There is a small town between Yingtian Prefecture and Kaifeng Prefecture. Although the town is not big, it is close to the Bian River and sometimes at the junction of Yingtian Prefecture and Kaifeng Prefecture, so the business here is very developed. On the only street in the town, there are shops, mule and horse shops, restaurants, teahouses, brothels, quality shops, and money shops one by one. On the short street of more than one mile, there are more than a hundred shops gathered. Of course, there are many shops and many customers, especially the most merchants.

Many small businessmen get off the boat here and change it to donkey carts. The reason is very simple. There is a tax card on the Bian River, which is five miles ahead. There is no tax collection here, but tax checks are required.

Carrying goods but without tax payment certificates requires tax reimbursement and heavy fines, but there is no tax card on land. Many small merchants go ashore here and then hire a donkey cart to go to the capital.

Although there are tax cards when entering the city, you can trade goods outside the city! Especially in many large commercial banks' warehouses are outside the city, and the goods are delivered to the warehouse, and the transaction is over, and the last tax is not paid.

It is precisely because of this loophole that many experienced small businessmen have come ashore in Pingliu Town and instead hire donkey carts to Beijing. This also led to the fact that the most shops in Pingliu Town are mule and horse shops, with a total of seven, two more than restaurants.

At noon, Li Han was drinking alone in a restaurant in a town. He had swear to pat his chest and promised Fan Ning that he would catch Zhou Qing and Wang Que within ten days, but now a month is almost over, and he did not see the shadows of Zhou Qing and Wang Que, which really made him extremely depressed.

Although Fan Ning repeatedly comforted him that Zhou Qing's greed money had been seized and it didn't matter if he escaped, Li Han could not forgive himself. If it weren't for his temporary kindness at that time, if Zhou Qing had not given a chance, Zhou Qing would not have killed someone and escaped from prison. Fan Ning forgave him, but he could not forgive himself.

Li Han vowed to catch Zhou Qing with his own hands. During this period, he had nothing to do, so he squatted in Pingliu Town and intercepted Zhou Qing through the waterway. This was the only way to enter Beijing. The reason why he inferred that Zhou Qing would definitely enter Beijing was because only two places could be withdrawn from his 20,000 guan. One was the Jinqiao Money Shop in Songcheng County where he saved money, and the other was the Jinqiao Money Shop Main Store located in Beijing.

Since Yingtian Prefecture no longer allows Zhou Qing to withdraw money from the money shop in Songcheng County, Zhou Qing could only go to Beijing to try his luck.

Li Han picked up the wine glass and drank the wine in the glass. He was about to pick up the wine pot and pour wine for himself, his hands suddenly stopped, his pupils suddenly contracted into a line, and he actually saw Wang Que.

That's right, Wang Que stood in front of the window of an inn diagonally opposite, only about thirty steps away from him.

Seeing that Wang Que turned to look at him, Li Han hurriedly lowered his head and lay on the table, showing ecstasy on his face. As the saying goes, he can find a place without any effort when he searched for it for a month, but he actually appeared while he was drinking.

After a while, Li Han slowly raised his head and the king in front of the window was indeed gone.

Li Han jumped up and rushed downstairs like a gust of wind. The diners around him looked at him in surprise. A bartender shouted: "Customer, don't forget to pay the bill!"

Li Han didn't have the heart to pay the bills. He shouted to the five subordinates downstairs: "I found out that Wang Que, come with me!"

The five subordinates were energetic and jumped up, ran out of the restaurant, followed Li Han and rushed towards the inn. There were seven or eight steps away from the entrance of the inn. A middle-aged man with a beard walked out of the inn.

He saw Li Han running towards him with a fierce look on his face. He was so scared that he turned around and ran wildly. If he could calm his mind, Li Han might not have recognized him.

But he immediately exposed himself when he ran away. Li Han recognized him at a glance, and he was Wang Que, who was disguised as a disguise.

Li Han accelerated and ran wildly. The two of them ran for more than 40 steps in front and back. Li Han gradually caught up with him. Suddenly, Li Han jumped and threw Wang Que to the ground.

Wang Que got up and was about to run, but Li Han grabbed his ankle. At this time, five subordinates rushed over and pressed Wang Que to the ground, tied him up with a rope.

Seeing that the pedestrians were coming up, Li Han hurriedly said, "Let's go!"

He took five people and picked up Wang Que, who was like rice dumplings, and quickly walked into an inn.

"Wang Que, are you still reluctant to say it?"

Li Han walked in from outside. At this time, Wang Que was covered in blood and had almost no complete skin. He fainted several times and was awakened by the interrogator with cold water.

"How many knives have he cut?" Li Han asked the two subordinates holding the dagger next to him.

"General Qi reported to him, from head to toe, and cut two hundred and forty-one times."

