Chapter 257: Feng Long is arrested
As the saying goes: if you have the intention to plant flowers and flowers, you will not plant willows and willows without intention. When Lin Chao was hanging his arms and scolding Huang Budo, another unlucky sufferer, Feng Long, was also crying and performing.
"Guys, I'm really not a rebel, I'm just going to do some business in Shouzhou City with my two brothers, but who would have thought that there would be such a thing as a rebel rebellion!"
"Doing business? You've found a really good excuse, so let me ask you, what kind of deal are you doing? When it comes to doing business, Yang Ping, who is present, has the most right to speak.
So he immediately asked with a smile.
"We're in the jade business!" Feng Long replied without thinking about it. And the reason why he answered this way was because he knew the jade industry best.
His apparent identity in Shouzhou City is in the jade business, and he still has some business dealings with the Bai Yutang opened by his father.
"Oh? Jade business, I don't know where you got the goods from? Yang Ping continued to ask.
"The goods below are all purchased from the Western Regions Protectorate." Feng Long continued to answer without thinking.
"Then let me ask you again, how much can my mutton fat white jade pendant cost?" At this time, Yang Ping, who asked the question, couldn't help frowning.
Because in his opinion, the person in front of him was so fast that he basically blurted out when he answered the question.
And in this case, either he is not lying, he is a jade merchant. But there is another possibility, that is, this person's identity is very special, and in order not to reveal his identity, he has long memorized the identity information of his disguise.
In Yang Ping's opinion, the possibility that this person is the second type is very high, so he will take out his jade pendant and let him give an estimate to test it.
Feng Long, who took the jade pendant, looked at Yang Ping's jade pendant hastily, and then handed the jade pendant back to Yang Ping with both hands.
"Hero, the material of your jade pendant is warm and delicate, the color is even whiter, and it is a first-class product at first glance, and the carving of this jade pendant is also excellent, and the shape theme is the best choice!" Feng Long praised Yang Ping's jade pendant well.
And he didn't do this because he really liked this jade pendant, he just wanted to show his understanding of the jade industry and confirm his identity as a jade merchant.
Hearing him say so much, the corners of Yang Ping's mouth showed a subtle smile. As the shopkeeper of Yang's firm, Yang Ping has been accustomed to seeing guests from the south to the north over the years, and his ability to observe words and emotions has basically reached the point of perfection.
If Feng Long just quoted the price of the jade pendant just now, as long as the price error was not too big, he might have believed Feng Long's statement.
It's a pity that this Feng Long said a lot of things by pretending to be clever, which showed his weakness.
And how could Yang Ping, who is an old Jianghu, not see it! But he still asked.
"Don't talk so much useless, I just ask you how much this jade pendant is worth?" The reason why Yang Ping continued to ask was to confirm whether the guy in front of him really knew a lot about the jade industry.
If he understands, then it means that this guy must have multiple identities, and maybe this jade merchant is one of his many identities.
"This jade pendant is about to cost at least one hundred and fifty taels." When the price was quoted, Yang Ping couldn't help but smile and nodded.
He was now almost certain that this guy must have an identity as a jade merchant, because he had bought this jade pendant for one hundred and eighty taels.
But what is the true identity of this guy, Yang Ping is unknown. Then Yang Ping told Li Yi and others about his judgment.
"Then I'm almost sure they're the rebel bandits!" After listening to Yang Ping's guess, An Su couldn't help but smile evilly, and squeezed his hands so that there was a crisp sound.
"Anjun, what do you see?" Li Yi couldn't help but turn his head to look at An Su.
"Childe, maybe you didn't notice it just now, the other two inadvertently showed the tattoos on their arms just now!" After Li Yi and the others listened, they couldn't help but show a look of understanding.
You must know that in the Dayu Dynasty, it is impossible for ordinary poor people to tattoo themselves. Because the sage once said that the parents of the body were exposed to the skin, and the Dayu Dynasty would tattoo words on the foreheads of prisoners.
