"Yang Zhen, he went to Beicheng?" Liu Yingji looked at Guo Rong, and his brows couldn't help frowning. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

At this moment, there is also Pan Pingfeng, the official of the government sitting next to him, who came to report to Governor Liu about the specific situation of going to Huayan Temple to see Yang Zhen before he went to report.

Liu Yingji had just learned from Pan Tongzhi that Yang Zhen had not refused the invitation, and it seemed that he wanted to be close to them, but now that he heard that the other party then went to Beicheng, he naturally muttered in his heart.

Guo Rong nodded and confirmed again: "Exactly, it is the scouts under Xia Guan who are staring at the Beicheng he is going to, and he will never be wrong." Moreover, he deliberately talked about the mutiny, which should be investigating something. ”

"Huh? Does he know how to go to Beicheng to check? Who gave him the hint? At this time, Liu Yingji's heart became even tighter: "Who is in contact with him?" Have you ever taken someone down? At this time, his tone had a hint of calmness.

Guo Rong nodded hurriedly and said, "The person has been brought back." We also asked him, and he only said that he didn't say anything. ”

Although he said it briefly, Liu Yingji knew that his subordinate must have used some means on that person, so he was not afraid that he would not confess truthfully. After pondering for a while, he continued: "It seems that this Yang Zhen is not so easy to buy, Pan Tongzhi, this matter is going to be entrusted to you, and this person must be pulled to our side." ”

"Xia Guan understands. Since he received the 100,000 taels of silver, he must not be an enemy of us. Pan Baofeng nodded hurriedly.

"Then you go, tomorrow's banquet will be grander, see what he likes, don't be stingy." After sending Pan Pingfeng away, Liu Yingji said to Guo Rong again: "It seems that Lord Qincha is really attentive to this errand." I didn't say anything about it on the bright side, but I even thought of using the trick of secret visits, and we underestimated his ability before. ”

"Hmph, fortunately, Xia Guan was prepared, otherwise he might have been taken advantage of. My lord, do we need to give a certain amount of response, otherwise the lower officials will be more and more passive. Looking at his various practices today, it is clear that he is going to oppose us to the end. Guo Rong put forward his own suggestion.

As soon as his voice fell, he saw Liu Yingji shaking his head very seriously: "No, you must not do anything unfavorable to Zhong Yu because of your recklessness." That only makes us more passive. Although the Xinxian incident before was not done by us, it has caused us to make a commotion, and I must not let the same thing happen again! Do you understand? ”

"Yes!" Seeing that Liu Yingji was serious, Guo Rong still responded solemnly even though he was a little disapproving. But after being silent for a moment, he still couldn't help but say, "My lord, you mentioned before that there is a way to make Zhong Yu change his mind, what kind of way is this?" ”

"Well, you'll find out in two days." In this regard, Liu Yingji sold it again, and smiled very mysteriously: "But that Jinyi Wei Qianhu Yang Zhen, your people still have to keep an eye on it, this person is not a good stubble, you must be cautious." ”

"Yes!" Guo Rong was full of questions, but since Lord Futai refused to say it directly, he had no choice but to hold the doubts in his heart and just wait for things to happen.

After that, Yang Zhen was still wandering around Datong City during the day as he was yesterday, to see if he could find any useful clues. It's a pity that this kind of thing is about luck and fate, so until dusk, there is still nothing.

Seeing that it was approaching the time for Pan Pingfeng to make an appointment for him to go to the banquet, Yang Zhen took Cai Yingyang and Hu Ge who came out together and transferred to the Victory Building in the city.

This victory building can be regarded as one of the best restaurants in Datong City, in this era when the general buildings are only two or three floors, it is as high as five floors, and it has a great sense of standing out from the crowd in the surrounding large bungalows.

Although it was dinner time, there was no such noise as other restaurants in the building, and it seemed a little quiet, as if this was not a restaurant at all. Yang Zhen nodded slightly when he saw it, just this point, so that the style of this winning building is far higher than other restaurants, only this kind of lofty style can attract those pretentious guests to come here to eat.

Seeing Yang Zhen and the three of them swaggering into the building, Xiao Er, who was standing inside to greet the guests, rushed up with a smile: "A few guests are invited, I don't know if you can book a private room?" ”

Yang Zhen swept his eyes and found that the lobby of this restaurant was not full of tables and chairs like other restaurants at all, but there were some calligraphy and painting screens and other things very elegantly, no wonder there was no movement here. And then look at both sides, I found that there are already a few private rooms, presumably the whole restaurant should be arranged in this way, there is no lobby, only private rooms.

Just as he wanted to explain his intention, a person had already stepped down from the stairs, and when he saw Yang Zhen, a smile suddenly appeared on his face: "Lord Yang came on time, please go up with the officials." "But it's Pan Jianfeng.

Xiao Er obviously recognized this Master Pan, and when he heard that Yang Zhen was the honored guest he invited, the smile on his face became a little more flattering: "Don't blame the adult, the villain is clumsy, I can't recognize your old man, little ......."

