It was almost noon and the warm sun in deep winter shone on the bare trunks by the roadside, making the mottled bark appear more and more messy. Bian Ding's mood at this moment
Bian Ting turned around, narrowed his eyes and stared at Tianshui Teahouse behind him for a moment. When he turned around, his eyes were filled with perseverance.
It's time to make a decision
Instead of being with tigers and wolves like Meng Caiyi, it is better to support yourself
His decision means that the alliance between Zongyishan City and Huaxi Jian Sect and Meng Caiyi was completely broken down.
Politics is sometimes so ridiculous. The moment before, the moment when they were close allies, the next moment when they were enemies with swords and swords.
Bian Ting took a deep breath, and his heart was full of fighting spirit, Meng Caiyi, Meng Caiyi. If you think that you can easily play the heroes of the world with the applause, then you are very wrong. One day, you will see my Bian Ting's methods!
However, when Bian Tingwang saw Tuoba Wu be confused from beginning to end, he was immediately following him in a daze, the heroic spirit in his heart suddenly disappeared. Xiao Wu's performance just now can only be described as a political idiot. This is born with political dullness, limited by qualifications, and has nothing to do with intelligence or not. I am afraid that no matter how much training is done, it will be useless to do it.
It seems that she is indeed not the candidate for the leader Yama City!
Is it a wrong choice to force her to sit in the position of the master of the valve?
Bian Ting sighed and said to Tuoba Wu: ‘Let’s go!’
Tuoba Wu then woke up like a dream and asked, "Let's go? Where are we going?" Since she couldn't get the news about the Eagle Sword at Meng Caiyi, she has been in a daze, her head full of the voice and smile of the Eagle Sword, as if she was trapped in a sad but sweet dream, unable to wake up, nor willing to wake up.
Eagle Sword... Eagle Sword... You cruel and short-lived enemy, do you know that I miss you so much?
A touch of bright red flew onto her pale cheeks, her heart was soft and heart-warming, but she could never throw the man away.
Bian Ting frowned, shook his head, stopped talking, and silently helped Tuoba Wu onto the horse, but when he stepped onto the horse's back, he squeezed the horse's belly hard to vent his depression. He only felt sorry for his love for the horse under his seat, which became a tool for the master to vent his anger.
The two of them rode their horses around Xiangyang City, seemingly wandering aimlessly among the crowds, but in fact, Bian Tingzheng used the counter-tracking technique to test whether Meng Caiyi sent someone to follow him.
Finally, when Bian Ting was surely no one followed him, Fang led Tuoba Wu into an ordinary house near the city wall in the south of the city.
This house is the secret nest he set up in Xiangyang City
The appearance of this house looks exactly like most ordinary houses in Xiangyang City
It also has a architectural layout with a patio and east-west wing room, with the same blue tiles and gray walls. Some climbing plants such as crawlers are planted on the walls, giving people a feeling of being quite old and needing repair.
However, only Bian Ting knew that it was this ordinary house, which was a residential house in Shancheng that had to invest nearly 1,000 taels of silver every year for maintenance and renovation, and a dedicated person was assigned to take care of it.
This is the most important part of the "Tiger's Lair" plan he worked hard to build a secret nest in every important city in Jiangbei, and a certain number of special personnel are stationed. They are usually used to collect local economic, political, and gang intelligence. In special circumstances, they can be used as a stronghold for secret operations such as assassination and destruction. This is the "Tiger's Lair" plan.
This plan is limited to a few senior officials in the mountain city, and outsiders don't know it at all.
The "Tiger's Nest" looks exactly like an ordinary house, but in fact it has a very complete defense system and escape secrets inside.
The interior of the civil-structured building is coated with fireproof paint to prevent the enemy from attacking fire; the seemingly wooden door actually has iron plates inside, so it is not afraid of the enemy's collision with wood; the patios, houses, and even the roofs are equipped with various traps and mechanisms, and every ordinary flower and tree, and every green tiles may suddenly shoot a deadly arrow; the best thing is that the "tiger's den" is usually built beside the city wall, so that an authentic tunnel can be dug out for escape.
Bian Ting is far-sighted and has started the "tiger den" plan five years ago. He invested nearly 200,000 taels of silver in the initial construction work alone, regardless of the repair and maintenance costs of each "tiger den" in the future.
If we calculate the general account, the investment in the "Tiger's Nest" plan over the past five years can build a large scale, solid and fully equipped castle.
Despite the huge investment, Shancheng gets much more from the "Tiger's Nest" plan than it pays.
Zongyishan City is a horse thief. Although it has gradually bleached under the leadership of Tuoba Zhanyi in recent years, it is still based on the underworld's system.
In addition to charging certain protection fees from its merchants and operating some prostitutes and gambling houses, plundering and assassination are the most profitable income.
Of course, the legitimate income of charging protection fees, operating prostitutes and gambling houses is different. The robbery and assassination are carried out quietly in the dark and must not be known to outsiders, otherwise they will definitely become public enemies of the world and the government.
It is precisely because of this that the effect of "tiger den" appears at this moment
Personnel participating in secret operations such as robbery and assassination can make full use of the "tiger's den" to improve and accurate intelligence system, determine the whereabouts of the target, and use the "tiger's den" as a stronghold to launch an action. With one blow, it will be completely unaware of it.
‘Xiao Wu, do you know where you were wrong this time?’ In a secret room in the ‘Tiger’s Nest’, Bian Ting said to Tuoba Wu seriously
There are only two of them in this secret room, so Bian Ting didn't need to deliberately belittle himself in order to establish his authority for Tuoba Wu, and he regained the stern tone of the teacher.
