Yan Xiang lowered his head, with his hands behind his back, and slowly walked into the Zong house. Before the Zong family's Jianfu had time to speak, two soldiers came forward to him. One waved the ring knife and built it on his face, and the other swung the scabbard to hit his knees. The two cooperated tacitly and sharply. The Jianfu was immediately knocked to the ground, his nose was broken, and blood flowed out of his fingers. He screamed, then another knife ring, and half of his teeth fell, and the scream stopped abruptly, leaving only a suppressed and vague sob.

When the other servants saw it, they all retreated one after another, and no one dared to take a step forward.

The sect that had just walked out of the middle sect was shocked and his face changed drastically. "Mingfu, what is this?"

Yan Xiang glanced at him and continued to move forward. The sect came to follow closely and asked again. "Mingfu, what happened to our sect family, so that the Mingfu came to the door to question the crime and killed him?"

Yan Xiang ignored him and continued to move forward. Several soldiers rushed up and pressed Zong Hui down. Looking at the raised knife ring, Zong Hui closed his mouth consciously, and beads of sweat were oozing out of his forehead. His legs couldn't help but tremble, leaning against the wall, slowly sliding down.

Yan Xiang walked into the atrium. Zong Cheng stood at the steps and greeted him. Yan Xiang ignored him, looked around, went straight to the hall, took off his shoes, sat down on the chairman. He took off his leather bag from his waist and placed it gently on the table. Ten soldiers rushed in, stood on both sides, full of murderous aura.

Zong Cheng's eyes twitched twice, his face looked a little ugly. He reached out and signaled the servants who rushed in to the side yard not to act rashly. He slowly went to the hall, came to Yan Xiang, and bowed to him.

"Ming Mansion, could it be that some unfilial child of my clan family have committed a crime? Labor Ming Mansion came to catch people in person?"

Yan Xiang raised his eyelids and glanced at Zong Cheng. "Zong Shilin, the autumn harvest has just passed, and the county center is preparing to make a plan. General Zhou is about to go to war again. I have a lot of work and time is very tight."

Zong Chengqiang smiled and said, "Mingfu is busy with all kinds of things every day..."

"So, you'd better not waste my time."

Zong Cheng opened his mouth, and the smile on his face gradually became stiff. "Since that's the case, please let the Ming Mansion speak in front of you."

Yan Xiang looked at Zong Cheng quietly. The two of them looked at each other. Although Zong Cheng tried to calmly look at Yan Xiang, the hair on his forehead and temples was soaked with sweat. Yan Xiang suddenly laughed. He curled his lips and nodded. "Okay, Zong Shilin, at this point, you are still pretending to be confused with me. It seems that you really don't treat me as a friend. Since that's the case, I don't have to worry about anything." He got up and walked to the hall, put on his shoes, stood in the corridor, and shouted.

"Around the clan family, no one can be left, regardless of men, women, young and old, will be taken to the county jail to be detained for trial."

"Here!" A soldier walked out of the atrium quickly and ordered loudly. The chaotic footsteps sounded and rushed back along the corridors on both sides. The footsteps continued, as if there were hundreds of people.

Zong Cheng was shocked and rushed to Yan Xiang quickly, grabbed Yan Xiang's sleeve and said repeatedly: "Mingfu, why is this?"

"Why?" Yan Xiang raised his hand and stuffed the leather bag with seal into his belt. He raised his hand and pressed it on Zong Cheng's shoulder, chuckling: "Heaven knows, earth knows, you know, I know. Do you really think that what you did is seamless? Zong Shilin, it's fine if you are a famous scholar with peace of mind, spies are not suitable for you."

Zong Cheng's legs became weak, he took two steps back, leaned against the pillar, his eyes widened, and looked at Yan Xiang in disbelief. A scream and crying sounded from the backyard. Several gorgeously dressed women were driven out. They were pushed by the soldiers and stumbled. One of them was tripped by the hem of an overly long skirt, fell to the ground, and cried bitterly.

