Wu Xiang stood up from the ground with a plain expression and gently wiped away the dust from his clothes: "I am loyal to the master, not the young master. If the master does not kill me, the young master will not be able to kill me."
"Okay, Wuxiang, your wings are hard, you dare to challenge me." An Qingxu laughed in anger, "I don't know what kind of ecstasy you gave my father, but he was reluctant to kill you. Well, I will give you another chance. Now that there is something happening in Chang'an, Li Chu still caught the handle of our contact with Yang Guozhong. The old boy Yang Guozhong still couldn't bear the responsibility, turned him down and attacked us and exposed the matter of our rebellion. The emperor was skeptical and sent an envoy to Fanyang to announce the imperial edict and asked my father to enter the palace. If my father went there, it would prove that he had no intention, but it was more likely that he would never come back in his life. If he didn't go, he would confirm our rebellion."
"So, do you know how to solve it?"
Wu Xiang nodded: "If you kill the envoy, no one will announce the edict, so you can naturally not go."
"Smart." An Qingxu patted Wu Xiang on the shoulder, "I hope you'll be better off always being so smart and don't do anything stupid."
An Qingxu walked out: "The imperial envoys will come to Fanyang's territory four days later. I don't need to teach you what to do. Remember, don't be caught by anyone."
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The three towns are Pinglu, Fanyang, and Hedong. The land is thousands of miles wide, the land is fertile, the money and food are sufficient, and the people are strong. It is a place that military strategists must fight for.
An Lushan, who owns the three towns, was named Prince of Dongping. He can be said to be the most powerful man in the Tang Dynasty except Emperor Li Longji.
Along the way, he came from Luoyang to Fanyang. What he saw and heard made people like Li Xin'an and Xiao Xuangan who were used to seeing life and death on the tip of a knife amazed him.
In the three towns, whether it is a strong man or a thin child, whether it is a wide road or a field path, when and where, everyone wears swords. This seems to be an unwritten custom in the three towns. Men are proud of wearing swords, and children also play with wooden swords and swords.
Although the people of the Tang Dynasty could not help but have swords and weapons, this scale was still too terrifying.
"No wonder An Lushan wants to rebel." Ye Qinglan sighed, "If I were him, I would have the confidence to see the people in my jurisdiction.
"Tsk, stop talking!" Murong Bai scolded coldly.
"Fan Yang City is ahead." Li Xin'an said.
"It seems, it's not easy."
As An Lushan's old nest, Fan Yang's defenders have been extremely strict in checking people entering and leaving the city. They have to ask clearly their hometown, name and age. This is not the end. They also have to ask about what happened recently in the local area, such as how many people died in the year and month, and how many people died when and where, etc. Once they can't answer, they will not be allowed to enter the city. If it is really suspicious, they will have to be taken to the prison for some careful investigation.
This strict investigation system is obviously fatal to Li Xin'an's group, because they are not from the three towns. Once they enter the city, they will inevitably cause a lot of unnecessary trouble.
However, everything is not so absolute. The city guarding officer at the South Gate of Fanyang had just married a concubine a few days ago. In order to avoid the aunt at home getting angry, he bought a golden house from outside and hid a beautiful woman from a high price, owing 400 taels of silver.
And just yesterday, someone found the officer and told him that the debt of 400 taels was cancelled. As a cost, he would help a few people into the city today.
No matter how strong and indestructible the city wall is, cracks will inevitably appear. No matter how delicious the soup is, it will always fall into one or two rat shit. What's more, it is human? People are the most likely to have problems.
Li Xin arranged it in front, and the soldier asked, "Name?"
"Li Chen."
"age."
"The 21st year of the year."
"Location."
"Luzhou people."
When the officer beside him heard this conversation, he couldn't help but look up his eyes and looked at Li Xin'an carefully. Looking at his clothes, he could be sure that he was the people he wanted to take care of.
"What's going on when I enter the city?" The officer intentionally or unintentionally
I asked, and the timing was very appropriate.
"Go to the city to visit friends."
"Where is the friend?"
"Fan Yang Cui'an Lane."
"What's the name of a friend?"
"Call Zhang Tao."
"Okay, go in." The officer waved his hand, and the first person successfully sneaked into the city.
After that, he did the same thing, and Li Xin'an and 12 others entered the city.
The officer felt that he was very profitable when he let twelve people into the city and earned 400 taels of silver. But he never thought that because of these 400 taels, he would lose his head in the future.
After sneaking into Fanyang City, Li Xin'an and others broke the pieces as they had discussed before, and each lived in a different inn.
As night fell, the curfew in Fanyang City was even worse than that in Chang'an City. After the door was closed, no one was allowed to appear on the street.
But this is not difficult for those who can fly over the eaves and walls. In the middle of the night, Li Xin'an pushed open the window of the inn and accompanied Zhou Bian. The two of them rushed into the darkness like swallows in the darkness.
An Lushan’s government office was their goal for this trip.
The two arrived at the meeting place that had been agreed upon. Murong Bai, Han Jiqing and others had arrived first, and then waited for a while, and they were all together.
"Since everyone is here, let's start analyzing the current situation."
Murong Bai was the first to speak, "When I came, I walked a little longer toward the Anlushan Mansion. It was very tightly guarded. There were soldiers' handles at every intersection, and there were also people patrolling the rivers and lakes. There were strong bows and crossbows on the high buildings. It was difficult to get over it."
