In the middle of the night, Guo Ao's father, son, brothers, and more than 300 soldiers rushed to the door of Shihu's mansion, shouting that Shihu came out to pay for the life of the old man's daughter. Shi Hu had just ordered someone to nail Guo's coffin, and was about to entrust the matter of stopping the soul to his family, and he washed and slept first, when he suddenly heard the noise, he couldn't help but be shocked, that is, he wanted to raise his foot and kick over the house slave who came to report, but he gritted his teeth and held back.

- I'm a long-legged man with big legs, and I've just kicked one to death, so I'd better stop for a few days.

So he scolded: "Who leaked the news to the Guo family?" When I interrogate and understand, I will tear it up and feed it to the dogs! ”

Hurriedly ran out, ordered the tribe to firmly guard the door of the house, he found a ladder by himself, climbed the wall, and arched his hand: "The father-in-law led the soldiers to hold the staff, and came here at night, I don't know what happened?" ”

Guo Ao scolded angrily: "Little animal, why did my daughter owe to you, you actually killed her!" If you don't get out quickly, you will be bound, lest we invade the mansion and not be able to leave your whole corpse! ”

Shi Hu said with a smile: "Jing's wife really died of illness, because it was late, she failed to notify her father-in-law in time, and her father-in-law forgave her sins." How can I say that I killed her? Be careful not to listen to rumors......"

Guo Quan scolded: "Thief, you don't think about your relatives at all, and you have tried to kill my brother many times when you were merging the state. If you want to kill us, you can come down and kill us, why should you be angry with my sister? If I don't divide the body of this thief today, it will be difficult to vent the hatred in my heart! ”

Shi Hu was still a little at a loss, and he didn't know how to end this matter today...... Or do you want to spend it with them, and wait for the Heavenly King to send someone to come and solve the fight? But when he saw Guo Quan jumping out, he couldn't help but be angry in his chest, and scolded with his halberd: "It's Brother Ru who trapped me in front of the king of heaven and wanted to kill me!" I haven't gone looking for you yet, but you dare to come to me?! ”

- The Guo brothers will definitely not be able to hide this matter, although Shi Hu has only returned to Xiangguo, he has heard a lot of rumors before, otherwise he would not have been angry with the Guo family as soon as he entered the mansion.

He was so angry that he lost his mind and immediately jumped down from the wall, kicked over a small soldier, and snatched the long knife in his hand. The Guo brothers shouted, and each of them swung their knives and jumped forward, directly taking Shi Hu, three to one, and besieging Shi Hu in his heart.

Shi Hu roared violently and danced the long knife, like a mad tiger. He is a powerful man, how can the Guo brothers be his opponents? Guo Rong couldn't dodge, and was immediately slashed on the wrist by Shi Hu, and couldn't help screaming, and the weapon in his hand fell to the ground. Shi Hu took up a knife again, and was about to split Guo Rong's chest, but was separated by Guo Tai's horizontal knife. But the blades slammed into each other, and after handing over this knife, Mrs. Guo felt that her arm was numb, and her movements were inevitably slow, and she was kicked up by Shi Hu, and kicked to the ground in the center.

When the strong generals were fighting, the soldiers next to them didn't dare to approach, and they couldn't intervene at all. And Guo Rong's injury, Guo Tai fell again, the fight of the three brothers collapsed immediately, Shi Hu Nai turned around, the knife rose like lightning, and the knife fell like thunder, Guo Quan took his shoulder and arm, and the "brush" was split to the ground. Guo Ao saw it on the sidelines, and couldn't help but be stunned, he was sitting on the horse, so he immediately reached out to pick up the spear, and hit Shi Hu directly.

Before the spear arrived, Shi Hufu slashed over Guo Rong, who was still howling, and then reached out, grabbed Guo Ao's spear like lightning, pulled it hard, and shouted violently: "Old horseman, you and your son will die together!" Guo Ao was unable to do enough and was forced to let go, so Shi Hu immediately fell over the tail of the spear, like a rattan whip, and slapped Guo Ao's right arm so hard that even the arm bones were almost torn.

