Chapter 69: Assassin of the Night
Fu Tianpeng and Zhao Xueqing took advantage of the chaos in the city and hurried into the city. The two went straight to the corner gate of Taishi's Mansion, and after inspecting the surrounding situation, they dodged in. After the housekeeper took a closer look at the appearance of the people, he saw that it was Fu Tianpeng and hurriedly let them go to the living room.
After Li Gang finished handling the political affairs, he learned that Fu Tianpeng was coming, and immediately went to the living room to see him. Seeing Fu Tianpeng's nervous expression, Taishi Li hurriedly asked him what was wrong. Fu Tianpeng told Li Gang that the two of them learned that Qin Hui wanted to burn Zhao Xiang's manuscript, so they snatched it back from the hands of the officers and soldiers, and now hid it in the fish basket they carried with them.
After listening to Fu Tianpeng's description, Li Gang's face turned blue with anger. He slapped the case and scolded bitterly: "Qin Hui, this guy bullies the monarch and harms the people, and will do whatever it takes to achieve despicable goals. Not to mention that he killed Zhao Xiang, he also burned his good policies for governing the country in Anbang, and the old man must not sit idly by. Fu Shaoxia, if you put Zhao Xiang's manuscript here, the old man will give up this old life, and he will not let Qin Hui's traitor's plan succeed. ”
Fu Tianpeng stood up and thanked Li Gang. He said to Li Gang: "Master Li, with your words, I am relieved. Now the two of us are being pursued by the imperial court, and if we stay here for a long time, we will definitely affect you. ”
Fu Tianpeng said, got up and was about to leave. Li Gang stopped him and said to him: "Fu Shaoxia, since Wang Bozhen and Qin Xi are secretly arresting and searching in the city, the two of you have been targeted by them for your suitable dress, so don't you go out like this, aren't you throwing yourself into the net?" ”
After Li Gang's words were finished, Zhao Xueqing also said to Fu Tianpeng, let's go out like this, once we are targeted by Qin Xi and them, it will affect Lord Li. Fu Tianpeng's face was full of gloom at the moment, and he didn't know what to do?
Li Gang told the two that even if Qin Hui was bold and reckless, he would not dare to make trouble in my mansion. The two of you just have to live here, and the housekeeper will arrange all the food and clothing. When the old man enters the palace and explains the whole thing clearly, he will definitely give you justice to the saint.
Fu Tianpeng nodded, and Zhao Xueqing took refuge in the Taishi Mansion for the time being, listening to the movement outside. Li Gang informed the housekeeper, and the good student entertained Fu Tianpeng and Zhao Xueqing. He still had urgent business to deal with, so he turned around and walked out of the Taishi Mansion.
After Li Gang left, Fu Tianpeng said to Zhao Xueqing: "Sister Qing, Taishi Li is loyal and upright, and he is the middle beam of the Great Song Dynasty, and Zhao Xiang has been killed by Qin Hui, a traitor. Therefore, we must think about Master Li everywhere, and we can't implicate him because of our affairs. ”
Zhao Xueqing agreed with Fu Tianpeng's idea, and she told Fu Tianpeng to wait for the dead of night before thinking of a way out of the city. In the evening, Li Gang came back from the next dynasty and hosted a banquet to entertain Fu Tianpeng and Zhao Xueqing. During the banquet, Li Gang asked Qin Hui about the situation in the palace by the door of the imperial study, and did not mention it to Fu Tianpeng and Zhao Xueqing. Li Gang was already worried that Fu Tianpeng would leave the Taishi Mansion, and if he ran away because of this incident and fell into the hands of Qin Hui, he would feel guilty.
Therefore, Li Gang blindly drank and chatted with the two, signaling Fu Tianpeng to relax, and everything was taken care of by him. However, Zhao Xueqing is a girl after all, her heart is as careful as hair, she raised her eyes to take a closer look at Li Gang's face, and saw that on his resolute face, a trace of melancholy appeared and disappeared suddenly.
