GBP Chapter 548 Li Cunxi Arrives in Yangzhou
Chapter 548 Li Cunxi Arrives in Yangzhou
Cui Liang was extremely embarrassed. He felt that he had failed today because of his own stupidity.
Seeing that Zhang Huan and Li Lang told him to take the things back and seemed reluctant to do so, Cui Liang naturally understood the situation. He said goodbye to Wu Wendeng and left quickly.
After the two left, Zhang Huan and Li Lang turned around and went up to the deck.
Arriving outside the ship building, Zhang Huan said respectfully:
"Wu Shaoyin, Yangzhou Governor Cui Liang and Yangzhou Chief Clerk Wu Wendeng have already left. I think our acting skills are superb and he should not have discovered any clues."
"This is the gold he gave to the two of us. Please check it, Wu Shaoyin."
Wu Yanhao, who was already holding a book, didn't even look at the two of them and said calmly:
"Take it. Since it's for you, just take it. Just don't do anything for them."
Wu Yanhao turned a page of the book, his expression as calm as ever.
"Just wait outside. Don't let these traitors find out what's going on."
The two men bowed to each other, carried the heavy gold out of the deck, and returned to the boarding ladder to wait for battle.
Cui Liang and Wu Wendeng had already gone far away. In just half an hour, the two of them ran to the outside of Prince Ying's Mansion.
After informing the old man at the gate, Cui Liang and Wu Wendeng came to the main hall of Prince Ying's Mansion and sat down below Yuan Qi.
"You two go and get some information, how are you doing?"
"Are Li Cunxi, Wu Yanhao and the others all on the official ship?"
After Yuan Qi ordered the butler to serve tea to the two men, he asked casually.
"I have fulfilled my mission. I learned from Wu Yanhao, that young boy, that Li Cunxi and the others are on the deck."
"That kid said that Li Cunxi and his people meant that the Han Canal boat capsize case has been settled, and Li Cunxi and Wu Yanhao and their people want to play here."
Cui Liang explained unnaturally and did not immediately tell what happened later.
Yuan Qi was delighted to hear this and said quickly:
"This is a great thing. This is a great thing. If Li Cunxi and others don't thoroughly investigate this case, we will have a chance to turn things around."
"I will set up a table some other day to entertain Li Cunxi and the other high-ranking officials from Luoyang. I have already thought of a reason. I am a prince after all, and it is only natural for me to invite the heads of all officials to dinner."
"Then I will invite Li Cunxi to have a tour of Yangzhou, and give him some gold, silver and jewelry when I take him away..."
Yuan Qi smiled brightly, having made precise preparations for everything that was to come.
He would serve Li Cunxi and others well until these smelly Luoyang officials left Yangzhou on the official ship.
Although he was well prepared, his fantasy was soon shattered by Cui Liang.
"Your Highness Prince Ying, I haven't finished what I just said."
Cui Liang wiped the non-existent beads of sweat from his forehead and said weakly.
Yuan Qi suddenly felt something was wrong, as if something bad was about to come out of Cui Liang's mouth.
"What do you want to say?"
"Governor Cui, you better think about it carefully before you speak. Otherwise, my little heart may not be able to bear it."
"It's not that exaggerated, Your Highness Prince Ying..."
Cui Liang told the story in detail about the conversation between him and Wu Yanhao. But before he finished, Yuan Qi howled, fell on the couch with his head tilted, and was unable to get up for a long time.
He and Wu Wendeng worked together, pinching Yuan Qi's Ren Zhong acupoint and helping him to regulate his breathing, and finally managed to wake Yuan Qi up.
The three of them looked at each other in silence for a long time.
Yuan Qi took a sip of strong tea and sighed for a long time, but he did not blame Cui Liang, a waste who was more likely to cause trouble than to accomplish anything.
"Forget it, forget it. It's fate that this won't work."
"Chief Cui, please be careful and don't let Li Cunxi and his group find out anything."
"If they really want to investigate, let them do it. They can't find any evidence to convict us anyway."
"Also, try to cooperate with Li Cunxi and others during this period. I will wait for them for a week. When they can't find any clues, I will come out and hand over the visiting card to Li Cunxi and show my hospitality."
"When the time comes, Li Cunxi and his men will be able to report to the emperor, and nothing will happen to us."
Cui Liang and Wu Wendeng nodded in agreement and made the decision happily.
At the same time, outside Yangzhou city.
A group of people appeared outside a woods, and the leader was Li Cunxi, who had disappeared for more than ten days.
He walked calmly in the woods and soon arrived at the place where Ge Tianba was surrounded and killed in the past.
Ma Rong sniffed and looked around expressionlessly.
"Master, I'm afraid a lot of people died here. Although several days have passed, the traces here have not been erased."
"Because of the heavy rain that didn't wash away any traces?"
"Yes, these people are too stupid. If I were them, I would kill them before the heavy rain comes. When the rain stops and the sky clears, even if the body is found, all traces will disappear and no one will be able to trace it back to me."
"Don't use this trick on me, or I will let you know how powerful I, your master, am."
"I wouldn't dare to attack you even if I attacked anyone else, right?"
Li Cunxi came to Ma Rong and followed the direction of Ma Rong's finger. He saw red marks on the weeds on the ground.
"Compared to other plants, the plants here have obvious signs of being trampled."
Hu Jinghui looked around and returned to Li Cunxi.
"With you as the center, the area of about fifty meters is the battlefield that night."
"More than three hundred people have fought in this area."
"The last dead party is dragged away by the victorious party."
Li Cunxi scratched his head and gave a puzzled look.
It is normal to kill someone and bury the body, but I don’t know where those people took the body.
Hu Jinghui took Li Cunxi to the small path leading to the official road and pointed to the ground under his feet.
"The victor drags the loser to the area below me, and then places him on a horse-drawn or ox-drawn cart and takes him away."
"I can assure you that there were definitely more than ten vehicles transporting the bodies, and the convoy should have stretched more than ten feet from where we are."
Li Cunxi said nothing, waved his sleeves lightly, walked down the official road to the path, and then walked into the woods.
When he returned to Ma Rong, his mind gave the answer.
"In Yangzhou, there are only three unofficial forces that can mobilize more than a hundred people to participate in a life-and-death battle."
"The first is the Iron Hand Group we know, the second is the gangsters entrenched in Crouching Tiger Village, and the third is the Salt Owl."
"The murderer is most likely from the Iron Hand Group, and the person who was killed is more likely from Crouching Tiger Village."
"The bandits in Crouching Tiger Village are all greedy and unscrupulous. At this critical moment, if I were Yuan Qi, I would never allow the people in Crouching Tiger Village to survive in this world in order to ensure that the Iron Hand Group is not betrayed by these thieves."
"It's hard to say whether my judgment is right or not. We can go to Crouching Tiger Manor and take a look."