Song Mian walked into Yueyan Pavilion and saw a middle-aged man sitting opposite Song Zhiti. He had a stern appearance, a straight nose, and an air of confidence and calmness all over his body.
"noble."
After subconsciously pronouncing this name, Song Mian felt a little scared and said: "It is indeed you. I advise you not to cause any more trouble to the Song family."
In fact, he had already guessed from the tone of Song Zhiti's words when he changed his attitude that Gao Shang might be here, but he did not tell Xue Bai. After all, before he could become the owner of Lu Hun Villa, he was first a disciple of Lu Hun Villa.
"I'll just say a few things." Gao Shang said, "My sworn brother did not kill Ba Lang."
"Say it as if you saw it."
"My sworn brother is guarded by the old pawn Fan Yang sent by Lord Jun. The old pawn doesn't need a second blow to kill Hachiro, let alone a third blow. He has no intention of killing Hachiro's life, and it's impossible for him to still have strength.
Write down the murderer’s last name.”
Gao Shang talks eloquently. In addition to the content of his words, his confident and sincere attitude also adds a lot of persuasion.
"I assert that Eighth Lang was killed by Xue Bai's envoys. The word 'Gao' written in blood is proof. No one else will blame him in Yanshi County."
"It's all based on guesswork," Song Mian said.
Gao Shang did not answer. Do the Song family really need a piece of evidence to prove who killed Song Li? No.
Song Mian pointed out that Gao Chong was the murderer because it was in line with the interests of the Song family at that time; he pointed out that Xue Bai was the murderer, which naturally brought greater benefits. In other words, finding out the murderer of Song Li represented a change in the attitude of the Song family.
.
Gao Shang then asked a question, saying: "Since Xue Bai can get rid of my sworn brother and Guo Wanjin, after using the Song family, won't he dare to get rid of the Song family?"
"How could he?!"
"The imperial concubine's sworn brother, the new champion, went to Yanshi to take up the post, and he did drastic things. His ambitions are not small. Why do you think he let you go?"
Song Mian couldn't answer.
Because he has never thought about this issue, the reason can be summarized as people at his level simply cannot think of this level.
Gao Shang stared at him until he could see Song Mian's uneasiness, and asked: "By the way, is Xue Bai using personal gain to deceive you? Or are you too loyal?"
"No!"
Song Mian shouted quickly.
The next moment, one of his uncles stood up and slapped him in the face.
"Crack!"
The clear slaps made the entire Song family wake up.
"I didn't." Song Mian's cheeks felt hot and he didn't dare to cover it. He said in the most sincere manner: "I was indeed stupid, but I had absolutely no selfish motives."
After being quiet for a while, Song Zhiti spoke up and said, "You are too impatient. Sit down."
"yes."
Song Mian sat down in shame and waited, although he didn't know what they were waiting for.
Until a servant reported: "Alang, Cui Gong and Zheng Gong are here."
After Cui Jun and Zheng Bian arrived, the gentry also arrived one after another, the least of which had more than two hundred acres of land.
"I have met Song Gong. Gao Langjun is also here. Is it safe to talk like this today? Xue County Lieutenant is a reckless person."
"It doesn't matter, he should have guessed that I'm coming."
While he was talking, another old voice sounded. He was still panting as he spoke, and said: "I am not strong enough. I am walking slowly on the mountain road. I am late. Please forgive me."
"Is this Taigong Guo here?"
The gentry began to discuss, saying: "Since Guo Huan has taken refuge with Xue Bai, how can we still invite him?"
Gao Shang said: "It doesn't matter, I don't mean to talk about shady things, we are all aboveboard people."
After saying that, he helped Taigong Guo to come in very gracefully.
Everyone sat down, and Gao Shang was the first to speak, saying: "I first went to Luoyang to meet with Linghu Shaoyin. When he talked about Yanshi County, he used three words, 'unstable'..."
Song Zhiti listened and closed his eyes again. While listening, he thought about old things.
