Chapter 316: Catching a Turtle in an Urn

The sun is rising. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoOn the official road leading from Qizhou to Qinzhou, a mighty column of troops slowly advanced, 5,000 elite cavalry were divided into two parts, one part was guarded in front, part was guarded in the back, and in the middle, there was a huge and luxurious sedan car, and there were dozens of small sedan cars and dozens of swordsmen on horseback in front of and behind the sedan car.

In the car. Yingge and Sun Yanzhen, Qingxia and Feng Chi'er each sat cross-legged in a corner, or chatting and laughing softly, or silently staring at the plain peace.

An He stretched his head out of the sedan car and shouted: "Dongfang Yan, let the team slow down, the road is very bumpy." ”

Dongfang Yan took the order and left. Yingge stared wide-eyed and muttered, "I don't understand what the hell you're doing." It's slow enough, it's better to walk in a car......"

An He was still smiling and speechless, closing his eyes slightly.

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Qizhou Hou Mansion. Guan Ping's face turned pale and said in a low voice, "Master Hou! Wouldn't this push Guan Ping to a dead end? You let the thieves come to rob the law field, how can you be embarrassed? ”

Li Tassel said lightly, "Master Guan! This Li He! I must be saved. You have read my father's letter, and this is not my own decision. Ben Hou knew that this was wronged by the adult. After the bandits disrupt the court, I will arrange a dead man to replace Li He, and you only need to take advantage of the chaos to behead him, and this matter will be wiped out. Even if the boss asks, my father will stand up for you. Hehe, I'll be honest. Master Guan is willing to do it, and if he is unwilling, he has to do it, but the housekeeper and aunt are still looking forward to Lord Guan going home to save his relatives in the palace. ”

The color of the tube plane changes greatly. After a while, he asked in a low voice, "Master Zhu, I don't understand, Li He is just a minion, is it worth it for the prince and the marquis?" He acted recklessly for the party in Qizhou. It will only bring trouble to the prince and the marquis, why keep him? Also, Li Henai is the Marquis's person, and the thieves are coming to rob him! It is bound to arouse the suspicion of the imperial court......"

"Well, you don't have to ask. There is no need to know. As for the robbery of the bandits, I think that as long as the adults put some effort into suppressing it, the news may not reach Chang'an, right? Even if it reaches the imperial court, my father has his own way of dealing with it. Li Tassel got up and smiled slightly. Master Guan, Ben Hou is a little tired, please go back. ”

Three days later. At three o'clock in the afternoon, the cold sun hung in the sky, and the court of the criminals was beheaded in the city of Qizhou. A sea of people. The news of the assassination of the Yamen of Qizhou has long been spread, causing a lot of public sentiment, and many people who have been harmed by Li He. They clapped their hands and applauded.

Li He knelt on the spot, two axe hands holding glittering ghost-headed knives, standing viciously behind him.

On the prison beheading platform not far away, Guan Ping looked anxious and uneasy, looked up at the sky, and threw down the token with trembling hands, "Chop!" ”

"Your Excellency has an order, slash!" The official who gave the order shouted loudly.

"Open...... Chop......! The melodious shout of the knife and axe hand sounded, and the ghost-headed knife was raised high.

Suddenly, two cold lights flashed, poof! The two axemen fell with a bang, and the two ghost-headed knives slid to the ground with a thud, reflecting the dazzling cold light in the sunlight.

The sound of dense horses' hooves sounded like thunder. Countless masked men armed with knives rushed towards the court from several directions, shouting one by one, "Kill the dog officer!" ”

"There's a horse thief!" I don't know who shouted, the people who watched the excitement suddenly panicked, and people rushed in all directions, and in an instant, the field became empty and deserted, and hundreds of officers and soldiers scattered around the court retreated back to protect Guan Ping and a group of officials on the beheading platform.

The horse thieves rushed into the arena like a whirlwind, and after a short pause, they bluffed and shouted, "Kill the dog!" ”

The officials' faces were as white as earth, but they hadn't woken up yet, and the horse thieves were whistling and whistling away, and in the middle of the field, Li He was still lying in the middle of the field. Guan Ping shouted, "Quickly kill the criminals, protect your lords, give the order to go down, close the city gates, and pursue and eliminate the horse thieves." ”

An officer and soldier stepped forward and slashed off Li He's head with a knife.

An hour later, he stabbed Shi inside the yamen. Guan Ping said in a deep voice, "Ladies and gentlemen, where did these thieves come from? Hmph, pass the order down, tie up the captain of the City Defense Division and punish him severely! ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, these thieves have come into the city, seemingly to rob the Dharma field, but in fact they are coming to the rich families in the city. Dozens of merchants and shops were reportedly looted in the city, including the Qizhou Marquis...... Ladies and gentlemen, this state has always been Jingqing, when did there be bandits? How can this be? Anyway, this official will go to the court and ask the court to send troops to clean it up. Guan Ping sighed and said again.

"Lord Assassin Shi, the lower officials think that since the people who committed Li He are still under the law, and there are no deaths or injuries among the people in the city, except for the rich people who have been robbed. It's better to settle this matter here, otherwise, once the court is blamed, the bandits will storm the state capital during the day, and we will not be able to escape the blame! Changshi Zhang Ping bowed and said.

"But, how can this bandit deceive the court?" Guan Ping said in a deep voice.

