Like most county towns in Longzhou, Lechuan City is not large, with a circumference of three or four miles.

It is divided into two urban areas, north and south.

The northern city is smaller, and it is the location of the county government, the county mansion, the county governor's mansion, the county temple and other official offices; The southern city is larger and is inhabited by the county people.

Xin Er led the troops to enter through the south gate, which instantly alarmed all the miles in the south city, and the people rushed to tell each other, pouring out to look; In the afternoon, when the "city" in the corner of the city was lively, many merchants, buyers, and light teenagers wandering in the city also came out to watch.

Most of the pawns nowadays have no armor.

These 100 people are the elite of the foot soldiers.

They held their iron armor and held their guns, and walked on the stone-paved streets with their arms in their arms, and the sound of stepping on them was like the autumn wind sweeping the leaves.

In the sunny weather of three springs, the people felt cold.

Xin Er ignored them, followed them behind, to the south of the city a "li", left two soldiers to guard the inner gate, ordered: "No one is allowed to enter or leave!" ”

In this room, all the upper-class scholars who live in the happy place are gathered.

"Seven officials in front of the prime minister's door", Li Kui and Li Jian men met ordinary people, and they never looked at them squarely, and they were all prostrated on the ground, each of them was stunned. I just heard that Xin Er was begging Hu Kaixuan, why did he suddenly lead the armor to this place?

Li Kui said in a trembling voice: "I don't know that the king of the palace is coming, and I can't meet him from afar, and I will be guilty of death and death!" ”

Xin Er smiled and said with a smile: "I will come to you to visit, and you will lead the way." ”

"Dare to ask who the prince wants to visit?"

Xin Er said briefly: "Zhang family." ”

The Zhang family has been a hairpin for generations, the name is heroic, the county is tilted, and the successive Jiankang county guards in the past have no one who is not respectful to the Zhang family. Wen Xiner was going to Zhang's house, but Li Kui didn't know what was going on, and he was so frightened that he couldn't get up.

The prison supervisor is in the pursuit of thieves and public security, and he is bold, and he takes the place of Li Kui and leads the way.

The people who came with him heard Xin Er's answer.

They couldn't get in, so they gathered on the road inside and outside, in groups of three or five, and there was a lot of discussion.

Some think that Xin Er is here to trouble the Zhang family; Some people think that the Zhang family is powerful, and they don't believe that Xin Er will have the courage to do so. Either point of view, it is full of curiosity and apprehension; There are those who have been bullied by the Zhang family, but they can't help but secretly have some expectations.

In addition to the Zhang family, the right surname Gao and other families in Lejun County, as well as other county surnames where there are people in the clan who serve as officials in the county government, such as the Koji family, all live in this "li".

Koji, who had just been promoted by Xin Er, rested today, was idle in the back house to study, and rushed out when he heard the news.

When he went out of the door, he saw that there were already people standing on the opposite side and on both sides of the house, and at the door of almost everyone's house.

Xin Er has already passed his house. He hurriedly chased after him, but was stopped by the armor. Xin Er turned around, saw that it was him, and called him closer.

He said: "Wen Ming Gong returned to the county, and the subordinates are thinking of meeting tomorrow to congratulate Ming Gong on his victory." Looking at Xin Er's face, he asked, "But I don't know why Ming Gong suddenly fell into disdain?" ”

Xin Er smiled and said, "Take care of some official business." ”

"What official business?"

"You'll find out in a moment."

Arrived outside Zhang's house.

Koji Jing was shocked and said in his heart: "What is this going to do?" ”

Zhang's family's doormen, swordsmen, more than ten people, armed to protect the door.

A sword-eyed and sturdy man held a ring knife and shouted, "I don't know who this is?" How dare you come to be presumptuous! ”

This person is a famous hero in Lejuan, brave and strong, light on wealth and righteousness, and famous, and is extremely supported by the light heroes and evil boys in the county. If Zhang Gu is the mastermind of the Zhang family, this person is the head of the Zhang family. Many years ago, Corporal Zhang Jin Lixian received him under his door.

The prison gate was in vain in charge of law and order, afraid of his prestige, cowering, and did not dare to answer.

