Chapter Seventy-One: Wan Dezhao
Uncle Wu calmly recounted what happened yesterday, without the slightest intention of justifying himself.
"Go home and heal!" The young man said lightly, Uncle Wu is the old man in the family, and now that he is injured like this, he can't be too harsh.
"Luo Bin!" After Uncle Wu left, the young man called the guard beside him, and it was the young man with an extraordinary temperament who stopped Xu Chen and his party on the street.
The identity of this young man can be imagined, he is Wan Shijun, the second son of the Wan family!
"Childe. Luo Bin replied.
"You're not going to let me down again, are you?" Wan Shijun's tone was already a little calm.
"No!" Luo Bin replied categorically.
It was the afternoon of July 28, and Xiao Yi and the three of them had just stayed at the "Yuelai Inn".
"Sir. β
In the mansion of Wanjia in Yuzhang City, Wan An is reporting to Wan Dezhao, the head of the Wan family, on the recent movements of the second son.
"How's the investigation?" Wan Dezhao asked.
"Back to the master, the second son sent someone to Fuliang County a few days ago, and the target was the city commander of Fuliang County, a porcelain craftsman named Tang Yuan. Using one of our internal responses there, we stole a kind of porcelain that Tang Yuanxin fired and the raw materials necessary to fire this porcelain. Wan An replied.
Then he sent a man named Hou Ze, who had an old grudge against Tang Yuan, to send the porcelain to the mansion of Duan Zhang, the chief of Yuzhang, who was looking for rare treasures these days for some reason. β
"Duan Zhang is from the Lu family, right?" asked Wan Dezhao.
"If you go back to the master, yes!" Wan An replied.
Wan Dezhao didn't speak again, and Wan An knew that he was going to continue to say it.
Later, Duan Zhang sent a housekeeper to Fuliang County with Hou Ze to find Tang Yuan to customize a new type of porcelain, but Tang Yuan returned not long after he returned to push the matter away. β
"He is a decisive man!" Wan De praised.
Later, Duan Zhang's housekeeper returned immediately, but was killed by Lao Wu halfway. Later, the second prince sent Lao Wu to Fuliang County and killed Tang Yuan's two old servants, but Tang Yuan and his wife were rescued by Wei Chao, who was worshiped in Duan Zhang's mansion. Now Lao Wu has returned from a serious injury, and Tang Yuan and his wife are nowhere to be found. Wan An still looked calm and finished talking about the information he had obtained.
"What a mess!" Wan Dezhao frowned deeply and said with a look of disgust.
"By the way, master, the old slave saw a sword on the road just now!" Wan An's expression appeared solemn for the first time.
"What sword?" Wan Dezhao saw Wan An appear, and he knew that something must have happened.
"Peony Flower Sword!" Wan An said.
"What?" Wan Dezhao's brows furrowed even deeper.
"Fifth!" Wan An's eyesight was very good, although the number on the flower bud was small, he could still see it clearly.
"The fifth old guard of the internal guard, the sword idiot Xiao Yi!" Wan Dezhao said affirmatively.
Wan An nodded and said nothing.
"What's going on? When did Yuzhang City have so many cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods!" Wan Dezhao said with his hand on his forehead, looking like he had a headache, but then said with a sharp look in his eyes: "It seems that I have to go back and discuss it with my father!"
"Master!" A person rushed in from outside the room, about forty years old, a burly man with a three-inch short beard, and his appearance was somewhat similar to Luo Bin, but his momentum was more restrained.
This person is Wan Dezhao's guard commander, named Luo Yi, who is Luo Bin's father.
"What's the matter?" Wan Dezhao looked at Luo Yi, who was usually steady, and rushed into the house in a panic, and asked with a frown, there must be something wrong again!
"Master, Uncle An!" Luo Yi first saluted Wande Zhao and Wan An after entering the house.
"Don't ink! Say it quickly!" Wan Dezhao didn't mind Luo Yi saluting Wan An, this is as it should be!
"The second son sent that kid from our family to the 'Yuelai Inn'!" Luo Yi didn't know why the old man, who always looked like Mount Tai collapsed in front of him and didn't change his face, was so surprised, and he was out of proportion when he spoke.
"What's wrong with the 'Yuelai Inn'?" Wan Dezhao glared at Luo Yi fiercely, obviously dissatisfied with the other party's expression.
"Back to the master, Tang Yuan also has a daughter, who is at the 'Yuelai Inn' at the moment!" Luo Yi also knew that Wan An must have told the head of the family about Tang Yuan, so naturally he didn't say much and went straight to the point.
"Oops! But a middle-aged man with a sword and two teenagers, a man and a woman?" Wan An suddenly asked Luo Yi.
"Yes!" Luo Yi replied with a blank expression.
"Master!" Wan An shouted.
"Where is Sejun now?" Wan Dezhao also understood what Wan An meant, and immediately asked loudly.
"The Courtyard in the City!" Wan An replied.
"I'll go and invite him personally!" Wan Dezhao said word by word, and then went out and left.
"Uncle An, what's going on?" Luo Yi is really confused now.
