On the day of 5 August, Zhao Wuxian, the current doctor of Lu Guoqiu, once again summoned the former doctor of Qi Guoqiu, Wuya Brigade.

After being placed under house arrest for a month, although his food and clothing were not neglected, his face was still a little pale and his body was a little weak.

"Now that the ransom has arrived, I just ask the doctor to let me return to China......" He sneered at Zhao Wuxian, but his eyes caught a glimpse of the guards in the room, coldly watching his every move.

There was a large wooden box in front of the desk where Zhao Wuxian was sitting, and a small sealed wooden box, and there was a faint smell of blood in the room, and Wuya Brigade subconsciously felt that today's atmosphere was not ordinary.

Zhao Wuxian, who was wearing a deep coat of algae fire pattern, paced down the hall to help the Wuya Brigade and said, "Originally, I was going to invite Dr. Wu to discuss this matter a few days ago, but first Lu Hou sent a messenger to hold a ceremony for me, and yesterday I encountered another incident, so it was delayed. ”

Speaking of fate, Wuyalu's heart was slightly sour, because Liqiu was his ancestral territory! Now it has become someone else's territory, and it has gone through a series of ceremonies to give land to the people. It feels like my own wife has been taken away, and I have gone through the wedding procedure adopted by my relatives, and I am still holding hands and showing off in front of myself after having sex with her.

"It's a city thief."

However, he secretly complained and complained, after all, he was defeated first, and it was understandable to bear this difficulty, so he only begged Zhao Wuxian not to be like the king of Chu Gong, who imprisoned Zhiwuzi, and locked him up for seven years before he was released.

The Uya Brigade now just wanted to end this prisoner life peacefully, so he asked carefully: "I don't know what happened?" ”

Zhao Wuxian turned around and asked Mucha to take the wooden box and put it on the ground to open it, revealing something inside. The Uya Brigade leaned over and suddenly took a few steps back in shock:

Seeing that there was a bloody human head in the box, it was really terrifying!

He muttered, "Doctor Zhao, what does this mean!?" ”

Zhao Wuxian's tone became cold, and he said lightly with his hands behind his back: "Doctor Wu, let's confirm it carefully, do you recognize this person?" ”

The Uya Brigade looked at it again with fear. I saw that the man's head was round and his eyes were round, and there was blood on his hair bun, but his face was familiar, wasn't it Chen's businessman Jia Jiao? Previously, he had run industries in Linzi and Donglai for the Wu family. This time, he was the one who came to Xiaqiu with the ransom.

"I recognized it, but I didn't know why I was killed......"

This person claimed to be a merchant of the Wu clan and came with a ransom, but in fact he was plotting something wrong, and when he looked at the burning coupons outside the Yi Temple that day, he showed some abnormal clues. I was seen through by my rider Yu Xi, and then I paid a lot of attention to this person. Sure enough, in addition to the children of the Wu clan, he also secretly searched for the people of Xiaqiu, inquired about the news, and separated the military and the people, so I sent someone to arrest him. This person was indeed a Qi spy, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he swallowed gold and committed suicide, and by the time the soldiers rushed into his room, he was already dead......"

Zhao Wuxian was also very regretful, he felt that this businessman must not be simple. Careful torture may be able to knock out a lot of things from his mouth, but unfortunately even Bian Que's apprentice disciple Leopard did not save him, so he simply made the best use of the corpse and dragged it to the city of Liqiu to behead and deter the unscrupulous people.

The Chen family and the Qi country also have some loyal and brave people, and they are undoubtedly behemoths compared to being compassionate and compassionate.

After listening to the reason, Wuya Brigade secretly scolded the lord Chen who served him for not dealing with things at any time, and he wanted to send spies, and he had to get out safely after he said it!

"I really don't know about this matter, although this person is a spy, but the ransom is real. I also hope that Dr. Zhao can fulfill his promise...... "The Wuya Brigade hurriedly wanted to clear up the relationship.

