Langzhou, Cangxi County, looking at the small county seat in front of him, Li Zhen tightened the reins of the horse and looked carefully.

"Li Zhicheng, the front is Cangxi County, and the county order is called Zhang Shanxiang, who is Zhang Meiren's father." Seeing Li Zhen's appearance, Qin Yi'an on the side immediately explained.

For Li Zhen, Qin Yi'an's mood is also very complicated. There is admiration, there is also disdain, and fear, as the inspector of the Right Tiance Army, Li Zhen's position is the same as Liu Qi, and the power of the Right Tiance Army is very great, and before that, two of them will be beheaded and demoted because of several small crimes.

Even General Liu Qi remained silent about this matter. The two generals were charged with big and small crimes, one was embezzlement of military salaries, and the other was reselling ordnance and materials, although the amount was not large, but if it was strictly in accordance with military discipline, it would naturally be a felony; If it were someone else, it might be a good idea.

However, after this matter was discovered by the Supervision Office, one of them was directly beheaded in front of the soldiers of the Right Tiance Army. The other was because the circumstances were relatively minor, but he was also dismissed from his position and demoted to deputy lieutenant.

This is just a position, and there are many people who have been removed from their posts and investigated, so now many generals have heard of the Supervision Bureau. But for ordinary soldiers, these inspectorate officers are more friendly, and even have literacy schools in the army, and among ordinary soldiers, these inspectorate officers have a good reputation.

"Zhang Meiren's father? His original wife is from Langzhou Chen! Li Zhenruo pointed out.

The reason why Li Zhen led the army here was for the Chen clan in Langzhou. According to the news obtained before, the Langzhou Chen clan has too much power in Langzhou, Guozhou and Pengzhou, and there are also quite a few complaints about King Shou taking charge of Shannan West Road, even if King Shou didn't say anything, but the people below have the obligation to share the worries of King Shou.

"Li Zhicheng, are we rushing to Langzhou quickly, or?" Qin Yi'an asked.

"Don't be in a hurry, rest for a while in Cangxi County." Li Zhen said lightly.

"Li Zhicheng, but Yang Tingshi and Zhao Defense Envoy both sent news, saying that Langzhou is unstable, and the Chen family is very high-profile during this time, I am afraid that Langzhou is unstable, and the Chen family has played a great role in the middle." Qin Yi'an said worriedly.

"There's no rush. If they don't jump out and we go, how much credit will it have? Li Zhen said nonchalantly, perhaps seeing the incredulity on Qin Yi'an's face, he smiled, "Qin Du is from the Martial Arts Academy, right?" ”

"Exactly." Qin Yi'an said respectfully.

"Martial Arts Hall, Martial Arts Hall, it's a pretty good place." After Li Zhen finished speaking, he looked at Cangxi County in front of him, clamped the horse's belly, and rode away.

Looking at Li Zhen's departing back, Qin Yi'an was thoughtful. This Li Zhicheng is indeed a little ruthless, now Langzhou is unstable, but the Chen family did not rebel openly after all, but this Li Zhicheng is planning to tempt the Chen family to rebel, and then annihilate in one fell swoop.

As for the Langzhou Chen clan, he had also heard that if the cavalry under his command rushed to it, the Langzhou Chen clan would not dare to act even if they had different intentions. However, if they don't go, but their whereabouts are exposed, the Langzhou Chen family is likely to take a risk.

After all, Qin Yi'an has also read a lot of books, and he has been in the Tiance Army for a few years, but now that he looks at it, compared with Li Zhenyi, this gap...

And for Li Zhen's ruthlessness, he has also seen that the other party wants to solve the troubles once and for all. It's just that this is very likely to make the officials in Langzhou very uncomfortable, after all, as a big family, the Chen family is in turmoil, and Langzhou, which has few soldiers and generals, is estimated to be difficult to deal with.

Thinking of this, Qin Yi'an decided in his heart that it would be better to take it easy in the future, don't offend this Li Zhen.

