Zhen Yi sat on the main seat in the living room, his face was pale, and he didn't say a word; On the table in front of him was a beautiful porcelain vase. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

His wife, Zhang, sat on one side and washed her face with tears.

The two sons sat in the lower seats; Several daughters comforting their crying mother.

Looking at the beautiful family, Zhen Yi regretted that he was too impulsive at the beginning, so that he did irreparable things.

Zhen Yan, an adult son, asked, "Father, why does the Youzhou Army target our Zhen family?" Didn't we just give him a gift of 200 gold? ”

Zhen Yi had been the commander of Shangcai County, and knew the greed of the officials, so he smiled bitterly: "The Zhen family has a big business, and in the eyes of anyone, it is a piece of fat, but we are powerless to protect ourselves, this is fate." ”

Zhen Yan said: "Father, it's a big deal to give them all the family wealth, with the connections of our Zhen family, we will definitely be able to rise again." ”

Zhen Yi said: "You are too naïve, since they have the intention to swallow the Zhen family's industry, will they leave trouble?" It will definitely be cut to the roots. ”

The third son, Zhen Yao, said: "Father, I have heard many people comment on Gao Shun, the military advisor of the Youzhou Army, which is now the Taishou of Julu County, he is younger than Yao and has not yet reached the weak crown; The steward of the capital once said that Gao Shun had a high reputation in Luoyang, and the emperor appreciated his literary brilliance very much, and if he was a greedy person, he would never write the famous sentence "the worries of the world first, and the joy of the world after the world". ”

Zhen Yan also said: "Father, if he is a greedy person, he will not sell grain at a low price, and there are countless people, let alone scatter wealth to build an army and guard the frontier. ”

Zhang listened to what her two sons said very right, she hurriedly stopped crying, and looked at Zhen Yi with puzzled eyes, she thought that Zhen Yi must have done something that endangered Taishou, otherwise a Taishou from another county would not take care of a merchant family outside the jurisdiction.

Zhen Yi could only sigh to himself, and was ashamed to talk about what he had done.

At midnight, there was even greater movement outside the city.

Li Qiang led 10 cavalry to Wuji County, along with the Zhen family's grain and household ding.

The families were forced to work to help set up camps.

The number of guards at each gate has been increased to 1, and there are scattered cavalry on guard.

The county magistrate climbed the city wall again to check, this time there were more officers and soldiers, and his heart was even more afraid, there must be something big that he didn't know about happened, otherwise the Taishou would not have worked hard and sent so many cavalry to a small county town.

The south side of Wuji County is next to the Hutuo River, Li Qiang ordered the officers and soldiers to immediately burn the fire and cook, it was a busy night, everyone was hungry, and Gao Shun was about to arrive, hoping that Gao Shun could have a full meal after arriving.

Seeing that the army outside the city was encamped and had already made a fire to cook, it seemed that they had plans to stay on a permanent basis, and the county magistrate and others couldn't help but secretly complain in their hearts.

At the beginning of the morning, Gao Shun led the 9 Tun cavalry to gallop over, causing even greater movement, and the people in the city were so frightened that they all stayed at home and did not dare to go out.

Ignoring anything else, Gao Shun ordered someone to invite the county magistrate and others to the barracks for discussion.

The county magistrate, the county magistrate and the county lieutenant came to the barracks tremblingly, and when they saw Gao Shun, they immediately bowed and said: "Meet Taishou!" ”

"You're the magistrate of this county?" Gao Shun asked.

"Yes, Taishou, below is the county magistrate of this county."

Looking at their nervous appearance, Gao Shun said: "This official is here, there is an important case, and three people are needed as witnesses. ”

"We will obey the orders of the Tai Shou."

"Sit down!"

"Xie Taishou."

After the three of them sat down, Gao Shun said, "Meng Wen, tell them about the case." ”

"Yes, my lord." Subsequently, Li Qiang recounted the incident in detail, and now that everyone has obtained the stolen goods, the Zhen family's guilt for secretly communicating with the Yellow Turban thief is beyond doubt.

