Chapter 3 Leads the Snake Out of the Hole
After Jun Mo Xi left, the young man and his party found a random place to sit down, and the young man said, "Is it really an interesting person?" ”
A tall guard next to him replied, "My lord, do you need your subordinates to follow up and investigate this person?" ”
The young man smiled faintly: "No need, we just happened to come here, if Liu Qingfeng could even predict this, then his corruption would not be exposed." ”
"Yes." The guard just replied, no longer dwelling on the issue. He just gave advice, as for how the son in front of him made decisions, it was not for him to put his beak.
Soon the fragrant xiaolongbao was brought up by the shopkeeper, and an emaciated guard took a bite and pondered for a moment. said: "Childe, please use it." ”
Li Zhen bowed slightly, and said, "You guys should eat too, you should be hungry after a long journey." ”
After saying this, Li Zhen ate by himself. When the guards heard their son-in-law say this, they also ate steamed buns. Looking at the way they are gulping, they are indeed hungry.
A few people didn't talk when they ate, they just lowered their heads and ate. After a while, I was full of food and drink. The guard took out a tael of silver and put it on the table, and the shopkeeper showed joy on his face when he saw it, but he still said, "Guest, you have given too much." It doesn't take so much. ”
"Here you go, you can take it. Your bun tastes good. Li Zhen said with a smile.
"Hey, Gongzi Xie, next time you come here to eat steamed buns, I won't charge you a few dollars."
Li Zhen smiled slightly and did not speak. Just walked straight out, and several guards hurriedly followed.
"My lord, should we go to Liu Qingfeng's house immediately to arrest him and get his personal stolen goods." The tall guard asked.
"Liu Ji, you have a lot of talk today." Li Zhen looked at him meaningfully.
When Liu Ji heard the adult say this, his face suddenly showed a look of horror. hurriedly said: "The subordinates don't mean anything else, but I'm afraid, and it will change later." After all, His Majesty asked you to investigate Liu Qingfeng's matter, although it is a top secret. But you can't hide some people for too long. The subordinates thought that the people behind Liu Qingfeng must have sent a master to kill people and kill them. ”
"You've been very thoughtful, but we came here from the starry night of the capital, and there were a few dead horses on the way. Even if they found out about it a few days after we left. It's definitely too late for them. As for when Liu Qingfeng will be arrested, I have my own plans. Needless to say, you've worked this journey, so let's find a place to stay and rest for the night. Wait for tomorrow to discuss the specific details of Liu Qingfeng's arrest. ”
"Yes, my lord is wise." Liu Ji nodded and said.
Soon several people came to an inn called "Tongfu". Seeing that a guest was coming, the shopkeeper hurriedly greeted: "Guest officer, are you going to be a top player or staying in the hotel?" ”
Li Zhen opened his mouth and said, "Bring us five guest rooms, and then send me some good wine and food for each of my brothers." Of course, Li Zhen knew that the buns he ate at the bun shop just now were not enough for these martial artists who had been practicing martial arts since childhood. She didn't break it, but just came to the inn to ask them for some more food and drinks. After all, the night is long, and it is not pleasant to go to bed hungry.
Then, Li Zhen took out a silver ingot from his sleeve and handed it to the shopkeeper.
Seeing that this son made a generous move, the shopkeeper smiled happily, told the female handyman next to him to go to the back kitchen to inform him to make some wine and food for a few guest officers, and greeted Li Zhen and his party: "You follow me, I will take you to the guest room, the best room is naturally Li Zhen's." Li Zhen did not shirk anything. Just said: "You have worked hard these days, so rest after eating." After that, Li Zhen entered his own guest room, and all the guards saw that the adults had rested, and they all went to their own rooms.
After the junior second runner of the running hall took everyone to settle down, he returned to the hall on the first floor. A woman dressed in red was sitting on a chair downstairs, and it was the shopkeeper Tong of the "Tongfu" inn.
"Zhantang, I listened to Xiucai. A few guests came and opened five rooms at once. How much money does this have to make? The woman's eyes became as if they were silver with white flowers.
"Ahem, that's all there to say. I'm feeling a little thirsty. The shopkeeper said a little contrivedly.
The shopkeeper next to him quickly picked up the teapot on the table and poured him a glass of water. Bai Zhantang took a sip beautifully, stretched his waist and said, "Why is my waist so sore?" The shopkeeper hurriedly got up and went behind him to massage him.
While enjoying the massage, Xiao Er took out the silver ingot from his arms, a full fifty taels, and the woman took it.
"It's beautiful, it's beautiful." The woman looked like she was obsessed with money.
"Shopkeeper, my legs are a little sore." Xiao Er was obviously still indulging in the happiness just now.
"My legs are sore, I'll give you a push." The woman said softly.
