Chapter 42: Going to the Feast
The Liangxiang Zhou family is just an ordinary little poor family, without any background background.
Mainly a merchant family that rose by trading with Wuhuan, made some money, packaged itself as a wealthy family, tried to lose the identity of a businessman, and then recruited a lot of domestic slaves and tribes through money.
In a small place like Liangxiang, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, and no one can control the Zhou family.
The former county magistrate, county magistrate and others were all money-seeing, bought by the Zhou family, colluded with each other, and did evil in the good township, making the people angry.
The head of the Zhou family is called Zhou Wei, who is over fifty years old, and Zhou Song, who was arrested, is his eldest son.
The new county magistrate in Liangxiang is very difficult for Zhou Wei to handle, not only when their Zhou family does not exist, but also when Zhou Song is not there, and even brought more than 500 troops to take office, it is not feasible to deal with Yang Zhao in the same way as the previous county magistrate.
Zhou Wei decided to set up a banquet and invited Yang Zhao and others over, first, they had a good talk to see if they could bribe, and secondly, it was really a Hongmen banquet, there was no good banquet, and coercion and temptation had to be used.
However, Yang Zhao did not give face at all.
"Master of the house, he must let you go out to greet you."
Jin Ning came in to spread the word.
He was completely bought by the Zhou family, and he was also afraid of the Zhou family, so he was respectful, and even threw aside the superiority of being an official, and continued: "If the head of the family doesn't go out, they will leave." ”
Regarding the matter of his son Zhou Song, Zhou Wei has no other way.
Yang Zhao's arrest is justified.
Zhou Song disobeyed orders, played with his duties, he really should be arrested, they have done a lot of shady things in the past few years, I heard that half of the people in Liangxiang County today have gone to the government office to sue them Zhou family, there must be a lot of evidence, in the hands of Yang Zhao.
If the crime comes down, the Zhou family will be very troublesome, and Zhou Wei will not dare to openly confront the government.
To do so is to rebel.
Zhou Wei didn't have the courage to rebel yet, he just wanted to run rampant in Liangxiang County.
In order to get Zhou Song out and the Zhou family, he said in a deep voice: "I'll go see him." ”
Jin Ning breathed a sigh of relief, the Zhou family was willing to compromise, and Yang Zhao was willing to come to the banquet, that is, the two sides could still talk, and they would not make too much of a contradiction.
Walk to the gate.
Zhou Wei changed his face and said with a smile: "The county magistrate is finally here, I was a little neglectful just now, and I ask for forgiveness." ”
As soon as he walked out of the door, his eyes swept over Yang Zhao and the four of them, and found that Liu Bei was the most mature, and he should be the new county magistrate That's right, he bowed to Liu Bei first.
Liu Bei was embarrassed, and even thought that this person was deliberately mocking himself, he couldn't even be a county commander, so he could only be a county lieutenant.
After the embarrassment, his face was full of unhappiness.
Yang Zhao didn't speak, and smiled faintly.
"Master, I made a mistake!"
Jin Ning hurriedly reminded: "This is the county lieutenant, and the one next to him is the county magistrate." ”
Zhou Wei smiled, you didn't say it sooner.
"County magistrate, I'm sorry, please inside!"
He hastened to apologize.
"Okay!"
Yang Zhao was satisfied and strode in.
Liu Guanzhang and the three followed.
When they came to the hall, Zhou Wei politely invited them to sit down, clapped their hands, and asked people to bring up the wine and food.
The feast was very rich, and there was a lot of wine and meat.
"The county magistrate and the county lieutenant have just arrived, and I should have gone out to greet them, but I've been too busy lately, so I ask for your forgiveness for ignoring this."
Zhou Wei raised his glass and wanted to toast.
But Yang Zhao and the others just watched, and they didn't mean to do anything.
Liu Bei originally wanted to eat and drink well, and not get drunk and not return, but seeing that his junior brother was like this, he was not good at eating and drinking, so he made himself more serious, so that he could improve his compulsion, focus on anti-guest, and suppress the other party.
