The Assassins attacked the prefect Yamen on Chinese New Year's Eve, shocking the entire city of Cheongju. Nine out of ten of the people gritted their teeth and scolded the gangsters.

I finally hope for a good official who loves the people and has the ability and strength, just expecting to live a more comfortable life, but someone actually comes to harm the Hou Ye in a frenzy, is the only purpose of these bastards alive is to make our people suffer without any hope?

Another reason why the people hated it was that Cheongju was poor, and many of the houses of the people in the city were thatched houses, and if the Hou Mansion caught fire, it would definitely burn the whole city under the strong wind. The New Year, just put down a year of hard work, relieved want to rest, at home for a few days of easy life, if the house burns, the only bit of belongings is gone, how can we live in the cold winter?

Fortunately, God has eyes, bless the little saint, Hou Ye has great ability, nothing has happened, and he has saved the whole city.

Those gangsters who deserved to be thundered and struck all day died well......

Of course, on the other hand, there are also people who do not say good things and gloat.

They used to be the rampant tyrants on the ground in Cheongju, the thin, the rich and powerful, and the second-rate ruffians at the bottom, all of whom were damaged by Zhao Gonglian's severe rectification and crackdown, and naturally hoped that Zhao Gonglian would not die well, and he was happy to see that something happened to the prefect.

These people, together with some pretentious but poor scholars, took the opportunity to spread rumors, changed the law with cynicism, and quoted scriptures to say that they were vicious and happy, but they all provoked the people to rush to Europe and send them to the yamen to strongly demand that they be punished.

Paralyzed, what a ball play!

Curse the Hou Ye? Isn't that a curse that we miserable people can't live well?

Extraordinary times with heavy canons.

Zhao Gonglian seized the opportunity, how could he be soft? We should seize the opportunity to once again vigorously rectify the reactionaries and further unify our thinking and strengthen our rule.

But he didn't deal with these bloody matters himself, and handed them over to the general judgment and punishment yamen.

It was past eight o'clock in the morning of the next day.

Zhao Gonglian took the guards and Zhu Tong and other cronies out of the city early in the morning to check the tunnel exit.

Jiao Ting and Han Shizhong were tired for half the night, but they were in good spirits at this time. is still around Zhao Gonglian.

Last night, they hunted down the only three or two assassins who were left and chased them out of the tunnel.

The Assassins thought that entering the open and complex terrain of the mountains was the world they were galloping into, breathing in the cold but fresh air, and even in the dark of night, their hearts were open, and they were excited to finally be alive. But the snow drove them into despair.

Illuminated by a wolf's eye flashlight. The traces of the escape are clear at a glance. With the absolute superiority of the guards, the assassins were killed.

Zhao Gonglian looked at the scene in front of him and was shocked.

The tunnel stretched from the bamboo forest of Yamen to the capital city, and then extended for nearly twenty miles to the north, and only ended in this hill and forest.

The exit is open on the stone wall of the hillside, more than two meters horizontally, but only more than one meter high, and it was originally blocked by a whole thick heavy stone, which is easy to push open. There are small mechanisms on the outside that are easy to open, but they are too old and have failed. The Assassins were able to pry open the boulders.

When you enter the cave, you will see a spacious space on the left and right. Each one has an area of about 100 square meters. Walking inward again, it was like this again after a distance of more than ten meters. There are more than a dozen pairs of open space, and then there are zigzag passages inward.

Zhao Gonglian saw the traces of life.

In the first pair of spaces, there are stone stoves and food supplies. The second pair of spaces was covered with thick hay and quilts.

Apparently. More than 200 Assassins had been hiding here beforehand, sleeping in warmer rooms. Cook with a fire outside with more air circulation, and wait until Chinese New Year's Eve, which they think is the weakest defense of the Hou Mansion, to launch a surprise attack, in a vain attempt to achieve great success.

This hilly wilderness is not high and isolated, but the area is not small. The entrance of the cave is deeper in the mountain, and the big stone is blocked, and it looks like an ordinary stone wall. Covered by soil erosion and mud over the years, and covered by weeds and vines, who would notice that there was a secret for those who did not know.

