Chapter 154: The River and the Lake (23)

The streets are bustling with businessmen.

Wen Shu did not ride a sika deer, but wore a plain gauze hat on his head, and walked alone on the streets of Donghu County.

Her mission this time is to help King Liang assassinate someone.

Taishou of Donghu County, Li Junci.

Donghu County connects the north and south regions, but the economy has not been affected by the continuous war.

Because Donghu County also has a name, called Shangdu.

Most of the wealth in Donghu County is taken from the people's fat and people's ointment, and there are no poor people here because the poor aborigines have been driven far away.

They lived in a dilapidated village ten miles away, planting and working for the landlords in the city, the court collected forty percent of the tax, the landlord collected fifty percent of the tax, and the one percent left for the people was not even enough for a family of three to eat a full meal every day!

The reason why the landlord receives such a high commission is because of the high filial piety required by the Taishou there.

Li Junci was born in the Li family of the Great Wei family, and is a diehard loyalist of the Ming Wang's lineage, this person is resourceful and scheming, known as the Great Wei Xiao Zhuge , the only drawback is greed!

And it's fair and honest greed.

If there was no Ming Wang Libao, no matter how incompetent the Great Wei Emperor was, he would not fail to see that this kind of person was a moth to the country!

It's just that now that the King of Ming has the power of the army, the Great Wei Emperor has become a puppet wearing a dragon robe and not being ordered by the emperor to go out of the Qianyuan Palace.

All families know that only by hugging the thigh of King Ming can their family continue to live a life of superiority and worry-free food and clothing!

Once the peasant King Liang won the world, the first thing to be eradicated was them, the family gate valves that encroached on the people and absorbed the people's fat!

Sugar gourds, rock sugar villains, spice sachets, jade porcelain, and all kinds of merchants and spectators are lined with streets and alleys.

The cries are endless.

Walking on the streets of Donghu County, it will even make people think that it is still peaceful and prosperous.

But whether it is those merchants from other places who sell loudly, or the bearers who walk the streets and alleys, they have to pay half of the taxes to the Taishou Mansion every day.

They don't have their own land or houses in Donghu County, and if they don't want to pay the expensive rent of Tongque Tower, they have to walk back to the countryside ten miles away step by step through the night and the stars.

But when I got home, I couldn't rest for long, and I had to go out immediately before dawn to start a new day.

In contrast, in those territories occupied by King Liang, most of the basic living needs of the people were met.

Li Junci's greed is notoriously greedy, the greed of the lion's mouth.

Therefore, there are many people who can't get used to him, whether they are chivalrous people on the rivers and lakes, or thieves who covet his endless wealth, they all like to attack and kill Li Junci when he goes out.

Li Junci is a smart man, he is very willing to save his life, and he will never put himself in danger.

For at least twenty days a month, he hid in an impregnable mansion guarded by soldiers and warriors, and even when he had to go out, he never left the group of high-ranking warriors around him.

He even cheekily begged King Ming to ask for a righteous forbidden army commander to be his personal secret guard, whether it was in his sleep or when he was in a dun lun ceremony with Mrs. Li, that secret guard would also quietly guard Li Junci's side, not leaving an inch!

King Ming attached great importance to Li Junci, not only arranged a secret guard for him as he wished, but even gave him some of the troops located in the southeast and southeast to personally control it.

Most of the leaders of the border army came from the families of the Eastern Regions of the Wei State, and the Li family was the head of the Eastern Regions family, and Li Junci was quite prestigious in the army.

Once he dies, those generals who are not subordinate to anyone in the first place will fight for power and profit, and the border army will be in chaos.

Wen Shu's current strength is at most on par with that martial artist, and if he wants to kill Li Junci, he can't be hard.

In the previous life, Wen Shu learned how to use mental power to control people or monsters, and in this life, since the spiritual power was re-cultivated, Wen Shu tried to control a mouse for the first time.

Although this skill was a bit jerky because she hadn't used it for many years, she finally succeeded after sacrificing a dozen little mice.

Wen Shu controlled a gray squirrel, and with the help of its narrow field of vision, cautiously broke into the Taishou Mansion.

Then the little mouse died.

The Taishou Mansion was heavily guarded, and he didn't even put a single mouse in it.

Wen Shu withdrew his divine sense, touched his chin and thought for a moment, the little mouse was not dead in vain, at least before it died, he heard the two guards discussing the matter of Taishou going out of the city tomorrow.

After thinking about it seriously, Wen Shu quickly had an idea.

The next day, Li Junci was going out of the city to inspect the border army, and the guards in charge of the safety of the Taishou were on standby, and the roads in the city were cleared early in the morning, and no one was allowed to carry swords and daggers.

Otherwise, whether you are an assassin or not, you will be killed!

Li Junci sat on a luxurious and comfortable sedan chair, yawning while reading a short biography that has been popular in the market recently.

The sedan chair drivers are all practitioners with martial arts, their steps are steady, and there is no bump in the sedan chair.

Waiting for the sedan chariot to walk out of the city gate, the sky is high and the road is far away, the warm breeze caresses, a comfortable and peaceful, Li Junci rubbed his eyes, opened the curtain on the sedan chair, and looked up into the distance.

Suddenly, his gaze was on a position, pausing slightly, and the next moment, he raised his hand: "Stop." ”

The chariot stopped, and a samurai lifted him out of the carriage.

Li Junci shook his sleeves and walked forward, and the warrior behind him followed by his side, inseparable.

"Woo woo woo ......"

I saw a white puppy lying in the grass, its hair was a little dirty, but it had a pair of bright and clear eyes.

Seeing Li Junci, the puppy not only did not run, but also hobbled and tried to approach him.

"Ding!"

The warrior beside him drew his sword and was about to hack it to death, but was stopped by Li Junci's words.

"Slow, don't touch it, let it come. ”

Li Junci said when he heard this.

So the warrior put away the sword and stared at the puppy with a wary expression.

"Woo woo woo ......"

Probably hungry, the puppy's flat belly gurgled and it let out a weak whimpering sound.

Li Junci's eyes showed a look of love, and he carefully picked it up: "In the future, you can call it an hour, follow me, and you will no longer have to worry about starvation." ”

This puppy, and his childhood playmate, when he was young, is too similar.

When he was young, as the eldest son in the family, Li's father was very strict with him, and as the heir of the Li family in the future, he must not have the kindness of a woman, let alone be soft-hearted, only a hard enough heart can protect the family from traitors.

Young Li Junci is not like now, greedy, vicious, and disregards human life as grass, when he was a child, Li Junci was a kind child, he had a playmate from a poor background, named Xiao, who often came in from the dog hole at home and played with him.

When Li's father found out, he was furious and ordered the child to fall on a tree and beat him viciously with a whip.

Li Junci howled and cried, and the louder he cried, the harder the whipped warrior became, and then the child died.

Since then, Li Junci has had no friends.

When he was seven years old, he found a white puppy in the dog cave of that year.

The puppy had the same clear black pupils as when he was young, and Li Junxi subconsciously felt that this was his hour and came back to accompany him.

He named the puppy Xiao, and made a three-chapter agreement with Li's father, as long as Li's father agreed to raise him Xiaoxiao, he would listen to him and strive to become the kind of person he expected.

Because Xiao is just a puppy, if he can exchange his son for motivation and raise an extra dog, Li's father will feel nothing.