Chapter 10 Taishou

Chen Baiqiu's arrival surprised Shi Kangdang. This Chen Baiqiu is an official of the imperial court, and he is the younger brother of Chen Baijiang, the prime minister of the Jin State. Chen Baijiang vigorously promoted the county system in the Jin Kingdom, and with the support of the current Jin king, he had already stripped the title of the already small fiefdom lord of the Jin State and recovered the royal land. It is said that this county system is the general trend of the world, the Jin State has been implemented for many years, as long as these fiefdoms of the monarchs die of old age, their sons will no longer inherit the title, this is the national policy set by the previous generations of Jin kings. But in this generation of Jin kings, in order to realize his eloquence as soon as possible, he ordered all the remaining fiefs to be collected in nearby counties, and vowed to complete the reform of the county system in this generation.

And the whole country, only this stone city has not been turned into the central government of the Jin Kingdom. There are different reasons, some people say that the stone city lord is the younger brother of the current Jin king, some people say that the stone city lord is the protector of the Jin country, and he can't be removed, and some people say that the Shi family once saved the blood of the Jin royal family, this stone city is the first Jin king Jin Wen King sealed, and the generation cannot be recovered. But no matter what, Shi Dangdang's "Shi Yang Jun" has been retained, and the small city of Shicheng has become Shi Dangdang's legal private territory, otherwise how dare he let his disciples rob the official roads in the north?

But this stone city has become a thorn in Chen Baijiang's eyes, he sent his younger brother to the light wolf city next to the stone city as a thorn, that is, to keep an eye on this stone dare all the time, otherwise he would not be a dignified prime minister who is determined to innovate still blocked the way by this cancer that has been inherited for hundreds of years.

Chen Baiqiu has never been to the National Stone City since he became the assassin of the Light Wolf City, and Shi Dangdang has never taken this person to heart, the King of Jin does not withdraw the title of the Shi family, naturally there is a reason for the King of Jin, a small courtier actually wants to coerce the King of Jin, Shi Dangdang looks down on this group of hypocrites who are "innovative" from the bottom of his heart, in fact, he wants to be above 10,000 people under one person.

Therefore, when Chen Baiqiu came to visit the Lord of Stone City today, it must be that the person who came was not good.

Shi Dangdang stood in front of the hall, and Ma Xie Mu Xunfeng and all the guests were behind him. Chen Baiqiu, who was white and clean, looked at Shi Dangdang's unkind face on his face, and he was constantly annoyed: he seemed to have caused trouble that he shouldn't have caused. But thinking of the eldest brother behind him who forced him, he still stubbornly said: "Stone City Lord, I am ordered by the imperial court to arrest the criminal Lu Lin, and the informant said that Lu Lin is hiding in Stone City, I dare not rashly enter the city to arrest people, and I have come to report the Stone City Lord first." ”

Shi Dangdang glanced at Chen Baiqiu, and did not pay attention to him, but shouted to the person behind Chen Baiqiu: "I don't know which master is making a loud noise in my house, I am too old to stand such a fright!"

Chen Baiqiu saw that he was directly ignored by Shi Dangdang, his face turned blue and white for a while, he made a look, and a person behind him stood up.

"The contemptible person is Zhang Jiuyang of Qingyang Gate, who has just disturbed the Lord of the Stone City, and the Lord of the Stone City is forgiven. The man stood proudly and bowed his hand to the stone.

Shi Gandang nodded and said, "Qingyangmen is a third-rate sect, and it is also a creation to be able to produce such an acquired master." ”

Zhang Jiuyang sneered and ignored it.

Shi Gandang continued: "I'm small-minded, I can't do such a thing as forgiveness, I see that you are too loud, it's not good to scare my children in Shicheng after you go out, which of you will cut off his tongue." ”

Ma Xie looked at the stone city lord in surprise, he didn't expect this Humpty Dumpty man to be so black, didn't he teach himself every day to be kind to others?

