Wu Yi ran away, and finally saw Zhou Qi from a distance. Wu Yi was about to shout, a man in black rushed out, Zhou Qi heard the wind and dodged to the left, and the man in black instantly turned around, and a sword flew up and down in his hand.

Zhou Qi dodged left and right, Wu Yi saw the opportunity and bumped into him from the man in black at once, Zhou Qi saw the man in black stumble twice, and Wu Yi fell to the ground.

Zhou Qi just wanted to come up to help Wu Yi, the man in black slashed a sword on Zhou Qi's arm, Wu Yi wanted to sit up, and when he saw Zhou Qi injured, he shouted, "Ah! Suddenly rushed into the arms of the man in black.

The long sword of the man in black had nowhere to extend, and he took a few steps back and held the hilt of the sword to poke Wu Yi's back, Zhou Qi looked around, fortunately in the small alley, Zhou Qi picked up the flat pole that someone else stood at the door outside and threw it at the man in black.

Although the man in black couldn't stab Wu Yi, the sword was still in his hand, and when he blocked it, a section of the flat shoulder was cut off in an instant. But Zhou Qi had changed his strategy and hit the man in black on the arm one by one, and the man in black was still tightly hugged by Wu Yi, and finally fell to the ground unsteadily.

At this time, a team of black-clothed people rushed out, Wu Yi was already about to get up, Zhou Qi saw that the situation was not good, so he quickly pulled up Wu Yi and ran.

The man in black had already rushed over with a saber, and the leader commanded: "Catch!" Go after it! ”

Five of the men in black rushed over and fought with the first man in black, after all, the first man in black had been falling to the ground, and the later man in black condescended and gradually controlled the situation, and one person came up to tear off the mask of the first man in black, it was Zhang Guang!

Zhang Guang wanted to die when he saw that he was captured and knew that he was dead, but the man in black was also well-trained after all, so he controlled Zhang Guang at once and escorted him back to the yamen.

Another team of guards followed Zhou Qi and Wu Yi closely, and the two escaped in the alley, and Wu Yi's physical strength gradually ran out.

The guards were about to catch up with Wu Yi soon, everyone waved their knives and slashed away, Zhou Qi knew with his bare hands that it was wise to escape, but Wu Yi was in danger behind, and Zhou Qi had no choice but to stop and fight.

The guards naturally wouldn't hurt Zhou Qi, but Zhou Qi's secret guards didn't know that they were assassins pretended to be by the guards.

The secret guard suddenly appeared and blocked between Zhou Qi and the guards, the two sides fought together, and Zhou Qi had already escaped with Wu Yi in his hand.

The two ran back to the county government out of breath, and as soon as they entered the door, Wu Yi collapsed to the ground, Wan Ting was on the autumn mountain, and when she saw the two rushing in, she came over and asked, "Brother?" What's wrong with you guys? ”

"There are assassins." Wu Yi fell to the ground and said breathlessly.

"Assassins? Someone, someone! Wan Ting screamed for a long time, but there was no one, "Where are all the people dead!" ”

Zhou Qi also felt strange, "Where are the people?" ”

Wu Yi was still sitting on the ground, "The patrol has gone." ”

"Patrol? You don't need so many people, just two people. ”

"Huh? But Master Li said that the guards were on patrol, and he went up to report that he wanted to re-investigate the murder of his master's wife, and asked me to save you. ”

Zhou Qi and Wan Ting glanced at each other, "What? Li Bo told you to save me? And said that the guards were all out? ”

"yes, it was so dangerous."

At this moment, the guards who escorted Zhang Guang to the prison had returned, all dressed in black, and the scene was instantly embarrassing as soon as they entered the door.

Wu Yi thought that the assassin had entered the yamen, and was so frightened that he stood up with an "ah", but Zhou Qi and Huanting saw the person clearly in an instant.

"You guys?"

The guards thought that Zhou Qi was already standing at the door at this time, and thought that he was still entangled with another group of people, so they wanted to hurry back and change their clothes so that they could interrogate Zhang Guang, but as soon as they entered the door and saw Zhou Qi, Huanting and Wu Yi all standing at the door watching, everyone quickly knelt on the ground and pleaded guilty.

Wan Ting knew that her brother was going to be angry, so she hurriedly took Wu Yi and Aunt Li out to the temple to make incense.

A quarter of an hour later, all the guards knelt in the courtyard, and Li Bo knelt in the study. Zhou Qi paced back and forth in the study with his hands on his waist, and Li Bo knelt on the ground and didn't dare to come out.

But kneeling down like this is not a way after all, Li Bo was heartbroken, "Fifth prince, the whole thing is my idea, and it has nothing to do with the guards." ”

"Hmph, you're being righteous now! Do you know what the crime of assassinating the prince on the street is? Even if it is the assassination of the magistrate on the street, it is a heinous crime! ”

"I know."

"You know?" Zhou Qi was really angry, if he hadn't received a royal education since he was a child, he would have given Li Bo a kick now, "Cheng, you are amazing, how powerful you are!" ”

"Fifth prince, I just wanted to scare and scare Wu Yi, I didn't expect Zhang Guang to assassinate you, I thought he was no longer around."

