Daqin arrests alchemists, what does it matter to me as a qi refiner?

Yang Ling decided to let Zhang Lun go for the time being. After all, Zhang Lun still had more than 5,000 defeated soldiers. After he recuperated his strength, he would definitely make a comeback.

But Zhang Lun's troops and food supplies were difficult to find.

Zhang Lun's tribe was active in Xuzhou. They not only looted houses, but also burned, killed and looted in the city. These people are tough bandits.

Not long ago, Yang Ling sent people to Xuzhou to investigate the news and found that the Xuzhou government actually allowed the gangsters to cause chaos.

Yang Ling was furious and immediately took his people out of the city to prepare for the suppression of the chieftains in Xuzhou.

Not long after Yang Ling led his troops out of the city, they were intercepted by robbers.

Although the number of robbers was small, they were all fierce guys, and Yang Ling's troops and guards could not resist them at all.

Fortunately, at the most critical moment, he escaped with his own soldiers.

Yang Ling rested in the city for a few days, and then continued to advance northwest.

The march was quite long, and it took Yang Ling six or seven days to reach his destination.

In front of the destination, Yang Ling saw many people gathered on the roadside, wondering what they were talking about.

Yang Ling walked to the middle of the crowd and asked about the situation.

Someone in the crowd pointed at a few of them and said, "Those people are Zhang Lun's subordinates. Zhang Lun led his army to flee north."

"Oh?" Yang Ling was surprised when he heard this: "Is it true or false?"

"It's absolutely true! I saw it with my own eyes!"

Yang Ling frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "Since Zhang Lun has left, we don't need to worry about him."

He turned to leave.

At this moment, a dozen robbers suddenly rushed out of the crowd and surrounded him.

The robbers all had sinister faces and scarlet eyes. They held machetes and spears in their hands and stared at Yang Ling fiercely.

"Brother, I advise you not to move, otherwise your life will not be saved."

"Boy, you are very brave. You dare to offend Zhang Lun's subordinates."

Yang Ling sneered and said, "I don't know what you are talking about, but I am interested in the Zhang Lun you call Zhang Lun. I wonder who the 'Zhang Lun' you are talking about is?"

Yang Ling secretly wondered why these people were angry? Who is Zhang Lun? Why do these robbers get so angry?
The robbers looked at each other, no one wanted to speak first.

Yang Ling could tell that these robbers were obviously no ordinary robbers.

Some of them have gray hair, some have tattered clothes, some have dark skin, some have stubble on their faces, some don’t even have all their teeth, and some are even more terrifying, with bloody mouths and dirty bodies, as if they had just emerged from the mud. crawled out of the swamp.

Yang Ling became more and more curious.

Who are these people? How could you be so angry? Why did he become so angry?
This question will soon be answered.

"Who are you?"

Yang Ling asked coldly.

The robbers remained silent.

At this time, there were several coughs from behind the crowd, and then two old figures walked out of the crowd.

Yang Ling looked closely and found that the two old men were about sixty years old, with sparse hair, stooped bodies, and wrinkled faces. But their eyes were bright and shining, like two sharp swords that could pierce the soul of the enemy.

The two old men walked up to Yang Ling, bowed slightly and said, "I have met you, Your Excellency."

Yang Ling nodded and said, "I have seen these two old people. Did they also come to beg for food?"

"Your Excellency is wise!" the old man said in admiration with his hands raised.

Yang Ling asked with a smile: "I wonder what kind of food the two old people want?"

"We don't want any food." The old man shook his head and said.

"Then what do you want to do?" Yang Ling asked in surprise.

The old man sighed: "I want your head. As long as you hand over your head to us, we will retreat immediately and will not entangle you."

"Oh? Are you really Zhang Lun's people?" Yang Ling asked with a smile.

"Exactly!"

"Since you are Zhang Lun's men, it will be easy to handle!" Yang Ling nodded with a smile, and then said to the soldiers around him: "Catch them and send them to the Yamen."

Several soldiers agreed and approached the two old men.

"Slow down!" the old man shouted hurriedly: "Your Excellency has misunderstood what Lao Chan meant. Lao Chan means that Lao Chan is not Zhang Lun's person!"

"Oh? Not from Zhang Lun? Then who are you?"

The old man smiled and said: "My surname is Liu Yuanfu!"

"Liu Yuanfu?" Yang Ling frowned slightly: "Are you the famous Liu Yuanfu?"

Liu Yuanfu stroked his beard and said with a smile, "That's right me."

Yang Ling nodded and said, "You say you are Zhang Lun's person, but you don't admit that you are Zhang Lun's person. What's the point?"

