Gongsun Xun lost his temper and became furious for a reason.
If he hadn't met Chu Feiyan, a strange bandit who lives in the wilderness but aims at the temple today, he would have been completely fooled by Zhen Du!
However, what is Zhendu?!
The county magistrate, who only has a mere five hundred stones, is not even a county magistrate, but he is trying to play with his superior Tinghou in applause.
I think this Wuyouhou is only twenty-four years old this year. From Fengshi Mountain to Danhan Mountain, from Liaodong to Luoyang, although he has encountered some perverted whippings, he was either an elder or was lightly let go. Being tricked like this by someone who never took him seriously?!
More importantly, he, Gongsun Xun, is trying to win people's hearts and work hard for government? How come he is being teased and taken away from others in a confused way, and is still being used as a knife?!
"Ju Gongxi!" After Gongsun Xun opened several cases, he continued to hold the sharp blade, but his anger remained unabated.
"I'm here." Juzong responded with an almost trembling voice.
It's pity that he is a young man from an aristocratic family. He only came here to play cards and chess with Gongsun Xun all day long. How could he have seen him so angry?
"Have you thought about this matter clearly?" Gongsun Xun held the knife in one hand but pointed at the other party with the other hand.
"I've probably figured it out!" Ju Zong quickly lowered his head.
"Repeat it again!" Gongsun Xun said coldly. "Let me see how different you are from your brother..."
"Yes." Ju Zongqian replied after swallowing. "Shen Hu himself should have just been an accident, but whether it was a coincidence or intentional, he went to seek refuge with Magistrate Zhen, who he had some friendship with..."
"How could it be a coincidence?"
"Yes..." Ju Zong immediately corrected him. "Shen Hu should have known for a long time that this county magistrate Zhen had a scoundrel who was famous all over the world for betraying his friends for glory, and he knew that he would never do anything like this again. , otherwise the reputation that the Yingchuan Zhen family spent decades rebuilding would be destroyed in one day, so they would defect to the other party. They might even inform others of their defection to this person in advance, forcing Zhendu to accept him. , and had to help him!"
"Go on."
"Zhen Du had no choice but to take in Shen Hu because of his ancestor's story, and then he fell into a dilemma. On the one hand, he could not let Zhen be known as a traitor to his friends anymore, so he had to keep Shen Hu; on the other hand, this Shen Hu But Hu insists on revenge and is in trouble with the king. This is actually a dead end." Guessing this, Juzong couldn't help but sigh. "So Zhendu planned all this painstakingly... On the surface, he assisted Shen Hu in revenge. , using the Taihang bandits to divert attention, and conducting a surprise assassination; but there are multiple preparations inside, which are basically to use the hands of the monarch and the bandits to settle the matter, and finally to kill the bandits and hide it from the monarch. "
Hearing this, Gongsun Xun's expression became darker and darker, and he accepted the words: "If this matter comes to pass, then he clearly hired Chu Yan to kill Shen Hu, but in the eyes of outsiders, it was Chu Yan who had feelings for him. He killed the bandit because of my virtue; he clearly brought the bandit and silenced him, but it was his credit, and my hard work in sending troops was in vain; in the end, the Handan family was blamed and I was asked to go. Making trouble for the Handan clan?! Killing two birds with one stone?!"
"He also deliberately left very obvious flaws in the date of the official document." Wang Xiu also added from the side. "It is easier to evade..."
"The mechanism is too clever to calculate, but the cleverness is mistaken for the cleverness!" Gongsun Xun glanced at Chu Yan, who was still slumped by the pond because Zhendu had struck too quickly, but he handed the knife to Juzong. "Since Gongsun Xun
Now that you understand this matter, it will be easy to handle... take this knife!"
"Here!" Ju Zong carefully took the famous broken knife.
