On the crowded street, a dozen tall horses suddenly became restless, and the horses' hooves under their feet were ready to gallop at any time.
The Qianniu Guard on the horse immediately stroked the mane on the neck of the mount below him, whispered, and tried his best to comfort them, but he didn't know what the breath was. In the eyes of more than a dozen tall horses, in a very short time, Covered with a layer of red light. .
"Draw your sword and be on alert." Li Xuan's words were not very fierce. All the Qianniu Guards present drew out the Qianniu Sword from their waists without any hesitation. The blade was so sharp that the horses became even more restless in an instant.
Not far ahead, on the second floor of the restaurant, two middle-aged men were sitting opposite each other, drinking.
As soon as one person raised his glass, his eyes were immediately dazzled by the reflected light of the knife.
The person opposite turned his head to look at the same time, and immediately saw a forest of long knives. He was stunned, and then turned around in disbelief and looked at the opposite person: "Brother Guan, who is that person in Yangzhou?" Drawing a sword directly on the street is too domineering."
Brother Guan's expression on the opposite side had already darkened. He smiled reluctantly and said, "Brother Wen Xian, that was the King of Nanchang traveling. Maybe something happened?"
Brother Wen Xian shook his head slightly and said with an upright face: "That's too ostentatious. When traveling casually, you can lead a team of Qianniu Guards, dozens of people, wearing brocade and fur clothes, and swaggering through the city. And this is not Wuzhou, Brother Guan. , you, the Hangzhou official who joined the army, can’t just ignore it!”
He joined the army to record affairs and was in charge of the general record of Cao Cao's documents. He was also responsible for impeachment of good and evil, correcting lawlessness, and understanding the history of the imperial censor.
Guan Canjun shook his head slightly. Although his face had darkened, his expression was still hesitant, and he continued to look at the long street not far away.
Don't act rashly.
The sword flashed, and the people on the long street immediately panicked, screamed, and subconsciously ran in all directions.
At this moment, a small cyan porcelain bottle suddenly flew into the air. Li Xuan pointed harder, and the small porcelain bottle immediately shattered.
A stream of white powder immediately spread in all directions. In the blink of an eye, a dozen tall horses and nearby people were enveloped in the white powder at the same time.
A pungent smell hit everyone's olfactory center, and they were almost uncontrollable, and they sneezed directly.
"Sneeze!" The people nearby, as well as the horses under their crotches, sneezed involuntarily at the same time.
With just this sneeze, the redness in the eyes of more than a dozen tall horses disappeared without a trace, and the horses became completely quiet in the blink of an eye.
"Send the order, Thousand Niu Guards will check for the traitors, and all the people are not allowed to act rashly, but those who act wantonly will be killed immediately." Li Xuan's cold voice spread throughout the long street in an instant.
The people who were running around stopped subconsciously in an instant.
"Qianniu Guards, seal the exits on both sides. No one is allowed to leave without checking." Li Xuan waved his hand, and the Qianniu Guards immediately separated into two teams from east to west, and quickly beat the horses, heading north and south. .
The people on the long street quickly gave way to both sides at this time, with panicked expressions on their faces, but they did not dare to move.
Li Xuan got off his horse and stood on the long street, looking at the restaurant on the side. He waved his hand, and Zhou Qian immediately led people into the restaurant.
Soon the owner of the restaurant, as well as the chef and the waiters, were escorted out by Zhou Qian and Qian Niuwei.
Zhou Qian quickly came to Li Xuan's side and whispered a few words in his ear. When Li Xuan heard this, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
"You said, someone asked you to use that seasoning at this time?" Li Xuan looked up at the boss and the chef. They both nodded quickly. Li Xuan frowned and asked, "Do you still remember that person?" What does it look like?"
The restaurant owner immediately looked at the chef, and the chef said with some flinch: "Just an ordinary look, ordinary appearance, nothing special?"
"Huh?" Li Xuan looked at the chef in surprise, narrowed her eyes, and said with a half-smile: "Who taught you to say that just now?"
