Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

Seeing this, Guo Ye was secretly amused, and so was Chen Lang, the older the world, the less courageous he is.

Immediately, he wriggled his lips and whispered: "It's all here, is there any room to retreat? Come in, anyway, you are also the leader of the gang, so that Leihuo will not look down upon you, right?"

Chen Lang couldn't help feeling embarrassed, then he gritted his teeth and went into the living room with Guo Ye.

The two entered the living room one after the other, only to see a burly man in purple clothes with a tiger's back and a wolf's waist facing their backs.

The other party heard the movement of the door, turned around, and there was the deity, with a square face, thick eyebrows, wide nose, big eyes, and a thick beard. He was about fifty years old. He looked extremely rough and heroic, typical The appearance of the rivers and lakes.

Guo Ye looked at the other person's appearance, which was quite pleasing to the eye, and he couldn't help but lose some of the previous disgust in his heart. He cupped his hands at the other person and asked, "Your Majesty, is the Master Lei of Fenglei Hall?"

"Hahaha, it's Lei!"

After a rough laugh, the other party admitted his identity straightforwardly, and indeed he was the head of Fenglei Hall, the Leihuo who was rumored to scare children to tears just by saying his name.

However, Leihuo didn't seem to want to embarrass Guo Ye and Chen Lang as he imagined. On the contrary, he greeted Guo Ye and Chen Lang enthusiastically: "Come on, Governor Guo, Chief Chen, you're welcome. Sit down, please sit down!"

After the invitation, I didn't forget to shout out of the living room: "Yu Jin, let someone serve tea, and serve Guo Cishi and Chen Gangzhu the top-quality tea that the hall master has treasured for many years."

After Yu Jin outside answered yes, two servants came into the living room with a cup of tea each.

Guo Ye took the cup and touched the residual temperature of the cup wall. Something was wrong, as if the temperature of the tea was not as hot as expected, as if it had been brewed for a while, and it was just waiting for them to serve it when they arrived.

Facing Leihuo's enthusiasm that was so different from what he had imagined, Guo Ye was beating his mind. What exactly does he want to do?

Chen Lang was even more confused. It stands to reason that Leihuo harbored the murderer Huo Duoba, or participated in the murder case, so it should be unfavorable to the two of them. How could he be so enthusiastic?

Thinking of this, Chen Lang suddenly became vigilant, and thought to himself, could it be that Leihu put a poisonous blood-sealed throat in this tea, trying to trick me and Guo Inspector into drinking this tea, poisoning us both to death?

Immediately, Chen Lang decisively put the cup back on the coffee table, and did not forget to wink at Guo Ye.

Lei Huo seemed to have noticed Chen Lang's strangeness, and laughed loudly again: "Hahaha, Chief Chen, is it true that the older you are, the less courageous you are? If Lei wants to kill the two of you, he will spend so much money Strength to invite the two of you to the living room of my Fenglei Village? On the way in, you can kill the two of you without anyone noticing. Although Lei is notorious for poisoning tea , but I still disdain to do it. Chief Chen, you are overthinking."

Chen Lang didn't lower his guard because of Lei Huo's words. On the contrary, he still stared at the other party, ready to die together at any time.

After hearing Lei Huhu's words, Guo Ye smiled calmly, picked up the cup and drank it, and then said with a smile: "Master Chen, since you and I have entered this Fenglei Village like a dragon's pool and a tiger's den, we must do a good job. But as Hall Master Lei said, poisoning in tea is a villain's trick, I think he really disdains it with his temperament."

Lei Hu gave a thumbs up and praised Guo Ye: "Haha, what Guo Cishi said is decent, it sounds good, it sounds good!"

Guo Ye put down his cup, and he didn't want to go around with Leihuo, so he went straight to the point and said, "Master Lei, since you knew that I was wandering around Fenglei Village with Mr. Chen, then you must have known the reason for my visit today. Excuse Guo for being blunt, what exactly is your Fengleitang going to do? Where are the Hodoba people? The several murders in Yangzhou City, including last night's assassins breaking into the dungeon of the Captain's Mansion, what kind of role did your Fengleitang play? character of?"

"Clap, clap!"

Leihuhu sat still and suddenly clapped his hands. He couldn't help but shook his head and praised: "You are so kind, Governor Guo, you are really kind. Not only did you dare to break into my Fenglei Manor alone, but you also dared to speak so bluntly in front of me, Leihuo. To be honest, tsk tsk, you are really kind. You are worthy of being the Longxi Guoye who invaded the hinterland of Tubo, plundered the city and plundered the land, privately beheaded the prince of Tubo. Tsk tsk, well-deserved reputation, well-deserved reputation!"

