"County Lieutenant, we have found Zhang. She is in Scissor Lane in the south of the city."
The one who spoke was the servant Han Qi'an left behind to look at Zhang Zhu, with bruises still on his face.
Li Xia asked: "Have you inquired? Who is she looking for?"
"A nurse who came out of the Zhang family a few years ago, named 'Zheng Shuan', has some skills. In previous years, he was the one who escorted the Zhang family when they transported grain to Xuzhou for sale. I don't dare to break in easily... But
Don't worry, county captain, the city gate is closed and they can't escape."
Li Xia was not in a hurry to catch Zhang Zhu, but waited for a while until Yu Bing came back.
"County captain." Yu Bing cupped his hands and said, "I went to the post house, but I didn't see Taoist Yu. He said he would go out in the afternoon."
"What did he do after arriving at Qingfu?"
Yu Bing said: "He has been asking about the county captain for the past two days, and he deliberately acted casually. But when the post office servants came to see him, he already felt that something was wrong with him."
"Liu Jinsuo, what do you think?"
Liu Jinsuo scratched his head and said: "He must also admire the county captain. Who would be dissatisfied when he killed the Mongolian general?!"
"Have you never thought that he might be from the Quanzhen sect who came to kill me?"
"Ah? For no reason, it can't be a Taoist priest or a Quanzhen sect, right?"
"There was a war on Tongchuanfu Road, and a Taoist priest from Jinghu North Road came to visit at this time?" Li Xia said: "When he arrived in Xuzhou, he didn't go to Xianlu Mountain, but stayed in Qingfu for two days?"
Xianlu Mountain is located in Xuzhou and is connected to Cuiping Mountain. It is said that in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Daoling traveled westward along the Yangtze River and saw that the mountain had spiritual energy, and he preached on the mountain for several years. It is also said that in the Tang Dynasty, Lu Dongbin visited Cuiping Mountain during the day.
Practice swordsmanship and stay overnight at Xianlu Mountain...
"yes!"
Liu Jinsuo suddenly understood, patted his head and said: "How can he not rush to Xianlu Mountain? I have long thought that there is something wrong with him!"
Yu Bing couldn't stand it and said in a low voice: "Oh, you already felt it."
"real."
"So where do you think he is now?"
"Either he is hiding somewhere and wants to assassinate the county captain; or... he saved the Zhang family and got together with the Zhang family?"
Li Xia nodded and said: "Liu Jinsuo, take a few people to stay at the county government office to protect Mr. Han and Qiao'er; Laohu, follow me to Zheng Shuan's house."
"yes."
"Hey, it turns out we want to capture the Quanzhen Cult assassins. Let me just say, how can you find a woman and bring so many people here?"
Li Xia led the people out of the county government office and headed south of the city in the dark.
Walking through Qingfu Street, Louhu suddenly turned around and glanced behind him, thinking that the Taoist priests from the Quanzhen Sect were probably very powerful in kung fu, so he had to be careful...
Scissor Alley in the south of the city.
"This woman wants to seduce the villain and make him betray the little lady." Zheng Shuan dragged Yan Yunyun into the main room, lowered his head and said to Zhang Zhu.
Zhang Zhang squinted and saw that Yan Yunyun on the ground had been knocked unconscious and his body was paralyzed, but his figure was still very attractive.
Much more attractive than Zhang Zhu.
"Zheng Shuan, you..."
"She said that the county captain surnamed Li has the final say in the county now, and all the men of the Zhang family are dead. She asked the villain to follow her and work for the county captain Li, and sold you, my little lady. She thought she was licking her fingers.
The villain will listen to her."
Zhang Zhu said nothing and watched Zheng Shuan tie up Yan Yunyun with a rope.
"But she doesn't know what the villain thinks about you, the little lady." Zheng Shuan added, "The son-in-law that the lady hired before, Xu Zhengcheng, was a coward. Oh, it was the villain who beat him to death and threw him into Qixian Lake.
Here...little lady, Xu Zhengcheng did not fall into the water and died, I beat him to death."
"I know." Zhang Zhu turned his head and said, "I know that's why I dare to escape. Because you are here, I dare to escape... When this matter is over, you... you will be my man."
Zheng Shuan turned his back to her and trembled.
After Zhang Zhu finished speaking, he turned around, scooped up a spoonful of water, and poured it on Yan Yunyun's head.
…
After a while, the sound of two women scolding each other could be heard in the main room.
"You two bitches! You two bitches."
"Bitch! Are you going to tell me?! You were the one who colluded with Li Xia to kill my father and brother and seek wealth and death..."
"Good brother, think about it carefully, who is more powerful...who are you going to follow? Look, who is more beautiful, me or her?"
"Bitch! I'll tear your mouth apart..."
"Good brother, the Zhang family is finished. You can't leave Qingfu..."
"Tell me! Did you murder my father and brother?! My second brother couldn't have raped you. It was you who framed him. You're a shameless bitch. You were the one who posted it..."
Zheng Shuan picked up a hatchet, threw it into the brazier and burned it, watching as the knife burned red.
Zhang Zhang suddenly picked up the hatchet and shouted in a sharp voice: "Don't tell me?! I'm going to burn your face..."
"No! I said...I said..."
But Zhang Zhu still burned the red-hot hatchet.
"Zi..."
"ah!"
Yan Yunyun's shrill screams sounded.
Zheng Shuan quickly picked up a cloth and blocked her mouth, and hugged Zhang Zhu.
"Little lady...little lady...don't kill me, this is a witness."
Zhang Zhang cried loudly, dropped the hatchet in his hand, hugged Zheng Shuan, and cried: "My father...my eldest brother and second brother...died so miserably..."
"Stop crying, let's go to Chongqing Mansion and prosecute this case..."
