The Bad Guys: Everyone, let’s revive the Tang Dynasty together!

Chapter 322 King Qi is too stingy

When the fake Li heard the words "something is wrong" in Huanyinfang, he immediately realized that something had gone wrong. He hurried out while asking the bad guy about the situation.

I heard that there was a riot among tea merchants in the city. Although the scale was not large, the riot was extremely scattered. About four to five hundred gang members under the names of various tea merchants suddenly and inexplicably gathered to the Prince Qi's Mansion. During the period, they had a conflict with the yamen runners and were said to have killed people. There was even news from the armory that unknown people were besieging there and might have the intention of robbing the armory.

In addition to this, there is obviously a group of people creating chaos in various places in the city. In just a short period of time, dozens of bodies of Qi Wangwei have been found. There may be more that have not been discovered, and there is not enough manpower to count them at the moment.

Because Qi Wangwei wanted to track down the "tea merchant" spy who had revealed his identity yesterday, all his men were scattered by the fake Li and dispersed at several city gates and the left and right wings of the south city. They were extremely scattered. Now that the situation occurred, Qi Wangwei's body was found everywhere, which naturally gave people the illusion of confusion.

The fake Li gnashed his teeth, knowing that he had been led by the nose for the past two days.

The flaw of the spy that Qi Wangwei knew yesterday was exactly the flaw that Xiao Yan had someone betray. He used the identity that he and Gongyang Zuo had when they entered Qi before. The reason for this was that he valued the space that several major tea merchants in Fengxiang could use. The purpose was to attract the attention of Qi Wangwei and induce Li Maozhen's "eyes" to be temporarily distracted, so that Xiao Yan would have room to fish in troubled waters.

Xiao Yan knew that Li Maozhen and the fake Li were both extremely smart people. Once the news of the two towns of Dingnan sending troops reached Fengxiang, the two would immediately realize that there were still spies from the enemy country that had not been cleared out in Fengxiang. After letting them know this information, it would be impossible for the Qi Wang Guard not to take action. Xiao Yan then directed the fire to several major tea merchants, which was simply the beginning of the chaos of this coup.

The fake Li was not a fool after all. He quickly figured out this relationship and immediately gave orders to his subordinates, asking the Qi Wang Guards in various locations to stop tracking down the murderer and to gather immediately according to the area to guard against the enemies in the dark and defeat them one by one to expand the fire of chaos.

As for those tea merchants who were obviously being taken advantage of, the fake Li really wanted to take advantage of the situation. After all, the manipulator behind the scenes was obviously directing the anger of these tea merchants towards Qi Wangwei, and the profits that could be confiscated from these tea merchants were really hard not to be tempted.

But in this way, Qi State would be cutting off its own trade routes to the outside world. The consequence of massacring several major tea merchants would be too serious, and it would probably offend all the merchants in the world. The fake Li regarded Qi State as his meal, and would not do such a stupid thing of draining the pond to catch fish. Moreover, four or five hundred people could not cause any big waves, and the fake Li thought it was not a big deal.

At the same time, he ordered the bad guys around him to mobilize the Fengxiang Prefecture officials to suppress the riot in the name of Qi Wang Wei, and immediately mobilize Qi Wang Wei to clear out the enemies outside the armory.

At this critical juncture, we dare not alert the army outside the city.

As for those spies who were doing bad things in secret, although the fake Li hated them to the core, he was unable to deal with them for the time being. Tomorrow was the day when the army would march out. Even if something big happened tonight, it could not involve the troops outside the city. The most urgent thing now was to suppress all the disturbances in the city.

The fake Li Yi responded to the orders in an orderly manner. Everyone had their own people to pass on the messages. He himself took two bad guys with him to go to the Prince Qi's mansion to explain the matter to Li Maozhen. In addition, the armory and the Prince Qi's guards were stationed there. The people pushing them secretly just took the opportunity to catch them off guard. They reacted in time and realized that the overt threat was just the group of instigated tea merchants.

But the fake Li had only ridden his horse a short distance towards Prince Qi's palace when he was stunned.

