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In a private house opposite the government office, several Cao army soldiers were holding down a young woman to commit adultery. The woman struggled and cried desperately, but it was useless. There were still several corpses in the yard. It was obvious that the civilians who were brutally killed were placed at the door. There were more than a dozen bags of money found by these Cao army from each family.

Jia Kui was furious and drew his sword and rushed forward, "You group, kill you."

In the night, it is difficult to identify the identity of the person who came. Why did he say viciously: "Where did the villain come from? I killed him?"

Several Cao army soldiers rushed forward, and Jia Kui was so angry that he rushed forward, and the opponent of this group of soldiers was only blocked twice and was hit in the back with a knife. Jia Kui screamed and fell to the ground in a staggering manner. The soldiers were overjoyed and rushed forward, preparing to dismember Jia Kui.

At this moment, more than a dozen yamen runners rushed in. When they saw the guard being injured, they immediately turned red and rushed forward with their swords, blocking the Cao army soldiers. The thief Cao official pointed at the soldiers and cursed: "You dare to kill Guard, are you tired of living?"

Only then did the Cao army soldiers realize that they had caused a big disaster, which scared them to flee. Some of them fled over the wall, and some escaped from the back door. Two soldiers were unable to escape and were caught by the yamen runners. At this time, several yamen runners helped Jia Kui up and bandaged him.

Jia Kui finally took a breath, and the knife edge was half an inch deep, which made him seriously injured. The severe pain almost made him faint, but he endured the pain and said to the county magistrate Jiang Xin who was rushing to the arrival of the county magistrate: "Go and find Cao Hong quickly and order him to stop investigating immediately, otherwise I will impeach him for collusion with the enemy."

"Please rest assured and recover from the wounds. I'll go to General Cao now."

Jiang Xin hurried away. At this time, Jia Kui could no longer support him, and his eyes turned dark and he fainted again.

At this time, Cao Hong was in Deng's mansion, and the gate of Deng's mansion had been knocked open by Cao's army. Deng's father was controlled by Cao's army, and the other two Deng's men were all driven to the back hall and waiting to leave.

The Five Cao Army rummaged through boxes and cabinets in Deng's mansion and carefully checked, and did not let go of every place where they could hide. They turned the Deng's mansion upside down. Cao Hong sat upright in the lobby, waiting patiently for the results of the investigation.

At this time, he had already received news that countless soldiers took the opportunity to disturb the people and rob, but Cao Hong was unmoved. He knew that the morale of Cao's army in Nanyang was low. If the Han army launched a large-scale attack, his soldiers might not be able to defend Wancheng. If the soldiers were not given any benefits, who would be willing to work hard for him Cao Hong?

Moreover, through interrogation of the butler, he was confirmed again that more than forty unknown people had indeed entered the city. These people were very young and strong. Cao Hong had already determined that these more than forty people must be the Han army's Eagle Strike Army. Their existence in the city was a thorn in Cao Hong's heart and a thorn in his eyes. He would never give up until he found them.

At this time, a soldier accompanied the county magistrate Jiang Xin and walked into the lobby quickly. Jiang Xin finally found Cao Hong. He said anxiously: "General Lian, something is wrong, Jia Shou has an accident."

Cao Hong was stunned and asked immediately: "What happened to Jia Shou?"

"Jia Shou stopped a group of soldiers and women, but was besieged by soldiers and was seriously injured."

Cao Hong suddenly became uneasy. He might not care about the killing of civilians, but if something happened to Jia Kui, he would be unable to take it. He immediately stood up and said, "Take me to visit Jia Shou."

Jiang Xin bowed and bowed and said, "Jia Shou is receiving treatment from a doctor, but he has something to say to the general."

"What is him"

"Jia Shou asked the general to order the investigation immediately, otherwise... otherwise"

"Otherwise what"

"Otherwise, Jia Shou would impeach the general for colluding with the enemy to Duke Wei."

"Why am I cooperating with the enemy?" Cao Hong pressed the hilt of the sword with his hand and stared at Jiang Xin with murderous intent.

