The new era of chaos begins in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 274 Overlord of Xiangzhou

Ergou's tactics against the Han family are, to put it bluntly, the tactics of terror for future generations.

If the Han family wants to fight back against Ergou, it is difficult for the official methods to be effective, because the government in Xiangzhou is basically an empty shell, and most of the officials are filled by the Han family on a temporary basis.

As for the government forces other than Xiangzhou, most of them looked on coldly at Xiangzhou, the state capital of the Song Dynasty.

Who taught the Han family to almost turn Xiangzhou into their own private land!

Another family that does this kind of thing is the Kong family in Qufu. The Kong family is the descendant of Saint Kong. They did this in Xianyuan County, and the literati all over the world recognized it by pinching their noses.

How virtuous and capable is your Han family? You can be on par with the descendants of Kong Sheng, but you are doing similar tricks in Xiangzhou.

Therefore, even though there are many bandits in Xiangzhou, and the Han family in Xiangzhou is ridden by "bandits" on their necks and pooped and peed on them, most of the officials from the surrounding states are watching the joke with their hands folded.

The only exception was Wei County in Daming Prefecture. Because the magistrate of Wei County was a disciple of Han Zhongyan, the contemporary head of the Han family, he intervened quite "righteously".

As a result, it didn't take long for Wei County to become the only place where Xiangzhou Chen Ergou expanded.

As for the Jianghu bounty announced by the Han family, I am sorry to say that among the local Jianghu heroes in Xiangzhou, at least 11 out of ten are following Ergou, and the extra one is the junior of the Jianghu heroes who has not yet graduated.

As for the river-crossing dragons from other places, they are usually taken advantage of by local heroes, even with the bounty on them.

By the way, when local heroes in Xiangzhou discover foreign heroes, they will always kindly remind them that if they want to take over the Han family's business, they must first ask for part or even all of the bounty.

Nine of the ten local heroes in Xiangzhou claim that the Han family has a bad reputation and often does such evil things as giving birth to sons without buttholes. Even those dragons crossing the river, no matter how big-hearted they are, they still want to do it. Go to Han's house to ask for a reward deposit or something.

That's fine. The key point is that the two ghosts and ghosts organized a group of strangers to go to the Han family to pretend to receive the reward deposit. Even if one person only received a deposit of a few hundred guan, hundreds and nearly a thousand people came. But he also deceived the Han family, which is simply a lack of virtue.

However, in their later years, the Han family no longer dared to believe any of the Jianghu people who came to their door, and the so-called Jianghu bounty came to an end.

And this matter is not the most fatal thing for the Han family. The most fatal thing is that there are spies and moles in the direct line of the Han family.

Han Hao, the most capable person in the Han family, has some cooperation with Ergou, but has been trying to eliminate the conflict between Ergou and the Han family. This is the Han family's "eating in and out", and is despised and reviled by almost all the Han family members, calling him Han's scum.

But the person who really betrayed the Han family's details and interests the most was Han Huan, who was once hung on a tree by two dogs.

Since suffering a social death in Wulongpo, Han Huan, who was once arrogant and reckless, seems to have become a different person, cautious and kind to others. If people who don't know his past meet him, they will praise Han Huan for being a humble gentleman. Even those who know his details will not be able to help praising him for turning back the prodigal son.

Even Han Huan's father, Han Chunyan, once praised Han Huan for "gaining wisdom" and that he has truly matured.

Of course, Han Chunyan was still very angry about the humiliation his son had suffered. He sent people more than once to pursue the local heroes who participated in the Wulongpo Incident. However, Han Hao covered it up at the time, and the local heroes in Xiangzhou were arrested because of Ergou. The leaders began to form a group to help each other, but before Han Chunyan's revenge was achieved, Ergou returned from the capital.

Some people may ask, has Han Huan really become a completely good person?

of course not.

In fact, the so-called maturity and humility are just a disguise for Han Huan to face the so-called "ridicule" and "contempt".

The real Han Huan is fragile and sensitive, has low self-esteem and is suspicious. He believes that every "member of the family" who knows his humiliation, from the Han family's father and brother to the servants, every look and every action of them is... They all laughed at his embarrassing experience.

As time goes by, Han Huan's mind has even become slightly distorted. If this continues, he will definitely become a desperate lunatic and an extreme demon.

Fortunately, Han Huan was captured alive by the heroes just arranged by Ergou who returned to Xiangzhou on his way to inspect a manor outside the city.

For the direct descendants of the Han family, the Xiangzhou heroes did not deal with them on their own, but tied them to Ergou.

The moment Han Huan saw Ergou for the second time, he suddenly felt a kind of spiritual peace.

Han Huan thought that maybe others would laugh at him because of the humiliation he suffered, but it seemed that Ergou, the person who had personally given him the humiliation and now controlled his life and death, would never laugh at him out of boredom, because that was simply not possible. Not worth it.

What is there about him that Ergou can laugh at!

As a result, Han Huan, who was dominated by Stockholm Syndrome, immediately bowed to Er Gou and said that he would become Er Gou's disciple.

