My country, you can pinch it

"Yes, this is Yongliang!"

Everyone shouted in unison, extremely excited.

"Actually, I haven't seen such a 'backbone' person for a long time." Zhang Feng sat down slowly again, and said calmly, "Who is counting forward?"

At this time, the Patriarch of the Shen family said: "You mean the one who was appointed to the prefecture, surnamed Ren?"

"That's right, the old man appreciates him quite a bit." Zhang Feng said with deep emotion, "I remember the first day I also greeted him like this, eh... Did he come later?"

"Of course I'm here, the old man invites, who can not show face?"

Zhang Feng nodded, "Yes, he's here, and he's sitting there." He pointed to the empty main seat above, then shook his head and sighed, "Even if he has a bad temper, he's just as arrogant. Halfway through, he flicked his sleeves and left."

"So there are still people who don't know how to be flattering?" A young man brought to the world by his parents muttered, and then he was glared at by his father.

"Alas... the old man has a bad memory, so I don't know where he is now?" Zhang Feng looked around with a smile, then stared at one at random and asked.

The young man was also holding the wine glass and was curious, when he heard the man bite the bullet and reply: "Old man, you forgot, within three months, the person is gone, I guess the grave is almost buried by yellow sand now."

As soon as the words fell, the wine glass in the young man's hand shook and spilled, and his face paled instantly.

"Ah...that's such a pity." Zhang Feng sighed faintly, and the young man immediately lowered his head in fright. From the corner of his eyes, he couldn't help but glance at the vacant seat on the upper seat. He was terrified, thinking that it was King Ning, Long Zi. ah!

Not only him, but all the guests present felt the creepiness and felt like they were sitting on pins and needles.

But Zhang Feng seemed to be immersed in nostalgia, and didn't feel the weird atmosphere. It wasn't until Zhang Dayu called out that he seemed to come back to his senses, and then smiled apologetically, "Look at me, when I'm older, I'm more verbose. Please take care of me." Some." He bowed his hands to the full house of guests.

"Where, where." Everyone hurriedly raised their hands in return, with forced smiles on their faces.

"Then...let's start. If King Ning doesn't come, we can't let go of our interest. We should eat and drink. It's not easy to find these good things in Yongliang at this time, isn't it, King Liang?" Zhang Feng He raised his hand and made a gesture of invitation to everyone.

Duan Ping laughed, raised his cup first, and said to Zhang Feng: "Then let's toast Mr. Zhang first, it's just right that King Ning doesn't want to come, we should be more comfortable."

"Haha, King Liang and his friends know how to be a guest." After finishing speaking, Zhang Feng drank a glass himself, and glanced at the rest of the guests one by one. They dared not have the slightest difference. They laughed and raised their glasses together. drink up.

The scene was so slowly and joyous, and gradually, when everyone forgot about this unhappiness, the smiling Zhang Feng suddenly slapped his head and said: "By the way, look at my memory, didn't King Ning let us donate in the end?" Do you want to save the disaster victims? Ah, what do you think, come and tell me.”

The voice fell, and finally let go of the drinking crowd, the smile that was too late to put away froze on the face in an instant, the whole banquet could be heard once again, everyone looked at me, I looked at you, and sat down slowly and politely , but no one dared to speak.

Zhang Feng's old but sparkling eyes swept over one by one, and he smiled coldly in his heart.

"Why, are you all dumb?" He said, looking at the Shen family, "Master Shen, what do you say?"

Shen Xing still holds half of the Yongliang Guards. Feng Yang is dead, and King Ning has no time to move him, but if King Ning is allowed to stand firm, maybe this half of the military power will be gone.

Thinking of this, Master Shen settled down and said: "Hey, old man, is there any need to ask? When the cold disaster comes, the landlord's family naturally has no more food left! Back then, when Lu Zhizhou shot and killed the refugees, we all disagreed. After all, it is too cruel. But the closing of the city gate is agreed with both hands and feet. For nothing else, what should the people in our city do? Find your own way, everyone said, right?"

Seeing Zhang Feng showing a satisfied smile, everyone echoed.

"Yes, if there are only hundreds of people, then it's okay for us to help, but tens of thousands, who can bear it, and besides, this disaster relief is a matter of the imperial court, what does it have to do with us ordinary people?"

"It's reasonable. When the cold comes, the caravans can't get through, and the inns are empty. Everyone can't take care of themselves, so why bother with others?"

"I don't know why King Ning has to come to this barren land without staying in the capital. How can a nobleman survive the wind and sand here?"

"Why else?" Suddenly someone said, "I have a relative in the capital who is doing well. It is said that King Ning, the former Seventh Prince, is not liked by the emperor at all, and he is presumably demoted. "

Everyone suddenly realized, "No wonder, it turns out that the capital can't survive, so come to Yongliang to show off your prestige!"

Zhang Feng couldn't stop nodding when he heard what you said, "It seems that there is nothing we can do about King Ning's request."

