Liu Xuande would never be a succubus of the Eastern Han Dynasty!

"You're so arrogant... I came here with the governor's token. Since your surname isn't Yao, you're a thief obstructing public service. According to the law, you should be executed, but considering your age and your mother must be at home, I'll spare your life for now and leave you to take good care of her."

What is the difference between a retainer and a non-retainer? The government has never certified the identity of a "retainer". In the government records, this group of people are just a group of unemployed scoundrels and idlers. If they stay put, they will not be seen. But if they challenge the government... who are you?

However, the Yao family must know this truth, but it is unclear why they still sent out guests to carry out ineffective obstruction.

Liu Bei didn't even look at Mr. Chen Liu, who was lying on the ground in pain like a dead dog. His peach blossom eyes looked at the remaining guests.

After these guests sensed the gaze, they all took a step back, their hair standing on end and their legs shaking uncontrollably.

"Huh? He fell down with just one punch?"

"That's all Mr. Chen Liu is... He even killed a tiger with one punch. I don't believe it."

"That's not what you just said."

"Wow, what a handsome man. He's so handsome even when he speaks... I really want to have a baby with him."

"Ah? But you're not a man?"

The retainers listened to the increasingly strange sound, and finally, no one knew who was the first to lose patience and turned around and left. Seeing this, the other retainers also turned around and left.

"Oh, there's not even one person who can fight?"

Liu Bei was too lazy to chase after her, and his eyes fell on the inner court in front of him. At this time, a maid dressed as a servant walked out slowly.

She came to Liu Bei, bowed her head and said, "Sir, the master of the family invites you."

"What's the point of inviting him in..." Liu Bei snorted unhappily, "Didn't you hear what I just said? Tell him to come out, or I'll destroy this place."

After saying this, he pushed down hard, and countless cracks suddenly appeared.

"what…"

The maid lost her balance and fell to the ground. Then she looked up at Liu Bei's face. The fear she had just felt disappeared, leaving only admiration.

"So... so handsome..."

"?"

When Jia Xu, who was chasing after him, heard these three words, he swallowed the words he had originally intended to say to stop Liu Bei from acting so arrogantly and watched the scene silently.

Of course she knew what Liu Bei wanted to do.

In general, aristocratic families make decisions by having many elders gather together to discuss and finally vote. However, the Yao family is completely different. The head of the family has the final say in everything.

Therefore, if one wants to convince the Yao family to work for him, he only needs to deal with the head of the family.

As for how to deal with a person who has experienced great ups and downs, suffered losses in love, and suddenly woke up and gained enlightenment.

That naturally means using a knife.

Because of these experiences, the head of the Yao family is destined to be good at calculation and forbearance. If it is a formal negotiation, they may not be able to beat others.

Fortunately, Liu Bei's teacher was the prefect. As long as he was in Jiujiang County, as long as he did not do anything too excessive, there would be a reasonable explanation for any behavior.

Therefore, establishing authority and warning are extremely important. It is equivalent to telling you in advance: Don’t provoke me, otherwise I can destroy your entire family by myself.

It is equivalent to the deterrent power of a humanoid nuclear bomb.

Jiujiang County: Chapter 36: The Yao Family

"so……"

Just as Liu Bei crushed Mr. Chen Liu with a punch at the door, three middle-aged men were standing in the master bedroom of the Yao family.

The leader among them looked dignified, with an aura of authority that came from his presence. He was Yao Wen, the former bootlicker of the Yao family and the current head of the family.

Yao Wen looked at his two advisors and said in a deep voice, "...their letter clearly states that they want to cooperate with us to eliminate the Zheng family's influence in Shouchun County."

"You've been discussing this all morning. If you don't share your thoughts now, you won't have a chance to speak when that young man calls."

Yao Wen did not know Liu Bei's background, but he arranged secret agents in the Zheng family. According to the information passed on from there, the new prefect and Liu Bei should have died at the hands of Ye Yin, the number one swordsman in Yangzhou.

