The changes in the Jiangnan League in the past few days and the strong rise of the Xuanwu Gang have caused an uproar in Bashang. Although the Xuanwu Gang has not revealed its trump card, they must have something to rely on, otherwise the four deputy leaders of the Jiangnan League will not

He ran over and became a steward. Before finding out the opponent's background, big gangs such as the Guanlong Gang, Iron Blood Alliance, Taihe Hui and other big gangs did not dare to act rashly, so as not to offend the backers behind the Xuanwu Gang.

At dusk, another brother of Zhang Zhongjian, Zhang Qun, rushed from Bashang to the Zhang family farm in Tongzhou. When something happened to the Jiangnan League, the fleet he brought from the south was still in the Tongguan area and was about to arrive in Zhengzhou.

When he was in the county, a confidant came to deliver a message. In anger, he abandoned the fleet and came to Bashang. However, when he arrived at the headquarters of Bashang, the entire headquarters was moved into an empty shell.

Finally, he asked Sun Hua, the leader of the Taihe Society, and he learned everything. But what disappointed him was that even the Dugu family behind Sun Hua could not find out who the Xuanwu Gang's mouth was for the time being.

In desperation, Zhang Qun had no choice but to follow Sun Hua's suggestion and rush to Tongzhou with a few confidants, preparing to ask his clan brother hiding in the farm what he thought.

"Pfft~pfft, pfft!"

Just when they were about to enter the farm, a crossbow arrow pierced Zhang Qun and others' throats and chests without any reaction. The sad flowers of blood suddenly bloomed in the sunset, and Zhuang Ding was wandering nearby.

They were about to come forward to greet them, but they had no time to react, so they watched Zhang Qun and others fall straight from their horses to the ground, and the blood of Zhuang Ding who came home one after another stained a large area of ​​the ground red with his screams.

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"Quickly, notify the owner of the family!" Amid the screams, a large number of villagers rushed towards this direction. Several able-bodied "green forest heroes" searched around, but nothing was found around them.

Instead, he became a dead soul under the poisonous arrow.

Zhang Qun's body was quickly delivered to Zhang Zhongjian.

When Zhang Zhongjian saw the darkened face of his clan brother, his face suddenly turned as pale as paper. He sat there as motionless as a clay sculpture, but judging from his clenched fists, it was obvious that he was extremely angry.

"Master, this crossbow arrow seems to be a military crossbow..." A counselor pulled out the crossbow arrow from Zhang Qun's body, looked at it, and then said to Zhang Zhongjian: "It should have been used deliberately by the other party. The purpose is to tell us that the other party is from the government.

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"Who is behind this?" Zhang Zhongjian's voice was filled with cold murderous intent. He had also received a notice from Sun Hua and was discussing countermeasures with his advisers. Unexpectedly, his clan brother died at the gate of the manor.

"Although the imperial court has extremely strict control over crossbows, there are actually many powerful people. There is no way to investigate simply by looking at the crossbows." The counselor frowned.

Zhang Zhongjian stood up and slapped the case, gritting his teeth and said: "90% of it was done by Caokou of the Xuanwu Gang."

The counselor said: "Bashang is a place full of disputes. Many gangs hope that others will fight to the death, so it is not ruled out that someone may frame the situation. But I think it is unlikely."

Without waiting for Zhang Zhongjian to ask, he stated his reasons: "First of all, the Jiangnan League has been in existence for nearly ten years, and the Yuan clan behind it has been an open secret of various big gangs, so even if the Dugu clan supports

The Taihe Hui did not dare to take action without authorization, and the Dugu family did not dare to provoke a dispute between the two families. The same is true for the rest."

"Secondly, the Xuanwu Gang has been a doormat for a long time because it has no background. If the current backstage wants to support it, why wait until today? If you simply want to support a Cao Gang, why not choose a stronger one?"

"Third, the time for this force's support coincides with the time when the Jiangnan Alliance intercepts the Xuanwu Gang's shipment of military supplies."

"Fourth, although there are many overt and covert fights between the Cao Gang, they also have their own limits, that is, they will not attack each other's family members, lest their own children will also be killed in the future. But after Chao Tian and others left,

All the family members of Zhang Han and others were killed, which shows that this is no ordinary gang war."

