"This case involved a lot of people coming in, beheading of beheadings, exile of exile, captivity of captivity. It's not enough to kill people, but also to plant Lian, the three families of Nandu, who were very prosperous back then, were killed alive! Looking back now, the old man was able to escape with his life, which can be regarded as God's blessing! ”

"The situation is like this, it is already a blessing to be able to keep a wife and children, how can you hope to stay in the court?"

"As for why the Holy One has not been retained today ... Alas, don't mention it! Zu Yuan sighed.

Lan Wang suddenly felt short of breath. How can this retired big bureaucrat be so virtuous, he always pants when he speaks, and he always only speaks half of it!

But as before, he was too embarrassed to ask.

However, this ancestor Shangshu seemed to be able to see through people's hearts, and smiled slightly: "Boy, do you want to know why the Holy Lord didn't keep me as usual today?" ”

Yo, still want to whet my appetite? Lan Wang's belly sneered.

"It's not an unspeakable secret, it's just a little bit unspeakable. When it comes to the details of this matter, you kid should ask Lord Wen! You don't know yet, Prince Wen is the younger brother of the first emperor's father and mother, and he is also the uncle of the current saint! After all, some things are the furniture of the Son of Heaven, and those of us who are courtiers are really hard to say, but there is no problem if you go and ask Prince Wen, he knows everything, and he will definitely tell you. Zu Yuan smiled meaningfully.

Good fellow, just use this excuse to prevaricate me? Young Master Lan is going to scold his mother. "Don't they all say that the Son of Heaven has no family? You important ministers can't even comment on the affairs of the Son of Heaven? Why don't I believe it! ”

But he still had to say: "The kid knows, he will definitely go to ask Prince Wen for advice another day!" ”

At the same time, the traverser's brain began to rac: "There must be more information to be mined here." It is absolutely not normal for a prince of the imperial family to be sent from the capital to Yangguan Town, which is so geographically remote, and he has to run a workshop to make ends meet. It stands to reason that the clans of the feudal dynasty should be supported by the state to establish an institution similar to the Qing Dynasty Zongrenfu, food and clothing are not worried, even if there is an industry in hand, there is absolutely no need to take care of it personally, just find a white glove, how comfortable is it to hide behind the scenes and count money? What's more, this Prince Wen is still the monarch's brother of the same clan, even if he can't take on the big responsibility, he will definitely not be banished like this! ”

Lan Wang knew that if he wanted to get more information, he had to open up more channels and fundamentally change the way he dealt with the people of this era. Zu Yuan seems to be an old man of dignity and wisdom, but he also has a bit of a feudal bureaucracy's reserve, adhering to certain values that seem inexplicable to modern people. Therefore, there were some things that he couldn't say clearly, and Lan Wang couldn't ask them directly. If you want to find more dry goods from his ancestor Shangshu, you must intersperse it with roundabouts and gradual steps.

The former mercenary misses the days of his last life when he didn't have to gather intelligence on his own - there was always someone on the team who sent him a briefing on the mission, and he just had to gather his team to make a plan. But now, all of this is out of the question, and if he doesn't capture the information himself, he's completely blind.

"Let's see if we can dig up anything more from the prince, and then ask him and Director Li when Master Wen is healed, maybe there will be new discoveries." At the very least, I have to find out who or what forces are going against me! ”

Lan Wang naturally turned to the door of the workshop, looking for the figure of Prince Wen. But while seeing Prince Wen who was directing everyone to clean up the battlefield in a temporary shed at the door, Lan Wang also saw the new situation outside the gate of the workshop.

A large group of fur-armored samurai, with sharp blades in their hands, quickly surrounded the workshop gate with somewhat scattered steps. Lan Wang could see at a glance that these warriors were different from the soldiers sent by his family to rescue him on the day of his assassination: those soldiers were all dressed in full-body metal heavy armor and held long weapons; Today's group only has leather armor that protects their torsos, and the only weapon in their hands is a short sword, and some even carry iron rods.

These armed men are definitely not the soldiers of the Lan family.

Intuition told the Lan family that these people were not here to maintain order, but to find trouble.

Lan Wang and Li Changting, who was not far away, glanced at each other, and both saw the worry in each other's eyes.

"Second brother, this time the seizure of Wenjia Workshop will definitely make a lot of oil and water, right?" A young man with an obscene face rode on a horse, his eyes shining with greedy green light, and his whole face smiled like a chrysanthemum, and he flattered a young man who was also riding on a horse next to him.

"I said, third brother, when will you grow better?!" Another young man showed an impatient expression, "This time find an excuse to end the Wenjia Workshop, even if we catch up with the line of the Emperor, the remnants of the Imperial Party and the Steel Army will have no support, and our brothers on Lafayette's side can also explain!" That's what matters! ”

"What is money? As long as the matter is done and done, when we seize the military power of this Yangguan Town and become a feudal town, how many of those things will be there! Speaking closer, how much cash can there be in Wenjia Workshop? You still have to dig out the place where the down-and-out prince secretly hides gold, and the big one is inside! ”

"Second brother is smart!" The flattery on the face of the young man known as the third brother was not restrained at all because of the anger, but became more and more brilliant.