"I can't do anything!" The crowd shouted in unison.

Zhang Feng then laughed, "Forget it, then all of you will sign and express your intentions later, so that His Highness King Ning will know that it's not that we don't cooperate, but that the request is too much."

Zhang Feng's seemingly casual words once again silenced the audience.

Today's welcome banquet was full of twists and turns, three shocks and one scare, if the health is not good, it will really make trouble.

Someone opened his mouth, but the smile on his face was still stiff, like a goose with a strangled neck, "Grandpa Zhang, this..."

"I still need to sign..."

Everyone's eyes flickered, and the reluctance was visible on their faces. It's fine to talk about it in private, but it can be put in black and white. Isn't this a ready-made handle?

"Why, didn't you all talk about your own difficulties and don't want to donate? Why are you all lying to me?" Zhang Feng had a smile on his face, but the ridiculousness didn't reach his eyes. Think about the former magistrate whose grave was buried in yellow sand.

For a while, everyone swallowed, and the cushion under their buttocks couldn't sit still.

"Everyone, look around. It's not just King Ning who is missing today. All the lords who kindly greeted Dajia are still in custody. They are closely related to everyone present! You just watch the knife on your head fall to your neck. Come on, do you regret it?"

Zhang Feng's words were engraved in the hearts of everyone, causing them to have conflicts.Almost all the officials in Yongliang are locals, and almost all are the promising descendants and in-laws of the big families. There are very few talents transferred like Zhao Bufan.

"Everyone, I have to admit that King Ning is not as easy to deal with as the previous Zhizhou. If we can't fight against the enemy and completely suppress his arrogance, we can only swallow his anger from now on. Of course, we should bow our heads to the emperor's relatives, but everyone Are you willing to sit on an equal footing with those refugees, and even watch their faces live? Huh?"

There is no doubt that the refugees who live in Hufang will never go out again. Compared with their old clans, King Ning trusts these refugees more.

Not reconciled!

"Those untouchables..."

"Why?"

When Zhang Feng said this, no matter whether he really wanted to or had to, the people in this banquet had no other way to go.

Zhang Feng smiled and said, "Wen Ruo, go prepare the Four Treasures of the Study."

"Yes, master."

The Zhang family's deterrence to everyone was obviously stronger than King Ning who had just entered Yongliang. After the pen and ink was brought up, under Zhang Feng's signal, he handed it to the closest person.

"Everyone present here should sign and press their fingerprints. I will come tomorrow morning to meet our Highness Prince Ning."

The first person had hesitation on his face, but under the eyes of everyone, he finally sighed softly, signed, pressed his fingerprints, and then passed the pen and ink to the next person, like beating a drum to pass flowers.

Zhang Feng looked at it with a smile, as if he had a plan in mind, but only he knew that this was just a temporary idea, because time was running out.

Taking advantage of this time, he looked at Duan Ping, who was slightly taken aback when he received it, and then nodded.

He asked Ke Qing to conceal a key matter... Xiling Hou's mansion, and because of this, many things had to be cut and cleaned up quickly.

It's just that today is too long, and it's destined to have various difficulties with him.

Before the word was signed, someone rushed in and said, "Grandpa, it's not good, just now His Royal Highness King Ning sent someone to seal the magistrate's mansion!"

In an instant, the person who was about to sign the contract paused and raised his head in shock. Everyone looked at Zhang Feng in unison.

But Zhang Feng's calm expression finally disappeared, he stood up suddenly and asked, "What about grandma?"

"Grandma can't come out, everyone is locked inside!"

"Okay, very good!" Zhang Feng's eyes twitched, with obvious anger on his face, "It seems that today's dinner will not be finished, everyone, leave first after signing, I have to deal with something."

These words sounded like the sound of nature, they couldn't sit still for a long time, everyone hurriedly got up and left in a hurry, only Duan Ping took a step back, looked at Zhang Feng who got up and was about to leave as if he was about to rush to Zhizhou, and then called out: " Granny."

Zhang Feng looked over in surprise, "King Liang hasn't left yet!"

Duan Ping twitched the corner of his mouth, thinking that this old guy is getting more and more good at pretending, he obviously has something to say, as if he was being chased by others.

But at the moment on a boat, there is no need to worry too much, Duan Ping said with a smile: "It's a step too late, there are some things I want to talk to the old man in private."

Zhang Feng then grabbed his hand, "Let's talk while walking."

The two got closer, and Zhang Feng said briefly in a low voice: "Don't keep the food in your hands, find a way to destroy it quickly in the past few days."

Duan Ping frowned, "What?" He looked at Zhang Feng with a puzzled face, "Why?"

"The residence of the Marquis of Xiling."

These four words made Duan Ping's heart skip a beat, he couldn't believe it, "With King Ning?"

"Wen Ruo said that Shang Wei's eldest granddaughter is by King Ning's side." Zhang Feng paused, "I saw it with my own eyes and heard it with my own ears."

"how can that be?"