With a "choking" sound, Zhou Ganpi's long knife was already placed on the chef's neck.
"Little man, little man
People..." The chef hesitated, his expression flickering.
Li Xuan's expression turned cold, and she slowly walked up to the chef, looked at him deeply, and then looked at the restaurant owner aside, asking with cold eyes: "Where does he live and who else is at home? You must be aware of this, so I will immediately lead the Qianniu Guards to block the door and ransack the house, and all the family members will be imprisoned for treason."
Even though the boss was a little hesitant and glanced at the chef, he finally handed it over and said, "Follow the officer's order!"
Li Xuan nodded, and a Qianniu Guard came up immediately and was about to leave with the boss. At this time, the chef finally couldn't help it anymore and said loudly: "No, no, I said, I said..."
Li Xuan waved her hand, and the long knife was taken away from the chef's neck in an instant, but a red mark had already been left.
The chef looked at Li Xuan with a bitter look on his face, and said with some fear: "That was a very young boy, wearing a blue robe with left lapels, and followed behind him was a stout man dressed similarly. He was a big man, but He is only in his early twenties, tall and strong."
"Did you hear that? This is the correct way to describe someone else's appearance." Li Xuan quickly raised her eyes and looked around.
In an instant, a group of Thousand Niu Guards immediately stood in front of Li Xuan, with long swords like a forest, protecting him tightly.
Li Xuan waved her hand and said directly: "Find someone to ask if anyone else has seen those two people. They are obviously not here specifically to assassinate them."
"Here!" Zhou Qian immediately handed over his hands and quickly walked around.
At this moment, two men in blue robes were led down by the Qianniu Guards.
When she saw the first person, Li Xuan couldn't help but be startled.
This person is Guan Mi, who is a member of the Hangzhou Governor's Office and joins the army.
"Why is Guan Canjun here today?" Li Xuan took the lead and looked at Guan Mi in surprise.
Guan Mi and the other person quickly returned the courtesy: "Guan Mi has met the prince, and I am here today with the Lieutenant of Wen County of Xiaoshan. I never thought that I would encounter the assassination of the prince."
"It's okay." Li Xuan looked directly at Xiaoshan County Lieutenant "Wen" on one side with sharp eyes, and asked with a half-smile, "Your Excellency is the Xiaoshan County Lieutenant."
"Your Majesty, Wenxu, meet the prince." Wenxu returned the courtesy to Li Xuan seriously.
[Wen Xu, a lieutenant of Xiaoshan County, was born in the Wen family of Luling, the leader of Wu Sheng Tao Yuhang Hall, the former deputy hall leader of Yuhang Branch of Tianyin Sect, the Xiantian Seed Later Realm]
A trace of surprise flashed deep in Li Xuan's eyes, Wen Xu really is a real person.
Li Xuan originally thought that Xiaoshan County Wei Wenxu was just Wen Fuzhi's disguise, but he didn't expect that he actually existed.
In this way, while Wen Fuzhi was pretending to be Xiaoshan County Captain, Wen Xu retreated behind the scenes.
Now that Wen Fuzhi has gone to Tubo, Wen Xu has come out to take over this position. Moreover, he has now transferred to the command of the King of Donghai. So it seems that the nine hundred black soldiers under Wen Fuzhi must have also transferred to Donghai. The king's men.
Looking at Wen Xu standing in front of him, a golden light flashed deep in Li Xuan's eyes. This was Chi Guoguo's military exploits.
"You're welcome." Li Xuan stretched out her hand to help Wen Xu up, and then said warmly: "Since you two are here today, let me leave today's matters to you."
A hint of surprise flashed in Wen Xu's eyes, and then he heard Guan Mi beside him say, "I'd like to ask, sir, what exactly happened?"
"I don't know the specific details." Li Xuan shook his head and sighed: "I just returned from the naval patrol and was about to go to Dr. Zanshan's house to ask some questions. Unexpectedly, someone suddenly threw a This is a poisonous powder that stimulates horses. If I were not proficient in pharmacology, I am afraid that the horses would have lost control just now... Either I would kill all the horses, or I could only watch the people being injured."
