In front of the vegetable market in Middle East City, nearly 100 prisoners knelt on the ground, and behind them were the executioners, just waiting for the order of the prison officer to behead these traitors who colluded with the Turks. The onlookers looked at these ordinary and majestic figures, their eyes were full of disdain, they cursed loudly, and even worse, they picked up the stone and smashed it directly at the kneeling prisoner.

On the tower of the city, Li Ang looked at the law field under his feet, and sighed in his heart Xia Yu's decisiveness, this Yunzhong Taishou still had the idea of not caring about everything at the beginning, but as soon as he saw that the three merchants had violated the imperial prohibition, he immediately turned his face ruthlessly, but in just three days, the merchants who had done forbidden business with the Turks in the city were arrested.

The soul-destroying drum sounded, and after forty-nine rings, the executioner's ghost-headed knife would fall, and nearly a hundred great heads would be cut off and hung on the city wall for public display. 'What a wrongful death! Leon's brow furrowed, but many of those who were to die did not die for their crimes, but were merely scapegoats.

Peng Cheng looked at Li Ang, who had a grim face beside him, looking down at the prisoners waiting to be beheaded under the city tower, thinking that he pleaded with Xia Yu for the families of those prisoners, his heart warmed, he, the captain, was not a cold-blooded person, compared to those hypocritical civil officials, he was much more humane, but he couldn't see it from his face.

"Captain, they are in such a hurry to kill all these merchants, it is clear that they don't want us to investigate. I'm afraid of pulling out a few big tigers. Looking at the group of kneeling people below, Peng Cheng couldn't help but say angrily, the civil and military opposites in Great Qin, the people in the army have never had a good impression of civilian officials, and the officers of the Shaozhuang faction always want to hit the civilian faction hard.

"The water is too muddy for us to touch." Li Ang looked back at Peng Cheng, who was not angry, shook his head and said, "Check it again." The people found out below are not something you and I can afford to provoke, and if one is not good, it will cause trouble. ”

"Although sin does not lead to death, they do not do good deeds in ordinary times, and they can be regarded as self-inflicted." Leon looked at the crowd of stone-throwing people. Suddenly sighed.

"Lieutenant, you're actually a good person, to be honest, I didn't expect you to intercede on behalf of the families of those prisoners." Listening to Li Ang's low sigh, Peng Cheng suddenly said on the side.

"Good guys?" Li Ang smiled, looked at Peng Cheng beside him, and said, "I just have my own principles, and there are not good people in this world, and bad people can be clearly distinguished." ”

Looking at the sun, Leon's pupils shrank. At this time, the warden under the city wall stood up and threw out a token with the word 'chop' written on it. The executioners looked up at the token that was falling to the ground. The ghost head knife in his hand was raised high, and the onlookers held their breath, just waiting for the scene of blood splashing and skulls falling to the ground.

Suddenly, a black shadow suddenly volleyed into the air, and a long black feather arrow pierced through the token in mid-air and nailed to the city wall, as if humming and trembling. The executioners staggered, and the ghost-headed knives they swung suddenly stopped the momentum. The onlookers looked at the gate of the city where the arrows came, they were all stunned, and they saw a group of cavalry rushing into the ground, with the banner of 'Xiahou'.

"By order of the Zhenguo, these prisoners are to be received by us." The archery officer galloped to the edge of the court, showed the Xiahou family's golden tiger token, and said loudly to the civil official who was in charge of the land, and as he spoke, the ironclad cavalry behind him jumped off their horses, broke into the court, and grabbed those prisoners.

"General, this is the key criminal of Xia Taishou who wants to be beheaded by the official at the behest of the imperial court, you are like this, it is difficult for the official to explain!" The civil officer walked up to the officer on horseback and said in a deep voice.

"The will of the court, hum!" The officer on the horse sneered, "This trip to Chang'an, even if it is an eight-hundred-mile expedited post station, it will take at least ten days to come and go, but now it is only three days, hmph, the will of the imperial court, I am afraid it is the will of some people!" ”

choked by the officer's words, the prison officer's face turned red suddenly, and he couldn't say half a word.

"Get out of the way, don't miss the matter of Zhenguogong." The officer snorted coldly, flicked his horsewhip, and struck the ground in front of the civil officer, and let out a piercing whip sound, which startled him to retreat.

"They're the prisoners of my Yunzhong Mansion, and it seems that Zhenguo Gong can't take care of it, right?" The civil officer who was in charge of the prison was also young and vigorous, and refused to show weakness in front of the officer, and said loudly.