Liu Yuanfu said: "I'm not here to rob food. We just want to invite you to have a cup of tea."

Yang Ling said: "I don't have time to talk nonsense with you. If you don't want to go to the Yamen, then just come with us."

"Ugh!"

The old man sighed: "Forget it, I will go with you! But I have a condition."

"What conditions?" Yang Ling asked.

Liu Yuanfu smiled and said: "We don't want to see too many casualties among your men, so we hope that you can give up the pursuit of Zhang Lun and release everyone to their respective places."

Hearing this, Yang Ling smiled and said, "I can agree to your conditions, but you must come with us, and we will not make things difficult for you."

Liu Yuanfu said: "Of course I don't have any objections. These are trivial matters."

"Okay!" Yang Ling nodded, "Then we will go back to the city. Do you want to go back with us?"

"Of course I am willing."

"I would like that too."

The old man and the robbers behind him expressed their opinions.

"You guys aren't going back to the city yet?"

"Return!" Everyone agreed hurriedly.

Yang Ling nodded and told the soldiers: "Let's go!"

"As ordered."

"Yes!"

Yang Ling took Liu Yuanfu, the old man and others back to Luoyang City.

Liu Yuanfu brought several followers to the most prosperous restaurant in Luoyang City. Yang Ling asked his men to guard the restaurant, and then invited Liu Yuanfu, the old man and others to go upstairs and sit in the elegant seats of the restaurant.

Liu Yuanfu smiled and said: "Your Excellency, I want to know why you insist on chasing Zhang Lun?" "Haha, I have a grudge against Zhang Lun." Yang Ling said with a smile.

"Oh? I wonder if Zhang Lun has done anything to disgrace you?" Liu Yuanfu asked.

Yang Ling shook his head and said, "I have no enmity or enmity with Zhang Lun. He has never done anything to me."

"Then why do you hate Zhang Lun so much?"

Yang Ling said: "Zhang Lun is extremely famous in the world. His status in the hearts of us Han people is higher than mine, so I hate him very much."

Liu Yuanfu said: "That's it."

Yang Ling said: "If the two elderly people have any needs, just ask them."

Liu Yuanfu didn't even think about it and said straight to the point: "I want five hundred horses and three thousand shi of grain."

Yang Ling was stunned when he heard this.

Yang Ling asked in confusion: "Aren't five hundred horses and three thousand stones of grain all Zhang Lun's wealth? Why do you want so much?"

"Haha! Zhang Lun does have a lot of wealth, but he is not my lord."

Yang Ling asked: "Why do you say that?"

"Although Zhang Lun has countless wealth, he is a greedy traitor. He also has many enemies among businessmen. He also has several gangs of bandits who rob homes and homes every day, so he is called by the world Mr. Zhang, our subordinates are also Zhang Lun’s subordinates." After Liu Yuanfu finished speaking, he looked at Yang Ling.

Yang Ling nodded and said, "You are all Zhang Lun's subordinates."

Liu Yuanfu continued: "Actually, we people have long been accustomed to this kind of life. If it weren't for Zhang Lun's order, we would have left Zhang Lun's power and found a new way to survive. Unfortunately, Zhang Lun is too greedy and we are unwilling to follow his arrangements. , so he sent us to hunt you down."

Yang Ling frowned and said, "But we have never provoked you at all. Why do you want to kill me?"

Liu Yuanfu said: "Because of your special status, we have known for a long time that you killed Li Mi. We are just unwilling to expose it. We are all stubborn people, so we would rather die than betray Zhang." Lun, so, Your Excellency, if you want to kill Zhang Lun, please give up chasing Zhang Lun, otherwise, we are afraid that we will become an obstacle to you! "

"Haha!" Yang Ling sneered, "Do you think I'm afraid of you?"

Liu Yuanfu said solemnly: "Your Excellency is not afraid of us, but we are not vegetarians. You are not afraid of us, and we may not be afraid of you. What's more, your army is still restrained by us. If you want to annihilate us, it's not that easy. easy."

After listening to Liu Yuanfu's words, Yang Ling couldn't help but laugh.

After laughing, Yang Ling stopped smiling, stared at Liu Yuanfu and said, "I am very touched by Mr. Liu's words, but it's a pity that your calculations were wrong."

Liu Yuanfu frowned when he heard this and said, "What do you mean by this?"

Yang Ling pointed at the old man next to Liu Yuanfu and said, "Both of them are also Zhang Lun's men."

