Zhu Qizhen's eyes widened suddenly, and through the dim light outside the door, he found several vague figures.

Quietly moved his body under the bed and sat on the floor with Fan Zhong.

Zhu Qizhen asked in a low voice, "When did you find out?" ”

Fan Zhong didn't know what he was busy with, and made a squirming sound.

"Your Majesty, they have just arrived, and the minister is not sure when he enters this inn, but he didn't expect the minister to wait."

Zhu Qizhen couldn't help but admire Fan Zhong's intuition, there are really not many hereditary generals who can get real power on their own.

"What time is it?" Zhu Qizhen asked.

Fan Zhong said without thinking about it: "When I was just ugly, I worked like this when I was fighting. ”

"Oh~" Fan Zhong said that the work should be a night attack, although there are thieves watching outside the door, but Zhu Qizhen is not only not afraid, but also faintly a little excited.

Zhu Qizhen asked curiously: "Lao Fan, have you done anything overnight?" Still working at night? ”

Ye Bu Hui is a special force of the Ming Dynasty, composed of the most elite soldiers, which can also prove Fan Zhong's ability from one side.

Fan Zhong hummed proudly, then quickly stretched his arm to the table, gently ripped off something, and handled something under him.

It didn't take long for Fan Zhong to hand Zhu Qizhen a wet strip of cloth, only then did he know that it was the tea on the table, Zhu Qizhen learned from the appearance on TV, and tied the strip of cloth to his mouth and nose.

As soon as he finished this series of actions, he felt a sense of dizziness in his head, and Zhu Qizhen felt a pang in his heart, and secretly praised Fan Zhong's vigilance.

"Yes, Fan Zhong, I have been a commander for so many years, but I don't have the ability to pull down this body." Zhu Qizhen said with emotion.

"That's all there is to be alertness, you stay still, I'll go get the guy."

Fan Zhong quickly got up, quietly picked up his luggage, took out two weapons from inside, handed them to Zhu Qizhen, and then sneaked to the position behind the door, waiting for the assassin outside the house.

And Zhu Qizhen put the quilt on the bed on the ground, and he half crawled on the side of the bed, pressing the sword under him.

Finally there was a voice outside the door

"Big brother, it's almost time!"

"Give me a little bit of nimbleness, don't let the other people hear it, there are two piercing ideas in it."

Then the door bolt began to be pried open, and sure enough, it was a veteran, even though it was a seamless luxury security door, it was still easily opened by them, without a sound.

The man tiptoed into the room, gently slid to the bed, looked at Zhu Qizhen, who was not sleeping, and unconsciously lowered his voice and sneered: "Rich piglet." ”

"The turtle in the urn!" A rough laugh rang out from the doorway, interrupting several people as they prepared to start.

The eldest brother turned his head suddenly, and by the faint candlelight outside, he saw that a man had rushed to the front, and after a few stabs, his two brothers had fallen to the ground, and they didn't have time to make a little resistance.

"Stick your fingers, run!" After a snort, I suddenly felt a cold ice chip in my neck.

But Zhu Qizhen didn't know when he had gotten up, the sword in his hand reached his neck, and only one of the five people in the group was still alive, and the rest were all dead souls under Fan Zhong's sword.

"Do you still have accomplices?" Zhu Qizhen asked.

The man snorted coldly: "Hmph, there are my brothers outside the door, if you don't want to die, let go of my grandfather and me, and offer silver taels with both hands, or you won't be able to get out of this Luoyang City!" ”

Zhu Qizhen ignored him, and with a slight force on his wrist, a bloody mark appeared where the blade of the sword came into contact with the flesh.

The eldest brother was cowardly at the time: "Don't don't, uncle, spare your life!" Don't be impulsive! Downstairs are my brothers, and you can use me. ”

"You're the people downstairs? What exactly is your purpose? Zhu Qizhen smelled a smell of wine on this person.

The eldest brother is also happy, knowing that his life is in the hands of others, so he said everything about it.

"We are the guards of the Yiwang Mansion, and we follow the Huang shopkeeper to do some kidnapping tickets on weekdays, but today you will be five taels of silver, and our shopkeeper will let us come over to tie you up."

Hey, hey, uncle, we only kidnap tickets, and we never hurt people's lives! Seeing that you are also a person with a head and a face, you know who has the final say in this Luoyang City, right?

I advise you to let me go and run, I can help you delay a little time, but what about the price...... Don't want money, don't want money, just let the small ones survive! Feeling the chill on his neck, the eldest brother quickly changed his words.

The anger in Zhu Qizhen's heart could no longer be suppressed, he pressed the long sword in his hand down a little further and asked, "Are you like this, don't the officials of Henan Mansion care?" ”

"Hey, just ask, don't do it! I must know everything, can't I say everything? The eldest brother said scaredly.

Zhu Qizhen added a little more strength to his hand and said, "Do you want to report to your accomplices?" Be honest! ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, I, I'm just afraid, don't worry. Lord Li, the prefect of our palace, is a frequent visitor to our palace, to be honest, he has a share in all our business, do you think he can manage it? That must be turning a blind eye. The eldest brother hurriedly explained.

"A nest of snakes and rats!" Zhu Qizhen almost crushed his teeth.

"Childe, it's not appropriate to stay here for a long time, so let's quickly change to a safe place." Fan Zhong, who had been paying attention to the movement outside, turned around and said.

Zhu Qizhen wrapped his long sword around the assassin's neck with his backhand, and after the burning of the camp, Zhu Qizhen grew wise and never gave anyone a chance to return the fire.

After changing his posture, Zhu Qizhen said: "You go and wake them up, and when Guo Mao comes back, we will go out." Be honest, in my position, even if you stumble under your feet, your head will be cut off. ”

"Don't dare, don't dare." Big brother assured again and again.

Fan Zhong quietly went out and went to the other people's rooms, Zhu Qizhen's tense nerves relaxed a little, and then he came back to his senses, and stayed still, it was better to take advantage of this time to ask for a confession.

"Tell me all about your palace." Zhu Qizhen's hand moved again.

"Oh, I said uncle, are you my own grandfather? Let's ask questions, can you not move your hands? "The eldest brother was anxious and wanted to cry.

"Don't talk nonsense, I'm annoyed by it, and your life will be lost as soon as you are excited, hurry up." Zhu Qizhen said impatiently.

The man had no choice but to tremble and tell what he knew, it turned out that after Li Ji, the former governor of Henan Prefecture, and Li Daren, the later prefect, saw this situation, how could he dare to have any thoughts of supervising the palace. In addition, Li Daren himself is also a greedy person, so he is linked to King Yi.

Yi Wang is responsible for spending money to buy land and property, and Li Daren is responsible for dealing with those who do not cooperate. It turned out that Yu Qian didn't dare to go too far when he was the governor of Henan, which means that after Qian left, it can be said that there are no taboos.

After several years of development, King Yi has bought the entire Luoyang City through various means. It was originally the imperial power that did not go down to the county, but now the imperial power does not enter the Henan Mansion, and the palace has become a country within a country.

In fact, this is not a secret, almost all Luoyang people know, but the title deed is people's, even if there is any opinion, the government will tell you that they don't care, this is a market economy.

So after a long time, no one sued, the rent of the shop became more and more expensive, and the merchants had to pay taxes to the government, resulting in more and more expensive prices.

"But the prince is very shrewd, gambling houses, brothels, and poppy cigarettes are all exclusive to the palace, and no one else can open them." The eldest brother said proudly.

"What? Poppy smoke? Zhu Qizhen seemed to have heard it wrong.