In the dusk, Datouren stood on the second floor of Zhanjiazhai, sometimes overlooking the railing, sometimes pacing anxiously, waiting for a long time, suddenly someone broke into the yard and shouted: "Datouman, Miss Zhan is back!"
Zhan Datou just breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Jiu Gao and Jiu Dang supporting Zhan Ning'er into the courtyard, Zhan Datou was shocked, ran downstairs quickly, went up to meet him and asked, "What's wrong with Miss?"
Jiu Gao said: "Miss is fine, it's just that I have practiced martial arts too much and I have a little collapse."
Zhan Datou heaved a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said: "Hurry up and help the eldest lady go back to the room to rest, I will ask the chef to cook a bowl of ginseng soup."
Just as Zhan Datou was about to leave, he suddenly remembered something, turned around and said: "By the way, there is news from the castle, please go back tomorrow, miss!"
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In Liangyue Valley, when the sky is in the sky in January, the ground is like frost.
Gojiglong rode his horse back to the fort dejectedly. The fort gate of Liangyue Valley is built in a narrow valley, and there is a water gate on the right side against the rock wall. The rapids rush out and form a small waterfall. On the left is the road into the valley. The thick and heavy gate is suspended.
Guoji Gelong raised his head, and shouted at the top of the city angrily: "Come on, open the door!"
Guoji Gelong yelled a few times, someone ran over from the top of the city, held up a torch and took a picture down, although the picture was not clear, but he could hear Guoji Gelong's voice clearly, and vaguely saw that there was only one person under the city, Immediately, someone responded: "Young Master, wait a moment, open the city immediately."
After a while, the city gate creaked up, and a little headman came out, held a lantern and took a photo on Guoji Gelong, and said in surprise, "Oh, young master, what's wrong with you?"
Guoji Gelong said angrily: "I've bumped into a ghost!" He walked in angrily, the little headman was dumbfounded, turned his head to look at the deserted mountain road under the moonlight, shivered suddenly, and hurriedly followed After entering the city gate, the city gate creaked and opened again.
Although Guoji Gelong is a master of martial arts and has great strength, but it is still difficult to gain the upper hand with one against six. In addition, Ye Xiaotian is chanting words, pinching his fingers and he doesn't know what he is doing. Afraid of his one-finger gestures, afraid of his tricks, and being distracted to guard against Ye Xiaotian, he couldn't stand it anymore, and was beaten black and blue.
Of course, those six people didn't gain anything from his subordinates. Guoji Gelong punched heavily, and it was not easy to be hit by him. The injuries of those six people were more serious than him. But in Guoji Gelong's view, he still suffered a disadvantage. He is the young master of Liangyue Chieftain's family, and he was beaten into a panda by Ye Xiaotian's six nameless followers. Isn't that called a disadvantage
Guo Jiglong cursed Ye Xiaotian while walking towards the castle. But thinking of Ye Xiaotian's inexplicable finger, he secretly felt a little apprehensive. It seems that Ye Xiaotian really has a good kung fu. No wonder a girl like Zhan Ning'er who is so high-sighted and obsessed with martial arts falls in love with him. Guoji What Ge Long is most proud of is his military strength, but he can't surpass Ye Xiaotian on this point, and he is really sad in his heart.
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The architectural style of Zhanjiabao is similar to that of Yujiazhai, but as a small city, it is twice the size of Yujiazhai, and it is surrounded by city walls. Although it is only less than two feet high, in the south, Such a city is already quite large.
The Zhan family lives in the northern city of Zhanjiabao. The entire northern city is the residence of the owner of Zhanjiabao. This is a wide and deep mansion, with five courtyards and two courtyards from east to west. The walls are three feet high and the access control Fortified, like a fort within a fort.
The gate of the front yard is extremely grand, with a vermilion lacquer gate, high stone steps, stone lions facing each other beside the gate, a diaodou skyscraper on the open ground in front of the gate, and a string of long lanterns can be seen all over the city. At any time, there are eight burly men standing on the stone steps in front of the gate. The strong man stood with his sword in hand, with a look of anger on his face.
This is the Chieftain's Mansion of the Zhan Clan, just like a small imperial court, with the layout of the front palace and the back palace, but it is not called a palace or a palace. Along the central axis of the manor building, after entering the courtyard for the third time, is the chieftain's dormitory of Zhan Boxiong, chieftain of the Zhan family.
At this time, in a secluded and quiet courtyard of the chieftain's dormitory complex, there is a lamp for ten steps and a guard for five steps, and the security is very strict. In the main room, there is a huge wool carpet on the floor, the curtains on both sides are like smoke, and there is a long table in the middle, with several plates of fresh fruits on it, and a simple teapot.
Standing in the corner are two lanterns of the Hundred Monkeys Playing Trees, the lamp bodies are made of white copper, and the lights illuminate the whole room like daytime. A middle-aged man with a face like a crown jade, star-eyed sword eyebrows, wearing a white light robe and a jade belt around his waist, leaned on the couch very easily, holding a small cup of sweet white porcelain in his hand, savoring six An Cha, with a lazy expression.
Opposite him was a tall, half-centenarian man with a beard and a beard, wearing a round-neck casual robe. He had a plump face, bright eyes, and a gentle and generous temperament. Half a silver thread, when the blood is in full swing. There is a forehead tied between his eyebrows, and a piece of beautiful jade is inlaid in the middle of the forehead, which is crystal clear and priceless.
The man in white sipped his tea and said with a smile, "How is Brother Zhan thinking?"
