Seeing the craftsmen, He Xiaomi immediately pinched his nose, the clothes on their bodies just barely covered the most sensitive parts, and they chose a palm-sized place at random, if there were no holes or patches, it was impossible, and the clothes emitted an unpleasant sour smell, obviously they hadn't washed it for a long time, or they didn't dare to wash it at all, just rub it a few times, and the clothes may be about to "disappear".

The hair is dry and bent, not only loses its due luster, but also sticks to a lot of dust, I don't know if it's dirt or dust, the face has just been washed with water, but the skin is rough and can't see the normal emotion, one by one numbness and sluggishness, only the eyeballs or a roll.

Seeing Li Zicheng and the others coming, they just glanced at it, and their faces quickly returned to their inherent indifference.

If these people are put on the street, I am afraid that the beggars will not want them.

Li Zicheng's nose was sour, but he soon returned to normal, this is Daming, and his previous life was not much better than them.

Shen Dao stood in front of the craftsmen and shouted, "This is Lord Li, why don't you come to see you?" ”

"The grass people knock to meet the adults!"

The voice was neither high nor low, cold and without any human emotion, absolutely stylized, and the person behind him took two steps forward, grabbed the front of the crowd, and knelt down in front of Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng was stunned: Is this to make me see the torn clothes more clearly? Looking up, there are almost no raw materials in the clothes in the audience, and there is no difference between superior and inferior.

The man raised his head slightly, the corner of his eye rolled upward, and suddenly he took two steps forward, and at the same time pulled out a short knife from his cuff and stabbed it at Li Zicheng's heart.

The short knife was no more than half a foot long, but it was extremely sharp, and the cold air was pressing, and everyone only felt that the blue light flashed in front of them, and the short knife was already approaching Li Zicheng's chest.

Li Zicheng retreated sharply like a conditioned reflex, and the craftsman he observed just now was more concentrated, so he was not slow to react, and just avoided the tip of the knife.

The craftsman missed a blow, and in a hurry, he opened his eyes and pounced on his body, completely in a desperate posture, the blue light flashed, and the short knife had caught up with Li Zicheng's chest.

Li Zicheng's body was unstable, and if he wanted to retreat again, he was bound to fall, so he instinctively raised his right leg and kicked forward.

The toe was in the right arm of the craftsman, his right arm was crooked, and the short knife almost slid past Li Zicheng's left belt, at this time, He Xiaomi, who was standing next to Li Zicheng, was the first to react, he didn't have time to draw the knife, he took a sharp step, hit the craftsman with his shoulder, and shouted: "Protect your lord!" ”

The craftsman pounced on Li Zicheng, who was already unstable, was hit by He Xiaomi, and immediately tilted to the side, and the short knife in his hand also flew away.

Only then did the soldiers react and spontaneously split into two groups, one group guarded Li Zicheng's side, and the other group pounced on the craftsman like a hungry wolf, crushing him to the ground.

He Xiaomi didn't have time to get up, rolled and pounced on the craftsman, while pulling out his waist knife, "Suffer death, dare to stab the adult!" ”

"Xiaomi, stop!" Li Zicheng was out of danger at this moment, glanced at all the craftsmen, and slowly picked up the assassin's short knife, his eyes flashing with a sneer.

He Mi turned over, pointed his waist knife at the assassin, his eyes swept around, but he said, "My lord? ”

"Tie it up!" Li Zicheng swept the short knife, and a layer of frost suddenly formed on his face.

The soldiers hurriedly tied the assassin firmly before bringing it to Li Zicheng, "My lord? ”

Li Zicheng stared at the assassin's gaze, and suddenly asked for a long time, "Who instructed you?" ”

"I didn't ...... Nobody, I'm going to kill you! The Assassin was unprepared at first, almost startled, and returned to normal in an instant.

Li Zicheng wondered if he had no acquaintances in Xining, let alone enemies, and that the assassin was obviously lying, or did he have relatives who had been killed or injured in the recent battle? So he asked, "Do you know who I am?" ”

"You are Li Zicheng, who doesn't know that you are a senior official in Weili?" The assassin tilted his neck and looked at Li Zicheng defiantly.

"He Xiaomi," Li Zicheng shouted, "immediately ask Lord Liang to come and see me." ”

"Yes!" He Xiaomi also responded loudly, and with a finger of his hand, the two pro-soldiers immediately ran towards the training ground.

"My lord......" Shen Dao only fully woke up at this time, he seemed to have a nightmare, and his forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat.

The craftsman was brought by him, Li Zicheng was assassinated, he absolutely couldn't get out of it, although Li Zicheng resolved the danger without danger, but in anger, he settled the account after the autumn and ...... himself He trembled and paced towards Li Zicheng's side.

He Xiaomi showed his waist knife and blocked Shen Dao ten steps away.

Shen Dao was even more surprised, and his face showed a pleading look, "My lord, my subordinates really don't know ......."

At this time, Liang Wencheng had already arrived, and when he heard that Li Zicheng had been assassinated, he immediately trotted over, and when he saw that Li Zicheng was fine, he calmed down, "Zicheng, how is it?" ”

"It's okay, the murderer has already been punished," Li Zicheng chuckled, "Lord Liang, come to the door quickly, and invite the eight chiefs of the guard without delay, Ao, Lord Shen is already here, so there is no need to invite, Lord Du is not in Xining, don't worry about it for the time being." ”

"Self-contained?" Liang Wencheng looked at Li Zicheng and seemed puzzled.

"Lord Liang, be polite to a few adults, I want them to see the good show."