Therefore, people with tattoos are very unpopular among the people. Therefore, people with tattoos are either barbarians with tattoos or bandits who lick blood with knives.
And those two obviously don't look like barbarians with tattoos, so their identities must be bandits.
"Then since their identities have been determined, what are we talking to them about, and we cut them down directly, what else can we say to those rebels." Qi Chao couldn't help but make a motion to wipe his neck and said.
"Don't worry, now that they have set up a stage and started singing by themselves, we will plan to sing with them!" Jing Zizheng waved his hand to stop him.
"Senior brother, do you mean you want to blend in with the rebels?" Li Yi roughly guessed Jing Zizheng's plan, but it was a pity that Li Yi and the others had not had time to tell him about the attack on his Xuanwu Gate yesterday morning.
Given their performance in Xuanwumen Weng City yesterday, Li Yi believed that as long as they went to the rebel garrison, they would definitely be recognized as soon as possible.
Therefore, trying to blend in with the rebels is basically equivalent to sending them to death. Then Li Yi told Jing Zizheng and others about yesterday morning.
After listening to Li Yi's narration, Jing Zizheng could only sigh a pity.
"In that case, I'm going to slaughter the three of them, it's a burden to keep them, and it's a scourge to let them go!" Qi Chao once again carried his glaive knife and was about to cut down the three of them.
Before he could take two steps, he was slapped the back of the head. The sheer force knocked him to the ground and almost fell to the ground.
"Who the fuck hit me?" Qi Chao, who was attacked by the sneak attack, turned his head angrily to look behind him. But in the next second, he was completely dumbfounded, because at this time, Qi Ning was rubbing his aching palm and glaring at him.
"You are really good now, you shout and kill at every turn, even if you used to fight, it was when you lived and died, but now you treat captives like the same, where did you read the sage books in the past?" Qi Ning's words made Qi Chao himself, Li Yi and the others stunned.
Qi Ning's words were like an initiation, and they suddenly realized that they didn't know when they started to care less and less about human life.
Although these three men are members of the rebels, they may have only been tricked into joining the rebels.
And more importantly, these three people actually have no grudges against their own people, and even these three people were caught by them by chance.
To say that Feng Long and the three of them were actually unlucky, they knew that they couldn't do anything when they were ambushed last night, so the three of them fled in advance.
And when they ran out of Weng City, they were worried that they would be punished if they returned to the rebel camp by the same route, so they decided to wait until Lin Chao and the others escaped, and then they followed.
That way, no one should know that they had escaped in advance. So they waited around the corner on a street not far from the Xuanwu Gate.
It didn't take long for Lin Chao and the others to run in their own direction in defeat, and at that time, Feng Long thought that this matter was basically foolproof.
But just after Lin Chao and the others ran around the corner where they were, Feng Long and the others had planned to follow like this, but at this moment, a sudden change occurred, and he unexpectedly found another group of people ambushed not far from them.
To be on the safe side, they decided to wait for the men to make a move before escaping. But the strange thing is that those people who were in ambush actually watched Lin Chao and the others run away from them like this.
At that time, Feng Long analyzed that it was probably because of Lin Chao's large number of people, and the other party was worried that the sudden interception would cause Lin Chao and their dogs to jump off the wall in a hurry.
So Feng Long decided to make a detour back to the rebel camp. And before they could go far, he found Li Yi and the others chasing them again.
In Feng Long's opinion, the other party seemed to be preparing to arrest the three of them, and in desperation, Feng Long could only change his plan again, and the three of them jumped into an uninhabited house, preparing to escape the capture of Li Yi and others before leaving.
What makes people laugh and cry is that this house is the house where Li Yi and the others chose to spend the night tonight. When they entered the house, they were not able to find Feng Long and the others in the first place.
It wasn't until the three of them thought that Li Yi and the others had fallen asleep that they were ready to sneak away quietly. But they didn't know that Li Yi and others were much more vigilant than others, especially Mu Junhe.