Koji Jing recognized him, frowned and said, "Don't talk nonsense!" This is the Taishou Xin Gong of this county, let the door open. Although he saw that it must not be a good thing for Xin Er to come to Zhang Jin, but Xin Er was his lord, and he couldn't let others offend him.

The sword-eyed man said contemptuously: "I've seen too much, I haven't seen ......."

Before the words fell, as Xin Er nodded, more than a dozen armor soldiers rushed forward.

The lance is eight feet long, and the knife is only more than four feet (1), and the man's knife has not yet been raised, and two long lances have pierced into his body. He screamed, foaming at the blood in his mouth and glaring at the knife. The armorer took the lance back. The man was not manpowered, staggered two steps, and fell to the ground.

Most of the other doormen and swordsmen were killed in a moment, and the small half saw that the situation was not good, so they ran away.

The sergeants who watched were all discolored.

Xin Er took the lead, strode up the steps, passed by the corpse of the hero and others, and entered the Zhang family.

Zhang's house occupies a large area and is divided into three or four courtyards.

The marquis who led the infantry asked for an order and said, "Please give the general an order to search the house and arrest the culprit." ”

Xin Er said: "Zhang's well-dressed family, the hope of the county, must be left with dignity, and his daughters in the back house must not be disturbed." Tell his servants to invite Zhang Gong to come and see him. ”

Don't go too far. It's too much, although it is quick for a while, it can be spread out and tarnish its reputation.

The soldiers took two slaves and maids who had no way to escape, and viciously urged them to go to Zhang Jin quickly.

The doors of the front yard and atrium opened, and two men walked out from within.

One is tied with a short veil, draped in feathers, and holds a stacked fan (2), with a calm expression.

A limp followed.

Of these two people, the one in front is Zhang Jin, and the latter is Zhang Gui.

Xin Er didn't enter the "inside" door, and there were already people in the inside to ventilate Zhang Jin. Zhang Jin called the doorman and swordsman to guard the door, and at the same time urgently summoned Zhang Gu to discuss. But the two of them hadn't guessed Xin'er's intention, and the door of the house was lost, so they had no choice but to take the initiative to come out.

The military marquis ordered left and right, and said: "Take down the prisoners!" ”

Dozens of soldiers stood in the front yard, and four or five people were waiting to be captured.

Zhang Jin waved his fan and reprimanded sharply: "Don't hear my name? My Zhang Wengong is also! Little slave daring! ”

Xin Er's headquarters is from other places, after arriving in Jiankang, Xin Er is very strict in governing the army, prohibiting them from leaving the camp for no reason, and rarely have a hand with the local people, I really don't know his name, but he was awe-inspiring, a few soldiers hesitated, turned their faces to look at the military marquis and Xin Er.

Koji Jing was afraid of Xin'er being angry, and said in his heart: "The prince of the mansion will lead the cane into the Zhang family, and he will have confidence." Zhang Gong has a high temperament, and if he blindly contradicts, he is afraid that it will be bad. Before lifting the skirt, he persuaded him, "Zhang Gong, do you have to endure your life a little?" ”

Zhang Jin said contemptuously: "'My heart is a stone, and I can't turn it. 'Wen Gong's body, how can he be humiliated by the villain! ”

"My heart is a stone, and it can't be turned" is from the Book of Songs.

Xin Er praised: "I have heard for a long time that Zhang's essence is good at "Poetry", and his reputation is well deserved. Zhang Gong's demeanor is admired below. He said, "Take the order." ”

The military marquis took out a roll of silk cloth and presented it to Xin Er.

Xin Er caught it and said, "Gong Zhang, you don't have to read it out in public, right?" Motioning to the soldiers to give it to him.

Zhang Jin unfolded it to watch, it was indeed the king's order that Linghu fought.

