Hearing such a shout, Ji Xiaotang, who had always been calm, showed panic on his face for the first time. If you distinguish carefully, it is not only panic, but also a bit of fatalistic sorrow.

The person who came was none other than Xie Huaijin.

Xie Huaijin's clothes were a little messy, and the expression on his face was almost crazy. He rushed into the house desperately, ignoring the sword in the hand of the man in black who guarded the door. The people in black all recognized Xie Huaijin, and hurriedly withdrew their swords, and they were a little hurried for a while.

Xie Ziqian didn't need to look back, and when he heard the voice talking, he knew that Xie Huaijin was coming. He frowned slightly, and his hand holding the sword shook. And in the eyes of Xie Huaijin, who broke into the door, this action was Xie Ziqian taking money to assassinate Ji Xiaotang.

Xie Huaijin's eyes immediately turned red, and he rushed forward desperately while shouting. His target was not Xie Ziqian, but Xie Ziqian's sword. Xie Huaijin desperately slammed into the tip of Xie Ziqian's sword, but he wanted to replace Ji Xiaotang with his body.

The next thing happened almost in the blink of an eye, but in Ji Xiaotang's eyes, it seemed like a century was long. The scene in front of me coincided with the scene of the previous life.

In his previous life, it was when Xie Ziqian wanted to kill her with a sword and force Second Master Ji to submit that Xie Huaijin broke in. Xie Huaijin stood in front of Ji Xiaotang and was killed by Xie Ziqian with a sword through his chest.

At that time, Ji Xiaotang thought that it was Xie Ziqian's inability to collect his sword that caused the tragedy. But in retrospect, it wasn't like that. At that time, Xie Huaijin bumped into Xie Ziqian's sword by himself.

Xie Huaijin is here, he wants to save Ji Xiaotang. At the same time, he knew very well in his heart that he couldn't save Ji Xiaotang at all, and he couldn't change the fate of Ji Xiaotang and the Ji family. Xie Huaijin came here. I already have a will to die in my heart.

This is exactly what Ji Xiaotang understands about Xie Huaijin.

Xie Huaijin is kind and loyal, and he grew up smoothly all the way, but he doesn't have enough perseverance. After he discovered his life experience and his father Xie Ziqian's schemes, he was powerless to convince Xie Ziqian, and he couldn't save Ji Xiaotang, so he could only die.

"Huai Jin!"

"Brother Huaijin!"

Xie Ziqian and Ji Xiaotang discovered Xie Huaijin's intentions at the same time. Ji Xiaotang stretched out his hand in vain, but he couldn't hold back Xie Huaijin's momentum of hitting the tip of the sword. Xie Ziqian couldn't put away his sword, and saw that the tip of the sword was inserted into Xie Huaijin's chest.

Xie Ziqian's eyes. It was Xie Huaijin's enlarged face.

"Rebel, you ......" Xie Ziqian shouted. Xie Huaijin's expression was too calm, and there was a little sarcasm in his eyes. Xie Ziqian immediately understood that Xie Huaijin was using his own death to resist him. Laughing at him. In the fight against him.

"Brother Huaijin, don't die!" Ji Xiaotang finally grabbed Xie Huaijin's sleeve and pulled it back hard. In any case, she didn't want Xie Huaijin to die in front of her.

She died at the age of sixteen in her previous life, and she considered herself ill-fated. However, Xie Huaijin is not much better than her, and he is also a hard-working teenager.

Xie Huaijin seemed to hear Ji Xiaotang's shout, and turned his head to look at Ji Xiaotang. There were tears in the corners of his eyes. There was a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Xiaotang, I'm sorry."

"No!" Ji Xiaotang and Xie Ziqian called almost at the same time.

Xie Ziqian had already let go of the sword in his hand. raised his foot and kicked at Xie Huaijin. The sword landed, and Xie Huaijin's body was kicked by Xie Ziqian and hit the wall, then bounced back to the ground, and then stood still.

Ji Xiaotang only grabbed a small sleeve in his hand. It turned out that Xie Huaijin had broken through all the way, and the clothes outside had already been a little tattered, and he couldn't stand the strength at all.

