Wang Huan stopped at the door of the general soldier's line for a while, waited for the guards to clean up the lobby where the tables and chairs were overturned, and walked in with Meng Zhiyu.

The lobby is tall and spacious, six thick wooden pillars surrounded by one person support the roof two or three zhang high, a wide circle chair is placed in the middle, there are several rows of official hat chairs around, and the ground is a flat blue brick floor.

Meng Zhiyu is like a mountain man who has just entered the city, looking east and west with his eyes wide open, praising and praising in his mouth, indescribable envy and like, and the expression on his face seems to say, this is to be an official, this is where a scholar should live.

Wang Huan was also quite satisfied, and simply said to Meng Zhiyu: "Lord Zhixian, since this room is lenient, why don't you bring the wine and meat from the county office, how about we talk about wine here?" ”

Meng Zhiyu was overjoyed: "The lower officials dare to disobey their orders!" ”

The guards found a large round table from the backyard, put it in the lobby, removed the bookcase, used the lobby as a canteen, sat down and began to eat.

The soldiers in the barracks also sent grain and meat from the county, cooked by the firefighters in the army, and ate dinner by the hour.

On the wine table, Meng Zhiyu and Wang Huan drank a few glasses, their tongues became bigger, and under Wang Huan's heart-to-heart words, he told the bitterness of the past year and a nest in his heart, the customs and customs of Fengjie, the taxes and grains, and the details of Zeng Ying that he understood, all trembled clearly, he saw that Wang Huan and Tan Wen are different, Wang Huan is an outsider, how can he come for the first time, he must rely on local officials, the Tan family is unreliable, he will have a chance, as long as he leans on this big tree, the location of this county will not be as pitiful as before.

Wang Huan also learned about the bottom of this foreign county while speaking, Meng Zhiyu, like most of the low-level intellectuals in the Ming Dynasty, has a cynical commonality, and is not used to the infighting between the friends of the DPRK and China, although he instinctively has a good impression of the Donglin Party, but also has the desire to revitalize the country, a little pedantic, but also some talent, as long as the good use of the person is well trained, he will be a good official in the future.

One of the two wanted to take refuge, the other wanted to win over, they hit it off, they hated to see each other late, and they reached a tacit alliance between pushing the cup and changing the lamp, and Wang Huan easily let the magistrate into his own system.

While talking and laughing, I suddenly heard the noise at the door, Ma Xintian and Zubian led the soldiers, and a few people with gray faces walked in.

As soon as he entered the door, Zubian shouted loudly: "My lord, these people used to gather in one place, let me wait for a while to find them, and I pounced a few times before I found them at the house of Naniao County Cheng." ”

"Oh?" Wang Huan narrowed his eyes.

"My lord, these people are all members of the Tan family, and the Tan brothers will count them after that, and the lower officials heard that after Tan Wen was defeated by the adult, the Tan family was like a frightened bird, that is, he was afraid that the adult would come and take away the power of his family, and he was unwilling to give up, so the **** discussed, and even the yamen did not come." Meng Zhiyu had already taken Wang Huan's affairs as his own business, and was no longer as worried as he was at the city gate, and immediately pointed out the careful thoughts of several people in the hall.

Fengjie County Cheng, the county lieutenant and the chief bookkeeper and others, were pushed down by the ancestors one by one at the foot of the front steps of the hall, their faces were full of horror, and when Meng Zhiyu stood beside Wang Huan and whispered, he was even more frightened, not to say, the timid Zhixian had already taken refuge in Wang Huan.

"Huh? Tell yourselves, then, what are you going to discuss together? Wang Huan picked up the cup, leaned back on the chair, and slowly asked a few county leaders.

Several principals of the Tan family looked at each other, of course they didn't dare to admit that they were discussing how to pretend to surrender and secretly prepare to hook up with Zeng Ying to fight back, but they just knelt down and kowtowed to justify that they were afraid, so they didn't dare to show up.

"Afraid? What are you afraid of? Wang Huan took a sip of wine and said leisurely: "Is Ben going to be so frightening?" Tan Wen and I didn't kill him, you don't have a ghost in your heart, how can I kill you? ”

This time, several people didn't even dare to speak, they just kowtowed, and their foreheads were red and swollen.

"Well, since you are afraid, I will arrange a safe place, there is no danger there, as long as you keep to yourself, naturally there is nothing to be afraid of." Wang Huan said: "Meng Zhi County, do you have a roster of family members surnamed Fengjie Tan there?" ”

Meng Zhiyu thought for a while and said: "This is not difficult, the Tan family tree is in his ancestral hall, I will send someone to get it immediately." ”

Wang Huan praised Meng Zhiyu for his ability to do things, and smiled and said to the few people who were kowtowing: "Early tomorrow morning, you will move your clan, move to the stone pillars, and disperse to the various head tribes. No matter how many of you there are, if there are still people with names on the family tree who remain in Fengjie County tomorrow, they will fall to the ground. ”

He smiled and said: "When you get to the stone pillar, you can go to mining or farming, but you must not leave the stone pillar, there will be people watching you, and after a few years, if you don't have two hearts, then consider whether to give you freedom." ”

"But you can also try to organize a riot, because I will put you back tonight, there are thousands of men in your clan, and there are a lot of weapons and everything, you can try to see if you can beat my Kuizhou soldiers back."

"But before you do this, it's best to think about what the consequences of doing this are, and in addition, your strength, compared to Tan Wen's six thousand soldiers, is stronger or weaker, weigh it yourself. Now, you can go. ”

After saying these words, he waved his hand and motioned for Zubian to let them out.

Several of the principals of the Tan family raised their heads in some surprise, as if they didn't believe it, and knelt on the ground for a long time without moving. It wasn't until someone came up next to the ancestor and kicked him that he got up in a panic and rolled out.

As soon as a few people left, Wang Huan put down the wine glass in his hand, the tired look just now was gone, his eyes were shining, his body sat upright, and he still had the comfortable appearance of just drinking wine and holding side dishes.

"Meng Zhixian, you immediately take someone to the ancestral hall to get the roster, find out where everyone on it is, whether they are officials in the county, what they do for a living, and return to me tomorrow morning!"

Meng Zhiyujiu woke up immediately, got up in a cold sweat and agreed, and ran out with his official robe.

"Ma Xintian, you take a team of four hundred, guard the four city gates, and strictly prohibit anyone from entering or leaving, and there will be no mercy for violators!"

"Zubian, you lead the rest of the troops, rest in the camp and stand by, you must not take off your armor, and you are always ready to suppress the rebellion!"

He paused, and finally looked at Ma Wannian, who was eager to try, and said in a deep voice: "Ma Wannian, you take a team of 100 people to patrol the city, and no one is allowed to go out on the street after dark. ”

Everyone listened to his arrangement, and finally responded in unison: "No! ”

Wang Huan's face was as pale as iron, and he watched everyone leave, stood on the stairs in front of the hall for a long time, and whispered to himself: "I hope the Tan family has self-knowledge, and don't let me kill the evil ...... in vain."