Gao Shun asked, "What do you think?" ”

The county magistrate and others are afraid of being implicated now, how dare they have opinions? Hurriedly replied: "It's up to Taishou to decide." ”

Gao Shun ordered: "Okay, Meng Wen, immediately send troops into the city, surround the Zhen family's compound, arrest the Zhen family, and make sure that no one escapes." ”

Li Qiang replied: "Yes, Taishou! ”

Gao Shun said to the county magistrate and others: "You still need the cooperation of three people!" ”

"Taishou can just be told!"

The reason why Gao Shun called the county magistrate and the other three people and participated in this matter is to let everyone understand that he is not innocently bullying the Hao family, but that they secretly communicate with the Yellow Turban Thieves and sell a large amount of grain to the Yellow Turban Thieves. Now if you can offend less of the scholars, you will offend less; Even if you have to deal with them, you have to be justified.

With the assistance of the county lieutenant and others, the operation went very smoothly.

When the compound was surrounded, the Zhen family did not resist and allowed the officers and soldiers to enter the compound.

The Zhen family didn't have the courage to drink the poison in the end, and now they can only resign themselves to fate.

The quality of the officers and men was very high, and they did not make things difficult for the Zhen family, and the subordinates were placed in a large room to wait for processing, and the members of the immediate family were invited to the living room to be on standby.

Li Qiang walked around and put gold and other valuable wealth into the space ring in advance. The huge harvest made Li Qiang very happy, and he collected thousands of catties of gold alone; Other precious jade, treasures, calligraphy and paintings, antiques, etc., filled the space ring, and only one-third of the materials in the warehouse were collected, and those copper coins and so on were not counted.

The county lieutenant and the county magistrate were arranged to be on duty at the gate, and no materials in the courtyard were allowed to be transported out.

Gao Shun and the county magistrate entered the living room of the Zhen family.

Gao Shun said: "I am the Taishou of Julu County, on the orders of His Majesty, to clear the Jizhou Yellow Turban Thieves, the Zhen family and the Xiaquyang Yellow Turban Thieves to trade, sell a large amount of food to support the Yellow Turban Thieves, this is a thief behavior, according to the law, when the door is full of beheading, wipe out the three clans, the official is unwilling to kill, hereby confiscate all the property of the Zhen family to be used as military funds to suppress the thieves, exile the direct members of the Zhen family in the border county, and execute it immediately. Now that the evidence is conclusive and the stolen goods have been found, what else do you have to say? ”

Such a sentence is already a very light punishment, and there is no sentence for the exile time, it can be long or short, for the sake of his family's wealth, he will definitely not be killed, Zhen Yi immediately knelt on the ground and shouted: "Xie Taishou does not kill, the Zhen family has nothing to say." ”

Zhang and his daughters hugged and cried; The two sons knelt down with Zhen Yi to thank him.

Gao Shun waved his hand, came in a tun of soldiers, and ordered: "Escort them all back to the barracks and wait for the arrangement." ”

"Yes, Taishou!"

Looking at the five beautiful daughters of the Zhen family, the youngest daughter who is less than two years old is even more cute, Gao Shun is a little unbearable, but the play has to be enough, it can only be so, otherwise it will be difficult to marry the Zhen family; For the wealthy family who looks down on him, Gao Shun feels that it is most convenient to use this tough method.

ordered the county magistrate to invite someone to come and verify the Zhen family's property, Gao Shun took the opportunity to collect all the Zhen family's valuable property into the ring, and if it couldn't be put in, it was directly exchanged for points.

Subsequently, Gao Shun ordered a tun cavalry to garrison the Zhen family compound, and the remaining officers and soldiers returned to the barracks, and explained to the county lieutenant and the county Cheng at the gate: "Be optimistic about your subordinates, and you can't lose a copper plate in the courtyard." ”

"Rest assured, no one dares to use military funds arbitrarily." The county promised.

After returning to the barracks, Gao Shun ordered the soldiers to treat the Zhen family well, and the food was the same as that of the soldiers.

In the evening, Gao Shun released a junior cavalry and explained it in detail to the tun chief, so that he would lead the Bentun personnel to escort the Zhen family to live in Taoyuan Fort early tomorrow morning; and wrote a letter to Ma Gui, explaining that he must be optimistic about the Zhen family, and without his permission, they must not be let out of Taoyuan Castle, but the food and accommodation must be arranged according to the best standards.

Gao Shun believes that as long as it is closed for a year, the Zhen family will be left to knead.