Chapter Seventy-Six: Counterattack
Cui Liang got up from the stool angrily, intending to leave.
Wang Jingbo, the patriarch of the Langya Wang clan, hurriedly grabbed him and said with a smile: "Brother Chengyu, why is it like this, everyone didn't say anything against it just now." ”
Calming Cui Liang in his seat, Wang Jingbo looked at the others and said: "Brother Cheng Yu is right, our Langya Wang family has withered over the years, and if no one comes out again, I am afraid that our thousand-year-old family will decline." But it's nothing, since Your Majesty has made up his mind to suppress our gate valve family, it is only a matter of time before it falls, and no one of us can escape. If you still want to maintain your own position, I don't think it's worth it to desperately hold on to a pile of dead things. Without the backing of the DPRK and China, this little bit will run out one day. As long as our status is there, we are not afraid that what we sent out will not be able to be returned. I hope you will think about this joint. ”
"I'll give two thousand loads of grain," Wang Boqiao said weakly, and the grain had already made him feel painful.
"I will pay 3,000 quintals" and "Our Wei family will also pay 3,000 quintals"...... Everyone chimed in.
Wang Jingbo sneered and said, "After talking about it for a long time, you still can't let go of those dead things!" To tell you the truth, each of your families will contribute at least 50,000 loads of grain and 100,000 yuan. Without this number, His Majesty will let you fight his idea? ”
After a pause, Wang Jingbo sneered: "Do you think Your Majesty doesn't know the reason for the death of Princess Jin?" Can you collude with the Guanlong nobles, can you hide it from Your Majesty? Don't forget that Your Majesty is the current Crown Prince who abolished two sisters-in-law. With His Majesty's friendship for Empress Changsun, do you think he will let go of the people who beat the idea of Prince Chengqian and King Wei?! ”
Wang Jingbo's words made the other four people silent.
Cui Liang stood up at this time, patted his robe, turned his head to Wang Jingbo and said, "I didn't expect Brother Ziping to have such knowledge, but Cui Mou was blindsided." ”
Wang Jingbo smiled bitterly and said: "It's not that my family is without talents, it's just that they can see it too clearly, so no one wants to be out." I, the patriarch, have nothing to do. ”
After speaking, Wang Jingbo arched his hand and said, "That's all I said, Wang Mou retired first." ”
This time, it was Cui Liang who pulled him and said, "Brother Ziping walks slowly, there is something to discuss." ”
Wang Jingbo smiled bitterly: "What else can I say, if it weren't for the decline of our Langya Wang family, what would it matter if these belongings were from our family." Alas, what can I say now! If everyone has a plan, my Langya Wang family is willing to give 30,000 loads of grain and 200,000 yuan to participate in the grand event. ”
After saying that, he flicked the sleeves of his robe and turned around and went out.
Cui Liang glanced at the other four people, smiled wryly and shook his head. said: "Urging a certain incompetent, I think we should disperse." ”
As he spoke, he flicked the sleeves of his robe and turned to leave.
At this time, Wei Quanzhong, the patriarch of the Wei clan, hurriedly stood up and pulled him and said, "Brother Chengyu has something to say, something to say. ”
He thought for a while and stomped his feet and said, "Fifty thousand loads of grain, one hundred thousand yuan of our Jingzhao Weishi out!" ”
After he said this, the other three people were also willing to give this number. Cui Liang glanced at them, his eyes flashed, and said, "Since that's the case, we'll make up our minds!" ”
Wang Jingbo went out and immediately got into his carriage and hurried away. When he returned home, Wang Jingbo instructed the chief housekeeper Wang Hong to prepare food and copper coins, and if he received his own instructions, he would immediately hand over his belongings to the comer.
After the instructions, he repaired another letter and handed it to Wang Hong to send it to the Cui family, and told Wang Hong that if someone asked, he would say that he had something important to go south to Suzhou.
Here, Zhou Wenlong quickly received an order, asking him to prepare quickly and take advantage of the chaos to burn down the Changping warehouse in Dingzhou and the grain depot of the rear army.
Seeing Zhang Wenyi pretending to be a peasant woman in her thirties, Chen Juan was so shocked that she couldn't even close her mouth. She really couldn't imagine that the beautiful princess could turn herself into a bloated peasant woman with a mediocre appearance, and when the princess dragged her out of the house with a group of farmers delivering vegetables from under the noses of the guards, Chen Juan had not yet recovered from the shock.
Walking down the street, the two of them were no different from ordinary peasant women who went to the city to do business, and the two of them walked through the streets and alleys with baskets on their shoulders, attracting no one's attention at all.
Although no one could notice them, Zhang Wenyi stared at Zhou Wenlong, who entered the city to investigate. Although Zhou Wenlong has been an old scout in the army for many years and has rich experience in reconnaissance, how can he be an opponent of an old spy who has been trained by a modern spy department and is extremely proficient in reconnaissance and tracking.
Zhang Wenyi effortlessly took Chen Juan all the way to Zhou Wenlong's lair, and she also pretended to be a passer-by to ask that this manor was the property of the Boling Cui family, and by the way, she also learned that the Cui family had recently chartered the Wanhao Inn in Dingzhou City.
After the two found Wanhao Inn, they returned to Zhang's mansion. Zhang Wenyi took Chen Juan over the wall into the back garden, looking at the crown princess's vigorous skills, Chen Juan felt that her three views had been completely subverted.
found a relatively hidden hut, Zhang Wenyi and the two dodged into the house.
