The Legend of Swing Sword and Execution of Demons

Chapter 677
Xiangjiang Inn.

In the Tianzi No. [-] guest room.

Bing Yi's eight people either sat around the table, or sat on the edge of the bed, or stood aside.

Half an hour ago, it was reported in Longxi Town that Li Dahu wanted to apply salt in the next two days.

The eight people were aware that there might be something strange in it, but they went to the countryside to do as the Romans did and mixed in with the celebratory crowd to have fun together.

Then, from the mouths of the joyful people, they asked all kinds of things without any trace, and inquired about a lot of relevant information.

After the festive lively atmosphere dissipated, Bing Yi and the others also received warm hospitality from all over the inn.

At the usual half discount price, stay in all the only four Tianzi rooms in the inn.

After everyone put their luggage in the room, they went to the largest room No. [-] to gather information and agree on a plan.

"Li Dahu in the east of the city is a businessman. He runs a rice shop, a winery, and a tea garden, and buys and sells some silk and cloth."

"Li En is over fifty years old, his parents have passed away for many years, he has no brothers and sisters, his family has three wives and concubines, three pairs of children, and four generations live together. He has never worshiped Buddha or believed in Buddhism, but in the past four or five years, he has done no less than ten acts of charity. , has always had a good reputation in Longxi Town."

Mo Li told all the things she found out, with the intention of throwing bricks and sparking jade, so that everyone can continue to add.

However, to Meng Fang, every little sentence is useful information, and Li Dahu's background and motivation for applying salt have been basically explained clearly.
Compared with Meng Fang's answers, "Master Li's family is really rich", "Master Li is really a good person", "Master Li is really very business-minded", it is simply a judgment call.

Bing Yi wrote down what Mo Li said with a pen and paper, looked up and saw Meng Fang who was standing with folded arms, with a depressed look on his face, he suppressed a smile and cast a consoling look, as if to say, "I didn't point out to let you use your brain." , look at what is old-fashioned, self-pity, there is no need to."

Seeing this, Meng Fang was so angry that he didn't want to be in one place, and he couldn't lose his temper in front of so many girls, so he walked to the window in a muffled voice, panting heavily through his nostrils.

Mrs. Wan Teng noticed the small movements between the two, but she was not surprised. She carefully eliminated the too vague and repetitive information in her mind, and only picked out one of the more valuable ones, and said: "The Li family has a big business, but Li En But he is not a rotten good person who gives casually, and if the idle people want to ask Li En for help, it is not easy to meet the superiors."

While writing, Bing Yi made an in-depth analysis according to Mrs. Wan Teng's words, and said: "We have been hanging behind Yulin Dragon, and at most we can teach him to get rid of two hours of footsteps. When we arrive at Longxi Town, it is not until Chenshi, so Yulin If Long really went to Li's Mansion, it would be Yinshi when he couldn't see his fingers. At this time, he would never be able to see Li En through normal methods, and no one would be able to find out whether there were visitors outside Li's Mansion at this time..."

Nangong Hanyu put his finger on his chin and said: "I only asked for the 16 taels of salt. If you save some money, it will not be a problem for a family of five to eat for ten and a half months."

"It's very good, so that the common people can wait for the imperial court to transfer salt from neighboring states." Bing Yi smiled and praised, and then his face became serious again, "But it also means that tomorrow two days There are only a lot of people who come to get the salt, whether they are really here to get the salt, or come to fish in troubled waters for cheap, or just come to join in the fun, I am afraid that the streets and alleys will be crowded."

After saying that, Bing Yi looked at Xiao An, Xiao Lian, and Xiao Ying, and asked, "Is there anything else to add?"

The three women looked at each other, apparently they didn't get much useful information or repeated what the previous people said, and their faces showed shame.

Bing Yi said gently: "It's okay. Xiaoan, before you entered the town, you mentioned that your dyeing workshop has maintained long-term contact with an inkpad workshop and an embroidery workshop in Longxi Town?"

Xiao'an said: "That's right, ink pad pigments and clothing dyes are mainly similar and different in the way of dissolving and coloring, but the proportions of blending tones are very similar. Some cloth with brighter colors will be prepared according to the formula of ink pad pigments, and our dyeing workshop Most of them are semi-finished products, which will be sold to the embroidery workshop for further processing, and I have contacted the managers of both of them."

Bing Yi said: "Well, do the inkpad workshop and embroidery workshop have workshop names? Where are they located in the town?"

Xiao'an said: "The ink pad workshop is a branch of the well-known Babao ink pad in Zhongzhou. It occupies two stores next to the yamen in the center of the town. The embroidery workshop is called Hongdou embroidery workshop, and it is in the southeast corner of the town. It is not small."

Bing Yi finished recording the main points, nodded and said: "Okay, plus the fact that the salt field to the south of Longxi Town was previously controlled by the Red Clothes Sect, these are the facts we have now. And our doubts are, Just after chasing Yulin Dragon to Longxi Town, it happened that Li Dahu was going to apply salt the next day. At that time, Yulin Dragon might slip away in the chaos. Now that we have to determine whether there is any connection between the two, we have to Let’s study how to catch the Yulin Dragon based on the relevant situation first, without hurting or even affecting innocent people as much as possible.”

"Heh, there's nothing to study here." Meng Fang who was standing by the window folded his arms and approached the table with confidence in his mind, "If you think too much, you will inevitably look forward and backward, and in the end, if there is a slight change, it will be nothing. "

"In my opinion, let's not wait until tomorrow when fish and dragons are mixed up, and go directly to Li's mansion now!"

"Isn't Li En a businessman? The so-called businessmen value profits. No matter how much we do, uh... yes, no matter how sensible and emotional, that old boy would not dare to lie to us about his family's fortune and his family's life." .”

