Chapter 260 The prisoner knelt on all fours and cried bitterly...
Night falls.
The torch lights up.
Most of the thieves are still kneeling at the entrance to the village, and the imperial guards are strictly guarding...
A small number of women and children were imprisoned behind the stockade and were closely watched by the imperial army.
However, these guards were all Baiqi who came up the mountain behind.
The twenty-eight people who rushed up first were arranged near the village leader's house. They called it resting, but in fact they were under surveillance.
Moreover, you are not allowed to sleep alone during rest. Several people must sleep together. They must take turns to keep vigil, and the candles must be lit as brightly as possible.
After Cheng Wuzhong made the arrangements, he came to the village owner's house, where Li Yan was sitting in the hall practicing martial arts.
He came to the front and asked for instructions: "Li Jiyi, what do you think of this?"
Li Yan nodded: "Thank you so much, Commander Cheng, for your cooperation."
Cheng Wuzhong said sincerely: "Li Jiyi said before that there are specializations in the art industry, and I now fully understand it."
"When it comes to marching, fighting, and surveying the terrain, we have been trained for many years, so we are naturally good at it. But when it comes to looking for clues and tracking down the murderer, we are lucky to have detectives like Li Jiyi here!"
"It's just that there are three suspects this time, and we don't know who is inside the village. Will it be difficult to investigate?"
Li Yan laughed: "Three suspects are still more? I have never felt so comfortable investigating a case!"
Cheng Wuzhong was puzzled: "How do you say this?"
Li Yandao: "In the past, the scope of suspects either could not be locked, or the number of suspects was only three hundred. There was no such environment that isolated the inside and outside. It was like a snowstorm. People inside could not get out, and people outside could not get in...
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Cheng Wuzhong was suddenly stunned and complimented: "That's it. The internal defense has a heavy responsibility, and you all have worked hard!"
Li Yan said: "Being loyal to the emperor and serving the country is beyond hard work. By the way, Cheng Lingjun was born in Lanzhou. Why can't he tell the difference in his accent? Instead, he speaks standard Guannei dialect. I used to mistakenly think that Cheng Lingjun was from the Duke Lu's palace...
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The Duke of Lu was Cheng Yaojin. Cheng Wuzhong shook his head: "I am from a poor family, how dare I climb the lintel of the Duke of Lu? I also learned this accent after coming to Chang'an. Your Majesty only needs to feel comfortable listening to it."
Li Yan nodded: "No wonder Commander Cheng has gained His Majesty's trust!"
Cheng Wuzhong said sincerely: "Your Majesty not only trusts me, but also has great trust and care for me and Baiqi. Our family will share the land and reward us, and we will not lack anything!"
Li Yan asked: "As for leading the army according to the schedule, if Baiqi really knows how to become a thief, what will be the reason?"
Cheng Wuzhong's face darkened: "In my opinion, all my cavalry are loyal to Your Majesty and there is no way they can betray you!"
Li Yandao: "Do you understand each other?"
Cheng Wuzhong said categorically: "Of course I understand. We eat and live together and are as close as brothers. We have made an agreement long ago. If anyone among the hundred riders has an accident, his wife, children and family will be entrusted to others to take care of him. We will never break our promise!"
Li Yan said: "I have also seen before that the Hundred Cavalry Forbidden Army has a certain degree of advance and retreat, and a very tacit understanding. It not only requires a lot of training, but also trust between each other and give the back to the comrades."
Cheng Wuzhong raised his thick eyebrows: "Give your back to your comrades. This is accurate. We are indeed like this!"
Li Yan nodded slightly: "Bring them here."
Soon, the three suspects were brought over and saluted in turn: "I've seen the leader! I've seen Li Jiyi!"
Li Yan said in a calm tone: "Don't be nervous. I called you here because the two missing Imperial Guards have not been found yet. We are all very anxious and want to see if you can think of any other clues?"
The three of them shook their heads: "Tell Li Jiyi, we have already told you everything we know, and there is absolutely nothing to hide."
Li Yan sighed: "It's a pity that there is no tea here, otherwise it would be good to refresh your mind and help you remember. Do you like tea?"
The stunned Imperial Guard named Xu Sanlang grinned and said, "Li Jiyi is joking. I'm not sick. What kind of tea should I drink?"
The honest and honest Imperial Guard named Wu Liulang also shook his head: "I don't like drinking tea."
Yuan Dalang, who had swollen eyes and spoke Liangzhou dialect, said: "I heard that tea soup is now popular outside and has become delicious, but I have never tried it."
Li Yan said: "It seems that the Hundred Cavalry Forbidden Army has relatively little contact with the outside world. It's a pity that I didn't bring Yangxian tea with me, otherwise I would fry it for you to try. The fragrant taste will definitely be unforgettable..."
The three of them looked dubious, and Cheng Wuzhong smiled and said, "Will Li Jiyi lie to you? His recommendation is absolutely correct!"
Then the three of them said in unison: "Thank you Li Jiyi, for tea, just drink Yangxian tea!"
Li Yan thought to himself that the price of tea in Tubo has been sky-high. Maybe the price in Datang will also rise at some point. If you want to drink it, you have to be able to afford it. He smiled and said: "Sit down!"
The three of them took off their armor, knelt down, and placed an exquisite crossbow across their knees.
Li Yan's eyes fell on it: "This is the crossbow equipped by Baiqi? Can you let me have a look?"
Yuan Dalang looked at Cheng Wuzhong. Cheng Wuzhong nodded his chin slightly and handed over the crossbow.
Li Yan took it and played with it carefully: "What an exquisite crossbow, does it have a name?"
