There is still an important store clerk at Dalai Bank who has not been killed. In the past, Luo Sigong asked Jiang Ao to do such dirty work. Now that Jiang Ao is dead, Luo Sigong no longer has an absolutely trustworthy killer on hand, and he is in trouble.

Luo Yangxing suggested that Xu Xianchun do it, saying that Xu Xianchun could definitely trust him.

Luo Sigong was not very reassured about Xu Xianchun and was a little hesitant, but now that there was no one available, he thought about it and finally agreed to Luo Yangxing's suggestion.

Luo Yangxing found Xu Xianchun and told the matter, and Xu Xianchun readily agreed.

That night, Jin Yiwei's traitor sneaked into the East Factory again, broke the window paper of Yan Shoufeng's bedroom with a paper ball wrapped in stones, and threw it into the house.

Yan Shoufeng was still asleep, and the lights were on in the room. He picked up the paper ball, unfolded it and looked at it. He was so happy that he called Tian Ergeng to assign a task overnight, asking Tian Ergeng to find a person named Liu Ming as soon as possible. This person was

The only remaining store owner of Diners Bank.

Diners Bank is quite big, and its business scope covers North Zhili. There is a shop in Zhending Mansion that owes Diners Bank a sum of money, but it has not been repaid overdue. Liu Ming went to Zhending Mansion to collect the debt from that shop.

went.

Jinyiwei's traitor informed Yan Shoufeng of Liu Ming's whereabouts. Tian Ergeng took Li Fudi to Zhending Mansion, found the shop that owed money to Dalai Bank, and asked the shopkeeper about Liu Ming's whereabouts.

The shopkeeper said: "He has left long ago."

Tian Ergeng asked: "How long have you been walking?"

The shopkeeper thought for a while and said, "It's been more than half a month."

Tian Ergen thought to himself: "We should have arrived in the capital in more than half a month. Could it be that something happened on the way?"

Jiang Ao had also been to Zhending Mansion before, but could not find Liu Ming.

Tian Ergeng asked: "Did Liu Ming walk on his legs?"

The shopkeeper said: "He is riding a donkey."

Tian Ergeng asked: "About when did he leave?"

The shopkeeper said: "It's time."

Tian Ergen asked: "Where can anyone sell donkeys?"

The shopkeeper said: "Just the mule and horse market."

Tian Ergeng said: "How to get to the Mule and Horse Market?"

The shopkeeper said: "Oh, it's quite far away, I can't tell you clearly."

Tian Ergeng said: "Then you take us there."

The shopkeeper didn't dare to disobey, so he had to smile and agree.

The three of them left the shop, with the shopkeeper leading the way, and Tian Ergeng and Li Fudi leading their horses to follow.

Li Fu said authentically: "Elder brother, why did you buy a donkey?"

Tian Ergen didn't bother to explain and said, "You will know when the time comes."

After arriving at the mule and horse market, Tian Ergen bought two donkeys. The next day, he and Li Fudi rode the donkeys and led the horses back to Zhendingfu City. Passers-by saw that they had horses but wanted to ride donkeys.

They felt strange and wanted to laugh but dared not, so they wore official uniforms of the Dongchang.

At sunset, the two came to Tang County. Tian Ergeng said: "Liu Ming should have stayed here. Let's find the inn where he stayed."

The two took Liu Ming's portrait and went from inn to inn to inquire about it. They asked more than a dozen inns in a row, but none of the inns had seen Liu Ming. They found an old Zhao's shop and went in to inquire. The innkeeper Zhao looked at the portrait and thought it looked familiar.

After thinking for a while, he said, "This person lived here before."

Tian Ergeng asked: "When did it happen?"

Shopkeeper Zhao said: "About half a month ago."

Tian Ergeng asked: "When did he leave?"

Shopkeeper Zhao said: "I left early the next morning before the hour."

