Chapter Seventy-Six: The Female Assassin
When the guard warrior brought Li Jiancheng's edict to Chen Ying's mansion in Dustpan Lane, Chen Ying's first reaction was to run quickly, as far as he could. However, Chen Ying was not stupid, he quietly asked the coachman Lao Zhou, Lao Zhou pretended to go to the front door and the backyard to take a turn, and finally found that there was only one guard at the gate who came to Chen's mansion.
A person, naturally, does not come to arrest himself. Chen Yingsi thought about it and decided to take a risk. Chen Ying followed the guards of the prison gate and slowly came to the Manna Palace, Chen Ying's muscles tensed, and he ran away as he prepared to scatter the girl. Without seeing the knife and axe hand, Chen Ying breathed a sigh of relief.
"Minister, Lingzhou Governor Chen Ying knocks to see Your Majesty!"
Li Yuan, who was unexpected, did not say anything like "Aiqing is exempt from courtesy", but shouted loudly: "Chen Ying, you are so bold, as a border town general, you have no fish talisman and holy decree, and you return to Beijing privately, what crime should Pei Jian Chen be guilty of!" ”
Hearing this, the happiest person was Li Daoxing, the prince of Guangning County. At this time, his eyes flashed with essence, and he wanted to act as an executioner immediately and break Chen Ying's body into pieces.
Li Shimin didn't understand Li Yuan a little, although Chen Ying came to Chang'an alone, but the Dingyuan army was far away in Lingzhou, once the news of Chen Ying's killing in Chang'an reached Lingzhou, the whole army of Dingyuan Army might no longer believe in the court. It can be said that at this time, no matter what reason is used to kill Chen Ying, for Datang, there will be all kinds of disadvantages and no benefits.
Li Shimin quietly looked at Li Jiancheng, but at this time, Li Jiancheng was not surprised, and he didn't look at Chen Ying, nor did he look at Li Yuan, as if this matter had nothing to do with him.
The sweat on Chen Ying's face instantly flowed: "Back to ...... Hey, Your Majesty, Wechen is afraid! ”
"Afraid, what's the reason?" Li Yuan's tone became colder and colder, and his face became more and more gloomy, Li Yuan made a look at Yu Yanzhang, the general of the left prison guard, and Yu Yanzhang nodded, indicating that he understood what Li Yuan meant. Yu Yanzhang waved his hand lightly, and dozens of prison warriors on the left and right, wearing bright silver bright light armor and holding horizontal knives and sharp blades, took a neat step forward.
The horizontal knife in Chen Ying's hand had already been searched by the prison guards, but when he came to the palace alone, Chen Ying was not unprepared. He wore a folding shield on his arm, although the shield was a defensive weapon, but the sharp shield could not pierce the armor, but to cut Li Yuan's neck, it should not be a big problem.
At this time, Chen Ying silently calculated in his heart, Li Yuan was ten steps away from him, and in the entire hall, there would definitely be hidden crossbowmen, as long as he launched it himself, I am afraid that if he didn't touch Li Yuan, he would have already been shot into a hedgehog.
Li Yuan took two or three steps forward, his eyes were like electricity, and he looked directly into Chen Ying's eyes: "Are you afraid of me?" ”
At this time, Li Yuan was only more than six steps away from Chen Ying, and Chen Ying silently calculated it in his heart. If the strong bow and crossbow shot at him at a speed of fifty paces per breath, the crossbowman in his line of sight was fifty paces away at this time, and he was so desperate for his life, after he was hit by the arrow, relying on his huge inertia, he should be able to hurt Li Yuan.
However, at this moment, Chen Ying noticed that Li Jiancheng's gaze had become different, although it was only a flash, Chen Ying still felt it slightly. Chen Ying pretended to be scared and stammered, "Go back to ...... Report to...... His Majesty...... Next, the minister is very afraid! ”
Li Yuan took another step forward, Li Yuan knew how to use the momentum very well, at this time Li Yuan was standing, Chen Ying was kneeling, Li Yuan was condescending, and released a huge coercion to Chen Ying.
