The night is deeper, the wind is gusting, and the killing machine between heaven and earth is heavier.

Xia Hou lowered his head with red blood, clenched his fists and desperately gritted his back molars, and there was nowhere to vent his resentment in his heart.

"Ba Yuan," Ouyang Han turned his face and saw that he was trembling slightly, and couldn't help but joke, "This troubled world is like this, if you want to gain a foothold and live like a person, you must first learn to be an obedient dog!" He patted him on the back and laughed and turned away.

"Be an obedient dog."

This sentence has been lingering in Xiahou Jin's ears, and when he returned to the mansion that night to deal with military affairs briefly, he sat in front of the table and carefully recalled Ouyang Han's words.

Just as he was pondering, he suddenly heard the guard outside the door report with a panicked expression, "That Yang Gonggong during the day...... I was ...... in the inn Killed ......"

"What!" Xiahou Jin was shocked when he heard the news, and suddenly got up and shouted, "Who did it!" ”

"I don't know ......"

"Damn ......"

Xia Houjin didn't care about complaining and cursing, his mind was quickly searching for all the possibilities, but he thought of thousands of possibilities, but only the only possibility was left—Ouyang Han.

"This bastard is so despicable, I'm really blind!" Xiahou Jin's face was already angry, and his face turned blue and purple.

The father-in-law sent by the imperial court was murdered on the border of Guazhou under his control, and he was already speechless and could not escape death.

Now, it is impossible to protect yourself no matter how wise you are. Ouyang Han is forcing himself to tie himself to a rope with him - it's really dampening!

didn't have time to think about it, Xiahou Jin hurriedly ordered the guards to lead the way, and went straight to the post house on horseback.

The post house where Yang Hao stayed is located in the northwest side of Guazhou City, with the two-story pavilion backed by the surrounding mountains, and the left side overlooking the Yangtze River.

But where is Xiahou going into this kind of Yaxing, and he went straight to the guest room on the second floor with a group of officials.

There were no traces of a fight in the room, all the objects were neatly placed and never moved, only Yang Hao lay on the bed with a miserable face, the blood spilling from the corners of his mouth and the dead eyes were telling his unwillingness and struggle before his death.

"What's the matter?"

Xiahou Jin, who was standing beside the bed, suddenly came back to his senses, and ordered the servant brought behind him to come forward to check.

Lighting the oil lamp, about half a cup of tea, the white-bearded man breathed a long sigh of relief, packed up the things he brought and bowed back to Xiahou Jindao, "Returning to the adult, the villain has been inspected." ”

"So fast?" Xiahou Jin felt that this speed was too incredible, and asked with some doubts, "You have to be tested well, if there is anything wrong or missing, the official can't spare you!" ”

After listening to it, he chuckled lightly and calmly replied, "Don't worry, my lord." The villain has been autopsied for many years, and it is absolutely impossible to go wrong......"

"What was the cause of death?"

"Cut the throat with a short knife, kill ...... with one knife"

"Short knives?" Xiahou Jin was stunned in his heart, and he didn't have time to think about it and hurriedly asked, "Are there no other wounds?" ”

Hearing this, he replied with a determined expression, "The deceased should have known the murderer before his death, otherwise he would never have been killed by a knife in such a defenseless situation!" ”

"So it's an acquaintance who committed the crime......" Xia Houjin sat on a wooden chair next to him, muttering to himself, "What a bastard!" ”

"My lord......" Seeing that Xiahou Jin's face was pale, his eyes were dull, and he was worried and suspicious, he reminded in a low voice, "What should happen next when such a big thing happens?" ”

After he reminded him like this, Xiahou Jin remembered that he only cared about mourning and grieving, and he didn't do anything serious. Hurriedly cheered up, first ordered the left and right to go down to block the city gate and not allow him to enter or exit, and selected a few sturdy officials to carry Yang Hao back to the summer office.

"My lord......" Qi Zuo was puzzled when he heard Xiahou Jin make such an arrangement, and when he saw Xiahou Jin getting up and wanting to leave, he hurriedly reminded again, "Don't you need to summon the post house staff to ask?" ”

Xiahou Jin glanced at the pretend, and understood that he was kind enough to remind himself that this military attache who had no experience in judging cases, but he couldn't tell them the stakes, so he had to drop a sentence: "Ben will make his own decision!" Then he went home.

Yang Hao, the eunuch sent by the imperial court, was killed, but he still died in the post house in Guazhou City, and the most columsy thing was that he knew who the murderer was but could not do anything, so he could only be at his mercy.

Xiahou Jin only felt that his whole body roared like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and he hated to die on the wall, and he could also get a name of loyalty! But when he thought of these soldiers on the border and the people of Guazhou, he hesitated.

If you are freed from death, you can still leave a reputation of loyalty and righteousness in history, but what about them? These soldiers and people who stayed behind are just because they are like themselves in order to protect their homeland, to protect their wives and children, and even more to protect the land of Daxu that gave birth to them! They will choose to stay without hesitation, stay and fight the thieves to the end!

But what about now......

Xia Houjin wanted to cry, and all kinds of intricate emotions that he couldn't suppress came to his head, and it seemed to be gushing out in an instant. Xia Houjin knelt on the ground and desperately choked his throat with both hands, using all his strength to contain this emotion.

But if you can contain your emotions, how can you contain the next bad luck?

