In the early morning, the morning dew gradually evaporated with the arrival of the sun, but it was a little cold in the governor's mansion.

In the interrogation room in the backyard of the Governor's Mansion, the interrogation room here is less eerie and terrifying than the edict of Dali Temple, but it is like a place to drink tea and chat.

Li Yuanba sat on a soft couch, looked at Zheng Rong, who was sitting across a table from him, and said:

"Let's talk about it, why did you take the initiative to contact the Goguryeo people this time, and nearly 60,000 weapons and armor are definitely not something that your Xingyang Zheng family alone can bear! Say, what are you doing with the five surnames and seven hopes? ”

After Zheng Rong heard Li Yuanba's words, his expression changed slightly, and he struggled in his heart for a while before he sighed and said:

"Sure enough, I can't hide anything from the prince!"

"Say that those useless things are wrong, you better hurry up and explain honestly!"

Li Yuanba is not interested in knowing whether Zheng Rong's praise is sincere, he only wants to know what the hell the five surnamed Qiwang are doing.

"Lord Wang, although the little one does not have a high status in the Zheng clan, what he knows is far from what a normal clansman can know!"

Raising his head, Zheng Rong looked at Li Yuanba for the first time, "My status in the clan is embarrassing, one is because my father is Zheng Changsheng, and the other is because I am from a concubine, and my status is low, the clansmen look down on me, and even the subordinates are secretly talking about me!" ”

Seeing that Li Yuanba frowned when he heard this, Zheng Rong knew that his words seemed to be off-topic, but he still continued:

"Fortunately, I worked hard and took care of some of the business that my family handed over to me in good order! That's why I was able to get in touch with a lot of family secrets! ”

Finally got to the point: "Since the failure of our five surnames and seven wangs in Chang'an City, in fact, every family is afraid of death, for fear that the imperial court army will overwhelm the realm and wipe out our entire clan!" But as time goes by, and the actions of the imperial court, we think that the imperial court seems to have forgotten us! ”

"Humph!"

Hear here. Li Yuanba snorted lightly.

As Zheng Rong said, since the Chinese New Year to the present, the court has been busy with affairs every day, where is there so much time to deal with the five surnames and seven wangs, and then compared with the current imperial court, the five surnames and seven wangs are like children who have just learned to walk, but the court has become Robles, there is no comparison.

Regarding Li Yuanba's attitude, Zheng Rongquan didn't see it, and he continued:

"So. Taking this opportunity, we plan to befriend foreign barbarians, and sell all the properties of our five surnames and seven wangs in Datang, and then move the family to foreign barbarians, so that the Tang court has no way to take us! ”

"The Ju clan moved to Fanbang Waiyi!" Li Yuanba was stunned for a moment, "After that, you chose Goguryeo?" ”

"The previous five patriarchs chose the Wa Kingdom, but at this moment, the battle of Goguryeo for the emperor was about to break out, and the Goguryeo people came to Dengju to buy weapons and armor on the black market at this juncture, so the five patriarchs went through some discussions. Aiming for Goguryeo! ”

The reason why it is not the seven patriarchs is because it does not include the Li clan of Longxi and the Cui clan of Qinghe.

The former is Li Yuanba's own family, the Li royal family; As for the latter, it has been destroyed by Li Shimin.

Zheng Rong saw that Li Yuanba's face was a little calm. Knowing that this master was in thought, he simply stopped talking until Li Yuanba waved his hand and motioned for him to continue. That's what he said:

"Based on the insights of several patriarchs, they all believe that the Quan clan can achieve the final victory and reach the top of the royal family! Yes. We originally wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to sell weapons and armor to be able to go to Pyongyang City to meet Quan Gaesu-moon and reach some agreement, but this first step has not been completed, and you will ...... it."

Speaking of this, Zheng Rong's face appeared bitter, and his expression was also very lonely.

After listening to Zheng Rong's narration, Li Yuanba was silent for a while, and then said: "This king will go to verify whether what you say is true or false, if what you say is true, then this king will be the master and let go of the Wang family in your lineage; But if you dare to deceive this king, this king will punish you nine clans! ”

"Don't dare, how dare the little one deceive the prince!"

Li Yuanba's words were a little heavy, and the timid Zheng Rong was almost so frightened that he slipped off the chair, and hurriedly assured Li Yuanba, and swore an oath.

"Alright, it's useless to say it yourself! The king will find out! ”

Li Yuanba dropped a sentence lightly, turned around and left.

……

Shangzhang Town, which is quite far away from Dengzhou, is located in Xingyang, and the Xingyang Zheng family in the five surnames and seven hopes lives here.

In the ancestral house of the Zheng family, in the huge mahogany hall, Zheng Changsheng, who has a childish face and a silver-white short beard under his chin, sits on the main seat.

And sitting next to him is the person from the main line of the Zheng family on the left, and the person from the branch line of the Zheng family is on the right, and there are about twenty people together.

"Patriarch, our goods were sent out when the news came back the day before yesterday, and the time should have arrived in Goguryeo Bihua City, right?"

Zheng Changhua, the patriarch of the Zheng family's branch, knocked on the table and said to the old man sitting on the main seat.

"Hmm!"

Zheng Changsheng, the patriarch of the Zheng clan, nodded slightly and said, "Is there a letter sent back?" ”

"Not yet, but it should be soon!" Zheng Changhua shook his head and said, "Although Zheng Rong, this kid is from a humble background, he is still very cautious and careful in handling things!" ”

"That's good!" Zheng Changsheng shrugged noncommittally and continued: "But don't go wrong at this juncture, he is the future ...... of our major families."

"Father, don't worry! I've got people next to my big brother, and they'll keep us informed at any time! ”

Zheng Changsheng's voice landed, and a young man dressed in a gorgeous brocade robe, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, who looked no more than twenty-three or four, said with disdain on his face:

"Second uncle, you trust him, but it doesn't mean that I also trust him! If he messes up this matter, the foundation of our Zheng family will be completely ruined! ”

"You...... The young and the old are orderly, no matter how he says he is also your brother, how can you do this? ”

Zheng Changhua's face was a little red, after all, some people can say some things, but some people are embarrassed to say it.

"He is a member of your lineage, what does it have to do with our main lineage? I just told the truth and did the real thing! ”

The young man did not realize his mistake, but became justified.

"Yu'er, how do you speak, quickly apologize to your second uncle!"

Zheng Changsheng, who was sitting on the main seat, glared at Zheng Yu fiercely, and his voice was a little stern.

Just when Zheng Yu wanted to defend a few more sentences, a small guy ran in, still holding a snow-white pigeon in his hand.

The little guy shouted out of breath while running: "Young master, young master, yes, there is news back!" (To be continued......)