After all, Zhang Zhongjian is used to seeing life and death. He took a deep breath and stepped forward: "Then who do you think he is?"

"Enemies!" the counselor said with a bitter smile: "In order to gain a good foothold in Guanzhong over the years, we have done a lot of things for high-ranking officials. And the people the powerful people asked us to assassinate are all people of the same level."

Zhang Zhongjian was silent when he heard this. They had assassinated Yang Su and Su Wei several times over the years, and even more others. For a while, he couldn't figure out who this enemy was.

"But why didn't the other party report it to the official?" asked a man.

"Report to the official? Maybe we will report to the official! But the target of the report must be our former employer, not us." The counselor said: "Because what we do is shady, the other party also uses shady means to retaliate.

If we report it to the official, we will not be able to eradicate us."

"Check it out for me! At least find out the enemy!" Zhang Zhongjian also knew that it was not appropriate for him to come forward at this time. He pondered for a while and said: "Find a way to contact the Yuan clan and the Yuwen clan and ask them to help us find out where the Xuanwu Gang's canal mouth is.

Details. Also, let everyone be careful."

"Here!" Everyone nodded. Although everyone knew that even if they were found out, it would be useless, but if they were not checked, everyone would probably not be in peace.

However, what Zhang Zhongjian and others did not expect was that Zhang Qun's death was just the beginning. In the next two days, Zhang Zhongjian's right-hand men, the fierce "green forest heroes", all died, and the man named Zhang in the farm died.

Everyone who was related to Zhang Zhongjian was brutally destroyed.

These people were either stabbed or shot to death, or their food was poisoned. Although Zhang Zhongjian's family was not assassinated, Zhang Zhongjian was frightened to death. Not only did he add guards, but important advisers around him also

A large number of "villagers" were sent to protect them day and night.

Four days later, just when Zhang Zhongjian thought that the assassination incident was over, an even more terrifying assassination attack occurred in all his shops, caravans, and ships. Ordinary people escaped, but the responsible persons everywhere were executed.

Killing them all, all his industries were paralyzed. Even though Zhang Zhongjian had accumulated a strong foundation, all the people in charge were killed, which completely paralyzed his industry that he had been operating for many years.

What's even more serious is that after the assassination, the government immediately intervened and collected a lot of incriminating evidence. Many rosters and letters that he had originally hidden in the headquarters also appeared in these places.

When some powerful people heard that the assassins who assassinated themselves or their relatives, disciples, and faction officials were in these places, they also joined the crusade.

The existence of Zhang Zhongjian's assassin organization made most officials, dignitaries, and aristocratic families feel threatened. So with everyone's support, the officialdom launched a vigorous purge in Guanzhong, uprooting many similar assassin organizations and copycats.

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"Damn traitors!" Zhang Zhongjian said bitterly: "I haven't even looked for them yet, but they actually leaked all our strongholds."

"Master, it's too late to say anything now." The counselor said bitterly: "The next step is to find Tongzhou. For this plan, we must gather the troops as soon as possible and leave Guanzhong overnight, even if they escape into the mountains.

Otherwise, everyone will die."

"Master, it's not good!" A villager suddenly rushed in.

"What's the matter?" The flustered Zhang Zhongjian slammed the table and cursed loudly: "How can you be so panicked and how can you act appropriately?"

"Several ladies, the young master, and the young lady have all been poisoned and died!" Zhuang Ding said in a trembling voice.

"What?" Zhang Zhongjian's face turned pale instantly and his mind went blank. How could all his children be poisoned to death?

He stood there dumbfounded, his whole body was cold and his teeth were chattering. All this happened so hard, so suddenly, and so fast. He never expected that the assassin would sneak into the house that he thought was iron-walled, and right under the 'Heavy Soldiers'

Protector poisoned his family and killed him.

"Hurry..." Zhang Zhongjian only shouted one word, and before the word "come" came out of his mouth, his eyes bulged out of his sockets. At this time, the servant who was kneeling in front of him and crying bitterly, at the moment when he lost consciousness,

He took a dagger and stabbed it into his stomach with a "pop" sound.

Zhang Zhongjian roared, grabbed the opponent's neck, and crushed the opponent's throat with a click.

