The four thugs slashed at Liu Hanfeng with knives, they thought that Liu Hanfeng was just an ordinary gambler, where did they think that this person in front of them was actually the deputy commander of the imperial guard of the Great Song Dynasty. Liu Hanfeng punched one, and all four of them were beaten down, looking at Li Yuan, who was stunned, Liu Hanfeng said: "Master Li, forget it if you lose the gambling game, in order to escape gambling debts, you also committed murder, if I publicize this matter, let the people of the whole county know, then the county magistrate can't help but give an explanation." ”

Li Yuan watched the thugs around him all knocked to the ground one by one, and remembered that the same scene had happened a few days ago, but it was Liu Hanfeng who was lying on the ground at that time. Why did he suddenly know martial arts? Why are all the things from the stolen rich merchants now coming back on their own? Why did Liu Hanfeng, who lost to himself every time, suddenly win against himself today? And his own mercury dice should be shaken out of eighteen points, why did it end up at five points?

Thinking of this, Li Yuan couldn't help but shudder, this was a conspiracy against himself. It's a pity that it's too late to figure it out now, Li Yuan tried to calm himself down: "I only have this silver and the casino deed now, you can take it all, as for the remaining 200,000 taels, you give me some time, and I will find a way to get it back to you." ”

Liu Hanfeng sneered: "What do you rely on? The income of the main book is less than two hundred taels of silver a year, and what you owe me now is two hundred thousand taels of silver, how many lifetimes will it take you to pay off? Now that your casino has lost to me, what else are you going to do to make money? By exploiting the people? You are just a small master book, and you are not a county order, and there is a Tian Yufeng on it. ”

Li Yuan looked like a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water: "Anyway, I only have this silver, you can take it if you want, and I don't have the rest, you just poke me out, I don't have the money to pay you back, and the county magistrate will not sentence me to death, at most I will be imprisoned for a few years, and after a few years, the matter will subside, and I will still do what I should do when I come out." ”

Liu Hanfeng said: "What you think is quite beautiful, but what if this case is not tried by Jin Ziyuan?" Would you still be so optimistic? ”

Li Yuan was stunned for a moment, and began to feel that things were not as simple as he thought, and asked a little surprised: "Isn't it the Jin County Order?" This is Xu County, and everything that happens in Xu County is the responsibility of the county commander. ”

Liu Hanfeng said: "Master Li has also been an official for many years, do you know Lord Yushi?" The duty of the Imperial Historian is to supervise the hundred officials, to show the illegality and transgression of the hundred officials, and to arrest and torture the guilty officials. If the murder of someone for escaping gambling debts is known to the Imperial Historian, will he only imprison you for a few years? What's more, the current imperial historian Tingyu is the prime minister's person, and he is not the same as Tian Taiwei behind you. ”

Li Yuan's heart, which had just calmed down, began to be nervous again: "How could Lord Yushi make a special trip to Xu County for such a small person as me, don't try to deceive me." ”

Liu Hanfeng looked at the thugs lying on the ground, pulled Li Yuan aside, and said in a low voice: "I'll tell you the truth, this gambling game is a game, I believe you can see it now, but the ultimate purpose of this game is not to deal with you, but to deal with Tian Yufeng." ”

Li Yuan gasped and almost shouted: "Someone in Xu County dares to deal with Master Tian, don't you want to live." ”

Liu Hanfeng said with a smile: "Xu County is also the territory of the Great Song Kingdom, no matter how powerful Tian Yufeng is, as long as he dares to break the law, he still has to accept the punishment of the law." A few years ago, when it was still during the war, Tian Yufeng colluded with Jin Ziyuan to sell the grain in the official warehouse to the people at a high price, making personal gains, and this matter had already reached the ears of the Prime Minister, so he sent the Lord Yushi to visit Xu County secretly. You don't think that Lord Yushi doesn't dare to offend Tian Yufeng, right? ”

Li Yuan was a little shocked: "It turns out that you are the person sent by the Prime Minister?" ”

Liu Hanfeng smiled slightly, noncommittal. Seeing that Liu Hanfeng didn't answer, Li Yuan thought that he had acquiesced, so he said, "Since your goal is to deal with Master Tian, then why do you want to set up a situation against me?" ”

Liu Hanfeng explained: "Because you are very important to us, we need your help, as long as you are willing to help, you can take all the silver on the table, and the IOU of 200,000 taels of silver will also be returned to you." And what we need you to do is also very simple, Tian Yufeng and Jin Ziyuan sold grain at a high price for personal gain, you are the person on both sides, you know the situation best, I hope you can help me collect all the evidence, and when the time comes, I can stand up and point out that Tian Yufeng is also involved in this matter. ”

Li Yuan shook his head and said, "What are you kidding, behind Master Tian is Lord Taiwei, I came out to testify that he is not looking for death?" ”

Liu Hanfeng said with a straight face: "You testify that Tian Yufeng will not necessarily die, but if you don't testify against him, you will definitely die when Lord Yushi comes." Besides, if this matter is done, Tian Yufeng will inevitably die, and Tian Taiwei will definitely be implicated, and then he will have the time to deal with you. And you, after helping the Prime Minister this time, not only do you not have to die, but you can also get this pile of silver on the table, where can you not live the rest of your life in the future? ”

Li Yuan was a little moved: "You give me some time, let me think about it." ”

Liu Hanfeng said: "I can give you time to think about it, but it won't be too long, I'll go to your house to find you at this time tomorrow, don't think about playing any tricks, Lord Yushi will be here in the next two days, and then you will only have a dead end." ”

Li Yuan was in a trance, and walked towards the door, Liu Hanfeng said, "Wait, bring all the silver on the table." ”

Li Yuanleng for a moment, but still chose to take the silver on the table.