Zhang Feng stopped in his tracks, looked back at Duan Ping and said, "Whether it's possible or not, the fact is that, we have to prepare for the worst."

The so-called worst plan is for the Shang family to send troops to help, so it would be a joke for them to play tricks with King Ning here.

"But this batch of grain is of great use and cannot be sold."

Zhang Feng's face was heavy, "Then transport it away."

"But the caravan still has a lot of goods in its hands, and it won't be vacated so quickly."

This is no good, that's no good, Zhang Feng sneered and said: "King Liang, are you still caring about goods at this time?"

"Don't you care about success? Caravans come all the way here at risk, and they can't make two trips a year. If they don't ship, they go to drink the northwest wind? My lord, it's not up to me." Duan Ping said calmly. .

The meaning of refusal was very obvious. Although the Hu people accepted the alliance with the Zhang family, they did not intend to sacrifice their own interests.

The two walked to the door, Zhang Feng looked around and saw that Duan Ping was still arguing with him at this time, so he didn't know the priorities, he almost cursed in anger, but he still held back forcefully.

Finally, Zhang Feng whispered: "Then this batch of goods will be eaten by our Zhang family."

Hearing this, Duan Ping's eyes brightened: "Of course it is possible. I will discuss it with the elders after I go back. I think they will not refuse."

At this moment, the carriage was ready at the door, Zhang Feng snorted coldly, flung his sleeves, and got into the carriage with the support of Zhang Dayu, but suddenly he seemed to have thought of something, turned his head and stared at Duan Ping sharply: "Either the food should be destroyed on the spot , or transport it away, it must be done within three days!"

After finishing speaking, he got into the carriage, the coachman rang the bell, flicked his long whip, and the carriage moved forward and left the Zhang residence.

Duan Ping looked at the backs of the chariots and horses, and squinted his eyes, "Old fox, you are in such a hurry."

As the night gradually deepened, Fang Jinling was sitting at the table, holding a book of stories in his hand, and was passing the time.

Zijing came over and said: "Master, the hot water is ready."

Fang Jinling raised his head, closed the script and smiled: "I haven't had a good bath in almost a month, my body is going to stink."

"Then you can soak for a while today to get rid of the cold air."

"Yeah." Fang Jinling sniffed, the stuffy nose was really uncomfortable, he asked while taking off his clothes, "Is Chang Kong back?"

"Not yet, you asked him to pay attention to the movement of Zhizhou Mansion, he dare not slack off."

Liu Ke led people to surround the magistrate's mansion in person to find the evidence left by Lu Wanshan. If it goes well, it will be easier to deal with the Zhang family.

But if it doesn't go well... He frowned, feeling a little uneasy in his heart.

Zijing helped Fang Jinling take off his outer clothes, and when he was about to take off his middle clothes, he suddenly stopped and said, "I have to find my eldest sister."

Fang Jinling put on his clothes and cape again, and Zijing led him to Shang Chuqing's room with a lantern.

"big sister."

As soon as Fang Jinling knocked on the door, a voice came from inside, "Come in."

Pushing open the door and entering, Fang Jinling unexpectedly discovered that Shang Chuqing was not resting, but was arranging her clothes, and let her attendant tie her cuffs with a rope, dressed as if she was about to go out, and took the sword.

"Big sister, you are..."

"I'll go out for a while. After thinking about it, Zhang Feng will not just let King Ning rummage through the magistrate's mansion and get enough evidence to correct him. It is very likely that the two sides will have a conflict tonight."

Shang Chuqing's words coincided with Fang Jinling's. That's why he came in a hurry. He said quickly: "Ning Wang has a thousand troops, the second sister took some of them to Hufang, and the other part was organized by the fourth sister to help Zhao Xiucai. There are some granaries and post houses, but there are actually less than 500 people in his hands."

Shang Chuqing nodded, "So this is what I'm worried about. The Zhang family has at least twice as many private soldiers. Even if they bring the same number of people today, King Ning will still suffer."

Fang Jinling asked: "Sister, will you go directly to Zhizhou Mansion?"

"Correct."

"Why don't you go to Hufang first, take those refugees with you, and take back the soldiers brought by the second sister. With the support of these troops, the Zhang family will not dare to be too presumptuous." Fang Jinling suggested.

Shang Chuqing laughed when she heard the words, and touched Fang Jinling's head, "Lingling, although your body is as weak as a little chick, the Shang family still has the brains to use soldiers. Don't worry, we have already asked Weixue to go find you. It's cloudy, let's meet up at Zhizhou Prefecture."

Fang Jinling was a little embarrassed when he heard the words, "I was worrying too much, my sister is thoughtful."

"Hurry up and go back and have a rest. Just leave the rest to us, my dear." After finishing speaking, Shang Chuqing went out, and took her relatives on the horse and left.

Late at night, cold, but the Shang family's daughter seems to have gotten used to it.

Fang Jinling watched, finally able to relax, turned around and said, "Let's go, Amethyst, I'm going to take a bath."