"Heinous!"
Wu Quan's eyes bloomed with red flames. He picked up the leader's short knife and was about to kill the leader with one knife across his throat.
"No!" Li Zhao quickly stopped him.
Wu Quan put away the knife and looked at Li Zhao in confusion.
"Keep it useful!" Li Zhao didn't explain too much, pointing to the fight ahead, "I'm afraid they won't be able to withstand it, so hurry up and save them!"
"Yes!" Wu Quan glanced at the leader and left reluctantly.
Li Zhao paused. He had just seen the anger in Wu Quan's eyes, and even more hatred for the leader. He secretly guessed that he and the leader might know each other, but this was his past. If Wu Quan didn't talk about it, it would be hard for him to interfere. .
Of course, the leader cannot die at this moment, because there are some things that he has not yet figured out.
These people were obviously not students, and they were obviously not here to pretend to be Ershu, but to kill him. However, he could not imagine that he had a life-or-death feud with anyone and he had to kill him.
Suddenly, he looked at Shusun Tong, who was shrinking aside.
At this moment, Shusun Tong seemed to be frightened and was at a loss. He completely lost his previous vigor and his spirit collapsed.
He was still muttering to himself: "How could this happen? How could this happen? Didn't you say you wanted to help me?"
Li Zhao walked over, but ignored what he said to himself, kicked Shusun Tong over, and then asked sharply:
"Why did you do that?"
Seeing Li Zhao staring at him like this, Shusuntong felt very uncomfortable, but he had no way of answering. He really didn't know why these people would kill people. He thought he was just a student.
"General Li, if I say I don't know, do you believe it?"
His face was bleak.
"What do you think?" Li Zhao half-smiled, "If you can't tell me why, I don't mind treating you like them."
Shusun Tong was heartbroken as he watched each one of them being sprayed by the unknown thing and then falling to the ground in pain. The man named "Wu Quan" was even more powerful. He was like a nobody among the crowd. In the realm of human beings, the short sword is quick and accurate, and it stabs into the student's bones and muscles, causing him to lose the ability to fight in an instant.
It can be described as brave and powerful.
"I" Shusun Tong hesitated for a moment, but did not say it in the end. He was now on the same front as Jia Xiong, and betraying him was betraying himself, even though he had no way to survive.
"Hmph! Since you didn't say anything, then you are the mastermind. If you know what the crime of murdering the imperial general is, just wait for death!"
Shusuntong showed great struggle, but he was still cruel and did not say anything.
He knew that he had been tricked by Jia Xiong and fell into Jia Xiong's trap, but he couldn't say that if he told him, his uncle and grandson's family would be destroyed.
The doubts in Li Zhao's heart became more and more intense, and he felt more and more that something was wrong. If Shusun Tong wanted to kill him, without this motive, even if he was ruined because of the Second Book, there was no need to kill him. He could have done more If you ask a few times, you might be able to get what he wants.
In other words, someone was using Shusun Tong to harm him, but how? Just send these bad guys? Something was wrong. Everyone knew that he had a powerful weapon, and it would be even harder to kill him than to reach the sky, but this phenomenon still happened.
It has to be thought-provoking.
Suddenly, Li Zhao had an idea and his mind became active, and then he frowned tightly.
These gangsters pretend to be students and assassinate him. In the end, two situations will occur. One is, he uses a large murder weapon to kill all these so-called students; second, the gangsters kill him.
The next moment his face changed drastically.
The person who plotted the conspiracy must have thought of these two situations. He would still implement it even though there was a high probability that it would not succeed. What was the purpose behind this?
Li Zhao thought of a possibility, that is, he would die in any case.
The conspirators want to kill two birds with one stone.
This was not a random guess on his part.
If it is the second situation, if he dies, he will die, and the conspirator will achieve his goal. If he does not die, but kills the villain, then the problem will be big.
These people are obviously students! He is a person who is treated well by the court.
Thinking of the crux of the problem, Li Zhao glared at Shusun Tong and asked, "Did anyone know when you came?"
Shusun Tong, who had reached this stage, had nothing to hide and said nonchalantly: "Of course, I'm afraid most of the people in Xianyang know about this."
"You?" Li Zhao raised his hand and slapped Shusun Tong, causing him to fall to the ground.
Most of Xianyang knew about this. What would be the consequences if all these students died or disappeared? He knew it without thinking.
The reason why he didn't take action against the students last time was for this reason.
At a time when the imperial court is treating students well, it is self-evident how serious a crime it is to torture and kill students. No matter how great a meritorious official is, I am afraid that the emperor will not be able to protect him, and public opinion can crush a cow to death.
