Chapter Eighty-Five: Tao Li Chapter II

Later, after Cheng Yanjin learned what happened to this unlucky Li Hun, he did two things, one was to send people to Lingnan, find Li Hun's other family members, and properly resettle them, after all, these people suffered this disaster because of themselves, and helping them can also make their hearts better.

The second thing is to order the people of Suzaku Hall to find out why Na Yuwenshu wanted to frame Li Hun, and this reason must be clarified. Because Yang Guang originally suspected Li Yuan in his heart, but he was led by this Yuwen Shu, Cheng Biting Jin wanted to find out if this Yuwen Shu had any secret connection or alliance with Li Yuan.

When the results of the investigation were sent to Cheng Yanjin, he couldn't cry or laugh after reading it. It turned out that Li Hun was still the brother-in-law of this Yuwenshu, and the two saw that they were still relatives. And the reason why this Yuwenshu framed his brother-in-law was because of an old incident in the past.

This Li Hun was originally the tenth son of Li Mu, the Duke of Shenguo, and when Li Mu died, his eldest son had already died, and according to the custom, the eldest grandson inherited the family business. And this Li Hun coveted the title for a long time, so he sent someone to poison his nephew, and then went to beg his brother-in-law, that is, this Yuwenshu, to ask him to speak well in front of the emperor, so that he could win the competition of several brothers, so as to inherit the title.

At the beginning, in order to let his brother-in-law help as much as possible, Li Hun promised that if he inherited the title, he would give him half of the annual income in the fief. This Yuwen Shu was originally a greedy person, so he agreed. Later, this Li Hun really got his wish and inherited the title of Duke Shenguo.

After becoming famous, Li Hun broke his promise, and the good Yulu was only sent for two years, and it disappeared completely in the third year. Yu Wenshu felt that he had been fooled by his brother-in-law, and he was extremely disgusted in his heart, and often scolded Li Hun to outsiders after drinking, and the matter reached Li Hun's ears, so the two turned against each other. Yuwenshu secretly swore that he must find an opportunity to take revenge on Li Hun, so he had the words in front of Yang Guang.

With the help of Cheng Bitingjin's ballad of "Tao Li Zhang", it was Li Mi who was once saved by Cheng Bitanjin. Since Li Mi was rescued by Cheng Yanjin, he hid in Tibet, and his life was very miserable, and when he was hungry, he even peeled the bark of a tree to eat.

When Li Mi was cornered, he happened to hear this ballad, and Li Mi, who was quite cultured, suddenly realized that his chance to make a comeback had come. Originally, after this period of exile, Li Mi wanted to make a comeback, how easy it was to talk about it, if there was no one to ask for people, if there was no money, if there was no food, if there was no food, it could be said that the stripes came and went without worry.

However, there is no endless road, and Li Mi, who is unlucky, also has three advantages: first, fame, although Yang Xuangan's battle failed, Li Mi's reputation has started in the rivers and lakes and in the court. The second is talent, at the beginning of Yang Xuangan's rebellion, Li Mi gave Yang Xuangan the upper, middle and lower three strategies, which were respected by all the generals.

And the third advantage is his last name. That "Tao Li Zhang" is tantamount to sending charcoal in the snow for Li Mi, anyway, the ballad only says that those with the surname Li can win the world, and he himself is also surnamed Li, which can be said to be stained.

However, Li Mi is also a person who does great things, for fear that only having a surname is not enough, so he actually far-fetched to get his name out of the ballad of "Tao Li Zhang", and then found a scholar named Li Xuanying who can speak well and is good at deception, this person has nothing else to do, just run around in the bandit dens in Yuzhou, looking for Li Mi everywhere, saying that Li Mi will become the Son of Heaven.

