Chapter 286: On the outskirts of Beijing, Count Tang Zhuangzi

Jingshi is the center of the world, and it can also be said to be a first-class bustling city, but for Jiang Feng and Zhang Liang, this is the most dangerous place.

After they arrived in Beijing, they disguised themselves as merchants who trafficked silk goods in the south, and after delivering the goods, they found an inn outside the city to rest. Zhang Liangke's family lived in Beijing, and he did not go to the city to visit.

Their subordinates are all natives around the Tianjin Guard and Jingshi, and they are not unfamiliar with the head and ground, and after Jiang Feng told the approximate location, he didn't tell him why he was looking for anything, but just inquired about the place.

When the master and apprentice were chatting in the inn, the guards who went out to inquire had already turned back, and they didn't spend much effort at all.

The reason is that the place Jiang Feng said is too easy to find, the area around the Beijing division is the so-called area on the outskirts of Beijing, except for the twelve regiment battalions and the Beizhili, and the garrison areas of the soldiers and horses of the Baodaxuan Prefecture, the rest are the estates and manors of the nobles of the Ming Dynasty, and the place where Jiang Feng wants to inquire is the manor of the fallen marquis.

The nobles in the Dafan Dynasty are very different from when Taizu founded the country, at that time, everyone was poor and fought together to the founding of the country, and everyone had a wife and a few children by their side. However, for more than 100 years, there have been continuous marriages between nobles, and most of the concubines of the royal family are selected from the noble families, so all the powerful noble families are flourishing.

In the capital and various prosperous cities are the descendants of the nobles are intertwined, the power is great, of course, after the founding of the country, the heroes are killed, the Jingjing is complicated, and the next things, the emperor's top and bottom, there is always a group of nobles or follow to make cheap, or follow the unlucky.

Therefore, judging whether a noble family is in the middle and whether it is prosperous or not, you can know if there are many people, and if it is prosperous, many people who are not relatives will come out to cling. If you fall, even your closest relatives will become strangers, like passers-by.

Just like Zhang Yong's younger brother, everyone was politely called Zhang Erye back then, and he also had the title of earl, Zhang Yong was still in the position of the palm print eunuch of the imperial horse supervisor that day, and it was good to say, everyone stammered and flattered, after Zhang Yong's death, Zhang Erye couldn't even gain a foothold in Beijing.

Fortunately, Jiang Feng missed his old feelings and paid for him to return to his hometown, and he also had a lot of financial care on weekdays. The situation of the earl surnamed Tang that the guards heard was not much better than that of Zhang Erye, who had returned to his hometown, and speaking of which, during the Zhengde period, this earl was still quite beautiful.

However, the time of the scenery is not long, after the fall of Liu Jin, he is a man with his tail between his legs, and he is also with the wrong person, when Liu Jin is full of scenery that day, Count Tang also followed the flag and shouted, which is very good, but after the fall of Liu Jin, Count Tang couldn't even keep the mansion in the capital, but fortunately, after the emperor and several ministers in the court thought that this person was a hero.

So it was considered to have left him a way back, but the manor outside the city was not confiscated, leaving him a way to live, and some people joked that this mansion was also built by Liu Jin back then, and this time it was in the hands of Count Tang, and it could be regarded as a beginning and an end. An earl can only rely on a small manor outside the city to make a living, compared to Jingshi and Nanjing, those nobles in Fengyang can be regarded as extremely bleak.

Jiang Feng took the address and silently repeated it in his heart, and made sure that there was no problem, thinking that the reserve funds of the eunuch Eight Tigers were stored in this mansion, and this Earl Tang could still keep his head after Liu Jin fell, so it must have something to do with it.

The plan to investigate is not complicated, now there are more than a dozen people in this earl's mansion, the earl's family of two plus more than a dozen tenants, Jiang Feng's manpower is similar to them, but each of them is a wolf and tiger man, and there will be a dozen civilians and timid and timid earls.

The distribution of manors in the suburbs of Beijing is not as dense as the buildings in Jingshi City, and they are quite sparse with each other, Jiang Feng and a dozen of them left the inn in the afternoon, saying that they went into the city to deliver the silver taels, and by the way, they lived in the city.

Sure enough, the phoenix that landed on the ground was not as good as a chicken, and the Count's Zhuangzi was not a good place, and the surroundings were really desolate, and you could see the ownerless lonely grave at a glance. Now it's just getting dark, and there's no sign of anyone anymore.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Liang asked Jiang Feng on the side and said:

"Master, wait until it's late at night?"

