Chapter 721: A Swarm of Flies
In Xiangning Mansion, a tense atmosphere spread over the mansion. Qingtian Division was ordered to go to Jiangzhou to clean up the official field, and it was Jiang Anyi who led the team, thinking of the past "achievements" of this Jiang Daren, Jiang Zhou didn't drive Xu Guoxiang was stunned in his heart, and he felt chills in the lobby of the mansion, and his long face was so cloudy that water was about to drip out.
The main seat naturally belonged to King Luohuai, the officials of Jiangzhou were on the left, and Jiang Anyi stood on the right side and talked eloquently, "...... Long live Jiang ordered Jiang to come to Jiangzhou to clean up the official field, just pointed at random, not that he thought that Jiangzhou had any personal shortcomings, there were twenty-seven states in the world, and Jiang Zhou, as the Son of Heaven, was also lucky. ”
The officials on both sides of the service felt bitter in their hearts, this honor should be given to others, at least other state capitals will not be led by this "disaster star" Lord Jiang, this time I don't know how many people will be unlucky.
Si Chen went to Jiangzhou Longwei Prefecture with an official document, and Chen Kaixuan, the governor of Jiangzhou, did not dare to take a big one, so he personally greeted him outside the door. The dragon guard of this trip was under the coordination of Jiang Anyi under the control of Sichen and Siyu, although the two girls are not very old, they are old rivers and lakes, and they know the truth that the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, and when they came to Xiangning Mansion, the safety of King Luo Huai also had to rely on the local Longwei Mansion.
After reading the official document and checking the identity card, Chen Kaixuan said with a smile: "Chen has ordered the convening of personnel, and the biggest thing at the moment is to protect the safety of King Luo Huai. ”
Siyu said: "Lord Chen, don't worry, Shen Sima promised that during the period when the prince was in Xiangning Mansion, half of the government service would be under your control, and if you want the government soldiers to help, just open your mouth." When the prince returns to Beijing, the lower officials will definitely ask for credit from Han Dutong for the adult. ”
Jiangzhou is Fuzhou, Xiangning Mansion is the capital, the number of people who come and go every day is thousands, there are hundreds of inns distributed in the city, dozens of dragon guards and more than 100 officials everywhere to monitor in place is obviously impossible, those who carry swords in the rivers and lakes have become the primary object of attention, and many people in the rivers and lakes have been driven out of Xiangning City.
The beggars who lived in the bell tower, the drum tower, the city god temple and other places were also instructed by the yamen to keep their eyes open and pay attention to whether there were fresh faces coming in and out, and the dark line of the dragon guard was also mobilized, and an invisible net was cast over the Xiangning Mansion.
An old man lived in the small courtyard of the Shengping Inn in the east of the city, dressed luxuriously, and the two attendants behind him were also wearing silk shirts, and at a glance they knew that they were rich and noble. It was not in vain to run diligently, holding a string of copper coins as a reward, Fang Xiaoer smiled from ear to ear.
"Guest officer, there is food in the store, if you are not used to eating the food in the store, there are hotels and teahouses more than 100 steps forward, if you want to buy tea and porcelain to the west of the city, the south of the city is a place for leisure and entertainment...... "got the reward, Fang Xiaoer carefully introduced.
The old man wore a jasper ring on his hand, which was so moist and crystalline, Fang Xiaoer knew the goods, and this ring would cost at least two hundred taels. Seeing that Xiao Er was a little distracted, the entourage on the old man's side said, "Little Er, what are the famous places in the city?" ”
"There are too many interesting places in our Xiangning City." Fang Xiaoer is a native of Xiangning, full of pride in the place where he grew up, "there are Cigong Pagoda and Fengxiantai in the south of the city, and there are ...... in the north of the city"
The old man listened casually, he had been to Xiangning City many times, and he knew the scenery in the city very well, and this time he came to Xiangning not to enjoy the mountains and rivers, but to assassinate Jiang Anyi. The old man's name is Xiang Huaying, and he is the top killer of the Tianxing Sect
, he is of the same generation as Sun Yuewu and Zhou Yaoming, and he is a veteran figure of Tianxing Sect. Xiang Huaying has been in semi-retirement for many years, and has only worked three times in the past ten years, and his previous savings to buy a house and land are enough for him to live comfortably in the countryside.
