"Is there any movement at Star Reaching Temple and Baiyun Temple?" Li Hong asked, looking in the direction blocked by the two halls in front.
"The general sent people down the mountain quietly and touched it without alerting Quan Shancai and Su Honghui. Yesterday, the general and eunuch Hua were deceived by his words. Your Highness, the general thought they should be arrested as well..." Yu Tuqi's fists clenched loudly. You can imagine how angry he was at Quan Shancai and Su Honghui's deception yesterday.
"It's useless. From their point of view, they can completely evade it and think that it is impossible for anyone to climb up such a cliff, so it is at most a crime of dereliction of duty. Besides, I didn't even get hurt at all, so I wanted to let them Unless I die, they will be executed." Li Hong shook his head, indicating that there was no need to disturb Quan Shancai and Su Honghui.
Wen Wen and her senior brother Fan Ning'an have not yet been tortured by Yu Tuqi. Especially Wen Wen, because Li Hong caught her personally, so Yu Tuqi did not question her at the beginning, but chose other men in black to torture her. .
But no matter what method was used, even if those people were beaten by Wei Tuqi and cried bitterly, they still cried and said: I don't know, I don't know.
This also shows that these people really know nothing and are completely and absolutely being used.
Reminiscent of the battle in the woods, the combat effectiveness of these people was simply too weak. They were so weak that after the Guards pursued the cliff, some of them had already dropped their weapons and surrendered.
This is very different from a wealthy aristocrat, or a dead soldier raised by a noble family, and it is impossible for them to really come to kill themselves.
When Li Hong walked into the door of another room, he only heard a man's voice coming from inside: "Junior sister, you said they would deal with us like this? Did you hear it just now? It seemed like they were being tortured. Who are these people? Are you afraid of being held accountable by the government if you dare to resort to lynching?”
"We rangers are not afraid of being held accountable by the government when we eliminate violence, eliminate harm for the people, and fight against injustice, let alone these dog officials? Behind them, they must have the high-ranking officials and dignitaries of Chang'an City to support them. Otherwise, how could there be so many powerful soldiers guarding them? ." The gentle voice seemed a little tired, but the tone was still indignant.
"Then...who are they? Princes and nobles? I just think we acted a little rashly this time, but you just didn't listen to me..."
"It's useless. Didn't the mysterious man say that this dog official will only stay at Changdao Temple for one night and will leave the next day? We only have one chance today. If we want him to stop harming the people, we must take risks. …”
"But now we almost risked our lives..."
"It's not worse, but you've already put your life on the line. Tell me how that mysterious person contacted you, and maybe you don't have to put your life on the line." Li Hong pushed the door open and looked at the two people who were tied up. said the two men still in the corner.
Taking the chair that Hua Meng brought over, Li Hong sat down on the chair calmly, looked at the two people in the two corners who looked exhausted, and continued: "You should have noticed by now, in fact, you are Don’t you think you are an idiot if you believe what others tell you when you are being taken advantage of?”
"Impossible, this is not the first time he has given us news. Those people in the past few times were all deserving of death, and so are you." Fan Ning'an became angry when he saw Li Hong's condescending look. Why is this The imperial court doesn't care about the noble sons and would rather let them run amok in the local area and harm the people!
Li Hong stretched, looked at Wen Wen who had been silent and asked, "Who is the mysterious person you are talking about? Do you know him? How do you usually contact him?"
"Huh!" Wen Wenwen turned her head to the side. She had no intention of paying attention to the deceitful man in front of her.
"Some people just like to be self-righteous and think that they are very smart. In fact, they don't even know that they have been betrayed by others, and they still keep secrets for others. If not talking about other things, let's just talk about the so-called cleaning up violence and peace and harm for the people that you rangers do. Things, did you really understand them before doing these things? Do you understand the causes and consequences? Or do you just rely on your feelings to believe the information provided by the mysterious person? If you, the so-called rangers, can believe it, then why doesn't he show his true face? Is this to prevent you from recognizing who he is? I'm afraid that one day you will be caught by the government, or if you find out that he is just using you. , to retaliate against him because of anger." Li Hong looked at the scholar who wanted to speak, pointed at him and said, "What do you want to say?"
"I want to tell you, even if you were not an official who persecuted the people before, you can tell from your ruthless killing methods in the forest that you must be a ruthless person. The people under your rule are afraid of It's true that they are suffering and they dare not speak out, maybe they are waiting for us to rescue them," Fan Ning'an said loudly, not wanting to show timidity in front of Wen Wen.
