"I heard it really, Yang Wantang bought a house in Yongzhou, and there is a person surnamed Liu to help manage it."

In the Zheng family's mansion, Zheng De told the masters of the Zheng family about what he saw today. Everyone had already asked a round, and Zheng De didn't dare to add oil and vinegar, so he made it clear.

"Yang Wantang received the favor of Wenzong of Liangzhou in his early years, but now he let him raid his house. The cause of the past is also his retribution. ”

"Then Yang Jia is really dead? Kill instantly? Didn't hesitate at all? ”

"Yang Wantang's partial house is surnamed Liu, and the Yongzhou surname Liu that the person said in his mouth is probably related."

Several masters said everything, and Zheng De didn't know who to go back to first and then to whom. It wasn't until Zheng Tong, the old man of the big house, knocked on the pillar staff that the room was quiet.

"Let me ask you, how old is the general, and what is his appearance?" The old man asked.

This is Zheng De's real master, and he replied carefully: "Back to the old man, I am far away, and it is dark at night, although there are torches lit, but I really can't see it." ”

Zheng Tong knew that he really didn't see it clearly when he said this, so he didn't dare to say anything here, for fear that he would be punished in the future if he said something wrong: "You just say it, and you can go and receive the reward after you finish speaking." ”

The old man said that there was a reward, Zheng Decai put his mind at ease, and replied: "I look, the general is estimated to be in his thirties, and his eyebrows and eyes can't be seen clearly, but looking at his body and clothes, he doesn't look like a general, but like a scribe." ”

Zheng Tong nodded and didn't ask any more, and sent Zheng De away after a while. As soon as Zheng De left, without waiting for the other masters to ask, Zheng Tong first asserted: "The person who led the troops is not Wen Zong. ”

"Who's that?" Someone asked.

Zheng Tong said: "It doesn't matter who it is. Yesterday, the Liangzhou army entered the city, and less than 3,000 came. There is a shortage of major generals, so it seems that there is a change in Liangzhou. ”

"Liang Zhoujun's behavior like this, I'm afraid that this matter is related to Yang Wantang?"

Zheng Tong nodded: "Yang Wantang bought a family property in Yongzhou at this time, and when Liangzhou changed, perhaps, he wanted to defect to Beiyu." ”

Zheng Tong had already guessed seven or eight points, and his mind was also decided.

"Yang Wantang can't turn over! Whatever you can step on, let the dealers who have been bullied by Yang Wantang under your name also go to sue! You take it with you personally, no matter what the Liangzhou army's plan to come to Tongcheng is, it will not be wrong for us to give a gift. ”

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As soon as the Zheng family moved, the rich families in Tongcheng followed suit, and the people didn't understand at first that the old men who followed Yang Wantang behind them in the past to squeeze their oil and water seemed to be like a changed person overnight, but they wanted to find justice for themselves.

For a time, the streets and alleys were filled with righteousness, and the whole Tongcheng seemed to be the hometown of justice.

Wen Liang was so busy that the people who came to sue the evil servants of the Yang Mansion had been in an endless stream since the morning, asking about grievances, interrogating criminals, checking evidence, and not even bothering to eat. However, in the eyes of the people, Wenliang has become the blue sky of Tongcheng.

Wen asked someone to clean up the Taishou Mansion, and lived in with Zhixia and others, and then sent someone to call Li Maolai.

"Eldest Lady, a Zhuang household sent a lot of fruits to thank Liangzhou Jun for his kindness, and I saw that Yu Hou couldn't take care of eating, so I sent it to the eldest lady." Li Mao ran over and took a plate of washed fruit in his hand.

Wen chose one and handed it to Zhixia, and he tasted it himself: "What is the reputation of the Liangzhou Army in Tongcheng now?" ”

"That's naturally good, the people all praise us, if it weren't for the eldest lady to let Yu Hou show this face, now, Tongcheng would have worshiped the eldest lady like a fairy." Li Maodao.

Li Mao was used to flattery, but he was not disgusted, and said with a smile: "Then tell me, how can we lose our reputation?" ”

"If you want me to say ......" Li Mao didn't expect the eldest lady to ask this, he just said three words and then closed his voice, he could hear the words and deeds of the eldest lady in the past few days from other people's mouths, the sword went sideways and did not follow common sense, but his brain turned quickly, and he immediately replied, "It's not easy to accumulate fame, but it's really fast to lose, it's nothing more than unclear military discipline and unfair judgment." ”

"It's too slow." He shook his head.

When Li Mao heard this, he pretended to be embarrassed and groaned silently.

It's not easy to lose the reputation, the rebels entered the city and plundered the people, and the reputation of the Liangzhou army was over overnight, but he couldn't do it, and he couldn't say it. It's not just that he wants face, if the eldest lady really does this, Wen Liang knows that it was his idea, and his head will definitely not be able to be saved.

Wen knew what Li Mao was thinking, and he didn't embarrass him, and said, "There are two things for you to do now. ”

Li Mao said: "But according to the orders of the eldest lady." ”

"You go and tell Uncle Wen, don't shirk the gifts given by the villagers, accept all the orders, if the big clans send people to give gifts, detain the people first, and then put them back when the sins of the servants of the Yang Mansion are broken. No matter how much they send, let them send twice as much. Otherwise, the Yang Mansion's today is their tomorrow. Wen said lightly.

Li Mao immediately understood what the eldest lady meant, if he wanted to use those evil servants in the Yang Mansion, he had to convict them first, and the conviction depended on the big clan to bring people to sue. If they were slaughtered first, those great clans would inevitably retreat, and it would be a bad thing. Let them do things first, and then force them to give gifts. This is indeed a proper arrangement.

The eldest lady looks demure and weak, and her heart is really dark.

Li Mao said: "What the eldest lady means is that the Tongcheng clan can agitate the whole city to sue in an instant, and naturally it can also defeat our reputation in an instant." Let them do it for me. ”

Wen Gu nodded: "When the rites of the big clan arrive, you go to the western suburbs to run an errand, and let Commander Zhao lead the troops into the city, and Uncle Wen will tell you the details." ”

Although Li Mao still doesn't know the eldest lady's plan, just looking at the present, it is appropriate to review the past. He didn't ask any more questions, took the order and turned around and left.

Zhixia was full of fruits, but he was a little puzzled in his heart: "Miss, those big clans are as good as their lives, how could they come to give gifts so quickly." ”

"My father told me that all hundred-year-old clans often value the future more than the past. If it was just to find out Yang Wantang's past grudges, they might not be willing to bring people to sue them. If they can come, they must have already calculated the grievances between us and Yang Wantang, and they should also speculate our current situation by seven or eight points. In their eyes, Tongcheng is now the world of the Liangzhou army, this is about their future, we are clearly looking for Yang Wantang's bad luck, they must help us with this hand. ”

Zhixia sighed half-knowingly: "But if Beiyu gets the news, can we still stay in Tongcheng?" ”

He said: "If Beiyu learns the news of Tongcheng, it must be leaked by these big clans." I've calculated this a lot so that the clans themselves don't make a sound. ”

What is the reason for forcing them to give gifts, but keeping them silent? Zhixia didn't understand the trick, but when he saw that Wen was confident, he didn't ask anymore.

Looking at her appearance, he smiled again: "It's good if you think about these things more, we won't have the same days as before in the future." ”