Coming out of the county office, Gao Chong's face was a little ugly, and he was a little dissatisfied with Lu Linghao.

Although he is only a county minister, he thinks very highly of himself and has the mentality of a future minister. In Yanshi County, he is not very competitive with Lu Linghao for power, and he almost doesn't care about acres and taxes, just staring at a Cao River, and no one else is allowed to interfere.

To put it simply, he was in charge of a transshipment point on the smuggler's road in the Hebei Domain.

He smuggled salt, iron, copper, silver and other goods to Fanyang, which was to say that it was just a feudal town using his power to make some money;

To put it bigger, it depends on what Fan Yang Jie Du thinks.

As long as you don't guess Fan Yangjiedu's thoughts, it's really not a big deal. Lu Linghao has a mentality of covering his ears and stealing the bell, and sometimes he feels that he is giving Gao Chong convenience, and he also feels that Gao Chong does not fight for the power of the county because he is capable of this county order.

In fact, Gao Chong doesn't look down on this one-third of an acre, he is a person who does great things.

It was just that there was no accident before, but now that Xue Bai is here, he thinks that Lu Linghao is not open-minded enough, and he is very unhappy about it. This mood is not easy to vent, so I have to put on a mean face.

Gao Chong didn't notice that at the gate of the county office, the porter Zhao Liu was looking at him with ghostly reverence.

"County Cheng."

As if he hadn't heard this call, Gao Chong walked away vigorously and hurried back to the post house, not seeing Zhao Liu wait for him to leave, and then take Du Wulang to find the county order.

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At the post house, the firewood has almost been piled up, and it is preparing to light the fire.

"Wait." Gao Chong gave a shout first, and said, "Circle up first." ”

He has eighteen servants under him, who have been in the county office for a long time, and they have long been slippery, so they just shout and cheer, and make a thief's fashion, not only afraid of encountering Gongsun Auntie and other palace offerings, but also afraid that the Zhang family's lady is real; Caofu gathered nearly 100 people one after another, most of them used whistle sticks, not because they didn't have knives, but they didn't want to show them in the city, and they didn't expect to use knives; There are about 20 people left in the Guo family, and they have knives in their hands, in case, if something happens, these people will be guilty.

In addition, there are six people, who are specially protected by Gao Chong's side, just looking at the momentum, these six people are worthy of the past

One hundred and dozens of people on the surface.

If more manpower is needed, given time to Gao Chong, thousands of manpower can be mobilized. How many people do you need to deal with a county lieutenant who has just arrived for less than a month and a few crooks? At first, Gao Chong only planned to use the errand to take people,

Because he was worried that the messenger would deliberately release people, he brought Caofu with him.

There is also a fact that has to be said, if there are many people, Gao Chong will not be able to command at all, the errand is slippery, the Cao Fu is stupid, and the Guo family does not belong to him, but is not as good as the soldiers and horses in the border town.

That kind of border army is ordered to be cautious, and his righteous brother is noble and can command one or two thousand people like an arm, and he can be confident.

To put it bluntly tonight, it is still a brawl, and it is already very, very powerful to be able to command more than 100 people to besiege dozens of people, and to be able to pass on orders and be executed.

"Before you smoke it, make sure they don't escape!"

"Ten of you guard the gate; You take a team of people to light a fire; You fanned people; I'll line up the rest. ”

"And go and speak at once, so that all your brothers should not sleep, and listen to my commands at all times, until I avenge your ditch.

"Prepare me with water and sand, and I will be able to extinguish the fire at any time, and I will never burn it anywhere else!"

With this arrangement in place, Gao Chong stepped forward again and shouted at the pavilion.

"Aunt Gongsun, maybe you were also deceived by this gang of demon thieves, take your disciples down, go to the county government to make it clear, you will be fine. Otherwise, when we let the smoke thieves go, you will be innocently implicated.

To deal with the enemy, it is necessary to divide and win over, and he knows this very well. But after waiting for a while, Aunt Gongsun did not respond.

"Block the door!

Soon, the caustics brought in the vats, blocked the door, and started to light the fire.

The firewood was poured with oil, and the torch was lit at one point, and the fire quickly spread along the oil to the entire pyre, making a "crackling" sound, and the smoke rose immediately.