Zhou Wei didn't get a response, and asked with an embarrassed expression: "The four of you think that today's wine and food are not appetizing?" ”
Yang Zhao said lightly: "You invite us back, if you have anything to say, I don't have time to accompany you politely, if you are near this hall, there are hundreds of axe men in ambush, just shout out, see if you can kill us!" ”
With that, his hand was on the desk and he patted it gently.
Bang!
The desk suddenly fell apart, and the wine and food on it were scattered all over the floor.
Yang Zhao's approach is very direct, whether it is a negotiation or a fight, it is directly revealed, and there is no need for any salute before soldiers, and all kinds of temptations.
Guan Yu's eyes narrowed.
They all knew that Yang Zhao's strength was very strong and he was a fierce general, but just now, with a palm that didn't seem to be very strong, he smashed a desk, which exceeded his prediction.
"The county magistrate is right, if you want to do it, just call people out, see if it's enough, I'll kill it!"
Zhang Fei's pride swelled up, and he yelled at this sentence, shouting: "Come on! ”
The sound of his shouting, the decibels, is quite amazing.
Suddenly!
Airplanes......
Zhou Wei and the others only felt that their ears were ringing.
It was as if someone was holding a gong and drumming it in his ear, and he was almost deaf.
The wine jug on the desk next to him was directly shattered under the attack of Zhang Fei's sound wave, and the wine was spilled all over the ground.
When Zhang Fei's voice subsided, Zhou Wei, Jin Ning and the others were so frightened that their faces turned pale.
The other house slaves in the hall, the timid ones were already sitting on the ground.
"Misunderstanding...... It's all a misunderstanding! ”
Zhou Wei swallowed his saliva.
He looked at it for a while, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, full of muscles, it would definitely be difficult to deal with.
Yang Zhao showed his hand, and his strength was also strong.
As for the county lieutenant who has been quiet, the two swords are placed on the table, and he is obviously also a person who is proficient in martial arts.
Zhou Wei suddenly realized, no wonder Yang Zhao only had four people, so he dared to come to the banquet, because they didn't take the Zhou family in their eyes at all, even if there was really an ambush, it would not be difficult to kill them, Zhang Fei could scare them out with a roar.
Since the coercion was unsuccessful, Zhou Wei could only use the lure to bribe them, pull them on the same front, and said in a trembling voice: "Since the county magistrate is so direct, I won't hide it, come here!" ”
He clapped his hands again.
And the two servants came out with a chest of gold and laid it before them.
Zhou Wei said again: "This is what I gave to the county magistrate, in the future in Liangxiang, we will cooperate with each other, this is just a small amount of money, we can make more money in the future, what is the county magistrate's intention?" ”
"Presumptuous!"
Liu Bei hadn't seen so much gold yet, but he had to behave a little more righteous and awe-inspiring, and said angrily: "You dare to ......"
"Senior brother, wait a minute!"
Yang Zhao interrupted just right, giving the three of them a look, and finally a smile appeared on his face: "The generous gift of the head of the Zhou family, if we don't accept it, we will be sorry for the Zhou family." ”
Liu Guanzhang: "......"
If it weren't for Yang Zhao's eyes, Liu Bei and Guan Yu would have jumped up.
But Zhang Fei, a big old man, couldn't understand his eyes, and was about to start jumping, but was stopped by Liu Bei: "Yide, you help the junior brother put it away first, don't be reckless." ”
The people who know Zhang Fei best are still their brothers, and they also understand that Yang Zhao has other plans, and they are afraid that they will be ruined by Zhang Fei.
"Big brother, how can we do this?"
Zhang Fei's face was full of doubts.
Guan Yu echoed: "Third brother, listen to the county magistrate and the eldest brother, put it away first, and then we will discuss it when we go back." ”
Zhang Fei scratched his head, and had no choice but to lift the box and put it beside him.