Chapter 277 What if I Really Want to Kill Him?

In mid-March of the seventh year of Jiayou's reign, Zhang Fu, the privy envoy, went to Zha Zi to bid farewell to the old man, but Emperor Zhao Zhen stayed behind and ignored him.

At the same time, Wei Yuan and his party had arrived in the Yingtian Mansion area.

This place is the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, also known as the Southern Capital.

Wei Yuan still remembered that when he led his troops to the southeast to quell the Japanese, he passed through this place. At that time, the chief of Yingtian Mansion personally led all the officials in the territory to greet him.

However, today, he deliberately wandered in front of the city gate for a while, but he didn't even see anyone.

In response to this, Chen Daniu was furious, "Even though Commander Wei was dismissed, he still has a title. Those troublemakers didn't come to greet Commander Wei. They don't understand the rules!"

Wei Yuan only took him and Lin Zhaoyuan to the southeast. As for the others, they still stayed in Bianjing in case of emergency.

Lin Zhaoyuan said: "Should we send someone to inform Chief Ying Tianfu?"

Wei Yuan shook his head and said: "We will only stay in the city for one night, and we will set off tomorrow. There is no need for any further trouble."

After a pause, he warned Chen Daniu, "Don't say that kind of thing again in the future."

It's no wonder that the local officials are too snobbish. After all, even some nobles in the capital are waiting to see whether Wei Yuan can be reused.

Some people also vaguely felt that his dismissal was related to the two phases leaving the center.

But no matter what the possibility is, it is a wise move to keep distance from the current Wei Yuan.

The soldiers of the Manjia Camp camped outside the city, and Wei Yuan only brought a dozen personal guards to live in the official post.

Everyone has arrived in the city, but there are still no officials coming to pay a visit. This is really too much.

However, Wei Yuan didn't care. He had nothing to do and asked Chen Daniu and others about their personal affairs.

"What's going on with you and the Qin girl?"

Chen Daniu chuckled, "Is it almost done?"

Wei Yuan patted him, "When it comes to marrying a wife, it can't be almost the same, it has to be just right."

Chen Daniu said: "Commander Wei, don't worry. After returning to the capital from Jiangnan, I will ask my sister-in-law to propose marriage."

Wei Yuan looked at Lin Zhaoyuan on the side again, "I heard that Xiaodie is pregnant?"

Mentioning this matter, the latter's face was filled with an unstoppable smile, "It's been four months."

Wei Yuan sighed: "My sister is pregnant, and I still take you with me. Can you blame me?"

Lin Zhaoyuan frowned and said, "What are you talking about, Mr. Hou? For generations of our Lin family, we have been born and died as members of the Hou Mansion."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Wei Yuan, "What matters of life and death? It's bad luck."

"No matter whether Xiaodie has a boy or a girl in the future, when the child is older, he will send it to the Marquis Mansion."

The implication is that the Hou Mansion will train Lin Zhaoyuan's children.

After saying that, he did not forget to add something to Chen Daniu, "It will be the same when you have your first child in the future."

Chen Daniu smiled again.

After a pause, he remembered something, "Is Commander Wei going to Jiangnan this time for Guo Hao?"

Wei Yuan looked at him curiously, "Did you hear what Chang Zhi said?"

Chen Daniu said: "We are all brothers. How could we not know if something happened? Brother, no matter how excessive this Guo Hao is, he is still the brother of Paoze who walked through the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​fire with us. I hope my brother will spare his life."

Wei Yuan chuckled, "When did I say I wanted to kill him?"

do not kill?

Chen Daniu breathed a sigh of relief, "Just don't kill him."

Hearing this, Wei Yuan fell silent.

Even Chen Daniu, who was absolutely loyal to him, didn't want him to kill him, let alone others.

In other words, Chen Daniu, who is simple and honest, doesn't want to see his brothers turn against each other. Why doesn't Guo Hao understand?

After a moment, Wei Yuan suddenly asked: "What if I really want to kill him?"

Lin Zhaoyuan said bluntly: "Then kill."

Chen Daniu glared at him fiercely, "They are all our brothers."

At this point, he sighed again, "Brother, do you have to kill me?"

Wei Yuan said earnestly: "Danniu, it is a good thing to attach great importance to loyalty, but too much emphasis on loyalty may not necessarily be a good thing."

Chen Daniu said: "I don't understand this. I won't stop whoever my eldest brother wants to kill. It's just that it's not easy for us brothers in Daizhou today."

Lin Zhaoyuan said: "Yuanzhi, have you had wine?"

Chen Daniu shook his head, "No."

Lin Zhaoyuan said: "I have learned a few new moves recently. Before it gets dark, how many moves can you and I show you?"

As soon as he heard about the martial arts competition, Chen Daniu immediately raised his head and said, "Make gestures."

Lin Zhaoyuan said: "Brother, please be a witness, lest I win this guy and he won't admit it."

Wei Yuan waved his hand, "You go ahead, I'm tired."

