When Lin Fang heard this, he was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Immortality, but it doesn't hurt to say it!" ”

So Liu An lowered his voice and told Lin Fang in detail about his plan.

Lin Fang heard Liu An say that as long as he forced down the leader of Haoqiang, he couldn't help but wonder: "Changsheng is not afraid of Haoqiang repeating at that time?" ”

"Lin Taishou can rest assured, he has his own way to deal with it."

"That being the case......" Lin Fang hesitated slightly, then nodded, untied the official seal tied around his waist, and cautiously handed it to Liu An: "This matter will be handed over to Changsheng, I hope Changsheng ...... Don't let me down! ”

Lin Fang thought clearly, instead of letting people eat meat, it is better to gamble, lose or die, and return to his hometown if he succeeds!

Liu An bent down, raised his hands to take Lin Fang's official seal, and promised: "I will live up to Lin Taishou's expectations!" ”

On the same day, dozens of invitations were sent out from the Prime Minister's Office, inviting more than 50 small-scale family patriarchs from Gohara County to the Prime Minister's Office on the night of the third day to discuss the issue of who will be given this year's filial piety quota.

It is the right and obligation of the Taishou to be filial piety and honesty, and the county Taishou has the responsibility to recommend a talented person in the county to the imperial court every year, and at the end of each year, the official will go to Luoyang to make a record.

At this time, it is only June, and it stands to reason that it is not yet time, and the number of filial piety is generally from the big family, and it is not the turn of the small family at all.

It is precisely because of this that Liu An decided to lure the patriarchs to come on the pretext of discussing this matter.

The border counties are vast and sparsely populated, and it takes about a day to travel from Jiuyuan to the farthest county in Wuyuan County.

Even so, three days is enough.

The people Liu An sent out were all members of the escort team on fast horses, and it took less than a day to reach the counties.

A total of fifty-six patriarchs were invited this time, and these families were all selected by Cheng Ze, and the number of slaves in the family was at least more than 200.

Liu An doesn't look at the family wealth or the influence of the family, all he pays attention to is the number of slaves in the family.

First, the patriarch of the family who collects and surrenders a large number of slaves can obtain greater benefits.

Second, no one's family, no matter how much property there is, no matter how big the influence, can only fly and lure others to make trouble, but he himself can't make any big waves.

And if Liu An can take in all the families with many slaves, it will be impossible for these people to lure against the dead soldiers under him by drilling profits.

However, Liu An didn't expect all the fifty-six patriarchs to come, and there must have been life-sparing people who were worried that there would be fraud here, and even ignored Taishou's edict altogether.

But Liu An can surrender the people who came first, and then let these people who have become dead people spread the news in their favor, and then invite them again.

At that time, there will be local heroes to deal with it, and those people will inevitably lower their vigilance, and the plan may be implemented smoothly.

Time passed in a flash, and in three days, Liu An asked Liu Bei and others to step up the training of soldiers in case they were unprepared, and at the same time secretly controlled the Jiuyuan County Lieutenant and took the control of the Jiuyuan City Gate in his hands.

In his spare time, Liu An carefully scrutinized the plan over and over again, checking the loopholes in it, omitting unnecessary steps, and striving to take in the patriarch in the safest and most peaceful way.

When the time finally came in the evening, the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion was opened, and the guards at the gate received the patriarchs one by one and invited them to the guest hall of the Prime Minister's Palace.

The guest hall used in the Prime Minister's Office to meet guests is large enough, and it is completely sufficient to accommodate all the patriarchs.

Most of the retinue brought by the patriarch was left outside the courtyard, and each person was only allowed to bring one escort into the guest hall.

Liu An and Lin Fang did not show up for a long time, and the two were playing chess in the inner hall to pass the time.

Until it was dark, after Liu An lost to Lin Fang for the third time, Liu Bei came to report that the night was dark, everything that could be reached had arrived, and the rest would not come if they waited any longer.

Liu An asked about the number of people who arrived, and Liu Beiyan only had 32 patriarchs coming, and they were all patriarchs of small and medium-sized families, but the patriarch of the wealthy Zhang family only sent henchmen.

Twelve others sent their henchmen, while the rest did not move, neither in person nor with anyone.

Liu An nodded, said a word to Lin Fang, and walked into the guest hall with Lu Bu and Liu Bei.

According to the agreement, the matter was completely handed over to Liu An, and Lin Fang still stayed in the inner hall to watch Liu An's actions.

The inner hall is on the side of the guest hall, and standing at the door, you can hear the conversation in the guest hall, Lin Fang simply moved the bed and sat on the side of the door, watching how Liu An persuaded the patriarchs.

Entering the classroom, Liu An looked around at everyone present.

And the people who were still discussing each other before, when they saw a strange Lang Jun walking out of the inner hall, they all looked at Liu An curiously in silence.

