From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 580

It was getting dark, and the whole city of Yangzhou seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep. There were fewer lights tonight, and only the residence of Duke Weiguo was brightly lit.

The dinner was very sumptuous. My mother-in-law cooked it herself, and her cooking skills were really good. Zhou Yuan had a very good appetite and ate until he was 120% full.

In addition to my father-in-law and mother-in-law, there were Guan Caixi, Li Yu'an and Xiaoying at the table.

Guan Caixi was the type who had something on his mind and had no appetite.

Li Yu'an was like a little girl, inexplicably shy, eating in small bites, and her attitude was very restrained.

For this reason, Zhou Yuan had to whisper: "Don't be nervous, Virgin Sister, it's not like an ugly daughter-in-law meeting her parents-in-law, this is just my father-in-law and mother-in-law."

"You... shut up."

Virgin Sister glared at him directly.

As for Xiaoying, Zhou Yuan had given her a heads-up in advance, asking her to be a little more restrained.

But I didn't expect that Xiaoying was really obedient, sitting at the table obediently, eating very reservedly.

Zhou Yuan was a little surprised, and said in a low voice: "Xiaoying, eat, don't be too restrained."

Xiaoying said: "Brother, I... I ate eight-tenths full in the back kitchen."

Good boy, I really thought you were sensible.

Zhou Yuan ignored him and raised his wine glass and said: "Father-in-law, I will toast you again. After the Jiangnan Salt Tour is over, father-in-law should also go to Beijing, right?"

Zhao Cheng smiled and said: "Don't talk nonsense, you know the answer but still ask. After the Jiangnan Salt Tour, Yangzhou is a mess, and the salt business of the entire Jin Dynasty will be greatly impacted. The reset of the rules needs someone to enforce it, and the revitalization of the salt business needs someone to take charge."

"It will take at least three or four years for your father-in-law to go to Beijing."

Zhou Yuan frowned and said: "In this case, it is estimated that after entering Beijing, it will be He will take charge of the Ministry of Revenue, and Lord Liu will probably retire by then."

Zhao Cheng waved his hand and said, "That won't happen. Although Lord Liu is busy, he is still in good health. Besides, my resume is not deep enough, so it's too exaggerated for me to take charge of a ministry. I guess I still have to start as a minister. The third rank is already amazing."

Zhou Yuan thought for a while before saying, "It's unlikely that he will be a minister. Maybe he will take charge of the Ministry of Commerce."

Zhao Cheng's face changed slightly, and he hurriedly said, "Don't talk nonsense. The more restrained you are about things that haven't been done, the better."

As soon as he finished speaking, Guan Lu also walked in.

He saluted and said, "Sir, the other party has taken action."

Zhou Yuan clapped his hands, stood up, and said with a smile, "The show is about to begin, father-in-law, let's go to the main hall to watch the show!"

Everyone went to the main hall and sat down. At this moment, Yue Lingkang was still tied here, with a look of indignation on his face. Seeing Zhou Yuan, he couldn't help but snorted.

Zhou Yuan said: "Master Yue, your reinforcements have arrived. Do you think we can hold this mansion?"

Yue Lingkang said coldly: "With two thousand troops, you will never be able to hold it with so few people."

Zhou Yuan waved his hand and said: "It's already this time, Master Yue, don't bluff. The Yangzhou garrison camp is under the Ministry of War. After all, they are the soldiers of the court. Even if they are following orders, they may not dare to do things like besieging and killing the imperial envoy."

"What two thousand troops? It's pure nonsense. Can half of the four thousand garrison camps join you in rebellion? Per capita confidants?"

"I guess it's good to have a thousand people. You may not trust the others at all."

Yue Lingkang said: "Even if there are only a thousand people, it is enough to eat you."

Zhou Yuan said: "Then let's wait and see."

The moment he finished speaking, the sound of shouting and killing came from outside.

Xiaoying disappeared in a flash, while Li Yu'an was still sitting beside Zhou Yuan, looking around with a cold gaze.

Soon, a tall figure strode in from the outer courtyard, followed by more than a dozen Taoists, and stood outside the hall, guarding the place.

Zhou Yuan said: "Chu Feifan, what's going on outside?"

Chu Feifan said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, sir, although the other side has many people, we are well prepared, and they can't get in for a while."

Hundreds of people from the rivers and lakes, it can't be said that all of them are masters, but after all, they are also found by Zhang Feitian from all over the world, much better than ordinary soldiers, but their equipment is backward.

They hid in various places around the mansion, and kept releasing hidden weapons, which put a lot of pressure on the Yangzhou defense.

