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Li Fengmu quickly nodded in agreement.
Li Zongxian walked out of the room slowly, with a hint of tiredness on his face: "Did you see Liu Zhigang, the prefect of Longxi before?"
Li Fengmu frowned and replied: "Yes, father, he is here to borrow food again!"
Li Zongxian looked sarcastic: "Liu Zhigang came to borrow food, but he also did it to show the emperor and Wang Junlin. After all, Wang Junlin suddenly disappeared and was hiding in the dark. With his vicious reputation, how could Liu Zhigang not be afraid?"
"Father, will Wang Junlin turn into an assassin and sneak into our house secretly to poison us?" Li Fengmu asked hesitantly.
Listening to these words, Li Zongxian's eyelids jumped sharply, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes became deeper. After a while, he shook his head and said: "Probably not. In the past few months, I have carefully analyzed Wang Junlin with more than 30 staff.
In everything he did in the past year after his appearance, this son was ruthless and decisive, but he was not a reckless person. Moreover, this son had always been ambitious in the officialdom and would never risk being regarded as the number one by all the aristocratic families, nobles and nobles.
The risk of a great enemy doing something like this."
Li Fengmu felt that what his father said was reasonable. He couldn't help but calm down a little. He thought for a moment and said: "Recently, there has been a turmoil in the capital over the victims of the three counties of Yongzhou. More than half of the court officials forced the emperor to issue an order to capture Wang Junlin, but the emperor insisted
He withstood everyone's pressure and delayed issuing an edict. If he failed to force the emperor to issue an edict to capture Wang Junlin in the end, he might have to use the Taoist nun's apprentice as bait and mobilize people to surround and kill Wang Junlin. That's all.
First of all, we broke the rules of the game first. If we kill Wang Junlin, everything will be happy and no one will say anything. But if we fail, Wang Junlin will definitely use taboo methods to deal with us, and then there will be endless troubles."
"The reason why the emperor has delayed issuing the decree is because there has not yet been unrest in Yongzhou..." Li Zongxian, the head of the Li family in Longxi, said with a sneer: "For the emperor, what he fears most is the unrest in the country. Although Wang Junlin's position in Yang Jian's heart is important, but
Compared to the turmoil in a state, it is nothing to mention. When the time comes, the emperor will not hesitate to sacrifice Wang Junlin."
Li Fengmu frowned slightly and said, "Father, the attitude of Wang Tong, the governor of Yongzhou, has always been ambiguous. Will he betray us?"
"This is an old fox. The Taiyuan Wang family and our Longxi Li family are both from a thousand-year-old family. I know exactly what he is thinking. You don't have to worry about him betraying us, but don't presume that he will help us until things are clear.
." A faint smile appeared on Li Zongxian's face, "Of course, if the situation goes bad, the worst possible thing is to make a deal with the Taiyuan Wang family."
After Li Fengmu thought for a while, he said softly: "My son met with everyone before sending everyone to Black Stone Wind a few days ago."
The so-called "everyone" in this sentence refers to the high-ranking nobles and big landowners in the Yongzhou area.
Li Fengmu continued to report: "After preliminary calculations, the grain in the hands of our Li family accounts for about half of Yongzhou, and the grains in the hands of the major nobles and landowners who were invited by us to eat and drink temporarily in Black Stone Mountain are no less than ours.
How many."
Li Zongxian nodded and said: "If I am not mistaken, Wang Junlin is also looking for these people secretly and wants to get food from them. So we must keep an eye on these people. We might as well meet all their requests and wait for things to happen.
After that, if anyone dares not to listen to us, we will make them pay the price."
Speaking of this, the owner of the Li family in Longxi faintly revealed the confidence and pride that the head of a thousand-year-old family should have.
"The key is Yang Hushi, the middle man." Li Zongxian frowned slightly and said: "We have secretly raised the White Scorpion Gang for many years, and now its strength cannot be underestimated. The leader of the gang, Chen Xuanpeng, is a great master in breaking the power, and the four major hall leaders under him are all stagnant.
There are a total of 2,000 masters in the gang. Moreover, Black Rock Mountain, where the White Scorpion Gang is located, is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Unless Wang Junlin has tens of thousands of troops, there is nothing he can do even if he learns that the noble landowners are on Black Rock Mountain. So,
, as long as Yang Hushi firmly controls the General Manager's Mansion, Wang Junlin will have difficulty mobilizing any troops in Jincheng County, and his troops in Zhangye County do not have the order of the court and the emperor's will. He can only mobilize a thousand soldiers at most. And
As long as his soldiers dare to appear in Jincheng County, he himself will be exposed in the open. We have many opportunities for his soldiers and horses to conflict with the refugees, and thousands of refugees will die. I wonder if Yang Jian still dares to protect him with all his strength.
he."
"My child understands. Please tell me what you need to do now." Li Fengmu showed no sign of being taught and respectfully asked for instructions.
Li Zongxian thought for a while and said: "Go to Blackstone Mountain in person to take charge. Although Chen Xuanpeng has high martial arts skills, he is still a reckless person. Moreover, I am worried that this officer will bully the big landowners and nobles. Go and watch and don't let this person."
If you cause trouble, it will not end well."
Li Fengmu said solemnly: "My child knows what to do. Now go back and clean up. We will leave for Blackstone Mountain immediately today."
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In Jincheng, Wang Junlin took Xu Jingzong and said goodbye to Wang Tong on the second day, left the Governor's Mansion and returned to the secret stronghold.
"In this way, the Black Rock Mountain White Scorpion Gang is an armed force secretly maintained by the Li family in Longxi, and now more than a hundred noble landowners who own half of Jincheng County's food are hiding in the White Scorpion Gang."
Wang Junlin was a little surprised about the hiding place of the landowners and nobles that Shen Guang found out.
"Yes, Lord Marquis, there is a spy named Dou Fagui among his humble subordinates. He has a friend who is from the White Scorpion Gang. The other party does not know that Dou Fagui is one of ours. The other party accidentally mentioned it when they were drinking yesterday.
A group of landlords came to their gang. Their gang leader fell in love with a concubine of the other landlord. The landlord was unwilling to part with her, so his gang leader sent someone to steal the concubine at night. After receiving a tip from Dou Fagui, the gang leader
Giving Dou Fagui fifty taels of gold not only bribed his friends, but also further confirmed the news from his mouth, and also made Dou Fagui join the White Scorpion Gang." Shen Guang said with a look of luck. It has to be said that the power of the Li family in Longxi
It was too big, and they had done a very secretive job of hiding these noble landowners in the White Scorpion Gang. It was just good luck that they were able to find out the news this time.
"Tell me about the strength of the White Scorpion Gang." Wang Junlin nodded and asked a key question.
Shen Guang perked up and said: "For the record, Lord Marquis, the White Scorpion Gang was originally the largest gang in Jincheng County. Its home base is located on the Black Rock Mountain a hundred miles south of Jincheng. Before that, it was just a group of ordinary bandits, that is,
Hundreds of people. The imperial court sent troops to encircle and suppress them a few years ago, but Black Rock Mountain is behind a deep stream, and the mountain is full of strange peaks and steep cliffs, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack."