Chapter 419: The Prince's Calamity
Chapter 419: The Prince's Calamity
The prince who has no power is not necessarily powerless, and he may not be easy to deal with, it just so happens that King Ning belongs to this type of magnate, and Cui Xiyi, the third-grade master, has a headache.
"This manor is a gift from the Holy Heaven, so don't be afraid of death!" "It makes Cui Xiyi quite difficult, but compared to dereliction of duty, the risk of offending the prince seems to be a little lower. The crux of the matter is that Cui Xiyi is not sure whether the carriage and vehicle he needs are really hidden in the prince's manor, he is facing the biggest gamble in his life, the stake is his career, and even his net worth's 'life', and it is Li Huaitang's several hunting dogs that determine his fate.
Li Huaitang was very skeptical that the Tang Dynasty was rich in old foxes, especially in the imperial court. Cui Xiyi's gaze gave him a feeling of cunning and cunning, obviously wanting to use him as a gunman again.
In line with the noble sentiment of saving people and saving them to the end, Li Huaitang did it, oh, no, it's a dog!
Receiving the order of the 'color' of the eyes, the "hungry wolf" pounced forward with a sharp heart and rushed straight to the venerable King Ning. People are afraid of power, but dogs are not afraid, and the manor of the royal gift cannot be broken into casually, but this order is invalid for dogs!
The "hungry wolf" was the leading dog, and the rest of the hunting dogs were the only ones who pounced on King Ning.
"Huh? Daring! King Ning was accustomed to being powerful, and in a hurry, he casually issued his supreme majesty to the hounds, and when he realized that something was wrong, he exclaimed, "Help!" At that time, several hounds were already biting his 'pants' and 'legs', 'forced' him to turn around.
The situation that was still in a stalemate just now suddenly fell into a 'chaos' and 'chaos', and the servants around the prince hurriedly 'wanted' to drive away the hounds but were afraid of hurting the prince.
"Save the prince!" There is no time to lose. Cui Xiyi got what he wanted, took advantage of the situation and gave orders, and at the same time winked at Li Huaitang, his expression flashed with the look of a son who could be taught.
In the front yard of the manor, with the embarrassed prince as the center, hundreds of people crowded together and made a mess, and the troublesome hounds scattered in a hurry, I don't know if they were 'sex', or heard the order from behind, and suddenly passed through King Ning's group of people, and went straight to the target in the manor.
It is not Li Huaitang's duty to save the prince, he doesn't need him to care, taking advantage of the 'chaos' and 'chaos', he swaggered behind the hound with a group of soldiers and broke into the depths of the manor. Someone noticed that something was wrong and stopped it, but was unceremoniously knocked to the ground by the soldiers of the general's horse, anyway, no one could tell who the murderer was at the scene.
"Oh no, Lord Wang, they, Li Huaitang and they broke into the backyard!" Wu Ren, the first staff member of the Shenlong Gang, squeezed into the crowd with blue eyes and swollen nose, found King Ning, and reported the bad news to him.
King Ning was stunned for a moment, then jumped like thunder, and scolded angrily: "Damn Li Huaitang, follow me to slaughter him!" ”
"Protect the prince!" Cui Xiyi held back a smile and waved his hand to the soldiers he brought, and the soldiers were like a flood, hula rushed into the depths of the manor before King Ning, and King Ning and the others couldn't stop it if they wanted to.
"It's over!" Xiao Jiong sighed sadly.
"Who is Shao Yin cursing?" Yang Xuanhui asked sneeringly, and without waiting for an answer, he quickly walked past Xiao Jiong and walked towards where he hoped.
The hound lived up to expectations and successfully found more than 100 carriages lost by Lei Hu. In front of the manor's storeroom, hundreds of craftsmen are working hard to turn these vehicles into parts, wheels and frames scattered all over the place. In the warehouse that was smashed open by the soldiers, there were also countless vehicle parts, roughly estimated to be more than 2,000 vehicles. An official in a red robe was 'forced' by the soldiers' knives and guns to stand in the middle of the scattered 'chaotic' carriage and parts, and Li Huaitang recognized this person as the bad guy of the day, Ji Wen!
Waiting for King Ning and the others to catch up, Li Huaitang smiled and said: "The prince's habit is very unique and magical, specializing in 'door' collection of carriages?" ”
"This, it has nothing to do with you, this is all the king's carriage!" In the face of the facts, King Ning quibbled in every possible way.
