The rain is getting lighter, the fire is raging, outside the house where the goods are stacked, the inner three floors and the inner three floors are already surrounded by Yulin soldiers, the archers seal the front and back windows, and the other Yulin soldiers are holding spears and big knives, surrounding the house impenetrable, and the people in the house are difficult to fly even if they have wings. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Qi Ning put his hands behind his back, standing not far from the house, looking coldly at the house in the flames, his eyes were cold, behind him, one left and one right were Wu Dalin and Qi Feng, Hu Bowen, who was tied like a zongzi, had a pale face, and stood not far behind Qi Ning, two Yulin warriors held him, and the knife in one of his hands was on Hu Bowen's neck.

There were continuous screams in the house, some were shot, and although the rest of the people wanted to break through the door to the main hall, there were soldiers on the side of the main hall, and Li Tang personally led people to guard the door of the house, and the gang wanted to get out but couldn't.

"Master Hou is like a god." Wu Dalin's expression was solemn: "If it weren't for the Hou Ye to see the tricks of Hu Bowen, the dog thief, the goods would have been destroyed, and if he sent an envoy to Dongqi to ask for relatives, he would also die halfway." ”

"Team Leader Wu, is the cargo safe and sound?" Qi Ning asked with a slight twist.

Wu Dalin said: "According to the instructions of the Hou Ye, all the goods have been transferred, and heavy guards have been dispatched, so there will be no problems." ”

Qi Ning nodded slightly, and Qi Feng asked beside him: "Master Hou, do you want to catch two live mouths and interrogate confessions?" ”

"They don't know much." Qi Ning said: "Who is behind it, in fact, Lord Hu knows very well. He turned around, walked up to Hu Bowen, and said lightly: "Master Hu, I don't know if you have anything else to say now?" ”

Huberwin craned his neck slightly, closed his eyes, and did not speak.

"Actually, you have made a contribution." Qi Ning smiled faintly, "If it weren't for you to cooperate with them inside and out, Ben Hou set this trap, they might not be able to come in." ”

Hu Bowen sighed and said, "Little Marquis, I really underestimated you, I didn't expect you to be so young and scheming. ”

"If you don't have one more heart eye and are swallowed in your stomach, Ben Hou is afraid that he won't know how he died." Qi Ning also sighed: "Lord Hu, the emperor asked you to serve as a deputy envoy, and he is also very kind to you, you don't want to serve the emperor, and you want to destroy the embassy to ask for relatives, you should know what the result will be if this matter is presented to the imperial court." ”

Hu Bowen looked at Qi Ning and said with a faint smile: "So far, I have nothing to say." If the Hou Ye wants to kill or chop, listen to it. ”

"If you want to kill or chop, naturally the emperor will come to decide." Qi Ning said: "Master Hu, you may not have to die, I believe that you are just a pawn used by others in this matter, to say a polite word, you are just a servant of the Ministry of Rites, even if you have this heart, you don't have the courage." And I wonder why you should be at the mercy of others and deliberately sabotage the mission if this mission is successful, and you can be regarded as a great achievement? ”

Hu Bowen smiled: "Is Master Hou going to interrogate me?" ”

Qi Ning shook his head and said, "Don't worry, I won't abuse lynching, and when it's time to interrogate, someone will naturally try you." Carrying his hands and smiling lightly: "Actually, Liang Xiong is much smarter than you, if it weren't for his confession of how you discussed luring the wolf into the house, I am only afraid that there are still loopholes in the trap we set and will be seen through by these people." ”

"This man seems to be brave, but he is a coward." Hu Bowen sneered: "Master Hou, do you think this kind of person will be trusted?" ”

"What do you mean by that?"

Hu Bowen smiled: "It's not interesting, but I don't know what Hou Ye asked from him?" ”

Qi Ning asked rhetorically, "What do you think Ben Hou will ask him?" ”

"Of course, Master Hou will ask, who is behind the instruction of us to sabotage the mission to seek relatives." Although Hu Bowen's face was a little pale, his voice was still calm: "Liang Xiong must have confessed truthfully. ”

Qi Ning said: "Since he confessed, you Lord Hu shouldn't grit his teeth and not let go, it's meaningless." ”

Hu Bowen looked up and laughed, Qi Ning frowned, and asked, "Do you think this is funny?" ”

"I just sighed, Master Hou is very shrewd, and he can even understand our plan clearly, but in the end, I am afraid that I will still be deceived by Liang Xiong."

Qi Ning smiled and said, "How do you know that I was deceived by him?" ”

"Since Master Hou knows that Liang Xiong is just a chess piece, how much truth do you think he can know?" Hu Bowen said with a smile: "This kind of person, I have never trusted it from the beginning, Hou Ye should believe that Xia Guan has been in the officialdom for many years, and now he is in his early fifties, and it is not difficult to play with the little Liang Xiong." ”

Qi Ning nodded and said, "I believe that Liang Xiong was toyed with by you and applauded, and you were also toyed with by applauded." ”

Hu Bowen said: "Master Hou is underestimating the lower officials." Liang Xiong is playing with the lower officials, he doesn't know it, but the lower officials are played by others, but they are very different, the two are very different, Hou Ye must not compare me with such crumbs. ”

Qi Feng stood beside Qi Ning, and when he saw that Hu Bowen was still unfathomable and profound at such a time, he was a little unpleasant, and said coldly: "The surname Hu, don't pretend here, die to the end, and still have a hard mouth here, if you don't confess honestly, I will throw you into the fire now." ”

The fire was raging, and the archers sealed the front and rear windows, and as long as someone approached the window, they immediately shot arrows, and the inside of the cargo room was already enveloped in fire, and the heart-rending screams came from the room, and the terrible screams were like the wails of the unjust ghosts from the eighteenth layer of hell.

