Chapter 53 There is a plan in the plan, meet the city lord
Yingchuan Yuelai Inn!
At this moment, it was about evening, and the five brothers of the Jiang family quietly observed for a day. I asked the shopkeeper a little bit about the situation, and found that there were no other masters hidden in the secret, and his courage increased a lot.
Yuan Qing and Xiang Wei were still idle, wandering around, ignoring the people who secretly followed them.
The five brothers of the Jiang family secretly summed it up and came to Yuan Qing and the others together.
Yuan Qing saw the five people appear, and sneered in his heart.
Glancing at it, he wondered, "I don't know who you are?" ”
Boss Jiang arched his hand and smiled: "Hehe, looking at the faces of the two brothers, I'm afraid they haven't just come to Yingchuan City, right?" Now that the war is in chaos, the two brothers still dare to walk around, which shows the brothers' ability. My name is Jiang Bodong, dare to ask my brother's surname? ”
"It's true that we've only just arrived!"
Yuan Qing told the name again, and said with a smile: "Don't hide it from Brother Jiang, I also know that the world is difficult now, and it is very dangerous to come out and walk. But in order to support his family, he had to go out and walk.
This time I came to Yingchuan, but it was a son of a big family who invited my two brothers to act as guards. The bid was reasonable. We thought about it for a while, and we agreed. ”
"I see, I said it was strange." Jiang Bodong said with a smile: "I think the two of them have extraordinary temperaments, and I expect that the two of them must have unique skills in hand." So I want to make friends with one or two, I don't know if Brother Yuan is willing? ”
"Where, Brother Jiang Liao praised." Yuan Qing arched his hand and smiled.
Jiang Bodong tried a few words, and found that Yuan Qing seemed to have a kind of mentality that his ambition could not be achieved, and he couldn't help but secretly rejoice.
"Brother Yuan, as the saying goes, heroes come out of troubled times, and heroes come out of troubled times. I see that the two of you are strong in martial arts, why don't you join the army and make contributions? Although being a human guard can be stable for a while, it is by no means a long-term solution, let alone a husband. Jiang Lao Er, Jiang Bonan, said with a smile.
Yuan Qing didn't speak, but Xiang Wei smiled bitterly: "Brother Jiang doesn't know, a few years ago, we joined the army and went to the battlefield to kill the enemy. It's just that he offended people later and had to escape.
After my two brothers escaped at that time, they had the intention to seize a place and recruit troops to occupy the mountains as kings. It's just that there is no one to help them, and there is no money. After a year or two, I was lightly idle. ”
"That's true. The court is corrupt, and traitors are in charge. There are many people who can't achieve heroic ambitions like brothers, but this is also helpless. ”
Jiang Bonan asked: "My five brothers used to have the same idea as their brothers, but they also had no one to help them, and they had no money to recruit troops. Brother Yuan and Brother Xiang, since we have the same ambition and such a fateful meeting, why don't we join hands and act together? I want to come to the dragon chair to sit in turns, and come to my house this year. Those wealthy families and major military candidates may not have risen like this. ”
"Oh? What do we do together? Yuan Qing and Xiang Wei glanced at each other, a little moved, but they were hesitating, and seemed to be undecided.
Jiang Bodong saw the situation and hit the railway while it was hot: "Brother Yuan, what else is there to hesitate about in this matter?" A manly man, if he can't make a name for himself, wouldn't he come to the world for nothing? With the combined efforts of the two of you and the five of us, why can't you build a foundation? ”
"The seven of us work together, and we can really run amok. It's just that building a foundation requires money to recruit troops, and I don't think Brother Jiang is a wealthy person, right? If we don't have money, the seven of us alone won't be able to make a climate. Yuan Qing was embarrassed.
"Hahaha..."
Jiang Laosan and Jiang Boxi laughed, "Brother Yuan, although the five of us don't have much money. But, brother, you have. ”
"Me? Where do I have money? If so, why should I be a guard? Yuan Qing shook his head and said.
"Brother, you haven't figured this out yet." Jiang Boxi said in a low voice: "Didn't you just say that you were acting as a guard for a big son?" Presumably, that son-in-law has a lot of money, right? We robbed him of his money, or tied him up, and then blackmailed his family to ransom him, and this money will come? With money, why should we worry about big things? ”
"No, never. Although my son has money, he is not a bad person, and he is kind to both of us. If I do it against him, I will not be at ease. Yuan Qing said.
"Those who achieve great things are not informal." Jiang Boxi said coldly: "He is good to you, that's because he has a request for you and needs your protection." If he hadn't asked you for it, would he still be nice to you? If he is really good, where will he get the money? Wasn't all this money scavenged from the people?
When we try to get his money, it's just a robbery, and that's a righteous act. And we don't have to kill him, we just need to take some money. Brother Yuan, the opportunity must not be lost, and it will not come again. Think about this matter clearly, don't miss the opportunity. When I arrived, even if I wanted to make a career, I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to do it. ”
Yuan Qing didn't answer, but thought about it, and said to himself: "Gongzi has 80,000 silver votes, if he takes this money, he can indeed recruit many soldiers and horses to take refuge." It's just that he has extraordinary power behind him, and he knows many powerful people..."