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"Ladies and gentlemen, you should have received this invitation from the Chen family, right?" Yang Hanzhou said with a slightly sad face, holding a big red invitation sent by his subordinates in his hand.

The banquet room in Yang Hanzhou's mansion is not small, even if there are already many people seated, the space is still a little empty. The people who work here include civil officials and military generals, but they are all cronies or allies of Yang Hanzhou and Zhao Xiong.

Yang Hanzhou has also been in Langzhou for several years, although he is helpless against the Chen family, but he still has his own cronies in Langzhou. Even among the main generals under Zhao Xiong, there is one person who is Yang Hanzhou's cronies, and these people are the reason why Yang Hanzhou can stay in Langzhou for so long.

In the past, Yang Hanzhou was the top military and political leader in Langzhou, but after Li Ye took charge of Shannan West Road, he began to weaken the power of the assassin, and the assassin no longer served as a regimental training envoy or a defense envoy. Now it is the establishment of a defense envoy in two or three states to manage the local garrison.

If Zhao Xiong's status was lower than Yang Hanzhou before, the current other party is on an equal footing with Yang Hanzhou, so the two of them sit at the top. Even Langzhou Sima on the side sat honestly below.

In the Tang Dynasty, there were only three adjutant officials in the history of the assassins, namely Changshi, Sima and Beijia, who had no authority, and were often used to arrange idle officials, and when the history of the assassin was lacking, they could act on behalf of a state affairs.

However, Langzhou has a history of assassination, so although Langzhou Sima has a high rank, he does not have much real power.

"What Lord Assassin Shi said is right, this Chen family has sent invitations to all the big and small families and officials in the city, saying that Chen Changshi married a concubine and wants to celebrate." Sima Langzhou, who was elderly on the side, said with a smile, with a slight mockery in his expression.

Marrying a concubine is not a beautiful thing, and he celebrates it lavishly, in his opinion, the Chen family is going back more and more.

"This Chen Changshi is quite fraternal." Yang Hanzhou smiled faintly.

"Lord Yang, Zhao feels that there is something strange in this. In the past, Chen Liang had no concubine, and he had never seen such a celebration, but now that the commercial tax is being implemented, the Chen family's opposition is obvious, and it is doubtful to invite officials and families in the city at this time! He also received Chen Liang's invitation, and he was very suspicious, not because he was smart, but because of the commercial tax and this banquet, he was on the front and back, and Chen was resolutely opposed to the commercial tax, so he had to think more.

"Envoy Zhao thinks this is the Hongmen Banquet?" Yang Hanzhou couldn't help asking.

In fact, he also felt a little strange, otherwise he wouldn't have called a group of cronies and allies over, just to discuss it.

"No, could it be that the Chen family wants to make trouble? Isn't he afraid that the century-old foundation of his Chen clan will be ruined? Sima on the side hesitated.

"Whether the Chen family is in chaos or not, Zhao is not sure now. It's just that this timing is too coincidental, we have to guard against it, if we are really caught in a net, then our death is a trivial matter, if it delays the major event of His Highness, we are sinners. Zhao Xiong said loudly.

"This 。。。。。"

Hearing Zhao Xiong's analysis, everyone also had some doubts in their hearts, and they actually had a lot of complaints about commercial taxes, but after all, the family is not big, and the taxes that need to be paid are not much, so they can accept it.

However, the Chen family has a big business, and if the commercial tax is really implemented, it is estimated that there will be a lot of losses, and it is not impossible to take risks. The Chen family has a lot of influence in the nearby three states, and if the Chen family makes a rebellion, it is estimated that they will be choked with only the soldiers and horses of one state.

"My lord, what now?" A military general next to him stood up and said to Zhao Xiong, "Either we will strike first, send troops into the city, and directly surround the mansion of the Chen family." ”

Since the Langguo defense envoy was responsible for the defense of Langzhou and Guozhou, Zhao Xiong, the defense envoy, set up two deputy envoys to command the soldiers and horses of Langzhou and Guozhou respectively. This military general is the deputy envoy in charge of Langzhou, who was Zhao Xiong's former cronies, and he was transferred when the Langguo Defense Envoy was established.

