Chapter 364: Seeking Skin with the Tiger (2 in 1)
While saying such words that people can't understand, accompanied by a "bang!", these servants had already closed the door of the Oriental Family heavily.
"hehe……"
Zuo Yang turned around and looked at the vermilion door with thoughtful thoughts.
It seems that the Oriental Family has indeed encountered some trouble, and it is quite a problem...
It is not difficult to judge from the two keywords "Accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger" and "the surname Zhu". Ninety-nine% of this trouble is related to the current royal family, because the background of this game is that during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor at that time was Zhu Di, who was later called "Emperor Yongle".
However, although he has obtained such an important clue at the moment, Zuo Yang knows that this is a good opportunity to take advantage of the situation, but taking advantage of the situation also requires methods, otherwise he may backfire if he is not careful... After all, so far, he still doesn't know where the [Huanyuan Casting Furnace] is hidden. He must find a way to establish a good relationship with people from the Eastern Family and carefully find out the whereabouts of the treasure before he can make plans for the next step.
And he may only have one chance, otherwise once he is alerted, the people of the Oriental Family will immediately increase their vigilance. At that time, it will be even more difficult to find other opportunities.
So everything still needs to be discussed in the long run.
Zuo Yang felt that the best way was to find out what trouble the Dongfang family was in through other channels, and then prescribe the right medicine to play the role of a savior, approaching the Dongfang family, so that he can achieve twice the result with half the effort... Fortunately, he is now in Yanjing City, so it is much easier to inquire about the news, and the other identity is the leader of the "Tian Wai Tian" related to the Dongfang family, which is relatively favorable.
Thinking so in my heart.
Zuo Yang was not in a hurry at this moment, and looked at the door of the Oriental Family again, then took big steps to "Louwailou"...
...
The location of "Louwailou" is closer to the center of the imperial city than the Oriental Family, and is located on a bustling street on the east side of the Forbidden City.
There are countless restaurants, brothels, teahouses, and opera troupes on this street. Although I am not sure about the detailed layout of Yanjing City when I first arrived, Zuo Yang could also see that this place should be the entertainment center of the entire Yanjing City. Whether it is a dignitary or a noble person, as long as I have money in my arms and want to have fun, I will definitely not be wrong when I come to this street.
Of course, such an entertainment center will naturally become a distribution center for important news in the entire imperial city. Whether it is an anecdote in the palace, a rumor that cannot be verified in the market, or even if you are lucky and willing to spend money, it is not difficult to find out the major wind directions in the court and the world recently...
And Louwailou is crowded in such a street, and it is the tallest building on this street.
Of course, it is just compared to the buildings on this street, compared to the Forbidden City, which is not too far away from here, it is still a little shorter... It is not that it cannot be repaired, but that it must bow to the imperial power.
After passing through this street full of ambiguous fragrance, and "Call you come and have fun~ We have a few new top brands here, please come inside~" and so on, Zuo Yang finally walked into Louwailou.
"Customer, is it a da Jianer or a hotel?"
The waiter with a servant wearing a tumbler came up with a smile on his face.
“…”
Zuo Yang ignored him and went directly to the large counter on the right side of the door. He looked at the old man sitting inside who was "crackling" and "cracking" and making a very skillful trick on the copper abacus while quickly recording the account. He raised his hand and tapped his nails a few times, making a "tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick
"Customer, what's wrong with you?"
When the old man heard the sound, he finally looked up at him.
“What’s the weather today?”
Zuo Yang smiled and asked.
The old man's eyes lit up immediately, and he quickly replied with a solemn expression: "The weather is so sunny."
"There are flowers everywhere."
Zuo Yang continued with a smile.
"Crash!"
The old man immediately shook the abacus again, reset all the abacus beads, and then stood up and looked around. After not finding any abnormalities, he made a gesture to Zuo Yang, "Please follow me, please."
"please."
Zuo Yang nodded slightly and followed behind.
The two of them came to the fourth floor of "Louwailou" together. There was a private room at the end of the corridor called "Caiyun Room".
The old man took Zuo Yang to the door of this private room, then looked around and then gently knocked on the door, "Dongdong! Dadongdong!", which is still a rhythm with a code-like nature unique to "Tianwaitian".
