Chapter 149: Jicheng Is Sick

Now Gao Yuan has the self-consciousness of being a chess piece, but what he never imagined is that in the series of major events that are about to happen, even Zhang Shouyue is just a chess piece on the chessboard, and he is not yet qualified to sit as a chess player. On both sides of the chessboard, Zhang Shouyue, who guards one side, can only try his best to get more benefits on this game of chess. In order to obtain these benefits, he had to take great risks to participate in it.

In this game of chess, as the guardian of Dayan, no one will be able to stay out of the matter in the future, and being able to participate in it in itself shows that Zhang Shouyue's strength has been recognized by some people, or the other party thinks he is useful After the event is completed, those who cannot participate in it will naturally not be able to participate in the final distribution of benefits. In view of the possible results, Zhang Shouyue is quite satisfied with the current situation.

Risks exist at any time, even if you sit at home, will there be no risks? When he is in this position, it is like sailing against the current, if he does not advance, he will retreat. I don't know how many people are secretly planning on him!

Jicheng, the royal capital of Dayan, is also the political and economic center of Yan. It is located in Jicheng in the center of Tianhe County. The era can definitely be regarded as a super big city surrounded by it, it is like a monster, entrenched in the middle of Tianhe County, overlooking the whole Dayan, controlling the territory of this country remotely.

It was already late at night, and although the stars and the moon in the sky were shining brightly, they looked eclipsed by the bright lights of the city. Jicheng has always been a city that never sleeps.

Under the reflection of countless lanterns hanging on both sides of the street, among the endless stream of people and carriages, an extremely ordinary carriage was driving slowly. He was said to be ordinary because luxurious carriages abound in Jicheng. Yes, looking around, there are nine and a half of the ten carriages that are still driving on the street at this time, which are gilt-clad and copper-clad, decorated with brilliance, and the better ones are even on the shafts. , All have carefully carved patterns.

If Gao Yuan saw the horses pulling these luxury carriages, he would definitely sigh. For the Central Plains countries, war horses are an extremely scarce resource, and these majestic tall horses did not gallop on the battlefield, but were trapped On the shaft of the car.

This inconspicuous, ordinary carriage moved extremely slowly, not because he couldn't go fast, but because at this moment, a middle-aged man who didn't look particularly old but had gray temples was walking in the carriage. He raised the curtains and stared intently at the bustling streets passing by the carriage.

"Jicheng, I'm finally back!" He groaned like crying and laughing, and lowered the curtains with trembling hands, leaning against the wall of the car weakly, covering his face with his hands, tears trickling from between his fingers shed.

Opposite Chunle sat another man in his thirties, with his waist straight and his knees straight up, lying there quietly with an unsheathed sharp sword, and that man's hand could be held at any time. On the hilt.

"Master, it's been ten years, and we've finally come back, so we have to settle the account of that year." The man's face was a little grim.

The middle-aged man slowly wiped away the tears on his face, his eyes narrowed into narrow slits, and he said word by word: "Spit out what I eat, give me back what I take, that's it!" Once, I, Ye Tiannan, came to collect debts. Ye Zhong, are you ready?"

Following the middle-aged man's words, the man's hand gripped the hilt of the sword. Because of too much force, the veins in his hand were exposed, and his knuckles made a rattling sound.

"Master, for the past ten years, I have been ready at any time."

The carriage kept going,

Gradually, there were fewer and fewer people and fewer and fewer carriages. Ye Tiannan sat down cross-legged, his expression gradually calmed down, he closed his eyes slightly, and stopped talking, while the waist of the man sitting opposite him kept straight, staring intently at the middle-aged man opposite him.

Whew... following the voice of the man driving the carriage, the carriage stopped slowly. In front of the carriage was a deep house compound with walls as high as ten feet, but the carriage did not stop in front of the gate, but at a small corner gate. before.

The driver jumped off the shaft and stood in front of the carriage with his hands down, "Master, we're here!"

Ye Zhong pushed the car door and jumped down. Behind him, Ye Tiannan straightened his clothes and rubbed his face vigorously, making his stiff facial muscles softer. The corners of his mouth were turned up, trying to make himself smile. That's it. After a short pause, he bent down and stepped out of the carriage.

He took a deep breath of the air of Jicheng.

Ye Zhong stretched out his hand and helped him off the carriage.

He stepped towards the closed corner door, even though the corner door was still closed, Ye Zhong followed closely behind him one step at a time, while the man driving the carriage jumped back into the carriage, whipped his whip and gave a slap, The carriage restarted and slowly moved towards the distance of the road.

When Ye Tiannan walked up to the corner door, there was a squeak, and the corner door opened at the right time. When the two entered the room, the corner door closed tightly again, and everything returned to calm, as if nothing had happened.

