Chapter 116 Lead the snake out of the hole
The sword pierced Li Jiancheng's chest!
That hideous face is so close that it makes people feel heartbroken.
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"call!"
Li Shimin suddenly woke up from his dream and sat up. The surroundings were dark, and there was no sound except the rapid heartbeat like a war drum.
"Where are you having a nightmare?" Changsun likes to sleep on Li Shimin's arm, and Li Shimin is satisfied with his beloved wife's little habit. He wakes up like this, and he can't help but wake up the sleeping Changsun. He stretches out his hands around and can't see his five fingers, but Changsun seems to be able to see through all Li Shimin's thoughts.
"Yes!" Li Shimin sighed, and then he realized that he was soaked all over and could wrinkle water out of his inner clothes. Beads of sweat flowed through his cheeks and paused, "I had a dream of killing my elder brother with my own hands... it was a bit terrible." Since he secretly informed Li Yuan of the news of Li Jiancheng recruiting private soldiers in an anonymous letter and carried out the first step of the plan, he often had terrible nightmares. Today, he directly dreamed that he stabbed Li Jiancheng to death with a sword.
Changsun did not get up and light the lamp. In the darkness, he wiped the sweat from Li Shimin's face with a silk scribble and said softly: "As the saying goes, there are thoughts every day and dreams at night. There are also saying that dreams are illusory, so when you look at them, your Highness is careful that there will be one day before this dream will arise. As long as your Highness does not have the will to kill the prince, the prince will not be in danger. Your Highness thinks it is because your Highness really has the will to kill the prince?"
Changsun seemed to be silent and said nothing, but in fact he knew Li Shimin too much and knew that he had no idea to kill Li Jiancheng.
"No!" Li Shimin shook his head with certainty and said, "I don't mean to kill my elder brother again, I just don't want to give up. He took the position of prince with the advantage of being ten years earlier than me. It was obvious that I had made more contributions, and it was obvious that I was more suitable for that position."
Changsun comforted softly: "That's it, Your Highness did nothing wrong. If the prince did not make any mistakes, did not recruit private soldiers, did not hide soldiers outside, and did not violate the bottom line of being the prince. How could this happen now? It is because the prince had been ahead, and what his highness did was just to expose the prince's fault. That's all. Whether or not the prince was abolished or not was still the father's business. With the father's personality, even if the prince's hidden soldiers outside was leaked, he would not be killed."
Li Shimin was also in great peace. Thinking of his upcoming plans, he also felt a little excited: Although Li Jiancheng recruited two thousand private soldiers with the prince's honor and did not exceed Li Yuan's bottom line, it also aroused his anger. Although Li Yuan forgives Li Jiancheng and acknowledged the existence of the two thousand long forest army, he also gave him a bad impression. As long as Li Jiancheng raises foreign soldiers, he will definitely surpass Li Yuan's bottom line. At that time, he also got the position of prince as he wished.
As for Li Jiancheng's handling, it was as he said. He had never thought of killing Li Jiancheng. He was as arrogant as others, as long as he took the initiative and obtained the position of prince. With his prestige in the military and his political status, he was completely unafraid of the threat Li Jiancheng brought to him.
Facts have proved that he and Li Jiancheng were both naive. Their idea of not killing was because they did not really start a cruel battle for the throne. Once they went deeper, they would find that in the face of the temptation of power, family affection and other things were all over the clouds.
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The north bank of the Yangtze River, Dangtu Ferry.
Situ's eyes were staring at the strange middle-aged man and old woman not far away, although he did not recognize these two people, he was 80% sure that they were Hou Jie and his mother.
Although Dou Pingrong's disguise technique is unparalleled in the world, some characteristics cannot be covered, just like Hou Jie's long arm like a monkey and his arched back, unless his arm is chopped and his spine is broken, no matter how skilled disguise is, he cannot change this physical characteristic.
Just as Luo Shixin expected, although Situ Shang asked Pei Qingyi to kill her only son, she did not recklessly seek revenge on Pei Qingyi. A killer first learns to be calm and keep calm at all times, even if his son dies tragically.
Pei Qingyi has a connection with a bearded guest. He has been in the world for many years and has many friends who can be loyal to each other. Compared with the number of people fighting, their killers do not have the advantage. The pursuit is so urgent, but he just pretends to be impatient and revenge, which makes Pei Qingyi lose his composure in fear.
Pei Qingyi cannot always be protected by friends in the world, and there will be opportunities sooner or later.
Situ Shang was also waiting for that opportunity, but things were unexpected. Because of the battle between the Tang army and the Jianghuai army, they completely cut off the news from Dangtu. Then they received news from Funiu Mountain that the assassination camp's nest was kicked and the assassination camp suffered heavy losses.
The assassination camp was a special force carefully created by Situs She, his master Yang Su. Although Yang Su died, Situs She could not forget Yang Su's kindness and guarded the assassination camp to the death. In fact, he himself didn't know that Yang Su was gone, what's the point of guarding the assassination camp to the death. But he was like a loyal dog, even though he knew that the owner was dead, he was still waiting foolishly for the impossible miracle.
