It is undeniable that "the nations will allied in Daliang" was a major event in the world at that time. Even Xiao Luan, who went by the pseudonym "Gongyi" in Weiguo, was secretly paying attention to this matter.
Compared to how proud he was when he stirred up trouble in the Wei Kingdom and even the late king Zhao Si was afraid of him, today's Xiao Luan can be said to be no longer in the spring breeze, like a bereaved dog, hiding in Dunqiu with his tail between his legs.
Although in view of the private agreement with Wei Gong Ziyu, Xiao Luan, who used the pseudonym Gongyi, still holds nearly ten thousand Dunqiu troops, but his real secret power "Fu Weijun" has suffered huge losses in recent years.
There are only a few thousand Fuwei soldiers who are still loyal to him.
From the time when he turned the Wei Kingdom upside down, and now he can only hide in the corner of Weiguo Dunqiu, Xiao Luan's mood cannot be said to be uncomplicated and heavy.
On this day, Xiao Luan came to "Pingyi" in Weiguo.
"General, there is someone following us."
Halfway through, Xiao Luan's guards noticed someone following them behind them, and immediately reported it to them.
Xiao Luan remained calm and paid attention when he entered the city, and then he found that there were several people dressed as rangers behind him - those people made inquiries about the price at the roadside stalls, but their eyes were different.
Glancing at Xiao Luan from time to time, Xiao Luan could see through such a crappy follower at a glance.
"It's "Chang Chai", don't pay attention to it." Xiao Luan ordered the guards around him.
The "Changchao" he refers to is the local ranger organization of the Wei Kingdom that is loyal to Wei Gong Ziyu. The status of these people in the Wei Kingdom is somewhat similar to the Green Crows and Black Crows of Wei, but there are some differences between the two.
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It's like saying that Chang Chai, the subordinate of Wei Gong Ziyu, is only responsible for following Xiao Luan, monitoring his every move, and reporting to Wei Gong Ziyu at any time. He is not like the green crows and black crows of Wei State.
Break into the Dunqiu Guard Camp and kill him.
This is no joke. In fact, if it were not for the fact that Xiao Luan was now a aliased Gongyi, he was a general with military power in Weiguo, and the Green Crows and Black Crows would have sent people to assassinate him long ago.
"..."
After staring at those lame followers for a while, Xiao Luan continued walking towards the street, and then turned to a fireworks place in the city.
Today, he came out specifically to relax.
In other words, after being sheltered by Wei Gong Ziyu, Xiao Luan would come to the county town near Dunqiu from time to time, sometimes "Guanxian" and sometimes "Pingyi", to drink some wine and find a few women.
Vent your frustrations.
How can he not be depressed?
After the "Nanyan Tragedy" that year, he spent more than twenty years gathering the survivors of the Nanyan families to prepare the "Fuwei Army" and devote himself to overthrowing the Wei court. However, today, Wei is becoming more and more
He was so powerful that he even had the strength to command all the countries in the Central Plains. He was no longer the Wei State when he could stir up troubles.
He randomly found a flower house, and Xiao Luan was drinking wine in the room while waiting for the girl in the flower house.
Not long after, several good-looking women came into the room. Xiao Luan took a few casual glances and chose the one with the most outstanding appearance: "Just her."
When the other women left with some regrets and some persistence, the woman fell into Xiao Luan's arms and said with a smile: "The little girl is called Bai Zhi, I wonder what the young master calls her?"
"Gongyi." Xiao Luan replied with a faint smile.
I saw the woman named Bai Zhi leaning on Xiao Luan's arms and saying with a smile: "Is this your first time back to Baihua House, sir?"
"Oh? Is this called Baihualou?" Xiao Luan did not pretend to be serious, pinched the woman's cheek and said with a smile.
The woman sneered and drank with a sweet look on her face.
Perhaps because of the beautiful woman in his arms, Xiao Luan felt that the depression in his heart seemed to have dissipated a lot.
Of course, the biggest reason is that the little woman in his arms knows how to cater to men's wishes.
When he gradually became drunk, he picked up the woman in his arms and walked to the bed in the inner room.
After a lot of talk, Xiao Luan, who had vented his depression, fell asleep on the bed, while the woman named Bai Zhi was wiping her body beside her.
