Such a big battle was aimed at the Wu family. It was not a threat, but a temptation?
Zhong Qi always thought he was very smart, but he still didn't understand.
But since the eldest lady asked him to listen to this eunuch, then he should listen.
"General Xiao Qi, do you know what Madam asked you to do?" he asked.
Zhong Qi said cheerfully: "I know, you told me to do everything you want me to do."
She didn't say what the lady had ordered for him, but she was able to trick him out of what he was going to do. He smiled. This young man was smart and well-spoken. No wonder he was able to get along like a fish in water in Henan Province.
"Madam wants to destroy the Wu family and bulldoze this city." Wei finished, pointing in the direction of Shangwu City, "But we have to do it quietly and follow the tide."
Zhong Qi looked at him seriously and intently with his big eyes.
Before he could finish, he continued: "Then letting them destroy themselves is the best way."
Zhong Qi asked at the right time: "Sir, do you mean to let them fight among themselves? Can our demonstration of this induce them to fight among themselves?"
"There is no solid city in this world, and there are no inseparable tribesmen." He finished and stood up to look at Shangwu City through the window. The people here could murder the eldest lady of the city lord for their own benefit, and of course they could also murder one of them.
"Our move is to let them know that we dare to surround Wu's home, dare to investigate Wu's people, and if someone really has a problem, we dare to kill him."
Zhong Qi Oh made it clear: "Then let them know that they can report and frame others."
"This clan is too big and there are too many people. Everyone wants to take more of the family property, but there is only so much property. If you want more, you have to steal from others." Wei said, "So Xiao Qi
General, what you have to do is be both affable and vicious."
We should respect the famous Wu clan, but we must be unselfish and selfless towards the Wu clan members who have made mistakes and committed crimes, and dare to arrest, fight and kill.
Zhong Qi smiled and patted his chest: "What a coincidence, I am just such a person."
Wei Wei smiled and said, "The outside will be left to you, General Xiao Qi, and the inside of Shangwu City will be left to me."
Zhong Qi pinched his chin and thought: "Then who should Master Han Xuhan give it to?"
Han Xu is not easy to fool. If he sees that he is targeting the Wu family...
"Master Han, don't worry." He said, "Master Han is a pure minister like Shi Que. As long as what we do is beneficial to the court and your majesty, he will not refuse."
How can it be beneficial to Your Majesty and the court? Of course, the people in the city are stable, the guards are strong and the horses are strong, and the official treasury has sufficient food, grass, money and supplies...
Night enveloped Songzhou City, dispersing the hustle and bustle of the day.
The lights were on in the main hall of the government office, and the door was open. At a glance, you could see the busy Han Xu sitting inside. Zhongqi rushed towards the door from outside the door, but as soon as he reached the door, he was blocked by a person who flashed in the shadows.
"What's the matter?" Zhongli asked.
Zhong Qi was almost knocked over by Zhongli, and he shouted aggrievedly, "Master Han."
Han Xu, who was inside, did not raise his head: "Is it General Xiao Qi? Let him come in."
Zhongli got out of the way, Zhongqi bared his teeth and made a face at him, then jumped in with two steps.
"Sir." Zhong Qi looked around and whispered while holding the desk.
Han Xu still didn't raise his head: "If you have something to say, just say it. There's no need to be sneaky. This is Weizhou in Daxia, not where the rebels are."
Zhongqi made a sound, stood up straight and said loudly: "Master Wu Jiu sent a cart full of gifts and said they are for adults."
Han Xu raised his head.
Zhong Qi blinked and looked at him.
Han Xu asked: "Are there any spies among the suspicious people who were taken in by the Wu family?"
Zhong Qi nodded: "I checked clearly, there is no problem."
Since there is nothing wrong with the person Mr. Wu Jiu takes in, then he is not guilty or wrong. As an upright official of the court like Han Xu, the gift is...
"Take it," Han Xu said, lowering his head and continuing to read the document.
