After the group entered the city, they arrived at the Fan Hou Mansion.

Changren Hou Fan Ziqi had already received the report, led a group of people to wait outside the palace gate, welcomed Qin Xiao and others into the mansion, and the accompanying cavalry had another place to arrange a banquet.

The white shopkeeper expected that it was really not bad, and the Hou Mansion gathered the leading figures of Fan County, and set up more than a dozen tables of wine banquets, which was very grand.

Qin Xiao and the others were arranged in the private room and set up a table alone, naturally because there were many noisy people outside, and it was much quieter in the private room.

Qin Xiao had seen Fan Ziqi once at the foot of Tiandu Peak that night, but he didn't see it clearly, and at this moment he found that Fan Ziqi looked like a scribe, if it weren't for knowing that he was the famous Changrenhou in Xiling, he really thought that he was a gentleman who taught in a private school.

In addition to Qin Xiao and Fan Ziqi, there were also several respected family patriarchs of Fan County on the table.

"Knowing that Zhonglang will come, the old man summoned the patriarchs of the major families in Fan County and has been waiting." Fan Ziqi stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Zhonglang will come to take over the Fan Cavalry Camp this time, which can be regarded as the biggest thing in my heart. ”

Su Changyu's night crow mask had naturally been taken off, but he was obviously not used to such an occasion, his expression was indifferent, Qin Xiao saw it in his eyes, and thought to himself that fortunately, this guy was in the army, if he was mixed with officialdom, with such an attitude towards the world, he was afraid that he would not even be able to mix with a nine-rank sesame official.

"The incorporation of the Fan cavalry camp is the general who received the will of the saint." Su Changyu did not smile: "We are naturally acting according to orders. ”

"That's nature." Fan Ziqi said with a smile.

The white shopkeeper suddenly smiled and said: "Master Hou, although the Fan Cavalry Battalion has been incorporated into the capital protection army, you also know that many affairs in Xiling are still being handed over, so you still need Hou Ye's help in the matter of money and food." He took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Fan Ziqi: "This is written by the general himself, and when he came, the general asked me to hand it over to Hou Ye." ”

Fan Ziqi immediately took it with both hands, opened the letterhead, and looked at it carefully in public, everyone didn't know what was written in the letter, Fan Ziqi put the letter away, and said with a smile: "The general asked us to contribute more to the court in the letter, which is a matter of course." ”

Qin Xiao thought that this might not be said in the letter, but he saw Fan Ziqi clapping his hands, and a domestic servant came from behind, holding a wooden box and putting it in Fan Ziqi's hand, Fan Ziqi picked up the wooden box and handed it to Su Changyu, Su Changyu also stood up, but did not reach out to pick it up, and asked, "Master Hou, is this .....?" ”

"It's half a million taels of silver." Fan Ziqi said: "It is a little bit of heart put together by the major families of Fan County. We know that the general has just arrived, and many things are indispensable for silver, and these 520,000 taels of silver should be regarded as our military funds donated to the general, and we ask the general to accept it. ”

Su Changyu glanced at the white shopkeeper, saw that the white shopkeeper nodded slightly, and immediately took it, and knew in his heart that the 500,000 taels of silver were timely, and said: "General Changyu thanked you for your thoughts. ”

"General Zhonglang, in addition, we have stored some grain in the granary in the city, which is enough to support the needs of 10,000 soldiers and horses for a year, and each of them has contributed." Fan Ziqi said with a smile: "Tomorrow, General Zhonglang will be able to go to the warehouse to accept it in person, and it will be up to General Zhonglang to decide whether to prepare the grain in the city or transport it to other places." ”

The white shopkeeper said with a smile: "Hou Ye is really timely rain, what the general lacks most at the moment is money and food, you are generous, and the saint knows that it must be a dragon's heart." ”

Su Changyu was really happy in his heart, and turned his head to Qin Xiao and said, "Qin Xiao, I can't drink, you toast you for me." ”

Qin Xiao rolled his eyes, but he still got up and faced

He smiled, raised his glass and said, "Master Hou, seniors, thank you for your support to the imperial court, and I will give you a glass on behalf of Zhonglang." "Raise your head and drink it all.

Everyone did not dare to slack off, they all raised their glasses, and then drank all the wine in the cup.

Fan Ziqi sighed: "Actually, this is not just to serve the imperial court. When the Vedic people came in, the deepest victim was Fan County, how many people died tragically under the butcher's knife of the Woods, and that scene must not be repeated again. General Hei Yu is Xiling's greatest hope, and we are doing this for the people of Fanjun. ”

"What Master Hou said is extremely true." The white shopkeeper bowed his head and said: "The general's return to Xiling is to bring hope to Xiling." He picked up his glass and said: "Everyone, I hope to help you in the future, only if Xiling works together, can you refuse to be outside the country." ”

And everybody had a drink.

At this moment, someone brought the dish up, Fan Zi looked forward to the dish on the table, got up and said with a smile: "This is a famous dish in Fan County, called ......!" Before the words fell, a voice said sharply: "The dog thief is dead!" But seeing that the servant who came up with the dish took out a dagger from his sleeve with lightning speed, he didn't think about it, and stabbed at Fan Ziqi.

This incident was abrupt, no one thought that someone would be ruthless to Fan Ziqi on this occasion, and the dagger was like a poisonous snake, stabbing straight at Fan Ziqi's neck.

When Fan Ziqi heard the voice, he was also shocked, and dodged sideways, but the incident happened suddenly, the assassin was fully prepared, and in a hurry, how could Fan Ziqi dodge away, "poof", the dagger stabbed into Fan Ziqi's right shoulder.

Everyone at the table was shocked.

