Willow Green Villa.

On the east side of the manor of the Sijin Courtyard, an independent courtyard completely made of large stones appeared in front of Li Xuan.

The courtyard does not occupy a large area, but the gate wall is so high that it is difficult to peek inside.

The gate of the courtyard had been closed, but what appeared in front of Li Xuan was a whole boulder behind the broken wooden door, completely blocking the entire gate.

Two small trebuchets were parked a hundred steps away in front of the door, and the large and small stone platforms roared and flew out, and in the blink of an eye, they smashed on the boulder with a huge crashing sound, leaving a clear white mark.

But there are only white marks.

Behind the towering stone wall, from time to time, someone probed and shot cold arrows from the outside.

The Qianniuwei outside and the soldiers of the Nanchang Palace, although they had completely sealed the entire courtyard, did not rush in.

They hid behind hard shields and fired at the bandits behind the stone walls.

It can be seen that after following Li Xuan's side for a long time, from Luoyang to Yangzhou, then from Yangzhou to Hangzhou, and then to Dongyang today, he has experienced so many things, and these noble young masters have completely washed away the impetuousness on their bodies, become much more calm and capable, and know how to use their own advantages more.

Compared with the bandits in the stone courtyard, the range of the bows and crossbows of these Qianniu guards under Li Xuan was much larger.

Under such a firefight, in the courtyard wall, someone let out a terrible wail from time to time.

Time continues to drag, and it will inevitably be Li Xuan's side who wins in the end.

……

Li Xuan stood in the distance, watching the battlefield.

Standing beside him were Qiu Zhenmu, Zhou Shen and Liu Ji.

Although Liu Ji stood very close to Li Xuan, Qiu Zhenmu and Zhou Shen were still staring at him at any time.

Looking around, Li Xuan's gaze finally fell on the boulder blocking the gate of the courtyard.

An object flashed in his mind, and Li Xuan immediately turned his head to look at Liu Ji: "Broken Dragon Stone, do you still have this kind of thing at home?" ”

"Broken Dragon Stone!" Hearing Li Xuan say this, Qiu Zhenmu and Zhou Shen's faces were suddenly full of surprise.

The Broken Dragon Stone is usually only used in the tombs of wealthy families and royal nobles, as well as on the gates of big cities.

Once used, life and death will be cut off immediately.

Those on the outside can't get in, and those on the inside can't get out.

Who would have thought that in such a Dongyang manor now, this kind of thing can be encountered.

"This is made by Xiao'er, and this stone courtyard was also built by him." Liu Ji's expression was a little gloomy.

For this Dongyang uprising, the father and son made a lot of preparations, but unfortunately they couldn't come in handy.

Li Xuan glanced at Liu Ji deeply, as if he could see through what he was thinking at a glance, and then said lightly: "If Ling Gongzi is here to defend it, this king is eager to take it, I'm afraid there is not much to do except fill it with human lives." ”

After a pause, Li Xuan continued: "It just seems that Ling Lang is preparing for the worst now. ”

The corners of Liu Ji's mouth twitched, and he said: "That's true, when the dog knew the relationship between the old decay and the Tianyin Sect, he was restless day and night, and it wasn't until he built this stone courtyard that he relaxed a lot. ”

When Li Xuan heard this, he said lightly: "This king heard Cheng Saijiu say this, when he was young, Ling Lang was talented and intelligent, and he was quite loved, but when he was older, Ling Lang changed abruptly, and even showed his antipathy in the poems, and then investigated more deeply, he had already seen one or two of Liu's strangeness, but unfortunately there was no evidence, so he had to let it go, but you in turn want to bite someone's mouthful, respect the teacher, and learn from the dog's belly." ”

"Master, I also taught you to be loyal to the monarch and love the country, but my family has also failed to do it." Liu Ji replied indifferently, and a trace of dissatisfaction flashed in his eyes.

Li Xuan waved his sleeves and said unceremoniously: "This king has checked the imperial court tax side of the year, although the taxes levied by the Tang Dynasty in the southeast are heavier than those in the north, but the military service in the south does not know how much lighter than in the north. ”

Li Xuan sneered, some people only saw the flies in front of them, but they completely ignored more people who were carrying their difficulties.

"The imperial court doesn't need to raise troops and horses at all, so there is no need to levy troops in the north, and there is no need to raise taxes in the south, wouldn't everything be fine." Liu Ji looked at Li Xuan, even if he had become a prisoner now, once he argued, he didn't care who was who.

"Who is your teacher?" Li Xuan suddenly opened his mouth coldly.

Liu Ji's face was stunned for a moment, and then he immediately fell silent.

……

"Okay, I don't want to talk about this issue, then let's talk about the people in the Zhuangzi in front of us." Li Xuan's gaze crossed the stone courtyard and looked at the stone house further back, under the layers of construction, it was not easy to break through here.

"Although this stone courtyard was repaired by Ling Lang, the people in it are probably not Ling Lang's people." A sneer appeared at the corner of Li Xuan's mouth, and he said disdainfully: "Although those people in Dongyang County are blind and let the people of the Tianyin Sect develop so many sect members in Dongyang, they will definitely not let so many blades flow into Dongyang and ignore them. ”

There are some things that are the bottom line, and no one can easily cross them.

Even if the people of the Tianyin Sect bought off some of the officials of Dongyang, as long as one person leaked the news, there would be a possibility that the entire Tianyin Sect of Dongyang would be uprooted.

