Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 731 Fire at the city gate and Chiyu
The first forty-fourth chapter of the city gate caught fire and the fish in the pond

"Dede..." The sound of horseshoes suddenly sounded in the middle of the night, and the sound of horseshoes became more and more urgent.

"Woooo..." At the same time, Li Xiuning's carriage also sounded the sound of sobbing horns.

On the tall city wall of Chenjiabao, there are four huge turrets.The top column is topped, and the walls are hollow. An oil lamp is as big as an iron pot, and three wicks as thick as a baby's arm are also lit. Take silk as thin as a cicada's wing, smear fish gelatin, and make a lampshade to cover the wind. Looking from a distance, it is as bright as another round of bright moon hanging around the turret.

At this moment, the whimpering horn sounded.The guards on the Chenjiabao heard the frightening sound of the battle horn, and immediately rushed towards the sound of the battle horn with their weapons in hand.

Almost in an instant, dozens of strong horses rushed to Li Xiuning's carriage, and the knights spread out to form an encirclement circle.

The one at the head had a beard and a long knife in his hand, with a fierce gleam in his eyes.He looked at Li Xiuning and yelled violently: "The head of Erlong Mountain is going down the mountain to do business, and those who don't want to die will kneel down!"

Ma Sanbao held the knife in his hand, and the rest of the dozen or so guards guarded Li Xiuning's carriage.

Li Xiuning pushed open the door of the carriage, and looked coldly at the bandits around, as if looking at a group of dead people.

The bandit leader looked at Li Xiuning's face and said: "Princess Pingyang is a hero among women, our master has admired her for a long time, please invite Princess Pingyang to drive up the mountain and have a good time together."

Li Xiuning was so angry that she gritted her teeth, and said slowly: "If you want money, the Chen family has plenty, as long as I give you a message, you can move here before dawn, I'm afraid you won't be able to move."

The bandit leader grinned grimly and said, "Our head of the family said that we also need money and people, and we can't lose any of them."

As he spoke, with a wave of his hand, a young bandit behind him led an empty horse forward, the bandit leader jumped off the horse, led his own mount, came to Li Xiuning with a smile and said: "Princess Pingyang, please get on the horse."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to pull Li Xiuning's sleeve, but before his hand touched Li Xiuning, there was a choking sound, He Yue'er's wrist trembled, and a cold light flashed, and the bandit's arm fell to the ground , blood spurted out.The bandit with a broken arm let out a terrifying scream.

The bandit leader roared with a ferocious face: "His Royal Highness Princess Pingyang, don't toast and not take punishment..."

The sound of the word "wine" has not yet come out, and the sound of breaking through the air is heard again in mid-air.

"call out"……

The shrill screams sounded in the night sky. The bandit chief led the horse. The back of his head had been pierced by a spiked arrow. .

The gangsters were taken aback, and there was a hurried sound of hoofbeats along the official road, and black shadows broke through the night and rushed over on their horses.

The gangsters hurriedly retreated to get out of the way, and the group of black-clothed cavalry rushed over like this.With the sound of sharp knives piercing the flesh, the bandits were stabbed one after another and fell to the horses.

The bandit leader yelled, raised the long knife in his hand, and swung it towards the black-clothed knight who rushed over.

The next moment, the bandit leader felt a blur in front of his eyes, and the person on the other side disappeared.The two horses were in the wrong stirrup, and before he could react, he felt a chill in his waist. He touched it with his hands, and it was sticky and wet, and he grabbed a rope and came out.The bandit leader was stunned for a moment before realizing that it was his own intestines. The bandit leader yelled and fell off his horse.

The bandits shouted and cursed one after another, drawing their weapons.

At this moment, dozens of black-clothed knights joined the battle group.

By the light of the moon, Li Xiuning could see clearly that the first one who stepped on the stirrup and hid on the side of the horse and killed the bandit leader with a knife was none other than Sun Jingchu, one of Chen Ying's followers.

