Chapter 565: Set off in advance to set up an ambush
Zhou Yu and Qi Changkong have no flaws, but their helpers do, and the helpers should be Nanjing natives or permanent residents of Nanzhili, otherwise it is impossible to know Zhang Mansion so well, let alone provide such thoughtful help to Qi Changkong!
They may not be afraid of the people of the government, but Nanjing City is densely populated and is the capital of the city, once the sea fishing documents are sent out, coupled with Li Mi's realistic portraits, they can only hide in the dark, and it is impossible to act during the day!
Wang Shiqiao and the officials hurriedly reported, and many official offices also took action, after all, although Zhang Dingsi has stepped down, but in the end, he is a big man in the literary world, and the government can't ignore it.
What's more, these people dare to kill officials, who knows if they will kill other officials again, it is not about themselves, they can hang it high, but when it comes to life and death, the efficiency of these officials is too high.
Li Mi and the others returned to Wang's house, and after a night, just after dawn the next day, Li Mi was about to leave.
Not only Wang Shiqiao, but even Liu Zhibei and others were very surprised, because the pursuit of Zhou Yu and Qi Changkong had just begun!
Faced with the doubts of Liu Zhibei and others, Li Mi shook his head and said with a wry smile: "There are hundreds of thousands of people in Nanjing City, even if the people from the government pour out, how sure can they catch them?" ”
When Li Mi said this, everyone was also a little stunned, they thought that Li Mi had a plan in his heart, because in their opinion, Li Mi seemed to be omnipotent, even if in the process of pursuit, Zhou Yu's traces were lost three or four times, but Li Mi could always find another way to catch up again.
But now that Li Mi said this, it is inevitable that people will be a little frustrated, and there is really no good way to come to Li Mi.
"Right now, all the power of the government is sprinkled into Jinling City, even if you can't catch them, at least you can get some news or clues, right?" Sarufei Sasuke was also puzzled by Li Mi's statement.
However, Suo Changsheng knew Li Mi too well, and asked Li Mi at this time: "Or did Brother Li never think that he could rely on the government to arrest them from the beginning?" ”
Li Mi looked at Suo Changsheng, and he didn't sell Guanzi, and said to everyone: "Yes, I really don't have much hope for the government, and the reason why I painted the pictures is not to arrest them, but to temporarily drag them in Nanjing City." ”
"Hold them back?"
"Well, since you can't catch them, then let them jump out on their own!" Li Mi said this, but everyone shook their heads.
Because it is impossible to let Zhou Yu and Qi Changkong take the initiative to surrender, it is even more unlikely that they will jump in front of Li Mi!
Li Mi said to everyone: "We have chased from Luzhou Mansion to Taiping Mansion, and now we are chasing Tianfu, it can be seen that Zhou Yu's general route is to go north from the waterway, so which way will he take next?" ”
Liu Zhibei is the most familiar with geography, but when it comes to waterways, it is naturally the black shark who knows better, and seeing that everyone turned their eyes to him, the black shark blushed a little, and it took a long time to open his mouth, but he was stuck back by a mouthful of phlegm, which was also quite embarrassing.
Everyone couldn't cry or laugh, the black shark's face was even redder, he coughed twice, cleared his throat, and then analyzed: "Yingtianfu is Zhenjiang Mansion to the east, Yangzhou Mansion to the northeast, and Fengyang Mansion to the northwest, but Fengyang Mansion is too far away, and the waterway is not as good as Zhenjiang and Yangzhou, so it seems that it is more likely to go to Yangzhou Mansion...... Yangzhou has a Grand Canal, which can go directly to the capital! ”
Everyone listened to the analysis, and they also admired the black shark, the ancient times were not comparable to the later generations, there was no map, and it all relied on the experience of walking, which was also one of the reasons why Li Mi wanted to take the black shark.