He suddenly thought, why could those tea merchants who were not a threat actually stir up such chaos? Even if there were spies behind the scenes, wasn't the timing of these tea merchants' sudden uproar too coincidental? Too smooth?

How could such a bunch of unruly people rush to Prince Qi's palace in one go?

Even if the Qi Wang Guards were scattered, they would not be so completely without vigilance. Even the people from Huanyinfang were deployed in the city. How could they be so incompetent?
No, no…

The fake Li suddenly remembered that he was inexplicably invited to Huanyinfang by Fanyintian. During this period, many leaders of Qi Wangwei were invited along with him, which resulted in a short period of time when Qi Wangwei was left without anyone in charge.

At that time, the fake Li thought that the spies in the city were about to be eliminated, and felt quite relaxed. He also heard from Fanyintian that the empress had something to discuss with him, so he happily accepted the appointment out of curiosity. He even hoped to learn some news from the empress and use it as a bargaining chip with Li Maozhen.

damn it……

There's something wrong with this bitch Fanyintian!
As soon as the fake Li had this idea, he immediately pulled his horse's belly hard and rushed into Prince Qi's mansion to tell Li Maozhen. He didn't even think about going to Huanyinfang to take charge of the situation.

He was not a fool. He figured out some key points in just a moment. Even Fanyintian was a driving force behind this. He was afraid that Huanyinfang had always been out of Li Maozhen's control. The empress was probably one of the people who knew about what was going on tonight!

But even if he suddenly figured it out now, it would be useless if Li Maozhen didn't know the information. The fake Li broke out in a cold sweat and flattered Li Maozhen frantically. He had only one thought in his mind, which was to get Li Maozhen to leave the city immediately and take charge of the camp.

"Pfft, puff!"

A cold light flashed in the night which was not yet completely dark. Fake Li only felt the horse under him stagger, and then lose balance in an instant, rushing forward by inertia while neighing.

The fake Li felt a chill in his heart and rolled off the horse at the last moment, supporting himself on the ground with one hand, his body slightly bent, and he just looked around quickly.

Looking around, he saw that the two bad guys who were riding with him also had their horses shot by arrows. They abandoned their mounts and drew their Tang swords from their backs.

Due to the large-scale arrests in the past two days, there have been few pedestrians on the streets since daytime. At this time, the streets are empty. The fake Li narrowed his eyes and immediately spotted a person who was slowly walking out from the intersection in front of him.

The man was dressed in a linen robe and a bamboo hat on his head. He was not wearing any mask or armor. He looked like an ordinary man, but he was adjusting the arrows on his wrists as he walked. He did not stop until someone threw him a Tang sword at the corner.

Behind this man, two more people came out, dressed similarly, and just looked at the two bad guys beside the fake Li from a distance.

The bad guys on the fake Li's side were also sizing up the three people opposite them, holding the hilt of their sword tightly, and were extremely cautious.

It's the smell of colleagues.

"Damn it, it's really that bastard Xiao Yan..."

The fake Li cursed inwardly and whispered to the two of them, "Delay time for me," then turned around and wanted to take a detour to Prince Qi's Mansion.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned around, he felt a chill down his spine again.

In the distance, an old man who had been standing in the shadow of a tree with a knife in his arms had been watching the movements here with great interest. Now he walked out with his neck turned, pushing out the handle of the knife with his thumb. Although his face was cold, he spoke with a smile.

"I am Gong Yang Zuo. You may not have heard of me, but it doesn't matter. Just remember it."

"My Lord is very hospitable. Last time in Bianjing, I didn't have time to welcome you and you left without saying goodbye. I have always regretted it. Unfortunately, he has something else to do today, so I have to entertain you on his behalf. Please don't be disgusted."

For no apparent reason, the fake Li was already sweating all over his back.

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Li Maozhen spent the entire day handling government affairs in Prince Qi's mansion, and most of his time he sat in front of the sand table to ponder the possible direction of the war. The news of the upcoming dispatch of troops had already been passed down to the shogunate, and it was said that the camps were not peaceful, but he would personally reward the army tomorrow, so it was not a big deal.

