Chapter 208 The blood is empty and the heart is cool
This lady Chen was the one that Ye Chang met at the ferry before he first entered Chang'an, which was the disciple of Gongsun. Ye Chang met Ji Wen, and it was also related to her. After she killed someone, she came to Beihai to surrender. Li Yong felt that he was determined to avenge his husband and wrote a letter to the court to pardon her for not being guilty.
A few days ago, Li Bai came here and wrote a poem about this matter.
"What, Madam Chen also knows this Ye Chang?"
"But Xiuwu Ye Chang?"
“That’s right.”
"Then... this person is known to me." Mrs. Chen's expression changed a little, and her eyes became cold: "I saw it once in Jingji, but I never thought it was such a villain. I should have killed him at that time."
"So that's it, the world is so small." Li Yong laughed out loud. Among the people he made friends with, there were quite a few who knew Ye Chang. He pondered for a moment and said, "Just say what kind of arm help do you need. I don't know how long the traitor stayed in Bochang. I can only maintain the matter of cutting off the Heyun for a few days, so it's not time to go and do it quickly."
"yes"
Mrs. Chen responded, Li Yong was silent in the room for a while, and then said inwardly: "What a pity."
The original purpose was to peel and knock Ye Chang's body and get more wealth, but now he can only get rid of this guy.
When Li Yong and Niang Chen discussed secretly, the Yuan Highway was covered in green hats, covering Ye Chang's boat
"Ye Shiyi, you are actually a sixth-rank official"
Seeing Ye Chang, Yuan Highway beckoned and said, I was really envious.
He has been in charge for many years and is now only a sixth rank, but Ye Chang is a sixth rank. Although Ye Chang is nominally the guard of Xiangping and is a military position, the distinction between civil and military personnel in the Tang Dynasty is far less obvious than later generations, so civil officials dare not be too arrogant in front of military positions.
"It's just to make things easier for me, and I never thought it would come in handy." Ye Chang laughed and said, "What's the point of the sixth rank? If everything goes well, Yuan Gong, you will soon be the top sixth rank. You can be a Sima of a county, and you will be forward soon."
"We must rely on you, Shiyilang." Yuan Highway became more and more enthusiastic.
Looking at Ye Chang, although he was not wearing official uniforms, Ye Chang in Yuan Highway's heart was different from yesterday. Thinking of his concern that this person was causing trouble back then, Yuan Highway was proud of his ability to recognize people, and he also sighed inwardly: What methods did this guy use to achieve this level
"Duke Yuan came just in time. I would like to ask if Duke Yuan, is the treasury in Beihai, now complete?"
After the two guests and hosts took their seats, Ye Chang asked directly without waiting for Yuan Highway to speak.
Based on his understanding of Li Yong, this guy couldn't have been out of touch with the Beihai treasury, and Yuan Highway was meticulous and there should be some definite news.
"Huh... Shiyilang is indeed a celestial being, and he doesn't know anything." Yuan Highway whispered: "Indeed, he embezzled even the rice from Yi Cang in mid-air."
"It's really hard to fill in desires." Ye Chang sneered. The rice in the charity warehouse is for waste. Even this one dares to be misappropriated. Li Yong's actions are too much.
"Many people at that time didn't know that, and only thought that this was the style of ancient madmen." Yuan Highway also expressed his disapproval.
"What ancient madman is just a fool, but he is not beneficial to the country or the people." Ye Chang said disdainfully: "Since this is the case... is there any evidence?"
Yuan Gonglu smiled bitterly. He had never thought about being an enemy of his immediate superior before, and he would prepare any evidence. He did not dare to hand over it at this time. It was his limit to inform Ye Chang. If he betrayed his superiors again, his career would also be affected in the future.
"No... that's okay. Naturally, someone will come to find him." Ye Chang pondered for a while and whispered: "I wrote a letter. Now my people must be monitored by Li Yong. Only you can rely on you. Send someone to send the letter to the Grand View Garden in Nanshi Luoyang City, and find someone named Jia Maoer and give it to him."
"ah?"
"If it weren't for you, I would have sent someone to break through... It's not good to kill more often, and it will inevitably alarm Li Yong. After shocking the snake, the effect may not be the best." Ye Chang said, picking up the pen.
He has been practicing for four years as long as he has time. Although he still seems craftsmanship, he is close to the level of calligraphy masters. With the pen flowing like a dragon and a snake, a letter has been written, but Ye Chang did not stop writing, but then wrote two more letters.