Compared with the quietness outside the door, the inside of the door is a different world. Under the dim light of two lanterns, there are dozens of people standing in shadows. If there is a person who is familiar with Dayan Chaotang Here, they will definitely cry out in surprise, because all these ten people are important ministers in the Great Yan Dynasty and well-known nobles.

The first person is Dayan's Taiwei Zhou Yuan who is currently in charge of the army, and on his right is Dayan Yushi doctor Ning Zecheng. The three giants of the Yan Dynasty government, the Prime Minister, the Taiwei, and the Imperial Envoy, but two mysteriously appeared at this place at once.

Ye Tiannan's eyes narrowed, and he scanned the faces of the dozen or so people in front of him one by one. He knew Zhou Yuan and Ning Zecheng, but some of the dozen or so people behind him knew each other, and some didn't. It seems that it is a new dignitary in the past ten years.

"Brother Tiannan, welcome back!" Zhou Yuan took a step forward and stretched out his hand. Zhou Yuan smiled happily, and his neatly trimmed beard trembled with his smile.

The corner of Ye Tiannan's mouth twitched, he stepped forward, stretched out his hands, and held Zhou Yuan's hand tightly, "Jicheng is my home, of course I will come back, I will definitely come back."

"Brother Ye has worked hard all the way!" Ning Zecheng bowed slightly. There was no smile on his clean-shaven face, and his face was dull. It was hard to see what was going on in his heart from his appearance.

"Lord Ning, I haven't seen you in ten years. You are still the same as before. You can't see any traces of time on your face, but I am old." Ye Tiannan turned around, looked at Ning Zecheng, smiled.

"Where, brother Ye is as handsome as before." Ning Zecheng heheed.

Zhou Yuan half turned around, looked at Ye Tiannan, and laughed loudly: "Brother Tiannan, everything has changed, look, when you left, I was just a general of the Imperial Forest Army, and Zecheng was just a senior doctor." , now that you are back, I am already a Taiwei, and Zecheng has become a royal doctor."

"Yeah!" The corner of Ye Tiannan's mouth twitched slightly, "Back when my Ye family was still there, neither the Zhou family nor the Ning family could be regarded as the top family in Dayan. Ten years later, the Ye family It has already become the dust of history, but the Zhou and Ning families have reached the top, the vicissitudes of life, the changing world, really makes people feel emotional."

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of everyone present changed slightly, and Ning Zecheng's expression became extremely ugly.

Zhou Yuan was slightly stunned, "Brother Tiannan, after ten years, you are still as temperamental as before. You speak meanly and do things without leaving any room. I thought these ten years would grind your temper a little bit." Grinding!"

"It can't be worn off. If it really wears off, Brother Zhou, you won't see me in Jicheng." Ye Tiannan turned to look at him, "It's because I haven't changed that I can come back."

Zhou Yuan nodded, "That's true. Let's go, Brother Tiannan, we have prepared food and drinks inside, how about Zecheng and I wash away the dust with you first?"

"Brother Zhou, please!" Ye Tiannan said.

Leaving towards the west at the beginning of the month, the other dozen or so people who had come to welcome Ye Tiannan left after the banquet. In the room, only Ye Tiannan, Zhou Yuan, and Ning Zecheng were left.

"Are these people reliable? I have never heard of more than half of them!" Ye Tiannan looked at the two of them, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Brother Zhou, if there is even the slightest leak of what we are doing, I, Ye Tiannan's ten years of work will be lost." It's just a matter of time, and the Zhou family and the Ning family, I'm afraid they will be like my Ye family back then."

Ning Zecheng smiled slightly, "Since you dare to let them come, you can trust them completely. Brother Tiannan, a hero has three gangs, and a fence has three stakes. No matter how heroic a person is, he must have helpers. Brother Tiannan is outside. After running around for more than ten years, haven't you figured out this truth? In the first year of Zhaoping, if Mrs. Ye could have a few good friends who dared to stab at both sides, how could they have fallen into such a situation? The victory or defeat was on the line. Room!"

Ye Tiannan's face was ashen, and he was about to retort, when he saw Zhou Yuan from the corner of his eye, what he said meant the complete opposite, "Master Ning is absolutely right, so in the past ten years, Ye has been making friends everywhere. ah!"

"It's so good." Ning Zecheng said plainly.

Zhou Yuan waved his hand, "Brother Tiannan, I know you were angry about what happened back then, but you also have to understand us. Ten years ago, although Zecheng and I were important figures in the family, we couldn't control the overall situation." , What happened back then is really powerless. Ten years have passed, and many things have changed. Now, we need to cooperate sincerely and twist together to make things happen. If the past is brought up again, no one will be happy ,Do you agree?"

"Brother Zhou is right. When I finally return to Jicheng today, I feel a lot of gratitude in my heart. Thinking of thousands of old and young members of my Ye family who died in this city, I can't help feeling depressed. Please don't blame the two of you!" Ye Tiannan took a long breath In one breath, said.