"Exactly," Pei Xingli is not arrogant or arrogant, and has a straight attitude, "He has not yet taken office." ”

The bad handsome man immediately changed his attitude, put the small notebook and charcoal in his arms, and stopped recording it, walked up to him and asked: "Pei Tingshi, I'm sorry, the villains are asking as usual, and they don't mean anything else." ”

Pei Xingli waved his hand to show that he didn't care: "It should be, after all, it was my horse that had a problem." He paused, then asked, "How many people did I hurt?" Are they all serious? ”

"A total of four people were injured, one of whom was trampled by a horse and broke his leg, and the others are okay and have been sent to the hospital." The bad guy added, "Oh, and knocked over two stalls. ”

Pei Xingli frowned when he heard this, pondered for a moment, and said, "I bother you to settle them first, and the medical compensation will be borne by the official." ”

"Yes, yes." The bad handsome hurriedly responded, "That's the case, Pei Tingshi, the villain believes that this is a misunderstanding, but ...... But according to the law, I'm afraid you'll have to go with the villain. ”

"Okay." Pei Xingli agreed, but he knew in his heart that this matter was extremely tricky. His appointment as the assassin of Qinzhou has just come down, and today there is an incident of hurting people on the street, and once he is targeted by the imperial historians, his official position will definitely not be guaranteed.

Originally, he didn't care, but now that he is about to marry Xilingyue, if he loses his official position at this juncture, it will be difficult to explain to the Guo family, and the marriage may have twists and turns.

Taking 10,000 steps back, even if this marriage is not messy, it will affect the prestige of his father Pei Yan. After all, the saint has just expressed his intentions and plans to let his father enter the cabinet this autumn......

In the past, his father's son and nephew assassinated the Tang scholar, and then there was his heir who hurt people on horseback, but I am afraid that the imperial history will not let go of this opportunity. Thinking of this, Pei Xingli frowned, and his eyes unconsciously looked at the mount.

Seeing that his face was not good, the bad handsome did not dare to forcibly arrest him, and took out a small notebook and charcoal: "Little one dares to ask, what is the matter with your horse?" ”

Pei Xingli replied truthfully: "The official rode on the street, and the mount was suddenly hit by a hidden weapon and ran wildly. ”

"It turned out that someone framed it, and this is easy to do!" The bad handsome commanded his subordinates flatteringly, "Did you hear it?" Look at that horse and look for the hidden weapon! ”

The bad guy hurriedly took the order, and more than a dozen people stepped forward together and searched the horses from head to toe, but they didn't find the shadow of the hidden weapon.

The brother and sister were also helping to find it, but they found nothing. The senior brother then asked, "General Pei, are you sure that this horse has been hit by a hidden weapon?" ”

"I'm sure." Pei Xingli replied categorically, "I was riding on a horse at the time, and I heard a sound in my ears, I thought someone was going to shoot me, and I didn't want this horse to be hit." ”

After hearing this, the senior brother thought thoughtfully: "Don't leave yet, wait for me here." With that, he rushed in the direction of the West Market.

Pei Xingli didn't pin his hopes on this person, he walked to the horse by himself, squatted down to check. Indeed, there is not the slightest trace of a hidden weapon.

The junior sister couldn't help but ask, "General Pei, have you offended anyone recently?" ”

Pei Xingli was silent for a moment: "No." ”

"Can you guess who is trying to kill you?"

Pei Xingli stretched out his hand to stroke the horse's mane, and replied ambiguously: "It should be a master of hidden weapons." ”

"Since you're a master, why don't you shoot you directly, and I want to shoot a horse?"

"Maybe he didn't have the confidence to succeed at one time, for fear that I would find out."

The bad handsome was listening, and suddenly realized: "Pei Tingshi is right, you are strong in martial arts and agile, the murderer must be afraid that he will not be able to succeed, but he will be caught by you, so he shot your horse!" The horse is galloping in pain, and if you can't pull away, he will take advantage of the opportunity! ”

"I think he's trying to kill you!" The younger sister added.

"Maybe you don't have to fall me to death," Pei Xingli's face was cold, "As long as I run wild on the street, this crime is enough for the impeachment of the imperial history." ”

"It seems that the top priority is to find the hidden weapon." The bad handsome intended to help him, "Pei Tingshi, as long as you find the secret weapon, it can be proved that you were framed, and Yushi will not be able to impeach you." ”

Pei Xingli let out a "hmm", reached out again to touch the horse's body, and searched again from top to bottom, but still found nothing.

This team of bad people was amazed by Pei Xingli's appearance and temperament, and saw that he spoke decently and without arrogance, and they all decided that he was wronged. At this time, someone stepped forward to give him an idea, and whispered in his ear: "Pei Tingshi, just find a secret weapon, and the villains will testify for you." ”

"No," Pei Xingli said stubbornly, "let me look for it again." ”

If it was usual, he would probably really be flexible and find a secret weapon to fill up. But since he met Xilingyue, he was gradually infected by her truth-seeking spirit and didn't want to insult her. After all, they are about to get married.

Thinking of Xiling Yue, he felt more and more that this matter was tricky and difficult to handle. But this horse is too big, and there is a lot of hair, so many people haven't found the secret weapon, could it really be his auditory hallucination? Or is someone deliberately setting a trap?

Seeing his solemn expression, the junior sister hurriedly spoke to reassure: "General Pei, don't worry, my senior brother may have a way, wait for him." ”

As she spoke, she looked in the direction of Xishi, stretched her neck and stared, and suddenly shouted, "It's coming, it's coming!" My brother is back! ”

Pei Xingli and the others took a look, only to see that the senior brother ran back in a hurry, still holding a black stone in his hand. He ran to the horses in one breath and said breathlessly, "I didn't think there was such a thing in the West Market." The junior sister glanced at the stone, hid her face and chuckled: "Only those who do our business know this baby." ”

The senior brother was expressionless, and he didn't answer her, and he got busy without distraction. He placed the stone on the horse, rubbing its fur inch by inch as if it were a bath. He had been busy for half an hour, and finally when the stone rubbed against the horse's belly, he heard two soft "ding" sounds.

His face was overjoyed, and he hurriedly lifted the stone high, and was shocked to find that two iron needles were attached to it. The iron needles were extremely thin and long, only a little thicker than a human hair, and it was indeed difficult to find them in the belly of a horse.

Pei Xingli was about to reach out to pull it out, but the senior brother hurriedly raised his hand to stop him: "Slow!" What if it's poisonous. ”

Pei Xing looked closely, and sure enough, he saw that there was a faint white color on the needle, which was not like a poison, it should be a drug that caused the mount to go crazy, and the dose was not large.

The murderer used such a small hidden weapon, obviously trying to disappear without a trace and fake it into an accident. After this incident, whether he fell to his death or rode a horse in the street, it was his Pei Xingli's fault alone, and it had nothing to do with others.

Thinking of this, Pei Xing stood up suddenly, pointed to the stone and asked, "Dare to ask the knight, can this stone be taken away by bad people?" This is important evidence for Pei's exoneration. ”

(End of chapter)