Chapter 128. At swords' points.
At this time, Chai Yonghui walked up the city wall and walked towards Yang Peng. Chai Yonghui was wearing a soft moon-white dress, with a silk silk tied around her waist, making her whole person look extremely slender and graceful; The left shoulder of the long skirt is embroidered with bright plum blossoms, which complements Chai Yonghui's alluring posture; Her jet-black hair was draped behind her head like a waterfall, and her starry eyes seemed to have a shallow smile in them. This is not a woman in the world at all, it is clear that Chang'e in the moon has descended into the world. Chai Yunmiao's posture is impeccable, her temperament is somewhat similar to Murong Bingshuang, but if you feel it carefully, you can still find the difference between the two.
Chai Yonghui walked in front of Yang Peng, and Yu Pei made a crisp sound with her footsteps. Li Xu left very interestingly, and when the secret guard saw this, he also left. Chai Yonghui saw that there were no outsiders present, and his temperament became a little casual. Yang Peng asked teasingly, "Do you miss me?" Chai Yonghui's face flushed slightly, remembering the hateful things that the other party had done to him, and couldn't help but say angrily: "Who would think of you, a hateful guy!" I'm just following my brother over here to have a look. ”
"Oh? Chai Daguan is also here? Chai Yonghui nodded, "I'm resting in the inn." Yang Peng said: "What do you do in the guest house, just live in my house." Chai Yonghui pursed his lips and smiled: "This is what you said, don't say that we will eat and drink for nothing at your house when the time comes." Yang Peng smiled, "What does it matter?" It doesn't matter if you raise you for the rest of your life! ”
Chai Yonghui looked at Chen Xiao with a slightly red face, and there was some inexplicable taste in her beautiful eyes. Soon, Chai Yonghui's expression returned to normal, brushed his sideburns hair, and said, "I heard that the imperial court supervisor and the prefect of the eight states are about to arrive. ”
Yang Peng nodded, glanced at Chai Yonghui, and asked teasingly, "You won't want to persuade me to rebel again, will you?" Chai Yonghui said with some annoyance: "I don't understand, you have such a strong strength, and now you have a base, why do you have to look at people's faces?" You are willing to hand over the country that you have fought so hard to to the rotten court and the mediocre emperor! ”
Yang Peng smiled and said nothing. Chai Yonghui saw that Yang Peng didn't speak, so angry that he stomped on Jin Lian, "You are really a person!" What's going on in your heart? Yang Peng looked at Chai Yunmiao affectionately, "What do I think, don't you know?" Chai Yonghui was stunned, her face turned crimson, and she glared at Chen Xiao in shame, "You bastard!" Then he turned and ran away.
Yang Peng smiled proudly, patted his cheeks, and muttered self-deprecatingly: "I'm really getting worse and worse!" In the evening of the same day, Yang Peng returned to the mansion, and as soon as he came back, he heard that Chai Yonghui completely ignored Yang Tong's authority and lived in the West Wing, which made Yang Tong angry to death. Yang Peng felt that one head and two were big, and he didn't understand how these two women seemed to be natural enemies?
A few days later, officials appointed by the imperial court arrived. To Yang Peng's surprise, the Lord of the Prison Army turned out to be Xue Dongpan, who had replaced him before, the Qing official who had always suspected and investigated him. As soon as he saw this person, Yang Peng couldn't help but have a headache.
Yang Peng feasted all the officials in the hall, and the banquet was staggered, and all he talked about was nonsense on the scene. After the banquet, Yang Peng gathered his brothers and cronies and discussed for a long time. Early the next morning, the thin and capable Xue Dongpan came to meet Yang Peng. Seeing Yang Peng, Xue Dongpan saluted, and then said straight to the point: "As a supervising army, the lower official is entrusted by His Majesty and has a great responsibility, and I also ask the general to cooperate with the lower official!" Yang Peng nodded, "Of course." ”
Xue Dongpan said: "Xiaguan checked the account books yesterday and found that the money in the treasury of various places is pitiful, what is going on?" Yang Peng said: "Before the Liao army invaded on a large scale, our army fought fiercely with the enemy, although it won in the end, but the loss of the army, civilians and property was huge, and the money and property of the local government treasury were used as military expenses or used to comfort the people and the restoration and construction of the city. Lord Xue should have seen the prosperity of Shangjing, without the large investment of this money, this is simply impossible! ”
Xue Dongpan nodded, "The general's approach is also reasonable, but it is not in accordance with the rules." It is hoped that the general will be able to hand over the specific account expenses to the lower officials as soon as possible, so that the lower officials can check and report to the imperial court. ”
Yang Peng said to Qian Letian: "Go to the study and get the accounts." Qian Lotian answered, left the hall, and took a thick stack of accounts a moment later. Yang Peng pointed at Xue Dongpan and said, "Give the accounts to Lord Xue and let Lord Xue check them." Qian Letian then turned around and handed over the accounts to Xue Dongpan. Xue Dongpan glanced at it and bowed slightly towards Yang Peng, "Thank you for your cooperation." The lower official took his leave. If the subordinate has any doubts, he will come again to consult the general. Yang Peng smiled and nodded. Xue Dongpan left with the stack of accounts.
