"Stop!"

"Stop!"

Several of the guards saw the horses fleeing and shouted loudly.

Xu Tangyi stretched his bow and set up an arrow, "whoosh", and an arrow was shot, and the arrow flew past the scalp of the ringing horse, which frightened the ringing horse to stick to the horse's back, regardless of the unevenness of the mountain road, and desperately urged the horse to gallop away.

Xu Tangyi led everyone to clean up the battlefield, rode the captured war horse, and quietly returned to the village before dawn.

Ji Chao and Chu Ying fled with more than a dozen people, and finally returned to the lair of Ma Qi Mountain. After he sat down in the hall, he poured a sip of wine, slammed the bowl on the ground, and said loudly with a face full of chagrin and anger: "I didn't get anything from this deal, and I broke a few brothers. Second, check for me, who went down the mountain yesterday! ”

Chu Ying hurriedly arranged for someone to wake up the people on the mountain, count the number of people, and interrogate their whereabouts.

"I don't feel like a brother on the hill leaking secrets. Since we went out last night, not many people know about it. Could it be something else that went wrong? ”

"Elsewhere? Do you doubt? ”

Chu Ying frowned and thought about it, and said slowly: "Judging from the shouting at that time, it is estimated that there are fifty or sixty people on the other side. This is a large force, it may be the family of a large family, or it may be the people of the government. ”

While he was talking, a loud horse came in: "Big boss, the monkey is back!" He said he had something important to report to you. ”

"Monkeys? He's back? I thought he broke this time. Let him in! "Ji is overjoyed, hurry up and let the monkey come.

"Big boss, I'm back." The monkey was in disarray, disheveled, and bleeding from the arrow wound on his arm.

"Monkey, how did you get back?" Ji Chao saw the monkey's embarrassed appearance and asked with concern.

"I hid on the ground and pretended to be dead, and while they were cleaning up the battlefield and were unprepared, I jumped on a war horse and fled back."

"Oh, you're still a clever kid. Do you have important news to tell me? ”

"Big boss, when I was lying on the ground, I saw that the group of people were all covering their faces, and I couldn't tell who did it, but I heard a person shouting a leading 'Young Master Qi'."

"Oh?! Did you hear me? Ji Chao asked suspiciously.

"Yes, I heard it really."

"Who is this Young Master Qi? We haven't dealt with anyone with the surname Qi. Ji Chao said in confusion.

At this time, Chu Ying, who was sitting next to him, thought about it for a while and said: "The big boss, judging from the current situation, the people who know about this matter are our people, Niu Erdan and Xie Er, and then the owner of Niu Erdan." If it weren't for our internal people, then Niu Erdan and Xie Er were very likely to be them. Even if it is done by the owner of Niu Erdan, they can't get rid of it. Why don't we make a noise for now, send someone down the mountain to contact Niu Erdan and them, and say that we have succeeded, and let him bring the silver to exchange. When they come up the mountain, we'll try to ask again. ”

"If they did it, I'm afraid they won't dare to come again, and they would have run away a long time ago." The monkey interjected at this point.

"Then send someone down the mountain to keep an eye on the two of them, and as long as they show their heads, they will tie me up!" Ji Chao said fiercely.

The theft of the He family's workshop was known to the Qi family the next day. Qi Honglie knew that the ringing horses on Ma Qi Mountain had been successful, so he immediately sent Niu Erdan and Xie Er, and took Yin Liang to Ma Qi Mountain.

When the two arrived in the village, it was getting late, Niu and Xie discussed, got some wine and food, had a good drink at Niu Erdan's house in the evening, and went up the mountain early tomorrow morning.

At night, the two were drinking at home, so Chu Ying took a few people and climbed over the wall into Niu Erdan's house.

"Niu Erdan, say! Who else knows this, but you? Ji Chao stared at the two of them and asked sharply.

Niu and Xie were so frightened that they trembled and didn't know what was going on. They don't know anything about last night, and they still dream of getting rich. Niu Erdan heard Ji Chao's question, so he replied truthfully: "And our host knows." Didn't you succeed in taking the big hands? We're going to deliver the money tomorrow, why did you tie us up tonight? ”

Ji Chao didn't answer, but asked, "Then who is your owner?" ”

Xie Er preemptively said: "This, this can't be said, this is the rule of the road." ”

Ji Chao was so angry that he picked up a wine bowl and smashed it into Xie Er's face, shouting: "Rules?!" This is known only to you and your hosts. So what happened when we were cut off last night? ”

Xie Er shrank his head in fright, dodged the flying wine bowl, and didn't dare to speak again.

"Truncated beard? What's going on? We don't know!" Niu Erdan exclaimed. He really didn't know about it. But now the key is that Ji Chao does not believe it.

"Last night, we had a good hand, but we were robbed by fifty or sixty people when we walked to the Peach Blossom Stream, and we also broke six or seven of our brothers. Do you dare to say that this has nothing to do with you? ”

"No, no, no, we don't even know about it, it has nothing to do with us." The two were shocked and hurriedly denied it.

"Then you say, who is your owner?"

The two were still hesitating, Chu Ying "swished", pulled out a dagger, put it on Niu Erdan's neck, and said gloomily: "Say it or not, if you don't say it, it will end up for you now!"

"I say I say!" Niu Erdan was so frightened that his legs were sifted with chaff, and a smell of urine came from the crotch of his pants.

"Niu Erdan, if you say it, the owner won't be able to spare you." Xie Er shouted on the side.

Chu Ying glanced at Xie Er hatefully, and suddenly stabbed Xie Er in the chest with a dagger.

