Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 1093 Taiyuan Changes

  Taiyuan City has now recovered from the shock of Wang Yun's death and the death of the old man of the Wang family. That kind of flustered situation, like the sky is falling, is finally quite a thing of the past. After midsummer came, many people found that the day did not collapse, the sun still rose, the stomach was still hungry, and everything seemed to be the same.

  At that time, when the news of Wang Yun's death came, half the sky in Taiyuan seemed to collapse.

   But to be honest, the Taiyuan Wang family does occupy half of the sky in Taiyuan.

When Wang Yun was on the stage before, the small gentry around Taiyuan and the nobles were naturally attached to the Wang family. Now that the big tree in the sky has collapsed, the most important thing is to quickly find out what is going on in the court. Change, to see if you can keep your current status, or just go one step further.

However, the changes in Guanzhong really made him at a loss. Because of the distance and traffic, he had just found out that Li Guo was on stage and was thinking about how to proceed to the next step. When Zhong Shao presided over the court, and soon after Zhong Shao was put on the agenda, he heard that Zhong Shao was no longer good, and Yang Biao came back...

  The summer sun, after a long time, is like being grilled. These gentry tyrants, either with their entourage, or with a simple car, without the Taiyuan Wang family as the backbone, they all ran around like headless chickens, chatting and inquiring about each other, and all kinds of news spread everywhere. Flying randomly, there is no one accurate.

  I can’t say all of them, but there are still some people, no matter ancient or modern, still like to cheat, and like to take some so-called shortcuts.

  Thinking back then, there were so many chariots and horses gathered in front of the Wang's mansion in Taiyuan, and the children of the gentry waiting outside the gate surged like crucian carp crossing the river.

  The Wang family's family administrator was used to playing awe-inspiring in the past, but now he is like a dried vegetable moss, lying listlessly by the side.

Now that the Taiyuan Wang family has fallen to such a point, the pillars have collapsed, the old man has died, and even the next generation of heirs have died inexplicably. It is like the end of the world. Before the Wang's mansion, now it is deserted.

  But it can’t be said that no one came to visit the Wang family in Taiyuan. At this moment, there was a simple carriage parked in front of the empty Wang family’s mansion...

  ………………

  In Taiyuan Wang's hall, white curtains full of sadness were hung on the beams and pillars, but the two people sitting opposite each other didn't look sad at all.

  Now the head of the Taiyuan Wang family has been replaced by Wang Chen.

  Wang Chen's face was gloomy and cold, completely different from the smiling face he used to smile in Pingyang. He was staring at Zhao Shang in front of him, his eyes fluctuating.

   Zhao Shang didn't seem to realize it, shaking a small fan, fanning the cool wind. The wind blew up his slightly gray sideburns, which gave him a little more elegance.

   "How is Ziming thinking?" Zhao Shang put the small fan on the table, and without looking at Wang Chen, he just asked softly.

  Wang Chen lowered his voice and said, "What do you want to do?!"

"Hey... the moon is shining brightly, so beautiful, such a beautiful woman, so beautiful, but so helpless..." Zhao Shang looked at the sky outside the hall, and softly groaned, "It's a pity that it's the middle of the month, only, Remaining, half, round..."

Wang Chen slapped the table fiercely, almost unable to suppress the anger in his heart. After gasping for a few times, he gritted his teeth and said: "...This is absolutely impossible! Now that the Wang family is exhausted, how can Brother Zhao not know? The shops of the lower merchants have not been under the supervision of the owner for a long time. They are dilapidated and need to be carefully sorted out...not to mention that now that a certain party is in this position, how can he act rashly and provoke criticism... If it takes some time to plan it slowly, it must not be done at this moment ..."

Zhao Shang smiled and said: "Zi Ming's words are wrong... The Wang family of Taiyuan has always been cautious in their family style. How can anyone slack off? Zi Ming is a clear proof. Now the general who conquers the West is in urgent need of money, and tens of thousands of hungry people have moved to Yinshan , urgently need food and grass to be settled, and it is a great good to do it at this time... If it is delayed, what good will it be?"

Wang Chen still shook his head, frowned like a river, and said in a low voice: "Now that the Wang family is in chaos, there is a lot of waste internally and externally, and now it is approaching the autumn harvest, when it is time to reorganize the account books and appease the houses, how can we sell foreign goods?" Lose? The Wang family has many branches, and the town needs to be suppressed at this time, and it is even more urgent. How can there be troubles again, otherwise changes will be a major event, and the situation in Taiyuan will be corrupted! Brother Zixie must not want to see it, right?"

