Qu Xia began to doubt the letter.

He had seen a little bit of the scriptures and formations in Lin Shan, and he really knew a little about it. However, seeing that the young man's expression and tone in front of him were confident and natural, not like a complete illusion, he was a little puzzled for a while.

At this moment, the two beggars standing by the letter stall suddenly screamed and pointed to the place where the black smoke had risen.

"Hey! You see that smoke is a little strange, it suddenly rises so much, it can't be someone's house on fire, right? ”

"It's not time to make lunch yet! And there is no need to burn mosquito grass in this season, there should be no permanent fire in the house, whose yard will catch fire in this broad daylight? ”

"Who knows? That cigarette felt a little strange just now, couldn't it be that someone was seeking revenge! ”

When the two beggars said this, one of the passers-by on the street suddenly shouted: "The official is here!" ”

After that shout, there was the sound of leather sheaths slapping armor and hard boots smashing stones.

The voice grew deeper and deeper as it approached, but the residents of Beijing were no strangers to it, and passers-by on the street quickly found the direction from which the sound of the procession, which seemed to be somewhat violent.

On a street corner, a column of twenty or so people swept by.

To the surprise of the residents of Beijing who saw this scene, in this team composed of officials in two uniforms, those in light armor were galloping on horseback. It has been a long time since the inner castle of Kyoto, where horseback riding is prohibited, has required such an official to take such action.

The presence of officers and soldiers stopped some of the residents who were about to go in the direction of the smoke. If you can get the Kyoto Prefecture to send a light horse to evacuate the accident, ordinary residents like yourself should not join in the fun.

However, Qu Xia, who had just fallen into hesitation because of Cen Chi's identity, suddenly ran away.

Those casual conversations and the arrival of officials once again stirred up the uneasiness in his heart.

Almost at the same time, Cen Chi's hand came up again.

"Can't go!" Cen Chi shouted.

Qu Xia didn't want to pay attention to him anymore, but he didn't run far. was stopped at the intersection by Cen Chi, who was chasing him. As a last resort, he could only stop, but the annoyance on his face could no longer be suppressed, and he scolded: "What do you mean by this!" ”

"It's too late." Cen Chi, who stopped Qu Xia, slowly approached, and a trace of sadness flashed at the bottom of his pupils, "You better find a place to take shelter first!" ”

Qu Xia realized that something was wrong, and was about to speak again, but it was a step slower than Cen Chi's suddenly raised palm.

……

At the letter stall, one of the two beggars looked at the black smoke in the sky above the residential area in the north of the city for a while, and immediately felt bored. He only glanced sideways slightly, and suddenly shouted: "Ah! There's a fight over there! ”

The other beggar standing beside him looked at him, and then slapped the beggar who had just screamed on the back of the head. said casually: "There are no ghosts, what are you yelling about?" ”

"I really saw the Sven man knock the old man unconscious and carry him away." The beggar who had been slapped touched the back of his head, and added dissatisfiedly: "I said, don't you always give me a punch or a slap before you talk to me, okay?" ”

"Can you not always be surprised?"

"It's my habit. I can't change it for a while, you can close your ears if you don't listen! ”

"Okay, let me sew your mouth tight before I close my ears!"

“……”

"Don't shout!" The two beggars quarreled after a mismatch in the preface, which made the old student frown and couldn't help but scold.

Such quarrels often took place between the two beggars, but for him, who had drunk a few drops of ink, the communication was so rough that it almost made him feel. Listening too much will make him nervous, and it is estimated that he will write his aunt as an aunt when he writes letters for others in the future.

The two beggars shut up in a daze and looked at the old student of the letter stall.

The old student of the letter stall was stared at by the two of them. looked to the side, and suddenly spoke: "Those two people really disappeared suddenly!" ”

The two beggars looked at each other and did not speak.

After a pause, the old student of the letter stall touched his beard again and wondered: "That old man is not a young beauty, why did that Sven man take him away by knocking him unconscious?" ”

One of the beggars asked, "Did you see that?" ”

The old student smiled slightly: "Hehe." I guess. ”

The two beggars were stunned again, and then lowered their heads together. He let out a long breath.

……

When Li Gai galloped to the Lin Mansion on horseback, the old mansion that carried many memories of him and some old friends had fallen into a sea of fire.

"The third-" Li Gai shouted, jumped up from his horse, tapped the ground with his toes, and rushed into the sea of fire.

The few attendants closest to him knew about his relationship with the owner of the house, and they were vigilant along the way. Seeing this situation now, three of them also jumped down at the same time, and pulled Li Gai's arm together.

