Dai Ling immediately said: "Lord Wang, give fifty subordinates, and the subordinates will go straight to the Assassin Mansion and take the heads of those two, if they miss, their subordinates are willing to commit suicide to apologize." ”

Ximen Yokono immediately said: "General Dai is brave, we all know it, but this time the action is not to make the general benevolent, but to make the general succeed in one fell swoop." ”

"If there is a perfect way to do it in the long history, it is naturally better." Dai Ling's eyes showed a fierce light: "The subordinates have received the great favor of the prince, and they have not been able to repay it, as long as the prince gives an order this time, the life of the subordinates must be dedicated to the prince." ”

Li Hongxin raised his hand and patted Dai Ling on the shoulder, and said: "Dai Ling's loyalty to this king, this king understands in his heart, you don't have to worry, listen to Changshi's words." ”

"Lord, Qi Ning is not good at stubble, this person is very brave, a while ago his subordinates learned that when this person went to Dongqi, the King of Mount Tai rebelled, and the prince of East Qi was besieged, it was this Qi Ning who shot in adversity, and took the King of Mount Tai among the ten thousand armies." Ximen Yokono said: "This person is not only treacherous, but also has the courage of a husband, which must not be underestimated." ”

Li Hongxin said: "Wei Shutong is also a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, and there has been a group of guards in the Assassin Mansion to protect him for many years, many of whom are disciples of the martial arts family, and they are raised by him with a lot of money, and they should not be underestimated." ”

Mr. Huang said on the side: "Changshi, the guards of the palace are used to lure the enemy, so where are the manpower used for action transferred from?" Jin Guanwei is stationed in Chengdu City, and they can't enter the city at all, if those people are easily mobilized, Wei Shutong will definitely be vigilant, if they are prepared, we will ......! ”

"What Mr. Huang said is extremely true." Ximen Yokono chuckled: "Maybe Qi Ning set a trap this time, just to lure the prince to make a move, and even he is ready, waiting for us to do it, now Qi Ning must be prepared, if we do it like this, it is likely to fall into his trap." He smiled coldly and said, "So this time, if we want to do it, we must make Qi Ning unexpected, and one blow will be hit." ”

"Unexpected?" Dai Ling frowned and said, "Changshi, you just said that this is Qi Ning's preparation, and he has already prepared, how could he not expect it?" ”

Ximen Hengye said: "Lord Wang, Qi Ning's eyes must be staring at you now, no matter what you do, he will pay close attention." He smiled weirdly and said, "In that case, let's draw his attention away." ”

Dai Ling and Mr. Huang glanced at each other, obviously not understanding what Ximen Yokono meant.

Li Hongxin, the king of Shu, was thoughtful, and sighed slightly, before he said: "What do you think Changshi should do?" ”

"Lord Wang, raise soldiers for a thousand days, use soldiers for a while, those two cards in your hand can be played now." Ximen Yokono's eyes became sharp: "This operation, it depends on whether these two cards are used well?" ”

Li Hongxin said "oh", but Dai Ling was a little confused, and asked: "Changshi, ..... the two cards you said?" ”

Li Hongxin had already interrupted: "Now, it's time to use them." His eyes moved from the faces of the three people in front of him one by one, and his tone was solemn: "This time, this king wants to have ten thousand broken corpses surnamed Qi!" ”

Early the next morning, Qi Ning had just washed up, Wei Shutong asked to see him outside the door, and after letting him in, Wei Shutong came in early and put the breakfast on the table, and then he smiled and said, "Did you sleep well last night?" "I caught a glimpse of the map of Xichuan that I had found for Qi Ning hanging on the wall, and thought to myself that it seemed that the lord had begun to prepare for the extermination of the Jizo bandits.

"Not bad." Qi Ning smiled: "Why bother Lord Wei to personally bring breakfast." ”

Wei Shutong said with a smile: "It's rare for the lord to come to Xichuan, and it's rare for the lower official to want to serve the lord and even have a rare opportunity, the lord, this is the morning of Ruiyunzhai in Chengdu Fucheng, the lower official sent someone to let the master inside do it well in the morning, and it's still hot, how do you taste it." "In the past, when I opened the food box, I actually took seven or eight things out early, Chengdu is famous in the world, and there are no less than dozens of snacks of all kinds, which are just the most famous of them, but it can also be seen that Wei Shutong has put a lot of thought.

Qi Ning sat down at the table, let Wei Shutong sit too, tasted two things, and exclaimed: "Lord Wei, Xichuan's famous food is really amazing, I already want to stay in Xichuan to live." ”

"If the lord likes it, the lower officials can find a few masters from here and send them to the capital, so that they can make breakfast for the lord every day in the mansion." Wei Shutong heard Qi Ning's praise, and he was in a good mood, and said with a smile: "The lord is the emperor's confidant and beloved minister, and there are countless important things in the court that depend on the Hou Ye, and the Hou Ye wants to come to Xichuan to seek leisure, which is not easy." ”

Qi Ning laughed and asked, "Lord Wei can be too early?" ”

"Used and used." Wei Shutong said: "Lord slow use." ”

"Master Wei, you have been in Xichuan for many years, and you have made outstanding contributions." Qi Ning said: "If you can wipe out the thieves in one fell swoop this time, after returning to Beijing, I am ready to advise the emperor and implore the emperor to transfer you back to Beijing." You also know that Sima Lan used his dictatorship before and used a lot of his pro-party, if the emperor is a rare lord of sainthood throughout the ages, it will do a lot of big things, those wine bags and rice bags are not used, and some capable officials with real talents and real learning must be used, you Lord Wei has proven his talent in governing Xichuan, and after returning to Beijing, the emperor will naturally be reused. ”

Wei Shutong's expression froze, he got up, and said solemnly: "If you can return to Beijing to serve the imperial court, the next official will never give up." ”

Although he is a feudal official in Xichuan, after all, he belongs to a foreign official, far away from the center of the imperial court, even if he is an official with a lower grade than him in the capital, he does not dare to offend easily, but he also wants to return to Beijing as soon as possible, after all, he is an official in the capital, so he has the opportunity to enter the real center of power, which is much stronger than guarding the land of Xichuan.

