Li Chen's current situation is not optimistic. The inexplicable absence of two dozen cavalrymen is not a trivial matter. The next day, the news that the bodies of more than 20 soldiers had been found in Pingyin reached Dong'e, and then from Dong'e to Yunzhou under the pressure of internal and external troubles. In fact, the generals of the Dong'an garrison did not take this matter very seriously, didn't they just kill more than 20 soldiers? As long as the deaths of these 20 or so people are linked to Su Qi**, who is now making a lot of trouble in Laizhou, the responsibility can be shirked cleanly. It's a pity that the fact is that these soldiers did not die in the territory of Dong'e, but in the territory of Pingyin. The garrison of Pingyin was annoyed that the Dong'e army was too unkind, and put their hands into other people's baskets to make a fortune, and they were afraid that Dong'e would beat a rake, but they were passive, so they insisted on reporting to the top, and Dong'e was helpless, so they relied on their geographical advantages to take the lead in reporting the news to Li Shidao in Yunzhou, of course, the reason for the death of these soldiers was that they were hunted down and pretended to be merchants of the court spies were unfortunately killed in Pingyin.

Li Shidao was naturally very angry, first, he was angry that these foreign merchants or spies of the imperial court had such great courage to dare to kill the "official" army near Yunzhou, but he was angry that his subordinates couldn't stand such a thing, and they had to report to themselves before they could make a decision, and they couldn't cope with it in the face of hundreds of thousands of officials and soldiers. At that moment, a big word "search" was approved. Judge Li Wen met with Li Shidao's approval, and immediately took up his robe to see Li Shidao, and said:

"Dashuai, this matter must not be ignored!"

Then explained for Li Shidao:

"Dashuai, you already know about Su Qi, there is obviously a shadow of the imperial court in it, otherwise it wouldn't have made such a big fuss. The imperial court has been in business for so many years, who dares to guarantee that it has only installed one Su Qi in Ziqing? In case there is another Zhao Qi, Bai Qi and the like, where do we have so many troops in Ziqing to exterminate them? Either surrender to the imperial court due to internal and external troubles, or borrow troops from Hebei to lure wolves into the house. Boss, this matter should only be done quickly, not vaguely! ”

Li Shidao woke up like a dream and revised the order to re-issue. Overnight, all the military and political forces in Dong'e and Pingyin were mobilized, not to mention the merchants and merchants, but also the local residents.

At that time, although the territory of Shandong was vast and sparsely populated, as long as you wanted to check, or wanted to search, there was really no place where the soldiers could not reach. In the face of Li Shidao's stern order to capture the spy within a time limit, Pingyin's side secretly scolded Dong'a bastard, and the winter disturbed everyone's livelihood, while cheering up and harassing everyone everywhere. Finally got a clue in the Li family building near Dong'a. Because Li Yu destroyed the scene after they finished doing it, and dumped the body in another place, the corpse was found for several days before the soldiers touched the Li family building. The clues provided by the villagers of Lijialou were that more than 20 soldiers had come to Lijialou on the day of the accident, and they had also requisitioned a carriage belonging to Mrs. Li, the landlord of Lijialou. According to the villagers' descriptions, when these officers and soldiers arrived at Lijialou, their clothes could be seen to be torn, and their mounts were also very tired, and the soldiers' accents did not look like that of Lijialou locals (thanks to the household registration control of Ziqing at that time, most of the villagers had never been to other places, and rarely went to ten miles away). Even if they go, they are going to serve as conscripts, plus some of Li Yu's guards are from Qingzhou, and they will pass the customs as soon as they are confused), they claimed to be Dong'a, and chased a group of thieves to Li's house, but after arriving at Li's house, they went straight to the house of Mrs. Li, who had the richest yard and the largest courtyard.

