Great Military Division

Chapter 255 Raising the slaughtering knife, all the Nanyang nobles are shaken!
Kong's subjugation made people in Nanyang panic.

When King Hongnong returned to Nanyang Wancheng, the nobles who were involved with him were frightened, and they started secret activities one after another.

Xinye, Deng's family.

Deng Hui hurriedly walked through the corridor and across the courtyard, anxiously grabbed the passing attendant and asked:

"Where is the head of the house?"

The attendant holding the soup bowl turned his head to look at the octagonal pavilion on the other side of the wall: "It should be there."

Deng Hui hurried over, and started to shout from a long distance: "Patriarch! Patriarch—!"

Pass two corridors and turn three turns.

at last.

Arriving at the gate of the garden, I saw the octagonal pavilion in the middle.

Sure enough, Deng Xun was in the pavilion, taking good care of his exotic flowers and plants.

Deng Hui stepped forward quickly, but was stopped by the attendants outside the pavilion, he could only shout from the air: "Patriarch, little brother Deng Hui, please help me, please help me!"

"Patriarch—!"

Deng Hui was anxious and kept shouting.

After a long time.

Deng Xun put down the tools at hand, then got up and looked, and said softly: "Let him in."

Deng Hui quickly entered the Octagonal Pavilion, but he didn't dare to be presumptuous. He hurriedly bowed his hands and saluted: "Please also Patriarch, Zhang extended a helping hand."

Deng Xun looked solemn: "Didn't you already bring your daughter back? How do you want me to save you? Could it be that you also participated in the Kong family's interception and killing of King Hongnong?"

"No no."

Deng Hui said with a sigh of relief.

"Then what are you afraid of?"

Deng Xun sat down and sipped his tea, extremely calm.

"Homeowner."

Deng Hui dared to hide it, and confessed honestly: "The Kong family intercepted and killed King Hongnong's cavalry, it was not in collusion with Xiliang people, among them were dozens of horses, all from my horse farm."

"what?"

Deng Xun stared at the other party with a look of surprise, aggressively: "The cavalrymen who intercepted and killed King Hongnong used horses from your horse farm?"

Deng Hui stood upright on the spot, nodded in extreme annoyance: "Yes."

Deng Xun was furious, pointing at the other party and scolding: "It's not that I have issued a strict order that no one in the Deng family must have any involvement or relationship with the Kong family."

"But you."

"How dare you."

Deng Xun was so angry that his beard and hair were all stretched out, and his wrinkled face kept shaking: "How dare you secretly support the Kong family's horses? You really want to. I am so mad at you!"

"Homeowner."

Deng Hui stood there with his head bowed, like a student who had done something wrong: "Then Kong Ben is my son-in-law after all. When the Yellow Turbans rebelled, their family saved my life."

"Now that the Kong family is in great trouble, how can I, Deng Hui, stand by and watch, and there are only more than forty horses. I didn't think too much about it, so I sent someone to give it away."

"Who would have thought."

Deng Hui pretended to be annoyed, and sighed, "Who would have thought that he was going to kill King Hongnong? Patriarch, you were kind to King Hongnong back then, so you must give me a hand this time!"

"Humph!"

Deng Xun snorted angrily, stared like a bell, opened his mouth and cursed: "The premise of helping others is not to bring disaster on yourself! You have already repaid the kindness of the Yellow Turbans during the rebellion, why do you want to take action this time?"

"You know!!!"

Deng Xun gritted his teeth, his face turned pale with anger, his already wrinkled face became even more wrinkled: "Even if Dong Zhuo holds a hundred thousand soldiers, he is no match for King Hongnong."

"you"

"You actually"

Deng Xun couldn't stop trembling all over his body, as if he was extremely angry: "Do you actually think that Kong Ben can kill King Hongnong with only a hundred and ten lives?"

"you are too naive!"

Deng Xun turned around suddenly, completely ignoring this idiot.

Deng Hui hurriedly went around, nodded and bowed, respectfully: "Patriarch, calm down, there should be room for maneuver. After all, the younger brother is just borrowing a horse, and the clan will never participate in the interception."

"Do you think King Hongnong is stupid?"

Deng Xun's anger burst into his throat.

He really couldn't believe it.

At this time of crisis, Deng Hui could still say such naive words: "When he was playing tricks with Dong Zhuo in Luoyang, you didn't know what he was doing."

"Such a simple question, even me, a bad old man who doesn't care about common things, can see it clearly, let alone King Hongnong, you really don't take King Hongnong seriously!"

