Time goes back a quarter of an hour.
Above the West Lake, it is a good place to discuss matters.
Ten days ago,
What happened in Yangzhou quickly reached Mr. Lan's ears.
At this time, "Mr. Lan" was riding a boat on the West Lake.
Discuss matters in secret.
When something like this happened, Mr. Lan sent a secret message and invited everyone to discuss it.
And the group of people on the boat were all close friends of "Mr. Lan".
If you look carefully, you will find that the people who discuss things with "Mr. Lan" have extraordinary identities.
Sitting together, there were actually four marquises among them!
Cao Zhen, the Marquis of Jingchuan, Zhang Yi, the Marquis of Heqing, Zhang Wen, the Marquis of Huining, Puyu, the Marquis of Xiliang, and Hu Yu, the second son of Hu Hai, the Marquis of Dongchuan.
There are even court officials among them!
Xu Wenjie, the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Fu Youwen, the right minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Huang Ren, the commander-in-chief of the left army, and Xie Xiong, the commander-in-chief of the central army.
As well as the military attache of the guard station, Zhang Hanyu from the Qianhu of the Jinyi Guardhouse in Yangzhou, Yu Zhongchuan from the Qianhu of the Jinwu avant-garde, and Xiao Tianlang from the left guard of Yulin
When these people gather together, the power gathered on this ship can be described as overwhelming! !
But this character is almost always respected by one person at this time.
That is the "Mr. Lan" in front of me.
And this Mr. Lan’s status is not very important!
He is Lan Nao'er, the eldest son of Duke Liang.
Nowadays, the most powerful person in the court is Duke Liang Lanyu.
Lan Yu had great military exploits throughout his life, and almost all the princes had died. He was the only one who still held important positions in the court in charge of military affairs.
Lan Nao'er is the crown prince and will definitely succeed Lan Yu as Duke of the Kingdom in the future.
He also inherited his father's character and was extremely arrogant and domineering!
Lan Yu has always made military exploits on the front line.
Lan Naoer, on the other hand, used his father's cronies and adopted sons to make money crazily from behind.
Nowadays, Lan Yu is the only one who can still fight with the general, perform military exploits, and be granted titles and titles.
Therefore, these earls are almost all people brought out by Lan Yu.
Not to mention the local guards, even the commanders of the guards in the capital were almost all soldiers who came under Lan Yu and were also Lan Yu's adopted sons.
In the imperial court, Lan Yu even installed many cronies and secretly promoted many officials.
With these powers in hand, Lan Naoer can make money almost unimpeded.
He was interested in making money from Yangzhou's thin horse business, so he started the largest thin horse teething business in Yangzhou!
In the past, the thin horse business in Yangzhou was always in the shadows.
Businessmen do it privately, on a small scale.
Ever since Lan Nao'er found out that this business was very profitable, he used his power to get involved in this business.
Banned by the imperial court?
It doesn't matter, as long as the news doesn't reach the emperor's ears, who can know?
Lan Naoer has the ability to do this!
The senior officials of the Yangzhou Bingbei Road, the Inspectorate Department, the Commanding Envoy Department, each guard station, and even the local Jinyi Guardhouse were all our own.
A few years ago, there was a newly appointed magistrate in Yangzhou named Liangji.
On the first day he took office in Yangzhou, he received a banquet invitation from Lan Nao'er.
The son of the Duke personally posted the message and had to go.
The prefect went to the banquet and found that senior local officials and even inspectors were at the banquet.
This surprise is no small matter! !
It is not suitable for administrative officials and inspection and inspection officials to have close personal relationships together. It is very taboo and can easily lead to impeachment.
But in Hangzhou, such a phenomenon does not exist at all!
At the banquet, there were all important officials from various yamen, large and small.
What was even more surprising was that at the banquet, Lan Naoer did not shy away from suspicion and presented him with a big gift in front of everyone, while everyone else took it as a matter of course.
After receiving the gift, it means worshiping the dock and becoming a member of Lan Yu's side.
But this phenomenon is too exaggerated.
Yangzhou seems to have become the world of one person
The officialdom in Yangzhou is so turbid! ! !
Although he was surprised, the prefect understood that if he did not accept this gift and refuted Lan Nao'er's face in public, his future career might not be easy.
How can someone who can climb to the position of prefect be ignorant of the world?
Lan Yu belongs to the prince's side and is a powerful general left by the sage Zhu Yuanzhang to the prince Zhu Biao.
In the future of the country, the next monarch must be Prince Zhu Biao.
