Yang Yuanqing was startled, turned around and walked out of the store door. He saw a group of horseback riders appearing on the street corner in the dark. Everyone was dressed in black, tall and burly, with strong and powerful horses under their crotches. Although there were only nine of them, they could not hide the kind of aura they had.
Their murderous aura made people feel that they were stronger and more ferocious than hundreds of people.
Yang Yuanqing slowly pressed the handle of the knife and stared at the nine men in black with squinted eyes. Gradually, his grip on the handle of the knife gradually loosened, and a familiar feeling poured into his heart.
Nine big men in black came to the Red Rust Tea Shop, got off their horses and knelt down in front of Yang Yuanqing, "See you, young master!"
Yang Yuanqing has recognized them as the Eighteen Iron Shadow Cavalry of his grandfather Yang Su. After quelling the rebellion of the King of Han, he left nine Jia guards in the Youzhou army, and the other nine B guards followed his grandfather, right in front of him.
These nine big men.
Yang Yuanqing hurriedly stepped forward to help them up, "No need to be polite, please get up quickly!"
The nine people couldn't help but shed tears, "The old master's last words were for us to continue to follow the young master, but the Yang family disbanded us, leaving us helpless. Everyone got together again and begged the young master to accept us and let us
We have something to turn to.
Yang Su's Eighteen Iron Shadow Guards are all orphans in the army. They have followed Yang Su since they were young and have been loyal for more than ten years. Now most of them are over thirty years old, but their master unfortunately died of illness. The Yang family no longer takes them in.
They disbanded, causing their hearts to lose their jing
God relied on them, but they were at a loss. After being separated for a while, they reunited spontaneously and decided to obey their old master's last words and go find Yang Yuanqing. Today they were preparing to leave for Wuyuan County when they happened to meet Yang Wei and learned that Yang Yuanqing was in the capital. They
Then he followed.
Looking at these loyal old subordinates and a pair of eyes filled with tears, Yang Yuanqing was deeply moved in his heart. He nodded solemnly, "Okay! You will follow me from now on. The Eighteen Iron Shadow Guards will never be disbanded.
From today on, your surnames will all be Yang, from Yang Dalang to Yang Jiulang. You will no longer be called Yiyi and Yier. Everyone, get up!"
Everyone was overjoyed and kowtowed three times to Yang Yuanqing, "I am willing to die for my young master!"
Yang Yuanqing sighed secretly in his heart. He did not expect that the only inheritance left to him by his grandfather was the Eighteen Iron Shadow Cavalry. The nine people in Group B are all highly skilled in martial arts and are good at cavalry. They can fight one against a hundred. They will be their own
A great help, and they came at the right time. They appeared when we needed manpower the most.
At this time, shopkeeper Liu Er came out in a panic carrying a package. He wanted to go home first.
"General Yang, I'll leave first."
"Wait a minute!"
Yang Yuanqing suddenly thought of something and asked him: "Do you know Bai Forge Iron Shop?"
Shopkeeper Liu Er was very familiar with the situation in Fengdu City. He thought for a while and said: "It seems to be the largest store in Tiexing. It is the second one in the west. It covers an area of eight acres and specializes in selling pig iron. I heard it is
The background of the Yuwenshu family is that most blacksmiths will go to buy pig iron from them, and the business is very good."
"Are you definitely from Yuwen Shu's family background?" Yang Yuanqing asked again.
Shopkeeper Liu Er shook his head, "I just heard that I'm not sure, but you can check it from the City Department. They actually know the background behind every shop in Fengdu City."
"Go ahead! Wait for notification when we will resume business."
Shopkeeper Liu Er bowed to Yang Yuanqing and left in a hurry. Several waiters also left one after another. Only Yang Yuanqing and a dozen of his subordinates were left in the teahouse.
The room on the second floor was brightly lit. Yang Yuanqing sat at the table and meditated for a long time. On the small table was the arrow letter he got on the way. Just two days after he came back, a series of strange things happened. Someone seemed to want to deal with it.
He is not in a good position, and someone seems to want to help him again. Yang Yuanqing's
His intuition told him that the person who was disadvantageous to him was most likely Yu Wenshu, so who would be the person who wanted to help him? If it were Yang Lihua, the crown prince, he would not be so sneaky and actually use the method of shooting arrows.
, is there any trap in this Hundred Forged Iron Shop?
"Be careful with the army!"
Suddenly there was a low cry, 'Crack!', and another arrow shot through the window and was nailed to the wall. The tail of the arrow trembled slightly, but there was still a letter on the arrow shaft.
"here we go again!"
Yang Yuanqing sneered, stepped forward and pulled out the arrow. He took out the letter and spread it on the table. The handwriting of the two letters was exactly the same, except that the second one had a few more lines, which was actually an explanation of the first letter.
'Tonight Yuwen Shu will raid the Red Rust Tea House at night, and the wrought iron pavilion will be the place where the Yuwen family sells pig iron to the Turks. If Yang Yuanqing still has some doubts about the first letter, then the second letter
The explanation made Yang Yuanqing couldn't help laughing. The purely superfluous explanation suddenly made the complicated situation clear.
Yuwenshu, the mantis, waved a big knife and wanted to attack him, but there was a oriole hunting the mantis hidden behind him, and he stuffed Yuwenshu's handle into his hand, obviously intending to use his own hands to deal with Yuwenshu.
There are two pieces of information here that interest Yang Yuanqing. Who is the person behind the scenes? The second is that Yu Wenshu actually sent pig iron to the Turks.
