It stands to reason that the Later Tang Dynasty established the country by force and prospered the country with courtesy, and it would not have fallen to this. However, each city and county adapts measures to local conditions, and does not completely imitate the Luoyang power system, and each has its own "characteristics" and dependence. For example, in Luoyang, everything under the feet of the lord of the country follows the old rites of the Tang Dynasty, with the mission of reviving Li and Tang, and insisting on the old system of Li and Tang as the glory.

But after leaving Luoyang, the states and counties came separately. Following the late Tang Dynasty system, if the Confucianism of the bull's ear is followed, then the literary style will flourish here, and although the status of the warrior will not be greatly affected, the literati will be highly respected. However, if it is a place to establish a state by force, the military generals can run rampant and domineering, and the literati can only be cautious so as not to invite death.

But power and money are still in vogue everywhere. Although the official family interfered, there were many businessmen who conspired with the officials, so they could sit back and relax. What's more, between the change of counties and counties, there are often people who hold bull's ears, but rich businessmen and nobles are not common, and if there are a few people in one place, they can be regarded as leaders.

At that time, the people of Longshou County were simple and simple, and Ran County was in charge, so it attracted rich businessmen and nobles from other places to come here. At that time, the Tang Dynasty had not yet fallen apart, so there was no difference in trade and commerce. It is not surprising that some wealthy merchants and nobles fell into Longshou County.

However, after several major turmoil, the territory of the Later Tang Dynasty was attacked by enemies inside and outside, and it became more and more difficult for the states and counties to come and go. On the surface, it is still the head of Luoyang Li Cunqiao, and he is the main one, but in fact, they have their own ghosts, and they have been in close contact with each other secretly, and the forces of all parties are intertwined, and a certain climate has been formed.

Although Li Cunmiao is in the inner palace of Luoyang, he knows everything about the Later Tang Dynasty. It was inevitable that the grass and snakes were startled, so he instructed Mingyuelou to enter the rivers and lakes to encircle and suppress. Nominally, it is to sweep away the restless forces in the rivers and lakes, but in fact, it is also to uproot these "yin people" who are secretly connected.

It's just that Li Cunmiao has no time to take care of anything else at this time, so he can only entrust Nalan. After the Battle of Luoyang, Li Cunqiao has become a loner. The "surface brothers" stationed outside also began to be ordered not to return and were ready to move. On the surface, it looks calm, but in fact, it is already turbulent, and everyone is afraid that they will become the next prince.

Ambition is a good thing, but if everyone has it, wouldn't it be chaos in the world?

Therefore, not every force will attract attention, but Li Siyuan, the head of the Thirteen Taibao, has gathered many "brothers" to help the third brother Li Cunmiao. Li Cunmiao naturally understands it on the surface, and behind his back, he has regarded Li Siyuan as a thorn in his eye and a thorn in his flesh.

Jincheng, Zezhou Mansion and Heluocheng had fallen into a stalemate at this time, and it was the first collision between the two sides. Li Cunjin himself, it was Li Siyuan who made up his mind to take it. At this time, Li Siyuan was already entrenched in Longxi, and Li Cunqiao sent Yu Tianfeng to go, although there was a intention to encircle and suppress, but the outcome was unpredictable.

One side waits for work, the other side runs long distances, and the judgment is made.

And Longshou County, which is the only way to Luoyang, did not see any action from Li Siyuan. However, Li Cunqiao had difficulty sleeping and eating, so he sent Zhou Dewei to lead the army in person, but he must solve this "heartfelt matter".

Although Li Siyuan did not move on the surface, he was busy dealing with Yu Tianfeng's expedition on holidays. But in fact, he wanted to use Li Cunjin to restrain Li Cunqing, secretly delivered the letter of the alliance, and begged to take Longshou County without spending a single soldier. And the nobleman in Longshou County is the secret stake arranged by Li Siyuan early, although this person is a wealthy businessman and nobleman on the surface, but in fact he is an intelligence spy trained by Li Siyuan for many years, and he is also constantly lobbying Ran County Guard.

