Ye Qingxuan's action this time was to deal with Zheng Zhantang, the "Warlord Prime Minister". How dare he use the power of the third division of the imperial court? Maybe there are Zheng Zhantang's eyes and ears everywhere. In order to keep it secret, Ye Qingxuan directly used his own relationship to secretly Contacted the "Dragon King" Yu Pohai, and took a boat all the way from Dongxian Lake along the Dajiang Waterway to Nankang Mansion on the bank of Kunlong Lake.
It is not too far from Changlong Mansion where Zheng Zhantang is stationed. Changing from here to take a dry road, even at the speed of an ordinary carriage, it can be reached within three days.
Zheng Zhantang was originally in charge of facing the military in Motianling, but because there was no progress in the past two years, Huangfu Taiming who came over seized the military power, expelled the invading forces from Motianling out of Yangzhou, and retreated back to Lingnan.
It can be said that the imperial court is very dissatisfied with Zheng Zhantang's performance in the past two years, and Huangfu Jingming, the "Prince of Filial Piety" who is in charge of the direction of Taipingzhai in central Ji, is also inactive.
Without exception, these two people are officials strongly recommended by Fengyi Pavilion. Now the court, including most of the six officials, and even the civil and military dual ministers, are inextricably linked with Fengyi Pavilion.
Ye Qingxuan said: "Apart from the things you just said, is there any movement in Yangzhou?"
Zhang Shaojie replied respectfully: "After the thirteen princes seized power in front of the battle, the Yangzhou rivers and lakes have calmed down. Now the thirteen princes and Zheng Xiangye share the power equally. The thirteen princes are stationed in Yongzhou City and are mainly responsible for guarding the frontiers. , and Zheng Xiangye sits in the Changlong Mansion to eliminate the stubborn bandits, mainly to deal with those martial arts sects that have been verified to take refuge in Motianling. Our Longjiang Society and the Dajimen cooperated with Zheng Xiangye's actions to deal a severe blow to those who had taken refuge in Motianling. The gang of villains in the mountains.'Liejing Island','Pai Gang','Salt Gang'as well as'Shuanglimen','Wuxia School','Yushui Gang','Iron Bear Hall','Xunjiang None of the big and small gangs who took refuge in Motianling, such as Huihui, Xingwu Teaching Field, etc., could escape.
Because the gang leader Shi Tianbao was eliminated by Ye Shaoxia, and the dragons had no leader, so they were annihilated by our Longjiang Society immediately, and the original sphere of influence became our possession... Because of this, Yu Dalongtou still thinks about your old man from time to time. Well, when I ordered the little one to cooperate with you, I didn't forget to ask the little one to thank the masters. Da Longtou said, when we meet in the future, there will definitely be a generous gift for you young heroes..."
Ye Qingxuan chuckled, and said: "Da Longtou is too polite, and I just did some duty, please ask brother Zhang to tell Da Longtou on your behalf, at this time, you can get Da Longtou's care, and the brothers Ye I am already very grateful, and I don’t need to worry about the small things in the past. If the big leader hadn’t spoken out righteously back then, my brothers and I would have been murdered by these people.”
Ye Qingxuan was talking about the incident when he was raided by Motianling masters on the boat before heading to the holy land of martial arts. If Baili Wuji and Yu Pohai hadn't appeared, even if Jiang Feiran had come, they couldn't stop them from attacking him. human interception.
Everyone chatted for a few more words, Zhang Shaojie knew that these people must have important affairs, so he took the opportunity to resign, and will order his servants not to approach this hut.
After checking that it was absolutely safe, Ye Qingxuan and the others immediately began to discuss the situation.
Wan Guotai sighed, and said: "Oh, I didn't expect that we just severely damaged the Demon Gate, and the Demon Gate in turn caused Wulin Zhengdao to suffer such a big loss. Counting from inside to outside, we were still counted."
Meng Yuanyun said: "Isn't that right? We happened to meet at the right time. The Demon Sect had planned it long ago. We were led by others everywhere. It was our luck that we were able to rescue Xue Gongwang and them this time. The trick is going to be carried out, think about it, I really have no idea..."
Ruhua snorted and shouted: "The Sa family is full of anger, if it is not for carrying out this shit mission, the Sa family will definitely find the person from the Demon Sect, and it will be easy to kill!"
