Just now, he had met two strategic envoys, Shi Tianze and Zhao Bi, and Quanzhen Sect Wang Zhijin was also present.
The Quanzhen Sect now has a transcendent status in the Great Mongolia. Its leader, Li Zhichang, was the first of the eighteen disciples who accompanied Qiu Chuji to the Western Regions to meet Genghis Khan. He is now titled "Master" by decree.
Meng Ge had summoned Li Zhichang many times to consult him on how to govern the country and protect the people. At the same time, after the fall of the Jin Dynasty, many scholars in the Central Plains were protected by the Quanzhen Sect, saying that "Zhenchang Li Gong, transparent and upright, valuable for a while, successful and glorious."
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Tonight, the palace that the Quanzhen Sect built for twenty-three years for its founder, Wang Chongyang, was burned down by fire, but it was because of Zhang Hongdao, the fugitive he was hunting for...
There must be an explanation for this matter.
Of course, the Jinglue Mansion would not blame the Zhang family for the Quanzhen Sect, but it had to give the Quanzhen Sect an explanation.
Zhang Hongdao is under increasing pressure.
At this time, he was standing outside the door of Jinglue Mansion and saw Wang Zhijin also walking out.
Zhang Hongdao cupped his hands and said: "Don't worry, Master Qiyun, what happens tonight... I will definitely catch the arsonist."
Of course he knew that the temple that Quanzhen had cultivated for decades was gone, and it couldn't be explained so easily.
"Thank you for your trouble, Wulang." Wang Zhijin didn't lose his grace in front of him. He waved his hand to dust the dust and said calmly: "I have to go to the Grand Economic Envoy's office to pay a visit, so I won't bother you."
Zhang Hongdao was stunned, how could there be such a thing as a "great economic and strategic envoy"? He knew that he was talking about the Mongolian economic and strategic envoy Mang Ge in Henan.
Usually when he talks about the economics of Henan, he only mentions Shi Tianze and Zhao Bi, but in fact there is a third person who is also the one with the highest status, Brother Mang. However, Brother Mang ignores government affairs and has a detached status.
This is an existence that Zhang Hongdao is even more afraid of than Daru Hua Chi...
"Is Master Qiyun familiar with the Great Administrator?"
Wang Zhijin said calmly: "Pindao made some body-building elixirs for the great minister, but it's a pity that they were destroyed in the fire tonight."
"It's because I couldn't catch Song Ren's fine work in time, Master Qiyun..."
Wang Zhijin stopped paying attention to Zhang Hongdao, waved his sleeves, and led the disciples away.
Zhang Hongdao stood above the class, looking at the back of the immortal figure, speechless for a long time.
He wanted to lift his feet and walk, but just because he thought of the name "Meng Ge", his feet seemed as heavy as a thousand stones and he couldn't lift them.
"We can't go on like this. There must be an end tonight." He murmured.
A fire involving the Double Ninth Festival has stirred things up more and more, making it increasingly difficult to contain.
Like dark clouds piling up in the sky, heavy rain is about to fall at any time.
Zhang Hongdao understood that if a heavy rain came, the first thunder would hit him...
The night wind blew, and he trembled suddenly, only to feel his eyes darken.
When I opened my eyes again, my vision was blurry, and I saw the lantern in front of me vaguely, as if in a dream.
"Goro? What's wrong?"
"It's okay...Li Xia will definitely make some moves tonight. This is our chance to catch him."
Zhang Hongdao shook his groggy head and said: "Let's go to Yang Guo's house..."
On the way from Jinglue Mansion to Yang Guo's house, Li Xia was lying in wait, preparing to kill Zhang Hongdao.
This is the north of Longting Lake, separated from Zhishi Garden by a lake.
Watch the fire tonight on the Double Ninth Festival; there are woods again, Liu Jinsuo is causing chaos in the city; at the same time, all the nearby manpower has been transferred by Shen Kai to ambush around Yang Guo's mansion; there are some Kaifeng defenders nearby, but they are not the main force in the search... All kinds of reasons combined, this
Instead, this area became the place with the fewest soldiers of the Zhang family.
But Zhang Hongdao himself is here.
Li Xia's plan is simple... kill Zhang Hongdao.
As soon as Zhang Hongdao died, Shen Kai would definitely come, so he took the opportunity to see Yang Guo.
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To go to Yang Mansion, you have to walk north from Jinglue Mansion and pass by a long street called Wenchang Street.
There is a fire watch tower on Wenchang Street, and there are eight fire watchers in the building.
