In the inner room of the Spring Tea Village, the royal Taoist who came under the cover of night pushed a closed one to Luo Sanlang, "This is your mission to come back to Suzhou today!" ”

Luo Saburo silently picked up the wax pill, did not crush it, and directly put it close to his body.

"Why don't you take a look first? If you have any questions, please ask me first. ”

Luo Sanlang was still silent, and Daoist Wang touched a soft nail, couldn't help but smile embarrassedly, and asked, "What kind of weapon did you use to assassinate someone?" ”

Luo Sanlang took out a leather bag from his arms, and took out a half-foot-long piccolo from it, which was shining with silver light, and he took out a small wooden box from the leather bag, opened it, and there were three short and thick golden rays side by side, one of which was extremely sharp, and the whole body was glowing with a bright blue light.

"Blow it out with a silver flute, within thirty steps, there is no cure for the middle!"

Wang Daoren nodded, "Take a good look at the order, don't shoot the wrong person." ”

He then got up and departed, and got into the boat, which soon disappeared into the night.

Early the next morning, Li Qing was invited by Zhou County Order, saying that there was a case that had been discovered, and that the county government of Wucheng County was not far from the state government and was located in the middle of Fuqian Street. Shouting loudly, but it was far away, and Li Qing didn't hear what he was shouting.

At this time, the assassin Cui Huan walked over quickly and said to Li Qing: "Li Shilang, yesterday afternoon, someone went to Wang Baoji's cabinet to exchange official silver, and the silver number was the batch of official silver that was robbed by the fire, and the Zhou County Order has arrested this person. ”

"Then why is Guo Changshi so excited?" Li Qing pointed at Guo Xuping in surprise and asked.

"What was caught was a thief, and he stole the silver from an empty mansion on Xishan Island. And this house. ”

Speaking of this, Cui Huan glanced at Guo Xuping, shook his head slightly and sighed: "It turned out to be Guo Changshi's other courtyard in Xishan, that's why he was so excited." ”

At this time, Guo Xuping had already seen Li Qing from a distance, and hurriedly ran over and said angrily: "Li Shilang." It had nothing to do with me, and I don't know what had happened, but the money was buried in the back garden of my courtyard. ”

Guo Xuping is the younger brother of Guo Xuji, the envoy of Jiannan Jiedu, that is, the second uncle of King Yong, he was watching the lively people on the sidelines, but the stolen silver suddenly appeared in his courtyard, how could he not be in a hurry, if the real murderer could not be caught in this case, he was the biggest suspect.

"Squire, this is a sham! Planted! His face swelled purple. shouted angrily, almost telling King Qing. Fortunately, it was closed in time, so it did not cause a big wave.

"Chang Shi Hugh is going to be angry. If you hadn't done it, you would have found out. ”

Li Qing left him and walked to the county office, only to see a man about thirty years old who had been put on a wooden flail and was next to the stone lion, and Zhou Xianling stood aside with his head held high, as if the man was not a person, but a red flower for commendation.

Li Qing nodded at him with his toes and asked, "Is this the person who exchanged official silver?" ”

Zhou County Ling hurriedly stepped forward to report: "Reply to the words of Lord Jun." It's him. ”

The thief saw that although the person in front of him was young, even the county commander had to nod to him. hurriedly turned over and knelt down, "Lord Qingtian, I was wronged!" The silver was not stolen by me, I heard that there was silver buried in the backyard of the house, so I climbed over the wall and got a little, which was the county commander who made a move! ”

"Shut up!" Zhou Xianling scolded angrily and explained to Li Qing: "Lord Jun, don't listen to his nonsense, this person's name is Ni Er, he has always been a habitual thief, and which official in the yamen doesn't know him." ”

'Go over the wall and get some. Li Qing couldn't help but laugh dumbly, isn't this called stealing?

"Let me ask you, since you said you heard about it, who is it? When is it? Where did you hear it? ”

The man said with a bitter face: "I slept in the woods of Xishan Island at noon yesterday, and I heard someone outside the forest say it, and when I went out to see that there was no one, my lord, I really don't know who it is, but Zhou County's order just didn't believe it, and he used a big punishment, what do I say!" ”

"And this kind of good thing?"

