Although Dongchang is very famous, there are not many people brought to Pingliang by the prince, although the methods of Dongchang Fanzi are vicious, but it is for the officials who commit crimes, and they are not good at some things, such as siege, such as conquest. Without the support of the Liang army, the prince was powerless to block any city gate.

The prince was angry, annoyed, and helpless. After the city gate collapsed, the resistance of the thieves on the city tower was not very strong, and the city gate was breached, and the thieves scattered and collapsed, and fled along the remaining three city gates.

The cavalry of the Liang army pursued out of the city.

Xu Liang entered the city, and the prince followed suit.

The Jingning Prefecture Government is still intact, and the plaque hanging in the mirror in the main hall is still bright. Several Dongchang fans carefully cleaned the desk, and the prince stood with his hands in his hands, looked at the blue sky and moon screen behind the desk, and sneered: "Isn't Lord Xu very proud?" Jingning City came effortlessly, like a thief with both hands? ”

Xu Liang said leisurely: "This official only looks at the result, not the process, today's result is that the Liang army regained Jingning City, as for how to recover it, presumably the saint will not care too much about it today." ”

"Lord Xu, don't forget, what the saint wants is Li Xinbei's head. And Li Xinbei was only afraid that he would flee Jingning City last night. ”

Xu Liang was silent for a long time, and said, "This official has ordered Wan Wenshan to lead the cavalry to pursue the defeated army." Besides, who is Li Xinbei? I don't know the officer. ”

Ignoring the old man behind him, Xu Liang paced out of the state office. The large-scale fighting in the city has disappeared, and a small group of thieves who will have time to expand and withdraw from the city are clashing with the Liang army searching in the city, and the sound of fighting is heard far and near. Several houses on fire were burning, and green smoke was rising into the air.

The newly recovered Jingning City is inevitably a little chaotic.

The chaos continued into the evening, and the captured thieves were all in custody. The fire in the burning houses had been extinguished, and the original residents of the city closed their doors and searched the city with frightened eyes behind them.

The four gates of Jingning City were closed, and the city tower was replaced with the banner of the Ming Dynasty, and Liang Jun climbed the city towers everywhere and announced that he had officially become the master of this small city.

It was late at night.

A team of Tsing Yi guards guarded a black carriage and quietly walked out of the north gate of Jingning City, after the carriage. The gates slammed shut, separating the inside and outside of the city into two worlds.

The carriage stopped a few miles outside the city by the river. Xu Liang got out of the carriage and walked towards a few people around the bonfire on the river beach, surrounded by Dai Yingying and the guards.

It seems to feel the arrival of Xu Liang and others. A few horses by the river neighed restlessly.

The woman beside the fire looked at Xu Liang and the others who were slowly approaching, her feelings were complicated, and the guards around her pressed their weapons and nervously protected her behind her.

"I thought you had fled to the depths of the mountains. I can't believe you'll dare to come back. Xu Liang stood more than ten steps away from the woman. He clasped his hands in front of his chest and said.

"Lord Xu, long time no see." The woman was Fourth Miss Li Ting, and she arched her hand with a complicated expression.

Xu Liang looked at the fire, and said regretfully: "Last time, when I invited the fourth lady out of the city for a talk, I prepared delicious wine and food, but you missed the appointment and didn't come. Xu came as promised tonight, but the fourth lady didn't even prepare a stool to sit on. The difference in hospitality sincerity is embarrassing. ”

The fourth lady smoothed the bun on her forehead that was blown by the river wind. chuckled: "I heard that Lord Xu personally led the army to come, and my Li family army gave up Jingning City, isn't this courtesy much heavier than Lord Xu's snack?" ”

Xu Liang smiled, the Shun lì of the battle of Jingning City was beyond Xu Liang's imagination, after the city gate was broken, the Liang army did not encounter any decent resistance when it entered the city, although most of the thieves withdrew the night before, but if there was no initiative of the main force Li Jiajun to evacuate, Jingning City would indeed not be able to be taken so easily.

Xu Liang knew that Miss Fourth was telling the truth, so he didn't want to dwell on this issue. After pondering for a while, I couldn't help asking, "Fourth Miss specially notified me to come here tonight, I don't know what to learn?" ”

"I don't dare to be a teacher, I just want to make a deal with Master Xu." The fourth lady said.

Xu Liang was stunned, the fourth miss said that the transaction, Xu Liang couldn't help but think of the battle of Maling last time, the fourth miss originally promised to release Feng Suqin to inform Xu Liang of the whereabouts of the sheepskin Diamond Sutra, but in the end, the fourth lady was half hidden and half hidden, and the whereabouts of the Diamond Sutra were said to be said, but it was not completely said, which made Xu Liang very unhappy.

Xu Liang flew up, kicked a fist-sized pebble on the river beach, fell into the shallow river water, and said vigilantly: "Xu is happy to make a deal with honest people." "The implication is that Miss Four, you are not honest enough.

The fourth lady guessed that Xu Liang's words meant something, and said curtly: "I don't understand what Lord Xu is talking about. Although we had a bit of an unpleasant quarrel with Lord Xu before, Miss Ben dared to guarantee that this time, Lord Xu would make a steady profit. ”

"Tell me about it." Xu Liang looked at the rushing river and said.

