Dong'an City, as the old capital of Yu State in the Warring States Period, is a famous city, even if Yu State has been destroyed for many years, this place is still full of people, and business and trade around the country are endless, prosperous as before.

The local parent official Dong'an ordered Zhao Gang and Lord Zhao to read the documents in the office of the government office, and at this time, the main bookkeeper entered the lobby and stepped forward to report and said: "Lord Zhao, the imperial court has sent an envoy from Tsing Yi, saying that there is an urgent matter that requires your cooperation, Lord Zhao." ”

Dong'an ordered Zhao Gang to hear the envoy of Tsing Yi, and hurriedly put down the bamboo slip in his hand, and instantly everyone was much more energetic, and the first thing that came to mind was whether it would be related to him?

Zhao Gang thought for a long time, he didn't seem to have anything to do with the court, these people shouldn't be coming at him, and then he felt a little calmer and asked, "Oh?" Tsing Yi envoy came here on business, what is the matter? ”

It means to ask your subordinates if they have listened to the wind? The master said: "My lord, they want to borrow soldiers? ”

"Borrowed soldiers? Nothing else? Zhao Gang asked.

The master said: "Back to the adult's words, the subordinates only know so much, and it is inconvenient to ask about the rest." ”

Zhao Gang didn't feel sorry for him, and said, "Well, prepare, prepare, and meet the business immediately." ”

The master said: "No! ”

The Tsing Yi envoy is a neighbor around the emperor, don't look at the general official position is not high, if you hand a few words in the emperor's ear, it is easy, these people have huge hidden energy, they are local officials, even if they are the head of a county, the feudal officials, it is impossible to offend the Tsing Yi envoy.

Zhao Gang naturally had to go to the yamen in person to greet the arrival of the Tsing Yi envoy.

Zhao Gang led the officials of the government to the gate of the yamen, only three people came from Tsing Yi, and the first one turned out to be a heroic beauty.

Zhao Gang was stunned for a moment, and then instantly came back to his senses and politely arched his hand: "It's very hard for the three of you to come on business for a long time, so please hurry up." ”

The three people who came here were the Hundred Hunter Monks of Tsing Yi, and the first leader was Fang Yunyi.

Fang Yunyi and the others were cautiously welcomed into the yamen lobby by Zhao Gang and sat down.

Fang Yunyi directly expressed his identity and intentions, and said: "Lord Zhao, I am Fang Yunyi, a hundred hunting monk, the imperial court is a personal Iron Eagle Swordsman, and I am specially ordered by the emperor to come here on business today, I hope that Lord Zhao will cooperate with us and others." ”

Zhao Gang saw that Fang Yun was going straight to the point, so he was not polite, and asked: "The three superiors came here on business, and the official naturally fully cooperated, but I don't know what happened?" ”

Fang Yunyi took a sip of tea and said slowly: "Lord Zhao, this matter is very important, and it is not appropriate to say it clearly. ”

Fang Yunyi took out a gold medal from his bosom and handed it to Lord Zhao, saying, "This is a gift from Your Majesty today, Lord Zhao needs to send 2,000 soldiers to follow me and others to quell the rebellion." ”

Zhao Gang was shocked when he heard this: "Counterinsurgency? Where is the rebellion? How did the official not know? ”

Fang Yunyi said: "Counterinsurgency is a rhetoric to the outside world, in fact, as long as Lord Zhao orders all the troops and horses to listen to my command, there is nothing else to say." ”

Zhao Gang listened, looked at the gold medal to confirm that it was correct, and personally stepped forward to hand it back to Fang Yunyi, and arched his hand: "Well, you also know that it is against the imperial court to mobilize soldiers and horses with the gold medal, and please ask for a letter and show the tiger talisman." ”

Fang Yunyi turned around and nodded to the other Tsing Yi envoy, who took out the Jin Jian and held it in his hand, and said, "Lord Zhao, Jin Jian is here, and those who see this Jin Jian are all obedient to the dispatch regardless of their official position. ”

Dong'an ordered Zhao Gang to see this Jin Jian's face changed, knowing that the case handled by the Tsing Yi envoy was not trivial, he didn't dare to ask more, and stepped forward and said: "Fang Tianshi, please wait, this official will immediately order all the soldiers and horses to be dispatched." ”

