There is a small town called Pingliu Town between Yingtianfu and Kaifeng Mansion, although the town is not big, but because it is close to the Bianhe River, sometimes the junction of Yingtianfu and Kaifeng Mansion, so the business here is very developed, the only street in the town, shops, mules and horses, restaurants, teahouses, brothels, quality shops, money shops one by one, just more than a mile long street, there are more than 100 shops, of course, there are many shops, there are many customers, especially the most merchants.

Many small merchants get off their boats here and change to donkey carts and the like, for the simple reason that there is a tax card on the Bianhe River, which is five miles further on, and there is no tax here, but it is subject to inspection.

Carrying goods, but without proof of payment, was to pay taxes and impose heavy fines, but there were no tax cards on the land route, and all the many small merchants went ashore here and hired a donkey cart to go to the capital.

Although you also have a tax card when you enter the city, you can trade in the city and deliver it outside the city! In particular, the warehouses of many large trading houses are located outside the city, and as soon as the goods are sent to the warehouse, the transaction is over, and the last tax is not paid.

It is precisely because of this loophole that many experienced small businessmen went ashore in Pingliu Town and hired donkey carts to enter Beijing instead, which also led to the fact that the most common shops in Pingliu Town were mules and horse shops, with a total of seven, two more than restaurants.

At noon, Li Han was drinking alone in a restaurant in the town, before he swore to pat his chest and promise Fan Ning that he would catch Zhou Qing and Wang Qu within ten days, but now a month has passed, and Zhou Qing and Wang Qu have not seen their shadows, which really makes him very depressed.

Although Fan Ning comforted him again and again, Zhou Qing's embezzlement had been detained, and it didn't matter if people escaped, but Li Han couldn't forgive himself, if it wasn't for his momentary kindness, he wouldn't give Zhou Qing a chance, and he wouldn't let Zhou Qing kill people and escape from prison, Fan Ning forgave him, but he couldn't forgive himself.

Li Han swore that he must catch Zhou Qing with his own hands, during this time, he had nothing to do, he squatted in Pingliu Town, and intercepted Zhou Qing by waterway, this is the only way to enter Beijing, the reason why he deduced that Zhou Qing would definitely enter Beijing is because there are only two places where his 20,000 yuan can be taken out, one is the Jinqiao money shop in Songcheng County, where he saved money, and the other is the Jinqiao money shop head office in the capital.

Since Ying Tianfu had not allowed Zhou Qing to withdraw money from the money shop in Songcheng County, Zhou Qing could only go to Beijing to try his luck.

Li Han picked up the wine glass again and drank all the wine in the glass, he was just about to pick up the wine jug and was about to pour himself wine, his hand suddenly stopped, and his pupils suddenly contracted into a line, he actually ..... I saw Wang Qu.

That's right, it's Wang Qu, standing diagonally opposite the window of an inn, only about thirty steps away from him.

Li Han saw that Wang did turn his head to look at him, he hurriedly lowered his head, lying on the table, his face showed a look of ecstasy, as the so-called stepping on the iron shoes had nowhere to be found, it took no effort to get it, he searched for a month, and actually appeared when he was drinking.

After a while, Li Han slowly raised his head, and the king in front of the window was indeed gone.

Li Han jumped up and rushed downstairs like a gust of wind, and the diners around him looked at him in surprise, and a bartender shouted, "Guest officer, don't forget to pay the bill!" ”

Where did Li Han still have the heart to pay the bill, he shouted to the five subordinates downstairs: "I found out that the king is indeed true, come with me!" ”

The five subordinates were in a state of spirit, jumped up, ran out of the restaurant, and followed Li Han towards the inn, seven or eight steps away from the door of the inn, just when a middle-aged man with a big beard walked out of the inn.

He saw Li Han rushing towards him with a fierce face, he was so frightened that he couldn't possess his body, turned around and ran wildly, if he could stabilize his mind, Li Han really might not recognize him.

But when he ran, he immediately exposed himself, and Li Han recognized him at a glance, it was Wang Qu in disguise.

Li Han sped up and ran wildly, the two of them ran more than forty steps one after the other, Li Han gradually caught up with him, and suddenly, Li Han jumped and threw Wang Cheng to the ground.

Wang Qu got up and wanted to run, but his ankle was grabbed by Li Han, and at this time, five of his men rushed to the ground, pressed Wang Qu to the ground together, and tied him up with ropes.

Li Han saw that the pedestrians were rushing up, and hurriedly said, "Let's go!" ”

He took five people, picked up a bundle of dumplings, and walked quickly into an inn.

..........

"Wang Qu, don't you still want to say?"

Li Han walked in from the outside, at this time Wang was covered in blood, almost not a single intact skin, he fainted a few times, and was woken up by the interrogator with cold water.

"How many knives did he have?" Li Han asked the two subordinates holding daggers next to him.

"General Qiyu, from head to toe, two hundred and forty-one slashes."

