Chapter 161 strangles from the source

"Woohoo!"

More than 20 crossbow machines were launched almost simultaneously, blocking Chen Yingsuo's possible retreat.

A dense sound of breaking the air sounded, and the two guards in front of Chen Ying, along with Chen Ying himself, splashed blood flowers on their bodies. Under the light of the fire, these countless blood flowers looked extremely charming.

Accident, absolute accident.

Chen Ying never thought that as the most outstanding military commander of the Tang Empire, he did not die under the enemy's sword, nor did he die in the enemy's intrigues. Outside Yanshi City, east of Luoyang, the heartland of the Tang Empire, he was assassinated.

And it's an almost inexplicable assassination.

Chen Ying likes to do it himself, especially the steam engine train, as long as there is a problem with the train, he always likes to come forward to observe, even if Chen Ying does not understand the structure of the train, nor does he know how to maintain it, this is just a concern.

Usually Chen Ying travels, and the guards around him protect him from wind and rain, and it is almost impossible to assassinate a Chen Ying who has a strengthened Zhichong Mansion. The number of people is too small, and they can't tear Chen Ying's tiger protection net at all, as long as there are more people, they can't avoid the surrounding eyeliner at all.

The only omission is that it appears here. There were only four guards around him, two of whom died instantly, and two of them escorted Chen Ying and hurriedly retreated.

Chen Ying was hit by four arrows in his body, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead in pain.

The more than twenty assassins didn't have time to load their crossbow arrows, threw away the crossbow machine, drew out their short knives, and pounced towards Chen Ying.

However, they no longer have a chance.

At the same time as the crossbow machine sounded, the tiger Yicong who was located at the front of the steam engine train had already gotten off the train, although they didn't have time to protect Chen Ying, the crossbow machine in their hands could.

With a tooth-souring metal trembling sound, a dense rain of arrows enveloped more than twenty assassins. As Chen Ying's personal guards, they knew very well that they needed to stay alive. This dense rain of arrows, although terrifying, did not go towards the vital point, but only nailed the more than twenty assassins to the ground, incapacitating them.

Guo Luo was shocked and hugged the crumbling Chen Ying and said, "Lord...... What do you think? ”

Chen Ying shook his head and said, "I ...... dead, and I didn't hurt the vital ...... Can't die! ”

Yang Rong also rushed over when she heard the news, she looked at Chen Ying, who was covered in blood, and said with a crying voice: "I also said that it's okay, look at you, what kind of injuries have become, someone is coming...... Medical Officer ...... Medic Officer ......"

Chen Ying's brain was dizzy, his throat was sweet, and when he looked down, blood flowed out, and it was actually blue and purple. His face turned even paler.

"Crossbow bolts are poisonous!"

Chen Ying struggled to look at Ma Zhou who was running in a single coat and said, "Ma Zhou obeys orders!" ”

Ma Zhou and the guards leaned over to obey the order.

Chen Ying knew at this time that his time was getting less and less, so he made a long story short: "The army can't be chaotic, the money village can't be chaotic, and the research and development of steam engines can't be stopped......"

Chen Ying's head drooped softly, and the military medical officer also ran over with a medicine box at this time.

They tried to stop Chen Ying, but the faces of the military doctors became even more ugly.

"Crossbow bolts are poisonous!"

As Chen Ying was carried on a stretcher, the train did not start, but nervously performed surgery on Chen Ying in the train.

Yang Rong looked at Chen Ying in the operating room, and said word by word: "I must find out!" ”

At this moment, suddenly a diminutive guard silently drew his horizontal knife and pounced on the assassins.

"Kill!"

A cold light flashed from the horizontal blade, and a bloody arrow spurted out.

Ma Zhou screamed, "Stop him...... Be sure to leave it alive! ”

The guards stepped forward to snatch Li Siye's horizontal knife and hugged him to death.

Li Siye was indignant.

They all knew that Li Siye was Chen Ying's eldest son, and when they saw Li Siye's emotions stabilize, they let him go.

Li Siye threw his fist towards the train carriage, one punch heavier than the other, and after a while, his fist was dripping with blood, revealing white bones.

Guo Luo was also very self-blaming and annoyed.

Ma Zhou said with a gloomy face: "Immediately seal the news, and anyone around the train is strictly approaching." ”

Guo Luo waved his hand and motioned for Tiger Yicong to act according to Ma Zhou's orders.

He said to Ma Zhou: "The Tianzi plan should be activated and Chenjiabao should be ordered to evacuate!" ”

Ma Zhou knew part of Chen Ying's Tianzihao plan, in this plan, once Chen Ying suffered an accident, Chang'an, Chenjiabao, Lingzhou, and even Henan Mansion would all take action.

Ma Zhou shook his head and said: "No, you can't start the plan so early now, so let's prepare in two hands, all departments of the Anxi Army, Luo Shixin, Zhang Huaiwei, Duan Zhigan, Liu Tong, Guo Xiaoke, and their departments, must not act rashly......"

