This is a strange thing that is puzzling, not only Lu Fang wondered, but even Fu Yi and the two brothers of the winter solstice were also puzzled.

When Lu Fang reported his intentions, Fu Yi, who was in prison, personally inspected his genuine golden knife head-catching jade plaque, and also understood the position of Emperor Tianyou. He told Lu Fang that when he and his two deaf retinues had just arrived in Xilin Mansion, they were invited into the city by the prefect Kong on the pretext of receiving foreign envoys. That night, Master Kong even prepared a good banquet in the back hall of the mansion, saying that he wanted to catch the wind and wash the dust for himself. But what I didn't expect was that there was no problem with the wine and food during the banquet, but the agarwood burning in the corner was actually added by Master Kong, and the three of them were inexplicably overturned by him; When he woke up again, he had been smashed into the "Three Great Pieces of Hades" and locked in the prison of Xilin Mansion.

In fact, Fu Yi's words were also eight points true, two parts false, and there was a fourteenth person in charge of guards, who did not fall into prison with them. However, this defense is indispensable, fourteen is their only chance to get out, and Fu Yi can't expose all his hole cards to an outsider.

For Lu Fang, of course, he has the same heart as His Majesty, and he does not hide any bad intentions towards Fu Yi, a member of Youbei; Moreover, it was only after he met Fu Yi that he gradually felt the seriousness of the problem: if what Governor Fu said was true, then it was obviously Master Kong, the prefect of Xilin, who specially set up this situation in order to hunt down Fu Yi and his party; As for the crime of spying for them, it is just an official statement.

Due to the importance of this matter, Lu Fang, as a newly appointed four-grade golden knife catcher, has no right or ability to deal with this matter at all. So before he left the prison, he also specially instructed Fu Yi, saying that he still needed to invite His Majesty Emperor Tianyou's Huang Aya Holy Decree in this matter, so that he could act on behalf of the Son of Heaven justifiably. But fortunately, it is only two days at most for 800 miles to rush back and forth; Now that they have submitted the file, it is natural that they will do a full set of plays! Before the Criminal Department officially issued a reply, presumably the three of them should not be in danger of life

However, Lu Fang forgot the most important thing: Master Kong of Xilin Mansion was obviously fearless and allowed himself to find out the details of the case; The only reason for this kind of behavior is that Master Kong plans to kill people and kill his mouth, and leave himself, a four-rank Beijing official, in Xilin Mansion, leaving a death without proof to the imperial court!

In the middle of the night, Lord Lu, who thought he had the power of the Son of Heaven to protect his body and fell asleep early, was woken up by a shouting outside the window! Sleepy-eyed, he turned over and got out of bed, and just wanted to push open the window to see the excitement, but he was suddenly scratched by a big knife against the tip of his nose!

The difference is the separation of yin and yang. The root of his disease that is too frightened and prone to stroke is actually the old foundation that fell because of this knife! But leaving a psychological shadow is better than having your head chopped off, right?

Lu Fang's good martial arts are thanks to Bai Qishan, a famous sword master of the Three Jin Dynasty, who has been trained for nearly 20 years. Frankly speaking, even in the heyday of Baiqi Mountain's martial arts cultivation, if it is comprehensively compared on the rivers and lakes, it can only barely touch the threshold of a first-class master, let alone a top master.

However, the kind of rivers and lakes that Shen Gui is in have a big gap with the real rivers and lakes.

For ordinary people, third-rate masters already have the qualifications to poke the pole; And the second-rate master can already be called a martial arts master; As for Wu Chengfeng, Jiang Xiaolou, Yue Haishan, and even Shen Guizhi and the like who were beaten up in a fight with whomever they fought with, for ordinary Jianghu people, they were already very distant legends.

In fact, at the very beginning, Bai Qishan was willing to accept Xiao Lu Fang, who was in his early tens, just to repay his father's favor; After a long time together, the two of them naturally developed feelings, plus Lu Fang's muscles and talents were really excellent, and there was no principled problem with virtue and ethics, so Bai Qishan simply began to teach him the real thing. After 20 years, he poured his life's learning to teach him and cultivated a Xiao Lu Zhutou who could inherit his mantle.

For Bai Qishan, a famous swordsman, there may be some swordsmanship routines in this world that he is not familiar with, but there is absolutely nothing he will not know; However, Lu Fang was obviously his personal disciple, but he couldn't even play any set of sword techniques. The master taught him that he had not done anything else in the past 20 years, and in addition to teaching Lu Fang to boil his muscles and bones, breathe and breathe, there was only one course every day: dismantling moves.

To put it more bluntly, the master and apprentice are each carrying a wooden knife and cutting each other.

