Chapter 1165: Soft and Hard
Two days later, Ningbo City.
"My lord, the little one has already found out where the other party's main messenger lives." When Li Shan's mother was practicing wielding a Japanese knife in the courtyard, a man walked over quickly, stood aside and bowed down and said.
"Assemble your men." Li Shan's mother's eyes flashed coldly when she heard this, and she struggled to slash away from the void, and gave an order coldly.
The reason why she released the stout middle-aged man a few times was so that she could find out what was hidden behind the scenes, and then catch them all.
When the stout middle-aged man's men went to see him yesterday, there was no gap, and they had been followed by Li Shan's mother's people, which exposed the whereabouts of the stout middle-aged man, so that their lair was found.
The stout middle-aged man despised Li Shan's mother too much, and he could never have imagined that Li Shan's mother already knew about Li Shan's affairs by Li Yuntian's side, and all she was doing now was to find him, the main messenger behind the scenes, in order to uproot his power.
In fact, Li Shan's mother knew that the stout middle-aged man was just a chess piece, and she also knew who the stout middle-aged man's boss was, and the kidnapping of Li Shan was a conspiracy planned by the boss behind the scenes, wanting to force her to comply.
Perhaps there is a providence in the dark, Li Shan unexpectedly met Li Yuntian, otherwise, with Liu Feng's power in Yangzhou, there would be no way to save Li Shan, but he would be framed by his backbite.
That night, a magnificent house in Nanjing.
A group of masked people in night clothes quietly came to the courtyard wall of the backyard of the house under the cover of night, and quickly climbed over the courtyard wall and opened the courtyard door of the backyard.
Like the high-ranking families, there were also men patrolling the mansion with knives and lanterns, but these unsuspecting men were subdued by the black-clad masked man who jumped out of the shadows before they could even snort.
Then, a curvaceous black-clad masked man entered a courtyard in the backyard surrounded by a group of men, and a strong black-clad masked man kicked open the door of the master bedroom.
"Who?" The man who was sleeping in the room with two young women in his arms jumped out of bed with a bang, picked up a knife at the head of the bed and shouted at the door, his face full of vigilance.
"Do you obediently put down the weapons in your hands, or do you want this clan to kill all the people here?" Several black-clothed masked men holding torches poured in outside the door, and under the stunned gaze of the man in the room, the graceful black-clothed masked man walked in, stared at him coldly and asked, his voice was soft, it was Li Shan's mother.
"Is that you?" The man in the house was the stout man who appeared in the grove last night, and he was taken aback when he heard the word "Benfan", and stared at Li Shan's mother in great surprise, no matter what, he didn't expect Li Shan's mother to find here.
"What do you want?" Under the sharp gaze of Li Shan's mother, the stout man's face changed uncertainly for a while, and then he threw down the knife in his hand and asked calmly, he knew that Li Shan's mother would really kill everyone in the mansion.
Although the stout man was not afraid of death, he had his family in the house, and he did not want to be implicated by him.
"Give the list of spies you have in your possession to the clan." Li Shan's mother looked at the stout man with a cold expression, "In this way, this clan will let you go, otherwise you know what the consequences will be." ”
"If I give you those lists, my lord won't let me go!" The stout man was taken aback when he heard this, and fine beads of sweat oozed from his forehead, he naturally knew the importance of the list.
"In that case, you'll let those lists go with you to hell." Li Shan's mother sneered, and now the stout man didn't have the capital to bargain with him at all.
As she spoke, Li Shan's mother waved her hand, and several black-clothed masked men with crossbows rushed in, raised their crossbows and aimed them at the stout man.
"Wait a minute!" Seeing this, the stout man's face suddenly changed, and he hurriedly shouted to Li Shan's mother, he knew that Li Shan's mother didn't necessarily have to get the list in his hand, and the posture he put on today was to destroy him.
A sneer flashed at the corner of Li Shan's mother's mouth when she heard this, and she waved her hand at the black-clothed masked people holding crossbows, and those people put down the crossbows in their hands.
"After I give you the list, will you let my family go?" The stout man hesitated for a moment, then looked up at Li Shan's mother and asked.
"This clan has always been true to his words!" Li Shanmu replied coldly, if she was in the Wa Kingdom, she would definitely destroy the stout man, but after all, it was Daming here, she didn't want to make the case too big, as for the stout man, he must die, she would never allow anyone to hurt Li Shan, and death was a punishment for the stout man.
After getting the promise of Li Shan's mother, the stout man's face became a little relaxed, and he hurriedly put on his clothes and went to the courtyard, and took out an iron box from the secret compartment of the rockery in the courtyard, and the iron box recorded the roster of his secret agents.
Li Shan's mother looked through the roster, most of the spies on it were from the Ming clan, and only a few of them were from the Ming Dynasty, after all, it was safer to use the Ming people as spies.
According to the information that Li Shan's mother had, the contents of this roster were true, and several contact points she knew of were recorded on it.
"Lord Domain, the little one has already given you what you need, and the little one knows that it will be impossible to escape death, so I hope you can let the little family leave." The stout man knelt in front of Li Shan and pleaded with his head to the ground, he knew that he would definitely be hunted down by the lord after betraying the lord, so he had no choice but to send his family away.
Although the stout man looks vulgar on the outside, he is actually very shrewd, otherwise he would not have become the head of those secret agents, for which he has already left a way back, once the situation is critical, he will leave Nanjing to hide, anyway, the territory of the Ming Dynasty is vast and there are many places to go.
