9429 Chapter 262 Ready to Fly

Strictly speaking, Du Fu and Fang Zheng are actually the same kind of people, they both belong to the category of thousand-to-turn knotted moon scarves. is rampant and domineering, and the people are not good, but at least they are not good at stubble, and ordinary people dare not provoke them.

It's a pity that Du Xuan has a little back today. provoked Fang Zheng, with Fang Zheng's temperament, he naturally would not sympathize with him, and let him go for the sake of being a gentleman.

In the circle of gentlemen in the capital, Fang Zheng's name is quite feared by the gentlemen, but what they are afraid of is not how much credit Fang Zheng has made for the imperial court. It's that Fang Zheng's personality is too despicable and shameless. Once provoked by him, or provoked by him. The consequences are very serious, and it is fatal, but it is inevitable to break the wealth, and it is possible to go bankrupt. The Wu family, which ranked second among the wealthy merchants in the capital that year, is a very typical example, the son of the Wu family provoked Fang Zheng, and the consequence was that the Wu family's family property began to shrink seriously, and now the Wu family is not even a third-rate merchant in the capital.

Today, Du Xuan took the evil servants of the family to chase and beat Fang Zheng, according to Fang Zheng, he was in trouble.

Thinking of this, Du Xuan was so frightened that his face was colorless, his eyes were open in horror, he was paralyzed and panting, he wanted to show heroism in front of the woman at first, but now he couldn't care about making a fool of himself in front of the woman he loved, like a pitiful worm, looking at Fang Zheng in fear and begging. He couldn't stop trembling, he understood very well that Fang Zheng's words were right, he had caused trouble for his father and the whole family, and this disaster seemed to be not small.

"Grass people" Zhuo Min didn't know that His Royal Highness King Fu and Lord Fang were here, please "Please Du Xuan didn't come out for a long time, his face was pale and he knelt, he was not used to saying words begging for mercy in his life, so he didn't know what to say.

Fang Zheng squatted down and smiled kindly: "Please, please, please, please?" Are you stammering? ”

Du Xuan hurriedly shook his head: "Yes, no, no." ”

Fang Zheng frowned unhappily: "No, no, no." And say no, look at your stuttering so badly, why don't you admit it? ”

Du Xuan nodded hurriedly: "Yes" Yes, yes, I'm stammering"

Fang Zheng smiled with satisfaction, and bowed his chin at the woman beside him: "Your daughter-in-law?"

The woman was cramped and uneasy, and she tightly tugged at Du Xuan's curtain clothes, trying to hide behind him.

Du Xuan glanced at the woman, shook his head and said, "No." ”

"Your concubine?"

"Also, no."

"Your concubine?"

Du Xuan hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded: "Sort of" She was the handsome face above the Qinhuai River painting and smiling suddenly sank, and snorted coldly: "You want to beat us up in order to please Sister Yao?" Do you think we are wronged? ”

Du Xuan's face fell, and he cried and said: "Lord Fang, I was wrong, the grass people have eyes and don't know Mount Tai, and I hope that my lord will let me go for the sake of my father and you are the same ministers of the same palace."

Fang Zheng smiled: "Let you go? Do you know what the crime of beating the prince and the court officials is? ”

Du Xuan nodded dejectedly.

Fang Zheng's smile was closed, and in an instant, his face changed to indignation: "Also, your family chased me just now." caused me to jump up and down, fleeing for my life in embarrassment, this official is very faceless, what do you say about this? ”

When everyone heard this, you were ashamed. Running for your life, this account is actually embarrassing to be counted on someone else's head?

Du Xuandao was not stupid, and reacted quickly when he heard the words: "Compensation!" The grass people are willing to pay for the silver, and Fang Zheng changed color when he was shocked: "Lose the silver? Is this something that silver can solve? King Fu is the honor of the prince. This official is also a second-class officer, do you think that if you beat us, you can pay a few pieces of silver? Everyone in the world wants to be like you, and beat up the officials of the court. If you pay some more money, it will be fine, so how can we who are officials live? Did we work so hard to be an official of the imperial court just to be beaten? Small, the more Du Xuan listened, the whiter his face became, miserable! Even the silver can't be balanced, it seems that this Lord Fang is determined to rectify me, could it be that he has a grudge with his father in the court, so he wants to take the opportunity to take revenge? So, something is wrong!

Fang Zheng was still foaming at the mouth: "Don't think that a few stinky money is great, what are you proud of?" Lao Tzu's family's business is so big. The richest man in the Naihua Dynasty, when have you ever seen me show off? Bragged at? To be a low-key person, I don't understand this truth, what qualifications do you have to be a gentleman? There are many things in the world that money can't solve! Hey, how much money are you going to lose? ”

"Huh?" Du Xuan was given a flute. didn't react at all, staring at Fang Zheng with dull eyes.

