Chapter 229 Turning Face

The next day, three poles a day.

Qin Mubai and Chen Yan both came out of the small building. Qin Mubai also yawned and stretched out his waist, and giggled, "Yan, don't mention it, it turns out that being an assassin is also quite exciting, when the moon is dark and windy at night, killing people get more and more goods. Wearing beams and flying eaves and walking through the walls, there is no trace, haha! I won't be an official any other day. I'll hang out with you! Let's walk around the world and be a pair of immortals and chivalrous couples.

"Nonsense. Let the princes and generals go to the world. Chen Yan smiled and said, "How was your conversation with Li Ke last night?"

"Well, it's almost done." Qin Mubai took a breath and said, "I have made a plan to deceive those insider's eyes, mainly to deceive their trust in me. Now I understand the meaning of the strong dragon not pressing the earth-headed snake. These people are all Xiao Xiao's younger people, which is not worth mentioning. However, when we the so-called bigwigs in the court come here to fight with us, we really feel that the fists hit the cotton, which is a little powerless. So, now we have changed our strategy. You can't fight with them as boldly as before, and you have to use some delicate tricks to deal with them. Yan, you are an expert in this field. You have to teach me.

"Oc--" Chen Yan dragged her voice long and smiled, "I can finally have some places where I can play a role. Can I not work hard? Let's go back to the Assassin's House. Let me see how you and Li Ke act.

At noon, Assassin's Mansion.

Qin Mubai and Chen Yan entered from the main gate of the Assassin House and met Zhou Laojiu, the head of the government office.

Zhou Laojiu greeted him in surprise: "General Qin, you are finally back! Are you safe and sound? His Royal Highness the King of Wu is very anxious!"

"I'm fine. Do you think I'm okay?" Qin Mubai smiled at himself and patted Zhou Laojiu on the shoulder, "Where is Your Highness?"

"It's in the back house, and the villain will lead you!" After saying that, Zhou Laojiu kindly led the way forward.

Qin Mubai and Chen Yan looked at each other and smiled, and followed him quietly.

Zhou Laojiu seemed to have something to say along the way. He looked at Chen Yan, but he wanted to say and stopped. Qin Mubai said, "If you want to say something, just say it. She is not an outsider."

"Oh, oh!" Zhou Laojiu smiled awkwardly, bowed to Chen Yan, and whispered, "General Qin, you have been in the flower lady's house for three days. Is there any harvest?"

"Yes!" Qin Mubai nodded, put on his shoulder and took a few steps forward to avoid Chen Yan's audio-visual, and whispered, "Flower lady, really **!"

"Uh? ..." Zhou Laojiu was stunned, and then laughed dryly, "General Qin, you are really romantic, romantic, haha!"

"You whisper, look for death!" Qin Mubai slapped him on the skull angrily and gritted his teeth and said, "Do I have to let the whole house know that I'm looking for fun? By the way, go and help me call those two hundred riders.

"That two?" Zhou Laojiu blinked his eyes and was at a loss.

"It's the two idiots I sent to protect Zheng Anshun!"

"Yes, the villain will go right away!"

Zhou Laojiu ran away. Chen Yan held her sword in her chest and smiled coldly: "His concealment is not very good."

"In the eyes of an old man like you, of course it's not good." Qin Mubai smiled and said, "Now it's not that I'm smarter and more patient than anyone else, but that I'm more able to cover up and fake it. Oh, if I had known that I should have been in Chang'an, I would have learned how to act with those children of Liyuan.

"No master is willing to accept an apprentice like you."

"Why?" Qin Mubai was stunned, "Is my qualification really so poor?"

"Because... they have nothing to teach you." Chen Yan smiled and walked forward.

"I'm really so excellent?" Qin Mubai shook his head and smiled, and followed.

In the past few days, Li Ke, who was depressed, ignored the government affairs and locked himself in the courtyard of the back house of the Assassin's Mansion. He either became furious or used wine to drown his sorrows. Almost everyone in the house knew it. Therefore, no one dares to touch his moldy head at this time. At most, Quan Wanji came to visit and persuade him sooner or later, but it was useless. Li Ke's mood is getting worse and worse, and he often hears that he scolds and beats people after drinking.