Zhao Xueqing understood that only if Fu Tianpeng said this matter, it would not embarrass Lord Li.
She secretly glanced at Fu Tianpeng, Fu Tianpeng understood, got up and said to Li Gang: "Lord Li, we have a lot of inconvenience here, so we want to go out of the city at night." ”
When Li Gang heard Fu Tianpeng's words, his face was shocked. He hurriedly asked Fu Tianpeng why he left after staying here well. Fu Tianpeng replied to Li Gang, now the Jin people are riding through the mountains and rivers and going all the way south. The country was in an eventful season, and Marshal Han and Marshal Yue were desperately defending the enemy at the front to defend the rivers and mountains of the Great Song Dynasty. As a citizen of the Great Song Dynasty, if he is afraid because of the traitorous man, then what face does he have standing between heaven and earth.
Fu Tianpeng's words came from the bottom of his heart, which moved Li Gang very much. He filled his cup and drank the wine. Li Gang got up and paced back and forth in all directions, contemplating and planning a good strategy. After a while, Li Gang summoned the housekeeper Li Zhongyi. He said to Li Zhongyi: "You go to the study and take out my exit token." Give the two knights a suit and dress up well. ”
Li Zhongyi nodded again and again, and said to Fu Tianpeng: "Two young heroes, please come with me." Fu Tianpeng and Zhao Xueqing followed Li Zhongyi away. He found Fu Tianpeng and Zhao Xueqing the outfits of the little maids and maids, and asked them to change their faces.
After Li Zhongyi took a closer look at the faces of the two, and after confirming that he couldn't see any flaws, he smiled and praised them repeatedly. Then Li Zhongyi handed over the token to Fu Tianpeng and said to him: "You go to the city gate and take the order to go out of the city, I believe that no one will stop you." If they ask you what you're doing when you're out late at night, tell them to go to Chun'an County to pick up your medicine. ”
After Fu Tianpeng remembered Li Zhongyi's words, he returned to the back garden to bid farewell to Li Gang. Li Gang asked Li Zhongyi to prepare a fast horse for the two of them, and hurried to Aihua Mountain to find Yue Fei after leaving the city. The two thanked Li Gang for his comprehensive care and rode along the city gate on fast horses.
When the two arrived at the gate of the city, Wang Bozhen stopped them. Fu Tianpeng immediately showed the exit token of the Taishi Mansion and asked Wang Bozhen to check it. Wang Bozhen saw that it was someone from Li Gang's mansion, and hurriedly asked them if they went out of the city in the middle of the night, what was the important matter?
Zhao Xueqing saw that Wang Bozhen was asking questions inquiringly, frowned, pointed at Wang Bozhen and said, "General, what does Lord Li want to do, I still have to ask for your consent, right?" I'll tell you the truth, we went out of the city to Chun'an to get medicine. This is an errand that cannot be delayed, and if the effect of the medicine is affected by something delayed, the general will not blame us for telling the truth. ”
When Wang Bozhen heard Zhao Xueqing's words, his face immediately changed in fright. He knew that at the door of the imperial study today, Li Gang and Qin Hui had a very unpleasant quarrel, and Lord Qin was humiliated by Li Gang, which was a big shame. Even the prime minister can't help Li Gang, why should we touch the mold and find bad luck.
Thinking of this, Wang Bozhen rolled his eyes, smiled at Fu Tianpeng and them, and said kindly: "The two of you just have to go out of the city, I won't stop you." But please make a note in the duty book, and I will give you an account to the above. ”
Fu Tianpeng dismounted and wrote Wu Xian's name in the duty book. Seeing that he had registered, Wang Bozhen waved his hand and motioned for the soldiers to open the city gate. Fu Tianpeng and Zhao Xueqing rode fast horses and galloped out of the city, and the city gate was immediately closed.