A large fan fanned and smoke poured into the pavilion, and the flames roasted on the masonry and lit the windows.

"Ahem, ahem.

In the attic lobby, there were still some wounded people lying on the ground, and there were three or five corpses.

Although both sides are working hard, most of the ruthless men have gone to recruit soldiers in these years, and the rest can only be said to be brave and ruthless.

There are a total of thirty-eight people in Fengweilou, and twenty of them are selected from refugees, but they are more open-minded than the original eighteen casino thugs.

These people's families are all raised by the owner, and they are living very well, but they look down on their own lives. At this time, he was smoked and felt that he couldn't escape, so he asked his companion to give him a good time.

"Come on...... It's so uncomfortable to smoke to death.......

"What's the hurry, it's just burned.

The situation was very chaotic, and Shi Zhong couldn't command it, so he hurriedly asked people to fetch water and cover his mouth and nose with a wet cloth, while he hurriedly ran up to the attic and asked Du Ji for instructions.

"Ahem, ahem...... Erniang, what should I do?! ”

Du Shi's eyes were still looking into the distance.

This place is not too far away from the county office, and she can see the movement of the county office when she stands on a high place....... she has already seen the signal given by Du Goro.

"Wait."

"But this smoky fire is about to burn to death."

"Look at the signal, it's coming.

"Okay." Shi Zhong asked, "I asked everyone to prepare to break through?" ”

"It's not a breakout.

"Ahem, ahem.......

Outside, the fire had swirled and burned the paper windows in the pavilion.

Shi Zhong couldn't open his eyes anymore, but he didn't know what Du was waiting for.

There may be a glimmer of life when you kill it now, so waiting, isn't it waiting for death?

The time is actually very short, but it makes people feel very slow, and the county office finally has a team of people who insist on the torch coming out, Du Shi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Finally." ”

And the fire is getting bigger and bigger, and the beams and trees at the corners of the eaves are on fire, and the wind is blowing to help the fire, and the ashes and sparks fly wildly, and they fly as far as the county school in the south before it goes dark.

It's a pity that he didn't burn to the county school, but Du Shi has regained his calm, closed his eyes and said lightly: "Go out." ”

"What...... What?

"It's okay, it's already time to get out."

"Get ready, they're going to kill it! Kill me if you come to one! ”

Gao Chong stared at the gate, just waiting for the other party to come out.

The smoke also blew to him, so smoke that he almost burst into tears, and the fire in front of him was also hot.

Suddenly.

"You dare to burn the daughter of Shangzhu Kingdom?"

"The old woman Gongsun family, the royal front is enshrined, and I am willing to go to the county office to ask!

Gao Chong narrowed his eyes, raised his hand and rubbed it twice, he didn't know why, and he still felt like a punch was in the air.

It feels ridiculous, if these people are willing to surrender, why should they resist in the first place? Neither cowardly

Even if it is fierce at this time, it will not be so ridiculous.

He still didn't know why Xue Bai dared to let them pretend to be the royal family, but he could use human evidence to make the matter a big rebellion.

"Let them put down their weapons and come out one by one with their heads in their hands."

"Put down your weapons! Come out one by one with your head in your arms!

"Ahem, ahem...... Don't kill me!

"Ahem, ahem......

.Don't kill me!

Soon, the group of people who were most afraid of death rushed out, indeed without weapons.

The husbands and servants outside, especially the errands, also breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly used the prepared ropes to tie up the people.

Gao Chong instructed the people around him to protect themselves, and instructed those Guo family members to prepare with knives and kill people at any time.

Aunt Gongsun has not come out yet, but an old man in his forties with a round face and no beard has come out in disgrace, and it is the so-called Zhang family steward before.

"Take it!" Gao Chong needed this person's principal to testify against Xue Bai as an explanation after the fact.

"Don't move!

Several errand officers were also very excited, and rushed up together, rushing to hold Shi Zhong.

"Old man.......

"You're the mastermind, compact."

However, at this moment, there was a loud cheer behind everyone.

"What are you guys doing here?!

"Don't put out the fire yet?!"

