Devil’s Advent

Chapter 875: Yan Dog

Small building,

Yashe,

Antique tables and chairs are served with exquisite pastries and precious tea, and sandalwood is burning on one side;

Prince Pingxi, who had just taken a bath, leaned there lazily, his hair still slightly wet.

Outside, there is a middle-aged man kneeling, the man has a Chinese character face, giving people a majestic air;

There are actually quite a few people with this kind of face in the court, because in this era, appearance is also one of the qualifications for becoming an official, especially in the early years when there was no imperial examination in Yan State;

As for the Qianguo with a hundred years of imperial examinations, except for a few with outstanding abilities, most of them can be a gentleman, and they were at least a gentleman when they were young.

But among the folks, someone with this kind of appearance must at least be a powerful landlord;

Without him, no matter how good the skin is, regardless of men and women, after a few years of hard life, they will soon lose their human appearance. The appearance and temperament must be raised in accordance with the living conditions.

The person in front of me is Peng Kai, the owner of the Peng Family Village adjacent to the Acacia Mountain.

Pengjiazhuang is a Zhuangzi, but this Zhuangzi has a large population, and the Zhuangzi also has its own armed forces. It is really easy to pull out two thousand people, a bit like "Zhujiazhuang" in "Water Margin". the meaning of.

The origin of Pengjiazhuang stems from the fact that when the Yan army attacked Qian, the main army of Qian State was defeated at the first touch and was defeated again and again. Under the leadership, the rebel army was organized and went to Beijing to defend the official's house, which was a bit like opening a local group training.

After the war, these rebels were repatriated.

However, it is very difficult for those who have a meat diet to go back and continue to eat grass. In addition, the Qianguo court did not hesitate to confer titles, deliberately elevating the status of warriors and cultivating Qianguo's martial arts, so many leaders of the rebel army were sealed off. It is a false official, not really bad, but at least it is an advanced status officially recognized by the imperial court.

Of course, there is another very important reason here, the higher the fame, the less the rewards of real gold and silver.

Pengjiazhuang was established under such circumstances. The former owner was surnamed Peng, and Peng Kai was his adopted son. He married his daughter and became his son-in-law. On the way, the remaining two sons, one was weak and the other was young, so Peng Kai inherited his position and further developed and consolidated Pengjiazhuang.

"Hehe, come in."

"yes."

Peng Kai walked in, did not dare to sit down, but changed the direction of the front, and knelt down again.

He kneels very standard, and it is Yan Guo's kneeling ceremony.

"Before this king, I always believed that although Qianren was no match for my Yan army on the battlefield, but Qianren's silver armored guards were indeed overwhelming my Great Yan secret spy department.

But this king really didn't expect that here, there is actually a nail planted by my secret spy. "

"Returning to the prince, our company has actually been developing and growing all these years, but before..."

"Okay, there is no need to explain to this king, after all, this king was able to escape this time because of you, the reason why this king said this is to express his apology.

Come, I will use your tea, replace the wine with tea, and offer you a toast. "

With that said, Zheng Fan picked up the teacup.

Peng Kai raised his head, looked at the prince, stepped forward on his knees, took the teacup carefully, and drank it down in one gulp without caring about the heat!

"I have no regrets in this life to serve the prince with a humble job!"

Peng Kai put his forehead on the ground and kowtowed heavily.

"Sit and talk."

"Here!"

Peng Kai sat down.

It can be seen that his excitement is real.

As the secret agent's nail in Qianguo, a secret agent who needs to remain anonymous and wait for the opportunity, must have endured too much suffering these years;

But he is lucky, he is here, waiting for the prince of Dayan, and this prince has just broken the capital of Qian Kingdom!

"My lord, the news of the destruction of Shangjing City is genuine. My family members who were originally in Shangjing City sent a message back early, and then I sent someone to inquire about it. The palace of Shangjing was also breached by my big Yanhu Ben. Many princes and nobles have left."

Zheng Fan nodded.

Although this raid was commanded by him, he did not participate in it personally after all. Afterwards, he continued to break through and avoid being rounded up by the Gan army. He didn't know much about the outside world.

In the earliest days, because of the Yinjiawei's relationship, Ganjun almost made dumplings several times, but later, the frequency of Yinjiawei's activities began to decrease, and the threat of Ganjun to himself was also decreasing.

However, when he was approaching the boundary of Xiangsi Mountain, he was still blocked by a dry army. In the end, it was Peng Kai who led the men to defeat the dry army and took him into Pengjiazhuang.

"The third gentleman under the prince's command should return soon." Peng Kai said again.

The troops brought by Xue San and Chen Xiong were the first suspects sent out by Zheng Fan, but they didn't have much effect, because Qian Ren was more radical than he imagined. People never dreamed that their prince would be more radical than they imagined.

In short, after Xue San's team arrived at Acacia Mountain, they did not find the main force of the army, and immediately moved. On the way, they even made some contact with Pengjiazhuang.

Zheng Fan doesn't know exactly where Xue San is now, but he should be back soon.

