Fu Fuge closed his eyes and rested in the car, thinking about how much gold and silver he should hand over.
That man had to take a bite of all the fat in his mouth. For this reason alone, Yang Guozhong was infinitely more hateful than the recently deceased Li Linfu!
Fu Fuge was sighing there when he suddenly heard an exclamation from outside the carriage, and his personal guard shouted: "Sir, be careful!"
The next moment, there was a muffled sound from the roof of the car, as if someone had fallen on it.
Fu Fuge felt a cold breath coming from his head. He looked up and saw a sword point appearing on the top of the carriage for no reason. The sword point rotated slightly. The next moment, the carriage suddenly fell into pieces, and the confused Fu Fuge was exposed.
In public.
His personal bodyguard rushed over with a knife, targeting the masked man in black who landed next to Fu Fuge.
Li Xin'an lightly walked around behind the guard who was rushing over. "Bai Hong" moved forward and tapped his neck lightly. The guard's vision went dark and he fainted at Fu Fuge's feet.
There are still four or five people left, and with Li Xin'an's third-grade high-ranking strength, it is easy to deal with them.
Seeing his guards falling down one after another, Fu Fuge exclaimed: "What are you going to do?"
"Master Fu, can you read?" The masked man in black answered the question.
Fu Fuge nodded stiffly. After the initial panic, everyone on the street gathered around the carriage and looked at the man in black curiously.
Li Xin'an threw the rice paper filled with words to Fu Fuge and said coldly: "Read it!"
Fu Fuge trembled and straightened the rice paper. The great fear made him only jump out word by word:
"Fu Fuge, a Taoist in Guan Nei, and the Minister of Rites. In the eighteenth year of Kaiyuan, he embezzled five thousand taels of silver from his subordinates. In the twentieth year of Kaiyuan, he embezzled ten thousand taels..."
"In the early years of Tianbao, he falsely accused his colleague Hu Guangzhi of forming a party for personal gain and secretly embezzled his family property. In the seventh year of Tianbao, he embezzled 28,000 taels of silver. In the tenth year of Tianbao, he colluded with General Yang Qi, the general of Zuoweiwei, Nanya Prefecture, and kidnapped more than fifty girls from good families.
people, secretly trained them to serve the ministers for pleasure, and tortured thirty-eight people to death..."
"In the twelfth year of Tianbao, he secretly controlled many properties of Persia and other foreigners in the Western Region, and made a profit of 20,000 taels of gold and 180,000 taels of silver..."
Fu Fuge could no longer read. Not only was the murderous look of the masked man in black in front of him, but also the people watching behind him silenced him.
Corrupt officials, beasts and beasts... He was almost drowned out by the gnashing words of the people. Some people could no longer control themselves and threw gravel, rotten wood, eggs and vegetables at him.
"Go to hell! Dog Officer!"
Li Xin'an looked at the shivering Fu Fuge with interest and asked, "Master Fu, how do you feel?"
"Young hero, I beg you to let me go, I am willing to give you all my money!" Fu Fuge knelt down and begged.
Li Xin'an slowly walked up to him with a sword in hand and said sarcastically: "Now do you know the person? But did you hear the cry for help from your colleagues when they were wrongfully imprisoned? Did you hear the cry for help from the thirty-eight girls who were tortured to death?
Do you hear it? Do you hear the cry for help from those who have to run all day for a copper plate and can’t even afford to take medicine?”
"You can't hear, so you deserve to die!"
Seeing Li Xin'an slowly raising his arm, with the sword shining with a terrifying cold light hanging above his head, Fu Fuge could no longer hold back. He wanted to run, but he couldn't lift his legs.
"Trash, I've raised you for so long, don't pretend to be fainted here!" Fu Fuge vigorously slapped the fainted guard beside him, but he had no power to restrain a chicken. He could only show his authority in front of women, so how could he do it now?
Called a tall, round-waisted man.
He began to ask for help from the people around him: "Save me, whoever can kill this thief, I will give him half of my family property and find him an official position in the Ministry of Rites!"
As soon as these words came out, the crowd immediately became commotion, and many people showed a trace of hesitation in their eyes.
Looking at those people in the crowd who were eager to try, Li Xin'an sighed secretly, it was true as Grandpa Zhang said, the underworld is full of greedy ghosts, and the world is full of heartless people.
Li Xin'an shouted coldly: "No chance!"
He stepped forward, stepped on Fu Fuge's body, and said loudly: "Today, I will kill thieves for the country!"
The "white rainbow" fell like lightning, and a large stream of blood spurted out from Fu Fuge's neck. A huge head fell down and rolled into the middle of the crowd and disappeared.
In the eyes of everyone who praised, admired or regretted, Li Xin'an jumped up to the high building, and after a few twists and turns, he disappeared.
From beginning to end of such a huge commotion, no Jinwuwei appeared.
In a mutton soup shop facing Zhuque Street, Alibaba had a steaming bowl of mutton soup in front of him.
