When Xu Ziling saw Fang La again, he hardly dared to compare him with the kind "crop man" he had been a month ago.

It was the evening of the second day after the rebels seized Hangzhou, Xu Ziling came to Gu An's mansion with Fang Baihua and saw him in the council hall.

His face almost did not change, but his clothes were changed into conspicuous purple robes, and he was surrounded by the crowd in the center of the hall, with a heavy expression, a spirit of life and death, and the majestic brilliance exuded from his body, which was similar to the two of them before, which made Xu Ziling a little daunted.

When Fang Baihua took Xu Ziling over to say hello, Fang La was discussing the enthronement with Zu Shiyuan and Lou Minzhong, and when he saw Xu Ziling, he looked over slightly and nodded lightly: "It's Xiao Ling." ”

His expression was extremely peaceful and friendly, but Xu Ziling still felt the indifference hidden under his expression. This is not emotional indifference, but a kind of indifference from superiors to subordinates, which is intended to keep people at a distance and see their own identity. This is also the characteristics that the emperor should have when treating his courtiers, and the way of checks and balances that he does not kiss or favor.

The people in the hall are all righteous soldiers, and it can also be said that they are the core of Fang La Group, under the leadership of Fang Baihua, Xu Ziling greeted everyone one by one, and got to know him superficially, including Zheng Biao, who had a relationship, but to Xu Ziling's surprise, he did not see Zheng Biao's master Bao Daoyi among the crowd.

Later, there was a heated discussion about the establishment of the Yongle Dynasty and the division of various officials, Xu Ziling didn't want to get involved, and after saying to Fang Baihua not to give him an official position, he left the council hall and went back to Wuxian Building.

If you want the fruits of the uprising to be precipitated, it is natural that the sooner a complete regime is established, the better, but most of Fang La's subordinates are martial artists with big shoulders and round waists, and if they are allowed to govern the country, I am afraid that before they encounter the officials and troops of the Song Dynasty, their own family will be in chaos first.

Lou Minzhong and Zu Shiyuan's talents may be insufficient, but they can be regarded as the top scribes in the Shangla group, and they were immediately designated by Fang Laqin as the candidates for the left and right prime ministers.

As for the distribution of the rest of the important civil and military positions, Fang La was unwilling to make a hasty decision at this meeting, and was ready to privately discuss with Fang Baihua, Fang Maung and other relatives before distributing. However, it was agreed that the enthronement ceremony would be held in three days, and he had to decide within three days so that the enthronement and the partition could be carried out simultaneously.

After that, it's time for a celebratory banquet. Fang La had sent someone to temporarily set up a platform in the backyard of the mansion, sorted out a large vacant space, put tables and chairs, and set up a banquet.

After everyone was in place, Fang La felt that it was too dry and boring to only drink and eat meat, so he might as well learn from those self-proclaimed literati, so he asked the Manichaeans to go to the famous green houses in the city to find some prostitutes. The women came to sing and dance, and to drink and have fun.

There are not a few green buildings in Hangzhou, and the major streets are full of lights and wine and wine on weekdays, and the lively appearance of people is full of people, but in these two days, for fear of being targeted by the rebels, no matter how big or small, the green buildings are all closed the door.

But Fang La's words were holy decrees for the Manichaeans, so they didn't care whether the door of the Qinglou could be opened or not, and directly rushed in, asking the old bustard to call all the women in the building to the hall, and when they saw the beautiful woman, they asked them to send them to the mansion.

Some talented and good-looking Qing Qi'er were sought after by the nobles in the city in the past, and they were willing to stoop down to serve these rebellious thieves, hiding in the boudoir and not wanting to go out. However, when the Manichaeans broke through the door with the head of the bustard, they had to nod their heads in horror, no matter how arrogant they were.

With a prostitute. With the addition of women, the banquet in the backyard of the government became more and more lively. The stage was full of young and beautiful women performing, singing, dancing and piano music were all available, and everyone in the audience drank and ate meat, pointing to a woman on the stage from time to time to talk and laugh.

