This mountain is mine

Chapter 102 The Invisible Hand

Li Yi jumped off his horse quickly, his figure turned over and landed on Zhang Qin's horse.

Zhang Qin was just recovering from a serious injury, but his legs and feet hadn't recovered yet. He was kicked off the horse by Li Yi, and he was so angry that he spit out a mouthful of blood.

Zhang Qin beat the ground gloomily, and said angrily, "Catch Li Yi, whether he is alive or dead."

Now the last strength of their Zhang family has been taken out by him, once they fail, they will have nothing.

If it weren't for his small number of people, the Zhang family would not even be able to keep the last winery and farm, and no one would take the Zhang family seriously.If he hadn't been in Fangling for ten years and was still useful, he would have been killed long ago after he missed Bozhou.

Zhang Qin knew very well in his heart that although he was excited after hearing the news about Zhao Man, he dispatched all the people under balance. hand.

Zhang Qin believed what Li Yi said. Now that his men were ambushed at the entrance of the village, he believed even more. Zhao Man must be in this village. He couldn't kill or catch Zhao Man now, he could just catch a fish or shrimp.

Although Great Song has negotiated peace with the Liao people and Xixia, but Li Yi, the prince of Xixia, sneaked into Fangling quietly, lurked in the territory of Song Dynasty, and was arrested. This is Xixia's fault, and this is also a credit.

The three people around Zhang Qin protecting him got his orders and rushed towards Li Yi. The three surrounded him, and one of them raised his sword and wounded the horse that Li Yi was sitting on.

Although Li Yi was tall, his reaction was very quick. Even with one against three, he did not seem to be defeated.Li Yi dared to seek skin from a tiger, so he was unprepared. During the beating, he soon heard the sound of hoofbeats behind him. Under the moonlight, five or six horses were getting closer.

"This king won't play with you anymore." Li Yi quickly ended the battle, and walked towards the oncoming horse, "Han Butou?"

The other party responded, "Mr. Li?"

Li Yi breathed a sigh of relief, and the audience came.

He asked Mr. Lian to send someone to finish it off, so that the fighting here would not be cleaned up silently. Han Butou is a close friend of the Lian family.

"Is there a fight ahead?"

"Yes."

The joining of these few people suddenly turned the situation around. Zhang Qin said sharply, "Han Butou from Zhuxi? How dare you collude with the Xixia people."

Han Butou was taken aback, "From Xixia? Mr. Li, are you from Xixia?" Han Butou was excited, his voice raised a little bit.

At this time, there was a burst of angry shouting from the entrance of the village: "It's the Xixia spies, there are Xixia spies here!"

"There are still people outside, don't let any one go, shoot them all. Someone actually colluded with Xixia spies."

"These Xixia people actually spied on Fangling, brothers, show them some color!"

As the words fell, "嗖,嗖,嗖" dense arrows came towards the outside of the village. Li Yi took advantage of Han Butou's dazed skill, dragged him off the horse, and blocked the rain of arrows. took the horse.

Just as Li Yi turned his horse's head, a stray arrow came towards him, he leaned against the horse's back, "chih—" an arrow sank into his arm.Li Yi cursed secretly, pulled out the arrow, and stuck it on the horse's back, the horse galloped away in pain.

The rest of them avoided mentioning it, and those who avoided it had already been shot.

Although Zhang Qin was lame, he was lying on the ground, and only his non-painful leg was shot by an arrow, which was the least injured.There were two others lying on the ground, already shot by arrows, and dying.

Random arrows shot and killed for a while, the sound gradually died down, and a team of Tsingyi officials rushed out of the village.

Zhang Qin looked at this group of people, his eyes were wide open, what's going on?It turned out to be an official post!What about Zhao Man's people?

"There are still alive! Just take them back for interrogation. Who is so courageous, dare to collude with the Xixia people?"

"Huh? Isn't this Mr. Erlang, the richest man in the Zhang family? Why is he lying on the ground?"

"Could it be that the Zhang family colluded with Xixia?"

"It turns out that the person behind Zhang's family is Xixia, no wonder..."

Tian Qing looked at Zhang Qin condescendingly, and kicked him, "You are colluding with Xi Xia? What is it? It's lame and restless. Take it away and hand it over to Mr. Wang for interrogation."

Zhang Qin's eyes were red, and he roared angrily, "Why are you officials from Shangyong County? Where's Zhao Man?"