If we talk about Gao Shang, Xue Bai is a capable person, and everyone is obviously more familiar with and trust Gao Shang. When it comes to Gao Shang, we have to mention another person - the former Henan Yin, the land and water transport envoy Li Qiwu.
In the 24th year of Kaiyuan, Li Qiwu served as the governor of Huaizhou and recommended Gao Shang. Others only paid attention to this appreciation, but rarely realized that it was because of Gao Shang's suggestions and repeated achievements that he was appreciated.
For example, in the first year of Tianbao, Li Qiwu opened a water conservancy project in Sanmenxia and threw rocks into the river, which caused the water to become turbulent and the boat could not enter. However, Gao Shang bribed Wu Huaishi and told the saint that Li Qiwu would build water conservancy projects and benefit the people. The saint
Long Yan was greatly pleased, and was given a mink fur collar, three hundred bolts of silk, and a special silver Qing Guang Lu doctor, who was also Honglu Qing, and a jade ruler. The edict said that he was given this gift because of his ability.
In this way, after three years of Tianbao, Li Qiwu was promoted to Henan Yin. At that time, he often came to Luhun Villa. Gao Shang accompanied him several times, so Song Zhiti got acquainted with them.
At that time, Gao Shang had not met An Lushan, but he had already shown unusual ambition. He was also extremely keen. From some anomalies in Luhun Villa, he discovered that the Song family was secretly casting copper coins, but he did not expose it and instead helped the Song family.
He hid it, and later recommended his sworn brother Gao Chong to help the Song family cover it up.
Two or three years later, Li Qiwu was demoted and Gao Shang defected to Anlu Mountain, but he still did not forget the people he was familiar with back then.
This time, Gao Shang made the truth clearer, and Song Zhiti understood... It was Song Mian, a fool, who was taken advantage of by Xue Bai, and he was also confused, and was almost deceived.
"All the princes have heard this story about the false Taoist attack on Guo, but before it happened, no one would realize that they had become the Duke of Yu. Yesterday, Xue Bai seized the Guo family's land; today, he liquidated the household registration of the land and forced him to
You pay rent and taxes; tomorrow, he will take away all your fields!"
Gao Shang said, waving his fists passionately to stimulate everyone's emotions.
But he was very calm in his heart. To get things done, he had to make others excited, but he had to stay calm.
On the other hand, he actually understood Xue Bai's thoughts very well.
He thought the same way once upon a time... He lived in Hebei when he was a child, and the taxes in Hebei were much heavier than those in Henan. Besides land annexation, his hometown had more and bigger problems.
As soon as the war broke out, the imperial court forced conscription; a large number of Hu tribes moved inland, and they were robbed and kidnapped everywhere if the governance was not properly managed; what he hated most was a vague prejudice that even the noble families of Hebei looked down upon after they arrived in Guanzhong.
They are civilians in Hebei.
But at that time, he also thought that everything could still be managed. At one time, he also wanted to use gentle means to change the injustice within the rules. He followed Li Shizhi and tried it.
If it doesn’t work, it can’t be managed.
Therefore, today Gao Shang wants to get rid of Xue Bai to avenge his sworn brother, which is equivalent to killing his former self. It is very simple, extremely simple.
He didn't come up with any new ideas, he just repeated the methods these gentry usually used to control local areas.
"Xue Bai's tricks are useless. All you need to do is react and work together to make him helpless. Most of the fields in Yanshi County are yours, the food is yours, and the money is yours. Even the money is yours."
The officials in the county office are all from your branch, so why should he fight with you?"
"Tai Gong Guo, your fields and houses can be returned to you. The only thing is to persuade Guo Huan to betray Xue Bai. Guo Huan knows the county affairs very well. Fortunately, everything he has is given by the Guo family."
"Spend money, give away women, and bribe everyone around him at any cost, including staff, officials, servants, and servants, even concierges and slaves. Those who don't want to accept anything, frame them, make false accusations, and get them into trouble."
