Chapter 55: The Reaction of the Gate Valve Family {I}

Luoyang City, the eastern capital, since a few days ago, Zhang Xutuo's bandit suppression war report reached the court, the entire Luoyang City's powerful gate valve family has been shaken!

Wealthy families with a little strength can guess that the reason why Shandong's bandit army can rage everywhere is because behind them, there are some big valve families supporting them!

Zhang Xutuo's counterinsurgency army has not been able to get sufficient food supplies, that is because he has won too many battles, and the bandits in Shandong may be wiped out by him, and he has seriously violated the interests of those gate lord families!

Therefore, those gate lord families who secretly supported Wang Bo secretly instructed local officials and squires from all over the country not to support Zhang Xutuo, and even secretly made it bad, pulling Zhang Xutuo back from the rebellion army!

They hope that Zhang Xutuo's army will be defeated, or even defeated, and then they can dispose of Zhang Xutuo by controlling the court and take back Zhang Xutuo's military power, so that they can also give the bandit army in Shandong a chance to make a comeback!

Originally, everything was developing according to their ideas, although the counterinsurgency army led by Zhang Xutuo had won several big victories one after another, but due to the lack of food and grass, the speed of the counterinsurgency army was too slow, and it was impossible to catch up with the Wang Bo bandit army who fled all the way!

Seeing that Wang Bo's bandit army was about to flee into Donglai City, those gate lord families who secretly supported Wang Bo couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief!

They felt that as long as Wang Bo's bandit army entered Donglai City and defended it with the city, the counterinsurgency army that was chasing from afar behind could only retreat without sufficient food and grass supplies, and it was even possible to be defeated by Wang Bo's bandit army looking for an opportunity!

Just as they were about to watch Zhang Xutuo's joke, the news from Donglai City surprised them all!

Wang Bo's bandit army did not enter Donglai City as easily as they thought, but was rejected from the gate of Donglai City, and was wiped out in one fell swoop by the counterinsurgency army that followed after them, and even the bandit leader Wang Bo died tragically in the chaotic battle!

When the news reached Luoyang, the eastern capital, the family gate valves in Luoyang City were shaken, and then, the powerful gate valve families all sent their right-hand men to inquire about the details of the battle in Donglai City!

Outside the Luoyang Mansion of the Taiyuan Wangjia, a man dressed as a scribe just jumped off his horse and handed the horse into the hands of his subordinates, so he hurriedly walked to the mansion! Soon, he came to the door of the master's study, and was about to raise his hand to knock on the door!

"Squeak!" With a bang, the door opened from the inside, and a young man dressed as a waiter greeted him, "Second master, the head of the family invites you in!" ”

"Second brother, hard work! Come, sit down and drink tea to moisten your throat! As soon as the man entered the room, a man dressed as a scribe pointed to the chair next to the desk and said to him!

"Thank you, master!" The man was not polite, and after saluting the man in the room with a fist, he picked up the teacup and drank it violently, apparently thirsty!

The man in the room is called Wang Xu, and he is the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple in the court. Although his official position is not big, he has a lot of prestige in Luoyang City!

However, Wang Xu's prestige does not lie in his official position, but in his other identity, the head of the Taiyuan Wang family. The Taiyuan Wang family is the most prominent family in Taiyuan, one of the five surnames and seven wangs in the world, and it is not comparable to the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple!

The man who drank the tea was named Wang Yu, and he was Wang Xu's second brother. A few days ago, because of collusion with Wang Bo's bandits, the people of the Donglai Wang family who were arrested by the allied army were sold by him to negotiate and ransom!

The reason why he was so thirsty was because he had just returned from Donglai City! In order to inform Wang Xu of the news as soon as possible, Wang Yu hurried all the way, and it took him less than five days to rush back from Donglai City to Luoyang City, a distance of more than 2,000 miles!

Wang Xu quietly watched Wang Yu drink water for a while, and when Wang Yu put down the teacup, he asked with a smile: "Second brother, how did the Donglai family split up this time?"

"The head of the family, all the clansmen of this Donglai family have been rescued! However, I didn't know how to arrange them, so I had to send them back to the Taiyuan lord's house first! ”

"Su Shangke of the allied army is ruthless, not only confiscated all the property and land of Donglai County, but also asked us to hand over food and materials worth about 50,000 taels of gold before we were willing to release them!"

"Family master, the materials we are going to use to cooperate with the Yuan family are cheap for him!"

Wang Yu said a little resentfully, remembering what happened in Donglai City before, it made him feel very aggrieved!

Wang Xu listened to Wang Yu's words, his expression did not change, but he pondered for a while before sighing and saying: "Forget it, those materials were originally prepared for the Yuan family and handed over to the Donglai Zhao family in Donglai County for the trouble." Now that the Donglai Zhao family has failed, the materials are regarded as giving them away! ”

"By the way, what happened to the Donglai Zhao family? Did Su Shang embarrass them? I seem to have heard before that the head of the Quyang Zhao family is not ready to pay the ransom! ”

Wang Yu picked up the teacup and took a few sips of tea, looked at Wang Xu and said with a smile: "Family master, the result of this matter is really a bit unexpected!"

"I heard that before, the Quyang Zhao family had already transported materials worth about 80,000 taels of gold to Donglai City, and let the Donglai Zhao family be buried outside the city, which was prepared to be used for this uprising!"

"After the Donglai Zhao family was arrested this time, the Quyang Zhao family not only refused to pay the ransom, but Zhao Qing also kept dragging out the negotiations, and wanted to see Zhao Yan, the head of the Donglai Zhao family, first! However, I guess he just wants to find the burial place of the materials on Zhao Yan's body, and he is not ready to ransom people! ”

"Who knows, that Su Shang was impatient and directly suspended the negotiations! In the end, in order to save his life, Zhao Yan of Donglai had to tell Su Shang the burial location of the materials! ”

"The next day, after Su Shang personally led the troops to transport the materials back to Donglai City, he released the people of the Donglai Zhao family, as if because of the huge value of this batch of materials, Su Shang allowed them to continue to stay in Donglai County!"

"However, there is one thing that happened next, you must not have imagined it, the head of the family!" Wang Yu looked at Wang Xu and said a little funny!

Wang Xu had been listening to Wang Yu's narration quietly, but when Wang Yu said this, he was also a little curious, and couldn't help asking: "Haven't all the people in the Donglai Zhao family been released?" What else could have happened, could it be that Su Shang reversed course and arrested them back? ”

Wang Yu had a little schadenfreude on his face, "That's not true!" It's that Zhao Qing of the Dianyang Zhao family had an accident! ”

Then Zhao Qing wanted to see Zhao Yan, but Su Shang didn't agree, so he was ready to rob the prison. It's a pity that before he could act, Su Shang sent someone to arrest him and his men! In the end, they were all beheaded, and even their heads were hung at the entrance of the vegetable market for public display! ”

Wang Xu was very shocked, he couldn't believe it, "Su Shang really killed Zhao Qing?" Zhao Qing is a descendant of the Zhao family in Quyang, and he is a rare talent of the Zhao family's generation! Didn't Su Shang know this? ”

"What a kill! I also went to the vegetable market to confirm it in person! Speaking of this, Wang Yu's expression also became cautious!

"I think Su Shang should know! Even if he didn't know, I think Zhao Yan from Donglai would tell him! ”

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