a member of the Li family whom Tie Tang met earlier in Longyuan City, had prepared for the legal exam to obtain the position of Xing Ming.
As a direct descendant of a famous aristocratic family in Longyuan City, Li Jingtai has no worries about food and clothing, and lives a carefree life, but he still wants to obtain the position of Xing Ming.
In addition to wanting to gain fame in the officialdom, I also want to get out of the small puddles like Longyuan City.
There are many people like this in the Supervisory Hall, and there are a lot of candidates for Xing Ming and Yu Shu. It can be said that there are many monks and few people.
In addition to the legal examination, Xing Ming and Yu Shu also have to go through a test of conscience similar to that of the supervisor, but it will be relatively simple and there is no need to report it to the Supervisory Hall of the Holy City.
Generally, the county supervises the main guard and deputy guard of the county residence.
Li Yao happily accepted the order and left, which made Tie Long envious: "Sir, actually I can also serve as Xing Ming, Yu Shu."
"You? Hahahaha~" Tie Tang laughed and waved his hands repeatedly.
"You may not even be able to pass the law test. You will definitely fail in the subsequent question of conscience. Even Tiehu... it will probably be difficult.
You three brothers are very ambitious and hard to control, so you are not the material for this business."
The three brothers of the Tie family were background robbers, and they did a lot of illegal things.
This kind of person cannot enter the Supervisory Hall!
Even if Tie Tang helps him sort out his qualifications, legal exams and other issues, when it comes to asking questions, he will definitely be rejected.
Although Tie Long was dissatisfied, he did not dare to refute Tie Tang in person and stood aside aggrievedly.
Tie Tang saw this and patted him on the shoulder: "If you do this, call the ten of them back to cultivate themselves first, and I will deal with those troops later.
As long as my city defense formation is left behind, those people will be nothing more than mosquitoes, flies and dogs, not worth mentioning."
"Sir, if we withdraw, won't we lose face? I can't agree to this."
Tie Tang sighed: "Tie Long! If you three sons have the skills of Li Yao and Long Yu, who in the army would dare to bully you?
To forge iron, you have to be strong. When we are incapable, we should bow our heads obediently. There is no need to let our children suffer.
Those people in the army are here for me. I can leave Cheng'an, Jingshan and others there, but that will only make them suffer in vain.
That's not worth it!
Let’s wait for a while, wait for my sharp blade to come out of its sheath and cut through the mess, then everything will be worry-free.”
Only then did Tie Long surrender. Knowing that Tie Tang still considered his children, he quickly nodded in agreement and went out to take the people back home.
Fang Pengyi, who was on the side, sensed Tie Tang's cold murderous intention, and couldn't help but comfort him: "Young people, don't be too sharp. You must know that there is a sky outside the world, and there are people outside the world.
We are all our old neighbors, so it would be better to cause less killing."
"Senior is right, Tie Mou has learned a lesson, but people are not frivolous and wastes their youth. Tie Mou asked himself that he made many concessions, but he could not get the slightest sincerity.
Since they are willing to rot and rot, I cannot accompany them to fall.
Let’s just talk about the current formation diagram... Senior, wouldn’t it be a headache to change it?”
Because many aristocratic families objected to the originally planned 218 formation bases and routes, Tie Tang naturally took note of their requests and came back to ask Fang Pengyi to think of ways to modify them.
However, every movement and stillness of the formation, each base and one point, are all cyclical due to natural laws. It is not impossible to change it, but it is very troublesome to do it.
Fortunately, Fang Pengyi, a master of formations, has profound knowledge of formations, rich experience, and outstanding vision.
If it were someone else...
The piece of paper has been dropped a long time ago. If you can do it, do it. If you can't, pull it down.
Thinking about his current troubles, Fang Pengyi somewhat understood Tie Tang's situation, so he didn't say anything more and just silently changed the picture.
Tie Tang discussed the specific finances with Fang Lexian and began to prepare to mobilize the resources of the Fang family's Zhenbao Pavilion in Qingshui County and even Jiangdu Prefecture.
The city defense formation must be built. Even if everyone opposes it, he will still have to borrow money.
This matter has already begun and there is no turning back. Fang Lexian understands his thoughts and starts making preparations in advance.
As the sun sets in the west, the Jade Rabbit rises into the sky.
An uninvited guest came to the Iron Mansion.
Lu Yuande!
The head of the Lu family, who had been away for a few days, rushed to Tietang Mansion after returning to the Lu family.
"Tie has had a hard time waiting for the Lu family master. If the master of the Lu family had been here this morning, Tie wouldn't have to be so embarrassed."
Lu Yuande and Tie Tang sat alone at a table, with servants on their left and right constantly bringing tea and water, and setting out fruit plates and delicacies.
He frowned and didn't even take a sip of tea. He was silent for a while and then slowly spoke.
"Forgive me, Magistrate Tie, but Lu came here to plead guilty."
Tie Tang's heart skipped a beat and he realized something was wrong, but he still managed to calm down: "What crime does the Lu family have? Don't joke with Tie."
Lu Yuande obviously didn't have time to beat around the bush with him, so he just said straight away.
"My Lu family is about to undergo a big change. I can't tell you the details. You don't know how difficult our family is. It's not easy to be alone.
What was promised before... Lu can no longer affirm it.
But Lu can give you a guarantee!
