At night, Ran Sheng took twenty of his sergeants. Under the leadership of Ting Peng, Bing Cao Shi, Thief Hunt Peng, and two Ding Zhuangke, they went out of the west gate of Qiantang County, and hurried to the Chu Manor seven miles away under the bright and cold moon in early winter.

Chu's manor is located at the southern foot of Qiyun Mountain, originally near the mountain with the river, covering an area of 100 hectares, there are hundreds of villagers, and there is a manor covering an area of dozens of hectares on the south bank of Qiantang, but since the year before last Chu Jian was degraded to a Shu people, after the status of the Chu clan was deprived, in addition to the original 20 hectares of official land was recovered, Chu has been cleverly won by various means for many years, and most of the land has been ordered to return to those self-cultivated farmers, and now Chu's field is less than one-third of the heyday, about 40 hectares, and it is not as good as Liujiabao among the landlords of the Shu people. As for the original fifty shade households, half of them were separated, and the ones left behind were re-registered and had to pay taxes and serve, and they could not serve the Chu family as before, and the Chu clan's hopes could be said to have plummeted, and Chu Wenqian's and Chu Wenbin's qualifications for the five rank scholars were also cancelled, and the children of the Chu family had no chance to advance, which was worse than the ordinary Hanmen Shu clan with a clean family background. This is a heart-wrenching sentence for Chu Jian, who has always prided himself on being a talented person, he has become a depraved sinner of the family, and remorse and resentment bite his heart all the time-

Chu clan people in this county arrogant habits, all of a sudden from the clouds fell to the mud, although food and clothing are worry-free, but compared with the past, that kind of inner pride, superiority is gone, and the family children can not go out, there is no hope, this strong contrast makes the Chu clan people accumulate a perverse atmosphere, so through this big earth break and the bandits of Wuchao Mountain have a connection, those bandits are unwilling to serve as homeless, Chu originally just wanted to let the hermits in the manor evade the inspection, but with the bandits more dealing, also had the idea of robbing the house, didn't Shi Chong make his fortune by robbing back then? And more importantly, since the year before last, the other scholars of the Qian and Tang dynasties have unanimously snubbed the Chu family, the Zhu family, the Fan family, the Dai family, these in-laws of the Chu family, have dissolved their marriage relations with the Chu family, Chu Wenbin's wife Dai was asked by the clan to divorce Chu Wenbin, and several of the Chu girls who married out were also dismissed, and the Chu family felt a great shame, not only hated Chen Caozhi and the Chen family, but also hated other Qian Tang clans, thinking of colluding with thieves to loot these Qian Tang clans. And Chen Jiawu must not let go-

The current Chu family has been blinded by hatred and is reckless.

That night, Chu Jian was discussing with Chu Wenqian and others in the hall, and Chu Wenqian said: "Uncle, I heard that Chen Caozhi will go to the meeting to review the land in the near future, and my Chu family still has thirty hidden households, so I have to be careful." ”

Chu Jian said: "Chen Caozhi is in charge of Huiji, can't control Qian Tang, hehe, the world says that Chen Caozhi has to be reused by Huan Wen, but I think it's otherwise, Huan Wen is going to let Chen Caozhi die by himself, Huiji County, the Hao family is entrenched, it is the most difficult place to carry out soil breaking, I expect Chen Caozhi to be ruined and ruined, repeating the mistakes of the mountains of the year." ”

Chu Jian's son Chu Wenbin gritted his teeth and said: "Do you want the people of Wuchao Mountain to simply rob and kill Chen Caozhi halfway, and it's a hundred?" ”

Chu Jian shook his head and said: "Chen Caozhi can't be killed, after all, he is an official of the imperial court, and those rabble in Wuchao Mountain don't have that guts, and Chen Caozhi went to review the decision." There must be a lot of manpower, don't mess with him, just let Chen Caozhi go to the meeting and run into a wall. ”

Chu Wenqian said: "This time, the people of Wuchao Mountain infiltrated Qiantang, and the trouble can be blamed because the people are dissatisfied with the land, and it is also a means to crack down on Chen Caozhi——"