Fang Zheng frowned unhappily: "This unlucky child! How stupid? Didn't you say that you lost money? Shell out! What are you doing? ”

Du Xuan was twisted and turned in Fang Zheng's words. Capriciousness made him a little confused, and his mind was slow. I really can't keep up with this Fang Daren's leaping thinking. However, he still understood Fang Zheng's last sentence, so Du Xuan hurriedly took out a stack of silver tickets from his arms, took out a few from them, looked at Fang Zheng's face, drew a few more, squeezed out a smile that was more ugly than crying, and said: "This little meaning, please also ask the adults to laugh, when it is the grass people to make amends to the adults."

Fang Zheng took the silver ticket, looked at the remaining stack in Du Xuan's hand, and said unhappily:

"That's all?"

Du Xuan took a look and quickly pulled out a few more. Stuffed in Fang Zheng's hand, the smile on his face was about to turn into a crying look.

Fang Zheng's face softened slightly, and he put the silver ticket in his arms. smiled and patted Du Xuan's shoulder and said:

Ruzi Kejiao also said and turned his head to look at Master Chen, and said, "Master, that's what you said, right?" ”

Master Chen saw the whole process of Fang Zheng's extortion, snorted angrily when he heard the dissatisfaction, rolled his eyes, and ignored him.

Fang Zheng helped Du Xuan up from the ground and said with a smile: "Du Gongzi is too polite, how can this official be embarrassed?" You know, this official has always been a generous and benevolent person, and there is a small misunderstanding. We don't have to mention it again, hehe."

When Du Xuan heard this, he was like being amnesty, and he wiped his cold sweat and thanked him repeatedly.

Just as Du Xuan hurriedly said goodbye to Fang Zheng and the others. Shi Zheng, who was helped by the woman who accompanied the claw to go downstairs, suddenly touched the next one, and said in a slow voice: "The Japanese official of Ming went to your mansion to visit Lingzun Du Shangshu, and when the son went back, he helped by the way."

"Plop!"

Du Xuan's straight head was planted on the ground.

Pushing away the woman who was helping him, Du Xuan got up in a bit of a hurry, didn't care to wipe the sweat on his head, reached into his arms, and took out all the silver tickets and silver keys on his body, without looking at it. All his brains were stuffed into Fang Zheng's hands, and he cried: "Lord Fang" No, Uncle Fang! You are my own uncle! Please, can you let the grass people go? The grass people don't dare anymore."

Fang Zheng waved his hand modestly and smiled: "It's serious." It's serious, hehe, how can this official dare to be your uncle, you'd better ask Ling Zun's opinion on this matter first."

Holding the silver ticket in his hand, Fang Zheng's eyes lit up, and he smiled: "Du Gongzi is really a generous person, since Ling Zun Du Shangshu is busy with official business, this official will not bother, Gongzi." Please go back. ”

Du Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at Fang Zheng in surprise, and walked downstairs cautiously.

Fang Zheng roughly counted the silver tickets in his hand, and after counting them, he couldn't help but be overjoyed: "This guy has a lot of silver on him." There are tens of thousands of taels, much richer than Lao Tzu."

The fat man stepped forward and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Brother Fang, I made another stroke today."

Chen Fuzi frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Fang Zheng, you x" is ill-gotten gains. ”

Fang Zheng hurriedly hid the silver ticket behind him, and said with a smile: "Master's words are serious, how can it be ill-gotten gains?" This is the hard-earned money that students get from jumping up and down to escape for their lives."

"Crooked! Crooked! Master Chen was helpless and stomped his feet in anger.

Suddenly, Fang Zheng smiled, walked to the window, frowned and stared at Du Xuan's back.

The fat man was curious: "Brother Fang, what's wrong with you?" ”

Fang Zheng touched his chin, thought about it seriously, and after a while, he said: "I'm thinking, Du Shangshu is in charge of the household department, and he must have been greedy for a lot of silver, since he is so rich, we might as well simply send someone to kidnap Du Xuan, and then write a blackmail letter to Du Shangshu, asking him for a pound." Bai'er 800,000 taels of silver"

The fat man and Master Chen were shocked when they heard this: "Brother Fang! Never! ”

"Fang Zheng! You: "You're simply lawless. I'm! How could I teach a student like you,"

Fang Zheng saw that the two of them were strongly opposed, but it was inconvenient to insist anymore, and said with a smile: "Oh, the two of you don't have to be so nervous, I'm just talking about it casually, don't take it seriously."

The two of them breathed a sigh of relief, who knew that Fang Zheng muttered to himself: "Capture the thief and capture the king first, well, I'd better tie up Du Shangshu, so it's simple and direct, I don't believe that the old guy won't give money"

"Plop!"