There is a lack of wild animals in the mountains for hunting, and hunters hardly come. Firewood collectors won't go deep into here. The Cui family sent someone to sneak in. The tunnels were cleared here, and the Assassins were quietly hiding from all directions, making it really difficult for people to detect.

This plan must be insidious and vicious. That is, Cangzhao has the advantage and insight beyond the times, and Qingzhou City was spared.

Zhu Wu, the Divine Machine Commander, picked up some corroded weapons and armor in the deeper space.

Zhao Gonglian saw the rusty knife, and he recognized it at a glance as a horizontal knife in the Sui and Tang dynasties. Jia should be the most famous Mingguang Jia in the Sui and Tang dynasties.

Zhu Wudao: "It seems that the cave was built in the Sui and Tang dynasties. Specifically, it should be the turbulent period at the end of the Sui Dynasty, when the rebel princes did it. ”

It was a terrible period of war and chaos when the Han people and the Han civilization were greatly damaged. It is the result of the combined efforts of the Han people themselves and other races. In the world of the Great Sui, there were Turkic rags outside, eighteen anti-kings inside, seventy-two smoke and dust riots, and the Han population dropped by seventy percent.

Zhao was amazed that the locals who had lived nearby for generations knew nothing about the cave. However, the Yandi Cui family actually knew the secret of so long ago, and they could accurately find and use it.

The legend of the thousand-year-old family is really terrifying, and there are more than ordinary people not only in the wealth network, but also in historical secrets.

The five famous families of the Sui and Tang dynasties were actually just a unified title, and they were divided into several branches.

For example, the Cui family, the backbone of the family is divided into two parts, living in two places, echoing each other externally, independent internally, and no one can control anyone.

With the changes of the times, the Han people have frequent turmoil and disasters, and the five wealthy families in the past have long since declined and are no longer glorious and famous. Although the Cangyan Cui family in the Great Song Dynasty was lucky enough to retain the huge gold wealth inherited by the family, coupled with the greed of several generations of looting and accumulation and reproduction, they regained a lot of strength, but there were no outstanding figures from generation to generation, and they could only secretly enjoy the prestige of the rich people in the countryside in the unpredictable turmoil.

They have long known the secret of Cheongju Castle underground from their family lineage, and they are eager to use this secret in exchange for huge benefits.

It's a pity that after the founding of the Song Dynasty, the Central Plains was recuperated in peace, and the Cui family got a respite, so they wanted to sell their secrets for profit, but first the Khitan civil strife and the inability to defeat the Song Dynasty, and then, the Northern Expedition of Song Taizong broke the backbone, and the alliance between the two countries began.

In the past 100 years, although the Great Liao has been strong and has maintained a high-pressure strength against the Great Song Dynasty, it does not want or can not really destroy the Great Song Dynasty, and the gains and losses of one city and one place have become insignificant to the Great Liao. The Liao side did not want to cause a war between the two countries for the sake of the little profit of a poor city on the border.

The Cui family's intention to sell the secret of the tunnel in exchange for huge profits was in vain.

Zhao Gonglian was deeply aware of the great harm of the traitor family, especially the ancient family with only a family, no nation, and no country in his heart, and was deeply vigilant, and further realized the far-reaching significance of his younger brother forcibly splitting the immigrant clan forces and relocating them to distant places, and insisting on the continuation of the split policy.

If there is no big family with huge power entrenched in one place, at least at the moment there will be no local hegemony, and there will be no separatist forces in the long run. Even if the situation changes, there will be traitors who betray the interests of their own nation, and it will not be difficult to suppress and clean up because of their huge power.

has been a brother for more than ten years, and his younger brother has selflessly taught his brother too much knowledge and insight, but Zhao Gonglian still deeply feels in his heart that in addition to his political ability, no matter how hard he works, he can't compare to his younger brother, and he has never been able to see through his younger brother who is simply and mysteriously entangled. (To be continued.) )