"Whose house does Xue Bai live in now? Take back the house and drive him out. Don't think this is a trivial matter. It can destroy his prestige, undermine his confidence, and allow us to better monitor him."
"We should make Yanshi County no place for him. When people who work for him are walking on the road, you should block the road, because even the shops along the street in Yanshi County belong to you."
"There is no need to be reluctant to spend money, take out the food from the warehouse and distribute it to the people in the city, ruining his reputation. These people are the most stupid and unjust people, making him realize that even the people are not on his side.
On the one hand, it was the biggest psychological blow to him."
"What we did is all within the rules. We should let him sink into a quagmire and be unable to extricate himself..."
Gao Shang was dazed for a moment, recalling his past experience of assisting Li Qiwu. He deeply understood that it was absolutely impossible for an official to resist the power of the local gentry when he arrived.
…
After the meeting, Gao Chong's head and body were dug out.
At that time, Diao Geng brought the head and the corpse together, and the body was buried in a mass grave. The head was given to the Song family to pay tribute to Song Li. As for whether it can still be found now, it depends on what the Song family says.
, it is impossible to recognize Gao Shang.
Song Zhiti took out the nanmu coffin he had prepared for himself, covered Gao Chong with rich clothes, and buried him again in Mang Ling.
When Gao Chong died, it was extremely careless. A few months after his death, the second funeral was extremely luxurious, with the coffins of the princes and important ministers lying in the coffins.
"Sworn brother!"
"The soul is back!"
Gao Shang prostrated himself in front of the grave and burst into tears.
"I lost my father when I was young, and I was alone. It was my sworn brother who took me in, introduced me to the Gao clan, and made me a naturalized brother. My identity and name were all given by my sworn brother... I'm so sorry!"
"A deep kindness has not been repaid, a deep kindness has not been repaid! Those who kill my sworn brother are irreconcilable. If I don't avenge this revenge, I swear that I will not be a human being!"
Three incense sticks were placed in front of the tomb and had not yet burned out. The steward came to report that someone was looking for Gao Shang.
"Looking for me?"
Gao Shang was very surprised and had an intuition in his heart that he should be Xue Bai's man who could be found so quickly. But what came was a young and vigorous man who claimed to be a subordinate of Erlang Shan Fan Lao.
"Fan Lao?"
Gao Shang couldn't help but be surprised. He looked at the other person up and down and asked, "What's your name? Where are you from?"
The young man seemed slightly stunned, not expecting Gao Shang to ask such a small person such a question, and replied: "The little man Hu Laishui is from Pinglu County, Shaanxi Province."
Gao Shang asked: "Pinglu County? Do you know why it is called Pinglu County?"
Hu Laishui responded: "I know, it used to be called Dayang County. Later, the prefect repaired water transportation and burned the rocks. He dug out an ancient iron halberd with the word 'Pinglu' engraved on it, which means great auspiciousness, so he changed it to
Got the name of the county.”
Gao Shang smiled slightly when he heard this, because it was he who gave Li Qiwu the idea and offered him auspiciousness.
"You are from Shaanzhou, why are you following Fan Lao?"
"That year when the Sanmen Gorge was being dug, the water rose violently. My grandfather was pulling a boat on the shore, but it was swept away by the water of the Yellow River. I was just sixteen years old, and I went on a business trip with a handsome man at Erlang Mountain."
"How old are you?"
"Twenty-four."
Gao Shang nodded, knowing that the canal transport was built in the first year of Tianbao. In this way, Hu Laishui's experience was still related to him, but he was used to it. Li Qiwu was an important minister of Henan Province at the time, and any decision could affect it.
It has ruined the lives of many people... just like ants.
"How did Fan Lao know that I came to Yanshi?"
Hu Laishui responded: "Some time ago, something happened. The handsome man felt that he could not help Gao Langjun, so he asked the villain to wait in Yanshi County. He said that Langjun will definitely come to avenge his sworn brother."
Gao Shang's face turned cold and he said: "Since he knows, why doesn't he hand over Diao Geng?!"
