Three thousand miles in exile
Chapter 44
The period between April and May is the time when there is the most rain on Qiyun Mountain. It rains continuously for days and the snow melts to form a river, and the water depth of the stream reaches the highest point soon.
The leader in charge immediately asked Yan Qixiu to transport the money down the mountain.
The silver fired into ingots has been boxed, and there are thousands of boxes. A wooden raft can only be tied to one box, otherwise it will be too heavy and sink to the bottom. There are not so many people on the mountain when one person presses a wooden raft.
In order to solve this problem, the rower thought of a way. The wooden rafts were connected from head to tail with ropes. One person could put ten wooden rafts, and only 100 people could bring a thousand boxes of silver down the mountain.
Yan Qixiu watched a row of ten boxes of silver going down the river with great pride in his heart, he couldn't wait for the wooden row to be halfway through, and immediately called the steward and others to go down the mountain in a small boat.
At this time, Yan Qixiu never thought that there was only a nightmare waiting for him at the end of the stream.
Liu Zhan and others disguised themselves as Yan Qixin's soldiers, and then waited comfortably by the pond.
The person who released the row came down to the pond once a year with a row of wooden rafts down the river.
Wei Chenggui and others who had been here for a long time suppressed the excitement in their hearts and pretended to be nonchalant to help bring the wooden raft to the shore, and carried all the silver into the cave. As for the person who released the raft, he was directly tied up and locked up.
After such an operation, after the third day, an important person finally came.
Zhang Xiaoman, who was dressed as an ordinary soldier, saw a wooden raft leading several people from a distance, so he immediately ran back to report to Liu Zhan.
At the same time, Wei Chenggui and others cheered up, and the soldiers who had been ambushing around the pond were also ready to go.
"Why are there only a few of you? Where is the adopted grandson of the old matriarch?" Yan Qixiu had already started to show off before getting off the raft.
"A son of a son of a bitch, he didn't come to meet fourth master in person. Let's see how I deal with him."
Wei Chenggui and the others did not answer, Yan Qixiu was very upset. "Hurry up and help your fourth master!"
Wei Chenggui personally went up to help Yan Qixiu get off the raft, and the steward and several servants followed him ashore.
The steward said strangely: "You guys are a bit unfamiliar, why haven't I seen it before?"
At this time, a hearty laughter came. "It's right if you haven't seen it."
As soon as Liu Zhan came, Wei Chenggui and others immediately launched an attack, and the soldiers ambushing in the bushes rushed forward, and Yan Qixiu, the steward and others met each other and were restrained.
"Who are you? You are so brave! Do you know who I am! If you dare to touch a hair of my fourth master, our Yan family will definitely crush you gang of thieves!"
Yan Qixiu was cursing, his pig head couldn't think of too complicated things, he thought it was a bandit.
Liu Zhan was not annoyed but smiled instead. "It turns out that you are the concubine sent by the Yan family to take charge this time. You came just in time to save my lord from arresting you again."
"Who are you! How dare you arrest me!" Yan Qixiu was full of obscenities.
Liu Zhan was upset. "Dahu, let this one be quiet."
Guo Donghu immediately stepped forward and two big ear scrapers immediately slapped Yan Qixiu, only to see that he spit out a mouthful of blood, which turned out to be two teeth.
The steward's face was pale. At this moment, there is nothing he doesn't understand. These people dare to take people blatantly. I'm afraid... I'm afraid the matter will be exposed!
Liu Zhan stood with his hands behind his back and looked down condescendingly. "Yan Qixin said that there is also a bookkeeping steward accompanying him, who is the steward?"
All the other people lowered their heads in terrified fear and dared not speak, and no one confessed to the steward.
"Very good." Liu Zhan smiled. "Put it back and interrogate slowly."
In the open space outside the cave, eight people including Yan Qixiu were stripped naked, only their trousers were tied tightly to the tree trunk.
