They know that things are failing, but they don't want to just admit defeat, after all, this is a family business for several generations, who doesn't make a lot of money?

How is it possible for them to stop? Not to mention that if Zhu Haoran really investigates something, they are afraid that not only will the family business be gone, but they may also be the life of the family.

This wine strengthens the gall, and evil is born from the side of the gall. If you can kill this Zhu Haoran, you can't say that things will turn around.

With this decision, the people who came to the door to assassinate almost did not hide it, and the means were endless, and it was impossible to prevent it.

The people around Zhu Haoran have to investigate and protect Zhu Haoran, and they are really lacking in skills.

Fortunately, An Huahao took the initiative to bring it up, and he was responsible for protecting Zhu Haoran closely.

It stands to reason that his request is very abrupt, especially at this sensitive and critical moment, it is really not easy to please this suggestion, and it is impossible to be suspected by Zhu Haoran.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Haoran not only did not doubt it, but also agreed, and took An Huahao with him at all times, and this case was not concealed at all.

Within two days, An Huahao figured out the ins and outs.

Qicheng's output is getting smaller and smaller, crying poverty with the imperial court, and the county orders who came to take office one by one either had an accident, or they squandered extravagance within a few years of coming.

After a long time, which emperor and minister are not fools, they became suspicious.

I had already sent someone to Qicheng to investigate secretly and found clues.

It's just that this place is almost impenetrable by the local snakes, and the imperial court has sent spies to lurk in Qicheng and keep an eye on it.

The ore handed over by Qi Cheng this year was only half of that of previous years, which really angered the current saints. It just so happened that Song Hong, the Duke of Weiguo, returned from guarding the frontier, and the monarch and the ministers got along.

The sage chatted with Song Hong about this, and Song Hong didn't know how, so he took the initiative to ask Ying to say that he was going to come to Jing County to see an old man, and he just took this opportunity to explore the details of Qi City.

Naturally, he couldn't ask for it today, so he let Song Hong take the lead and come to Qicheng with his own soldiers to find out, while Zhu Haoran cooperated with Song Hong and waited nearby.

As soon as Song Hong investigated some eyebrows, an urgent letter came from the capital, asking him to go back quickly, there was something important.

Song Hong had no choice but to leave Qicheng's side and rush back to the capital.

Before leaving, he handed over what he found to Zhu Haoran.

With these things from Song Hong, as long as Zhu Haoran takes some more time, he can also see Qi Cheng to check the bottom line.

I didn't expect them to be so mad.

The more ferocious the counterattack, the more it proves that there are ghosts.

Coupled with the iron-like evidence brought by An Huahao, Zhu Haoran had a bottom in his heart.

What he is waiting for now is that after Song Hong leaves, he will transfer a group of troops stationed in the nearest state capital to come over, and only after those garrisons come over will he be sure to take Qicheng. Gao Jin also seemed to mean this, to stab

There was an endless stream of people who were killed, either alone or in groups.

Although Zhu Haoran brought a good hand in the army given by the emperor, he couldn't stand the crowd, as the saying goes, ants bite elephants to death, twelve hours a day, you have to be vigilant at all times, and your iron body can't stand it.

There is always negligence, and the injury on An Huahao's body was suffered by Zhu Haoran the day before yesterday.

If it weren't for An Huahao's desperate rescue, I am afraid that Zhu Haoran would die of assassination, and as soon as Zhu Haoran died, An Huahao and they would probably be implicated.

Fortunately, at the most critical moment, the garrison arrived and surrounded the people.

Zhu Haoran was clearly besieged and killed, and the clay people have three points of anger, not to mention that he is a close minister of the Son of Heaven?

At the moment, he didn't care about resting, and directly ordered the garrison to kill people on the spot, and then rushed straight to Qi City.

When he arrived in Qicheng, he took advantage of the darkness to control the main roads of Qicheng.

As soon as the morning dawns, we must take the garrison and divide the troops into two routes, all the way to the private mines, and all the way to the county government, and strive to catch them all.

And An Huahao knew that his family was concerned about him, so he tried his best to go home, also to avoid tomorrow's encirclement.

