Chapter 569: The bird thief precedes the bird king
In a courtyard of Qian Mansion.
Qi Kang'an and Li Junwang devoured food as if they were competing to see who could eat faster. Although they didn't eat for only one night, they were either running or running. They stopped occasionally, and they were nervous.
Holding tight consumes too much energy.
With Prince Li here, Qi Bao'er naturally wouldn't bring out the royal meal. What she brought was white-flour steamed buns that could be bought on the street.
Qi Kang'an and Li Junwang didn't think so at this time. The steamed buns were soaked with water, and they made a dozen large steamed buns clean.
"You can be considered alive." Prince Li said as he drank some water.
Qi Kang'an had already calmed down and glanced around with some worry, "My dear, is it safe here?"
"Safe, this is Magistrate Qian's home, but now there is no one else here except Magistrate Qian and his family who are locked up in the woodshed over there."
Those people probably thought that Magistrate Qian and his family had been imprisoned and would not have any impact, so except for two people guarding the front and back doors, there was no one else in the house.
Until last night, no one has sent food or water to the Qian Zhifu family. The purpose is already very obvious.
The kettle in Prince Li's hand was pressed to his lips, "Prefect Qian and his family have been imprisoned?!"
Seeing that the two of them had almost recovered, Qi Baoer waved to them to come over.
"Now that the city is closed, the city defenders and government officials are all in the hands of Zhou Tongzhi. To be more precise, they have always been under Zhou Tongzhi's orders, but they cooperated with each other and kept Magistrate Qian in the dark."
"Dad, do you still remember that your people saw Mrs. Fang giving Mrs. Zhou a package of things?"
Qi Kangan nodded.
"Dad, you guessed it right, it's medicine, a drug that intoxicates people. It's used to deal with the prefect."
So it was less than ten o'clock last night and everyone in the Qian Mansion was still asleep. The reason why Magistrate Qian and the housekeeper were fine was because Magistrate Qian was busy with business and didn't eat dinner, and the housekeeper who accompanied him was also hungry all the time.
This is...
Qi Kang'an: "..." He obviously guessed wrong at first, okay?
However, he also knew that his daughter's words were meant to show off to him in front of Prince Li, so naturally he would not refute at this time to discredit his daughter.
"Zhou Tongzhi was originally a member of King Xuan, so the Fang family married their legitimate daughter to his concubine. Now she has changed her orders to Mr. Mao and is directly subordinate to him. However, the Fang family does not know this, because the Si family can and
Mr. Mao's people contacted him directly, so the Fang family could no longer look down on Zhou Tongzhi's family, and that's why they regretted their marriage."
"However, this is only their internal matter, and it is still consistent externally."
This foreigner refers to this group of imperial envoys who came to disrupt the situation in the south.
"What we did in Pingcheng has been exposed. What I did in Baishan County, although I didn't come forward myself, is somewhat traceable. They guessed that we would come to seal the city..."
Prince Li understood, "Are they trying to catch a turtle in a urn and leave us in the closed city?!"
Although it is embarrassing, it is the fact. Qi Baoer nodded innocently, "Yeah."
How about that?
Prince Li looked at Qi Bao'er heartbroken and speechless, "Anle, have you known for a long time that those people have set up a trap for us?"
Qibaoer has that magical power and can communicate with Piao freely without danger. In the eyes of King Li, he is like a know-it-all.
Therefore, in the current scene, it is difficult for Prince Li not to doubt whether Qi Baoer already knew what was going on.
However, he did not doubt that Qi Baoer deliberately put them in danger, but he suspected that she had other plans and that they were a part of the plan.
However, Qi Baoer made him paralyzed with disappointment, "This really doesn't exist."
She is not a god, okay? Besides, she is not very proficient in strategy. She is more proficient in fighting with her fists.
"At first, I suspected that King Xuan was still using some method to control some of the officials in the south. It wasn't until Baishan County that I realized that the person who was really doing evil in the south was Mr. Mao.
Although the tranquility of the closed city is a bit unusual, I have not doubted that there is something wrong with it, but the closed city is indeed a bit special. The reason why people in the past planted trees and later people picked the fruits is enough.
Therefore, I asked you to secretly investigate the magistrate and the chief clerk of Fengcheng. Zhou Tongzhi, who is more suspicious to me, asked my father to keep an eye on him."
Ignoring the visible sadness on their faces, Qi Bao'er continued with the same tone: "It's just that I didn't expect that the lockdown has become an iron bucket. This is not a situation that can be formed in a year or two. Of course,
It’s not like outsiders like us can break this situation in a day or two.”
The two immediately relaxed.
Prince Li asked: "What should we do now? Storm out of the city and then gather our troops back?"
Qi Kang'an immediately shook his head, "No, it's feasible for us to storm out of the city, but it's not the best idea to gather troops to besiege the city."
Prince Li had never heard of King Xuan’s insidious plan to obstruct the people, because no matter how much he said that King Xuan was the emperor’s biological son, his son doing such an unethical thing would definitely affect his father’s reputation, so the emperor had always kept this matter a secret.
With.
But Qi Kang'an knew about it, and Zhou Tongzhi and others were once members of King Xuan, so maybe they were following the example?!
So once they besiege the city, wouldn't the people who sealed the city suffer?
"But it's very difficult to break through from the inside now." They all tried to hide themselves.
At this time, Qi Kang'an and Qi Bao'er looked at each other, and a strange light slipped through their eyes.
They all said in unison: "The bird thief precedes the bird king."
Zhou Mansion.
Mr. Zhou, who was locked inside the house, banged on the door and shouted hoarsely, "Let me out, someone, someone, someone."
The servant guarding the door was very embarrassed, "Second Young Master, it's not that I don't want to open the door, it's the master's personal order, so I don't dare."
"Go and call my father, go and call him."
The servant tried to persuade him: "Second Young Master, just listen to my advice and stop making trouble. I am just locking you up now. If you continue to annoy me, you will no longer be locked up."
Alas, the second young master really doesn't look like an adult's child, he is too kind.
But in this Zhou Mansion, kindness is a sin!
Mr. Tuesday finally stopped and sat down on the ground with tears streaming down his face.
"Alas~" A sigh sounded in the room.
Mr. Tuesday looked around with tears in his eyes. When he saw the figure standing in front of him, he grinned, but his tears flowed even more fiercely.
Twelve threw the handkerchief over without looking, put his finger in front of his lips, made a hissing sound, and pointed at the door.
Master Zhou nodded sharply, wiped away his tears, got up and ran over, silently asking: 'Are you okay?'
Twelve shook his head and replied silently: 'It's okay, I escaped last night and was not caught up.'
Mr. Tuesday grinned stupidly, 'That's good, that's good.'
Twelve didn't know what to say about him. The person who ordered to kill him last night was his own brother.
But it was precisely because this girl was so naive and innocent that he was willing to turn around and save her life.
Less than half an hour later, a young man in well-dressed clothes opened the door and came in fiercely with a group of people.