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At this time, on the road from Xiaoyu Street outside the palace to Yangqiao Bating, Mr. Zongze was walking with seven or eight personal guards, eating peanuts in his arms all the way. It looked like they were here to visit the night market.
It's just that it's getting late, the night market is gradually closing down, and the lights of each house's archway are extinguished. In the darkness, the pedestrians and the lanterns they carried on the road became extremely sparse.
Suddenly three or four people walked by on the street. The leader bowed to Zongze.
This is a tall and thin man with gray narrow sleeves, a jade belt and a waist knife. He looks only in his thirties, with piercing eyes. The pair of eyes could be seen from a dozen steps away.
"Master Li?"
Mr. Zongze was taken aback. This person is now the leader of the ups and downs, missionary Lang Li Gang. That is, the famous official who was later in charge of the defense of Tokyo.
"Master Zong is really diligent and conscientious." Li Gang walked up to him and handed the stove in his hand to the old man.
Zong Ze arched his hands and asked in a low voice: "Master Li also heard about what happened tonight?"
"I'm afraid that at this time, there are more people in the court who have heard of it than those who have not." Li Gang nodded. "Lord Zong, why didn't you immediately interrogate the person behind it?"
"Master Li, the man who hired the two boatmen is probably dead now. Even if he does not die, for the sake of the whole family, he will not reveal the real mastermind. Why bother to kill his family for nothing?"
Just as he was talking, a close friend of Mr. Zong ran over from the opposite side and pointed to a small tofu shop in a remote corner at the front. This shop has no name, and there are only three words "Ping Liang Zheng" on the cloth banner at the door.
"My lord, Xiao Guiying, the daughter of Boss Xiao, is being fostered here."
After hearing this, Zong Ze entered the store with Li Gang, while the others stayed by the brazier at the door, warming up and waiting.
The owner of this tofu shop is called Li Jun. His wife is called a beautiful lady. He is frying tofu when he suddenly sees two men come in. He looks like an official, so he hurried to the courtyard and called his man Li Jun to come and entertain him.
"You two senior officials, what do you want? It's late at night, and the younger one wrote a list and delivered it to the house tomorrow?"
Li Jun is not big, and he is the type who stands in a crowd and cannot be seen. It's just that his hands and neck are covered with knife scars, which attracts attention.
"I heard that the tofu in Pinglou has always been delicious. But the secret recipe of Liang Shanbo?"
Old man Zong asked with a smile.
Li Gang suppressed his mouth and laughed: The robber went ashore and became a bean curd man.
Just as Li Jun was about to talk, he heard a noise in the inner courtyard.
A cloaked man with his face covered, a long knife on his waist, and an eight or nine-year-old girl under his arm, rushed away.
The two groups of guards at the door immediately chased after him, trying to surround the man.
But the cloaked man's footwork is peculiar, as if he is playing a small whirlwind. A tall and thick man with a girl in his arms, but he is as light as catkins. No matter how outflanking the twelve big men, they were still a few steps away from him.
Seeing that this man is robbing the girl, he is about to run away.
Li Jun was also in a hurry, picked up the copper coins on the cabinet, and heard three "swish, swish, swish". The man in the cloak pulled out a long knife, and the copper money ran across Li Jun's beard like scissors, shaved the goatee into a small crew cut, and nailed it firmly to the door frame of the tofu shop.
Li Jun's wife, Pretty Lady, also copied a sharp knife for cutting tofu, and chased after her:
"What kind of a man is he to steal someone's daughter?"
"Arranging her father to harm others, what kind of good family is it?"
Grandpa Li Gang Lalazong: "It turns out that he and we are both fellows."
Then, he shouted back the guards, and bowed to the man in the cloak:
"We are also here to inquire about this matter. Why should the hero get angry and take away his children?"
The man in the cloak looked at Zong Ze and Li Gang, a total of 14 strong men from the two classes who surrounded him, still showing no signs of fear.
"I'm not a good man, I don't know about etiquette, justice, and shame. I only know how to fight an eye with an eye."
Li Jun stumbled from behind. Seeing that there were almost no other people on the street, he pushed Mr. Zong and Li Gang away, ran to the man in the cloak, and raised his hands above his head:
"The hero has misunderstood. Brother Xiao is not out to harm people, but to save them. Otherwise, with his water skills of 'Living Yan Luo', how can the nobles in the palace and Yue Yuhou still be alive? Someone is going to kill them." You guys entrusted Xiao Ke to ask Brother Xiao."
The cloaked man's expression eased a lot: "Then where is Boss Xiao?"
