Crossing two streets, Xu Liang and his party stopped in front of a large mansion. The door of the house is surrounded by pink walls, black tiles and cornices, and the dense branches and leaves of several towering trees in the courtyard of the wall stick out of the wall, reflecting the door outside the door under the scorching sun, leaving flickering points of light. The vermilion gate is hidden, and the plaque of "Zhenyuan Annex" on the gate is still hanging quietly.

Xu Liang signaled, and the two guards behind him stepped forward to open the door, and a group of people entered the courtyard. The courtyard is full of forests, pavilions and pavilions, hand-copying verandahs, flower paths, and is extremely exquisitely arranged. Perhaps they had been visited by thieves, and the doors of several main houses were open, revealing the fallen tables and chairs, the torn curtains, the houses had been unoccupied for a long time, the carved panes were covered with spider silk, and the interior of the house was covered with a thick layer of dust. Xu Liang and the others glanced inward, then stopped going deeper, and turned to a small garden.

The small garden is not as popular as the house, and the popularity does not affect the growth of flowers and trees, and the colorful flowers compete among the weeds. Xu Liang was amazed.

Huang Xiancheng said cautiously: "County Zun, the other courtyard is the private residence of King Han, although it is dilapidated, we are not allowed to be courtiers, and it is really not suitable to stay for a long time." Shall we quit? ”

Xu Liang looked at the surrounding high-walled courtyards with great interest, and sighed: "Everyone, if this courtyard is demolished, why don't you worry about the bricks for the city to be repaired?" ”

Before the others could speak, Huang Xiancheng hurriedly waved his hand again and again, shaking his head like a rattle, and said eagerly: "My lord, by all means." Han Wang Ye is a relative of the emperor, and he is also a local king, his status is extremely noble, and the property under the name of King Han, I and other local officials use it privately without permission, which is a capital crime of killing the head. ”

Xu Liang pointed to the damaged houses and said: "Having said that, if we only demolish those parts that are already damaged, if we want to come to Lord Han's house with a kind heart and love the people like a son, we will definitely not blame more." ”

"No." Huang Xiancheng still shook his head and said solemnly: "Even if Lord Han doesn't condemn him afterwards, I still have to ask Lord Han before making a decision." ”

Encountering such a brainless county man, Xu Liang was speechless, and helplessly looked at Mao Yujie, the head of the house, and He Cheng, the head of the workshop, who came with him, hoping that they could stand on his side, so he asked, "You two are doing the same thing?" ”

Director Mao looked at the teacher Huang Daozhou and said: "County Zun, my subordinates also feel that it is really inappropriate to rashly demolish the Han Wang's Courtyard. ”

Xu Liang frowned and looked at He Cheng again. He Cheng arched his hand and said: "My subordinates also think that if we demolish King Han's Courtyard, there will be endless troubles, and the gains outweigh the losses." Please think again. ”

One is in favor and three are against, Xu Liang thought that if he still forcibly demolished the courtyard of Lord Han, several people would look very bad, so he nodded in disappointment and said: "That is the case, then let's go." ”

Out of the courtyard, Huang Xiancheng and Director Mao said goodbye to Xu Liang and hurriedly went to recruit people to dig the city ditch. Seeing that the two of them had gone away and could no longer see the shadows, He Cheng turned around and stood in front of Xu Liang, and arched his hand: "My lord, what my subordinates said just now was completely against their will. ”

"Huh?" Xu Liang looked at him and asked, "Then what do you mean?" ”

He Cheng pointed to the tall gate of the courtyard behind him, and said, "Extraordinary means should be used in extraordinary times. The county lord is thoughtful and too cautious. The subordinates believed that the top priority was to build a high city wall and dig a deep moat. In Zhenyuan Castle, it occupies the largest area and has the most mansions in this Hanwang Courtyard. At present, the situation in Shaanxi is turbulent, Han Wangye fled to Chang'an Mansion, and he will definitely not return to Pingliang in the short term. ”

"Haha." Xu Liang listened with great satisfaction. patted He Cheng's shoulder twice appreciatively, so frightened that He Cheng frowned and took two steps back. Xu Liang praised: "In the end, Lord He is active and understands things!" ”

"Then will this courtyard be demolished or not?" He Cheng asked.