Hearing his words, the cavalrymen who were pushing and shoving the prisoners who were kneeling on the ground suddenly drew their sabers, pointed at the prisoners, and shouted in unison, "Bold! ”

"Some guts!" On the city tower, looking at the civil official who did not change his face, Li Ang praised, but then shook his head, "It's a pity that I'm stupid." ”

The Xiahou family is the first family of Daqin, and its status is almost the same as the royal family, in other words, they are the royal family, after Emperor Taizu ascended the throne, he wanted to make the Xiahou family a royal family, but at that time, the Zhenguo Duke Xiahou Yuan and the auxiliary prince Xiahou Yuan insisted on not accepting it, so they gave up, but everyone knows that the Xiahou family sitting in Jijing is the branch of the Cao royal family in northern Xinjiang, and the name of the Zhenguo Duke is Guogong, which is actually the king of Zhenbei, but the Zhenguo Mansion is the same as the royal family in Chang'an, and there is little management.

"It seems that my Xiahou family has not cared about the world for a long time, and even you useless civil officials dare to offend at will." The officer on that horse, looking at the civil officer, had a cold voice, which made him afraid, but it was too late to regret it.

"Knock him out for me." With the order of the officer, those ironclad cavalrymen used their scabbards to beat the civil official out of the court, which caused the people on the side to laugh, in their eyes, these civil officials who were in charge of them really didn't have a few good things, and they deserved to be beaten.

"Duwei, you seem to know that someone from the Xiahou family will come!" On the city tower, seeing Li Ang's indifferent face, Peng Cheng couldn't help asking.

"Before General Gao left, let me track down the Turkic attack on the post station, just to see how many merchants and Turks were doing forbidden business in private, and to beat them up and make them cut off business with the Turks, but I didn't expect those merchants to be so bold that in addition to forbidden things, they also sold craftsmen to the Turks, which is a taboo in the imperial dynasty, and it is impossible to investigate it to the end." Li Ang glanced at Peng Cheng beside him and looked at Xiahou's family under the city tower.

"You think that just a few businessmen have the courage to do such a thing, Xia Yu is in such a hurry to kill them, but he is forced to cover up for some people." Li Ang said coldly, "If Zhen Guogong doesn't make a move, these clues will be broken." ”

"Captain, in this way, the big man behind those merchants is not simple!" Peng Cheng was shocked after hearing this.

"Let Zhenguo Gong and General Gao, or someone above take care of this matter. You and I have to deal with the Turks. Li Ang turned around and walked to the stone steps of the lower city tower and went straight to the Murong family's mansion.

In the mansion of the Murong family in Dongcheng, Murong led Li Ang directly in

After closing the door, he bowed to Li Ang and said, "Li Duwei's kindness is remembered in my heart, and I will repay it in the future." ”

"Mr. Murong is very polite." Li Ang hugged Murong Chui and said, "Sir, but there is news?" ”

"Li Duwei, the 'cloud' store is really a spy network of Turks in secret." Thinking of the sixth room of his family, who was used as a shield, Murong Chui looked hateful and talked about the details of the 'Yun' business.

Listening to what Murong Chui said, Li Ang's brows furrowed, he couldn't imagine that the 'Yun' Ji business was bought by the Turks fifteen years ago, and in the past fifteen years, he didn't know how much power they had developed by relying on the 'Yun' Ji.

"The place where the unscrupulous son is in the sixth room of my house is just the place where 'Yun' records the countertop business, as for their real stronghold in secret, there are three in total, in addition to the one in Yunzhong Xicheng, there are two in Liucheng and Taiyuan." Murong Chui told Li Ang what he had found.

"Thank you, Mr. Murong, I don't know this news, can the three secret agents know?" After hearing this, Leon stood up.

"I'm ashamed to say it, my news was only known half a day earlier than them, and Jinyiwei and Dongchang have already been arranged." Murong replied, with a look of shame, the Murong family is in the clouds, and the power in Liucheng and other places is strong, but he didn't expect that in terms of local intelligence, he was just a little faster than the three secret agent divisions.

"It's okay, just let them explore the way, if you want to come to the Turks for so many years, they should have some strength in secret." Leon groaned. Then before walking out of the study, he said to Murong Hang, "Mr. Murong, General Gao sent a letter yesterday, let me tell you that on this eventful time, it is better for your family to wait and see, he has recommended General Murong Longcheng as the marshal of the conquest of the Turkic lands, and he will be gracious to His Majesty and the military hall if he wants to come." As for the Tuoba family, they have their own holy judgments. ”

Listening to what Li Ang said, Murong drooped for a moment, and then bowed to Li Ang and said, "General Gao's great love for the Murong family is remembered in the five years. I would like to ask Captain Li to convey his gratitude to him. ”

"Well, I will convey Mr. Murong's gratitude." Leon returned the salute and turned and strode away.

"Ancestors bless." Looking at Li Ang's distant figure, Murong Chui walked back to the study, sat in the chair, and couldn't help but rejoice in his heart when he thought of the unscrupulous son who was obtained by them first.

