Yun Xiu came out of the medicine shop, and before boarding the carriage, a strange child rushed out of nowhere, snatched the purse she hung around her waist, she instinctively chased after her, chased to a dark alley, and when she noticed that something was wrong, the back of her neck was numb, and then she didn't know anything.

She awoke, with strips of coarse cloth tied around her mouth, and her hands and feet tied, in a half-worn burlap bag, and thrown on the cart, which had been running for probably too long, and creaking and crunching.

The sack was exposed to the sun, hot and roasted, Yun Xiu was suffocated for too long, snorted softly, and the cart obviously stopped, and the wheel of the car creaked.

This journey has been a long time, and compared to being flustered, Yun Xiu only feels thirsty at the moment, his throat is dry and smoking, and beads of sweat are soaking through his clothes and back.

After a while, she heard the sound of sharpening knives, and she was frightened and cold from the bottom of her heart, cold from her head to her tail vertebrae.

The cart stops. No one touched her, the sound of footsteps in twos and threes, walking around, someone sneered: "What? Look what scares you, it's just a little, what kind of guy to bring. “

The other party was silent, and the blade of the knife rhythmically brushed back and forth on the grinding stone, as if it needed a piece of meat to try its sharpness at any time.

Yun Xiu instinctively curled up, protecting her abdomen, and couldn't help but think about who she had offended over and over again, and the worst outcome.

She wanted Ling Xiao to pick her up today, and if she found out that she was missing, she would definitely come out to look for her. There may be a glimmer of life.

The person who sneered just now seemed to be drinking water, and sighed comfortably, "Hey, hey, I said don't get it, hurry up and get the money, after finishing this big ticket, I will go back to my hometown in Jizhou to buy a house and marry a daughter-in-law, go to his mother's capital, not a place for people!" “

The man was silent after speaking, and then there was a sound of the soles of his shoes rubbing against the ground, and after a while, there was silence outside. The thick smell of blood filled the air, making people almost sick.

"The little girl is very handsome!" The sack suddenly slit open, Yun Xiu was rudely pinched in the jaw, and a bright knife and a mask with blood spots lay across his eyes.

She couldn't help but tremble all over, and she caught a glimpse of the bloodstains on the ground and the man lying on his back, out of breath but not in.

"Lao Tzu hates things with many mouths and tongues the most," the tall figure turned his head to look behind him, the tip of the knife was close to Yun Xiu's eyes, and the urn said angrily, "It's a pity beauty, you have to be honest and obedient, otherwise--"

The cold green of the blade of the knife swept past her lips, and the other party leaned into her ear, "Lao Tzu cut your tongue to drink!" “

Yun Xiu's eyes widened, and he didn't dare to make a sound, so he shook his head very cooperatively.

The other party let go of her contentedly, got up and shook the blood on the knife, hummed a small tune, walked to the corpse and kicked it, and when he saw that he was dead, he lifted one foot and dragged the person into the thatched hut.

Only then did Yun Xiu see where he was.

The walls of the small courtyard are broken and broken, and the weeds under the roots of the walls are overgrown, blocking the view, and the surroundings are extremely quiet, and I feel that I have left the city.

There was a sudden sound of chopping meat in the room, which made her tremble and her heart almost jumped out of her throat.

The door of the thatched house was black, and he couldn't see what was going on inside, but the loud bang was like a knock on his heart, and Yun Xiu's stomach was tumbling for a while, retching a few times, tears vomited out, and he couldn't vomit anything.

She felt like she was about to collapse, and she had pig's trotter buckles tied to her hands and feet, and the more she struggled, the tighter she became.

I want to run but I'm afraid of hurting the villain in my stomach.

Yun Xiu looked hopelessly at the blood of the remnant sun in the sky, tears rolling in his eyes.

"Don't be afraid, beauties." After about a stick of incense, a figure shook in the small door of the thatched hut, and there was a malicious laughter, "You promise to sleep with me for one night, and I promise to let you go back before dawn." “

"Who the hell are you?" Yun Xiu finally loosened the coarse cloth on his mouth, and said boldly, "Zhongyi Hou's Mansion is my husband's family, I can ask them to send money if I ask for money, but if you hurt me at all, Hou Ye will not leave your whole body." “

She just wanted to survive, and she didn't dare to provoke the other party: "If you find someone to send my handkerchief to the house, they will naturally know that you will open the money." “

This condition was very tempting, and the other party hesitated for a moment: "I want ten gold bars." “

"How did they give it to you?" Just make a request, prove that there is hope, "How can I be sure that you will release me if you take the money." “

"Lao Tzu said to let you go when you sleep," the other party smiled rudely, "Beauty, you want to buy Lao Tzu's life with ten gold bars, and Lao Tzu will not fall for you." “

With that, he returned to the house, lit the candle, and the dim light flickered, illuminating the bright red liquid dripping from the cutting board and the palm that fell on the ground.