Due to emotions and reasons, I have no reason to refuse.
After weighing the pros and cons, the prefect accepted the gift.
But soon, the prefect discovered that something was wrong.
On the night of the second day after taking office, someone sent three girls aged fourteen or fifteen to the house to enjoy as much as they wanted.
The prefect was very curious.
These girls are all extremely beautiful and are proficient in all kinds of music, chess, calligraphy and painting.
Such a lady-like woman can actually be treated like a slave and can be bullied and enjoyed at will.
After investigation, it turned out to be called Yangzhou Skinny Horse.
The prefect finally discovered the problem in Yangzhou.
In Yangzhou, there is a business like Yangzhou Shou Ma.
And "Mr. Lan" covered the sky with one hand, forcing no news about this matter to come out!
Not only that, Yangzhou Shouma's business, Lan Naoer, cannot be swallowed up by one person.
Under Lan Nao'er's authorization, other wealthy businessmen also participated, but they all had to hand over 40% of their profits to Lan Nao'er.
After much thought, the prefect decided to report the matter to the Holy One.
He secretly sent a letter to his former classmate, and the Inspector Yushi of the Inspectorate reported the matter.
It's a pity that after the letter reached the inspector censor, it disappeared.
Soon the prefect fell into the water and died in the line of duty!
Over the years, this Yangzhou thin horse business has been going on, and no one in Yangzhou dared to offend "Mr. Lan".
But Lan Nao'er can't calculate it even if he thinks about it.
Someone actually had an idea for him, and even overnight, the 600 skinny horses that he had raised for several years disappeared without a trace, as if they had disappeared from the world!
After checking for several days, no clues were found.
Until the people under my command found a clue!
That day, there was a brothel called Jinmeilou, and a man who called himself Mr. Li ransomed a prostitute named Ruyu.
And this prostitute has a concubine who, coincidentally, is the guard of Xiaodongmen.
Shuntian quickly found Lin Ren, arrested all these people, and tortured them for questioning.
Poor Lin Ren is still dreaming about getting back together with Ruyu, but no matter how much torture he gets, he still doesn't reveal a single bit of information.
It's a pity that other colleagues immediately recruited him under Da Xing's service.
Sure enough, someone took a carriage out of the city gate at night.
"This is the portrait of those two people. If you find this person, you must find a way to arrest him."
Yangzhou Jinyiwei Qianhu placed the portrait on the table.
Above the portraits, the faces of Li Xiao and Li Xiongzhi were painted.
Although everyone had their faces covered, Li Xiao and Li Xiongzhi did not cover their faces when they went to the brothel.
However, when Li Xiao and Li Xiongzhi went out to do errands, they were all in disguise, and the people in the portraits had beards, unlike the photos, so it was difficult to find them.
On the boat, the Yangzhou magistrate whispered: "Mr. Lan, this matter is not trivial. I'm afraid someone from Fusi, North Town of the capital, investigated it."
Regarding this matter, Lan Nao'er was also quite distressed and cursed angrily at the Yangzhou magistrate: "You are a dignified magistrate and you have such a big mistake and you still need me to send someone to investigate."
Half the story.
There was a sound of "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" voice outside the boat.
It was Li Xiao who came from another ship.
Lan Nao'er frowned, and Hu Yu, the second son of Dongchuan Hou Hu Hai, immediately got out of the boat and shouted loudly, then turned around and returned to the cabin.
At this time, the Yangzhou magistrate humbly said: "Sir, this matter is my negligence."
Zhang Yi, the Marquis of Heqing, whispered: "Your Majesty, if it is really the case investigated by Beizhen Fusi, the matter will be a bit tricky, just in case the Holy One knows about it."
Lan Nao'er looked at Zhang Hanyu from the Thousand Households of Yangzhou Jinyi Health Center with displeasure, and cursed: "Zhang Hanyu, what the hell do you do for food? Don't you know anything about this? I have spent so much money to support myself in Yangzhou for so many years." With so many people, you can’t rely on this little thing?”
Zhang Hanyu was pointed at his nose and scolded, but he didn't dare to say anything, so he could only lower his eyebrows and keep saying that it was his mistake and he must catch those two people.
"snort!"
Lan Nao'er snorted coldly and said with a soothing expression: "It's hard to say for the time being. It's not necessarily Fusi in Beizhen. I have received news from spies. Ji Gang led Qinglong and several people to investigate me, so I must keep a close eye on it." People from Fusi in Beizhen. I have sent people to search for the traces of a few people, and they will be disposed of after they are found. In fact, the names in the account books they took have been replaced by the names of a group of other officials."