Qian Letian said to Yang Peng: "This person is very shrewd, he drank tea in the teahouse last night, and he seemed to be drinking tea, but he was actually inquiring about our situation." Yang Peng said: "This person is not simple, and he must be careful to deal with it." Then he said angrily: "What a trouble****** A few days later, Xue Dongpan came to Yang Peng again, hoping to see the army's roster. Yang Peng handed him the roster that had been prepared long ago. After Xue Dongpan returned with the roster, he did not check the roster carefully, but sent his cronies to secretly learn about the supply of military rations in various military camps. This incident was quickly discovered by Yang Peng, and immediate countermeasures were taken, but Xue Dongpan failed to obtain any evidence.
In the days that followed, secret contests like this continued to be staged, and Yang Peng was all tense. As time passed, although Xue Dongpan did not obtain any evidence, he had more and more information.
At the same time, Yang Peng used bribery and co-optation to pull half of the eight prefects sent by the imperial court over, and the remaining half was basically under his control and control, except for Xue Dongpan, who was very troublesome. There is no good way to deal with this matter for the time being, so we can only be careful in all aspects.
After Yang Peng and the others left, Xue Dongpan further stepped up the investigation of Yang Peng. And there were also problems in the left-behind mansion, Yang Tong frequently challenged her authority in the backyard because of Chai Yonghui, and the relationship between the two was very tense, almost to the point of tension.
Yang Peng returned to Tianjing New Town, at this time Yang Peng managed an area of about more than ten states and counties, and the current army reached 250,000, because he had to face the entire Great Liao State, the current army of the Great Liao State was 500,000, and there was 300,000 development potential, this is Yang Peng can not be ignored, Yang Peng must have money at this time, plus the development in Xiaoliuqiu. Yang Peng suggested that Jin Yiwei observe the mansion of Pang Taishi in Bianjing, and try to get a sum of money in the account as soon as possible to ease his economy.
Yang Peng smiled: "Brothers have been waiting for a long time. The three of them heard Yang Peng's voice, hurriedly looked at the door, saw Yang Peng, and hurriedly stood up and hugged his fists and said, "Big brother!" "This time, it seems that they are all in spirit. Yang Peng smiled, "Sit down." Then he went to the top and sat down, and the three brothers sat down as well.
Yang Peng looked at Zhang Yan, "Is there any news from the Li family brothers?" Zhang Yan hugged his fists and said: "I was about to report to my eldest brother, I received a report from them this morning, Qian Xiaoer couldn't stand their persecution, and he had already complied." Then he took out a piece of paper folded together from his arms, stood up, walked in front of Yang Peng, and presented it to Yang Peng with both hands.
Yang Peng took it, opened it, and found that this was an overlook of a luxurious mansion. Judging from the picture, the scale of this mansion is unimaginably large, with eight courtyards and two huge back gardens each with a large lake. In terms of scale alone, this mansion is not inferior to the imperial palace. However, this drawing is very rough, and there are no details in many places, and the places with details are mainly concentrated in the first three courtyards.
Yang Peng stood up, threw the drawings on the bookcase, and looked at them carefully. At this time, Chen Jie and Liu Ping also came over.
Yang Peng raised his head and asked Zhang Yan, "Where is the treasure house?" Zhang Yan pointed to the back garden on the left, "According to Qian Xiaoer, the treasure house is in this garden. However, he did not know the exact location. His level was very low, he had never entered that garden, and his range of activities was basically limited to the first three courtyards. ”
Yang Peng frowned, Yang Peng was thinking that he should go to Bianjing in person, after making a decision, Yang Peng explained what Zhang Yan had prepared for himself, and he rushed to Tokyo with three hundred secret guards that night, and went to Tokyo to meet Zhang Yan in Tokyo and listen to Zhang Yan talk about Taishi Pang's mansion.
