Kaifeng County, Liu Zhenglong, who had been absent for a few months, finally came back, during this period, the imperial historians have investigated Kaifeng County to the bottom, although it is not aimed at any person, but it is still panicked, and the chickens and dogs are restless. zhao’yu

The former magistrate Xu Hong finally left, no one knew where this guy went, only knew that the official mansion was vacated, but Liu Zhenglong, the magistrate of the county, had no intention of staying at all, but he still held a banquet in the official mansion, inviting officials, squires, and magnates from Kaifeng County to attend.

These days, Li Mingshan, the county leader who lived in a panic, finally breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that Liu Zhenglong is still tender, and he only knows that he wants to return to the official residence, but he does not think of taking the opportunity to seize power and really control Kaifeng County. However, this is a good thing for him, at least he still has the opportunity to put the current magistrate in the air.

County Lieutenant Han Chong's thoughts were complicated, he listened to Lei Heng's report, and firmly believed that Liu Zhenglong, who was decisive on the battlefield and had vicious methods, made such a big move, definitely not to recover the official residence. But why? This relatively simple-minded county lieutenant really couldn't figure it out for a while, but Han Chong also had his own way, that is, to befriend Liu Zhenglong through the needle through the thunderbolt.

Originally, Lei Heng just wanted to live and work in Kaifeng County and live a mixed life, but after meeting Yan Qing, he had a new desire in his heart, after all, it is every man's dream to be a wife, how can this winged tiger be an exception?

If you don't have a name, how can you enter the eyes of Lord Liu? Lei Heng thought of his friend Zhu Tong, this guy was on duty under Wang Daozai, and he might be working for Lord Liu on some issues.

Lei Heng is a person with a keen vision, and he deduced that Lord Liu must do something big in Kaifeng County on the issue that Lord Liu is not ready to investigate Xie Fei's crime, and this big thing is likely to be related to the army.

Zhu Tong fell into contemplation after listening to Lei Heng's speech, and after a long time, he said: "I saw that the time has changed, and he told me to secretly investigate Zhao Yunqi in the capital, it seems that Lord Liu is going to do something to Zhao Yunqi, if you make something about it, you will definitely make a big difference." ”

"Could it be that Zhao Yunqi has colluded with the important ministers of the court?" Lei Heng is drawing inferences, corruption in the army has long been an undisclosed secret, and it is not Liu Zhenglong's turn to investigate, unless it is Zhao Yunqi who colluded with important ministers in the DPRK, this is possible, he pondered for a moment and said: "There is Dazai Wang Huang behind the county Cheng Li Mingshan, this time Lord Liu Xingshi moved the public to favor Yushitai, and the inspection of the Imperial City Division, it is definitely not as simple as the official residence, it seems that it is to move Li Mingshan, and then contact Zhao Yunqi, then you can call it out, this is definitely a big case, and it is definitely a vote for you and me." ”

"You mean, it's the official family?"

"Of course, Lord Liu himself is the prince of Qinling County, the transfer envoy of Hebei Road, and the official Langzhong, how could he come to Kaifeng County. With his strength, he can go back to the official residence casually, why did he make such a big noise, and at the critical moment, he went to the northwest, what does this mean? Xiang Zhuang dances the sword, which is intended for Pei Gong. The target is not the former county magistrate Xu Hong at all, but the county governor Li Mingshan, or Dazai Wang Huang, the reason why he went to the northwest is to avoid suspicion and does not want to be in it. ”

Lei Heng firmly believed that his judgment would not be wrong, and he also firmly believed that this was a big thing, so he said to Zhu Tong: "Big brother, you will work the affairs of the army, and I will find a way for the county government." ”

"Then it's settled." Zhu Tong still believes in Lei Heng's inference, and he also feels that something is wrong, how could the small official mansion come out with such a big movement, it seems that it is just like Lei Heng said, Liu Zhenglong's ultimate goal is Dazai Wang Huang, to put it bluntly, he is acting on the orders of the emperor.

