Chapter 552: A Bigger Accident Caused by a Sneak Attack
It turned out that while they were talking, the open-top carriage of the king of Hejian, which was hung on all sides with clear soft silk on all sides, suddenly cracked one wheel, and the cart fell to the side with a snap. Before the horse pulling the cart in front of him could react, he was dragged backwards by the cart that had not moved, and suddenly he raised his hooves and neighed incessantly.
Not only that, but now the carriage is running on the embankment of the lake, and the carriage tilts to the side, and it begins to slide directly down the embankment, and the people in the carriage are about to slide down the embankment into the lake!
Seeing this, the people around naturally couldn't help but scream.
And the two people sitting in the car also seemed to be stunned by this series of reactions. Seeing that the carriage kept sliding down, the eldest lady reacted, quickly pulled up the arm of the king of Hejian County, jumped again, jumped up and grabbed a weeping willow on the side.
"Grandpa Junwang, hold on to me, don't let go!" the eldest lady said loudly.
As early as the moment when there was a problem with the carriage, Li Xiang rushed over. When he arrived, he happened to see the eldest lady dragging the king of Hejian and grabbing the willow branch next to the embankment.
The willow branches are thin and can't withstand much force, but there are still two people hanging now...... Coupled with the fact that the levee was built so steeply that it was very likely that they would not be able to stand if they landed, and then continue to roll down with the carriage into the lake!
Realizing this, Li Xiang's eyes darkened, so he quickly turned over and dismounted, and threw the horsewhip to the eldest lady: "Catch it! I'll pull you up!"
Now is not the time for hypocrisy. The eldest lady made a decision immediately, and at the moment when the whip came over, she let go of the hand that grabbed the willow branch, and firmly grasped the whip with one hand. Li Xiang dragged harder, and it was easy to drag both of them into the case.
It was only at this time that the eldest lady breathed a sigh of relief and sat on the ground.
This girl has always been high-minded and stubborn, and he has hardly seen her look so lost in all these years. Li Xiang saw her sitting there without any image, and his heart couldn't help but pout, so he subconsciously stepped forward to comfort her a few words.
As a result, who knows, the eldest lady took a breath, and immediately turned around and grabbed the king of Hejian County: "Grandpa the county king, are you okay?
"Don't worry, I'm not hurt. It's just that I'm old, I haven't experienced such a thrilling thing for a long time, and my legs are a little weak and I can't stand up. You let me sit down for a while, slowly. King Hejian waved his hand, a soft smile on his face with a hint of embarrassment.
The eldest lady snorted and laughed.
"It turns out that Grandpa Junwang, you will also be scared sometimes?"
"It's inevitable, I'm also a person!" King Hejian patted his chest, his face still a little pale.
The eldest lady also sighed. "Also, I almost scared to death this time. In fact, I'm not afraid of falling into the water, but if you have three long and two short, then what should I do!"
Li Xiang stood aside with his hands tied, watching these two people who had survived the catastrophe talking, laughing, and expressing their feelings together, and his face slowly became gloomy again.
After a while, I heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves, Da Lang Jun and Nanshan and Erlang Jun came over, and Da Lang Jun and Nanshan each carried a person in their hands.
When they reached the king of the river, they threw them down: "They are them! I saw them both sneaky and following your carriage from a distance. After the incident, the two people hurriedly put something into their arms and were about to run. This matter must be inseparable from them!"
The King of Hejian immediately glanced at him coldly.
When Li Xiang heard this, his eyes also darkened, and he glanced at these two people faintly.
The eldest lady is not far behind. But perhaps because of the relationship that escaped, she still had a smile on her face, and her eyes were even brighter, but she couldn't see that people felt chills in their hearts.
Being watched by so many pairs of eyes, these two people dressed as civilians were terrified.
"It's not us! Not really! Before we could do anything, the carriage broke down!" a man blurted out in his mind.
"Ha, everything has already happened, you can naturally push it if you can. But do you think we're stupid?" Da Langjun sneered, and said to Nanshan, "Take out the things they hid in their arms and take a look." β
Nanshan received the order, and immediately rudely ripped open their clothes, and turned out a small crossbow from their arms. This is a special crossbow, the arrow inlaid on the top is not the small flat arrow used to shoot small animals on weekdays, but a long like a small shovel, the front of the section about half a finger long is all sharpened, take a hair on it and blow lightly, the hair immediately breaks in two.