Although Jiang Xin was afraid, he still plucked up the courage to say: "Because the general led troops to plunder and kill people, it would destroy the reputation of Wei Gong in Nanyang and the hearts of the people. This was tantamount to letting Nanyang give it to Liu Jing, so he colluded with the enemy and rebelled against Cao."

Cao Hong said coldly after a while: "If Jia Shou wakes up, please tell the magistrate that the elite Han army has already sneaked into the city. If they don't leave them, Wancheng will be destroyed in their hands. For the sake of the overall situation, I have to do this bad strategy. The investigation will never stop. Please forgive him."

Afterwards, Cao Hong turned around and ordered: "Go to find the soldiers who injured Jia Shou, and behead them immediately after they are found. Soldiers are not allowed to kill again. Those who violate the order will be killed."

At this time, an officer rushed over and reported in a low voice: "There is already past the mansion, and there is no suspicious person. In addition, there is a servant who confesses. The Deng family has a different house. The person we want to arrest may be hidden there."

Cao Hong turned around and walked out, shouting: "Put Deng's father in prison and deal with him in the future. All soldiers will follow me to investigate."

Jiang Xin looked helplessly at Cao Hong walking away. Cao Hong only said that he was not allowed to kill, but not rob property. He obviously had no sincerity to solve the problem. Jiang Xin had to sigh and hurried back to the county government.

The Deng family house is also located in the north city, less than one mile from the main house, covering an area of ​​about a mu. The original mansion of a merchant, after the merchant left Nanyang, he sold the mansion to the Deng family, and the Deng family used it as a guest room. However, during this period, the situation in Nanyang was tense and there were no customers in the Deng family, so the mansion was closed.

At this time, a team of soldiers had just found out that the four words Deng's Beppu on the plaque made them dare not act rashly, so why were they knocking on the door and shouting: "The people inside quickly open the door, we only act on orders."

After shouting for a while, no one paid attention to it. Shi Chang was a little angry and ordered the rest of the soldiers: "Breaking the door for me."

At this moment, a fire dragon rushed over in the night. More than a thousand soldiers holding torches quickly surrounded the house, tense and ready for battle.

Cao Hong was in the fire and asked loudly: "What's the matter?"

Shi Chang was so scared that he knelt down and reported, "I led the brothers to come here, but no one agreed, and he was about to smash the door."

"A bunch of idiots"

Cao Hong cursed and immediately ordered: "Breaking open the door and rushing in. No matter who you meet, kill me."

The door was knocked open by a giant tree, and several Cao soldiers swung their swords and rushed in. Soon, Cao soldiers finished the mansion, but found nothing. The Han soldiers did not hide here, which disappointed Cao Hong. He was also confused. Where did the Han soldiers hide?

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There is also a large mansion covering an area of ​​nearly acres in the south of the city. This is the main mansion of the Huang family, a prominent family in Nanyang. The Huang family is divided into two branches, one is the Huang family in Nanyang and the other is the Huang family in Jiangxia. The Huang family in Jiangxia is also the Huang family. Due to the strength of Huangzu, the Huang family has even become one of the four major families in Jingzhou.

However, as Huang Zu was destroyed by the Jiangdong Army, the Huang family gradually declined, and from the four major families in Jingzhou to the No. 1 family in Nanyang County, ranking behind the Zhang family.

The head of the Huang family was Huang Chengyan. In order to avoid the war, Huang Chengyan temporarily moved his family to Longzhong, thus giving birth to Zhuge Liang, the son-in-law. However, with the great changes in Jingzhou, Huang Chengyan did not follow his daughter and son-in-law to Jiaozhou, but moved back to Nanyang.

Several troubles caused the Huang family to gradually decline, and Zhuge Liang could not help the Huang family. The current Huang family barely retained the status of the prominent family in Nanyang only with its former status and the care of Huang Zhong, the number one general of the Han army.

In recent years, Huang Chengyan has been quite low-key and rarely goes out. Even the Huang family is not in conflict with the world. The entire family relies on renting more than ten hectares of fertile land tonight to live. However, the whole city investigation also affected the Huang family. Fortunately, the Huang family still had a certain force, so the leader of the team leader dared not go too far. He only investigated the outside houses of the Huang family. After accepting some bribes from the Huang family, the leader gave up the investigation of the inner house and withdrew his troops and left the Huang family.

