The horse bandits actually didn't know anything, and at the moment of life and death, they had to make up nonsense first. But just as he was describing indiscriminately, Zhang Guang couldn't wait, and with a "bang", two cold arrows shot out, one straight at Zhou Qi, He Ping's hand was quick, one slashed the cold arrow to the ground, and the other cold arrow passed through the body of the horse bandit, and the horse bandit suddenly lost his breath.

"Catch the spies!" The chain shouted, and the people also joined in the arrest, and the city gate was in chaos again.

Zhou Qiyi ordered all the guards to attack, this time they must catch someone, and he picked up the cold arrow, the arrow was extremely sharp, revealing a cold light. Zhang Guang threw down his bow and arrows, and quickly fled, and some people saw it and shouted, at this time Zhang Guang understood Zhou Qi's intentions, mobilized everyone, and incited everyone's resentment against the spies, and now he has become the target of the public, He Ping and the guards followed closely.

At this time, outside the city of Huizhou, Qian Ning and Wu Yi had already come to the city gate, and when they saw that the city gate was closed, the two did not know what was happening.

"Hey, strange, why is this door closed?" Wu Yi sat and immediately saw that the city wall was full of defenders, "Brother official, open the door!" Where did the defenders pay attention to her, standing straight without looking at her, Wu Yi felt even more strange, turned over and dismounted.

"Wu Yi." Qian Ning also felt strange, he had never seen such a situation before, but he had read in books that closing the city gate was a very urgent situation, either the enemy would attack or something would happen in the city.

"It's okay, Channing, you wait, I'll call the door." Wu Yi came to the city gate and slapped the door with both hands, "Open the door, we want to go in, open the door!" ”

Zhou Qi was looking at the cold arrow, and when he heard the city gate behind him, he motioned for the chain to go and have a look. Chain opened the crack in the door and looked out, only Qian Ning and Wu Yi. "My lord, it seems to be the young owner of the Qian family and Wu Yi." Zhou Qi didn't speak, but the chain understood what he meant, "Come, open the door." Originally, the defenders didn't dare to open the door, but after a glance at the chain, and then at Zhou Qi, they hesitantly opened a crack.

Wu Yi pushed the door in, Zhou Qi originally looked at the city, holding an arrow behind his back, and turned around to see Wu Yi. As soon as Wu Yi entered the door, he saw that Zhou Qi was not like usual, wearing a white casual clothes, the breeze was blowing, and the hair draped on his shoulders flew up gently. Zhou Qi didn't take a look, and then turned his head to look away. At this time, Channing pulled two horses into the city, and the gate slammed shut again.

"Chain butler, what's going on?"

"Oh, catch the spy, you hurry up and follow your young owner home, it's not safe on the street."

"Oh."

After the chain finished speaking, he stood behind Zhou Qi again, Qian Ning pulled the horse and walked towards Qian's house with Wu Yi. The moment he passed by Zhou Qi's side, there was chaos in the other direction. Zhou Qi quickly turned around and observed the situation. At this moment, the three "people" next to him suddenly showed their blades and slashed at Zhou Qi, the reflection of the blade was shining on Wu Yi's eyes, Wu Yi blocked it with his hand, and saw a cake knife coming straight to Zhou Qi, "Be careful!" ”

When Zhou Qi heard the shout, he was agile and dodged at once. Chain draws his sword next to him and fights the enemy. The defenders also came to help. Qian Ning pulled Wu Yi and ran quickly, and the three people at the gate of the city slashed at Zhou Qi, but fortunately, there were many soldiers, and the three of them were taken down in a few clicks.

"Who sent you?" Zhou Qi didn't give the three of them a chance to breathe at all, the three of them were originally taken down, and they struggled with all their might. Zhou Qi took the sword in the chain's hand and stabbed a sword on the shoulder of a person, "Say, who sent you!" ”

"Ah......", the man shouted, and then said very hard, "Hahaha, Lao Tzu sees that you are not pleasing to the eye, so I want your dog's life." ”

Zhou Qi didn't say much, pierced his shoulder with the sword, kept holding the arrow, and looked at the other two people, "Say, who sent you?" One of the two men trembled, and the other bowed his head and said nothing. Zhou Qi pulled out his sword and put the bloody sword on the shoulder of the trembling man, "You say." ”

The trembling man had already been frightened, and hurriedly kowtowed, "Adults spare their lives, adults spare their lives." ”

"You*! It's really fucking rubbish, if you dare to say it, Lao Tzu will abolish you. ”

"If you don't say it, this official will kill you."

"My lord, my lord, I said, a man gave us money, and said that if we kill you while there is chaos, we will be given a large gold brick."

Zhou Qi threw the sword to the chain and took out Zhang Guang's portrait from his pocket, "Is it him?" ”

"It's not."

"Isn't it?"

"Really, my lord, I haven't seen this person, really, what I said is true."

Zhou Qi thought about it, if it weren't for this person, then someone else would be involved, if Zhang Hai did it himself, he would have served them directly, and there would be no need to check the background. "Chain, escort them to the prefect's yamen, and find a painter to make a record for them."

"Yes. My lord, it's not safe here, so it's better to go back to the prefect's yamen. ”

Zhou Qi loaded the portrait and walked to the prefect's yamen under the escort of the defenders. Along the way, the streets are quiet and the houses are closed, which is in stark contrast to the usual prosperity of Huizhou. Qian Ning pulled Wu Yi and ran back to Qian's house, "Wu Yi, stay in your room, don't go to the street." I'm going to find my dad. Qian Ning settled down, and Wu Yi came to the flower hall hall.