"Yes Yes."

Deng Hui nodded like a chicken pecking rice: "Patriarch, I know I was wrong, and I will never dare again. Please help me find a way. As long as I can get through this difficulty, what you say will be what you say in the future."

Say what you say, and what you scold.

A family is a family, after all, blood is thicker than water.

call-

Deng Xun let out a long breath, trying to keep himself calm.

He sat aside, sipped tea, and kept thinking about countermeasures in his mind: "Is the racecourse closed?"

Deng Hui nodded quickly: "Well, it's already sealed."

"How many war horses did you provide?"

"42 horses."

Deng Xun was angry and his heart was bleeding.

If these 42 war horses were given to King Hongnong.
Something more than enough to fail!
"Besides, do you still have contact with the Kong family?"

"Uh"

"Answer honestly."

"Have!"

Deng Hui nodded: "After the Yellow Turban rebellion, I bought some weapons from the Kong family, including Huanshou knife, horse lance, spear, iron armor, etc., about [-] pieces."

At that time, Nanyang was the hardest-hit area of ​​the Yellow Turban. Deng Xun had heard about the impact of this incident, so he was not shocked at all, but it was normal.

"Where are the weapons?" Deng Xun asked.

"Destroyed."

"Can you leave evidence such as accounts?"

"this."

Deng Hui shook his head, frowned and said, "I definitely don't have it here, it's just at the Kong family's."

Regarding Deng Hui's reaction, Deng Xun was quite annoyed: "I don't even understand this matter. Why are you here with me? Go back and ask your daughter. She is Kong Ben's real wife and should know."

Deng Hui hurriedly nodded and nodded: "Okay, I see, the Patriarch you"

Deng Xun sighed: "I will go to Wancheng personally to meet His Royal Highness Hongnong Wang. I can't guarantee whether I can save you, but I will definitely do my best. Hongnong Wang is much more powerful than I imagined."

Deng Hui was ecstatic: "Thank you Patriarch."

"Report—!"

At this moment, there was a long sound of announcement from outside the garden.

Deng Xun turned his head to look.

But I saw that the attendant brought Deng Tong all the way here in a hurry, with a slightly panicked expression: "Nephew, you are here."

Deng Tong hurried forward to salute: "Little nephew pays homage to Patriarch and Uncle."

Deng Xun said softly: "Did something happen?"

"Homeowner."

Deng Tong frowned, with a relaxed expression: "Wancheng sent back news that King Hongnong ordered that he ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor in five days. From now on, he will take a bath and fast, and thank guests behind closed doors."

hiss-!
Deng Xun and Deng Hui gasped in shock.

As soon as he returned to Nanyang, he announced his enthronement and proclaimed himself emperor, and thanked guests behind closed doors.

This is by no means eager to proclaim the emperor, but to use this as an excuse to block pleaders like Deng Xun.

The knife has already been swung, and there is no room for negotiation.

"This"

Deng Hui looked like he had eaten fly droppings: "Patriarch, then you can save me!"

Deng Xun clenched his fists, and directly vented his anger on him: "How to save? Are you rebelling like Kong Ben? Even Dong Zhuo can't beat King Hongnong, how do you ask me to save him?"

"whispering sound!"

Deng Xun chewed it up, and rushed towards Xiao Han with anger: "How can my Deng family have such a fool as you, who refuses to listen to thousands of orders, but finds me after getting into trouble. I, Deng Xun, am not a god, but a servant!"

"Patriarch, I was wrong."

Deng Hui bypassed the long case, knelt and crawled all the way to the front, completely ignoring the juniors beside him, begging bitterly: "I am really wrong, you must save me, there are more than forty people in my clan, They are innocent!"

"Patriarch—!"

"I beg you, okay?"

Pong!
Deng Hui slammed his head and kowtowed: "Helping those who conspire against us is a crime against the three tribes. Patriarch, there are more than forty people in my generation, please!"

The three tribes of barbarians in "Hanshu·Criminal Law" are: father's family, mother's family, and wife's family!
As for the people of the three tribes, according to the criminal law, first tattoo, cut (yì), cut off the left and right toes, and kill them; after that, curl up their heads, throw (zū) their flesh and blood in the market, and slander, slander (lì) The person who curses first cuts off his tongue, so it is said that he has five punishments.

It's okay if Deng Hui didn't mention this, but when it was mentioned, Deng Xun was furious.

