Xianyang Bridge

The car was parked next door and I don't know what it was.

The boy with the whip on the roof chased the enemy into the night, Qi Shaoshang looked at Gu Xichao who was standing in the middle of the yard, didn't know what to say for a while, just looked at his blindfolded eyes, and said in his heart, his eyes Is... blind?

Amidst the sound of Xiao Shuyu, Gu Xichao raised his face slightly, as if he was looking, but also seemed to be listening, and said in Qi Shaoshang's direction, "Breeze is dead long ago, the master."

For some reason, Qi Shaoshang suddenly felt a dull pain in his heart. He didn't know whether it was because of the breeze or the other dead people. He jumped off the roof, and Gu Xi faced him, saying, "We still met after all. I didn't want to Let the master see me like this now."

Qi Shaoshang waved his hand slowly in front of his eyes, and asked, "What's wrong with your eyes?"

Gu Xichao said, "I can't see it."

"How did you do it?" Qi Shaoshang asked.

"Yes..." Gu Xichao said yes, then stopped and shook his head, "It's a long story."

Then he suddenly smiled, Qi Shaoshang looked at him, it wasn't even a smile, but the corners of his lips raised slightly, and then he cooled down again, he said, "I have thought about many ways to meet the boss again I will always think of you."

A few torches dropped by Tiqi's spies were scattered on the surrounding ground, and they fell into the water and were about to go out. He stood in the dark and said such words, looking very lonely, Qi Shaoshang asked, "Who did you meet on the road? If it's a moment later, I'm afraid I won't be able to protect those two children."

Gu Xichao was a little disappointed at first, then he was startled, "What child?"

"You don't know?" Qi Shaoshang told him what happened to him in Ruyin County, Gu Xichao said, "I don't know about this matter."

Qi Shaoshang was also a little surprised. He originally thought that Gu Xichao was the person that the shopkeeper of Qingyuan said was coming to meet Lin Qing and Lin Qian, but it was not.

While the two were talking, Tiqi's fireworks suddenly rose outside the town. It seemed that Xiao Qi hadn't caught up with Mo Lin. Gu Xichao heard the sound of the arrow and said, "I should go. It's very dangerous for me to go. These two I can't take the children with me, can I ask the head of the family to take care of them for a few days, and go to Shenhou Mansion to pick them up when I get away."

Qi Shaoshang said, "Okay."

Xiao Qi flew back from outside the courtyard, and hurriedly said, "He fired an arrow, we have to leave immediately."

Gu Xichao nodded, turned around and took two steps, as if a little bit reluctant, said, "Thank you for not killing me."

Qi Shaoshang turned his back and said, "I didn't kill you that year, and I won't kill you now, unless you do something evil again."

Gu Xichao chuckled lightly, "Understood, there will be a period later, the boss."

He came and went in such a hurry again, he seemed to be running away all the way, Qi Shaoshang looked at the mess around him, and wanted to ask him countless questions in his heart, but he knew that now was not the time, the people from Tiqi would come soon, he and Lei Yun can't stay here for long.

Qi Shaoshang turned back to the abandoned house to look for Lei Yun and Lin Qing and Lin Qian, only to see that Lei Yun had already carried Lin Qing behind Lin Qian's back and came out. The young man looked straight at his face and said no in his tone. Feeling disappointed, "Brother, you really didn't want to kill Gu Xichao. I didn't believe what Brother Mu told me before, why?"

Qi Shaoshang was stopped by his question, and after a while he said, "There is no reason," and then said, "If you have anything to ask me, we can talk about it when we go back, and now we have to leave here immediately."

The young man shook his head, "I won't go with you, I've heard it all, he will go to the Shenhou mansion to ask you for Lin Qing and Lin Qian, I won't hand them over to you, I will take them back to Leijiazhuang, let Gu Xi Just come to Leijiazhuang for an important person, I will wait for him."

"Lei Yun!" After Lei Yun finished speaking, he took the two children and left quickly. Qi Shaoshang called out, but did not go after him. He raised his hand and pressed it on his forehead. Going to Lei's Village is just what Gu Xichao can't ask for, there is no place on the rivers and lakes that is safer than Lei's Village, Lin Qing and Lin Qian are very relieved to be there, so he won't go looking for you.

六

In the evening of the next day, Shanyang Town, outside the Third Lane, dozens of Tiqi spies dragged out all the corpses that died here last night. A middle-aged man with two beards covered his mouth with a handkerchief. Nose, while slowly looking at the wounds on the corpses one by one.

An hour later, the middle-aged man threw down his veil and came to the street outside, asking, "Have the eighteen statues arrived yet?"

Guo Jing bent down and said, "Go back to Lord Gou, just now the spies sent a message, and the eighteen statues are still seven miles away from Shanyang."

"Then just wait." The middle-aged man called Lord Gou sat down on the chair prepared by Guo Jing and stretched out his hand. Guo Jing quickly untied the water bag and gave it to him. The middle-aged man washed his hands and said, " Five of the corpses had the same wounds on their necks, which we have never encountered before. Qi Shaoshang used a sword, and Lei Yun next to him used a knife. We both have the same size. It doesn't match up with those corpses, it's not them."