Mrs. Li of Lijialou once made a county order and belonged to a person with a head and face in the county. Seeing the angry soldiers breaking into the courtyard of their house, after asking about the situation, Mrs. Li swore that he could see that these people had strange origins and did not want to lend them the carriage, but these people were strong, so they let them get their wish. However, the soldiers did not consider the actual situation of Mrs. Li at all, and put Mrs. Li into a carriage and sent him to Pingyin. The general situation is embarrassing, the mood of the last days is strong, and at this time it is the time when the law and discipline are relaxed, and the old lady Li's family disappeared into the long history of Lijialou Village under the contract efforts of the military and government in Pingyin. The property of Mrs. Li's family can continue to play a role in stimulating domestic demand and promoting development.

Li Shidao appointed Wang Zaisheng to be in charge of this matter, how to say it, it can only be said that it is used to win people instead of time, if it is in peacetime, Wang Zaisheng will definitely make the green chickens fly and the dogs jump, which is not much better than Jiang Chong, but now that the imperial army is coming day and night, no matter how you can't bring the art of destroying the family to the extreme, it can only be said that Wang Zaisheng has been wronged. The sentence in the confession of the villagers of Lijialou "The accent does not look like it is near my village", coupled with the whereabouts of the more than 20 horsemen after leaving Lijialou is like a mud cow into the sea, and there is no news, which makes Wang Zaisheng believe that most of this group of so-called spies should be Su Qi and other young people, and the clues to solve the case have been expanded from foreign businessmen to locals, but in this way, Li Yu's situation has become very delicate. Wang Zaisheng's frenzied search as if the end was coming, made it difficult for Li Yu, who had restored his identity as a merchant, and the relatively safe city of Yunzhou seemed to have become a besieged city. Seeing that the January period was approaching, when Wu Ciyou brought disappointing news again, Li Yu couldn't help but become anxious.

As the voices of people near Gao Mu's old house became louder day by day, Li Yu felt that it was time to change places. After thinking about it, Li Yu thought of a person, a person that Li Jifu had mentioned to him. And Li Shidao also saw a person in his mansion, a mysterious person, a mysterious person with strong martial arts.

Since the official army attacked Ziqing, Li Shidao has had more habits of going to the barracks, and it seems that if he didn't go to the barracks once, his safety was more guaranteed. A person who likes to assassinate others is always afraid of being assassinated, so every time Li Shidao goes out on patrol, in addition to bringing his own guards, he also has to select a group of masters around him as guards, and this time is no exception. I don't know if it's because Li Shidao is too nervous or because of something else, anyway, such a high-level prevention has not encountered any challenges until this day----

Coming out of the camp outside the city, it was getting dark, Li Shidao was sitting in the car with his eyes closed, and suddenly the personal guard sitting in the car suddenly opened his eyes and said:

"Murderous!"

Sure enough, Jin Ge's staggered voice answered, Li Shidao opened his eyes suddenly, and then he heard a muffled sound coming from the car window, which seemed to have happened in just an instant, Li Shidao just wanted to take a look, and lowered his voice with his hand and said:

"Don't move, don't lift the curtains. This book is reprinted from ㄧ6k Literature Network αp.. cn”

The muffled snorting outside the car and the sound of flesh and bone penetrating were getting closer and closer, no matter how Li Shidao heard it, he felt that these sounds were just coming from his side, and the shouting and killing on his side seemed to be just bluffing. Li Shidao didn't know how many people came outside for a while, and just wanted to ask, he was stopped by the close master with his eyes, and then, the master spread his body and protected Li Shidao in front of him, and Li Shidao didn't even dare to come out. Clung to the back of the car. An exclamation came from outside the car:

"Block him!"

"Don't let him get close to the car!"

"Hugh - ah!"