"This is obviously someone scheming against the prince. However, I suggest that the prince should not ride a horse next time he travels. It would be too ostentatious to bring so many guards." Wen Xu looked at Li Xuan sincerely, but his words were unclear. , are all thorns.
Li Xuan smiled, looked at Guan Mi and said, "I never thought that this would happen to me.
The public security in Hangzhou Prefecture has always been good. Presumably, these things now are probably the tricks of the remnants of the Tianyin Sect. It would be better to arrest them and bring them to trial. "
Guan Mi couldn't help but raise his eyes, glanced sideways at Wen Xu, and then asked in a deep voice, "I wonder if the prince can catch the real culprit?"
Li Xuan turned her head and looked at a crossroads in the distance. Immediately, four people were pushed out of the alley.
Of these four people, two of them seemed to be state bachelors, one tall and one short, wearing a green academic robe. Facing Li Xuan, they came over with ugly expressions; the other two were a mother and son, both dressed in gray. Rag shirt.
The child was fine, but the mother looked to be in her forties. Her skin was darkened and her face was full of wrinkles. Every step she took was extremely difficult, and her face was full of fear.
"Your Majesty." Zhou Qian walked away from Li Xuan and said with cupped hands: "These are the two people who gave the poison to the restaurant chef before. As for these two people, they followed their orders and waited for the horse to be shocked. , rushed out of the street, and then hit the horse, allowing the two of them to take advantage of the situation to rescue others."
"Wait a minute." Li Xuan looked ridiculous and asked in disbelief: "These two people frightened the horse just to stage a fake rescue drama. What are they going to do next?"
Li Xuan's words made Guan Mi and Wen Xu understand what was going on, and they both looked at the two scholars in surprise.
Among the two, the shorter one stood up timidly, held up his hands and said, "The student never thought that the effect of this medicine is so great. The student just wants to ask the prince to allow us and two of us to join the army." Just recruiting a large army."
"The Eastern Expedition is recruiting young men from good families. If you two want to join the army, what can you do to me? Just go to the naval academy. I have already left this matter to the naval captain... Besides, who will let me do that?" Tell you that this king will take this path today?"
"It's a Taoist priest who tells fortunes. He said that as long as Brother Zhou Xian can stop the king's frightening horse, we will be favored by the king. Please forgive us. We really have no ill intentions!"
"There is no malice. If that person is a rebel bandit from the Tianyin Sect, you are committing adultery and rebelling. There are also this startling horse. More than a dozen war horses are going crazy at the same time. Can you two stop him? It's really going to kill someone, you guys How can I pay for it?"
Li Xuan's words left the scholar speechless. Li Xuan turned to look at Zhou Qian on one side and said coldly: "Send these two people to Baiqisi Hangzhou Academy. I want to know, that Who is the Taoist priest who tells fortunes?"
"What is Baiqisi?" The scholar was still confused, but Guan Mi on one side could not help but change his expression, and Wen Xu on the other side took a step forward, directly cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, these two people The crime is a crime of public security and should be punished by the state government."
Li Xuan turned around and looked at Wen Xu coldly: "Wenxian Lieutenant, you are in charge of the arrest and theft law in a county. You come and tell me how to sentence eighteen war horses for planning and colluding with the rebels. How should the assassination of an imperial envoy be punished?
And how come the scholars taught by the Hangzhou Prefecture are more sinister than the others? It seems that this matter should be heard by Your Majesty. How far has Hangzhou's culture and education reached? "
"Your Majesty." Guan Mi finally couldn't help but stand up.
Just when he was about to say something, Li Xuan reached out to stop him and said rudely: "Guan Canjun, you'd better think carefully about why you happen to be here today, and you happen to be in such a hurry. A good show, right?”
Li Xuan's words made Guan Mi's expression suddenly change.
The next moment, he turned his head sharply and looked at Wen Xu, who looked innocent.