"We chased him all the way, and all we saw were whip wounds. This is the first time a different wound has appeared. The new wounds are most likely related to the person we suspect."

"I guess it should be him."

"Master Gou means..." Guo Jing lowered his voice, "Gu Xichao?"

Gou Feng nodded, "It is rumored that Gu Xichao has a weeping axe. The wounds on these five corpses are wider than a sword and shorter than the head of a dagger. It is obviously very powerful to smash the larynx with one blow. What do I think? They are all strange weapons."

"However, we still need eighteen people to confirm whether it is true or not. After all, there are not many people who have seen Gu Xichao back then."

"If it's really him," Guo Jing smacked his lips, "I heard that this person is very powerful."

"No matter how powerful he is, he is still a person. In the past, we were passive everywhere, but we didn't know who our opponent was. This person is very clever and cunning, so he led us by the nose." Gou Feng washed his hands and took a sip of tea, "Now If you know it's him, it will be much easier."

"As a human being, we have weaknesses."

Gou Feng raised one corner of his mouth and smiled, he hadn't finished his cup of tea when the sound of horseshoes came from outside the town, and the eighteen statues arrived.

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"Stay in Yingchang tonight, and we will go to the city tomorrow."

After coming out of Shanyang Town, Gu Xichao and Xiao Qi didn't go far. He can't see things right now, and it's easy to attract attention if he walks directly on the road. The closer he is to Jingshi Tiqi, the more eyes and ears he has, and the more dangerous he is.

The two changed a light carriage from the entrance of the nearby Mingjiao hall, made a big circle to the west to Yingchang, bypassed the south gate of the capital, and planned to enter the city from the west gate.

On the way, after Xiao Qi learned that he hadn't disposed of those corpses properly, she endured it several times, and finally couldn't help saying, "Sir, you shouldn't be so negligent, it will be very troublesome for Ti Qi to know that the person they have been looking for is you. "

Gu Xichao knew that he was negligent, but he didn't think about it at all at the time, as if whenever he saw Qi Shaoshang, no matter how perfect his original plan was, something unexpected would always happen.

"Is there any news from the leader?" Gu Xichao asked.

"The leader told us to go directly to Qingyuan after entering the city." Xiao Qi said.

Gu Xichao was silent for a while, and said, "Qingyuan, we really need to go to Qingyuan. I also want to know why Qi Shaoshang appeared in Shanyang Town."

Xiaoqi didn't speak, narrowly escaped a few waves of Tiqi's spies on the road, and arrived in Yingchang before nightfall, a water play troupe in the city who was invited by Taiwei's mansion to participate in Jinmingchi's martial arts performance was waiting for them in a mansion in the east of the city. The man disguised himself and followed the water troupe into the city the next day with a post from Taiwei's Mansion, and arrived at Qingyuan in the evening.

Gou Feng took Guo Jing and Shibazun to intercept Gu Xichao at the south gate and failed, so he immediately asked people to go to Wucheng Bingma Division to ask for the names of all the caravans and theater troupes who entered and left the city gates in the past two days. He concluded that Gu Xichao It would be too conspicuous for Chao Hui to enter the city without a disguise. Although he had never seen it before, he also knew the good looks of this former Tanhua Langsheng.

As Gu Xichao settled down in Qingyuan, the news of the investigation of the water theater troupe also reached him. He put the bamboo tube of interrogation on the table and pushed it to the old man opposite, saying, "They are biting again."

"Don't worry about it, they don't dare to move around when they enter the city. There are too many people that Tiqi can't afford to offend here, and they have to deal with things carefully." The old man boiled water and made tea himself, and poured a cup for Gu Xichao. Peng, said slowly, "The matter of the Wannian Building has been investigated, and I gave the things to Xiaoqi."

"Anyone who has evidence of apostasy and betrayal of brothers in the sect along the way will be dealt with."

Seeing that he didn't drink tea, the old man didn't persuade him, he took a sip from his cup and said, "You've done a good job, now our own affairs are more or less reasonable, and it's time to settle accounts with King Guangyang .”

Gu Xichao raised his head, "Guangyang County King?"

"Just a few days ago at the Great Court Meeting, the Emperor Feng Tongguan became the King of Guangyang County. He heard that Cai Jing smashed the Political Affairs Hall after he left the court, and when he returned, he said he was sick and closed the door to thank the guests. There is no news that he will come out so far."

"Why? Why did he buy nine empty cities from the gold man for 100 million taels?" Gu Xichao sneered.

The old man looked at him. After being blind for a few years, his madness has subsided a lot. It is rare for him to mock someone so unabashedly.

The water on the stove boiled and made a gurgling sound. The old man took off the lid of the pot, let the water boil, and said, "Even if it is an empty city, it is an empty city in the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun. It will be written in the history books in the future. nice."

"Heh!" Gu Xichao didn't speak any more, but when the steam of the hot water hit his eyes, he turned his face somewhat uncomfortably.

"Of course 100 million taels is a lot of money, that's why he bit us like a mad dog, trying to find the money from us. By the way, the one from Zitong who has been chasing us