After Jun Han separated from Li Er, he finished his personal affairs, then came to a mansion and knocked on the door. After he entered, the servant who opened the door asked, "Is the general here?" The servant nodded and said, "In the back hall."
The military and Han people knew each other well and walked through the courtyard and hall to the back hall. When he walked into the room and took a look, he saw Chu Shizheng sitting on an Arhat bed, and a man sitting on a horse stool next to him. This man's name was Ren Hongbin, a school captain, and he was also one of Chu Shizheng's cronies.
The military man stepped forward and saluted with clasped fists. Chu Shizheng nodded and said, "Yan Han, are you here? Sit down." Yan Han moved a horse stool and sat down next to him. He looked at Chu Shizheng and said, "General, I have something to say to you. You report."
"What's up?"
"A thief named Li Er discovered that we were digging tunnels." Yan Han said, "He came to me today and used this as an excuse to blackmail me and ask for three gold bars."
After hearing this, Chu Shizheng frowned. After thinking for a moment, he said: "This person is a scourge. He must not be left here. He must be eliminated immediately, otherwise it will ruin our major event!" Upon hearing this, Yan Han quickly clasped his fists and said: "Yes, I understand."
Three days later, Li Er came to Bichi Garden as agreed. Bichi Garden is located in the south of the city. It was a garden funded by a wealthy businessman. In order to benefit the neighbors, wealthy businessmen allowed residents in the city to freely enter the gardens to enjoy and visit, similar to parks in later generations.
After Li Er walked into Bichi Garden, he stretched his neck and looked around, looking for the person he wanted to see. There were not many people in Nuoda's garden. The people in the city were busy with their own livelihoods, and not many people had time to play in the garden. He walked along the gravel path for a while and saw Yan Han standing on a covered bridge waving to him from a distance. He felt happy and walked quickly over.
This covered bridge is built on a pond. There is a hexagonal pavilion next to the bridge head, and two people are playing chess in the pavilion. On the other side of the bridge there are two people fishing by the pond. Li Er saw that there were many people here, so he walked onto the bridge with confidence. He walked up to Yan Han, lowered his voice and said, "Did you bring the things?" Yan Han nodded and said, "I brought them." After saying that, he put his hand into his arms. However, he touched it for a long time without taking out his hand, but cast his eyes behind Li Er. Li Er didn't know what he was looking at. When he looked back, he found that the two chess players had walked out of the pavilion, stepped onto the covered bridge, and were walking towards them.
Li Er was startled and turned his head to look across the bridge. He saw that the two fishermen had already thrown away their fishing rods and were walking over from the other end of the bridge with murderous expressions on their faces. Li Er withdrew his gaze, stared at Yan Han, and said angrily: "You--!" Yan Han said nothing, with a proud smile on his face. Li Er suddenly reached out his hand and grabbed Yan Han's face hard. Yan Han screamed and quickly covered his face with his hands.
The thugs rushed up, and one of them put the rope that had been prepared around Li Er's neck and tightened it hard. Just as Li Er was about to shout, his voice was choked in his throat. The thug passed the other end of the rope around the beam and pulled hard, and Li Er was hung up like a sack. His legs kicked in the air for a while, and finally became motionless. When the thug saw that Li Er was dead, he put him down.
Several people carried the body to the flat ground next to the pond and put it down. A guy pushed a cart and found a sack from the cart. They packed the body in sacks, carried it to a cart, and placed several sacks on top. These sacks were filled with worthless medicinal materials.
Yan Han's face was scratched with several deep nail marks, and he grimaced in pain. He covered his face with one hand and pointed at the two thugs with the other: "You two, pull the body out of the city and find a place to bury it." The two agreed, pulled the cart and left. Yan Han and the other The two men also retreated.
After the two guys pulled the cart out of Bichi Garden, they came to the south gate and saw a long queue in front of the city gate, filled with people waiting to leave the city. There were more than a dozen city guards standing at the city gate, and they were carefully searching everyone who left the city.
The two guys were stunned, what's going on? Usually there are only one or two city guards guarding the city gate, and no one is searched when leaving the city. Why did the situation suddenly change today? One of the thugs quickly asked a man next to him: "Why do we need to search even if we leave the city today?" The man glanced at him and said: "Last night, Yuan Hong's wife's house was robbed in the city, and a lot of gold and silver were stolen. Lord Chang Shi ordered that everyone who leaves the city must be carefully searched to prevent thieves from taking the treasure out of the city."