Lan Nao'er was confident because he had already asked the person who kept the account books to replace them with the names of officials who had no difficulty in customs clearance.
The account books cannot convict him, and to outsiders, his name is only known as "Mr. Lan".
The words fell.
Everyone praised him like a flatterer, "Your Majesty, you are so wise that you are almost a demon!"
Lan Nao'er enjoyed it very much, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, picked up the tea cup and drank tea, and said:
"To take a step back, what if I are really found? My father went to Sichuan to suppress the rebellion. Good news has come, and he will be back in Beijing soon! Will the Holy One touch me?"
Lan Nao'er looked calm and not panicked at all.
With his father's military exploits, who can touch him?
When my father returned from a great victory in the Northern Expedition, he passed by Xifeng Pass, a pass in Yandi City. The guard was too slow to open the door, so he sent people to attack, broke through the door, and came in anyway!
King Zhu Di of Yan?
snort!
Didn't he hold his nose and remain silent?
The Holy One turned a blind eye and didn't say much. It was just a small punishment of changing "Liang Guogong" to "Liang Guogong".
Thinking of this, Lan Naoer was extremely excited.
It seems that no one in the Ming Dynasty can touch him.
Even his own sister was granted marriage and became the Holy Son-in-law!
As a relative of the emperor and the country, with unparalleled achievements, I ask myself, what else is there to be afraid of?
As the words fell.
All the officials and marquises held their hands in praise.
"My foster father will definitely return with a great victory when he returns from this trip!"
"The foster father is now ranked first among the princes of the country. With this merit, one person is inferior to ten thousand people!"
"When my adoptive father comes back, I will have a good celebration and take care of him."
"How can a tiger father have a dog son? If the prince gets more achievements, he might be able to become the father of two countries!"
This time Lan Yu was ordered to go to Sichuan. During the expedition, the Holy Father patted Lan Yu's shoulder affectionately in public. Everyone saw it. Who can get such honor?
When he returns, his power will be even greater!
"One school and two countries"
Lan Nao'er laughed loudly, stood up and said: "You are all my father's good adopted sons, and you also know the relationship between my father and the prince! To be honest, when the prince ascends to the position of great treasure, our Lan family will really have Maybe it’s the same thing as two countries!”
Cao Zhen, the Marquis of Jingchuan, picked up his wine glass and toasted: "Yes, the Duke of two countries! The Crown Prince is so brave and intelligent, he should be the Duke of the country!"
Hearing this, Lan Naoer felt extremely happy, but on the surface he was very calm.
He waved his hand and said, "Drinking is harmful to your health. I don't drink. I only drink tea. The little green oranges newly produced in Yangzhou City taste really good."
As he spoke, he picked up the teacup and played with it in his hands.
"Your Majesty, it's up to you. I'll do it later."
The other marquis and officials picked up their wine glasses and drank them all in one gulp.
Others toast, the host drinks tea, this is the card of Sapphire!
After all, everyone knows it.
When His Majesty returns to the west, the Crown Prince will ascend the throne.
Lan Yu is the only prince who is fighting abroad, and his sister is the crown prince Zhu Biao's concubine. With this relationship, they follow their adoptive father and enjoy the hot food!
Although the Crown Princess has passed away, doesn't she still have Zhu Yunxi, her biological nephew?
At that time, everyone supported Zhu Yunxi for decades.
In this world, apart from the emperor, it is the Lan family!
"We would like to congratulate the Crown Prince in advance on being the Duke of the State."
Everyone was flattering one after another, Lan Naoer was in high spirits, and the atmosphere was very beautiful.
However, at this time, there was another voice of "Ahhhhhhhhhhhh". It was Li Xiao who was singing "A Thousand Years of Waiting" outside.
Lan Nao'er was very upset that the peace was disturbed.
He sat down directly, his face turned cold, and he placed the tea cup on the table.
Seeing this, everyone knew what it meant.
These marquises, and even the thousands of households in the guardhouse, all worked hard on the battlefield and got the appreciation of Lan Yu to get where they are today, and it was not easy.
One by one, they rushed directly overboard.
"You idiot, I'll sink your ship!"
To this group of people, what does killing a few people mean?
The words are divided into two parts.
Li Xiao has already taken out weapons.
Li Xiao held the sword, while Zhu Gaoxu used his bare hands. After all, no one went out to take a halberd. However, Li Xiao, Zhu Ningyun, and Zhu Gaosui had weapons on their sword waists.
