Qinzhou City.

Liu Xian, the secretary of the household Cao Office of Chengji County, hurriedly walked into Chen Ju's study. On weekdays, Liu Xian always tries his best to be leisurely and calm, always looks calm and relaxed, and walks in a regular manner, rarely in such a hurry now, and can even be said to be anxious.

In the study, Chen Zhusi, who is famous on Qinzhou Road, seems to be sitting leisurely at the table drinking tea soup. A handsome maid with a tea pestle grinds tribute-paying tea from Fujian—though it may only be the most ordinary of Yipintuan, not the dragon and phoenix tuan, which are only for the royal family and are packed in gold leaf. But it's also rare to be able to get a piece.

The slender hand holding the tea pestle is as tender as a green onion tube, and white as jade. With a flick of the wrist, the snow-white group tea is ground into powder. After injecting boiling water, the water veins are churning, and there seem to be countless flowers, birds, insects and beasts appearing in the water, and then quietly disappearing.

Chen Ju's maid Yan Suxin's tea art is also quite famous in Qinzhou City. The green tea cup and the white tea soup were brought to Chen Ju's eyes by a pair of soft and boneless jade hands, the tea was fragrant, and the rhythm of her cooking tea with her hands seemed to be no different from the old days.

can look at Chen Ju, who was originally very well maintained, although he sat at the tea table and drank with a glass. But a thick melancholy color was wrapped around his eyebrows, and he seemed restless and unsavory. It's only been a few days, and his hair is already dotted white. As soon as he saw Liu Xian coming in, Chen Ju waved his hand to the maid, "Su Xin, you clean up first." ”

Yan Suxin responded softly, bowed his head and put away the tea set. And Chen Ju even forgot to put down the teacup, and stepped forward and asked urgently, "How is it?" Is Han San back?! ”

Liu Xian shook his head dejectedly: "I didn't come back." ”

Yan Suxin quietly went out, only to hear Chen Ju screaming angrily in the room behind him: "Didn't come back? Why hasn't he come back yet! If he doesn't return, he can't do it if he wants to die?! ”

"Father, mother, have you finally arrived?" Yan Suxin muttered in a low voice, and there was no joy, anger or sorrow on his face. She didn't stop, but tears overflowed from her eyes uncontrollably, "Old thief, you also have today!" ’

In the study, Liu Xian took out an official document covered with a vermilion seal from his sleeve and handed it to Chen Ju. He sighed helplessly: "Han San was left behind by Zhang Shouyuo. This is an official letter sent by Gangu City to the state government five days ago, saying that he wanted to stay in Gangu to listen to the command, but it was not forwarded to the county government until today. Even if this matter has happened, it has been borne by Zhang Shouyue. Han Gang climbed up to Zhang Shouyue, and now he has nothing to fear. ”

Han Gang is in front of the yamen who has an errand in Chengji County, and according to the law, Zhang Shouyue has no right to keep him. But who dares to follow the prison all the way for the sake of a yaqian?

Even Li Shizhong wouldn't do it, how could Cheng Jizhi County have the guts?

Even if Chen Ju can secretly send an official document to Gangu to ask for someone from the magistrate, if Zhang Shouyue ignores it, throws it aside, or even wipes his buttocks, can he still beat the lawsuit in front of Li Shizhong?

Han Gang escaped - relying on Zhang Shouyue's help. Chen Ju was furious for a while, but in a blink of an eye, he calmed down and smiled helplessly.

Han Gang had actually been out of his grasp a long time ago......

The news of Pei Gu's fiasco had already reached Chen Ju's ears as early as the third day after the war, and because of this alone, the Doomsday Division, which had been in contact with the Chen family for decades, turned against him and directly killed the cronies sent by Chen Ju to contact the ministry. In the eyes of the Doomsday Ministry, they were in charge of Chen Ju's misdeeds. How could it be an ordinary civilian who could defeat twice as many of the elites of the clan in the event of an ambush, escorting a convoy of baggage?

But Chen Ju was just as furious, it was a convoy of nearly 100 people who went to ambush and the number of people was less than forty! Twice as many troops—

How can you still lose?!

How can you still lose?!!

How dare you lose?!!!

It's no wonder that the Doomsday Department is not as good as a year after year, and it is pressed and beaten by the middle of Long.

There are also Dong Chao and Xue Twenty-eight, whether they are dead or alive, whether they voted for Han Gang, or continue to obey his orders. These Chen Ju don't know what to do. In addition, Li Qing's bastard thing, he didn't even send a word back after arriving in Gangu, which made his eyes completely black.

