Towards evening, Su Ce arrived in front of Chang Goro's mourning hall. The white cloth was plain and red by the setting sun. Su Ce held incense and put it in the incense burner. Su Ce looked at Chang Goro's legacy. It was a difficult life for orphans and widowers.
Chang Wulang's clan members stood outside the mourning hall and looked at the nobleman from Chang'an. The peasant men didn't know much about the truth, but they knew that this nobleman wanted to bring justice to Chang Wulang. Su Ce bent down, and the Chang family eldest man bowed his head to accompany him as a gift.
Su Ce came out of the mourning hall, and Chang Dalang lamely followed Su Ce out.
"My lord, the fifth son of my family has been wronged!" Chang Dalang's hair has turned gray, and now he is the only one of the five sons of the Chang family. The second son and the fourth son died young. The third son died in the Wuding River a few years ago, and he also fell off his horse in that battle.
He broke his leg, but he didn't expect that Wu Lang, who had been guarding the border for ten years and went through many battles, finally died in the Guo family compound more than ten miles away from home.
Su Ce looked at the thick calluses on Chang Dalang's mouth and asked casually: "Have you ever served in the army?"
"A certain man who once served as an officer for the Anbei cavalry army and was a commander for eight years during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong took 40,000 of us across the river and luckily escaped with his life!" Chang Dalang didn't know Su Ce's identity at this time, but he looked at Su Ce
The personal guards wearing leather armor beside him only knew that they should be nobles in the military, and they did not dare to neglect them at all.
"Old Marshal is my teacher. Since I am my son-in-law, I have someone to take care of your family's affairs." Su Ce patted Chang Dalang on the shoulder and walked to Chang Wulang's three sons.
Su Ce lowered his head slightly and looked at the three boys and asked, "How old are you three brothers?"
"My lord, I am the eldest son of the family, Chang Mao. I am twelve this year, my second brother Chang Dun is nine years old, and my third brother Chang Gong is only three years old!" Chang Wulang's eldest son lowered his head and did not dare to look at Su Ce, but he did not have stage fright.
He answered Su Ce's questions clearly.
"Look up, I have something to ask you. When your father's filial piety comes, you should also go to Zhe Chong Mansion to choose a frontman on the 15th. Do you dare to kill people?" Su Ce looked at the young man in front of him, his eyes full of consideration.
This boy has a big frame, with newly formed calluses on the tiger's mouth. His shoulders are one tall and one short. He has obviously been involved in bows, sabers, swords and guns for many years. He speaks in a loud voice and has a bulging belly. A twelve-year-old boy is as tall and strong as a fifteen-year-old boy. He is often tall and strong.
Although the family is small, judging from the younger generations, it has great ambitions. Such a good family who has not yet gained momentum can only make a profit from the income account.
"Don't dare to kill, but dare to kill the enemy!" Chang Wulang's eldest son's answer was sonorous and powerful, and Su Ce said hello secretly in his heart.
Su Ce nodded and said softly: "You can join my account when you choose a front man."
"Master, it's done!" Luo Yang got off his horse, walked to Su Ce and whispered.
Su Ce turned around and bowed to the mourning hall, and said to the Chang family eldest son and the Chang family members: "I'm going back first, and I will definitely seek justice for you, your fifth son."
Su Ce did not stay long and took advantage of the sunset to ride back to Zhechong Mansion with his entourage.
At this time, Colonel Zhao Zai, the king of Shu in Zhechong Mansion, looked at the Guo family with great interest. He saw that the Guo family's expressions were not expressionless, but rather calm. This made Zhao Zaixiao a little confused.
The Guo family did things too simply. As soon as Liu Qian arrived at the Guo family, he surrounded the Guo family. The third son of the Guo family walked out of the house with more than a dozen servants in sackcloth, shouting loudly and admitting that he was responsible for the injustice.
Killed Tsunegoro.
It's just that this is a self-inflicted problem, which really means that the Guo family's approach is somewhat unclear.
"The gecko has its tail cut off, you Guo family should just wait and be punished!" Prince Zhao Zaixiao, who felt bored, waved his long sleeves and returned to his room with his hands behind his back. He had done all the tricks, but Zhao Zaixiao, the king of Shu, did not have any sense of accomplishment.