"Da Langjun, this is an arrow forged from the refined iron of the Western Regions!" Nanshan immediately said.
Moreover, with such a wide cross-section, if it were shot at the wheel, the wheel would most likely be truncated. Well, the car suddenly fell to the side to explain it.
Everyone looked at this thing, and their eyes showed fear.
Seeing this, the king of Hejian County also had a fierce look in his eyes: "Who sent you? This king never has a grudge against anyone, why do you want to frame this king like this?"
When the two of them saw that the situation was wrong, their bodies couldn't help but shrink. A person's eyes were cold, and Nanshan immediately stepped forward and grabbed his chin. Then I heard a click, and the man's chin was removed.
"He wants to bite his tongue and kill himself!"
Such a drastic method, such a simple and rough action, frightened the other person into a pale face.
The eldest lady put away the smile on her face, but the light in her eyes shone more and more. She slowly walked over to the rest of the people, "This kind of fine iron is not something that ordinary people can get their hands on. Tell me, who ordered you to come, and your purpose is me or the king of the river?"
The man looked at the eldest lady, and then at the king of Hejian County, and suddenly said loudly: "I was sent by Li Zhongshu! It was because of the king of Hejian that Li Zhongshu was reduced to the point where he is today." Li Zhongshu hated the king of Hejian County very much, but because he couldn't find a chance to retaliate, he has been stumbling until now. Today, I learned that you are going to come out to enjoy the coolness, so I sent us over to take your life!"
"Nonsense. Li Linfu didn't have a chance to touch such a good fine iron now. Li Xiang said suddenly.
"As long as you have the heart, this is not a problem at all. Li Zhongshu's protΓ©gΓ©s are all over the world, as long as he raises his arms, more people will help him realize his wishes!"
Hearing him say this, everyone laughed, but the eyes that looked at him became more and more meaningful.
Today's weather is fine, suitable for hiking, and the government has also sent people to take strict precautions in case of accidents, or people fighting. So when they saw that something was going on here, especially about the king of Hejian County, the officials didn't dare to delay, so they hurriedly went to invite the head catcher to come over. When the head catcher arrived in a hurry, he saw that they had already caught all the criminals, and he immediately sweated like rain.
"The next official is late, please forgive the king of Hejian County and the lord of Hanoi!"
"It's okay, you're already coming fast. The king of Hejian County said, and pointed to the two people, "These two people were captured by Cui Jialangjun, and we also searched for weapons from them, you take people back for interrogation and interrogation." The carriage has fallen into the lake, and I have to ask you to help you get it out. β
"No trouble, no trouble, that's what we should do. The head catcher hurriedly wiped the sweat from his forehead, and sighed in his heart that he had met the king of Hejian County who didn't like to find trouble today. Otherwise, if he were to be any nobleman, I am afraid that he would have been scolded by pointing at his nose by now. And he has no other way than to pretend to be his grandson's forbearance.
After the king of Hejian said this, the guards of the palace had already calmed down the horses and brought them over.
The king of Hejian smiled apologetically at the eldest lady again: "It seems that I can't go back by car today." Then let's ride a horse!"
"Okay!" the eldest lady nodded heartily.
By this time, the matter had been handed over to the government, and they were all relieved. The king of Hejian seemed to have noticed Li Xiang's existence at this time, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "This time, I would like to thank Li Erlangjun for helping." Li Erlangjun is heroic and chivalrous, which is really admirable. The king of Japan will definitely order someone to send a generous gift as a thank you. β
"The king of the county has won the award, I just did what I could. Li Xiang said in a deep voice, but his eyes had already drifted uncontrollably towards the eldest lady.
The eldest lady didn't seem to see it. She Shi Shiran stepped forward and bowed to Li Xiang: "Thank you Li Erlangjun for saving me today." The great grace is not grateful, and the little girl has no way to repay it, so she can only go home to show the elders, and then ask the elders to send someone to thank her. β
Li Xiang slowly lowered his eyes. "No need. β
"It's a must!" said the eldest lady. After saying this, she smiled at the county king of Hejian again, "Grandpa the county king, you are frightened, it is better to go back quickly, I will give you a needle to suppress the shock!"