Others ask why. He said that there is a lyric of "Tao Li Zhang" that sang: "Tao Li Zi, the queen goes around Yangzhou, like a garden." Don't talk nonsense, who promises! The so-called "peach and plum" is the son of the fugitive "Li"; "Empress" means the emperor and the empress; "Wanzhuan Garden" refers to the fact that the Son of Heaven cannot come back in Yangzhou, and "Mo Langyu, who says Xu" means to keep "secret". The whole sentence means: "Li" and "Mi" will replace the Great Sui Jiangshan.

Originally, in the vicinity of Huaxian County, Yuzhou, there were five bandit forces that occupied the mountains as kings. They are Wagang Zhai Rang, Waihuang Wang Dangren, Jiyang Wang Bodang, Weicheng Zhou Wenju, and Yongqiu Li Gongyi. After Li Mi arrived there, he first used his three advantages of fame, talent, and surname to subdue the other four forces except Wagang, and then took advantage of the situation to start seeking Wagang.

He found a man named Jia Xiong, who served as a military advisor in Wagang, was good at fortune-telling and divination, and was very worthy of Zhai Da*. After Li Mi learned about his role, he often asked him to explain his grand plan, hoping that he could help and do Zhai Rang's work from the side. Jia Xiong probably also threw himself into the five bodies that Li Mi admired, thinking that only by following the true dragon emperor could he achieve great things, so he agreed.

When Zhai Rang found Jia Xiong and whether he could raise troops, Jia Xiong pretended to pinch his fingers and calculated, saying, "Alas, it is unspeakably expensive," and later said, "But you can't do this alone, you have to follow Li Mi to do it." ”

It is estimated that Zhai Rang is not very confident in himself, but he is still a leader, and his face is a little unbearable, and he retorted: "According to what you say, Pushan Gong should do it alone, why did he come to my territory?" ”

Jia Xiong also reacted quickly, and replied from a metaphysical point of view: "The general's surname is Zhai, and Zhai refers to Shuize." Pu Shan Gong's Pu must be in the water to survive, so he came to you. In this way, using the technique of vertical and horizontal, Li Mi finally achieved his goal of making a comeback.

When Cheng Yanjin spread the ballad of "Taoli Zhang", he didn't realize that that small ballad had caused such a huge impact, just when he went to bed and fell asleep, because of the appearance of that ballad, the world was already turbulent, and the dragon and tiger met.

Cheng Yanjin originally planned to rest in this small town for a few days before leaving for home. Anyway, he has already sent his news back home, and there is nothing important for a while, just so that he can take care of his body. Although the injuries on the body are almost healed, the body is still a little weak, which is not something that can be healed in a while, and it needs to be taken slowly step by step.

Early the next morning, Cheng Yanjin was humming a little song and preparing to go out for a walk and buy himself a few clothes. The clothes he was wearing now were brought by a rich man on the road, and although they looked gorgeous, they didn't fit well, and they were very awkward. Anyway, he has already come to his own territory, and he has no worries, so he can have time to go out and find a tailor to make a few clothes.

Just as he was about to walk out of the courtyard, he only heard a shout behind him, and when he turned his head to look, he saw the person in charge of the secret pile here holding a stack of secret reports in his hand, and walked over with an ugly face. Taking the secret report in his hand, Cheng Yanjin glanced at it twice, and his face suddenly changed. Putting the secret report in his arms, Cheng Yanjin instructed the person in charge to prepare a fast horse for himself.

All the way back to his hometown, Cheng Yanjin didn't care about going home to visit his mother first, but went straight to the main altar of the Salt Gang. From a distance, Cheng Yanjin saw a bunch of people standing in front of the main altar, and he looked at the sky and listened to it, but it was the Tang brothers who were waiting there with some members of the Salt Gang.