The carriage can't speak, the carriage of the world is the lord of the world, and King Ning's 'desire' will be played to the end. For such a powerful scoundrel, there is no way to take him without a single heart, but since it is a trap, how can Li Huaitang have no tricks?
"Really? Are you sure? Li Huaitang looked at King Ning playfully.
King Ning said angrily: "Don't lie to me, you wait, I will tell the Holy Admiral to punish you!" ”
Li Huaitang grinned, motioned to the soldier to pick up a wheel, pointed to the inside of the wheel and said, "The inside of each wheel is engraved with a mark, does the prince know what the word is?" ”
"This?" King Ning's tongue was knotted, his head began to sweat, the other party's words had come to this point, it seemed that he had been prepared for a long time, and the way to deny it was a dead end!
"The prince not only collects civilian vehicles, but also collects those of the government, and the vehicles of this government will not be without markings, right?" Li Huaitang gloated.
"This? I don't know, oops, this king has a headache and is going to faint. After saying that, King Ning closed his eyes and fell back on the slave's body.
The prince actually pretended to be dead! was 'forced' by Li Huaitang to pretend to be dead!
It is not good for anyone to make a big deal about it, it is forgiving and forgiving, especially the other party is King Ning, the brother with the best feelings in the saint today, Cui Xiyi does not think that he can bring down King Ning with this, unless it is a big crime of rebellion, otherwise the emperor will not take King Ning like this, Cui Xiyi knows very well in his heart, there is no need to tear his face with the prince.
In the history of mankind, the person who invented the scapegoat is great, and the value of the scapegoat is great. Since the prince fainted, Cui Xiyi immediately found the scapegoat, Ji Wen.
"Bold, Gwen! Colluded with thieves to rob government vehicles, and now everyone has obtained stolen goods, what do you have to say? Come, take him down! ”
Ji Wen was sweating profusely, and the thief's eyes were slipping around, he saw the silence of the prince, saw Xiao Jiong's Mingzhe to protect himself, and finally saw the flickering of Wu Ren, he suddenly became wise in a hurry, and said: "The transfer envoy Rong Yu, Ji Wen is the captain of the mansion, the responsibility of the thief is to catch the thief, and I have heard that there are many carriages stolen in the city, so I have laid a net." Today, I finally found out that this matter was done by the Shenlong Gang, and in the name of Prince Ning, it was taken everywhere by force, and the prince was 'blinded' in the dark. I am 'intending' to inform the prince and arrest the thief at the same time, and I have already made a report to Xiao Shaoyin about this matter. ”
Ji Wen is very smart, lightly pushed, and put all the blame on the Shenlong Gang, and then pulled left and right, and ripped King Ning and Xiao Jiong into the water to make a shield for him, the truth of the matter is only separated by a piece of tissue paper, no matter who it is, a light stab will come to light, Ji Wen did not choose to pierce to protect himself, in fact, even if he pierced through, it would be useless, and he would die faster.
Xiao Jiong's eyes rolled and said, "Yes, yes, it's true." Originally, I wanted to tell the transfer envoy, but there were many people, and for the sake of confidentiality, I didn't mention it to the transfer envoy in time. ”
Ji Wen breathed a sigh of relief, and then 'revealed' his 'insidious' nature, and pointed at Wu Ren and said: "After the official's secret visit, it has been confirmed that this thief is the second-in-command of the Shenlong Gang!" ”
Cui Xiyi glanced at Ji Wen coldly, and decided to let him go, after all, this matter involves King Ning and has to be treated carefully, as long as someone carries the black pot.
Wu Ren's face changed greatly, he had long wanted to smear oil on the soles of his feet, but he couldn't get out, and the soldiers brought by Cui Xiyi blocked his back road intentionally or unintentionally.
"Lord Wang save me, Xiao Shaoyin save me, you, you can't cross the river and tear down the bridge, I'm just doing things as ordered!" Like a drowning man in despair, Wu Ren is panicking and trying to grasp the life-saving straw he can grasp around him.
However, the lifesaver failed to give him hope.
"Thief, don't spew blood!" Xiao Jiong looks like I don't know you, and as for the prince, on the surface, he is still in a coma.
"You guys! Alright, alright, then we will all perish together! Wu Ren was furious and unleashed a threat.
Wu Ren suddenly flashed a short knife in his hand, ran to King Ning who was leaning behind the slave in three steps and two steps, rested the knife on his neck, and said viciously: "Don't come here!" ”
The sharp blade around his neck became a good 'medicine' for King Ning to wake up, and the kidnapped King Ning shouted "chaos": "Save me, save me!" ”
"Whoosh!" A cold arrow hit in time and 'shot' straight into Wu Ren's arm. Wu Ren screamed and was carried to the ground by the feather arrow.