Don't look at Sun Jingchu's figure is slightly fatter, but Sun Jingchu on horseback is as agile as a monkey, without any signs of slowness.

All the bandits were cut down to the ground by the black cavalry one after another. Seeing that the momentum was not going well, the remaining bandits turned around and rushed towards the Jieyu River in the east.

At this time, Li Xiuning had already mounted a horse, and Ma Sanbao commanded the Chen residence guards who arrived in time to besiege and kill the bandits, while He Yueer and Li Xiuning returned to the Chen residence.

Not long after, when Li Xiuning returned to the Chen Mansion, before he had time to catch his breath, Ma Sanbao took a dozen or so surviving bandits and captured them alive and returned to the Chen Mansion.

Ma Sanbao reported to Li Xiuning: "His Royal Highness Princess Pingyang, the last general has captured the thief, please show me how to deal with it, Princess Pingyang!"

Ma Sanbao naturally didn't ask Li Xiuning how to deal with these bandits, but whether he should notify the Chang'an Criminal Department or Dali Temple. After all, the assassination of Li Xiuning, the majestic Marshal of the Tang Dynasty, was no joke!

Li Xiuning thought for a while and said, "Have you asked clearly? Who sent the thief?"

He Yue'er said: "It is said that the thief claimed to be from Erlong Mountain!"

"Erlong Mountain?" Li Xiuning frowned and thought for a while, "Is there a cottage called Erlong Mountain near Chang'an?"

Ma Sanbao shook his head and said, "Never heard of it!"

"I think it's a fraudulent name!" He Yue'er suddenly realized: "My servant knows that there is a Erlong Mountain in Xizhou, and it is said that the area is not small!"

"Xizhou? How is this possible?" Li Xiuning said with a cold smile: "Xizhou is more than [-] miles away from Chang'an. When will the bandits run more than [-] miles to rob meat tickets? How did you come here!"

He Yue'er's face changed slightly, and she said calmly: "Your Highness, I'm afraid the thief's purpose is not that simple, is it?"

Li Xiuning nodded and said: "Forget it, break all the legs of these thieves first, and send them to the Ministry of Criminal Justice tomorrow morning. I want to see if there is anyone in Chang'an City who dares to play demon moths with me!"

……

The news of Li Xiuning's assassination by the Jieyu River reached the East Palace that night.Just as Li Jiancheng was about to get up and attend the morning court, suddenly Wei Ting rushed over.Just as Li Jiancheng got dressed, Wei Ting arrived at the East Palace, outside of Li Jiancheng's bedroom.

Seeing Li Jiancheng, Wei Ting hurriedly said, "His Royal Highness, something is wrong!"

Li Jiancheng was slightly taken aback: "What happened?"

"Princess Pingyang was assassinated!" Wei Ting was afraid that Li Jiancheng was worried, so he didn't dare to play tricks on this matter, and said immediately: "His Royal Highness Princess Pingyang is fine, and all the culprits have been arrested!"

Although Li Jiancheng breathed a sigh of relief, he said with a gloomy face: "I pass the palace order to the Ministry of Punishment, the whole territory is under martial law, and the assassins are searched!

Wei Ting bowed and replied, "Yes."

Li Jiancheng said: "Take a leave of absence for me. I will not participate in the court meeting today. I will go to Chenjiabao to visit Princess Pingyang!"

Wei Ting followed Li Jiancheng, along the corridor of the East Palace, and walked towards the gate of the East Palace.

Li Jiancheng turned his head, looked at Wei Ting and said, "What else do you need?"

Wei Ting said: "His Royal Highness, I'm afraid it's not that simple at this time!"

Li Jiancheng said, "What do you mean?"

"His Royal Highness, think carefully!!" Wei Ting said: "This group of bandits attacked Her Royal Highness Princess Pingyang less than five miles away from Chenjiabao. Catch all the gangsters in one go."

