The next day, Yang Gao led Liu Bowen, Yuwen Chengdu, Hongniangzi and others to leave Dingtao County, no longer hiding their whereabouts, and converging the brigade led by Nan Jiyun all the way to Xingyang.

On the other hand, the two holy decrees written by Yang Gao in Dingtao County were also sent to Jiangdu quickly. Xiao Yu was crowned as Taifu, given the title of Duke of Song, and awarded his eldest son Xiao Rui as the doctor of Yinqing Guanglu. On the surface, it seems to be infinitely beautiful, but anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is not a reward for Xiao Yu at all, but a punishment. Although Taifu is higher than Du Zhishangshu in grade, he is only a pension officer and has no real power at all.

On the other hand, Yu Yunwen was ordered to go to the Central Plains to inspect and use the account book that Yang Gao obtained from Yang Xi of Dingtao County to successively dismiss Shi Zhengkuan, the magistrate of Jiyin County, Yu Yan, the county magistrate of Guancheng County, and Zheng Zhang, the county magistrate of Dong'e County, and other children or protégés of the Zheng family on charges of corruption and abuse of power. The news was transmitted back to Xingyang County, which immediately caused an uproar in the Zheng family in Xingyang.

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In the Zheng family's mansion, Zheng Renji, who is currently in charge of the Zheng family, sat in the first place with a gloomy face, looked around at everyone in the hall, gritted his teeth and said: "I can't imagine that Yang Gao'er is also like his one-man father, and he is determined to go against our family, does he really think that he can help him win the world with a few reckless men and poor people?" ”

After Li Tang founded the country in Guanzhong, Zheng Shanguo, the head of the Zheng family, felt that the general trend of the world had been decided, so he rushed to Guanzhong with most of the Zheng family elites to defect to Li Tang, because of the crown princess Zheng Guanyin, it became a big help for Li Jiancheng in the court.

However, later the Sui Dynasty rose strongly in the south, defeated Li Mi, Dou Jiande, Li Jiancheng and others one after another, recovered the Central Plains, pacified Lingnan, and became an opponent on a par with the Tang Dynasty.

Zheng Shanguo only found out at this time that the strength of the Sui and Tang dynasties was equal, and it was still unknown who killed the deer. Then he ordered Zheng Renji to return to the Central Plains with some of the children of the Zheng family, go out of the Sui Dynasty, and bet on both sides in case of accidents.

After Zheng Renji returned to Xingyang, he used the prestige of the five surnames of the Zheng family in Xingyang and the little friendship with Xiao Yu when he was an official in the court to persuade Xiao Yu, and successfully arranged for several children of the Zheng family to enter the officialdom. But the good times didn't last long, and it was less than a year ago, and most of the protégés who were finally arranged to be officials in the Central Plains County were dismissed.

"Hmph, Yang Gao'er is arrogant and arrogant, and he dares to underestimate our Zheng family in Xingyang. Since he is shameless, then we don't have to talk nonsense with him, immediately use all our strength in the Central Plains, and turn the Central Plains upside down! A middle-aged man sitting in the back row stood up and said loudly.

This middle-aged man is Zheng Kuan, who has just been dismissed from his official position, not to mention the long history that he finally got his hands on, not to mention that he didn't even keep his original official position as a county magistrate, and he directly became a civilian in the end, which made him hate Yang Gao to the core.

Zheng Renji sighed when he heard this: "At the beginning, Yang Guang's only husband wantonly suppressed the world, and our Zheng family was already greatly injured. In the past few years, the head of the family has brought a large number of children to the north into Guanzhong, and now in the Central Plains we have nothing but a sign with five surnames and seven hopes, and it is impossible to set off a big chaos in the Central Plains. ”

An old man sitting on Zheng Renji's left got up and said slowly: "Since that's the case, then let's go back to Guanzhong, it's a waste of time to stay in the Central Plains." ”

"No way!"