Li Jun turned his head to look at Mr. Zong behind himHe and Li Gang lowered their voices: "Lingxu Palace Taiyi Hall."
The big man in the cloak was taken aback, and quickly handed the fainted girl back to Li Jun with both hands:
"Brother Li, don't be surprised, the Sa family is being reckless."
Just as he was speaking, one of Li Gang's confidants suddenly took a step forward, intending to bind and hold down the cloaked man with a move of a spirit snake. Who knew that as soon as the other party raised his hand, the guard would lie on the ground, unable to even get up. Li Gang's remaining two cronies, as well as Zong Ze's entourage behind him, were stunned.
Elder Zong hurriedly shouted: "Don't do anything, let this adult go."
The big man in the cloak also bowed his hands to the old man, and disappeared into the darkness with his feet two or three times.
Li Gangcai asked Mr. Zong:
"Master Zong, why let him go so easily? After all, he has taken hostages before, so he should be held and questioned."
However, old man Zong took Li Jun, the owner of the tofu shop, to a corner, and there were only the two of them and Li Gang:
"The old man heard that Boss Xiao's original name was Ruan Xiaoqi, and he was the thirty-first person who followed Song Jiang to the imperial court, but is it?"
Li Jun nodded.
Li Gang stared round his eyes. The old man Zongze has only come to the capital not long ago, how can he know so many things?
"The person who begged for favors, but the internal official who opened the warehouse to release the grain and rescued you returned wives and daughters?"
? Li Jun sang the big one, and asked: "My lord, did you just become the lord Zong who was promoted to the Minister of Honglu Temple?"
The old man Zong nodded with a smile, and Li Jun hurriedly replied: "Grandfather said, if Mr. Zong came here, he would say, 'The court is difficult and dangerous, be careful and loyal'."
Zong Ze bowed to the end: "Thank you for your kind words!" Then, he took Li Gang and left.
When the two of them and their entourage reached Bating, the night was already deep, and the only sound on the road was the sound of knocking sticks and a few dogs barking.
Li Gangping retreated to the left and right, and asked: "Master Zong, can you tell me the ins and outs of the whole thing?"
Zong Ze smiled slightly:
"The reason why Mr. Li came to inquire about the meeting with the Jurchen envoy and accountant Zhang fell into the water tonight was also because he was worried that Zhongshu would buy 'Liao Kingdom calligraphy and painting' for His Majesty?"
Li Gang didn't speak for a long time.
He is conceited and talented, but he has never seen such a genius as Zong Ze. Tonight, he walked all the way with Mr. Zong, and Mr. Zong never missed a single thing.
"My lord is really exhaustive!"
Zong Ze waved his hand and smiled: "Master Li praised you. Before I left the city in the morning, I happened to meet Jin Guozheng's envoy to Beijing." So he made a fuss about Liang Ba's humiliation of Brother Beard, Accountant Zhang, and Nuzhen Envoy this morning. Yu Hou, the scene of being dragged away by himself in the end, roughly talked about it.
After finishing speaking, Zong Ze sighed:
"Therefore, the boatman who heard the first report tonight said that Neiguan Xu's followers and accountant Zhang fell into the water early, and the rescuer was an old man from Liangshanpo who had been favored by Neiguan Xu, so he guessed that someone wanted to kill someone with a knife. "
"The person who borrowed the knife made so much effort not only because the subordinate official offended him, but also because he was worried that His Majesty would take advantage of the old officials of the Liao Kingdom and let the redemption of Qizhou be a profitable business. .¡±
Li Gang stood up: "Wan Sheng will unite with the princes tomorrow morning to expose Tong Guan!"
Zong Ze waved his hand: "Lord Li, you can't. There is a leak in the official today, thanks to Mr. Xu who thought about Zhou Xiang and reminded him. If Master Li exposes Tong Guan immediately in court tomorrow, His Majesty will probably beat you fifty each." Daban. At that time, Gao Qiu and Yang Jian, who have long been envious of power, will add fuel to the flames, take advantage of the chaos and seize power, and harm you in vain."
"However, when the court rises tomorrow, all the officials will definitely discuss today's affairs?"
The old man smiled: "Why don't you go out of the city overnight and return to your hometown when you are old? Then tomorrow in the court, with the officials at the head and Tong Guan and others as your assistants, you will loudly denounce your incompetence and return to your hometown in advance of the 'crime of incompetence'. End today's farce."
After finishing speaking, Mr. Zong stood up, greeted his followers, returned to his residence immediately, packed up and left.
Li Gang watched the old man pretend to be relaxed and left, but felt tears streaming down his face, and felt aggrieved in his heart that such a person could not be hired. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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