Fan Yong said with shame: "I am ignorant!"
Yang Peng said: "It's best if the two of them can accept our conditions. Otherwise, we will just fight. Are we, Yan Yunjun, still afraid of not being able to fight?" Fan Yong couldn't help but show pride in his eyes, and he bowed and clasped his fists: " What the young master said is absolutely true!" Yang Peng remembered something and said: "There is one thing, I have already controlled the sword pavilion." Fan Yong was taken aback, and then he was very happy, and then showed worry after the joy.
Yang Peng knew what he was worried about, so he smiled and said, "Do you think our army occupied Jiange with great fanfare?" Fan Yong couldn't help being stunned when he heard Yang Peng's words, and then thought: 'If they occupied Jiange with great fanfare, this There is no way Chengdu can be so peaceful! 'Thinking of this, I couldn't help but become curious and confused, and looked at Yang Peng. Yang Peng smiled slightly, briefly explained what happened, and said: "The outside world will only think that the people from the Xuanfu Envoy counterattacked and took control of Jiange! And the people from the Xuanfu Envoy's side probably won't care too much!" Fan Yong was so impressed that he couldn't help but said: "The only one in the world who can do this is King Yan!" Then he showed a worried look.
Yang Peng asked: "What else do you have to worry about?" Fan Yong clasped his fists and said: "Young Master's strategy is extremely clever! However, I'm just worried that this matter won't be hidden for long. After all, we occupy a city gate. I think this is Chengdu." Bian will know sooner or later! By then, I'm afraid it will immediately alert Chengdu and mobilize troops. I'm afraid our troops haven't been fully deployed by then. I'm worried..." Yang Peng said with a smile: "I'll do it. At that time, the whole city of Jiange was under martial law. No one is allowed to enter, and no one is allowed to come out. How do you think Chengdu knew about the situation in Jiange!" Fan Yong suddenly realized, and said embarrassedly: "My subordinates are too ignorant. I didn’t think of such a simple solution!”
Yang Peng waved his hand and said: "Your worries are justified and not unfounded! Any well-planned matter may have unexpected changes. In addition, the long-term closure of Jiange may inevitably arouse vigilance in Chengdu. But fortunately, An Bing and Zhou Rong are currently focused on waiting for the price and should not pay so much attention to Jiange's affairs!" Fan Yong nodded in agreement.
Yang Peng asked: "Zhao Heng and his uncle have already started a war?" Fan Yong nodded, "That's true! Dingwei's 700,000-strong army is overwhelming!" Yang Peng smiled coldly. Fan Yong said: "A fight within the imperial court will be of great benefit to us!" Then he said with admiration: "Young Master is so clever and clever, just a simple plan can cause chaos in the imperial court!" Yang Peng said with some emotion: "It's not my clever plan, The human heart is too despicable! For the sake of power and interests, the family ties between father, son and brothers can be ignored! For these, they can give up anything! Before, they ceded land and signed humiliating treaties, disregarding the wealth and lives of countless people in the Central Plains. Now, Then he would not hesitate to fight against his uncles and brothers, eager to get rid of them quickly! Is this the Confucian idea of loyalty and filial piety? Isn't it too ironic?"
Fan Yong nodded in agreement. At this moment, the voice of the secret guard came from outside: "What are you doing?" Then the humble voice hurriedly said: "Young men, come and serve the guests wine and food!" The door of the private room was opened with a crash, and several The waiter came in with delicious food and wine. After placing all the dishes, the leading waiter bent down and said, "You two gentlemen, use your time!" Then he led the others back out and closed the door of the private room again.
Fan Yong picked up the jug and poured a glass for Yang Pengman, and said with a smile: "I heard that the wine here has the flavor of Jian Nanchun of the Tang Dynasty. Please give it a try, sir."
