Just as the stone shopkeeper and the iron horse were discussing how to trade the grapes, Shi Yang also returned to Fancheng, the capital of Nanhai County.

Taishou Shiwu, who received the news at the first time, immediately summoned his subordinates to discuss matters in the Taishou Mansion.

After Shi Yang told him everything he had seen and heard in Qingping County, Shi Wu waved his hand to let him go down, and then asked, "What do you think?" ”

Gao Huan, a staunch main battle faction, said hatefully: "This snake demon, so contemptuous and rude, really deserves to be killed." ”

Xue Zong chuckled and said, "My lord, this snake demon's attitude is certainly a little frivolous, but Xia Guan thinks that this is really a blessing. ”

"Oh, why do you say that?"

"If you throw away the identity of the snake demon and treat this snake demon as a human, then it does this, which shows its arrogance, and to deal with such a person, as long as you are arrogant, you don't have to worry about it."

Shiwu nodded slightly, feeling that this Xue Zong's words were reasonable: "What about your opinion?" ”

"Since the snake demon wants to see someone who can call the shots, let it see." After that, Xue Zong kept silent.

Shiwu frowned, who can call the shots? Who else can call the shots in this Nanhai County? Of course, there is only him, but if you can represent the Shi family, there is another person in Fancheng, this person is the fifth son of Shixie, the elder brother of Shiwu, named Shisong.

Shiwu is weak, and he has no children under his knees for many years, although Shisong is the son of Shixie, but Shixie has talked to Shiwu that he wants to pass Shisong to him, and he will be Shiwu's adopted son, and now Shisong is in Fancheng.

If Shi Song goes to Qingping County, of course, he can represent Shiwu, or even the Shi family, but it is a snake demon, although the information sent back by the spies said that the snake demon has not eaten people, but what if, what if the snake demon is crazy.

But don't send people or send other people? That can't see the snake demon at all, and Shiwu doesn't want to raise troops, so that it will only take three years and five years, and the people of Qingping County may only know the snake demon, but they don't know that he is too guarded, and they don't know the Han court.

As a county guard, there is a territory under his rule that is not under his jurisdiction, Shiwu said that it is really difficult to accept, thinking of this, Shiwu is upset, "You guys should retreat first." ”

Shiwu is not a particularly capable person, to put it mildly, he can sit on the position of the Taishou of Nanhai County, relying on his surname Shi, not with his own real ability, so after thinking about it for a long time, he can't make up his mind.

At this moment, someone outside shouted: "Big master, big master is here." ”

Shiwu was first surprised, and then rejoiced, because the eldest master was referring to Shixie.

Shiwu greeted him and said happily: "Big brother, why are you here?" ”

When there were rumors of snake demons in Qingping County, Shiwu thought about informing Shixie, but Shiwu knew that at this time, his eldest brother was planning a major event, and was preparing to take the position of Jiaozhou Taishou and replace him.

Shi Xie is forty-seven years old this year, but he is well maintained, he looks no more than thirty, his slightly dusty face is full of majesty, after seeing Shi Wu, Shi Xie waved off the servants, and his face sank slightly: "Why didn't you inform me about the snake demon?" ”

Seeing Shi Xie's face, Shi Wu only felt very panicked, don't look at them as brothers, but Shi Xie is the current patriarch of the Shi family, and his prestige is extremely high, Shi Wu is really afraid of this big brother.

"Big brother, the younger brother is worried that the eldest brother will be distracted by Zhu Fu (now Jiaozhou Taishou), so he doesn't dare to inform the eldest brother."

"Confused!! Zhu Fu is now a grasshopper after the autumn, and he can't jump for a few days, and this snake demon is the henchman of my family, which is more important, you can't tell which is more important? ”

"Why did the eldest brother say this?"

"The snake demon is entrenched in Qingping County, as if there is a posture of being the king in my Jiaozhou, in my opinion, this snake demon is close to the common people and far away from the family, once the momentum rises, my Shi family will bear the brunt, and then, if the Son of Heaven knows that there is a snake demon in my Jiaozhou, what will the Son of Heaven think?"

