Chapter 57: Assassination

Shi Jintian has already decided to turn against the water, for him, money is one thing, if he can be an official of the court in the future, he is just a mud leg, if he can be an official, then he can glorify his ancestors, he can be a wife and a son, it is better than being a rebel.

At the beginning, he followed Shi Bao to get promoted and make a fortune, but when he was an official, he didn't even have a salary, and as for making a fortune, let alone making a fortune. Now the chaotic situation has made this guy realize that there will be no future with Shi Baoming, and when the imperial court army suppresses it, it will definitely not be able to bear it, in this case, his biggest idea is to take refuge in the imperial court, and the soul song has a good future, and it is obvious that it is more suitable to ransack Honghe Town.

"Okay, I'll give you 3,000 elite soldiers, sack Honghe Town tomorrow night, don't leave a single living mouth, and after the deed is done, set fire to the town." In order to cheer up Shi Jintian, Shi Bao continued: "I will find a way to let Fang Baihua transfer two thousand elite soldiers, which means that you attack one thousand with three thousand, as long as you plan properly, you will be foolproof." ”

Shi Jintian pondered for a moment and then said, "Big brother, can you let me choose the three thousand elite soldiers myself." As you know, our soldiers' combat effectiveness is too poor, and if we can't kill all the people in Honghe Town, it's easy to leak the news. ”

Shi Bao was also a simple idea, and felt that what Shi Jintian said was not unreasonable, so he hesitated for a moment and agreed.

The others were still drinking, Shi Jintian went out to prepare, this guy invited Yan Shun to his room as soon as possible, he unabashedly told the plan to ransack Honghe Town, and finally this guy said: "What about the robbed money, do you want to hand it over to Shangguan?" ”

"No need, keep it for yourself, hurry not to make a mistake, otherwise the gods won't be able to save you. Rest assured, our army will cooperate with you to ensure that nothing goes wrong, and I will go there myself. ”

"Thank you, sir." Shi Jintian wanted this result, if the other party said that he would hand over the stolen silver, then after sacking Honghe Town, he was ready to fly away, and now that the silver was his own, there was no need to take risks.

After Yan Shun came out, he returned to Queyue Tower as soon as possible.

After listening to the report, Liu Zhenglong said: "You should know what to do? ”

"Yes."

"If you know, why do you want to report it? Go, this matter has never happened, don't come and report something like this at every turn, I will personally go to Qingxi Town to make sure that Fang Baihua is lured over. ”

Yan Shun saw Liu Zhenglong's gloomy face and knew that he had made a mistake, this guy kowtowed on the ground to admit his mistake, and promised not to make similar stupid mistakes in the future.

After coming out, Yan Shun found that his back was soaked, and at this time, he realized how big his mistake was, and secretly vowed that he would never make another mistake in the future.

Yan Shun called Yu Baosi, Jiao Ting, Mu Hong, and Bao Xu, the four ruthless people, and he briefly told everyone about this operation, and finally he said: "There are five of us, each with a hundred people, this ransacking of Honghe Town is purely the action of Shi Jintian's traitors, and it has nothing to do with us, we are just responsible for suppressing and protecting the people, and it is the private action of the five of us, which has nothing to do with the eldest brother, do you understand?" ”

"Understood."

Soon, Yan Shun, Yu Baosi, Jiao Ting, Mu Hong, and Bao Xu mixed into the traitors with five hundred dragon troops, which was discussed with Shi Jintian and did not attract attention, but the purpose of this operation was completely different. One is robbery, and the other is murder.

After Yan Shun left, Liu Zhenglong said angrily: "The mud can't support the wall, and such a problem must be reported to the official, how can he be alone in the future." ”

Liang Hongyu walked out of the back room, she massaged Liu Zhenglong and beat his back, and said coquettishly: "Why are you so angry, Yan Shun reported to you in time, isn't it to show loyalty, and besides, you still need the cooperation of Bao Xu and others, how can you not report to you." ”

"What do you know, silly girl! Shi Jintian took the traitors to ransack Honghe Town, what Yan Shun wanted to do was to kill all the traitors, and to transport the money as much as possible, to put it bluntly, it was to rob while the fire was burning, once this matter was leaked, the imperial history of the imperial court would definitely impeach the official, although he would not be punished by the official, but after all, there was a stain in the official career, which was absolutely not allowed. Similar things should be done by yourself and come back to report the results, rather than reporting in advance. If this matter was Li Jun, he would never have made such a low-level mistake. ”

"Official, after all, there is only one Li Jun under your command, and Yan Shun and the others are just reckless, where do you know the twists and turns in the officialdom, you can give more guidance in the future, there is no need to arise. By the way, you said that you were going to Qingxi Town, so I will accompany you. ”

A word woke up the dreamer, Liu Zhenglong recognized Liang Hongyu's statement, after all, you can't ask too much for these recklessness, it is very necessary to carry out training courses in the future, cultivate the loyalty of the people below to themselves, cultivate the ability to deal with emergencies and resolve crises, these are not things that can be solved with one skill.

