Chen Ao sat back on his original position, and the entire White Tiger Hall suddenly became solemn. The grain merchants looked at Zheng Ke lying in a pool of blood. They were so scared that they were as scared as sieve and shivered. Only then did everyone realize that the Chen surnamed Chen was indeed a real person and had already made plans to die together.

The most terrifying person in this world is not the emperor. The emperor can deceive and fool, or even the Jurchen cavalry. The Jurchen cavalry has at least weaknesses and can give money and bribe them to their preferences. The one who is most afraid of is a person like Chen Ao who is willing to sacrifice himself and dies with you, and who cannot make any threats and temptations.

Such a person was stunned to the end, but he was the most unreasonable, unable to threaten or tempt. When he ran into him, he could only pinch his nose and detour. If he couldn't get around, he could only whisper in a low voice.

What's more, this person is the King of Pingxi. Now he is in Taiyuan, holding military and political affairs. He laughs at you at this moment and takes the lives of your whole family the next moment.

Chen Ao just sat upright with a smile. In the eyes of the grain merchants, he seemed to be in the Hall of Hell, and his last little courage was lost. Huang Ting reacted the fastest, knelt down with a thud, and shouted: "Your Highness, please spare me, villain should die..." He had already understood his situation at this time. He originally had a Duke Zheng who could rely on, and thought he could fight with the Chen surname. Unexpectedly, Duke Zheng was just like a pig or a dog in the eyes of Chen surname. Kill. Even if you have a hundred lives, it is not enough for him to kill. At this point, if you don’t wake up, you will really not cry when you see the coffin. So you raised your hand fiercely, stirred your face, and beat yourself up, and howled in a sad way: "The villain's own selfishness has almost delayed your highness's major affairs. Even if you cut into pieces, you will die a hundred times. Don’t forgive me. Please see if your nobleman is lost, you will know that he will return. If you have parents and wife and children, you will spare the villain."

The other grain merchants were already cold all over. Huang Ting was the example and were frightened. They knelt down and begged for mercy, saying, "Death crime!"

Chen Ao just glanced at them coldly and said lightly: "Where is the food?"

Chen Ao was straightforward and asked very concisely.

Huang Ting said: "The villain contains 19,000 dan of food hidden in the cellar. Please accept it with a smile."

The rest of the people reported the number one after another, and did not dare to hide a single trace of it.

The side general sitting on both sides was already numb at this time. His mind had not yet reacted. He didn't know what he was thinking, but he just felt his heart trembling constantly, and he was still recalling the scene he had just now.

Chen Ao glanced at the hall and said, "Come here, accompany these people to get food. Tong Hu, you will take a team of people to pick up Zheng Ji's shop and other courtyard. If you block it, you will be killed without mercy!"

Everyone agreed with a loud promise, without hesitation at all, and then they took their orders to disperse.

Chen Ao looked a little tired. The captain exchanged him a new cup of tea. He raised it and took a sip. The smell of tea was in his mouth. Looking back afterwards, Chen Ao didn't know if he regretted it, but couldn't help laughing, but his heart was in a mess.

Liang Jian smiled bitterly beside him and said, "Your Highness..."

Chen Ao waved his hand and said, "You don't have to say anything. I never regret what I do. I am tired and need to rest. Please give me the rest of the matter to Governor Liang."

Liang Jian focused on the key points and was very serious at this time. If Chen Ao once forced him to be the governor of this generation, he was quite suspicious of being a scammer and cheating people, but now, a sense of righteousness suddenly emerged from his chest and abdomen. Liang Jian thought to himself, "I, Liang Jian, are not afraid of King Pingxi, what are I afraid of? I have lived for a long time and have been living for most of my life. Today, I will do a good thing, and it will be a waste of my life."

It took three days. In three days, more than 100,000 dan of grain in Taiyuan City, and the porridge sheds everywhere have been converted into rice sheds. The grain in this official warehouse is piled up like mountains and can be stored in a good place. However, it is not worth much money when distributed, so it is not afraid of being indiscriminate. It is distributed openly. Especially in this cold weather, people can only keep the cold when they fill their stomachs and live stronger.

The Zheng family courtyard had already been in chaos, and several officials were at a loss. While they were quick to report to Bianjing, they stopped. Zheng Ke was the pillar of the Zheng family. With his death, the entire Zheng family was already seriously injured. The current situation could only ask the second master Zheng Fu and Concubine Zheng to come forward, and they had to take revenge no matter what.