Yang Peng's face was thoughtful, "Tonight, I'm going to go in and feel the situation." As soon as these words came out, Zhang Yan, Chen Jie and Liu Ping were all startled, and Chen Jie shouted: "How can this be done!" Zhang Yan said: "If it is discovered, the consequences will be too serious!" Just send a few guards! ”
Yang Peng shook his head, "No." I'm afraid they'll have a hard time sneaking in, so I'll have to go myself. You don't have to worry, I'm sure. Yang Peng is not arrogant when he said this, when he was already very good at martial arts under the training of his master, he often carried out infiltration tasks, and the defense means of the target were not imaginable in this era, etc., all kinds of modern warning equipment and so on, Yang Peng could sneak in silently every time, and then retreat. No matter how tightly defended that mansion is, I'm afraid it won't be able to catch up with the Khitan military bases that Yang Peng once infiltrated.
Tokyo is very quiet in the middle of the night, and from a distance, you can see the shadows of many houses stacked on top of each other. The rhythmic sound of the groomer was heard in the distance, mixed with the barking of dogs. The Imperial Palace, located in the north of the city, is still brightly lit, and from a distance, it looks like a heavenly palace on earth in the night sky.
Suddenly, many shadows sped through an alley towards the magnificent mansion in front of them. In the darkness of the night, these people were like ghosts. A man who had gotten up at night to relieve himself inadvertently saw the dark shadows passing through the back of his yard, and was so frightened that he ran back to the house, jumped on the bed, covered his head with a quilt, and shivered all over. His woman was woken up by him, and when she saw him like this, she asked puzzledly, "What's wrong with you?" The man hurriedly covered her mouth and whispered, "Don't make a sound! ”
On the sentry tower by the wall, a pro-soldier stretched his waist and yawned. Suddenly, there was a soft sound on the fence on the right. The soldiers were startled, and hurriedly ran to the railing, looking at the fence on the right, and under the cold moonlight, they saw only the shadows of the swaying trees, and nothing. The pro-soldier frowned and muttered, "What the hell? ”
Unbeknownst to him, a dark figure had jumped over the wall from behind him. The soldiers thought that what they heard just now might be the sound of an animal such as a cat, and they didn't pay attention to it. Turning around, ready to steal for a while, he didn't think that anyone dared to run here to spread wild, then he was really tired of life.
Whoosh, an arrow flew out of the gloomy alley outside the wall. Before the soldiers could understand what was going on, they were shot through the throat by an arrow, and they fell to the sentry tower with wide eyes. Immediately, I saw dozens of black-clothed masked people running out of the alley, running under the wall, and several black-clothed people threw the lock hook at the wall, and then dozens of black-clothed masked people quickly climbed over the wall along the hook.
At this time, in the shadows of another alley, there were nearly a hundred black-clad masked people hiding. The black-clothed masked man at the head looked at the black-clothed men in the distance who were climbing over the fence with surprised eyes, and muttered in a low voice, "What's going on?" ”
On the sentry tower by the wall, a pro-soldier stretched his waist and yawned. Suddenly, there was a soft sound on the fence on the right. The soldiers were startled, and hurriedly ran to the railing, looking at the fence on the right, and under the cold moonlight, they saw only the shadows of the swaying trees, and nothing. The pro-soldier frowned and muttered, "What the hell? ”
Unbeknownst to him, a dark figure had jumped over the wall from behind him. The soldiers thought that what they heard just now might be the sound of an animal such as a cat, and they didn't pay attention to it. Turning around, ready to steal for a while, he didn't think that anyone dared to run here to spread wild, then he was really tired of life.
Whoosh, an arrow flew out of the gloomy alley outside the wall. Before the soldiers could understand what was going on, they were shot through the throat by an arrow, and they fell to the sentry tower with wide eyes. Immediately, I saw dozens of black-clothed masked people running out of the alley, running under the wall, and several black-clothed people threw the lock hook at the wall, and then dozens of black-clothed masked people quickly climbed over the wall along the hook.