"Boss, I found it!" Zhang Xiaoman dug out the account book from the interlayer of clothes and immediately presented it to Liu Zhan.
The account book records the output of the silver mine in the past 12 years, and everything is detailed!
Liu Zhan only took a rough look at the number, and even he, who was used to seeing big scenes, couldn't help being shocked when he saw this huge number.
Good guy, the annual output of this silver mine can cover the entire year's tax revenue!
Liu Zhan put the account books in his clothes and kept them close to his body. Although he was calm on the surface, in fact his heart was turbulent.
In his previous life, Liu Zhan always had tens of millions of cash in his personal account, and his company assets and personal assets were worth more than one billion US dollars.
He felt that it was impossible for him to be tempted by money when he came to ancient times, but at this moment, he really felt what it means to be moved by money and what makes a person not a sage.
No wonder the Yan family called the silver mine Baoshan, isn't it Baoshan?
"Let me ask again, who is in charge?" Liu Zhan raised his head, his face clouded.
Knowing the huge output of the silver mine did not improve Liu Zhan's mood, but made his mood drop to the bottom in an instant.
The bigger the silver mine, the greater the risk. Zhou Chan might kill him, but he can't do it unless he reports it to Zhou Chan.
With Liu Zhan's current ability, he can't defend this treasure mountain. How can Liu Zhan be in a good mood under such a complicated situation?
"Don't say?" Liu Zhan sneered. "Wei Chenggui, you can figure it out."
For a moment, there were screams like slaughtering pigs in the forest, and some people couldn't bear it before Wei Chenggui showed his housekeeping skills.
"I said! It's him, he is the steward." Unexpectedly, it was Yan Qixiu who confessed the steward first.
Yan Qixiu took the lead and other servants also responded.
The steward cursed angrily. "Fourth Master! If you confess the old man, the Yan family will be finished!"
"What does the end of the Yan family have to do with Laozi! Laozi's life is almost gone!"
"Nizi! Nizi!!"
The next moment the steward was brought out alone for interrogation, unexpectedly he bit his tongue and killed himself, but fortunately Liu Zhan reacted quickly and immediately removed his jaw.
I can't seek death, and my heart feels ashamed for a while.
"Boss, do you want to continue the punishment?" Wei Chenggui stepped forward and asked.
Liu Zhan shook his head, extorting a confession by torture depends on the situation, such a person with a will to die can only attack from his weakness, and Liu Zhan still has some respect for such a person with a will to die.
"You must already know who we are?" Liu Zhan squatted in front of the steward.
"The sky in northern Xinjiang has changed. Since the Yan family was defeated and lost the Cangxia Plain, do you think the Yan family can regain its former prosperity? Just rely on this treasure mountain? Do you think the Yan family can hold the treasure mountain today?"
The steward closed his eyes, sad in his heart. In fact, he advised the old matriarch not to take Baoshan due to the unknown situation in northern Xinjiang this year, but the old matriarch insisted on following the old regulations, and nothing happened!
Liu Zhan sneered. "Yan Qiliang and Yan Qirong are nothing but wine bags and rice bags. You should know better than that concubine where the Yan family spends its money. How can such a Yan family be invincible?"
The steward still had his eyes closed.
"You know what I want, not only the account books of Baoshan, but also the account books of where the private money goes every year." Liu Zhan suddenly lowered his voice and continued to bewitch.
"As long as you tell me where the account book is, I will send someone to pick it up. At the same time, I will bring back your family and give you a sum of money that is enough for a lifetime of wealth, so that you can leave northern Xinjiang safely."
The eyeballs under the steward's eyelids trembled violently.
"Even if I let you go back today, you will only die. If the matter is revealed, you will be the first person the Patriarch Yan will kill." Liu Zhan sneered. "And none of your family members can escape."
"Woooooooo!" The steward opened his eyes and struggled violently.