"Be my bus and go to Xiangguo County in the name of an envoy to find the county's meritorious Cao Lu Fan." Gongsun Xun suddenly grinned slightly and smiled, and his tone became much gentler. "What you just said
Tell this story to Lu Ziheng, the military governor, and then give him the knife...and ask him to bring me and you to Handan!"
"Understood!" Juzong shuddered violently, then bowed and left the backyard with the knife in his hand as if running away.
"Thank you, noble man, for avenging my brothers..." Chu Yan just came back to her senses and leaned over to thank her. "Chu Yan can't thank you enough!"
Gongsun Xun raised his eyes and looked at this person. If it weren't for this person's strength and ambition, which were beyond the scope of a bandit, otherwise he, the Wuluting Marquis, would really fall into the hands of that Zhendu today. However, coercing others to help
Compared with his own Shen Hu, compared with Zhen Du, who has vicious intentions and kills innocent people, is this person very innocent?
"I'm not doing it for you." After regaining his composure, Gongsun Xun dropped these words and turned around and walked into the room.
Wang Xiu watched his prince enter the room, and sighed in his heart... In fact, he had already seen that there was always an indescribable arrogance in his lord's heart, not towards a certain person, nor towards certain people.
It's about everything in the world. That's why I was so angry today after I was almost teased by the magistrate of a neighboring county and applauded.
Of course, this was not the time to think about these things. Wang Shuzhi had always been diligent and loyal, so he quickly called for the maids and servants to clear up a few cases, settle the 'Feiyan', and find someone to look after his injuries... Of course,
Since Chu Yan's nickname was Fei Yan, he was a figure that Gongsun had vaguely mentioned. How could those people who wanted to kill him be his opponents? Most of the bloodstains on his body belonged to others.
Not only that, after settling down in the backyard, Wang Xiu didn't forget to go to the front yard of the official temple, called all the county officials, and asked them to dispatch some county guards to defend the official temple, while at the same time appeasing people's hearts and preparing to welcome that attack.
The turmoil after the return of three hundred chariots.
It was uneventful for several days.
But just a few days later, Lu Fan, Lou Gui, Ju Zong, Zhao Ping and three hundred cavalry returned to Handan City from Xiangguo County, and then the bearded Qianzhao also hurriedly left with dozens of Yi Cong.
After returning from the Taihang Mountains, the atmosphere in the city suddenly became tense.
From the Wei family on down, all the clans of the Zhao Kingdom, large and small, were invited to the city in uneasiness, and the gathering place was actually the county official temple that was full of weeds...According to what Gongsun Xun sent out to invite people, Yi Cong said that the place was spacious.
, it is also the legitimate administrative center of Zhao State, which is suitable for Ming Dynasty canon punishment!
There were no seats, few tables, no banquets, and no big pots to cook sheep. Everyone just stood in the official temple full of weeds with dull expressions, enduring grasshoppers and mosquitoes, and then quietly followed the pale-faced Handan clan.
The elders kept a certain distance... There is no airtight wall in the world. Now, even those people from the "small family" know that the remnant of the Shen family failed to assassinate Gongsun Xun and was killed instead. At the same time, Xiang Xiang
However, the county magistrate rounded up and killed hundreds of Taihang bandits in a Handan manor in Su Renting under his control!
Only a fool would think that there is no connection between them!
In fact, the chief of the Handan clan has written seven or eight letters in the past few days, and even wrote a letter to Wang Fang, the governor of Jizhou... Thanks to the emergence of Gongsun paper, writing letters has become so easy these days... Anyway
, he just asked a witch to bring back his biological father who had been dead for decades!
You must know that the biological father of the chief of the Handan clan, as I said before, had an official rank of two thousand dan.
However, almost all the letters that were written fell into the sea, and Wang Fang, the governor of Jizhou who was most looking forward to it, also did not even receive a reply. This inevitably made the Handan family panic.
And today, the chief of the Handan clan also accepted his fate and followed the people who came to invite him into the city... It is said that he was crying when he came, checked his suicide note again, and was not even willing to take any of his subordinates to serve him, for fear that when the time comes
Send one more head.