"Okay, give me a button." Xiao Er smirked, and soon Li Zhen, who was reading a book in the room, heard a pig-killing scream from downstairs, and listened to the voice below with a slight internal force, "Shopkeeper, how can you use your feet for massage." Besides, even if you use your feet, this strength is too great. After saying this, the shopkeeper and Xiao Er couldn't help laughing.
Hearing this, Li Zhen stopped listening and smiled, it's really funny. Retracting his thoughts, Li Zhen estimated again how long it would take for those people to come here. Liu Qingfeng of Yuzhou City has been operating for many years and has a deep foundation. The people behind the scenes won't be unaware. It's not that easy to kill him. So most likely, send someone and tell him about it and help him escape. Liu Qingfeng was cowardly by nature and heard about this. Will inevitably go with them. If that's the case, the people behind the scenes will really have peace of mind. Therefore, Li Zhen has secretly sent someone to monitor Liu Qingfeng to see if any suspicious people have contacted him recently.
Even the four master guards sent to him by His Majesty the Emperor did not know about this. This trick was talked about by Mr. when he was a child when he was studying in Guozijian, leading the snake out of the hole. I don't know, did the people behind the scenes read well at that time. Li Zhen smiled, that smile was extremely beautiful.
Li Zhen thought so, and after a while, he stretched, yawned, and went to bed to rest. came from the capital for several days in a row, and Rao was a little unbearable.
It was late at night, and Yuzhou City no longer had the prosperity of the day. The vendors who set up their stalls have already closed their stalls and rested. It was lonely, and at this time, on the roof of the Tongfu Inn, a man dressed in black was sitting quietly on the eaves, and there was a pot of wine next to him.
It's not a pity, but who is it. Drinking and thinking about the old people, you don't have many friends, but there are many enemies. In the hundreds of years of fighting for the Jun family, Jun Moxi has participated in many large-scale wars, with both the Heavenly Realm and the Demon Realm. There are countless people of the gods and demons who died under his hands. At that time, he was a pure warrior, and he directly accepted the orders of the head of the Jun family, who was also his father. Jun family warriors, you only need to execute, you don't have to think. Even his own name, don't regret it, is it so that when he dies, so that everyone doesn't need to cherish it? He was equally unclear.
But now that he is Li Chenyu, Jun Mo regretted thinking like this, and inexplicably felt a sense of relief. I remembered a guy who often changed his name, and once said to himself, there are some things please, and it is not good to use a large size to do it, so let's have a small one. So I changed my name, in addition to covering up people's eyes, I also thought about the past hundred years, living as Li Chenyu in the world, and I used to be in Qingshi Village. I was just recuperating from my injuries, and I didn't go out to enjoy the scenery of this great summer, but I just had a general understanding through reading books here and talking with the villagers, and I also had some regrets.
He knew that this was no longer the unified Great Xia in his memory, and the territory of Great Xia had been divided into three, namely Chu, Xia and Qin. And now the ruler of Great Xia has the same surname as the human emperor, but in fact he is not the direct descendant of the human emperor, in fact, the human emperor has no descendants, and the current Great Xia royal family is one of the families from which the human emperor was born, and the human emperor still kept some people at the end of the war. They re-established the state after the Great War, and the new state was still Bactria . to show orthodox identity.
And the reason why Li Chenyu came here was naturally because of the young man he had just met. Li Chenyu thought of a woman, dressed as a man, accompanied by a few powerful entourages, and there was a guard who was still very wary of herself, so naturally she would not come here to enjoy the mountains and rivers. She invited herself to eat steamed buns and gave herself money. No matter what she does here, she must help herself.
Now that I have lost the Dao Fruit, I can't be foolproof. Now I feel hungry and tired. However, these feelings made Li Chenyu feel happy and felt an unprecedented sense of relaxation.
The pleasant breeze blew, and Ye Chenyu was on the roof of the building, drinking silently. This is a very lonely picture, but Ye Chenyu doesn't feel that way at the moment. That's it, nothing to say all night.
With the first rays of sunlight shining through the window, Li Zhen simply freshened up and went downstairs to prepare for breakfast. She was not in a hurry, because she was still waiting for the news of the person in charge of monitoring Liu Qingfeng, and Li Zhen also had some guesses in her heart, several guards got up very early, and when Li Zhen went downstairs, she saw them sitting downstairs in full gear, and when they saw Li Zhen coming downstairs, several people immediately got up.
Liu Ji stepped forward and lowered his voice and said, "Childe, do you want to set off immediately?" I'm afraid that my subordinates will change later. ”
Regarding his self-assertion, Li Zhen was not angry this time. Instead, he smiled and said, "Don't worry, he can't run." You have arrived in this prosperous Jiangnan, you have come here, how can you not travel well? So, I'm giving you half a day off this morning. You go out and have some fun. ”
Several people looked at each other, not knowing what kind of medicine was sold in their son's gourd. But with the understanding of this son along the way, everyone still has some understanding, and what he says will never change. So although I had doubts in my heart, I didn't say anything to question it. Even Liu Ji was rarely silent, and several people went out separately to the young man's luggage.
