13th (20th) of the first lunar month
Li Ke knew the urgency of the situation of seizing Chen Wuji and the red-haired Yama, and after bidding farewell to Pei Min and his wife and children, he didn't dare to delay for a moment and rushed to Long'an Division, today in the ghost market and in the East Palace, it has been delayed for a lot of hours, and at this moment we must hurry up, otherwise Keduo and the others will have more time to breathe and prepare, and it will be even more difficult to capture.
Li Ke arrived at the Long'an Division, and walked straight into the meeting hall, Chen Xuanli and Zhang Jiuling were in the hall, the people around seemed very busy, seeing Li Ke come back, the two hurriedly greeted him and asked about the situation, Li Ke took the two to the side hall, and roughly said today's events, but what Li Ke didn't expect was that the arrest of Chen Wuji had been arranged for someone to carry out after Li Ke left the Long'an Division, and now all the sentry posts and city gates have received Chen Wuji's portrait; Chen Xuanli has already reported to the Yulin Army in various places, and the Yulin Army has already launched a search in the Shendu, and when the two of them say this, Li Ke can't help but sigh in his heart, the two of them are so efficient, Li Sanlang can get the help of the two of them, and it will be a big thing in the future.
But at this time, Li Ke did not have time to praise the two, and he said to the two: "There is still a portrait of one person missing, and that is the red-haired Yama." ”
Zhang Jiuling nodded and said, "What Li Duwei said is very true, I just wanted to mention this matter to Li Duwei. ”
Li Ke said: "But this red-haired Yama is not sure whether he escaped or was held hostage by Kedo, so the search plan of the red-haired Yama must be different, otherwise it may not be effective." ”
Zhang Jiuling was a little puzzled, and continued to ask: "I don't understand what Captain Li means, please make it clear." ”
Li Ke continued: "Let's assume that the red-haired Yama was captured by Kedo, thinking that the red-haired Yama is strong in martial arts and has a complex network of subordinates, and in order to prevent him from escaping, Keduo must be imprisoned in an extremely hidden and heavily organized place, so that the posting of the notice may not have much effect; In addition, if it is assumed that the red-haired Yama escaped by luck, he must try to hide, you and the two of them thought, even in such a complex and hidden place as the ghost market, Keduo can come to the door to slaughter it, the red-haired Yama saw the notice, did he dare to come to Longansi? Long Anji has already been burned by Keduo once, and the red-haired Yama will never sacrifice his life in order to save his life. ”
Chen Xuanli suddenly asked, "Why doesn't Li Duwei think that the red-haired Yama is dead?" ”
Li Ke replied resolutely: "The red-haired Yama is definitely not dead, and even I think he was not captured by Kedo, and now he should have escaped." ”
Chen Xuanli and Zhang Jiuling glanced at each other, a little puzzled, and asked in unison: "Why is Captain Li so sure." ”
Li Ke continued: "Since I haven't seen the body of the red-haired Yama in the ghost market, imagine that Kedo will kill the red-haired Yama and then take his body away? There is no point in doing that; In addition, in Keduo's overall plan, the role of the red-haired Yama has been completed, and it is meaningless for Keduo to keep his life, will Keduo be willing to leave such a person with strong martial arts who may get out at any time and then be unfavorable to himself by his side? If it were me, I would have chosen to kill him as soon as possible to prevent future troubles! Therefore, I expected that at this moment, the red-haired Yama was not only not dead, but had escaped without any problems, and he might be hiding in a corner somewhere, ready to take revenge on Kedo at any time. ”
After listening to Li Ke's analysis, Zhang Jiuling and the others also felt reasonable, so they asked: "Then may I ask Li Duwei, how should this red-haired Yama's search document be issued?" ”
Li Ke thought for a while and said: "I have been thinking about this matter on the way to Long'an Division just now, and now I have figured it out, the red-haired Yama and the others must not search with great fanfare, this will increase Keduo's vigilance against us, if Keduo thinks that we will join forces with the red-haired Yama, then he will definitely increase his efforts to search for the red-haired Yama, and then he will be the first to kill the red-haired Yama, and we will lose a strong reinforcement; Or, if he can't find the red-haired Yama, he will definitely turn the finger at Ryu Ansi, and if he brings people to attack, we can't guard against it, and Ryu Anji will inevitably experience another catastrophe. ”
Long Ansi was burned, and everyone was killed just a few days ago, the two of them knew Keduo's means and abilities, and of course they didn't want the tragedy to happen again, so they also quickly nodded in agreement with Li Ke's statement, Zhang Jiuling continued to ask: "Li Duwei, since you can't directly search for the red-haired Yama, how can we get in touch with him?" ”
Li Ke fell into deep thought, and after a long time, he finally spoke: "I expect that what Keduo wants to do, the red-haired Yama should be clear, tonight according to Li Sicheng's inference, Keduo's final action should be Shangyuan Festival, and I also agree with this; But joining forces with the red-haired Yama should not be too obvious, so as not to cause Kedo's vigilance to increase, otherwise... ”
Li Ke didn't continue to talk halfway through, he turned around and walked to the table, picked up the pen and paper and began to write on the paper, the two also came over, after a while, Li Ke put the pen down, only to see the paper impressively written: "Shangyuan Festival, in order to keep the gods safe, please do your best to help!" - Ryu Anji! ”
Zhang Jiuling looked at it and couldn't help but say loudly: "Captain Li, this is a wonderful word!" In this way, it seems to be just a normal notice, but it emphasizes the Shangyuan Festival and Long Ansi, if the red-haired Yama sees it, he will definitely know the meaning and help at that time! ”
Li Ke still frowned, and said: "This is also a way to do it, I expect that Keduo will definitely see the intention, but this is safer than directly searching the red-haired Yama." ”
Chen Xuanli opened his mouth and said: "I will post it in the whole city according to Li Duwei's book!" Li Ke nodded, and Chen Xuanli turned around and walked out.