In other words, if these gangsters can't kill him, the mastermind will definitely work on other aspects, and the student is a good starting point.
What a cruel conspiracy.
Li Zhao didn't know who he had offended, so he deliberately planned to get rid of him.
"Wu Quan, just destroy them, don't kill them indiscriminately." Seeing Wu Quan showing off his power among the gangsters, he swung the long sword he snatched and wreaked havoc. With the help of the guards, the gangsters became one-sided. .
After hearing this, Wu Quan paused in his heart as he was about to strike, and began to act more appropriately.
In this way, hundreds of gangsters were subdued, escorted and dragged by everyone, and came to Li Zhao.
Li Zhao grabbed one of them and kicked him, and asked sharply: "Who is your mastermind?"
The gangster has been specially trained and looks like a dead soldier, so how can he say that? He raised his head and looked proud even if he was captured.
"Don't ask such nonsense, if you want to kill, just kill."
Li Zhao kicked him hard again, kicked him aside, then grabbed the other person's collar and asked, "Why did you attack me?"
This person is just like the first one and doesn't open his mouth.
Xiao Zhuang got angry, punched him, and shouted: "Would you like to say anything? What will the young master ask you?"
This man was unmoved at all, being beaten like this without saying a word.
This made Li Zhao frown.
Shusun Tong didn't tell, and neither did these people. Li Zhao couldn't figure out who was so capable and made them so reluctant to speak.
If this continues, even if he interrogates for days and nights, he still won't be able to find out.
Finally, Wu Quan came out and winked at Li Zhao. Li Zhao understood, and the two of them walked to the other side.
"Wuquan, did you discover something?"
He felt that Wu Quan should know something, which could be seen from the hatred he showed towards the leader just now.
Wu Quan nodded, but then shook his head and said, "I'm just guessing, but I'm not sure."
oh!
Li Zhao paused and motioned to Wu Quan to talk.
"I've seen that person." Wu Quan pointed at the leader.
Li Zhao was not surprised either.
"He may be related to Jia Xiong."
This time Li Zhao was surprised and his body was shaken. It has something to do with Jia Xiong. Doesn’t that mean that he was sent by Jia Xiong and that Jia Xiong is the mastermind?
But that’s not right!
He didn't have much grudge against Jia Xiong, so how could this man harm him like this?
"you sure?"
Wu Quan did not answer directly, but asked Li Zhao: "Master, does he know where I belonged before?"
Li Zhao shook his head. Of course he didn't know this and wanted to know, but it was just difficult to ask before.
"This is the commander-in-chief of Xianyang, that is, the military camp where Jia Xiong is located. The previous commander-in-chief was not Jia Xiong, but someone else. I am this person's guard."
Li Zhao was slightly surprised. He said he was just an ordinary soldier, but turned out to be a guard. No wonder he had such good skills.
But does Wu Quan say that these have anything to do with Jia Xiong? What Wu Quan said next shocked him.
"The former general was killed by this person, and I was also injured by this person." Wu Fist pointed at the leader who was sleeping on the ground, and the resentment in his eyes became even stronger.
"After the death of the previous general, Jia Xiong successfully took over as the general. What did the young master say about their relationship?"
Li Zhao fell silent.
This matter is directed at Jia Xiong.
"The reason why I can't say for sure that they have a direct relationship with the former general is that I have never seen these people, and what they learned is not owned by the Xianyang army."
When speaking this time, Wu Quan changed his previous attitude of cherishing words like gold and became more talkative.
"You mean, the relationship between these people and Jia Xiong is not obvious enough?"
"Yes, and Jia Xiong was not present when the former general was killed."
Li Zhao frowned.
"What I'm sure of is that Jia Xiong is not a good man. The young master must beware of him." Wu Fang clasped his fists to remind him.
Li Zhao remembered this in his mind and began to ponder. The next moment, his expression changed and he quickly ordered Wu Quan, "You must escort these people into Xianyang immediately. They must arrive before dawn."
Wu Quan saw Li Zhao's anxiety and asked quickly: "Master, what happened?"
"Don't ask too much, prepare quickly, be sure to arrive before dawn, and find a way to secretly enter the vicinity of the palace and wait outside the city gate."
"Also, tear gas is only effective for half a day. You must tie it tightly to make sure nothing goes wrong."
Wu Quan noticed the seriousness of the young master, so he didn't ask any more questions and immediately ordered the guards to get busy.
Li Zhao did not hesitate, feeling that this matter was not a trivial matter, and he must enter the palace to meet the emperor as soon as possible, although it was getting dark now.
