When Xiaohong saw Zhang Huai coming, she said coquettishly: "You damn ghost, you never came. Do you think you have forgotten me?" She walked over and hugged Zhang Huai's neck.
Zhang Huai smiled and said, "I'm here, aren't I?"
Xiaohong said: "Would you like something to eat and drink? I'll order food and drinks for you?"
Zhang Huai said: "Don't be busy now. You can go out for a while. Senior Brother and I have something to talk about."
After Xiao Hong went out, Ding Mang asked: "What happened in Prince Lu's Mansion?"
Ding Mang was shocked when Zhang Huai told him about Zhu Changhong's assassination.
Shi Yi went to the inn to find Mou Rongtian. The two were lying on the slope of the back room. Mou Rongtian moved the tiles away from each other and peeked into the room. He saw a man and a woman sitting at the table eating and drinking. He recognized the man as Zhang Huai, the skinny monkey.
My heart is overjoyed.
The two came down from the room, walked into the brothel, came to the east and north rooms on the second floor, pushed open the door and entered. Zhang Huai had seen Mou Rongtian and knew him. When he saw him barging in, he was surprised at first, and then said with a smile.
: "It's Mr. Mou, come and have a glass of water."
Mou Rong pulled up a chair, sat opposite Zhang Huai, and said, "Zhang Huai, were you there the night Zhu Changhong was assassinated?"
Zhang Huai said to Xiao Hong: "Please go out for a while and let's talk about something."
After Xiaohong left, Zhang Huai said: "I was there at the time."
Mou Rongtian said: "Tell me about the situation at that time."
After Zhang Huai finished speaking, Mou Rongtian asked: "Are you sure that the assassin is a woman?"
Zhang Huai said: "You can't be wrong, that figure looks like a woman's."
Mou Rongtian asked: "How tall is the assassin?"
Zhang Huai recalled it and said, "About five feet."
Mou Rongtian asked: "Does Zhu Changhong have any enemies?"
Zhang Huai said: "He has many enemies. He has ruined so many good women. Who wouldn't want his life?"
Mou Rongtian asked a few more questions, and Zhang Huai answered them one by one. Mou Rongtian felt that there was nothing more to ask, so he and Shi Yi left the brothel and returned to the capital.
On the night he returned to Beijing, Mou Rongtian took off his coat in the dormitory. He had been wearing this Feiyu suit for the past few days on business trips, and it already smelled of sweat. He changed into casual clothes and wanted to wash the Feiyu suit. Before washing, he took care of his clothes.
He took out all the things he had in his pocket and put them on the kang. Among them was the banknote given to him by King Lu.
When he accepted the banknote, he didn't look at the amount. Now he picked it up and looked at it. It didn't matter if he didn't look at it. He was shocked when he saw it. It turned out to be a banknote worth ten thousand taels. Mou Rongtian's annual salary was eight
Ten taels of silver, he will never earn so much money in his lifetime.
In the early evening of that day, Zhang Huai was sleeping soundly in bed. A masked man in black clothes came to the room. The man used the skill of "Pearl Reverse Curtain", hung his body on the eaves, and took out a crane-shaped incense and perspiration box from his arms.
, pierced the window lattice paper with the pointed crane's beak, stretched it a few inches into the house, and then pulled the crane's tail, and a stream of smoke spurted out from the crane's mouth.
After a while, Zhang Huai and Xiao Hong sneezed one after another. Knowing that he had succeeded, the man put the incense box into his arms, pulled out a dagger from his waist, pried open the window, jumped into the room, and came to the bed.
He walked forward, grabbed Zhang Huai, carried it on his shoulders, and jumped out through the window. He came to a dense forest at the foot of Songshan Mountain, laid Zhang Huai on the ground, took out a small porcelain bottle, which contained incense and antidote, and removed the cork.
, put the mouth of the bottle under Zhang Huai's nose, let him smell it, then put the small porcelain bottle away, and patted Zhang Huai's cheek a few times.
Zhang Huai woke up, feeling dizzy. He didn't know where he was. He was a little confused. He used the moonlight to look around. He saw a man in black standing in front of him. He was so frightened that he wanted to get up and run away, but his legs didn't obey him. He felt weak.
His body was like mud and he couldn't stand up. He shouted in horror: "Who are you and what do you want to do?"
The man said: "I am the one who can make you rich."
When Zhang Huai heard this, he felt that the man had no ill intentions towards him. He felt relieved and asked, "How can you make me rich?"
The man told a plan to frame Li Tianmu, then took out a silver note, shook it towards Zhang Huai, and said: "This is a five thousand tael silver note. As long as you do what I say, it will be returned to you."
is you."
Zhang Huai asked: "What grudge do you have against Li Tianmu? Why do you want to harm him like this?"
The man said: "You have no control over this. Are you going to do it or not? Give me a happy message."
Zhang Huai said: "Such a large sum of money fell from the sky, how could I not take it?"
The man said, "It's yours." He threw the banknote towards Zhang Huai.
Zhang Huai caught the bank note and was very excited when he saw that the number was indeed five thousand taels.
King Zhu Yili of Lu was sitting in his eldest son's room, looking at things and missing people, feeling sad in his heart. Zhu Gui walked in and said, "Your Majesty, Zhang Huai is back. He said he has something important to report to your Majesty."
Zhu Yili said: "Ask him to come over."
It was not long before Zhang Huai walked in. After seeing the ceremony, Zhu Yili asked: "Zhang Huai, what do you want to report to this king?"
Zhang Huai stood by and said, "I know who assassinated the prince."
Zhu Yili asked excitedly: "Who is it?"
Zhang Huai said: "It's Li Tianmu, the 'Sword Flying Immortal'."
