Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

Li Xu was woken up just before dawn. The summer solstice had passed and the days were getting longer. When Li Xu opened his eyes, he still felt that he hadn't slept enough.

Standing outside the bed was Wu Jin, lowering his head and whispering, "My lord, Jiang Junshi sent someone to report that he had captured three men in black. They sneaked into the posthouse last night to look for Alishan."

Li Xu's drowsiness flew away in an instant, he sat up, lifted the bed curtain, and ordered: "Go and prepare the carriage, and then put the breakfast on the carriage, the king will set off after washing up."

He changed into a silk robe, the wide waist was tied with a belt casually, and he was very reluctant when putting on his trousers, it was like wearing a long skirt over his trousers, which was weird.

Fortunately, the silk satin is cool and pleasant, otherwise, wearing it like this in summer would cause prickly heat.

Hurriedly going out to get in the car, Li Xu casually ate a piece of pancake and drank a glass of coconut juice, then gave the rest to Wu Jin and He Zun, knowing that these two also left the house on an empty stomach.

When they arrived at the barracks, the soldiers had already started their drills. Li Xu realized that no matter how early he got up, he would definitely be ahead of these soldiers. He had to admire their perseverance and endurance.

"My lord came early." Jiang Qiuming came out with a tired face, with big dark circles under his eyes.

Li Xu asked in surprise: "Jiang Junshi didn't sleep all night?"

"Yeah, I can't sleep if this matter is not resolved. When I think of someone plotting against my general in the dark, I wish I could arrest him and chop him up." You can't tell from his face that he is a ruthless person.

But to be Kou Xiao's military adviser, he would definitely not be a good person.

"What did the military adviser ask?" Li Xu knew that he was the one who was most active in this matter, and he must have been severely tortured.

Jiang Qiuming looked over with a strange face, with a little smile on his lips, "Actually, we can know who it is without interrogation. Among the three people who were arrested, one is the steward of Mr. Wang's house. I have seen it in a humble position."

"Wang Yonglian? Didn't make a mistake? Where did he make trouble?" No wonder the two of them were surprised, they didn't have much interest in Wang Yonglian on weekdays, and in Li Xu's impression, this man was a real businessman who took everything from black to white. It's just a fake squire, how could he pretend to use Kou Xiao's name to do business.

"That's right, I can't understand the lowly position. I asked those three people, and they only said that they followed orders. It seems that I can only ask Master Wang to confront me."

Li Xu agreed without thinking, and confessed: "Just say that the king is waiting for him in the barracks in a hurry, and there is no need to pass on anything, just go in and invite someone over."

Jiang Qiuming nodded secretly. It seems that King Shun is not afraid of offending people at all. This is to take people out, but in his capacity, even if he makes a mistake, the other party will not dare to fart. If he dares, it must be Disagreement.

The privileged class is so overbearing and unreasonable.

Li Xu went to see the three men in black before anyone came. He thought that Jiang Qiuming would not execute the sentence if he recognized them, but when he went into the dungeon, he saw three men who looked like blood gourds lying on the stool, His clothes had already been stripped off, and his body was covered in bruises.

He glanced at Jiang Qiuming, thinking that it's no wonder why the dark circles under his eyes are so serious, and he was probably busy thinking about how to trouble people this night.

He Zun stepped forward to check the condition of the three of them, and reported, "No life is in danger for the time being, and it will be hard to say if there is no medical treatment after today."

Jiang Qiuming smiled "hehe", "It won't be too late for the lord to decide whether to get medical treatment after he sees Wang Yonglian. Even if the lord Wang made a fool of himself, the three of them could not escape their relationship. They sneaked into other people's rooms masked in black at midnight to try Killing people, if the humble people didn't go there in time, the Qiang people would be dead, it's a capital crime."

Li Xu didn't have much compassion. There are so many bad people in the world, a few of them died would be considered a benefit to the common people.

"My lord, the dungeon is damp and dark, why don't you wait in the meeting hall." Jiang Qiuming took Li Xu out of the dungeon, Li Xu asked where Alishan was, and first went to see the unlucky Qiang leader.

The opponent's neck was slashed, but luckily the force was under control, but the neck was not cut off after being dizzy, otherwise Li Xu's good business deal might be in trouble.