An attendant hurriedly said: "My lord, don't panic in, the fire is too big to reach!" ”

At the same time, another attendant shouted loudly: "Maybe Lord Lin is not inside, don't be impulsive." ”

"Not in there?" Li Gai's footsteps finally faltered, but soon he shouted again: "He's not in it, those rats will toss this house like this?!" ”

Among Li Gai's group of people who arrived at the Lin Mansion first, five of them were his close attendants, and the other five were Yu Lin Wei who he randomly called along the way out of the palace. This total of ten people is indeed good at kung fu, but in front of the house in front of them, which is painted in a sea of flames, their ability may not be as good as the other ten officers and soldiers who were called by the other ten officers and soldiers from the city patrol team that Li Gai met on the road.

The ten officers and soldiers had taken out a glossy appearance from a package they were carrying on their shoulders, and had strangely sewn a hood at the collar. After quickly putting the garment on their bodies, they rushed into the fire with a long stick made of three short sticks.

One of the ten officers and soldiers was a step slower, and before he rushed into the sea of fire to find someone, he first approached Li Gai's side and arched his hand: "Lord Commander, this fire is different, and it is inferred from the smell that it is tentatively caused by a kind of oil. I would like to advise you not to enter the market, but to wait for us to go first, and if we find anyone alive, we will surely bring them out. Although the members of our group have limited skills, please believe that they have more experience and experience than you adults in the matter of searching for people in the fire. ”

Li Gai calmed down a little, lowered his eyes and muttered for a moment, and then bowed his hand to the firefighting officer and soldier: "Except for the people dressed like the corpses lying at the door, if you find the remains of other people, please bring them out as much as possible." Please! ”

The officer and soldier did not express any disagreement with Li Gai's entrustment, but nodded with a firm look in his eyes and said, "I understand, they are your comrades-in-arms. ”

With that, he also rushed into the flames.

Seeing his back disappear between the fire and smoke, Li Gai suddenly heard a person shouting in his ear: "My lord, look over there, it seems that there is a line of killers who have not walked cleanly." ”

Li Gai looked at one side, and in an instant, his eyes were on fire, and the hand holding the whip tightened, and the person had already jumped on the horse, whipped and shouted: "Yu Linwei stayed to preside over the firefighting, and the others chased after me!" ”

Yu Linwei was familiar with the various yamen in Beijing, and they also had some authority of their own, while Li Gai's close attendants were weaker than this, but they were better at tracking and field kills that required flexible use of terrain than Yu Linwei.

There was no objection to this, and the response was swift.

At this moment, for firefighting, Li Gai can't give full play to his strengths, but it is better to do what he should do decisively.

……

The last group of killers who left the forest house deliberately walked a few secluded streets when they chose the route to retreat.

For the group chasing behind them, this seems a bit stupid, but in fact it is a kind of forced Jimin.

The leader of the group of killers did not believe that if they chose to flee from the streets, the group behind them would give up riding in order not to disturb the people. The leader of the killers was well aware of what the target of this assassination meant to those who were now pursuing them.

In the process of retreating, none of the members of this killer team left the team alone, because they also understood that in the face of the person who was chasing after them, falling behind meant falling into the mouth of the lion, and the strength was still in one place, and there was still some defense, and the only way to completely get rid of the threat of being killed was to go out of the city.

The leader of the killer was right in their eyes, and the only thing that puzzled them was why they were the last to retreat?

With this suspicion, they recalled the assassination operation just now. It is understandable that the leader led them to the periphery of the house with a deliberate delay of a few steps, and did not let them rush in, probably because all the people who were acting today were not from the same owner, and there was no need to let their people go first.

Thinking of this, several of the killers were even somewhat grateful to the leader for protecting himself and being xenophobic.

But what does this have to do with the final evacuation of your own group? Since the previous leader took care of his own people so much, when it was time to evacuate, why did he need to slow down?

Looking at the black shadow of the team of killers in front of him, sometimes running wildly on the street, sometimes flickering on the roof, like a flea, it seemed that he was about to catch it, but in fact, he threw himself into the air several times, and Li Gai, who was riding a horse, was a little anxious at first, but gradually he calmed down completely.

The killers fled to the north of the city, and in the spacious place in front of the city gates, they finally gathered together as a full squad again.

In the blue sky and daylight, the people at the north gate who were about to enter and leave the city saw a group of black-clothed masked people who suddenly approached, and the flickering cold light of the blades in their hands made them naturally retreat to the side of the street, or simply slumped on the ground.

Only the guards knew how to intercept them, but the weapons in their hands were too heavy in the face of the assassins, and their movements became sluggish.