Taiping Inn

As a member of the Qingwei Sect, Li Shizhi naturally knew the famous "Three-point Jue Sword" and his face was pale.

It’s just that the situation is stronger than the human being. It’s not that he doesn’t want to escape, but that he knows that he can’t escape. Since the person in front of him can even catch the flying sword, where can he escape? I am afraid that he will die on the spot when he turns around.

Li Shizhi stood there and did not dare to move at all. Li Xuan swept his body and gently patted Li Shizhi's shoulder. Li Shizhi felt that his body had sunk, and a cold breath instantly flowed along his meridians. In the end, it became invisible at the Qihai Sea of ​​Dantian.

Li Shizhi knew that this was a symptom of the "Three-point Sword" entering the body, and he felt miserable, but he also knew that such a result was much better than death on the spot.

Li Xuandu ordered again: "How to finish next? I don't think I need to teach you."

Li Shizhi lowered his head and agreed.

Li Xuandu turned around and floated away from the county government. After a few ups and downs, he disappeared.

Li Shizhi stood there, still lowering his head, his thoughts fluctuated in his heart.

He was not a stupid person, otherwise he would not have been sent to Qingluan Guard by his master. At this time, he had already vaguely guessed the identity of this person. Thinking of the recent changes in the master's sect, he couldn't help but feel awe-in.

After a long time, a Qingluan Guard approached carefully and asked softly, "Sir?"

Li Shizhi suddenly came back to his senses, his eyes gloomy.

The Qingluan Guards around them were shocked.

Li Shizhi looked around coldly for a week: "I'll say hello in advance. There is a word about what happened here today. No matter who it is, you will be beaten to death immediately!"

A group of Qingluanwei who survived by chance immediately said in unison: "I understand!"

Only then did Li Shizhi glance at the corpses all over the ground and said in a deep voice: "Collection of the corpses!"

The Qingluan Guards immediately began to get busy.

On the other side, Li Xuandu swept quickly and quickly left Yanggu County and returned to the dock.

The Qian family's grain ship was still docked at the dock. When he was in the county government, he once said that these ten ships of grain were military rations from the Governor's Office of Qizhou, but it was really aimless.

The first thing in the world to spend money is to fight a war. No matter if there is a lot of silver in your treasury, a war will end up empty.

Now the imperial court has experienced more than ten years of war and the national treasury is empty every year. Although the Qizhou war is nominally allocated money and grain by the court, most of the money and grain must be raised by the governor himself, and even raised by himself. troops. It is precisely because the court has no money and no one, and wants to quell the local rebellion, that he can only delegate power to the local governors. This has given the local governor the power to become a vassal state, and has already become faintly above the six ministers, and even faces the cabinet and the ministry. There is room for bargaining in the ritual supervision.

When the Governor of Jiangnan decided to attack the Qian family through Qin Xiang's affairs, the Governor of Qizhou had already received some news. Nowadays, Jiangzhou is the main source of food in Qizhou, and the Qian family is the most important. Although the Qian family does not give away food for free, they do not deliberately raise the price of food. If the Qian family changes, the situation in Qizhou will inevitably arise. Even if someone can fill the gap in the Qian family, it will never be changed in a short while. During this blank period, the situation in Qizhou is very unpredictable, so even if the Governor of Qizhou is very close to the imperial capital, It is still contrary to the court's intention and he is trying his best to oppose this matter.

Now there are more than 45,000 imperial officials in Qizhou, and there are about 8,000 defenders in Dongchang Prefecture. These ten ships of food can supply their military supplies for a month. It’s not that the Governor’s Office of Qizhou doesn’t want to buy more, but that it’s because the military pay of the court is not timely and there are always arrears, so many times they can only raise money little by little, and sometimes they even have to pay credit. This time, the Qian family’s If the ten grain ships were really detained in Yanggu County, the transaction would be a small loss, and the defenders of Dongchang Prefecture had no food. Maybe the Qingyang Sect would take advantage of this to invade Dongchang Prefecture.

Although Li Xuan did not fully understand Qingluanwei's plan, he still relied on his years of experience in the martial arts world and realized that someone was going to attack the Qian family fleet, otherwise he would not have deliberately let the assassin go and followed the trail all the way. When Li Xuandu arrived in Yanggu County, this time Li was not just because the Qian family made a move.

