Dong Xuan and Zhang Bi walked up to Liu Xiu and said, "Your Majesty, I'd like to go down and have a look."
Liu Xiu asked: "What's going on with Master Xu? Just now Xu Zheng said that Master Xu had received a lot of benefits from him."
Zhang Ben lowered his head, not daring to take a breath, but kept wiping the cold sweat from his forehead. Dong Xuan also had beads of sweat on his forehead. He bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I will investigate this matter."
Liu Xiu glanced at Dong Xuan and said: "When the county government was expanding, I told you that if the money is not enough, you can go to the imperial court and I will ask Da Sikong to allocate money to Luoyang County Government."
Dong Xuan and Zhang Ben lowered their heads. The latter still didn't dare to say a word, but Dong Xuan whispered: "I think about it, the world is uncertain, and the court has too many places to spend money. Things at the county government,
If you can solve it by yourself, you should try your best to solve it by yourself, so that you don’t have to worry Your Majesty anymore.”
"So, the county government took the lead in blackmailing people like Xu Zheng and asked them to donate money to the county government. Fifty gold! The county government had to do so many things to help Xu Zheng and protect him many times before giving him fifty gold.
Is the debt of favor repaid?" Liu Xiu asked with a frown.
Dong Xuan was very principled in matters of right and wrong. Even if his head fell off, he would stick to his bottom line, but he would make mistakes on such trivial matters, which made Liu Xiu feel angry and funny.
Dong Xuan pondered for a moment, knelt down, kowtowed forward, and said, "I know I was wrong!"
Zhang Bi was stunned for a moment, and then he knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "Wei Wei Wei, I know I was wrong!"
Liu Xiu rolled his eyes at the two of them, waved his hand and said, "Get up, everyone! This stupid mistake is only done once and will not be made again in the future. The imperial court spends a lot of money, and the treasury is indeed not very rich, but it is not poor yet.
To the point of asking your county government to extort money from the private sector."
Dong Xuan and Zhang Bi stood up carefully and bowed to Liu Xiu repeatedly. Liu Xiu stepped out of the box and said, "Come on, let's go down and take a look together."
"Your Majesty, the situation below is too chaotic." Zhang Bi hurriedly came out to stop him.
Liu Xiu waved his hand disapprovingly and said, "It doesn't matter."
At this time, on the street outside Qiwan Tower, Xu Zheng's brothers restrained Xu Kuan, while numerous county soldiers and capital troops broke out against them, and a fierce battle between the two sides was imminent.
Xu Zheng walked up to Xu Kuan, looked down at him, then looked around at everyone present, and said loudly: "We in Luoyang have never done anything wrong. On the contrary, whenever the county government has a need for us, we will do our best to help."
, If you need people, we will provide people, if you need money, we will provide money, but now your county government has turned its back on people and wants to kill us!"
"Yes! Your county government is bullying people too much!" Xu Zheng's men shouted one after another.
Xu Zheng patted the strong man who restrained Xu Kuan and signaled him to let go. Then he helped Xu Kuan up and said, "Should the county government give us an explanation for what happened today?"
"What do you want to explain?" As he spoke, Zhang Bi walked out of the crowd of county soldiers. Behind him, there were Dong Xuan, Liu Xiu and others.
Xu Zheng and Zhang Bi met several times, but they didn't have much contact with each other. Seeing Zhang Bi coming, Xu Zheng straightened his face, raised his hands and said, "Zhang County Lieutenant!"
Zhang Ben glanced at him, then looked at the people behind him, clasped his hands behind his back, and asked in a cold voice: "Xu Zheng, what do you want to do by bringing so many people here?"
Xu Zheng said: "Lieutenant Zhang, things have come to this point. I have nothing to hide. Many of my brothers committed crimes in their hometown and fled to Luoyang. After arriving in Luoyang,
, they have all behaved themselves and rehabilitated themselves, and the county government also knows this..."
Zhang Bi interrupted him, shook his head and said, "I never knew about these things."
He knew Xu Zheng in Chunpeng Lane, and he also knew that Xu Zheng's men were not very clean, but he didn't know exactly what was unclean and what he was hiding. Zhang Bi didn't have the time or energy to investigate such trivial matters.
little things.
Xu Zheng looked at Zhang Bi, and after a while, he said: "Whether County Captain Zhang knows or doesn't know, if the county government doesn't want to give us a way to survive, the county government shouldn't think about it either!"
"Haha!" Zhang Bi couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and asked: "If the county government wants to punish you today, why don't you wait and wait?"
When Xu Zheng heard this, he couldn't help but squint his eyes and looked straight at Zhang Bi. Zhang Bi looked at him without any fear.
Just when their eyes collided in the air, and fire continued to burst out, the skinny man beside him chuckled and said, "If you want to deal with me, it depends on whether you have the ability!"
Zhang Ben laughed angrily, turned his head and shouted: "Zhang Ning, capture this thief for me!"
Zhang Ning is Zhang Bi's confidant. He was born in the Lian family. In terms of military force, he is considered a number one figure in the county.
After hearing Zhang Bi's shouts, a young man jumped out from the crowd. He was wearing a military uniform underneath and a leather armor on the outside. Judging from his military uniform, he was a military commander.
He first bowed to Zhang Bi, and then strode straight towards the skinny man. The skinny man cupped his hands with a smile and said, "Your name is Zhang Ning? I'm..."
He was about to announce his name when Zhang Ning was already in front of him. He heard the sound of sand and when he unsheathed his sword, a cold light suddenly appeared in the air and swept straight towards the skinny man's waist.
call!