Originally, Ergou was not very sure about Han Huan's allegiance. Even if he could sense some of Han Huan's inner emotions, he was still a little confused.

But Han Huan used an extremely perfect performance - he almost sold out all the details of the Han family - and thoroughly proved to Ergou that he was really a good dog.

It was also because of Han Huan's secret cooperation that Er Gou was able to defraud the Han family of hundreds of thousands of property through the "charlatans".

In this way, the Han family's fields cannot collect rent, the manor cannot provide output, the outgoing caravans are cut off, and the family's wealth is almost emptied. How can the Han family support the huge Han family with only some small businesses in Anyang City? consumption.

However, most of the Han family's children fled away one after another, but Ergou did not allow anyone to stop them and only collected most of their luggage.

In the end, only the older generation Han Chunyan and the younger generation Han Hao and Han Huan were left in the Han family's old house.

Ergou personally visited the Han family two years ago and met Han Chunyan, who had almost aged for nearly twenty years. He told Han Chunyan that he had no intention of exterminating the Han family, but the current situation of the Han family occupying half of Xiangzhou's land needed to be changed.

Facing Ergou's aggressiveness, the old Han Chunyan was so angry that he vomited blood on the spot, but he did not die because Ergou forcefully pulled him back from the door of hell.

Faced with Er Gou's extraordinary methods, even Han Zhang, the old ghost of the Han family who was hiding on the side, was horrified. However, he knew something about Er Gou's true background.

Faced with Er Gou's extraordinary methods, even Han Zhang, the old ghost of the Han family who was hiding on the side, was horrified. He actually knew the real details of Er Gou and was more aware of the tyranny of the Demon Suppressor.

It was due to Han Laogui's suppression that the fight between the Han family and Ergou had been maintained at a relatively low intensity for more than a year. At least the casualties on both sides were not large, such as Ergou's most loyal younger brother recognized by Xiangzhou. Yao Dahan's family was once captured by the Han family.

Especially Yao Dahan's brother-in-law, a young hero named Yue He from Tangyin. Thanks to Han Hao's carefulness, although the family was a little frightened, they did not suffer much harm.

It was precisely because of Han Hao's righteous deed that Ergou agreed with Han Hao that as long as the Han family did not go too far, he would never kill a direct descendant of the Han family.

Perhaps Han Hao would never know that without his kind act, Ergou, who had lost his future military god, would have mercilessly killed all the Han family and killed the nine clans. In Ergou’s view, even all the people in the Han family combined could not compare to one little finger of the future Yue Jun Shen.

By the way, today's Yue He and his wife, under Ergou's deliberate protection, live a happier and more nourishing life than they did in another timeline.

The only thing that worries Ergou is whether the future Yue Junshen can still be born as scheduled.

Because Yue He now has two sons and a daughter, and his wife Yao is said to have had a miscarriage and one of her sons died in infancy. Now the two Yue family boys are also a little frail. If they are not secretly protected by two dogs, I am afraid that they will Yes, there is also a risk of premature death.

Not to mention the future talents of these two children, their bodies and bones do not look like they have the qualifications of military gods.

Ergou didn't know the year in which Yue Junshen was born. He could only wait silently, worrying about gains and losses, waiting for the man who would come to this world either by chance or inevitably.

After Han Zhang met Ergou, his attitude was relatively low. He knew that even if the Han family was rich and powerful, they would still be vulnerable to the Demon Suppressor. It should be noted that he had personally experienced the "Renzong Palace Incident" that year.

When faced with juniors like Ergou, Han Zhang kept playing the emotional card. From the friendship between his brother Han Zhongxian (Han Qi) and Old Man Chen, to the care and guidance of the Han family for Chen Guang, the Han family The marriage with Chen Guang and so on.

Ergou told Han Zhang that if it weren't for these kind words, he would have killed all the direct descendants of the Han family long ago, and he would not have allowed a non-human and ghost like you, Han Zhang, to survive in the world!

Ergou's words almost scared Han Zhang to death.

It should be noted that compared to the ruthlessness of serious demon-suppressing people, people like Old Man Chen who are tolerant of ordinary evildoers are aliens. Why has Han Zhang been hiding in the Han family for decades without showing any signs of his actions? Isn't he worried? Those decisive demon suppressors smelled it and came to attack him.

However, some of the characteristics displayed by Ergou made Han Zhang feel that this boy was also a ruthless person with a tendency to be ruthless. The reason why he forced the Han family so much was probably because he was waiting for the Han family to make a big mistake before he could do anything about it. If there is an excuse to kill him, Han Zhang, and the Han family, then even Chen Tong'e and Chen Guang will not be able to say anything if they know about it.

That’s right! This is Han Zhang's inner voice. Perhaps Han Zhang was a man who put loyalty first, otherwise he would not be qualified to be selected by Renzong to become the verifier of evil spirits.

But now, Old Ghost Han has long since changed his mind. Under the corrosion of his soul by time and extraordinary power, selfishness, fear of death, and greed are his true nature.

