Chapter 316: The Land of Game
After receiving Fang Zhen's letter, the first thing Zhang Huifeng did was to send the letter to Feng Bailin, and after getting Su Ruyue's reply that Fang Zhen was the person of King Li, his first thought was not to save it, and it was the best choice to let Lu Li and Fang Zhen eat dog over there.
"Fang Zhen must be saved."
Although Zhang Huifeng didn't understand the twists and turns of the relationship between them, he was relatively well-informed, and he knew the relationship between Su Ruyue and Feng Bailin, so he decided to follow the instructions of the other party.
He is in Lingcheng, and he does have some forces, although those people are far less useful than those in Lingcheng, but for them, it is not too difficult to get a person, but in three or two days, they have already opened up the relationship, and when everyone in Lingcheng is closely searching, Fang Zhen was brought out safely.
At that time, Fang Zhen was annoyed by something.
It's not because Zhang Huifeng's people came too late, but because of the people on King Li's side.
When they came to Lingcheng, they clearly said that they would order someone to send supplies when they arrived at the place, but now that they have been in Lingcheng for several days, they have not seen any shadow of the supplies that they said they had promised!
He was doing things for King Li, and dying in Lingcheng would not be beneficial to King Li, so Fang Zhen naturally relied on Xiong Qianshui's head for the situation.
It must be someone who has long seen that he is not pleasing to the eye and is secretly playing ghosts!
With this thought in mind, Fang Zhen followed Zhang Huifeng's men all the way to Lincheng, what he never expected was that Lincheng was too guarded by Zhang Huifeng and personally greeted him in front of the city gate.
Such treatment flattered Fang Zhen.
"My lord, why did you come to greet you personally?"
Zhang Huifeng because he went to Shaolin Temple to practice for a period of time earlier, his appearance is a little kind, and when he sees people, he smiles, like Maitreya Buddha in the temple.
"Vice Admiral Fang came from afar, how can I be lazy, you are a person from His Royal Highness King Li, now that King Li is in power in the court, maybe he will ascend the throne and become the emperor one day, and then I will still rely on your lordship to say a few good words for me in front of His Royal Highness King Li."
"You're serious."
Fang Zhen thought to himself that it was still early for King Li to ascend the throne, and he was just an inconspicuous subordinate in front of King Li, where did he get the face to help him speak in front of King Li?
"Oh, General Fang, you don't have to be so modest in front of me, I understand all the things in the imperial court, although I have been in Lincheng all these years, but I have not done anything less!"
Zhang Huifeng was talking as he welcomed Fang Zhen into his house.
Fang Zhen originally thought that his grand welcome was just a look, but he didn't expect that the mansion had also made preparations in advance, he was arranged to live in the most luxurious courtyard of the Zhang family, and there were more than a dozen servants alone, such a grand etiquette made Fang Zhen feel uncomfortable.
He wanted to persuade Zhang Huifeng not to be so solemn, but the other party pressed Fang Zhen's words on the grounds that it should be so, and then asked Fang Zhen to rest in the mansion.
"But if you have anything, just leave it to your subordinates to do, General Fang, you just have to live well."
The excessive enthusiasm of the host's family gave Fang Zhen a sense of crisis.
If he remembers correctly, Lincheng is one of Feng Bailin's fiefdoms, Zhang Huifeng had done things under Feng Bailin before, and he came on the orders of King Li, but he treated him so hospitable, is there any conspiracy?
It turned out that Fang Zhen's worries were right, and during the time he lived in Zhang's house, Zhang Huifeng had been in private contact with Feng Bailin's people.
Knowing that Feng Bailin's ally Xiong Lishui and Fang Zhen are now in an antagonistic relationship, he regrets not being at the beginning.
"Alas, this Miss Su is too unreliable, if she could have told me earlier what this Fang Zhen meant to them, I would still need to be so polite to him?"
Thinking of Fang Zhen's hospitality these days, Zhang Huifeng felt uncomfortable for a while.
The beautiful concubines and delicacies that were sent to his room were all family funds that he had accumulated with great difficulty!
His sighing appearance fell in the butler's eyes, making the latter have a plan: "Now that people have been invited into the mansion, it's not good to drive them out directly, my lord, we might as well ask Your Highness what you want to do first?" ”
"Which Highness?"
The housekeeper wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and secretly rejoiced that no one except himself heard Zhang Huifeng's stupid question now.
"My lord, you are really joking, there are still some of our Royal Highnesses who are allegiance, of course, the second prince Feng Bailin."
Lincheng should have been the fief of Feng Bailin, but now people are probably on the way to Lincheng, and their first priority at the moment is to curry favor with Feng Bailin, and this matter of arresting Zhang Huifeng for advice happens to be one of the keys to currying favor with Feng Bailin.
"You're right, you should ask Your Highness for advice on this matter!"
The news of Fang Zhen's presence in Lincheng was quickly sent to Feng Bailin's ears by Zhang Huifeng, and when he heard that King Li's people fell into his own hands, Feng Bailin was extremely happy.
