This group of more than 100 officers and soldiers roared along the streets and went straight to the scene of the fight. Xu Liang ordered the carriage to be far behind, and followed him to see what was going on.

Close to the Quang Ninh coal yard, the entire coal yard has almost become a battlefield, and the two groups are fighting, cursing. Hundreds of hard-punched men were lying on the ground and chirping.

Xu Liang ordered the carriage to pull aside, and when he looked around, he saw Yan Qi hiding behind several good hands, nervously paying attention to the battle situation. In terms of the coal yard, although a large number of people have fallen, there are still more than a dozen particularly capable thugs who are fighting with the good hands brought by Yan Qi. Among them, there was one person, the ox was tall and powerful, and he was as strong as an ox, with his upper body bare, and he was holding a long bench in his hand, and he danced so vigorously that he often fell down the bench and the middle one immediately fell to the ground and screamed. I saw that this person was like a storm, leading more than a dozen coal yard thugs, and actually had a tie with Yan Qi's people who rushed forward. If it weren't for the fact that both sides took into account the social impact and didn't use weapons, otherwise, the strong man alone would have been able to bring great damage to Yan Qi's people.

Behind the strong man was a middle-aged man in a brown robe, with a cold face, indifferently watching the battle situation in the field.

The general who led the troops arrived with the officers and soldiers, and saw that the two groups of people were still fighting as if they had not seen the officers and soldiers coming. couldn't help but be angry, the long knife pointed at the field, and shouted angrily: "Stop it for General Ben!" Come on, fence it off! ”

The officers and soldiers replied loudly, and then stepped forward and surrounded the two sides of the fight in an arc.

Yan Qi saw that the officers and soldiers had arrived so quickly, so he raised his hand and stopped the men and horses. And the coal yard has also stopped one after another.

The general's bull's-eyed eyes glared viciously at the crowd. He rebuked loudly, "What are you doing here? This is the city of Beijing, at the feet of the Son of Heaven! It is a place where the law of kings is spoken. How can you wait to be presumptuous! As he spoke, he glared at the wooden sticks and other objects in the hands of the people. shouted: "Put down the murder weapon for General Ben, and follow General Ben to the Terracotta Division to explain clearly!" ”

Hearing the name of the Terracotta Division, Yan Qi's expression changed, and his eyes looked at the direction where Xu Liang's carriage was, with the meaning of asking for instructions, and his thugs also looked frightened.

On the other side of the coal yard, the strong man took a dozen people to protect the middle-aged man in the Confucian shirt, standing proudly, not taking the general's words seriously.

The general's words did not have the desired effect. couldn't help but be furious, pointing at the crowd and snorting coldly: "Yo ho! Are you still going to resist arrest?! As he spoke, the general sneered, and raised his right hand backwards: "Someone!" ”

"This general is so imposing!" At this moment, the middle-aged man in the Confucian shirt shouted coldly.

Everyone looked at the middle-aged man in shock. When the general heard this, he couldn't help but be angry, pointed at the middle-aged man, and shouted, "Who are you?" Dare to gather and fight! ”

The middle-aged man smiled awe-inspiringly, raised his head and said, "In Xia Zhu Thirteen." ”

The general snorted coldly: "What Zhu Thirteen." Zhu Fourteen's, a nobody, has never been heard of by this general. ”

The middle-aged man sneered and continued disappreciatively: "I'm nobody." What the general doesn't know is ordinary. However, the name of the Chengguo Mansion is probably heard of by most of the generals. ”

As soon as the middle-aged man said this, he said. The faces of the people brought by Yan Qi changed greatly, and cold sweat came down on Yan Qi's head. Constantly glancing in the direction of the carriage, signaling Xu Liang to take the opportunity to get out of this place quickly.

Xu Liang was also really taken aback in the carriage. Before coming. Xu Liang also thought that most of the Guangning coal yards had some background behind them, but he never thought that behind the coal yard was actually the Chengguo Mansion.

Chengguo Gong is the hereditary Duke of the Ming Dynasty, who has been favored by the emperor, since the first generation of Chengguo Gong Zhu can be counted, to today's Chengguo Duke Zhu Chunchen, the title of Chengguo Duke has been passed down for 12 generations.

When the general heard this, he trembled in shock, almost fell off the horse, raised his eyes and saw the mocking smile on Zhu Shisan's face, he couldn't help jumping off the horse in fear, looked at Zhu Shisan in horror, and respectfully arched his hand and said: "The last general has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, it turns out to be a person from the Chengguo Mansion." I don't know who this adult is from the Chengguo Mansion? ”

Zhu Shisan smiled smugly and said, "I am not talented, and I am the housekeeper of the Guogong Mansion." ”

The general's face was even more respectful, and he said with a look of fear: "It turned out to be Steward Zhu!" The last general is disrespectful. As he spoke, he looked at the situation in the coal yard, and then with a clear expression, he smiled flatteringly at Zhu Shisan: "Steward Zhu, what is this ...... today?" ”