Yun Xiu resisted the urge to scream with all his strength and shrank into the corner.

Lunatic! A true lunatic!

At the same time, under the verandah of the Marquis Zhongyi's mansion, the flower hall in the front yard was brilliantly lit, and the mothers-in-law hung their hands and held their breath, and sobbing sounded from time to time in the hall.

"Your Royal Highness the County Lord, for the sake of Mrs. Lu's face, you must find Yun Xiu!" Yun Ying knelt at the feet of the county lord of Pingkang, holding her skirt regardless of etiquette, "My sister has a good one, and I won't live anymore!" “

"What are you talking about?" The county lord of Pingkang also had no idea, and hurriedly asked his mother-in-law to help people up and sit down, "Brother Xiao and Brother Heng are looking for someone, Master Hou is waiting for their news in the study, you have just had a miscarriage, your body has not yet recovered, the ground is cold, how can you be sick again?" “

"The folk woman is just this one sister." Yun Ying bent down crying, "The old lady sent someone to ask before, why didn't I see Xiu girl, I prevaricated and fell asleep in Qi Mansion, paper can't hold the fire, if her old man knows that the person is gone, I'm afraid she will have to go to half her life!" “

"No, no," the county lord of Pingkang was also afraid that her eldest grandson's bamboo basket would be empty, "The servants of the mansion will be dispatched, and Bao Zhun'er will bring back the girl with all the beards and tails." “

It's all on the bright side, but people in desperate situations will only plan for the worst.

"I'm just scared!" Yun Ying shook her head desperately, ringing and dingling, listening to people's hearts as if numb, "She is a person who wants to be a bride." This son should be happy to get married, how can he say that he can't see it? Qi Sanye has always been easy-going, my sister has just entered Beijing not long ago, who can offend, eighty percent of them go to the little marquis, but who dares to pluck the feathers on the tiger's mouth! “

There are always those who are not afraid of death.

The county lord of Pingkang sighed, the Beijing circle is so big, and there are few people who have had a holiday with the Ling family.

She asked her subordinate to help Yunying go to the guest room in the front yard to rest, and turned her head to ask the mother-in-law next to her, "Did Mrs. Xing give me a word?" “

The mother-in-law shook her head: "County Lord, our people have been there twice, and they have all eaten closed-door soup." “

Lord Pingkang asked again: "What about Li Shilang?" “

The mother-in-law looked embarrassed: "The old marquis doesn't let the old slaves find the waiter." “

"Why don't you let me find it?!" When does the county lord of Pingkang think about this, what kind of feelings do he care, whoever wants the life of her eldest grandson, she wants whose life!

??

"Master Hou, at this juncture, are you still protecting Li Shilang?" The county lord couldn't wait to slap the table, "It's right for the Li family to be related to me, but I'm not so confused as to risk my grandson's life!" To tell you the truth, Yun Xiu's fetal dream is a python, you know what it means, even if you are superstitious, after three months, I will find an experienced doctor to take the pulse, and I dare to pack a ticket is a son! “

"Li Shilang has been resting in Shangshu Mansion this time," Old Marquis Ling said with a serious face, "The emperor is preparing to overhaul the tax system, and the household department Shangshu has been sleeping for several days, taking all his protégés to write the tax law, call people out at this time, do you have conclusive evidence that the Li family did it?" “

"Me??" The county lord was furious and sat down dumbly, "I have no evidence, but why didn't Mrs. Xing even see her face?" It's clear that you are a thief! “

The old marquis asked: "Even if she insists on not knowing when they meet, what about you?" “

yes, how can it be?

Lord Pingkang leaned back in the circle chair and couldn't think of a way.

The old marquis got up and knocked on the golden silk birdcage hanging under the beams, and sighed: "Wait for Xin'er, your son can't even protect a woman, and our Ling family is over." “

***

On Ling Xiao's side, Qi Yuheng didn't think he could spin around like a headless fly. The corners of the capital have even rummaged through the dog holes, and I haven't seen Yun Xiu.

"I'll go find Li Mu," Qi Yuheng said, "Even if he didn't do it, eighty percent of it has nothing to do with him." “

Ling Xiao said that he would go too.

