Jiang Rang felt that Suo Siwen was crazy for wanting to be promoted. He only knew how to use his power to suppress others and act despicably without leaving any way for his officials and subordinates to escape.
As long as you don't lose that direction, you will naturally gain a reputation as a loyal and courageous person who "works hard" and "bravely defends dangerous frontiers", and then you can go to Luoyang and get promoted.
But the grandpas are still wandering around in Jingzhou. How should we deal with Li Shixian and Li Chengzhi in the future?
Jiang Rang realized more and more that he could no longer follow Suo Siwen all the way to the dark side...
But after all, they are colleagues, and there is not much disagreement on weekdays, and the ancestral relationship is quite deep. Jiang Rang feels that if he can be persuaded, it is best to persuade him again.
He felt sad for a long time, and then he sighed: "The ancestors of your family and mine all learned from the wise master Guo, and our ancestors were all given the kindness of knowing each other. Even for the sake of the Guo family, we should stay with the Li family." Some decent ones!"
Guo Cunxin's great-grandfather is Guo Yu, a world-famous Confucian in the late Jin Dynasty. He is the author of "Spring and Autumn Mo Shuo", "Xiao Jing Zong Wei" and other classics.
After the Yongjia Rebellion, the Central Plains was devastated and only Liangzhou was safe. Guo Yu set up a lecture hall in Zhangye and had thousands of disciples.
There were dozens of people who were prominent and became ministers in various dynasties. Among their disciples was Jiang Rang's great-grandfather Jiang Hua.
After Jianghua left the army, he was recommended by Guo Yu to Zhang Tianci in Qianliang, where he was worshiped as a Confucian scholar (academic official). Later he was demoted to the Wei Dynasty and became the prefect of Zhaojun.
Suo Siwen's grandfather, Suo Chang, was a generation younger, and he was taught by Guo Yu's son-in-law Liu Bing, from whom he learned his legacy. Later he entered Luoyang, where he was promoted to a doctor of imperial books (academic official), and later to the prefect of Fufeng.< /p>
Fortunately, the Jiang family was originally a family of Chongzhuan (researching fonts and calligraphy) and exegesis (teaching). But Suo Shi could only be said to be a powerful man in Shanghexi, and could not even touch the edge of a "family".
However, after becoming a disciple of the Guo family, three generations of the Suo family became high-ranking officials based on the scriptures they learned, and they were considered to have entered the "gentry".
It has been a hundred years since then. The Suo family has moved to Luoyang, while the Guo family and the Jiang family are still in Hexi...
"Of course I remember the kindness of the wise teacher Guo, but the Guo family is the Guo family and the Li family is the Li family. How can we generalize the two?"
Suo Siwen frowned when he heard this, and pointed to Li Bai on the hospital bed and the nearly a hundred soldiers in the prison, and said coldly, "Moreover, why did I ever treat Li so harshly? If I hadn't mutinied by seclusion, how could I have done it?" Will you end up like this?"
Jiang Rang groaned in pain, as if he had a toothache.
You tricked Li Bai into quelling the chaos for you. After Li Bai was besieged by bandits, it was fine if you didn't send troops to rescue him. He broke out of the siege and fled to the door. You were afraid that the enemy soldiers chasing after him would rush through the door, but there was no door open. Dare to drive?
If I were Li Bai, I would have to rebel...
Forget it, Suo Siwen is already possessed by demons, so why should I waste my words?
Jiang Rang simply shut up and refused to say another word.
Suo Siwen is not a fool. If he were a fool, he would not be the county magistrate.
He also felt that his approach was somewhat inappropriate, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Don't worry too much. If Mr. Li is really wise, just help me protect the county town from being attacked by thieves."
Taking advantage of this, a certain nature will protect him from fame..."
Jiang Rang was so angry that he laughed.
I said, how dare you fool people into thinking they are fools? After a long time of making trouble, it turned out that you really thought people were fools?
Suo Siwen didn't believe that Li Chengzhi, who had been stupid for four years, suddenly became wise. He only thought that Li Song and Li Bai were acting under the guise of Li Chengzhi, so he thought they were just two servants of the Li family. If I cheated you, I would cheat you.
What can you do to me?
I'm afraid you've already thought about annexing the remaining brigade of soldiers from the Li family, right?