But the family has a scripture that is difficult to read, he knows that it is precarious to be a killer, and his three sons have not brought him into the industry, but the martial arts of his body have been taught to his son, and as a result, his son has caused trouble everywhere, either breaking this hand or kicking and breaking the man's leg, and most of the accumulated silver has been lost. When the sons were sensible and the grandchildren had come to toss, seeing that the family business was in decline and the fields were becoming less and less, Xiang Huaying divided the family in a fit of anger and was too lazy to take care of it.
The third son has a concubine, the most well-behaved, often visit him at home, chat with him, the first month of this year Xu married to the city's Xiucaigong, married in October, the dowry was squandered by the third son's family, except for a few self-embroidered wedding dresses can not be taken out of the dowry, the dowry is very rich, there is no corresponding dowry to the door, and it is determined to be looked down upon by the mother-in-law's family.
Xiang Huaying scolded his third son after learning about it, but no money is still no money, it happened that the sect came to assassinate Jiang Anyi's business, and the rich reward made him moved, after doing this business, not only did he have his granddaughter's dowry, but also left some money for his children and grandchildren, and when he closed his eyes, he didn't have to worry about them anymore.
Before coming, he had already explained the aftermath, his wife had passed away a few years earlier, so he didn't have to worry about it, and told Huaying that if he didn't come back after three months, he would sell the property in the house, half of which would be used as a dowry for his granddaughter, and half as a severance for the domestic servants. Xiang Huaying knew that most of the assassination of Jiang Anyi this time was more than lucky, so let's fight for my children and grandchildren before he died.
There are large rows of shacks outside the west gate of Xiangyang City, and the houses built of simple wooden planks are low and damp, exuding a strong smell, and there are hard-working families living here. The Datong shop in the city costs five copper coins a night, and these farmers who come to the city to find work are naturally reluctant, and they can sleep until dawn in this shack if they give a copper coin, and even save a penny by lying down casually in a sheltered place.
The straw under his body emitted a musty smell, and Lu Yuanchang couldn't sleep when he smelled the rancid smell on his body. It has been two days since he came to Xiangning Mansion, during the day he carried the goods from the front of the government yamen, and found that the government soldiers were heavily guarded, he stopped and pretended to pull out his shoes and someone came forward to drive him, and at night he looked for an opportunity to walk through the back door, and found that the back door was also guarded by government soldiers, and there were government soldiers patrolling back and forth around.
Scratching the itch, Lu Yuanchang simply sat up, he was the eldest disciple of Sun Yuewu, the sect master of the Tianxing Sect, and was regarded as the successor by Sun Yuewu. As the sect master's eldest disciple, Lu Yuanchang's burden on his shoulders was much heavier than that of other sect members, he knew that the master had been seeking the revival of the Tianxing Sect, and in the face of the aggressiveness of the Xingyue Pavilion, the business of the Tianxing Sect had been repeatedly compressed, causing the disciples of the sect to fall apart, and many state rudders had already existed.
"The master knows that assassinating Jiang Anyi will bring disaster to the Tianxing Sect, and may even suffer heavy losses like eighty years ago. But the current Tianxing Sect is like a person who is about to die, and it will die out on its own in less than ten years, instead of sitting and waiting to die, it is better to take a risk, assassinating Jiang Anyi is a poison and drink it hard, if it can not die, Tianxing Sect may have a chance to be reborn. Lu Yuanchang still remembered the pain on the master's face when he said this under the light, and his white hair flashed silver in the candlelight.
The news of Jiang Anyi's victory over the Gapless Hand Hua Shengwei has spread all over the rivers and lakes, although most people are interested in the so-called "Wu."
