Chapter One Hundred and Twenty Three: Another Assassination
Li Yizhi also knew that Yu Shiji couldn't help in vain.
He pondered for a while, pretended to be struggling, and gritted his teeth and said: "After the matter is completed, I am willing to pay one hundred thousand taels of silver to thank Minister Yu for his recommendation."
When Yu Shiji heard this, a smile bloomed like a chrysanthemum on his face. He said with a smile: "Yizhi, you are too polite. Now in the court, you are the only one suitable to accept the Jiangdu army. After all, you use the county soldiers to destroy the bandits in the territory. Everyone is worried about it."
It’s obvious to all.”
One hundred thousand taels of silver was not a small amount of money, and it was also an unexpected surprise for Yu Shiji.
After all, once Yuchi Sheng dies, it is impossible for him to let the military power fall into the hands of Yu Wenhuaji again.
Li Yizhi looked grateful and said: "Then I have Minister Lao Yu."
"By the way, Yizhi. To be on the safe side, you'd better please His Majesty these days. When the time comes, His Majesty will remember you, and with my recommendation, the certainty of this matter will be even greater.
"Yu Shiji reminded.
Li Yizhi nodded to express his understanding.
After chatting with Minister Yu for a while, Li Yizhi stood up and left.
After leaving Jiangdu Palace, Li Yizhi was riding on his horse, thinking about the next plan in his mind.
Naturally, the assassination of Yuchi Sheng must be carried out by him personally, so as to ensure that everything is foolproof; as for pleasing Yang Guang, this requires careful planning.
After all, for Yang Guang, he was rich in the world, but he didn't have any stunning beauties or rare treasures.
Therefore, it is necessary to win by surprise.
It was May, and lotus flowers were blooming in the lotus ponds on the roadside.
Li Yizhi's eyes lit up, and he instantly thought of perfume.
In this era, not only women like to apply powder and incense, but men also like it. Perfume can definitely arouse the pursuit of the upper class nobles, even Yang Guang is not an exception.
Thinking of this, Li Yizhi went straight to the Beggar Clan headquarters, found Tian Wen, and asked him to concentrate his efforts on making the perfume first.
In fact, if it weren't for the lack of time, Li Yizhi would have offered the mirror.
As for soap, although it is good, it is incomparable with perfume and mirrors.
When we returned to the Prefect's Mansion, the sun was already setting.
The sky in the west looks like a burning fire, a large area of red.
After dinner, Li Yizhi came to the study and began to practice his painting skills. He wanted to fully master the traditional painting skills before trying to integrate them into sketching.
As the night grew darker, a gust of night wind blew in, causing the lights on the desk to sway uncontrollably, like a girl dancing gracefully.
Li Yizhi put down the brush in his hand, looked at the painting in front of him, and nodded with satisfaction.
This is a painting of a beautiful lady. In the pavilion, the girl leans on the railing and watches the peonies blooming.
If he had used the sketching method, Li Yizhi could have done it as if he were photographing it with a camera, but this was a painting of a lady using traditional painting methods.
Although the image is not three-dimensional, it is very real in meaning, especially the girl's demeanor and eyes, which are gentle and playful, and the smile with lightly parted lips seems to ring in people's ears.
This is difficult to achieve with sketching.
Although this painting still has many flaws, it is Li Yizhi's first painting after all, and he is still very satisfied that it can reach such a high level.
Putting the painting of the lady aside, Li Yizhi picked up the brush and prepared to draw another painting to improve the flaws.
Just when he leaned over and was about to put pen to paper, suddenly a starlight suddenly bloomed in front of the window, and with a fierce murderous intent, it stabbed towards the door in front of him.
Li Yizhi was suddenly startled. He didn't have time to think about it. He quickly leaned back and a green steel sword pierced the tip of his nose.
The cold sword intent overflowed from the edge of the sword, making Li Yizhi feel pain at the tip of his nose, and making him tremble all over, with cold sweat breaking out from behind.
He looked at the blade of the green steel sword, which reflected his horrified eyes under the light.
Just a little bit close. If he hadn't reacted in time, I'm afraid the green steel sword in front of him would have passed through his throat.
"Huh!"
There was a soft buzzing sound nearby, and then the green steel sword slashed downwards, with no more than one second in between.
But this second was enough for Li Yizhi to escape. He turned around, stamped his feet on the floor, and moved sideways, appearing three meters away.
But just as he stood firm, the green steel sword followed him like a shadow and stabbed at him again. The sword's cold intent cut through the air and made a low scream.
Li Yizhi had no choice but to continue to dodge. He moved crazily in the small study room with quick steps.
It was not until more than a dozen moves later that he gradually stabilized the situation and discovered that his assassin was actually a short, fat man. He was covered with a face covering and his appearance could not be seen clearly. His only pair of eyes showed a look of shock.
In fact, Yougui couldn't help but be shocked.
He originally thought that assassinating Li Yizhi, who had no martial arts skills, would not be an easy task.
In order not to alert the guards of the Prefect's Mansion, he struck out with all his strength as his first sword, trying hard not to make any sound from Li Yizhi. However, he did not expect that the opponent was able to dodge it narrowly.
And in an extremely unfavorable situation, he gradually moved back to the situation, which let You Gui know that this Governor Li was a master, and his martial arts was far superior to him.
"Walk!"
Therefore, after being sure that there was no chance anymore, You Gui feinted with his sword, forced Li Yi back, then jumped and threw himself out the window.
"You want to leave, can you?"
Li Yizhi snorted coldly. As soon as You Gui jumped up, he had already taken a step forward to catch up. He raised his fist high into the air, as if he was holding up the sky, and then slammed it down.
Rumble!
The violent fists swept across all directions, and the entire study collapsed in an instant, with countless wooden boards flying in all directions.
You Gui was horrified. When he glanced back, he saw a blood-red fist that grew from small to large and fell on him in an instant.
ah!
You Gui screamed and flew away, blood spurting out from his mouth.
He felt as if someone was about to penetrate his back. As soon as he hit it, he quickly jumped into the air again, trying to escape.
But Li Yizhi followed him like a shadow and punched out again. You Gui quickly turned around, and the light of his sword fell like pear blossoms and filled the sky.
Li Yizhi turned his fist into his palm, and his five fingers were like waving piano strings. He skillfully avoided the sword edge time and time again and flicked it on the sword body. The sound of the sword chanting was like a gust of wind and rain, which kept ringing.
Every time you play, Yougui's fat body will tremble and his face will turn red.
With a final clang, the green steel sword flew out, and You Gui's body flew out again and fell to the ground.
"Come on, catch the assassin!"
"Someone assassinated the prefect!"
"Quickly, surround this place!"
Among the chaotic sounds, a lot of rapid steps came.
Not long after, more than thirty guards poured into the back house.
Li Yizhi's face was cold. His eyes swept across the guards. His sharp eyes made everyone feel their eyes sting. They quickly lowered their heads, feeling uneasy in their hearts.
An assassin broke into the tightly guarded back house of the prefect's mansion. What a big mistake!
At the same time, they were also horrified in their hearts. Looking at the tragic traces at the scene, they were really shocked. It turned out that their governor was actually a master!