Li Han looked at Wang Que coldly, "Where is he?"

Wang Que's hands and feet were tied back and tied to a wooden board. He said dyingly: "I don't know."

"you do not know?"

Li Han sneered: "When he was caught, there was nothing on him. Now his token of withdrawal is on you. Do you still dare to say you don't know?"

At this time, a soldier walked into the outside, carrying half of his pocket, he put his pocket on the ground, and smiled and said, "Thirty farmers have mobilized, and a total of two hundred lees have been caught, all of which are large."

Li Han nodded and sneered at Wang Que, "I heard it! Two hundred big lees penetrated into your body and sucked your blood dry. What does it feel like?"

Wang Zhi was so scared that his whole body was trembling and his face was twisted. He threatened to cut off his lower body and scratched five times on it. He stopped it and did not surrender. Now he realized that Li Han scratched him all over his body with a purpose, and it was the most terrifying thing that made him.

Wang Que's most feared thing in his life is lees, which is well-known in the army. Unexpectedly, Li Han actually used lees to deal with him.

At this time, Li Han winked, and a soldier grabbed a handful of leeches and placed them on his stomach. The cold and smooth things squirmed on his stomach, which scared Wang Que to death, his voice changed, and he shouted in fear: "Take it aside, I say, I will explain!"

The soldier took the lee away. Wang Zhi was so scared that he became incontinent and cried, "Zhou Qing wants to assassinate Prince Liang."

Li Han's face changed drastically, he grabbed his neck and sternly said: "Where is he now?"

"I don't know where he is now? I'm going to go to Beijing to take his money and then go away."

Wang really didn't dare to tell the truth completely. If Zhang Yaozuo was involved, he would be completely finished."

Before Li Han could think about the loopholes inside, he looked very serious and immediately said to his subordinates: "You will bring him back later, I'll take one step first!"

Li Han hurried out of the inn, turned over and rushed to Yingtian Mansion.

He was really panicked. He originally thought Zhou Qing would run away, but he didn't expect Zhou Qing to assassinate His Highness, Prince Liang, which was horrifying. Now Prince Liang is in the capital, but Li Han didn't know when he would return to Yingtian Mansion. He had to report to Fan Ning immediately about this matter.

Pingliu Town is more than 100 miles away from Yingtian. That night, Li Han rushed to Songcheng County and came directly to Fan Ning's mansion to ask for a meeting!

Zhu Hu led him to the outer study room, and Fan Ning had been waiting for him here for a long time.

Seeing Li Han come in, Fan Ning smiled and said, "It must be something I've gained!"

"Qi reported to the envoy, Bei Yi arrested Wang Que. According to his instructions, Zhou Qing wanted to assassinate His Highness, Prince Liang!"

Li Han then told him in detail about the process of interrogating Wang Que.

Fanning's eyes suddenly became severe. He didn't say anything, paced back and forth with his hands on his back, and whispered for a long time: "It's true that it's the same as I think."

Li Han was stunned, "The envoy has guessed it?"

Fan Ning nodded slowly, "Liu Chu received the news that the people sent by Zhang Yaozuo have been lurking in Yingtian Mansion, preparing to destroy our reforms. Then Zhou Qing's wife and children were killed. The murderer didn't know, but now I know that the murderer must be Zhang Yaozuo's man, and the purpose was to stimulate Zhou Qing to avenge his wife and children. The murderer is probably Wang Que. He knows where Zhou Qing's wife and children live? This can explain why Zhou Qing's withdrawal of money is in his hands."

Li Han widened his eyes and said, "What the envoy means is that Zhang Yaozuo's people want to assassinate His Highness Prince Liang with Zhou Qing's hand?"

Fan Ning said lightly: "It's not that the king doesn't go to the capital to withdraw money. He is the last one. Once Zhou Qing succeeds, he will kill Zhou Qing to silence him. In this way, the reason why Prince Liang was stabbed is because our reforms touched the interests of the commander Zhou Qing. Zhou Qing carried out revenge, and the responsibility fell on us in the end, and it had nothing to do with Zhang Yaozuo."

Li Han suddenly became a little anxious and hurriedly said, "Will Zhou Qing enter the capital?"

Fan Ning shook his head, "The capital is very cautious and it is not convenient to escape. He must be assassinating along the way of Prince Liang coming to Yingtian Prefecture. Prince Liang usually takes a boat from the capital in the morning, and sails between Kaifeng Prefecture and Yingtian Prefecture at night. Moreover, there is no army stationed at the junction of the two prefectures and is sparsely populated. If I am not wrong, the king knows where Zhou Qing is hiding."

Li Han was shocked and angry, "This bastard, he doesn't know if he dares to lie to me?"
Chapter completed!