Sunset.

Under the escort of four hundred white horse Yicong, Zhao Lanjiang and Li Chengcheng entered Yinyang City. The people in the city who had already received the news came to the outside of the city one after another, consciously lining up on both sides to welcome the heroes of Hidden Sun City home.

Zhao Lanjiang has never felt the significance of the three words of the Golden Sword King to Yinyang City as he did today. On the same day, on the shore of Taihu Lake, Li Qiuyi once said to him that if you want to fully comprehend the golden knife intent, then go to Yinyang. Now that he has arrived in Yinyang, thinking of those words again, he has a deeper feeling.

After entering the city, he went straight all the way to the city lord's mansion.

The gate of the City Lord's Mansion was closed, and even the dragoon guards at the gate withdrew. Obviously, the City Lord's Mansion deliberately made a gesture of not welcoming Zhao Lanjiang, and did not want the Golden Sword King to enter the City Lord's Mansion.

General Li Xianzhong arrived and said to Zhao Yanjiang, "Zhao Daxia, why don't you go to the imperial camp for one night first?"

Zhao Lanjiang shook his head and pointed to the city gate, "I live in the city, and I will take a look at today's Yinyang City on behalf of Senior Li." As he spoke, he carried the golden knife on his back, held Li Qiuyi's urn, and climbed to the top of the city.

......

"A bunch of rubbish!"

Li Xiancheng was so angry that he trembled, the study was in a mess, even the teapot of his favorite Ruyao was broken into pieces, and several staff members were so frightened that they stood on one side, and they didn't dare to make a sound.

Originally, Bai Ma Yicong was sent to kill Zhao Lanjiang and the others, but he didn't expect that the chain would fall at the critical moment. Over the years, although Bai Ma Yicong has obeyed his words, Li Qiuyi has too much influence in the army, and even for 20 years, he has not established prestige in the army. It's not that he didn't consider replacing Yicong from the leader to his confidant, but Bai Ma Yicong's promotion was extremely strict, and the interior was monolithic, and they were loyal to the City Lord's Mansion and Yinyang City, not him Li Xiancheng.

"Now that the people of Yinyang are pointing at the backbone and scolding me, you staff, who claim to be talented in the world, let's talk about it, what should I do next?"

Chai Gongwang saluted respectfully, "The city lord is angry. Although Li Qiuyi has a high reputation in the city, he is a dead man after all. Why should you have trouble with a dead man?"

Li Xiancheng said coldly, "You mean that I can't get along with a living person?"

Chai Gongwang said, "Now that Li Qiuyi's ashes are back in the city, we blindly avoid it, and it is not a way, the people have anger in their hearts, and righteousness has complaints in their hearts, rather than arousing public anger, it is better to channel it." ”

"You mean, I want to wear linen and filial piety and cry for Li Qiuyi?"

Chai Gongwang said, "No matter what, he is also the brother of the city lord, and he is the former master of the Li family in Yinyang. First, it can buy the hearts of the people and calm the grievances, and secondly, it can also accumulate reputation for the city lord, killing two birds with one stone, why not?"

Li Xiancheng's heart moved, obviously agreeing with this idea. "Where's that kid Zhao Lanjiang?"

"After all, he is an outsider, and he has no foundation in Hidden Yang City, we are respectful to him on the surface, and after the great mourning, find a way to get rid of it, of course we can't use our people in Hidden Yang City. The group of dead soldiers in the Northern Zhou Dynasty may be useful. If you use it cleverly, you may be able to kill two birds with one stone. ”

Li Xiancheng pondered for a moment and asked, "Just do it, inform Cao Zhizhao, just say that Yuwen Tianlu has entered the city, let him go to meet his master." ”

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Night.

Since Zhao Lanjiang ascended to the head of Yinyang City, countless Yinyang people and white horses dressed in plain clothes, climbed the city wall, or bowed, or marched to see off the Golden Sword King, and some people even couldn't help crying.