Zhao Wuxian said: "Of course the doctor is innocent, but the children of the Wu clan have met with this person many times, and it is inevitable that they will be bewitched by him......"

He stroked the long sword on his waist and said, "I ask myself to treat the doctor, and treat the Wu clan." The people of Qiuqiu Qi are not harsh, but now such a thing has happened. After this incident, I am not worried that the Wu clan will stay in Xiaqiu, and some military officials even suggested that all the doctors and his family should be slaughtered. To prevent future troubles! ”

"What!" Wuya Brigade was awe-inspiring, and he didn't care about his aristocratic status on an equal footing with Zhao Wuxian, so he begged for mercy and died.

"Doctor Zhao, please forgive the Wu clan for the sake of the friendship between the first grandfather and Zhao Wenzi!"

Zhao Wuxian pressed his sword and raised his head, stood in the hall and sighed: "I can't punish the doctor, the country of the dead still has to keep its society, such a brutal and extreme thing, even if I only think about my reputation, I naturally won't do it." Now, I have a way to do both, but I don't know if Dr. Wu wants to do it or not. ”

The Uya Brigade is now a prisoner, what can they say?

Wuxian asked his subordinates to open another wooden box, which was filled with gold, colored silk, and pearl jade, which was the ransom paid by the Qi people for the Wuya Brigade.

"Doctor Wu thinks that the life of himself or his clan is more expensive than the farm house or the market industry?"

"Naturally, life is more expensive than the field house."

"Then since these ransoms can buy the lives of the doctor and the Wu clan, is it enough to buy these assets of the Wu clan in Xiaqiu?"

This is not something that can be equated, the Wu family has been operating in Xiaqiu for a hundred years, and the value of the real estate and subordinate concubines owned by them is naturally more than this box of money, silk and jade, but now, the Wu Ya Brigade can only nod yes.

Zhao Wuxian slapped his palms and smiled: "Dashan, since this is the case, I will use these ransoms to buy the acres of land, concubines, and properties of the Wu clan on the boundary of the Liaoqiu land!" Please take the Wu clan with you and move out of Xiaqiu within three days, and I will send someone to send you and the others out of Lu! ”

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Three days later, the Wu clan was relocated by Zhao Wuxian, and after leaving behind the subordinate concubines and vassals of the savages and hooligans, only a few dozen people were left with the ransom and left the hill in disgrace, and headed towards Qinyi in the north under the supervision of a hundred soldiers. Zhao Wuxian had already greeted Doctor Qin Yi and let these people enter the Qi Realm, and then he would leave them alone.

As a result, the largest clan power in Xiaqiu was uprooted and blasted out of the territory, and a large amount of the Wu clan's property was also sold to Zhao Wuxian as the public property of the Yi Temple.

After removing this hidden danger and handing over the government affairs of Xiaqiu and Zhen to Zhang Mengtan to stay behind, Zhao Wuxian and Zifu He played the doctor's guard of honor and led more than 100 guards eastward. He will go to Qufu to meet Lu Hou, complete the final ceremony of the order, and become Lu Hou's courtier from then on.

First of all, it passed through Gaoyu-eup, which was a few dozen miles to the east, with nearly 2,000 households and a population of more than 10,000.

On Tu Dao, Zifu He sighed and said: "Because the Qi State has besieged the western part of the Lu State many times in the past few years. Therefore, there is quite a bit of barrenness after the war, and the wheat millet has been destroyed in a large area, and this year will be a difficult winter for Gao Yu. There were even some tall fish people fleeing to the west of the hill. ”

He said to Wuxian: "This is a good thing for Dr. Zhao. ”

The increase or decrease of the number of people is often a sign of whether the government of Yiyi is good or bad, because in the Spring and Autumn Period, the organization of households and the people has not yet been promoted, and the household registration control is not strict. Therefore, cross-border and even cross-border population migration is relatively common, and the famous Mencius in later generations saw Liang Hui Wangli. King Wei Hui once complained to Mencius: "If the people of the neighboring countries do not add less, and the people of the few do not add more, why not?" ”

In the past month, the eastern end of Xiaqiu's Yangjiao Pass would receive more than a dozen Gaoyu commoners who came to seek survival every day, and Zhao Wuxian accepted them all and placed them in the Wushi fields that he had just acquired.