After praising, Lei Huo saw that Guo Ye was going to speak again, and immediately stretched out his hand to stop him: "Guo Cishi, don't worry, I will never make things difficult for you with your courage today. On the contrary, your questions, I will answer you one by one. How is it? Interesting enough?"

Guo Ye felt weird again, damn it, I was almost confused by this Lei, isn't the Fenglei Hall that Yunshang mentioned before this Fenglei Hall?

Immediately, he endured all kinds of puzzles in his heart and asked: "Tang Lei is righteous, so please answer these questions of Mr. Guo truthfully."

"not busy!"

Lei Hu suddenly stretched out his right hand and shook it again, grinning his teeth and showing a seemingly honest smile, he said: "Before answering these questions from Governor Guo, hey, someone from Lei would like to tell a story from the past to Governor Guo first. I don't know what Governor Guo thinks, but how can you have this patience?"

Guo Ye's face was as usual, but he scolded Leihuo in his heart, your sister, can I do it without the patience?Look at your posture, don't talk about it, tell a story, obviously vowing not to give up.

Immediately, he had no choice but to shout to Yu Jin who was outside the living room: "Manager Yu, please make a few more cups of tea and a few plates of snacks by the way, otherwise your hall master will not be able to listen to the old stories." .”

"what?"

Lei Huo couldn't help laughing out loud when he heard the words: "Wow ha ha ha, you are a kind, Guo Cishi, you are really a kind of person. I, Lei Huo, admire you!"

Guo Ye pouted secretly, admiring your sister!

Chapter 786 Listening to Thunder Tiger Telling a Story

Lei Huo sat at the head of the hall, with his hands resting on the armrests of the grand master's chair, leaning back a little, raised his head and closed his eyes for a while, thinking for a while, with mixed emotions and a little melancholy on his face, as if he was painfully recalling the past.

After Guo Ye drank half a cup of tea with the steam coming out of the cup, Lei Huo slowly opened his eyes and sighed leisurely: "Speaking of this past, it has to be traced back more than [-] years ago. At that time, I, Lei, was also a vigorous young man, yes, he was about the same age as Guo Cishi."

When Guo Ye heard that he had to start more than [-] years ago, he couldn't help feeling dizzy, and urged a little depressed: "Master Lei, it's better for you to make a long story short, first settle the matter in front of you, and listen to your memories later. Back when I was a boy."

Lei Huo was not angry when he heard Guo Ye's words, but just shook his head with a smile, showing a simple and honest smile, like an elder in the family, he gently reprimanded Guo Ye: "Young man, impetuous, too impetuous!"

"Uh……"

Guo Ye almost dropped his jaw in surprise, and Chen Lang even splashed out the unswallowed tea in one gulp.

The two were dumbfounded on the spot. Is this mother still the notorious Leihuo, the master of the Fenglei Hall in the legend?

However, Lei Huo then ignored the two of them, and said to himself: "Thirty years ago, our Lei family was quite famous in Chang'an. Yes, Chang'an was the capital of the former Sui Dynasty at that time, and it was not as big as it is today. What about Tang. The current Supreme Emperor was still Tang Guogong of the former Sui Dynasty. At that time, my grandfather, my father, and my second and third uncles all served in the general prison of the former Sui Dynasty. The imperial craftsman of the Sui Dynasty. Because our Lei family is good at making fireworks and firecrackers, after being called into the prison as an imperial craftsman, we have been in charge of the work of the prison, mainly holding various celebrations and grand ceremonies for the court. Provide fireworks."

When Guo Ye heard this, he couldn't help but understand. Is Ganqinger an ancestral pyrotechnic craft, or a royal craftsman?So it seems that Fengleitang is good at gunpowder, and there are traces to follow. As the saying goes, gunpowder is needed as a material for fireworks and firecrackers?

It was rare that he didn't interrupt this time, but looked at Leihuo thoughtfully, waiting for his follow-up.

Leihuo suddenly changed his face and sighed sadly: "Oh, it's just the weather. The day at the end of the 19th year of Kaihuang was the birthday of the former Emperor Wen (Sui Wendi Yang Jian). There was a decree saying that when it was dark at first watch, fireworks would be set off to celebrate. It was supposed to be a great day to celebrate Emperor Wen’s birthday, but unexpectedly it became the beginning of our Lei family’s nightmare.”

At this time, Guo Ye had gradually become addicted to listening, and couldn't help asking: "Yes, the emperor's birthday is celebrated everywhere, why has it become a nightmare for your Lei family?"

