A few more days passed, everything was calm and nothing happened.
After Guo Song returned to Beijing, Li Man calmed down a little. She was quietly waiting for Guo Song to explode, rush into the Tai Chi Palace, and burn down the Hidden Sword Pavilion.
Unexpectedly, there has been no movement from Guo Song in the past few days. Of course, this is related to the death of Guo Ziyi. Guo Song is keeping vigil for Guo Ziyi and may not be able to attend to the Hidden Sword Pavilion for the time being.
But this is not what Li Man wants. She wants Guo Songpifu to burn down the Tai Chi Palace in anger. It seems that stimulating the other party is not enough.
In the back hall of Hidden Sword Pavilion, Ying Caihe reported the latest situation to Li Man.
"In the past few days, I have been searching everywhere for the whereabouts of Ms. Yang Yu. I have also sent people to various pharmacies and medical clinics to keep an eye on them. As long as someone buys anti-fetal drugs, we will follow them and check more than 40 people, all of whom are locals in Chang'an.
Pregnant woman, she seems to have disappeared out of thin air, and I suspect that she is indeed no longer in the capital."
"When hundreds of Taoist priests from Qingxu Palace left Chang'an, she wasn't hiding among them?" Li Man asked coldly.
"There is definitely not one among the Taoist priests, but I am not sure whether she is hiding in the cart. I am really not sure."
After a pause, Ying Caihe said cautiously: "The key is that no one has seen this woman. No one knows what she looks like. Even the people from Ziqingtang have not seen her. The only clue is that she is pregnant.
Pavilion Master, to be honest, finding someone that no one has seen before is like looking for a needle in a haystack, it all depends on luck."
After saying that, Ying Caihe waited with fear for the pavilion master's thunderous attack.
Unexpectedly, Li Man waved his hand, "It's normal to not be able to find her for a while. As long as everyone tries their best, I won't blame her. I have to keep looking for this woman and can't slack off. Now I want to know, Zhang Lei's
How's the situation?"
"To inform the Pavilion Master, Zhang Lei has not returned to the capital yet. We also bribed the maids in their house before, so we can be sure that the woman is not looking for Zhang Lei."
"Are Zhang Lei's wife and daughter in the capital?"
"It seems like he's gone."
Li Man's face sank, "What's going on? When did they leave? Why didn't I know?"
"Pavilion Master, they left with the Taoist priests from Qingxu Palace, and the Pavilion Master didn't say he wanted to monitor them, so..."
Before she could finish speaking, Li Man slapped her hard and knocked her to the ground. He glared at her and said, "You useless idiot, who asked you to let them go? Li Ganfeng, the old bastard, ran away. Zhang Lei
I also ran away with my family, you ruined my big event!"
At this moment, Ying Caihe suddenly understood that the person the Pavilion Master really wanted to deal with was probably Guo Song. She had already felt it, and now her guess was finally confirmed.
Li Man also realized that she was a little lost. She calmed down and said coldly: "The emperor has always suspected that Guo Song and Li Zhengji had secret contacts, and asked me to investigate him secretly, so I suspect that Yang Yu has a letter from Li Zhengji to Guo Song.
I estimate that these letters are in the hands of that woman. It is these letters that I want, not that woman, do you understand?"
There is obviously a loophole in Li Man's words. You must know that Li Zhengji was assassinated by Yang Yu. Guo Songzhen had secret contacts with Li Zhengji. Would Yang Yu assassinate Li Zhengji? Besides, even if there was a letter, Yang Yu had already destroyed it. How could he let someone
Pregnant woman holding something so important.
This is called concealing the truth, but Ying Caihe confirmed Li Man's true intention. She stood up without saying a word.
Li Man walked a few steps with his hands behind his back: "Tonight, you will send someone to burn down the Jubao Pavilion!"
Ying Caihe was startled and said quickly: "That will cause a big disaster and might burn down the entire Dong City."
Li Man stared at her sharply, "Do you want me to say it a second time?"
Ying Caihe did not dare to say more, lowered his head and said: "I humbly obey the order!"
.........
At night, Guo Song sat on the roof of the Jubao Pavilion and poured himself a drink, with his bow and arrow beside him. Since Li Man burned the Jinshen Pavilion, the next step should be the Meishou Wine Shop and the Jubao Pavilion. The wine storage of the Meishou Wine Shop
In the cellar, burning the house would not have much impact, but Jubao Pavilion was different. Guo Song intuitively told Li Man that Li Man would definitely attack Jubao Pavilion in the next two days to anger himself.