Hearing the sound, Lin Zhaoyuan thought thoughtfully and said: "Brother, go and rest first. Daniel is straightforward and straightforward. Don't be offended, brother."

Wei Yuan smiled and said nothing more.

As soon as he left, Chen Daniu scratched the back of his head and asked, "Did I say something wrong?"

Lin Zhaoyuan didn't know what to say, but without saying anything, he always felt that something might happen to Chen Daniu one day in the future.

"Yuanzhi, that is our eldest brother, our lord. Whoever eldest brother wants to kill does not depend on whether we are willing or not. When eldest brother asks our opinion, he does not want to listen to our opinion, but wants to know our position."

Chen Daniu frowned and said: "What a mess, let's go to a martial arts competition!"

Lin Zhaoyuan shook his head.

Perhaps, it is precisely because Chen Daniu is so loyal that his eldest brother feels so rare.

In mid-April of the seventh year of Jiayou's reign, Wei Yuan and his party rushed to Yangzhou.

Lin Zhaoyuan asked, "Brother, do you want to go to your hometown to have a look?"

Wei Yuan shook his head, "There is no one worth remembering there anymore."

The last time he came, he had great glory, but this time he came with only three hundred tiger guards.

After saying that, Lin Zhaoyuan handed some news from the Imperial City Division to Wei Yuan.

"Presumably at this time, the news of the eldest brother's dismissal has spread to Liao and Xia."

Wei Yuan looked at the information and saw that it was a major event that had happened in various countries in recent days.

First, after Fan Chunren came to power, he listed many problems that had existed since the Qingli New Deal, abolished some outdated New Deals, retained policies that benefited the people without affecting prominent families, and curbed party strife to a great extent.

Some Qingliu officials said that Fan Chunren wanted to exchange for a stable and generous salary for high-ranking officials at the cost of completely vetoing his father's policies.

In Wei Yuan's view, this is more like a way to stabilize the situation in the court.

"Fan Chunren is just like his father. He is dedicated to the country but not good at his own life."

Wei Yuan looked at other information.

It was said that Li Yuanhao asked Li Liangzuo to supervise the country, but he himself ran to Yeli Yuqi's side.

Wei Yuan was worried about this, "Li Yuanhao is not in good health, but he still chooses to seek wild fortune and beg at this moment. Most likely, he wants to stabilize domestic unrest. Next, he should concentrate on dealing with me, Da Zhou."

"As for letting Li Liangzuo supervise the country, it seems that Li Ningling has never fought against Li Liangzuo."

Lin Zhaoyuan asked: "Li Yuanhao occupied Yeli Yuqi's sister-in-law and designed to kill Yeli Wangrong. We are all insiders of this matter, and Yeli Yuqi also knows it. How can he not do it because of Li Yuanhao's arrival?" Are you going to avenge your brother again?"

Wei Yuan smiled and said: "Originally, Yeli Yuqi had this idea, but our official made Zusiluo the king, and Yeli Yuqi had no way out. If he and Li Yuanhao continued to have trouble, he would probably die. Nothing good will happen."

"Instead of continuing the stalemate, it would be better for Li Yuanhao to give him a step down and let Zhong E pay more attention to Xixia's movements."

After that, continue to look at the next piece of information.

Emperor Yelu Hongji of the Liao Kingdom sent Yelu Ren to the Jurchen tribe to meet Wanyan Wugunai first, Yelu Yi to guard Datong first, and Yelu Xin to contact Li Liangzuo who was supervising the country first.

When he saw the news, Wei Yuan's expression became uneasy, "Zhaoyuan, I wrote to Zha Zi, you ordered Baili to rush it to Bianjing, and you must hand it over to Fan Chunren personally."

Lin Zhaoyuan felt bad, "Master Hou, have a premonition that something big will happen?"

Wei Yuan said, "I can't tell."

Lin Zhaoyuan said: "Master Hou, since you have been dismissed from your post, you might as well just go and relax and let him go as far as the court affairs go."

Wei Yuan shook his head and said: "When I left Bianjing, my teacher kept saying that there was not much opportunity to leave Beijing at this time. At first I didn't think so, but seeing the actions of the Liao Kingdom was still unsettling."

After saying that, he started writing Zazi, while Lin Zhaoyuan watched from the side, "Send 100,000 more troops to Daizhou? How could the officials agree?"

Wei Yuan said: "How many troops does Daizhou have now?"

Lin Zhaoyuan said: "Since you, Lord Marquis, have been the commander of the capital in front of the palace, you have been secretly supporting Daizhou's military strength. Now, including the states and counties near Daizhou, the total military strength is 60,000."

sixty thousand

Wei Yuan worriedly said: "If the Liao Kingdom takes advantage of the situation and goes south, 60,000 people will not be able to stop their iron hoof."

Lin Zhaoyuan said: "Yanmen Pass is majestic and steep."

Wei Yuan said quickly: "That's just a city gate."

If one hundred thousand troops can be sent to Daizhou, everything will be worry-free.

