Traveling to an ancient peasant family: I got rich by doing business

As soon as Wang Liantang died, the remaining imperial guards instantly lost all their fighting spirit. Before the death warriors could make a move, they dropped their swords. Some of them even begged the death warriors to spare them and save their lives.

Upon hearing this, the assassins said nothing, but stepped forward and tied them up.

These people can be kept for the time being. The master said that a few of them should be kept for interrogation.

*

On the other side, Prince Hui's private soldiers encountered General Xiao Liang and Qin Ci.

Prince Hui did not come to tonight's operation, but a minor official did.

Seeing these two, the official was so frightened that he almost fainted.

Why are these two generals here? Could it be that the news is wrong, and the people waiting here are not some unidentified private soldiers, but the garrison troops in the suburbs of Beijing?

In just a few breaths, many possibilities flashed through my mind.

In the end, he had only one thought in his mind - fortunately, he didn't bring many private soldiers today, otherwise it would be unacceptable.

The official was nervous. He walked up to General Xiao Liang and Qin Ci, said hello, and then explained why he was there.

"Prince Hui heard that there were bandits around the capital, and was afraid that the bandits would disturb the people, so he sent his subordinates to suppress the bandits."

*

I never mentioned the Imperial Guards or anything else.

General Xiao Liang and Qin Ci knew that he was lying, but they did not expose him. General Xiao Liang even said righteously: "So that's how it is. Did you find the bandits?"

The official gritted his teeth and said no.

General Xiao Liang: "You have brought quite a few people with you, how come you can't find them?"

The official immediately broke out in a sweat. He took out his handkerchief and wiped his sweat. He said weakly, "The bandits are cunning. They probably saw that the soldiers were looking for them, so they ran away in advance."

After saying that, he added, "But it's also possible that the news is wrong. There may not be any bandits on this mountain at all."

General Xiao Liang reacted quickly. He looked at me seriously, then raised his head to look at the soldier behind me.

The official was terrified and said in a panic, "General Xiao Liang, those who followed me are ordinary people living near the imperial mausoleum. After hearing about the bandits, they volunteered to come and suppress them."

General Xiao Liang hummed and said, "The imperial mausoleum is not close to here. Since everyone is here, why don't you stay here? Aren't there bandits? Let's look for them together."

The official could hardly stand. Should he stay with them? If they found out about the trick, all nine members of his family would be killed!

*

His heart was beating violently, and the official's smile was uglier than crying: "General Xiao Liang, the prince has ordered that no matter what the result is, the people must return to the imperial mausoleum before noon tomorrow. As you know, it is already autumn, and the people have to tend the fields, they can't stay outside for too long."

"So that's how it is." General Xiao Liang said calmly, "If the people want to farm, then let them go back. You don't have to farm. Just stay here with us to look for bandits. When you find them, you can go back."

The official said in a hoarse voice: "General Xiao Liang, you are joking. How dare we disturb you when you are doing your work? Besides, we may not know if there are bandits."

General Xiao Liang waved his hand. "General Qin and I are only training with some of our personal soldiers today. We are not doing anything big. Since you said there might be bandits, let's look for them first. If there are any, we can deal with them in advance to prevent them from running down the mountain and harming the people."

"Oh, right, there are those guys." Qin Ci pointed at the imperial guards standing in front of the team and said, "Are you also here to help suppress the bandits?"

The imperial guards kept saying yes.

Qin Ci: "Don't leave, just stay with us."

The imperial guards looked at each other, not knowing how to respond.

"Come over quickly." Qin Ci commanded, "Let's go and look for him while the people are still here. The more people there are, the faster we can find him."

The imperial guards knew they could not defeat Qin Ci and General Xiao Liang, and it was too late to take action now, so they could only move forward as they wished.

*

This time, Prince Hui's private soldiers came with more than 800 people. This was the number determined based on Wang Liantang's letter. Because Wang Liantang said that there were thousands of private soldiers, Prince Hui sent so many.

He was confident in the fighting power of his private soldiers, believing that each of them could kill at least one, and that more than 800 of them would be more than enough.

In the end, the show was over before the fight even started.

Not wanting to cause any unnecessary trouble, I waved my hand to the private soldiers and asked them to listen to General Xiao Liang and Qin Ci first.

So hundreds of people came together and searched for the traces of the "non-existent bandits" in an area of ​​several hundred meters.

After walking for a while, they came to the place where the assassins were fighting with Wang Liantang.

Half an hour had passed since Wang Liantang was stabbed to death. Now there were no tents in the valley, nor were there soldiers guarding the tents. Only corpses scattered all over the ground.

Wang Liantang's body was placed in the middle of the valley.

General Xiao Liang saw this scene and screamed, "Isn't this Commander Wang? Why is he here? General Qin, come and see if this is Commander Wang."

When he heard Wang Liantang's name, he hurried forward. When he saw that Wang Liantang died with his eyes open, he sat down on the ground in an instant.

General Xiao Liang heard the voice and turned to look at him: "There really are bandits in this mountain, and they actually killed the commander of the imperial guards."

*

In the capital city, Li Yu waited until the end of midnight, but still hadn't received any news, so he went back to his room and went to bed.

But she slept restlessly and kept dreaming. It was not until dawn that she finally fell into a deep sleep.

However, after only sleeping for about half an hour, Han Xiaomei called her to have breakfast.

After opening his eyes and taking a moment to relax, Li Yu got up and put on his clothes.

After simply combing her hair, she walked outside to look for Lu Xuan and Si'er.

"They went out early in the morning." Han Xiaomei said: "I asked them, and they said they were just going for a walk."

Li Yu: “…” They should have gone to inquire about the news.

Thinking of this, Li Yu looked next door.

It's been a whole night, and Boss Bai should have sent me the message, but why hasn't he responded yet?

Did it fail?

Impossible, Li Yu shook his head.

Including Wang Liantang, there were only a hundred or so imperial guards who went out, and they were not a force to be reckoned with at all.

Could it be that Prince Hui sent too many people?

Li Yu was lost in thought when suddenly, the sound of horse hooves was heard outside the door, and then Lu Xuan rushed into the yard.

Seeing Li Yu, he said, "Success."

Li Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

*

The news that the commander of the imperial guards, Wang Liantang, and dozens of imperial guards were killed by "bandits" spread throughout the capital.

Because such a horrific thing had not happened in the capital for many years, the people were both afraid and excited and discussed it in low voices.

"Who is the commander of the imperial guards? He was responsible for protecting the imperial palace. He was highly skilled in martial arts, but he died. The bandits who killed him must be experts."

"Why are there bandits out of nowhere?"

"Who knows, maybe the bandits will come to the city and kill us."

"I'm not sure, but I don't think so. There are troops stationed outside the capital, and they will definitely protect us."

*

In the palace, after Emperor Tianyuan learned the news that Wang Liantang had been killed, he sat in the imperial study for a long time without moving.