"Is that what I make you to fear?" Li Yuan's voice suddenly raised by three points: "Answer me, isn't it?" ”
The sweat on Chen Ying's face flowed more, and there was a trilling voice in his voice: "The minister is very afraid, the minister's last Guan Jun Rong envoy Liu Zhong asked the minister for a bribe, but the minister did not agree, he falsely accused His Majesty of Wei Chen's rebellion, fortunately His Majesty has a clear understanding of the thousands of miles, but the second Guan Jun Rong envoy has not yet arrived, but was assassinated in Gaoping." There was an accident for two consecutive military envoys, what does this make Your Majesty think? What does this make people in the world think? The minister thought about it, lest he be framed by a traitor, he needed to know that the three of them became tigers, and the minister was afraid that rumors would run rampant, even if the minister was full of mouths, he couldn't say it clearly when the time came. Therefore, when the minister learned that Li Daozong was assassinated in Gaoping, he was in chaos, and hurriedly ran back to Chang'an to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for his resignation. ”
As he spoke, Chen Ying took out a fold from his arms.
Li Yuan took the fold and began to read.
Just the moment he saw Chen Ying's folding, Li Yuan's face suddenly became wonderful.
"Say goodbye to the old man and return to his hometown, abandon his armor and return to the field?" Li Yuan closed the fold and threw it on Chen Ying's head: "Mao hasn't grown yet, so you want to return to your hometown?" ”
Pei Lin and Liu Wenjing and other old ministers sneered when they heard this.
Li Shimin also showed a playful smile on his face. Of course, he is also a general who has survived a hundred battles, and he is very sensitive to such a thing, especially when Li Yuan walked into Chen Ying, Chen Ying exuded the heaviest murderous aura. I don't know why, the murderous aura on Chen Ying's body actually dissipated mysteriously.
Chen Ying picked up the fold, held it above his head with both hands, and said respectfully: "Please also ask Your Majesty for permission, Weichen is really afraid, this official is really not good, the minister doesn't want to be an official, please Your Majesty allow the minister to abandon the armor and return to the field, the minister has been rewarded by His Majesty with 1,500 acres of land, you can return to your hometown to be a small landlord with peace of mind, read and write books in your spare time, and entertain yourself......"
Trust is the thing that can't be hurt by guessing the most, and if you can test it less once, you can test it less once. If the emperor of the Tang Dynasty was Li Jiancheng, with Li Jiancheng's trust in Chen Ying, Chen Ying would definitely not live up to Li Jiancheng's trust, but Li Yuan's suspicion of Chen Ying made Chen Ying's heart cold.
Li Yuan is very superstitious about the art of the emperor, in fact, the so-called art of the emperor, to put it bluntly, is to slap a sweet date, which is a rotten thing in the later life. For Chen Ying's intimidation, Li Yuan hated iron and steel: "I, no, go back to Lingzhou, take your soldiers, defend Lingzhou City, I will not hesitate to reward, otherwise, military law is ruthless." ”
Chen Ying shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, please take back your life, Weichen is too young to take on a big responsibility, so the minister should go back to his hometown and farm." ”
Li Yuan showed a deep and indecisive look: "Eunuch Pei, look, this matter? ”
Pei Lin arched his hand and said: "I think General Chen is tired, it is better to let him go back to his house for a while!" ”
Li Yuan nodded and said, "That's fine!" ”
Li Yuan carefully observed Chen Ying's eyes, and Chen Ying deliberately showed a look of ecstasy: "Thank you, Your Majesty Longen!" ”
Chen Ying didn't wait for Li Yuan's instructions, took out the Lingzhou Governor and Dingyuan Junzhen General Yin and half a piece of fish talisman from his arms, put them on the ground with the helmet on his head, and then ran towards the outside of the hall without looking back, especially when he ran to the steps of His Royal Highness, he actually stumbled and almost fell to the ground.
Li Yuan looked at Chen Ying's busy figure, dumbfounded: "This ......"
Pei Lin had an incredible look on his face, and he was speechless for a long time.
Li Shimin was dumbfounded.
Liu Wenjing was stunned.
