Chapter 19: The end of collecting protection money from the killer
In order to find out what the housekeeper said about the drastic changes in Beijing, Li Tian specially asked for a set of clothes from the Li Mansion to put on, and then prepared to go out.
Before leaving, the old housekeeper reminded, "Young Master Cousin must not show his wealth when he goes outside, those soldiers of the Shun army are looking for rich people to loot, please only go around the door and you must come back." ”
Chongzhen knew that Li Tian was not an ordinary person, but he still instructed, "Immortal Master Li should pay attention to safety, and if you encounter a rebel, you must avoid it." ”
Feng Xiaowu also said, "Why don't I go with my junior brother to investigate, two people are better than one." ”
Li Tian smiled bitterly, "Senior sister is much more beautiful than ordinary women, if you go out, I'm afraid it will cause more trouble, please stay in the house and wait for news." ”
Feng Xiaowu snorted proudly, "I will make fun of my senior sister, Sister Hui Yuan is really beautiful." ”
Li Tian didn't dare to praise the beauty of another woman now, so he smiled wryly, turned around and prepared to leave the gate of the Li Mansion.
He suddenly felt a special gaze staring at him, and subconsciously looked back, only to see that everyone in the courtyard was worried, but he didn't know who the owner of that gaze was.
Li Tian saw Feng Xiaowu and Princess Changping's concerned expressions, nodded to them and signaled that he would be careful, and then walked straight towards the gate.
As soon as he stepped out of the gate, he found that the street was deserted, and the few pedestrians who were actually wearing tattered clothes were walking silently with their heads bowed, not daring to look at the Shun soldiers patrolling the street.
Li Tian's house clothes are very ordinary, but now the streets are full of people wearing old and rotten clothes, so they have become a little conspicuous, and they have also attracted the attention of a team of Shunjun patrolling the streets.
He secretly said in his heart, "I'm still too well dressed, why don't I get a set of worse clothes to wear before I go out." ”
However, at this time, there were already several Shun troops walking towards this side, and Li Tian could only quickly walk into the distance, and could not lead the Shun soldiers to Li Banghua's mansion.
He hastened his feet, and the Shun soldiers followed suit, until they could no longer see the original Shun army patrol. Suddenly walked to the side alley.
A few Shun soldiers saw that the fat sheep that they had finally found was about to run, so they hurriedly chased into the alley, but Li Tian was nowhere to be seen.
A soldier of the Shun army said hatefully, "That guy must have been a rich boy just now, although he was only wearing a piece of domestic clothes, but his face was extremely handsome, and he was by no means a poor ghost who had done rough work. ”
Li Tian hid on the roof next to him, and when he heard Shun Jun say that he was too handsome, he smiled bitterly in his heart.
Because of the impurities in the body that are discharged when the cultivator builds the foundation, the skin is much better than ordinary people, and almost the world of the cultivator is full of handsome men and beautiful women.
When he was about to leave here. Hearing the conversation of a few soldiers of the Shun army, he suddenly stopped his movements and listened quietly.
Shun Junjia said viciously, "Where did the fat sheep hide just now, I can't see it in the blink of an eye. ”
Shun Junyi sneered, "Do you think it's okay to hide, just now I saw the fat sheep coming out of which mansion, our brother went to the door to search, maybe there are more fat sheep." ”
Shun Jun said suspiciously, "Then in what name are we going to search, are we honestly going to catch the fat sheep?"
Shun Junyi smiled and said, "Stupid, we will break into the mansion with the righteousness of tracking down fugitives, and these corrupt officials and profiteers will only honestly give away their money." Maybe you can get a few beautiful beds. ”
After being reminded of the benefits he would get, Shun Junbing breathed heavily and said excitedly, "Then what are we waiting for, hurry up and go to the fat sheep's house to search and do something." You must sleep well with a few official ladies today. ”
"Hey, hey, hey, hey"
Several of the Shun soldiers smiled lewdly, and then turned and walked out of the alley, but all of them stopped sharply, for the fat sheep they were following were standing in the direction of the alley.
Shun Junjia pointed at the fat sheep and sneered, "What did you want to hide for just now?" It must be a wrongdoer, hurry up with me and go to the town to explain clearly, if you are innocent, you should be free. ”
Li Tian sneered and was silent. Suddenly pulled out Chongzhen's Longquan sword and rushed forward, his feet kept casting the Dugu Nine Sword, almost in the blink of an eye, it penetrated several Shun troops, and then quickly put the Longquan sword into the sheath.