Li Hong did not refute Fan Ning'an's words, but just smiled indifferently, observed the expressions of the two of them, and continued: "You must be the rangers who are learning martial arts at Star Reaching Temple and Baiyun Temple, right? You are so reckless in assassinating me. , aren’t you afraid that your Star Reaching Temple and Baiyun Temple will be implicated?”
"Hmph! Just up to you? Although the royal family has never been to all the Taoist temples in Qingcheng Mountain, you can never seal them if you want. This is Jiannan Road, not under your rule..."
"Then do you know where I am an official? What evil things have I done?" Li Hong asked immediately before Wen Wen could finish.
"It doesn't matter where you are an official, as long as you are causing trouble, you have the responsibility as a ranger..."
"Then do you think the government can't do it? There are so many officials protecting each other, do you think we don't know how dark your officialdom is?" Fan Ning'an said again unconvinced.
Li Hong looked at the two ignorant and stupid people and lost interest in continuing the conversation. The mysterious person in their mouths could not be explained even if they were tortured.
"Free thugs use various means to win over some people for their own use, including brainwashing them to make them believe that everything they say and everything they do is absolutely correct. And these are used by them Even if they die, they will not know who is taking advantage of them, and they even think that they have dedicated their lives to the justice of the world, but in fact they are so stupid that no one even bothers to sympathize with the two people who talked to me in the forest. , one is called Quan Shancai, the governor of Chengdu, and the other is Su Honghui, the governor of Chengdu. Even if I let you go, they will not let you go. "
Seeing a trace of doubt in Wen Wen's slightly dim eyes, Li Hong stood up and continued to explain: "I don't have the ability to block Zhaixing and Baiyun, but they have the right. You can doubt their true identity, but wait a moment After the sun rises, you will know what price you will pay for your ignorant and stupid behavior. Because of your stupidity, Zhaixing and Baiyun will be implicated, and even all the Taoist priests inside will be implicated. , will also be imprisoned in the Chengdu Mansion Prison. By the way, just as you think, I will let you go now. At least no one will stop you in Qingcheng Mountain. "
After Li Hong finished speaking, he left without looking back. Seeing the disbelief in Wen Wen and Fan Ning'an's eyes, he didn't even pay attention to them.
After walking out of the room, Li Hong said to Hua Meng: "Tell Quan Shancai and Su Honghui that no one can stop them from going down the mountain. Also, try to let these stupid rangers know the identities of Quan Shancai and Su Honghui."
"Yes, Your Highness." Hua Meng turned and left, while Wei Tuqi still followed.
"There is no need to send people to follow them. Now go and seal the two Taoist temples of Zhaixing and Baiyun. As for the Taoist priests and others inside, leave them to Yuan Keshi and Li Yan for identification." After Li Hong finished speaking to Wei Tuqi, he followed Cheetah came to the room where he had been relocated.
Wen Wenwen, who had been tied up all night, was finally untied. After Fan Ningan was untied, he immediately wanted to stand up, but as soon as he was about to stand up, he immediately fell to the ground. Wen Wen on the side was startled.
"It's okay. My legs are numb. It's nothing serious." Fan Ning'an endured the numbness in his legs and tried his best to relax his legs to relieve the pain.
The two people walked out of the room and did not see anyone watching them. They stood hesitantly at the door of the room. The white fish belly was often exposed in the east. Then they looked at the mountain door not far ahead, where a snow-white raptor looked like a bird of prey. He was looking at the two of them curiously.
Just after taking two steps forward, I saw that the doors of several nearby rooms were also opened from the inside, and more than a dozen people in black came out one after another from different rooms.
Gentle eyes swept over them in surprise, and found that apart from being listless, their companions had not suffered any injuries. At least most of them were still able to stand and walk on their own.
"Did they really let us go? Did we...?" A man in black walked up to Wen Wen and Fan Ning'an, looked at the courtyard where no one was there, and asked Wen Wen with a hint of surprise and disbelief in his heart.
Wenrou looked around again, and when she saw that no one showed up, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "No matter what their intentions are, let's go down the mountain first and see how the Taoist temple is doing."
Obviously she was the leader here. After hearing her words, the others had no different opinions. They all nodded, and then walked to the mountain gate of the Taoist Temple as usual.
Along the way, I met some Taoist priests from Chang Tao Temple or other common people. Those people seemed to have not seen my group, and ignored me and others, as if they were like air.
Chang Daoguan's behavior as a Taoist priest in the early morning made Wen Wen and his party more filled with doubts, and they couldn't help but start to doubt again whether Li Hong had any sinister intentions.
(End of chapter)