Chapter 115: Assassination
Guan Zhen was carrying a burden, which was filled with one hundred taels of silver just now. He rode on his horse, and from time to time he reached out and touched the silver behind him, and if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed it, and he made some kind of tongue-twisting sentence, which was worth a hundred taels of silver! This ancient's money is so easy to make, haha......
When the three of them had money, they immediately bought eight horses, and by the way, even the officials followed suit, and they had horses to ride.
"Senior brother, is this silver really ours?" Guan Zhen still couldn't believe it.
"Haha, of course, you're not carrying it." Li Ce turned his head and smiled, and when he saw Guan Zhen's still unbelieving look, he couldn't help but want to laugh.
"Big brother, I have completely convinced you, every time you are in a desperate situation, you can always surprise us." Di Qing sighed heartily.
"Haha, look at what you said, I'm embarrassed." Li Ce scratched his head and laughed, "I'm all carving insect skills, so I'll just eat with my mouth." ”
Di Qing was a little speechless, eating with a mouthful? Big brother, you have more than one bite to mix...... Li Ce looked at his admiring look, and said with a smile in his heart: My General Di, you are the future god of war of our Great Song Dynasty, can you not make such a fuss......
The three of them laughed in front, and the five officials in the back all had bitter faces, that was called an envy, jealousy and hatred, if they were ordinary prisoners, and encountered such a beautiful thing, the hundred taels of silver would naturally fall into their pockets in the end, but now it is these three evil stars who are escorted, who dares to do it in the face of them, don't find it yourself, damn, you can only be dry and greedy!
After changing horses, the speed really increased a lot, and it was only a moment when they arrived in Shenzhou, and everyone had already arrived in Xingzhou, and if this more than 100 miles was changed to walking, it would take a day to walk.
"Let's rest here today, and visit the scenery of Penal State." Li Ce said as he pointed to Xingzhou City in front of him on his horse.
Xue Xingsheng, the leader of the government officials, wanted to object, but he didn't leave after a few hours? The sun is still tall, isn't it a waste of time, and before he could open his mouth, a companion next to him reminded him.
"Xue Tou, I've gone fast enough, if there are no horses, I'm afraid we're still halfway now, don't annoy people, take the horses, people ride horses, let's drive them with our feet, we can't catch up with people even if we're tired." An old official reminded in a whisper.
Xue Xingsheng thought about it, anyway, as long as it doesn't delay, don't really offend this evil star, as the saying goes, take other people's soft hands, this Li Ce looks pretty good, just turn a blind eye and forget it.
The location of Xingzhou is in the south of Hebei West Road, it is at the junction of several states, and there is a canal through, the traffic location is very superior, so it is also relatively prosperous.
With silver taels, and it was obtained without effort, Li Ce didn't know how to cherish it, and picked the largest restaurant in the city, Donglai Inn, to live, I have to say that in ancient times, the inn accommodation was still very cheap, Li Ce asked for three upper rooms, less than one or two silver.
Donglai Inn has a total of three floors, the first floor hall is a place to eat, the second and third floors are guest rooms, Li Ce asked for three upper rooms, their brothers are a few people in one room, the officials are not as big as him, five people asked for a big room, on the second floor, only one hundred wen for one night.
After everyone arranged their luggage, Li Ce found Xue Xingsheng and said hello that the three brothers were going out to play, and they didn't have to wait for dinner.
Xue Xingsheng looked at Li Ce's leisurely back, and had mixed feelings in his heart, you are either here to discuss with me, or to inform me...... Damn, being a prisoner is also a kind of realm.
After Li Ce left, Xue Xing was so angry that he swore that he must give Li Ce a little color, and the old servant persuaded: "The face is small, I think this Li Ce is more gentle, say hello to us in everything, have you seen his two brothers?" It's not a good stubble, especially the youngest one, splitting big stones empty-handed, the five of us have ten fists combined, and we don't have that ability, bear with it, hurry up and finish this errand, why bother. ”
"A prisoner should be like a prisoner, so lawlessness and what kind of system can he become, and how can he abolish the law because of this?" Xue Tou said with a heartfelt expression, and his face was full of righteousness and awe-inspiring appearance.