It's really ridiculous. If Li Chengzhi hadn't enlightened himself, how could Li Bai be willing to fight so hard?
This is obviously determined that someone will make the decision for him, or even take revenge for him...
But Li Shixian is still trapped in Jingzhou, who else could it be besides Li Chengzhi?
Thinking of this, Jiang Rang's heart skipped a beat: Could it be that Suo Siwen was self-defeating?
No, regardless of whether it is true or not, we have to leave a way out...
After a while, Jiang Rang persuaded Suo Siwen to rest for a while while the medical officer finished changing Li Bai's medicine. He said he would go to the city for inspection.
Suo Siwen did not doubt that he was there, and went to the back office after leaving the county jail. Jiang Rang rode a horse in a circle and sneaked to the door of Zhang's house...
In the third courtyard, there were dozens of county soldiers guarding the door, and more than twenty Taoist soldiers standing inside. The two sides were at war with each other, and they were ready to fight if they disagreed.
"What are you doing here?" Zhang Xingyi stared at him coldly.
He still doesn't know what happened.
Li Bai, who was resting in the city, was suddenly sent out by the county magistrate to fight against the thieves?
All was well, Li Bai was besieged by bandits, but in the middle of the night, it was said that Li Bai had colluded with the bandits to defraud the door?
The county magistrate Suo Siwen claimed that there might be spies among the Taoist soldiers who followed Li Bai into the city, so he sent troops directly to surround the Zhang Mansion...
This is the most ridiculous thing in the world. Which of these thirty soldiers is not a son of a good family?
The clan's uncle Zhang Wei (Guo Cunxin's father-in-law) concluded that there must have been some quarrel between Nasuo County Magistrate and Li Bai, and Suo Siwen was looking for an excuse to threaten...
So brave!
Just the Li family. Does the county magistrate think that the Zhang family and the Guo family are inseparable?
Seeing Zhang Xingyi's rude question, Jiang Rang was not angry.
In terms of rank, Zhang Xingyi is equal to him, but Taipingguan is increasingly declining. As a Taoist soldier, he basically has no local influence and has no real power.
Jiang Rang jumped off his horse and clasped his fists towards Zhang Xingyi: "I have something important to discuss with Duke Bo Zheng (Zhang Wei), and I would like to ask Brother Xingyi to pass it on."
"We have something important to discuss? Are you here to plot against my Zhang family?" Zhang Xingyi sneered, pointed at the county soldiers outside the door and said, "You can really treat my Zhang family like a prisoner just by saying 'there is a spy'"
Can it be done?"
Jiang Rang looked at Zhang Xingyi and sighed.
After all, he is a young man who only wants to be strong and prosperous. He has been plotted by others but he doesn’t know it yet?
After letting you go, how can Suo Siwen lure the remaining brigade of soldiers and horses of the Li family to Chaona?
"Do you have a pair of cousins who came to the city and left with excuses and haven't returned for two days?"
"What do you mean by an excuse to leave? The uncles of those two people are officials in your Chao Na County Yamen. Now that you are here in Chao Na, why should you visit..."
Just halfway through speaking, Zhang Xingyi's face changed, "Are you trying to make something out of nothing and frame me?"
It’s really an elm-headed thing, and I can’t figure it out at all.
Jiang Rang flicked his sleeves and said coldly: "I'm just telling you that Li Bai was defeated in the city last night and had his arm chopped off by thieves. He is still unconscious...half of his troops were defeated and half were killed or injured."
...Because of the mutiny among the disciples, the remaining ones were all imprisoned by the county king...
It's a very important matter... If you don't let me in, I'll leave now, and your Zhang family and Guo family won't regret it afterwards..."
Zhang Xingyi seemed to be frozen.
Didn't Li Bai rebel? Why did he fight with the enemy and lose his arm?
Why did his subordinates mutiny at the city gate?
There was so much information that Zhang Xingyi couldn’t react at the moment.
Seeing Jiang Rang turn around to leave, Zhang Xingyi stepped out of the door, grabbed his sleeve, gritted his teeth and said: "Follow me..."
When I was young, I saw Jiang Rang leaving Zhang's house with two men in county soldier uniforms.
One of them was obviously dressed up by Zhang Xingyi. He was gritting his teeth as he walked.
"Damn Suo Siwen... Taoist master, I will cut you into pieces..."