Liu Zhan stood up and looked down at him. "I can bring your family back first, and let you watch them leave first, and let you leave after the account books are in hand. In this way, what doubts do you have?"
This arrangement was already very sincere, the steward had no choice, he wrote a few words on the ground with trembling hands, Liu Zhan remembered it in his heart and then wiped the traces with his feet.
"Xiao Man, take the steward down to heal your injuries."
Zhang Xiaoman immediately called for two people to recite the steward.
Seeing this scene, Yan Qixiu's mind immediately became alive. Baoshan was leaked and taken away, and the steward couldn't survive. Could he survive?
"My lord! My lord! I can also do things for you, as long as you can keep my family rich and prosperous, I can do anything!"
Liu Zhan laughed out loud. "Isn't your surname Yan?"
Yan Qixiu poked his neck and said: "My surname is Yan but I'm just a bastard. The old lady never treated me as an heir, and she didn't want me to separate the family. She just kept me in captivity like an animal. I've hated it for a long time. Yan family, Yan family's death or defeat has nothing to do with me."
Liu Zhan didn't speak, and seemed to be thinking about something.
Yan Qixiu was in a hurry. "Also, one more thing, that account book is fake, no, it's not fake, there are fake accounts!"
Liu Zhan frowned immediately. "make it clear."
Yan Qixiu confessed everything about him and the steward making false accounts.
"If you don't believe it, you will find out when all the money goes down the mountain!"
Fake accounts?
Liu Zhan suddenly figured out something in the flash!
right!That's right!He can take Baoshan and dedicate it to Zhou Chan, but the Yan family cannot just fall down.
There is a saying that the more complicated things are, the more difficult it is to guess whether it is true or not. This Yan Qixiu may be useful.
But how to use it specifically, how to plan the whole thing, currently Liu Zhan only has a general direction in mind, and the specific plan still needs to go back and discuss with Song Fenglin.
Although he already had an idea in his mind, Liu Zhan didn't intend to give Yan Qixiu a quick answer, he would hang him first and wear out all the small things in his heart before talking.
"Xiao Lian, Cheng Gui, the two of you guard here, be careful in everything, I'll go down the mountain." Liu Zhan asked the soldiers to bring the horse, and explained repeatedly before getting on the horse.
"If there are suspicious people, no matter men, women, old or young, they will not be left alive. If something happens, go to Zhangtai County immediately and look for me. I will return tomorrow at the latest."
Li Xiaolian and Wei Chenggui clasped their fists in agreement.
"And Xiao Man, you immediately join Da Zhuang with my seal, and mobilize all the soldiers and horses in Cenzhou to go to Zhangtai County to meet Mr. Song. Mr. Song will know what to do, and leave quickly."
Zhang Xiaoman agreed immediately, got on the horse and took a step first.
Liu Zhanqi glanced at Yan's servants in the distance before setting off on his horse.
"Except for Yan Qixiu, Yan Qixin and the steward, the rest of them pretended to be escaped by them before dawn tomorrow morning and let them go, and sent people to chase them away from a distance. They can only return to Jinyang and cannot enter Shanyin County."
Although Li Xiaolian and Wei Chenggui were puzzled, they agreed without hesitation.
After finishing speaking, Liu Zhan immediately went down the mountain with only two guards.
Zhangtai County is adjacent to Shanyin County. You don’t need to enter Shanyin County again when descending from this dense forest. You only need to go through the dense forest to Zhangtai County to enter the village of Zhangtai County. It only takes half a day to get there.
When Liu Zhan arrived, it was already midnight, and the gates of Zhangtai County were closed tightly. The guards showed the army's printed letter, and the half-awake soldiers hurriedly opened the gate to let them go.
Song Fenglin has been living in the inn in Zhangtai County in a low-key manner. At this time, he has already fallen asleep. Liu Zhan didn't bother to knock on the door and ask the boy to open it, so he climbed in through the window.