Liu Yuanfu's expression suddenly changed. He stood up quickly, clasped his fists and said, "I hope you will forgive me for what I just offended."

"I don't blame you." Yang Ling said with a smile, "It's just that your calculations were wrong."

Liu Yuanfu said: "I don't understand what you mean."

Yang Ling smiled and said: "Mr. Liu is a smart man, you don't need me to understand, right?"

Liu Yuanfu looked uncertain and said, "I wonder what you want to do with us?"

"Haha, we are not killing innocent people indiscriminately. I can spare your life, but I need your help." Yang Ling said.

"Please tell me." Liu Yuanfu cupped his hands and said.

"Help us wipe out Zhang Lun's remnants, and I can guarantee that you will return to Jiangdu City safely."

Liu Yuanfu shook his head and said: "I'm afraid this is a bit difficult. Our whereabouts have been leaked to Zhang Lun. It may be difficult to return to Jiangdu City now."

Yang Ling said: "This is not a question of whether it is difficult or not. We can guarantee that you will return to Jiangdu City in a short time. As for the specific time, it is not up to me to decide."

"Isn't this appropriate!" Liu Yuanfu hesitated.

"What's inappropriate? You are imperial envoys. As long as we can repel Zhang Lun's remaining forces, you will naturally return to Jiangdu City safely. Wouldn't everyone be happy in this way?" Yang Ling said.

When Liu Yuanfu heard this, he couldn't help but secretly cursed: "This Yang Ling is really cunning and unwilling to leave us alive."

"Mr. Liu, please think about it!"

Liu Yuanfu was silent for a moment and then said: "Since you have such a sincere invitation, I will agree to it."

Yang Ling said: "Mr. Liu is really refreshing. I appreciate you very much."

Liu Yuanfu said awkwardly: "We are all Han ministers and should respect each other."

Yang Ling said: "In that case, we will cooperate happily!"

"Happy cooperation!"

"Haha, my name is Yang Ling. This time I am leading five thousand troops to Jiangling Mansion, preparing to capture Jiangling City. Therefore, I need your assistance!"

Liu Yuanfu said: "As long as you are willing to provide us with protection, we will naturally not sit idly by."

Yang Ling smiled and asked, "I wonder what kind of protection you need?"

"It's very simple. We need money, food, weapons, and armor." Liu Yuanfu said.

Yang Ling said: "These things are easy to handle."

"This is what we need. You can send them here." Liu Yuanfu pointed to the city on the map.

Yang Ling smiled and said, "I can move all these cities here and then deliver them to you."

Liu Yuanfu said: "Your Excellency, are you really willing to hand over these cities to us?"

Yang Ling said: "Of course."

Liu Yuanfu said: "Well, in this case, I will go back and report to Zhang Lun and see what he orders."

"and many more!"

"What? What else is going on?"

"I can give you money and food, but you can't hurt my friends."

"How could we hurt your friends?" Liu Yuanfu smiled bitterly: "Don't worry, sir! We will never hurt your friends, but you must keep your promise and hand over the entire city to us, so that you can protect your friends. ”

When Yang Ling heard this, he couldn't help but frown and said, "I'm afraid it's difficult to satisfy you with such conditions!"

Liu Yuanfu said: "If you don't agree, then we can only fight head-on!"

When Yang Ling heard this, he couldn't help but thought deeply: "It seems that I can only promise you, but we want you to make a promise."

Liu Yuanfu said: "I can swear that we will never hurt your friends!"

"Okay, I will believe your last vow." Yang Ling smiled.

"Thank you, Your Excellency." After Liu Yuanfu finished speaking, he winked at the old man next to him. The old man understood and immediately stepped forward, bowed and said: "Mr. Yang, my surname is Xu Mingzhong, please take good care of me!"

"Mr. Xu, you're welcome!"

Two days later, Yang Ling appeared in front of Xu Zhong with five thousand soldiers. When Xu Zhong saw this, he couldn't help but turned pale. He hurried to Liu Yuanfu's side and whispered: "Master Liu, this boy is too arrogant. He dares to break into Liu's house without permission. Isn't this inappropriate?"

Liu Yuanfu said: "I also think there is something wrong with this kid, but there is nothing I can do. I don't know how this kid found us!"

Xu Zhong said displeasedly: "Mr. Liu, since this kid dares to break into Liu's house privately, it proves that he is here for your money. Now that we have fallen into his control, we might as well go with him." Alliance, do you think we can fight Zhang Lun together?"

Liu Yuanfu frowned and said: "Mr. Xu, your suggestion is good, but what about Zhang Lun's alliance between our two families?" (End of Chapter)