sinking into sand

Outside the small building in the middle of the lake, wave after wave of people carrying news came, making the spacious square in front of the gate seem crowded.The anxious atmosphere is not only condensed on the street where Jinzhan Pavilion confronts the Lijiang gentry, but also permeates inside Jinzhan Pavilion.

The sky was bright, but the city of Lijiang did not wake up as usual. Hawkers dared not set up their stalls, and all businesses closed their doors.The people also closed their doors at home and dared not come out.

On the main street, Yu Duanjiang was still in a stalemate with Mrs. Du and Mrs. Lingyun. The sun was high and the sun was shining, but no one wanted to take a step back here.

And in the Jinzhan Pavilion, the people who were scheduled to leave the city today, whether it was Qin Kailian or Song Zhu, both woke up.Those who were anxious to get out of the city sent waves of urging messages, and those who were anxious to settle things also sent waves of reprimands, and the words were quite threatening.There is only Zhai Su left, if he could have used the coercion of the Iron Armored Army, the current predicament would have been easily resolved.But a few days ago Zhai Su was offended by the incident in the dark alley, and then an urgent order was issued to call him back.Zhai Su simply ignored the current chaos in the city, used the imperial edict and the urgent letter urging him to go back to suppress the bandits as an excuse, and took Xie Jingrong out of the city to the north early.

There was another dissatisfaction on his trip out of the city, but fortunately, General Zhai has always been a mighty army, so there was no disturbance.

On the contrary, after Zhai Su left, those nobles of the Dingzhou line who still had soldiers left in the city led by Mrs. Lingyun became even more imposing.

Yu Wangling leaned on the soft collapse of the small building in the middle of the lake, and listened to Xiang Feibai coming to report the situation in the city.

The affairs of Madam Lingyun's side have also been found out.The gentry here on the Lijiang River has always been divided into two types, one is the old gentry who lived here before, headed by Prince Li's Mansion, and the other is the Dingzhou people who fled south and were called the Luyang faction during the Jian'an Rebellion.The momentum they mainly cleaned up around Lanping this time was the old gentry.Originally, this was a matter of everyone's tacit understanding, only because when the assassination incident in Pingchunfang happened that day, these Dingzhou gentry who had been watching the fire from the other side also murmured in their hearts. Opportunities for people to pack them up too.

Although these people all have some contacts in Dingzhou, they can't quench their thirst far away, and none of them are willing to stand out, fearing that they will be liquidated in the future.In the end, Mrs. Lingyun seized the right opportunity and used the huge profits of Bliss Fang to lobby many people successfully. This is how the scene in the alleyway of Ping'enfang happened last night.

The matter here is not complicated to say, but when Xiang Feibai talked to Yu Wangling one by one, he was still secretly a little startled.Seen separately, they are all harmless and trivial matters, but when combined together, Jinzhan Pavilion has really been forced into a difficult situation.

Yu Wangling was exhausted before the battle that day, so he was temporarily helped back to Jinzhan Pavilion.Now in Ping En Fang, Yu Duanjiang is still dealing with all parties.Yu Wangling was the only one left in the Jinzhan Pavilion, and he had to come up with the next idea.

Yu Wangling's brain ached from being stimulated by the news that he was passing through again and again, so he interrupted Xiang Feibai's report.Open your mouth and ask: "Don't talk about the whole story anymore, just say what these people want."

Xiang Feibai was interrupted by him, he was silent for a moment, and said: "The most important thing is to open the city gate, they want to leave the city."

Yu Wangling frowned and said, "How could it be this."

Xiang Feibai reported in a low voice: "Needless to say, Lord Qin and the old gentry are there for funeral and return to Dingzhou. Many of the old gentry should plan to leave Lijiang completely and don't want to delay any longer. "

After hearing this demand, Yu Wangling remained silent, and asked again: "Where are the others? Where is Lingyun?"

"Madame Lingyun hasn't mentioned anything yet. But they support opening the city gate.

"Xiang Feibai said:" First of all, there are many people among them who want to go out of the city to avoid disaster.Secondly, it is also testing the attitude of Jinzhan Pavilion, saying that Jinzhan Pavilion is not letting people out now, is it to surround the Lijiang River into a dead city, so that it will turn black and white in the future. "

"Also." Xiang Fei hesitated for a while, but still said: "There are still people from various military camps, although they were all under control before. But due to the incident at the West City Gate last night, some people are gradually starting to flee."

The tendons on Yu Wangling's forehead twitched a little: "Fleeing? Are they not afraid of death?"