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By the way, I gave two fire crystal persimmons as a gift.
From time to time, he looked over to Zhuque Street. There seemed to be some chaos there, and he didn't know what was going on.
"What are you looking at?" Li Xin'an's voice suddenly sounded behind him, and Alibaba quickly turned his head. Unknown to him, Li Xin'an had already sat on the seat in front of him, holding the bowl of mutton soup and drinking heavily.
"Just in time for lunch, hey, why didn't you ask for steamed buns? Guys, get two steamed buns."
Alibaba asked tentatively: "Is the matter done?"
Li Xin'an was biting a piece of mutton and threw "White Rainbow" to him impatiently, "See for yourself!"
Alibaba took the sword and slowly pulled out the "White Rainbow". He saw that the smooth sword was soaked in scarlet blood.
"You can go out and take a look now. If nothing else, people are still looking for Fu Fuge's head."
Alibaba said gratefully: "Thank you, young hero, for saving me from fire and water. Three hundred taels of silver will be delivered to the agreed place immediately."
He said goodbye excitedly, but Li Xin'an suddenly stopped him.
Alibaba turned around and met Li Xin'an's solemn gaze in surprise.
"I don't care if you do business and resell goods to make huge profits. But you should stop doing things like selling women and forcing them into prostitution. Otherwise, if I find out, I will pay for it myself and hire myself to kill you."
Alibaba nodded stiffly, his back feeling cold. After Li Xin'an continued to eat with his head down, he turned around and left.
A handsome waiter brought two steamed buns and handed them to Li Xin'an. He sat down next to him and asked, "Master, is that Persian really not going to do that kind of thing again?"
Li Xin'an took the steamed bun and took a bite, then chuckled:
"Who knows!"
The weather in early autumn is always unpredictable. After a while, the sky turned overcast and drizzle began. Li Xin'an took the oil-paper umbrella handed over by the waiter and walked slowly back to the inn.
The raindrops pattered on the bluestone road, and soon a trickle of water gathered in the gaps and flowed towards the lowest place.
Li Xin'an walked to the small water hole, and his face was reflected in the small water surface.
It wasn't raining heavily, so he put down his oil-paper umbrella and played with the water like a child, tapping his toes on the water. The ripples shattered his face, and water droplets mixed with soil splashed onto his black robe.
, leaving little mud spots, but Li Xin'an didn't care.
He hasn't been like a child in seventeen years.
The master and senior brother were stationed at the border all year round, and Sister Helan left without saying goodbye. Uncle Fu did not survive until the day when he would get married and have children. Grandpa Zhang and that man had died in the winter seventeen years ago.
How long was seventeen years? It was so long that Li Xin'an gradually forgot what they looked like.
He spent seventeen lonely years alone in Chang'an City.
And the person he once hated the most also died at the beginning of this year, and a man who was more ruthless, greedy, treacherous and poisonous than him took his place.
From now on, he will really be the only one in Chang'an.
Li Xin'an opened the umbrella again, stepped through the water hole with the sword in hand, and started to walk back to the inn again.
He muttered in his mouth, which could be vaguely heard:
"It's autumn again..."
By the time Li Xin'an returned to the inn in Najian's three-story building, the rain had stopped and there were not many people in the alley. The old woman selling sugar cakes closed her stall and went home, and the blacksmith downstairs also took a rare break and sat down
He sat on his chair and stared dully at the street.
Li Xin'an walked forward quickly, and when she reached the blacksmith, she said, "Hello, uncle!" Then she jumped onto the blacksmith's shed lightly with her toes, kicked hard, and turned over into the window.
The room had obviously been tidied up. The quilt spread out on the bed was folded neatly. There was a pile of silver neatly placed on the table, which must have been the reward paid by Alibaba to Li Xin'an. Someone added something to the teapot.
After filling the cup with tea, Li Xin'an sat at the table and poured a cup of tea, then opened and read the letter placed on the table.
There was nothing special. It was mainly a summary of intelligence from all parties sent by the Blood Clothes Hall spies buried in Chang'an City. Generally speaking, it was uneventful. Only three pieces of information caught Li Xin'an's attention.
Article 1: "Yang Guozhong canonized the title of Duke of Wei."
Becoming prime minister first and then conferring a title was following Li Linfu's old path, which made Li Xin'an feel a little disgusted.
Article 2: "A fight broke out between the Iron Flag Sect and the Righteous Fist Sect, a political power in Chang'an, due to disputes over interests. Hu Hailin, the old leader of the Righteous Fist Sect, and Hu Sheng, the new leader of the Righteous Fist Sect, died, and the Righteous Fist Gang merged into the Iron Flag Sect's sphere of influence."
Seeing this, Li Xin'an frowned slightly. The Iron Flag Sect and the Righteous Fist Gang have existed in Chang'an City for decades.
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Why would there suddenly be a dispute and both the old and new leaders of the Righteous Fist Gang die?
