Bullying the weak and fearing the hard, bullying the weak, this seems to be human nature. But in fact, it is actually related to the environment in which the person grows up. When a person is born, it is like a blank sheet of paper, and the baby will subconsciously imitate what he sees around him, and will establish the values that he thinks are correct. Like many wolf children and monkey children who have been discovered...... Before these children are discovered by their own kind, the objects they learn are the animals around them, and their words and deeds will naturally not be the same as those of humans.

Education should start from the baby! There is a lot of truth to that. Children who grow up on the grassland are mostly influenced by their fathers and uncles, and the grassland advocates respect for the strong, so in the eyes of the Han people in the Central Plains, it seems to be a cruel and shameless act, but in the eyes of the grassland people, it is a matter of course.

The law of the jungle is prevalent in the grassland, but the Han people are different, and they worship benevolence, righteousness and morality. When two people with different values come together, conflict is inevitable.

At first, the Karasuma people were quite well-behaved after entering Youzhou and did not disturb the people too much, but when the army arrived near Hejian County, the Huahua world of the Han people in the Central Plains finally let these grassland barbarians who couldn't change their dogs and eat broke out. The destruction of a small village became the fuse for the break between Badun and Yuan Xi.

Things are not complicated, Lou Ban's brother Lou Ban met a Han girl on the way out hunting, and when he was about to leave, he happened to be discovered, in order to hide people's eyes, Lou Ban ordered someone to slaughter the village where the Han girl was, and then burned it down.

Originally, God didn't know about it, but God has eyes, when Lou Ban led people to slaughter the village, someone in the village happened to go out to visit relatives, and on the way back, he found that the village was on fire. The front foot of the building team led people away, and the villager who was lucky enough not to die ran to the government to complain.

After learning of the report, the government wanted to take into account the overall situation and temporarily suppress the matter, but who would have thought that the slaughtered village would have a close relationship with Yuan Xi's general Zhang Jaw. Zhang Jaw is a native of Hejian County, and his family's ancestral home is in Zhangjia Village. The village that was slaughtered by the Karasuma people was Zhangjia Village.

The officials of Hejian County have a big head, if it were ordinary people, he could still suppress this matter and not report it for the time being on the grounds of taking care of the overall situation, but now that this matter is related to Zhang Jaw, he doesn't dare to hide it. The consequences of offending the Karasuma people are very serious, but if you offend Zhang Jaw because of this, the consequences are even more serious.

Zhang Jaw is the leading general in Hebei, and he is currently leading 150,000 Hebei troops to fight with the imperial court in Bingzhou, at this time, if he is dissatisfied with the Yuan family because of this matter, the seriousness of the consequences is unimaginable.

The officials of Hejian County, who did not dare to conceal it, had to report the matter to Yuan Xi's desk all the way. And when Yuan Xi saw that the Karasuma people had slaughtered the village that was related to Zhang Jaw, he was also big for a while. Zhang Jaw is Yuan Xi's confidant, except for Tian Feng, Zhang Jaw is the most trusted by Yuan Xi. And Zhang Jaw is also worthy of Yuan Xi's trust in him, and he has worked hard for Hebei over the years, and he does not dare to slack off in the slightest.

Yuan Xi didn't think much about it, and immediately took the letter and found Badun. When he heard about it, he was also very angry, and the people under his hands were not clean, so he asked someone to grab the handle and leave a witness. If you are at a loss, you can only admit it.

Originally, Yuan Xi's purpose was not to fall out with Badun, after all, the current enemy of the two was still Liu Xie, who came to find Badun, just to get Badun to hand over the murderer, so that he could give Zhang Jaw an explanation. There are many generals under Badun, and handing over one as a scapegoat is nothing in Yuan Xi's opinion.

And Badun also agreed to Yuan Xi's request at first, but after Yuan Xi left, Badun asked people to go to the army to inquire, and Badun's head was big. It was not the others who committed the crime, but the building class.

Lou Ban's identity in Karasuma is not ordinary, and Karasuma is his biological father in Qiu Liju. And Badun is Qiu Liju's subordinate, only because Lou Ban was still young when Qiu Liju died, and Bun Dun had the opportunity to lead Karasuma, but in fact, Lou Ban is the legal heir of Karasuma.

Seeing that Lou Ban is gradually growing up, the pressure of Bang Dun is also increasing day by day. The three of the more powerful Karasuma people, Nanlou, Su Muyan, and Wuyan, have asked Bun Dun to abdicate more than once and return Shan Yu's position to the Lou Ban, while Bun Dun is perfunctory on the grounds that Lou Ban is defenseless and difficult to convince the public.

