Just when the Cheng brothers were anxious about Yan Kui, in the secret room of a mansion in Hongshi County, several well-dressed people gathered together and were quietly discussing something.

These people are not outsiders, they are the heads of several other large families in Hongshi County except for the Cheng family, and the surnames of each family are Ji, Fu, Cheng, and Dai.

These four families and the Cheng family are the most influential and powerful clans in Hongshi County, and the five families work together to make the county government alive.

It's a pity that these families have been fighting for generations because of the interests of redstone, and they have a lot of grudges against each other, and it is difficult to shake hands and make peace.

That is, in recent years, the Cheng family brothers have dominated the Red Stone Mountain Range, overwhelming the remaining four families, and in desperation, the four families gradually abandoned their previous suspicions and came together in a group, in case they were swallowed by the Cheng brothers.

Some time ago, the Cheng brothers raised their banners to rebel, the first was killed by the county order, and the second was to take the plan to ambush Cheng Dai and the four families.

Fortunately, the four families still have some strength in their hands, and the Cheng brothers are unwilling to break the net with their fish, and the four families have a big blood, barely surviving the lives of the family, but at the same time, they were forced to get on the thief ship by the Cheng brothers.

New hatred and old hatred, the four families hated the Cheng brothers to death, but they had no choice but to endure it.

Until Yan Kui's soldiers besieged the city, the Cheng family brothers struggled and ran out of roads, and the minds of the four families began to live, they were forced to rebel, but they didn't want to follow the Cheng brothers to death.

Now that the Jin army is approaching the city, the county seat can be broken in the blink of an eye, and they have to find a way to make meritorious service and go ashore in vain............

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In the secret room, the candlelight flickered, reflecting on the faces of everyone in the secret room, everyone was silent, the room was silent, and the atmosphere seemed a little gloomy and depressing.

After a long time, someone finally took the lead in breaking the silence, and the eldest head of the Dai family touched the goatee under his chin.

"At this time, there is nothing to hide, what kind of family background is brightened out, figure it out, we also have a number in our hearts, what kind of charter should this matter be."

After the head of the Dai family finished speaking, the head of the family next to him immediately agreed: "What my father-in-law said is transparent, it's time for everyone's hearts to work together to get through this difficult time." ”

Ji Fu Cheng Dai's four rankings are based on strength, the Ji family is the strongest, and he was even able to break hands with the Cheng family brothers, but the Dai family was the weakest, so the head of the family married his daughter to the Cheng family.

The two weakest families formed a marriage and helped each other, and the two families did not dare to despise it.

Because of this, the head of the Dai family choked here, and the head of the Cheng family, who was a son-in-law, followed and agreed, making it clear that they would advance and retreat together.

The head of the Ji family was a middle-aged man with a handsome appearance and extraordinary bearing, he glanced at the pair of sons-in-law who sang double reeds, and did not say anything, but looked at a young man dressed in white with a thin face opposite him.

"Nephew, how are you doing?"

This young man in white is none other than Fu Qing, the head of the Fu family, who has just taken over the position of head of the family, and the father of the Fu family, who is Fu Qing, has just passed away.

Fu Qing is twenty-six this year, and he is the youngest of the four family heads present, but the other three dare not underestimate this junior.

Hongshi Fuqing, that is a well-known young talent in the whole Hongyang, and even a little famous in most of Youzhou, and he won the promotion before he was weak.

Although the name of the next year's examination fell to Sun Shan, there were rumors that several examiners took a fancy to Fu Qing's article, and they didn't order Fu Qing for a long time, but it is conceivable that at Fu Qing's current age, if he studies hard for three years, he is very likely to be on the list in the next meeting.

This is a jinshi, the three kingdoms of the world combined, there are only 900 people every three years, the examination means a step to the sky, the red stone is located in the frontier, the literary style is not prosperous, from the founding of the Western Zhou Dynasty, there has not been a jinshi for decades.

Yes, Fu Qing has a very special status in the Fu family, and even in Hongshi, that is, the Cheng family brothers, and they dare not provoke easily.

The Fu family also has this good child, so that it can be faintly juxtaposed with the Ji family, if there is no Fu Qing, the Fu family is stronger than the family............

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Of course, now that time has passed, Hongyang Mansion has returned to the Northern Jin Dynasty, and the fame of Fuqing's Western Zhou Dynasty has been abolished.

Of course, in fact, it is not so absolute, although Hongyang has become the land of the Northern Jin Dynasty, but if Fuqing wants to be really ruthless, it is a big deal to go to the Western Zhou Dynasty with the Fuqing branch and go to live in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the Fujia branch is still in Hongshi.