‘I... why am I wrong again? Didn’t the negotiation be very good this time? Sister Meng did not betray the alliance, nor did she change the profit division plan that had been negotiated before.’ Tuoba Wu was dissatisfied.
Bian Ting sighed and said, "Chi'er...Chi'er... You're fooled by Meng Caiyi, this bitch, but you didn't know that on the surface, there seemed to be nothing. In fact, we will return empty-handed this time and get nothing. We just made a chess piece from Meng Caiyi to deal with the Wen family in vain!"
Tuoba Wu was shocked and said, "How is that possible?"
Bian Ding said: ‘Do you remember how the two sides agreed when they formed an alliance?’
Tuoba Wu nodded and said, "Of course I remember that our mountain city, Meng Caiyi and Luoyang He family joined forces to deal with the Wen family. After the matter was completed, Meng Caiyi got the Yangtze River water transportation system, our mountain city had Guanzhong, and Luoyang He family got Xiangyang... This condition is really good for us, what's the problem?"
Bian Ting shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Of course there is no problem with such a generous profit division plan. The problem is that the current situation has changed, and we will never get what Meng Caiyi once promised us."
Tuoba Wu said in confusion: ‘Has the current situation changed?’
Bian Ting sighed: "Xiao Wu, don't you understand yet? Meng Caiyi now has no ability to give us what she wants. When she really takes over the Wen family in the future, she has no need to give us Guanzhong. On the contrary, she has to take things that belong to us from us, such as the mountain city...'
Tuoba Wu thought for a long time and asked: "Uncle, I still don't understand what you want to say. What do you mean is that Sister Meng may regret it in the future?"
Bian Ting sneered and said, "It's not possible, but you, Sister Meng, will definitely repent in the future! It's obvious that Meng Caiyi has changed her strategy and gave up using force to seize the Wen family. Instead, using Huairou's means to slowly merge. After the future merger is successful, Xiangyang becomes her belonging. With the springboard of Xiangyang, the Huaxi Sword Sect can rush its troops north. With the power of one faction, you can easily obtain Guanzhong without leveraging the power of outsiders. Since we don't need us to help them, they can still take over the entire Wen family. Why do they have to work hard for themselves?What you gave us for free? I think you wouldn't be so generous if you weren't! The most important thing is that Guanzhong is adjacent to Bashu. Once they seize Guanzhong, the Yangtze River will no longer be a barrier to blocking their northwards. Their power can go from Bashu, pass through Jiange, turn to Guanzhong, and look at the Central Plains. They are invincible where they can advance and attack and retreat or defend. From a geographical point of view, our mountain city and the He family in Luoyang will be their first goal to dominate the Central Plains. By then, the difficulty is that we are. Why can't you understand such a simple truth?'
Tuoba Wu looked sad and said softly: "As for this, what Sister Meng said just now is all about me?"
Bian Ting sneered: "She doesn't mean to deceive you, but a negotiation skill that shirks the relationship. She just didn't expect that you are so naive and you will hit you head-on."
Tears rolled in Tuoba Wu's eyes, almost thrusting out of her eyes
She was not good at this kind of intriguing power struggle, but in order not to let everyone down, she still gritted her teeth and did it. However, even if she put in a hundred times her efforts, she ended up with a terrible ending... This feeling of frustration with ties was like a mountain and pressed heavily on her fragile shoulders, putting her on the verge of collapse.
'Since you knew that Meng... Meng Caiyi was trying to deceive me, why didn't you stop me?' Tuoba Wu whispered
Since I know that Meng Caiyi is not good for me, the name "Men Sister" can no longer be said
Bian Ting shook his head and said, "It's useless to stop you, actually I knew that the final outcome of this negotiation must be so proactive. All the powers of Meng Caiyi were manipulated in the hands of Meng Caiyi. We had no bargaining chips at all. How could we be qualified to negotiate fairly with her? At that time, there were only two ways to choose the first way. Openly turning against her, but doing this was exactly what she wanted, because on the surface she did not betray the original agreement. Once we turned against each other, we would leave the excuse that we had breached the contract first. At that time, she could still use this excuse to deal with our mountain city.
This is the worst strategy, and the wise will not take it; the second way is to endure it and not let it go. If you force yourself to suffer the loss, you will not mean that we will just let it go, but show it to the weak.
Tuoba Wuqi said: ‘Show it is weak?’
Bian Ting smiled and said, "That's right! This time we retreated without fighting. Meng Caiyi will definitely be contemptuous in her heart and will not be too strict in her prevention. This is the effect I want. As long as we wait patiently for the opportunity, one day we will catch Meng Caiyi's painful foot. When we move on the camera, we will take the initiative in our hands... Hehe, does Meng Caiyi want to negotiate with us? It depends on whether we are in good mood.' Speaking of this, Bian Ting couldn't help but look at the world with a brilliant look.
Tuoba Wu saw Bian Ting and immediately decided on a counterattack plan in the future, and couldn't help but admire and complain.
Uncle, you are far beyond Xiaowu in terms of your talent and martial arts. The mountain city can only continue to be carried forward in your hands. Why do you want to drive me, the land duck, to put it on the shelves and do that thankless thing?
‘Xiao Wu, the success or failure of the mountain city is a major consequence. I will personally station in Xiangyang
In addition to leaving a group of capable brothers for me, you will lead them back to the mountain city to prepare for the war. From now on, the "Tiger's Nest" system will serve me in full... In short, this time I will definitely make Meng Caiyi regret it!’