Everyone turned their heads to look, and Lu Linghao, Guo Jian and others were surrounded over.

said that it was a cluster, because Lu Linghao also brought a lot of guards around him, and there were even two guards dressed in light Now the Tang Dynasty is still nominally a government soldier system, the government soldiers are composed of county soldiers, and the county soldiers are composed of school-age men in the household.

In peacetime, it is a farmer, and it trains for two months every year, and the number of soldiers in Yanshi County is 1,000, and they take turns to go to Beijing to guard or go out to fight, and the 16th Guard General Yamen is in charge of the world's soldiers and horses...... But it's all on paper.

The government soldiers have not fought for a long time, and the land has collapsed, so it has existed in name only. Most of the border towns are recruited, and the military power is held by the jiedu envoy; The local assassins used guards to maintain stability.

The same is true in the county, Lu Linghao is in charge of the household registration, and he eats the benefits of the vacant amount and the registration with the general Yamen of Henan Prefecture, and only occasionally hires some idlers to deal with the inspection, and the entire county is only equipped with guards under the county order.

Lu Linghao already knew in his heart, knowing that this land of luck still had to be armed, so he asked the guards to leave fifty soldiers, and then vaguely under his hands, there were actually thirty-eight people, usually only responsible for the city gate, the city guard, collect some filial piety, and show the majesty of the county order.

At this time, the county magistrate's face was very unhappy.

"Quick, put out the fire! Not afraid of burning the entire county?

"Ouch, Gao Xiancheng you...... Don't you know that fire and water are ruthless? The houses in this county are all made of wood, and once the fire breaks out, the entire county will be burned down. ”

Along with Lu Linghao, there were also two wealthy gentlemen, who were the branches of the Boling Cui clan and the Xingyang Zheng clan in Yanshi, Cui Instigation and Zheng Bian.

Gao Chong was a little puzzled, why did these two people come so quickly? With another sweep of his gaze, he fell on a person behind Cui Yufu, who was Cui Youfu, the county lieutenant of Shou'an.

He almost forgot about this person, because this county lieutenant of a neighboring county had only been in office for a few months, and he actually didn't have much prestige. But at this time, I remembered that the identity of the son of Cui Youfu's family was extremely useful at a certain time.

"Gao Xiancheng! You should say something!

Zheng Wei was very angry, you must know that the south side of this post house is the county school, which he funded and built, and many of the gentlemen and disciples of the county school are relatives in his family.

"As a county official, you openly set fire to the building, and the fire chips flew with the wind, have you thought about how dangerous it is?!"

"According to the Tang law, those who set fire and lose ten horses of silk will be hanged! Hanged!

"Quick, put out the fire!

A crowd of housekeepers shouted and surged up, disrupting the procession of the cowards, and splashing the water from the wooden basin in their hands into the attic.

Cui also rushed forward and scolded, and his saliva sprayed Gao Chong's face.

The Cui family has many shops in Nanshi, south of the county school, and the house in the west is also his property.

"Crazy? Is the fire indiscriminate? You don't understand the truth of playing with fire and self-immolation? ! ”

Let me tell you, if this building burns down, the fire cannot be controlled, and your whole family can't afford to be hanged! *

Gao Chong almost raised his hand to slap these old things, but he held back.

There is a month to confuse right and wrong, in front of Xue Bai, he is the head snake of the ground; But in front of these gentry, he was only an outsider.

The foreign county lieutenant and worship, he dared to kill, and after killing people, how to explain to the Chang'an court seven hundred miles away that he was "becoming more and more lawless!" ”

Sentence after sentence, endlessly, after a while, Gao Chong had a chance to explain. In fact, if he dares to set fire, he is ready to extinguish the fire.

"A few rest assured, it can't be burned.......

"You said you can't burn it, you can't burn it?! A single lantern has the potential to burn down an entire county! ”

Gao Chongcai's wiped face was sprayed with saliva again, and the murderous intent in his heart suddenly rose, and he decided to wait for the rumors of tonight's incident to pass, and slowly kill Cui instigated this old thing.

"This official is handling the case!

"Gao Xiancheng." Lu Linghao said: "What kind of case to handle, to shout at Cui Gong like this?" ”

"A big case of rebellion." Gao Chong said, "The murderer of the Lishan stabbing case is here." Can Cui Gong and Zheng Gong afford it? ”

Several gentry didn't know why, but they were taken aback by him.