Meng Yuanjun snorted coldly, and said: "Come on, we don't even know where the people from the Demon Sect are, so we can easily kill them..."
"Lao Liu Meng, don't fuck me!" Ruhua was so angry that she wanted to strike with her arms.
Wan Guotai quickly persuaded: "It's okay, it's okay, when will you still fight!"
Ryuhiko Sanada stroked his favorite sword "Raikiri" and said with great vigor: "Master Ruhua is right, and Meng Jun is right, it's just a change of order, as long as you find the enemy, it will be a good meal." Kill. When I was in Yingzhou, this kind of martial arts competition was restricted, and only the annual trial before the imperial court, or when performing missions, could kill people so freely... Shenwu is a good place to practice martial arts!"
"You take killing people for fun, who are you guys..." Meng Yuanyun said.
Clang!
Sanada Tatsuhiko tapped his knife to signal, and said solemnly: "We are real warriors!"
"I admire you!"
Jiang Shuihan rubbed the red mole between his eyebrows, and said lightly: "This time our task is extremely important to the entire righteous way. If we catch Zheng Zhantang, we must pry his mouth open. With his status, martial arts, no matter what Whether he is the insider of the Demon Sect, maybe he knows a lot of inside information. Opening a breakthrough from him is of great significance for us to grasp the enemy's actions. So this time, we must not make mistakes... "
Ye Qingxuan remained silent, thinking of Xu Zhengyi and Shen Jiangping who appreciated him so much, his heart was tormented.
Jiang Shuihan hesitated to speak, but seeing Ye Qingxuan's grief flashed in his eyes, he swallowed his original proposal.
But his expression was seen by Ruhua, who couldn't help raising his eyebrows, and said: "I said, old man, do you have anything else to say, pour it out quickly, what time is it, and you are still hesitating? "
Jiang Shuihan smiled to himself, shook his head and remained silent.
Ru Hua was so suffocated that she was scratching her heart and liver, and wanted to yell again, but unexpectedly Ye Qingxuan said: "Old Ba, what we talked about last time... you can arrange it."
Jiang Shuihan's eyes flashed brightly, and the excitement was beyond words. Finally, he calmed down and said solemnly, "Thank you, Brother Seven. If that's the case, let me handle it."
The mysterious appearance of Ye Qingxuan and Jiang Shuihan confused everyone, and their curiosity overwhelmed them.
Meng Yuanyun couldn't bear it at first, and asked, "What's the matter?"
Ye Qingxuan picked up the tea bowl again, and said slowly: "Don't ask, it's not time for you to know..."
Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, wondering and uncertain in their hearts.
Ye Qingxuan has never kept anything from his brothers. Since he didn't want to say it this time, it must be a far-reaching, significant and extremely dangerous matter.
Ye Qingxuan's heart was turbulent and it was difficult to calm down.
About half a month ago, Jiang Shuihan had proposed a plan to him, using the discovery of the rare martial arts of the "Bronze Dragon Pagoda" as a bait to attract the loafing stragglers from the upper reaches of the rivers and lakes, and lead these people by the nose, disrupting the already precarious situation. In the world of Jianghu, the conspiracy and tricks of using this force to attack the Demon Sect, in short, wherever there is a problem, they will make trouble there. With so many martial arts masters who are afraid of the Demon Sect gathered together, the more people there are, the more powerful they will be. He will do very outrageous things, and it is entirely possible to mess up the established plan of the Demon Sect.
The most important thing is to mix in those big factions that have evidence that they have secretly surrendered to the Demon Sect, attracting people like the Xianlongdong and the Chijiao Gang to attack this gang that secretly surrendered to the Demon Sect, and cut off the wings of the Demon Sect. , will definitely attract the attention of the Demon Gate, as long as the Demon Gate can't bear it and makes a move, the righteous masters who are waiting for the opportunity will attack together, wipe out the reinforcements of the Demon Gate forces, and force the Demon Gate to give up the plot and take the initiative to fight.
Jiang Shuihan's plan is to kidnap the entire martial arts world, hold the nose of his fellow martial artists, and make them serve him.
Now the biggest problem facing the entire martial arts world against the Demon Sect is that it is difficult to unite as one. Jiang Shuihan's strategy is tantamount to uniting a group of people who are least likely to fight against the Demon Sect, providing additional and even support for the righteous side of the martial arts. Lightweight strength.