The assassin missed, pulled out the dagger, and stabbed Fan Ziqi again, Fan Ziqi staggered back, but a wine cup flew over like a meteor, "snap", and smashed on the assassin's head, and then saw Su Changyu jump on the table like a spirit ape, jumped down, was in mid-air, kicked the assassin in the chest, the assassin snorted, the whole person had flown straight out, hit the wall, and then collapsed, lying on the ground and trying to struggle to get up, but Su Changyu's kick was amazing, At this moment, not only did he not get up, but he spurted out a mouthful of blood with a "poof".

Naturally, there would be no guards in this elegant hall, but the sound inside alarmed the guards outside, and several guards rushed into the hall, and when they saw the assassin lying on the ground struggling, they immediately rushed forward and pressed him to the ground.

Fan Ziqi's right shoulder was bleeding profusely, and in a moment it had already dyed the placket red.

The two quickly stepped forward to support Fan Ziqi, and someone shouted: "Call the doctor, ..... quickly!" ”

Fan Ziqi raised his hand and said in a deep voice: "Don't alarm the other guests, I'm fine." ”

Qin Xiao couldn't have imagined that there would be an assassin at a good night banquet, and he didn't know why he had to assassinate Fan Zi this time.

The guards pulled the assassin up, clasped his arms behind his back, and Su Changyu almost killed the assassin with a kick, and the blood from his mouth was bleeding outward, naturally kicking his internal organs.

"Who are you?" Su Changyu looked at the assassin coldly, his eyes were like knives: "Why do you want to assassinate the Hou Ye?" ”

The assassin laughed strangely, looked at Fan Ziqi viciously, and said sharply: "Fan Ziqi, you betrayed Xiling, in order to protect the Fan family, and took refuge in the imperial court, you deserve death." ”

At this time, I suddenly heard someone exclaim: "He..... He is the son of the Changhe Liu clan, how could he .....! ”

"Lao Tzu is Liu Tianhe." The assassin glanced at the frightened patriarchs and sneered

"You guys....... You fools, you are being used by the Fan family without knowing it. Back then, it was the three surnames of Xiling that made us look on coldly and ignore the capital guards, but now they ...... Now that the Fan family has taken refuge in the imperial court, groveling, he has migrated into the customs, and when the time comes, you fools will be left to be slaughtered, and you will even have to pay money to flatter, hahahaha, Fan Ziqi is the No. 1 traitor in Xiling, and everyone will be punished. ”

Fan Ziqi's face was ugly, and he waved his hand: "Take him down and imprison him first." ”

Several guards dragged Liu Tianhe down, and the white shopkeeper said: "Master Hou, the injury is critical, hurry up and heal it first." ”

Fan Ziqi's body shook, his face was slightly pale, and cold sweat oozed from his forehead, but he still said: "You don't have to worry, you accompany Zhonglang General first, and I will deal with the injury." "I was helped down.

A servant came over to clean up, everyone was shocked, and after sitting down, a patriarch frowned and said: "I didn't expect Liu Tianhe to dare to be so bold and take advantage of the banquet to assassinate Lord Hou, this.... It's really lawless. ”

"Lord Hou is loyal to the country, but in the eyes of some people, he has become a traitor." Another sighed.

The white shopkeeper said: "Liu Tianhe's claim that the Hou Ye is to keep the Fan family and ignore the other families in Xiling is simply nonsense. Ladies and gentlemen, I have had a detailed discussion with the general, and the general himself said that the Xiling family has always been the people of the Tang Dynasty, and the imperial court has absolutely no offense against the Xiling family. ”

"Naturally, we believe in the general's words." One person said: "Liu Tianhe is crazy, so he will do such a big rebellious thing." ”

An extremely old man sighed: "Lord Hou is worried about migration these days, and he already plans to donate all his family wealth to the imperial court. The Fan family migrated into the customs, and people like Liu Tianhe only thought that Hou Ye had turned his back on us, how could he know that Hou Ye was using the future of the Fan family to keep us safe. ”

Everyone was a little embarrassed.

After a while, I saw a servant hurriedly come over and arch his hand to Su Changyu and said: "General Zhonglang, the doctor said that Master Hou's injury is not light, he is frightened, he has a headache, he is frightened, he is in a coma, he can't come to accompany Zhonglang General for a while, I'm afraid he will have to rest for a while.....!" ”

Su Changyu said: "Let Master Hou take care of his injuries, don't care about this." He also said: "I am quite tired from the journey in the past few days, and I want to go and rest early, so please take care of it." ”

He didn't like to participate in such a banquet in the first place, and he stayed at the table because Fan Ziqi was present, and now that Fan Ziqi was stabbed, Su Changyu naturally had no interest in continuing to stay.

Everyone present was stirred up by Liu Tianhe, so naturally they didn't have the mind to send Su Changyu and others out.

There is a post house in the city, Su Changyu is going to the warehouse tomorrow to see the grain, so he will naturally not return to the camp tonight, and he will go out of the Hou Mansion and let people take him to the post house.

"General Zhonglang, Liu Tianhe is the assassin of Chang Renhou, in your opinion, what is the reason?" The white shopkeeper in the carriage opened the window first and asked Su Changyu, who was riding a horse on the side.

Su Changyu said: "Isn't it because Changren is waiting to take refuge in the imperial court?" ”

"It's not that simple." The white shopkeeper smiled faintly: "If this is just the reason that Liu Tianhe can be ruthless to Chang Renhou, it would be too strange." Fu Xu said: "Don't forget, the old Marquis of Yuwen was assassinated in Beijing, and it didn't take long for the matter to happen, but there were assassinations on Changrenhou's side, and I am afraid that it is not simple." ”

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