However, Han Xiucai shot an arrow at the Baojia slave in Fuqiang City, and in just a few days, the entire Qinzhou was in an uproar, but the Duqi family didn't even let out a fart. On the second day after the Xiangjia caravan returned to Qinzhou, it was carried out from the back door of Xiangfu and wrapped in a mat, and it was carried directly to the Huaren field, saying that it was a sudden illness and died, and it was afraid of an epidemic, and it should be burned as soon as possible.

It's almost the wax moon, what kind of epidemic is there?

The dignified people have no way to take Han San, how can he still take Han San with just one priest?

Relying on his might, Chen Ju regarded Chengji County as his own backyard, and thought that with the accumulation of three generations for nearly a hundred years, his status was like iron. But now it seems that it is just a layer of window paper, and Han Gang didn't see any means, so he poked holes everywhere.

Liu Xian's face was originally pale, but now he is even more like paper, "Oshi, what should I do now?" ”

Chen Ju squeezed the tea cup tightly, and there was a soft crack, and the thin celadon shattered in his palm. The hot tea spilled out, but he didn't realize it. Chen Ju has not been able to sleep steadily in the past few days, and how many times he has woken up in nightmares, covered in cold sweat. Every time I wake up, everything in the dream is blurred, and what I can still remember is the thick blood on the tip of my nose and heart, and the pair of overly sharp eyebrows and eyes that appear in the dream every time.

"Let out the news, I will give a reward of 100 times. Regarding Han Gang's matter, there is one, I pay one, there are ten, I pay ten! Let's find out Han Gang's bottom first. ”

Chen Ju gritted his teeth, Han Gang is not dead, how can he rest assured!

Liu Xian nodded in response.

"Also, didn't his parents flee to Fengxiang Mansion? Find someone to get them back...... No! Chen Ju changed his words, and his expression became more ruthless: "Let them have an emergency, see if Han Gang will rush to Fengxiang to fulfill his filial piety!" ”

"Are you ...... halfway?"

Chen Ju glanced at Liu Xian, his eyes were cold, and the Hu Cao Shuban was in a hurry.

"You go to Wang Sunchen again. Don't say anything, just give him a hundred taels of gold, and if he doesn't take it, add another hundred taels. ”

Han Gang didn't come back, but Wang Sunchen did, which shows that the friendship between the two hasn't been too close. Two hundred taels of gold is enough to exchange for five thousand foot copper coins, and Chen Ju doesn't believe how high a red guy can be. Because of Han Gang, he has already used one-third of the family's property on the surface, and most of the family wealth in the secret has been exposed, and now he uses another five thousand yuan, which is actually nothing.

"Don't say anything?"

"Wang Sunchen is a smart man, he should know how to do it."

Liu Xian nodded and wrote it down. He pretended to be relaxed and smiled reluctantly: "With these tricks of the Charge Division, I don't believe that the small village can still turn the sky upside down." If he died, he would be happy. ”

Chen Ju ignored what Liu Xian was saying, he pinched his forehead with his right hand, and his bloody left hand knocked on the table. The clicking sound lasted for a long time, and suddenly stopped, and Chen Ju's face turned pale: "Wang Jiyi, the Jingluo Division, came back the day before yesterday, right?" ”

Liu Xian nodded blankly, not knowing why Chen Ju asked so much.

"Wang Jiyi was in Fuqiang City some time ago?!" Chen Ju's voice asked more urgently.

"Wang Jiyi is in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Tibet, so in the past few months, he has been walking back and forth in various walled cities on the border. Dalong, Zheda, Anyuan, Tongwei, as well as Gangu and Fuqiang, he ......" Liu Xian's voice paused again, and a thought that made his whole body cold floated from the bottom of his heart: "Oshi, is it ......?"

“…… Did you say he had ever touched Han Gang? Chen Ju asked faintly.

"Nope! No way! No way! Liu Xian shook his head desperately, but his denial was difficult to convince even himself. Calculating the time, the battle of Pei Gorge and the day Han Gang arrived in Fuqiang City were two days before Wang Shao rushed back from the north. From Gangu to Qinzhou, fast horses could be reached in a day, and Wang Shao came back with the messenger of Gangu City, and two of his dozen mounts and his guards were said to have died in the manger.

Gangu was already safe at that time, so what else was there for Wang Shao to rush back at full speed at all costs? Except for Pei Canyon's matter, Chen Ju and Liu Xian couldn't think of any other reason. And Han Gang is the person concerned, and it is impossible for Wang Shao not to ask him about the ins and outs.