It’s also pitiful!
While everyone was enduring grasshoppers and secretly studying the 'death sign' of the Handan clan leader, Gongsun Xun suddenly rushed into the official temple surrounded by a group of confidants and dozens of sword-wielding warriors.
Immediately, the former stood majestically on the steps in front of the official temple lobby that had not been opened for a long time, while the latter spread out to surround everyone.
Everyone was immediately in awe, and even Wei Song lowered his head with the help of his son.
"Everyone, since the demise of the Shen family, I didn't want to kill anyone again, and I didn't want to expose the blade of this knife in front of you." Gongsun Xun stood still and quickly pulled out his broken knife, which was straight to the point.
"But some people have really gone too far. Not killing is not enough to vent the hatred in my heart... I am calling you here today. I don't ask you to do anything, I just want a witness! After I kill someone, you can just use this
It’s all about your close friends and old acquaintances... I just want you to speak frankly without embellishment!"
The chief of the Handan clan was almost on the verge of collapse.
The rest of the people also paid more and more sympathetic attention to this person... Everyone was a very thoughtful person, so how could they not understand the meaning of Gongsun Xun's words? Although the Marquis spoke calmly and seemed to be understatement, there was something in it.
The determination is clearly revealed, and he is even more prepared and will never waver!
"Mr. Handan..." Gongsun Xun really spoke. "Come to the front, I have something to ask you."
The chief of the Handan clan knew that he was unreasonable, so he took a deep breath, straightened his back, walked to the middle of the courtyard, and slightly raised his hand to Gongsun Xun: "Do you want to ask about Xiangguo County?"
"That's right." Gongsun Xun narrowed his eyes slightly and asked. "There are hundreds of thieves hiding in your village. What can you say about this matter?"
"Return to the Lord." When the matter came to an end, the Handan clan leader took a long breath again, and he was completely relieved of his burden. "I really don't know about this matter. Because the manor occupies the river, Xiangguo County has recently issued official documents.
,request to withdraw..."
"So you quit?"
"Yes!" the chief of the Handan clan said quickly. "At that time, the king had just established his authority here to punish the Shen clan. I was afraid that the county magistrate of Xiangguo intended to follow suit, so I hurried just in case..."
"Then this matter is simple," Gongsun Xun calmly interrupted the other party's words, but he was still neither happy nor angry. "Now, hundreds of thieves committed crimes and then disappeared, and then the county magistrate of Xiangguo sent me official documents with printed documents.
In his hand, he bluntly stated that he set fire to your manor and surrounded and killed hundreds of thieves...and then Mr. Handan, you told me that it was the Xiangguo County government that asked you to clear out that manor?"
"exactly."
"Then one of your Handan clan and the Xiangguo County officials must have colluded with the Taihang Mountain bandits...right?"
"Or... maybe... maybe?" the Handan clan chief stammered.
"Bring people up." Gongsun Xun suddenly waved his hand out of boredom, leaving everyone in the courtyard stunned.
It turned out that wherever he looked, there was an acquaintance of everyone who was pushed in with his hands tied behind his back... This person had been the county magistrate of Xiangguo for more than two years, and there were several people in charge of the wealthy families in Zhao who did not recognize him.
What about?
"County Magistrate Zhen," Gongsun Xun stood on the steps, condescending. "I rushed to take office that day and did not visit. I didn't want you and me to meet in such a situation today."
"County Magistrate Gongsun!" Zhen Du managed to respond. "I probably know that you mistakenly believed a bandit and a fugitive, and misunderstood me..."
"Not to mention this, the Handan clan is also a famous local clan, and they also think that you colluded with the Taihang bandits..."
"That's exactly what it is!" The chief of the Handan clan suddenly realized it, and he kept saying it regardless of etiquette. "The prince is aware of everything, and that's exactly what it is!"
