Meng Chuan left, just as he came quietly with the task of the head of the Meng family, and quietly left Hangu Pass with the thoughts expressed by Lin Ze.

But how can there be an impermeable wall in the world, and under Lin Ze's secret encouragement, the news that the Meng family's steward returned in vain reached the ears of countless people.

The magnates who had originally sent the envoy or planned to send it stopped one after another, intending to sit back and watch the situation develop.

If the Meng family succeeded in suppressing Lin Ze and reaped the benefits, they wouldn't mind jumping on it and taking the opportunity to take a bite.

If Lin Ze suppressed the Meng family in reverse, they would have to think carefully about how they should deal with the young young man who won the emperor's heart.

What kind of reaction did the Chang'an magnates have, Jin Yiwei inquired clearly, and soon appeared on Lin Ze's table.

Lin Ze didn't care about this, anyway, what he did was a business without capital, he just needed to sit firmly on the Diaoyutai and wait for the good news.

Whether it is the Meng family or other families, if one of them comes to redeem people, one is counted as one, and he earns it.

It doesn't matter if they don't come at all, how can you say that these powerful children are also hostages.

The Meng family's reaction was extremely fast, and on the third night after Meng Chuan left, the head of the Meng family came to Hangu Pass in person and sat in front of Lin Ze.

It must be known that Hangu Pass is 800 miles away from Chang'an, and ordinary middle-grade warriors are in a hurry, and it takes two days to come and go.

From this, it can be speculated that after receiving the news from Meng Chuan, the head of the Meng family made a decision almost immediately, so that he could rush to Hangu Pass in less than two days.

The head of the Meng family is a middle-aged man with a mighty face, and he has been in a high position for a long time, and he has his own temperament.

After seeing Lin Ze, there was no nonsense, and he said: "The price you want is too high, five heavenly plants, fifty six-grade earth treasures, higher than this price, I will turn around and leave." ”

Lin Ze was not verbose after hearing this: "Ten heavenly materials, one hundred six-grade earth treasures, I privately gave Meng Gongzi's army a batch of the most sophisticated ordnance, as well as a batch of grain and grass, in addition, if Meng Gongzi encounters danger on the battlefield, this official promises to try his best to save him once." ”

The head of the Meng family pondered for a few breaths and said decisively: "But, please wait a moment. With that, he turned and left.

A trace of surprise appeared on Lin Ze's face, he originally thought that the Meng family might not be willing to give in, maybe they would play some small tricks or something, but he didn't expect that it would be so easy to admit it, which made Lin Ze a little uncomfortable.

You know, he even thought about how to deal with the joint attack of the Chang'an magnates.

But this is also good, a large number of resources are about to arrive, Lin Ze said with a smile.

To Lin Ze's surprise, what the head of the Meng family said was really waiting, and in less than a quarter of an hour, he saw him carrying two boxes, one large and one small, and came to Lin Ze again.

Lin Ze couldn't help but admire: Is this the strength that the head of the powerful possesses?

Is the price too low?

Immediately, Lin Ze threw this thought out of his mind, this should be the bottom line of the Meng family, when they came, they had already made up their minds, even if they couldn't talk, fortunately they weren't so greedy, otherwise they really wouldn't be able to get anything.

Putting the two boxes on the ground, the head of the Meng family nodded and said, "Your Excellency checks, if there are no other problems, please let them go." ”

Lin Ze communicated his mind, scanned it, and after confirming that it was correct, Fang said with a smile: "With the identity of the head of the Meng family, why do you need to fake? ”

After speaking, he summoned a Fang Immortal Dao disciple and instructed, "You go to Elder Qingfeng and bring a person named Meng Feng over." ”

Fang Immortal Dao disciple bowed to Lin Ze and left quickly.

Lin Ze then took out a pen and paper, and wrote: Appoint Meng Feng as a guerrilla general, you can recruit troops on your own, form an independent army, go to the land of Kwantung to quell the rebellion, and wait for the opportunity to move. It will take effect as soon as it is signed, until the rebellion is put down.

After writing it, Lin Ze stamped the seal of the counterinsurgency commander, handed it to the head of the Meng family, and said with a slight smile: "Master Meng, what do you think? If you are not satisfied, just put forward your own ideas." ”

The head of the Meng family took it and glanced at it, nodded and said, "Your Excellency is full of sincerity, and there is no objection here. ”

The smile on Lin Ze's face became even stronger: "The head of the Meng family is heroic, and he can't be too petty in the next place, isn't it." ”

"By the way, I take the liberty to remind the head of the Meng family, although the forbidden army cannot be moved lightly, the reserve camp is not among them, and there are still tens of thousands of guards in the Chang'an area. ”

The head of the Meng family glanced at Lin Ze in surprise, and said slightly: "Thank you, Your Excellency, for mentioning it." ”

Lin Ze replied with a smile: "The head of the Meng family is too polite, maybe everyone will have the opportunity to cooperate in the future, so we should make friends." ”

Well, next time you have such a lucrative deal, you must remember to find me.

The head of the Meng family's cheeks couldn't help but twitch, I really want to know what this guy was thinking in his head? Just now, he blackmailed the Meng family, and now he keeps saying that he will make a friend.

Out of good cultivation, the head of the Meng family just nodded slightly and remained silent.

Soon Qingfeng personally brought Meng Feng here, and after confirming that it was Lin Ze's order, he untied him.

Lin Ze arched his hand and said: "Congratulations on the reunion of the two fathers and sons, there will be no more two left, and he will meet again in the future." ”

The head of the Meng family bowed his hand and said, "Farewell." Then he left with Meng Feng with a blank face.

After the two left, Lin Ze sighed and said, "At a critical time, you know how to make trade-offs." In this way of doing things, the Meng family deserves to be the top magnates. ”

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After the Meng family successfully brought back their own children, the envoys of other powerful people arrived at Hangu Pass one after another to meet Lin Ze.

Lin Ze did not refuse to come, and made his own conditions in person.

Only the Xi and Bai families were the most straightforward, and they directly took things to replace them, so they should have been angry with the Meng family in private.

The rumors that the Meng, Xi, and Bai families have always been in the same breath were confirmed at once.

Other powerful people either want to bargain, or they don't want to redeem their family disciples, and they plan to have a protracted battle with Lin Ze.

Lin Ze directly threw the matter to Dongfang Crane and told him to receive the "goods" and release the people.

The powerful messenger threatened him in front of Lin Ze and tried to force him to comply.

Lin Ze simply broke the envoy's legs, and then asked the family to beat up the children of the family, showing his attitude.

Then Lin Ze released the news: he will spend two months reorganizing and training the army, and then the whole army will attack and attack the main force of Chen Thief. If someone wants to follow him, he can take advantage of this time to prepare and wait for the opportunity to move after him.

The magnates who got the news immediately couldn't sit still, and immediately sent people to visit Lin Ze again to discuss the ransom.

Then they were "pleasantly" surprised to find that the price proposed by Lin Ze had doubled compared to before.

No matter how the magnates abused Lin Ze in private, they finally had to compromise and honestly pay the "ransom".

Without him, just because Hu Hai spoke out to support Lin Ze, the matter of quelling the rebellion was decided by Lin Ze alone.

In other words, whether others are qualified to lead troops to quell the rebellion and obtain war merits, Lin Ze has the final say.

You don't see the degree houses of future generations, no matter how high the price, they are always in short supply.

Unexpectedly, some small and medium-sized forces in Chang'an City also thought carefully, joined forces, and paid a "deposit" to Lin Ze and obtained the qualification to enter.

In any case, Lin Ze can be regarded as making a lot of money this time.