The Green Gourd Sword Fairy
Chapter 1225: critical situation
Qian Long smiled slightly, cupped his hands and said: "Gan also hopes to see Palace Master Liang win a complete victory, this will only be good for our Wenxiang Chamber of Commerce. But due to the president's order, Gan can't directly intervene. This is the only way to help Palace Master Liang."
"Elder Gan's kindness has been received by Mr. Liang. Mr. Liang is not a person who does not know good and bad. Now that the situation is so critical, it is not easy for the Wenxiang Chamber of Commerce to do this."
When Liang Yan said this, he paused slightly, and then said: "There is also the matter of Li Xiaosong......"
"Palace Master Liang, don't worry!" Qian Long immediately said: "We have been investigating the news of Chunyang Zhihuo, but we haven't got any clear information yet, and the president is also a **** who never sees the end...... ...But as long as any of these two shows up, we will immediately notify Palace Master Liang."
"Um."
Liang Yan nodded after hearing this, but his heart was filled with mixed feelings.
Half of what I do now is because of Li Xiaosong. It's okay if things succeed, but once they fail, Xuanyuanyu will have no place to stand on. At that time, he had no choice but to return to Wushuang City, and Li Xiaosong would definitely not be able to make it back by himself, and it was inevitable that he would die on the way.
"Anyway, I've tried my best...... Xiaosong, Xiaosong, you have to hold on. I hope everything goes well this time!"
Liang Yan sighed, said no more, bid farewell to Qian Long, turned around and left the Wenxiang Chamber of Commerce.
After he came out, he still used the secret pearl to cover up his aura, turned into a dark man, walked all the way through the streets and alleys, and walked in the direction of the Jialan Chamber of Commerce.
Due to the martial law in the whole city, Liang Yan didn't dare to use tactics to fly away, so he could only travel on foot. He encountered several interrogations along the way, but he was observed by him and saved the day.
After walking for a cup of tea, the road ahead gradually widened, and a magnificent blue compound lying on the side of the road was the Jialan Chamber of Commerce.
Jialan Chamber of Commerce, as the only chamber of commerce in Guangling City that can stand shoulder to shoulder with Wenxiang Chamber of Commerce, is also considered wealthy and powerful. The entire courtyard wall is withered, and there are various mysterious restrictions on the wall, which is daunting.
Liang Yan stopped at the end of the street and watched for a while, frowning slightly, feeling something was wrong.
Quiet, so quiet!
When I came to the Jialan Chamber of Commerce last time, I didn’t have such a murderous spirit, and the few monks at the gate of the Jialan Chamber of Commerce were all unfamiliar faces. It wasn’t long before I left last time. All changed.
"It's not right."
Liang Yan secretly became vigilant, and did not approach the Jialan Chamber of Commerce, but turned into an alley and entered a tea house on the side of the road.
Unlike usual, there are not many monks in the teahouse now, most of them are casual cultivators who have temporarily entered the city, sitting and chatting in the hall on the first floor.
Liang Yan swept his eyes and soon noticed a table in the corner.
They were two women and a man. The women were ordinary-looking and wore coarse linen clothes. One of them was tall and thin with pock marks on his face, while the other was short, with a round face and a plump appearance.
As for the man, dressed as a scholar, holding a cup of tea, sipping tea.
Liang Yan's eyes flashed, and he walked up quickly without hesitation.
"Tea?"
"Drink tea!"
Liang Yan nodded: "I'm new here, can I borrow a table?"
The pock-marked woman glanced around and said with a smile: "Of course, now Guangling City can't get out, and can't get in. Everyone is trapped here, so it's a good time to make friends!"
Liang Yan smiled slightly, sat down at the table, poured himself a cup of tea, kept his expression on the surface, but secretly asked via voice transmission:
"How is Qingyun Chamber of Commerce going? Has Sun Qianli agreed to help?"
The pock-marked woman is naturally Xuanyuan Lingwei after she disguised herself, her face remained unchanged at this time, and she laughed and said, "Friend Daoist, the tea in this tea house is not bad, right?"
"not bad."
Liang Yan nodded, put down the teacup in his hand, and heard Xuanyuan Lingwei say: "Things are not going well. We went to Qingyun Chamber of Commerce, but found that the entire Chamber of Commerce was controlled by Xuanyuan Army. I contacted Sun Qianli with a secret treasure. , Knowing that they are all under house arrest in the chamber of commerce, even Fang Junfang, the old man, dare not leave the chamber of commerce without authorization now!"
"Such a quick move?"
Liang Yan frowned. It seemed that the second prince was not simple. From the moment he decided to take action against Xuanyuan Lingwei, he had already fully grasped all the opponent's cards.
I'm afraid that before they left Guangling City, Xuanyuan Haoyu had already taken action against Qingyun Chamber of Commerce.