Qi Yuheng pressed his shoulder, "If you go, he will definitely not say anything." “

Ling Xiao asked rhetorically: "You go, he will tell you?" “

Qi Yuheng smiled confidently: "Li Miao hanged himself some time ago and didn't die, don't you know?" “

Ling Xiao was stunned: "How do you know?" “

"You don't care how I know," Qi Yuheng said, "The next day, a girl from the Li family's side branch was stabbed by Li Mu, but fortunately, she was not injured and had no worries about her life." Zhao Qingqiong and a few girls in the circle have visited Li Miao, Yun Xiu should know, why, she didn't tell you? “

Ling Xiao said no, "When did it happen?" “

"Just the two of you have set a wedding date," Qi Yuheng said as he walked out, "I guess after Li Mu takes revenge on the side branch, you will be next, anyway, you have already torn your face." Borrow your horse and come back soon. “

There were no customers in the teahouse in the night market, empty and depressed, the shopkeeper sat in the empty position and snoozed like a chicken pecking rice, Ling Xiao stared at the back hidden in the night outside the window, and squinted. The green-headed knife on his waist sneered, he was still afraid of retaliation?

Qi Yuheng was quite efficient, and said that he would return soon, and it was only a cup of tea before and after, "I found someone, let's go over now." “

When the two arrived, the private room next door was drinking to the end, and they had a lot of trouble with a group of warblers and swallows.

Qi Yuheng's mouth was dry, and he called for tea: "A few gentlemen who play ball have drunk it first, and they will almost notify me to go over, don't be in a hurry to beat people, ask about Izuyunxiu's whereabouts first." “

Li Mu drank a few cups of yellow soup, danced excitedly, chased the kiln sister around the table, and when he saw that he was catching up with the other party, he was suddenly pulled by someone.

He shouted with his tongue wide open, "! Do! Bad for your grandpa's luck! “

"Master Li, Third Master Qi is looking for you in an emergency," the person who pulled him said, "Say that if you don't go, Li Jiaming'er will be destroyed." “

"Fuck the stinking fart!" Li Mujiu was emboldened, "Call Qi Yuheng in!" Lao Tzu rewarded him with a big mouth! “

"You try to hit me?" Qi Yuheng unhurriedly opened the bead curtain and drilled over, and more than a dozen guards with green-headed knives suddenly rushed in behind him, focusing a room of people.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the old bustard stepped forward to curry favor, but before he could speak, he was thrown out by the collar.

The flowers and willows were driven away, and the rest of the people were mostly sober, staring at each other with big eyes.

Qi Yuheng smiled kindly and ordered the eviction: "I have a personal grudge with Li Ye, the money for this wine is on my account, please go back." “

Who will toast and not eat and drink, and all leave the table, Qi Yuheng moved his fingers and motioned for the guards to wait outside the door.

The private room left two people, Li Mu came out to drink flower wine, neither a knife nor his subordinates, sat on the chair aggrievedly, and snorted: "If you have something to say, say it quickly, and if you have a fart, let it go!" “

"Where's my sister-in-law?" Qi Yuheng got straight to the point, "Don't say you don't know, let me tell you, Grandma Qi San's temperament is well-known, if you don't confess, she will go to the palace gate to beat the drum and sue the royal court." “

Li Mu denied: "You have evidence to sue!" “

"Do you really think I'm okay with you?" Qi Yuheng poured himself a glass of wine, took a sip, and said slowly, "Li Mu, Ling Xiao saw that your sister went, just tonight, what will happen to lonely men and widows in the middle of the night, you and I know it." “

"Impossible!" Li Mu didn't believe it, "Don't me, how many words of truth do you have in your kid's mouth?" “

"Can Li Miao tell you this kind of thing?" Qi Yuheng smiled indifferently, "It doesn't matter if you don't believe it, I'll tell you, hand over my sister-in-law, I'll let you go, if you don't hand it over, I'll send your evidence to Dali Temple and the Criminal Department, and the crime of embezzlement of military pay will be added to one degree, you think clearly." “

"If you hand it over, the Ling family will also be implicated," Li Mu was not afraid at all, "Not to mention that the Qi Ling family is a family friend, I don't believe you dare." “

"Why wouldn't I?" Qi Yuheng looked at him like a monster, "Ling Xiao didn't recognize anyone in his pants and kicked my sister-in-law, and rebuilt the old relationship with your sister, the third grandmother of Qi has already made trouble in the Hou Mansion, I don't believe that you are looking for someone to inquire now, where is the third grandmother." “

After a series of coaxing, Li Mu hesitated: "Grandma Qi San is really in the Hou Mansion?" “

Qi Yuheng nodded: "If you don't believe it, I will ask you to go to Qi Mansion and ask." “

Li Muzhen listened to him, sent the little guy to Qi Mansion, and then to the Hou Mansion, the little guy reported that the carriage of the Qi Mansion was parked outside the Hou Mansion, and the coachman said that the three grandmothers of Qi were the only ones who took the car.