Suddenly, there was a "bang" sound and the door of the house was kicked open.
Before Zheng Shuan and Zhang Zhu had time to turn around, several figures rushed in and stabbed the two of them through each other.
"Well……"
The two people hugging each other fell to the ground...
"County Lieutenant, Yu Dechen was not found." Hou Hu walked out of the yard with a knife and reported to Li Xia.
Li Xia nodded and walked into the main room to take a look.
The reason why Zhang Yu was not killed before was not because he was merciful. It was because Zhang Yuanming's family was all killed in this way. If word spread, it would inevitably make people suspicious.
"Clean it up and treat it as if these two have eloped."
"yes."
"Don't let people nearby see it."
"Yes, we said we were tracking down the Mongolian assassins and didn't let them come out... Where is this woman? Do you want to silence her?"
Li Xia looked at Yan Yunyun who had fainted, thought for a moment, and said, "Take her back first and wait until she wakes up."
"Yes. The Taoist priest hasn't been found yet. The villain is escorting the county captain..."
From a distance, Yu Dechen retreated to the corner of the street and thought to himself: "This Li Xia is indeed a vicious thief who bullies men and dominates women."
But now Li Xia still has a lot of people around him, so he might not be easy to kill... He came out to snatch a woman, but he brought so many people with him.
It would be better to continue going back to the county government office to ambush him.
Thinking like this, Yu Deshen retreated into the darkness again.
He returned to the alley behind the county government office, dodged a watchman, ran quickly to the edge of the courtyard, and jumped up.
Suddenly, a spear came down from the roof!
"clang!"
Yu Dechen blocked it with his sword, causing sparks to fly.
"Little thief! I've been waiting for you for a long time!"
This loud shout sounded familiar to Yu Dechen, and he knew it was that idiot Liu.
He didn't dare to fight hard, so he turned around and ran away.
"Run?! Taoist Yu, I have recognized you a long time ago!"
Yu Dechen ignored him and moved quickly.
Several people gathered around...
"Wow, what an assassin." Jiang Cang was frightened and excited at the sounds outside the wall, clenching his fists tightly, "Isn't the sound of this fight too loud?"
Jiang Chun twirled his long beard and murmured: "You idiot Liu is really useless. He didn't stab anyone to death with a single shot."
"How did father know he would be an assassin?"
"The more you do, the more trouble you get into."
Jiang Cang didn't hear it and stared at the wall tightly. Although he couldn't see anything, he still murmured: "It's so interesting."
"Interesting?" Jiang Chun patted his son on the head and said, "Let me tell you, only by studying and becoming an official can you live a safe and comfortable life. I am most annoyed by this kind of beating and killing."
He didn't seem to realize it, and because he was a little nervous, he spoke out everything in his heart. Normally, he would probably have said something more high-sounding, like studying to serve the country.
Jiang Cang nodded and said: "Yes, father, children don't like to fight, they just look fun."
The shouting outside became more and more distant, and it was obvious that the person had run far away.
Jiang Chun ordered the doorman again: "Go and see if Fang Zhengshu was stabbed to death. Why is there no movement at all?"
After a while, the doorman responded: "County magistrate, the landlord is fine. He has been in the study and hasn't come out."
Jiang Cang whispered: "Father, is the chief clerk scared?"
"Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand..."
Li Xia returned to the back office, looked at Han Qiaoer first, and asked, "Are you scared?"
Han Qiaoer shook his head and said: "No, Brother Li and I have even been to the north, but tonight we didn't even see the assassin. We won't be scared."
Li Xia chatted with her for a while, then turned to the front office and saw that Liu Jinsuo had returned and was talking to Luhu.
"You can't catch even one person with more than a dozen people?" Luhu said, "If it were me, I would shoot him to death with one arrow."
"I stabbed him twice. He would have been seriously injured even if he didn't die."
"Blow again?"
"real!"
"That person still ran away?"
Liu Jinsuo said: "I didn't run away! I just wanted to look for him."
"You are so useless."
"Let me tell you, this Taoist priest is really powerful. If it were you tonight, you would be dead..."
Li Xia stepped forward and asked, "Where are the people?"
Liu Jinsuo scratched his head and said: "Still looking, he must be hiding in some house. It's dark at night, so it's not easy to find... I stabbed him twice..."
"Are there any casualties?"
"I took two sword blows from him, it doesn't matter, I've been bandaged up."
Li Xia looked around and saw two holes in Liu Jinsuo's leather armor, which was still stained with blood.
It can be seen that Yu Dechen is indeed very skilled.
"I'll give you two days to find him, but don't disturb the people. Also, catch him alive."
"Because he saved Jiang Fan?"
Li Xia glanced at Liu Jinsuo and said, "Go and ask Mr. Han."
"oh."
Li Xia suddenly thought of the time when he was being chased by Zhang Hongdao in the north.
It turns out that this is how it feels to have a craftsman sneak into your own territory... Well, now I already have a territory...
"Mr. Han, why did the county captain want to catch him alive? That Taoist priest is so skilled, it's hard to catch him alive." Liu Jinsuo said: "If I don't understand this matter clearly, I won't act appropriately."
Han Chengxu was preparing medicine to apply to the unconscious Yan Yunyun's face. He answered without raising his head: "Alang will send someone north to contact Mr. Yang next year. Do you understand?"
"do not really understand."
"This Taoist priest will return to Zhongnan Mountain after the assassination..."
"In short, we must catch him alive?"
"Alang didn't tell you to 'try your best' to catch them alive."
"Oh." Liu Jinsuo nodded, looking at half of Yan Yunyun's face that was burned to a disgrace, he said "What a pity" and turned around and walked out.
Han Chengxu shook his head and said to himself: "It's easy for a fool to be useful on the battlefield, but not useful for doing these things..."