When Qin Mubai walked to the back house hall, he heard Li Ke roaring from afar: "What do you eat!" It's a big Xiangyang City, but I can't find anyone! I order you to find the thief Qin Mubai for me today! Even if you dig three feet of the ground and dig the Han River, the living will see the dead!"

"Yes..." Yuwen Hongtai and Xue Rengui bowed their hands with sad faces and were about to turn around and withdraw. Suddenly, they saw Qin Mubai and Chen Yan both coming, and suddenly shouted in surprise, "Your Highness, Your Highness! General Qin is back!"

"Where is it?" Li Ke almost jumped up from the seat and rushed to the threshold and shouted, "Mu Bai, it turns out that you are not dead!!!"

This roar was really loud. The servants and maids who walked around the house were shocked and stopped sideways together.

"Without Your Highness Jun's order, how dare you die easily?" Qin Mubai stepped forward with a smile and arched his hand, "Your Highness, I'm back."

"Okay, okay, you can come back." Li Ke took his hand and walked into the house in surprise. "Tell Xiao Wang what's the progress you have found? Is the princess and others all sound?

Chen Yan stood under the eaves with a sword in her arms and smiled secretly: These two big men are really good at pretending. Needless to say, even Xue Rengui and Yuwen Hongtai had to be cheated. If I'm not an insider, how can I see through it? In this way, it is not difficult to deceive Zhou Laojiu and Zhang Tong.

muttering, the two hundred riders came to the front of the hall under the guidance of Zhou Laojiu. Zhou Laojiu arched and said, "General Qin, the villain was ordered to invite the two hundred generals."

"Bullshit, what a general, two buckets!" Then he heard Qin Mubai roar loudly inside, "Get out of here!"

Zhang Tong and another Baiqi general suddenly changed their faces. They lowered their heads and walked in tremblingly with a blue face.

Yuwen Hongtai and Xue Rengui also stood outside the door together, and they were stunned at this time. Yuwen Hongtai whispered, "Brother Rengui, have you ever seen Third Brother Qin get angry and scold in public?"

"Not yet."

Yuwen Hongtai squeaked his mouth and said, "He is really angry. I don't know where he has been and what he has done these days. I always want to ask, but I dare not open my mouth. He glanced at Chen Yan twice, and then came up with a smile and said, "Chen... heroine, can I ask you a question?"

"I can't." Chen Yan didn't reply on her face and said coldly.

"Uh..." Yuwen Hongtai was stunned, "I haven't opened my mouth yet!"

"You just want to ask, where has Qin Mubai been these days and what did you do, right?" Chen Yan said with a little joke, but her face was still as cold as frost.

Yuwen Hongtai was really stunned: "How do you know? Do you know the art of mind reading?

"I don't understand." Chen Yan said, "It's just that the ears are easier to use."

"What do you mean?" Yuwen Hongtai was even more stunned.

Xue Rengui smiled bitterly and hurriedly pulled Yuwen Hongtai back: "Don't be ashamed, come back quickly!"

"What's the hurry? Let me ask clearly!" Yuwen Hongtai was confused.

At this time, the two hundred riders in the main hall had knelt down and dared not raise their heads.

Qin Mubai came forward, raised his feet, gave each of them left and right without saying a word, and kicked them to the ground on the spot. The two of them didn't dare to say anything. They rolled on the ground and came back in a hurry. They knelt in place, even the shape did not change.

"You also deserve to be called Baiqi?" Qin Mubai sneered, "Pack up the package and go back to Chang'an to marry the mother-in-law and baby!"

"General! A humble job knows what's wrong, and a humble job deserves to die! But the general, please give us a chance to atone for our sins!" The two hundred riders begged anxiously.

Get out of here! I don't need a bucket like you!" Qin Mubai roared.

"Mubai, Mubai!" Li Ke hurriedly stood up and pulled Qin Mubai and said, "It's easy to discuss everything. Why be angry? As the saying goes, the old horse is still lost, let alone a human being? The two of them have been following you for a while. They have traveled thousands of miles from Chang'an to Xiangzhou. At least this loyalty is commendable! Although I made a mistake at the moment, there is no need to kick them away. This is a little too unkind."

