【Strike at the Strong】

After Lu Zhi put down the Nanban rebellion, he gave instructions to the local officials, asking the local officials to help the people resume production and labor as soon as possible, rebuild their homes, and return to the normal track of life. Seeing that everything was arranged, he took his entourage and his entourage, and of course, took Chen Dao in the prisoner car, and returned to Shu County.

As soon as Lu Zhi arrived home, he praised Liu Deran in person, praising him for making great progress in reading, and for being able to learn and apply the art of war he learned in Songshan.

But this scene made Liu Bei, who was standing aside, unhappy, Mr. Lu Zhi had never praised himself so high-profilely, looking at Liu Deran's happy appearance, he would inevitably feel sour in his heart, as if his own credit had been taken up by Liu Deran, at this time he asked Lu Zhi that he would also make some contributions, hoping that the teacher would give him a chance. After hearing this, Lu Zhi deliberately provoked: "There is an opportunity to make meritorious contributions, but I'm afraid that you won't be able to do it well." After Lu Zhi finished speaking, he sat down, picked up the teacup on the bookcase, shook his head, blew a few times, and took a few sips.

When Liu Bei heard this, he took a few steps forward and hurriedly said: "The teacher looks down on me, you say, the student must do it, if the student can't do it, the student is willing to be punished!" ”

Lu Zhi put down the teacup and pretended to be embarrassed and said: "Okay, since you have made a "military order", I will reuse you once as a teacher, you will go to Wang San's house today, and as soon as you come, thank him on my behalf, and say that Wang San has contributed a lot to the pacification of the Nanban this time; The second is to tell him that the county guard will hold a banquet in the mansion tonight because of the pacification of the Nanban, hoping that he can attend in person; The third is to tell him that in order to express his previous kindness to the county guard, the county guard has arrested the enemy who insulted him in public, and it is up to him to decide how to deal with it. ”

After saying this, Lu Zhi stood up, walked in front of Liu Bei, bent down slightly, and whispered in front of Liu Bei's ear: "You are my student, and you have no official position, letting you go will make it seem that I admit to my private friendship with Wang San, but you also know what I want to do, remember not to miss it." ”

Liu Bei's eyes lit up, and he understood that the teacher was going to open the knife to Wang San, so he said: "The student is ordered, please rest assured that the teacher." With that, he turned around and went out.

Looking at Liu Bei's back when he went out, recalling the scene just now, Lu Zhi still felt in his heart that Liu Bei had no city in his chest, and his slight agitation made him so impulsive, if he didn't correct it, this might not be a good thing in the future.

If you want to talk about Haoqiang Wang San, he learned a long time ago from the county Cheng Yudu that Lu Zhi had captured a so-called leader Yizi who was Chen Liang's son Chen Dao, the person he killed back then, and brought him back, and a cold sweat immediately broke out behind his back, thinking why Lu Zhi didn't kill this traitor on the spot, but brought him back, did he know that he had done some hurtful things, he had compassion for that thief, and was ready to use this Chen Zhi to attack himself.

Therefore, he bribed everywhere, inquired everywhere, and almost visited all the generals who participated in the war, of course, the cost of his visit was very high, a box of silver plus a large amount of food, but after seven inquiries, no one knew what Lu Zhi wanted to do, they just hastily explained that Lu Zhi wanted to bring him back to ask for guilt, that's all.

In view of the information obtained by Wang San's network, he preliminarily came to the conclusion that Lu Zhi did not want to attack him, which also reassured him a lot, but Chen did not die, and there was always a pimple in his heart.

Seeing Liu Bei come to invite him today, Wang San deliberately wanted to refuse, but when he saw Liu Bei saying that Lu Zhi brought the thief back to give him the right to make a decision, so as to thank him for his private kindness, he also felt reasonable, and then thought that he had taken the initiative to donate so much food in order to help the Han army exterminate the traitors, Lu Zhi would not suddenly turn his face and deny people, besides, this county Cheng Yudu and the generals did not say that the county guard wanted to harm him, thinking of this, Wang San was relieved. So he agreed to Liu Bei's invitation and happily went. This time, he didn't even sit in the carriage, he walked with his head held high, not why, he was personally invited by the county guard, to let the people in the county see, he Wang San is now in a better relationship with the new county guard than his predecessor, he swaggered, followed by two entourage, as soon as the people on the street saw that Wang San was coming, they immediately took the initiative to stand on both sides of the road, this bully is now afraid of everyone, and everyone abandons him.

Wang San walked into the county guard's mansion with his head high, and saw Lu Zhi greeted him with a smile, but when he looked around, he saw Lu Zhi, Zhenzhi, Liu Deran and Yu Du, and no one else was present....... However, isn't the county keeper holding a banquet today, so why don't you see anyone else? ”

Seeing that Wang San had come, Lu Zhi sneered in his heart, "Good you Wang San, your good days should come to an end, but he still smiled and said: "Today is to thank you for your previous friendship with this official, so I didn't call others...... Come, please be seated. ”

"Come, today's official is happy, this victory, Wang San is indispensable, let's toast Wang San first!" Lu Zhi raised his glass, and everyone got up to greet him.