The old man in plain robe frowned slightly, and said: "Yang Tianwang, if you do this, aren't you afraid of attracting interference from the court?"
"Hehehehe..."
The white-robed man chuckled, rolled his eyes, and a smear of hostility flitted across his handsome and flawless face: "Brother Zhan, do you think today's world has the atmosphere of Hongwu and Yongle?"
The old man in plain robe was startled slightly, and said hesitantly: "This... is naturally far inferior."
The white robe said humanely: "That's it, why do you have to worry so much? Besides, wealth and wealth are sought in insurance, if there is no risk at all, will it still be your turn?"
The old man in plain robe bowed his head and remained silent, while the man in white robe didn't urge him, he picked up the sheep's head pot, filled a cup of tea for himself, and began to savor it carefully.
The man in white robe is Yang Yinglong, and the old man in plain robe is Zhan Boxiong, the Patriarch of the Zhan Clan. Yang Yinglong appeared in Zhanjiabao in Shiqian Mansion, but his right-hand man Zhao Xin appeared in Dai's house in Tongren Mansion. What is their plan
It turned out that the most ambitious Yang Yinglong didn't focus on Hu County at all. It is true that Hu County is the exit of the post road, but if it really rises, how much role will the post road have in transportation? Even if it is used as an outlet for troops, as long as it is launched quickly, it is enough to send troops to grasp it, so why bother to plot early.
Yang Yinglong's layout in Hu County is basically Mingxiu plank road. His real goal is Tongren, which is the gateway to the eastern part of Guizhou and the hub connecting the southwest region to the Central Plains. The Jinjiang River in Tongren leads to the Yuanshui River, passes through Dongting, and flows down to the Yangtze River. It is a golden waterway in Guizhou and modern areas.
Tongren is also the key to controlling the entire Eastern Guizhou on land. For Yang Yinglong, who is still firmly in control of the Shuixi area and still does not have enough confidence to tease the old lion of An's family, managing Eastern Guizhou is also difficult. It became the key to his lifelong ambition.
Otherwise, once he has sharpened his sword for ten years and raised troops in one day, there will be the An family in the west, the Tian family in the east, and the Song family in the south, where will he go? Could it be that they climbed over the mountains and rushed into the Bashan Shushui in the north, competing for territory with the Tibetan chieftains there? If that's the case, he might as well stay in Bozhou in peace, what he wants is the splendid country of the Central Plains!
In this way, if he wants to strengthen himself, he has to go east. If he wanted to enter the Central Plains, he had to go east, and to the east of Bozhou, there were two prefectures of Sizhou and Sinan. These two prefectures had just lost the absolute control of the former owner of the Tian clan. With different intentions and self-reliance, he wanted to control the two prefectures and eight prefectures in eastern Guizhou, which was a god-sent opportunity.
What Yang Yinglong wanted most was Tongren, but if he proceeded eastward step by step, it would be easy for people to discover his true purpose at the beginning of the erosion, and they would hinder him and create obstacles. Therefore, Yang Yinglong decided to jump over the stone. Qianfu, get Tongren first, and train a puppet over there.
In this way, for the Shiqian Mansion between Bozhou and Tongren Mansion, he had only one way to conquer it. The method he adopted was to use the dispute over the Mercury Mountain to provoke the war between the chieftains of Shiqian Mansion and Tongren Mansion. Disputes and hatred between them. At the same time, he can also take the opportunity to strengthen his control over the branch of the Yang family in Shiqian Mansion.
But just mastering Shiqian Yang's family is not enough for him to quickly grasp the entire Shiqian mansion when he starts. He still needs to win another chieftain to be more sure. Yang Yinglong's goal is naturally placed on the eight kings One of Zhan's family, Zhan's strength is enough to become his right-hand man, and Zhan's relationship with An's family is very close, if Zhan's family is brought in, the resistance from An's family will be much smaller.
Therefore, Yang Yinglong condescended to come to Zhanjiabao in person, trying to persuade Zhan Boxiong. At this time, of course, he would not reveal his real ambition, but only claimed that he would share the Tongren with the Zhan family, and when Zhan Boxiong got the hook, it would be impossible for him to withdraw his hand at that time.
Zhan Boxiong also has his ambitions. He wants to grow the Zhan family. It is best to let the Zhan family jump out of the list of the eight kings and become one of the kings. However, the Zhan family's territory is limited, which has become a congenital deficiency. Therefore, there is no ambition , but it can only be in vain.
Yang Yinglong's proposal moved his heart, but he originally thought that dividing up Tongren Mansion was just a dream, because the chieftains in other places would not sit idly by, and the court would not sit idly by, but after hearing the detailed plan revealed to him by Yang Yinglong, he felt that it might not be possible. It's not feasible, although there are still risks, but if you want to win wealth, there is no risk
Zhan Boxiong bowed his head and pondered for a while, then slowly raised his head and said, "It's not impossible for Zhan to agree to cooperate with you."
Yang Yinglong was overjoyed, and said: "Brother Zhan agreed?"
Zhan Boxiong said: "I have sent someone to call my niece Ning'er back, hehe, Tianwang Yang hasn't seen my niece yet, right?"
Yang Yinglong was startled, not understanding what he was doing when he suddenly talked about his niece, so he answered casually: "Zhan Ning'er? I was in Guiyang, and I met her before. She is beautiful, beautiful and generous, she is a good girl."
Zhan Boxiong happily said: "That's very good, since Tianwang Yang also thinks Ning'er is beautiful and lovely, then... I marry her to Tianwang as the second wife, can Tianwang agree?"