Li Yi's Biography

9 The Murderer

The bright moonlight shone into the room through the window, covering the teapots and teacups on the round table with a layer of silver-white tulle. The three of them sat down slowly around the round table. Prince Wu spoke first: "This king is here tonight. Discussed with Master Zhou and Li Shaoxia about the breach of the embankment. I remember that at noon, the master told me that the embankment was intentionally blown up, and tonight the moon was sparse. Do you two think that the murderer who destroyed the embankment might be blown up again? Come out to do evil?"

Li Yi was excited when he heard about the intention of the prince's visit. As a fast catcher, he was naturally interested in solving crimes, so he chased after Prince Wu with great interest and asked, "Does the prince want Li Yi to go to Gushan tonight?" The dam, wait for the rabbit to catch the culprit who blows up the dam?"

But Master Zhou's eyes flashed a trace of worry. He felt that Li Yi had just taken the aphrodisiac this afternoon, and his body was weak. Let's rest, there are so many masters around Prince Wu, it's not your turn to make a move yet."

"No, there are too many people and it's easy to leak information. That's why I asked the two of you to discuss. I think the mastermind behind the blowing up of the dam is likely to be Magistrate Lu."

Magistrate Lu? !After listening to Lord Wu's words, Master Zhou and Li Yi looked at each other with surprised expressions.But after Li Yi thought about it, this was unexpected and reasonable, because after the County Magistrate Lu accepted a bribe of 500 taels of silver from the owner of the Zhou Zhuang, he directly withdrew the case and let the second owner go. It can be seen that the Magistrate Lu is nothing Good officer.

"My lord, how did you see it?" Zhuang Zhuang asked.

"Master, you don't know. The reason why this king guesses that it is County Magistrate Lu is because he and Governor Ke have always been at odds. Both of them are from the middle of Sichuan. They knew each other when they were young, and they went to the capital to take the exam together. It was listed in the same period. However, because Ke Yun has the world in his heart, the articles he wrote are very instructive, inspiring the style of writing, and he is considerate of the people's sentiments, has a good governance, and his words are convincing, and every sentence is reasonable. My royal brother likes it very much , let Ke Yun be the prefect. However, Lu Wenxing failed to get the appreciation of the Holy Majesty. He returned to Sichuan and only served as a small county magistrate. , I heard that the two had a good relationship at first, but after returning to Sichuan, they parted ways." Prince Wu explained.

"But this is at most a conflict between two people. What does it have to do with blowing up the dam?" Li Yi asked.

At this time, Zhuang Zhuang said slowly: "Because most of these dams were built by Ke Taishou. There used to be no reservoir dams in central Sichuan. In the dry season or drought, the villagers would go to war to compete for water sources. Because crops need water for irrigation, a year This is where the livelihood of the people lies, so the villages often fight each other for water sources, and people often die. After the prefect Ke took office, he immediately visited various places in central Sichuan, and built many dams near the mountains according to the right time and place. , Formed multiple reservoirs, so that even in the dry season, the water from the reservoirs can be used to irrigate crops, ensuring a good harvest of food, and also solving the competition for water sources. This is the first thing Ke prefects did after he took office. It solved a long-standing difficult problem in central Sichuan, and also made prefect Ke famous and won the respect of the villagers in central Sichuan. On the contrary, Magistrate Lu is greedy for money and lustful, with mediocre political achievements, which is much inferior to prefect Ke.”

"So that's the case. What does the lord mean, that Magistrate Lu may be jealous and hateful, and deliberately blow up the embankment built by Prefect Ke, just to ruin the reputation of Prefect Ke?" Li Yi asked.

"This is just a guess. The key is whether we can catch the culprit who blew up the embankment on the spot." Prince Wu said.

"Then what does Prince Wu want us to do?"

"I want Li Shaoxia to guard the dam of Gushan Mountain tonight. If someone tries to blow up the dam, he will be captured alive on the spot, interrogated, and then find out who is behind the scenes." Prince Wu finally revealed the purpose of coming tonight .

After listening to Prince Wu's words, Li Yi looked at Master Zhou and asked for his opinion. Master Zhou nodded and said, "My lord, I want to go with Li Shaoxia."

After listening to Master Zhou's words, Li Yi finally understood that Master Zhou could no longer live without his own life, and he couldn't always think about having nothing to do, and that he could break through no matter what dangers there were.Since he loves the other party, he must consider the other party, so he vowed in his heart: Everything he does next must be experienced with Mr. Zhou Zhuang, no matter it is happiness or danger.

Unexpectedly, the prince said at this time: "Even the owner of the villa dared to stand up, and the king has no reason to refuse. Tonight we will meet the instigator and see how he blows up the dam."

The moon and stars were sparse, and the crows flew south, and three fast horses secretly left the eunuch's mansion.