After staring at his sleeves for a while, Ji Xiaotang suddenly threw away his sleeves and turned his head to look at Xie Huaijin.

Xie Huaijin was lying on his back on the ground at the moment, his face was pale, the corners of his mouth were bleeding, and he didn't make a sound.

Xie Ziqian naturally saw it. His own son died under his own sword, no matter how deep Xie Ziqian's city mansion is, no matter how ruthless he is, he can't stand this blow for a while. He raised his head to the sky and howled twice, but there was no human smell in that voice, more like a wolf's howl.

After screaming, Xie Ziqian immediately calmed down. He didn't get closer to see Xie Huaijin, but locked his eyes on Ji Er and Ji Xiaotang.

There was no trace of warmth in Xie Ziqian's eyes, and there was no warmth in the gentleness that he had just pretended. It was almost a pair of hungry wolf eyes that shimmered with a ghostly light.

"This rebel, the mud can't support the wall, he is dead, and I don't have to worry about it. Big husband, why have no wife and no children! Brother Ji, I'll give you another chance. If you nod your head and tell the whereabouts of the treasure, it will be endless glory and riches. If you are obsessed, then I will send Xiaotang to see Huaijin! ”

"You...... It's crazy, kill Huaijin, you have to kill Xiaotang. Xie Ziqian, do you still have humanity! Second Master Ji said angrily.

"Haha, what is human nature! Husband, you should be decisive! Xie Ziqian said this, viciously took a long knife from the hand of a man in black next to him, and aimed it at Ji Xiaotang.

"Uncle Xie, did you fake everything you used to do to Uncle Niang and Huaijin?" Ji Xiaotang was not afraid, but looked directly at Xie Ziqian and asked loudly.

Xie Ziqian was slightly stunned, he didn't expect that Ji Xiaotang would be calm and calm.

"Of course not." Xie Ziqian could have ignored Ji Xiaotang's question, but he didn't know why, he still answered.

"Since it's not fake, how can you be so ruthless!" Ji Xiaotang asked Xie Ziqian, "Obviously, Uncle Niang and Brother Huai Jin are not on Uncle Xie's side. Is it really worth abandoning your wife and children for the sake of fame and wealth? ”

"Little girl, you are fooled by your father's set. Where do you know the true royal road in this world? If you are interested, you can quickly persuade your father's family to follow me, which will naturally have endless benefits for you. Otherwise, you're going to die here today! ”

Xie Huaijin died suddenly, and still under his own sword, although Xie Ziqian was calm on the surface, it was impossible not to shake in his heart. The direct surface of his shock is even more frenzied.

Looking at Xie Ziqian's eyes, Ji Xiaotang knew. He really would have killed himself.

"Xiaotang is innocent, if you want to kill, kill me." Second Master Ji pulled Ji Xiaotang behind him. However, Xie Ziqian had already taken precautions against Ji Er's move, and immediately two black-clothed people stepped forward and grabbed Ji Er, making him unable to move.

Xie Ziqian's knife fell on the side of Ji Xiaotang's neck, and as long as he moved, Ji Xiaotang's life would be difficult to protect.

At this moment, there was a great chaos outside, and then an arrow broke through the door like a thundering meteor. Went straight to the side of Xie Ziqian's neck. The arrow was too urgent and fierce, Xie Ziqian had to throw away the long knife in his hand and hurriedly dodge. His movements were not unpleasant. But it was still no faster than the arrow.

Ji Xiaotang saw that Xie Ziqian was hit by an arrow in the neck, and he was carried by the arrow and staggered two steps to the side, and bright red blood gushed out from his neck like a small fountain. Xie Ziqian hugged his neck with both hands, as if to stop the blood from continuing to flow out. He slowly turned to look at the door. Both eyes were incredulous.

Ji Xiaotang recognized the arrow that hit Xie Ziqian at a glance, and immediately felt happy in his heart, the rescue finally came.

In the surprise of Ji Xiaotang and others, as well as the frightened and unbelievable eyes of Xie Ziqian and others, Qi Younian and a group of personal soldiers seemed to fall from the sky and killed them from the outside.

