Jiang Li didn't pay attention to Feng Yutang and Princess Yongning's orders for the time being, but she was not a fool. She had dealt with Princess Yongning in her previous life, and she wanted to know that Princess Yongning would kill herself next time. The name Shoufu Qianjin bluffs Tong Zhiyang, bluffs Feng Yutang, but fails to bluff Yongning. Sooner or later they will kill themselves, but the most important thing right now is to settle down for them. They don't have much time, and two days have passed since seven.
The secret room Jiang Li said was hidden in a haunted abandoned farm in Tongxiang. There is a tunnel underground in the farm, and the entrance of the tunnel is on the stone wall by the lake. The outside is full of lush weeds, which are invisible to others.
Ye Mingyu placed Peng Xiao's people in that secret room, and asked them to change clothes for Peng Xiao and them and eat something. Peng Xiao and He Jun are okay, but they are weaker, Gu Da and Gu Er are in poor condition, and the worst is Xiao Hei. According to what Jiang Li said, when Ye Mingyu found Doctor Zhong, Zhong shook his head repeatedly.
Ye Mingyu brought Dr. Zhong’s only son, and gave Dr. Zhong five hundred taels of silver, telling Dr. Zhong that as long as the Xiaohei people can be cured, they will find a way to send Dr. Zhong out of Tongxiang and give it to Dr. Zhong. Fifteen hundred taels of silver is enough for them to make a home away.
In Tongxiang County, the people have never seen so much silver. Besides, Ye Mingyu still has a scar on his look fierce and vicious face. Doctor Zhong was frightened, so he also put out 120,000 points of effort to repair Xiao Hei's injury.
While Xiao Hei Gu Da Gu Er was resting, Jiang Li and Peng Xiao walked outside to talk.
Ye Mingyu first searched for a stone next to the secret room and sat down, and said, "Ali, you can find a good place here. I think Feng Yutang is just digging three feet in the ground, and I can't find a second place like this. There are still rocks in there. I don’t know who left the table and stone benches."
Who left? Naturally Xue Zhao. At that time, Xue Zhaozhi’s travel notes had been read a lot, and he often said: “One day, as written in these textbooks, we will pick up a down-and-out hero who is being chased by the government, so we let him live here. Keep other people can’t find them, he’ll teach me martial arts here, hey, after three to five years, I will be a generation of heroes. -One sword made them kneel down and beg for mercy!"
The juvenile’s wanton laughter seemed to reverberate in the deep secret room, and the words came to an end. Many years later, they really saved the people who were hunted down by the government and hid here, but no Xue Zhao came to practice martial arts.
Jiang Li retracted his thoughts and met the gazes of Peng Xiao's people, and said: "I also heard people say by accident. This place is safe for the time being, and Feng Yutang's people can't find it for at least seven days. As long as one day, seven days a week. Nothing is the same anymore."
"Miss Jiang Er, thank you very much." Peng smiled. He now knows Jiang Li's identity and some of the things Jiang Li has done in Tongxiang. Although I still don't understand why Jiang Li worked so hard to help the Xue family reverse the case, at least for now, the five of them who survived by chance all believe in Jiang Li.
Perhaps it cannot be said to be believing, but is willing to believe, just like a drowning person suddenly finds a life-saving straw and will swim forward desperately. No matter whether the straw will sink to the bottom, no one wants to believe that it is a mirage. . Xue Huaiyuan is a superior to them, more like a teacher. Whenever there is a chance to save Xue Huaiyuan, they are willing to give it a try.
"What can we do?" He Jun asked.
Jiang Li looked at He Jun. She always felt that He Jun was too weak and could not be an official official, but after experiencing this period of time, he has grown a lot overnight. The young man who always asked Xue Fangfei to find him some books would grit his teeth and persevere for the fairness and justice in his heart. Although you can't do anything, as long as you live, you don't admit defeat to fate.
There is still a chance for fate to come back.
"Just look at the case of the Xue family, you can only go through the hands of Feng Yutang in Tongxiang. As long as Feng Yutang handles it, the Xue family's case will be beneficial and unfavorable. You know, Feng Yutang deliberately sent Xue Xiancheng to jail. So this case cannot be passed through. Feng Yutang’s hand, I think about it, and only if Feng Yutang is also involved and handed over to Dali Temple, will there be room for manoeuvre."
Peng Xiao and He Jun looked at each other and said, "Do you want us to identify Feng Yutang?"