In today's troubled times, the three kingdoms stand side by side, this method is actually very common, some families in order to ensure the inheritance of incense, will be divided into several branches in each country to bet, so that in case of something happens to which bloodline, the other can also pass on the surname.

This situation was most common in the early days of the country, and now as the situation stabilizes, similar things are becoming less common, but they do happen from time to time.

The imperial courts of various countries also turn a blind eye, as long as they will not communicate with the enemy country for the sake of their relatives and betray their own interests, most of them will not care.

Especially a small minion like the Fu family, unless Fu Qing is angry and becomes a high-ranking official of the third grade in the future, otherwise the Northern Jin Dynasty will not bother to pay attention to the tricks of the Hongshi Fu family.

Originally, Fu Qing also had this idea, after all, he had a reputation in the Western Zhou Dynasty, if he turned his head to join the Northern Jin Dynasty, I am afraid that he would not be reused, so for the sake of his own future, he was inclined to split his family and go to the Western Zhou Dynasty to develop.

But God has no eyes, or the ancestors of the Fu family do not want Fuqing, an excellent junior, to leave the family, at a critical moment, Fuqing's father suddenly fell seriously ill, and his body went straight down, and he couldn't see it.

The old father is about to die, as a son of man, how can he leave here, besides, Fu Qing is the eldest son, and the younger brother below has not yet grown up, if he leaves, in the chaotic situation of Zhou Zhi in the Jin Dynasty, who will support the pillars of the family.

So, after some thought, Fu Qing gave up his future and stayed in Hongshi to preside over the overall situation of the Fu family.

Some people here may wonder why Fu Qing didn't just leave Hongshi with the Fu family and go to the Western Zhou.

This is because most of the foundation of the Fu family is in Hongshi County, and the real estate of the fields, shops, and mountains cannot be sold at this moment.

Besides, money is still secondary, the key is that the connections, relatives and even family members and slaves of the Fu family are all natives of Hongshi, and Fu Qing insists on leaving, and many people may not be willing to follow.

The family property is greatly reduced, no one follows them, and once they leave, they are likely to not be able to return to their hometowns for the rest of their lives, and they will not be able to see their relatives and friends again.

This price is too heavy, Fu Qing has this courage, but the rest of the Fu family may not be.

Later, Fu Qing sent his father away and took over as the head of the family, but when the Cheng family brothers rebelled, he could only work with the other three heads of the family to fight with the Cheng family.

At the same time, there is no chance to leave and... Cruel.........

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At this time, in the face of the inquiry of the head of the Ji family, Fu Qing smiled lightly, got up and looked around.

"The three of them are all elders, and I didn't dare to hold them in front of a few people, but the little nephew was in a hurry, so I simply said it directly.

The Cheng family brothers seem to be tough now, but because there is no way back, they are dying, and now there is chaos in the city, I expect that the Cheng family will not last much time, at most three days, and the red stone will inevitably change hands. ”

The other three family heads looked at each other, their eyes were a little surprised, now the situation of the Cheng family is erosive, and they can see it clearly not long after their death, but they did not dare to assert that the defeat of the Cheng family would be within three days like Fu Qing.

The head of the Dai family touched his beard a little uncalmly: "Yutao (Fuqing's character), hasn't this Jin army's offensive been beaten back by the Cheng family brothers, and they haven't even climbed the city wall in the past two days, which shows that their combat power is not brave."

Although the Cheng family is in decline, the strength is still there, Cheng Fu and Cheng Gui are good at martial arts, and from the old man's point of view, if the Jin army wants to take the red stone, it will take at least ten years. ”

Fu Qing saw that the other two family heads also meant this, and couldn't help but shake their heads and sighed.

"Although Cheng Fu is brave, can he compare to Yan Kui? Suo Ya, Xue Yang, and Lu Ba, which is not a heavy general of the Western Zhou Dynasty, with tens of thousands of elites under his command, is not still beaten by Yan Kui and lost his armor.

Now that Yan Kui is sitting on 100,000 Jin troops, the Cheng family can withstand a decade with a few thousand rabble? As for the weak combat strength of the Jin army........."

Fu Qing paused for a moment, and finally didn't say too ugly: "These are the elites left over from the Jin and Zhou wars, they can even defeat the Zhou army, how can they not take the little red stone, now in this situation, I privately feel that it should be the general of Pingbei's plan to underestimate the enemy, want to paralyze the Cheng family brothers, and then succeed in one fell swoop." ”

"This ........."

Not to mention, Fu Qing's status in the hearts of the other three family heads is really not low, and when he analyzed it like this, several people also felt that this matter was not very reasonable.

Could it be that Yan Kui made a plan?

