Chapter 61
There was a person standing in the doorway that was blown open, his figure stretched to infinity.
Amidst the panic of the crowd, Zhou Li appeared extremely calm.
She was holding a plate in her left hand and putting food into her mouth with a fork in her right hand.
After chewing a few times, his cheeks puffed up. Zhou Li put down the finished plate and wiped his mouth with a napkin.
"Who fired the shot?"
"Where did the gunshot come from?"
"Why are the lights out?"
"Look, there's someone at the door!"
At this moment, the panicked crowd discovered that there was a person standing at the door. The person moved and disappeared at the door. At this moment, a scream rang out: "Someone is dead!!!"
Zhou Li cried out in his heart, and the candle that was blown out by the wind was finally lit. Zhou Li took a look and felt a little regretful. The dead person was a foreigner. The city lord was standing there, surrounded by people from the city lord's mansion.
The eighth concubine nestled delicately in the arms of the city lord. They had just finished cutting the cake and were talking to someone when suddenly a gunshot was heard and she was grabbed by the city lord and blocked in front.
The eighth concubine was heartbroken. Fortunately, the gunshot was not directed at the city lord, otherwise she might have been shot.
She thought the city lord had feelings for her, but she didn't expect that in the moment of crisis, this man still only loved himself.
There were tears in the eighth concubine's eyes as she was held in the arms of the city lord. Although their bodies were so close, her heart felt as if it had sunk into an ice cellar.
A murder occurred and the birthday party could not go on.
Zhou Li followed the crowd out. She glanced at the corpse lying on the ground, her face calm.
The followers of each family were waiting, Tang Jing was among them. Zhou Li had no expression on his face, and just said, "Let's go back."
Tang Jing responded in a low voice.
The carriage they were riding in was arranged by Tang Jing. It was a bit crowded outside the City Lord's Mansion. Zhou Li got in the carriage, lifted the curtain and took a look. There were several carriages in front of them waiting to leave the alley.
Zhou Li glanced around inside the carriage. Tang Jing sat steadily beside her. Zhou Li looked at her, and she looked up at Zhou Li. Zhou Li didn't ask anything. When the carriage started rolling and left the City Lord's Mansion, halfway through the journey, the roof of the carriage shook and someone got on.
The man climbed onto the roof of the car and jumped in through the window. Zhou Li instinctively tried to attack, but was held down by Tang Jing. "He's one of ours," she said.
Zhou Li raised his eyebrows, took his hand out from under her hand, and looked at Tang Jing's legs. She was using her hands and feet to restrain Zhou Li to prevent him from taking action.
Tang Jing let go and sat aside. The man who came in was gray and wearing the clothes of the City Lord's Mansion. He looked at Tang Jing and they exchanged glances. Because Zhou Li, an outsider, was there, he just made a few secret gestures. Tang Jing nodded, and the other party took out a gun and handed it to Tang Jing, then jumped out of the car and left.
Zhou Li wondered what kind of lawsuit was this?
Tang Jing put the gun in his arms, and then he heard Zhou Li ask beside him: "Have you finished your work?"
Tang Jing nodded, but Zhou Li couldn't help but ask curiously, "Did you kill that foreigner?"
Zhou Li felt that Tang Jing must be involved in this matter. Her intuition told her that Tang Jing wanted to destroy the cooperation between the foreigners and the city lord.
Zhou Li is not stupid. Tang Jing felt that there was nothing to hide. After all, the murderer had just gotten in the car.
She nodded again.
Killing is done to destroy cooperation and to create chaos.
The original undercover agent had stolen the defense map, but was discovered by the people in the City Lord's Mansion, so she hid the defense map in the City Lord's Mansion. Although the person was caught, the defense map has never been found by the people in the City Lord's Mansion. Zhou Li went in this time to pick up the defense map. Now that the defense map is in hand, her mission is completed.
The murderer who just killed the foreigner will take advantage of the chaos in the City Lord's Mansion to return to it and kill the traitor.
The code words between them just now were also about this matter.
Zhou Li asked, "Why don't you just kill the city lord?"
Since the city lord was the source of everything, killing him would make the city leaderless, making it easier for Zhang Mei to break in. Why go through so much trouble just to kill a foreigner?
Tang Jing didn't expect Zhou Li to be so murderous. She looked at him deeply and said, "The city lord cannot die. We will not be soldiers without justice."
The traitors can die, the foreigners can die, but the city lord cannot die. If the two armies do not kill the envoys when they are fighting, the war will not even begin. By the time the other side changes their commander, all their previous hard work will be wasted.
Zhou Li nodded, thinking that under Zhang Meizhi, he also knew how to beautify his reputation.
She didn't ask any more questions. When the carriage arrived at the rest stop, Tang Jing didn't get off. She sat in the carriage and said to Zhou Li, "We will meet again."
Zhou Li was in a daze, watching the carriage prance away, wondering if she hadn't said that. Tang Jing's words were like saying, "Even if I become a ghost, I won't let you go."
Zhou Li shook off the goose bumps on his body and went into the yard.
At midnight, she followed the last group of people on a small boat and went to Beijing by water.
The river was dim at night, the moonlight was blocked by dark clouds, and it was pitch black in the depths. His eyes gradually adapted to the darkness. Zhou Li stood on the boat and listened to the constant sound of waves. The cries of monkeys echoed among the distant mountain walls, and the water plants were dense nearby, and birds were startled from time to time.
"Boss." Dapeng stood behind Zhou Li, "We're almost in the capital."
The dark clouds drifted away quietly, revealing a silvery moonlight. Zhou Li saw stars lighting up in the distance, gradually forming a bright patch.
It is the candlelight in the city.