"In the lower city lord's mansion, the chief of staff Chai Gongwang, on the order of the city lord, invited Zhao Daxia to enter the mansion to discuss the matter behind the old city lord. ”

The trip to the hidden sun, Zhao blocked Jiangyi

Lu was chased and killed, knowing that it was Li Xiancheng who sent someone to do it, he already had anger in his heart, glanced at Chai Gong, and said coldly, "No need, I am here to guard Senior Li for three days, and after three days, according to the last wishes of my predecessors, I will sprinkle his ashes in Yinyang City." ”

Chai Gongwang touched the nail, but he still smiled, "It's very inappropriate." The old city lord is the previous head of the Li family in Yinyang, and according to the clan system, he is going to enter the ancestral hall of the Li family. ”

Zhao Lanjiang said directly: "If you still have the slightest respect for Senior Li in your hearts, you will not send more than 80 people to hunt down Zhao, tell Li Xiancheng, you don't have to pretend, I will settle this account with him sooner or later." ”

After a few words of persuasion, Chai Gong saw that he had made up his mind, sighed, and also stepped down the city tower, and he didn't even look at the ashes of the Golden Sword King.

Xiao Jinyan climbed to the top of the city and threw two pots of wine to Zhao and Li, Li Chengcheng took it and took a sip, "Poof! What kind of wine is this?"

Xiao Jinyan said, "Now that Yinyang is forbidden to drink, it's already very good to be able to get this." By the way, how is our grain team?" he was still thinking about the 20,000 catties of grain, so he inquired about exporting.

Li Chengcheng said, "Let them stop in White Horse Town and wait for our news." ”

Xiao Jinyan nodded, "That's very good." ”

Xiao Jinyan came a few days in advance, and he already knew about the things in the city, and introduced them to the two before he said, "There seems to be a conspiracy over there in the City Lord's Mansion, but I don't know what to do, so I have to be careful recently." ”

It was late at night, and the lights were bright in the Hidden Sun City.

In the past, the lively teahouse and wine shop and Qinglou gambling house have all closed down, and almost every household has hung prayer lamps at the door. Zhao Lanjiang stood on the city wall, looking at the first border city in the west, and complicated emotions surged in his heart.

He understood Li Qiuyi's purpose.

He not only entrusted the golden sword to Zhao Lanjiang, but also entrusted the entire Hidden Yang City to Zhao Lanjiang. However, he is a ranger, who has no fixed place to live, wandering around the rivers and lakes, how can he afford this entrustment?

Xiao Jinyan said, "Since Senior Li has chosen you, he must have his deep meaning. ”

Zhao Lanjiang shook his head, "At most, for a month, I will leave here after I finish taking care of Senior Li's affairs." ”

"What about the Golden Knife?"

"The golden knife is the golden knife of Senior Li, and it is the golden knife of Hidden Yang City, so I will naturally return to Zhao. Zhao Lanjiang said, "I still have a lot of things to do, I still have a big revenge to avenge, this is not my home after all." ”

Xiao Jinyan was silent, he didn't know whether to tell him about Yuwen Tianlu in the city, with his current martial arts, he was not Yuwen Tianlu's opponent at all.

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Prefect's Yamen.

Cao Zhifu fell to the ground, trembling with horror at this moment. As soon as he learned that Yuwen Tianlu had entered the city, the governor of Zhengxi appeared in his palace on the back foot, which caught him off guard, lying on the ground and kowtowing.

"In the third year of Tiantong, you failed in the imperial examination, and then after being recommended by the Zuo Shilang of the Criminal Department, I went to my house and sent 300,000 taels of silver, plus a housekeeper and a porter, and spent 3,200 taels to donate a meritorious name. ”

Cao Zhi called, "Back to the Metropolitan Governor, over the years, the lower officials have been loyal to their duties, dedicated to the people, light taxes, and less servitude, so there is less filial piety, which is used in the people's livelihood, and please forgive the Metropolitan Governor." ”

Yuwen Tianlu had a calm face as soon as he came, and he thought that it was because he didn't give enough money over the years, which made him unhappy. In my heart, I still slandered in my heart, this An Guogong is not lustful, and he is not

Extravagant, only has a soft spot for yellow and white things, I heard that over the years, filial piety to him nearly 10 million taels of silver, so much money, and not spent, is there a special collection habit?