"No, this time I went to Qingxi Town just to assassinate the backbone of the rebels, after all, it is the place where the treasure of Fang La is buried, the action is too small to have no effect, too big will scare this group of guys away, once the treasure is transferred, it will be difficult to find a huge amount again." Liu Zhenglong has his own calculations, he doesn't want to touch this batch of treasures, he just wants to lure Fang Baihua over, and finally this guy said: "Baby, you were too fierce to toss last night, you can rest and recuperate, think more about how to please me, instead of going out to fight and kill." ”

"Well, I know, people will try to please you." Liang Hongyu is a little girl after all, so she handed herself over, and she still couldn't let go, she also knew that her man liked that kind of thing, and she could only try to please her.

Usually the assassination is carried out at night, but Liu Zhenglong did the opposite this time, this time, he chose to do it in broad daylight, because only in this way can he shock the enemy's heart and urge Fang Baihua to return to Qingxi Town, so as to facilitate the operation of Honghe Town.

Muzhou's defense is too loose, especially on the fifth watch, the soldiers at the head of the city fell asleep, so that Liu Zhenglong could easily slip down from the city wall, the fly in the ointment was that he couldn't get the sycophants out, so he could only run to Qingxi Town, but this distance was half an hour.

Qingxi Town is Fang La's hometown, and it is also his painstaking lair, there are a thousand guards here, which is not too much, but it is already a lot in Qingxi Town, which is relatively sparsely populated. Of course, these thousand guards are elite soldiers, and they are definitely not compared to the rabble in Muzhou.

The town does not have a city wall, but checkpoints are set up at the three exits of the town, and the people who come and go are checked, but the check is not very strict, after all, there are people who come and go here, and the check is just to make the top feel at ease, so that the soldiers can make some extra money, of course, the inventory of weapons is still quite strict.

Liu Zhenglong met a woodcutter cutting wood in the woods outside the town, and the two talked for a long time.

The woodcutter is called Fang Jin, no wonder, almost all the surnames in the whole town are Fang, and it is not surprising that the woodcutter is called Fang Jin, he is still Fang La's distant uncle, but he is many rooms away, so he has no light, and can only make a living by collecting firewood.

Liu Zhenglong said to Fang Jin: "Brother Fang, you can chop more firewood in a while, and let me help you send it to the town, okay?" ”

"Of course you can, but you're going to give me five dollars." A sly smile appeared on Fang Jin's face, and he said with a smile: "You should be from the official mansion, otherwise you wouldn't have to enter the town like this." Since you are from the government, there must be a subsidy for handling the case, so it is not much for me to ask you for five times. ”

"How can you see that I am from the government?"

"Qingxi Town is a relatively remote place, few outsiders enter the town, and now the Holy Father has made such a big move in Jiangnan, so there is a saying about the inventory, but every day in and out, almost all of them are people in the town, and the inventory has become a means of exploitation, take me as an example, almost everyone knows that I am from the town, but every time I go back to the city, I don't pay two or three hundred Wen, they won't let me in. If you are a foreigner, if you are not from the government, there is no need for you to enter the town at all, and there is no need for me to bring you in. Don't worry, if I charge you five times, it will be regarded as hush money, and I promise not to say a word. ”

"Well, trust you once."

Sure enough, when he passed the checkpoint, there was no search at all, but Fang Jin took the initiative to pay 500 Wen, it seems that one more stranger only needs to pay an extra money, and there is no problem at all.

The town is full of people, it is not lively, it seems that it has not been affected by the outside world at all, and the business on the street seems to be very prosperous, which also shows that Fang La takes extra care of his hometown.

Fang Jin said to Liu Zhenglong: "Official, you'd better stay in my house, if the guest house is easy to be suspected." ”

"No need, I'll go back in a while, you just need to tell me where Bao Zheng lives in the town and where the patriarch of the Fang family lives." Liu Zhenglong directly stuffed Fang Jin with ten taels of silver.

"This is simple, the patriarch Fang Zaitian is Baozheng, he is the uncle of the Holy Father, and he lives in the largest mansion in the east of the town center, and this old man only married the ninth aunt yesterday. It is estimated that he is still sleeping lazily, and he is still scratching his bones, he is old, and he is still so tossed, so it is strange that he can get up now. ”

Looking at Fang Jin's distant figure, Liu Zhenglong said to himself: "Since you haven't woken up yet, don't wake up." It is said that the pomegranate skirt dies, and it is also romantic to be a ghost, so let that old thing be a romantic ghost. ”

It may be because the happy event was only done yesterday, and there are people in and out of the Fang Mansion, so it is not lively, and there is no special person responsible for management, so that the whole mansion is in chaos.