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Li Ye shook his head and said: "This person should be Li Fuguo's substitute. Li Fuguo's real body escaped from Changxia Gate, and he used the golden cicada to escape from his shell and threw the substitute here."

Peng Haiyan was confused, scratched his head and asked, "Does Li Fuguo have any characteristics, so His Highness can recognize him at a glance?"

Li Ye nodded, "Li Fuguo suffered from leprosy and always wore a mask. The real Li Fuguo's face is covered with uneven black pockmarks. Almost no one has seen his true face."

Only then did Peng Haiyan understand, and sighed: "I really don't know about this humble job!"

Li Ye smiled slightly and said: "Only a few people know about it. It's normal that you don't know."

Peng Haiyan suddenly thought of something and said quickly: "But the reward notice didn't make it clear, so I still drew the portrait according to the appearance of the double."

"I know, because many people have seen his stand-in, but basically no one has seen his true face, and even offering a reward to draw a picture is impossible. So considering that Li Fuguo has been with the stand-in, as long as the stand-in is caught, he can be found. I didn’t expect that Li Fuguo actually killed someone and silenced him. Now I have changed the reward notice and offered a new reward for his arrest!”

Peng Haiyan nodded, "I understand my humble position, so let's change it. I am a eunuch wearing a mask."

Fuchang County is located on the north bank of Luoshui River, 150 miles away from Luoyang. It is a small county affiliated to Duji Road with a population of only 20,000 to 30,000 people.

To the northwest of Fuchang County is the mountainous area of ​​Mount Laoshan. At the foot of the mountain there is a small manor covering an area of ​​about a thousand acres, called Fuxi Manor. The owner's surname is Li. He is about thirty years old, and everyone calls him Mr. Li.

Mr. Li is tall and thin, with a long and thin horse face. He looks somewhat similar to the substitute of Li Fuguo who was killed.

Of course, it is similar. This Young Master Li is Li Fuguo's son. He is actually Li Fuguo's nephew. The two are related by blood. So the appearance is similar.

The name he used to buy the manor in the county government was Li Kuo. As for his real name, no one knows.

There is a house in the Fossey Manor covering an area of ​​eight acres. There are more than 30 rooms in it, and the distribution is very complex.

Li Kuo carried two heavy bags on his back and a large food box in his hand when he came to a room outside the house. As soon as he entered the door, he was greeted by two guards.

"Master Li, when can we leave?"

“Eat something first, this gold is for you, one bag for each of you.

Each bag contained three hundred taels of gold, and the food box contained hot biscuits. The two guards were so hungry that they picked up the biscuits and ate them. While eating, they counted the gold. Each person had thirty ingots of gold, and each ingot was ten. two.

"Look at my memory!"

Li Kuo slapped his forehead and said with a smile: "I actually forgot the wine, I'll get it for you!"

He turned around and hurried away. As soon as he left, one of the guards immediately spit out all the chewed biscuits on the ground.

Another guard was stunned, "Old Han, what do you mean?"

"It's nothing, I don't trust them, I don't dare touch their food and wine!"

Another guard was frightened and immediately grabbed his throat and tried to spit it out, but he couldn't. He ate too quickly and ate two pieces of biscuits in one go.

"ah!"

The guard suddenly clutched his stomach and screamed. His face turned pale in an instant. The poison was too strong and had already taken effect.

The other guard was so shocked that he didn't even dare to ask for the gold, so he escaped out of the back window and ran away. The poisoned guard rolled on the ground and stopped moving for a moment. He bled to death from his seven orifices.

A quarter of an hour later, Li Kuo came back again, carrying a spear in his hand. When he saw that only one person in the house fell to the ground and died, and the other person was missing, he was frightened, ran out of the yard, got on his horse and chased after him.

After going around a long circle, Li Kuo suddenly found a dark figure under the tree and hurried over. Sure enough, it was the guard. Although he didn't swallow the biscuits, Li Fuguo's poison melted in his mouth. He was extremely domineering. As long as he chewed it, However, the poison in the biscuits must have flowed into his throat, so he didn't run far before the poison took hold.

The guard was dying and still breathing. Li Kuozong immediately stepped forward and pierced the back of his heart with a spear. The guard screamed and died on the spot.