When Su Ce rushed back to Zhe Chong Mansion, Liu Qian was waiting in front of Zhe Chong Mansion. Seeing Su Ce come back, he came over with a smile on his face.
Looking at the smile on Liu Qian's face, Su Ce felt a little unhappy, but didn't say anything. He turned over and dismounted, and the soldiers who stayed in Zhechong Mansion led Su Ce's war horse away. Su Ce strode into the mansion, and Liu Qian said He said softly: "Military leader, the three sons of the Guo family have been recruited. As soon as they left the house, they shouted loudly, and the people in the county government also changed the verdict. They were the ones who unjustly killed Chang Wulang."
"Oh, unjust killing? Do you believe it?" Su Ce stopped and tilted his head to look at Liu Qian. The chubby Liu Qian was much shorter than Su Ce. He raised his head slightly and felt a pair of angry eyes looking at him. .
"I personally interrogate, is it an unjust killing or a set-up to kill?" What happened to Tsugogoro can be seen clearly at a glance. The soldiers often kill in a dream, so how can they kill in a rage when they are awake? Tsugoro goes The Guo family, someone in the Guo family must have angered Tsugoro and set a trap for him so that he had to fall into the trap.
It was just that the Guo family was in control. Chang Wulang brought a knife into the Guo Mansion. He drew the knife in a rage. The servants counterattacked and killed Chang Wulang. According to the Qian law, if a thief enters the house and kills him, he will be responsible and not guilty.
"Huh... take me to meet the Guo family!" Su Ce exhaled a heavy breath from his chest. At this time, he also understood Zheng Baishan's helplessness. This guy was definitely dead.
However, Tsunegoro's death was in vain. As the commander of the army, Su Ce could not even do this justice. In the future, everyone in the army could make a fuss about this matter. Su Ce was being roasted on the fire.
However, Su Ce could not violate the law and punish the Guo family. The army did not care about the people, and the people did not care about the army. Su Ce could not provoke a civil-military dispute. This matter was difficult to handle and could not be solved by killing people.
There are no cells in Zhechong Mansion. At this time, people from the Guo family were locked in a black room for punishing the soldiers. As the name suggests, the black room is a house with no windows and only wooden doors. It was set up to punish the soldiers. When the wooden door is closed, it is pitch black inside.
The third son of the Guo family and his own servants were locked up in four dark rooms respectively. The King of Shu, Zhao Zaixiao, came to see him once before. The Guo family said something, and the words were confusing. The King of Shu, Zhao Zaixiao, returned in anger. He went to his room and calmed down his anger in the beauty's gentle words.
Anyway, this matter shouldn't give him a headache. The one who has a headache should be Su Ce. As for Su Ce, the King of Shu, Zhao Zaixiao, has always felt that Su Ce has a layer of fog around him that he can't see through.
In the battle of Dingbei, many founding county officials and county princes were defeated. Among them, Su Ce was the most special. At that time, Li Sizhe entered Chang'an to make plans, and these new nobles became Li Sizhe's chess pieces. They lost in the chess game. There is a win, and Li Sizhe and the other leaders of the five armies have a win or a loss.
Later, the world realized that Li Sizhe was choosing the military leader. However, among these newly promoted nobles, there was no one who could carry the cauldron. They were deprived of titles within three or two years. Instead, Su Ce sold his mansion and sat on the Weishui River to watch. The clouds rise and thunder, and he becomes the new leader of the Northern Army.
It is strange to say that Su Ce has a job, and he has fulfilled his duties. The East Palace Brigade was in Su Ce's hands at that time, and after several adjustments, it was once able to compete with Yulin. Chang'an Baiguo Brewing supported many mountain and forest small businesses. According to the information from the Peony Internal Guard, 20 to 30% of the money earned by the people was spent on buying a house, and the rest went to Zepao.
Run the army well, take credit without being arrogant, collect money in a right way, and disperse it in a virtuous way. This may be one of the reasons why the old commander Li Sizhe handed over the position of general commander to Su Ce.
Moreover, his father also owed Su Ce a lot of favors. The fact that the royal family did not compete with the people for profit did not mean that the royal family could not do business, but that it could not do what people and businessmen did. The prescriptions Su Ce gave him,
The entire Zhao royal family remembers Su Ce's good deeds, otherwise the Lingwei and the Sixth Army of Beiya alone would not be able to support him, and they would have to say soft words to get the Ministry of Household Affairs to allocate funds.
