In Taiyuan City, it can now be regarded as recovering from the shock of Wang Yun's death and the death of the old lady of the Wang family. That kind of panic as if the sky had fallen has finally passed. When summer comes, many people find that the day has not collapsed, the sun is still rising, the stomach is still hungry, and everything does not seem to make much difference.

At that time, when the news of Wang Yun's death came, half of the sky in Taiyuan seemed to collapse.

But to be honest, the Taiyuan Wang clan does occupy half of the sky in Taiyuan.

When Wang Yun was on the stage before, the small scholars around Taiyuan were naturally attached to the periphery of the Wang family, and now the big tree in the sky that I thought had collapsed, so naturally the most important thing is to quickly figure out the changes in the situation in the DPRK and China, and see if I can keep my current position, or whether I can go further.

But the changes in Guanzhong did make him at a loss, because of the relationship between distance and transportation, he had just heard that Li Guo had come to power, and was thinking about how to proceed next, and then there was news that Li Guo was no longer good, and it was the turn of Chong Shao to preside over the court, and then soon after he hurriedly put Chong Shao on the agenda, he heard that Chong Shao was no longer good, and Yang Biao came back......

The summer sun, after a long time, is like being barbecued. After these nobles and nobles, or with their entourage, or with a light car, without the Taiyuan Wang clan as the backbone, they all collided like headless flies, chatting with each other and asking questions, and all kinds of news spread around, and none of them were accurate.

I can't say all of them, but there are still some people, whether ancient or modern, who still like to cheat and take some so-called shortcuts to the south.

I think that back then, in front of the Taiyuan Wang's mansion, how many carriages and horses gathered, and the children of the scholar clan waiting outside the door were surging like carp crossing the river.

The Wang family's family was also accustomed to playing prestige, but now it is like dried vegetable moss, nesting listlessly aside.

Now that the Taiyuan Wang family has fallen to such a point, the pillars have collapsed, the old lady has died, and even the heirs of the next generation have died inexplicably, it is simply the end of the world, what will happen in the future, it is really unpredictable, so it was originally a busy Wang mansion, but now it is deserted.

But it can't be said that no one came to visit the Taiyuan Wang family at all, and at this moment, there was a simple carriage parked in front of the empty Wang family's mansion......

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In the hall of the Taiyuan Wang's family, there are white curtains full of sorrow hanging on the beams and pillars, but the two people sitting opposite each other have no sad looks at all.

Now the head of the Wang family in Taiyuan has been replaced by Wang Chen.

Wang Chen's face was gloomy, completely different from the appearance he often smiled when he was in Pingyang, he stared at Zhao Shang in front of him tightly, his gaze changing.

Zhao Shang seemed to be unconscious, shaking a small fan and fanning the cool breeze. The wind blew up his slightly gray sideburns, but it was a little more elegant.

"How did Ziming think about it?" Zhao Shang put the small fan on the table, and didn't look at Wang Chen, just asked softly.

Wang Chen lowered his voice and said, "What do you want?!" ”

"Hey...... The moon is rising, the best people are shining, such a beautiful woman, scared, but what can I do......" Zhao Shang looked at the sky outside the hall, and said softly, "It's a pity that it's in the middle of the month now, only, left, half, and ......."

Wang Chen slapped the table violently, almost unable to suppress the anger in his heart, and gasped several times before gritting his teeth and saying, "...... This is not possible! Now that the Wang family is exhausted, how can Brother Zhao not know? Originally, the merchants and shops under it had no main management for a long time, and they were deserted and needed to be carefully sorted out...... What's more, now that a certain party has ascended to this position, how can it provoke criticism...... If you wait a while to figure it out, you can't do it at this moment......"

Zhao Shang smiled and said, "Ziming is wrong to say this...... The Taiyuan Wang family has always been cautious, how can there be slack? Ziming is proof of this. Now that the general of Zhengxi is in urgent need of time, tens of millions of hungry people have moved to Yinshan, and they urgently need to be resettled with grain and grass...... What good is it if it is delayed? ”

Wang Chen still shook his head, frowned, and said in a low voice: "Now that the Wang family is in a mess, there is a lot of waste inside and outside, and now it is close to the autumn harvest. Wang's branches are numerous, and at this time the town is needed, and it is even more urgent, how can it regenerate incidents, otherwise it will change, it will be a major event, and the situation in Taiyuan will be eroded! Presumably, Brother Zixie doesn't want to see it, right? ”

Zhao Shang is now a subordinate of Taiyuan, and the stability of Taiyuan is naturally within his responsibilities. Therefore, in the face of Zhao Shang's pressing step by step, Wang Chen also had to throw out threatening words.

