met free Chapter 229 Dark under the lamp
Chapter 229 Dark under the lamp
Early noon, Yongchang County Government Office.
Li Cunxi, Wu Yanhao and Li Yuanfang rushed into the county government office and saw Zeng Tai pacing back and forth in the courtroom, looking anxious.
"What's the matter, Brother Zeng Tai?" Li Cunxi stepped forward and said.
"Updated news has appeared. The captured rebels have confessed. These people are gathering somewhere. It is said that they want to gather together and then send troops to Luoyang." Zeng Tai was in tears.
"Do the rebels know where they will meet?"
"I don't know. Only their leader knew about this. But when I took people to capture their leader, the place was empty."
"Are there no other clues?"
"There are no clues left. I never torture anyone, but this time I used every possible torture method, and that person only confessed this much."
Wu Yanhao smiled helplessly and said, "This is not a clue at all. There is no exact location of the enemy at all."
Li Cunxi was so anxious in the court that he was spinning around, with beads of sweat on his forehead.
"It seems that we can only use my uncle's reasoning method." He sat down, "Brother Yanhao, let me ask you, if you were He Yun, and you were going to attack Luoyang tomorrow, where would you stay today?"
"Being somewhere no one could imagine me going."
"For example?"
Wu Yanhao held his chin, thought for a long time, and said uncertainly: "If it were me, I might go to the General Temple in Xilin or the current Enji Village. We don't even take these two places seriously now. If it were me, I might go to these two places to hide."
"Brother Yuan Fang, what do you think?"
Li Yuanfang thought about it and nodded: "If it were me, I would probably choose to hide in these two places, because these two places are deserted and we will definitely not go back to search... and we have indeed not gone back to search in the past two days."
"Let's pack up and eat quickly. After eating, we'll go to the General Temple in Xilin first, and then go to Enji Village to search." Li Cunxi made the decision with a wave of his hand.
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Xilin, General Temple.
Today, the lifeless General Temple was actually filled with dozens of wisps of smoke.
Ever since the massacre at Enjizhuang and the removal of the human heads and severed arms that had been placed here, neither the officials from Yongchang County nor the investigators led by Li Cunxi have been here.
Apart from the blood-red ground, everything else here is basically the same as before.
There were dozens of stoves built on the open space outside the General Temple, and hundreds of men were busy in front of the stoves. He Yun was walking in the middle of the stoves, with a muscular short man following behind him.
At He Yun's signal, the heads of each department came together and sat down in the General Temple. Each of them held a cup of Maozhen tea in their hands and drank it reluctantly.
"The Flying Dragon Envoy is really smart and capable. He actually guessed that the man surnamed Li and the government officials would not come to investigate, so he specially let us stay here. Haha, the brothers are now full of energy and are waiting for a big fight tomorrow."
"Don't get too excited. We are going to do something big for sure, but it's hard to say how exactly we are going to do it. It is said that the palace is ready to poison the emperor. We will lead our men out of Enji Manor tomorrow, and immediately break up into small groups and sneak into Luoyang to act in secret."
"It's not an easy job for us to assassinate the minister. I'm afraid our brothers will suffer heavy casualties."
"We have no other choice but to do this now. The Imperial Master is in trouble and we have no one to help us in Luoyang. For the sake of future glory and wealth, it is better for everyone to risk their lives."
"What Yang Fu said is true. My sword is thirsty for life. I will chop Li Cunxi to death when the time comes. This dog official has been against us time and time again. The Iron Hand Group has received 100,000 taels of silver from us but has not taken action yet. If their power grows too large, the Iron Hand Group will be wiped out!"
"That's right. We must not let such a dishonest force go. We must at least make them pay us two hundred thousand taels of silver!"
As we were talking, lunch was already ready outside.
A group of minions brought in food and bowls and chopsticks for the leaders and He Yun to have a good meal.
Hasnul opened his mouth, took a look at the bowl of meat, swallowed his saliva, left the General Temple, and went out to share a few bowls of vegetarian dishes with a group of minions.
After dinner, everyone sat together and dozed off, and Hasnul quietly went out and searched around in the forest.
Soon, Hasnul saw a figure in a black robe. The man was tall and held a roast chicken in his hand, which he handed to Hasnul.
"I heard that when you were with He Yun, He Yun despised your slave status and always used you as a servant. He ate meat while you gnawed bones, and he ate mutton offal while you couldn't even drink the soup."
Hasnul took big bites of the roast chicken in his hand, his mouth full of oil.
He was a groom who came with a small country in the Western Regions when it presented horses as tribute to Wu Zetian. He was born mute but also had supernatural powers. Due to his muteness, although he had considerable martial arts skills, he could only be a groom.
After entering the Central Plains, he raised horses in Chang'an, which was even worse than being a slave. He Yun thought he was useful and that's why he let him follow.
Thinking of how He Yun treated him, Hasnul's eyes were filled with resentment.
"I am planning to leave the alliance and go to Wangwu Mountain to become a bandit. If you are willing to follow me, I will become your brother. You will have a share of everything I have. You will eat whatever I eat. I guarantee that you will have delicious food every day."
Hasnul's hand shook and the roast chicken fell to the ground and rolled around. He hurriedly squatted down, picked up the roast chicken and continued to eat it.
"If you nod, it means you are willing to follow me. If you shake your head, it means you don't want to. You choose one."
Hasnul looked back in the direction of the General Temple, gritted his teeth, and nodded frantically.
"Okay, from now on, I, Zhou Qi, am the eldest brother, and you, Hasnul, are the second brother. We are the first and second in command of Cunzhou Village in Wangwu Mountain. From now on, we will use big scales to divide gold and silver, big bowls to drink wine, and big mouthfuls to eat meat. If I eat a bite, you will eat a bite too."
Zhou Qi was afraid that Hasnul would go back on his word, so he made big promises while taking Hasnul away.
After walking a few steps, Hasnul suddenly started gesturing.
Zhou Qi took a look and understood immediately: "We brothers don't want the Phoenix Wing Gilded Boring anymore. After we get to Wangwu Mountain, I will find a blacksmith to make you an exact replica. Don't worry, it will be of the highest quality and will make you feel comfortable using it."
Hasnur was filled with joy. He ate the roast chicken while following Zhou Qi into the mountains.
After walking a few steps, Hasnul stopped again and began to gesture vigorously.
Zhou Qi understood it in a second and immediately comforted him:
"Second brother, the brothers don't want that hybrid blue BMW anymore. I'll give you a BMW later and a set of armor. Then we can live a glorious life and stop being ghosts."