The second brother and the third brother walked to the gate of Wenjia Workshop like a dog, riding a tall horse, with a vicious family. With a wave of the order, the warriors of the patrol camp behind him, wearing leather armor and wielding swords and iron rods, surrounded the gate of the workshop.

The two saw that the door of the workshop was in a mess, and the ground was covered with red and white unknown substances, which made people feel disgusted to see; Scraps of wood are scattered everywhere, and craftsmen in the workshop are busy cleaning up the mess; At first glance, you can hear howls and moans, and if you look closely, you can see a row of roasted, half-baked wounds lying inside the workshop gate.

"Li Da Scar is also a waste snack! Such a simple thing can be messed up, and hundreds of people can't rush in the door! The second brother scolded with a gloomy face.

"Yes, yes, this kid is really unreliable, he patted his chest yesterday and promised to come with our brothers! If you want me to say, second brother, you might as well ... ”

Before the third brother, who had no eyesight, finished speaking, he was frightened and silenced by the cold eyes of the second brother.

"Alright, don't talk nonsense, let's get to work!"

The second brother glanced at a pro-soldier beside him as he spoke, and the pro-soldier understood, and immediately shouted at Wenjia's workshop: "Yangguan Town's patrol camp commander is here!" Let you workshop stewards speak! ”

Lan Wang's pupils suddenly constricted.

The eldest young master of the Lan family in this plane is familiar with the name "Lan Jing" and couldn't be more familiar with it—the eldest son of the second room of the Lan family, the actual controller of the patrol camp in Yangguan Town, the eldest of the younger generation of the Lan family, plus the only master of martial arts cultivation to reach the Shen realm.

By the way, he is still Lan Wang's cousin!

A few years ago, the family would be martial, and it was this Lan Jing who defeated the then young Lan Wang, and since then he has been in a slump! This Lan Jing is much older than Lan Wang, and it is just a matter of relying on his age and physical advantages in the competition to win, and after winning, he even ridiculed Xiao Lan Wang! It is not uncommon for the entire family to be indignant at this kind of behavior, but after Lan Jing became famous in the first battle, he became a celebrity in front of his grandmother, and everyone dared to be angry but did not dare to speak. After that, a second-hand brother of his Lanjing family turned out to be the first person in the younger generation of the Lan family to hold real power - the position of the leader of the patrol camp fell into his hands. At this moment, this kid's tail is even more upturned to the sky, and he is in the limelight for a while.

Today he came to the door, and the timing is so coincidental, I'm afraid that the person who came is not good!

"It's certainly not a coincidence!" Lan Wang thought to himself.

Just as he was about to say something to stop Prince Wen from poking his head out, he found that he was a step slower again-not only himself, but Director Li and Zu Shangshu also wanted to stop Wang Ye, but they didn't have time.

The bald prince's right eye narrowed into a slit, sneered, and shouted:

"Wenjia Workshop Shopkeeper Wen Shili is here! I don't know what happened to Commander Lan's envoy looking for the contemptible person? ”

The attitude is neither humble nor arrogant, and at the same time does not lose the position. The black-bellied Prince Wen also deliberately bit the words "Lan Commander" very hard: everyone in this area knows that Lan Jing relied on the power of the Lan family to get into this position, and he was originally in an improper position, plus the steward of the city patrol camp was originally a petty official who did not enter the stream, and the title of "Commander" was regarded as a gold paste on his face.

Outside the gate of Wenjia's workshop, Lan Jing's face was pale, and his fists were clenched—of course he could hear the irony in Prince Wen's words. But he knew that he couldn't care about this at this time.

"The patrol camp received a report that a mob was making trouble at the gate of Wenjia's workshop, and we were ordered to come and check it out. I also ask the shopkeeper to give me convenience, let me enter the workshop to maintain law and order, arrest criminals, and count the losses by the way! The young master of the second room of the Lan family shouted inside the door. As a tribute, Second Young Master Lan also bit the three words "Shopkeeper Wen" very hard, after all, the people in the entire Yangguan Town knew that Shopkeeper Wen was originally a prince above 10,000 people under one person.

While raising his hand to signal the field guard team and the fire water truck to resume their formation and continue to wait, Wang Ye Wen clasped his hands in the shape of a horn at the side of his mouth and shouted outward: "Thank you Commander Lan for caring and observing!" Everything in the Wenjia workshop is fine, so you don't have to worry about the command! Someone in Japanese will come to the door to thank you in person, and then bring some rewards to the brothers by the way! ”

Nonsense, a three-year-old child can see that this group of soldiers patrolling the city camp is not good, and Commander Lan has bad intentions! It's all like this, how can Prince Wen let the patrol battalion enter the workshop again?!

But where will Lanjing give up?