Li Kuo then put his body on the horse and led the horse back.

When Li Kuo walked away, a seven or eight-year-old country boy appeared behind the big tree, holding a few bird eggs in his hand. He looked at the pool of blood on the ground in horror, and ran away.

Half an hour later, Li Kuo finished disposing of the body and came to the study room in the back house. He slowly pushed open a bookcase, and a door was revealed behind the bookcase. Inside was a secret room. A candle was lit, and the light was dim. A man in gray clothes sat at the table with his back to him.

"Have they both been dealt with?"

The man in gray had a soft voice, it was Li Fuguo.

"Reporting to father, both of them have been dealt with and the bodies have been deeply buried."

"went well?"

"In general, it was relatively smooth. One person was poisoned and fell to the ground first, and the other jumped out of the window to escape. However, he was poisoned and fell to the ground before running far, and was directly stabbed to death by the child with a spear."

"No one saw it, right?"

"No! Not by anyone. All the tenant children were sent home."

"That's good!"

Li Fuguo nodded, "Li Ye will not build the capital of Luoyang. He will return to Chang'an in a month at most. Only then will I be safe. You come here every night to deliver food and don't let anyone find out."

"My child understands!"

Li Fuguo rubbed his forehead and asked, "Is there any news from Luoyang?"

"Not yet. If there is any news, I will tell my father in time!"

Li Fuguo waved his hand, "Go! Close the bookcase."

Li Kuo exited, closed the door, and with a bang, the cabinet closed. Li Fuguo blew out the candle, and the room suddenly became dark. He liked to stay in a dark room.

At Sishui Pass, more than 3,000 Plum Blossom Guard soldiers were sitting on the ground, surrounded by Guanlong cavalry. In the understanding of these soldiers, the Guanlong army came from the west, and Sishui Pass should belong to their people, or it could be an empty castle. close.

But no one could have imagined that 20,000 Guanlong soldiers broke through Mengjing Pass and rushed to Sishui Pass first, cutting off the retreat of all the fleeing soldiers.

None of these Plum Blossom Guards soldiers were wearing armor or military uniforms. They looked like ordinary people, but they were all young and strong. You could tell they were runaway soldiers at a glance.

Tens of thousands of Guanlong cavalry surrounded them, and the general Hao Tingyu shouted: "Don't be nervous, His Highness the King of Qi will not kill you, he will let you go home, but if you commit crimes along the way, you will not be lenient!" "

Most of the soldiers were relatively calm. They had fled all the way, tired and hungry, and had no intention of robbing the people. However, there were still a small number of soldiers who were quite nervous. They had looted along the way.

At this time, Guanlong soldiers brought food, steamed buns and vegetable soup, two for each person. The soldiers were already starving, so they picked up the steamed buns and ate them.

At this time, a Guanlong military lieutenant led a Plum Blossom Guard soldier to find the commander-in-chief Hao Tingyu, "General, there is a soldier who wants to make atonement for his sins!"

"Any important information?"

The Plum Blossom Guard soldier stepped forward and said: "General Qi, I found a group of people protecting a middle-aged man. The man spoke very femininely and felt like a eunuch."

Hao Tingyu perked up, and he immediately realized that this might be an important figure in the eunuch party.

"Where?"

The Plum Blossom Guard soldier whispered: "That's the group of people in the northwest corner!"

Hao Tingyu squinted his eyes and looked to the northwest corner. He didn't notice it by accident. If he looked carefully, he saw that there was indeed a group of relatively independent people. There were about thirty people, all wearing the same clothes. They were eating steamed buns and looking around warily. One of them A slightly fat man was deliberately covered by them.

There is indeed a problem!

Hao Tingyu found one of his generals and whispered a few instructions to him.

The general went, and soon, a hundred cavalry suddenly appeared and surrounded more than thirty people. The people around were so frightened that they rolled and ran away.

Soon, a large group of soldiers came in, picked out the group of people one by one, and tied them up.

Like peeling cabbage, layers of guard soldiers were taken away, and finally only a fat middle-aged man was left. Countless spears and crossbows were pointed at him. He also knew that he could not escape the disaster, so he had to stand up. He sighed and said: "It's destiny, I am Yu Chaoen!"