Poor Family

  Chapter 179 Suspicious person

Zhao Kai and Li Yanqing's party crossed the Yangtze River in Runzhou, and then went south along the canal. In the evening, they entered Changzhou and stopped at the post station in Benniu Town. up.

   Seeing the arrival of the royal family, the postman and the servants of the building did not dare to neglect. They hurriedly boiled water and cooked food to serve the group of uncles who came all the way from the capital. Even their horses were carefully fed with good fodder.

  Zhao Kai heard exclamations from outside, so he quickly walked out of the lobby, and saw Li Yanqing in the courtyard, who was stringing a bow, surrounded by a group of guards, and it was this group of guards who made the exclamation just now.

   "What happened?" Zhao Kai stepped forward and asked.

  A guard pointed to the bow in Li Yanqing's hand, "Your Highness, this bow."

  Zhao Kai noticed that the bow in Li Yanqing's hand was different, it turned out to be a bronze bow, he was stunned for a moment, "Li Shaojun, what kind of bow is this?"

  Li Yanqing was concentrating on winding the bronze bow, he did not raise his head, smiled and said: "Your Highness, this is my master's bow, and I will use it for the time being."

  Zhao Kai had never heard of copper bows and iron arrows, so he asked with a curious smile, "Can bows be made of copper?"

  A guard next to him whispered: "Your Highness, this is the bronze bow of Zhou Tong, the head of the Forbidden Army's bow horse class. It is unique in the world. Everyone is surprised by this. I didn't expect the copper bow and iron arrow to appear in Li Shaojun's hands."

   "How powerful is the bronze bow?" Zhao Kai became more interested.

   "Li Shaojun, show your hand!" All the guards begged Li Yanqing to shoot arrows.

  At this time Li Yanqing installed the strings, and said with a smile: "Okay! I'll try it!"

  He pointed to the courtyard door, "I shot at that courtyard door, do you see if there is anyone outside?"

  Two guards ran out of the yard and shouted: "There is no one outside the yard!"

  Li Yanqing took out an iron arrow from his quiver, stepped back to the steps, pulled the bronze bow, and shouted: "See clearly!"

   When the string is loosened, ‘Crash! ’ with a muffled sound, a black iron arrow shot out of the string, and shot towards the gate twenty steps away, only to see ‘Kacha! ’ With a sound, a hole was shot through the wooden door, and the whole plank was cracked from top to bottom. The guards exclaimed, followed by applause.

  Zhao Kai was so startled that he could not close his mouth from ear to ear. Ordinary arrows would only be nailed to the door, but Li Yanqing's bronze bow and iron arrow actually shot a big hole in the door. The strength of this arrow is really astonishing.

   "Li Shaojun, how long have you practiced?"

Li Yanqing said with a faint smile: "In fact, I only practiced for a year, but I have a little more talent than ordinary people, and it is far from being profound. I can only say that I have a glimpse of the door. If the master shoots this one, he will kill the whole door." I can't reach his realm yet."

  At this time, the guard outside the door came back with an iron arrow, Zhao Kai hurriedly said, "Show me!"

  He took the arrow, sank in his hand, and suddenly said in surprise: "It must be at least two or three catties!"

   "It weighs two catties and four taels. I only have ten arrows in total. Any more will be a burden."

   "Only ten arrows!" Zhao Kai's eyes showed doubts, what's the point of having so few arrows?

"Your Highness, iron arrows are not used to deal with ordinary targets, I use them to hit important targets, and even if iron arrows are not used, the killing distance can be increased by more than 20% with ordinary arrows, and can be shot at a distance of 120 steps The enemy army, if it is an iron arrow, can penetrate the enemy's armor at a distance of 150 steps, which is more lethal than the **** arm crossbow."

   "So that's it, I've learned a lot today!"

   At this moment, Qing'er ran out from the backyard of the inn, whispered something to Li Yanqing, Li Yanqing's face changed slightly, Zhao Kai saw the clue, and immediately asked: "What happened?"

  Li Yanqing pulled Zhao Kai aside, lowered his voice and said to him: "Just now Xiaoqing found suspicious people around on the roof, who seemed to be following us?"

  Zhao Kai's complexion also changed, who could be so bold?

  Night fell quickly, but since Qing'er found a suspicious person, the guards never found anything unusual again. Although it's hard to explain clearly, everyone thought it was Li Yanqing's school boy who made a fuss.

  Zhao Kai also had a little doubt, maybe Xiaoqing really misjudged.

