Li Chengzhen closed his eyes, as if he didn't dare to face the disaster of the Song family. Xu Fengnian's expression was calm, he couldn't see any emotions, and he said to Song Yan: "Master Song, there are some things I need to discuss with you."
After Xu Fengnian finished speaking, he turned around and walked down the steps. Song Yan was angry with Song Huangmei earlier, and the disaster was imminent. Instead, he quietly pressed his hands on the daughter who had brought the disaster out of his mouth, and tried his best to put on a smiling face, signaling her not to panic. Turning around and stepping over the threshold, Song Yan let out a long breath, a little cold.
Quickly follow the general of Lingzhou, Song Yan has been in a high position for a long time, and his understanding of the city is much deeper than that of ordinary people who have no worries about food and clothing. Many Gaoliang children are not all bullying villains. On weekdays, they are greeted and sent, and when they deal with officials with real power like Song Yan, they are also quite gentle, courteous and frugal; , in Song Yan's view, it is not a state, not moved by interests, not moved by sophistication, no matter how big or small, you can calm down, it is the real city, Song Yan is afraid that Xu Fengnian is the former, Shunfeng When it's smooth sailing, it's easy to talk, and it's fair to do business with people, but if it doesn't suit you a little bit, you have to show your fangs and don't treat people as human beings. His Royal Highness is so angry that he will have all scruples in doing things.
Xu Fengnian slowed down, walked side by side with Song Yan, and joked softly: "You used to scold Xu Xiao, but now your daughter scolds me, the Song family has enmity with the Xu family?"
Song Yan was a little embarrassed.
Xu Fengnian smiled and said: "I came back this time to tell you that your daughter and a maid stopped me from going out of the house earlier and suffered a bit. The fault of this matter lies with the Song family, but I am afraid that the woman will be unreasonable if she takes revenge. , talking nonsense, making the prefect complain to me, and feel that it is necessary to come back and explain clearly. But if it is just this matter, I am actually too lazy to go back and make a fuss. The main reason is that there are several dens of thieves in Beimang that have been hidden for many years in Huangnan County. This time a large number of scholars went to Liang, and there were many spies and dead men who pretended to be deep. Even some Beimang spies who originally took root in the Central Plains began to take the opportunity to infiltrate Beiliang. Someone will clean up Huangnan County at night. I will leave tomorrow morning, so I think I need to tell you first to save you from being in a hurry. When I returned to the mansion, I saw that the Wild Ape Building had begun to move books."
Song Yan didn't dare to forge that overnight feud with the young people around him, and he didn't care about the etiquette, so he asked directly: "Your Highness won't be angry with my daughter's rudeness?"
Xu Fengnian asked back: "Swearing at people in my own home is better than those who stabbed people in Lingzhou. I can bear with the latter until now and haven't done anything. What are you worried about? If you are really guilty, you can send more." I have five hundred books in the Wild Ape Building."
Song Yan sighed and said, "It's the officials who treat the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain."
Xu Fengnian laughed at himself and said, "What kind of gentleman am I? You guys are only afraid of well ropes after being bitten by a snake for ten years. With my bad reputation in Beiliang..."
Song Yan turned his head suddenly and saw Master Jinglue's daughter running in a hurry, stopped and looked at them, with no intention of leaving. Xu Fengnian hesitated for a moment, and said softly: "Master Song, I have a few words with Miss Li, you go to the back door and wait for a while."
Song Yan nodded and left quickly.
Li negative really didn't take a step closer, and asked with a cold face: "What are you going to do to the Song family?"
Xu Fengnian didn't mince words with her, and said, "Actually, you want to ask me what I plan to do to Song Huangmei, right? Don't worry, I..."
Li Chengzhen interrupted Xu Fengnian's words, and said with a sneer, "Do you believe that I can really rest assured?"
Xu Fengnian said calmly: "Li Chengzhen, if I remember correctly, I never owe you anything."
Li negative really gritted his teeth and said: "If there is something wrong with Hanlin on the border, I will hate you for the rest of my life!"
Xu Fengnian turned to leave, but was stopped by Song Huangmei again, but this time the sword-playing woman learned a lot from the pitfalls, and timidly said: "Your Highness, one person does the work and the other is responsible. Don't make things difficult for my father."
Xu Fengnian stretched out his hand and squeezed her cheek hard, "You scolded me, and I wiped the oil, so it's evened."
Song Huangmei was sluggish on the spot, and it took a long time before she came back to life. She jumped up and ran towards Li Chengzhen, chirping like a bird, "Sister Lingzhen, did you see that this Highness is really murderous, he is belittling me, I didn't dare to move just now , If it were an ordinary Deng Tuzi, he would have cut off the dog's paw with a sword! Sister, you don't know that the two followers around him are very powerful. Let me just say that a man who wears a sword is considered heroic and handsome. Alas, now I think those rumors are probably true. Sister Negative Zhen, you don’t practice martial arts or swords. I don’t know that people in the world have a bold saying that His Royal Highness is definitely a master! Just don’t Know if you can fly with the sword and scream thunder."
