Chapter 140: Precursor to Crisis

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Deng Feng didn't know how he got out of the Yin family. Standing on the street, he raised his eyes and looked around, everything around him was familiar, but it seemed that all had lost its color, and all the people and objects had turned gray-black.

He walked blindly like a walking corpse, and when he came back to his senses, even he didn't know where he had gone. Seeing a small restaurant with a small faΓ§ade in front of him, he staggered and walked in.

The restaurant was small, and it seemed to be run by a father and daughter, the father was a man in his forties, with dark skin and a good appearance, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a tiger's back and bee waist.

The daughter is not very old, and she also looks like sixteen or seventeen.

There were no other diners in the restaurant, and it looked like it was ready to close. Deng Feng found a random seat to sit down. The middle-aged man stepped forward and asked with a smile, "What does the guest officer want to eat?" ”

"Wine! Serve me as much wine as you want! While speaking, Deng Feng untied the money bag on his waist and threw it directly to the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man felt that the money bag was heavy, and when he opened it, he was startled, there were coins, dragon coins, and a gold ingot.

He was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "Guest...... Guest, this ...... That's too much. "Just this gold ingot is enough to buy several of them in this little shop.

"All I need is wine!" Deng Feng slowly raised his head, looked at the middle-aged man, and said word by word.

"Hey!" The middle-aged man was so frightened by Deng Feng's eyes that he shrank his neck, summoned his daughter, and served Deng with wine and food.

The girl's appearance is very delicate, she is not the kind of girl who is stunning at first sight, but she is very attractive, and the more she looks at it, the more beautiful she becomes, and the more she looks at it, the more she likes it.

She gave Deng Feng a jar of wine, as well as a jug and a wine glass. However, the latter two Deng Feng were useless, grabbed the wine jar, tore off the seal, and poured it in a big gulp.

Deng Feng couldn't remember how much he drank. When he woke up from his sleep, it was already dark, and he was on a somewhat hard bed.

He tried to sit up, but his head hurt as if it was about to crack, and he couldn't help but rub his forehead while letting out a painful moan.

The door opened, and a slender figure walked in from the outside.

Deng Feng narrowed his eyes, but he couldn't see the other party's appearance clearly.

"Are you awake?" The crisp and pleasant voice came to his ear.

Deng Feng slowed down for a while, reopened his eyes, and he finally saw the person squatting by the bed clearly. She is a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, fair-skinned, handsome facial features, no tobacco powder, clear soup and noodles, but she is particularly intimate.

Seeing him staring straight at her, the girl was a little embarrassed, she stood up and said, "You were drunk in the store last night, and your father carried you to the guest room. Wait a minute, I'll go and serve you a bowl of water. As she spoke, the girl turned and walked out.

When she walked to the door, Deng Feng asked in a hoarse voice, "Girl, what's your name?" ”

"Pelle! Yuan Fei'er! The girl turned her head and looked at Deng Feng with a smile.

She stood at the door of the room, facing the morning sun, and the sunlight poured on her body, making her seem to give birth to a circle of light, very bright, dazzling, and seemed to shine into the depths of Deng Feng's cold heart.

He remembered Yin Lihua, when he first met her, she was just a small person, and she couldn't even speak clearly.

"You...... Why are you crying? The girl looked at him in amazement.

"Is there one?" Deng Feng came back to his senses, and subconsciously raised his hand and touched his cheek, which really had water stains. Deng Feng couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly, to a person like him who can only bleed and not shed tears, he can even cry.

He slowly sat up from the bed, bowed to the girl and said, "Deng Feng, Ziyuanzhi!" ”

"Deng Yuanzhi! I remembered! The girl smiled and walked out of the room with brisk steps.

Looking at the empty door, Deng Feng's eyes did not retract for a long time.

This is the first time Deng Feng and Yuan Fei'er have met, and it is from here that the fate of the two of them begins.

