The spring rain fell finely and densely, shrouding Xijin Mansion in a mist again. Although spring rain is as expensive as oil, for the industrial and commercial people living in the city of Sijin Province, rainy days mean that there are few pedestrians on the streets, and the business of shops is light, and even the transportation of goods will become very inconvenient because of the cement accumulation on the roads.

Xijin Fucheng is an old city left by the Tang Dynasty, although there is a perfect drainage system when it was first built, the ditches on both sides of the street that Wuhao Gu saw when he entered the city were used for drainage. However, most of these canals are now blocked and cannot be used, and if it rains heavily, sewage will flow everywhere in the province!

In addition, the roads in the Kitashibo, Donganbo, and Naman Bo in Seijin Province are also in disrepair, and many places are potholed and prone to water accumulation.

A carriage marked with the word "horse" passed through this piece of sewage and rainwater. The coachman wore a coat and a hat, and vigorously controlled the galloping horse. There were also a few Haonu, the doormen of the horse family, who were also dressed in robes and carrying swords at their waists, riding tall horses, walking behind the carriages, and the horses' hooves trampled on the waterlogged road, making a rattling sound.

The hooves of the wheels and horses ran over the potholed pavement, stirring up patches of sewage, which were thrown on the vendors who went out to do business in the rain, and the poor beggars.

If such a thing happened in Kaifeng Mansion, the people on the carriage and on horseback would have been pointed at their backs and scolded bitterly, and maybe there would be unscrupulous officials in the royal history who had a strong sense of justice and participated in such a downtown carriage.

However, this is Nanjing Xijin Mansion, and this carriage and the Hakka slave who rode behind it belonged to the Yiwu Lushan Ma family, one of the four Yan families!

Just ran a cart and horses, splashed people in muddy water, and didn't kill anyone. is to kill a pariah and pay dozens of dollars, and the deceased's family will be thanked: the Ma family is really benevolent! Hit and kill people and lose money......

Li Zhong, who was sitting in the carriage, pushed open the window, looking at the scene of pedestrians and traders avoiding outside the window, and he was so envious in his heart!

He is also a big mink in Kaifeng Mansion! But when I went out, I rarely dared to take a car, and I rode a horse carefully or simply walked by myself. It's not that I can't afford to buy a car, but I'm afraid that the driver won't be able to get home and hit someone...... Even if you bump into someone who asks for food or does small business, and is known by the imperial historian, you can also get involved in your disgrace.

In the Great Song Dynasty officials of Kaifeng Mansion, you can accept bribes behind closed doors, or you can form a private party in the court and be a traitor, but you must not be arrogant. As soon as the official is arrogant, he is not far from bad luck.

And in the Xijin Mansion of Daliao, the powerful officials are really majestic!

Judging from the standards of the Great Song Dynasty, they are all "arrogant and famous" masters...... Although the power of the Great Song Dynasty officials was not put in a cage, the Great Song officials, especially the military attachés and eunuchs, have been staying in the cage.

To be honest, being an official of Da Liao, especially a military attaché, is really enjoyable!

Just when Li Zhong was envious of the "poor officials" in Daliao, the carriage of the Ma family had stopped in front of the Han family's Fengle Building in Beishi Fang.

A steward of the Han family's Fengle Building also rushed to greet the Ma family's distinguished guests, followed by a few slaves with umbrellas - they were all slaves! Unlike the industry and commerce of the Song Dynasty, which relied mainly on free people and indentured slaves (who were actually good people), the industry and commerce of the Great Liao were basically run by slaves.

The official industry and commerce use official slaves and maids, and the Han family's Fengle Building is mainly used by the private slaves and maids of the Han family in Yutian, and only the big shopkeeper, the bookkeeper and a few stewards are the sons of the Han family's retainers.

"Li Yuanwai, get out of the car." Ma Zhi smiled and said to Li Zhong, "Wu Dalang should have arrived." ”

"Very good." Li Zhong nodded, and got out of the carriage with Ma Zhi.

In fact, the main purpose of Li Zhong's visit to Beishifang today was not to find Wu Haogu, but to meet Bohai Guangjun.

However, Guangmingjun's letter did not say where to meet, only that as long as Li Zhong arrived in Beishifang, he would know immediately......

This guy is really powerful!

On the way to Beishifang, Ma Zhi also told Li Zhong that there was a small situation in Longyan Tieshan and Huailai County, and about tens of thousands of Bohai rebels had seized Tieshan, and they were still besieging Huailai County.

Hearing this news, Li Zhong was already a little confused.

The Bohai people revolted in Yanyun? It's obviously not going to work.

What do they want to do?

And also...... They contacted the Song envoys while revolting, what kind of calculations were they making?

With a puzzle in his head, Li Zhong, who was wearing civilian clothes and a fake beard, followed Ma Zhi out of the car. Ma Zhi asked, "Where is Brother Zhong?" The steward who went out immediately led Ma Zhi to the second floor of the Han family's Fengle Building, and saw a few sloppy-looking strong men outside a private room with the word "Xuan" written on the door number, they were Zhong Ge'er's partners - they were all strong men from the Zhao family's customer family who were thieves with him, and now Zhong Ge'er is no longer a thief, so they will follow down the mountain and be Zhong Ge'er's partners.

Several strong men recognized Ma Zhi and saluted him one after another, and one pushed the door in to report. After a while, I saw Wu Haogu and Brother Zhong coming out of the private room together.

