Cai Zhai.

Deep Courtyard.

Cai was gossiping with his peers in the third room, visiting the old lady before and eating a closed door, and then some things that actually had signs of not being able to talk about it anymore, and when he left, he was left by this sudden heavy rain. A few juniors in the third room invited him to sit down and talk. As for the elders of the third room, they never showed up again.

Cai did know that this time was not very appropriate, but so far, the Cai family has not actually been separated, but they are scattered all over Qingzhou Mansion and move around a little. Their respective businesses are gradually separating, which gives some people an opportunity to take advantage of, and occasionally even have their own family members to dismantle, and now his old lady is still there, and each room still recognizes people, and he wants to inherit this family business in the future, and now it is time to sort it out. If so, I'm afraid that the Cai family won't be gone for long.

There are many people in the family, and there will always be a lot of unpredictable things.

In addition, Cai does have a little selfishness. What's more, the Cai family's current selection of heirs is not just him.

The young man was occasionally a little anxious, and in the end he suffered some losses in the hands of Chen Ji. After Cai Qu's reflection, part of the reason was because a family demolished the stage, and to put it bluntly, they were bought by Chen Ji. And it is the industry in his Cai Qu's hands.

The enemy of his enemy can be a friend, and now he believes in it.

The rain reached its peak at midnight, and not long after, there was a commotion outside, and when I got up, the guards in the front yard had already rushed over, and several Cai family sons present were in the house.

Then there was a puff of smoke in the front yard, and the cries of women and children were heard.

In fact, the earliest riot of this night did not start from the Cai family's house, and then several gentry houses were in chaos, but not many people paid attention to it on the county government. It wasn't until someone came to the yamen and summoned Xiang Yong, who had already prepared the case, on the street that some things spread.

The county jail is empty.

The prisoners took to the streets, and the chaos increased to several levels.

Cai Tao, the magistrate of the county, had already led people to the city gate, and the inspection of the city was handed over to Yang Wei, the county seat, and Chen Lin, the chief secretary, was responsible for organizing the personnel and supporting the two officials.

Behind the battlements, Cai Tao looked under the tower by the firelight, but he couldn't see people clearly. The people around him had already persuaded him to change out of his official uniform, and they were worried that he would become the other party's primary target. After Cai Tao scolded, he said, "What is the situation with the other city gates?"

"There is no specific report yet, but there should be no danger here, and the thieves can't find thousands of people tonight, so they surrounded Changle."

"I still need to worry about giving the thief a trick to divert the tiger from the mountain."

The siege below continued, and the hooks were thrown up, but no one climbed up.

The number of city gate divisions on duty is not even fifty, and now that the four city gates are scattered, even fewer can gather here. Originally, the 1,000 people who were still counting on Feng Qianhu ended up eating too much empty salary, and when it really came to a critical time, they couldn't get together at all.

Feng Qianhu has been following Cai Tao with a white face, in normal times, he would not be so low-voiced, but now how humble and how can he come, after this incident, is it possible that he can still open the door and welcome the thieves at the head of the city into the city?

Cai Tao said: "Feng Qianhu, maybe contact someone from the plain?"

"Yes, yes, but they only have one hundred households, I'm afraid ......"

"Let's get in touch first."

After Cai Tao finished speaking, he called a few people from the city to come over and said: "It is imperative to guard the city gate, not only to guard against the outside of the city, but also to be vigilant against collusion in the city. Lord Yang has organized relevant personnel, and the follow-up is being followed, and the city must not mess with itself. ”

There was a commotion below, and the first wave of attacks began.

Changle City is three feet high, although it is raining heavily tonight, the city wall is not easy to climb, and the other party is currently only using hooks and claws as siege tools, but it can't withstand the extremely weak defense of the city, and the probability of breaking the city is very large, or even just sooner or later.

Cai Tao calmed down and organized the defense. While facing an attack from the front, it is natural that you also need to watch out for the knife behind your back.

Lan Yu launched a second wave of attacks after the man's man.

Among these people, there are still a few martial arts masters occasionally, and the matter of climbing the city has also been handed over to these people, of course, Lanyu is a fritter, and he has already explained the precautions when he ascends the city, and he must "work without contribution, and he can't be seen by others", and the most important thing is to protect himself as much as possible.

Therefore, in the hot siege battle, the defense of the city head was very difficult. But in the end, it was not breached.

After repelling several waves of sieges, Cai Tao called the people around him and asked, "Do you think they are training soldiers?"