"No!"

Zhao Xiong didn't speak, and Yang Hanzhou on the side shook his head, "Whether the Chen clan has the idea of making trouble is just our guess, sending troops to surround the Chen clan is too hasty." Zhao Defense Envoy, didn't Lizhou send reinforcements over, why hasn't it arrived yet? ”

"I don't know, maybe something happened in the middle and delayed. However, this Chen banquet, we still have to make all preparations, so as not to be really a Hongmen banquet, and it will not be good for me to be imprisoned at that time. Zhao Xiong reminded.

"It's nature. Tonight's banquet, just trouble Zhao Defense to make the army outside the city ready, and we will also bring some guards to go, just in case, if Chen Liang is really bold, we will also have the strength to fight back. ”

Although everyone was unimpressed by Chen Liang's possible rebellion, Yang Hanzhou said so, so naturally he would not refute it. So everyone agreed to go to the banquet with dozens of guards or family members, more than ten people present, and there were five or six hundred guards and family members in total, plus there were officials in the city and garrisons outside the city, even if the Chen family was bold, could they still wipe them out?

However, Yang Hanzhou still underestimated Chen Liang's courage, and held this banquet because of a temporary intention, originally because of the business tax, what kind of concubine, it was just an excuse.

The reason why Chen Liang moved his mind was naturally helpful. There were hundreds of people in his house, and there were two or three thousand people in his family, including the children and servants of the clan, and the people who were put together by other families and merchants who opposed the commercial tax.

Of course, with only these two or three thousand rabble, Chen Liang naturally didn't have the courage to mess around. However, half a month ago, Chen Liang purchased a large number of ordnance from the neighboring Dongchuan, including horizontal knives and armor.

Horizontal knives and armor are standard weapons, and the people are not allowed to have them, and the purchase of these prohibited weapons shows that the Chen family has long had bad intentions. It is self-evident who is behind the support.

After Gao Renhou occupied Dongchuan, he naturally regarded Dongchuan as his own territory, who knew that Li Ye actually controlled Jianzhou and Longzhou, so Dongchuan was placed in front of Shannan Xidao without concealment, and Gao Renhou was naturally dissatisfied.

But directly sending troops to attack Jianzhou, Gao Renhou didn't have much confidence, after all, there was a Tiance army stationed in Lizhou, and he could reinforce Jianzhou at any time. It just so happened that Chen Jingxuan and Tian Lingzi didn't want to see Li Ye completely control Shannan West Road, so the three of them hit it off.

This night is destined to leave a heavy mark in the history of Langzhou.

The Chen family, who had been entrenched in Langzhou for many years, invited many guests in the name of concubines, intending to detain the assassin Yang Hanzhou, the defense envoy Zhao Xiong, and Langzhou officials.

Unexpectedly, Yang Hanzhou and Zhao Xiong had already prepared, and Chen Liang's trick did not succeed. Although Yang Hanzhou and Zhao Xiong finally successfully retreated, in the face of thousands of soldiers armed with weapons in the army, and some people in the army were bribed by Chen Liang, and then Chen Liang successfully occupied the city of Langzhou, Yang Hanzhou and Zhao Xiong retreated to Cangxi in the north after being defeated.

The next day, Chen Liang claimed to be the assassin of Langzhou, and listed the major crimes of King Shou.

After Chen Liang rebelled in Langzhou, the Chen clan launched rebellions in Pengzhou and Guozhou. Among them, the rebellion in Guozhou had been suppressed by the local garrison, but unexpectedly, more than 1,000 elites suddenly appeared, and the Guozhou garrison, which had just finished suppressing the rebellion, was immediately defeated.

In just a few days, the rebellion in Sanzhou, the news came out, and Shu was in an uproar!

(End of chapter)