Chapter 43: The Overseer
"What do you mean? You guys are hiding here eavesdropping, who knows what you want to do? If you really don't have any ghosts in your hearts, then stay in Jiaofu for one night, and when the grievances between us and Min Zihua are resolved, you can go wherever you want!"
Jiao Wan'er's words were also very sharp, and she immediately flushed Wen Qingqing's pretty face.
"You ......"
Wen Qingqing's heart was churning with anger, she usually used her sharp teeth to ridicule others, but she didn't expect to finally meet her opponent today.
Moreover, this time it is indeed the other party who is in charge, and the strength is stronger than them.
If you want to mess around, the other party will not eat her like Yuan Chengzhi, and it will be embarrassing when the time comes.
Feng Yuan glanced at her lightly, his expression calm.
His gaze is sharp, and he can naturally see the other party's true face clearly through disguise.
Wen Qingqing's appearance is slightly better than Jiao Wan'er, and she is indeed a top beauty.
But she lost her father when she was a child and grew up in the den of thieves of the Shiliang faction, and her personality is very extreme. It's still a vinegar jar, and it's a small character at every turn, and it's hard to like it no matter how beautiful it looks.
I'm afraid that only someone like Yuan Chengzhi can accommodate all of Wen Qingqing's shortcomings.
"Brother Qing, don't say it again! Since Zhu Gongzi asked us to be a witness here, then we will stay here for a day!"
Yuan Chengzhi grabbed Wen Qingqing's palm and shook it gently, asking the other party not to say too much.
He secretly thought in his heart, since the other party was better than the second senior brother in the competition, he must be a strong opponent, and there were so many people from the Golden Dragon Gang on the side.
If he really did it, he was not sure to break out with Wen Qingqing.
Since you are not sure, then respond to all changes with the same. According to the other party's wishes, stay here for a day.
Anyway, waiting for tomorrow, Sun Zhongjun and the three of them will also follow Min Zihua to the meeting, and when the time comes, he will mediate from it, which should be able to ensure the safety of the three Huashan sect disciples.
Wen Qingqing's face was still a little bad, but Yuan Chengzhi had already spoken, and she could only listen.
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There was no talk for the night, and soon it was early the next morning.
When Yuan Chengzhi and Wen Qingqing came out in the morning, they saw the many disciples of the Golden Dragon Gang and began to prepare several sumptuous banquets in Jiao Mansion.
The Golden Dragon Gang is wealthy, and this time the guests of the grand banquet, the tables and chairs are covered with embroidered gold and red drapes.
On the table fine porcelain tooth chopsticks, the dishes are exquisite and abnormal, the dishes are made by Nanjing famous chefs, and the wine pot is poured out of the rouge-like aged Shao wine.
"The Golden Dragon Gang is fully prepared, but I don't know if there are swords under this table!"
Wen Qingqing let out a cold snort, still with residual anger in her heart.
Yuan Chengzhi's expression was worried, and he didn't echo it, but his ears were catching the voices of those Golden Dragon Gang disciples.
These disciples of the Golden Dragon Gang were full of confidence on their faces, and they did not have the slightest worry about the upcoming Min Zihua and the others.
In his words, he was talking about the deeds of the little prince who rushed to the Golden Dragon Gang last night.
Only then did Yuan Chengzhi know that the little prince Zhu Lunsheng successively killed the eldest and second of the five elders of the Wen family, and then went north to Shandong to subdue the evil tiger ditch cottage and kill Sha Tianguang.
After learning about Feng Yuan's deeds, Yuan Chengzhi did not feel disgusted in his heart because of the identity of the other party's Ming vassal king.
After all, there is a grudge and a debt, and the person who ordered the execution of his father Yuan Chonghuan was Emperor Chongzhen, and he had nothing to do with Feng Yuan, the king of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Lunsheng, the incarnation of Feng Yuan, is the grandson of King Zhou, who has been a vassal since the reign of Taizu, and has been passed down for more than ten generations for more than 200 years.
