Tang's dining table

Xue Changfeng felt that his life was much easier now that there was no longer a tall man behind his butt who was always nagging, refusing to let him go left or right, and always holding a little baby girl like a nanny.

Although Youzhou City is the capital of Hebei, the whole city has a shabby atmosphere from the inside out. Even the Youzhou Disposal Office in the city looks gray and gray, far inferior to Wanwan. The county government in Nian County is impressive.

Only one mansion is different. Although the entire mansion is made of blue bricks, you can see traces of Chang'an's new style architecture from the cornices and flower windows. This shows that this family still has some similarities with Chang'an. implicated.

Xue Changfeng walked around the Wang family's mansion and found that this family's high-strength barrier was extremely tightly guarded. To break through, at least an army with gunpowder would be needed.

Originally, I thought that I could complete the tasks assigned by Yin Erhu alone, but this seemed to be impossible.

So, Xue Changfeng went to an inn called Tongfu as he had asked when he parted with Yin Erhu, and handed a sealed letter to the shopkeeper with a smile on his face.

The shopkeeper led Xue Changfeng into the guest room No. 1 without changing his expression.

Xue Changfeng didn't find it strange to see the always stooped shopkeeper turn into a tough guy. He had seen many such guys with obvious military temperament in Luoyang and Chang'an.

The shopkeeper opened the letter in front of him, then threw away the letter paper inside. After lighting the candle, he toasted the envelope, and then the words 'capture the king' appeared on the envelope.

The shopkeeper then burned the paint on the envelope with fire, and a pure white silver sheet appeared in front of the two of them. Under Xue Changfeng's curious eyes, the shopkeeper inserted the small silver sheet into a jade pendant. He held up the jade pendant and looked at the light. Then he put away the jade pendant and said, "Your Majesty, you are nineteen days late."

Xue Changfeng said: "I was delayed on the way."

The shopkeeper said: "This time you have the power to make a decision at the last moment, so you won't pursue it. You won't want to do it next time."

Xue Changfeng said: "I am your Majesty, you should listen to me."

The shopkeeper looked at Xue Changfeng and said: "If the token you brought was not true, you would have died long ago. I really doubt whether you are an inspector sent by the Lord himself."

Xue Changfeng looked around and saw no chair in the room, so he sat on the bed and said, "Am I just the inspector?"

The shopkeeper said: "Do you need to get involved in the affairs in Youzhou?"

Xue Changfeng scratched his ears and smiled: "It seems that I am not qualified to know your name, am I?"

The shopkeeper said, "Do you believe what I said?"

Xue Changfeng shook his head honestly and said: "I don't believe it."

The shopkeeper said: "The plan to capture the king will be implemented in three days, you just need to watch."

Xue Changfeng said: "How do you plan to enter such a big house as the Wang family?"

The shopkeeper sneered and said, "My pig is now fat. Is it difficult to kill him?"

"Pigs raised at home?" Xue Changfeng looked at the shopkeeper with playful eyes.

The shopkeeper only gave him a sinister smile and left.

Xue Changfeng stood up and began to look at this Zen room-like house. The furnishings inside were very simple, with two futons, a low table, a wooden bed, an oil lamp and nothing else.

Xue Changfeng simply fell down on the bed, putting his hands behind his head and thinking about the purpose of coming to Youzhou.

Erhu said that a long time ago, when the Tang Dynasty conquered Goguryeo with thousands of troops, there were three brothers from a family named Wang who specially collected slaves and gave them to the army as slave soldiers. Every time they lost a slave soldier, after the Tang army captured the enemy city, The Wang brothers can pick three slaves from the city and take them away.

Although many of the slave soldiers of the Wang brothers died in the battle, the Wang brothers benefited more because of the invincibility of the Tang army. After the Eastern Expedition army destroyed the three kingdoms of Liaodong, the three Wang brothers also made a lot of money. money.

He was also allowed to live in Chang'an because of his meritorious service in supplying slave soldiers to the Tang army.

Originally, if the three Wang brothers just immersed themselves in doing some business in Chang'an and changed their lives, they could live happily in Chang'an.

Who would have known that after living in Chang'an for two years, these three brothers secretly ran back to Hebei and continued their old business of selling slaves.

Moreover, various clues have proven that the three Wang brothers have betrayed their lord, colluded with the remnants of Silla, and in the name of selling Silla maidservants, overtly and covertly delivered many problematic Silla maidservants to wealthy families in the Tang Dynasty. .

Some of the Silla maids have become the favorites of many nobles. Among them, as many as three generals from the past Eastern Expedition died in the hands of these Silla maids. The most tragic one was the general Lu Qian who showed off his power. Thirty-nine members of his family died. To poison.

Therefore, the Lord ordered that the three Wang brothers be completely eradicated, and by the way, he asked about the whereabouts and number of the maids and slaves who had been placed in the noble families of the Tang Dynasty over the years.

Therefore, the name of this operation is: Capture the King.

For Xue Changfeng, this task was just a incidental task. He only had the power of supervision, not command.

According to Yin Erhu, the Lord seemed to pay more attention to the movements of the nobles in Chang'an and Luoyang in Hebei Province.