While wiping, the woman looked at Xiao Luan calmly. Until she confirmed that Xiao Luan was indeed asleep, she quietly approached, gently pulled out a silver hairpin inserted in her bun with her bare hands, and used the sharp end to
He suddenly stabbed Xiao Luan in the neck.
"Pah——"
Xiao Luan, who was clearly asleep, suddenly opened his eyes at this moment, grabbed the woman's hand, and his face was full of a teasing smile: "What a lingering ghost, you nightingales...that bitch Zhao Ying"
Didn't you come?"
When Xiao Luan saw through the disguise, a trace of panic flashed in the eyes of the woman named Bai Zhi, but she quickly calmed down and started fighting with Xiao Luan on the bed with a fierce look on her face.
That appearance is completely different from the charming image.
But unfortunately, Xiao Luan was a man of superb martial arts. With a tug of his right hand, he threw the woman's delicate body onto the bed, and then he clasped the woman's throat with three fingers of his right hand.
There was just a bang sound, and the woman's throat was crushed by him on the spot, and she died.
"General?"
Outside the house, several of Xiao Luan's guards could be heard shouting in surprise. Apparently, they also heard what was going on inside the house.
"It's okay, just wait outside."
Xiao Luan responded casually, then stood up and put on his clothes.
In recent years, whether he was assassinated by a nightingale or ambushed by a crowd of green crows or a crowd of black crows, Xiao Luan had long been used to it - maybe he felt resentful at first, with an inexplicable feeling of indignation like "a tiger falls flat and is bullied by a dog", but
Once he experiences it more times, he will get used to it.
"What a pity..."
Xiao Luan murmured as he gently stroked the face of the female corpse on the bed with his right hand.
Xiao Luan is actually quite satisfied with this woman. If the woman is not Nightingale, he might come to visit her from time to time - it may be because she is getting older. Even if she is as ruthless as Xiao Luan, she still has a real heart in her heart.
He also needs a woman who knows him and understands him.
But unfortunately, this woman named Bai Zhi is a nightingale, a female assassin under Zhao Ying, the righteous daughter of King Yi Zhao Yuanli.
Reaching out his hand and closing the dead eyes of the female corpse on the bed, Xiao Luan walked out of the room.
Seeing the solemn look on their general's face, the guards were stunned. One of them lowered his voice and said, "General, could it be..."
Xiao Luan raised his hand to interrupt the other party's words, lowered his voice and said: "This is a place of right and wrong, leave quickly."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the sound of hurried footsteps coming from the stairs. Immediately, a dozen or twenty strong men with swords in their hands rushed up with fierce looks on their faces.
Seeing this change, Xiao Luan was not surprised at all, because he had encountered too many similar things in recent years.
"Kill out."
Xiao Luan gave instructions calmly.
After a fierce battle, all the assassins who came to assassinate were killed by Xiao Luan and his bodyguards. Correspondingly, several of Xiao Luan's bodyguards also died, leaving only one bodyguard whose arm was slashed, but he survived by chance.
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Maybe the noise of fighting in the building alerted the guests in other rooms. No, a disheveled man immediately opened the door and shouted angrily: "What are you doing, noisy?"
As a result, before this person could finish his words, Xiao Luan pushed him back into the house with his bloody left hand: "Keep drinking, it's none of your business."
Unfortunately, the man was obviously not as calm as Xiao Luan. He fell to the ground on the spot and looked at the few blood stains on Xiao Luan's body with a horrified look on his face. He was trembling with fear.
"Nothing to show for it."
Xiao Luan snorted coldly, and quickly went down the stairs with the guard who survived.
When he walked down the stairs, the drinkers on the first floor obviously noticed the blood on his body and screamed "murderer". Then, more than a dozen people ran out like a swarm, probably to report to the police.
Seeing this, Xiao Luan did not dare to delay, and immediately walked out of the flower building with his guards.
At this time, his external identity was that of the general of the Weiguo garrison at Dunqiu. In fact, he was not afraid that the magistrate of Pingyi County would send someone to arrest him - the latter did not have this power.
What he was really worried about was those groups of people who wanted his life.
