Chapter 177: Say goodbye to the lockdown
readx;? The emperor did things really thunderous, like a storm and clouds, it only took a few days to exterminate the southwest Louzong that had dominated for many years, and it was in vain that the countless gold and silver mountains that Louzong had worked hard to accumulate, and the value of these insatiable treasures was even more valuable than the fourteen cities in the southwest, but now they were all loaded into hundreds of carts by Lan Shixun and transported back to Jinling City, thinking that all of them should have been filled into the treasury. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Lan Shixun not only brought 30,000 holy domain iron troops, but also brought a holy decree of the emperor, looking at the fourteen cities in the southwest, except for Fang Chengtian who assisted Lu Yifan in fighting against Lou Zong, and then retained his official position of sealing the city, the others were all dismissed by the emperor's order, and after this battle, the southwest land can be described as a big blood change, and Pang He, the first to follow Lu Yifan's loyal lockdown general, was also rewarded to replace Yang Ling's position, and before the injury healed, he went to the West Imperial City to take office immediately, and he was recognized by the emperor, which can be regarded as a great wish in Pang He's life。
And because Wenyang City was destroyed, the emperor specially named Xie Yun as the nominal Marquis of Wenyang, and he didn't have to take office to govern a city personally, but he could enjoy the city lord's salary and treatment every year. Originally, this was a very good thing, but Xie Yun took the initiative to refuse, through all kinds of past events, he had already seen the struggle and sinister in the government and the opposition, so compared to being subject to the court, he was more willing to follow his great benefactor to wander the world and be a free warrior.
And Xie Yun's great benefactor is naturally Lu Yifan, who tried his best and even almost paid the price of his life, and insisted on avenging his Wenyang City and the Xie family. Xie Yun used to be an unruly son of a family, and today Xie Yun is a wandering wanderer who has seen through life and death, he has lived until now It can be said that he has experienced great sorrows and joys, and has experienced great wealth and nobility has also suffered great disasters, after losing his lover, relatives and hometown, Xie Yun seems to have died of ashes, the only thing that remains unchanged may only be his nature of refusing to yield to reality in his bones, and the undefeated dignity of distinguishing grievances and grievances as a man.
Now that the revenge has been avenged, Xie Yun is even more careless, although he still has Xie Feng, his own brother who doesn't know where he is, but Xie Feng took Su Yingying from him after all, the woman he loves the most, so even if they meet again, the former brothers are afraid that they will not be enemies, and it will be difficult to relive the old relationship, and they will just die to be a stranger. Therefore, Xie Yun, who had already become alone, took a gun and fell down in front of Lu Yifan the day after the end of Louzong's incident, and was willing to use the rest of his life to follow Lu Yifan in order to repay Lu Yifan's great kindness to Wenyang City and the Xie family. And Lu Yifan, as he said before, will regard Xie Yun as a brother in the future, with blessings and hardships, and he will never abandon his brother in this life.
As the biggest protagonist in this farce, the closure of Louzong is undoubtedly a self-inflicted consequence, and the so-called injustice will kill itself, which is being fulfilled on the head of Louzong today. Lou Yi's death is actually both hateful and pathetic. And this sadness lies in the fact that Lou Yi died under Lan Shixun's arrow in the end, and the huge Lou Zong was also leveled by Lan Shixun himself. You must know that Lou Yi had already told the truth before he died, whether it was dealing with Lu Yifan, deliberately provoking the Xie family in Wenyang City, or even committing such a sinful and bloody thing as slaughtering the city, the person behind the scenes and the initiator were all Lan Shixun, but the funny thing is that Lou Zong also died in the hands of Lan Shixun in the end, which can't help but make people feel embarrassed. It was really Lan Shixun who sold him Lou Yi, and Lou Yi finally helped Lan Shixun count the money, which was sad and ridiculous, hateful and lamentable, but it was also helpless!
As for why Lan Shixun was willing to kill Lou Zong, who was doing things for him, was he really ordered by the emperor and did not dare to disobey, or was there some other ulterior conspiracy?
These are unknown, after all, Lan Shixun himself didn't say this kind of thing, Lou Yi was already dead without proof, and everything naturally came to an imperfect end.
All in all, Lou Yi's death, although Lou Zong was destroyed, although he died well, but there was also some wrong, what was wronged was not that Lou Zong should not be destroyed, but the most wronged thing was that Lou Zong was destroyed in the end, and it was unknown if he finally became someone else's substitute for the ghost, and Lou Yi, who had always thought that he was manipulating the overall situation, even at the last moment of his death, failed to reflect the truth that he was actually just a pawn of others.
died in such an unknown way, how can the world not scold and talk about it, and say with a wry smile that it is really fucking unjust?
It is worth mentioning that since the flower face worship was mentioned in Wanhualou, Lu Yifan has never seen Qi Shan again, and he has never heard anything about Qi Shan's killers, although Lu Yifan still wants to ask Qi Shan more, such as whether the mysterious master who stunned Wen Yang Warrior and hanged Lou Zheng outside the city at that time was Qi Shan's person or something, but in the end, it was over because of Qi Shan's mystery.