Therefore, not only those people in Dongyang County, including the chief bookkeeper Li Dingyi, and even Liu Dao and Liu Dao's father and son, did not want to see so many blades enter Dongyang, but also the people in the Tianyin Sect who were in charge of everything were definitely not at ease to put so many blades in the hands of the Liu family and his son.

Therefore, the people who entered Dongyang with this batch of blades must be outsiders, and they are also the elite of the Tianyin Sect, even in the near future.

Just like the people Li Xuan met in the ancient tower, the Tianyin Sect had a lot of people in the entire Dongyang, but they were the only ones who really had bows and crossbows.

Liu Dao kept his mouth shut and didn't say a word.

Li Xuan looked at him calmly and said: "Those people are not your people, why do you need to keep them secret, so let's do it, if you tell this king their origins, this king can consider choosing to release a group of people who are not guilty of any crime in your family, and you don't want to see those women in your family who are old and weak, indiscriminate, and be directly exiled for three thousand miles." ”

The corners of Liu Dao's mouth couldn't help twitching slightly, looking at Li Xuan, he finally shook his head and said with a sigh: "I've already said so much, and it seems that there is not much need for secrecy for the old man." ”

After a pause, Liu Dao raised his head and looked at the people in the courtyard, with a trace of undetectable resentment in his eyes: "Those people, they, they are from Muzhou, they occupied this stone courtyard as soon as they came, and the reason why Dao'er and Lao Yu wanted to go to Dongyang was because they didn't want to get involved with these people." ”

"They look down on you father and son." Li Xuan was immediately stunned.

People who are closer to the center, even if they live a hard life and do not have many merits, seem to have enough qualifications to look down on those who are fighting desperately outside.

These court have stereotypes and bad habits, and they don't seem to be uncommon in the Tianyin Sect.

"In the entire Wuzhou, they only bowed their heads to Fang Yunxiu alone, respectfully." Liu Ji even gritted his teeth for a while.

"Fang Yunxiu, the master of the Wuzhou Hall of the Tianyin Sect, the Fang Yunxiu who planned the assassination of Wang Tingshi." Li Xuan was a little stunned for a while.

He looked at Liu Ji, nodded solemnly, and said, "When you arrive in Wuzhou City, this king will definitely have a good exchange with that Wuzhou hall master." ”

After speaking, Li Xuan turned his head to look at Qiu Zhenmu: "Don't stand here, go to the servants and handymen of the Liu family and ask if there is anyone who is proficient in the way of carpentry, and then let them follow the craftsmen of the water master to build a catapult and build a well. ”

"Whoa!" Qiu Zhenmu immediately understood, and as soon as she arched her hand, she immediately went towards the miscellaneous servants and servants of the Liu family.

Li Xuan turned his head to look at Liu Ji and Zhou Shen, and said with a calm face: "In the future, it will definitely be indispensable to fight with the people of the Tianyin Sect, and it is better to prepare in advance than to come to the battlefield and sharpen the gun." ”

"It turns out that the prince is talking about craftsmen." The corners of Liu Ji's mouth twitched slightly, and he thought that he also had a choice for this person.

But the craftsman, even if Liu Ji didn't mention it, Li Xuan would deliberately pick it out, and he was completely put on the table.

At this time, I saw Li Xuanruo looking at Liu Ji meaningfully and said: "Now it can be a craftsman, and it can be someone else later, it depends on what information the captain can provide to this king in exchange." ”

Liu Ji's brows immediately jumped.

Li Xuan said lightly at this time: "There will be a while after the war here is over, I might as well go to your account room to take a look." ”

After speaking, Li Xuan looked at Zhou Shen and said, "Don't spend too much time, wait until more trebuchets are built, directly drop the grass and wood balls, and see how long they can support under the thick smoke." ”

"Whoa!" Zhou Shen immediately agreed.

Li Xuan turned around and took Liu Ji in the direction of the account room.

At this time, I heard Liu Ji say: "It turns out that the prince has a way to break through here?" ”

"Naturally, if this king does it himself, the people inside won't last half an hour at all." Li Xuan's expression was slightly contemptuous, and the corners of his mouth were slightly contemptuous.

He himself dragged on for so long in order to train his subordinates, otherwise, the less than sixty people in it would have died a long time ago.

The Liu family's account room is in the East Cross Courtyard, and at this time, there are only two Qianniu guards guarding the door, and more people from the Nanchang Palace, who are constantly going in and out.

As soon as Li Xuan entered the door, he saw Wang Bo and Du Bixing, leading many people to carefully sort out the account books of the Liu family.

There are people from the Nanchang Palace, people from the Dongyang County Ya, and even the Liu family's account room.

"Mr. Zhao knows about the Liu family's industry." Liu Ji looked at Zhao Zhen, the housekeeper who was standing on the side with a panicked face, and said with some apology on his face: "Mr. Zhao is not a member of the Tianyin Sect, and I hope that the prince can open up the net." ”

"This king will give him the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, as for whether he can seize it, it depends on his own ability."

Hearing Li Xuan say this, Zhao Zhen immediately breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

Li Xuan nodded at Wang Bo and Du Bixing, then looked at Zhao Zhen and said, "Mr. Zhao, this king hopes that you can help find out all the properties related to the Liu family, and also find the details of the family properties and lands of other families in Dongyang that the Liu family has collected over the years. ”

"Captain Liu, these things, the Liu family should have a record, right?"

Li Xuan's words, Liu Ji's face couldn't help but change slightly.

(End of chapter)