At this time, a person walked out of the crowd, and Ma Xie recognized it as a middle-aged man called the "Carpenter King", who had been doing some carpentry work in the city lord's house. Ma Xie said a few words to him, every sentence is inseparable from saws, knives, rulers, ink fountains, and he once showed off to Ma Xie that his ancestor could make a flying wooden bird, but when Ma Xie asked him to make one for Nanfeng and Ah Fu, the man shook his head again: What can only be learned by ancestors, how can I......

But at this time, he walked step by step to the center of the courtyard, took out a carving knife commonly used in carpentry from his body, pointed at Zhang Jiuyang and said, "Come here." ”

Zhang Jiuyang was confused, what was this person talking like crazy? Could it really be that he wanted to cut off my tongue? He wanted to ask Shi City Lord what this meant, but he saw that Shi Gandang had already returned to the hall with everyone.

He opened his mouth, not knowing what to say, and looked at Chen Baiqiu again, this guy couldn't understand the situation in front of him.

The carpenter king sighed, kicked his right foot to the ground violently, and his body instantly came to Zhang Jiuyang, he pinched Zhang Jiuyang's mouth with his left hand, Zhang Jiuyang didn't have a trace of resistance, and watched the carpenter king cut off his tongue with the carving knife in his right hand.

Ma Xie heard a strange shout in the courtyard, and then heard Chen Baiqiu shouting: "Shi Dangdang, how dare you abuse lynching in front of the imperial court officials!"

Shi Dangdang ignored this person, because Tang Feihuai had already walked out and said to Chen Baiqiu: "Shicheng is the fief of the city lord, and those who create the city lord's mansion are still at the disposal of the city lord. Today, for the sake of your brother's face, my lord of the city will first accept the tongue of this madman, and if anyone does not follow the rules, it will not be the tongue. ”

Chen Baiqiu looked at Tang Feihuai and said, "You tell Shi Dangdang that he will definitely not end well!"

Tang Feihuai said with a smile: "Thank you Lord Chen for worrying, our Shicheng Lord also has a sentence for me to tell Lord Chen, such a small matter of arresting people, just send someone to inform the deacon in the mansion, although my Shicheng is a fiefdom, but it is not an extralegal place in the Great Jin Kingdom, Lord Chen personally came to inform the city lord, is it a big fuss, with the heart of a villain to spend the belly of a gentleman, or is Lord Chen used to being a dog in the court, and he won't do things without asking for instructions?"

When Chen Baiqiu heard this, his anger and blood surged, he and his brother Chen Baiyang were originally from civilian backgrounds, and they had been in the officialdom for decades before they had their current status. But today it was a great shame to be ridiculed by a doorman.

"If I don't avenge today's revenge, I, Chen Baiqiu, swear not to be a human being!" Chen Baiqiu secretly swore in his heart, and then left with Zhang Jiuri.

In the hall, there was silence at this time, and for a long time, Mu Xunfeng said: "It seems that Lu Lin's matter is very involved, today Chen Baiqiu is clearly here to test the city lord to see if the city lord knows about Lu Lin, I didn't expect the city lord to respond like this, I think he will not give up when he goes back." ”

Shi Dangdang pondered: "If I agree with him to search for people in the city, with the power of their brothers, they will definitely soon know that I have hidden Lu Lin in the mansion, it is better to come and make him dare not act first." But if this Lu Lin is really a key criminal who endangers the safety of my Jin Kingdom, I think I will hand him over sooner or later. As he spoke, he glanced at Ma Xie.

Ma Xie was confused when he heard this: "Isn't this Brother Lu just a dart? Why did he become a prisoner? What crime did he commit?"

Nanfeng next to him glanced at Ma Xie: "If Brother Lu is really a criminal of the imperial court, how can Chen Baiqiu arrest people? Won't the imperial court directly issue a decree or ultimatum to the city lord? I saw that Lord Chen came here today, and the purpose was definitely not to find Brother Lu." ”

Shi Dangdang's eyes lit up when he heard this, and said: "This little girl has a clear mind, why did you tell me why this Chen Baiqiu risked offending me to come to my mansion?"