Li Han looked at Wang Qu coldly, "Where is he?" ”

Wang Qu's hands and feet were tied behind his back, tied to a wooden plank, and he said with a dying breath: "I..... I don't know. ”

"You don't know?"

Li Han sneered: "When he was arrested, there was nothing on him, but now his token of taking money is on you, do you dare to say that you don't know?" ”

At this time, a soldier walked in from the outside, carrying half a bag, he put the bag on the ground, and said with a smile: "Thirty peasants were mobilized, and a total of two hundred leeches were caught, all of which were large. ”

Li Han nodded, and sneered at Wang Qu again: "I heard it!" What does it feel like for two hundred large leeches to burrow into your body and suck your blood dry? ”

Wang was so frightened that he trembled, his face was distorted, just now he threatened to cut off his underneath, and slashed five times on it, he survived and did not give in, and now he knew that Li Han had a purpose in scratching him all over, and it was the most terrifying thing for him.

Wang Qu's biggest fear in his life is leeches, this is a well-known thing in the army, but he didn't expect Li Han to use leeches against himself.

At this time, Li Han made a look, and a soldier grabbed a handful of leeches and put them on his stomach, and the cold, slippery and greasy thing wriggled on his stomach, which frightened Wang Qu's soul and his voice changed, and he shouted in fear: "Take it away, I say, I'll explain!" ”

The soldier took the leech away, and Wang was so frightened that he was incontinent, crying: "Zhou Qing wants to assassinate the king of Liangjun......."

Li Han's face changed greatly, he grabbed his neck, and said sharply: "Where is he now?" ”

"I don't know where he is now? I.... I'm going to go to Beijing to get his money and leave the country. ”

Wang really didn't dare to tell the truth completely, if Zhang Yaozuo was involved, he would really be completely finished. ”

Li Han didn't have time to think about the loopholes inside, his expression was very serious, and he immediately said to his subordinates: "You guys then bring him back, I'll go first!" ”

Li Han hurriedly walked out of the inn, turned over and got on his horse, and urged the horse to gallop towards Ying Tianfu.

He was really a little panicked in his heart, he originally thought that Zhou Qing would escape, but he didn't expect Zhou Qing to assassinate His Royal Highness King Liangjun, it was simply appalling, now King Liangjun is in the capital, but when he will return to Yingtianfu Li Han doesn't know, he must report this matter to Fan Ning immediately.

Pingliu Town is more than 100 miles away from Yingtian, and that night, Li Han rushed to Songcheng County and came directly to Fanning Mansion to ask for a meeting!

Zhu Hu led him to the outer study, where Fanning had been waiting for him for a long time.

Seeing Li Han come in, Fan Ning smiled: "It should be something to gain!" ”

"Qi Yu envoy, he caught Wang Qu in his humble position, according to his confession, Zhou Qing wants to assassinate His Royal Highness the King of Liangjun!"

Li Han told him in detail about the process of arresting him and interrogating Wang Qu.

Fanning's eyes suddenly became grim, he didn't speak, he paced back and forth with his hands down, and said in a low voice for a long time: "Sure enough, it's the same as I thought." ”

Li Han was stunned, "The envoy has already guessed?" ”

Fan Ning nodded slowly, "Liu Chu got the news that the people sent by Zhang Yaozuo have been lurking in Yingtianfu, preparing to sabotage our changes, and then Zhou Qing's wife and children were killed, and the murderer doesn't know, but now I know that the murderer must be Zhang Yaozuo's person, the purpose is to stimulate Zhou Qing to avenge his wife and children, this murderer is likely to be Wang Qu, he knows where Zhou Qing's wife and children live?" This can explain why Zhou Qing's money withdrawal letter is in his hands. ”

Li Han's eyes widened and said, "What does the envoy mean is that Zhang Yaozuo's people want to use Zhou Qing's hand to assassinate His Royal Highness the King of Liangjun?" ”

Fan Ning said lightly: "It's not that the king doesn't go to the capital to get money, he is Huangquan behind, once Zhou Qing succeeds, he will kill Zhou Qing and kill him, in this way, the reason why King Liangjun was assassinated is because we changed the law and touched the interests of Zhou Qing, Zhou Qing retaliated, and the responsibility finally fell on our heads, and it has nothing to do with Zhang Yaozuo." ”

Li Han suddenly became a little anxious, and hurriedly said, "Will Zhou Qing enter the capital?" ”

Fan Ning shook his head, "The capital is heavily guarded, and it is inconvenient to escape, he must be assassinated along the way of the king of Liangjun to Yingtianfu, the king of Liangjun usually sets off from the capital by boat in the morning, and sails between Kaifeng Mansion and Yingtianfu at night, and there is no army stationed at the junction of the two provinces, and the population is sparse, if I am not mistaken, the king does know where Zhou Qingzang is." ”

Li Han was suddenly shocked and angry, "This bastard, he dares to lie to me, he doesn't know?" ”

"Actually, now I also know that Zhou Qing must be hiding near Pingliu Town."

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