Alishan had already woken up, and the four clansmen gathered around his bed to ask for his health, and at the same time cursed a series of words filled with righteous indignation, and Li Xu could hear their loud voices from a long distance away.

"Where's Li Maosheng?" Without an interpreter, Li Xu couldn't communicate with this group of aliens.

Jiang Qiuming said: "He came with these people last night, and was sent to rest an hour ago by the humble official, so let someone call someone to come."

Li Xu was waiting outside the door, but the voice inside was very clear, and the meaning of a few sentences could be guessed, roughly saying that the Han people were cunning, and it was better not to do this business.

Obviously, they also understood their situation, and knew that King Shun used them as bait to catch the person behind the scenes, otherwise it would not be such a coincidence that Kou's army would rush in to save people at a critical moment.

But in the end, they saved their lives, so there must be room for turning around.

Li Maosheng trotted over, saluted and said, "See you, my lord."

"No courtesy." Li Xu led him into the door, Alishan and the others immediately stopped and saluted politely, without any apparent barrier.

Li Xu asked for warmth, and then sent medicinal materials and supplements. He showed the attitude of condolences to the employees back then, which made the eyes of several foreigners fill with tears, and the grievances in their hearts were long gone.

"Those gangsters have already been caught. After the interrogation, they only said that the master ordered them to come to discuss the matter with the leader of Alishan, and absolutely did not mean to kill him. This matter happened in South Vietnam. This king should give you an explanation. "

Alishan reckoned that Li Xu had already found the mastermind behind the scenes, so he said, "They are the group of people who were negotiating business with a certain person at the beginning, and this person also came forward to talk with him at that time, saying that he was the steward of the Kou Mansion."

Li Xu rubbed his chin. He forgot to ask about the token just now, and he didn't know if it was true or not.

"For safety reasons, I'd better send someone to escort a few of you back to Shu County. Just go to explore the road and see how to deliver the goods by boat."

As it was related to the survival of the clan, the members of Alishan did not dare to delay, and with the threat of their lives, they wanted to leave early. It was definitely safer to go on the road with the escort of King Shun.

The group of civilian husbands they hired were all brought from Shu County, and they brought them back together this time, as well as a large number of goods they bought, which fully filled a boat.

The person who sent them away and brought Wang Yonglian back also came back. This old master Wang was forced to sit in the carriage by two soldiers, obviously not voluntarily.

Seeing Li Xu, Wang Yonglian did not panic in the slightest, flung out his wide sleeves in a beautiful arc, then lifted up the hem of his clothes and knelt down to salute, "Wang Yonglian, a grass-roots man, pays homage to the lord, please greet him."

Li Xu helped him up himself, showed him a seat, and then said with a sigh: "The Kou family's army acted a little rough, Master Wang will take care of you."

"Don't dare, I don't know what advice the lord has for inviting grassroots people here?" Wang Yonglian only felt that the chair under his buttocks was hot. He thought he would be taken to the palace or the county guard's mansion, but he didn't expect it to be a military camp.Moreover, it can be seen from the attitude of the Kou family army towards the prince, the prince can completely command this team, it seems that Kou Xiao has indeed surrendered to King Shun.

Thinking of what he had done, he lowered his head to hide his thoughts.

"The thing is like this. Last night, three men in black broke into the posthouse, intending to kill the distinguished guests of the king. Fortunately, the king hired a sergeant to protect him secretly, which prevented the other party from succeeding. After the interrogation overnight, the other party actually said that it was the king. The steward of the old man's house, so he has no choice but to ask the old man to confront him."

Without waiting for Wang Yonglian to refute, Li Xu shouted loudly: "Come on, go to the dungeon and bring the steward here." He never mentioned the other two, and in Wang Yonglian's ears, he only felt that the two were more or less ominous.

Soon, two soldiers dragged a dying man in. From a distance, only blood was seen. When the man was thrown in front of Wang Yonglian, he was startled. His lips trembled, and he said: "Wang Ye made a mistake, Caomin doesn't know this person."

"Oh, but he said that he is the steward of the Wang family, and Jiang Junshi also proved that he had seen this person before. The military division is a native of Fujian, so he shouldn't admit his mistake."

Wang Yonglian regained his composure and explained: "The military master doesn't know. This person did work in the Wang family three years ago, but he was kicked out of the house by the grassroots because of his greed for ink. I heard that he went to the Yang family later."