After a moment.
"Cruff!"
As the door opened, a pungent smell of alcohol came to his face, which made Zuo Yang frown slightly.
In addition, there is also a familiar pretty face.
This person is no one else, the weird little girl who has seen him several times in "Tian Wai Tian" and asserted that his identity is absolutely not simple.
"It's you?"
Zuo Yang couldn't help but be stunned.
He didn't expect that the little girl would arrive first, nor did he understand that since the little girl was coming, why didn't he just go with her and just come here before meeting?
"Come in and talk."
The little girl still looked cold and glared at him and said coldly.
"good."
Zuo Yang responded and walked in directly. Then he heard the door behind him gently closed and also set up a door bolt.
Zuo Yang knew that the little girl was her own, so he didn't care about these small actions, but took this opportunity to observe the layout of the entire room.
This is a very high-quality room. When you enter the door, you will find a vertical screen, which is used for the "screen wall". After you bypass the screen, you will find an extremely spacious living room...
"Oh? There are still people?"
When Zuo Yang came to the living room, he knew how the pungent smell of alcohol came from here.
I saw a table carved from mahogany in the middle of the living room. The table was filled with leftovers and several large wine jars in a row. There were also many wine jars on the ground. In addition, there were a few broken plates, and no one cleaned up the food when sprinkled on the ground.
In such an environment, a handsome young man was lying on the table, half of his face and half of his sweet and sour carp were intimately in contact, constantly making a deep sleep sound of "huh, um, um, um," and smacking his mouth from time to time...
"?"
Zuo Yang turned his head and looked at the little girl, saying that he didn't quite understand why there was such a second-hand man here, and he didn't even understand why the little girl "checked a room" with such a second-hand man.
"He is Dongfang Ling, the fifth young master of the Dongfang family. Our commission this time is related to him."
The little girl introduced in a cold tone.
"I see."
Zuo Yang responded calmly on the surface, but in fact he was already overjoyed.
When he came just now, he was thinking about how to establish contact with the Dongfang Family and finally gain their trust. He found out the whereabouts of the [Huanyuan Casting Furnace]. Unexpectedly, Tianwaitian sent him to Yanjing City to solve the problem of the Dongfang Family, which is much simpler now.
Murong Qing did not lie to him. He wrote down this credit first and rewarded him with a chance.
Thinking of this, Zuo Yang saw that the little girl had found a chair and sat down, but she didn't seem to continue saying anything to him, so he took the initiative to throw a brick and inspire him and said, "When I was just here, I happened to pass by the mansion of the Dongfang Family on the way I came. Seeing that the door of the Dongfang Family was closed and the door was deserted, I felt a little strange. This depressing scene... I wonder if it is also related to our commission this time?"
"You're looking carefully!"
The little girl rolled her eyes and scolded, "As the killer of Tianwaitian, you are the leader now. You need to know what you shouldn't look at and what you shouldn't ask. This is the way to settle down and make a living."
"Been taught a lesson."
Seeing that throwing bricks and attracting jade was useless, Zuo Yang knew that her identity was not simple, so he pretended to lower his eyebrows and bowed his hands to thank him.
then.
The scene fell into silence for a while.
Only the snoring of Dongfang Ling's son could be heard in the whole room...
...
After a long time like this, Young Master Dongfang Ling still had no intention of waking up.
"Hmph, you are well-behaved. Forget it, while he is not awake and I am bored, I will introduce you to the content of this commission in advance so as not to waste time."
The little girl seemed very satisfied with Zuo Yang's performance this time. Although she snorted coldly, she finally showed a stiff smile on her face and said, "But before this, I must solemnly warn you that as a top-secret commission, what you hear next is of great importance, and even a word is not allowed to be spread out. Otherwise, you will not be just an enemy of the 'Tian Wai Tian'. No matter how big the martial arts world in the Central Plains is, you will have no place to hide. Do you understand?"
"Of course I understand."
Zuo Yang nodded, and then suddenly realized that just now, he had experienced a test of big or small. Sure enough, the girl's mind is the most difficult to guess, even the NPC in the game is the same.
