late night song

Chapter 52 Glazed Golden Pagoda
The secret guards of the Qin Palace were busy assisting Fan Li in finding the hiding place of the bandits, but Qidu was so big that it was not easy.What's more, those who caused trouble were most likely deliberately pretending to cause riots.

Fan Li was a little impatient. After all, he was under the emperor's feet and involved foreign tribes. He could not explain his dereliction of duty and was very useless. He smashed the guardrail of the city wall in anger.

"General Fan, there is no need for this."

King Qin did not know when he appeared, standing beside him, looking up at the entire Qidu City.

"Your Majesty, it's not that I don't dare to take responsibility, it's just that those thieves made trouble under my nose, and I didn't know anything about it. This inner city commander is really in vain!"

"They planned carefully, acted deliberately, and retreated quickly. It is normal for you to be unable to resist for a while." Qi Jie's tone seemed to be comforting.

"If the real culprit cannot be brought to justice in three days, I will take the initiative to remove my armor and return to the fields, so as not to waste the best brocade and silk royal paper."

"Then General Fan just surrendered and jumped into the trap. They were so stupid that they took action themselves." Qi Jian turned sideways and looked at him with cold eyes.

"What do you think, Your Majesty?" Fan Li asked humbly.

"The Holy One only asked you to eliminate the bandits, so you just do it. As for catching the real culprit, it is the responsibility of Dali Temple. General, don't worry."

"It is not difficult to eliminate the bandits, but going to the court is no joke."

"What does the general think the person behind this intends? Is it to challenge the majesty of the government by colliding with the Japanese mission and arousing the anger of the people? Or is it to alienate the loyalty of the emperor, and finally replace the internal defense leaders, reorganize the Forbidden Army guards, and undermine the stability of the Jintang inner city defense? "

"Could it be that the prince said that?" Fan Li was shocked. Conspiracy to rebel and wait for an opportunity to force the palace is a capital crime for treason. "In the current court, there are only a few people who covet the throne. Who can be so bold?"

"What do you think, general?" Qi Jian raised the corner of his mouth contemptuously and asked the question without answering.

"King Ning?"

Fan Li was thoughtful and expressed his biggest guess.

"Since the defeat of the city and the peace talks with Hehe, King Ning has made no achievements, and it is difficult to win over the Holy Heart. The courtiers who originally supported him were also hesitant. He was very anxious, but he always regarded himself as noble and looked down on us reckless men. If it is really his fault to have few friends with military officials, then who can he recommend to control the inner city forbidden army?"

"It's not like he spent this year in the frontline military camp in vain. It's not surprising that he has one or two followers. However, if he really had the courage to force the palace, the city blockade would not be such a failure." Qi Jian rubbed his hands. Yu pulled his fingers and replied coldly.

"Not him? That means..." Fan Li hesitated, "Queen? She wants to pave the way for King Rong. With the 40 troops in the west and the forbidden army in the inner city, it will be easy to encircle the imperial city."

Qi Lian raised his eyebrows and did not give a clear answer. He just started from the incident itself and reminded:

"After looking at the purpose of the people behind this, it will be much easier for us to analyze the two waves of gangsters that stirred up trouble in the inner city."

"Two waves?"

Fan Li's brows were furrowed and he was very puzzled, but he suddenly understood.

"When I said that, I felt something was wrong, and now I figured it out. The wave of people who attacked the envoys in the market were chosen during the day, and it was a busy market. They were not for money, but just to take the opportunity to assassinate the envoys; the wave of people who broke into houses and robbed the envoys at night, It was just a cover-up, the purpose was to create the illusion that bandits were rampant. I also wondered why the robbers only robbed cash and not private treasures. It turned out that they were worried that they would not be able to sell the stolen goods and left clues for verification; and the wave of people who burned the official rations in the street, If it was really the work of bandits, they could have just robbed it outside the city, so why make such a big fuss."

Fan Li sighed with his hammer hand, but then thought again. "That's not right. If that were the case, they wouldn't be able to leave us any evidence."

"That's natural." Qi Jian was very calm, with no waves in his tone or expression.

"Then we're just waiting for nothing?" Fan Li was a little anxious.

"The top priority is to solve the general's dilemma. If you still control the internal defense forces, their first step of the trick will naturally not succeed. Then they will naturally take the next step. The more they do, the more flaws will be exposed. The more we have, the more we can make plans when the time comes.”

"Yeah." Fan Li agreed.

On the second day, Fan Li ordered the entire Imperial Guard Headquarters to strengthen their guard and protect the glazed golden pagoda given by the Holy One. Otherwise, the Holy One would blame him, and he would be blamed for it, and his official position would not be guaranteed.

Afterwards, he led two thousand elite soldiers out of the city to siege the Ax Mountain where the bandits were entrenched outside the city of Qidu.

At the end of the day, the bandits in Ax Mountain suffered heavy losses. Fortunately, the mountain roads were rugged and the imperial army could not catch them all in one go. With the three-day limit, Fan Li escorted more than [-] people and hurried back to the capital.

On the third day, the Imperial Guards tortured the gangsters to extract confessions, but the people of Green Forest were so steadfast that they certainly refused to take the blame for defying the government and refused to admit it.However, Fan Li ordered someone to let people know that the bandits had confessed to assassinating the envoys and robberies.

Then, he pretended to have survived the catastrophe, had no worries about his official position, and was in a good mood, and "privately" drank and celebrated with the officers and soldiers at the Forbidden Army headquarters. He was so proud that he became drunk and was carried back to his bedroom by a group of lieutenants.

Since the case of dispatching the envoy has been solved, the guards at the Forbidden Army Headquarters have also returned to their previous state.Except for the patrolling guards, there was nothing else in the house at midnight.

That night, several dark shadows quietly lurked above the eaves, taking advantage of the time when the patrols in the mansion were changing their defenses, and sneaked into the main hall of the mansion.

The glazed golden pagoda stands prominently on the main desk of the main hall, and the masked man is trying to steal it.At this moment, the lights in the main hall suddenly lit up, and the imperial troops came out in all directions.

Although the masked man was highly skilled in martial arts, he was weak alone and could not escape. He was captured by everyone after a while.

At this time, Fan Li walked out of the back hall. He didn't look drunk at all. He shouted: "Finally I caught you! Do you think that the Forbidden Army Headquarters is a place where you can come and leave whenever you want?"

After taking off their masks, these people were officially the second boss of Ax Mountain, Qian Jinshou and two assistants.

"Bah!" Qian Jinshou spat in front of Fan Li and cursed loudly, "The leader of the internal defense department is also a rogue. He doesn't have the ability to solve the case, so he wants to keep the shit basin in Ax Mountain. Head, let us take the blame for you, you took me today, but as long as there is a person alive in Ax Mountain, I will be sworn in with you."

Fan Li bent down and approached Qian Jin, smiling and stimulating:
"You don't blame those people who are doing evil everywhere in your name, so why blame me? Come here, take me down and keep a close eye on me so that you can report back to the Holy One tomorrow and finish this hot job."

After saying that, he waved his hand and motioned to drag the prisoner down.

"Except for the night patrol, the rest of the people have dispersed. You have been busy these past few days, so take a good rest." Fan Li finally showed a relaxed look, dismissed everyone, and went back to his room to rest.

However, after everyone left, another masked man in black sneaked into the main hall and secretly took the Glazed Golden Pagoda away.

(End of this chapter)