"Don't let him run!" In the crowd, one person shouted loudly, snatched the arrow crossbow held by a companion on the side, and aimed it at Xue Lingfeng.

If Xue Lingfeng really escaped death, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Xue Lingfeng is very shrewd, it won't take a day to find out the origin of the assassin tonight, he has three thousand tiger god camps in his hands, once he attacks, no one can predict what the outcome will be.

The most important thing is that the capital needs stability, even if there is turmoil in the dark, but the face must be quiet, and such a calm must not be destroyed because of the failure of the assassination tonight.

This person was holding an arrow and crossbow, and he had already aimed at Xue Lingfeng's back, and Xue Lingfeng obviously knew that tonight was not the time for the courage of the horseman, and if he continued to fight, he could only be a corpse on the street, so he tried his best to sprint, he was not an ordinary person, and he had already run a few feet away in the blink of an eye.

This person was about to release the arrow, but saw that the short and fat man in black had followed behind Xue Lingfeng like a ghost, close at hand, if this arrow was released, it was not a joke to accidentally shoot the short and fat man in black, it was because this person did not dare to pull the motive string, that is, Xue Lingfeng and the man in black opened a distance again, and disappeared into the night.

The man with the crossbow arrow frowned, and a person on the side hurriedly said, "Seventh Senior Brother.....!" ”

The seventh senior brother threw the arrow and crossbow in his hand back to his companion, and said coldly: "Catch up, I want him to die!" With a wave of his hand, he led his men to chase after him.

Chased to the street, and did not see the figures of the two people, the seventh senior brother raised his hand to signal everyone to stop, looked down, and then went to the left, squatted down, and saw that there were blood stains on the ground, Xue Lingfeng had been wounded by a knife when he fled, and there were fresh blood stains on the ground, which were naturally sprinkled from Xue Lingfeng's body.

The seventh senior brother immediately turned to the street on the left, and more than a dozen people followed, running out of a short distance, and when they heard a miserable scream, someone immediately said: "Seventh senior brother, over there." Before entering the alley, they saw a figure walking slowly out of the alley, short and fat, it was the man in black who had just chased Xue Lingfeng, this person was holding a knife in one hand, and blood was dripping from the blade downward, and the other hand was actually carrying a head, the head was already blurred with flesh and blood, and everyone looked closely, but they could still distinguish that it was Xue Lingfeng's head.

The seventh senior brother tore off the black scarf covering his face, stepped forward, and said in a low voice: "Shenhou, have you succeeded?" He looked at the head again.

"The corpse is in the alley, you go and deal with it yourself, you know how to do it." The second senior brother also ripped off the black scarf, revealing a harmless face of humans and animals, it was the newly promoted Shenhou Mansion Shenhou Qu Xiaocang, who casually threw the human head to a subordinate, and the person took it, and someone on the side immediately took a black cloth bag and wrapped the human head.

The seventh senior brother was ordered to enter the alley, and after only walking a short distance, he vaguely saw a headless corpse lying on the ground, dressed in armor, and the big knife was still in his hand.

These seven senior brothers are naturally Yan Lingxian, the broken military captain among the Big Dipper, and he pulled the armor of the corpse with his hand, and his eyes were full of coldness.

Qu Xiaocang glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice: "You all know that the emperor has a decree, Xue Lingfeng colluded with Qi Ning, colluded with the enemy country, and even prepared to launch a mutiny in the capital, so we must secretly eradicate this person." Our army is going north, and the capital wants to be peaceful, so this matter can only be handled in secret. ”

"Shenhou, Xue Lingfeng is the commander of the Tiger God Battalion, he was sentenced for treason, and there is no general in the army, which will inevitably cause a commotion." Someone under him whispered.

"Xue Lingfeng was killed, after all, we can't hide it, and we don't need to hide it." Qu Xiaocang was unusually calm: "But it was not our Shenhou Mansion that killed Xue Lingfeng, but ..... Beihan Nine Heavenly Tower! ”

The crowd did not dare to speak much.

Qu Xiaocang obviously wanted to blame the northerners for this matter, but this was indeed the last choice at the moment.

Qu Xiaocang looked at the night sky, and then said, "There is still time for half a pillar of incense, and the team patrolling at night will come here and let them find Xue Lingfeng's corpse." Staring at one of them: "Yue Lin, you take two people to stay around here, and when the patrolmen find the corpse, you can appear and guide them to deal with the rest of the matter." ”

The man arched his hand and said, "Yes!" ”

Before dawn, Qu Xiaocang had already appeared in the palace, holding a box wrapped in black cloth in his hand, under the leadership of the palace people, he came to the inner palace, and when he entered the warm pavilion, he saw the eunuch Guihe waiting inside, Qu Xiaocang carried the box to the warm pavilion, put the box away, and then knelt on the ground, and there was a bead curtain in front of him, but Qu Xiaocang didn't look at whether there was anyone behind the bead curtain at all.

