Chapter Fifty-Four: The Tide of Disaster Moves Eastward

In a flash, more than half a month has passed.

Just when Li Tengfei was anxious to find a way to ease the tense atmosphere in Guanping City, a 'royal order' from the capital of the southern country made him even more worried.

It turned out that among the players who died in the West Garden that night, there were many children of rich families and eunuchs.

In addition to their prominent status in Guanping City, they also have relatives and friends in other places. died in a different place for such an unknown reason, how could their relatives and friends give up.

What gave Li Tengfei the most headache was that among those who died, there was a young man who had an inexplicable relationship with Liu Haibo, the general of the conquest of the southern country. It is said that it is this General Liu, a widow who is free-range, which is like a trouble.

Li Tengfei knew the temper of that General Liu, who was an extremely protective calf. Now it is another eventful autumn, General Liu is on the front line, fighting with the army in Cangzhou, and the current war is in a state of gluing.

Last time, because Wang Qiang and others destroyed Li Wenhua's iron sand mine and rescued hundreds of miners, the iron sand ore needed for the war could not be delivered on time.

In the long run, it won't be long before that tug-of-war battle may become more and more unfavorable to the army of the southern kingdom, and then the army will be defeated, I am afraid it is only a matter of time.

For Li Tengfei, these are really house leaks that happened to rain overnight. So far, although the lord of the country has not blamed him, it has been a variety of situations, and it has not developed to the point of no return.

This time, the 'royal decree' of the lord of the country pointed out: It is necessary to find out the truth, find out the murderer, hand it over to the national capital Sichuan Prefecture for severe punishment, and properly handle the development of the good situation.

For this reason, the lord of the country also sent a high-ranking official to assist him in handling the matter. And this high-ranking official, Li Tengfei also knows, is the big celebrity next to the lord of the country, Lord Huayang.

Speaking of this Hua Jue, it is also a generation of legends in the officialdom of Guoduchuan. It is said that he is not very old, twenty-five out, but his official position is extremely high, he is still born white and upright, his body is thin and straight, and he is born with a handsome and compelling appearance.

It is also strange to say that this Lord Hua can obviously eat with his face, but he used his own strength to prove himself.

It is said that at the beginning, he was a poor scholar who had no way out, and when he was sleeping in a brothel, he was so embarrassed that he had no money to pay the bills. In desperation, he had to devote himself to the Qinglou, where he not only taught the girls to play the piano and sing music, but also taught them to read and write, and to recite poems.

Originally, it was to repay debts, but invisibly, it greatly improved the quality of the girls, and also raised the grade of the entire brothel, so that the fun-loving people in the national capital Sichuan City were lingering for a while. In this way, not only did Huayang repay its debts, but it also became famous.

It just so happened that the lord of the country at that time was young and playful, and he was also a temperamental person who liked wind and snow. Later, after being introduced, the two hit it off at first sight, and had a very happy conversation, and won the respect of the lord of the country for a while.

At this point, Huayang merged into the palace of the lord of the country, served on the left and right of the lord every day, arranged singing and dancing banquets for him, and trained the royal dancers and beauties in the palace.

Later, due to Huayang's good training, the dancing girls and singers in the palace have made great progress in their techniques. In addition, he himself can speak well, and his ability to slap horses is not bad, so he quickly won the favor of the lord of the country.

Since then, he has risen to the top, and soon completed his life ambitions, not only in a high position, but also awarded a knighthood by the lord of the country.

"To please the lord of the country, isn't it a great cause that benefits the country and the people!"

Every time I think of this sentence, this Lord Hua will be full of pride in his heart, and he will feel that the burden on his shoulders is really not light!

Li Tengfei is also an old fox who has been an official for many years, and he knows his ways, and he has not been filial to this Lord Hua before, so the purpose of this time is very clear.

Of course, everything has to be done in secret, not overtly.

So, at the banquet that received the wind and washed the dust, Li Tengfei took a rich list and handed it to Lord Hua.

This Lord Hua didn't look closely, so he told Li Tengfei bluntly.

He said that he didn't know where the old general Liu Haibo came from, and he heard that his widow died in Guanping City for no reason and indistinctly.

This made the old general, who was over the age of six, in addition to being sad and angry, also sent a letter to the lord of the country, crying to him about the difficulty of getting a son in old age. He also said that the pain of the white-haired man sending the black-haired man to lose his son made his heart ache.

He himself was too old to command the battle, and hoped that the lord of the country would arrange for other generals to take his place.

