Lord of the Desert

Chapter 146
In the middle of the night, everything is silent.

The wind and sand in the desert are heavy, and the stars are flickering.

The world seems to have sunk into the deep sea, and Jinhai City is like a monster sleeping on the bottom of the sea.

Further north, the skyline extending to the Snake Swamp is shrouded in an unfathomable darkness.

Hong Mansion, Xiong Guang Yuan.

It was dimly lit.

"Fantian Society is the number one anti-thief in Tianzi. Whenever there is a plan, it is mostly an earth-shattering event."

Gongsun said.

"The matter of the Li family is now confirmed, and it must be dealt with immediately!"

He speaks urgently.

"According to the habits of the snake people, it is most suitable for them to fight at least until the end of March."

Liao Shoubei replied.

"Now that the layout of the Fantian Society has been discovered, tomorrow I will send an urgent message to the state government."

"When the Dudu Mansion gives a response, there should be no worries for the snake people."

When Zheng Zhun heard this, his heart became more stable.

"So, the most important thing now is to control the situation and take down the culprit..."

"It is said that when you shoot a man, you shoot the horse first, and when you capture the thief, you capture the king first; as long as Li Heming and the people from Fantian Society are captured, the big thing will be settled!"

He spoke excitedly, but found no one to answer.

Outside the window, the rooster crowed sparsely for the first time.

The room fell silent.

"The city guard is right."

After a while, Hong Wu replied.

"But now only Li Heming is in the light, and everyone in Fantian Club is in the dark."

"If we accidentally startle the snake and let them leave Jinhai City, we will be beyond our reach."

Gongsun Shi, Wen Zhongguan and others nodded their heads one after another.

The truth is simple to say.

Only the Li family has made it clear that they have moved, and it is said that they have acquired a large piece of land in Hongbo City of Huaiyang Kingdom, and they are assuming that they will leave in March.

In an emergency, it is really not an easy task to find martial arts masters with unknown numbers and characteristics in a city of 10 people without disturbing them.

All the senior executives in Jinhai were a little worried.

At this moment, Hong Bum, who had been sitting silently beside Jin, suddenly spoke.

"My lords, I have some guesses about the identities of the people behind the scenes in Fantian Club, which may be used as a reference."

All of a sudden, six pairs of eyes looked over, either surprised or anxious.

"Also ask my nephew to teach me!"

Zheng Zhun's heart felt hot, and he said immediately.

"I also guessed the identities of these two people."

Hong Fan replied.

He took a sip of tea to moisten his throat.

"Our Jinhai City is a bad frontier. The city is not big, and the interpersonal relationship is very simple. It is almost impossible for outsiders to move here inexplicably."

"In this case, if the people of Fantian Society want to live in the city for a long time, come and go freely and be unobtrusive, they must have a reasonable identity."

"Considering the collusion between the Li family and them, the easiest way is to take shelter from the former."

Hearing this, Liao Shoubei seemed to realize something.

"So you want to screen all outsiders in Li's residence?"

His brows stood upright like a sword, and he looked as if he would raise troops to search tomorrow.

"Liao is on defense."

Hong Fan laughed.

"I had an inference before."

"The Fantian Club's daring to conspire against Jinhai City should have been conceived after the death of Lord Jingsha."

"Otherwise, this matter is too difficult, and the snake man may not dare to act rashly."

The crowd nodded.

Although this judgment is not inevitable, it is reasonable and reasonable, and it is a way to break the situation.

"Considering the time of news dissemination, the people from Fantian Society will arrive in Jinhai no earlier than February last year."

Hong Fan continued.

"So some time ago, I learned about the personnel changes in Li's residence last year through various channels."

"Since February last year, there have been only five non-locals who have entered the Lee Mansion."

"Two of them were from Huaiyang country refugees and became domestic servants."

"One person came from Huaiye City, and took charge of the miscellaneous affairs in the mansion."

"These three people I privately searched for opportunities to explore the dantian with true energy, and none of them knew martial arts."

"So the question is about the remaining two?"

Zheng Zhun said.

"Master City Guard's eyes are like torches!"

Hong Fan laughed.

"The remaining two are riding in the fourth team of Wudang, Jinhai who arrived in March last year."