Song Fenglin had always been a light sleeper, and he woke up when there was movement in the window. He reflexively grabbed the dagger in the quilt.
"It's me." Liu Zhan jumped into the room neatly.
Song Fenglin immediately sat up. "Why did you suddenly go down the mountain? But something went wrong?"
Liu Zhan took a sip of the cold tea on the table and gasped for breath before saying, "The matter exceeded my expectations. I can't make up my mind by myself. Why don't I come down the mountain to discuss it with you?"
"What happened?" Song Fenglin walked over in his unlined clothes, regardless of dressing.
"Look at this." Liu Zhan took out the account book from his arms.
Song Fenglin lit the oil lamp, and flipped through the pages in the dim light. Seeing that his clothes were thin, Liu Zhan went to fetch a robe to help him put them on. At this moment, Song Fenglin gasped.
No one thought that Yan's Treasure Mountain would have such a huge amount!
"We must not let Zhou Chan know the truth so quickly!" Song Fenglin said without hesitation when he recovered.
Otherwise, how can they survive?Zhou Chan will definitely use all the strength of the Zhou family to destroy the Yan family to control Baoshan, and at the same time, it is bound to eliminate outsiders who know all the inside information of Baoshan!
Liu Zhan pressed Song Fenglin's shoulder and said in a deep voice: "I have captured Yan Qixin, the son of the Shanyin county magistrate, Yan Qixiu, the concubine son of the Yan family, and the steward in charge of Baoshan's internal and external accounts."
Liu Zhan recounted everything that happened on the mountain in detail, including the matter of Yan Qixiu and the steward making false accounts, Xiaoman carrying the seal letter back to Cenzhou to transfer troops, and Liu Zhan's arrangement to release Yan's servants to muddy the water. matter.
"In two days, the people who come to pick up the money from the Yan family will go up the mountain. Because of the tight time, I made these arrangements in advance."
"These three important matters were handled in a very timely manner." Song Fenglin was very impressed. He had arranged all the most critical nodes in such a short period of time. Liu Zhan had always been decisive and keen in judging the situation.
Liu Zhan said: "I don't have a specific plan for what to do next. It also involves the forces of the Yan family and Zhou Chan. This Yan Qixiu may be useful."
Song Fenglin thought. "It does work."
Thinking of something, Song Fenglin took a pen and paper and listed all the forces surrounding Baoshan one by one.
The Yan family has more than [-] Jinyang defenders under its command, and the Chen family and the Lu family are in the court as protection.Zhou Chan has one hundred thousand northern troops under his command, and he is Prince Rui's uncle.Liu Zhan, with [-] Cenzhou troops under his command, has nothing else to rely on.
"Zhou Chan is the most powerful in this competition around Baoshan. Our only hope is to unite with the Yan family, but how can the Yan family headed by the old lady give in so easily? Suppress the direct line of the Yan family, and then secretly support Yan Qixiu as the new master of the Yan family."
Song Fenglin hurriedly said: "Do you still remember Zhou Chan's attempt to win over the governor of Jinyang County? Because of the constraints of the Chen family and the Lu family, it finally came to nothing. Maybe you can do this..."
The two discussed it until the sky was bright, and then Liu Zhan got up and went back to the mountain.
Song Fenglin wrote a letter asking the guards to leave for Jinyang immediately. First, the family members who took over the matter left Jinyang secretly, and second, they went to the place the steward said to take the account books.
At the same time, the servants of Yan's family who "escaped" went down the mountain in a panic, and the pursuers had to flee to Jinyang in hiding. Because they had no horses to travel by day and dared not go on the road during the day, it would take five days at the fastest to enter the border of Jinyang .
In addition, Zhang Xiaoman rushed to the Cenzhou barracks that night. Cao Zhuang ordered troops to go out immediately after seeing Liu Zhan's seal letter, and [-] soldiers and horses came out in full strength.