At this time, in the shadows of another alley, there were nearly a hundred black-clad masked people hiding. The black-clothed masked man at the head looked at the black-clothed men in the distance who were climbing over the fence with surprised eyes, and muttered in a low voice, "What's going on?" ”
Yang Peng relied on the cover of rockery trees to silently approach the back garden that might have hidden the treasure trove, climbed over the last wall, and landed behind a bush. At this moment, a patrol of a dozen people walked down the cobblestone path not far from him, and they did not find anything.
Yang Peng hid behind the bushes, carefully observed the situation in the entire backyard, and found that this place was really heavily guarded! At the arches leading into this backyard stood a dozen soldiers with helmets and long knives at their waists, holding torches, illuminating the two entrances as if they were daylight; Beside the cobblestone road, lanterns hang every dozen paces, and the huge wooden house on the other side of the lake is brightly lit. Dozens of soldiers were scattered around the huge wooden house, and nearly a hundred soldiers patrolled the entire backyard in teams.
Yang Peng carefully kept the vigilance here in mind. Yang Peng's gaze fell on the huge wooden house, unsure if Master Pang's treasure was stored there, and he had to confirm it with his own eyes.
With that in mind, he left the bush and quickly crossed the cobblestone path and lawn in front of him, and entered the lake before a patrol arrived. A patrolman heard what seemed to be water on the surface of the lake, so he said to the captain, "Captain, there seems to be a sound in the lake." The captain frowned, "Let's go, go and see." Then he led his soldiers to the lake. The glow of the torches illuminated the nearby lake, and there was nothing but the reflection of the water.
The captain said angrily, "You heard me wrong. The soldier was a little embarrassed. The captain raised his voice and said, "Keep patrolling." Then he led his soldiers out of the lake and onto the cobblestone path, where he continued his patrol.
At this time, on the surface of the lake they illuminated just now, a human head slowly emerged, which was Yang Peng who had just dived into the water. Yang Peng observed the surroundings, took a deep breath, and dived into the water and swam to the opposite side from the bottom. In this way, he can ensure that he does not make any noise, and it is difficult not to make a sound when paddling on the water, and in the silence of the night, the slightest noise can alarm the guards.
When Yang Peng showed his head again, he had already swam across the entire lake. Carefully observing the garrison around the warehouse, dozens of soldiers with torches surrounded the warehouse, and there was not the slightest gap. But this is not difficult for Yang Peng. He picked up a stone and threw it at the bushes on his right, which rustled into the bushes.
Seven or eight soldiers nearby were taken aback when they heard the voice, "What sound?" A soldier asked. Another soldier said, "Go and see." Then the seven or eight soldiers ran towards the bush from which the sound had been made.
Yang Peng took this opportunity to climb up from the lake, quickly ran to a window in the warehouse, opened the window, jumped in, and then gently closed the window. The soldiers ran to the bush, searched for nothing, and returned to their previous positions, not paying attention to what had just happened. In their minds, the sound must have come from a mouse.
The warehouse was pitch black, there was no one in the warehouse, and in the huge warehouse stood huge black shadows, like hills. Yang Peng walked to a nearby 'hill', lifted the tarpaulin, and through the little fire that came in through the window, Yang Peng found countless large boxes piled up under the tarpaulin. Yang Peng opened a box, and what caught his eye was a touching golden luster, this box was actually full of gold!
Yang Peng closed the box and checked the other boxes, and found that it was either gold or silver. Chen Xiao checked the other 'hills' and found that they were also full of gold and silver treasures. Yang Peng glanced at the seven or eight 'hills' in front of him, and couldn't help but secretly exclaim: Good girl, this old boy is really powerful! Actually greedy for so much property! I'm afraid the treasury may not be as rich as here! It's so demeaning to say that he is a giant rat, he is clearly an incomparably huge tiger!
Yang Peng erased the traces he left behind and prepared to leave. At this moment, there was a sudden commotion outside, there were shouts, the sound of swords fighting, and the screams of people when they were dying, which was very chaotic.
Yang Peng quickly came to the window and looked outside. I saw the flickering firelight in the courtyard in the distance, the shadows were heavy, and the chaotic shouts and the slashing of the blades came, as if someone had killed them. Chen Xiao frowned, very surprised in his heart. The guards of the warehouse were alarmed and gathered to look ahead. Yang Peng took this opportunity to leave the storehouse and quickly walked through the lawn and cobblestone path in front of the storehouse to re-enter the lake. Dive underwater and swim towards the opposite side.
