In the evening, Song Mian left Shouyang Academy and returned to his mansion in Yanshi City.

Before he could sit down, he heard the county Cheng Gao's visit, which made him a little surprised, and after thinking about it, there was a trace of ridicule on his face.

The tax on the acres of land in Luhun Villa is naturally inseparable from the county office, and in addition, because of Gao Chong's noble brother, the Song family does have a share of the benefits in the smuggling of Caoyun.

But when it comes to personal friendship, Song Mian prides himself on being gentle and elegant, and he doesn't look down on people like Gao Chong who don't know how to restrain.

"Gao Xiancheng, a rare guest.

"I heard that Mr. Song donated 3,000 yuan to make up the shortfall in the tax amount."

Song Mian smiled modestly and said, "This money is also a large amount for Luhun Villa, so donate it." ”

Gao Chong went straight to the point and asked, "In order to ask the county order to help your brother facilitate the marriage with the little lady of the Zhang family?" ”

Song Mian's smile froze, not very happy, and said: "I'm just a teacher, does Gao County have business to find me?" ”

"I think you are Li Lingzhi is dizzy, in order to cling to the Zhang family, you were deceived and used by others, and you didn't notice it."

"Gao Xiancheng, it's better to pay attention to some proportions when you speak."

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Gao Chong didn't look down on Song Mian's pretending to be high, and frowned: "In my opinion, Zhang Sanniang's matter is a bureau, and Xue Bai wants to take power through this, but your brothers are like fish biting a hook." ”

Song Mian and Gao Chong are just exchanges of interests, but they will not delay the Song family's major event of raising the family through marriage because of a few words, and they will laugh and say nothing.

Gao Chong knew that Song Mian was not stupid, but greedy, and in order to make him believe, he first had to break his illusion of climbing his father-in-law.

"It's too coincidental and suspicious. I asked, no one has the intention of plundering Zhang Sanniang, so why did she go from Yihe to Yanshi County? There is only one possibility - to come on your own initiative. ”

"Really?

"I don't have to lie to you, you think to yourself, it's only been three months since the Lishan stabbing case, why do you have to do such a thing? It can be seen that this is a bureau, Zhang Sanniang is just to help Xue Bai and put himself in danger for him. ”

"How is that possible?

"Die, no matter what, your brother can't climb the high branches." Gao Chong drank at the head, his face was cold, and he said in an unquestionable tone: "Don't make trouble for me again, your tax donation at this time will only make Xue Bai buy people's hearts." ”

Song Mian said: "What you said, I don't even believe the Lu County Order.

"It's not that he doesn't believe it, it's weakness. He only wanted to calm down the incident, and he didn't hesitate to push Guo Wanjin to top the pot, but he didn't want to think about it, today is Guo Wanjin, and tomorrow it will be his turn! ”

"How is the county treated?

"Guo Wanjin will soon come to explain to Zhang Sanniang in person, and I will also investigate this matter thoroughly and expose Xue Bai's conspiracy."

"Got it."

Gao Chong nodded and left.

He is tired of doing things with some stupid people, Lu Linghao is weak, Song Mian is short-sighted, and only Guo Wanjin was forced to despair by Xue Bai in this matter, and he was willing to take risks.

Song Mian sent Gao Chong away and stood there thinking.

After a while, his two younger sisters returned, and as they walked, they were discussing the tricks with a handkerchief, muttering very excitedly.

"I've seen my brother.

"Have you seen the little lady of the Zhang family today?"

"Yes, she is worthy of being a lady from Chang'an, she is really well-informed, and she has a very high vision for food and clothing.

Song Mian asked, "How is it a high law?" ”

"Brother looked at this piece of handkerchief and knew that the silk brocade, the color is rich, the weft is made of pure gold thread, and the embroidery is still the palace hall, this handkerchief is a tribute, and it is the concubine who rewarded the little lady of the Zhang family.

Song Mian groaned and asked, "Do you think it is possible for this little lady of the Zhang family to ........ infatuated Ding Xue Bai?"

"Poof."

On the contrary, her two younger sisters were a little wrong, twisted for a while, and said with a smile: "Look at what Brother said, the appearance of the little lady of the Zhang family, at first glance, she is still in love." ”

"Really?

Song Mian was originally persuaded by Gao Chong to come to his senses, and at this time, the mind of clinging to Gaomen was alive again.

When Song Li returned, the two brothers discussed the matter.

"You can't believe this nonsense."

