After Zhang Yao's persuasion, Liu Fan's boredom that had been stuck in his heart for many days was finally swept away, in fact, as Zhang Yao said, Liu Fan's heart was not self-blame, but his own little guilt and hypocritical face was just doing it, as long as he said it, it was not a big deal. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Now Liu Fan's only concern is the safety of Zhang Yupeng and others, Zhang Yupeng and others have now fallen into Zhang Zhao's hands, which means that Liu Fan and the gentry in Laizhou have completely torn their faces. Liu Fan had an excuse to do something to Laizhou, but the gentry in Laizhou had a large number of hostages.

If Liu Fan suddenly made a move now, in case the gentry in Laizhou were desperate, then Zhang Yupeng would be in danger, so now Liu Fan must think of a foolproof strategy to ensure the safety of the members of the peasant association. Now that Zhang Yupeng and others are being imprisoned in Zhang Zhao's barracks, Liu Fan is also beyond the reach of the whip, and the only one who can help Zhang Yupeng and others is Qian Yuan. But I'm afraid that just one source of money will not be able to play a big role, so Liu Fan feels that he must do something so that Zhang Zhao does not dare to act rashly.

After thinking about it, Liu Fan felt that it was more reliable to deter by force, so Liu Fan immediately ordered to continue to send 5,000 troops in the direction of Laizhou, and wrote a handwritten letter to Zhang Zhao, in which Liu Fan told Zhang Zhao his intentions without scruples and advised him not to act rashly.

Liu Fan's every move touched the sensitive nerves of everyone in Laizhou, and five thousand troops suddenly came to the border of Laizhou, and the gentry of Laizhou received the news at the first time for such a big thing. The patriarch of the Zhao family, Xu Yingyuan and others were even more frightened, in their opinion, Liu Fan's move to increase troops was a signal to take action against Laizhou.

Faced with such a situation, of course, Patriarch Zhao and the others were unwilling to sit still, and everyone gathered together again after the last Yuxianglou to discuss countermeasures. The meeting place this time did not choose Yuxianglou, but set at Xu's house.

The Xu family is a relatively powerful official family in Laizhou, and the power of the Xu family in Laizhou City is extremely huge, covering almost all departments up and down Laizhou. At that time, the Xu family also gave Liu Fan a lot of help. However, what the world does make people do, what Liu Fan represents is the interests of the broad masses of the people and the bureaucratic landlord class like the Xu family are inherently opposed, and it is impossible for the two forces to come together after all.

On the fifth day of the first day of November, the city of Laizhou was bustling with traffic, a bustling scene, and the tense atmosphere that had gathered in the sky over Laizhou in recent days did not seem to affect the city at all, and the people and small traders of Laizhou City still gathered in the market as usual to shout loudly and sell all kinds of daily necessities.

The Xu family in the south of Laizhou City has also changed the depressed scene of the past, large and small carriages, and sedan chairs are parked in front of the Xu family, and people come and go. It is not difficult for careful people to find that these people who come and go are all rich and noble. Silk and satin, the rich slaves are the likes of the wealthy dignitaries at a glance.

Compared with the lively scene in the front yard, there were only a dozen people in the back hall of the Xu Mansion. The expressions of these dozen or so people were not very good-looking, all of them had sad faces, and even sighed constantly. Looking at the group of people in front of him who seemed to be the sky falling, Patriarch Zhao couldn't help but reprimand angrily: "The old man asked you to come here to let you discuss countermeasures, not to see you with a bitter face of a dead father." The day hasn't fallen yet, so cheer me up! ”

Xu Yingyuan couldn't help but defend when he heard this: "Patriarch Zhao, what you said is light, then Liu Fan has increased his troops by 5,000, and he is about to make a move against Laizhou, once he leads the troops into Laizhou, everyone here will be in a different place." At this time, can you tell us if we are not in a hurry? ”

"What's the use of being in a hurry? Can you solve the problem in a hurry? Patriarch Zhao shouted angrily: "The current situation is not so bad that it is irreparable. Liu Fan didn't dare to do it, otherwise would you and I still be able to sit and discuss countermeasures in peace? ”

"But..."

"Nothing!" Patriarch Zhao interrupted Xu Yingyuan's words and said firmly, "We still have hostages in our hands now, and Liu Fan will not dare to directly send troops to Laizhou under the trap of rats!" Liu Fan is waiting, waiting for His Majesty to relax, waiting for a justifiable excuse to send troops. Now it depends on Your Majesty's decision, if Your Majesty agrees to Liu Fan to send troops, then no matter what we do, we will not be able to escape the danger of death and annihilation. If Your Majesty does not agree to Liu Fan sending troops, then our personal safety and family foundation can be preserved, and now whether we live or die depends on the attitude of the court and Your Majesty! ”

After a pause, Patriarch Zhao glanced around at everyone with burning eyes and said, "So we must now do our best to contact all the forces that can be united, so that Your Majesty and the bigwigs in the court can side with us." Only in this way can you and I continue to stay in this Laizhou City! ”

Everyone was intimidated by Patriarch Zhao's momentum, and they couldn't help but nod their heads again and again. Among them, everyone also knows very well in their hearts that the reason why they insist on staying in Laizhou despite the huge disparity in strength between them and Liu Fan is the attitude of the imperial court. And on the surface, their chances of winning are still very great, although Liu Fan's strength is strong, he is just a martial artist after all, even if he has the favor of Emperor Chongzhen, how can he compare to the huge network of gentry?

While everyone was secretly thinking about it, the patriarch Zhao who was sitting at the top coughed dryly, attracting everyone's attention, and then turned to Xu Yingyuan beside him and asked, "Yingyuan, has the old man done what you asked you to do?" ”

Xu Yingyuan frowned and said with a wry smile: "Patriarch, I have recently contacted a lot of imperial historians around our Shandong and the officials in the capital, and they were very happy when they heard that Liu Fan was impeached, but the only trouble was that the price they asked for was too high." We don't have enough money to scrape together! ”

"100,000 taels of silver can't buy a few copies of the impeachment? These guys are too greedy, aren't they? Patriarch Zhao frowned, thought for a long time before asking, "How much do they need to polish their pen?" ”

Xu Yingyuan stretched out two fingers and replied helplessly, "At least 20,000 taels, this is still the imperial history of our Shandong." The officials in the capital asked for more ruthlessly, less than 30,000 taels, and there was nothing to talk about. ”

Patriarch Zhao gasped and said, "Why so many?" ”

Xu Yingyuan smiled bitterly and said, "It's not that Liu Fan is too fierce, Hou Sui has been taken down, and who else is not worried about Liu Fan's revenge afterwards!" If it weren't for the face of the silver, I'm afraid no one would be willing to help us with this! (To be continued.) )