Yang Zhen smiled faintly: "You did the right thing, what do I have to blame you?" As he spoke, he walked up the stairs. Pan Baofeng turned sideways at the top of the stairs, then made his debut, and then followed behind Yang Zhen with half a body behind, and whispered: "My lord, our Tianzi room is on the top floor." ”

Yang Zhen nodded slightly, and then stepped upward. To be honest, since coming to the Ming Dynasty, Yang Zhen doesn't remember whether he has climbed a higher building than this victory building, and there is no higher restaurant in Beijing. So when he went upstairs, Yang Zhen couldn't help but sigh.

When Pan Pingfeng heard this, a look of pride suddenly appeared on his face: "It's not that the lower officials are boasting, except for some Buddhist temple towers, there are indeed not many high-rise buildings that can compare with our victorious building." Especially the restaurant, perhaps only the legendary Fan Tower in Bianliang, Tokyo in the Song Dynasty is taller than this. ”

"Oh? What does it mean that this restaurant is built so high? Yang Zhen looked at the outside of the half-open window rather strangely.

"In fact, this also has a lot to do with our Datong situation. Because he was on the border, he would be invaded by the Mongol Tatars at any time, so in addition to the watchtower at the city wall, the government thought of rebuilding this high-rise building to look at the enemy. However, because there is not always a war, this building is empty and it is a waste, so it was bought by the owner of this victorious building, which is used as a restaurant in peacetime and a watchtower in wartime. Pan explained patiently.

Yang Zhen nodded clearly, this may also be regarded as a regional feature. While speaking, several people had come to the top floor, Yang Zhen took a look, but found that there was only one private room on the top floor, in other words, this entire floor was where they drank and feasted.

Because this place is spacious enough, the banquet seats are set up according to the antique single-seat system, in addition to the seats in a circle, there are also several women kneeling in the surrounding corners, holding various musical instruments such as the pipa.

In addition, on the wall behind the seat, there are many calligraphy and painting works, although Yang Zhen does not have much appreciation for this, but it must not be ordinary.

Hearing someone coming up, several men in brocade clothes who were watching in front of the calligraphy and painting while whispering something turned around one after another. Seeing Yang Zhen's standing position, several of them knew the identity of the comer, and suddenly their faces showed a friendly or flattering smile, and then they came forward, bowed and saluted: "I've seen Yang Qianhu." ”

Yang Zhen bowed his hand to them slightly, which was regarded as a return of courtesy, and then asked, "How many are you?" When he asked this, he was looking at Pan Pinfeng.

Since Pan Tongzhi was the host of this banquet, and the guests were all invited by him, he naturally had to introduce a few guests to Yang Zhen. Pan Pingfeng hurriedly stepped forward with a smile and stretched out his hand to introduce a few men to Yang Zhen, these are all leading figures in Datong City, one is Li Chang, a salt merchant, one is Chang Jie, who is in charge of freight transportation in Datong City, and the other three are officials in the government.

After meeting them again, Yang Zhen sat down separately with them. Since he was invited by Pan Pingfeng, he naturally sat on the upper seat, and the others sat on the high ground according to their status, so that Yang Zhen was a little puzzled that Li Chang actually sat higher than the other three officials.

You must know that the status of merchants in the Ming Dynasty has never been high, let alone sitting higher than officials, even if it is an extremely rare thing to sit on an equal footing, even if it is now in the Wanli period, it is impossible to break the rules of how many years have been so easily. But everything in front of him was formed very naturally, not only the other businessman, but also several officials, who seemed to be accustomed to this seat.

With the host and guests all seated, the banquet naturally began. Deshenglou quickly brought up the prepared wine and food like flowing water, the wine was a good wine, and the dishes were even better, and the portions were full. This is an extremely happy thing for Cai Yingyang, who is sitting at the bottom, and if it were not for the constant bursts of music around him, he would feel even more happy.

However, it was impossible for Yang Zhen to eat and drink as freely as he did, because he had to deal with the constant toasts of several accompanying guests, and he had to say a few polite words to them. After half an hour, he didn't drink less, but he didn't eat much food at all, which made one of his faces a little red at the moment.

Seeing that the wine had passed for several times, and the polite greetings were almost over, Pan Pingfeng raised his wine glass and said meaningfully: "Come, the lower official will toast a thousand households again." Before, the lower officials' respect for thousands of households only came from your and my fellow villagers. But today, Xia Guan heard about the deeds of Qianhu in the capital, and he really threw himself into the big man. People who dare to act like Lord Qianhu are afraid that there are few people in the Manchu Dynasty. With that, he drank all the wine in the glass and lit up the bottom of the glass.

When Yang Zhen saw his appearance, he knew that the other party was about to get into the topic, and he also mentioned it in his heart, so he immediately picked up the wine glass with a smile, only took a sip, and waited for Pan Pingfeng to continue.