Chapter 24: Cai Ying is intimidated
A nobleman with a high rank will not necessarily be able to defeat a nobleman with a low title, but a nobleman with more money and connections will definitely win the war.
The Jiang family, as one of the top ten dukes of the Shaodian Kingdom, has in-laws with many big nobles, and fights aristocratic wars with his family, and the Cai family in Kengzhucheng is 10,000 times richer than it is for nothing.
The winning side of the noble war has the right to claim compensation against the losing side, and the amount of compensation is limited to ten times the amount of the war losses. Therefore, once the aristocratic war breaks out, both sides will spare no effort to form and invite large armies, anyway, as long as they win, their losses can be recovered tenfold.
Of course, the scale of a war is often limited by the ability of the weaker side to pay.
The city of Shaodian Kingdom is divided into three levels: Shangcheng, Zhongcheng, and Xiacheng, and the Cai family can be divided into Kengzhu City, which is one of the few Shangcheng in Pingzhong County as its own territory, and there are people behind the family to support it, but if a noble war breaks out with the Jiang family, this backstage plan will definitely not help the Cai family.
The Cai family vs the Jiang family, the first-class viscount of the kingdom vs the Duke of the kingdom, the population of 200,000 in a city vs the millions of people in an entire county, think about it with your heels to know who can win.
"Wait, lie! This is the most shameless lie, you can't trust this despicable Deacon Wu. He's just a little deacon under me, how could I possibly arrange for him to do such a thing. "Cai Ying can't take care of her own face, and she definitely can't have anything to do with the murder of Ding Kui.
Deacon Wu has now fallen into the hands of Jiang Nan, and it is obviously impossible to rob him. As for why Deacon Wu framed himself, it can only be figured out later. The most important thing at the moment is to defend himself clearly, and the reason why the Jiang family cannot start a war is established.
"Lies, if it weren't for your arrangement, Lord City Lord, how could I get 300,000 gold coins to the big boss of Funiu Mountain, this money will not be able to make up for my life." "Deacon Wu is determined to pull Cai Ying into the water.
"Fart, who knows where you got this money? Maybe you embezzled the funds of the car and horse dealership, and Ding Kui is my son Cai Gang's junior brother, they are from the same school, how can I let people murder my son's senior brother?
Cai Gang is still training with Baron Lu Ji in Xiaxi Town, that is the Ding family's base camp, how dare I leave my son there?" Cai Ying, who had calmed down, began to look for loopholes in the matter.
"Obviously, you asked me to do a clean job with my hands and feet, and not to reveal the relationship between the Cai family and this matter, since Lord Jiang has come over, I don't dare to hide it at all. "This Cao State spy clearly wants to bite off a piece of Cai Ying's meat.
The more Cai Ying thought about it, the more she felt that something was wrong, why did this Deacon Wu pour dirty water on himself?
He jumped off the horse, threw away the horsewhip, walked up to Jiang Nan, stood still and said: "The Cai family has never had a grudge against the Jiang family and the Ding family, and they have never dealt with each other, Ding Kui is still an official of the imperial court, why should I risk harming him, there must be another conspiracy in this." ”
Jiang Nan actually knew that things were not that simple, and there were obviously many doubts that were difficult to explain, but he needed an excuse to complete the task of Liwei arranged by Jiang Tong.
Cai Ying had obviously confessed, Jiang Nan pretended to follow Cai Ying's words and pretended to think very seriously.
"This Deacon Wu came to Kengzhu City with the caravan outside more than 20 years ago, and now that I think about his origin, it is very suspicious, or I will be able to interrogate him, and I will definitely be able to find out. "If the hard one doesn't work, the soft one will come, Cai Ying hates Deacon Wu so much.
"No, I will take this man back and hand him over to the Duke, and the Lord Protector has instructed me to do so, and take him down first. "Jiang Nan's goal has been achieved, and he doesn't want to keep Deacon Wu here to continue to stimulate Cai Ying, if there is a conflict, it will be difficult to kill him if he accidentally kills him.
Just when Deacon Wu was taken back to the carriage and horse shop, an army surrounded him from all directions and surrounded the carriage and horse shop in Kengzhucheng.
Cai Ying turned around and saw that it was his younger brother, Cai Jie, the commander of the city defense army, who rushed to the carriage and horse shop with a brigade of nearly a brigade and about 800 city defense troops.
He suddenly made up his mind that even if he fought all his subordinates, he would leave Deacon Wu behind and make things clear, as long as he proved that he was not involved in the murder of Ding Kui, Jiang Tong would have no good reason to launch a noble war.
"Captain Jiang still insists on going his own way, it seems that I have to leave Captain Jiang as a guest in Kengzhu City, I will tell the Pingzhong County Guard about this matter, and let Lord Teng come forward to investigate this matter, and I will definitely give an explanation to Old Duke Jiang." Cai Ying played procrastination.
If he can't resist it, he dragged the county guard into the water, and the county guard has the responsibility to intervene about what happened on the ground in Pingzhong County.
"Oh, the city lord wants to force us to stay, but I don't know if Kengzhu City has this strength. Jiang Nan stood upright with his head held high, looking at the city defense army brought by Cai Jie with disdain.
