Li Zongtang smiled coldly with contempt in his eyes, thinking, no matter how brave Wu Song is, what will happen? No matter how fierce the tiger is, it can't beat the hunter's traps and medicinal arrows, and you stepped into this trap yourself!
Although such a public killing in Qingzhou City is too conspicuous, few pedestrians nearby come here. When Li Zongtang was sent here, Li Shaohua, the Nine-Headed Insect, had also communicated with the Qingzhou Magistrate who had frequent contacts before, and only said The Lord of Daming Prefecture is here to capture the key criminal. As long as the Qingzhou Prefect intends to cover it up, there won't be any trouble.
And only by killing Xiao Tang, Wu Song and Su Jinniang, the three insiders of the Su family's massacre, on the spot, can the young master in Daming Mansion feel at ease... Li Zongtang thought about this, and he wanted to He swung downwards and the word "kill" came to his lips.
At this moment, Xiao Tang and Su Jinniang were not focused on anything else, they were just looking at each other silently. Wu Song was ready to rush out with all his strength. In the blink of an eye, the three of them would be surrounded by dense crowds of people shooting towards them. of crossbow arrows...
"boom!"
Suddenly hearing the sound of a cannon, everyone including Xiao Tang, Wu Song and even Li Zongtang were startled. Immediately afterwards, overwhelming shouts and reprimands came from all directions. Instead, a large number of officers and soldiers rushed out from all sides and killed Li Zongtang and his soldiers. Nearly a hundred crossbowmen surrounded the center!
The officers and soldiers in command, Yajiang, Xiaowei, and Paijun led their troops and horses with great momentum. The school swords were unsheathed, the spearmen held their spears horizontally, and several rows of archers also bent their bows and set arrows. Keep an eye on Li Zongtang and his minions!
Xiao Tang, Wu Song, and Su Jinniang all looked around in shock at the shocking changes in front of them. Even Li Zongtang was shocked. Since he replaced Lu Huiqing, the veteran of the New Party, as the prefect of Qingzhou, he has often been in contact with the young master, and Now that the young master has made it clear to the Qingzhou magistrate, how come the Qingzhou officers and soldiers who should have turned a blind eye were killed at this juncture?
At this moment, a group of people and horses in the Qingzhou official army were divided into two rows. One was a civil servant wearing a winged hat and an official uniform with a curved collar and large sleeves. He was riding a tall horse and was surrounded by several cavalry generals. Arriving at the front, it was the prefect of Qingzhou.
When Li Zongtang saw it, he was shocked and angry and said: "Murong Yanda! What do you mean!?"
The Qingzhou magistrate Murong Yanda, who was standing next to him, immediately scolded him: "How outrageous! The magistrate's name is taboo, but you, a cunning man like you, can shout it randomly?!"
Murong Yanda secretly sneered, I heard that the Nine-Headed Insect has done a lot of misdeeds in Daming Mansion, and his minions are so rampant, so it is up to you to go to RB Mansion, but after today, can you still be so crazy?
"Bold maniac! How dare you hold a prohibited weapon under my rule, gather people to form a gang, and attempt to kill people in public! I have already seen it, and you still won't arrest me without mercy!?" Murong Yanda made another appearance. With an indignant look, he scolded Li Zongtang righteously.
Murong Yanda's words made Li Zongtang stunned, while Xiao Tang's head was completely confused after hearing it...
Murong Yanda's sixteen-character evaluation is: "Rogue in Qingzhou, killing good people, bullying colleagues, and doing everything." Moreover, in the original work, he exists as a clown and corrupt official. The nine-headed worm Li Shaohua just relies on his father's name He was so arrogant because of the power and position of Tongpan of the government and being on the line with Zhao Tingzhi of the DPRK and the Central Government, but this Murong Yanda was a corrupt official who firmly held the power of the state in his hands! How could he have turned around? Is it because of him!?
Gentlemen and saints can reach the same goal through different paths, but conflicts of interest between treacherous and sinister people are often very dark and ugly. Common people and Jianghu people like Xiao Tang and Wu Song, as well as people like Li Shaohua who travel among the Jianghu and the powerful to make huge profits, are also at this moment
Little did he know that Murong Yanda's change of attitude was entirely due to the intrigues in the court and the competition for interests in Daming Mansion.
