After having a general understanding of the situation in Shangdang, Xiang Ao led Xi Zhong, Dian Wei, Li Jin and others to the eldest son of the Shangdang Ruling Chief.

As for the defense of Tianjing Pass, Xiang Ao didn't pay too much attention to it, after all, there was still Zhao Yun stationed in Hanoi, so there was no need to waste troops too much. After rushing to the eldest son, the family in Shangdang County spontaneously greeted Xiang Ao, which made Xi Zhong helpless and Xiang Ao a little unhappy.

After settling the soldiers and horses, Xiang Ao was not in a hurry to assign his soldiers to various places, and after more than half a year of campaigning, it was time for the soldiers to rest and rectify. Besides, as winter approaches, presumably Baibo Montenegro will not be bored with sending troops to fight in the winter. Compared with the county towns that Xiang Ao has seen, the Changzi City of Shangdang County Governance seems to be a smaller circle, and it is not as grand as Hongnong, Anyi, and even the county governance in the Northern Regions.

After Xiang Ao led the troops into the city, after settling the soldiers and horses, he began to deal with the affairs of the party. Compared with Hanoi, the population of Shangdang is only a fraction of the population of Hanoi, about 100,000. For Xiang Ao, who has been able to handle the government affairs of millions of people in the northern region with ease, there is not much annoyance. Moreover, Xi Zhong is also an expert in handling government affairs, and the government affairs of various parts of the party have long been regularized.

Xiang Ao is only checking and filling in the gaps, after all, most of the decrees of Xizhong are still too estimated about the feelings of the family. After Xiang Ao led the troops into the Shangdang, plus the soldiers and horses brought by Xi Zhong and the 5,000 cavalry of the Xiaoyue clan, Xiang Ao controlled nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses. What's more, Xiang Ao also came to the party with the righteousness after the crusade against Dong Zhuo, no matter how dissatisfied the family was, he didn't dare to make trouble at this time.

Although it was a rest and rectification, the daily training of the soldiers and horses in the Northern Regions did not stop. In the military camp specially set up for Xiang Ao's soldiers and horses outside the city of the eldest son, every day is shouting to kill the sky, accompanied by a little cold in the early winter, which is terrifying. The strict military discipline of the soldiers and horses in the Northern Regions made the people of Shangdang more and more like to be managed by the imperial court. Compared with the fear of seeing the army in the past, the people have begun to get used to polite soldiers for more than a month.

In the past, no matter where the party was, when they saw the soldiers and horses passing, the people were frightened to make way for the marching soldiers and horses. And now, even if a citizen accidentally blocks the way, the soldiers will gently drive away. If any child accidentally intrudes on the official road, the soldiers will dismount and carry the child away from the official road before hurrying. In the past, the army, which regarded the people as inhuman, now respects the people so much that the hearts of the people are filled with endless emotion, and many people even have the idea of joining the army.

The existence of a military camp inevitably requires the supply of food, grass, clothing, and even armor, and naturally contact with the people. When the news of the treatment of soldiers in the northern regions came out, the people flocked to it, and the tailors and blacksmiths who often interacted with the military camps outside the city often asked when the town would recruit soldiers and horses. made Dian Wei, Li Jin and others, who were in charge of drills, worried.

Dian Wei, Li Jin and other old subordinates who have followed Xiang Ao for many years do not know Xiang Ao's temper. In the barracks, as long as they don't come to make trouble, whether it is the people, the family, the heroes, or even the beggars, they are all treated equally, if they unreasonably shout at outsiders outside the barracks to let Xiang Ao know, the fruit is not delicious. As a result, the people who kept coming to inquire made Dian Wei and others annoyed.

Of course, although there are not many people who come to the camp with their own identities, there are still powerful children of the family who don't know the severity. However, those who came to make trouble became the annoying punching bag for Dian Wei and others, all of whom were beaten to the point that they were thrown back into the city.

The inspection of the government in the city was also reorganized by Xiang Ao. Now there are those who have a good reputation in the city of the eldest son, and there are also soldiers who were temporarily pulled out of the army by Xiang Ao to replace them, as well as warriors among the people who are openly recruited in the city. Such a reform has made up for offending the Shangdang family, but Xiang Ao has never been soft.

Those who don't make trouble will be treated politely, and will even authorize many of the businesses of officials and businessmen in the party branch to be managed by sensible families. Those who make trouble, it's easy to say, according to the degree of trouble, what should be closed, what should be punished, what should be killed, hehe, Xiang Ao will be soft? It's just that Xiang Ao didn't expect that he would inadvertently offend the Taiyuan Wang family.

Taiyuan Wang's family, today's family is Situ Wang Yun of the current dynasty. Wang Yun, a character teacher, is a native of Qi County, Taiyuan. The Wang family is a famous family in Shanxi, and has held important official positions in the prefecture and county for generations, and has great influence and prestige in the local area. When he was a teenager, Wang Yun had become a talented man who was full of wealth and wealth, and scholars from near and far were impressed by him. In addition to studying articles and reading classics, Wang Yun also insisted on practicing martial arts to strengthen his body.

He admired the majesty and bearing of Wei Qing and Huo Quai, and also admired their spirit of defending the country to the death. After less than a few years of earnest and unremitting martial arts training, Wang Yun became an all-rounder who was proficient in Wen Taowu and Wu Strategy. and crown as an official, since the official, impartial law enforcement, whether it is a family or not, dare to deal with it. Not only was it favored by the imperial court, but the people's reputation was even more prosperous.