"I heard that the official army was dispatched in a big way this time, and the court also sent someone, that person is called Wang Tiqian?" The fourth lady stared at Xu Liang and asked in a deep voice.

Wang Tiqian is an old man in the previous dynasty, and it is rumored that he was the right-hand man of Gonggong Wei back then, and the fourth lady can know Wang Tiqian's name, Xu Liang was not surprised, so he nodded and said: "Wang Gonggong is the third head of Dongchang, with a high position and power, and he is trusted by the emperor." ”

"I want him dead!" The fourth lady hissed, her tone filled with endless hatred.

"Did he offend you?" Xu Liang asked, and then said to himself: "Well, the prince was ordered to suppress the bandits, and you do have a reason to kill him." But what does this have to do with me, the fourth lady wants him to die, so she sends someone to kill him. ”

The fourth lady was silent for a while, and sighed helplessly: "Wang Tiqian relied on the seller to seek glory, and gained Chongzhen's trust, and now he is the head of the East Factory, and there are groups of guards in and out, and the precautions are very strict, although my grandfather and I want to eat his flesh and drink his blood, but he can't." ”

"If Lord Xu can help us, after the matter is completed, our Li Jiajun will be grateful."

Xu Liang was startled, shook his head again and again, and said: "What are you kidding, the prince is the head of the Dongchang stall, I am a court official, and I am suspected of being a long-term official to murder the prince and fight against the entire Dongchang factory?" ”

"Humph!" The fourth lady sneered and sneered: "It's better to say than to sing, how did I hear that Lord Xu and this prince don't seem to get along very well?" ”

"Ahem, that's just that Xu and the prince have different philosophies and a slight difference." Xu Liang sneered.

"After the matter is completed, my Li family army will withdraw from the territory of Pingliang, and from now on, as long as Lord Xu is in Pingliang for a day, my Li family army will never step into Pingliang half a step." The fourth lady said in a deep voice.

"Huh." Xu Liang chuckled, his eyes focused on the river.

Hehe's meaning, naturally, the conditions mentioned by the fourth lady did not impress Xu Liang at all.

The fourth lady lowered her head and pondered for a while, then raised her head and said word by word: "What if you add the whereabouts of the last Diamond Sutra?" ”

Xu Liang withdrew his gaze from the river, met the fourth lady's gaze, and said with a smile: "Sounds good." It's just that you seem to have said the same thing last time, but as a result, you still hid something from me. He sighed and said, "The last time you put me together, counting me as inexperienced, and spending money to buy lessons, this time you put out these temptations again, so how can I believe you?" ”

"How are you going?" The fourth lady said.

Xu Liang frowned and thought for a while, and said, "Presumably, Fourth Miss, you also know that although my Liang Army is an official army in name, in fact, it has no support from the court, and life is very difficult. Let's take this expedition as an example, the food, grass, and military salaries, the people eat and the horses chew, and spend a lot of silver taels, every time I think of these, my heart is like a knife, and I can't sleep at night. Xu Liang said slowly, suddenly the peak of the words turned, and he looked at the fourth lady with burning eyes, and said, "I heard that when you captured these cities in Pingliang Mansion, you made a lot of money?" ”

The fourth lady frowned and looked at him for a long time, as if she knew him again, sighed lightly, and said, "How can a person like you get mixed up with the court officials?" You're an official, and now you're trying to blackmail our rebels! Say, how much? ”

"Twenty thousand taels of silver!" Xu Liang said.

"Why don't you grab it?!" The fourth lady exclaimed: "Twenty thousand taels of silver, enough for our Li Jiajun to eat in the first half of the year!" Wang Tiqian's life is cheap, how is it worth so much money! ”

"Actually, I don't think the prince is worth so much money." Xu Liang said, "However, without my cooperation, you can't kill Wang Tiqian." He spread out his palms with great regret and sighed: "Since the fourth lady thinks it's not cost-effective, then the deal is not benevolent, let's say goodbye, and there will be no time in the future." ”

With that, Xu Liang turned around and left, and the Tsing Yi guard guards behind him walked around behind him, looking at the fourth lady and the others vigilantly.

"Wait." The fourth lady shouted, she bit her lip and thought for a while, then nodded, "I promise you." After the deed is completed, 20,000 taels of silver will not be missing you. ”

Xu Liang chuckled and shook his head, "I'm going to collect the silver first." ”

"Don't go too far!" The fourth lady said angrily: "We just withdrew from Jingning City, and for a while, where are we going to get silver." ”

"That's your business." Xu Liang said, "I can't receive the money, I'm always worried that Miss Fourth is fooling me again." ”

There was silence behind him, and the fourth lady's breathing was faintly heard, and finally she said hatefully: "At this time tomorrow, you send someone to pick it up here." ”

Xu Liang nodded, raised his feet and left, suddenly stopped, turned around and asked curiously: "I'm very curious, why do you want the prince to die so urgently?" ”

"For a traitor, it is natural that he die as soon as possible!" The fourth lady said. (To be continued......)