Now that the assassination camp is almost wiped out, Situ's persistence for half his life collapsed suddenly. The hatred is deeper than his son's tragic death. At that moment, he came to a conclusion: he will never stop with Pei Qingyi, Princess Pingyang, and Hou Jie in this life.
Situ Shang did not know clearly that it was Princess Pingyang who destroyed the assassination camp, but he could guess it based on his imagination. Pei Qingyi forced him to hide in Dangtu. If she really had that strength, she would not have been forced to be a dog of a family. So far, his only enemy was Pei Qingyi, and only Pingyang could stand out for Pei Qingyi. The bearded guest was far away from overseas, and only Pingyang had the only choice. It happened that because of Hou Jie, Pingyang could know where the camp was. It was obvious who did it.
Situ Shu has a ruthless personality. If you can't kill you, you can disgust you to death. Just like when he asked Wu Shike to cut off his arm, he could not deal with Wu Shike, so he would destroy Wu Shike's whole family. He would make his opponents angry and blame him forever and have no choice but to do anything to him.
Pei Qingyi can't deal with it now, and Pingyang is even more so. Then start with the figures in the martial arts world who support Pei Qingyi, so that Pei Qingyi loses his mind in his anger and guilt.
When Tu Luokuan and the wind passed, Situ Shuai was looking for his opponent, he accidentally discovered a person who looked like Hou Jie. After careful investigation, he found an old woman with blind eyes and foot disease, which was in line with the combination of Hou Jie and his mother. Moreover, some people from the martial arts world appeared around them, which explained what it was self-evident.
Hou Jie leaked the secrets of the assassination camp, and was one of the must-killers, so he resolutely decided to start the revenge.
He followed the opportunity and waited for the opportunity all the way to Dangtu Ferry. He watched Hou Jie and his mother board the passenger ship leading to Jiangling. Most of the people who were secretly guarding the Jianghu Lake dispersed, and only a few of them still followed. He realized that the opportunity had come. He pretended to be a guest boarding the ship and boarded the passenger ship. Seeing Hou Jiesai gave the boss a bag of money and obtained a cabin, he had a raging rage flashed in his eyes. If it weren't for the secret disclosure and the reward, how could Hou Jie be so generous?
"Okay! You live comfortably, but it's convenient for me to do it."
He didn't spend money to buy a cabin, so he found a corner where he could see Hou Jie's cabin door, waiting for the night to come.
The moonlight covers the earth. Although it is early morning and the surroundings are silent, it still has a certain visibility because the moonlight comes from the deck. This is no different from the daytime for Situ Shang, who is good at night.
Seeing that there was no one in the narrow cabin, Situ Shu quietly blew the fire stick, lit the smoke, and stuffed it into the crack of the door.
None of the ten Hou Jies is the opponent of Situ Shao, but the reason why Situ Shao never misses is that he does not underestimate anyone. Even if he is an ant, he will use the medicine in one go in order to kill the other party most effectively.
I silently counted the time when the incense came into effect, and a biting chill suddenly arose in my heart, and I instinctively rolled back.
A bright horizontal sword appeared where he was before. If he hid for a while, he would be stabbed to death by the horizontal sword now.
Situ was sad and knew that he had a trap. He kicked open the cabin door and headed straight to the window. As long as he jumped into the Yangtze River, he would save his life.
When he entered the house, facing the bed close to him, Situ Shu had no thoughts and had a chance to kill someone, and Hou Jie was not qualified to let him take the risk of assassination.
His body hit the window, and his whole body bounced back to the ground. He couldn't help but breathe, inhaled the incense that was filled with the cabin. He was already dizzy and lost his mind for a moment.
A cold light fell from the sky, and the sharp blade fell into Situ's chest.
The knife went straight into the heart, and Situ Shao twitched for a moment, and there was only one thought in his mind: "Master, I'm here!"
The sound of fighting woke up the people on the boat and rushed up to watch the fun. However, a high-ranking ordinary middle-aged man walked out of the cabin with a bloody knife and showed the token of "catching" in his hand, and said loudly: "The government arrested the wanted criminals, and the idle people avoided it, and violated the order and regarded it as accomplice."
As soon as these words came out, the fun was scattered.
The cabin door next door was wide open, and Hou Jie and Dou Pingrong walked out one after another.
"How is it? General!" Hou Jie said in a nervous and excited tone. Situ was injured and could not sleep or eat.
"I'm dead. I don't know if Situ Shao is it. You can recognize people." Luo Shixin, who had disguised himself, took his knife and returned to the sheath, and was still unsatisfied. He wanted to fight Situ Shao with real swords and guns, but the other party was determined to escape, so he fell into a trap and sought death.
All of this is a plan that leads the snake out of the hole. Li Jing escaped from Situ's pursuit and specially studied his character and style of dealing with things. Based on Luo Shixin's strange attention, he set up this plan for him.
Hou Jie walked into the room with an oil lamp. The scarlet fire illuminated the small free space. The iron bars were sealed at the window, and there was a small hole leading to the next door under the bed.
Chapter completed!