Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

But he will not withdraw from the cooperation and establishment of Yangzhou Bank just because Cui Yizhen refuses.After all, this is an excellent opportunity for the Cui family of Goguryeo to tie up with the power of the Guanlong family in the Central Plains. Even if they pay a little bit of money, they can't get a share, so he has to go forward, not to mention there are two members?

In the eyes of their Goguryeo nobles, the family members of the Central Plains have always been Zhengshuo, the real nobles. Compared with them, the Goguryeo Cui family is at best an upstart of the foreign race.

In Goguryeo, no matter it is the Cui family, the Wang family, the Pu family, etc., they all have a deep-rooted belief, that is, to build the family into the eight major families of the Guanlong family in the Central Plains, and that is the real step forward. The threshold of the aristocratic family.

No matter what the purpose is, Cui Minghao will not let go of this opportunity to integrate into the Guanlong family. This is not only the direction that he, but also the entire Cui family in Goguryeo has been working hard on.

He had weighed it long ago, no matter how much it cost, even if Cui Yizhen and Zhang Chengzong took him as a fool, he would participate in the cooperation in the establishment of the Yangzhou bank.

Just by doing this, he will be a great hero of the entire Cui family in Goguryeo. In the future, maybe his father will let him take over as the head of the family because of this, and directly kick his elder brother Cui Mingsong who has always been valued by the family out.

Immediately, he regained his innocent smile, nodded and said: "Cousin Yizhen, since this is the rule set by the elders, then Minghao will stop making unreasonable demands, so as not to cause trouble to my cousin."

At this time, he seemed to have changed into a different person again, a whole obedient baby, with the appearance of being submissive.

They each had their own thoughts, and Cui Yizhen also pretended that this had never happened before, put a hand on Cui Minghao's shoulder with a smile, and warmly comforted him: "Cousin Minghao, the future will be long, there will be opportunities in the future, right? At present, what we urgently need is to successfully open the Yangzhou Bank and succeed in one fell swoop, and finally get the strong support of the elders. Well, in order to wish us a successful cooperation in advance, today I will be the host, and we will go to the Spring Stream Painting Boat to have a drink Huajiu made a fuss."

Cui Minghao responded respectfully: "Listen to cousin Yizhen."

Suddenly, Zhang Chengzong interrupted for no reason, and asked: "Brother Yizhen, you said that if we open a bank in Yangzhou, will it attract the attention of that dog governor named Guo? People like Yu Nuannuan and Liang Shuyu The Changlefang Bank was opened in partnership, and the grandson surnamed Guo must be a part of it. It is said that colleagues are enemies, will he use the power of the imperial court to deliberately embarrass us?"

"Yangzhou Inspector Guo Ye?"

Cui Yizhen raised his mouth slightly, and said with a sneer: "Didn't you hear what happened at the gate of your Zhang family's ancestral house in Gujing Lane this morning? Hehe, it is said that he has even provoked Fengleitang now, will he be able to live in peace in the future? I Seeing that he can't take care of himself now, right?"

"Wind Thunder Hall?"

When Zhang Chengzong heard these three words, he shuddered suddenly, and said with a slight joy on his face: "That's good, that's good, we should let Feng Lei Tang and the dog named Guo bite the dog, and the world will be peaceful that day, haha... ..."

"Let's go. Let's go to Slender West Lake now."

"Okay, today I want to see if this little fox like Yunshang is willing to drink a glass of wine with me, look at how hypocritical this little fairy is, my belly is like a fire, grandma's..."

After a while, the three of them walked out of Zhang's second-bedroom mansion shoulder to shoulder, prepared a carriage and set off for the Slender West Lake.

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In the northern suburbs of Yangzhou City,

There is a manor standing on the edge of the willow embankment in Slender West Lake. The walls of the yard are several feet high. The gate of the manor is closed tightly. Above the gate hangs a golden plaque with three big golden characters: Fengleizhuang.

Next to the Slender West Lake willow embankment, Fenglei Zhuang Zhongfenglei Hall.

This Fenglei Village is exactly where the entrance of Fenglei Hall is located.

After breakfast, Guo Ye and Chen Lang left the government office in casual clothes and came to the vicinity of Fenglei Village in the northern suburbs.

After checking the surroundings, when we arrived outside the gate of Fengleizhuang, it was already time for lunch.

Guo Ye looked at the empty gate of Fenglei Manor, and asked Chen Lang, "This is where the famous Fenglei Hall in Yangzhou is located? I think this manor is quite old."

Chen Lang looked around fearfully, and replied in a low voice: "Guo Inspector, don't underestimate this manor. I heard that there are many traps in this manor. How many people once wanted Lei Huhu's life? He lost his life in it. I heard that Leihuo came to Yangzhou 20 years ago alone, and took down the family business of Fengleitang with his bare hands. This person should not be underestimated."

Guo Ye mumbled the word Leihuo, and then asked, "Then do you know what Leihuo did before he came to Yangzhou to build Fengleitang?"

