Straight man of steel

Chapter 139 Open the skylight and speak eloquently

Duotong did not stop Zhang Yuan and the others from leaving, and his shadowy eyes followed the mission to look outside the palace.

As soon as they got back to the post house, Li Jian and Erdan all gathered together.

"Patriarch, what strange reaction did Yelang Hou have?"

Zhang Yuan shook his head.

"The reaction was weird, not like the image I had in my head."

Li Jian and the others had no idea what Zhang Yuan was talking about, only Zhang Yuan understood these words.

Duotong is proud and arrogant, and has never thought of joining the big man at all.Zhang Yuan threatened him with soldiers, but he didn't attack immediately.

Tang Meng promised a lot of things to make such a monarch suppress his own nature.

"If my guess is correct, Duotong has sent someone to look for Tang Meng at this time.

Zong Xing, go to the barracks outside the valley immediately, and invite Huang Changshi over after Tang Meng leaves. "

No matter what, Zong Xing never thought that Zhang Yuan would want to see members of the Huang clan. You must know that in Zhang Yuan's eyes, the Huang clan is equated with the word greed.

"Patriarch, if Huang Changshi refuses to come here, what should I say?"

Anyway, Zhang Yuan and Huang's are not on the same side.

"After you go, just tell Mr. Jifu to find him."

Out of loyalty and trust to Zhang Yuan, Zong Xing quickly left the post house after bowing his head and making a promise.

"Ayuan, why are you looking for Army Commander Shi?"

Like Zong Xing, Er Dan never thought about Zhang Yuan's motives for doing things, so Li Jian finally asked.

"I just feel that Huang Changshi probably doesn't know what Tang Meng is doing this time. If he asks him, maybe there will be some unexpected gains."

After explaining to Li Jian, Zhang Yuan asked Er Dan to bring Ji Fu for tea.

Tian Fu is half the owner of the Huang family, and if Jifu is in charge here, Huang Changshi can be more honest.

After waiting for half an hour, Zong Xing appeared outside the room with a suspicious Huang Changshi on his face.

The man saw several people inside, so he stopped coming in at the door.

The story of Hongmen Banquet and Bai Dengshan took place not so far from now that everyone has forgotten it. After several generations, caution has been engraved in the bones of the Han people.

However, it has also caused those who are not cautious and unwilling to be ordinary to release their most dazzling light in this era.

This light shone for two thousand years throughout the country.

"Brother Li, Er Dan and Zong Xing, you go out first, Mr. Ji Fu and I have something to discuss with Huang Changshi in detail."

Zhang Yuan pretended that Li Jian and the others were ignorant, and invited them out of the room.

It wasn't until everyone had left that Huang Changshi walked into the room and closed the door tightly.

He didn't look at Zhang Yuan, but just bowed to Ji Fu.

"Mr. Jifu, don't you know what you want from me?"

Ji Fu took a sip of tea with an expressionless expression and pointed at Zhang Yuan with his left hand.

"I'm just here today as a companion. Zhang Xingren has something to ask you."

Zhang Yuan also pretended to be relaxed and smiled at this time.

"Huang Changshi, don't be nervous. Speaking of which, I am also a disciple of Junhou. We are a family."

Before he finished speaking, Ji Fu looked at Zhang Yuan with contemptuous eyes without hesitation.

Huang Changshi laughed out of embarrassment, he couldn't afford to joke about the family.

"Zhang Xingren, what do you want to ask the next official?"

Zhang Yuan put away his smiling face and said seriously.

"I don't know if Huang Changshi knows what kind of deal Tang Meng and Yelang Hou Duotong reached, which made Duotong refuse to allow me to count the population and household registration of Yelang Kingdom."

It was a few days ago when this matter was mentioned, and Huang Changshi still knew the ins and outs of the matter.

"The lower officials have heard about it, but they don't know about the deal between General Lang and Marquis Yelang.

The defenders of Fuguan have always followed His Majesty's will. "

It is impossible for Huang Changshi to trust him, Zhang Yuan turned his head to look at Ji Fu, Ji Fu quickly turned his face to the other side, and did not make eye contact with Zhang Yuan.

old fox.

After withdrawing his eyes, Zhang Yuan spoke directly.

"You forcibly plundered many men from other tribes to build roads and dig mines for you, I already know about this.

So far, Huang Changshi can still tell me here that you are acting according to His Majesty's will? "

Everyone knows about road construction, but few people in the Fuguan defenders know about mining.

Those civilian husbands who were captured were also taken to the mine after they were handed over to the Huang clan.

As for the civilians who were recruited in the three counties of Bashu before, they were all told that they were mining for the Han Dynasty. It is said that the Huang family was indeed mining for the Han Dynasty, but they could not explain it to outsiders.

Those civilian husbands didn't know that there was a Huang family interspersed in the middle.

Conscripting corvee is the foundation of the country, if it is spread for the Huang family's private use, then the Huang family will be finished.

From Liu Che down to one of Huang's supervisors, everyone tacitly did not mention this matter. If it was exposed to the sun, Liu Che and all the nobles in the court who had benefited would definitely sever ties with Huang.

Huang Changshi's eyes were full of shock. He originally thought that Zhang Yuan would not dare to speak out even if he knew about it. This was a tacit understanding created by many people.

"Zhang Xingren, please don't talk nonsense, the officials are definitely not involved in this matter."

"Oh? You didn't participate? It means that there is an army arresting people to mine?"

Huang Changshi's eyeballs were about to pop out all of a sudden, and he pointed at Zhang Yuan with one hand, trembling all over, what he wanted to say was stuck in his throat, and he couldn't say it.

At this time, Jifu was no longer watching the joke, coughed twice and said slowly.

"Okay, Zhang Xingren, don't scare him.

I don’t know how Huang allowed such a waste to become the commander of Fuguan Guards. "

Zhang Yuan ignored Ji Fu and looked at Huang Changshi and continued to ask with a smile.

"Can Huang Changshi answer my previous question now?"

Ji Fu's words made Huang Changshi quickly regain his composure from the panic.

Only then did he realize that he was not fighting alone at all. Behind him stood the most powerful group of people in the Han Dynasty.

However, Ji Fu also made Huang Changshi understand that Zhang Yuan was not an enemy.

"Zhang Xingren, I really don't know what deal Lang Zhongjiang has with Yelang Hou.

Thinking about it, even if there is, it is just to let the people of the Baiyue tribes outside the Yelang Kingdom bear the corvee for the people of the Yelang Kingdom. "

Zhang Yuan sighed, the answer is really up to you.

"Then Tang Meng did anything unusual. When there is no battle, all his orders must go through you."

Huang Changshi always felt that he and Tang Meng were in the same boat. He basically stamped whatever orders Tang Meng gave before without even looking at them.

When Zhang Yuan asked this question, he couldn't give Zhang Yuan an answer.

(End of this chapter)