More than ten steps away, Li Huaitang put down the crossbow in his hand, looked at Prince Ning with a smile, and invited the merit: "The prince doesn't need to 'provoke' me, if you must, you can fold it into Kaiyuan Tongbao, 100,000 yuan!" ”
King Ning's face was black, white, green, blue, red and purple, and he brushed the ground, speaking of money, he was heartbroken, and Li Huaitang could be said to be his disaster star, so that he could see wealth and water. The first time I saw Li Huaitang, he became a laughing stock for the ages, since ancient times, who sent the princess to marry a foreign official who didn't receive a full bowl, and he, thanks to Li Huaitang, became the only unlucky guy who had no harvest, not only that, but he was also placed under house arrest by the Tuqi Shiren, and his life was almost difficult to protect; The second time was in Chang'an, in order to let Li Huaitang lose in the ring, he and the martial arts each paid 50,000 yuan to buy the small inner 'servant' in the palace to give Li Huaitang 'medicine', but the result was nothing; this time, he personally went to Luoyang to plan a 'yin' plot to push up the price of grain in Chang'an City, and was ready to throw away the food that had been hoarded in advance when it was not available, and make a lot of money to make up for the loss.
Li Huaitang and his person, even the name Li Huaitang, King Ning hated and feared, eager to eat his 'meat' and sleep on his skin, but he was afraid to see him again. The Shenlong Gang is an important source of wealth for him, and every year the Shenlong Gang contributes tens of thousands of yuan to him, Li Huaitang's trouble, the Shenlong Gang will definitely disappear, and then disappear with a large amount of wealth that should be contributed to him.
"Rubbish! What's the use of raising you? Lord Ning frantically vented his anger on a group of slaves, and when he was tired, he glared at Li Huaitang, and turned away hatefully.
When the prince left, Cui Xiyi waved his hand, and several entourages grabbed Wu Ren.
"Transit envoy, this is not appropriate, this person should be managed by my Henan Prefecture. Jiwen, what are you still doing? "Xiao Jiong desperately made his eyes 'color' at Ji Wen.
"No! This person has a lot at stake, and I'm going to try it myself! Cui Xiyi's attitude was quite resolute.
Taking advantage of Cui Xiyi's quarrel with Xiao Jiong, Ji Wen jumped forward and 'wanted' to snatch Wu Ren.
There was a panic, followed by a scream.
Wu Ren was stabbed, and a short knife was 'inserted' into his heart. Wu Ren pointed at Ji Wen angrily, his lips trembling slightly as if he was complaining.
Cui Xiyi was furious, he didn't expect Ji Wen to be so bold as to kill people in front of him.
"This thief is so fierce that he wants to take revenge on me with a knife, and I fought with him, and I hurt him by a momentary mistake." Geven's reasons are palpable.
Cui Xiyi sneered: "If you die, you will die, there is more than one person in the Shenlong Gang." Come! ”
Several of his attendants stepped forward to receive orders. Li Huaitang also stepped forward cheekily, and the previous hard work was for this harvest moment.
Seeing that Li Huaitang actually came to answer the order, Cui Xiyi smiled, but he did not refuse, there was no holy oracle, there was no order from the Ministry of War, he had no right to dispatch troops, and the only force that could be sent was the hundreds of food guards with him, to uproot the Shenlong Gang, his strength was definitely not enough, Li Huaitang's joining was exactly what he wanted, besides, Li Huaitang did him a big favor, and he had to be a favor.
"Charge the mountain carving into the city, order to close the city 'gate', and wipe out the Shenlong Gang!"
Xiao Jiong was shocked, he wasn't too worried at first, after all, Cui Xiyi's strength was weak, but Li Huaitang's addition made the situation take a turn for the worse. He hurriedly said: "I can't do it, I can't do it, this matter of arresting bandits should be the responsibility of the governor, how can you let the Hu people 'interfere'?" Wouldn't this move be a loss of face for my Datang? ”
Cui Xiyi smiled: "Who said that the general is an outsider?" His guards are the guards of Princess Broken Leaf, Princess Broken Leaf is my princess of the Tang Dynasty, why not serve the country? ”
"This?" Xiao Jiong was exhausted and anxious, this time he couldn't notify the Whistling Mountain Tiger in advance, Li Huaitang's command was full of cavalry, once the Whistling Mountain Tiger was caught, he considered whether to flee.