The two carts were loaded with sacks and cages, Jiang Feng was lying on them quite comfortably, now the weather in Jingshi was the most comfortable, their two carriages were parked on the side of the road, this day farm work should have been busy a long time ago, people had already returned to the house, and no one came out.

Besides, in this wilderness, Jiang Feng is not afraid of what the people inside will come out to see, at this time, looking at the twilight and the scenery in all directions, it turns out to be a little touristy, think about it for a while, maybe see the so-called hidden treasure, the mood is even better, and he replied to Zhang Liang with a smile:

"Don't worry, wait for Xiaohu to find out the news back."

After the lights in the courtyard were already lit, the soldier called Xiaohu came over at a trot to report, and his face was also relaxed, obviously not a difficult task at all, and said:

"My lord, the nineteen people in the house are all back in the courtyard."

Most of the cages and packages on the carriage were empty, only a few of them contained some things, that is, steaming wine and food, Jiang Feng's habit was that no matter where he was, he would never treat himself badly in terms of diet, and more than a dozen people smiled around the cage and finished eating and drinking there.

Then he put his equipment in order, and stood neatly on the side of the carriage waiting for orders.

In the lonely small manor not far away, Count Tang and his family are not stupid, they have long seen the two big cars that exist quite abruptly outside, and more than a dozen young people on the big car are talking and laughing unscrupulously, and they have the heart to ask for help. The officials and soldiers in this place are reluctant to come, not to mention that they are barely able to maintain food and clothing, and there is no oil or water at all.

I'm even more afraid that I was alone and went to ask for help and was killed by the bandits on the way, although they still can't judge what the number of people outside is.

Jiang Feng did it quite directly, and when it got dark, everyone was ready, and two guards were arranged, just saying:

"You guard the back door for me, and no one is allowed to come out."

The rest of the people swaggered in through the front door, the so-called Count Tang's Zhuangzi naturally does not have the scale of a small city like those powerful nobles, to put it bluntly, it is a larger courtyard, Jiang Feng pushed the door hard with his hand, but the wooden door did not move at all.

Immediately from the side of the guard to pass a thin-bladed broadsword, both arms condensed strength, aimed at the crack of the door and slashed down, this kind of wooden door has a heavy wooden bar as a gate, if it hits can also be knocked open, but the effort spent is too great, the movement is too big.

Jiang Feng also had the meaning of showing off his kung fu at this time, after breaking the drink, the big knife accurately chopped down, heard a clicking sound inside, heard a few muffled sounds inside, and split the door stiffly, although there was a torch to shine, but the narrow door crack and hard wooden bar, was cut by Jiang Feng with a knife steadily and accurately, it can be seen that his current hand strength and accuracy are still improving, the subordinates on the side are quite relaxed, and praise Jiang Feng with a stack of voices:

"Your Excellency is amazing!"

The gate was split, the wooden door opened in response, and the various rooms in the courtyard suddenly let out a burst of exclamation, the thief may have climbed over the wall to enter, or he may have knocked open the wooden door, but no one thought that it was actually a knife to split the door gate, such a majesty suddenly shocked the people inside.

Earl Tang's Zhuangzi is more than a dozen old and weak, no young women, no money, they know that they can't run, anyway, these people outside don't look like extremely vicious people, even if the thieves don't do anything to this Zhuangzi who has no oil and water.

Seeing that the gate was breached, a few nimble legs wanted to climb out of the back yard wall, but they were knocked out by a stuffy stick as soon as they appeared. After a while, someone in the room said in a trembling voice:

"The good man outside, the old man is the uncle of the imperial court......"

"All the people inside, no matter what noise happens outside, don't show your head, turn off the lights in your room, and lie on the kang, otherwise, the big knife in Lao Tzu's hand doesn't know anyone!"

Jiang Feng finished shouting loudly there, and the surroundings were suddenly quiet, and then the courtyard quickly became dark and silent.

This Zhuangzi was a gift from a person to Count Tang when he was prosperous, and he accepted it in a daze, and he didn't expect to live here one day when he was down.

Zhang Liang and several guards held shovels, the crowbar had already begun to move, after lifting a stone slab, holding a torch to see, there was no abnormality below was the fine soil of the bedding, but everyone obviously expected it, Jiang Feng laughed a few times, the big knife in his hand was also replaced with a shovel, and a busy half foot of fine soil was planed, and below was the normal hard soil, which did not look abnormal.

However, the action did not stop, and after digging half a foot of hard soil, a stone slab was revealed......