Li Er stared at Li Derjian with cold eyes, his dissatisfaction undisguised, and asked: "Why do you want to search the Prince's Villa? Give me a reason, otherwise I will never give you mercy."
As a father, who does not love his children? He can beat and scold him, but others cannot.
On the way here, Li Derjian had thought that Li Er would be angry and was mentally prepared. Faced with the pressure, he bit the bullet and said: "Your Majesty, the Detective Department of the Supervisory Mansion discovered that a group of Fengyulou killers had secretly gathered in Qijia Village in the east of the city. They have been secretly gathering for the past three days.
There were about a hundred people with unknown intentions. Mo Jiang and his men were in ambush, but they were too alert and fled quickly after finding out. Mo Jiang and his men chased him to the Prince Villa. When the Fengyu Tower killer entered the village, the Prince Guards did not arrest him, but stopped him.
Entering for a search, I had no choice but to come and ask the Holy Spirit for a ruling."
This statement was also suggested by Xue Rengui, not to mention Xue Rengui and Luo Zhang to avoid Li Er's suspicion.
Li Er's face changed drastically when he heard that it was Fengyulou's killer. He had long heard that Fengyulou secretly trained five hundred killers, two hundred of whom were responsible for guarding Shenjian Villa, and the other three hundred were missing and actually appeared in Qijia Village in the east of the city.
It also matches exactly, so there should be no mistake.
The fact that the killer entered the Prince's Villa did not mean anything. It was possible that he was in a panic and it was reasonable for the Prince's Guards to stop him, but not arresting him seemed a bit strange. Li Er pondered and weighed the pros and cons.
Li Derjian did not rush and waited patiently. At this point, things were no longer under Li Derjian's control, nor could Xue Rengui calculate it.
However, there must be an explanation for such a big matter, and it cannot be covered up.
After a while, Li Er shouted: "Here comes someone!"
"Old slave is here." Wang De hurriedly came in.
"Go to the Prince's Villa and pass on my instructions to the Prince's Guards to investigate themselves and capture all the Fengyu Tower killers. No one should be left behind. They will be handed over to the Supervisory Office and have Prince Xuan come over." Li Er warned with a cold face.
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The Supervisory Office specializes in major rebellion cases, and the identity of the department is unique. After all, entering the Prince's Villa has a bad reputation, which will damage the dignity of the Prince. It is different to let Wang De go. It shows the emperor's zero-tolerance attitude towards Fengyulou. Let the Prince's Guards do it themselves and leave it to the Prince.
Keep face.
Seeing that it was just as Xue Rengui had guessed, Li Dejian had no objection and resigned.
The group left Chang'an City and ran all the way. They arrived at the entrance of Prince Villa in about half an hour. Li De stopped his horse, clasped his fists at Wang De and said: "My lord, there are many killers. Can we send one person in to identify them?"
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"I'm afraid it's inappropriate. I can't explain it if it gets out." Wang De was a little embarrassed.
Li Derjian had no choice but to give up, looked around, and lowered his voice and said: "My lord, I would like to ask you something. After you go in, check carefully. I suspect that the recently missing craftsman from the Ministry of Works is inside."
Wang De's face changed greatly, and he gave Li Derjian a meaningful look. He neither agreed nor objected. He stepped forward on horseback and shouted to the Prince's Guards: "The Holy One has given instructions, and the Zajia will supervise them. The Prince's Guards will conduct self-examination and arrest the Fengyulou killer."
There must be no mistakes in handling the matter at the Supervisory Office."
"According to the order." The guard general naturally knew Wang De and quickly agreed.
Wang De followed the guards in and gradually moved away.
Li Derjian couldn't figure out Wang De's thoughts, but the words had been delivered to him, and it was also Xue Rengui's intention. There was nothing he could do whether he listened or not. What had to be done had been done, and he would wait for the results.
The soldiers looked at Li Derjian curiously and hesitated to speak.
Not long after, the sound of fighting came from the hillside in the middle of the valley. The soldiers raised their eyes and looked into the distance. Unfortunately, it was too far and it was night, so they couldn't see clearly. They waited patiently.
After a while, the prince's guards came over with more than a hundred corpses and threw them on the ground. The general said dissatisfiedly: "They are all here. You can check them yourself. Next time you catch the rebels, you can have some snacks. Don't come in again."
"You can't keep anyone alive, let alone you can't catch anyone alive." Li Derjian asked.
The other party was angry: "It's not your supervisory office's turn to point out the work of the Crown Prince's Guards. In order to catch them, I have suffered a lot of losses, which are all caused by your mistakes."