He didn't notice Tuoba Wu's complaining eyes at all. Bian Ting's eyes shone brightly, and he said proudly with his hands on his back.
Ancient city Luoyang
Luoyang City is located north of Luoshui, a tributary of the Yellow River. It is adjacent to Mangshan in the north and Luoshui in the south. On both sides are wide plains. The rivers and mountains are arched and worn, and the situation is superior to the world. It is known as the "Hind of Jiuzhou"
The name is that many emperors of all dynasties have built their capitals here, far away, the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the Western Jin Dynasty, the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty, so Luoyang City can be said to be one of the most famous bustling metropolis in the Central Plains.
The "Lantao Yaxuan" Luoyang He family, one of the eight lords of Jiangbei, has operated antiques, calligraphy and painting businesses here for generations, and also engaged in jewelry, grain, salt and silk cloth. They almost control the economic lifeline of the entire Luoyang region and formed a powerful and prosperous business empire.
Since Lantao Yaxuan itself is the largest merchant in Luoyang, it is different from other valves that charge protection fees to the merchants under its jurisdiction. It only needs to macro-control the price of a certain short-term product, and the money will continue to come through stores throughout Luoyang.
This way of plundering wealth by economic means is undoubtedly much more clever than forcibly collecting protection fees.
‘Man, take that hairpin and take a look’
A young man with a down-looking appearance was gnawing on the chicken legs in his hand while greeting the shop's guy
This is a jewelry store located in the south of Xiangyang City
The gold-plated sign reads He's Jewelry', it is obvious that it was the business shop under Lantao Yaxuan's name and glanced at the young man.
But he saw his hair scattered, wearing a wrinkled garment with oil stains on it. He was the one who had no money at first sight.
Then he said: "Forgive me, this guest official, this beaded hairpin is a valuable item. If we had not purchased it sincerely, we would not have shown it to customers at will...'
Before he finished speaking, the young man cried out: "What? Do you think I have no money? Do you know how much this dress on me is worth? Sixty taels of silver! It is produced by the first embroidery shop in the capital, "Tianyi Embroidery Shop". I just bought it from your largest silk and satin shop in Luoyang yesterday... Is someone like me not qualified to look at your broken hairpin?"
The shop guy couldn't help but laugh and cry
"Tianyi Embroidery Shop" is the first embroidery in the capital. The clothes produced are generally made for fine workmanship and have a very good texture. The high price is generally affordable by only high-ranking officials.
But the clothes on the young man in front of him were wrinkled and dirty, just like he had not changed it after wearing them for several years. How could he have the style of "Tianyi"?
He is really bragging and never drafting. If someone like him can afford to wear the clothes of the "Tianyi Embroidery Shop", then he will be a first-rank official of the dynasty
The shop mate thought so in his heart, and wanted to wave his hand to greet the guard outside the shop to drive the scoundrel young man in front of him out
Just at this moment, a gentle and touching voice came from outside the store: "Brother Eagle... who is you angry again? You scream like this?"
I saw two men and women stepping into the door.
The man had golden hair, a gloomy face, and a broad sword with a strange shape. He had a compelling momentum while walking, which made people dare not underestimate him. On his side was a stunning girl with a slender figure and a slim figure. Every move of her hand naturally revealed a peerless style. She was wearing a white silk shirt and a plain white fox fur around her neck. She knew it was expensive at first sight, especially the piece of jade as big as a palm hanging around her waist, which was crystal clear and green all over and a simple shape. Its value was at least a thousand taels of silver.
When the shop saw such a beautiful girl, she felt dry mouth and tongue, and was fascinated, and her heart was pounding.
But when he saw the girl entering the store, he snuggled intimately beside the dirty young man, and couldn't help but sigh, feeling that "a flower is inserted on cow shit".
These three are Eagle Sword, Fujiwara Iori and Wei Ting talk to each other
Since going down the mountain that night, the three of them walked straight to Luoyang
After entering the city, Eagle Knife seemed to have completely forgotten that the purpose of this trip was to find "Deer-Chasing Xuandian". She forced Fujiwara Iori to visit the whole of Luoyang, eating, drinking, having fun and shopping crazily. Her spending posture could no longer be described as "squandering". It was simply a grudge against silver!
No, to put it appropriately, it should be a grudge against Wei Ting about the money in the bag!
Although Wei Tingtan brought a lot of money, he could not withstand the trouble of the Eagle Knife. After a few days, he felt short of money.
Fortunately, he has a very high martial arts skills. He can rob the valuable things on the man without knowing it, so he can barely support him now.
But a great master was forced to become an inequality thief. If it spreads out, I am afraid I will never see anyone again.
'His mother's spicy watermelon, the shop's guy looked down on people. Seeing that my clothes were not neat, I thought I had no money and didn't even let me see the broken hairpin... Do you think I should be angry?' Eagle knife was full of eyebrows and eyes, and then nibbled all the chicken legs in his hand in a few mouthfuls. His hands were covered with oil stains and casually wiping them on his clothes, cursing and cursing.
Iori Fujiwara smiled and said, "I bought clothes at the satin shop yesterday, and it's so dirty today. No wonder my friend doesn't like you."
Wei Tingtan sneered from the side: "Why are you talking about not being very neat? You look like a beggar at this moment. The shopkeeper didn't ask someone to give you a face. How can anyone wear clothes like you in the world? Sixty taels a day of wearing clothes like rags...'
