Chapter XXVII: The Siege
In front of the Thousand Households.
The door opened, and Xu Qianhu, accompanied by the doorman, greeted him.
Of course, Xu Qianhu didn't want to welcome Li Yang, but who let his little life be in Li Yang's hands.
"Huh? Didn't you say that there was also gold and jade? Where is she? Xu Qianhu looked at the doorman suspiciously.
It was Li Yang who answered him.
"Leave her alone, I'll tell her to go back." Li Yang said as he crossed the threshold and walked into the Thousand Households, not treating himself as an outsider at all.
Xu Qianhu had no choice but to follow behind him.
Entering a room in the backyard, he sent him around, and there was only Li Yang in front of him, Xu Qianhu's face changed instantly, and he cried and said, "Didn't you say seven days?" It's only the second day, and even if you kill me, you won't be able to get the map. ”
"Things have changed."
Li Yang sat down very unceremoniously, "The people from the East Factory are here." ”
Hearing this, Xu Qianhu breathed a sigh of relief first, "Huh, it turned out to be this, it scared me to death, I thought you were here to kill me." ”
Li Yang was surprised: "You seem to know this?" ”
"Yes." Xu Qianhu said in a natural tone.
"You know why you didn't tell me?" Li Yang's tone was a little cold.
"Does this have anything to do with you?"
After Xu Qianhu finished speaking, he realized that his tone was wrong.
You must know that the little white face in front of you is still holding on to his own life.
He immediately changed to a humble tone and explained: "The people from Dongchang haven't been here for long, don't look at them besieging the city, it's not for you, it's for Zhou Huai'an." ”
"Who is Zhou Huai'an?" Li Yang asked as if he had lost his memory.
Xu Qianhu felt that it was normal.
In his eyes, Li Yang is very likely to be a foreign breed, and Zhou Huai'an was originally the head of the forbidden army in the capital, and he fled to this pass after becoming a fugitive, and he has no intersection with Li Yang at all, so it is normal not to know him.
If Li Yang said that he knew, he would be suspicious.
"Zhou Huai'an is a wanted criminal......" Xu Qianhu briefly introduced.
"I see." Li Yang said suddenly, as if it was the first time he knew Zhou Huai'an.
Then the topic changed and returned to the question he really wanted to know, "You just said that the people of Dongchang surrounded this city?" ”
"Yes, it's around."
Xu Qianhu said in a tone that I understood: "Don't worry, it's just to catch Zhou Huai'an, as soon as the people are caught, the army will naturally withdraw, and it will definitely not affect you." ”
After speaking, he added uneasily, "The premise is that you don't cause trouble." ”
The implication is: If you run to me if you have nothing to do, it will be easy to attract people's attention, and if you are caught, you will not say anything, and you will also implicate me.
Li Yangcai ignored him and asked, "The people of Dongchang besieged the city, why didn't the people in the city know about it?" ”
"Because they did not surround the city with great fanfare, but concealed ambush at the city gate, outside the city, and everywhere in the passages, and even some of the troops stationed in various parts of the city were secretly replaced by the people of Dongchang, especially those soldiers patrolling the streets, looking at the people of Qianhu, in fact, they are all people from Dongchang."
"Don't you want to startle the snake?" Li Yang understood.
Xu Qianhu scratched his head, "It should mean this, anyway, as long as Zhou Huai'an and his gang show up or go out of the city, they will be caught." ”
Li Yang nodded.
The situation is completely clear, and the next question is, how to leave?
Or, how to hide?
The two did not conflict, because Li Yang's original intention was to avoid Cao Shaoqin's army from beginning to end, and leaving or hiding was just a means.
A palliative approach to the cause.
It's not hard to see why.
Whether it is to leave or hide, it is just a passive means.
What is the root of the problem?
Cao Shaoqin!
And if you want to cure the symptoms and cure the root cause, the easiest way is to kill Cao Shaoqin.
Li Yang doesn't like to kill.
Normal people, who would like to kill?
What's more, it's better to kill a person with great power and martial arts.
Not to mention that he has the army by his side.
So the way Li Yang thought of at the beginning was to go, but at present, it seems that he can't go.
Li Yang couldn't be sure that after he left the city, he would be caught by the people of Dongchang, after all, there were two very unpleasant intersections between him and Dongchang.
Take 10,000 steps back, even if you have escaped today, what about tomorrow?
After all, Dongchang is not a person, but a huge force rooted in the dynasty and with minions all over the world, as long as it stands on the land of the Ming Dynasty, it will never be able to avoid this behemoth.
Perhaps today's situation is an opportunity to solve the fundamental problem......
"Your Excellency." A voice outside the hall interrupted Li Yang's thoughts.
It's the janitor.