Guo Ao was in pain and frightened, hurriedly gritted his teeth, knocked his legs on the horse's belly, turned around and fled. Shi Hu chased after him, and those who dared to stop Guo's tribe were all chopped by him with a knife or a spear, and they were killed to the ground, and the blood flowed in front of the palace in an instant.

Seeing Guo Ao running away gradually, Shi Hu's left arm shook, and the spear flew out with a whirlwind, hitting the horse's buttocks with a "snap". The mount was in pain, hissed, raised its front hooves, and immediately lifted Guo Ao off the ground and fell into a daze. Finally struggled up, turned his head and looked, Shi Hu was about to catch up with the knife, and he was only more than ten steps away from him, Guo Ao was so frightened that his soul was scattered, and he hurriedly hugged his head and ran quickly.

After running a short distance, he suddenly heard the noise of people in front of him, and then turned around the corner with a torch, and the flag of the forbidden army was faintly revealed in the firelight. Guo Ao hurriedly waved and shouted as he ran: "Shi Hu wants to kill me, save me!" Help me! "Straight to this forbidden army.

The leader of the forbidden army was Shi Kan, the king of Changshan, who was nineteen years old - his son of the Honda clan, who was adopted by Shi Le, and was quite trustworthy - and the soldiers raised their bows and arrows, and glanced at Shi Hu from a distance, ready to shoot. Seeing this, Shi Hu had to stop abruptly-he had no armor, and if hundreds of arrows were fired at once, it was estimated that he would not be able to guard against it-and hurriedly shouted: "Brother Xian, it was Guo Lao's father and son who wanted to kill me, and I was forced to defend myself." Let's help my brother capture Guo Lao's thief! ”

Shi Kan raised his voice and said: "A certain person was ordered by the Heavenly King to solve the fight between the two families. You can quickly abandon the weapon, follow me to see the king of heaven, the merits of which are decided, and the king of heaven decides. ”

What did Shi Huxin say, abandon weapons? Am I not going to let the mermaids take their jobs? After all, he kicked Guo to death first, and just now he killed Guo Quan and Guo Rong, maybe even Mrs. Guo was kicked to death by his own kick...... Guo Lao thief has a chance to turn the tables, he will definitely fight with himself again, Shi Kan is young after all, I am afraid that he will not dare to stop him. As for going to see Shi Le, I originally heard that Zhang Jing and other courtiers asked Yu Jun to kill him in front of the army, and when he came back this time, he was already very lucky, and Yu Xiangguo City had such a big disaster, could Shi Le still forgive himself?

It's a pity that A-Niang (Queen Mother) is dead, I'm afraid no one can save herself anymore!

At a glance, I saw that Guo Ao's mount was quite humane, although it was crutches, it was not far away, and it seemed that it could still be ridden. Then he cried out, "The old thief will harm me, and I shall not fall into his mouth!" And when the king's anger is gone, I will go to His Majesty to ask for sin! Then he took a leap, climbed on the horse's back, pulled the reins, and fled.

Shi Kan hurriedly chased after him, but he was afraid of Shi Hu's courage and didn't dare to push too hard. chased until the east gate, only to know that Shi Hu had already cut through the pass and escaped. Shi Kan looked at the dark field outside the city, and in desperation, he could only lead Guo Ao to see Shi Le.

- As for Guo Rong and Guo Quan, they have already died, and Mrs. Guo is also seriously injured.

Guo Ao stroked his injured shoulder, knelt on the ground and cried, asking Shi Le to make his own decisions. Shi Le's eyes widened angrily, and he scolded: "Even if Shi Hu harms your daughter, you should not use troops in the capital, and the death of the second son is purely self-inflicted!" He ordered Guo Ao to be dragged down and detained.

He immediately ordered Shi Kan to lead the forbidden army to surround the Taiyuan Mansion and the Guo Mansion, and not let anyone escape, and to wait for the important ministers to come and then examine the matter in detail. In addition, I ordered all the guards at the East Gate to be killed - who let you let Shihu escape!