"Okay, listen carefully."
The little girl organized the language a little and finally said, "If you want to talk about the Eastern Family, you have to start with the current emperor Zhu Di."
"Zhu Di is the fourth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He was named King of Yan in the early years and was vassalized in Yanjing City. In order to prevent his descendants from fighting for the throne and killing each other, Zhu Yuanzhang established a long time ago that the throne could only be inherited by the eldest son, so Zhu Di had no order to be the true dragon emperor."
"As a result, man's calculations are not as good as God's calculations. Before Zhu Yuanzhang passed away, his eldest son Zhu Biao had unfortunately died of illness. In desperation, in order to establish a formal rule for inheritance of the throne, Zhu Yuanzhang insisted on passing the throne to his eldest son and grandson Zhu Yunwen. After Zhu Yuanzhang's death, Zhu Yunwen became the second emperor of the Ming Dynasty, with the reign title of "Jianwen".
"After Emperor Jianwen ascended the throne, many vassal kings held their own troops and practiced illegal activities, and the court was lonely and in danger, so they secretly implemented the policy of reducing the vassals."
"Due to the threat of reducing the vassals, Zhu Di, the king of Later Yan, raised an army under the name of "clearing the monarch". After three years of fierce fighting, Zhu Di finally captured Jinling City, and the palace caught fire, and Emperor Jianwen disappeared. It is known in history as the "Jingnan Battle."
"The original intention of 'cleaning the king' was to eliminate the treacherous ministers around Emperor Jianwen, so that they could gain the support of many supporters. But at this time, Zhu Di finally revealed his true face. Regardless of his supporters' repeated persuasion, he insisted on arbitrarily proclaiming his successors to the throne, but not inheriting the throne of Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen, but inheriting the throne of the Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, and changing the dynasty name to 'Yongle'."
"After this, Zhu Di began to tamper with historical records, destroy all the records that contradict his comments, and establish the East Factory and the West Factory and the Jinyiwei to chase and kill loyal and good men and martial arts people who dare to tell the truth, trying to replace the pillars and cover up the fact that the great rebellion was usurped the throne!"
Speaking of this, the young girl who had always been cold was a little excited and even clenched her fists, as if this matter had a lot to do with her.
"But, what does these things have to do with the Eastern Family?"
Zuo Yang saw the girl's abnormality, but did not raise it, but continued to guide her to ask.
After all, as a prime minister, he often has to learn from history. Therefore, if he talks about this history, it can be more detailed than what this little girl said, and it would be fine if she didn't listen.
"Before the 'Jingnan Campaign' happened, the current head of the Eastern Family, Dongfang City, recognized that Zhu Di was not a thing in the pool. After Zhu Di raised his army, he stood up to support him as soon as possible, providing Zhu Di's army with a large number of sharp weapons... After Zhu Di ascended the throne, he was also rewarded by the court for his contributions to supporting him. Until now, the Eastern Family will still provide unique weapons for the generals stationed in the border."
As the little girl said this, her face was full of disdain and disgust. She seemed to not appreciate what Dongfang City did, but...
It doesn't seem to be exactly that.
If this little girl looked down on what Dongfang City did, why did she come to help the Dongfang Family? How could there be news that Tianwaitian and the Dongfang Family have something to do in the world?
So, what is the relationship between Tianwaitian and the Dongfang family?
"Since the Eastern family has such a close relationship with the imperial court and lives at the foot of the emperor, why do we still need the help of our Tianwaitian? If you have any questions, just ask the imperial court to solve them?"
Zuo Yang asked intentionally again.
"Haha, maybe this should be called 'Skinned with a tiger'?"
The little girl sneered even more disdainfully, and even showed a look on her face that could be called gloating. Then she continued to say, "The Eastern Family's 'casting Technique' is the best in the world, and she controls the whereabouts of the weapons she has sent. Many experts from the martial arts world who want their weapons to spend thousands of gold and cannot get one. Zhu Di has a bad ambition and has long wanted to take the Eastern Family's 'casting Technique' as her own to control the Central Plains martial arts world that has never been governed by the imperial court!"
"So, what do you think?"
Chapter completed!