Shiwu blinked, he couldn't turn around, what is the matter with the Son of Heaven?

Shi Xie sighed and reminded, "How did my Great Han Gaozu get started? ”

"Slay the White Snake!!" Shiwu was shocked, and he understood: "Big brother is saying that the Son of Heaven will think that someone in Jiaozhou wants to rebel?" ”

"Even if the Son of Heaven doesn't think so, some people will definitely make the Son of Heaven think so." Shi Xie sighed: "Jiaozhou is too far away from the Central Plains. ”

Jiaozhou is too far away from the Central Plains, that is, the so-called Tiangao Emperor is far away, as the Son of Heaven, suspicion is the basic quality, Jiaozhou has no at all, Zhu Fu has to give several times a year, just to appease the heart of the Son of Heaven, but if there is a snake demon here, and it is a big trouble, then it is not easy to make any twists and turns, there are definitely countless people in the court who will fall into the ground, and these people can find out tens of thousands of evidence that Jiaozhou wants to rebel.

Although the Han Dynasty looks crumbling now, who dares to despise the aftermath of four hundred years? At least Shi Xie didn't dare, so he hurried over.

Shiwu panicked, "Big brother, what should I do now?" ”

Because he was a little anxious, the weak Shiwu coughed sharply a few times,

Looking at this younger brother, Shi Xie was silent, and his face showed hesitation and reluctance.

Shi Xie knew that it was not good after knowing that there was a snake demon in Qingping County, and what made Shi Xie angry the most was that Shi Wu actually did nothing, and now the matter of the snake demon may have already spread to Yangjing Erzhou, in this case, Shi Xie can only do as much as possible to make up for it, and he can't let the Son of Heaven think that someone in Jiaozhou wants to rebel, at least it can't be that the Shi family wants to rebel.

It is not easy to do this, someone from the Shi family must stand up and take responsibility, and the best target candidate is Nanhai County Taishou Shiwu, who let Qingping County be under his rule.

After a long time, Shixie finally convinced himself that for the sake of the Shi family, Shiwu had to make sacrifices.

After listening to Shi Xie's plan, Shi Wu's face turned pale and he couldn't speak for a long time.

Shi Xie's plan is very simple, that is, let Shiwu, the Taishou of Nanhai County, go to Mingfeng County, and personally lead the troops to kill the snake demon, if the snake demon is killed, then needless to say, Shiwu will play a fold and ask the Son of Heaven to forgive his sins, with the status of the Shi family in Jiaozhou, Shiwu will not be good, at most the dismissal of the official, as long as the Shi family is still there, it is not a big problem to dismiss the official, but if the snake demon cannot be killed, then 'die in battle' on the spot, as long as Shiwu 'dies in battle', the Son of Heaven will definitely not blame the Shi family.

And this latter kind of war death, whether it is a real battle death or a fake, it is impossible for Shiwu to appear in front of people in the future, and if you want to be an official, it is even more impossible.

After a long time, Shiwu smiled bitterly and said, "Big brother, I know, I will set off soon." ”

Shi Xie was silent.

Shiwu staggered and wanted to walk to the house, but suddenly, Shiwu suddenly turned around and looked at Shixie: "Big brother, what if he is really the Dragon King?" The eldest brother should understand what the younger brother means, once the army is raised, my Shi family and the Dragon King will have no room to turn around, how should the Shi family deal with themselves in the future? ”

"The lesser of two trade-offs." Shi Xie replied.

Now that the snake demon is weak, Shi Xie naturally wants to choose the big man, which is a very normal way of thinking, and Shi Xie actually doesn't think that the snake demon is the dragon king, and he doesn't think that the snake demon can really resist the army of the imperial court.

"The younger brother understands, I hope the eldest brother is still right this time."

Shiwu turned his head and walked into the house.