Liu Zhibei pondered for a moment, and asked Li Mi: "Even if they know that their next destination is Yangzhou, Yangzhou Mansion is larger than Ying Tianfu, and the population is comparable, three religions and nine streams, dragons and snakes are mixed, Ying Tianfu is the accompanying capital, and the official mansion can't be caught when it comes out, why does Lord Li think that they can intercept them when they arrive in Yangzhou Mansion?" ”
Liu Zhibei can be said to be the chief think tank, and he is also well-known in the martial arts of the rivers and lakes, and he also provided indispensable help for this hunt, and his opinions are very respected and recognized by everyone.
Many times, even when Li Mi disagreed with him, he would give priority to Liu Zhibei's opinion.
However, Li Mi thought about this question for a night, and took the opportunity to inquire about it at Zhang's house, and confirmed it at Wang Shiqiao's house.
Yangzhou Mansion does have a similar difficulty in arresting Ying Tianfu, but Yangzhou Mansion also has similarities with Ying Tianfu, or something in common!
"Because there is someone in Yangzhou Mansion that Qi Changkong wants to kill, or his second object!"
"Qi Changkong's second target is in Yangzhou Mansion?" Liu Zhibei and the others were also surprised, because this was something that everyone had never expected!
Although they already knew that Qi Changkong would continue to kill, but they had no clue about the next target, if it was determined that the next target was in Yangzhou, then Li Mi used the power of Ying Tianfu to exert pressure and let Zhou Yu and the others stay in Ying Tianfu, they rushed to Yangzhou Mansion first, and used the target person as bait, wouldn't they be able to catch turtles in the urn!
No wonder Li Mi wanted such fanfare, it turned out that it was not for the pursuit, because the pursuit was not realistic at all, he just wanted to delay the time for Zhou Yu and the others to leave!
"Who is that person in Yangzhou Mansion?" Liu Zhibei couldn't wait to ask, but Li Mi sold a pass, not because he didn't trust the brothers, but because the fewer people who knew about this matter, the better.
These brothers are trustworthy, no one will have the heart to leak secrets, but there is no impermeable wall in the world, if it is an unintentional mistake, let Zhou Yu and the two know the movement, the plan will be a complete failure, and if you want to turn back and arrest Zhou Yu and Qi Changkong, it will be even more impossible.
"When we arrive, let's hurry up, bother Big Black Shark to work out the waterway, and rush to Yangzhou Mansion as soon as possible, if you want to catch Zhou Yu, you have to do a lot of layout ...... in advance."
Li Mi refused to say, Liu Zhibei was not reluctant, and everyone had always obeyed Li Mi's words, so he hurriedly left Wang Shiqiao and went to Yangzhou Mansion.
If it were someone else, he might not be able to think of the second target candidate, but Li Mi knew Qi Changkong too well, so he was sure that the second candidate must be in Yangzhou!
Although Qi Changkong lives in the slums around Yaxing, he has always kept clean, whether it is clothing, living habits, or how he behaves in the world, it can be said that he has a cleanliness habit and obsessive-compulsive disorder both physically and psychologically.
So he will naturally kill people one by one, Zhang Dingsi is the one who takes the lead, and it is Qi Jiguang who he took the lead in impeaching, so the next person to be killed is the second person to lead the impeachment!
The second person who took the lead in impeaching Qi Jiguang was after Qi Jiguang suffered his first dethronement, and he still did not give up, and the person who continued to lead the impeachment was also in the Six Branches, named Zhang Xigao!
Zhang Dingsi impeached Qi Jiguang for the first time in the tenth year of Wanli, believing that Qi Jiguang was not suitable for the north, so Qi Jiguang was transferred to Guangdong.
And after a lapse of three years, Zhang Xigao is still not at ease, and he once again took the lead in impeaching Qi Jiguang with remarks such as high merit and shocking the master, and this impeachment directly led to Qi Jiguang being deposed as the people, and finally died of depression.
