Chapter 65: Murder and Arson on Lantern Festival (Part )

Looking at these strong men in the courtyard, Murong Zan suddenly smiled. Judging from their figures, aren't these the same people from yesterday?

"Li Silang, we meet again. Stop hiding and come out."

Li Yuanhui, who was still at the end of the team, walked to the front, glanced at the corpses on the ground and said, "My lord, I am sorry for the offense."

Murong Zan had a smile on his face, and even at this moment he did not show any panic expression.

"Hahaha, good and good, you, Li Silang, are really brave."

Li Silang shook his head and said, "But if I don't come here, will the king let me go?"

Murongzhan's smile gradually faded, and then he said seriously: "Okay, Li Silang, you are ruthless enough, come and help me. When I become the emperor in the future, I will give you the title of General of the Cavalry. How about that?"

Li Silang shook his head. "I'm sorry, my king. The general of the cavalry and the prime minister are of no significance to me right now."

Murongzhan nodded: "It seems that you are determined to take action. I didn't expect you to be so courageous. I was negligent. After I die, the third brother will have no opponent. If you marry Jinyang, you will naturally be rich and prosperous in the future. Just do it."

Seeing that Li Silang had no intention of taking action, Murong Zan, who had said a lot of things, was suddenly stunned.

"You won't kill me?"

Li Silang continued to shake his head: "What are you talking about, my king? How dare I attack you? There are clearly bad guys here who are holding you hostage. I just happened to be passing by with a few friends and saved you."

Murong Zan suddenly burst into laughter: "Hahaha, interesting, really interesting, okay, okay, you're right, Li Silang, I really underestimated you, this time it's for real, you help me, if I become the emperor in the future, I will satisfy you whatever you want, although my relationship with Sanniang is average, but I accept you as my brother-in-law"

Murong Zan felt that he was very sincere, and what he said this time was 90% true.

Li Yuanhui interrupted, "Thank you very much, Your Majesty."

Murong Zan nodded. The Li family was currently in power, so there was no need to bet on him. Besides, he couldn't sever his relationship with Murong Yang.

"Okay, then I'll wait for you to beg me."

After saying this, Murong Zan left with a smile on his face, always maintaining the demeanor of a prince.

Only after leaving the yard did his hands start to tremble, and he could only walk by holding on to the wall.

It's not that he wasn't afraid. This was the closest he had ever been to death, and he just didn't want to show his weakness.

Soon, he walked out of the gate and onto the street, and he finally felt relieved.

At this time, a cry of surprise came from my ear: "Look, there is a fire in Changxingfang."

"Quick, quick, call someone to put out the fire."

"There's a fire."

The flames behind him shot up into the sky, but Murong Zan never looked back.

Li Yuanhui looked at his back and said, "Second brother, it's all thanks to you."

Li Erlang, who was standing side by side, just smiled slightly.

Five hours ago, at Li’s residence in Chongxianfang.

"How dare you to plot treason? Why don't you surrender and take me to Jingzhao Prefecture to answer for your crimes!"

Li Yuanhui was so shocked when he heard the sound that his face changed color and he immediately stood up. Liu Xuanji and Zhang Jian's men also turned around to look. Huo Qiu even collapsed to the ground, trembling.

Following the man's words, Yangguang walked into the house, only to see a young man standing at the door, looking at everyone with a smile.

This man had sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes, a look of gentlemanly appearance, and the demeanor of a dragon and a phoenix. He wore a silk scarf on his head and a round-necked robe, which suited him very well.

It was none other than Li Jiajilang.

Li Yuanhui took a deep breath, then waved his hand at Zhang Jian and Monk Rujing who were looking at him as if they were facing a great enemy, "This is my second brother, Li Mingqi."

"Greetings, Mr. Li Erlang. I am Zhang Jian from Jiangdu, Yangzhou."

"I am a monk from Huangjue Temple in Huainan. My Buddhist name is Rujing. I am honored to meet Mr. Li Erlang."

Li Er also clasped his fists towards the two of them. Li Yuanhui looked towards the door and said, "Tan'er, I didn't ask you to watch..."

Li Er said, "Don't blame me, Silang. I told her not to make anything known. Tan'er, you stay at the gate of the courtyard. If anyone comes in, shout and signal loudly." Tan'er spread her hands towards Silang, pointed at Erlang, indicating that there was nothing I could do, then she closed the door and went to keep watch in the courtyard.

"Silang, I just heard the last few sentences. No matter what you want to do, no matter whether it can be accomplished or not, please explain the cause and effect to me in detail first."

Li Si let out a long sigh, and then told the whole story starting from the day he met Monk Rujing.