Song Li thought of Zhang Sanniang's noble status, delicate and lovely appearance, and his brain was hot, so he didn't believe in noble rhetoric at all.

"Brother, there is another possibility, that is, Gao Chong deliberately tied up the little lady of the Zhang family, wanting his people to be heroes to save the United States, and even cook raw rice into mature rice. As a result, the matter was revealed, and he instead put the blame on Xue Bai's head.....

The next day, the two men were taking Yibo along the Luohe River to the west to Luoyang City.

The carriage slowly stopped in front of the Du Mansion, and Yibo got out of the carriage, turned his head and looked around, only to see that the neighborhood was full of pedestrians, and she had not yet found her familiar figure.

But she didn't notice that there was a beggar on the corner who was hiding in the shadows and secretly watching her.

"You guys keep an eye on it, I'll go find Brother Ayi.

The beggar took the two coins in the broken bowl, slapped the cold and biting snow with his dirty feet, ran out of the moral workshop, ran through the bustling streets and alleys of Luoyang, and turned into a dark alley.

In front of the dilapidated house at the bottom of the alley, there is a broken truck with dung buckets piled on it, and the smell is terrible.

"Hey, Liu Da is back."

The beggar entered the house and only heard Liu Da talking to Wang Yi.

"Can't be wrong, the government office, the county office, a lot of people are chatting, the county lieutenant Xue has brought a place where he plunders his beloved, the matter is so big, everyone doesn't know how to end it....... the dog baby is back."

The beggar dog baby said: "Brother, I went to the door of Du's house and saw Sister Yibo." ”

As he spoke, he handed over the Hu Cake he bought with the money he had begged, one for him and one for Wang Yi.

"Woo!

Before Wang Yi could answer, Du Wulang, who was tied there and gagged, was already moaning, and Wang Yi took off the strip of cloth from his mouth.

"Whew, my mouth is sour." Du Wulang let out a long breath and asked, "Why don't you bring me a copy of the food?" ”

The dog baby grinned and said, "Blame me? Blame no one for giving me handouts. It's just starving you to the point that you can't run.

Du Wulang's stomach "growled" and said, "You are too poor, it's okay to ask my grandfather for money to buy food." ”

I really couldn't help but say these two useless sentences, so he just got down to business.

"Wang Yi, you also saw it, I didn't lie to you, Xue Bai is a trustworthy person. You have to believe Him, and we will give Him the evidence.

"Why didn't you give it to your grandfather? From the four high-ranking officials. ”

"My grandfather...... He can't do that. ”

Wang Yi had seen Wang Yanxian encounter betrayal with his own eyes, and he was very cautious, but today he finally nodded and said, "Okay, I believe in Captain Xue." ”

There was a worry in his eyes, and he said, "But I'm also worried about him now."

"Why

"He was too anxious, he just arrived at Yanshi, and he shot before he had a stable foothold, those people were ruthless, and they didn't follow the rules at all, in case they killed him directly.

Du Wulang saw that Wang Yi had an idea, so he asked directly, "What should I do?"

Wang Yi didn't even care about eating the cake, so he got up with it, paced on his lame legs, and muttered: "One, I have to remind Lieutenant Xue to be on guard; Second, we have to find a way to hand the evidence to Wei Fuyin as soon as possible and ask him to transfer troops and horses from Luoyang.

"Mobilizing troops and horses, so serious?"

"Li San'er of the Yanshi Cao Gang looked smiling, but he was actually an outlaw, and he couldn't suppress them without soldiers and horses."

"Is that Wei Fu Yin credible?

Wang Yi nodded and said, "I have been observing in Luoyang for two months, and I can be sure that Wei Fuyin is not in the same group as those people. ”

"You give me the evidence, and I'll ask Grandpa to invite Wei Fuyin. You can't go to Yanshi, those people are waiting to catch you, and I have to go.

"The evidence is not in my possession." Wang Yi said, "But I am also one of the evidences, I will go to see Du Yuanjun...... Ibo was at Du's house, so he could be seen meeting me.

"Good.

Du Wulang looked confused, but he was also refreshed at the critical moment, and said: "My grandfather will definitely see you, you let me go, I will go and remind Xue Bai immediately." ”

The dog baby asked, "Brother, can you trust him?" ”

"Believe in Him." Wang Yi said, "Untie it." ”

At this point, he simply handed the Hu Cake in his hand to Du Wulang's hand, and said, "Let the boatman send you there....... you won't worry that I won't be able to move to the rescue and kill you in Yanshi?" ”

"I believe in you too." Du Wulang threw away the rope on his body and rubbed his numb wrist, "Let's go." ”

was about to go out, but was pulled by Liu Da, who was digging dung, and pushed into the dung bucket.

