At that time, Wuyifang Kushui Lane was already dead silent.

If it was usual, Gu Qiuniang would have already fallen asleep.

But today it's different.

When Gu Baiyi went out in the morning, he told Qiu Niang that there might be a lot of official business in the yamen today, and he might not be able to come back.

Qiu Niang knew that whenever something big happened in Kyoto, the officials of the yamen of Kyoto Prefecture would stay behind the yamen, especially a scribe like Gu Baiyi, no matter whether there was something at hand or not, they had to stay in the yamen and wait.

However, this kind of situation did not happen much, and in the past two years, Gu Baiyi almost rushed home before dark, huddled in the study and munched on his precious soldier books.

Gu Baiyi stayed in the yamen, it was not something that was unheard of before, Qiu Niang was alone at home, and she would rest early.

Only this time it's different.

Qin Xiao let the people of Tsing Yi Tang flee in embarrassment twice, and the worst thing is that the people of Tsing Yi Hall directly found Kushui Lane the second time.

The gang knew where they lived, and although they were beaten by Qin Xiao and walked away, Qiu Niang was not relieved by this, but was worried that the people from Tsing Yi Tang would come to the door again to retaliate.

If Gu Baiyi was at home, it would be better, but now he is the only one in the family, if the people from Tsing Yi Hall come to the door in the middle of the night, how can he deal with a weak woman.

The courtyard gate was kicked and damaged by the people of Tsing Yi Hall, and it could not be repaired for a while.

In fact, the people of Tsing Yi Tang really came to the door again, and there was no difference whether there was this door or not, but in Qiu Niang's heart, it was very different, and she always felt that with this door she would be more down-to-earth.

Now that even this gate is gone, people coming and going in the alley can directly see the yard, which makes Qiu Niang very uncomfortable.

Although it was late at night, she couldn't sleep while lying in bed, but whenever she heard the slightest movement outside, this beautiful lady would tiptoe close to the window, lift a gap in the cotton cloth that blocked the window, and look outside to see what was going on.

After making sure there was no problem, he would lie back on the quilt and put the kitchen knife next to the pillow.

Five or six times like this, although it was already time to come, the neighbors of Kushui Lane had already fallen asleep, but Qiu Niang was tossing and turning in bed, restless, lest she fall asleep, and the people of Tsing Yi Tang sneaked into her house.

As soon as I closed my eyes, I thought of three or four fierce Tsing Yi Tang gangs entering his room, and they pounced on the bed like wolves, and they never dared to close their eyes.

There were a few barking dogs in the alley.

Suddenly hearing the sound of horses' hooves, Qiu Niang suddenly became nervous.

Kushui Alley is full of ordinary people, Gu Baiyi is a clerk, and he is already a person with a lot of status in this alley.

Horses in the empire are very expensive, and it is impossible for ordinary people to own a horse, and Qiu Niang knows that no family in this alley has horses, and in the middle of the night, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly came from the alley, which is naturally very unusual.

Qiu Niang immediately reached out and took out the kitchen knife from under the pillow, got out of bed, leaned to the window, pulled open the cotton cloth, stared at the yard, and held the kitchen knife tightly with one hand.

Soon, she saw a horse appear outside the yard, and she hoped that the horse would hurry over, but unfortunately it backfired, and the horse turned into the yard.

The horse is pitch black, fat legs are long, there seems to be a person lying on the horse's back, Qiu Niang saw this horse, she felt very familiar, and didn't think much about it, but saw the person on the horse's back was about to turn over and dismount, but the movement was slow, one was careless, rolled down directly from the horse's back, and lay on the ground.

Qiu Niang was taken aback, and then saw the man standing up strongly, staggering, as if he was drunk.

"It's him!" Qiu Niang's eyesight was not bad, and she finally recognized that the person who came was Qin Xiao.

Seeing that it was Qin Xiao, Qiu Niang breathed a sigh of relief and was about to go over to open the door, but suddenly thought that she was the only one in the house, Gu Baiyi was not at home, and it was really inconvenient to let a man into the house in the middle of the night.

What she was most worried about was that the fat woman diagonally across the door saw it, and the big mouth was shouting everywhere, if she found that a man had arrived here in the middle of the night, tomorrow the whole alley would know that she had let a man into the house in the middle of the night, and that she was still alone and widowed in the same room, even if there was nothing, the fat woman would definitely be able to make up adultery in a colorful way.

There was a gentle knock on the door of the house, Qiu Niang put on her coat, walked to the back of the door with a kitchen knife, and through the crack in the door, she saw that Qin Xiao was already sitting outside the door, and asked knowingly, "Who is it?" ”

"Sister Qiu Niang, is it ..... It's my .....!" Qin Xiao's voice was weak: "I'm Qin ...... Qin Xiao! ”

"You..... What are you doing here? Qiu Niang said softly: "Bai Yi is not at home, you ..... It's not convenient for me to open the door here. ”

Qin Xiao didn't answer immediately, Qiu Niang only thought that he didn't hear, and repeated: "I'm alone in the house, you..... It's not convenient for you to come in. ”

"Hmm!" Qin Xiao answered, and Qiu Niang saw Qin Xiao struggling to get up and walking towards the horse, but his steps were vague, and he seemed to be about to fall at any time.

Qiu Niang thought to herself that this guy didn't know where to drink, so he came here drunk like this.

If you are sober, it is okay, now that you are drunk like this, I heard that the wine is strong and courageous, if this guy is drunk and confused, it will be terrible to do something to himself.