Lu Linghao's attitude also softened a little.

Instead, Cui Youfu suddenly asked, "Aunt Gongsun is the murderer of the assassination case?" ”

Gao Chong was stunned.

When you think about it, this is a very tricky question.

Although Yanshi County does not have a royal law, Ren Gaochong smuggles, assassinates, and controls the Cao River, but there is still everyone watching. The gentry can ignore anything else, but the arson and rebellion cases have to be asked, and if Gao Chong really answers, he is openly testifying against Aunt Gongsun.

It's a fake Zhang family......

"It's not!

Shi Zhong suddenly shouted and said, "I didn't fake, I am the manager of the Zhang family!" The master of my family is a saint's cousin, Doctor Yinqing Guanglu, Taifuqing, and Zhang Fujun of Shangzhu Kingdom!

"Until now, you still dare to talk nonsense?!"

"My lord's family lives in Chang'an, and the first lady is the lady of Yanguo, Dou, the saint's adoptive mother!"

When Shi Zhong said this, Zheng Wei was so frightened that he took a step back.

"The wife of the prince, the county lord Dou Shi, has six sons and three daughters, the eldest son is Qing, the official is the water envoy, and he marries the county lord of Daning; The second son, Yu Qian, is often selected by the Ministry of History, and marries the county lord of Yanhe as his wife; The eldest daughter married the Li branch of Zhao County, and the second daughter married the prince of the dynasty, but the third daughter was still in the boudoir.

Shi Zhong did not say a word to prove that he was the real manager of the Zhang family, but his attitude when he said every word showed the demeanor that the Chang'an magnates should have.

Once, his status was higher than that of the Zhang family.

When Concubine Wu Hui was still alive, he was the little steward of the Shouwang Mansion, and at that time, even the high-ranking officials of the court had to be respectful in front of him. If you want to talk about domineering, among the slaves and maids in Chang'an at that time, there were not many people who could be more domineering than him.

Later, King Shou lost power, his heart changed greatly, and he almost beat him to death, but it was Da Xi Yingying who saved him, saying that he needed manpower to collect money for King Shou. After that, King Shou, who had not seen the Ten Kings' Mansion for a long time, and he also wanted to draw a line with King Shou, so he became the steward of Da Xi Yingying.

Unexpectedly, the publicity of the past now has a place to use.

"Fujun was born in Demen, fifty and six this year, he can still open the bow for more than six jun, and drink to one stone without getting drunk. At the beginning of Jing Yunchu, he joined the army with the left guard and joined the dragon; At the beginning of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, he was enshrined in Zen and obeyed; In Kaiyuan, the envoy to the Huns, specially given a purple gold fish bag, with the favor of the extremely silk crown ornament! The closest relatives of the Son of Heaven and the confidants of the saints...... If you dare to take me, will you do it? Anti-also! ”

Lu Linghao, Guo Lian, Cui Qi, Zheng Wei and many people on the field all changed their faces.

They couldn't think about whether this was really the Zhang family's steward, and their minds were full of those words.

Gao Chong was furious, raised his hand and pointed at the order: "The thief still dares to quibble, kill it!" ”

"Stop!

"Dog County Cheng, you're a thief, right? You dare to kill the Zhang family?! The county order is here, what else are you going to do?! ”

"Kill him!

"Stop it!" Lu Linghao finally got angry, and yelled at Gao Chong: "They are all arrested, what else can't be found.....

"County order, if they don't have a conspiracy, why did they resist in the first place?"

Shi Zhong roared: "Who made the knife first?!" I serve the close relatives of the Son of Heaven, can I make you kill? I serve the close relatives of the Son of Heaven, and the county order is coming, why don't I dare to put down the sword. ”

"Do you hear that?" Lu Linghao roared: "Put down the knife for me!" Put out the fire, put down the knife, and the county will break! Whoever dares to do it again will be a thief!

Gao Chong was furious, after all, he couldn't move in front of everyone, so he reluctantly ordered: "Put down the knife."

Anyway, I've already got someone.

"Extinguish the fire!

Because of the orders of the county, the workers also helped to extinguish the fire, and the fire was gradually extinguished.

