Chapter 67: You're All Wrong

  Everyone returned to Fu Jiao Village together, and in order to boost morale, all the villagers and Liu Sheng's men also went along. Everyone outside prepared the necessary items, while Li Qin entered his own home with Li Tian, Jia Xiang, Liu Sheng, and others, taking out a box of jewels.

  Jewelry box Li Qin took to Long County, and brought it back. They opened the box, Jia Xun picked out two treasures from it. The first one was quite ordinary, a jade horse made in the popular style of the time, shaped like a horse stepping on a swallow; the other one was more unusual, also a crystal-made treasure basin, as big as a human head, very magnificent and dazzling.

  At that time, the glazed agate basin was more valuable than the jade horse. The "Historical Records" praised the beauty of glaze, and people at that time thought that glaze could be compared with night-glowing walls. It is also said that the wealthy Tao Zhu Gong had a treasure basin made of glaze.

  Jia Yu said, "This emerald horse is for the angel superior, and this聚宝盆 is for that angel. Since he's a eunuch, he must love this kind of thing. Seeing such good stuff, even if his nose bleeds or his nasal bone breaks, he won't say no to accepting it!"

  Liu Sheng nodded and said, "Good idea, Mr. Jia! I'm starting to admire you now. You're giving the valuable things to that eunuch, but this eunuch can only deceive his superiors. In a situation where he can't silence him, he'll have to turn around and make friends with Li Lang instead. As for what happens next, we'll talk about it later!"

  Jia Xian smiled and said, "Maybe he secretly kept both for himself. But that's even better. Once he deceives his superiors, he'll be in our grasp. We can lead him by the nose then. Silence him? This is Liangzhou, who silences whom is still uncertain!"

  Li Qian snorted with laughter, and Jia Yu also lost a bit of face. He had already given in to bribery, but he even went so far as to set a trap for the other person, and his things were really not easy to get!

  After discussing the specific details, they left the house and set off together. Li Tian was old and didn't go, staying in the village with He Shi to wait for news. The two of them didn't say anything on the surface, but were still very worried in their hearts.

  With the villagers, they rushed to the county town in a mighty manner. After going through this back-and-forth commotion, the sky was already late, and when they arrived at the city gate, the city gate had just been closed. According to the rules, as long as County Magistrate Tang Jie did not speak, the city gate could not be opened, no matter how many people shouted!

  Li QIN rode his horse to the foot of the city wall, rushed up and shouted: "Brothers, I am Li QIN, that is, the most righteous Li LANG's Li QIN. I have something to see the county magistrate, please go and inform him quickly, I will wait below!"

  The soldiers guarding the city gate saw a large group of people outside, hundreds of them, and even a cavalry team. They were terrified! They all knew what had happened to Li Qin during the day and were discussing it in private, thinking that Li Qin was doomed this time and might be forced to flee. But unexpectedly, not only did Li Qin not run away, but he also came to the county town with so many people. Could it be that he wanted to rebel, kill the angel who came from Luoyang, and then kill Tang Jie, and become the county magistrate himself? This is impossible!

  The guards didn't dare to slack off, and asked Li QIN down below if there was anything he wanted to say, could it be said tomorrow. But Li QIN didn't respond, instead he retreated far away from the city gate, and had the villagers light up torches. Hundreds of torches were lit, illuminating a large area outside the city gate, increasing the guards' fear even more.

  One of the Shi brothers rushed down the city wall and ran desperately to the county government office to report to Tang Jie.

  County government office. Tang Jie sat stupidly in the main hall, surrounded by officials of all sizes from Fuping County, everyone's face looked very unsightly, no one spoke, and there was nothing to say. Tang Biao came back to report that Li Qin's castle was built extremely quickly, with many people under his command, refusing to "be caught", so he had to come back.

  Tang Jie regretted it in his heart. These days, he had been worried about his own future, thinking about the things that Zhang Jiuxu was going to do, and comparing them with Li Qin's affairs, of course, his own affairs were more important. He hadn't paid attention to the situation at Fu Jiao Bao at all, and no one else had mentioned it to him either. Who would have nothing better to do than to come and bother the county magistrate? That was just asking for trouble! So he didn't find out about the situation at Fu Jiao Bao until Tang Biao came back.

  Tang Jie slapped his thigh and secretly thought: "I regret it, I shouldn't have squeezed out Li Qin in the first place, now I've stirred up trouble."

  At this time, Jing Ming rushed in from the backyard and said: "Sir, Zhang Zhongguan has already gone to bed. The soldiers he brought are dissatisfied with the food and are shouting that we have neglected them, wanting to set fire to the house. Should we change their meals?"

  Tang Jieyi waved his hand and said, "What's the point of changing anything? If they want to burn down houses, let them do it. I'm done being an official, everyone should make their own arrangements and find a new path!"

  Everyone listened and sighed in unison, but no one could do anything about it. They rarely dealt with eunuchs and didn't know what kind of temper Zhang Jiu had, so they couldn't think of any ideas!

  Suddenly, a man rushed in from outside, it was the Shi Chang who guarded the city gate. This Shi Chang didn't even give a salute, and directly shouted: "Sir, something big has happened! Li Lang... no, it's Li Qin, he led hundreds of people to surround the city gate, saying they want to see you!"

  Tang Jie was greatly shocked, the situation was worse than he had expected. He had thought Li Qin would "flee in fear of punishment", but instead he had rebelled. At this time, even if Tang wanted to gather soldiers to suppress the rebellion, it was already too late!