"Dad, Governor Zhou is now arresting spies in the whole city, is he crazy?" After listening to what happened, Qian Ning sighed with emotion.

"He's definitely not crazy, the horse bandits have all run into the city, can he, the prefect, get out of it? But if there are spies in Huizhou City, then his crime as the prefect is a little smaller. ”

"I originally thought that Governor Zhou was different from those officials, but I didn't expect that it was for myself that Huizhou City would be like this."

"Qian Ning, officials are all the same, official prosperity is the most important thing, just like us businessmen, making money is the fundamental. They say that we are mercenary, and it is not unfounded. ”

"Dad, we businessmen are not all mercenary, why do you say that."

"Hahaha, Governor Zhou must keep his official position before he can think of anything for the benefit of the people. It is a great thing that Governor Zhou is not stupid for our Qian family, otherwise I am really a little worried, that Yu Nian is an old fritter, an eighteen-year-old prefect, he is not easy. ”

At this time, the prefect's yamen was already full of officials, and Zhou Qi walked out accompanied by Li Bo. Everyone sat down one after another, Li Bo, as a messenger, sat firmly in the right seat, but Zhou Qi did not sit down, holding a cold arrow in his hand, looking at the officials in the hall.

"Colleagues, what has happened in the past two days, I believe you all want to know what's wrong. The official also believes that none of you here have any of the spies that the horse bandits said. ”

"Lord Zhou, the horse bandit is dead, how can he accept what he said in order to survive?"

"The words of the horse bandits are not enough to be believed, what about these three people?" Chain escorted the three people up, "Yu Tongzhi, you tell the official that someone should attack the official under the sun, what crime should he be guilty of?" ”

The hall full of officials whispered, "Lord Zhou, why did they attack your lordship?" ”

"Chain." The chain took out the portrait of the painter just now, "Show it to all the adults, you are all old people who have been in Huizhou for a long time, hurry up and take a look, if you recognize it, tell the official, and the official can personally ask him why he hired a murderer to attack the official." ”

Yu Nian glanced at it, and his heart was frank, because this person was a horse bandit. The three people who were arrested were actually ten people, and they entered Huizhou City long before the horse bandits entered the city, in order to kill the Zhou Governor's Mansion. Originally, Yu Nian's plan with Zhang Hai was like this: let Zhang Guang contact the horse bandits to enter the city, go to Qian's house to burn and loot, and arrange ten outsiders to take advantage of the chaos to get rid of Zhou Qi. Originally, this plan was seamless, but who knew that Zhou Qi got the news in advance, closed the city gate, and the horse bandits who entered the city were killed, and only three idiots out of ten strangers dared to do it in broad daylight, and they were arrested by Zhou Qi. But Yu Nian was very calm in his heart, because this horse bandit was contacted by Zhang Guang, and the ten outsiders were contacted by the horse bandits, and they had nothing to do with him.

Zhou Qi thought that there were people who knew this person, but he didn't know him, and they all whispered and shook their heads again and again. Yu Nian's obese figure squeezed into the chair, but his face was calm, and he even hugged Zhou Qiyi with a smile, "My lord, it seems that he is not from Huizhou." I don't know what outsiders the adults have offended, and they actually came to our Huizhou to commit murder, it's really hateful, why don't you send the portrait to the neighboring province to ask? ”

"No need. Yu Tongzhi, what should these three people be guilty of? ”

"Oh, my lord, they attacked the imperial court officials, and it was one word: beheading."

"Okay, take them down in the chain, and the official will report to the court for disposal." The trembling man of the three screamed the most, and the officials in the room ignored him. Zhou Qi walked to Yu Nian's side with an arrow, "Lord Yu, look at this arrow, you may find out the source?" ”

Yu Nian took the arrow, "My lord, I think this is an ordinary bow and arrow, and it doesn't even have a name, if you go to check, I'm afraid it's even more difficult than climbing to the sky." ”

"yes, it seems that the thief thought of this." Zhou Qi paused, took the arrow from Yu Nian's hand again, and wiped the arrow with his thumb, "But ah, fortunately, this official is blessed with a great life, otherwise, this official and the horse bandit died together, do you say yes, Yu Tongzhi." ”

"Hahaha, my lord is really blessed with heaven, and he has to be protected by heaven."

"Hahaha, Yu Tongzhi, you can't talk nonsense, only the emperor can be protected by heaven, and the official is a little luckier, and he has the emperor's grace."

"Oh, yes, yes, you say a lot."

Zhou Qi finally restrained his smile, "Everyone, when the horse bandits enter the city, this official has the unshirkable responsibility to ask for punishment." However, if the horse bandits are not eliminated for a day, Huizhou City will not be at peace for a day. Ladies and gentlemen, do you have any information about the horse bandits? ”

"My lord, the lower officials know that this wave of horse bandits has been doing evil in the mountains for many years. Because Huizhou is mountainous, they are all hunters in the mountains, and it is not easy to catch them in the mountains. Every few years, they change mountains, and even cross counties, so they have not been exterminated. A magistrate returned.

"My lord, it is really impossible to rely on the people of the Huizhou Yamen to arrest me, if the adults want to exterminate the horse bandits, they need the cooperation of the barracks."

"My lord, if you need the cooperation of the barracks, you need to report to the imperial court, and ask the imperial court to send troops."

The prefect's yamen discussed how to exterminate the horse bandits.