At this moment, people were shouting and shouting outside, and the rumble of horse hooves filled the night sky.

The counselor's shocked eyes flashed with a look of despair. The fear of death made him almost collapse, and he said in a fit of piss: "Master, the officers and soldiers are coming to kill you!"

"Let's go through the tunnel!" Zhang Zhongjian pulled out the dagger. He didn't have time to bandage it, so he staggered towards the back hall, clutching his stomach.

This manor was the reward he received from He Ruobi, and he also prevented this day from coming, so when he built the house, he dug a tunnel to prepare for emergencies.

Now it has come in handy, but his family members have stayed here forever. However, these people are all evil people who kill people, steal goods, and rob homes. They killed business travelers, various gangs, wealthy households, and officials.

After all, this end can only be said to be retribution on the family.

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The next morning, Yang Ji got up early, washed up, and changed into a set of exquisite purple royal robes. Yang Ji didn't know how many sets of such clothes there were, but he didn't like wearing them very much.

Because these clothes are good-looking and honorable, but their breathability is not as good as white folded clothes or linen clothes, so Yang Ji has never liked wearing them, especially in summer.

But today I have to meet with some great scholars from Beijing and Guanzhong. In order not to lose the face of the royal family, I turned these clothes inside out again.

Standing in front of the tall bronze mirror and looking at the tall and heroic young prince, Yang Ji couldn't help but sigh.

It is said that appearance comes from the heart, and status determines temperament. This is true at all. Appearance is still the same, but temperament is completely different. If we say that in the past it was "cynical" and "people in strangers are like jade, and young masters are unparalleled in the world",

So now, it is like an eagle overlooking the people, full of evil aura that looks down on the world. Especially when wearing such formal clothes, an invisible aura naturally arises.

Is it okay if this continues?

"It's fine, why are you sighing?" Xiao Ying appeared in the mirror.

"Nothing?" Yang Ji stretched out his hand, hugged Xiao Ying's soft and delicate body, and said with a smile: "I'm going to meet some great scholar today. It's probably going to be another fruitless debate."

Liu Xuan and Liu Zhuo are the most powerful Confucian classics masters, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are the living complete book of hundreds of schools of thought. Their status in the "world" among scholars is extremely high.

However, since ancient times, literati have looked down upon each other, and the great Confucians who came from aristocratic families have always been dissatisfied with Er Liu. They always thought that Er Liu was not good, wrong, and bad, and they would come to Liangzhou University from time to time to hold debates. Debating Yang Ji was naturally welcome, after all, the reason was not clear.

, the truth is unclear.

However, those shameless ones will refuse to admit it even if they lose the argument.

That's all, but after these shameless people returned home, they formed a gang to promote his wrong ideas, and then verbally and writtenly criticized Er Liu, completely criticizing Er Liu's correct ideas and views.

Eventually it affected a lot of people.

Faced with this kind of shameless "stinky meat", not to mention Yang Ji, I'm afraid even the Jade Emperor can't do anything about it. After all, writing articles is not like a martial arts contest. In a martial arts contest, you lose if you are beaten down, but literary skills

For this big piece, even if you write the article with great enthusiasm and flowers, if I just shamelessly say that you are not as good as me, what can you do?

"Since ancient times, there has been a saying that there is no first in literature and no second in military power!" After hearing what her husband said, Xiao Ying looked helpless.

"Alas!" Yang Ji sighed again: "Speaking of which, Er Liu is really not qualified to be a disciple of Confucius."

"How do you say this?" Xiao Ying was very curious. Er Liu was unparalleled in talent and learning, so how could he not be qualified to be a disciple of Confucius?

"People only know that the overlord lifted the cauldron, but they don't know that Confucius, who always convinced people with his virtue, could lift one and a half of the cauldron lifted by the overlord. However, these two great Confucian scholars, Er Liu, were not good at using force. This really humiliated Confucius.

Yang Ji said: "If Er Liu inherits Confucius's martial arts, I will definitely move the big tripod over, let them dance like Confucius, and then 'miss' and smash those bastards to death."

Xiao Ying chuckled and couldn't help but laugh: "Your idea really makes me laugh to death!"

"Mr. Er Liu can't do it, but Mr. Lang can!" At this time, Pei Shuying said from the side.
To be continued...