Late Tang

Chapter 74

Thank you (Scarecrow) for your reward again, thank you!

The news of Feng Yanqing's death quickly spread throughout Penglai like the wind. Even Li Jing, who had deliberately kept a low profile after returning to the barracks, had already heard about how Feng Yanqing was brutally brutalized by the pirates in the East Sea. Killing, piling up human heads into different versions of Jingguan.Although Li Jing and the others came back a bit late that night, because of the careful arrangements in advance, the people on duty at the southwest corner of the camp that day were all trusted brothers arranged by Wang Zhong. When Li Jing and the others returned, they went directly from there. Sneaking back into the camp secretly, no one in the big camp knew that they returned to the camp in the middle of the night.

After returning to the camp that night, Li Jing immediately asked everyone to take a bath carefully, buried all the changed clothes, and wiped all the armor and weapons carefully.Then he called all the people who participated in the assassination together, and Zhang Hong took a pen to register their hometown addresses one by one.Li Jing took the white paper with the address on it and showed it in front of everyone: "All the brothers' home addresses have been recorded on it, and I will arrange for someone to send it to everyone's home in two days One hundred bolts of silk. I promise that I will give you all the money. Next, everyone must keep a low profile as much as possible according to my instructions. About everything about tonight, you must not confide a word, even if it is a dream. Sleep talk about tonight. Do you understand?"

"Understood!" Everyone nodded, Li Jing didn't give them the money directly, but sent it directly to their homes.They didn't think much about it either. Li Jing's explanation was to prevent everyone from getting too much money at once and being found abnormal.Although some people speculated whether it was because Li Jing didn't trust them a little bit, remembering their home address was to prevent them from leaking secrets, so that they could retaliate against them in the future.But no matter what the reason was, since they heard that Li Jing would send the reward of the hundred pieces of silk to their home, they had nothing to say.

Li Jing solemnly warned: "From now on, don't mention anything about tonight again. After you go back, I will re-arrange the team, so all the brothers who participated in tonight's event will be arranged together, three people One group. Whether it is eating, sleeping, or going out to the latrine, three people must be together. Of course, everyone should not be too troublesome, this is also for the purpose of protecting everyone. After the wind is over, everyone will not have to do this Trouble."

Then on the second and third day, Li Jing stayed in the camp obediently, and even stopped contact with Lin Wei and Wang Zhong.He stayed in the Zuoyi camp every day, except for training soldiers, and did not even step out of the camp gate.The assassination of Feng Yanqing's uncle and nephew who gathered outside seemed to have nothing to do with him.It wasn't until the third day that Li Jing went to Lifeng Cloth Store in Dongcheng by taking the opportunity of mourning for Feng's family.

The [-] bolts of silk that Li Jing got last time, Li Jing stored all of them in the store owned by the village chief's daughter.He observed Wang Yueying and the old shopkeeper for a long time, and he was very assured of their character.When he brought [-] bolts of silk to the cloth shop, the old shopkeeper obviously knew about his bet with Feng Liang, so he saved the huge sum without asking any questions.Li Jing handed over the white paper with the address written on it to the old shopkeeper, and asked him to send someone to send a hundred bolts of silk to each of the above houses, but it must be kept secret, and everyone who can't do it will know.

As soon as Li Jing returned to the barracks from Buzhuang, Xiao Shitou came to tell him that today Du Yuhou Song Wen, Princess Xihe, Miss Yu, Cui Jieshi and King Zhao all sent people to invite Li Jing to talk about things.Li Jing felt nervous for a while.Could it be that something happened?But if the matter leaks out, I'm afraid it will be the soldiers who came to arrest him immediately.No matter how hard Cui Yunqing and Li Rui tried to protect him, they would not be able to protect him if he killed the imperial court official.If it wasn't for this, why did everyone suddenly come to him?

He carefully recalled what happened before and after, and always felt that although there were no flaws, it was impossible to be discovered immediately.However, people like Song Wen are not simple people, and they will lose their words if they talk too much. He still doesn't want to meet them before the rumors pass.In the end, I wrote several posts with my own handwriting, and rejected the invitations of Song Wen and others one by one.However, it was easy for Song Wen and others to refuse, but it was not easy for him to directly refuse Cui Yunqing's summons.

In the end, Li Jing followed the people sent by Cui Yunqing to the Governor's Mansion. As soon as he entered the door, he found that not only Cui Yunqing was there, but also Li Rui was there, and Li Huier and Yu Youniang were also there on the other side.The two were sitting there waiting for him. As soon as they met, Cui Yunqing immediately said bluntly, "Why haven't I seen you in the past few days?"

"Students have been busy with training recently, so they really don't have time to pay their respects to the teacher."

"Did you know about Feng Yanqing's murder?"

"Students have heard about it, and there are all kinds of theories, even in the barracks, rumors are flying all over the sky." Li Jing answered the question immediately, and responded cautiously. Cui Yunqing and the others kept talking about Feng Yanqing's matter, but But he didn't seem to doubt his intentions.