The Iron Flag Clan teaches people to practice martial arts and inherit martial arts, while the Yiquan Gang is in the shipping business. There should be no conflict of interest between the two. The Yiquan Gang is related to the life and death of many shops, and therefore it is considered a prestigious group in Chang'an City.
It was a powerful force, and generations of sect leaders were very upright, and the Yi Fist Gang never did anything illegal or disciplined. It was just wiped out like this, and no one ever asked about it?
"I'm afraid there is some unknown secret in this..." Li Xin'an thought to himself, took out the fire stick, blew on it, and burned the letter cleanly.
The message of the third message was actually very simple, and he had already remembered it at a glance.
"Murong Bai, the son of the leader of the martial arts alliance, was invited by the eldest emperor, grandson Li Chu, and will come to Beijing soon."
"His Highness invited Murong Bai, how come I didn't know about it?" Li Xin'an lay on the bed bored, thinking that he hadn't seen that person for quite some time.
The sun moved slowly to the west. Li Xin'an finished practicing the "Taohua Purity Jue" and looked out the window, the sky was already covered with sunset.
Calculating the time, Wanhua Tower should be opened by now.
He picked up his sword and climbed out of the window, "Uncle, I'm sorry!" came the four words waveringly.
Chang'an City, Dongshi.
As the most luxurious downtown in Chang'an City, the East Market has countless restaurants, teahouses, casinos, shops, slave trading grounds and brothels. As night approaches, this behemoth is most lively. Countless people squeeze out of the East Market, and there are countless more
Men squeeze in.
Because there is Wanhua Tower here.
Dongshi Wanhua Tower, Xishi Zangxiang Pavilion, Nancheng Pipa Courtyard, Beili Jiaofang Division, these are the four gold-selling caves in Chang'an City that can turn men's bones into dregs.
In the center of the East Market, the tall building with the three-character plaque "Wanhua Tower" was hung with lanterns, illuminating the surrounding area as if it were daytime. Outside the Wanhua Tower, there were no gorgeous women soliciting customers, but there was a faint sound coming from inside.
The laughter and laughter revealed a charming atmosphere, sucking in the souls of countless men.
Carriages stopped one after another in front of the Wanhua Tower. Men in gorgeous clothes were either in groups or alone, all eager to get in. Ordinary people could only stand in the Wanhua Tower and take photos.
I swallowed hard in the dark corner facing the tall building.
Li Xin'an stood in front of the building and smacked her lips, "Business is good today."
"Brother, stop looking, this is not a place we can enter." Next to Li Xin'an, a man with triangular eyes and a pockmarked face said, "If you are interested, I will take you to a good place."
Li Xin'an smiled bitterly at the man, and then walked towards the door. He took out a black token-like object and waved it in front of the turtle man guarding the door. The man with a sinister face looked like he was in debt to everyone.
His turtle man, who was worth several hundred taels of silver, immediately welcomed him in with a smile on his face, leaving the man with a pockmarked face dazed on the spot.
Wanhua Building is five stories high. On the high platform in the center of the lobby on the first floor, a group of dancers from the Western Regions are dancing Hu dance. The men watching around are hugging the half-dressed women, and they are drinking one glass after another.
The maids who came and went to deliver wine formed a long queue. The woman with exposed white breasts smiled coquettishly and came to pull him. Li Xin'an simply ignored it, and did not need the turtle to lead the way, and walked to the second floor on her own.
It's still early, and the curfew hasn't started yet. Li Xin'an is a regular customer here, and he knows that the carnival here is after the curfew. However, many people inside are already drunk, and the smell of makeup and powder that hits their faces is mixed with vomiting.
The fishy smell makes people hold their noses.
"Where's Sandalwood? I want to see Sandalwood!" When Li Xin'an was about to go up the stairs, a drunken rich man rushed over from behind him, pushed Li Xin'an down and walked upstairs. Several strong turtle men hurriedly
They stopped him and tried to drag him downstairs, but the man still held on to the railing and wouldn't let go.
The turtles didn't dare to use force, for fear of breaking this delicate young man, they looked at each other and didn't know what to do.
"What are you doing? Why don't you let go of me? If you dare to stop me, if I make any mistakes, can you bear the responsibility?" The drunken young man shouted when he saw that these turtles did not dare to stop them too much.
He shouted loudly: "If you don't let go, I will ask my father to demolish your Wanhua Building tomorrow!"
Several turtle masters showed hesitant expressions, and one of them quietly let go of his hand.
"Master Zhao is really courageous. I would like to see how Mr. Zhao demolishes my Wanhua Building tomorrow."
Li Xin'an, who was holding her hands and wanting to watch the show, turned around when she heard the sound, and saw a plump lady in her thirties leading a charming girl of fifteen or sixteen years old over. Her almond-shaped eyes widened and she said: "Wanhua
Don’t you understand the rules of the building? Anyone who goes upstairs without a girl’s sign will be dragged out of Wanhua Building!"