Chapter 217 Assassin
Han Jian went to find Lao Liu with Ma San. At this time, there were not many pedestrians on the streets. According to Ma San, the night market in Jinling City was very lively, but it was unusual these days.
"There are no peace in the city these days, and the government is asking people everywhere. Brother Li should be careful when he goes out." Ma San reminded Han Jian on the road.
"Yes." Han Jian agreed and asked the specific situation of Lao Liu.
Soon after, the two of them arrived at a small restaurant beside the Qinhuai River. There was only one floor of the restaurant, which was on the bank of the river. There were lights inside and some people were drinking. When Ma San arrived, a man in his thirties smiled and said, "Yeah, haven't you gone back?"
Ma San should have known this person and smiled and said, "I haven't gone back. I had a fight with my mother yesterday, so I don't want to go back and worry."
The man smiled and said, "If you are not good at being a leader, you will know how to come out to avoid the limelight. Go in and ask Lao Liu to cook two pots of wine for you, but don't forget to pay for the last time."
"That's that's that's it." Ma San said with a smile.
Han Jian listened, and Ma San seemed to be very familiar with Lao Liu's people, and his words were all about family matters.
The man didn't seem to care much about Han Jian's origin, and just thought it was Ma San who called him to drink with him.
Han Jian and Ma San entered the restaurant together and saw an old man in his fifties who were even hunched in front of the pot. When he saw Ma San and Han Jian coming in, the old man turned his head and smiled, and his smile looked very easy-going.
"Old Liu, this is the brother who just worked with us, named Li Jing. Brother Li, this is the old Liu I mentioned to you." Ma San introduced with a smile.
Han Jian heard Ma San say on the way that Lao Liu was originally the land guard of this generation. However, after Heng Ye rose, Heng Ye's relationship with the government became closer, and Lao Liu's land guard was in name only. Later, Lao Liu just took his original brothers to unload goods on the Qinhuai River, and there was no head-on conflict with Heng Ye's people. He was basically in peace over the years.
"Hello, Brother Li." Old Liu walked over and said with a wine pot in one hand.
When Han Jian saw this old man, he thought it was not good. He originally wanted to use this old Liu's people to fight the vanguard, but this old Liu seemed to be scheming. He could still be at peace with the enemy after being stolen by someone. People with such patience would not be so stupid.
"I've seen it...you." Han Jian bowed his fists, but he didn't know what to call this "Old Liu".
"Brother Li doesn't need to be reserved. Call me Lao Liu. All the people who know me in Jinling City call me that this is what I call me." Lao Liu sat down with a smile and signaled that Ma San and Han Jian would also sit. "This is the teahouse I run. I also sell wine at night, but I just sell it secretly. In our Qi Dynasty, we have to go to jail. Brother Li is from the north, right?"
Han Jian was stunned. He just said four words, but his voice was not loud. Old Liu actually knew that he was from the north, which also shows that Old Liu was very in-depth.
"Yes." Han Jian nodded.
"Well, whether it is the south or the north, I am both my Chinese people. Maybe the world will be unified in the near future." Lao Liu said, Han Jian and Ma San had already sat down. Lao Liu added: "This is just a place where brothers have left their work and come to gather for a drink if they have nothing to do. Brother Li can come here often in the future."
Han Jian didn't say anything.
"You two, are you here today? Are you going to have something to do?" Old Liu turned his head and asked when he saw Han Jian and Ma San's appearance.
"Yes." Han Jian said, "We want to kill Master Heng."
"Oh?" Old Liu looked at Han Jian sideways and smiled slightly, "Young man, you are a little louder. You can kill Master Heng?"
Han Jian thought, since he talked to smart people, there was no need to beat around the bush.
"It is obvious that you can't kill Master Heng with the ability of the next foreigner, but if you have the help of your Excellency, things will be different."
Lao Liu poured a glass of wine and handed it to Han Jian and said, "Brother, try this wine."
"No need." Han Jian said, "I'm not good at drinking."
"It's good for young people not to drink, drinking can easily make things happen." Old Liu smiled, "Yesterday I heard from the boat runners that Dong Sheng took away a young man with great strength and advised me to try to take you over. Today, I saw that Brother Li, you are a phoenix, and you should be disdainful of having a rude person like me."
"Your Excellency is so serious." Han Jian said, "I am just a first time to arrive in the noble place and have no livelihood. If you want to make a name for yourself, you can only take risks."
"Oh, then you discussed it with Dong Sheng?" Old Liu asked with a frown slightly.
"Yes, not only Brother Dong, but also some other people..." Han Jian said.
Old Liu nodded with a smile and said, "It is rare that these rude people know that being bullied is suffering and they have to find someone to stand out. But Brother Li, if you just help others stand out like this, you may not be able to stand out. Maybe you will only lose your life in vain."
"If you go down and kill Master Heng, you will not have nothing to do with you, and you will be able to collect the territory together. Isn't that great?"
"Okay!" Old Liu slapped the table and smiled, "Young people are ambitious. Then let me tell you that tonight, Master Heng held a banquet at Wangxiang Tower, and then he would spend the night with a girl named Nihua in Qingyue Pavilion opposite Wangxiang Tower. If you can kill him, I will help you take down Hengye's incense hall. In the future, he will be rich and prosperous, and one of Brother Li will be indispensable."