The battle in the house was soon over.

When Xie Ziqian entered the door in Qi Younian, he had already fallen to the ground, and the rest of the people in black. Two of them tried to kidnap the second master Ji, but they were killed on the spot by Qi Younian with one arrow. The rest of them also died under the swords of the personal soldiers brought by Qi Younian.

The nerves that Master Ji had been tense all the time saw that Qi Younian had brought someone here, and he was immediately relieved. He is a scholar, it is the first time in his life to experience such a thing, and he has not slept all night, he can't support it at the moment, he is supported by two girls, and he sits down on the chair on the side.

"Xiaotang, Master Ji, I'm late." Qi Younian rushed forward and shook Ji Xiaotang's hand.

"It's not too late." Ji Xiaotang said.

Qi Younian's soft armor and battle robe almost all changed color, obviously after a bloody battle, he was able to rush to the Ji Mansion at this time.

"Did you meet a thief on the road?" Ji Xiaotang asked Qi Younian.

Qi Younian nodded, and told Ji Xiaotang that according to the prior agreement, he, Mu Hong and others led troops to Qingyuan, but when the soldiers and horses walked to Mujiazhai, they encountered ambush soldiers.

The ambush soldiers are the elite who kill the wolf, and the number has exceeded Qi Younian's previous prediction, and its difficulty is something that Qi Younian has never seen in these years.

"It seems that the thieves really want to occupy Ren An and use it as the base camp of the rebellion." And their first target to occupy Ren'an was not Ren'an Mansion, but Qingyuan.

Because the Ji family is in Qingyuan, one of the three leaders who killed the wolf, the greedy wolf, is also in Qingyuan. Moreover, when they took the Ji family in Qingyuan and raised the anti-flag, Ren'an Mansion must send troops, they happened to ambush Mujiazhai, the only way for the official army, and wanted to wipe out the official army, and then capture Ren'an City and take the entire Ren'an Mansion.

The thieves were very well calculated, but Qi Younian's side was also prepared.

Even so, the two sides are almost evenly matched in Mujiazhai. However, it is only almost. Just look at the fact that Qi Younian has arrived in Jifu now, but Xie Ziqian has no reinforcements, and he knows that the result of the battle of Mujiazhai is still a narrow victory for Qi Younian's side after all.

"No, it can't be." Ji Xiaotang was talking to Qi Younian when he heard Xie Ziqian say intermittently.

Both turned their gazes to Xie Ziqian. Xie Ziqian was lying on the ground at the moment, his hands were still covering his neck, and the look in his eyes had dimmed, obviously his life was not long in coming.

The reason why he has been able to survive until now and not die is entirely because of his unwillingness.

"How could it be?" Ji Xiaotang condescended and asked Xie Ziqian.

Ren An...... Guards, soldiers, no more than thousand, thousands, my Dayan is exhausted, out of ......" Xie Ziqian tried to speak, and his throat still gurgled from time to time. His life was nearing its end.

"With only the soldiers of Ren'an Mansion Guard, they are naturally not the opponents of the thieves who gathered in Mujiazhai. However, who told you that I only brought the soldiers and horses of the Ren Security Station? Qi Younian looked at Xie Ziqian and said lightly.

"You...... Say, "What?" ”

"Ayou is no longer the thousand households of Ren Anwei, he is now the commander of the Governor Zhili, and he has jurisdiction over all the soldiers of the North Zhili, South Zhili, Hejian, Ren'an, and Huizhou Five Guards." Ji Xiaotang said slowly.

Xie Ziqian's eyes widened and widened.

"In addition, for the sake of your anti-thieves, I also mobilized another 5,000 elite soldiers." Qi Younian continued.

"Uncle Xie, you are desperate to concentrate all the soldiers and horses in Ren'an's Mansion, thinking that you can take Ren'an in one fell swoop without knowing it. But you don't know that your actions have already fallen into the trap of the imperial court. Now, I'm afraid that the elite soldiers you mentioned are already surrounded by officers and soldiers. Ji Xiaotang smiled slightly.