Eagle knife smiled and said, "If you wear dirty, you'll buy it separately. Anyway, I don't have to pay for it myself!"
Wei Tingtan's face turned pale and groaned, but he didn't dare to have any objections. He kept his mind around and turned around and was a way to make money.
If this continues, I'm afraid it's impossible to support the thief alone. If there is no way, I can only choose a wealthy family to rob the house at night.
But the stinky brat of Eagle Sword is extremely slippery. He has been staring at him like a shadow in the past few days and is afraid that he will escape. How dare he leave them alone to rob?
Alas, it would be great if Xiaodie was there too...
Compared with the troubles caused by money, Wei Tingtan has a more headache because he cannot rest well.
Although he had to keep a close eye on the Eagle Sword during the day, at night, he did not dare to relax at all, for fear that in the blink of an eye, the Eagle Sword secretly took Fujiwara Iori away.
After a few days, Wei Tingtan suddenly felt extremely physically and mentally exhausted, and he didn't want to move more.
But he didn't know that this was the ultimate goal of the Eagle Sword's trick to make Xiaodie leave him
Only when Wei Tingtan is left alone can this fatigue bombing strategy work. If Xiaodie is there, the two of them will take turns to monitor Wei Tingtan, and if that is the case, it will be much harder to escape.
But now is another situation. A person's energy is limited after all. Wei Tingtan monitors himself so sleeplessly. One day he will be exhausted. At that time, he will not have to take action at all, and he will collapse and fall down.
Wei Ting Talk, Wei Ting Talk, if my Eagle Knife does not make you nervous, I will follow your surname from now on!
hehe……
Ying Dao thought about this in his mind, but he slapped his hand on the counter and shouted at the shop clerk: "I know I have money to pay the bill, don't you bring me the hairpin to see me?" In fact, since he drove Xiaodie away from Wei Ting, he has never worried about whether he can escape.
It is not difficult to escape. The difficult thing is to get Wei Tingtan until his nerves are abnormal before running away!
The shop clerk woke up from his dream. He knew that the seemingly down-and-out young man in front of him was quite good. He hurriedly took out the pearl hairpin and handed it to the eagle knife.
The Eagle Knife puts the bead hairpin in front of your eyes.
But the pearl hairpin was extremely finely crafted, and the colorful phoenix on the hairpin was lifelike and was about to fly away from the sky. It was obviously made by a famous artist.
Especially the two pearls of the same size as longan, which are round and transparent, are generally extremely difficult to find on the market.
‘Xiaoyue, do you think this hairpin is good?’ asked Eagle Sword
Fujiwara Iori glanced at the bead hairpin with a faint look and said with a smile: "It's great, but you have bought me a lot of hairpin..."
Eagle knife smiled and said, "This hairpin is not for you, I want to use it myself."
Fujiwara Ioriki said: "This is obviously a bead hairpin used by women, what's the use of you?"
Eagle Knife smiled and said nothing, but turned to the shop clerk and asked, "How much is it?"
The shop guy couldn't expect the Eagle Sword to be so easy, but after a little look, he decided to buy the beaded hairpin. He was slightly stunned and replied: 'Five hundred and seventy taels of silver'
The Eagle Knife nodded and said, "It's not very expensive! Lao Wei, pay the bill!"
The "Old Wei" he mentioned was naturally Wei Ting's talk about this suspense.
Wei Ting Tan looked bad and took out the silver notes from his arms with heartache. He counted them and then handed them to the shopkeeper.
'This hairpin is good, but these two beads are not good!' Eagle knife put the hairpin in his hand with a smile and weighed it. Suddenly, he reached out and pulled the two pearls off and threw them away.
Then he said, "It's much more convenient to pick teeth like this... When I was gnawing chicken legs before, the chicken was accidentally stuffed between my teeth, which was very uncomfortable. There was no toothpick in my hand. After thinking about it, I had to run in and buy a hairpin instead. With this hairpin as a toothpick, from now on, my teeth will not suffer anymore, haha..." As he said that, Shiran put the bead hairpin in his hand into his mouth and picked up his teeth seriously
This man is sick! A pearl hairpin costing 570 taels of silver was used as a toothpick!
Everyone was shocked
Although Wei Tingtan had a blue face, his eyes were full of anger, and he almost fainted from anger. The shop clerk was even more confused, thinking that he was dreaming and could not come back to his senses for a long time.
Eagle Knife didn't even look at the shop's guy, laughed loudly, pulled Fujiwara Iori's little hand and left.
‘All these days, there are all kinds of weird people!’ After a long time, the shop clerk woke up and murmured to himself: ‘If I told others, who would believe that someone would use a bead hairpin of 570 taels of silver each as a toothpick… Ah! Beads!’
He suddenly remembered that the pearl on the beaded hairpin had been pulled down by the eagle knife and hurriedly lay on the ground to search for it.
He naturally understood that the real value of the pearl hairpin was the two pearls. If it was found, it would be like a huge fortune for no reason.
Hard work pays off. He finally found the two pearls in a dark corner of the corner of the wall. However, he unexpectedly found that there was a piece of paper with a few lines of words written in a crooked manner.
‘This man’s handwriting is really ugly, it’s not as easy to doodle as my five-year-old son…
…’ The shop guy opened the paper and looked at it, laughing, but when he saw the content clearly, he couldn’t laugh
‘He Muchi, I’m here in Luoyang, I’m a genital to come to Zuihualou to find me! Eagle Sword’
The shop guy changed his face, he quickly stuffed the paper into his arms, walked through the counter and ran to the back hall.
