Chapter 159: Murder at the City Gate
All kinds of speculations poured into his mind, Lao Huang's expression was solemn, and Wang Fen noticed that his expression was wrong.
"What is Brother Huang thinking?"
With Wang Fen's family background and talent, he can call Lao Huang his brother, which is already a very polite and virtuous corporal with a low profile.
Lao Huang picked up the wine glass and sighed softly: "Although the spring is good, it's a pity, it's a pity, although King Qi's move can make the court happy, in fact, the emperor now has time to be suspicious of him, and the things outside the palace have made the princes of the court anxious." β
Wang Fen nodded, the imperial court is most concerned about the affairs outside the Saiwai now, fortunately, the imperial court quelled the Baishan Rebellion at a small cost last autumn, otherwise the current situation is even more serious.
"Brother Huang thinks that this time he will be able to win by sending troops outside the fortress?" Wang Fen asked again.
Lao Huang took a sip of wine, thought for a while and said: "If I were the princes of Shangshutai, I would endure it, now is not the time to send troops, the imperial treasury is insufficient, and the ministers control the court, it is really not the best time to send troops." β
Wang Fen couldn't help but nod when he heard this, this was the same as his judgment, now is really not a good opportunity to send troops.
"What I don't understand is that General Qiuyun has been in Liangzhou for many years and is very familiar with Saiwai, so why he doesn't oppose sending troops. Wang Fen said.
"This is also my doubt," Lao Huang took a bite of food, put down his chopsticks and said: "However, the proprietor of my family is a businessman, and making money is our goal. β
Wang Fen smiled and agreed: "That's right. β
"Do you know, your uncle appeared in Yangzhou, do you know about this?" Lao Huang suddenly wanted to test it to see if this Wang Fen knew about the Wang family's arrangement.
"Didn't he go to Jingzhou?" Wang Fen asked in amazement.
Lao Huang showed a hint of mockery: "The Yangtze River is not frozen, it goes down the river, or it will arrive in Yangzhou in half a month." β
Wang Fen didn't care about this irony, he frowned and thought about it, and smiled bitterly: "My uncle likes to travel around, and he has traveled all over Jizhou, Youzhou, Qingzhou, and Prefecture over the years. β
"Your uncle is not simple," Lao Huang said lightly: "My shopkeeper has been in contact with him, and the shopkeeper has sent a message back to say that your uncle is not a born person, and he has a lot of thoughts." β
Wang Fen was very surprised, Lao Huang looked at it, suddenly understood, frowned and asked: "Your family didn't notify you, my shopkeeper is in Yangzhou, and I met with your uncle Wang Ze." β
Wang Fen shook his head, his expression was a little sad, Lao Huang looked at him with pity, although the big family is rich and glorious, if it becomes an outcast, it is more desolate than an ordinary family.
Wang Fen was both angry and scared in his heart, this news was definitely not fake, such a major news, the family did not notify him, the meaning of this made him shudder.
Wang Fen didn't have the heart to chat with Lao Huang anymore, but the time was not enough, and the two of them still needed to make a show and show the ancestors' eyeliner, so he could only sit.
"I'm a little worried about your safety. Lao Huang said suddenly, Wang Fenmuran nodded, his mind was a mess, if it was just speculation before, now he is almost certain that he has become the abandoned son of his ancestors.
After being afraid of the past, anger prevailed, and he was born and died for the sake of the family, and the ancestor actually abandoned himself like this, and he was not convinced.
Hearing Lao Huang's words, he was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses and smiled bitterly: "The people in the imperial capital now are all my people, but I don't know if there are any people from the ancestors in this." β
"Be careful, that ancestor of your family is not an easy horn to admit defeat. Lao Huang reminded again, just now he thought of a question, if the ancestor of the Wang family wants to take a surprise attack on the imperial capital, in addition to the defenders along the way, there must be someone in the imperial capital to preside.
Wang Fen is obviously not, Wang Ze is possible, but Wang Ze is now in Yangzhou, if he presides, then Wang Ze may have to come to the imperial capital.
"Thank you, Brother Huang, I'll pay attention. β
Wang Fen was not in the mood to talk any further, he got up and said goodbye after a few perfunctory words in distraught, and the straw mat coffee table was also left.
Lao Huang sat still, in the eyes of outsiders, the two of them broke down again, Wang Fen rushed away, and Lao Huang sat still very rudely.
In fact, Lao Huang was sorting out the ideas that had just popped up, and through Wang Fen and that letter, he gradually grasped the thoughts of the old ancestor of the Wang family, and he was deducing according to the worst-case scenario.
After deducing for a long time, he was still not sure that the private soldiers of the Wang family or the soldiers of the county and state had the ability to raid thousands of miles without being discovered, and they could also break into the imperial capital and successfully capture the emperor alive.
No matter how he deduces, it is impossible.
He had to change his thinking, if he gathered the Shi clan, just like he did with the king of Shaoyang County, threatened the emperor in some way, forced the emperor to accept their conditions, and finally let the king of Qi take charge of Shangshutai, and then overthrew the emperor.
Yes, it must be like this, these warrior clan gates, these vampires, they have sucked the Great Jin Dynasty dry, sucked the flesh and blood of the people of the world, and if they are not eliminated, how can the world be peaceful.
Let Liu Han make a move in Yangzhou and kill Wang Ze!
Lao Huang shook his head slightly, he didn't need to remind him, if there was a chance, Liu Han would definitely make a move.
