In the thirteenth year of Liyang, the fifth day of the seventh month

Qingyuan County Ya, backyard

A middle-aged man in his thirties, dressed in white, holding a sword, stepping on a chain, sword light flying, moving left and right in the garden, the momentum is amazing.

After a long time, the middle-aged man in white collected the sword, and the maid who had been standing beside him gave a towel, and the middle-aged man took it and wiped the sweat on his forehead, handed the sword to the maid, and was just about to go back to the house to wash and change clothes, an old man wearing a dark green robe and a scarf on his head, around fifty years old, suddenly ran over in a hurry.

"Dong Weng, there is a letter in the capital."

The middle-aged man in white, that is, Hua Wenzheng, the new county magistrate of Qingyuan County, heard the words of his master Xin Ying, his face changed slightly, he took two steps forward, took the envelope from his hand, couldn't wait to open it, and directly took out the letter and read it carefully.

Master Xin didn't dare to disturb, but just raised his hand to let the maid in the garden retreat, and stood silently on Hua Wenzheng's side.

After a while, Hua Wenzheng, who had read the letter, folded the letter and stuffed it back into the envelope, with a sneer on his face.

"Heh, the old man really favors the fifth child, and he actually gave him the operation to the Criminal Department, the twenty-one-year-old Governor Lang of the Seventh Grade, and the second rank of the Jinshi is only this treatment.

It seems that it was rumored in the house that the old man intended to establish the fifth child as the son of the world, but it was not groundless. ”

Master Xin lowered his head and continued to be silent, but his flickering eyes couldn't hide the overturning of the river and the sea in his heart.

Is the Hou Mansion really going to change?

………

Hua Wenzheng didn't know what his master was thinking, put away the letter, he waved everyone away, and came to a room in the backyard alone.

In addition to the clothes stained with the sweat of the morning exercise, Hua Wenzheng stepped on the wooden shoes to the bath bucket where the maids had already prepared hot water, raised his legs into the water, sat cross-legged in the bathtub, closed his eyes and did not speak, but his thoughts slowly flew to the capital thousands of miles away.

In Qingyuan, many people know that Hua Wenzheng is of noble birth, but few people really know his specific heels, even if someone inquires about some of his news, it is all specious, and no one dares to know whether it is true or false.

In fact, this is what Hua Wenzheng did on purpose, he just wanted people to figure out the background forces behind him, and put a mysterious aura on himself, so as to deter Huang Dahu, the intricate snakes in Qingyuan.

Of course, it is not a good strategy to play tricks like this, once it is recognized, Hua Wenzheng's county order will not want to have any people below to obey him.

It's just that every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and Hua Xianling also has his own hardships in doing so.

………

Hua Wenzheng was born in the Zhijing Marquis Mansion in the capital, and his ancestor was an old minister who followed the Northern Jin Dynasty Taizu Wulie Emperor to fight the world, and was later named a marquis for his merits, hereditary replacement, and was the oldest group of nobles in the Northern Jin Dynasty.

Now, the Marquis of Zhijing has been passed down for three generations, and now the Hou Mansion is the father of Hua Wenzheng, the contemporary Zhijing Hou Huaqing.

This old marquis, who loves romance in his life, has many wives and concubines in the backyard, and naturally, the heirs of the old marquis are also very prosperous, only those who have entered the family tree, there are eleven sons and seven daughters, and those children who have not entered the family tree and raised outside, the number is also very considerable.

In a high-ranking family, it is a good thing to have abundant heirs, but it will inevitably follow endless "family property disputes", but ordinary rich families are fighting for money, land, and houses, while the Zhijing Marquis Mansion is fighting for the position of marquis left by the old marquis a hundred years later.

Thanks to the blessing of the old marquis, five of the eleven sons who entered the family tree in the Hou Mansion were forced to give up the competition because of the problem of their biological mother's background, and later the eldest son of the Hou Mansion died young, so now there are five sons competing for the hereditary title.

Among them, Hua Wenzheng, as the second son of the Hou Mansion, in the case of the early death of his eldest brother, he is the first heir to the title, whether it is his birth or age.

However, for some reason, this second master of the Hou Mansion has not been liked by the old Hou Ye, which is almost a "secret" that everyone in the noble circle knows.

………

The five sons who have the opportunity to compete for the title, the remaining four, as long as they make a little achievement, the old marquis will be relieved and shout that I have a good child.

