Chapter 248: Caught off guard
"Shizi, after the secret observation of his subordinates, I found that this Zhou Chao basically eats and lives in the iron workshop, and rarely goes into the city for activities, and the Xiao family even goes to the workshop, as soon as they enter, it is one, mysterious and secretive, do they know something and are wary of us?" Gonggong Liu is making a report to Yu Wenzhi again.
"No matter what precautions they make, they won't be able to escape our palms!" Yu Wenzhi said fiercely, but showed a trace of worry: "But these few times I went to visit the Xiao family under various names, and found that the people of the Xiao family were cold and indifferent to me, and they didn't seem to be afraid of me because I was the envoy of the Zhou State, it seems that they are still very dissatisfied with the marriage, very resistant, and may even refuse this family business." ”
"How dare they refuse this marriage? So what do we do? Do you want to rob? Gonggong Liu asked worriedly.
"Hmph, what should I do? Do they have the strength to refuse? I have received a secret letter from my father, he has agreed to my marriage plan, and will fully support me, ordering me to bring the formula of the glass treasure back to Zhou! I just want to rob, but to rob openly! Now let's go to the Liang Palace first, this time I want the Liang Emperor to come forward in person, even their Liang Emperor is on our side, I see what else their Xiao family dares to do! Yu Wenzhi slapped the table hard and said fiercely.
"Then this Qi man hiding in the ironworks is going to commit Zhou Chao, how is the prince going to deal with it?" Gonggong Liu asked.
"Since he is going to commit a crime, of course he is going to be arrested! He thought that hiding in the Xiao family's iron workshop would be safe with the protection of the surname Xiao? It's so true! This time, I want Emperor Liang to personally order the seizure of the Xiao family's iron workshop and arrest this Zhou Chao! Yu Wenzhi showed a murderous aura!
"There is another person, that is Xiao Jiazi's personal guard, although he is also dressed up as a monk now, but I still recognize this person as Zhou Chao's apprentice, the remnants of the Gao family of Qi State! He is now following that stinky man, according to this son's temper, if he wants to catch the people around him, I'm afraid it's a little troublesome! After all, this is Liang Guo. Gonggong Liu reminded.
"Then we don't care about him with this high distance, we just need to catch Zhou Chao! Haha, if you really want to sleep, someone will send a pillow, and if they dare to harbor a criminal, we will seize his iron workshop! Go, come with me to see the Emperor of Liang! "Yu Wenzhi is high-spirited, domineering and exposed!
When at noon, outside the iron workshop, a team of soldiers and horses suddenly appeared, and all of them were holding spears and big knives, fierce and vicious, they quickly surrounded the iron workshop, the guards of the Xiao family saw that the other party was overwhelming, and couldn't help but be shocked, and immediately shouted: "Who are you, this is the Xiao family's iron workshop, which is the official land of our Liang country, and no one is allowed to enter!" ”
"I am Xu Tong, the secretary of the Criminal Department of Liang State, and the Xiao family is suspected of harboring the rebellious party! By the emperor's holy order, search your iron workshop! "Xu Tong is Xiao Fu's political enemy in the imperial court, and of course it is incumbent on him to lead this action against the Xiao family.
"Come on, come with me and arrest the rebels!" Gonggong Liu personally led the team to rush into the iron workshop, because his purpose was to go in and capture Zhou Chao alive!
Then, only a sound of fighting was heard, and before everyone could react, Zhou Chao had already been escorted out by Wuhua Tie!
"Craftsman Zhou, long time no see! Dare to offend the Duke of Jin in Zhou State that day, and now hide here in the Xiao Family Iron Workshop, do you think we can't catch you? Amusing! Whoever offends us, no matter how far he hides, we will definitely find him out! Father-in-law Liu looked at Zhou Chao sinisterly and smiled.
"Hmph, this is the territory of the Xiao family, and you can't be allowed to mess around with you, the eunuch of the Zhou Kingdom!" Zhou Chao was punched in the face, and now he is still dizzy, but he is extremely annoyed in his heart, he is really careless, he can't imagine that Yu Wenzhi dares to break into the iron workshop!
"I'm not messing around, this seizure of the Xiao family's iron workshop is a holy decree personally issued by the emperor of the Liang State, you see that there are all the officers and soldiers of the Liang State all around! Haha, but do you know that as long as our Yuwen Shizi says a word, this Emperor Liang will obediently follow it! I don't think even Xiao Feng can protect you this time! Come on, take this Qi person away! "Grandpa Liu is arrogant!
"Lord Xu, this must be a misunderstanding, how can Master Zhou, who has such superb iron-making skills, be a chaotic party, this must be your mistake, wait for Xiao Fu Gongzi to come, and then find out the truth!" Master Li was also stupid by this scene, and after reacting, he immediately ran to Xu Tong to plead!
"Hmph, this is the emperor's personal decree, you Xiao family are really bold, do you want to resist the decree? Xiao Fu? Ming's black gauze hat is even more difficult to protect! Get the hell out of here! Xu Tong became even more angry when he heard Xiao Fu's name, and kicked Master Li hard.
