Chapter 739 Xu Fengnian, I’m here to ask for interest
Five days later.
In the backyard of an inn in a small town southeast of Xiangfan City, Xu Xiao's eyeliner in Xiangfan sent Xu Fengnian a letter. Yu Youwei stroked Wu Meiniang's fur and leaned over to look at her. Xu Fengnian glanced at her and said nothing. After reading Then he handed the letter to Ning Emei.
"Your Majesty, didn't you say that Lin Qing promised to destroy Longhu Mountain? From Xiangfan to Longhu Mountain, the land route is the shortest and the shortest distance, so why did he go across the Guangling River and take the waterway?"
Li Yuxu thought he was smart and said: "I know. If you go from Xiangfan to Longhu Mountain, you must pass through Dahuang City, the former capital of the Western Chu Kingdom. Zhao Heng and his son died, and the court was furious. The king of Guangling, Zhao Yi, would definitely not sit idly by and mobilize an army. Encirclement and suppression, the terrain near the west wall is open, The fire unicorn has no land to use, so traveling by water is different. The water battle on Chunshen Lake is a warning. The Qingzhou Navy was defeated by the combination of the fire unicorn and the big eagle. Those river guards with worse equipment along the way dared to Stop Lin Qing? ”
Ning Emei and Yu Youwei nodded in agreement, but Xu Fengnian suddenly changed his face: "No, this beast named Lin is going to Huting County."
"Huting County? What is he doing in Huting County?"
Ning Emei thought for a while and said: "The eldest lady's husband's Huting Lu family seems to be in Huting County."
Yu Youwei said: "What do you mean? He went to your eldest sister?"
Xu Fengnian said: "Do you still remember the flying pigeon message sent by Chu Lushan a few days ago? The Beimu soldiers who attacked Laoshan Island did not know what kind of witchcraft they had, and all of them were demented. It was probably Lin Qing who did this. With his character, it was impossible to It will just be tit for tat, at least twice as much.”
Yu Youwei was shocked: "Huh? More than two thousand people all turned into idiots? This...how did he do it?"
Li Yuxu had known about this for a long time, and his expression was as usual, but he frowned slightly: "What I don't understand is how he happened to appear there when the Beizhou Army attacked Laoshan Island."
This is also a question that Xu Fengnian has never been able to figure out, because Lin Qing once said that no matter where he ran, he could not escape from the palm of his hand. Is this just a threat? At this point, he believed that this was by no means a threat, but what was the problem?
"Ning Emei, tell me to go down and leave immediately for Huting County."
Li Yuaxu said: "Your Majesty, are you waiting for Li Jianxian and Jiang Ni?"
"It's too late."
Ning Emei said: "But didn't the prince's letter say that he had received the hereditary edict and asked you to return to Beimu as soon as possible?"
"Just do it if I ask you to do it."
"Your Majesty!"
"After the trip to Huting County, Lin Qing will go to Longhu Mountain. Let me ask you, will you save Huang Man'er or not?"
Ning Emei stopped talking, thought about it carefully, clasped his fists and left the hospital, notifying the people in Fengzi Camp to go to Huting County.
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A few days later.
The news that Laoshan Island was taken away by the Bei Ming Army in one go spread a lot, which greatly encouraged Li Yang, stabilized the morale of the army and the people, and minimized the negative impact of the half-disabled Qingzhou Navy and the death of Zhao Heng and his son, but Xu Xiao's adopted son was also responsible. The fact that the country was beheaded and all the soldiers who landed on the island turned into idiots was temporarily concealed. Zhao Chun was happy to see that the Beiyu Army was weakened and happy to see Xu Xiao and Lin Qing fight to the death, but he was afraid of losing more than 2,000 people in one breath. Spread out and affect the morale of the army.
At first, people thought that after leaving Xiangfan, he would go south to Longhu Mountain by land. After all, there were rumors in the world that he had a feud with Zhao Xituan, the Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain, and threatened to destroy Longhu Mountain. As a result, he took a red horse boat robbed by the Xiangfan garrison and sailed along the Guangling River.