Guihe sighed beside him: "Shenhou is really neat, saying that it is three days, that is, three days." Staring at the wrapped box: "Is his head inside?" ”

Qu Xiaocang didn't answer, but untied the black cloth on the outside of the box with his own hands, and then carefully opened the box, the lights in this warm pavilion were bright, Guihe glanced at it, and inside was a bloody human head, frowned slightly, and sighed: "What a big human head!" ”

"The officers and soldiers on patrol should have found Xue Lingfeng's headless corpse." Qu Xiaocang said: "Someone will report this matter to the Ministry of War as soon as possible, but there is evidence of Jiutianlou's suspected assassination of Xue Lingfeng at the scene, so the Shenhou Mansion brought Xue Lingfeng's body back." ”

"It turns out that Commander Xue was assassinated by the people of the Nine Heavens Tower." Guihe said with a smile: "My army went north, and the Northern Han people sent assassins to create chaos in the capital of Jianye and assassinate my general of the Chu State, which is a reasonable thing. ”

Qu Xiaocang knelt on the ground and did not speak.

"Qu Shenhou, you have done a good job in this matter, and the emperor must be very satisfied." Guihe said: "But at this moment, the emperor will naturally not reward you directly, and when you look for an opportunity, you will be rewarded!" ”

Qu Xiaocang said respectfully: "Thank you to the emperor for his grace." ”

"Then you step back first." Guihe glanced at the box: "If this is the first level ......!" After a deep groan, he said, "Stay here for the time being." ”

Qu Xiaocang lowered his head and said, "Yes!" But he didn't mean to retreat immediately.

Guihe frowned and said, "Qu Shenhou is still in trouble?" ”

Qu Xiaocang finally raised his head and said, "Your father-in-law, I want to ask to see the King of Huainan!" ”

Guihe's face changed slightly, and he asked, "Qu Shenhou, you seem to have forgotten your identity. You are the Shenhou of the Shenhou Mansion, the Shenhou Mansion is directly under the emperor's yamen, and only obeys the emperor's will, although the King of Huainan has a noble status, you don't seem to be able to see him. ”

"Your father-in-law, please report on your behalf." Qu Xiaocang stared at Guihe's eyes: "The Shenhou Mansion has indeed been loyal to the emperor, but what Qu has done seems to have deviated from this principle. ”

Guihe's face turned gloomy, and he said coldly, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Qu Xiaocang arched his hand again and said: "Please report to the King of Huainan on your behalf, Qu Xiaocang of the Shenhou Mansion asks to see you!" ”

Guihe's face was ugly, there was a dead silence in the warm pavilion, the air seemed to be frozen, Qu Xiaocang maintained a posture of kneeling and arching his hands and did not move, Guihe stood two steps in front of Qu Xiaocang, and did not move.

After a while, I finally heard a voice sighing: "I knew a long time ago that if the Ximen Shenhou stepped down, among the Big Dipper, the only one who could really take on the big task was Qu Xiaocang, it seems that my eyes are still very accurate." In the middle of the words, there was suddenly an extra figure behind the bead curtain, the bead curtain was lifted, and Xiao Shaozong, the king of Huainan who was dressed in brocade and jade belt, appeared behind the bead curtain, walked out from behind the bead curtain slowly, carried his hands behind his back, stared at Qu Xiaocang who was kneeling on the ground, and sighed lightly: "Qu Shenhou wants to see this king, this king is here!" ”

Qu Xiaocang looked up at King Huainan and said respectfully: "Qu Xiaocang greets the prince!" ”

Xiao Shaozong smiled gently, but Guihe had already brought a chair very obediently and put it behind Xiao Shaozong, Xiao Shaozong sat down, and then said: "You want to see this king, what is the matter?" ”

"Lord Wang, this is the first level you want." Qu Xiaocang raised his hand and pointed to the box and said, "As soon as Xue Lingfeng dies, the dragons of the Tiger God Camp are leaderless." ”

Xiao Shaozong had a deeper smile on his face, and asked very directly, "When did you know?" ”

"The minister realized it later, and it wasn't until your duke ordered the minister to kill Xue Lingfeng that the minister understood." Qu Xiaocang said very seriously.

Xiao Shaozong sighed: "Qu Shenhou, do you know that although you are the smartest of the Big Dipper, you are also the most stupid, and it is you who can see through the key points, but you should not show your cleverness in front of this king, many people in this world are just too smart, so they are smart and mistaken by cleverness, and end up in defeat and death." ”

Guihe coughed lightly, and around the warm pavilion, several figures immediately appeared.

Qu Xiaocang didn't even look at it, his expression was unusually calm, and said: "The minister just wants to thank the prince in person, if the prince feels that the minister is an untrustworthy minion, they don't have to do it, and the minister will commit suicide in front of the prince immediately." ”

Xiao Shaozong and Guihe glanced at each other and said with a smile: "The Marquis of Qu God should not claim to be a minister in front of this king. ”

"The prince has taken control of the capital, and he will soon reign over the world." Qu Xiaocang was respectful and direct: "The minister's self-proclaimed claim is not wrong. ”

Xiao Shaozong stared at Qu Xiaocang's eyes, Qu Xiaocang's small eyes were like mung beans, but just like that, it seemed to be more difficult for people to see through, Gui He had already sneered beside him: "Qu Xiaocang, do you know that your words are already a rebellion, which is enough to pull you out and behead the public." ”

"I have already said that the prince wants me to die, and he doesn't have to do it at all." Qu Xiaocang looked unusually calm at this time.

Xiao Shaozong leaned forward slightly, staring at Qu Xiaocang's small eyes, and his voice didn't seem to have any emotion: "You come to give this king a reason not to kill you, don't say the wrong thing, what this king hates the most is the trouble that is not controlled by this king, and you seem to have become the trouble of this king now!" ”