Finally we walked out of the mountain road. This was simply a horrific torture. The monkeys on the cliffs on both sides actually knew how to throw rocks to shame them. When entering the track, only one or two were enough. It was terrifying to throw hundreds of monkeys down at the same time. They rushed out in embarrassment.
On the mountain road, before I could put my son down in my arms, I heard the sound of a bow string. A chasing monkey rolled and fell off the cliff. The other monkeys grabbed the tree trunks on the cliff and shook desperately.
The screams became more and more shrill.
"Your Highness, King Wei, I have been waiting here for a long time." A dark-faced old man shouted loudly and held a bow.
"Feng An? Why is this old guy here?" Yun Ye asked Li Tai quietly.
"It goes without saying that the only one who can control him is my father. I'm in trouble this time. I don't want to go back to the capital and suffer. I have to think of a way." After Li Tai calmly said to Yun Ye, he went to greet him.
He went up and said loudly: "When Xiao Wang first arrived in Lingnan, he was supposed to go to Guangzhou to visit Yue Gong, but he didn't want to meet him again. It really surprised Xiao Wang."
Feng An got off his horse, put his huge bow behind his back, smiled and saluted Li Tai, and said: "Haha, King Wei is so polite. I originally didn't want to disturb King Wei's leisure, but the emperor's life is on his side, and I can't tolerate being too polite."
I would like to ask Your Highness to accompany me back to Guangzhou, and there will be angels escorting the prince back to Beijing."
"Yun Ye pays homage to Mr. Feng. Are the ginseng sticks he sent last year still useful?" Yun Ye also got off the horse and dragged Li Rong forward to pay homage.
"I can't afford the great gift from the Yun family. I paid for those ginsengs, two thousand white silver coins, so I won't accept the favor from Marquis Yun." As long as he sees Yun Ye and Feng An, he doesn't have a good look on his face.
Lingnan, which was in good shape, was now torn apart by Yun Ye. The Feng family was no longer the wealthy family that once dominated the twenty states.
"What are you talking about? It's already said to be a gift. How can I accept your silver coins? There must be a mistake somewhere. I will order someone to investigate and give an explanation to Mr. Feng."
"No need to worry about Marquis Yun, I feel good after eating the ginseng I paid for. Today I made a special trip to greet His Highness the King of Wei. I hope Marquis Yun will not be too troublesome. His Highness the King of Wei will stay in Lingnan for one more day and I will not be able to sleep well."
If you don't swallow it, you will have to worry about His Highness's safety every day. It is better to send him away early so that I can sleep more peacefully."
Just as Li Tai was about to speak, the monkey on the cliff screamed louder and louder. He glanced at the cliff impatiently, but there was no better way.
Feng Ang whispered: "Noisy!" He drew out his giant bow and shot three arrows in a row. In an instant, four monkeys fell from the cliff. The remaining monkeys immediately ran lifelessly into the valley.
"Yeah, yeah. Feng Gong's sword is still young. The three arrows and the four monkeys are so amazing. Yun Ye admires them, admires them!" It was so surprising. More than a hundred meters away, the old guy's arrows were all missed. One of the arrows actually hit the target.
Penetrated two monkeys.
"It's just a monkey. It can't withstand my arrow. Killing a few monkeys is not a skill." Feng Ang glanced at Yun Ye sideways and mockingly, and his words were very vicious.
No one present heard Feng An's pun, but it was because Yun Ye's face was not funny. Not only did no one on Yun Ye's side laugh, but the group of people brought by Feng An did not make any sarcasm.
Yun Ye was a little strange. Although the old Feng family had restrained themselves a lot in Lingnan, they were not so low-key that they could not even ridicule. You must know that the last time Feng Ang entered the princess's palace with a bow and showed off his power, it was already a Lingnan person.
I'm so proud. In the past few years, the Feng family couldn't have changed so much.
But when he saw Feng Zhidai, who was dressed casually, Yun Ye understood that this guy must be in charge of his subordinates, and it seemed that he was about to become the spokesperson of the Feng family.
Naturally, it was necessary to have a drink when Dao Zuo met. Feng Zhidai quickly set up the tent and set up the table. Feng An sat at the main seat, picked up the wine bowl and said to Li Tai: "Your Highness has traveled thousands of miles to Lingnan, and the nobles are as good as the humble.
This is the blessing of Lingnan, and I am also honored. Let’s talk about our feelings with a glass of bad wine, and it will win the day!”
He couldn't do it without drinking this night. If he didn't drink, he would be looking down on others. Yun Ye forced himself to drink a bowl of bad wine, put down the bowl and said, "I understand Mr. Feng's intention. It's just that you said it was a bowl of bad wine. I thought it was..."
Your polite words, but who would have thought that you actually brought out the bad wine? His Royal Highness, the King of Wei, is of a delicate body, and I am afraid that he cannot bear the killing blow of the bad wine."
Li Tai didn't understand why Yun Ye and Feng An started to fight each other as soon as they met. He had rarely asked about matters in the court in recent years, especially since he was unfamiliar with a barbaric land like Lingnan. He looked at the two people in confusion as they quarreled with each other.
of struggle.
Feng Ang turned to look at the people in the tent, held the table with both hands and said in a deep voice: "Yun Ye, you really don't know why my noble Duke of Yue drinks bad wine? So much so that I can't even entertain such a distinguished person as the King of Wei.
No good wine to offer?"