Li Qing smiled coldly and said: "Don't say that you don't believe Zhou County's order, and I don't believe it either, in my opinion, Zhou County's order is still too light, and you still have the strength to defend yourself!" ”

Suddenly, Li Qing saw Zhang Ji jumping outside the crowd and waving to him, his face full of anxiety.

"Zhou County order, this person doesn't cry when he doesn't see the coffin, and he will be interrogated again." Li Qing dropped a sentence and walked towards Zhang Ji.

"Something's going on, why are you so flustered."

"Envoy, come here and talk." Zhang Ji pulled Li Qing to the side and took out something from his body, "This is what Ling Jun found in the window not long after he left." ”

In his hand was a flying knife, and there was a note on the knife, obviously for credit, Li Qing only felt that this knife was very familiar, he groaned slightly, and immediately remembered that the flying knife that reported in Bianzhou was exactly the same as it?

Quietly, he handed the knife to Li Fei Shouyu, and then opened the note, which contained only five words: 'There are assassins in Xishan!' ’

"He's been spying on himself!"

This was the first thought that popped into Li Qing's mind, although this person's behavior so far was based on personal intentions, but what was his ultimate purpose? Li Qing, who has been affectionate for a long time, knows that pies will not fall from the sky for no reason, and in this case involving the core power struggle of the Tang Dynasty, there will be no righteous and brave people.

At this time, Li Qing had fully understood the cause and effect, since there were assassins in Xishan, the official silver was a bait, and this thief was just being used, he remembered the report of his subordinates the night before yesterday, a ship sailed out of the manor in Shihu in the middle of the night and went to Taihu Lake, it seems that it should be to bury silver

"Now that the invitation has been issued, how could I disappoint you."

Li Qing sneered slightly, he called a cronie, whispered an explanation in his ear, and handed him a silver medal, and the cronies took the order, and immediately turned over and galloped towards the garrison of Li Qing's guards outside the city.

Seeing the backs of several cronies disappearing, Li Qingcai walked slowly to Guo Xuping's side and said with a smile: "Hearing is false, seeing is believing, why don't we go to the scene together to have a look, it is very likely that we will find evidence to clear Guo Changshi's grievances." ”

Without waiting for Guo Xuping to speak, Cui Huan next to him smiled and said, "Let's go with the old man!" Testify against Guo Changshi. ”.

Xishan Island, that is, the abbreviation of West Dongting Mountain, today is the base of tea, flowers and fruits in Suzhou, in the Tang Dynasty, it was rich in tea, in addition to tea farmers, the island also lives a lot of fishermen who fish in Taihu Lake for a living, but in the beautiful scenery of the mountains and rivers, many dignitaries and nobles have built other courtyards.

Guo Xuping's courtyard is located in the south of Xishan Island, covers an area of about 20 acres, there is a fence encircled, outside the wall is a lush forest, a stream winds through the courtyard, along the stream to build a lot of pavilions and pavilions, it is like a small private garden, the courtyard usually no one lives, only an old servant guards the door, but he is old and faint, nothing is in existence.

After the thief was caught, Zhou County immediately sent people to guard the scene to prevent the villagers who heard the news from looting the official money, and in the afternoon, the officials who traveled for two hours arrived at the scene by water.

"That's it!" A servant led a group of high-ranking officials and hurried towards the burial of silver. Nearly 100 heavily armed soldiers were guarding the left and right, and Li Fei Shouyu stood high on a Taihu Lake stone, holding a longbow and watching around vigilantly.

"It seems that there are no 100,000 taels of silver!" Cui Huan asked in surprise.

The official silver was packed in two wooden boxes, shallow buried under a peach tree, plus the part stolen by Ni Er, it was only 20,000 taels at most, compared with the 100,000 taels that were robbed in the cabinet shop. The difference is significant.