"I'm heartless?" Qin Mubai raised his eyebrows and shouted angrily, "Ask the two of them. What is the first rule of the Hundred Horses?

The two hundred riders were stunned and replied with a bitter face: "The task taken over by the hundred riders is not allowed to fail. A criminal is dismissed from his post.

Li Ke was stunned: "It's not that serious, is it?"

Qin Mubai said, "That's because Baiqi is different from other armies. In fact, any task we take over can only succeed, not fail. If it fails, it means that the lives of the people we protect are in danger. Your Highness, think about it, what kind of person will be the person protected by Baiqi? In this way, this punishment is still light.

"Well, military rules are dead, and people are alive!" Li Ke was still in front of the peacemaker and advised him earnestly, "You send them to protect Zheng Anshun. It's lost, but it doesn't mean that he... his life is worrying!" The most important thing now is to find a way to save people, not to be busy punishing your brother. I also know that you have strict military rules, but this time, how about you look at Xiao Wang and take it lightly? Now is the time to use people. I hope you can think twice.

The two hundred riders knelt and dared not move, and listened quietly.

Qin Mubai was silent for a moment and snorted coldly, "Why don't you thank King Wu!"

"Thank you, Your Highness, Your Highness, General, for your kindness!" Two hundred riders worshiped in surprise.

"All right, all right, get up." Li Ke came forward with a smile and helped the two people up and said, "Actually, your general is most reluctant to give up on you, just a hard-mouthed and soft-mouthed - Well, Mu Bai, what did you just tell me?"

"Oh, speaking of which... I went into the flower lady's house." Qin Mubai said casually.

The two hundred riders stood obediently behind Qin Mubai, just like the guard from the side as usual. Qin Mubai naturally did not drive them away, but sat down with Li Ke and began to discuss things.

Qin Mubai truthfully told Li Ke what had happened in the past few days. Of course, the private affairs with Chen Yan are naturally obscure.

Finally, Qin Mubai said, "Your Highness, I can't help it. At present, we seem to have no choice. In fact, since the water ghost has promised me two conditions, it not only ensures the safety of the hostages, but also ensures that he will not commit crimes in Xiangzhou in the future, and will disband by himself within a year. Let's compromise for the time being, and it's okay.

"What did you say?" Li Ke raised his eyebrows, looked surprised, and was a little angry. "This group of thieves killed and robbed the official ship, and also kidnapped my princess, and arrested your officials to blackmail them. It's so bold that you don't want to compromise with them? In this way, where will you put my King of the Tang Dynasty, and how will you put my Li Ke's face?

Qin Mubai looked embarrassed and whispered, "Your Highness, don't be angry. Isn't it urgent to save people now? I'm also out of helplessness! The princess and the princess held several lives in their hands, and they only moved their fingers, which was a matter of human life! Why don't we take a step back and save people first?

Li Ke snorted coldly: "Then who can guarantee that they will really disappear in Xiangzhou after they get it? Will it really disband in a year? Let me tell you, it's hard to change. They failed by coercion this time, so it's hard to guarantee that there won't be a next time. We compromised this time. What can we do next time? Besides, if we compromise with thieves, it is a great sin of condoning cover-up! With such a big handle in their hands, I really don't know how I will be an assassin in the future! Maybe they will be unhappy and throw a fold to Chang'an. I, the prince, don't want to go now!"

Qin Mubai frowned and said, "What do you think?"

Li Ke patted the table with one hand: "If we can't even deal with a few water bandits, how can we stand on the ground in the future? No words, never compromise!"

Qin Mubai shook his head and sighed, "Your Highness, do you think I want to compromise? What's the difference between this and breaking a tooth and swallowing it? After all, it's not because of the lives in their hands!"

"Qin Mubai, when did you become so greedy and afraid of death and loss!" Li Ke suddenly became angry and pointed to Qin Mubai and scolded, "I will never compromise!" If they harm the princess's mother and daughter because of this, I, I..."

"What will you do?" Qin Mubai said coldly.

"I'll do it. As early as a year ago, they both returned to heaven because of dystocia!"

Yuwen Hongtai and Xue Rengui outside the house changed their faces and added a little chill. Chen Yan picked up the corners of her mouth with a smile and was still silent.