Qi Ning smiled: "Since Master Wei is willing, then I have a number in my heart." ”

Wei Shutong hurriedly said: "Thank you for the promotion of the lord, if you have the opportunity to enter Beijing to serve the court, the lower official will be the only lord to take the lead." ”

He knew that Qi Ning promoted himself to Beijing, and he was waiting for him to be a member of the Qi family in brocade, and in the future, the backer behind him would be this protector, so it was of course essential to show loyalty to Qi Ning now.

Qi Ning waved his hand and smiled: "It's not that I am the only one, but that everything is subject to the emperor's will and do my best for the court." ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Wei Shutong was slightly excited, thought of something, and hurriedly said: "Sir, the lower official has already issued an order, within ten days, it is not a problem to gather more than 10,000 people and horses, and within two days, the nearby soldiers and horses will be able to arrive, and two or three thousand people can arrive quickly." ”

Qi Ning bowed slightly, and at this moment, he heard a voice from outside: "Lord Assassin, there is an urgent report!" ”

Wei Shutong said to Qi Ning: "Lord use it slowly." He went out, but after a while, he came back and said, "Sir, Li Hongxin has a move!" ”

Qi Ning put down his chopsticks, and Wei Shutong had already come up and said: "Xiaguan has been sending people to keep an eye on the Shu Wangfu, and I just got the news that there are several carriages parked in front of Li Hongxin's mansion, and they are moving things to the carriage from the mansion, it seems that they are going to travel." ”

"Travel?"

"Although the imperial court has no clear decree, Li Hong is confident that if he wants to leave Chengdu Mansion, he must inform the Assassin Mansion." Wei Shutong said: "As long as you leave within 100 miles of Chengdu Mansion, you need to send someone to protect the Assassin's Mansion, which is clearly a guard, but in fact it is to monitor this person, and you must also explain to the Assassin's Mansion where you want to go, otherwise you can't travel easily." ”

"But this time he traveled, and he didn't tell you?"

Wei Shutong said: "If you travel only within thirty miles outside the city, you don't need to explain to the lower officials, and you haven't told the lower officials at the moment, but you are ready to travel, then you can't leave thirty miles away." His expression became solemn, and he said, "Last night, the lord had informed him to leave for Beijing within three days, at this time, what is he going to do out of the city?" Sir, we have to be careful, lest this person jump off the wall in a hurry. ”

"Dog jumping off the wall?"

Wei Shutong said: "The lower officials are worried that this person does not want to enter Beijing, so he will flee away." ”

"You mean he wants to escape?"

Wei Shutong said: "Xia Guan was also worried last night that this person would jump over the wall in a hurry, and he would gather people to kill the net, but if you think about it carefully, there are only a hundred people available for this person in the city, although there are still Jinguan guards stationed in his restaurant, but he can't be transferred into the city at all, with his strength, he can't take risks." After a slight pause, he said: "So the lower official is worried that he will find a chance to escape, and he was still thinking about it last night, and he didn't want to prepare to go out of the city today, hehe, sir, I'm afraid that the lower official is not bad." ”

"Where do you think he would flee if he were to escape?"

Wei Shutong shook his head and said: "Although the Li family has only controlled Xichuan for a few decades, the Li family is a century-old clan in Xichuan, and they know Xichuan well. ”

Qi Ning smiled: "Since he is going out of the city, you can send someone to keep an eye on it to see what he wants." ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard a voice from outside: "Lord Qiyu Assassin Shi, the King of Shu sent someone to ask to see him, and he is waiting in the lobby!" ”

Wei Shutong and Qi Ning glanced at each other, Qi Ning had already nodded slightly to Wei Shutong, and said, "Master Wei go and see what medicine Li Hongxin sells in the gourd." ”

Wei Shutong gave up his hand and retired, and when Qi Ning finished eating breakfast, Wei Shutong had already come back, and said to Qi Ning: "Sir, Li Hongxin sent someone to say that he is about to go to the capital, and he doesn't know when he will be able to come back, two months later is his mother's memorial day, every year on the day of his mother's death, he will go to pay tribute, and he is going to pay tribute to his mother when he travels today." ”

"Honoring my mother?"

"That's true." Wei Shutong said: "Li Hongxin's mother passed away very early, at that time Li Hongxin's father was still alive, and a hill in the south of the city was used as a cemetery, and it was renamed Huangshan, but after Li Hongxin submitted the table that year, the old marquis changed the name of Huangshan to Nanshan, this Li Hongxin does go to worship every year on his mother's sacrifice day, I just remembered that there are two more months that are indeed his mother's sacrifice day." ”

"He's going to Beijing, so he's going to sacrifice his mother in advance?"

Wei Shutong nodded and said: "That's what they said over there, and they said that if they go today, they will definitely come back before tomorrow night, sir, the lower officials have arranged for someone to keep an eye on them, no matter whether Li Hongxin really goes to pay tribute to his mother or not, he will never let him escape from the eyes of the lower officials!" ”