Tomorrow's encirclement and suppression is the highlight, and it is also the road to promotion for many people, if this thing is done beautifully, you will be promoted to the third level when you go back.

Why did he rob these credits, it didn't make people red-eyed.

Zhu Haoran had to ask someone to send him back.

Anwaro said it was an understatement.

But Mei Xiaotong could hear the difficulties and dangers behind him, with his skills, he could be injured, and the situation was very critical at that time.

At the moment, his face softened: "Now that I'm back, with me, you can rest and sleep, and maybe Master Zhu and they will solve the matter when you wake up tomorrow." ”

An Huahao's eyes were all blue and black, and he hadn't slept for several days.

was originally supported by one breath, but at this moment, the daughter-in-law was softly persuading on the side, and she was particularly secure in herself.

After talking about what happened in the past few days, An Huahao couldn't bear it, and almost as soon as Mei Xiaotong's voice fell, he leaned on the pillow and fell asleep peacefully. As soon as the sky was bright, the officials who sent An Huahao back said goodbye and left.

Mei Xiaotong knew that the stakes were very high, and she didn't keep it, An Huahao didn't close her eyes for a few days and nights, and finally was able to sleep with peace of mind, and she was still asleep at the moment.

Mei Xiaotong apologized for him, and several officials didn't care at all, and said with relief: "Song Gongzi's hard work these days, our brothers have seen it, if it weren't for Song Gongzi's desperate rescue, my family would be more auspicious." Please also ask Song Gongzi to have a good rest, and when we adults have done things well, we will naturally invite Song Gongzi and his wife to drink celebration wine! ”

After that, he took his leave.

Seeing a few people disappear around the corner, I don't know if it was because I knew that Zhu Haoran was going to do it today, Mei Xiaotong felt that the atmosphere in Yongcheng this morning was extremely depressing.

The hospital was closed

door, Mei Xiaotong went to tell the Mei family again, even if the sky falls today, don't go out, and don't let people in.

From the dawn of the day, in the past, this time is the beginning of the morning market, the suburban farmers, the output of their own land to the county to sell, this is a major entry for the suburban farmers.

The women of each family, or the person in charge of the purchase, also went to the market to buy the vegetables they needed for the day, such as rice and noodles.

It's the beginning of life in the city, and it's the beginning of a day for many families.

Although the entrance and exit gates in the county town have been stricter recently, for those farmers who come into the city almost every day to sell vegetables, it is a little troublesome at best.

Therefore, in the past few days, everyone has tacitly waited at the city gate before dawn in the morning, waiting for the city gate to open to enter the city.

But today, when the sky was bright, the city gates had not yet been opened.

Faintly, from the city gate, there were also cries or screams in the county.

In addition to the farmers, merchants, and others waiting outside the city, their faces could not help but change when they heard this voice.

And some of the bold men went to the gate of the city, and looked inward, and the gate was closed, and they could see nothing.

Even those voices didn't sound so real because of the separation of the city gates.

After a while, the voices seemed to be gone, and nothing could be heard.

The people outside the city looked at each other, and they became more and more speculative about what was going on in the city.

After a while, there seemed to be someone talking in the city gate, and then there was the sound of neat footsteps.

Everyone took a few steps back nervously, staring at the city gate.

The city gate was not opened, but on the top of the city gate, a soldier in armor appeared, looked at the people at the city gate below, poked his head out, and shouted to the bottom: "If the city gate is not open today, everyone will disperse!" Come back in three days! Quickly retreat, if you linger at the city gate any longer, you will be killed! ”

Hearing this, the farmers and merchants still had the heart to stay, they all spread their legs and ran away, and they all hated their parents for giving birth to two legs for themselves at this time, and there was that timid, they didn't even want their own goods, and their lives mattered!

The people at the gate were scattered, and soon there was no shadow of a man at the gate of the city.

Inside the city.

The street market, which has always been lively, is as silent as death at the moment.

