On the third day after Tang Yin received Zheng Mingyang's flying pigeon message, a captain came to report to him, saying that a large amount of gold and silver had been found when inspecting the caravan passing through Tianguan, and that Tianguan was now in a state of semi-alert, and that the caravans and merchants leading through it should be strictly inspected for customs clearance.

Tang Yin felt funny after listening to the captain's report, since it was a caravan, how could there be anyone who didn't bring gold and silver, he asked casually: "How much is the large amount of gold and silver you are talking about?"

The captain swallowed, shook his head, and said, "I don't know. Then he added: "Too many, too many." ”

"Oh?" there is more gold and silver than I can count. It's pretty fresh. Tang Yin stood up, raised his head and said, "Take me to see it." ”

He led Tang Yin to the gate of Tianguan, where a caravan was parked at this time, and this caravan was composed of hundreds of cars, each of which was tied with more than a dozen large dilapidated boxes, which seemed to be just loaded with ordinary goods, no different from normal caravans, at best, it was a little larger, and there were more people pressing the car.

"My lord, please look!" The captain walked to a carriage and opened one of the boxes, under the reflection of the sun, the silver light inside was shining, Tang Yin jumped into the carriage, bowed his head, and randomly opened the box next to him, just like the one just now, this box was also full of silver ingots.

Hundreds of cars, thousands of boxes, if they were all filled with silver, how many? Tang Yin's repertoire looked at the end of the caravan and was secretly speechless. Seeing such a huge hunger for silver, it would definitely be a lie to say that Tang Yin was not moved, but he was not a bandit after all, if it was a normal caravan, he couldn't do anything.

Tang Yin got out of the car and jumped into the second carriage, the boxes reprinted in this car made Tang Yin even more greedy, more than a dozen boxes were full of gold ingots, not sure if they were real or fake, Tang Yin also deliberately picked up an ingot of gold and scratched it with his fingernails, leaving traces clearly visible, the gold is indeed really right.

Jumping out of the car, Tang Yin walked past the captain and said, "Get the person in charge of this caravan!"

"Yes, sir!" the captain intervened, and ran away.

Tang Yin wondered what kind of caravan it was and what was the purpose of bringing such a huge amount of gold and silver.

After a short time, the captain brought a large group of people from the interruption of the caravan, most of these people were spiritual cultivators, and there were also many people with advanced cultivation. Tang Yin didn't care, he didn't think anyone would be so bold as to dare to assassinate himself in Tianguan, you must know that there were 200,000 troops stationed here.

The leader of the group thought that he was a middle-aged man in his early forties, with ordinary clothes on his body, but his temperament was extraordinary, and he had the aura of a noble chef between his hands and feet.

Tang Yin felt that this person was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

He looked up and asked, "Your Excellency Fire Policeman is the leader of the caravan?"

"Yes!" The middle-aged man stepped forward with a smile, first gave a deep salute, and then asked, "The general is ......?"

"Tang Yin!" Tang Yin replied simply.

"Oh, it turned out to be Lord Tang!" Hearing Tang Yin's name, the middle-aged man suddenly showed a look of surprise, and his hanging heart seemed to fall, he gave a salute and said with a smile: "In Xia Fanju, I have seen Lord Tang!"

Tang Yin wondered if he had heard it wrong, this was the biggest merchant in the Wind Country

Fan Min's father, Fan Ju, he looked at the middle-aged man carefully, yes, no wonder he felt that he was very familiar, Fan Min and him did have imagination between their eyebrows. After being stunned for a moment, Tang Yin came back to his senses, hurriedly returned the salute to the middle-aged man, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be Fan Lao, it's really disrespectful!"

No matter how big Fan Ju's business is, the fact that he is Fan Min's father is enough to make Tang Yin feel more cordial.

"Hehe, Lord Tang is polite!"

"Fan Lao, this is ............"

"Lord Tang, I can't hide it, I fled from Wancheng to this place!"

Tang Yin paused for a moment, and then knew in his heart, no need to ask, the person chasing Fan Ju must be a subordinate sent by Zhong Tian. He didn't ask, his figure changed, and he smiled lightly: "Don't worry about Elder Fan, since you have arrived in Tianyuan County, I can guarantee that no one here will dare to touch you!"

Of course, Fan Ju also knows the relationship between his daughter and Tang Yin, although the two have not yet become married, they are already husband and wife, and Tang Yin is already half of his aunt. He smiled and followed Tang Yin into the city with peace of mind, as for the gold and silver he brought, Tang Yin arranged for a group of soldiers to help him take care of it.

Tang Yin let Fan Ju to his big tent and sat down as the guest of honor, this is, Qiu Zhen and others also rushed to hear the news, although Fan Ju is not a powerful person in the royal court, but he is a big businessman who is rich and rivals the country, and he is also a legend in the country of wind, and there is also a relationship with Tang Yin, everyone is polite to Fan Ju, and they are the first to give gifts.

After the greetings, Tang Yin first cut to the chase, and now he was most concerned about the news of Yancheng, he asked, "Fan Lao." What is the situation in Yancheng now?"

When Fan Ju heard this, he sighed, shook his head again and again, and said, "It's already a mess." ”

"Oh......"