The West City in the clouds is a place where gambling stalls and green buildings are concentrated, which is extremely prosperous and noisy day and night. There is a constant flow of people, wanting to deploy troops to enter and keep it secret. Extremely difficult. Looking at the map, Leon frowned. Those Turks will indeed find a place to hide, and these Qinglou gambling stalls, as soon as there is a disturbance outside, they will know all about it inside.

The place where he was now was in the guest room of a green building, and beside him were several officers of the Tiger and Par Cavalry that Peng Cheng and Gao Huan had mobilized for him.

"Du Wei, since Jinyiwei and Dongchang have been ambushed, we might as well join forces with them. As long as they entangle the Turks, our army marches in. I'm not afraid that those Turks ran away. A tiger and leopard cavalry officer couldn't help but say when he saw Li Ang frowning.

"It's not proper, this place, dragons and snakes are mixed, and the corridors are connected, the terrain is narrow, once Jinyiwei and Dongchang start, this place is bound to be chaotic, if the Turks take the opportunity to set fire, our army is useless." Leon vetoed the officer's suggestion.

"In short, that's all for today, and I'll make a decision tomorrow after I meet with Jinyiwei and the people from Dongchang!" Li Ang pushed open the window, looked at the night outside, and turned around, "Remember, send more scouts to guard the main roads of Xicheng." ”

"Whoa!" Peng Cheng and Haw Par rode out of the room with Li Ang.

"Duwei, why don't you find Xia Taishou, issue a curfew order, and then use the technique of forcible attack, I don't believe those Turks can stop it." On the way back to the post station, Peng Cheng looked at Li Ang, who was still frowning, and couldn't help but say.

"Those Turks are just trapped beasts in a cage, and I don't want them to know in advance and do that desperate fight." Li Ang glanced at Peng Cheng beside him, and said quietly, "Soldiers are not pawns on the chessboard, they are fresh lives, I don't want our soldiers to make senseless sacrifices, do you understand?" ”

"Cheng understood." Looking at Li Ang's still cold face, Peng Cheng straightened up and said loudly, "Cheng will remember the teachings of the captain and never dare to forget them." ”

Li Ang looked at Peng Cheng with a look of reverence, and shook his head gently, during this period of time, in order to dominate the tiger and leopard ride, he had to keep himself cold, after a long time, it was inevitable that his majesty would become heavier, and even Peng Cheng began to be in awe of him.

Back at the post station, Li Ang entered the wing room, only to see Yuan Luoshen and Huo Xiaoyu lying on the table, and when he fell asleep, he couldn't help but shake his head and laughed, "Two silly girls!" He gently walked over to the bed, made the quilt, and carried them up.

Taking off their coats and covering the quilt for the two of them, Li Ang was about to leave, Huo Xiaoyu suddenly opened his eyes, looked at him and said, "Childe, Xiaoyu misses you, don't you want to go?" ”

Listening to Huo Xiaoyu's soft voice, Li Ang smiled at her, "Xiaoyu, is it okay to sleep first, I'll come back to accompany you in a while, okay?" ”

"That son, you can't lie to Xiaoyu!" Huo Xiaoyu stared at Li Ang's eyes and nodded.

"Well, let's pull the hook!" Li Ang stretched out his finger and hooked it with Huo Xiaoyu's tiny finger, "Shhh, don't wake up your sister Luoshen!" Looking at Huo Xiaoyu with a smile in his eyes, Li Ang said softly, and then walked out of the room, he didn't know, in fact, Yuan Luoshen had not fallen asleep all the time, just closed his eyes and listened to his voice.

"I didn't expect you to cook noodles well!" In the courtyard of the post station, Li Ang couldn't help but smile while eating Yangchun noodles cooked by Trist.

"When I used to be a small servant in Chang'an, I didn't have time to make anything to eat, so I only learned the craft of cooking this Yangchun noodle." Trist was praised by Leon and touched his head embarrassedly.

"What about Siniang, why isn't she here?" Suddenly, Li Ang put down the noodle bowl, and unconsciously, he was used to having Feng Siniang by his side when he came back.

"I don't know, I haven't come back since I went out with Thule yesterday, I just sent someone back with a message, saying don't worry about her." Trist replied that he had now made himself Leon's butler.

"It's okay, it's okay!" Li Ang picked up the noodle bowl again, drank the remaining noodle soup, and then put it down and said, "Thank you for your noodles, go to bed early, Luo Shen and Xiaoyu will continue to trouble you tomorrow." ”

"Luo Shen and Xiaoyu are very well-behaved and not troublesome." Trist looked at Li Ang, paused, and finally said what was in his heart, "Actually, what they want most is to be by Childe's side." ”

"I see, thank you!." Leon's expression froze, and after a while, he stood up and walked towards Trist, then turned and walked to the wing. Trist looked at his back and smiled happily.