Chapter 523: Coercion and Inducement

Yang Zhengshan asked Wu Zhan to go to Nanjiang Town to find out information, but this Nanjiang Town was not another place.

Xingguo Gongfu has been operating in Nanjiang Town for nearly two hundred years, and has long since run Nanjiang Town like an iron bucket, even more powerful than when Yang Zhengshan was in Chongshan Town.

When Wu Zhan first entered Nanhua City, no one paid attention to him, but when he used money to bribe the servants of Duke Xingguo's mansion, he was noticed.

This is not to blame for his carelessness. He really didn't expect that he would be caught after he bribed two servants of Duke Xingguo.

In Nanhua City, in a small courtyard.

Wu Zhan looked at the soldiers who broke in with a depressed look.

The leader was a burly man with a sinewy face and fierce eyes. At first glance, he looked like a battle-hardened warrior.

"Hmph, you dare to inquire about the news of Duke Xingguo in Nanhua City. I really don't know how to write the word "death"!" the man said coldly.

Wu Zhan looked at the soldiers in front of him. They should all be elites who had experienced hundreds of battles.

"Brother!"

The four brothers behind him looked alert and guarded Lin Zhan cautiously.

Wu Zhan waved his hand and made a calm gesture, but the next moment, the long sword in his hand suddenly came out of its sheath. The man was like a ghost and the sword was like a flying rainbow. In the blink of an eye, he was already in front of the general, and the sword was already gone. He put it on the general's neck.

The general put his hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist, but Wu Zhan's speed was too fast. Before he could pull out the sword, the sword had already landed on his throat.

The pupils in his eyes shrank suddenly, "The ninth level of the day after tomorrow!"

Wu Zhan looked at him and raised the corners of his mouth slightly, "I was not captured by you. If I want to leave, you can't stop me!"

There are many elite soldiers and generals in Nanhua City, but there are not many warriors above the ninth level.

The only person who can really stop Wu Zhan is Duke Xingguo.

Of course, he may be able to escape from this small courtyard, but he may not be able to escape from Nanhua City, not to mention that there are four brothers beside him.

"What do you mean?" the general asked.

Wu Zhan put away his sword and said in a depressed tone: "You have embarrassed my Lord Marquis!"

The other four Yang family guards also had depressed faces and had a bad start. They were exposed just a few days after arriving in Nanhua City, and they felt depressed just thinking about it.

"Wu Zhan of the Marquis of Jing'an has requested to see Duke Xing Guo, and please send a message to the general!"

Wu Zhan cupped his fists and saluted.

When things came to this, he could only reveal his identity.

Although his identity was exposed, fortunately, he got some useful information before.

Those two servants were really bribed by him and revealed a lot of things about Qu Shaogong to him. Generally speaking, Qu Shaogong was quite kind, with no evil deeds and no sexual intercourse with him. A girl or something like that.

However, there are still many women in Nanhua City who want to marry Qu Shaogong.

When the general heard this, he looked at Wu Zhan in surprise.

"Jing'an Marquis Mansion!"

Wu Zhan grinned, "That's right, Jing'an Marquis Mansion!"

The general hesitated for a moment, then stretched out his hand and said, "Please!"

…

Xingguo Gongfu, in the study.

When Qu Changkong heard the general's report, he asked with some confusion: "Did he say why he came here?"

He also knew about Jing'an Hou Yang Zhengshan, but he only heard about it, but he didn't know it in detail.

"No, he just asked to see the Duke!" the general said.

Qu Changkong is tall and tall, slightly thin. Although he is nearly eighty years old this year, he looks like he is only in his fifties.

"You said he has the ninth level of cultivation?"

"Well, he is humble and incompetent, but he was restrained by just one move!" the general said with a blush.

"Then what is his identity?" Qu Changkong asked.

"It's the guard of the Jingan Marquis Mansion!" the general said.

Ding Qiu, Wu Zhan, Wu Zheng, and Luo Jinsong are all stewards of the guards of the Marquis Mansion of Jing'an, but their division of labor is different. Ding Qiu mainly follows Yang Zhengshan and takes orders, Wu Zhan is mainly responsible for the guards of the Marquis Mansion, and Wu Zheng is responsible for inquiring about various information, and Luo Jinsong is responsible for the training of the guard camp outside the city.

On the surface, the Jingan Hou Mansion has three hundred guards, but in fact it is far more than this number.

There is a group of people under Wu Zheng to inquire about various information. They are also slaves of the Yang family.

The guards trained in the guard camp were not the soldiers of the original guard camp, but some sons of the Yang family. After these sons were trained, they would be sent out to take care of the Yang family's property.

In addition, the Yang family also trained some maids. For example, Yang Wanqing had two guards and three maids.