At this time, Tan Youli also put down his teacup, and chatted with Zishan and Liang Yan, the purpose of which was to deceive people and prevent the Xuanyuan Army monks who might be around from noticing him.
"Brother Liang, what's the result of your trip? Will the Wenxiang Chamber of Commerce agree to help us?" Xuanyuan Lingwei asked again via voice transmission.
After Liang Yan heard this, he shook his head lightly, and said via voice transmission: "The Wenxiang Chamber of Commerce does not want to get involved in this dispute, but Qianlong and I have some friendship, and agreed to create chaos in the city, so that we can do things conveniently."
After hearing this, the disappointment in Xuanyuan Lingwei's eyes was fleeting.
"Now that our situation is weak, it is reasonable for Wenxiang Chamber of Commerce to refuse to make a move." Xuanyuan Lingwei secretly smiled bitterly, and then said via voice transmission: "However, they are willing to support us from the sidelines, which can be considered as helpful to our plan." gone."
"That's right." Liang Yan nodded, and said via voice transmission: "In the entire Guangling City, our only hopeful ally is Xuanyuanqi, who is also investigating your second brother's crimes. The most important thing is that the Jialan Chamber of Commerce Pei Xinhai has an extraordinary relationship with him, if we can get help from this person, then the success rate of our operation will be greatly improved."
"Xuanyuanqi...my fourth brother has always been indifferent to fame and fortune, and lived his life in a leisurely way. I didn't expect to get involved this time. If the second brother didn't do too many evil things and was angry with others, I guess the fourth brother wouldn't." As for that."
Xuanyuan Lingwei said this, thought for a while and said: "You just said that the fourth brother has friendship with Pei Xinhai of the Jialan Chamber of Commerce, but I don't know if this person will stay out of the matter like Qian Long of the Wenxiang Chamber of Commerce?"
"I can't say for sure, but according to what I saw that day, Pei Xinhai has already reached an alliance with Xuanyuanqi. At this time, he shouldn't sit idly by, but..."
"Just what?" Xuanyuan Lingwei asked urgently.
"It's just that I used my spiritual sense to investigate the Jialan Chamber of Commerce outside, but found that their Chamber of Commerce compound is a bit suspicious. It's completely different from the time I came last time. Even the guards at the gate have been changed." Liang Yan put himself Say everything you see.
"There is such a thing!" Xuanyuan Lingwei frowned, and secretly said: "Could it be that the second brother's eyes and ears are so powerful that even Xuanyuan Qi and the Jialan Chamber of Commerce have been exposed?"
"It's hard to say..." Liang Yan knocked on the table in front of him while drinking tea, and said calmly: "It's just that the situation is so critical now, we have to be careful in every move... ..."
While they were chatting secretly, a waiter came out from the back of the teahouse. He looked to be in his early twenties, and he was at the early stage of foundation establishment. Holding a jasper teapot in his hand, he walked straight to Liang Yan's table.
"Guest officer, this is the 'hundred-year spring' you want. The seniors are really knowledgeable. This 'hundred-year spring' is the signature of our Spring Breeze Tea House. Almost all the guests who come here have to drink tea." The teahouse clerk said, While putting the jasper teapot on the table.
"We do not........"
Xuanyuan Lingwei frowned, and was about to refuse, but Liang Yan who was beside him made a show of embarrassment, and hurriedly swallowed back the rest of the words.
"Hundred Spring, this is a good product! It tastes sweet yet elegant, the best tea in the world!"
The dark man that Liang Yan disguised laughed, and continued: "This is the first time for Lu to come here. I don't know how many of this kind of 'hundred-year spring' the shopkeeper still has. Lu also wants to buy some."
After hearing this, the waiter in the teahouse didn't change his expression at all, he just said calmly: "Since the senior sincerely wants to buy it, let's sit with the junior in the private room upstairs, the shopkeeper of our teahouse will be here soon."
"good!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Liang Yan nodded in agreement.
The rest of Xuanyuan Lingwei, Tan Youli, and Yew Shan were a little puzzled when they saw this, but after experiencing the recent incident, they had already firmly believed in Liang Yan, so they would not speak out against it at this time.
Several people followed Liang Yan to the second floor, and under the guidance of the teahouse clerk, they entered a private room. There was a hidden cave inside. It was a small garden.
There is a small pavilion in the middle of the garden. In the pavilion, there is a stone table, several stone benches, and an incense burner on the table, which looks very elegant.
The clerk led everyone to sit down in the pavilion, poured another cup of "Hundred Years of Spring" for everyone, and just bowed his hands and said: "All distinguished guests, please stay here for a while, the younger generation will invite the shopkeeper, and I will be back soon."
After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the garden along the gravel road when he came.