Hearing this, the elders of the famous Zhao clan who were watching were all stunned and speechless... It seems that Gongsun Xun actually thought that the magistrate of Xiangguo County did this, and that the Handan family was innocent? I don't know what evidence he got.
Or testify, he actually ignored the law and tied up the head of a county here.
"County Magistrate Gongsun!" Zhen Du quickly retorted. "You don't trust the head of a county, but do you want to trust a powerful local who has repeatedly put you in trouble?!"
"My father is worth two thousand stones, and my family is full of noble families..."
"Fart!" Zhen Du yelled angrily. "You, the Handan clan, take advantage of your large population and huge power to invade the countryside wantonly. Just because you wanted your family to clear out the manor that occupied the river before, you seduced the Taihang Mountain bandits to poison our county! Now you are even more evil!
If you complain first and then bite back, what qualifications do you have to claim to be a noble family?! Gongsun County Lord, please be clear-minded!"
"Then the Taihang bandit who came to assassinate me also said that he was hired by your County Magistrate Zhen... so what's the explanation?"
"A bandit!" Zhen Du reexamined his reasons. "Why do you believe in a bandit and a powerful man who is a remnant of the people, but not a county magistrate?! How can you obey the people of the world?"
The surrounding spectators were speechless for a moment... and even started talking about it.
You know, although I sympathize with the Handan family out of sorrow for the death of the rabbit and the fox, to be fair, Zhendu is also the head of a county. From the perspective of the government, they are all one-sided words. If you don't trust your colleagues, how can you trust others?
In fact, this is also the brilliance of Zhendu's plan. Although he knows that he cannot be leak-proof, he is the head of a county after all. So from a common sense point of view, Gongsun Xun has no reason to trust someone who obviously has a conflict of interest with him.
The Handan clan, a strange bandit who escaped from the Taihang Mountains, and a remnant of the Shen clan who had a vengeance against him to exterminate the clan, suspected a colleague.
In fact, even Lu Fan, Lou Gui and others also had different views on this matter. They thought that it might not be true that the Handan family did it... It was just that Gongsun Xun was so angry that he gave away the knife and the 'story'
After that, Lu Ziheng had no choice but to hold his nose and tie this man back at the banquet.
Of course, unlike others who are always unwilling to believe the testimony of the key witness because of their contempt for bandits, Gongsun Xun is more willing to believe in the Taihang bandit nicknamed "Feiyan" from the bottom of his heart, because he knows this
The person's subsequent achievements... My mother vaguely mentioned a Montenegrin 'Feiyan'. Although his surname was Zhang at that time, it seemed like a bandit would change his surname. The key point was that Gongsun Xun remembered this person very clearly.
After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, it once attracted millions of people.
A bandit with millions of people has no reason to deliberately slander a county magistrate with 500 dan... Isn't it natural to think like this?
"That's good!" Just as Zhen Du's expression gradually softened, Gongsun Xun suddenly laughed. "However, your family's reputation is also very bad. Therefore, the surnamed Shen said that most of the Yingchuan Zhen family are traitors.
When you act like your great-uncle, it’s hard for me to tell right from wrong..."
"Shen Hu is shameless!" Zhen Du's forehead veins were exposed.
"How did you know that this person is called Shen Hu?!" Gongsun Xun suddenly sneered.
————I am the dividing line of crying————
"Taizu was the magistrate of Handan, and the head of Xiang State was secretly jealous, so he sent an assassin as an envoy. When Taizu and Ju Zong were playing chess in the backyard of the county temple, they saw the family style and suave style, so they untied the seals and ribbons, and made Ju Gong take the throne.
He caught a knife and stood on the eaves in the rain. When he saw the assassin entering, he dropped the knife on the ground and told Zong Qi. Zongqi asked him. The assassin said: "The king is very elegant, but the man who caught the knife in the rain is a hero."
"Yes, so I dare not move." Taizu laughed and pardoned him, and gave him a hundred gold to comfort him." - "Shishuo Xinyu", Strange Chapter