Dealing with smart people is easy, Jiang Li said: "Yes. Originally, I thought it would be somewhat difficult for you to identify Feng Yutang. That is to say that he was torturing you privately. These can be covered up, and there is only one side word. But Feng Yutang actually let it. You go to the Dongshan mine road, this is to find your own way of death. He walks on the way of death on his own, and no one can stop him."
"What does this mean?" Ye Mingyu interrupted: "If you don't identify Feng Yutang's atrocities, what do you identify with him?"
"Acting that he did not report to the court and dig gold privately. Although Dongshan is an abandoned mine, everyone knows that no gold can be digged out. But that was also a matter of the past ten years, and many people have forgotten this time. Matter. As long as the wind is released, Dongshan still has gold to dig, but Feng Yutang conceals the court and sends someone to dig gold privately, and his crime is serious."
He Jun murmured: "Digging a well privately is the death crime of ransacking the family and annihilating the family..."
"The things in the world are the things of the emperor. If you stole things from people and stole things on the emperor's head, it's not a pity to die." Jiang Li smiled slightly, "Besides this Master Feng, there seems to be an expert instructing him. This is Yan Jing. Wading in muddy water, who knows what Feng Yutang is digging for gold? The digging of gold is nothing more than seeking wealth. If such a large amount of wealth is used to recruit soldiers and horses, is it suspected of collaborating with the enemy and treason? Collaborating with the enemy and treason is a major event in the world, a major event. How can major issues be resolved in a small place in Tongxiang? It is not an exaggeration to sue the imperial court."
Ye Mingyu was stupid, He Jun and Peng Xiao were also dumbfounded.
In these short words of Jiang Li, Feng Yutang's crime was raised to the point of collaborating with the enemy and treason. But everything she said is valid. They have seen how words can kill people without seeing blood.
"Yes." He Jun grinned, his voice filled with joyful hatred, "They are too numerous to write, and they have counted on their crimes, saying that they are collaborating with the enemy and treason or making them cheap. Miss Jiang Er, what you said. It makes sense! Then Feng Yutang asked 15 of our brothers to dig for gold, and we used it as a testimony when we were introduced to identify Feng Yutang’s wolf ambition! He wanted to dig for gold, and was afraid that others would discover his plan, so let us, Master Xue’s men. Doing things for him, such non-stop mining day and night, once dead, no one will collect the body, but it is the best way not to leak the secrets!"
Jiang Li smiled. He Junguo has really grown up. Facing his enemies, he knows that not all open and upright methods are useful, but this growth and sensibility makes people feel a little distressed.
Peng Xiao said solemnly: "Not just us, but also ten brothers who died. The adults were sympathetic to us at the beginning. Our 15 brothers were all parents who died early. But there are wives and children in the family, and now they are tortured by Feng Yutang. And died, the corpse was thrown in the wild in Dongshan, and was eaten by wild dogs. Poor and those who had just been married and were happy, and now their wives and children don’t know how to spend... Revenge for those brothers who died!"
Although the tall man did not shed tears, he shed tears every word. Ye Mingyu was also heart-stirring. He said, "I'll count it! Then Feng Yutang should have done everything he can, and he should have been punished long ago, since God won't come out. Head, I fucking out!"
Maybe the hearts of the people are united, and many things seem difficult at first, but in the end, they are not so unimaginable.
"But..." He Jun paused and calmed down before looking at Jiang Li: "It's Feng Yutang's sin, what about us adults?" He still missed Xue Huaiyuan in his heart.
"Xue Xiancheng's crime is simply nonsense. The people of Tongxiang can testify that it was embezzling money for disaster relief. At the time of the natural disasters, the money was distributed to the people. Xue Huaiyuan never embezzled a piece of silver." Jiang Lidao.
"We all know." Peng Xiao lowered his head, "but the problem is that no Tongxiang people are willing to stand up."
"Don't blame them." He Jun interrupted: "The misfortune is not for his wife and children. Feng Yutang uses their parents and children as a threat. Everyone is scrupulous and dare not come out to testify for adults. Miss Jiang Er, Feng Yutang became a county prime minister in Tongxiang. In the future, they bullied men and women, and committed no evil. Baixin always dared to be angry but did not dare to speak. Not only that, they also rushed to death. Otherwise, the people would have turned the sky a long time ago. But Feng Yutang was originally a bastard and gangster, and his methods were also used. It's very bad, no one dares to take this risk."
"I know." Jiang Li whispered: "I didn't blame them." In fact, it is the same. If one day asks her to complain to a good person, she will lose the lives of Xue Huaiyuan and Xue Zhao, and she will also hesitate. . It doesn't hurt if the knife doesn't cut on oneself, human nature is like this, and no one is spared.
