Northern Dynasties

Kuamagou is an inconspicuous gully in the rolling hills between the slopes and ridges near a bend on the north bank of the Weishui River, but it is famous in Qinlong for a large-scale village feud.

Many Qinlong people couldn't help but sigh when they told this story.It was originally a happy marriage, but in the end it turned into a bad relationship due to a sum of foreign money, which made the two wealthy families in the region turn against each other, and it has not ended well.

This incident also has a certain warning meaning because of word of mouth, especially in Longyou, where the Buddhist faith is already quite prosperous, it adds a color of karma and fate, warning people to avoid greed and impetuosity.

There are even folk sayings that in order to resolve the old enmity between these two families, the Buddha, whose wisdom is as deep as the sea, needs to take action to dissolve the hatred and hostility accumulated in their respective hearts.

With the passage of time, this matter has gradually become a topic of conversation after dinner, and people usually don't pay too much attention to it and mention it.

But in recent days, all kinds of discussions about this have suddenly become rampant, occupying almost all the time of people's daily chats.The reason is that the Kuomagou, which symbolizes the blood and enmity between Li and Quan, has been dug up again by Dugu Xin, the governor of Longyou, who ordered it to be filled with earth and rocks.

Originally, the entire Qinzhou was nervous because they were worried that the rebellion in Liangzhou might spread, but when the news spread, the rebellion in Liangzhou was immediately forgotten.

Because compared with the rebellion in Liangzhou, if this matter is not handled properly, it will directly detonate the grievances and anger of the two powerful families. When the Qinzhou people are about to rush to Liangzhou to suppress the rebellion, there is no third force that can suppress both sides. At any time, the order in the territory may disappear in an instant!
There are so many rumors about this matter, and there is no agreement. They say everything, and no one knows whether it is true or not.

Some people say that a dignitary from the Longxi Li family from Chang'an was upset that their relatives in the village were being bullied, so they rushed to Longshang to suppress and revenge the Tianshui Quan family.Some also said that the gold mine buried in the valley had been stolen, so the two clans agreed to dig the valley to find out.

Ordinary people live in the countryside for a long time and never leave their hometowns all year round. They talk about everything they hear, and it is inevitable to spread rumors.But there are also some people who are not satisfied with these rumors that cannot be verified to be true or false, and go directly to Kuomagou, wanting to see what the truth is.

The area where Kuomagou is located is already crowded with people, with people coming and going day and night.

In the middle of the crowd watching, there is now a barracks that can accommodate about 3000 to [-] people, and there are constantly well-armed and strong armored soldiers patrolling in and out of the barracks.Next to the camp, there is a construction site, where folk men are constantly digging with hoes, and carrying out the excavated earth and rocks with carts, baskets and other tools.

Kuomagou, which has been buried by earth and rocks for several years, gradually appeared in front of the onlookers as the folks continued to dig deeper.There are many villagers around who watched the battle between the Li and Quan clans in the past, and now they see the familiar valley again, and they are immediately sighing.

Of course, the people from the Li and Quan clans who heard the news were also around, yelling and cursing angrily, wanting to prevent these peasants from getting close to digging the cross-horse ditch that meant shame to them.But it was unavoidable that the enemies were extremely jealous when they met each other. Before the matter could be found out, they fought with each other first, and then they were captured by the soldiers who rushed out of the camp and entered the camp.

In the camp, Huangfu Mu looked straight at Li Tai with a solemn expression on his face, and said in a deep voice, "Li Changshi, is it really necessary to do this? The lord took a lot of effort to tell this story of a family feud. If it calms down, it is unknown what kind of noise it will become if it is started again rashly. What's more, the army is about to go out, if the army's journey is delayed due to the disputes in the village, the consequences will be even more unpredictable!"

"I know this story shocked Longyou, and I still have lingering fears and uneasy thoughts. But at this moment, even if the two clans have deep hatred, it is difficult to gather a large number of people here at once. The battle of that scale back then, Now it won't appear again."

Everything is vigorous, then declines, and then exhausts. The reason why the two clans gathered so many clansmen and horses back then is because the matter itself has been brewing for a long time, and the confrontation has been heating up, so that they don't want to mess with each other. All restless.

But it doesn't mean that the two tribes have the ability to mobilize thousands of people at any time. It can't be that all tribes have no plans for their own life and work, and they are on standby all year round to watch this matter.

Since Li Tai dared to re-excavate the Kuomagou, it was naturally after a lot of deliberation, and he already had a comprehensive plan in mind.Just like what Huangfu Mu said, the army is about to go to war, if he hadn't already had a lot of confidence to solve this matter, he wouldn't dare to stir up this old matter rashly.