Zheng Kuantie blushed and shouted: "Just go back like this, our Zheng family will become the laughing stock of the world's families, and we must not just go back!" ”

The old man was hit by Zheng Kuan like this, and his face suddenly showed displeasure, and he said in a deep voice: "Then what else can you do if you stay in the Central Plains?" Do you continue to be humiliated by Yang Gao'er? ”

Zheng Kuan's eyes suddenly burst out with a terrifying murderous intent, and he said loudly: "Who said that we have nothing to do, Yang Gao Xiao'er has now moved to Xingyang, if we can kill this Huangkou child, then we will make an immortal contribution to the Tang Emperor, and our status in the Tang Dynasty will skyrocket, and we may be able to surpass the Dugu family and the Dou family to become the first family in the Tang Dynasty." ”

When the old man heard this, he immediately said disdainfully: "It's a light thing to say, after so many years of war, our Zheng family's private soldiers have suffered heavy casualties, and there is no shortage of manpower in the Central Plains. And Yang Gao came to Xingyang not only to be accompanied by a large number of elite armor soldiers, but also to be escorted by Yuwen Chengdu, a fierce general of the world, and it was even more difficult to kill him than to ascend to the sky. ”

Zheng Kuan snorted coldly: "How do you know if you can't do it yet?" If you're afraid of death, then roll back to Guanzhong with your tail between your legs now. I, Zheng Kuan, can't afford to lose that person anyway! ”

When the old man heard Zheng Kuan insulting himself like this, he immediately blushed with anger, pointed at Zheng Kuan and scolded loudly: "You brute, the old man is also your elder, you dare to insult the old man in public, I... I'll kill you brute! ”

As he spoke, the old man lifted his crutches and threw them at Zheng Kuan, and several other Zheng family members hurriedly stepped forward when they saw this, and pulled the old man back with a good mouth.

Zheng Renji, who was sitting at the top, saw that the people below were getting more and more noisy, frowned, and slapped the table heavily: "What are you doing noisily, get out of here!" ”

Seeing that Zheng Renji was angry, Zheng Kuan and the others were so frightened that their faces turned pale, and they hurriedly surrendered and hurriedly retreated.

Looking at the distant backs of this group of disciples of the same sect, Zheng Renji slowly got up, smashed the tea cup in his hand to the ground with hatred, gritted his teeth and scolded angrily: "A group of rice buckets, incompetent. If it weren't for your corruption and wealth and ignorance of it, how could you have let Yang Gao remove him from his official position so simply? I really can't imagine that my Zheng family in Xingyang, one of the five surnames and one of the seven hopes, would have children like you. ”

Zheng Renji scolded outside for a while, and the anger in his chest subsided slightly, shook his head helplessly, and strode out of the hall, walking, and unconsciously walked into his back garden.

Zheng Renji walked straight into the back garden, although there were flowers on both sides, but he was worried about the future of the Zheng family, and he had no intention of appreciating the flowers at all, and he only sighed and sighed along the way.

"My father-in-law seems to be in a bad mood, I don't know what worries me, can you tell Wan'er, maybe Wan'er can share her worries for her father-in-law?"

Zheng Renji was walking on the road, and suddenly a very pleasant voice came from his ears, and he immediately looked sideways, and what caught his eye was a woman in a long white dress, with a dignified appearance, a graceful posture, a bewitching posture, and a graceful bearing, but it was the righteous daughter Shangguan Wan'er that he received more than half a year ago.

This Shangguan Wan'er is naturally the Wutang woman who was messed in and out when Yang Gao summoned Zhou Tong, and the implanted identity is the daughter of Zheng Renji's friend, her father unfortunately died in the hands of the bandits because of the war, and she defected to Zheng Renji alone.

Zheng Renji saw that Shangguan Wan'er was dignified and beautiful, and looked like a fairy, so he started to think crookedly. pretended to accept Shangguan Wan'er as a righteous daughter, and regarded her as if she were her own care, but in fact, she planned to wait until the time was ripe to dedicate her to high-ranking officials and nobles to seek a career for herself.