Chapter 15 The Righteous Shot
It was dusk, and the rainy day was cloudy and low, making it look dark and dark. Zhang Erhu and others were like arrows, rushing towards the mountain. After Li Wei was deeply worried, he was still thinking about the identity of the young man in white. If he was young, he was over thirty years old. No matter how stupid he was, he should know the truth of alerting the enemy, but he frankly told himself that the court wanted to investigate the private prison of Zhang County. Moreover, when he talked about the impeachment of the Censor, his expression was even more light and he did not take the possibility of Zhang County's impeachment to heart.
The more Li Weizheng thought about it, the more suspicious he was. When he left in the morning, County Magistrate Zhang was still fine, but this person already knew that County Magistrate Zhang was going to be in trouble. The news was so fast that ordinary small officials could do it. If he was a high-ranking official in the court, he was only over thirty years old.
Because Li Weizheng had the guess that this young man was surnamed Zhu, he would intentionally or unintentionally take this into consideration. This person's age, demeanor, tone, and speed of understanding of court affairs were all in line with the identity of the prince. Moreover, this is Fengyang. During the Chinese New Year, many princes came back to worship their ancestors. Qin Dianshi was temporarily transferred to Fengyang to maintain public order. Li Weizheng also heard too much about the prince's private visit. The more he thought about him, the more he felt that there was a possibility. He felt a little regretful. Why didn't he seize this opportunity?
"Fifth Brother, why are you walking so slowly?" Zhang Erhu returned to find him.
"What are you doing when you run so fast? Haotang Town is at the foot of the mountain, and you won't miss the sutou." Li Wei was looking forward. The yamen runners in front were waiting for him, but there was no sign of Jia Laoliu. He couldn't help but frown and said, "Where are Jia Laoliu?"
Zhang Erhu grinned and laughed, "This kid can't see women all the way, and he's already been so suffocating. He probably has rushed into the town to find fun in the kiln."
"Woman!" Li Wei suddenly stopped. By the way, it was a woman. He suddenly understood what was wrong just now. Whether it was a business vendor or a passerby on the top of the mountain, they were all men, and they were all young men. There was no woman or a child. This shouldn't be true! Could it be?
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He suddenly remembered the man in a white robe at the foot of the mountain. He looked up and looked at the sky. It was almost dark. It was not good! Li Weizheng shouted and turned around and ran away. Zhang Erhu and several yamen runners were so scared that they chased after him.
"Fifth Brother, what happened?"
"Run quickly, otherwise no yamen runners in Fengyang Mansion will survive."
Li Wei was pale. If the prince was stabbed and Zhu Yuanzhang was furious, wouldn't he have started a massacre? Nearly a thousand yamen runners in Fengyang Mansion, who shouldered the responsibility of public security, would be the first to be the brunt of it, and no one of them would be able to survive. He had never run fast like today, and even the horse was dragged by him, wishing he could kick him down the mountain.
However, he seemed to be one step late. There was a faint cry of killing on the top of the mountain. Li Wei's body suddenly softened, and his heart seemed to have fallen into the abyss. It was over. He was really an assassin, and there was no difference between what he guessed. He seemed to see the man in white lying on the ground, covered in blood.
"Fifth brother, why are there shouts of killing on the top? We have to go and see!" Zhang Erhu liked to join in the fun the most. He heard the shouts of killing on the top. He was originally panting and was immediately energetic and steadily. Li Wei didn't catch him at all, and he rushed up to more than ten steps away.
"Erhu, wait a moment!" Li Weizheng had no choice but to force himself to chase after him.
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Li Wei and his men hid behind a big rock, leaned their heads to peek at the top of the mountain. The battle was fierce, and there were dark shadows around him. I don’t know how many assassins surrounded the man in white and his entourage in the middle. Their horses seemed to be gone. Li Wei suddenly saw a man in white robe, conspicuous next to the half-light and half-dark pine forest.
He was not dead yet, and Li Weizheng was immediately energetic. As long as this person was not dead, the consequences would not fall to the worst situation. When he found that the target was still alive, Li Weizheng's thinking immediately became active. He quickly estimated the power comparison between the two sides. The man in white had more than 60 people guarding him. Although the assassin could not see the number of people, the maximum was only more than 100 people. There were too many people and the top of the mountain could not accommodate him. It should be said that the two sides were equally matched. The purpose of the assassin to cover the assassin was to hit it with one blow, but they obviously did not succeed. Now the two sides were almost in a stalemate, and the final battle was morale and reinforcements.
Li Wei rolled his eyes and immediately said to Zhang Erhu in a low voice: "I'll go up and rush to them. You can take your brothers to pretend to be a brigade of reinforcements and find a way to make me scream more."
"But, your martial arts skills are not good, so let me go!"
