Time goes back eight years. At that time, the Li family in Lanzhou was a prestigious family in the northwest. Everyone knew about the three brothers Long, Tiger and Leopard. They controlled the private salt business in the northwest with their ruthlessness and raised many children under their hands.
With hundreds of thugs and eyes and ears in the government, he is a real salt lord with huge power and abundant capital.
At that time, Li Biao lived like a god. He was protected by his three brothers. He didn't have to go out to work hard at all. He slept until three o'clock in the morning every day, then carried the caged bird and took a dozen or twenty domestic slaves out for an outing.
You can basically walk around Lanzhou City. When you see a beautiful eldest daughter and young daughter-in-law, you will tease her. When you enter a teahouse and restaurant, everyone has to address you as the fourth master. If the fourth master is happy, he will say: "Everyone's drink money is on the line."
It’s on Fourth Master’s account.” That would make everyone happy.
The fourth master likes to visit brothels. He has visited all the brothels in Lanzhou Prefecture. He often eats and sleeps in brothels. Money flows out like water. He can spend hundreds of taels a day on food, drinks, prostitutes and rewards.
Without batting an eyelid, he just said lightly: "Put it on Fourth Master's account."
The madams like the most like a benefactor like the fourth master. If he has a lot of money and is stupid, they are not afraid of him keeping accounts, but they are afraid that he will not come. If the salt lord's family is rich and powerful, whoever lives where the fourth master lives will be blessed, even the local ruffians.
They don't dare to come to the house to cause trouble.
What a carefree and carefree life, even if you give it to the prefect, it all changed in just a few days. The second brother was killed in Hekou Town. The eldest brother and the third brother took people to deal with it, but as soon as they left, they never came back.
When he didn't come back, his old house was also burned down. When the servant woke up Li Biao from Wenwen Township and hurried home, the huge house was in ruins, and then the bloody corpses of his two brothers were found.
It was also sent, and the Li family in Lanzhou collapsed overnight.
The private salt business was taken over, and the huge family business was wiped out. The thugs below smashed the trees and scattered the hozens, sweeping away the remaining money and goods. Li Biao fell directly from the clouds into the mortal world, and became a drowned dog that everyone wanted to beat.
He committed a lot of evil in Lanzhou and owed a lot of blood debts. He also owed astronomical amounts of debt in various restaurants and prostitutes.
Li Biao had no choice but to go to the capital to join Lao Wu.
The fifth son of the Li family went to Beijing to take the exam, but there was no news from Guanshan. By the time the fourth son arrived in the capital, he had already lost his soul. He had no choice but to commit himself to being a turtle slave in a brothel in the capital.
This is Li Biao's unforgettable experience. The root of all painful experiences lies in the young horse thief named Yuan Feng.
The distance between the northwest and the capital is so far that no one knows about Yuan Feng's reputation. However, Li Biao is very clear about it. He keeps all the information about his enemy in mind. If someone asks, he is happy to provide information.
His Highness had someone move a chair to Li Biao, served him a cup of tea, and asked him to tell Yuan Feng's family history in detail. Li Biao cleared his throat and began to tell.
Li Biao's sources of information are mostly hearsay from Lanzhou people, which inevitably adds some legend, from the horse herding boy in Shibalibao, to the Thirteen Taibao who dominates one side, to the horse dealer who monopolizes one side,
As a private salt dealer, Yuan Feng's rise is eye-catching, and Yuan Feng's ruthlessness is terrifying, but his fall is as fast as his rise.
A mere horse trader dared to offend the governor of a province, causing his family to be destroyed and missing, and all his property to be reduced to ashes. When he said this, Li Biao became a little excited and said with emotion: "It's really a cycle of cause and effect, retribution."
Li Biao's narrative ability is not very strong, and he talks confusingly and tautologically. Fortunately, His Highness the Third Prince has a strong receptive ability. While listening to him, he writes and draws on paper with a brush, one with Yuan Feng as the core.
This is how the context diagram was sorted out.
Yuan Feng, a native of Shibalibao, Luyang County, Gansu Province, probably born around the first year of Tianyou's reign, was skilled in swords, guns, bows and horses, and was a horse thief. At a young age, he monopolized the tea and horse trade in the northwest, and had a close relationship with Fan Liangchen, the tea horse trader at that time.
He has a close relationship. He once served as a catcher in the Kuaiban of Luyang County. He has a close relationship with Liu Songpo. He also has close contacts with the Yuchi family who specializes in business in the Western Regions. Moreover, he has a group of good brothers who are very capable of fighting. He is not afraid of anything.
Don't be afraid, even the governor's yamen would dare to burn down. If such a person is not powerful, then no one can be.
What's more important is that this man was able to make a comeback and rebuild a new world even when Shibali Fort was destroyed. This kind of spirit and perseverance is truly admirable.
His Highness's mind was spinning very quickly, and he immediately thought of the death of the former Governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, Wen Yan. He thought that it had something to do with him. He was able to use the help of the government to eradicate his enemies. This person's intelligence level was by no means ordinary.
All in all, this person is definitely a talent, a rare talent.
Those who wanted to know already knew. His Highness the Third Highness signaled that Li Biao could be beaten away. Li Biao received ten taels of silver, thanked him profusely and bowed his head before leaving. No one noticed that a guard in brocade clothes quietly followed him out.
