A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 313 The Night Banquet
Peng Weizhong died.

The lame is still alive,

He changed his name and name, and lived with another identity.

Now, his name is Song Jiang, the commander of the Shuofang Bureau of the Six Gates, and his code name is Ghost Yasha.

Zhang Guben is just a small official in charge of warehouses and archives in the central provincial government office, and he is of the seventh rank.

In the Xuanwu Temple, Wu Huaiyu handed him a narrow-sleeved and slim-fit crimson jacket and a black jacket, and at the same time gave him a palm-mounted waist card with an eagle and dog pattern.

From now on, he officially became a member of the six sects, a minion of the emperor.

This set of petty official robes and the waist badge were bought by the cripple who mercilessly hunted down the Peng family. The Peng family has more than a hundred people, thousands of servants, thousands of hectares of fertile land, and countless money. was copied.The adult male members of the Peng family were directly executed on the spot, and the rest of the family members were not slaves.

There are only two people left in the Peng family.
One is a cripple, and the other is a fool, the foolish son left by the old servant.

Being able to become the fourth most powerful person in Lingzhou, the Peng family has accumulated a lot of wealth, but it is a pity that it has all been wiped out now.

The cripple not only sold the Peng family, but even asked to be executed in person. The more than [-] members of the Peng family who were executed were all beheaded by the cripple himself.

The cripple is a madman.

Both Zhao Xin and Chen Sheng suggested killing the cripple to avoid future troubles, but Wu Huaiyu still kept him and gave him the title of palm guard.

Although he is only a seventh-class palm guard, Wu Huaiyu, a member of Zhili, is not under the jurisdiction of the four chiefs, nor is he under the control of other pavilion chiefs, and he directly obeys Huaiyu's orders.

The faint fifth principal.

People like lame people are indeed crazy, but this kind of crazy and ruthless person is sometimes the sharpest sword. The criminal and constitutional department is special, and Wu Huaiyu needs such a ruthless person in the frontier.

Someone has to do the dirty work.

What's more, Lame already had a very strong network in Shuofang. This network has been painstakingly managed by Lame for many years. It is not only spread all over Lingzhou, but also has connections in Hetao in Pseudo-Liang, and even in Khan Court under the Turkic Yin Mountains.

A cripple is a sharp knife, but it is more like a double-edged sword without a handle, and it is easy to cut yourself if you are not careful.

"If Chang Shi wants to attack the other families, I will be able to produce a lot of evidence of their crimes." The cripple looked a little funny after he put on a crimson coat and a black jacket. It looks extremely uncoordinated.

The head is too big, the body is too small, the hands and feet are too short.

Huaiyu just waved his hand.

"Not urgent."

Wu Huaiyu returned to Lingzhou and returned to Lecheng that day, Cao Taigong sent Cao Xuan to send invitations to Huaiyu, and the old man of the Cao family wanted to entertain Wu Huaiyu.

"Could it be a Hongmen Banquet?"

Cao Xuan was ignorant and didn't understand the allusion of Hongmen Banquet, which made Wu Huaiyu a little speechless. Even Wu Huailiang and Wu Huaiyun, who usually don't like reading very much, were amused, and Wu Huailiang told him this story with a sense of superiority.

"It's just a banquet. I had a lot of misunderstandings before. If I want to make amends in person, I definitely don't dare to show any disrespect."

Cao Xuan, who was always very proud before, is now very respectful in front of this young long history. The Peng family was wiped out in an instant, and it had the greatest impact on them, the younger generation of sons and brothers.

In the past, they always thought that the sky was high and the emperor was far away. Even the general manager, governor, and governor sent by the imperial court did not pay much attention to them, but now they know how to be afraid.

"Who else was invited?"

"This time, there are local families such as the Liu family as companions. Doulu Sima, Su Sima, Wei Changshi, Wen Bingcao, Du Canjun, etc. were also invited."

The war is over.

The Peng family fell, and Cao Liu and others raised their flags to surrender. This banquet also hopes to reach a formal agreement with Wu Huaiyu.

They all hope that the war will stop here and not go any further.

"Okay, I'm going to the banquet on time."

The cripple sat behind Wu Huaiyu's hall, and after waiting for people to leave, he came out, "Beware of fraud, it's not easy for the Cao family to live forever. I used to think that he was old and timid, but in the end he was fooled."