Some people thought that he was afraid of the cavalry of Guangling King Zhao Yi of the Great Phoenix City and did not dare to take the land route, so he chose the waterway that no one dared to block. Some people said in alarmist terms that he wanted to disembark in Tang and Song counties, which are closest to Tai'an City, and attack directly. The capital of Liyang Kingdom Ancheng, in retaliation for the Beigu Army's house-stealing action, the entire Jiangnan Road felt like facing a formidable enemy, and troops were deployed in the gentle area north of Tang and Song County. The troops of Huainan King Zhao Ying moved westward to Beigu City, and faced off against the troops of Jiangnan Road. Use the power of the corner to clamp down on the traffic hub.
Who would have thought that his ship did not stop at Tang and Song County, but turned southeast and entered Huting County on Jiangnan Road. The most famous specialty here is not the Xiaogui Cake, which the empresses in the palace all talked about after eating it, nor the gas station Wuhei Cake for men. It is Xu Zhihu, who married from Bei Ming to the Lu family in Hu Ting. The widow of three dead husbands.
When his ship sailed into the pier outside the city, the entire Yangchun City was very nervous. The army did not dare to move, and the yamen officers did not dare to move. It was not until the superiors swore that they would only go to the pier to maintain order. Only a few people tried to The guy with the silver reward rushed to the destination with his stuff.
After sitting on the boat for several days, Zhao Fengya and Lin Xiao were exhausted. As soon as they landed on the shore, they ran around at the pier that was cleared by the guards. Princess Jing'an and Wang Chudong, who had been lucky to Chu, also disembarked with him. The former has an aura of being drifting with the tide, while the latter has become much calmer after experiencing the destruction of the Wang family and killing Qi Dangguo, the murderer of his father.
Cucumber led Xu Weixiong down to get some air. She kept a dark face and said nothing the whole way. She thought it was her turn to warm the bed, but when she came out of Xiangfan City, her master was teased by green ants for plowing no matter how hard she worked. Princess Jing'an, who is not bad, would either have read Wang Chudong's name and completely forgotten what she said when she first entered Xiangfan that she would be punished by having to warm the bed. "If you play down there for a while, remember to get back to the boat. Don't go too far. Cucumber, Wang Chudong, and Lao Xu, come with me to the city."
Wang Chudong actually didn't want to go, but he didn't dare not to go. He turned around and took a look at the two dogs lying on the roof of the Chima Shipbuilding with their bellies open and basking in the sun. He also looked at the big dogs that were constantly circling in the sky and coming from time to time. Diao could only purse his lips and follow up with his fists.
Cucumber is a guy who doesn't take things too seriously when watching the excitement. After hearing what he said, he happily led Xu Weixiong to follow, and the four of them entered the city.
Some shops on both sides of the main street were closed, some were closing, and some were open. The proprietress who had just woken up asked her neighbors in confusion what had happened.
Chu Pingsheng was not interested in them, so he swaggered through the city and went straight to the gate of Huting Lu Mansion, the largest house in the east of the city.
The Lu family in Huting County is like Zhao Heng in Qingzhou. Even if it is placed in the entire Jiangnan, it is the leading family. There were eight prime ministers in the Song Dynasty. Even in the Spring and Autumn War, Xu Xiao helped the Zhao family in Liyang to destroy the Six Kingdoms, like Lu Jiangnan's distinguished family with such a rich heritage began to hide The ability to hold back one's strength and keep a low profile is definitely not comparable to that of today's Qingdang. What's more, the current head of the Lu family, Lu Daolin, paid homage to the Imperial Academy to offer wine. Although his rank is not too high, his prestige among the literati in Jiangnan is higher than that of those who are about to swing a knife. Wu Fu, I don’t know how high he is.
The door of Lu Mansion was closed tightly. Cucumber knocked on the door several times but no one answered. She wanted to lie down at the crack of the door and listen to what was going on inside. Lao Xu pulled her away directly and struck out with a palm. The stone lion weighing several hundred kilograms at the door flew away. He got up, smashed the door of Lu's house, and then kicked it down. Another stone lion knocked down the screen wall behind the door. Cucumber's eyes shone with shock. He didn't expect Lao Xu to be so energetic.