You must know that in martial arts, apart from famous schools, there are more individual masters who have no background and no sect. They are like flies. Wherever there are benefits, they will appear there. It is desperate, but if some kind of martial arts righteousness is used to summon these people, how far away are these people and how far are they hiding? Under unavoidable circumstances, confronting the Demon Sect, while one side reaps the benefits of the fisherman, the scheme can be regarded as vicious and extremely difficult to control. After all, most of the gathered martial arts masters may be scum who are mercenary. If you do well, you will burn yourself, and you will not be able to protect yourself.
However, after the incident at Hantai Temple, Ye Qingxuan found that he was still too naive and too kind.
This world, no matter how unwilling he is, will eventually be in chaos. It is better to be controlled by himself than to be manipulated by the magic gate.
"Then what shall we do next?" Wan Guotai asked.
Meng Yuanjun asked with a smile: "Isn't it for us to go straight into the mansion and kidnap Zheng Zhantang?"
Ye Qingxuan turned around and asked with a smile: "Why not?"
Everyone couldn't help feeling astonished.
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Yu Pohai arranged for Zhang Shaojie to escort Ye Qingxuan and others for his own reasons.
Ye Qingxuan just said that he would arrive at Changlong Mansion secretly, Zhang Shaojie made clever arrangements, and went to Changlong Mansion with a food transport team under his command the next day.
Zhang Shaojie has a lot of business under his command, and there is his own grain store in Changlong Mansion, and he pretends to transport grain to go there, and it will happen naturally.
Three days later, in the early morning, the convoy arrived at Changlong Mansion.
Under the urging of Jiang Shuihan, the young master, Zhang Shaojie's men moved the grain to the prepared mule cart.
Wan Guotai and Ruhua pretended to be two bodyguards guarding the courtyard, and stood beside Jiang Shuihan with their chests folded.
The accountant played by Meng Yuanjun explained the documents and procedures to the shop staff of the local Zhang Shaojie. After entering the shop, several people changed their clothes again and went out directly through the back door.
In Changlong Mansion, the population is thriving.
But just looking at his appearance and attire, one can tell that if he is not a business traveler, he is a martial artist.
Yangzhou is a prosperous and prosperous place, and there are many business travelers at any time.
Although the forces of Motianling retreated back to Lingnan, Yangzhou had just suffered a major war, and the imperial court, Longjianghui and Dajimen's coalition forces were still suppressing the martial arts sect that had taken refuge in Motianling. The appearance of the Japanese pirates is not surprising, so the appearance of warriors is not surprising, but it adds another kind of wartime prosperity.
Changlong Mansion is like most cities in the south of the Yangtze River. The urban area is built along waterways. The inner and outer cities are mainly used for river traffic. The main layout is a cross-shaped through four gates. The streets are paved with stone slabs and are spacious enough to accommodate eight horses. The alleys lead to the streets in a grid pattern, orderly.
Zheng Zhantang's office is located in a wealthy area. There are many courtyards along the way. The gatehouses are polished bricks and carved tiles, and the courtyards are planted with trees and flowers. The atmosphere is peaceful and there are no traces of war.
There are rivers interspersed in between, the green trees on the bank are sparse, the willows are blowing the water, and there is another beautiful scenery.
The Ye Qingxuan brothers found a restaurant and sat down by the window. Not far from the window was the government office where Zheng Zhantang worked here. From the window, one could even see a little of what was going on in the courtyard.
Meng Yuanyun helped Huangfu Taiming deal with Motianling before, stayed here for a while, and was very familiar with the situation here, and told everyone in a low voice: "Zheng Zhantang has hoarded a large amount of property in Yangzhou in the past two years by various means, and in the name of the court Recruiting martial arts masters wantonly, so people flocking from other places, either want to do business, or want to join the imperial army. It shows that many people are optimistic about the combination of the prince and martial arts. In their eyes, this is the imperial court's rivet mentality Little did he know that Zheng Zhantang had been here for more than two years, and he didn't do any big things, he just focused on making money. If he really had something to do with the Demon Sect, I'm afraid that this large amount of wealth would also go into the pocket of the Demon Sect gone."
Looking out of the window, Wan Guotai looked at the martial arts figures coming in and out of the government office, and questioned: "These people seem to be well-behaved, Zheng Zhantang has done nothing, but he keeps recruiting so many martial arts masters, could it be Let's add strength to the Demon Sect."