After Chen Xuanli left, Li Ke told Zhang Jiuling about tomorrow's anthology, and Zhang Jiuling couldn't help but be a little frightened after hearing it, and said: "How could Li Sicheng hand over such an important matter to me?" Now that the court is full of literati, not to mention anything else, let's just say that the talents of He Zhizhang and Yao Chong recommended by Zhang Ge are far above me, how dare I deal with it? ”
After hearing this, Li Ke finally showed a smile, and patted Zhang Jiuling's shoulder with his hand: "Li Sicheng must have his intentions in making this arrangement, it must be your trust, you are prepared with peace of mind, do your best, don't live up to his expectations of you; Besides, you don't have to be presumptuous, although I have not known you for a long time, but I see your talent, it is rare to be so young to be able to be so young, and you will be the pillar of the country in the future! ”
When Li Ke said this, Zhang Jiuling couldn't help but be even more frightened, and immediately bowed down and said: "Li Duwei is in love, and he is ashamed!" ”
Li Ke stretched out his hand to help Zhang Jiuling up, and continued: "You are different from me, my ambition is only in this mountain and water, leisurely things, when this matter is over, I will take my wife and children to travel all over the world again and enjoy this life in peace!" But you are by no means a thing in the pool, and the people of the world will still hope in you in the future; If tomorrow's things come to pass, you can just use this to make a name for yourself and make full preparations for the future skyrocketing, and you must not live up to Li Sicheng's intentions. ”
Li Ke has never disdained officialdom and the imperial court, and he will not consider the matter of rising to the top, and he will talk about this to Zhang Jiuling today, all because of the relationship in recent days, he thinks that Li Sanlang, Zhang Jiuling, and Chen Xuanli are indeed different from ordinary eunuchs, and in them, he seems to see the hope of the country again, so he will have this remark.
Li Ke's heartfelt words made Zhang Jiuling suddenly, to say that Zhang Jiuling has no career intention is a lie, but he is indeed different from others, his steady progress, in order to have greater power to benefit the people, not to exploit the people, and to satisfy his own desires, so he replied: "Thank you Li Duwei for the explanation, I will do my best to live up to my mission." ”
Li Ke looked at Zhang Jiuling and nodded silently, Zhang Jiuling continued: "We have arranged the search and arrest, so please ask Captain Li to rest early, if there is a letter that we will report in time, Captain Li will definitely have a lot of work to do tomorrow." ”
As soon as Zhang Jiuling said this, Li Ke realized that it was late at night, and today's events really made him feel sleepy, so he said: "You should also rest early, so as to prepare for tomorrow's competition, and let the duty report if you have something." ”
Zhang Jiuling arched his hand and replied: "Oh! ”
Li Ke took a few steps and turned back. He looked at the young man in front of him, and for some reason, he had an indescribable trust in him, so Li Ke leaned close to his ear and whispered Pei Min's address to him, so that he could report something, this time he didn't stop any longer, and went straight out of Long'an Division and headed towards the hut.
Then back to the East Palace, there is a secret room in the East Palace, which is located behind the bookshelf in the prince's study.
The prince has arranged in advance a close little eunuch to bring the person to the secret room, at this moment the prince took Zhang Cambodia and Li Sanlang into the study, the prince carefully closed the door, walked to the bookshelf, and gently twisted a vase on the shelf with his hand, only to hear a muffled sound of "bang", a small door slowly opened behind the bookcase, and the three of them hurriedly entered, and the small door closed again with a "bang".
This secret room is not big, it is enough for more than ten people to discuss in it, at this time there is already a person wearing a black cloak standing in the middle of the secret room, heard someone come in, so he turned around, Li Sanlang finally saw the person clearly, hurriedly stepped forward and knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and shouted: "Father!" ”
The man stretched out his hands to help Li Sanlang, but he didn't say much to Li Sanlang, walked straight to the prince, bowed and saluted, and shouted: "Brother! No see for many days! The prince also stretched out his hand to help the person who came, and said, "Brother Wang, why did you come suddenly?" This is a great sin of disrespect! ”
The person who came was Li Sanlang's biological father, Xiangwang Li Dan. He looked at Zhang Cambodia on the side, and he didn't have any scruples, and said: "Brother, the matter is urgent, otherwise I wouldn't have come here suddenly!" ”
When Li Dan said this, the prince and the other three became nervous, and the prince hurriedly asked, "What is the matter?" ”
Li Dan continued: "Princess Taiping is ready to launch a mutiny! ”