Hu Bowen heard the terrible howl, and the corners of his eyes also twitched slightly, but Qi Ning was light and light, his face did not change, and he didn't seem to hear any sound.

For opponents, Qi Ning never gave sympathy and mercy.

"If Master Hou wants to kill me, you can do it now." Hu Bowen sighed: "When the lower officials embarked on this road, they knew that it was extremely dangerous, and if they were not careful, their lives would be difficult to protect. But sometimes, knowing that the road is dangerous, but also have to go up, Hou Ye is young, may not be able to understand this state of mind, maybe one day, you also understand the hardships of the lower officials. He closed his eyes and said no more.

Seeing this, Qi Ning knew that Hu Bowen had made up his mind that he would not say anything more, and he was not in a hurry to ask, so he made a look, and the soldiers immediately took Hu Bowen down.

"Master Hou, did you send someone to escort him back to Beijing?" Wu Dalin said softly: "Or execute on the spot?" ”

Qi Ning shook his head and said: "Although he is extremely evil, after all, he is an official of the imperial court, and he is still handed over to the emperor for decision, but he can't be sent back now." ”

"Oh?" Wu Dalin frowned and said, "Do you want to take them to Eastern Qi?" ”

Qi Ning said with a smile: "We can rush to the Huai River tomorrow, the Qinhuai Legion must have a garrison camp on the bank of the Huai River, before crossing the river, temporarily detain these two people in the camp of the Qinhuai Legion, and wait until we return from Dongqi, and then personally escort him back to Beijing." ”

Wu Dalin said: "Is Master Hou worried that sending them back to the capital first will cause trouble?" ”

Qi Ning said: "The deputy envoy of the dignified Chu State was escorted back to Beijing before he left the country, and once this matter spreads, it will definitely cause criticism, and even affect the envoy to Dongqi." He chuckled lightly and said: "And now escort them back to Beijing, but you and I are going to Eastern Qi, who knows if there will be new changes after Hu Bowen returns to Beijing, you don't forget, you can instruct this waiter of the Ministry of Rites to take risks behind his back, that is not everyone can do it, everything is important in the overall situation, there is no need to worry." ”

Wu Dalin thought that this brocade was young, but this brain was really good, and the consideration was also thoughtful and thoughtful, so there was a trace of admiration in his heart, and he arched his hand and said: "Everything will be done according to the instructions of the Hou Ye." ”

At this time, the miserable howl in the house had stopped, Li Tang and the Yulin soldiers had also withdrawn from the house, and the entire house had been completely engulfed by the flames, and the rain had weakened a lot at this time, but the fire was not extinguished by the rain, Wu Dalin stepped forward and did not let the soldiers retreat.

Qi Feng approached Qi Ning's side and said in a low voice: "Master Hou, you don't need to guess who the real murderer behind the scenes is, and you don't need to interrogate." ”

"Oh?" Qi Ning glanced at Qi Feng and said, "Qi Dawei, didn't he learn fortune-telling?" ”

Qi Feng was a little embarrassed, smiled, but still said in a low voice: "Master Hou, besides Sima Old Thief, who else can there be?" His granddaughter couldn't enter the palace and couldn't be the queen, so she tried her best to sabotage and ask for marriage to Dongqi. ”

"Hugh is talking nonsense." Qi Ning frowned and said in a deep voice: "At present, there is no evidence to prove that it was done by the Sima family, and there is no evidence, don't talk nonsense." ”

Qi Feng saw that the little marquis seemed to be a little annoyed, and he didn't dare to say more.

A moment later, there was a clattering sound, and the house had collapsed in the flames, and the people in the house had long since lost their voices, either killed by bows and arrows, or buried in the flames, leaving not a single living mouth.

Not long after the house collapsed, the fire gradually died out in the night rain, and when the fire was completely extinguished, the soldiers of Yulin searched through the ruins and found seven charred corpses, four of whom were killed by bows and arrows, and the remaining three were burned alive by the flames.

The remaining black-clothed man who stayed behind in the back window had already been killed by the archers with excellent archery skills among the Yulin soldiers, and there were many of the eight corpses.

Qi Ning knew that even if these corpses were thrown here, there would not be many people coming to this deserted village, and they might not be found, but he was worried that after the corpses decomposed, they would spread the epidemic, so he ordered the soldiers to dig a pit near the village and bury them.

Tonight in the urn to catch turtles, but there was no casualty on the side of the Yulin camp, and when the corpses were buried, everything was cleaned up, the sky was already slightly bright, and it rained heavily all night, and finally stopped, Wu Dalin ordered the soldiers to reload the transferred goods into the truck, ready to leave.

Before dawn, the mission set off again, Hu Bowen and Liang Xiong were also escorted on the road, from beginning to end, Hu Bowen did not say a word more, but Liang Xiong was quite worried, and from time to time he talked to the soldiers guarding him, but Wu Dalin had an explanation, prohibiting anyone from saying a word to these two people, so no one bothered Liang Xiong.

The air after the rain is mixed with the smell of grass and earth, and the eyes are full of green mountains and green grass, beautiful and peaceful.

Although the biggest crisis facing the mission was discovered and resolved, Qi Ning was really not happy to think that the deputy envoy and deputy leader of the mission had both been detained before he left the country.

At dusk, Wu Dalin rode to De Qining's side, raised his hand and pointed forward: "Master Hou, in front of you is the camp of the Qinhuai Army, and more than 20 miles away, it is Huaishui." Qi Ning looked up, under the sky, and sure enough, he saw a camp in front of him, and vaguely saw a team of people and horses riding towards this side, waving flags and fluttering in the wind.