Chapter 219 Li Qinchai who sees money with open eyes
After leaving the government office, Chen Yao turned to Li Huan and said, "Where do you plan to choose the imperial envoy's headquarters?"
Li Huan said calmly: "Let's go to the Yamen of Jinyiwei Qianhu."
Although it seems a bit strange to choose the imperial envoy's headquarters in Qianhusuo Yamen, but who gave Li Huan another identity as the commander of the Jinyi Guards.
Then it would naturally not be so out of the ordinary for the general to appear at the Qianhu House of Jinyiwei.
If it were another civil servant, it would obviously not be possible for him to do this.
Hearing this, Chen Yao shouted to all the Jinyi guards: "Have you heard this? Go to Qianhu's Yamen."
Li Huan came all the way so quickly and urgently that he didn't even send anyone to notify the people at the Shaanxi Jinyiwei Qianhu Station.
However, with the rise of Yue Buqun and Qian Ning, after clearing out the confidants of the former Qianhu official Yuan Ming, they vigorously promoted a large number of low-level Jinyiwei Xiaowei and Fanzi. Now the power of Shaanxi Jinyiwei Qianhuxu can be said to be
Unprecedentedly powerful.
Because there is no news about Yue Buqun's disappearance, the Jinyi Guard Qianhu Station is temporarily in charge of the deputy Qian Ning.
On this day, Qian Ning was sitting there with a sad look on his face, looking at all the information reported by the Jin Yiwei spies on the desk.
Although he now has the power, Qian Ning does not feel at all relaxed.
Especially with the current situation in Shaanxi, their Jinyiwei responsibilities are even heavier. If there is any oversight, they may be in trouble.
Even now, Yue Buqun, who was the chief officer of the Qianhu Office, was attacked by people in the Jianghu and disappeared. All the burdens suddenly fell on Qian Ning, which made Qian Ning feel a huge increase in pressure.
Looking at the news from the Jinyiwei of Mizhi County, the magistrate of Mizhi County did not immediately help the victims after receiving the relief grains distributed by the court. Instead, he resold the grains to merchants who smuggled the grains.
That's fine, but the merchant actually transported grain out of Shaanxi and into the grassland. This was clearly colluding with the Tatars in the grassland.
Qian Ning suddenly slapped his hand on the table, and his face was quite ugly. As an official of the Ming Dynasty, he actually sold the relief grain from the imperial court to the Tatars outside the customs.
A rush of footsteps came, and Qian Ning, who looked ugly, looked up and said, "Why are you so panicked?"
It was Qian Ning's confidant who came running. Hearing this, he hurriedly said: "Sir, the command has sent you into the city!"
"What!"
Qian Ning was shocked when he heard this. He stood up suddenly, looked at his subordinates in shock and said, "What are you talking about? The commander has come to Xi'an Mansion?"
No wonder Qian Ning was so shocked. It was because he didn't get any information beforehand. If he remembered correctly, the news about the disappearance of Qianhu Yue Buqun and the embezzlement of money and food for the victims by officials in many places in Shaanxi was submitted not long ago. How could Li
Huan came so quickly.
The confidant nodded hurriedly and said: "Sir, a brother just came to report, and the commander rushed to the government office with the imperial envoy's guard of honor."
Qian Ning's expression changed slightly and he took a deep breath. Although he was shocked that Li Huan had arrived so quickly, Qian Ning quickly calmed down and said after a while: "Invite a few people and come with me to greet him."
Commander, sir."
On the long street, more than a dozen Jinyi guards were following Qian Ning and running towards the government office. Among these people, Gu Yuzhang felt quite heavy in his heart.
He was promoted by Yue Buqun and is now the flag officer of the Imperial Guard. He went out with Yue Buqun, but was attacked and killed by Feng Qingyang's group on the way. Most of the group died, and only a dozen people escaped.
Gu Yuzhang was also seriously injured. Although he has recovered from his injuries these days, he has always been worried about the disappearance of Shangguan Yue Buqun.
At this time, following Qian Ning, Gu Yuzhang asked Qian Ning curiously: "Sir, where are we going?"
Qian Ning glanced at Gu Yuzhang, smiled slightly and said: "The commander is here, I will go to greet him."
Qian Ning naturally admires and values Gu Yuzhang very much.
You must know that Gu Yuzhang's cultivation level is not inferior to his. Qian Ning is quite envious that Yue Buqun was able to discover such a good player as Gu Yuzhang from among so many non-staff members of Jinyiwei below.
In Qian Ning's mind, Yue Buqun has been missing for so long and is probably in danger. So based on his qualifications, it is very likely that he is the top leader of the Shaanxi Qianhu Office.
Naturally, Qian Ning values talents like Gu Yuzhang very highly, so he has been extending an olive branch to Gu Yuzhang.
It's a pity that when Yue Buqun's life and death were uncertain, Gu Yuzhang was obviously not the kind of person to be quick and easy. Faced with Qian Ning's solicitation, Gu Yuzhang showed no intention of joining.
This time when he went to meet Li Huan, Qian Ning brought Gu Yuzhang with him, which was obviously a way to win over and show goodwill.
If he could catch Li Huan's eye and gain Li Huan's respect, Gu Yuzhang would not only skyrocket, but he would definitely have a bright future.
When the time comes, Gu Yuzhang should remember him no matter what, right?
On the contrary, when Gu Yuzhang heard this, a bright light flashed in his eyes, and he said subconsciously: "I heard from Mr. Yue that the commanding officer had severely injured Feng Qingyang. This time, the commanding officer comes in person and will definitely be able to avenge Mr. Yue."