He did not avoid Yuan Highway, but Yuan Highway was not easy to look, so he could only sit there and wait. After Ye Chang finished, he handed over three letters to Yuan Highway: "Yuan Gong, this letter is for Jia Maoer, let him act according to his words. One of these two letters was for Chang'an Wei Jiwen, and the other was for Jinwu Army Cao Yangzhao. Just let someone send these three letters to Jia Maoer, and he will do it himself."
Seeing that Yuan Highway was a little puzzled, Ye Chang laughed and said, "Ji Wen is Li Linfu's confidant, and he is the best at placing charges. Yang Zhao... He is the brother of the imperial concubine. Yuan Gong, your official position is about to fall on him."
Yuan Gaolu was shocked when he heard this, and the letter in his hand almost fell off.
He also heard of Ji Wen's reputation. Ye Chang wrote to him that he must have been cheating for Li Yong. If he fell into the hands of this person, it would be no different from falling into the hands of Li Linfu. However, Yang Zhao was not famous. It was the first time he heard about Yuan Highway, but he knew that he was the brother of Yang Yuhuan, who was newly appointed concubine. He immediately understood that his official position would be dependent on Yang Yuhuan to blow the wind beside his pillow.
Since it was a favor, Ye Chang came to his feet and added: "It is impossible to ask Li Linfu to act and plan an official position. However, Li Gao is surrounded by enemies, and I want to use his hand to get rid of Li Yong. In order to avoid damaging the reputation of Yuan Gong, the only way to ask for the entrusting was to go through Yang Juncao. Fortunately, Yang Juncao and I have a very good friendship, and he will definitely be able to handle this matter."
No matter how good the friendship is, it is necessary to handle things like this. When Ye Chang said he would spend 10,000 or 20,000 yuan, Yuan Highway knew that the Yang family's appetite was quite good.
Yuan Highway sent people to deliver letters, but he didn't mention it. Ye Chang sent people to the lower reaches of the Daqing River every day in the next few days, but they were blocked. The excuse was that Li Yong suspected that Ye Chang's official position was true or false, and sent people to Beijing to inquire, but he did not dare to let them go before the result was achieved.
Ye Chang was not in a hurry, so he stopped on the boat, practicing sailors in the Daqing River every day, docked at night, and occasionally went ashore to exercise his muscles and bones.
His caution made Mrs. Chen, who had already arrived here, feel anxious.
Although Li Yong did not urge her, he sent people to greet her every day. Mrs. Chen knew the meaning of this.
"Every morning, I run under the water gate, and then go back to the boat and don't leave unless I can get on the boat, it is impossible to approach him at all. If I can't get close to him, I have sword skills like my master, and I can't stab..."
It is even more impossible to kill him hard. After all, Mrs. Chen is just a woman. No matter how superb and superb swordsmanship is, she is naturally weak. She knows very well in her heart that in front of her, the guards around Ye Chang only need two or three people to block her, not to mention that there is a kind and straightforward person.
Monk Shanzhi is a person that her master, Aunt Gongsun, is also afraid of. This monk and Ye Chang are almost inseparable. It is impossible to take action in front of him.
"It seems... there is only one way."
That night, candles lit up on the boat. Ye Chang has always hated the nights of this era. Not only did he not have any entertainment, but the candles and torches used for lighting were also filled with large black smoke, which not only made people's nostrils black, but also damaged their eyes.
Therefore, the candles he used were the one with the least refined smoke.
"Shiyilang, we can't always spend time with him here, right?" Shanzhi was so nervous these days that he saw Ye Chang calmly writing something under the candle, he couldn't help complaining: "Since you are an official, you can just break through. Can those thieves and birds really stop us? We bumped into those small boats and rushed over."
"The third brother is very light. Since we should always go here and keep the old man a disaster, it will be a future problem after all." Ye Chang put down his pen and sighed: "Last time on Chang'an, I understood a truth. Just be cruel to the enemy. If you can get rid of the roots, you must not show mercy. The old man just wants to make some money to fill his deficit. If you are a good deal of negotiation with me, I have a way to make money. It is okay to share some money with him and make it convenient for him. But this old man looks like a hypocrite and says he wants to avenge Wei Jian... What good thing is Wei Jian? To cater to the best wishes, it has caused complaints from the people of Gyeonggi Province."
Shanzhi didn't expect that his words would actually cause Ye Chang to complain a lot, and blinked his eyes: "So what?"
"I just thought that these so-called Qingliu famous scholars have not made any progress for thousands of years. They attacked this and said that this was a villain and that was a traitor, but in fact they were just thinking of being a waste. Although Li Linfu was traitor, he could still do some things. If these people came up... Now they are these so-called famous scholars with the style of ancient people. One thousand years later they are the so-called Qingliu people, and one thousand four hundred years later they are the public intellectuals...
After Ye Chang complained, he saw Shanzhi staring at him with big eyes and laughed silently: "I can only say this to you..."