Lei Heng told the county lieutenant Han Chong about his conversation with Zhu Tong, and finally he said: "My lord, if you really drive away the county magistrate, then this magistrate must be you, you must know that Lord Liu will definitely not stay in Kaifeng County, it is impossible to know the county, and the county magistrate will be transferred from outside." ”

"Then what do you mean, as long as the official seizes this opportunity, he can climb the line of Lord Liu?" Han Chong, the county lieutenant, has never thought of being a magistrate, after all, his own strength is not good, and there is no backstage in the DPRK.

"Well, Lord Liu is a newcomer after all, and he is not familiar with many things in Kaifeng County, so I am afraid that you will need your guidance from Lord Han."

"This official knows, you start to monitor the mansion of the county Cheng today, secretly arrest suspicious people for secret interrogation, remember not to startle the snake, after all, many things can't hurt the table, if something goes wrong, the official can't protect you." Han Chong is also a ruthless person, since he has taken refuge in Lord Liu, the first step is to monitor Li Mingshan, the county Cheng, whether there is a problem or not, of course, if there is no problem, just find the problem from the people below, and definitely bite this county Cheng.

If you want to add to his crime, there is no excuse, since he wants to find Li Mingshan's fault, then there must be a chance, at least Lei Heng thinks so, and he does this, this guy has scattered all the officials, just to find the problem of this county lord.

Liu Zhenglong didn't know what kind of battle the people below had caused, but he was surprised that the county lieutenant Han Chong came to visit, but he still received this subordinate very happily.

After greetings, Han Chong took out the evidence he collected, all of which pointed to Li Mingshan, the county leader, and the evidence in it was true and false, false and true, but there were some things in it that still interested Liu Zhenglong. originally thought that Zhao Yunqi was just involved, but he didn't expect that Wang Daozai, the commander of the Xiang Army, was also in it, and the Xie family was the protagonist of threading the needle.

"Is this reliable?"

"Absolutely." Han Chong said proudly: "Under Miki, there is no privacy. After Xie Fei offended the adults last time, he has been at large, and later the official personally arrested him. ”

Speaking of which. Han Zheng suddenly found that Liu Zhenglong's face was a little unsightly, and he immediately realized that he had said the wrong thing, so he hurriedly explained: "Xia Guan said it wrong, it should be Xie Fei who bullied men and women, and did all kinds of evil, so Xia Guan arrested him." ”

"You took Xie Fei, what is the reaction of the Xie family, and what is the reaction of Wang Daozai?"

"Xie Dongxiao, the head of the Xie family, is furious, he has already approached the lower official several times, and he threatens to make the lower official look good." Han Chong exaggerated a lot of things, mainly to prove that he was an upright official who was not afraid of power.

"And where is the royal road?" Liu Zhenglong is most concerned about Wang Daozai's reaction.

"He didn't react." Han Chong couldn't understand why Lord Liu cared so much about Wang Daozai's reaction.

It's bad, Wang Dao is not reacting, which is not a good thing, which shows that this guy is not only cunning, but also cautious. Liu Zhenglong hurriedly said: "Please let Lord Han personally send Xie Fei to Xie Mansion and apologize in person." Forget it, it's better for the official to apologize. ”

"This."

Han Chong was confused, and he didn't know what was going on for a while, but after all, this guy has been an official for many years, and he immediately reacted, yes, the root is in the king's body, and this guy's lack of reaction shows that he has no fear, what is the point of arresting Xie Fei in this case, it seems that Lord Liu is still far-sighted.

Sure enough, after Xie Fei was caught, the Xie family was like an explosion, on the contrary, the Wang family was very calm, Wang Dao knew that if he was arrested for offending Lord Liu, he would be released after a few days at most, there was no big deal, no one would bother with the gentlemen. But if it is a deeper reason, then it will be done to the Xie family, which will indicate that it will turn the sky upside down. Then it's not a question of capturing a person, or if you don't do it, you will be uprooted.