In the end, the three of them were captured by Mu Junhe without accident. What's even more ridiculous is that neither Feng Long nor Li Yi knew that Feng Long's father, Feng Du, was also captured by Li Yi and others at this time.
Otherwise, let the father and son meet, maybe they will hug their heads and cry. was reprimanded by Qi Ning like this, and Li Yi and the others immediately accepted their murderous intentions.
He suddenly remembered what his master Tai Jizi said to him when he went down the mountain: The Thousand Autumn Turtle shows the rise and fall, and benevolence and righteousness have always been national treasures.
The killing during this period of time seems to have covered up his original benevolent heart. Although it is understandable that he killed people at the scene of your life and death, it is not the battlefield at this time, and these three people are not their enemies in life and death.
"Qi Ning, you're right, we've really been blinded by anger recently." Immediately, Li Yi immediately bowed solemnly towards Qi Ning.
"Actually, I'm not against you killing people, but I just think it's a good thing if I can have the opportunity to solve them without killing them!" When Li Yi said this, Qi Ning's face immediately turned crimson, and she said with a little shyness.
In fact, others may not know, but she and Qi Chao know that she herself is also an extremely violent woman on weekdays.
Otherwise, she would have had a nervous breakdown with Li Yi and others along the way, killing bandits and robbers of the grassland tribe and killing the vassal army.
It was this violent tendencies that kept her from developing mental problems. But she also knows that violence is not the same as killing, and violence is not the same as ignoring life.
It was precisely because of Qi Ning's words that Feng Long and the two bandit leaders were lucky to save their lives.
When Li Yi and the others came to Feng Long again, their faces showed a hint of a nonchalant smile.
I have to say that this Feng Long is also a clever person, after he saw the smiles on the faces of Li Yi and the others, he knew that he had already revealed his stuff.
Although he didn't know how he was exposed, he didn't want to put it on anymore since he had already revealed it.
Therefore, Feng Long, who was still crying and crying just now, returned to a calm and indifferent state in an instant.
"Your expression changes so quickly!" Li Yi pulled over a chair and sat in front of Feng Long.
"Hmph, since I can't fool you anymore, then what's the need to pretend to be inferior!" Feng Long was also sitting cross-legged on the ground at this time, staring sharply at Li Yi.
"Tell me, who are you, you are also a smart person, so don't beat around the bush between us." Li Yi's tone was calm, as if he was chatting with an old friend.
Feng Long looked at these people around Li Yi, and he found that each of these people exuded a compelling momentum.
At this time, he had already understood that Li Yi and these people must be masters.
"Can I ask you a question before I answer your question?" Feng Long asked after being silent for a moment.
"Gave you face, didn't you! Don't forget your current identity, you made Lao Tzu angry, and Lao Tzu cut off your dog's head with a knife. Qi Chao slapped Feng Long on the back of the head, and his palm directly knocked Feng Long's head unconscious.
After the beating, Qi Chao exhaled comfortably, and now he finally felt the feeling of his sister hitting him on the back of the head.
But just as he turned his head, he saw Qi Ning looking at him with warning eyes. For a moment, Qi Chao was so frightened that he quickly withdrew his hand and stood straight like a child who had done something wrong.
"Just ask, and I'll answer you if I can answer you." Li Yi was not the same as Qi Chao, he still said calmly.
"Why do you want to be enemies with Zheng Gang and the others, and also help Mu Qingyun escape and ascend to heaven." After Feng Long noticed that Li Yi and the others had an extraordinary momentum, he knew that Li Yi and the others were the ones who saved Mu Qingyun in the Xuanwu Gate Urn City yesterday morning.
It's just that he can't figure out where Li Yi and the others came from, and he doesn't understand why Li Yi and the others are desperately protecting Mu Qingyun to escape.
