Chapter 272: The strange assassination

In the inner room of Wangchun Tea House, Wang Daoren, who was covered by the night, gently pushed a sealed wax ball to Luo Sanlang, "This is your mission to come back to Suzhou today!"

Luo Sanlang silently picked up the wax balls, and did not crush them, and directly took them close to them.

"Why don't you take a look first? If you have any questions, please ask me first."

Luo Sanlang was still silent. Taoist Wang touched a soft nail and couldn't help but smile embarrassedly, and asked again: "What weapon did you use to assassinate someone?"

Luo Sanlang took out a leather bag from his arms and took out a half-foot-long piccolo from it. It shone with silver light. He took out a small wooden box from the leather bag and opened it. There were three short and thick golden rays placed side by side, one end was extremely sharp, and the whole body was shining with bright blue light.

"Which silver flute is blown out, and within thirty steps, there is no cure for those who are hit!"

Wang Daoren nodded, "Look at the orders carefully and don't shoot the wrong person."

He then got up and left, got into the boat, and soon the boat disappeared into the night.

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The next morning, Li Qing was invited by the magistrate of Zhou and said that the case was discovered. Wucheng County Government was not far from the State Government, located in the middle of Fuqian Street. When Li Qing arrived, more than a dozen senior officials who came from the State Government had gathered in the county government. Among them, Suzhou Chief Guo Xuping was the most excited. He saw him waving his arms and shouting from afar, but it was far away, and Li Qing did not hear him shouting.

At this time, the assassin Cui Huan walked over quickly and said to Li Qing: "Mr. Li, someone went to Wang Baoji Cabinet yesterday afternoon to exchange for official silver. The number of silver was the batch of official silver that was robbed by the fire. County Magistrate Zhou has arrested this person."

"Why is Changshi Guo so excited?" Li Qing pointed at Guo Xuping in surprise and asked.

"What he caught was a thief. He stole the money from a large mansion in Kongguan on Xishan Island, and this mansion."

Speaking of this, Cui Huan glanced at Guo Xuping, shook his head slightly and sighed: "It turned out to be Guo Changshi in the villa of Xishan, so he was so excited."

At this time, Guo Xuping had already seen Li Qing from afar, and hurried over and said angrily: "Mr. Li, this matter has nothing to do with me, and I don't know what happened. The money will be buried in the back garden of my other courtyard."

Guo Xuping is the younger brother of Guo Xuyi, the governor of Jiannan, and the second uncle of King Yong. He was originally a person watching the fun, but how could he not be in a hurry when the stolen silver suddenly appeared in his villa? If the real murderer could not be caught in this case, he would be the biggest suspect.

"Mr., this is a frame-up! frame-up!" His face swollen into purple, and he shouted angrily, almost telling King Qing. Fortunately, he closed his mouth in time, so it did not cause a big wave.

"Chen Shi Xiu is going to be angry. If it weren't for what you did, you would definitely be able to find out."

Li Qing left him and walked to the county government office. He saw a man in his thirties wearing wooden shackles and silenced beside the stone lion. County Magistrate Zhou stood beside him with his head held high and his chest held high, as if the man was not a human, but a red flower for commendation.

Li Qing pointed at him with his toes and asked, "Is this person who exchanged the official silver?"

County Magistrate Zhou hurriedly stepped forward to report: "It is him who said the envoy."

The thief saw that the person in front of him was young, but even the county magistrate wanted to nod and bow to him, and hurriedly turned over and knelt down, "Master Qingtian, I'm wronged! That silver was not stolen by me. I heard that there was silver buried in the backyard of the house, so I climbed over the wall and got a little. It was the county magistrate who made a move!"

"Stop!" Zhou County Magistrate angrily rebuked and explained to Li Qing: "Sir, don't listen to his nonsense. This person is called Ni Er, and he has always been a habitual thief. Any yamen runner in the yamen doesn't know him."

‘Get over the wall and get a little.’ Li Qing couldn’t help but laugh. What’s the point of stealing?

"Come on me, since you say you are listening to someone, who is that person? When? Where did you hear it?"

The man said with a bitter face: "I slept in the woods of Xishan Island at noon yesterday. I heard someone outside the forest say that when I went out, I saw that there was no one. Master, I really don't know who it is, but County Magistrate Zhou just didn't believe it and even used a big punishment. What do I say about this!"

"There is such a good thing?"

Li Qing smiled coldly and said, "Don't say that the magistrate Zhou doesn't believe it, I don't believe it either. In my opinion, the magistrate Zhou's ruling is still too light. You still have the strength to defend yourself!"

Suddenly, Li Qing saw Zhang Ji jumping outside the crowd, waving to him, his face full of anxiety.

"Mr. Zhou County Magistrate, this person will not cry until he sees the coffin. I will try him again." Li Qing said a word and walked towards Zhang Ji.

"What happened? Why are you so panicked?"

"Entertainment, come here to talk." Zhang Ji pulled Li Qing to the side and took out something from his body. "This was discovered on the window not long after the eunuch left."

He had a flying knife in his hand, and there was a note on it, which was obviously a credit delivery. Li Qing felt that the knife looked very familiar. After a moment of pondering, he immediately remembered that the flying knife that reported the news in Bianzhou was exactly the same as it?

He handed the knife to Li Fei Shouyu without showing any expression, and then opened the note, which only five words were written: "There is an assassin in the West Mountain!"

"He has been secretly monitoring himself!"

This was the first thought that came to Li Qing's mind. Although this person's behavior so far depends on personal goodwill, what is his ultimate goal? Li Qing, who has been through human favors for a long time, knows that there will be no brave man in the sky for no reason. In this case involving the core power struggle of the Tang Dynasty, there will be no brave man.