Qu Changkong had a strange look on his face, "Let the warriors from the ninth level of the day after tomorrow be the guards and guards. This Marquis of Jing'an Mansion is really quite luxurious!"

He has been running the Xingguo Palace for two hundred years, but he has not trained many ninth-level warriors. Among the guards, the highest cultivation level is only the eighth level.

Not to mention the guards, even among the generals in Nanjiang Town there are only a handful of warriors on the ninth level of Houtian.

"Invite him over to meet you!" Qu Changkong said.

"Here!"

The general clasped his fists and retreated, then came back with Wu Zhan a moment later.

When Wu Zhan saw Qu Changkong, his heart trembled, and he clasped his fists and saluted, "Wu Zhan, steward of the Jing'an Marquis Mansion, pays homage to the Duke!"

Qu Changkong looked Wu Zhan up and down, "Are you just the steward of the Marquis of Jing'an Mansion?"

"I am a disciple of the Tianqing Sword Sect. Ever since my senior sister married the Marquis, I have been following the Marquis!" Wu Zhan said.

Qu Changkong looked astonished. He had heard that Mrs. Jingan Hou was a woman from the world, but he had not heard of the Tianqing Sword Sect.

Wu Zhan's explanation made him mistakenly believe that the Tianqing Sword Sect was a powerful martial arts sect.

"Why did you come to Nanhua City? I don't remember any grudges between me and Jing'an Marquis!" Qu Changkong asked.

Wu Zhan was sweating. This matter made a fuss.

If they didn't tell the truth, they would definitely not be able to leave Nanhua City today, but if they told the truth, it seemed to be bad for Miss Wanqing's reputation.

He didn't know that the queen had acted as a matchmaker for Qu Shaogong and Yang Qingwan, nor did he know that Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi had actually agreed to this marriage.

Just when Wu Zhan was hesitating about how to start, an old man dressed as a servant suddenly walked in from the door.

"Duke, the letter from the prince in Kyoto has been sent back!" The old servant said with a happy face.

Qu Changkong was shocked and quickly took the letter and opened it to read it, not even caring about Wu Zhan.

After he finished reading the letter, he was stunned at first, and then looked at Wu Zhan in some surprise.

"Hahaha~~"

Then he burst into laughter, came to Wu Zhan, and patted Wu Zhan's shoulder vigorously, "No wonder you came to inquire about the young palace, it turned out to be for this matter!"

"How is it, is your Marquis satisfied with the young palace?"

Wu Zhan was stunned, and then he breathed a sigh of relief, "It seems that the Duke knows everything!"

Qu Changkong smiled, "Well, the young palace said that he likes your young lady, and will ask His Majesty and the Queen to be matchmakers to propose to Jing'an Marquis soon! It's time to propose now!"

Kyoto is far away from Nanjiang Town, and it is extremely inconvenient to send letters. Even if you use the post station to send letters, it will take nearly a month to send the letter to Nanjiang Town.

Wu Zhan was slightly surprised, "Before I left Beijing, the prince was only familiar with my young lady, but the Princess of Nanhua is quite close to my young lady!"

Before he left Beijing, Qu Shaogong and Yang Qingwan had just started to have this sign, and now it seems that this matter has made great progress.

But for Yang Wanqing's reputation, Wu Zhan would not say that the two had any affair.

Qu Changkong enthusiastically pulled Wu Zhan and told the old servant: "Go prepare wine and food, I want to have a good drink with Brother Wu!"

"Yes!" The old servant replied and hurried to prepare wine and food.

"What are you still standing there for? Why don't you serve tea to Brother Wu!"

Qu Changkong's attitude changed very quickly. Before, he looked at Wu Zhan with a scrutinizing look, but now he called him brother, as if Wu Zhan was his real brother.

Wu Zhan was a little confused and didn't understand why Qu Changkong had changed so much.

Even if the two families were married, Qu Changkong wouldn't be so enthusiastic about him.

After all, he is not Yang Zhengshan, he is just the manager of the Yang family.

When the tea came, Qu Changkong laughed and said, "Brother Wu, does Marquis Jing'an have any other instructions?"

"No, no!" Wu Zhan shook his head quickly.

"What is Marquis Jing'an's attitude towards the marriage of the two children?" Qu Changkong smiled warmly.

"Uh, I don't know about this either!" Wu Zhan didn't know how to face such a Duke of Xingguo.

The Duke was so enthusiastic that he felt very uncomfortable.

Qu Changkong stroked his beard and thought, "Ahem, Brother Wu, when you go back, you can help Shao Gong say a few good words in front of Marquis Jing'an!"

"Ah!"

Wu Zhan looked at Qu Changkong in astonishment.

