At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Two days later, Guo Peng received Man Chong's death penalty proposal form and Cao Hong's letter almost at the same time.

At that time, Guo Peng was busy with military expansion and had no time to manage general government affairs. He didn't know about this matter until now.

After reading Man Chong's death penalty proposal form and Cao Hong's letter, Guo Peng called Man Chong to his general's mansion.

Man Chong was fearless, and came to Guo Peng's general mansion openly, handed in his sword, took off his shoes, and slowly entered the place where Guo Peng was working.

Guo Peng is sitting in the first place to deal with some military affairs.

"Man Chong pays homage to Duke Ming."

Man Chong bowed and saluted.

Guo Peng raised his head.

"Is Berning here? Sit down."

Guo Peng stretched out his hand to let Man Chong sit down, and Man Chong walked to the desk beside him, and sat down upright, meticulous.

"About Zilian's case, I..."

"Minggong, you promulgated the law of garrisoning fields yourself. It is the fundamental law for our army. If the garrison fields cannot be protected, people with evil intentions will rise up and occupy the fields. Our army does not have enough food. How can we talk about conquering the world? A safe place?"

Before Guo Peng finished speaking, Man Chong threw the truth head-on and hit Guo Peng's face, making Guo Peng dumbfounded.

He loves and trusts Man Chong very much.

So Guo Peng smiled and shook his head.

"I didn't say anything, but Bo Ning felt that I wanted to acquit Zilian. Didn't I trust me too much? Why did I ever say that I wanted to acquit Zilian?"

Man Chong looked at Guo Peng in surprise.

"You have done a good job. This case should be dealt with as you like. Beheaded if it is necessary to beheaded. Don't let anyone go."

After Guo Peng approved Man Chong's request for instructions, he handed it over to Man Chong.

"Ming Gong, this..."

"Since you call me to make a statement, I will not treat you as an outsider. Bo Ning, this is a very bad trend. Zilian's matter is certainly a case, but it makes me feel worried. I just defeated Yuan Benchu. , As soon as Jizhou was occupied, there were generals who were busy committing crimes.

He wants to enjoy, occupy the fields, and take credit for himself. This is not a good trend. Zilian is a leader. If I don't deal with him and suppress this trend severely, there will be a second one soon. Three, fourth.

When the first one happens, I will dispose of him. I must not give the next person a chance to have such an idea. The world is not yet stable, and there are still many enemies. Ambitious people always want to be kings and hegemons. I am determined to stabilize the world, how can I relax and enjoy it? "

Man Chong was immediately moved, got up and knelt down in front of Guo Peng.

"Duke Ming's aspirations, respect and admiration!"

Guo Peng got up, helped Man Chong up, stroked his back, and held Man Chong's hand.

"If you want to enforce the law, you should enforce it strictly. Don't dare to enforce the law just because there is someone behind the offender. That's not correct. If you want to praise what you are doing now, what's the point What is there to worry about?"

Bye bye.

Afterwards, Guo Peng thought for a moment, and said, "Although that is the case, law enforcement is also a dangerous thing, and it is easy to be hated by others. I often go out on expeditions and cannot give you timely protection. I am worried that someone will take the opportunity to retaliate against you.

How about this, your wife has passed away for more than a year, and you have never married again. I will choose a gentle and virtuous woman from the Guo clan to be your wife, so that everyone will know that I am yours Backing up, you'll be much safer. "

Man Chong was so moved that he prostrated himself on the ground again, saying that he would follow Guo Peng for life, work hard for him, and absolutely carry out Guo Peng's will to the end.

Chapter 361. 360 Uncle is in trouble

After making a decision, Guo Peng approached Guo Hong, and discussed with Guo Hong to choose a good-looking, gentle and virtuous daughter-in-law in the Guo clan to give Man Chong his wife.

"Boning is a person I trust very much. He is upright, dares to do things, is willing to obey my orders, and is not afraid of power. Such a person is worthy of our Guo family's outstanding woman."

Guo Peng smiled and said to Guo Hong: "It's a pity that I don't have a daughter or a younger sister, so I can only ask my uncle to help my nephew choose an excellent woman from the clan to marry him as his wife."