After arriving at the embankment, the three of Li Yi, the owner of Zhou Zhuang, Prince Wu, tied their horses in the dense forest, and then hid in a tall grass next to the embankment and waited quietly.Li Yi was excited, hoping that the person who blasted the dam would appear soon; but the owner of Zhuang Zhou was very conflicted, because he knew that if someone really came to blow up the dam, it would definitely be Li Yi who went up to fight him, and how many times would the other party come? Personally, all of this is unknown, and he regrets suddenly wanting to retreat.Among the three, Prince Wu should be the calmest at the moment. He quietly said to Li Yi and Zhuang Zhuang: "If there are too many opponents appearing in a while, we must remember not to fight head-on with them. At that time, Li Shaoxia, you will be responsible for tracking. Go back to rescue the soldiers, I will give you this sachet first, it is made of sweet-scented osmanthus powder, no matter where you are, I can use the hounds to find you."

After Li Yi took the sachet, he said: "Thank you, my lord, what if the opponent is alone?"

"If the opponent is alone, then I think the murderer can be taken down with Li Shaoxia's skill. If it really doesn't work, you can also use lightness kung fu to retreat first. Anyway, the murderer will leave after blowing up the embankment successfully. We are not in any danger .”

Zhuang Zhuang Zhou was complaining to himself again, love always makes him stupid, but Prince Wu remained calm at the critical moment, so he said: "It's so good, everything is according to the prince's orders."

Then there was a long wait. Tonight, the bright moon was in the sky, the silver tulle covered the ground, and the crickets were chirping intermittently. The wait was so long. Li Yi suddenly remembered the name "Sea Zhi" given to him by Prefect Ke. Thinking of him, he used such a method, why did he still think of him in his heart, Li Yi kept complaining to himself, in this long and waiting night...

After an unknown amount of time, a gust of river wind blew, and under the silver moonlight, a black shadow rode the river wind, stepped on the willow branches along the bank, floated slowly towards the water, and landed on the embankment.There was only one person who came, and both Lord Wu and Zhuang Zhuang Zhou felt lucky, but Li Yi didn't feel relaxed. Let's not talk about the martial arts of the man in black. level.

After reaching the embankment, the man in black paced back and forth, looking for something under the bright moonlight. Finally, he finally identified the gap, then gathered his inner strength with both palms, exuded powerful true energy, aimed at the gap of the embankment, and urged Using his true energy, he kept digging up the sand and rocks, and finally formed a small long hole.

Zhuang Zhuo Zhou and the other three hid in the dark, and they were all shocked. It was exactly as Li Yi said, that they buried the explosives in the soil at the gap and exploded.The matter has come to this point, Li Yi didn't wait any longer, and whispered to Master Zhou and Prince Wu: "Master Zhou, my lord, don't come out until the victory between me and the man in black is not decided. If I lose, you two will lose!" Can't come out."

After finishing speaking, Li Yi pulled out his bronze sword and flew up like a falcon in the air. At the speed of swooping down on the prey, the sword energy came first before the person arrived, and the whole process did not make any sound. It was a perfect surprise attack.Zhuang Zhuang Zhou and Prince Wu hid in the grass, held their breath, and focused on whether this surprise attack would be successful.

When the bronze sword energy was still a few meters away from the man in black, the man in black suddenly bounced away. Li Yi was shocked because he didn't make any sound, and it was impossible for this black man to have eyes behind his back. Why could he be sensitive? dodge his sneak attack.After falling on the embankment, Li Yi saw his reflection on the lake under the bright moonlight, and understood what was going on, and became more alert in his heart. This man in black is not simple!

Seeing that the man in black came empty-handed, Li Yi did not dare to underestimate the enemy. The bronze sword was fully fired, and the fast sword energy came directly at the man in black, but the man in black did not dodge. He took out something the size of a small stone, aimed at Li Yi and shot it.Since it was night, Li Yi didn't see what it was, thinking it was a hidden weapon, so he used a bronze sword to resist it, and an unimaginable thing happened.Suddenly there was a huge explosion, which was deafening, and the range of the explosion was several feet wide. The bursting sparks, billowing smoke, and the lethality can be imagined!

Master Zhou and Lord Wu were stunned for a moment. They didn't see clearly what kind of means the man in black was using. There was already a huge explosion, and it was caused by Li Yi's bronze sword.The blacks have long retreated outside the safe range and watched the development of the situation.

Master Zhou was distraught for an instant, and just about to shout out, Prince Wu covered Master Zhou's mouth with one hand and pressed Master Zhou's body with the other.Seeing the billowing smoke, and the explosives detonating beside Li Yi, Zhuang Zhuang's tears poured out like springs. The happiness of a lifetime is now over. This belated love is so extravagant. God took it back.

In fact, Lord Wu is also extremely sad in his heart. It is because he offered to capture the murderer who blew up the embankment, which led to such a tragedy, but he knows that he must not make a sound at the moment, otherwise he and Zhuang Zhuang will also die here. .

The river wind blows, the thick smoke slowly dissipates, the result gradually becomes clear under the bright moonlight, two huge true energy dragons stand on the embankment!

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