Fang Yunyi bowed slightly: "Okay, there is Lord Lao Zhao, the situation is urgent, I will wait outside the East City"

After saying that, Fang Yunyi and the others went to the outside of the city to wait for Zhao Gang to gather troops and horses, and at this time, the man behind Fang Yunyi stepped forward and said: "Senior sister, we have greatly offended the Lu family of the three major alchemy families this time, if we have a demand for rare pills in the future, the Lu family will not give us a good face." ”

Fang Yunyi said: "No way, time waits for no one, this time we finally found a little clue, we must take thunderous measures, these three major families of alchemy, in addition to the Lu family, there are two other families?" I don't believe that without him Zhang Butcher, he can't eat hairy pigs? ”

Another young Baijia monk frowned and said: "This Lu family has deep roots in the local tree, I heard that when the first emperor cultivated alchemy in Taiji Palace, the alchemy furnace was supervised by the Lu family. In addition to the alchemy furnace, the Lu family also donated more than a dozen alchemists to the imperial court, and the first emperor also specially issued a decree to reward the Lu family. ”

Fang Yun agreed: "Well, so if you want to move the Lu family, you can't alarm anyone, you have to be quick and ruthless." ”

At this moment, Zhao Gang rushed outside the city with two thousand well-equipped soldiers and horses to join Fang Yunyi and the others.

Zhao Gang stepped forward and said, "Master Fang, the lower official has already ordered all the soldiers and horses according to the order. Zhao Gang hesitated for a moment, but still asked, "Heavenly Master Fang, where are we going to quell the rebellion?" ”

Fang Yunyi said indifferently: "Lord Zhao, don't ask too much, just follow us." ”

Zhao Gang accompanied the smiling face and said, "Yes, yes, it's the lower officials who are too talkative." ”

Fang Yunyi drove! Bento rode away first, Zhao Gang had no choice but to wave his hand, and more than 2,000 people followed behind Fang Yunyi to "quell the chaos".

An hour later, finally a group of people arrived at Lujiabao, the Lu family is not only an alchemy family, but also a famous local wealthy family, the family has been inherited for thousands of years, the Lu family in order to protect the rare pill and the safety of the family, deliberately built Wu Fort to defend itself, the reason why Fang Yunyi borrowed troops is to deter the Lu family.

Zhao Gang followed all the way with his soldiers, and it wasn't until he arrived at Lu Jiabao that he suddenly realized that he was going to attack the Lu family?

Zhao Gang stepped forward to check on Lujiabao, saw that its city wall is tall, heavily guarded, although the scale is far less than Dong'an City, it is just a small family castle, but it is also a deep ditch and high fortress, the city wall, the moat, the rejection of horses, the corner tower and other city defense measures are readily available, it can be said that although the sparrow is small, the five organs are complete, and it is Zhao Gang's scalp numbness.

Zhao Gang stepped forward and asked Fang Yunyi for instructions: "Master Fang, are we going to deal with the Lu family on this trip?" ”

Fang Yunyi said: "Well, our trip is aimed at the Lu family, according to the report, there is likely to be a criminal in the Lu family who is being investigated by the imperial court." ”

Zhao Gang glanced at the heavily guarded Lujiabao, and then looked back at the two thousand people behind him, thought about it in his heart, and cautiously stepped forward and said: "Qiqi is poor, the lower officials heard that the Lu family is not only a big family, but also has eight hundred Dannu domesticated in the fort, all of them are strong and strong in martial arts, with one as ten, these people have been medicine slaves cultivated by the Lu family with special pills since childhood, and their strength cannot be underestimated. ”

After hearing this, Fang Yunyi sneered and said, "Lord Zhao, you actually know so much about the Lu family, it seems that Lord Zhao has a lot of dealings with the Lu family in private?" ”

Zhao Gang sneered and said: "I don't know anything about the upper ranks, as the old saying goes, a strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, although I am a Jin person, and I was appointed by the imperial court to be a local parent official, but if I want to govern the local area well, I must also have a good relationship with these local wealthy families, not to mention the world-famous Lu family, especially the Lu family, there are many children and nephews in the Lu family who are local officials, even if the official acts locally, he has to rely on the Lu family......"