"Shopkeeper Wen, arrest bandits, pacify the place, Yangguan Town patrol battalion has an unshirkable responsibility! If the shopkeeper is inconvenient, you might as well let the craftsmen in the field come out of the main entrance to be inspected, so as not to have small people mixed among the good people! ”

"Commander Wen, today is really unfortunate! There was a machine explosion in my workshop today, and then there was a mob impact, and many craftsmen were injured. ”

"In that case, then you should send the injured number out of the workshop as soon as possible for medical treatment! Please also ask the shopkeeper to act quickly! ”

"Don't work to command the worry! Lang Zhong has already entered the field, and the wounded are all right! ”

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This back-and-forth, unnutritious Tai Chi conversation lasted for several minutes. In the end, it was Lan Jing's men who lost patience first. I only heard a follower next to Lanjing scolding: "Bah! You old killer, don't know what to do! The patrol battalion is the soldier of my Yangguan Town, and the commander of the Lan family is the eldest of the second room of the Lan family! This west of the city is the territory of our Lan family, and you dare to show our young master's face on this skillful craftsman street, you are still the first one! Why don't you give way quickly?! ”

Lan Wang saw that the corners of Prince Wen's mouth raised a mocking arc. I only heard the leader of Wenjia Workshop continue to shout out: "Yo, what is Brother Tiger doing so angry!" I Wen someone is also involuntarily self-conscious, my brothers are injured, I Wen someone is eager to cure them immediately, but it's a pity that even if the contemptible person has the ability to reach the sky, he can't do the flesh and bones of life and death! The injured craftsmen in the field are still hanging by a thread, and they are not out of danger, so they can only rest and be cared for by a special person, where can they move casually? Wen is here to compensate the brothers of the patrol battalion, forgive me! ”

As an old mercenary, Lan Wang keenly heard some clues from Prince Wen's words - Shopkeeper Wen seemed to be stalling for time! But the delay must be to wait for backup, and where is the backup of Wenjia Workshop?

Young Master Lan and Director Li glanced at each other, and both of them saw the doubts and worries in each other's eyes. Turning his head to look in the direction of Zu Shangshu, Lan Wang found that this old fox in the officialdom was still expressionless, and his eagle-like eyes were coldly staring at the heads of people outside the gate of the workshop, as if he was looking at a group of death row prisoners who were about to be executed.

Before Prince Wen's words fell, all kinds of unclean curses and threats outside the gate were already flying in the sky. The little leaders of the patrol battalion spat fragrant lips and lotus flowers in their mouths, and their small mouths were smeared with honey to send their most sincere greetings to all the female relatives in Wenjia's workshop in the most beautiful language. Lan Jing's face had already become extremely gloomy, and even he who often boasted of the depth of the city was a little impatient.

"Shopkeeper Wen, Lan respects you as an elder, and I kindly advise you here - don't toast and don't eat and drink!" Second Young Master Lan's voice didn't sound very ruthless, but it revealed a kind of coldness that made people chill throughout, "Whether it's to arrest the murderer today, or to count the losses, the three hundred heroes of my patrol battalion must step into this Wenjia workshop!" ”

The smile on the face of the shopkeeper did not disappear. He just gestured to the guards behind him to reline the wall, erect riot shields, and put the powder bag thrower and fire water truck back into place, before he sneered and mocked, "Oh! I see, it seems that the second son of Lan is bound to win today! Today, if someone else stands in the way of Commander Lan's envoy again, he just doesn't know what to do! Look, the door of Wenjia Workshop has been open for you, and Wen didn't say that you would not be allowed to come in! As the saying goes, whoever comes is a guest, you can rest assured that you can take the brothers of the patrol battalion to go inside, and the five hundred men from our Wenjia Workshop will definitely treat you well and make you feel at home! ”

"Brothers, don't you say?!" After the shopkeeper finished speaking, he turned his head and shouted at the human wall composed of guards in the field.

"Yes! Be! Be! He was greeted with a tsunami-like battle cry. The guards neatly beat the deck of the riot shield with their sticks, making a "bang" sound, echoing the roar rhythmically like a metronome.

"Is this a demonstration to the other side? Less than a third of our powder packets are left, the pressure in the boiler of the fire truck has not yet risen, and the boiling water has been exhausted! The people of these patrol battalions have sharp weapons in their hands, and the rattan armor of our field protection team can't protect them at all! It's all burning eyebrows, what kind of medicine is this selling in the gourd of the shopkeeper Wen! Li Changting lowered his voice and said to Lan Wangfu anxiously.

"I don't know yet, Boss Wen still seems to be stalling for time, and the other party seems to have some scruples, and he doesn't dare to let go of his hands and feet immediately, we still have a chance." Lan Wang also lowered his voice and replied, although he was not very confident in his heart.

"It's called procrastination? This is adding fuel to the fire! What is the benefit of provoking the other person at this time? Could it be—"

Li Changting's voice became more and more anxious, but he only had time to say half of his words.

Because--

At this moment, the two of them saw at the same time: Lan Jing, who was standing at the front of the patrol battalion, first said something to the henchman beside him who was calling the tiger master, and then immediately straightened up, and waved his right hand forward violently--

The soldiers of the patrol battalion of the brigade suddenly let out a strange cry like an Indian like an athlete who heard the starting gun, brandishing weapons and rushing straight at the gate of Wenjia Workshop!

Wenjia Workshop has just come out of the tiger's den and entered the wolf's den again!