A heavy object fell on the wheel, startling the horse's long neigh, and the ears of the master guarding Li Shidao's body fluttered up and down, and the gesture changed rapidly and silently, but there was no movement in front of him, but the shouts of the guards came from outside-

"He's up there! Bring a bow and arrows! ”

The master was shocked when he heard this, and he was busy trying to change his posture, but it was too late, the roof of the carriage was shattered, and one foot leaned in, but this guy was really not simple, and he took the person's two feet without standing still, and then the people outside only saw the people on the roof of the car up and down, and Li Shidao inside only saw two legs and two hands dizzyingly entangled, and he was dumbfounded. The close hand suddenly felt that the other party was kicking out of the air, and he was busy holding back the qi and blood in his body, holding the opponent's leg with both hands, and sending it up hard, and suddenly felt that the pressure on his body was empty. I heard another exclamation outside the car-

"Don't let him run!"

The sound of weapons clashing was heard in a sonorous voice. But it didn't seem to hurt the person in the slightest, but left a soft voice and said:

"I have heard for a long time that the masters under the account of Ziqing Li Dashuai are like clouds, and when I see it today, it is just commonplace, only the one in the car will be good. Hahahaha, since you're here, let's leave a gift for Li Dashuai! ”

Before the words fell, the sound of breaking the air had reached the front of the carriage, and this person was using his voice to cover up the sound of his hidden weapon, but fortunately, although the master of Li Shidao was uneven, he was just able to reach out and catch the hidden weapon, and the strange thing was that this secret weapon seemed to have calculated the time, and the strength was lost when it was just in his hand. Sticking to the master, I can't help but feel awe-inspiring. took the hidden weapon and looked at it, but it was a dart, wrapped in a layer of silk, and when I untied it, there were dense words written on it. Busy telling Li Shidao:

"Sir, this assassin left a letter!"

Li Shidao shrank inside and asked:

"Are the people gone?"

Hearing the answer and leaving, Li Shidao stretched out his head and asked:

"What's that?"

The close man replied hurriedly:

"That's a dart, and the letter is wrapped around it."

The pro-soldier general ran over, "poof" knelt on the ground, and said:

"The villain is incompetent, and he almost affected the big handsome, please punish the big handsome!"

Anyway, kowtow more than once. After walking away from the ghost gate, the anger in Li Shidao's heart was not covered, but looking at the desolate scene in front of him and the village in front of him, Li Shidao held back his anger and said:

"Get up, this assassin is a strong martial artist, and you can't be blamed. Let's go home as a team! ”

didn't ask about the casualties, and got into the carriage with the skylight open, but this time there were two masters sitting on the left and right. Because Li Shidao was afraid of poison, the letter written on the silk silk was always held in the hand of the close master. Along the way, Li Shidao desperately ordered to go faster, and it was still the same when he entered the city gate, until the carriage galloped into the Jiedu Envoy's mansion, and Li Shidao's heart was slightly relaxed. When I entered the hall, I realized that my chest and back were already wet. After changing his clothes and not taking care of eating, he ordered someone to summon Li Wenhui, Lin Ying, Wang Zaisheng and others. After carefully reading the letter, officials large and small who heard the news of Li Shidao's assassination on the way back to Yunzhou City had already crowded the Jiedu Embassy. Li Shidao went out for a turn, proved that everything was fine, and ordered Li Wenhui, Lin Ying, and Wang Zaisheng to stay, and the others to go back.

Holding the soup sent by Mrs. Wei to give him a shock, Li Shidao took out the letter, and several people read it one by one, only to see a few sentences written on it in a disorderly manner:

"The son of a daughter doesn't go down to the court, and the handsome man pays attention!"

This seems to be to persuade Li Shidao not to travel casually, and it seems to mean something else. There are a few more sentences below these two sentences:

"Purple qi comes from the south, and if you get it, you will live, and if you get it, you will die. Does Li Shuai know? ”

A few people participated in the ginseng for a long time, but they didn't come out of their own way. But when he returned to the backyard at night, Wei participated for a long time before saying:

"Is this person here to remind my husband or something?"