Zhu Gaoxu snatched the rowing oar from the boatman and used it as a spurge as a weapon.
"Hey, are there really people who are not afraid of death?"
A group of people on Lan Naoer's boat couldn't help but sneer when they saw the four of them taking up arms and preparing to resist.
Immediately, everyone on the boat burst into laughter.
He didn't take Li Xiao and others seriously at all.
who are they?
He has been on the battlefield and fought hard. He has been on the battlefield and has seen blood. His martial arts skills are naturally not for ordinary people. Otherwise, he will not be appreciated by Lan Yu.
No one can be knighted without merit in war. Those who can obtain a title are those who have merit in battle.
People who have killed people have evil spirits in them!
Normally, anyone who sees them would tremble with fear.
And these people actually plan to resist?
The two ships were getting closer.
When Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui heard their laughter as if they were laughing at a joke, their heads filled with anger like fire!
"Arrogant! Extremely arrogant! Grandpa will make you regret coming to this world today."
Zhu Gaosui cursed angrily, his eyes were as wide as copper bells, and he held swords in both hands. As soon as the boat approached, he would go up and kill them without leaving a trace.
How can we avoid Zhu Gaoxu in the chat room?
He pointed at the people on the boat opposite and shouted angrily: "A bunch of cats and dogs dare to laugh at us. I will chop you up later, piss in your mouths, and throw them into the lake to feed the fish!"
Peeing in the mouth is a jealous and insulting language.
This is also the secret of Zhu Gaoxu's use of aggressive generals to attack hundreds of times. The last time he eliminated the bandits, it was these words that made the bandits break their guard and come up to die.
And these marquises were originally vulgar warriors.
But after becoming an official these years, I have listened to too many flattery words, and my ears have long softened.
When I heard this, I was immediately shocked.
"Damn it, I'll kill you first later!"
Huining Hou Zhang Wenqi's eyes were red and his cheeks were bulging.
I have to say, it was very effective. The group of people stared at Zhu Gaoxu angrily, wishing to cut him into pieces.
But Li Xiao suddenly discovered that these people were very angry and penetrating when they cursed.
The water patterns on the lake were rippled by sound waves.
The surrounding cruise ship passengers were so frightened that they fled away. These two boats were the only ones on the lake.
They are definitely not ordinary people, they all have some abilities.
And none of them are bad.
Although Li Xiao is now a model of a top-notch warrior, he has never fought against anyone before, so he is not very sure. After all, there are more than ten people on the other side.
Of course, he wasn't too worried.
If you really can't do it.
He could only take out his small pistol and shoot one at a time, hitting his head.
"Gao Xu, be careful, these people don't seem simple."
Li Xiao whispered to Zhu Gaoxu, who was scolding vigorously, and tightened the Xiaoyao Sword in his hand.
"Brother-in-law, I have discovered it a long time ago. This is a way to provoke the generals and make them lose their minds. The flaws will be exposed later in the fight."
Zhu Gaoxu took the oar and whispered back.
"All right."
Li Xiao thinks it makes sense.
If he were an ordinary person, he could still let Zhu Ningyun play.
But since these people are very powerful, Ningyun cannot be allowed to do it.
"Ningyun, you go back to the cabin first and leave it to the three of us."
As Li Xiao spoke, he protected Ningyun behind him and asked her to retreat first.
"But."
Although Zhu Ningyun was worried, he thought that the other party had some martial arts skills and that he might be holding everyone back, so he rationally retreated to the cabin.
Li Xiao felt more at ease. His wife was really sensible and not messy.
After all, I used to watch TV dramas often, and they had such bloody plots.
That kind of heroine is obviously weak, but in order to save the hero, she has to go up to die, be sent as a hostage, or block an arrow or other stupid things.
"Here we go, kill them!"
At this time, the two boats approached and came together.
These people were the first to rush, and their target was Zhu Gaoxu.
There was no way, Zhu Gaoxu's taunt just now was so irritating that he would piss in their mouths at every turn.
Although these people are marquises, good players on the battlefield.
But facing them, Zhu Gaoxu was not afraid at all. He took the lead and swept through the entire army.
How could Zhu Gaoxu be an ordinary person? He was the future King of Han.
If he had not rebelled, he would have been a strong man who would have left a good name in history.
I saw the oar in his hand swinging out like a half-moon scimitar, making a whirring sound.
There was a loud bang, and the paddle directly hit the first person.
If Zhu Gaoxu had a real halberd in his hand, it would be no joke. Several people might die in one sweep.