"King Wu..." Qin Mubai took a deep breath and said, "I know you are just righteous. No one is more worried about the safety of their mother and daughter than you.

"You don't have to say it so beautifully." Li Ke's face suddenly became a little cold, even a little sad. He said in a low voice, "I have my bottom line and principles. If you want me to compromise with a thief, I will never be able to do it! Not to mention the capture of my concubine and daughter, even if the knife is put on my Li Ke's neck, it is absolutely impossible!"

"I know what you mean." Qin Mubai nodded, snorted coldly, and said, "Compared with your throne and future, a woman with a little bone and blood is really nothing. Anyway, the most indispensable thing around you is women, right?

"What did you say?" Li Ke suddenly became furious. He turned around and grabbed Qin Mubai's skirt, gritted his teeth and shouted, "Say it again?"

"Am I wrong?" Qin Mubai looked at Qin Mubai coldly. With a little dark force on his hand, he opened Li Ke's hand and snorted coldly, "Today, I really saw you clearly. Maybe one day, I, Qin, can also sacrifice for you, right? Because compared with the princess and the princess, it is clear at a glance who is close to each other!"

"Qin Mubai, you are going to turn against me, aren't you?" Li Ke stared at Qin Mubai with wide eyes, trembling with anger.

Qin Mubai shook his head indifferently: "There is no face to turn over, because I feel that it is shameless enough for me to stay here. Let's put it this way, Your Highness King Wu. At least I, Qin, is a lieutenant in Xiangzhou. There are bandits under the rule. I can take care of it myself, and I don't worry about the governor.

"Qin Mubai! You are so bold!" Li Ke was furious and almost roared, "You mean, what are you going to do? I don't care about you, right?"

"It's okay if you understand it this way." Qin Mubai said coldly, "For the past, the assassin and the lieutenant have nothing to do with the military and political affairs. You take care of your people's livelihood, and I will take care of my military affairs. The water ghost case is a big case. The case should be tried by your governor's government, but the matter of suppressing the thief and controlling the bandits is the responsibility of our military government. There is no need for you, an assassin to dictate. Just wait for me to take care of the water ghost case and hand over the criminal to you for trial. Other than that, don't bother."

At this time, Yuwen Hongtai, Xue Rengui and the two hundred riders in the hall were stunned. All four of them wanted to come forward to persuade, but when they saw Li Ke and Qin Mubai, they were a little afraid and dared not come forward.

"How could this happen? How did the two of them turn against each other?

"If you say so, I have a lot of trouble?" Li Ke stared and said in surprise and anger, "You mean, you insist on doing what you want? Compromise with the water ghost and exchange it for hostages?"

"It's useless to say more." Qin Mubai sighed, relaxed his tone a little, and said, "Your Highness, Your Highness, I understand your pains, but if you do things the way you say, you will definitely get a lot of lives by adding new blood. You are so ruthless that I can't do it. If anyone wants to charge us with an affair with bandits, let me bear it alone. From today on, this case has nothing to do with you. You can rest assured in the history of Assassin and be your upright and brilliant assassin of the prince!"

"You are presumptuous!" Li Ke picked up a teacup and smashed it hard on the ground. Suddenly, a cup of broken water splashed, which shocked everyone.

"Qin Mubai, if you are stubborn, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

"Please feel free." Qin Mubai said coldly, "You are just going to impeach me, report me to the imperial history platform, and denounce me to the emperor, right? However, I would like to take a look at it for the sake of our friendship, for the sake of your loyal subordinates and those soldiers of the royal palace sinking at the bottom of the river, for the sake of... for the sake of your dear princess and princess, do such a thing after the case is over.

"Do you think you are great?" Li Ke changed his face, and his expression was distorted as if he was smiling and not angry. He stared at Qin Mubai and danced with exaggerated movements. "Compared with this, I, Li Ke, am a cold-blooded and ruthless beast, and you are willing to try the law for friends and relatives, isn't that right?"

"Farewell." Qin Mubai snorted coldly in his extremely disdainful nose, arched his hand, shook his robe and strode out.

"You stop! - Come on, take down Qin Mubai!" Li Ke roared behind Qin Mubai.