He raised his foot and kicked Deng Hui, knocking him to the ground: "Do you still know that this crime will punish the barbarians? Our Deng family has a great future, but this time you are dragging it down!"

"Ugh-!"

Deng Xun let out a long sigh, wishing he couldn't chop Deng Hui into a meat paste: "You unworthy thing!"

Deng Tong hurriedly dissuaded him: "Patriarch, don't get angry, I don't think His Royal Highness Hongnong Wang would be so heartless, right? After all, our Deng family is the most supportive of his begging for Dong, and we have given out no less than 20 shi for food and grass!"

"That's right!"

Deng Hui hurriedly crawled over on his knees, leaning his neck, his eyes glowing with hope: "Patriarch, I, Deng Hui, have also sold grain and grass. Although it is not the most, there are still ten thousand stones!"

"King Hongnong."

"he"

Deng Hui's throat rolled, and he swallowed forcefully: "He shouldn't be so heartless, right? In this case, I am not the only one who supported the Kong family. The Yin family, Feng family, and Li family all participated, and the Yi family was involved. It’s so wide, isn’t Nanyang blood flowing like a river?”

"Humph!"

Deng Xun glanced at Deng Hui coldly: "How does this little blood compare with the blood of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in Luoyang? You are already old, so is it possible that you will live on the body of a guinea pig?"

"King Hongnong was able to escape from the Luoyang Palace and the emperor who crawled out from the pile of dead people. How could he be stopped with this bit of blood from the Nanyang gentry!"

"You, you!"

Deng Xun was so angry that he didn't know what to say. After a long time, he uttered a sentence: "Get out! Get out—!"

Deng Hui wanted to persuade him again, but Deng Tong shook his head and interrupted: "Uncle, you should go back first, the Patriarch will find a way."

"This"

Only then did Deng Hui get up slowly, and bowed in a big salute: "Patriarch, please! Nephew, please!"

Glancing at Deng Hui who left the Bajiao Pavilion, Deng Xun let out a long sigh: "Nephew, do you have something to say?"

Deng Tong nodded: "En."

"If you have anything to say, just say it."

"Here."

Deng Tong responded, and took out a letter from his bosom: "This is the letter sent by Zhi'er. It said that Sun Jian led 1 elite soldiers and returned to Nanyang."

Deng Xun was stunned, and frowned suddenly: "En? Is King Hongnong going to kill?"

Deng Tong shook his head: "Patriarch, my nephew thinks that this is just a deterrent move by King Hongnong. He definitely does not want to kill all the Nanyang nobles."

"Oh?"

Deng Xun pondered for a moment: "How can you see it?"

Deng Tong solemnly said: "First: King Hongnong is ruthless, but he is by no means a cold-blooded and ruthless person; second, King Hongnong cannot bear the consequences of killing all the nobles in Nanyang; third: Zhi'er is still leading the army , without limitation."

Deng Xun nodded with great interest: "You are right, but if King Hongnong didn't want to kill him, why should he?"

Deng Tong was clearly prepared, and he answered fluently: "My nephew guesses that it should be a warning to the Nanyang gentry, especially our Deng family in Xinye. Although they have made credit, they must not be arrogant."

"Makes sense."

Deng Xun felt suddenly enlightened, and asked instead: "Since you have this idea, why didn't you say it just now?"

Deng Tong cupped his hands: "Patriarch, you know better than anyone else what kind of temperament uncle is. If you tell him about this, can he still maintain his current state of fear?"

"Not to mention how King Hongnong will deal with his uncle, my nephew dare not speculate. If you just destroy one of his sects, wouldn't it mean that you, the Patriarch, have abandoned him? How dare my nephew talk nonsense!"

"kindness."

Deng Xun took a deep breath: "You are right in thinking, I am confused."

Deng Tongyi: "Where."

Deng Xun said softly: "Then tell me, what should my Deng family do now?"

After thinking for a while, Deng Tong solemnly said: "Thank you behind closed doors, just wait for the result."

Deng Xun nodded: "Well, it can only be like this at the moment. I didn't expect that King Hongnong is so young, but his methods are so sophisticated. It is an unrivaled enemy, an unrivaled enemy!"

*****
Xinye, Yin family.

"What did you say?"

Yin Lu's eyes were full of sadness, and he stared at the attendant below in disbelief: "Old man Deng closed the door to thank you?"