"Since Zifeng said so, Man Boning must be a reliable man, and the clan will naturally follow suit. Don't worry Zifeng, I'll go back and choose."

"Thank you uncle."

According to Guo Peng's intention, Guo Hong began to select suitable unmarried Guo daughters of the right age when he returned to the clan.

The news then spread.

Then Cao Hong rushed back.

An hour before Cao Hong rushed back, Man Chong personally supervised and beheaded all 23 of Cao Hong's guests and relatives who committed the crime.

The 23 heads shocked the hearts of everyone in Puyang County.

When Cao Hong came back, all the people in the county were discussing this matter. Cao Hong was shocked at that time, and then full of anger, he rushed to Man Chong's mansion immediately to teach Man Chong a severe lesson.

As a result, Cao Hong was blocked by heavily armed county soldiers outside the county guard's mansion.

"I'm Cao Hong, the garrison of Bohai County, and the mighty Zhonglang! How dare you stop me?!"

"The important place of the county mansion, without a token, you are not allowed to enter and leave at will, and those who violate the order will be dealt with as rebels!"

The leading guard officer ordered with righteous words.

"Blind your dog eyes!"

Cao Hong drew out his saber as a deterrent, but was stopped immediately.

"Stop! The important place of the county mansion! Who dares to trespass?"

Cao Hong turned his head and saw Man Chong in official uniform approaching with a majestic face, and his anger rushed to his forehead.

"Well, Man Bo Ning, you know that he is my disciple, my clansman, you still dare to kill him? Don't you know that I am Yangwei Zhonglang General, the guard of Bohai County?"

Man Chong nodded and said: "I know, but so what? If you commit a crime, you must deal with it according to the law! Otherwise, the country will not be a country! Doesn't General Cao Zhonglang understand such a truth?"

"Bullshit! Where were you when I was fighting bloody battles on the front line? Without my bloody battles, would you be here as an official?"

Cao Hong was very angry and took a step forward to teach Man Chong a lesson, but was stopped by the county soldiers in Man Chong's mansion.

"The county is an important place, no force is allowed!"

"Step aside!"

Cao Hong was furious.

"The important place of the county government, no military force is allowed without an order! Anyone who violates the order will be treated as a rebel!"

Man Chong warned Cao Hong aggressively, which made Cao Hong even more annoyed.

"Thousands of troops and horses are not afraid, let alone you, a bookmaker!"

Cao Hong was going to do something, but at this moment, Cao Xiu came.

After Cao Chun grew up and could march and fight, Guo Peng put Cao Chun in the army, and Cao Xiu, who was still relatively young, became Guo Peng's follower.

"Cao Zhonglang, the general is calling you over."

Cao Xiu stared blankly at Cao Hong who was about to get violent. When Cao Hong turned his head and saw that it was Cao Xiu, he immediately frowned.

Cao Xiu is Cao Hong's nephew, and they have a close relationship. Cao Hong was very dissatisfied when he heard Cao Xiu call him that.

"Wen Lie, why are you calling me like that? This guy is too much of a bully, I want to teach him a lesson, don't stop me!"

Cao Hong wanted to attack again, but Cao Xiu yelled, "Stop! The county's most important place uses force without authorization, Cao Zhonglang, are you planning to rebel?"

Cao Hong looked back at Cao Xiu in disbelief, blinked his eyes, and immediately didn't know what to say.

"take away!"

As soon as Cao Xiu waved his hand, the two tiger guards who followed him immediately stepped forward, grabbed Cao Hong one by one from the left and the other from the right, and wanted to take Cao Hong away.

"What... what's going on here? Wen Lie! Isn't this the Tiger Guard? What's going on?"

Cao Xiu sighed and shook his head.

"The general wants to see you, Cao Zhonglang, you'd better think about what you did wrong!"

With a wave of Cao Xiu, he asked the Tiger Guards to escort Cao Hong to the general's mansion, and then he greeted Man Chong himself, and took Cao Hong away.