Li Yang looked at Xu Qianhu, "It seems that you are very busy." ”
"No matter how busy you are, you have to serve you first." Xu Qianhu slapped his ass, and then shouted outside the house: "I'll talk about it later, I didn't see that I was busy." ”
The doorman didn't leave, and stood at the door, "My lord, it's the adults from Dongchang who are here, I want to see you, you can go quickly, you can't afford to eat when it's late." ”
East Factory!
Xu Qianhu's body shook, "Tell the subordinates to serve well, I'll come right away." ”
Then he hurriedly looked at Li Yang, "Look at this?" ”
"Go ahead." Li Yang waved his hand.
With his approval, Xu Qianhu rushed out as if he was in a hurry to be reincarnated.
"Dongchang, it's really scary!" Li Yang looked at Xu Qianhu's panicked back, and even forgot to close the door, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
Get up and close the door.
The door was closed, but Li Yang went out.
Secretly followed behind Xu Qianhu, came to the front yard, and hid behind the moon cave door that entered the front yard.
In the front yard, Chang Yanxiao, who was still at the Penglai Inn before, stood on the ground at the moment, without the slightest intention of sitting down or entering the house.
Xu Qianhu knelt in front of Chang Yanxiao and said respectfully: "I don't know if the adults are coming, I miss the distance, and I hope for it."
"Alright, stop talking that nonsense."
Chang Yanxiao said directly: "Mobilize all the people under your hands who can be used to search from house to house, even if you dig three feet into the ground, you have to find out Zhou Huai'an." ”
Xu Qianhu raised his head in surprise, "Don't besiege the city?" ”
"The siege must be surrounded, but he Zhou Huai'an is hiding in the city, if he can't come out for a year and a half, will the governor still wait for him for a year and a half?"
"But if you search like this, won't it startle the snake?"
"Yo ho, I still know how to scare snakes." As the saying goes, laugh at yin and yang.
"Hehe, the little one has been reading for a few years." Where does Xu Qianhu still have the majesty of Qianhu on weekdays, like a Han'er who was praised for the first time, and replied with a smirk.
Chang Yanxiao suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed Xu Qianhu's neck, "Then you won't use your brain?" Do you have to play the slogan of arresting Zhou Huai'an with great fanfare? It is said that there are aliens who have infiltrated the city, are you searching for them? Also, don't you think you're talking a bit too much today? Do you want my father-in-law to cure your long tongue? ”
Xu Qianhu's neck was pinched purple, he had difficulty breathing, he wanted to struggle, but he didn't dare to struggle, for fear of causing Chang Yan to laugh unhappily, his hands scratched the stone slab on the ground painfully, and he scratched ten blood marks on the ground.
Chang Yanxiao obviously had no intention of killing him, and let go of his hand, "Get out, go on an errand." ”
"Yes, yes, it's a lowly job, and the lowly job will be done immediately."
Xu Qianhu really wanted to lie on the ground at this moment and take a big breath to relieve the pain of suffocation just now, but where would he dare!
kowtowed to Chang Yanxiao again and again to admit his mistake, and gave himself two loud slaps, seeing that Chang Yanxiao didn't pursue it again, he went to run an errand.
As soon as I got out of the front yard, I saw Li Yang hiding behind the moon cave door and eavesdropping.
I was so scared that I almost screamed.
Li Yang put his index finger in front of his mouth and made a silent silent gesture.
Xu Qianhu didn't dare to look back at Chang Yanxiao in the yard, walked a few steps quickly, and under the cover of the wall, walked up to Li Yang, and said in a low voice: "You don't want to die?" If the people in Dongchang see you eavesdropping, you and I will die. ”
Li Yang patted Xu Qianhu on the shoulder, "If you don't say it, I won't say it, who knows." ”
After saying that, he turned around and left.
Xu Qianhu thought that he was about to leave the Qianhu Institute, and was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but saw that the direction in which Li Yang was walking was not the back door, but in the room just now.
This guy still hasn't left?
Fuck, my thousand-house is not a brothel, why can't this kid leave!
Isn't he afraid of being discovered by the people in Dongchang?
Li Yang is not afraid, Xu Qianhu doesn't know, he only knows that he is afraid.
He hurriedly caught up with Li Yang, "You go quickly, just in case"
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Li Yang, "You don't have to worry about me, I will wait here for you to come back, and I will tell you something then." ”
"What's the matter?" Xu Qianhu couldn't help asking.
"This matter can only be talked about when you come back."
Li Yang obviously didn't want Xu Qianhu to know too much, so he waved his hand, "Go and run an errand." ”
This sounds familiar.
For a moment, Xu Qianhu almost thought that Li Yang was from Dongchang.
Li Yang did not give Xu Qianhu the right to refuse, and after finishing speaking, he entered the house, seemingly planning to wait for Xu Qianhu to come back in this room.
Seeing this, Xu Qianhu had no choice but to pray for God's blessing.
Finally, with a nervous heart, I went on an errand.
At that moment, the door opened again.
Li Yang walked out.
Strangely, his clothes were changed to a red cotton armor......