First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 356

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Ran's house, the front hall, the atmosphere was a bit stagnant, only the young man was lying on the wheelchair hugging the middle-aged man and crying bitterly.

"Ran Sima, please tell me, what's going on?" Gao Chong asked with a gloomy expression, staring at the disabled middle-aged man who had just died.

"Ambassador calm down," Ran Bin said hastily, "This...".

"Have you been asked to speak?" Gao Chong raised his eyes and said sharply.

Ran Guanzhi sighed deeply, came up tremblingly, and said: "This is the nephew of the old man. His son is deeply trusted by Tian Shikang, and he intends to get married. He was promoted to be the county captain of Yangshui. Who knows that he is actually loyal to the Tian family?" Geng Geng, actually tried to report the news in vain, after the old man heard the news, he had no choice but to... ".

While talking, Ran Guanzhi choked up slightly, "I have to kill relatives righteously, white-haired people give black-haired people, it hurts me too much."

Gao Chong watched coldly, and the atmosphere became silent again.

Suddenly he recalled a shout, "You guys are so ruthless, you killed my grandpa back then, and now you're killing me, ah, you should die", the young man exploded in emotion, pointing at Ran Guanzhi and others and yelling.

"Presumptuous", Ran Tai was furious, he raised his knife and wanted to step forward.

Jiang Baoyi quickly stepped forward and kicked him over, kicking the weapon flying, "You are presumptuous when you use a knife in front of the ambassador."

"Child," Ran Guanzhi looked at the young man and sighed, "Some things are not what you think."

The young man just smiled maniacally, "Isn't it the so-called family interests, ridiculous, killing family members for the sake of the family's interests?"

The crowd remained silent.

At this time, Ran Sheng came in a hurry, and respectfully handed over a cloth bag, "My lord, please calm down, these, these are the evidence of the Tian family's crimes, I hope I can atone for the Ran family's crimes."

Gao Chong grabbed the cloth bag, turned around and left, "For the sake of Ran Ziteng's loyalty, I will give you one last day to hand over the guilty ones and the things that shouldn't be taken."

After leaving a word, he turned around and left. As for the young man, he was no longer in the scope of Gao Chong's consideration.

Whether he is dead or alive, innocent or not, has nothing to do with him, as long as he went to Pengshui to report the news overnight, it is a capital crime, no matter what the inside story is.

Everyone in the Ran family talked about it.

After a long time, Ran Guanzhi said in a deep voice: "Now it's time to cut off your tail to survive. You can earn more money if you lose your property. The current plan is to protect Ran's family. Atai and Abin, you two should deal with it. Remember, be careful." Ruthless, you should hand over everything."

"Aye, this property is easy to talk about, but what about that person?" Ran Tai asked hesitantly.

Ran Guanzhi stared at the words, and angrily said: "Idiot, you ask Abin about this."

Ran Bin's face turned pale immediately, after all, he still had to say the offending words, after all, he was not the next head of the family, so he could only grit his teeth and say: "The people who will execute are mostly collateral...".

Ran Tai immediately understood.

The next day, near noon, outside the building, Gao Chong was ready to set off.

Looking up at the sky, he murmured, "It should be here."

Jiang Baoyi didn't know why.

At this time, Huan Fasi came galloping, followed by dozens of riders, and there was a scribe inside who was lying on the horse's back in a state of embarrassment.

"My lord, this is Weitian Tiewen from Wulong County," Huan Fasi said, pointing to a middle-aged man beside him.

"I've met the ambassador." Tian Tiewen is tall and strong, not as thin as other Guizhou people, with a loud voice and thick joints. He should have a bit of force.

"Is your father Tian Manshuai alright?" Gao Chong nodded and asked.

"The body is still strong," Tian Tiewen seemed to be not good at words, but just replied truthfully.

Tian Tiewen is the son of Tian Lousha, the handsome man of Qianzhou, and the grandson of Tian Sihe, the former handsome man.