Thinking of this, Xue Changfeng already understood one thing. He might be able to learn something about the Lord from this mission to capture the king.

Xue Changfeng had many guesses about this lord, and every guess turned out to be wrong. This made Xue Changfeng, who thought he was smart, feel a strong sense of failure.

Although Yin Erhu once told him that if he had not been a savage for five years in Danzhou, where the savages lived, he would be qualified to see the Lord.

Although it should be the most convenient and quickest way to find out who the master is through Yin Erhu, Xue Changfeng is not very willing to do this because it will implicate Yin Erhu.

Before knowing who the master was, Xue Changfeng did not dare to gamble with the lives of Yin Erhu and his family. If the master turned out to be ruthless, Yin Erhu and his family would be dead.

Judging from the Lord's method of dealing with Helan Minzhi, the Lord is a devil who is accustomed to playing with people's hearts.

However, judging from Yin Erhu's performance, the Lord seems to be a kind man who is extremely considerate of his subordinates.

These two feelings were intertwined, making it impossible for Xue Changfeng to establish a concrete image of this mysterious lord in his heart.

This time, Xue Changfeng felt that he was the closest to this mysterious lord, and this lord must be a certain general who conquered Goguryeo back then, and must also be involved with the three Wang brothers.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Xue Changfeng went to bed early without leaving the inn or even eating. Early tomorrow morning, he wanted to go to the sturdy Wang family mansion to take a look again.

Although the local companions in Youzhou seemed arrogant, Xue Changfeng still wanted to measure through his own eyes how difficult it would be to break through the Wang family's mansion.

The heat in Youzhou City in June was unbearable, and the sun had just come out. Xue Changfeng felt that he couldn't wear a robe anymore, so he changed into a short coat worn by Hu people and came to the vicinity of the Wang family's mansion again.

I found a stall selling Hu cakes, lost five dollars and ordered a Hu cakes with haggis. Many people buy this in Chang'an. It is a specialty of Chang'an. I didn't expect to encounter it in Youzhou.

The hawker was very nice. The newly baked biscuits were crispy and the offal was plenty. He even gave him an extra sheep's eyeball.

Xue Changfeng was eating Hu cakes while pretending to pass by Wang's gate accidentally. At this moment, Wang's gate opened wide, and a middle-aged fat man who seemed to be honest and honest came out of the gate. Then, a young scholar in blue dressed as The person was sent out enthusiastically. Xue Changfeng accidentally glanced at the young man in blue and was stunned. He knew this young man as Su Xiang, the third son of Su Lie, Duke of Xing of the Tang Dynasty.

Xue Changfeng felt as if there was a sound in his head, so he chewed Hu biscuits and passed by the door pretending to be nonchalant.

Su Xiang hurriedly walked, jumped on a horse, and left the Wang family mansion surrounded by personal guards. The smiles on the faces of the three similar-looking Wang brothers who sent Su Xiang out specifically disappeared immediately, replaced by a smile. The sad look on his face.

The walls of the Wang family mansion were very high, and only the height of a restaurant on the left seemed to exceed the walls. Xue Changfeng came to the ninth floor of the house, which had just opened to welcome guests.

Just as he was about to enter, he was scolded out by two charcoal-headed Kunlun slaves guarding the door of the restaurant in proficient Chang'an Mandarin.

Xue Changfeng couldn't figure out why there was such a magical thing as Kunlun slave in such a remote place as Youzhou. Even in Chang'an, Kunlun slave was actually rare. Only some noble families with rich family wealth would have this thing. Not to mention two Kunlun slaves who can speak fluent Chang'an Mandarin. It is obvious that these are Kunlun slaves born from two families.

However, this kind of Kunlun slave is just a lookalike, regardless of his long hands and legs. Xue Changfeng felt that he was a Han family man, and being scolded by the Kunlun slave on his own land was really not something that could be tolerated.

So, he raised his fist and hit the nose of a Kunlun slave who bared his white teeth and continued to scold him. The punch was very heavy. Xue Changfeng saw that the Kunlun slave's nose was flattened by himself. Nosebleeds and tears flowed, but the Kunlun slave was the only one who continued to spit out extremely vicious curse words.

In anger, Xue Changfeng punched another Kunlun slave who kept spitting like an old cow while he was cursing people. The result was still a good beating, but the only bad thing was that these two This guy didn't fight back even after being beaten, but those two mouths kept yelling curses.

The furious Xue Changfeng's fists hit the two Kunlun slaves like raindrops. In a moment, the two Kunlun slaves were beaten to the ground, and they were about to run out of breath.

Even so, the two Kunlun slaves still weakly scolded Xue Changfeng in the most vicious words. Xue Changfeng heard clearly that one of them happened to be greeting his mother.

Xue Changfeng suddenly lost his temper and looked up to the second floor of the restaurant. Sure enough, at the entrance of the corridor stood several noble gentlemen waving folding fans and smiling to watch the excitement.

One of them, a young man in pink clothes with colorful flowers, pointed at Xue Changfeng with his fan and said: "Hit me, why don't you beat me? He just greeted your mother. How can I bear this without you?"