"Hehe, young people are so big, Kengzhu City is not a place where you can come and leave if you want. An old voice sounded behind Cai Ying.
"Fifth grandfather, your old man is here. Cai Ying respectfully saluted the old man who walked behind him.
The person who came was covered with dark red fighting armor, holding a two-point golden dragon tail gun, his face was old, his body was slightly stiff, but his spirit was still strong, and he walked steadily in front of Jiang Nan.
He is Cai Ting, the fifth brother of Cai Ying's grandfather, who is now eighty-five years old, a fearless knight in the early days, and the only remaining fifth-level combat power of the Cai family.
Jiang Nan's eyes froze, there are also fifth-level masters in Kengzhu City, although he is too old, he can have the upper hand, but the shield breaking knights of a squadron under his command, facing more than a large number of troops, the victory or defeat is still between the two.
Cai Ting is Cai Ying's reliance, leaving Deacon Wu behind, he can still save a certain face, if Jiang Nan is allowed to take people away easily, how can he raise his head to see people in the aristocratic circle of Pingzhong County in the future.
Although the two sides were tense, they were not fully sure to suppress their opponents and were unwilling to fight. Once the hands are moved, the situation is difficult to control, and casualties are inevitable. The situation is deadlocked, and both sides are a little impatient.
A Cai family guard squeezed through the crowd, found Cai Ying, and stepped forward to say: "Ding Kun, the steward of the Protector's Mansion, came to ask to see the city lord." ”
"Ding Mansion Steward, Hmph, the Marquis of the Protector is so big, send a butler to demonstrate to me? Just say that I have something important to deal with, I don't see!" Cai Ying frowned and replied impatiently to the guard.
Seeing the other party's reaction, a smile appeared on the corner of Jiang Nan's mouth, those people from the Ding family came at random, and his task was successfully completed.
Cai Ying is not familiar with the military, and he doesn't know the details of the tragedy back then, and he doesn't know Ding Kun's strength, but his thought made him fall into a more passive situation.
His guards apparently did not send off the butler from the Ding Mansion, and the encirclement of the city defense army suddenly became chaotic.
A group of people formed a sharp arrow formation like arrows, and slowly cut through the perimeter of the encirclement near the city gate.
Ding Kun exuded a chilling murderous aura and rushed to the crowd that was blocking him in front of him, and the soldiers in front of him couldn't stand the murderous attack and retreated one after another.
Ten shield-breaking knights wielded long swords that spit out crimson swords, and they were divided into two wings of the ranks, and the soldiers who were forced back by the murderous aura did not dare to resist the sharpness of the swords.
Ten trapped warriors lined up in two columns, supporting a young man who followed closely behind Ding Kun.
The young man in the center of the line was dressed in a black mage robe, with a gold trim sewn into his cuffs, and above his right hand was a fist-sized fireball flying in the air.
The soldiers around him believed that if the young man's heart moved, the flying fireball would hit his head.
Watching this team walk into the encirclement, Cai Ying's eyes straightened.
How strong is the leader to be able to push away the crowd with his momentum alone, and whether it is a knight or a samurai behind him, all of them are about thirty or forty years old, looking at the coordination between their formations and marches, all of them are battle-hardened soldiers.
The young man in the middle was even more terrifying, and the gold border on his cuffs proved that he was a robed mage, which was difficult to invite no matter how much money was spent.
"Lord Cai is really magnificent, the old man was turned away when he came to see him, and he didn't know that he thought there was a duke living in Kengzhu City. "Ding Kun is a person who has seen the world, and if the little viscount doesn't give him face, he won't be polite at all.
"I am the lord of a city, and I have a lot of important things to deal with on weekdays, and today I have to entertain distinguished guests, didn't the Marquis of the Protector teach you to follow the lord's wishes, the people of the Ding family like to break through?" Cai Ying was repeatedly despised, and she was very aggrieved, if it weren't for Ding Kun's unfathomable strength, she would have been asked to take it long ago.
"Back then, I followed the old marquis on an errand, and I have been to the palace of many dukes and princes, and there is no one I can't see, and the little viscount city lord doesn't need me to see him. Even if you return to the old mansion now, the official position of the young master of my family is half a level higher than yours, and seeing that the old man is honest, who can you compare. Speaking of the Ding family, the old housekeeper became angry.
Ding Dao used to be the commander of the General Staff, and as Ding Dao's personal guard and housekeeper, Ding Kun was at least a director-level official, and his status was one level higher than Cai Ying.
"You!" Cai Ying's mind went blank for a moment, and her throat seemed to be stuck in something, and she couldn't say anything.
"Jiang Nan, why are you here, why are they surrounding you?" After choking Cai Ying, Ding Kun asked Jiang Nan.
"Steward Ding, you came just in time, I caught the mastermind who colluded with Funiu Mountain, according to his confession, it was the city lord Cai who instructed him behind his back, and the city lord Cai denied it, and wanted to snatch the mastermind back. Jiang Nan briefly explained the matter to Ding Kun.
"I see, Cai Ying, I think you are a thief with a weak heart and dare not see my Ding family, if you don't explain this matter clearly today, I will demolish your City Lord's Mansion!" Ding Kun's face sank, and he took a step towards Cai Ying, and a very strong murderous aura rushed towards Cai Ying.
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