Even if Guo Jia did not make a beautiful man record, Sun Ce could find out what the Cai family had done. The Ranger who fell to the ground, the land coupons piled up with grain from several large granaries, were enough to nail Cai Yang to the pillar of shame.

With a guide, he just avoids detours and saves some time. With a role model, the people who expose Cai Yang also follow suit, those who have wronged avenge and those who have revenge. But Sun Ce still thinks that Guo Jia is not using a handsome man, he really likes this young woman named Yu Ji. As for how long she likes her, maybe she is not a moral gentleman anyway, and she has done a lot of things like being romantic all night.

Although he won a great victory, Sun Ce did not act willful. Cai Yang was too light and he had to deal with him. He would not have bad reputation in such a small person and be caught by others. Knowing that there were many county officials around Liu Cheng who had a relationship with the Cai family, Sun Ce was preparing to transfer officials from Wu Zhou and other provincial governors' office to handle this matter. He must make the case a tough case. In order to avoid trouble, he even skipped the prefect of Runan and sent someone to notify his father Sun Jian to make him mentally prepared.

While doing office work, he did not forget his personal grudges.

He sent someone to find Liu Bei.

After more than 20 days of injury, Liu Bei has not fully recovered, but it has not affected his actions. He has been working very hard recently. He ran to Sun Ce's boat during the day if he has something to do. Whether it is Sun Ce, Guo Jia, or Zhang Hong, whenever he meets him, no matter how ugly the other person's face looks, he can smile with him, chat with him in a mess, and ask for some questions. He reads books in the cabin at night, and probably he didn't work so hard when he was studying under Lu Zhi. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were not idle either. They went to Yichang to find someone to drink and fight, and contact each other. Guan Yu even became good friends with Xu Huang, who didn't talk much, and the two Hedong people chatted happily.

When he heard that Sun Ce was looking for him, Liu Bei arrived almost immediately. Usually, he was always blocked when he asked to see Sun Ce. Today, Sun Ce took the initiative to find him. He was very excited and arrived as soon as possible.

"What are the general's instructions?"

"Do you want to make meritorious?" Sun Ce looked at Liu Bei with a bad expression. Liu Bei is now a commander-in-law, and his subordinates are only concerned about Zhang and Jian Yong. Of course, it is a joke to go to the camp, but he doesn't have to doubt his intention to make meritorious and promote. He regretted it now. If he had known that Liu Bei was so weak, he would have let Xu Huang kill Liu Bei with one knife.

Liu Bei suppressed his joy and bowed and said, "The general has his own order and will do everything."

"Take my warrant and go to Qiao County to confiscate the Cao family, especially Cao Ren's family. Don't leave him a five-zhu coin, and even demolish the house for me." Sun Ce was angry when he thought of Cao Ren's fight to the death. If he hadn't been this twist, why would he have gone deep into the enemy's backbone and attacked alone?

Although Liu Bei was puzzled, he agreed immediately and asked again: "Will the Cao Hong family be raided? I heard that his family is the richest, more money than the Cao Cao family. Cao Cao's father Cao Song fled to Xuzhou and took away all the fine and soft, probably there was no good or bad."

"Copy! I copied everything related to Cao Cao."

"How to deal with the money and goods you copied?"

"The money and grain are transported back, and the other property is handed over to Pei Xiang Du Xi, and he will repay Xuzhou's debts, so that he can save the excess."

"Here." Liu Bei went there happily.

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Xu Shao hurried into Taifu, walked through the crowd, came to Zhang Zhao, bowed and said softly, "Mr. Mansion, something happened."

Zhang Zhao raised his head and was also surprised to see the fine sweat beads on Xu Shao's forehead. "Zi Jiang, what happened?"

"The general who fought against rebellion slaughtered the Cai family."

"Which Cai family? For what?"

"The Cai family in Xiang County, one of the eight guests. As for why, I don't know why. I heard that it was because the head of the Cai family did not come to Jinkou to welcome the general to fight against rebellion, and did not make any contribution."

"I heard?" Zhang Zhao glanced at Xu Shao in dissatisfaction. "How can I hear about such a big thing? Go and find out clearly before giving it back."

Xu Shao said anxiously: "Mr., although the reason is unknown, it is true that the Cai family was slaughtered. Life is at stake, so Mr. will not send anyone to ask the general who is seeking rebellion? When he sees the general who is seeking rebellion, he will naturally know what it is for."

"Although the general who fought against rebels is impatient, he is not a random killing innocent people." Zhang Zhao picked up the official document again, thought about it, turned around and stood up, brought a collection book and placed it in front of Xu Shao. "Zi General, this is the collection book that Xiang County just sent this year. Compared with the previous year, the land reclamation has been reduced a lot, and the taxes have been reduced by nearly 20%. It is ranked 34th in the thirty-seven cities in Runan. The Cai family is a large family in Xiang County. Could it be that they embezzled the land, concealed the population, and were sued in front of the general who fought against rebels? The general who fought against rebels once acted as the governor. The investigation and prosecution of local tyrants is one of the six articles. Even the prefect's office is not easy to interfere casually."

Xu Shao was stunned. "Mr., if the family is destroyed just because of embezzlement of land and hiding the population, then the people involved are not one or two families. More than 70% of the families in Yuzhou will be involved. You also know that the Cai family not only has in-laws and relatives with the Chenliu and Qin family, but also has a close relationship with the surrounding counties..."

A strange expression appeared on Zhang Zhao's face. "Xu Zijiang, are you not ruling the crowd or threatening me with a large number of people?"

"I..." Xu Shao was startled by Zhang Zhao's eyes, and suddenly woke up, and quickly swallowed the words to his mouth. Looking at Zhang Zhao's eyes, he felt a burst of frightened. When something happened to the Cai family, someone sent the news overnight. Even if Sun Ce sent someone to inform Zhang Zhao, it would not be much in advance. Why did Zhang Zhao be so calm? Could it be that he had known Sun Ce would do this for a long time?

That's right, this should be the opportunity that Zhang Zhao had been waiting for for a long time. The reason why Qiao Rui was dismissed was because his methods were not tough enough. Zhang Zhaochu was trying to show off when he wanted to show off. The reason why he didn't do anything before was because Sun Ce was fighting outside, and the outcome was not decided. Now that the war is over, he is going to raise his butcher knife.

The more Xu Shao thought about it, the more he became afraid. The Xu family was the most powerful in Pingyu, and Sun Ce had conflicts with him many times. If Sun Ce wanted to attack the powerful in Yuzhou, the Xu family would be the first to escape.

Xu Shao didn't know how he walked out of the prefect's mansion. Standing in front of the prefect's mansion, he looked at the officers coming and going. Although the morning sun was bright and warm, he felt a chill. He dragged his heavy steps towards his home, shouting and turning a deaf ear to the officers behind him.

The clerk had no choice but to return to the mansion and report to Zhang Zhao. "Mr. Xu Gongcao doesn't know where he is going."

Zhang Zhao shook his head. "This Xu Zijiang is not in official business, and it's not time to rest. Why don't hello and leave without calling me? Forget it, I'll go by myself, I won't have to go there." As he said that, he walked away from the prefect's mansion with great strides and led two minor officials to the outside of the city.
Chapter completed!