After getting off the horse, Cheng Biting Jin waved his hand, ignored their greetings, and went directly into the hall and sat on the top. Looking at the bunch of brothers who came in one after another and sat down, Cheng Yanjin held back his anger and asked Tang Guoren, the eldest of the Tang brothers, "What the hell is going on?" Tell me more about it! What is the origin of that Liu Badao, who dares to provoke us? ”

Tang Guoren hurriedly stood up, "Qiyu Gang Master, here's the thing. Just a few days ago, a man came to us, claiming to be the messenger of 'Uncle' Liu Badao, and he asked our Salt Gang to submit to that Liu Badao. My brother said that it was such a big matter that you need to help you decide. But the person who came actually said wildly, saying that you have been killed by the eldest prince Li because you offended the Li family, one of the four major lords. ”

Speaking of this, Tang Guoren cautiously glanced at Cheng Yanjin, looking at his expressionless expression, Tang Guoren swallowed his saliva, and then said, "At the beginning, the subordinates and others didn't believe that you really offended the Li family, and besides, our salt gang has never been afraid of anyone in this Gunzhou!" Therefore he paid no attention to this man. Who would have thought that within a few days, the disciples of Shangdang and Hedong Second County were hunted down and killed by the government, and the secret stake was also destroyed.

Just when the news came back, a group of people claiming to be Uncle Army's army also robbed our salt gang of two salt-boiling factories by the sea, and some of the brothers there were killed and some arrested. When our brother sent someone to negotiate, the other party issued a wild word, asking our Salt Gang to surrender quickly, otherwise we will definitely send a large army to destroy our Salt Gang! ”

After a pause, Tang Guoren said again, "Because I can't contact you, the gang leader, the disciples in the gang are all in a panic, and some of the timid and afraid of things have left the gang." However, because you were very good to your brothers in the past, no one has betrayed you so far. Now that you have returned safe and sound, the brothers have the backbone, and the worries in their hearts have naturally fallen! I just don't know how you're going to fight back, helper? ”

After listening to Tang Guoren's story, the anger in Cheng Yanjin's heart became more and more intense, and he asked in a cold voice, "Then have you ever found out about the wind chimes in Suzaku Hall, what is the origin of Liu Badao?" ”

The hall master of the Vermilion Bird Hall hurriedly stood up, "Qiqi Gang Master, according to the investigation, that Liu Badao is a local strong man in the plains, a rich eunuch, a wealthy man, a ranger, and hundreds of diners in the house. This person rebelled in the seventh year of his career, and took the Douzi Voyage, which was negative in the kelp river and the terrain was dangerous, as his base. It is said that there are more than 100,000 people under his subordinates, known as the "Uncle Army". However, the brothers in the parish found that although this Liu Badao claimed not to take refuge in any forces, he seemed to be secretly involved with Na Li Valve. This time, my salt gang was suppressed by Li Valve, and outsiders didn't know about it, but this Liu Badao was clear, if it was said that there was no cat in it, his subordinates didn't believe it. ”

"So, what do the people of the Lingnan Song family think about this matter? What did they do? ”

"Qiqi Gang Master, the people of the Song family seem to have a tacit understanding with the uncle's army, they still transport goods from the salt field as usual, and those people do not stop them, and the people of the Song family who are the few remaining people in the salt field do not come to transport the goods, but just send someone over, saying that they want to buy our salt farm!" Tang Guoqiang said with some anger: "Those people in the Song family have also reaped a lot of benefits from us over the years, but I didn't expect that they had no conscience so much, and they didn't come to help, but they still wanted to fall into the ground!" ”

"Hmph, how much is a pound of conscience worth! The Song family and the gang have not looked at us from the beginning, if it weren't for the fact that we are some distance from Lingnan here, I'm afraid those salt farms would have been swallowed by the Song family long ago. Counting on them to help, isn't that luring wolves into the house! ”

After listening to the conversation of the Tang brothers, Cheng Yanjin laughed angrily, "Hmph, a mere anti-thief leader dares to come to our salt gang." It seems that the brothers of Qinglongtang have been silent for too long, and they have made others forget the power of our salt gang. By my order, all business in the gang was suspended. The masters scattered in various places are all gathered back, ready to deal with that uncle's army! As for the Song family, hum! When we clean up the uncle's army first, we will give them some blood when the time comes! ”