The old prison officer shook his head with a smile, and didn't say anything more, in fact, he didn't know how this Xue Tou had such a strong sense of justice, he just looked at Li Ce's silver, and Li Ce didn't take him seriously, and he didn't want to give him filial piety at all, which annoyed him and wanted to find trouble with Li Ce.
"Alas, after all, he is young, you see, Xue Tou is going to be unlucky." The old servant whispered to a smaller servant.
"Then Old Song, why don't you persuade him?" The little officer asked.
"Xue Tou was fascinated by the silver, and he didn't listen, alas, some money can be taken, and some can't be taken ah......" The old servant's face showed a wry smile, and he said in his heart: I haven't experienced it when I'm young, and it's good to suffer a loss.
The three of them rushed out of the inn, and it was already evening when the afterglow of the sunset fell on the city of Xingzhou, adding an antique connotation to this ancient city.
Li Ce looked at the sunset, took a deep breath, and unconsciously recited: Look at the sunset obliquely, a spring lan reflects the half-ring. It turns out that the ancients wrote poems, and they really came out of feeling.
The five officials rested in the guest room of the restaurant, and Xue Xingsheng said, "Brothers, you rest, I'll go out." ”
The young servant hurriedly got up and said, "Where is Xue Tou going?" ”
Xue Xingsheng pulled his face and said, "What?" Where am I going to report back to you? ”
The little official hurriedly smiled: "No, Xue Tou, I mean I ......"
"Okay, you're not tired after a day of traveling, aren't you? What so much nonsense, while staying and going. Xue Xingsheng scolded angrily, and walked out of the door after speaking.
"I want to say if I want to go with him, or help him carry something or something." The little servant sat back on the bed dejectedly and muttered quietly.
Xue Xingsheng walked out of the restaurant, he first looked left and right, then looked back again, and then hurriedly walked east.
After a few alleys, a person dressed in gray at the entrance of the alley in front of him, wearing a hat, standing against the wall, because the cloak is pressed very low, he can't see what he looks like, but his figure is very burly.
Xue Xingsheng breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this person, and hurriedly stepped forward and whispered, "But Third Master Ma? ”
As soon as the man in gray lifted his cloak, Xue Shengxing was taken aback, what a big scar! I saw a scar on this person's face extending from the left eye to the right corner of the mouth, due to the age, the flesh of the wound turned out has also changed color, like a big earthworm crawling on the face, it is really terrifying. No wonder this person wears a hat, this hideous image walking on the street can really scare people to death.
Seeing his frightened appearance, the man in gray smiled coldly and said, "Follow me!" ”
Xue Xingsheng followed behind, patting his chest, thinking about the shocking scar just now, according to the wound, it should have been chopped by someone, and he could still survive such a serious injury, this Ma Sanye is also a ruthless character.
Ma Sanye took him to the depths of the alley, and when he saw that no one was left or right, he said, "Say it." ”
Xue Xingsheng looked left and right cautiously, and Ma Sanye sneered and said, "There is no one here, if there is someone within a radius of three zhang, it will not escape my ears." ”
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a squeak ~ The door of a house next to it opened, and a peasant woman walked out of it, looking like she was forty or fifty years old, she looked at Xue Shengxing and Ma Sanye strangely, and walked away with a vegetable basket.
Xue Shengxing was stunned, didn't he say that there was no one? He looked at Ma Sanye, and Ma San couldn't see anything with his hat, but the black cloth on his hat trembled twice......
