Chapter 151 Gao Changgong, do you believe it?
After the man turned around, he saw that the person holding the sword against his neck was a soldier wearing black armor. He had an ordinary appearance but had an evil aura, and his body was somewhat rough. At first glance, he looked like a man who had been on the battlefield for a long time.
But what shocked the man even more was not this man, but the group of soldiers standing behind him. The leader of the soldiers was a man wearing a hideous mask who was wearing Xuanshang and had a particularly noble and noble temperament. He was holding a woman who was also wearing black clothes and a mask.
Even though the two of them didn't show their true faces, they both gave people a cold and noble look that could only be seen from a distance but not played with.
"Who are you? Who asked you to lurk here, and what is your purpose?" King Lanling asked coldly.
The man twitched his lips, forced a smile, and replied: "Who am I? I'm just a businessman. When doing business in this world, there are always some flashes of swords and swords. Isn't it surprising?"
"Take out your talisman and show it to us!" At King Lanling's suggestion, Lu Yu shouted sharply.
The talisman is a kind of identification, which not only records the person's name, but also his ancestry and identity and occupation.
Zhao Wu even increased the strength on his sword. The pain of the sharp blade cutting through his skin immediately made the man panic. He hurriedly took out the talisman from his sleeve and handed it to Lu Yu's hand.
"This, this is my talisman!"
Lu Yu glanced at Gao Changgong and said, "You are indeed a businessman, but your ancestral home is not from Pengcheng, but from Hanyang County, Qinzhou!"
Qinzhou belongs to the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
Lu Yu's expression immediately became cold and fierce, and he couldn't help shouting: "Are you a spy sent by the Kingdom of Zhou?"
"No no!"
The man turned pale with fright and immediately confessed: "My ancestors are indeed from Hanyang County in Qinzhou, but more than ten years ago I defected to the Eastern Wei Dynasty, also known as the Northern Qi Dynasty, together with Governor Luo, so now I am a full-fledged Pengcheng people!"
"Captain Luo? Are you talking about Luo Chao? The Luo Chao who was killed for treason, the husband of Lord Lu?"
During Lu Yu's series of questions, the man lowered his head and replied: "Yes, it is Governor Luo!"
"So, why are you hiding your identity in this wine shop? Are you from Lord Lu?"
When Lu Yu asked this question, the man's expression changed for a moment.
Zhao Wu even shouted: "Speak quickly!"
The man suddenly felt suffocated and stung, and hurriedly replied: "Yes, I am from Lord Lu. Lord Lu asked me to come here just to give money to an assassin, one hundred thousand silver!"
"And if it comes to pass, this assassin must be killed!"
"Sure enough...it's her!"
This time it was a woman sighing, and then the man became a little frightened and asked, "Who are you?"
Xiao Jinyu took off the mask on his face.
"Am I the person you, Lord Lu, want to kill?" she asked.
When the man first saw Xiao Jinyu's appearance, his eyes straightened and he was stunned for a long time. He only came to his senses when Lu Yu slapped him hard on the face with the hilt of his sword.
"You dare to look at our county princess like this, you are seeking death!" Lu Yu shouted.
Only then did the man look at Xiao Jinyu again in surprise, then looked away in panic, and then cast a sidelong glance at the masked Prince Lanling.
"Princess Princess? Then you are... are you Prince Lanling?"
Suddenly I remembered that it was rumored that King Lanling liked to wear a mask to kill enemies on the battlefield because his beauty could not intimidate the enemy, and the two people in front of him were so elegant...
"You deserve to die, you villain! I didn't know it was Prince Lanling!"
"This hidden stronghold of yours must have existed for a long time, otherwise you wouldn't have sent an assassin to kill me here four months ago. So what you said was just to give the assassin 100,000 yuan and You can’t make us believe what you say.”
Hearing what Xiao Jinyu said, Lu Yu's eyes lit up, and he shouted angrily: "You are still dishonest, aren't you? Are you going to be punished severely?"
"Zhao Wu, first cripple his hand tendons and hamstrings and see how long he can last?"
The man became even more frightened when he heard that he had to use his hands and feet.
"Wait, let me say, let me say, in fact, we are specially placed here and Bei by Lord Lu..."
As soon as he said this, the man's body stiffened and his eyes widened. He turned his head and looked back in disbelief, but he saw nothing and fell to the ground.
The moment he fell to the ground, Xiao Jinyu saw a very short sharp arrow stuck in his back.
Zhao Wu had already chased him out. At this time, the fight in the wine shop was coming to an end. The shopkeeper was finally restrained by Nie Yinniang after stabbing him multiple times. The waiter was dead, and the bodies of many strong men were lying around. All over the place.
When Gao Changgong and Xiao Jinyu walked out, apart from the people brought by Nie Yinniang, the only person left in the entire wine shop was the shopkeeper.
"I'm sorry, there are two agile people who let them escape!" Nie Yinniang said, dragging the shopkeeper over and kneeling in front of Gao Changgong and Xiao Jinyu, "If you have anything to say, just ask him! After all, he is here too I have been a shopkeeper for more than ten years!”
"So you have been corresponding with Zhou people for more than ten years, right?" Xiao Jinyu asked as soon as he opened his mouth. The shopkeeper's face changed with horror, and he spat: "Why are you communicating with people in Zhou Dynasty? Madam, please don't slander us and accuse us of being spies!"
