Lingzhou, Zengtou City.

The person who talked about it here was in his fifties. Originally a Jurchen, he came to the Central Plains to do some ginseng trading when he was young, and gathered tens of thousands of family fortunes. Because of his strength, he dominated the village, and some clansmen migrated one after another, and it was renamed Zengtou City.

Zeng Lane was a foreign national, and the government did not dare to offend, so the power of Zeng Tou City became bigger and bigger. The five sons under his knees, known as the five tigers of the Zeng family, invited two heroes: Shi Wengong and Su Ding to be the head and deputy head of Zengtou City. Zengtou City has a ground radius of hundreds of miles, a large population, more than 10,000 military horses, rampant and domineering, oppression of the township, no one dares to provoke. Even the Lingzhou government has to look at Zeng Toushi's face and act. Otherwise, if you can't be an official, you will suffer the people.

Since the people here are all Jurchens who came to settle in the Song Kingdom, they are good at grazing livestock. From time to time, fine horses, cattle and sheep are sold. Attract caravans, local wealthy families gather. It gradually became a lively bazaar.

Although people know that Zengtou City is domineering, for the sake of profit, they are eager to rush to it. The market town is full of people coming and going, and the streets are constantly shouting, and the prosperity is abnormal.

However, what no one knows is.

The most powerful Zeng Lane in Zengtou City, in the underground secret room!

Zeng Nong, who is in his 50s, and his five sons Zeng Tu, Zeng Mi, Zeng Suo, Zeng Kui, and Zeng Sheng gathered together. A secret meeting is underway. Shi Wengong and Su Ding, the teachers on Lianzhuang, are outsiders and are not qualified to participate.

"Tsk, Jewel, Treasure Wow!" Zeng Lang carefully held a piece of jade seal and played with it. There was a delicate jade box on the table, which had been opened.

"Father, is this thing real or fake?" The second child asked anxiously. He was the masked man who had been involved in the ambush of the caravan two days before.

"From the material and the feel

Look, it's true. Zeng Lang nodded for a moment, but shook his head again: "After all, no one has seen it with their own eyes, and no one dares to be sure." ”

"It's definitely true!" Zeng secretly said: "At the end of last year, the palace of Bianliang City was stolen, and it is said that a lot of treasures were lost, and the jade seal of the country was among them. I didn't find it from house to house, and I moved out of the city when the wind was calm. ”

"Second brother, how did you get the jade seal?" Zeng Tu looked at his brother.

"Yes, second brother, you tell me everything in detail." Zeng Rong calmed down after being excited, and felt that something was wrong, and Yuxi was a little hot.

"You should know about the dangerous Dao God Yu Baosi?" Zeng Mi asked rhetorically, saw everyone nodding, and continued: "There happened to be someone under him who went to Bianliang City to visit relatives, and he accidentally met a fellow villager and friend, who happened to be a partner in the caravan. After eating drunk, I accidentally learned that the caravan was coming from the wrong way......

Next, the second child of the Zeng family talked in detail about how to learn about the jade seal. Or with the help of this person's mouth, repeat the Liangshan plan.

From the moment Liang Shan accidentally obtained the jade seal of the country, a conspiracy began to brew. Shi Xiu, who is based in Bianliang City, carefully screens the caravans coming from the south to the north. Finally, the Liao caravan was selected in terms of time and motivation. Originally, when I wanted to pass through Lingzhou, I met the team of Zengtou City and was robbed.

However, Yu Baosi, a strongman in Qingzhou, someone under the first master of the Water Margin was in Tokyo City, and when he met his friends, he learned that the caravan had won a lot of gold and jewelry. It was a treasure that the caravan owner had brought from the Liao Kingdom in exchange for good things.

Yu Baosi's group of grass robbers learned that the caravan had treasures, and they also knew that the palace of Bianliang City had been stolen. The automatic brain made up for palace treasures such as jade seals. host

Move to find Zeng Tou City, Zeng Mi explained, and then attacked halfway to seize the treasure.

The caravan was vigilant, and its cautious actions were all the more suspicious, and one night, Shi Qian casually stuffed the jade seal into a vase in a cart of goods.

The matter is as simple as that, and the jade seal of the country fell into Zengtou City in this way. All kinds of coincidences come together, the context of the matter is very clear, and there are no flaws.

The father and son of the Zeng family in the secret room were surprised and delighted.