Of course he knew Diao Geng, because he had just arrived in Yanshi and learned how Diao Geng took Gao Chong's head to the county government to ask for a reward and swaggered through the market.
"Please listen to my explanation, Mr. Gao Lang. Prime Minister Gao County was not killed by Diao Geng..."
"You still want to lie to me?!" Gao Shang deliberately applied pressure, and the attendant behind him immediately drew his sword.
Hu Laishui was horrified, his voice was shaking when he spoke, and said: "Yes, yes... the handsome head... Gao County Cheng who beheaded him with his own hands."
"Yeah?"
"After Gao Xian Cheng became a fugitive, he defected to Shuai Tou. Later, Xue Bai wanted to buy iron ore, so Gao Xian Cheng asked Shuai Tou to take him to the Yiluo River. Unexpectedly, Xue Bai found him and threatened Shuai Tou.
Hand over the head."
"Then what?"
"The handsome man didn't want to betray Gao Xiancheng, but Xue Bai kept pressuring him, and Gao Xiancheng took action first..."
"Enough!"
Gao Shang knew that Gao Shang's character would not sit still and wait for death. His sworn brother was a bit too arrogant.
"Who killed my adopted brother?"
"Yes, yes...handsome guy."
"Still want to lie to me?"
Gao Shang could tell that Hu Laishui was lying. He also understood Fan Lao's temperament, was responsible, and was willing to take the blame for others.
But this time, Fan Lao couldn't afford it. Things had already broken out, and in front of everyone, he had to distinguish his grudges and avenge his sworn brother who had been so kind to him.
"Go back and tell Fan Lao to give me the heads of the Diao brothers, otherwise I will level Erlang Mountain."
Hu Laishui felt murderous intent approaching, so he quickly responded and left.
Gao Shang and Song Zhiti whispered twice, and Song Zhiti arranged for someone to escort him. Hu Laishui did not reach Yanshi County, but went all the way to the dock, found a boat to cross the river, and headed south.
~~
At night.
Xue Bai was reading official documents when he heard a knock on the door.
"Mr. Lang, you're back."
Shi Zhong said, and introduced a young man dressed in black and short brown clothes, it was Hu Laishui.
"You're not being watched, are you?"
"Don't worry, Mr. Lang, I just came back after a long detour."
Xue Bai led Hu Laishui inside and sat down, poured a glass of water with his own hands, and asked him in detail about the details of his meeting with Gao Shang.
…
The house was quiet, and as dawn gradually approached, there was a rapid knock on the door.
When the door was opened, a large number of people had gathered outside. An old woman with gray hair was lying on a stretcher, and a middle-aged man in a brocade robe was kneeling beside the stretcher.
"I beg Xue County Lieutenant to return the house to the poor people!"
The sudden cry startled many people in the house.
Du Wulang and Xue Yunniang were packing their luggage for Luoyang. When they heard the noise, they ran outside quickly and saw that the atmosphere was already boiling.
"The county office asked me to rent the house to the county captain. My mother-in-law has lived here all her life!"
“For such a big house, I’ll give you two hundred yuan a month!”
"I didn't say I wasn't willing, but my grandma's condition is getting worse now, and I just look forward to returning to a familiar house..."
Du Wulang was confused by what he heard, and went to argue with him. But when he looked up again, he saw the people outside pointing and pointing, and suddenly thought, isn't this what it looks like when he leads people to make trouble?
What use is the theory then?
He simply squatted down and smiled at the old woman: "Grandma, are you ready for breakfast?"
The old woman had lost all her teeth and had a bad memory. When she saw this chubby young man, she thought he was her grandson and smiled toothlessly. Unfortunately, she was too old to speak.
After a while, Xue Bai came out and first greeted the old woman. Seeing that it was very windy outside, he asked someone to move her into the hall first before talking about anything else.
The middle-aged man in Jinyi saw him and said hurriedly: "Could it be that the county captain wants to occupy the house of the grassroots and avoids talking about it..."
"Do you want your mother to talk in the wind outside the door?!"
