Dengju City.

Wei Congrong walked on the street angrily, and there were three people beside him, namely Cao Jia Naian, a former citizen of Huang County, Bao Tian, the county governor of Wendeng County, and Shen Mintuo, a household of Penglai County.

Wei Congrong and the others turned around the street, only to see a mansion not far ahead, and the plaque at the door read "Li Mansion" with two big characters.

"Wei Xiancheng, our legs are going to be broken in the past few days, but the Cui family in Wendeng County and the Xue family in Muping County are closed to us, can the Li family see us this time?"

Wei Congrong frowned, glared at Shen Mintuo, the scene of eating closed doors in the past few days is still vivid, at this time gritted his teeth and said: "Dead horses are live horse doctors, now we are all driven out by Li Tingshi, this matter must not be just settled, there must be an explanation!" ”

Bao Tian echoed: "That's right, this siege of the Assassin Mansion is the idea of the head of the Li family, if it weren't for his face, how could we go to this troubled water?" ”

The other two also complained, Wei Congrong's face was ugly, this was complaining about him, after all, he was leading the matter by himself, so he said: "Okay, the head of the Li family is the first good person in Dengzhou, and he will not be like the Xue family and the Cui family." Let's go and call the door. ”

Saying that, a few people came to the gate of the Li Mansion, Wei Congrong knocked on the side door, handed over the famous thorn, and said with a forked hand: "Wei Congrong, the county of Wendeng County, is here to ...... today."

"Bang!"

Before Wei Congrong finished speaking, the concierge of the Li Mansion closed the door directly, and then said loudly through the door: "The head of my family has something to say first: the affairs of the official mansion have nothing to do with my Li family, Wei County Cheng please take care of yourself, don't come to disturb in the future!" ”

"Huh?"

Wei Congrong was dumbfounded, he never thought that the dignified Dengzhou Li family would act like this, it was obviously a matter that your Li family discussed with the Cui family and the Xue family, please let me handle it, now that something has gone wrong, the three of you don't even admit it, what is this called!

"Wei Xiancheng!"

"What shall we do?"

"You're talking!"

Wei Congrong slammed his fist on the doorpost and yelled, "What should I do? What can I do! Li Congyan is the assassin of Dengzhou, and the three major families are all hiding, do you want me to fight with Li Congyan? ”

After speaking, Wei Congrong strode away, and the other three hurriedly followed when they saw this, and among the three, only Bao Tian dared to argue loudly with Wei Congrong, after all, he was born as a county lieutenant, and said loudly at this time: "Wei Xiancheng!" Now we have no way to go to heaven and no door to enter the earth, what kind of charter is it in the future, you must give me a word today, everyone is here for your face, otherwise who will buy the accounts of those families? Who will touch the moldy head of Li Tingshi! ”

Wei Congrong consciously took care of the loss, looked at the three of them, and said with his hands crossed: "This time I am dragging you down, but the matter has come to this, I really don't have any good way, it is better for us to go back first for the time being, and then take care of it when things have a turnaround." ”

"Humph! Wei Xiancheng said this to others, just tell us, does Wei Xiancheng think it will be useful? ”

Jia Naian and Shen Mintuo didn't care much, they stood with Bao Tian, glaring at Wei Congrong in unison, and several people were about to fight among themselves.

Suddenly, a carriage came, and the curtain was lifted by the people inside, and it was Li Sichu, the son of the Li family in Penglai County.

Li Xichu had a lot of dealings with Wei Congrong and others, often drank and had fun together, and was half a friend, but at this time, sitting in the carriage, he suddenly heard the arguments of several people, so he poked his head out to investigate.

"Wei Xiancheng! It turned out to be really you. ”

Li Sichu ordered the servants to stop the carriage and get out of the carriage to salute a few people.

Wei Congrong and the others were also very surprised, they didn't expect to meet Li Xichu in Dengzhou City, so they returned the salute one after another.

"Where are you going?"

Wei Congrong sighed, looked at the three people around him, and simply told everyone what had happened, and then said with his crossed hands: "Don't be afraid of Li Gongzi's jokes, I will offend Li Tingshi, and the three major families will all admit it, and now they have no idea, and they are complaining to each other here." ”

Li Sichu was slightly stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help but think about it.

During this time, there was a lot of movement in the adjustment of personnel in the Assassin Mansion, but Li Xichu had been busy with the affairs of the clan and did not pay too much attention to it.

And for Li Sichu, the third brother Li Sisheng has been proud of the spring breeze recently, and the glaze workshop not only began to produce, but also took a group of children from the clan into the Shi Assassin Mansion, so Li Sisheng's status in the clan has been greatly improved, and even the head of the family, Li Jian, has praised Li Sisheng in public several times, which makes Li Sichu feel a great threat, and naturally he has no heart to pay attention to things outside the clan.

After thinking for a while, Li Xichu laughed out loud and said, "Wei Xiancheng and you don't have to hurt your peace for this matter, everyone is friends, and your business is my business!" I think so, since you don't have a good place to go for the time being, it's better to go to Penglai Li's house with me first, and wronged you to do something with me, I naturally won't treat you badly. In the future, when you have a high place, it is not too late to go your separate ways, I don't know what you think? ”

Wei Congrong and the others were overjoyed when they heard this, and they all agreed to come down.