Yang Peng picked up the wine glass and took a sip. Yang Peng had not studied wine and did not feel that this wine was any different from what he usually drinks. Putting down his wine glass, he asked: "The population of Sichuan has increased a lot compared to when the Khitans invaded the south?" Fan Yong nodded, "I was about to report to the young master. After my subordinates reached the level, they learned about some of the local conditions. . Master, the land annexation phenomenon in Sichuan is very serious, and most ordinary people are living very hard lives! My subordinate once visited a village near Chengdu. The village has 5,000 acres of fertile land. However, none of these fertile fields belong to the local people. , except for a small number of small squires in the village, most of them belong to a few high-ranking officials in the city who have retired and returned to their hometowns. And the local people are just their tenants. Alas, life is very difficult, and some families It’s not even enough to describe the situation as being naked and naked!”
Yang Peng said: "The situation you learned is exactly the same as what I learned, but the situation you learned is more specific." He frowned, "Let's recover the Central Plains, Shanxi, and Shaanxi. The local area was invaded by the Khitans." and wreaked havoc, the original order has disappeared, and the living conditions of various groups of people cannot be seen! This Sichuan is an eye-opener for me! The situation is so complicated, the people are simply like enslaved animals, like this It is not easy to change society, but it must be changed!" Fan Yong nodded in agreement and said: "Not just Sichuan, but also the entire Jiangnan!"
Yang Peng glanced at Fan Yong and said: "Sichuan has been known as the land of abundance since ancient times. The reserves in various places must be very rich. Have you learned anything about the situation?" Fan Yong said with a smile: "This situation is really easy to obtain! It was An Bing who said it on his own initiative. He just wanted to show his worth!" Then he took out a pamphlet from his arms and handed it to Yang Peng with both hands.
Yang Peng took the brochure, opened it and read it, with a look of surprise on his face, and asked in disbelief: "So many?!" Fan Yong nodded and said: "That's so much! My subordinates once learned about it from the side. However, the data An Bing said are basically accurate!" Yang Peng couldn't help but admire: "Sichuan is truly a land of abundance! With so much money and food, all the problems we encounter can be easily solved now!" Fan Yong said with deep approval. He nodded and said: "King Yan, Sichuan's wealth is not only reflected in the official warehouses. In fact, the money and food in the hands of the bureaucrats, gentry and squires far exceed this figure!"
Yang Peng had never salivated over any piece of land, but now he was salivating over Sichuan. Recalling the conflict between the Three Kingdoms, the core of Zhuge Liang's strategy of dividing the world was to sit on the rich Xichuan to compete with Cao Wei and Soochow. Xichuan was so rich, no wonder Zhuge Liang would make such a strategy.
Yang Peng Sichuan said: "We must win Sichuan, but at the same time we cannot cause too much damage here!" Fan Yong frowned and said: "If An Bing or Zhou Rong surrenders, this is not difficult to do! But if the two In the end, none of them came over, and they must attack by force! Regardless of whether the cliffs in the north of Sichuan can be broken through, even if they can be broken through, most of Sichuan's wealth will have been transferred to the south of the Yangtze River by then, and the city will have been completely destroyed! Then What we will get then is not a land of abundance, but a broken Sichuan. I am afraid that not only will it not be able to provide us with much support in terms of food, but it will also consume our already limited resources. In that case, our situation will be even more difficult! "
Yang Peng frowned and said: "This is what I am most worried about! The reason why I came to personally survey the offensive route is to occupy the entire Sichuan as quickly as possible!" He said to Fan Yong: "As for An Bing and Zhou Rong, In addition to the benefits, you also need to explain the harm of refusing to surrender to Yan Yun. As for national justice and the like, you can also talk about it. Our biggest advantage is not how much benefit we can give them, but what will happen if they don't obey us. What kind of fate will you get!" Fan Yong nodded, "I understand!"