Li Tai looked at the wine bowl. Which bowl of wine just now was indeed very unpalatable. If the Duke of Yue claimed that a wealthy man could not even afford good wine, it would be unreasonable. Feng Angming was asking Yun Ye. In fact,
It is true that you have to make the decision yourself. No matter whether you can make the decision or not, people like Feng An still want to be comforted, so he raised his hands and asked: "The King Gu did not expect that the Yue Guild was so poor. Why is it so?"
Feng An burst out laughing loudly, then pointed at Yun Ye and said to Li Tai: "I'm afraid your highness doesn't know yet. Yun Ye's evil deeds in Lingnan are almost too numerous to describe. Please listen to me tell you about them."
Seeing Feng Ang starting to perform, Yun Ye held the wine bowl and pricked up his ears to listen carefully. Why was he so lost in Lingnan? Such a face-to-face accusation would not be done unless it was absolutely necessary.
"Your Highness does not know that five years have passed since Yun Ye coveted the wealth of Lingnan. Do you know how the people of Lingnan have survived these five years? Since the day he arrived, wars, diseases, and plagues have emerged one after another. The people of Annan have
Running around and shouting, they were in panic all day long. The merchants in Guangzhou were afraid of offending Yun Ye and causing great disaster.
The Lingnan Navy has closed the sea, and the Meiling Ancient Road is even more difficult for birds to cross. Your Highness knows that every ship of food they transported to Chang'an was the sweat of the people of Annan, and every ship of treasures was stained with blood. This butcher, in Annan,
He went on a killing spree, demolished cities and villages, and committed all kinds of evil. Yun Ye's name can only be heard in Annan.
Hahaha, I, the Duke of the State of Yue, was not immune to the abuse. My two ignorant children, who loved the princess, were murdered alive by this evil thief under the guise of playing drums as a mountain god. It is a pity that their bodies were not left. I think about it and it breaks my heart."
Feng An was so painful that he tried to squeeze out tears but couldn't. It's hard for a rough man like him to memorize this passage. It must have been written by Feng Zhidai.
What do you want to do? Yun Ye ate the fruit and watched Feng An's performance, but he just didn't understand what he wanted to do. What on earth was he going to do with these old millet and rotten sesame seeds at this time? The elements of this performance are too strong. Yun Ye would be beaten to death.
I don’t believe it, Feng Ang’s family doesn’t even have good wine to entertain Li Tai.
Seeing Li Tai comforting Feng An in a low voice, Yun Ye sighed and ordered Liu Jinbao to bring his own good wine and serve it to everyone. He sat in the corner and continued to think about the reason why Feng An said such a lot of nonsense.
Seeing Li Tai looking at him, Yun Ye wanted to explain to Old Feng, so Yun Ye had no choice but to stand up and salute Feng Ang. He had forced the prince, whom he thought was a dignified man, to drink bad wine, and it was not too much of a crime to accompany him.
"Feng Gong, when we passed through Annan, it seems that Feng Gong also went there and robbed more than me. It seems that you were also responsible for the war in Lingnan, Gao, Luo, Chun, Bai, Ya, Dan, Lin, and Zhen eight states.
Some of them are fiefdoms handed down from your ancestors, and some of them seem to have been snatched away by you one by one. The rebellion of the Luo Dou cavemen was the reason why you were granted the title of Shangzhu Kingdom. How could it become the evil deeds of the younger generation?
You have thirty sons and ten thousand servants and maids. It can be said that flowers are blooming and fire is cooking oil. The younger generation is afraid that your Feng family will prosper and decline.
The master brought your goods for the sake of the Feng family. The golden mean is the long-term support of the family.
Well, tell me, His Highness the King of Wei is not an outsider. Just say whatever you want. As long as it is not too much, for the sake of His Highness the King of Wei, I will try my best to satisfy you. "
It will be very tiring to act with someone who can't act. The old guy has been trying to convince people all his life. Now he starts to cry. It's really not like him. He doesn't even run hundreds of miles to find someone just because of the emperor's order.
If you are a good minister, ask directly if you don't understand something. Talk if you can, and refuse if you can't.
Li Tai also discovered that there was a story here. Not to mention the refugees along the way, even the hungry people could not be seen, so how could they live miserable lives? This place was even richer than most of the places he had seen along the way.
"Since Marquis Yun has a heart to repent, I don't think much of it. He is old and cannot bear the fatigue, so Quanzi Zhidai will talk to King Wei and Marquis Yun separately, and I will go and rest for a while."
Li Tai and Yun Ye watched helplessly as the old guy waved his sleeves and walked out of the tent after playing rogue. An embarrassed Feng Zhidai stood up and apologized: "After my father has aged, his thoughts are different from those in the past. I hope that His Highness will forgive you."
"What exactly is your father going to do? Tell me. The lonely king is very curious."
"Your Highness, the Feng family was born and raised by the sea. I just hope that when Marquis Yun is exploring the sea, can the Feng family be attached to Jiwei?" Feng Zhidai put forward his request to Yun Ye with a subtle smile.
There was no way to go, there was no way to go there. Seeing that there was no hope of expansion on land, the Feng family set their sights on the sea. There were thirty sons in his family. Although two were killed by Yun Ye, there were still many left.
The rich heritage of a century-old family is profound. If the Feng family is placed on the sea, sooner or later this sea will become the possession of the Feng family.
Others look down on the output of the sea. Yun Ye knows how much potential the sea has. What the Feng family lacks now is shipbuilding and naval forces. They have been at the beach all year round, but they can only fish in the bay and fish for pearls. Want Yun Ye
Taking them with him when he goes to sea, Yun Ye can say with certainty that they will work hard. The Feng family can't compete with each other. How did they turn their attention from land to sea?