Wang Dao has been secretly discussing with Zhao Yunqi and Li Mingshan about dealing with the imperial history in the past few days, but the imperial historians are thundering and raining, eating and drinking, so they drove away Xu Hong, the former governor of the county, and then patted his ass and left, in this case, it can be said that it was a false alarm.

Later, Tong Guan was dismissed, Liu Zhenglong returned to Beijing, in this case, the county lieutenant Han Chong had the audacity to arrest Xie Fei, which really made Wang Dao nervous, and at first he wanted to personally pressure Han Chong to release him, but later he figured out that he lent Han Chong ten guts, and this guy didn't dare to arrest the young master of the Xie family, there must be Liu Zhenglong behind it.

Liu Zhenglong caught Xie Fei, why was it, if it was not clear, Wang Daozai would not make a move. This is a difficult opponent, and you must not make a feud unless you have to. If it was because of Xie Fei's mistake that time, then it would be good to catch it, let Liu Zhenglong breathe, and it would be over. It would be absolutely stupid to force someone at this time.

Wang Daozai can think so, after all, it is not his own son who was arrested, but Xie Dongxiao can't think like this, his son is arrested, how can he not be in a hurry?

Xie Dongxiao used almost all his connections to pressure the county lieutenant Han Chong to the dignitaries, but the people just pretended to be confused and didn't accept the stubble at all. In desperation, Xie Dongxiao looked for Li Mingshan, the county magistrate, hoping to rescue his son. Li Mingshan's thoughts were similar to Wang Daozai's, thinking that this trivial matter offended the magistrate and couldn't be drawn. In any case, Liu Zhenglong is a genuine magistrate and a protégé of the Son of Heaven, so he will not give in under pressure, because it would be ridiculous to find Dazai Wang Huang in this matter.

Just when Xie Dongxiao begged Wang Daoqi, the younger brother of his in-law Wang Daozai, to come forward, Xie Fei was released, and not only that, Liu Zhenglong also came to the door to thank him.

An arrogant Xie Dongxiao didn't see Liu Zhenglong at all, but just let his second brother Xie Dongren receive him.

Xie Dongren has always refused to accept the eldest brother, after all, he was not born by a mother, and he is still a little raw in his bones, plus this guy is arrogant, he always feels that he is better than the eldest brother. On the issue of dealing with the new magistrate this time, he felt that his own opportunity had come, and he wanted to take the opportunity to seize power.

Liu Zhenglong's arrival made Xie Dongren think that his opportunity had come, and he firmly believed that the new magistrate was not here to apologize, but to show weakness to see what the strength of the Xie family was, to put it bluntly, it was for the five major families to see.

Xie Dongren stammered Liu Zhenglong like a pug, but unfortunately this guy only guessed half right, Liu Zhenglong is for people to see, but not for the five families, but for Wang Dao to see.

This time the matter involves Wang Dao, which indicates that the Wang family, which is second only to the four major families among the meritorious families, will be involved, so that the scope of the attack has been infinitely magnified, and in this case, Liu Zhenglong has to be careful.

At the same time as Liu Zhenglong visited the Xie family, the heads of the Cao family, the Shi family, the Pan family, and the Gao family in the capital gathered together again, this time, due to the defeat of Tong Guan, the Cao family had to bow their noble heads and take the lead in expressing their attitudes, for the interests of the four major families, for the sake of the entire meritorious family, they could only slash the horse with tears and sacrifice the Wang family.

At the critical moment, the old lady of the Liu family had to come forward, and the old man found his old friend Xiang Zongliang and mentioned that his grandson-in-law Liu Zhenglong was going to get rid of the Wang family this time, of course, it was mainly because of the matter of Dazai Wang Huang.

Xiang Zongliang knew that it was a very troublesome thing to cut off the huge Wang family, but he finally had to agree to come down and report to the official family in person.

The matter became bigger and bigger, and the official family finally couldn't suppress the anger in their hearts, thinking that what was Wang Hao going to do, did he want to instigate Wang Hao to rebel?

