Chapter 463 Prince
The yellow-faced boy's expression remained unchanged. He reached out to take the note, opened it and looked at it for a few times, then rubbed it with both hands and threw it into the brazier next to it.
"Wang and Feng have already fallen into the trap set up by Yongli City." The yellow-faced boy said calmly.
When the three people in front of him heard this, they were all slightly moved. Among them, the young man in a well-dressed suit was the first to lose his composure. He raised his hands and said: "The Lord has a wonderful plan. Our Jinding Chamber of Commerce will control the business community of Yongli City. It is just around the corner." "
Before the yellow-faced boy could speak, the middle-aged scholar on the side smiled and said: "Lu Hongfei, do you care so much about Yongli City, do you have a crush on some girl?"
The well-dressed young man known as Lu Hongfei snorted and said with slight dissatisfaction: "Lu has never thought about personal matters since he returned to the Lord three years ago. His life has been entrusted to the Lord. How could he have any private thoughts?”
The yellow-faced boy was at this moment. He took a sip of ginger soup and said with a faint smile: "Zhou Wen is always fond of teasing. It's not the first time that you have been teased by him. Why do you take it so seriously every time?"
After hearing this, Lu Hongfei's expression improved. , but still glanced aside, not looking at the scholar with the feather fan.
At this time, the old man with white hair and droopy eyes sitting in the middle suddenly opened his eyelids and said: "The Wang and Feng families are nothing to be afraid of, Yongli City is also Sooner or later, it will be in the bag, but if we and other principals come out this time, the chamber of commerce will inevitably be empty, which may give others an opportunity!"
The yellow-faced boy smiled slightly and asked: "Mr. Weng. But are you worried about the Lord of Changping City?”
The white-haired old man said calmly: "Wei Shaogong, the lord of Changping City, is an ambitious man who is not willing to be the lord of a city. Over the years, he has secretly raised a large number of soldiers and even got involved in the business world. If the emperor of the Liu family was not still there, I am afraid he would be the first to stir up trouble. He is the one making waves! The foundation of our Jinding Chamber of Commerce is in Nanping City, and Nanping is not far from Changping. If Wei Shaogong knows that we are leaving, he will definitely take action! "
The yellow-faced boy nodded and said: "Old Weng's analysis is reasonable. Although our Jinding Chamber of Commerce has risen strongly in recent years, its development time is too short and its foundation is somewhat shallow. Sitting in a city for decades, the power that has been developed secretly is not easy. It would be fine if I were still in charge of Nanping, but once the news of my absence in Nanping is leaked, this person will inevitably. If you set a trap for our Chamber of Commerce in secret, we will definitely be unable to guard against it.”
Hearing this, Mr. Weng couldn’t help but raise his head and asked with a puzzled look on his face: “Then the young master still wants to”
The yellow-faced boy smiled slightly and said: "Our chamber of commerce involves too many industries. Since it is impossible to guard against it, it is better to take the initiative. I have sent people to secretly collect evidence that Wei Shaogong supports his troops and respects himself. According to reports, there will be an attack soon. When the time comes, Wei Shaogong will not be able to protect himself, so how can he have time to take care of us?” There are very few clues left when doing things, so we only found out something fishy because of our calculations. I'm afraid the evidence you collected is not enough to convict, right?"
The yellow-faced boy nodded and said: "It is indeed not enough to convict, but it is enough to make people suspicious!"
He paused, lowered his voice again, and said a shocking sentence: "Mr. Weng, you Little did I know, my father was actually seriously ill. I’m terminally ill and don’t have two years left to live!”
“What!”
The expressions of the three people in the field changed drastically. Even Mr. Weng, who had been half-squinting his eyes, looked at him at this moment. His eyes widened as well, with an expression of disbelief.
“Is this true?”
The three asked almost in unison.
The yellow-faced boy nodded silently, and said solemnly:
"I have an informant in the palace, and this is absolutely true! My father has been in power for decades, and Long is very powerful. Now the battle for the throne is within the capital. As long as the father nods, then He is the next emperor of the Yue Kingdom. We have no time to plan outside. The reason why we collect evidence of Wei Shaogong's rebellion is that we have no hope of defeating him. We just hope to stop him and fight for our trip to the capital. It’s just time.”
That old man listened. After hearing the words of the yellow-faced boy, he nodded with some regret and said: "Indeed, if our trip fails, we will naturally be doomed, and even a little bit of Nanping's wealth will be useless! But if we succeed in this trip, in the future, just a mere Wei Shaogong is no longer in our eyes!" Zhou Wen was also shaking his folding fan at this moment and sighed softly: "My lord didn't want to say much before. We thought that this trip was to prepare for a rainy day and plan in advance, but we didn't expect that this trip to the capital was actually a chess game. The winner is the winner."
The yellow-faced boy smiled slightly and was about to say something else, but suddenly a scream came from outside the camp.
Everyone's expressions changed slightly. Lu Hongfei, a young man in well-dressed clothes, reacted the fastest. He grabbed the sword on the ground first and jumped out of the tent.
He held a long sword in his hand and looked up. He saw that the guards outside the tent were all in full formation at the moment. They formed a semi-arc formation to protect the tent and the merchants behind them, while the bamboo forest in the distance The figure in the middle was shadowy, as if someone was peeping in the dark.
“What’s going on?”
Lu Hongfei raised his eyebrows and shouted.
A guard dressed as a leader bowed forward and replied in a deep voice: "Lu Dutong, we seem to have been surrounded. Just now Xiao Li wanted to come forward to negotiate, but he was shot directly through the chest."
While the guard was talking, someone had already brought Xiao Li over. Lu Hongfei looked down and saw that the young guard's eyes were wide open, his mouth was bleeding, and there was a bloody severed hand stuck in his chest!
Lu Hongfei's pupils shrank, feeling a vague sense of crisis.
Even though there are ruthless mountain bandits in the world, I have never heard of anyone who likes to use severed limbs as hidden weapons. Moreover, this severed hand is so powerful that it actually penetrated Xiao Li. The protective armor is simply appalling.
“Listen to my orders, be on alert and protect the camp!”
After Lu Hongfei finished speaking, he drew out the long sword in his hand and shouted loudly: "Which brother from the forest is this coming from? Can you show up to see me?"
"Jie Jie."
A sinister laughter came out, and someone was heard in the dark Said: "Boy, you want to see me, but you are not qualified yet. You must first pass the test under my hand before you talk!"
As soon as the man in the dark finished speaking, there was a sound of bells, and then there was a sound from the bamboo forest. More than a dozen strong men in ragged clothes walked out.
Lu Hongfei's eyes just glanced, and he couldn't help but stand on end.
I saw that there was not a single piece of good flesh on these people's bodies. In some places, they were covered with pustules, and even poisonous insects were crawling in and out of their bodies. Some even had their heads tilted, hanging on their shoulders, but they could still walk freely, as if they were completely unconscious. generally.
“What are these!”
Even though Lu Hongfei was arrogant, his mouth could not help but dry up and his expression became nervous at this moment.
(End of this chapter)