Zheng Juzhong hurriedly called for Lao Taijun to save his life under the threat of death, but no one in Cangzhao's team responded. Zheng Juzhong became more and more convinced that this was Cangzhao pretending to be confused and bent on killing him here, so frightened that his face was as pale as paper, and he trembled, if he hadn't sat in the car and leaned on the carriage, he had already collapsed, his lips trembled, he lost his old eloquence, and he was so frightened that he couldn't speak, how could he still maintain his official authority.

At this moment, he regretted it a lot, he shouldn't be arrogant, he shouldn't have deigned to come here to rectify Cangzhao in order to please the officials, he shouldn't have ......

Next to the car, Hei Yongkang, who was loyal to the main guard, and the horizontal gun was tightly guarding (following) the car and retreating, was shocked.

Cangzhao dared to kill the emperor's favorite retainer in broad daylight, and he didn't take Zheng Juzhong in his eyes at all? The new thighs I hug, the new backer I am looking for is unreliable? Did the official miscalculate?

Cangzhao dared to ignore the monarch's authority and ignore the laws and disciplines of the imperial court, why was he so bold?

What does this mean?

Do you really want to rebel?

In a split second, he thought a lot.

He didn't think about guarding the border passes, but he only cared about making money and enjoying it, only thinking about bribing the court officials to build a network of relationships in order to be promoted and enjoy more, he didn't care about the hardships of the soldiers, ignored the life and death of the people at the border pass, and neglected his duties.

Being lenient with oneself and being strict with others, saying that others have eight mouths and not seeing one's own shit, is a style that bureaucrats are accustomed to, and it has become the tradition of the Han ruling class.

It is normal for a vulgar and shameless military attache like Hei Yongkang to suspect Cangzhao, but he doesn't know how to reflect on himself.

Interestingly, he denied the suspicion of Cangzhao's rebellion in an instant, and quickly thought of the reason why Cangzhao hated Zheng Juzhong so much and wanted to take the opportunity to kill him quickly with his own logical mode of thinking of being a greedy villain.

Cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents. This is a bitter enmity.

The only thing Zheng Juzhong did when he came to Cangzhou was to dismantle Cangzhao's business and prevent Cangzhao from making a fortune. How could Cangzhao not hate Zheng Juzhong?

He followed and cooperated, and he was also the main murderer, so he was naturally among the haters of Cangzhao.

Hei Yongkang was taken aback, facing the surging blade, he was hesitating whether to muster up the courage to lead the guards to face the battle, to see the situation when fighting, and if there was something wrong, he quickly rose up and rushed out of the encirclement and fled as quickly as possible.

At this time, Ji Xingliang and Wei Jianye, who were smashed off the horse, felt that their lives were in danger, and they couldn't care if they were injured, endured the pain in their bodies, and threw away the helpless and vomited blood and fainted, and let him fall to the ground and be injured again, hurriedly turned over and shot his horse, and shouted in front of Zheng Juzhong's horse: "Dare to harm Lord Zheng, do you want to rebel?" ”

The two of them were not confused, they knew that keeping Zheng Juzhong at this time was to keep themselves, and they couldn't keep Zheng Juzhong, and even if they were martial arts, they wouldn't want to escape from Cangzhao's pursuit. Cangzhao Village's joint annihilation of the Liao army was not a blow of mouth.

The roar of the two did not frighten the Cangzhao guards, but it called Zheng Juzhong, who was so shocked that the six gods were ownerless, to return his soul.

"Old lady, old lady Ning, Zheng Juzhong is here. Brother Gonglian and I are both official and beloved ministers, and we both work for the Great Song Dynasty. Don't make a mistake and kill each other. ”

Diao Bao squinted and listened to Zheng Juzhong's hoarse shout.

This guy is over 50 years old, and he shamelessly calls our eldest son brother for the sake of his life?

It is really a fine gentleman's style taught by Confucianism!

Diao Bao was extremely disdainful and funny in his heart, and he took a big knife in one fell swoop. The murderous guards were still watching.

But with this change, Zheng Juzhong immediately felt that Cangzhao still didn't dare to really kill me, and most likely he was just scaring the official.

He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly sat upright, and put on a sacrosanct and inviolable high-grade official authority, but he was secretly ruthless in his heart.

Cangzhao, hum, this official will slowly soak up the suffering, say that life is better than death, and show my means, so as to vent today's shame.

It's a pity that he set up the score, but he didn't wait for the master of Cangzhao to show up and admit his mistake and apologize.

The two sides confronted each other.

The Cangzhao guards stared at their opponents like wolves. Zheng Juzhong's guards had no fighting spirit and waited silently for changes.

Zheng Juzhong noticed that his subordinates were still afraid, and he was very puzzled, and couldn't help but glance at Hei Yongkang.

Hei Yongkang saw the doubt in his eyes, and despised this big turban that could only play tricks and was not familiar with military martial arts, but his face looked more respectful and loyal, leaned over and put his mouth in the crack of the car window and whispered: "Fuzun, the leading Diao Min is holding a knife to signal his subordinates to stop advancing, but with a swing of the knife forward, he wants his subordinates to rush with him with all their might." ”

After a pause, he said: "It is not good to protect the adults, it is not that the subordinates are afraid of the war.