Bian Ting turned around, narrowed his eyes and stared at Tianshui Teahouse behind him for a moment. When he turned around, his eyes were filled with perseverance.
It's time to make a decision
Instead of being with tigers and wolves like Meng Caiyi, it is better to support yourself
His decision means that the alliance between Zongyishan City and Huaxi Jian Sect and Meng Caiyi was completely broken down.
Politics is sometimes so ridiculous. The moment before, the moment when they were close allies, the next moment when they were enemies with swords and swords.
Bian Ting took a deep breath, and his heart was full of fighting spirit, Meng Caiyi, Meng Caiyi. If you think that you can easily play the heroes of the world with the applause, then you are very wrong. One day, you will see my Bian Ting's methods!
However, when Bian Tingwang saw Tuoba Wu be confused from beginning to end, he was immediately following him in a daze, the heroic spirit in his heart suddenly disappeared. Xiao Wu's performance just now can only be described as a political idiot. This is born with political dullness, limited by qualifications, and has nothing to do with intelligence or not. I am afraid that no matter how much training is done, it will be useless to do it.
It seems that she is indeed not the candidate for the leader Yama City!
Is it a wrong choice to force her to sit in the position of the master of the valve?
Bian Ting sighed and said to Tuoba Wu: ‘Let’s go!’
Tuoba Wu then woke up like a dream and asked, "Let's go? Where are we going?" Since she couldn't get the news about the Eagle Sword at Meng Caiyi, she has been in a daze, her head full of the voice and smile of the Eagle Sword, as if she was trapped in a sad but sweet dream, unable to wake up, nor willing to wake up.
Eagle Sword... Eagle Sword... You cruel and short-lived enemy, do you know that I miss you so much?
A touch of bright red flew onto her pale cheeks, her heart was soft and heart-warming, but she could never throw the man away.
Bian Ting frowned, shook his head, stopped talking, and silently helped Tuoba Wu onto the horse, but when he stepped onto the horse's back, he squeezed the horse's belly hard to vent his depression. He only felt sorry for his love for the horse under his seat, which became a tool for the master to vent his anger.
The two of them rode their horses around Xiangyang City, seemingly wandering aimlessly among the crowds, but in fact, Bian Tingzheng used the counter-tracking technique to test whether Meng Caiyi sent someone to follow him.
Finally, when Bian Ting was surely no one followed him, Fang led Tuoba Wu into an ordinary house near the city wall in the south of the city.
This house is the secret nest he set up in Xiangyang City
The appearance of this house looks exactly like most ordinary houses in Xiangyang City
It also has a architectural layout with a patio and east-west wing room, with the same blue tiles and gray walls. Some climbing plants such as crawlers are planted on the walls, giving people a feeling of being quite old and needing repair.
However, only Bian Ting knew that it was this ordinary house, which was a residential house in Shancheng that had to invest nearly 1,000 taels of silver every year for maintenance and renovation, and a dedicated person was assigned to take care of it.
This is the most important part of the "Tiger's Lair" plan he worked hard to build a secret nest in every important city in Jiangbei, and a certain number of special personnel are stationed. They are usually used to collect local economic, political, and gang intelligence. In special circumstances, they can be used as a stronghold for secret operations such as assassination and destruction. This is the "Tiger's Lair" plan.
This plan is limited to a few senior officials in the mountain city, and outsiders don't know it at all.
The "Tiger's Nest" looks exactly like an ordinary house, but in fact it has a very complete defense system and escape secrets inside.
The interior of the civil-structured building is coated with fireproof paint to prevent the enemy from attacking fire; the seemingly wooden door actually has iron plates inside, so it is not afraid of the enemy's collision with wood; the patios, houses, and even the roofs are equipped with various traps and mechanisms, and every ordinary flower and tree, and every green tiles may suddenly shoot a deadly arrow; the best thing is that the "tiger's den" is usually built beside the city wall, so that an authentic tunnel can be dug out for escape.
Bian Ting is far-sighted and has started the "tiger den" plan five years ago. He invested nearly 200,000 taels of silver in the initial construction work alone, regardless of the repair and maintenance costs of each "tiger den" in the future.
If we calculate the general account, the investment in the "Tiger's Nest" plan over the past five years can build a large scale, solid and fully equipped castle.
Despite the huge investment, Shancheng gets much more from the "Tiger's Nest" plan than it pays.
Zongyishan City is a horse thief. Although it has gradually bleached under the leadership of Tuoba Zhanyi in recent years, it is still based on the underworld's system.
In addition to charging certain protection fees from its merchants and operating some prostitutes and gambling houses, plundering and assassination are the most profitable income.
Of course, the legitimate income of charging protection fees, operating prostitutes and gambling houses is different. The robbery and assassination are carried out quietly in the dark and must not be known to outsiders, otherwise they will definitely become public enemies of the world and the government.
It is precisely because of this that the effect of "tiger den" appears at this moment
Personnel participating in secret operations such as robbery and assassination can make full use of the "tiger's den" to improve and accurate intelligence system, determine the whereabouts of the target, and use the "tiger's den" as a stronghold to launch an action. With one blow, it will be completely unaware of it.
‘Xiao Wu, do you know where you were wrong this time?’ In a secret room in the ‘Tiger’s Nest’, Bian Ting said to Tuoba Wu seriously
There are only two of them in this secret room, so Bian Ting didn't need to deliberately belittle himself in order to establish his authority for Tuoba Wu, and he regained the stern tone of the teacher.