Lin Yiren" sneered, but no one denied that Jiang Anyi's skills had been able to start a sect and become one of the top masters. If he can be assassinated, the Tianxing Sect will definitely be able to overwhelm the Star Moon Pavilion and regain the position of the leader of the assassination Dao.
Lu Yuanchang lay back in the straw pile, there is something to do with the disciple to serve his labor, the master is over seventy years old, old and weak, the uncle's legs and feet are inconvenient, this business goes by himself, no matter the success or failure, he has repaid the master's nurturing grace, anyway, he is an orphan and has no family, and no one remembers life and death. With a chuckle, Lu Yuanchang casually pulled out a straw and bit it in his mouth, humming a ballad that he couldn't remember the tune for a long time.
There was a high roller in the house of the Yan'er girl in Cuihuayuan, a tea merchant from Pingzhou, who spent five hundred taels of silver in three days, and Yan'er couldn't wait to get tired of this man surnamed Zhang all day long.
Zhang Zhongliang reclined on the couch, his head resting on Yan'er's pink and white thighs, as long as he opened it, a red strawberry would be fed to his mouth. The sound of the piano is intoxicating, but Zhang Zhongliang's mind is not on the beauty, but he is thinking about whether to go to the Yin Hotel tonight to explore. Last night, as soon as he approached the wall of the Yin Hotel, he was discovered by the dragon guard on the high-rise building, fortunately he was clever, turned around and walked towards the south gate, and escaped by hiding in a house.
The suspense of 20,000 taels is moving, but the name of assassinating Jiang Anyi makes Zhang Zhong's conscience even more moved, he has already thought about it, and immediately after killing Jiang Anyi, he went from Qizhou to Qingzhou, and then crossed the desert from Qingzhou to Rong Mi country, Yuan Tianjiao set up the Great Qi State next to the Rong Mi country, and some time ago there were rumors in the Jianghu people that the Great Qi country was recruiting talents. Jiang Anyi and Yuan Tianjiao are mortal enemies, if he can kill him, then he doesn't want 20,000 taels of hanging red, and goes directly to the Great Qi Kingdom, with this credit, the Great Qi Country must at least crown himself a general, as for the gold and silver, it will never be less than 20,000 taels.
Thinking about it, Zhang Zhongliang laughed out loud, and Yan'er said softly: "Zhang Ye thought of something happy, said that he listened to the slave and let the slave be happy for the master." ”
Turning over and sitting up, he hugged Yan'er in his arms, and pinched Yan'er's chest with his big hand, Zhang Zhongliang smiled strangely: "It's a good thing to be promoted and make a fortune, and when the master has money, he will redeem himself for you, so that you can enjoy the happiness with the master." ”
Yan'er writhed softly in Zhang Zhongliang's arms, teasing his spring love, the corners of his mouth showed a hint of sneer, if a man's words can be believed, pigs can go up the tree, you are a tea businessman still thinking about getting promoted and making a fortune, it is really a daydream, redeeming yourself, I have heard this more than ten times, if you really take it seriously, you are more stupid than a pig. Being pressed by Zhang Zhongliang, Yan'er Jiao gasped, but she thought coldly in her heart, fifty taels of silver at a time is the least, if the surname Zhang can't take out the silver, don't blame the old lady for turning her face and not recognizing people.
In the pulp shop in the south of the city, a woman was struggling to rub her clothes, and beads of sweat the size of beans rolled down her forehead. "Peng" sounded, and another bucket of clothes was placed beside her, "Zhang Wang, you helped me wash this bucket of clothes, that is, you repay me for the job I found for you." ”
Zhang Wangshi raised his face with a smile and said, "Thank you, sister, don't worry, keep it clean for you." ”
When the man walked away, Zhang Wang's smiling face turned into a hideous face, his hand turned into a claw, and he grabbed a piece of the mulberry washboard behind him, rubbed his five fingers, and the mulberry board turned into sawdust and spilled one after another.
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In Xiangning City, a swarm of flies gathered, each with their own thoughts, patiently waiting for the crack that was revealed when the egg cracked.