But no matter how confident he is, Huangfu Mu has not yet reached the level of blind trust in him, and he still has a bitter expression on his face, hoping that Li Tai can go back to the state capital to sleep and hang out. The stimulation is really overwhelming!

Seeing Huangfu Mu's sad and pitiful look, Li Tai felt happy again, so he said again: "Even if it's not right to do it, the thing has already been done. If there are any evil changes in the nostalgia, I will do it myself." Commitment. It’s just that Lao Huangfu joined the army, remembering the entrustment before, and worked diligently in the village, trying his best to invite as many sage elders from the Dangzhou village to come here, and help me to judge justice for this side of the village order!”

When Huangfu Mu heard this, his expression collapsed again.He felt that there should be no judgment on each other's intelligence, and he couldn't think of any way for Li Tai to resolve such an old grievance that had plagued the state government for several years.

But no matter what he thinks in his heart, the cross-horse ditch has been dug, the news has been spread, and the atmosphere has been quickly created. It is obviously impossible to fill it back and calm things down.Regardless of whether Li Tai's method worked or not, he had to bite the bullet and give it a try.

Although Huangfu Mu's thinking is not broad enough, he is also very meticulous and thoughtful. After pondering for a while, he said to Li Tai: "The lowly position has been in the state for a long time, and it is short of interpersonal communication. The only people who can visit are the local sages in Qinzhou. In other prefectures and counties, most of the township sages are unfamiliar. The Quan family has a famous official who should be the Dazhongzheng of his own state, so there is no lack of solidarity among the township righteousness. If Chang Shi wants to make the public opinion fair and unbiased, it is advisable to send another person to visit the neighbors state."

Li Tai also checked the personnel affairs of the two clans in the past few days, and he knew that what Huangfu Mu said about Qinzhou Dazhong was referring to Quan Jingxuan, a representative of the Quan family, who is currently serving as Fang Mu in western Henan.

Nowadays, there is naturally no nine-rank Zhongzheng system, and the so-called Dazhongzheng does not have the right to speak to judge the future of a person's official rank. sign.Although the actual power is not great, it still has considerable influence in the concept of rural order and good customs.

What Huangfu Mu meant was that if Li Tai planned to support the villagers because of his background in the Li family in Longxi, he would not have an advantage in the local voice and public opinion in Qinzhou, and he still needed to find support elsewhere.The Li family's presidency came from Longxi County, and now it is under the rule of the nearby Weizhou. If the villagers of Weizhou are attracted, the Quan family can be suppressed.

"Thank you Huangfu for joining the army for reminding me, I will arrange these things."

Li Tai didn't ignore this, he wanted to make a big news, so the more people present, the better, but it also depends on whether the timing can cooperate.Although he has a lot of confidence, it is not appropriate to procrastinate this matter for a long time. When the momentum building reaches a critical point, it needs to be stopped as soon as possible.

Huangfu Mu saw that Li Tai's appearance didn't look like he was completely clueless, so he told him to pay attention to controlling the situation, then he stood up and left in a hurry, visiting as much as possible to invite more sages from the village as Li Tai asked. In my heart, I also hope that the Li and Quan families will be patient with the presence of so many powerful people from the village.He knew that such thoughts were just extravagant hopes, and he could only use this to comfort himself.

With the passage of time, most of Kuomagou has been excavated due to the hard work of the peasants.The dikes and dams built by Li and Quan in previous years have also been seen again, and the location of the bran gold deposit is also about to be exposed.

At the same time, more and more people gather around Kuomagou every day to watch, especially those excited two families. The clansmen gradually overcrowded the camp.

Li Tai did not abuse or threaten the two surnames who were arrested and entered the camp. Instead, they were locked up separately, their freedom of movement was restricted, and they were provided with enough food every day.

Li Tai occasionally tried to ask these people how they would let go of their enmity, but all they got was a sneer.

Including those members of the Li family in Longxi, they didn't have any loose opinion about this because of his status as a fellow clan. Some even showed a little boredom and resistance to him, and even directly asked him why he didn't kill all the Quan clan members in the camp. , What are you doing to support them!
However, Li Tai was not disappointed by this. There is no obstacle in this world, after all, it depends on human effort.As long as everyone contributes a little love and tolerance, there will always be a beautiful world.

After all, he is not a newcomer to Kansai, so he can calculate and run away at any time without burden. If this really messes things up, he can only run back to Taifu and show his loyalty to Daxingtai. It's done!From the beginning to the end, I have been a Daxingtai both physically and mentally, and I am not greedy for other people's daughters at all!

Under Li Tai's constant self-hypnosis with chicken soup, the day he planned to agree to the representatives of all the powerful men in the village and the two tribes to arbitrate and settle the feud between the two tribes finally arrived.