Chapter 49: A Good Friend and a Ladder

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The two who left the capital rode on horseback, one after the other. Hai Wuxian looked at Tie Pear Blossom who was getting farther and farther away, opened his mouth, didn't know what to say, and let Tie Pear Flower spur the crutch under his crotch.

Tie Lihua only realized that something was wrong after rushing for a while, and after stopping and waiting for a while, she saw Hai Wuxian catching up slowly.

"What's the matter with you! Li Zhutou was injured and poisoned because of you, this time to arrest the strange doctor, you don't know how to be grateful, why are you still holding me back so slowly? ”

"I just wanted to warn you that you're on the wrong track!"

"You're ......! Why not say it sooner! ”

"As soon as I left the capital, I wanted to remind, who knew you were so fast!"

"Then you don't know how to shout?"

"I also thought about shouting, but I'm also curious about where you want to go to catch Fang Zhiqiu."

"You know?"

In the face of Tie Lihua's nonsense, Hai Wuxian doesn't want to deal with her, if you don't know, I will remind you to take the wrong path? Hai Wuxian grabbed the reins and turned behind the horse and said, "I asked Pei Er yesterday, and there was a trace of the other party outside the gate. ”

After returning to the road to Guanwai, the two of them were also one in front of the other, but at this time it was Hai Wuxian who was in front. Tie Lihua followed behind a little anxiously, knocked on the crutches under her crotch, and after being on a par with Hai Wuxian, she asked, "What's wrong?" It's been rerouted, why are you still so inked! ”

"What are you anxious about?"

"Can you not be in a hurry? Didn't you listen to what the imperial doctor said when he took the pulse of Li Zhutou? A strange poison that has not been seen for a hundred years, except for Fang Zhiqiu, who was famous in the apricot forest, no one can solve it! Aside from the distance from here to the outside of the pass, there is not much time left, you are so slow, can Li Zhutou hold on for so long? In addition to being a little anxious, Tie Lihua's tone was full of disappointment with Hai Wuxian's character.

"Strange poison? As the imperial doctor said, after we found the barefoot doctor surnamed Fang, Li Candle's body was cold. Do you really believe it? ”

"What do you mean?"

"What do you mean, think about it with your little brain that is not deep in the world! After the imperial doctor in the palace finished speaking, what was Wei Yong's reaction? Curse the apprentice to die early, and Wei Yong is standing so stupidly? There is also the chief eunuch surnamed Feng, who is chattering. One look at it you knows that there are no good birds! Wei Yong was not in a hurry to find another doctor, and then showed Li Zhu a look, but he was busy assigning the strongest troops of the Zhenfu Division, this is obviously a bureau, maybe something bad is holding back! ”

Tie Lihua didn't pay attention to Hai Wuxian's boastful words behind her, but paid attention to the key point of what the other party said: "You mean that the poison in Li Zhu's head is pretended?" ”

"Not really, the poison is real."

"One will be true, one will be fake, what the hell is going on! How do you know if poison is real? ”

"The assassin has already assassinated once, you think I will stupidly wait for the other party to assassinate again, of course it was planned!"

Tie Lihua looked at each other, wondering what was going on with this matter.

Hai Wuxian didn't want to say it, but he couldn't bear the other party's face when he was going to ask to the end, so he explained: "The assassin's target outside Xiangyang City for the first time was Chen Xiu, probably a veteran, he didn't succeed once and didn't rush the second time, and then you and Yan Chong came, and the other party was not sure, so there was no danger along the way." After returning to the capital, I asked Pei Er about the Assassins. ”

Hai Wuxian paused and continued: "Assassins are generally organized, and there are not many masters who can shoot four arrows in a row, so it doesn't sound difficult to fight, but Pei Er didn't say much about the specific path. But since I'm an assassin, what I do is to collect money from people and eliminate disasters, so I also paid for the assassin. ”

"Are you stupid? Since the assassins want to kill you, you still pay to hire you, this is stupid! Didn't the assassins assassinate you like that? Tie Lihua sneered on the side.

"Who said the Assassins were targeting me? I was injured by mistake because of Chen Xiu! Besides, wealth can be channeled! How do you know my money is in vain? ”

"No flowers in vain, the assassins are still coming to kill you?"

"Can't I hire someone to assassinate myself?"

"Are you sick? Who would pay a murderer to take his own life? ”

"Acting! Do you understand? Acting! If the assassin pretends to be an assassin, I'll let the golden cicada come out of its shell and do my own thing! ”

Tie Lihua didn't ask Hai Wuxian much about his private affairs, but continued to ask about the strange poison: "What kind of poison is in Li Zhutou?" ”

"I don't know!"

"Don't know? The assassin you hired, you don't know what poison it is? ”

"The Assassins were hired by me, but they didn't say they were going to poison the arrows. I guess someone else wants my life, and the assassin collects two pieces of money for one target, which is really a lot of money! ”

"Since you don't know what poison it is, then why do you dare to say that Li Zhutou is fine?"

"Are you really stupid? Didn't I tell you all before, Wei Yong's reaction means that Li Zhu is fine! If we really fall for some incomprehensible poison, will we be sent out? Think about it, if the assassins go to the Zhenfu Division again, or if something big happens in the capital, send the two of us out, and hurt the foundation of the Zhenfu Division? ”

Tie Lihua thought about it seriously, it is true that as the other party said, she and he are both new head catchers, and this time she was dispatched, and the Zhenfu Division was nothing more than the situation of the previous two years, and there was no change.