Lei Huo showed a sad smile on his simple and honest face, and sighed: "Because that night, for some reason, the fireworks that were set off well suddenly exploded and caused a fire in the palace. This sudden change not only scared everyone that night. The civil and military officials who rushed to the palace for a grand feast surprised Emperor Wen and his elders. Because of this, a birthday banquet that was supposed to be joyful and happy ended hastily because of Emperor Wen's physical discomfort. On the second day In the early dynasty, the King of Jin sent a memorial to Emperor Wen, demanding that those who were in charge of setting off the fireworks for the birthday banquet last night should be held accountable and brought to justice. Oh, this King Jin is none other than the later foolish Emperor Yangdi. Please submit his letter , Immediately attracted the second opinion of other ministers, Emperor Wen issued an imperial edict after he was ready to play, ordering that all the palace people who set off the fireworks last night should be executed."

Speaking of this, Lei Hu's face suddenly became ferocious, and he gritted his teeth and said: "I hate that King Jin is so cruel that he actually implicated this case in our Lei family. It is obvious that the palace servant who set off the fireworks accidentally ignited the fireworks on the ground last night." In the end, they also framed our Lei family as royal craftsmen, but they were not skilled in craftsmanship. They crudely made fireworks and disturbed the birthday banquet. In the end, they were charged with plotting to murder Emperor Wen with ulterior motives. In the end, Jin Wang Yang Guang personally led the Chang'an Guards Surrounded our Lei family, and declared that according to the emperor's will, the whole family of Lei family was beheaded, so as to set the sight straight. Hehe, three generations of Lei family plus servants and maidservants have a total of [-] people, and no one is spared!"

"Hiss...isn't it too cruel and inhumane?" Chen Lang widened his eyes and shouted in shock, "Zhong actually copied and beheaded all over the family. It's because Yang Guang, the foolish king, didn't die well in the end. Even Da Sui Jiangshan changed his master."

Guo Ye also felt sad, frowned and sighed inwardly, what a king was so angry that he laid down millions of corpses!Lei's family has really suffered an indiscriminate disaster, and they are still involved in such an irrelevant disaster.

However, he also wondered why Leihuo was able to escape since Lei's family was full of robbers.Could it be that he was not in Chang'an at the time and escaped by chance?

Suddenly, Lei Huo looked at Guo Ye with red eyes, and asked with a wry smile: "The governor of Guo is asking, since everyone in the Lei family is dead, why is my Lei Hu still alive, and finally became the notorious man in Yangzhou City?" A party of bullies, right?"

Guo Ye smiled helplessly, and comforted him in a low voice: "Master Lei, the deceased is dead, please mourn!"

Lei Hu said: "Thirty years have passed since the tragedy of Lei's family. If I, Lei Huo, did not mourn, I would not be able to survive today. To be honest, I was also at our Lei's family that day, and I almost died in Yang Guang's house. That beast fell under the sword. But I was lucky. When I was about to become the soul of Yang Guang’s sword, the crown prince Yang Yong arrived in time, and brought Emperor Wen’s pardon order and shouted to keep people under the sword. Damn it!"

Guo Ye asked: "Yang Yong, the prince of the former Sui Dynasty? Is that Yang Guang who was murdered by Yang Guang and took the throne?"

Lei Hu nodded and said: "It is this honest and benevolent former Crown Prince His Royal Highness. Emperor Wen's pardon was exactly what Prince Yang Yong begged for on behalf of our Lei family. Although it was a step late, it was finally Saved my humble life. After His Royal Highness rescued me from Yang Guang's clutches, he buried the [-] souls of the Lei family for me, and finally gave me money to leave Chang'an. Because of his You know, with Yang Guang's brutal and bloodthirsty temperament, he will never let me slip through the net.

After I left Chang'an, I wandered all over the world, and even lived in seclusion in a not-so-famous Taoist temple, learning the art of alchemy from my master.Hehe, I didn't learn alchemy skills, but I learned the art of gunpowder.Later, the world was in chaos, Li Tang took over the world, and Yang Guang, the dog emperor, rebelled against his relatives and was hanged to death in the Danyang Palace in Jinling.After I heard the news, I naturally burst into tears of joy. Then I left the Taoist temple and came to Yangzhou. I spent more than [-] years working hard to break through the family business of Fengleitang. "

Suddenly, Guo Ye thought that Yang Guang died in Jinling but was buried in Yangzhou?

Immediately, he speculated: "Could it be that you took root in Yangzhou because this is where Yang Guang was buried?"

"Hey, that's right!"