Not far from the North Gate of Kyoto, there is a not-so-long street. Compared to the other three city gates, the flow of people at the North Gate has always been much smaller, so this street usually looks a bit deserted.
Among the hundreds of streets in Kyoto, this street seems very inconspicuous. No one who passes by this street has the desire to look back.
This street is always filled with a putrid smell, just like a layer of odor floating in the air. Although outsiders don't know the reason, people nearby know that this putrid smell comes from Fu Sanguaizi.
It came from the stinky tofu shop.
Fu Sanguaizi's tofu shop has been operating on this street for decades. His father has been running a tofu shop on this street.
Their tofu has no special characteristics, nor is it better than others, but the stinky tofu in their store is definitely unique in Kyoto. Although it is smelly, it tastes extremely delicious. People who are familiar with it will eat it every once in a while.
I came here to taste the stinky tofu. Some officials even heard about the reputation of this place and sent their servants to buy it back. They were very impressed.
However, starting from dusk today, the tofu shop, which usually closes its shop at midnight, put up a sign and called it a day. Neighbors inquired and found out that Fu Sanguaizi was not feeling well, so he had gone to bed earlier.
So the neighbors all lamented that Fu Sanguai had worked hard for several years and was now in his fifties. It was normal for him to have some minor illnesses.
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Xue Poye put his hands behind his back, poked his head out in the alley, looked at the closed door of the tofu shop, and said calmly: "Military advisor, where is the gift you mentioned?"
Hua Xian stood beside him and said leisurely: "Yes, that is a great gift from the chief helmsman to Mr. Xue."
Xue Poye touched his nose and said: "It seems that this gift is really big enough. I have to use hundreds of Yulin Guards to extract it...!" His sharp eyes swept around, and around the tofu shop, hundreds of elite soldiers
The Yulin guards have quietly approached the tofu shop.
These Habayashi guards are one to ten. In terms of combat effectiveness, they are like nearly a thousand ordinary sergeants coming to attack a tofu shop. In today's Kyoto, hundreds of Habayashi guards can be mobilized to deal with a small tofu shop.
Xue Poye was able to do it.
Hua Xian chuckled and said: "This is a big fish. If Mr. Xue catches it, it will be a miracle and it will greatly enhance his prestige in the court."
A sneer appeared at the corner of Xue Poye's mouth, and he said lightly: "Commander, you should tell me what this fish looks like, especially if it is a small fish or shrimp, it will have no taste when you catch it... If it is a man-eating shark
, I’m afraid I don’t have enough manpower.”
With such a massive effort, Xue Poye knew very well that Yang Yao's so-called "gift" was not something that could be easily obtained.
At first, Xue Poye was quite surprised. Yang Yao was mysterious. What exactly was this "gift"?
When Hua Xian ordered Xue Poye to bring a group of Yulin guards to the north gate to siege the tofu shop, Xue Poye realized that the gift Yang Yao gave him was an imperial prisoner hiding here?
Xue Poye even thought about Liu Tuo, who was currently wanted by the whole country. After that kid's mutiny, he disappeared mysteriously. He couldn't be hiding here.
Hua Xian said leisurely: "The Yulin Guards are all elite soldiers who are as good as ten. These hundreds of Yulin Guards are even more elite soldiers. To deal with the people in the store, although they cannot be said to be easy to capture, they are enough."
Xue Poye touched his nose and said in a deep voice: "Who is there?"
Hua Xian glanced at Xue Poye and saw that his eyes were sharp and even cold. He smiled lightly and said: "Don't worry, Lord Xue, those are all traitors...!"
"traitor?"
Xue Poye was about to ask again when he heard the sound of bamboo rustling in the air, and it disappeared as soon as it sounded. He knew that it was Yulin's signal, which meant that the Yulin guards had occupied the favorable terrain and surrounded the tofu shop. As long as Xue
With an order given in the middle of the night, hundreds of Yulins will rush towards the tofu shop like more than a hundred wild wolves.
Hua Xian chuckled and said, "You must have heard of the names of Lord Xue, Leng Yanyun and Sima Jinglun?"
"Leng Yanyun?"
Leng Yanyun is the master of the Qinglianzhao War Hall, and Sima Jinglun is the master of the Punishment Hall. The two of them joined forces and openly opposed the chief helmsman Yang Yao within Qinglianzhao. They even sent capable subordinates to sneak into the capitals of Dachu states.
He used various means to control each branch and was always ruthless. When he was in Hangzhou, Xue Poye and other important figures in the Hangzhou branch almost died at the hands of their subordinates.