When Xu Fengnian came to the back door of the mansion, Song Yan asked softly: "To clean Huangnan County at night, what do I need to do?"
Xu Fengnian shook his head and said, "No need."
Song Yan said: "If your Highness doesn't dislike the lifelessness of this house, you might as well stay here."
Xu Fengnian smiled and said: "Why, are you afraid that I will die suddenly in Huangnan County?"
Song Yan, who had been exposed, laughed, Xu Fengnian didn't let Song Yan go out, got into the carriage, and drove out of the alley quietly.
Xu Yanbing drove to a private house located in the southwestern corner of the county. Xu Fengnian opened the door and entered. The small courtyard was narrow and there were more than 20 people kneeling densely on the cold floor. Yes, said something and got up. These twenty or so people were dressed in very different clothes, including brocade and sable furs worn by wealthy gentry, and coarse linen clothes worn by villagers in the countryside. There was even a jade pendant that could only match an official's official uniform. It's not small, it's Shangxian Zhu Bo under the ninth rank. After taking the sheep by hand, he was not in a hurry to return the jade pendant. The first person, an ordinary-looking woman, just stood up, then knelt down again, with an involuntary trill, carefully digging out the words, and slowly reported the military situation: "His Royal Highness, according to the investigation, there are three northern treasures hidden in the city of Huangnan County. Mang spies' lairs, two of which have been in operation for more than ten years. According to General Chu's arrangement, a group of peregrine falcons from the palace will enter Huangnan County at Shenshi, and another group of Beiliang falcons who are former crossbowmen will arrive at a quarter of you. His Highness only needs to give an order, and his subordinates can uproot these three cancerous tumors."
The members of Beiliang Spies are mixed, but those who are really responsible for cleaning up the house are counted among the peregrine falcons. This peregrine falcon is responsible for patrolling Beiliang. The group that killed the prince Zhao Kai were all dead men who exchanged killings for martial arts secrets and wealth, and some were desperadoes who committed capital crimes in Liyang and had to rely on Beiliang to seek a chance of life. At present, Beiliang's intelligence information is divided into two, and half of the power is taken away from Chu Lushan, and it falls into the hands of the second princess Xu Weixiong. Hundreds of elite crossbowmen became eagle fighters, and they acted in concert with the peregrine falcon in name, but in fact it also meant to restrain each other. Thus, the hawks and falcons swam on the land of Beiliang together, choosing and devouring people. As for affairs outside the customs, the old spy leader Chu Lushan still controls most of them, and Xu Weixiong seems to have no intention of getting involved for the time being. Xu Fengnian has hardly set foot in these two most filthy institutions, but he has heard about the general settings. For example, most of the spies in the yard at this time are "turtles" who are dormant all year round and are not allowed to move their nests. The "shad" with a slightly more flexible tail travels to and from Liangzhou on a regular basis, and is responsible for matchmaking and building bridges to convey military information. Huang Nan's spy leader, nicknamed Black Carp, told the wife that a big man from above was coming to Huang Nan County to set up the net by himself, but almost no one thought that it would be the prince of Beiliang who "visited the humble house", and they were a little trembling for a while. They are not those ordinary people who only spread rumors. Regarding the actions of His Royal Highness, according to their qualifications and identities, they have seen some secret records with their own eyes and heard some secret things with their own ears to varying degrees.
Xu Fengnian smiled and said: "Hei Li, stand up and speak. It was originally said that your immediate boss, Wang Tongque, came to Huangnan County. This son took Wang Tongque's position on a temporary basis. Don't dislike a layman who is pointing fingers at you. Today Even if you act late, this son will just watch and don't get involved."
The woman who has been in charge of the specific affairs of Huangnan County's espionage was relieved, stood up, and was about to say a few polite words, but was grabbed by the neck by His Royal Highness, snapped, and after being twisted, was thrown on the ground by His Royal Highness who did not change her smile. aside. Xu Fengnian continued to laugh and said: "I forgot to say that the reason why Wang Tongque didn't come to Huangnan County was not because he didn't want to come, but because he was killed by the people from Chu Lushan on the way here. This black carp, like Bei Mang A master Tigan has been flirting with each other for many years. Huang Nanjun is rotten from beginning to end. This son knows that besides her, there are actually a few people in the yard who have taken refuge in Beimang Spiderweb. These unremarkable people, this is not acceptable."
The rest of the people in the yard looked at each other in dismay. The Peiyu "turtle" who had become an official of Beiliang took a step forward and looked at the corpse of the black carp lightly.
Xu Fengnian ignored the spy who revealed his identity, and left it alone, walked to the steps, put his hands in his sleeves, leaving only the jade pendant dangling outside his sleeves, and asked with a smile: "Is there anyone else who wants to die?" Make it easier? When I get caught by this son himself, I won't have the treatment of the black carp."
The courtyard was dead silent, obviously no one responded to His Highness Shizi's kindness, Xu Fengnian slowly reported three names, all three were cut off by Hong Shuwen's swift and swift knife.
