In the side hall of Gaofu, behind a landscape screen, the figure flickered, Gao Lian sat on a chair, Zhao Dun and the other person were carrying their hands behind their backs, looking anxious, walking back and forth in the hall, and their arrogance was overflowing.

There were several other people sitting on the chairs, all with solemn expressions, and there was no other noise in the side hall except for the sound of Zhao Dun and the two pacing back and forth.

I don't know how long it took, Zhao Dun suddenly stopped his steps, and finally said: "It's really not good, let's go to Dong Shizhen together, it's been almost three days, we can't sit like this." ”

"We may not be able to meet Dong Shizhen." Gao Lian said: "In the past two days, we have gone to the governor's palace three or four times, and the surname Chu has not been seen, which is clearly not wanting to release people." ”

"Don't want to let go?" Zhao Dun said angrily: "Gao Shibo, you told us that the surname Chu just wants to take this opportunity to make a big profit, and our family is not stingy, and the money and land donated to the New Salt Bureau are enough for him Chu Huan to live well for several lifetimes...... His appetite is big, and our shot is not small, but why hasn't there been any movement on his side until now? Six of our families were arrested, and so far, none of them have been released. ”

There was a frown next to him and said, "Could it be that the surname Chu is still not satisfied, and you want us to bleed?" ”

"His appetite is already huge." Zhao Dun said: "The six families donate money, what is he not satisfied with?" Does he still want to swallow all of us in one bite? ”

Gao Lian pressed his hand, signaled Zhao Dun not to be too anxious, and said: "It stands to reason that what we give should be enough, even if he is not satisfied, at least a few people should be released, but so far, no one has been released, this situation is really a little wrong." ”

Huo Ran, a stout Beishan gentry, stood up and sneered: "Shouldn't the person surnamed Chu just take silver and don't do anything?" It's really not possible, let's write to the imperial court and report the person surnamed Chu for corrupting the law in Xiguan and filling his pockets ......! ”

Before he finished speaking, Gao Lian had already stretched out his hand and said, "What about the evidence?" ”

"Isn't the silver sent to the New Salt Bureau evidence?"

"Although the new salt bureau was set up by Chu Huan, it is the official yamen." Gao Lian said lightly: "Chu Huan has already thought of a way out, the silver is sent to the New Salt Bureau, not to Chu Huan, how do you report it to the imperial court?" Don't forget, compared to us, Chu Huan has a bigger handle in his hand, our people are in his hands, and the power of life and death is also ...... in his hands! Thinking that Gao Huo's life and death were unknown now, his heart became anxious.

Zhao Dun seemed to be tired, sat down on the chair, and said, "If this matter drags on for one more day, many people's hearts will be in turmoil." Gao Shibo, I'm afraid you also know that the Song family and the Wu family have begun to find someone to sell their shops and land at a low price...... They thought they were doing it secretly, but they couldn't hide it from me after all. ”

"Huh?" Someone next to him immediately became nervous, "Zhao Dun, are you saying that the two of them are ready to withdraw?" ”

"Before, they went through great pains to buy shops and fertile land, but now that the autumn harvest has not arrived, the crops in the fields are growing well, and their shops have not been open for a long time. Zhao Dun sneered: "It's not that I saw that something happened to us, for fear of being implicated, so I was ready to withdraw first." ”

"It's fucking boring." Someone scolded: "In order to come to Xiguan, how many times did they run to Gao Shibo's mansion, but now that they are in trouble, they have to sneak away." ”

"Husband and wife are birds in the same forest, and they fly separately when disaster comes, not to mention that everyone is not husband and wife." Gao Lian said lightly: "In the market, in the past two days, rumors have been spreading...... ”

Zhao Dun said: "I also heard it, saying that our Beishan gentry secretly have access to the Tianmen Road, and now the government is thoroughly investigating this matter...... ”