As soon as Liu Zhan returned to the mountain, he immediately arranged for his soldiers to dig trenches and fortify lines outside the dense forest, and use the mountain to build simple fortifications.
The leader in charge immediately asked Yan Qixiu to transport the money down the mountain.
The silver fired into ingots has been boxed, and there are thousands of boxes. A wooden raft can only be tied to one box, otherwise it will be too heavy and sink to the bottom. There are not so many people on the mountain when one person presses a wooden raft.
In order to solve this problem, the rower thought of a way. The wooden rafts were connected from head to tail with ropes. One person could put ten wooden rafts, and only 100 people could bring a thousand boxes of silver down the mountain.
Yan Qixiu watched a row of ten boxes of silver going down the river with great pride in his heart, he couldn't wait for the wooden row to be halfway through, and immediately called the steward and others to go down the mountain in a small boat.
At this time, Yan Qixiu never thought that there was only a nightmare waiting for him at the end of the stream.
Liu Zhan and others disguised themselves as Yan Qixin's soldiers, and then waited comfortably by the pond.
The person who released the row came down to the pond once a year with a row of wooden rafts down the river.
Wei Chenggui and others who had been here for a long time suppressed the excitement in their hearts and pretended to be nonchalant to help bring the wooden raft to the shore, and carried all the silver into the cave. As for the person who released the raft, he was directly tied up and locked up.
After such an operation, after the third day, an important person finally came.
Zhang Xiaoman, who was dressed as an ordinary soldier, saw a wooden raft leading several people from a distance, so he immediately ran back to report to Liu Zhan.
At the same time, Wei Chenggui and others cheered up, and the soldiers who had been ambushing around the pond were also ready to go.
"Why are there only a few of you? Where is the adopted grandson of the old matriarch?" Yan Qixiu had already started to show off before getting off the raft.
"A son of a son of a bitch, he didn't come to meet fourth master in person. Let's see how I deal with him."
Wei Chenggui and the others did not answer, Yan Qixiu was very upset. "Hurry up and help your fourth master!"
Wei Chenggui personally went up to help Yan Qixiu get off the raft, and the steward and several servants followed him ashore.
The steward said strangely: "You guys are a bit unfamiliar, why haven't I seen it before?"
At this time, a hearty laughter came. "It's right if you haven't seen it."
As soon as Liu Zhan came, Wei Chenggui and others immediately launched an attack, and the soldiers ambushing in the bushes rushed forward, and Yan Qixiu, the steward and others met each other and were restrained.
"Who are you? You are so brave! Do you know who I am! If you dare to touch a hair of my fourth master, our Yan family will definitely crush you gang of thieves!"
Yan Qixiu was cursing, his pig head couldn't think of too complicated things, he thought it was a bandit.
Liu Zhan was not annoyed but smiled instead. "It turns out that you are the concubine sent by the Yan family to take charge this time. You came just in time to save my lord from arresting you again."
"Who are you! How dare you arrest me!" Yan Qixiu was full of obscenities.
Liu Zhan was upset. "Dahu, let this one be quiet."
Guo Donghu immediately stepped forward and two big ear scrapers immediately slapped Yan Qixiu, only to see that he spit out a mouthful of blood, which turned out to be two teeth.
The steward's face was pale. At this moment, there is nothing he doesn't understand. These people dare to take people blatantly. I'm afraid... I'm afraid the matter will be exposed!
Liu Zhan stood with his hands behind his back and looked down condescendingly. "Yan Qixin said that there is also a bookkeeping steward accompanying him, who is the steward?"
All the other people lowered their heads in terrified fear and dared not speak, and no one confessed to the steward.
"Very good." Liu Zhan smiled. "Put it back and interrogate slowly."
In the open space outside the cave, eight people including Yan Qixiu were stripped naked, only their trousers were tied tightly to the tree trunk.
"Boss, I found it!" Zhang Xiaoman dug out the account book from the interlayer of clothes and immediately presented it to Liu Zhan.