Ma Zhou's heart was in a mess, and now the imperial court was on the cusp, if the news of Chen Ying's assassination leaked out, it would definitely set off a bloody storm.

However, after all, Chen Ying is the backbone of the Anxi Army, and he is also the god of the army, once the soldiers of the whole army know that Chen Ying was assassinated, they will definitely go crazy.

……

In the north of Chang'an City, here is the red light district of Chang'an City, and it is also a place for dignitaries to drink and have fun. A carrier pigeon landed in a luxurious house in the north.

At this time, in the hall of the house, a manager carefully untied the small bamboo tube from under the pigeon's leg, and then quickly came to the front hall.

At this time, in the front hall, more than a dozen nobles were drinking and having fun.

The silk and bamboo are melodious, and the dancers dance to the rhythm of the music.

The ten dressed men passed notes to each other, and everyone smiled.

A middle-aged man in a white robe in the second seat laughed incoherently and said, "Good, good, good, finally get rid of a scourge......

The man in the green shirt on the main seat looked at the man in the white robe coldly and said: "Feng Gongzi, don't be too happy, just an arrow, may not die, as long as he wakes up and knows that Ben is plotting, what will be waiting for us, I guess you also know, right?" ”

The white-robed man said with a teachable look: "What Duke Du taught me is that why not buy more assassins and keep doing it......

Before waiting for the man in the green shirt to answer.

The old man in purple on the side said: "Duke Du, what you asked us to do, we have already done it, what you promised us, should we also do it?" ”

Du Gong smiled and said: "You can rest assured for the time being, the plan is already in progress, now our top priority is to open the door of Anxi and Anbei, you don't have to worry about the Anbei Army, General Qin knows how to do it, first find out if that guy is dead, if he doesn't die, the Anxi Army really can't get into chaos, don't get the treasury of the Anxi Army, our allies, but we don't have the ability to cross thousands of miles and arrive at Chang'an City, once it goes well, this time next year, the Lord will enter Chang'an, and you will be from the dragon heroes!" The glory and wealth are inexhaustible, and the descendants of generations of high-ranking officials are generous! ”

Hearing his assurance, everyone present showed a grim smile.

What about the self-destruction of the Great Wall?

What about luring wolves into the house and causing misery to the living?

As long as we still have the final say in this world, as long as our children and grandchildren will always enjoy wealth and wealth, even if it is thousands of miles of red land and millions of corpses, it doesn't matter!

This world is always our world, no matter who is the emperor!

If the Emperor wants to take this privilege away from them, then change the Emperor!

……

Chenjiabao, the time is a little later. Li Xiuning has been restless these days. Even though the night was already deep, she still didn't sleep.

Li Xiuning habitually walked around Chenjiabao until he walked to the account room and found that the lights in the account room were still on.

The eldest grandson Wujian is still crackling and calculating.

Li Xiuning entered the account room, looked at Su Yin, who was yawning, and said, "Go to sleep!" ”

Su Yin instantly fell asleep, and hurriedly went to pour tea for Li Xiuning.

The eldest grandson Wujian put it in the account book, looked at Li Xiuning with a smile and said, "Why hasn't Sanniang slept yet?" ”

Li Xiuning shook his head and said, "I don't know why, I just can't sleep." ”

"Maybe it's General Chen!" The eldest grandson Wujian deliberately bit the thought word.

Perhaps!

As soon as Su Yin brought the tea, he saw He Yue'er hurriedly walking in with a panicked look.

"Something happened to the princess!"

Li Xiuning's hand trembled, and tea spilled out of the cup. She threw away the cup and let out a low roar, "Is this true? If you dare to spread rumors, I will kill you! ”

Li Xiuning's expression was grim, her eyes were like cold electricity, staring at He Yue'er, and the meaning couldn't be clearer: if you dare to joke about this kind of thing, even if you are like sisters, you will fall to the ground!

He Yue'er said: "I also hope it's a joke, but it's really not ...... It's true! Three days ago, Chen Lang returned from Pyongyang City, and when he arrived outside Yanshi City, he was attacked, he was hit by four arrows, he was seriously wounded, and he was already unconscious! ”

Li Xiuning shouted like a she-wolf: "Who is it, who did it?" I'm going to kill them? ”

He Yue'er shook her head.

The eldest grandson Wujian said coldly: "The matter is clear, a while ago, something big happened in Chang'an City, Jieli and Songtsan Gampo all ran out of Chang'an City, and Xue Yantuo in Mobei also pulled the flag and rebelled, and the princes of the original court also felt strange, thinking that they ran out and couldn't do anything, but now they ......"

Li Xiuning gritted his teeth, his expression became a little hideous, and he said word for word: "Hmph, Shiclan!" ”

Clan groups predate the existence of autocratic imperial power, and the ancient patriarchal system was premised on the existence of clans.

