"How is the business of the company now? Is Mr. Fan Li still managing it?"
Gongsun Yan asked again.
"Master Chu has not been here for more than a year, right? The business has changed hands a long time ago, and Master Fan Li has also returned to the manor. This is the only inn left in the capital of the Fan family. If it were not for the loss, it would have been taken away by others.
"Fan Hong said quietly.
Hearing this, Gongsun Yan was shocked and blurted out:
"What? 'Huashengyuan' has gone bankrupt?"
"'Hua Sheng Yuan' has not closed down, but the owner has changed, and I heard that the business is not bad, eh? Mr. Chu, you just said that you are from Xia Su State, and your Anhua City City Lord's Palace is a big customer of 'Hua Sheng Yuan'"
Yeah, don't you know?" Fan Hong asked doubtfully.
"Who is the current owner of 'Huashengyuan'?" Gongsun Yan asked.
"Oh, it's Ding Haodong, the owner of Wanqitang."
Fan Hong replied quietly, then he took the menu ordered by Xing Kui and ran downstairs.
Not long after, all the food and drinks were served. At this time, all the customers in the restaurant were gone. The whole restaurant was empty and deserted. Only Fan Hong was standing lonely at the top of the stairs, ready to receive guests at any time.
Gongsun Yan waved his hand for him to come over again, and then asked:
"Shopkeeper Fan, you said Yajian is closed to the public now. How is Xiaojun doing now?"
"Xiaojun? Alas! Mr. Chu, it seems that you have indeed lived in a private room, and you still remember that girl. She has been dead for more than two years and committed suicide by drowning in the river." Fan Hong said sadly.
"What? She's dead? Why did she throw herself into the river?" Gongsun Yan was shocked.
"What other reasons could there be? After the fall of the capital, the Northerners looted here for three days. Many women who stayed here suffered. Xiaojun was tortured to a terrible extent at that time. She really couldn't bear it.
I ran out and jumped into the river when I had the opportunity."
Hearing this, Gongsun Yan's face was extremely gloomy. After a while, he asked again:
"Why didn't Xiaojun and the others leave with your boss?"
"Oh, Master Fan Li and the others were also in the city at that time. Something unexpected happened and they didn't have time to run away." Fan Hong replied quietly, and then he lowered his voice and said:
"Originally, the capital city could still hold on for a while. I heard that Duke Xiangguo had people open the city gate and let the northerners in. Their royal family was not robbed, but the people of the capital city suffered. What a sin!" Fan Hong shook his head and sighed.
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After hearing what he said, Gongsun Yan and the two were no longer in the mood to eat or drink. They took a few bites and settled the matter in a hurry. After recording the accounts, Gongsun Yan asked by the way:
"Shop Manager Fan, I'm here to do something. Who has the final say in the capital now? Is it the royal family?"
"Oh, I don't know about this, but you can go to the original General Military Mansion on Dongmen Street to find out. It is now the Southern Military Mansion of the Southern Army of the 'Mangyuan Kingdom'."
"Oh, thank you."
Gongsun Yan immediately handed Fan Hong two taels of silver as a tip, but Fan Hong did not refuse and accepted it gratefully.
Back in the room, Gongsun Yan said to Xing Kui:
"brother
Action, what suggestions do you have?”
"I have no objection! Everything is up to you!" Xing Kui replied firmly.
"Okay! Capture the thief first and capture the king first. Let's leave the Gangyuan Kingdom leaderless tonight first, and then we can plan for the future." Gongsun Yan said decisively.
Just after Youshi, Gongsun Yan and Xing Kui, dressed in black and short clothes, quietly slipped out of the inn and went straight to the eastern end of Capital East Street.
The two came to the vicinity of the General Military Mansion. Gongsun Yan released his mind to "explore" the past. He carefully "searched" floor by floor and room by room, and finally determined that a room on the third floor should be the headquarters of the Rampant Kingdom.
Room for living and working.
Perhaps because the commander-in-chief of the Rampant Kingdom was overconfident, there were no sentries or guards in the corridor or at the door of the room.
Gong and Sun Yan immediately used the "wall penetration technique" and entered the man's room directly. When the commander found out, a sword was already pressed against his throat. He immediately froze there, not daring to move.
Originally, Gongsun Yan wanted to behead him with one sword, but he suddenly discovered that the young commander in front of him was an "acquaintance". This person was none other than Guo Feng, the general of the Zhuguo Kingdom. He was the person Gongsun Yan protected when he served as a temporary bodyguard.
Qi Ziyan's fiancé.
Gongsun Yan said coldly:
"I never thought it was you who led the army to invade Huachen Kingdom!"
Guo Feng was not afraid in the face of danger. He asked with some surprise:
"you know me?"
"Of course, we were the ones who escorted your fiancée Qi Ziyan from Yongji Country back to your Rampant Country eight years ago. How come we forgot about it so quickly?"
After saying that, Gongsun Yan took back his sword, took out his mask and turned into a Chu official.
"It's you! Aren't you from the Yangyuan country?"
Guo Feng immediately recognized the former Chu official. He was protecting his fiancée at all costs, so he was naturally impressed. What's more, he had the intention of recruiting her at the beginning.
"Haha, if I said I was from Huachen, would you let me go at that time?" Gongsun Yan said.
"I didn't expect you to be from the Huachen country. Why? You came to me today to find an official position? There is no need to use this method!"
After saying that, he leaned back grandly and looked at Gongsun Yan with a playful look.
Gongsun Yan secretly laughed in his heart. It was already at this time and Guo Feng had not seen the situation clearly. It seemed that the people of the Bangyuan country did not take the people of the Huachen country seriously psychologically. Gongsun Yan immediately said:
"I came here today to discuss something with you. You should immediately give an order to withdraw all your legions from Huachen Kingdom!"
"What? Let our troops from the Yangyuan Kingdom withdraw? Are you right?"
Hearing this, Guo Feng looked at Gongsun Yan in surprise, with an incredulous look in his eyes.
"Yes! Right away!" Gongsun Yan had no doubts.
"Ha ha……"
The sound stopped suddenly, and Gongsun Yan's sword was pressed against his throat again.
Seeing this, Guo Feng said calmly:
"Haha, Brother Chu, we are here to help you maintain order as promised by the Lord Yongxiang. There is no need for you to be so hostile!"
"Maintaining order? After you invaded the Huachen Kingdom, you burned, killed, looted, raped women, and committed all kinds of evil. What if our Huachen Kingdom did the same thing and went to your Mangyuan Kingdom to maintain order and treated your wife Qi Ziyan like this?
How will we face it!" Gongsun Yan said coldly.
"That's enough! How can those untouchables be compared with my noble wife? You are seeking death!" Guo Feng said angrily.
"puff"
Gongsun Yan stopped talking nonsense and cut off his head with a knife. The two of them immediately started killing each other. A quarter of an hour later, the two of them left the General Military Mansion.
At this time, the top of the gate of the General Military Mansion was already covered with heads, and there was no one alive in the entire building.
The next day, an explosive news spread throughout the capital. The Nanjun Mansion of the Southern Army of the Rampant Kingdom was "annihilated." The entire Nanjun Mansion, from the supreme commander to the ordinary soldiers, except those who were performing tasks outside, were all beheaded.