And Lan Shixun didn't have a good impression of Lu Yifan and others, so he didn't stay much in the southwest, and after dealing with the remnants of Louzong and explaining the will of the emperor, he led the troops to leave the city on the seventh day after the Huamian Dynasty sacrifice, and Lu Yifan and the others naturally had no opinion on this.
Lan Shixun came and went quickly. But in the short seven days that he came and went, the southwest has undergone earth-shaking changes.
In the past, Louzong has now become a wisp of smoke after all, and today the southwest has opened a new look.
The day after Lan Shixun left, the matter of the closure of the Louzong was completely over, and Lu Yifan and his party were ready to leave the lockdown, so they gathered in the main hall of the Hou Mansion with Fang Chengtian and others early this morning to say goodbye to each other.
In the main hall, Fang Chengtian had already sat back on the city lord's throne, Fang Qingyun stood beside him with a smile, while Lu Yifan and the others were sitting on both sides of the hall, Yin Xi and a group of Wenyang warriors stood behind Lu Yifan in an orderly manner, and now they had habitually defined their identities as Lu Yifan's escorts. Today, the sun is shining outside, the fragrance of tea in the hall is overflowing, and the scene is also peaceful and quiet that has not appeared for a long time.
"Hehe, this cup of tea Fang respects you, if Lou Zong didn't have your chivalrous help, I'm afraid that now I have to live in dire straits when I lock down the city!" Fang Chengtian smiled and picked up the teacup and saluted Lu Yifan and a few people, after Lou Zong was destroyed, Fang Chengtian's power returned, how could he not feel happy in his heart?
"City Lord Fang doesn't have to be polite!" Lu Yifan said with a light smile, "This time, among the fourteen cities in the southwest, only City Lord Fang has not been punished by the emperor, and I hope that in the future, City Lord Fang can do his duty to benefit the people of the closed city, don't be greedy for enjoyment like before, and neglect government affairs!"
"That's nature! That's nature!" Fang Chengtian smiled rather embarrassedly, "After this battle, I already know the divine power of His Majesty the Emperor, it turns out that His Majesty the Emperor not only pays attention to me, the southwest land, but also knows everything about our every move, thinking that the other thirteen city lords in the southwest, the crimes that His Majesty the Emperor has committed over the years are actually counted one by one, and each one is clear, Fang Mou is really embarrassed!" Now that he is fortunate to have the help of Lu Gongzi, Fang Mou has been able to preserve his position today, how dare he make any more mistakes in the future? Fang Mou is now sincere and fearful of the emperor and the people who are locked down in the city!"
"Hmph! City Lord Fang is really the same as when he first saw you, he is as clever as a spring and can speak well!" Han Ling'er picked up the teacup and took a sip casually, and said in a rather disdainful tone.
"Actually, is there any minister in the world who is not like this?" Lu Yifan said with a smile, "If you are like Ling'er, what do you say, so open-mouthed and don't know how to back down, I'm afraid that His Majesty the Emperor will not be at ease to hand over the people of this city to you!"
"What Lu Gongzi said is extremely true!" Fang Chengtian was not angry, still with a smile on his face, "It's just that I heard that Lu Gongzi is leaving the lockdown city, why don't you stay for a few more days, so that Fang can fulfill the friendship of the landlord?"
"No, we have received the wish of the Fang City Lord, but now that the matter of Lou Zong has been resolved, we still have some other things to do, so we won't stay any longer!" Lu Yifan arched his hand and said, "If there is a chance in the future, we will come to the city to bother again!"
"If there is a chance in the future, it should be Fang Mou who will personally go to Jinling City to visit all the young ladies of the sons!haha......" The flattery in Fang Chengtian's words was self-evident, thinking that he should want to leave a good impression in front of Lu Yifan and Han Ling'er, so that they could say a few good words in front of Lu Haoqian and Han Xiao in the future, so that Fang Chengtian could be prosperous in the future.
"Hehe, Fang Chengtian City Lord, I have already brought someone to demolish your Baicui Garden for you last night, that place is too easy for you to indulge in pleasure, and it is either a dancing singer or a delicious food and wine, which is not conducive to your future handling of government affairs!
Hearing Liu Sandao's words, Fang Chengtian's face changed slightly, in fact, he had already guessed some when there was a ping-pong smashing sound in Baicui Garden last night, but when he and Fang Qingyun took people to see it, they were blocked by Yin Xi holding a knife at the door and couldn't get in.
Although he was annoyed in his heart, Fang Chengtian still forced a smile and said: "It's good to dismantle it, if it wasn't for Brother Liu's action, I would have planned to demolish it in the future! How can I blame Brother Liu for this matter? It's too late for me to thank Brother Liu." Haha......"