"Fuck! Who said that my martial arts skills are not good? I didn't pass the county exam because I practiced too much martial arts." Li Weizheng said it was true and false. It was the main reason. However, Li Wei had practiced martial arts for several years before, and later abandoned martial arts and practiced literature. As a result, nothing happened. Although Li Weizheng did not inherit his Four Books and Five Classics, he inherited his martial arts, such as riding a horse. Although Li Weizheng had never ridden a horse in later generations, he now had excellent riding skills.
Li Wei was just calculating the distance. He was about forty steps from here to the pine forest. The terrain was flat and could barely form a shock wave. He slowly clenched the hilt of the knife and whispered to several brothers: "Remember, I will shout you if I shout."
He turned over and took a deep breath. At this moment, the idea of seizing the opportunity for promotion was gone. He had only one thought. The man in white must not die. If he died, all the yamen runners in Fengyang Mansion would not survive, including himself, his father, mute sister, and brothers. He had already made his promise.
A cold light flashed, and his dagger suddenly stabbed the horse's buttocks. The horse neighed a long time, and ran forward like crazy. Taking advantage of the momentum, he drew his sword and shouted loudly: "The three hundred yamen runners in Dingyuan County have arrived!"
A loud shout came from the mountain road, "Li Dianshi, take a hundred brothers to cut off their retreat!"
"Magistrate Zhang, please don't worry, brothers, and stabilize the formation."
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Li Weizheng was like thunder, and his long sword reflected the cold light. He rushed to the assassin in an instant. Without hesitation, he slashed his head with a knife. More than thirty assassins blocked the mountain road and were resisting the waves of attacks from the guards. However, they never expected that someone would attack behind him. They were immediately disrupted by Li Weizheng's crazy horse and chopped over by the other party. The guards who guarded the white-clothed man were all skilled in martial arts. Although the opponent's team was in a blink of an eye, they immediately seized the opportunity. Inspired by the arrival of reinforcements, they even opened a big gap and rushed out of the encirclement.
At this time, a man in black wearing a hat rushed out of the black pine forest in anger, pointed at Li Weizheng and shouted, "Kill him!"
Li Weizheng's horse was suddenly hit by the knife of several assassins. The horse whispered and fell down with a bang, knocking Li Weizheng out of the horse more than two meters away. As soon as he landed on the ground, he heard the sound of a knife slashing in his ears. He reacted very quickly and rolled to the left with two long swords slashing at the place where he landed just now. Sparks flew everywhere. Li Weizheng was extremely shocked. He almost rolled and crawled, stumbled into the mountain road. The two assassins received a pursuit order and chased them closely behind.
At this time, a gong suddenly sounded from the pine forest, and the black-clad assassins turned around and ran away, and ran clean in an instant. Only the moans of the injured came from the pine forest.
Li Weizheng's arm was cut by a sharp stone, and blood was flowing. Zhang Erhu tore off a piece of clothing and bandaged him. At this time, a guard stepped forward and bowed and said, "A few tolls, my son is welcome."
Zhang Erhu hesitated, "Fifth Brother, I won't go!"
"Okay! Take your brothers to Haotang Town, Shanxia, to find an inn, and I will come later." Since he guessed that the man in white was a royal family, Li Weizheng didn't want his brothers to get involved. This would not benefit them, and he would even be in danger of his life.
Li Wei was following the guards to a big stone. The man in white and the scholar in gray were both safe. The man in white was sitting on the big stone and carefully looked at a bunch of iron cards. These were all searched from the assassin. Li Wei was suddenly stunned. Isn’t this the iron card of Feishui in Chizhou? Is the clue from Haotang Town referring to this assassin?
When the man in white saw him coming, he immediately stood up and bowed his hands and smiled: "I am Gao Yiqing, a native of the capital, thank you for helping me and saving my life."
"I dare not!" Li Weizheng heard that he denied his identity and couldn't help but secretly rejoice. Fortunately, he did not shout "Don't kill the prince" at that time, otherwise he might be silenced! He also quickly introduced himself: "Li Weizheng, a minor official in Linhuai County, hunting and killing thieves is my duty, so sir don't have to take it to heart."
Gao Yiqing pondered for a moment, waved his hand, and immediately a follower walked up with a plate. The plate was covered with six yellow ingots of gold. He smiled at Li Weizheng and said, "I am a businessman below, and there is nothing to repay me. This is three hundred taels of gold, so I just think it's my intention."
Li Weizheng did not answer. He took out the iron card of Chizhou Feishu from his arms, threw it into other iron card piles, and smiled faintly: "I have already said that killing thieves is my duty. Sir, don't take it to heart. I still have official duties, so I will say goodbye first."
As soon as he bowed his hand, he left. When he walked away, the man in gray came over and said with a smile: "This person has some backbone, and he is indeed different from ordinary yamen runners."
Gao Yiqing picked up the iron plate that Li Wei was throwing down from the ground, looked carefully, and frowned slightly, "It's strange, why would he have this thing?"
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Chapter completed!