Qian Ning couldn't help but smile and said calmly: "It's just Feng Qingyang, so what does it matter? When my lord gives an order, many of his subordinates will serve for him. To kill Feng Qingyang, why do you need to do it yourself?"
On the long street where people come and go, Qian Ning and his group of more than a dozen people naturally stood out, especially the group of people dressed in royal guard uniforms. The leader Qian Ning was riding a horse, and the pedestrians were far away.
I subconsciously avoided it and didn't dare to provoke him.
Among the people coming and going, two figures were looking around. Who were Feng Qingyang and Feng Buping?
Feng Buping suddenly whispered: "Uncle Feng Master, he is from the Jin Yiwei. You see, that person is the Jin Yiwei who escaped from being chased by us together with Yue Buqun."
Qian Ning, Gu Yuzhang and their group were too eye-catching, so Feng Buping recognized Gu Yuzhang at a glance.
Gu Yuzhang had an extraordinary aura and stood out among the dozen or so imperial guards. It was not surprising that Feng Buping recognized Gu Yuzhang.
After all, Gu Yuzhang killed Cong Buyou with his Embroidered Spring Sword, and Cheng Buyou and the two teamed up to escape, leaving a very deep impression on Feng Buping and the others.
Hearing what Feng Buping said, Feng Qingyang couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and glanced at Gu Yuzhang, Qian Ning and others, with a trace of disdain flashing in his eyes.
Gu Yuzhang couldn't help but said after hearing this: "That Feng Qingyang group is extremely powerful..."
Before Gu Yuzhang could finish his words, Qian Ning couldn't help but burst out laughing, attracting the attention of many people. Even Feng Qingyang, who was using the shadow of a passerby not far away to cover himself, Feng Buping and the other two subconsciously looked towards Qian Ning.
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Qian Ning didn't care about the looks of the people around him and chuckled at Gu Yuzhang: "Mr. Gu Qi, you think too highly of Feng Qingyang. No matter how much he is called a so-called swordsman, he is nothing more than a river and a lake.
You're just a bandit. The previous one, namely Yue Qianhu and Gu Zongqi, you were unprepared, otherwise, under the concentrated fire of powerful crossbows and fire blunderbuss, not to mention he is a bullshit sword master, even the sword god will only die."
It can be heard that Qian Ning despises Feng Qingyang and other people in the world. Even in Qian Ning's heart, Yue Buqun, a noble and well-dressed guard with thousands of households, was attacked by a group of people in the world, so that he disappeared and his life and death were unknown. This is
a joke.
If it were Qian Ning, this would never be the result.
Gu Yuzhang opened his mouth. He couldn't contradict Qian Ning. Although Qian Ning's words made some sense, he didn't think about what the situation was at that time.
They could imagine that Feng Qingyang and others were not fools, so how could they foolishly give the people of Jinyiwei an opportunity to prepare powerful crossbows and fire cannons.
Gu Yuzhang sighed softly, and Qian Ning smiled when he saw this: "Don't worry, when we find that old guy Feng Qingyang, I will personally lead the Jinyi Guards to kill him, so as to avenge Lord Yue..."
Originally, Feng Qingyang had no intention of taking action against Qian Ning, Gu Yuzhang and others. After all, their main purpose of entering the city was to find the whereabouts of Yue Buqun.
But what a coincidence, Qian Ning's words fell into Feng Qingyang's ears.
Hearing Qian Ning's words that he didn't take seriously, a stern look flashed in Feng Qingyang's eyes, a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he suddenly laughed and said: "Really? I want to take a look.
With just you, who can kill me?"
Feng Qingyang's sudden move was too unexpected. Qian Ning, Gu Yuzhang and others obviously did not expect that someone would make a sudden move.
Feng Buping had a cold look on his face. Normally, Feng Buping would have advised Feng Qingyang not to act rashly, but Qian Ning's words were too arrogant.
Not to mention someone like Feng Qingyang who couldn't bear it, even Feng Buping wanted to stab Qian Ning to death after listening to Qian Ning's words.
So when Feng Qingyang took action, Feng Buping also used his fast sword to stab Gu Yuzhang.
When Gu Yuzhang heard Feng Qingyang's voice, his expression suddenly changed and he exclaimed: "Sir, be careful, this is Feng Qingyang."
Qian Ning was cursing madly in his heart at this moment. He was provoking someone. He was walking normally, but suddenly such a strong and heart-stopping man came to kill him.
Gu Yuzhang's words rang in his ears, and Qian Ning instinctively drew his sword out of its sheath and struck hard at the sword light curling towards him.
Hearing only a muffled groan, Qian Ning flew out with almost no resistance.
While the blood was flying, a few pieces of blood-stained clothes fell down, while Qian Ning was covered in blood, staggering back, his eyes full of fear and anger, and shouted: "Stop him, stop him for me.
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It was just one move. Qian Ning's life-and-death moment was almost beyond his level. The sword he struck was almost comparable to that of a top-notch strongman. However, under Feng Qingyang's hand, it collapsed at the first touch and was directly knocked away.
In other words, Qian Ning's potential exploded between life and death. Otherwise, Feng Qingyang's sword could definitely kill Qian Ning.
From Gu Yuzhang's shouts, Qian Ning already knew that the one who attacked and killed him was Feng Qingyang, who had not been taken into consideration by him a moment ago. Qian Ning felt such hatred.
He is not a fool. Feng Qingyang suddenly took action against him. He must have heard what he just said. Otherwise, why didn't he take action earlier, later, but at that time?
Gu Yuzhang originally wanted to save Qian Ning, but Feng Buping stopped Gu Yuzhang as soon as he made a move, and the two of them were fighting together in an instant.