Zhang Qin had long guessed that he would be spotted by Zhao Man's secret whistle as soon as he entered the village, and a fierce fight would be inevitable, but now, it was the crossbow team from Shangyong County who unexpectedly appeared, and he was caught off guard.

He didn't believe that Li Yi would be so boring, so he designed a game just to deceive him.At that time, whenever there was a commotion in the village, he stared at Li Yi. The astonishment on Li Yi's face could not deceive anyone, even Li Yi himself was shot by an arrow, so what went wrong?

How did these people know that he was coming to make a surprise attack today?As soon as he got the news about Li Yi, he secretly dispatched people, and the first thing he did was that someone around him was bribed, and he didn't have time to tell the truth. Anger and a deadpan face, it's all over this time, everything is over.

"Zhao Man?" Tian Qing's eyes flashed, "What Zhao Man?"

"That damned Li Wang, the rebellious Zhao Man... You Shangyong county government are all from Zhao Man?" After Zhang Qin asked, he was kicked in the chest again.

"Nonsense, our county government belongs to the imperial court! Who told you that King Li is here? Do you want to kill King Li?"

Zhang Qin yelled, vented, and forced himself to calm down. Hearing Tian Qing's question, he looked at Tian Qing inquiringly, and Tian Qing looked away coldly, "When you speak! Take it down."

Two officials came forward and held Zhang Qin down. Suddenly, an arrow shot over and hit Zhang Qin's neck. Zhang Qin couldn't even close his eyes, and he swallowed his breath.

"Who shot the arrow!" Tian Qing yelled into the forest.There was no sound.

Tian Qing took a few deep breaths before slowly calming down the throbbing veins on his forehead.

"It's not a big deal. If you die, you'll die. A traitor who colluded with Xixia, I want to kill this kind of person too." An official next to Tian Qing patted him on the shoulder and said.

Tian Qing said "Mmm", at this moment, an officer turned over and lay on the ground like a dead dog, Han Butou, who was dying, was shocked, "There is actually Han Butou from Zhuxi County here!"

Several officials immediately looked at each other in blank dismay, thinking that a county government colluded with Xixia people, did Xixia all come to Fangling?
"Quickly report to Lord Wang."

"There are two survivors here, take them with you."

"Don't shoot arrows, keep alive, otherwise how can we go down to investigate." Tian Qing instructed.

The two officials from Zhuxi were dragged all the way into the village. As soon as they arrived at the entrance of the village, they saw a few figures counting the corpses on the ground. This village was probably shot to death by Liu Ya.

Soon, they were dragged in front of Wang Lang.In this temporarily borrowed dwelling.

As soon as Tian Qing came in, he said: "My lord, we have already counted them. There are eight Xixia people in total. In addition, there are six officials from Zhuxi County. The rest are Song people. There are 42 people. The leader is Zhang Yong from Shangyong County. Qin and Zhang Qin are also dead, and now only these two are left alive."

Looking at the two people dressed as officials, Wang Lang was furious immediately, his face as black as the bottom of a pot. After brewing for a long time, he suppressed the roiling anger in his heart, and ordered, "Eliminate the traces of the village entrance. Before the matter is investigated, all the people will be killed." Do not speak out, lest the people panic." Fortunately, there were not many people living at the entrance of the village, and they were all appeased, and no one came out.

Tian Qing agreed and went down.

"What else do you two have to say? I will give you a chance."

The two officials knelt down, their bodies trembling, and they shouted again and again: "My lord, I don't know what's going on here. It's Mr. Lian, Mr. Lian said let's follow Han Butou to have a look, saying that there is excitement here. Look, we just need to be a witness..."

"That's right, Catcher Han only said that the Zhang family and Mr. Li are going to be here, and when it comes to talking about it, there will be a lot of fun to watch. Even if you get promoted and get rich, our benefits will be indispensable in the future."

"Master Li? Who is it?" Wang Lang asked in a deep voice.

"It's a counselor next to Mr. Lian. His subordinates don't know who he is. Mr. Li helped Mr. Lian a lot a few days ago. Mr. Lian treats him very highly, but he seldom shows up in front of people. We don't know what his name is. have no idea."

"Just now Mr. Li used Han Bu's head to block arrows and ran away. But... Zhang Qin must know him. He was on good terms with Mr. Li before, but suddenly turned his face and said Mr. Li is from Xixia."

The two explained the matter clearly one by one.

"Do you remember the features of Mr. Li?" Wang Lang asked coldly.

