Chapter Forty-Nine: The Heart of Killing
"Go sick, that's it. Ya * Wen * Yan * Qing * Shou * Fa 'That Li Dang is also a loyal and righteous person, no matter what, his father's death is inseparable from me, and he is still your subordinate. This matter is revealed, and you can release him later! When only Wei Qing and Huo Quzhi were left in the room, Wei Qing took Huo Quzhi's sign and said earnestly.
"It would be nothing if this matter was really that simple, but early this morning, Ah Guang was also assassinated in Maoling, and now he is still unconscious in the mansion. It's just a coincidence, but what if it's premeditated? If you don't find out who is behind the scenes, how can my Weihuo family gain a foothold? Huo Quzhi has always obeyed Wei Qing's words, but this time he was too angry, and Huo Quzhi couldn't swallow this breath if he didn't return the color.
"Who is so bold?" Wei Qing was also shocked when he heard this, and he used assassins to assassinate the core members of the Wei Huo family, which was indeed unbearable.
"Because of the remote location, the assassins didn't catch it, but I have already asked Zhao Ponu to send troops to round up. But it's close to the mausoleum, so I can't send too many people there. Huo Qubing said his deployment, indeed although he sent Zhao Ponu to lead troops to round up the assassins, but after all, so much time has passed, and the location is close to the mausoleum of Maoling, if you send too many people, you will be caught and said that it is disrespectful to the emperor, so Huo Qubing is also worried that it will be difficult to catch the assassin.
"I think this matter should be just a coincidence, you go to talk to Li Dang and let him go as soon as possible." I don't care about this injury, I'll go to see Ah Guang in two days. "Wei Qing urgently needs to recuperate now, compared to finding out the murderer of Huo Guang, the more important thing at the moment is not to let Li Dang make a big fuss.
"Okay, I'll go talk to Li Dang. See if there is a connection between the two. Huo Quzhi was most worried about Wei Qing's life, and now that he knew that Wei Qing was fine, he regained some calm.
Thinking about it carefully, Wei Qing's handling of it like this is also the best way, because Huo Quzhi also knows the secret of Li Guangzhi's death, if he really makes a big deal about it, it will damage the emperor's face at that time, and it will also make Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty mistakenly think that Wei Huo is using Li Kang's matter to blackmail him. Because Huo Quai's plan to promote Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to become a prince of the country is also recently, compared to the consolidation of Prince Wei's position, it is nothing to let Li Dare live a few more days. Of course, Huo Quzhi was ostensibly doing what Wei Qing wanted, but in fact, he had already killed Li Dang in his heart!
Just as Huo Qubing was walking towards the place where Li Kang was being held, a seven or eight-year-old child stumbled into the Jiaguan where the prince practiced martial arts. The boy was holding a token in his hand, and the prince's guards didn't stop him along the way, so he entered Jiaguan very smoothly.
At this moment, the crown prince Liu Ju is learning from his sword master, as a prince, he must be able to do anything.
"Your Highness...... Please Your Highness, save me, Dad! The child holding the token saw the figure of the crown prince Liu Ju and pounced from a distance.
"Li Yu? What's wrong with you, what's wrong? Don't rush yet, speak slowly! "Prince Liu recognized the person, it was Li Dang's son Li Yu. Although this Li Yu is young, he can be regarded as a member of the **, and because Li Yu is involved in the Li family, the prince Liu Ju is also very good to him, and gradually Li Yu seems to be the prince's confidant.
"My father said that the general was the murderer of my grandfather, and that he attacked the general early this morning when he was away. Now that he is detained by the general, my father is confused for a while, and he asks His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to save him! Li Yu is not very old, but he is very smart, and he can speak clearly at a young age. And in such a critical situation, he could still think of coming to the crown prince Liu to intercede, which shows that Li Yu understands the stakes very well.
Li Yu knew that the biggest backer of the Li family should now be Prime Minister Li Cai, but Li Yu also knew that Li Cai and Wei Huo's relatives had many disagreements. And the crown prince Liu Ju not only has enough status and status, but more importantly, Liu Ju is also Wei Qing's nephew, and he is the center of the entire Wei Huo's relatives.
"What? What did Lang Zhong tell him to do? If his uncle had a good one, Prince Ben wouldn't let him go! As soon as Liu Yi heard Li Yu's words, his face became extremely ugly, and he scolded Li Yu who was still in tears. Li Yu is Liu Ju's confidant, yes, but Wei Qing is Liu Ju's big backer, it can be said that everyone in the world opposes him, as long as the general Wei Qing supports him, then his status as a prince will be as stable as Mount Tai. And now that Li Kang wants to kill his backer, isn't it impossible to get along with himself, and even Liu Ju has the urge to cut Li Kang with a knife.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is angry, and the general is fine. Please also ask His Royal Highness to save Daddy, Li Yu will repay the prince's great kindness by being a cow and a horse all his life. "Li Yu is not stupid, he also came to ask the prince when he was sure that Wei Qing's life was not in danger. If Wei Qing really has a good one, even if Li Yu begs anyone, it is useless.
"Hmph, you can go to the Marquis of Changping Mansion with me first!" Hearing that Wei Qing was fine, Prince Wei threw the long sword in his hand and said. Although he was still blaming Li Yu verbally, he didn't ignore it. Soon, under the arrangement of the subordinate officials, the prince set up the prince's guard of honor and went to the Changping Marquis Mansion.