"Demolition! How can it not be dismantled! Xu Liang said fiercely: "Lao Tzu has dismantled." As he spoke, he looked back into the open door, and the more he looked, the more satisfied he became. Leaned over and picked up a stone from the ground, walked to the wall of the gate of the courtyard in three or two steps, wrote a big word on the powder wall, and surrounded the word in a circle, took two steps back, looked at the word and nodded with satisfaction, beckoned and shouted: "Come on, quickly notify the inspection department, let the Huang inspector bring people to bring things like hoes and baskets, and dismantle this courtyard for Lao Tzu!" ”

Huang Xiancheng ran several townships in a row that day, found the chiefs of several townships and towns, arranged for people to repair walls and dig ditches, and did not return to his residence until dark.

When I woke up the next day, after a simple breakfast, dressed up and going to the city first, I saw my good student, Mao Yujie, the head of the house, walking in from outside.

"Yujie, I'm here so early." Huang Xiancheng greeted with a smile, and asked with concern, "Have you had breakfast?" At home, your sister cooked a pot of porridge in the morning, and it's still hot, do you want a bowl? ”

Director Mao shook his head, walked to Huang Xiancheng's side, and said hesitantly: "Teacher, there is something that the student feels is necessary to let you know. ”

"What's the matter?"

"If the student says it, you must hold your breath." Director Mao said worriedly.

"Huh." Huang Xiancheng smiled: "When you are a teacher, I am still a hairy boy in my twenties, why are you so angry?" After all, is the grain in the county treasury about to run out again? It's okay, I'll go out on the street in the afternoon to talk to the shopkeepers of the grain stores, and then come over on credit. ”

"Teacher, it's not about food." Director Mao looked at Huang Xiancheng's face and said carefully: "Yesterday, not long after we left the courtyard, the county lord ordered Huang to take people and tools to tear down the gate of King Han's courtyard. ”

"What!" Huang Xiancheng was so shocked that he almost jumped up, and then he trembled with anger and scolded: "Nonsense! He walked out angrily. Director Mao hurriedly followed.

Director Mao saw that Huang Xiancheng was walking faster and faster, and then he almost ran up, and after following a while, he was hundreds of meters behind, and he smiled bitterly at the teacher's temper, the teacher was forty or fifty years old, and his temper actually went faster than his own young man.

When Director Mao followed him to the gate of King Han's courtyard with a sweat, he saw that even the gate and the outer wall of the courtyard had been demolished, and thousands of soldiers from the inspection department were swinging hoes and hammers to beat hundreds of houses. The bricks and stones that had been turned out were loaded onto the cart and pulled in the direction of the city gate, and the removed beams, screens, tables and chairs that were still usable, bookcases, and the like were packed and pulled onto the carriage, but they did not know where to pull.

Then Director Mao saw his teacher, Zhenyuan County Cheng Huangdaozhou's face was flushed, his beard was all open, and he angrily scolded Huang Inspector who was standing outside with his hands behind his back.

It's just that it seems that Huang Xiancheng is not scared at all, and when he looks elsewhere, he lets Huang Daozhou's spit splash on his face and dry naturally.

When Master Mao got closer, he heard it clearly.

"Tell your people to stop! This annex can't be demolished! Huang Daozhou roared hoarsely.

"Lord County, this official is acting on the orders of Lord County. If you are not satisfied, please talk to the county lord. Inspector Huang had a helpless expression, spread his hands, and said with a bitter face: "This official is also his duty, he was ordered to do errands, and if he offended, he also invited the county lord Haihan." ”

"You stop first, and then the official will reason with the county lord." Zodiac Zhou shouted.