"Lord Thorn Shi, there are no bandits in this state, this group of bandits must be from Minzhou, they are robbed, not a local trouble! Adults don't have to worry about it. Zhang Ping said in a low voice.

"That's it. Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think of this? Guan Ping said slowly, looking at the subordinate civil and military officials.

"But it's up to Lord Assassin to decide!" The people bowed down together.

"Lord Thorn Shi, what are you going to do!" Outside the lobby, a low and cold voice came, and with the words, dozens of guards with knives slowly walked in around An He, Dongfang Yan held Shang Fang's sword, and followed closely behind An He.

"Huh?! Pony-sama! Guan Ping was suddenly shocked, his body trembled, and his head broke out in cold sweat.

"Take them all!" Dongfang Yan scolded, and the guards stepped forward to tie up the stunned Qizhou officials.

"Lord Horse, the Hou Mansion of Qizhou has been surrounded!"

"My lord, the city gate has been sealed, and no one is allowed to enter or leave!"

"Report! Master Pony, General Feng Yue ambushed a group of horse thieves outside the Meridian Valley, killing nearly 100 people, capturing more than 10 people, and none of them escaped the net! ”

Soldiers kept reporting in, Guan Ping was tied up there, and his heart was cold, he knew that his net worth and life were accounted for. He cursed to himself hatefully, "Dao King, you old brute! Li Chen, you little brute! ”

So far, Anhe's strategy of catching turtles in the urn has initially achieved practical results.

He knew that he would not be in a stalemate in Qizhou! It is better to deliberately leave a "hole", set a trap, and wait for the jackal to drill. He believed that Li Tassel would not give up on Li He, and as long as he left, she was very likely to collude with Guan Ping to secretly rescue Li He. By all indications! It is very likely that there will be a thief who will rob the law field to save Li He. Perhaps, this will lead to the mysterious force behind Li He.

The news sent back by Gao Hu Xian's secret guard flying pigeon to Minzhou said that the bandits in Minzhou often traveled to and from the Qizhou area, and some of the business transactions in the Hou Mansion of Qizhou seemed to be inextricably linked with the bandits in Minzhou. This made Anhe strengthen his confidence in catching turtles in the urn!

Therefore, after the team left Qizhou Baili, he ordered the vehicle honor guard to stand by in a village and town, leaving 2,000 soldiers to protect the honor guard and Yingge and others, but he himself took Dongfang Yan, Gao Hu and others, and Feng Yue led 3,000 Shenji battalion cavalry to quietly turn back and kill a horse gun.

Feng Yue led 1,000 people to ambush on the road from Qizhou to Minzhou, Meridian Valley. The remaining 2,000 men, led by An He himself, were quietly stationed under a hill a few miles outside the city of Qizhou. As soon as noon arrived that day, he led people to gallop towards Qizhou City.

He decided that if everything did not change, he would personally behead Li He. It's a big deal, so I said that I wasn't at ease, and I prevaricated when I brought someone back to see it. Of course, An He absolutely did not believe that Li He would be killed smoothly. If they were so easy to be killed, Li Chen and Guan Ping would not have behaved so abnormally. Even, this disguised "Hou Ye" has to use his beauty to seduce him. It can be seen from this how important Li He is to the Dao King's lineage!

Sure enough, as soon as he led his people to rush to the gate of the city, he heard that there had just been a horse thief in the city. He was overjoyed, and immediately led people to "take over" the defense of Qizhou City, some of them entered the city with him, and the other part quickly turned back to reinforce Feng Yue, who was ambushed in the Meridian Valley.

"Lord Guan, there are horse thieves in this city who have robbed the condemned prisoners, are you guilty?" An He said coldly.

"Lord Horse, horse thieves have come into the city to plunder, not to rob the Dharma field. Li He has been punished by the Ming Dynasty! Guan Ping replied low.

"Guan Ping, you are bold! Until now, he still has to deceive Ben Qincha. It wasn't Li He who was killed on the court, say it quickly! Where did these horse thieves come from? An He reprimanded sharply, "Guan Ping, you must know that since Ben Qincha is going and returning, he must be prepared, at this time, you explain clearly, Ben Qincha can still play the emperor lightly, otherwise, just because you colluded with bandits to secretly release the death row prisoner today, you can fall to the ground!" You have to think about it! ”

"And you, who eat the country and don't think about serving the country loyally, for your own selfishness, in order to keep your black yarn hat, you dare to collude, and you dare to hide and not report the robbery of horse thieves!" An He pointed to the officials tied to the ground and said coldly.

"Lord Horse, 2 bandits rushed out of the Hou Mansion of Qizhou, and assassinated several soldiers who tried to escape, but they have been killed by me outside the mansion." Gao suddenly walked in with a murderous spirit, "Lord Pony, how is this Qizhou Hou?" ”

"Surround it first, don't let anyone in or out, not even Hou Ye." An He groaned, "Mr. Gao Hu, you go with the sword of Shang Fang, if anyone in the Hou Mansion of Qizhou dares to openly resist, there will be no mercy!" ”

Gao Hu took Shang Fang's sword from Dongfang Yan's hand and strode away. At this moment, a sense of power and murderous aura on An He's body was invisibly reflected, and a group of Qizhou officials kneeling on the ground were frightened and worried. (To be continued.) )