Xingyang, this place has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times, even Li Er was in this place more than ten years ago with 3,000 iron cavalry, the battle of Dou Jiande's 100,000 army, and finally won the victory, only to force Wang Shichong, who was entrenched in Luoyang, to surrender to the Tang Dynasty. Even here there is a classic battle in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" written by Luo Guanzhong in the later generations, that is, Xingyang Tiger Prison Pass, Sanying Battle against Lu Bu.

Of course, speaking of Xingyang, we have to say that Xingyang's entrenched family, the Zheng family, Li Er also got the support of this family at the beginning, so that he could break Dou Jiande, thus laying a good situation for the Tang Dynasty to dominate the world. Therefore, although this family has been standing with the other major families in the following years, they have jointly resisted the Li Tang Dynasty. But in Li Er's heart, he still missed that bit of incense. This can be seen from the fact that after Li Er ascended the throne, other families were transferred to less important positions, and Zheng Qiao still sat firmly in the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Not to mention these historical reasons, and looking at the present, Li Kuan is wearing a sky blue robe, shaking a folding fan in his hand, and swaggering into Xingyang City. At the gate of the city, many soldiers were on duty, checking them. But no one stepped forward to stop Li Kuan from entering the city. The reason why these soldiers are interrogated here is because they were confessed by the Zheng family, saying that there was a Jiangyang thief who had wandered to Xingyang for a generation, so they were so cautious in their investigation. But who would have thought that this Jiangyang thief in their hearts would enter the city with such a swagger? And he was dressed in silk and satin, holding a strange fan, and his momentum and demeanor were extraordinary, like a son of a family.

In this Xingyang City, because the Zheng family is entrenched here. Therefore, the sons of the five surnames and seven wangs often come here to make friends with several sons and daughters of the Zheng family. Therefore, seeing such a personable young man, these soldiers guarding the city will not come forward to interrogate. Who knows if this is the young master of those big families. If he is stopped, he will not be beaten all the time, and even if he is killed, no one will complain. This kind of thing has happened before, and these soldiers defending the city will no longer stop these characters like Gongzi and Brother over time.

Looking at the bustling streets compared to Qinghe County all the way, Li Kuan paced slowly, in this era, because of the inconvenient transportation, the scenery between places is very different. It's not like the bustling metropolis of later generations. It's pretty much the same. So these things often give Li Kuan a different feeling. Watching the people busy with their own little homes, and watching the dusty but still enthusiastic businessmen selling their goods. Li Kuan's heart settled down slightly. This world may not be as prosperous as in later generations, but both the common people and the artisans are all simple in temperament, and even the cunning merchants who are called profiteers are selling genuine things. It's not like the prosperous years that only exist in Zài's own memory. Everybody's cheating. For the sake of profit, dignity can be trampled on unscrupulously, and personality can be abandoned.

The mansion of the Zheng family in Xingyang was built with extraordinary luxury. The vermilion gate is inlaid with copper nails made of red copper, and the beast's mouth is ringed, which looks unusually solemn on the vermilion gate. The large plaque on the lintel on the upper side writes the honorable status of the owner. There are also stone lions on both sides of the town, with big mouths and beads in their mouths. The hideous face seemed to be about to come back to life. Such a mansion. It is also very rare in Chang'an City, even after their brothers went out of the palace to build a mansion. I'm afraid that only Li Tai, the son of Empress Changsun, has such a mansion, let alone Li Kuan's small courtyard.

Li Kuan didn't go to the front gate, didn't he go directly to the front gate? It's the middle of the day, and it's the best time of the day. The people of the Zheng clan probably never thought that their Chu Liuxiang would come at this time. Li Kuan was very proud of this, where was there a thief who directly broke into other people's homes in broad daylight and snatched things. What's more, there is only one person. This point is actually Li Kuan's own whim, thinking that after the lesson of the Qinghe Cui clan last time, then the Xingyang Zheng clan may change the coping method, and surprise is the most successful rate.

Sure enough, when Li Kuan climbed in from the courtyard wall on one side, he swaggered in Zheng's garden, stopping twice from time to time, as if a guest was visiting the host's home. Not only did everyone come to investigate, but all the people they met bowed to him. Occasionally, there is a pry on the neck of the pip, a pry, a widow, a pry, a page, a prickly jacket, a thorn, a hanging, a permanent suspicion, a flood worm, 17

Of course, whether anyone came to visit the Zheng family on this day, Li Kuan still investigated, but not in advance, but walked to the gate of the Zheng family again, and saw a carriage parked there, and there was a distinctive mark on it, this mark is not unfamiliar to Li Kuan, it is the family mark of the Qinghe Cui family. More than half a month ago, Li Kuan had just taken their heirloom from there, so he knew.