"Peng Kai."

"The humble job is here."

"What do you think will happen to Gan Guo after this time?"

A secret agent who has been deeply involved in Qianguo, sitting in a powerful position with his own armed forces, is qualified to give him some opinions.

"If you go back to the prince, there will be chaos in the future of the Qian Kingdom."

"Be more specific."

"Yes, once the center is destroyed, the next thing that will happen is that the local tycoons like humble officials will further grow, and the imperial court's deterrence against the local areas will be further weakened.

And if it is at this time, if I, Dayan, can send out a large army to surround the three sides and dry the rear of the country, I am afraid that I will not be able to support the front lines on the three sides. "

In the past, Qianguo was a country that truly centralized power in the imperial court. In order to ensure the supremacy of the imperial court center, a method of almost castration was implemented for the localities;

This makes Qianguo very cowardly in foreign wars, but very stable in terms of internal suppression.

But this time, the capital city was broken, and the imperial court of the Qian Kingdom lost all face. It will be difficult to integrate local power next time.

To put it bluntly, the majesty of the center often depends on the face. When everyone agrees, it is a superior existence, and when the face is torn off...

It can't be said that Qianguo will become the situation that after the collapse of the Great Xia, the emperor's soldiers are strong and the horses are strong.

"Isn't the reason why this king took the risk and recruited Gan this time because my country in Dayan really can't stand the big consumption? The Gan country must be destroyed, but not now."

There was a gloomy look in Peng Kai's eyes, but it was quickly hidden by him.

Of course, he hoped that Dayan would immediately send his troops south to destroy Qian Country, at least half of it, so that his hidden identity could be revealed.

And if Dayan is not going to make a big attack next time, he, and this Pengjiazhuang, will have to...

"Let's go back to Jindong with me." Zheng Fan said, "Of course, if you want to stay in the secret spy department, you can.

"Humble job is willing to serve by the prince's side!" Peng Kai made a choice.

"Then you Zhuangzi, my third son or Yi Shanbo and the others have arrived, so let's move away together."

"My lord... is it really possible?" Peng Kai showed surprise.

Zheng Fan nodded;

In fact, Peng Kai, as the nail of a secret agent, was nailed to Pengjiazhuang. Although he has always been "working in the camp and his heart is in Yan", he finally became a family and a business here;

No one is born with a heart of stone, not even a spy, who is willing to abandon his wife and son unless it is absolutely necessary?

At this moment, shouts came from the southwest area of the small building, which also belongs to Pengjiazhuang.

The soldiers of the Yan army near the small building immediately went on alert.

Chen Xianba and Zheng Man went upstairs directly;

The prince himself was very calm, pointing to the other side, and asked Peng Kai who was standing beside him:

"What's wrong?"

"Some family matters have disturbed the lord, and I will deal with this humble post."

"Forget it, I'm a guest from afar. Since this king is here to be a guest, he naturally has to pay a visit."

"My lord..."

"Come, take me to meet you."

"Here."

Peng Kai led the way, followed by soldiers from the Yan army. When they reached another courtyard, they found that there were more than 20 people holding knives outside the courtyard, and there were hundreds of people from Pengjiazhuang pointing at them.

Peng Kai stepped forward and yelled at the people inside:

"What are you doing, put down the knife!"

Those twenty or so people, you look at me, I look at you, originally they didn't have the advantage in numbers, but when they saw the group of soldiers of the Yan Army appearing in front of them, they immediately became discouraged in terms of momentum, and immediately stopped. The few people dropped their weapons under the scolding of the Patriarch.

Only the leader, a man and a woman, glared at Peng Kai angrily.

The age of men and women is not too old, the women may be only sixteen or seventeen years old, and the men are less than twenty, they are all young people.

"Uncle San, I really didn't expect that you are such a person!"

The woman held a sword in her hand, and while yelling at Peng Kai, she directly charged at Zheng Fan with the sword.

Chen Xianba stepped forward, blocked the opponent's sword with a hammer, and then kicked the woman to the ground with his heel.

And when Chen Xianba was about to follow the rhythm of fighting on the battlefield, and when he went down, he would be killed with a single hammer, when he was stopped by the prince behind him:

"stop."

Chen Xianba stopped.

The woman clutched her chest, unable to stand up for a while.

After all, Chen Xianba doesn't know what it means to be sympathetic to women.

The woman in front of him is Peng Kai's eldest niece, the daughter of the eldest son of the former owner of the Peng family village, and the man is the son of the second son.

At this time, the man held a knife and pointed at Zheng Fan. For a while, the soldiers behind Zheng Fan immediately pointed their bows and arrows at him.

The man immediately put down the knife again, his expression struggling;

But he still forcibly twisted his face and asked;

"who are you!"

In fact, they should already have the answers they should have. After all, the armor system of the Yan army is too distinct compared to that of the Qian army.

Zheng Fan looked at him,

road:

"My surname is Zheng."

"Ping... King Pingxi!"

"Bang!"

The knife in the man's hand fell to the ground, and the faces of the people behind him also showed horror.