Cui Xiyi thought for a while, and then said, "Xiao Shaoyin is right. Then please trouble Captain Ji to go with me to arrest the bandits and eliminate a big harm for Luoyang! ”
Li Huaitang extended a thumbs up to Cui Xiyi. Lao Cui seems to be honest, but he is actually very cunning, his order directly pushed Ji Wen to the forefront of the 'waves', as long as Ji Wen appeared in the eyes of the Shenlong Gang with the army of raiding the house and destroying the 'door', even if he jumped into the Yellow River, he would not be able to clear the suspicion.
The Shenlong Gang is mainly concentrated in the three cities and all the casinos in Luoyang City, and after being confirmed one by one by the mountain carvings, the stronghold of the Shenlong Gang became fallen leaves under the autumn wind and was quickly destroyed.
Li Huaitang led his troops to Nanshi, which had the most "money" way, and he was joined by Cui Xiyi and Ji Wen.
In front of the 'gate' of Baishan, the old nest of the Shenlong Gang in Nanshi, Cui Xiyi and Ji Wen were fortunate to see what it was like a wolf and a tiger, and there was no greeting at all, and under an order, Li Huaitang's soldiers swarmed in, but they had a meticulous division of labor, some of them seized the commanding heights and dangerous places, some were vigilant, some were arrested, and some of them went straight to the 'den' of the Longtan Tiger, and the archers and crossbowmen used feather arrows to cooperate with the robe Ze to eliminate all those who dared to resist at a high place.
In recent years, the Shenlong Gang has snared many underworld figures and felons who have been arrested by the imperial court with a lot of money, most of them are outlaws and fierce criminals, and they are no worse than Li Huaitang's soldiers in terms of fighting alone, but in terms of cooperative combat, they are nothing.
Under the combined killing of feather arrows and scimitars, the more than 100 Shenlong Gang members who resisted stubbornly could not toss a ripple, and they were either killed or injured.
Changbai Mountain occupies a large area, the front half is a gambling house, and the second half is the mansion of the Whistling Mountain Tiger. The incident happened suddenly, but the desperate resistance of the gang bought enough time for the Whistling Tiger to escape, and he retreated to the back house, letting his men disperse through the back 'door', while he escaped over the wall with his henchman "Viper".
"Damn Geven! Inside and outside, I must break him into pieces! Climbing over the high walls of the house, the Whistling Tiger cursed hatefully.
The henchman "Viper" was also furious: "This thief must be an internal response, deceived our trust, and then led the officers and soldiers to kill, this time it is troublesome, I'm afraid that the dens in the city have already happened!" ”
The Whistling Mountain Tiger was stunned for a moment and shouted, "Not good! What about Wu Ren? He asked Jiwen to go to the prince's manor to 'hand' off, did he also have an accident? ”
Every time he encountered a problem, it was Wu Ren who gave advice to the Howling Mountain Tigers, and after leaving the first staff, he was a little unaccustomed to it and didn't know how to deal with the predicament in front of him.
"Helper, let's go and cut down this whole family of plague!" The viper's hands were bruised, and a scar on his face was twisted with anger, like an earthworm in pain.
"It's a pity you don't have a chance." A cold threat came from the corner of the alley, and every word was clearly drilled into the ears of the whistling tiger and viper.
At the end of the alley, a figure suddenly appeared, tall and mighty in the afterglow of the setting sun.
"You, who are you?" For more than ten years, he never knew how to write the words of fear, and today, at this moment, he felt scared for the first time, inexplicably afraid.
"Li Huaitang!" A resounding name made the Whistling Tiger and the Viper look at each other.
The viper gritted his teeth and waved his knife, "Help the master go quickly, I'll deal with this person!" ”
If it was in normal times, the Whistling Mountain Tiger was still interested in competing with Li Huaitang, but now he was panicking like a lost dog, where did he have the heart to fight with Li Huaitang, the viper volunteered, he pushed the boat down the river, turned around and fled towards the other end of the alley.
The Whistling Mountain Tiger didn't run a few steps before his ears heard the loud shouts and the clanging of swords behind him, and then, there was a scream, followed by the dull sound of a human body falling to the ground, and the sound source was not far from him. The Whistling Mountain Tiger couldn't help but look back, only to see the number one killer in the gang, "Viper", lying motionless on the ground, becoming an out-and-out "dead snake". And Li Huaitang stood a few steps away from the viper, staring indifferently at the howling tiger fleeing in embarrassment, and the thief looked like a hunter looking at his prey in despair.