But the real pressure did not come from this, but from the looming black smoke in front of the main gate of the mansion.

One by one, the gangsters were standing there, and they had already shown their weapons.

In the crowd, a little girl in martial arts uniform was short and very conspicuous.

She held an iron box in her hand, slowly squatted down, and whispered: "Go, go, find your home!"

The iron box opened, and more than a dozen fly-sized poisonous insects quickly crawled out and disappeared into the darkness.

"Playing tricks."

YangLei Qiang, the state garrison, was a bald strong man who had participated in the war against the Eastern Tartars in his early years. He had fought his way out of the bloody sea of ​​Liaodong, and he was not without real skills.

He was riding a warhorse, wearing a set of black armor, holding a spear, and shouted: "Brothers, follow me to charge in, these Jianghu people can't stop us."

He roared and rushed forward.

The charge of thousands of people behind him was indeed not something that Jianghu people could stop. No matter how great a master you were, you had to avoid them.

But beside Lei Qiang, a guard suddenly fell down, emitting a shrill scream.

Lei Qiang exclaimed, but before he could react, he saw that the guard's body was broken, and the seven orifices began to bleed. One by one, dark insects kept coming out of it, densely packed, and creepy.

"Evil ways! Give me a torch!"

Lei Qiang roared, took the torch and burned it on the ground. The black poisonous insects died when they saw the fire, and they had no power to resist.

But the soldiers around him had been hit and fell down in groups.

"Retreat!"

Lei Qiang was shocked and quickly shouted at everyone to retreat, saying: "Bring up the torches! Burn these insects first!"

"Lei Yong! Go and kill that little girl for me!"

"Yes! Big brother!"

Lei Yong was a strong man, holding a big knife, and obviously very good at kung fu. He dodged and killed Xiaoying.

Several martial arts masters attacked him, but he was so powerful that he pushed them away with a few moves.

Looking up, I saw that the little girl had already climbed onto the roof.

"Can you run away!"

He jumped up, climbed onto the roof, and chased with a knife, shouting: "Brother, leave her to me, you just attack!"

As soon as the voice fell, Xiaoying suddenly showed two cute little tiger teeth and said: "Big guy, you've been fooled."

"I'll..."

As soon as Lei Yong finished speaking, he suddenly felt dizzy and his feet itched.

Looking down, he found that the roof was full of black nails, and two of them had pierced his soles.

He didn't feel any pain beforehand.

"Wulian Tianzun!"

A loud shout came, and an old man in a Taoist robe was as light as a flying swallow, and he came to Lei Yong in a few steps.

He poked forward with a whisk in his hand, and his internal force was so strong that every root of the whisk turned into a sword, which actually pierced Lei Yong's armor and penetrated his chest.

When he fell from the roof, Lei Qiang's face was distorted: "Second brother!"

He was heartbroken and shouted: "Shieldmen and spearmen are in front, and the formation behind should fire rockets to burn the mansion!"

The army kept moving forward, and even the attack of martial arts masters could not destroy their formation.

Until the door of the mansion, hundreds of archers bent their bows and put arrows on them, ignited the oilcloth on the arrows, and countless arrows flew inside.

A fire suddenly broke out in the mansion.

Yue Lingkang sneered: "Duke Weiguo has great magical powers. Why don't you tell me how you can break this situation?"

Zhou Yuan smiled and looked at Li Yu'an.

Li Yu'an stood up and said calmly, "Leave the bow and arrow to me."

As soon as she finished speaking, she rose from the ground, and after a few rises and falls, she came to the eaves of the main gate. She drew Tai Chi with both hands, and her internal force surged like a vortex. Countless rockets came towards her, and were rolled back by her internal force.

As everyone was stunned, countless rockets shot into the garrison army, causing heavy casualties.

"Break the door by force!"

Lei Qiang roared loudly and killed his way through, but saw smoke on the roof, making people dizzy.

The old man in Taoist robes actually came towards him, and his momentum was simply terrifying.

"What bullshit! I'm not afraid of you!"

Lei Qiang raised his spear and stabbed forward suddenly, but found that the other party was flowing with green light and his internal force was constantly surging out.

Damn, where did the Duke of Wei find such a master!

The Taoist priest dodged the arrows from behind, and Lei Qiang breathed a sigh of relief.

He had realized that he could not waste time here for long and had to break the door as soon as possible.

"Don't worry about those people in the underworld, just identify the target and kill them."

A team of thousands of people attacked the gate of the mansion in a mighty manner.