A group of government officials and soldiers rushed forward, but Xue Rengui and Yuwen Hongtai were stunned and looked at Qin Mubai with straight eyes.

Chen Yan's figure flashed to Qin Mubai's side, holding her sword and coldly glanced at the people in front of her: "The former is dead."

Yuwen Hongtai swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "General Qin... Third Brother Qin! What's wrong with you?"

"Yuwen Hongtai, do you dare to resist the order? Get me someone!" Li Ke shouted.

The two hundred riders also strode to Qin Mubai's side, holding the handle of the knife and waiting for him.

Xue Rengui stared at Qin Mubai with thick eyebrows for a long time and said, "Let's go, General Qin."

"Xue Rengui, what are you talking about? You can't do it!" Li Ke roared.

"General Qin dares to risk the danger of killing his head for benevolence and righteousness. Xue Ligan suffers the same, and is willing to lead His Highness to kill!" Xue Rengui whispered this sentence to Qin Mubai, and suddenly his eyebrows sank and shouted, "The troops are scattered!"

Under the order of Xue Rengui, the lieutenant and direct commander of the royal family, the sergeants really dispersed.

"Your Highness, Third Brother Qin! You, don't do this!" Yuwen Hongtai was anxious and jumped in like a child who had lost candy and shouted anxiously, "Don't, don't do this! We, we are all in the same boat! We should live and die together!"

"That's what happened yesterday, Hong Tai." Qin Mubai smiled slightly and said, "Your Highness, you are different and don't plan for each other. You and I can get together and break up. Why should we use knives and soldiers? It's difficult to see each other in the future? Although you and I are no longer friends, we are still colleagues. If you are dissatisfied with me, you can write a letter to impeach me and let your people detain me in private, which is to set up a private court, but it doesn't make sense.

Li Ke gritted his teeth and his bones rang.

"Okay, that's good. Since you have said this, our past friendship will be written off. Qin Mubai, from today on, you and I will not violate the river. We do everything on business." Li Ke gasped and said almost word by word, "From now on, I, Li Ke, don't know Qin Mubai. I only know the captain of Xiangzhou Military Mansion - 'colleague'!"

"Your Highness is wise." Qin Mubai smiled coldly and strode forward.

The sergeants and the sergeants surrounded the front layer after layer. They stopped him or dispersed. They could only retreat with Qin Mubai with knives and guns. Unexpectedly, they "escort" him like this and left the royal palace.

After leaving the house, Qin Mubai and Chen Yan got on the horse, didn't say a word, raised the whip and went straight back to the small building.

At this time, Qin Mubai took a breath and wiped a cold sweat on his forehead.

"It's really similar. Even I was almost cheated." Chen Yan smiled and said, "The two hundred riders have been running behind our horse's buttocks for a long time, and they don't dare to ask you to stop and wait."

Qin Mubai shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I don't think it's similar enough. Because... Xue Rengui seems to see a clue."

"Not necessarily." Chen Yan smiled and said, "Maybe he is showing his true feelings? I think he is a courageous man with a true temperament.

"These are not important." Qin Mubai shouted angrily and said, "The key is to... cheat Zhou Laojiu and Zhang Tong. Perhaps, there are other spy eyeliners ambushed in the royal palace.

"What are you going to do next?" Chen Yan asked.

Qin Mubai thought for a moment and said, "I'm going back to the military office to talk about something. Then contact the water ghosts and arrange the plan. I think the water ghosts should trust me more now.

"However, you agreed, but Li Ke didn't nod, and you turned against each other. Will they be relieved?" Chen Yan asked.

"The grain trade must be carried out on the surface of the water, and Li Ke can't control it even if he wants to. Besides, I can explain that Li Ke turned against me like this for the sake of his throne and future. Why didn't he care about the princess and princess in his heart? If he doesn't turn against me, he is an accomplice; if you make trouble like this now, you can not only avoid being dragged into the water by me, but also rely on me to let go to save people. Isn't it all right? Qin Mubai said, "So, I will be able to persuade the water ghost to start the trading plan at ease and boldly!"

Chen Yan shook her head with a wry smile: "Is this the heart of your officials?"

Qin Mubai laughed dryly: "It's not as vicious and insidious as you think. At least, Li Ke and I are not.