After rebirth, I joined forces with my mortal enemy to seek revenge.

Looking at Li Xiujing, Pei Jiaoran smiled and said, "Of course I bite the hook. Let's go, it's time for us to go back."

Back at the post, Pei Jiaoran called the post envoy. Ask him to quickly deliver the memorial to Chang'an and submit it to the Minister of Secretariat. Quan Dehui and the gentry were forced to stay in Heyang City by her.

The breeze blew under the eaves, making a soft sound. There were several people sitting in a small building near the river, all looking tired. Looking out the window towards the river, the river flows past carrying broken trees and branches. The rain that had been falling for more than half a month finally stopped, but the sky was still gray. It seemed like it might rain again at any moment.

"News from Chang'an."

After hearing this, everyone turned around and saw Quan Dehui in purple robe striding upstairs. Dressed in purple, she is particularly eye-catching in the dim building.

Seeing that the person coming was Quan Dehui, Bai Qian quickly ordered his servant to pour him tea.

After looking around, Quan Dehui put on his clothes and sat down, with a look of satisfaction on his face, "I got the news over there that Pei Jiaoran's memorial has not been sent to the emperor. And His Majesty is busy raising money to build a Buddhist temple and has no time to take care of Tongzhou." .”

Bai Qian still looked worried about gains and losses, "Your Majesty, are you really not going to interfere, or are you asking for something else? To put it bluntly, it's just more money. Let's make a deal with her, how much money will we give her every year. Based on her household With the status of Minister of the Ministry, Fendu Zhi, he can help us plan a lot of wealth."

Quan Dehui shook his head and said coldly, "If she cares about money, I'm afraid she would ask you early in the morning."

"Alas." Bai Qian held his forehead and sighed, "What should we do? Should we just let her do whatever she wants in Tongzhou? What on earth does she want to do?"

The Bai family only moved to Tongzhou a few decades ago. Although it is far from being comparable to the Dang and Yun families, they still have a certain reputation in Tongzhou. But after all, without the support of a hundred years of foundation, there are already many underachievers in the clan who are not willing to stay in Tongzhou all their lives and want to make progress and enter the center.

But in Bai Qian's view, a family cannot avoid thinking twice before taking any action. Think first about what you can get from this move, then think about what is not necessary, and then think about what needs to be hit with one hit. But now Pei Jiaoran fell from the sky, which directly disrupted his overall plan, making him even more afraid to take risks easily, for fear that his single move would destroy the Bai family.

"No one knows what she wants to do. But keeping her will only cause endless trouble. Your Majesty now has no time to take care of Tongzhou's affairs. In my opinion, it would be better..." Quan De smiled darkly, "Kill her and it will be over. "

"Prince Quan." Dang Chenghong flicked his tail, "What are you doing? Encouraging us to rebel? Even though His Majesty has no time to take care of her now, she was sent by the imperial court after all. Killing her will only lead to endless troubles. Instead of killing her, She, it's better to take a chance to hold her and have a good talk with her. What we want is money, not human lives."

Looking at Dang Chenghong, Quan Dehui waved his hand, "Old Dang, Quan has absolutely no intention of doing this. In recent years, I have seen the party family's maintenance of the river and the dealings between the state capital and merchants. Now Pei Jiaoran said as soon as he came that you are acting against the people and only benefiting yourself. How can you do this?" After a pause, he continued: "Now you are the leader of the same state, and everyone listens to your orders. Now she is acting based on her own convenience. The power is acting haphazardly in Tongzhou, and the memorial was not handed over. But what about her going back? If she can't protect it, she will falsely accuse you of annexing the land. When the butcher's knife of the imperial court falls, what will you do to resist? I might as well make it clear with you, both Zhongna and Gongshi She presided over the abolition. If she is allowed to return to Chang'an, you must not be arrested. Listen to me, as long as she is not allowed to go back alive. No matter who comes to Tongzhou to take office in the future, I can guarantee that he will respect you three points. .”

"Then what do you want to do?" Dang Chenghong closed his eyes, his tone slightly cold.

"I won't dirty your hands." Quan De smiled darkly, "I have my own way. It's just that you have to play a show with me."

Everyone was speechless after hearing this. Although they are all powerful gentry, they are compared with people like Quan Dehui who have spent most of their lives in official circles. would be at a disadvantage.

Moreover, they are traveling in the same direction, and neither party will benefit from the loss. Just let Quan Dehui arrange everything and let them know if anything happens.

After saying goodbye to all the gentry, Quan Dehui went downstairs. The accompanying bodyguard looked around and lowered his voice: "Master Lang, where are we going to find someone to take action? Besides, she is an official of the imperial court. Wouldn't it be bad for us to take action like this?"

"Ha. Of course we didn't do it ourselves." Quan De smiled sadly, "She came to Tongzhou to make such a fuss. How many people did she offend? And the people didn't get anything. She didn't want to use people's power to make trouble in Tongzhou. Can she stand firm? Then simply let her suffer the consequences, how can these people be so easily satisfied?"

"Master Lang, do you want to use her strength to gain strength? But the general feels that the people like her very much and love her very much."

"You can't look at something like this." Quan Dehui mentioned the personal guard patiently, "People's sentiments are like water. This water can also capsize a boat. Now she has good popularity among the people, but if you think about it carefully, the reason is What? Because she has given enough benefits, but once the benefits are cut off, what will happen to these refugees? They have been fed by her for so many days, and they already wish she could keep feeding them. People are always greedy. , if this benefit is cut off, they will not care about what you have done. They only know that you can no longer provide benefits. Do you think Pei Jiaoran is shooting himself in the foot? "

He walked towards the inn in the city. A ray of golden light fell on Quan Dehui, and he slowly raised his lips, with murderous intent clear in his eyes.

Three days later, the doors of every gentry house in every county in Tongzhou were closed. No matter how the refugees outside the door screamed and cursed, they would not open the door. After being tired of scolding, the refugees also flocked to the porridge shed one after another.

The millet in the porridge shed was all forcibly requisitioned in the name of the state capital, and there was not much at all. At present, the doors of the gentry are closed, and there will soon be no porridge to eat in the porridge shed.

When the refugees saw that the porridge shed was not distributing food, they got angry and picked up rocks on the ground and threw them in. What's more, there are refugees who intend to attack Sergeant Shence.

As a last resort, Pei Jiaoran had to order a suspension of porridge giving. And all the Shence Army was withdrawn to Heyang County, and the city gate was closed at the same time.

In the post house, Pei Jiaoran stood in the courtyard with his hands cut off. Look up at the sky. After hearing He Liang's report, he just nodded.

"Servant Pei, this is not the way to go. We have to find a way, right?" He Liang frowned.

"They haven't taken action yet. We can't take action." Pei Jiaoran said in an indifferent tone.

At this time, in the inn in Heyang, Quan Dehui was sitting on a chair with his eyes closed. Although he cannot control the entire Heyang, there are many people in Heyang County who were promoted by him, so there will be a steady stream of information leaked to him.

The roars of the refugees outside the city now were all what he expected. Faced with this group of refugees who were easily incited and greedy, he certainly had a backup plan. All it takes is for Jean to blend in, guide them appropriately, and stir up their anger. The public sentiment will be like a flood, swallowing up Pei Jiaoran in an instant.

"It's almost time, let them take action." Quan Dehui sneered.