Poor Master Li is almost sixty years old, and he was already scared half to death by this scene, but now he was kicked by Xu Tong, and immediately vomited blood and fainted!
From Xu Tong and Liu Gonggong's actions were very fast, the whole process took less than ten minutes, Zhou Chao was arrested, Master Li was kicked unconscious, the iron workshop was sealed, and all the craftsmen were imprisoned!
This is the effect that Yu Wenzhi wants: kill the Xiao family by surprise!
At the same time, Yu Wenzhi was also at the Xiao family, looking at everyone in the Xiao family arrogantly, because this time he came to the Xiao family with the holy decree of the Emperor of Liang: asking the Xiao family to officially marry the Zhou State on behalf of the Liang State, and then ordered Xiao to follow him to the Zhou State and marry the Henan princess Yu Wenmin!
"Uncle Xiao Huang! My father, the Duke of Jin of the Great Zhou State has agreed to this family affair, and now even Emperor Liang has issued an order, it seems that Uncle Xiao Huang is still in a good position Brother Xiao is ready for a dowry! Haha, come, brother-in-law, have a drink with my uncle! Yu Wenzhi entertained himself, completely ignoring the Xiao family's angry expressions.
"Being able to represent the marriage of Liang Guo and Zhou Guo is the blessing of my Xiao family! Moreover, the princess of Zhou Guo is so noble, the Xiao family naturally has to prepare a rich dowry! At that time, I went to the Zhou Kingdom, and I am not familiar with the place, and I hope that the prince will help us take good care of him! At this point, Xiao Feng could only accept it helplessly.
"Of course, he can be regarded as my brother-in-law now, and he is the master of our Zhou Kingdom, of course I will take good care of him, so Uncle Xiao Huang doesn't have to worry about this matter! But when it comes to the dowry, Uncle Xiao Huang just now, my sister is the princess of Henan who was personally promoted by the emperor, such a noble identity, the general dowry is not looked down upon by our Yuwen royal family, so I think it's good, it's better for your Xiao family to use the formula of glass treasures as a dowry! Yu Wenzhi went straight to the point, straightforwardly stated his purpose, and did not beat around the bush with Xiao Feng at all.
"You are really too deceitful, the formula of the glass treasure is a priceless treasure of our Xiao family! How can you be so robbed! Xiao Shan couldn't be angry, although he had long known Yu Wenzhi's purpose, but it was also very uncomfortable to hear him come out naked like this!
"Bold, who are you and what your identity! Dare to talk to me so rudely, don't you want to die? Yu Wenzhi was so frightened with a look that Xiao Shan immediately shrank back!
"Haha, uncle, please stop being angry, this is my brother, he is a person with no ambition, nonsense, you have a lot of adults, don't worry about him! In fact, the formula of the glass treasure is in my head, as long as I go to the Zhou Kingdom, then this formula will naturally go to the Zhou Kingdom, you can rest assured! Although Xiao Yao was also very angry, he had to calm down, now this Yu Wenzhi suddenly made a difficulty, and he also pulled Emperor Liang to his side, it was really not easy to deal with!
"It's still my brother-in-law who knows the general thing, and he is really a smart man! Don't worry, our Zhou country is rich in land and resources, and it is a hundred times better than Jiangling! There, you can develop better! Hearing Xiao Yao's reply with his own ears, Yu Wenzhi was in a good mood, and he didn't take Xiao Shan to heart at all, because the two were not at the same level at all.
At this time, a descendant of the Xiao family ran in in a panic, whispering in Xiao Feng's ear, only to see that Xiao Feng couldn't help but be shocked after hearing it, and broke the teacup by mistake!
Everyone in the Xiao family didn't know what was going on when they saw Xiao Feng so out of shape, only Yu Wenzhi sneered slightly: It seems that Gonggong Liu's action in the ironworks has been successful!
Sure enough, one of Yu Wenzhi's entourage also ran in, and after a few words in his ear, Yu Wenzhi smiled even more arrogantly, stood up, and asked knowingly: "It seems that Uncle Xiao Huang is in trouble?" ”
"Our Xiao family has no grievances with you, and now we have agreed to let Twelve marry you, and we also offer the formula of the glass treasures with both hands, why does the prince still frame our Xiao family!" Xiao Feng came back to his senses and angrily questioned Yu Wenzhi loudly.
"Oh, wronged! Uncle Xiao Huang, you really blame me, I just reminded Emperor Liang, this Zhou Chao is just a wanted Qi person who was ordered by my father to commit the crime, but it just so happens that this person is hiding in your iron workshop, you must know that it is your Emperor Liang who seized your iron workshop, this has nothing to do with my Yu Wenzhi! Yu Wenzhi had already thought of the dialogue, and Xiao Feng was speechless for a while.
Xiao Yao, Xiao Fu and they had already learned from that Xia Rao's mouth that the iron workshop was seized by the emperor's decree, and Zhou Chao was arrested, and they couldn't help but be surprised!
"Even if this Zhou Chao commits something, it is also a crime committed in your Zhou Kingdom, and he is a wanted criminal in your Zhou Kingdom, what does this have to do with our Xiao Family Iron Workshop! How can he be considered a wanted criminal when he came to Liang State! You guys are strong words! Xiao Fu was so angry that he lost his mind a little, and his words were out of whack.
