In the deep night, the sound of killing had long since stopped, and Li Xuan slowly walked up to the highest point of the watchtower.
Inside the watchtower, the ground was covered with traces of footsteps, and quivers were stacked on the back. There were hundreds of them on several levels, and most of them were empty.
Standing at the window and looking up, you can clearly see clusters of firelight flashing on the edge of Taihu Lake on the west side.
High in the sky, invisible to the human eye, a red-bellied eagle soared high in the sky.
No, within the red-bellied eagle's sight, no entries about Wen Xu jumped up. Read the book
"Eh!" Li Xuan was a little surprised. This guy couldn't have come tonight.
No, Li Xuan immediately denied her thoughts.
Although not all of the Wusheng Black Soldiers arrived tonight, at least over 600 people arrived before and after.
If Wen Xu didn't personally take command, and all these six hundred dead soldiers died here, how could he be willing to do so.
Therefore, he must come.
The red-bellied eagle is not in sight, which means that he is hiding out of the red-bellied eagle's sight. If there is no sight in the surrounding countryside, then he can only hide in a certain building in Hangzhou city.
Unfortunately, the ability to prompt entries can only be used within the line of sight. Once out of line of sight, it will no longer have any effect.
With a thought in Li Xuan's mind, the red-bellied eagle quickly flew westward, flying directly in the direction where the unborn black soldiers were escaping.
As long as we can keep an eye on those innocent pawns, Wen Xu will show up sooner or later.
The cold wind was biting, and Li Xuan turned around and went downstairs.
As soon as he arrived downstairs, Li Xuan turned sideways and said to Sima Yuan Yi: "Send a message to all the families and ask them to send servants and guards into Tianmu Mountain to cooperate with the army to kill the unborn black soldiers, but they have gained something. Press Records of military exploits.”
Yuan Yi was a little reluctant at first, but when he heard Li Xuan's words about military merit, his expression immediately became overjoyed, and he cupped his hands and said, "I obey the order."
Seeing Yuan Yi leaving quickly, Lai Sui stood behind Li Xuan and said softly: "The prince is going to completely push all the major families to oppose the King of East China Sea!"
Li Xuan glanced sideways at Lai Sui, nodded calmly, and said: "Brother Lai has a clear vision. Brother Yu did this. Firstly, the major families want to be more familiar with Tianmu Mountain. Secondly, they also want to see each other." How strong or weak is it? I came here just to see who is doing their best and who is not. In this way, we can get a clue of who is involved with the King of East China Sea."
Seeing Li Xuan's increasingly bright eyes, Lai Sui immediately knew that Li Xuan had a complete plan in mind to identify the close associates of the East Sea King in the Hangzhou Family.
Someone is going to be unlucky now. Someone has proven Li Xuan's intelligence and strategy with his life more than once, and now it's another time.
"Twenty-seventh Lang is fierce in his methods, and Brother Yu admires him." Laisui sighed sincerely.
If they can really identify the insider information of the King of the East China Sea, then they will not only be able to explain to the court, but also be appreciated by the emperor and empress, and their future will be prosperous in the blink of an eye.
At this time, Yu Ze whispered behind Li Xuan: "Your Majesty, the governor has arrived."
Li Xuan looked up and saw dozens of state government officials and police officers rushing towards him holding torches on the dark street on the north side.
At the forefront of the escort was Lai Jingye, the governor of Hangzhou.
Li Xuan hurriedly greeted him and took the lead in cupping his hands and saying, "Xuan has met the envoy."
"Nephew, you don't have to be polite. Without my nephew to strategize this time, I'm afraid it will be difficult to completely wipe out these inanimate traitors." Lai Jingye looked very excited. He has achieved such political achievements for the first time in Hangzhou. How can Lai Jingye not be happy?
Li Xuan smiled faintly, shook her head calmly and said, "My nephew is just a little input. The real planning and commanding must be done by my uncle."
"My nephew is polite, but I am ashamed to accept it as my uncle." Lai Jingye was very rude, because he really needed the credit.
Yuan Jiazuo was promoted to the governor of Yuezhou, Duan Baoxuan was promoted to the minister of Dali Temple and the guest of the prince, and Zhang Wenguan was promoted to the minister of the family.
Although Lai Jingye is not envious, he still hopes to copy this path.
Light lintel.
Although his uncle Laiheng was already a minister, he was not in the third rank of Zhongshu, and was still one step away from being a prime minister.
In particular, Lai Heng is now sixty-seven years old.
"Although everything went well today, we must not fall short of our efforts. A small number of unscrupulous black soldiers will eventually escape into the mountains. Uncle Shi will be a large force, and the officials will go into the mountains to search. They can also issue rewards, calculated in terms of money and military merit. , completely wipe out the inanimate black pawns, so that the central government can be accounted for, and secondly, it will avoid being caught in the wrong and criticized." Li Xuan's words were particularly sincere.
"What my nephew said makes sense." Lai Jingye nodded slightly in agreement, looked sideways at Sima Yuan Yi, and said in a deep voice: "Sima, I leave this matter to you."
"I obey the order." Yuan Yi immediately handed over his hand and glanced sideways at Li Xuan.
If what he just said was just Li Xuan's personal edict, now his order has been endorsed by the Hangzhou Governor's Office.
Li Xuan smiled and turned to ask: "The killings are going strong tonight. Uncle Shi is in charge of the Governor's Mansion. I don't know..."
Lai Jingye shook his head and said: "Nothing happened in the Governor's Mansion. It's just that some thieves broke in and went the wrong way. Now they have all become victims of the sword. As for the others, at most, someone threw a dozen guns in." The torch was just a false alarm."
Every city is bound to have some rogues, who would come out to take advantage of the situation like last night, but unfortunately, last night was a trap for the unsung black soldiers and Zhoushan pirates.
