Chapter 1629 Nie Xiaoyu in the eyes of Li Jiancheng
The negotiation process for the exchange of important hostages between the Far East Army and the Li Yuan Group went very smoothly. The two sides agreed not to use large armies, but only agreed on a place. One or two people from each side went to the scene with the hostages for the exchange.
As a hostage, Li Jiancheng has lost his freedom and his life and death are unknown. Naturally, it is impossible to live comfortably in Taiyuan Prefecture these days. However, purely in terms of living security, his life is not bad, but it is not good either.
Being able to have enough food and drink, and good accommodation conditions, but without any maids or servants to serve you, is a beautiful life that many people dream of in this troubled world.
However, it was already very difficult for Li Jiancheng, who grew up in fine clothes and fine food, and was served by hordes of servants.
What made Li Jiancheng even more uncomfortable was that he was never received by Wang Junlin from beginning to end.
Li Jianben thought that Wang Junlin would definitely meet him in person because of his status as a prince in the Li Yuan Group. As a result, he was easily captured by the Pei family through a beauty trap, and when he woke up, he was locked up in this small courtyard without any information.
People come to see themselves, and no one even comes to ask questions about themselves.
It is normal for a low-status person to be looked down upon by others, but for someone who is superior or thinks he is superior to be suddenly looked down upon, and is completely looked down upon, it feels extremely uncomfortable.
Li Jiancheng felt like this now, and even this feeling made him forget that he was a prisoner and a prisoner.
In addition, unlike Shen Guoer, who was imprisoned in the most heavily guarded place in Chang'an City and could not escape, he could still receive certain information from the Military Intelligence Agency. Li Jiancheng was completely isolated in Taiyuan Mansion.
It's not that no one tried to rescue and deliver news, but many of the masters Li Yuan photographed and some of the secret agents in Taiyuan City he used were all dead, including a dead man sent by a direct descendant of the Wang family.
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The dead man was indeed a dead man, but in the hands of the Military Intelligence Bureau, with some methods passed down by Nie Xiaoyu, the dead man finally relented and confessed the person behind the scenes: a direct descendant of the Wang family.
However, Wang Junlin did not order the death of the direct descendant of the Wang family, because before Wang Junlin could give the order, Wang Xu, the current head of the Wang family and the prefect of Taiyuan County, personally ordered the death of his nephew and took the body with him.
He ran to Wang Junlin, knelt at Wang Junlin's feet and cried, complaining that Li Yuan was despicable and shameless for instigating his nephew to do such a stupid thing... and then he confessed his crime with a very upright and sincere attitude.
Wang Junlin didn't blame Wang Xu too much, and even helped him up with a smile.
But after helping him up, Wang Junlin casually said something that had nothing to do with this matter: "You Wang family still has too much fertile land."
After hearing these words, Wang Junlin, who was feeling uneasy just now, felt at ease because Wang Junlin did not curse loudly, but instead gave himself a good look.
Therefore, in the end, because of this incident, the Wang family took out 500,000 acres of fertile land in the counties in Hedong as public land in the counties in Hedong, which was contracted by the government to farmers for planting.
Including the 500,000 acres of fertile land that the Wang family had contributed previously, the Wang family has contributed one million acres of fertile land, and it is said that the remaining fertile land of their own family is only over 100,000 acres.
With more than 100,000 acres of fertile land, no matter how much
In any dynasty, it is something that only the top big landowners and nobles can do, but for a wealthy family with a history of thousands of years, this is already the most "slim" time.
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Early in the morning that day, as usual, Li Jiancheng had a simple but adequate breakfast with disgust, and took a walk in the small courtyard where he was kept with a sad look on his face.
However, when passing by a garden, his eyes flashed, and he suddenly found a figure appearing in front of him.
Wearing a white dress of a style he had never seen before, she looked to be only seventeen or eighteen years old. She was breathtakingly beautiful and had transcended the realm of human beings.
There was a look of astonishment in Li Jiancheng's eyes. After being indulged in it for a moment, his pupils suddenly shrank and he said in a trembling voice: "Are you a human or a ghost?"
The girl's face showed no change in expression from beginning to end, and she replied calmly: "I am neither a human nor a ghost."
Li Jiancheng was startled for a moment, and then his expression changed. He tried not to let his body go soft, but he couldn't help but fidget a little and said, "The girl is neither a human nor a ghost. Could it be that she is a fairy who has descended to earth."
The girl said: "I am not a fairy either."
During this process, Li Jiancheng carefully observed the girl's body and shadow, and found that she was clearly a real person. Most of the timidity in his heart disappeared. Then he thought about how many experts from the Far East Army's Military Intelligence Office were staring at him inside and outside the courtyard.
No matter how mysterious this girl is, she is actually a member of the Far Eastern Army. It is even possible that this girl was sent by Wang Junlin himself based on her appearance.
"No...you...you are the junior sister of King Qin An and the master of my third brother Xuanba, but..." Li Jiancheng finally remembered that ten years ago, when Wang Junlin was appointed as the prefect of Fanyang County, he stopped by to visit their house in Hebei.