"Before that, you have to do one more thing for the Hon, gather those who have come from Kyushu and Shikoku." Li Shan's mother put away the roster, looked at the stout man with an expressionless face and said, wanting to wipe out all the enemies that followed.
The Kyushu and Shikoku in her mouth naturally referred to the Kyushu Island and Shikoku Island of the Wa Kingdom, and her opponent knew that she was coming to Daming, so he sent people to wait in Daming, ready to ambush her, and the mustachioed man in the grove was the leader of the group, hiding somewhere else.
"Okay, I promise you." The stout man couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, there was no other choice for him but to honestly follow Li Shan's mother's words.
Li Shan's eyes flashed with a cold light at present, she wanted to let the opponent of the Wa Kingdom know that the other party had made a big mistake this time, she wanted to destroy the other party's hard work under the Daming cloth, and let the other party's years of business go to waste.
The next day, the stout man's family packed their bags and hurriedly left the city of Nanjing, and the stout man had already arranged a retreat for them, and quietly bought a house and a shop in Duohai City, Jiaozhi, so that it would be difficult for the people of the Wa Kingdom to find them.
At the same time, the stout man hanged himself in his home, knowing that only his death could be exchanged for the life of his family.
Because the stout man ordered the subordinates of the family not to approach the bedroom where he hanged himself, it was not until three days later that the smell of corpses came from the bedroom, and the subordinates went to the yamen in a panic to report to the officials.
Knowing that there was a death lawsuit, the county officials hurriedly arrived, only to learn that the stout man's family had already left, and there was no owner in a huge mansion.
The stout man carried a suicide note, saying that he owed a high amount of loan sharks outside because of his business, and he could not repay it, so he had to go to this desperate road, and donated all his family's real estate, shops and land to the charity hall in the city.
"What! He's dead? The family also ran away? Just when the neighbors gathered in front of the stout man's courtyard gate and watched the bustle, in the guest room of an inn in the city, a man with a Chinese character face looked at his subordinates who came to pay his respects in surprise, and then looked at a middle-aged man with a beard beside him, and said in surprise, "Young master, I haven't heard that he owes usury!" ”
Obviously, the "he" in the mouth of the man with the national character face refers to the stout man.
"We underestimated Shizuko Fujido, but we didn't expect her to be here!" A fierce light flashed in the bearded middle-aged man's eyes, and he said coldly, "It seems that those secret agents under him are finished." ”
"Young Master, what should we do?" The look on the face of the man with the national character face was even more shocked when he heard this, you must know that the stout man has Li Shan in his hands, could it be that Li Shan's mother, that is, Shizuko Fujido, took rash action regardless of Li Shan's life and death?
"Shizuko Fujido must have arranged manpower in Nanjing City, so we can't stay for long." The bearded middle-aged man groaned for a moment and replied quietly.
"Where to go?" The man with the national character face also felt that it was too dangerous to stay in Nanjing City, so he asked repeatedly.
"Yangzhou!" A sneer appeared at the corner of the bearded middle-aged man's mouth, and two words burst out coldly in his mouth, ready to visit Cui Hui, the prefect of Yangzhou.
The so-called enemy of the enemy is a friend, Cui Hui not only has a personal grudge with Li Yuntian for a long time, but also recently his brother-in-law Liu Feng has been imprisoned because of Li Yuntian, so now Cui Hui must hope to get external help, which can be used by the middle-aged man with a beard.
"Young master, Fujido Shizuko already knows the manpower we have arranged in Daming, so it is safer for you to return to Shikoku." The man with the face hesitated for a moment when he heard this, and opened his mouth to persuade the middle-aged man with a beard, Now Shizuko Fujido has completely gained the upper hand.
"The surname Li finally came to Jiangnan, how can I not seize this opportunity, young master?" Hearing this, a hideous look appeared on the face of the bearded middle-aged man, and he said gloomily, "Now Cui Hui, the prefect of Yangzhou, hates and fears the surname Li, and it can be used by me." ”
"Young master, that Cui Hui dares to attack King Zhong?" The man with the national character face wrinkled slightly, he had also heard of the grievances between Cui Hui and Li Yuntian, but Cui Hui now has a frank career, how can he easily provoke Li Yuntian, once the incident happens, it will be a big crime to destroy the family, and the emperor will be angry and destroy his nine clans.
"If you want to deal with a person, killing him is the last way, and with the scheming surnamed Li, I will never do this, otherwise Cui Hui would not have come to this point."
The bearded middle-aged man nodded when he heard this, and said quietly, "Don't look at Cui Hui's appearance now, I'm afraid I haven't slept a few good nights, and I often wake up from nightmares at night, and the surname Li is to destroy him psychologically, making him feel scared and uneasy, which is completely a torment for Cui Hui, and it is more terrible than killing him." ”
"Moreover, the higher Cui Hui's official position, the greater the pressure he will under, you can't imagine the days when you have a knife hanging from your head."
As he spoke, the bearded middle-aged man sneered, "It seems that Cui Hui is unlucky enough, the surname Li hates him very much, and I haven't heard of any enemies other than the surname Li." ”
The man with the national character face nodded thoughtfully when he heard this, but Cui Hui wished that Li Yuntian was going to die, and he would definitely take the risk to cooperate with the bearded middle-aged man.