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Chen Ying trotted all the way back to the Martial Arts Marquis's Mansion. Chen Yingyuan was the governor of Lingzhou, and according to the system of the Tang Dynasty, there were six halberds on the left and right in front of his private door, announcing to people that the owner of the mansion here was a member of the imperial court. When Chen Ying returned to the front of the house, he felt a little obstructive looking at the twelve halberds.
Chen Yingchong said: "Collect all these halberds!" ”
"Accepted?" Si Yan asked puzzledly: "Master Hou, how can you say that you will accept it?" ”
"What's the fee, I said I'll take it!"
Si Yan shook his head, opened his mouth, and finally sighed and put away the halberds one by one.
The news of Chen Ying's resignation from Li Yuan quickly spread throughout the mansion, and all the servants, including Lan'er, looked at Chen Ying with a slightly different gaze, and always felt that "Master Hou seems to have lost his soul and become a fool." Even the officials who are down from the third rank are not appropriate, what kind of thing is this? ”
Lan'er didn't understand Chen Ying very much, especially knowing that Chen Ying's revenge for resigning was even more distant. I was very unhappy in my heart, Lan'er's pettiness also came up, not only did she avoid Chen Ying, but even the Red Sleeves and Green Bead sisters were treated like a spinning top by Lan'er, and they didn't even have time to talk to Chen Ying.
Looking at Lan'er's puffing appearance, Chen Ying felt that the unhappiness in his heart was swept away. Chen Ying naturally knew that Li Yuan was suspicious by nature, and if he wanted Li Yuan to relieve his suspicions, he simply resigned and did not do it, anyway, with the temperament of Princess Yicheng, as long as Luo Khan gained a firm foothold in the Eastern Turkic Khanate, Princess Yicheng would definitely bewitch Luo Khan to attack the Tang Dynasty.
If he said that he was guarding in the Tang Dynasty, Chu Luo Khan really didn't dare to attack Lingzhou, but once he learned that he was not in Lingzhou, there was absolutely no reason for him to let Lingzhou go, and he would definitely use Lingzhou as a place of shame. At that time, Lingzhou will become a big pit, whoever jumps and who dies, he will only be reluctant to go out of the mountain to manage Lingzhou under Li Yuan's repeated requests.
Naturally, she doesn't need to tell Lan'er about these things, of course, if she tells her, she won't understand.
Lan'er is like a willful child, supporting the people of the whole house to be busy, no one has time to deal with Chen Ying, and Chen Ying is not angry. Instead, he used this time to lay out the future development plan of Lingzhou in detail. The iron and coal produced in Lingzhou can turn Lingzhou into an industrial base, and of course, the abundant salt in Lingzhou can also be used as a fist industry.
In addition to industry, Lingzhou's agriculture is naturally not spared. Chen Ying has seen some in later generations, and it is proposed that the horse-drawn plough can plough 30 mu a day with one man and two horses, and if this is the case, it should not be difficult for a family to cultivate 100 mu or even 150 mu of land. Make use of a large amount of barren land in Lingzhou, and Lingzhou may not be able to build a granary. If there is grain and steel in Lingzhou, there is absolutely no room for the Turks to live within 3,000 miles.
In addition, Chen Ying also plans to develop the artificial cultivation of alfalfa grass, so that Lingzhou will become a prosperous Shangzhou governor's office for horses, grain, grass, coal, iron, salt and other industries, so that the south of the Yangtze River will live up to its name.
Writing and painting in the study, Chen Ying was unconsciously busy to the time of holding the lamp. It wasn't until Chen Ying's stomach rumbled that he got up and prepared for someone to prepare dinner, but the moment Chen Ying got up, a cold light struck.
Chen Ying was caught off guard, and avoided the fatal blow in an unusually embarrassed manner, took the horizontal knife from the wall, and with a knife in his hand, Chen Ying carefully looked at the assassin opposite. Chen Ying gradually frowned.
This assassin in a black power suit has a petite body, no more than 1.6 meters at most, and her figure is hot, at least the tight power suit makes her figure look convex and concave.
"Who are you, do we have a grudge?" Chen Ying asked cautiously.
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