"Without the order of the county lord, this official will not be able to stop." Huang Ziren replied with a glance, and shouted at a few soldiers of the Inspection Department who were pushing wooden carts past: "Brothers, your hands and feet are sharp, Lord Xu, the county lord of Shangtou County, has spoken, and this broken yard will be demolished within three days, and each person will be rewarded with one or two taels of silver!" ”

"Great!" The soldiers of the Inspection Division who were working in the surrounding area responded with a bang.

"You, you, you!" Huang Daozhou saw that Huang Ziren didn't pay attention to himself at all, he was so angry that his fingers were messy, he looked at the enthusiastic soldiers of the Inspection Department, took a deep breath, flicked the sleeves of his robe, and angrily greeted Master Mao who came up and said, "Go back and find Lord Xu to theorize." ”

The two hurried to the county government again, and as soon as they entered the backyard of the second hall, they happened to see several soldiers from the inspection department sending a cart of tables, chairs, screens and other things removed from the Hanwang Courtyard into the courtyard, and Xu Liang's housekeeper Tietou took a few subordinates to meet and help unload the goods.

When Huang Xiancheng saw it, he almost fainted, looked in the direction of Xu Liang's study, and ran over. When he came to the door, a Yahuan came out with a teapot inside, and Huang Xiancheng's angry look scared Xiao Yahuan a lot, shrunk his head and ran away.

"Lord Xu!!" The people of Huangxian County did not enter the house, and the roar came first.

"It turned out to be Lord Huang." In the room, Xu Liang was comfortably leaning on the Taishi chair behind the desk, and when he heard this, he put down a fist-sized white jade lion in his hand that he had been looking at for a long time, looked up and saw Huang Xiancheng and Chief Mao coming in, and beckoned with a smile: "The two of you came just in time, come and take a look at the good things that Huang Inspector just sent to him, the white jade lion!" Look, this color, this translucent, this carving ......"

"Lord Xu!!" Huang Xiancheng let out another mountain roar, which frightened Xu Liang, who was introducing the white jade lion in front of him with relish.

Xu Liang stopped talking and looked at Huang Xiancheng, and saw that Huang Xiancheng's eyes were wide open, his face was full of anger, and the long gray beard on his chin trembled violently. Behind Huang Xiancheng, Director Mao was carefully supporting him, looking at Xu Liang worriedly.

Xu Liang clapped his hands and said in a deep voice: "Huang Daozhou, Huang Xiancheng!" This official is Zhenyuan Zhixian, as a subordinate, do you use this tone to talk to the official? ”

Huang Xiancheng smiled angrily, and asked miserably: "Then the lower official, may I ask your lordship, it was you who ordered the demolition of the Han Wang Courtyard?" ”

"Lord Huang, where did you start with this?" When Xu Liang heard this, he immediately looked very shocked, sat up straight suddenly, and said in a heartfelt manner: "I heard that King Han's courtyard was plundered and destroyed by thieves who invaded Zhenyuan three months ago. ”

Hearing what said, Huang Daozhou and Mao Yujie were dumbfounded. Huang Daozhou pointed at Xu Liang and said angrily: "You, how can you be so brazen, reverse black and white, and talk nonsense!" ”

"Zodiac Week!" Xu Liang slapped the desk suddenly, and shook the white jade lion on the desk a few times with a bang. Xu Liang glared at Huang Daozhou, and his tone was solemn: "Lao Tzu saw that you were so polite to you when he was a lot older!" If you change someone else, you will already be out of the stick! Hmph, although you are old, you must not be blind in both eyes! When it can be seen that the current Zhenyuan City is in danger, it is in danger, and it is in danger of being attacked by thieves again at any time. Lao Tzu made this decision, which was really a last resort. For the sake of the overall situation of Zhenyuan, for everyone's safety, put away your disgusting appearance of courage and loyalty! This Han Wang Courtyard, the official said that it was destroyed by the hands of thieves, then it was destroyed in the hands of thieves! You must weigh clearly which is more important than your personal loyalty and the safety of the whole city! ”