Several Shun soldiers and others reacted and couldn't fight back, because they were all cut throats, and the killing was not deep, but it was just fatal.
Shun Bingjia covered his neck that was constantly bleeding out with one hand, and pointed at Li Tian, who was facing away from him, and wanted to shout for help but couldn't, so he slowly knelt on the ground and suffocated to death.
The other soldiers also clutched their necks and fell to the ground, desperately trying to breathe in the air, but it was all in vain, and the air inhaled from the mouth was expelled from the wound on the neck.
After Li Tian waited for these soldiers to swallow his breath, he stripped off a set of military uniforms that were not stained with blood and put them on, and now it is only convenient to act by pretending to be a soldier, but the corpses of the soldiers of the Shun army are a problem.
However, he felt that he was just pretending to follow the army to find out the information, and he didn't need to pretend when he returned to the Li Mansion, so he decided to hide the body at will, as long as he guaranteed that it would not be found today.
Li Tian looked at the high wall of the alley where he was hiding just now, and when he saw the courtyard behind the wall, he didn't know whose house it was, the doors and windows of each room in the courtyard were dilapidated, and the ground overgrown with weeds showed that this place had been abandoned for many years.
He decided to leave the corpses of these Shun soldiers in the courtyard, and it would not be a problem to hide the corpses for three or five days, look left and right to make sure that there was no one, and he would not jump on the wall in order to save time.
Reaching out and grabbing a corpse on the ground, he threw the corpse over the high wall with the strength of the baptism of light, and was relieved to hear only the slight sound of weeds rubbing in the yard.
Li Tian threw all the corpses into the abandoned courtyard in turn, and then threw the weapons of the Shun soldiers into it, leaving only a large knife as a camouflage prop, wiped the blood on the ground with the soles of his feet and walked out of the alley.
When he walked to the street, a team of Shun soldiers happened to come in the distance, and he wanted to pretend to leave as an errand, but was stopped by the leader of the Shun army, "You are also a soldier of the Fu Division of Bi Hang, we are going to Tianqiao Street to get a few fat sheep to chase the stolen goods and hand over the silver, but the urgent manpower is not enough, are you interested in joining the brothers to do things together." ”
Li Tian came out to collect intelligence, and of course he couldn't ask for it to be able to blend in with the Shun army, anyway, those corpses would not be found until at least three or five days later, and he was very safe today.
He nodded, showing a very interested expression and said, "It is my duty to do things for Ruhou, and there are benefits to it, of course I have to follow." ”
The leader of the Shun army smiled, "Okay, this is Ruhou's soldier, don't worry, you will have to do it when the work is done." ”
Li Tian blended into the soldiers in this way, and walked towards Tianqiao Street together, only to see these soldiers grinding their fists one by one, looking forward to waiting for a big harvest.
He glanced back at the alley just now, and felt that it was so easy to blend in with the Shun army, so he could simply pretend to be a Shun soldier for another two or three days, and those corpses would not be easily found anyway.
Dozens of people in the abandoned courtyard room were clustered, staring at the weeds with frightened expressions, and only relieved a little when they saw that there were no more corpses flying in the courtyard wall, but they still covered their mouths one by one and didn't dare to make a sound.
This is a family, and it is the kind of wealthy family, but since Liu Zongmin's comparison and Zhenfu Division began to operate, the rich have become lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
The rich man of this family has become a frightened bird, so he deliberately moved to the abandoned courtyard to live, just to avoid Liu Zongmin's pursuit of stolen goods, who would have thought that today he would fly into the corpses of several Shunjun soldiers.
After waiting for a long time and seeing that there was no movement outside, the housekeeper of the family whispered, "Master, there seems to be no one outside, what should be done with the dead bodies of the thieves in the courtyard, should they be handed over to Shunjun." ”
"Smack"
The head of the house slapped the housekeeper very angrily, but the two of them were so shocked that they quickly covered their mouths again, waited in horror for a while, and breathed a long sigh of relief when they saw that there was still no sound outside.
He whispered angrily to the butler, "What if the body is handed over, those thieves can't find the murderer and don't use us as scapegoats, where will our family go to redress their grievances!"
The butler asked, "What about these corpses, they will stink in a few days, and then it will be even more troublesome." ”
The head of the family almost fainted in anger, gritted his teeth and said, "Don't be this housekeeper in the future, take a few people to dig a pit and bury the corpse now, and bury those knives in another place, maybe we can use them in the future." (To be continued......)