Tian Ergeng and Li Fudi stayed one night in Tang County. They set off at chen o'clock the next day and arrived at Yao Cun Town at lantern time. Liu Ming also stayed here. There were only three inns in the town, so it was easy for Tian Ergen to find Liu Ming's accommodation.

I passed the inn and found out that Liu Ming had left before midnight again.

The next day, Li and Li continued to search Tianzhuang along the route Liu Ming took back to Beijing. At sunset, they arrived at Xiaogianzhuang. There was an inn here called Tianjia Old Inn. They went in to inquire. Shopkeeper Tian looked at the portrait and said:

"This man lives here."

Tian Ergeng asked: "When did he leave?"

Shopkeeper Tian said: "He hasn't left, he's still living here."

Tian Ergeng was overjoyed and said, "Where is he? Take us to see him quickly."

Shopkeeper Tian took them to a guest room, pushed the door open and said, "Sir, two officials are looking for you."

The room was dim and there was no lamp. Tian Ergeng saw a man lying on the kang. Hearing that an official was looking for him, the man hurriedly raised his body half up and looked up at the door. Sure enough, two servants from the East Factory were standing there.

, said: "What do you two officials have to do with the younger one?"

Li Fudi shouted: "You damn can't get up and answer."

The man said: "My little one is seriously ill and can't get up. Please don't blame me, sir."

Tian Ergeng said: "Are you Liu Ming, the shopkeeper at Dalai Bank?"

The man said: "That's right, the little one."

Tian Ergen thought to himself: "No wonder he didn't return to Beijing. It turns out he fell ill here."

After Liu Ming left Yaocun Town that day, he encountered a heavy rain on the way. He felt that he was young and had strong energy, so he did not take the rain seriously and did not avoid it. He continued on his way in the rain. There was nothing wrong at that time. After staying at night

, he was in serious trouble. He developed a high fever and almost burned him to death. He lay in Tian's old shop for half a month.

Liu Ming was afraid that he would be late when he returned home. Qu Dalai, the innkeeper, was suspicious and thought it would be bad if he thought he had absconded with the money. So he asked the innkeeper Tian to send someone to deliver the letter to Dalai Bank, which was not far from the capital.

It's less than two days' journey.

The inn's clerk went to the Diners Bank to deliver a message and brought back the news of the accident at the Diners Bank. Liu Ming was alone and had no family to notify him, so he could only stay in the inn to recuperate.

Shopkeeper Tian lit the oil lamp on the table, and Tian Ergeng sat by the kang. Seeing that Liu Ming was still supporting half of his body, looking very hard, he said, "Lie down and talk."

Liu Mingdao: "Thank you, sir."

Tian Ergen asked: "Liu Ming, I want to ask you, did the chief assistant of Zhuang Lianzhuang withdraw three thousand taels of gold from your bank account some time ago?"

Liu Mingdao: "I didn't take it, I borrowed it."

Tian Ergeng said: "Oh, it turns out I borrowed it. Were you there at the time?"

Liu Mingdao: "Young man is here. The three thousand taels of gold were brought by me from the bank, and it was also delivered by me."

Tian Ergeng said: "Did Zhuang Lian go alone at that time?"

Liu Mingdao: "No, he and Mr. Yu's bodyguard Zhang Shou asked Mr. Zhang to go with him."

Tian Ergeng said: "Do you know why he wanted to borrow this gold?"

Liu Mingdao: "I know that Zhuang Shoufu said that the Ministry of Industry needs money, and the money from the court has not been allocated yet, so he needs to borrow this gold for turnover."

Tian Ergen thought to himself: "Old man Zhuang, you are dead this time."

The next day, Tian Ergen was afraid of encountering Jin Yiwei's killers on the way, so he asked Li Fudi to rush ahead to report the news to Yan Shoufeng, asking Yan Shoufeng to send someone to respond.

Tian Ergeng found a horse-drawn carriage and carried Liu Ming back to the capital. He arrived at the capital at the time of application for the license that day, entered the outer city from You'anmen, walked north along the street, and stabbed Liu Ming to death before he had gone far.

