Chapter 671 Hunting the Fox Head

Yan Kai repeatedly persuaded him, and finally the weak Li only agreed to his plan. Li only sighed, "Okay! I agree with the sir's plan, but can the guards in the mansion take on the heavy responsibility of assassination?"

"We don't do anything, and no guards in the mansion can participate. Even if you have doubts, you will not be able to catch your highness's evidence. Bei Zhi wants to bribe the killer to do this. This matter is planned and implemented by Bei Zhi, and your highness doesn't have to worry about it."

As long as he can clear himself, Li Geng's bottom line is Li Geng. Since Yan Kai is going to find an assassin and killer to do it, Li Geng is begging for it. He took half of the jade pendant from his waist and handed it to Yan Kai and said, "I have 10,000 yuan in Wang Baoji Cabinet. With this half of the jade, go and do it! No need to discuss with me anymore."

"Thank you for your support. In just one or two days, good news will inevitably come."

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Soon, a carriage left the back door of the Pengwang Mansion and rushed towards the North City of Chengdu in the dark. At this time, Chengdu had lifted martial law. Like Chang'an, Chengdu had stopped closing its doors since last year. At night, the doors of each neighborhood were open, but they were deserted and there was almost no pedestrian. The search was still there, and every household was closed, and the lights were gone, leaving the entire city almost immersed in endless darkness.

Yan Kai was very cautious. He found a carriage store and rented a carriage halfway through. He confirmed that no one was following him, so he arrived in Taipei City.

Unlike other places, Taipei City is a little popular. This time, the search for Taipei City suffered heavy losses and not many people were arrested, mainly due to financial losses, especially the jewelry and jade shops. They were searched three times, and almost every household suffered losses of more than a thousand guan. Among them, there was a Sun Ji Jewelry Store. A batch of jewelry hidden in the attic was found by the search soldiers. The owner and the friend were all driven into a room. When they came out, the batch of jewelry worth 8,000 guan had disappeared and the losses were extremely heavy.

After the catastrophe, every household was taking stock of the losses and preparing to open the next day. Relatively speaking, the loss in the Ma City was the smallest. Their goods were not convenient to carry, and they were mainly for saving money and avoiding disasters. Each company lost about 100 cents of yuan. A pig shop owner was found because he was searching for a horizontal knife, and finally paid 500 cents of yuan to avoid the disaster of being captured.

Because of the sign Cui Yuan, Qianlimadian was not disturbed after the first search. At this time, all the shops in Mashi were busy counting goods. Only the door of Qianlimadian was closed and the lights were all turned off, as if there was no one in the store.

In the backyard of Madian, there was a room with lights on, and there were only Shi Jingzhong and Yan Kai in the room. This was their second meeting. A command from Chang'an was to cooperate with Yan Kai with all his strength. He also knew very well that Yan Kai was the most critical piece that Li Qing'an had planted in the Southern Tang Dynasty. Especially when the two princes competed for the legitimate position, the important role of this piece was highlighted.

Yan Kai put half of the jade on the table and pushed it to Shi Jingzhong, "It can withdraw 10,000 guan from Wang Baoji Cabinet. You can withdraw 3,000 guan and return the jade pendant to me after using it."

Yan Kai wanted to explain to Li Jun. Shi Jingzhong knew, but he was not interested in money. He asked in a deep voice: "Who do we need to kill?"

"Linghu Fei!"

Yan Kai said this name, "In two days, he must die. Once he dies, the struggle for the legitimate power within the Southern Tang Dynasty will inevitably intensify. This is also the order of the general."

Seeing that Shi Jingzhong was a little silent, he also knew that this was the first time that the Intelligence Hall had hunted a senior official in Southern Tang, and the risk was very high, so he said, "If there is a shortcoming difficulty, then it will be within three days."

"No! No difficulty."

Shi Jingzhong said without hesitation: "At the latest tomorrow night, I will definitely make my husband's plan come true."

Yan Kai stared at Shi Jingzhong, and saw that he was very sure that he would kill Linghu Fei tomorrow night. He didn't know whether he should believe this person or laugh at him for being too confident. Yan Kai sighed secretly. He couldn't say anything more, so he nodded, "I'll go back first."

Yan Kai left Beishi and returned directly to the Pengwang Mansion. As soon as he left, Shi Jingzhong ordered people to fish out weapons from the river. Dozens of crossbows and horizontal knives were packed in sealed pots, wrapped in oil paper, and there was no water inlet. Shi Jingzhong gently stroked a large crossbow. The crossbow followed him for nearly twenty years. The wooden handle had been smooth and shiny. Holding this hand, he seemed to feel that the crossbow and his people had merged into one.

Tomorrow is the best opportunity to go to the sun, and he will take action himself.