The prince was still on the road with Li Yu, and Huo Quzhi had already kicked open the door of the room where Li Kang was being held. In the room, Li Kang's hands were tied, and his whole body was also tied to the pillar. Li Dang looked up and saw that it was Huo Qubing who came in, and lowered his head heavily, looking very guilty.
"Li Kang, what are you doing stupidly?" Huo Quzhi walked in front of Li Kang, and with an angry roar, he smashed out with a punch, and this punch hit Li Kang in the face.
"Poof......" Huo Quzhi's punch was full of anger, and one punch made Li dare to spit blood from his mouth, and even knocked out a few teeth.
"Master Hou, the last general will make you embarrassed, but the hatred of killing your father is not the same as the sky, if you want to kill, you have to scrape and ask Hou Ye to do it, and the last general will never complain." Li Dang is actually a person with clear grievances, he is Huo Quai's subordinate, although now he has replaced his father Li Guanglang's position as a lieutenant, but he still regards himself as a subordinate of the champion Hou. Now because he wants to avenge the killing of his father, he has to kill Huo Quai's uncle, which actually makes Li Kang very difficult. But this also speaks of Li Kangzhen's temperament.
"Kill you! Hmph, do you know that you are guilty of destroying the three tribes? Not only are you going to die, but none of your Li clan can run away. "Huo Qubing is also a person who knows the severity, although he really wants to kill Li Kang directly with a knife, but before he understands what happened, before the three princes are crowned kings, Huo Qubing will not kill him.
"If you don't avenge the murder of your father, what is the point of living in the world? Life is nothing but shame! "Li Dang is a person who has passed through to the end, and at this moment, even if Huo Quzhi said that he might be wiped out by the three clans, he still has no remorse. I don't know if this Li Dang should say that he is right or wrong?
"Just as you assassinated the general, Ah Guang was also assassinated in Maoling. I wonder if these two things are related? Huo Quzhi still knows Li Dang very well, he knows that it is impossible to change Li Dang's mind, the only thing that can end his thoughts is to kill him, otherwise Li Dang lives in the world for a day, and Wei Qing may be in danger. As his subordinate, Huo Quzhi didn't beat around the bush when he asked, and went straight to the point.
"What? Ah Guang was assassinated, who did this? Master Hou, Ah Guang and I also have a fateful relationship, and this kind of thing will never be done. Li Dang was also surprised when he heard that Huo Guang had been assassinated. Regarding Li Kang's words, Huo Qu was so sick that he also believed it, because since Li Dang could do such a brainless thing as assassinating the general, he naturally would not hide the assassination of Huo Guang.
Huo Quzhi looked at Li Kang for a while and didn't speak, and after a long time he pulled out his saber from his waist, and after taking out the sword, he stabbed Li Kang without the slightest hesitation. At this time, Li Kang did not resist, but waited with his eyes closed. However, after a while, Li Dang found that there was no pain or abnormality, and then he opened his eyes, and he found that the rope on his body had been cut by Huo Quzhi.
"Master Hou......" Li Dang didn't know what to say, he didn't expect Huo Qubing to let himself go. Li Kang also knew that the crime of assassinating the general was such a crime, even if the emperor had to kill himself to calm his anger.
"Uncle suppressed this matter, you should pretend that nothing happened!" Huo Quzhi turned around and said in a low voice.
Li Dang stood in place a little stunned, he had thought about all the results before assassinating Wei Qing, but he didn't expect this matter to end like this. However, Li Kang will not change his mind because Wei Qing did not pursue himself.
"Master Hou, the last general will leave!" Li Dang didn't have anything to say, so he said something to Huo Quzhi and walked out.
However, just as Li Dare was about to walk out of the door, Huo Quzhi suddenly said again: "Stop." ”
"What else does Master Hou have to say?" Li Dare stood still.
"Do you know that with your father's sin, even if he kills himself, it's over? Why are you still being sealed as the Marquis of the Guan, and you are replacing your father as Lang Zhongling during his lifetime? Go back and think about this, I don't want you to die one day and die in vain! Huo Quzhi still had his back to Li Kang, if someone faced Huo Quzhi at this moment, they would find that his eyes were bloodshot, obviously revealing a strong killing intent.
"Thank you Master Hou for your advice, I will leave after nothing else!" Li Dang couldn't understand why Huo Quzhi said this for a while, in fact, he knew that after his father Li Guang committed suicide by delaying the military period, he wondered why he was still sealed as the Marquis of Guan, and a few days ago, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty issued an order to move himself to Lang Zhongling, which was Li Guang's official position before his death, and he was also one of the Nine Qings. Originally, Li dared to think that all this was due to Huo Quzhi, but now that Huo Qubing said this, there should be a hidden truth in this matter.
As Li Dang walked outside the Pingyang Hou Mansion, Huo Qubing also walked out, since Wei Qing was fine, then he was going to return to the Champion Hou Mansion, Huo Guang was still unconscious, which made Huo Qubing also very worried.
Outside the Changping Marquis Mansion, Li Dang and Huo Qubing happened to meet Liu Ju, who came to visit Wei Qing. Although Liu Ju was also curious why Li Kang was only slightly injured, he walked out by himself, but Huo Qubing was beside him and he didn't ask much, at that moment Li Dang and his son Li Yu returned directly to the mansion, while Liu Ju went into the mansion to visit Wei Qing, Huo Quzhi just said a few words to the prince and left.
Li Dang walked on the way home, and also had a feeling of being in a desperate situation, he thought that this time it was because of his immediate boss Huo Qubing helping him, but he never imagined that although it seemed that Huo Qubing had released him on the surface, Huo Qubing had already killed him in time.