Jiaohua

Chapter 403 Smooth Tonight (Part [-])
The heavy snow was blowing, confusing everyone's eyes, the frost and snow on the snow swallowed many stone steps, and the dense crowd blocked the water in the yamen of Jingzhao Mansion.

Zhu Xian came back from the front office, and the officials who heard the sound called "Master" one after another, and looked at him with open eyes.

Before he came back, the chaotic capital of the whole day made the entire Jingzhao Mansion fearful, and Zhu Xian, who disappeared for a day and hadn't been seen for a long time, made many people think that he had died in the chaos of war, or had escaped.

Zhu Xian was dressed in wind and frost, with disheveled hair, striding forward, obviously very embarrassed, but in the eyes of everyone, it seemed to be very different from usual, his eyes seemed to have a bright burning fire, shining brightly, Clear and transparent.

"Prepare your household registration quickly," Zhu Xian called out when he entered the back office, "Cao Sihu, give me the list of the biggest taxpayers recently! Lin Judicial and Fan Jietui have committed more serious crimes in recent years, fighting fiercely." Give me the roster of all the bastards who have been arrested and imprisoned!"

His voice was loud, and he spoke quickly, without stopping, while continuing to order and mobilize the manpower.

The situation was critical and serious, the officials who were named and the junior officials who followed them did not ask any more questions, immediately took orders, turned and left.

At the same time, several carriages bypassed the front office, passed the back door of Jingzhao Mansion, and headed for the avenue on the other side.

The streets are still crowded with people, the windows of buildings are full of figures, countless torches are burning high, and the wind and snow are faint.

After the carriage left the intersection, a carriage headed towards Huaizhou Street.

Wei Zhengzheng raised the curtain and looked at the carriage, saying, "I never thought it would be so smooth today."

Zhao Ningduan was sitting in the car and heard the words and said: "It's not that we are smooth, but the emperor is smooth."

"The emperor is smooth?" Wei Zheng said.

"You may not understand how capable Ah Li is," Zhao Ning looked out the window at the crowded sea of ​​people, "Officer Chu, what do you think is the most valuable thing when the two armies are at war?"

"Strength?" Chu Guanshi said.

"how is this possible?"

"It's not military strength, then, food and grass?"

Wei Zheng shook his head and said, "It's a weapon."

"Weapons?" Chu Guanshi was puzzled, "How different can weapons be, how can it compare to military strength?"

"It is indeed a weapon," Zhao Ning said, "one person holds a short knife, the other holds a spear, the spear wins, and one holds a spear, and the other holds a bow and crossbow for long-range shooting, then the bow and crossbow can be used ten steps away. The life of the man with the spear. Furthermore, if a crossbow that has been refined and improved can shoot ten arrows at once, can it be said that one is against ten?"

Wei Zong thought of the arm crossbow he picked up when a beggar was killed on the street. Although the inside was completely damaged, when he got it, the texture of the outside could still be felt to be well-made.

He understood what Zhao Ning meant.

"What's more," Zhao Ning said again, "if you add poison and traps, the really powerful people can do it with one enemy ten, or one enemy hundred. Ah Li has been running around for half a year. Even tonight, how could she not be fully prepared, I have seen how powerful she is, so I said that tonight is the most smooth for the emperor, and it is true, because both Ali and I let him go. "

Regarding Zhao Ning's plans to incite the common people, Wei Zheng did not know, but Chu Guanshi knew.

Steward Chu looked at another carriage that was slowly moving forward at the intersection, and was really curious about what kind of friendship Zhao Ning had with such a little girl, so that Zhao Ning, who was indifferent to everyone and calculated, treated her like this. Confidentially.

The carriage is very slow. Fortunately, although the street is congested, it is still in circulation.

There are three avenues at the entrance of the open street. At the intersection of the avenue leading to Jinfeng Lake Bridge in the south, hundreds of men are packing up the corpses. In the night illuminated by torches, they are carrying the corpses of civilians to the roadside.

Xia Zhaoyi lifted the curtain with his hands, the corpses were bloodstained, some were seriously injured, and the skin on their faces was cut in half.

"Feng Lei did it, the commander of the Xuanwu Army." Shen Lie said.

"This short-tempered reckless man," Xia Zhaoyi frowned, "he should regret it now, but Li Ju has left Beijing, so he has nothing to fear."

Saying that, Xia Zhaoyi looked at Shen Lie and said, "Shen Lie, why did you appear at Zhao'an Bridge?"

Shen Lie withdrew his eyes from those corpses, said "um", and said, "I guess you will go there."

"You were wounded when you came."

"Small injury." Shen Lie replied.

But when it comes to the wound on his body, the wound starts to hurt again, sharp and piercing.

Today, he left Shangshi Pavilion and was going to Dongping Academy. When he first arrived at Huaizhou Street, he met Zhao Datou, whom he had been looking for earlier.

Zhao Datou was tied up and dragged to a street corner, shouting for help, but Shen Lie didn't think about it, thinking that saving people was important, and followed in, not thinking that it was an assassination.

Open spears are easy to hide, but hidden arrows are difficult to guard against. At least ten men with bows and crossbows are hiding in the dark.

He was caught off guard, wounded and hid in a blind corner of sight, and then more than 20 killers rushed over, and if there was nothing extra to say, he raised his knife and slashed.

So far, Shen Lie doesn't know who these people are, and why he used Zhao Datou as a bait to plot against him.

And Zhao Datou, I don't know if he is alive or dead now.

Xia Zhaoyi's eyes fell on the gauze on the back of Shen Lie's hand. These few wounds alone were no longer minor wounds. They penetrated deep into the flesh and tore the flesh. How could they be minor wounds, let alone the wounds on his body.

At this time, a loud gong suddenly sounded in the distance.

Although the vast majority of the people were on the street, it was almost early morning, and everyone was exhausted. The sound of gongs was ringing in the wind and snow, and no one could even react.

Xia Zhaoyi followed the sound and looked out, not knowing what happened.

With a casual glance, she froze for a moment, and then the expression in her eyes changed drastically.

Shen Lie noticed it and said, "Ali?"

Xia Zhaoyi ran wildly with a heartbeat, looked away, and said quickly: "I have something important to do, you can rest after you go back, I will come to see you someday."

"What's the rush?" Shen Lie was puzzled.

Without saying a word, Xia Zhaoyi bid farewell, raised his hand and lifted the curtain.

The slow-moving carriage didn't need to stop at all, Xia Zhaoyi talked to the driver, jumped off the carriage, and ran west.

Shen Lie followed out and looked up to see that the girl was already tens of feet away.

"Shen Langjun," said the coachman left behind by Zhao Ning, "do you want to get off?"

Shen Lie shook his head: "No."

No one likes being entangled and followed like this, and she shouldn't be in any serious danger right now.

However, she was so restless, what did she see?
Xia Zhaoyi ran into an alley and looked around.

There were many people around, but they didn't see the woman she saw.

That woman, Tao Lan

Is she wrong?
(End of this chapter)