"Sir, the people from the capital have arrived." The servants came in and said.

The other iron ball in Guan Mingjue's hand also fell to the ground with a bang, he was really afraid of something, and the people in the capital actually arrived in advance.

"Who is here?" He asked in a deep voice.

"It's an entourage, let the little one tell the big master, tomorrow, please take people to the Qiaohe Inn with Master Tao." The servant said, holding a slip of paper in both hands.

Guan Mingjue took the paper post, the big red dark flower post, and there was just one word written on it - Yang.

There is no official title, not even a name list, only a Yang character.

A simple word, but it made Guan Mingjue feel a huge pressure.

In the whole world, with just one word, people can feel coerced, I'm afraid only the Yang family.

Yang Feng, the protector of the country, will rank third in Xiaoyun 24, the younger brother of the Empress Dowager.

Eight years ago, the crown prince died, and Emperor Taizu made a big trip, and it was Yang Feng, the protector of the country, who led the five-year-old imperial grandson into the Jinluan Palace, and hugged the little emperor with a frightened face on the dragon chair.

After the little emperor ascended the throne, Yang Feng asked himself to pass the title to his eldest son Yang Min, and the Yang family also became the first family in the history of Great Qi to attack the lord without death.

The following year, Feiyuwei found out that Shen Yi intended to rebel and punished the nine clans.

Shen Yi's case is widely implicated, in addition to the relatives of the nine clans of the Shen family, Shen Yi's students are also affected, only in the cabinet there are three elders who have been implicated, Mei Yayong, a scholar of Wuyingdian University in the Ministry of War, died in the imperial prison torture, the adult male of the Mei family was distributed 3,000 li, and the female dependents were demoted to official slaves; Huang Wanqiu, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, is the in-law of the Shen family, Huang Wanqiu and his eldest son Huang Jing were demoted to Guangxi, and they died in office in less than three years; The Yellow River flooded, Xing Shengyun, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, personally rushed to Henan, died in the line of duty, his family in the capital escaped from the capital overnight after hearing the news, and before Baoding Mansion, he encountered the robbery of the homeless, and the whole family died.

So far, Shen Yi and his party have been completely lost.

A year later, the imperial court abolished the cabinet, and the Empress Dowager, the old protector Yang Feng, the Dingguo Duke Xiao Changdun, and the Ministry of Shangshu Mao Yuanjiu jointly supervised the country and assisted the emperor.

Among the four people in the prison country, the Empress Dowager and Yang Feng are sisters and brothers, and Mao Yuanjiu, the secretary of the ministry, is Yang Feng's son-in-law.

And the other prisoner Xiao Changdun is the son of Xiao Yuan, the old Dingguo Gong, and is Yang Feng's junior. Xiao Yuan, the old Dingguo Gong, is the head of the twenty-four generals of Xiaoyun, he has been dead for many years, and he only has two sons under his knees, the eldest son Xiao Changdun and the second son Xiao Changhou. When the crown prince died and the first emperor was seriously ill, in order to stabilize the overall situation, Empress Yang at that time, who is now the empress dowager, ordered no mourning, and even blocked the news that the dragon was sick, so as not to take the opportunity to attack.

However, Feiyuwei intercepted a letter, which was written by Xiao Changdun's brother Xiao Changhou to Zhou Huan, the king of Qin, in which Xiao Changhou revealed the affairs of the prince and the emperor to the king of Qin.

When the King of Qin was young, he was not yet a vassal and often hunted and traveled with the noble children in the capital, and Xiao Changhou was his childhood playmate.

Before the letter could be delivered to King Qin, it was intercepted by the Flying Fish Guard. After Xiao Changdun learned about it, he offered the head of his younger brother Xiao Changhou the next day.

Xiao Changhou's head hung at the gate of the city for three whole months, and the people in the capital still changed color when they mentioned it.

And it is said that this is also Xiao Changdun's initiative to ask, it was he who asked to hang his brother's head above the city gate as an example.

This head kept the Xiao family and the title of Duke of Dingguo, it is conceivable that Xiao Changdun's move of selling his brother to seek glory was also pointed out by Qianfu, Xiao Changdun is also modest, silent and introverted, although he has the heavy responsibility of supervising the country, but among these four people, he is also an ornament.

The Empress Dowager and Yang Feng have been in power since then, and the Yang family is the first of the well-deserved Great Qi.

Next year, the emperor is about to get married, and the queen candidate is Yang Lanshu, the niece and granddaughter of the empress dowager, and the harem of Daqi will usher in another Empress Yang.

Guan Mingjue's hand holding the paper slip trembled slightly, he knew that someone would come to the capital, but he didn't expect that the person who came would actually be from the Yang family.

"Maybe it's just a protégé or a Qingke of the Yang family, in a small place like Shangqiao Town, the Yang family won't send important people over."

Guan Mingjue comforted himself while asking people to arrange heavy gifts. Two hours later, a few silver tickets were delivered to Guan Mingjue.

Guan Mingjue sat at the table and was distracted for a long time. The Yang family came to pick up the child, but now the child is missing, and I hope that the people who come can delay it for a few days when they see these silver tickets.

Thinking of this, Guan Mingjue suddenly remembered that since Ah Si came back, he hadn't seen Tao Shiyi!

Thinking of Tao Shiyi, Guan Mingjue turned the iron balls in his hand with a gurgling sound, and he hated to smash all these iron balls on Tao Shiyi's head.

It's all because of this!

If there was no Guan family back then, how could the surnamed Tao gain a foothold in Shangqiao Town? If there is no Guan family, how can the Tao family marry the daughter of the Huang family? How could Tao Shiyi become the cousin of the Huang family and attract the attention of those big people in the capital?

This fool with no conscience, like his father, it was better for the old man to raise them than to raise a dog!

"Where is Tao Shiyi?" Guan Mingjue asked.

"Now it's in the back room." It was Ah Si who spoke, Tao Shiyi was brought back by him, Guan Mingjue was busy preparing the silver, and did not continue to ask about tonight's affairs, Ah Si asked Tao Shiyi to be locked up first.

"Bring him here." Guan Mingjue's voice was as cold as ice, he had to think about it, what use was Tao Shiyi, yes, since the people of the Yang family came, then he couldn't rush to dispose of Tao Shiyi, if Tao Shiyi died, who would carry the pot?

Ah Si responded and personally went to the back cover room to bring Tao Shiyi.

This is not the Guan family's mansion, just a small courtyard of Guan Mingjue in the town, but everything that can't see the light, Guan Mingjue is here.

The small courtyard is very simple, the so-called back cover room, that is, the two small rooms built behind the main house.

Tao Shiyi is locked up here.

The two subordinates were standing against the wall, talking in a low voice, and when they saw Ah Si coming over, the two hurriedly stopped talking and stood with their heads held high.

"Fourth brother, are you here?" The two said respectfully.

"How about the surname Tao?" Ah Si asked.

"That kid was injured, we have seen it, it was a knife wound, and the injury was not serious, but looking at the surname Tao, it looks like he is dying, it's really useless." One of his subordinates sneered, "Yes, scholar, I'm afraid I've never been hurt in my life."

Ah Si hummed, took off the paper lantern hanging outside the door, and strode in.

The room was very small, and there was a tiger chair in the middle, and Tao Shiyi was tied to the tiger chair.

The light of the lantern shone on Tao Shiyi's body, Tao Shiyi's face was pale, and he was panting with his mouth wide open.