The account book records the output of the silver mine in the past 12 years, and everything is detailed!
Liu Zhan only took a rough look at the number, and even he, who was used to seeing big scenes, couldn't help being shocked when he saw this huge number.
Good guy, the annual output of this silver mine can cover the entire year's tax revenue!
Liu Zhan put the account books in his clothes and kept them close to his body. Although he was calm on the surface, in fact his heart was turbulent.
In his previous life, Liu Zhan always had tens of millions of cash in his personal account, and his company assets and personal assets were worth more than one billion US dollars.
He felt that it was impossible for him to be tempted by money when he came to ancient times, but at this moment, he really felt what it means to be moved by money and what makes a person not a sage.
No wonder the Yan family called the silver mine Baoshan, isn't it Baoshan?
"Let me ask again, who is in charge?" Liu Zhan raised his head, his face clouded.
Knowing the huge output of the silver mine did not improve Liu Zhan's mood, but made his mood drop to the bottom in an instant.
The bigger the silver mine, the greater the risk. Zhou Chan might kill him, but he can't do it unless he reports it to Zhou Chan.
With Liu Zhan's current ability, he can't defend this treasure mountain. How can Liu Zhan be in a good mood under such a complicated situation?
"Don't say?" Liu Zhan sneered. "Wei Chenggui, you can figure it out."
For a moment, there were screams like slaughtering pigs in the forest, and some people couldn't bear it before Wei Chenggui showed his housekeeping skills.
"I said! It's him, he is the steward." Unexpectedly, it was Yan Qixiu who confessed the steward first.
Yan Qixiu took the lead and other servants also responded.
The steward cursed angrily. "Fourth Master! If you confess the old man, the Yan family will be finished!"
"What does the end of the Yan family have to do with Laozi! Laozi's life is almost gone!"
"Nizi! Nizi!!"
The next moment the steward was brought out alone for interrogation, unexpectedly he bit his tongue and killed himself, but fortunately Liu Zhan reacted quickly and immediately removed his jaw.
I can't seek death, and my heart feels ashamed for a while.
"Boss, do you want to continue the punishment?" Wei Chenggui stepped forward and asked.
Liu Zhan shook his head, extorting a confession by torture depends on the situation, such a person with a will to die can only attack from his weakness, and Liu Zhan still has some respect for such a person with a will to die.
"You must already know who we are?" Liu Zhan squatted in front of the steward.
"The sky in northern Xinjiang has changed. Since the Yan family was defeated and lost the Cangxia Plain, do you think the Yan family can regain its former prosperity? Just rely on this treasure mountain? Do you think the Yan family can hold the treasure mountain today?"
The steward closed his eyes, sad in his heart. In fact, he advised the old matriarch not to take Baoshan due to the unknown situation in northern Xinjiang this year, but the old matriarch insisted on following the old regulations, and nothing happened!
Liu Zhan sneered. "Yan Qiliang and Yan Qirong are nothing but wine bags and rice bags. You should know better than that concubine where the Yan family spends its money. How can such a Yan family be invincible?"
The steward still had his eyes closed.
"You know what I want, not only the account books of Baoshan, but also the account books of where the private money goes every year." Liu Zhan suddenly lowered his voice and continued to bewitch.
"As long as you tell me where the account book is, I will send someone to pick it up. At the same time, I will bring back your family and give you a sum of money that is enough for a lifetime of wealth, so that you can leave northern Xinjiang safely."
The eyeballs under the steward's eyelids trembled violently.
"Even if I let you go back today, you will only die. If the matter is revealed, you will be the first person the Patriarch Yan will kill." Liu Zhan sneered. "And none of your family members can escape."
"Woooooooo!" The steward opened his eyes and struggled violently.
Liu Zhan stood up and looked down at him. "I can bring your family back first, and let you watch them leave first, and let you leave after the account books are in hand. In this way, what doubts do you have?"
