Although the interception led by the Liu family of Zhuo County ended in complete failure, the matter is far from over. There is a good saying, when you come out to mix, you always have to pay it back. Since they failed to kill Liu He on the banks of the Shengshui River, it was time for Liu He to make a move next.

It is still the manor in the north of Zhuoxian County, or in the room where the plot was originally conspired, at this time there are only a few people left, most of the people who participated in the conspiracy have died on the bank of the Shengshui River, and the remaining few are lucky to be saved because they were not directly involved.

One of them, a scribe of about forty years of age, with a grim face, took the place where Steward Liu was sitting, and this time sat in the center. Steward Liu has been hacked to death by the Youzhou cavalry by the river, and the person who came today is named Liu Deran, who is the next established head of the Liu family.

Liu Deran said in a deep voice: "Yesterday, we lost a lot on the banks of the Shengshui River, even if we joined forces with the Guangyang Yan clan to act, we were still defeated by the guards around the thief, and we didn't expect that this thief would have a backhand in secret. This time, we didn't lose unjustly, because we completely underestimated the strength of our opponents. ”

The clansman surnamed Zhang said with emotion: "If we failed to kill Liu He this time, we are afraid that we will have no chance in the future, which is really a sigh!" ”

The son surnamed Cui said with some panic: "Liu He came to Zhuo County safe and sound, and now there is martial law everywhere inside and outside the city, and then they will find us here along the vine, how should this be!" ”

The people surnamed Lu also echoed and said: "At the beginning, I didn't agree with you to do this risky thing, and I strongly advised everyone to know how to be patient, and wait for the situation to change before waiting for the opportunity to act, but you didn't listen to the dissuasion, and now things can't be good at all." Alas, this time our Lu family was miserable by you......"

"Humph! Now what good is it for you to say all this nonsense again? At the beginning, it was said that we would share honor and disgrace, but now that we are acting unfavorably, of course we must think about how to fight together. We can't let the Liu family take care of us easily! Liu Deran patted the cases in front of him and reprimanded sharply.

Everyone was speechless by Liu Deran's reprimand, and the room fell into an unbearable silence.

Liu Deran broke the silence in the house and said: "I am the first to initiate this matter, I will take the initiative to stand up and take all the responsibility, and when the time comes, I will go to the city to negotiate with Liu Shiren, if you can't come back, you will find a way to create large-scale chaos near Zhuoxian County and force Liu Shiren to make concessions." In short, at this critical juncture. We must unite as one, and we must not harbor ghosts! ”

"Brother Liu, this matter must not be done! If you take the initiative to stand up, wouldn't you put the Liu family in a desperate situation? Even if Liu Shiren catches us now, if he wants to move us, he has to consider the feelings of the wealthy families in other counties! The son surnamed Zhang tried his best to dissuade Liu Deran.

Liu Deran shook his head with a wry smile and said: "I'm afraid that I won't be able to escape this catastrophe this time, someone must take the initiative to stand up. He asked Zhang He to lead the army to take over the formation of the Youyan Army, which was clearly a prelude to the action against the wealthy families of Zhuo County, and we just let him catch the handle, if he didn't lose hundreds of heads. I'm afraid that this matter will not end at all. ”

The people surnamed Cui and Lu bowed their heads and remained silent, obviously not objecting to Liu Deran taking the initiative to stand up and take all the responsibility on themselves.

The room fell into a suffocating silence again......

"Oh no, no!" A soldier suddenly pushed the door and rushed in, and reported loudly to Liu Deran: "There is a very powerful general from outside the village. Claiming to be Zhang He, he surrounded Zhuangzi with a large group of soldiers, and said that you and the old patriarch would go out to see him immediately. Otherwise, you will kill people! ”

Liu Deran sighed, got up and said, "It's really fast!" ”

Outside the Liu manor, Zhang He sat on a brown horse with a calm face, with hundreds of horsemen guarding the side, and two thousand infantry scattered behind him, surrounding the huge Liu manor.

There is a way to capture the thief and capture the king first, Zhang He personally came to arrest Liu Deran this time and returned to Zhuo County, as for the rest of the people in Liu's manor, if they don't want to die too quickly, then stay inside honestly and wait for the fate of the eldest prince.

After a while, Liu Deran helped an old man with white hair to the gate of the manor.

The father and son came to stand in front of Zhang He's horse, and the old man looked up at Zhang He tremblingly and said: "Contemptible Liu Yuanqi, this is my son Liu Deran, I don't know what the general wants to lead the army to besiege my Liujiazhuang to death?" ”

Zhang He snorted coldly, didn't plan to get off the horse, and said indifferently: "What have you done, you know it in your heart, do you have to tell the hundreds of thousands of people in Zhuo County to know?" There are still a few people from your Liu family imprisoned in the dungeon of Zhuo County, if you are not convinced, let you face each other when the time comes! ”

Liu Yuanqi has been in charge of the Liu family for decades, and he has seen a lot of winds and waves, and he was not frightened by Zhang He's words at this time, but said slowly: "Even if the people you caught really have something to do with my Liujiazhuang, it doesn't prove anything." My Liu family has a big business, and it is not uncommon for a few chickens and dogs to steal occasionally, who knows if they were beaten into a trick by you, just to embezzle my Liu family's business! ”