At this moment, a loud noise suddenly came from outside the door. It seemed that the secret guard guarding the door had a conflict with someone. Yang Peng frowned, and the captain of the secret guard team who was standing aside immediately went over and opened the sliding door of the private room. He saw a plump middle-aged man with a pair of goldfish eyes who was obviously too drunk, leading a large group of people. He was making a noise with the hidden killer at the door. He looked very vicious, and his words were unclean. The general meaning seemed to be that this private room had always been theirs, and he told the people in the private room to get out. In the middle of his words, he also mentioned the name of the governor. It seems that this group of people has something to do with the governor.
Fan Yong whispered: "Young Master, a small impatience will ruin a big plan. You, sir, don't care about that kind of people!" Yang Peng nodded, stood up, and walked out of the private room, already putting on his hood. With his head lowered, Fan Yong and the secret guards followed Yang Peng out of the private room. The middle-aged man glanced at Yang Peng, raised his chin and said arrogantly: "Boy, you have offended grandpa, do you want to just leave like this?" The middle-aged man looked unwilling to give up. All the gangsters under his command were making noises, with playful smiles on their faces.
Fan Yong lowered his head and said angrily: "The place has been given to you, what else do you want?"
The middle-aged man pointed at the nose of a secret guard and cursed: "Damn little bastards, how did you talk to the uncle just now? Now that I know that the uncle is the person who suppresses the envoy, I am scared! I want to give up now, it's too late ! If you want to leave, you can. Everyone kowtows to the uncle three times. Once the uncle is happy, he will not care about you!"
Yang Peng chuckled. When the middle-aged man saw this, he glared and cursed: "You little bastard, how dare you laugh!" As he said this, he stepped forward and tried to slap Yang Peng in the face. A secret guard grabbed his wrist and kicked him in the abdomen. The middle-aged man screamed like a slaughtered pig and fell backwards. The gangsters got into a mess and helped the middle-aged man up. The middle-aged man became angry with shame, pointed at Yang Peng and others and shouted in a high voice: "Come on, come on, kill them, kill them!" The gangsters immediately rushed towards Yang Peng and others.
The secret guards immediately rushed into the middle of the gangsters, punching and kicking them, hitting their flesh with a crackling sound. The gangsters screamed and fell to the ground one by one. In an instant, all the dozen or so rogues were beaten to the ground. The secret guard had to show mercy, otherwise none of the dozen or so rogues would be alive.
The middle-aged man stared at the scene in front of him with wide eyes. His face was pale and his eyes were full of disbelief. Seeing the young man who was the leader walking over, he was frightened. He even wanted to turn around and run away, but his legs were trembling and he wouldn't obey his orders at all.
Yang Peng walked up to the middle-aged man and raised the corner of his mouth to reveal a smile. However, it looked like a devil's smile in the middle-aged man's eyes, and he couldn't help but feel shocked! He subconsciously took a step back and shouted sternly and reservedly: "I, I am the brother of the Zhenfu Ambassador. If you dare to be rude to me, be careful not to leave Chengdu!" Yang Peng suddenly realized: "It turns out that he is the brother of the Zhenfu Ambassador. Brother, no wonder you are so arrogant!" Seeing that the other party did not show the expected fear, the middle-aged man immediately became at a loss. His elder brother, who was the governor, was his biggest trump card. Now even this trump card had no effect. Naturally, he was flustered, at a loss, and terrified, and his body was shaking uncontrollably.
Yang Peng stretched out his right hand towards him. Although the middle-aged man was frightened, he did not dare to dodge. He suddenly knelt down with a plop, took out a stack of banknotes from his arms, held it up high, and begged for mercy: "The villain has offended the hero because of his short-sightedness. If you, the hero, don't do it in large numbers, please forgive me." You're arguing with a villain! This trivial thing is not respectful, so please accept it with a smile from a good man!"
Yang Peng picked up the banknote and smiled, "Very good, you are quite sensible!" He handed the banknote to a secret guard next to him, who collected the banknote.
Yang Peng walked outside, and Fan Yong and the secret guards quickly followed him. The middle-aged man kept kneeling on the ground until Yang Peng and others left, then he finally breathed a sigh of relief and sat down on the floor. Recalling the scary look in that young man's eyes just now, I couldn't help but shudder. I just thought it was the most terrifying look I had ever seen in my life!