"Wang Yan", the clan guard chief of King Yi Zhao Yuanli, and the eldest daughter "Zhao Ying" adopted by the former, as well as the green crows and black crows under Zhao Run, the current monarch of Wei, and even the like-minded people in the past, but
The former member of the Fuwei Army "Beigong Yu" who has now parted ways - it is said that this guy has infiltrated the "Deputy Envoy of the Right Commandant of Tiance Mansion" and has become Zhang Qigong's confidant right-hand man.
Thanks to Bei Gongyu, Fu Weijun, who was once relatively solid internally, has been torn to pieces. In recent years, I don’t know how many people have been instigated to rebel, so that Xiao Ni (Fu Weijun), who was so powerful back then, is now torn apart.
There were only a pitiful few thousand people left around Xiao Luan, and they were still hiding everywhere like lost dogs. The number of people was decreasing every day, whether they were killed by spies from the Wei State or induced to rebel.
In order to avoid complications, Xiao Luan wanted to leave Pingyi County immediately after walking out of the flower house.
To his surprise, when he walked out of the flower building, he saw a charming woman dressed like a noble lady, sitting at a tea stall across the street, looking indifferently.
"...Bitch!"
Even though he had become accustomed to being assassinated frequently over the years, when Xiao Luan saw the woman, he still gritted his teeth with hatred.
The reason is very simple, because this woman is the eldest daughter adopted by the late King Yi Zhao Yuanli during his lifetime. She has been obsessed with Xiao Luan for many years and sent countless assassins to kill him. Zhao Ying.
"..."
Turning a blind eye to the ordinary people fleeing in fear on the street, Xiao Luan watched his surroundings vigilantly.
Although Zhao Ying was also born as a nightingale and had good martial arts skills, Xiao Luan did not think that this woman was capable of killing him. But the problem was that not only did Zhao Ying have Nightingale under her command, she was also the woman of Wei King Zhao Run.
There are many green crows and even black crows secretly protecting him - the green crows are good to say, but Xiao Luan doesn't want to face the murderous gang of black crows.
They are a group of thugs who, even if you break their limbs, will still try to bite your throat out with their teeth. They are desperadoes among desperadoes.
"Hey!"
Smiling at Zhao Ying, Xiao Luan and the remaining guard immediately blended into the frightened people running on the street and disappeared.
Seeing this, Zhao Ying couldn't help but snorted softly, and was about to stand up when she saw the owner of the tea stall, a man who seemed to be in his forties, stopping her, cupping his hands and saying: "Concubine Ying, you
With a body worth a thousand dollars, you can’t risk your life.”
Zhao Ying blinked her eyes.
As soon as she heard the words "Ying Fei" that made her a little embarrassed, Zhao Ying immediately realized that the other party was definitely the Qingya Zong under Gao Kuo, the left captain of Tiance Mansion - the black people under Zhang Qigong, the right captain of Tiance Mansion.
Crows do not have such excellent disguise ability, so even she did not doubt the identity of the tea stall owner at first.
"When will you follow Yu?"
Zhao Ying frowned and asked, unlike Zhao Run's other women, she has never needed and is not used to Zhao Run's protection.
"This humble position just happens to be here."
The man dressed as a tea stall owner lowered his head and said.
Hearing this answer, Zhao Ying gritted her teeth bitterly: There was no way, the other party was a subordinate of Gao Kuo, and Gao Kuo was Zong Wei, whom her husband Zhao Run trusted very much.
Therefore, the Blue Crows do not need to be too afraid of her.
In the end, Zhao Ying could only rebuke in a somewhat resentful tone: "That guy was just there, and you actually asked him to run away!"
After hearing this, the Green Crow member calmly explained: "Concubine Ying, calm down... In the situation just now, Xiao Luan may be able to kill, but I'm afraid it will harm the innocent guards on the street. Concubine Ying, please look over there...
..." He raised his finger and pointed in a direction.
Zhao Ying looked in the direction pointed by the green crow, and then noticed a table of rangers looking at them indifferently outside the diagonally opposite door of the wine shop.
"Wei Gong Ziyu's "Chang Chai"...?"
Zhao Ying frowned in displeasure.
To be fair, in fact, the "Chang Chai" under Wei Gong Ziyu had no direct conflict with either the Qingya Zong or Zhao Ying's Nightingale. They only wanted to ensure one thing, and that was when the Wei people were assassinating Xiao Luan.