Wang Yun has three sons, all of whom are adults, and now accompany Wang Yun to the court. The so-called one person attains the Tao, and the chicken and dog ascend to heaven. The people of the Wang family are famous, and Wang Yun is powerful, the Taiyuan Wang family is even more invincible, and even the generals of the Baibo Army who occupied Taiyuan dare not offend too much. But no matter how strict the Wang family motto is, it is still a young man. Now the one who was caught by Xiang Ao and was ready to be sentenced to death was Wang Yun's brother's son, Wang Chen.

On weekdays, Wang Chen is like a scoundrel in the market, doing nothing. But after Wang Yun gained power, he went to the party alone, relying on his own prestige, bullying men and women, forcibly buying land, and becoming prosperous in the party. After Xi Zhong took over the party, he was also extremely disgusted with this person, but he couldn't free up his hands to punish him. Xi Zhong reported to Xiang Ao about the affairs of the party and government, and also wanted Xiang Ao to mention this person.

However, Xiang Ao put his mind on Bao Yi, whom Xi Zhong highlighted, and had no time to deal with this matter in the future. I didn't want Wang Chen to go to the military camp to provoke, and was beaten half to death by the angry Dian Wei and thrown back into the city. How could Wang Chen, who was disgruntled, stop, so he secretly instigated the party family to oppose Xiang Ao. But he didn't want to go to the party family and was still optimistic about Xiang Ao, and he was disdainful of Wang Chen's actions, so he reported the matter to Xiang Ao.

Anti-self? How could Xiang Ao let it go so easily, so he captured Wang Chen. originally planned to solve it directly, but learned about the background behind this person, and in desperation, Xiang Ao tried to try to fake the evidence and kill Wang Chen in public. The more he investigated, the more angry Xiang Ao became. After not wanting to be so famous, he actually used various means to buy people's land within a few years of joining the party, harming dozens of girls and shattering countless families.

"Can Wang Chen, the sinner in the hall, be convicted?"

"Guilty?" Wang Chen looked at Xiang Ao with disdain and laughed: "Haha... I am a descendant of the Taiyuan Wang family, and my uncle is even more of a court situ, but he is not poor, even if he is now the prince of Zhenguo? If you let me go as soon as possible, I can also let my uncle Rao Er wait for him not to die! ”

"Xiang Gong...", the old man who was filled with righteous indignation and pointed out Wang Chen's crime at the bottom of the hall turned black and said: "Xiang Gong, let's let it go, if you offend Wang Situ and embarrass Xiang Gong, we will not pursue it, as long as Xiang Gong can treat our people well in the future." ”

"Xiang Gong, let it go, we won't pursue it." "Xiang Gong..."

Looking at the old man who clenched his fists, his body trembled, and his eyes were full of tears, Xiang Ao was furious, his eyes glared at Wang Chen like a torch and said: "Wang Situ is jealous and hateful all his life, and he is upright, how can there be such children and nephews!" ”

"You and the others are all people of the Han Dynasty, and I am the prince of the Han Town!" Xiang Ao ignored Wang Chen's arrogant shouting, turned to the people and said, "What is Zhenguo?" The barbarians have been punished externally, and the people have been safeguarded internally. Wang Chen ignored the laws of the Han Dynasty, and even more ignorant of courtesy, righteousness, and shamelessness, and mutilated innocent lives. As the prince of Dahan Town, I don't kill Wang Chen, how can I explain to the people of the world, how to explain to Your Majesty? ”

Xiang Ao shouted, pulled out the long knife on the waist of the servant, and swung it towards Wang Chen's neck. Poof, with a crisp sound, Wang Chen's head rolled to the ground with a gurgling sound, staring at his eyes in disbelief.

"Haha... Dead, dead! The old man who had just taken the lead in persuading Xiang Ao suddenly knelt on the ground, bowed to the sky outside the mansion and cried bitterly: "Finally dead, the thief has been punished, hahaha... My granddaughter, who died in vain, can finally look away! ”

With tears on his face, the old man turned around, thanked Dade and kowtowed to Xiang Ao: "Thank you Xiang Gong, thank you Xiang Gong!" ”

"We thank Xiang Gong for his benevolence, and thank Xiang Gong for upholding justice!" After following the old man, hundreds of people outside the hall knelt down and kowtowed. The rest of the people who were going to watch the excitement also knelt down and kowtowed when they saw Xiang Ao upholding justice for the people like this.

Xiang Ao looked at the people who were oppressed by the black, and there was no joy in his heart, the guilt was punished, but can the deceased relatives of the people come back. Xiang Ao thought bitterly, stepped forward to help the old man and said: "It is the duty of the official to avenge the people, and the old man must not do this!" ”

The old man stood up tremblingly under Xiang Ao's support, still bowing and thanking him, as if he couldn't express his gratitude to Xiang Ao even if he broke his head. When the people left slowly, there were not too many bad things in the government, and the officials who were left behind by Xiang Ao admired and looked at Xiang Ao in horror.

Xiang Ao glanced at the trembling servants, and did not say much, but looked at the departing people and sighed deeply: Not only the people of the Northern Regions, but also the people of the world, all they want is to be healthy, and a little favor makes the people grateful to Dade. Such a simple people, I will devote my life to let the people live and work in peace and contentment! Xiang Ao thought so, his eyes became more and more determined.

The news of Wang Chen's beheading spread throughout the eldest son city and the surrounding counties, the great evil was eliminated, and most of the Shangdang were jubilant, and even many people even set off artillery battles. Although Xiang Ao has not yet announced all the administrative decrees of the Northern Regions in the Shangdang, even so, the people have slowly felt the changes in the Shangdang and the changes in the people's own homes in the rest of the month.

The people of Shangdang, who have begun to accept Xiang Ao, have revered Xiang Ao even more after Wang Chen was killed by Xiang Ao himself, and all the streets praise the benevolence and virtue of the town and the country.