Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 440
Clouds floated in the sky in large swaths, and dense stars were exposed between the gaps between clouds, like the Milky Way that was covered above the clouds, and silver light dust fell from the gaps in the clouds.

Lidong is just around the corner, even in Jiangnan, the night wind is already piercingly cold, the team escorting the prison cart walked silently on the official road, followed by more than a dozen prisoners with their hands bound, and around the queue, there were more than ten prisoners. Seven or eight hundred fast-moving soldiers followed.

The prisoner in the prison car is now physically and mentally broken, his hands and legs have been broken, the iron hook has passed through the lute bone, and his martial arts have been completely useless.He didn't say a word along the way, his expression numb.

The prisoner was naturally Liu Jinyu.The servant of the household department, who had been in charge of the finances of the Southern Tang court for seven years, was also the elder of the outer sect of the temple in Jinling.But these are not the most important.The most important thing is that he is one of the three heads of Jiangnan Commercial Bank and Jiangnan Bank.Some of the things in his mind are enough to make many big figures in Khitan, Song, Southern Tang, and Dali want to destroy them or get them at all costs.

In fact, Ye Chen painstakingly lurks in Jinling for the names of some people in Liu Jinyu's mind.

Therefore, the holy hall has sent countless masters to rescue Liu Jinyu, or if they can't save him, they will kill him.

When the sound of robbery and killing came from the side of the official road, Liu Jinyu turned his head to look, and then looked up at the night sky, his expression still numb.

People fight on the ground, and clouds walk in the sky.

Huang Tianhu, chief arrester of the Criminal Department of the Southern Tang Dynasty, was originally a master of the Maitreya Sect's Dharma protection level, but was forcibly placed into the Criminal Department by Lou Yanming.At this time, he waved the Juque sword in his hand, and led a group of police officers and officers and soldiers to repel a group of unknown people. live them.This time, in order to bring the living Liu Jinyu in front of Lou Yanming, under Lou Yanming's direct order and under the specific control of Shangguan Bingyun, there are quite enough people nearby.

And just beyond the sight, among the mountains covered by the nearby woods, there are more than a dozen figures walking among them. When the fight was going on below, they appeared on the nearby hillside and looked towards this side from a distance.

There were seventeen figures in total, and the leader was a burly man in a purple robe, with a strange complexion and a layer of light yellow short hair, like an iron tower.He stood at the front, and the distance from other people around him was more than one foot, with fear in his expression.

This person is Huang Tutuo, the fifth elder of the temple that Yu Daoxiang is chasing these days.But now Yu Daoxiang has disappeared and disappeared, but he is standing here.

Huang Toutuo glanced at the fight down the mountain, waved his hand, and said, "Stop thinking about saving people, just kill that idiot Liu Jinyu." rushed down below

The sound of fighting spread, and arrows shot into the woods.The people in the church had mobilized a lot of people in just three days, and the attack was intended to catch them off guard. However, under the sufficient preparations of the Maitreya Sect and the Southern Tang court, they failed in the end. After losing some corpses, they quickly Run away.Then they gathered at the predetermined location in the nearby mountains and forests.

Perhaps in order to avoid the plan of transferring the tiger away from the mountain, the officers and soldiers of the Tang Criminal Department who escorted the prisoners only chased out for a while, and then withdrew again.Organize the team and treat the wounded.

Although the people in the temple are full of tricks, the government is not in charge of the real court this time, but in the name of the Ministry of Punishment, but in fact it is the Maitreya Sect. To be precise, it is hidden somewhere. The careful Shangguan Bingyun.

Moreover, not only the masters of the Maitreya Sect participated in it, but almost all the head arresters in the nearby counties and counties participated in it under the order of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. It can't take advantage of it, and judging from the current situation, it is even more impossible to rescue or kill Liu Jinyu.

At this time, before and after the road, the wounded were carried on stretchers one by one, and there were also dead and wounded Templar masters, and a group of people were counting their identities.

During the battle just now, the team paused on the side of the road, surrounding the prison van and the prisoners.Amidst the faint smell of blood, a tall middle-aged man came towards the prison car and said, "We can start our journey, and rest at the post station ahead." The team started to move forward again.

The middle-aged man was dressed in an official uniform. Although he looked tall, his cheeks were thin, but this thinness would never give people a feeling of weakness, but his cheekbones were protruding, his eyes were bright, and when he pursed his lips slightly, he looked strong and powerful. shrewd.His hair was not long, and although it had been tidied, it still looked a little messy. He was holding a long sword with a wide blade in his hand, and he was walking beside the prison car with a bloody aura lingering on his body.Occasionally, I would look at Liu Jinyu who was trapped in the prison car with his hands bound by shackles and iron hooks piercing his shoulders.

"Is he okay?" he asked the guard beside him who was staring at the prison van.

"Hui Zong catches the head, he has been staring at the sky in a daze."

