"Everyone in the Fan family is here. One is no less. The villain has already sent someone to keep an eye on it. ”

At this moment, Xie Wu rushed in from outside, shouting as he ran, "My lord, it's not good. There were a lot of soldiers and horses outside the city. Looking at the flag, it should be the people of the inspection department and the yamen of the water transport department. The one who led the way looked like a member of the Chu family. Brother Ding asked me to hurry up and inform you. And what about the salt that has just been stored in the dock warehouse? ”

When Gongsun Jian heard this, his face changed suddenly. His right hand slapped his thigh hard and scolded: "Chu Tiankuo of the dog day, it turns out that he has this heart. I said, how can I see the Chen family end up like this, and they will be so well-behaved. It turned out that he had the heart to drive the tiger and devour the wolf and wanted to be a yellow sparrow. ”

Now, there is not much way out. If you want to blame, you can only blame Gongsun Jian's own preparations, and the collection of a lot of intelligence is not comprehensive enough. In fact, what he didn't know was that as soon as he entered this Linshui County, the forces of all parties had already targeted him. And everyone's purpose is different, for example, the Chen family is because of the special care of the uncle of the family and the lord of Shangshu in the capital. The Chu family also has their own backers and ideas, so they naturally know that the Chen family will take advantage of the opportunity to deal with Gongsun Jian. But no one thought that Gongsun Jian would be so bold, and he dared to openly rob the goods of several of them not long after he came to Linshui County. However, I have to say that the Chu family is still a little prescient, and has been hiding behind the Chen family all along, taking advantage of the contradiction between the Chen family and Gongsun Jian, preparing to catch the cicada and yellow finch behind the praying mantis, and clean up the Chen family with the help of Gongsun Jian, thus making himself the largest local force in this Linshui County.

The abacus is crackling, but the effect is unknown. Originally, all parties thought that their plan was the best, but no one expected that Gongsun Jian's courage was not ordinary, and the means would be so bloody. After everyone promised him that he only needed to hand over the salt and sell it to Wu State, and most of the silver taels belonged to him and gave him cargo ships and docks, he would actually kill the killers, wanting to completely wipe out several major families, in an attempt to dominate Linshui County alone.

This result also happened to give the Chu family an opportunity, after escaping from Linshui County through his own tunnel, Chu Tiankuo contacted the Inspection Department and the Yamen of the Water Transport Division, which had a close relationship with his family. These two families have military power in their hands, and they have always acted as the background behind the smuggling of Wu by several major families in Linshui County. So the Inspection Department and the Yamen of the Water Transport Department immediately sent people to Linshui County to try to suppress Gongsun Jian's gang.

The functions of these two yamen are actually very simple, the inspection department is actually similar to the anti-smuggling bureau in the previous life, but it is mainly responsible for the land, and the main role is to inspect the trade and trade in the Zhou State, check whether the procedures are complete, whether the goods are correct, and whether there are any illegal and prohibited items to be taken away. The Yamen of the Water Transport Department is similar to the Inspection Department, the only difference is that he is only responsible for the inspection of river water transportation. However, although Linshui County is a remote and small county town in the Zhou Kingdom, it has both land connections to the northwest Wu State and water routes to communicate with it. That's why there are two yamen here at the same time.

The people of the Inspection Department have close contacts with the Chen family, and the Yamen of the Water Transport Department is the relationship between the forces behind the Chu family. But now that the Chen family has been wiped out, and the Chu family has all been imprisoned, I don't know what the next step will be, and the salt sold to Wu this time is still in the hands of Gongsun Jian and others, not to mention that the 50,000 taels of silver transported by Wu State in advance have also been taken by Gongsun Jian. If this matter breaks out, once the Wu State investigates it, the imperial court will definitely issue an order to investigate thoroughly. Then all of them will have no good fruit to eat. So after getting the report of Chu Tiankuo, the head of the Chu family, the two chief officials of the yamen didn't think about it, and quickly rushed to Linshui County with their men.