"The old man will send you to the ship.

It was already evening when the dung truck was pushed to the edge of Luoshui.

Du Wulang jumped on the boat, looked up, and saw the starlight shining on the Luo River, sparkling, this is a scenery that Chang'an does not have.

"Let's sail.

Although he didn't dare to say it out loud, he didn't forget to say it like this.

In Yanshi County, the women brought out of the dark house were temporarily placed in the empty house of Sanguan Temple.

Xue Bai went to them and asked.

If there are the daughters of eunuchs among them, they can be convicted of the crimes of those who plundered their beloved, and things will be much easier. If not, it's just a matter of continuing to investigate, but it's a little more difficult.

"What's your name?

"Hongxia."

"Don't you have a surname?

"It's the slave maid of Luhun Villa, the son of the family, and has been called Hongxia since he was a child.

"How did you get here?

"Hachiro...... Song Li asked for my body and sold me.......

Xue Bai thought of the runaway households he saw when he was in Qingzhang Tianmu, and they were sheltered by big families, and they seemed to be doing well, but they also became objects.

"What craft do you have?"

"Slaves and maids can weave and embroider...... Count?

"Count." Xue Bai looked at the records, and many of these rescued slaves knew how to weave, "When the time comes, you can set up a weaving workshop, and you can live a new life."

Hongxia didn't think that she would be able to live, and glanced up at the county lieutenant, and looked forward to what he said.

Of course, it can't be done now, and Yanshi is not what Xue Bai said.

"Brother.

Xue Xian hurriedly came, attached his ear to Xue Bai's ear, and whispered: "Brother-in-law is here, in the post house." ”

When he arrived at the post house, Du Shi took Xue Bai through the corridor.

"Gorou also just arrived, I'll ask him to clean up first."

"How did he get into town?"

He was also clever, and made it dirty and smelly, and disguised himself as a refugee and went outside the city gates, met a fellow who had gone into the city after running his errands, and took him with him.

"Is Wang Yi here?" Xue Bai asked.

"No, Gorou came alone."

While talking, the two entered a small room at the end of the corridor, and saw Du Wulang holding a bowl of noodle soup and eating the reincarnation of a hungry ghost.

"Let me remind you, you are very dangerous now, Wang Yi said that Li San'er may kill you at any time."

"Don't worry, speak slowly."

Xue Bai asked Du Wulang to swallow the noodle soup first, and then listened to him talk about the situation with Wang Yi in Luoyang, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's good to have proof.

Du Wulang said: "If there is evidence, you must first say that Wei Fuyin will be moved, and then let him send someone to protect your life." ”

"Nope." Xue Bai had already calculated, and said: "The evidence is used to explain to the imperial court afterwards, can you expect the imperial court to see the evidence?"

"Afterwards?"

"After getting rid of them.

Du Wulang opened his mouth in surprise and asked, "You mean...... Get rid of them first? But aren't you an official? It only took a long time to become a thief in the local area. ”

"You live and die in the place, and only when you are a thief can you deal with them."

Xue Bai knew that at the moment, they both had the intention of doing something, but they all had scruples and were worried that they would not be able to end it.

heart, and then divide the opponent. Coupled with Wang Yi's evidence, he was able to explain to the court afterwards, and most of the preparations were completed.

He smashed the dark house first, not only to take advantage of the situation to demonstrate, but also to take the opportunity to arrange people to enter the Yanshi, and also to win over some people, the problem now is that the strength is not strong enough.

Although Du Shi expected Xue Bai's thoughts, he was still a little worried, and said in a low voice: "There are thousands of people in the Cao Gang, once we start, we will not have enough manpower at all. ”

Xue Bai said: "First get rid of Guo Wanjin for the crime of plundering and selling his beloved, and Lu Linghao has agreed to this matter." After that, support Lu Linghao and Song Mian, use the huge profits left by the Guo family to separate them from Gao Chong, and when the time is ripe, get rid of Li San'er, then the Cao Gang has no leader, but they can be broken individually, and finally let Henan Mansion send people to suppress it.

Du Shi said: "Instead of pinning on Wei Ji to lead troops to suppress it from the beginning, why don't we get rid of Li San'er first, and then Wei Ji can only clean up the situation?"

"Not bad.

