Chapter 223: Evidence
Hao Zongyi fell into the tablet of his ancestors in the ancestral temple and said nothing. It has been two days since Liu Bao, the butler of the Liu family, left, without saying anything, without eating or drinking.
Liu Bao returned from Feng County and brought him the body of Hao Jiaguo, his only son.
A seemingly simple bandit suppression mission was originally thought to be just a winter armed training and gaining some military merits, but never expected that this farewell would be a lasting defeat. When he set off, his son, who was erect, returned only with a cold and scarred corpse inside the Lingshu.
The lady fainted as soon as she saw her son's body. After waking up, she did not speak, cried or laughed, like a living dead person. The entire Hao Mansion fell into a dead silence.
But the old man's words made Hao Zongyi even more shocked and angry.
Don’t think about taking revenge. Now that personal revenge is small, Shayang County is in great trouble, everyone should work together to maintain control of Shayang County.
His son died at the hands of the bandits, and he had to swallow his anger and talk to the bandits? Hao Zongyi was full of resentment, but Liu Bao's meaning was very obvious. The Liu family and several other families had reached an agreement. Their families were still alive and all they had to pay was just some money and food, but he had lost the most precious thing.
What do you say is that you are still young and can have one or even many more? What do you think you are, what are your sons? Are you a cat or a dog? Hao Zongyi growled in anger.
Oppose? Is it useful? Shayang County is the Shayang County of Mr. Liu. In addition, the four great masters who seem to be inferior to him have already shared the same voice with the Liu family. Their claims will not have any effect. On the contrary, if they do not agree with Mr. Liu's opinion, they are afraid that the Hao family will face a huge crisis next.
As a native family in Shayang County, he knew very well that the Liu family was powerful. Those on the water and under the water had absolute advantages to the Hao family, not to mention the support from the other four and official positions.
He hated him to the core but was helpless. This feeling made him almost want to go crazy.
"Master, Master, come out!" The concubine's sorrowful crying came from outside. Hao Zongyili didn't want to pay attention.
"Master, come out and have a drink and eat something!" The sounds outside kept ringing, making Hao Zongyi even more bored. How could he eat?
He walked to the door with a big strode, opened the door with a clang, looked at the person kneeling in the yard outside the door, waved his arms, and shouted angrily: "Get out, get out of here, get away."
Seeing that the concubines and family members in the yard were still kneeling, Hao Zongyi, who was furious, picked up a bench on the corridor and hit everyone like a madman.
Amid the screams of exclamation, the people and wolves in the yard ran away and disappeared in an instant.
The eyes finally became quiet. Hao Zongyi threw the bench with a bang, walked into the house with a staggering pace, closed the door, and fell into grief again.
Time passed slowly, the night came as promised, the wind was still so strong, and the snow was still so fast. Hao Zongyi knew that even in such weather, there was still a continuous convoy from Shayang County moving towards Feng County. They were using money and grain to exchange for their sons and grandsons, but they didn't even have this opportunity.
Take into account the overall situation! These are the last four words that Liu Baolin left for himself.
The door was pushed open with a creaking sound. Hao Zongyi did not look back, but just looked at the newly added spiritual sign on the altar.
"Get out, get out!" he growled, "I don't want to see anyone."
"Ho family leader, can you stay here and look at your son's spirit card, and your son can survive? Or can you avenge your son?" The voice from behind made Hao Zongyi excited. He turned around suddenly. The person in front of him almost screamed out, and pointed at the other party: "You, you..."
The visitor smiled, "I know it is inconvenient to see Mr. Hao publicly, so I can only make this bad decision. Mr. Hao, please don't be surprised!"
Hao Zongyi finally came to his senses, clasped his fists with both hands, and bowed to the visitor.
"Mr. Zhou!"
The visitor was Zhou Wenlong, the censor from Yuejing City. Looking at Zhou Wenlong wearing a black night clothes, Hao Zongyi was so shocked that he didn't know how to deal with it.
Zhou Wenlong walked to the spirit table, put on a stick of incense, clasped his fists with his hands, and bowed to the ground.
"Die for the country, we should be a role model for us. The head of the Hao family has you a good son." He turned around and looked at Hao Zongyi and said sincerely.
With a thud, Hao Zongyi's tears rush down like a flood that opened the gate. He whimpered and fell to the spirit table, slashing the table with his hands tightly.
Zhou Wenlong sat cross-legged on one side and looked at Hao Zongyi quietly.
Finally, Hao Zongyi's mood slowly calmed down.
"Mr. Hao, I believe you understand what I meant." Zhou Wenlong said slowly: "If you really love your son and feel sorry for your son, then you should join forces with me."
