The more than 30 people who came to join the army with Chen Xu are now dead. Even, even Chen Xu himself smelled the smell of death.

He was an ordinary man who was also afraid of death, but he did not put his fear on his face.

From beginning to end, in addition to scolding Zhang Yong, he has always looked like he is not afraid of life and death.

More than a dozen people died in front of Chen Xu one by one, which made the hatred in his heart reach its peak.

These people all trust and love themselves, but what they bring to them is not honor, but death. Instead of dying on the battlefield, he died full of grievances.

This touched Chen Xu a lot, his eyes were red, and he looked at Zhang Yong resentfully. If he could break free at this time, he would surely cut it with a thousand knives and eat its flesh raw.

Dian Wei stayed aside and stared at Zhang Yong viciously. He is not good at words, he used to speak with his fists, but now that his fists are bound, he has to express his emotions with his eyes.

The onlookers also looked at the angel above with disappointed faces. This is the angel who represents the majesty of the Han Dynasty and the Son of Heaven?

There is no fairness, there is no justice, some are just arrogant, just grievances!

It is never a pleasure to be noticed, and not to be looked at with ill intentions. Especially Chen Xu's resentful eyes, Zhang Yong felt cold.

Shaking his head, he was ashamed of his cowardice. Today's Chen Xu is just a fish on the board, what is there to be afraid of?

straightened his chest and deliberately looked at Chen Xu viciously. After adjusting his mentality, Zhang Yong found that Chen Xu's vision could not kill.

More than a dozen people were killed, Chen Xu originally thought that he and Dian Wei would also die, but he didn't want Zhang Yong to order the two to be killed, but instead took the two down.

However, he said that among the county guards, the soldier Cao Pengshi said to Zhang Yong flatteringly: "Chen Xu is used to buying people's hearts, and most of the county soldiers are now very convinced of him. ”

The current soldier Cao Pengshi is a child of a big family in Puyang.

After Wu Feng's death, there was no one under Qiao Mao who knew how to fight. Moreover, a position like Bing Cao Pengshi, although he is a county guard, he cannot be appointed or dismissed at will.

This man had a lot of money in his family, and then he spent money to buy this official position. Qiao Mao knew that this person's family had nothing to do with the Ten Permanent Servants, but he didn't pay much attention to it.

After all, Dongjun's forces are intricate, and he can only hold most of the power.

Like the local wealthy and powerful households, they are generally neutral, but they didn't expect this person to suddenly defect this time and help Zhang Yong control the county army.

I have to say that what Chen Xu once did in Dong'e has touched the interests of the powerful and powerful, making some people dissatisfied with him.

The actions of Bing Cao Pengshi are the instructions of some powerful people.

For this person, Zhang Yong didn't dare to offend too much. Although this person is unbearable, he represents a part of the powerful forces in Dongjun, if it weren't for their help this time, Zhang Yong would definitely not be able to control Puyang so easily.

Some time ago, he held a banquet to collect money on his face, but in fact, it was just to confuse Qiao Mao and Chen Xu and give them an impression of insatiable greed, in fact, he had already begun to collude with these heroes.

The property he collected was not taken seriously by these people, but only regarded as filial piety to Zhang Gong.

These powerful people often do not take a firm position, and no matter who is in power, as long as their interests are not touched, they will not oppose it.

They are real speculators.

Bing Cao Pengshi does not represent the attitude of all the heroes in Dongjun, and there are still some people who are very disgusted with eunuchs. However, they share weal and woe with other powerful people, and even if they don't want to, they will not speak out against it.

In addition to the imperial power, the Han was divided into four classes.

The first class is the clan. The reason why it is called a family is that it has been passed down from generation to generation as a family of scholars. For example, Runan Yuan, Hongnong Yang, Yingchuan Xun, Hanoi Sima, and so on.

If a family wants to become a family, not only must there be a figure like the third prince in the ancestor, but also in each generation, there must be children in the clan who are high-ranking officials.

Such a family, who presided over the superstructure of the entire imperial court, was a real aristocracy.

The second class is the gentry. Their ancestors have either produced high-ranking officials or world-famous scholars. Such a family does not have the heritage of the family, but it is all over the country, and the number far exceeds the family.

Qiao's family, where Qiaomao is located, is such a representative. If the Qiao clan can have a few more high-ranking officials in the future, or even the third duke, after several generations of development, it will also become a family.

The third class is the scholars. The so-called scholar is a broad term and mostly refers to individuals. Some ancestors may not have produced high-ranking officials, and their family backgrounds are not very good. But if they are learned and famous, they will be called scholars.