Jiang Shuihan smiled lightly, and said, "Zheng Zhantang is not that stupid, I'm afraid it's true that he recruited people for Fengyi Pavilion."
Meng Yuanjun smiled and said: "Don't look at the fact that here is relatively stable during the day, but at night, people in the rivers and lakes often fight fiercely because of personal grievances and interests, and often kill and injure many people. As long as there are no major incidents, there will be no riots. In fact, it is very difficult to manage. Especially in places like brothels, taverns and casinos, no one dares to have fun at night."
"How do we get in?" Sanada Tatsuhiko asked suddenly.
"If you want me to say, go straight in!" Ruhua said.
"How about we sneak in at night?" Meng Yuanyun said.
Both Ye Qingxuan and Jiang Shuihan remained silent, obviously these two methods are not good methods.
Ruhua's proposal is nonsense, before meeting the right owner, they are afraid that they will be trapped to death, Meng Yuanyun's idea seems to be reliable, but here is heavily guarded, such an opinion like Hua's is not very wise.
Ryuhiko Sanada seemed to be talking nonchalantly. He hadn't thought about this question yet, and then he frowned and asked, "Even if we caught someone, how should we leave? After alarming Fengyi Pavilion or the Demon Gate, is there any way we can do it?" Get to Zhengzhou City alive?"
Jiang Shuihan said at this time: "Don't worry about this, we have already arranged a retreat route, and we will have a way to leave at that time. There is no need to bother about the defenders."
"It would be great if someone who is familiar with the terrain of the mansion can help us..." Meng Yuanyun sighed and said slowly.
Monk Ruhua sneered and said, "Then why don't you pray directly, it would be best if someone could bring us directly to Zheng Zhantang..."
Meng Yuanyun nodded, and said, "It would be even better if someone could directly bring us to Zheng Zhantang!"
"Damn, you are a bitch, Meng Laoliu."
As soon as Ruhua's voice fell, Ye Qingxuan, who had been staring at the door thinking about something, suddenly brightened his eyes, laughed, and patted Meng Yuanyun on the shoulder and said, "Meng Lao Liu, you are a fucking lucky star, this time your dream will see you." It can be realized... "
"It came true!?" Meng Yuanyun was a little confused, "What dream?"
Jiang Shuihan looked out the window and said with a smile, "Well, it really came true!"
Everyone gathered at the window to look out, and saw a few figures coming out of Zheng Zhantang's mansion angrily, everyone's face was livid and angry, but the faces of these people fell into the eyes of Ye Qingxuan and others, but they were so kind.
The three guards are the disciples of Kunwu Sect, Zheng Yunbiao, Xie Yun'an and Guo Yunfei, and the one personal attendant is the little eunuch Xiaodouzi Dou Bao. The thirteenth prince Huangfu Taiming.
Huangfu Taiming's expression was still gloomy, while the rest of the people were all full of anger, obviously they had suffered something from Zheng Zhantang.
As soon as the five people left the mansion, more than 20 masters immediately greeted them outside, handed over their horses, and prepared to leave.
Huangfu Taiming got on his horse and was about to leave when suddenly a yellow light flashed in front of his eyes, he reached out to catch it, but it was a copper coin, Huangfu Taiming was shocked, looked up, his expression was shocked on the spot.
Because the yellow light was too fast and everyone got on their horses separately, no one noticed except Huangfu Taiming for a while.
The little Douzi next to him caught up and asked, "Master, let's go..."
"Slow!" Huangfu Taiming waved his hand, and said in a deep voice: "Things are not in a hurry, and everyone has not eaten even when they came all night..." Pointing to the restaurant in front of him, Huangfu Taiming said: "Brothers have been troubled by running around with me all night. , anyway, come here once, I will be the host, and treat everyone to a drink of water!"
The guards behind him immediately applauded.
Xiaodouzi, Zheng Yunbiao and the others all looked at each other in blank dismay, wondering why Huangfu Taiming, who has always been self-restrained and rigorous, would suddenly have the leisure to invite someone to dinner.
Huangfu Taiming has been in the top position for a long time, the scholarly temperament of the past has completely disappeared, and there is an indescribable majesty and domineering in his body. Naturally, the four of them will not speak out against it, and they suddenly agreed and drove away.