After the guy disappeared completely, Xuanyuan Lingwei finally couldn't help asking: "Brother Liang, do you recognize the shopkeeper of this teahouse? Why did they bring us here in such a secret way that they wouldn't be plotting something wrong? "
After Liang Yan heard this, he shook his head and said, "I don't know if there is any conspiracy, but this Spring Breeze Teahouse is one of the secret contact points that Xuanyuanqi and I agreed upon at the beginning!"
"There is such a thing!"
Xuanyuan Lingwei's eyes lit up, and a gleam of joy appeared on his face.
If this was a hidden stake laid by Xuanyuanqi, then people like myself would not have to risk entering the Jialan Chamber of Commerce, but after thinking about it, judging from the cautiousness of the tea shop clerk just now, the current situation should not be optimistic.
Just when the few people were communicating with each other, the distant cobblestone road suddenly flashed with sunlight, and a figure appeared, dressed in a brown robe and dressed as a shopkeeper, walking quickly towards the pavilion.
"Seniors have been waiting for a long time! This is Cao Ying, the shopkeeper of Chunfeng Tea House."
This person entered the pavilion and bowed to several people with a very polite attitude.
"Shopkeeper Cao, there is no need to be polite."
Liang Yan waved his hands and said, "Let's get straight to the point, but Xuanyuan Qi ordered you to contact me here?"
"Exactly!"
Cao Ying glanced at Liang Yan, nodded and said, "Your Excellency's appearance is exactly the same as the portrait left by His Highness the Fourth Highness. It must be Lu Musheng, Senior Lu!"
Hearing the words "Lu Musheng", Xuanyuan Lingwei, Tan Youli and the others had weird expressions on their faces, but they understood Liang Yan's expression almost instantly.
"It's Lu."
Liang Yan nodded, and said calmly: "That day, I made an appointment with your fourth highness to investigate the crimes of the second prince together, and then use these criminal evidences to bring down Xuanyuan Haoyu. Now I brought the sixth princess Xuanyuan Lingwei We are here to fulfill our promise.”
After Cao Ying heard this, her face froze slightly, and then she sighed softly: "If senior Lu came here a few days earlier, there might be a turning point for this matter, but it's too late to come now!"
"Oh? How do you say that?" Liang Yan asked with a frown.
"Just a few days ago, when Elder Pei of our Jialan Chamber of Commerce went out, he didn't know why he had a dispute with General Tianwei. Captured Elder Pei, and now he is being imprisoned in the sky prison in Guangling City. The entire Jialan Chamber of Commerce has also been investigated by the Xuanyuan Army, and many monks of the Chamber of Commerce have been imprisoned. Now the Chamber of Commerce compound is full of people from the Xuanyuan Army , if any monks who go out come back, they will be captured by them immediately."
After listening to Cao Ying's story, the faces of Liang Yan, Xuanyuan Lingwei and others changed slightly~lightnovelpub.net~ Especially Xuanyuan Lingwei's expression was full of disbelief.
"Second brother, is he crazy? The emperor once issued an order that people in Xuanyuan City must not interfere with the 'Wentai Fighting Treasure Conference'. He dared to violate the emperor's order and arrest the entire chamber of commerce! You must know that the current Guangling In the city, there are hundreds of chambers of commerce, big and small, if word of this gets out, which chamber of commerce would dare to come to our Xuanyuan domain in the future?!"
"Hehe, your second brother's style of doing things is different from yours." Liang Yan shook his head at this moment and said: "He doesn't have any thoughts about the overall situation. As long as the goal can be achieved, any means can be used."
When Xuanyuan Lingwei heard this, his face darkened and he fell silent.
At this time, I heard Liang Yan continue to ask: "Since the Jialan Chamber of Commerce has been placed together, what about Xuanyuan Qi? As the fourth prince, he does not participate in party power struggles. Xuanyuan Haoyu should not Move him?"
"You are wrong..."
Cao Ying let out a long sigh, and said in a deep voice: "Just this morning, Xuanyuan Haoyu sent someone to send a letter, inviting His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince to a banquet in his palace, and stated that he could not bring any monks with him! His Highness wanted to refuse at first. , but the letter also stated that if you don’t go, you will be charged with treason!”
boom!
There was a crisp sound, and Xuanyuan Lingwei's face was ashen, and she was so angry that she crushed the teacup in her hand.
"Second brother, is he running amok?! What a 'judgment of the city'! If the fourth brother is going, I'm afraid there will be no return!"
Liang Yan's face was also not good-looking, and he asked: "Has Xuanyuan Qi gone to the appointment?"
"Go, about half an hour ago, His Royal Highness dismissed the servants and servants in the bedroom, and asked people to bring the news to the hidden posts everywhere. I just got the news." Cao Ying replied.