The night has been changed, and the Tian family mansion in Puyang City.

Lu Ren thought that Tian Shu, the current head of the Puyang Tian clan, was probably a bad old man, but he didn't know that Tian Shu was only in her early forties this year, and she was almost eight feet long, with a good appearance and very good maintenance. And although this Tian Shu has no civil and military talents, nor does he have any reputation, so he has never been an official, but his ability to see the wind and steer and take the opportunity to collect money is quite outstanding.

The former Lu Bu and Cao Cao competed for Puyang, and Tian Shu took advantage of Chen Gong's strategy to first fall to the side of Lu Bu, who had the upper hand at that time, and had some relationship with Lu Bu. In this way, not only did the Tian clan avoid Lu Bu's claws when Lu Bu was tyrannical against the people of Puyang, but also secretly sent people to "build a bridge and guide the way" for the Lu Bu soldiers who were in great need of money and food supplies, and used Lu Bu's hands to get rid of many rich families in Puyang, and then merged the fields and properties of those rich families into the Tian family. In this way, in less than two years, the Tian family has almost become a wealthy family that can dominate Puyang.

But Tian Shu is not a greedy and unwise person, and he has long seen that Lu Bu, a big tree that attracts the wind, must not be relied on for a long time, otherwise he will be unlucky next. So when Cao Cao counterattacked Puyang, Tian Shu decisively used the "wall grass" strategy to help Cao Cao open the gate of Puyang and let Cao Cao recapture Puyang. Then he cried bitterly in front of Cao Cao with a handful of snot and tears, saying that he was forced to obey Lu Bu's obscenity before, and the fault was all on Lu Bu's body.

And what about Cao Cao? At that time, he wanted to attack Lu Bu in a hurry and not give Lu Bu a chance to breathe, so he didn't have time to worry about Tian's family. Moreover, in terms of the situation, considering some intricate relationships, Cao Cao could not deal with the Tian family. To give a simple example, if you kill a meritorious person who surrenders to Kaicheng, who will dare to surrender to you in the future? In fact, many times for these wall grasses, you have to allow them to exist, which is a kind of helplessness to survive in the world. Even if you want to pull weeds, it depends on the timing.

And how is Tian Shu now? It can be described in two words - proud! He used Lu Bu's "chaos" to annex land to expand his power, and then used Cao Cao's "governance" to cultivate these annexed lands in a justifiable manner. I believe that in a few years, when these lands bring great benefits to Tian Shu, the Tian family can truly dominate Puyang and become a wealthy family that even the government does not dare to provoke.

In ancient times, there were two lines of poetry, saying that "Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road", and these ten words seem to be the true portrayal of Tian Shu at present. Many poor people in Puyang City are starving and ploughing the farmland, but Tian Shu is holding a beautiful concubine on the left and right in the Huatang house, with big fish, big meat and fine wine on the table, and sultry songs and dances in the hall.

Stretching over a long lazy waist, Tian Shu asked the servant standing beside him, "What time is it?" ”

"It's been the first time."

"It's past the first shift?" Tian Shu looked at the door of the hall, frowned slightly, and said, "Why did this kid Tian Gao take people out early in the morning, but he hasn't come back by this time?" The place he went to was only thirty miles from the city, not far away! Go, send someone to find out. ”

The servant was ordered to leave the hall, but not long after he went out, someone hurried into the hall and said, "Tian Gong, Puyang Ling Lu Ren is outside the door......

"Oh? Puyang Ling Lu Ren? He's coming. Please go into the living room to serve tea first, and I'll go over as soon as I change my clothes. ”

Tian Shu's reaction was very flat, and it seemed that she had a little bit of a feeling that she had expected people from the Puyang official mansion to come. It's just that the next sentence of the doorman surprised Tian Shu: "Tian Gong misunderstood!" He didn't come to the door to ask for a meeting, but、Instead、Ask Tian Gong to come to the door to greet him,And、And ......"

"And what?"

The doorman said cautiously: "Lu County's order seems to be carrying Tian Gao's head in his hand, and there are a lot of soldiers and horses outside the door!" ”

"Ahh

After a while, Tian Shu rushed to the gate, only to see that the gate was brightly lit, but there were a large number of soldiers standing outside the courtyard. There were several people standing in front of the gate, and the two at the front, one of them were plain in appearance and clothing, and the other was brightly armoured and his face was full of anger.

Tian Shu didn't recognize Lu Ren, but when she saw the head Lu Ren was holding in her hand, she also guessed that this seemingly ordinary person who was standing at the front should be the new Puyang Ling Lu Ren; And another person with bright armor, Tian Shu recognized it as Xia Houdun, a person who held real power and military power in the land of Puyang, which was the master that he Tian Shu could not afford to offend.

Looking closely at the human head in Lu Ren's hand, through the flickering firelight, Tian Shu immediately saw that this human head was the head of his clan brother and right-hand man Tian Gao, and his face immediately changed greatly.

Without thinking about it, Tian Shu hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down to salute Lu Ren and Xia Houdun. What if you're a wealthy family? The officers and soldiers of the brigade suddenly surrounded you, and if you dare to make any moves, you will immediately start killing, and you will not have time to mobilize any more family servants. As a successful wallgrass, Tian Shu's first point is to understand what situation she is in, and she can't act rashly.

"Puyang Tian Shu, I've seen General Xia Hou and Lu County Order! But I don't know what the two of them mean by leading troops here late at night and bringing the head of a certain clan brother? Isn't it Tian who committed some major crime of the Yi clan? Tian has always been law-abiding......"