The order reads: "Zhang Er recklessly misses the grace of the country, has a wolf heart and a dog's lungs, and colludes with Hulu; took it, and the escort was sent in. ”

Rao is strong self-calm, Zhang Jin couldn't help but tremble his hands, and he said in his heart: "How can the king know about my dealings with Jiqu?" ”

Xin Er said calmly: "The public family has been high for generations, and the public is famous, so the torture instruments will not be used." Please take a step. ”

Although Zhang Jin didn't know that Xin Er sent someone to monitor his house, at this time, he also guessed that Linghu Feng knew about this matter, and it must have something to do with him, and said in his heart: "I am very careful about the secret letter with Hequ, Xin Agua was lucky to learn about it, and there is no evidence." He said angrily, "The king listened to the villain's slander and said that I colluded with Hu Lu, is there any evidence?" The Zhang family's innocence and reputation cannot be ruined because of me, without evidence, how can I get out of you! ”

Xin Er took out a letter from his bosom, showed it to him, and said, "Do you remember this letter?" ”

The letter was purple on both sides, a few lines of words, and a small red mark had fallen.

Zhang Jin recognized that it was his reply to Yuanguang.

He said in fear: "How did it fall into the hands of Tian Shenu!" ”

But after breaking through the ditch, he strictly inspected and seized it, and found this letter from it, so he presented it to Xiner.

Zhang Jin said: "What is this? ”

"The matter has come to this, and the public is still hard-mouthed? Do you want me to read it to you? ”

"I didn't write it, yes, yes, it's ......, you can check the handwriting!"

Zhang Gui, who had not spoken, also recognized this letter, and when he heard this, he was extremely panicked, this reply letter was written by him!

"The seal down there is always fake, right?"

"It's not surprising that my seal is sitting in my study and being stolen."

Xin Er looked at Zhang Jin for a long time, and Zhang Jin's head was dripping with sweat.

Zhang Jin was still able to barely support, Zhang Gui couldn't control his fear, although Xin Er was not looking at him, his mind was full of chaos, his legs were weak, he couldn't stand, he knelt down with a "plop", his knee touched the solid stone slab, the pain made him wake up slightly, and he bowed and kowtowed.

Xin Er swept his eyes, wondered why he lost his temper at first, but quickly woke up, and said in his heart: "Lao Zhang (3) said that he didn't write this letter, it seems that it should be true." Who is this? He wrote the letter, right? ”

Xin Er ignored Zhang Gu for the time being, smiled at Zhang Jin, and said, "Maybe there was a misunderstanding." However, I had to obey the king's command. Zhang Gong, if you have more words, just talk to the king. ”

Someone outside the door spoke and said, "I'm tired, let me go, I'll give the prince his life back." ”

The soldiers in the courtyard got out of the way, and Huang Rong, Xiang Kui and two guards escorted Zhang Daojiang in.

Huang Rong waited and said: "Yu Minggong, the criminal Zhang Dao will be brought; The car was parked inside and out. ”

Zhang Daojiang was distraught, his face was pale, and when he saw his father, he wanted to pounce, but was held down by Xiang Kui.

Zhang Daojiang is a head shorter than Xiang Kui, and his physique is much thinner than him, just like a chicken caught by an eagle and unable to get out.

The military marquis personally led the soldiers up, grabbed Zhang Jin and his son, pointed at Zhang Gui, and asked Xin Er: "Do you want to take this?" ”

This is the original owner of the letter's handwriting, so of course you have to take it.

His arms were raised by two strong soldiers, his neck was pinched by one of them, and the back of his hand touched the soldier's armor, which was hard and cold; Zhang Gui's one-eyed wandered mindlessly, his gaze moved from Zhang Jin's body to the military marquis's waist knife, then to Zhang Daojiang's unkempt head, and finally fell on Xin Er's gentle face. The faces of his wife and his two sons alternated in his mind.

colluded with Hu Lu, betrayed the county court, and framed the officials.

When the threshold is sent to the royal capital, Zhang Jin's father and son may not die, according to Zhang Jin's words, if everything is pushed on his head, he will definitely not survive.

The career is broken in the hands of the Zhang family, do you have to give your life to the Zhang family?

Zhang Jin's father and son, and Zhang Gui were escorted out of the door by the armor soldiers.

Some of the sergeants retreated into their homes, covered the door, and peeked through the crack in the door; Some were shocked; Some are friendly with Zhang Jin and want to intercede with him, but they can't get close to Xin Er at all. There are also those who hold Koji Jing and other officials to inquire about the situation, and Koji Jing and others are speechless to answer.

When they went out to the inner door, the people outside were in an uproar when they saw that Zhang Jin and his son had really been arrested.