Qu Changkong looked at Wu Zhan, and his eager smile was squeezed into a ball by the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes.

Wu Zhan naturally didn't know what Qu Changkong was thinking. In fact, for the Xingguo Mansion, marrying into the Yang family was definitely a good marriage.

On the surface, the Xingguo Mansion was extremely noble, and Qu Changkong was a congenital warrior, but in fact, the Xingguo Mansion was located in Nanjiang Town, far away from the core of the court. There was no ally to help in Kyoto, and no in-laws to support it.

The Xingguo Mansion was permanently stationed in Nanjiang, and was deeply rooted in Nanjiang Town. It was not an exaggeration to say that the Xingguo Mansion was a small court in Nanjiang Town.

The problem lies here. Once the court has suspicions about the Xingguo Mansion, the Xingguo Mansion will be doomed.

The distance is too far, it is easy to be disunited.

There are no relatives or allies to take care of them. If something happens in Kyoto, the Xingguo Mansion will have no place to complain even if it is wronged.

When Qu Changkong's two sons were discussing marriages, he wanted to find two relatives in Kyoto, but unfortunately the nobles in Kyoto were not far away to marry the Xingguo Mansion.

The reason is very simple, too far away, and they can't take care of it.

The dignitaries in Kyoto can take care of the Xingguo Mansion, but the Xingguo Mansion is far away in the southern border. For the dignitaries in Kyoto, there is no benefit, but they may be implicated because of the affairs of the Xingguo Mansion.

So the Xingguo Mansion took Qu Shaogong and Qu Shaoshang to Kyoto a few years ago, and even shamelessly asked Emperor Yanping to help with the marriage.

This is not only to show Emperor Yanping that the Xingguo Mansion has no second thoughts, but also to find a relative in Kyoto to take care of the Xingguo Mansion.

He was not familiar with Yang Zhengshan, but he also knew that Marquis Jing'an was a new noble in Kyoto and was highly valued by Emperor Yanping. After all, Yang Zhengshan was the master of the crown prince and the King of Dai.

Originally, he had no such thoughts, but now that there was such a sign, he naturally had such thoughts.

Marrying the Yang family would benefit the Duke of Xingguo's Mansion without any harm, and he couldn't ask for it more.

"Brother Wu, wait a moment, I have a big gift for you, brother Wu!"

Qu Changkong suddenly said, and then ran out in a hurry. A moment later, he came back with a jade box.

"Ahem, brother Wu, you have to say a few good words for the young palace!"

He stuffed the jade box into Wu Zhan's arms.

Wu Zhan looked at the jade box in his arms, his heart thumping.

Three yellow plums!

Damn, it's actually three yellow plums!

Of course, he had seen Sanhuangli. When Yang Zhengshan gave Ding Qiu Sanhuangli, he specially asked him and Wu Zheng to be beside him, and Yang Zhengshan also promised that the Sanhuangli of this year and next year would be given to them.

One Sanhuangli was enough for him to enter the half-step innate realm, so he naturally wanted it.

But he felt a little weird.

Qu Changkong wanted to bribe him!

He was bribing the servants of the Duke of Xingguo's mansion before, and now Qu Changkong wanted to bribe him.

Well, he was moved, but not so excited. After all, Yang Zhengshan had promised to give him Sanhuangli. Calculating the time, when he returned to Kyoto, it would be almost time for Sanhuangli to mature.

"Duke, I can't take this thing!" Wu Zhan quickly refused.

"Brother Wu, you are not giving me face!" Qu Changkong said with a stern face.

"No, no, I really can't accept such a great gift from the Duke!" Wu Zhan stood up and bowed.

Qu Changkong looked at him and smiled, "I'll give it to you, just take it, what? Do you think my face is worthless?"

Although he was smiling, his eyes were full of coldness.

Wu Zhan's heart jumped, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead instantly.

A strong murderous aura seemed to permeate his heart, as if as long as he said no, his head would be moved.

It was so terrifying that Wu Zhan felt boundless fear.

Coercion and inducement, coercion and inducement!

Damn it, he can't refuse this Sanhuangli!

Suffering!

Wu Zhan smiled embarrassedly: "Then I will be disrespectful to refuse it!"

Seeing this, Qu Changkong's face changed instantly, "That's right, brother Wu, don't worry, as long as this matter can be accomplished, I will give you another big gift!"

Wu Zhan felt so bitter in his heart.

Whether this matter can be accomplished or not, how can he decide?

If it worked, it would be fine, but if it didn't, he was afraid that Qu Changkong would hate him.

At this moment, he wanted to fly back to Kyoto, hug Yang Zhengshan and cry for help.

Unfortunately, he couldn't fly back, so he could only talk to Qu Changkong with a lot of complaints.