The two nodded repeatedly, Wang Lang waved his hand, and someone dragged the two out, portraits first, and the rest waited for dawn.

After dealing with the matters at the entrance of the village, the sky was already bright, and Wang Lang and the officials left Liushutun.There are still a series of things to deal with in the follow-up. I have to report to the magistrate, I have to ask Mr. Lian for a confession, and I am busy to find out why the Xixia spies appeared in Fangling. So many Xixia people appeared in Fangling. It was passing by...and hunting down Mr. Li from Xixia.

Wang Lang was very busy, and Liu Tingzhou was furious.

Master Lian was the first to be brought in for questioning, when he was asked about Mr. Li's background and the details of their relationship.

Although Master Lian was not smart, he knew how to protect himself at this time. He didn't dare to say anything about Zhao Man that Li Yi mentioned to him, and it became even more unclear when it was brought up.

Even the adults pushed everything to the dead Han Butou. He said that he didn't send Han Butou to follow Mr. Li that night, and he didn't know what they were going to do.

He only said that Mr. Li was recommended by Han Butou. He was not familiar with Mr. Li. He didn't know what Mr. Li was going to do. He didn't know whether Mr. Li was from Xixia. Mr. Li didn't tell him anything... ...In short, one asks three questions.

Being asked anxiously, Master Lian cried directly: "Hateful Han Ping, I am not mean to you, you actually hurt me so much, it will be a hundred if you die, please tell me clearly, I am still affected by you ..."

No evidence could be found, and Han Ping was dead without proof. At the beginning, Mr. Li rarely showed up. Outsiders didn't know the details, and they couldn't do anything to Mr. Lian. In the end, they could only punish him for the crime of lax control.

As for the Zhang family, Zhang Qin is dead, but he has more than 40 private armed forces in his hands. He entered Liushutun viciously. It is obvious that his intentions are wrong, and there are two official testimonies. Zhang Qin is also accused of colluding with Xixia warriors. Can't escape...

Zhang Mian fought against Wang Kuanglan in the courtroom, and killed a merchant of the Zhang family. Colluding with Xixia is not beneficial, it is completely self-defeating, he would not be so stupid... As for why Zhang Qin did this, he didn't know... the whole Fang Ling knew that Zhang Qin was a dandy, idle, and his legs were broken outside, and his younger brother was not close to him at all.

Zhang's family was imprisoned, and then Liu Tingzhou wrote a letter of self-denial because of his in-law relationship with Zhang's family.

On the day Liu Tingzhou wrote his plea, Zhao Man was finally painless and able to get out of bed.

In the past few days, he didn't do anything except lie down, the most he could do was hold Yu Miaomiao's little hand, let her give her a massage, and hug her to sleep for a while.

After Zhao Man got out of bed and stepped out of Yu's yard, everything went in a better direction.

Ever since the fake people threatened Zhang Qin and asked Zhang Qin to beat the spies, all the spies from the Zhang family who had been watched by Zhao Man were all dead after the last movement.

The bewildered Xixia warriors also used their last remaining heat. They appeared in front of Wang Lang and the crossbowman twice, causing Zhang and Lian to make a fuss.

Li Yi is being hunted by the whole city, it is his fate to be able to escape from Fangling, and he does not need Zhao Man to send people to hunt him down, which saves a lot of effort.

Liu Tingzhou made an apology, just to see who can save him, who is standing behind him...

Zhuxi has basically come under control, everything is perfect.

Yu Miaomiao also thought about it for a long time in the past few days, and finally only asked Zhao Man a question that she couldn't figure out: "How do you make the sound arrow? Why don't you use a fire?"

It is similar to the modern sky cannon, but it can emit a strong light and send out a signal after being stabbed by a sword, which is too strange.

Zhao Man said lightly, "I don't know."

"The house at home is almost ready, and the furniture can be prepared. Shouldn't the cot be ready? Let's go to Mr. Bi and ask him?" Yu Miaomiao asked tentatively.

Zhao Man looked at her meaningfully, yes, the bed must have been made long ago, how long has it been, "Okay, Miaomiao wants a new bed so much, let someone bring it." This bed is indeed Not good anymore.

Said Cao Cao Cao Cao came, Bi Kuo came in person, sending the bed is not the point, he mainly wants to see the terraced fields that have already taken shape, he has to prepare the tools for irrigation and drainage, and he has to put it on the agenda, he must personally Just do some research.

(End of this chapter)