Hao Zongyi sat in front of the ancestral tablet in the family temple without saying a word, and it has been two full days since Liu Bao, the chief housekeeper of the Liu family, left, without saying a word, eating or drinking.

Liu Bao returned from Feng County and brought back the body of his only son, Hao Jiaguo.

A seemingly unusually simple task of suppressing bandits, I originally thought it was just a winter armed training, and by the way, I would gain a little military merit, but I never thought that this parting would be a permanent secret. The son who was heroic when he set out returned only with a cold, scarred corpse in the corpse.

The lady fainted the first time she saw her son's body, and when she woke up, she didn't say a word, didn't cry or laugh, like a living dead, and the whole Hao Mansion fell into a deathly silence.

But the words passed by the old lady made Hao Zongyi even more angry.

Don't think about revenge, now the personal feud is small, Shayang County is a big matter, everyone must work together to keep the control of Shayang County.

His son died at the hands of bandits, but he still had to swallow his anger and drink with the bandits? Hao Zongyi was full of indignation, but the meaning of Liu Bao's words was very obvious, the Liu family and several other families had reached an agreement, their families were still alive and well, and all they had to pay was just some money and food, but they had lost the most precious thing.

Say that you are still young, and you can have another one or even many? When you are what you are, when you are your son, a cat and a dog? Hao Zongyi roared angrily.

Oppose? Did it work? Shayang County is the Shayang County of Old Lady Liu, and the four big families who are similar to their own strength have already shared the same voice with the Liu family, and their own ideas will not have any effect, on the contrary, if they do not agree with Old Lady Liu's opinion, I am afraid that next, the Hao family will face a huge crisis.

As a native of Shayang County, he knows too well the strength of the Liu family. Those on the water and under the water have an absolute advantage over the Hao family, not to mention the support of the other four families and officials.

The feeling of hatred to the core, but helplessness, made him almost want to go crazy.

"Master, master, come out!" Outside, the mournful cry of the concubine was heard. Hao Zongyi didn't want to pay attention to it.

"Master, come out and drink saliva and eat something!" The sound outside kept ringing, making Hao Zongyi even more bored, eating? How can you eat it?

He strode to the door, opened it with a clatter, looked at the people kneeling in the courtyard outside the door, waved his arms, and shouted angrily: "Get out, get out of the way." ”

Seeing where the concubine and the rest of the family were still kneeling in the courtyard, Hao Zongyi, who was furious, picked up a bench in the corridor and hit everyone like a madman.

In the midst of an exclamation, the people in the courtyard ran and disappeared in an instant.

It was finally quiet in front of him, Hao Zongyi threw away the bench with a bang, staggered to the house, closed the door, and fell into grief again.

Time passed slowly, the night came as promised, the wind was still so strong, and the snow was still so fast. Hao Zongyi knew that in such weather, there was still an endless stream of convoys from Shayang County heading towards Feng County, and they were exchanging money and grain for their sons and grandsons, but they didn't even have this opportunity.

Take care of the big picture! These are the last four words that Liu Bao left for himself when he was in the past.

The door creaked open, Hao Zongyi didn't look back, his eyes just looked at the new spirit card on the offering table.

"Get out, get out!" He growled, "I don't want to see anyone. ”

"Master Hao, could it be that you are nesting here, looking at your son's spirit card, your son can come back to life? Or can you avenge your son? The voice from behind him made Hao Zongyi excited, he turned his head suddenly, and the person who appeared in front of him made him almost cry out, and stretched out his hand to point at the other party: "You, you ......."

The person who came smiled, "I know that it is inconvenient to come to see Mr. Hao publicly, so I can only make this decision, Mr. Hao, please don't be surprised!" ”

Hao Zongyi finally came back to his senses, clasped his hands into fists, and bowed to the comer.

"Lord Zhou!"

The person who came was Zhou Wenlong, the superintendent of the imperial history from Yuejing. Looking at Zhou Wenlong, who was dressed in a black night suit, Hao Zongyi was so shocked that he didn't know how to deal with it.

Zhou Wenlong walked to the spiritual table, put on a pillar of incense, clenched his hands into fists, and slammed them to the ground.

"Die for the country, be a model for my generation, the head of the Hao family, you have a good son." Turning around, he looked at Hao Zongyi and said sincerely.

With a bang, Hao Zongyi's tears poured down like a flood that opened the floodgates. He whimpered and slumped down in front of the table, his hands crushing at it.

Zhou Wenlong sat cross-legged on one side and looked at Hao Zongyi quietly.

Finally, Hao Zongyi's emotions slowly calmed down.