   "Your Highness, please don't take off your clothes to sleep."

  Although Li Yanqing also felt that Zhu Xi would not come so soon, Changzhou was already on the edge of Zhu Xi's influence, so he felt that he should be more cautious.

  Zhao Kai nodded, then ordered a few words to his subordinates, and his subordinates hurried away, he pondered for a while and asked again: "Does Yanqing think that Zhu Xi will resist?"

   "What is His Highness's will?" Li Yanqing asked back.

   "Father asked me to arrest Zhu Xi and bring him to Beijing. If Zhu Xi shows signs of rebellion, he can be executed on the spot!"

"The situation has reached the point of killing people. Does Your Highness think that Zhu Xi will not notice? Even a pig will fight desperately before being killed, not to mention that this person has three thousand private troops. If I'm not wrong, we just came out of Bianjing. Zhu Mo then got the news, counting the time, even if he ambushes us in the Yangtze River, he will still have time."

   "Why did he ambush me?"

  Zhao Kai was puzzled: "What good will he gain by ambushing me? It will only make the problem worse. I'm afraid he won't even have a chance to explain."

"Your Highness, you can't say that. If Zhu Xi wants to resist, then dealing with His Highness is a kind of instinct. Isn't Your Highness a pig killer? Besides, His Highness has a gold medal for mobilizing troops. This alone is enough to make Zhu Xi take risks." .”

  Zhao Kai was silent, and he also realized that he had considered the issue too simply. He thought that to arrest Zhu Xi, that is, when he arrived in Suzhou, Zhu Xi would kneel in front of him and catch him without a fight. He hadn't considered Zhu Xi's resistance.

   At this moment, Qing'er ran in and said to Li Yanqing: "Young official, I found another suspicious person."

  Li Yanqing was refreshed, and hurriedly followed Qing'er to the backyard. Qing'er's observation place was on a firewood house with a flat roof and several broken vats stacked on it, which could be used as a shelter.

  Li Yanqing bent down and got behind the big tank, Qing'er whispered: "In the southeast direction, you will see a dark shadow."

Li Yanqing raised his head slowly, looked over the vat to the southeast, the moonlight is very good tonight, and his sight can be cast far away, the east of the post station is a barren grassland, about tens of steps wide, full of undulating piles of dirt, It is covered with weeds and shrubs half a person's height, and to the east is a small river.

  Li Yanqing observed for a while, and sure enough, he saw a figure slowly standing up behind a bush. He was very thin, like a bamboo pole.

   "I didn't see this figure this afternoon. The person in the afternoon is a short man. He didn't know where he went. This person has been here for almost half an hour. I'm sure he is watching us."

Li Yanqing drew out his dagger and gestured to Qing'er, meaning to capture this person, Qing'er immediately understood, she also drew out the Jade Girl Sword, and went out from the north wall, while Li Yanqing detoured to the south, and the two went south together One north, outflank this person.

   There were more than a dozen steps away from the black shadow, Li Yanqing saw this person more clearly, he was squatting in a pit with a sword in his hand.

  Suddenly, there was a sharp whistling sound from the east, Li Yanqing turned around, only to find a small boat hidden in the river, the people on the boat had already seen him, and started to raise the alarm.

The watcher also realized something was wrong, turned around and fled, Li Yanqing threw a stone with a little force, and hit the back of the man's head, the man staggered and fell headlong into the grass, never able to get up again, He was knocked unconscious.

  Li Yanqing didn't care about the fallen person, but rushed towards the small boat in the river. Seeing that the situation was not good, the two people in the boat jumped onto the opposite bank before they had time to sail, and ran away.

  At this time, Qing'er had already snatched away the tall and thin man's long sword. She held the sword against the throat of the man who had just woken up, and said viciously: "If you dare to move, I will pierce your throat with a sword!"

   When Li Yanqing came back from the river, he saw the leader of the guards, Tang Qianzhi, leading more than a dozen guards, "Li Shaojun, have you caught him?"

"There are three people in total, catch one and escape two!" Li Yanqing replied bitterly, he felt a little regretful in his heart, he clearly knew that there was a small river not far from the shadow, and there would definitely be a boat to meet him. Actually ignored.

  The guards rushed forward and tied the tall and thin man behind his back, and several others ran to search the ship.

  At this time, the thin and tall man finally recovered from his stupor, and in a hurry he shouted: "I am not a thief, I am the head of Wujin County."

  (end of this chapter)