Zhu Yili heard about Li Tianmu's reputation as a hero and asked, "Did you witness Li Tianmu murder Hong'er with your own eyes?"
Zhang Huai said: "I saw Li Tianmu beheading the prince with my own eyes. Fortunately, I ran fast, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to see the prince."
Zhu Yili said bitterly: "What grudge does Hong'er have against him? Why did he kill Hong'er?"
Zhang Huai said: "Your Majesty does not know something. A few days ago, Li Tianmu broke into the palace and took away the wife of the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince was furious and ordered his master to kill Li Tianmu. Unexpectedly, the master was not Li Tian.
The target opponent died tragically under his sword. Li Tianmu must have been resentful, so he killed the prince."
Zhu Yili grabbed the tea bowl on the table, smashed it into pieces, and shouted: "Li Tianmu, I will cut you into pieces with a thousand knives."
Zhu Guidao: "Zhang Huai, why didn't you tell me about such an important thing earlier? Where have you been these days?"
Zhang Huai said: "I was afraid that Li Tianmu would kill me and silence me, so I hid. I thought I had to let the prince know about this matter, so I took the risk and came back to report to the prince."
Zhu Yiliu said: "Zhu Gui, take Zhang Huai to Beijing to find Mou Rongtian and ask Mou Rongtian to capture Li Tianmu."
Zhang Huai said: "My lord, there is absolutely no way you can do it. That Mou Rongtian is Li Tianmu's life-and-death friend, how can you expect him to catch Li Tianmu?"
Zhu Yili didn't know the relationship between Mou Rongtian and Li Tianmu, so he said in surprise: "This is happening." He pondered for a moment and then said: "Zhu Gui, go to Commander Luo and ask him to send someone to capture Li Tianmu."
Zhang Huai said: "Your Majesty, Jin Yiwei is unreliable. Li Tianmu's master, the Red-haired Dragon God, Wu Kunshan is one of the three heroes of Jin Yiwei. He has a close friendship with Luo Sigong. Luo Sigong still relies on their masters and apprentices to deal with Dongchang. He will never do it.
If we sincerely try to catch Li Tianmu, we will only do it perfunctorily."
Zhu Yili also knew about the relationship between Wu Kunshan and Luo Sigong, and felt that what Zhang Huai said was reasonable. He was angry and shouted: "Is there no king's law? If Luo Sigong dares to perfunctory, I will go to the emperor and the queen mother to make the decision.
Give up his official position and let's see how he still protects Li Tianmu."
Zhang Huai said: "Your Majesty, please calm down. There is no need to go to the Jinyi Guards. I have a way to deal with Li Tianmu."
Zhu Yili asked: "What's the solution? Let's talk about it."
Zhang Huai said: "There are many killers in the world who can kill Li Tianmu. The prince only needs to pay a reward of silver, and there will be killers to work for the prince. Why bother to get angry with Luo Sigong? Why not just find a killer to kill Li Tianmu?"
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Zhu Yili pondered for a moment and said: "This is also a way. However, you still have to go to Luo Sigong. I want to see how he handles this case?"
Zhang Huai said in embarrassment: "Your Majesty, I am afraid that Luo Sigong will kill me to protect Li Tianmu. I dare not go to see Luo Sigong. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
Zhu Yirui shouted: "How dare he! You have rebelled against him. If he is not good for you, I will ruin his reputation. Just follow Zhu Gui to the capital to see Luo Sigong. I will forgive him for eating a bear's heart and swallowing a leopard's gall."
I don’t dare to harm you. Just go ahead.”
Zhu Gui went back to his room to pack his luggage, and asked Zhang Huai to go to the livestock room to take the horse and wait for him at the gate. After Zhu Gui finished packing his luggage and went out of the door, Zhang Huai was nowhere to be seen. He went to the livestock room to look for him, but there was no trace of him, and the whole government searched for him.
I searched again, but still couldn't find it. I thought: "This guy must have run away." I went to report to Zhu Yili.
Zhu Yili cursed angrily: "This coward is really useless."
Zhu Gui asked: "Your Majesty, are you still looking for Luo Sigong?"
Zhu Yixiu said: "Zhang Huai has already run away, why are you looking for him? I don't count on the Jin Yiwei anymore. Zhang Huai is right. There are so many killers in the world, why bother asking for the Jin Yiwei. I want to pay two hundred thousand taels."
I'll reward you with silver to buy Li Tianmu's life, so spread this news."
Zhu Guidao said: "Your Majesty, I am afraid that Li Tianmu will jump over the wall in a hurry, which will be detrimental to the Prince. Should we first invite a few successful experts to come back to protect the Prince, and then deal with Li Tianmu?"
Zhu Yiyi nodded slightly and said: "You are right, it should be so."
Zhu Gui asked: "Which masters are you inviting back? Does the prince have anyone in mind?"
Zhu Yiliu said: "I don't understand the people in the world, so you can figure it out. I can trust you."
Zhu Gui is an ordinary disciple of the Qingcheng Sect, and Qingcheng Ghost Sword Pang Jianfeng is his senior brother. He went to Qingcheng Mountain in person and invited Pang Jianfeng. Feeling that it was not safe, he also invited several masters. These masters had no friendship with Zhu Gui.
It's all for the sake of money that I'm willing to help.
After all the masters gathered in Prince Lu's Mansion, Zhu Gui spread the news that Prince Lu wanted to buy Li Tianmu's life. Suddenly, the assassin world was in an uproar. Those who had the ability and those who didn't were all gearing up, holding back the chance to get it.
Even some decent people who seemed to be sanctimonious on the surface and were full of male thieves and female prostitutes couldn't resist this huge temptation and started to make moves.
Li Tianmu was still unaware that a catastrophe was about to happen. After Luo Yangxing received the news, he was overjoyed and looked forward to Li Tianmu's death soon.