The sister-in-law was wrong, please forgive her, my black-bellied brother-in-law

When he got closer, Nie Shufeng looked at Shen Qingyan with a hint of disdain on his lips: "Why are you done talking? Go on, weren't you quite impressive just now?"

As he spoke, the knife in his hand forced Qiao Xi's neck to straighten a little.

The distance was so close that Qiao Xi could feel the sharpness of the blade with her skin, and the coldness of the knife made the hairs on her skin stand up.

Are you kidding me? If you want to challenge me, just challenge me. Why are you risking her life? What has she done to offend anyone?

Qiao Xi couldn't help crying.

Shen Qingyan and Xu Yi both looked at the knife on Qiao Xi's neck, and then looked at Nie Shufeng who was holding the knife.

Seeing the tears in Qiao Xi's eyes, Shen Qingyan realized that his words had indeed provoked Nie Shufeng. He couldn't help but slow down his tone: "Nie Shufeng, if you have anything to say, please say it nicely. Don't hurt innocent people."

Xu Yi next to him was staring at Qiao Xi's neck, his thin lips tightly pursed, his dark eyes deep, and his face calm.

But at this moment, perhaps only he himself knew that his hands hidden in his sleeves were clenched into fists nervously, and his heart was even more complicated and confusing.

Logically speaking, he originally wanted to kill Qiao Xi himself, but he changed his strategy because he thought it was not worth risking his own life.

Now that someone is killing for him and his hands won't be dirty, he should be happy, but for some reason, he doesn't feel a bit of joy in his heart.

It would have been fine if there was no joy, but when he saw her pale face just now, he actually felt a trace of pity in his heart.

Xu Yi subconsciously told himself that this shouldn't be the case, but he couldn't ignore that feeling.

Fortunately, he did not stay in that complicated feeling for too long, because the person who killed his elder brother had not been brought to justice yet, and he had to solve the problem at hand first.

Thinking of this, Xu Yi calmed his mind and forced himself to concentrate on dealing with the situation at hand.

Nie Shufeng glanced at Shen Qingyan and felt very unwilling to accept the fact that he had been defeated by this man.

But considering the purpose of his trip, he temporarily put aside his grudge with Shen Qingyan.

His gaze passed Shen Qingyan and Xu Yi and fell on the prison van behind them.

He could have sent his assassins to rescue Zhou'er, but that would have been too much of a move and the chances of success were too small.

He only has this one precious son and cannot afford any mistakes.

“Shen Qingyan, let my son go. Otherwise, the knife in my hand will drink some blood.”

Nie Shufeng didn't want to waste time and watched Shen Qingyan get straight to the point.

"Wait a minute!" Seeing the knife in his hand getting closer to Qiao Xi's neck, Shen Qingyan and Xu Yi spoke at the same time to stop him.

Nie Shufeng raised his eyebrows in surprise at their unanimous response, but he did not move the knife again.

"Nie Shufeng, even if I release your son, do you think the two of you can escape from so many soldiers?"

Shen Qingyan pointed to the soldiers behind him and said.

Hearing this, Nie Shufeng sneered, "Then there's no need for you to worry. Since I'm confident I can go down the mountain to rescue them, I'm also confident we can both escape safely."

His eyes were cold as he spoke, "Stop talking nonsense. Are you going to let this guy go or not?"

Shen Qingyan looked at Nie Shufeng with a frown in thought: This Nie Shufeng is not simple. Nie Guizhou was captured with great difficulty, which gave him a bargaining chip. Or perhaps it was precisely because of Nie Guizhou's capture that Nie Shufeng temporarily stayed in Lingxiao City.

If he were allowed to take Nie Guizhou away today, there was no guarantee that he would escape to some other place, and then it would not be so easy to arrest him and his son.

Besides, His Majesty doesn't give him much time.

Xu Yi waited for a while, but did not hear Shen Qingyan speak. He turned around and saw that he was in deep thought.

In this situation, his silence was simply a matter of weighing the pros and cons.

Seeing his gloomy face, Xu Yi felt a little unsure.

Qiao Xi is his sister-in-law and has nothing to do with Shen Qingyan. To put it bluntly, she is just one of the many common people.

If letting Nie Shufeng and Nie Guizhou go means that more people will suffer, then Shen Qingyan's choice is obvious.

But if he didn't let go, would he have to watch Qiao Xi die in front of him?

Thinking of this possibility, Xu Yi frowned slightly.

To be honest, he couldn't deceive himself, his heart told him that this was not what he wanted.

"grown ups!"

After some psychological struggle, Xu Yi finally chose to speak out to interrupt Shen Qingyan's contemplation.

Hearing his call, Shen Qingyan raised his head slightly and looked towards him, but did not say anything. Instead, he waited for Xu Yi to continue.

But Xu Yi hadn't thought of what to say.

He hesitated for a moment and glanced towards Nie Shufeng and Qiao Xi.

Suddenly, his attention was drawn to several figures behind them.

Looking closely, those figures were villagers from Xuliu Village.

I guess he couldn't suppress his curiosity and followed.

Villagers! Josie!

Xu Yi's eyes changed slightly, as if he had thought of something. He leaned close to Shen Qingyan's ear and whispered, "Sir, there are villagers watching."

From today's conversation, Xu Yi learned that Shen Qingyan also had some knowledge of military tactics.

As the military saying goes: Win without fighting, and gain the greatest victory with the least consumption.

But if this victory shakes public morale, it would be undesirable.

What he said just now was a hint to Shen Qingyan.

Shen Qingyan is so smart, and he has risen from a small official to his current position, how could he not understand what he meant.

He followed Xu Yi's gaze and looked at the commoner. After hesitating for a moment, he finally nodded and raised his hand to signal Kuzhu to bring Nie Guizhou over.

"Dad! Dad! Wuuwu, they beat me! Wuuwu, Dad, they beat me and it hurts so much, wuuwu..."

Because Nie Guizhou had suffered some punishment, his legs and feet were not very flexible, and Kuzhu didn't have much patience, so he almost carried him to Shen Qingyan.

Nie Guizhou was just a little excited in the prison van just now, but now that he knew that his father had indeed come to rescue him, and seeing that Nie Shufeng had a hostage in his hand, he instantly became unbridled and began to complain without even a moment's patience.

He hated hearing people cry, especially men.

If it weren't an extraordinary period, he really wanted to slap Nie Guizhou to death.

"Okay, your son is here now, can you let him go now?"

Shen Qingyan lowered his eyes and glanced at the crying Nie Guizhou, with a hint of disgust in his eyes, but when he raised his eyes again, there was no emotion in his eyes.

"Mr. Shen, do you think I'm a fool? Humph!" Nie Shufeng said, looking at Nie Guizhou, "Zhou'er, can you come here by yourself?"

Hearing this, Nie Guizhou shook his head, his voice full of grievance: "Dad, my legs seem to be broken, I can't walk. Woo woo..."

As he spoke, Nie Guizhou seemed to be in real pain and began to sob again.

Seeing Nie Guizhou like this, his father Nie Shufeng was heartbroken.

I saw that he was frowning, and the feeling of heartache was directly reflected in his eyes.

Fortunately, he did not lose his mind because of heartache.

Now was not the time to vent his anger on his son.

Nie Guizhou raised his chin and said coldly, "Mr. Shen, find someone to bring my son here. I'm telling you, it's best not to play any tricks."

"Bitter Bamboo!"

Shen Qingyan called out to Kuzhu beside him without thinking.

"Don't want him!"

But just as he opened his mouth, before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Nie Guizhou.

"Dad, he's very good at martial arts, so we don't need him. Let Xu Yi take me there."