Chapter 267: The Mastermind Behind the Scenes
Hearing that Liu Ze compared him with Yang Xiong, a famous scholar of the former Han Dynasty, a smile appeared on Tian Feng's indifferent face. "Liu is too conservative and praised, what virtue does Feng have, dare to compare with Yang Ziyun?"
Liu Ze just copied and sold it, copied Liu Yuxi's famous article to praise Tian Feng, and sure enough, people like high hats, and the atmosphere of the talks was also a lot more harmonious. After a few words, Liu Ze changed his words and talked about the general trend of the world.
Sure enough, this topic is the strength of celebrities, Tian Feng is full of energy, and he talks eloquently, from the disaster of the Yellow Turban to Dong Zhuo's chaotic government, commenting on the country and the world. Liu Ze was surprised to find that Tian Feng's insights coincided with him in many places, and he even asserted that Dong Zhuo would not die well, and in the later Dong Zhuo era, it would be a group of heroes rising together, and the princes would compete for hegemony. Moreover, Tian Feng also put forward the idea of coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and Liu Ze couldn't help but secretly raise his fingers. Cao Cao is relying on this great national policy to dominate the crowd, in history Tian Feng had rushed to Cao Cao before Yuan Shao proposed a plan to welcome the princes of the Son of Heaven, but Yuan Shao did not adopt, but was robbed by Cao Cao.
Liu Ze euphemistically said that he wanted to invite Tian Feng to come out, but Tian Feng said with a smile that he had already agreed to Yuan Shao and serve as a driver in Jizhou. Liu Ze sighed secretly, it seemed that he was still a step too late, so Yuan Shao got it first. However, from Tian Feng's mouth, he praised Yuan Shao very much, even if Liu Ze arrived first, he might not be able to invite others.
Yuan Shao IV and the third duke, famous in the sea, as the leader of the alliance, the leader of the group, now more Jizhou, the army is wide, the strength is strong, people who have not had much contact will regard Yuan Shao as a generation of overlords. Compared with Yuan Shao, Liu Ze is much inferior. Born in a declining clan, a peddler and a pawn, although he has the name of breaking the yellow scarf, but now he is just a small Taishou, leading a county, and the powerful Yuan Shaona is really incomparable.
Most of the current celebrities are dormant in the wilderness and have not yet taken refuge in various forces, but these celebrities have been waiting for the price to be sold, at least the price offered by Yuan Shao is not to be driven in Jizhou. Liu Ze can't give it. Baume & Mercier serves. It is a two-way choice in itself, if Baume & Mercier himself has determined the object of refuge, others want to fight for it is also a try to climb to the sky.
The process of getting Jia Xu is indeed a stroke of genius for Liu Ze, but it is also irreproducible. Since Tian Feng is determined to follow Yuan Shao. Liu Ze could only give up helplessly. I sighed in my heart. Tian Feng's final fate will be to be killed in prison by Yuan Shao, a generation of celebrities, but embarked on this road of no return. And irretrievable, how not to sigh.
In the end, Liu Ze gave up his hand and returned to the plain with some regrets. Although Liu Ze had a premonition before the trip, after the real failure, he couldn't help but sigh.
Pan Feng mobilized the power of the Jinying Guard and purged the Bloody Hand Hall, a killer organization located in the Hebei area. Although the Bloody Hand Hall was in an underground secret state, the power of the Golden Eagle Guard was almost pervasive, and within three days, they smashed the lair of the Bloody Hand Hall, completely destroyed the organization of the Bloody Hand Hall, and at the same time obtained the information they wanted in the headquarters of the Blood Hand Hall.
"Liu Ping? Unthinkable that he was the one who hired the assassin to carry out the assassination? Liu Ze glanced at the report and was slightly surprised. Originally, he thought that these assassins were likely sent by the Yuan brothers or Liu Dai Kongling, but he never imagined that they would be instigated by Liu Ping, the former governor of the Plains Kingdom. Liu Ping and Liu Ze have a deep grudge, and it is reasonable to buy murderous assassins, but Liu Ze is very curious, it stands to reason that according to Liu Ping's personality and character, he can endure it until now before he does it, that is what he thinks.
"The subordinates have found out that Liu Ping spent five million dollars to buy the assassination of the Bloody Hand Hall this time, and all the contact matters were handled by Liu Wang, the housekeeper of the Liu Mansion."
"Five million? Liu Ping spared no expense this time, but unfortunately he was beaten by meat buns, and there was no return. ”
After the subordinates cleared the bloody hand hall, they secretly arrested Liu Wang, the housekeeper of the Liu Mansion for the first time, and after torture, Liu Wang has confessed, this assassination, Liu Ping is indeed the mastermind, and the other big families in the plain, the Qian family, the Sun family, and the Bai family have all participated, and they have all paid different amounts of money. How to dispose of it is subject to the Lord's announcement. ”
Liu Ze pondered for a while, the Shijia Hao clan of the Plains has been fighting with him since he entered Pingyuan County as the county commander, because the contradiction in the matter of verifying the fields has intensified to the point of irreconcilability, but because Liu Ze has the soldiers and horses of the Plains in his hands, they have been holding back and dare not openly oppose him. But these nobles have always been a hidden danger, and perhaps this opportunity can be used to eradicate them in one fell swoop.
"Is Liu Ping still in the city at this time?"
"Liu Ping was a thief with a weak heart, and after hearing that the lord was returning to the city, he fled to Liujiawu Fort in the west of the city as soon as possible, and the heads of the other families also took refuge in Wubao."
"How are the defenses of Liujiawu Fort?"