The city gate guard Li Duo paused, and the panic on his face flashed, "Yes, in the few waves of attacks just now, half of them even retreated halfway, and the people who came up again were the same repetition." ”

Cai Tao was bitter in his heart, this was treating him as a soft persimmon. In retrospect, it is extremely scary to think about. Since you have chosen this way to practice, how can this wave of people come from just ordinary rogues? Cai Tao immediately said: "Captain Li, do you see if you can figure out where the other party came from?"

Li Duo shook his head without hesitation and said, "It's difficult." With our little strength, it is impossible to organize an effective offensive at all, and we can only defend passively. Of course, if Feng Qianhu's people can make a move, we can fight for a cavalry charge. ”

Feng Qianhu's face turned green.

Cai Tao said: "How many people can Feng Qianhu organize?"

Feng Qianhu said: "All the horses have been marked, and they have been added to the city gates." After enduring it, he said, "There are three hundred and sixty people organized in the city!" ”

Even if you add the hundred houses of the plains, the number is less than five hundred.

Cai Tao didn't know what to say.

Changle does not have other garrisons of the Qingzhou Military Division, and Changle Qianhu is actually a special existence. It's still like this, and I can't count on it.

Cai Tao was very tired.

The rain has a tendency to slow down.

Half an hour has passed since the launch.

Just when the city head thought that the following was going to intermission, Cheng Yang Wei of the rear county hurried over and brought the worst news.

The inter-city chaos lasted for most of the night, and as the county jail was breached, the people inside were released, and they were given absolute freedom for a period of time, so that many things happened on the way to escape exacerbated the situation. After Yang Wei took a group of officials who had managed to get together on the street, he encountered several resistances and suffered serious losses. Some of the prisoners who could not be brought back were brought to justice on the spot, and many more continued to escape, during which they broke into private homes, causing even worse tragic situations.

In the subsequent pursuit, it was discovered that something had already happened at the East City Gate, and some of the prisoners had already left the city with the rogues who had entered the city to commit murder.

The riots in the city were suppressed for the most part.

Cai Tao leaned back, leaning on the battlements, his face bloodless.

Below, the Rogue went on the offensive again.

……

When Chen Ji left Plains Town, it was already noon.

Outside Changle City, his carriage was stopped, and under the strict search, it could be seen that whether it was the people who entered the city or the guards on duty, their faces were not much better, and it took a long time to get out of the city.

finally entered the city, and then wanted to leave and go back to Qingzhou, but his carriage had been detained.

Gui Chun went out to find out the news.

Soon after, he came back and told Chen Ji about the human head hanging at the gate of the city.

Chen Ji took Gui Chun to the gate of the city to see, there was no such thing when he entered the city before.

When they arrived at the gate of the city, the crowd had been cleared, and in a circle surrounded by armored guards, several people dressed in official palaces were leaning their heads and talking.

Chen Ji found a booth and sat down.

……

Cai Tao has been busy since last night, first guarding the city, and then taking care of the aftermath, even if it is just to show his determination, he must stay on the scene.

For him, this time it was a disaster.

But since it happened, he naturally had to find a way to remedy it, and he knew that it would be difficult for him to go down now, but he still had to do what he had to do. Therefore, after giving detailed instructions on the matter, he also handed over the leadership to the county Cheng Yang Wei. He personally called the generals who could be used, including Li Duo, and retreated at the city gate to discuss how to find out the identity of the other party.

At noon, someone from outside the door spread the word that someone had given him a gift.

When I opened it, it was the heads of some of the people who had escaped last night.

Although there were only three, it gave him a little relief.

In the past, when I saw this kind of bloody scene, I am afraid that I would have already been disgusted, but now it is just a moment of panic at first sight, and when I come to my senses, I can already face these vicious people.

Li Duo took down the box containing the human head, and when he came back, he opened his mouth first: "My lord, do you think you want to hang the human head above the city gate?" To soothe the hearts of the people! ”

Cai Tao also responded.

And there was a scene of Gui Chun's news.

In front of the city gate, it was Yang Wei who was arranging the aftermath, and after seeing the excitement of the city at first glance, he was already sick to his stomach, but he just tried to deal with it.

Upstairs, Cai Tao talked to Li Duo again and asked, "Who will do it?"

Li Duo shook his head, and guessed for a moment, "Could it be some kind of chivalrous man who happened to meet him?" ”

Cai Tao said: "Now there are such chivalrous men who serve the country and the people?"