"Zhong Tian's rebellion was premeditated, although I was aware of it, but I didn't have real evidence, and I didn't dare to make a public announcement, but I knew that if Zhong Tian rebelled, he would definitely try his best to restrain me, and use the financial resources of my Fan family to help him stabilize the overall situation, so I first let Xiao Min take refuge in Pingyuan County, and I myself secretly hid in Wancheng, but I didn't expect Zhong Tian to hear the wind and send someone to Pingyuan County to kidnap Xiao Min, if no adult came to the rescue, I am afraid that Xiao Min has already fallen into Zhong Tian's hands, I want to thank Lord Tang here!" While speaking, Fan Ju stood up, knelt down, and wanted to make a big salute.

Tang Yin hurriedly supported him, shook his head and said, "Fan Lao is polite, in fact, Xiao Min has also helped me a lot and made a lot of efforts, and I am very grateful in my heart." "This is the truth, the Besa items seized by Tang Yin in the early stage were all sold through Fan Min, without this way, no matter how much loot he plundered, it would be useless, and he could only accumulate it in his hands.

"Haha!" Fan Ju laughed, no matter how brutal Tang Yin was rumored to be in the outside world, he was very polite and humble to himself, which was enough to make Fan Ju leave a good impression on Tang Yin. He said: "Lord Tang does not ask for anything in return, this is admirable, no wonder the little girl would choose the adult!"

"Hehe!" Tang Yin smiled a little embarrassed.

Fan Ju continued: "Now the ministers of my royal court have been held hostage by Zhong Tian, especially the three ministers Liang Xing, Wu Yu, and Ziyang Haochun, they were controlled by Zhong Tian, resulting in the Liang family's ten corps, the dancer's six corps, and Ziyang's four corps with a total of 200,000 troops without a leader, all of which were originally under Zhong Tian's dispatch, in addition, the five corps that were originally controlled by the monarch have already been bought by Zhong Tian, and he has already taken the lead, plus the six corps that originally belonged to him, and the troops he now controls have exceeded 300,000. ”

After hearing this, everyone looked at each other, their faces were solemn, and no one answered.

Tang Yin frowned and asked, "What about the local armies in various places? As far as I know, there are as many as 200,000 local troops in various places. ”

"Alas!" Fan Ju sighed and said, "The Di Fan army was all made up temporarily

The rabble, with insufficient military posture, food and grass, is neither the opponent of the Central Army nor the opponent of the Ning Army, and has now been besieged outside Yancheng by the Chongtian and Ning Army. Zhong Tian has given a decree to the counties of each county. Ask if you are willing to be loyal to him, if you nod your head, if you shake your head, then the army sent by the county to reinforce Yancheng is afraid that no one will come back alive. “

Tang Yin nodded slowly, and couldn't help but look at Qiu Zhen,

No matter how Qiu Zhen thought about it at the beginning, anyway, he strongly advocated not sending troops to reinforce Yancheng for the time being, and now that he looks at it, this proposition is too correct, if he really leads the troops there, he will be surrounded by an army of seven or eight hundred thousand outside Yancheng City like other county soldiers.

Qiu Zhen didn't care about this, he asked, "Old Fan, the king...... Was it true that the monarch clan was all killed by Zhong Tian?"

"What's more?!" Fan Ju took a deep breath and said: "Since Zhong Tian established himself as the queen, he began to hunt and kill the surname Zhan all over the country, as long as the people surnamed Zhan were arrested, regardless of whether they were royal relatives or not, they would all be executed...... A very important part of the allegiance of the county guards to Zhong Tian is to see how many heads with the surname Zhan can be handed over, presumably it will not be long before Zhong Tian's will reach Lord Tang. ”

Everyone sighed, and sighed in their hearts: What a ruthless Zhong Tian!

However, when Qiu Zhen heard this, he faintly showed a hint of joy......

Fan Ju said quietly: "Since ancient times, people's hearts are unpredictable. Zhong Tian is the most trusted person in the king, although he is one of the four powerful people, but he never fights for power, nor for merit, the Zhong family is also the most responsible one of the four powerful people, but who would have thought that the most responsible person has hidden wolf ambitions, alas, maybe the sky is going to kill me in a gale......"

"Old Fan, it's too early to assert. Qiu Zhen replied, the words were said to Fan Ju, but his eyes were staring at Tang Yin, and his meaning could not be more obvious, that is, he wanted Tang Yin to hold high the banner of the Wind Country, show the world, and crusade against Zhong Tian, a traitor.

Tang Yin sat on the chair and didn't say anything, he lowered his head, deliberately didn't look at Qiu Zhen, and was silent.

He is not the kind of person who acts impulsively when his mind is hot, Zhong Tian has already controlled all the central army, and it is estimated that the 200,000 local troops will not be able to escape from his palm, and then it will be more than 500,000 troops, plus the 400,000 army of Ning Guo, the strength of the army can almost reach millions, and he only has 200,000, how can he compete with him with a county?

Not to mention attacking Yancheng, I am afraid that as soon as I get out of the pass, I will have to drown in Zhong Tian's sea of soldiers, and then he will not only kill himself, but also kill more than 200,000 soldiers under his command, so many lives are carried on his own body, where does Tang Yin dare not be cautious.