"Master!" A voice suddenly sounded in his ears. The middle-aged man was thinking about the scary look in the young man's eyes when he suddenly heard the voice and was startled. After reacting, he became angry from embarrassment, turned around and slapped the scoundrel hard across the face, and yelled, "What's it called?" The scoundrel covered his cheeks, looking very frightened.
Two rogues came up and helped the middle-aged man up. The middle-aged man said angrily: "If I don't avenge this, I, Zhou Shi, will stop hanging out in Chengdu!" It turned out that his name was Zhou Shi. A rogue immediately came forward to offer advice: "Master, let's mobilize the manpower immediately and teach them a lesson!" Zhou Shi said to the rogue: "You follow them immediately and see where they settle! If you lose them, I will I'll peel off your skin!" The rogue's heart was frightened, and he quickly responded and ran down.
Zhou Shi turned to a rogue next to him and said, "Go to your house immediately to gather people and bring all our people over." The rogue was startled and said, "Master, there are only a dozen of them, is that necessary? "Zhou Shi snorted and cursed angrily: "You are just a pig! Can't you see that they are not simple people?" The gangsters thought of the scene of the fight just now, when the other party punched and kicked them three times. He was beaten to the ground, but he could hardly figure out what was going on. This was something he had never encountered before. I felt that those guys were not only strong and proficient in martial arts, but also had a bloody temperament that was scary. Now that I think about it, I'm afraid this group of people is not a good person, maybe they are robbers who kill and set fire, or they are robbers who came down from some mountain! When I thought that the other party might be a ruthless person who killed many people, the urge to take revenge just now couldn't help but diminish a lot. …
Yang Peng and others left the restaurant. The secret guard team leader quickened his pace and walked to Yang Peng. He whispered: "Master, someone is following us." Yang Peng smiled and said, "Go back." Everyone got on their horses and headed towards An Qian's mansion. OK. Fan Yong took advantage of the crowd at the entrance of the restaurant to blend into the crowd and went back to the inn.
Pipi followed all the way and saw Yang Peng and others entering An Qian's mansion, so he quickly reported back. When Zhou Shi learned that Yang Peng and others had entered An Qian's mansion, he couldn't help but said angrily: "Damn it, who dared to go against me after eating the ambitious leopard? It turns out to be someone from the An family!"
A rogue asked: "Master, what should I do now?" Zhou Shi was furious and had nowhere to vent. After hearing what the rogue said, he immediately slapped the rogue, causing him to stagger and curse angrily: "How do I know what to do? What should I do?" Pipi covered his cheek, feeling annoyed, but he didn't dare to show it at all. Zhou Shi said in a deep voice: "This matter is no joke! I want to ask my elder brother to come forward to avenge me!"
Yang Peng returned to his residence and prepared to take a bath and rest. At this moment, a secret guard came in and reported: "Master, Miss An has sent someone." Yang Peng felt a little surprised and said: "Let her in." The secret guard responded and ran down. After a moment Nuan'er, Anxi's personal maid, came in with her.
As soon as Nuan'er saw Yang Peng, she bowed her head and said with a smile on her face: "Mr. Yang, the young lady sent me to invite the young master. The young lady has something to discuss with the young master."
Yang Peng asked: "It's so late. Is there something important that I can't talk about tomorrow?" Nuan'er smiled ambiguously and said, "You'll know when the young master goes there. It's a good thing after all!"
Yang Peng felt that it was probably about Luo Yanran. He thought it would be better to comfort An Qian at this moment. Now he had to rely on her for many things, but he couldn't offend her too much. After thinking this, Yang Peng stood up and said: "Since the young lady has called me, I naturally have to go. Little sister, lead the way." Nuan'er smiled sweetly and walked out first, followed by Chen Xiao.
