Chapter Ninety-Seven: Eyeing the Tiger
After 'receiving' Yang Yun and Shi Luoshasa respectively, Li Shimin walked around the city again. It's a pity that here, there are no more powerhouses of the level of Shi Rakshasa and Yang Yun for him to choose from.
After all, a martial artist who has cultivated to the third grade, even in Luoyang City, the eastern capital, is not something that can be seen casually. And there are even fewer people like Shi Rakshasa and Yang Yun who are willing to work for the big family and have not been recruited for various reasons.
It is necessary to know that the vast majority of those martial artists who have achieved success in cultivation and have real skills will choose to join the army and fight hard for a future in the army.
Especially since the end of the Han Dynasty, wars have occurred frequently, and few people are willing to be slaves of the big clans. These people have a broader future in the military.
After that, Li Shimin went to the 'Taiyi Building' again and bought a lot of accessories for Baijia. The latter had already been repaired when he returned to Luoyang. But the spare parts he prepared before have also been used a lot and need to be replenished.
In addition, there is also the ink armor of the Rakshasa, which also needs to be arranged as soon as possible.
Li Shimin was a little hesitant, whether to directly hand over the 'Eshan Tiger' in his hand to Shi Rakshasa for use, or to configure it for this guy separately, this still needs to be considered.
The combat power of Eshan Tiger's ink armor is comparable to that of a king, and he can't assemble it now, no matter what, and in the hands of a powerful horizontal martial artist like Sharakshasa will definitely complement each other and gain each other.
But the problem is that this armor was given by Her Royal Highness the Queen, and it seems to be disrespectful to give it to the worship.
And if you personally assemble one for the Sharakshasa, you can also strengthen it according to the martial arts characteristics of this guy. But the problem is that he doesn't have much money now, and when he went out of Beijing before, he not only wiped out the river that he was worth, but also owed Yu Wenshi and a lot. If you plan to release the rakshasa and match another one, it will take at least a month or two.
Li Shimin finally planned to find Tang Hualong in two days to spy on the tone. If Her Royal Highness the Queen minds, it's not too late to make plans for herself.
And when he took Li Xin, Shi Luoshasa and Yang Yun out of the black market and landed on the north bank of the Luo River, he unexpectedly saw several powerful martial artists and eyed them.
- But these guys who come to Sharakshasa are actually not the most tricky, and the real trouble is those hidden existences in the shadows. The greedy gaze and the cold killing intent made Li Shimin's spirit tense, and the hair on his body stood up.
Li Xin couldn't help but clench the spear, and Shi Rakshasa pressed the long knife in his hand, and the foreheads of the two were dripping with cold sweat.
Yang Yun was the only one who was indifferent, and didn't seem to care about the murderous scene in front of him.
Fortunately, at this time, the embroidered guards have not relaxed their protection of him. When Li Shimin landed on the shore, he saw Sima Liancheng, who was waiting on the shore with a full sixty embroidered envoys.
This battle was also enough to deter those with bad intentions around him, and Li Shimin was able to leave the east bank of the Luo River unharmed.
And when Li Shimin and Sima Liancheng boarded the carriage specially prepared by the embroidered guard, the latter explained: "Duke Tang has an order, before Li Yitong's personal guards are in place, I and this team will be responsible for the safety of Lord Yitong for the time being." ”
Li Shimin squinted at him with a suspicious gaze: "What's going on with my reward?"
Although it is a lawless black market, it is too rampant and bold for a traitor to dare to issue a reward to him.
He felt that this embroidered guard was really incompetent, and he actually allowed these traitors to act recklessly.
"The cause of this matter is already being investigated. ”
Sima Liancheng's face was cold: "About an hour ago, someone held 500,000 silver tickets, found the three city lords of the Luoyang Black Market, and issued your reward to turn red. But just a moment later, the man had bled to death. ”
Li Shimin refused to let it go: "Then there are no other clues?"
For example, the origin of those silver bills - the latter can only issue silver tickets if the money is deposited in the bank. Therefore, even bearer silver tickets that can be withdrawn by anyone are well documented.
In addition, this person, how did he meet the three city lords, with the identity of these three people, how can they be people of unknown origin, they can see them if they want. A person with no roots, even if he has money, cannot offer a bounty on the black market.
"The silver ticket, the introducer, the identity of the person himself, these clues, we are trying our best to track them down. But I don't think it's very useful, and the other party handles the guards extremely cleanly,"
Sima Liancheng sighed slightly: "But please rest assured Li Yitong, within three days at most, the reward in the black market will definitely be revoked." ”
Li Shimin is also helpless, he knows this, and he can only do so for the time being.
"Then this Yang Yun, what's going on? How did she become a disciple of the Yue Nu Sword Sect?
