Wu Ming asked, "Now, what is Gongzi worried about?" ”

"Yang Tong and Liu Yuan are from a famous family and are very strong, and the binding force of the laws of the Tang Dynasty on them is very low. If they were to be taken for interrogation on the basis of a mere judicial offence, they would inevitably have a cascade of repercussions. Those who have blood relatives, in-laws, and interests with them will start to help them exploit the loopholes of the Tang Dynasty's laws, or go around asking people to intercede, and maybe even bite me in turn. Xue Shao said, "Now it's just me dealing with Liu Yuan alone, as soon as I detain him, it will turn into a fight between me and a large group of people." There will be all kinds of people in the other side's camp, and I am not surprised that the prince and prime minister of the capital will be involved, and there may even be my own relatives and friends. The consequences are unimaginable! ”

"It's possible." Wu Ming nodded thoughtfully, "Xue Peiliu in Hedong, there are many intermarriages with each other. remembers that Xue Rengui's wife is surnamed Liu, and Guo Yuanzhen's wife is also from the Liu family, so that the elder brother and son also have a lot of friendship with some people in the Liu family. ”

"So, either don't do it." Xue Shao fixed a chess piece on the chessboard with his fingertips, and his voice sank, "Once you make a move, you must cut through the mess quickly and cleanly!" ”

After Liu Yuan went back, he was restless. He immediately summoned his closest brothers and nephews to discuss countermeasures, and unanimously decided that Xue Shao was going to deal with the Liu family of Hongyun Castle ruthlessly. The first reaction of the children of the Liu family was that they must immediately activate the power of their huge "interpersonal network" to survive this catastrophe!

That night, dozens of horsemen secretly ran out of Hongyun Castle and rushed to different destinations with Liu Yuan's handwritten letters.

But the knights were only a few miles away from the fort, and they were all arrested. Their captors were all well-trained and heavily armed cavalry, all of whom were extremely skilled. All the letters on their bodies were searched, and then they were escorted together to the prison in Suizhou.

Entering the prison, these knights were surprised to find that Shi Xu Changqing, the governor of Suizhou, and Yang Dong, the head of the Yang family, were also in prison. What's even more peculiar is that Xu Changqing has neither shackles nor prison uniforms, nor even the prison door closed, but he sits peacefully in the prison and no one cares about him, and there is no sign of escape.

Then something even stranger happened, the Suizhou prison just locked up these knights for one night, and then inexplicably released them all. No one ever interrogated them, but their letters were confiscated.

These messengers hurried back to Hongyun Castle like lost dogs to report to Liu Yuan.

The Liu family suddenly exploded, and everyone was terrified, full of scenes of the coming of the end!

"Xue Shao, this is going to kill them all?!" Liu Yuan roared in despair.

"Brother, this is the end of the matter, let's escape!" Liu Yuan's younger brother Liu Hao hurriedly persuaded.

"Run? Where can you escape? Yang Tong escaped, but what happened? Liu Yuan muttered, "You didn't see those messengers I sent, who set off late at night and took different paths, and all of them were arrested without exception!" Xue Shao has an army of 100,000 under his command, and he has obviously laid a net of heaven and earth, just waiting for us to drill! ”

Liu Hao also panicked, "So, what should I do?" Is it difficult to sit back and wait to die? ”

"Don't panic!" Liu Yuan took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down, "After all, I am still an earl, Xue Shao doesn't dare to treat me like Yang Tong!" ”

Liu Hao said timidly: "Brother, how is Tang Huaibi?" ”

Liu Yuan suddenly felt cold, and his eyes widened and he looked at his brother with fear.