In Tang Gong's Mansion, Wang Junlin had an extremely beautiful girl with him at that time. He remembered that she was just like the girl in front of him, cold and expressionless. At that time, his third brother Xuan Ba was suffering from a hidden disease and was weak. His father wanted to
Seeing that King Qin An had great supernatural powers, he asked King Qin An for treatment, but in the end it was King Qin An's junior sister who diagnosed the condition and said that it could be cured.
However, at that time, the girl said it would take at least a year, so her father asked Xuan Ba to follow King Qin An and worship the girl as his teacher.
Ten years have passed since this incident. If it weren't for the fact that this girl looked so perfect and left such a deep impression on people, Li Jiancheng wouldn't be able to remember it at all.
"No, this woman looked seventeen or eighteen years ago ten years ago. Now ten years later, she still looks seventeen or eighteen years old. It seems that she has not changed at all." Li Jiancheng remembered something and his face changed drastically. He looked at the girl as if she was
I saw a scary monster.
"Is this still a human being?" Thinking again about the girl saying that she was not a human being, Li Jiancheng suddenly felt chills all over, and he was extremely frightened. "She said before that she was not a human being, nor a ghost, nor a fairy who descended from the earth. Could it be that she is a monster?"
Li Jiancheng had a good imagination, but he didn't dare to ask any more questions. Instead, he got up, pretended to be calm, bowed deeply to Nie Xiaoyu, and said, "Jianjiancheng pays homage to Master Auntie."
Nie Xiaoyu didn't reply for a while, as if he didn't expect that Li Jiancheng would call him this. However, Li Xuanba was his apprentice, and Li Jiancheng was Li Xuanba's brother, so it wasn't wrong to call him this.
"Follow me." Nie Xiao
Yu said lightly, then turned around and walked out of the yard.
Li Jiancheng was stunned for a moment, and then followed Nie Xiaoyu outside the hospital. He thought of a possibility and felt a little excited in his heart.
"Is Wang Junlin finally going to meet me?" Li Jiancheng's pain of being slighted these days has mostly dissipated, and he can't help but secretly thought: "Yes, Wang Junlin deliberately ignored me before, and the purpose was to let me know during the conversation.
I am absolutely passive in order to achieve a certain goal."
There were soldiers from the Far Eastern Army guarding the door. Li Jiancheng had a vague feeling that there were some martial arts masters lurking in invisible places. However, following Nie Xiaoyu out of the small courtyard, no one stopped or even asked questions. This made Li Jiancheng more and more sure that it was Wang Junlin who finally
I want to see myself.
There was a spacious carriage at the door, driven by a one-armed old man. Nie Xiaoyu got on the carriage and motioned for Li Jiancheng to come up.
Li Jiancheng wanted to say that he didn't want to ride in the same car as Nie Xiaoyu, but in the end he didn't have the courage to say it and climbed into the car obediently.
Fortunately, there was a lot of space inside the carriage, and there was even a coffee table in the middle. Nie Xiaoyu sat on one side, and Li Jiancheng was on the other side of the coffee table. However, he did not dare to look at Nie Xiaoyu, so he opened the curtains and looked greedily at the street.
Shops and pedestrians on the side.
After being imprisoned for more than a month, Li Jiancheng found everything on the street very pleasing to the eye.
However, Li Jiancheng soon discovered that Taiyuan City seemed to be more prosperous than when the Li family controlled it. This could be seen from the number of people walking on the street and the number of customers coming in and out of shops and stalls.
Moreover, he also found that compared to before, the people in Taiyuan City today had more smiles on their faces, and there were significantly more civilian women shopping and children playing on the streets.
You must know that although the security of Taiyuan City under the management of the Li family was better than that of the Sui Dynasty, women and children did not dare to take to the streets in such a big way because they could easily be spotted and then often disappear.
There are too many human traffickers and strong men who bully men and women these days.
"It's been less than three months, right?" Li Jiancheng murmured to himself, with a look of emotion on his face, "I wonder what the situation is like in Fanyang County?"
Taking a deep breath, Li Jiancheng lowered the curtains, stopped thinking about other things, and began to think secretly in his mind about how to speak to Wang Junlin later.
How to talk to Wang Junlin in a neither humble nor arrogant manner without angering him, and then seek benefits for yourself according to the situation, change the current situation, and at least make yourself live a more comfortable life.
Although he could not compare with his second brother Li Shimin in military terms, and in some strategic methods, he seemed to be unable to compare with this younger brother whom he had always regarded as a serious enemy, but Li Jiancheng had always been very confident in his eloquence.
He believed that as long as he was given a chance to meet Wang Junlin, he would be able to change something through his sharp tongue. He had always been very confident in his ventriloquism.
However, to Li Jiancheng's disappointment, Nie Xiaoyu took him all the way to the south gate and out of the city.
Having positioned Nie Xiaoyu as a terrifying existence like a monster, Li Jiancheng did not dare to ask questions, but secretly guessed that Wang Junlin did not live in Taiyuan City, but lived outside the city, such as in Jinyang Palace. This was also consistent with the situation.