Xiang Fei replied in vain: "Last night, what happened at the West City Gate was actually like this. When Wei Jian was arrested, there were no soldiers in the Xicheng Barracks except him. They all ran away by themselves while taking advantage of the fire. Speaking of it, Elder Song was at the city gate that day. The method of killing people and destroying coffins is too cruel. Although the common people don't know it clearly, the soldiers of the city defense department are all aware of it, and it has been spread all over the world." More <more resources; source]

At this point in Xiang Fei's vernacular, even if he didn't dare to say some things, he had to say them.

"There is more." Xiang Feibai swallowed: "Wei Jian was captured last night, and he was held in the hands of Mrs. Lingyun. Now he insists that his family members are still locked up in the Jinzhan Pavilion, and what he did yesterday was punished by Jinzhan. Zhange coerced. If this matter is pursued, it will be another crime."

"Heh." Yu Wangling laughed: "Now they have convincing evidence, so we can't deny it?"

Xiang Feibai didn't dare to accept his laughter, and stood aside with his head bowed.

Yu Wangling laughed, calmed himself down for a while, and asked again: "Song Fushun, what does the imperial court mean?"

Xiang Fei bowed his head even lower: "It means, don't talk about small details, and appease the Lijiang gentry."

"Don't talk about small details anymore." Yu Wangling smacked this sentence: "What is a small section? If you don't want to catch Guan Lan, you want Jinzhan Pavilion to recognize the Lanping Incident like this. In the future, it is the court's magnanimity not to pursue it. The imperial court is just and strict, and the Jinzhan Pavilion on the left and right are all fish on the chopping board, let them knead."

"Pavilion Master." Xiang Feibai called him, hesitated for a long time, and said the last thing.

"There's another thing, it's about the... blissful prescription medicine man that was cleared out of the dark alley that day." Xiang Feibai said.

"Then what's the matter?" Yu Wangling asked.

Xiang Feibai said in a low voice: "Those people...are carefully raised by someone, otherwise they would have died long ago. I don't know how many people have died after being piled up in the dark alley for the past two days."

Yu Wangling said, "Why are you talking about such a trivial matter here?"

Xiang Feibai said: "These people are not like ordinary corpses. Their bodies have already festered while they were alive, and they decay faster than ordinary people after death. The weather is hot now. If the city gates are not opened to transport the corpses out for disposal, there may be a plague .”

After Xiang Feibai finished speaking, Yu Wangling lay on the couch and remained silent for a long time.

"Don't you admire him a little bit?" After a while, Yu Wangling suddenly said such a sentence.

Xiang Feibai knew who he was talking about, so he didn't dare to say more.

Yu Wangling laughed: "You don't have to be afraid to speak, even I admire it. But it's really exhausting for him to use everything he has for this job."

As Yu Wangling spoke, he supported his body and sat up from the couch.He walked to the verandah on the first floor and looked at the lake outside.

"Open the city gate." Yu Wangling said as if giving up.

Hearing that he was finally relieved, Xiang Feibai felt a sigh of relief in his heart, and he was about to go down to make arrangements when he heard Yu Wangling's next sentence.

"It's such a big situation, and it's turned upside down like this. It's just a close call. How do you think he will send Guan Lan out of the city?"

Xiang Feibai didn't dare to answer, but just lowered his head.

"Let me tell you." Yu Wangling stretched out his hand and twirled the tassels of the lanterns hanging under the corridor, "He's done all his calculations, and he doesn't want to take any risks. If he insists on pushing me to this point, how could the last step be real? Just find someone to pretend to send someone out of the city? You have to think of a perfect plan, "

Thinking of this, Yu Wangling suddenly laughed, "Those people who blocked the road last night must have planned it beforehand. Those who made troubles and made noise. If you can't make sure to make things big, really cut off the people in Jinzhan Pavilion, How can there be so many plays later on?"

Hearing this, Xiang Feibai raised his head to look at Yu Wangling, and asked, "Pavilion Master's plan?"

"You can't always blame me for liking to be a villain. How can villains' methods work?" Yu Wangling murmured, "Go and bring that little beggar named Xiao Liu to those who were arrested last night. No one will be there for a quarter of an hour. If you reveal your identity, cut off one of his fingers. The finger is gone, but there are still nose, ears, and eyes. If that Hua Chuibi really has the heart to go to this point, I will really admit it."

After finishing speaking, Yu Wangling put down his hand playing with the tassels, the corners of his mouth drooped, and ordered: "Go."