After seeing a few people leave, the young man showed a meaningful smile and greeted Xiao Er: "Man, bring me a bun and a bowl of millet porridge." Xiao Er hurriedly replied yes.
Soon fragrant buns and hot millet porridge were served. Li Zhen took a bite of the bun, and for no reason remembered the man in black he met yesterday. Li Zhen had a feeling that he was very familiar with him, but what Li Zhen could be sure of was that he had never seen him. It's not that he thinks his memory is good, but Li Zhen feels that the temperament of that person will not be forgotten after seeing it once.
Soon, Li Zhen finished eating. Nothing happened, returned to the room, first opened the window, and then picked up the case on the table about Liu Qingfeng's case and looked at it, last year's Jiangnan flood, the imperial court allocated two million taels for disaster relief and construction. But the flood did not subside until half a year later. During this period, Liu Qingfeng, who was the governor of Jiangnan, continued to write books, saying that the water was fierce and hoped that the imperial court would allocate funds for disaster relief again.
In the end, his submission went unanswered. It's not that the imperial court didn't want to provide disaster relief at that time, but the disasters of the year after year, the treasury has long been empty, and the last two million is the limit.
In recent years, there have been years of drought in the north. And Jiangnan, which has always been rich, is also prone to frequent floods, and the entire empire is crumbling. I heard that the other two countries on the mainland are in good weather. Therefore, taking advantage of the weakness of Great Xia, the state of Chu and the state of Qin formed an alliance at the end of last year and waited on the border. Therefore, Ye Wenqin, the prince of Daxia Town, personally led a million troops to the border. Confrontation with the armies of the two countries. Fighting a war is the most expensive thing, even if it hasn't started yet. The required logistics have stretched the empire to the limit.
Li Zhen couldn't help but feel distressed when he thought about this. At this time, a carrier pigeon flew to Li Zhen's shoulder from the open window, Li Zhen gently took it off, took out a small strip from its foot ring, and then touched the pigeon's head and released it again. Li Zhen opened the small strip, there were no words on it, only a black ink mark. When Li Zhen saw this, he knew that the fish had taken the bait.
By the time the sun was up, several of the guards had returned. The emaciated guard still had a faint red lip print on his neck. Li Zhen didn't say much about this, just said: "Let's go, it's the Mid-Autumn Festival in a few days, and if Liu Qingfeng is arrested today, everyone can rush back for the festival." ”
Several guards hurriedly complied. Li Zhen took them out of the inn and went straight to the governor's mansion and arrived at Liu Qingfeng's mansion. Li Zhen looked at the mansion in front of him, the house was not luxurious, the material of the door was only ordinary elm, and it looked weathered. The old porter who was guarding the door saw Li Zhen and his party, the old porter was a little rickety, and he looked at Li Zhen's extraordinary temperament. Hurriedly greeted Li Zhen and said, "A few guests, they are here to visit my lord, it's really unfortunate that my lord went out to visit friends and is not in the house."
Li Zhen was not surprised, "It's okay, let's go in and wait for him." ”
When the old man heard him say this, he had no choice but to invite Li Zhen and the others into the living room, pour tea for a few people, and withdraw silently.
Liu Ji opened his mouth and said, "My lord, Liu Qingfeng must have gotten the news and ran away, why don't we hurry up and chase it?" ”
When Li Zhen heard this, he just glanced at him meaningfully and did not answer.
When Liu Ji saw that he didn't answer, he was even more anxious. I didn't care about the dignity and humility of the upper and lower levels, and said carefully: "My lord? ”
Li Zhen was not silent at this time, and said: "I really didn't expect that the people behind the scenes even have internal responses among the internal guards. What do you say, Lord Liu? ”
Hearing this, how could Liu Ji not know that his identity had been exposed, and he immediately drew his sword. It's a pity that the stuffy gourd next to him, who never spoke on the way, just hit the teacup in his hand on his hand, and he was in pain and dropped his sword to the ground. Then the thin guard next to him and another guard immediately struck out and captured him.
He looked at Li Zhen unwillingly, "You deliberately let us out, just to test us." ”
"Not only that, didn't your ventilation report help us know where the money is?" Li Zhen smiled faintly.
Liu Ji was obviously a little annoyed and was about to say something more. Li Zhen didn't bother to talk to him anymore, so he motioned for the guards to shut his mouth. He looked at the guard who was the first to shoot just now and said, "It's hard work." The gourd opened his mouth, with a voice like that of an old man: "Don't dare." ”
Li Zhen nodded, the one in front of him was still the master that the imperial brother specially sent to his side just in case when he was preparing to leave in the capital, even the imperial brother was polite to him. There is no other reason, the person in front of him is the real first-class master of the nine grades of martial arts, Nalan Hongyi, known as "one person with a thousand faces".