The gentleman's ze, the fifth and beheaded. Even if the family is closer, after five generations, the family affection between them will fade.
Yuan Chengzhi would not take his enmity with the emperor out on others.
"When I went out today, I encountered an incident, those battalion soldiers suddenly entered the city and sealed the city gates, saying that they were searching for assassins, and I don't know what happened!"
"I heard this when I went out, saying that Xin Chengbo in the city was assassinated last night and his head was cut off, and now Jinling City is heavily guarded, and a large search is being carried out, ready to find the whereabouts of this assassin!"
"I don't know which hero on the rivers and lakes dares to make a move against Xin Chengbo, who is in charge of more than 200,000 soldiers and horses!"
Not far away, when several Golden Dragon Gang disciples were preparing for the banquet, they also whispered about the various news they had just heard from outside.
"Xincheng Bo Zhao Zhilong?"
Yuan Chengzhi was somewhat familiar with this name, and after a little thought, he knew the identity of the other party.
It is said that Xincheng Bonai was a confidant of Emperor Chongzhen, responsible for supervising more than 200,000 battalions of soldiers in Jinling, and held a high position in the south of the Yangtze River.
In the future, after King Chuang pacified the north, he will inevitably go south, maybe Zhao Zhilong is the main general of the remnants of the south, and now that Zhao Zhilong was suddenly killed, in the future, King Chuang will go south, and there will be one less enemy.
Thinking of this, a slight smile appeared on Yuan Chengzhi's face.
"Brother Yuan!"
At this time, Feng Yuan's voice came from not far away, Yuan Chengzhi and Wen Qingqing turned their heads to look, only to see Feng Yuan copying the verandah, followed only by Gu Rujin.
"Young Master Zhu!" Yuan Chengzhi arched his hand.
Feng Yuan stretched out his hand and made an inviting gesture, but Yuan Chengzhi did not refuse, and walked to the verandah with Wen Qingqing.
"I heard that Brother Yuan's ancestor was the Jiliao Inspector Yuan back then, I wonder if it's true?" Feng Yuan asked.
When Yuan Chengzhi heard his father's name, his face changed first, he glanced at Feng Yuan twice, and found that the other party didn't seem to have any malicious intent, so he nodded.
"Yes, Inspector Yuan is my father, I don't know what Zhu Gongzi said this, what advice do you have? Is it possible to take me to see the official?"
Yuan Chengzhi also hated the Ming court because of his father's hatred, otherwise he would not have joined his master and took refuge in King Li Zicheng.
When he heard Feng Yuan mention his father, his heart became vigilant.
"Brother Yuan laughed, when Yuan Dudu guarded Jiliao, although he did not pacify Liaodong and achieve "five years of pacification of Liao", he also relied on Jiancheng and let the Tartars lose a lot of people!
Feng Yuan wanted to get into a relationship with Yuan Chengzhi, and used the other party to get thousands of officers and soldiers under the command of Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, and more than two million taels of silver.
had to hide his true opinion of Yuan Chonghuan, and deliberately praised his father a few words in front of Yuan Chengzhi.
For Yuan Chonghuan, Feng Yuan combined with the evaluation of him by later generations, and had a general impression in his heart.
Some people say that Yuan Chonghuan is talented and mediocre. Some people also say that Yuan Chonghuan was a rare good general in the late Ming Dynasty.
Some people even said that if Yuan Chonghuan did not die, it would be difficult for the Manchus to live in the Central Plains, comparing him with Yue Fei, who resisted the Jin Dynasty back then.
In Feng Yuan's view, Yuan Chonghuan has the ability, and in the late Ming Dynasty, in this worse era, there are few people who can have the courage to fight against the Qing soldiers, at least much better than Liu Zeqing, Zuo Liangyu and others.
But to say how high his ability is, comparable to Yue Fei, is a joke.