"I promised to be on time for the dinner, but I didn't say I would go alone."

at dusk.

Six thousand elite soldiers from Yuan, Qing, and Xia's three governor's mansions arrived outside Lingzhou city almost at the same time.

The commander of the Xiazhou Governor's Mansion was Liu Lancheng, the Sima of the Governor's Mansion. He was an old hooligan who had worked with the Longyou battlefield. He was also a very cultured old hooligan. Familiar with classics and history, he was born as a county secretary, but he just likes to chop people with a big knife.

In Wu Huaiyu's impression of this guy, he felt that he was quite sinister and a bit cunning, so the previous colleagues were not too close, but this guy always took the initiative to get close to Wu Huaiyu, and everyone had a good relationship on the surface.

The leading general sent by Duan Lun, the governor of Gyeongju, was Qiu Xinggong.

This guy is known for being brutal.

"How cruel?"

"He often eats people's livers."

"true and false?"

"That can be false. This guy is a titan. He is very brave and fierce in battle, but he is also cruel. He not only likes to cut the enemy in half, but also likes to dig out his heart and liver to fry. Fry your heart and liver on the battlefield."

"And he is not only so cruel to the enemy, but also to his colleagues and subordinates. He beats people with a leather whip every now and then, and the skin is torn apart."

"No one cares?"

"There are people in charge, and he is often punished for this, but he usually returns to his original job within a month or two."

"What is the origin of this man?"

Even Wu Huaiyu was a little surprised.

"The Qiu family is the surname of Peking University."

Upon hearing this, Huaiyu understood a little bit that the so-called Daibei University surnames generally refer to the famous Xianbei families that were Sinicized during the Northern Wei Dynasty, such as Changsun and Yuwen, all belonged to the Daibei University surname.

Qiu Xinggong's original surname was Qiu Dun, a native of Qifen, Emperor Xianwen of the Northern Wei Dynasty. His younger brother Dou Zhenxin was named Qiu Dun's surname, which was changed to Qiu's surname during Emperor Xiaowen's reign.

The Qiu family is a family of generals, and Qiu Xinggong's grandfather is Qiu Shou, the general of the Western Wei Dynasty.

Of course, the main reason why Qiu Xinggong was so domineering was that his father, Qiu He, was in Jiaozhi at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and later sent Gao Shilian to the court to request his surrender. The governor of Jiaozhou, moved to Tejin, granted Tan Guogong, and added Zuo Wuhou General.

Later, because of his old age, he was asked to return to his hometown Jizhou as the governor.

Identity is very special.

But Qiu Xinggong was able to do so not only because of this, because during the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, Qiu He was in Jiaozhi, but his two sons were in Guanzhong, and he and his elder brother Qiu Xing gathered more than 1 horses in Qizhou to guard Mei County. The two led troops to join Princess Pingyang's men and horses to welcome Li Yuan into the pass.

With this achievement, one of the two brothers was granted the title of Duke of Meicheng County, Zhu Kingdom, and General Zuo Xiaowei, the other was granted the title of Zhu Kingdom, and the left one of Qin Wangfu was a hussar.

Qiu Xinggong has always fought under Li Shimin's command. It can be said that he is Li Shimin's hard-core confidant Yuan Cong. If it weren't for being too cruel, he should have a higher official position, instead of being the general of the left guard, and now he has become the governor of Gyeongju Fu Sima.

The governor's mansion in Huizhou sent Cao Canjun Li Yuanmin, a soldier from the governor's mansion, who is the elder brother of Li Sanniang and the son of Li Xiuxing.

The three who led the reinforcements, except Li Yuanmin who was younger, Qiu Xinggong and Liu Lancheng were not simple, one was an educated old hooligan who liked to lead death squads to raid enemy camps the most, and the other was from a family of generals who were naturally brave but the results were extremely brutal. Every time a war is fought, it is his barbecue meeting. Let's roast the hearts, livers and kidneys.

In a war with others, losing at most would be death, but in a war with him, losing would most likely become his barbecue food.