Zhong Qi said oh, then leaned closer to the table and whispered: "Then I will send it to your room."
Han Xu shook his head: "Go to the warehouse clerk in the official treasury and ask him to record it and confiscate it."
Zhong Qi's eyes sparkled: "Sir, you are so noble and honorable!"
Han Xu turned over a page of documents and said: "This is not a noble act, but there is nothing we can do about it. There are too many beggars and homeless people outside Songzhou City, causing chaos. We will collect these people in a few days, and the government will pay for them."
Keep them for a while."
Zhong Qi said, suddenly understood, and said movedly: "Your Excellency, you are still upright and upright." After saying that, he turned around and left, "I'll go ask Mr. Wu Jiu for some more cars!"
This reckless boy! Han Xu hurriedly called him out: "Don't be ridiculous. If you really want it too much, then this city will not be stable."
Zhong Qi nodded: "Okay, I understand what you mean! Don't worry! I'll go and put these in place first."
After saying that, he ran away. He came and went like the wind, and the wind was like the wind. Han Xu shook his head. What on earth did this boy understand?
...
...
"I think what Han Xu means is to deliberately make things difficult!"
In the main hall of the Wu family's mansion, Mr. Wu Jiu was escorted by soldiers and horses to the government office, his face turned red with anger.
"He is deliberately humiliating our Wu family! This is Henan Road, this is Songzhou, who does he think he is!"
There were more than a dozen people standing in the hall, but there were only ten chairs, and not all of the ten chairs were occupied.
The chair at the head was empty, and the rest were not full. Except for a few old men sitting here and there, there were people standing behind the other chairs... Although this was their chair, the elders were still there.
Now, it's not their turn to sit down, they just come to speak on behalf of the elders.
Master Wu Jiu's father died early, and he was honored to sit down and talk.
But at this time he kept standing because of his anger.
An older man looked at him with a slightly dissatisfied look: "Who is he? This is Songzhou and Henan Road, but who was beheaded by the soldiers of Songzhou and Wang Jin the day before yesterday?"
Although the people don't know it yet, all the aristocratic families in Songzhou know that the generals in Songzhou city have been replaced.
This Han Xu came from Shannan Dao. In addition to holding the imperial appointment edict, he only brought one entourage. Then the Henan Dao Jiedushi sent him a young general who was said to be a soldier from Jiannan Dao, but he said he was from Jiannan Dao and could do it.
Being appointed by the Jiedu Envoy of Henan Province, it can be said that he is in Cao's camp and his heart is in Han.
This Han Xu is just a solitary person, so what kind of trouble can he cause?
Songzhou turned a blind eye to the rebel guards. If you don't mess with me, I won't mess with you. If you mess with me, I'll run away. But that's just looking at the food. Of course they don't care about civilian officials like Han Xu who have no military power.
I'll be polite.
After the initial courtesy, Songzhou's soldiers became impatient and ignored Han Xu's nagging. Unexpectedly, Han Xu was even more rude and led his soldiers directly to the camp. With an order, the general
Beheaded the three generals in the room.
With the general gone, the remaining soldiers and horses of Songzhou immediately implemented the principle that if you don't mess with me, you won't mess with you, and if you want to kill me, I'll kneel down and beg for mercy. Now Songzhou is in Han Xu's hand.
"He holds the imperial edict in his hand and has the soldiers and horses of Jiannan Road to rely on him. Who do you think he is?" the older man said coldly.
That young general is not in the Cao camp but his heart is in the Han Dynasty. He was clearly placed in Henan Province by Jiannan Road a long time ago!
The treacherous Jiannan Road!
Songzhou's soldiers and horses were all familiar, and they were his own people, but the soldiers and horses of Jiannan Road were not. Master Wu Jiu's face turned redder because he was holding his breath, and finally waved his hand: "Even if he has the support of the soldiers and horses of Jiannan Road,
, we can’t just do whatever we want! We are all ordinary people.”
