Chapter 46: Yang Gong's Treasure House
Seeing Cheng Yanjin scratching his head and scratching his ears there, the two people in the military tent finally reacted, and one of them, a man with a majestic body and a very good-looking beard, said, "The next is the master of this room, Yang Xuangan, but I don't know what is important when Your Excellency comes here late at night?" As he spoke, he secretly sent a signal to the master of the ambush, ready to wait for an opportunity to capture the incoming people.
Seeing that the main lord finally appeared, Cheng Yanjin raised his free hands and said happily, "I am a small wind chime on the rivers and lakes, and now I am here to hope that Lord Monk Shu will make a mutually beneficial deal, and there is no evil intention!" ”
"Wind chimes?" Yang Xuangan hurriedly used gestures to inform the secret master to pause his move, and then asked suspiciously, "But I don't know what kind of deal Your Excellency wants to make with Yang?" Saying that, he looked at Cheng Yanjin with some expectation.
Although he is a pillar of the imperial court and the honor of the Ministry of Rites, he is also a person who came out to walk on the rivers and lakes, walked through the south, and crossed the north. Naturally, I know that the 'wind chime' is another name for some well-informed spies on the rivers and lakes. Although these people are not skilled in martial arts, their ability to find out information is first-class.
Although the person in front of him was five big and three thick, and the appearance of the thin wind chimes he had seen before was not the same, but thinking that this person could sneak into this place quietly, it was obvious that this light body kung fu was extremely good, and the ability to find out the news was naturally not bad.
Since this person said that it was a transaction, he obviously heard some news and thought that strange goods were inhabitable, so he was willing to take a big risk and sneak here. But you might as well listen to it, if it's really life-and-death news, why not spend a lot of money to buy it!
"I heard some news of the imperial army, and when today's son had already hastily withdrawn from Liaodong to the south, and ordered Wu Benlang to attack Chen Ling to attack Yuanwu in Liyang, Wuwei General Qu Tu Tongtun Heyang, Zuo Yi General Yuwen Shu sent troops to follow.
Not only that, but the right Xiaowei general who had already led the army to Donglai to prepare to attack Goryeo also stopped attacking Goryeo and returned to the west, and soon these people will be in Luoyang, and then Your Excellency will be the turtle in the urn, and it will be impossible to escape! This is detailed information, please read it carefully! ”
Holding a piece of information that Cheng Yanjin took out from under the soles of his feet, the two of them in the military tent didn't care about the smell on it, and hurriedly opened it to look at it carefully. When the two of them finished reading the three lines at a glance, their faces couldn't help but change color together, and Yang Xuan asked with a blushing face, "Is this serious?" ”
"You can put a head on your neck to vouch for it, and it's true. If Lord Shangshu doesn't believe it, he can send scouts in the army to travel more than 100 miles to the east, and then you can find out the enemy's situation! ”
Seeing Cheng Biting Jin patting his chest with a confident look, Yang Xuangan's eyes froze, "Okay, I will believe you once, this is ten taels of gold, please accept it for the time being, and wait for tomorrow to find out the enemy's situation, if it is not bad as you said, you can come here again to receive ninety taels of gold as a reward!" I don't know what you think? ”
Cheng Biting Jin didn't look at it, and put away the ten taels of gold, "Yes, as the adults said, I hope that the adults will prepare early, so as not to be served a pot!" He took two steps back, turned and walked out of the tent. Seeing that Yang Xuangan did not send someone to intercept him, Cheng Yanjin put his mind at ease, his internal force flowed, and he immediately went far away.
Out of the rebel camp, Cheng Yanjin ran for more than ten miles, saw that there was no one behind him, relieved himself, immediately turned back, and sneaked into the rebel camp again, found the hidden place that the two Suzaku Hall agents had already prepared, and quietly lurked.
Seeing that the skunk shrew in the cage placed here was still asleep, Cheng Yanjin put his mind at ease, it seemed that Yang Xuangan had not come out during this time. The reason why he wanted to trade with this Yang Xuangan this time was that Cheng Biting Gold was not greedy for the hundred taels of gold.
Although one hundred taels of gold is already an astronomical amount of money for ordinary people, it is really not worth mentioning in Cheng Yanjin, who monopolizes the sale of illicit salt in the entire Shandong.
