Chapter 361: Who's the Yellow Sparrow?
On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, it is the time for the family to reunite and celebrate the New Year, and a heavy snow that has just fallen makes people feel a little more peaceful and comfortable.
"Da Da, Da Da ......" The rapid sound of horses' hooves and shouts of killing made the atmosphere that should be festive a little more solemn.
On the outskirts of Chang'an City, two people wearing white cloaks were galloping side by side on two fast horses, and dozens of officers and soldiers behind these two people were also riding horses and chasing after them.
Obviously, after a long period of this newspaper, the two horses have been exhausted, and the speed of their snorts has slowly slowed down. Seeing that the people behind him were about to catch up.
One of them threw the package on his body to the person next to him and said: "If this continues, neither of us can get out, go separately, I will help you lead away the pursuers, you must send the information to the king." ”
Another human: "In this way, you will die, didn't the king say that he would send someone to meet us, we are holding on, and we are about to pass Chang'an City." ”
The man looked at the pursuers behind him, who had approached more than ten zhang away, shook his head and said, "You can't drag it out any longer, you take care, you must deliver the news." As he spoke, he turned his horse's head and ran to the side of the road.
"My lord, the two of them are separated, what should we do?" The pursuers in the back consulted their leader.
The leader was a military lieutenant and said, "Chase separately, and no one can be let go." ”
Although there were many of them, it was a little more troublesome to command after all, and this one transfer made the two of them distance from the pursuers some more. The captain led the troops to continue the pursuit in the direction of Chang'an, while the other passers-by pursued in the direction of the fork in the road.
The man who ran towards the fork in the road accidentally walked into a dead end, and was instantly surrounded by the pursuers behind.
"Quick, hand over what you've got in your hands." The pursuers looked at the package in the hand of the messenger with bright eyes, and the people on it offered a reward, and the person who got the package was rewarded with 100 taels of silver, and each person was rewarded with 10 taels of silver after the matter was completed. Seeing that the package was in front of them, everyone rushed up to pull the messenger off the horse, and when they opened the package, they saw that it was empty, only to find that it was a bait.
The pursuers were so angry that they hacked the messenger to death with one person and one sword, and the blood was sprinkled on the snow, which was unusually delicate.
At this time, another messenger was also being chased, seeing that his horse was no longer good, this horse had been running non-stop for a day and a night, and the horses of the chasing soldiers were changed at the post station, so it was bound to be caught up, and it was not realistic to run to Chang'an City, so I had to find a way to get rid of the pursuers.
Seeing a forest in front of him, although all the leaves had fallen in winter, the snow that had just fallen made the trees and the ground white, and the messenger was now wearing a white hungry cloak.
The messenger changed the horse's head and went into the woods. With the cover of the woods, he distanced himself from the pursuers. But he knew that his horse was reaching its limit, and that he could collapse at any moment.
Finding a good opportunity, the messenger grabbed the spur and stabbed the horse in the buttocks, and the horse sped up in pain, but at this moment he jumped off his horse and rolled into the ditch beside the path, hiding himself by the dead grass and snow.
When running in the snow hurts, people's eyes will instinctively ignore the white, so the white cloak is the best hiding tool in the snow. Sure enough, the pursuers did not notice that the messenger had jumped off his horse, and continued the pursuit, not at all realizing that the person they were looking for was hiding in the ditch beside them.
When the pursuers were far away, the messenger quickly got up and ran in the opposite direction, although he had temporarily avoided the pursuers, but now it was not safe, on the contrary, he was more dangerous than ever.
His horse must be exhausted after galloping for a while, and will soon be overtaken by his pursuers. When the time comes, the pursuers will find out about him jumping off his horse and escaping. They turned back and chased quickly, and the messenger had no horses of his own, so he had to go on foot, which was slow and left footprints.
But now he can't estimate much, and only hopes that his horse can hold on a little longer.
Reflexively ran on the main road, the messenger could already vaguely see the tower of Chang'an City, and not far from the front door was the long pavilion that sent pedestrians back and forth.
The messenger tightened the burden on his back and ran towards the pavilion with all his might. Sure enough, he didn't run far before he heard the sound of horses' hooves and shouts of killing from behind. The voice approached quickly, and the messenger was already running with all his might, but after all, the speed of a man could not be compared with that of a horse, and he was finally overtaken.
The captain of the military academy led by him took the spear and did not kill the messenger directly, but pointed it directly at his leg.
In an instant, the head of the spear pierced his calf, and the messenger stumbled and fell to the ground.
The lieutenant laughed and said viciously: "You kid can really run, let Lao Tzu chase you for more than a hundred miles." Now I want to see how else you can run? The other pursuers also caught up and surrounded the messenger.
There was no chance to escape, and he couldn't even stand up, but he was unwilling, unwilling to die like this. Although he was determined to die by doing this errand, his will to survive still made him not want to give up like this.
He slowly stood up, the wound on his left leg was bleeding profusely, and with a sneering face, he pointed his spear in the face of the messenger and said, "Boy, hand over the package." Maybe Lao Tzu is in a good mood and can spare your life. ”
The messenger slowly took off the package on his back and tied it in his arms, and took out a dagger in his other hand in a defensive posture.
Seeing this, the army smiled and said, "Shouting? The kid still wants to resist, I think you don't know how to write dead words, you want to go up and play with him. ”
A man with a dead left leg had no chance of winning against the cavalry. One of the horsemen shouted, "I'm coming." As he spoke, he had already rushed over with his gun, and the messenger's dagger was blocked, and at the same time he turned sideways to dodge the blow, but his left leg could not be forced, and he couldn't dodge it at all, and the spear pierced his chest steadily, piercing him.