"Hurry, prepare your horses, I want to enter the palace."
The emperor allowed him to act conveniently and did not require him to go to court, but he still had the privilege of entering the palace.
With the development of Chang'an Township, horses were already equipped, and there were even more cattle for farming. Soon, Achao brought the horses, he mounted them and hurried to Xianyang.
The single horse was much faster than the carriage. At Xu Shi, Li Zhao finally arrived at the imperial city.
Li Zhao was a popular person around the emperor, and the guards did not dare to neglect him when they saw him. They hurriedly reported it and soon came out and led Li Zhao in.
Ying Zheng is really diligent in his work. Even though it is completely dark, he is still burning the midnight oil to deal with government affairs.
The piles of bamboo slips had been changed into paper. Even so, the desk was piled with volumes of paper. He kept flipping through them. Even though late autumn had passed and the cold winter was coming to an end, he could not hide the drops on his forehead. sweat.
"Your Majesty, Li Zhao, comes to pay homage to you at night. It's really disturbing."
When Li Zhaojin saw him, he immediately knelt down and saluted with his hands in hand.
Ying Zheng looked up at him with a kind smile.
He became more and more satisfied with this minister.
"Get up! Is something wrong?"
"Yes! Just now." Li Zhao didn't hide it and was about to tell what happened in Chang'an Township.
There is no other way. Since there is a conspiracy against him, he cannot just watch and be plotted by the conspiracy. He should let His Majesty know as soon as possible. This is to nip it in the bud.
"Wait a minute." Ying Zheng suddenly stopped what he was about to say and said in a different tone, "I have been struggling with the second book for so long and it should be enough. When will you lower the price? Two thousand and a half taels, a loss." You just figured it out.”
"You think all my Da Qin students are as rich as Li Si."
Yes, Li Si was very rich. After the incident, he ransacked Li Si's house and found a large amount of money. This would have been impossible if he was not greedy for money.
"Of course, Shusun Tong banned your second book, I can take it upon myself to punish him, and your grudges should be put to rest!"
Li Zhao also did not expect that His Majesty would mention this matter, but this was not the time to mention it, so he reluctantly agreed: "What your Majesty said is absolutely true. I will restore the original price on a given day, but before that, I sincerely ask your Majesty to be my minister." Call the shots.”
"Oh!" Ying Zheng was interested. This was the first time. This son rarely asked him to do things, but he often asked him for help.
"tell me the story!"
"No!" Li Zhao organized his words and told what happened during the day.
"What? There are students who want to attack you? In broad daylight, the world is clear, and they rebelled." Ying Zheng was furious when he heard this.
This is the general of the Qin Dynasty. How can a person who has made such great achievements be attacked and killed at will?
"Can you find out who did it?"
"I have not found out, but I guess that this matter is by no means as simple as an attack and killing. After all, those people are not real students."
"It's really unreasonable. Taking advantage of our court's good treatment of students and using such methods is contempt for our court." Ying Zheng was furious, "Li Zhao, if you have any ideas, I will definitely make the decision for you."
"I don't have any other ideas, and I don't dare to make random guesses. Maybe Your Majesty can wait until dawn, and maybe you can get some clues."
"Forget it! I will wait until dawn."
"Also, I have arrested all the criminals. They will arrive in Xianyang after dawn, and Shusun Tong is also among them."
Li Zhao added.
"Shu Sun Tong, this person is really bad, he deserves to die!"
Seeing Ying Zheng's murderous expression, Li Zhao quickly said: "Your Majesty, Shu Sun Tong certainly deserves to die, but now is not the time to execute him. If we want to find out the mastermind, we need to start with him."
Ying Zheng nodded and agreed.
"Let me go to court tomorrow morning! If someone wants to harm you, morning court may be a good time."
Li Zhao nodded.
He wanted to see if Jia Xiong was that person.
Li Zhao quickly retreated. He did not return to Chang'an Township. Instead, he found an inn at the Imperial City Gate, booked it all, and waited for the arrival of Wu Quan and others.
The other courtyard was completely dark, but one room was lit. Under the candlelight, a long shadow moved, and someone was pacing back and forth inside, not sleepy at all.
This person is Jia Xiong.
"Come here, ask the inquirer if there is any news about Shusun Tong?"
Jia Xiong shouted a slave.
The slave immediately handed over, "General, there is no news from Chang'an Township, they seem to have disappeared."
"Disappeared? Haha! Disappeared well! Contact me immediately. It's time."
(End of chapter)
