Chapter 17

It is an indisputable fact that the operation to capture Fuju failed. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info But Wang Ban and Du Chong were not discouraged by failure, not only did they not lose their strength, but they rose higher than the first time. But in the face of the big Liang Dynasty of the blessed house, why did he look for himself, he was a little puzzled, this day, when talking to Du Chong about the blessed house, he asked in confusion, "Brother Du, I don't understand a question, I want to ask, that is, Fuju is so lucky, why did you come to me?"

Du Chong said frankly, "Lord Wang, I don't know this, when I came, Lord Jing just said that he was looking for you, as for what happened, Lord Jing didn't say anything, and I didn't ask, so I don't know." ”

Wang Ban said to himself that he was very confused: "This blessed house, I have heard of him when I was an official in Zezhou, at that time it was he who assassinated the current saint, and he is being hunted down everywhere, but I don't know him, I have never met, and there is no festival, I really can't think of what he is looking for me now?"

Du Chong analyzed, "This, either you have no intention of offending him, or someone may hire him for revenge."

Wang Ban was a little worried and afraid, "Perhaps, if a person like him does not stop until he reaches his goal, if he is not eliminated, it will be a real disaster." ”

Du Chong comforted, "Lord Wang, don't worry, Na Fuju has become a frightened bird now, and he is also injured, he can't turn over the waves, and he can't come." I have sent someone to inform my two buddies that they will come in two days, and when the festival is coming, it will not be like this time, and I have arranged everything when the keeper is captured. ”

Wang Ban was happy when he heard this, "Brother Du, thank you so much, thank you for your hard work." ”

Du Chong said politely, "There, serving the country is a matter of course." ”

Wang Ban said politely, "Brother Du, if there is anything in the future, just open your mouth, I will definitely do my best to help you." ”

Du Chong replied, "Okay, okay, okay, definitely, definitely, definitely." ”

Wang Banxun asked, "Then Brother Du will have nothing to do tomorrow, right?"

Du Chong didn't know what he meant, and asked in confusion, "It's okay, what's wrong, is there something wrong with Lord Wang?"

Wang Ban asked, "It's not too big, Master Yang Shihou is going to Luzhou, tomorrow I will set up a banquet for him, and I want to invite Brother Du to accompany him, how about it?"

When Du Chong heard this, he hurriedly agreed, "Yes, okay, no problem." ”

The days of March, the spring flowers are blooming, the sun is shining, and the vitality is high, which is encouraging.

In the front hall of the Xiangzhou Assassin's Mansion, people came and went, and the heads of people jumped, not only the big and small officials in Xiangyang City had arrived, but also the officials in the jurisdiction of the Shannan Dongdao Jiedu Envoy, the state capital, and the county government also came, and there were many people.

Let's say that Wang Ban saw that the personnel were almost there, so he first asked people to put the wine and food together, and then stood up with the wine. "I said, everyone, please don't be impatient, listen to me a few words," and as his voice fell, the noise immediately stopped and listened to him.

"Everyone, I brought you here today, there is nothing else, it is for Lord Yang Shihou, for this reason, we will first salute Lord Yang three cups, please raise your glass!"

When everyone heard this, they all immediately stood up, raised their wine glasses high, and said with the Wang Ban, "I wish Lord Yang a bright future, step by step, success and a smooth journey." "Toast to Yang Shihou.

That Yang Shihou was also happy, and raised his wine glass high to drink with everyone.

After some politeness, the officials found a tacit understanding and drank wildly to the people. It's noisy and unkempt.

But one person is not happy, this person is Li Hongye, the deputy envoy of the temperance, just imagine, if you, as the deputy of the temperance, should be promoted to the main position, but you have not been able to be promoted to the main position, and is replaced by a person whose official position is smaller than your deputy envoy, can you still be happy, in this society where the weak and the strong eat the strong, it is absolutely impossible, and he Li Hong is the same, secretly he is not only unhappy and does not say anything, but also is furious for this arrangement, and scolds his mother loudly. However, at the moment at the banquet for Master Yang, he not only did not show it. And he has a tacit understanding, harmony and decency with that Wang Ban, and no one will say anything when they see it.

When Yang Shihou saw that the two were in harmony and there was no conflict due to the promotion of the official position, he kept mentioning his heart and immediately put it down, and in an instant, he picked up the wine glass and wished to come.