  All the officials were shocked, stood up, looked at each other in dismay, and cried out in their hearts that it was all over this time. They were not afraid of external enemies attacking, but rather feared internal strife.

  Jing Ming immediately retreated a step back and turned to the back of the pillar. Jing Qi was under Li Qins command, if Li Qin were to rebel, Jing Qi would not be able to escape being implicated, and would inevitably be dragged down with him. Therefore, he made preparations to escape at the first opportunity, but did not expect to be caught by Tang Jie as a hostage!

  Tang Jie's face twitched, and after a long while, he said: "Go inform Zhang Zhongguan to make early preparations. This official... this official will personally persuade Li Qin to not... not... Ah!" He sighed, as the county master, things had happened within his domain, and hiding was impossible, so he steeled himself to face it head-on!

  He left the county government office and rushed to the city gate. At first, all the officials followed him, but as soon as they walked out of half a street, more than half of the officials ran away, including Tang Biao. Tang Biao knew clearly that if Li Qin broke in, he would be the first one to be killed. If he didn't run now, when would he? It would be too late to escape later!

  Tang Jie climbed up the city wall and looked down, only to see a sea of torches shining brightly below. There were hundreds of people gathered there, as well as a large group of mounted Qiang warriors! Tang Jie called out: "Li Qin, this county has treated you with kindness..." Just as he was about to persuade Li Qin with tears in his eyes, he heard Li Qin shouting back at him!

  Li Qinyang raised his head and shouted: "Is it Lord Tang? I am Li Qinyang! Now that I've heard the heavenly envoy has arrived in Luoyang, I've come to welcome him. Has the heavenly envoy arrived? How should I address him?"

  Tang Jie was taken aback, thinking Li Qin was speaking in reverse, and he didn't respond immediately.

  But Meng Mu, who was beside him, suddenly called out: "Li Lang, that man's name is Zhang Jiu, he's the adopted son of one of the Ten Constant Attendants, Zhang Rang. You should address him as Zhang Zhongguan. He brought fifty members of the Imperial Guard with him and they're all at the county yamen right now!" Meng Mu was a poor man who didn't care about anything, and since he had a good relationship with Li Qin, he naturally wanted to speak up and report this information. At most, he wouldn't be able to stay in Fuping anymore, but he could still make a living somewhere else.

  Tang Jie was shocked, and indeed, the trouble came from within. He wasn't afraid of others, but rather his own people causing chaos! Wasn't this a way for Li Qinfu to get wind of things?! Tang Jie suddenly turned around, staring at Meng Mu, only to see him lower his head and take several steps back, but his hand was already on the hilt of his knife!

  Tang Jie's heart was as clear as a mirror, he usually showed little kindness and justice to the soldiers, so when things came to a head, the soldiers didn't help him either. His heart skipped a beat, how could Tang Jie dare to turn against them now? What if Meng Mu stabbed him with his knife? Could he rely on his useless nephew to resist? Don't be ridiculous!

  At this time, before the above-mentioned Tang Ji had any reaction, Li Qin shouted again: "It's Zhang Zhongguan, the heavenly envoy from the capital is Zhang Zhongguan!"

  As soon as he shouted, the people of the fortress and the Qiang people all cried out: "Welcome! Welcome! Warm welcome!" Immediately afterwards, the gongs and drums were loud in the sky, and some Qiang people even blew a kind of fresh thing called Suona, which was a musical instrument that Western Hu people liked to use. The sound was performed by the Qiang people and was very loud!

  Tang Jie was stunned, what does it mean, isn't this really welcoming Zhang Jiulang? What is Zhang Jiulang worth, just a dead eunuch, something that people and ghosts both despise, is he worthy of such a welcome? He looked back at the officials behind him, but saw that everyone's eyes were wide with shock, unable to speak.

  Tang Jietao said, "Where is Tang Biao? Go ask... Where did Tang Biao go?" Tang Biao and Li Qin didn't get along. If they sent Tang Biao down, getting beaten up would prove that the welcome below was fake. If he wasn't beaten up, then it was real.

  An official whispered: "I saw Tang Biao run away, he ran halfway!"

  Tang Jie gritted his teeth and said: "This beast, it's been a waste to raise him!" He turned his head again and looked down, calling out: "Li Lang, why must you do this?"

  Li Qin turned his head and glanced at Jia Xiang, Jia Xiang smiled back at him. Li Qin turned around and shouted upwards: "Lord Tang, please help!"

  It was a very simple sentence, without any explanation. But just one sentence, and Tang Jie's heart relaxed.

  Tang Jie said in a low voice: "He still can't bear to give up his future!"

  A burst of sighs erupted from behind, and the officials all put their minds at ease, even Meng Mu put down his hand, no longer pressing against the hilt of his sword. Everyone in their hearts understood that Li Qin couldn't bear to part with his newly built castle, this was a gesture to make amends with Zhang Ji, deeply afraid that he himself wouldn't be able to come, so he brought all these people along!

  Tang Jie took a deep breath and said, "He has something he can't bear to part with, so everything will be easy. Open the city gate and let them in!"

  The city gate creaked open with a screech.

  Li Qin turned his head again to look at Jia Xian, and saw that his brother-in-law was full of pride on his face. He said: "Brother-in-law, among the people I have met, you are the first in terms of intelligence. You are truly a mastermind who can win victories from afar!"

  Jia Yu said with a pleased smile: "This, what's the big deal!" In his heart, he secretly added another sentence, Tang Jie is just a small county magistrate, a nobody, and I'm going to bother with him? That would be giving him too much credit!

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