Li Shidao said angrily:

"Fools can see it. Wei Zhidao is ten times more powerful than him, if he wants to kill me, he will definitely not be able to stop me, if he doesn't kill me, he will leave a book here, don't you want to help me? ”

Wei Shi glared at Li Shidao and said:

From the concubine's point of view, this person must know a great secret, and this secret can affect Ziqing's life and death. What will be able to influence Ziqing's life and death? ”

Then, as if he had realized something, he said:

"Doesn't it mean that a very important person is not in Ziqing at the moment? If we catch this person, or get the help of this person, will we be able to defeat the imperial court and survive this catastrophe safely? Then this person is either able to speak in the imperial court, or he is a genius. Coming from the south means that this person is from Hebei, but who is from Hebei who can influence the life and death of our Jinqing and the strategy of the imperial court? ”

Wei didn't say that it was okay, but as soon as he said it, Li Shidao stood up excitedly, and spun around like a fox with a burning tail, which shocked Wei Shi to worry, and suddenly Li Shidao stopped and said:

"From Hebei, there is! We sent back news a few days before Wei Bo's spy that Wei Bo had just broken a nest of spies in the imperial court, caught a lot of court spies, and interrogated that there was a luxury figure in the court who was going to come to Wei Bo on a business trip recently, and Tian Ji'an waited for a long time and did not catch this person, and it is said that this person ran away from Beizhou. Now that I think about it, isn't this person making a move, and instead of going to Beizhou, he came to my Ziqing? ”

Wei was also overjoyed, and said:

"If this is the case, then the 100,000 troops of the imperial court are really not worth mentioning. It's just that what kind of extravagant character is this, our Ziqing is so big, where did he go? ”

Master Li said:

"Whatever, you'll know when you get caught. By the way, by the way, does the recent incident in Dong'a also have something to do with this? Someone, someone, someone! ”

In the end, Li Shidao almost roared. After being greatly frightened, the great surprise filled his body and mind, and when his family ran out of the door to listen to the instructions, Li Shidao ordered:

"Order Wei Zhi to come to my study quickly!"

However, what Li Shidao waited for in the study was a letter, a big piece of paper, on which three big characters were written crookedly:

"I'll go!"

Looking closely, the room was messy, the money and medicine were gone, and Wei Zhi obviously left the book without telling him. After experiencing tonight's events, Li Shidao deeply realized the importance of having masters around him, and Wei Zhi's departure was like a basin of cold water poured on Li Shidao's head. This Wei Zhi is different from Li Yinghao, he is a master of the rivers and lakes hired by Li Shidao, and he Li Shidao is an employment relationship, not a vassal relationship, if he wants to leave, he really has no worries. Li Shidao sat on the Hu chair in a dejected manner, and then remembered that he seemed to have said this sentence when he asked the origin of the assassin in the car:

"He's not here to assassinate Ben Shuai. If there is such a master around Ben Shuai, how good it would be! ”

This is indeed a heartfelt compliment, this assassin did not kill a person, he was able to even pass more than a dozen so-called masters (as soon as that incident passed, Li Shidao added the word "so-called" in front of his masters), and killed until he was in front of his car, and after occupying the opportunity, he calmly fought with the first master Wei Zhi around him for more than a dozen rounds, and he only hurt people without killing people, and came and went in a chic manner, and his martial arts were indeed very deep. I think it was because I was only happy and amazed at the time, and I didn't take into account the dignity of Wei Zhi, who has always been arrogant, that made Wei Yi angry, right? Li Shidao wanted to be angry, but he couldn't get angry, he just thought:

"You bastard, but your skills are not as good as others, if this person is really here to assassinate, is Ben Shuai still alive?"

He originally wanted Wei Zhi to go to Dong'a to see the corpses of the twenty or so dead soldiers, and see if he could see something with Wei Zhi's experience in the rivers and lakes. Now, I had to arrange for someone else to go.

That night, under the city of Jinxiang, in Li Yu's camp, Li Yu gathered the generals and said:

"Thanks to the loyal and courageous battles of all the soldiers, the road ahead has been opened. Ben Shuai decided to go north with the whole army, and for this reason, he must take Jinxiang tomorrow! ”

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