"Fuck the stinking fart." Someone scolded: "Until now, Chu Huan has not come up with conclusive evidence, why are those Diao people talking nonsense?" ”

"We can't stop them." Gao Lian sneered: "This matter, there is a good chance that it is the wind sent by Chu Huan's side, otherwise if this matter is kept strictly secret, it will not be possible to spread it so quickly." ”

Zhao Dun frowned and said, "People's words are terrifying...... We have a family member who has been arrested, so there is no way to get out immediately, but the Song family ......! Speaking of this, he suddenly thought of something, frowned, and sneered: "Uncle Gao, the matter has been going on for a few days, why didn't Chu Huan do anything to the other Beishan gentry except for the six of us?" If he really wants to make money, wouldn't he have one more way to make money? ”

"Judging from the current situation, I'm afraid Chu Huan doesn't just want to plot some money from us." The corners of Gao Lian's eyes twitched slightly, "If I'm not mistaken, I really know his ultimate intentions now." ”

Zhao Dun was obviously not stupid, and immediately said: "Uncle Gao is saying that Chu Huan's ultimate goal is to ...... us All forced out of Xiguan? ”

"That's how it should be." Gao Lian had already clenched his fists, "His move is to kill the chicken to show the monkey, and to do it to the six of us, the real purpose is to show the entire Beishan gentry, so that the Beishan gentry will retreat from Xiguan in the face of difficulties...... Just like the Song family and the Wu family, they must be worried that the matter of Tianmen Dao will be involved in their heads, so they simply sell the shops and land they just got in their hands and pull them back to Beishan, our foundation in Xiguan is unstable, the old foundation is still in Beishan, back to Beishan, Chu Huan naturally can't find their trouble. ”

"There will never be a minority of people who have this heart." Zhao Dun frowned and said: "At first, he didn't move, he was just waiting, but in the past few days, Chu Huan has not released people, and the rumors in the market are getting more and more fierce, as if all our Beishan gentry have joined Tianmen Dao, everyone here may be able to calm down, but for those families of Song and Wu, they can't hold their breath, today the Song family and the Wu family have begun to prepare for retreat, and the other families know it, how can they sit still?" ”

"If nothing else, in the next few days, more people will sell off all their properties and land." One person smiled bitterly and said: "We were ambitious and entered Xiguan in a big way, and we wanted to do a career here, but now it's good, just now that we have a look, we will be forced out of here by the Shengsheng surnamed Chu......!" ”

Gao Lian thoughtfully, his eyelids suddenly raised, and he glanced at everyone: "Everyone, everyone has personally experienced the hardships of coming to Xiguan and knows the hardships. In order to gain a firm foothold in Xiguan and lay a foundation, all of you here, which family is not bankrupt, transferring a large amount of money to Xiguan, buying houses and land, and many families have also borrowed huge debts...... That's it, after arriving in Xiguan, how much effort did we spend in order to get the shop and the field, Dongfang Xin and Dong Shizhen are blood-sucking bats, we have to be grandsons in front of them, and let them suck the blood ...... from us with a smiling face! ”

Everyone's expressions were solemn, and everyone's eyes showed a solemn color, and they were even more indignant with hatred that could not be concealed.

Gao Lian thought about it for a while, glanced at everyone again, snorted coldly, and said: "Now Chu Huan is making a big fuss with a trivial matter, not only to swallow the money we have accumulated for generations, but also to drive us out of Xiguan, are you willing to do so?" ”

"Of course I am not willing!" Immediately there was a humanitarian: "In order to lay a foundation in Xiguan, my Huo family mobilized all the resources of the family, and also borrowed a large number of debts, I wanted to make a difference in Xiguan, but now I have returned, not to mention that I have no face from now on, how to repay the large amount of debts owed?" My Huo family is now counting on the thirty hectares of fertile land in Xiguan, and if it is sold and withdrawn at this time, it will definitely be lost. ”

Several other people also said yes and confided their difficulties.

