A fire burned brightly, burning Wuyin County, and people were boiling everywhere.

"Where's the fire?"

"Isn't that the Zhu Mansion in that direction?"

"It's the Zhu family that's on fire!"

"The Zhu Clan's mansion is magnificent, how can it catch fire?"

"If you want me to say it's a curse, the children of their family have done so many bad things, there should be retribution, the government doesn't accept them, and God will clean them up!"

"That's right, they're just doing too many things that lack morality!"

"It's a pity that this Huanghuang Zhu clan was burned down like this!"

"Why didn't anyone escape, did they all burn to death?"

When the Zhu family's mansion was burned, many people began to can't help but walk out of the house, looking at the raging fire, watching the invincible Zhu family burned in the flames, some people rejoiced, some regretted, and whispered.

This fire burned all night.

When the flames were extinguished, the century-old mansion was in ruins.

……

It's dawn.

After dawn, a round of red sun appeared on the horizon, the brilliant sun, the light was golden, pouring down, penetrating the heavy clouds and mist, breaking through the dark clouds, covering the earth with warmth.

The winter sun makes many people feel warm, but in today's Wuyin County, even the warmth of the sun can't dispel the chill in some people's hearts.

South of the city.

Ku's Mansion.

In the middle hall of the mansion, more than a dozen important people in Wuyin County gathered together again, all with solemn faces, and the atmosphere was slightly gloomy.

They are all members of the warrior clan of Wuyin.

The so-called scholar family, refers to the generation of officials of the famous family, a little stronger, such as the Yuan family in the name of the four generations and three princes above the court, called the gate valve, the Yuan family gate valve, known as the first scholar family today, and the next level is called the family, the so-called family, with knowledge to pass on, there are many families in the world, Guanzhong family, Yingchuan family, Jingzhou family, Jiangdong family, Hebei family, countless, control a large number of land and talents in the world.

And again, it is called a local hero.

For example, the scholars who are now gathered in the Gu Clan's mansion are basically local heroes.

Wuyin is a big city, with a large population, and a deep historical heritage, and a rich reading atmosphere, so there have been many officials, even if the official to 2,000 stone of the county government has more than double digits.

No matter how prosperous they are, how high the officials are, the fallen leaves return to the root is the eternal and unchanging thought of the descendants of Yan and Huang, so many officials who have a career as officials like to buy land in the land of the clan, open a clan hall, educate their children, and over time they have formed a clan of scholars.

The Central Plains has been a family since ancient times, so this concept of scholars has been inherited from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and has been strengthened by Confucianism and scriptures to form today's pattern.

There are also a lot of scholars in the dancing yin.

In addition to the Zhu clan in the east of the city, the more famous ones are the Gu clan in the south of the city, the Chen clan in the south of the city, the Wang clan in the north of the city, and the Luo clan in the west of the city...... These are a handful of families.

Among them, the ancient clan in the south of the city, the ancestor is Gu Heng, in the period of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, the official to the river between the Taishou, the rank of 2,000 stone members, passed down to today, has been more than 100 years.

Although the Gu clan is not as strong as the Zhu clan, it is also very important in Wuyin County.

The patriarch of the Gu clan is Gu Peng.

Gu Peng is more than sixty years old this year, his white hair is like silk, his face is as old as a dead tree, he is holding a cane in his right hand, his eyes are cloudy with a touch of coldness, his eyes swept over, and he looked at the patriarchs of one family after another: "Last night's bloody battle in the northern suburbs, the patriarch of the Zhu clan led his troops to fight against the thieves, and the whole army was annihilated, and then the Zhu clan was wiped out, do you know all these things?" ”

Wuyin County is not without great difficulties, it has fallen once before, and was broken by the Yellow Turban Army, but the Shi clan has private soldiers to defend, and they are united, and the Yellow Turban Army's soldiers and horses are not very strong, and when they invade, they can only maintain the county seat, and they cannot send troops to slaughter them, so that time the Wuyin Shi clan did not suffer a heavy setback.

Therefore, even if the county seat of Wuyin is breached this time, they are not very worried.

But no one expected that the first clan of Wuyin, the most powerful Zhu clan, would be wiped out overnight, which suddenly made more than a dozen families tremble, afraid that they would not know when the disaster of annihilation would fall on them.

"How can you not know such a big thing!"

"I am the closest to the Zhu Mansion, and I also sent troops to rescue, and when I arrived with my troops, the Zhu family has become a sea of fire, and now it is even more in ruins!"

"Zhu Zhan insisted on exterminating the thieves, and he also borrowed a hundred young men from our clan, but now there is no return, pity these good sons of my clan!"

"Our clan also borrowed fifty soldiers and horses from him, but now there is no trace of him, and he is sad and angry!"

"Before, the county government sent troops to suppress bandits, and we have borrowed a lot of soldiers, and in addition to this battle, there are very few soldiers in the family government, and it is dangerous!"

"Who is so fierce, not only defeated the Zhu family's soldiers, but actually slaughtered the Zhu family, so ruthless, it's really rare!"

"Could it be the Yellow Turban thief?"

Everyone spoke, and their gloomy voices were filled with endless anger and a hint of fear.

