At the same time, Li Lezhi was walking towards Liangzhou.
Originally, he was going back to Yangzhou to celebrate the New Year with his apprentice, but Xiaowu received a letter from Beijing, telling him that he also had to return to Beijing, as an important matter was waiting for him there and he had to go.
Li Le had no choice but to change his route and return to Beijing from Liangzhou.
The closer Li Le got to Liangzhou, the more uneasy he felt, so he asked for a fortune to see if he would be safe along the way.
After figuring out that everything was fine and nothing dangerous happened, Li Le felt relieved, thinking that he was probably overthinking it.
At this time, Xiao Wu said, "Master Li, there are two ways to get back to Beijing from Liangzhou. One is the official road, and the other is the small road. It is already dark now. If we take the official road, there is no place to rest ahead, and the post station is still 20 miles away. If we take the small road, I know there is a teahouse not far ahead. We can rest there, but the small road is more roundabout than the official road, and we will arrive in Beijing a day later."
This means that Li Le can only choose one path to take.
Li Lezhi also heard it.
Although the official road can reach the capital one day earlier, there will be no place to rest. Although the small road is a bit roundabout, there will be a place to rest tonight.
Since everything should be centered around Li Lezhi, Xiao Wu specifically asked for his opinion.
Li Le just didn't know what others would choose. Maybe others would choose the official road, which sounds safe, but there is no village or shop nearby at night, so he doesn't need to take the official road just to reach the capital earlier.
Therefore, Li Lezhi chose the small path.
He also wanted to slow down a bit, so that he could see the scenery of Liangzhou City. This was a rare public-funded tour.
After Xiaowu knew what Li Lezhi was thinking, he didn't say anything, but drove silently towards the place in his memory.
But when he arrived at the teahouse, he immediately realized that something was wrong.
The teahouse was too quiet. The waiter who used to stand at the door to solicit customers was nowhere to be seen, and even the boss who was resting at the counter was nowhere to be seen.
Xiaowu parked the carriage and walked into the teahouse. There were teacups on the table that had not been cleared away and some unfinished tea. Before he came, there were people in the teahouse.
But I didn't see the waiter and the boss.
Xiao Wu had guessed it in his mind, and returned to the carriage without any hesitation. At this time, Li Le was holding the door frame and was about to get off the carriage.
Xiao Wu immediately said, "Wait." He rushed to Li Lezhi's side in two or three steps, "It's not safe."
Li Le just looked over in surprise, looking past Xiao Wu towards the teahouse, retracted his foot that was about to step out, quickly returned to the carriage, and asked, "What happened?"
Xiao Wu jumped onto the carriage and pulled the reins. "Something happened." He pursed his lips and said, "Someone died."
He had been to this teahouse three or four times. No matter spring, summer, autumn or winter, the boss and the waiter would be here. This place was remote, and no one else would come here except those who passed by to stop and drink tea. The boss who made a living here would not leave the teahouse, and at most he would send the waiter to the city to pick up the goods.
Now, not only is the waiter missing, but the boss hasn’t seen him either.
The things in the room had not been packed up yet. All these unusual things pointed to one thing: someone was trying to kill for money. What made Xiaowu even more worried was that he was probably targeting Taoist Li.
It's all too coincidental.
He couldn't help but doubt that he didn't have much insight.
Li Le was slightly shocked when he heard that someone was dead. He didn't expect to encounter such a thing. He thought about it and then cast a fortune to find out whether the person in the teahouse was murdered, why he killed him, and whether it was because of robbery.
After finding out that it was homicide, he learned that the other party did not do it for money.
This made Li Le frown. If the murder was not for money, then what was the reason?
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He continued to calculate and found out that the other party was coming for him. This made Li Le's heart skip a beat, followed by anger.
He never expected that he was involved in this, and that others lost their lives because of him. Who was it that killed innocent people indiscriminately just to kill him?
Li Le couldn't figure out who it was, so he had to count again.
After figuring out that it was someone sent by Zhao State, Li Le's expression turned completely cold. He clenched his fingers into fists and placed them on his knees. Veins on the back of his white hands were visibly popping out.
Zhaoguo's move completely hit Li Lezhi's sore spot.
But he also knew that with just him and Xiaowu, although Xiaowu was a martial arts expert, he might not be able to defeat the Zhao people who came to want to kill him.
If he stopped to conflict with the other party now, he would only be sending food and his life into the other party's hands, but Li Le was unwilling to forgive the other party.
Li Le just thought that since he went north to help Yuzhou win the war, he should be honored by the emperor and have some value, not to mention that the other party was targeting him in this matter.
Li Le only said: "Xiao Wu, go to the nearest county town. The enemy is coming for me. Go around Liangzhou and go to another place. (w)?"
Li Le only guessed that the other party was able to ambush him in Liangzhou because it was calculated by the Zhao State priest. However, for some reason, those assassins did not wait here and went somewhere else. This also showed that the other party did not fully understand his movements.
It is not difficult to avoid the opponent's pursuit.
In addition, Li Lezhi also wanted to use his attack as an opportunity to make the emperor pay attention to him so that he could encircle and wipe out the assassins of Zhao State and pay off their crimes with a life.