Two sill cars were parked on the street, and the soldiers violently pushed Zhang Jin and his son in.

How could Zhang Daojiang have received such treatment? Frightened and frightened, he wept bitterly.

Zhang Jin was furious, Gu Zhang Daojiang, and said, "A dragon's girl? What is weeping! ”

Zhang Daojiang barely held back his crying.

The two of them boarded the car.

The military marquis looked at Zhang Gu in embarrassment and asked, "General, what should I do with this guy?" ”

Huang Rong said: "The subordinate will go and transfer a sill car." ”

Although she often complains, she never leaves her wife; Playful but smart, the two sons who were entrusted with his unsuccessful ambitions, are they saying goodbye like this?

As his wife said, he made a dog for the Zhang family for half his life, and he worked hard and complained, and he said in his heart: "Is this the ending in exchange?" ”

In exchange for this ending, it doesn't matter, he is already a wasted person, it might as well be dead, but what about his wife and son?

Zhang Gu struggled, his mind was unprecedentedly flexible, and he thought of a way to survive.

He saw that many of the onlookers couldn't bear it, and even showed admiration because of Zhang Jinshicai's words of scolding Zhang Daojiang, and he thought of a way to survive.

He shouted loudly: "Zhang Jin's father and son took over the captive, rebelled against the imperial court, what the turtle said with his own eyes, heard with his own ears, and begged to testify!" ”

At the shout, the people on the street were in chaos.

The Zhang family actually colluded with Hu Lu? Betrayed the court? Some people associate it with Xin Er's affair against Hu Bu, and boldly speculate that Hu Bu's rebellion was caused by the Zhang family? Although it was pacified within a few months, the people of the county also suffered a lot, and many people died. If the Zhang family really colluded with Hu Lu, and if Hu Bu's rebellion was really related to Zhang Jin's father and son, then even if his family's reputation was far away, it would stink all of a sudden, at least Zhang Jin's father and son who did this were arrested, and they were not wronged at all.

Xin Er looked at Zhang Gu in surprise.

Zhang Gu worked hard and hissed: "Ming Gong has not screamed for three years, will he kill Yingjie when he screams?" ”

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(1), more than four feet: the ring head knife is usually about one meter long, and the longer one is one meter and two. In the original time and space, the scale of the Wei and Jin dynasties used the system set by Du Kui, called Du Kui ruler, about 24 centimeters more. borrowed from the book.

(2) Stacked fan: that is, the folding fan of later generations. The fan surface is silk or paper, with bamboo strips as the bone, and small bamboo boards are sandwiched on both sides, which can be collected or withdrawn.

This kind of fan, first seen in the late Han Dynasty, because often worn on the waist, so called "to (waist) fan"; In the Jin Dynasty, the name was stacked fans, "stacked fans on the bed, trying to think of the distant wind".

(3), Lao Zhang: Many of you think that the titles of Lao Fu and Lao Song are not quite in line with the ancient background, so I will give an explanation here.

The habit of adding the word "old" before various titles originated in the Wei and Jin dynasties, and became a custom in the Tang and Song dynasties.

"The World Speaks New Words": "Holding his arm and saying: 'How can you return to your feet for the old brother'? "Book of Jin": "Should the eldest husband seek the name of his sister?" This is added to the title of kin.

Bai Juyi's poems: "Every time Lao Yuan steals the rhythm", "Try to find Lao Liu". Yuan is Yuan Zhen, and Liu is Liu Yuxi, two of his good friends. This is added to the surname.

Su Shishi: "The old may be a bamboo photo." "Su Shi's cousin is the same, and the words are the same. This is added to the word.

Southern Song Dynasty Fan Cheng's poem: "Read Lao Po Qiu Wangfu quickly." "Lao Po, I'm talking about Su Shi. This is added to the number.

Zheng Banqiao's poem: "Lao Zheng is a seven-grade order, and he doesn't recognize the wine but recognizes it. This self-proclaimed.

In the book, all titles such as Lao Fu and Lao Song are usually expressed in two meanings, one is the intimacy between superiors and subordinates and friends, and the other is disrespect, such as Linghu Feng calls Fu Qiao "Lao Fu", Xin Er calls Fan Dan "Lao Fan", and Song Pian "Lao Song".