And no matter how good Hua Wenzheng's performance is, he can't get half of the praise from the old marquis, and some people even say good things for him in front of the old marquis Hua, but the old marquis doesn't want to listen to it.

After a long time, Hua Wenzheng's fiery heart was also cold by his eccentric father's basin of cold water, and then he simply figured it out directly.

Anyway, what you do is not worthy of your father's love, it is better to take advantage of the fact that the old man is not dead, the Hou Mansion is not divided, and he goes out to wander in the name of the second son of Zhijing Hou, if he can get away with some achievements, he can also slap the old man in the face by the way when he has a worry-free future.

And Hua Wenzheng has an extravagant hope in his heart, according to the Northern Jin Dynasty court system, the candidate for the heir of the noble is selected by the Marquis of Zhijing himself, and then submitted to the emperor for ruling, after the emperor approves and officially decrees, the position of the prince is determined, and it is recognized by the court and the royal family.

Under normal circumstances, the Emperor would not have any objections to the candidates submitted by these nobles, but ...... There is no absolute theory about things, in the final analysis, this Northern Jin Dynasty world is the royal family.

If there is really another heir to the title who performs well and is respected by the imperial court, then the emperor will definitely have to reconsider the position of this prince.

Whether to choose a mediocre but beloved son of Anointing Liang, or to reward a conscientious, loyal and capable minister who has made outstanding contributions to the court.

The results speak for themselves.........

………

There is a way, knowing oneself and knowing that the other is victorious in a hundred battles, and the younger brothers who are qualified to compete for the title each have a few catties and taels, and Huawen is more clear than anyone else.

It's not that he praises himself and belittles others, whether it is in terms of scheming, means, talent, ability, martial arts, etc., several people are inferior to themselves, especially the old five who was praised by the old marquis as the meat of his heart, and he is an embroidered pillow, with a good face, but in fact, a belly of straw.

So, after careful consideration, Hua Wen resolutely left the Hou Mansion, seeking to be released as an official, wanting to make a career outside, and using a roundabout strategy to compete for the position of the prince of the Hou Mansion.

After that, Hua Wenzheng heard the news that the imperial court thought of Chongshan to suppress bandits, and suddenly felt that it was a good opportunity, so he used the power of his family and his wife to transfer himself to Qingyuan County as a county commander.

It's just that what Hua Wenzheng didn't expect was that his plan was leaked to his competitors, and now it's okay, a few people are afraid that he will really make a name for himself, and they will join forces to suppress him.

Although Hua Wenzheng is not a vegetarian, a good tiger can't stand up to a pack of wolves, plus there is an eccentric dad who pulls a biased frame.

Under the struggle, although Hua Wenzheng still got his wish to release Qingyuan, he was also forced to agree, and during the release period, he was not allowed to borrow from the Hou Mansion and the Hou Mansion's friendly forces.

It is precisely because of this that when Hua Wenzheng came to Qingyuan to let Ren Ren, he was so "low-key", and only Xin Ying, a staff member, was the master by his side, and several attendants of the nursing home were more like horsemen.

After a Houmen, Huang Dahu and other local officials really couldn't figure out what kind of medicine the gourd was selling.

…………

Now, Hua Wenzheng is also gritting his teeth in front of Huang Dahu and others, and he has the extraordinary bearing of being confident and famous on his face, but he can't help beating drums in his heart.

In case Huang Dahu's group learns that he is just a "Houmen outcast", I am afraid that his county order will be immediately set aside, even if he will not be squeezed out in public, there is no shortage of yang and yin behind his back.

Don't look at Hua Wen, it is the first time to be delegated to an official, but in the Hou Mansion, he is used to seeing people with two faces and three knives, and he has a clear understanding of the consequences of this matter.

"In the final analysis, I still have to have my own henchmen and forces in Qingyuan."

Hua Wenzheng, who had been soaking in the bathtub for two quarters of an hour, felt the water temperature getting cooler, got up and got out of the bathtub, wiped his body clean, changed into a new dress that had been placed in the room in advance, went out of the room, and walked to the study to think about his next plan.

Lifting the brush, he wrote the word "power" on the snow-white rice paper, Hua Wenzheng bowed his head and muttered for a moment, and then wrote the two words "time".

It has been more than a month since he left the capital, and these days, the reason why he can be his county commander in Qingyuan County is all due to the strength of those masters in Zhijinghou Mansion.