"Alas, why did you stab him to death directly, I originally wanted to make fun of him." When he saw that the messenger died directly, he was a little displeased, "Okay, since I got the things, I will collect the troops and go back." ”
A soldier jumped off his horse and picked up the package that the messenger was carrying. At this moment, with a "whoosh" sound, an arrow shot from a distance, directly killing the soldier who picked up the package.
The army was taken aback, looked around and said, "Who dares to sneak attack the people of the official mansion and want to rebel?" ”
"I didn't expect to be a step too late, do you think you want to leave after killing my brother like this? Today all your lives are left behind. A person doesn't know when he appeared in front of the soldier, and the soft sword in his hand was already wrapped around the neck of the soldier, and with a slight wave of his right hand, the soldier felt a slight pain in his neck, and a warm liquid seeped out of his neck.
"Remember my name, my name is Yunfei, your god of killing." These two messengers were naturally spies sent out by Li Shan, and the packages in their hands were the evidence collected over the years. These are the things that Li Chengwei did in Yongzhou, which is enough for the emperor to thoroughly investigate the evidence of Li Linfu.
Li Chengwei sent a large number of people to arrest these two people, and Yun Fei also brought people to pick up these two spies, although he still failed to save these two people after all, but these evidence was taken by Yun Fei.
When this group of pursuers saw that their leader had been killed, they were shocked at first, but then they saw that only one of the other party came to confidence again, "You dare to say big things alone, brothers go up together and kill him." ”
Yun Fei smiled slightly and said, "Some people just don't know how thick the sky is. ”
Yun Fei naturally couldn't come alone, and even if he was alone, he could leave calmly with the package.
Li Linfu's house, at this time, Li Linfu got the news.
"What? Hasn't Li Shan already returned to Dali? He didn't even leave Chang'an, but deliberately used this time to investigate us while we were lax. Li Linfu was annoyed now, knowing that Li Shan was already suspicious of him, but he didn't expect that Li Shan would go to Yongzhou to investigate Li Chengwei.
Li Chengwei was quite annoyed at this time, but he didn't expect to be caught by Li Shan, the grievances between the two of them have been separated for too long, and Li Shan's attitude has always been high-minded, which makes Li Chengwei angry but helpless. Now he has been found by Li Shan on a series of charges such as embezzling money and grain in Yongzhou and falsely reporting the population, and important letters and accounts have been obtained, which makes him even more eager to break Li Shan's body into thousands of pieces.
"Uncle, let me lead someone to kill Li Shan directly, I have long wanted to slaughter this kid, if you didn't stop Li Shan, how could you live to this day?" Li Chengwei gritted his teeth.
"Kill him? How easy is it to say, do you think the king of Dali Zhennan is a horse barking for nothing? There are so many masters around him, and there are thousands of elite soldiers in the guards alone, why did you kill him? Now I only hope that before the evidence reaches the emperor, Li Shan will definitely report to His Majesty first, and I must immediately go to Shangshu Province to stop Li Shan's report. Fortunately, your uncle and I were witty and gave Li Shan a trap in advance, and now the emperor is suspicious of Li Shan, otherwise we will all die if Li Shan meets the emperor directly. Li Linfu really hates that iron can't become steel, looking at his nephew, he really doesn't know what to say about him.
At this time, Li Linfu's housekeeper came in and said, "Master, someone claiming to be Gonggong Li came to ask to see him." ”
Li Linfu didn't react for a while, and asked, "That Gonggong Li?" ”
"Master Li, can't you even remember the miscellaneous family?" It was a father-in-law who looked ugly who spoke, but Li Linfu was not displeased at all, and hurriedly greeted him with a smile: "It turned out to be the royal family's father-in-law, Father-in-law Li, please take a seat, come here, watch the tea, I don't know what the father-in-law has to say when he comes to the cold house?" ”
This person is Tang Suzong's personal eunuch, the emperor's most trusted person among the eunuchs in the Great Interior, Li Fuguo.
Gonggong Li took out a letter from his sleeve and said: "I naturally came to send it to the Prime Minister, my lord is really careless, how can people catch such a handle, the miscellaneous family is afraid when they see it." If it weren't for the miscellaneous family risking their heads to steal it out of the song, the Prime Minister would probably not be able to sleep tonight. ”
Li Linfu took it and saw that it was Li Shan's book on his crimes, but he didn't expect to be stopped by Li Fuguo. However, Li Linfu has always been good friends with the eunuchs and guards in Da Nei, and his relationship with Li Fuguo is also good, of course, they are all power and money transactions, but at this time it really saved his life.
Li Linfu said: "My father-in-law is really a life-saving person of Li, Lin Fu has thanked him in advance, and there will be a good reward in the future." ”
Li Fuguo said: "Don't be in a hurry, although the miscellaneous family took out the seal fold to solve the urgent need of the prime minister, but it is also a symptom rather than a cure." The miscellaneous family has a plan that can prevent future troubles forever, I don't know if the prime minister is willing to adopt it? ”
Li Linfu said happily: "Father-in-law, please say, if father-in-law has a way to help Li solve this matter, Li is grateful." ”
Li Fuguo said: "Actually, this matter is simple and simple, the Prime Minister still remembers the matter of the first emperor Wu Jieyu......" (To be continued.) )