Xiahou Jin, who was desperate, had to go down to the dungeon again.

"Now that you know who the murderer is, why do you have to look like ashes?" Liu Yu listened to him tell the ins and outs, stroked the hair more than half an inch in front of his forehead, and asked with a chuckle.

"Can you really protect the military and civilians of Guazhou?" Xia Houjin's eyes suddenly rose, and he asked with a blue face.

Seeing that he was on the topic, Liu Yu was not in a hurry to reply, but asked with interest, "Who told you that I can do it?" As he spoke, he turned his face to look at Li Zhi, who was pondering beside him, and couldn't help but smile again, "If you have half the intelligence of this Xiahou general, I can save a lot of things." ”

When Li Zhi heard this, he hurriedly smiled in agreement, "What Gongzi said is extremely true, the slave is very stupid, and it is indeed extremely unpopular with General Xiahou's mind. ”

Hearing that the master and servant were teasing themselves, Xiahou Jin couldn't care about being angry, and waved his hand with a pale face and replied, "It's not that I'm smart, but it's because someone clicked on me!" ”

"Who?" Liu Yu said.

Xiahou Jin took a deep breath, "Ouyang Han." ”

Liu Yu was not surprised, and smiled calmly, "So the general is here to negotiate conditions with me?" ”

"This ......"

Xia Houjin was a little caught off guard by the question, and he was speechless for a while.

Seeing that Xiahou Jin was embarrassed, Liu Yu still reluctantly turned his face and asked Li Zhi, "In my impression, it seems that there are no more than two people who dare to talk to me about the conditions, right?" ”

When Li Zhi heard this, he understood that although Liu Yu was smiling on his face, he had already shown his murderous intentions, and he was so frightened that he almost knelt on the spot and shouted long live, but fortunately, he restrained his instinctive reaction, and whispered in a panicked voice, "Why should the son be like them?" ”

Liu Yu ignored it, laughed and turned around and said to Xiahou, "Did he put forward any conditions!" ”

Xiahou Jin remembered Ouyang Han's admonition to himself, "Heaven wants to take it, but it will take the blame." ”

Although he wanted to cut him with a thousand knives now, he still couldn't bear it, so he had to hide this sentence for him and shook his head.

"This Ouyang Han is really interesting!" Liu Yu nodded with some satisfaction, and then his face sank, "Then do you think it is appropriate to put forward the conditions?" ”

Although Xiahou Jin did not know the identity of this person, he had now concluded that he was undoubtedly a member of the royal family. But since he came, he had already put life and death outside the degree, even if he was the king of heaven, Lao Tzu had to let him save the lives of the military and civilians in Guazhou!

said, "It's not a pity for me to die, I just want Gongzi to save the military and people of Guazhou!" ”

"The general is really righteous, and he is really a rare loyal and righteous general...... Liu Yu seemed to be smiling, and his eyes were cold and infiltrating.

"Childe!" Seeing that this person did not have the benevolence to protect the army and the people, Xiahou Jin couldn't help but raise his tone, "Don't forget that Guazhou is under my control at the moment, and your life is still in my hands!" If the son is unwilling to swear, then please forgive me for being rude! ”

Seeing that he was angry, Liu Yu did not show the slightest timidity, and still sneered and sneered disdainfully, "Don't you dare to kill me?" ”

Xiahou Jin knelt down with a "plop" and said, "Since Gongzi has the ability to protect the people of Daxu, why is he still so prevaricating?" Can't you bear to see them innocently killed at the hands of their own people! As long as the son is willing to preserve, even if he is full of liver and brains, he will not hesitate to repay the son's great kindness! ”

Although Liu Yu is young, he is not a donkey who does not eat oil. It's just that he was very angry about being threatened, and now after seeing the scene of Xia Hou kneeling and begging, his previous anger has almost disappeared.

Then he adjusted his mood, put his hands behind his back and muttered, "I don't know what the general can bring me?" ”

Hearing this, Xiahou Jin couldn't help but be overjoyed. Although Liu Yu did not agree, since he was willing to negotiate conditions with himself, it proved that there was a drama in this matter! And the bargaining chip that can attract him is of course Ouyang Han, after all, except for himself, no one knows where he is hiding now!

Xiahou Jin whispered tentatively with some concern, "I can bring Ouyang Han to Gongzi, after all, no one except me knows where he is hiding......"

Liu Yu was not ambiguous, and immediately smiled, "If the general can bring Ouyang Han, then I can agree to the general's request!" ”

"I thank Gongzi for his great kindness on behalf of the military and civilian people of Guazhou!" Xiahou Jin had already burst into tears, a trace of blood appeared on his face, and he kowtowed again and again to thank him.

"Don't rush to thank you just yet!"

Liu Yu didn't appreciate it, he loosened his legs and feet noncommittally, got up with the support of Li Zhi and others, slowly approached the door, and smiled softly through the cell door, "Since you negotiated terms with me, should I also negotiate with you to make a condition?" ”

Hearing this, Xiahou Jin didn't care about anything else, he raised his head suddenly, and he didn't know whether he was nervous or frightened, and replied in a trembling tone, "As long as you can do it in the next place, Gongzi just speak!" ”

"Look at you!" Liu Yu pointed at Xiahou Jin, turned his head and joked at Li Zhi, "This is called coming and not being rude!" I only ask you to do one thing for me......"