More than a dozen Jin Yiwei reacted and instinctively drew their swords out of their sheaths and rushed towards Feng Qingyang.
But Qian Ning just endured the severe pain on his body and rolled and crawled to avoid Feng Qingyang.
Feng Qingyang was holding a sword in his hand, looking at Qian Ning's embarrassed appearance, his eyes were full of disdain and said: "Guan Gu, don't you look down on me? Didn't you say that you can kill just as many people as you like?
I am? Now that I am here, you should kill me."
The people around were frightened by this unexpected turn of events, especially Qian Ning and his party, who were members of the Jinyiwei. On this long street, in the heart of Xi'an Prefecture, someone dared to attack and kill Jinyiwei officials in the street. This was simply shocking.
Suddenly, the people around him were frightened and fled in all directions, causing chaos.
"Run away, someone has killed an official!"
"Run away!"
On the long street in the distance, a group of people and horses were rushing towards the direction of the Jinyi Guards Thousand Households. Li Huan was riding on his horse, looking around at the appearance of the people in the city of Xi'an.
At the same time, Li Huan was also looking at the shops on both sides of the long street.
It can only be said that it is worthy of being the capital of a province. Even if natural disasters are raging, there are not many refugees in the city of Xi'an. However, many people obviously look good. It is obviously not possible to say that they are not affected by the disaster.
possible.
Chen Yao said in a low voice: "Sir, we have seen many grain shops along the way, but the prices posted are astonishing. One stone of grain costs five taels of silver. This... this is money grabbing."
Du Guang sneered and said: "Normally speaking, during a major disaster, the first thing the government should do is to provide relief to the victims and stabilize food prices. Now the price of food is four to five times the usual price. Everyone in the government is blind.
It would be strange to say that there is nothing fishy about it."
As he was walking slowly, suddenly a scholar wearing a blue gown was pushed to the ground by a waiter, and a bunch of copper coins in his hand also fell to the ground.
"You are so poor. If you don't have money, don't come here to buy food. The food we have is the relief food sent by the imperial court. It is all the finest polished rice. What are you doing with your few hundred copper coins? Don't affect our business. Why don't you get out of here?"
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The scholar fell to the ground, looked at the arrogant clerk, and said with unconcealed anger: "Profiteers, you profiteers are hoarding goods, driving up prices, and reselling food for disaster relief. You profiteers will be punished."
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Many pedestrians around saw the scholar who fell to the ground, and then looked at the waiter who was yelling at the scholar in an extremely arrogant manner, with expressions of sadness on their faces.
Just when the scholar was scolding the clerk, a steward walked out of the store with a cold face, and said angrily with a stick at the scholar: "I don't know about retribution for being poor, but I just know that if you don't
Get out of here, I will beat you to death."
The scholar was beaten several times with sticks and screamed in agony. He didn't dare to stop. He grabbed the copper coins that fell on the ground and ran away.
The steward glared at the waiter and sneered: "You bastard, please keep your mouth shut. What's the food relief? The food in our store is all our own grain, so what does it have to do with the government's food relief?"
As he spoke, the steward slapped the boy with a stick and said, "If you let me hear your nonsense again, I will break your legs."
Li Huan, who clearly saw this scene from a distance, couldn't help but glance at the grain store with an expressionless expression, while Chen Yao and Du Guang on the side had chills in their eyes.
"Sir, do you want to come down..."
There was a bit of a sneer on Li Huan's lips, and his words were filled with murderous intent: "There's no rush."
While he was talking, suddenly there was a noise from the front, and a group of people were seen running over in a panic, shouting: "Oh no, the official has been killed, someone has killed the official."
Li Huan raised his eyebrows, and Chen Yao, Du Guang and others also looked shocked. This is Xi'an Fucheng. In order to prevent refugees from entering the city and causing trouble, there are thousands of guards stationed outside the city. Once inside the city,
If chaos breaks out, within a few seconds, the imperial soldiers and horses outside the city will seal the four gates and rush into the city.
"Walk!"
Li Huan suddenly pulled the reins, and the horse under him suddenly rushed forward. Within a dozen breaths, Li Huan saw an extremely embarrassed figure stumbling along with the crowd to escape. Who could it be if it wasn't Qian Ning?
Behind Qian Ning, the old man in green clothes held a sword and stabbed out from time to time like a cat chasing a mouse, leaving a wound on Qian Ning's body.
Looking at Qian Ning's miserable look, it was obvious that Feng Qingyang was deliberately teasing and torturing Qian Ning. Feng Qingyang was also petty and was obviously retaliating for what Qian Ning said just now.
However, when Feng Qingyang looked at Qian Ning's embarrassed appearance, it seemed that the anger in his heart had almost been vented, and he sneered and said: "Guan Guan, I will send you on your way right now."
Qian Ning was shocked when he heard this, his eyes filled with despair.
"Feng Qingyang, you are so brave!"
At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded, like thunder.
Qian Ning, who was desperate in his heart, suddenly heard this very familiar voice. He was overjoyed. He suddenly raised his head, his eyes filled with surprise, and he couldn't help shouting: "Sir, help me!"
Li Huan was dressed in a flying fish suit and a large cloak, riding on a war horse, high up, looking at Feng Qingyang from a distance, about ten feet away from Feng Qingyang.
When the crowd around them saw a group of Jin Yiwei facing them, they almost instinctively dodged to both sides and looked at Li Huan and others with awe.
Li Huan's cry was like a life-saving straw for Qian Ning, and for Feng Qingyang, it obviously also surprised Feng Qingyang.
Feng Qingyang looked towards Li Huan subconsciously. When he saw Li Huan, a fierce murderous intention flashed in Feng Qingyang's eyes.
