Li Lingyue looked at Gao Chang and was shocked, what kind of man is this! The Zhongshan Zhen clan is also a famous scholar clan in HB, and if he says that he will be destroyed, is he not afraid of retaliation?

If it was an ordinary woman, once she learned that her fiancé actually planned to slaughter an entire family, she would have been frightened for a long time, but Li Lingyue was not, after hearing Gao Chang's words, in her eyes, in addition to a brief shock, it was more of an admiration. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info In the heart of this princess of Taiping, men need this kind of decisive character. In an instant, Li Lingyue felt as if she had been deeply attracted to the man in front of her.

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The next morning, the sky was still gray, and a light rain had fallen all night, enveloping the entire Zhongshan County in a cloud of rain and mist.

Because of the rain, the official road looked a little muddy, and a caravan of more than 100 mules and horses was walking on the official road with difficulty.

This caravan was Gao Chang dressed up with Guo Jia, Sun An, Li Yuanfang, and twenty personal guards, pretending to sell some daily necessities such as oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, in order to infiltrate Zhongshan County.

On the left side of the official road is a dense forest, stretching for dozens of miles, while on the right side of the official road is a large area of farmland, overgrown with green wheat seedlings, and in the distance is a small river, and on the edge of the small river is a small village.

"Big proprietor, go to that small village and ask about the situation!"

Guo Jia, who was wearing an octagonal hat and a black silk robe, and was dressed as a bookkeeper, pointed to a small village not far away.

Gao Chang nodded in agreement, and the group left the official road and walked along a more muddy ridge path to a small village about three miles away.

Because of the war, many villages have mostly become dead villages, and there is no one in them. But apparently this village was not, and as soon as they approached the small village, they heard a barking of dogs, and a dozen earth dogs galloped out and barked wildly around them in all directions.

Several women washing clothes by the river also rushed into the village, and soon, dozens of villagers warmly greeted them, after all, merchants rarely came to the rural villages during the war, and all kinds of daily necessities were extremely scarce in the villages.

And Gao Chang and Guo Jia also expected this, so they specially pretended to be businessmen, in order to facilitate the villagers to inquire about the news.

Gao Chang asked a few soldiers to buy and sell goods with the villagers, and he walked under a large dense locust tree and sat down next to an old man.

"Uncle, may I ask who is the village chief in this village?"

The old man was full of white hair and a kind face, he glanced at Gao Chang, and asked unhurriedly, "Is there something wrong with the proprietor?" ”

Gao Chang realized that this old man was the village chief, and he hurriedly smiled: "Actually, it's nothing, it's just that a business friend asked me to bring a letter to the Zhongshan Zhen family, but I didn't know the Zhongshan Zhen family well, so I asked the old man to inquire." “

Hearing the four words of the Zhen family in Zhongshan, the old man's eyes suddenly shot out of disgust, "How can I not be familiar with this Zhen family?" Before he finished speaking, he saw a young man rushing into the village and shouting: "Village chief, the governor is here!" ”

The old man's face changed, and he shouted to the villagers: "Don't panic to buy things first, the manager is here." Everyone went home first and waited for the chronicler to come to the door. “

Gao Chang was suddenly curious, and asked the village chief: "Uncle, who is this Ji steward?" “

The old man said hatefully: "This chronicle steward is the steward of the Zhongshan Zhen family asked by the proprietor, the Zhen family relied on someone in the court, colluded with the county officials, and occupied all the land in our village, insisting that this land belongs to their Zhen family, and now if we want to plant this land, we have to pay rent or grain to the Zhen family every month, and the chronicle steward is here to collect rent today." Alas! O iniquity! is collected by the Zhen family every month, and the food we harvest every year can't even fill our stomachs. “

As soon as the old man finished speaking, he saw a young man in a blue robe leading four men with swords into the village, and he saw Gao Chang's caravan at a glance. Immediately shouted: "Who is the steward of this caravan?" Gao Chang gave Li Yuanfang a look, Li Yuanfang understood, and immediately stepped forward and said angrily: "Lao Tzu is!" ”

The Ji steward looked Li Yuanfang up and down, and said coaxingly with his hands on his waist: "You don't know anything about it, and you don't inquire about whose territory it is, and tell you that if you want to do business here, you must first honor your master and me, come, take all his goods." Behind him, the four family members smiled and walked towards the goods.

In an instant, Li Yuanfang moved, only to see the shadow of the knife flashing, and heard the four of them screaming together, and they fell to the ground in an instant!

Steward Ji seemed so frightened that he turned around and fled, and before he escaped two steps, he was pulled in front of Gao Chang by Gao Chang's personal soldiers like chickens. Although the Ji steward was arrested, he was very arrogant, and said in a pretentious manner: "Are you tired of living? I am the steward of the Zhen family, does the Zhen family know? But the in-laws of the Prime Minister Yuan Kui! Gao Chang impatiently gave the pro-soldier a look, the pro-soldier understood, his hand rose and fell, and one of the governor's ears was cut off on the spot!

He screamed like a pig in pain, and his own soldiers grabbed his other ear, which frightened him into disarray, and said in a loud voice: "Uncle.... Spare your life! Spare your life! ”

His arrogance and arrogance vanished in an instant, and he was almost scared to pee his pants under the bright knife holder, and he had realized that the group of people in front of him was not a businessman, but a person with a great background.

Gao Chang didn't bother to talk nonsense with him, and said coldly: "When did you enter the Zhen family as a steward, and what status does the position of steward belong to in the Zhen family?" Did the Zhen family go out tonight? In addition to the old mansion of the Zhen family, are there other houses where the Zhen family lives? “

Steward Ji replied in a trembling voice: "The villain's surname is Ji, and he is the eldest in the family, so he is called Yifan, and he is the Zhen family who has been going forward for two years, and the steward is not big in the Zhen family, and he is not small in the small family, like the last two questions asked by the uncle, I don't know any of them, but I heard that today's family is going to have a banquet for Yuan Xi, the aunt of the Yuan family, so the Zhen family should be in the old house." “

Gao Chang quietly ordered a personal soldier: "Tell General Tang to act tonight." He waved his hand again and commanded the other soldiers, "Drag this rice bucket out of the village and slaughter it!" The Ji steward was so frightened that his face turned like dirt, and he begged for mercy again and again: "Uncle, spare your life, uncle, spare your life!" ”

Sun An couldn't bear it, and stepped forward to persuade: "Lord, he has already said everything, it is better to let him go!" Guo Jia sneered on the side: "General Sun, you are too soft-hearted, don't forget that this is the Zhen family's territory, in case he runs back to tell the truth, then we will die." Besides, looking at this person's behavior today, he must also bully men and women on weekdays, and killing him is also doing the right thing for heaven. Sun An was silent, and Guo Jia further said: "General Sun, if you treat the enemy softly for the general, you will be cruel to yourself, and I hope General Sun will remember it." Sun An thanked him and said, "Xie Junshi mentioned something, Sun An understood." ”