Jinyang City.

At present, it is the most populous and densely populated city in China, and it is also the capital of the Celestial Empire. At this moment, even at night, the streets are still brightly lit, full of traffic, and people come and go.

A city wants to develop, in Zhang Chao's view, it is not enough to rely on the daytime, so he issued a decree that Jinyang City does not have a curfew, and this alone makes the city very lively at night.

It is lively, but there must be rules, and there are many city guards patrolling the streets every night, and it is precisely because of their existence that the night market exists, and it is indeed orderly.

The city defense soldiers, speaking of which, do not belong to any legion, they belong to a separate formation, somewhat like the current garrison area and armed police, they directly belong to the management of the emperor Zhang Chao. During the period when Zhang Chao left the capital, it was managed by Lu Su, the overall situation of internal affairs.

Each city has its own city defense troops, the number of which is determined according to the size of the city, but for example, the city defense soldiers of Jinyang City are indeed not small, with 30,000 people, to deal with any emergency.

The commander of the city defense army of Jinyang City is the general Bian Xi, who was also a fierce general, and the time he followed Zhang Chao also belonged to the very early group, and later through the investigation, he believed that this person was loyal and commendable, so he agreed to such a position.

Bian Xi himself has indeed lived up to Zhang Chao's high expectations, since he took over this position from the hands of the rebel general Song Xian, he has been conscientious and has done a good job, and now he is also the number one person in the Celestial Empire, and even his reputation is not much different from that of the average deputy commander.

After learning about the situation of the Jinyang City Defense Army, Chen Deng and Yang Feng gave up the idea of persuading Bian Xi. Not for anything else, just because this person's position is high enough, far from what they can give, even so, the persuasion work is too difficult, and even if you don't get it right, you will expose yourself.

couldn't do anything about Bian Xi's body, so Chen Deng and the others set their sights on the other generals of the city defense army. After all, there are only 2,000 of them, and if they don't have internal response, I'm afraid it will be very difficult to do anything.

As his gaze shifted downward, Liang Qi's name became the focus of attention.

The name Liang Qi may be known very little, but his brother Liang Xing is indeed a household name. He was the deputy commander of the Second Army Corps, and died in the battle with the Rus' State, and his achievements are known as national heroes.

After Zhang Chao's class returned to Jinyang City, Liang Qi also received special care because of his late brother and became the commander of the first division of the city defense army.

Liang Qi himself has no real ability, and his current position is entirely because the emperor compensated him after his brother's death, which is a fact that everyone can see, but he himself does not see it this way.

Maybe everyone has self-centered ideas, in Liang Qi's opinion, he is not inferior to his brother, and even he is stronger, all he lacks is a suitable opportunity. As long as he is given enough military power, he can also become a deputy commander, and even a captain is not impossible.

It is precisely because of this idea that he has not been very satisfied with his current life, even if he was directly promoted from a regiment commander to the current position of commander of the first division, he is still a little unpainstaking, and his inner thoughts and desires are not satisfied.

People are afraid that they will not have ideas, and once they have other thoughts, their hearts may change. Chen Deng and Yang Feng saw that Liang Qi was an ambitious person, so they decided to find this person.

Before coming, Zhuge Liang gave a lot of gold and silver treasures, in order to make it more convenient for the two of them to act, borrowing these things, Yang Feng and Liang Qi soon became one, the two ate and drank together every day, and all the expenses were taken by Yang Feng.

And all this, in Liang Qi's eyes, is indeed normal, he is a division commander of the city defense army, Yang Feng said to the outside world that he is just a businessman, and he will ask for himself, so what is it to spend some money on him?

But all that changed one night.

That night, when Liang Qi was off duty, as usual, Yang Feng appeared in his mansion again and invited him to go on the boat on the moat to eat and drink.

This is not the first time, Liang Qi has long been used to it, and immediately readily agreed. But after getting on the boat, what happened really scared him a lot.

After getting on the flower boat, Liang Qi thought that there must be many women waiting for him, which was also a habit in the past, but this time, the silence on the flower boat seemed to be replaced by strangers.

Liang Qi still had a certain degree of vigilance, he sensed that something was wrong, and when he entered the boat, he didn't sit down, but gave the two personal soldiers he brought with him a look to make them more vigilant, and then he said to Yang Feng, who was still smiling: "Mr. Yang, what do you mean by this?" ”

"Hehe, General Liang doesn't need to panic, it's just because someone wants to see the general, hehe, General Chen, you can show up." With the kind smile on his face, Yang Feng said to the inner cabin in the middle of the ship.