As the expedition was imminent, Li Maozhen had no intention of asking about the Fengxiang spy matter. He gave the fake Li the power to do whatever he wanted and just let this guy do whatever he wanted. Although the fake Li was disliked, he had the ability. Li Maozhen would not have too much prejudice on such matters, and there were not many people in the world who were qualified to make him prejudiced.

Several advisers of the shogunate were discussing and adding details on the sand table and map. Li Maozhen just listened but did not speak. Although he was a proud man and had already made his own decision, he was not reluctant to listen to other people's opinions.

"Your Highness, Your Highness..."

An official's anxious voice came from outside. Li Maozhen frowned and looked over. Seeing that the official was cowering at the door and dared not come in, he raised his hand and asked several counselors to wait for a while. Then he did not stand up, but asked in a cold voice: "What are you panicking about?"

"There is a commotion outside... It is said that someone wants to seize the armory!" The official was a little out of breath, making him look extremely excited.

Although Li Maozhen's face was cold, his heart was beating fast. He narrowed his eyes, stood up and waved to several counselors. He didn't care whether they paid attention to him or not, and strode out. He said in a deep voice: "What's going on? Is it someone from Huanyinfang?"

Of course, his first suspicion was the empress. Apart from her, no one else in Fengxiang had the courage to do so. In just a moment, Li Maozhen had suspected the empress and everyone else, including Fan Yintian.

The official didn't know what was going on, so he said in one breath, "It was a group of tea merchants. It was said that because the Qi Wang guards had arrested hundreds of them, they gathered together and became restless. Among them, there were two groups of people. The ones from Qi Wang's palace had been killed and some palace guards were sent to capture them. There has been no news from the armory yet."

Li Maozhen frowned and felt absurd. He stopped in his tracks and asked, "Is that all? What do the Qi Wangwei do for a living?"

The official was also confused, but he said anxiously: "I don't know... Li Lang hasn't been to the palace since yesterday. This morning he said that the spies in the city had a clue, but who knew that this would happen now..."

Li Maozhen knew all of this, and any clues Qi Wangwei had would naturally be presented to him first. Now he just felt it was a bit absurd that a mere tea merchant dared to cause trouble, which was simply ridiculous. He was afraid that no one would believe it if he told others about it.

Li Maozhen didn't believe that there was no one behind the scenes, but since he initially found no one from Huanyinfang involved, he felt a little relieved.

Thinking this way, he continued to walk out, and at the same time ordered: "Send someone to call Fanyintian, and call those in charge of Qi Wangwei, the king wants to ask some questions."

The official responded by carefully asking, "Those tea merchants...?"

"Those who are still causing trouble will be beheaded, and the rest will be arrested and we will deal with them another day." Li Maozhen had a blank expression on his face. What tea merchant dared to offend the majesty of King Qi in this day and age? Even if there were someone pushing them behind the scenes, these people should be beheaded. They were like grass, so why would Li Maozhen care about them?
The armory is well guarded, with a battalion of soldiers stationed there, and it is built according to the specifications of the inner city. These bandits are no threat even if there are ten times more of them.

However, after this incident, Li Maozhen was also in a bad mood. He knew that the situation in the city was more complicated than he had imagined, so he walked into the government office and planned to take charge of it personally tonight.

That fake jerk Li, I really overestimated him. I wonder what he has been busy with these past two days that such things could happen right under his nose!
They formed the Qi Wang Guard in vain, but they failed to perform their function properly. They are just a bunch of useless people.

Li Maozhen was in such a bad mood that he really wanted to kill the fake Li, especially at this critical moment.

After waiting for a while in the government office, he saw the official running back with a pale face, escorted by two Qi Wang guards. Not only that, there was a group of people following behind, including the Qi Wang guards in a mess, some women that Li Maozhen had planted in Huanyinfang, and officials who came to the palace to report for no reason. It was a mess. Li Maozhen narrowed his phoenix eyes, and a chill ran down his body.