Liu Xiu said goodbye to Deng Chen and the second sister's family, and took Deng Yu, Zhu You, and Gai Yan to Wancheng.

The distance from Xinye to Wancheng is not far, and it is closer than the distance from Xinye to the county seat.

Liu Xiu and his entourage set off in the morning and arrived in Wancheng in the evening.

After entering Wancheng, Liu Xiu and the others went directly to the Li Mansion.

The Li family is a famous family in Wancheng, and it is easy to find the Li Mansion when you ask on the road. Hearing the news of Liu Xiu's arrival, Li Tong and Li Yi hurried out of the mansion. Seeing Liu Xiu standing outside the door, Li Tong was surprised and delighted, three steps into two steps, came to Liu Xiu's approach, and was about to give a salute, Liu Xiu patted Li Tong's arm first, and also interrupted his salute action, and said with a smile

said: "Jiyuan, Ji Wen, I haven't seen you for a long time, don't you invite me into the house to sit?" ”

Now that the sky is still bright, the streets are full of people, and if people see the eldest son of the Li family saluting him, his identity will be too noticeable.

Li Tong was able to penetrate it at one point, he was only stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile on his face: "Hurry up, please inside, please inside!" As he spoke, he and Li Yi let Liu Xiu, Deng Yu, Zhu You, and Gai Yan into the mansion.

In the Li Mansion, people come and go, and most of them are burly young men. It can be seen that during this time, Li Tong and Li Yi were not idle, and Yu secretly recruited subordinates.

They did not go to the hall, but were taken to the study by Li Tong. Entering the room and closing the doors and windows tightly, Li Tong bowed to Liu Xiu in a serious manner and said, "The dimension has seen the lord!" ”

Li Yi also gave a salute on the side, but did not call Liu Xiu the lord. Li Yi and Li Tong are different, Li Tong has long identified Liu Xiu as the main father, while Li Yi has identified Liu Xiu as the main father, there are still some differences.

Liu Xiu waved his hand to the two of them, signaling that the two of them did not need to be polite.

He pulled Deng Yu over and introduced: "This is Deng Yu Deng Zhonghua, my classmate when I was in Taixue, and also my best friend, in Xinye, Zhonghua has helped me a lot." ”

Li Tong knew Zhu You and Gai Yan, but he was the first to meet Deng Yu. He and Deng Yu saluted each other again and exchanged pleasantries. After everyone sat down one after another, Liu Xiu asked, "Ziling has arrived in Wancheng, right?" ”

"Yes, my lord!" Li Tong Zhengse said: "I have already arranged a place for Ziling 'them'. He deliberately accentuated the word 'they', just to reassure Liu Xiu that Yin Lihua had arrived in Wancheng safely.

Liu Xiu asked curiously, "Ziling, don't they live in the Li Mansion?" Li Yi continued: "Uncle Wen, you have also seen that now the Li Mansion is overcrowded, and there are many people, and it is too unsafe, so I discussed with Jiyuanyi and decided to settle Ziling and them in Zhuangzi in the west of the city. This Zhuangzi is not recorded in the name of the Li family, and no one knows about it and Li

The relationship between the family, Ziling, they live in it is relatively safe. ”

Liu Xiu nodded thoughtfully, now Li Tong and Li Yi are recruiting troops and horses, which is indeed very attention-grabbing, if Lihua lives in the Li family's main mansion again, the risk of exposure is too high.

He said with a smile: "It's still Ji Yuan and Ji Wen who have thought it through, and this time, it's really thanks to your help!" ”

Li Yi looked up and smiled, and said boldly: "Uncle Wen, they are all their own brothers, so it is too much to say this." ”

Liu Xiu changed his words and said, "When I came in, I saw a lot of young people in the house!" ”

Wancheng and the county town are close at hand, it can be said that it is under the nose of the county town, and now the Li family is recruiting so much and making such a big move, it is impossible not to arouse the suspicion and vigilance of the county government.