The matter involved the prince and he was too sensitive. No matter what he said, it would be easy to make mistakes. Li Derjian controlled his anger and did not argue with the other party. He shouted: "Come here, check your identity and count the number of people."
A group of people rushed up, used torches to illuminate it, and examined it carefully.
It didn't take long for the results to come out. The number of people was correct, but it was difficult to tell whether the person was there. Li Derjian didn't care. He gave an order and asked the team to return with the corpse. He glanced at Wang De and saw that he was silent, so he gave up the idea of questioning.
We will wait until Qin Huaidao comes back to decide and return with his army.
After walking some distance, Li Derjian signaled a general to approach and whispered: "Take a hundred people and stay quietly. Keep an eye on them. If you find something strange, don't do anything. Report it as soon as possible."
"Follow the order." The other party received the order in a low voice, slowed down slowly, and quietly fell behind the team. He quietly left the army with a hundred people and turned back.
What Li Derjian didn't know was that this was just the beginning of Xue Rengui's plan.
In the whole plan, letting Li Derjian lead the team here was to force the crown prince's guards to take action.
If there is no collusion between Feng Yulou and the prince, after this battle, the two sides will be mortal enemies, which is equivalent to giving a big boost to the Protector's Palace. If the two sides are colluding and the prince's guard is forced to take action, the two sides will become suspicious and become mortal enemies. The same thing
It will be beneficial to the Protectorate.
Soon after the Supervisory Office troops evacuated the Prince's Villa, Xue Rengui led two teams to protect the village and headed towards the mountains in the middle of the valley, using the cover of night like wild wolves looking for food.
There are still more than 100 Fengyulou killers left. Once a dog jumps over the wall, it is very difficult to deal with it. The prince's guards have to pay a certain price. They are busy dealing with the aftermath and have no energy to care about other things. Their vigilance is greatly reduced, and no one pays attention to anyone approaching.
This is also part of Xue Rengui's plan.
The dark clouds covered the moon, providing cover for everyone. It didn't take long for a few people to cross the open fields and reach the hillside, where they were covered by dense green trees, making them even more secluded.
Everyone gathered, Xue Rengui played a series of tactical sign language, everyone nodded, and followed Xue Rengui forward in a column. Like a giant python entering the woods, they soon arrived near a low thatched house. In front of it was an open area, with ground on the ground.
There were many corpses of soldiers on display, and many people were watching and saying something.
Xue Rengui saw that the prince's guards were paying attention to the dead in the war. It was a rare opportunity, so he quickly left with his men and checked one house at a time, looking for the craftsmen.
Not long after, a large courtyard appeared in front. It didn't look like a private residence.
Planting wine jars, the air is filled with the aroma of wine.
Xue Rengui packed up and everyone dispersed, hiding in the dark.
Soon, someone inside said: "The method is still wrong. It is not strong enough compared with the liquor in the Duke Protector's Palace. We still need to study it. We don't have enough time. If we can't study it, we will die."
"At this time, we have tried our best."
"I don't want to die. There are old people and children at home waiting to be taken care of. Who are they?"
"Kidnapping us just to brew the same liquor as the Protector's Palace. We are either from aristocratic or wealthy families. Killing us is like squeezing an ant to death. If you don't want to die, please keep your voice down."
Hearing this, Xue Rengui was overjoyed—it was exactly the craftsman he was looking for!
The next moment, Xue Rengui played a series of tactical sign language, and the people who were ambushing around nodded and rushed into the yard one after another, knocking them unconscious one by one. They struck quickly and accurately without even giving them a chance to shout and ask.
Xue Rengui came in and took a look. There were six craftsmen in total. He immediately signaled a team to withdraw first. He led another team to continue searching. Unknowingly, he came to another compound. When he walked in, he saw several craftsmen.
They were talking around a big vat, looking like they were making soap, very attentive.
It was a rare opportunity, so Xue Rengui led his men to pounce on him, but he was also knocked unconscious and ran away with him on his back.
After leaving the compound, everyone ran along the wall. There was a shadow at the wall and it was not easy to be exposed. Soon they came to a forest. If they dared to rush in, they heard a voice behind them asking: "Why are you out here if you don't sleep at night?"
Xue Rengui looked back and saw that they were several prince guards. Their actions were exposed and he shouted in a low voice: "Quickly retreat."
Everyone understood and ran away. Since they were exposed, there was no need to cover up.
The prince's guards realized something was wrong, and chased after him with shouts, attracting more prince's guards.
Xue Rengui did not want to fight, and ran wildly with his team. The speed was not comparable to that of the Prince's Guards. He quickly rushed out of the mountain, met up with another waiting team, and found a direction for the mountain and rushed over.