The angry official personally ordered Zhao Pingxiao to fully cooperate with Liu Zhenglong to arrest Zhao Yunqi, and Wang Dao was there. At the same time, the official family also issued a secret decree to Liang Shicheng, as long as Wang Hao resigned, he would be driven out of the capital immediately, and he would be intercepted and killed. At the same time as Zhao Pingxiao arrested Zhao Yunqi, he secretly arrested the members of the Wang family, and killed him if he resisted.

The angry official family didn't think about how to deal with King Yun Zhao Kai, but they already felt disgust in their hearts, and they no longer had the idea of changing the prince.

Zhao Pingxiao didn't expect it to be like this, no matter how high his status is, in the Great Song Dynasty, the convention of using literature to unify military forces cannot be broken. He finally lowered his noble head and met Liu Zhenglong as an official.

Liu Zhenglong was very satisfied with Zhao Pingxiao's attitude, but he didn't dare to hold it up, and received this imperial relative with equal etiquette.

Without too many polite words, Liu Zhenglong said: "I will invite all the officials, gentry, and magnates of Kaifeng County to a banquet, and Wang Daozai and Zhao Yunqi will definitely not attend at the same time." Those who attend, the official will take them down directly, and those who are outside will depend on the general. In addition, they have many henchmen, and they hope that the general will solve it. I got a list of Zhao Yunqi's cronies here, you can arrest them one by one, as for the royal road over there, it's up to you, if necessary, you can ask the Imperial City Division to help. ”

"No need, I have a way to handle this."

The emperor's relatives have their own arrogance, especially when it comes to military affairs, Zhao Pingxiao is really unwilling to let Liu Zhenglong interfere, and if he can't even handle the little royal road, then don't be a general.

"By the way, Wang Dao has a Zhu Tong under his hand, who is working for the imperial court, and he may be able to help you." Liu Zhenglong knew that if Zhu Tong was his own person, Zhao Pingxiao would definitely not reuse it, so he directly said that it was for the imperial court.

After everything was arranged, Liu Zhenglong sent someone to find the county lieutenant Han Chong.

"Since you have arrested Xie Fei, then the entire Kaifeng County knows that you are a close confidant of this official, and you don't need to hide it, these days you have begun to invite the gentry and celebrities in Kaifeng County in the name of this official, and the officials and magnates will come to the official residence for a banquet on September 9, and you will go there in person from the five major families. As for Wang Dao, Zhao Pingxiao, and Zhao Yunqi, the official went there in person. On that day, all the officials were sent in, nominally to protect the safety of the officials. ”

"Xia Guan understands."

When Kaifeng County was busy, something happened to the Jin State in the north, Jin Taizu Wanyan Agu died, Jin Taizong Wanyan Wu begged to buy the throne, and as soon as the ambitious Jin Emperor came to power, he overturned the previous policy towards the Song Dynasty in an all-round way, began to actively prepare for war, and prepared to find a suitable time to invade the Great Song Dynasty.

If it weren't for Marshal Wanyan's strong opposition, I'm afraid a big war would have broken out. However, Wanyan Wu Qimai finally decided to explore the reality of the Song State first and then make a decision, but the expansion of the armament war was not delayed for a second. In Wanyan Wu Qimai's view, the Song army couldn't even defeat the remnants of the Liao State, so how could they resist the Jin State Iron Cavalry. The Song Kingdom is too rich, if you don't plunder, how can you meet the needs of the nobles of the Jin Kingdom?

Wanyan Wu begged to invade the Great Song Dynasty, not to destroy the other party, but to use strong military force to grab wealth. Typical bandit thinking, this is the sequelae of Tong Guan's defeat by Xiao Gan. It's a pity that these Great Song monarchs and ministers who were intoxicated in the peaceful and prosperous era and the Yingge Yan Dance did not know, nor did they do any defensive work.

Tong Guan re-served as the envoy of Hebei, Yanshan Xuanfu, this eunuch did not think about how to appease these Han people in Liao, who had been ruled by the Liao people for more than a hundred years, but tried every means to forcibly seize them, which made the heavens angry and resentful. On the contrary, the Jin State gave the most lenient policy to the Han people in Liaodi, giving fiefs and reducing the tax burden to a certain extent. A large number of Han people from Liao flocked to the territory of the Jin State.