Li Xia was dressed as a Taoist priest, smeared ashes on his face, ran into the fire watch tower, and ordered the fire fighters to go to the Chongyang Festival to watch the fire.
Of course, Li Xia knew that the city was searching for him, but his arrogant and rude attitude made the submarine soldiers completely unaware that the fugitive would dare to rush in and curse so blatantly.
Watching the fire on the Double Ninth Festival is actually the biggest event in Kaifeng City tonight. For the hidden fire soldiers, this is much more important than the search for fugitives by the princes from Bozhou.
They moved quickly, carrying buckets, sprinklers, hemp bags and other fire-fighting equipment, and headed straight for the Double Ninth Festival at Li Xia's urging.
Afterwards, Li Xia calmly took the ladders, rope chains, anchors and other items from the fire watch tower and arranged an escape passage from the roof.
He had a crossbow and originally had an arrow, but he didn't have time to pull it back after killing someone before.
Fortunately, Lin Zi recently had three crossbow arrows sharpened.
Li Xia placed the crossbow on the fire watch tower, fixed it, shot one first, then went downstairs to look at the location where the crossbow arrow hit, and made a mark with lime.
Encountering a group of patrolmen during the process, Li Xia ran over to them without waiting for them to approach and shouted: "Come to Chongyang to watch the fire fighting!"
The patrolmen ignored him and walked away quickly.
After preparing such details, Li Xia returned to the top of the fire-watching tower, stood in front of the fixed crossbow machine, and waited quietly for Zhang Hongdao.
Waiting and waiting, he suddenly thought of Zhang Wenjing.
She didn't feel soft towards her brother because of this, but she felt a little regretful when she thought, "Oh, I have to kill her brother"... because that girl was the most beautiful girl I had ever seen in my life.
Speaking of which, I have only seen Zhang Wenjing, a beautiful woman, after her rebirth... Gao Mingyue may also be very beautiful, but she has always covered her face, so no one has seen her true face along the way, which shows that her temperament is too cold.
Instead, it was Zhang Wenjing. Her name was Wenjing and she looked quiet. After getting to know her, she looked like a little girl chirping. What a pity...
In short, by thinking about the girl, he suppressed the murderous intention in his heart, and Li Xia became calmer and stared at the other end of the long street.
Finally, Zhang Hongdao arrived.
He was riding on a horse, surrounded by nine guards, three in front, two on each side and two at the back.
"It's very brave to bring only this few people." Li Xia thought to himself.
He put his fingers on the crossbow, adjusted his breathing, and waited for Zhang Hongdao to reach the marked position...
Zhang Hongdao squinted his eyes and saw a white line on the ground.
He didn't think too much, he was still thinking about Li Xia.
"Success or failure turns to nothing... What kind of person is he who can say such words before he reaches the weak crown? It's ridiculous to say that I have been chasing him for so long and I haven't seen him yet, but I was really impressed by him. It’s so tiring to be forced like this..."
Suddenly, Zhang Hongdao felt a tremor.
A chill ran down his spine, and he had an extremely terrifying feeling. He raised his head to look at the Fire Watchtower in front of him...
It was such a shock, as if something had been cut off in his mind, his vision went dark, and all consciousness disappeared in an instant...
"Goro!"
Zhang Hongdao fell to the bluestone road with a "bang" sound.
The guards screamed.
At the same time, a crossbow arrow shot out and killed one of the guards.
Mutations occurred and blood splattered on the street.
"Well……"
The guards who lost Zhang Hongdao's command instantly fell into panic...
"There's an assassin!"
"Goro was assassinated!"
"Quick! Go and ask for support!"
"Go quickly...protect Wulang..."
Just as the shouts started, a black shadow jumped from the fire watch tower along the long ladder to the nearby eaves.
Li Xia kicked the long ladder over with one kick, and a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes.
I don’t know what happened to Zhang Hongdao... Unfortunately, he was only a few steps away from killing him.
In short, he missed the target, so Li Xia didn't stop and walked north on the ridge of the roof.
He was now wearing a Taoist robe, with a long sword hanging sideways on his waist, walking alone under the moonlight... He felt like the pure Yang swordsman he had seen before when watching others play games.
"Just ask where the true king is, don't look for the swordsman in the world."
But now all this is no longer a game to him.
If you step on nothing, you will die without a burial place...
He stepped off the ridge of the roof, jumped down, and disappeared into the darkness, waiting.
The night got darker and darker, and for a long time, there was the sound of horse hooves like rain on the other side of the long street, galloping towards...