"Oh." The chief arrester nodded, "I heard that Mr. Liu has been in charge of our Southern Tang finance for seven years, and he is good at calculating. I wonder if he has seen the situation clearly?"

He was naturally speaking to Liu Jinyu. The prison car creaked and creaked for a long while before Liu Jinyu blinked: "Captain Huang is too famous, Liu is in the prison car, how would he know?" The situation at hand."

"It sounds like Mr. Liu has resigned to his fate." The chief arrester surnamed Huang walked forward side by side with the prison car with a cold expression, "It's just that since he has resigned to his fate, he must be very clear that the people in the church will not try to save you at this time, but It is to kill you. So, Master Liu might as well tell me what you know, and then turn your back on the light and join our Maitreya Sect. If you think about it, Master Liu will not treat Master Liu badly. You may even let Master Liu continue to be the servant of the household department, and even Tobe Shangshu is not impossible."

He didn't have much cadence in his speech, but the content was fatal to Liu Jinyu today, but Liu Jinyu's expression was still indifferent, and he said lightly: "Let's talk about it after we see Lou Yanming!"

"Lord Liu really doesn't cry when he sees the coffin."

"I think so too." Liu Jinyu nodded, "It's just that Liu heard that you hurt a lot of people, who came here? Can you tell me the name?"

Huang Butou frowned and remained silent: "There are masters here, but they didn't succeed in the same way. Now it's just to see if we can keep them. You will know when Zhu Butou comes back."

Liu Jinyu sighed and looked up at the sky.The queue moved forward, and after a while, someone came to report the situation, and then another group of people caught up from behind.The leader was also wearing the costume of the head catcher, and rode a big horse with two steel whips behind his back. This person was even taller and burly, extremely strong. They arched their heads and hands, and then the two whispered for a while: "The ones who came may have injured many of us from the church, so they ran away."

Although their tone was low, Liu Jinyu in the prison car next to him could still hear the name in the words, his eyes narrowed, and for a moment, he lowered his eyelids and closed them.The head catcher surnamed Huang turned his head and looked at him: "I didn't expect Master Liu to have such an important position in the holy hall, and the fifth elder of the holy hall, Huang Toutuo, even came to kill you in person. What kind of person is this Huang Toutuo, I believe Mr. Liu should be clearer than us! Please think about the proposal just now, Mr. Liu.”

As soon as the words fell, Huang Butou cupped his hands, turned and left.According to Shangguan Bingyun's arrangement, he has already said what he should say.As for the effect, he doesn't need to worry about it.

When the prison car and officers and soldiers were moving forward, in the forest, the masters of the temple were gathering, silently healing and bandaging the wounds, and estimating the casualties this time.At a place on the mountain, Huang Toutuo was discussing the robbery with several people around him.

"Prevention is tight, as expected, I guessed correctly, the one who secretly presided over all this should be Shangguan Bingyun."

"Since Shangguan Bingyun is secretly presiding over all this, it is almost impossible to rescue Liu Jinyu. But if Liu Jinyu is killed, it can still be done."

While he was talking, a confidant subordinate whispered in his ear: "Guangzhu Xu seems to say that he is going to leave, let me say something."

"Xu Ming?" Huang Toutuo frowned. He knew that Xu Ming would never give up on Liu Jinyu, so he felt a little confused.He moved up to find Xu Ming, but heard the confidant say: "Fifth Elder, Chief Xu and Liu Jinyu are life and death friends, but he already knows that our purpose is not to save Liu Jinyu, but to kill Liu Jinyu, so he thought about it." to leave."

Under the starlight, the wind blew over, and Huang Toutuo sighed softly. The Five Lakes Gang led by Xu Ming is the largest force in the south of the Yangtze River.Although Xu Ming is only an elder of the outer sect, he is not one of his people. In fact, Xu Ming only listens to the words of the Great Elder Yufeng.

There was a thunderous sound, and the rain fell in the courtyard, patting the withered and yellowing leaves in the courtyard.The sky was a little overcast, Ye Chen walked out of Lin Renzhao's General's Mansion in Jinling City.

In the name of actual combat training, he asked the vicinity of Yunshu Prefecture to assist the Ministry of Criminal Justice in escorting Liu Jinyu. He had already obtained Lin Renzhao's consent yesterday, and Lin Renzhao had also entered the palace yesterday, and obtained approval from the lord Li Yu.

After coming out of the General's Mansion, I went all the way back to Chen's house, it was still in the afternoon.A few words dismissed all the Chen family members who came to visit attentively.Walking through the corridor in the rain and going up to the room on the second floor, Ye Chen said to Yu Qingyan: "Tomorrow morning, you will go out of the city in the name of visiting relatives. According to the arrangement of the intelligence department, you will go north and return to Kaifeng first."

Yu Qingyan hesitated to speak, and finally said nothing, nodding her head in agreement.

(End of this chapter)