These Cangzhao Diao people were killed by Liao Kou, and they are proficient in fighting and are not afraid of death. The adult's guard forbidden army is kept in the capital, and has never experienced a real bloody battle, no matter how high the martial arts are, it is useless to have the courage to fight to the death. ”

At this moment, this guy did not forget to shirk his responsibility and cover up the essence of his straw bag. This has become his habitual instinct to deceive the officials and deceive the court.

"Huh?"

Zheng Juzhong hurriedly turned his gaze at Diao Bao in front of the team in horror, and saw that Diao Bao's big knife was erected on his chest and never put it down, it turned out that Cangzhao still hadn't given up his killing thoughts. His life is still in the mind of the master of Cangzhao.

He maintained a calm and majestic face, secretly frightened in his heart, and his open legs for the prestige of the official involuntarily clamped, so he had to rub his beard to hide his panic.

Under the tense stalemate, the minutes and seconds passed. But the owner of Cangzhao in the car never squeaked.

Zheng Juzhong gradually settled down in the center of the cold wind, and his brain became much clearer.

He realized that Cangzhao did not really want to take his life, but used force to coerce him to lose his face in this way. Every time passed, an extra layer of his skin was peeled off, and his official dignity was gone.

Zheng Ju was extremely embarrassed and resentful in the center, but his subordinates were helpless and helpless.

The key is that he didn't dare to guarantee that Cangzhao wouldn't dare to kill him, and he didn't dare to make a fuss in his heart to provoke him, so he could only scold Cangzhao in his heart for being a rough and despicable family born in the wilderness, and even if he became a powerful and wealthy family in the Great Song Dynasty, it would be difficult to change his habits of disagreeing with the people.

The more stalemate, the lower the morale of the officers and soldiers.

Originally, I still wanted to fight to the death in time, it was best to escape, and if I couldn't, I could kill one and earn money. When he realized that Cangzhao was just targeting Zheng Juzhong, and he was peeling Zheng Juzhong's face, the courage of the official guards to fight for their lives was immediately dispersed.

Zheng Juzhong saw that Ji Xingliang and Wei Jianye, the two generals who were blocking the carriage, looked relaxed, but his head gradually drooped in shame, knowing that if he didn't try to save face today, it would be difficult to establish his official authority in front of his subordinates in the future. It's not easy to talk that way.

The impasse must be broken and the passive situation must be changed.

Cang Zhao ignored him, he could only take the initiative to greet Cang Zhao with a thick face.

Coughing twice, Zheng Juzhong puffed up his breath and shouted, "Which master is Cangzhao on the other side?" ”

Sure enough, it was ignored again and did not get a response.

Zheng Juzhong was also amused, not stupidly waiting, and said again: "Why did Cangzhao block the way of this official? Do you still have a dignity in your heart? Could it be that he is so arrogant that he no longer takes the official family seriously? ”

The small officials give way to the big ones. The humble make way for the venerable. It doesn't seem like much to say. It's natural, it's supposed to happen.

But in the officialdom, the matter of giving way is essentially a competition between the forces of the two sides, and there is no inevitable causal relationship with the high and small positions of the big officials and the low and low positions on the surface.

You are the confidant of the powerful prime minister, and you don't even have a grade, but those important members of the court are bigger than your officials, if you are not polite, I am afraid that the one who will make way when you meet is only the important members of the court, and the other party is full of spring breeze and humbly courtesy to you.

If you don't have power, even if you are the emperor, the powerful faction will not back down to you. For example, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty was to Dong Zhuo, the minister of power. If you, the emperor, have no guards around you, can't recruit helpers, and can't fight yourself, you will definitely be beaten up to the point of fighting with beggars.

The dragon is trapped in the shallows and is played by shrimp. The phoenix that falls to the ground is not as good as a chicken. What is said is also the potential, and what is reflected is also the essence of giving way.

Zheng Juzhong is an old fritter in officialdom, and he naturally understands this truth very well in his heart, and knows that it is meaningless to talk about the size and status of officials with Cangzhao on the issue of giving way, and talking about the tradition of respect and humility is just to find face for himself. The emperor was forced to show up as soon as Zhao had to defend his respect for the emperor.

But no one responded to his question.

Zheng Juzhong's dough continued to peel off layer by layer.

Fortunately, the hypocrites educated by Confucianism are so thick-skinned that they race over the city walls. Those who can be high-ranking officials are extremely black and thick, and they don't need face at all. Zheng Juzhong's false skin is too thick and not afraid to peel off, but this embarrassment is too uncomfortable.

Just when the Zheng Ju Center was cursing more and more fiercely, thinking about how to retaliate fiercely in the future, but now he was helpless, the master of Cangzhao finally moved.

Mrs. Ning's car window glass was pushed open a little.

