Chapter 042: Assassination
Bidding farewell to the Chen family, Liu Qi took Li Cunxiao to the market to hang out.
In the turbulent times of the late Han Dynasty, Jingzhou was considered wealthy, and the Hanshou Mansion in Fucheng was even worse.
When I was in Yancheng, the people were busy supporting themselves, and although they were no longer hungry after the cash-for-work, they also had no surplus food at home, and the market had not yet developed.
As for Hanshou Mansion, the market is not only developed, but even divided into two cities, the east and the west.
The West Market sells more grain, oil, rice, noodles and cheap gadgets, and the main customers are ordinary people.
Most of the people who appeared in the East Market were dignitaries and subordinates of the government, and they bought most of the clothes and jewelry, as well as all kinds of novelties.
It's early in the afternoon, and it's curfew in just over two hours, and the market is closed, which is the most crowded time.
Li Cunxiao looked at the crowd of people in front of him, and disagreed: "Lord, let's go back." If you want to buy something, you can ask your family to do it, so why bother to do it yourself? β
It was the first time for Liu Qi to visit the market of the Eastern Han Dynasty, which was quite fresh, and waved his hand indifferently when he heard the words: "What are you afraid of, isn't there a sense of respect." β
He didn't say that there would be no danger on the boundary of Jingzhou, and Li Cunxiao couldn't persuade him again, so he had to reluctantly order a few guards to be vigilant and separate the crowd.
Fortunately, Liu Qi was not interested in shopping in his previous life or in this life, and he quickly got tired of it after discovering that the markets of the Eastern Han Dynasty were just like that, and the varieties were not as many as those in the modern countryside.
"Let's go back."
After Liu Qi watched the housekeeper and hawker of an official eunuch's house, he turned around and left.
Just as he was about to blend into the crowd, Li Cunxiao suddenly looked tense and slammed into Liu Qi.
"The lord is dangerous!"
"Whooshββ!
Liu Qi might as well be slammed away and rolled to the ground.
Where he had been standing, a pitch-black crossbow bolt was nailed to the ground, and half of the arrow cluster sank into the ground.
The crowd was in turmoil.
"There are assassins!"
"Ah, murderβ"
"Run!"
Li Cunxiao's order was suppressed under the screams of the crowd, and he had no choice but to order several guards to surround Liu Qi together, not letting anyone approach, and protecting the safety of the lord with his body.
Liu Qi's face sank like water, and he didn't make a sound.
He knew that this trip to Hanshou Mansion would not be peaceful, but he didn't expect those people to be so bold that they would dare to assassinate the eldest son of Zhou Mu in the middle of the city!
After failing to strike, several masked strong men suddenly emerged from the crowd and rushed forward with knives.
Among them, several of them were holding crossbows and were about to shoot at Liu Qi.
"How daring!"
Li Cunxiao's eyebrows jumped, he shouted angrily, and the Yu Wang lance in his hand flew up and down, and in a moment he arrived in front of the assassins who were holding crossbows.
Several assassins felt a cold light flash in front of them, and the next second, they lost consciousness with a pain in their throats.
The remaining five men in black saw that the situation was not good, and they had to retreat into the chaotic crowd with the old tricks.
How could Li Cunxiao let them succeed, he immediately stepped forward and blocked everyone's retreat with King Yu's lance, and three or two strokes were a human life!
Liu Qi stood in the guard center, coldly watching Li Cunxiao kill the Quartet, and at the end, he only said lightly: "Don't kill them all, leave a living mouth." β
Li Cunxiao took the order and slammed a lance on the head of the last surviving assassin.
The assassin didn't even have a chance to kill himself, and his eyes rolled and he fainted.
Li Cunxiao squatted down and probed his nose: "Don't worry, my lord, I'm just dizzy." β
Liu Qi was expressionless: "I'll leave it to you, try it well." β
was assassinated for the first time in his life, Liu Qi's mood was really not good, so he ordered someone to call the official to clean up the scene, and returned to the eldest prince's mansion with a black face.
When the people heard that the eldest prince had been assassinated, they were all shocked, and they didn't dare to breathe in the face of Liu Qi.
Li Cunxiao's expression was also very bad, and his face was even three points darker than Liu Qi.
He was the commander of the guards, and the assassination of the lord was of course his responsibility.
After asking for instructions, Li Cunxiao ordered the assassin to be imprisoned in the dungeon of the mansion, and he himself got into it.
It seems that if you don't judge something, you will never give up!
Huo Qubing originally took people to the camp on the outskirts of the city to inspect military affairs, but he was also shocked when he heard about it, and immediately rushed back.
"Is the lord safe?" Rushing into the study, Huo Qu looked Liu Qi up and down, and found that he was indeed not injured before he was relieved, and then he was furious, "Rebels and thieves, it's just bold!" β
Liu Qi had already sorted out his mentality at this time, and he was in the mood to laugh: "If you are young, don't always be angry, be careful that you can't get a wife with long wrinkles." β
When it happened, Liu Qi was naturally very angry, which was the instinct of life being threatened.
But calm down, think about it carefully, but don't get angry.
Without him, no matter who was behind it, choosing to assassinate him in Hanshou Mansion was a stupid decision that couldn't be more stupid.
Is Liu Biao really a good match?
"Lord, when is it, you are still making fun of your subordinates!" Huo Qu smiled sickly, "I don't know where that assassin is now?" β
"Cun Xiao is being judged."
Huo Quzhi rolled up his sleeves: "It just so happens that my subordinates also have some experience in torture and interrogation, so I'm going to help save filial piety!" β
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The eldest prince's mansion is united and vows to find out the mastermind behind the scenes.
The second son's mansion is gloomy.
"Second son, you, how can you do such a thing!" Cai Mao was so angry that the blue tendons on his forehead burst out, "The eldest prince is your brother-in-law, the eldest son of the lord, can he also be assassinated!" β
"If you let your lord know, you'll be ruined!"
Liu Cong didn't care: "Uncle is serious, the people Uncle Zhang gave are all dead soldiers, and he won't betray me, how can my father know?" β
"Besides, isn't it unsuccessful, the eldest brother is just lucky, and the poisonous crossbow arrow didn't hit him."
Nonsense, when your dad is as stupid as you!
There was no accident in other places, and Bisheng was assassinated as soon as he returned to Hanshou Mansion, or when he was about to be ordered to take charge of Yizhou affairs.
At this time, if Liu Qi dies, who will benefit, the pig can guess!
Cai Mao almost turned her back on her anger, no longer looked at Liu Cong's hob meat, and complained about Zhang Yun again: "You too, the second son is young and ignorant, why are you messing around?!" β
Zhang Yun laughed: "What's the harm of trying, Brother Deju, you are just too cautious." β
"Don't say that it didn't work out, if it really happened, what does the lord think? At that time, we will have only one son left in Jingzhou! Just watch the belly of another woman......"
Zhang Yun blinked, and the meaning was all in plain sight.
Cai Mao: "......"
Damn, he's surrounded by pig teammates!
"Even if the lord doesn't know what to do with the second son, what about you and me? That's a crime of rebellion, don't you think you're not afraid enough! Cai Mao took a deep breath and saw that Zhang Yun and Liu Cong still didn't care about it, and almost had a myocardial infarction.
"Forget it, you can't count on it, since you want to do it, you have to do it to the end......"
Speaking of this, Cai Mao's eyes were cold.