Yanling Zhao Mansion.

Zhao Yuan has been very proud recently, after Han Zong's death, he was elected as the new spokesperson of Haoqiang in the county, and there was an endless stream of people who came to his house to give gifts in a few days. And he gladly accepted it, as if he was the new overlord of Yanling. A few days ago, when he was in Pang Shang's mansion, it was he who proposed to take advantage of Xu Chu's unstable foothold to hold the money and food in his hands, so as to achieve the goal of restraining Xu Chu and even setting up Xu Chu.

It is not practical to use the people to resist the officials. But Zhao Yuan knows that this is an extraordinary period, not to mention that there are thieves who have not been eliminated, and the preparation for spring ploughing has stalled due to Pang Shang's centrifugation, and Xu Chu, who has no support from large households, will stop cooking.

"In addition, it was scavenged from Han Zong's house, and the county's money and grain are in our hands, and it is a problem for the people to even have enough to eat, so how can there be extra seeds." Zhao Yuan felt that he was too wise, as long as it was half a month, Xu Chu couldn't resist the pressure and had to bow to them, and then his Zhao family, hehe, would become the second Han family.

"Master, the guests have arrived, you see?" The next person came to report that today was the day of Zhao Yuan's banquet, and almost all the people with heads and faces in Yanling County received his invitation.

"Got it, you step back first." Zhao Yuan waved his hand, tidied up his clothes, and then walked slowly towards the lobby.

The hall was full of people, and the guests had already arrived. Wu family, Wu family, Li family, Li Zheng, Wang family, Wang Xu...... Zhao Yuan greeted them one by one, invited everyone to sit down, and instructed his subordinates to serve wine and food. This was a celebration banquet for their phased victory, and at the same time, in Zhao Yuan's eyes, it was also a milestone for his Zhao family to officially ascend to the throne of Yanling overlord. He listened to everyone's flattery and said flutteringly: "Gentlemen, please, we will drink this cup for Yanling's rebirth!" ”

"Good!" Everyone agreed. I saw Wu Li again and said: "In the past, Han Zong had no virtue and pressed us very hard, so he was defeated. Brother Zhao is benevolent today, and he will be able to make Yanling change! Wu Li is the most hated Han Zong among these people, and his concubine Gan was forced by Han Zong to pass the past, which had already been compiled into several versions in the county and spread, making him a laughing stock.

Everyone echoed and empathized with Wu Li's words. Suddenly, someone said: "I heard that the Xu family went to Zhang's ...... a few days ago."

As soon as these words came out, the crowd suddenly fell silent. They are all thinking: Could it be that the Yanling Zhang family is going to make a move after being silent for a long time?

Seeing this, Zhao Yuan said indifferently: "The Zhang family has long been down, and it is difficult to become a climate." Moreover, the Zhang family prides itself on being a famous family, and there has always been no one in their eyes, how can they make a wedding dress for Xu Chu, you don't have to mind this matter. ”

Everyone felt reasonable, and everyone had more or less tried to contact the Zhang family, but Mrs. Zhang's eyes were above the top and she never interacted with them. So everyone felt that Zhao Yuan was reasonable, and the atmosphere became lively again.

"Brother Li, Brother Wang, why do you look sullen?" Zhao Yuan saw that Li Zheng and Wang Xu were absent-minded, so he asked.

"Ah...... Brother Zhao, I drank all night at home yesterday, so I was a little tired. Li Zheng came back to his senses and said with a smile. Wang Xu is also a similar statement.

Zhao Yuan didn't care about them anymore, and toasted the others with a few polite words. Li Zheng and Wang Xu looked at each other: Did you also receive Xu Chu's letter?

In fact, what made them strange was not the matter of Xu Chu's letter itself, but the fact that not a word was written in the letter sent, which made them puzzled.

With a nervous mood, Li Zheng drank with everyone until late at night, and then dispersed. Those who sat in the car, those who rode on horseback, went home.