Show a masked man.

Tian Ergen was sitting in front of the car. The man held a ghost-headed sword and slashed at Tian Ergen. Tian Ergen was taken aback and had no time to draw his sword to parry. He leaned to the right and the man missed the target with one strike.

Tian Ergen pressed the spring, pulled out the giant sword, and stabbed the man distractedly.

The man and Tian Ergeng were fighting together, and Tian Ergeng unexpectedly fired a fireball from his left palm, hitting the man in the chest. The man was beaten back three or four steps, his body tilted to one side, and he almost fell down.

Tian Ergen shouted and stabbed with his sword again. The two fought for more than thirty seconds, but Tian Ergen was not paying attention and received a knife on the back of his right hand. Fortunately, it only scratched the skin. If his finger tendons were severed, he would

This hand is useless.

Tian Ergen's right hand shook in pain, and he lost his grip on the huge sword. It fell to the ground with a "clang". Tian Ergen hurriedly leaned over to pick up the sword. At this time, the man slashed at his right hand with a knife, forcing him to

He retracted his right hand again.

The man pressed forward step by step. Tian Ergeng kept retreating. Seeing that he was no match, he was secretly worried and thought to himself: "Why didn't my foster father send someone to pick me up?"

At this time, he suddenly heard someone shouting: "Ergen, don't panic, your adoptive father is coming!" The person followed the voice and Tian Ergen saw Yanshou Peak flying and landing close to him, and he was very happy.

Yan Shoufeng waved his palms and struck at the masked man one after another. The man could only parry and was unable to fight back. In only seven or eight rounds, Yan Shoufeng slapped the man on the chest with his palm, knocking him out.

It flew more than three feet away and fell to the ground.

Yan Shoufeng stopped attacking and shouted: "Where did the thieves come from and dared to attack the people of Dongchang?"

Tian Ergen thought to himself: "Father, what nonsense are you talking to him? Hurry up and catch him." He flew towards the masked man.

The man fled without waiting for Tian Ergeng to come closer. Just when Tian Ergeng was about to pursue him, Yan Shoufeng said: "Don't chase the poor bandits, don't fall into someone else's plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain. It's important to protect Liu Ming." He turned on the car.

He opened the curtain and glanced into the carriage. He saw a man lying inside and said, "Is he Liu Ming?"

Tian Ergen came over and said, "He is Liu Ming." He thought to himself, "My foster father should have received the letter a long time ago. Why did he come?" Although he had doubts in his heart, he did not dare to ask more questions.

Yan Shoufeng said: "Ergeng, you have done well. I will mark your merits as a father."

Tian Ergeng said: "Thank you very much, foster father."

The masked man ran out a few streets, and when he saw that Tian Ergen was not chasing him, he stopped, took off his mask, and revealed his true face. It turned out that he was Xu Xianchun. He returned to the Jinyiwei General Office and walked into Luo Sigong's

In the office, he said dejectedly: "Sir, this low-ranking official is incompetent and made a mess of things."

Luo Sigong was startled and asked quickly: "What happened?"

Xu Xianchun said: "I was waiting for Liu Ming in You'anmen. Just now, I finally waited for him to come back. For some reason, he was with Tian Ergeng. I stepped forward to assassinate him, and I was about to succeed. Unexpectedly, Yan Shoufeng rushed there.

Here I am, I am no match for him and I was almost captured."

After hearing this, Luo Sigong was heartbroken and thought to himself: "This is really a failure. Liu Ming should have arrived at Dongchang by now. Zhuang Lian is definitely dead this time."

Luo Sigong waved his hand and signaled Xu Xianchun to step back. After Xu Xianchun left, he leaned on the chair, closed his eyes and meditated, thinking: "If Zhuang Lian comes to Dongchang, he will definitely bite me out, and Zhuang Lian must not be allowed to fall into this trap."
Chapter completed!