Cao Xiu took Cao Hong to the gate of the General's Mansion, and saw Cao Ang who had just come out of the mansion.

Cao Ang is Cao Cao's eldest son, but because his biological mother died early, Cao Ang was brought up by Cao Cao's regular wife Ding Shi and became the eldest son.

Four years ago, 12-year-old Cao Ang, together with a large group of children from various families, was sent by Guo Peng to study in the Qi State Academy to study agriculture, water conservancy, and law. He also invited Cai Yong to teach the classics and pass on the Five Classics.

Cao Ang is intelligent and quick to learn. Now he is sixteen years old, he was transferred to the general's mansion by Guo Peng to run errands.

Cao Ang watched Cao Hong being escorted into the general's mansion, so he stopped Cao Xiu.

"Wen Lie, isn't something big going to happen?"

Cao Xiu and Cao Ang are of the same generation. Although they haven't lived together for long, they are also of the same clan. Now they run errands together in the general's mansion, so they are naturally closer.

So Cao Xiu let out a long sigh.

"Uncle, he is too reckless. To be honest, I have been with Uncle Zifeng for so long, and I have never seen him get so angry."

Cao Ang has never had a good impression of Cao Hong.

"I often heard my father say that Uncle Zilian was greedy and dishonest, and sooner or later it would cause disasters and endanger our Cao family. Chen Liu came here."

Cao Xiu was taken aback for a moment, then sighed.

"Uncle has caused a big disaster."

Cao Hong was taken to the General's Mansion with a dazed head, and entered the place where Guo Peng was doing business, and then saw Guo Peng who was bowing his head to deal with government affairs, and Cao Ren who was sitting on the side and glaring at him.

what happened?

The Tiger Guards took Cao Hong with him and went out, closing the door behind him.

"You did a good job!!"

As soon as the door was closed, Cao Ren couldn't help but explode. He stood up and walked in front of Cao Hong, kicking him hard.

Cao Hong was caught off guard and fell to the ground with a scream. Then he reacted and shouted with a puzzled face, "Why are you kicking me?"

"I can't wait to kill you! You fool!"

Cao Ren scolded Cao Hong for a while, and made Cao Hong furious. He stood up and kicked Cao Ren back: "I'm an idiot? What did I do? I just acquired some land. What's the big deal? No one died, no one died." Bad thing, what happened?!"

Seeing from the corner of Cao Hong's eyes that Guo Peng was still dealing with government affairs without raising his head, he felt a little flustered, so he questioned Guo Peng by arguing with Cao Ren.

Guo Peng still didn't look up.

"Are you still right?"

"I made a military exploit, why didn't I pay attention?"

"You didn't get rewarded for your meritorious service, didn't you? Didn't you get promoted? You need to get the land to compensate yourself, don't you?!"

Cao Ren glared at Cao Hong and cursed him.

Chapter 362-Am I that scary?

Cao Hong was extremely annoyed, not to be outdone by the aggressive Cao Ren, and immediately fought back.

"What's the matter with a few pieces of land? My family has many guests, many people, many servants, how can I afford it without some land? You pay for it?"

"The world is so chaotic, everyone is thrifty and careful in managing the house, you will enjoy it, right? A group of diners in the family, what else do they do besides eating, drinking and having fun? What do so many servants want? You need someone to help you when you poop, right? Then Don't you be afraid to use yourself up as a plaything if you keep Duogeji?"

Cao Ren pointed at Cao Hong's nose and cursed.

"What's wrong with me playing around? What's wrong with my own playthings? What's the matter with you? I know how to fight, and I can make meritorious deeds! What's the matter with how much land?!"

Not to be outdone, Cao Hong cursed, and Cao Ren was so angry that he wanted to draw his sword.

At this time, Guo Peng finished dealing with the matter in hand, put down his pen, and raised his head.

"Stop arguing and sit down."

Guo Peng made a sound, Cao Hong and Cao Ren both looked at Guo Peng, then looked at each other, let out a vicious "hum", and sat down on the left and right respectively.

"Zilian, I already know about your coming to me, and I have read your letter."

Guo Peng held up a roll of bamboo slips.