Li Zhongtan laughed and his hands were numb from cold, raised his hand to slap the door, and said, "Tao Ganban, have you stopped? Brother Li Zhongtan, you have some small things to discuss with Ganban, please open the door!"

After saying that, he turned around and looked at Gao Maoling who was standing aside with a knife in his hand. Li Zhongtan couldn't help but smile again. .

A man's promise came from inside. In less than a long time, footsteps came, accompanied by a cough.

Li Zhongtan said: "The weather is cold, wear more clothes when doing it. As the New Year approaches, it is not a good thing to be sick!"

Tao Gan couldn't help but cough and responded in ambiguously.

With a creaking sound, the gate of the courtyard opened. Li Zhongtan took a step back and said to the person who came out with a smile: "I'll talk with you after a step. The wind at the door is too uncomfortable."

Tao Ganban muttered, pulled the cotton jacket on his body, and walked out of the yard.

Gao Maoling, who was in the dark shadow next to him, took the opportunity and stepped forward, lifted the knife and stabbed Tao Ganban's stomach. He slid, and his body flashed behind Tao Ganban, pulled out the knife, and let Tao Ganban's body fall down softly. He raised his foot and stepped on Tao Ganban's head lying on the ground, making him unable to shout out, and turned to Li Zhongtanxi, saying, "I didn't expect that this guy is really sick. He usually doesn't have two or three points to use his strength. It's God who helps you and me to get things done!"

"Talking good luck is the best, brother has your blessing. Drag this guy in and see if there are any people inside. Usually he is alone here. Don't be unable to stand the loneliness today, find a little lady to leak our news."

Gao Maoling agreed, bent down and dragged Tao Ganban's body, exerted force with both arms, and dragged him into the yard gate.

Li Zhongtan looked around and saw that there was a figure in the dark night with the cold wind. He raised his legs and entered the courtyard gate, closed the door, and said to Gao Maoling: "Let's put it down, let's go in and search. After cleaning up the place, the merits will be fulfilled tonight."

Gao Maoling was excited and agreed, threw Tao Ganban to the ground, threw the knife aside, and stepped forward to push the door.

Li Zhongtan also came forward, stretched his head behind Gao Maoling, and said, "It seems that there is no one inside."

Gao Maoling agreed and was about to push the door in, but suddenly felt a sharp pain coming from his waist. He looked down and saw a sharp blade inserted into his waist under the moonlight. The red blood was seeping out of the cotton coat at the wound. He looked up at Li Zhongtan holding the sharp blade, with a smile on his face, and his eyes were looking at him with a pair of eyes.

Looking at the wound and Li Zhongtan, Gao Maoling couldn't figure it out: "Supervisor, how do you do this? The most important thing for us brothers to kill and rob, is that we are united! If you are so rebellious, aren't you afraid of being cold in other people's hearts?"

Li Zhongtan smiled and said, "Who is the heart that has been cold? Tixia, you even killed your robes that have been in the army for many years. What's so strange about me taking your life? It's better to have two people to share money than to get one person alone. You said yes, right?"

Gao Maoling felt his strength dissipated quickly, and his mind began to be unconscious, and murmured: "Even if you eat this money alone, where can you escape to? I have already had the military order to transfer the troops. I can escape from the city as soon as the sky is dawn, and no one dares to investigate the imperial guards. You are a thief who looks not a serious person, but can you escape to the pursuit of the officers and soldiers?"

While speaking, Gao Maoling secretly moved his strength and raised his hand to grab Li Zhongtan.

However, Li Zhongtan had been on guard for a long time. When his body slipped, his hands were pressed, and the sharp blade slid from his waist to Gao Maoling's abdomen. There was still a smile on his face. Li Zhongtan said to Gao Maoling: "Tixia, we have acquaintance, I advise you not to struggle. If you force yourself to slip, you will be dismantled, and your body will not look good if you die. Life and death are based on fate, wealth and honor are in the sky, so Dixia should still see it."

Gao Maoling leaned against the wall next to him and stared at Li Zhongtan and said, "You guy has long been thinking about taking it alone? The two of us have a few thousand guan of money together, so it's enough to be rich for a lifetime. How much benefit will it be if we spend half of the extra money?!"

"Tihe, you're not thinking too badly. Although I'm scared of poverty, I'm not that greedy for money." Li Zhongtan shook his head. "Just just hang out with Tihe, I must be able to escape the pursuit of the government. I have no choice but to take responsibility for my life."

After saying that, he exerted force on his hand and stabbed Gao Maoling's inner organs, watching him slowly fall to the ground.

As a result, Gao Maoling's life was born. Li Zhongtan took off his bag and carried it on his back. He stood in the yard for a while in the wind and sighed: "I have been reading poetry and books since I was a child, and I am full of articles. It's just that because I have no skills in my youth, I don't even have the chance to get out of my country. It's so difficult to fight for wealth in this world! I killed you Gao Tiejie today and have no way out. It's better to find a place to be a free agent than to eat without wrapping your stomach. It's just a pity that Brother Zhu, when things are coming, I can't take care of you anymore."

After saying that, he went into the house to get a basin of water. He took out the moonlight in the yard and shaved his beard that had been left for half a year. After washing his face, he took a photo in the basin and returned to his former white-faced scholar.

After changing into a long gown, he clumped his shaved beard with his old clothes, and lit a handful of it under the stove in the room and burned it to ashes.

When the fire was finished, the remaining fine hairs inside could no longer tell whether they were beards or hair. Li Zhongtan smiled and shook his head: "That certificate was originally prepared for Gaoti. The poor guy actually recognized that I would become a monk. Is it funny? With such a big money, I should spend money on everything, so why not be a bald donkey!"

After saying that, he clapped his hands, carried the bag containing banknotes, looked at the bodies of Gao Maoling and Tao Ganban on the ground, laughed a long time, and swayed out of the yard.

From the day he worked with Feng Shiyuan, Li Zhongtan was preparing for today. The reason why he had a beard was to make people misunderstand that he would dress up as a monk and run away. Monks traveled around, and whether the government and local people were not strictly investigated, and they could go to the temple to hold orders. This is indeed a good way to cover up their identity when they escape. But there are advantages and disadvantages. Monks are different from ordinary people. If the government investigates strictly and focuses on monks, it is worse than ordinary people to escape.

Generally, men only grow beards after thirty years of age, but in fact, many people, especially scholars, do not grow beards throughout their lives. At the age of Li Zhongtan, they did not seem abrupt. Now, once they shave their beards and wear them, they are scholars again.

After leaving the courtyard gate of Taogan Office, Lizhongtan Road reached Caihe not far away. He raised his foot and tried the ice surface, and then went up and walked along Caihe. He walked along Caihe all the way to Chenzhou Water Gate in the south of the city, and found a loophole that had been found and left Kaifeng City. In order to facilitate the transportation of canals, there were several rivers passing through the city and several water gates. Compared with normal city gates, in order to facilitate ships to enter and exit during the navigation season, the water gate was not strictly guarded, and those who were interested could always find the loophole. Lizhongtan has been preparing for the escape route for half a year, and the route for escape had been selected.

After leaving the city wall for one or two miles, Li Zhongtan turned around and looked at the tall Kaifeng City and said, "After this, all the past will be empty from now on. Zhu Qi was afraid that he would bear this disaster for me, so my brother could only apologize here. You and I have a bad life. If you don't do this, how can you get rid of poverty and humble life? It is better to suffer one person than to suffer two people. If there is a next life, I will give you back!"
Chapter completed!