"This is the day we have been waiting for, Lord Xie, or I should call you Greedy Wolf." Qi Younian looked at Xie Ziqian. If the rebels are still hidden in various places, Qi Younian not only needs to use a lot of manpower and material resources to find out these rebels, but also divide his troops to defeat them. This is a misery, and it is not clean.

But now that the thieves have all gathered in Ren An, they have just entered the encirclement arranged by Qi Younian, and they can be annihilated in one fell swoop.

"The praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind, Uncle Xie, you have been fooled. What else do you say about reviving Dayan and having great ambitions, in the final analysis, Uncle Xie is just talking on paper, and he is just ambitious and talented. Ji Xiaotang smiled, but his words were merciless, pointing directly at Xie Ziqian's most painful point. Uncle Xie, do you regret it now! ”

"I—I don't...... Letter! Xie Ziqian's last sentence almost shouted out, but it was already silent. His last word fell to the ground, and his hands hung down weakly, only a pair of eyes were still wide open.

Die with a grievance or everlasting regret!

Xie Ziqian died like this, he pretended to be in front of people for his so-called great cause of rejuvenation all his life, calculated all his life, but he failed in the first battle.

He doesn't regret it, Ji Xiaotang doesn't know.

"Xie Ziqian is the most pretentious." Seeing that Xie Ziqian died like this, Second Master Ji sighed softly, "He just regrets it in his heart, and he won't admit it." If he admits that he regrets it, wouldn't it be tantamount to admitting that his life has been in vain! ”

But even if Xie Ziqian doesn't admit regret, his life is completely meaningless, and now it seems that it is a joke.

During this meeting, soldiers continued to come in to report to Qi Younian. The people and horses brought by Qi Younian have swept away all the anti-thieves and thieves who broke into the Ji family. Now the inside and outside of the Ji Mansion are guarded by Qi Younian's soldiers and horses.

Among the people who came in to report, there was also Master Li.

"Master Li, where is Jiang Qingshan?" Ji Xiaotang asked.

“…… The guy was so slippery that he ran away. Master Li told Ji Xiaotang that Jiang Qingshan was injured, but when he found out that the situation was wrong, he quickly slipped away with oil on the soles of his feet.

"I can't let Jiang Qingshan go." Ji Xiaotang said, "He won't run far, he still has too many things at home that he can't give up." ”

"I'll take someone to chase after me." Master Li said.

Qi Younian also knew about Jiang Qingshan, so he immediately assigned some people to Master Li to arrest Jiang Qingshan together.

At the same time, Second Master Ji had already opened the door of the secret room and took Mrs. Ji and everyone out. Mrs. Ji and everyone are under the rockery, although they don't know the details outside, but they all understand in their hearts that when they come out now, they see the scene around, and they see that the second master Ji and Ji Xiaotang are all right, and they are inevitably afraid and surprised.

Mrs. Ji hugged the second master Ji and cried.

"Xiaotang, her grandfather and uncles ......" Mrs. Ji was worried about Mu Hong and her younger brothers, so she stepped forward to ask Qi Younian. In the heart of Second Mrs. Ji, Qi You is here, and Mu Hong's father and son should also come.

"We were intercepted by anti-thieves in Mujiazhai, I was anxious to come to Qingyuan to rescue, Uncle Mu and they are still in Mujiazhai. The war in Mujiazhai requires Uncle Mu to preside over the overall situation. Qi Younian said to Mrs. Ji Er very respectfully. He knew that Second Mrs. Ji was worried about the Mu family's father and son, and comforted Second Mrs. Ji, "Second Mrs. Don't worry, Uncle Mu is familiar with the terrain of Mu's village, and has elite soldiers, and we have already prepared, and nothing will happen." ”

"Mother, don't worry, I've heard people say that my grandfather is a lucky general." Ji Xiaotang also comforted Mrs. Ji.

Mrs. Ji Er had no choice but to nod and secretly pray for the safety of Mu Hong's father and son.

After Qi Younian settled the affairs of the Ji Mansion, he was going to take people to the county office. When Ji Xiaotang heard it, he handed Xie Huaijin into the hands of the person next to him, and hurriedly stood up.

"Ayo, I'll go with you." (To be continued......)