Xue Bai yelled angrily and with such majesty that the middle-aged man in Jinyi was so frightened that he was as silent as a cicada.
He gave up the house as it belonged to him, and it would damage his reputation if he caused trouble, but Xue Bai refused to give in because of his imposing manner.
Yin Liang cooperated tacitly, and then cursed: "When the county captain first came to take office, you were so flattering that he wanted to donate his house. Now the county captain is unwilling to join the same gang as you, and you will do whatever you want, but you don't know what justice is in the hearts of the people!"
"Okay!" Du Wulang was the first to cheer.
It's just that when you move, you have to move decently.
After arranging the move, Xue Bai said he was feeling unwell and did not go to the county office. He asked Yin Liang to handle some important paperwork first.
When Yin Liang arrived at the county office, he first found that several clerks did not hand over the official documents, but went to Lu Linghao's residence again. At noon, Guo Huan's wife came to the county office to find him, saying that it was the five-year-old son at home.
The grandson is very ill.
"Yin Lu, how about I go home first?"
Guo Huan put down the account book he was calculating and looked at Yin Liang, with a hint of hesitation in his eyes.
Yin Liang understood this look and sighed: "Mr. Guo, go ahead."
After Guo Huan left, Yin Liang went over to pick up the books on the case and did the calculations by himself. He suddenly remembered that he followed Yan Zhenqing to Liquan County and spent more than four years failing to re-check the land and household registration.
He had anticipated the difficulties in these matters.
"Recording the incident, a woman reported a crime outside the county office."
Xue Bai did not come to the county office today, so Yin Liang asked the woman to go to Wei's house for questioning. When the woman came in, he looked up and saw a very beautiful and charming woman. He immediately became alert.
"Woo hoo, please record the matter and be the master of the slave family. The slave family is from Huaiyang County, Chenzhou. They were abducted by Wang Da, a citizen of Yanshi County. The slave family wants to sue him..."
Yin Liang frowned, because he was from Chenzhou, Henan Prefecture.
Sure enough, the beautiful woman was crying and wanted to get closer to him. He immediately slapped the table and shouted: "Is Wang Da here? Take it to the court to record a confession!"
"Recording things, when people come, they will be at Facao."
"Let's go and ask questions."
There was an ugly, short man crying and howling in the Liucao Courtyard. The officials could not work at ease and stood up to watch.
When Yin Liang arrived, he couldn't help being surprised when he saw Wang Da's appearance. He actually suspected that the beautiful woman was really here to complain.
"Is the county lieutenant here?" When Wang Da saw an official coming, he couldn't wait to rush forward and shouted: "She is really my mother-in-law! County lieutenant, you make the decision for me!"
Yin Liang quickly reached out and pushed, shouting: "I'm not a county lieutenant, tell me the case carefully!"
Wang Da was pushed and staggered, his steps were sloppy.
"The slave family was abducted by him..."
"No! I paid a betrothal gift to marry you!" Wang Da's blood boiled and he shouted angrily, "You and the county captain, you..."
Before he finished speaking, he fell down on his back, there was a "bang", and there was blood on the back of his head.
Yin Liang was shocked and hurriedly reached out to check. Wang Da was already dead, and there was faint blood in his nostrils. He must have a hidden disease or poisoning.
"Yin Lu was blamed to death!"
"I was frightened to death by Yin Lu's incident."
As the discussion started, the beautiful woman rushed forward, hugged Wang Da's body, and cried sadly: "Wang Lang! Wow... you died so miserably..."
In the back hall, Lu Linghao turned around and shouted: "What happened?!"
This was just a common trick. Yin Liang had expected it. There was only one thing he didn't expect.
There are many ways to frame him, and it doesn't actually involve killing a human life in vain.
He stared blankly at Wang Da's ugly face, and what he saw was a worried and angry expression that was still anxious until death. He was so angry that he wanted to know what this humble man had gone through.
But it's too late to understand, the person is already dead and has become a tool worth mentioning.