As long as you can convince the other aristocratic families in the city, my Lu family will follow suit, and we can even contribute some extra money to help build the formation."
Tie Tang picked up the teacup and blocked his expression: "Master Lu, you don't want to think about it anymore?"
"If you have to do it, you can't do it. Your Excellency, please forgive me. Lu will leave first."
"Master Lu, please!"
After Lu Yuande left, Tie Tang looked extremely ugly.
A strong general who was originally thought to be sure to win has now become a stranger and has to follow the trend and wait for the wind.
What the other party means is very simple.
Regarding the city defense formation, the Lu family will not set an example in public and neither agree nor object.
The final result... will be decided by other aristocratic families and Tie Tang.
As for Tie Tang, without the core of the Lu family, his power would undoubtedly be much weaker, and many neutral families would continue to be neutral.
In this way.
It is impossible for Tie Tang to resist the combined power of the four major families, at least on the scene...
Everything will be just like today, every family will be in harmony, and nothing will end.
Things in the house could not be hidden from Fang Pengyi, who was already an immortal. When he saw Tie Tang approaching, he warned him again.
"That Taoist friend of the Lu family is about to die. He definitely doesn't want to cause more accidents so as not to offend other aristocratic families. This is a mature move at such a stormy moment."
Fang Lexian was a little dissatisfied when he heard this: "How can you do your best in doing things?
As the number one aristocratic family in Qingshui City, how could the Lu family not take a stand and let the following aristocratic families take the lead?
I heard that that person back then also became a character that everyone yelled at because he didn’t choose to take sides. Most of the injuries on his body were caused by those in the court today.
If we hadn't finally stood on the right side of the Human Emperor, there's no telling whether the Lu family would still be alive in the world.
I didn’t learn from the lessons I learned back then, and now I’m sitting on the fence again.”
Tie Tang sat down again: "Hey, I'm joking, how can I compare with the Human Emperor? Since the Lu family has his troubles, that's fine.
It seems that I have to show off some means to make everyone in the city understand who is in charge of Qingshui City."
At midnight, the moon is bright and bright.
The New Year has come, and every household in Qingshui City has begun to hang red lanterns in front of their doors.
Even though it is late at night, the city is still brightly lit and the red light shines in the sky.
Tie Tang, who was waiting in Tie Mansion, received a letter from Li Qingze and Tie Hu in Zhoufeng City.
A police officer followed the letter and reported to Tie Tang the preliminary investigation results in Zhoufeng City.
No surprises.
After Gou Zhen's "resurrection from the dead", he fled to Zhoufeng City. At first, he remained anonymous. After a few years, he saw that the limelight had passed, and he relied on the power of the Gou family to raise his banner again.
And because of his strong financial resources, he continued to bribe officials at all levels in Zhoufeng City, and gradually established a new power network in Zhoufeng City.
Since there is no Supervisory Yuan in Zhoufeng City, many officials have been bribed. Even some honest officials have to bow their heads because of the power of the Gou family.
Li Qingze has not found out what happened in the past ten years or so, but he can find out the crimes in recent years accurately.
Without spending much effort at all, he collected a lot of evidence of Gou Zhen.
This man was lustful when he was young. After his cultivation gradually increased, he was no longer satisfied with ordinary women and began to search for witches and wizards with cultivation.
But those who can embark on the path of witchcraft are not easily handled by Gou Zhen. They need to spend more effort and energy to lay out the plan.
There was a small aristocratic family in Zhoufeng City, and they were poisoned because of this. Except for the female family members, all the men in the family were killed and framed.
There was only one staunch woman who slashed her face more than a dozen times with a knife. After being completely disfigured, Gou Zhen lost interest.
But Gou Zhen was extremely cruel. Seeing that this person would rather destroy herself than be in love with him, he destroyed her cultivation, forced her to swallow charcoal into her belly, burned out her tongue, and cut off her hand tendons, so that she could only stay in Zhoufeng.
You have to be a beggar in the city and you are not allowed to leave.
When Li Qingze found this strong-willed woman, she was only twenty-four or five years old. She already looked like a ghost from the underworld, with hair as white as snow and skin like chicken skin. She lived on rotten soup and rotten rice all day long.
"When the chief arrest officer first asked her to write, she couldn't write it, and she was unable to support the wall. Such horrific and tragic conditions... It was the first time that her subordinates had been working on cases for many years."
Tie Tang took a deep breath and called this person away, unable to calm down for a long time.
At this moment.
A servant came to report that He Changsheng and Qiu Zhengyang came hand in hand.
Tie Tang's eyes lit up, he shook his muscles and bones, and a loud explosion shook the sky, knocking down a large area of crisp and tender leaves around him.
After a while, the three met.
He Changsheng had a smile on his face: "As expected, Gou Zhen is just a lost dog, where can he escape?"
"Haha~ I'm getting impatient. It's up to Lao He to be careful and insist on waiting for more than an hour, and finally I got something." Qiu Zhengyang was also very happy.
"So...Gou Zhen is at Gou's house now?" Tie Tang's words were calm, but the two of them felt something was wrong.
"It is indeed among them. I'm here to inform you. I will inform Zheng Qing and order the police to go and capture him."
Tie Tang stepped down and flew into the air.
"It doesn't have to be so troublesome. I can just go and invite him in person."