Li Qi blinked in astonishment and said, "What do you mean? You should make it clearer..."
The guard explained: "What happened is this. When we were escorting Madam Li to Leifeng Pagoda, a group of people suddenly ran out from all around and surrounded us."
Zhao Jingyan snorted: "It doesn't make sense. How could something like this happen in broad daylight? Who are those people?"
The guard said: "They are a group of scholars."
"Scholar?"
Li Qi raised his eyebrows and said angrily: "You are all working for a living, and even a few scholars can't deal with you."
The guard said sarcastically: "It's a crime to be humble, but there are too many of them, and they attracted a lot of people later, so we didn't dare to act rashly."
"how many people?"
"Thirty-four people."
"Then why are they surrounding you?"
"this---."
"That's what you said!"
"They seem to be going after Mrs. Li, and---and they even slandered Mrs. Li."
Zhao Jingyan frowned and said, "So, do they know Madam Li's identity?"
The guard nodded and said, "That's exactly it."
"Oops!"
Li Qi was suddenly shocked and said hurriedly: "Take me there quickly."
"yes."
Zhao Jingyan seemed to be thinking about something. Before she could react, Li Qi and the guard were already walking down the mountain in a hurry. She secretly thought something bad and shouted: "Li Qi, don't be impulsive. This may be a trap."
Unfortunately, Li Qi was already far away and did not hear him at all. Zhao Jingyan stamped her foot and hurriedly chased after him.
It happened that Gao Yanei came out of the temple and saw Li Qi. Zhao Jingyan hurriedly walked down the mountain one after the other and asked curiously: "Huh? Where are they going in a hurry?"
Hong Tianjiu came out of nowhere. His eyes were shining and he said, "Brother, something must have happened. Why don't we follow him and have a look."
Gao Yanei narrowed his eyes with laughter and said: "Xiaojiu, you still understand me best. Let's go, let's go."
At this time, Chai Cong and Zhou Hua also walked over. Before these words could be spoken, they were pulled by Gao Yanei, Hong Tianjiu and the others and chased them.
...
...
Li Qi rode a horse and rode ten guards for more than twenty miles. After turning around the foot of a mountain, he found many people standing in front of him. The guard pointed forward and said: "Privy Councilor, Madam Li is right in front."
Li Qi was about to pass by when someone in the crowd suddenly shouted loudly: "Dear fellow villagers, do you know who is sitting in this carriage? Humph, the person sitting in this carriage is a witch, she is Bianliang. The famous prostitute Li Shishi, the Supreme Emperor was deceived by this temptress at the beginning, so he made great efforts to please her. She is the chief culprit for making our Jiangnan people miserable."
Another person heard someone say: "Although this temptress has a good face, she has a heart of a snake and scorpion, and she seduces the common people. She plays with all the men in the world for her lustful pleasure."
Another person said: "I also heard that this witch is a thousand-year-old fox demon from the Changbai Mountain in the north. She was entrusted by the gold master to come and harm our Song Dynasty. If this fox demon is not eliminated, our Song Dynasty will be in danger! Today, even if we risk our lives, we will uphold justice for heaven and eliminate this vicious fox demon."
"Destroy the fox demon."
.......
Just a few swish sounds were heard. A guard said: "If any of you dare to come forward again, don't blame me for being rude."
"You fools have been deceived by the fox demon. We are here to rescue you. It's not too late to wake up now. Don't help the evildoers and get out of the way."
"Do justice for heaven and destroy the fox demon."
Under the instigation of these scholars, the onlookers were ready to move. After all, they had all been implicated by Hua Shigang, but they could not go to the Supreme Emperor to vent their anger, so this resonated with them.
"It's unreasonable to tell fairy tales. These idiots are really deceiving people."
Li Qi heard his eyes bursting with fire, and was about to ride his horse over. Suddenly, a flying horse jumped in from behind and stopped in front of Li Qi. It was Zhao Jingyan who was chasing him. She said, "Don't be impulsive."
Li Qi said angrily: "Yan Fu, it's not that I am impulsive. If I don't go over, Miss Shishi will be in danger."
Zhao Jingyan refused to give way and said: "If you come forward, you will play into the enemy's hands, and things will only get worse."
Li Qi held the horse's head and wanted to go to the side: "Life is at stake, please get out of the way quickly."
Zhao Jingyan stood in front again and said, "You are so confused. Can't you see this? This is obviously a trap. Someone deliberately lured you into the trap."
Li Qi was startled when he heard this and frowned: "What do you mean?"
Zhao Jingyan said earnestly: "Think about it, Master Li has been sitting in the carriage and has not shown up. Someone has obviously been eyeing her for a long time, and so many scholars suddenly appeared. Is this just a coincidence? If you
If you take action, what will the people of the world think? It will only put Master Li into an even more embarrassing situation and make you laugh at the people of the world."
Li Qi tightened his grip on the reins and made a rattling sound. After a moment, he said: "Okay, let's not talk about this for now. No matter what, we will rescue Miss Shishi first."
Zhao Jingyan pondered for a moment, then immediately turned to the guard beside her and said: "Go to the Yamen quickly and ask Magistrate Ouyang to send someone here." Then she said to the others: "Hurry up and protect Madam Li before we are forced to do so.
At that time, I decided not to take action, as long as I delayed it until the official arrived."
"As commanded."