"Li Huan, it's you!"
Qingyang has a profound memory of Li Huan. The only time he suffered a serious injury in his life was because of Li Huan, and he almost lost his life.
So Feng Qingyang was able to identify Li Huan just by listening to Li Huan's voice, and the moment he saw Li Huan, Feng Qingyang focused all his energy on Li Huan.
Just when Feng Qingyang's attention was focused on Li Huan, Qian Ning, who had walked before the gate of hell, almost immediately crawled up behind Li Huan.
Two military captains in golden uniforms came forward and took Qian Ning down, but from the beginning to the end, Feng Qingyang didn't seem to pay attention to Qian Ning.
However, only Feng Qingyang knew clearly that the moment Li Huan appeared in front of him, Li Huan's Qi had already locked onto him. In other words, if he dared to attack Qian Ning, Li Huan's attack would definitely be on him.
Coming as soon as possible.
If it were anyone else, or if Feng Qingyang had not experienced Li Huan's power, Feng Qingyang would definitely kill Qian Ning first.
But Feng Qingyang knew Li Huan's power better than anyone else, and he was not sure at all that he could kill Qian Ning while also calmly dealing with Li Huan's critical attack.
Therefore, Feng Qingyang could only let Qian Ning escape under his nose.
Li Huan looked at Feng Qingyang and said calmly: "Feng Qingyang, I didn't expect you to be still alive."
Hearing this, Feng Qingyang laughed loudly and said: "Li Huan, you are a bitch, aren't you very disappointed? That wicked Yue Buqun failed to kill me, so I will kill you today."
Li Huan just glanced at Feng Qingyang with disdain, and the next moment Du Guang stepped forward and sneered: "Feng Qingyang, you have such a loud tone. If you want to be disadvantageous to me, you have to pass our test first.
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With a snap, dozens of powerful crossbows were all aimed at Feng Qingyang, and the dark arrows locked Feng Qingyang's figure.
Feng Qingyang's complexion changed slightly, and the hairs all over his body suddenly stood up. He tightened his grip on the sword in his hand, narrowed his eyes and rushed towards Li Huan like an arrow from a string.
Feng Qingyang had already suffered a loss once, so it was naturally impossible for him to suffer the same loss again, so the moment those arrows locked onto him, Feng Qingyang pounced on Li Huan decisively.
Because Feng Qingyang knew very well that if he was really surrounded by these Jinyi guards, even if he had unparalleled swordsmanship, he would never be able to withstand so many arrows.
Just like what Qian Ning said, if Jin Yiwei is given the opportunity to surround him and then use powerful crossbows and fire blunderbuss, he may not be able to withstand it.
It is actually not difficult to break this situation, that is, get close to Li Huan before being surrounded and fight closely with Li Huan. In this way, the Jin Yiwei will never dare to aim at Li Huan with powerful crossbows or fire guns.
When Du Guang saw this, he shouted almost instantly: "Shoot!"
Arrows were seen shooting out one after another. However, Feng Qingyang's name as a swordsman was not for nothing, especially the swordsmanship of the Dugu Nine Swords in his hand was exquisite and unparalleled.
The sword light in the sky flashed away, and all the dozens of arrows were blocked by Feng Qingyang with the sword in his hand.
At the same time, Feng Qingyang also rushed to Li Huan.
When Li Huan faced Feng Qingyang who rushed forward, instead of dodging, he laughed loudly and punched Feng Qingyang hard.
The fist hadn't hit him yet, but an extremely fierce wind was already blowing in his face, making Feng Qingyang couldn't help but recall the situation when he was severely injured by Li Huan.
The sword flashed almost instinctively, and the sword in his hand pierced Li Huan's fist.
Feeling the extremely sharp sword energy coming towards him, Li Huan's fist suddenly changed from fist to palm, and he slapped the sword body with one palm, slapping Feng Qingyang's sword away and the two of them passed each other.
However, Feng Qingyang turned around and was stabbed with another sword. Li Huan drew the knife in his hand and struck it down with a clang, and the swords collided together.
Feng Qingyang couldn't help but smile when he saw this. He found this sword in vain. Sure enough, no matter how strong Li Huanheng was in his kung fu, he couldn't really become invulnerable to weapons and bullets and his golden body was indestructible.
As long as he is given a chance, he is absolutely sure that he can kill Li Huan with one sword.
As for the Jinyi guards and the powerful crossbows around him, Feng Qingyang didn't care at all. As long as he was fighting with Li Huan, it was expected that no Jinyi guard would dare to take action at the risk of affecting Li Huan.
With such thoughts flashing through his mind, Feng Qingyang looked at Li Huan with a bit of mockery and murderous intent in his eyes.
Li Huan noticed Feng Qingyang's gaze, couldn't help but smile a little, and said with a bit of disdain: "Feng Qingyang, you don't want to die."
Feng Qingyang was stunned for a moment, couldn't help but burst into laughter, swung his sword towards Li Huan, and said with disdain: "Guan Gu, it's you who should die."
Li Huan suddenly reached out and grabbed Feng Qingyang's arm. Feng Qingyang subconsciously swung his sword to Li Huan's arm. Li Huan suddenly smiled at Feng Qingyang. He didn't know why, but looked at Li Huan's sudden move.
The smile between them made Feng Qingyang feel chilled in his heart, and at the same time, a fatal crisis arose in his heart.
"No, my life is in danger!"
Almost instantly, all the hairs on Feng Qingyang's body stood up, and warning signs arose in his heart. However, at that moment, he couldn't figure out where the crisis came from.
"Boom, boom, boom"
The sound of arrows piercing the air sounded, and Feng Qingyang was immediately shocked. He turned around and saw that at some point, hundreds of Jinyi guards had surrounded him, and dozens of powerful crossbows were aimed at him.