"Which Yang family?"

"It's Miss Kou's husband's family, Yang supervises the historian."

"Miss Kou Family?" Li Xu and Jiang Qiuming looked at each other, and the other nodded. Li Xu immediately understood that this hole was not dug casually, Kou Xiao was not wronged for being framed.

Kou Xiao's eldest sister is also a concubine, but because she is the eldest daughter, she has always been brought up according to the legitimate daughter. It is said that she is well-educated and well-known. .

Would such a family join forces with Wang Yonglian to frame Kou Xiao?Probably not, maybe the person surnamed Wang really just borrowed Kou Xiao's name to do business.

If this is the case, then Li Xu doesn't know what to say.

"So you mean, this person is working for the Yang family? He was also sent by Supervisor Yang to assassinate the king's guests?"

"The grassroots don't know. The prince sees it clearly. How can the grassroots know what Master Yang thinks."

Li Xu rubbed the bamboo cup in his hand, thinking that this man in black must be working for Wang Yonglian, but it must be the Yang family on the surface, otherwise Wang Yonglian would not be so confident, then he would have buried the chess piece in the Yang family long ago Well, it's not unusual, whether it's his subordinates or Kou Xiao's mansion, there must be spies from various families, Wang Yonglian just used a pawn, just happened to have an aboveboard excuse to shirk.

But the question is back to the original point, what is his purpose?

Li Xu knew that he couldn't find out why he came here, so he let him go. Wang Yonglian said hypocritically: "My lord wants to ask the grass-roots people to come to the mansion for questioning, so I just need to send someone to inform them. No matter how brave the grass-people are, they dare not disobey orders." Yes, there is no need to work for Kou’s army.”

Jiang Qiuming immediately stood up and said: "Master Wang is wrong. The man was sent by the military division. The prince just came to visit the guests to understand the reason of the incident. After all, it is related to the reputation of General Kou. The military division has to be careful. You say yes."

"Naturally, Army Master Jiang has worked hard. This person may have been beaten into a trick, and he just grabbed and bit the grassroots to do his job. I hope the Army Master will find out."

"This military division is only good at marching and fighting. This investigation is not a strong point, so let's hand it over to the government."

Seeing that Wang Yonglian's expression became more calm, Li Xu said goodbye and left after a few polite words.

Li Maosheng watched from beginning to end, and asked Li Xu incomprehensibly, "My lord, is it really him?"

Li Xu replied affirmatively: "Of course it is him."

"Then why let him go?"

Junshi Jiang rolled his eyes, "Because there is no evidence." He turned to Li Xu and asked, "Does the lord want to send the Yang family for questioning?"

Li Xu shook his head, "Do you know the Yang family? Who is in charge of their family?"

"It's Yang Supervisor Shi. In his generation, he is the most promising. The other brothers also rely on him to live. The older generation has been ineffective since the previous supervisor Shi passed away."

"Then how is he? Is he on good terms with Kou Xiao?"

"He is ten years older than General Kou, and the eldest son is the same age as the general, so the relationship is naturally not close. It should be said that all the sons-in-law in the Kou family are not close to General Kou. The general doesn't like his sisters. , so I seldom walk around with my in-laws."

Li Xu can understand very well, Kou Xiao is too independent, and he doesn't know how he grew up, he feels like a poor isolated child, and naturally he doesn't like to be close to his family when he grows up.

Jiang Qiuming continued: "Master Yang has no other shortcomings except love for money and beauty, but he doesn't have too many advantages. He is just an ordinary person."

"Love money and love sex? Wouldn't it mean that one buys the other?" Li Xu thought of looking through the box of the Lei family's top-notch evaluations, and wondered how many gifts the Lei family gave Master Yang.

"It's okay to do small things, but you definitely don't dare to do big things. Yang Chongsen doesn't have the guts."

Li Xu believed in Jiang Qiuming's judgment, then this matter probably had nothing to do with the Yang family, and Wang Yonglian had to start with it.

This person is probably a loach, slippery and ambitious, this kind of person is specially here to set up a barrier for him, and he has to be suppressed as soon as possible.

Li Xu obviously didn't dare to take anything against him, did he need evidence to destroy someone secretly?He didn't pay so much attention when he took revenge on Mrs. Li back then.