Otherwise, relying only on his powerful wife and clan, he might not be able to stop the people sent by his brothers to make trouble for him in Qingyuan.

However, if you keep it for a long time, you will lose, and after a while, those few people will definitely not be able to let him go, and it will not take much means to send people to Qingyuan to spread some news, which will be enough for him to trouble.

So before that, he must establish his prestige, power and voice in Qingyuan County, so that even if news comes from the capital, he can withstand the turmoil caused by this matter.

At that time, although there is no deterrence from the Hou Mansion brand, he also has the confidence to maneuver around the local snakes such as the Yellow Tiger, and continue to seek the merit of suppressing bandits.

………

Hua Wenzheng's thinking became clearer and clearer, and he picked up the pen and wrote the words Huang and Tuesday on the paper, paused for a moment, and added two small words - Liu and Lin.

Huang is naturally Huang Dahu, this county lieutenant who has huge connections in both black and white in Qingyuan, is Hua Wenzheng's number one opponent in Qingyuan.

Meng, is Qingyuan County Cheng Meng Gong, this year is more than 60 years old, I heard that there is a meaning to let him pay tribute, so Meng County Cheng also loves not to take care of things, often throughout the year can not come to the yamen a few times.

Hua Wenzheng has seen him a few times, and he always feels that this old man is not as simple as he faces, so he has always been wary in his heart.

As for Liu and Lin, they are Liu Mao and Lin Hui, two thousand households from Fucheng.

Before Hua Wenzheng left Beijing, he had quietly found a noble son who had made friends with him, who had served in the Tong'an General Military Mansion that year, and there was some incense, Hua Wenzheng took his letter, and seconded these two thousand households from the Tong'an General Military Office on the grounds of training troops to cooperate with the suppression of bandits.

Looking at the four surnames in front of him, Hua Wen was constantly thinking in his heart.

First of all, regardless of what is wrong with Cheng Menggong in that county in private, at present, there is no threat to it, Hua Wenzheng drew a cross on the Meng character, and then put his eyes on the yellow character, his gaze was solemn.

That's the real trick character.........

………

To tell the truth, don't look at Huang Dahu is very talkative in front of Yan Kui, and he seems to have a very approachable personality, but in fact, Huang Dahu, who is nicknamed the Sitting Tiger, is far from being as simple as it seems.

Leaving aside the background of the military, Huang Dahu's own power in Qingyuan alone is terrifying.

Let's talk about the underworld first, although Yan Kui is known as the first good man in Qingyuan, but he only has a good name, but in fact, it is Huang Dahu who is really in charge of the green forest road in Qingyuan.

Qingyuan County's green buildings, gambling houses, pawnshops, money loans, and some gray businesses are all controlled or participated in by Huang Dahu, and the profits in them are not shown for the time being, just to say that the thugs raised in these places add up to no less than two or three hundred, and there are more than a dozen outlaws, all of whom obey Huang Dahu's orders.

This is still a green forest road, and there is still some interference from Yan Kui inside, Huang Dahu can't cover the sky with one hand, but the official face is different.

The former county commander was mediocre and incompetent, the county Cheng Menggong didn't care, there was no one to check and balance, Huang Dahu almost regarded the county government as his own home, the head and the lord were his right-hand men, and more than half of the three classes and six rooms were lackeys under the door.

The four major inspections in the east, west, north and south, one was his brother-in-law, two bowed to him, and the last one was unwilling to be with him, which also made Huang Dahu pinch the grain and make him bow his head.

Before, Huang Dahu sighed in front of Yan Kui, afraid that Hua Wen was taking away his power, but he didn't tear his face, he had scruples, if he really tore his face, Huang Dahu fought back frantically desperately.

Not to mention that Hua Wenzheng is just a literati who knows how to use swordsmanship, even Yan Kui doesn't dare to allow himself to retreat with his whole body, maybe he can run for his life, but the family in Daliu Village can't escape.

It is precisely because of this that the more he learned about Huang Dahu's power in Qingyuan, the more jealous Hua Wenzheng became, and he did not dare to seize power easily.

………

"Alas, there are still no effective people under him, if one of Liu and Lin can be of great use, I can also support him to fight with Huang Dahu, even if he is defeated, he can also have the power to protect himself."

Hua Wenzheng looked at the two small characters Liu and Lin under the rice paper, and the expression on his face was full of anger.........