The destruction of the door shocked them.

"If it's a yellow turban thief, the old man is not very worried!"

Gu Peng's face was calm, with a slight wry smile, and said: "The old man is afraid, this is not just the Yellow Turban thief, but someone is targeting our dancing Yin clan!" ”

As he spoke, he took out a plain notice and handed it to everyone: "This is the notice posted by the yamen early this morning, let's take a look at it!" ”

"The county Cheng Zhu Zhan colluded with the Yellow Turban thieves to capture the county seat and slaughter the people...... the county ordered Lord Cai to stay in danger and gather troops to resist, and the county lieutenant Chen Feng took the lead and was killed, and the county seat was breached."

"Wuyin County Lieutenant Wuyin righteous soldier Zhang Chuan, led the village to be young and strong, coordinated the county soldiers to resist the thieves, fought bravely, and killed the anti-thief Mushan!"

"A great victory against thieves?"

"Nanyang Yellow Turban anti-thief Mushan was killed?"

“……”

The content of this notice made everyone feel cold and cold.

"This notice was issued by the county government, and the old man arranged people, so I learned in advance, and now the county government should have begun to paste the whole city, and now you can know what happened to the yellow turban thieves entering the city this time!" Gu Peng said calmly.

"Did it by Cai County?"

Someone whispered, asking in an eerie voice.

"Why did he do that?"

"Naturally, it's for power, in order to be able to control Wuyin County!"

"Zhu Xiancheng and Cai County Ling were originally at odds, if it is not surprising to say that the Zhu family was wiped out by Cai County Ling with a card, but the Yellow Turban thieves broke through the city wall and entered the county seat, many of us have seen it with their own eyes, it is not fake, and does he dare to collude with the Yellow Turban anti-thief?"

The patriarch of a family didn't dare to ask in disbelief.

"Whether the Cai County Order is colluding with the Yellow Turban and the thieves, I don't know, and the county government doesn't know either, but I know that when this notice is pasted out, the Cai County Order is to protect the entire Wuyin County Order, and his prestige in Wuyin is extremely high, and it is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people!"

Gu Peng pointed out a center of gravity, Zhu's life and death, he didn't care, what he cared about was what would happen in the future, he sighed and continued: "If he wants to trouble us in the future, what should we do?" ”

"Are we afraid of him?"

"I wasn't afraid before, but now I ...... Patriarch Chen, do you think the Chen clan can be stronger than the Zhu clan? ”

When Gu Peng said this, the patriarch's face suddenly turned blue.

"Ancient, you are highly respected, you are a model for us, and I hope you are in charge, how should we be!" One of them looked at Gu Peng and asked.

"Huh!"

Gu Peng's face smiled a little bitterly, and after half a sound, he spoke, he looked at everyone, his face was very solemn, and his voice was low, and said: "Today, Ju'er is waiting here, not to pursue anything, I just hope that in the future, you can keep a low profile, if the county government has any instructions, you would rather suffer losses, and never be disobedient, we, the county commander, don't seem to be easy to bully!" ”

"Are we going to throw in the towel?"

Some people are unwilling, after all, they are the class that has dominated the dance for hundreds of years.

"Winning or losing is not a moment, Wuyin is ours after all!" Gu Peng's eyes burst out with a gleam, and he said in a deep voice.

"Old man Gu is right!"

"The big husband can bend and stretch, what if we endure it!"

Everyone also understands that the situation is stronger than people, and if they don't bow their heads, it may be their family that destroys the door.

……

After a small meeting broke up, the patriarchs of each family quickly returned to their respective families and began to adjust their attitudes towards the prefectural order.

Above the lobby, only Gu Peng, the patriarch of the Gu clan, knelt on the bamboo mat.

A burly young man strode in and reported to Gu Peng: "Family master, of the hundred sons of our family, only sixteen have returned, and most of the rest have been buried on the hill in the northern suburbs!" ”

"Only sixteen came back?" Gu Peng's pupils reddened slightly: "There shouldn't be a fluke!" ”

He also lent troops to the Zhu family, after all, they are both scholars, one is prosperous, one is lost, this point of soldiers and horses must be borrowed, when the Zhu family was defeated, he had a slight premonition, this hundred soldiers have been more than lucky.

"One more thing, it was not only the Yellow Turban Army that fought with our thousands of soldiers last night, but also the county soldiers!" The burly young man is Gu Qiu, Ziguan, Gu Peng's nephew, the person with the highest martial arts in the Gu clan, who also participated in last night's battle, but reacted quickly and escaped with his life.

"Cai Mengting is so bold, he really dares to collude with the Yellow Turban thief, this time I will sue him!"

Gu Peng sneered, and he shouted: "The Four Treasures of the Study! ”

"In!"

The left and right attendants sent the four treasures of the study.

He lifted the pen and moved, the pen and ink swayed, and soon a letter was written, stamped with his own seal, sealed with fire paint, and handed it to Gu Qiu: "Ziguan, Baili urgently, send it to Wancheng, hand it to your Uncle Gu Ming, let him play the county mansion!" ”

"No!"

Gu Qiu received the order, held the letter in his hand, and turned to leave.