The events of that year left a deep pain in Lao Huang's heart, in addition to himself, there was also the king of Shaoyang County, when the prince shogunate was full of talents, everyone was full of spirit, determined to change the world, for the benefit of the people, but the final result was ashes.
Over the years, he has repeatedly thought about the defeat of Shaoyang back then, and Emperor Taiding's change of attitude is the primary issue, but why did he change his attitude?
The result of his thinking was that the threat of the Shi clan and the Shaoyang Revolution seriously threatened the interests of the Shi clan and caused dissatisfaction among the Shi clan.
Back then, he didn't think about the oath of Taizu, but today he remembered the oath of Taizu, and the scholars probably used the oath of Taizu as a reason to threaten Emperor Taiding, causing Emperor Taiding to change his attitude.
But does the Taizu Oath have such a great effect?
Back then, it was just to ask the clan gate lord to support him to fight the world, after the world was stable, Taizu may have been a high-ranking official, and he could be regarded as practicing the original oath, thousands of years, the emperor and the founder of the country are not like this, when he fights the world, he keeps promises, and when the world is defeated, who will fulfill his promise.
The old ancestor of the Wang family moved out of the oath of the Taizu at this time, can the clan of the world's gate lords respond? Will they take the risk of rebelling together?
How naΓ―ve!
Take a deep breath and stand up, tidy up your clothes, and look back at Liu Tie, Liu Tong is not far away, vigilantly paying attention to the surrounding situation.
"Last time you said you broke through, are you at the peak of the martial artist or have you stepped into the grandmaster?" After Lao Huang asked, he didn't wait for Liu Tong to answer before mentioning the jar of wine, there was still some left in the jar, he didn't care about raising the jar of wine, and drank it on the jar.
After drinking it dry, he left the wine jar on the ground casually, wiped off the wine marks on his mouth, stretched his body without any image, and walked away.
"It's still far from the Grandmaster, don't worry, Master Huang, I will definitely be able to keep you safe. Liu Tong replied with a smile, since Liu Han and Liu Tie left, he had a lot of time to cultivate, and with the help of a large number of pills, he finally stepped into the Nine Grades, but to reach the peak of the Nine Grades, he still needed to practice hard before he could hit the threshold of the Grandmaster, but being able to step into the Nine Grades had already made him very excited.
Lao Huang smiled, shook his head and said: "Silly boy, what's the use of them killing me, the real core of our Hanhai Trading Company is the shopkeeper, and the one who really has great wisdom is also the shopkeeper, what am I, I, I am the target of the shopkeeper." β
For the former, Liu Tong fully agrees, the core of Hanhai Trading Company is Liu Han, and the major affairs of the trading company are all decided by Liu Han, and Lao Huang is just supervising the implementation after Liu Han's decision, which is far less important than imagined.
Of course, Lao Huang is also Liu Han's right-hand man, his role is to fill in the gaps for Liu Han, when he was in the Western Regions, he was to supervise the implementation, back to the Great Jin Dynasty, he was Liu Han's guide to familiarize himself with the Great Jin Dynasty, and his familiarity with the government was also valued by Liu Han.
Wang Fen left the willow forest with a heavy heart, and twelve guards protected his carriage, and the large group of men and horses drove towards the city.
There were more pedestrians on the road, and the horse-drawn carriage slowed down and moved slowly through the crowd.
Seeing that the city gate was about to arrive, a string of silver chains suddenly flew out from the noodle stall on the side, and the silver chain strangely passed through the outer guards and shot straight at Wang Fen in the car.
"Bold!"
With a scold, a whip swiftly arrived, knocking down the silver chain just as it was about to shoot into the car.
"Kill!"
Two sword lights jumped out of the crowd and stabbed straight into the carriage, and the guards reacted quickly, and the four guards met them, and they fought several times in mid-air.
"Protect Childe!"
The leader of the guard shouted loudly, and before he could finish speaking, he heard the sound of a bowstring, and a big man stood more than thirty paces away with a bow, his face covered with a cloth, his robe lifted and tied to his belt, and several feathered arrows stuck in the quiver beside him.
"Little...!"
Seeing that he could not stop him, one of the guards threw himself up, and the feathered arrow carried his body and nailed it to the carriage.
The big man's eyes were cold, but his movements were extremely fast, and as soon as the previous feather arrow left the string, he took another feather arrow, and the two guards rushed forward with their dancing knives.
The crowd on the street exploded, and the people who were waiting to enter the city fled in all directions, and the killer hidden in the crowd drew his sword and killed without fear of death.
The soldiers at the gate of the city were stunned, in broad daylight, in front of the gate of the imperial capital, the best place in the world, someone dared to act so boldly.
"Pull up the drawbridge, close the gates, pull up the drawbridge, close the gates!"
The frantic cries of the officers were heard at the head of the city, and the soldiers hurriedly pushed the gates shut.
"Damn it!"
Seeing this, the coachman couldn't help but scold, whipped on the horse's buttocks, the horse neighed, accelerated suddenly, and rushed towards the city gate, Wang Fen's personal guard sat beside him, he looked around nervously, there were many assassins, and the guards were all in a bitter battle.
The carriage rushed towards the city gate, the city gate was slowly closing, a large number of soldiers appeared at the head of the city, hurriedly moving the city crossbow out, and the drawbridge was slowly activated.
"Drive!"
The coachman shouted, and the carriage quickly rushed through the street, and was about to rush onto the drawbridge, when suddenly his waist was cold, and he looked down, and a dagger was pierced into his waist, and he looked at the personal guards around him in disbelief.
The personal guard's face was expressionless, and the dagger was thrust deeper into his body with another effort in his hand.
(End of chapter)