Zhou Li turned and smiled at Dapeng, "Thank you for your hard work."
Zhou Li only brought people from the Ranger Hall on this trip. Although he could expect that there would be bandits on land and pirates on the water, he did not expect the journey to be so difficult.
The pirates turned into water ghosts and tried to destroy Zhou Li and his crew's boat under the cover of night.
Fortunately, they discovered it early, and the two sides started a fierce contest in the water. Zhou Li was a landlubber and almost fell into the water and drowned.
But the journey was difficult. When we saw our destination, everyone had dispersed and we finally arrived in the capital.
The cruise ship was swaying on the water. When Zhou Li stepped onto land, she felt as if her feet were stepping on cotton. Her legs went weak, and then the illusion disappeared. She lifted her legs and stepped steadily on the land.
It was night time, and the harbor was decorated with big red lanterns and had many ships moored there.
The unloading ship unloaded the cargo under the cover of night. Zhou Li and her group said goodbye to the boatman and went to stay at the post station. She had the old prince's handwritten letter in her hand, so she thought she could stay comfortably at the post station for one night and then visit the prince's mansion tomorrow.
The capital city was bustling indeed. After the curfew was lifted, there were still many people in the city at night. Candlelight lit up the night. There was a stall selling wontons on the roadside. Zhou Li touched his stomach and quietly went up to order a few bowls.
It was not that comfortable to take a boat ride. There was little food on the boat, and we usually ate various fish and dry food. We could only get off the boat to have a bite to eat when we arrived at the port. Most of the time along the way, we just ate dry food and pickles and drank some white porridge. In the end, Zhou Li couldn't even drink the fish soup.
The people from the Ranger Hall occupied two tables. While eating the wontons, Zhou Li saw soldiers patrolling the street. She silently took a bite of the wonton. The skin was thin and the filling was big. She felt extremely satisfied after taking a bite.
Dapeng went to inquire where the accommodation was, while Zhou Li silently observed the surrounding environment.
She didn't know if it was her illusion, but she always felt that there was a sense of martial law in the capital, as if a storm was about to come. Looking at the hustle and bustle on the roadside, everyone's eyes revealed a hint of vigilance, as if they were doing business in shackles.
Zhou Li asked the stall owner.
"We are from the Central Plains and came here to take the exam."
The village chief's nephew had been sent away by Zhou Li long ago. In order not to arouse the stall owner's vigilance, Zhou Li found an excuse.
Zhou Li was the same as last time. She dressed in men's clothes and her behavior was not as delicate as other girls. Her every move was full of elegance, so she did not arouse suspicion.
Seeing their large and small bags, the stall owner believed it.
Seeing Zhou Li's friendly face, he said a few more words: "If you come out and see the patrolling soldiers, stay away from them. These people have been arresting people indiscriminately lately."
"Don't go to those restaurants either. I heard that many scholars who wrote articles were arrested again."
The stall owner sighed and said, "If it weren't for supporting my family, I wouldn't want to run this stall anymore. I live in fear every day. Ever since the new Jingzhao Yin took office, there have been endless lawsuits in the city."
Zhou Li nodded in understanding. It seemed that the capital also felt the crisis, otherwise they would not arrest people indiscriminately.
Dapeng came back, and the group headed towards the post station. However, Zhou Li saw the capital city in full swing of singing and dancing. Passing by the river, he heard singing. Cruise ships carrying drunken tourists were lost in the starry sky.
Zhou Li sighed inwardly. The capital city was dazzling, wealthy and magnificent. But when she thought of the refugees she had seen on the roadside, it was like heaven and earth apart.
Zhou Li shook his head and followed Dapeng to the post station.
When they arrived at the post station, they saw the old prince's handwritten letter and realized that Zhou Li was the legendary Mr. Feihua. The people at the post station were very polite and arranged accommodation for everyone. Zhou Li yawned, he was really tired.
I just lay down, turned over and was about to fall asleep when the window suddenly rang twice.
Zhou Li frowned and was unwilling to get up. The window creaked again. Zhou Li finally opened his eyes, opened the window angrily, and heard a cat's meow.
Zhou Li lowered her head. Tang Jing was crouching under her window, holding a white cat. He picked up the cat's front paws, and the cat let out an innocent "meow."
"Where did you get the cat?" Zhou Li touched the cat's head. The white cat was very docile. Tang Jing took the cat and held it in his arms, then stood up.
Two people, one standing inside the house and one standing outside.
Tang Jing's eyes softened as he looked at the white cat. "I picked it up on the road."
The white cat stayed quietly in Zhou Li's arms, and Zhou Li hugged the cat and was reluctant to let go.
"You're lucky."
Tang Jing just smiled.
"When will you arrive?" Zhou Li asked again, "How did you know I was here?"
She had just arrived when Tang Jing came haunting her. If Zhou Li said it was a coincidence, she wouldn't believe it. Could it be such a coincidence that he met her under the window?
Tang Jing answered honestly, "I arrived two days ago. I thought you would stay at the post station, so I sent someone to guard it. I'll know when you arrive."
Did Tang Jing fly at such a speed? He even arrived earlier than them.
Zhou Li stared, there was a mosquito outside the window, Zhou Li waved his hands, hugged the cat and stepped back a few steps,
"Come in, don't let the bugs in."
Tang Jing leaned against the windowsill and jumped into the house. Zhou Li put the cat down, and it squatted obediently at her feet. Zhou Li yawned sleepily, picked up the cold tea on the table and poured it for Tang Jing. She pushed the teacup towards Tang Jing, held her chin in her hand, sat on the stool opposite Tang Jing and asked, "You don't come to me for no reason. What do you want to see me for?"
"I want to join you."
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