The villa was already in a mess. The lieutenants came to search and took away a lot of things. Now they are empty. Who would have thought that this place was brightly lit in the past?

There is only Zheng Tong who is still in charge of the affairs of the Zheng family. Zheng Tong is Zheng Ke’s confidant old servant. Now that Zheng Ke is dead, he naturally has to restrain his body and prepare to help the spirits return to Beijing before being buried. Taiyuan City also has to make final arrangements. Someone will always clean up the mess, so Zheng Tong has to take on this relationship.

It was noon, and someone rushed into a small hall in the other courtyard in a hurry. The person sitting in the hall was nothing but Zheng Tong. Zheng Tong looked very old, wearing a navy robe and skirt, drinking tea in the hall like an old monk sitting. When the man came in, he immediately stood up and said to the man: "Is the coffin ready?"

The man smiled bitterly and said, "It's being customized, the wood has not been delivered yet."

Zheng Tong smiled bitterly and said, "We need to step up a little bit. If the time is delayed, the second master will definitely blame you."

The servant said, "The second master is here."

The second master is Zheng Fu, and his brother died. It is also appropriate for Zheng Fu to come to help the spirits. However, the master has only been dead for three days, and I am afraid that the news has not been sent to Bianjing yet, so why did Zheng Ermao come?

Zheng Tong was full of suspicion and said, "What else do you want to say? Hurry up and welcome the second master."

The servant smiled bitterly and said, "The second master has entered the city and he still doesn't know about the master. After hearing the bad news, he went to visit the General Yuhou Zhu Xi."

Zhu Xi is also from Huaizhou. I believe that when Zheng Fu arrived in Taiyuan, he heard the news of his brother's death and wanted to inquire about something, so he went directly to find Zhu Xi. First, he could grasp the news about the Grand Governor's Office, and second, he would protect himself.

Zheng Tonghe nodded and said, "Then let's clean up the mansion first."

As he was talking, someone came over outside and said, "The Second Master is here."

After hearing this, Zheng Tong quickly went to the mansion gate. Sure enough, several carriages were parked in front of the mansion gate. A person emerged from the carriage. It was Zheng Fu. Zheng Fu lost weight a lot and frowned tightly. When Zheng came through, he asked in a hoarse voice: "Is the brother's coffin ready?"

Zheng Tong gritted his teeth and said, "I'm preparing. The second master is tired from the journey. Let's go down and have some tea first."

Zheng Fu seemed uneasy. This time he came to Taiyuan, not because he received the news from Taiyuan, but because he was worried about the safety of his only son, for fear that Zheng Ke and Shen Ao would have a conflict in Taiyuan, which made Shen Ao have a murderous intent in a hurry. Unexpectedly, when he arrived in Taiyuan, he learned about Zheng Ke's death. He felt it worse and almost fainted in the carriage. He knew that the other courtyard and shop had been investigated, so he went to find the general Yu Hou Zhu Xi, who was also from Huaizhou. When Zheng Fu arrived in Taiyuan, Zhu Xi always was very enthusiastic about him. However, this time today, Zhu Xi's attitude changed, and he refused to even give him a sip of tea. He just smiled bitterly at him and sent Zheng Fu out in a few words.

Zheng Fu returned to the villa in a daze. When he arrived at the hall, he took a sip of tea and called Zheng Tong to the front. Zheng Tong said what happened in Taiyuan as soon as he heard it. The more he heard it, the more uneasy he became, and the more angry he became. He couldn't help but throw the tea cup in his hand to the ground and gritted his teeth and said, "The King of Pingxi lied to my only son first, and now he killed my brother again. If you don't take this revenge, you will not be a human being!"

Zheng Tong: "Second Master, what should I do now?"

Zheng Fu said with a shy face, "How? He killed the father-in-law, of course, he went to sue the emperor. Today I will go back to the border army to discuss with Li's subordinates and communicate with Concubine Zheng. If Chen Ao is not dead, the Zheng family will be uneasy. He dares to burn both jade and stone. Why don't my Zheng family dare?"

Zheng Tong couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Why don't the second master take a break and leave?"

Zheng Fu shook his head and said, "I can't stop, and I don't have the mood to do this. I'll go see my brother for the last time."