Gao Lian raised his hand and said: "Everyone is right, withdraw at this time, not to mention that we can't save the family, we donated a lot of money to the New Salt Bureau before, and if we feed the dogs, there is no return, the most important thing is that we came to Xiguan from Beishan, the momentum is huge, the entire Northwest and even the entire Daqin have already known, when we first came, how majestic we were, and now we are forced out of Xiguan by a young junior who has been in office for less than a month, what face do we have to meet Beishan's father?" ”

"Uncle Gao, the situation is compelling, even if we don't dare, what can we do?" One person asked, "Things have come to this point, Dongfang Xin and Dong Shizhen are still pretending to be deaf and dumb, and have not come up with the slightest useful method, the so-called people do not fight with the officials, without the help of Dongfang Xin and Dong Shizhen, how can we fight Chu Huan?" Although he is a new official and his foundation is unstable, he is a governor and a feudal official after all, what can we do? ”

Gao Lian clenched his fists and sneered: "His purpose is already obvious, he wants to force our Beishan gentry to death, can we just watch him show off his power and sit back and wait to be killed?" ”

Zhao Dun saw Gao Lian's body sitting upright, felt something, and asked, "Uncle Gao, are you ...... What's the best idea? ”

Gao Lian hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth, beckoned, and motioned for everyone to come closer, everyone was a little strange, but they all got up and came to Gao Lian's side.

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In the governor's mansion, Chu Huan was sitting on a chair, holding a teacup in his hand, less than three steps in front of him, an official in blue clothes was hunched over, his forehead was covered with sweat, and he didn't dare to raise his head.

"Zhao Xin is gone?" After taking a few sips of tea, Chu Huan put down the teacup, raised his head, and his eyebrows tightened, "I didn't see you yesterday, why did you come to report today?" ”

This blue-clothed official is an official of the Ministry of War, a subordinate of Zhao Xin, who is already in a cold sweat at this moment, and his voice is weak: "Returning to the governor, Lord Zhao occasionally has private affairs, and it is common for him not to go to the yamen for three or five days...... Xia Guan really didn't know that this time he would disappear with his family...... The subordinates and the colleagues of the Ministry of War searched many places, but no one knew the whereabouts of Director Zhao......! ”

"Did Zhao Xin tell you that the governor limited him to three days to exchange weapons transferred from the arsenal?" Chu Huan looked at the commander indifferently, "Has he handled this matter?" ”

The commander hurriedly said: "The lower officials don't know, Director Zhao has not explained the matter. ”

"Are you sure Zhao Xin has disappeared?"

"The lower official is sure." The official said: "The lower official went to the Zhao chief's house today, and the people in his house are still there, and I heard a person say that Zhao's wife's maiden family has something to do, and she wants to go back in a hurry, so she packed her bags yesterday, and they left in the middle of the night, and Zhao only said to his family that he would return if he wanted to send his wife to the city gate, but this time he will not return, until today, Zhao has not returned to the house. ”

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PS: The reason for the two days of interruption to explain it, the day before yesterday at six o'clock in the morning began to set off, because to do private affairs, need to be registered on both sides of the household registration certificate, so and the wife directly took the car to the mother-in-law's side there is no more, want to update it is impossible, and over there, it is indispensable to go to those relatives' houses, yesterday was early in the morning to Hefei to do, although the afternoon was done, but in the afternoon began to take the car to the hometown to go, last night only to get home, exhausted, today to pick up guests, sister married, In Ningbo the man's side has finished the wedding wine, but the family has to do wine, the customs here are strange, to invite guests, three aunts and six mothers-in-law, aunts and aunts, this uncle and uncle, can not let the old man out of the horse, it is a busy day, finally rest at night, this chapter will be sent first, and then code the word, there must be a more, sorry everyone.

In addition, the New Year is coming, everyone on the way back, we must pay attention to safety, be cautious and careful, and everyone have a smooth journey.