  Zhao Shang is now Taiyuan's Congcao, and the stability of Taiyuan is naturally within his responsibility. Therefore, facing Zhao Shang's pressing step by step, Wang Chen also had to throw out threatening words.

  But what Wang Chen said has some truth. After all, the Wang family in Taiyuan has been in turmoil for a long time, and people's hearts have long been a little floating. Now, although Wang Chen has come out to be the person in charge, it can be regarded as temporarily suppressing the scene in a short time, not to mention the surrounding Wang's stores, merchants, manors, etc. It is only after confirming that the Wang family's center is stable, can it be possible to work sincerely and deliver money, food and goods to the Wang family. If it is squeezed right now, I am afraid not only the value will plummet, but a riot will definitely be indispensable.

  Zhao Shang hummed lightly, and fell silent.

Wang Chen hastily said again: "Brother Zixie is planning for the general who conquered the west, and the Wang family in Taiyuan is also a subordinate, so he should repay... However, the Wang family has no savings now, and it is really difficult to continue... Why don't you wait until after the autumn harvest, and then double the rewards?" ..." Zhao Shang raised his head slightly, glanced at Wang Chen, and said with a sneer, "Zi Ming is so shrewd..."

  If you want to stabilize your position, you need nothing more than power and money. How can the next Taiyuan Congcao satisfy Zhao Shang's heart, and the greatest achievement in front of him is to export a large amount of food and grass to help the settlement of Montenegro and refugees in Yinshan, and the only thing that may have a large amount at present The food and grass is the Wang family that has been rooted in Taiyuan for more than a hundred years. Otherwise, if I am alone, where will I make money?

  Wang Chen also stared at Zhao Shang, circling in his heart. Now he has just obtained the position of the head of the Wang family, and he has not been in the mansion for a long time, so he doesn't have much control. Wang Chen thought about it, and now he will be perfunctory for now, and make plans after he has completely controlled the Wang family.

   "... Ziming," said Zhao Shang, "waiting for stability? After the autumn harvest?"

  Zhao Shang looked up to the sky and made a haha, then tapped lightly on the table, shook his head and sighed: "The Wang family is really troublesome... Ziming might as well think about it today, and come back tomorrow..."

   After finishing speaking, Zhao Shang got up, bowed his hands to Wang Chen, and left Shi Shiran.

  Out of the gate, boarded the carriage, and after going out for a while, Zhao Shang ordered: "Pass a certain order, and strictly observe the official roads at the east gate and south gate! If you see the Wang family sending people out of the city, arrest them immediately!"

   Someone outside the carriage agreed, and then drove away...

  ………………

  In the middle of the night, there was a burst of fire shaking on the upper floor of the east gate of Taiyuan.

  Zhao Shang stared at the three **** in front of him, and said lightly: "Search!"

  After all, in this Han Dynasty, there were not so many secrecy measures. Not long after, a small bamboo tube was found on one of them.

Zhao Shang waved his hand and ordered the three people to be taken down. Then, by the light of the torch, he looked at the wax on the small bamboo tube, snorted softly, and then broke the wax and pulled it out. A scarf full of words, opened up and looked up and down, suddenly smiled, raised his head and shouted: "Come on! Raise the fire! Beat the drums! Order soldiers!"

  Actually, Zhao Shang didn’t even have the slightest intention of discussing with Wang Chen. What he was waiting for was for Wang Chen to do such a stupid behavior under pressure——

   Let people ask Yuan Shao of Jizhou for help, willing to cede part of the benefits, and let Yuan Shao send troops to come.

  After all, Taiyuan is not too far away from Zhongmu in Jizhou. If Yuan Shao moved quickly, he would not be noticed until he crossed the Taihang Mountain Trail, and it would be too late to react at that time.

   But now...

  After Zhao Shang arrived in Taiyuan, he stared at Taiyuan Wang like a carrion vulture.

Although Zhao Shang also knew in his heart that the death of Wang Hei, the heir of the Wang family, was probably inseparable from Wang Chen, but the problem is that there is no evidence. Pry a gap in the perfect shell created before.

  In the past two days, Zhao Shang has been going to Wang Chen's mansion to meet Wang Chen, just to keep putting pressure on Wang Chen, and even offered conditions that Wang Chen must not accept, just to force Wang Chen to take this step.

  Although Zhao Shang kept talking about General Zhengxi, but in fact Fei Qian didn't have any intention to pay attention to Wang Chen's affairs at all, so he just pulled the tiger's skin to scare Wang Chen. A very simple logic, but people who are in it may not be able to see it clearly.