Li Rui seemed to be in a good mood, and said to Li Jing with a smile, "Don't be too nervous, I have nothing else to do with you. I remember you met the bandits in Zhendonghai last time, and you escaped successfully This Zhendonghai is famous in the Dengzhou area, but it is also very mysterious. It has always disappeared without a trace. There are very few people who have seen them and are still alive. Just tell us, these people in Zhendonghai are What does it look like?" Li Jing breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this: "The student has indeed seen a group of thieves in Zhendonghai. It is said that there are four masters in Zhendonghai, the eldest with a white beard, the second with a yellow beard, and the third with a red beard. The fourth is Black Beard. I have never seen White Beard and Black Beard, but I have seen Yellow Beard in Chishan Town Prison, and later met Red Beard at the foot of Chishan.” Li Jing carefully compared himself with Yellow Beard and Red Beard. The experience of Huzi's encounter with the two was selectively told after sorting out.

Cui Yunqing was a little disappointed and said: "According to you, these bearded thieves are not as cruel and bloodthirsty as the rumors outside, but also have a bit of chivalry?" Li Jing said cautiously: "A thief is a thief, and it cannot be said to be chivalrous. , but this group of people is more disciplined. If they really killed Feng Changshi, then there must have been a deep feud between them."

"I've never heard of this before, but it's not impossible. You may not know that Feng's family is a noble family with countless wealth. But in fact, Feng Yanqing has been in Dengzhou for many years and secretly recruited many high-ranking officials and wealthy organizations. Together, they have been engaged in smuggling sea trade by relying on Dengzhou Bohai Xinluo Seaway for many years, earning countless money every year from the smuggling trade at sea. But Zhendonghai is a famous pirate on Bohai Sea, maybe there is some relationship between them The relationship we don't know, and now there is a falling out for some reason, it is also possible that Zhen Donghai will ambush and kill Feng Yanqing in a fit of anger." Li Rui said to Li Jing.

Cui Yunqing suddenly said to Li Jing: "Ji Yu, tell me the truth, you really have nothing to do with this matter?"

Li Jing didn't expect that Cui Yunqing would suddenly ask this question at this time, and he was a little flustered, so he didn't have time to answer.Cui Yunqing waved at him: "Don't rush to answer, there are no outsiders here today, they are all from our own family. Regardless of whether this matter has anything to do with you, we hope you can tell us the truth. It’s best that the matter has nothing to do with you, if there is anything involved, you should speak up as soon as possible, as a teacher who can help you, I will definitely help you.”

Li Jing was silent for a few moments, he bit his lower lip and said in a deep voice: "Uncle and nephew Feng Yanqing are not good people, I longed to get rid of them, but I didn't expect that they would suffer retribution and be killed by Zhen Donghai. "

"Whether he was killed by Zhen Donghai is still uncertain, but Feng Yanqing is indeed a vicious person. His death now makes us relieved. Since this matter has nothing to do with you, it is the best However, everyone knows that you had a feud with the Feng family before, you should be more careful and keep a low profile recently, and stay in the camp to train more if you have nothing to do, and I don’t have to come here often to say hello.” Cui Yunqing did not delve into this matter, and said a few words After talking, I took it back.

After chatting for a while, Li Jing left on the pretext of having something to do in the camp, and Cui Yunqing didn't stay with Li Jing either.After Li Jing left, Li Huier and the others followed him to see him out.Seeing that the three young people had left, Cui Yunqing frowned, and suddenly said quietly: "Forget it, I believe that it is most likely that he did this thing. I was only a little suspicious before, but now it is I can be sure. I really did not expect that at such a young age, he would have such a decisive and ruthless side. A saint can see world events a foot away; Everything about this kid is beyond my expectations, but it's a pity that this kid seems to be a little paranoid. He acts too aggressively and prefers to take risks. Hey, I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse, let him bump into it For a while, maybe he can wake up from the collision, but I just hope that it is not too late, and he can understand the meaning of the words we have said to him."

Li Rui still couldn't believe it, he couldn't put that young Li Jing who was cautious, courteous, and humble in front of them just now with the stumps and heads that he saw outside the city that day. The bloody scene of Beijing Guan.However, I know Cui Yunqing quite well, since he can come to such a conclusion, then this matter is really very possible.

After Li Jing rejected Song Wen's first invitation, Song Wei still sent people to invite him every day for the next few days.Although Li Jing was worried that the other party was his immediate boss, he only had a few words with Cui Yunqing and the others before Cui Yunqing pointed out that he killed Feng Yanqing.He didn't know how Cui Yunqing did it, but he didn't dare to see Song Wen again. If Song Wen also found out that Feng Yanqing was killed by him, the result would be fatal.Therefore, despite the enormous pressure, Li Jing still had to refuse Shangfeng's invitation again and again.

More than ten days passed in a row, and seeing that the united soldiers' training camp was approaching in January, the news that Feng Yanqing was ambushed and killed by Zhen Donghai, which was originally rumored, gradually came to light.On this day, Li Jing had just ordered the disbandment of the team for lunch, but saw Du Yuhou Song Wen actually went to Zuo Yidu school field in person, standing outside the field waiting for him. "Lieutenant Li, Marquis Du Yu has something to see you." Li Jing's scalp was numb at that moment, so he had to bite the bullet and go.After more than ten days without seeing each other, Song Wen smiled even more.Seeing Li Jing, he was still very gentle, and said with a smile: "Li Sanlang, you don't have to hide from me every day. In fact, I already knew that you killed Uncle and Nephew Feng Yanqing, right!"

There are still a few chapters left in the first volume, and the end of the turbulent Tang Dynasty is about to kick off, and the protagonist will finally get his first piece of land.Children's shoes, please vote for your recommendation, let us experience the situation of the late Tang Dynasty with the protagonist!

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