When he was in the capital before, he was deliberately tortured by King Li's subordinates, and now the scar is still there, and he finally caught an opportunity to fight back and retaliate, even if the other party is just an inconspicuous little person under King Li, Feng Bailin also feels that he can breathe a bad breath.
"I want Zhang Huifeng to torture people to death!"
His vicious words made the strategists who were listening next to him look stunned, and they began to persuade: "Your Highness, this must not be? ”
Feng Bailin asked with a cold expression: "Why not, could it be that you people are old friends with Fang Zhen, and you can't help him speak?" ”
The strategists shook their heads again and again, and said with a solemn face: "The subordinates didn't mean that, the subordinates just thought that it was more cost-effective to let him die in the hands of Lu Li than to let him die in our hands." Your Highness, what do you think, now that Lu Li is in Lingcheng, it can be said that his name is not right, if he learns that King Li is so guarded against him and specially ordered someone to come to Lingcheng to inspect the situation, how will he feel? It must be the resentful King of Rites! We just need to make a move, spread the news of Fang Zhen's previous investigation in Lingcheng to Lu Li's ears, and talk about his matter in Zhang Huifeng's hands, doesn't Lu Li have to be anxious? ”
"You have some point." Feng Bailin pressed his forehead lightly, carefully pondering the meaning of the strategist's words, "At that time, Lu Li and King Li will fight each other, and His Royal Highness will be able to develop his strength on the side. ”
"Your Highness is right, that's what your subordinates mean."
Feng Bailin has never been good at strategy, usually the strategists say a reason, he listens to it, and then comes according to the strategists' wishes.
They said that it would be more useful for Fang Zhen to fall into the hands of Lu Li, so he did as he said, first ordering someone to pretend to be an outsider to go to report the news, and then he kept asking Zhang Huifeng to pay more attention.
When Fang Zhen's news reached Lu Li's ears, it happened that Fang Chun in the capital also sent a letter, and the letter said that his younger brother Fang Zhen was not bad in nature, but he was a little competitive, and he had received a lot of favors from the king over the years, so it was easy to do things for the other party, and I hoped that Lu Li would be more tolerant when dealing with things related to him.
At least one life remains.
It was precisely because of Fang Chun's letter that Lu Li's original plan was shelved.
"What does the general think?" Every time he encounters something that is difficult to solve, Lu Li will habitually throw it in front of Li Wenfeng.
I saw Li Wenfeng frowning tightly, and the answer he gave after a moment of silence turned out to be to observe for a while.
"This sent a message to tell us that the identity of Fang Zhen's person in Lincheng is still unclear, it is difficult to say that it is not Feng Bailin, or that the people under King Li deliberately set a trap to lure us to the trap, rather than being provoked and moved, it is better to observe for a while before making plans."
"What about Fang Zhen?"
Li Wenfeng was silent for a moment, and finally said: "Anyway, he is also Fang Chun's younger brother, for Fang Chun's sake, we can't push too hard." ”
The implication is to try to leave Fang Zhen's life as much as possible, otherwise if his younger brother dies at the hands of the person he is loyal to, it is difficult to guarantee that Fang Chun's heart will not respond.
"Okay, I'll listen to the general."
When Fang Zhen's affairs were stable on Lu Li's side, Feng Bailin happened to rush to Zhang Huifeng's mansion, because he didn't want to be too publicized to attract the attention of others, this time he entered Lincheng to find Zhang Huifeng, he traveled lightly, and even brought a few guards who had always been loyal to him, only brought two to follow behind him, and went to Zhang Huifeng's mansion.
Just as Feng Bailin was about to enter the door, an arm blocked his way.
"What are you here for, don't you know that the Zhang family can't go in and out at will?"
As soon as Feng Bailin looked up, he saw that the slave in charge of guarding the door was glaring at him viciously.
The slave seemed to be used to being arrogant, and when he saw that Feng Bailin was wearing not very luxurious clothes, and there were not a few attendants around him, he thought that Feng Bailin was just an ordinary person, and his words became more and more arrogant.
"Little boy, you're a foreigner, look at this face, you shouldn't have been out much, right? Don't blame Lao Tzu for being too cruel to you, like you who don't know anything and go to other people's houses to break into other people's houses is a lack of tidying up, if it weren't for Lao Tzu stopping you today, maybe you will be greeted by a whip after you break in! ”
Feng Bailin's face became darker and darker.
"Who do you say you are?"
"I—I am—" The servant was frightened by Feng Bailin's gloomy face, and he couldn't utter a complete sentence for a long time.
It is estimated that because the matter at the door is too big, someone hurriedly went in to report when the situation was not good, and after a while, the housekeeper of the Zhang family hurriedly greeted him.
He is different from these rough people who guard the door outside, the housekeeper follows Zhang Huifeng all the year round, naturally he has a little more eyes than ordinary people, and when he comes to take a look at Feng Bailin, even if the other party is wearing some inconspicuous clothes, he can still see that Feng Bailin's identity is either rich or expensive!
When he saw that the slave was blocking Feng Bailin from entering the door, he secretly screamed in his heart that it was not good, and at the same time ordered someone to get a whip.
"This evil slave is lacking in discipline, and the guests of the adults dare to stop it!"