Someone had already been sent to inform Cheng Yao, Zhang Jing and others, and Shi Le sat on the main hall with a snort and waited, and his anger did not subside. Queen Cheng came with his clothes, helped him drape them on his body, and expressed relief. Shi Le asked, "Is Hong'er already asleep?" Cheng Hou smiled: "I went to bed early, although there was disturbance in the capital, but I couldn't wake him up......" Shi Le sighed: "I thought Shi Hu was young, and I wanted to keep him to assist Hong'er in the future, I didn't want to have this change!" ”

Cheng Hou took the opportunity to say: "Shi Hu is fierce, even in front of Hong'er, he often refuses to bow to his ministers. I heard that the day before yesterday, my brother and others asked His Majesty to behead him in front of the army for the crime of defeat, but unfortunately the king did not allow it......"

Shi Le waved his hand and said, "You woman should be careful not to say much about the affairs of the court. As soon as the words fell, the ministers reported that the important ministers had gathered in front of the palace and were waiting for His Majesty to summon them.

Shi Le's military ministers, Zhang Bin went to Youzhou, Jiao'an went to guard the party, and the main ones who remained in the court were: Hejian Wang Shisheng, Zhongshan Wang Shibin, Shangshu's right servant Cheng Yao, Zhongshu Ling Zhang Jing, secretary and supervisor Xu Guang, as well as Shangshu Li Feng, Pei Xian, Xun Xuan, Ren Bo, generals Wu Yu, Lu Ming, Li Han and so on. Hearing Shi Le's call, the ministers flocked into the hall and stood left and right - Cheng Hou naturally avoided going to bed.

The general situation has already been heard, so Shi Le didn't talk nonsense, so he asked them: "Shi Hu killed Guo Rong and Guo Quan, injured Guo Ao and Guo Tai, and fled, how should I deal with this matter?" ”

Cheng Yao first spoke, saying: "The minister heard that the father and son of the king of Taiyuan and General Guo mobilized troops in the capital for no reason, and if it is in accordance with the national law, it should be greatly opened. Only one is the nephew of His Majesty, and the other is the general of the country, and Meng Lang cannot engage in it, but should first distinguish the merits before making a conclusion. He seemed to be impartial in what he said, but in fact, while speaking, he glanced at Wu Yu and Lu Ming from the corner of his eye.

Wu and Lu are both one of the "eighteen horsemen" of Shi Le's beginning, fighting side by side with Guo Ao, galloping on the battlefield for several or twenty years, Cheng Ziyuan didn't need to think about it to know that those two goods must help Guo Ao say good things. Sure enough, before his words fell, Wu Yu immediately bowed his hand and said: "On the merits, he should plead before the king of heaven, but Shi Hu has already fled—if he is innocent, why should he escape?" Nature song in Shihu! ”

Shi Le said: "Shi Kan replied, and what Guo Ao said, it was Shi Hu who killed his concubine Guo by mistake, and Guo Ao's father and son led troops to his mansion, wanting to kill Shi Hu, but they were killed......"

In fact, this has already been said very clearly, Shi Hu killed his wife, and he had his own national law to deal with it, and it was not the turn of the Guo family to move troops in the capital privately. Therefore, Lu Ming hurriedly opened his mouth to defend Guo Ao, saying: "I suddenly heard that his daughter was killed, General Guo was resentful and reckless for a while, which is also human nature, and I hope that Your Majesty will be magnanimous." Wei Shihu killed the Guo brothers, but he refused to come to His Majesty to ambush the crime, but instead cut out of the pass, and the death penalty was inevitable! ”

Cheng Yao helped in time: "What you said is true." In this case, please also ask Your Majesty to issue an edict immediately, search for Shi Hu, and correct the law on the spot! He was still afraid that Shi Hu would come back, and Shi Le would be soft-hearted and unwilling to be ruthless when the time came, so he simply asked to be killed "on the spot".

Shi Le nodded and said: "If a small animal does such a thing, not killing it is not enough to correct the law of the country and calm the anger of the masses." However, Guo Ao should not be pardoned. Just as he was waiting for the order to be given, the secretary and supervisor Xu Guang took a step forward, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, slow down, listen to the minister's words." ”

"It's okay to be blunt."