‘I... why am I wrong again? Didn’t the negotiation be very good this time? Sister Meng did not betray the alliance, nor did she change the profit division plan that had been negotiated before.’ Tuoba Wu was dissatisfied.
Bian Ting sighed and said, "Chi'er...Chi'er... You're fooled by Meng Caiyi, this bitch, but you didn't know that on the surface, there seemed to be nothing. In fact, we will return empty-handed this time and get nothing. We just made a chess piece from Meng Caiyi to deal with the Wen family in vain!"
Tuoba Wu was shocked and said, "How is that possible?"
Bian Ding said: ‘Do you remember how the two sides agreed when they formed an alliance?’
Tuoba Wu nodded and said, "Of course I remember that our mountain city, Meng Caiyi and Luoyang He family joined forces to deal with the Wen family. After the matter was completed, Meng Caiyi got the Yangtze River water transportation system, our mountain city had Guanzhong, and Luoyang He family got Xiangyang... This condition is really good for us, what's the problem?"
Bian Ting shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Of course there is no problem with such a generous profit division plan. The problem is that the current situation has changed, and we will never get what Meng Caiyi once promised us."
Tuoba Wu said in confusion: ‘Has the current situation changed?’
Bian Ting sighed: "Xiao Wu, don't you understand yet? Meng Caiyi now has no ability to give us what she wants. When she really takes over the Wen family in the future, she has no need to give us Guanzhong. On the contrary, she has to take things that belong to us from us, such as the mountain city...'
Tuoba Wu thought for a long time and asked: "Uncle, I still don't understand what you want to say. What do you mean is that Sister Meng may regret it in the future?"
Bian Ting sneered and said, "It's not possible, but you, Sister Meng, will definitely repent in the future! It's obvious that Meng Caiyi has changed her strategy and gave up using force to seize the Wen family. Instead, using Huairou's means to slowly merge. After the future merger is successful, Xiangyang becomes her belonging. With the springboard of Xiangyang, the Huaxi Sword Sect can rush its troops north. With the power of one faction, you can easily obtain Guanzhong without leveraging the power of outsiders. Since we don't need us to help them, they can still take over the entire Wen family. Why do they have to work hard for themselves?What you gave us for free? I think you wouldn't be so generous if you weren't! The most important thing is that Guanzhong is adjacent to Bashu. Once they seize Guanzhong, the Yangtze River will no longer be a barrier to blocking their northwards. Their power can go from Bashu, pass through Jiange, turn to Guanzhong, and look at the Central Plains. They are invincible where they can advance and attack and retreat or defend. From a geographical point of view, our mountain city and the He family in Luoyang will be their first goal to dominate the Central Plains. By then, the difficulty is that we are. Why can't you understand such a simple truth?'
Tuoba Wu looked sad and said softly: "As for this, what Sister Meng said just now is all about me?"
Bian Ting sneered: "She doesn't mean to deceive you, but a negotiation skill that shirks the relationship. She just didn't expect that you are so naive and you will hit you head-on."
Tears rolled in Tuoba Wu's eyes, almost thrusting out of her eyes
She was not good at this kind of intriguing power struggle, but in order not to let everyone down, she still gritted her teeth and did it. However, even if she put in a hundred times her efforts, she ended up with a terrible ending... This feeling of frustration with ties was like a mountain and pressed heavily on her fragile shoulders, putting her on the verge of collapse.
'Since you knew that Meng... Meng Caiyi was trying to deceive me, why didn't you stop me?' Tuoba Wu whispered
Since I know that Meng Caiyi is not good for me, the name "Men Sister" can no longer be said
Bian Ting shook his head and said, "It's useless to stop you, actually I knew that the final outcome of this negotiation must be so proactive. All the powers of Meng Caiyi were manipulated in the hands of Meng Caiyi. We had no bargaining chips at all. How could we be qualified to negotiate fairly with her? At that time, there were only two ways to choose the first way. Openly turning against her, but doing this was exactly what she wanted, because on the surface she did not betray the original agreement. Once we turned against each other, we would leave the excuse that we had breached the contract first. At that time, she could still use this excuse to deal with our mountain city.
This is the worst strategy, and the wise will not take it; the second way is to endure it and not let it go. If you force yourself to suffer the loss, you will not mean that we will just let it go, but show it to the weak.
Tuoba Wuqi said: ‘Show it is weak?’
Bian Ting smiled and said, "That's right! This time we retreated without fighting. Meng Caiyi will definitely be contemptuous in her heart and will not be too strict in her prevention. This is the effect I want. As long as we wait patiently for the opportunity, one day we will catch Meng Caiyi's painful foot. When we move on the camera, we will take the initiative in our hands... Hehe, does Meng Caiyi want to negotiate with us? It depends on whether we are in good mood.' Speaking of this, Bian Ting couldn't help but look at the world with a brilliant look.
Tuoba Wu saw Bian Ting and immediately decided on a counterattack plan in the future, and couldn't help but admire and complain.
Uncle, you are far beyond Xiaowu in terms of your talent and martial arts. The mountain city can only continue to be carried forward in your hands. Why do you want to drive me, the land duck, to put it on the shelves and do that thankless thing?
‘Xiao Wu, the success or failure of the mountain city is a major consequence. I will personally station in Xiangyang
In addition to leaving a group of capable brothers for me, you will lead them back to the mountain city to prepare for the war. From now on, the "Tiger's Nest" system will serve me in full... In short, this time I will definitely make Meng Caiyi regret it!’