But until noon today, they are still full of life.

Therefore, when Yao Wen received the letter in the morning, he was very confused and puzzled, which is why he has not made any statement until now.

"I have some half-baked ideas," the first think tank said without hiding anything. "The Zheng family mistakenly believed the new governor was dead and focused most of their forces on the barbarians..."

"This is either a mistake in the Zheng family's intelligence, or a deceptive scheme by the new governor. In any case, we can take advantage of their trick and join forces with other noble families to claim that the new governor died at the hands of barbarians.

Then, we can help the barbarians defeat the Zheng family, and finally we can defeat the barbarians ourselves. In this way, we can gain fame, good land, and money."

Hearing this, Yao Wen shook his head and sighed: "What a vicious plan..."

It was obvious that the new prefect wanted to use his hatred for the Zheng family to integrate the aristocratic families in Shouchun County, but although the Yao family hated the Zheng family, they did not lose their mind.

If a bootlicker with nothing really succeeds in surpassing his past self, then he will be an extremely calm person.

Such people can always put aside their own joys, sorrows, anger and happiness and look at things from a third-person perspective.

The new prefect can join forces with the Yao family to destroy the Zheng family today, and tomorrow he can just find another Li or Yang family to replace his Yao family.

Such an alliance is not safe at all. It would be better to kill both the Zheng family and the new prefect, and the rest of the cake will belong to the Yao family.

But the problem is...

“But it’s still too difficult.”

The second think tank sighed and said, "Whether it's Lu Taishou's plan or the Zheng family's intelligence was wrong, all of this is based on one premise - they can survive the assassination attempt led by Ye Yin last night."

Although Ye Yin, who was killed instantly by Liu Bei's sword, seems insignificant, he is the first of the Three Swords of Yangzhou after all. Among the folk knights, he is a very famous figure.

It’s a pity that others are still practicing martial arts, swordsmanship and light skills, while Liu Bei is practicing immortal cultivation. The power wielded by both sides is completely on a different level.

Even the top mortals would find it difficult to withstand Liu Bei's full output.

Unless a few more warships are sent out, or other fragment holders take action.

"Yeah, that makes sense."

After the Patriarch nodded slightly, the second think tank offered a suggestion: "In fact, what the Patriarch is concerned about is nothing more than the long-term plan of the family."

"Taishu Lu was born in Zhuo County, Youzhou, which is very far away from here. Even if we join her forces through cooperation, we can still choose to obey her orders or not depending on the situation."

"What's more, even if the Zheng family and the new governor were to fall completely according to our plan, with our family wealth, I'm afraid it would be difficult to swallow them all up. By then, other noble families would smell the scent and come to share the cake."

"So, instead of trying to please everyone and then stab them in the back, it's more beneficial to focus on one area."

For the aristocratic families, they are good at betting on both sides, so that no matter which side wins, they will not lose too much.

It’s just that the grudge between the Zheng family and the Yao family is too heavy. Otherwise, with the normal relationship between the families, they would not take things to the extreme.

Yao Wen thought for a moment and was about to answer when he heard a "bang" sound, mixed with many exclamations.

"what happened?"

Immediately, a servant walked in from outside, leaned forward and said, "Master, there's a wild young man at the door, claiming to be the governor's man. He broke Master Chen Liu's arm with one punch..."

"?"

Yao Wen frowned, glanced at his two advisers, and said, "Quickly invite him in!"

Although he was a little hesitant just now, after hearing this, it was as if the other party had just sent out one person to cripple his strong man...

With this kind of military power at hand, what is there to worry about?

If he dared to say no, this young man might just kill everyone in the Yao family.

As for royal laws and regulations?

Prefect Lu was well-known throughout the country, and many of his classmates were either rich or noble. When these great scholars gathered together, even the aristocratic families like the Cao and Yuan families were mainly tried to win them over.

With such a person as a guarantor, even if the Yao family is really slaughtered, I am afraid that others will give her face.