The streets were full of soldiers in armor, and those who did not know that they were going out to do business or go out, no one was stupid, and without waiting for the soldiers to scold, they consciously returned to their homes, closed the door, and covered their hearts and pounded.

The children were clamoring to go out, and they were coerced and lured by adults, and they were locked up at home.

No one dared to walk on the streets, except for soldiers who were in a hurry.

Every street corner

The closer you get to the county office, the more soldiers there are.

The county government was directly surrounded by the inner and outer three layers, and even a fly couldn't fly out.

From early in the morning, the people in the county government were not allowed to come out, and there were still a few evil servants at the beginning, who had always been rampant, shouting that their master was the county master, and Qi Cheng counted his master as the largest, if he delayed his master's major event, see who could be spared.

As soon as these words came out, he was swarmed by the soldiers, beaten half to death, and dragged away like a dead dog.

The rest of the people, where do they dare to make a big statement, and the timid ones pee their pants on the spot.

The clever one immediately ran inside to report the news.

Gao Jin rested in Xia's room yesterday, a few days ago he was very kind to Wang Jinchai, looking at a tender little girl, now she is watered by herself so charmingly, very embarrassed.

It's just that in the past few days, he always feels that his heart is not very steady, especially the killers sent out one by one, or they have not returned at all, which makes him have an ominous premonition in his heart.

Therefore, he really didn't have the heart to sleep with a woman in the past few days, so he simply ran to Xia's place.

For Xia's wife, Gao Jin felt that he still respected him very much, not only because he was married to him, but more importantly, Xia was the niece of the Ministry of Shangshu, a high-ranking lady.

Marrying him is a subordinate marriage.

Xia's parents died early, and they were raised by their uncles and aunts, no different from their own children. The communication between the ladies of the capital, and the occasional grasp of the political situation, are not comparable to ordinary women.

Gao Jin knew very well in his heart, with the Xia family, it was a person in the same boat, and if there was anything serious, he could only discuss it with the Xia family.

As for the rest of the women, they were just stuff.

Of course, he didn't want to say that he was in collusion with the local snake behind the private mine and deceived the court, but he only said that he seemed to be framed by someone, and when he got the news from above, he wanted to come down to investigate, and if he was not careful, he was afraid that the whole family would die.

Although the Xia family has been exposed to some analysis of the current situation, he has also listened to the occasional words of the Ministry of Rites, and he is not confined to the back house.

This is also the reason why she is confident, and Gao Jin can't do without her.

Therefore, after listening to Gao Jin's words, although the Xia family didn't know much about Gao Jin's actions outside, it was definitely not a trivial matter that he might alarm the imperial court to investigate.

asked Gao Jin, but he didn't spit out.

Helpless, Xia had no choice but to threaten: "Master, if you don't tell the truth, the concubine can't help you, if you delay your big event, don't rely on me!" ”

Gao Jin couldn't do anything at this time, and half-spit out and half-revealed the matter and said it selectively.

When Xia Shi heard this, his eyes turned dark, and he immediately fainted.

There were only Gao Jin and Xia in the room, and Xia suddenly fainted, but Gao Jin was frightened.

The one who fell in the voice asked people to come in and wait, carried Xia Shi to the bed, pinched the person again, and took the medicinal oil, and just folded Xia's family

Teng wakes up.

I heard the doorman stumble in return: "Master-master, it's not good!" A lot of officers and soldiers came from outside the county office, and surrounded our county government to the inside and outside three floors——"

Gao Jin's face turned white all of a sudden, and his hands couldn't help but tremble. Where is the personal servant who is waiting for Gao Jin to believe it, he took a sip, stepped forward and gave the man a kick: "Early in the morning, what are you talking about?" ”

The doorman was kicked on his heels, and he didn't care about getting up, so he only shouted wronged: "My lord...... I'm not talking nonsense! It's true! The third child in charge of procurement in our house was beaten half to death by the officers and soldiers and dragged away-"

The people in the courtyard suddenly exploded and looked at Gao Jin in horror.

As an official's house slave, how many years have you not heard of a few cases of officials being raided and their families being sold?

Which official, good and dignified, will there be officers and soldiers to surround the government office? It's not about the rhythm of raiding the house, is it?