The trembling official had not yet explained the chaos of people dying everywhere in the city, but the women that Li Maozhen had placed in Huanyinfang had already approached Li Maozhen with pale faces and whispered in his ears.

Li Maozhen stood up suddenly, his face looked extremely ugly, with various colors constantly changing.

Shock, anger, disbelief...

The Empress has escaped from Huanyinfang. All the people he had planted in Huanyinfang were transferred away by Fanyintian today with excuses. By the time they found out, the Empress, Guangmutian and Fanyintian had all disappeared.

Immediately afterwards, a guard of the King of Qi came forward and said awkwardly that the guard’s base had been looted, and all the people left behind had died. Among them, Duo Wentian, Yang Yantian and other bad people who had been imprisoned were also missing.

Trash, a bunch of trash!
Li Maozhen was furious. He felt shocked and angry that all these things had happened so suddenly, and he was also furious that he could not believe that the empress actually dared to disobey him.

Without Huanyinfang, Yiqi Wangwei alone cannot control the entire Fengxiang!

Li Maozhen understood that tonight's events were out of his control, so no matter how angry he was, he immediately calmly gave orders, summoning the Fengxiang Army into the city and strictly ordered all city gates to be closed. Except for the Fengxiang Army, anyone entering or leaving would be killed.

The whole city was under martial law, with all streets controlled by the palace guards and the Qi Wang Guards. Anyone appearing in the streets, except Li Maozhen himself, would be killed, even if they were Fengxiang palace servants.

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The entire Huanyin House is closed, and anyone who enters or leaves will be killed.

All the tea merchants who cause chaos tonight will be killed.

Four were killed in succession. Everyone in the yamen turned pale, but Li Maozhen was murderous. No one dared to disobey him. They hurried down to pass the order, and required that one must be accompanied by a Qi Wang guard, otherwise they would be killed if they went out on the street.

Li Maozhen no longer cared about where the fake Li was. The empress was missing, so Li Maozhen had to assume the worst. He asked people to summon a few trusted aides to sit in the palace, while he personally went out of the city and into the camp to control the situation.

He didn't even need a mount. He slightly bent his knees in front of the government office gate, then instantly rose from the ground, leaped a few times over the rooftops, and rushed towards the East Gate where the army was stationed.

But in just a moment, Li Maozhen suddenly steadied his body, stood on the ridge of a roof, closed his almond-shaped eyes, and turned to look at the figure standing on the roof two streets away.

As he set off, the man appeared two streets away without any hesitation, silently. If Li Maozhen had not noticed the figure in the distance that was also leaping towards the east with the wind in the corner of his eye, he would probably have overlooked it.

The man was dressed in a blue shirt, a bamboo hat, and had a knife on his waist. He stood with his arms folded, looking at him from a distance, neither hurried nor slow.

"ridiculous."

Li Maozhen said coldly, not wanting to waste time on him, and was about to fly away.

"Song Wentong."

But suddenly he heard the man calling out with a smile. Li Maozhen turned around abruptly, put his hands behind his back, and looked at the man.

Under Li Maozhen's cold gaze, the man poked his sword on the roof and rested his palm on the hilt. He said with a smile, "I remember you didn't reply to the letter I gave you. And you are a King of Qi, so you are too petty. You only released half of the thirty-six people, and hid the rest, which made it difficult for me to find them."

"Good, good, good!"

Li Maozhen was so angry that he laughed. Purple light suddenly rose from the palms of his hands behind his back. His whole body was filled with terrifying murderous aura and his momentum surged. When he heard the sound again, his figure had suddenly disappeared from the spot.

"What a way to seek one's own death—"

"Xiao! Yan!"

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At the east city gate, the sound of horse hooves hitting the bluestone floor was so rapid and dense that the gate commander immediately had his men bring in chevaux de frise from afar and form a battle formation. There were also archers on the city wall ready to draw arrows at any time.

"Stop! Anyone who enters the city gate without permission will be killed!"

"presumptuous!"