This arrangement was already very sincere, the steward had no choice, he wrote a few words on the ground with trembling hands, Liu Zhan remembered it in his heart and then wiped the traces with his feet.
"Xiao Man, take the steward down to heal your injuries."
Zhang Xiaoman immediately called for two people to recite the steward.
Seeing this scene, Yan Qixiu's mind immediately became alive. Baoshan was leaked and taken away, and the steward couldn't survive. Could he survive?
"My lord! My lord! I can also do things for you, as long as you can keep my family rich and prosperous, I can do anything!"
Liu Zhan laughed out loud. "Isn't your surname Yan?"
Yan Qixiu poked his neck and said: "My surname is Yan but I'm just a bastard. The old lady never treated me as an heir, and she didn't want me to separate the family. She just kept me in captivity like an animal. I've hated it for a long time. Yan family, Yan family's death or defeat has nothing to do with me."
Liu Zhan didn't speak, and seemed to be thinking about something.
Yan Qixiu was in a hurry. "Also, one more thing, that account book is fake, no, it's not fake, there are fake accounts!"
Liu Zhan frowned immediately. "make it clear."
Yan Qixiu confessed everything about him and the steward making false accounts.
"If you don't believe it, you will find out when all the money goes down the mountain!"
Fake accounts?
Liu Zhan suddenly figured out something in the flash!
right!That's right!He can take Baoshan and dedicate it to Zhou Chan, but the Yan family cannot just fall down.
There is a saying that the more complicated things are, the more difficult it is to guess whether it is true or not. This Yan Qixiu may be useful.
But how to use it specifically, how to plan the whole thing, currently Liu Zhan only has a general direction in mind, and the specific plan still needs to go back and discuss with Song Fenglin.
Although he already had an idea in his mind, Liu Zhan didn't intend to give Yan Qixiu a quick answer, he would hang him first and wear out all the small things in his heart before talking.
"Xiao Lian, Cheng Gui, the two of you guard here, be careful in everything, I'll go down the mountain." Liu Zhan asked the soldiers to bring the horse, and explained repeatedly before getting on the horse.
"If there are suspicious people, no matter men, women, old or young, they will not be left alive. If something happens, go to Zhangtai County immediately and look for me. I will return tomorrow at the latest."
Li Xiaolian and Wei Chenggui clasped their fists in agreement.
"And Xiao Man, you immediately join Da Zhuang with my seal, and mobilize all the soldiers and horses in Cenzhou to go to Zhangtai County to meet Mr. Song. Mr. Song will know what to do, and leave quickly."
Zhang Xiaoman agreed immediately, got on the horse and took a step first.
Liu Zhanqi glanced at Yan's servants in the distance before setting off on his horse.
"Except for Yan Qixiu, Yan Qixin and the steward, the rest of them pretended to be escaped by them before dawn tomorrow morning and let them go, and sent people to chase them away from a distance. They can only return to Jinyang and cannot enter Shanyin County."
Although Li Xiaolian and Wei Chenggui were puzzled, they agreed without hesitation.
After finishing speaking, Liu Zhan immediately went down the mountain with only two guards.
Zhangtai County is adjacent to Shanyin County. You don’t need to enter Shanyin County again when descending from this dense forest. You only need to go through the dense forest to Zhangtai County to enter the village of Zhangtai County. It only takes half a day to get there.
When Liu Zhan arrived, it was already midnight, and the gates of Zhangtai County were closed tightly. The guards showed the army's printed letter, and the half-awake soldiers hurriedly opened the gate to let them go.
Song Fenglin has been living in the inn in Zhangtai County in a low-key manner. At this time, he has already fallen asleep. Liu Zhan didn't bother to knock on the door and ask the boy to open it, so he climbed in through the window.
Song Fenglin had always been a light sleeper, and he woke up when there was movement in the window. He reflexively grabbed the dagger in the quilt.