As for why the Qingyang Sect knew that these foods were military rations but did not intercept them, there are three main reasons. First, the Qingyang Cult also had trade with the Qian family. They robbed a large amount of gold and silver in Qizhou, but gold and silver are not edible, so they also had to exchange it for grain for Qian family; second, the Qian family had a share in the Caobang. Extremely heavy, many disciples of the Cao Gang in Qizhou have also joined the Qingyang Sect, which means you have me and I have you; thirdly, money can help the gods, and Qingyang Sect is not a solid piece, let alone a saint. Many middle-level leaders and even upper-level leaders will turn a blind eye after collecting the money from the Qian family.

When Li Xuandu returned to the cabin, he found Qian Yurong waiting for him, but this was also as expected by Li Xuandu. This girl was not stupid, but she had less experience in walking in the world. After a little training, she dared not say that she would be the same again. It is Qian Yulou, and it should not be difficult to have a place in Qian's family.

Qian Yurong waited for a long time, and finally waited for this strange tent that seemed to be shrouded in fog on her body. She hesitated for a moment, and did not speak sarcastically and provocatively as before. She said calmly for the first time: "Where did Mr. Li go just now? ”

Li Xuan did not deliberately conceal it and said directly: "The person who had just started to assassinate had some problems, so I chased after him and investigated it."

Qian Yurong asked directly: "What is the result of Mr. Li's investigation?"

Li Xuandu said slowly: "It was not Qingyang Sect, but Qingluan Guard's plan in secret. According to my speculation, it should be because of the affairs of the Governor of Jiangnan and the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau not long ago that Qingluan Guard decided. Take action against the Qian family. First, I sent someone to assassinate Miss Qian, which would make the Qian family fleet stay in Yanggu County. Then they would wait for an opportunity to frame the accusation, or some other means. In short, it was all a trick of Qingluanwei killing people without blood. .”

Qian Yurong asked, "What's the matter?"

Li Xuandu said, "I told them some truths and happened to have an acquaintance, so he made sense that the Qingluan Guard in the city will not come to cause trouble for us again. Please rest assured, Miss."

Qian Yurong looked at Li Xuandu suspiciously: "It's that simple?"

Li Xuandu asked back, "Otherwise? How complicated is the lady?"

Qian Yurong was about to speak, but the old man surnamed Zhang had already walked out of the cabin and smiled, "Multiple friends and multiple roads, things in this world are sometimes that simple."

Hearing the old man surnamed Zhang say the same thing, Qian Yurong knew that she could not ask any more and snorted softly.

Li Xuandu asked with a smile: "I wonder if Miss Qian has anything else?"

Qian Yurong wanted to speak but stopped talking. She lost her usual stinginess, but she felt a little embarrassed.

Li Xuan was not in a hurry to leave, waiting for the following text.

Qian Yurong took a deep breath and whispered, "Thank you."

Li Xuan was stunned, and then realized that Qian Yurong thanked him for helping her block the cold arrow. She smiled and shook her head and said, "Since she is a man on the same boat, the wind and waves are together, no one can escape falling into the water first and then falling into the water. Naturally, we must support each other. Qian Miss, don't be polite."

Qian Yurong said "um" softly and turned around and left.

The old man surnamed Zhang did not move, stood there, clasped his fists and said, "Although Mr. Li said it lightly, it is dangerous, I still pay attention to it. I want to thank Mr. Li this time."

Li Xuandu smiled faintly and said, "It doesn't matter whether you thank me or not. Even if you don't think about the Qian family, you should think about the people in Dongchang Mansion. In life, you think about yourself seventy percent, and the remaining three parts, you think about others. Always good.”

The old man nodded and said, "That's the reason."

Li Xuan turned around and left.

The old man came behind Qian Yurong, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Miss, don't spend too much effort on this Mr. Li. This person is not something that our small temple can leave behind."

Qian Yurong said, "I'm not a fool. Of course I know this. Even if I want to recruit you, Aunt Jin will do it himself. Maybe I will call you uncle in the future."

The old man glared and said, "Miss, be careful of his words!"

Qian Yurong smiled and said, "Why can't this work? The head of the Qian family is famous in Jiangnan. I don't know how many men are looking for it but can't find it. Even I, a woman, have to be moved."

The old man said helplessly: "Miss, please don't say these words in front of outsiders."