The sound of shouting and scolding, screaming, and occasionally the "crackling" sound of a leather whip being whipped on people, the blood-colored sewage flowing sideways on the ground, and a unconscious human body being carried by him from time to time, this is the scene Li Tingzhi saw when he walked into the state capital prison. Covering his nose to block the unpleasant smell, he couldn't help frowning deeply.

Hurried all the way from Hezhou, but when passing through Chao County, he found that the garrison there had already been opened, so Li Tingzhi took more than 3,000 people under Xu Wende's department into the county town and did not enter, only stopped briefly to supplement some food, and immediately ran to Luzhou along the official road, he had a bad premonition at that time, but before he arrived at the ground, he learned from the merchants on the road that something really happened in Luzhou.

Xia Gui was assassinated? If this news is not enough to surprise him, then after entering the city, he arrived at the Shuai Mansion where the dragons were in chaos without a leader, Li Tingzhi was told that it was the Tartar who made the assassination, how could this be, although Xia Gui did not appear to have thrown himself into the Tartars, but since the beginning of the year, he has been expressing his intentions very much with the Tartars, and he was puzzled, so he proposed to go and see the assassins in person.

Mr. Yi was tied hand and foot tied to a large wooden shelf, and the whole person was propped up into a "big" shape, and now the cloak is completely out of sight of the previous wealthy businessman, and he is still wearing a black coat that I don't know who put on, and the whip marks are all over the body, tearing the clothes into scattered strips of cloth.

"This is the mastermind you are talking about?" Li Tingzhi looked at the person in front of him who drooped down and didn't know his appearance and asked, it was Xia Gui's cronies and staff who came with him, since the accident, he has been in charge of the political affairs in the city, but because of his low position, those leading generals didn't take him seriously, and he couldn't do anything about it when he was arguing in the Shuai's mansion all day long, until the high-ranking and powerful Li Tingzhi entered the city, he was relieved.

"Zhengren, this person claims to be surnamed 'Yi', he has been in the city for more than a year, everyone knows that they are from the Yuan people, and Ping Su has also entered the palace to try to persuade the marshal to surrender to tartar, but has been rejected by the marshal. It is estimated that because of this incident, he and the others went down in a frenzy, and we caught a group of them near the place of the assassination, all of them were dressed in black and holding swords, and there were many sergeants who witnessed it, which can be described as ironclad evidence. It's just that this guy keeps saying 'wronged', which is extremely stubborn. ”

The staff pointed at Mr. Yi hatefully and said, it is not easy to find a reliable financier these days, not to mention the handsome ministers all the way, this person in front of him has smashed his job and killed people, how can he not let him hold a grudge. When Li Tingzhi heard that this person still denied it in this situation, he already had some doubts in his heart, and looked left and right around the shelf for a long time before standing still.

"Untie him down first, wake people up, and Ben Shuai will ask him personally." Li Tingzhi commanded in an unquestionable tone, and without waiting for the jailers to make a move, he stepped forward to untie Mr. Yi's hands and feet, and carried him down, and the person was already unconscious, unable to stand up or sit down, so he could only lay flat on the ground.

Several jailers brought a basin of water from the outside, and it was poured on his head, stimulated so suddenly, Mr. Yi woke up and turned around, he looked around a little blankly, the stinging pain on his body seemed to remind him of his experience, he had never suffered this kind of pain and snorted coldly.

"You wait to go out first, close the door, no one is allowed to come in without the greeting of the commander." At Li Tingzhi's instructions, his personal soldiers invited the staff and jailers out and guarded the prison door, and the staff and others didn't know what Li Shuai's intentions were, so they had to stay outside helplessly.

Mr. Yi, who was throbbing all over his body, was helped up by his own soldiers and sat on a chair, and in order to prevent him from rioting, two personal soldiers held him by about one. Mr. Yi endured the pain and looked at the high-ranking official in front of him, and whipped without coming up, which seemed to make him feel a chance to live.