Chen Ju hated the Doomsday Star Department again, if he could eradicate Han Gang and the others in Pei Xia, even if there was trouble, he could be planted on other tribes. But now that there are so many living mouths, who can guarantee that Chen Ju and the Doomsday Department will not be exposed?

"It's just a clever word, what's so scary!" Liu Xian shouted, but the louder his voice became, the more weak he became.

"It's time!" Chen Ju's hands were shaking, and his face was pale, "How many days have we been delayed since we came back from Wang Shao?!" ”

Although the driver should be weighted, the rank is not high, after all, it is not a strategy to appease the envoy. If Chen Ju can devote all his net worth and mobilize all his relationships, he can still fight. But the delayed time can't be recovered, Wang Shao returned from the north, but he couldn't react in the first place, will Wang Shao give them time now?

"Sir! Master! No...... Oh no! The old housekeeper of the Chen family stumbled into the inner courtyard at this time and rushed to the study, already out of breath.

"What's bad?!" Chen Ju glared and said angrily: "I'll get the twenty sticks of the family law later!" ”

"Old ...... Master! The master forgives the sin," the butler panicked in his heart, and gasped even more, "outside the door...... ...... outside the door"

He was 'outside the door' for a long time, and he didn't say why. But Chen Ju and Liu Xian didn't need to listen to him anymore. I only heard a loud bang in the front yard, and the door of the Chen family's house was slammed open. Two door panels weighing hundreds of pounds fell backwards, kicking up dust all over the ground and crushing several family members underneath.

A rough and majestic voice immediately sounded in the front yard: "The Sprinkle family was ordered by the minister to arrest the western thieves Chen Ju and Liu Xian, as well as their relatives and henchmen. Whoever is reckless will be killed! Each of them searched carefully, and Mo left Chen and Liu's two thieves."

The butler's face was as pale as dirt, and his tongue suddenly stopped knotting: "Outside the door, Wang Sunchen and his soldiers surrounded him!" ”

Half an hour later, in the courtyard of the Chen family, there was still the noise of the search and arrest, but Wang Sunchen was already standing in the study, looking down at his feet. In front of him, the two criminals named for arrest, Chen Ju and Liu Xian, were tied up like rice dumplings and forced to the ground, waiting for Wang Sunchen to fall.

Chen Ju and Liu Xian have always been well-dressed gentry, but now, their clothes are torn, their hair is scattered, and their faces have bruises and scars left by the capture.

Liu Xian's face was hideous, and the graceful bearing that he had deliberately shown in the past was gone, and he struggled the ground to raise his head: "Wang Sunchen, don't be complacent!" Wait for us to come out, and there will be a time for you to cry! ”

"Come out? Is it reincarnation? Wang Sunchen glanced at him from the bottom of his eyes and sneered: "Grandpa has been waiting for you for eighteen years!" ”

kicked Liu Xian away, he squatted down beside Chen Ju again, lowered his head and said with a cruel smile: "Aren't you going to kill the third brother?" What do you think? Who kills whom now? ”

Chen Ju's face was pale, the foundation established by three generations was kicked down by a humble poor Cuoda, and Chen Ju's self-confidence also went down, the only thing he remembered was to leave an incense for the Chen family, "General Wang......" He moved to Wang Sunchen's feet, and squeezed out a flattering smile on his raised face: "As long as General Wang, you are willing to let someone go to Fengxiang with a message to the villain's son, leaving a way for my Chen family to live, and the villain is willing to dedicate all the kiln gold hidden in the old days to the general, which is 10,000 yuan!" ”

"Phew!" Wang Sunchen spit on his face with a mouthful of thick phlegm, "At this time, you are willing to soften?!" When you hurt people in the past, why didn't you spare people's lives! Think about how many people have been harmed by three generations of your family? How much yin virtue has been accumulated?! To tell you the truth, the people who went to hunt down your two sons have long since left and can't be chased back! Let's go, take them back!! ”

Wang Sunchen escorted Chen and Liu back to the outer courtyard, and Chen Ju's family members were driven over crying and crying, and they were all tied into a string with ropes, and no one could escape. On the other side, dozens of servants and maidservants of the Chen family were circled aside, all of them crying and sobbing quietly.

There was only a beautiful maid dressed in white, with a little girl in her arms, and Ning Ning stood in the corner. Wang Sunchen glanced at her more, but saw that her eyes were only staring at Chen Ju, and a white flower was swaying in the cold wind in her hair.

ps: Chen Ju has finally been arrested, and Han San's harem is also going to recruit new people.

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