On the night of his departure, the steward came again. He looked at his slashing brother and asked, "How is your body recovering?"

Although the wound of the slash is healed, it is still on crutches, and it doesn't seem to have healed: "It's basically healed." Then he smiled embarrassedly: "It's almost this jump." ”

The manager didn't ask anything more, took out a drawing, handed it to Slash, and said, "This is the plan for tonight's operation." Then he took out a bag of gold and said, "These are three hundred taels of gold, and the funds for your actions tonight." ”

Puzzled, he asked, "Chief, how do you pay first this time?"

The manager said indifferently: "This is your last mission, and when it is done, you will leave, and our contract will be terminated." ”

He said with a faint smile: "Aren't you afraid that our buddies will not fulfill the contract and leave with the gold?"

The manager also smiled: "Haha." If you don't want to eat this bite again in the future, you can leave. ”

He smiled at the knife, said no more, took the drawings in the manager's hand, and looked at them seriously. When he saw that the drawings brought by the chief manager turned out to be Li Potianfu, he was shocked. Because he once asked Zhan Erdao to follow the chief manager, he saw him enter Li Potian's mansion from the corner gate. The people who knew that the manager was Li Potian also judged what they did in the capital, and the person behind the scenes was Li Potian.

Now that there is Li Potian's family among the targets of the scourge, and he has paid in advance, can he not doubt it?

The manager saw a surprised expression and asked, "Is there anything wrong?"

Do you dare to tell the truth? I had to make up nonsense: "No, no." I just feel like there are too many places to set the fire this time, and I may not be able to take care of it. ”

The chief manager looked at the slash suspiciously, feeling that he didn't tell the truth, but it was not easy to break it, so he had to continue to arrange the task: "This is the final target of the mission, General Li's Mansion." They have a lot of security in the house, and they are also very strict. It is recommended that you set fire elsewhere first, and when General Li sends troops to put out the fire, the guards in the house will naturally be loosened. In this way, a few of you brothers gathered on General Li's mansion and set fire to him. ”

After listening to the words of the manager, I understood more clearly. But you can't say it, in that case, it will immediately invite death, so you have to say: "Do everything according to the instructions of the governor." ”

The manager is also a human spirit, and he feels that he will not do what he says, but he also has measures to deal with it, and no longer emphasizes, so he has to make a final concluding speech: "Friends, this is your last action. Brother, I hope to see the capital full of people. ”

I heard the meaning of the manager's last action, that is, to stew a few brothers one by one, of course, there is no future. But he still said with a smile: "Don't worry, we promise to give you a good place." I also hope that we will continue to cooperate in the future. ”

The manager also said with a smile: "We have made up our minds, and we will look for you in the future." However, he sneered in his heart and said, "Will you have a future?"

After the manager left, he said to his younger brothers with a heavy heart: "I always feel that the manager has set a trap for us tonight. I want to clean up our brothers together in General Li's mansion. ”

Zhan Erdao asked: "Then what should I do, if it doesn't work, let's run." ”

Yidao shook his head and said, "That's what we do, we have collected money from others, and we must do the work." Otherwise, our buddies will not be able to gain a foothold in the world. ”

The five younger brothers were stupid when they heard this, and almost at the same time asked, "Big brother, what should I do then?"

A knife said calmly: "If you want to hack our buddies, they have to wait." Let them see the stunts of the Zhanjia brothers today. I'm going to make the capital blaze tonight. ”

Then he slashed at the five younger brothers and ordered: "Brothers, set fire tonight with open fire and dark fire." I was in a group of four knives, two knives and three knives, and I was responsible for setting open fires, one setting fire and one covering. Five Blades, you sneak into Li Potian's Mansion and set a dark fire, and the time must be controlled before we finish setting the open fire. Leave immediately after the fire is arranged. ”

Before the slash was arranged, Zhan Liudao shouted: "Big brother, what about me." ”

One Slash replied, "Six Swords will sneak out of the city with the gold in a while, and wait for us at our secret hiding place in the north of the city." If we haven't come back by dawn, run on our own. Find a place where no one knows you and live in seclusion. ”

Zhan Liudao stopped hearing this: "I don't, you want to throw me down again." ”

hugged the sixth brother with a knife, and said affectionately: "Sixth brother, let's try to run out." If there is really an accident, the incense of the Zhan family depends on you. Be obedient, don't make the eldest brother sad, don't let the five elder brothers die blindly. ”

Zhan Liudao had no choice, so he had to kneel down and say, "Brothers, you must come back, I can't do without you." ”

After the task was arranged, the Zhanjia brothers served the wine together. He raised his glass and said, "Brothers, tonight's work is dangerous. No matter which group is done with their errands, they want to leave the city and gather at the meeting point, and they are not allowed to find or rescue the other groups. This is a death order. Seeing that his younger brother had no objection, he slashed and said, "Brothers, cheers." ”

The first to leave was Zhan Wudao, who dressed as a subordinate and didn't go through the main entrance, but climbed out of the wall. turned around several times, thinking that no one was following him before he sneaked into Li Potian's mansion.