Li Jiancheng nodded.

According to the current report, Li Xiuning left Chang'an last night before the gates of Chang'an City were closed. From Chang'an City to Qinglinli, the journey was more than [-] miles, and there were three or four ideal ambush locations, which had a greater chance of success.

However, they only acted on the banks of the Jieyu River, when they were about to reach Chenjiabao.Obviously something unreasonable.

What's more, these bandits who claim to be Erlong Mountain have their lair far away in Xizhou, and they have nothing to do with Li Xiuning.

Wei Ting continued: "If these thieves really want to assassinate Her Highness Princess Pingyang, they should arrange some manpower in advance. It doesn't need too many people at all. Just two carriages can block the guards of the Chen Family Fort for a while. I'm afraid Her Highness Princess Pingyang ...However, these gangsters did not do this at all, does Your Highness think they are really here for Princess Pingyang?"

Li Jiancheng said: "Could it be that they came here for the palace?"

Wei Ting said solemnly: "Hey, don't say it, it is really possible that he came down to the Crown Prince!"

Li Jiancheng really wanted to reprimand Wei Ting, but his restraint made Li Jiancheng calm down: "What's the reason?"

Wei Ting said: "Liu Dewei, the Minister of Criminal Affairs, has a clean government name and a generous man. His Royal Highness intends to promote him to Dali Temple Minister. Wannian County Magistrate Quan Wanji has a strong and upright personality. He is very straightforward. His Royal Highness wants to promote him to be a secretary. Shi Yushi, if they pass the evaluation in mid-June, both of them can be reassigned as new officials, but at this moment, within the power of the two of them, there is an assassination case of Princess Pingyang..."

Having said that, Li Jiancheng was silent.

Quan Wanji, the Wannian county magistrate, is at the top of the fifth rank. Although it is said that the censor is also the fifth rank, but the censor is also the fifth rank, but it is equivalent to a member of the Disciplinary Committee of later generations. .As for Liu Dewei, who was also a minister of the Ministry of Criminal Justice at the top of the fourth rank, he was transferred to the minister of Dali Temple from the third rank, which is also a high-ranking official position.

Because of the outbreak of Li Xiuning's assassination case, after Li Xiuning's simple interrogation, no particularly important witnesses were left behind. They are all young people who don't know what to ask. It is said that half a month ago, the person with a Chinese accent arrived at Erlong Mountain. After a secret discussion with their big boss, the big boss left Erlong Mountain with more than 160 bandits and headed for Wannian County.

Since all the insiders were killed, no matter how capable Liu Dewei and Quan Wanji were in this case, they would never be able to find any useful information.

Of course, the more important thing is that the real murderer behind the scenes who dared to assassinate Li Xiuning must have an unusual identity.

I'm afraid the other party's real purpose is not to kill Li Xiuning, but to disrupt the promotion of Liu Dewei and Quan Wanji.

Li Jiancheng sighed and said, "Princess Pingyang was brought into the fish pond by my palace this time?"

Wei Ting nodded and said: "From my point of view, nine times out of ten this is the case. Princess Pingyang is just being used by others!"

With the status of Liu Dewei and Quan Wanji, ordinary cases can't shake the foundation of the two.However, Li Xiuning's identity is unusual. Once the news of Li Xiuning's assassination reaches Li Yuan's ears, Li Yuan will definitely be furious and order Liu Dewei and Quan Wanji to solve the case within a limited time.

Once the two can't solve the case, they will leave an impression of incompetence in Li Yuan's heart, and I'm afraid that the promotion of the two will become far away.

Li Jiancheng smiled bitterly: "It's really a good plan!"

"Who says it's not?" Wei Ting said: "If nothing unexpected happens, I'm afraid the palace has already known about it, maybe His Majesty has already sent someone to order Liu Weide and Quan Wanji to solve the case and arrest the murderer within a limited time, but where are they going to get it?" The murderer?"

(End of this chapter)