"Brother Li, Brother Wang, I won't say anything, I hope that in the future, the two of you will work together to govern this Shannan Dongdao. ”

"Lord Yang, we must, definitely, definitely. The two replied in unison, and they seemed to be in agreement.

Yang Shihou saw that Wang Banzhi was not enough to defend himself, and he was not enough to govern the family, and said, "Lord Wang, you are new to the city, and you are not familiar with the place, if there is anything you don't understand, you have to ask Li Hong for more advice, he has been running the local area for many years. ”

Wang Bandao patted his chest and said frankly, "Lord Yang, don't worry, I will definitely ask Brother Li for more advice and govern this Shannan Dongdao Xiangyang Prefecture well." ”

Yang Shihou said earnestly, "Brother Li, you are a local and have a wide range of connections, you must help Lord Wang, you must not play tricks and play with your heart." ”

Seeing that he was a little uneasy, Li Hong hurriedly confessed, "Lord Yang, I will assist him as I would assist you." ”

"Good, good, good, come, come, come, let's have a drink. The three of them lifted it up in an instant, and it was gone.

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After this pause, they drank one by one, and the six gods had no owner, and they were scattered, and only when they sent Yang Shihou north to Luzhou to take office, they ended their departure.

However, Li Hong, who was sullen, faced with the indisputable fact that this Wang Ban had become the queen of the Shannan Dongdao Festival, felt angry and breathless, and as soon as the banquet began, he was depressed and unhappy without saying hello to anyone, so he got up and went back to his house without saying a word.

"Master Li walks slowly, how about taking a step to speak?"

At the moment when Li Hong was about to enter his mansion, a shout called him back from his resentful state, and he looked back, and when he found that the person who was calling was his sworn brother, Yang Qian, the assassin of Fangzhou who had nothing to talk about, and he was also followed by his brother-in-law Wang Qiu. Hurriedly replied, "Brother, it's you, I'm so busy that I've forgotten that you're here too, it's rude, forgive, forgive." ”

Yang Qian proposed, "Brother Li, I haven't seen you for a long time, how about we go to the Drunken Immortal Building for a drink or two?"

Li Hong said politely, "Brother, don't you get home right away, and don't you go back to drink?"

Yang Qian smiled and said, "Brother Li, it's different, brother, I still ask you to do something, drink at your house, that's the matter, let's go." So saying, he struck his horse and went first.

Wang Qiu said and followed the horse, "Let's go, brother-in-law." ”

Li Hong saw that he had already gone first, and he was angry in his heart, and he was also trying to find someone to talk to and vent, and in an instant, he could catch up with him.

Zuixian Tower is the largest and best in Xiangyang City, located in the north of Xiangzhou City, living near the river, and the scenery is very good. When the three arrived, the shopkeeper of the restaurant took the horses first, and then asked the man to lead the three of them into the private room upstairs, and without waiting for orders, he served the best and best food and wine of the restaurant on the table.

It's not the first time that the three of them have drunk together, but it can be said that they have been many times, and they are not polite to each other, nor do they push, so they immediately push the glass and change the lamp, and drink intimately. As the saying goes, there are fewer than a thousand cups of wine for a confidant, and there is no speculation in more than half a sentence. With the same qi, a nest of snakes and rats. The three of them are like-minded, smelly and like-minded, after a few glasses of water and wine, they opened the chatterbox, pulling gourds in the east and pulling the scoop in the west, chatting in the sea and the sky and clouds, talking with life, people talking with words, this is a truth, if you are a flat-headed common people, then you must be chatting about the people's topic, otherwise, you can't find the same topic, and the same is the same for officials, and you will never talk about things that have nothing to do with you. The three of them are all officials of Xiangyang and have an extraordinary relationship, so Yang Qian finished telling Li Hong what he asked Li Hong to do, and after seeing that he had not agreed, he unconsciously said that Li Hong had failed to do the position of the upper jiedu.

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Yang Qian doubted, "Brother Li, as a brother, I don't know if it's better to say some things, or not to say them?"

Li Hong said calmly, "Brother Yang Qian, what do we have to do with each other, if we have something to say, it doesn't hurt. ”

Yang Qian said unevenly, "Brother Li, I really can't imagine that you have been the deputy envoy of Jiedu for so many years, and you are not as good as a assassin who has not been in office for a few days, which is also incredible." ”

Li Hong sighed, "Brother Yang Qian, I can't help it if it's not fair, who teaches us that there is no one in the court." ”

Yang Qian asked tentatively, "Brother Li, if you can't do this, are you willing to be a green leaf for the rest of your life?"