"But there is one thing, we can't let Guo Yuanliang and the people around him see Zhang Sanniang, can we have time to prepare?"

"We have to grasp the time well, if it is early, the officers and soldiers of Henan Mansion have not arrived, our strength is not good, we can't end the field, and we may be killed by Gao Chong; If it's too late, the Guo family father and son can uncover the situation we have set up. ”

"The key to the first step lies in the attitude of Lu Linghao and Song Mian, if they support it, it will be you to launch the Guo family together; If they don't support it, they will join forces with the exalted to blame you.

"As soon as the Guo family enters the city, there will inevitably be moths, don't panic......"

Du Wulang originally came to remind Xue Bai to be careful, but he didn't expect to hear only the two of you and me talking one by one, which made people not understand at all.

He was stunned for a moment, then simply picked up the noodle bowl and continued to eat.

Strange to say, he was very worried about Xue Bai's safety when he was in Luoyang, but once he got to Xue Bai's side and was in a dangerous place, he relaxed instead. The heart said let it go, and there are smart people who find a way to solve the mess.

Guo Wanjin, Guo Yuanliang's father and son also rushed to Yanshi County, and the first thing they did was to ask to see the little lady of the Zhang family, hoping to ask her for guilt, but they were refused.

After that, they went to meet Gao Chong, and their attitude quickly changed.

"It's a game." Gao Chong was very firm, and the old man said, "Zhang Sanniang and Xue Bai are in a gang, and they deliberately harm you" What does the county Cheng think? ”

Gao Chong spoke to the Guo family's father and son without scruples, and said: "Simple, or buy, or get rid of." ”

"Get rid of the little lady of the Zhang family? How dare you? ”

"You still haven't woken up?!" Gao Chong said: "People have put the blame on your heads, this is your life and death." If you can't ask for the Zhang family's forgiveness, it's better to get rid of it now, and there is no proof of death. ”

Guo Yuanliang was a little frightened, and his face turned pale; Guo Wanjin pondered and asked, "Can you explain it?" ”

"I just said that Zhang Sanniang must have a personal relationship with Xue Bai." Gao Chong said: "Except for her, disguise it as a love killing, and then remove Xue Bai." I'm still arranging this. Before I make arrangements, you will settle it yourself. ”

"If you can not kill the official, it is better to calm down, after all, it is an eventful time."

"By the way, go and give some gifts to Lu Linghao, Song Mian and others, don't let them really think that people are tied by you."

After this long talk, the Guo family's father and son realized that the matter was more serious than they imagined, and they were terrified.

They listened to Gao Chong's advice, and Guo Wanjin soon went to visit Lu Linghao with gifts.

Guo Yuanliang went to Song's house to pay a visit.

He knew that Song Li helped Xue Bai frame his Guo family in order to cling to Zhang Sanniang, and he was resentful in his heart, but he had a close smile on his face.

"We've been friends for many years, can Hachiro still not know me? How dare you really touch the princess's daughter?

"I just know you Guo Erlang." Song Li said, "I will think that it was really your person who almost hurt Sanniang." ”

Listening to his tone, it was as if the little lady of the Zhang family was already his wife.

Guo Yuanliang was disdainful in his heart and said with a smile: "Balang, I heard that the daughters of the Zhang family are addicted to gambling and have a pungent temperament. Your family seems to be interested in proposing to the Zhang family for you? ”

He also knew very well that in order for the Song brothers to come to their senses, he had to break their illusions first.

Unexpectedly, with kind words reminding, Song Li didn't believe it.

"Isn't Guo Erlang weak when he says this? Such a delicate and lovely woman, you say spicy? ”

"Cute?

"I've seen it with my own eyes, how can I not know?"

Guo Yuanliang didn't believe it, and said with a wry smile: "It seems that you are a lover." ”

"Old friend for many years, you want to ruin my marriage like this? I didn't say that she was beautiful and gentle, my fourth sister also painted a portrait of her.

"Oh? Can you take a look? Just one glance. ”

Whether you look at the portrait or not, Guo Yuanliang will have to make amends sooner or later, and you can see it. But when Song Li saw that he was so concerned, he still glared at him, and he became defensive in his heart.......

The portrait is quite freehand, although it is not possible to see Zhang Sanniang's appearance very specifically, but it does outline her temperament.

Guo Yuanliang looked at it and faintly felt that the people in the painting were a little familiar, but he had clearly never seen the little lady of the Zhang family.

"Where have you seen it?

He muttered, his gaze falling on the tear mole of the man in the painting.....