"Eight... 80,000 silver tickets? ”
The five brothers of the Jiang family widened their eyes, their faces were full of incredulity, and their breathing was a little short.
Don't look at Huo Rongsheng who took out 40,000 silver tickets to Wang Mang that day, but his identity is different, he is the grandson of the head of the Huo family. If it were someone else, he would definitely not be able to take out so much money.
At least, Wang Mang couldn't take it out unless he asked his uncle, General Huwei, for it.
Such a huge amount of money is a huge amount for the son of a big family, let alone these outlaws?
The five brothers of the Jiang family, the sum of all the belongings is less than one hundred and eighty taels. Compared with 80,000 taels, it is simply a heaven and an underground.
The hearts of the five of them beat violently, and they were even more determined to take down Wang Mang, and said in unison: "Brother, he actually has 80,000 silver tickets with him?" If we have this silver tael, we can recruit at least thousands of soldiers and horses. This matter must not be missed, brother, you can tell him in detail, and then we will sum it up together. And we will not kill him until we have to. ”
Xiang Wei heard the words, gritted his teeth, and as if he had made up his mind, he said in a low voice: "In addition to our protection, Gongzi also has six subordinates. Those six people are all highly skilled, and in one-on-one situations, I am not necessarily an opponent.
And he also has two concubines to follow, each of whom is as beautiful as a flower. At the beginning, I was fortunate enough to meet Empress Wei from afar, and these two women were almost on par with Empress Wei. If we want to get money out of him, we have to set up traps and attract more people. In my estimation, we'll need at least four or five of us, except for the seven of us. ”
"Four or five?" Jiang Bodong thought about it for a while, didn't want too many people to divide the money, and asked, "If we kidnap those two concubines first, and then use them to blackmail, will this matter be okay?" ”
"No, you can't be coerced. Gongzi has one hundred and eighty concubines, and it doesn't matter if there are two less, he will definitely not take too much money to redeem the two concubines, and it will be a thousand taels of heaven. ”
"Is that so?" Jiang Boxi pondered for a while, gritted his teeth and said: "Brother Yuan, Brother Xiang, this matter is not difficult, I know many good players, I will tell them about this matter, and they will be willing to help." Two brothers, let's conspire together on this matter first, how to design to lure him into the bait. Leave the manpower aside for now, because it's not an issue. ”
"Okay, if you say this, brother, I'll be relieved." Xiang Wei saw that the fish was hooked, laughed twice, turned left and right with the five brothers of the Jiang family, went to a remote place, and discussed the trap and trick.
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The Castle Lord's Mansion!
Let's say that Yingchuan City advocates Fulin listened to Chen Chong's report, saying that it was the emperor's top powerful and wealthy people who came to Yingchuan City. Zhang Fulin was shocked and asked which big man it was.
Chen Chong only said that he didn't dare to reveal it, it was ordered by the big man.
Zhang Fulin didn't dare to be careless, and hurriedly ordered someone to prepare for the reception.
Wang Mang led the two daughters and three servants, followed the retinue sent by the city lord, and passed through the other end of the street of the city to the city lord's mansion.
As soon as he entered the hall of the mansion, he was immediately overjoyed by the magnificent and luxurious mansion, which was three points more magnificent than the Wang family.
In the middle of the hall, there is a table, on which are full of all kinds of delicacies from the mountains and seas, there are more than 100 kinds, this is a banquet arranged by Zhang Fulin in advance.
"10,000-year-old agarwood?"
Wang Mang was shocked in his heart, this table and chair turned out to be made of extremely precious 10,000-year-old agarwood, and the Wang family did not have it. The Emperor's Dragon Chair is nothing more than this thing.
10,000-year-old agarwood is extremely rare, can be met but not sought, it is difficult to buy, it is a kind of precious wood coveted by major wealthy families.
It is rumored that this wood can cultivate dragon energy, if the person who obtains it has it for a long time, not only can it be nourished by dragon energy, prolong life, but also have a chance to make the ancestral tomb feng shui into a dragon's lair, and it is expected to be rich for a hundred years in the future.
Of course, this is all legend and not true.
However, since there is such a legend, it also shows that this thing is indeed extraordinary, and it has always been a royal property.
On that day, Wang Mang saw them using golden silk nanmu as the door in Hanyan Pavilion, and thought that it was already extremely luxurious. Now he found that the layout of the Cold Smoke Pavilion was not at the same level as this City Lord's Mansion at all.
Seeing this, Wang Mang already had a rough guess in his heart about the person who this city lord was.
After looking at the table, he put his eyes on the people on the side, and Chen Chong introduced Wang Mang next to him.
After introduction, Wang Mang learned that several people in this hall were either confidants of the city lord or the chief soldier of Yingchuan City, all of whom were high-level.
Seeing that the people were a young man and two women, the city councillor Fulin was puzzled, not knowing what the origin of this big man was.
After Wang Mang got to know everyone, he pulled Wang Jingyan and Shangguan Ningxuan to sit down with a golden knife, and said to everyone: "I am Wang Mang of the Rongfu of the King of Kyoto, and you all sit down and talk, no need to stand." ”
"Wang Jiarong Mansion Wang Mang?"
Zhang Fulin was taken aback, his face was a little unsightly, and it could even be said to be very gloomy.