At the beginning, Cheng Yao, Zhang Jing and others wanted to kill Shi Hu, but Xu Guang stopped him by saying that he really wanted to kill Shi Hu because of this, so what I did the day before yesterday was not all useless? On the contrary, he hated Cheng and Zhang in vain. So he said sincerely: "When the minister came, he met the king of Changshan (Shi Kan) on the way, and asked in detail, the king of Changshan said, when Shi Hu went, he said that he wanted to wait for His Majesty to be angry, and then come to His Majesty to ask for guilt ......"

Shi Le sneered: "Do I still expect him to return to himself?" ”

Xu Guang shook his head and said: "No, the minister thinks that from this, I know that Shi Hu still has the intention of admiring His Majesty." Shi Hu is the nephew of His Majesty, the general of the country, who knows a lot about military and political affairs, so he is urgent, if he is promoted, can't he be worried? ”

When Shi Le heard this, his brows couldn't help but twist fiercely.

As soon as Xu Guang saw that there was a door, he immediately continued: "When Pei Wen was here in the past, His Majesty had asked Shi Hu to learn from him, although they only got along for a few days, Shi Hu was very respectful of Pei. If His Majesty explicitly arrests him, he will flee far away, or go to Guanzhong and take refuge in Pei, which is unknown. Isn't it to drive away fish for the abyss and finches for the bushes? ”

Shi Le's eyes glared: "Don't be an old scholar!" ”

Xu Guang hurriedly explained: "The stone tiger is like a fish and a bird, and Guanzhong is an abyss and a cong; The fish enters the abyss, the finch enters the bush, and it can live, and His Majesty loses its fish and loses its finch, and the loss is doubled. And a large-scale attack is imminent, if you announce this matter clearly and kill the general, it will inevitably shake the hearts of the army - Your Majesty think twice! ”

Before Shi Le could react, Cheng Yao asked first: "Secretary Xu's intention, is it impossible to let Shi Hu go?" ”

Xu Guang shook his head and said, "Definitely." He didn't look at Cheng Yao, but still faced Shi Le, and said: "Tonight's turmoil in the capital, I implore Your Majesty to keep it a secret, until the ministers sitting there." You can secretly order all parts of the country to keep the prime minister, visit the place where Shi Hu goes, and if you find his traces, you can secretly arrest it. However, it is not allowed to issue an edict explicitly, so as to make the country frightened and harmful to the overall situation. ”

As Cheng Yao said, it was originally a capital crime to mobilize troops in the capital, and if he refused to come to see Shi Le and absconded in fear of crime, then as far as national law is concerned, Shi Hu's death 10,000 times is light, and Xu Guang is powerless to save him at all. But after all, it is a feudal country, and the national law is no bigger than the imperial power, as long as Shi Le is shaken, Shi Hu is expected to survive in secret. Therefore, Xu Guangcai suggested that Shi Le should not hunt Shi Hu openly, but visit secretly, which would inevitably tie his hands and feet. He estimated that with Shi Hu's martial bravery, he had lived in the army for many years, and he was deeply rooted, and it should not be difficult to temporarily lurk in the secret capture for a while.

Time can kill a lot of things, including hatred and anger, and when Shi Le's anger is gone, maybe Shi Hu still has the possibility of returning - King Taiyuan, I can only help you here.

Xu Jiwu's words are logical and reasonable, but Cheng Yao, Zhang Jing and others are really difficult to refute for a while. How to say that? We just want to hunt down Shi Hu with great fanfare and declare his guilt, as for the impact on the people's morale and morale, it is a trivial matter that can be ignored? This reason is not as good as the other party.

Therefore, in the end, Shi Le agreed with Xu Guang's words, that is, Shangshu secretly issued an order, and each city searched for the traces of Shihu, and once it was found, it was immediately reported to the central government and the army was sent to arrest it - that guy was too brave, and ordinary local soldiers may not be able to catch it. As for Guo Ao, under the repeated pleas of the ministers, he remembered his past achievements and the pain of losing his son, and temporarily closed his door to reflect - this time the southern expedition was originally made by Guo Ao to be the vanguard, but it was changed to Li Han.