Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 400 Envoy Yang

In the cold winter season, in this era of declining people's livelihood, Jinling City still maintains a different kind of prosperity.

It seems that the cold weather and changes in the state affairs outside cannot affect the city at all.

The lights on the Qinhuai River are still brightly lit, singing and dancing on the painted boats, the scholars who participated in the literary society of the Hou Mansion before seemed to have forgotten the previous mutiny, and those who survived by chance continued to indulge in self-forgetfulness and indulge in various activities. In the place of romance and moon, talk about state affairs, discuss poems and Fu, and be full of scholarly spirit.

However, Li Xiuyuan stayed behind closed doors during this time.

Although he didn't go out at all, he knew the whole situation of Yangzhou well.

After Shihu captured a county seat, the rebel army led by Li Liangjin captured Antai County three days later, captured Yongping City seven days later, and the number of rebels grew to [-]. Marching to Yangzhou, all the way is to meet the county to take the county, meet the city to take the city, destroy the dead, as if there is no army to stop, easy to win.

These battle reports came from all over the world, and they all fell into the hands of Li Xiuyuan.

In the study, Li Xiuyuan stood with his hands behind his back, frowning and concentrating. In front of him was a map of Yangzhou, which marked the locations of Li Liangjin's rebels.

"There are only [-] thieves and bandits. Even with the help of ghosts and ghosts, they have swept dozens of cities in Yangzhou in less than a month. This is too unbelievable. Is Yangzhou really guarded by soldiers ?”

He muttered to himself, shocked by the weakness of the Great Song Kingdom.

According to the information he got, Li Liangjin's rebels had never fought for more than two hours to capture a city.

In other words, a city was brought down in less than one afternoon.

He can understand it if it is a county seat, but the same is true for several large cities with strong cities, which is beyond his comprehension.

If it is so easy to rebel, any ambitious person will be eager to try after hearing the news.

Not to mention other people, even Li Xiuyuan heard that Li Liangjin was so relaxed all the way, he wanted to rise up, after all, it was too restrictive to honestly obtain fame.

If it is a prosperous age, it is naturally necessary to do so.

But now that the dynasty is doomed, natural disasters and man-made disasters continue, and monsters and ghosts are rampant, it would seem a bit pedantic to take the exam for fame.

"We have to wait, wait a few more days, there is no news from Zhu Yu." Li Xiuyuan closed his eyes, suppressing the impulse in his heart.

As soon as the position of guerrilla general that Zhu Yu bought arrives, he can pull up an army.

The manpower dispatched by the bodyguard company has already arrived in Guobei County. There are more than [-] people, and the number is still increasing.

Weapons and armor are also being prepared, and ghosts and gods in all directions are also secretly accumulating power.

It can be said that everything is ready now, only the east wind is missing.

Suddenly, at this time Li Linfu's figure suddenly appeared on a wall in the study, he walked in through the wall, and said anxiously; "Young master, something is wrong, the imperial court sent an envoy today, and suddenly dismissed him." Master Fu was arrested and sent to prison, and now the officials are sent to the mansion to arrest the young master. The thing that the young master was worried about before has really happened. Now that the Yangzhou army is in chaos, this Fu Tianchou may be implicated I went in, but I didn't expect that this matter would be implicated in the young master."

"Oh, there is such a thing?" Li Xiuyuan was a little surprised, but he was not surprised.

"Sure enough, Fu Tianchou's official luck has come to an end. I was worried when Fu Qingfeng was haunted by sick ghosts. That's why I asked Fu Tianchou for a position as a guerrilla general. I was worried that he would not have the right to help me after he was dismissed. Now It really came true.”

"My lord, what should we do now?" Li Linfu said.

Li Xiuyuan said: "Why should a mere envoy be afraid of him, since he wants to punish me together, then let him not leave Yangzhou City today."

After speaking, there was a bit of coldness in his eyes.