"Then what to do?" Ye Mingyu scratched his head.
"Although the people have difficulties, the people in Tongxiang still need to stand up for this matter. I know there are dangers, but there is no way, the world is like this, the original fairness and justice need to pay a price to get it. Only when the people stand up can they become crushed. The last straw of the camel, I want the sinner who framed the Xue family to peel off without dying this time, and I will never make them feel better!" Jiang Li said here, her tone increased, as if there was a fire in her eyes. After a while, it calmed down.
"I'm here, there are a total of 568 households in Tongxiang, and I will personally persuade them. From today, there are still five days, every household in Tongxiang, no one has never received the favor of Xue Xiancheng. The grace of dripping water Reporting from Yongquan, although the help does not need to be reciprocated, but now is the time to report. People’s hearts are grown in flesh, so I’ll knock each family and ask each family. There are five hundred and sixty-eight households, I don’t believe it. , I can’t find a family willing to stand up.” She looked at several people: “There will always be one family, right?”
Several people were silent.
There was expectation in Jiang Li's eyes. She is gentle and calm since she is doing very urgent things with her hands, as if she has become unhurried. Therefore, she rarely showed her own emotions. Ye Mingyu had never seen this look of expectation.
I have seen it now.
It also seemed that at this moment, she was like a real cardamom girl, waiting for a good thing to happen with full expectation. If anyone broke this cautious expectation, it would be a heinous sin.
Peng laughed and said: "Yes, there must be more than one family, but there are also many people. The people of Tongxiang are not ungrateful, Miss Jiang Er, don't underestimate them."
The corner of Jiang Li's mouth curled up and said, "No, I have always believed in them."
Just as my father believed them.
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Coming out of the secret room, Jiang Li and Ye Mingyu walked back.
Ye Mingyu said, "Ali, when you go to persuade the people, I will go with you. I'm afraid you can't be too busy alone. Five hundred and sixty-eight households are not a small number."
Jiang Li thought for a while: "Uncle, you don't know what kind of favor they have received from Xue Xiancheng, I'm afraid they won't be able to persuade them. Or I will write a booklet for you later, and you can read it first."
Ye Mingyu was taken aback: "Do you know what kind of favor they have received from Xue Xiancheng?"
"Right." Jiang Li smiled. She and Xue Zhao sometimes feel that Xue Huaiyuan is really a rare good man in the world, because every people in Tongxiang, as long as they have difficulties, Xue Huaiyuan will help. At the beginning, Tongxiang was poor and no one wanted to come. Xue Huaiyuan came, and he never made the idea of leaving. In Xue Huaiyuan's view, every citizen in Tongxiang is his relative. As a parent official, he must solve the problems of the people. If the people can't even rely on him, there will be no one to rely on.
In the past, she felt that she had a clear conscience, but now she is suddenly a little confused, wondering whether these things Xue Huaiyuan did in the first place are meaningful.
It would be fine if Xue Zhao were there, Jiang Li thought, he must be able to understand his confusion at the moment, and he must be able to convince his heart in the shortest time.
The carriage convoy, bypassing Jiang Li's path, walked back on the right path again. Jiang Li had changed back to her original attire on the carriage, and when she wanted to come to Feng Yutang, she had discovered that Dongshan had been taken away, and she was looking for someone in a desperate manner. I couldn't hide my disguise for long, so I walked out freely. Feng Yutang knew that Peng Xiao and the others had been taken away by his own people, but couldn't find out. Feng Yutang didn't dare to threaten him to tell their whereabouts, so he felt confident.
Jiang Li was sitting in the carriage, seriously thinking about what to do next, before she knew it, it was already dark outside.
In fact, time is tight on this day, but even so, time flies quickly. Jiang Li felt more and more that time was not enough. Two days have passed since the seven days, and the remaining five days are still too late.
She opened the carriage curtain, and it got dark quickly in winter. Although the original night in Tongxiang was not very lively, there were still some pedestrians outside, but now I don't know if it is because of Feng Yutang's appointment, there are few people on the street, and it takes a long time to see a pedestrian. Every family closed their doors and lights, and it looked like Tongxiang was like an empty city. The carriages lined the streets, and the sound reverberated and very clear.
Ye Mingyu mumbled outside: "How come there is no one alone."
The wind blew the foot of the carriage curtain slightly, and Jiang Li's heart suddenly jumped for no reason.
