Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 478 Catch Wang Que
There is a small town called Pingliu Town between Yingtian Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion. Although the town is not big, but because it is close to the Bian River, sometimes at the junction of Yingtian Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion, the commerce here is very developed. On a single street, shops, mules and horses, restaurants, teahouses, brothels, quality shops, and money shops are next to each other. In a short street of more than one mile, there are more than 100 shops. Of course, there are many shops. There are also many guests, especially businessmen.

Many small businessmen disembark here and change to donkey carts. The reason is very simple. There is a tax card on the Bian River five miles ahead. There is no tax here, but tax inspection is required.

Carrying goods without a tax payment certificate means paying taxes and heavy fines, but there is no tax card on land, so many small businessmen go ashore here, and then hire a donkey cart to go to the capital.

Although there is a tax card when entering the city, it can be traded in the city and delivered outside the city!In particular, the warehouses of many large commercial firms are just outside the city. Once the goods are delivered to the warehouses, the transaction is completed and the last penny is not paid.

It is also because of this loophole that many experienced small businessmen went ashore in Pingliu Town and hired donkey carts to go to Beijing instead. This also led to the fact that the most shops in Pingliu Town are Mule and Horse Shops. There are seven stores in total. There are two more restaurants.

At noon, Li Han was drinking alone in a restaurant in a small town. Before that, he swore to Fan Ning that he would catch Zhou Qing and Wang Que within ten days, but now a month has passed, and the shadows of Zhou Qing and Wang Que He didn't see it, which really made him extremely depressed.

Although Fan Ning repeatedly reassured him that Zhou Qing's corrupt funds had been seized, and it didn't matter if he escaped, Li Han couldn't forgive himself. It would not have allowed Zhou Qing to murder and escape from prison. Fan Ning forgave him, but he couldn't forgive himself.

Li Han vowed to catch Zhou Qing with his own hands. During this period of time, he had nothing to do, so he squatted in Pingliu Town, and the waterway was deployed to intercept Zhou Qing. This is the only way to go to Beijing. The reason why he deduced that Zhou Qing He will definitely go to Beijing because there are only two places where he can withdraw his [-] guan coins, one is the Jinqiao Money Shop in Songcheng County where he saved his money, and the other is the main store of the Jinqiao Money Shop in the capital.

Since the Yingtian government office did not allow Zhou Qing to withdraw money from money shops in Songcheng County, Zhou Qing could only go to Beijing to try his luck.

Li Han picked up the wine glass again and drank the wine in the glass. Just as he was about to pick up the wine pot and pour himself wine, his hands stopped suddenly, his pupils shrank into a line suddenly, and he saw Wang Que.

That's right, it was Wang Que, standing in front of the window of an inn diagonally opposite, only about thirty steps away from him.

When Li Han saw Wang Que turned his head to look at him, he hurriedly lowered his head and lay down on the table with ecstasy on his face. As the saying goes, there is nowhere to be found if you step through the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to find it. He searched for it. One month later, it actually appeared while I was drinking.

After a while, Li Han slowly raised his head, and the king in front of the window had indeed disappeared.

Li Han jumped up and rushed downstairs like a gust of wind. The diners around looked at him in surprise, and a bartender shouted: "Guest officer, don't forget to pay the bill!"

Where did Li Han still have the mind to pay the bill, he shouted to the five subordinates downstairs: "I found Wang Que, come with me!"

The five subordinates jumped up, rushed out of the restaurant, and followed Li Han towards the inn. There were still seven or eight steps away from the entrance of the inn, when a middle-aged man with a big beard came out of the inn.

When he saw Li Han running towards him with a fierce face, he was so frightened that he turned around and ran. If he could keep his mind, Li Han might not recognize him.

But his running immediately exposed himself, Li Han recognized him at a glance, it was Wang Que in disguise.

Li Han speeded up and ran wildly. The two ran forward and back for more than forty steps. Li Han gradually caught up with him. Suddenly, Li Han jumped and threw Wang Que to the ground.

Wang Que got up to run, but his ankle was caught by Li Han. At this time, five of his subordinates rushed to press Wang Que to the ground, and tied him up with ropes.

Seeing pedestrians rushing forward, Li Han hurriedly said, "Let's go!"

With five people, he picked up Wang Que, who was bundled like a rice dumpling, and walked quickly into an inn.

"Wang Que, are you still unwilling to say?"

Li Han walked in from the outside. At this time, Wang Que was covered in blood, with almost no complete skin. He fainted several times and was woken up by the interrogator splashing cold water.

"How many knives did he have on his body?" Li Han asked the two men next to him holding daggers.

"General Qi, from head to toe, 240 cuts."