Li Potian's mansion is not strictly managed, because it is the general's mansion, there are many guests coming and going, and there are many entourage, and no one pays attention to mixing in one person. The main thing is that they are very confident and do not believe that anyone dares to come to the General's Mansion to make trouble.

Zhan Wudao found Li Potian's living room, saw that there was no one in the living room, sneaked into the living room, and scurried into the ceiling a few times, the cat was on the beam, not only peeking at the living room, but also hearing the conversation in the living room.

About an hour later, Li Potian returned to the living room. After a while, the manager walked in, and Li Potian asked, "It's all arranged?"

The steward replied, "General, it's all arranged." ”

Li Potian thought for a moment and asked, "Will the Zhan family brothers come to my house to set fire?"

The manager pondered for a moment and said, "I don't think so. I have the feeling that a slash may be a sign of our intentions. ”

After listening to the words of the manager, Li Potian asked, "You mean, they have already run away?"

The steward replied, "No, they do this for a living." If they lose their credit, they will have no way to survive in the future. ”

Li Potian said: "I originally thought that the Zhan family brothers would definitely come to the house together to set fire, just to capture or kill. Now I have to think of another way. ”

The chief replied, "General, don't worry. I've had men at all the designated ignition points to kill them at every opportunity. Then he said worriedly, "It's just that these six people are very ghostly, and it's hard to catch them alive." ”

Li Potian said: "As long as you can explain the past to the emperor, you can die." In this way, my army can continue to stay in the capital. ”

Zhan Wudao heard the conversation between Li Potian and the manager, and gritted his teeth angrily, thanks to the eldest brother's multiple hearts, otherwise, the six of us would have to be reimbursed tonight.

Li Potian said: "If they don't come, they will also set the house on fire tonight." ”

The steward replied: "This has been prepared for a long time, and it will not be much loss to prepare the ignition point in the back garden, but the fire will burn very much." ”

Li Potian praised: "Okay, just do it." ”

Zhan Wudao said in his heart: "Don't worry, tonight's fire in your house is the most prosperous."

Li Potian continued to arrange tasks for the chief manager: "You immediately take 1,000 taels of gold out of the city, and hand over the gold to the second son's people thirty miles north of the city." ”

The chief manager asked, "General, who needs to spend such a lot of money on dealing with people?"

Li Potian did not answer the question of the chief manager directly, and said lightly: "The emperor urgently transferred Zhang Zi back to the court. If he returns, our plans will definitely be thwarted, so we can't let him come back. ”

The manager nodded and said, "My subordinates understand." The subordinates will do it. ”

Zhan Wudao really felt fortunate to have overheard such a secret. This can be regarded as the reward of Ling Feiyan and Zhang Zi's kindness.

Li Potian is looking for a knife to set fire to today, and he wants to burn his own house again, because he clashed with Prime Minister Zhang Cheng in the court today.

After calming down on the surface, Prime Minister Zhang Cheng admonished the emperor again: "Your Majesty, the capital has been very peaceful recently, and it is recommended that the ironclad army be transferred back to the barracks. Public security still depends on the yamen, and the army is always on the streets, which has caused speculation among the people. ”

Li Potian didn't want to listen to it: "Prime Minister Zhang, there is something in your words? Why did the army get this suspicion after working in vain and at night?"

Prime Minister Zhang Cheng did not show weakness: "General Li, the army is to resist foreign enemies and quell internal strife. Is public order a matter for the yamen? There are troops running in the capital every day, what is the difference between that and martial law?"

Li Potian retorted forcefully: "Prime Minister Zhang, if you promise that robbers will not haunt again, I will be happy to be idle." ”

Prime Minister Zhang didn't want to listen to it, and retorted: "What do you mean, I'm a bandit leader?"

The emperor saw that the two of them were arguing endlessly, and they didn't give in to each other, and said angrily: "Shut up, do you still have me in your eyes?"

Seeing that Prime Minister Zhang Cheng and General Li both bowed their heads obediently, the emperor said: "What the two ministers said is reasonable. I think so, from tonight onwards, the security of the capital will be handed over to Jing Zhaoyin. General Lee's army was on standby and dispatched immediately if a situation arose. ”

At this time, the official of the imperial family came to report: "Your Majesty, Qin sent Zhang Zi to play on the table." ”

The emperor actually heard about the trouble, and when he heard Zhang Zi coming to watch, he was in a better mood, and immediately said, "Read." ”

The official of the royal gate unfolded the chapter and read it. "Your Majesty: Minister Zhang Zi has been ordered to provide disaster relief, and it has been carried out smoothly. Relying on the emperor's prestige, relying on the officials and the army is single-minded. At present, the people in the disaster area are at peace, and there are no hungry people or people fleeing the famine. The people unanimously praised the emperor's virtue and asked the ministers to thank the emperor for his kindness. Details of the disaster relief situation are provided in the annex. ”

After hearing this, the emperor was very happy and had a way: "Spread the decree and order Zhang Zi to hand over the rest of the disaster relief matters to the deputy envoy, and Zhang Zi immediately rushed back to the capital." ”

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