However, what Wang Chen said also has some truth. After all, now that the Taiyuan Wang clan has been in turmoil several times, the people's hearts have long been a little scattered, and now although Wang Chen came out to be the person in charge, it can be regarded as temporarily suppressing the scene in a short period of time, not to mention the surrounding Wang family's storefronts, merchants, manors, etc., can only be determined that after the Wang family's center is stable, it is possible to be honest and sincere in effect, and send money, food and goods to the Wang family. If there is a squeeze now, I am afraid that not only will the value plummet, but a riot will definitely be indispensable.

Zhao Shang hummed lightly and was silent.

Wang Chen hurriedly said: "Brother Zixie is the general of the expedition to the west, and the Taiyuan Wang family is also a subordinate, so he should serve the service...... However, the Wang family has no savings now, and it is really difficult to sustain it...... Why don't you wait for the autumn harvest and then double the ......" Zhao Shang raised his head slightly, glanced at Wang Chen, and sneered: "Ziming is shrewd......"

If you want to stabilize your position, it is nothing more than power and money. At the next Taiyuan, Cao can satisfy Zhao Shang's heart, and the greatest achievement in front of him is to give a large amount of grain and grass to the general of Zhengxi when he is not in good hands, to help Montenegro and the displaced people settle in Yinshan, and the only thing that may have a large amount of grain and grass at present is the Wang family that has been rooted in Taiyuan for more than 100 years. Otherwise, if you are alone, where will you make money?

Wang Chen also stared at Zhao Shang, hovering in his heart. Now he has just obtained the position of the head of the Wang family, and he has not been in the palace for a long time, so he does not have much control. Wang Chen thought about it, and now he will be perfunctory for now, and wait until he has completely controlled the Wang family before making plans.

“…… Ziming," Zhao Shang said, "Maintain stability? After the autumn harvest? ”

Zhao Shang looked up to the sky and snorted, then knocked lightly on the table, shook his head and sighed: "The Wang family is really eventful...... Ziming might as well think about it today and come back tomorrow......"

After speaking, Zhao Shang got up, bowed his hand to Wang Chen, and then left.

After going out of the gate and boarding the carriage, after going out for a while, Zhao Shang ordered: "Pass a certain order, strictly guard the official road of the east gate and the south gate!" If you see that the Wang clan sends people out of the city, they will be arrested immediately! ”

Someone outside the carriage said yes, and then turned the horse away......

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In the middle of the night, a burst of fire shook on the tower of the east gate of Taiyuan.

Zhao Shang stared at the three people in front of him, and said lightly: "Search!" ”

After all, in this Han Dynasty, there were not so many secrecy measures, and a small bamboo tube was found on the body of one of them soon after.

Zhao Shang waved his hand, and let the three people go down, and then by the light of the torch, he looked at the fire paint on the small bamboo tube, snorted softly, and then broke the fire paint, pulled out a towel full of words from it, unfolded it and looked up and down a few times, and suddenly smiled, raised his head and shouted: "Someone!" Raise the fire! Drumming! Point soldiers! ”

In fact, Zhao Shang didn't have the slightest idea of discussing with Wang Chen, what he was waiting for was Wang Chen to make a stupid act like this under pressure-

Let people ask Yuan Shao in Jizhou for help, willing to cede part of the benefits, and let Yuan Shao send troops to come.

After all, Taiyuan is not too far from Zhongmu in Jizhou, if Yuan Shao moves quickly, he will not be noticed until he crosses the Taihang Mountain Trail, and it will be too late to react at that time.

But now......

After Zhao Shang arrived in Taiyuan, he set his sights on the Taiyuan Wang clan like a scavenging vulture.

Although Zhao Shang also knew in his heart that the death of Wang Hei, the heir of the Wang family, was mostly inseparable from Wang Chen, the problem was that there was no evidence, and it was not enough to be believed by relying on his empty white teeth, so he had to pry a gap on the perfect shell that Wang Chen had created before.

In the past two days, Zhao Shang kept going to the Wang Mansion to meet Wang Chen, just to keep putting pressure on Wang Chen, and even put forward conditions that Wang Chen must be unacceptable, just to force Wang Chen to take this step.

Although Zhao Shang kept saying how General Zhengxi was, in fact, Fei Qian didn't have any intention of paying attention to Wang Chen's side now, so he just pulled this tiger skin to scare Wang Chen. It's a very simple logic, but the people who are in it may not be able to see it clearly.