Liang Wencheng nodded, turned around, and He Mi hurriedly said, "My lord, do you want to block the city gate?" ”

"No," Li Zicheng said in a loud voice, "bring the assassins into the small hall, I will interrogate them personally, and in addition, bring these craftsmen into the back office, and serve some tea and some pastries, so that they can be appeased, if you scare them, I will only ask!" ”

"Yes!" He Xiaoxiao hurriedly assigned the task to the two personal soldiers, and he was by Li Zicheng's side, and when there was an assassin's incident, he didn't dare to leave the adult for half a step.

Li Zicheng stretched out his hand to Shen Dao and signaled: "Since Lord Shen is here, come with me to interrogate the assassin, so that you can exonerate yourself!" ”

"Your Excellency...... I ......" Shen Dao still wanted to explain, but Li Zicheng was already ready to interrogate the assassin by himself, and it would be superfluous to explain again, so he had to bow down and follow Li Zicheng, "Subordinates obey the orders of the adults!" ”

In the small hall next to the study, the tea brewed for Sun Lin just now had not yet been cleaned up, Li Zicheng sat on the main seat, Shen Dao sat down five steps away from Li Zicheng's side, He Xiaomi and two personal soldiers surrounded Li Zicheng's side, and even Shen Dao was separated, and the assassin just now was kneeling at Li Zicheng's feet at the moment.

"What's your name?"

"Everyone knows that my name is Cao Jian!" Cao Jian raised his neck, but he didn't look at Li Zicheng.

"Who told you to assassinate me?"

"There is no one else, I am coming." Cao Jian's figure didn't move, he just turned his eyes to look at Li Zicheng in front of him, and his eyeballs quickly returned to their original positions.

"Why did you assassinate me?"

"You dog officials, eat well, dress warmly, and have a group of wives and concubines," Cao Jian suddenly seemed to be crazy, his eyes were round, his pupils were bloodshot, the muscles on his face trembled slightly, and his nose was rapidly open, "But, dog officer, look at us, look at our clothes......" He first pointed to his body, and when he was emotional, he wanted to stand up and approach Li Zicheng.

The soldiers kicked him down, "Dare to scold us!" ”

Li Zicheng waved his hand, and the soldiers pulled him up and forcibly knelt on the ground, Cao Jian twisted a few times, struggling to get out, but his breathing was rapid, and from the broken clothes, he could see that his belly was rising and falling violently.

Li Zicheng waited for him to calm down a little, and then asked, "Do you know that I asked Lord Shen to bring you here, just to work for you, so that you can get paid, so as to improve your own life." ”

It's okay not to mention, Cao Jian's eyes almost broke through when he heard this, if it weren't for his own soldiers desperately holding it down, he would have pounced on Li Zicheng again, "I just believed in you dog officials, so I stayed and didn't escape, I'm thirty years old, and now I'm so poor that I can't even marry my mother-in-law...... Whining...... My parents ...... They don't blink to death...... Woohoo......"

Such a strong man cried in the court, Li Zicheng eliminated his hatred, and wanted to comfort him a few words, but at this time, comfort will definitely not work, besides, Cao Jian's parents should be no longer alive, and some things can no longer be compensated.

Except for Cao Jian, the small hall was quiet for a while, Li Zicheng's eyes swept away, Shen Dao also lowered his head slightly, Cao Jian wiped away his tears with the corner of his clothes, and became whimpering.

Li Zicheng said slowly: "Cao Jian, have you seen me in Weili before?" ”

Cao Jian raised his misty eyes, looked at Li Zicheng carefully, seemed not very convinced, wiped his tears from the corners of his clothes, and finally shook his head.

Li Zicheng's voice was not hurried, as if it came from outside the sky, "I, like you, am also alone, coming to Xining from Ganzhou ......"

"You're an adult, how can you be alone? You are lying, deceiving us small people......" Cao Jian didn't believe it, but he didn't get emotional anymore, he just stared at Li Zicheng as a prey with eyes like a hungry wolf.

Li Zicheng's voice was still calm and upright, "Is it necessary for me to deceive you?" You're an assassin, and I could kill them in one fell swoop. ”

"Then you ......"

"Cao Jian, I am also a victim of Xiningwei, I am a soldier, but I have no food, so I can only fight hungry, so I ...... So we attacked and occupied Xining with knives and guns. ”

"Occupy Xining? Could it be the explosion the night before yesterday...... Did you capture Xining? Cao Jian's eyes lit up at first, spreading into several rainbows, but they were extinguished in an instant, "You occupy Xining, isn't it the same?" ”

"It's different," is about to succeed, Li Zicheng encouraged himself in his heart, steady, don't fall short, "We attacked and occupied Xining, not only for ourselves, but also for all the people who can't live their lives, in the past two days, have you seen people killed and set fire in the city?" Have you seen robbery and thieves rampant in the city? ”

"No," Cao Jian was thinking, and Li Zicheng could only answer by himself, "It's only been two days, and I'll let Lord Shen find you, just because I know that you are having a hard time, and I want to help you, give you a job, and let you get paid, otherwise, we can completely ignore you as before." ”

"You guys really ......"

"Again, what's in it for me to deceive you - you're so poor that you only have half a pair of pants left, what else can you cheat?"

"Your Excellency...... Grass Folk ...... Really ......"

"I don't blame you, you just don't know the truth, the real assassin is the one who commanded you," Li Zicheng shook his head slowly, his eyes closed slightly, and he inadvertently moved away from Cao Jian's face, "Now you can tell me, who is behind the scenes, right?" ”