There is also Li Huan Chanshe.
Seeing the shimmering arrows coming through the air, Feng Qingyang felt chilled in his heart. He waved his sword to block while trying to break free from Li Huan's hand.
"How dare you? Aren't you afraid of having your adults shot to death?"
Why did Feng Qingyang dare to stay and attack Li Huan even though he knew that the Jin Yiwei were powerful with crossbows? Wasn't it because he was sure that the Jin Yiwei would not dare to attack Li Huan with their crossbows when he was fighting them?
After all, shooting with powerful crossbows, especially during a fight, really does not distinguish between ourselves and the enemy. Maybe Li Huan will be shot instead of him.
It is expected that no one of these royal guards can bear the charge of attacking Shangguan.
Previously, he approached Li Huan to fight with Li Huan. The Jinyi guards around him had strong crossbows in their hands but did not dare to take action. This is proof that he didn't know why everything was fine. Suddenly, each of these Jinyi guards seemed to be crazy and ignored Li Huan.
Huan's safety was threatened with a powerful crossbow.
Just looking at the posture, it was obvious that even Li Huan was covered. In this case, Feng Qingyang couldn't dodge even if he wanted to.
Amidst the clanging sound, a crossbow arrow was blocked by Feng Qingyang. Feng Qingyang blocked the crossbow arrow while shouting at Li Huan: "You want to pull me to die together?"
There was a pop, and the arrow entered the body. Feng Qingyang couldn't help turning his face to one side, and let out a muffled groan in his mouth. Then he saw a crossbow arrow sinking into Feng Qingyang's thigh, piercing directly.
Immediately, another crossbow arrow sank into Feng Qingyang's waist. The strong force directly impacted Feng Qingyang's body and staggered.
At the same time, Li Huan, who did not resist at all and held Feng Qingyang with all his strength, was also overwhelmed by the crossbow arrows.
Feng Qingyang was hit by numerous crossbow arrows, and blood flowed from his mouth. Looking at Li Huan who was overwhelmed by the crossbow arrows, he couldn't help laughing and said: "With you accompanying me to death, I can't help but..."
However, the next moment Feng Qingyang opened her eyes wide, with a look of disbelief on her face, and then her eyes were filled with surprise and regret.
The body protection effect of the "Thirteen Taibao Heng Lian Magic Art" is absolutely astonishing. At first, Li Huan tried to resist the crossbow arrows with his body. Although it was very painful to be shot, it was difficult to break the body protection of the Thirteen Taibao Heng Lian.
The effect is not harmful at all.
So what shocked Feng Qingyang was that Li Huan was hit by more than a dozen crossbow arrows, but his whole body was not damaged at all.
"Cum again!"
Du Guang shouted again, and saw arrows coming again. Feng Qingyang, who had already been hit by several arrows, couldn't help roaring: "Li Huan is dead."
This time Feng Qingyang didn't care, he just gathered all his strength and unleashed a fatal blow.
Li Huan laughed loudly, and the big hand that originally grabbed Feng Qingyang's arm suddenly pushed forward, and a terrifying force swept through Feng Qingyang's body.
Feng Qingyang, who was already hit by an arrow, was rushed by this force and took a few steps back. The next moment, the black arrows directly overwhelmed Feng Qingyang.
"Uh... I'm not willing to give in..."
His whole body was covered with arrows, no less than dozens of them. Feng Qingyang, who was holding on for a breath, opened his eyes wide and stared at Li Huan with unwillingness. As the breath dissipated, his whole person was shaken.
Fall down.
When Li Huan and Feng Qingyang were fighting, Feng Buping had already abandoned Gu Yuzhang and was watching from a distance, his eyes full of worry.
If he didn't have absolute confidence in Feng Qingyang's swordsmanship that was unparalleled in the world, Feng Buping would have been in despair.
After all, the hundreds of Jinyi guards behind Li Huan, as well as the powerful crossbows in the hands of these Jinyi guards, left Feng Buping with no hope at all.
I thought that Feng Qingyang and Li Huan would be able to kill Li Huan in close combat, and then take advantage of the chaos to break out of the encirclement and escape.
Originally, everything went smoothly. Feng Qingyang was worthy of being a swordsman of the generation. He was indeed able to suppress Li Huan with his strength. If there were no miracles, it was really possible for Feng Qingyang to hurt Li Huan.
But before Feng Buping could breathe a sigh of relief, a scene that made Feng Buping unbelievable happened.
The surrounding Jinyi guards did not care about Li Huan's safety and directly fired with powerful crossbows. In an instant, Feng Qingyang was hit by several arrows, but Li Huan was not injured at all.
Feng Buping just watched helplessly as the most talented swordsman in their sword sect, a generation of sword master with the reputation of being invincible, was shot into a hedgehog and fell into a pool of blood.
"Uncle Feng Master!"
Feng Qingyang fell, and Feng Buping's hope of revitalizing the Huashan Sword Sect also collapsed.
Almost instantly, more than a dozen Jinyi guards and Gu Yuzhang blocked all of Feng Buping's escape routes, and powerful crossbows locked onto Feng Buping.
Gu Yuzhang looked at Feng Buping coldly and said, "Feng Buping, I'm going to capture you if you don't show mercy."
Feng Buping laughed loudly when he heard the words, and glanced at Feng Qingyang, who was lying in a pool of blood not far away, with a look of death, and a trace of madness flashed across Feng Buping's mountain: "As early as decades ago, Feng Mou
It’s time to go with the Sword Sect, Uncle Feng, the disciple is here!”