The attendant nodded with absolute certainty: "Well, that's right, this is what the villain saw with his own eyes. The Feng family and the Li family were all blocked from visiting, not even the head of the Feng family."

hiss-!
Yin Lu couldn't help gasping, and the eyeballs under his eyebrows rolled away, thinking about Deng Xun's purpose in his mind.

but
Yin Lu thought for a long time, but still didn't have an accurate answer, so he could only guess wildly: "Damn! This old guy won't be pissed off at home, right?"

"He is the most supportive of King Hongnong's begging for Dong. The entire Deng family took out 20 stones of grain and grass. It was all his hard work. Now King Hongnong doesn't show affection, but he wants to attack the Nanyang nobles?"

"This"

Yin Lu took a deep breath, hating Taotao in his heart.

Although the Yin family in Nanyang did not have as much food and grass as the Deng family, they still had as much as 12 shi. Compared with the other noble families in Nanyang, it was definitely more than that.

pity!

Yin Qiong, however, lent his war horse to Kong Ben, which ruined all his plans.

You know, Yin Lu has even selected two of the married women in the clan, and when King Hongnong ascends the throne and proclaims himself emperor, he will send them to the palace to reappear the glory of the Yin family in the past.

But who ever thought
Kong Ben rebelled and implicated the Yin family.

Now, King Hongnong thanked guests behind closed doors, took a bath and fasted, and was about to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor!
The butcher's knife has already been sacrificed, just waiting for an order to wash Nanyang with blood.

Yin Lu is not reconciled!
He frowned, raised his eyes and looked down: "Now, Tang Xiang and Yu Fan are still in charge of this case?"

The attendant bowed and replied: "Tang Xiang is no longer in charge, but handed it over to the former Runan prefect Xu Que. According to rumors, after the establishment of the new dynasty, Xu Que will be appointed as Ting Wei."

"what?"

Yin Lu's eyes widened immediately: "Who are you talking about? Runan prefect Xu Que, are you sure you're not mistaken?"

The attendant nodded and said with absolute certainty: "It must be him, there is absolutely nothing wrong."

"Damn!"

Yin Lu secretly chewed.

How could he not know that when Xu Wei was the governor of Jingzhou, he had exposed Zhang Zhongzang with more than [-] million yuan, and he didn't even give Empress Dowager Dong face, so he just brought him to justice without mercy.

King Hongnong sent him to preside over the case, and also sent Yu Fan, a madman, to assist. He clearly wanted to make a big effort to rectify the situation of the Nanyang gentry. This kid would definitely be able to catch the Kong family and uncover a lot of connections behind it.

"crazy!"

"King Hongnong is simply crazy!"

Yin Lu anxiously paced back and forth.

The weather vane of the Nanyang gentry, thanking guests behind closed doors, made him lose the yardstick of judgment.

"Report—!"

At this moment, a long announcement sounded outside the hall.

Yin Lu looked up.

However, a servant walked into the hall quickly, bowed his body and cupped his hands: "Patriarch, Yin Xiu has arrived."

Yin Lu seemed to be grasping at straws: "Hurry up, please hurry up."

The attendant nodded and nodded: "Here."

Immediately.

He bowed and left the hall backwards.

Soon.

Under the leadership of his attendants, Yin Xiu rushed to the main hall to meet: "Patriarch."

Yin Lu waved his hand to signal him to sit aside, ordered his attendants to cook tea for the guests, and turned his gaze to Yin Xiu: "Zi Yi, we are a family, if you have anything to say, I will not hide it."

Yin Xiu bowed his head, and said softly: "It's okay for the Patriarch to say anything, but Xiu will know everything."

"it is good!"

Yin Lu nodded in satisfaction, and cut straight to the point: "You don't need to talk about the current situation in Nanyang. You don't need to talk about it. Ziyi should be aware of it. King Hongnong sacrificed a butcher knife and was about to wave it at the Nanyang nobles. Let's have a bloodbath."

However.
Yinxiu was extremely calm and unhurried: "Patriarch, the matter should not be as serious as imagined. There may be some turmoil in the Yin family, but it will definitely not affect the foundation."

"Oh?"

Yin Lu tentatively asked, "How can you see that?"

Yin Xiu twisted his beard, and said softly: "One: King Hongnong ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, and he will never let Nanyang be in great turmoil. This will give Dong Zhuo an opportunity to take advantage of it;"

"Second: Xiu believes that the forced rebellion of the Kong family this time must be the confrontation between King Hongnong and Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo wants to use this to cause Nanyang to be in turmoil, but King Hongnong will never let him succeed."

"Oh?"

Yin Lu couldn't help being curious: "You mean the Kong family rebelled, and Dong Zhuo was behind it?"