"Sha family doesn't understand what a thousand years later, 1,400 years later, but Shiyilang, the Sa family is only worried about one thing."
"Um?"
"Li Taibai and Du Zimei you just mentioned." Shanzhiren is silly, but she is very clear: "Du Zimei is fine. Li Taibai's temperament is abrupt. If he really makes a good relationship with this old man Li Yong, he knows that you want to deal with Li Yong, he is afraid he will be in trouble for you."
Ye Chang could only smile bitterly. From his heart, he was really unwilling to deal with Li Yong. Although Li Yong was greedy, Ye Chang was not a clean person. He didn't have to do the censor's business, but Li Yong came to provoke him.
"I have a different idea from you. Although Li Taibai is a sloppy person, he is actually a person who can change his mind. Du Zimei, the one who knows the current affairs, heard from Yuan Highway that Li Yong went to meet him for a hundred miles. Now Zimei's reputation is not obvious, and this is a kind of grace for knowing her... I just hope Zimei can think about it."
Speaking of this, Ye Chang stretched out: "I'm going to sleep, third brother, you go and rest."
"Do you want your second brother to come?"
"No need, you are sleeping outside on the boat again." Ye Chang shook his head with a smile.
Shanzhi left the cabin and his nose moved: "Hey, what's the smell... it smells a little fragrant..."
He didn't think about it carefully, but just said that it was the spices used on the boat to cover up the smell of paint, so he kicked and walked towards his cabin. Shortly after he entered, he heard thunderous snoring sounds, and Ye Chang could only vaguely hear it in his cabin, and he couldn't help but shake his head.
He took off his clothes, picked up the book and read it on the bed for a while, and was about to go to bed, when Bibi's peeling knock came from the front of the cabin door.
Ye Chang frowned: "Who?"
"I am the housekeeper of the son of the son, please open the door."
A delicate voice came from outside, and the sound was like singing, with a strange and teasing smell. Ye Chang's brows moved slightly when he heard this sound.
"Is there such a thing?"
"Your housekeeper is aware of the knowledge and tactful person. I am afraid that the husband will be shy, so I let the slave come alone. The husband, the spring night is short and the wind is cold outside. Please open the door and let the slave enter."
The one standing outside the door was naturally Mrs. Chen.
However, at this time, Mrs. Chen put on makeup and was two or three years younger than she was actually. She was already very beautiful, and she was even more beautiful.
But behind the beauty, there was a deadly guy. She was holding a tray in her hand, and under the tray was a pair of short swords. When Ye Chang opened the door and looked at the wine on the tray, she wanted to lift the tray and attack it with a sword.
She had observed that there was a window in the cabin where Ye Chang lived. After assassination, she could jump into the window and swim in the water. Even if Shanzhi and Nan Jiyun discovered it, she would not be afraid of chasing her.
"Mr. Please hurry up, Nu Nu... can't stand it." She let out a charming voice again.
Then he heard a sound from the cabin, first the sound of Xisuo dressing, then the sound of tapping on his shoes. A smile appeared on the corner of Mrs. Chen's lips, and his eyes gradually became sharp, but at this moment, he could hear Ye Chang say: "Why does the wife's voice sound familiar? Could it be a fate in her previous life?"
Ye Chang said loudly, and Madam Chen chuckled and said, "Maybe that's the case, wait for me to meet you, my husband..."
Speaking of this, she suddenly felt something was wrong. Ye Chang gave her the impression that she was not such a frivolous person. On the contrary, she was meticulous and steady, and she had helped her a little favor...
As soon as the thought changed, a sword rang out from the thin wooden door of the cabin and penetrated straight into her chest.
This sword hit the nail on the head. No matter how good Mrs. Chen was, she never thought that Ye Chang, who had just made a statement to tease her, would kill her through the door. She felt a sharp pain in her heart, and immediately realized that Ye Chang had just teased her, but in fact she asked her to speak again to determine her position.
She screamed, "Rampant"
However, although she tried her best, her voice was like a mosquito. Ye Chang's sword had hit the vital point, and her life was passing rapidly with blood.
"Ah..." She felt very hatred in her heart. How could her actions be exposed?
The door was opened at this time. She held the door frame and wanted to step on it. Then she saw Ye Chang standing in front of the door in a stern manner. In a vague way, she heard Ye Chang say, "Do you think he is a lustful person? He used such a despicable method, that old man Li Yong... Oh, is it you?"
"Ye..." Mrs. Chen said only one word, and tried his best to throw the short sword in his hand towards Ye Chang, but Ye Chang did not dodge, and Mrs. Chen fell to the ground.
Chapter completed!