At the beginning, in the military tent, he handed Yang Xuangan the piece of information that had already been done on it, although it was not smeared with poison, but it was soaked in the urine of the female skunk shrew, in order to cover up the disgusting smell, Cheng Yanjin specially put the information under the soles of his feet, so that Yang Xuangan would only think that the smell was his foot odor, and would not think of other aspects.
He took such pains to hope that the real information could make Yang Xuan feel a sense of crisis. If those imperial court reinforcements besiege him, it will be the end of the head falling to the ground, thinking that Yang Xuan must quickly withdraw the army, and then try to raise it later.
It's just that he is leaving, and he doesn't know what year and month he will be able to come to the eastern capital of Luoyang again. The news of Yang Gong's treasure house Luoyang is that the underground rats also know it, and if he withdraws, I am afraid that someone will find the treasure house, and the contents will be cheaper than others at that time.
According to normal thinking, this Yang Xuangan must have to find a way to get some property in the treasure house before withdrawing the army, you must know that the group of people under his command have to eat and pay military salaries, how can they do it if they have no money, the ghost will rebel against you!
The reason why these people can gather under his tent is not to be prosperous and rich, and to enter the prime minister! If there is no benefit to take, I am afraid that it will not take half a day to run all the shadows. According to the news heard by the secret agents of the Suzaku Branch, when Yang Xuangan raised the army, he did not have a lot of property with him, and he still relied on the military salary of the imperial court to deduct the military salary of the court earlier, and occupied the granary of the official mansion.
It was this person who defected to him later, and this Yang Xuangan used to break through Luoyang and share Yang Gong's treasure house as bait, so that these people gathered people and besieged Luoyang with all their hearts. If he hadn't made such a promise, how would he have been known by today's spies, and then spread all over the world.
Leaning against the wall, Cheng Yanjin was about to sleep for a while, but just closed his eyes, but he heard the skunk shrew scurrying around in the cage, and the sleepiness in his eyes suddenly disappeared. Snatching the skunk shrew out of the cage and holding it in his palm, Cheng Biting Jin touched it out, haha, Yang Xuangan, this thief bird, really went out.
The urine of the female skunk shrew was the most tempting taste in the world for the male skunk shrew he was carrying, just like a man who saw a coquettish beauty, and couldn't extricate himself, and just wanted to be the moth that put out the fire.
Following the skunk shrew's probe to probe his brain, Cheng Yanjin quietly touched the direction of anxious looking. At the beginning, in order to prevent the sound of this skunk shrew from alarming others, Cheng Yanjin blocked its mouth, but now looking at it as anxious but unable to make a sound, I can't help but feel a little embarrassed.
Following the direction pointed by the skunk shrew, Cheng Yanjin was surprised to find that the figure in front of him was obviously not Yang Xuangan, and since he could attract this skunk shrew, he thought that it should be another person who was staying in the military tent at that time.
At that time, Yang Xuangan didn't introduce this person, and Cheng Yanjin didn't care, but now when he came out, Cheng Yanjin took a closer look, but found that this guy went in the direction where the imperial court reinforcements from the east came.
It seems that this person went out to inquire about the news, and Cheng Yanjin walked back with an unhappy face. It's really hurtful, grandpa thought it was Yang Xuangan's guy! Wasted his grandfather's time all night, looking at the glimmer of light that had been revealed in the sky, Cheng Yanjin yawned, still sneaked back to the rebel camp, and arranged for two secret agents to take turns to monitor the handsome tent, and Cheng Yanjin fell asleep.
Sleeping soundly, Cheng Yanjin suddenly felt that someone was pushing him, and hurriedly opened his eyes, but it was a secret agent standing next to him. Seeing Cheng Yanjin wake up, the spy hurriedly reported, "Helper, there is an order from the commander in the army, asking to evacuate immediately and go to Guanzhong!" Now the army is packing up, and it's about to leave! ”
Cheng Yanjin hurriedly asked two sentences, and learned that the skunk shrew did not move all night, it seems that Yang Xuangan did not mean to go to Yang Gong's treasure house to get the treasure, Cheng Yanjin was puzzled, could it be that he had miscalculated, this guy is very confident in his father, and he is not afraid that the treasure house will be discovered!