This class is uneven, and there are many talents like Cheng Yu and Chen Gong. However, like those clans and scholars, not necessarily all of them are talented people, and these people will also be called scholars because of their good backgrounds.

It can be said that scholar is a respectable title. Either they are talented in their own right, or they come from illustrious backgrounds. These people either became officials or became candidates for the entire Han Dynasty.

For Chen Xu, the first two classes are too far away. Although the third class is inseparable from the eunuchs, they seem to be huge, but they are scattered throughout the Han Empire, and they seem to be a little weak.

Therefore, the current Chen Xu can be said to be isolated.

The fourth class is Haoqiang. Most of the powerful were local forces, and they amassed wealth through business, farming, and even robbery. They came from wealthy families and had relatively large local influence.

The political status of these powerful people is not very high, and they rarely have fame. Among them, Liu Bei Group is typical of Jian Yong, and Sun Group is typical of Lu Su.

This force can be said to be the weakest and most powerful force of the four strata.

He is said to be weak because of their low political status; He is said to be strong because this power is all over the country, and they control the localities, and even the local officials have to look at their faces.

Although Bing Cao Pengshi has no talent, he is the representative of Dongjun Haoqiang, and when he heard this person say his worries, Zhang Yong lowered his head and was silent.

After a while, he raised his head and said, "The general can replace all the important officers promoted by Chen Thief with your henchmen, and I will contribute all the property collected during this time." When these soldiers saw their belongings, they naturally did not mutiny. ”

In his eyes, the volunteers in the county were just some pariahs, and if they could give away some money, they would be grateful.

Three days have passed, and during this time, Chen Xu has been inhumanly tortured, covered with scars all over his body, and is already dying.

Dian Wei's situation is better than Chen Xu's, but it is not much better. It's just that his body is too strong, so his condition seems to be better than Chen Xu.

Every day, Zhang Yong had to come to check on the punishment of Chen Xu and Dian Wei. And let it out, as long as the two beg for mercy, he will not continue to torture. But in response to him were only two pairs of hateful eyes.

As soon as Zhang Yong came out of prison and was feeling upset, he saw Bing Cao Pengshi running over in a panic.

Feeling that something was wrong, Zhang Yong hurriedly asked, "Why are you so panicked?" ”

Bing Cao Pengshi replied: "I was ordered by the angel to send people to Chenjia Village to arrest Chen Hu, Chen Jing, and their families. But they didn't want to, they all left Chenjia Village. ”

"These two people have some reputation in the township, and if they are entangled with outlaws to save these two thieves, I'm afraid it won't be good."

"In order to prevent a long night and a lot of dreams, why don't you behead the two of them tomorrow?"

When Zhang Yong heard this, his face was ugly, and he said unhappily: "On the day of the incident, I asked you to send someone to Chenjia Village to arrest the thief, why did you only reply today?" ”

He did order the soldier Cao Pengshi to go to Chenjia Village to arrest Chen Jing and others, but he didn't take this matter to heart. At this time, seeing Bing Cao Pengshi's face, he knew that this matter was not trivial.

Bing Cao Pengshi wiped the beads of sweat from his face and said: "Angel Mingjian, that Chenjia Village has a large population and strong people, which is not trivial. In the past, when the bandits in Puyang were rampant, they built Wu Fort to catch the thieves and come to receive the reward, which made the thieves afraid and did not dare to invade Chenjia Village. ”

"A few days ago, the Puyang army was unstable, and I rashly went to arrest the thief, first, I am afraid that the sergeants may not obey the dispatch; Second, if Chenjiacun insists on resisting, Chenjiacun is small and difficult to overcome. “

The words can be divided into three points, and Bing Cao Pengshi said it more tactfully.

Zhang Yong can be accepted by Zhang Gong as a righteous son, in addition to his extraordinary ability to flatter, he still has some talents, and he knows the elegance when he hears the strings.

Previously, Puyang was unstable, and the volunteers could mutiniate at any time, and if they were allowed to attack Chenjia Village, they would definitely not use their lives.

After pondering for a long time, Zhang Yong said: "In this way, these two people will be beheaded tomorrow to show the public." You must send your henchmen to maintain order in the city. Let people guard the city gate again, don't give thieves a chance. “

After torturing Chen Xu for a few days, Zhang Yong felt that he had completed the mission given to him by his father-in-law. Thinking of Chen Xu's eyes, he also shuddered. After thinking about it, I still felt that it was more appropriate to kill Chen Xu as soon as possible.