"Okay!" the king of Hejian nodded briskly, and the two turned on their horses and immediately drove away.
Li Xiang watched their figures go away, and his eyelashes drooped even lower.
Seeing this, Da Langjun couldn't help but shake his head and said: "If you knew today, why bother in the first place? However, in fact, it is too late to regret it now." β
Li Xiang immediately raised his head.
"Nope. He said.
Da Langjun raised his eyebrows. "No, then you'll have to suffer later. β
He also waved his whip: "Let's go!"
Li Xiang was left alone in the original terrain to describe Xiao Suo.
The king of Hejian was assassinated during an outing, and the news soon spread throughout the city of Chang'an.
Yang Xuanqi's wife, Du Shi, hurried to Yang Guifei's side again, and this time she cried more sincerely. "Concubine Niangniang, you must be the master of our family! This is really not what we did! Our people just followed them from afar, and they didn't do anything, who knows how their carriage overturned? They didn't have time to do it at all!"
"Do you think that now that you say no, you won't be the case? Now that the human and material evidence is complete, and the carriage that fell in the lake has also been fished out, and the traces on it are exactly the same as the bow and crossbow that have been turned out of the suspect's body, this can already be decided! What's more, the assassination of the king of Hejian County is already a major event, but now, the murder weapon that was found has been found to be a fine iron that is only allowed to be used to cast weapons for the saint's body! Once this crime is confirmed, do you know what it means?"
Du Shi shook.
She has seen a lot of knowledge, and she has broadened her horizons over the years, so she naturally knows that things such as salt and iron have always been controlled by the government. Especially now, the refined iron of the Western Regions was originally very small, and because the forged weapons were very sharp, they were directly controlled by the Ministry of War, and people outside the Ministry of War were extremely rare. Most of those fine iron are used to equip Qianniuwei with sidearms. The rest is sealed in the treasury of the Ministry of War, and it will only be forged when it is needed later.
However, such a good thing will naturally be bought at a high price by the people for private use. But it's all the children of the nobility who get a little bit and play with it themselves. But now, this fine iron has appeared on the thief who attacked the king of Hejian County, so this matter has to be investigated deeply. And once it is investigated, many people will inevitably be involved, first of all, the head of the military department cannot be an exception!
It must be known that the military department has been infiltrated by Li Linfu many times before, and it is easy to push his people to the position of the squire. In the past two years, Yang Guozhong has taken over Li Linfu's jurisdiction over the Ministry of War, and only last month he removed the squire of the Ministry of War and several important positions and replaced his own people. As a result, the talent went up, and this happened. Then the people and horses that Yang Guozhong cultivated so easily can't be saved.
Not only that, if the matter continues to make a big fuss and shocks the saint, and then the saint decrees that it must be thoroughly investigated, then their Yang family is very likely to be implicated!
And the king of Hejian County almost fell into the lake again, and his carriage was destroyed again, as long as he went to the saint to cry and complain, even if Yang Guifei was favored, she would not be able to protect all the Yang family!
Therefore, now the attack on the king of the county is relatively small, but the more important thing is the refined iron of the Western Regions that has been turned out!
Du Shi figured out this, and for a while, there were some six gods without masters. "So, what should we do? Mother, we really didn't do this!"
"Could it be that you really plan to put the blame on Li Linfu? Do you think Li Linfu will agree?" Yang Guifei sneered.
Even if Li Linfu loses power, he will never allow anyone to put such a pot on his head. And...... Most likely, he's about to make a move. After all, if he doesn't make a move, will he still wait for someone to bite back?
Yang Guifei waved her hand weakly: "I have already told you what I should say." Auntie should hurry back to my uncle and cousin to discuss how to solve the matter! Now there are two things in front of you, you must take care of them, and you must not miss any of them! Also, remember that the central character is the king of Hejian County!"
This Hejian County King is really amazing! Usually he doesn't make a move, but once he does, he will make a big move. Last time, it was Li Linfu, and now it's their Yang family's turn......
And there is only one reason why he makes trouble - the Cui family!