Now the only way to do this is to continue to follow him, after all, the treasure house is dead and will not move, as long as he can keep an eye on this Yang Xuangan, one day he will show clues. Changing into the clothes of the rebels, Cheng Yanjin mixed in a group of rebels, followed out of Luoyang City, all the way to the west, and went straight to Guanzhong.
After a few days of inquiry, Cheng Yanjin learned that because he had received the exact news of the imperial court reinforcements, Yang Xuangan had no choice but to give up the siege of Luoyang and change to Guanzhong in the west. It's just that along the way, the rebels have lost their former majesty, and they have been defeated several times in succession, and many soldiers have died and fled.
Especially when the army marched to Huangtianyuan, it was caught up by Yuwenshu, Wei Wensheng, Lai Hu'er, and Qu Tutong led the troops, and Yang Xuangan stubbornly set up a 50-mile long snake formation on Pandou Mountain, fighting and walking, and suffered setbacks again and again. In August, the imperial reinforcements defeated the rebels in Dong Duyuan with an absolute advantage, and Yang Xuangan fled into the jungle with only a dozen cronies.
Looking at the figure that was gradually moving away, Cheng bit Jin ruthlessly and chased after him. When he was in Huang Tianyuan, he took the opportunity to break away from the rebels, but he was far behind. Now that it has reached this point, it is simply not the heart of the Yellow River that will not die, and chase all the way down. If it really doesn't work, when the number of people around this kid is smaller, grandpa simply arrests him and tortures him.
After chasing down this way, Cheng Yanjin was suspicious, it is said that Yang Xuangan has reached the point of exhaustion, he didn't find a deep mountain and old forest to hide for three years and five years, how could he go to the direction of Xijing Daxing. You must know that his official residence in Xijing has already been raided, and several close friends have all met the king of Hades, what else is he going to do there!
On this day, when they came to a place called Yinzhen, Yang Xuangan and others did not continue to flee, but left their subordinates, and continued to go west alone. Cheng Yanjin thought about it for a while, decided to ignore the others, and continued to follow Yang Xuangan towards Xijing.
After a few days of sleepless travel, Cheng Yanjin finally followed Yang Xuangan to the outside of Xijing City. Seeing Yang Xuangan living in a village, Cheng Yanjin suppressed the idea of capturing this kid. This Yang Xuan's whereabouts are so weird, he wants to take a good look at what kind of medicine is sold in this gourd.
Walking around this small village, Cheng Yanjin heard that this place is called Nansanmen Village, which is located in the south of Xijing. After a long sound, but he couldn't get the point, Cheng Yanjin had no choice but to come to the door of the house where Yang Xuangan was staying, hiding in a big tree and staring at Yang Xuangan who was staying inside.
In the dead of night, when the moon was in the treetops, Cheng Yanjin suddenly heard a sound, and when he opened his eyes, it was Yang Xuangan who quietly came out of the house and walked towards the entrance of the village. Looking at where he stopped, Cheng Yanjin, who was quietly following him, was a little confused.
The place where Yang Xuangan stood was the Yong'an Canal, which was dug at the beginning of this dynasty in order to lead the Weihe River into the city for the people in the city to use. This Xijing is the new capital built by the founding emperor of this dynasty in the southeast of Chang'an in the Han Dynasty, and is named Daxing.
Thinking of the Han Dynasty Chang'an City, since ancient times there is a saying that 'eight waters surround Chang'an', the Western Han Dynasty writer Sima Xiangru wrote in the famous Cifu "Shanglin Fu" that "the eight rivers are diverted, and the opposite is different", describing the Han Dynasty including Chang'an, Xianyang, Zhouzhi, Huxian, Lantian five counties and counties, the beauty of the Shanglin Garden in 300 miles, Naha, Chan, Jing, Wei, Feng, Pickaxe, Prison, Tangerine eight waters in and out of it, the beautiful scenery is countless.
Although Xijing also inherited the beautiful scenery of the Han Dynasty, Cheng Yanjin didn't think that this Yang Xuangan was here to enjoy the scenery, just when he was engrossed in staring at Yang Xuangan, he was surprised to see that Yang Xuangan actually jumped down to the Yong'an Canal.