However, the rapid development of the clan under the conditions of feudal appropriation of land and laborers was only after the emergence of the autocratic imperial power. The autocratic imperial power did not recognize that this was an inevitable trend, nor did it recognize that this development would eventually coincide with its own interests, so whenever a new stage of development began, it always tried to restrain this development.

The contradiction between the development of the clan and the autocratic imperial power in the economy always existed to a greater or lesser extent.

However, as long as the imperial power is relatively stable, the clan is generally politically willing to be loyal to the imperial power. They tend to pin their clan interests on a dynasty. They were the main body of the intellectual class of this period, as well as the main body of the imperial officials. If the dynasty is stable, there is not much risk to the development of the clan, and it is always smoother;

On the contrary, if the imperial discipline is not established, the political situation is unstable, and turmoil is frequent, the clan will also suffer setbacks and will not be able to obtain smooth sailing development conditions. Therefore, although the Eastern Han clan had a great social influence, they did not dare to covet the imperial court. When there was an abnormal phenomenon in the imperial power politics after the emperor, the ministers and doctors faced court disputes, and the people in cloth and clothes privately discussed the defeat, all in order to restore the normal imperial political order.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, clans were under the control of imperial power, and if the imperial power was stable, they were the supporters of imperial power; If the imperial power is weakened, they will try to restore it; If the imperial power has collapsed and there is no way to return to heaven, they will naturally become contenders for the new imperial power, but they will not dare to compete more clearly. If the contenders are not representatives of powerful clans and therefore have to advertise otherwise, they are actually trying to unite powerful clans as much as possible, win support, and even transform themselves and gradually become representatives of powerful clans. Cao Cao, who defeated Yuan Shao, is like that.

After the imperial power is stabilized, the relationship between it and the clan will appear again. The Cao Wei regime was a bit peculiar, it didn't wait for it to really settle down, and it was replaced by the powerful clan Sima clan. However, the Sui and Tang dynasties were also like this, and the Sui Dynasty did not really stabilize, so it was replaced by Li Tang.

Pretty much the same.

Conspiracy plus intrigue, and it spans a dynasty.

Just when Li Xiuning's murderous aura was getting stronger and stronger, and he was about to explode, the eldest grandson Wujian took out a new cup and poured a cup of tea for Li Xiuning, asking her to calm down first, while he tapped the table with his fingers, frowned, and said in a deep voice: "It can't be done by the Shi clan!" ”

Li Xiuning's voice was cold: "They didn't do it, who else could it be?"

The eldest grandson Wujian pointed to the account book and said: "In April last year, the Taiyuan Wang family deposited 1.2 million guan in the Tongli Qian Zhuang in Taiyuan City, and then after the autumn of October last year, another 700,000 guan was deposited. Boling Cui's deposit in Qianzhuang also exceeded 1.5 million guan, Fanyang Lu's deposit of 800,000 guan, Wenxi Pei's also deposited 1.7 million guan, affected by Chen Lang's adjustment of the interest rate of Qianzhuang, Qianzhuang's deposit increased to more than 79 million guan, of which more than seventy percent of the deposits were deposited by these clan gate valves, and assassinating Chen Lang at this juncture is equivalent to cutting off their net worth and bringing an overwhelming doom to themselves! ”

Eldest Sun Wujian aggravated his tone and said: "Anyone with a discerning eye can see that with the gold mines of Duobaoshan and the great development of Anxi, His Majesty's new policy is being promoted with amazing efficiency, and the pattern of the world is stable, they will not be so stupid to attack him at this time!" ”

Li Xiuning looked a little struggling and asked, "If it's not them, who could it be?"

The eldest grandson sneered: "Chen Lang has offended the most, who is Your Majesty who is implementing the new policy?"

Li Xiuning snapped and crushed the cup in his hand, his chest rose and fell sharply, and he gritted his teeth and said, "It's him......"

The eldest grandson Wujian nodded and said, "There is only one explanation!" ”

He Yue'er is a little inexplicable.

I don't know what dumb riddle Li Xiuning and eldest grandson Wujian are playing.

Li Xiuning said: "He is so bold and ruthless!" Isn't he afraid of retribution if he does so? ”

The eldest grandson Wujian said worriedly: "Assassination has always been only one part of the whole plan, and the more ruthless means are still to come......

Li Xiuning said: "Guanyin, I'm embarrassed for you to be caught in the middle!" ”

The eldest grandson shook his head and said, "We have to prepare early!" ”

"How to prepare?"

"Money!"

The eldest grandson said: "The hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit, and the world is shouting for profit, they were originally to obtain huge benefits, and now we will strangle them from the source!" ”

PS: Life, helplessness. I was depressed last night, drank too much with my friends, and woke up at half past one. Overnight code words, I hope you forgive me.