Chapter 108: Forced to join the army
Under Li Zhen's order, the soldiers of the whole city and the officials of Runan County went out at night to search for Li Rong and other court agents who might be hiding in the city.
Li Rong hid in the county government of Runan County, not far from the Assassin's Mansion. He led Ander around the city for a short circle, shook off Ander and sneaked back to the place.
Under the urging of the team leader, the officials looked tired, yawned one after another, and scolded quietly in their mouths and gathered in front of the county yamen.
I slept soundly late at night, but I was called up by my boss, and none of the officials were in a good mood.
"Silence," the squad leader snapped.
The officials below hurriedly stopped talking and looked at the team leader nervously, usually the team leader has always been gentle to the officials, and there is such a loud shout.
"A thief infiltrated the palace and stole the prince's beloved pearl string. The thief was more than six feet tall, with a thin build, dressed in night clothes, and holding a long knife. The prince personally ordered a reward, and those who could inform the news were rewarded with ten yuan, and those who caught the thief were rewarded with a thousand yuan. The team leader said loudly, "Immediately inspect the streets and alleys, and make sure that the thieves are arrested." ”
"Team leader, what thief dares to steal from the palace so boldly?" One of the officials asked boldly.
"If I knew I would have stood here and lectured you," the squad leader asked impatiently, "for a moment, take care of yourself when patrolling the streets, and don't blame me for not reminding you." ”
All the officials are like human spirits, and they immediately understand the meaning of the team leader. There are many masters in the Yue Wang's Mansion, and the defense is tight, and the thieves who can enter the palace and steal the pearl treasure string that the prince loves are definitely not ordinary people, and they are not enough to see the thieves in the face of the thieves.
The officials looked at each other, and each nodded imperceptibly, "The thief to be arrested by the Yue Wangfu is estimated to be a master of the rivers and lakes, and if you encounter these people, you will definitely be easily killed by the other party, so you have to learn to be smart." ”
Then, according to the assignment of the team leader, the officials left the county government in twos and threes, and began to inspect their respective jurisdictions.
"I heard that there are many masters in the palace, such as the dark leopard Ande and the jade prince Li Gui, all of whom are enemies of ten thousand people with excellent martial arts, and they can tear apart tigers and leopards, how can they make a thief succeed," a medium-sized, slightly chubby official said to his companion.
"Whether it's a real thief or not, it's not something we can handle, it's better not to meet, and the reward is not so easy to get." The skinny companion said disdainfully.
As they spoke, the two officials turned from the street into a nearby alley.
"Pap" Li Rong's body moved, appeared on the body of the two officials, and slashed at the back of the necks of the two with both palms, knocking the two unconscious.
Li Rong dragged the bodies of the two and disappeared into the depths of the alley in an instant.
The moonlight shone on the wide street, and there were many soldiers on the street, the palace guards, and the officials of Runan County came and went, checking the streets and alleys, searching every house, looking for Li Rong's traces.
Li Rong's fingers tapped several acupuncture points on the body of one of the officials, waking him up.
The official had just woken up and saw Li Rong masked in a black scarf, and was about to scream, when Li Rong pointed at the dumb hole.
"Don't scream, or I won't mind breaking your neck." Li Rong said softly, and then casually clicked on the dumb hole of the servant.
The fat servant looked at Li Rong with frightened eyes, and he didn't know that the man in black in front of him was a wanted criminal in the palace.
"I'll ask you to answer, don't try to quibble, I'll wake up your companion in a moment and ask again, whoever says the wrong thing is finished." Li Rong said.
The fat servant nodded hurriedly in understanding.
"Where does Uncle Shen, the secretary of the Yue Palace, join the army?" Li Rong asked.
This is also the reason why Li Rong chose to come to the county government, the officials often wander around the city, and they should be the most familiar with the situation in the city.
Shen Shuxiang holds the position of joining the army in the palace, in charge of money and food, and his position is very important, and he is also Li Zhen's confidant. The list of officials of the Yue King Li Zhen's assassination history office was all recorded in the Ministry of Officials, and Li Rong once recorded the list of officials one by one.
The fat servant hesitated for a moment, and said quickly, "Shen joins the army and lives in the third household north of Xiangdong Road, Xingqingfang Cross Street. ”
As a county official, it is necessary to observe the face and look at the face, and to protect oneself is a must-have, as for Uncle Shen to keep secrets from this person whose official position is 108,000 miles away from him, he has never thought about it. Of course, it is not easy for the fat official to be familiar with the situation of the powerful officials of all sizes in Runan City.
"Bang" Li Rong knocked the fat servant unconscious with a punch.
Then Li Rong woke up the thin servant again, asked the question again, and came up with the same answer. only then did he faint the two officials and walked away.
Killing people and destroying mouths is not Li Rong's intention, and the two small roles are not worth Li Rong's hands.