Fang Yunyi waved his hand and said: "I know, Lord Zhao doesn't need to say much, I came here today mainly to use Lord Zhao's face to calm the Lu family, so that it is convenient for us to investigate the case." ”

When Zhao Gang heard this, he understood that there was no intention to come hard, and he was a little relieved, so he immediately sent a messenger to the castle to inform the Lu family to come out to greet the Qin Mission.

At this time, in Lujiabao, the head of the family, Lu Yifang, was playing chess with his friends, and at this time, the Lu family's face was pale, and he trotted forward all the way to explain the cause and effect to the head of the family.

Lu Yifang's face changed slightly when he heard this, but he was terrified in his heart, how could this provoke the court inexplicably? He got up to say goodbye to his friend, changed into his coat, and hurried to the gate of the city.

Fang Yunyi, Zhao Gang and others walked to the downstairs of Lujiabao City, at this time, Lu Yifang climbed the city tower and poked his head out to look at the thousands of imperial soldiers and horses behind Fang Yunyi and Zhao Gang, his heart trembled, but he didn't dare to rashly order the opening of the city, he still had to ask the origin to prescribe the right medicine.

Lu Yifang leaned out on the city tower with a smile, and greeted the familiar Zhao Gang first: "But Lord Zhao is here?" Ah! Lord Zhao, come on, you came with a lot of soldiers to the door, this battle is really scared to death of the old man. ”

Zhao Gang didn't accept the benefits of the Lu family on weekdays, and now he had to smile and say: "Taigong Lu, I came here today and brought these many soldiers to the door, it is indeed a bit abrupt, the envoy also said just now, this official just cooperated with the upper hand to come here to investigate the case, and has no other intentions, Taigong Lu must not misunderstand!" ”

After that, Zhao Gang turned his head and gestured to Fang Yunyi beside Lu Yifang, and introduced: "Lu Taigong, this official will introduce you, this Fang Tianshi is a hundred hunting monks, and he came here today to investigate the case, and he also asked Lu Taigong to make it convenient and open the city to welcome the mission." ”

When Lu Yifang saw Fang Yunyi's woman, he knew that she was the main man today, so he hurriedly greeted him with a smile: "The old man has seen Fang Tianshi, the old man remembers that when the first emperor was in power, he also went to Baijia to visit Duan senior, one of the three marquis, I don't know if Duan senior is in good health now?" ”

Obviously, these people outside the city are not good, Lu Yifang still wants to take the opportunity to have a relationship with Baijia, and see if he can show a little mercy to their Lu family in the face of the old man Duan of Baijia Sanhou, these alchemy families deal with the monks of various sects and factions the most, which are not only customers, but also the most important connections of their Lu family.

Sure enough, at the mention of Zhanghou Duan Gui, Fang Yunyi's face softened, and said: "Prince Lu, please rest assured, the old ancestor and his old family are in good health, and it is also thanks to the elixir provided by the Lu family that the old ancestor was able to prolong his life. ”

Immediately, Fang Yunyi changed his words and said coldly: "But our Baijia monks have always been only loyal to the emperor, doing errands for the imperial court, cutting first and then playing, the imperial power is licensed, no one, anything, can stop us Baijia from enforcing the law impartially, and I hope that Lu Taigong will forgive me." ”

Lu Yifang's heart tightened when he heard this, and he turned his head to look at Zhao Gang again, what the meaning in his eyes was, you kid usually don't take the filial piety of our Lu family, you have to make a statement, right?

Zhao Gang has been running the officialdom for a long time, and he also knows that eating people is short-mouthed and soft-handed, looking at the meaning of Fang Yunyi's words, the Lu family's matter must be small, he is just a small Dong'an order, but he doesn't dare to disobey the Qin Cha to handle the case.

Zhao Gang had no choice but to step forward and give up his hand, and said embarrassedly: "Taigong Lu, Fang Tianshi is on a mission, and Zhao can only talk about business today." ”

In just one sentence, it was directly pointed out that the official level crushed people to death, no matter how good the friendship was in the past, it is not easy to say anything now.