Wang San couldn't figure out Lu Zhi's temper at this time, so he kept worrying, he took a sip of wine slightly, and said with a wry smile: "The county guard is serious, you don't have to care too much, the grain donated by the grass people is just doing what they can for the court, for the county, and for the people, which is what the grass people should do." ”

Wang San's heart had been hanging at this time, so he moved out the country's righteousness, he carefully put down the wine glass, pretended to be groggy and said: "Lord County Guard, the grass people usually don't drink much, so they are not strong enough to drink, you see if you can allow the grass people to retire first." ”

Lu Zhi took a bite of the dish, chewed it slowly, and said unhurriedly: "Brother Wang hasn't finished speaking, do good deeds for the people of Lujiang, then you can continue to talk about how you usually do good deeds, en?" After Lu Zhi finished speaking, he put down his chopsticks, and his sharp eyes shot straight at Wang San.

Wang San saw Lu Zhi's murderous eyes at this time, and immediately realized that he shouldn't have come to today's banquet, and secretly thought that this banquet would not be a Hongmen banquet, so he mustered up the courage and said: "Lord County Guard, there are still some things in the grass people's house, so I will leave first." After speaking, he almost ran out, but after not taking a few steps, he was stopped by the people of the county government, at this time Wang Sanbiao pretended to be puzzled and said: "Lord County Shou, what do you mean by this?" ”

Lu Zhi also stood up and sneered: "Hehe, what do you mean, this official is just doing his own thing, just wanting to give the people of Lujiang a stable life, just want to give an explanation to the people who were killed by you." ”

When Lu Zhi finished saying this, Yu Du, the county guard standing next to him, suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, the county guard wanted to open the knife to Wang San, why he didn't know at all, could it be that the county guard had already doubted himself, at this time he walked down the steps, walked to Lu Zhi, and said worriedly: "Lord County Shou, this time Nanban is pacified, if it weren't for the grain given by Wang San, Lujiang County would have run out of food a long time ago, secondly, you took the liberty of arresting Wang San, and there is no evidence, and it is also inappropriate, and the lower officials feel that it is not as good as ......."

Before he finished speaking, Lu Zhi scolded sharply: "Presumptuous, bastard thing, don't think that this official doesn't know that you are in a nest with this king and three snakes and rats, you think I don't know about sending him a letter, you think I don't know about accepting bribes from him, and you think I don't know about the things that you and Wang San are eyebrowning in the county when I go to the Southern Barbarians...... I'll keep an eye on you. ”

Yu Du was so frightened at this time that he hurriedly knelt down and cried and begged for mercy: "My lord, the little one knows that he is wrong, you can spare me, my lord ......" He didn't say anything at this time, and directly called himself "small", knowing that he was dying, he only hoped that Lu Zhi could spare his life at this time.

Seeing his virtue, Lu Zhi sneered: "If you are spared, then you should ask the people of Lujiang if they will spare you, and you will go with Wang San." After hearing this, Yu Du's whole body immediately went limp, and his originally active eyes became dull at this time.

Standing on the side, Liu Bei and Liu Deran saw their embarrassed appearance at this time, and they were all happy in their hearts.

Wang San didn't care about anything at this time, and shouted like crazy: "Come on, come on, help!" He hoped that the two retinues he had brought with him would rush in at this time to save his life, but who knew that these two people had already been detained by the soldiers of the county government.

Wang San shouted towards the door for a long time, without a trace of movement, and then realized the truth of the matter, at this time he angrily reprimanded: "Lu Zhi, let me tell you, I have something to do with the state capital, you dare to move me to try, besides, I also gave you 100,000 stone of grain before, 100,000 stone, don't you cross the river and tear down the bridge." ”

Lu Zhi said angrily: "Wang San, you bullied the people, annexed land, embezzled bribes, deceived the king and bent the law, and formed a party with government personnel for personal gain, now you are a person full of evil, what face do you have to say 100,000 stone of grain, which grain of these grains was not exploited by you from the peasants, you open your eyes and look at your hands, how much blood and tears of the people are stained, you open your eyes and see!" This official will repay the emperor's favor today, and obey the will of the people, come, take down the criminal Wang San for me, and tomorrow the Japanese official will personally interrogate him. ”

At this time, Liu Bei saw the teacher's thunderous means against the powerful landlords, and saw the teacher's wits and courage with the evil forces, and secretly admired it in his heart, but when he thought that once the teacher opened the knife to Wang San at this time, it also meant that the teacher declared war on the entire powerful landlord class. With the strength of the teacher, can you fight against the powerful landlords who have been entrenched for hundreds of years?

