Chapter 61: Treacherous Waves (10)
A night of torture.
Compared with yesterday, Li Wanwan's eyes were empty at this time, her body and mind were exhausted, and the pain coming from all over her body made him grit his teeth uncontrollably.
Armed with what he had found last night, he left the palace and sat down in the first place on the left of a shop selling tofu in the west of the city.
The tofu seller is a couple, the woman's appearance is good, the bridge of the nose is high, wearing coarse linen clothes, a black drape like a waterfall, the tight wrapping of the clothes can hardly hide her graceful figure, the skin is as white as the tofu sold, attracting the surrounding diners to peek frequently, but they dare not make a joke, or do anything out of the ordinary.
Without him, the shopkeeper is a burly Chinese character with five big and three thick, with a long scar on his face, I heard that it was a soldier of Tiance Mansion who came back from the border gate before, like this, who would dare to touch his brow?
Their life is so good, Li Wanwan glanced at the woman with envy, if she can or come down in this turmoil, she will find a way to live such a life.
"After you get what we want, wait at the tofu shop in the west of the city, and someone will come to pick it up at any time."
The two masked men confessed to him like this last night, and they didn't choose to be in an inaccessible place, which relieved his nervous heart, which means that the other party really didn't have the idea of killing people.
After a while, two figures walked out of the bustling crowd, one was burly and unusually burly, and the other was the appearance of a handsome boy, holding a folding fan in his hand, looking harmless to humans and animals.
The two of them sat at the same table as Li Wanwan, and the burly man asked in a heroic voice, "This brother, is there anyone sitting here?" ”
Li Wanwan originally wanted to say yes, but when she saw a meaningful smile on the face of the man dressed as a son, she suddenly said, "No, please take care of yourself." ”
When the two of them heard this, they sat down, and the young man greeted Tofu Shih, "Boss, come with two bowls of tofu brains and add more green onions." ”
It was the proprietress who responded, and her voice was soft and glutinous like Wu Nong's Spanish language of a Jiangnan woman, "Okay, wait a minute." ”
The business of this tofu shop is very good, and there are still many people lined up in front of them, and the man dressed as a childe looks around as if he has unintentionally, and after a long time, he whispers: "Did you bring things out?" ”
Li Wanwan didn't give them the things directly, but asked: "I can't go back to the Qin Palace, give me some silver taels, I want to leave Shenjing City." ”
Shen Ning was not surprised by Li Wanwan's request, but said lightly: "You can't leave, we also need you as a witness, there is a house on the outskirts of the city, we will set up a formation, where you are absolutely safe, not to mention that there are many capable people under Ying Ji, even if I give you money, maybe you will be arrested by them before you escape from Jingxi Road." ”
Li Wanwan was noncommittal, and asked in a condensed voice, "How can I trust you?" ”
Shen Ning smiled faintly, "You have no way out now, do you?" Even if you want to put things back now, do you think we'll give you this chance back? ”
The words of the man in front of him hit the core of the problem, but Li Wanwan was still silent, he wanted to live.
Seeing him like this, Shen Ning had no choice but to sigh and say softly: "Actually, we have many ways to force you to hand over things to us, such as the group of children in Liyuan Chun, if we put a knife on their necks, do you think you will give us the things when we kill the first few people?" ”
This remark undoubtedly hit Li Wanwan's weakness, he glared at the two of them angrily, and said coldly: "It's a big deal." ”
"Guest officer, your tofu brain is here." At this moment, Tofu Shih Tzu came over with a bowl of tofu brains, and his graceful steps attracted many people's sideways, and there was a faint smell of beans on his body.
Shen Ning took the tofu brain and took a deep breath, yes, it's still that taste.
I dug a spoonful of tofu brain with a spoon and put it in my mouth, which is delicate and moisturizing, which makes people want to stop.
After a few simple bites, Shen Ning said lightly: "You don't have a chance to break the net." ”
Li Wanwan was stunned, at this time he realized that the moment he saw these two men again, he had no choice.
"You don't have to think about it so much." Shen Ning continued to launch a psychological offensive, "As I said, we have many ways to force you, since you haven't used it, you must have your own bottom line, you give us something, you only need to come out as a witness to provide us with testimony at a critical time, after that, I guarantee that you and the children of Li Yuanchun will have no worries about food and clothing." ”
"I don't want anything else, it's enough for you to spare our lives." Li Wanwan finally made a compromise, "I put the things in Liyuan Spring." ”
After learning the news, Shen Ning smiled with satisfaction and ate the rest of the tofu brain, "Follow him to the courtyard, this matter will be as you wish after this matter is over." ”
After Shen Ning finished speaking, Gu Yanwu got up and left with Li Wanwan, and he himself quickly rushed to Liyuanchun.
