At the gate of Handan City, a group of soldiers were working extraordinarily hard today. Because their national advisor, for some unknown reason, suddenly remembered to inspect the city defense.
"Xu~"
A caravan's carriage and horses slowly stopped in front of the city gate. A leader got out of the carriage and smiled and said hello to the inspection team leader.
"Qiyun Company is run by Julu. Please ask the military master to check the goods on the car."
There was a lot of cold sweat on the squad leader's forehead, and he glanced at Lu Yan, who was standing there doing nothing.
Lu Yan also looked at him at the same time, pointed at himself, and asked with a puzzled look on his face: "What do you want me to do? Don't delay your official duties."
"Yes! Sir National Master." The team shouted, and then shouted to the people at Qiyuan Trading Company, "Don't be so playful, I'm not familiar with you! Let your people open the carriages."
Lu Yan!
Why is he here?!
As soon as the captain finished speaking, the expressions of many people in the company team changed slightly, and they unconsciously hid themselves against the carriage.
While the Qin soldiers were inspecting the goods in the convoy, another group of people came to the city gate. They were uniformly dressed and had swords at their waists. They were led by a handsome young man.
"Who is coming? Get off your horse quickly!"
The guard's sharp shouting did not make the visitor feel nervous. He reined in his horse and appeared beside Lu Yan with a quick stride.
"Hahaha, brother Lu Yan, long time no see. Handan is in an extraordinary state under your rule."
Mo Crow hugged Lu Yan's shoulders, patted him very hard, and laughed boldly.
Lu Yan glanced at the guy and felt that he most likely slapped him so hard on purpose.
"Brother, this is a ridiculous compliment. It's just that the king is benevolent and trusted by the people. He dare not take credit for his words."
"Haha, you just like to be modest. Come on, why don't you show me the fine wine, delicious food, and most importantly, the beauties of Zhao land~"
Lu Yan and Mo Ya exchanged a few pleasantries in front of everyone, and then entered the city together.
The Qiyun Company's convoy was inspected and allowed to enter Handan City.
In the convoy, a person ran from the back to the front and whispered in the leader's ear: "Boss A, the man who just called Lu Yan brother-in-law looks familiar. It seems that we met on the road."
A's pupils shrank when he heard this, "Really? On which section of the road did we meet Erhu? Are you sure you remember correctly?"
The more Erhu thought about it, the more certain he became, and he said seriously: "I was convinced when I passed by Ha County and returned. At that time, I felt that these people were not simple."
A nodded, "I understand, don't talk too much, I'll take credit for this."
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It was night, the morning wind was waning and the moon was waning. The lanterns hanging high in Pingyuan Jun's Mansion trembled gently in the wind, and a nest of swallows was hiding under the eaves, with curious eyes open.
"Hoo~" A distinctive gust of wind blew by, and after a few seconds of silence, a swallow flew out of the nest.
Zhao Ling rarely uses candles in his study. The swaying shadows of the candles easily distract people's attention, and the eyes can't stand it if they stay there for a long time. So he simply filled it with luminous pearls.
The sword attendant descended quietly and reported the situation to Zhao Ling: "Your Majesty, they are all back safely."
Zhao Ling said softly, "Yes", "What will Lu Yan do?"
"Before, he sent the Zhu family to Gaoyi to check. This person from the Zhu family was originally the master of the Shennong Hall of the farmer's family. He is proficient in medicinal herbs and seems to have found the crux of the problem."
"The river... It's a pity that God is not kind. If it rains heavily, he won't be able to find anything. But it doesn't matter, no one will believe it."
The sword servant showed a smile, which seemed to be asking for credit, "Your Majesty is right. Rumors are spreading and people are angry. A large number of people have been encouraged to go south and want to come to Handan to seek an explanation from Lu Yan."
"A gentleman bullies others, but Lu Yan wants the people's support." Zhao Ling tsked and shook his head, then snorted disdainfully, "Then let him see what the people's support is. They are just a group of untouchables and ignorant people. How can they have any intention?
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Seeing that he was in a good mood, the sword attendant lowered his voice and said, "Your Majesty, there is one more thing."
"explain."
"When the people from the Qiyun Company returned to Handan City, Lu Yan happened to receive a man at the gate of the city. He called him a brother and was very close to him."
Zhao Ling was very surprised, "You are called brothers to Lu Yan. What is your background? Could it be that you are a Confucian?"
"It's extremely mysterious. We haven't found any information yet. One of Qiyun's guys said that they had met this mysterious man when they were returning to Ha County."
"What?!" Zhao Ling suddenly got angry and slapped the swordsman to take a step back. "You said such an important thing last."
"Your Majesty, please forgive me." The sword servant steadied his body and lowered his head, not daring to show any expression.
Zhao Ling turned his back, his chest rose and fell, and then he said calmly: "Go and inform the people praying for good luck, and let the original team go to Qi State."
"yes."
"Let them never come back."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The sword attendant followed the order and left, his figure escaping from the moonlight in the night sky, and no one could detect its traces.
…
"Puff~" The swallow fell into Bai Feng's hand and pecked his hand twice affectionately. The slight touch made Bai Feng smile.
He stroked Yanzi's little head and said, "I know, you go ahead. Also, eat less. The food there is so good and you are already fat."
The swallow pecked twice more, then flapped its wings and flew away.
Bai Feng went back to report the situation to Lu Yan, "Sir, that swordsman has indeed asked about the situation of the Qi Lun Company."
Lu Yan sat upright, with a cup of tea in front of him, which he had not moved for the time being. "The last time there was a fight in Gaoyi, all those who knew about it had no evidence. This time the incident is worse than the last one, and he will never let go of anyone who may leak it."
Secret details."
"My lord, you are saying that those who wish to bring good fortune to the business will be killed and silenced." Bai Feng frowned. This kind of style of burning bridges by his own people was really familiar to him for a long time.
"It's just an ordinary little thing for a caravan traveling north and south to disappear from this world."
"Ah~ah~" A rough and hoarse crow crowed. The ink crow fell from the sky and complimented Lu Yan: "That man went to pray for the business again. Sir, your guess is always right.
"
Bai Feng crossed his arms, glanced at him, and said disgustedly: "You are very noisy."
Mo Ya grinned, "That's because you're not in a good state of mind. You never think crows are noisy when you look at adults."
"No, I think it's noisy too, but you can only communicate with the crows, so it's useless to talk." Lu Yan turned to stare at Mo Ya after trying to discredit him, "Tomorrow you will lead a team to follow the Luck Prayer Company. Remember to try as many people as possible.
Bring back some living people."
The corner of Mo Ya's mouth curled up, "No problem. Protecting people is also my old profession."
"Bai Feng." Lu Yan suddenly remembered something.
"yes."
"Who knows about your ability to control hundreds of birds with your hands?"
Bai Feng didn't know why Lu Yan suddenly mentioned this, so he replied honestly: "My lord, you, Mrs. Nongyu, him and Yingge, there are four of us."
Lu Yan recalled that in the original plot, Bai Feng pretended to be picturesque and controlled hundreds of birds, which was known to everyone. He couldn't help but warned: "Don't let more people know about this ability."