After turning a bend, Qingshi Alley was clearly a familiar street, but Jiang Li's heart suddenly had an ominous premonition. She yelled: "Uncle!"
"What's wrong, ah..." Before Ye Mingyu said the word "pear", he heard a cold sound brought by a gust of wind in the air. He also reacted extremely quickly, without even thinking about it, he drew his sword and backhanded. , I heard a "clang" sound, the swords collided, and there was a huge noise.
From around the eaves, "swoosh" picked out a few dark shadows, moving extremely fast, almost blending into the night in the night, the carriage rushed from all directions, the sword pointed directly at Jiangli!
"Miss Protector!" Ye Mingyu only had time to shout, and then fought with these black assassins.
Jiang Li's heart "cocked", she thought that Yongning would tell Feng Yutang to kill herself, but she didn't expect it would be so fast! Not to mention the time to pass the letter from Yanjing to Tongxiang, at least not so fast. Feng Yutang would hesitate at least for a while after receiving Yongning's order. She was Jiang Yuanbai's daughter. This identity alone had to make Feng Yutang a little jealous.
But when everything is wrong, Feng Yutang, like his master Yongning, was born bold and cruel. Perhaps he thought that Princess Yongning would keep him safe, so he was so bold!
Jiang Li looked out, and his heart gradually sank. Good guy, Yongning is really big-handed. They have no more than seven people, but Yongning has more than 20 people. Among these twenty or so, there seemed to be a few people who were particularly brilliant in martial arts, and they fought with Ye Mingyu. The rest were a little bit later, but they also caught the other guards. People kept coming to the carriage, their goal was Jiang Li!
Can't go on like this! Suddenly there was a guess in Jiang Li's heart that the purpose of these people was her, but not Ye Mingyu and the others. But if the entanglement continues, Ye Mingyu may be in danger. Without thinking about it, she suddenly got out of the carriage, frightening Ye Mingyu, and said sharply, "Ali, go back!"
"I'm okay, uncle!" Jiang Li moved quickly as if in the blink of an eye, turned his head and took out the dagger in his sleeve to cut the rope of the carriage, pedaled the stirrups and turned on his horse, pulling the reins, and galloping towards the night.
There was no trace in a blink of an eye.
Seeing that Jiang Li had abandoned the carriage and escaped, the killers didn't want to fight Ye Mingyu and the others, they wanted to chase Jiang Li. How could Ye Mingyu let them succeed and continue to carry the sword to fight, but the other party was crowded, after all, a few were missed, and the follower Jiang Li left behind.
Jiang Li was on horseback. At this moment, the more critical, the clearer her mind.
Sometimes, the more critical the situation, the more panic in the heart, the easier it is to make mistakes, and sometimes they didn't lose so quickly because of panic, they quickly surrendered. She knows the truth that she will never give up until the last moment, not to mention that she has a killer feature that no one else can match.
It is her familiarity with Tongxiang.
Jiang Li had already spotted it, and the group of people who had just come to kill them was clearly divided into two groups. Those with fewer people are better, and those with more people are not so good. People with good kung fu should be from Yongning, and those with lower kung fu are the mob that Feng Yutang did not know where to find. I want to come now and closely follow the killers behind me, the people of Princess Yongning.
After all, it is their task to hunt down themselves.
Jiang Li smiled slightly, and the horse dexterously stepped across the tree path in the woods. In the night, the moon was gradually covered by thick clouds, and nothing could be seen.
But she seemed to be able to see it, moving flexibly through the woods.
She grew up in Tongxiang, and this is her home. She watched Xue Zhao hunting here, knowing that when hunting, the most important thing is to lure the prey into the trap, calmly, little by little, every tree and every piece of land is her natural barrier. Familiar courage.
The corner of Jiang Li's mouth curled up, and the sound of chasing behind her gradually approached. She could even feel that as soon as she turned her head, a shiny silver sword would lay across her neck, stealing her life in an instant.
But she just skipped the bushes in front of her lightly and stopped.
"Plop", "Plop", "Plop"!
Three beeps.
It was like the sound of a heavy object falling into the water, followed by a strange curse, and there seemed to be a panicked sound of help.
Jiang Li stopped and laughed softly across the grass.
At this moment, the calm grass has become a lake that can be holed up, as if there is something sticky and flowing to wrap people in. There are figures struggling in it.
"Don't struggle," Jiang Li slowly said, "This is the most terrifying swamp in this area. The more you struggle, the faster you will sink into it."