Yin Xiu nodded with absolute certainty: "It must be so! If the Patriarch doesn't believe it, you can ask Yin Qiong. It's not just because Kong Ben is his son-in-law that he lent Kong Ben his horse."

"but"

Speaking of this, Yin Xiu's eyes showed a sharp and fierce look: "Because Dong Zhuo set out certain conditions for them, and promised that once King Hongnong died, he would be ordered to carve up Nanyang."

hiss-!
Yin Lu couldn't help gasping, his scalp felt numb and his back felt cold.

It sounds very reasonable, but Yin Qiong never explained this kind of problem to herself.

Could it be
This guy is hiding it on purpose?

Yin Lu frowned, and said coldly: "Ziyi, I still say the same thing, we are a family, you have to be responsible for what you say, don't slander a good person."

call-

Breathe out long.

Yin Xiu didn't change his face: "Patriarch, Xiu still said the same thing. If you don't believe me, you can ask Yin Qiong. It's about the life and death of our Yin family, so we must investigate."

"in addition."

Yin Xiu's voice was slightly drawn out, and he said in a gloomy tone: "The Patriarch may not know, because Xiu was once abandoned by King Hongnong, and Dong Zhuo also sent someone to win over my nephew this time."

"Of course!"

Yin Xiu was afraid of being misunderstood, so he hurriedly added: "My nephew is well aware of the power of King Hongnong, so he didn't agree. The Patriarch can rest assured about this."

Yin Lu couldn't believe it: "There is such a thing?"

Yin Xiu nodded: "If something happened to Kong Ben, Xiu wouldn't even be able to leave the house. The outside of the mansion is full of the Kong family's eyeliner. I'm afraid that I will ruin their big event."

silence.

long silence.

After all, Yin Lu underestimated this matter.

He calmed down, thought for a moment, and then asked, "Ziyi, if you were the head of the family, what would happen at this moment?"

Yin Xiu seemed to have been prepared for a long time, and replied directly: "King Hongnong's butcher knife has been sacrificed, and he will never let it go. Although he will definitely not make things big, he will definitely hit the Nanyang gentry."

"repair"

Yin Xiu bowed his body and cupped his hands, and said in a clear voice: "The Patriarch should put the overall situation first and survive with a broken arm. You must know that King Hongnong will never let Yin Qiong go. He is already a dead person. If the Patriarch insists on saving him, it is tantamount to doing harm to King Hongnong." Make trouble."

"If Xiu's guess is right."

Yinxiu let out a sigh, frowned and pondered: "King Hongnong will definitely send his army back to Nanyang in order to let everyone understand the situation clearly! Firstly, it is to reduce the pressure on the front line; secondly, it is to deter the nobles of Nanyang."

"Homeowner!"

Yin Xiu said with great certainty: "At this time, if anyone from the Nanyang gentry dares to take the lead, he will definitely have to take a stab at the head! Although King Hongnong is not very old, but looking at Dong Mengjun, all the major princes have been mobilized by him."

Yin Lu nodded slowly: "That's right, that's true, King Hongnong should not be underestimated."

Yinxiu nodded, and made a final decision: "King Hongnong is firmly in control of the general situation, how can our Yin family go against the trend? Why did the head of the Deng family thank guests behind closed doors? It was because he recognized the situation clearly and did not want to provoke the king of Hongnong." God."

"That's right!"

Yin Lu didn't know King Hongnong, but he knew Deng Xun and others like the back of his hand.

He originally suspected that there was a deep-seated reason why Deng Xun thanked guests behind closed doors. After being taught by Yin Xiu, he was enlightened and suddenly realized.

"Zi Yi!"

Yin Lu heaved a sigh of relief, completely relieved: "Thank you for coming today, otherwise the old man would have caused a catastrophe. Among the members of our Yin family, you must be the most capable and knowledgeable, have you ever thought about it?" Are you coming back?"

"This"

Yin Xiu shook his head and said softly: "Patriarch, the situation has changed now. Even if my nephew wants to come back, King Hongnong may not accept it. You should support the young talents in the clan."

"of course."

Yinxiu finally added: "No one knows how King Hongnong will employ people in the future, but my nephew has a strong feeling that the new dynasty is definitely not dominated by aristocratic families."

　Thank you [Looking at Qianchenwangshi] for becoming the first leader of this book!Jiageng can only be in the middle of the night, the beast just fell asleep, and is always pestering the author during the day, unable to write.

　　
　
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