Clear-sighted people know that the current war is unfavorable, and General Liu wants to take the burden and quit, obviously wanting to take this opportunity to shirk his responsibilities justifiably.

After all, he is an old man, fighting every year, and although his record is mediocre, he has always been loyal to the lord of the country. This time, I'm afraid that I don't want to be meritorious, but I want to be innocent, and I don't want to be unsure of the late season.

Now the war between Dinan and Cangzhou is tense and critical, where can there be a lack of command from General Liu. If there is a temporary change, it will definitely lose.

Therefore, for the sake of the overall situation, the lord of the country had to persuade him with good words, and also added Liu Haibo, the marquis of the southern country, and made a heavy promise to reward countless gold.

It's easy to say that he even directly sealed a piece of land to him, which dispelled General Liu's desire not to fight.

This time, the lord of the country ordered to strictly investigate the truth and punish the real culprit, which was also for General Liu to see, after all, he couldn't chill his old man's heart!

To investigate and deal with the real culprit, this can make Li Tengfei difficult for a while. Who the real culprit is, he also has some conclusions in his heart, but he can't hand over the real culprit to Lord Hua and bring it back to the capital of Sichuan.

Because the biggest suspect of the real murderer, Li Yiyi, is hiding in the rockery secret room of the city lord's mansion and inner house at this moment.

How could Li Tengfei personally hand over his son to the execution ground for execution! Of course, no one should be allowed to know that Li Yiyi had done it, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

Thinking of this, Li Tengfei catered to Lord Hua on the surface, but in his heart he was thinking about how to cover up the truth and protect his only son.

After he was full of wine and food, and settled Lord Hua's living and entertainment, Li Tengfei summoned his henchmen and issued him several secret orders.

That night, at three o'clock in the morning, the headquarters of the Axe Hall located in the west of the city was invaded by people, and was rushed in by a group of black-clothed people, burned, killed and looted, and countless dead and wounded.

When the branch members in various regions rushed to support, the mysterious black-clothed men had already left the headquarters of the Axe Hall and disappeared without a trace.

Immediately afterwards, at the gate of the southern city, a fierce battle broke out, and several guards guarding the city gate died.

When the people from the Axe Hall branch rushed over, the gate of the southern city was wide open, and it was obvious that the group of men in black had already escaped from the city.

The next day, as soon as the morning dawned, the City Lord's Mansion ordered the Xicheng Guard's Mansion to send people to investigate and collect evidence. Because Li Tengfei's night ban and speech ban are still in place, there are still very few people who know about it.

According to the Axe Palace, a minion who cleaned the general meeting hall said that the big boss Zhang Kai and the second boss Niu Xisheng should have something to do and were not in the venue, so they escaped a catastrophe.

But the other gangsters who stayed at the venue, as well as the female dependents who opened their private hiding, were all spared, and they were all poisoned, with more than 100 casualties.

Zhang Kai saw that the beautiful girls he had finally hidden privately were destroyed by hot hands and died tragically, and he couldn't help but be overly sad. The soul is not guarded all day long, and he doesn't think about it, and he is about to be wasted when he sees him.

And the second boss Niu Xisheng, but he had palpitations, if he was in the general meeting last night, maybe now, he would be a dead man.

Although the group of people in black did things smoothly, they didn't leave any traces. But all kinds of signs show that this is obviously a vendetta, and it is even more a naked massacre.

This was by no means an ordinary door-to-door robbery, but an organized retaliation, which made Niu Xisheng think of the people of Black Wind Ridge.

Once upon a time, he himself did a lot of similar things with them!

Looking at it again, the guards sent by the Xicheng Guard's Mansion routinely inspected the scene roughly, and after asking Niu Xisheng some simple questions, they left.

The perfunctory attitude of these guards made Niu Xisheng's heart doubtful.

Last night, he was in the general hall by himself, staying well, and suddenly received an invitation from Nagata Masakoku, the guard of the Nancheng Guard's Mansion, saying that he was inviting Zhang Kai to go over for a drink with him.

Originally, Zhang Kai was reluctant to leave the warm pavilion, but Niu Xisheng said all the good things, and finally dragged him to Tian Zhengguo's house.

However, on the way back from the meeting, he met the brothers who had rushed to ask for help, and only then did he learn that the general meeting hall had been attacked, so he hurriedly gathered people from other branches to go to the rescue. But in the end, he missed the opportunity and failed to save the dead brothers and sisters.