Seeing that he was leaving, he put down his heart, but saw that Qin Xiao only took three or four steps, and suddenly his feet were soft, and he actually fell to the ground, Qiu Niang was taken aback, and after seeing Qin Xiao fall to the ground, he didn't move, but the big black horse saw his master fall to the ground, and immediately approached Qin Xiao's side, a little restless, snorting.

Qiu Niang saw that Qin Xiao had not moved for a long time, and felt a little strange, so she finally opened the door, walked over lightly, and arrived at Qin Xiao's side, seeing Qin Xiao lying on her side, her delicate face was pale, and what made Qiu Niang even more shocked was that on Qin Xiao's right shoulder, there was clearly a sharp arrow that had not entered it, and the shaft of the arrow had been broken, but there was still a small piece left.

Qiu Niang hurriedly said, "Qin Xiao, you ..... What happened to you? Reaching out and gently pushing on Qin Xiao's body.

Qin Xiao barely opened his eyes, looked at Qiu Niang's delicate face in a daze, and his breath was a little weak: "I..... I was hit by an arrow, and someone ..... Someone is going to kill me, and the arrow is ..... Poison on the arrow! ”

"Poisonous?" Qiu Niang suddenly panicked: "I..... I'll go get a doctor. ”

"The doctor ..... There is no antidote. Qin Xiao said: "I..... I'll just rest.....! ”

Qiu Niang hurriedly said: "How can it be done?" You're poisoned......! Looking around, there was a dead silence, and I didn't know what to do for a while, and I thought of something, so I hurriedly said, "I'll help you into the house first." "At this time, I can't care about the suspicion of being a lonely man and a widow.

She put down the kitchen knife and carefully helped Qin Xiao up, fortunately, Qin Xiao's body was thin and not heavy, Qiu Niang took a boat all the year round, and she also had some strength in her hands, so she helped Qin Xiao up, Qin Xiao put one hand on her neck, leaned on Qiu Niang, and slowly walked into the house.

Qiu Niang didn't want Qin Xiao to enter her room, so she helped Qin Xiao to Gu Baiyi's room, which was pitch black, but Qiu Niang was very familiar with the opposite, and helped Qin Xiao to the side of the bed and sat down, and then said softly: "You wait a minute, I'll go get some water." ”

He helped Qin Xiao lie down first, then went out, picked up the kitchen knife, put it in the kitchen, scooped up the water with a wooden basin, returned to the house, closed the door tightly, and then brought the wooden plate into the inner room and put it next to the bed.

Qiu Niang took a towel, sat on the edge of the bed, wiped the cold sweat on Qin Xiao's forehead with a towel, and said in a low voice: "Qin Xiao, you ..... How are you now? How can I help you? ”

Qin Xiao was quite vague at this time, although he heard Qiu Niang talking beside him, but what Qiu Niang said was confused and couldn't really hear it.

He was attacked in a remote alley, but he killed the giant man instead, and the swordsman was also seriously injured and fled, and the remaining archers quickly withdrew after an arrow hit Qin Xiao's shoulder.

Qin Xiao didn't realize that the arrows were poisonous at first, and knew that the alley couldn't stay for long, so he rode on the Black Overlord and left quickly.

The three killers ambushed and attacked him, which proves that his whereabouts have been watched.

Someone is going to kill him, but who is it?

Qin Xiao's first thought was Tsing Yi Tang.

He formed a mortal enmity with Tsing Yi Tang, and the other party's power in Kyoto was extremely strong, so it was natural for him to secretly send people to attack him.

But Tsing Yi Tang is clearly not his only enemy in Kyoto.

Today, he made a big complaint in front of the yamen of the Criminal Department, which eventually led to Fan Wenzheng, the secretary of the Ministry of War, being brought into the Criminal Department, and in the eyes of Fan Wenzheng's henchmen, he was of course the culprit who led to Fan Wenzheng's arrest.

Fan Wenzheng has been in the position of the secretary of the military department for many years, there are many protégés and old officials, and a community of interests has been formed, and now that Fan Wenzheng is being arrested, the forces behind him naturally regard Qin Xiao as an enemy, and arrange people to raid in the middle of the road, but it is not impossible.

The arrow was naturally not a good experience on the body, but he could not pull it out immediately, he cut off the shaft of the arrow with a fish intestine thorn, leaving only a small section, and was ready to go to a safe place to treat the wound, but after riding the horse for a long time, he felt dizzy and chilled all over his body.

At that time, Qin Xiao immediately realized that the arrow of that sharp arrow must have been quenched with poison.

Since the other party arranged for three killers to attack together, and none of them were ordinary people, it has been proved that the other party is absolutely going to kill himself.

Arrows quench poison on arrows, and that's a matter of course.

Qin Xiao has always been wearing black soft armor close to his body, but the worst thing is that this black soft armor is like a shoulder, protecting his chest and back, but it can't protect his shoulders and arms, and the archer happened to hit his right shoulder, which is not covered by the black soft armor.

The toxicity spread quickly, Qin Xiao tried his best to maintain consciousness, and when he arrived at Wuyi Lane, in order to prevent the guards from finding out that he had been hit by an arrow, he took out the road strip with a strong fighting spirit, and the guards directly let him go, but when he entered Wuyi Alley, Qin Xiao only felt that his whole body was like falling into an ice cellar, the cold was abnormal, and his consciousness was becoming more and more blurred.