Most of them had never met the current Taishou Lin Fang, but they knew that Lin Fang was a young man of twenty-seven or eight, and he would never be as young as Liu An, so he cast a suspicious look at Liu An.

Ignoring the curiosity in everyone's eyes, Liu An was angry and asked loudly: "Which people were sent by the head of their own family, and they took a step forward." ”

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what this person was going to do.

Cheng Ze is also under Liu Antang, serving as the patriarch invited by Liu An this time.

Some patriarchs who had a good relationship with Cheng Ze before whispered to inquire about the details of Lang Jun in the hall, but Cheng Ze just smiled and said nothing.

Among them, there are also some patriarchs who served in the Jiuyuan County Ya have seen Liu An, and they quietly introduce Liu An to the people around them.

After a while, those henchmen who were sent by the head of their own family, after hesitating for a while, felt that the head of the family supported them, and they didn't dare to do anything to this young man, so they stood up one after another.

Liu An counted thirteen people in total, and it matched the message that Liu Bei reported to him, so he shouted outside the door: "Someone!" ”

In the midst of a noisy running sound, more than a dozen armed and armored guards rushed in from outside the hall.

"The hall is full of patriarchs of all clans, and their status is noble, how can they sit with such slaves? Fork these people out for me! ”

The guards moved at the same time, escorting the thirteen people out of the hall in pairs.

Among them, the slave sent by the Zhang family, relying on the strength of the family, struggled to scold Liu An, and was slapped a few times by the guards next to him before he honestly shut up.

After that, Liu An asked the guards to close the door of the guest hall.

Immediately afterward, there was a cacophony of shouting and killing and weapons intersecting outside the guest hall.

Except for the thirteen people who had just been escorted out, the other guards brought by the patriarchs in the hall were all waiting outside the hall.

At this time, there was a sound of fighting outside the hall, and it was obvious that the people he brought were fighting outside the courtyard.

Seeing this, all the patriarchs in the hall were both flustered and angry, and they all glared at Liu An angrily, and one of the patriarchs of a middle family was even more angry and said to Liu An:

"Huangkou child, dare to bully me and wait! Where is Lin Taishou! Cheng Duwei, why didn't you say a word? ”

The latter sentence was said to Cheng Ze, who was sitting first on the left, but although Cheng Ze's face was pale and atmospheric, he did not respond to his words.

Lin Fang glanced at the man coldly, "Take down this person!" ”

Immediately, the two guards under the hall stepped forward to take down the man, and the guards behind him naturally did not let their master be humiliated, and stood up in front of the man.

Liu An glanced at Lu Bu, Lu Bu understood, stepped forward, and quickly pulled out the sword at his waist, and the sword light flashed, and the bloody head of the guard had rolled down the hall.

The patriarchs, who were still angry a moment ago, were frightened by Lu Bu's sudden action, and the patriarch who was present just now was so frightened that he didn't dare to breathe when he saw that his guard was cut off in an instant, for fear that he would become the next person to be beheaded.

The guards smoothly pressed the patriarch to the bottom of the hall, tied his arms behind his back, and made him kneel under the hall.

After a few moments, the sound of fighting outside the hall gradually died down, replaced by the sound of rustling and transporting things.

After a while, the sound of consignment disappeared, Liu Bei pushed open the door of the guest hall, walked into the guest hall with Zhang Fei, and said to Liu An:

"Ming Gong, everyone has been resolved."

On formal occasions, or when outsiders were present, Liu Bei would generally address Liu An as Ming Gong rather than the closer 'uncle'.

Liu An nodded, and then introduced himself to the patriarchs of the various clans in the hall:

"In Liu An, Liu Changsheng, I think many of you know that I am the magistrate of Jiuyuan County. Yes, this invitation to you is not Lin Taishou's intention, nor is it for you to discuss the question of who to give filial piety to this year. ”

Although everyone in the hall had already guessed that they had been deceived, they didn't expect Liu An to dare to admit it directly, let alone Liu An to invite them in the name of Lin Fang.

Judging from this person's ruthless style, Lin Fang has probably been killed.

This is what the patriarchs think.

Liu An ignored the different faces of everyone in the hall, took out a piece of cloth from his clothes, shook it with his hands, and wrote a lot of words on it.

I didn't want to waste time, so I said it directly. As long as you sign your name on this cloth, you will not be embarrassed in the future, and you will be allowed to leave safely. On the contrary......"

Liu An said, looked at the round and bloody head under the hall, and said, "You should know what the end is." ”

After speaking, Liu An handed over the cloth to Liu Bei, and Liu Bei put it on Cheng Ze's desk at the top of the left side, and then asked someone to bring a brush and hand it to Cheng Ze.

Cheng Ze already knew what was written on the cloth, picked up the cloth and pretended to look at it for a while, then took the brush and hesitated with a tangled face.