A delicate shout sounded from afar, and Fan Yintian rushed out of the night, his face full of arrogance, sitting on the horse's back and pointing at the guard condescendingly: "King Qi is in front of you, why don't you get out of the way!?"

The defending general was greatly shocked. He knew Fanyintian, who had been accompanying King Qi all these years. How could he dare to be presumptuous? He hurriedly walked out of the army formation, holding a torch to identify the riders behind Fanyintian.

The empress sat on the horse with a sullen face, holding the reins. Behind her were Guangmutian and several maids. Duowentian and others were rescued by Xiao Yan and had not had time to reunite with them.

"There has been a change in the city, and I need to patrol the camp at night. Commander Yao, do you have any objections?"

The guard shuddered, surprised and delighted. He had no idea that King Qi would remember him, a small commander with only 250 men in charge. He did not bother to ask about the change in the city, but bowed respectfully with his hands folded: "I obey your order!"

He had no objection at all. This kind of thing was actually not too uncommon. Moreover, with the King of Qi in person, what could go wrong?
Fanyintian and others escorted the empress out of the city. Before leaving, the empress suddenly pulled the reins and said to the guard, "There is a slight change in the city tonight. There are Zhu Liang spies mixed in with Qi Wang's guards. Commander Yao must guard the city gates carefully. After I leave the city, anyone who approaches the city gates will be killed without mercy."

"The general will obey your orders!"

The empress and her entourage left immediately. The guard was very proud and boasted to his trusted subordinates, "I told you that I had shown my face in front of King Qi. You bastards, how dare you not believe me? Look, look!"

All the subordinates naturally bowed in admiration.

A quarter of an hour later, the sound of horse hooves was suddenly heard ahead, and torches were seen in the distance, so the guard ordered his men to be on alert again.

A voice came from the other side: "King Qi has ordered the Fengxiang Army to enter the city for martial law. Who is the garrison commander? Come quickly to receive the order!"

The guard smiled coldly and said to his attendants: "Your Highness Prince Qi is indeed far-sighted. Zhu Liang's spies are so arrogant that they dare to falsely pass on military orders..."

After that, he raised his arm and ordered in a cold voice: "I have long disliked this group of Qi Wangwei. Pass on my order. Anyone who comes within fifty steps of the city gate will not be spared!"

Behind him, a group of archers put on their bows and arrows, and at the shouts of the approaching riders, they suddenly shot out in unison.

With just a rain of arrows, all the sound from the other side fell silent.

The guard laughed heartily, feeling quite pleased with himself.

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There was a sudden commotion in the Fengxiang camp. The commanders of various towns were originally guarding their own camps, but when they heard that King Qi had arrived in person and summoned everyone to discuss matters, they hurriedly gathered in the big tent.

As the deputy commander, Liu Zhijun led his own troops from Jiangqi to the camp. When he heard the sudden summons, he also led his personal generals to meet him.

As he approached the big tent, he was still a little worried. It was hard not to think too much when Li Maozhen suddenly entered the camp at night for no apparent reason. But since King Qi was able to enter the camp smoothly, there would probably not be any problem.

It was a cold night. He looked up from outside the tent and suddenly saw Guangmutian standing next to "Li Maozhen" through the curtain. He was stunned.

On that day, he brought his men to meet Li Maozhen in Wugong County, and witnessed with his own eyes the incident of Fanyintian capturing Guangmutian. At that time, he also heard Li Maozhen say that he would choose a woman to reward him, so Liu Zhijun always thought that Guangmutian was a prisoner.

Today is weird.

Liu Zhijun was a little confused. Not long after he entered the big tent, he heard the leader, King Qi, say in a light tone, "Dingnan and Shuofang have already sent troops to Yanzhou. The Weibei town is short of troops and may not be able to protect itself."

Suddenly, there was a buzzing sound in the tent.

Fanyintian was standing next to the empress, watching her mind and her heart. It was with her and Guangmutian's presence that the empress's identity was completely confirmed tonight. Now this news was thrown into the tent.

The position of King Qi cannot be stable.

(End of this chapter)