Chapter 13: Gambling with Life
Just an hour later, the villain Zhao Jingzhong appeared.
In fact, the pig-headed Zhang Ying came to Yamen so early because he received news from the palace that Zhao Jingzhong, the governor of Dongchang, was coming, and Zhang Ying of course had to wait obediently in advance.
Zhao Jingzhong's intention was to designate the three Lu Jianxing brothers to go after and kill Wei Zhongxian, as long as they are dead, not alive.
Shen Lian had doubts in his heart and asked Zhao Jingzhong: "Dare to ask my father-in-law, why did you choose us for such an important task?" ”
Zhao Jingzhong smiled contemptuously: "Look at the virtue you have become so virtuous, you must not be a eunuch!" ”
It's hard to hear, but it's true.
You must know how majestic Jinyiwei is outside, in the minds of ordinary people, and even most low-level officials, they are all afraid of it, even if they are bullied and humiliated by Jinyiwei, they dare not resist at all.
The three brothers are all general banners, and in the area under their jurisdiction, if they have a little bit of blackness, they will not be able to live in poverty to this extent, and a few hundred taels of silver can stump them.
However, this also proves that they are all people with justice, principles and integrity, and they are not willing to go along with some people on weekdays.
Because of this, Tang Feng was also willing to help them, even if it wasn't for the sake of the system task, he couldn't bear to watch them end in tragedy.
After Zhao Jingzhong left, Lu Jianxing and the three of them were discussing how to hurry up so that they could catch up with Wei Zhongxian in Fucheng County tonight.
Tang Feng walked over and was about to speak to them, but the pig-headed Zhang Ying shouted in a strange voice at the door of the lobby: "Tang Feng, that is an important task assigned by Zhao Gonggong to the three of them, so don't mix it up." What's the matter, at this time, you still want to grab credit? ”
Zhang Ying said this for two reasons, first of all, if the task assigned by the commander of Dongchang can be completed, the credit will definitely be not small, at this moment, he is not the only one who is jealous and red-eyed.
Secondly, Zhang Ying knew that Tang Feng, this kid, was extremely treacherous and had a ghost idea, if he got involved, the few hidden piles he planted in Lu Jianxing's team would probably not have any effect.
That's why he shouted out the phrase 'grabbing merit' in public, just to sow discord and make Lu Jianxing and the three of them reject Tang Feng.
Tang Feng turned his head, glanced at Zhang Ying with a sneer, and then said to Lu Jianxing, "This is not the place to talk. ”
Lu Jianxing understood, nodded, and led them to the lounge in the backyard of the yamen.
After closing the doors and windows, the four of them didn't care about sitting down, so Tang Feng asked in a low voice: "Did Zhao Jingzhong ask you to hunt down Wei Zhongxian, and still say that it was the emperor's will?" ”
Lu Jianxing's expressions changed, and Shen Lian couldn't help asking, "Brother Tang, how do you know?" ”
This is the emperor's secret decree, it is said that even Zhang Ying and Zhang Baihu can't know the specific details, and the entire operation is completely in charge of Lu Jianxing.
"Because there's someone above me!"
Tang Feng pointed to the sky and lowered his voice: "Zhao Jingzhong is pretending to pass on the holy decree. ”
"How dare he do that?"
Shen Lian frowned, and first questioned: "The false transmission of the holy decree is to punish the nine clans." ”
"Because if he doesn't, he'll die!"
Tang Feng sneered: "Actually, he is also a eunuch, as Wei Zhongxian's righteous son, he is an important chess piece that Wei Zhongxian planted beside the emperor in advance, this secret, only a few people in the world know." ”
"Zhao Jingzhong turned out to be Wei Zhongxian's righteous son......"
Lu Jianxing and the three of them all looked frightened, and Jin Yichuan almost exclaimed in shock, but he still covered his mouth quite vigilantly.
They are all smart people, and after a little thought, they will understand, Wei Zhongxian fell, but Zhao Jingzhong was deeply trusted by the emperor, sat on the throne of power as the governor of Dongchang, and stepped onto the pinnacle of life.