Murong Yanda's power was due to the fact that his sister was a concubine favored by Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty (from the position of a fifth-grade beauty, there is a Murong noble concubine in historical facts, but the title of noble concubine was given to her after her death). He had many connections with various families in the court.
The attitudes of each faction are ambivalent, and they are not entirely leaning towards one side.
As for Liang Shijie, who is about to take office as the left-behind prime minister of Daming Mansion, his uncle Liang Zimei is a shrewd and sophisticated figure. Even the powerful minister Cai Jing, who is well versed in the ways of power, has to deal with this man who has the same qualifications as him.
If the elders of the Liang family are courteous!
In the early years of Emperor Huizong's reign, Liang Zimei served as the transfer envoy to the capital, and used the northern pearls produced by the Jurchen tribe of the Liao Dynasty to please Zhao Ji, Emperor Huizong. He knew well that the east-west roads of the capital, including the Daming Palace of the Song Dynasty, connected the Song Dynasty and Liao Dynasty.
, whether it is to serve the emperor or to amass wealth and power, it is very important to hold the power of this place in your hands.
As for Zhao Tingzhi, Li Shaohua, the nine-headed insect who originally relied on his father to serve as the general judge of Daming Prefecture, got on this line, so he forgot about it and extended his tentacles to the transfer envoy, Quechang Yaxing, etc.
Institutions, not to mention that Liang Zimei has already intended to let his nephew Liang Shijie take over the post of the remaining prime minister of Daming Mansion and stabilize his family's control over the power of [hb]. This has seriously infringed on Liang Zimei's interests.
When Liang Zimei of the Laocheng Mansion sent people to contact the arrogant and ignorant Li Shaohua who had no political means, he initially maintained a concession and compromise attitude. This made the nine-headed worm Li Shaohua so inflated that he forgot all about it. Little did he know that every one of his crimes and misdeeds were
He was secretly noted down and waited for the most suitable opportunity to deal him the most fatal blow. But now it was obvious that Zhao Tingzhi was about to lose power in the court. Liang Shijie, who was also Cai Jing's son-in-law, was about to take office as the left-behind prime minister of Daming Mansion, and the Nine-Headed Insect was coming.
Daming Mansion is already in a state of wrath and resentment... When these conditions are accumulated, it will be enough to drive the nine-headed insect into a place of eternal destruction!
Therefore, when Liang Shijie went to Daming Mansion to serve as the left-behind prime minister more than ten days ago, Liang Zimei told him the famous saying of Song Taizu: Don't allow others to snore on the side of the couch!
And Murong Yanda had his sister who was favored by Zhao Ji in the harem, so he could predict the undercurrents in the court. Unexpectedly, at this time, the nine-headed insect came to the door again, and Zhao Ting was about to lose power.
The dog raised by his subordinate turned against him, which was just a beating of the drowned dog. This move could also show favor to Cai Jing, Liang Zimei and others, so why not do it?
Murong Yanda looked directly at Li Zongtang with his snake-like eyes and ordered: "Get this troublemaker down for me!"
Before he finished speaking, a mighty bearded general rushed out from the army. He rode out on a red-colored war horse and held a mace and a big stick. He rushed out like a thunderbolt and fierce fire. He did not answer any questions and ran straight towards Li.
Zongtang rushed away.
Li Zongtang was frightened. Before he could block with his sword, the mace in the general's hand was already curled up with a loud sound of breaking wind, and it rushed towards him and smashed down his Tianling Cap! Li Zongtang barely avoided it by reining in his horse.
General waved the mace relentlessly and attacked fiercely. After five seconds, the mace swept across Li Zongtang's waist and ribs.
Two of Li Zongtang's ribs were broken, and a large mouthful of blood spurted out. He was swept to the ground by the general from his horse. Immediately, several more soldiers came forward and tied him up.
When Li Zongtang's minions saw the officers and soldiers who were several times as murderous as him, they were already as silent as cicadas and dumbfounded. Who dared to resist and cause trouble? They were all surrendered by Murong Yanda's order and were captured without mercy.
The sounds of begging for mercy, the sounds of moaning, the sounds of yelling and cursing... countless voices intertwined and made people's heads hurt. Xiao Tang, Wu Song, and Su Jinniang watched the crowds of people in front of them. They were the center of everyone just now.
At this time, it was left aside and ignored.
"Are we... okay?" Wu Song asked nervously. He originally knew that he would die, but the situation in front of him really made him unable to react.