They knew that their Patriarch had led the Yan Army in, but they didn't know the identity of the Yan Army's general.

After learning that King Pingxi was standing in front of him, the man lost all his courage in an instant, and knelt down on the ground.

This is not a dress rehearsal, nor is there a rehearsal, it's purely because the three words "Pingxi Wang" are so intimidating, and it really makes children stop crying on dry ground.

Zheng Fan waved his hand,

Chen Xianba immediately led the soldiers to kick their knives away, and tied them all up.

Peng Kai's face was ashen. He dared not show his face to the "Wang Ye". No matter what, he was a Yan man who was loyal to the country of Yan. When I went to Yan Country, there was such a commotion in my house!

"Go, go in and have a look."

Zheng Fan took a step forward and walked in.

Peng Kai immediately followed.

The soldiers on both sides spread out to clean up possible threats, but the people from Pengjiazhuang were not allowed in.

Zheng Fan whispered: "Their father was killed by you, right?"

"If you go back to the lord, it's done by the subordinates. When the lord was attacking, Pengjiazhuang sent troops to the King of Jingqin. On the way there, he was humbled to make the first young master of Pengjiazhuang fall off his horse and die. On the way back, the second young master 'died of illness'."

"It's hard for you too." Zheng Fan smiled.

After all, when Pengjiazhuang raised troops to serve as the king, no matter whether he went back or forth, he never encountered the Yan army, and there was no war. It's really not easy.

"The humble staff believes that mastering Pengjiazhuang will play a role in the future use of troops by Dayan against Gan."

"Ah, very good."

At the entrance of the hall, there were many people standing, surrounded by soldiers at this time, most of them were female relatives.

The one at the front is an old lady with gray hair and a python crutch in her hand.

Beside the old lady, stood a woman.

When he saw this woman, Peng Kai's eyes turned angry, and he reprimanded:

"Min'er, why are you doing this!"

She is Peng Kai's wife and also the daughter of the Peng family. After Peng Kai was adopted as a adopted son by the old owner, he betrothed his daughter to her, which can be said to be more intimate.

When Pengjiazhuang became the climate and became a relatively large-scale landlord armed force on the land east of Acacia Mountain, Peng Kai was not qualified to inherit the position even if he was an adopted son, just like those in the Zhenbeihou Mansion. No matter how powerful the Yizi commander is, it's still not their turn to take the position of Marquis of Zhenbei.

Being able to convince the crowd and being able to come to power all depends on his status as a "visiting son-in-law".

It was this identity that made it possible for Peng Kai to take over the position and clean up Zhuangzi.

Originally, in order to welcome the arrival of the prince, Peng Kai controlled all the "unstable" factors in the family, including the two juniors at the door, who were also placed under house arrest.

But his own wife, that is, the owner's wife, unexpectedly lifted the ban on the two juniors behind her back, which allowed the two juniors to gather some subordinates and break into this place.

The old lady sitting on the grand master's chair stared at Peng Kai, and poked the ground twice vigorously with the crutch,

road:

"My son, are you a Ganren or a Yanren!"

Peng Kai first looked at Zheng Fan, seeing that the prince didn't seem to be impatient, so he took a deep breath, stepped forward, and saluted the old lady in a respectful manner.

road:

"If you go back to your mother, I'm from Yan."

"Okay, okay." A smile appeared on the old lady's face, "Unexpectedly, the one who was taken in by the old man was actually a Yan man. The old man was dazzled, no, the old man was blind!"

"The mother regards the child as her own child, and the child will also regard the mother as the aunt's mother, and the child will serve the mother for old age."

"Hehehe."

The old lady laughed,

asked slowly;

"Brother Que and Brother Chu, one fell off a horse and died, the other died of illness, but you did it?"

Peng Kai hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

"Okay, okay, when the old man led the big guys to King Jingqin, he knelt down in front of the Buddhist hall at home and prayed for more than a month, just to pray for you;

Yes, praying for blessings, the old stuff didn't run into the Yan people, it's a blessing.

But my two sons are gone.

Do you know what the old man said to me after he came back?

He said, you may have a problem. "

The old owner of Pengjiazhuang, even if he is not a hero, but he can start from scratch and judge the situation to pull up this foundation, it is by no means an easy task.

"Your life was saved by me, and it was I who married Min Nier to you. I treat you as my own son;

I said to the old man, even if it's a stone, I've been covering my chest for so many years, shouldn't it be warm?

It was me who helped you and let you take the seat of the owner after the old thing left.

turn out to be,

The old thing guessed, not bad.

From the beginning to the end, I was blind. I, an old woman, lured wolves into the house and killed the whole family. I was very blind! ! ! "

Suddenly,

The old lady seemed to think of something again,

Pointing to Peng Kai, he asked:

"Since the old thing was sealed, his body has been getting worse day by day. Is it also you who are eager to let the old thing make room for you?"

Peng Kai nodded heavily.

Peng Kai's wife, who was standing beside her, turned pale and slumped on the ground.