At this time, Li Qing had fully understood the cause and effect. Since there was an assassin in the West Mountain, the official silver was just a bait, and the thief was just used. He remembered the report of his subordinate the night before yesterday that a boat sailed out of the manor in Shihu late at night and headed towards Taihu Lake. It seemed that he should have been to bury the silver.

"Since the invitation is issued, how could I let you down?"

Li Qing sneered slightly. He called a confidant, whispered in his ear, and handed him a silver medal. The confidant received the order and immediately turned over and rushed towards the base of Li Qing's guardian army outside the city.

Seeing the backs of several confidants disappear, Li Qing walked slowly to Guo Xuping and laughed: "It's a false sense to hear it, but it's a true sense to see it. Why don't we go to the scene together to take a look, and it's very likely that we will find evidence to clear the grievances for Guo Changshi."

Before Guo Xuping could speak, Cui Huan next to him smiled and said, "I will go together too! Testify to Guo Changshi."

Xishan Island, also known as Xidongting Mountain, is today the tea and flower and fruit base in Suzhou. During the Tang Dynasty, tea was abundant here. In addition to tea farmers, there were also many fishermen who made a living by fishing in Taihu Lake. However, in the beautiful scenery of the mountains and rivers, many nobles built villas.

Guo Xuping's villa is located on the south side of Xishan Island, covering an area of ​​about twenty acres, surrounded by walls. Outside the wall is lush forests. A stream winds through the villa. There are many pavilions and towers along the river, just like a small private garden. There are no one living in the villa, and only an old servant guarding the door, but he is old and indifferent, and it is useless.

After the thief was arrested, the county magistrate Zhou immediately sent someone to guard the scene to prevent the villagers who came to hear the news from looting official silver. In the afternoon, the officials who had been traveling for two hours arrived at the scene by water.

"It's there!" A yamen runner led a group of senior officials to hurriedly walk towards the burial of the silver. Nearly a hundred fully armed soldiers were guarding each other. Li Fei Shouyu stood high on a Taihu stone. He held the longbow and watched vigilantly.

"It seems that there is no 100,000 taels of silver!" Cui Huan asked in surprise.

The official silver was packed in two wooden boxes and buried shallowly under a peach tree. In addition, the part stolen by Ni Er was only 20,000 taels at most, which was very different from the 100,000 taels that were robbed by the cabinet shop.

Cui Huan glanced at County Magistrate Zhou and asked, "Have you searched for this garden?"

County Magistrate Zhou pointed to the eye holes all over the ground, which were poked with spears, "I searched for it in a hurry, but I found nothing else."

At this time, Li Qing looked at the wooden box carefully and couldn't help but stand up and smiled at Guo Xuping: "No matter how many people don't match the quantity, it has been more than a month since the official silver was robbed. If the wooden box had been buried here, the nails would have been rusted, but now it is as bright as new, and the loopholes are very obvious. These two wooden boxes have just been buried, and it takes up to three days. So I can conclude that someone framed Guo Changshi and then revealed the news to Ni Er, and used him to lead to this matter."

Guo Xuping wiped the sweat from his forehead and said to Li Qing gratefully: "Mr. Li is indeed well-known, and he saw the flaws after two strokes. However, the official did not understand, what did the murderer framed me?"

He looked at the County Magistrate Zhou, meaning that he wanted him to say that he was the uncle of King Yong. Framing himself was equivalent to framed King Yong. Before Zhou could speak, Li Fei Shouyu, who was standing on the big stone, suddenly shot out with an arrow. A scream came from the dense woods, and a black shadow fell from the tree.

The sudden change shocked everyone. Li Qing's personal reaction was extremely quick. He immediately raised a huge shield and surrounded Li Qing, without any gap. Others were also busy protecting the governor and the chief. But at this moment, from another opposite direction, a blue light shot silently. A blue light flashed in the air. Guo Xuping suddenly covered the back of his head. For a moment, he fell straight to the ground, and his face suddenly became dark. When several soldiers snatched it, Guo Changshi had no breath.

The soldiers shouted loudly, and Cui Huan's face turned pale, 'How could he explain to King Yong when Guo Changshi was assassinated?' In desperation, he shouted loudly, and his voice changed. "Go and catch the assassin!"

Dozens of black shadows in the woods were as frightened as a dog, and they ran away in vain. The steel crossbow and hidden weapons were abandoned all over the ground. Their plan to assassinate Li Qing went bankrupt before it was implemented. Li Fei Shouyu had already jumped onto the high wall, and his arrows were like pearls. Every time he went, a man was caught in the leg and fell down with a cry of grief. In a moment, more than a dozen people fell in the woods and were captured by the soldiers who rushed out.

The remaining dozens of people rushed to the lake, and a hidden ship immediately picked them up. The leader fled onto the boat and reported to Li Qi panting: "The little prince, they discovered it before they even took action, and many brothers were caught."

Li Qi was stunned for a moment. After a while, he stomped his feet and gritted his teeth and said, "That guy is cheap again!"

"It might be better, as long as they interrogate those brothers, they will naturally lead the clues to King Yong." The king sneered in his heart. It was probably that Luo Sanlang had succeeded. Since Guo Xuping died, King Qing could not escape. Even if the task assigned to him by the Prime Minister was completed, the king was proud, but he showed no expression on his face. He only comforted Li Qiu and said: "Li Qing will only have a few years of life at most. When the old prince ascended the throne, are you still afraid that he will not be able to kill him?"

Li Qiu sighed helplessly and said, "That's all we can do. So where are we going now?"

Wang Daoren looked at the sky and said, "Go back to the farm to pack up your things first, let's go back to Beijing overnight!"
Chapter completed!