Han Jian didn't expect that Lao Liu was very proactive in this matter, and changed his initial impression of Lao Liu's calmness. Han Jian thought to himself, was it because Lao Liu was so excited to take revenge and hear that someone was going to assassinate Heng Ye?
"Brother Li is going to use what weapon to kill Master Heng?" Old Liu asked at Han Jian.
"If you go down to kill someone, you don't plan to bring weapons, otherwise you will be questioned, so it's hard to say." Han Jian said.
"Well. It seems that Brother Li is a smart person and thinks about things carefully." Lao Liu said, "Just say that, if you can succeed, you don't have to worry about other things tonight. As for Dong Sheng and others, don't expect them to help you. At most, they will wait for the people under my command of Lao Liu and Heng Ye to fight and both lose money before they will come out to pick up the ready-made ones..."
Han Jian thought to himself that Old Liu was thinking very comprehensively. But why did Old Liu be so confident that if a Heng Ye dies, it will be his turn to make the decision?
"Brother Li, you are not good at drinking and shouldn't have forced you to drink, but this time, there may be no time to meet again. Lao Liu, I'll give you a drink."
Han Jian looked at the wine handed over by Lao Liu and felt a little strange. Lao Liu would not be obviously hostile to Emperor Heng, but he was actually wearing a pair of pants. He went to assassinate the front foot, but he found someone to notify Emperor Heng. This was not allowed to be defended.
"Thank you." Han Jian took the wine and poured it directly on the ground, saying, "When the matter is done, I will come back and have a drink with you."
Han Jian was going to say goodbye directly. Before leaving, he said the agreed signal. Old Liu specially prepared fireworks for him to launch signals. After saying that, Han Jian and Ma San came out together and walked to the place they had agreed with Dong Sheng and Feng Ju before.
"Brother Li, I saw you... the conversation with Lao Liu was not appropriate. Is the plan changed?" Ma San asked hesitantly.
"It's okay. No matter what, Heng Ye will die today. Only in this way can we have a good life in the future."
Han Jian said, thinking about what happened tonight. The reason why he insisted on killing Heng Ye was that on the one hand he wanted to repay Dong Sheng's favor, and on the other hand, he wanted to use these people from the world to help him leave Jinling. Now he was alone, and wanted to leave Jinling and cross the river to the north and leave the border of Qi Dynasty. Only by establishing a good relationship with these people from the Three Mountains and Five Mountains will he have a chance.
Dong Sheng's power is too small and he can't help him at all. If Master Heng dies and the land is in chaos, his power will definitely be reshuffled. When Dong Sheng and his people take office, he will have the opportunity to leave Qi Dynasty.
As for what the relationship between Old Liu and Heng Ye is, Han Jian doesn't care. He only knows that Heng Ye will be in chaos when he dies. However, Old Liu will definitely grab territory at this time, no matter how he is experiencing Heng Ye before. This is what he cares about.
Han Jian returned to the place where he had made an appointment. Feng Ju and Li Gandang and other foremen brought their people, because they were afraid that the news would leak out in advance, so they did not tell their people why they gathered together. When they got together, they didn't know what to do, but they only knew that something big happened that night.
Han Jian didn't know where Wangxiang Tower was, so he had to find Feng Ju to ask clearly.
"Brother Li, be careful when you go there. If things fail, hurry up and leave. Keep the green mountains without fear of burning fire." Feng Ju finally said to Han Jian.
Han Jian cut a bunch of hair with a rope-cutting knife and smiled and said, "Shaving the idea, I will go back here."
After Han Jian finished speaking, he set out on the road alone. Dong Sheng and others saw him off, which felt a bit like a farewell in the court.
Han Jian walked directly to the direction of Wangxiang Building described by Feng Ju. When he arrived, he realized that this was the restaurant where he had lunch when he left two days ago?
At this time, the lights outside the Wangxiang Tower were brightly lit, and many high-ranking officials and nobles came to have a banquet, and the traffic was very lively. Han Jianli was not far from Wangxiang Tower and looked up at the third floor. It was exactly where he went to the banquet last time.
Originally, Han Jian planned to make a move on Wangxiang Tower, but after all, he entered inside and knew the situation inside. This time, Heng Ye booked the third floor of Wangxiang Tower to entertain guests. He wanted to go up. Unless he disguised himself as a waiter or something, he had to assassinate in public. It was obviously too risky, and even if he succeeded, he would be unable to escape.
Han Jian turned around and looked at the "Qingyue Pavilion" that Lao Liu mentioned. Lao Liu said that after Heng Ye received guests in Wangxiang Tower, he would go to Qingyue Pavilion to find a girl named Nihua. He might as well start from now on.
Originally, the best way to enter the brothel prostitute was to pretend to be a client, but at this time he only had some copper coins on his body, so it was impossible to enter the door openly.
Han Jian sighed in his heart that the only way now is to wait for Heng Ye to come out of Wangxiang Tower and walk towards Mingyue Pavilion, kill people, and take advantage of the chaos in the street market to escape easier. However, if this happens, he needs a handy weapon, and it is still difficult to kill with a blow with bare hands.
Chapter completed!