Then Wei Congrong and the others took Li Xichu's carriage out of the city together and went straight to Penglai County.

When the carriage drove out of the city gate, a capable man stared at this side for a while, and then turned around and headed for the Li family's mansion in Dengzhou.

"Huh? How many of them followed the eldest son of the Penglai Li family? ”

"Exactly!"

At this time, an old man was sitting on a hu bed, and two copper incense burners were burning with thin smoke, and the whole room was filled with a faint fragrance.

The old man's name is Li Jian, and he is the head of the Li family. The capable man who came back and forth was Li Jian's confidant, named Li Chuang, who was said to have been a captain of the imperial forbidden army, but later fled and was taken in by Li Jian and stayed in Li's house.

"In this way, does this Penglai Li family treat a few stinky fish and rotten shrimp as treasures? In this way, the Penglai Li family is nothing more than that, and it is a shame that Li Congyan still exalts this Li family like this! ”

Li Chuang's hand said: "The head of the family, this time to encircle the Thorn Shifu will not succeed, and the follow-up needs to be taken care of clearly." Li Congyan is by no means a good type, and the head of the family must not give Li Congyan a chance to fight back. ”

Li Jian nodded and said: "I discussed with the Cui family and the Xue family for a few days, originally I wanted to use the hands of Wei Congrong and others to force Li Congyan to give up the Haiyan Workshop, and at least give up a part of the profits, so that the three families can share a lot of benefits, and they can also tie the family to Li Congyan, the Dengzhou assassin history." ”

Speaking of this, Li Jian couldn't help but be angry, and said: "But people are not as good as heaven, I didn't expect Li Congyan to have the courage to admit the matter of the Haiyan Workshop in public." And that Wei Congrong is known as the Dengzhou Rolling Dragon, but he didn't expect it to be a waste in vain, not only did he lose all his manpower, but he almost led the matter to my Li family! ”

Li Chuang said with some concern: "The head of the family, the villain is worried that Li Congyan will not notice anything, but he killed hundreds of ruthless people as soon as he came up, in case he ......"

"Don't worry!"

Li Jian said very confidently: "Even if Li Congyan knows that I am doing something with the Xue family and the Cui family, what can he do?" Although Wei Congrong is not reliable, he should be able to control his mouth, otherwise he would not be alive today. Li Congyan has no evidence, what can he do to my Li family? ”

"I'm afraid of ......"

"Huh? What are you afraid of? ”

Li Chuang shook his head and said, "It's nothing, maybe I'm thinking too much." ”

Li Jian straightened up, stepped off the Hu bed with Li Chuang's support, and walked to the window in a few steps. Outside the house was a wide courtyard, flat ground, high walls, and rows of brand-new weapon racks.

Hundreds of sturdy young men were practicing martial arts in the courtyard, and several martial artists were giving guidance from time to time. These martial artists are not only skilled, but they are all wearing leaf armor, and they are full of the style of marching between their hands and feet, and they are the ruthless characters that the Li family has poached from the envoys of various places.

Li Jian pointed out the window and said, "I know your worries, but that's superfluous. My Li family is not like Liu Yu, and it is not something that three or five thousand new troops can do. Together with the Xue family and the Cui family, once the three of us are in a hurry, it will be easy to pull up 10,000 or 20,000 horses within a few days, not to mention the imperial court and our backers. ”

"The head of the house is saying, the eldest prince?"

"It's not just the Great Prince!"

Li Jian said: "My Li family and the Xue family have always been good friends with the eldest prince, and the Cui family is a peaceful person. Even if Li Congyan has the ability again, does he dare to go against the eldest prince and An Xiang at the same time? Don't forget, he's been sent here by a saint! ”

"Whoa!"

Li Jian seemed to be a little tired, waved his hand and returned to the Hu bed, leaning on the cushion and began to close his eyes and recuperate: "If you are really not at ease, you can send someone to warn Wei Congrong, and the matter will be settled, don't mention it again." ”

"As for the ...... of the Sea Salt Workshop, let me think about it again."

"Whoa!"

A few days later, Wei Congrong was injured in Penglai County, and then together with Jia Naian, Bao Tian and others, they received warnings, and several people died down, and they no longer dared to bite the Li family, the Xue family, and the Cui family, Wei Congrong did not even dare to walk out of the door of the Li family in Penglai for several days.

Almost at the same time, Li Congyan received an edict from Li Siyuan: the imperial court began to rectify taxes, pay off arrears, and set up a "counter" at the same time.

In the Assassin's Mansion, Li Congyan and Wu Conghan, Li Ren, and Li Wei discussed all night, and several people left the Assassin's Mansion early the next morning, and each led people to act separately.

Although Li Congyan didn't sleep all night, she was still full of energy, thinking about the plan she had planned, and her mood was extremely happy: "You have a good plan, I have a wall ladder!" Since you have the courage to stumble on me, then this time I will give you an economic regulation, whether it is the three major families or anyone else, this time you have to give me some blood! ”