"The defense is so tight, and it is definitely not enough to attack hard. You must be smart." Zhao Wanfang said.
"These are just night precautions, what will happen during the day?" Han Jiqing asked.
"Of course this is not like this during the day." Li Xin'an said, "When the day comes, the *** here will be transferred away. The important task of defense will be given to those who are turning to An Lushan."
"Since that's the case, maybe you can try to get into An Lushan's government office from the daytime."
"I also have this idea." Li Xin'an nodded and said, "There are thousands of people in An Lushan's mansion, and the daily expenses are very high. During the day, I deliver things to it almost uninterruptedly. There are more than ten trucks of food alone. There are two people who often deliver large-scale vegetables to An Lushan's mansion, one is Wang and the other is Zhang. We only removed the Wang family before, but have not taken it completely. Since we are here, we will strive to completely control the Wang family tomorrow, let him hide us in the delivery truck and sneak into An Lushan's mansion!"
Gu Yi exclaimed, "Brother Li, I haven't seen you plan your troops along the way. Why do you immediately prepare everything once you arrive in Fanyang? What's going on?"
Li Xinan smiled and said, "Keep confidential!"
The secret is naturally the relationship between Xueyitang and the Ye family. With their relationship and intelligence network, Li Xin'an and the others finally found such an opportunity in Fanyang City, which also consumed countless material and financial resources.
After finalizing the countermeasures, everyone was about to leave when they heard a angrily shout from the roof in the distance: "Who? Stop!"
"Has been discovered?" Li Xin'an's face changed drastically, "Go away quickly, leave separately!"
This is like a beacon on the Great Wall. When one place is lit, the rest will be known.
In an instant, countless torches lit up in the darkness, and I don’t know how many people rushed towards them.
Li Xin'an fled. In a panic, he turned into a box, but happened to run into a collision with the people who came to surround him.
"It's him, he only has someone to catch the living, everyone will go together!"
The narrow place was not enough for several people to take action together, which gave Li Xin'an great convenience. He drew his sword in an orderly manner and no one was his enemy, and he did not leave a living mouth.
This is a wolf's den, and the hunter will not be stupid enough to leave any wolf behind, even if it does not pose any threat to himself.
Run back to the inn in panic. After a stick of incense, Zhou Bian also came back, but it looked like he was better than Li
I feel more at ease and feel embarrassed.
Many people died tonight, but they were all defenders and gangsters of Fanyang City. Thieves were infiltrated into the city, causing storms and rain. The officers and soldiers searched from house to house. Li Xin'an and Zhou Bian were terrified and hid all night without closing their eyes. Fortunately, they had not found this yet.
The next day, the two changed their clothes and went out and met with the others again. No one was seriously injured, only Shen Qi was cut in the arm.
There are two large vegetable growers in Fanyang City, and the Wang family is one of them.
The officers and soldiers arrested people last night, which scared the Wang family. However, when the officers and soldiers saw that they were serving vegetables to An Lushan's mansion, they were half of their own, so they didn't do anything. They came in politely, pretended to be, and left politely.
The Wang family was so scared that they didn't sleep all night. They packed up the vegetables this morning and asked the youngest son at home to drive a car to send them to the governor. However, as soon as the youngest son left, an uninvited guest came.
"Is Uncle Wang at home?"
The person who came to the door were some strange faces he had never seen before. The old man of the Wang family stood up and said, "I am, I am..."
"We are merchants from other places, so we are here to do a business with your home."
"We dare not behave, we are not afraid to behave, we are small businesses and cannot do big business." Mr. Wang waved his hand and said, "We are just growing vegetables and delivering vegetables."
"What we need is the delivery of food." Li Xin'an smiled, "And, the business we are going to do with you is not money."
"Not silver? What can it be?" Mr. Wang was puzzled.
"people!"
Li Xin'an coughed a few times: "Old man, I remember correctly. You have three sons in total. The second son died prematurely, the younger son often accompanied him, but the eldest son was ignorant and stubborn. Is it true that he has been living in the brothels of gambling houses all year round?"
Mr. Wang nodded and sighed: "As the saying goes, good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles. I'm afraid everyone knows my family's shame."
"If this is the case, it's all right. Your eldest son lost money in the gambling house a few days ago, but he refused to admit it and injured two friends in the gambling house. However, the owner behind the gambling house is of great origin and wants to send your eldest son to prison to behead him. Is there any such thing?"
Mr. Wang's face was ashamed: "How do you... know?"
"I also know that the Wang family has worked hard to earn over the years and has spent all the three hundred taels of silver. I want to rescue your eldest son, but the mud is gone and there is no news. Actually, if you think about it carefully, your eldest son's gambling debts over the years are more than 300 taels? I'm afraid it's not enough to even nodify."
"Who are you? What do you want?"
Li Xinan smiled and said, "I said, I want to do a business with a few of you."
He clapped his hands, and Xiao Xuangan took a man to Mr. Wang.
Looking at the haggard but extremely familiar face, Mr. Wang’s emotions were hard to explain at this moment - who else could this be his incompetent eldest son!
"How?" Li Xin'an asked, "Old man, are you interested in listening to my conditions?"
"Okay." Mr. Wang sighed to the sky, "No matter what you want to do, I agree."