Cui Huan glanced at Zhou County's order and asked, "Have you searched all the gardens?" ”

Zhou Xianling pointed to the eye holes that were poked by spears all over the ground, "I searched hastily, but I found nothing else." ”

At this time, Li Qing carefully inspected the wooden box, and couldn't help but stand up and smile at Guo Xuping: "Not to mention the inconsistency of the quantity, it has been more than a month since the official silver was robbed." If this wooden box had been buried here, the nails should have been rusty a long time ago, but now it is as bright as new, and the loopholes are obvious, these two wooden boxes have just been buried, and it will take three days at most, so I can conclude that someone planted Guo Changshi, and then revealed the news to Ni Er, using him to lead to this matter. ”

Guo Xuping wiped the sweat on his forehead and said to Li Qing gratefully: "Li Shilang really lives up to his reputation. The flaw was seen in two clicks, but the lower official didn't understand. What did the murderer do to me? ”

He looked at Zhou County's order, meaning that he would say that he was the uncle of King Yong. Planting to oneself is equivalent to planting to King Yong, without waiting for Zhou County's order to speak, Li Fei Shouyu, who was standing on the boulder, suddenly shot out with an arrow, and a scream came from the dense woods, and a black shadow fell from the tree.

The sudden change stunned everyone, and Li Qing's personal entourage reacted extremely quickly, and immediately raised a huge shield to surround Li Qing, without revealing a single gap. Others were also busy protecting the Thorn History and the Long History, but at this moment. From another opposite direction, a blue light shot silently, only to see a flash of blue light in the air, Guo Xuping covered the back of his head suddenly, and for a moment, he fell straight to the ground, his face turned dark in an instant, and when a few sergeants grabbed it, Guo Changshi was no longer breathing.

The sergeants shouted loudly, Cui Huan's face turned white with fright, "Guo Changshi was assassinated, how can he explain to King Yong", in a hurry, he ordered loudly, and his voice changed tone, "Go and catch the assassin!" ”

Dozens of black shadows in the woods were panicked like lost dogs, running for their lives, steel crossbows, hidden weapons abandoned to the ground, their plan to assassinate Li Qing was bankrupt before it was implemented, Li Fei Shouyu had jumped on the high wall, his arrows were like beads, every arrow went, there was an arrow in the leg, wailing and falling, in a moment, more than a dozen people fell in the woods, and they were captured one by one by the sergeants who rushed out.

The remaining dozens of people rushed to the lake, and a hidden big boat immediately picked them up, and the leader fled to the boat, panting and reporting to Li Liyu: "Little prince, they were discovered before they could do anything, and many brothers were caught. ”

Li Li was stunned for a moment, and after a while, he stomped his feet with hatred, gritted his teeth and said, "It's cheap again!" ”

"Well, as long as they interrogate those brothers, they will naturally index the thread to the eternal king." Wang Dao secretly sneered in his heart, presumably Luo Sanlang has already succeeded, Guo Xuping is dead, King Qing can't escape the involvement, even if the task given to him by Xiangguo is completed, Wang Dao is proud in his heart, but his face is not at all silent, and he only comforts Li Li and says: "Li Qing only has a few years to live at most, and when the old prince ascends the throne, are you still afraid that you won't be able to kill him?" ”

Li Li sighed helplessly and said, "It's only like this, so where are we going now?" ”

Wang Daoren looked at the sky, "Let's go back to the farm first and pack up our things, and we'll go back to Beijing overnight!" ”

The sails were hung up, the big boat quickly sailed eastward, about an hour and a half later, the sky gradually darkened, the big boat turned into the stone lake from Hengtang along the Xu water, slowly approached the shore, dozens of people just walked into the farm, suddenly, the farm was on fire, nearly a thousand soldiers shouted, holding torches poured out together, surrounded by dozens of people such as Li and Wang Daoren, in the firelight of hunting, I saw Li Qing walking out of the soldiers with his hands behind his back, and smiled at Li Li from a distance: "The little prince is so slow, I have been waiting for a long time." ”