In the end, Han Zhang made an agreement with Ergou on behalf of the Han family. The Han family gave up most of their land and property in Xiangzhou, and the family also moved away. Only Han Hao was left to guard the ancestral home and graves in Anyang.

He also showed great tolerance to the two dogs of the Han family who ran away, such as returning them 200,000 gold and silver as compensation, and suggested that the Han family move to Hangzhou, saying that there was a royal atmosphere there, and if the Han family went there, they would definitely get it. Somewhat cheap.

Ergou said this naturally in response to the Jingkang Incident twenty-five years later, but Ergou ignored one thing. Before the Jin people went south, Hangzhou also experienced the catastrophe and turmoil of the Fangla Uprising.

Of course, it is not a simple matter for a big family like the Han family to move to another country. Since Ergou made an agreement with Han Zhang half a year ago, the relocation work of the Han family is still in progress.

Dividing family property, assigning and relocating personnel, gathering materials, arranging migration routes... and some obstruction from opponents, etc., a series of problems made the Han family's migration work as slow as a tortoise.

However, Ergou is not in a hurry. Now he is only eighteen years old. He is a good young man and has a lot of time to grow up.

The two dogs stepped down from the city wall several feet high out of thin air, but the people around them were already not surprised.

[Si Ming Shenjun] Chen Shen has the power of gods and ghosts, and the power of Yama. He can travel through the void, drive fire and water, control thunder and lightning, and can even bring life to the dead, flesh and bones, and go in and out of the netherworld.

He is the overlord of Xiangzhou and the enemy of evil spirits.

This is Ergou's reputation in the world in recent years, and it is precisely his shocking aura that adds to it. Even though Ergou forced the Han family to move away from home, even though the unjust officials in the world could not stand his tyranny, they still I don't dare to make any nonsense.

On the street, Ergou was like an ordinary young handsome boy, strolling among the pedestrians, feeling the smoke of fireworks in the market, the cries of vendors, the bargaining sounds of customers, the laughter of street children, and the calls of wives. The sound of people yelling and cursing was mixed in with the crowing of chickens and dogs. It was lively and noisy, but it was so reassuring and exciting.

Only here, Ergou felt that all his efforts had half the meaning, and the other half of the meaning lay in the house deep around the corner.

Ergou bought some sweet-scented osmanthus cakes at the street corner. As soon as he entered the house, a three or four-year-old child rushed towards him, rushed into his arms, and shouted softly: "Dad! Have you ever bought anything with Ah Damao?" Osmanthus cake?!"

Ergou hugged the child, who was as lively as a flea, and hid the paper wrapped in the other one, but smiled and said: "If you eat too much sweet-scented osmanthus cake, your teeth will grow worms, how can I buy more from you?!"

When the child heard this, he struggled in Ergou's arms and shouted: "Daddy is unfaithful. Yesterday he promised Da Mao some sweet-scented osmanthus cakes. How could it not be counted!"

At this time, a voice sounded out, saying: "Da Mao! Don't bother with daddy anymore!"

Ergou looked up and saw a plump and plump woman coming out of the main room with a baby over one year old in her arms and a round belly. She was none other than Mrs. Yang of the Chen family.

Ergou Xiu held Da Mao in his hand and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law is well!"

Madam Yang opened her almond-shaped eyes and said angrily: "You damn ghost, you are talking nonsense! How could you call me like that in front of your son!"

Ergou laughed to himself and said, "Yes, yes, yes! Don't be upset, madam. It's me who is talking nonsense. I deserve to be beaten! I deserve to be beaten!"

At this time, another beautiful woman holding a child walked out of the hall, but she smiled and said: "My husband has never called me wrong, why are my sisters-in-law so interested?!"

Mrs. Yang snorted angrily and said, "Ms. Wang, I won't argue with you! If it weren't for the sake of teaching Damao his homework, I wouldn't tear your mouth apart!"

This person was none other than Ergou's other wife, Mrs. Wang. Mrs. Wang was naughty. She stuck out her tongue at Mrs. Yang and said teasingly: "Come on! Come and tear the slave's mouth apart! Just a little bit." ——”

What an annoying little goblin!

Mrs. Yang was so angry that her heart ached. This little girl was usually fine, but it was really annoying to provoke her whenever Ergou was in front of her.

Mrs. Yang snorted coldly, but said: "My lord, has Huzi ever returned to Bianliang City where he went?"

Ergou conjured up a big paper bag with his own hands, and he was the only one who was so bored that he joked about psychic powers with children.

Ergou smiled at the happy Da Mao and said, "Hey! Let Aunt Wang divide the sweet-scented osmanthus cake I promised you. Do not eat too much, you know?!"

After that, Da Mao happily hugged the paper wrapper and ran to Mrs. Wang, asking her to share the food.

This is the division of family responsibilities between Ergou and three women close to him. Mrs. Yang is in charge of human relations in the neighborhood, Mrs. Wang is in charge of family education, and there is a resourceful Mrs. Yang who is Ergou's secretary in foreign affairs. assistant.

(End of this chapter)