Zong Cheng made a furious sound, and Ru Meng woke up, rushed over again, begging hard. "Ming Mansion, can you speak with a step?"

Yan Xiang raised his hand and slowly pulled out Zong Cheng's hand. "The opportunity must not be missed, and the time will never come again."

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Nanchang, the prefect's mansion.

Liu Yao sat in the middle, pressing his hands against the desk, leaning forward slightly, like a tiger trying to pounce on him, with a strong momentum. Nanchang, sitting on his right hand, made the high-ranking officials so intimidated by his might that he dared not speak. Xu Shao, who was sitting opposite the high-ranking officials, looked relaxed and contented.

Liu Yao turned his head and looked at Xu Shao with thick eyebrows slightly frowned. "Zi Jiang, is the news reliable?"

Xu Shao chuckled and said, "Can you joke about such a thing?" He paused, put away his smile and sighed. "This is indeed not the best choice. If possible, of course, it is necessary to take Youzhou and Bingzhou first, take everything north of the river, and then take You and Iron Cavalry south. But the situation is like this, so it has to be done. Sun Ce takes Jingyu as a barrier and Wuhui as his confidant, slaughtering heroes and has the momentum to sit in the big picture. If he does not kill it before his wings are completed, he will take it again in the future, he will be afraid that the disaster will be even worse."

Liu Yao's face was hot. Although Xu Shao spoke very politely, he still blamed himself.

Xu Shao saw Liu Yao's expression indifferent expression with his eyes. He knew that Liu Yao's listeners were intentional, afraid that he would think he was deliberately mocking him. Then he said, "Sun Ce was cunning, not only good at fighting, but also able to bewitch people's hearts. On the one hand, he belittled the aristocratic race and respected the people. The despicable land on the east side of Jiangdong is not like the people in the Central Plains, and he is profit-oriented and does not distinguish between Zhu Zi. There are also reasons for this. The leader of the alliance went south at this time, and he also wanted to save the aristocratic races suppressed by Sun Ce, and did not want Sun Ce to ruin the customs of the state."

Liu Yao's face cleared a little, and he echoed: "It makes sense to say this. Although Gongsun Zan was brave, he could not use people and had a feud with Liu Yu. The scholars of Youzhou were disappointed and it was difficult to achieve great things. On the contrary, Sun Ce was quite cunning, and the Wu Hui family was bewitched and divided by him and used by him. If he had been able to stabilize the southeast for several years, the leader of the Northern Expedition would inevitably be restrained by him. It would be better to take advantage of Gongsun Zan's new defeat and unable to attack and punish him."

The high-ranking cadre who had not spoken suddenly said, "Although the wise men under the command of the leader are like clouds and the fierce generals are like rain, he still cannot enter Jiangdong without the navy. Danyang has changed hands, and Niuzhuji is controlled by Chen Dao. Even the envoy has to avoid his attack and cannot take office. The war in Jiangdong may have to ask the envoy to worry too much. It is best to defeat Chen Dao first, seize Niuzhuji, and cut off the contact between Jiangdong and Jiangxi."

Liu Yao looked at the high-ranking official and was angry. Since he came to Yuzhang, the high-ranking official's attitude has not been bad, and he often said a few sarcastic words. He probably regarded Yuzhang as his forbidden body and did not want anyone to intervene, and did not care about the overall situation at all. If it weren't for Yuan Shao's face, he would have taken the high-ranking official long ago. How could he accomplish great things if he ordered his many jobs?

Liu Yao thought about it. "If Yuan Cai and Sun Ce attacked Yuzhang, how many ways are there to choose?"

The high-ranking lord said slowly: "It is basically impossible to go out of the north and south lines. The southern line goes through Wuyi and goes down from Gushui to Yu Han and Nanchang. The northern line goes from Dajiang to Pengli and takes Pengze and Chaisang. Why, do you want to divide your troops to resist the enemy?"

"Yes, I'm just thinking about it, I wonder what Yuan Cai thought about it?"
Chapter completed!