Goldfinger of the Heavens

Chapter 12
"Hey, Ah Cheng, you... let's be sad." Yuan Tiangang walked up to Lu Cheng with a sad face, and opened his mouth a few times, but he didn't know what to say. In the end, he could only let out a long sigh, and then lightly sighed. He patted him on the shoulder lightly, and comforted him.

After getting the news of Lu Yan's death, Lu Cheng and Fei Wenzhong went to Chang'an one after another according to Yuan Tiangang's arrangement that night.

From Yuan Tiangang's mouth, the two learned the cause of Lu Yan's death.

This time Yuan Tiangang arranged for Lu Cheng and six people to enter the Qinling Mountains to find an extremely important medicinal material for him.

Not to mention that in the Tang Dynasty, even in the 21st century, the Qinling Mountains can be regarded as deep mountains and old forests, which can be said to be full of crises. It is precisely because of this that Yuan Tiangang asked Lu Yan, a master, to lead the team into the mountains to prevent the emergence of Accident.

I never thought that the accident still happened.

Because Lu Yan and the six hadn't returned after the scheduled date, Yuan Tiangang felt uneasy, so he sent elite snake forces into Qinling to search for the six people's traces, and only then did they find the six people's bodies.

None of the corpses were perfect, as they all showed signs of being bitten by wild beasts, and two of them were even more mutilated. The four relatively intact corpses all had obvious bite marks on their thighs. It was because of this that it was not bitten.

According to Yuan Tiangang's judgment based on the condition of the corpses, the six people should have all been bitten by some kind of poison in their sleep and died of poisoning. The fact that Lu Yan, a master, could be poisoned to death without realizing it, can be seen from this. .

But then again, it was precisely because Lu Yan and the others died of poisonous poison that the corpses could be found by the snake spirits, otherwise they would have been torn to pieces by the wolves and wild beasts in the mountains, because beside the corpses, they also found The corpses of several beasts were killed. These beasts died because they ate poisoned human flesh. This unknown poison is simply terrifying.

Although it is unbelievable, Yuan Tiangang's explanation is very reasonable, and the situation of the corpses of Lu Yan and others is indeed the same. Lu Cheng and Yuan Tiangang have also learned a good medical ability, but they have exhausted what they have learned, and they can't recognize Lu Yan. What kind of poison is in it.

In the end, he could only lament that Lu Yan's luck was bad. A generation of masters died in the wild in the end.

……

"This relocation is a huge opportunity for us." In the secret room, Yuan Tiangang sat in the middle, and there were three people on his left and right——Xiao Qingfang, Lu Cheng, and Fei Wenzhong.

After the secret talk a year ago, Xiao Qingfang and Yuan Tiangang, master and apprentice, never contacted each other again. Not only that, but the two also deliberately had some conflicts. In terms of modern terms, it means that the three views do not agree, and they cannot get a table together. This situation makes Wu Zetian feel more at ease.

But Xiao Qingfang actually appeared here today, so it can be seen that the content of the conversation today is not ordinary. This time Wenzhong and Lu Cheng went north, apart from dealing with Lu Yan's funeral, there was another thing to do was to participate in this secret conversation .

"This time when Wu Zetian moves the capital to Luoyang, there will definitely be a lot of vacancies in the imperial court. At that time, we can take the opportunity to fill in the confidantes and help the snake spirits in the future." Yuan Tiangang said excitedly.

No one can understand the joy in his heart. This time he really is playing with the whole world with his own power. Throughout the ages, no one can do this, only him Yuan Tiangang, and this And that's just the beginning.

On the second day after the "Luoshen Xianbei" happened, Wu Zetian officially ordered to move the capital to Luoyang. Influence, complete the capital relocation as soon as possible, the sooner the better.

"What the teacher said is very true. The move of the capital is too hasty this time, and there will definitely be many vacancies. It is just right for us to arrange some important positions for our own people to lay out for the future." Xiao Qingfang said.

This time the capital was moved not only because of "following God's will", in fact, even if there was no "Luoshen Xianbei", Wu Zetian would move the capital sooner or later.

Among the many political purposes, one is extremely important, and that is to take the opportunity to suppress the aristocratic forces who oppose themselves, especially the veteran Guanlong aristocrats. One way to suppress them is to let these people stay in Chang'an, which is called "staying in the old capital." ", which will inevitably result in vacancies in some departments.

The move of the capital was too hasty this time, and there must not be enough manpower to fill the vacancies in these positions for a while, so Wu Zetian could only trust his cronies and let them arrange manpower to fill in temporarily, so as to maintain the normal operation of the court.

Yuan Tiangang is a confidant among Wu Zetian's cronies, so there is a lot of room for maneuvering here.

"Master, even though you say this, don't be careless. If you attract Wu Zetian's attention, it will backfire, and it will be bad." Lu Cheng persuaded, and Lu Cheng acted extremely cautiously. It also failed to affect his rational judgment. It is for this reason that Yuan Tiangang trusts him so much and entrusts him with a lot of what he has learned. Lu Cheng is actually more like Yuan Tiangang's disciple than anyone else.

"Well, what Ah Cheng said is true, so we have to take our time and not be in a hurry." Yuan Tiangang nodded and said: "Qingfang, this time the inner guards should not continue to install our people. At this sensitive juncture, You must not make mistakes here, we still have a lot of time, take your time, and then we can focus on the army and develop our strength from the grassroots officers."

"Yes, Qingfang understands!"

"Acheng, as soon as the matter here is over, you should rush back to Hongzhou immediately. After making arrangements, go back to Chang'an, and you will come back to me in the future."

"Lu Cheng obeyed."

"Wen Zhong, the matter of Kuaidaomen will be handled by you in the future. Be careful and take care of it. At the same time, just in case, part of the power will be transferred underground. You will be fully responsible for this matter."

"Yes, Wen Zhong will definitely live up to his master's entrustment." Xi Wenzhong said, clasping his fists.

Kuaidaomen, on the surface, is a quack gang, but in fact it is an institution specially designed to train killers for snake spirits. It was founded by Lu Yan, and Hui Wenzhong was trained by Kuaidaomen.

"Teacher, Mr. Lu came to Chang'an, and Wen Zhong is in charge of Kuaidaomen. What about the junior brother?" Xiao Qingfang asked suddenly, and the junior brother she was talking about was naturally Huang Chong, that is, Li Shouxin.

"You don't need to worry about this. You already have a good plan as a teacher, and your little brother is of great use as a teacher. Hehe, I will definitely surprise Wu Zetian in the future." Yuan Tiangang said with a sinister smile as if recalling some scene .

This smile made the three present tremble a little, but they didn't ask any more questions.

……

As the saying goes: Nine times out of ten, things in the world are unsatisfactory.

While Yuan Tiangang was having a secret conversation with his three cronies, news came from Hongzhou that Huang Chong had disappeared.

(End of this chapter)