I didn't want to walk a few steps, but there was a commotion ahead, and Li Zheng asked the driver to stop and see what was going on.

Not long after, the coachman came back and reported: "The master of returning home is Cao Chenyi, a thief under the county monarch's door, who stopped the carriage of the master of the Wu family. ”

As soon as he heard the word county gentleman, Li Zheng woke up most of the time, and secretly looked towards Wu Li, only to see that the drunken Wu Li was arguing with Chen Yi.

"Why did you stop my car?!" Wu Li said angrily, "Don't you know who I am?!" ”

Wu Li was arrogant, and Chen Yi only sneered: "The county monarch has a clear order, in order to prevent the Yellow Turban spies from mixing into Yanling, you are not allowed to take a vehicle at night!" Wu Li! What is your intention to openly disobey the ban! ”

Wu Li was frightened by this, and he broke out in a cold sweat, he was not stupid, and immediately realized that this was Xu Chu who wanted to rectify their group. He asked rhetorically: "If there is a clear order, why is there no notice?" ”

Chen Yi reprimanded: "We have already notified the county monarch of the ban to the whole county at noon, and you are still quibbling, it is clear that you do not take the majesty of the court in your eyes. With a wave of his hand, he shouted, "Come on, tie this person up!" His vehicle was also brought back to the county government and waited for the county gentleman to leave! ”

Wu Li shouted: "Dare to hear!" He carried a sword with him, and in anger he drew his sword, Chen Yi's eyes were quick, and he kicked it over, and several county soldiers rushed over like wolves and tigers, tying up Wu Li.

Chen Yi then shouted: "If you don't get out of the car yet, do you want to openly resist the law like this person!?" ”

Other big winemakers were also woken up by Chen Yi's voice, and saw Wu Li being tied up by five flowers, struggling to be escorted to the county office, where was not interesting, and got out of the car one after another.

In fact, they brought a lot of entourage, and they could have forcibly left Wu Li, but Han Zong's tragic situation was vivid, and these big families remembered that the 'Runan Xu family erector' was a murderous star who killed people without blinking.

Chen Yi asked the county guard to detain the rest of the vehicles, and said: "Nian Er and other first-time offenders, and Wu Li is more reasonable, I will temporarily detain the vehicle, and you will come to the county to get it one day!" After speaking, he suddenly made a 180-degree turn in his attitude, walked in front of Li Zheng, and saluted: "Li Jun, you and Wang Xu don't need to, the county monarch specially instructed me to wait, you two are loyal to the country, and you will never hide the Yellow Turban spies." Please go home and rest. ”

Li Zheng was stunned, glanced at Wang Xu, and found that the latter was also at a loss, he reacted first, and said, "My lord still detains our car......"

Where did Chen Yi give them a chance to say more, and walked away with the people, leaving a group of people and others, and looked at Li Zheng and Wang Xu with complicated eyes.

After Chen Yi left, Zhao Yuan learned that something had happened, got up from the bed, and rushed to the house with the slaves at home......

At the gate of the county office, Xu Chu looked at the 'trophies' brought back by Chen Yi, and said to Guo Jia: "Fengxiao, so it's time for Xu to write the second letter, right?" ”

Guo Jia looked at Wu Li, who was tied up in prison, and said with a smile: "That's exactly how it should be." Zhong Kang, why did you arrest this person alone? ”

Xu Chu smiled at Xu Shu and said: "This person privately harmed the exiles of Peiguo who fled here, and he just used it to kill chickens and monkeys. ”

Guo Jia's expression was playful, he happened to bump into Xu Shu today and sent something to a woman, and when he asked, he knew that Xu Yuanzhi was thinking about the Peiguo woman.

"It's good to make an example of chickens and monkeys." Guo Jia patted Xu Shu on the shoulder, "The next letter sent to the Li and Wang families will be handed over to Yuan Zhi to catch the knife." ”

Xu Shu responded, blushing to the base of his neck.