The next day, under Chen Zhi's accusations, Lu Zhi forcibly convicted Wang San and Yu Du with almost irrefutable means, and then beheaded them for public display. Lu Zhi's move made the powerful landlords of the entire Lujiang County dare to be angry but dare not speak, and their hearts are full of resentment; But this move was also sincerely supported by the people of Lujiang, and the cheers of the people pryed the joyful atmosphere of the entire Lujiang County, but also leveraged the retaliation of the powerful landlords.

【Stroll】

"Lilac, how long has it been since I've been back!" Su Xue was walking in the yard at this time, stroking the budding stamens with her hand and said.

Lilac is her personal maid, since the last time Lilac unintentionally said Su Xue's marriage, Su Xue was worried that if she insisted on going to her father to theorize, Lilac would inevitably be held accountable afterwards, so she gave up the idea of theorizing. In view of the kindness and kindness of Miss last time, Lilac is grateful to Su Xue from the bottom of her heart, no matter what happens in the house, Lilac will report to Su Xue as soon as possible, no matter which guest comes to the house, or the gossip between the servants in the house, of course, she is incomprehensible to Su Xue's affairs to the outside, no matter how others inquire about Miss's affairs, Lilac will always pretend to be confused, not knowing, not clear, almost became her mantra.

Su Xue is also relatively lonely in the house, so she let Lilac follow her all the time, usually chatting with her, staying in the house and going out for a walk, Su Xue's life is also taken care of by Lilac, and Su Xue's clothes that she usually doesn't wear, and the food she doesn't like to eat will also be given to Lilac, and the two of them have become inseparable sisters in the house.

"Miss, it's been four months since you came back, I remember that when you arrived home before, the snow on the ground had not yet melted, and now, the yard is already full of birds and flowers, like a kind of spring scene!" Lilac said with a smile as she followed.

"It's been four months, time flies so fast, I wonder how the teacher is going in Yangzhou to quell the Nanban rebellion?" Su Xue stood up and continued to walk along the gravel road, stirring the flowers and plants on the side of the path from time to time.

"Miss is afraid that it is not Teacher Lu Zhi, but that Liu Bei Gongzi!" Lilac pursed her lips and said with a smile.

"As far as you talk a lot, Teacher Lu Zhi is also my mentor, as the saying goes, one day is a teacher and a father is life, I think my teacher is okay?" Su Xue said solemnly at this time, her mouth had already shown a smile unconsciously, I don't know why, when it comes to Liu Bei, Su Xue's heart will become very sweet, but sometimes she will think that she is not by his side, and she will inevitably feel a sense of loss in her heart.

"Anyway, I haven't met a man who makes me feel, it's good to be alone, my current goal in life is to follow Miss for the rest of my life, serve Miss well, I will go wherever Miss goes, that's all, I haven't thought about those men's things anyway!" Lilac pouted and held a handkerchief in her hand.

"You are a daughter, how can you do it without a home, I will find you a good family in the future!" Su Xue walked to a stone bench and sat down, pointed to the stone bench next to her, and motioned for Lilac to sit down as well.

"I'm a servant, it's better to stand, so I won't sit, and I only want to follow you in the future, Miss, and I don't want anything else." Lilac took Miss's handkerchief out of her pocket and handed it to Miss.

Su Xue took the handkerchief and wiped the sweat on her face: "Like a fool, since I recognize you as a sister in private, how can I have a reason to let you follow me all my life, and when you see your sweetheart in the future, I'm afraid you will pray to leave me every day!" ”

"Poof! Miss is really good at laughing, where am I such a hard-hearted person. Lilac took the handkerchief from Su Xue's hand.

"By the way, my father hasn't talked to me about marriage until now, I don't know why?" Su Xue said: "Don't stand, sit and rest for a while!" ”

"Actually, there are not many people in the Su Mansion who know, the reason why I know is because I was waiting next to me at the time, and I heard it when I was serving tea and water, I think the master doesn't say it until now, there must be his reason, as for why, I don't know!" Lilac saw that there were only two people here, such as herself and Miss, so she sat down.

"Oh, I see!" Su Xue estimated in his heart that the reason why his father didn't tell him at this time was that he didn't want to be too sudden, and he wanted to discuss it with him slowly. But I must not agree with this family matter, since my father plans to discuss with myself, then there is still room for discussion, and now the two sides are so deadlocked, which shows that my father has not thought of such a way to convince himself, and now if he takes the initiative to test it, it is not a bad idea to grasp the initiative: "If you want to die, you must fix it; He who wants to be weak will be strong; If you want to abolish it, you will fix it; If you want to take it, you will give it. It is said to be subtle, and weakness is better than strength. ”

Lilac saw that Miss Lang Lang suddenly said a large paragraph of text from her mouth, and she didn't know what it meant, so she scratched her head and asked, "Miss, what are you talking about, I can't understand a word!" ”

"If you don't usually study, you don't know if you say it." Su Xue said with a smile, and then she stood up: "Let's go!" ”

"What kind of books do I still read as a maid, isn't reading all the business of rich and noble families?" Lilac hurriedly got up and followed: "Miss, where are we going?" ”

"I greet Daddy!"