After listening to the whole thing, Li Er looked a little solemn. After thinking for a while, he said, "I have heard about Murong Zan. He has a perverse and stingy personality. His scandal was discovered by you, Silang. You are also the fiancé of Princess Jinyang. Even if you let them run away or kill them all to cover up for him, he will not let you go. So, what Monk Rujing said is right. It is better to strike first. Brother Liu's strategy is very good, but Murong Zan cannot die."

Li Si and others were a little confused after hearing what Li Er said. What was he talking about?
Li Er pointed at Huo Qiu who was standing beside him and said, "As he said, the King of Liang must have some other people under his command, but not too many. After all, he is a prince, and it is already the limit for him to have a few assassins under the watchful eyes of the Saint. According to what you said, he will definitely go to the house of the minor official in Changxingfang tonight. He has killed all the people of the Fire Bull Gang, so this time he must have brought his own people, not too many, and what we need to do is to remove his minions.

The saint was no less wary of the princes than of members of the royal family. Although they were honored and favored, they were not allowed to participate in political affairs, let alone hold power. So without these minions, even if the prince wanted to deal with Li Si, it would not be easy. He could only rely on the power of his disciples and his mother's family.

The Li family is not afraid of these.

So as long as we remove his minions, scare him, and make him hesitate, he will not dare to take action in the short term. If we kill him directly, the consequences will be beyond our imagination."

Li Si could only think in his heart: After all, the second brother is reliable. If he really kills Murong Zhan as Lao Liu and the others said, the emperor will be furious and will investigate the matter thoroughly.

It is hard to say that there will be no mistakes when you start.

And the slightest mistake could lead the Li family into an irretrievable situation.

Therefore, the second brother's plan was obviously more appropriate. He would eliminate his minions in front of him and give him some sense of fear so that he would not dare to act rashly in the short term.

As for long-term matters, there is no need to consider them at all. In two years, or even less than two years, the Li family should rise.

By then, the prince of Dayan will be worthless.

As soon as Li Er finished speaking, Tan Er in the courtyard shouted, "Silang, Xiao Liu said that five people came outside the door to look for you."

Upon hearing this, Li Silang glanced at Zhang Jian.

Zhang Jian smiled awkwardly and said, "I had originally agreed with several brothers in Qi County to leave the city and escape. Who knew they would come back?"

It turned out that Zhang Jian had agreed with several people from Qi Jun last night to leave the city separately and escape.

He wanted to let the monk go with his family after they left the city, but he wanted to meet Li Yuanhui alone. However, Monk Rujing refused and insisted on coming with him.

After Qi Jun and the other four had walked out of the city for more than ten miles, Qin Bogui realized something was wrong, because Zhang Jian was going back to Yangzhou and should be going the same way as him. After discussing it, they returned to Chang'an and headed straight for Li's house.

As soon as Qi Jun and his men entered the yard, Li Erlang immediately included them in and made a complete ambush plan.

Liu Xuanji, Chen Dengyun and Cui Xiaotong were the best archers and they were lying in ambush on the courtyard wall and the roof respectively.

Yang Xianguo, the Qin brothers, Zhang Jian, and Monk Rujing were lurking outside, and as soon as they entered Yoshira's house, they started to take action.

Li Er was waiting for Li Si between Kaihuafang and Anrenfang, because Li Si's appearance meant the end of the banquet in the palace.

He immediately took him to the ambush site, Kira's house in Changxingfang.

The plan was not complicated, and the ambush method was simple and direct. The main point was to surprise the enemy.

In order to reassure Murong Zan, Li Er also specially asked Li Silang to send several trusted guards to Jingzhao Prefecture and told them not to say a word during this period, creating the illusion that they were all drugged and mute. This was to create a cloud of smoke for Murong Zan.

Show weakness and put him at ease.

This way he could put the money into his pockets without any worries at night.

Everything was perfect, except when Li Er grabbed Li Si, people misunderstood it as kidnapping and followed him all the way.

After discovering something was wrong, the man felt that he had discovered a conspiracy, so he continued to track it without making it public.

On the other side, Murong Zhan arrived as promised and entered Yoshira's house. When Pubugu was about to take action, Zhang Jian broke open the door first. Seeing this, Li Er, who had not yet entered the house, quickly drew his bow and shot the Xianbei warrior, King Liang Sima Pubugu, with one arrow.

Then Zhang Jian, Yang Xianguo, and the Qin brothers, each holding a sword, Monk Rujing holding a big stick, and the three above suppressing with bows and arrows, the five of them rushed forward, but in just a few seconds, the assassins raised by Murong Zhanen were hacked to death on the ground.

No resistance
Watching Murong Zhan's departing figure, Li Er secretly thought that Silang had a good eye for getting to know these heroes, all of whom were extraordinary. In the future, they might all be a help to my Li family.

But they were completely unaware that someone was watching everything they did.

(End of this chapter)