Zheng Fu stood up and led it to a yard in the back house. Zheng Ke's body was parked inside. Zheng Fu went over and cried, and then came out in a daze and said, "Prepare to drive the car, let's go back now."

When I arrived at the gate of the other courtyard, two lieutenants came over, one of them said, "It is said that Zheng Fu has arrived in Taiyuan, which one is? My King of Pingxi invited Zheng Fu to go there."

When Zheng Fu saw them, he turned around and wanted to hide, but found that the captains had already stepped in. Zheng Tong immediately stopped him, full of vigilance. When the captains got closer, he said, "I wonder what else is wrong?"

The captain had a straight face and had already seen Zheng Fu. When he saw Zheng Fu's appearance, he guessed the difference in his heart and said with a straight face: "Master Zheng, my highness is invited, and the carriages and horses are ready, please."

Seeing that he could not escape, Zheng Fu sneered and said, "Okay, I'll go with you."

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The imperial envoy suddenly stopped at this time. Now the matter has settled, and the rest of the matter is handled by the Governor's Office. Chen Ao hid in his spare time. Sooner or later, the court learned the news. Chen Ao himself also understood that he had become an offender, whether it was a blessing or a disaster or a disaster, and he could only wait for the imperial envoy here.

But he has always been a person who is unwilling to be lonely. When he knew that Zheng Fu had arrived in Taiyuan, Chen Ao immediately became interested, just as a fly saw a cracked egg, and immediately asked someone to invite Zheng Fu.

Chen Ao took a sip of Wuyi tea, and became calm in this warm and spring-like small hall. Things have been done, and it is useless to think too much. Instead of doing this, it is better to just enjoy this moment of peace? So in the past two days, he took advantage of his spare time and just picked up his pen to paint every day. The scenery of the north became vivid in Shen Ao's pen, and the lush plum forest showed even more uniqueness and coldness in Shen Ao's paintings.

This is a very strange mentality. Chen Ao originally thought that he would be frightened and afraid, but now he realized that he was not afraid at all, and even felt warm and indescribable tranquility in his heart. He hadn't enjoyed this feeling for a long time, and he actually felt a sense of lightness as a burden was removed.

At this time, someone outside informed Zheng Fu that he had arrived. Chen Ao raised his eyebrows and said, "Please come in."

Then Zheng Fu was led in by the people. The two looked at each other, and Chen Ao just said lightly: "Sit!"

Zheng Fu sat down, pursed his lips, and had a gloomy face and did not speak.

Chen Ao didn't greet him, but just pulled out a loan note from his sleeve: "You came just right. Zheng Ke is dead in this account, but the Zheng family has not yet broken up, and they always have to pay it back. It's not wrong, right?"

At this time, Chen Ao still remembered the account of 120 million yuan, which was completely stunned.

Anger flashed in Zheng Fu's eyes, and he snorted coldly without saying a word.

Chen Ao said seriously: "Did the Zheng family want to owe the debts but not pay them back?"

Zheng Fu thought to himself that he was under the roof, so he agreed in advance, and then said, "The Zheng family has never been able to blame the debt."

Chen Ao smiled and said, "That's easy to say. Actually, I invite you to come, and there is one more thing to discuss."

Zheng Fu was anxious to get out and seemed a little impatient, but had to say, "Your Highness made it clear."

Chen Ao said: "That boy Zheng Shuang is still in my hands now. He is full and dressed warmly. If I raise him like this, I can't stand it. Alas, I raise my son for Brother Zheng for no reason, but now I can't afford to toss. I'm just thinking about when to send Zheng Shuang back."

Hearing the words Zheng Shuang, Zheng Fu couldn't help but clench his hands, and he seemed a little nervous, saying, "Your Highness wants to let Shuang'er go, I'm afraid it's not so easy, right?"

"Smart!" Chen Ao stood up with a smile and said, "I have something to do, Brother Zheng, and I want to do it."

Zheng Fu gritted his teeth and said, "Your Highness, but it's okay."

Chen Ao had already walked up to Zheng Fu, and whispered a few words in his ear. Zheng Fu raised his eyes in surprise and said hesitantly: "My father, I have to think about it again."

Chen Ao smiled and said, "I am patient. When Brother Zheng figured it out, I will never go back on my word and will definitely return Mr. Zheng's original jade to Zhao."

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