When I came to Liyuanchun, I could hear the childish voices early in the morning, and the head of the Li class was still sitting at the door smoking dry cigarettes, and when he saw someone coming, he got up and accompanied him with a smile, "Guest officer, you came early, Liyuanchun has a rule of not opening the door in the morning, if you want to listen to the play, you have to come back after noon." ”
Shen Ning smiled slightly, but just mentioned a name, "Li Wanwan." ”
Class Master Li frowned slightly when he heard this, and glanced up and down at Shen Ning.
This morning, when the weather was not cold, Li Wanwan came to Liyuan Chun and gave him a square wooden box, asking him to find a place to hide it first, and someone would naturally come to pick it up at that time.
realized that something big might happen here, so Li Banzhu wanted to refuse at the first time, but looking at Li Wanwan's almost pleading eyes, his heart felt like he had been stabbed by a knife, so he had to hide things under Liyuanchun's stage.
I just didn't expect someone to come and pick it up so soon.
For the sake of prudence, Class Master Li still said with a haha: "You're talking about late night, oops, guest officer." Do you know that Wanwan sang really well a few years ago, but he worked too hard, and when he sang in his voice, he was expelled from Liyuan Chun by me, and now I want to listen to his play I am afraid that I can't hear it. ”
"Of course I'm not here to listen to the play." Shen Ning didn't waste time, and said bluntly: "I'm here to pick up the things he put here, and he sent me to help him bring them over." ”
Seeing Shen Ning say this, Class Master Li breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the empty streets, and brought Shen Ning into Liyuan Spring.
After taking out the things from the stage, the head of the Li squad hurriedly urged: "Guest officer, everything is here, there will be more people on the street later, let's go." ”
The look of fear on the face of the Li class master was afraid of getting on fire.
Shen Ning could understand his mood, and after taking his things, he walked outside Liyuan Chun.
Class Master Li looked at Shen Ning's departing figure, his lips pursed, and what he wanted to say came to his lips, but when he thought of Liyuanchun and so many living people, he couldn't say anything.
What he was trying to say was,
"Tell Wanwan that no matter what happens, go back to the garden and hide."
After Shen Ning took the things, he rushed to the courtyard that Gu Yanwu had bought on the outskirts of the city.
When he got there, Gu Yanwu was standing in the courtyard to arrange the magic circle, while Li Wanwan was sitting in the lobby like a lifeless body.
Shen Ning didn't care about him, and now it's better to let him see the final result directly than a thousand things and ten thousand.
"Did you get the thing?" Seeing Shen Ning rushing back, Gu Yanwu hurriedly asked.
After all, what he is doing now is also related to his life.
"Got it, let's go in and say."
Shen Ning and Gu Yanwu walked into the wing room, opened the brocade box, and it contained the title deed of the house, the list of personnel, and the dark red token, all neatly placed inside.
The first thing that caught Shen Ning's attention was the token, and he took out the token left by Zi Fu Lingyue from his arms, and the two were the same.
"What's the use of these things?" Gu Yanwu looked at the objects inside with disgust, and it was obviously very different from what he imagined.
First of all, this thick pile of house title deeds can only prove that King Qin is not as incorruptible as it seems on the surface, otherwise it is impossible to buy such a large set of family properties, and it is obviously not enough to move to a prince with these.
The list and the token are even more useless, no one has caught one, and these things are not very useful at all.
Shen Ning looked at the title deed of the house and thought for a long time before he spoke: "Most of the assassinations sent by King Qin were aimed at the Tsing Yi Division who went out to deal with the demon trouble, because it was easy to fake the illusion of dying from the demon disaster, except for the one I encountered before, of course. ”
"Since Li Wanwan was able to bring such an important thing out of the Qin Palace's mansion so easily, it also means that the cultivators under his command who were responsible for the assassination did not live in Shenjing City, so it was concluded that they were most likely living in the houses indicated in these title deeds."
Gu Yanwu couldn't help but widen his eyes as he listened to Shen Ning's analysis.
After half a sound, he asked in a daze: "Then we can't look for it from room to room, let's continue to look for it like this." I'm afraid that the King of Qin has ascended the throne and become the emperor, and he can't find out where his secret guards are. ”
Shen Ning glanced at Gu Yanwu with disdain, and continued to analyze: "I took a cursory look at these land deeds, which can be roughly divided into three types, one is that a farmer like Lujiazhuang owns a large piece of land, and the other is a gray industry like Flower Street, and the rest is like the courtyard on the outskirts of the city that you bought." ”
"First of all, there will be a lot of idlers in the first two places, whether it is a farmer working in the village or a gray industry in his hands, there is a great possibility that the King of Qin is secretly raising dead soldiers, so their hiding place is most likely to be a courtyard on the outskirts of the city."
"Sss Hearing Shen Ning's well-founded analysis, Gu Yanwu couldn't help but gasp, and then asked another question, "Although it is true that this is true, even if the two of us know where these people are hiding, let alone arrest them, I am afraid that if we face them directly, it will be difficult to protect ourselves." ”
Shen Ning nodded, put away his things, walked out of the wing room and glanced at Li Wanwan, who was still honestly staying in the lobby, and said to Gu Yanwu: "Leave this matter to me to deal with, you can protect him." ”
"What do you want to do?"