Huang Chengyan held a lantern in his hand, and with the support of Huang Yu, he slowly walked towards the backyard. Huang Chengyan had two or one daughter. His daughter Huang Yueying married Zhuge Liang. Huang Jin was an official under Liu Bei and served as the governor of Yulin County. Huang Yu stayed by his side and was responsible for taking care of Huang Chengyan's daily life.

"Father, go slower"

Huang Chengyan was in poor health and walked very slowly. He smiled bitterly at his son and said, "I claim to be noble, but in the end I have to imitate ordinary people and use money to bribe Cao's army. It's such a great irony."

"The child thought his father was doing a good job. After Cao Hong ordered the investigation of the whole city, he actually plundered the troops. The entire Wancheng was ruined by the Cao army, and it was a trivial matter to lose some money. Many people's wives and daughters were humiliated and their parents were killed. In comparison, the Huang family was already very lucky."

Huang Chengyan sneered: "Cao Hong obviously wants to use this to boost the morale of the army. Although the morale of the army has been boosted, Cao Cao's reputation in Nanyang has also been destroyed by him. Such a person only seeks immediate benefits and ignores the long-term. He is destined to be unable to defend Nanyang. Nanyang County will eventually return to the Han Kingdom. He is the most dissatisfied with Zhang Liao. In my opinion, he is far behind Zhang Liao."

Huang Yu hesitated and asked in a low voice: "Does my father want to give up Liu Bei when he helps Han Guo like this?"

Huang Chengyan shook his head and sighed, "I don't know why, but I really don't like Liu Bei. They are far away in Jiaozhou, with few people and poor land. Even with a talent like Kong Ming, they are unable to make the world come true. If you want Jiaozhou to become strong, it will take at least several generations of efforts. How could Liu Jing give them time? It's hard."

Huang Yu was also silent. If this were the case, wouldn’t it be in vain for the elder brother’s nearly ten years of struggle to follow Liu Bei?

The two fathers walked into the warehouse in the backyard. Huang Yu had just opened the warehouse door and a sharp sword pressed against his throat. Huang Chengyan was so scared that he hurriedly said, "General Ren, we."

The sword withdrew, and the father and the two were pulled into the warehouse. The door was closed immediately. A ball of light lit up and immediately illuminated the inner room of the warehouse. Dozens of men in black were hiding behind the iron racks, Ren Ping and his more than 40 subordinates.

Although Deng Yi placed them in the Deng family house, Ren Ping did not stay in the Deng family for a long time. He was very smart and cautious. When he was in the Deng family manor, they had been seen by many people. Ren Ping knew that it would be obvious that they would not be safer if they stayed in the Deng family.

At dusk, he asked everyone to leave the Deng family's Beppu separately and come to Nancheng to find the Huang family for help. The reason why he chose the Huang family was, on the one hand, because Huang Zhong had a high prestige in the army, and chose his family to take refuge. Ren Ping instinctively believed that there would be no mistake.

Secondly, the Huang family is mainly related to Jiaozhou, and Cao's army generally does not suspect that they will come to the Huang family. Fortunately, Ren Ping did not make a mistake in his judgment. Huang Chengyan accepted their request for help and hid them in the warehouse in the backyard.

There is also a very hidden cellar in the warehouse. Even if Cao's army found the warehouse, they could hide in the cellar. However, Ren Ping already knew that Cao's army, who was in the Huangfu, had evacuated, so they no longer had to hide in the cellar.

Ren Ping stepped forward and gave a deep bow, "We are so grateful for the protection Mr. Huang gave us."

Huang Chengyan waved his hand with a smile, "General, you have two questions, I don't know whether to ask or not."

"Mr. Huang asked, if I could answer, I will tell you the truth."

Huang Chengyan then asked: "I want to know when the Han army will attack Nanyang County."

Ren Ping was silent for a moment and said slowly: "Just attacking now, the Han army has divided its troops and attacked Nanyang County."

Huang Chengyan nodded, "I also want to know which general is the commander of the Han army this time?"

Ren Ping smiled and shook his head, "No general, but His Highness the King of Han led his army himself."
Chapter completed!