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Linghu Fei's mansion is not far from the East City Gate. It is located in Huanshafang. It is a large mansion covering an area of ​​about 30 acres. It was originally called Guizhai. It is famous for the ten 300-year-old osmanthus trees planted in the mansion. It is a famous beautiful house in Chengdu. Because Li Heng had great trust in Linghu Fei when he first arrived in Chengdu, he rewarded him with this beautiful house, which once attracted the envy of countless people.

Linghu Fei served as Minister of Revenue, and held the financial power of the Southern Tang Dynasty. He had a high position and a high position and a steady stream of ministers who came to praise him, especially during the holidays. He had never stopped visiting and giving gifts from almost to the evening. Especially local officials, they valued Linghu Fei's financial power more.

Linghu Fei himself is not an honest and self-disciplined official. On the contrary, he is extremely greedy. When he was young, he was poor and destitute. It is precisely because he experienced unforgettable poverty that he attaches great importance to money. He warmly welcomes all the officials who come to give gifts. In just over a year, he accumulated tens of thousands of dollars from the official gifts alone.

It just so happened that today is also a weekend. There have been many changes in the Southern Tang Dynasty these days. It is rumored that Li Qing'an's army is about to attack the Southern Tang Dynasty. This made all the officials nervous and tried every means to inquire about inside information. Last night, Linghu Fei entered the palace to persuade him. Moreover, the emperor seemed to have listened to Linghu Fei's advice, which made Linghu Fei the focus of attention of all officials. Everyone wanted to get the attitude of the emperor from Linghu Fei. What countermeasures would the emperor have? This is related to everyone's personal interests. If you can get inside information, you can deal with it in advance.

From dawn, there were carriages in front of Linghu Fei’s mansion. Many officials came to visit with gifts. Everyone knew that when Linghu Fei came empty-handed, he would not meet him.

Linghu Fei seemed very leisurely today. He knew that he was talking about the essence but not the much. He had already told the emperor everything he should say. Today should be the time for the emperor to consider himself. He knew that at the latest tomorrow, the emperor would definitely talk to him again. He was very proud. He was Li Heng's military advisor in the past, and he would also be there in the future. Li Heng could not live without him.

It is precisely because of this confidence that Linghu Fei dared to accept bribes unscrupulously. From the morning, he has been here without hesitation. Every official who comes to see him will talk to him and give some advice to these seekers. He is like a high priest of a religion, accepting worship from believers.

On the second floor of a tavern about two miles away from Linghu Fei's Mansion in Huanshafang, Shi Jingzhong sat in front of the window. From this position, you can clearly see Linghu Fei's mansion gate. He has been sitting here for a morning, but he is still not anxious at all. They are waiting for the opportunity.

The Intelligence Hall has many tasks, including investigating military information, civilian conditions, spying on important intelligence in the Southern Tang Dynasty, etc. One of the tasks is to monitor the movements of senior officials in the Southern Tang Dynasty, including finding out their property situation and finding their handles. Linghu Fei is the Minister of Revenue and the Chief Financial Officer of the Southern Tang Dynasty, so he is naturally on the list of focus of the Intelligence Hall.

The Intelligence Hall has been paying attention to Linghu Fei’s actions. The reason why Shi Jingzhong dared to agree to Yan Kai to get rid of this person the next day was that he knew that there would be a chance today.

Tomorrow will be the final day for the salt merchants in the Southern Tang Dynasty. The salt in the Southern Tang Dynasty mainly comes from nearly a thousand official salt wells in Rongzhou. The Southern Tang Dynasty adopted the salt method, which is today's salt monopoly system. The government monopolized all salt wells and directly sold them to several large salt merchants for 110 yuan per bucket, and then they operated and distributed them. Therefore, the huge profits were first taken away by the government, followed by several large salt merchants, because, in order to obtain the quota of this salt merchant, all major merchants tried every means.

The most effective method is to bribe Linghu Fei. Linghu Fei also serves as the salt iron envoy of the Southern Tang Dynasty and has the right to make direct decisions. Tomorrow is the final day of the salt merchant. Today, a large salt merchant who came from Shuzhou should come to visit Linghu Fei.

Shi Jingzhong sorted out the information all night last night. He had discovered the rules. Linghu Fei's attitude was very enthusiastic when giving gifts of more than 2,000 guan. He would usually send guests out of the mansion in person. If this big businessman from Shuzhou wanted to get a quota for salt merchants, he would give gifts of no less than 10,000 guan.

Time passed little by little, and it was almost evening. Perhaps because Linghu Fei stopped receiving visitors, the carriages in front of his mansion were gradually scarce. Only one or two officials refused to leave, holding gifts in their hands, waiting for the last chance.

Shi Jingzhong was still waiting patiently in the wine shop. He drank slowly, his eyes never left Linghu Fei's mansion. He parked his carriage downstairs in the wine shop. He had been waiting for a long time. At this time, a subordinate quickly walked into the room and whispered in a low ear: "There is news from the city gate that the big merchants in Shuzhou have entered the city."