"Now only Ben Shuai is here, let's say, you say 'wronged', so how do you explain the situation at that time?" Li Tingzhi stood two steps away, this distance should be safe enough, and he came here just to confirm some of his conjectures, because when he heard the news of Xia Gui's death, what came to his mind was Liu Yu's face, which was incredible, he should have arrived at Lin'an Mansion at all.

Li Tingzhi's question made him inexplicably excited when he heard Mr. Yi's ears, and finally someone was willing to listen to his explanation, unlike those damned soldiers, who only knew how to blindly torture and force him to admit that he had instigated the assassination, God knows, even when he was arrested, he didn't know that Xia Gui was assassinated.

"This noble man doesn't know how to call it, don't hide it from Your Excellency, a certain is indeed a great official, and the current Zhongshu Right Cheng Xing Privy Governor Jianghuai Fang Governor, a certain and his subordinates have never done anything unfavorable to you since entering the city, on the contrary, it has provided countless conveniences for your businessmen, if you have a good reputation, you may wish to inquire in the city, and you should know that there is no lie." Mr. Yi raised his hand with difficulty and bowed, and then began to elaborate.

This is a smart person, knowing that his identity can't be hidden, Su Xing admitted it first, Li Tingzhi thought playfully, if this was really done by Liu Yu, I have to say that he found a stand-in with enough weight, and his feeling became stronger and stronger, but how did he do it?

"A certain opened a business inn in the city of Luzhou, and usually also operates some northern goods, which has always been genuine, Tong Suo is not bullied, which is also well known in the city" Seeing that the high-ranking official seemed to be listening to himself carefully, Mr. Yi slowly recalled everything in detail, and before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by someone unexpectedly.

"Don't talk nonsense, pick what matters!" One of the pro-soldiers stopped drinking, and he was so frightened that he quickly stopped, and looked at the high-ranking official standing there with his hands behind his back and didn't know what to see, and he didn't seem to be angry, so he was relieved.

"Yes, yes, it's going to be soon, that day, a man who claimed to be a Jiangnan merchant came to find a certain person, saying that he wanted to introduce his owner to a certain acquaintance, and there was a batch of important goods to be sent to the north, but it was not a secret, the goods had some origins, in order to find out their way out, a certain person was interested in befriending him, but who would have thought that "Mr. Yi now thinks back and sighs, this is really a disaster.

"Oh, what is it that makes you so tight?" Li Tingzhi suddenly turned around, stared at Mr. Yi and asked.

"It's a 'tap fire', and it's not an ordinary product, but it's for the military, and it has never appeared on the market, so I guess that person may have some way to go." Mr. Yi hesitated slightly, but he still did it truthfully, if it weren't for the fact that there was no place to buy this kind of goods, why would he fall into someone's trap.

"What do that man and his owner look like, tell me and listen to it." Hearing this, Li Tingzhi could already judge that this matter must be Liu Yu's first and last words, because that thing was originally captured during the Battle of Jiankang, and if he wanted to figure out some, it would not be difficult at all.

Next, the portrait of the character described by Mr. Yi also made Li Tingzhi aware of it, although he had never seen Li Shiyi's appearance, Liu Yu's appearance could roughly match. This guy! In the end, it was done, Li Tingzhi sighed secretly, fortunately, he still understood that he knew that he wanted to push the matter on Tartar, and there was no need to ask any more, and in an instant, Li Tingzhi had a decision.

After ordering Mr. Yi to be taken back to the prison and not to be executed again, Li Tingzhi took people back to the Shuai Mansion with the staff, where there was a commotion not only of Xia Gui's family but also some of his cronies and subordinates in the city.

As soon as Li Tingzhi, who was in charge of Jianghuai, arrived, everyone in the hall was quiet, Xia Gui's body had been buried, and the huge coffin was placed in the hall, Li Tingzhi ignored those people, walked straight to the spirit and lit a pillar of incense, and inserted it into the incense burner after saluting.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Xia Shuai was killed by the Tartars, this matter has been personally confirmed by the official, you don't want to avenge him, but quarrel here endlessly, are you worthy of his spirit in the sky?" Li Tingzhi looked at the tablet and said coldly, his voice was not high, but every word was said in everyone's hearts, and the hall was silent for a while.

