When Yang Chong arrived, Meng Fan had already found a wall without iron plates from the several walls extending along the iron plates, and smashed open the secret room. There are no gold, silver and jewelry in the secret room, except for a few furnishings, the most are letters, and the letters written by others to the Zhang family are dated and have accumulated for decades; Yang Chong understands why Zhang Xu didn't burn these letters, these are ironclad evidence of other people's collusion with the Zhang family, and it is the favor that those people have to repay, even if they find out, there is no loss to the Zhang family, but it will put those who see it in a dilemma.

It's just that Yang Chong is a person who has crossed over, and he naturally lacks fear of the wealthy, and he doesn't care who he offends. Yang Chong asked Yang San and Yang Shi to put all the letters into a sack and take them away, and they randomly fiddled with the decorations on the display shelf, a jade bracelet, an agate box, a bamboo stick, a stone carved villain, a wood carved tiger, the agate box was empty, but the round button on the lid of the box was a little strange, Yang Chong pondered for a moment, carefully opened the mechanism of the round button, and found that it was a small seal inside.

Yang Chong suddenly had a flash of inspiration, could these ornaments be tokens and seals for withdrawing money? Yang Chong asked Yang Da to find five boxes, carefully put the five furnishings into them, and brought them back with the letter to the temporary county guard yamen, the original office of Gaochang Guoshangshu Province. Yang Chong asked Fang Xuanling, Zhang Guolao and Feng Qicheng to invite again, and when the three of them arrived, Yang Chong had already opened the wood carving tiger, which also had a seal.

Yang Chong stamped the two seals on the white paper, and invited the three of them to observe together with the five ornaments, Feng Qi's eyes were like torches, and he repeatedly looked at the pattern on the bamboo sticks and said: "This is the bamboo sticks of the Zhang family in Jiangnan." ”

The Jiangnan Shi clan naturally respected the Langya Wang family, the Chen Jun Xie family, the Chen Jun Yuan family, the Lanling Xiao family, etc., but the local Zhu Zhang Gu Lu could not be underestimated, even when Wang Xie was in his heyday, the local Shi clan secretly supported the rebellion of Sun En, who was the master of the Heavenly Master, and almost knocked down the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The Zhang family originated from Zhang Mu, the Taishou of Shu County, and the descendants Zhang Wen, Zhang Yan, and Zhang Dun were all celebrities during the Three Kingdoms, and they are still hundreds of years of inheritance.

Yang Chong was not even afraid of the five surnames and seven hopes, and he was not interested in the Zhang family at all, Fang Xuanling proposed without hurry: "Zhang Wen has been escorted to Gaochang City, why don't you ask Zhang Wen here." ”

Zhang Xu can't be convicted now, but Zhang Wen is meat on the chopping board, and he can chop it as he wants; Yang Chong asked Zhang Guo and the old two to hide behind the screen, and he and Fang Xuanling interrogated Zhang Wen. Zhang Wen saw the five ornaments placed on the public case, the ridicule on his face suddenly disappeared, his emotions became very excited, his eyes were red and he was about to rush towards Yang Chong, but he couldn't break free by being dragged by two soldiers; These two soldiers were actually the generals of the Yu family, Jing and Yu Wei, who had previously beheaded two officers of Sui Hantang.

Zhang Wen asked sharply: "Yang Chong, what do you want to do with the Zhang family?" ”

Yang Chong said indifferently: "The Zhang family rebelled in Gaochang City, do you want this official to abandon his post and run away?" If you shouldn't say it, you should at least give the official time to earn money for the round-trip expenses. Now that the victory and defeat have been divided, I will not kill them all, all the children of the Zhang family who participated in the rebellion in Gaochang will be killed, and those who did not participate will be dismissed and dismissed, giving your Zhang family a chance to breathe. ”

Zhang Wen sneered: "You would be so kind? The missing carriage of Chang'an Distillery was really made by you, how long do you think you can live after you arrive in Gaochang. ”

Yang Chong said disapprenously: "Don't worry, at least before I die, I will kill no one of the Gaochang Zhang family, including those of your protégés, relatives and friends." Of course, this is a bit excessive, but your Zhang family is just a pawn in front, and it is not worth worrying about it. ”

"Pawn?" Zhang Wen's mind was a little clearer, his momentum dropped a little bit, and finally asked, "What do you say?" ”