, will not affect the innocent guards - as long as this can be ensured, Chang Chai will turn a blind eye to the Qingya people and Zhao Ying.
Because this was what Wei Gong Ziyu had privately ordered.
But like today, Chang Chai would not allow Xiao Luan to be ambushed in the street. If Zhao Ying or the Green Crows had taken action just now, those rangers would naturally intervene - not to protect Xiao Luan, but simply to stop this incident.
The Wei people killed people in the streets in the Wei Kingdom, and even implicated innocent people. If this matter spread, how could the Wei State have the dignity to establish itself in the Central Plains? - Even the Wei court would not allow the Wei people to do this.
Such a domineering thing will only bring you a bad reputation.
Perhaps noticing Zhao Ying's gnashing of teeth, the Green Crow said in a low voice: "Concubine Ying, don't worry, our Green Crows have already said hello to Chang Chai, and Xiao Luan won't live long..."
Of course Zhao Ying understands what "Xiao Luan won't live long" means. As far as she knows, Wei Gongziyu's protection of Xiao Luan is nothing more than coveting a batch of ulterior wealth in Xiao Luan's hands, waiting to squeeze Xiao Luan dry.
Using the value, maybe Wei Gong Ziyu would order Xiao Luan to be killed and send Xiao Luan's head to the court of Wei King Zhao Run to repay the favor owed that day.
However, Zhao Ying does not want this. She is more inclined to kill Xiao Luan, the enemy, to avenge her adoptive father, King Yi Zhao Yuanli, rather than borrowing help - even if this person is her man Wei Jun Zhao Run.
"Go back and tell Gao Kuo not to send anyone to follow me again."
Leaving behind a few Wei copper rings as tea money, Zhao Ying said lightly, got up and left.
The Green Crow shrugged his shoulders.
Let’s not mention Zhao Ying and the Green Crows for the moment, let’s talk about Xiao Luan. He did not dare to leave the city rashly that day. After all, if he was in the city, the Green Crows would be afraid of the innocent people in the city and would not dare to surround and kill him. However,
If he rashly left the city under such circumstances and went to the deserted countryside, he would be seeking his own death.
After finding an alley and discarding the bloodstained clothes, Xiao Luan took the guard to a more prosperous area of the city and found an inn to stay.
After staying for several days, he disguised himself as an ordinary merchant, quietly left the city, and sneaked back to Dunqiu without a trace.
I have to say, living like this with your tail between your legs is really uncomfortable.
However, in comparison, there are worse things. For example, a few years ago, in order to hide in Wei State, Xiao Luan did not hesitate to give the remaining money he had accumulated to Wei Gong Ziyu in exchange for Wei Gong.
Gong Ziyu turned a blind eye to his whereabouts in Weiguo, but the worst thing is that the money will eventually be used up - in fact, there has been very little left recently.
Running out of money meant that Wei Gong Ziyu would no longer protect him, and would even burn bridges and use his head to please the king of Wei, Zhao Run. After all, in the past two years, Wei's momentum has been too fierce, especially recently.
After the "Alliance of All Nations", Xiao Luan dared to bet that it was not long before Wei Gong Ziyu took action against him.
After much deliberation, Xiao Luan decided that it was necessary for him to visit "Gongzi Jie" again.
Gongzi Jie, also known as Wei Jie, is the half-brother of Wei Gong Ziyu. This man is not as ambitious as his elder brother. He is very similar to the current Wei Wang Fei - both are mediocre!
But precisely because they were all mediocre, King Fei of Wei doted on Wei Jie very much, because Wei Jie's son's views were very similar to his: spare no effort to please the Wei State, and then enjoy peace.
In comparison, Wei Gong Ziyu has spent these years training new troops and studying manufacturing techniques in the Wei Kingdom. In fact, Wei Wang Fei is very disgusted. Firstly, these things require too much money from the Wei Kingdom. Secondly,
, Wei Wangfei felt that this move was unnecessary - with Wei Guo here, did Wei Guo still need to develop its own smelting technology?
In late April, when Wei Gong Ziyu was still in Daliang, the capital of Wei Dynasty, participating in the "Alliance of Nations" under the leadership of Wei Wang Zhao Run, Xiao Luan asked a Fuwei sergeant who looked like him to pretend to be himself for daily drills
The soldiers, but he himself, disguised himself and quietly came to Puyang, the capital of Wei State, to secretly visit the prince Wei Jie.