"This is Li Yuanwai, a businessman from the Southern Dynasty." Ma Zhi didn't wait for Wu Haogu to give Li Zhong a salute, so he took the lead in introducing it.

Ma Zhi said to Li Zhong again: "Li Yuanwai, this is the Langjun of the Zhao family, this is the Ximen Dalang, hurry up and salute." ”

"I've seen the big official Zhao, the big official of Ximen......" Li Zhong's reaction was quite fast, and he immediately saluted Brother Zhong and Wu Haogu. Then he and Ma Zhi entered the private room together, and as soon as the door of the private room was closed, it was Wu Haogu and Zhong Ge'er who saluted Li Zhong - on the side of Liao, there is no reason for the Zhao family to salute a businessman! If you ask the slaves of the Han family outside the private room to see it, they will definitely be gaunted.

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"Guangmingjun, they entered the Han Family Fengle Building."

At this moment, in the Haidong Pavilion not far from the Han Family's Fengle Building, Guangmingjun had already received a report from his subordinates.

"Our people? Are they all in place? Guangmingjun asked.

"It's already in place, just waiting for your order."

Immediately, a small leader of the Bohai anti-thieves dressed as a Han reported to him.

Guangmingjun is not a fool either, he has long thought that after the chaos in Longyan Tieshan, the Bohai people in the city of Xijin Mansion will definitely be targeted by the Nanjing Police Patrol Yuan. So before today's incident, he asked all the 300 dead soldiers under his command to change their hairstyles, comb their hair in a bun and pretend to be Han beggars, and hide their swords.

Now these have been scattered to the north of the city and the south of the Jinfu Mansion, just waiting for the Guangmingjun to give an order, and they are about to seize the largest fang in the Xijin Mansion.

"Good!" Guangming-jun smiled and ordered, "Let's start!" Go beat the drums! Tell the sons and daughters to work hard, and they must take the north gate of the entire Beishifang and Nan'anfang as soon as possible.

"Whoa!"

Although this Guangming Jun did not leave any great name in history, looking at his arrangement, it can be seen that he has a certain military talent.

He did not choose Nan'an Fang, which had the largest number of Bohai people, as the home of the riot, but chose to take Beishifang, which had few Bohai people and was not very strict in defense.

At the same time, he also chose the north gate of Nan'an Fang, that is, the closest gate of Nan'an Fang to Beishi Fang, as a secondary target.

If the operation in Beishifang goes smoothly and the north gate of Nan'anfang succeeds again, then attack Nan'anfang again and see if you can mobilize the Bohai slaves there, and everyone will make a big fuss together.

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"Knock Knock Knock ......"

A burst of drums came from the drum tower of Beishifang, and reached the ears of Yelu Guanyinnu, who had just been ecstatic in a "Song-style Qinglou" called Qunfang Pavilion in Beishifang.

The so-called "Song-style Qinglou" is to package the female dancers from the Song Dynasty as horn dancers from the Song Dynasty, sing a song, chant a poem, play a piano or something, and the house is also hung with calligraphy and paintings from the Song Dynasty, which is not a famous thing, but just a façade.

After such a package, the sisters who were originally going to make more than 20 men a day have become some kind of red leaders, and they can fool the vassal and elegant gentlemen here in Xijin Mansion.

However, it is impossible for the grandfathers of the Han and local wealthy families like the Yan Sijia to be fooled, this kind of "Song-style Qinglou" is mainly to deceive the Khitan nobles from the north, what is the best dragon son and grandson of the third father's house...... If this is not good, they will not find a southern errand to be an official in Xijin Mansion.

Now Yelu Guanyinnu, who is an official deployed in the Nanjing Palace in Xijin Mansion, likes these "Song girls" very much, and in these days in Xijin Mansion, he doesn't go to the official office to do business, and lingers in the "Song Building" in Beishifang all day long.

The days passed a little dizzy, and when I heard someone beat the drum, I thought it was a "closed door drum", so he stretched out half of his head from the carriage and said to one of his Han stewards: "Why is the closed door drum sounding?" Didn't you oversleep in Qunfang Pavilion? Why don't you go back again, and I'm going to discuss poetry with Yaofang Niangzi......"

"Sir," said his Han steward, "it's only past noon, so how can you beat the door drum." ”

As he spoke, the carriage suddenly stopped, followed by the sound of swearing.

"Stinky food, are you walking in the middle of the road? Don't get out of here! ”

Yelu Guanyin Nu heard that this was one of his own generals, and Yelu Dagou was scolding. Yelu's big dog's surname is Yelu, which is also considered a royal family, but he is not from the third father's house, and Yelu of the Fifth Courtyard Department is not very good, but he is still very noble in Xijin Mansion. Now he was actually stopped by a few blind stinky people who begged for food near the south gate of Beishifang.

"Nobleman, give me a little money."

"yes, we haven't eaten in a few days, and we're starving to death......"

A few beggars didn't know why, and when they saw the angry Khitan nobles, they were not afraid at all, and they smiled and stretched out their hands to beg for food.

"Bastard!" Jerod rode forward, and with a whip he struck the beggar who stood in his way. But the beggar who was about to be beaten actually dared to dodge - the Khitan nobles wanted to fight, and you still dared to hide!

Yelu Dagou, who has been a Khitan for more than 30 years, has never met such a beggar, and he didn't react for a while, wondering if he had drunk too much and hallucinated, and something even more unbelievable happened - a beggar suddenly jumped up, grabbed his waist, and pulled him off the horse......