Li Duo knew that he was speechless and stopped talking.

But Cai Tao turned the corner by himself, "Maybe." Now it depends on how the thousand households are chasing! ”

There was still a bit of hope in the words, but the tone was almost helpless.

Even if the hundreds of people in the Thousand Households are chased out, they will definitely not dare to really face the tributary, not to mention the combat strength, and the number of people is not superior.

Everyone knows, it's just a possibility.

——

Zhu Chenghu has been mixing quite well for more than half a year, and after experiencing the initial difficulties in starting a business, the situation has improved, because of the help of a certain dark line, Qingzhou Fangyuan has already had a place for him. In order to meet the occasion, now he has grown a beard, and he looks more ruthless, next to him, is his military advisor and first thug and liaison officer, named Zhang Qian, he is actually a mascot-like existence more often, including him, the whole team does not feel that there is anything wrong.

Now he has changed his name to Tiger and started a new and exciting life.

Cheng Hu withdrew one foot from the stirrups, coiled on the saddle, swinging the other foot, and said distressedly: "After saying that it is good, each person will be given five taels of silver, and those of us who are in charge can get fifty taels, how can you regret it?" Red mouth and white teeth, don't admit accounts, and don't talk about the rules of the rivers and lakes. ”

Zhang Gandao: "Everyone has said that it is a success to conquer the county seat, and now you can take out half of it, which is already very important about the rules of the rivers and lakes."

Cheng Hu said: "That's it, that's it."

The team continued to hurry, they are now a group of rogues wandering in Qingzhou, naturally there is no way to have any village, and the days of wandering the world are actually not easy. Although there will be occasional waves of fire with some peers, staying behind to cultivate for a while, but this day is really hard.

"How long have we been out this time?"

"It's been almost a month."

"It's time to go back, right?"

Zhang Qian bowed his head, and said after a while: "Xue San will go back with someone first, and the two of us may have to go to Jizhi Mountain."

"What? Going to give away someone's head? ”

"Find Lanyu."

Cheng Hu didn't want to think about it anymore, it took a lot of effort to use his brain, and muttered: "You have to guarantee that we won't be left in Jizhi Mountain, otherwise I will go back with Xue San."

Zhang Qiandao: "Take out the momentum of cutting people earlier, who in Jizhi Mountain dares to stop you!"

Cheng Hu said aggrievedly: "Don't mention it, I'm not a demon who kills people without blinking, and now I'm afraid for a while, and I won't be able to sleep well in the future."

Zhang Qian turned his head away, not wanting to listen to these dream words that started with his eyes open.

Chenghu pulled the reins and took a deep breath, "It's good if it's rained." ”

——

Cai is indeed very uncomfortable.

Not pretending.

The third room of the Cai family seemed to have become the target of public criticism in the night of riots, even if there were many guards in front of the real murderers, they were like chickens, and they were defeated after seeing blood in the first wave, and the thugs once rushed into the second courtyard, and in the thick smoke of the sky, death was once very close.

Finally dawn. After preliminary statistics, more than 50 people were killed and wounded, even if the blood stains have been washed away by the rain, the air is still filled with a strong smell of blood, and the atmosphere in the mansion is still depressing compared to the blood stains that have been washed.

After making sure that it was safe outside, Cai did see the old lady in the third room, who was already his uncle according to his seniority.

The old man met him in his study.

As the backbone of the Cai family, the old man was unusually cold and resolute in the turmoil of the night, and when everyone was at a loss, the trembling crutches in the old man's hand made a sound every time, like a reassuring hammer.

When Cai Qu entered the door, the old man was carrying him on his back and was looking at a painting.

"There are some misunderstandings between the rooms, and the few chairs in the ancestral hall are clear, and they usually think of blood and family affection, and some things pass with a blind eye." The old man's slightly tired voice came, "I've done it this time." ”

Cai did look up, and the old man turned around.

"Cai is true, there are rules for doing business, and in front of these rules, it is the truth of life. The Cai family has gone too smoothly over the years, and many people have forgotten that their ancestors had a hard time starting a business, and for some small profits, they were able to do the trouble of hooking up with outsiders. ”。

The old man's eyes froze, and Cai did only feel a tingling pain, and he didn't dare to look at each other.

The old man sighed heavily, "When I go back, tell your grandfather that it's time for this family to be put in order." ”