"Enough!" This is Lu Ren opened his mouth to stop Tian Shu, and then stared at Tian Shu coldly for a few times before asking, "This beheaded person is your clan brother Tian Gao?" ”

"Just, exactly!"

"Well, I'll ask you again! Do you know that when I went to the Winter Wax Moon, I ordered someone to post the Tuntian list in the city? ”

"Know, know ......"

Lu Ren suddenly raised his tone and shouted, "You know? If you know, why didn't you send someone to collect the land until March now? And all the house slaves are holding swords, and there is a strong intention that I will use it if I don't withdraw from the tun! Also, this brother of yours, Tian Gao, actually knew that I was Puyang Ling and disobeyed everyone, and I almost died under his sword. If it weren't for Cao Zixiu leading the crowd to arrive, I'm afraid that the person who was beheaded would be me! Vole, where the hell did you put the government decree!? "Uncle Shu, Lu Ren doesn't want to call this kind of person Uncle Tian, so he calls Tian Shu a vole.

Tian Shu was secretly shocked in her heart, and suddenly felt that she had completely belittled Lu Ren, who had no reputation before. In fact, in the late Han Dynasty, many wealthy families continued to annex land, gather people, and develop their own armed forces.

Of course, these wealthy families are not really afraid of anything at all. To put it simply, it is basically that the small wealthy family is afraid of the big wealthy family, and the big wealthy family is afraid of big families such as the Xun family and the Yuan family. At that time, many of the more famous people were actually promoted by the great family, and they were supported by the great family. Ordinary wealthy families dare not provoke this kind of people because they are afraid of the revenge of the great family.

It's just that Lu Ren is obviously not among them. This Tian Shu's strength has skyrocketed in the past two years, and Cao Cao has also appeased them with kind words, so he got carried away and thought that Lu Ren, an unknown person, would give in as soon as he heard that it was the Puyang Tian clan, and Tian Shu would be able to gain both people and money.

In fact, Tian Shu would have this kind of thought, which was normal at the time, like Cao Cao, didn't he give in under certain conditions? It's just that no one would have thought that Lu Ren was a person who had traveled through time, and he wouldn't have bought Tian Shu's account at all if he knew a lot of inside stories. In the eyes of Tian Shu and others, Lu Ren has become a character who does not eat hard and soft, and enforces the law very strictly.

A good man doesn't suffer a loss in front of him, Tian Shu thought about the battle in front of the door and knew that he couldn't fight hard now, so he quickly pretended to be stupid: "Lu County Ling Mingjian!" Wronged Tian! Tian just asked Tian Gao to go out of the city to check the acres of land that had not been reported in time and was confiscated, and counted how much land he had lost, and did not let Tian Gao forcibly take it back! Most of the people who made their own decisions, or wanted to occupy the land by themselves, so they did such disobedient things...... Lu County Order Mingjian! Tian has always been a law-abiding person! If you don't believe it, Tian is willing to include all these fields as official records to show Tian's innocence! Then he kowtowed like pounding garlic.

Seeing this, Xia Houdun frowned slightly, turned his head to look at Lu Ren, and it happened that Lu Ren also frowned and looked at Xia Houdun. The two looked at each other for a while, Lu Ren pondered for a long time, but sighed softly, took a few steps forward to help Tian Shu and said, "I see!" Then it was really Lu Ren who wronged Tian Gong. Tian Gong, please get up and speak. ”

Tian Shu stood up cautiously, so that she had the opportunity to really take a closer look at Lu Ren.

Lu Ren helped Tian Shu up, and pretended to be comforting: "Tian Gong also allowed Lu Ren to say bluntly, like Tian Gao, a flattering master and evil slave, Tian Gong should pay more attention in the future and should not be used again." Otherwise, this kind of evil slave will only ruin Tian Gong's reputation and one day cause trouble for Tian Gong. Like today's events, if Lu Ren is a reckless person, and he wades his army into the courtyard without questioning, wouldn't Tian Gong die too unjustly? ”

Tian Shu hurriedly hit the snake with the stick: "Yes, yes, what Lu County's order said is very true!" Tian will strictly control this class of house slaves in the future! ”

Lu Ren continued: "I was ordered by Duke Cao to settle the people, and now the acres of land have been returned to the official family, and there can be no change. Now I can only hope that Tian Gong will think about it again, and Hugh will have such a thing happen again. ”

Tian Shu hurriedly said: "It's okay, it's okay!" It was Tian Shu who violated the government order first, and it was Tian Shu who violated the government order first! ”

Lu Ren looked at Tian Shu's flattering expression, and smiled at Tian Shu very reluctantly. Looking back at the human head that he threw on the ground, Lu Ren said again: "This person has ruined Tian Gong's reputation, what should Tian Gong do?" ”

"Well killed, well killed! Listen to the order to deal with it! ”

Lu Ren nodded, summoned a few soldiers and ordered: "Hang the head of the evil slave Tian Gao in the city, and then send a list of documents, and count Tian Gao's crimes of oppressing the good in the name of the lord to warn everyone!" ”

"No!!" The soldier took the head.

Tian Shu saw that things had developed to this point, and it seemed that they had eased up a lot, so she wanted to invite Lu Ren and Xia Houdun and others to go in to drink and have a relationship, but where would Lu Ren and Xia Houdun buy this account? With a few polite words from the snake, Lu Ren and Xia Houdun led the troops away. Until the army went to the far house and closed the door, Tian Shu's face that had been smiling slowly turned into a cruel look, and she said silently in her heart: "Lu Ren Xiaoer, this hatred is not snow, I swear not to be a person!" ”