Seeing Feng Buping charging forward with his sword, Du Guang sneered and shouted without hesitation: "Shoot."
The next moment, Feng Buping could only fly away a few crossbow arrows, and then more arrows sank into his body, directly pricking him like a hedgehog.
Gu Yuzhang watched Feng Buping being shot dead on the spot, and said with some regret: "It's such a pity. I originally wanted to capture him alive and ask about Yue Qianhu's whereabouts."
At this moment, Qian Ning, who had already taken care of the wounds on his body, came over wrapped like a rice dumpling, bowed to Li Huan and said: "I am the deputy Qianhu Qian Ning of Shaanxi Jinyi Guards, and I pay my respects to the commander."
After reacting, Gu Yuzhang also quickly stepped forward with several surviving Jinyiwei from Shaanxi Jinyiwei Qianhu Institute to salute Li Huan.
Li Huan glanced at Qian Ning, Gu Yuzhang and others, nodded slightly and said, "No need to be polite, just get up."
Qian Ning and others stood up, holding back the severe pain on their bodies, Qian Ning said to Li Huan: "Thanks to you for killing the thief Feng Qingyang this time, otherwise, the entire Shaanxi Qianhu Office would have been killed by this thief.
Kill them all."
This is a bit exaggerated, but if Li Huan hadn't killed him in time, Shaanxi Jinyiwei Qianhu Station would really have been wiped out because of Feng Qingyang.
After all, Qianhu Yue Buqun has disappeared and his life and death are still unknown. If Qian Ning and other key senior officials of the Qianhu Institute die again, the Shaanxi Jinyi Guard Qianhu Institute will really be paralyzed.
Li Huan glanced at the corpses of Feng Qingyang and Feng Buping, frowned slightly and said, "Immediately order someone to check to see if they have any accomplices. If so, they must be wiped out."
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Qian Ning immediately took the order and told Gu Yuzhang: "Mr. Gu Qi, you have fought against these people's comrades, so this matter is up to you."
Gu Yuzhang said solemnly: "I accept your order."
Jinyiwei Qianhu Office Yamen
As Li Huan entered Qianhusuo Yamen, the entire Qianhusuo Yamen was filled with a murderous atmosphere.
Sitting in the lobby, Li Huan, who had changed into a black brocade uniform, was sitting there, looking through a pile of information in front of him that had been collected over the past few days by the brocade uniform guard Qianhu Station.
Qian Ning and several officials from the Qianhu Office were sitting with solemn expressions. The hall was quiet except for the slight sound of Li Huan turning the files.
Not knowing how much time had passed, Li Huan closed the pile of files and looked up at Qian Ning and the others with an expressionless expression.
Noticing that Li Huan was looking towards them, several people led by Qian Ning quickly sat up straight and looked at Li Huan respectfully.
Li Huan said calmly: "Why is there so little money and food from the Xi'an Prefecture's relief fund?"
Qian Ning knew that Li Huan would ask about this. Hearing this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Sir, you don't know something. Because of Yuan Ming, the former official of Qianhu, the manpower in the city where Qianhu was located was almost wiped out..."
Li Huan couldn't help but frown when he heard this, and then he understood why the intelligence collected by Jinyiwei was extremely trustworthy in many places in Shaanxi, and even the records of which officials were involved in corruption were very trustworthy, but some places were very vague.
After all, he was still influenced by Yuan Ming, the Qianhu official.
Because Yuan Ming and local officials in Shaanxi were colluding with each other, after Yue Buqun, Qian Ning and others took over, they had to clear out Yuan Ming's associates. However, in this way, wherever Yuan Ming's associates were cleared out, Jin Yiwei's tentacles would also follow.
After being cut off, although Yue Buqun, Qian Ning and others also sent additional manpower to re-install Jin Yiwei's spies, it is obvious that without many years of hard work, it is impossible to achieve much results.
And Xi'an Mansion is Yuan Ming's lair. It can be said that almost all of Jinyiwei's manpower and even spies in Xi'an Mansion were exposed and eliminated. In this case, it would be strange if Qian Ning and the others could get some useful information.
Seeing Li Huan's gloomy expression, Qian Ning and several officials quickly knelt down in front of Li Huan and said: "This subordinate is incompetent, please punish me."
Li Huan took a deep breath, waved his hand and said, "This matter is Yuan Ming's fault and has nothing to do with you."
Originally, Li Huan thought that when he arrived at Xi'an Mansion and obtained the evidence collected by Jinyiwei that a number of officials in Xi'an Mansion were embezzling money and food, he would be able to take down these corrupt officials, but now it is obviously difficult to deal with it.
After all, even if he is an imperial envoy, if he wants to arrest someone, he must provide evidence, and it is impossible to just let him arrest people as he likes.
Perhaps there is no problem in arresting one or two people, but if people are arrested on a large scale, the entire officialdom of Shaanxi may collapse.
If it were other times, Li Huan was really not afraid. Even if it really collapsed, it would only take some time to replace all the officials.
However, this was not possible at this time. Even if many officials in the government should be killed, Li Huan would not be able to capture all of them without evidence.
Otherwise, if there is no evidence and people are taken at will, people will be in panic, and Shaanxi, which is sitting on the crater of a volcano, might really explode.
No matter how bad these local officials are, they can at least maintain order in the court and ensure that the overall situation in Shaanxi remains stable to a certain extent.
There is a saying that no matter how bad the order is, it is better than no order at all. It is better to be a peace dog than a chaotic person.
Maybe many local officials are greedy, but they still have to work hard on the surface. Even if they work hard on the surface, they can still keep many refugees alive.