Looking at Fang Chengtian, who was smiling with grief in his eyes, Lu Yifan and the others couldn't help but glance at each other, and there was a wry smile in their eyes. In fact, Liu Sandao's angry demolition of Baicui Garden was not because he was troubled, but because he was instructed by Lu Yifan, what kind of goods Fang Chengtian and his son were, Lu Yifan knew very well in his heart that although the emperor thought that they had merit and did not condemn themselves this time, this does not mean that they will definitely be able to reform themselves in the future and govern the city well, and the demolition of Fang Chengtian's heart treasure Baicui Garden is also a small lesson that Lu Yifan gave Fang Chengtian's father and son to be greedy for pleasure.
"Come on, prepare a first-class banquet! I will set up a banquet for Lu Gongzi and a few people to see them off at noon today!" Fang Chengtian changed his words and commanded loudly to his subordinates.
"It seems that Fang Chengtian can't wait to bombard, let's leave quickly!" Mu Dan said to Lu Yifan with a smile and in a low voice.
"That...... Hehe, if Lu Gongzi doesn't have anything else to do, Fang Mou will take someone down to prepare first!" Fang Chengtian obviously thought about his Baicui Garden, and he didn't want to stay here for a moment.
"Oh, City Lord Fang, go get busy!" Lu Yifan smiled and waved his hand. Then Fang Chengtian took Fang Qingyun, who also had an ugly face, and left the main hall quickly and disappeared outside the gate.
"Haha......"
Seeing Fang Chengtian and Fang Qingyun's angry but unable to have a seizure, Liu Sandao, Xie Yun, and Han Ling'er couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Now that Ji Yuan's injuries have not fully recovered, there is nothing serious, only some external injuries need to be slowly nourished, he sat next to Lu Yifan, looked at Lu Yifan with a smile, and asked softly: "Yifan, did you really let Liu Sandao go to demolish his Baicui Garden? Then they still have to be mad?"
"This father and son have never done anything good before, they are either looking for women everywhere every day or drinking and enjoying themselves, that Baicui Garden is their gentle township, and it will be a hundred after it is demolished!" Han Ling'er said angrily.
"Ling'er, maybe you are too prejudiced against Chengtian's father and son, after all, they helped our ......"
"Who needs their help, without them, we can deal with Lou Zong!" Han Ling'er said unconvinced, causing Lu Yifan to only smile bitterly, he finally got Han Ling'er to forgive him for knocking her out in Wanhua Building, and now he doesn't want to provoke this unruly eldest lady anymore.
"But this time, we all became the pawns of the emperor, but I didn't know it, it's really ...... to think about it" Xie Yun was halfway through his words, and only a wry smile was left at the end.
"We have already seen one or two of the methods of the Emperor as early as the Holy Soul Academy!At that time, in order to deal with Qiu Qiong, the dean of the White Tiger Academy, Dean Qiu Ming also planned a series of actions, and at that time, we were also calculated in it and became their pawns, so this is the second time we have been the pawns of the Emperor!" Ji Yuan said with a smile.
"Eat a trench and grow a wisdom, next time you want us to be chess pieces, it will definitely not be so easy!" Lu Yifan said faintly.
"That's true! If you want to do it, be the one who plays chess and control the overall situation!" Liu Sandao laughed loudly.
"Anyway, we here today are true friends, and we are absolutely honest with each other, so that our confidants and friends can see the truth in adversity, and I, Lu Yifan, are worth it even if I am a chess piece! haha......"
"Not bad!"
At this point, Lu Yifan and the others laughed in unison, and the relationship between the several people seemed to be much closer for a while.
"Lu Gongzi!" Just when a few people were talking and laughing in the hall, a guard from the Hou Mansion hurriedly ran in, and he was still holding a letter in his hand, "Lu Gongzi, this is a letter that a person outside the mansion asked me to hand over to you, saying that it must be handed over to you in person!"
"Who is the messenger and where is it now?"
"I don't know who it is, but in broad daylight she covers her face with a hat, but she must be a young woman when she hears the voice!" said the guard, "but she gave me the letter and left, without leaving her name!"
"Got it, you go down!" Xie Yun nodded and said, then he set his eyes on the letter without any signature, "Yifan, open it and take a look!"
Lu Yifan hesitated for a moment, then opened the letter, and when he opened the letter, there was only a limerick poem with a deep meaning on the paper.
"Jinling is full of wind and clouds, and the three princes and kings are hesitating with each other. If the fame of the thief is there, what does it matter if the thief shouts to catch the thief? The heavens and the earth are mighty, and millions of unjust souls are crying and breaking their bowels. Thinking of the son's former benevolence, I hope to be on guard in the future. ”
"It's ......"
"Smack!"
Before Lu Yifan's doubtful voice could speak, Xie Yun, who was sitting on the side, couldn't help but drop the teacup in his hand to the ground, and his face was even more complicated in an instant, Xie Yun's strong reaction made Lu Yifan and the others feel surprised.
"Xie Yun, what's wrong with you?" Mu Dan asked softly.
But Xie Yun didn't answer Mu Dan's words, at this moment, his trembling eyes were just blindly staring at the letter in Lu Yifan's hand, and the corners of his eyes didn't know when two lines of tears had fallen.
"It's ...... Yingying's handwriting ......"
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