Xue Poye once had a bad impression of Leng Yanyun and Sima Jinglun, and even disliked them. However, after meeting Hua Xian and Yang Yao, Xue Poye suddenly realized that the entire Qinglianzhao
The main forum is actually a mess, everyone is sinister and ruthless, and they are nothing more than the same species.
But he never expected that Yang Yao and Hua Xian would do such a thing as betraying their brothers.
Even though the antagonism between the two sides is becoming more and more serious, after all, they are both Qinglianzhao's people. To solve the problem, they must end it openly and openly internally. However, this time Xue Poye was asked to lead the Yulin Guards to destroy Leng Yanyun and others.
With a group of people, this is equivalent to selling Leng Yanyun and others to the imperial court.
Thinking of this, Xue Poye despised Yang Yao and Hua Xian's character to the extreme.
After taking a look at Hua Xian's beautiful face, Xue Poye couldn't help but ask, "Military advisor, Leng Yanyun and the others are brothers in the guild after all. It seems a bit excessive to use the imperial court to annihilate them?"
A cold light flashed in Hua Xian's eyes, and he said calmly: "Leng Yanyun is a traitor of Qinglianzhao. He has ulterior motives and has violated the teachings long ago. The chief helmsman thought of his past achievements and did not depose him, which is the most benevolent and righteous...!"
Xue Poye sneered in his heart: "Benevolence and righteousness are all gone? I'm afraid he doesn't have the ability to depose Leng Yanyun?"
"But Leng Yanyun and his gang mistook the kindness of the chief helmsman for cowardice. They pressed forward every step of the way. They even secretly went to various places to persecute their fellow helmsmen in various places. How can such a ferocious spirit be tolerated in the world?
Time." Hua Xian said calmly: "This time when these guys learned that the chief rudder was in Kyoto, they came out in full force and rushed to Kyoto to kill the chief rudder... The chief rudder couldn't bear to attack them, but
They had to get rid of it, so they wanted to give this great gift to Mr. Xue, and Mr. Xue must be very happy to accept it? "
The area around the tofu shop seemed extremely peaceful. In the night, the Habayashi guards were very skillful in hiding their traces. A cart was pushing past on the street, and the old man pushing the cart was still humming a tune leisurely and happily.
You can't tell that there are hundreds of sharp steel knives hidden all around.
Xue Poye fully understood the plot of Yang Yao and others.
Talking about not being able to bear to take action is naturally a lie. According to Xue Poye's guess, it's not that Yang Yao doesn't want to take action, but that Yang Yao and his group are obviously no match for Leng Yanyun and others. They are not strong enough, so there is no way to kill Leng Yanyun.
and others, under such circumstances, Yang Yao naturally thought of Xue Poye, and wanted to use the power of the court at Xue Poye's disposal to kill people with a borrowed knife.
Should this knife be released?
It is true that leaving Leng Yanyun and others behind is definitely a huge disaster, even more threatening than the existence of Yang Yao. Once we take this opportunity to kill them, we can firstly eliminate this potential threat, and secondly, we can complete
Following Yang Yao's instructions, San Lai can gain higher prestige in the court through this success. After all, killing several major figures in Qinglianzhao is something that even the Imperial Procuratorate has not been able to do.
Once successful, it can be said to kill three birds with one stone.
But Xue Poye vaguely felt that in the middle... it seemed that something could be done to achieve greater benefits.
"Commander, are you sure they will be inside?"
Hua Xian said with great certainty: "Including Leng Yanyun and Sima Jinglun, there are seventeen people inside, all of whom are the elites of the War Hall and the Punishment Hall. As long as this battle is successful, the civil strife will be settled... I have sent people to keep an eye on them.
It's definitely in there."
Xue Poye said calmly: "Is the military involved in this operation?"
Hua Xian smiled slightly and said: "Since it is a gift from the chief helmsman, it is inconvenient for me to participate...!" He looked up at the sky and said: "Master Xue Hou, it's time to take action."
Xue Poye touched his nose and was about to give an order when he heard a loud shout from the tofu shop: "There's a dog!" Amid the shout, a "click" was heard, and another "Ah" was heard.
Yelling, the two sides actually started fighting.
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Leng Yanyun is a young man under the age of thirty. Contrary to Sima Jinglun's smile, Leng Yanyun is an extremely cold person. He is unsmiling and not handsome in appearance, but he is the kind of person you will never forget after seeing him.