The reason why he was so arrogant in the past was that Governor Lu only had a reputation but no power to match it, and he was still no match for the aristocratic families that had been rooted in various places for a long time.

For example, the Zheng and Yao families could get a lot of support from the common people in Shouchun County, but Governor Lu couldn't do that.

So when the other party has absolute force and absolute reputation, you'd better agree to all of their demands.

The servant went out timidly, but soon came back with a rosy face and said timidly:

"Master, that handsome young man wants you to leave, otherwise he will destroy this place..."

"???"

No, you just said he was a wild boy, but now he has turned into a handsome young man with such a rosy face... What happened just now?

The two think tanks looked at each other and were about to say something, but Yao Wen raised his hand to refuse.

"Forget it, I'll go out myself."

Yao Wen was a clear-headed person. He stood up without hesitation and walked out the door.

Suddenly, only these two think tanks were left in the room.

The two men looked at each other, and then narrowed their eyes.

"...I miscalculated. I thought it would be Lu Zhi who came."

"It doesn't matter. This person is very close to Lu Zhi. Perhaps he can be held hostage."

"The warship and the dozen or so secret guards all failed. Can the two of us succeed?"

"That's because we didn't know Lu Zhi had the fragment of the Heavenly Dao... It doesn't matter. This time we're extremely well prepared. Even if a dragon comes, it will lie down!"

Jiujiang County: Chapter 37: I Want to Protect My Great Man

When Yao Wen arrived at the door, he saw the young man standing alone in a pool of blood.

This person has regular facial features, long black hair, sword-like eyebrows, peach blossom eyes, and a smile on his face that makes people feel like spring breeze.

But his appearance seemed to be carefully carved by a god. Even Yao Wen, who had seen the world, found it difficult to look away.

He has a mysterious magic.

As Yao Wen watched, he recalled the past events.

At that time, in his eyes, the eldest daughter of the Zheng family was as attractive to him as Liu Bei is now, making him want to give all the treasures in the world to her.

"You...are Liu Bei?"

"Yao Wen?"

Before Liu Bei left, he had already learned about the Yao family's background and naturally knew the name of the head of the Yao family. He immediately took a few steps back and protected Jia Xu in front of him.

"Her name is Jia Xu, courtesy name Wenhe. Let her discuss today's matter."

"..."

Just change it if you say so?

Yao Wen frowned slightly, feeling somewhat unhappy with this arrogant and rude boy, but the current situation did not allow him to show any dissatisfaction. He nodded slightly at Jia Xu with a smile on his face.

"Hello, Mr. Jia."

"Ah."

Since his side currently held the upper hand, Jia Xu didn't bother with elaborate etiquette and simply returned the greeting with a simple bow before getting straight to the point:

"According to the governor's order, we need the Yao family's complete assistance in dealing with the barbarian rebellion."

She had originally thought of a lot of rhetoric and reasons, but Liu Bei just smashed the door down at the first move. Under such a threat of force, there was naturally no need to talk about the judgment, and it turned into a demand.

Negotiation? That's based on the premise that both sides are equally powerful. But when one side holds absolute military power, what's left to negotiate?

Let’s talk about how you will die if you don’t agree.

A weak country has no diplomatic relations, and the same is true for people.

Yao Wen naturally understood this truth, but he still felt unwilling.

He used to be a lapdog of the goddess, but later the goddess died. The lapdog, who had nothing, stood up again through hard work, but then he found that he was still a dog, just a lapdog and a government dog.

How can I bear this? How can I tolerate this?

But if he disagrees, the career he has worked hard for for twenty years will be completely destroyed.

Yes, his Yao family forced the common people to sell their good land at low prices, forced farmers into slavery, and did many illegal things behind the scenes, but isn’t that what everyone does?

In this case, it would be better to destroy them together.

The more Yao Wen thought about it, the angrier he became. He took several deep breaths before finally calming down. He said in a deep voice, "My Yao family has served as officials in Shouchun County for generations. Naturally, we will respond to the government's signs. But will the Yao family still exist after this?"