Yuwen Tianlu said, "People's livelihood? Raising prices, forcing people to buy and sell, is it also people's livelihood?"

Cao Zhizhao shouted that he was wronged, he retorted that the city lord of Yinyang City is autonomous and has great power, he is a prefect, he has no foundation here, and he has no right to transfer troops, sandwiched between the imperial court and the city lord's mansion, and he was angry when he heard it, and Yuwen Tianlu was furious when he heard it, "Cao Dewang, your prefect is sealed by the imperial court, and it is the saint's lord, and his ass is crooked, what else should he be?"

Cao Zhizhao was so frightened that his face was bloodless.

This sentence is tantamount to a slap in the head, smashing him dizzy, he knows that his career has come to an end, and he kowtows again and again to beg for mercy. Yuwen Tianlu ignored it and walked away.

Yuwen Gyu stayed, "Lord Cao, let's talk." ”

As if grasping a life-saving straw, Cao Zhizhao grabbed Yuwen Gui's sleeve, "Please save me." ”

......

The next day, there was a sensational news in Hidden Yang City.

In order to commend Li Qiuyi's contribution to Yinyang, the imperial court posthumously awarded the golden knife Li Qiuyi as the king of Yinyang, in order to show his merits, in the pavilion of ten miles east of the city, built the temple of the king of Yinyang, and set to mourn the king of the golden knife three days later.

Because Cao Zhi called people to Yuwen Tianlu to build a shrine, it has now been built, and the original "Jingcheng Terrace" will also be renamed "Golden Knife Terrace". In this way, it also saves a lot of trouble.

At noon, a few special worshippers came to the head of the Hidden Sun City.

Li Xiancheng, the lord of Yinyang City, dressed in sackcloth, with Li Renjie came to worship the golden knife Li Qiuyi, before he arrived at the city, Li Xiancheng was already crying, and the sound spread for several miles, and the cry was heartbreaking, all of which were moving.

Even the people of Yinyang, who watched the excitement, also felt Li Xiancheng's feelings for the old city lord, and even compared it with the situation when Li Xiancheng's parents died, but it only thundered and did not rain.

"City Lord Li's emotion shows his true feelings for the old city lord. ”

"It's a fart, I heard yesterday that the gate is still closed, and the ashes of the old city lord are not allowed to enter the house. ”

If it weren't for the old city Zhu Shelter over the years, he, the city lord, would have been so secure? ”

Everyone talked about it, and Li Xiancheng cried even more intensely, so that he couldn't breathe because of choking, and even the steps up the city wall were barely climbed by his son Li Renjie.

"My eldest brother, why don't you leave without saying a word!" Li Xiancheng covered his face with a handkerchief, tears raining down, "How can I live after you leave, or I'll leave with you." ”

A passer-by who watched the excitement said, "Then let's go together, die early and live early." ”

When Li Xiancheng heard it, he waved his hand at his hand, and someone immediately dragged the passerby away, and after a while, there was a wail, but it was hidden under Li Xiancheng's cry.

Every few steps he climbed, he wept twice, and at last he was so sad that he fainted on the wall.

Lian Youlang Zhong stepped forward to pinch people, and gave another pill, saying, "City Lord Li is too sad and not suitable to climb the tower." Li Xiancheng woke up and insisted on sending the old city lord on his last journey, and finally climbed up.

Li Xiancheng saw that there was an altar in front of Zhao Lanjiang, and when he hugged it, he cried, "Big brother, I haven't seen you for 20 years, you left me like this, my brother is reluctant! ”

After that, he opened the jar and sniffed hard, "Why doesn't it taste right?"

Zhao Lanjiang looked at Li Xiancheng with a disgusted expression and said, "That's a night pot, I didn't have time to pour it out last night." ”