"Liu Ping is the first wealthy family in the plains, rich and powerful, there are thousands of soldiers under his command, Wu Fort is made of bricks and stones, both high and thick, if our army wants to attack, although it is not difficult to overcome, but the cost of casualties is definitely not small."
Liu Ze thought about it, already had an idea, and said, "Call the son in front of me, I have something to discuss." ”
Liu Ping was a little uneasy at the moment, he couldn't imagine that the famous killer organization Blood Hand Hall would actually fail to assassinate, although he felt sorry for the five million money that was lost, but he was more worried that this matter would inevitably attract Liu Ze's crazy revenge. Although the reputation of the Bloody Hand Hall is good, even if it fails, it may not confess the mastermind, but Liu Ping did not dare to take risks, and after hearing the news that Liu Ze had returned to the city safely, he immediately moved his family out of the city and arrived at his Liu family's Wubao in the west of the city. In addition, Bai Jing and Squire Qian, Squire Sun, got the news, and also rushed to Liujiawu Fort to discuss countermeasures.
Bai Jing was arrested for the crime of concealing acres of land and evading taxes, and was originally going to be sentenced to exile in Liaodong, but it was because Lin Hai moved the back door of the Yuan family that he was exempted from exile, but most of the Bai family's property was confiscated by Liu Ze, and the remaining money spent a lot of money everywhere, and the Bai family was truly defeated. Bai Jing hated Liu Ze to the core, so this time Liu Ping was ready to hire assassins to deal with Liu Ze, he was the first to stand up and do his best to support, and also sold the only remaining land in the family and scraped together more than one million dollars to give to Liu Ping.
The disappearance of the housekeeper Liu Wang made Liu Ping even more uneasy, this time the assassins were hired by Liu Wang, but Liu Wang handled it single-handedly, if he fell into the hands of Liu Ze, then the matter would be completely exposed.
To tell the truth, Liu Ping's assassination has been planned for a long time, and in Pingyuan County, Liu Ze's subordinates are heavily guarded, and Liu Ping has no chance to attack at all. Finally found out that Liu Ze left Pingyuan City and only went to Qinghe Country with a dozen entourages, Liu Ping was secretly happy, saying that God helped me, and immediately contacted the Blood Hand Hall, asking them to act immediately, set up an ambush halfway, and assassinate Liu Ze. The Bloody Hand Hall also understood that Liu Ze was a hard bone to gnaw, so they also opened their mouths, asked for a commission of five million yuan, and sent the most elite masters in the hall to set up an ambush in Qinghe.
Unexpectedly, Liu Ze was not only safe and sound, but most of the assassins of the Bloody Hand Hall who carried out the assassination were killed, but Liu Ping was very disappointed.
Squire Qian looked like he was crying and mourning, and wailed: "I said it all, this Liu Ze is not easy to mess with, this is good, stealing chickens is not a loss of rice, Liu Ze has the right to soldiers, can we fight him?" "Squire Qian has always been cautious, originally he was unwilling to contribute to the conspiracy this time, but he couldn't stand Bai Jing's fanning the flames, so he took out hundreds of thousands of dollars and invested in the shares.
Liu Ping's face was blue and he didn't speak. Bai Jingzhi stepped forward to persuade: "Old Qian, don't feel sorry for those money, Liu Ze and we are enemies who don't share the sky, with him, none of us want to turn over!" This matter has been forced to this point, either he dies or we die! ”
"He can't die, even the assassins of the Bloody Hand Hall can't help him, what can we do against him? I don't feel sorry for the hundreds of thousands of dollars, if Liu Ze retaliates, we will all be finished. ”
"Revenge?" Liu Ping snorted twice and said, "Don't worry, my Wu Fort is impregnable, and tens of thousands of people from the Yellow Turban Army came to attack it for ten days and ten nights, but it was not defeated." He Liu Ze wants to take down my Liu Jiawu Fort, and he is also a pipe dream! ”
Bai Jing said flatteringly: "The walls of this Wu Fort are thicker than those of the state city, even if Liu Ze has the ability, he will not be able to capture Wu Bao." ”
Liu Ping said a little smugly: "Everyone, please rest assured, the grain stored in Wubao is enough for us for three years, and we can rest easy." ”
Squire Qian wiped the sweat from his forehead, although he was still relieved, but now he was already riding a tiger, and he couldn't get down if he wanted to.
At this moment, the subordinate came in in a panic to report: "Master, something is wrong, there are a lot of officers and soldiers outside, and they have surrounded Wu Fort." ”
Squire Qian was originally holding a tea bowl, but when he heard the news, his hands couldn't help but tremble, and the tea bowl fell to the ground and shattered, his face turned pale, and he said in horror: "It's here...... Here it ......."
Liu Ping calmed down, snorted coldly, and said with a gloomy face: "What a panic!" Let's go, go out and have a look! ”
A few people came to the enemy tower of Wu Fort, and looked at it, the officers and soldiers outside the fort were clearly lined up, holding the banner of the plain guard, and the first general, it was Sima Guanhai of the other department, riding a tall horse, and shouted: "Liu Ping, a criminal, plotted to assassinate the county guard, and committed the following crimes, and did not quickly open the gate of the fort and go out of the city to be bound!" ”
Liu Ping saw that Guan Hai was only carrying thousands of soldiers and horses, and he was in a good mood, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be Guan Sima, hehe, if you have the ability, you can come in and get people yourself." ”
Guan Hai sneered: "Liu Ping, can you stop this broken city wall?" ”
Liu Ping laughed and said, "If you have a kind, let the horse come!" Archers, prepare! (To be continued......)