The timid maid began to cover her face and cry, clever and clever, she had already secretly stepped back, wanting to go back to the house to clean up and hide.

Gao Jin's face was calm, and he reflexively wanted to tell Xia Shi to restrain his subordinates well, and when the words came to his mouth, he remembered that Xia Shi fainted.

had to tell people to wake up Xia quickly, and he hurried to the front with his personal servant.

Looking at the face of Gao Progress, everyone knows that they are afraid that things will be bad and everyone will be in danger.

At this moment, no one can take care of Xia's anymore, only Mama Hu, who really feels sorry for Xia's, scolds the maids one after another, and asks them to serve Xia's, several maids are scared stupid, or they are also selfish, and they are all grinding.

Mama Hu's heart became angry when she saw it, but these maids took a fancy to their honest duties, not the ones who loved to seduce the master, so they let them serve the Xia family.

I didn't expect this to look honest, and when I heard about these words, I snubbed my own girl.

"You little hooves, are you all dead? I can tell you, even if the master has something, our girl is the niece of Lord Shangshu, and when it really comes to that point, our girl will leave the master and go back to her parents' house to be the eldest lady! When the time comes, look at this Mama Ben and uncover your skin one by one! Mama Hu was so anxious that her eyes went straight to sparks, and she scolded bitterly while taking care of Xia's.

When Xia woke up, he heard Mama Hu's crying and scolding, and frowned: "Mama Wu, what's wrong?" What's going on? ”

Thinking of what Gao Jin said before he fell into a coma, Xia couldn't wait to wake up after a coma for the rest of his life.

"Girl! Girl, you're awake! Mama Hu stopped calling Mrs. anymore, and was so excited that she changed her previous title in her mother's house back.

While helping Xia Shi up, he muttered to his face: "Girl, these little hooves at home are shallow-eyed, and they all have two hearts. Staying in the house is also a curse! One by one, when they heard that the wind was rain, they heard that there were officers and soldiers outside, so they panicked! One

I haven't seen the world before! With our uncle here, what can we do? ”

"What do you say? Soldiers? What officers and soldiers? Xia keenly discovered a key word.

"Fang Caimen came to report, what did we say that the outside of our county government is surrounded by officers and soldiers on the inside and outside of the three floors. According to Mama, isn't this a joke? In this Qicheng County, our lord is the biggest official, not to mention that even if there is our uncle in the capital, who doesn't give our uncle a little face? ”

Mama Hu didn't take it seriously at all, in her mind, her uncle and uncle were all hands and eyes, who didn't give face?

Xia is naturally not the woman who has no vision, as soon as she heard Mama Hu's words, she knew that this matter was irreparable.

Suddenly, it was dark again, and she almost fainted again, and the last bit of reason made her hold on.

She can't fall, and if she does, what will happen to her children?

Thinking of this, Xia gritted his teeth and stretched out his hand to Mama Hu: "Mama, help me up quickly and send me to the eldest young master and young lady." “

Mama Hu looked at Xia disapprovingly: "Girl, you just woke up, how can you go to the ground?" If you want to see the young master and the young lady, Mama will go and pick them up. ”

Xia Shi thought about it for a while, and nodded hurriedly: "Tired Mama, go and bring them to me." ”

Mama Hu got up and went.

The remaining maids saw that Xia had woken up, looked at each other, and came up in amazement: "Madam——"

Who is Xia's person, and what these maids are thinking, she knows at a glance.

It stands to reason that there should be a few henchmen around her, who married four maids at the beginning, two of whom were released to match people, and now she is the nurse of her own children.

There are also two restless, who were sent out by themselves early, and later trained a few, but they trained their front feet, and their back feet were either slept with Gao Jin's fancy or given away. She's annoyed too! Cultivating a loyal girl God knows how troublesome and energy-intensive it is, and every time she just trains someone out, she is fished out.

After a long time, she didn't bother to spend this spirit anymore, and she was almost the same, as long as she didn't be a demon, didn't talk nonsense, and could serve people.

(End of chapter)