At this time, the lights suddenly flashed at the gate of Dongshi, signaling the signal.
Guo Song threw away the wine glass, carried the arrow pot behind him, and picked up the bow and arrow. He rarely shot arrows himself, but at this moment, he seemed to have returned to the time when he first came to Chang'an.
I saw dozens of men in black running towards Jubao Pavilion from all directions. Guo Song drew out an arrow, stretched his bow and nocked an arrow, and shot out. A man in black fell down. At this time, arrows suddenly shot out from all around.
Shooting at the men in black from behind, the men in black were caught off guard and fell down one after another with arrows, and screams could be heard everywhere.
Guo Song shot seven or eight arrows in a row, and one person was shot down with each arrow. In just a moment, most of the thirty men in black were shot down, and the remaining few men in black were so frightened that they ran away in panic, but they did not run much.
As soon as they were far away, they all fell under the arrows.
Although Guo Song's personal soldiers were average in close-quarters martial arts, they were all proficient in riding and archery, and had strong archery skills. These warriors could only be slaughtered in long-distance combat.
Guo Song took out a fire stick and ignited it in the wind. The soldiers hidden around him retreated one after another, and Guo Song also quickly left the Jubao Pavilion.
Half an hour later, Jingzhao Yin Li Tong rushed to Dongshi with a large number of government officials. He had just received a report that someone was going to set fire to Dongshi. He was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat and hurriedly led the government officials to Dongshi.
"Your Majesty, these men in black are all dead, killed by arrows!" the government officials exclaimed one after another.
The government officials moved thirty-five corpses together, each of them killed by arrows. They also found a large number of arson materials, as well as sulfur, kerosene and other combustion-supporting materials from their bodies.
At this time, a government official handed a pile of bronze medals to Li Tong and whispered: "Your Majesty, we are all from the Hidden Sword Pavilion."
"Son of a bitch!"
Li Tong's face turned livid with anger and he couldn't help but curse.
Despite the scolding, he still ordered the government officials to take the body away and not allow them to announce it to the outside world. He didn't know what happened, but he had to report this matter to the emperor.
.........
Early the next morning, Li Man was called into the palace by two eunuchs. She knew what had happened. None of his men who set the fire last night came back, and their whereabouts were unknown. It was probably more serious than bad.
She was quite uneasy. This incident actually alarmed the emperor. Could it be that Guo Song complained in front of the emperor?
Today is the tenth day of the lunar month, and Li Shi did not go to court. Early in the morning, Li Tong, the emperor of the imperial court, came to complain to him, which made Li Shi very angry.
Li Man walked into the Qilin Hall, bowed and said: "See your Majesty!"
Li Shi pointed to a pile of bronze medals on the table and asked, "Is this your thing?"
Li Man glanced at the bronze medal and secretly resented it. Why didn't he take off the medal beforehand when he was on duty?
She couldn't deny it, so she had no choice but to admit it, "It's a badge of honor for a humble subordinate!"
"Then explain to me what they did in Dongshi last night?"
Li Man had already thought of a countermeasure on the way. She didn't dare to mention Guo Song and said quickly: "Beizhi got the news last night that a spy of the Ziqing Army was discovered in Dongshi. Beizhi immediately sent people to arrest him. Unexpectedly, it was a trap.
The humble men were surrounded by the enemy and outnumbered, and unfortunately they all died in the battle."
"Then why do you bring all kinds of fire-starters?"
"Your Majesty, these are the equipment that the warriors of the Hidden Sword Pavilion must carry. Sometimes the enemy is stubborn and resists, and we can only set fire to it. There is no other way. A strong attack will cause too many casualties."
Li Man's words made sense, and Li Shi also knew that each vassal town had a large number of spies in Chang'an, and the Hidden Sword Pavilion had been competing with them. This was a war hidden behind the scenes.
Li Shi's face softened a little, and he said to Li Man: "The corpses of your men are all in Jingzhao Mansion. You go and take them away. From now on, fire is not allowed in Chang'an City. If it burned down last night, the entire Dongcheng City would be destroyed. You can deal with it."
If not, you can apply for military support."
"Your Majesty's admonishment, remember your humble duty!"
"Go for it!"
Li Man bowed, slowly stepped back, and walked out of the Qilin Hall. Cold sweat broke out on her back. Fortunately, she was quick-thinking and used other vassals to try to get through. Otherwise, she would have been in big trouble today and she couldn't explain it at all. Only then did Li Man realize,