"Teacher! What's wrong with you, teacher? Wake up. Wake up! ”

Jiang recommended, outside the city of Yangzhou.

Located in an inconspicuous courtyard by the canal, the spring flowers are blooming, and the weeping willows planted along the river outside the courtyard have gradually pulled out new branches, and the new leaves on the branches are towering, hanging down the river beach in a staggered and orderly manner, dotted with a piece of green in the south of the Yangtze River.

The courtyard is very ordinary, so ordinary that people outside will not take a look at it when they pass by, the old gate with peeling paint, the mottled and shabby wall, such a courtyard can be seen everywhere in the south of the Yangtze River, ordinary as a drop of water flowing into the sea, and it will not attract anyone's attention at all.

The courtyard is like a large hall-like room. The floor of the house is paved with white marble, smooth and solemn. The empty and spacious antechamber, a rich beaded curtain separates it into two parts.

Yang Cheng honestly knelt in the front hall, bowing his head and lowering his eyes, and he didn't dare to come out.

Following Hu Yunsheng's failed mission and was executed by the Lord, Yang Cheng took his place, he and Hu Yunsheng are the same as a dog crawling at the feet of the Lord, they are equally loyal, the difference is that Hu Yunsheng is a useless dog, the Lord is very disappointed in him, so Hu Yunsheng died.

And he, Yang Cheng, is a more ferocious dog than Hu Yunsheng, he is more cruel and cunning than Hu Yunsheng, and as soon as the Lord points to the flag, he will do whatever it takes to complete the orders delivered by the Lord, and he will not die.

At this moment, he knelt in the front hall, silently waiting for the question from the master behind the curtain.

"How many shadows are there in Yangzhou City?" The Lord behind the curtain asked, his voice low and calm as water.

"Back to the Lord, those shadows came in batches. The first batch of about 30 people, they pretended to be businessmen, coachmen, business guys, as soon as they entered the city, they visited around, the action was very small, not easy to detect, after a few years, Yangzhou City came to a group of shadows, about fifty or sixty people, also dressed as various roles, without a trace of activities around Yangzhou City, and now even the Yangzhou prefect's yamen is under their eyeliner arrangement" must be Zhao Jun confessed Hu Yunsheng, which attracted the attention of the shadow, and they followed the clues to find it.

Yang Cheng ordered to go down, and all the manpower was evacuated from Yangzhou, without leaving any clues. If Fang Zheng wants to follow the vine and find out the mastermind behind me. It's tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack, let them go in vain! ”

"Yes!"

"What is the current situation in the capital? After a long time, a deep voice sounded, cold and piercing.

"Back to the Lord, there is chaos in the capital, and there are rumors that the emperor has the heart of Yi Chu, so the princes are moving around, wooing ministers, conspiring with the emperor, and building momentum for the position of the new prince."

"Humph!" The lord behind the curtain sneered, "Those few wastes, do you think it's so simple to be a prince, just pull a few ministers?" How is the crown prince reacting now? ”

"The prince is quiet on the surface, but in fact he has begun to prepare secretly, the situation is very unfavorable to him, and his subordinates speculate that the prince is likely to collude with the border army and the new army he privately trained in the near future, lead the army to force the palace, and force the emperor to pass on the throne" Find out where the new army he has privately trained is currently located? ”

"The subordinates are incompetent, and at present, they only know that the army is on the outskirts of the capital, but the specific location. I don't know the number of people and the level of memorization, "Investigate as soon as possible, and know as much as possible." I want to see how much strength the crown prince has in his hands, and I hope this soon-to-be-deposed prince won't disappoint me too much, haha"

"Yes!" Yang Cheng kowtowed.

"What has happened to King Fu and Fang Zheng recently?"

"King Fu lives in a simple place, buries himself in taking care of the clip, and rarely interacts with the minister, but his subordinates have found out that the matter of befriending the minister is completely Fang Zheng helping him, Fang Zheng to open up the Helan Mountain trade route, for the king to solve the worries as the reason, gathered a group of ministers to do business in partnership, in order to achieve his purpose of wooing the minister for King Fu "Open up the Helan Mountain trade route?" The owner behind the curtain was obviously stunned for a moment, and then sneered:

"This person is quite clever, this method of covering his ears and stealing the bell has been thought of by him, hum! Anything else? ”

"Also, a few days ago, he was ordered to take over the city defense army, and when he was patrolling the camp, he beheaded Shen Xin, the deputy general of the city defense army, under the pretext of confronting the main general, so as to establish his authority. Shen Xin is the prince's confidant, according to the detailed report of the prince's mansion, after the prince knew about it, his face turned pale. But he didn't say a word, and he never mentioned this matter in the future, and the person behind the curtain was silent for a long time. Only then did he say in a low voice: "The prince is about to raise troops, maybe in the next few days, you will send all your men to the capital." Collect information, no matter how big or small, all the reports will come"

"Yes!" Yang Cheng replied respectfully, and then his lips twitched, looking hesitant.

