"What? The Nanyang Zhao family has changed hands? Zhao Moqian has placed Zhao Shixiu under house arrest and has become the new head of the Nanyang Zhao family?"

Xinyang County Ya, Lu Yuan looked at Zhao Zifan who came to report the news with a surprised expression.

Zhao Zifan's expression was sluggish, his face was frightened, and he muttered: "Zhao Moqian is crazy, not only imprisoned his father, but also deceived the elders of the Zhao family in the entire Nanyang City, and all the deacons everywhere to the Zhao family's mansion, anyone who does not support him as the head of the Zhao family, let him kill him, even my mother, was killed!"

"Zhao Moqi, he's crazy! No, he's a madman!" Zhao Zifan said viciously: "You want to avenge me, as long as you kill Zhao Moqian for me, you can do whatever you ask me to do." ”

Looking at Zhao Zifan with an excited face, Lu Yuan looked at Wang Mang, Wang Mang frowned slightly, the changes in the Zhao family were not in his plan, but thinking about it carefully, on the whole, no matter how big the changes in the Zhao family are, it seems that it will not affect the overall situation, after all, whoever is the head of the Zhao family will not get along with him friendly.

Thinking of this, Wang Mang first appeased Zhao Zifan and said: "Zhao Zifan, don't be excited, since you are doing things for the court, then your business is the affairs of the court, and the court will not care about this matter, you can rest assured." ”

Although Zhao Zifan didn't believe it in his heart, he had nothing else to rely on now, so he could only trust Wang Mang, so he made a grateful cry and said, "I have thanked the two adults here first." ”

Wang Mang and Lu Yuan glanced at each other, and Lu Yuan said: "Zhao Zifan, how did you know the news of the Zhao family in Nanyang." ”

"It was my mother's men who risked their lives to escape from Nanyang City and told me. Zhao Zifan cried: "I know what the two adults want, although Zhao Moqian has almost cleaned up the forces of our mother and son in Nanyang, but that is only the forces on the surface, and there are some forces in the secret, I can use them here, in addition, after Zhao Moqian came to power, the second and third children have no support, they also have some forces under them, and at the same time, there are some people in my father who can use them......"

Zhao Zifan began to blow up his strength, but Zhao Zifan was stupid, he went to the doctor when he was sick, or Zhao Zifan had a bad brain, if Zhao Zhiheng and Zhao Si were here, although they would also blow up their strength, they would not say so much, and even some rather secret channels were explained to Wang Mang and the others.

Faced with Zhao Zifan's sincere attitude, Lu Yuan suddenly said: "Zhao Zifan, if Zhao Zhiheng and Zhao Si are gone, can you command their men?"

Yes?

Zhao Zifan looked at Lu Yuan suddenly, and after a while, he understood what Lu Yuan meant, and then said with great joy: "As long as they die, their subordinates will only take refuge in me, after all, they can still live with me, and if they go to seek refuge with Zhao Moqi, that madman, they will only find death!"

"Good. Lu Yuan smiled and didn't speak.

Waiting for Zhao Zifan to leave, Wang Mang and Lu Yuan frowned at the same time, Wang Mang said: "This father and son of the Zhao family are really wonderful, Zhao Shixiu doesn't treat his son as a son, and Zhao Moqian and they don't treat Zhao Shixiu as a father, I dare to say, if he just told Zhao Zifan and helped him get rid of Zhao Shixiu by the way, he would definitely be very happy." ”

"The existence of the Zhao family is simply a shame for the imperial court, a group of disloyal, unrighteous, unfilial and unkind people, all of them are dead, and the world is quiet!" Lu Yuan said disdainfully, his Lu family has always been known for unity and friendship, and has always paid attention to the filial piety of fathers and sons, brothers and brothers, and he looks down on people like the Zhao family.

Wang Mang also looked down on the Zhao family, and even said with some disgust: "Originally, I wanted to support Zhao Zifan, let him succeed him as the new head of the Zhao family, and take the new four families to serve the court, but now it seems that the mud really can't support the wall." ”

"What about the two in the prison?" Lu Yuan asked.