"I'll fight with you!" The Whistling Mountain Tiger stopped fleeing and turned back to fight with Li Huaitang. It's not that he's brave, it's that in front of him, at the other end of the alley, several crossbowmen are waiting for him to moths to fight the fire, and instead of hitting the crossbow arrows, it is better to turn around and try his luck, although he also thinks that his martial arts are inferior to the viper.
The luck of the Whistling Mountain Tiger is not very good, and the encounter with the viper is the same, after touching the knife, he also wants to raise his foot to attack the opponent, however, just when he is about to succeed, the opponent's heavy kick really acts on his lower abdomen, the first time in his life, and the last time he tasted the taste of riding an earthplane in his life, the feeling of flying is good, but it hurts too much, and then? And then he didn't know either......
The results of the Shenlong Gang's operation for more than ten years are terrifying, and there are hundreds of thousands of treasures hidden in the mansion of the Whistling Mountain Tiger, of course, Li Huaitang can't take it all by himself, he only gets tens of thousands of guan, and the rest belongs to the government.
Li Huaitang is also interested in screening and catching the fish that have slipped through the net, the hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, he can walk away, but he is worried that the remnants of the Shenlong Gang will threaten his unpassed 'door' wife and the little 'jade' ring, so he is particularly concerned. While the soldiers went to count their fortunes, he stood on the second floor of the gambling hall, staring coldly at the hundreds of detained gamblers, who might not be 'mixed' with the bandits of the Shenlong Gang.
In order to make meritorious service and survive, he became a "traitor" of the Shenlong Gang, he is a middle-level member of the Shenlong Gang, knows all the important members, and even most of the small leaders are his wine "meat" of the "friend".
As the bandits were arrested one by one, Li Huaitang gradually reassured. The screening was completed, the innocent gamblers were let go, and one by one walked out of the big 'door'.
"Huh? This person is a little familiar! Hu Yijian suddenly 'inserted' his mouth, and just now a figure with his head bowed over the 'door' threshold caught his attention. The man glanced up intentionally or unintentionally before going out, his eyes met Hu Yijian and then flickered back, and then hurriedly walked out of the big 'door' of the gambling hall.
Li Huaitang looked at Hu Yijian curiously, and said jokingly: "We are new to the city, what acquaintances can we have?" Didn't you see your father-in-law? Be careful that Xue Xiaoniang beats you up! ”
Hu Yijian stretched out his brow that was frowning from searching for his memories and smiled awkwardly. For some reason, Xue Hui, who was rescued from the East Gate, was obviously interested in Hu Yijian, and Li Huaitang knew about it.
How to deal with the bandits of the Shenlong Gang has Cui Xiyi's own 'worry', and seeing that there is nothing wrong, Li Huaitang went back to the back house of the Whistling Mountain Tiger to count the money.
Among the treasures of the mountains, the 'shrewd' soldiers took as much gold and silver as possible, and the government cared more about Kaiyuan Tongbao and white silk, both of which were hard currency of the Tang Dynasty.
Assigned to Li Huaitang were tens of thousands of copper coins and all the gold and silver and gold and silver devices. Gold and silver are of high value, much lighter than copper coins of the same value. Li Huaitang weighed the gold and silver items in front of him with satisfaction, and Lei Hu, who was smiling toothless, picked up a small silver scimitar, handed it to Li Huaitang, and said, "General, this small silver knife is beautiful and 'fine', and it is the most suitable for Mrs. ”
From the outside, it looked like a knife used by the nobles to cut 'meat' and eat it. Li Huaitang took the small scimitar and gently 'pulled' out the blade, his expression suddenly seemed to be like seeing things and thinking about people, and he remembered the past.
"Xiao Fenniang also has a scimitar like this." Li Huaitang sighed and muttered to himself.
"Little Fen Niang? Yes! It's him! It's Qin Jiegao! Hu Yijian suddenly shouted frantically.
Li Huaitang was stunned and asked nervously, "What did you say?" ”
"General, just now I said that the familiar person I saw was Qin Jiegao, it must be him!" Hu Yijian patted his head in annoyance and regret.
"Chase!" Li Huaitang took the lead in rushing out.
Luoyang City has a permanent population of hundreds of thousands, if you want to dodge, looking for it is like looking for a needle in a haystack, Li Huaitang's pursuit is obviously too late, and the person suspected of being Qin Jiegao has already melted into the vast sea of people and is nowhere to be found. Please keep in mind the URL, if you like "War Owl in Tang" written by the wolf under the moon