The three of them had not walked a few steps into the hospital when the housekeeper of the Lu Mansion, who was born with a pair of thick lips, and two nursing staff stopped them: "Who is it? You dare to smash the door of my house. Do you know where this is?"
Chu Pingsheng smiled: "Who are you?"
"I...I am Lu Dongyang, the steward of the Lu Mansion."
"I don't believe that the government officials didn't inform you who came to Huting County." Chu Pingsheng said, "How dare you to ask questions knowingly? Are your wife and children's living arrangements in place in the future?"
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Lu Dongyang's face broke out in a cold sweat: "The Lu family has no grudges against you in the past and now. Aren't you afraid of being punished by God for acting like this?"
"Old Xu, look, I haven't even killed the person yet, and the threat of divine punishment is here."
Chu Pingsheng said: "Don't you want me to break into the Lu family for a reason? I will give you a few more reasons. First, the one in my maid's hand is Xu Zhihu's second sister. It is human nature for a younger sister to come to see her older sister. . Second, I heard that Lu Mansion’s Slutty Widow is a specialty of Jiangnan. I finally came to visit. I want to try something new and see how debauched she is. Third, Xu Xiao sent troops to attack Laoshan Island and killed my good subordinates and my father-in-law’s family. Do you think I should kill his family as well in revenge? Any reason here is enough. Support me in breaking into Huting Lu’s house, don’t you?”
Old Xu said: "Where is Xu Zhihu? If you don't want to die, just lead the way."
"This..." Lu Dongyang looked confused.
Chu Pingsheng said: "Stop pretending. Didn't you come here just to lead the way for me? You just wanted to portray a helpless persona and save some face for the Lu family."
Lu Dongyang's face changed greatly. He didn't expect that the young man's eyes were so poisonous. He was indeed sent by Lu Xuanlang, the brother of the family head, to lure the lawless devil to Xu Zhihu's residence, but Lu Xuanlang wanted him not to lose the Lu family. In order to be decent, he thought of carrying him on his back and forcing him hard, and when Lin Qing drew his sword in anger and wanted to kill someone, he would go down the steps and take people to find Xu Zhihu.
Old Xu's voice turned cold: "Lead the way!"
Lu Dongyang did not dare to hold on, so he made a gesture of invitation, pushed away the two servants, and walked towards the long corridor on the right.
Cucumber pulled Xu Weixiong hard, who had a complicated look on his face, and the bell rang a few times: "Sir, how did you know he was here to lead the way? I thought it would take a fight for someone from the Lu family to be honest."
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"The head of the Lu family, Lu Daolin, is stationed in Tai'an City with his chief steward. Now the person who manages the old house of the Lu family in Huting is his second brother Lu Xuanlang. He was forced by Lu Daolin to marry Xu Zhihu, the widow of Kefu. He died without even getting into bed. The cuckold is Lu Xuanlang’s son.”
"Nowadays, there are rumors that Xu Zhihu stole people. Do you think Lu Xuanlang will be very upset? He is very dissatisfied, but he does not dare to offend the eldest brother who serves as the wine minister of the Imperial Academy, or the cripple Xu Zhihu of Beizhou. He can cooperate with his wife to do some tricks and make Xu Zhihu feel disgusted. Guess who is the happiest person when the government servants shout on the street that the big devil of the Lin family of Qingzhou has come to Huting County? "
Lu Dongyang bent even lower and couldn't help wiping the cold sweat on his forehead with his sleeves. Lin Qing said exactly what he said. Lu Xuanlang and his wife hated Xu Zhihu deeply, but what could be done? His elder brother, Lu Daolin, was the imperial minister and the head of the Lu family, and Xu Zhihu's father was the King of Bei Ming. Lu Xuanlang could not afford to offend him.
Cucumber said: "Sir, how come you know so much about the Lu family?"
"What is this? I also know that Xu Fengnian, who escaped from Xiangfan City before Qi Dangguo led people to massacre Laoshan Island, knew that we were heading eastward along the Guangling River and realized that Xu Zhihu was in trouble. He ignored his father's orders and took Li Yuaxe with him. He Ning Emei, and a master... are chasing us at full speed. I believe we will arrive at Huting soon."
(End of chapter)