"If Yu Niqian is in Li's residence, we don't have to do it on the spot, we just need to force him away and chase after him."

"If Jade Loach has another hiding place, it will be more troublesome. Some people will be sent to protect Li En's family, and the rest will surround and kill him."

"Besides, if it's really just a coincidence, I won't waste time guessing here."

Everyone patiently listened to Meng Fang's words, but no one refuted for a while.

On the contrary, Bing Yi was the first to clap her hands and commented: "It can't be called reckless, it's straight and straight, not without merit..."

Everyone silently added the word "but".

Snapped!
Meng Fang weighed his strength and clapped the case and said: "There is nothing good, if the Li family really colluded with these thieves from the Hongyi Sect, at least it means that the money they earned is not clean enough, and they deserve to be frightened and bloody." Retribution, we are doing our best to consider the safety of his family for him!"

This time even Nangong Hanyu, who often loves to quarrel with Meng Fang, has to admit: "Brother Meng's words are not unreasonable."

Bing Yi put on a serious face at this time, pointed at the pen and said: "Give me a stick of incense, if I can't convince myself, I will go directly to Li's residence with you."

Meng Fang could only nod his head patiently.

But seeing Bing Yi changed a blank piece of paper, wrote down four key words "Yulin Dragon", "Li Mansion", "Sha Qing" and "Yu Dang" in four directions, and chanted while writing.

"There is no need to say more about these three. This 'remaining party' specifically refers to the remnants of the Red Clothes Sect that Yulinlong and Sha Qing may control and command, or the hidden piles of Japan that have not yet surfaced."

Then draw a line to connect Li Mansion and Yulin Dragon.

"First assume that Li En is really obedient to Yulin Long."

"If I were the Yulin Dragon, and I could still contact Li's Mansion when someone was chasing me all the way, then I would definitely choose to cast salt this morning to create chaos, and then take advantage of the chaos to escape from the pursuit."

"If I can't contact Li's mansion in advance, I will tell Li En how to cooperate after arriving at Li's mansion... It is not difficult to apply salt. As long as there is enough salt, the rest is just a matter of manpower organization. Sowing chaos later this morning."

"But after I entered Li's residence, I arranged for Li En to wait until tomorrow before applying salt..."

"Li's mansion will not be short of manpower. The problem is either that the mansion does not have enough salt, and it needs to be transported from other places."

"Or is it just to delay the time by setting up doubts?"

"Or mobilize manpower while transporting stored salt?"

"If that's the case, the best thing to do right now is indeed to go straight to Li's residence."

Bing Yi talked to herself so far, she peeked at Meng Fang, but she couldn't see Meng Fang's face, only the man's chin and nostrils.

The remaining six people listened and watched quietly.

Bing Yi lowered her head, and raised her hand to stroke the stubble on her chin.

"This extra day of delay might be a coincidence, or... well, it seems that no matter what happens, I have to go to Li's residence."

It was the first time for Meng Fang to see Bing Yi being so indecisive, he wanted to sarcastically, but in the end he turned to Mo Li to ask for his opinion: "Ah Li, what do you think?"

Mo Li heard the words and replied: "I have to go and have a look to rest assured, but I am afraid that many people are beating gongs and drums at the gate of the Li Mansion. There are too many people, if we go in directly, it will definitely cause public outrage, and when the time comes If we go to the government, we will be in trouble."

Meng Fang scratched his head and said frankly: "I didn't think about this."

Mo Li said: "I will go alone later."

Hearing that Mo Li agreed to this matter, Meng Fang didn't dare to object, but pointed at Bing Yi who was in deep thought, and asked doubtfully, "Then what is this guy worried about?"

Now it was Mrs. Wan Teng who took over the conversation and said: "Of course it is for the sake of everyone's safety. After all, we cannot be sure whether Yulinlong has contacted Li's mansion in advance. If so, if we enter Li's mansion now, we will not Did you fall into an ambush?"

Meng Fang slapped his head and said: "You mean there are still those 'remaining parties' hidden in Li's residence?"

Mrs. Wan Teng said: "This is just a guess. The information we have is limited. We still have to ask more details before we can make a decision."

After being silent for a while, Bing Yi, who drew circles on the paper according to the information collected earlier, should have finished organizing her thoughts, and said again: "Well, there are a few urgent things that need to be clarified first."

"One is to determine whether there is any connection between the Li family and the Red Clothes Sect."

"The second is to confirm whether Sha Qing is here. If Yulin Dragon has contacted the Li Mansion through Sha Qing in advance, then they may be waiting for us to throw themselves into the trap."

"The third is to determine the strength of the Red Clothes Sect's surviving staff in Fujian and the hidden piles of Dongying who have not fully participated in the battle of Jiulian Mountain. If it exceeds the scope we can deal with, if we don't want to go back, at least we can't fight unprepared battle."

Mo Li nodded, and said: "It's not difficult to confirm the first point, as long as the two are involved, those clues can't be hidden for a while; the second point I can only test a little, otherwise it will inevitably be like the last time. As far as I know, the third point is that those small fish and shrimps are not strong in combat, I am afraid that there are too many people, and it will be quite time-consuming and laborious to deal with."

After finishing speaking, Mo Li set off to make preparations for spying.

Meng Fang hurriedly said: "Wait, what about us? Just wait here?"

Mo Li looked back and said with a smile: "If you're not in a hurry, you can take Xiao An and the others to the streets."

　Chapter 666 is not written 666, so it should be changed first.

　　In the next chapter, I have to spend half a chapter to sort out the clues of this plot. . .

　　Forgot to bless you in advance.

　　Then have a happy Tanabata!May lovers finally get married~~~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)