Because his face is too cold, just like his surname, there is a kind of coldness in his bones.
Leng Yanyun started working hard as a small member of the war hall. In just five or six years, he has become a powerful figure in Qinglianzhao. From a certain perspective, Yang Yao's power as the chief rudder has actually been overturned by Leng Yanyun.
The smoke and clouds cleared the air. Seventy-eight out of ten members of the congregation in the five halls of the main altar had already taken refuge under Leng Yanyun's door. This was certainly related to his talent, but his rewards and punishments were measured, which also played a great role.
Leng Yanyun is an ambitious person, but in the early days, he just wanted to rely on his talents to slowly gain recognition from the congregation, and eventually became the chief rudder of Qinglianzhao. If he had not accidentally discovered that the chief rudder Yang Yao was planning
A secret conspiracy, he would not openly confront Yang Yao and establish his own power so early.
Leng Yanyun is a native of Shu, and he is really a direct descendant of a certain minister of Later Shu, so he has deep feelings for Qinglianzhao, an organization that opposes Chu and restores Shu. When he discovered Yang Yao's secret,
He was angry from the bottom of his heart, so he had to build up power, attack Yang Yao, and make Yang Yao's plan abort.
After nearly two years of overt and covert fighting, Leng Yanyun gradually gained the support of the majority of people in the general forum. Even if he was divided into different departments, through cruel coercion, he was able to control 50% to 60% of the time.
Of course he also wanted to slowly establish his prestige and convince others with his virtue, but time no longer allowed him to have such a luxurious accumulation, so he could only use strong methods to force most of the divisions to fight against Yang Yao.
Coming to Kyoto this time, from Leng Yanyun's point of view, was to keep an appointment.
Although he knew that Yang Yao's words about handing over the chief helm command and abdicating the throne were nonsense, but as long as Yang Yao could show up, Leng Yanyun would resolutely keep the appointment. To this day, things that need to be resolved must be settled.
He has no worries that Yang Yao will use the personnel of the Kyoto Branch to deal with him. After all, there are many of his own people in the Kyoto Branch, not to mention that this adventure has brought more than a dozen first-rate masters from the Battle Hall and the Punishment Hall, even if Yang
Leng Yanyun was not afraid of Yao's tricks.
Leng Yanyun even made an agreement with Sima Jinglun that if Yang Yao really had any conspiracy, on the premise of saving himself, he would kill Yang Yao in Kyoto.
Although Yang Yao is a warrior of the Seventh Path, Leng Yanyun and Sima Jinglun have both reached the peak of the Sixth Path and broken through the Seventh Path. In addition, there are several dancing masters under his command. Once he starts taking action, Yang Yao will obviously suffer.
, otherwise Yang Yao would not have been able to hide in Tibet for more than half a year, daring not to show up.
But he never expected that Yang Yao would secretly betray them, tell the court their whereabouts, and even use threats to force Xue Poye to lead the court's most elite Yulin guards to carry out this killing mission.
When the Yulin Guards approached, most of Leng Yanyun's subordinates were asleep, recharging their energy and waiting to meet Yang Yao the next day. However, the two subordinates who were waiting outside to look for the wind did not even feel the danger coming.
, maybe they didn't expect anyone from the court to know that they were hiding here, and the second half of the night was a time when people were easily distracted, so they just sat boredly in the corner of the yard, yawning occasionally.
Naturally, Leng Yanyun and Sima Jinglun couldn't sleep. They were discussing in low voices what might happen when they meet Yang Yao tomorrow, and thinking about how to deal with it then.
Although the Kyoto branch has its own people, overall, the Kyoto branch controlled by the senior brother is still in the hands of Yang Yao, and they have to guard against it.
In order not to attract attention, Leng Yanyun did not light up the lights in his room, and sat with Sima Jinglun in the dark room, whispering in low voices.
"Brother Leng, in your opinion, will Yang Yao really hand over the Commander-in-Chief's Four Directions Order this time?" Sima Jinglun's voice was rich and powerful, and he said softly: "This guy finally got it from Han Bangchang with great difficulty.
It is not easy for him to hand over the position of chief helmsman."
Leng Yanyun said calmly: "Since he can take it from Han Bangchang, we can naturally take it from him."
Sima Jinglun was silent for a moment and said slowly: "Brother Leng, Yang Yao has been away from the main altar for more than half a year. It seems that he is hiding out of fear of us, but I think he may be planning some conspiracy. This time we are invited to meet in Kyoto.
See, is there some trick?"