Li Yi said with a smile: "During this time, we have already recruited four or five hundred people. ”

Liu Xiu frowned slightly and said, "Isn't this a little too ostentatious?" ”

Li Yi said disapprerovingly: "Uncle Wen is too worried, the world is so chaotic at the moment, our Li family has a big business, so what's wrong with recruiting more customers?" ”

Deng Yu suddenly asked: "Some time ago, Zhen Fu personally led the county army to encircle and suppress the Green Forest Army, and he also passed through Wancheng, right?" ”

"That's right!" Li Yi responded inexplicably.

"So, when Zhen Fu was passing through Wancheng, did he come to visit the Li Mansion and ask the Li Mansion to help encircle and suppress the Green Forest Army?" Deng Yu asked with a solemn face.

Li Yi smiled and said: "Zhonghua is really like a god, as you said, when Zhen Fu passed by Wancheng, he did come to our Li family, and indeed asked our Li family to send someone to help him encircle and suppress the Green Forest Army in Xinshi and Pinglin." ”

Deng Yu asked: "Ji Yuan, Ji Wen, how did you respond to Zhen Fu at that time?" Li Yi spread his hands and said, "Of course Jiyuan and I rejected him!" First of all, we have no grudges with the Green Forest Army in the past, and we have no enmity in the near future, so why do we want to help Zhen Fu fight the Green Forest Army? Secondly, we have a relationship with the Green Forest Army, Zizhang (Ma Wu) and Ci Zheng (Cho Period) are still there

Yizhou recruited people under the banner of the Green Forest Army, whether it was public or private, we shouldn't help Zhen Fu with this, so at that time, Jiyuan and I made excuses to resign. ”

"Oops!" Deng Yu's face became more and more solemn. Liu Xiu also frowned.

Seeing this, Li Yi asked blankly, "What?" Could it be that I and the dimension are still wrong to refuse? Should we help the county army to fight the Green Forest Army? Uncle Wen, Zhonghua, don't forget, the Green Forest Army, like us, is a reckless brother! ”

Deng Yu said meaningfully: "The county army encircles and suppresses the Green Forest Army, in fact, it doesn't need anyone's help, the county army itself has the strength and ability to do this, but in this case, why did Zhen Fu come to ask the Li family for help?" ”

"Why?" Li Tong and Li Yi asked in unison.

"Temptation!" Deng Yu immediately told the two of them about Zhen Fu's invitation to Liu Xuan and Liu Xiu to help, and analyzed the stakes in detail.

After he finished speaking, Li Tong and Li Yi gasped in unison, his brothers really didn't expect that this seemingly simple invitation still had so many twists and turns hidden in it.

Li Tong's face turned a little pale, and he asked urgently: "Lord, we have already rejected Zhen Fu's invitation at the beginning, so what should we do now?" Is Zhen Fu already secretly plotting against our Li family? ”

Liu Xiu thought about it carefully, shook his head slowly, and said: "Duke Li was once an official in the court, and he was also a master of Wang Mang's more important learning, although Zhen Fu was too guarded, he didn't dare to move the Li family easily, but he would definitely report the matter of the Li family's recruitment of guests and refusal to obey the dispatch of the county government. Speaking of this, Liu Xiu's heart was suddenly shocked, and he said: "If it is just such a thing, the imperial court may not move the Li family, but now that Li Chengcheng is in the capital, lobbying the ministers of the court and the central government, if Wang Mang knows and links the two things together, then not only the situation of Li Gong in the capital is precarious."

Danger, the entire Li family may also suffer a catastrophe! ”

Li Tong and Li Yi's faces changed suddenly, and the two of them subconsciously stood up.

Liu Xiu said categorically: "Li Gong's lobbying in the capital must be stopped immediately!" Li Gong must leave Beijing immediately and return to Wancheng! ”

Li Tong and Li Yi nodded together, thinking that Liu Xiu was reasonable. It's just that what they didn't expect was that it was too late to realize it now.