Li Hong was sad and said helplessly: "Brother Yang Qian, to speak from the heart, my grandson is willing to do this unfair thing, but I am not reconciled, what can I do?"

Yang Qian teased and fanned the fire and said, "Brother Li, to be honest, it's not that your brother underestimates you, you are too cowardly, and you will never be like this if you are left in someone else." ”

Li Hong said angrily, "Hey, brother, then Yang Shihou didn't have me in his heart, and he didn't even say a word, so he let that Wang Ban stay in Shannan Dongdao, what can I do?"

Yang Qian further preached deeply, "Brother Li, the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, the matter is man-made, he is an outsider in his royal class, he has only been here in Xiangyang for a few days, and he is a civil official. And how many years have you been running this Xiangyang City, and you are still a military attachΓ©. He doesn't have you in his eyes at all. Brother Li, my own brother, I won't talk in secret, you still have a plan, don't do it a few days ago, when that happened, it won't look good, and no one can help you. ”

Li Hong felt something, "Brother Yang Qian, people's hearts are not in harmony,、、、、、、

Yang Qian sneered, "Brother Li, the people's hearts are not aligned, isn't this very good, we can just take advantage of it." ”

Li Hongdao: "Brother, listening to you is better than reading for ten years." ”

Yang Qian smiled, "Brother Li, we are our own brothers, I only advise you, you should think twice about things." ”

From the moment Wang Qiu came in, except for interjecting a sentence or two from time to time, he rarely said anything, and he was always observing the words and feelings, and seeing that the words had entered the main topic, he couldn't help but interject and said hatefully; "Brother brother-in-law, what Brother Yang Qian said is right, he can see that no one of us can see that what we have encountered is not clear, if Wang Ban regards you as the deputy envoy of Shannan Dongdao Jiedu, he can arrest Fuju this time and accuse you like that. Rope tie and lock tie, I think he obviously wants to take the opportunity to suppress you, and if it weren't for Brother Fu Ba and them asking for that Yang Shihou to intercede, don't you want to for a while, let's still sit here and talk, brother-in-law, hesitation will only be a bad thing, who is that Wang Ban, you can't see it clearly, he is a wolf-like person, and his ambition is rampant. You see that Wang Ban is proud today, as well as Chen Hui and Zuo Feng, toasting and pouring wine everywhere, they are toasting and pouring wine, but they are pulling the cage everywhere, if he buys our brothers, there will be our brothers in the future, I am afraid when I think of that time, if it weren't for you, brother-in-law, I would be finished. Oh, by the way, brother-in-law, that Wang Ban has asked Na Du Chong to recruit troops and horses, and is expanding his own pro-army guard. ”

Li Hong was about to raise his glass to drink, but he was taken aback when he heard it, and the cup in his hand couldn't help but stop in mid-air, and asked in surprise: "What do you say, he is recruiting troops and horses to form and expand his own pro-army?"

Wang Qiu fanned the wind and asked, "Yes, brother-in-law, what shall we do?"

Li Hong was already dissatisfied with the last time he was arrested, but now he was even more annoyed, and after thinking quietly and coldly for a moment, he decided to work hard to get back to his former majesty, and in an instant, he said coldly: "What can I do, he is unkind, I am unjust, he can recruit troops, we can also recruit troops." ”

Wang Qiu was pleasantly surprised when he heard this, "Then go back, can I do it?"

Li Hong knew very well that there was no turning back when he opened the bow, and after deciding to turn the tide and make a big comeback, he did not do anything in an instant, and said without hesitation: "You can do it, I will take care of anything." ”

Yang Qian praised, "Brother Li, this is just like you when we worshipped, Brother Li, or the sentence that as long as I can use it, I only need one sentence, brother, I promise to die." ”

Li Hong was determined to fight hard, and said with relief in the face of the brothers who supported him strongly: "Okay, if there are brothers, I will rest assured, come, come, come, cheers, cheers." ”

Let's say that after the banquet was dispersed, Li Hong immediately contacted Fu Ba and other upper-level people to seek support, and Wang Qiu immediately erected a flag to recruit brave warriors.