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"What do you think of Yuan Feng?" His Highness asked leisurely.
The heroes all sneered. Although Yuan Feng's experience sounded very impressive, it was not their way. They were well-known and upright martial arts people. They opened incense halls to recruit apprentices, teach martial arts, and glorify the sect. This is the right way. There is no such thing as selling smuggled salt or selling horses.
Those are all things done by people who don't stand up to the stage. The northwest martial arts and the Central Plains martial arts are completely wrong. Only heroes look down upon those local people.
His Highness the Third Prince just smiled slightly. He did not expect these rough guys to have any insight. He coughed lightly and said: "Of course, this son cannot be compared with other heroes, but he is still a person. If you want to achieve great things, you must unite everyone."
Strength, I decided to meet this person."
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This morning, a few special guests were welcomed into the courtyard in the back alley of the residence of the Minister of the Ministry of Finance. They were quite low-key in their simple carriages, but they were impressive and impressive. Yuan Feng no longer lived here. That person
He left a name card and a gift and left.
Not long after, Yuan Feng received the name card and gift. The name card was a piece of red paper sprinkled with gold, with only three words written on it, Zhang Chengtai.
The gift was a three-foot-long nanmu box with a simple shape, lined with gold velvet. A long ancient sword lay quietly in the box, with a beautiful scabbard, gilt equipment, open-carved Tang grass patterns, and inlaid blue inlays.
The sword is made of green glaze and crystal and is unsheathed. It has a double-peaked straight blade and is well forged. The hilt is wrapped in golden mackerel skin. It feels full and appropriate when held in the hand. After swinging it twice, it is light and smooth, with a sound of breaking through the air.
"What a knife!" Yuan Feng praised softly.
"Master, isn't this a sword?" Cao Gen asked from the side. At such a young age, he could recognize swords, guns, swords, halberds, axes, and axes.
"This is a Tang sword. It has a long and slender straight blade. It is not much different from a sword. This sword is well maintained and must be valuable. The third prince gave it a big gift without even meeting him. He spends much more money than his elder brother."
Yuan Feng played with the Tang Dao for a while and threw it to Ye Kai who just walked in: "Look at this rare thing."
Ye Kai caught it and praised the knife, but then he laughed and said: "This thing is not suitable for me. I am afraid of bumping it when fighting with it. It is not as sharp as the iron sword I bought with two coins."
Ye Kai has sneaked into the capital a long time ago, but has never been in contact with Yuan Feng. Ye Kai has received the true inheritance from his father, and his sword skills have become superb. He also carries his father's bold and unruly genes in his bones, so he is perfect for joining the world.
Jianghu is a stage for martial arts heroes. Friends on the road have always been proud of being against the six gates. In fact, they are not willing to do so. Since ancient times, knights have used martial arts to break the ban. The imperial government has always held a suppressive attitude. Jianghu people are actually a group of marginalized people in society.
, the social status is not high, even if you are the head of Wudang Kongtong, you can't compare to the noble status of a seventh-grade county magistrate.
Ye Kai has been in the martial arts world of the Central Plains for a while and has become somewhat famous. Because he is from the northwest and is the son of the Kuai Jian Prodigal, he was given the nickname Border Town Prodigal by his friends.
By hanging out on the road, there are naturally more sources of information. Ye Kai can find out about things that the Military Commander cannot inquire about. The third son of the current emperor, His Highness Zhang Chengtai, who has not yet been crowned king, is wild and likes to hang out among the flowers on both sides of the Qinhuai River.
During the period, he also liked to make friends with martial arts heroes, and spent a lot of money to recruit famous teachers. He was already quite famous in the world. His Third Highness, Corporal Lixian, made friends with these martial arts people as a dignified prince, and he was able to win some hearts.
It seems that the third prince is not well received by the emperor. Even the fourth prince has been granted the title of King of Qin. He still has no status as a prince. He is also the emperor's son, but he also has a rank of three, six or nine. The third prince is a relatively poor person.
, without soldiers and horses, without the support of ministers, he has no chance to aspire to be the crown prince. However, as the saying goes, every chicken has its own way. Is it true that he recruited martial arts heroes to practice martial arts and strengthen his body? Only a ghost would believe it.
This third child is not a fuel-efficient lamp either.
The incident last time was caused by Lao San's trick, which caused Yuan Feng to lose seven people. This account is still recorded by Yuan Feng.
"Ye Kai, this is a gift sent by Zhang Chengtai. Do you want to accept it or not?" Yuan Feng asked.
"Nonsense, of course I'll accept it. If you don't accept it, you won't accept it. Now he is begging us. I guess he has found out your details. Do you still remember the Li family in Lanzhou, a smuggler in salt? Their fourth son was called a fat man yesterday.
After leaving, he died in the back alley of Yihongyuan that night."
Among the four princes, the third one has the weakest power. The only way to get to the top is to instigate the three brothers to kill each other. In the end, he will benefit. This is a good strategy, but it is not good if it is too public.
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While we were talking, a servant came to report that a greeting card had been delivered. When Yuan Feng opened it, it was written clearly that Jinshi and the fourth rank Zhan Shi Fu Shao Zhan Shi Huang Zihua paid tribute.
The East Palace was also dispatched.
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