Li Han looked at Wang Que coldly, "Where is he?"

Wang Que's hands and feet were tied behind his back, and he was tied to a wooden board. He was dying and said, "I don't know."

"You do not know?"

Li Han sneered: "When he was arrested, he had nothing on him, but now his money token is on you, how dare you say you don't know?"

At this time, a soldier walked in from the outside, carrying half a bag, he put the bag on the ground, and said with a smile: "Thirty farmers were mobilized, and a total of two hundred leeches were caught, all of which were large. "

Li Han nodded, then sneered at Wang Que, "Did you hear that! Two hundred big leeches got into your body and sucked your blood dry. What's it like?"

Wang Que was trembling with fright, his face was distorted. Just now he threatened to cut off his lower lip and scratched it five times. It was purposeful, and it was the thing that terrified him the most.

What Wang Que was most afraid of in his life was leeches. This was a well-known fact in the army. He didn't expect Li Han to use leeches to deal with him.

At this time, Li Han winked, and a soldier grabbed a handful of leeches and put them on his stomach. The cold, greasy thing wriggled on his stomach, scaring Wang Que out of his wits, his voice changed, and he cried out in fear. He yelled wildly: "Take it away quickly, I said, I will explain!"

The soldiers took the leeches away, and Wang Que was so frightened that he lost control of his urine and cried, "Zhou Qing wants to assassinate King Liang."

Li Han's face changed drastically, he grabbed his neck and said sharply, "Where is he now?"

"I don't know where he is now? I am going to go to Beijing to take his money, and then go away."

Wang really didn't dare to tell the truth, if Zhang Yaozuo was involved, he would really be completely ruined. "

Li Han didn't have time to think about the loopholes inside, he looked very serious, and immediately said to his opponent: "You guys bring him back later, I'll take a step first!"

Li Han hurried out of the inn, got on his horse, urged the horse to gallop towards Ying Tianfu.

He was really flustered. He originally thought that Zhou Qing would run away, but he didn't expect that Zhou Qing would go to assassinate His Royal Highness Prince Liang. He must report to Fanning immediately.

Pingliu Town is more than 100 miles away from Yingtian. That night, Li Han rushed to Songcheng County and went directly to Fan Ning's Mansion to ask for an audience!
Zhu Hu led him to the outer study, where Fan Ning had been waiting for him for a long time.

Seeing Li Han coming in, Fan Ning said with a smile: "It should be something rewarding!"

"Report to the envoy, Wang Que was captured by the humble official, and according to his account, Zhou Qing is going to assassinate His Royal Highness Prince Liang!"

Li Han explained the process of catching him and interrogating Wang Que in detail.

Fan Ning's gaze suddenly became serious. He didn't speak, but paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, and said in a low voice for a long time, "Sure enough, it's exactly what I thought."

Li Han was startled, "Your envoy already guessed it?"

Fan Ning nodded slowly, "Liu Chu got the news that people sent by Zhang Yaozuo have been lurking in Yingtian Mansion, preparing to sabotage our reform, and then Zhou Qing's wife and children were killed, the murderer is unknown, but now I know, the murderer must be It is Zhang Yaozuo's man, the purpose is to stimulate Zhou Qing to avenge his wife and children. The murderer is probably Wang Que. He knows where Zhou Qing's wife and children live? This can explain why Zhou Qing's trust in withdrawing money is in his hands. superior."

Li Han widened his eyes and said, "What does the envoy mean to say that Zhang Yaozuo's men wanted to use Zhou Qing's hand to assassinate His Royal Highness Prince Liang?"

Fan Ning said indifferently: "It's not that the king doesn't want to go to the capital to withdraw money. He's after Huang Quan. Once Zhou Qing succeeds, he will kill Zhou Qing to silence him. In this way, the reason why King Liang Jun was assassinated was because our reform touched the commander. If Zhou Qing retaliates against Zhou Qing's interests, the responsibility will finally fall on us, and it has nothing to do with Zhang Yaozuo."

Li Han suddenly became a little anxious, and quickly asked: "Will Zhou Qing enter the capital?"

Fan Ning shook his head, "The capital city is heavily guarded and it is inconvenient to escape. He must assassinate Liangjun Wang on his way to Yingtian Mansion. Liang Junwang usually departs from the capital by boat in the morning, and happens to be between Kaifeng Mansion and Yingtian Mansion at night. Sailing, and there is no army stationed at the junction of the two prefectures, and the population is sparse, if I guess correctly, the king does know where Zhou Qing is hiding."

Li Han was shocked and angry at once, "This bastard, he dared to lie to me, doesn't he know?"

"Actually, I also know now that Zhou Qing must be hiding near Pingliu Town."

(End of this chapter)