At that time, the matter was urgent, and I couldn't care about anything else, but now that I think about it, the whole process is full of strange things.

Moreover, what makes Niu Xisheng most puzzled is that after the night blackout, there will be guards on duty on the street, but last night on the street, there was not a single ghost, where were the guards patrolling along the street.

Not only that, the group of black-clothed people came out of the city from the gate of Nancheng, but he and Zhang Kai led a group of people and others, and they also returned to Xicheng District from Nancheng District, and they didn't find any abnormalities nearby!

Just when Niu Xisheng was full of doubts and puzzled, in the City Lord's Mansion, City Lord Li Tengfei showed Lord Hua the case scroll of the vendetta in the Axe Hall last night.

After Lord Hua finished reading the scroll, Li Tengfei said: "Lord Mingcha, what happened last night, there were many deaths!"

Hua Jue Hua Yang heard this, and said with a smile: "Hehe, the vendetta between the gangs, the death of a few people, is also inevitable, but if it is really done by the bandits of the Black Wind Ridge, then they are too bold to do it... How dare you go into the city and carry out a night attack..."

"Yes, sir......" Li Tengfei nodded, which was a tacit acquiescence.

"Master Li, what do you mean by telling me this? Could it be that there is a connection between this matter and that incident?" Lord Hua is also a human spirit, so he naturally saw Cheng Li Tengfei's intentions.

"Sir, these two things are actually one thing..."

Li Tengfei immediately killed his wife Zhou Jie'er, the Axe Hall went to attack Heifengling, was defeated and fled, the people in Xiyuan were slaughtered for no reason, and the Axe Hall was killed again...... and so on, one by one.

He also deliberately added oil and vinegar, added some of his own thoughts to it, and pointed out in detail and clearly that it was all done by the gang of people in the Black Wind Ridge.

After hearing this, Lord Hua nodded, obviously affirming this view.

Then, he smiled and said: "No matter what you do, anyway, you must ensure that General Liu is satisfied, and even more importantly, you must ensure that you can't make the lord unhappy......"

After listening to Lord Hua's words, Li Tengfei hurriedly said: "Don't worry, this official immediately drafted a detailed document and sent it to the lord and General Liu respectively, explaining to them the beginning and end of the matter, I hope that General Liu can understand, and I also hope that the lord can send us some more manpower so that we can suppress the bandits together..."

Lord Hua said again: "Well... For the sake of your filial piety in the past, on the lord's side, you don't have to worry, everything has me. As for General Liu's side, you have to rely on yourself... This old man Liu, in addition to being greedy for money, is also more lustful, otherwise he is sixty years old, and an eighteen-year-old wild seed son has appeared... I'm not afraid of other people's jokes..."

"Yes, thank you for the reminder, I don't know what the lord plans to do next?" Although Li Tengfei looked down on him in his heart, this villain who would only please the lord of the country, but on his face, he was not good at all.

Lord Hua replied casually, and he didn't shy away from anything, so he said: "This matter still needs to wait a few days, see what General Liu's reaction is, and then think of a way." As for me, I can't leave for the time being, I need to wait here for a few days, or people will say that I don't do business, or that I can't do things..."

"It's so good, this official just respects the friendship of the landlord and treats the lord well..."

"It's rare to leave the capital this time, I want to have a good time, I've been bored in the past, I really want to find some excitement, it's best to go hunting..."

As soon as he heard Lord Hua say that he wanted to go hunting, Li Tengfei couldn't help but have a bad idea in his heart. He even made up for it, this high-ranking Lord Hua, in the process of hunting, encountered robbers, was kidnapped by the bandits, and escorted back...... And so on, an unimaginable picture.

So, he also said: "If you want to go hunting, you might as well rest for a few days first, take care of your body and bones, and then the official will arrange a trip for you... It's just that the bandits in the mountains are fierce, and I'm afraid that if the lord makes a mistake, it will be more than worth the loss. ”

"Hehe, what are some thieves afraid of... Besides, I came out this time, but I brought a lot of forbidden troops from the national capital, and with them, I will be fine. And Master Li, try not to make a big show as much as possible, so as not to work the people and lose money! I want to dress up in disguise and go out of the city to hunt, so that it will be exciting... Haha..."

Lord Hua finished with a smile, and went back to the courtyard where he lived, where there were several flower-like girls, waiting for him to enjoy, this was a gift specially prepared for him by Li Tengfei.

It is said that those girls are all untouched young girls, and they still keep their buds ready to be released.