As he was talking, he suddenly heard the noisy and chaotic voices of people outside the hospital, Chu Jian frowned and said, "What's the matter?" Wen Qian, you go and take a look. ”

Chu Wenqian got up and just walked to the hall door, when a Zhuang guest stumbled in, shouting: "Oh no, no, the bandits are coming!" ”

Chu Wenqian was almost knocked to the ground by the banker, and he didn't care about scolding at this time, and hurriedly asked: "Where did the thief come from?" ”

The Zhuang Ke was out of breath and said: "Bandit, there is a knife, Ming Huanghuang, Wen Qian Langjun, listen——"

When Chu Wenqian heard this, a strong voice roared in the noisy chaos: "We are bandits, we are bandits, we only rob money and don't kill people, we all stand under the row of flowers and trees, and don't move!" ”

Chu Wenqian patted his head and said in his heart: "It's a person from Wuchao Mountain, why did you arrive today, robbed the wrong place." He snatched the lantern from the hand of the servant next to him, strode towards the front yard, and saw a group of people from a distance, masked in black scarves, holding knives in open flames, and fierce momentum. The servant of the dealer was driven to his knees on the south wall—

Chu Wenqian was afraid that these bandits would hurt people, so he said loudly: "Is it the Su leader of Wuchao Mountain, I, Chu Wenqian, you have come to the wrong place, this is my Chu manor——"

A majestic voice asked, "Is this the Chu Manor?" I thought it was Chen Jiawu. ”

It's really a person from Wuchao Mountain, Chu Wenqian breathed a sigh of relief, walked up quickly, and said: "Chenjiawu is on the other side of the river, didn't you say that I will be led to Chenjiawu by my Chu Zhuangke recently?" ”。

The majestic voice asked, "Go to Chenjiawu!" Ransack Chenjiawu? ”。

Chu Wenqian said: "This person is confused, how can such a thing be said out loud in public!" He said, "Since you are here, please come to the back hall to get together, drink and eat meat, and talk slowly——"

Before Chu Wenqian finished speaking, he saw a burly figure rushing straight over, speeding over the galloping horse, and arrived in front of him in the blink of an eye. I didn't hear what this burly man said—

"This dog thief, you really dare to collude with the bandits to harm my Chen Jiawu clansmen! Several, you have all heard it, this is the evidence of the Chu family's collusion with the Wuchao Mountain thieves. ”

It was Ran Sheng who spoke, he deliberately pretended to be a thief to break into Chu's manor, and after a try, he found that Chu really colluded with the bandits, and he was about to sack Chenjiawu in the near future, how could Ran Sheng not be angry, punch Chu Wenqian, and break Chu Wenqian's several sternums. Then he threw it at the feet of the thief in Qiantang County, and said, "Tie it up, tie up all the men of the Chu family." ”

When those Zhuang guests saw that the thieves in their county, Bing Cao Shi, and Ting Peng were all here, they were silent one by one, how dare they resist.

Ran Sheng led twenty sergeants straight into the backyard and tied up all the adult men of the Chu family from Chu Jian down, a total of thirty-seven people.

Today's Ran Sheng is full of beard, which is very different from the appearance of his youth, but Chu Wenbin still recognized him from Ran Sheng's eight-foot male body and shouted: "Daddy, this is Ran Sheng, Chen Caozhi's servant!" ”

Ran Sheng ordered the sergeant to slap his mouth and beat Chu Wenbin as fat as a pig's head.

