"You said you are from Kyoto?" Jiang Yue looked at Li Qi sideways and asked.
Li Qi smiled and said: "Your Majesty called me over, didn't you confirm my identity?"
"What are you doing in Zhoushun?" Jiang Yue asked.
Li Qidao: "Of course it's business."
"What business?"
Li Qi glanced at the chair beside him, walked over and sat down without any courtesy, and said slowly: "Is this how Mr. Jiang entertains guests? He won't even give him a sip of tea?"
Jiang Yue frowned and waved to the scholar, indicating that he would pour a cup of tea for Li Qi.
The scholar understood, poured a cup of tea and placed it in front of Li Qi.
Li Qi picked up the tea bowl, took a sip and said, "Master Jiang, just ask whatever you want to ask."
"Who sent you?"
"Of course the Emperor."
"emperor?"
"Otherwise, Master Jiang, who do you think would send me here?"
"Why did the Emperor send you here?"
"Sorry, no comment."
Jiang Yue and the scholar looked at each other, and the scholar said: "Master Li may not know that Zhoushun is not as good as Kyoto. I don't know how Master Li is in Kyoto, but when he arrived in Zhoushun, there was only one person here who said
Forget it, that’s the prefect..."
"Oh? According to what you said, even if the emperor arrives in Zhoushun, he still has to listen to the prefect?" Li Qi said.
The scholar laughed and said: "Master Li, this is wrong. How could the emperor come here?"
Li Qi slammed the table and shouted coldly: "You are so brave. You know that I am an official of the imperial court, but you dare to detain me and put me in prison. Do you know that as long as I report it, you will all have to do it?"
be punished!"
"Hahaha..." Jiang Yue suddenly laughed and said: "Shangzou? Mr. Li, we will talk about the above matter later. Now I just want to know, who asked you to come?"
"I told you, it's the Emperor."
"What did the emperor ask you to do?" Jiang Yue asked coldly, his eyes narrowed to a slit.
"No comment!"
Jiang Yue sneered and said: "Okay, since Mr. Li doesn't want to say it, then you can't blame me. When the time comes to the underworld, just don't cry out for injustice."
"What? You want to kill me?" Li Qi said.
Jiang Yue didn't answer, but the answer was written on his face.
Li Qi smiled and said: "You dare to touch the people sent by the emperor? It seems that you want to rebel?"
"Master Li's words are wrong." The scholar said calmly, "Master Li is dead, what does it have to do with us? What if Master Li encountered a bandit? Or was he attacked by a wild beast? What if Master Li is dead?
Zhoushun is thousands of miles away from Kyoto, and who can say what will happen on the way?"
"So you two have already planned to kill Li?" Li Qi said with a smile, "Since you have already planned, why did you call me over? What do you want to ask? You want to know if I am sent by your backer.
of?"
Jiang Yue's heart was shocked, obviously he didn't expect that Li Qi had guessed his thoughts.
"Since you already know our purpose, then you should explain it honestly." Jiang Yue said coldly, "I don't want to accidentally hurt my colleagues."
Li Qi took another sip of tea calmly. On the surface he was calm, but inside he was panicked.
Damn it, why hasn’t Lieutenant Gang come back yet?
Li Qi knew very well that if Wei Gang's men didn't arrive and directly fell out with Jiang Yue, a bloody battle would be inevitable.
Now that Tang Yun is the only one beside him, although he can use Qinggong to escape, who knows what accident will happen when the time comes.
What if there are experts beside Jiang Yue?
Or, what if you can’t escape by then?
Anyway, Li Qi felt a little uncertain since he was not completely sure.
Putting down the tea cup, Li Qi said slowly: "Let me guess what Mr. Jiang's backers are in Kyoto?"
Without waiting for Jiang Yue to speak, Li Qi continued: "Master Jiang is the governor of Zhoushun, and his official position is not small... Then how can you say that the person who can be the backer of Master Jiang is at least second grade or above. But according to me
As far as I know, there are not many officials above the second rank in Kyoto who can indulge their subordinates like this..."
Speaking of this, Li Qi noticed that Jiang Yue's pupils shrank.
"I had thought before that Mr. Jiang's backstage might be someone from the royal family, but then I thought about it. This might be very small. After all, Zhoushun is not a big city..."
Before Li Qi could continue, the scholar on the side interrupted Li Qi and said: "Master Li said so much, is he trying to delay time?"
He smiled slightly and said: "The guard who came with you before has great martial arts skills. I didn't expect him to be able to escape from prison. But it is his ability to escape... Mr. Li still refuses to do so.
The purpose of saying that he came to Zhoushun must be to delay time and wait for him to bring someone over, right?"
The scholar said, then paused and said: "It's a pity that Mr. Li doesn't know. This state is no better than other places. As long as the prefect gives an order, all the gangs in the city are at your disposal. Let's take the stone gang that Mr. Li beat.
It is said that there are more than a hundred members of his gang in Zhoushun... There are at least forty or fifty gangs like this in the city. In other words, even if Mr. Li's bodyguard brings people over, there is no order from the prefect.
It’s impossible to get out alive.”
Li Qi looked at the scholar and said with a smile: "I wonder what I call this brother?"
"I have no name or surname, so others call me Scholar."
"Oh?" Li Qi said with a smile, "I didn't expect that this scholar brother is so smart. He even guessed what I asked the guards to go out to call for people. I really admire him."
The scholar disagreed and said: "Master Li, you'd better tell me honestly. Whose order did you follow when you came to Zhoushun and what were you doing? As long as you tell me, I'm sure I can keep your whole body."
Li Qi sighed and said, "Although your guess is good, there is one thing you overlooked."
"oh?"
"Have you ever thought about what if my guards went out and called tens of thousands of people to come over? Then wouldn't the thousands of people in Shuncheng of this state become turtles in the jar?" Li Qi said.
The scholar was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly, and even Jiang Yue laughed together.
"Tens of thousands of people? Hahaha..." The scholar laughed, "Master Li is really boastful... Looking across a hundred miles, if you want to mobilize tens of thousands of people, let alone a small fifth-rank official like you, even if the emperor comes,
It is impossible to mobilize tens of thousands of people in such a short period of time."
Li Qi pursed his lips and said, "Really? But what if I say that I came to Zhoushun with tens of thousands of people?"
The scholar put away his smile, rolled his eyes, and ignored Li Qi. Instead, he cupped his hands at Jiang Yue and said, "Sir, I think this person is useless. He tells lies, and he still refuses to say anything about himself."
The purpose of coming here must not be sent by the one above."
Jiang Yue nodded and sneered: "It's a waste of my time. Call someone to drag him out and cut him into pieces. The bodies will be fed to the dogs."