"It's me." Liu Zhan jumped into the room neatly.
Song Fenglin immediately sat up. "Why did you suddenly go down the mountain? But something went wrong?"
Liu Zhan took a sip of the cold tea on the table and gasped for breath before saying, "The matter exceeded my expectations. I can't make up my mind by myself. Why don't I come down the mountain to discuss it with you?"
"What happened?" Song Fenglin walked over in his unlined clothes, regardless of dressing.
"Look at this." Liu Zhan took out the account book from his arms.
Song Fenglin lit the oil lamp, and flipped through the pages in the dim light. Seeing that his clothes were thin, Liu Zhan went to fetch a robe to help him put them on. At this moment, Song Fenglin gasped.
No one thought that Yan's Treasure Mountain would have such a huge amount!
"We must not let Zhou Chan know the truth so quickly!" Song Fenglin said without hesitation when he recovered.
Otherwise, how can they survive?Zhou Chan will definitely use all the strength of the Zhou family to destroy the Yan family to control Baoshan, and at the same time, it is bound to eliminate outsiders who know all the inside information of Baoshan!
Liu Zhan pressed Song Fenglin's shoulder and said in a deep voice: "I have captured Yan Qixin, the son of the Shanyin county magistrate, Yan Qixiu, the concubine son of the Yan family, and the steward in charge of Baoshan's internal and external accounts."
Liu Zhan recounted everything that happened on the mountain in detail, including the matter of Yan Qixiu and the steward making false accounts, Xiaoman carrying the seal letter back to Cenzhou to transfer troops, and Liu Zhan's arrangement to release Yan's servants to muddy the water. matter.
"In two days, the people who come to pick up the money from the Yan family will go up the mountain. Because of the tight time, I made these arrangements in advance."
"These three important matters were handled in a very timely manner." Song Fenglin was very impressed. He had arranged all the most critical nodes in such a short period of time. Liu Zhan had always been decisive and keen in judging the situation.
Liu Zhan said: "I don't have a specific plan for what to do next. It also involves the forces of the Yan family and Zhou Chan. This Yan Qixiu may be useful."
Song Fenglin thought. "It does work."
Thinking of something, Song Fenglin took a pen and paper and listed all the forces surrounding Baoshan one by one.
The Yan family has more than [-] Jinyang defenders under its command, and the Chen family and the Lu family are in the court as protection.Zhou Chan has one hundred thousand northern troops under his command, and he is Prince Rui's uncle.Liu Zhan, with [-] Cenzhou troops under his command, has nothing else to rely on.
"Zhou Chan is the most powerful in this competition around Baoshan. Our only hope is to unite with the Yan family, but how can the Yan family headed by the old lady give in so easily? Suppress the direct line of the Yan family, and then secretly support Yan Qixiu as the new master of the Yan family."
Song Fenglin hurriedly said: "Do you still remember Zhou Chan's attempt to win over the governor of Jinyang County? Because of the constraints of the Chen family and the Lu family, it finally came to nothing. Maybe you can do this..."
The two discussed it until the sky was bright, and then Liu Zhan got up and went back to the mountain.
Song Fenglin wrote a letter asking the guards to leave for Jinyang immediately. First, the family members who took over the matter left Jinyang secretly, and second, they went to the place the steward said to take the account books.
At the same time, the servants of Yan's family who "escaped" went down the mountain in a panic, and the pursuers had to flee to Jinyang in hiding. Because they had no horses to travel by day and dared not go on the road during the day, it would take five days at the fastest to enter the border of Jinyang .
In addition, Zhang Xiaoman rushed to the Cenzhou barracks that night. Cao Zhuang ordered troops to go out immediately after seeing Liu Zhan's seal letter, and [-] soldiers and horses came out in full strength.
As soon as Liu Zhan returned to the mountain, he immediately arranged for his soldiers to dig trenches and fortify lines outside the dense forest, and use the mountain to build simple fortifications.
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