However, once Li Huan arrests people at will without any evidence, the entire Shaanxi officials will be in chaos, which means that the situation that originally maintained a certain order will collapse. If that happens, Li Huan can imagine how huge the situation will be.
There will inevitably be wars and wars in Shaanxi and countless people will be in chaos. I don’t know how many people will die in the chaos.
Resisting the urge in his heart to immediately take down all the officials in the government and interrogate them one by one, Li Huan ordered Qian Ning: "Go, give me all the civilian supplies in the city, such as food, oil, etc."
, find out clearly the prices of salt, cloth and other materials, including who are the wealthy merchants in the city who control these materials."
Qian Ning took a deep breath and said respectfully: "I will do it now."
Watching Qian Ning and others leave, Chen Yao now spoke to Li Huan and said: "Sir, why don't you arrest people directly? Do we Jin Yiwei need evidence to arrest people? When we were in the capital, as long as we suspected the other party, we would arrest people directly.
Why are you so helpless when you get here..."
Li Huan glanced at Chen Yao lightly, but did not explain the reason. Even if he said it, Chen Yao, a reckless man, might not understand.
Li Huan stood up slowly and said to Du Guang and Chen Yao: "Follow me and go out for a walk."
Li Huan and the others, who had changed into casual clothes, walked along the long street, looking around, especially when passing some shops, they would stop for a while.
When walking out of a store, Chen Yao whispered: "Sir, there is someone who has been following us from a distance. Do you want my subordinates to arrest him..."
Li Huan shook his head and said: "Since they want to follow, then let them follow."
Before they knew it, several people had arrived at the city gate.
A large number of refugees have gathered just outside the city gate, but it can be seen that the order of the refugees is not bad. Dozens of large pots are lined up in a row, and white rice grains are rolling in the large pots. It can be seen that they are distributed by the imperial court.
of relief food.
Seeing those victims in ragged clothes and pale faces lining up to receive rice porridge, and then shouting "Master Qingtian, long live the emperor," Li Huan couldn't help but be silent for a while.
At this time, Chen Yao walked over quietly and said to Li Huan in a low voice: "Sir, I have inquired clearly. These days, the government has sent people to serve porridge here in the morning and evening, and it is all cooked with the best grains.
Rice porridge is not adulterated with spoiled rice."
As he spoke, Chen Yao asked doubtfully: "Is it possible that all the officials in the city have changed their gender and are all good officials who are as honest as water and love the people like their own children?"
Li Huan couldn't help but sneered when he heard this: "If that were the case, we would still be in the capital right now and wouldn't come all the way here to inspect."
As he spoke, Li Huan took a deep breath and said, "I hope they are all as honest as water and love the people as much as their children. Unfortunately, this is obviously not the case."
Thinking of the arrogant words of the grain store clerk he heard not long ago in that grain store, could it be that the imperial relief grains sold in the grain store were conjured out of thin air?
In the evening, Li Huan and his party returned to the government office of Jinyiwei Qianhu Office. At this moment, Qian Ning saw Li Huan and said hurriedly: "Sir, not long ago, someone from the government office sent an account book."
Li Huan walked into the hall, and Qian Ning hurriedly ordered someone to bring over a stack of account books.
Li Huan casually picked up a book, then read it, and soon a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he threw it aside.
When Du Guang saw this, he took it and looked through it. Chen Yao couldn't understand the dense records, but he looked at Du Guang curiously and said, "Du Guang, tell me, is there anything wrong with this account book?"
Du Guang couldn't help rolling his eyes when he heard this and said: "If there is a problem, will those people from the government office send the account books? Then wouldn't they bring all the evidence to the door themselves?"
Hearing this, Chen Yao nodded subconsciously and said, "What you said makes sense, but how can we investigate it like this?"
Because of Yuan Ming, it is impossible to expect the spies deployed by Jinyiwei to get inside information. As for checking the accounts, since they dare to be greedy, the account books must be made watertight.
If Li Huan was really proficient in accounting, he might not be able to find the problem by looking at the account books and spending some time.
It's a pity that Li Huan is not proficient in accounting. If he really has the time to check the accounts, he might as well do it in his own way.
Therefore, Li Huan did not expect to find any problems from the account books from the beginning.
Seeing several people looking at him, Li Huan's eyes flashed and he chuckled: "It's just to find out that these people are greedy for money and food. In fact, it is difficult to say, and it is not difficult to say it is not."
As he spoke, Li Huan looked at Qian Ning and said, "Qian Ning, how did you do with the information you were asked to investigate?"
Qian Ning reacted after hearing this and said quickly: "My subordinates have ordered people to investigate."
As he spoke, Qian Ning took out a brochure from his sleeve and handed it to Li Huan, saying: "Sir, here is all the information about hundreds of grain merchants, salt merchants, cloth merchants, etc. in the city, as well as the prices of various materials, which are also today's prices."
Real-time prices.”
Li Huan flipped through the book, a smile gradually appeared on his lips and said: "Since those people are doing everything right, Li will ignore them for the time being and meet with these wealthy businessmen for a while first."
Several people were stunned for a moment, then a look of surprise appeared on Qian Ning's face. He vaguely guessed Li Huan's intention, and his eyes were full of admiration when he looked at Li Huan.
Immediately Qian Ning bowed to Li Huan and said: "My lord, I admire you greatly for this move."
Chen Yao and Du Guang were still in a daze at the moment. After hearing this, they couldn't help but look at Qian Ning with puzzled eyes.
Qian Ning could see his intention, and Li Huan was not surprised. He just smiled and said: "In that case, it will be up to you, Qian Ning, to host a banquet in Tianfang Tower for Hu Xi and Su Xiang.
Wei Kun and others said that I was personally the host and invited them to discuss matters."