In the face of this situation, of course, Zhao Wuxian can steal fun, and even secretly encourage the flow of people, but he can't show it on the surface.

Since he has become a doctor of Lu State, it is necessary to have a good relationship with his colleagues in the surrounding territories. Zhao Wuxian also counted on Qin Yi and Gao Yu to resist the Qi army's attack for themselves, and in the absence of a blatant annexation, their excessive weakening would not be beneficial to Xiaqiu.

So he said without a straight face: "There are a few words in Cai Zhong's life, mao (mao) is a success, harmony is the neighbors, the royal family, and the brothers." Now that the neighborhood is withering, it is too late for me to help, how can I be happy? Zifu Zixiu wants to look down on me. ”

Zifu He was sorry again, but he appreciated Zhao Wuxian more and more in his heart.

"So virtuous and benevolent. There is also a doctor who is talented in governing the city, for Lu Guo, I really don't know whether it is a good thing or a bad thing, I just hope that he can be influenced by the politics of Confucius. Be a loyal minister of the Lu country. ”

With this in mind, Zhao Wuxian went in to pay a visit when he passed by Gao Yuyi.

The people who entered the city were all villagers from the neighboring four fields, and as long as more than ten people approached together, the doormen would be like a great enemy, and more than a dozen people would hold spears and stand on guard. Cross-examination.

And Wuxian and the others were fighting the doctor's guard of honor, and he had just passed by here half a decade ago, so no one dared to stop him.

However, Dr. Gao Yu was not in the city, and according to the Yi Zai, he took the city to the south to arrest the thieves.

Zhao Wuxian asked Zifu He, "Is Gao Yu's theft very serious?" ”

Zifu He sighed: "Gao Yu is broken, and the direction of the people's flight is not only in Xiaqiu, but also in the area of Onozawa in the southeast, where many people have fallen into the grass and become robbers. ”

So Zhao Wuxian and the others could only leave the gifts and leave first, because they had to arrive in Qufu before the sacrifice of Weiyang in August.

After leaving the east of the city, Zhao Wuxian found that the Tu Road to the east was more sparsely populated than the one to the west, and his heart moved: "Why don't the people go to Yuncheng?" Although there was also a military disaster, the city was large and wide, and there was quite a surplus of food. ”

Zifu He showed a sneer: "Yuncheng? Don't mention it. ”

Zhao Wuxian was more concerned about the personality, strength, and governance of his neighbors, but he was relieved about the affairs of Yuncheng, anyway, he was about to arrive, and it was not too late to observe it carefully.

After walking for a few miles, the group met Dr. Gao Yu, who had returned from a robbery, in a house, but it was a short nobleman in armor. He takes fish as his clan, named Yu Tuo, and it seems that he is also a person who knows soldiers, so he can personally lead the troops to fight the "thief".

Wuxian looked back, but saw that the more than 100 people led by the fish doctor were armed and escorted some people who were tied together with straw ropes, all of them were thin, and the ribs under the skin could be faintly seen through the tattered brown.

Where is this evil thief, obviously a common man who has just put down his farm tools! Now that he has been arrested, it is estimated that he will be used as a subordinate.

However, Zhao Wuxian was currently unable to project mercy on the neighbor's territory, and Dr. Yutuo did not dare to slack off on the newly emerging Zhao Wuxian in the west, and after inviting them back to the city for a banquet and drink, he asked the head of the house to send sweet and sour syrup water to cool off the heat, and the three of them sat down and talked about the trouble of the robbers in Onozawa.

On this day, Wuxian heard the name of "thief" for the first time.

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PS: The age of the thief is very vague, because the plot needs it, and "Zhuangzi. The age of the thief is considered to be a contemporary of Confucius (to be continued. )

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