"Or, if not, you'd better go and plead guilty, right?" Liu Hao said cautiously, "It is estimated that Xue Shao touched the reverse scale because you sold the grain and grass to Wu Yizong privately. He, a child of a family, loves face very much. Brother might as well meet his needs and give him enough face, maybe ...... Is it all right? ”

"You know!" Liu Yuan was furious, "If Xue Shao really wanted to save face as you said, he wouldn't have gone to pay tribute to my dead daughter, and things wouldn't have gotten to this point!" ”

"If, in this way, Xue Shao has already made up his mind from the beginning to cut down the grass and eradicate my Liu family?!" Liu Hao panicked even more.

Liu Yuan was also in a panic, but he was obviously more calm than Liu Hao. After taking a few deep breaths, he slammed his fist on the table, "How can my Liu family's century-old family be ruined in one fell swoop!" ”

"Brother, what do you want to do?" Liu Hao was taken aback. He understands his brother, and he is ruthless, just "six relatives don't recognize" is not enough to describe, simple is lawless!

Liu Yuan gritted his teeth with hatred, "No matter what I did, I was forced!" ”

At this moment, an old slave from Liufu ran in in a panic to report, saying that Xue Shao had sent someone to say goodbye, saying that he would leave Hongyunbao and return to Xiazhou immediately because of some urgent business.

"Huh?!" The people of the Liu family are in a panic!

"Xue Shao is in such a hurry to leave, he clearly has a plan! Maybe as soon as he walked on the front foot, his army would enter the fort on the back foot! Liu Hao hurriedly said, "Brother, what should I do?" ”

"Don't talk nonsense!" Liu Yuan shouted, "If he really wants to do it, why does he have to sue me in advance?" ”

"Maybe he's trying to keep us steady?" Liu Hao was trembling all over.

Some of the other Liu's children turned into ants on the hot pot and shouted nonsense. Some people shouted that they wanted to flee for their lives quickly, and some people shouted angrily to "fight" with Xue Shao, and more people were noisy and noisy, constantly refuting other people's opinions, but they couldn't come up with an idea.

The children of the Liu family, who have been rampant in the township for decades, have hardly encountered anything unpleasant since they were born, and they have never met a few people who dare to oppose them, and they have all developed a sense of arrogance. Such a group of short-sighted and arrogant local tyrants have long had nothing to do with the famous eunuch family of "Hedong Liu", and they only have the halo of a "famous surname" on their heads, but they have actually been corrupted and faded into a mess.

Now facing the threat of life and death from a strong enemy, the outward strength and cowardice and incompetence of the Liu family's disciples have all been exposed.

Faced with such a group of relatives, Liu Yuan was also desperate. He slammed his fist on the table in anger and shouted angrily, "Don't fight!" ”

Everyone was shocked, and the audience suddenly turned silent.

"No matter what, you can't let Xue Shao leave Hongyun Castle!!" Liu Yuan shouted, "Liu Hao, you first go to invite Xue Shao on my behalf, and then say that you will do your best as a landlord." Not really...... Forcibly detain him! ”

"This ...... Is this okay? Liu Hao panicked to death, "He is a relative of the emperor, and he has an army of 100,000!" ”

"That's it!" Liu Yuan said angrily, "Whether it is the emperor's relatives or relatives, or the 100,000 army, in short, there are only a dozen people around him now." Leave people behind, and there will be room for maneuver as soon as you get a qiē; Even if he really wants to do something to me, he has to think about his own safety, right? ”

"Good!!"

Liu Yuan's "impassioned" ignorant roar actually attracted the support of a group of hairy boys from the Liu family below, and someone shouted: "The earl is right! If Xue Shao really wants to attack us, we will kill him first! ――When he was dying, he pulled a relative of the emperor to back his back, which is enough!! ”

At this moment, Xue Shaozheng, Wu Ming, Guo An and others were walking slowly on the main road leading to the gate of Hongyun Castle. While walking, Xue Shao was still looking back, "Strange, why don't you chase it?" ”

Wu Ming couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Don't worry, no one can withstand such a strange trick as you." Liu Yuan must have six gods and no master dogs jumping off the wall in a hurry, how can he let you leave safely? ”

"It's better to be like that." Xue Shao laughed, "If he doesn't commit a heinous crime, it's really not easy to kill!" ”

But a moment later, a thick burst of black smoke suddenly burst out from the direction of the south of the fort, and there was a fire.

