While Lin Linyou was thinking wildly and hesitating, Li Chun spoke: "Are you really not curious about why I killed Li Rui? Or are you afraid?"
"We won't inquire about things that shouldn't be inquired about," Zhang Bi said. "If Mr. Qianhu really can't find anyone to talk to, we don't mind listening."
Zhang Bi knew that Li Chun must have been complacent about killing Li Rui, the adopted son of Ji Gang, the commander of the Jinyi Guards and the supervisor of the imperial court, He Dao. Naturally, he couldn't help but share such a glorious past event with others.
However, this is not something that can be shared easily with others.
At the same time, Li Chun must also be afraid, so he wants to drag him and Lin Linyou into the water!
I just don't know what his purpose is? Are you interested in the background behind me, Zhang Bi? Don't be anxious, I believe Li Chun will take the initiative to reveal it.
"Then, drink this cup to the full." Li Chun urged him to drink again, but the wine in front of the two of them was still untouched.
He looked at the two of them as if to say, if you don't drink, I won't talk.
Zhang Bi picked up the wine glass. Seeing this, Lin Linyou also picked up the glass, thinking it wouldn't be poisonous, right? As shown in the movie, the ancients had many poisoning tricks! The famous Wu Dalang died of arsenic.
The ancients also had a kind of assassin yin-yang pot. Looking at the chiseled gold and silver pot Li Chun has, it looks quite similar. The more you look at it, the more it looks like...
Of course, the cup was picked up, so I couldn’t stop drinking. If Li Chun wanted to take action, he would not do it before he finished speaking.
Seeing the two of them finally drinking, Li Chun showed a satisfied smile. He enjoyed the feeling of being able to manipulate others, although the two of them were not very good at manipulation at the moment.
Lin Linyou and Zhang Bi are just the opposite. They hate this feeling of being manipulated.
After Li Chun drank the wine to moisten his throat, he finally began to "talk":
"In the 35th year of Hongwu (i.e. the fourth year of Jianwen), the twelve pro-army guards, including the Jinyiwei, collectively betrayed Emperor Jianwen and opened the Jinchuan Gate to welcome the surrender. The eldest brother in the lead was Gao Gao, Li Jinglong, the commander of the Jinyiwei at that time. My nephew! Now that Gao Zhen has taken over my father’s old position, it’s really easy for someone in the court to be promoted!”
One thing to mention here is that in the Ming Dynasty, among the Jinyi Guards, there was not always one commander from the capital commander to the governor. Sometimes there were two, or even three or four commanders.
Today's Gaozhen is more likely to be a commander in charge of the capital with a salary, the kind who only get a salary and don't have to do anything. The one who is really in charge of the security affairs must be Ji Gang.
Li Chun said: "I was born as a martial arts scholar in the 20th year of Hongwu... That year, I was eighteen years old. It can be said that I was so proud of the spring breeze that I could see all the flowers in Chang'an in one day!"
Hongwu was eighteen years old in twenty years, so now, Li Chun, this old boy, must be forty-two years old. Almost the same, they look similar.
He was born as a Jinshi, that is, he was ranked second among Jinshi. As for his ranking, Li Chun didn't say. He probably didn't rank high, otherwise he would have shown it off long ago.
Of course, there was no definite "martial arts method" during the Hongwu period. When Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang was still King of Wu, he ordered the establishment of civil and military subjects to select talents from all over the world. He also pointed out that in martial arts examinations, the first priority is strategy, followed by martial arts. Both seek practical results and do not rely on empty words. In other words, the literary test of martial arts does not require writing eight-legged essays, and does not pursue writing skills. It focuses on practical battlefield military strategies.
In July of the 20th year of Hongwu, the year Li Chunzhong became a Jinshi, the Ministry of Rites requested the establishment of martial arts and separated the martial arts examination from the civil and military subjects. But Taizu refused. The reason was that by deliberately dividing civil and military studies into two subjects, he looked down upon the talents of the world and thought that there would be no all-rounders in our world!
From this point of view, Li Chun can be regarded as an all-rounder, no wonder he is a bit arrogant.
Li Chun continued: "After I was born as a Jinshi, I started from the seventh-rank Jinyiwei experience. After spending so many years in the Jinyiwei, I climbed step by step to the fifth-rank thousand households today! It can be said that all of this is my efforts. I deserve everything I get.”
"But is this all I deserve?" Li Chun's voice became a little excited, "Only one hundred liters of Lumi per month. When I was at my peak during the Hongwu period, I received two hundred liters per month! "
Focusing on the use of data to describe Lumi, it expresses the speaker's resentment and injustice for not being recognized for his talent, and expresses...
Lin Lin thought to himself: "When we talk about Lumi, you don't even mention the amount of silver per month!" Is it possible that the imperial court also has a salary confidentiality system?
"After ten years of hard work and more than twenty years of hard work, I finally climbed to the position of a thousand households, but I can't compare with those female households and Enyin! Why did that little flag named Ma Gui go to the West and be promoted? In order to be upright and command the fourth rank, you can easily climb on top of me?!"