After entering the house, Chen Juan almost couldn't believe that there was a hole here, the things she bought back were all placed here by the crown princess, in addition to a full set of toiletries, it seems that the crown princess has already made sufficient preparations. Zhang Wenyi fetched water inside to wash off the makeup made of flour, revealing the true faces of the two people. He changed his dress again, returned to the garden, and then returned to his own courtyard in the back house.
When removing makeup, Zhang Wenyi drew a sketch with her hand, and on the way, Zhang Wenyi handed the sketch to Chen Juan and told her.
The two of them arrived at the door of the small courtyard and found that the backyard was already chaotic at this time, and people were looking for the princess everywhere. Li Zhi saw Zhang Wenyi, who pretended not to know what was happening, and dragged her back to the room in a rage.
Under Zhang Wenyi's hint, Chen Juan quietly walked to the courtyard and handed the picture to Ja Jie, who had been serving as a guard by Li Zhi's side.
Ja Jie read the note and asked Chen Juan, "Where did this thing come from?" ”
Chen Juan pretended not to know, and said: "Just now the slave family and the crown princess were walking in the garden, and the crown princess accidentally fell asleep, and then I accidentally fell asleep, and I woke up." The crown princess and the slave family couldn't understand it, so they hurried back to let the prince see it before making a decision. ”
Ja Jie frowned and was puzzled, seeing that Li Zhi had not come out for a long time. He ordered the guards behind him to guard the small courtyard, and hurried to the front yard to discuss with Cheng Chubi.
Li Zhi grabbed Zhang Wenyi and dragged her back to the room, and said angrily: "Don't you know that someone is targeting you? Why don't you go out and say hello? Do you know that we are about to go through the whole of Dingzhou? ”
This was the first time Li Zhi was angry with her, Zhang Wenyi timidly gently pulled Li Zhi's sleeve, and said cautiously: "I'm sorry, it was the concubine who made His Highness worried." ”
Seeing Zhang Wenyi's such carelessness, Li Zhi's anger slowly subsided. Hearing that Zhang Wenyi was still asleep in the garden just now, Li Zhi showed a suspicious look. He sent someone to search the garden in the back, but he didn't see anyone.
But in the end, he still chose to believe Zhang Wenyi's words, he thought that maybe the officers and soldiers searching were careless and missed something, and it happened to be where Zhang Wenyi slept.
Seeing that Li Zhi gradually calmed down, Zhang Wenyi slowly approached him, hugged Li Zhi's waist flatteringly and said, "The concubine is just a little bored, and she doesn't dare to disturb His Highness." If you don't think about it, it will make Your Highness worried, and the concubines won't go anywhere in the future, Your Highness won't be angry, okay? ”
Listening to Zhang Wenyi's soft words, the tip of his nose smelled her exhaling like an orchid again, and Li Zhi, who was not happy yesterday, felt it again.
He picked up Zhang Wenyi rudely and said, "No, I want to settle accounts with you!" ”……
Although Zhang Wenyi agreed to it, she deliberately wanted to meet Li Zhi's needs. It's a pity that her body is really not angry, and she unconsciously fell asleep again.
When she woke up again, she dragged her tired body and got dressed and walked outside, realizing that it was already dark.
Chen Juan waited outside the door and saw that the crown princess had woken up, so she walked into the house and told Prince Zhang Wenyi that she might not come back tonight.
Zhang Wenyi lowered his head and thought for a while, and asked, "What's going on outside?" ”
Chen Juan hesitated for a moment and said, "General Abu seems to have taken people out of the city, General Cheng went to the grain depot, and the prince took people to the Assassin's Mansion." ”
After listening to Chen Juan's introduction, Zhang Wenyi breathed a sigh of relief, although she didn't know what Li Zhi was doing with him to the Assassin's Mansion. But Li Zhi has already made arrangements for the whole thing, so he really won't be able to come back for a while.
Zhang Wenyi beckoned Chen Juan to go back to the bedroom with her, and found two sets of clothes from the box, one for Cheng Juan to change into, and the other for her to change into herself. Chen Juan didn't know what to do with the two shirts given to her by the crown princess, and the scholar princess wore them well. Under the leadership of Zhang Wenyi, the two climbed over the wall and walked out of the small courtyard, sneaking all the way to the cottage in the back garden.
After leaving the house, Chen Juan discovered the benefits of this set of clothes, a little farther away, this clothes can integrate people into the surrounding scenery, and it is easier to hide her tracks than the night clothes she originally used.
After entering the hut, Chen Juan watched Zhang Wenyi skillfully weigh the things she bought back on a small scale, and then mixed them together. Pour some more liquid into two separate jars. She asked Chen Juan to hold one, and she held one herself.
The two climbed over the wall again and walked out of Zhang's house and went straight to Wanhao Inn.
Along a big tree growing next to the wall, Zhang Wenyi and Chen Juan successfully climbed into the Wanhao Inn. Avoiding the guards outside, Chen Juan followed Zhang Wenyi to the kitchen on the first floor of the inn.
watched Zhang Wenyi lay the two jars one flat, and the other hung in the air with a rope, and lit a piece of incense on the smouldering fire, and then broke into a short incense stick of less than two inches and inserted it on the rope. Finally, pour the mixed powder into a flat jar.
After doing all this, Zhang Wenyi took Chen Juan and quickly exited Wanhao Inn the same way.
Not long after they returned to their small courtyard, they felt that the sky suddenly brightened, and there was a loud noise from the direction of Wanhao Inn, and Chen Juan was so frightened by this loud noise that she almost sat on the ground.