In fact, this was not his first visit to Wei Jie - after all, knowing that Wei Gong Ziyu would cross the river and destroy the bridge, how could he really sit back and wait for Wei Gong Ziyu to send people to kill him after draining his money?
Trying to get rid of Wei Yu is Xiao Luan's only way out now.
But if you want to get rid of Wei Yu, you must use the power of the Wei royal family, or to put it simply, instigate the struggle for the throne between the prince Wei Jie and the prince Wei Yu, and take the opportunity to get rid of Wei Yu during this civil strife.
If everything goes well, he, Xiao Luan, will be able to take root in the Wei State, unless the Wei State risks the disapproval of the world and does not hesitate to lead troops to attack the Wei State in order to kill him, Xiao Luan.
Like Wei Wang Fei, the young master Wei Jie is just a mediocre person who is greedy for pleasure. In the past, Xiao Luan didn't look down on this kind of thing, but the situation is stronger than others. Even he, Xiao Luan, can only stand in front of the idiot now.
, groveling.
The process of instigating Young Master Wei Jie was not difficult. Who made King Fei of Wei not get along with Young Master Yu, and doting on Young Master Jie who was just like him? This would inevitably make Young Master Jie covet the throne.
The problem is that the young master Wei Jie is not only a idiot, but also greedy for life and afraid of death. He is indecisive in the matter of seizing the throne. If there is no other way, Xiao Luan would really like to kill this kind of thing who only spends his energy on women's bellies——
It is simply unreasonable to think that the dignified Prince of Nan Yanhou would be reduced to giving advice to a idiot!
But there was no other way. Xiao Luan could only coax him in the end: "Young master, please don't hesitate any longer... The step master is still stubborn. When the king who loves you passes away one day, the master will no longer be Wei Yu's opponent. Wei Yu
You know very well what kind of person he is, do you still expect him to provide you with the comfort and enjoyment you have today?"
Upon hearing this, Wei Jie frowned deeply.
His biggest dissatisfaction or fear towards Wei Yu is not actually that Wei Yu will harm him after he ascends to the throne. After all, Wei Yu's character is still very good. Even if he ascends the throne and becomes king in the future, he will not harm his brothers.
But the key point is that Wei Yu strongly resists extravagance and luxury. He hopes that Wei Yu will use his limited money to make the country rich and powerful, rather than for the enjoyment of the royal family. This makes Wei Wang Fei and his son Wei Jie feel very disgusted -
-Although Prince Wei Yu himself is able to live a simple life every day and invest as much money as possible in national construction, it does not mean that others are willing to do the same.
It is no exaggeration to say that if the young master Wei Yu really ascends the throne and becomes the King of Wei one day, then even if he does not harm his brother Wei Jie, Wei Jie will lose the luxurious and privileged life he has today and live a simple life every day.
In fact, this may be the most fundamental reason why the prince Wei Jie wants to compete with his brother Wei Yu for the throne - he does not want to lose his rich and luxurious life.
It is precisely because of this that Xiao Luan was able to instigate the prince Wei Jie and Wei Yu to fight for the throne, thereby triggering civil strife in the Wei Kingdom, and taking advantage of the civil strife to eradicate Wei Yu.
As long as Wei Yu dies, Xiao Luan will naturally have a way to take root in Weiguo.
"...It is better to take action immediately while Wei Yu is not in the country." Xiao Luan instigated Young Master Wei Jie and said: "As far as the general knows, Wei Yu is still in Daliang of Wei State. While he is away, Young Master might as well..."
As he spoke, he whispered a few words in the ear of Young Master Wei Jie. Hearing this, Young Master Wei Jie, who was not very courageous in the first place, was frightened and said tremblingly: "This, isn't this rebellion?"
Seeing this useless guy, Xiao Luan was so angry that he couldn't help but feel angry.
He must admit that this young master, Wei Jie, does not even have half the courage of Wei Yu, let alone carry shoes for King Zhao Run of Wei.
After thinking for a while, he lowered his voice and said: "Sir, this may be your last chance. Do you want to lose everything today and live your life with meager meals every day?"
Hearing this, Young Master Wei Jie was shocked. After a while, he gritted his teeth with an ugly expression.