Now Tian Sihe has passed away for many years, Tian Lousha is also getting old, and now Qianzhou is Tian Zongxian's world.

Gao Chong looked around, and couldn't help laughing loudly: "The Ran family of Qianjiang, the Tian family of Wulong, and the He family of Hongshe, the three families gathered in Pengshui, I don't know how Natian Jiedu feels."

Hearing these words, Wei Ranbin of Qianjiang County, Weitian Tiewen of Wulong County, and He Zhongde, magistrate of Hongshe County, the three Qianzhong people who had been enemies in the past, looked at each other with excitement in their eyes.

Tian Zongxian has been in Guizhou for 40 years. Although he has regarded himself as a Guizhou native, he seems to have forgotten that he is an outsider after all. Before him, there were only three surnames in Guizhou, and no one really ruled Guizhou.

Now Tian Zongxian is arrogant and arrogant, which annoys the imperial court. The three surnames are attached to the imperial court and bring down this powerful outsider. Isn't this conforming to the will of the people.

Gao Chong took out a roll of silk cloth from his arms, opened the end, and saw three names written on it, they were Ran Bin, He Zhongde and Tian Tiewen, "Three, please add a seal".

This is a joint report, which can also be said to be a petition.

When Ran Bin and He Zhongde heard the words, they took off the seal from their waists and stamped it on. Seeing this, Tian Tiewen bit his finger and stamped it with a bright red bloody handprint.

"Let's go, Pengshui", now that they have converged, Gao Chong will go straight to Pengshui without further delay.

When Ran Guanzhi heard that the representatives of the three families had gathered together, he couldn't help admiring Tian Zongxian out of gratitude.

Regardless of whether Tian Zongxian was guilty or not, but he refused to enter the court, and the court believed that he was guilty, he was guilty. After all, it is impossible for a saint to allow the land in central Guizhou to become Tian Zongxian's private kingdom.

It's just that Gao Chong came to Qianzhou for only a few days to integrate the three families, leaving Tian Zongxian alone and helpless. Ran Guanzhi was terrified of this kind of tough method.

The distance between Qianjiang and Pengshui is not far, only more than a hundred miles. Gao Chong blocked the news before, but after the army set off from Qianjiang, the news couldn't be concealed, and Gao Chong didn't need to hide it.

The news soon spread to Pengshui, Tian Zongxian was in a state of shock, and hurried back to the city from the manor outside Pengshui City, summoned his confidants, and urgently discussed.

"Aye, Gao Chong is capable of literature and martial arts. I met him once in Jiangling. We need to be careful about it," Qianzhou governor Tian Shikang said with great respect.

I saw an old man with white beard and hair, a majestic face, piercing eyes, sitting on the head with a big horse and a golden knife, and his expression was dignified when he heard the words.

"Being famous, you must have some ability. I think Chang'an is afraid of this old man, so don't be careless."

This old man is Tian Zongxian, the envoy of Xuanwei Jiedu in Qianzhou, and the former governor of Qianzhou.

After entering Guizhou for more than [-] years, he has made great achievements and overwhelmed central Guizhou. He is a veritable "King of Central Guizhou".

"Did Grandpa worry too much?" At this time, a young man said indifferently: "You have made great contributions to governing Guizhou. If this Qianzhou did not have you, I don't know how chaotic it would be. Gao Chong can do nothing to you."

As soon as this remark came out, Tian Shikang frowned and reprimanded, "I don't know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth, but I need to know that there is a sky beyond the sky, and there are people beyond people, so nothing in the middle of Guizhou.

That Gao Chong is about the same age as you, and now he has been worshiped as a third-rank official, and he has fought south and north, with great military achievements, look at you again, all day long... ".

"Okay, okay", the young man was a little impatient, "Aye only knows how to reprimand me, although I am a bit playful on weekdays, but my literary and military skills are so bad, I am not yet official business".

(End of this chapter)