It's just that Ran Qi was angry in his heart, and he was about to fight to the death with Luoyang, and he didn't have the idea of forming an alliance with others, so he put it on hold for the time being. At that time, there were still many people from other forces in Longshou County around Ran Qi, so this person couldn't bear it and waited for an opportunity to move.

Finally waited for the battle of Longshou, the vitality of Longshou County was greatly damaged, and the Tang Dynasty was turbulent. Li Siyuan saw the opportunity and began to make frequent moves in Longxi, intending to provoke. Although Li Cunqiao is both civil and military, and has both ability and political integrity, he is an acute person. The crusade against Zhu Wen was also the first to take the lead. It's just that he has been sitting firmly for more than 95 years, and he has never put on armor to fight, but his temperament is the same as back then, and he has not changed in the slightest.

As the years went by, Li Cunmiao became more and more crazy when he issued the order, and even had a thin skin to dig out his heart. In the battle of Luoyang, he destroyed his brother Manmen, completely wiped out the Gaofu, and chilled the heart of the world. It is rumored that there were immortals around this person, but for some reason, when Li Cunqiao entered Luoyang, the immortals quietly went away.

Some people also said that Li Cunxuan was ruthless, and as soon as he ascended to the Ninth Five-Year Plan, he carried out the strategy of "the cunning rabbit dies, and the lackey cooks", and destroyed the brave general Gu Yanxun in the border area, and his methods are outrageous. From the eighty-year-old mother to the infant baby, he did not let go. This angered the way of heaven, and everyone could cut it down.

Of course, this is just anecdotal rumors, and exaggerations abound. But what Li Cunmiao did is known to the whole world, and people and gods are angry. Li Siyuan grasped this point, and only then did he take advantage of the "Qingjun side" and began to encroach on the surrounding land. Fortunately, the other six countries and the other princes' forces were too busy to take care of themselves, except for the occasional actions of Hou Zhou and Yi Chu, the other countries were still silent.

Li Cunmiao asked himself if he could win the world, that is, he had something extraordinary, so he was desperate to uproot these "tumors".

Li Siyuan and Li Cunqiao grew up together since childhood, a few years older than him, although Li Keyong went out to make great achievements, he was also the most appreciated by Li Keyong. But he is a righteous son, not a descendant, so he can only divide Longxi and become an idle prince. But Li Siyuan knew the bottom of Li Cunxuan, and if people's hearts were to change, it would not happen overnight, so he quietly moved, activated the dark pile, and disintegrated Longshou County from within.

The dark pile nobleman visited him many times, but he didn't say anything about him, but just sent money and food to talk about ideals, so that Ran Qi gradually depended on him. After the battle of the dragon's head, it is the time to spend money like water. Although the currencies of various countries are not unified, as long as it is real money, no one does not like it.

Then when I was grateful to Dade, it was not without doubts. This person does this but does not reciprocate, and then he makes a great request, and then what should he do? Fortunately, this secret agent has been holding back, just pretending to be sheltered here, grateful, and doing his best to make Ran Qi not have to worry about it.

Ran Junshou naturally treats this person with courtesy, and he will do his best to help each other. This person also opened up the road of Longxi merchants, so that salt and iron could come and go, and Longshou County was able to tide over the difficulties and grow. Thinking about the heroic words of that day, now all have been realized, and this person can be said to have contributed a lot.

Ran Qi made a powerful analysis, and Xiang Envoy and Siyan nodded frequently. But Siyan was puzzled that she had been dormant in Longshou County for many years, but she had never heard of this person's name, could it be that the news was wrong? The envoy also cast an inquiring look, and Siyan nodded and then spoke, "Brother Ran, I don't know when this person came to Longshou County, have you ever been to the house for a drink?" ”

Ran Qi didn't know why Siyan had this question, but he didn't sniff out the clue, so he said truthfully: "I've been here for four years, but this person doesn't like to go out, and has been living in the mansion, and it is said that he has a hidden disease, so he has been recuperating in Longshou County." ”

When Siyan heard this, his doubts were even worse. But he smiled and nodded, and did not continue to ask. Xiang Envoy is naturally also a master of this way, the two glanced at each other, raised their hands and clenched their fists, and left.