"Yang worships her as a disciple of the Yue Nu Sword Sect, and has practiced in Qionglong Mountain for seven years. ”
Sima Liancheng explained lightly: "This is a well-documented identity, Li Yitong doesn't need to worry." As for the intention of my embroidered guard, I think Li Yitong can also guess a few points, and most of the people who plotted rebellion will attack you in the future. With Yang worshipping her by your side, firstly, it can protect the safety of Li Yi and you, and secondly, we embroider clothes, and we also want to get a glimpse of the clues. ”
As he spoke, he opened the window of the car and glanced at Yang Yun outside the car carefully: "And Li Yi and you don't look at Yang to worship her young, but in fact, her real cultivation has reached the realm of the second grade, and her cultivation is even more incompatible. In addition, the ink armor used by this person is also the 'Nine Divine Machine' made by the genius armor master Fang Wudao in the past, imitating the Divine Armor's 'Wanhua Divine Machine'. In terms of combat power, it is even higher than Li Yi and your newly acquired Eshan Tiger. ”
When Li Shimin heard this, he couldn't help but gasp, and also looked at Yang Yun outside the window: "Such a character, are you willing to let it out?"
He couldn't believe it, this woman was young, she would never be more than twenty years old, and she actually had a second-grade level of cultivation!
The exercise is still a top-level feat like the Dafa of the Unphased Return, listening to Sima Liancheng's meaning, this woman plus the ink armor in her hand seems to be able to fight even at the king level.
Is such a character very common in embroidered clothes?
"It's just too good, whether it's appearance or martial arts, as a shadow guard, it's not suitable. ”
Sima Liancheng's eyes were complicated and said, "If it weren't for that, do you think His Royal Highness Empress Xiao would be willing to give her to Li Yitong?"
Li Shimin saw this, and it seemed that there was still a lot to hide. But this Yang Yun's matter, after all, is an internal affair of Xiuyiwei, which involves confidentiality. Sima Liancheng didn't say anything, and it was inconvenient for him to ask more.
"And that senior sister of hers?"
Li Shimin turned the question and continued to ask what he was most concerned about: "How should this matter be handled?"
"This is simple, you just need to go to Si Litai with the adults and meet Liu Yan with Si Li. ”
After Sima Liancheng finished saying this, he asked Li Shimin again: "I don't know Lord Yitong, do you know Wagang Mountain?"
Li Shimin nodded lightly, last year, Cao Zhairang, the law of Dongjun, was arrested by Si Litai for bending the law for personal gain and bribing money and grain. As a result, this one was let go without permission that night. Since then, they have joined forces with the township party to gather in the mountains and forests, and gathered tens of thousands of people in the Wagang Mountain area, and the momentum is very great.
"Just a month ago, dozens of boats on the Yongji Canal were looted by the Wagang Kou army. ”
Sima Liancheng saw that Li Shimin knew about Wagang for a while, so he directly explained the reason: "Si Litai and our embroidered clothes and guards, suspecting that this is the internal response of high-ranking officials in the court, and they are ventilating and reporting to Wagang." It was also found out that Yang Yun, a senior sister named Li Yunniang, had been in and out of Wagang Mountain several times, and it happened to coincide with the time when the boat was robbed, so she was arrested. But this woman's mouth is extremely tight, and her bones are hard, even if Si Litai tried her best, she couldn't get her to speak. So what we mean is that instead of continuing to detain it, we should release it first and see if we can get any gains. ”
"Want to take the first step?"
Li Shimin understood when he heard this: "But if I meet with Lord Liu, I can let him go?
After all, this is a repeat offense in the imperial court, and if you go over there, you can let Si Litai release him?
And Si Li didn't drive Liu Can, that was the eagle dog of the Son of Heaven, a figure who didn't even pay attention to the five nobles of the dynasty.
"It is said to be a repeat offender, but in fact, Si Litai has no evidence so far. Si Libei is now also anxious about the fact that Her Royal Highness the Queen was ambushed by the rebels a few days ago, and bowed his head to His Royal Highness. And you, Lord Yitong, are the most beloved person of Her Royal Highness the Queen. ”
Sima Liancheng chuckled: "It is precisely like this that we can let the world know what your status is under Her Royal Highness the Empress, Lord Yitong." And there is a tacit understanding between Xiuyi Wei and Lord Liu in this matter. ”
Li Shimin was silent when he heard this, and thought to himself what this embroidered guard was going to do? Is he going to roast himself on the fire?
If this thing is really done, then the entire Luoyang City will be impressed by itself. It is necessary to re-evaluate his status in the mind of His Royal Highness Empress Xiao.
But he himself knows best that His Royal Highness Empress Xiao may be grateful to him, and he does value him Li Shimin's talent, but if you want to say how much you trust him, it may not be.
This queen is wise and wise, and will never listen to and believe partially, let alone let her courtiers be pampered and arrogant.
"This is also what Her Royal Highness the Queen meant. ”
Sima Liancheng seemed to be unaware of Li Shimin's strangeness. But with only one sentence, Li Shimin dispelled the idea of resisting: "Even the matter of the Rakshasa can also be solved together." I have already asked people to check, this is indeed a warrior monk of the Luohan Hall of the Shaolin Temple, and he is the current mantle disciple of the first Luohan Hall, and his identity is reliable. And this person began to sell himself in the Luoyang black market as early as seven days ago, and had nothing to do with those rebellions. ”