"Why should I believe you?" Hao Zongyi looked up at Jianzi's spirit card, "Mr. Zhou, if you really have a way, you wouldn't be like this. You sneakily touched my house."
"I am a dignified censor, but I have to touch your home like a thief. Don't you think this is the sorrow of our Dayue?" Zhou Wenlong said righteously: "The army was defeated in suppressing bandits, and actually made peace with the bandits, exchanged money and food for prisoners, and even colluded with bandits to deceive superiors and subordinates. Mr. Hao, how do they do this, how can the heroes who died on the battlefield like your son remain in peace?"
Hao Zongyi looked at Zhou Wenlong like an idiot: "Master Zhou, I know what you want to do. When you come to Shayang County, you just want to get Shayang County into Yang Zuoxiang's bag. Now that Mr. Liu is here, you can't get it as you wish, so don't pretend to be so righteous in front of me, this will make me feel disgusted."
Zhou Wenlong's face turned red when he was snatched by Hao Zongyi. Looking at Hao Zongyi, he was also a little angry. "Okay, Master Hao, I will ask you, do you want to avenge your son? If you say no, I will turn around and leave. Tomorrow, I will set off back to Yuejing. This Shayang County is still the Shayang County of Old Master Liu."
"If I say I want to take revenge and kill all the bandits, what can you do?" Hao Zongyi stared at Zhou Wenlong.
"Don't forget, behind me is Yang Zuoxiang. Even the arrogant super family like the Luo family was defeated by our Yang Zuoxiang. Do you think Mr. Liu is really the opponent of our Zuoxiang?" Zhou Wenlong sneered. "As long as you swear allegiance to the Zuoxiang and help Yang Zuoxiang take down Shayang County, I here guarantee that the head of the Hao family will be the next county magistrate of Shayang County. At that time, you were in power. Is it much easier to take revenge?"
"How easy is it?" Hao Zongyi smiled.
"It's easy to say, but if you don't do anything, it's of course difficult." Zhou Wenlong walked a few steps in the house and turned to look at Hao Zongyi: "Old Master Liu has committed a big taboo this time. I need iron proof. I need evidence of Liu Xingwen's great defeat. He needs private peace with the bandits and smuggling money and grain to the bandits. As long as the Zuo Prime Minister gets these, then Old Master Liu's backer in the court will have nothing to say. Don't think that Old Master Liu is really powerful. The Zuo Prime Minister is just a taboo. Lord Zuo Prime Minister has just defeated the Luo family, so it's not easy to set off too many enemies. Do you understand this?"
Hao Zongyi remained silent.
"I have to admit that Mr. Liu's control over Shayang County is indeed very strict. I have not obtained any evidence that I am confident about. But if the head of the Hao family is helping, it would be different. Master Hao, how can the left prime minister not repay you with such great achievements? Yang Zuo has always been very generous to his own people." Zhou Wenlong said.
"I don't need any reward. I just need to kill all the bandits, leaving no one behind." Hao Zongyi gasped and said fiercely. "I want them to die one by one."
"As long as the left prince has Shayang County, these are not problems." Zhou Wenlong said forcefully.
Hao Zongyi looked at Zhou Wenlong and slowly reached out his hand: "Okay, what do you need?
Zhou Wenlong was overjoyed.
Before the sky was dawn, Zhou Wenlong had returned to the inn. In his room, a thin middle-aged man dressed as him put down the book in his hand.
"Have you got what you want?" he asked.
"Of course." Zhou Wenlong smiled proudly and took out a small package from his arms. "With Hao Zongyi's handwritten testimony and evidence, this time, I want to see how long can the immortal one be arrogant?"
"But Lord Zhou, have you ever thought about it? If you suddenly return to Yuejing City, will it arouse the suspicion of Mr. Liu? That is, a thousand-year-old fox has become a spirit, and you won't be able to leave so easily." The thin middle-aged man shook his head and said.
"Of course I can't leave, but you can leave!" Zhou Wenlong smiled, "Take these things back to Yuejing City, and then you can get everything done. And I will continue to fight with the old man here haha! I want to see what kind of expression this old man looked like when the angel from the court appeared in Shayang County with his army."
"That's all." The thin middle-aged man stood up and took the package from Zhou Wenlong. "I have already packed up the other evidence. If I don't move, I will have to kill someone like Mr. Liu. Otherwise, I will definitely be killed if I move."
"Of course, be careful along the way." Zhou Wenlong reminded.
"Don't worry, sir, in the eyes of Mr. Liu, I am just an inconspicuous little person. Such a person, there are thousands of people in Shayang County. How could he notice my existence? The county town is now in chaos. If a person like me leaves, it will not attract anyone's attention. You are waiting for good news." (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!