Chapter 2 The House of Assassins
The ship entered Chuzhou City from the water gate, Liu Yanzhen was already waiting on the dock, Liu Zheng took the lead, and led Yang Lian, Lin Renzhao and others to get off the boat. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Yang Lian hurriedly glanced around, martial law was already under martial law around the wharf, and he couldn't see a few people, and he didn't know how the people of Chuzhou City were doing?
"Hehe, Yang Jiedu, let's meet again." Liu Yanzhen greeted first and bowed slightly to Yang Lian.
Yang Lian returned the salute and said with a smile: "Liu Tingshi, this is our fate." ”
"Fate, fate!" Liu Yanzhen waved her hand and said, "Yang Jiedu, please go back to the house first!" ”
"Well, Ben will be ordered to come here to help the people, if it is still early today, Ben will want to see the situation of the victims." Yang Lian said.
Liu Yanzhen's expression froze, he naturally knew that Yang Lian had seen the victims outside the city, but soon Liu Yanzhen found a reason and said: "Yang Jiedu, now that the victims in Chuzhou City have been controlled, the people have something to eat, and the general will also distribute rice and grain in the city to help the victims, and no one will starve to death." ”
"However, there are many victims outside the city." Yang Lian said.
"Alas!" Liu Yanzhen sighed and said: "There are indeed many victims outside the city, but most of these victims were brought from Xuzhou, these people are unknown, and it is very likely that they are secret agents of the Han people, so the general blocked the city gate and did not let them enter the city, so as not to cause trouble." ”
Yang Lian nodded and said, "What Liu Tingshi said is right, now in the midst of chaos, you should be cautious, if these victims enter the city, it will naturally be difficult to manage." ”
Seeing that Yang Lian agreed with his words, Liu Yanzhen hurriedly smiled and said, "Yang Jiedu, don't mention these victims. Yang Jiedu came all the way, and the wind and dust were served, and the general had already set up a banquet to wash the dust for Yang Jiedu. ”
"Okay, Liu Tingshi has a heart!" Yang Lian smiled and glanced at Chen Tie with deep meaning.
"Yang Jiedu, please!" Liu Yanzhen said.
Yang Lian took Lin Renzhao and several personal soldiers on the horse and rushed towards the Assassin's Mansion, while Chen Tie stayed behind to protect Fu Jinzhan and Zhang Qili and others. Along the way, Yang Lian found that there were no people on the street, and countless soldiers were under martial law, which seemed very dull.
Liu Yanzhen was by Yang Lian's side and did not tell the truth. In fact, the disaster situation in Chuzhou was actually very serious, and because Liu Yanzhen seized the fertile land in Chuzhou by various means, many people lacked land, and after the disaster, it was even more miserable. Liu Yanzhen will not open a warehouse to release grain, because at this time, it is the time for him to salvage a sum of money. He immediately raised the price of grain ten times in several rice grain stores in the city, and for a time Chuzhou was expensive in Luoyang. In order to survive, many people sold everything in their homes, just to live for a few days.
But how long can we eat the limited food? After selling the valuable things in the family, the people can only sell their sons and daughters to barely survive. But even so, the people of Chuzhou City are still hungry and hungry. But after the flood, the wild animals in the forest were drowned, and most of the wild vegetables were washed away, and the people who had no money had to dig up the bark of the trees to survive.
Under such circumstances, Liu Yanzhen naturally didn't want Yang Lian to find out anything, and now that he knew the purpose of Yang Lian's visit this time, he would naturally find a way to eliminate this scourge.
Liu Yanzhen has something in her heart, so naturally she won't tell Yang Lian, and Yang Lian is also thinking about how to deal with Liu Yanzhen in her heart. It is obviously unrealistic to simply capture Liu Yanzhen, after all, Liu Yanzhen is a military general with high vigilance, and Yang Lian is not sure that he will hit with one blow. Besides, Liu Yanzhen has been operating in Chuzhou for many years, even if he takes Liu Yanzhen, his subordinates will definitely not give up.
Both of them had their own minds and didn't say much along the way. After a stick of incense, he arrived at the Thorn Mansion. Liu Yanzhen laughed, jumped off the war horse, and said, "Yang Jiedu, please!" ”
"Liu Tingshi, please!" Yang Lian said, and the two entered the Thorn History Mansion one after the other. Everyone behind him also went in, and Lin Renzhao looked around very vigilantly, but he also knew that if Liu Yanzhen ambushed the soldiers in the Assassin's Mansion, the few people he brought would have no effect at all.
Liu Yanzhen led everyone into the hall, sat down with the guests, Liu Yanzhen smiled, and said: "Yang Jiedu, I didn't expect the world to be so small, you and I were only separated for a month, and we met again." ”
Yang Lian smiled and said, "Thanks to Liu Tingshi's blessing, this Chuzhou is also Yang Lian's blessed land." ”
"Haha, when Yang Jiedu came last year, he was just a commander. Now that he comes again, he is already a dignified festival envoy, which is really enviable. Liu Yanzhen said with a smile.