Afterwards, the two officials woke up slowly, looked at each other, looked at each other with a wry smile, and unanimously decided to keep it a secret and not report the encounter with Li Rong to their boss. Could it be that he told his boss that the two of them were guiding the thieves to join the army, in case there was any damage to Uncle Shen or his family, he would definitely not be able to spare the two, and the reward was also a life-saving flower, as an official at the level of joining the army, it was too simple to kill two unpopular officials.
Li Rong climbed high and low, dodged several teams of people in a row, walked to Xingqing Fang, and jumped over the wall into the workshop.
Li Rong looked around at the movement in the workshop and walked in the direction of Uncle Shen's home.
Because of Uncle Shen's identity, the soldiers who searched and the fangmen who cooperated with the fang did not dare to enter his house to search, so Shen Shuxiang's house was silent, and there was no light in the courtyard, thinking that the family was asleep.
Uncle Shen has been staying in the Yue Wang's Mansion to deal with the money and food affairs assigned by Li Zhen. When it came to the uprising, there were many trivial matters in the army, so that he, the big housekeeper, was often busy until midnight before returning home. Li Rong made trouble in the palace in the middle of the night tonight, and Uncle Shen didn't return home until the early hours of the morning.
Dragged tired, Uncle Shen called open the door, waved off the servant, and walked briskly towards the backyard room, wanting to go back to the room to sleep, he was really sleepy.
"Shen is really busy joining the army!" Uncle Shen, who pushed the door in, suddenly heard a man's voice from inside.
"Who?" Uncle Shen found Li Rong, who had taken off his night clothes and revealed his green shirt, sitting on the couch, and his wife was lying in the corner of the bed with a quilt.
"In Xia, Li Rong took the liberty to come to see Lord Shen, for fear that her sister-in-law would knock her unconscious if she shouted, so as not to affect the conversation between the two of us." Li Rong said.
"As an official of the imperial court, you entered a private house for no reason and violated the laws of the Tang Dynasty, what crime should you be guilty of?" Uncle Shen shouted in a low voice.
Li Rong's clever skills in the Yue Wangfu made Shen Shuxiang dare not make a mistake, let alone alarm outsiders, which provoked Li Rong to make a brazen move, so that his life was not guaranteed. Uncle Shen is an unarmed scholar, which can be compared to a martial artist like Li Rong.
"King Yue colluded with the snake spirit to rebel against the party, manipulated the price of salt in the state, and recruited troops and horses with the intention of rebellion, which one is in line with the laws of the imperial court?" Li Rong said with a smile, "You are an important person in the palace, a confidant of King Yue, you must know very well what King Yue wants to do, so you don't need to fool me." ”
"You," Uncle Shen said with a frown, he didn't think that a simple accusation would tie Li Rong's back.
"It's useless to argue, I came here to ask you, where is the camp where King Yue trained cavalry?" Li Rong asked.
"How do I know?" Uncle Shen said with a change in his face.
"You are a member of the army as a royal palace, in charge of money and food, how much food does it cost to eat horses and chew these thousands of cavalry for a day, do you know?" Li Rong said, "I don't believe it, and my time is limited, so I don't want to spend more time with you." ”
"What if I don't tell you?" Uncle Shen said.
"Lord Shen seems to still have his wife, children and mother in the hall." Li Rong said with a different color.
"I heard that Lord Li Hui, the Marquis of the Sword, is upright, selfless, fair and honest, but I didn't expect his son to threaten others with the lives of innocent people and children."
"Expedient, if the king of Yue really rebelled, not only a few old and young people would suffer, but thousands of people would be innocent. Are your wives and children more important than thousands of people's parents, wives and children? Li Rong said.
"Wu Zetian came to the court with the heroine, acted perversely, and appointed cool officials to poison the hundred officials of the clan, and in the long run, the country will not be a country, and how many people will be harmed?" Uncle Shen sneered.
"With just a few officials, how can the clan compare with the people of the world," Li Rong said, "I really don't want to argue with you." ”
After speaking, Li Rong's fingers flicked continuously, and several finger winds shot out like lightning, pointing at several acupoints on Shen Shuxiang's body.
"Hmm", Shen Shuxiang's dumb acupoint was also stopped, and he felt that there were several air currents flowing around in his body, making his internal organs painful like a knife, and he couldn't stand anymore, and fell to the ground softly, rolling helplessly.
"Bang", Li Rong waved his hand and closed the door without wind, so as not to let the servants see it.
Uncle Shen felt a faint pain in his heart, liver, lungs, and spleen, and he stretched out his hand and grabbed it his body, trying to alleviate the pain, but he always had the feeling that he couldn't grasp the pain, which was really unbearable, and he was so sad that he wanted to hit the wall with his head and body, but he couldn't lift it up at all.
"To be honest, I don't want to torture you, it's just that time is pressing, so I have to make this decision." Li Rong said.
The torture he performed just now was inspired by the "Seven Wounds Fist" and used the technique of "Seven Emotions to Resist Qi" to stimulate Shen Shuxiang's five organs, and the effect was better than the pain of the muscles and bones.