Xue Shao suddenly frowned, "Everyone be careful, Liu Yuan has made a move!" ”

Almost as soon as the words fell, dozens of horses appeared behind Xue Shao and the others. The middle-aged man in Chinese costumes shouted as he ran, "Xue Dudu, please stay!" ”

"Calm down!"

Xue Shao snorted lightly, then really restrained the horse and turned around, looking at the visitor with a faint smile.

Liu Yuan's brother, Liu Hao.

Dozens of horsemen quickly rushed to Xue Shao and the others, although they did not carry large weapons, it could be seen that all of them were powerful and had protective short blades in their arms. Soon, they were divided into two shifts and blocked Xue Shao's front and back passages, which was like hijacking.

Xue Shao remained silent, "Liu Hao, what do you want to do?" ”

"Xue Dudu, don't get me wrong!" Liu Hao didn't dare to get too close and didn't get off the horse, so he rode on the horse and bowed to Xue Shao, saying, "On the orders of my brother, I have come to invite the governor." My brother said that the governor was in too much of a hurry, and my Liu family had not yet fulfilled the friendship of the landlord. Therefore, my brother wanted to stay with the governor and return to the house to stay for a few more days. ”

"No need." Xue Shao said lightly, "I'm busy with official business and I'm anxious to return." ”

"Xue Dudu, why do you want to turn people away thousands of miles away?" Liu Hao's eyebrows sank, and these dozens of knights took two steps forward at the same time, narrowing the encirclement.

Wu Ming, Guo An, Niu Ben and the others held the handle of the knife in unison, but Xue Shao did not give an order, and none of them acted rashly.

"Looks like it's going to be forced on me?" Xue Shao smiled and said, "Do you know what kind of crime this is?" ”

Liu Hao suddenly panicked, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and forced a smile on his face: "Xue Dudu, don't misunderstand, how can you have that guts?" Please also ask Xue Dudu to remember my enthusiasm and reluctantly stay for a few more days, right? ”

"What if I don't say yes?" Xue Shao said as if with a smile.

Liu Hao took a deep breath, and his face suddenly changed, "Then I have no choice but to make a decision!" ”

As soon as the words fell, dozens of knights stepped forward again, and all of them showed their talisman short blades.

Xue Shao suddenly laughed, "Finally showed the fox's tail!" Wait me to death! ”

Wu Ming and the others still did not move.

Liu Hao immediately panicked, but in a panic, he was also born from the side of the heart, and roared on the spot: "Take people down!" ”

"You can try."

Xue Shao smiled slightly, and Wu Ming and the others made a move in an instant!

The tiger that is fierce down the mountain is as fast as the dragon that roars in the sky. Liu Hao only felt that there was a flash of flowers in front of him, and his mind became blank. No matter how godly it is, the dozens of knights he brought with him have all fallen from their horses, and blood and human heads and stumps are scattered everywhere.

On the other hand, Xue Shao was still riding steadily on the horse with a smile on his face, and Wu Ming and the others were putting their knives into their sheaths, all of them as if they had just poured a cup of tea and drank it.

"Someone! - Someone's coming!! ”

Liu Hao yelled in frustration like a ghost, and galloped back.

Xue Shao didn't chase after him and let him go.

"Childe, as expected, the fort gate must have been closed and heavily guarded. Later, a large number of pursuers approached, forming a situation of encirclement against me. Wu Ming said, "We have already tried it just now, and this group of green forest bandits raised by the Liu family with a lot of money as minions does have some skills." If two or three thousand people besiege it, it is really not something that a dozen of us can deal with. ”

Xue Shao was still smiling relaxedly, "Then it really should, let them have a fight with the Jumping Army!" ”