When Hai Wuxian saw Tie Lihua thinking about things, he knew that the other party was bluffed by him, otherwise with Tie Lihua's appearance just now, it was clear that he was going to return to the capital soon. Hai Wuxian didn't want to die in the capital, the assassin had just finished assassinating, and at this time, Hai Wuxian couldn't wait to stay away from the capital.

"In that case, why do you have to send you and me out of Beijing?"

"Before the palace sent someone to the Zhenfu Division, could Wei Yong have this thought? Probably what the above wants to do, you need to use the strength reduction of the Suppression Division to distract your attention! How the hell did you become a head catcher? ”

"My father said that man will conquer heaven!"

"You mean you've worked hard to become a head catcher?"

"I used to think that human life was predestined, but I really didn't expect that someone could talk about heaven to death!"

Is it talking to you? Isn't that what you've been asking? Hai Wuxian was wronged undeservedly, and he didn't want to speak. It's really a person who knows the face but doesn't know the heart, this woman is too vicious, Hai Wuxian twisted his face to the side, not wanting to look at her.

"By the way, where did you get the money to hire the Assassins?"

"Is money a problem for me?"

"Isn't it?"

"Of course not, money is the answer!"

"And how did you get the answer?"

"From Pei'er!"

Tie Lihua was immediately shocked by Hai Wuxian, and looked at each other with admiration, as if she wanted to ask, "How did you get such a good friend?" Hai Wuxian didn't care about this, but just grabbed the reins in his hand tighter!

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"Your Majesty, Lord Wei sent Hai Wuxian and the Tie Family Girl out." In the imperial study, Feng An told him about the big and small things that happened in the capital after the early dynasty.

"As my henchman, Wei Yong did a good job. Presumably, I sent you to the Pacification Division to appease you before, so that Wei Qing's family could see my thoughts. That's fine, since I have decided to pay attention to measuring the courtiers, Tie Qing's death should not be investigated. At this time, the transfer of Hai Wuxian and the Tie Family Girl was a stroke of genius. ”

"Your Majesty, in this way, wouldn't the Iron God's plan before his death be in vain? You've been waiting for this opportunity to take the power back into your hands! ”

"Feng An, think more about it from afar. It is true that Tie Qing has contributed a lot to consolidating my royal power, but at this time and that time, look at Ge Zhongshu who I personally supported before, a Shangshu of the military department, how long has he been in power? Your celebrant has found evidence that he took bribes! If I hadn't used him again, I would have cut this person with a thousand knives! ”

"Your Majesty said yes!" Feng An, as the head of the ceremonial supervisor, could not escape the eyes and ears of the ceremonial supervisor in the big and small things in the capital, and at the beginning of the contact between the military department Shangshu Ge Zhongshu and Qi Yanping, Feng An told the news to the little emperor.

"From Ge Zhongshu, I can also see that the atmosphere of the court is accustomed to these so-called mainstays, and the courtiers in the court, from the civil ministers to the military ministers, have a clean net worth? When I was young and ignorant, I thought that by conspiring with Tie Qing to get rid of these moths from the court, I would be able to sweep away this devastated corrupt official. The little emperor became more and more angry, and his face was as angry as eggplant skin, and he was panting heavily......

"Your Majesty is angry!" Seeing this, Feng An quickly knelt down and pleaded guilty.

"Get up, I'm really not angry at you, it has nothing to do with you! Tie Qing made a lot of contributions to the Great Wei back then. What you said before also makes sense, the power still has to be taken back, otherwise wouldn't it be a loss of Tie Qing's blood back then? Not now, though. Facing up this morning, you also saw it, the two old guys from the Ministry of Officials and Works, face to face, are about to kiss each other, dead or alive, they just don't do anything, bullshit literati bones. I saw that Li Hanlin's spitting stars were splashed on Xu Zuodeng's face, and I could still endure it. In the final analysis, all the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are in concert to guard against me! ”

"And Master Tang, a lot of age. also meddled in the affairs of the court, clearly wanting to talk about the prime minister's case, but in fact, it was not a change of law to stop the quarrel between the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Officials? If Wei Qing hadn't dragged the topic to the assassin, I'm afraid that Tang Taishi would have gone straight up the pole and really put that cousin of mine to death. ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!" Feng An immediately slapped a lot of sycophants.

"Before the wind in the court has completely tilted to my side, we can't interrupt the hostile relationship between the courtiers, no matter who killed Tie Qing back then, this case can't be traced down at this time, although the current court situation is not what I want, but it is carefully maintained, and it will always give me more time. Hai Wuxian is Tie Qing's disciple, his words ......"

Li Zhen habitually bent his two fingers together and knocked on the desk. Hai Wuxian, as a disciple of Tie Zhengsha, visited the Blood Prison many times as the emperor, but he kept silent about Tie Zhengsha's plan at the beginning, which shows that with the character of the other party, he will not easily give up investigating the truth of Tie Zhengsha's death.

"Feng An, do you remember the last time outside the rouge shop, the merchant opposite told the guys?" Li Zhen suddenly asked Feng An.

"Back to Your Majesty, but about the ladder?"

"Yes, yes, yes! What did the merchant say? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, what the merchant said is: When the ladder is not in use, put it horizontally!"

"Yes, yes, yes! That's it, put it horizontally! Sideways! Feng An, you go and send someone to spy on Hai Wuxian and the others, delay them as much as possible, and let them track down Fang Zhiqiu outside the customs for a longer time! ”

"No! The old slave will go down and make arrangements. ”