Yang Lian took a sip of tea and exchanged a few words with Liu Yanzhen, and then asked about the disaster in Chuzhou.
Liu Yanzhen nodded, and introduced Yang Lian, in his mouth, the people of Chuzhou are not in a big problem, and Haizhou, because it is close to the hills of Shandong, relatively far away from the Huai River, and there is no canal, so the situation is a little better. At present, the county governments of Haichu and Haichu Prefecture have opened warehouses to release grain, and the disaster situation has been brought under control to a certain extent. As for the victims outside the city, most of them were Han Chinese. Liu Yanzhen felt that the Han people were people from enemy countries, so naturally there was no need for relief.
Yang Lian didn't agree with this, but he didn't say it explicitly, just nodded. The people of the Tang Dynasty are people, and the people of the Han people are also people, not to mention that they are not aliens, but dignified descendants of Yan and Huang. Of course, there may be spies from the Han Kingdom, but Yang Lian is not worried, if you want to talk about spies, the most likely is from Xuzhou, after all, the two places are the closest. But where is the relationship between Yang Lian and Fu Yanqing, as long as Yang Lian grows in strength rapidly, I believe that with Fu Yanqing's wit, he knows how to choose.
Listening to Liu Yanzhen talk about the situation in Haichu and Chu Prefectures, Yang Lian just nodded most of the time and did not express too many opinions, at this time, you need to understand the situation first and then make a decision.
Liu Yanzhen was a little surprised by Yang Lian's attitude, and after finishing the matter, Liu Yanzhen smiled and said: "Yang Jiedu, last time I wanted to tell the old man to return to his hometown, and asked you to help, I don't know how things are?" ”
"Liu Tingshi, Originally, Your Majesty had agreed, but due to the sudden floods in Haichu and Haichu Prefectures, Your Majesty meant that the disaster was controlled first and the people were appeased, and it was not too late for Liu Tingshi to tell the old man to return to his hometown." Yang Lian said.
Liu Yanzhen nodded, breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "It's so good, don't hide it from Yang Jiedu, you see that the white hair on Ben Jiang's temples has grown in the past few years." ”
Yang Lian stood up, arched his hand towards Liu Yanzhen, and said with a smile: "Liu Tingshi has worked hard for the country, which is really respectable. ”
Liu Yanzhen was taken aback, now Yang Lian's official position is bigger than him, and he is even more of a minister, so he hurriedly stood up, returned the salute, and said: "Yang Jiedu is like this, it is really a great frustration for the general." ”
"Liu Tingshi can stand this gift!" Yang Lian said with a smile.
Liu Yanzhen pursed her lips, looked like she suddenly realized, and said, "In this way, that thing is true." ”
"What's the matter?" Yang Lian couldn't help but be stunned.
Liu Yanzhen smiled and said, "I heard that Your Majesty plans to marry Princess Huairou to Yang Jiedu, but now it seems that this thing is true." ”
Yang Lian arched his hand and said: "Liu Tingshi is well-informed, and this matter is also true, for this reason, Ben Jiang also had some conflicts with King Nayan." ”
Liu Yanzhen's eyes flashed, Yang Lian actually had a conflict with the King of Yan? This made Liu Yanzhen hesitate a little, how much of King Yan's letter was fake? Although Liu Yanzhen has been in Chuzhou for many years, he knows how the power in Jinling is distributed. Everyone knows that King Yan has formed a party with Sun Sheng, Han Xizai and others. And he Liu Yanzhen has a bad relationship with Feng Yansi, Feng Yanlu and others, and he was able to be the assassin of Shanghai and Chu at the beginning, and he also got it by befriending Feng Yansi.
In other words, Liu Yanzhen is Feng Yansi's party, even if Feng Yansi has now fallen and is no longer the prime minister. But after all, Feng Yansi is trusted by His Majesty, and no one can say when he will make a comeback. Liu Yanzhen faintly felt that this was a set given to him by King Yan. Although Yang Lian has an average relationship with Feng Yansi, since Yang Lian can marry Princess Huairou, the daughter of King Qi, it proves that Yang Lian has a good relationship with King Qi. And King Qi had a good relationship with Feng Yansi, Song Qiqiu and others.
Around the bush, Yang Lian and Liu Yanzhen are one party, so after listening to Yang Lian's words, Liu Yanzhen suddenly felt that this was very likely to be a ploy of King Yan, he wanted to kill people with a knife, and he borrowed Liu Yanzhen's knife to kill Yang Lian.
Liu Yanzhen naturally wouldn't be so stupid, so he secretly made a decision in his heart, wait and see.
How did Yang Lian know what Liu Yanzhen was thinking, seeing that he was deep in thought, he drank tea on the side, and was also thinking about things. At the beginning, it was the attention of Prime Minister Sun Sheng to arrest Liu Yanzhen, and the Son of Heaven agreed, but the order given to Yang Lian was that if the situation was true and the disaster in Haichu and Chu Prefectures was indeed caused by Liu Yanzhen, then Yang Lian would arrest Liu Yanzhen and send him back to Jinling for punishment.