Xiao Wu's face turned serious. He guessed that the group of people were coming for Taoist Li, so he didn't dare to relax at all. He kept his ears open and his eyes on all directions to avoid being attacked. But he didn't know whether they were lucky or for some other reason, but until they arrived in the city, they didn't encounter any ambush and attack.
Even so, Xiao Wu did not relax, but sent a pigeon to the capital, hoping that the emperor would send more people to protect Taoist Li's life.
At this time, five people rushed to another road leading to the capital and ambushed on the road. Until dark, they did not see any human figure, let alone Li Lezhi.
This made one of them dissatisfied and said: "How did this Taoist priest return to the capital? He should have taken a carriage. From Yuzhou to Liangzhou, no matter how slow he was, he should have been seen by the time it was getting dark. (w)?"
"Wait a little longer. You might be delayed on the way. (w)?"
"If we wait any longer, we will all become snowmen.ㄨ_[(w.)]ㄨ5Comeㄨ_?ㄨ_?Read the latest chapter_?Full chapterㄨ(wx)?"
The other person looked at the snow below without any traces and frowned, "Maybe we are too late and the people have already entered Liangzhou."
"Impossible, today is the day the priest had calculated..." At this point, the man paused, and then said in disbelief: "It's impossible that the priest would even calculate the day wrong."
No matter how much Qu Lingxian could not compare to Li Lezhi, the other party's skills were among the best in their Zhao Kingdom and he had never made any mistakes.
Such a person, not only can't he calculate the location correctly, but he can even get the date wrong. If you tell others about it, everyone will laugh at you, thinking that there is no one left in Zhao State.
After thinking about it, the man thought of a possibility and asked tentatively: "Could it be that we made a mistake..."
The remaining four people looked at him. He swallowed and continued, "What I mean is that it is possible that Priest Qu was right. That person did take the same route as before."
"Impossible," the speaker rejected it outright. He said, "Priest Qu calculated that the other party would take the teahouse route. The other party may also have calculated that we would ambush him in the teahouse. Secondly, taking the official road would allow him to return to Beijing faster. There is no reason for the other party not to take the official road.
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"All this is just your guess?
Can you wait until your guess is proven to be correct (w)?
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Where is the person(w)?
The other party may not know that we are ambushing him," said this, the man looked at the other party suspiciously, "You are not an undercover sent by Daliang, are you doing this on purpose?"
As soon as he finished speaking, without him saying anything more, the rest of the people drew their swords at the same time and took the man's life. One stabbed him in the heart, one blocked his way, and one slashed his throat with a sword, killing the other person cleanly and neatly.
"I've long suspected that something was wrong with him."
The dead man was the one who suggested changing the route. If it had been successful, they would naturally not say anything, but now they didn't find the person. If the other party had taken the teahouse path as Priest Qu had calculated, he would have entered Liangzhou City by now. It would be extremely difficult for them to take that Taoist's life.
Then, what awaited them naturally was the wrath of Priest Qu. However, they could not say that they missed the target and the plan failed because they suspected that Priest Qu had made an inaccurate calculation.
Someone has to take the blame.
The person who died just happened to bear the blame for the failure of this plan and died to atone for his sin.
The remaining four people looked at each other and could see each other's intentions. One of them said, "Let's go back first."
If they go back now, they may be able to stop the enemy, or continue to chase them along the trail. This time, they dare not be careless or careless. If the enemy really leaves from the teahouse path...
The four of them felt their scalps tingling and didn't know what to do.
When they returned to the teahouse, they could still see shallow tire tracks on the ground. The four of them looked at each other and could see the surprise and regret in each other's eyes.
They really didn't expect that this Li Lezhi actually took the teahouse alley, and Priest Qu was right.
When they thought about what kind of harm they had let go, the four of them were instantly overwhelmed by regret.
"Damn it," someone muttered unhappily.
At this moment, they had no other options. Looking at the car tracks, they saw only shallow ones. The other party had already left for a long time. If they chased after them now, they might not be able to catch up in time.
There was no other way. The four of them didn't dare to stop and kept chasing along the traces of the tire tracks.
They didn't stop until they came to a city.
At this time, the sky was turning pale and the city gate in front of them had not yet opened. The four men had no choice but to wait outside the city, waiting for the sky to lighten and the city gate to open so that they could sneak into the city.
After an hour, the city gate in front of them was still not open. The four people realized that something was wrong. The time had come, but the city gate was not opened. Could it be that the other party had already calculated that they were ambushing outside the city and specifically instructed the county magistrate not to open the city gate?
The four people couldn't believe that there was such a powerful Taoist priest in this world.
They were not exposed, so how could the other party know that someone wanted to harm him? This must be a coincidence. The people in this city must be lazy, so they have not opened the door yet.
Faced with the tightly closed city gate, no matter how anxious the four people were, they could only wait patiently.
Another hour passed, and the city gate was still not opened.
Unable to wait any longer, one person said, "What the hell, are all the people in this city lazy? They don't even know what time it is and they won't even open the city gates. If this happened in Zhao State, it wouldn't be a pity to kill such a lazy official."
The remaining three people also found it very strange.
How could there be such a city? It’s already this time and the gates are closed!
Could it be that Taoist really figured it out?
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