There is no way out of the mountains and rivers, and the willows and flowers are bright and another village. There are only people in the world who are self-defeating, and there is no heaven and no people.

Let's say that after a month of careful conditioning, although the whole body is not completely neat, but he is anxious in his heart, when he learned from Guo Shijie that the Wang class not only added posts and posts, but also that Du Chong did not know where to find several masters to help him arrest him, his heart was even more anxious. Facing the high and wide Xiangyang City, just when he couldn't enter Xiangyang City from the west gate, and asked Wang Ban about his wife's whereabouts and was worried and at a loss, and was a hundred times distressed, when he suddenly learned that the king asked to post a notice to recruit troops and horses, he thought about it left and right, and suddenly a bold idea flashed in his mind like a calcium carbide spark. And slowly formed a complete plan, and in an instant, he discussed with Guo Shijie to study the plan he had come up with. "Brother, didn't you say that a notice was posted in the city, and Wang Qiu was recruiting a large number of people?"

Guo Shijie asked strangely in surprise, "Yes, what's wrong?"

Fuju hurriedly introduced, "Brother, I want to sign up, do you think it's okay?"

Guo Shijie agreed, but he was a little worried. "Of course it's okay, but it's not a bit too risky. ”

Fuju wants to know that there are tigers in the mountains, and he prefers to go to the tiger mountains, and said with a smile: "Brother, if you don't enter the tiger's den, you can get the tiger, although it is a bit risky, but one is that I can enter and exit the city smoothly, and the other is that I can also take advantage of the opportunity to approach the Wang Ban without arousing the suspicion of others." ”

Guo Shijie asked worriedly, "It's just that how did you enter Xiangyang City, now the officers and soldiers are so strict." ”

Fuju had been thinking about this for several days, and said instantly, "I've thought about how to enter the city, tomorrow I'll put on a boat and enter from Linjiangmen, so that they can't be guarded, do you think it's okay?"

"Okay, but you have to be careful, don't be too careful. ”

There was no word all night, and the next day, as soon as the sky was bright, Fuju looked for a boat by the river. Guo Shijie still entered Xiangyang City from the West City Gate to pick him up.

But Fuju avoided the pedestrians and came to the river, and in a hurry to find a small boat, after some negotiation and a fixed price, the fisherman immediately rowed it over.

Guo Shijie had been waiting at Linjiangmen for a long time, and when he saw him getting off the boat and coming over, he immediately greeted him and led him to Wang Qiu's recruitment office. ,

Put up the recruiting flag, and there will be food generals. Na Wang Qiu personally received the applicants every day, and in the past few days, he was happy to see the applicants one after another.

Let's say that Fuju, who was dressed up, followed Ju Guo Shijie to the recruitment office, and saw that there were already three or four people in front of him who were queuing up to sign up, so the two of them also lined up to follow.

The king did not ask too much for the recruits, as long as he came, he did not refuse, and after a cursory inquiry of the name and family background, he accepted it as an account, which was simple.

And said that Na Fuju had been watching their situation on the sidelines, and seeing that he was watching the flowers and flowers and perfunctory, and the heart he was carrying was immediately put down, and his determination to apply for recruitment was even stronger, and when it was his turn, he made up lies and said a false name and the real place, and after he was recruited, in order to facilitate his own actions later, he followed and mentioned that he could be a coach to train and teach soldiers, and when Wang Qiu was very happy. And immediately promoted Fuju to become the head of the sect. Fuju was not polite, and immediately closed the door to teach and train these fifty or forty people who had been recruited.

Let's say that Fuju has a safe place to live in the city, and he immediately takes action. spent money to hire a woman to go to the Xiangzhou Thorn History Mansion to inquire about the whereabouts of his wife Zhang Yufeng. However, the result was unsatisfactory, although there were many women in it, but there was no wife Zhang Yufeng, which surprised him and had to think of another way.

Time is like an arrow, time is like a shuttle, in the blink of an eye, summer and autumn are coming, and the time is already the middle of June. In the meantime, although Fuju and Guo Shijie also took advantage of the deeper night to go to the Xiangzhou Thorn Mansion and searched for it several times, they all failed because the Thorn Mansion was tightly defended and could not be exposed at all. Although Fuju was anxious, he didn't dare to take action in broad daylight, so he could only suppress his anger and slowly look for opportunities.