Zhu Shisan glanced at Yan Qi, took in Yan Qi's anxious expression, smiled coldly, and said in an understated tone: "Let the general see it, this is the property of the Guogong Mansion, and there are some disputes with people in business, which are originally trivial matters, and I don't want to alarm the Soldiers and Horses." But I think of a little thing, and the Guogong Mansion can handle it, so I don't have to worry about the soldiers and horses. ”

The general is also a character who blinks his eyebrows, and when he heard this, he knew that Zhu Shisan didn't want the Soldiers and Horses Division to interfere in this matter, so he simply gave up his hand and said, "In this way, it is a lot of things for the general." Steward Zhu asks for convenience, if you need to use the place where the last general can be used, even if you send someone to report, the last general will be ready to be reprimanded at any time. ”

"Thank you, General." Zhu Shisanle said.

The general glanced at Yan Qi and the others with pity, waved his hand, took hundreds of officers and soldiers, and withdrew in formation, and disappeared at the end of the alley in a blink of an eye.

The development of things was beyond everyone's expectations, and when the officers and soldiers were all gone, the remaining people in the coal yard were invariably divided into two factions, and the people brought by Yan Qi were still fifty or sixty people, but they all shrank their heads in horror and quietly distanced themselves from the other side. These people brought by Yan Qi were all people from the vicinity of the capital, and they had a natural fear of the name of Chengguo Gong.

On the other hand, on Zhu Shisan's side, although there were only strong men in open clothes and more than a dozen subordinates, at this moment, it was like a big victory, arrogant, and glared at Yan Qi and the others menacingly.

Zhu Shisan's gaze casually glanced at Xu Liang's carriage, and Zhu Shisan's intention was not clear about the carriage that quietly appeared near the coal yard.

Immediately, he turned his gaze to Yan Qi and asked condescendingly, "This is the shopkeeper Yan, right?" Zhu has already reported to his home, Yan shopkeeper, do you think this fight will continue? ”

Facing Zhu Shisan's questioning, Yan Qi secretly complained to himself. The seizure of a Guangning coal yard actually provoked the head of Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo. This made Yan Qi, who had always been bold, helpless.

Yan Qi moved his lips and glanced in the direction of Xu Liang's carriage.

Zhu Shisan immediately understood. Striding forward, five or six steps away in front of the carriage, the strong man and a dozen of his subordinates also surrounded him, confronting the ten Tsing Yi guards guarding the carriage.

Seeing this, Yan Qi quickly ran to the carriage, arched his hand into the carriage and said, "My lord, this Guangning coal yard is the property of the Chengguo Mansion, and we can't afford to offend it." ”

Zhu Shisan squinted his eyes and looked inside the carriage, looking at the carriage through the curtain with a gaze like substance.

"It turns out that this one in the carriage is the main one. Zhu Shisan, the housekeeper of the Chengguo Mansion in Xiachengguo. I don't know who you are? ”

Xu Liang sighed in the carriage: "The seizure of a coal yard actually found the head of Cheng Guogong, this result is really surprising." Steward Zhu, since this coal yard is the property of Chengguo Gong, it will be meaningless to fight this fight again. Tomorrow night, I will be the east of the guest house, and I will have a banquet for Lord Zhu, the Duke of Chengguo, and ask Steward Zhu to bring a message. ”

When Zhu Shisan heard this, his face changed. snorted coldly: "My family is a hereditary prince, how can I see it if I want to!" Who is your Excellency, report your name! ”

"Tomorrow night, when Chengguo sees me, he will naturally know who I am."

As soon as the words fell. The strong man beside Zhu Shisan's eyes widened angrily and roared: "The rat who hides his head and tail! Wait for me to smash you out of the bench! ”

After that, the strong man roared. Raise the bench in your hand and bring a gust of wind. Slammed head-to-head towards the carriage door.

Seeing this, Yan Qi shouted: "No! ”

The Tsing Yi guards around the carriage shouted angrily: "Bold! The two Tsing Yi guards who were close drew their knives and blocked the strong man.

However, although the strong man is rough-looking. The figure did not look bulky, and between the lightning and flint, he actually dodged the Pu Dao of the two Tsing Yi guards, and the bench in his hand drew an arc of light, and he used it as a hood towards the carriage door!

Yan Qi screamed angrily and rushed over......

When Zhu 13 saw it, he was ready to close his eyes, not wanting to see the bloody picture of the car crashing and killing people next.

Suddenly, the strong man's figure was stunned, and the action of smashing the car door was instantly frozen, and then his body continued to tremble, and a peculiar smell of liquid flowed down the crotch to the ground, wetting the pool, but the strong man didn't dare to move, his face was full of sweat, and he was terrified.

Zhu Shisan's eyes froze, and he looked at this scene in shock: he saw that the strong man's bench was only an inch away from the carriage door, but he didn't dare to advance half a minute. In front of the strong man, a cold and shining Pu knife was horizontally on it, and the tip of the knife was next to the center of the strong man's eyebrows, trembling slightly.