"Mr. Hao, I mean by coming, I think you also understand." Zhou Wenlong said slowly: "If you really love your son and feel sorry for your son, then you should join forces with me." ”

"Why should I trust you?" Hao Zongyi looked up at the spirit card of Jianzi, "Lord Zhou, if you really have a way, you won't be like this, sneakily touching my house." ”

"I'm a dignified overseer of the imperial history, but I have to touch your home like a thief, don't you think this is the sorrow of our Dayue?" Zhou Wenlong said solemnly: "The army was defeated by the bandits, and they actually made peace with the bandits, exchanged money and food for prisoners, and even colluded with the bandits, deceiving the superiors and subordinates, Mr. Hao, how can they make heroes who die on the battlefield like your son blind?" ”

Hao Zongyi looked at Zhou Wenlong like an idiot: "Lord Zhou, I know what you want to do, you came to Shayang County just to get Shayang County into Yang Zuoxiang's pocket, and now that Old Lady Liu is here, you can't do it at all, so don't pretend to be so righteous in front of me, it will make me feel disgusting." ”

Zhou Wenlong was robbed by Hao Zongyi, and his face suddenly turned red, looking at Hao Zongyi, he was also a little moved. "Okay, Master Hao, let me ask you, do you want to avenge your son? If you say no, I'll turn around and leave, and tomorrow, I'll leave for Yuejing, which is still the Shayang County of Old Lady Liu. ”

"If I say I want revenge, and I want to kill all those bandits, what can you do?" Hao Zongyi stared at Zhou Wenlong.

"Don't forget, behind me is Yang Zuoxiang, even the arrogant super family like the Luo family has been defeated by our Yang Zuoxiang, do you think Old Lady Liu is really our Zuoxiang's opponent?" Zhou Wenlong sneered. "As long as you swear allegiance to Prime Minister Zuo and help Prime Minister Yang take Shayang County, I guarantee here that the head of the Hao family is the next county guard of Shayang County, at that time, you were in power, and if you want to take revenge, is it much easier?"

"How easy is it to say?" Hao Zongyi smiled.

"It's easy to say, but if you don't do anything, it's difficult." Zhou Wenlong paced a few steps in the room, and turned his head to look at Hao Zongyi: "Old lady Liu has committed a big taboo this time, I need ironclad evidence, I need evidence of Liu Xingwen's defeat, and I need evidence that he negotiated peace with the bandits in private and smuggled money and grain to the bandits." As long as Zuo Xiang gets these, then Old Lady Liu's backer in the court has nothing to say. Don't think that Old Lady Liu is really powerful, Zuo Xiang is just a rat trap, Lord Zuo Xiang has just defeated the Luo family, and it is not easy to erect too many enemies, do you understand this? ”

Hao Zongyi was silent.

"I have to admit that Old Lady Liu's control over Shayang County is indeed very tight, and I haven't got any evidence with full certainty so far, but if there is the help of the Hao family master, it will be different. Master Hao, you have made such a great contribution for Prime Minister Zuo, how can Prime Minister Zuo not reward him vigorously? Yang Zuo has always been very generous compared to his own people. Zhou Wenlong said.

"I don't need any reward, I just need to kill all the bandits, and leave no one behind." Hao Zongyi gasped and said fiercely. "I want them to die horribly one by one."

"As long as Zuo Xiangjiao has Shayang County, these are not problems." Zhou Wenlong said vigorously.

Hao Zongyi looked at Zhou Wenlong and slowly stretched out his hand: "Okay, what do you need?"

Zhou Wenlong was overjoyed.

Before the sky dawned, Zhou Wenlong had already returned to the post house, and in his room, a thin middle-aged man dressed as him put down the book in his hand.

"Got what you wanted?" He asked.

"Of course." Zhou Wenlong smiled proudly and took out a small package from his arms, "With Hao Zongyi's autographed testimony and evidence, this time, I want to see how long that old immortal can be arrogant?" ”

"But Lord Zhou, have you thought about it, if you suddenly return to Yuejing now, will it arouse the suspicion of Old Lady Liu? That's a thousand-year-old fox who has become a spirit, and you won't be able to walk so easily. The thin middle-aged man shook his head.

"Of course I can't go, but you can!" Zhou Wenlong smiled, "Take these things back to Yuejing, and then you can get everything done, and I, just continue to fight that old immortal here haha!" I would like to see what kind of expression this old thing had when the angels of the imperial court appeared in Shayang County with the army. ”

"That's all there is to it." The thin middle-aged man stood up and took the package from Zhou Wenlong's hand. "I have already packed up the other evidence, and when I deal with people like Mrs. Liu, if I don't move, I will inevitably kill him. Otherwise, it will inevitably be counterattacked. ”

"Of course, you should be careful along the way." Zhou Wenlong advised.

"Don't worry, my lord, in the eyes of Old Lady Liu, I am just an inconspicuous little person, such a person, there are thousands of people in this Shayang County City, how can he notice my existence? Now that there is a commotion in the county, a man like me will leave without attracting anyone's attention, so you can wait for the good news. (To be continued.) )