Chen Lang shook his head and sighed: "20 years ago, we were still a small soldier in the army. Where did we know he went to Lei Huo? But I heard that Lei Huo has been a gangster who licked blood with a knife for 20 years, and some people said , this Thunder Tiger used to be a juggler who specialized in gunpowder tricks. Hey, who knows?"

Guo Ye snorted, and wanted to ask a few more questions, when suddenly——

crunch...

The closed gate of Fenglei Village was pushed open slowly by someone, apparently someone in the village noticed their arrival.

Chapter 785

Squeak... bang!

The middle door of Fenglei Manor was wide open.

Dong dong dong dong, rustling, a burst of noisy footsteps suddenly sounded, about a dozen men rushed out from the gate of Fenglei Village, and then divided into two rows standing tall and straight with their hands behind their backs.

Chen Lang was taken aback by the sudden battle, subconsciously glanced at Guo Ye, and said in a low voice: "Guo Inspector, it seems that the other party knows our identities, grandma, we all travel in casual clothes, It's strange that they can still recognize it!"

Guo Ye did not answer Chen Lang's question in time, but roughly sized up the men on the left and right sides of the gates of the dozen sub-stations in front of him. They were all wearing the same clothes, all in purple clothes.

The only difference is that these people's purple clothes are trimmed with a thick gold thread from the left shoulder to the cuff.

And those purple-clothed thugs on the Spring Stream painting boat back then didn't seem to have this golden thread.

He wondered secretly, could it be that those purple-clothed thugs in Chunliu Huafang were not real disciples of Fenglei Hall, but merely disciples of the outer sect?

While he was pondering secretly, the dozen or so purple-clothed men stood on both sides like wood carvings, as if petrified without saying a word.

Suddenly, another person came out from the gate of the manor. It was a white-haired old man in his sixties. He was also dressed in purple clothes, but there were as many as three golden threads on the purple clothes.

The white-haired old man stepped out of the gate threshold, arched his hands towards Guo Ye and Chen Lang who were not far away, and greeted from a distance: "The old man's surname is Yu, and he will enter with a single name. Tian will be the steward of Fenglei Village. My Hall Master Lei heard that Lord Guo, the governor of Yangzhou, and Chief Chen of the Salt Gang came to visit together, and asked the old man to open the middle door to welcome the two of you."

As soon as this remark came out, no matter how calm Guo Ye was, he couldn't help being a little astonished. Leihuo actually knew that he and Chen Lang were coming to Fenglei Village early in the morning?

It seems that when he and Chen Lang were inquiring and collecting information near Fenglei Village earlier, Lei Huo had already discovered the whereabouts of the two of them.

It seems that Leihuo's mind is deep and meticulous, and it is really not simple. As Chen Lang said just now, this person should not be underestimated.

At this time, the white-haired old man, Yu Jinyu, the steward, asked Guo Ye for his hand: "This young handsome man must be the parent officer of our Yangzhou, Guo Ye, the governor of Guo Ye, right? Mr. Guo, please come in, my Leitang The Lord has been waiting for a long time."

The old man on the other side seemed to be talking and laughing, Guo Ye naturally couldn't show his timidity, he nodded calmly and said: "You Hall Master Lei is so sincere, how can I not go in and meet him?"

After all, he winked at Chen Lang, and after Chen Lang nodded in response, he followed Guo Ye into the gate of Fenglei Village.

The white-haired old man Yu Jin led the two of them walking in the village, turning his head from time to time and telling him: "Guo Cishi, Chief Chen, you two must follow the old man closely, our Fenglei Village has many traps, if you step wrong, you will be killed." It's extremely dangerous."

After Yu Jin said that, Guo Ye and Chen Lang looked at each other again, and sure enough, the rumors from the outside world were true, this Fenglei Village was like a dragon's pond and a tiger's den, one could come in but not necessarily get out.

However, Guo Ye also found out that Manager Yu Jinyu seemed to lead them down a lot of wrong roads, and even though they had passed through some places once, this old guy insisted on taking them one more time.

He could somewhat guess the other party's intentions in his heart. The other party obviously didn't want him to remember the way, and deliberately led the two of them around in circles.

But the more Yu Jin played tricks, the more Guo Ye didn't dare to underestimate the mechanism of Fenglei Village.

Soon, Yu Jin led the two of them outside a living room, then stopped outside the door, bowed and asked his hands: "Guo Cishi, Chief Chen, please come inside, my Hall Master Lei is already waiting inside." It's been a long time."

Obviously, Yu Jin didn't intend to enter the living room together.

Along the way, Chen Lang was tricked by Yu Jin, a bad old man, and he felt a little flustered. He raised his foot and was about to step over the threshold to enter, but suddenly stopped his foot again, hesitating whether to enter or not.

While struggling in his heart, he could only look at Guo Ye, but the other party followed suit.