However, if Yang Lian convicts Liu Yanzhen, he will not get any benefits, which is also the reason why Yang Lian hesitates, Liu Yanzhen must have made a mistake, and Yang Lian also wants to arrest him, but the purpose of arresting him is to win greater benefits.
When the two of them were pregnant with ghosts, Liu Zheng hurriedly walked over and said, "Uncle, the banquet is ready." ”
Liu Yanzhen came back to her senses, shook her head, thinking that she had been a little rude just now, and hurriedly said: "Yang Jiedu, please!" ”
Yang Lian was not a saint, so he smiled and said, "Liu Tingshi, please!" ”
The banquet was in the backyard, and there were seven or eight tables with food and wine on them. The reason why Liu Yanzhen chose to be in the courtyard was because the weather was too hot, and it was still the guest to sit down, Liu Yanzhen smiled and said: "Yang Jiedu, I will give you a cup, I wish Yang Jiedu to become an official and enter the knighthood, and hold the ****** as soon as possible." ”
The words are very vulgar, but as a man, it is nothing more than fame and fortune, and in addition to women, it is very realistic. Yang Lian picked up the wine bottle, smiled, and said, "I would like to thank Liu Tingshi for his kindness, do it!" As he spoke, he raised his head and drank all the wine.
"Good amount of alcohol!" Liu Yanzhen praised it, raised her head, and drank all the wine. Putting down the wine bottle, Liu Yanzhen applauded and said with a smile: "I will prepare some programs for Yang Jiedu, and I hope Yang Jiedu will accept it with a smile." ”
While speaking, several gorgeously dressed and graceful women slowly walked out, holding Xiao flutes in their hands, playing and dancing.
Liu Yanzhen applauded and said with a smile: "Yang Jiedu, this is the most famous person in Chuzhou City, I guess it won't stain Yang Jiedu's ears." ”
Yang Lian smiled faintly, knowing that Liu Yanzhen was the best, and forcibly gave him Fu Jinzhan at the beginning. Thinking about it, Yang Lian doesn't know if what Liu Yanzhen has done is a good thing. The posture of several dancers is in the upper middle range, and what is even better is the figure, which should be convex and convex. It seems that Liu Yanzhen's appreciation ability is not bad.
Yang Lian watched and applauded from time to time. The same is true for Lin Renzhao, he has always served Yang Lian as the master, so he will naturally cooperate with Yang Lian, applauding and applauding loudly from time to time.
Liu Zheng sat down, looking at Yang Lian and Lin Renzhao with some dissatisfaction, in his opinion, since these two people came to Chuzhou for an ulterior purpose, why did his uncle deal with them? Directly grabbed it and killed it with a knife.
After singing and dancing, several women retreated. Liu Yanzhen smiled and said, "Yang Jiedu, how is this song and dance?" Can you still enter the eyes of Yang Jiedu? ”
"The singing and dancing are good, and the people are one in a million. Liu Tingshi bothered. Yang Lian said.
"If Yang Jiedu likes it, he will be relieved." Liu Yanzhen said.
As soon as the words fell, Liu Zheng stood up, arched his hand towards Liu Yanzhen, and said: "Uncle, we are all generals in the army, according to my nephew, although these songs and dances are beautiful, it is inevitable that the rouge is too heavy, it is better to let my nephew play a piece of marksmanship to cheer up my uncle and Yang Jiedu." ”
Liu Yanzhen frowned, he naturally knew what his nephew's temperament was, and he just wanted to refuse, but Yang Lian opened his mouth here.
"I have long heard that General Liu is one of the top fierce generals in Chuzhou, and I also want to see how General Liu's marksmanship is?" Yang Lian said with a smile.
As soon as Yang Lian said this, Liu Yanzhen couldn't refuse, so she said: "In this case, Zheng'er, you have to put on a good show, don't lose your uncle's face!" As he spoke, he blinked and signaled Liu Zheng not to make trouble.
Where can Liu Zheng manage so much, since his uncle agreed, he will be happy, if he accidentally kills Yang Lian, will his uncle still blame him? Liu Zheng sneered in his heart, but said in his mouth: "Come on, get my spear!" ”
"Whoa!" When several guards heard this, they all shouted, and the two soldiers hurriedly ran away to get Liu Zheng's spear. Liu Yanzhen asked people to make room for Liu Zheng to have room to play.
After waiting for about a third of the time for the pillar of incense, two soldiers returned, holding Liu Zheng's spear in their hands. It was a gun longer than an ordinary spear, about half a foot long, and the gun was made of ash rods, and the tip of the gun was shining and very glaring.
Liu Zheng took the spear and danced twice in his hand, shook it, arched his hand at Yang Lian, and said with a smile: "I have long heard that Yang Jiedu is proficient in eighteen weapons, and today Liu Zheng will be ugly, and I also ask Yang Jiedu for advice." ”
Yang Lian said with a smile: "Don't dare, when it comes to marksmanship, I don't understand it at all, but I just know some three-legged cat kung fu, where do you dare to give me any advice?" ”
Liu Zheng withdrew his arm and said, "It's ugly!" "At the banquet, he played marksmanship. (To be continued.) )