As the Han people of Liao flocked to the territory of Jin, skirmishes on the border continued. Unfortunately, every conflict ended with the Jin army winning, which strengthened Wanyan Wu's determination to invade the Great Song Dynasty.

The official family in the capital didn't know about Hebei, but he knew that Liu Zhenglong was entertaining the officials of Kaifeng County, of course, this was just a Hongmen banquet, and everything would end on this night. The King of Chu is dead, and even if the matter of the King of Chu Mansion is over, it seems that Liu Zhenglong is cheap again.

Since Liu Zhenglong was sent to the south of the Yangtze River, it is necessary to find a way to tie him up and avoid extraneous branches. Now that the Liu Mansion is outside Kaifeng City, it is obviously not possible to evacuate in advance in case of an accident. The Chu Wangfu is undoubtedly the most suitable, and the Yunxiao Junji has been rewarded to this guy, so it is normal to stay in the Chu Wangfu.

Liu Zhenglong was having dinner with the celebrities and gentry of Kaifeng County, of course he didn't know what the official family thought, and he didn't know that he had another mansion out of thin air.

Sure enough, the cunning Wang Daozai did not attend, but Zhao Yunqi, who has always seen the beginning and the end of the dragon, attended on time, but Zhao Pingxiao did not show up. This is all expected, and Liu Zhenglong didn't care, anyway, one of the two people can attend.

The first to arrive was the county Cheng Li Mingshan, this guy after the initial tension, regained calm, in the case of not being sure that he could expel the county in a short time, he still decided to ease the relationship first, so not only arrived early, but also prepared a generous gift.

Liu Zhenglong was still surprised by Li Mingshan's arrival, but he was still very happy to receive him, and the two exchanged pleasantries for a long time, although they were all polite words in the officialdom, in the eyes of the outside world, the governor of Kaifeng County had a good relationship with the governor, and it can be said that he was happy.

Not long after, representatives of the five major families came to the table one after another, probably because his son was released, Xie Dongxiao also attended, and it was a bit unexpected that Xie Dongxiao's brother-in-law Xue Dahua also attended, but this guy did not go to meet Liu Zhenglong, but went to meet Liu Ruyan secretly.

Liu Ruyan had already received a notice from her brother, so she was not surprised by Xue Dahua's visit, but she didn't have the slightest enthusiasm and didn't value this person.

Xue Dahua still smelled something different where Liu Sangongzi was, otherwise he would not have rushed to visit Liu Ruyan, he handed in his name, that is the reason why Wang Dao did not attend today, this guy still heard something, and he was on alert today.

Of course, these are not enough, the key is that Xue Dahua brought the list of Wang Dao's cronies, and the military camp defense map was also brought, it seems that he knows that the imperial court is going to do something to Wang Dao.

"The world is bustling, all for profit, the world is bustling, all for profit, say, what do you want." Liu Ruyan was born in a merchant and has a keen mind, how could he not know that Xue Dahua was here to make a deal, otherwise he would not take the initiative to meet him, but should go to meet the officials.

"All the property of the Xie family, and another person must be saved."

"Who?"

"Xie Dongxiao's seventh aunt is too Mengyi."

"Okay, I know, you go to the banquet first, as for whether you can honor these, it depends on the value of this list."

Xue Dahua was just gambling, but he didn't expect to really bet right, he firmly believed that as long as the imperial court really wanted to eradicate the royal road, then his list that he bought for 5,000 yuan would definitely be useful.

There is nowhere to find the iron shoes, it takes no effort to get it, Liu Zhenglong didn't expect that someone would take the initiative to send the list up, he asked Bao Xu to hurry up and send the list to Zhao Pingxiao, and let the general be arrested according to the list.

The Xie family must be uprooted, but the other four major families can't be wiped out, in that case, it will cause the civil official group to attack it, and finally Liu Zhenglong decided to have a conversation with the heads of the four major families before the banquet, so that they know that it is the intention of the imperial court to destroy the Xie family.