Yang Yuanqing pondered for a moment. He looked up at the clepsydra in the corner of the room. It was not yet midnight. At this moment, he made a bold decision. He would use the simplest way to deal with the matter.
Yang Guang reviews a large number of memorials every day. Usually he will be busy until the end of Haishi. At this time, there is still half an hour before he ends the day's court affairs. He is a little tired. There are not many memorials on the table anymore.
There were only a few thin books left, and he flipped through them casually. There was nothing urgent, so he yawned and ordered: "Pack your things! I'm a little sleepy, and I'm going to drive back to the palace."
At this time, an old eunuch hurriedly walked in, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, Yang Yuanqing is here to see you urgently! He said that he has something important to report to your Majesty.
Yang Guang was really tired and didn't want to hear any more reports. He was about to refuse, but then he thought about it and ordered: "Announce his appearance!"
In the square of the main hall, two eunuchs held up lanterns and guided Yang Yuanqing to quickly walk towards the Xuanzheng Hall. An old eunuch whispered to Yang Yuanqing as he walked: "General Yang, generally after Xu Shi, the Holy Emperor will not receive ministers again unless he
You took the initiative to summon the minister, and the Holy One made an exception to see you. This is a favor to you! But don’t wait too long to see the Holy One. He is also very tired. Please finish the matter as soon as possible."
"Thank you, father-in-law, for reminding me. Yuan Qing will remember it."
They walked into the Xuanzheng side hall and came to the imperial study. The old eunuch went in to report. After a while, he came out and said: "General Yang, your Majesty ordered you to go in."
Yang Yuanqing tidied up his court clothes and quickly walked into Yang Guangyu's study. Yang Guang was reviewing the last memorial. While waiting for Yang Yuanqing, he simply approved the last few memorials.
"I, Yang Yuanqing, disturbed Your Majesty at night and felt frightened. Please forgive me!"
Yang Guang wrote the word "Emperor" on the last memorial, then put down his pen and said with a smile: "General Yang, what's the matter with coming to see me so late?"
"Your Majesty, it has only been fifteen hours since I returned to Beijing yesterday afternoon, but many strange things have happened. I feel troubled, so I came here to report to Your Majesty."
"What's weird?" Yang Guang asked with interest.
"That's right, I told Your Majesty this afternoon that I have a teahouse in Fengdu City. It has always been very peaceful. But starting from the evening, suspicious people kept appearing around the teahouse. Even the county government officials came to check.
In the evening, when I returned to Fengdu City, I received an arrow letter, and not long after, another one came. The content of these two arrow letters was very strange. I did not dare to hide it, so I reported it to the Holy One."
After Yang Yuanqing finished speaking, the eunuch next to him placed a gold plate on the plate. In the plate were the two arrow letters that Yang Yuanqing had received.
Yang Guang opened the two letters and read them. His face suddenly changed and he snorted: "How dare you sell pig iron to the Turks? How brave he is!"
"Your Majesty, I don't know whether the matter is true or not. I just feel that someone is trying to take advantage of me. I don't know much about the situation in the court and dare not act randomly. I can only report to your majesty and ask your majesty to give me a clue. Yang Guang raised his head and looked at the roof and pondered.
After a moment, he slowly said: "Can you report it to me in time?
It's good to report this matter, and let me know some inside information. In addition, I want to know two things. One is who is the manipulator behind this? The second is the evidence that Yuwenshu sold pig iron to the Turks. These two things
I'll leave the matter to you, and I hope you can give me an answer within three days."
After a pause, Yang Guang asked him again: "Remember, you must not let other people know about this matter. Unless you have no choice, don't use the Emperor's Sword that I gave you lightly."
"Please remember, I will never let you down."
The iron shops in Fengdu City are one of the larger ones among all the businesses. There are more than 100 shops with a dazzling array of all kinds of ironware. Among them, there are more than 20 weapon shops alone and more than 30 shops selling various agricultural tools.
Home, all kinds of pig iron products of nearly Qisheng in the entire Northern Sui Dynasty came in and out from here, and it occupied a large area.
Among the many shops that sell pig iron products, there are not many shops that sell raw pig iron ingots. There are only five shops in total. Bai Forging Iron Shop is one of them. It is also the largest iron shop in the entire iron company, covering an area of eight acres.
Hundreds of thousands of kilograms of iron ingots are stored in its warehouse, and it supplies more than half of the pig iron raw materials for major blacksmith shops in the capital.
It is simply unimaginable to run such a large-scale pig iron business without a backend. As for the platform, everyone in the iron company knows that it is actually Yu Wenshu's family property.
It was already midnight, and a street in Tieshi was deserted. There were no pedestrians, and only occasionally a stray dog ran along the corner.
At this time, two people appeared in front of the door of Bai Forge Iron Shop. They knocked hard. After a while, the lights in the shop came on. "Who is it?" a very impatient voice said.
"It's me, an official from the City Department, someone is looking for you."
Hearing that they were officials from the City Department, the door creaked and opened a crack. A man looked over and was stunned. There were no City Department officials outside, only two men in black.
"Who the hell are you?"
Before he could finish speaking, two men in black pounced on the gatekeeper like leopards, covered the gatekeeper's mouth, and knocked him unconscious with one palm. One of them waved his hand, and a dozen men in black rushed out from the alley opposite.
He came out and quickly ducked into the Hundred Forged Iron Shop.!