Liu An made an impatient look on his face, and said to Cheng Ze with a cold face: "Cheng Duwei, I advise you not to be ignorant!" ”

The person sitting next to Cheng Ze also saw the content of the cloth, to the effect that he voluntarily served Liu An as the master, and from then on, he would take Liu An as the head and serve Liu An for life.

It is probably equivalent to a deed of sale, but it does not have any imperial court seal, no seal of Liu An's county magistrate, and no seal of Lin Fang's Taishou, strictly speaking, it does not have any official constraints.

Therefore, as long as you go out of this door, anyone can deny it.

Looking at the dead head in the hall, this person was worried that Cheng Ze's head would also be cut off, so he couldn't help but whisper:

"Cheng Duwei, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood! Don't make a mistake! ”

Cheng Ze has 2,000 regular soldiers under his command, if they want to take revenge on Liu An after they go out, they can't count on Cheng Ze, he doesn't want Cheng Ze to die here.

Hearing the advice of the person next to him, Cheng Ze sighed helplessly, picked up the pen, and signed his name in the blank space under the cloth.

After Cheng Ze finished signing, he handed the brush and cloth to the person who had just reminded him.

The man took the brush, spread out the cloth, and wrote his name after Cheng Ze without thinking about it.

Someone took the lead, and he was still the second-ranked patriarch of the Wuyuan clan, and the people behind him broadened their minds a lot after reading the content of the cloth.

As long as he goes out, he leads someone to kill Liu An and burns this cloth, then there is no such thing as humiliating and confessing to the Lord.

In addition, every time Liu An saw someone signing, he threw away a dead man card, and the person who became a dead soldier would persuade him if he saw that the person who signed behind him was hesitant.

They would never have thought that the patriarch of the same camp a moment ago, the moment he signed his name, suddenly became a spy of the enemy.

Previously, Liu An had asked his subordinates to arrest a literate person who was in prison and verified whether forcing him to recognize the lord in a literal form could meet the conditions for recognizing the master.

After verification, Liu An made this plan.

And the result also made Liu An very satisfied, Youcheng took the lead, and other patriarchs who did not want to recognize the Lord would not resist too much.

Moreover, in writing, you can see how many signatures you have signed in front of you, and from the perspective of herd psychology alone, it will also reduce part of its resistance psychology.

Everyone else has signed, only if you don't sign, who else can you kill if you don't kill?

Two quarters of an hour passed, the cloth silk turned around, returned to the first place on Liu An's right, and when the person also signed, Liu An's 31 death cards were also successfully used.

Cheng Ze, as one of the 32 patriarchs, had already used the Death Card, so it was not counted.

Seeing that the plan was successfully completed, Liu An motioned to the patriarchs of all clans to let his subordinates retreat, and after asking them to clean up the corpses of the hall, he discussed the next plan with everyone.

Liu An's plan was to let these people go back and convey to their local patriarchs, saying that because the number of people was insufficient last time, they could not decide on filial piety, and Lin Taishou was ready to invite all the patriarchs again in five days, hoping that the patriarchs of all clans would be able to appreciate their faces.

However, there is a core of this plan, that is, the patriarchs of all clans cannot expose the fact that they have defected to Liu An, and they must personally come to persuade those patriarchs who do not want to come to invite.

After listening to Liu An's plan, everyone felt that it was feasible and seconded it.

The matter was so settled, and then Liu An invited the patriarchs of all ethnic groups to dinner, and arranged a place for everyone to stay in the Prime Minister's Palace, and then went back to the inner hall to meet Taishou Lin Fang.

Lin Fang was very surprised by the difference in the attitudes of the patriarchs before and after, and asked Liu An how he did it.

Liu An could only lie that they were reining in the precipice and knew that they had lost their way.

Lin Fang didn't believe it, he suspected that Liu An's cloth that everyone signed might be greasy, so he borrowed it on the grounds that the content of the cloth was beautiful.

Liu An had already used the Death Card for the patriarchs, and it was useless to keep this cloth, so it didn't hurt to lend it to Lin Fang, so he let him take it.

It's just that when he returned to the county office to rest, Liu An checked the system, but in the list of new allegiances, he saw Lin Fang's name, and couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

It turned out that Lin Fang borrowed the cloth, but he wanted to study whether there was a problem with the cloth?

Then I didn't check the problem, so I simply wrote my name and tried it?

Liu An smiled bitterly and said secretly: Lin Fang would never have imagined that the problem was not cloth, but me.

For Lin Fang, who dug a pit and jumped in, Liu An naturally would not be stingy with a dead card.

After accepting Lin Fang as a dead soldier, as long as the next plan goes well, Liu An can be regarded as truly and completely in control of Wuyuan County.

At that time, whether it is to recuperate, let the people live and work in peace and contentment, or send troops to fight against Xianbei, there will be no resistance from within!

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