Li Bo felt extremely guilty, he was even glad that Zhou Qifu had God's blessing, and his head slammed on the ground, "Five princes, all mistakes are the fault of the ministers, please punish them." ”

"Reprimand? If I investigate, not only will you be imprisoned forever, but they will all be beheaded! Are you up to the task? ”

Li Bo raised his head with his hands on the ground and looked at Zhou Qi in horror, "Five princes, it's all my fault, I'm willing to bear it." ”

Zhou Qi endured his anger, he saw from the window that all the guards were kneeling in the courtyard, originally twenty-one people, but now except for the two people who took care of Li Laosi in Shandong, the two rows of people who were originally neat and tidy are now two less. For their own safety, they once went into battle to exterminate bandits, and also guarded themselves in the alleys, and even countless days and nights, three shifts of people were on duty inside and outside the yamen day and night, how could Zhou Qi behead these people all over the house?

"Listen well, report to the imperial court, and I, the county commander of Shexian County, Zhou Kai, will dispatch people to use themselves as bait to catch fellow bandits again. After investigation, this is also the last bandit to be caught. Six of the officials who participated in the round-up were injured, but fortunately they were protected by the emperor's grace and their injuries were unharmed. ”

Li Bo knew that Zhou Qi was looking for a good-looking and cheap step for everyone, so he quickly kowtowed and thanked him.

Zhou Qi said again: "There is one more thing, Wu Yi is just a miscellaneous servant in the house, that's all. ”

"Your Excellency?"

Zhou Qi looked up at the sky, he really didn't have time to think about himself and Wu Yi, "The official and the young lady have not received the order to return to Beijing, as long as they receive it, the official will definitely obey the order, and the most important thing now is to save her life on the day of Wan Ting's marriage." ”

Li Bo had already straightened up and said cautiously: "But the emperor has already decided, if he obstructs and disrupts the emperor's plan, I am afraid that I will ......."

Zhou Qi finally turned around and looked at Li Bo, "I haven't told you something, I sent people to Xiliang, but they failed to have a direct impact on the King of Xiliang, and Wan Ting will still marry into Xiliang." When I knew my father's plan, I had already changed their goal, as long as my Great Zhou and Hui forces attacked, they would rush into the Xiliang Palace to save Huanting. ”

"What about after you save it? There is still a distance between the Xiliang Palace and the border, even if the troops of the two countries quickly occupied Xiliang at that time, how could the princess escape. ”

"I really don't have the manpower to send her to the border, I have to think again."

Li Bo suddenly clenched his fists, "My lord, I am willing to enter the Xiliang Palace as the princess's personal guard, even if I fight for my life at that time, I will definitely send the princess to the border." ”

Zhou Qi looked at Li Bo for a long time, and finally patted Li Bo on the shoulder, "You go and tell the guards to get up, only what I just said today is true, and nothing else can be passed on." ”

"Thank you, Fifth Prince!" Li Bo slammed his head on the ground again, he not only forgave them in Xie Zhouqi, but also gave him a chance to forgive his sins in Xie Zhouqi. In any case, after more than a month, he must take care of Wan Ting.

The guards were naturally grateful for their integrity when they were pardoned, and now that everyone had a common secret, they were naturally more united and loyal.

Let's talk about Zhang Guang here, it turns out that since Zhou Qi is no longer the prefect, Zhang Hai feels that Zhou Qi is politically finished. After all, a diligent prefect was suddenly inexplicably downgraded, or wiped to the end, it must have offended people.

Zhang Hai even felt triumphant, he guessed that Lord Zhou was most likely to offend the three princes, and now the three princes are hot in front of the emperor, and I don't know what means they can use to get the prefect who has just been in office for more than half a year.

Zhang Hai was in a good mood that day, he felt that there was no need to compete with Zhou Qi, and then he planned to change the strategy of Zhang Ling, the eldest lady on the list.

And Zhang Guang saw that Zhang Hai was carefully dressing himself, and teased: "We are from the Three Princes' Sect, are we going to betray our hue now?" ”

"Cut, if you sell your hue, you can get a bright future, I've sold it many times."

"We're getting worse and worse. But I followed Zhou Kai before, he is like a big family, and his bearing is good, you should learn. ”

"Nonsense, I sent someone to the capital to see it more than a year ago, saying that his family is a small family, and there is only one old housekeeper in the family."

Zhang Guang sat on the chair and suddenly became alert, "Yu Nian really said that?" ”

"yes, what's wrong?"

"That's weird."

Zhang Hai finally stopped tossing himself, looked at Zhang Guang and asked, "What?" ”

"Do you think it's strange, when Zhou Kai came, he brought a butler and twenty-one guards. I can tell you, these guards are not ordinary, they are all trained, and I usually see that they are on duty in an orderly manner, unlike small doors. Also, there was a handyman in his house who owed the Qian family 10,000 taels of silver, and donated it to the school without the consent of the family. ”

"What did you say?"

"You think it's weird, don't you? Thinking about him Zhou Kai, a prefect of a county, even if it is a prefect, how much is it in a year? He was able to take out 10,000 taels of silver at once, how could it be possible that he came out of a small family? ”

"No, who did you say donated 10,000 taels of silver before?"

"The official of his family, it's called Wu Yi, it's called Wu Yi."

Zhang Hai simply froze in place, "She's a handyman?" ”

"Yes, I first worked as a handyman in the prefect's yamen, then as a maid in the Qian family, and now as a handyman in the prefect's yamen. What's wrong? ”

Zhang Haixiang was punched, and after a long time, he said: "Hmph, I didn't expect it, this Huizhou City really can't get along with me!" But is it so easy for me Zhang Hai to be deceived? ”