The so-called five major families advance and retreat together, that is only for the outside world, this is enough to let the four major families run rampant in Kaifeng County for more than a hundred years, but it has not yet reached the point of fighting against the imperial court together.

The head of the four major families is really the grass on the wall, and Sun Deng, the head of the Sun family, the head of the four major families, is the first to express his position, and he will fully cooperate with the actions of the imperial court.

Liu Zhenglong said righteously: "Thank you very much for the support of the four family heads, the attitude of the official family towards the meritorious family is that An An lives separately and makes a fortune in a muffled voice, the Xie family is self-isolated, this fall has nothing to do with the four families, and the imperial court will still protect your legitimate rights and interests in Kaifeng County." ”

The head of the Cai family raised a topic that everyone cared about, that is, what should be done with the Xie family's property?

"Xie Dongxiao's brother-in-law, Xue Dahua, wants to be greedy for ink. As for how to deal with it, the four of you can do it, and the court will not be involved in this matter. Merely. ”

When they heard that there was a turning point, the heads of the four major families listened attentively, for fear that there would be a slight deviation.

"It's just that you should do something to break with the Xie family? You must know that after this incident, the civilian clique will be in trouble, and when the time comes, it will not be good if you are involved. ”

Liu Zhenglong deliberately put the four major families with a knife, so that he grabbed the four major families into his hands.

At the banquet, they desperately toasted Xie Dongxiao and Zhao Yunqi one by one. These guys confessed all the things they knew about Xie Dongxiao and Zhao Yunqi, and Wang Dao's hidden forces in Kaifeng County.

Cut down the grass and eradicate the roots, and eliminate the evil. This truth, the heads of the four major families are very clear, since they have decided to deal with Xie Dongxiao, they must completely eradicate it, and they will definitely not give the other party a chance to retaliate.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, at the suggestion of Liu Zhenglong, Cai Yun, the head of the Cai family, directly spent money to Xie Dongxiao and Li Mingshan, and Zhao Yunqi colluded with the intention of rebellion.

Although they were drunk, the three of them immediately understood what was going on. It's just that Liu Zhenglong moved faster, and he said coldly: "Where is the county lieutenant Han Chong, there is someone who intends to rebel, and you still don't wait for him to be captured." ”

Han Chong was waiting for this opportunity, and he shouted loudly: "Come on, arrest Li Mingshan, Xie Dongxiao, Zhao Yunqi and their entourage, and if you resist, you will be killed." ”

Lei Heng took the lead and pounced on Zhao Yunqi.

Zhao Yunqi saw that something was wrong, he got up and was about to resist, but he didn't expect that Cai Feng, the third elder of the Cai family next to him, picked up the wine jar and smashed it on this guy's head.

Xie Dongxiao, the unlucky ghost, was held down by his younger brother Xie Dongren, Xie Dongyi and brother-in-law Xue Dahua, and his mouth was blocked. He will never understand until he dies why his relatives would betray him at a critical moment.

There were many things that he couldn't figure out, Li Mingshan was the first to run out and ran out of the hall, but his subordinate Wang Zhibiao jumped like a wild dog hidden in the depths of the darkness, and directly threw the county lord to the ground.

The arrest was carried out outside, and the hall was still singing and dancing. Although the gentry were nervous at first, they gradually felt relieved to see that the four major families were still drinking happily. Everyone is not stupid, the list of arrests has long been listed, as long as it is not self-seeking, it will be fine.

Untrustworthy, Xie Dongren, Xie Dongyi didn't expect that the county lieutenant would not be trustworthy, but his mouth was blocked, and no matter how angry he was, he couldn't change the fate of being arrested and imprisoned.

The arrest of Zhao Pingxiao's side was also very smooth, especially with Zhu Tong's internal response, the capture of Wang Dao was unusually smooth, but when he captured Zhao Yunqi's men, he encountered fierce resistance, and finally ended the final arrest at the cost of 500 casualties, this night is destined to be extraordinary for Kaifeng County.