"Whether he is a spy or not, we can wait until we get to Yecheng and enter the Dali Temple Prison for review!"
At this time, Gao Changgong added, and then looked at Nie Yinniang. Nie Yinniang was stunned for a moment, then understood what he meant, and punched the shopkeeper unconscious, and at the same time stuffed a pill into his mouth!
"This person is very important. In order to prevent him from committing suicide or his companions coming to kill him, we will first place him in a secret place. We will return to Yecheng tomorrow!"
Nie Yinniang nodded.
At this time, Lu Yu threw a heavy box in front of Nie Yinniang and said, "This is the 100,000 yuan your employer gave you. As for whether there is 100,000 yuan, you can count it yourself!"
Naturally, this box was found from the secret room where the man was just now.
"Also, this wine shop belongs to you from now on, but my county king wants to get all the news related to the man in Ye City from you!"
When Nie Yinniang saw how generous they were, the light of determination in her eyes couldn't help but shine a little brighter.
Since it is a business, there must be sacrifice, and this condition is not too much for them.
The dozen assassins behind her even ecstatically thanked Gao Changgong: "Thank you so much to the prince and princess for taking us in regardless of their previous grudges! We are willing to listen to your orders in the future!"
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Gao Changgong ordered his guards to search and inspect the inside and outside of Feng Laiju Restaurant. He loaded some suspicious items into boxes and planned to take them back to Yecheng. After several days of running around and working hard, the soldiers who followed him were a little nervous. Tired, Gao Changgong took Xiao Jinyu and a group of guards to Pengcheng's mansion.
This can also be regarded as a temporary residence when he was training and stationed here.
Nie Yinniang and her assassins stayed at Fenglaiju Restaurant to serve as their internal agents to receive the news from "that person" in Ye City.
"Chang Gong, do you know why the man in Ye City wants to kill you?"
As soon as she rested, Xiao Jinyu asked Gao Changgong to find pen, ink, and paper for her. She traced on the paper while asking questions.
"I know, it's just for the sake of the Cizhou Kiln in Pengcheng. Three years ago, His Majesty the Cizhou Kiln in Pengcheng was handed over to Lu Lingxuan for control. For this reason, she made a lot of personal profits from it. Later, one of my imperial uncles, Prince Zhao, took this The matter was reported to His Majesty, and His Majesty wanted to take it back. It happened that I won a battle last year, so His Majesty rewarded it to me on the pretext of being drunk!"
"I think this Lu Lingxuan must have relied on the huge profits made from the Cizhou kiln to win over the important officials in the court, form a party and monopolize power, and support so many craftsmen, right?"
"You all know that, so you still use this Cizhou kiln as a betrothal gift to marry me in front of so many people?" Xiao Jinyu said slightly surprised.
Gao Changgong smiled, put his arm around her shoulders, looked into her eyes and said, "Because I am marrying you, it is not an exaggeration to give the world wealth!"
Xiao Jinyu couldn't help but smile and asked jokingly: "Aren't you afraid that the emperor of Qi will be jealous of you?"
"Don't be afraid, don't I still have you?" Gao Changgong said with a smile. He moved his eyes slightly and saw something she had traced on the paper. He couldn't help but feel curious, "Ayu, what is this you are drawing? It seems like It’s also a type of porcelain, but I’ve never seen it before!”
What Xiao Jinyu painted was indeed a kind of porcelain, and she painted extremely delicate patterns on the porcelain, making the porcelain more fresh, elegant and pleasing to the eye.
"I want Yue Ying to stay here. He told me that he traveled all over the country with his father and was in the business of this kind of porcelain. I want him to help me bake this kind of porcelain, and the firing techniques are perfect. I gave it to him too.”
"Okay, then I will arrange for some people to protect him here!"
Xiao Jinyu nodded and smiled: "Chang Gong, Cizhou Kiln should be returned to the emperor! We are only responsible for controlling the porcelain firing techniques here!"
"good!"
Seeing that he didn't refuse a word, which was very different from her attitude when she proposed to serve in Northern Qi Dynasty, Xiao Jinyu couldn't help but smile again, took his hand, came to the corridor, held on to the railing and looked at the round of stars in the night sky. Quarter moon.
At this time, the moon had just half entered the clouds, and its faint light set a silver edge on the clouds.
"Chang Gong, do you believe that this vision in the sky can really affect the destiny of the world?" She asked suddenly, her eyes clear and distant, looking towards the stars far away in the sky.
"I don't believe it, what about you?" Gao Changgong shook his head and replied with a smile.
Hearing this answer, Xiao Jinyu smiled with relief.
"I also don't believe that the fate of the human world can be determined by celestial phenomena. Although birth, old age, illness and death are inevitable laws in human life, the choice of how to live and how to die should be in our own hands. !”
As she spoke, she stretched out her hand to meet the moonlight, as if to hold the crescent moon in her palm. After a moment, she withdrew her gaze and looked at Gao Changgong.
"so……"
As soon as she started to speak, Gao Changgong's face darkened and he interrupted:
"You don't have to say anything, I know what you want to say!"
Xiao Jinyu saw that his face was obviously covered with displeasure, so she turned around and put her arms around his neck, pecked his lips, and said softly: "Then you can carry me to bed. I happen to be tired too!"
Gao Changgong then suppressed his anger and slightly curved his lips, picked her up, and a black butterfly flapped its wings and followed them into the bedroom.
(End of chapter)