Zhang Ben thought to himself: Many of those female guards were sacrificed by their families to bury the late emperor, so why should they deserve the credit? What a great rage! So you, Li Chun, looked for connections to support you and joined a certain big shot, who promised you glory, wealth, high official status, and a generous salary?
Sure enough, Zhang Bi guessed it right!
Li Chun said: "It's rare for someone to think highly of me, Li Chun. That river supervisor Li Rui is a meeting gift for me, Li Chun, to submit a certificate! As for who this person is, you don't need to ask. I only say one thing, he is far better than any of you." His backing is stable and his background is strong! Even if he is your Lord Zhang’s British father-in-law!"
After hearing this, Zhang Ben breathed a sigh of relief. Since the background was so harsh, it seemed that Pan Ying, the governor of the town, was not using Xiao Jiujiu to frame Zhang Ben behind his back. However, who else in the DPRK can have a stronger background than the British public? Prince, vassal prince, prince?
But it must be someone who has a grudge against Ji Gang, otherwise Li Chun would not use Ji Gang's adopted son as a pledge of surrender.
However, there are too many people who have grudges against Ji Gang. After all, he has ransacked many people's homes, including many prince-level figures. Although his vitality was severely damaged after being ransacked, after all, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse.
The first person Lin Linyou thought of was Zhou Wang Zhu Zhu, but it was not Ji Gang who led the raid on his house, but Li Jinglong. He didn't hear that there was any quarrel between Zhou Wang and Ji Gang, so it shouldn't be him.
"I really hope that the British Duke is my elder brother!" Since he mentioned the British Duke, Zhang Bi had to speak, "I wonder what Master Qianhu wants us to do when he tells us this?"
Li Chun took a deep breath, grasped the table with five fingers, and tapped it lightly with one index finger: "In addition to making a declaration of surrender, to kill Li Chun, the most important thing is that I want to get something from him. Everything goes smoothly. But it’s a lot of secrets and a lot of sparseness!”
"Didn't you get the thing?" Zhang Ben asked tentatively.
Li Chun chuckled: "I got the stuff. Not only did I get it, I also got an unexpected bonus."
"What is it?" Lin Linyou was on pins and needles. He always listened to this old boy's excuses, but he was an impatient person. He really wanted to get angry and punch him hard in the face to end this suffocating situation. everything of!
"It's a secret letter." Li Chunshen smiled mysteriously at Lin Linyou, "It's a secret letter from the former army left commander Li Zengzhi and Jianwen Yudang." This time, he didn't sell it.
"How come Li Zengzhi's letter is in Li Rui's body?" Could it be that Li Rui is apparently Ji Gang's adopted son, but is actually Li Zengzhi's? Everyone believes in Li. Is it possible that Li Zengzhi is his real father?
"I'm surprised too." Li Chun said, "But before I could figure it out, the letter disappeared. I knew at that time that someone must have witnessed the night I killed Li Rui, and this person was the one who took the letter. People. Although my house is not impregnated with iron walls, there are not many people who can quietly steal things from under my nose. In the capital, there is only one Jiang Hua, Jiang Zhaixing!"
"So, all this time, you have deliberately released some clues to us to lead us to Jiang Ayan, Jiang Hua and the others?" Zhang Ben asked.
"No, no, no, how can we say it was deliberately induced?" Li Chun said with a smile, "Huang Ze and the others were the ones who killed those robbers in Nanshi Building. This matter was also related to Li Zengzhi and the others. All we can say is You two adults can make good decisions, but if it weren’t for you, how could I have found the real culprit who stole the letter?”
He glanced at the corpse floating on the water.
It turns out that the person who stole the letter was Dai Shirong.
Li Chun guessed half right, it was not Jiang Hua, but Jiang Hua's apprentice.
"Not only was he the one who stole the letter, but he was also the one who witnessed the murder below. Do you think I can keep such a person?" Li Chuntao said, "But I still have to thank the two adults for saving me a lot of effort."
"I'm afraid it's too late to kill him now." Zhang Bi said, "Maybe Li Zengzhi Jinchang and the others already know that you killed Li Rui."
"Yes, but it's not too late." Li Chun looked confident and sure of victory. "As long as the letter is still in my hand, they won't talk nonsense about my murder." He silently took it out of his arms. A letter was gently tapped on the table, and then he picked up the wine glass with a smile.
The letter is actually still on him! So the stolen letter... was a fake?
"You want us to help you kill Jin Chang?" Zhang Bi said, "And Li Zengzhi?"
"I asked." Li Chun put down his wine glass and licked his lips at the corpse floating in the water. "Only Jin Chang knows, so you only need to kill Jin Chang."
Seeing that the two of them were silent, he added:
"Either, fish on the same boat as me; or, like him, make bait under the water. It's your choice which way you go."
"What, you two adults, are you setting the bait, isn't it good enough?"
Li Chun picked up the wine glass and glanced at Zhang Bi and Lin Linyou with the corner of his eyes, and also glanced at Yue Rong and Lin Long not far away...
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