If you think about it carefully, Su Ce has been showing kindness to people since he was promoted to the rank of nobility. In this world, only kindness is hard to repay. Compared with the other five newly promoted military leaders, now he still needs to win over people's hearts and accumulate foundation. Su Ce, a northerner,
The commander-in-chief of the army won the hearts and minds of the entire army before handing over the authority.
A gentleman can bully others, be strong without desire, and be generous with tolerance. Su Ce has taken this to the extreme. Other military leaders are now recruiting pawns under his account, while everyone in the Northern Army can be pawns under Su Ce's account. This is the gap.
, no wonder the prince said to himself at the family banquet when he left Chang'an: "The army leaders have been handed over, and the armies will still need to be in chaos for a while. Only the Northern Army, Li Shuai, floated into Nanshan, and the Northern Army lost its commander but there was no chaos. Everything.
It's all because Su Ce, the successor of the old marshal, is still there. Among the talented people of this generation in the Northern Army, when they mention Su Ce, they all say they admire him. Anyone who dares to have dissent will be attacked by others. Father, the emperor gave way.
I am sending you a message that for the sake of the Zhao family, Su Ce must be watched carefully. When Su Ce leaves Chang'an in the future, the prince will definitely accompany him."
Thinking of what he said that day, he only made Prince Zhao Zaicheng shake his head. After a long time, the prince also told himself: "Su Ce has become the general trend and has become the morale of the Northern Army. As long as Su Ce does not want to rebel, Zhao cannot force him."
If he refuses, otherwise the whole world will be in ruins, and I am afraid we will have to change the master!"
Thinking of this, King Zhao Zaixiao asked the beauty to go out and stay alone for a while. He smiled bitterly and said: "Brother, you still don't bother to kill two birds with one stone. The fifth army forces the Northern Army commander to live in seclusion, and then let me use my friendship to kill two birds with one stone."
Tied up Su Ce, I didn’t realize until now that I am the third one hit by your arrow. Forget it, you have been plotting against me since I was a child. It’s good for a smart person to sit in this big position."
Su Ce walked to the dark room, but did not go to see anyone from the Guo family. He hesitated, turned back to his room, and locked it up for now.
Early the next morning, Su Ce got up and asked Luo Yang to call Zheng Baishan and Liu Qian to come.
When the two arrived, Su Ce ordered: "Let the Guo family go. By the way, the Guo family will compensate 30% of the family property to the Chang family. They are directly descended from the border guards for three generations. In addition, Cexun will not return south until his ninth turn. Life or death will depend on it."
Life."
Su Ce thought about it all night, but there was no way to punish the Guo family, but since he couldn't punish, he should reward him. The Guo family in Huyi was not a local big family, but a small family. In the end, they were still people. Since they were people, they couldn't deal with civil and military disputes like this.
That would turn the table and kill someone, but Su Ce could let Zhe Chong Mansion give the Guo family every opportunity to choose a forward.
Live and guard the border to atone for your sins; die and it's all over.
With an order to select the frontmen personally rewarded by the commander of the Northern Army, seventeen members of the Guo family's direct lineage entered the Zhechong Mansion to avenge Chang Wulang? It seems not.
But when the head of the Chang family found out, he asked someone to place an longevity tablet for Su Ce in the temple. This was not a curse on Su Ce. The longevity tablet was placed in the temple to pray for health and longevity.
In the eyes of others, the order of selecting forwards represents the future, but in the eyes of the Guo family, it is a reminder. Because even if the Guo family enters the Zhechongfu to select forwards, the Northern Army will not think that the Guo family is a fellow soldier, not a fellow soldier, and they will not tolerate being ostracized.
Okay, but the Northern Army will only consider whether they are guilty soldiers. The so-called guilty army is a battalion of soldiers mentioned by five people in the army, but no one knows about it. The number of guilty soldiers is not limited. In any fierce battle, the guilty army
Take the lead and behead if you retreat.
However, Su Ce also added the ninth rank of Cexun. This was the vitality that Su Ce left to the Guo family. When the Guo family heard the news, they burst into tears, but they would not hold any grudge against Su Ce in their hearts, because if it were other Northern Army generals,
, that day was not a simple matter of surrounding the Guo family and making friends. In the past few years, when nobles left Chang'an, many local wealthy families disappeared.