"Believe it now?" Qi Yuheng said coldly, "Li Mu, are you the dominant Marquis of Zhongyi in the entire capital?" Yes! “

He slammed the table, the wine cup jumped, and Li Mu's wine woke up completely.

"What, what's going on?" He was a little dazed, and said blankly, "Aren't the two Lingyun families setting a good date?" Changed, changed? “

"Which ear do you hear them set a good day?" Qi Yuheng fell over with chopsticks, "Do you think that with the support of the Ling family, you dare to ride on Lao Tzu's head!" In two days, my mother will also enter the palace to accompany the Queen Mother to drink tea, if you don't hand over tonight, I want the Li family to accompany the funeral tomorrow! “

After that, get up and leave.

"Qi! Even! Qi Sanye, stay! Stay! Li Mu rushed around the table and grabbed his arm, "Misunderstanding!" It's all a misunderstanding! How did I know that Ling Xiao went to find my sister again? “

"Less!" Qi Yuheng took his hand away, "Where is my sister-in-law?" “

Li Mu explained the approximate direction, and Qi Yuheng looked at him without speaking.

"I really don't know the specific place," Li Mu swore a curse, "I just want to vent my anger for Li Miao, call two faces to arrest your sister-in-law, and send it back after the matter is completed." “

"After that? Something that dogs don't pick up! “

Qi Yuheng was about to give him a big mouthful, but Li Mu was suddenly kicked in front of him, and he fell heavily on the wine table, and the soup and oil flowers rolled all over.

Ling Xiao pulled out the green-headed knife with murderous anger and was quickly stopped.

Qi Yuheng: "Don't waste time with him, find Yun Xiu first, it's a little more dangerous to be one step late." “

Ling Xiao looked at him with frost in his eyes, then looked at Li Mu, and shouted: "Someone!" “

The guards outside formed a circle like a bucket.

Ling Xiao: "Take Li Xiao away!" “

He turned to leave, Qi Yuheng thought about it, walked up to Li Mu, and smiled treacherously: "Li Shilang has a stupid son like you, it's really unfortunate for the family." “

"You!" As soon as Li Mu wanted to get up, he was pressed into the circle chair by the guards.

??

Because they only knew the general direction, the group took the exit token and went straight to the outskirts of the city.

On the outskirts of the city are mostly farmers and hunters, as well as idle vagrants, who come and go at sunrise, and look at the place where the moonlight is removed, and the darkness that cannot be seen is the fingers that can be seen.

They walked along the road until they reached the end of the road, and they did not find a house with lights on, or any movement.

"What about people!" Qi Yuheng grabbed Li Mu's collar and asked, "You won't die if you don't reach the Yellow River!" “

"Don't talk nonsense to him." The knife in Ling Xiao's hand played a trick.

Li Mu knew that the other party was serious, so his legs were weak in fright, and he knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, "Don't kill me, what I said is true!" I've looked for someone to follow, and I'm living here, and I can't be wrong, but why are people gone, will they, will they??"

He wanted to say that the men and women were done. Can't you sleep, what movement can you make when you sleep, but he didn't dare to say that Ling Xiao's knife was on his neck.

"Could it be anything? Go on. “

"I, I don't know wow!" Li Mu thought of something and said, "The two of them are not well dressed, they must not be able to live in a good house, search the house, yes, the yard must be right!" “

"Okay, listen to you." Ling Xiao ordered the guards to sneak in and search, turned his head to Li Mu and said in a deep voice, "If you can't find anyone." I'll scrap one of your hands, and if you can't find the other, add two legs, no more than four chances, you think about it. “

"Master Ling, I've been wronged!" Li Mu wanted to cry without tears, how did he know that these two people were bold enough to take Yun Xiu away.

After a while, the guards came back to report that a body had been found in a thatched hut, the blood had not yet dried, and it should have been dead for less than an hour and a half.

Ling Xiao was shocked when he heard this: "Can the corpse parts identify a man or a woman?" “

The guard said that it was a man.