Gongsun Jian, who learned of this result, couldn't care much about it, and hurriedly asked Liu Dayuan, the county commander, to discuss countermeasures. But Liu Dayuan was stupid. At this time, the regret in his heart was mentioned, you must know that it will be the current situation, and he will not cooperate with Gongsun Jian to deal with those big families when he was killed. At this moment, the Inspection Department and the Yamen of the Water Transport Department came with troops, clearly to suppress them, so as to kill people and destroy all the evidence, and to regain control of Linshui County.

But now it's too late to regret it. Liu Dayuan, who had stabilized his mind a little, looked at Gongsun Jian, who was still standing in front of him, and still looked calm and relaxed, and asked in a low voice: "Lieutenant Gongxian, what do you think about it now?" ”

Gongsun Jian sneered a few times, then glanced at Liu Dayuan and replied: "My lord, you are the county commander of this county, and you still need to make up your mind what to do!" ”

"Oh, I said Master Gongda, don't make fun of me." Liu Dayuan saw Gongsun Jian's behavior, and said with a pause: "When those two people from the yamen come, we will be dead." ”

"How can you see it, is it possible that these two yamen still dare to openly attack the county seat?" Gongsun Jian asked with squinted eyes.

"Hehe, what would they not dare. You must know that now that the Chen family has been destroyed by you, the other masters are also in your hands, not to mention the evidence of smuggling and the salt worth 50,000 taels of silver. That's enough for them to kill people. ”

"In this way, the county magistrate has long known that the two yamen and several major families are colluding with each other?" Gongsun Jian asked with a smile on his face. And Liu Dayuan looked at Gongsun Jian with a sense of understanding at this moment, and said with a straight face: "Gongxian Lieutenant, could it be that you have a plan?" ”

Gongsun Jian smiled, stretched out his hand and replied, "I don't plan to do it, I also just knew that the two divisions and several masters colluded with each other." But since this is the case, then it may not be wrong for us, but it is meritorious. As he spoke, Gongsun Jian paused, then the corners of his mouth pursed and he continued in a cold tone: "Since this is the case, then we just want to take them under the knife, as long as we win the bet this time, defend Linshui County, and successfully defeat these two divisions of soldiers who are corrupt and pervert the law, then the entire Linshui County will be decided by you in the future." ”

I'll go. Liu Dayuan's scolding in his heart! It's all up to me, I think it's all up to you in the future! Besides, there is not even a single soldier in the county, only dozens of officials, and many of them belong to a few families, and there are no more than ten people who can really listen to the call, what can they do to resist others?

Gongsun Jian looked at Liu Dayuan, the silent county commander, and guessed what the other party was thinking, so he laughed a few times and said to Liu Dayuan: "My lord, we have no other way to go now." Even if we escape from Linshui County, we can temporarily save our lives, and in the future, we will go to the capital to sue the emperor and win the lawsuit, and my subordinates may still have a way to escape their lives, after all, I am the future son-in-law of His Majesty the Emperor, and I am the grandson of the current Xiangguo, and I have only been in Linshui County for more than a month, and I found out that they colluded with Wu Guo to smuggle. Not to mention meritorious, but also non-faulty. But you are different, you have been a county magistrate here for almost two years, not only did you not realize the illegal things of smuggling under your rule, but you finally abandoned the county seat for the income of rebellion. According to the law, in any case, you must be punished and sentenced to death. ”

"This ......"

I have to say that Gongsun Jian's words can be regarded as speaking to Liu Dayuan's heart. But the current situation is either killed by the soldiers of the two divisions or beheaded by the imperial court, which is nothing more than the difference between early death and late death. So Liu Dayuan could only look at the so-called subordinate Gongsun Jiangong County Lieutenant beside him with begging eyes.