Another old man said: "Just know that you are a commoner, sit down! Why are you standing and talking? Show off that you are younger than us old guys?"
"Fifth Uncle, what are you talking about?" Mr. Wu Jiu muttered, but still sat down obediently, "I'm just angry, this Han Xu is too..."
"Ninth brother, you are wrong." Mr. Wu Qi, who was standing behind a chair, laughed and said, "Why are you angry? Han Xu's behavior shows that His Majesty the Emperor is definitely coming to us, so he
Being so fierce is just to ensure that Songzhou is safe."
He looked at everyone in the hall.
"In order to make a show, to shock, you have to kill the chicken and show it to the monkey."
Master Wu Jiu sneered: "Brother Qi, then we are the chickens to be killed?"
"It's not us, it's you." Mr. Wu Qi replied to him in a nonchalant manner, not giving him a chance to fight back, and then said, "That's okay. Who makes us the largest family in Songzhou?"
Many young people of the same generation in the hall laughed, "Look what you said, we deserve it?" "Our family's great business was passed down from our ancestors, and it was not stolen." "Yes, why should we be raped by the government?"
Are you being bullied by others?" "The person who was taken away by Han Xu with soldiers and horses was not the Seventh Master. Of course, the Seventh Master can't talk without hurting his back." All the talk was neither salty nor indifferent.
Being able to stand here is just a matter of direct blood, but the difference is just a few days between being born earlier and a few days later. Being able to sit in a chair is just a difference between father dying early and dying later. Who is nobler than the other?
Mr. Wu Qi didn't care about these cynicism: "We just admit to being bullied. Why did Han Xu bully us? In order to show the people and the emperor, we just admit to being bullied. The people and the emperor can see it. Is there anything wrong with this?"
?”
The noisy voices in the room stopped and became quiet.
"Our Wu family is such an honest, honest and peaceful family." Master Wu Qi said, "Would the people and the emperor dislike such a family? Would it be unreliable?"
That's true. If it's about the family, it's also about each family. If it's beneficial to each family, we won't talk about it.
Mr. Wu Jiu was still a little dissatisfied after being bullied, and said: "Then you can't always be bullied like this."
Master Wu Qi said nothing, but the old man sitting on the second chair spoke.
"How can we always be bullied? When the emperor comes, Han Xu can still bully us? Can he still cover the sky with one hand? This Great Xia is not his heaven."
Not only that, if they eat as much as they eat, they will have to spit it out.
As soon as Mr. Wu Er spoke, everyone else stopped talking and responded in unison.
"Don't be nervous, everyone. What is this? Is it scarier than the rebels knocking on your door?" Another old man said with a smile, "We have been here for so many years in troubled times."
There was laughter in the hall and the atmosphere relaxed, and a big butler walked in quickly outside the door.
"My lord, the government has arrested the fourteenth son of the eighth room."
Hearing this, a middle-aged man standing behind the chair in the eighth room looked furious: "What's going on?! The government is besieging the city again?"
Why didn't you hear any movement?
Everyone in the hall was also shocked.
"No, we didn't come here to arrest him," the housekeeper said hurriedly, "but outside, the Fourteenth Young Master had a fight with someone and was arrested by the government."
What? Everyone looked at each other.
"Does the government have free time?" someone asked, "Does it also take care of fighting?"
And they also arrested people from the Wu family?
Mr. Wu Qi smiled and said: "Of course it is intentional. I just told you that the government wants us to be targets."
The old men sat back on their chairs and waved their hands to the steward: "Okay, okay, you don't have to go, old eight. Let the steward bring a cart full of money to redeem the person."
As expected, the master of the eighth room did not go, and said: "Give them as much as you want. If it doesn't work, let Fourteen live in the cell for a few days."
Others laughed too and someone said, "We can go visit him."
The butler responded and went out.
Mr. Wu Jiu, who had been sitting in his chair, first gloated and then came back to his senses and became dissatisfied.
"Hey? Did the money for fourteen come from the public? Then my previous share should also come from the public, right?"