Xue Shengxing smiled awkwardly and said, "Yes, I have long heard that Ma Sanye is superb in martial arts. We settled in the Donglai Inn, and the three of them lived in the upper room of the Son of Heaven, located in the three rooms on the second floor facing the river in the east. ”
"Okay, I'll take the brothers to the inn in a while, and I'll do it tonight." The man in gray said coldly.
Xue Shengxing walked out of the alley, and he was entangled in his heart all the way, why did the boss send such a person to assassinate, and boasted that his ear power was as good as three zhang, damn, he couldn't even hear the old woman within one zhang, no matter how he looked at it, he felt that this person was unreliable!
At dusk, it was already dusk, and the sky was already a little dark, so the three of them returned to the inn.
"There's nothing to see in Xingzhou City, it's better for us to really set the mansion, hey, I'm starving to death, I already knew I wouldn't go out." Guan Zhen muttered as soon as he entered the door.
"Oh, there's quite a lot of people eating." Li Ce took a look and saw that the three tables on the north side were full of people, and it seemed that they were dressed as a caravan passing through this place.
"Little two." Li Ce greeted, he was hungry after walking for so long.
"Here it is, guest officer." The shopkeeper answered and hurried towards this.
With a "bang", the shopkeeper ran too quickly and accidentally hung the package from the table next to him to the ground. The package was spread out and inside was a crossbow, which was quite delicate, only the size of a plate, and the whole body was made of stainless steel, so it would make such a loud noise when it fell to the ground.
"it!" An evil man stood up and raised his hand to fan away with a big-eared scraper.
The shopkeeper was directly knocked away by this ear scraper, he got up and covered half of his face and begged: "The guest officer is angry, and the objective is angry." ”
Before the wicked man could continue to commit violence, a man wearing a hat spoke up: "Second brother, stop!" The evil man seemed to listen to the words of the hat man, and when he heard this, he glared at the shopkeeper fiercely, and sat down unwillingly.
In the house, you still wear a hat, is there anything wrong with you? Li Ce muttered, he paid attention to it, and found that many people seemed to be looking at him at the table of the hat man, and those people saw Li Ce's gaze, and hurriedly turned their heads to look away.
Odd? Just now they were clearly looking at themselves, and after they found out, they pretended to look away. There are more than a dozen people in this group, what the hell are they doing? It doesn't look like a caravan, the caravan is all kind to people, and when it encounters conflicts, it can be endured, and if it can retreat, it will retreat. And since you have a bow and crossbow, why do you hide it with a package, it is clear that it doesn't look like a show?
Li Ce and Di Qing exchanged a look, Di Qing nodded slightly, and he also saw something strange.
The three of them lowered their heads and pretended to continue eating, and Li Ce whispered: "The situation is not right, those people seem to be targeting us." ”
"Senior brother, the other people's packages are also weapons, and you can see the shape of the package in the black-faced man's hand, it is clearly a sharp axe." Guan Zhen also whispered.
"Well, it's better to be careful, it may be someone sent by He Ruinian." Di Qing glanced at it and said in a low voice. Those people were already eating with their heads bowed, and they were no longer talking.
"Let me try him." Li Ce chuckled. After saying that, he picked up a teacup and gently threw it into the center of the hall.
"Smack!" There was a crunch.
"Bang, bang, bang," the sound of various weapons coming out of the sheath sounded, and the people at the three tables in the north stood up, rubbing, rubbing, and looking at Li Ce's side together.
"Ahh......h I'm sorry, I'm sorry, my hand slipped, I didn't hold it, everyone eats, eats. Li Ce stood up and waved his hand and smiled.
When the people at the three tables heard him say this, they looked at each other and sat down again in silence.
Guan Zhen secretly gave him a thumbs up.
Li Ce said in a low voice: "I understand." ”
Di Qing and Guan Zhen nodded one after another, Di Qing has always wondered that his eldest brother always comes up with some ghost ideas from time to time, like the method of throwing stones to ask for directions just now is extremely clever, generally only the old rivers and lakes will, but his eldest brother is actually at his fingertips, it is really strange......