Xu Fengnian said: "According to the secret report, there is still a dead man from Beimang who is hiding in the yard. His identity is unknown, but it doesn't matter. The spy agency in Huangnan County was going to overthrow it and start over. In order to save trouble and avoid future troubles, we can only Killed them all. Huangnan County is a geomantic treasure land managed by Beimang's spider web with great efforts. This son believes that the life of that big fish is worth more than all the Beiliang spies in the yard combined. This deal, Beiliang It's cool."
A bloated rich businessman was so agile that he stepped lightly on his toes and was about to jump out of the courtyard wall, but was stabbed in the back by Hong Shuwen with a short halberd, and his body hung heavily on the wall. Legs, pulled back into the courtyard.
Once he died, the soft-shelled turtles and shads who were still standing in the courtyard were relieved. If this guy refused to show his feet, and insisted on dragging the other dozen people to death together, they could only stretch their necks and be slaughtered, otherwise They also didn't dare to fight against the murderous prince of Beiliang. As turtles and shads, most of them have family members, young and old. If they died here today, they would be considered as sacrifices for Beiliang. If they want to hate, they can only hate those Beimang The spies are too cunning and cunning, but after they die, the whole family, young and old, can still live comfortably. Just when everyone thought the dust had settled, Xu Fengnian followed Xu Yanbing's finger and stared at an unremarkable middle-aged man with a rigid face, "This fat man is willing to die for you in order to keep you!" , It can be seen that you have a good status. Otherwise, if I were him, I would drag the rest of the people to be buried with me even if I died. You are called Han Shang. You have done a lot of big things in the Youzhou border before, and you have made great contributions to Beiliang , these years I have been at odds with the black carp, and I have been squeezed out by the black carp for many years without any success, originally you were the most innocent spy in the yard, but do you know when you show your feet?"
Han Shang smiled gloomyly, and looked at Xu Yanbing, "I have heard that the palace hides a dragon and a crouching tiger, but all the dead soldiers of the Earthly Branches around the King of Beiliang have taken action, except for a guy named Xu Yanbing who has been doing nothing, making it impossible to explore Deep and shallow. Beimang guesses that this person is not inferior to Han Lushan, the younger brother of the spear fairy king. Now it seems that this is indeed the case. I have clearly suppressed the number of heartbeats. I think I have no flaws. It is still seen through. It is a pity that I cannot spread this news. The fault is that this time, His Royal Highness did not expect to come in person, and there is Xu Yanbing accompanying him."
It's not that Han Shang didn't want to struggle to the death, but was targeted by Xu Yanbing. Han Shang, who was not low in martial arts, knew that it was futile.
Han Shang's eyes darkened, and he fainted and passed out without even seeing how Xu Yanbing made a move.
Xu Fengnian threw the jade pendant back to the official, and said with a smile: "Wang Tongque, General Huang Nanjun has made up for it."
Wang Tongque took the jade pendant, put it on his waist, and tore off his face. Several people in the courtyard knew that this guy was Wang Tongque, who had been the number one spy in Huangnan County for more than ten years.
A man whose wife and children have never seen his true face for more than ten years.
He walked into the room with His Royal Highness, and asked softly: "Why doesn't Your Highness let the humble official continue to lurk in the dark? Although Huangnan County will be much cleaner after tonight, there is no guarantee that there will be no dirt accumulation in the future."
Xu Fengnian said: "You don't need to stay in Huangnan County anymore, say goodbye to your wife and children, and then go to Youzhou."
Wang Tongque nodded without any objection.
Xu Fengnian said suddenly: "I know you have cultivated a clean-footed apprentice, Chu Lushan thinks highly of him, you take him to Youzhou, and work hard for a few more years to experience that young man, and wait for him to take over your mantle, You should stop being a spy, reunite with your wife and children, change your appearance in the future, and live a stable life."
Wang Tongque, who had already sharpened his sword and axe and kept his face unchanged, was stunned.
Xu Fengnian smiled and said: "Although I said the word "relieve", most people will only be more worried. But this time, I still hope that you can rest assured that Beiliang did not treat heroes badly before, and will not in the future."
The man suddenly smiled and said: "Your Highness's kindness is appreciated, but Wang Tongque's life is cheap, and he has long been used to intrigue with others. It is really more uncomfortable for you to let the humble official suddenly grow flowers and plants. What's more, we This line of work is not like riding a horse and wearing armor to fight and kill the enemy. It is useless after one's age, and the older one is, the easier it is to do it."
Xu Fengnian was speechless.
Wang Tongque said embarrassingly: "Your Highness, my son who is only in his early ten years old has heard the storyteller's story, and he admires His Highness so much. This kid has great strength since he was young, and he just wants to go to Fengziying to be a white horse in the future." Yi Cong."
Xu Fengnian nodded and smiled: "Okay, when he reaches the age, I will allow him to go to Fengzi Camp."
Wang Tongque suppressed his excitement and said in a low voice, "Your Highness, shall we plan to kill tonight?"
Xu Fengnian waved his hand and said, "Just let Han Shang leave it to me. The rest of Chu Lushan's established arrangement will remain unchanged. Hong Shuwen will act with you at night. Go ahead, the rest of the people in the yard still need you to appease them."
Wang Tongque promised, and quietly exited the room.