  Once Wang Chen made such a move, it was tantamount to sending black and white evidence to Zhao Shang.

  Being on the safe side, Zhao Shang didn't even dare to use the original Taiyuan county soldiers, but let Jia Qu's soldiers brought over from Huguan to handle related matters.

   And now, it's time to close the net.

  The sound of heavy horseshoes disrupted the original calm in Taiyuan City. In the flames, nearly two hundred soldiers and horses were reflected.

  The current thirty cavalry are all riding armored cavalry. The wrought iron armor reflects a cold light, and the raised knives and guns are full of murderous aura.

  The infantry who followed behind the cavalry were fully clothed, or carried a large shield with a sword around their head, or used a black-lacquered long-handled spear. They were all heavy and made of high-quality fine iron. Under the light of the fire, it reflects the radiant light. In addition to the main weapon, everyone also carries a bow and an arrow. In addition to bows and arrows, many people also have all kinds of secondary weapons, most of which are short blades of various colors, such as small axes or short knives, which are hung on their waists.

In fact, in a fierce battle with cold weapons, except for heavy weapons like iron maces and hammers, most of the bladed weapons will be worn out in the fierce battle, so veterans who have been on the battlefield will generally wear them on their bodies Equipped with some replacement weapons other than the main weapon, just in case.

   This is the pure Han frontier army who can really go into battle, charge into battle, fight to the death among thousands of armies, and be the enemy alone without giving up. This is the real Bingzhou warrior!

In Taiyuan Wang's mansion, Wang Chen was also awakened by the sound of people shouting horses neighing in the night, before he had time to put on his outer robe, he hurriedly climbed up to the wall to take a look, he gasped suddenly, and couldn't stand still Alright, sit down with soft refreshments.

  Wang Chen didn't expect that Zhao Shang, who was negotiating with him during the day, would suddenly explode at night and lead the army to attack the mansion!

The Wang family has been in Taiyuan for a long time, and nearly half of the entire Taiyuan is more or less related to the Wang family, so the entire Taiyuan city is almost equivalent to the outer wall of the Wang family's Wubao, and the Wang's mansion is more like It is the inner mansion, so there are no defensive measures like digging ditches and hanging bridges in the field outside the city. It is just a slightly higher wall and a thicker gate.

  And these defensive measures, in front of the fully armed armor, are actually somewhat powerless...

what to do?

   Can't surrender on this!

  Wang Chen shouted, beckoning the servants in the mansion to get weapons and resist the attack. No matter what, let’s get through the night first. After tomorrow, someone will definitely bring the news of the siege of the palace to the manor outside the city! Wang Chen is very sure, although there is still some discord within the Wang family, but the palace is besieged, no matter what, the private soldiers inside the manor will act immediately to come to the rescue!

   Then I will naturally not be at a disadvantage, and even have an advantage! Even if the city of Taiyuan is reduced to ashes this time, he must keep his position as the head of the Wang family!

At this time, the servants in front of the door had already begun to shout and inquire hastily, followed by Zhao Shang's voice resounding in the night sky: "Wang Chen rebelled against General Zhengxi, colluded with foreign enemies, and wanted to lure bandit soldiers into the city to cause rebellion! This time Come here, and only punish Wang Chen for his crimes! Don’t make mistakes! But anyone who interferes will be regarded as treason and will be killed without mercy!"

  As soon as this remark was made, many eyes immediately focused on Wang Chen...

   "...Nonsense... talking nonsense!" Wang Chen blushed and shouted loudly, "...someone is Wang's boss! To commit a crime is extremely ridiculous! Don't listen to nonsense!"

  While the servants of Wang's mansion were doubtful, there was another sound of footsteps outside, followed by another commotion. Wang Chen was stunned for a moment. What happened?

"Elder Wang is here!" Zhao Shang's voice sounded again outside the door, "People in the mansion wait for the order to take Wang Chen down quickly! But Paul and others are innocent, if they hesitate, they will be treated as accomplices. Kill them all!"

  The elder of the Wang family?

  Is this the end?

  Wang Chen didn't know what to do, and even wanted to cry.

  Wang Chen climbed up the door wall again with weak hands and feet, looked out, and saw an old man with white beard and hair standing beside Zhao Shang leaning on a cane in the firelight...

  Seeing Wang Chen's head protruding from the wall, the old man stomped his cane angrily, and said in a deep voice, "Zizi! You did such an unwise thing, why don't you come out and suffer!"

  Wang Chen's face finally turned pale, and there was a buzzing sound in his head, and he fell down limply...

  (end of this chapter)