Hebei, Bohai County.

Just as the war between the Sui army and the Turkic and Jurchen coalition forces was about to begin, many Hebei scholars led by the Bohai Gao clan were gathering in the Gao family manor.

Above the hall, the bells and drums rang in unison, the ceremonial music rose, and dozens of graceful dancers wore neon dresses and danced in the middle, dancing gracefully and the sound of the piano.

When the wine was half-drunk, the patriarch of the Gao family who was sitting at the top suddenly drank away a group of singers and dancers, raised his glass in his hand, and said loudly: "Everyone, today I want to introduce a special guest to you, he is Qin Hui, the official of the Tang Dynasty, Lord Qin!" ”

As soon as Patriarch Gao's words fell, Qin Hui, who was dressed in a brocade robe, walked out of the screen behind him with a smile on his face, and saluted to all the archers: "Qin Hui has seen you!" ”

"Lord Qin is really bold, he dares to appear here blatantly!" The next person in the hall sneered and said, this person is the patriarch of the Haoqiang Fan family in Hejian County, with a fierce face and a face full of flesh. It is rumored that this person is a partial concubine, who was attached to the king in his early years, and later led the bandits to break through the river, and took advantage of the chaos to kill the eldest brother's family and sit on the position of patriarch.

Qin Hui smiled slightly, and said loudly: "The whole world is not the king's land, Yang Gao is just a clown, sooner or later he will be destroyed by my Tang Dynasty, Hebei will also be under the rule of my Tang Dynasty, why don't I Qin Hui dare to come?" ”

"Really?"

Among the Hebei families, the patriarch surnamed Yan sneered and said: "The Tang army has been repeatedly defeated by the Sui army, Bashu Luoyang has fallen to the enemy, the crown prince Li Jiancheng and the king of Qi Li Yuanji have been prisoners of war of the Sui army, I don't know where the Qin people got the courage, thinking that the Tang Dynasty can destroy the Sui Dynasty!" ”

"Hahaha!!"

The words of the patriarch surnamed Yan immediately caused laughter.

Qin Hui's face remained unchanged, and after everyone stopped laughing, he said without humility or arrogance: "Listening to Mr. Yan's meaning, could it be that he wants to dedicate all the extra land under his name to Yang Gao Xiao'er to show his loyalty!" ”

The patriarch surnamed Yan suddenly looked ugly and couldn't speak like a fly.

Qin Hui took two steps forward, looked at the patriarch surnamed Yan and said, "If Mr. Yan thinks that Sui can destroy the Tang Dynasty, then give Qin to the government now as a resource for his own life, and Qin will never resist!" ”

Qin Hui stretched out his hands as he spoke, looking like he was being slaughtered.

"Lord Qin laughed, how could we submit to Yang Gao's ignorant child. His father Yang Guang is a tyrant, if he has a father, he must have a son, this little thief is even more hateful than Yang Guang! The patriarch Gao who was sitting on the upper seat waved his hand and hid his displeasure with a loud laugh.

In fact, most of the people who came to this party today were vassals of his Gao family, and the reason why he instructed his subordinates to make things difficult for Qin Hui was just to get more benefits from the Tang Dynasty, but he didn't expect Qin Hui to be more eloquent, but he forced himself to the point where he had to express his position.

"Mr. Gao, Xiaguan has exact information here, Yang Gao has appointed his confidant Zhang Juzheng as the governor of Hebei Province."

Qin Hui turned his head and said to Patriarch Gao: "The whipping method that the Sui Dynasty is now implementing is proposed by this Zhang Juzheng to Yang Gao, what did Yang Gao send Zhang Juzheng to Hebei to do at this time, don't you know?" ”

"I've also heard of this Zhang Juzheng!"

Not all the vassals present were the vassals of the Gao family, and a few of them were from families who were co-opted by Qin Hui, so they opened their mouths to help at this time: "A few years ago, this Zhang Juzheng was appointed by Yang Gao as the governor of Henan Province, and the land of Qingzhang was ruthless, and even the Zheng family in Xingyang was forced to move to Chang'an. ”

"Just don't do it and send someone to secretly kill this Zhang Juzheng!"