Wang Bozhen watched Fu Tianpeng and Zhao Xueqing go out of the city with a blank eye, and scolded at the closed city gate: "A subordinate can also show off his might, it can be seen that the tutor of the Li Mansion is indeed not very good." ”
After Wang Bozhen finished scolding, he took the duty book and went to Qin Hui. As soon as Qin Hui saw the duty book, he didn't feel a wave of anger on his face. He ordered the general Wang Ciweng to come and take a good look at the contents on it. Soon, Wang Ciweng sat in a sedan chair and came to Qin Hui's house with sleepy eyes.
Before Wang Ciweng could say hello to Qin Hui, he slapped the duty book in his face. Wang Ciweng panicked and hurriedly asked Qin Hui what was wrong? Qin Hui asked him to take a good look at the duty book and think about it before speaking.
Wang Ciweng followed the information registered in the duty book and screened them one by one from top to bottom. He found that the time of taking medicine from Li Gang's Mansion was fixed every time, but the time was different tonight, and the people in Li Mansion did not explain the situation.
Wang Ciweng figured out the reason for Qin Hui's anger, and immediately scolded Wang Bozhen, saying that he was confused and made mistakes.
Qin Hui waved his hand at Wang Ciweng and said to him: "I think there must be something strange about the two people who went out of the city late at night. Ci Weng, you immediately send someone to Chun'an now, if you can't find those two people there, it means that Li Gang has lied. When the time comes, I will have my own way of dealing with this old immortal. ”
Wang Ciweng listened to Qin Hui's arrangement, and immediately said to Wang Bozhen: "You should also send people out of the city to search quickly, remember to bring more people, this time you must not spoil the great event of Xiangye." ”
When Wang Bozhen turned around to leave, Qin Hui snorted and said: "General Wang, you must search carefully from house to house, even if you dig three feet into the ground, you must also find clues for me." I want to see if these two really have the ability to fly away, or Li Gang is talking nonsense with red mouth and white teeth. ”
After Wang Bozhen led the soldiers to Chun'an County, he drilled when he saw the house and turned over the cabinet when he saw it, which made the people here panic, and the chickens and dogs jumped. All the soldiers were busy with their work, but they didn't make an ugly man.
Seeing that these two people were not found, Wang Bozhen ordered the soldiers to tie up and drag Sun Blacksmith Wuhua out of the blacksmith shop.
Wang Bozhen said to Blacksmith Sun: "Old thing, tell me quickly, have the people of the Li Mansion ever been here?" ”
Blacksmith Sun knew that Li Gang was loyal, and in the imperial court, he strongly supported Han Shizhong and Yue Fei, and advocated sending troops to the Northern Expedition to recover the lost territory.
Thinking of this, Blacksmith Sun kept silent, no matter how Wang Bozhen shouted, he just ignored it. When Wang Bozhen saw that Blacksmith Sun did not speak, he was furious, and took the whip to shine on Blacksmith Sun's back, and whipped it vigorously.
Blacksmith Sun fell to the ground one by one, and Wang Bozhen immediately said: "Old immortal thing, if you don't tell the truth, I will beat you to death." ”
Wang Bozhen said that, and raised the whip again. Blacksmith Sun's eyes were full of anger, and he told Wang Bozhen categorically that even if he was beaten to death, he would not say a word.
Wang Bozhen's face turned blue with anger, and he said to Blacksmith Sun: "Old immortal thing, toast if you don't eat and drink, I will send you to the West Heaven." ”
He was about to raise the whip to blacksmith Sun, when suddenly someone shouted behind him: "Stop."
Wang Bozhen was taken aback, he turned his head to look, and saw a man dressed in blue cloth and carrying a long sword standing in front of him.
This person has wide eyebrows, red phoenix eyes, a high nose bridge, white lips and red teeth, and a thin face, revealing a sense of righteousness. When Wang Bozhen saw that he was carrying a long sword, he came out to block him, and immediately ordered the soldiers to surround the swordsmen.
This swordsman was surrounded by his heart, but he was not afraid at all, he opened his eyes wide, and set up a formation under his feet, just waiting for Wang Bozhen to attack him.