At this time, everyone had just put down their weapons, and the Guo family also had a premonition, so they quietly retreated a few steps to the darkness on the edge, so as not to fall into the eyes of the county commander.

Only the officers were still detaining people in an orderly manner, and they all thought that they would have to go to the county office and solve the problem through negotiation and interrogation.

The thugs were all tied up, and when they wanted to tie up Aunt Gongsun, there was a dispute.

Lu Linghao heard Guo Yuanliang say that Aunt Gongsun was true, waved his hand so that people didn't have to tie it up, and swept his eyes and saw that the women were all female sword dancing disciples wearing red clothes.

He had seen Zhang Sanniang, and couldn't help but say, "Why isn't there Zhang Sanniang?" ”

"It's still inside.

"Please come out, don't smoke it."

Among the female disciples in red, three of them suddenly took out their short swords and waved them.

"Little lady, run! They're going to kill you!

"Little lady, run!" Shi Zhong also shouted: "Only the county lieutenant Xue in Yanshi County can be trusted...

"Don't do it!" Lu Linghao exclaimed, "Don't do it."

He didn't have time to take a closer look, in short, he didn't see Zhang Sanniang in it, so he must have ignored it and didn't let people stare at it.

At this time, everyone was only looking into the attic, and the scene was chaotic, and the two tall female disciples in red had already escorted a petite one and rushed out.

Gao Chongcai reacted, only to see that their figures had disappeared into the night.

He didn't understand why he was like this, but he quickly understood, and it can be seen that Zhang Sanniang is a fake and can't stand the trial...... They must be caught.

"The county order, it's always okay to send someone to find them, right?"

"The county will send someone to find it."

"Good.

Gao Chong seemed to listen to Lu Linghao's words, but thought that it was nothing more than him personally accompanying these county officials and gentry to try the case together, and Yanshi County was still controlled by his manpower.

Lu Linghao's arrival is just one more interrogation process, and it is impossible for the fake to become real.

When the county officials and gentry turned around and walked towards the county office, Gao Chong stopped.

There are also six henchmen who can really do things by his side, and his aura of slaughter is incompatible with the other rabble in this county.

"What if it's really the daughter of the Zhang family...... You two, prepare for the worst. ”

"Wow.

There were two people who understood, one went directly to the docks, and the other went directly to the arsenal.

In case things don't go well, they have to be prepared to put on armor and carry a knife for the coaster. Normally, Gao Chong would never dare to take this road, because if the smuggling case is actually discovered, it will not be good, and the Caofu rebellion will only make things more troublesome.

This is just a deterrent and a means to scare Lu Linghao. Even if the Zhang family's daughter is real, he has to let Lu Linghao judge him tonight.

"Yang Fourteen, Shi Chong, there is a secret passage in the dark house, Xue Bai doesn't know, you go and kill him."

There were only six veterans under his command, and it was impossible for Hebei to send more people to this small wharf. At this time, the four were scattered, and he was also a little worried about his own safety, and he wanted to call back one. Thinking that Xue Bai also had good hands around him, he gritted his teeth, or let both of them go....

"Gao Chong has entered the county office." Du Shi was dressed in red and ran through the night, "Let's go, go to Cui's house." ”

She and Xue Bai calculated that Du Wulang would definitely be able to invite Lu Linghao to protect "Zhang Sanniang" and "Gongsun Auntie", after all, accusing them of being fake is just a noble side.

I didn't expect the county office to be so close, and Lu Linghao was almost late.

Fortunately, a fire alarmed those Yanshi gentry. In the eyes of the gentry, all her people were arrested and taken to the county prison, and Xue Bai had no more force except for a few guards around him.

In Yanshi County, only Gao Chong controlled thousands of Cao workers, smuggling, killing officials, and openly killing people and arson tonight, storming the saint's cousin, arresting the palace offerings, and chasing and killing the new county lieutenant...... Almost all hands cover the sky.

Gao Chong had to set fire because of their stubborn resistance, but in the eyes of the gentry, they only saw the Zhang family surrender, Zhang Sanniang was afraid of being caught, and even didn't believe the county order.

In this way, the situation is ignited. It's easy to light a fire, so I asked Gao Chong if he could put it out?