The fire in July, in the blink of an eye, came to the front, the anxious Fuju only thought about how to find his wife, since he didn't know that Xiangyang City had been surging, the undercurrent was emerging, and an unprecedented conspiracy was brewing, just when he was impatient, planning to find the right time, desperate, desperate, desperate, but also looking for Wang Ban to ask the whereabouts of his wife, that Li Hong fell out with Wang Ban because of a trivial matter, he had already prepared himself didn't want to be like last time, and immediately issued an order to Wang Qiu, that Wang Qiu did not dare to be slow, and then issued the order to Fuju, let him lead people to immediately surround the Assassin's Mansion and arrest Wang BanIn an instant, regardless of the reason for the rush between Li Hong and Wang Ban, he immediately led his own well-trained team of more than 100 people, followed Wang Qiu, and took the lead and moved forward bravely, like a tiger going down the mountain, a dragon out of the water, shouting and rushing into the assassination history to capture Wang Ban.

That Wang Ban was studying the whereabouts of Fuju with Du Chong and others in the study in the past few months, and suddenly heard that Wang Qiu led people to rush in, he was taken aback, and hurriedly organized a counterattack with Du Chong and others, however, how could he stop this long time to plan, like a wolf and a tiger, and a concerted killing, within a few rounds, several generals under his command were killed and wounded, and there was no one to organize the attack. The soldiers were defeated, and immediately the leaderless soldiers were crushed, and they threw away their armor and fled for their lives.

The injured Du Chong slashed violently and saw that the situation that the general trend had been stopped at all, seeing that there were no available people around him, he knew that he was powerless to return to the sky, and he knew the consequences of resisting alone.

That Wang Ban never expected that the outcome would be like this, so he hurriedly retreated to the backyard under the escort of his own army.

Let's say that Fuju found the whereabouts of his wife in order to ask, and he and Shijie chased after him. When he saw that Wang Ban ran into his bedroom and was ready to resist, he was furious and rushed in with a knife, and after a few back and forth, he cut down the soldiers who rushed to the ground to the ground, and then, Fei grabbed Wang Ban, who was already sitting on the ground, and forced him to go with a shining steel knife

That Wang Ban was frightened, trembling, and wiped his tears with a bloodshot face, "You, you, what do you want to do?"

Fuju said coldly, "Wang Ban, as long as you answer my question honestly, I will never kill you." ”

When Wang Ban heard this, he promised again and again, "Yes, yes, yes, definitely, definitely." ”

Fu Ju Dong asked, "Do you remember what you did when you robbed Zhangjiazhuang in Zezhou?"

Wang Ban asked strangely, "Have a little impression, what do you ask it to do?"

Fukuju continued, "Do you remember the women you snatched there?"

Wang Ban was silent for a moment and said, "Remember, remember." ”

Fukuju asked, "Where is she now?"

Wang Ban asked himself, "This 、、、、、、"

Fuju warned, "Wang Ban, you'd better answer honestly, otherwise, I won't be able to spare you." ”

Wang Ban took the opportunity to ask, "Okay, then can you tell me what you are looking for them?"

Fuju said bluntly, "Yes, because there are my wives there, Zhang Yufeng, so I have to find them so that I can rescue my wife." ”

Wang Ban regretted and said, "I see, if you said it earlier, we would never have made trouble with this place." ”

Fuju asked, "And where is she?"

"In the Imperial Palace." ”

Fuju didn't believe his ears, and asked in surprise, "What, how could she be there?"

Wang Ban said with a sad face, "This, to tell you, I can come here to serve, if I don't pay a little price, then Zhu Wen can let me be a defeated and escaped person, come here to serve." ”

"You shameless bone, you deserve a thousand cuts. Fuju never imagined that the results of thousands of miles of pursuit would be so disappointing. The anger in his heart, the annoyance, really wanted to cut him with a knife, but he had already said something first, and in an instant, he kicked Wang Ban in anger and walked out of the room.

"Wang Ban?" Wang Qiu arrived just in time, asked, and immediately pounced. Seeing that Wang Ban had just gotten up from the ground, he stepped forward and grabbed it, and without saying a word, he stabbed it.

But when Fuju heard that his wife was now in the palace, he didn't care about the soldiers who took this opportunity to kill and rob indiscriminately, got up and rushed across the river with Guo Shijie, and went to Kaifeng to find his wife.