There are also many women who have been ordered to step down to accompany the wine, and walk around in the crowd, and it is okay to meet Lou Minzhong, Zu Shiyuan, these well-behaved literati, and they can accompany the wine in peace, once they meet Zheng Biao, Du Wei and other wanton debauchery rough men, they will inevitably be molested and rubbed with oil, and some of them will be humiliated, and they will cry on the spot.

Just as the singing and dancing in the backyard of the government was leveling down, the noise was boiling, and everyone was having fun, suddenly a person hurriedly ran to Fang La's side and reported in a low voice.

Fang La heard a few words, his face sank, and he slapped his palm on the wooden table in front of him, and with a loud "bang", the whole wooden work turned into sawdust, and the dishes and meals on the table were scattered on the ground.

Everyone in the audience was startled by this loud noise, and suddenly fell silent, and looked at Fang La in a daze.

I saw Fang La get up from his chair and say to the Manichaean who was preaching, "Tell everyone what happened!" ”

With Fang La's approval, the sect member turned around and said loudly to everyone: "There is news just now, Special Envoy Xu had an argument with Bao Tianshi on Taiping Street, and Special Envoy Xu cut off one of Bao Tianshi's arms, and Bao Tianshi was sent to a nearby medical center, and now his life and death are uncertain. ”

After hearing this, everyone had different faces and was silent.

Fang La's face was also gloomy. He never expected that what worried him the most would happen so soon. Such as Fang Baihua, Fang Xiang, and Fang Jie are all capable people, he is "nepotistic", promising heavy responsibilities and is not afraid of causing dissatisfaction among everyone. Xu Ziling's relationship with Fang Baihua made him also have some kinship with Fang La.

Now at this special moment, everyone is a person who is desperate to follow him, once there is an internal conflict, no matter the cause or effect, he will not stand on the side of his relatives, because that will inevitably chill the hearts of foreign generals like Shi Bao and Si Xingfang, and it will be a great blow to the morale of the whole army.

Fang Jie in the crowd was anxious to find Fang Baihua, but he couldn't find it, and finally had to stand up hard: "Special Envoy Xu has always been a measured person, and he will definitely not miss a shot, and please ask the Holy Father to be clear!" ”

"It doesn't matter if it's you or Baihua, don't worry about it," Fang La said coldly, and then looked behind him, "Shi Bao, Wang Yin, Si Xingfang, you personally go and tie up Xu Ziling and ask him to give everyone an explanation here." ”

Shi Bao and the three of them immediately got up and hugged their fists, and took the order away.

Seeing that Fang Jie was still standing in a daze, Lu Shisang next to him hurriedly pressed him to his seat: "Don't worry, go find Fang Shengnu first." In front of the Holy Father, only she can speak. ”

Fang Jie woke up like a dream, nodded at Master Lu, and then bent down and walked quietly outside the courtyard. Fang La noticed his departure, but ignored it.

Everyone was interrupted by this matter, and they were much less excited, and they just wanted to wait for Shi Bao and the three of them to arrest Xu Ziling and see how he would say it.

At Fang La's suggestion, the women on the stage began to sing and dance again, and the sound of the piano and singing came slowly, which eased the tense atmosphere a little.

……

Let's go back to the Wuxian Building in the evening.

Ming Xia was about to ask Yue'er to eat, but saw her running over and said that it had been more than a month, and she was tired of eating food in Wuxian Lou and wanted to buy some other food on the street.

At this time, the shopkeeper had already put the food on the table, Ming Xia didn't want to waste food, so she had to let Yue'er buy it alone, and for safety, she was specially instructed not to leave Taiping Street.

Yue'er happily ran to the street and wandered among the stalls selling food. When she arrived at the eastern section of Taiping Street, just as she was satisfied with her meal and was about to pack some candied fruits and pastries to take back to Ming Xia, an old man in a white Taoist robe walked up behind her.

She thought that the Taoist wanted to buy something, so she deliberately moved it to the side, but she heard the Taoist smile and asked, "Little girl, there is also delicious food here in the poor road, do you want to buy it?" ”

Yue'er looked back at the Taoist and shook her head slightly: "Dao Chief, I don't ...... Belch...... Hmmm......"