"Since I can't beat it, let's go find someone who has beaten it."
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Qin Wangfu.
Yingji, who had been busy in the Yamen of the Third Division for a long time, returned to the house.
The current situation can be said to be very good for him, as long as he eradicates all the wings of Ying Qin, and then waits for Beimang's side to complete his plan.
Everything is under his control at all times.
However, now he still needs to maintain the image of a good prince, and he still goes to the Yamen of the Third Division early every day.
As for the matter of the Tsing Yi Division, it was a big surprise to him, he originally invited a famous monk from the hundred families of Xianmen to investigate the matter, but the purpose was just to take the opportunity to frame the Tsing Yi Division.
But he didn't expect that before he had time to threaten Mingdao, the answer he came to was that in the darkness of the prison, he saw an official of the Tsing Yi Division wearing Tsing Yi, but unfortunately he couldn't see his face or gender.
The rest of the matter became logical all of a sudden, as for the Tsing Yi Division official who obeyed the cultist, he had already discovered his identity, but with this person's identity, the benefits of subduing him were obviously greater than getting rid of him.
It's just that the hilt of this sword is full of thorns, and it is not easy to hold.
When that's done, it's not too late to get rid of him.
Sorting out his thoughts clearly, Yingji's face was cold, and he completely lost the warm appearance of the spring breeze on weekdays.
Everything I deserved was what I deserved.
Seeing that his prince had returned, the steward of the house hurriedly greeted him.
"The old slave has seen the prince."
Ying Ji glanced at the old butler who had followed him for more than ten years and asked, "What happened in the house?" ”
"Lord Wang, everything is as usual in the house." The old steward replied.
"What about Li Wanwan? Let him come to the king. ”
"Not long after the prince went to the Sansi Yamen, Li Gongzi left the palace and has not come back yet."
Ying Ji frowned, "Didn't I say that he can only go out for two hours at dusk?" ”
The old steward was stunned for a moment, "He said that it was the prince who asked him to send some official documents to the Sansi Yamen, so the old slave did not stop him." ”
The relationship between Yingji and Li Wanwan is not a secret in the Qin Palace, on the surface.
Yingji is very fond of Li Wanwan, who would not have thought that the gentle and elegant Li Gongzi is just a tool to vent his desires, so who dares to really stop him?
"Kumon?" Ying Ji's pupils shrank suddenly, leaving the old housekeeper behind, and walked straight towards the study.
Seeing the dripping and solidified lamp oil on the ground, Yingji secretly said that it was not good, twisted the vase, and the bricks on the wall were loosened immediately, and took out the mahogany box inside, which was already empty!
"Li Wanwan!" Ying Ji roared, angrily threw the mahogany box on the ground, pushed it to the bookshelf like crazy, and made a mess in the study, venting the anger in his heart.
The people in the mansion heard it, and they were silent for a while, this is the first time that the prince has had such a big fire since he opened the mansion, and they are far away from the study at the moment, and no one wants to touch that brow.
After smashing it, Ying Ji's face was like frost, his hands were propped up on the desk, and he said in a deep voice: "Elder Yan! ”
A rickety old man emerged from Yingji's shadow.
"Your Highness."
At this time, Yingji's mood had calmed down and he was able to think calmly, "Did Li Yanzheng agree to our conditions?" ”
"Your Highness, everything is as you wish." Yan Lao replied respectfully.
In this way, Ying Ji's cold face softened a little, "Tell him that I have something for him to do." ”
Elder Yan listened quietly.
"There is a heavy treasure in my palace that has been lost, it was stolen by a person named Li Wanwan, let him help me investigate this matter, and the living person must be brought in front of me within three days, otherwise the king will not be welcome!"
Yan Lao glanced at the messy study, naturally what was lost, of course he also understood its importance, because of this, he asked puzzledly: "Your Highness, I don't know, why don't you let the old slave do this matter, once the thing falls into Li Yan's hands, I'm afraid it will become something for him to contain us." ”
"Nope." Ying Ji said categorically: "Except for Zifu Lingyue, it is obvious that there are other people in the princelings who are targeting me, if you go and be left behind, years of planning, it will all be gone at this moment!" ”
"And Li Yanzheng is a cultist of the Cult of Evil Gods, even if he is caught, it will not involve us, if he finds something, even if he uses it to blackmail us, there will be enough time to get rid of him."
When Elder Yan heard this, he nodded silently.
After saying this, Ying Ji said again: "I also want to let the sword in Shenjing City leave Jingxi Road immediately!" ”
After Yan Lao's figure disappeared into the shadow again, Ying Ji left the Qin Palace, and he was going to Zifu Lingyue to find out who was secretly dealing with him.