It can be said that Zhang Xigao is even more hateful than this Zhang Dingsi, if you want to take revenge, the first one to kill is naturally the most hateful.
But Qi Changkong is limited by the order of geographical location, and secondly, he has obsessive-compulsive disorder, he must kill these people in chronological order, then the only one who is most likely to become the second target is Zhang Xigao!
This person is currently in Yangzhou Mansion, and based on geographical or psychological considerations, Qi Changkong will inevitably choose this person as a target!
Yangzhou is the land of flowers, which has never been neglected since ancient times, with the fragrance of daughters wafting in the air and carmine flowing in the river, it is simply a paradise on earth.
However, Li Mi and the others did not have time to enjoy this prosperity and luxury, and after arriving in Yangzhou Mansion, they began to inquire about Zhang Xigao's residence.
Such an official face does not need Liu Zhibei to inquire secretly, Li Mi's identity as a martial artist is good enough, and he went to the official mansion to show the gold medal, and quickly asked.
The people in the government even offered to help, hoping to give Li Mi some guides or slaves or the like, but Li Mi always refused.
Li Mi didn't want Zhou Yu and the others to notice in advance, these people in the government were too big and their goals were too obvious, so they could only do bad things with good intentions.
However, after arriving at Zhang Xigao's residence, everyone was inevitably surprised, because it was very different from Zhang Dingsi's family business, Zhang Xigao was very light, and he had the style of retreating to the mountains and forests.
Some of the layouts still have obvious traces, such as the vegetable patch at the back of the yard, etc., which are estimated to be just for self-cultivation, and they should be without food and clothing.
After everyone arrived at the place, Li Mi thought about it, and then said to everyone: "You stay, explore around, familiarize yourself with the environment, see where you can set up an ambush, figure out the path in and out, I will go talk to Zhang Xigao and strive for his cooperation." ”
After Li Mi's order, everyone acted separately, Sarufei Sasuke is a good hand at setting up ambushes, as the first ninja of Jiahe Stream, as long as he is given enough time to prepare, he can lay a net of heaven and earth, I am afraid that Li Mi's estimation is wrong, if Zhou Yu and Qi Changkong do not come, everything will be in vain, and it will be difficult to pursue these two people in the future.
Li Mi thought about it, handed over the saber and others to Zhen Mi, but he was light and walked to the front of the chaimen.
This inevitably reminded him of the incident of visiting Jiang Taiyi earlier, time flies, four or five years have passed like this, he was just a catcher at the beginning, but now he is already a martial arts uncle, although he is only an earl who was excluded from the court, but it is enough to make Li Mi feel a lot of emotion.
Zhang Xigao's courtyard is also really quiet, and it can be seen that there are often people carefully taking care of it, and there are a lot of flowers and plants planted on both sides of the path, which is very tranquil.
Li Mi had never seen Zhang Xigao, and when he inquired in Yangzhou Mansion, he didn't dare to ask too much, but at this time he saw that there was indeed an old man in the courtyard, some short and black and thin, his beard was trimmed beautifully, his hair bun was not messy, and he was in good spirits, sprinkling broken rice, feeding a few chickens like yellow flowers.
"But Zhang Xigao and Zhang Kedao in person?" Li Mi asked through the chai door, and the old man glanced out and replied lightly: "You have found the wrong person, go and ask elsewhere." ”
In response, he continued to feed the chickens, as if Li Mi had never been there.
However, Li Mi did not leave, but pushed open the chai door and walked into the courtyard.
Zhang Xigao frowned, glanced at Li Mi up and down, his face was extremely ugly, and he said sharply: "You are trespassing on a private house, and you can't get a lawsuit if you want to!" ”
Li Mi looked at this very old-fashioned and stubborn old man, and asked in a low voice: "Zhang Kedao impeached Qi Shuai back then, so that Qi Shuai died of depression, can he sleep at night now?" ”
When Zhang Xigao heard this, his face suddenly turned pale!