Zhang He was too lazy to talk nonsense with the two people in front of him, and said with a cold face: "No matter how clever your father and son are today, you have to go with me to Zhuoxian!" I'll just say it once, if someone in the Liu Manor dares to come out to stop it, I will immediately order the slaughter of the village! ”

Liu Deran tugged at his father's sleeve, shook his head to signal that there was no need to resist meaninglessly, and then said to Zhang He: "My father and I will just go with you, it just so happens that I have something I want to say clearly in front of Liu Gongzi, and please don't poison the innocent women and children in Liu's manor!" ”

"Come on, escort these two convicted people back to Zhuo County! Everyone in Liujiazhuang heard clearly, you and the others intended to murder the Tiger Ben Zhonglang General, the embroidered imperial history Liu Shiren Liu, today I will only arrest the first evil, and the rest of the people will wait for the son to fall, and they must not take half a step out of this village, otherwise they will be killed! ”

After Zhang He shouted these words to the village, he left a thousand infantry to guard the outside of the village, and then turned his horse and left......

In the vicinity of Zhuoxian, similar arrests occurred from time to time, and all the families involved in the murder of the eldest prince, no matter how powerful and powerful they were in the local area, were all taken to Zhuoxian, and the manor was guarded by soldiers.

All of a sudden, there was a lot of rumors inside and outside Zhuo County, and everyone who did not know the situation panicked, and all kinds of rumors began to spread.

Guo Jia and Xu Miao had long expected such a situation, and before the situation deteriorated further, they sent a huge "propaganda team" to the countryside and villages, and began to tell the ordinary people what happened by the Shengshui River a few days ago, exposing the ugly faces of these wealthy families.

Now everyone understands that the feeling is not that the eldest prince has fallen in love with the family business of these wealthy families, but that these wealthy families have died by themselves, and they have to fight with the invincible eldest prince who swept Youzhou!

In addition to publicizing and exposing the truth, the specially trained propaganda team members also took the opportunity to introduce various preferential policies to the people of Shanggu and Daijun, reminding them to keep their eyes open and recognize who is the great savior of the poor, and not to be instigated and used by the big families and kept in the dark.

Liu Deran's intention to incite the people to rebel, and his calculation of coercing Liu He to make concessions completely failed. Although there was chaos outside the city, the inside of Zhuoxian County was orderly and completely under Zhang He's control.

After Zhang He escorted Liu Deran and his son back to the city that day, Liu He met Liu Deran without anything, wanting to hear what else this guy who wore the same pants as Liu Bei had to say.

Liu Deran faced Liu He and frankly admitted that he was the mastermind of this interception and killing, and now he only wants to die, but intentionally or unintentionally threatens Liu He not to kill the Liu family, otherwise a riot will happen immediately.

Liu He was most annoyed that others were using innocent people as shields, so he rushed up and gave Liu Deran two big ear scrapes, and then asked Liu Deran why he wanted to murder himself in a deliberate manner, after all, everyone is surnamed Liu, maybe they were all descendants of Gaozu Liu Bang hundreds of years ago, even if they didn't think about the same clan, they couldn't commit such a suicide path.

Liu Deran denounced Liu He for hypocrisy, just wanting to buy the hearts of the poor people, but he was dissatisfied with the real family family, suppressed and restricted everywhere, and sooner or later would be overthrown by the family family.

Liu He was very depressed in his heart, thinking that he had really gone so far?

Liu He asked Liu Deran again if he was instructed by someone else this time, and if he was really instructed by someone, as long as Liu Deran said the name of that person, Liu He would consider lightly sending the Liu family in Luozhuo County.

Liu Deran laughed loudly, not moved by Liu He's persuasion, and insisted that this matter was done by him alone, and had nothing to do with other people in the clan.

Liu He, who was bored with himself, asked Liu Deran to take him down, then turned his head and asked Guo Jia: "According to Fengxiao's view, has this Liu Deran been secretly instigated and bewitched by Liu Bei in Qingzhou?" ”

Guo Jia replied: "This person is determined, cool-headed, and speaks in an orderly manner, and he can't hear any clues from his words alone. ”

"It's hard to do, cut him with a knife, it's really cheap! If you don't kill him, you can't make sense of it, what do you think I should do? ”

"Regardless of whether this matter has anything to do with Qingzhou Liu Bei or not, the son might as well plant this matter on Liu Bei's head, let people hype it up, and then take a look at Liu Bei's reaction. If Liu Bei resolutely denied it and tried his best to dissociate himself from this matter, it would let the world see his ruthless and fortunate temperament; If Liu Bei is willing to risk provoking you and send someone to rescue Liu Deran, it proves that this matter is indeed related to him, and he can take the opportunity to knock him on a bamboo pole! ”

"What good can I get from Liu Bei, a poor ghost?" Liu He said a little depressedly.

"Childe, has you forgotten that Liu Bei has a Tian Yu by her side? This person is from Youzhou Yongnu, and now he has no chance behind Liu Bei, if he takes the opportunity to dig it up this time, not only can he weaken Liu Bei, but Gongzi can also have many available people. ”

"Fengxiao's idea is not bad, but the twisted melon is not sweet, in case Tian Yu has a bad heart and pretends to return to Youzhou to do things, but secretly acts as an undercover agent for Liu Bei, aren't we asking for our own hardship?"

"These are all later words, let's get people back to Youzhou first." (To be continued......)