If he wants to do great things, how can he be entangled by a corrupt official? On weekdays, he can have time to deal with him, but now he doesn't have so much time.

"Husband, there is a team of yamen servants knocking on the door, calling for your husband by name." At this time, Qing Mei walked in with a somewhat anxious expression and said.

Li Xiuyuan came back to his senses, frowned and said, "A yamen servant? A yamen servant?"

"Yes." Qingmei nodded.

"I see." Li Xiuyuan said.

They came really fast, and they came here to arrest people.

But when he came out of the study and just arrived at the courtyard, he saw a man from another courtyard wall jumping over the wall and entering. He knew this man, and he was Fu Tianchou's guard named Xiao Liu.

Xiao Liu stepped in vigorously, and he hurriedly said, "Young Master Li, go quickly, leave Jinling City quickly, don't open the door, those yamen servants outside the door are here to arrest Young Master Li, Young Master Li, go quickly, if you don't leave, it will be too late."

"Has Mr. Fu been dismissed from office?" Li Xiuyuan asked.

Xiao Liu was startled and said: "Mr. Li, how do you know that Mr. Fu has just been dismissed from office by the court's envoy and taken into prison. Before leaving, Mr. Fu ordered the younger one to take the young master away."

"Why do you want to run away? Wouldn't this run away be more realistic, I'm about to go to the yamen." Li Xiuyuan said calmly.

"Mr. Li, you must not do this. Mr. Fu said that you must ensure your safety, Mr. Li, and you must not be poisoned by those corrupt officials. You only need to avoid this matter for a few days, and Mr. Li will be safe and sound when the court incident occurs." Xiao Liu said.

"Corrupt officials who harm others can't retreat. Wouldn't it be more aggravating for me to retreat? You go and protect your two ladies, don't worry about my safety, I will be fine." Li Xiuyuan strode towards Go outside.

Open the door of the mansion.

But there was a pair of yamen servants standing there, with knives hanging from their waists and chains in their hands. Xing Shan, a somewhat thin man, was holding a pair of big bows and staring at them. shoot.

"Xing Shan step back, so as to protect Madam, I already know about this matter, I will deal with it." Li Xiuyuan said.

"My lord envoy has ordered that Li Xiuyuan may collude with the traitor Fu Tianchou, and I have been specially ordered to arrest him. Li Xiuyuan, please come with us, so don't make useless resistance."

A leading squad leader said, and then waved his hand to signal the two yamen servants to arrest Li Xiuyuan.

Two yamen servants held chains, and the shackles went up to detain people.

Li Xiuyuan stretched out his foot and kicked, and the two yamen servants screamed and spat out a mouthful of blood. They were thrown for more than two feet, fell to the ground and passed out.

"Punishment is not a doctor. If you want to detain me, you must first strip me of my reputation. If you want to strip me of my reputation as a scholar, this envoy does not have the right."

Seeing this, the team leader turned pale with fright, and backed away in fright; "Li Xiuyuan, do you want to rebel?"

"If I want to rebel against you, I have already taken your head off." Li Xiuyuan said coldly, "What are you doing there in a daze? Since the envoy has asked you to lead the way, don't you dare to be rude to me?"

"Yes, yes, yes. Mr. Li, please." The team leader wiped the sweat from his forehead, and hurriedly said with a flattering smile.

This scholar is too powerful, he has never met such a person in his life.

Glancing at the fainted yamen servant by the side of the road, the team leader broke out in a cold sweat, kicking him so far, how strong this talent is.

"Leader, this Li Xiuyuan is the talented man who jumped General Ji's arm with a single shot from the previous Hou's mansion, and his martial arts skills are very high." On the way, another yamen servant found an opportunity to listen to him.

The team leader was startled when he heard the words, and glared at him: "Why didn't you tell me earlier."

Afterwards, the team members became more and more polite, and they were as attentive as serving an old lady along the way.