"Continue to keep it closed, you can also probe the tone of the two of them by the way, if it is like Zhao Zifan, I don't think there is any need to keep it. Wang Mang said with a cold face: "Originally, they were kept to deal with Zhao Shixiu, but now the head of the Zhao family has been replaced by a madman like Zhao Moqi, and it's useless to keep it, so if it doesn't work, just deal with it." ”

"Deal with it?" Lu Yuan's expression moved, and he suddenly said, "If you really want to deal with them, I have a good idea here." ”

"Oh?" Wang Mang looked at Lu Yuan curiously, and Lu Yuan told Wang Mang of his plan in his ear, Wang Mang smiled and said, "Yes, just do as you say." ”

At the same time, Zhou Caiqun sweated profusely and rushed into the county office, everyone in the county government knew that this was a disciple of Nanyang Ling Zhang Han, and he made great efforts to exterminate Zhao Zhiheng and his group, so he was released all the way to the green light.

As soon as he saw Wang Mang, Zhou Caiqun said: "My lord, it's not good, Nanyang has changed greatly!"

Wang Mang and Lu Yuan had already learned the news of Nanyang from Zhao Zifan, and they were not surprised, so they directly ordered Zhou Caiqun to sit down and said, "But the Zhao family in Nanyang has changed hands." ”

It was this incident that Zhao Moqian placed Zhao Shixiu under house arrest and became the head of the Zhao family in Nanyang. Only then did Zhou Caiqun find that Wang Mang and the others looked calm, and they looked stunned, and couldn't help but say: "The two adults already know about this?"

"Just learned. Wang Mang smiled: "Look at your sweaty head, you should have just learned about it." ”

"I just learned about it. Zhou Caiqun shook his head and said: "The teacher sent a letter to tell me that the situation in Nanyang has changed greatly, Zhao Moqian succeeded to the head of the Zhao family, and the power of the entire Zhao family was integrated, under the banner of the four major families, and rushed to the three families of Qian, Sun, and Li, preparing to integrate the power of the four major families in one fell swoop, and I don't know what this madman is going to do next." ”

"What?" Lu Yuan said in surprise: "Zhao Moqian wants to unify the four major families?"

Zhou Caiqun was stunned for a moment and said, "You don't know?"

"We just heard that Zhao Moqian became the head of the Zhao family, and we don't know anything else. Wang Mang glanced at Lu Yuan, and immediately understood that Zhao Zifan should not have told the truth just now, and he had hidden a lot of things from the two of them intentionally or unintentionally, after all, what Zhou Caiqun knew, Zhao Zifan should not know.

"Hey!" Zhou Caiqun sighed and said: "Zhao Moqian is ambitious, ready to unify the four major families, all the forces of the entire four major families, if he succeeds, Zhao Moqian will have a huge force, the teacher is very vigilant about this, and sent me a letter overnight, asking me to inform the two adults, be careful of Zhao Moqian." ”

Wang Mang looked at Zhou Caiqun, his expression moved, and he suddenly asked, "What do you think about this matter?"

"Two adults, I also analyzed this matter on the way here. Zhou Caiqun pondered for a moment and said: "Judging from the current situation, the imperial court seems to be preparing to make a move against the four major families of Nanyang, if the four major families are separated and their forces are scattered, they will definitely not be able to defeat the imperial court, but if the four major families are integrated into one family, they can almost possess the entire land of Sanyang, and at that time, even if the imperial court wants to move them, it will be difficult in the general situation where the southern rebels still exist." ”

After a pause, Zhou Caiqun continued: "In my opinion, Zhao Moqian is fighting this attention, he wants to grab time with the imperial court, and before the imperial court starts, he must first integrate the power of the four major families, and then, whether it is to fight against the imperial court according to the land of Sanyang, or to take the land of Sanyang to the imperial court, Zhao Moqian will have a good future, it is the art of war that can be attacked, retreated, and defended, Zhao Moqian is really a terrible person, but he underestimated him before!"

After listening to Zhou Caiqun's words, Wang Mang nodded secretly, closed his eyes, thought about it, and looked at Lu Yuandao: "The original plan doesn't work, since Zhao Moqian wants to fight with us on time, then let's start first." ”