Yang Peng followed Nuan'er around the huge courtyard, sometimes walking in the corridor, and sometimes walking on the cobblestone path. After walking for about a quarter of an hour, he came to an exquisite wooden building hung with pink gauze. outside. Yang Peng immediately knew that the exquisite wooden building in front of him must be An Qian's boudoir.
Nuan'er stopped, turned around and said with a smile: "Miss is waiting for the young master upstairs." Yang Peng looked up and saw the lights on the third floor of the wooden building, and a moving beauty was printed on the window paper. Nuan'er led Yang Peng into the wooden building. The first floor of the wooden building is the hall of this wooden building. It is brightly lit at this time, and there are two maids standing there. The two maids are standing there delicately, looking at Yang Peng with an inexplicable look. Yang Peng followed Nuan'er along the stairs to the second floor, but the second floor was dark. Then he went up the stairs to the third floor. The red candle was burning high, filling it with red tones. The curtains of the embroidered couch were drooped, but An Qian was nowhere to be seen.
Yang Peng couldn't help but raise his vigilance, guessing An Qian's intentions in his mind, and a worst-case scenario came into his mind: 'An Qian discovered my identity, so he set this trap to catch me! 'However, with this thought, it seems impossible: 'It is impossible for Anxi to know my identity unless someone tells him, but there is no way that anyone who knows this will betray me! '
Nuan'er gave Yang Peng a slight smile and said with a smile: "I won't disturb the young master anymore!" Then he retreated and looked at Yang Peng with an ambiguous smile before going downstairs.
The high-burning red candle suddenly jumped, and the room went dark. During this period of light and dark, Yang Peng found someone on the embroidered couch with curtains, so he asked: "Miss An, is that you?" Hmm!" The person in the curtain responded softly. It was a woman's voice, charming and moving, but Chen Xiao couldn't tell for a moment whether it was An Qian or not.
Yang Peng sat down by the window and asked, "Miss An, I'm calling you at night, what's the emergency?" "Brother Yang, why are you sitting so far away? Are you afraid that my little sister will eat you?" His voice was squeaky. The voice was coquettish and the tone was extremely charming. It was An Qian. Yang Peng's heart skipped a beat and he said with a smile: "Miss An, you are so charming. It's better to keep a little distance."
An Qian smiled sweetly behind the curtain and said, "Brother Yang, come here, my little sister has something to tell you!" Yang Peng thought it would be okay to go over, so he stood up and walked to the bed. He stretched out his hand to gently lift the curtain, and at the same time, he put his other hand behind his back, ready to go just in case. The curtain was lifted, and Yang Peng's eyes immediately showed a very stunning look. An Qian was actually sitting on the bed wearing only light gauze. Her hair was draped over her left shoulder like a waterfall. Her slender legs and white wrists were all exposed, and her beautiful face showed infinite spring.
Yang Peng secretly screamed "fuck you", then turned around and said with a slight embarrassment: "Miss An, you are so..." Before he could finish his words, he felt the soft and fragrant female body wrapping around him, and Yang Peng's head buzzed. , Desire surged up like a tide, and I actually forgot what I wanted to say.
An Qian climbed onto Chen Xiao's neck and blew into his ear. Yang Peng's heart skipped a beat and he almost lost control. An Qian asked in a hoarse voice: "Do you think I am more beautiful, or is that Luo Yanran more beautiful?" Yang Peng said: "You two are like spring orchids and autumn chrysanthemums. Each is good at winning. It's hard to say who is more beautiful. Only the charm is different. , but there is no distinction between superior and inferior." An Qian snorted and said angrily: "In your heart, I'm afraid that Luo Yanran is still better! Right?" Yang Peng said with a smile: "You must be like this Say, there’s nothing I can do!”
An Qian was very angry and left Yang Peng's body. Yang Peng couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. An Qian was considered a stunning beauty. It was too much for her to throw herself into her arms so boldly! Yang Peng didn't want to have a relationship with her, and it wasn't that he was prude. He just felt that this woman was selfish and arrogant. If he didn't have a clear relationship with her, he really didn't know what would happen.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.