He didn't notice Tuoba Wu's complaining eyes at all. Bian Ting's eyes shone brightly, and he said proudly with his hands on his back.
Ancient city Luoyang
Luoyang City is located north of Luoshui, a tributary of the Yellow River. It is adjacent to Mangshan in the north and Luoshui in the south. On both sides are wide plains. The rivers and mountains are arched and worn, and the situation is superior to the world. It is known as the "Hind of Jiuzhou"
The name is that many emperors of all dynasties have built their capitals here, far away, the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the Western Jin Dynasty, the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty, so Luoyang City can be said to be one of the most famous bustling metropolis in the Central Plains.
The "Lantao Yaxuan" Luoyang He family, one of the eight lords of Jiangbei, has operated antiques, calligraphy and painting businesses here for generations, and also engaged in jewelry, grain, salt and silk cloth. They almost control the economic lifeline of the entire Luoyang region and formed a powerful and prosperous business empire.
Since Lantao Yaxuan itself is the largest merchant in Luoyang, it is different from other valves that charge protection fees to the merchants under its jurisdiction. It only needs to macro-control the price of a certain short-term product, and the money will continue to come through stores throughout Luoyang.
This way of plundering wealth by economic means is undoubtedly much more clever than forcibly collecting protection fees.
‘Man, take that hairpin and take a look’
A young man with a down-looking appearance was gnawing on the chicken legs in his hand while greeting the shop's guy
This is a jewelry store located in the south of Xiangyang City
The gold-plated sign reads He's Jewelry', it is obvious that it was the business shop under Lantao Yaxuan's name and glanced at the young man.
But he saw his hair scattered, wearing a wrinkled garment with oil stains on it. He was the one who had no money at first sight.
Then he said: "Forgive me, this guest official, this beaded hairpin is a valuable item. If we had not purchased it sincerely, we would not have shown it to customers at will...'
Before he finished speaking, the young man cried out: "What? Do you think I have no money? Do you know how much this dress on me is worth? Sixty taels of silver! It is produced by the first embroidery shop in the capital, "Tianyi Embroidery Shop". I just bought it from your largest silk and satin shop in Luoyang yesterday... Is someone like me not qualified to look at your broken hairpin?"
The shop guy couldn't help but laugh and cry
"Tianyi Embroidery Shop" is the first embroidery in the capital. The clothes produced are generally made for fine workmanship and have a very good texture. The high price is generally affordable by only high-ranking officials.
But the clothes on the young man in front of him were wrinkled and dirty, just like he had not changed it after wearing them for several years. How could he have the style of "Tianyi"?
He is really bragging and never drafting. If someone like him can afford to wear the clothes of the "Tianyi Embroidery Shop", then he will be a first-rank official of the dynasty
The shop mate thought so in his heart, and wanted to wave his hand to greet the guard outside the shop to drive the scoundrel young man in front of him out
Just at this moment, a gentle and touching voice came from outside the store: "Brother Eagle... who is you angry again? You scream like this?"
I saw two men and women stepping into the door.
The man had golden hair, a gloomy face, and a broad sword with a strange shape. He had a compelling momentum while walking, which made people dare not underestimate him. On his side was a stunning girl with a slender figure and a slim figure. Every move of her hand naturally revealed a peerless style. She was wearing a white silk shirt and a plain white fox fur around her neck. She knew it was expensive at first sight, especially the piece of jade as big as a palm hanging around her waist, which was crystal clear and green all over and a simple shape. Its value was at least a thousand taels of silver.
When the shop saw such a beautiful girl, she felt dry mouth and tongue, and was fascinated, and her heart was pounding.
But when he saw the girl entering the store, he snuggled intimately beside the dirty young man, and couldn't help but sigh, feeling that "a flower is inserted on cow shit".
These three are Eagle Sword, Fujiwara Iori and Wei Ting talk to each other
Since going down the mountain that night, the three of them walked straight to Luoyang
After entering the city, Eagle Knife seemed to have completely forgotten that the purpose of this trip was to find "Deer-Chasing Xuandian". She forced Fujiwara Iori to visit the whole of Luoyang, eating, drinking, having fun and shopping crazily. Her spending posture could no longer be described as "squandering". It was simply a grudge against silver!
No, to put it appropriately, it should be a grudge against Wei Ting about the money in the bag!
Although Wei Tingtan brought a lot of money, he could not withstand the trouble of the Eagle Knife. After a few days, he felt short of money.
Fortunately, he has a very high martial arts skills. He can rob the valuable things on the man without knowing it, so he can barely support him now.
But a great master was forced to become an inequality thief. If it spreads out, I am afraid I will never see anyone again.
'His mother's spicy watermelon, the shop's guy looked down on people. Seeing that my clothes were not neat, I thought I had no money and didn't even let me see the broken hairpin... Do you think I should be angry?' Eagle knife was full of eyebrows and eyes, and then nibbled all the chicken legs in his hand in a few mouthfuls. His hands were covered with oil stains and casually wiping them on his clothes, cursing and cursing.
Iori Fujiwara smiled and said, "I bought clothes at the satin shop yesterday, and it's so dirty today. No wonder my friend doesn't like you."
Wei Tingtan sneered from the side: "Why are you talking about not being very neat? You look like a beggar at this moment. The shopkeeper didn't ask someone to give you a face. How can anyone wear clothes like you in the world? Sixty taels a day of wearing clothes like rags...'