The guards rode forward, rushed into the crowd, and protected the carriage.
Zhao Jingyan saw Li Qiwu looking at the crowd angrily, fearing that he could not help but rush forward. After all, there had been precedents before, so she persuaded him: "Don't worry, those are just scholars. With these guards here, they are the most
I just yell a few words and won’t dare to take action.”
Li Qi glanced at Zhao Jingyan with a hint of dissatisfaction, jumped off the horse, walked to the side, stared at those people, gritted his teeth, and trembled slightly.
Zhao Jingyan sighed, glanced slightly at the crowd, and then walked to Li Qi.
Although the guards prevented the situation from getting worse with the swords in their hands, they could not stop the dirty words. Those people became more vicious and obscene as they spoke, which was simply unpalatable to the ears.
Li Qi's whole body was tense, his bloodshot eyes were bulging, and he kept nodding his head and said: "Very good, very good, you beasts, I will make sure you die a miserable death."
At this time, Gao Yanei and the others also arrived. When they saw so many people at first, they were ready to go there quickly to watch the fun, but when they heard the dirty words, they immediately understood.
When the yameni, who hated seeing women bullied the most, saw this situation, he shouted that he would go on a killing spree.
Hong Tianjiu, who was worried that the sky would not be in chaos, was waving flags and shouting, and looked at the two men and was about to charge forward.
"Wait a minute."
Chai Cong was so frightened that his face turned pale. He hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed one of them with each hand, and said, "Are you two crazy? You jumped on top of the carriage without first looking at who was sitting in it."
Gao Yanei was so angry that he screamed and said: "Chai Cong, you are stupid. Do you still want to see this? Of course I know. If I don't pay attention to this matter, then how can I, Gao Yanei, see others?"
Chai Cong suddenly pointed to the left and said, "Look who that is?"
Gao Yanei turned around and saw Li Qi and Zhao Jingyan standing under a tree, but they were indifferent and immediately cursed: "Li Qi, you are a rat, you are so greedy for life and afraid of death, I must have misjudged you.
"
Hong Tianjiu was also dissatisfied and said: "Brother Li is so unloyal. When he saw Madam Li being bullied, he still stood there watching the show."
Chai Cong said: "He is not greedy for life and afraid of death, but he puts the overall situation first. Even if you don't care about yourself in the Yamen, you should at least think about the Taiwei's benefit."
Gao Yanei said: "What does this have to do with my father? We four young masters never tell our parents when we fight. If we can't fight, we call our parents to intervene. This is the most embarrassing thing."
Chai Cong patiently advised: "Ya Nei, have you forgotten why the captain didn't let us sit on the same boat as Li Qi and others this morning? This matter is big or small. If there is someone behind the scenes, you rush up like this."
, it may involve the entire Taiwei Mansion, and Xiaojiu, you also have to think about your Hong family."
When the two of them heard this, they looked at each other and remained silent.
The two of them are bastards, but they are both very filial. When they heard that this matter would affect their family, their eyes became a little hesitant. In fact, this matter has nothing to do with them. It's just that their personalities are like this. Yanei is
I can't see a woman being bullied, she is a lover after all, but Xiaojiu is just itchy all over and just wants to fight.
Chai Cong said again: "Don't worry, with Li Qi here, nothing will happen."
"If he had his way, he wouldn't stand still."
Gao Yanei put his head together, but was no longer impulsive. A few people squatted on the roadside, all dejected, and occasionally gave Li Qi an angry look.
Does Li Qi feel good? I'm afraid he is the one who feels the worst. He is fully responsible for Master Li's situation, and it is very likely that this happened because of him. However, he can only stand on the sidelines and remain indifferent, which makes him
Feeling very annoyed with myself.
"I'm going to kill these bastards."
After a while, the curses became even louder, but there was still no sound from the carriage. Li Qi knew how much pain Master Li was feeling at this time, so he couldn't bear it any longer, so he raised his legs and rushed forward.
Zhao Jingyan stopped in front of him again and said: "Why can't you always keep calm? You know clearly that this is a trap, and you also know that Master Li will not be in any danger, why are you so impulsive?"
Li Qidao: "Yan Fu, I don't want to talk to you so much now, please get out of my way."
"You know I won't let it go." Zhao Jingyan said, "Have you ever thought about the consequences?"
"So what?" Li Qi snorted coldly: "If I were defeated so easily, I would have died tens of millions of times."
Zhao Jingyan said: "Yes, but this trouble will haunt you for the rest of your life. After all, it involves the family affairs of the royal family. Once there is any trouble, all the problems will explode. Then you will regret it. Why don't you
Understand, politics exists for compromise. If brute force can solve everything, then why do you need politics? What you have to do now is compromise."
"But if I don't stand up now, then am I still a man? Am I worthy of Master Li and Feng Yinu?" Li Qi said with eyes closed.
Zhao Jingyan said: "You are the Privy Councilor. You are not responsible for a certain person, nor our family, but the entire country."
Li Qi slowly opened his eyes and looked at Zhao Jingyan. After a while, he turned around and walked back without saying a word.
When Gao Yanei saw Li Qi suddenly walking towards them, he tilted his head and looked angry.
"Brother Li."
Hong Tianjiu still shouted, but his tone was full of depression.
Li Qidao: "Yanei, Xiaojiu, we need you to do me a favor." (To be continued...)