This time, the purpose of Lou Ban to join the army is to make meritorious contributions, no matter how big or small, as long as there is merit, Nanlou, Su Fuyan, and Wuyan will once again attack Badun.

The thorn in the eye of Lou Dun is Lou Ban, but he can't take advantage of the current matter to hand over Lou Ban, because Lou Ban still has the support of Nan Lou, Su Fuyan, and Wu Yan behind him, once he wants to move Lou Ban, it will inevitably cause opposition from these three people, and then cause infighting among the Karasuma people, which is not the situation that Ban Dun wants to see.

"Brother, how can you cause such a big disaster!" Badun called Lou Ban and said earnestly.

"Brother, it's just a few ordinary people, if you kill it, you will kill it, why make a fuss." Lou Ban didn't realize the seriousness of the matter, and replied with a nonchalant face.

"What a fuss?" Hearing this, he said angrily: "Do you know that you took people to the village where you slaughtered and got involved with Zhang Jaw?" Once you tell Zhang Jaw to know that it was you, will he give up with you? ”

"Jaws? Isn't it remarkable? I have 200,000 people in Karasuma, and if he has the courage to take revenge, I will let him have no return. What's more, now that the Han people have a request for us, I don't believe that he dares to turn his face with me at this time. Lou Ban replied with a nonchalant face.

However, Lou Ban didn't realize the seriousness of the matter, but Nan Lou and Su Fuyan, who came with him, had already realized it. Zhang Jaw is Yuan Xi's confidant and favorite general, and he has a heavy army, if he really attracts his hatred, it will not be a good thing for the Karasuma people.

"Don't talk about these useless things, just say what the solution is." Nanlou opened his mouth and asked.

Bun Dun is the king of Karasuma, but Nanlou, Su Fuyan, and Wuyan are also noble among the Karasuma people, so it is difficult to have any respect for Bun Dun, whether it is Nanlou or Su Fuyan. Moreover, Nanlou and Su Muyan were dissatisfied with the fact that Badun was responsible for controlling the three of them, otherwise they would not have come up with a way to suppress Badun by supporting Lou Ban.

"For now, the only way to do this is to hand over a scapegoat first to appease the discontent of the Han people." He said slowly.

"What? Are you going to hand over the building class to the Han people? Nanlou was anxious when he heard this, and asked angrily.

"Nanlou, didn't you hear what I just said? For ~sin~ sheep, my brother is the next Karasuma Shan Yu, how could I give him to the Han people. He glared at Nanlou and explained.

Nanlou and Su Fuyan, who didn't want to tear their faces with the Han people now, agreed to Bang Dun's proposal, as for Lou Ban's own opinion, he was a thorn in his side in the eyes of Bang Dun, and in the eyes of Nan Lou and Su Fuyan, it was just a tool used to fight against Bang Dun, and his opinion was not important.

……

A bloody human head was sent to Yuan Xi, why did he kill it directly? Badun's explanation was that he didn't hold back his anger for a while, so he moved his hand directly, who let this guy die and didn't admit it.

All Yuan Xi needed was an explanation that could appease Zhang Jaw, and it didn't really matter to him whether it was true or not. After getting the heads of a main culprit and fifteen accomplices, Yuan Xi left satisfied. In this way, he can have an explanation for open jaws. After sending Yuan Xi away, Bun Dun also breathed a sigh of relief, and then sternly warned his generals to restrain their subordinates not to give birth to right and wrong at this juncture.

How to clean up military discipline is not mentioned here, but Yuan Xi ordered someone to send the head to Zhang Jaw. The heads had been salted in lime, and their faces were still faintly recognizable, and the jaws were agitated when they saw them. He couldn't help but be excited, Zhangjia Village is the root of Zhangjia, and the three relatives and six relatives basically live in Zhangjia Village. Now that Zhangjia Village has been slaughtered by the Karasuma people, it is not only Zhang Jaw who has lost his relatives and friends, but also those from the same village who came out of Zhangjia Village to follow Zhang Jaw before and after the saddle.

When he first learned that his family had suffered misfortune, Zhang Jaw was grief-stricken, sorry for the ancestors of the Zhang family, he was an official outside, but he couldn't protect the old and weak women and children in the clan. And today, when I saw the murderer's head, how could I not be emotional when I got revenge.

"Xiong'er, go and find your second uncle." After Zhang Jaw stabilized his mood a little, he instructed his son Zhang Xiongdao on the side.