Eagle knife smiled and said, "If you wear dirty, you'll buy it separately. Anyway, I don't have to pay for it myself!"
Wei Tingtan's face turned pale and groaned, but he didn't dare to have any objections. He kept his mind around and turned around and was a way to make money.
If this continues, I'm afraid it's impossible to support the thief alone. If there is no way, I can only choose a wealthy family to rob the house at night.
But the stinky brat of Eagle Sword is extremely slippery. He has been staring at him like a shadow in the past few days and is afraid that he will escape. How dare he leave them alone to rob?
Alas, it would be great if Xiaodie was there too...
Compared with the troubles caused by money, Wei Tingtan has a more headache because he cannot rest well.
Although he had to keep a close eye on the Eagle Sword during the day, at night, he did not dare to relax at all, for fear that in the blink of an eye, the Eagle Sword secretly took Fujiwara Iori away.
After a few days, Wei Tingtan suddenly felt extremely physically and mentally exhausted, and he didn't want to move more.
But he didn't know that this was the ultimate goal of the Eagle Sword's trick to make Xiaodie leave him
Only when Wei Tingtan is left alone can this fatigue bombing strategy work. If Xiaodie is there, the two of them will take turns to monitor Wei Tingtan, and if that is the case, it will be much harder to escape.
But now is another situation. A person's energy is limited after all. Wei Tingtan monitors himself so sleeplessly. One day he will be exhausted. At that time, he will not have to take action at all, and he will collapse and fall down.
Wei Ting Talk, Wei Ting Talk, if my Eagle Knife does not make you nervous, I will follow your surname from now on!
hehe……
Ying Dao thought about this in his mind, but he slapped his hand on the counter and shouted at the shop clerk: "I know I have money to pay the bill, don't you bring me the hairpin to see me?" In fact, since he drove Xiaodie away from Wei Ting, he has never worried about whether he can escape.
It is not difficult to escape. The difficult thing is to get Wei Tingtan until his nerves are abnormal before running away!
The shop clerk woke up from his dream. He knew that the seemingly down-and-out young man in front of him was quite good. He hurriedly took out the pearl hairpin and handed it to the eagle knife.
The Eagle Knife puts the bead hairpin in front of your eyes.
But the pearl hairpin was extremely finely crafted, and the colorful phoenix on the hairpin was lifelike and was about to fly away from the sky. It was obviously made by a famous artist.
Especially the two pearls of the same size as longan, which are round and transparent, are generally extremely difficult to find on the market.
‘Xiaoyue, do you think this hairpin is good?’ asked Eagle Sword
Fujiwara Iori glanced at the bead hairpin with a faint look and said with a smile: "It's great, but you have bought me a lot of hairpin..."
Eagle knife smiled and said, "This hairpin is not for you, I want to use it myself."
Fujiwara Ioriki said: "This is obviously a bead hairpin used by women, what's the use of you?"
Eagle Knife smiled and said nothing, but turned to the shop clerk and asked, "How much is it?"
The shop guy couldn't expect the Eagle Sword to be so easy, but after a little look, he decided to buy the beaded hairpin. He was slightly stunned and replied: 'Five hundred and seventy taels of silver'
The Eagle Knife nodded and said, "It's not very expensive! Lao Wei, pay the bill!"
The "Old Wei" he mentioned was naturally Wei Ting's talk about this suspense.
Wei Ting Tan looked bad and took out the silver notes from his arms with heartache. He counted them and then handed them to the shopkeeper.
'This hairpin is good, but these two beads are not good!' Eagle knife put the hairpin in his hand with a smile and weighed it. Suddenly, he reached out and pulled the two pearls off and threw them away.
Then he said, "It's much more convenient to pick teeth like this... When I was gnawing chicken legs before, the chicken was accidentally stuffed between my teeth, which was very uncomfortable. There was no toothpick in my hand. After thinking about it, I had to run in and buy a hairpin instead. With this hairpin as a toothpick, from now on, my teeth will not suffer anymore, haha..." As he said that, Shiran put the bead hairpin in his hand into his mouth and picked up his teeth seriously
This man is sick! A pearl hairpin costing 570 taels of silver was used as a toothpick!
Everyone was shocked
Although Wei Tingtan had a blue face, his eyes were full of anger, and he almost fainted from anger. The shop clerk was even more confused, thinking that he was dreaming and could not come back to his senses for a long time.
Eagle Knife didn't even look at the shop's guy, laughed loudly, pulled Fujiwara Iori's little hand and left.
‘All these days, there are all kinds of weird people!’ After a long time, the shop clerk woke up and murmured to himself: ‘If I told others, who would believe that someone would use a bead hairpin of 570 taels of silver each as a toothpick… Ah! Beads!’
He suddenly remembered that the pearl on the beaded hairpin had been pulled down by the eagle knife and hurriedly lay on the ground to search for it.
He naturally understood that the real value of the pearl hairpin was the two pearls. If it was found, it would be like a huge fortune for no reason.
Hard work pays off. He finally found the two pearls in a dark corner of the corner of the wall. However, he unexpectedly found that there was a piece of paper with a few lines of words written in a crooked manner.
‘This man’s handwriting is really ugly, it’s not as easy to doodle as my five-year-old son…
…’ The shop guy opened the paper and looked at it, laughing, but when he saw the content clearly, he couldn’t laugh
‘He Muchi, I’m here in Luoyang, I’m a genital to come to Zuihualou to find me! Eagle Sword’
The shop guy changed his face, he quickly stuffed the paper into his arms, walked through the counter and ran to the back hall.
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