This guy is not only ruthless to the enemy, but also harsh to his subordinates, whipping his whip at every turn, comparable to Yan Rong, the governor of Youzhou in the Sui Dynasty, and Qiu Xinggong not only beat his subordinates, he even dared to beat his superiors. It is said that Yuchi Gonggang When he surrendered to Li Shimin, Qiu Xinggong fought against him.

Later, Yu Chigong came from behind and became his boss, Qiu Xinggong still continued to fight with him, and fought against him, and what was rare was that a fierce general like Yu Chigong couldn't suppress him simply by fighting.

Such two people lead the army, even though the emperor gave him the military order, I'm afraid it's not easy to control.

Take people out of the city to welcome the arrival of three soldiers and horses.

From now on, the 6000 soldiers of these three armies will be dispatched by Wu Huaiyu. They belong to the soldiers and horses of the Lingwu Dao camp. The manager of the compartment, Niu Jianwu is the pioneer of the camp.

The three battalions of soldiers and horses were stationed in the northwest and south of Lingzhou, and the Yanzhou Army was stationed in the east of Lingzhou.

A group of people met at the gate of the city.

Liu Lancheng was quite polite to Wu Huaiyu, but Qiu Xinggong was domineering, unable to get off his horse, and greeted him condescendingly.

Wu Huaiyu already knew the details of this guy, so he didn't have time to pay attention.

"It's a coincidence that you came earlier. It just so happens that the local powerful Cao's family is hosting a banquet tonight, and you all happened to go together."

Qiu Xinggong said bluntly, "What kind of thing is the Cao family? Why does this general give him face?"

Cao Xuan, who was following Wu Huaiyu, turned purple, but maybe he had heard about this guy's reputation before, so he dared not speak out.

"General Qiu doesn't even give me the face of the chief?" Huaiyu asked with a smile.

Qiu Xinggong sat on the horse, sizing Wu Huaiyu condescendingly, and said after a while, "General Manager Wu will naturally give me some face, so it's up to the general manager, go and have a seat."

Huaiyu asked the six thousand soldiers stationed outside the city to send rewards such as meat and vegetables, and then they entered the city together.

A group of people went to Cao's house for a banquet.

Wu Huaiyu also transferred his own guard, a total of 200 people, and then Dou Lu Huairang also brought 200 people, Su Lie brought 100 people, and Niu Jianwu brought 100 people.

Qiu Xinggong, Liu Lancheng, and Li Yuanmin also brought a hundred soldiers with them each.

The final result was that Wu Huaiyu took hundreds of civil servants and generals, as well as more than 1000 personal guards, to Cao's house for a banquet.

Seeing so many elite soldiers with armor and spears approaching from a distance, the Cao family was so scared that they thought they were here to raid the house.

Even Cao Taigong was very uneasy when he heard this. When Wu Huaiyu and the others arrived on horseback, he realized that it was a false alarm, but he was really frightened.

Cao Taigong hurriedly asked for the root ginseng to invigorate Qi.

This old heart can't stand the shock.

Although Wu Huaiyu was all smiles and brought gifts, Cao Taigong became more and more afraid of this young Changshi. These thousands of armored soldiers said they were guards, but the surrounding Cao family was blocked, and even the vestibule and corridors were everywhere. standing,

If Wu Huaiyu said a word, the Cao family would be gone.

This feeling of the sword being out of the sheath against the vest is really powerless.

Cao Xuan went back to the backyard to change his clothes, but the new ones were already wet with sweat.

"Go and tell Thirteen Niang to make her dress up well, and when you call her later, she must behave well in front of Wu Changshi."

"The grandpa wants to give Thirteen Niangs to Wu Changshi? Didn't he originally say that he would give away two tricks?"

Cao Taigong looked at his pale face in the mirror, he didn't have many days left, if he collapsed, the Cao family couldn't count on Cao Xuan, could they?He is not as fierce as Peng Cripple, and as smart as Liu Xian.

At this moment, Cao Taigong felt endless pressure. A family as big as the Peng family could collapse at any time, and the Cao family could also collapse at any time.

For the sake of the Cao family, not to mention giving Wu Huaiyu his granddaughter Shisanniang as a concubine, he just wanted a few more, and Grandpa Cao was willing to give them to him, let him choose, and only hoped to get Wu Huaiyu's protection.

They used to think that they were very strong in Lingzhou, but now they know what it means to sit in a well and watch the sky.

(End of this chapter)