Zhang Xiong answered, and after a while, Zhang Jaw's cousins and cousins gathered in the tent. In addition to these people, there is also a brother of the family who traveled a long distance to tell the bad news, that is, Zhang Yu, the only survivor of Zhangjia Village.

"No, no......" Just when the brothers were relieved that their revenge had been avenged, Zhang Yu, who had carefully read the sixteen heads, suddenly shouted.

"Brother, what's wrong?" Hearing this, Zhang Jaw asked.

"One less. The little brother hid in the dark that day and looked at it clearly, the leader was clearly a young man with a beard, but you see, the mastermind was a big man with a beard on his face. Zhang Yu pointed to the human head that was placed in a separate box and said to Zhang Jaw.

"You're saying that these heads aren't all of them?"

"Yes."

“…… But the letter from the lord said to me that Badun had handed over all the murderers......" said with a frown.

"Brother, no matter how confused the younger brother is, it is impossible for him to forget the face of the enemy who has a grudge against him." Zhang Yu said with some grievances.

"Brother, don't get me wrong, I didn't say you, I mean, since the mastermind has someone else, then this matter is either to deceive the lord, or the lord has deceived me." Zhang Jaw waved his hand and explained.

When they heard this, they looked at each other, but no one spoke. If Badun deceives people, then they can confidently go to Badun to hand over the real culprit, but if the matter is the second case that Zhang Jaw said, it will be a bit difficult to do. Yuan Xi is the lord, he deceived Zhang Jaw in order to take care of the overall situation, is there still a need for the Zhang family to work for him?

Zhang Jaw is the backbone of everyone, and everyone looks at Zhang Jaw and waits for his decision. He groaned for a moment, not intending to have an immediate attack, but trying to figure out who was hiding the real culprit in this matter first. In order to find out about this matter, Zhang Jaw personally wrote a letter to his son Zhang Xiong, ordering him to leave immediately to hand over the letter to his lord Yuan Xi.

Zhang Xiong is a son, and Lao Tzu's instructions are meticulously completed. After Zhang Xiong left, Zhang Jaw's cousins asked Zhang Jaw: "Brother, if this matter is really deliberately concealed by the lord, what do you think we should do?" ”

“…… I haven't figured it out yet. He shook his head and replied.

It's a hard question to answer. The jaw was really reused, in fact, after Yuan Xi took the throne. Although the jaw of Yuan Shao's period was also one of the four court pillars in Hebei, Yuan Shao preferred to reuse Yan Liangwen and Chou, rather than his jaw. It wasn't until after Yuan Shao's death that there was civil strife in Hebei, and Zhang Jaw and Gao Ran listened to Tian Feng's persuasion and chose to support Yuan Xi, and they embarked on a bright and smooth road from then on. Although Yan Liangwen Chou later took refuge in Yuan Xi, but a generation of emperors and courtiers, Yuan Xi still used his open jaw and high view, rather than Yan Liangwen Chou. Later, Yan Liangwen hung up, and Gao Ran disliked Yuan Xi because of his unauthorized dispatch of troops, and Zhang Jaw became Yuan Xi's only general who was willing to reuse.

Yuan Xi has the grace of knowing Zhang Jaw, without Yuan Xi's trust and reuse, Zhang Jaw will not have the reputation of the current No. 1 general in Hebei. But it was this grace of knowing that made Zhang Jaw fall into a dilemma at this time.

If it was just a matter of the Karasuma people, Zhang Jaw would even make the Karasuma people pay a heavy price at the cost of a truce with the imperial court. But there is a Yuan Xi mixed in here, if Yuan Xi is really helping outsiders to deceive himself, then where should he go?

"What else is there to think about? If it is really the lord who helps outsiders deceive us, then even if I don't take refuge in the imperial court, I won't be working for his Yuan family. One of the many cousins and cousins suddenly spoke to the crowd.

"Don't talk nonsense!" Hearing this, Zhang Jaw immediately scolded.

"What nonsense? That's what I'm thinking, and I'm putting it at that, I won't go to war again until the matter is clear, brother, please forgive the little brother's rudeness. The person who spoke did not let him go, and after giving a deep bow to the open jaw, he turned around and left.

Zhang Jaw looked at the brothers who left, but he couldn't say a word of scolding. Perhaps this brother said what was said by everyone present, including Zhang Jaw himself.

……

Yecheng

Yuan Xi received a handwritten letter from Zhang Xiong. Since the incident of Tucun, Yuan Xi didn't want to see Badun much, but as the lord of Hebei, he couldn't show it in person, so as not to affect the cooperation between the two families. Anyway, he had promised to restrain his subordinates, and he was also worried about the situation in Puyang.