Yang Chong ignored him, and Fang Xuanling said: "There was a rebellion in Gaochang City, and it was your Zhang family's disciples who participated, but you stupidly followed you to Nanping City. Don't say that the rebellion happened after you made trouble in Nanping, in less than an hour, it is impossible to connect so many people together, is it a chess piece that your status in the Zhang family is too low and you deliberately abandoned? ”

This is a bureau, Yang Chong and Fang Xuanling discussed a good plan, using the asymmetry of information to create the illusion that the Zhang family wants to abandon Zhang Wen, from the beginning Yang Chong was misleading Zhang Wen, Fang Xuanling's question was just adding fuel to the fire, continuing to hit Zhang Wen's confidence, at this moment Yang Chong and Fang Xuanling's eyes showed a kind of pity, it seemed that Zhang Wen was a tragic character.

As the third brother of the family, Zhang Wen is the person in charge of the Zhang family in the army, why didn't he inform him of such a big matter, let him go to Nanping to die, Zhang Xu also told him that he wanted to fight with Yang Chong. Zhang Wen was already sweating profusely in almost a minute, either the Zhang family was used, or he was used by his eldest brother Zhang Xu; Zhang Wennian was nearly fifty years old, his hair was gray, and beads of sweat rolled between the black and white hair, and soon his hair was soaked, and drops fell to the ground.

Yang Chong pointed to the five ornaments on the table and said, "Tell me what this thing is, one by one, one life, starting from your grandson." ”

Fang Xuanling was as gentle as jade, this kind of shameless thing couldn't be done, so Yang Chong had to speak in person; Fang Xuanling nodded gratefully, he met a good boss, who not only appreciated himself, but also knew his shortcomings and took the initiative to complement each other. Zhang Wen finally calmed down and asked, "Why should I believe you?" ”

Zhang Wen has seen enough of the darkness of officialdom for decades, and every promise is often forgotten in the blink of an eye, how can he believe that Yang Chong, who copied the Zhang family; But Yang Chong saw a little hope from Zhang Wen's question, Zhang Wen had hopes for his family to live, otherwise he wouldn't have to ask this sentence. Yang Chong said calmly: "I can't make you believe that you, like me, can only gamble, bet on my sincerity to the Mohist doctrine, and care about reputation; Or bet that I am ambitious, and I will not easily let my subordinates have the handle to blackmail me for a few lives. ”

Fang Xuanling and Yu Jing were speechless, are we such people? But it's really hard to say, whether Fang Xuanling will have a pimple in his heart because of this, and whether the Yu brothers will tell Yu Zhongwen. Zhang Wen glared, looked at Yang Chong for a long time and said: "I am convinced, whether you cheat me or not, I have two grandsons and two sons, plus the eldest granddaughter, she is engaged to the Qiuzi Bai family." ”

Yang Chong was relieved for no reason, nodded and said, "I promise you, at least the five of them won't die this time." If they seek revenge on me in the future, I dare not guarantee it. ”

Zhang Wen exuded the fierceness of a soldier and said: "That's nature. Let me tell you, the jade bracelet is a token of the Guizi Bi family, the seal of the agate box is traded between our Zhang family and Chang'an Ganquan Qianzhuang, the seal in the wood carving tiger is traded with the Dunhuang Jinling Qianzhuang, the bamboo stick can ask for help from the Jiangdong Zhang family, and the villain with the stone carving can go to the Liangzhou Kumarosh Temple to avoid trouble. How to use it, only my eldest brother knows, my eldest brother left these in the house, he must have found that he couldn't get out of Gaochang. ”

Zhang Wen thought very clearly, Zhang Xu's dare not move shows that the Zhang family has to deal with more than Yang Chong, and now there is no hope of turning over in this situation; If everything was planned by Zhang Xu, such a Zhang family is no longer worthy of his loyalty, and leaving his descendants can be regarded as doing his part for the Gaochang Zhang family.

Yang Chong thought for a while and said, "It won't be because of us. Last night, Zhang Xuda could have taken advantage of the chaos to arrange for people to go out, even if it was a sister-in-law who ran away with something, but he didn't do it, there was only one possibility, that is, he didn't dare, he was afraid that if he moved a little, he would waste this last opportunity. Zhang Wen, who have you been getting close to lately? ”

Zhang Wen shook his head, his son and grandson were saved, he didn't want to betray the Zhang family again, after all, he still had to see his ancestors after death.

(End of chapter)