The old grandmother summoned Zhao Yue and said, "Good grandson." ”

Zhao Yue hurriedly rode over and said respectfully: "My grandson is here, I don't know how my grandmother rested along the way?" What are the commands? ”

The old grandmother smiled and looked at her little grandson, and said: "This person is old, his body and bones are unbearable, and he can't be forced to travel in a car, so it's a good sleep." ”

Grandmother is old. Zhao Yue smiled secretly, and said with a serious face: "The old ancestor said that he was laughing." Your old health is good, 100 years old and festive, and the six generations are also idle and trivial, but there is no villain's worries and relatives in your heart and a lot of yin damage calculations, and you can sit up straight in your life, govern your family in a good way, and look up to heaven and earth, admired by the world, your heart is open, and you can naturally eat and sleep peacefully in the car. ”

The old grandmother laughed and snorted: "This kid." ”

He smiled and asked, "Grandson, the car is parked, but it's home?" In my sleep, too, I thought it was time to arrive. It's still good for our family! ”

Zhao Yue said: "Please forgive the ancestors." It's not there yet.

In front, an old man claiming to be the prefect of Honshu led a group of officers and soldiers to block the way. Delayed our home. ”

The old grandmother sighed thoughtfully, "Is it the one who only makes money, doesn't do personnel, and focuses on things that harm our family?" ”

Zhao Yueqiang couldn't help but smile and said respectfully: "Back to the ancestor, my grandson doesn't know him, it should be him." ”

Not only did Zhao Yue, his mother and bodyguards who did not live in Zhaozhuang know Zheng Juzhong, but even the people of Zhaozhuang basically didn't know each other.

Lao Taijun and the cronies around him had only met Zheng Juzhong once by chance before.

Zheng Juzhong believed that he was favored by the emperor and respected by the official, and after he arrived in Cangzhou, he put up a shelf, sat in the palace and waited for others to come and ask to see him again and again, and received a heavy gift to please and bribe him.

This is an important gray income for officials and an effective means to make a fortune.

It is also an important basis for the new official to initially distinguish between those who actively take refuge, how sincere they are, how much to consider how much benefits they will be given in the future, and who will be disrespectful, and how far they should use the three fires of the new official to rectify the extent to which he has stood aside.

When you are an official, you must not be filial piety and please others, and you must not play power to enjoy, so what kind of official should you be?

Zheng Juzhong claims to be a righteous man, a gentleman, a good official, and a model of Confucianism, but he consciously abides by the common rules of officialdom and accepts gifts with peace of mind.

He never went to Zhaozhuang to visit the old lady, waiting for the Cangzhou Sitting Tiger to take the initiative to bow his head to him and offer him a heart-warming gift.

In order to find out the specific situation of Zhao Zhuang and quickly and accurately choke Cangzhao's neck, Zheng Juzhong did not wait for Cangzhao to take the initiative to bow his head and come to the door.

It was this expedition that he met the old lady by chance when he went to the round castle where the original Cui family was located in Qingchi County.

However, outside the west gate at that time, Zheng Juzhong's relying team came east, and the old lady came from the south. Zheng Juzhong learned that it was the old lady who came, so he put up a shelf and prepared to greet the old lady with false affection, and then threatened to beat him with clever words, who knew that the old lady just glanced at Zheng Juzhong in the car, and the team turned directly to the west gate and entered the castle, completely ignoring him.

Zheng Juzhong felt that his majesty had been damaged and his authority had been provoked, and he was angry that he wanted to break into the castle on the pretext of visiting and inspecting, first, to show his strong authority, and secondly, to spy on the secrets of the castle and the factory.

According to common sense, if the local parents want to visit and guide, who can refuse. No matter how unwelcome you are in your heart, at least you have to give face to the leader.

But Zhuang Ding, who guarded the door, didn't listen to any high-sounding reasons for the prefect and didn't know what the mansion was, and said that Cangzhao was not allowed to be snooped on and disturbed by outsiders, and he didn't let in if he blocked the door with a knife and gun.

Zheng Juzhong's personal servant didn't know the depth and level, and he was used to it, so he stepped forward and opened his mouth to scold and play majestic.

slapped the door leader in the face, slapped out a few teeth, and scolded angrily: "An uneducated dog slave dares to go wild here." ”

This is a slap in the face of Zheng Juzhong.

Zheng Juzhong is a gray means of being an official, he talks about self-cultivation on his face, he is not knowledgeable with a pawn, he is not angry, he only says that he wants to meet the old lady, and he wants to beat people in front of the old lady, but what is ushered in is the closing of the city gate and the light of the city: My master is very busy, and now I don't have time to see the official who doesn't do the right thing. Be patient, and you wait.

It was such a bad "understanding" that became the weight of Zheng Juzhong's anxious desire to ask the old lady to protect his life, which once again verified that the mouth cannon hypocrites cultivated by Confucianism were shameless in their greed for life and fear of death, and they had reached a height that was difficult to achieve in other doctrines and education, and they could only sigh.

Lao Taijun and Zhao Yuecheng took advantage of this chance encounter to swell Zheng Juzhong's face, and they had to use language lessons to remind Zheng Juzhong not to know whether to live or die.

The grandfather and grandson cooperated tacitly, and in the snickering laughter of the guards, they said that they were talking to Zheng Juzhong. (To be continued.) )