Qian Ning heard this and said: "I'll go and do it now."
Su Mansion
Su Xiang was currently looking at a secret letter from Cheng Tai, the new chief envoy to whom he had attached himself not long ago.
Opening the secret letter, Su Xiang read the contents of the secret letter, a smile gradually appeared on his lips and said: "It turns out that he is really an imperial envoy from the capital, but even if he is an imperial envoy, what can he do? It is really delusional to want to check for food relief.
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After casually burning the secret letter to ashes, Su Xiang called the housekeeper and said, "Butler, please prepare a gift, remember to make it thicker, and order someone to deliver it to the new imperial envoy."
The steward heard this and took the order to retreat.
But soon I saw the butler walking over with a somewhat strange look on his face and an invitation in his hand.
Hearing the footsteps, Su Xiang raised his head and looked at the butler. When his eyes fell on the invitation in the butler's hand, there was a look of surprise on his face and he said: "This is..."
The housekeeper coughed lightly and said, "Sir, this is sent by the officials of Jinyiwei Qianhu Station, saying that I want you to open it personally."
Su Xiang raised his eyebrows, a trace of surprise and doubt flashed in his eyes, and while taking the invitation, he said: "People from Jin Yiwei..."
When he opened the invitation and saw clearly the content of the invitation, Su Xiang paused slightly, with a hint of surprise in his eyes. Then he didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly couldn't help but smile: "What an imperial envoy, Mr. Li.
I would like to see what you want to do."
The butler heard this and said doubtfully: "Master!"
Su Xiang glanced at the housekeeper indifferently and said, "It doesn't matter, it's the imperial envoy who invited me to have a banquet at Tianfang Tower tomorrow."
The butler was shocked and said: "Ah, why did the imperial envoy invite the master for no reason? He must have some malicious intentions."
Su Xiang seemed quite calm and a little sarcastic, as if he had seen through Li Huan's purpose and said: "It's nothing more than taking advantage of the opportunity to ask for benefits. I have seen many officials like this, and they are all the same."
As he spoke, Su Xiang showed a look of pain on his face and said, "Go and get the mutton-fat jade Buddha that the master has collected."
After a pause, he then said: "Add another three thousand taels of gold, he is an imperial envoy after all. These can definitely satisfy the imperial envoy."
The housekeeper exclaimed: "Sir, the Jade Buddha plus gold is worth no less than fifty thousand taels, isn't it..."
Su Xiang waved his hand and said, "Just do as the master tells you."
The same situation also occurred among the Hu Xi Hu family, the Wei Kun Wei family, and several other wealthy merchants who almost monopolized various industries.
Wu Mansion
Wu Wei sat there with squinted eyes, looked at one of his servants and said, "You said that the imperial envoy just walked around the street today, and then went to the porridge place at the gate of the city to have a look?"
The servant nodded and said: "Back to my lord, the people I sent were very cautious and followed those people all the way. Those people did go to these places."
Wu Wei pondered for a moment after hearing the words, nodded slightly and said: "Okay, I know, I ordered people to be more careful, so as not to be discovered."
The servant nodded and said: "Don't worry, sir. The people who followed are all beggars found in the city. Even if they are discovered, they will not be traced to us."
While he was talking, a steward hurried over and handed a letter to Wu Weidao: "Sir, this is sent by someone from Wei Kun Wei."
Wu Wei raised his eyebrows. He took the letter and opened it and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
It turns out that in the letter, Wei Kun informed Wu Wei that Li Huan invited him to go to Tianfang Tower for a gathering tomorrow.
Wu Wei frowned, his face full of confusion, and said doubtfully: "It's strange that Li Huan didn't go to the treasury to check, but just wandered around the city, and then inexplicably invited Wei Kun, a salt merchant, who is he?
intention?"
Tianfang Tower
As one of the best restaurants in Fucheng, Xi'an, it was booked out by Jin Yiwei's people early that morning.
The owner of the restaurant looked at the imperial guards guarding the surroundings with great fear, but he had to serve him carefully.
Not long after, several carriages appeared at the entrance of Tianfang Tower, and several figures stepped out of the carriages.
Although Qian Ning, deputy Qianhu of Jin Yiwei, was injured, he stood at the door to greet him.
Looking at the gift list and the big boxes being carried away by his men, Qian Ning's mouth couldn't help but twitch.
I was secretly surprised in my heart. These people are indeed wealthy businessmen who claim to be worth millions. Their actions are really extraordinary. The gifts given by any of them are of great value. The gifts and gold given by these dozens of companies together will probably be a big loss.
There are hundreds of thousands of taels in total.
Thinking of this, Qian Ning couldn't help but swallowed hard. If it was tens of thousands of taels of silver, he might be able to look at it calmly, but when he thought that he had received hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in such a short time, Qian Ning's eyes looked a little weird when he looked at everyone.
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Hu Xi, Su Xiang, Wei Kun and others were talking and laughing in the restaurant hall. Every time someone arrived, the anxiety and uneasiness in their hearts became less and less.
There was even a mood to watch from a distance the change in expression on the face of Qian Ning, the Qianhu official standing at the door, after receiving a gift list.
Seeing Qian Ning's shocked reaction, Hu Xi, Su Xiang, and Wei Kun couldn't help but look at each other, with a hint of disdain deep in their eyes.
The crows in the world are as black as black. This is true. Officials in the officialdom are all of the same appearance. Even the guards in Jinyi will not see anything yellow or white.
I just don’t know how Li Huan, the imperial envoy who invited them, would react if he saw the generous gifts they presented.
Were they just like the officials they had seen before, who were all eyes glaring when they saw money? They changed their aloof attitude and became extremely kind and kind to them.
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