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Fu Qing ignored the three family masters who were thinking, and continued to take care of himself: "The little nephew has seriously thought about it, if I were Yan Kui and led 100,000 troops to attack Hongshi, although I had already used the strategy of underestimating the enemy, it would not be delayed for too long, at most a few days, if I coaxed the Cheng family brothers, I would do it."

That's why I concluded that within three days at most, the Cheng family brothers will have to die, and we plan to ambush the four Dai families, if we don't cast spells to save ourselves within these three days, then we will all follow the Cheng brothers to be buried together.

Uncles, I think it is the Jin people, the great crime of rebellion, and the nine clans. ”

In the end, Fu Qing's eyes were already a little red, and the other three family heads were similar to him, with unwilling faces.

The head of the family is impatient, and when he sees that the matter is urgent, he can't care about playing the gun, so he preemptively shows the hole card of the family.

"I can produce five hundred young and strong people when I get married, and I bring my own knives and guns, and in addition, my nephew is under the command of Cheng Wang, and I can probably pull up three or four hundred people anyway."

The head of the Dai family glanced at his son-in-law, and then also confessed: "My Dai family also has five hundred young people, but no one in our family is in charge of the soldiers under the Cheng family brothers, but someone in my family has been the director of the county treasury."

During this time, some replacement armor and ordnance were secretly hidden, and after we raised our troops, these armor and armor could be used to replenish our combat power. ”

There are more than 1,000 people, as well as armor and ordnance, Fu Qing was a little excited, and then reported his own strength.

Five hundred young men, and twenty thousand taels of silver, for the purpose of boosting morale.

The Fu family has some forces operating locally, but Fu Qing has just taken office, and he doesn't know if people can take advantage of him, so he simply took out 20,000 taels of silver for military expenses.

This is not a decimal number, take out 20,000 taels, even if the Fu family did not hurt their muscles and bones, they would be ruthless, and therefore, the other three families did not raise any objections.

In the end, Fu Qing and the other two family heads looked at the strongest Ji family master, which means obviously, we have all handed over the bottom, and it is up to you.

Looking at the three pairs of burning eyes, the head of the Ji family sighed and gritted his teeth.

"Young and strong...... One thousand, in addition, the Cheng brothers have my dark line by their side, and they can fight back at critical moments. ”

Is there an undercover agent by the side of the Cheng brothers?

Fu Qing's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but give a thumbs up and praise: "Uncle Ji is a good method." ”

Looking at the surprised expressions of the two heads of the family, Fu Qing and Cheng Dai, the head of the Ji family was also a little proud.

"The Cheng brothers are unruly, and ordinary people can't get into their eyes, and I also wasted a lot of effort to stuff a person to them.

Originally, it was to avoid trouble, thinking that if the Cheng family dealt with my Ji family, they would let it report to deal with it, but they didn't want the situation to change now, but it was useful in this matter. ”

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"Today, the lives of thousands of people in my four families are all on Uncle Ji's original move."

Fu Qing smiled, the news revealed by the head of the Ji family was too timely for him.

His original plan was to gather the four families, take a city gate, and welcome the Jin army into the city, but now it seems that there is a better choice.

"Kill the Cheng family brothers in one place, and then seize power and surrender to Yan Kui, the thing is done beautifully, we can not only be exempted from responsibility, but also get General Yan's appreciation.

At that time, we will subdue the reputation of the four Dai families, but it will not be limited to redstone. ”

Fu Qing lowered his voice and began to lobby the three family heads.

"Yutao, the Cheng family brothers are not easy to deal with, do you have confidence?"

The head of the Cheng family was a little tempted, but the deep-seated fear of the Cheng brothers in his body made him dare not say yes.

"Then it depends on how capable Uncle Ji's dark line is, and there is no need to deceive him into any secluded place, as long as he is far away from most of the people under his command, I will wait for more than 2,000 young people to rush up, no matter how powerful the Cheng family brothers are, can they be enemies with a thousand people?

As soon as the Cheng brothers died, we took advantage of the situation to cut off their hardcore henchmen, and the rest were all grass on the wall, so there was nothing to worry about. ”

Fu Qing smiled like a spring breeze, but in a few words, he decided the lives of dozens or hundreds of people, which couldn't help but make people feel cold.

The head of the Ji family pondered in his heart for a long time, and finally slapped the table: "The situation is so good that it is better to give it a go, and the Ji family has followed." ”

Cheng and Dai Weng's son-in-law glanced at each other, and they also gritted their teeth and expressed their attitudes.

"The family agrees."

"Dai Family...... Agree. ”

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It took more than half an hour for this secret discussion to end, and the undercurrent in Redstone City added to the solemnity.