Those gangsters and scoundrels were all dealt with as if they were beaten up and beaten.
Li Xuan suddenly felt something was wrong. He looked up at Lai Jingye and frowned and asked, "Uncle Shi, you said someone threw a dozen torches into the Governor's Mansion, but nothing happened in the end?"
"It can't be said that there was no movement at all. There was indeed some movement at that time." When he said this, Lai Jingye was also keenly aware that something was wrong.
Someone wants to do something to the Governor's Mansion. Since he has this idea, it is impossible for that person to do nothing.
Li Xuan pressed her eyebrows and thought softly: "Torches, torches, front yard, someone is drawing everyone's attention to the front yard...Uncle Shi, what's in the backyard of the governor's house?"
"The backyard, there is nothing in the backyard of the Governor's Mansion. The family members are still on the way and haven't arrived yet. Apart from their residence, they are..."
"Yinku!" Li Xuan spoke first. In an instant, the expressions of Lai Jingye and everyone present couldn't help but change.
The next moment, Lai Jingye turned around quickly, and everyone present rushed towards the Governor's Mansion at the same time.
"Uncle Shi, immediately give an order to completely seal all the city gates in Hangzhou. No city gate can be opened without Uncle Shi's order." After Li Xuan finished speaking, Lai Jingye slapped his forehead and said immediately: "Look at me, I'm a little confused. "
Lai Jingye immediately stopped and turned around, looked at everyone and said: "Sima, you go to the central watchtower to command and command everything. Zhang joined the army and immediately issued an order to seal the city gate. Everyone else must abide by their duties and are not allowed to act at will. Chang Shi and Ku Cao Canjun and Xu Captou can just accompany me to the state government office."
"Here!" There was no hesitation in the room, and they immediately accepted the offer, and then quickly moved towards all parties.
Everyone's face looked very nervous. If something happened to the state government bank, then all of them would be in trouble.
At this time, Laisui stood behind Li Xuan and said softly: "Thank you very much, Twenty-seventh Lang."
Li Xuan smiled slightly and said, "You and I, brothers, don't have to be like this!"
In the backyard of the Governor's Mansion, a group of police officers had already completely sealed off the entire backyard, with only a few people standing in front of the bank door on the side.
The six knife-wielding guards at the entrance of the bank had all fallen to the ground and died, and the door was wide open.
Standing in front of Kumen, Lai Jingye only felt a coldness in his hands and feet.
At this moment, he didn't even dare to take a step forward. He didn't dare to step into the bank and look back to see it was empty.
Standing behind Lai Jingye, Li Xuan said softly: "Uncle Shi, the Wusheng bandits are attacking Hangzhou City.
, in addition to hindering the army's eastern expedition, I am afraid it is more for the money in the bank. Thousands of people are hiding in the mountains, which is fine for a short period of time, but over time, food, drinking water, clothing, and other necessary items will be extremely scarce. At this time, money is needed. "
Lai Jingye nodded slightly, but his face was still very ugly.
Li Xuan said softly: "Uncle Shi, most of the Tianyin thieves are blocked outside the watchtower and the east city gate, so the number of people who sneaked into the Governor's Mansion is definitely not large. Even if they can steal a certain amount of gold and silver, the amount will never be too large. big.
Especially tonight's battle is a trap set by us, and he will have even less free time.
Uncle Shi, everything is still under control. As long as we find it in time, it will be fine. "
It was retrieved in time and it was no big deal.
Recovering from the hands of thieves is retrieving, and retrieving from other places is also retrieving.
If the number is really small, it might not be a bad idea to come home and fill it in yourself.
Hearing what Li Xuan said, Lai Jingye breathed a long sigh of relief.
"Let's go in first and see what's going on, and then think about how to find it." Li Xuan took the lead and walked into the bank with a calm expression, without any worry.
Compared to others, he could see more clearly that even if Wenxu came to the bank and stole the banknotes before, he must still be in Hangzhou now.
As long as he is still in the city, Ku Yin will definitely be able to find him back.
In the empty silver vault, only a few opened boxes in the deepest part contained a box of copper coins, as if someone had grabbed a handful of them, and nothing else was left.
Seeing this scene, everyone present breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
"It seems that they didn't even have time to take away all the copper coins used to pay wages, and the treasury silver sent to the Ministry of Accounts below should have been left untouched." Li Xuan's face relaxed slightly at the same time.
The treasury of state and county governments is generally divided into two layers. The upper layer is used to distribute salary money to officials, policemen, soldiers, and sergeants on weekdays. The underground layer below is used to send tax money to the Ministry of Household Affairs every year. , the latter is the big one, and the more deadly.
Ku Cao, who was behind the army, immediately stepped forward, walked to the center of the bank, lowered his body, and didn't know where he pressed the button. A wooden board slid away, revealing two huge copper rings locked by giant locks.
Ku Cao joined the army and quickly used the key to open the giant lock, moved the giant lock away, and then called two sergeants to come forward.
Two strong men with big arms and round waists simultaneously grabbed the two rings on the ground and pulled them upwards. The next moment, a one-meter-wide hole suddenly appeared in front of everyone.
Seeing the densely packed boxes below, everyone's minds were completely relaxed.
Although the Yangzhou officials had their two months' salary and salary taken away, the tax money paid to the Ministry of Household Affairs was not stolen, so at least their official titles were saved.
The two strong men immediately climbed down the ladder, and then opened the boxes one after another, and the silver cast inside was immediately revealed to everyone.
The silver light was shining, and the people's eyes were rarely filled with greed, but more of happiness.
"Now, the next thing to do is to recover the stolen wages." Li Xuan said this, and everyone present looked at him with bright eyes.