"Do you have something to say?"

Yang Cheng was taken aback, kowtowed his head, and said respectfully: "Forgive your subordinates for talking too much, Lord, now the capital is in chaos, if the Lord wants to do great things, this is a great opportunity!" The praying mantis catches the cicada, the yellow finch is behind, as long as the prince fights together, the lord can erect the banner of King Qin and gather all the armies. Bingwei Prince,"

"Shut up! You know what! The situation is not yet clear, and if I act in a hurry, won't I be like those fools in the capital? ”

"The subordinates are talkative, and they should be damned!" Yang Chengdang even shaved himself twice, and then slammed his head deep on the floor, motionless.

The front hall fell silent again, and after a long time, the master behind the curtain spoke: "I estimate that the emperor does have the intention of easy storage, and most of the candidates for the new prince are the Fu Wang, who has always been honest and honest, Yang Cheng." Send people to the capital, pay close attention to the movements of King Fu and Fang Zheng, and find an opportunity to assassinate King Fu secretly. Hum! I would love to see how the emperor would react when he found out that his new prince had been killed. Will you be so angry that you will be angry? Haha, hahaha"

The laughter was hoarse, like the cry of a night owl, which made people shudder.

Yang Chengqiang endured the fear in his heart, and said yes.

The capital, the Prince's Mansion.

In the empty apse, the red candles on the desk flickered and dimmed, reflecting the prince's face becoming uncertain, as treacherous as the situation in the capital.

Fan Duan sat opposite the prince, pursed his lips, hesitated several times, and finally did not dare to speak.

After a long time, the prince smiled deeply, his eyes were a little gloomy, and he said lightly: "Sir, do you have something to say?" ”

Fan Rui hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Your Highness, please forgive me for saying too much, the four-way border army, there is only one way that is willing to be loyal to His Highness, and the new army secretly trained outside the city has many deficiencies in preparation, and the city defense army has more variables since Fang Zheng took office, if you rush into trouble at this time, you will worry about it."

The prince smiled and said, "Sir is worried that Gu will follow in the footsteps of teacher Pan Wenyuan?" ”

Fan Rui hurriedly bowed his head and said, "What His Highness said is exact. Your Highness, the soldier, the murder weapon of the country, hurts others and hurts yourself, and I hope that Your Highness will plan and then move! ”

The prince said in a deep voice: "Mr. has said two things less, King Shou has been supervising the army in Xingqing Mansion for many years, and his wings must have been plump, and he is lonely. King Shou will be the king of Bingqin, and also, can Mr. still remember the kidnapping of Fang Zheng and blame the mastermind behind Lone? Lone feels that this person is not simple, the invisible enemy is the most dangerous, if Lone starts an incident, I am afraid that person will make a move. ”

Fan Rui's expression became even more depressed when he heard this, and he said in a deep voice: "Since there are so many factors that are not conducive to His Highness. Why does His Highness still insist on starting an incident? ”

The crown prince sighed, looked at the night sky outside the hall, and said indifferently: "Father is seriously ill. It's about to die. He had already made up his mind to depose the prince before he died. will inevitably do everything possible to depose the lonely. If Lone doesn't do it again, he won't even have the title of prince at that time, and there will be no excuse for the rebellion, and the division will be nameless, who will respond? Sir, Lone is now ready to fly, and I have to make a fuss! ”

Looking at Fan Rui's pale face, the prince smiled gently: "Sir, don't worry, in fact, our chances of winning are still very big, sometimes the struggle for power is very complicated, it's like tearing a carefully woven net, cutting a thread, but connecting a large piece, people don't dare to act rashly, but sometimes." The struggle for power is very simple, so simple that it may only take a few catties to kill. The key people are okay, hehe, what Lone has to wait for now is such an opportunity, as long as he kills those key people. The world is so big, who dares to stand up against Lone ascending to the throne? At that time, the four-way elite army guarding the capital with a lonely hand, plus the border army, and the new army trained by the lonely self, most of the soldiers in the world have fallen into the lonely hand, and the emperor's position will naturally be able to sit firmly, sir, do you think so? ”

Fan Rui realized, and said, "The key people Your Highness is talking about, do you mean Fang Zheng and those princes?" ”

The prince smiled deeply: "Perhaps, there are others, who are in the way of the lonely emperor."

Whoever is the enemy of Lone! ”

Fan Rui was stunned, hanging his head and not daring to make a sound.

"Sir, tell the new army to step up its training. Hide your whereabouts and don't be discovered. The time has come. and invaded the capital" I don't know what His Highness said The timing was that the prince smiled and shook his head silently.