Liu Hanfeng returned to the inn and reported to Xiao Yan what had happened in the past few days, Xiao Yan was a little worried after hearing this: "People like Li Yuan are greedy for life and afraid of death, but I'm afraid that he still doesn't dare to stand up and testify against Tian Yufeng." Without his evidence, we would have fallen short in the end. ”

Shi Luosheng, who was standing on the side, also agreed with Xiao Yan's words: "His Royal Highness the Prince's worries are not unreasonable, I don't think Li Yuan dares to fight with the Tian family, and at the same time he is afraid of death, Commander Liu left him so much silver just now, I guess he will definitely abscond with the money tonight." ”

Liu Hanfeng left the silver to Li Yuan, thinking that he was bribing him with money, but now that he heard Shi Luosheng say this, Li Yuan may really flee with a huge amount of money. Liu Hanfeng's face changed: "Your Highness, this time I was negligent, I immediately went to stare at Li Yuan, as long as he dares to run, I will kill him." ”

Shi Luosheng hurriedly stopped him and said, "Commander Liu is slow, if Li Yuan doesn't take this silver, we won't be able to do it." Without the silver, Li Yuan would not have thought about leaving, and staying would be timid, but in the end, it might not be possible. It's good now, if he dares to escape, we have a way to deal with him. ”

Liu Hanfeng asked eagerly, "Mrs. Shi, what method are you talking about?" Xiao Yan also looked at Shi Luosheng suspiciously.

Shi Luosheng said: "Zixuan is going to trouble you to keep an eye on Li Yuan, as long as he escapes, you can send someone to tell us, and then you can follow him quietly." After leaving the city, find a secluded place, you pretend to be someone sent by Tian Yufeng to assassinate him, and at the same time you have to tell him that Tian Yufeng already knows that the Prime Minister has sent someone to find him, and also gave him a large sum of money to buy him, so that he can denounce Tian Yufeng for personal gain, and then you might as well give him two knives to scare him and let him remember it for a long time. When the time is almost up, Commander Liu will appear again to save him, does the frightened Li Yuan have any other choice but to cooperate with us? ”

Liu Zixuan was overjoyed after hearing this: "Good plan, Li Yuan will no longer have any worries after this incident, in order to survive, he can only bite Tian Yufeng desperately, maybe he will say a lot of things we don't know, think about it is exciting, then I will stare at Li Yuan first, and I will send someone to inform Commander Liu if there is news." ”

After Liu Zixuan left, Shi Luosheng said to Liu Hanfeng again: "After Commander Liu saves Li Yuan, there is no need to go back to the city, so as not to show his feet, calculate the time Lord Yushi is almost up, and there must be people with the Great General, and then Li Yuan will be handed over to the general's people, and the rest of the matter will be handled by them, and we will not show up again." ”

The three of them chatted about some details, and Liu Zixuan sent someone to report it, Li Yuan really absconded with the money, and Liu Hanfeng immediately chased him out.

After Li Yuan returned home with a huge amount of money, he began to fidget as everyone expected, and he didn't dare to offend both sides, and finally decided to leave after thinking about it. Li Yuan hid the silver ticket close to his body, packed up some gold and silver, and when the sky darkened, he quietly ran to the east gate of Xu County.

There are still many people who know this master in Xu County, and after Li Yuan left the city, in order to avoid people's eyes, he picked up a small and remote road with few people, and ran out of the city for more than 30 miles in one go. Gradually, the sky was completely dark, and Li Yuan saw that there were no pedestrians on the road, so he found a tree stump to sit down and rest.

Suddenly, a voice came from behind him: "The one in front is Li Yuan, Master Li?" ”

Li Yuan's heart jumped, and he asked timidly, "Who are you?" ”

The voice said: "Master Tian heard that the Prime Minister sent someone to look for you this morning and gave you a large sum of silver, so let me ask you if there is really such a thing, I rushed to your house, only to find that people went to the empty building, Master Li, you let me find it easy for a while." ”

Li Yuan hurriedly said: "I'm just a small county town owner, how can the prime minister give me silver, there is nothing at all, Master Tian has something to misunderstand?" ”

The voice said: "Okay, since that's the case, then please Master Li go back to Tianfu with me and explain it to Master Tian in person." ”

Where did Li Yuan dare to go, the silver ticket of 500,000 taels of silver was on his body, and when he went, he couldn't say clearly, Li Yuan was sweating profusely: "It's getting late today, Li will go to Tianfu tomorrow to explain this matter, please rest assured Master Tian." ”

The voice snorted coldly: "Enough, Master Li, why don't you stay at your own house so late, why did you come so far?" You still have such a big burden on your back, and you dare to say that you are not absconding, do you go with me by yourself, or will I arrest you back? ”