"Take me to see it." Ling Xiao breathed a sigh of relief and left quickly.

The broken yard was a mess, and he lit the fire folds and scrutinized it around. found two traces of the wheel when it was deep and sometimes shallow, and immediately decided: "Follow the wheel print, fast!" “

dragged a person away, after all, he couldn't walk fast, Yun Xiu was hungry and thirsty, and was stuffed back into the burlap bag, and he didn't even have the strength to speak.

She didn't know what the madman was thinking, except that the cart had traveled a long way, and then she heard the sound of water, and was thrown into another place like cargo.

The madman smiled: "Don't be afraid, beauty, I won't do anything to you, I heard that the merchants of the Western Regions are willing to spend gold to buy women from the Central Plains to go back as slaves, and your skin and flesh can be sold for a good price." “

Life and death, Yun Xiu didn't care about any strategy or strategy, and resisted: "I won't let you succeed if I die!" “

The other party laughed almost madly: "Shout, shout, no one knows about shouting in the throat at night on this river." “

Yun Xiu struggled, stumbled and barely stepped on the sack, looked for the light source through the hole, and rushed to the front with all his strength, only to hear the sound of "poof", and fell into the river.

Under the moonlight, countless bubbles kept tumbling upward, she couldn't untie the ropes on her hands and feet while holding her breath, and the water needles poured into her lungs, she used up her last bit of strength, and then sank down with the waves, before she was confused, she was still thinking, why didn't Ling Xiao come yet? ?

"Ling Xiao, the doctor and the carriage are here." Qi Yuheng told him to let go, "Pick up Yun Xiu first." “

Ling Xiao was soaking wet, and came back to his senses in the noisy sound, finding that his hands were shaking.

The boat on the river in the distance burned like a broken lantern, and the madman danced in the tongue of fire, dreaming of making a fortune in the spring and autumn to see the king of Hades.

"What should Li Mu do?" Qi Yuheng asked him.

Ling Xiao said in a hoarse voice, "I'll change my clothes first." “

As soon as he left, Li Mu found Qi Yuheng: "Third Master Qi, you have to save me." “

Everyone is dead, there is no proof of death, and they admit their mistakes. If you don't let him go, what else can you do to him?

"Master Li, as the saying goes, a friend's wife can't be bullied, how do you want me to save you?" Qi Yu Hengpi looked at him with a smile, "Otherwise, I'll ask Ling Ye for a favor, how about letting you live?" “

Li Mu said yes, he was afraid that Ling Xiao would fall with a knife in his hand, and his life would be in danger.

"You wait." Qi Yuheng turned around and left slowly, and after a while, he turned back and forth, "Okay, you can go." “

It was also too smooth, Li Mu was difficult to be confident: "Third master." Have you seen the little marquis? “

"See," Qi Yu Heng nodded with concern, "The doctor said that people are fine, and he doesn't bother to care, so you cousins, for the sake of Li Shilang's face, you can't lose your face." “

Li Mu stood in place for a long time, always feeling that something was wrong.

Qi Yuheng urged him: "Don't you want to leave?" Ling Xiao regrets not leaving, don't say I didn't remind you. “

Li Mu thinks that the thirty-six plans are the best policy, and he doesn't really wait for someone to chop it?

He ran back along a road.

Qi Yuheng, the smiling tiger, smiled, looked at his back gloomily, and said to the person who came out of the shadows, "Do you want to do it?" “

Ling Xiao snorted, "Don't worry about it, I'll do it." “

As he spoke, he asked the guards to bring his horse, and whipped the horse's buttocks, and a rapid cry instantly sounded in the forest, and then after a while, Li Mu's miserable cry resounded all over the field.

When he was carried back, he was covered in blood and dying, and when Mrs. Xing heard that he had been trampled like this by a horse, she fainted on the spot.

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As for Yun Xiu, she didn't wake up until the next morning, and when she woke up, she saw a person sitting next to her, leaning on the carved bed frame and falling asleep.

For the rest of her life, she woke up and saw the person she missed the most, and she had mixed feelings in her heart.

"Ling Xiao," Yun Xiu gently held his hand, "Lie down and sleep." “

"Hmm." Ling Xiao opened his eyes, went down, caged her into his arms, and said tiredly, "I'll keep you all night, the doctor said that the fetus is still stable, don't worry, I'll sleep for a while, don't go." “

Yun Xiu smiled and said yes, and moved back to make room for him to sleep more comfortably.

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