~~
"Because that boy Xue Xin was very aggressive and might take action at any time, Magistrate Lu did not take Yin Liang to jail in the end, but took the opportunity to suspend his power and take away his power."
Gao Shang has moved into Nongqing Villa so that he can keep an eye on the situation in Yanshi County. The Song family also trusts him and has arranged many people to listen to his missions, inquire about information, and communicate with each other.
Today's progress was going smoothly, but now Gao Shang was a little confused after hearing the results. Although things were going according to his plan, he seemed to have not seen Xue Bai's response.
Of course, he sent someone to keep an eye on him. He knew that after Xue Bai agreed to move out of Kuixingfang early this morning, he moved directly to a house belonging to Yang's Trading Company behind the pawnshop in the west of the city. After that, he said he was sick at home.
However, Gao Shang knew that Xue Bai did it on purpose, either because he was sick and kept quiet, waiting for the morale of the people here to decline; or because he was sick and asked for help, waiting for help to come.
"If we go to investigate again, we will keep an eye on every move of everyone under him, including the stewards of the Du family and Yang's firm..."
"Gaolangjun, Xue Bai is out of the city."
"Where have you gone?"
"Luoyang." The person who came to report the news quickly replied before he could take a breath: "It was his aide Du Qi who left the city with a large team of carriages and horses, boarded the ship at the pier, and said he was going to Luoyang.
"
"Xue Bai? Have you seen him with your own eyes?"
"No...no, I think Xue Bai must be hiding in the team."
Gao Shang looked serious and scolded: "Stay behind me and don't let me hear your speculations again."
"The villain thinks..."
"That's enough, what I want is not your guess!"
Having said that, if Gao Shang were to speculate, he also believed that Xue Bai might have gone to Luoyang, and it would be easy to confirm.
"Ah Hao, go to Luoyang, meet Linghu Shaoyin, and ask Xue Bai if he is seeking support from the court."
The person called "Ahao" is actually named Tian Qianzhen. He is not yet twenty years old. He is highly appreciated by Gao Gao for his intelligence and bravery. He was recently elected as the leader of the team. Out of gratitude to Gao Gao, he took the initiative to accompany him. Come take this trip.
"Well." Tian Qian really agreed, but then asked: "Should I just find a chance to kill him? Revenge earlier and go back earlier."
Gao Shang waved his hand and said, "Just find out more."
Apart from that, he didn't make too many arrangements. From beginning to end, he just gave the local gentry a heads-up and inquired about some information. He was not like Gao Chong who resorted to force whenever he disagreed. Two millions of dollars are spent to take advantage of the general trend to suppress others.
~~
The trackers pulled the boats up the Luo River, and the bustling city of Luoyang gradually appeared in front of them.
Du Wulang glanced back at the Luohe River behind him, and said dejectedly: "It feels like I have run away."
Although he is lazy, he also understands what Xue Bai is doing. He has cleared the land acres and household registration, and the people will pay the rent and taxes as much as they have land. If it is done, it will reduce the burden of farmers by half, although there will be losses for the world gentry. , but a large amount of food can still be obtained from the fields every year.
To put it bluntly, it was just such a simple thing. He was busy working on it, and for a while he thought it was almost done. But the result was good, it turned out that Shi Geng couldn't accept this, and he reacted.
Du Wulang was very disappointed, not because he had great ambitions like Xue Bai and wanted to change things, but because he had boasted to several farmers and was driven out of Yanshi in such a dejected manner.
However, we still have to do what Xue Bai told us.
Although he usually thought Xue Bai was too self-respecting, if he really asked him to help deliver a letter, he still complained and said to himself: "It's not the moment, I only care about the love between my children."
The next day after arriving in Luoyang, Du Wulang went to Sigongfang and inquired all the way, looking for Li Linfu's house in Luoyang.
There were many heroes of the Tang and Yuan Dynasties in this area.