However, considering the situation in Daizhou, it is difficult to supply more than 100,000 soldiers at the same time.

There is a shortage of land in Daizhou, and the local people have no land to farm. How can they support too many soldiers to farm and defend the enemy at the same time?

All expenses need to be borne by the center.

This was one of the reasons why the imperial court was reluctant to send more troops to Daizhou.

Another factor is that Kaifeng is much closer to Daizhou than to Yanbian.

Including Zhao Zhen, all the Zhou emperors generally believed that once a war broke out in Daizhou, troops could be mobilized from the capital and there was no need to garrison troops in Daizhou.

After Lin Zhaoyuan sent someone to send Wei Yuan's Zhazi to the capital, they passed by Yangzhou directly and continued southward.

By the time we arrived near the Suzhou area, a full seven days had passed.

Wei Yuan was really traveling all the way, so the progress was delayed.

After arriving at the border of Suzhou, he asked the soldiers of Manjia Battalion to station near Taihu Lake.

And he and several guards took a boat to Taihu Lake.

At the same time, King Wu, who had already received the news, was already waiting for Wei Yuan's arrival in the Taihu Lake area.

As a businessman, King Wu chartered a huge flower boat, which was enough to accommodate about two hundred people.

The two met in the middle of Taihu Lake. Afterwards, Wei Yuan went directly to the flower boat.

In the Zhou Dynasty, flower boats were also called prostitute boats, and were affectionately called "water brothels" by many people.

In the Jiangnan and Zhejiang areas, the really famous brothels are not on land, but on boats.

As soon as Wei Yuan entered the flower boat, he saw many prostitutes in scantily clad and colorful clothes rushing towards him.

With the intention of doing as the Romans do, he entered the cabin with two beautiful women in his arms and saw King Wu being served by several beauties.

Wei Yuan joked: "Old prince, I haven't seen you for a long time. I never thought that you will get stronger as you grow older."

King Wu finally came back to his senses. When he saw Wei Yuan, he stood up quickly and said with a smile, "Little friend Wei, you are joking."

After saying this, he dispersed all the prostitutes around him.

Those prostitutes all have curvy figures, white and tender skin, and the snow-white thighs exposed intentionally or unintentionally are already very attractive.

When they left, they passed by Wei Yuan on purpose. The various aromas that hit him made him sneeze several times.

Seeing this, King Wu smiled and said, "Little friend Wei, you didn't experience the characteristics of Jiangnan last time you came, right?"

Wei Yuan looked at the backs of the prostitutes leaving, his butt twisted, and he wanted to find a stick to sit on and fix it. He subconsciously said, "It's really sexy."

King Wu said, "Forgive me, little friend Wei. You have a special identity. You also told the emperor that you want to come to Jiangnan to hang out. The emperor must send someone to keep an eye on you and me. No outsiders will know if we meet on this boat."

Wei Yuan said, "You have been doing business in Jiangnan for many years. Even if the Imperial City Department wants to investigate something, it is extremely difficult. Why are you still afraid of the emperor's eyes and ears?"

King Wu made a gesture to silence and said, "Little friend Wei, be careful with your words."

Wei Yuan stretched out his hand, "King Wu, please sit down."

King Wu nodded, "Come, sit down."

Later, the two began to talk about business.

"Friend Wei, you really went too far with the matter of the Jiacheng Township Lord."

"According to seniority, she is my niece after all. How can you put the face of my clan members by doing this?"

The King of Wu first expressed his displeasure.

Wei Yuan poured him a glass of wine, "Calm down, the clan members who have not made mistakes can be called clan members, and the clan members who have made mistakes are just 'surnamed Zhao'."

"The daughter of the rebel king was sent back to her hometown by the government. In order to have a good future, she had no choice but to commit herself to the commander of the navy. Neither the government nor Guo Hao would be suspicious."

The King of Wu said: "Guo Hao is your man. With your means, do you need to go through so much trouble to deal with a man under your command?"

Wei Yuan said: "Guo Hao is different. Apart from him, I really can't think of anyone who can guard the southeast."

This time when he met the King of Wu, Wei Yuan had an intuitive feeling that the King of Wu was getting older and older.

The King of Wu in the past, although he was also full of white hair, looked very energetic.

The current King Wu no longer has that spirit, and his face looks like a dead tree bark.

"Last year, Guo Hao came to me and asked me to give him a 10% profit, but I didn't agree."

"When the Jiacheng Township Lady came to Jiangnan, I gave her to Guo Hao as you ordered, and gave him the 10% profit."

"This 10% profit may not seem like much, but it's like asking me to cut off my wrist."

King Wu said earnestly.

Wei Yuan smiled and said, "I had thought about it before I came. The extra 10% profit will be deducted from me."

King Wu shook his head, "Forget it, it's just 10%, just give it to him."

"An hour ago, I sent someone to Fujian Road to invite him. You chose to meet him in Suzhou. Are you worried that he has already run Fujian Road?"