"The fifth old guard!" Wan An said sternly.
"Sword idiot Xiao Yi?" Luo Yi was also shocked at this moment, and then muttered again: "No wonder it's so familiar!"
"You hurry up and stop your kid now!" Wan An didn't care about Luo Yi's muttering, and ordered directly.
"Yes!" Luo Yi also realized the strictness of the matter, they were actually not afraid of the internal guards, not to mention that there was only a sword idiot Xiao Yi, that is, the top ten internal guards were all here, and they were all taken over. It's just that no one wants to hide such a pair of eyes behind their backs, and they don't want to rebel, so they naturally stay away when they encounter these court eagle dogs.
In front of the gate of "Yuelai Inn", Luo Yi was still one step faster after all, "Yuelai Inn" was in the center of Yuzhang City, close to Wanjia's house, but Wan Shijun's courtyard was leaning on the outskirts of the city.
Wan An was ordered by the head of the family a few days ago and began to pay attention to the actions of the second son. Although according to the rules of the family, the actions of the second son in the past two years do not need to be reported to the family, but since the head of the family has given the order, the actions of the second son naturally cannot be concealed from him, the head of the family.
Just now, Wan Shijun's Neiying came to report, Wan An was talking to the head of the family, and the news could only reach Luo Yi, Luo Yi also knew that the head of the family was very concerned about the matter of the second son recently, so he hurriedly ran in to report.
Luo Bin straightened the things on his body, and listened to Uncle Wu say that the other party has a good hand at making swords, and it must be dangerous to go this time, but Gongzi's order cannot be disobeyed, so he has to be extremely careful.
Luo Bin came to the door of the "Yuelai Inn" and was about to step in, but a person came from the side.
"Dad!" Luo Bin looked at the visitor with a surprised expression.
"Stinky boy, go back with Lao Tzu!" Luo Yi glared at Luo Bin with a pair of bull's eyes.
"Daddy, but...... The second son ......" Luo Bin also understood why his father appeared here so coincidentally. However, Childe's order ......
"Okay! The head of the family already knows about this! This is the order of the head of the family!" Luo Yi said.
"But ......"
"But what! Could it be that your kid still wants to fight with Lao Tzu?" Luo Yi slapped the back of Luo Bin's head.
"Oh......"
Luo Bin returned to the other courtyard dejectedly.
"Childe, your subordinates are incompetent!"
Seeing Luo Bin's declining face, Wan Shijun naturally understood everything.
"Okay, okay, okay! Is this your trust?" Wan Shijun finally got angry this time, and said in a voice.
"Heh! What a great majesty! Wan Er Gongzi, shouldn't the old man call you the 'Master of the Wan Family' now?" With a mockery, Wan Dezhao walked over.
"Dad, why are you here?" Wan Shijun was a little stunned when he heard this tone.
"If the old man doesn't come, how can he see that our second son is strategizing to win thousands of miles away!"
"Daddy...... I ......" Wan Shijun heard his father's taunt, and his face was really a little unbearable.
"What are you! How many times have I told you, Daddy! You must not be arrogant! You should be a deaf ear, right! Look at what kind of mess you have done, my face has been lost by you!" Seeing his son look embarrassed, Wan Dezhao's fire was half gone, and Lao Wan knew that this was the expression of his son's true temperament.
"Dad, don't be angry! Take a sip of tea first, it's a big pain in anger!" Wan Shijun hurriedly ran over to help Dad sit down, and poured a cup of tea diligently.
Seeing that his son was busy, Wan Dezhao couldn't say anything more.
"Dad, I didn't expect things to turn out like this!" Wan Shijun lowered his head and said distressedly.
"How many times have I told you! Chess pieces are not wood, you can't fiddle with them as much as you want, and chess pieces also have the idea of chess pieces! If you can't follow their ideas, no matter how good the situation is, it will be ruined! You're good! You always look like you're on top, Lao Tzu is the best in the world, how can you still be a chess player like this!" Wan Dezhao was angry when he thought of his son's methods these days, and he made a mess of good things, and if this was spread out to his friends, he wouldn't be laughed to death.
"...... Second, the first is your father!" Wan Shijun lowered his head and stretched out his finger to gesture to his father.
"I'm the first to be you!" Wan Dezhao casually picked up a teacup lid on the desk and threw it over, Wan Shijun dodged sideways, and let out a "ouch" cry from his mouth.
Looking at his son's appearance, Wan Dezhao was angry and laughing.
Looking at his father's appearance, Wan Shijun also knew that he had passed this level today!
"The target you picked is good!" Wan Dezhao lost his interest in getting angry and began to analyze his son's approach.
Wan Shijun saw that his father Yan sΓΉ got up, and he also accepted that naughty appearance, sat down next to his father, and listened carefully.
Seeing that his son knew his mistakes and could change them, Wan Dezhao was also a little relieved.
"If you want to make a move on Duan Zhang, pull out the No. 2 nail of the seven sects and five surnames in Yuzhang, and my father won't blame you. "The No. 1 nail is naturally Wang Xian, that goal is too big, and the local family with a little brain will not take it lightly to move the local leader sent by the imperial court, the goal is too big!