It's a pity that what he was holding was an oar, and he hit the first person with too much force, and the oar was broken directly.
As for the poor guy who was beaten, his arm was completely fractured, and he was knocked out by the blow and landed in the lake.
"No, these people are quite capable, be careful when dealing with them!"
shouted a marquis.
Originally, these people didn't take it seriously and thought they could deal with it easily.
As a result, it suffered a big loss from the beginning.
The remaining ten or so people dealt with it carefully.
However, they went out without weapons and could only use their bare hands.
Seeing this, someone wanted to use the paddle as a weapon.
"You want to get a weapon, have you asked me?"
How could Zhu Gaosui let them get their wish?
Although he is young, his strength is not as strong as these people.
But relying on the weapons in his hands, he rushed forward and stabbed several times with his sword. Once the move was successful, he immediately retreated to keep his distance, and those people were forced not to run around.
"Damn, this piece of shit"
The people who were stabbed covered their arms, blood was flowing freely, and they were extremely angry in their hearts.
Since their dignified Marquis was so embarrassed by three young people.
This is simply a shame!
"Fight them!"
At this time, these people didn't care about being injured and rushed towards Li Xiao and others crazily.
By seizing Zhu Gaosui's weapon, he can instantly suppress him and continue to subdue the other two.
"Brother-in-law, save me."
Zhu Gaosui did not dare to fight head-on, so he immediately retreated and hid behind Li Xiao.
At this time, on the other side, Zhu Gaosui lost his weapon and was fighting with six people with fists and kicks. One against six, the fight was evenly divided, but it was obvious that he was suppressed.
After all, Zhu Gaoxu is only seventeen years old now and is not a complete body.
And the other party is also a ruthless person who has been on the battlefield, not an ordinary person.
Zhu Gaoxu can fight one against six, which is already very powerful.
"Second brother, go on!"
Li Xiao threw the sword over and gave him a weapon.
Zhu Gaoxu took it and asked, "What should you do?"
Li Xiao said: "The third child has two swords, it's okay."
Because Zhu Gaosui and Li Xiao are together, this guy has two swords and can use one of them.
It happened that each of the three people had a weapon in their hands.
In this situation, having weapons and not having weapons are completely two different concepts.
No matter how high your martial arts skills are, you are still afraid of kitchen knives!
In the future, there will often be news reports in the media about professional boxers being stabbed to death by street gangsters with daggers.
Not to mention the sword, which is much longer than the dagger.
Li Xiao threw the weapon to Gao Sui, preparing to take the sword from Gao Sui's hand.
But how could the people here watch him get his wish?
"Boy? You still have time to take care of others, so take care of yourself first!"
The three people who originally rushed towards Zhu Gaosui rushed towards Li Xiao because Zhu Gaosui was hiding behind Li Xiao.
Three fists hit Li Xiao on the head.
If this hit, the head would probably explode like a watermelon.
Li Xiao didn't have time to pick up the sword, so he had no choice but to resist with his fists first.
As danger approaches, the genes in Li Xiao's body are also activated.
Changing his palms into fists, at the same time, the martial arts skills in his mind appeared naturally in his mind as if he had practiced them tens of millions of times.
Driven by muscle memory, his body shape changed.
Qi sinks in the Dantian, stuttering, and gaining momentum.
"Xingyi Quan collapses!"
The fists were like cannonballs, whizzing towards the three people!
boom!
There was a loud noise, and Li Xiao felt as if he had broken something.
It should have broken all the ribs of the person who bore the brunt of the impact. The powerful impact knocked the person backwards, and the two people next to him also flew out.
Click!
The three of them flew several meters away and smashed the wooden planks of the cabin before stopping.
With such a big movement, everyone stopped fighting and looked over.
Then stayed
Li Xiao was also stunned when he saw the incredible scene in front of him.
What the hell,
Am I already that awesome?
The scene suddenly became quiet, and the fighting stopped for an instant.
Because they were all shocked beyond measure by Li Xiao's song.
Is this a fucking punch that a human can punch?
Even if Xiang Yu is reincarnated, so be it!
At this time, with the powerful attribute points and the blessing of martial arts, the effect is almost the same as that of Xiang Yu.
Li Xiao, on the other hand, remained calm and tried his best to appear worthy of his strength.
Nonsense, you don’t even know your own strength, isn’t this nonsense?
Li Xiao slowly retracted his fist and said calmly:
"This punch requires thirty years of hard work. Can you guys stop it?"
(End of chapter)