As the voice fell, a big man walked out of the inner cabin, nearly seven feet tall, burly and majestic.

The person who came was Chen Deng, the general of Xishu in the sequence.

As soon as Chen Deng appeared, Liang Qi felt the pressure doubled, after all, the figure of the person who came was too majestic, but with his identity and level, he couldn't recognize the identity of the person.

It's just that he didn't recognize his identity, but there was a sentence he heard very clearly, the person who came was called a general by Yang Feng, could it be said that this person was also a soldier of the Celestial Empire?

"Where does this benevolent brother work, look at the eyes." didn't know the identity of the person who came, so Liang Qi asked cautiously.

"Hehe, General Liang, I, Chen Deng, am now working in the Western Shu Kingdom, and I am in the position of a partial general." Chen Deng said very generously, and admitted his true identity as soon as he opened his mouth.

Suddenly hearing that the person who came turned out to be the general of the Xishu Kingdom, Liang Qi's face changed, and he wanted to draw his sword under habit, but before he could make a move, around the cabin, more than a dozen young men with swords had already appeared, and as soon as they appeared, they surrounded Liang Qi and the three of them.

Seeing that the situation was not in his favor, Liang Qi was very smart and did not draw his sword immediately, but glared at Yang Feng angrily and asked, "Mr. Yang, what do you mean by this?" ”

"Hehe, you don't know Mr. Yang yet, you don't really think he's just a businessman, right? To tell you the truth, he is also very powerful, he is Yang Feng, a fierce general under the Southern Barbarian King Meng Shu, and he is also an enemy of your Celestial Empire. Seeing that Liang Qi still wanted to ask for help from Yang Feng, Chen Deng immediately laughed and exposed the truth of everything.

This sentence undoubtedly thundered at the top of the five thunders, and immediately shocked Liang Qi's heart, and then his eyes immediately asked, until he saw Yang Feng nodding happily, and then he knew that everything was true.

Thinking that there were two enemy generals of Xishu in front of him, Liang Qi thought to himself that he was afraid that there would be more and less luck today, so he immediately pulled out the sword on his body with a tiger face, "Okay, you originally wanted to kill me, even so, do it, but once there is movement here and attracts the attention of outsiders, you don't want to run." ”

At this time, Liang Qi still wanted to scare people with fake tigers, which caused Chen Deng and Yang Feng to laugh.

If Liang Qi is really a man, what he should do now is to directly start his work hard, and then shout to attract attention, instead of pretending to be calm here to scare people. And even if he didn't do it at the first time, it means that this person is still a little afraid of death in his heart.

"Hehe, General Liang, who said we were going to do something to you. To be honest, through these days of contact, I really regard the general as a hero, and I want to be friends with you, but I just don't know what the general means? Yang Feng still said with a smile on his face.

They came to Liang Qi because they wanted to move him into the gang, not because they just wanted to kill people. Having said that, what is the benefit of killing Liang Qi in the overall situation?

"Be friends? What do you mean exactly? "At this moment, Liang Qi couldn't figure out what the person meant? They can kill themselves by taking advantage of the large number of people, but why bother to chat with themselves with a pleasant face? Could it be that it was really because his personality was too charismatic to conquer them?

Just when Liang Qi was still in YY, Yang Feng spoke again: "These days when I have been in contact with Brother Liang, I feel that you are a person with great ambitions, and how can a hero like you only succumb to a small city defense division commander?" I think you are qualified to be a legion commander. However, there are too many capable people in the Celestial Empire, and I really don't know when the general will be able to get ahead if this continues. ”

"It's... This..."Yang Feng's words are exactly where Liang Qi's internal entanglement lies. He felt that he had some ability, but because there were too many people with ability, he couldn't do anything. And if this goes on for a long time, I am afraid that his future will be limited to a division commander, and even his brother Liang Xing's position as deputy commander will not be able to catch up.

Liang Qi looked like he didn't know what to answer, which made Yang Feng feel that the time was ripe, and then he said: "Brother Liang, now that the matter is now, I am not afraid to tell you the truth, do you know how your brother General Liang Xing died?" ”

"Didn't my brother die in the war with the Rus' country?" Speaking of this topic, Liang Qi was even more confused.

"Wrong. As far as our investigation is concerned, it is simply that General Liang Xing fought bravely, and his achievements have threatened some army commanders, and in desperation, they are jealous and jealous of their ability to design and assassinate themselves. If there had been reinforcements, General Liang Xing would not have died on the battlefield. Yang Feng sighed as he spoke, as if he was sincerely regretting something.