The heroes of the Tang and Yuan Dynasties refer to the heroes of Tang Long's coup. They are called Tang Yuan because they avoid Li Longji's name. In short, most of them are people who were still loyal to Li and Tang during the Wu Zhou Dynasty. Most of them spent their youth in Luoyang and lived in seclusion when they were old. Here it is.
Du Wulang asked about several houses. The owners were all old heroes whom he had never heard of but were said to be very powerful. Gao De, Liu Xuanbao, Zhang De, Li Xian...
Finally, he found a house with a small area that surprised him. It was very inconspicuous among the houses of the heroes of the Tang and Yuan Dynasties.
"Ah? This is the residence of the Right Prime Minister in Luoyang?"
"Otherwise it could be your mansion?!"
Seeing the porter's nostrils pointing upward, Du Wulang confirmed the matter, thinking that Li Linfu had never been to Luoyang since he became prime minister.
"Then what...if your Seventeenth Mother arrives, can you send someone to the Du family in Daodefang to tell me, I have a letter..."
"Who do you think you are?"
Because Du Wulang's temperament was really not that of a powerful man, and he was hesitant in speaking, the concierge became impatient.
Du Wulang had no choice but to scratch his head and replied: "I don't mean anything. Anyway, tell Qiniang that Xue Bai's letter is with me."
After that, he ignored the arrogant concierge of the Prime Minister's Mansion, turned around and walked away.
~~
Over there in the alley, someone was watching Du Wulang from a distance, and then handed all his itineraries to Linghu Tao, the young master of Henan Prefecture.
After hearing this, Linghu Tao turned around and ordered: "Take my name card and go to Sigongfang to ask if the right minister is coming. The government office should be prepared to welcome him."
"Here."
After making the arrangements, Linghu Tao continued to deal with the official documents until half an hour later, his confidant came back and said: "Alang, I have asked, and the right prime minister has no arrangements to come to Luoyang. It is the prime minister's daughter who is coming... In addition, due to the previous case of robbing and selling a good man, the Right Prime Minister arranged for You Jinwu's guard Cao Canjun Yang Qixuan to inspect the case and escort him along the way."
"The prime minister's daughter?"
Linghu Tao recalled some rumors he had heard before, shook his head and smiled bitterly.
It was the fake Zhang Sanniang before, but this time it was the real Li Qiniang. Xue Bai deservedly made his fortune by clinging to his nepotism, but how could the Gao brothers be defeated by the same means?
He called over Tian Qianzhen and said, "Tell Gao Shang that Xue Bai has invited another confidante..."
Halfway through, he was slightly startled and found that Gao Shang's experiences were somewhat similar to Xue Bai's.
Many years ago, Gao Shang was a pariah like a beggar, but he seduced one of Linghu Tao's cousins into committing herself to him.
Others only knew that the governor of Huaizhou recommended Gao Shang so that untouchables could be appointed officials, but they did not know that it was the Linghu family who first pulled Gao Shang out of the quagmire.
~~
The news sent back to Yanshi County from Luoyang was sent down the river and was delivered to Gao Shang that night.
"Did you really go ask for help?"
Gao Shang actually had the excitement of meeting his opponent in chess.
Both sides understand that there are only so many chess pieces on the chessboard, and the general trend is Gao Shang. If Xue Bai refuses to admit defeat, he must borrow more chess pieces. This time, Xue Bai can no longer use farmers and water workers in Yanshi County, because Gao Shang is not like Gao Shang. Gao Chong can give him such an opportunity.
Then, Xue Bai is likely to rely on the prime minister's daughter.
Maybe it's a cover-up?
The lights in the room were brightly lit, Gao Shang raised his head and looked at the sky outside, thinking that the prime minister's daughter could come to Luoyang, and the Guo State's wife could also send people, so he must be careful and vigilant.
…
The official road was dark. Xue Bai was walking at night with a torch, looking down at the muddy road. The question in his mind was still there - if everything goes as planned and Gao Shang does not come, can he solve the bad government in Yanshi County?
I'm sure he couldn't come up with a definite answer, but in the process, he thought more about change and destruction, and who would be his supporters.