The thug returned to his companion and whispered: "The city gate is so tightly checked. If we go out of the city, we will definitely be discovered. We'd better go back." The companion nodded and said: "Okay." The two of them agreed. After reunification, they pulled the cart and left.
At this time, a city guard happened to be returning from his latrine and passed by. When he saw the two men pulling the cart and leaving the team waiting to leave the city, he felt a little strange, so he pointed with his hand and said: "Stop, what's going on with you two?" When the two guys saw them, they were frightened out of their wits. Thinking that he had been discovered, he hurriedly abandoned the cart and ran away, and disappeared after a while. The city guard felt something strange and quickly called his companions. They unloaded the goods from the cart and found no stolen gold and silver, but a body.
Li Zhiyun had nothing to do all day long. Apart from taking Liu Yinglian and Aunt Ying to stroll on the streets, he just stayed in the post house, waiting for Zhang Zheng to bring him good news. However, several days passed, and Zhang Zheng did not bring him any good news.
"Your Majesty, Zhang Gui has not had close contact with anyone except working in the Yamen every day." Zhang Zheng reported.
Li Zhiyun frowned and thought silently. Zhang Zheng was impatient and said, "How about we arrest him and interrogate him?" Li Zhiyun shook his head and said, "No, now is not the time. There must be someone behind Zhang Gui. If we do it now If you catch him, it will be easy to alert the snake..."
While the two were talking, Cai Hu walked in, clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, Huang Changshi sent a government official and said that a body was found at the south gate." Li Zhiyun was surprised when he heard this. , quickly turned to Zhang Zheng and said: "Find a few people right away, and let's go to the south gate together!"
Li Zhiyun took Zhang Zheng, Cai Hu and several guards and rushed to the south gate. When they got there, they saw that the city gate was closed and no one was allowed to leave the city. A team of city guards surrounded the cart in the middle. Many people stood watching from a distance, pointing and talking.
When Huang Renjie saw Li Zhiyun bringing someone over, he hurriedly greeted him and led him to the cart. The body was lying on the ground. Huang Renjie said: "Your Majesty, I have sent someone to find out. The deceased's name is Li Er. He was an incorrigible thief. He was killed for some reason."
Li Zhiyun walked to the body, squatted down, and looked carefully. Li Eryuan's eyes were open, his tongue was hanging out, and there were marks on his neck. He was obviously strangled to death by a rope. Huang Renjie squatted beside him and said, "After the official found the body, he immediately ordered the four doors to be closed tightly and no one was allowed to leave the city."
After hearing this, Li Zhiyun nodded approvingly and said, "Huang Changshi, you did the right thing." After a pause, he asked again, "Has anything been found on the body?"
"The official has asked people to search it, but there is nothing except a few copper coins."
Li Zhiyun stretched out his hands and lifted Li Er's right arm. He looked at his hand and found that there was blood-stained flesh between the fingernails. The blood was still bright red. He judged that these were probably left by Li Er scratching the murderer's face before he died.
Li Zhiyun stood up and said to Huang Renjie, who stood up after him: "Huang Changshi, immediately ask your people to search the whole city for people with scratches on their faces."
"yes!"
After Yan Han left Bichi Garden, he returned to the military camp. Then, he came to Chu Shizheng's camp and reported: "General, that Li Er has been dealt with." Chu Shizheng saw a few blood marks on his cheek and asked, "What's wrong with your face?" Yan Han covered his face with his hands and cursed: "Damn, you bit me before you died."
At this time, Ren Hongbin walked in from outside. Seeing the injuries on Yan Han's face, he hurriedly said: "Yan Han, you will be discovered. I just came back from the street. I heard someone said that a body was found at the gate of the city. They also said that King Chu had ordered the entire city to Find the person with a scratch on his face and say that person is the murderer."
When Chu Shizheng heard this, he turned to Yan Han and glared: "What on earth is going on?" Yan Han said at a loss, "I don't know! I asked two men to pull the body out of the city and bury it. Maybe it was that These two guys must have messed up!"
Chu Shizheng calmed down, pondered for a moment, and said, "You can't show up anymore, otherwise you will probably be caught by them, and you must leave here immediately." Ren Hongbin shook his head and said, "He can't leave, the four doors are closed." Yan Han was frightened when he heard this and looked at Chu Shizheng helplessly: "General... General, what should I do?"
"Why are you panicking?" Chu Shizheng glared at him openly, "I'll find a place for you to hide first, and wait until the storm is over."