"Prince Xiao, this is going to ask your emperor, it is your criminal department Shangshu Xu Tongxu who led the team to seize your iron workshop, these are not the soldiers and horses of our Zhou State." Yu Wenzhi still pushed it clean, and looked at the people of the Xiao family who were in a hurry with a smile.
"You! What else do you want to do, Yuwen Shizi! We have also asked Twelve to go to the Zhou Kingdom, and the formula of the glass treasures is naturally yours, what do you want! "Xiao Feng has already seen that everything that happened suddenly must have been planned by this Yu Wenzhi!
"Uncle Xiaohuang, it's not what I want to do now, but what you can do! You must know that this Zhou Chao was not arranged by me to enter your iron workshop, but well, harboring the rebel party is a serious crime, for the sake of my brother-in-law's face, I can help you say a few good words in front of Emperor Liang, so let's add this iron workshop to Brother Xiao's dowry! Yu Wenzhi was determined to win, because he had eaten Xiao Feng.
"Your Zhou Kingdom's appetite is too big! Not only did they take away the formula of the glazed treasures, but now even our Xiao family's iron workshop had to take away it! Xiao Feng looked angrily at this smiling but ruthless smiling Hu Yu Wenzhi.
"Uncle Xiao Huang, you are a businessman, you have to spend some money to do things, if it weren't for my face that Brother Xiao is already my brother-in-law, I wouldn't want to help your Xiao family." But when the time comes, what will your emperor do with your Xiao family, I don't dare to talk nonsense, after all, this is your Liang country's business! Yu Wenzhi put up the shelf, and said coldly with an indifferent expression.
"Uncle is right, such a blacksmith workshop can be regarded as a dowry, it's really elevated! So my father promised my uncle that the emperor would calm his anger first! Xiao Yao suddenly spoke, and also showed a harmless smile.
Yu Wenzhi's combination punch of sudden attack hit the Xiao family, and even Xiao Yao was caught off guard, and he had no power to fight back at all, what he could do now was to buy time, and he couldn't let Yu Wenzhi use any more vicious means!
"Uncle, I believe that the reason why you fell in love with this iron workshop is nothing more than to fall in love with the high-quality weapons produced in the iron workshop, and it is not a secret that this iron workshop can have such a process, not only because I have improved the craftsmanship of the craftsmen, but also because I have joined this Zhou Chao! The eldest brother also knew that he was a native of Qi State, a descendant disciple of Qi's mother Huaiwen, and he had the secret technique of Su Tie, so after the two of us worked together, there would be such results! Therefore, for the two times we went to Zhou Kingdom, we can carry forward the steelmaking and iron casting technology of the iron workshop, and I hope that my uncle will not hurt this Zhou Chao! Xiao Yao said weakly, because he was becoming more and more calm now, and he had already thought of a plan in his heart!
"Haha, this brother-in-law of mine is really not an idle person, and he sees things much more thoroughly than your father and brothers! You can tell the weight of this matter! But I really can't imagine that you are as smart as you are, not only can you understand the glass formula, but also very accomplished in making iron and casting swords, Zhou Guo can get such a talent as you, it is indeed a gratifying and congratulatory event! Yuwenzhi said with a high chest.
"So for the two times I went to the Zhou Kingdom, and I can perfectly copy all the techniques of the iron workshop, and I hope that my eldest brother will let go of this Zhou Chao, and then say a few kind words in front of the emperor, begging the emperor to let go of our Xiao family! Marriage is a great event, don't make such a fuss, perfect should be harmonious, and then concentrate on preparing for me this marriage between the two countries! Xiao Yao gave Yu Wenzhi a big bow on his knees.
"My good brother-in-law, what are you talking about! Hurry up, you are really too outside, now we are all a family, your Xiao family's affairs are equivalent to my affairs, rest assured, Liang Huang's side I will go in person! Yu Wenzhi felt very happy and satisfied when he saw Xiao Yao surrendering at his feet
"In this way, in order to show the sincerity of our Xiao family, please ask my eldest brother Ming to personally come to the iron workshop and select two loyal craftsmen to accompany me, and I will personally demonstrate to my eldest brother how to make glass treasures!" Xiao Yao's head was bent lower, and his tone became more docile.
"Haha, that's really good to be like this! I've long wanted to see for myself how the glass treasures under the famous earthquake are made! Yu Wenzhi laughed with satisfaction.
Because he came to Jiangling this time to get the formula for the glass treasures, now he can not only get the formula, but also the Xiao family's iron workshop, what a bumper harvest!
"Then this afternoon, I will go to the ironworks to prepare, and I hope that my uncle will ask the emperor to revoke the seizure of the ironworks, and let those craftsmen go home first!" Xiao Yao also made a request.
"Well, the glass formula is very important, and there really shouldn't be too much idle heat there, okay, I'll let them revoke the seizure of your Xiao family's iron workshop, you can also go and prepare, I'll wait for your performance!" Yu Wenzhi was very relaxed, because it was really easy for him to let the Emperor of Liang do things.