He slashed out with his sword, and the skinny man's figure disappeared out of thin air, leaving only a cloud of white mist floating in the air. Zhang Ning took a breath, and without even thinking, turned around and kicked him.
Bang! At some point, the skinny man stepped behind him and hurriedly raised his arms to block his face. Zhang Ning kicked the skinny man on the arm, causing his feet to stick to the ground and slide backwards.
More than two meters away.
Zhang Ning was unreasonable, shouted, jumped up, and slashed downwards with all his strength while he was in the air. This powerful and heavy sword made a harsh sound of breaking wind.
Phew! The sword struck the ground, making a crisp sound. Zhang Ning looked carefully and saw that he had just chopped a ball of white mist into two halves, and the divided white mist slowly dissipated in front of him.
Thinking that the opponent was behind him again, Zhang Ning shouted and swept back with his sword.
As a result, this time, there was no one behind him. Suddenly, he heard Zhang Bi shouting: "Be careful with your head——"
At the same time, Zhang Ning also felt the evil wind above his head. He subconsciously looked up and saw a black shadow coming towards him from the sky. He instinctively raised his sword and held it above his head to parry.
.
Bang! The skinny man took advantage of the inertia of his fall and kicked down, hitting the surface of Zhang Ning's sword.
At that moment, Zhang Ning felt as if a huge force was sweeping over him. He leaned back, stepped back four or five steps, and then sat down on the ground with a thud. The hand holding the sword was trembling.
Stop, it was shaken.
Two nearby county soldiers rushed forward, held Zhang Ning's arms, and helped him up from the ground.
Zhang Ning roared angrily, threw away the two county soldiers beside him, and prepared to rush forward. At this time, a hand was placed on his shoulder from behind.
"No one can stop me!" Zhang Ning roared loudly without even looking back.
Zhang Bi's face suddenly changed and he yelled hurriedly: "Zhang Ning, don't be rude!"
Zhang Ning looked confused at being scolded. He subconsciously looked back and saw a young man in casual clothes standing behind him.
The young man looked very handsome, with dragon-shaped eyebrows and tiger-like eyes, a high bridge of nose, and a pair of surprisingly bright eyes, as if he could see through people's hearts.
After seeing the young man's appearance clearly, Zhang Ning also changed his expression, and hurriedly bowed and saluted. Just as he was about to speak, the young man patted his shoulder again and said, "Step aside, I'll meet him."
As he spoke, the young man walked past Zhang Ning and headed straight for the skinny man opposite.
This young man was none other than Liu Xiu. The skinny man's strange movements and weird moves aroused Liu Xiu's interest, and Liu Xiu wanted to try the skinny man's skills himself.
He walked up to the skinny man, stood still, and asked with a faint smile, "What's your name?"
The skinny man looked Liu Xiu up and down and said, "You don't understand the rules too much. Before letting others sign up, shouldn't you sign up first?"
Liu Xiu smiled calmly and said, "My name is Jin Wen." He still used his usual pseudonym.
Jin Wen?! The thin man looked confused. He didn't remember that there was such a prominent figure as Jin Wen in the county government.
He turned to look at Xu Zheng, who was also frowning and was lowering his head in deep thought, as if he was wondering if there was such a powerful figure as Jin Wen in the county government.
Liu Xiu smiled and asked: "Where is your surname?"
The skinny man cupped his hands and said, "I don't believe Liu."
Liu Xiu blinked and asked, "Are you from Bingzhou?"
The skinny man was startled and asked in confusion: "How do you know? Do you know me?"
Liu Xiu smiled and said: "Back then, there was a Han Buxin in the Jin Kingdom. Your name is very similar to that Han Buxin."
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Jin State, which is now Bingzhou, had several large families, one of which was the Han family. Han Buxin was once the patriarch of the Han family.
Liu Buxin looked at Liu Xiu in surprise. He could tell that he was from Bingzhou just by his name. This person's knowledge was not simple!
He looked at Liu Xiu again, waved his hand and said: "You go back! If it's a competition of knowledge, I may not be able to compare with you, but if it's a competition of fists and kicks, you're definitely not as good as me. You'd better go back and find someone who can fight!"
Liu Xiu smiled and said slowly: "Based on your words alone, I can avoid killing you."
Liu Buxin was startled, and then he couldn't help laughing. After a while, he stopped laughing and said, "In that case, don't blame me for being rude."
As he spoke, he leaned forward, reached Liu Xiu in two strides, and punched Liu Xiu straight in the face.
It was obvious that the other party was showing mercy to him.
Liu Xiu turned sideways slightly to get out of the way of the opponent's punch, and then struck out like lightning, clasping the opponent's wrist. He used his strength to pull the opponent's wrist, then pulled it back, and the following kick hit Liu Buxin.
of feet.
Liu Buxin couldn't stand still and flew forward.
Plop! He fell to the ground and rolled a few times. Then, he rolled up from the ground and stood up directly. He shook the dust off his head and looked at Liu Xiu with shock, surprise and disbelief in his eyes.
Unexpectedly, this young man who looked handsome and gentle would be so fierce in his attack. He just met him and was thrown away.
Realizing that the other party was hiding something secretly, Liu Buxin no longer dared to show contempt. His arms drooped, and his wide sleeves naturally covered his hands.
Liu Xiu smiled slightly and walked over. When Liu Buxin approached, he took the lead with a side kick.
Phew! Liu Buxin's figure suddenly disappeared, leaving only a cloud of white smoke in the sky. Liu Xiu was on guard and held his breath immediately to prevent the white smoke floating in the air from being inhaled into his body.