The more Zeng Mi spoke, the more energetic he became, remembering the ugliness he had when he was arrested twice. Subconsciously held his head high, looking like he raised his eyebrows and invited merit: "The Liao people sneaked into the palace to steal the jade seal and hid it in a secret place. After the wind calmed down, he mixed in the goods and went out of the city, trying to quietly bring them back to Liao. However, the plot was not secret, and the ghost came out, and was finally obtained by my Zeng Tou City. ”

"That's right!" once figured out the beginning and end of the matter: "If this is the case, I estimate that this jade seal is ninety percent real!" ”

"Father, if you hand this over to the imperial court, it will make a great contribution to clarifying the facts." Zeng Sheng, the youngest, looked at the jade seal and said excitedly.

"Hand it over to the Song court?" Zeng was stunned, then knocked on the table, and said solemnly: "Son, we are from the Jurchen tribe, and we just came to the Song Dynasty to avoid trouble. We were tribal people, and death is also the ghost of the tribe. ”

"Father, what do you mean?" Zeng made a pang in his heart, and he was right.

Zeng Lang held the jade seal in both hands, looked at his sons and said earnestly: "In the north, my Jurchen people founded the country, known as Dajin, and the Liao State was defeated one after another. We are not rootless duckweed, rather than returning it to the Song Dynasty, it is better to dedicate it to His Majesty Taizu. It must be a great achievement, my Zeng family has become a tribal noble.

You can also be reused to open up territory for the Golden Kingdom. ”

Zeng Tu, Zeng Mi and others snorted heavily, their eyes were hot, and they were obviously tempted. They have nomadic blood in their bones, and they are eager to gallop across the field. Instead of fighting for the weak Song Dynasty, it is better to return to the Jin State to make contributions.

"So this matter has to be taken care of!" Zeng Rong Lao had a smile on his face, and then looked at Zeng Mi again: "Second brother, how many outsiders know about this?" ”

"Not much, just protect them." Zeng Mi thought for a while and replied truthfully: "These people just suspect that there is a treasure, but no one has ever seen the jade seal." ”

"That's it!" Zeng Rong's face softened, and then the cruelty flashed in the old man's eyes: "Whether you know it or not, this matter is very important, and all these people ......"

The old guy didn't finish his last words, but made a motion to wipe his neck.

"Father, isn't that so?" Zeng Tu, Zeng Mi and others frowned slightly.

"Hmph, woman's kindness!" Zeng made a straight face and scolded his sons: "If this matter is leaked, my Zeng family will be destroyed soon, and I can only prevent future troubles." ”

"Yes, I'll get it!"

"Jade seal! Hopefully it will go well. ”

In the secret room, the father and son of the Zeng family discussed how to send the jade seal to the Jin Kingdom. They are indeed ruthless, and easily decide the life and death of those who take refuge.

However, how did they know that they had fallen into a trap since they got the jade seal?

Besides, everyone else isn't stupid.

Yu Bao's four bodies are big, but they are not exactly the kind of goods with developed limbs and simple minds. Since yesterday's attack on the Liao caravan to obtain the treasure, I have been uneasy, as if something is going to happen. Especially when I thought of the second child of the Zeng family, he looked at him with murderous intent that day.

sweet-smelling

Bao Si always has a feeling of chill in his back. Tonight, he and dozens of people under his command were warmly entertained, with enough beef and mutton and constant drink. The enthusiastic attitude of the second child of the Zeng family, and the smile on his face made him feel bad.

Thinking that there might be a jade seal among the treasures, the words "murder and extinguishment" suddenly appeared. Yu Baosi thought of this key but was silent, and took the opportunity to leave with urine, and the gold and silver were too soft to pack up and resolutely fled from Zengtou City.

Jumping outside into a stinking ditch to hide, and this action saved his life. After a short time, the cavalry of the brigade scattered in pursuit with torches.

"Chase, you must catch that guy."

"Don't go away with that big man, chase me."

Yu Baosi saw with his own eyes that the faces of the Zeng family were full of hideousness under the firelight, and the guy who heard it with his own ears grabbed himself to kill people and extinguished his mouth, and his heart was desolate. understands that all of his subordinates have become unjustly killed, and there is no one left.

"Ah, Zengtou City, a group of animals, I Yu Baosi will not let you go." Yu Baosi lay in the stinky ditch and didn't dare to move, so stiff that he didn't dare to raise his head. Knowing that it was safe outside, he crawled out and fled.