It wasn't until after the two of them left[58] that Ran Qi turned around and sat back on the main seat, his face sinking like water, and he didn't know what worries he had in his heart. But he didn't think about it for long, and a man hurried from the side door, with a sneaky figure, but he didn't attract the attention of the defenders at home. When the person came to the door, Ran Qi was taken aback this time, and hurriedly recruited the person to enter, closed the door lightly, and asked eagerly: "Can you find out the identity of the person who came?" ”

The person who came here to report was wounded by a knife, but he didn't care, and hurriedly clenched his fists and said: "Listening to one of them, this person and the county guard are old acquaintances, and they were entrusted by ordinary generals to bring urgent letters. It's just that the subordinates can't distinguish the real from the fake, and the county guard is the first to get there, so the three of them are designed to escape, and they only run back to report the letter when they find the opportunity. ”

Hearing this, Ran Qi suddenly got up, the muscles on his face twitched, and he raised his hand many times to speak, but swallowed it back. Waiting for his mind to calm down, he asked in a deep voice, "Does that person have any characteristics, such as a face, clothing, and weapons?" ”

Ran Qi had already guessed in his heart, but he didn't dare to rush to make it big. Although the three of them were not here at this time, the dark stakes left by the three of them may have been dormant outside the door, waiting for an opportunity to eavesdrop. If his conversation with the visitor is heard, I am afraid that the consequences will be unimaginable.

The person who came was none other than Captain Yuen Yuen. After this person designed Gu Xing and the others to escape, he confused the sight of the pursuers, pretended to be injured, but rushed to the county guard's mansion, and waited until the guards sent before confirmed that there were unfamiliar faces coming out, and then quietly broke in. Rao is like this, and he almost touched the way of those three people.

Ran Qi didn't know that the three of them had already planted dozens of hidden stakes in the mansion. Although I guessed a few points, I didn't know that the county guard had fallen to this. Seeing Yuen Long coming with an injury, his heart naturally burst with joy, but he didn't dare to speak, he just motioned for Yuen Long to continue, and he took pen and ink and began to write.

Yuen Long didn't dare to turn back, but he had already guessed Ran Qi's intentions. He talked nonsense, but stepped forward to take the pen and ink and write down the real characteristics. At this time, there was naturally a dark pile of Yichu outside the door, and after Siyan and Xiang Envoy went out, the two of them combined, and Siyan went to Yixiang Courtyard first, and Xiang Envoy stayed in the house to prepare for changes.

Sure enough, not long after the two were separated, the dark pile came to report that someone had infiltrated, and listening to the words of the two, the three people who broke into Longshou County seemed to be Ran Qi's old acquaintance. Xiang Envoy was not good, and hurriedly arranged for someone to go to Yixiang Courtyard to answer, and at the same time sent two people to squat outside the inner hall, and when the person came out, he followed and intercepted him.

Although they "know the righteousness", they can't protect Ran Qi's true heart to cooperate with them. Therefore, under the first salute and then the soldiers, he can't take care of those benevolence and morality, and he must firmly control Ran Qi in his hands. What's more, there is such a nobleman who appeared out of thin air, maybe which force is also planted here, if it is a big thing because of this, it will not be worth the loss.

In the hall, Ran Qi and Yuen Long exchanged information, and Ran Qi was already sure that the person who came was Gu Xing, who helped him that day. It's just that he didn't know why this person met as usual and was intercepted by Yuen Long. Xu is the will of heaven in the dark, and the invitation that day will definitely make him give a satisfactory answer.

Ran Qi didn't dare to hold it up, opened the door of the inner hall, and ordered someone to invite the doctor to come, saying that he was a little uncomfortable. But the people who entered the hall did not come out, which made the hidden pile hidden in the shadows suspicious.

At this time, both parties are gambling, betting on who will be the first to find the person who enters the city, this is the key......