But how did Yuan Xi know that the Karasuma people under Bun Dun had just been honest for a few days before they had a bad idea, but this time they learned well, and the matter was done more thoroughly, and by the time they found out, the Karasuma people's brigade had already left Hejian County.

Yuan Xi's purpose of arriving at Yecheng was to recruit soldiers, Tian Feng lost troops there, although there were troops to help, but Yuan Xi was not completely at ease with the Karasuma people, in order to make himself feel at ease, he had more people on hand, and he could speak more confidently. And Zhang Xiong also rushed to Yecheng at this time.

The content of Zhang Jaw's handwritten letter is not much, and Zhang Jaw only mentions one thing in the letter, that is, a brother of his own family pointed out that the mastermind of the village is not a dead person. Yuan Xi also knew it for the first time, and couldn't help but be shocked and angry, so shocked that he was worried that Zhang Jaw would have a dislike with himself because of this, and he was angry that he dared to deceive himself.

"Zhang Xiong, if you go back and tell your father, just say that I, Yuan Xi, will definitely give him an explanation." Yuan Xi put down the letter and said to Zhang Xiong who was waiting on the side in a deep voice.

"No, if the lord has nothing else to do, he will return at the end."

"Well, there you go,"

sent Zhang Xiong away, Yuan Xi immediately found a trial, and at present, no one else in Yecheng can make Yuan Xi trust him except for trial. Xin Ping and Xin Bi brothers went to Bingzhou to assist Zhang Jaw, Guo Tu's intention to rebel has been stopped recently, so that Yuan Xi and Tian Fengbai, who were originally going to wait for the rabbit, delayed their work, and as for the wall grass in Chen Palace, Yuan Xi didn't dare to believe it.

Only the trial, he is similar to Tian Feng's temperament, he belongs to the kind of person who is upright, although sometimes he seems a little inflexible, but only this kind of person can make people feel at ease to entrust big things.

"Mr. Judge, look at this." Yuan Xi did not explain the situation to the trial, but only handed Zhangjaw's handwritten letter to the trial. The judge took it and glanced at it, frowned and asked, "Lord, is what you said in the letter true?" ”

"Zhang Junyi has always spoken with a purpose, and since he said it, he must be ninety percent sure. What's more, the person who pointed out this matter had personal experience and would not talk nonsense. Yuan Xi replied slowly.

"If so, what is the Lord going to do?" The judge asked again.

“…… I deliberately forced the real murderer to hand over the real murderer, I don't know what Mr. Juan thinks? ”

"This ...... I'm afraid it's a bit tricky. If the identity of the real murderer is ordinary, I'm afraid that Badun won't cover it up, since he deliberately conceals it, it means that the identity of the real murderer is not obvious or expensive in Karasuma. My lord, at the moment, we have a request for others, if we fall out with Badun, it will not be good for the overall situation. The judge persuaded Yuan Xi softly.

And Yuan Xi seems to know the trial for the first time, he originally thought that the trial was inflexible, but he didn't want him to know the overall situation at this time. But if he didn't get justice for Zhang Jaw, wouldn't the guarantee he asked Zhang Xiong to bring to Zhang Jaw become a fart?

"My lord, at the moment of the great enemy, it is really not appropriate to turn against him. If the lord can trust the minister, why don't the ministers go and persuade Zhang Jaw, ask him to be calm, wait until the war is over, and then let the lord give him an explanation? Seeing Yuan Xi's embarrassed face, the judge immediately guessed the reason, so he took the initiative to ask Yuan Xi for advice.

Yuan Xi felt that the most difficult thing was how to appease Zhang Jaw, and now that the trial took the initiative to share his worries, he naturally would not refuse, even if he let the trial take full responsibility for this matter, and he himself hurriedly left with the 50,000 horses forcibly requisitioned by Yecheng and rushed to Puyang.

The current Yecheng is an eventful time, and the trial is lacking in skills, and it is impossible to have time to rush to Bingzhou in person to persuade Zhang Jaw in person, so he tried to match a letter written by himself, and ordered his family cronies to send it to Zhang Jaw. According to the idea of trial matching, Zhang Jaw should take into account the overall situation and forbear it for the time being.

But even if Zhang Jaw can endure it, the children of the Zhang family who are also the victim's family members around Zhang Jaw can't bear it, not to mention that Zhang Jaw himself did not choose to temporarily forbear it because of a handwritten letter from the trial.

"Say cheap words, let go of the light fart, it's not your judge who died, run Lao Tzu here to show your single-mindedness." Zhang Jaw tore up the letter of the trial and scolded.