Xiao Tang was also stunned for a while, and he turned his head happily. Just when he was about to speak to Su Jinniang, Su Jinniang had already rushed into Xiao Tang's arms, hugged Xiao Tang tightly and began to cry loudly.
"Jinniang..." Xiao Tang gently patted Su Jinniang's back, but he also had mixed feelings in his heart. Why was this happening? Xiao Tang couldn't figure it out now.
"Ahem..." Murong Yanda and several followers rode horses and rushed to Xiao Tang and others. They looked cold and said condescendingly to Xiao Tang and others: "Although you were captured by the Daming Mansion's arrest documents, you are still
Being hunted down by the Nine-Headed Insect, there must be something hidden in it. Since I am the magistrate of Qingzhou, it is inconvenient to overstep the scope of the lawsuit in Daming Mansion, so I sent someone to escort you back to Daming Mansion and handed it over to Mr. Liang Zhongshu.
Disposal."
Seeing the big villain in the Water Margin looking at him arrogantly, Xiao Tang realized that his fate was turning around in his hands. Xiao Tang realized that this was not the law of heaven and justice at all. In fact, he, Wu Song, Su Jinniang and others,
They are just ordinary people in the eyes of these dignitaries.
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Xiao Tang, Wu Song and Su Jinniang are not the only ones whose fate has undergone drastic changes. At the same time, in Daming Mansion, the Nine-Headed Insect Li Shaohua never imagined that he would be in such a situation!
Not long after the Wuchang Young Master Li Zongtang was sent out, Li Shaohua felt that something was wrong with the surrounding atmosphere. Many officials who once flattered him gradually ignored him, and several Yuhou who were close to him in the Daming Mansion Left-behind Department
Either they were transferred out or they were unable to leave due to illness.
Even when Liang Shijie arrived at Daming Mansion to take up the post of left-behind prime minister, he did not hold a wedding banquet so that he could get acquainted with the civil and military officials of Daming Mansion. Li Shaohua, who was initially restless, came to visit and was rejected.
Finally, Liang Shijie sent people to look for him, but they were not civil servants who invited him to talk to him, but a large number of officers, soldiers and servants who came to arrest him!
"Have you eaten up the courage of a bear or a leopard, how dare you come to take me!?" In one of his own courtyards, Li Shaohua roared, but when anyone with a discerning eye saw that he was a stern person, he was already frightened.
disturbed.
"Are you still so arrogant now?" A man dressed as a civilian official walked up to a group of soldiers. When Li Shaohua saw him, it was Zhang Kongmu, who had recently served in the Daming Mansion.
The pores looked at Li Shaohua with a playful look, and hehe said: "Nine-headed worm, oh nine-headed worm, I didn't expect you to have one... No, you have committed so many crimes that it's hard to list them all. It's too late to take you now!"
"Presumptuous!" Li Shaohua scolded in a sharp voice: "Zhang, are you out of your mind and crazy? My father is the general magistrate of Daming Mansion! Do you dare to take me?"
"Why don't I dare to take you?" Zhang Kongmu laughed wildly and said: "Not to mention that your father Li Tongpuan has been imprisoned, even the former left-behind prime minister of Daming Mansion will probably have to stay in the court to supervise the censor.
There. Your subordinate Liu Guang, the owl named Sangou, has also confessed to me and confirmed your various crimes!"
Li Shaohua was stunned for a moment, and suddenly shouted at the top of his lungs: "I belong to Mr. Zhao!"
When Zhang Kongmu heard Li Shaohua's hysterical screams, he felt even more contemptuous. Don't you know this nine-headed worm? With the way you behave in the world, who can protect you? You are so thoughtful of the city, how can you just stay in the market?
You're not bad as a bully, but compared to those ministers who have deep bureaucracy and have been playing power games all their lives, you're nothing!
Zhang Kongmu looked at Li Shaohua coldly, like looking at a mad dog that was still barking after losing its family. He said: "Don't talk about you, Mr. Zhao Xianggong, Cai Xianggong, or our newly appointed left-behind Mr. Liang Zhongshu. You are worthless in their eyes."
It’s worth it, but you still regard yourself as a nobody, others look at you with cold eyes and dig your own grave, and you still think that others are afraid of you... You said that you... are not asking for your own death? "
Speaking of this, Zhang Kongmu suddenly shouted: "Get Li Shaohua and all his minions for me!"