Once Wang Chen made such a move, it would be tantamount to sending the evidence in black and white to Zhao Shang's hands.

For the sake of insurance, Zhao Shang did not even dare to use the original county soldiers from Taiyuan, but let Jia Qu's soldiers brought over from Huguan deal with related matters.

Now, it's time to close the net.

The sound of heavy horses' hooves disturbed the original calm in Taiyuan City. In the firelight, nearly two hundred soldiers and horses were reflected.

The current thirty horsemen are all sitting on armored cavalry, the wrought iron armor reflects a cold cold light, and the raised swords and guns are even more murderous.

The foot soldiers who followed the cavalry, all draped, or carrying large shield-ring swords, or black lacquered spears, were heavy and made of fine iron. In the light of the fire, it reflects the light of the forest. In addition to the main blade, each person also carries a bow and arrows. In addition to bows and arrows, there are also many people who have all kinds of secondary blades, mostly short blades of various colors, such as small axes or short knives, which are hung around their waists.

In fact, in a fierce cold blade battle, in addition to the heavy blades like iron hammers, most of the bladed weapons will be lost in the fierce battle, so veterans who have been on the battlefield will generally be equipped with some weapons other than the main weapon on their bodies, just in case.

This is the pure Han border army that can really go into battle, can rush into battle, can fight to the death among ten thousand armies, and can be the enemy alone without a little retreat, this is the real Bingzhou warrior!

Taiyuan Wang's mansion and the like, Wang Chen was also awakened by the sound of people shouting horses neighing in the night, and he didn't have time to put on his robe, so he hurriedly climbed up the wall to take a look, and suddenly gasped, and he couldn't stand steadily, and sat down with soft refreshments.

Wang Chen didn't expect that Zhao Shang, who was still discussing with him during the day today, would suddenly have a seizure at night and lead the troops to attack the mansion!

The Wang family has been in Taiyuan for a long time, and nearly half of the entire Taiyuan is more or less related to the Wang family, so the entire Taiyuan city is almost equal to the outer wall of the Wang's dock fort, and the Wang's mansion is more like the inner house, so there is no defensive measures like digging ravines and hanging bridges in the wilderness outside the city, just a slightly higher wall and a thicker gate.

And these defensive measures, in the face of heavily armed armor, are actually somewhat powerless......

What to do?

You can't just surrender to this!

Wang Chen shouted, beckoning the guests in the palace to get weapons and resist the attack, no matter what, get through tonight first, after tomorrow dawn, someone will inevitably bring the information that the palace is besieged to the manor outside the city! Wang Chen is very sure, although there is still some discord within the Wang family, but the palace is besieged, no matter what, those private soldiers inside the manor will immediately act and come to the rescue!

Then you will naturally not fall behind, and you will even have an advantage! Even if Taiyuan City is smashed into ashes this time, he must keep his position as the head of the Wang family!

At this time, the family in front of the door had already begun to shout and inquire in a hurry, followed by Zhao Shang's voice sounding in the night sky: "Wang Chen rebelled against the general of the west, colluded with foreign enemies, and wanted to lure thieves into the city to make trouble!" This time, I came to treat Wang Chen alone! Don't make a mistake about yourself! But those who obstruct it are regarded as rebellious and will not be forgiven! ”

As soon as these words came out, a lot of eyes immediately converged on Wang Chen......

“…… Wildly...... Run off at the mouth! Wang Chen's face turned red and he shouted loudly, "...... A certain is the Wang family's main business! It is ridiculous to want to add sin! Hugh has to listen to nonsense! ”

Just when the members of the Wang Mansion were suspicious, there was another sound of footsteps outside, followed by a commotion, Wang Chen was stunned for a moment, what happened here?

"Elder Wang is here!" Zhao Shang's voice outside the door sounded again, "The people in the mansion are waiting to listen to the order and quickly take down Wang Chen!" But Paul and the others are not guilty, if they hesitate, they will be regarded as accomplices and will be killed! ”

Elder of the Wang family?

Is this over?

Wang Chen didn't know what to do at all, and even wanted to cry a little.

Wang Chen climbed the door wall again with weak hands and feet, looked out, and saw that in the firelight, an old man with white hair was standing beside Zhao Shang on crutches......

Seeing Wang Chen's head exposed on the wall, the old man angrily slapped his cane and said in a deep voice: "Shaft! Thou hast done such an unwise thing, and thou hast not come out quickly to suffer! ”

Wang Chen's face finally turned pale, and with a buzz in his head, the person fell softly......