Jiaohua

Chapter 245 The sun is warm and the clouds are high
The morning light and cloud shadows are just beginning to bloom. In the past, there was the aroma of the steamed stuffed bun shop on the street early in the morning. This morning, the long street is clear and cold, with only officials' carriages passing by quietly.

It was a night of panic, the lights outside the windows went back and forth all night, and the residents along the street didn't sleep well, and they didn't dare to look around.

After searching all night without success, Li Dongyan was furious. When the news reached Jian'an Palace, Li Xiao directly smashed the tremella jujube soup in his hand.

Yipin's white porcelain bowl shattered on the ground, the soup splashed, and all the maids in the room bowed their heads, not daring to make a sound.

"Li Dongyan's people are notoriously vicious dogs. Even they can't find them. This girl is really capable," Konoe knelt on the ground and said. Some can dig three feet in the ground."

Li Xiao wiped off the soup in his hand with a handkerchief, put the handkerchief down, with a gloomy face, and suppressed the rage just now.

Konoe raised his head and looked at him quietly without speaking.

"Ali." Li Xiao said coldly.

He didn't believe that Ah Li was fighting alone, and there must be accomplices behind her, so these accomplices must be clear about what he has done, and if this continues, he will always be passive.

No one's palms are clean, but as long as one person's palms are turned out, other people with the backs of their hands exposed will immediately attack him. point to their swords.

These things cannot be uncovered, otherwise there is really no room for maneuver.

"Go and call Mr. Cai He and Mr. Liu Meng," Li Xiao said, "and then send someone to contact Mr. Ji Hong."

"Yes." Jin Wei responded and turned to leave.

"Wait." Li Xiao said again.

The guard looked back at him.

Li Xiao frowned, and said thoughtfully: "Go and check the business dealings of the Yu family father and son over the years, as well as the people who are close to them, and what Li Dongyan's Yan Yunwei has done in the past two years." strange things."

"Yes." The guard nodded.

"Go." Li Xiao said.

After the guard left, before he reached the door, another guard came in very quickly and passed him: "Master!"

"What's the matter?"

The guard saluted and said: "I just got the news that Taifu An was attacked, one of his followers died and six were injured, two guards died, Taifu An was stabbed in the abdomen, several imperial doctors are now rushing to Taifu's mansion go."

Li Xiao paused: "Attacked?"

"Yes," Konoe bowed his head, "it's at the entrance of Leping Street. Li Dongyan's people searched all the way to Leping Street last night, so there were not many people in these streets this morning. When they were attacked, few people ran into them. When the guards arrived, there was blood all over the ground, and Taifu An's life was on the line."

Li Xiao didn't speak for a long time, and said with a sneer, "It's fun, it's getting more and more interesting."

Near noon, the number of people patrolling the street increased several times, and the number of pedestrians on the road was reduced by half compared with yesterday.

The Qili Bridge on Huiyang Street used to be the largest market in the market, but now it is deserted, with only one out of ten shops open.

Tie Zhu was squatting in the corner of the wall opposite the Qilu Courtyard. There was a broken bowl in front of him, and there were two scattered copper plates in it. He looked around and waited for more than an hour since Sishi.

Finally seeing the girl's figure, Tie Zhu heaved a sigh of relief, but he didn't get up to greet her, instead he leaned back in the corner calmly, watching her walking unhurriedly while eating a biscuit.

After meeting her eyes, she smiled.

"I thought something happened to you, are you okay?" Tie Zhu whispered after the girl got closer.

"It's okay, I just overslept a little bit." Xia Zhaoyi replied embarrassedly.

"what?"

Xia Zhaoyi sat down beside him, and said with a smile, "What's the matter, have you found out?"

"Here," Tie Zhu handed over a piece of paper, "it's all written on it."

Xia Zhaoyi was curious, took the paper, glanced at it and was stunned, and said, "Who wrote this?"

"You said I could bring a companion, so I brought Big Fatty there. He memorized it for me, and he can read." Tie Zhu said.

Xia Zhaoyi nodded and looked at the paper in his hand. The characters were a bit crooked, but the overall layout was neat, the content was concise and capable, and they were very clear. Some characters that he couldn’t write were replaced with homophones and marked.

"Is his writing good?" Tie Zhu asked nervously.

"Okay," Xia Zhaoyi smiled and put away the paper, "Thank you very much."

"It's okay, don't worry, Fatty knows me very well, he has a strict mouth and won't say anything."

Xia Zhaoyi nodded, reached out and handed over a piece of silver: "Here."

Tie Zhu took the silver, but he was not as happy as before. Holding it in his palm, he felt that the broken silver was very heavy.

"Ali, I feel that I earn more than the guys in those shops..." Tie Zhu said, "If not, let me tell you a few more things."

"Okay," Xia Zhaoyi nodded, "Go ahead."

Tie Zhu put away the broken silver and said in a low voice, "Have you heard of Chuifangzhuang?"

"Well, I've heard of it."

"There was an accident there last night. People from Yanyunwei were looking for someone all night. There was an uproar, and the whole street was full of torches."

"I've heard that too." Xia Zhaoyi smiled.

"Oh, then, did you know about Mr. An's assassination this morning?" Tie Zhu asked again.

Xia Zhaoyi was curious: "Mr. An was assassinated?"

"That's right, at the intersection of Leping Street, three dead and six injured, Mrs. An's own life is on the line." Speaking of this, Tie Zhu lowered his voice, "A Li, do you know why? "

"why?"

"It must be because of Jidi. Taifu An's root lies in Menzhi, and King Dacheng fought all the way. Taifu An did not hesitate to let so many soldiers from Yannan and Hengping die in Chashan County for the sake of his own people. This matter has long been outraged!" Tie Zhu said.

"King Dacheng," Xia Zhaoyi frowned, "Does Tian Dayao have a name now?"

"Yes, Dacheng King."

Xia Zhaoyi looked at him, smiled, and said, "You also call him King Dacheng?"

"People in the imperial court must call them rebels or dog thieves, but I think King Dacheng yelled it more smoothly," Tie Zhu curled his lips, "Besides, many people are calling them like this behind their backs now... I think King Dacheng is pretty good anyway. Well, if he can really achieve something great in the future, then maybe we don’t have to live like this now. Look,” Tie Zhu looked towards the street entrance, “This is Qili Bridge. It used to be so lively, but now it’s only so much People, everyone is afraid to go out."

Xia Zhaoyi also looked over, the sun is warm and the clouds are high, today is a good weather, because there are few people on the street, the light falls and shines on the road paved with large stone slabs, very peaceful.

(End of this chapter)