"Your initial idea was to arouse Duan Zhang's desire for the new porcelain first, and then let him ask for it when he was done, in order to make him angry and kill, so that you can get the evidence in your hands and send it to Chang'an, so that the court can bring him to justice, right?" Wan Dezhao asked.
"Shengming is no better than Dad!" Wan Shijun patted his ass and said, Daddy naturally knows everything when he comes here today, if he can't even guess his purpose, then it's not his Dad!
"But what you didn't expect was that Tang Yuan would reject Duan Zhang so decisively, and Duan Zhang's housekeeper didn't get angry as you expected. So you had to do it yourself, kill the housekeeper, get the evidence, and get rid of Tang Yuan's family yourself, in order to get your plan back to normal. But you didn't expect Lao Wu to carelessly miss, and in the end, Tang Yuan disappeared. Next, you want to directly threaten Tang Yuan's daughter and ask her to help you send the evidence to Chang'an so that you can continue your plan, right?" Wan Dezhao said this, and his voice rose again!
"Yes......" Wan Shijun said with his head drooping, what else can he say now, Dad even guessed this.
"What the hell did you say you did!" Wan Dezhao became more and more angry the more he thought about it, and he even burst out of the swear words.
"How many times have I told you! Don't do it yourself when making the layout! You must use the existing situation to secretly control and let the situation develop in the direction you want, and you must have at least seven points of truth in the lie to deceive people! You are good! Go into battle shirtless, for fear that people will not know that your name is Wan Shijun, right?" Wan Dezhao then lectured.
"I didn't think about doing it myself!, but who would have thought ......," Wan Shijun explained in a low voice.
"Yes! You didn't want to do it yourself in the first place! But what kind of thing is that plan you made! Do you know Duan Zhang's temperament? Do you know Tang Yuan's style? With just some superficial information, you dare to be arrogant and formulate a self-righteous plan, you Wan Gongzi is so capable!" Wan Dezhao saw that his son was still arguing, and he became angry again.
Wan Shijun didn't say anything at this time, but still lowered his head.
"Do you think you're not convinced, don't you? You think you're just unlucky, right?" Wan Dezhao saw his son's appearance, where he didn't know his son's thoughts, so he had to continue: "Do you know Duan Zhang? Duan Zhang, who was poor when he was young, still relied on hard study to get into the Jinshi, and after being an official for so many years, he has long become determined. Do you want him to kill people because of anger, is it possible? He is indeed a complete official fan in his search for treasures, but he will not give up his roots because he has no hope of speculation, Duan Zhang is a very clear person, he will do his best to fight if he can, and if he can't go up, he will not even want his life to force it! You want him to kill people in anger because he has lost his path to the green clouds, what is this not wishful thinking?"
Wan Shijun was a little moved when he heard this, but it was not his fault that he thought about it, his father said that he must be wrong, and he was still very self-aware of this. He thought that it was indeed because his father knew Duan Zhang so deeply! He thought that his father didn't care about anything? It seemed that he was wrong! At this time, he could still look left and right, Wan Shijun was not an ordinary person!
"Actually, you could have taken advantage of Duan Zhang's official fan and changed the way to let him get that porcelain first. Duan Zhang is not only a firm mind, but also a ruthless person! Although that piece of porcelain is good, it is not cherished, but if it becomes a peerless and unique product, it will naturally be regarded as a rare treasure. Wan Dezhao then analyzed for his son.
"Dad, are you saying that when he gets his porcelain, he will send someone to kill Tang Yuan's family?" Wan Shijun also understood at this time, and thought about it, yes! Why didn't he think of it? It seems that Daddy is right, he knows too little about Duan Zhang!
"Not only Tang Yuan's family, but also those porcelain workers are not spared, I am afraid that even the Fuliang County Order will be threatened and dare not say anything. But since he has already done it, it is impossible to hide it, and if you poke it out again, Duan Zhang will be finished!" Wan Dezhao said his thoughts, and sure enough, Jiang was still old and spicy!
"Look at what you're doing, and you're going to make a wrong move, and in the end you're forced to come forward to meet the sufferer in person, even if you threaten someone, will they do what you say?" Wan Dezhao concluded.
"Yes...... Dad, I was wrong!" Wan Shijun really admitted his mistake now, in fact, he planned to come to this point, and he was a little difficult to ride a tiger, if he didn't go on, wouldn't his previous efforts be in vain.
"It's good to know it's wrong!" Wan Dezhao picked up the teacup and drank his saliva, saying so much that his mouth was dry.
"Dad, what should we do next?" Wan Shijun was still a little unwilling, could the plan be over like this?
"If you kill all the people, can you still kill them for nothing?" Wan Dezhao asked rhetorically, as if killing a few people was like killing a few poultry, even if they died, they could not be wasted, and they had to be used up.
"Since you have already made a move on Duan Zhang, don't leave that Duan Zhang! Let him go!" Wan Dezhao said lightly.
The history of the county magistrate, the departure and stay of the feudal officials on the fifth grade could not make his tone fluctuate in the slightest.