In order to save his life, in order to protect his powerful position, Zhao Jingzhong will never allow secret exposure, the best way is to get rid of Wei Zhongxian in advance, and he must not be allowed to appear in front of the emperor alive.
Such an astonishing news, regardless of whether they would believe it immediately or not, Tang Feng said again: "Only dead people can keep secrets, Wei Zhongxian is dead, what Zhao Jingzhong should do next is to kill you." This shouldn't be hard to think of, right? ”
Of course, it's not difficult, as a brocade guard, this kind of thing has been seen too much, and there is no need for unnecessary explanations.
The three of them all had solemn expressions, and even a little pale, and they all took into account: If what Tang Feng said is true, even if we don't kill Wei Zhongxian, Zhao Jingzhong will not be able to let us go.
Zhao Jingzhong, as the commander of Dongchang, can find a reason and use some means to make the three ant-like Jinyi Wei General Banners disappear.
To put it bluntly, when Zhao Jingzhong came to the door, it was already a disaster, and if he did it, he would die, and if he didn't do it, he would die.
Horizontal and vertical are dead!
"Believe me?"
Tang Feng suddenly asked in a deep voice.
Shen Lian and Jin Yichuan looked up at him, their expressions were not only hesitant, but also quite complicated, they didn't dare to believe it, but they didn't want to believe it, and it was difficult to accept this thunderbolt for a while.
"I believe in you!"
Lu Jianxing's eyes narrowed, and his gaze immediately changed from a short trance to firmness: "At least in this matter, I really can't think of any reason for Brother Tang to harm us." ”
Whoever is involved in this kind of disaster is unlucky! If others know even a little bit of the inside story, they will avoid it, and who dares to stretch their necks and take the initiative to reach the knife edge.
Tang Feng smiled at Lu Jianxing and nodded, and then said to them: "Actually, you don't have to be too pessimistic, as the saying goes, wealth and wealth are sought in danger, and it is not necessary to survive in a desperate place, and the other side of the crisis often hides a great opportunity." ”
"Brother Tang, what do you say?"
Lu Jianxing's expression moved, blurted out a question, and then reacted again, and hurriedly bowed: "I also hope that Brother Tang will take a righteous action to help my brother survive this catastrophe, and the three of us will definitely remember it." ”
Shen Lian and Jin Yichuan also bowed, Jin Yichuan looked stupid and cute, anyway, what the eldest brother did, he would do it, and Shen Lian, there was still some messy things in his eyes.
Shen Lian, as the number one male, is of course not bad-hearted, and he feels quite a city, but Tang Feng thinks that this guy is not smart when he should be smart, and in fact, he is doing stupid things, Lu Jianxing and Jin Yichuan's deaths, even if he can't be completely blamed, he should also bear a lot of responsibility.
In the original movie, he hugged Jin Yichuan's body and cried: "The second brother is wrong, the second brother regrets it!" ”
It also means that he has repented, at least, there are major mistakes in the way he handles things, and he can even be said to be a little selfish.
Involved in this monstrous disaster, any little detail is enough to decide the life and death of the three people, he let Wei Zhongxian go and collected a few hundred taels of gold black money, although the situation was urgent at the time, there was no time to think about it, but why couldn't he tell the eldest brother and the third brother as soon as possible afterwards?
Due to various reasons of his own, or he was clever, he actually concealed this secret, and missed the critical opportunity for the three of them to save themselves.
But having said that, Tang Feng has no prejudice against Shen Lian, after all, he can't predict all the plots in advance from God's perspective like himself, and besides, they are just small characters and small people struggling at the bottom of politics, they have no culture, they don't have much knowledge, and many things are not so thoughtful, so there is no need to blame too much.
So next, Tang Feng just said to them: "Since you believe me, then do as I say, the four of us, fight together." It's done, get ahead, lose, head hits, that's all. How about it, do you dare to gamble your life with me? ”
The three brothers glanced at each other, and Lu Jianxing then expressed his position, but still said: "Brother Tang has nothing to do with this matter, you dare to bet, why don't we dare." And we had no other choice. ”
Tang Feng nodded silently and looked at them: Yes, in fact, you have no choice.
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