"Li Xiangke wants to be the master of our boss, how we should take revenge, all listen to Li Xiang's instructions." The staff responded loudly, in the end, the master was born, and his brain was spinning fast, and with him taking the lead, those generals began to express their determination, saying that they would follow Li Tingzhi and follow him.

"Right now, the new Huaixi envoy of the imperial court is outside the city, do you want him to enter the city to take charge?" When Li Tingzhi saw this scene, he simply thought about striking while the iron was hot, but as soon as his mention came out, everyone did not respond, and it seemed to be very resistant, which made him feel very strange.

"Li Xiang didn't know, that Zhu Zhishuai was also in the city that night, he had just left the city with his front foot, and then the commander was assassinated, and what was even more strange was that the last arrow that killed the commander was used by my Huai army, not a Tartar thing, to say that he had nothing to do with the assassination, and his subordinates would never believe it."

After listening to their explanation, Li Tingzhi was confused, this matter actually involved Zhu Huan, although the reason seems a bit far-fetched, but because of this, it seems that the matter is even more suspicious, which makes people unclear, naturally in such a situation, Zhu Huan wants to enter the city, and the difficulty can be imagined.

"That being the case, this matter will be put aside first, the most important thing at the moment is to ask for the seal for Xia Shuai, and this matter will be handed over to the official, secondly, when entering the city, the official has learned that the Tartars are focusing on the pressure and are besieging the first-line pass of Dabie Mountain, which also proves that they are indeed harmful to Xia Shuai and the heart of Huaixi, of course we can't let it go again, who is willing to go with the official to kill the Tartars to avenge Xia Shuai?"

"Troops! Kill the Tartars. ”

"Yes!"

"So-and-so is willing!"

"We've got you covered."

As soon as Li Tingzhi's words fell, a voice of harmony sounded in the hall, he nodded slightly, Liu Yu's goal is this, now he can be regarded as having a good opportunity to truly control Huaixi and Xia Gui's department, of course he will not let it go.

"Since they are all willing to follow their own officials, then they will go back and prepare, and early tomorrow morning, they will sacrifice the flag and go to the army, and those who violate the order will not blame the military law of their own officials, let's go." The chaotic generals were sent away, but Li Tingzhi saw a person walking towards him.

"The last general, Hong Fu, has seen Li Xiang, and the last general is the former Xiongjiang Army, stationed in the Zhenchao Army." Seeing that Li Tingzhi was a little puzzled, he specially explained.

Li Tingzhi suddenly realized, this is the one he didn't see when he passed by Chao County, but how did they get the news in advance and arrive in Luzhou, after a call, Li Tingzhi smiled bitterly again, it was Liu Yu's doing, the "Lu Senator" needless to say, it must be his subordinates.

These things had already been in his plan, and Li Tingzhi now even wondered if the sudden departure of the Tartars from Dabie Mountain was also the ghost of this person? Otherwise, how to explain the coincidence of this qiē, it is impossible not to believe that it was the Tartars, and now, those so-called assassins who are still in prison will become the best thing to sacrifice the flag tomorrow, but they are still at a loss.

What makes him nervous now is that what to do with this Huaixi, Zhu Huan now estimates that he doesn't want to do it, he insists on helping him up, if he doesn't get it right, something will happen, he doesn't want to recommend anyone anymore, his power is too heavy, and the court has the intention of restricting it, so let those people in the political hall tear it up.

Li Tingzhi, who walked out of the lobby, looked at the mountains and mountains in the distance, and couldn't help but think of Liu Yu when he was trying to deal with Xia Gui at the beginning, where would this kid be now? It's hard to know if he's going to be in this city yet. Stir up Huaixi into a mess, but stay out of it? A smile appeared on the corner of Li Tingzhi's mouth.