Bai Qishan's teaching philosophy is to conduct endless practical exercises. Let's not talk about whether this method is good or bad for the time being, but at least Lu Fang barely escaped this unavoidable sneak attack! Unfortunately, the body forms a conditioned reflex that cannot cancel each other out with the fear of death; Therefore, Lu Fang, who had a reminiscence under Shen Guijian, would completely collapse his psychological defense.

That night, after Lu Fang dodged this sudden sneak attack, he instantly broke out in a cold sweat! In the past, when he broke up with the teacher, he used a wooden knife wrapped in layers of linen; Even if you hit it hard, at most it will be a little bruising; But now the knife that pasted the tip of his nose was a real guy! It's going to die!

However, the opponent hanging upside down outside the window, after realizing that he had missed, did not have so much emotion from him. He didn't leave Lu Fang any respite, and after the first knife slashed into the air, the whole person immediately swung into the guest room of the official post, picked up the big knife and slashed towards Lu Fang.

This is the first time in Lu Fangping's life that he has fought with someone, but with his master's special teaching method over the years, he reflexively pulled out the gold-handled plum blossom knife next to the bed; At the same time, the originally locked door was kicked open, and three men in black broke into the small bedroom with knives, and together with the man in black who entered the room from the window, they attacked Lu Fang front and back!

The official post dormitory set up by the imperial court is just the most ordinary single room. In such a small space, four black-clothed men with sharp blades suddenly poured in, which was equivalent to blocking all the space that Lu Fang was moving around, and the situation seemed to be very unfavorable to him.

However, after Lu Zhutou grasped the handle of the plum blossom knife in his hand, that familiar feeling returned to his body again. He felt a warm current flow up from his palm, melting his body that was tense and stiff with fear along the way; The distorted facial features on his face quickly returned to their places, and the corners of his mouth pulled out a weird smile......

He didn't think of any way to deal with it, and when he looked at the four steel knives that came at him, his mind was just blank. However, he heard the sound of the blade breaking through the air, and his toes were already slightly raised, and he quickly dodged sideways; The cold light flashed in the corner of his eye, and the right hand holding the official knife was unconsciously raised, and the tip of the knife instantly hit the opponent's thick blade, directly breaking the knife momentum......

It wasn't until the four masked killers all died under his steel knife that Lu Fang completely came to his senses: he looked down at the steel knife in his palm that was still dripping blood, and in addition to being a little incredulous, he also felt a little inflated......

Killing officials is like rebellion, what the original identity of these four people is, Lu Fang doesn't care at all. After solving the four "court thieves", he looked out the window cautiously again, only to see that there was already a fire in the direction of the prefect's yamen.

Although the husband and the soldiers kept shouting about the accidental fire, he didn't believe Lu Fanglai.

At this time, Xiao Lu Zhutou has the emperor's order, and his strength has just been verified, and now is the time to be ambitious and high-spirited. He picked up his shirt and hat from the shelf, and ran to the backyard as he put them on. Because the front door of the official post and the law need to be locked at night; So walking through the backyard and going through the back door is obviously a faster way to get to the fire......

Lu Fang, who happened to be in the official hat, casually pushed open the small door in the backyard; In the next instant, a white feather arrow pierced the night sky and headed straight for his neck! This arrow was too abrupt, Lu Fang's reaction speed was half a minute slower, and the right neck was rubbed by the arrow, and bright red blood was already faintly oozing out......

Lu Fang, who escaped death again, sat on the threshold with a butt. He reached out and touched his wet neck, and unconsciously rolled his eyes upward......

Just as he was panting and scared, he suddenly heard footsteps in the opposite room! A moment later, a thin man dressed in the clothes of ordinary people appeared before his eyes; And in this person's left hand, there is still a lock of hair that has been broken up; Underneath this bun of hair is a bloody masked human head!

The thin man didn't seem to have any malicious intent, he just nodded at Lu Fang, stretched out his right hand and pointed to the night sky red by the firelight, and left the back alley of the official post without saying a word.

Lu Fang didn't have time to think about it at all, so he rearranged the official hat on his head, and rushed towards the direction of Xilin Mansion with his legs.

After another moment, Lu Fang stood in front of the mansion that had already burned into a sea of flames. He looked at the prefect Kong, who was covered in black ash and had a scorched beard, and asked angrily:

"Master Kong, where are the three important prisoners of the imperial court now?"

Master Kong, who was still trying his best to direct the firefighting, saw that Lu Fang was here, and immediately knelt on the ground with tears in his eyes, and cried to this close minister of the Son of Heaven:

"Lord Xiao Lu, you have to be the master of the lower officials! At night, the three Northern Yan barbarians deceived and killed the jailer who went to deliver food, and obtained the key to the shackles from the jailer, intending to smash the prison against the prison! Fortunately, one of Xiaguan's house slaves immediately noticed the change and called for help, and under the leadership of Xiaguan, he started a desperate struggle with three death row prisoners! But when the three thieves saw that they couldn't break through, they actually set off a fire in a frenzy......"