As soon as he swam to the opposite side, there were suddenly chaotic shouts and fighting sounds from the archway, and I saw several black-clothed men rushing into this back garden in a panic and fighting fiercely with the guards guarding it. At this moment, a black shadow tumbled down from the wall near Chen Xiao, and then the black shadow actually ran straight towards the lake.
The black shadow gently entered the lake, and Yang Peng, who was hiding under the water, suddenly got out, hugged the man in black, and dragged him into the water. The man in black was obviously not very watery, his hands were dancing in the water, and his eyes showed a look of horror. Yang Peng pulled out the dagger and prepared to kill him.
At this moment, the masked towel of the man in black was washed away by the lake, revealing a beautiful face. Yang Peng was taken aback when he saw this face. Guess who this man in black is? It turned out to be Han Bing!
Han Bing choked on his saliva, his face was very ugly. Yang Peng kissed her lips without thinking and sent air to her. Han Bing recovered. Seeing that his lips were firmly kissed by the other party, he was shocked and hurriedly wanted to push Yang Peng away. Yang Peng was furious, hugging her slender waist tightly, his eyes revealing an extremely serious expression.
Only then did Han Bing realize that the other party was saving himself, and involuntarily stopped struggling, glaring at Yang Peng with round eyes. Gradually, a strange emotion came to her heart, it was an emotion she had never had, a very beautiful feeling, but it made her a little flustered. Han Bing's eyes gradually blurred. Two people emerge from the water. Han Bing gasped a few times. Yang Peng took advantage of the moonlight to see that Han Bing's black clothes were all soaked, and the whole thing was attached to her body, completely revealing her beautiful and moving curves.
Han Bing saw Yang Peng staring at his body, he was ashamed and angry, and said angrily: "What are you looking at?" Yang Peng smiled, turned his head to look at the archway, and saw that the few men in black were in danger under the siege of the soldiers, and they obviously couldn't support it for long. Yang Peng climbed onto the shore of the lake and stretched out his right hand towards Han Bing in the water. Han Bing didn't take Yang Peng's hand, and climbed up with his body.
Yang Peng smiled: "It's still stronger like that!" Come on, we need to get out of here! Then led Han Bing to the foot of the wall, Yang Peng unhooked the hook on his body and hooked the wall, turned over first, waited for Han Bing at the other end, and whispered: "Bring the hook when you come over." ”
Han Bing climbed up the wall, took off the hook, threw it to Yang Peng, and then jumped down. Yang Peng was afraid that she would fall, so he hurriedly stepped forward to catch her. Seeing that he was being held in Yang Peng's arms, Han Bing couldn't help but be stunned for a while, came back to his senses, hurriedly pushed Yang Peng away, and glared at Yang Peng angrily.
Yang Peng smiled: "I'm just afraid that you will fall, don't be so unhealthy in your thoughts!" Han Bing was ashamed and angry, glaring at Yang Peng. Yang Peng said: "If you have anything to say, this is not the place to speak." Immediately led Han Bing, relying on the cover of the bushes and rockeries, and evaded the groups of soldiers. Han Bing was extremely surprised to see that Yang Peng was so proficient in stealth skills, she really couldn't imagine how a general of the imperial court could be more proficient in stealth skills than people in the rivers and lakes? By the way, why did this general of the imperial court sneak into Pang Taishi's mansion in the middle of the night? What is he going to do? Han Bing held back the question in his stomach.
When the two approached the last wall, they found that the area around the wall was full of soldiers, and rows of torches lit up the area as if it were daylight. Han Bing frowned, "It's not good, I can't get out!" Yang Peng looked around and saw that there were five or six soldiers running towards him behind him. Yang Peng patted Han Bing, "Follow me." Then he led Han Bing to the corridor next to him and hid.
When those soldiers passed by, Yang Peng jumped up, pulled out the flying needle with both hands and threw it at the same time, three times in succession, the six steel needles instantly shot the six soldiers to the ground. Han Bing looked at Yang Peng in horror and said secretly: Has he ever been a professional killer?! Relying on the cover of rockery trees, he silently approached the back garden, which might have hidden a treasure trove, climbed over the last wall, and fell behind a bush. At this moment, a patrol of a dozen people walked down the cobblestone path not far from him, and they did not find anything.
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.