"Father-in-law. If you have a way to help this county survive this catastrophe, everything in this Linshui County will be up to you in the future. So far, Liu Dayuan has not only been humble in tone, but has even changed his title. Calling the other party a son shows the meaning of surrender.

After getting Liu Dayuan's reply, Gongsun Jian's purpose was achieved. In fact, at this time, he was not sure whether he would be able to hold this Linshui County, but fortunately, he had already thought of a way out. After a short period of silence, he spoke: "My lord, then everything that follows, you must obey my orders and do according to my arrangement. ”

"No problem, now Childe, whatever you say is what you say."

In the next time, according to Gongsun Jian's orders, Liu Dayuan, the county magistrate, and Qi Shi, who had been waiting on the side, began to act. Ding Feng and Xie Wu, who had been sent out of the city, also returned with people, and the gates of the county to the outside world were all closed. The people of the Chu family and the Shen family were taken to the city by Wei Meng, while Ma Teng cooperated with Liu Dayuan and began to gather the strong men in the city.

About half an hour later, the soldiers and horses of the two divisions had arrived outside Linshui County. and began to openly shout for the city gates to be opened. Gongsun Jian arranged for Liu Dayuan, the magistrate of the county, to go to the city to fight a lawsuit with the other party. And he himself watched the large group of people gathered in front of him on the steps in front of the county yamen.

This group of people are all strong men who sell physical strength to carry bags and unload goods on the wharf outside the west gate of the county seat. Many people have also been to Gongsun Jian's small noodle shop to eat. At the moment, they were all confused and summoned to the county yamen by the magistrate and Ma Teng.

Without too much rhetoric, Gongsun Jian only briefly recounted what happened inside and outside the county in the past few days, and affirmed that now the Chen family, which has been oppressing everyone, has been wiped out, and the Chu family and the Shen family have all been arrested, but the Chu family escaped and colluded with the two divisions to prepare for rebellion. At present, there is not a single soldier in Linshui County, only the seventy or eighty bandits of Huangnigang who have just been recruited under the command of Gongsun Jian and more than a hundred veterans of the former Northern Army who came to join him. Therefore, I hope that everyone can pick up the guy and defend the county with his Gongsun Jian, of course, they will not let everyone do it in vain.

As he spoke, Gongsun Jian asked people to pour all the gold and silver filaments seized from the Chen family on the ground at the entrance of the yamen, stating that as long as they picked up weapons to defend against the enemy with him, each person would first get twenty taels of silver to settle down, and then kill one of the enemies and reward ten taels of silver. In the unfortunate event of death in battle, in addition to these rewards, there is a bereavement of one hundred taels of silver. As for the other preferential treatment, it doesn't matter if I say it now, and I can only settle down after I hold the county seat and destroy the soldiers and horses of the two divisions outside the city.

There is a way that wealth has touched people's hearts since ancient times. No promise can be made with real money in front of you. These men, who had long been accustomed to poverty, looked at the white flowers and silver and all kinds of gold and jewelry on the ground in front of them, and their eyes straightened.

"It's done, people die and birds face up, and they won't die for thousands of years. For the sake of these coins, I will follow the adults, and you will have a hand. After a moment of silence, someone took the lead in the noise, and more and more people volunteered to join in.

Gongsun Jian didn't say much, and arranged for Qi Shi and Xie Wu to lead people to distribute the weapons taken out of the county government arsenal, and at the same time give each person who received the weapons a piece of Anjia silver, and take it to the north gate after simple reorganization.

Seeing Gongsun Jian leading nearly a thousand dock coolies dressed in various rags and armed with weapons, Liu Dayuan's face was ugly. Isn't it possible to count on these people to guard Linshui County? At this moment, Liu Dayuan has the heart to die. Secretly scolded Gongsun Jiantai for fooling people. I knew that it was better to abandon the official and run away from the beginning, so that at least I could save my life for the time being. But now it's good, it's not so easy to leave.