The patriarch surnamed Fan showed a fierce face, land and money are his lifeblood, even the king of heaven and Lao Tzu.

Qin Hui smiled and said, "Mr. Fan's thinking is too simple. Is it just Zhang Juzheng who wants to clear your land? No, the person who really wants to accept it is Yang Gao Xiao'er, even if you succeed in assassinating Zhang Juzheng, won't he send someone else? ”

"If Yang Gao does this, isn't he afraid that all the families in the world will be enemies of him?"

The patriarch surnamed Yan spoke loudly, but those who had a heart could hear the timidity.

"Isn't the Tianxia Clan now an enemy of Yang Gao'er?"

Qin Hui sneered and said, "Look at those families in Jiangnan now, do they still deserve to be called families?" Yang Gao said that who dares to go to the west, the children of the clan want to enter the office, even if they are recommended by the main force of the family, if they have no meritorious talents, it is very difficult! ”

"Not bad!"

Patriarch Gao said viciously: "Look at the six officials in Jiangdu now, Yu Yunwen, Zhang Juzheng, Wang Anshi, Di Renjie, which one is from our family?" Pei Ju and Su Wei are just hanging on to their positions and have no real power, and Lord Xiao Yu was even dismissed from office by Yang Gao's tyrant, if this tyrant is not removed, my family will never have peace! ”

Qin Hui nodded and agreed: "So, this time, I, Datang, will join forces with you to get rid of Yang Gao, the tyrant who is a disaster to the world." ”

Hearing this, Patriarch Gao immediately narrowed his eyes, picked up the wine glass and took a sip, and said lightly: "Originally, it was our duty to get rid of Yang Gao, the tyrant. But Lord Qin should also know that before Yuan Shao did something, I and the Hebei family almost did their best, but now I am afraid that we have more than enough heart and not enough strength! ”

"You old slippery heads will put all the eggs in a cage for Yuan Shao, hmph, it's obvious that you're taking the opportunity to ask for benefits!"

Qin Hui slandered a few words in his heart, and said with a smile: "Mr. Gao said that he was joking, who in this world does not know Mr. Gao's reputation in Hebei, as long as Mr. Gao is willing to ascend to the top and shout, he will inevitably be like a cloud." After the matter is completed, Mr. Gao is the Duke of Qi of my Datang, and you are also the county dukes and county dukes of Datang. In addition, the county guards of the four counties of Bohai, Qinghe, Hejian, and Boling will also be recommended by you. ”

"Originally, the old man was old, so he didn't want to go to this troubled water again, but in order to get rid of the tyrant Yang Gao, the old man...

Patriarch Gao was only halfway through his words, but suddenly there were a few screams outside the door, this was the private soldier arranged by the Gao family to guard outside.

"Rush in, no one is allowed to run away!"

In the midst of shouts and shouts, hundreds of heavily armed soldiers rushed in violently, and the embroidered spring knives hanging from their waists explained their identities - Jinyi Guard.

"Run!"

The head of the Fan family, who looked fierce, was the most timid of all of them, and when he shouted, he turned his head and ran to the window next to him, trying to jump out of the window and escape.

As soon as he spoke, a black shadow burst out of the crowd of Jinyi Guards, and in an instant, he pounced in front of the Fan family master, the white light flashed, and the long sword came out of the sheath, killing him on the spot.

The person who shot was Zhanzhao Zhanxiongfei, he held the sword in his hand, and shouted coldly: "Those who move recklessly will be killed!" ”

As if to confirm Zhanzhao's words, several brocade guards guarding the door took their bows and crossbows and shot a few arrows, shooting several children of the family who tried to rush out to the ground.

At this moment, this group of wealthy families did not dare to move again, or crouched on the table, or squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands, staring at the sword shining with cold light in front of them shivering.

"Gutsless rats, jumping clowns!"

Jia Xu, the commander of the Jinyi Guard who came in later, couldn't help but snort coldly when he saw this scene: "It made Jia someone have a false alarm!" ”