Before, Feng Long was even speculating whether Li Yi and these people were secretly hiding power in the Huainan Palace.
But when Zheng Gang surrounded Mu Qingyun and the five thousand Huainan army with a blade, his speculation was denied by himself.
Because if Li Yi and the others were really the forces left behind by the secret of the King of Huainan, they would not sit idly by and watch Mu Qingyun and them be besieged by Zheng Gang and the others.
"We're just a bunch of pond fish who want to live." Li Yi's answer is also concise and to the point, but this is indeed a more vivid metaphor.
"I see, I didn't believe in the so-called Mandate of Heaven before, thinking that man will conquer heaven, but now I understand that sometimes fate is really not something that can be defeated by man." Feng Long smiled bitterly and shook his head and said.
"I've answered my question, now I'm going to ask you."
"You ask, you should all be decisive in killing, and now that it is in your hands, according to the grudge between you and the rebels, I am afraid that I will not have a chance to get out of this room safely." Although Feng Long knew that he was going to die, he did not have any fear.
It's just that there is more or less a trace of regret in the tone of his voice.
"Tell me who is the real person behind the traitor who dealt with King Huainan this time, except for Zheng Gang, a traitor? Is it the Lu Simian that the outside world said? "Before, Li Yi secretly vowed to find out Zheng Gang and the mastermind behind the explosion of Xuanwu Gate.
Although his strength is still insufficient, he must first figure out the enemy.
"Humph! How could Lu Simian have such a great energy to stir up the turmoil in Huainan Kingdom, he was just a housekeeper of Bao Wenqin. Feng Long said with a sneer.
"It seems that my guess is correct, it really doesn't make sense to say that Lu Simian is really manipulating behind the whole thing. If I say that these things are being manipulated by the concubine of the king of Huainan, I think it is more reasonable. Li Yi finally confirmed in Feng Long's mouth that the so-called Lu Simian was not behind this matter.
"You fart, how could this matter be done by the concubine of the king of Huainan, she is just a poor daughter." In an instant, Feng Long's emotions became extremely excited, as if Li Yi had stepped on his tail all of a sudden.
Li Yi couldn't help frowning, he felt that the attitude of the person in front of him was a little strange. He was chatting with himself calmly just now, and he was also very cooperative, could it be that this person was the concubine of King Huainan?
"Don't be excited, since you said that the queen of Huainan is not behind these things, who is it?" Seeing the other party's emotion, Li Yi immediately asked quickly.
He even the other party's abnormal mood fluctuations were a good opportunity for him to ask, because the other party's mind was still focused at this time.
"Of course it's Lord Pan Hepan, you must not splash dirty water on the body of the concubine of King Huainan." Feng Long blurted out directly without even thinking about it.
But after he said this, he realized that he had told Master Pan He because of his emotion.
Therefore, as soon as Feng Long finished saying this, he involuntarily slapped himself twice. But the words have already been spoken, and it is impossible to swallow them back.
"Pan He?" It was the first time Li Yi had heard of this name.
"It's him!" Both Keiko and Mr. Shangyang couldn't help but be surprised. They have been talking about the scriptures with the Confucian scholars in Shouzhou City for the past few days.
During this period, it is inevitable to talk about the current situation and the current politics of Huainan Kingdom, and during this period, the two have clarified the identities of the main officials of Huainan Kingdom.
And this Pan He, as the head of the Right Mansion and a high-ranking official of the real power faction of Huainan Kingdom, turned out to be the mastermind behind the assassination of the prince of Huainan and the successful assassination of the king of Huainan.
Such shocking news made Mr. Shangyang and Jingzizheng unable to believe it.
"It seems that this Huainan country is really like a dilapidated house that is ventilated everywhere, and there are all kinds of snakes, insects, rats and ants in it." Mr. Shangyang sighed.
"Yes, I didn't expect that the person who killed King Huainan turned out to be his most trusted head of the Right Mansion." Jing Zizheng was also embarrassed.