Crowned with Pearls

  Chapter 922 One Hundred and Twenty One · Opportunity

More than 20 days have passed since they ran out of the inn to meet and meet now. These days, Zhaotong is under martial law everywhere. Every day, countless officers and soldiers patrol back and forth to arrest people. There was no one in the fire in the inn before. Burned to death, but there have been more than 30 casualties because of evading the pursuit of these people.

   Even with a good temper, such as Tang Yuan, he has become very gloomy and irritable, especially when it comes to these things.

  Zhao informed the government that Qin Zhengtong had written a letter to confess his guilt, but in the case of the plea, the entire army of the imperial convoy had been wiped out, and the death of the imperial grandson had been directly concluded.

   Xiao Heng's original guess came true - without the permission of the local high-ranking officials, how could all the assassins be replaced in the inn? It was clear that some people should cooperate with each other, and it was fortunate that Xiao Heng insisted on avoiding it as soon as possible, instead of going to the government.

After the news of the official government came out, the number of officers and soldiers on the street increased sharply, and countless people patrolled every day.

  In this way, even the local guardhouse is already in the hands of those behind the scenes.

Tang Yuan and Tang Qingfeng had to go through a few chases before they successfully reconciled with Xiao Heng, but Miss Mu San and Mu Qinglu have not been found yet, so they are anxious--if there is no Mu Qinglu, even they After surviving, the battle on the front line is still not easy to fight.

   Those old people in Mufu can only recognize blood.

But they were in a hurry, but they had no other way, because the government was pressing step by step, and under the guise of finding out the assassin to avenge the emperor's grandson, they began to search for martial law from the city step by step, and anyone who could not prove their identity. , All locked up and taken away.

   At first, they were able to buy some merchants with money, in exchange for their identities, to avoid being pursued, but later, the government's search became more and more strict, and even to the point of going door-to-door to search for strangers, their situation became more and more difficult.

   It became more and more difficult to get out of the city. When they escaped from Zhaotong Prefecture, they paid a terrible price of 19 casualties.

   There are still many people missing.

  Thinking of this, Tang Yuan, who has always been calm and self-sufficient, could not restrain his eyes from turning red: "If we go on like this, we will have nowhere to go."

They have spent a lot of effort to get this hiding place. The reason why those chasing soldiers left just now was because they had already discussed this place with the villagers, and some villagers guaranteed them, saying that they were from They came from Kunming and have lived here for five or six years. Everyone in the village knows them.

   But even so, he was still being watched.

   Today, Qing Kun was embarrassed when he went out, and he was followed when he came back.

   But this place hasn't been around for a long time. Looking at the room full of people, Tang Yuan sighed, feeling quite powerless.

   Although he has experienced hundreds of battles, but the general has no soldiers under his command, even if he has thousands of skills, it is difficult to use it!

  The atmosphere was stiff and low, and no one said a word for a while.

   In the silence, Xiao Heng, who had been silent for a while, suddenly said, "The time is almost there."

   Timing?

Tang Yuan didn't understand a little. Now they have been driven to a desperate situation. It has become very difficult for them to hide. Everyone outside thinks that the grandson is dead. As long as they reveal their identities, they will be beheaded and killed. It was impossible to keep it, but Xiao Heng was talking about the timing.

   He didn't know the timing.

   Xiao Heng glanced at Su Rong, and Su Rong smiled and said to Tang Yuan: "Consort, you forgot, the imperial censor will be here in the next few days."

   This is also the reason why these officers and soldiers in Zhaotong have been frantically searching for people in Zhaotong these days - if they can't find it again, the imperial censor will be coming to Zhaotong.

The official rank of the inspector is low, but it can reach Tianting. Therefore, it has always been a fear of local officials. Recently, the censor of Yunnan is about to come to Zhaotong. The censor usually stays for more than ten days. , it can be seen how Qin Zheng and them are worried these days.

  Tang Yuan immediately understood what Xiao Heng meant, but he couldn't help frowning: "Even so, the imperial censor is only with more than 30 personal guards, what can these people do?"

   has already reached this point. For Qin Zhengtong and the others, it doesn't matter at all to kill another censor. After all, they dare to kill even the grandson.

   "If they can't kill it, we don't have to hide anymore." Xiao Heng smiled, but his eyes were cold: "Forget it, sit down and listen to me."

  The night opened, the prefect's yamen was brightly lit, and in the signing room, Qin Zhengtong still had no sleepiness, and kept walking back and forth anxiously until there was a knock on the door, and he could not wait to raise his voice: "Come in!"

   Lord Yuan and Zhan Changshi entered the door.

   Both of them looked like they were in trouble.

   But now Qin Zhengtong has no mind to worry about it, he just asked in a deep voice: "Have you found anyone yet?!"

  Zhan Changshi shook his head, and Master Yuan shook his head with an ugly expression: "Not yet"

   responded that Qin Zhengtong had dropped a pen holder.

The crisp sound of cracking sounded, and Tan Zhengtong was a little mad: "What the **** are you doing? Didn't you say that the door-to-door search will definitely yield results? How long has it been now? It's been more than 20 days, except for catching one. A few nameless soldiers, even the shadow of the emperor's grandson has not been caught! What is the use of you?!"

  Zhan Changshi bowed his head and said nothing.

  Master Yuan was a little unconvinced: "We originally went from house to house to search, and there was no delay or slack. Maybe they hid in the mountains, and they were there for a while, how can they be found?"

  Yunnan is inherently mountainous, and hiding in the mountains is like a cow entering the sea. Where is it so easy to find?

But now these explanations seem to be provocative in Tan Zhengtong's eyes. He sneered and looked at Sir Yuan: "That's your business! Besides, if you hide in the mountains, who knows when they will come out? If they appear in places where they shouldn't appear, Don't think you can stay out of the way, the big deal is that everyone will die together! Do you think Master Wei saved you?!"

   Master Yuan's brother-in-law, Master Wei, is the general soldier in Yunnan, and it is precisely because of this that the soldiers of the Zhaotong Guard Station can be used by them.

   But that's not enough. In the past few days, the imperial censor will be coming from Qujing, and the documents have already been sent. According to the rules, the local should welcome it grandly.

  If Xiao Heng and the others jumped out at this time, would they have to kill another censor?

Although it is said that the emperor's grandson is going to be killed anyway, and he doesn't care about an extra censor, but first the emperor's grandson died, and then the imperial censor also died in Zhaotong, so no matter how high-sounding the reason is, he is also the prefect. To blame.

   He looked at Sir Yuan coldly.

   (end of this chapter)