The next evening

Upstairs in Nancheng, Cheng Fuqiang, who had just repelled a wave of siege by the Jin army, shrank behind the female wall to rest, and as soon as he squinted, he was woken up by the second master Cheng Gui crying and shouting.

"Big brother, it's not good, something happened to our father."

Cheng Fu's eyes lit up, grabbed his second brother's hand, and asked eagerly: "What's wrong with our father." ”

Cheng Erye looked resentful, with tears in his eyes: "I don't know which bastard who killed a thousand knives told my father about the death of the third child, these days the soldiers have besieged the city, our father was already afraid, and when he heard that the third child was gone, he fainted directly."

Lang Zhong came to see it, and said that he was frightened and frightened, and his internal organs were broken, and his father didn't ...... It became ......"

Cheng Fu was also a little sad, but he still kept calm: "There is chaos in the city, you can't be careless, is it reliable to get people?" ”

Cheng Gui wiped away his tears and said, "It was King Hu who came in person, saying that our father is holding on now and wants to ...... again Let's take a look at our brothers. ”

Hearing that it was Wang Biao, Cheng Fu's vigilance was lowered for most of the time, Wang Biao was their brother's confidant for many years, and he had saved his life, others could betray them, Wang Biao would never be.

Thinking of this, Cheng Fu couldn't stay any longer, so he called the deputy general to let him keep an eye on the city defense, and he was going back to the city with Cheng Gui with his personal guards.

"Big brother, don't you call the fourth?" Cheng Gui asked.

"There are no people on the city wall, our brothers have to keep at least one, let's go back first, and when we see our father, we will change the fourth child back when we have time.".

Cheng Fu was worried about the defense of the city, and he didn't dare to return to the city with all three brothers, Cheng Erye hesitated, after all, he knew the seriousness of the matter, and he didn't insist on asking Cheng Wang to go back together.

Downstairs at the city gate, Cheng Fu saw Wang Biao who reported the news, a man with a loyal face and a taciturn face, he patted his henchman on the shoulder, did not say much, and hurried to Cheng Mansion in the city with the second master Cheng Gui with his personal guards.

didn't notice that when he patted Wang Biao on the shoulder, Wang Biao lowered his head slightly and covered his eyes, all kinds of complicated emotions flashed............

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After the Cheng brothers rebelled, the mansion did not change, because there was no better mansion than the Cheng mansion in Hongshi County.

Because they were worried about their father's condition, the Cheng brothers galloped on horses with more than 30 personal guards, and as for why they brought so few guards, it was naturally because there were not enough horses.

War horses are scarce goods, the Cheng family brothers, a rebellious landlord, plus the horses that robbed the county government, also got hundreds, some of which are not war horses, they were taken out of the city by Cheng Xing a few days ago, and they were folded clean.

Now the more than 30 horses of the Cheng family brothers are the only remaining mounts, even if Cheng Fu wants to bring more personal guards, he can only run behind.

And because of this, the choice of the Cheng brothers brought them to the end of the road ahead of schedule.........

On the street in front of Cheng's mansion, looking at the thousands of young men surrounded by him, Cheng Fu's face changed several times, he held down the second brother who was going to work hard, looked at the four masters in front of him, and said in a bitter voice.

"Where's my dad?"

Fu Qing stepped forward, arched his hand, and replied loudly: "As soon as the old man saw us arrive, he was defeated, and he committed suicide by hanging the beam in front of the two incense sticks. ”

Cheng Fu's eyes were sad, but there was a smile on his face: "I left a whole corpse for the old man, our four unfilial sons have affected the old father, but today I want to thank you for giving him dignity." ”

Fu Qing smiled, but no longer replied, but Cheng Fu chased and asked: "How did you buy Wang Biao." ”

Fu Qing looked at the head of the Ji family, and the head of the Ji family thought that the people in front of him were people who were about to die, so he said four words.

Wang Biao's surname is Ji.

Hearing these four words, Cheng Fu still didn't understand the reason, took out the waist knife from his waist, and rushed towards the four masters on his horse, and the younger brother and personal guards next to him also charged together.

Fu Qing sat on the horse, shook his head, waved his hand, and under the leadership of the young leaders of the various families, two thousand people rushed up and surrounded the Cheng family brothers.........

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In the sixteenth year of Liyang, February 14

The rebel leaders Cheng Fu and Cheng Gui were ambushed by the four major families of Redstone and hacked to death under the knife.

On the same day, Cheng Wang, the leader of the remaining rebels, was also attacked by the subordinates of the four major families and stabbed to death on the spot.

After that, the four major families wiped out the remaining recalcitrant rebels, stabilized the situation in the city, opened the city gate, and welcomed Yan Kui into the city............