Cheng Wuzhong said: "It's called Shence Crossbow. It is said that it was made by a craftsman of the inner guard in the past. It was later distributed to the elite of the inner guard and our hundred cavalry."
Li Yan raised his eyebrows: "I didn't expect that there is such a connection."
Cheng Wuzhong smiled and said: "Li Jiyi doesn't need such a crossbow. You are from the Li family in Longxi, so you must have a secret knowledge of bowstring skills. When I climbed up to the height and looked far away, my eyesight really envy me!"
Li Yan looked at him: "I haven't mastered the secret of Gongxian Jin yet. In the army, they are all masters of Jiaodijing Jin and Gongxian Jin. You are carefully selected elites. I must be good at these two strengths.
Are they all soaked in deeply?"
Cheng Wuzhong said: "I don't dare to claim that it is profound. I can only say that I have worked hard."
Li Yan said: "Can we practice and practice?"
Cheng Wuzhong was a little puzzled, but he turned to the three of them: "You give Li Jiyi a practice, just use the old melee, don't hold back!"
Yuan Dalang stood up immediately: "Okay!"
Xu Sanlang and Wu Liulang also stood up, and the three of them came to the center and started fighting.
Li Yan looked at it for a moment, and his eyes quickly lit up: "What a brawl. Everyone is an enemy, and everyone is an ally that can be temporarily formed. The last one standing is the winner. Such luck skills
, taking actual combat drills to the extreme.”
Cheng Wuzhong said proudly: "We are always like this. We have to practice many times to be able to cope with the enemy on the battlefield with ease!"
Li Yan nodded.
Before a polo match in Liangzhou, he once saw two strong men weighing more than 200 kilograms competing in Chi You's show, which is also called sumo wrestling. It was very entertaining.
Nowadays, the threshold for appreciating the chaotic fighting in the Hundred Cavalry Army is much higher. Ordinary people see it as a mess and don’t know who is fighting whom. Only those with high martial arts skills can discover the essence of it.
Li Yan watched it with great interest.
The three of them were even more positive after hearing Cheng Wuzhong's praise.
At first he held back a little, but later he punched hard to the flesh and blocked hard, until his face turned red.
Xu Sanlang was the first to be eliminated. He was punched in the ribs by Yuan Dalang and fell down with a grin on his face.
However, as soon as he fell to the ground, he skillfully took out the ointment from his waist and applied it on it. The purple color on his body was not obvious. He had practiced Kung Fu very well.
The second person to fall was Yuan Dalang. He was grabbed by the shoulder and thrown away. He landed unsteadily and couldn't get up after he sat down.
He looked at Wu Liulang, who stood silently until the end: "Okay, Wu Laoshi, you win again!"
Wu Liulang stood firmly with his legs and patted his head honestly.
Cheng Wuzhong looked at Li Yan: "How?"
Li Yan clapped his hands and exclaimed: "This is a rare contest that makes me extremely itchy!"
Cheng Wuzhong was startled: "Does Li Jiyi also want to compete with me?"
Li Yan shook his head and stood up: "I want to have a move with the three of you, so I'll hit each other with one move."
Without waiting for anyone's reaction, he came to Xu Sanlang and said, "Please stand up."
Xu Sanlang stood up in a daze, and saw Li Yan pushing him over with his fingers angrily spread.
He moved forward with both hands, but felt a strong surge of force coming over him. He was knocked up and he jumped three meters away. He hurriedly adjusted his posture and landed on the ground.
Li Yan nodded, came to Yuan Dalang again, and pushed him slowly but urgently.
Yuan Dalang chose to dodge, but he couldn't avoid it at all. He was also hit and flew up. He also adjusted his posture in mid-air and landed on the ground.
When Li Yan came to Wu Liulang, Wu Liulang's body tensed up. Just as he was about to speak, he saw a palm pushing him towards him.
The winner flew straight out, fell to the ground with a bang, and turned into a rolling gourd. He rolled three or four times in a row, and was lying on the ground unable to get up.
Everyone suddenly changed their color.
Xu Sanlang rolled up his dead fish eyes and glared over fiercely.
Yuan Dalang said angrily: "Li Jiyi, we have already fought a battle, so naturally we will not be your opponents. Why are you so cruel?"
Cheng Wuzhong also said in a deep voice: "Li Jiyi, I need an explanation!"
Li Yan said: "The impact I just used on the three of you was exactly the same."
Cheng Wuzhong was startled and looked at Wu Liulang on the ground. Xu Sanlang and Yuan Dalang didn't believe it at all: "Impossible. Although your strength is great, it won't beat Wu Laoshi into this state!"
Li Yan said: "Then you have to ask him. It's not that I am treating him specially, but that he is close to exhaustion and is just trying to hold on."
Xu Sanlang and Yuan Dalang were stunned, and then heard Li Yan continue to ask: "When you train in the army, you usually have to leave some strength behind, right?"
Yuan Dalang said: "Of course, no matter what training we do, we must maintain three points of strength to adapt to the situation."
Li Yan walked up to Wu Liulang and looked down at him: "Then what did you do during the day that caused you to expend much more energy than other forbidden troops? Why did you insist on winning the battle just now?
Exhausted?"
A trace of panic flashed across Wu Liulang's face, and he tried to get up and said: "Li Jiyi misunderstood, I just want to win too much..."
Li Yan's vision caught all the changes in his expression, and he said in a deep voice: "Think about it carefully. I don't know your usual personality, but they will understand it very well! A lie needs countless lies to cover it up.
Can you justify it?"
Wu Liulang's pupils shrank, his lips trembled, and he finally lowered his head.
He knelt on all fours, shoulders hunched, and tears fell to the ground in large drops.