When she opened her mouth to speak, the Taoist bent her fingers and flicked a white pill into her mouth, she felt panicked and wanted to spit it out, but the Taoist grabbed her jaw and had to let the pill melt in her mouth.

The owner of the stall, an old woman, was about to shout loudly when she saw the Taoist's actions, but she heard the Taoist shouting, "Stop! If you dare to shout, I'll kill your whole family." I'm a member of the Holy Father, and I didn't go back to investigate after killing a few untouchables. ”

The old woman suddenly closed her mouth, did not dare to speak any more, and watched in amazement as the Taoist put the little girl on her shoulders and walked towards the side of the street.

After taking the pill, Yue'er only felt that her mouth was dry, her whole body was hot and soft, she wanted to shout but couldn't make a sound, and when she was resisted by the Taoist on her shoulder, an inexplicable feeling mixed with fear came to her heart, her five senses became weak, her mind became dizzy, and she seemed to fall asleep at any time.

I don't know how long later, before she completely lost consciousness, she vaguely heard a cold and familiar voice: "Put her down!" Stay ......"

Bao Daoyi looked at the man holding the red sword in front of him, frowned and did not speak, nor did he put down the girl on his shoulder.

"Put her down! Leave you all dead! The man repeated coldly.

Bao Daoyi said in a deep voice: "I sacrificed my life and forgot to die for the uprising of the Holy Father, I have given you a lot of face last time, and now you dare to make an inch, I am really afraid of you......"

Before the words fell, a red mang had arrived in front of him, Bao Daoyi was ruthless in his heart, and simply smashed the girl on his shoulder directly to the red mang.

The man really threw a mouse trap, and while collecting his sword, he had to reach out to hug the girl to prevent her head from hitting the ground directly.

Bao Daoyi naturally would not let go of the great opportunity to make a move, and immediately sacrificed the magic sword, stabbing the man's chest like a spirit snake spitting out a letter.

But he obviously underestimated the man's body, and the moment the magic sword approached the man, the man had already leaped up, and when the magic sword stabbed past, it only scratched a few inches of blood on his abdomen.

When he recalled the magic sword and attacked again, the man had already put down the girl and killed him with the sword, and he shouted as he retreated: "You can't kill me!" The Father will not let you go! ”

In his heyday, even if Bao Daoyi couldn't beat the man in front of him, he was confident that he could retreat, but he was injured during the siege of the city yesterday, and at this time, he was panicked in the face of the man with murderous intentions.

"It's Fang La here," the man's sword swung at the sound, "I'm going to kill you too." ”

Bao Daoyi raised his sword to block, but was directly slashed by a sword, and hurriedly rolled backwards, while reciting a spell to recall the magic sword, allowing it to stab the man from behind.

Seeing that the man was walking straight towards him, and he didn't seem to notice the movement of the magic sword, Bao Daoyi was excited, and pretended to be afraid and retreated sharply.

However, when the magic sword was about to stab the man's spine, he saw that the man suddenly turned sideways and dodged it, and at the same time, the red sword in the man's hand shot towards him at an extremely fast speed.

Bao Daoyi remembered in horror that the man's sword was also a magic sword, and when he dodged sideways, he was half a step late, and was pierced by the red sword, cutting off his entire right arm.

"Envoy Xu, slow down!"

An urgent voice suddenly sounded next to him, but it was the nearby Manichaeans who were attracted by the fight between the two and hurried to stop it.

Xu Ziling turned a deaf ear and walked straight towards Bao Daoyi, wanting to kill him with a punch.

On the line between life and death, Bao Daoyi, who had a broken arm, had an idea and recalled the magic sword again, but instead of stabbing at the man who came over, he stabbed at the girl lying behind the man.

Sure enough, the man's face changed, and he turned and leaped towards the girl, punching her before the sword stabbed her in the neck, blasting it away.

When he turned back, the Manichaeans had already surrounded Bao Daoyi to prevent the men from being killed.

The man glanced at the girl lying on the ground, and found that her breath was short of breath and disordered, and after checking her physical condition, he hurriedly picked up the girl and quickly swept towards Wuxian Building.