Fast! It's so fast! Zhu Shisan exclaimed in his heart, when did this Pu knife appear, Zhu Shisan didn't see it clearly, only vaguely saw a flash of brilliance.

Xu Liang's voice came faintly from inside the carriage: "If you stop one step too late, your head will be cut in half!" ”

Immediately, Xu Liang took the knife back into the carriage, and suddenly threw something out of the carriage and fell into Zhu Shisan's hand, and a faint voice came out: "Steward Zhu, remember to bring words." Yan shopkeeper, withdraw. ”

The carriage left, and the shopkeeper Yan and his men followed. Zhu Shisan stood in place, stunned and looked at the gold medal in his hand.

Zhu Shisan looked at it for a long time before he raised his head and looked slightly thoughtfully in the direction where the carriage disappeared. At this time, more than a dozen subordinates were already busy helping the wounded, and the strong man moved to Zhu Shisan, looking frightened, looking at Zhu Shisan, with a frightened face, and howled: "Thirteenth Master, who is this person?" Kung Fu is also terrifying, it scares me to death! ”

The fight actually hit the head of Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, and Xu Liang was also extremely depressed. There is an unwritten rule in the court of the Ming Dynasty, it is better to provoke the elder than to provoke the prince. After hundreds of years of development, although the line of Chengguo Gong is not visible in the court, its potential invisible influence, especially in the military, should not be underestimated.

Iron battalions, flowing soldiers. The cabinet ministers still have a year, but Cheng Guogong is forever, as long as the Ming Dynasty does not fall, Cheng Guogong will not fall. Besides, this contemporary Chengguo Duke Zhu Chunchen, inherited the title in the thirty-ninth year of Wanli, and Chongzhen had just been crowned Taifu in early February of the third year.

Throwing out the gold medal given by Emperor Chongzhen, Xu Liang was also helpless. The status of the Duke of Cheng Guo is too high, if he does not move out of the face of the emperor, with Xu Liang's identity as a small Guanglu Siqing, he will definitely not move this grandfather.

All the way back to the Dongjiang Courtyard, Xu Liang entered the study sullenly. Wang Qinian heard that Xu Liang was back, so he rushed over from the Yamen of Guanglu Temple to inquire about the battle situation, but after asking the accompanying Tsing Yi Wei about the whole process of the battle, a pair of brows furrowed, and then went to Xu Liang's study, sat in front of Xu Liang, and looked at Xu Liang with a sad face.

"My lord, this is very difficult." Wang Qinian sighed.

"yes!" Xu Liang's expression was very helpless, and he slammed the table and scolded: "You said that Zhu Chunchen is a hereditary prince, with countless family assets, and he is rich enough to rival the country, and he has to be mixed into the honeycomb coal business when he is full?" ”

Wang Qinian said: "My lord, now is not the time to explore why Cheng Guogong wants to compete with us for business, but to think about such a thing, how to deal with the aftermath, so as not to offend this Guogong." ”

Xu Liang rubbed his forehead and sighed constantly: "It's difficult." There is a Quang Ninh coal yard in the capital, if it is not seized, then the declaration of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce to protect the patent rights of the firm will become an empty word! And once this example is opened, who will still believe the Chinese Entrepreneur Chamber of Commerce in the future? What is the credibility of the Chamber of Commerce? ”

Wang Qinian sighed with him.

Xu Liang said distressedly: "But if you insist on seizing the Guangning Coal Yard, although you can temporarily keep the reputation of the Chamber of Commerce, you will completely offend the Chengguo Mansion." The nobles in the capital have always been intricate, and they have offended the princes of Chengguo, which indirectly offended the nobles in the capital! This...... In the future, how will the Chinese Entrepreneur Association develop? How can I still open the door to do business? Alas, it's a headache to think about! ”

Wang Qinian pondered, and after a while, he raised his head, looked at Xu Liang fixedly, and arched his hand: "My lord, since the matter is now, since you can't be an enemy with the Chengguo Mansion, then you can only find a way to make friends with the Guogong Mansion." In this way, bad things become good things, and everyone rejoices. ”

Xu Liang's eyes lit up when he heard this, he took Wang Qinian's hand, and asked anxiously, "How can Qinian say this?" ”

Wang Qinian said: "The business of honeycomb coal has a large demand and thin profits, and it takes the route of large production and large sales. The lord's Xishan Coal Mine was originally run in partnership with Wang Langzhong, Yu Langzhong and Governor Sun, since this is the case, then you might as well pull the Chengguo Mansion in as a partner! Wouldn't it be nice for everyone to earn money and for everyone to be in trouble? ”

When Xu Liang heard this, he thought for a while, clapped his hands and smiled: "This plan is very good!" As he spoke, he instructed Wang Qinian: "Qinian, you give Wang Langzhong and Yu Langzhong a post, and say that I will invite the two of them to drink in Kelaiju tonight!" (To be continued.) )