So in the future, they came up with such an excuse, but fortunately, these subordinates didn't know if there was such a son in the Cui family this time, they only knew that the Cui family came to a big man today and came to the Zheng family to discuss some affairs, so they were fooled by Li Kuan.

There was nothing to say all the way, and I came to a majestic building, only to see that the paint used in this building is not as luxurious as elsewhere, but here it is the black lacquer used, although it is also a carved beam and painted building, and the eaves are steep in the roof and other places, but it shows a heaviness, a silence in the atmosphere. The surrounding flowers and plants seem to be very lush, and there are even overgrown grasses in some places. The place is very special and uncomfortable in the whole environment.

Li Kuan turned around, and then found a gate, there were two small servants guarding the gate, Li Kuan looked up, and found that there seemed to be no signs here, but his pupils still shrank, and then turned around and left, went around the back, and quietly turned over from the window and went in.

The reason why Li Kuan would get into it was because when he looked around, he found that above the gate of this building, there was a place that was very peculiar, different from the rest of the place, and the color was slightly different. The paint in other places was already mottled, but that one was much better. Therefore, Li Kuan concluded that there must have been a plaque in that place before, and it was even very conspicuous, because that place was very large. It was only recently demolished, so it wasn't a place that was left untouched before. Then there must be something strange, so Li Kuan quietly flowed in to check it out.

Sure enough, after Li Kuan slipped in, turned a few corners, and passed through a long corridor, he saw the original face of this building. This is the place where the Zheng family worships the ancestors, and the spiritual seats are placed in rows here, and at the top is Zheng Xuan, the master of scripture at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the ancestor of the Zheng family. This great Confucian with a lifetime of energy annotated and sorted out the Confucian classics, and compiled the "Seven Political Treatises on Astronomy", "Zhonghou" and other books, no less than a million words, these poems compiled by Zheng Xuan, by later generations to carry forward, called 'Zheng Xue' so Xingyang Zheng has this ancestor, enough to be proud, and passed down from generation to generation, to form such a great family.

"Since this is the ancestral hall of the Zheng family, then Zheng Xuan's annotated "Analects" will definitely be here, but why is even the plaque removed now, and only two servants have been sent to guard the door?" Li Kuan wondered in his heart, is this an empty city plan? It's not right, I've already come in, and I've roughly searched here in the short time before, and there's nothing else except these spiritual positions, so this place must have been transferred.

Li Kuan thought about it, so he quietly returned the same way, walked the previous path, and then turned around, and he didn't know where he was in the Zheng Mansion, and then saw a strange building. The building is clearly new, as the original color of the wood is still visible, and even the paint has not yet been painted. And there are actually a lot of people gathered here, all of them are guys with big shoulders and round waists, and they all seem to be practicing families, so it is likely that this is the place where the Zheng family transferred that volume of "Analects". Li Kuan quietly approached, and then looked for a gap.

However, he hid among the surrounding flowers and plants twice, and he did not find a suitable breakthrough, so he had to wait for the opportunity. Li Kuan is still a patient person, so he spends it like this, waiting for a shift change or other opportunity.

Time seemed to be a long time in waiting, Li Kuan never waited for the opportunity, on the contrary, in the meantime, he discovered a special thing. So he quietly followed and watched a good show all the way.

This Zheng family is really ...... Li Kuan didn't know what to say, could this be the true face of these families? If that's the case, it's really too dirty, can such a family really be inherited for thousands of years? A wave of resentment gradually surged in Li Kuan's heart, if such a thing is really common, then there is no need for this Zheng family to exist.

Because at this time, in a bush not far from Li Kuan's hiding, an outrageous thing was happening. Li Kuan felt filthy and disgusting, and even used the word pervert to describe it in his heart. If it weren't for the fact that the timing was really wrong, he would have rushed out and slaughtered the two people in front of him directly.

Turning to leave, enduring the killing intent in his heart, Li Kuan closed his eyes, and then emptied his mind, not thinking about the scene he had seen earlier. It's just that he can't do it anyway, that scene is like a haunted ghost, which keeps flashing in his mind, making him feel that this family is really dirty, really a wolf in human skin, and killing these people is the greatest contribution to the entire Tang Empire.

The great family, has the long-standing superiority made them think that they are the masters of this world in their hearts? Such a heinous and disgusting thing, they actually did it, and it was in broad daylight, around the ancestral hall that symbolized the glory and inheritance of their family.

With his fists clenched, Li Kuan's heart was full of battles between heaven and man, until the end, his eyes were wide open, his hands were clenched into fists, and then he rushed out directly. (To be continued......)