Shi Jingzhong was excited and asked again: "Are the house ready?"

"It's ready, the brothers who are receiving the reception are waiting outside the wall."

Shi Jingzhong drank all the wine in his glass, and suddenly there was a rapid sound of horse hooves on the street outside the window. More than a dozen horse-riding guards were escorting a gorgeous carriage into the gate. This was the big businessman from Shuzhou.

Shi Jingzhong stood up and walked downstairs quickly. The opportunity was about to come. He got into the carriage downstairs and ordered: "Go up and park a hundred steps away."

The carriage slowly started and headed towards Linghu's house. It stopped by a wall a hundred steps away from the mansion. Shi Jingzhong took out his hard crossbow from the base of the carriage, pulled the strings and shot an arrow in the air. With a "bang!", the air was very powerful.

Shi Jingzhong took out another poisonous arrow from the arrow box, and the arrow flashed with phosphorescence. This poisonous arrow was very domineering, and could be called a blood-threatening throat and was immediately fatal.

Shi Jingzhong was a crossbowman. At that time, both under Wang Zhongsi and Geshuhan were all very famous crossbowmen in the Longyou Army and had excellent archery skills. After he was promoted to General of the Central Army, he was also the crossbow camp in command of the Longyou Army. Today he was going to take action personally.

He carefully put the poisonous arrow into the arrow groove, and his eyes were again on the mansion gate, waiting for the last chance.

Linghu Fei really came out. He enthusiastically welcomed the mansion and welcomed the big merchants from Shuzhong into the mansion. The two officials waiting outside were not tactful and wanted to come and curry favor, but Linghu Fei mercilessly bombarded away without any eyes. He dared to join in the fun when the God of Wealth came?

Although Linghu Fei was also an opportunity to welcome him out of the mansion, Shi Jingzhong was not waiting for this opportunity. There was a beginning and an end. With Linghu Fei's love for money and the generous businessman in Shu, he would definitely send this businessman out of the mansion respectfully.

Linghu Fei's mansion closed suddenly, and the front door became deserted, with only the big merchant's carriage and more than a dozen guards.

It was already dark, and about half an hour later, the main door of Linghu Fei Mansion opened, and the main door was opened. Today, the small doors were opened next to them. Shi Jingzhong's eyes narrowed into a line, and his hands gradually tightened the crossbow.

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Linghu Fei was in a very happy mood. The generous move of this great merchant in Shu made him overjoyed. 15,000 guan! He just wanted the other party to give up at most 10,000 guan, so he was satisfied, but he didn't expect that the other party would give up 15,000 guan, and his heart exploded with joy.

For the sake of this five thousand stalemate, he even opened the main door and sent the big businessman out of the mansion.

"Shanghu Shangshu, then I'll ask the Shangshu for my business."

"Haha! Please rest assured. Since I have agreed, I will do it without fail. Don't wait to get rich!"

Linghu Fei sent the merchant off the steps, and the big merchant's carriage came up. The merchant got into the carriage and opened the window and smiled: "Please go back!"

Linghu Fei bowed and smiled, "Don't ask me to take care of you all the way."

At this time, a carriage opposite drove over unhurriedly. Linghu Fei glanced at it. The carriage was very ordinary, no different from the carriages seen everywhere on the street. He didn't take it seriously and turned around and walked towards the mansion. At this moment, someone suddenly shouted behind him: "Shanghu Linghu, the imperial edict has arrived!"

Linghu Fei was shocked and turned around quickly, but at the moment he turned around, a crossbow sounded, and a poisonous arrow shot towards him like lightning. His eyes were stunned and he could only see a little blue light flashing in the night.

'puff!'

The powerful crossbow arrow shot into Linghu Fei's eyebrows, leaving only half of the crossbow arrow outside. His eyes became dull and then began to dissipate. His face turned black and he fell to the ground straight up to the sky. Several family members in front of the mansion were stunned. No one could react for a long time.

Shi Jingzhong's carriage accelerated. Instead of running outside the mansion, it turned around and ran deep into the Huanshafang. At this time, only he heard a shout from the Linghu Fei Mansion, "Come here! Shangshu was stabbed, come here!"

The gate of a house near the wall opened, and the carriage drove directly into the yard. Shi Jingzhong jumped off the carriage and strode towards the backyard. The backyard was the wall. A ladder had been installed beside the wall. Shi Jingzhong climbed up the ladder and climbed over the wall. Outside the wall, a carriage had been waiting for a long time. Shi Jingzhong got into the carriage, and the carriage quickly started and drove towards the Dongcheng Gate not far away.

At this time, the Huanshafang had already had a big ups and the news had not reached here, and the city gate was still open. After a day of search yesterday, the guards of the city gate had been much relaxed, and pedestrians came and went freely, and basically no more checks were made.

The carriage drove out of the East City without any accident and soon disappeared into the heavy night fog.

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Chapter completed!