All the sergeants suddenly accepted the order, but Li Shaohua's minions were either bullying the weak or afraid of the strong, or were suffering from Li Shaohua's arrogance. At this time, no one stood up to protect him. They immediately begged for mercy loudly and waited to be bound.
only one person.
Guanghui, the five-evil leader next to Li Shaohua, suddenly opened his eyes half-closed. The snowflakes and iron swords were unsheathed with a clang. The fierce light rose sharply. He spun like a top and rushed towards the soldiers who came to arrest Li Shaohua.
, all the officers and soldiers were caught off guard, there were several sounds of sharp blades cutting meat, blood spattered, and in an instant, seven or eight soldiers fell to the ground howling miserably!
Guanghui suddenly rushed straight towards Zhang Kongmu. When Zhang Kongmu saw this, he was so frightened that he grabbed the prison officer next to him and hid behind him. Unexpectedly, Guanghui suddenly turned around while running, disrupting the officers and soldiers, and then rushed eastward and westward.
The courtyard door rushed out. When Li Shaohua saw this, he followed Guang Hui and took the opportunity to escape through the door and ran away wildly.
By the time the officers and soldiers came to their senses and chased them out of the house, shouting and cursing, Li Shaohua had already run two blocks away. As soon as he turned the corner, he saw Guang Hui stopped and standing there looking at him coldly.
"Guang Hui! Protect me and escape from here..." Li Shaohua said angrily. Halfway through, he felt a chill in his throat. Guang Hui's knife was placed on Li Shaohua's neck.
Guang Hui looked sideways at Li Shaohua, his eyes no longer showing any trace of respect or obedience: "Master Buddha just escaped because the bird officer also wanted to take me, and since you have lost power, you can't give me any benefit.
Why should I help you?"
"What!? You!!..." Li Shaohua never expected that the dead Toutuo would abandon him at this time. He was about to yell and curse, but he felt the snowflakes and iron sword clamped around his neck were filled with cold air.
, made the hairs all over his body stand up. He knew very well that Guanghui Toutuo could kill people as easily as flipping his hands, so he had to swallow his saliva, lowered his face and begged:
"Master Guanghui! I have friendships with the heroes from several cottages! When I gather the heroes and roar in the mountains, which strongman in hb will not give me some face? By then, the benefits of being filial to the master will not be less!
?”
Guanghui Toutuo smiled coldly and said: "Nine-Headed Insect, Nine-Headed Insect, you think too highly of yourself. With Daming Mansion General Judge, Hb Road Transport Department, Zhao Tingzhi, Zhao Tingzhi, Zhao Nei
Only through relationships can you pretend to be powerful. You rely on your official authority to threaten and control those thieves in the green forest. You only ask them to do pigs and dogs for you, but you don't give them any face.
Now that you have nothing to rely on, do you still want to seek refuge with those thieves? I'm afraid that if you go to the mountain gate, they will immediately disembowel you and dispel the resentment in your heart. Don't follow the Buddha anymore, and don't hinder you, the Buddha.
Walk, otherwise Lord Buddha, I will kill you first with one knife."
Li Shaohua knew that if the master Guanghui Toutuo left again, he would never be able to escape the trap set by Liang Shijie. He quickly begged again: "Master! I still have tens of thousands of money, two thousand gold, and countless treasures and jades in my private house in Huazhou.
, the government can’t trace it there! If the master protects me from death, I am willing to share half of the property with the master!”
"Oh?" Guang Hui stopped, turned around and looked at Li Shaohua coldly, and said, "Seriously? If you dare to visit the Buddha Hall, I will chop you up with the pair of snowflake iron ring swords in my hands!"
Li Shaohua responded with his head pounding: "I am already in such a situation, how can I still dare to visit Master? If I make a false statement, Master will just chop me into pieces!"
Guang Hui made a mental calculation: If I escape alone, with my ability, even the Daming Prefecture officers and soldiers will never be able to capture me. But adding this burden will be very difficult. But if he really still has a lot of property, if he finds it, he will stab me again.
Cutting off the nine-headed insect and devouring it alone would keep me happy for a long time.
The shouts of killing from the approaching officers and soldiers were very close at hand. Guang Hui made a decisive decision, stretched out his arms to hold Li Shaohua under his arm, and ran away again.