He's not stupid, he hasn't reached the yamen yet, if this Li Xiuyuan has lost his arms and legs, he won't have a place to cry, if he wants to be arrogant, he will have to wait until Li Xiuyuan is convicted and sent to prison .

After arriving at the yamen, Li Xiuyuan saw a young man in his early twenties, wearing the official uniform of the envoy, sitting on the main seat, eating snacks and humming a ditty.

Beside her, a young, beautiful and somewhat childish woman was standing here holding a tray, holding tea and snacks, pursing her lips and looking aggrieved.

This woman is none other than Fu Yuechi.

"Yuechi, what are you doing here?" Li Xiuyuan's face darkened when he saw this scene, and he said warmly and angrily.

"Ah~!" Fu Yuechi was shocked, and the tray fell to the ground in fright, and then said with a pitiful look about to cry: "Sister, brother-in-law, father, father was dismissed from office and taken to prison."

"I asked what are you doing here?" Li Xiuyuan strode over and said.

Fu Yuechi lowered his head and said: "Yang, Master Yang said that as long as I obey his orders, yes, I can help my father mitigate his crime."

Take his orders and mitigate the crime?
Li Xiuyuan's face turned cold, I'm afraid this son from the capital will take a fancy to your beauty, so let's use this as a threat.

"Where did Qingfeng go?"

Fu Yuechi cried and said: "Hey, I'm with my father, and I'm also in the cell."

Li Xiuyuan strode over with a cold face and pulled her away from the envoy: "Leave the matter here to me to solve, you go back to my house and stay first, Xiaomei will take care of it."

"Second Miss Fu, your father and sister will be lost after you leave. Don't blame me for not giving you this chance."

At this time, the young Master Yang Shangshi yawned and woke up and said quietly.

"Brother-in-law." Fu Yuechi hesitated again, not knowing whether to stay or leave.

Li Xiuyuan stared at him and said, "Don't you think it's too shameless to threaten a little girl like this?"

"As soon as you betray the party, you don't kneel down when you see this official, but you still dare to insult this official. Is it because you see that this official is young and lacking in dignity, so you are easy to bully?" The envoy Yang snorted coldly; If this person wins, let's hit [-] boards again first."

The yamen servants on both sides of the hall hesitated for a moment, but they still clasped their fists in response: "Yes, my lord."

Li Xiuyuan glanced at him and said, "Fifty boss, do you want to beat me to death? You are young and have a vicious heart. No wonder you were sent by the imperial court as an envoy. You are very skilled in using some vicious methods in the officialdom." .”

Severely beat [-] boards, as long as the executioner is strong enough, it is easy to kill a person.

"Seeing that I don't kneel down, and still have such a bad attitude, don't give you a little color to see if you, a mere scholar, still want to turn the world upside down?" Shang Envoy Yang sneered.

Li Xiuyuan walked up to the desk, stretched out his finger to point at the desk, seemingly weak, but at this point, the heavy desk in front of him immediately snapped into two pieces, as if cut in half by a knife .

"If you want to make a move, I will accompany you to do it, but I don't know if Yang Shangshi's neck is as hard as this desk. At such a close distance, I can take your head in the blink of an eye."

As he spoke, he stared at him with murderous intent.

Seeing this scene, the yamen servant who was about to step forward was startled and stopped immediately.

Yang Shangshi, who was still high-spirited before, froze for a while, and his whole body trembled a little, especially when facing Li Xiuyuan's sharp eyes, he seemed to see a sharp big knife, and wanted to kill himself. beheaded.

"Li Xiuyuan, do you dare to do anything to me? Does your whole family want to live?"

But after a short period of fear, Envoy Yang suddenly yelled, and said in a somewhat stern tone.

"Just say this to you, and you will not be forgiven."

Li Xiuyuan reached out and grabbed the hem of his shirt, lifted it directly under Yang Shangshi's horrified eyes, and threw it away.

"Touch~!"

Yang Shang made his face fall to the ground, fell heavily on the lobby, and slid forward for more than a foot.

(End of this chapter)