"Actually, I've noticed them a long time ago."

"At that time on Hongduo Mountain, when the two men attacked the mountain, they still wore face scarves under their helmets, and they didn't come out of the cave after the battle."

"Now that I think about it, I'm looking for that bottle of dragon blood essence."

"Later, I saw that the temperament of these two people was unusual, and I checked many times from the sidelines and found more incompatibility."

"For example, if you come from Xijing but don't have a Xijing accent, you are born in a poor family and spend a lot of money..."

He paused at this point.

Liao Shoubei immediately picked up the teapot on the table and filled the empty cup.

Hong Fan finished his tea, thanked him respectfully, and continued to speak.

"In addition, these two people are still surnamed Xiao, named Xiao Shishi and Xiao Shisan."

"Deliberately homophonic with the country's surname, who else could it be?"

All of the above are naturally Hong Fan's theory that he first shoots the arrow and then draws the target.

From the perspective of focusing on evidence, it is far less solid than the time Fantian Society framed him.

Fortunately, in terms of logic, at least it can be justified.

At this time, Fantian Society's plan is about to come true. Forced by the current situation, it is better to act chaotically than to do nothing.

With Hong Fan's inference, the senior officials of Jinhai City are already determined to take action.

"Based on what Second Young Master said, the probability that these two have problems is at least six to seven out of ten."

Gongsun Shi followed the way.

"The question now is how to ensure that these three thief chiefs are taken down."

"There are many loyal and good people in the Li family from generation to generation, and most of the people in the family must have been kept in the dark about the matter of colluding with the rebels."

"If we lock the door with great fanfare and take out the chief of the Li clan and members of Wudangqi, it is likely to intensify the situation, causing unnecessary losses, and creating variables for nothing."

"There must be a perfect method..."

As he said so, he and the others unconsciously cast their gazes at Hong Fan.

"My lords, you are just trying to pull the wool out of a sheep."

Hong Fan laughed.

"Isn't this not bothering the second master!"

Liao Zhenghao laughed and poured another cup of tea for Hong Fan.

His official rank is from the fifth-rank general, one level higher than Hong Wu, and he has a rough temperament on weekdays, and he has never been a virtuous and corporal.

It's just that the young man in front of him has such a great reputation, and he has turned the tide tonight, so he is willing to serve as a foil.

Seeing that everyone was listening attentively, Hong Fan did not refuse, and told his whole story.

"In my opinion, it is best to act on two fronts and capture the three of them in one fell swoop."

"Since the Li family wants to relocate, it is only necessary for the lord of the city guard and the master to invite Li Heming to the banquet under the pretext of a farewell act, and he cannot refuse."

"The place for the banquet will be at Hong's house. When the time comes, besides the lord and Lord Gongsun, the heads of the two families, Cui and Chi, will be invited."

"One congenital and three heavenly beings sympathize with each other, and arrange several teams of Zhu Yiqi to stand by. Li Heming can't escape with his wings."

"The banquet time can be arranged on the evening of the fourth day of March."

Hong Fan said in a low voice, another thing suddenly occurred to his mind.

When he came home this afternoon, he just heard Aunt Liu mentioned that the Li family had sent someone to send a letter, saying that he was going to be invited to the meeting in Tinghai Pavilion four days later.

It's a pity that I'm afraid I won't be able to eat this meal.

With that in mind, Hong Fan continued to speak.

"Then there are the two of Fantian Society."

"It's not difficult."

"As far as I know, they each have a good position in the closed moon building in Yanliu Lane, and they will visit once every few days."

"According to the days, the next time will be on the fourth day..."

It was night, when the cock crowed again, everyone went home.

After a few hours, the sky became clear, and the morning fog cleared away.

On the surface, the invitation signed by Zheng Zhun was sent to the Li family.

Secretly, the orders were carried out in an orderly manner.

Several teams of Zhu Yiqi are on standby for training.

The anti-warrior ordnance used by Qi as the supervisor was secretly allocated.

Soon, another twelve hours passed.

PS: I haven't asked for tickets for several days.

Let's see if there are still monthly tickets, and vote for a few.

(End of this chapter)