Xie Er screamed "ah" and stared at him, not believing that this was true. Chu Ying pulled out the dagger, and a stream of blood gushed out, spraying Chu Ying's face all over his body. Xie Er, who fell to the ground, twitched his limbs, groaned a few times, and kicked his feet to die.

"Drag him out and throw him in the lake to feed the fish!" Chu Ying calmly instructed the men on both sides.

At this time, Niu Erdan was so frightened that he collapsed directly to the ground, incontinent and shivering.

The two horses set up Niu Erdan, and Chu Ying wiped the blood on his face with his hand, becoming even more hideous. He wiped the dagger on Niu Erdan's clothes and said, "Tell the truth." Otherwise, you're worse than him! ”

"It's Qi Honglie from Juzhou City, he wants the He family's soap formula, so let me and Xie Er come to you."

"Qi Honglie, Young Master Qi, that's right. How many sons does Qi Honglie have? Chu Ying suddenly realized, it turned out that black eats black!

"Three, the eldest son is in the yamen of the state capital, the second son follows the master to do business, and the third son is a second ancestor and doesn't do anything." Niu Erdan is also single, and the bamboo tube is poured with beans, all of which are said.

"Let's talk about last night."

"I really don't know about last night. Chu Er is in charge, and what I say is the truth. Believe me, I really don't know. Niu Erdan begged for mercy.

"You don't know, so where were you last night?"

"Last night in the city's Qunfang Building, I was there all night. The kiln sister and the old bustard there can all testify, you can go and inquire. Niu Erdan was busy proving himself.

"What's the matter with the more than 1,400 taels of silver that were found from your house?"

"It was given by the owner, let's go up the mountain to change the soap recipe."

"Isn't it a thousand taels?"

"The proprietor gave 1,500 taels." Niu Erdan whispered.

"You two are so dark, tougher than us!" Chu Ying gritted her teeth and said. Then he said: "Don't lie to me, otherwise, I will slice you with a knife and slice you into a skeleton of bones!" As he spoke, he took a knife and gently scratched Niu Erdan's face.

Niu Erdan was so frightened that he closed his eyes and cried: "Spare your life, spare your life!" I didn't lie to you, I told the truth, I told the truth! ”

At this time, Ji Chao stood up and said, "Second brother, don't ask again, take him down first." ”

After Niu Erdan was escorted down, Ji Chao said to Chu Ying: "We were tricked by the Qi family, and these two boys are pawns." It is estimated that last night's incident was not their idea, but the Qi family's idea. ”

"The eldest brother is right, it must have been the Qi family who brought someone to do it last night, and they made this calculation very well." 'Black eats black' is a very slippery hand, which not only gets the formula, but also does not lose money. He also sent these two people to the door and let us kill them, and there is no proof of death. If the government investigates, no matter what, he can't be found, this surname Qi is ruthless enough. ”

At this time, the people sitting below couldn't bear it anymore, and said in unison: "Big brother, let's take the men and horses into the city and slaughter the one surnamed Qi." ”

"Nonsense! Stupid! Just rely on our more than 40 people to kill into the city? Before he reached the edge of the city, he was killed by officers and soldiers. Ji Chao scolded.

"Big brother, since the surname Qi cuts off us, let's come to the way of others, return his body, and let's find an opportunity to intercept him."

"Second brother, do you have an idea? Let's hear it. Ji Chao asked.

"The Qi family is a big merchant in Juzhou City, there must be goods to be delivered, let's send spies to investigate everywhere, as long as we see the opportunity, we will do his ticket!" Chu Ying said confidently to Ji Chao.

"Okay, that's it!" The crowd applauded.

Ji Chao immediately sent spies to investigate around the city.

Qi Honglie waited at home for three days, and there was no news of Niu Erdan and Xie Er, and he couldn't help but be impatient, it was said that they should have come back a long time ago.

He reckoned that the two boys had run away with his money, and he had been annoyed in his heart. regretted that he should not have trusted these two family members, and lost 1,500 taels of silver in vain. Thinking of this, he was unwilling, so he sent someone to the yamen to invite him home to discuss how to solve the problem.

After a while, Qi Yu's family returned home, and Qi Honglie told his son what had happened.

"Father, this is easy to do. You first send someone to report the case to the yamen, and you will say that a family member has stolen the money and fled. I'll take care of the rest. Now that the new governor has not yet arrived, it is much easier for me to handle things in the yamen. Qi Yujia thought for a while, and then added: "I heard that the new Zhizhou was promoted from Yanjin County, and it is said that he has a good reputation in Yanjin County, especially good at suppressing bandits and catching thieves. ”

"Well, for the sake of the Father, I know."

The next day, the state government yamen sent the yamen to go to Taohuajian Village together with the Qi family housekeeper. In the afternoon, the butler returned, but no one was found.

The housekeeper reported: That Niu Erdan's parents had died many years ago, and there was only one person to live, and that was the ruffian hooligan in the village. That Xie Er had a daughter-in-law, but the second one who had an accident ran away with the child and disappeared.

According to the neighbors, Niu Erdan and Xie Er were kidnapped by a group of ringing horses on the night they returned to the village, and the villagers said they didn't know where the ringing horses went. Qi Honglie and the housekeeper both speculated that they were targeted by Xiangma because they brought a large amount of cash, so they were kidnapped.

Qi Honglie could only admit that he was unlucky, and he didn't expect that all this was the result of the He family's secret planning. Now that the new governor is about to take office, how to have a good relationship with the new governor is the top priority, and this matter can only be put aside.

However, the tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, the Qi family is hated by Ji Chao of Ma Qi Mountain this time, and more unfortunate things are still to come......