Chu Jianshi was born in the family, and he was able to be a six-grade county, which can be regarded as pampering, how could he have seen such tyranny, his hands and feet trembled, and he said calmly: "Ran Sheng, Hugh is rude, I used to be a six-grade official, and the county and county magistrates are all respectful when they see me——"

Ran Sheng raised his hand and wanted to slap Chu Jian, but when he saw Chu Jian's face full of wrinkles and gray sideburns, he remembered the "Analects" that Chen Caozhi and Run'er taught him to read on weekdays, so he didn't start, but said coldly: "Zi said respect for the old and respect the virtuous, you old horseman is very unvirtuous, and I don't bother to beat you, I have my own national law and Jin law to punish you as an old thief." ”

Qiantang County Tingpeng summoned the warden and steward of Chu's manor, and now the seventeen hermits on the village are also tied up, and they are sent to the county office in the city overnight together with the thirty-seven Chu men, leaving Tingpeng and five sergeants to guard the manor, and do not let Chu's bankers go out at will-

Those Chu clan people dragged their feet all the way, crying dad and calling their mother, and it had been three days since they arrived at the county office, Feng Mengxiong, Chen Caozhi, Xie Daoyun, and Ding Yi were all waiting at the county office. couldn't help but be shocked, and blamed Ran Sheng for being reckless, after listening to the report of Bing Cao Shi and the thief arresting Peng, knowing that the Chu clan really colluded with the Wuchao Mountain bandits, and recently plotted to ransack Chen Jiawu, Feng Mengxiong couldn't help but sweat coldly, if something happened to Chen Jiawu, then how would he face Chen Xian and Chen Caozhi, fortunately, tonight Chen Cao's order Ran Sheng was resolute and resolute, and captured Chu and his hidden household in one fell swoop-

Feng Mengxiong summoned the county lieutenant of Wu, and interrogated Chu Wenbin and the seventeen hidden households together with the thief and Peng, and ordered the history of the record to record the confession, Feng Mengxiong did not interrogate Chu Jian, first, Chu Jian is more than fifty years old and his former boss, Feng Mengxiong can't bear to interrogate him as a prisoner, Chu Wenbin is young and has no city mansion, and the interrogation is easier, as for Chu Wenqian, he has been beaten by Ran Sheng to the point that he is deaf and cannot be interrogated.

The facts of the case were soon clear, the evidence of the collusion between the Chu family and the Wuchao Mountain bandits was conclusive, Chu Wenbin and those hidden households all confessed and were detained, and the thirty-seven clansmen of the Chu family were imprisoned, and Feng Mengxiong reported the case to the county urgently-

Ding Yiyi saw that the facts of the case had come to light, and finally couldn't stand the sleep, said goodbye to everyone and returned to Ding's manor, Chen Caozhi sent him to the ox cart, and said: "Uncle Ding, the junior will discuss with Feng Xianling how to clear the noon tide bandits, and then go to the ferry to pick up my sister-in-law and them later." ”

Ding Yi said: "If it weren't for Cao Zhi's coming back this time and decisively dealing with this matter, it would really have been the Chu family thieves who ransacked Chenjiawu, and Youwei and Zongzhi and Run'er had a mistake, that is, the three clans of the Chu clan would be difficult to redeem." ”

Chen Caozhi also felt afraid, he also deeply realized the cruelty of the struggle between families for the first time.

Ding Yi said again: "The Chu clan is guilty of a lot this time, the main culprit will be imprisoned, according to the law of the Jin Dynasty, the Chu clan will be reduced to soldiers and escorted to the military government, and there is no need to worry about the threat of the Chu clan in the future." ”

Chen Caozhi returned to the county office and discussed with Feng Mengxiong, Xie Daoyun, Wu County Lieutenant and Ran Sheng about the elimination of the Wuchao Mountain bandits, then the Wu County Lieutenant knew that the Chu family was completely degraded this time, how could he dare to speak for the Chu family, and worked hard to offer advice and arrange for the arrest of the Wuchao Mountain bandits-

According to the confession of the Chu family's hidden household, the Wuchao Mountain bandits will be dispatched in the near future to attack Chenjiawu across Wulin Mountain, Chen Caozhi picked a hidden household, promised a heavy reward, and let him go to Wuchao Mountain to report the news, and lure the thieves to gather at Chu's manor, so as to catch them all, because the capture of the Chu clan is at night, and outsiders do not know yet, this plan should be feasible-

In order to prevent accidents, Chen Jiawu should also be strictly guarded, and Chen Caozhi came out to borrow 100 private soldiers from the Quan family and the Ding family to help Chen Jiawu defend against bandits.

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