The moon gradually emerged from the clouds. The corners of her dress and skirt were covered with mud in the woods, her face was clean and unspeakable, her mouth was smiling, her mouth was gentle, and she spoke terrible words. "Oh, I just found out that you are already half of your body down. There is no way to save it. Even if someone comes, it won't save you. You will only be pulled down along with you." She covered her mouth and sighed. :"Pitiful."
The black-clothed assassins looked at her angrily, fiercely, but half of their body had sunk in, even half of their face had sunk in, thinking it was because they were struggling too fiercely, and the swamp drowned his mouth. , He was about to pour it into his nose immediately, and his eyes showed horror.
The taste of waiting for death alive is really tormenting. Jiang Li might as well give them a sword and let them die happily.
Jiang Li was obviously not so kind, but turned on his horse and left the swamp.
Xue Huaiyuan once banned her and Xue Zhao from playing here because of the swamp in this forest. But Xue Zhao is naughty, but thinks this is a natural trap. They made a lot of traps here and caught a lot of prey. If Feng Yutang's killers hadn't come out suddenly today, she asked Ye Mingyu to decorate the woods, and it would not be difficult to catch all the killers in one fell swoop. Just like in war, the art of war can sometimes outperform brute force.
There are only three, which is a pity.
Jiang Li drove the horse back. She wanted to take another route and return to Ye Mingyu safely. She didn't know what was wrong with Ye Mingyu.
The horse walked a few steps forward, but suddenly stopped. The front hoof flickered in the air a few times, as if smelling a certain dangerous smell, and he hesitated.
In the clear moonlight, under the bushes, faintly, dozens of people in black surrounded her and surrounded her.
"The second young lady is really supernatural." The leader sneered: "It's no wonder that Madam wants so many of us to come together. She thought it was overkill, but now she still underestimates the second lady."
lady? Jiang Li frowned: "Ji Shuran?"
The other party did not speak, but Jiang Li instantly understood that it was indeed Ji Shuran.
She also knew that when she returned to Xiangyang this time, Ji Shuran would definitely do something in secret. After all, in Ji Shuran's eyes, he is a stumbling block that must be eliminated. But she didn’t expect that Ji Shuran’s people would be so calm, and they could even think of a way for a praying mantis to catch the cicada oriole, allowing people to follow behind, and when she and Feng Yutang’s people were both hurt and distracted, Suddenly killed myself by surprise.
This was her own mistake, Jiang Li thought calmly.
There are more than ten people on the other side, and only one is alone. No weapons, except for the short dagger in the sleeve. But this dagger didn't help much, and the strength of the enemy and ourselves was too far apart. She has nothing to distract the other party's attention. Seeing Feng Yutang's people fall into the swamp, these people will only be more vigilant and won't be fooled by duplication.
God is accustomed to jokes, always telling life is gone when it seems that the road ahead is right. Make hopeful people more desperate, and desperate people will fall into darkness forever.
"Miss No. 2 doesn't have to look around, think of other ways." The voice of the leader carried a strange maliciousness, and said: "Madam let us do everything possible to torture you, and then kill." He smiled squishyly. : "But the second lady is so pure and lovely, wise and brave, we can't bear to torture you in terrible ways, or else, change to a more comfortable way?"
The people in black around him all laughed disgustingly like him. Without thinking about it, Jiang Li knew what they were thinking about.
For an instant, she seemed to have returned to the afternoon at Shen's house, and that humiliating and indignant mood took hold of her dying half a year later. It turned her life upside down, and these people brought back her disgusting memories.
Jiang Li's eyes deepened and sneered: "Do you think you are determined to win? Is there no other way for me?"
The headed person laughed again, and he said: "I know that the second lady is looking for a way to delay time, but the old master Ye San has been injured just now, and Feng Yutang's people have tripped him in front. And the second lady's. The horse walks too fast, but Master Ye San’s horse doesn’t know the way. He doesn’t know that there is this wood, and he can’t find the whereabouts of the second lady. Right now, there are only us and you."
He was very arrogant, Jiang Li knew the way, so he was able to escape into the woods with the three assassins, leaving them deep in the swamp with no life. But even if Ye Mingyu got rid of those killers, he couldn't find Jiang Li's whereabouts-Tongxiang was completely strange to him.
But Jiang Li just smiled: "Who said I'm looking for Master Ye San?"
The man was taken aback.
Her voice was clear, with an inexplicable smile, echoing in the woods.
"Master Guo, after watching the drama for so long, can you come out for a gathering?"
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