"Of course there are tricks." Leng Yanyun said calmly: "But no matter what tricks he uses, I will not be afraid... Hehe, the dignified Chief Qinglianzhao is now hiding around like a lost dog, and he got into this
For my sake, Yang Yao is considered to have run out of energy."
Sima Jinglun shook his head and said: "As far as I know, Hua Xian is also in Kyoto. If these two people are together, things must be unusual... Brother Leng, in order to prevent them from cheating, I will go to the appointment tomorrow."
Go to the appointment, but stay still to prevent them from playing any tricks."
Leng Yanyun sneered and said: "Brother Sima, I understand what you mean, but I have been fighting with Yang Yao for two years, secretly and secretly. As for tomorrow, I will lay out my cards and stop playing hide and seek with him.
If he is wise enough to hand over the Four Directions Order, I think he is a member of the group, so I will let him live, otherwise, I will kill him." After a pause, he said confidently: "Don't forget, we brothers, but
Even if we bring all the Kyoto pilots over, they may not be our opponents."
Sima Jinglun knew that what Leng Yanyun said was true and nodded slightly.
Based on the information they have, the only one Yang Yao can use in Kyoto is the Kyoto Branch. With the power of the Kyoto Branch alone, it would be very difficult to deal with his group.
"Yes, Brother Sima, is there any news about the whereabouts of Lan Muyan and those people?"
Sima Jinglun sighed: "What a ghost. Lan Muyan led dozens of brothers to pacify the three branches of Huizhou, Yinzhou and Suzhou. After pacifying Suzhou, he sent people to report to the general rudder. Later it was said that
I went to Hangzhou... But since then, there has been no news, no one alive, no body found after the death... It is really strange."
They knew that Lan Muyan and his men fought in the Hongyan Pagoda and their entire army was wiped out. All the corpses were melted by the corpse water and there were no bones left. Where could anyone be found?
Leng Yanyun was silent for a long time, and then said: "It seems that there are only two masters left in the Hangzhou branch... I heard that since the seventh junior sister was killed, there is a new helmsman in Hangzhou. Do you know the news about this person?
"
Sima Jinglun replied: "I also sent people to inquire, but they didn't find out. It seems that only a few hall masters in Hangzhou Branch know who the person is. It is said that the Chrysanthemum Child and the Lotus Child are both dead, and the Peach Blossom Child is imprisoned.
In Wulan Villa, there are only lotuses and sunflowers left now." After a pause, he said softly: "But these two people also seem to have disappeared. The brother who was sent contacted the brother hidden in the Hangzhou sub-rudder through a secret message. According to what he said,
He said that the lotus boy and the sunflower boy suddenly disappeared a few months ago and were nowhere to be found. Now all the brothers in the Hangzhou branch are just lurking and there is no movement. "
Leng Yanyun sneered: "Could it be that Yang Yao was behind it?"
Su Ma Jinglun was about to speak when he heard a voice outside the door whispering: "Master, I have something to report."
The two recognized the voice of Fu Sanguaizi, which was the hidden stake they buried here. Fu Sanguaizi had become a member of Qinglianzhao a few years ago, and this tofu shop was also a gathering point for them in Kyoto.
Sima Jinglun stepped forward and opened the door, put in Fu Sanguai, then gently closed the door and said in a deep voice: "What happened?"
"The dog...the dog barked!" Fu Sanguaizi said in a panic.
Leng Yanyun said coldly: "What dog barked?"
Fu Sanguaizi explained softly: "Sun Mazi, who buys roasted seeds and nuts next door, has a dog. He never barks at this time on weekdays, but he barked a few times just now... This is a bit unusual...!"
Leng Yanyun said coldly: "You mean... someone startled the dog?"
"My subordinates don't know either." Fu Sanguaizi said, "But that dog has been here for three or four years and has never barked at this time. Today is the first time it barks."
Sima Jinglun grabbed the two iron darts and ordered: "Kaizi, tell the brothers to get up... I'll go out and have a look." He walked out of the door quietly, leaned against the wall, looked around, and suddenly appeared in the room next door.
At the corner, a shadow swayed slightly. Knowing that it was an ambush, it reminded loudly, "There is a dog!"
The two iron darts in his hand shot out instantly, hitting the shadow like lightning.
The shadow was naturally the Yulin Guards in ambush, waiting for the Chief Guardsman to give the order to attack. Two cold rays of light came unexpectedly, and he was caught off guard. Although he tried his best to avoid one, the other iron dart hit his chest.