Out of Panlong Mountain, it is the Drinking Horse River, but now the Drinking Horse River has been fully covered by snow, white and boundless, where can you still see the shadow of the river?

Li Hongji and Li Guo looked for the footprints of others, found the drinking horse bridge, there is a pavilion on the bridge, the four corners fly up, like a crane with wings ready to fly, on the two pillars in the front, is a pair of carved couplets, although there is a small amount of snow, but vaguely still see clearly, "the stream reflects the dragon realm, the mountain slopes and the drinking horse bridge", the forehead inscription on the lintel above is also carved in big characters, "ascending immortals and crossing ants", I don't know what allusion comes from.

There is still a letter below, it looks longer than the couplet, there are many official positions of people who want to write, and the bottom of the letter has been covered with a thin layer of snow, Li Hongji wiped the snow with his hands, and saw that the signature was "Zhen'an Prefecture Zhizhou, Promote Ganzhou Mansion Tongzhi, Yi Xuan Gong Ai Yingjia wrote and wrote".

It turned out to be a member of the Ai family, Li Hongji's hatred of Ai Zhao, and he didn't even have a good impression of the people of the Ai family, although he didn't know who this Ai Yingjia was, but when he wiped off the snow and saw such a payment, his heart was like eating a fly.

He took a sip at the Yinma Bridge, spit out a trace of bad luck, walked a few steps with Li Guo, and entered the city from the Rouyuan Gate in the north, the main road to the gate is the North Street of Mizhi County, although the street is wide, but the snow on it is more than half a foot thick, this is still after many people trampled on the snow, the snow in the wilderness outside, I am afraid that it is a foot thick.

Walk only one mile, is Mizhi County Ya, now has not passed the Lantern Festival, it is snowing again, the Yamen should not have gone to work, the gate is closed, the door is covered with snow by two lonely stone lions, only the shape of two piles of snow remains.

Li Guo whispered: "Second uncle, when you arrive at the county office, you need to be careful, not far ahead, it is Ai Zhao's mansion." ”

When Li Hongji was a post officer, he often went to Mizhi County to deliver official documents, of course, he was no stranger here, but this time he came back with a purpose, he didn't want to make extraneous branches, so he hurriedly walked over.

I woke up for about half a mile, and then it was getting dark, and only the snow reflected some faint light, and even the buildings on both sides seemed blurred.

Li Guo got close to Li Hongji, and didn't speak, but pointed to a wide compound on the right side, Li Hongji understood, nodded lightly, but scolded in his heart: Okay, you Ai Zhao, you live in this kind of wide-gate compound, but you don't let a small person like me live a comfortable life, this is what you asked for!

The two found an inconspicuous hotel nearby to live in, and asked the store for some hot rice and soup to eat, Li Hongji turned his head and was about to sleep, "It's really a little lacking to travel in the snow for days." ”

"Second uncle, have you planned everything?" Li Guo leaned to the kang, close to Li Hongji, and his voice was not loud, "When will you do it?" Tomorrow is the Lantern Festival, although it is snowing outside, the street may not be as lively as in previous years, but the big families will still light up the lights and candles, or the Lantern Festival? ”

"It's over the Lantern Festival?" Li Hongji sneered, "I can't wait for a moment, does he still think about the Lantern Festival?" Don't worry, I'll sleep first, and then I'll do it when the time comes, and then you wait outside, and I'll just go in alone! ”

"Second uncle, your and my fates have long been linked, why do you still say such things at this time?" Li Guo's face turned red, "I must accompany me in, even if it is the Longtan Tiger's Den, I will compensate the second uncle to break through together." ”

"Double happiness, it's not like this, the second uncle doesn't believe you, and it's not that he's afraid of affecting you, but we must leave a way back, in case we surprise the people of Aifu, someone must be outside to answer."

Li Guo hurriedly said: "That...... The second uncle is waiting outside, I'll go in, the second uncle's injury is not healed! ”

"My injury is fine," Li Hongji gritted his teeth and said: "Don't fight for double happiness, Ai Zhao is the one who wants to hurt me, I must end it with my own hands before I can solve my hatred." ”

"How is the second uncle going to end it? Is it ......?"

Li Hongji had already closed his eyes, as if he was going to sleep, "Don't ask, don't ask, when the time comes, you just watch the wind outside, in case there is anything outside, remember to send me a message." ”

Li Guo was still not at ease, "Second uncle, the wall of Aifu is very high, and the snow is freezing, I'm afraid it won't be easy to go up." ”

"It's okay, there's this!" Li Hongji untied the flying claw from his waist, and after unfolding, there were five corners, which were easy to hook on the wall, and there was a thin rope attached under the flying claw, which was not long, but it should be enough to climb Aifu.

Only then did Li Guo put his mind at ease and slept with his clothes on the other side of the kang.

As soon as Zi Shi arrived, there was already a call for a husband to beat the other outside, Li Hongji woke up Li Guo, got off the hot kang, tore the white sheet on the kang into two copies, draped it on his body, took a pillow towel, and wrapped his head.

The two of them carried waist knives, gently pulled the latch, and climbed out of the hotel from the wall, the snow was still falling, but their whole bodies were wrapped in white, and it was easy to hide in the snow, and when the voice of the husband was far away, they quietly crossed the North Street, and then followed the alley to the backyard of Aifu.

"Wang, Wang, Wang......"

Several dog barks, Li Guo's face was as pale as earth, and Li Hongji smiled, "Look for death!" He took out half of the steamed bun from his bosom and threw it in, and in a short time the sound of the dog disappeared, and the heaven and earth were quiet in an instant, except for the north wind to blow the dead branches and make a whirring neighing sound.

Li Guoyin was under a big tree, Li Hongji approached the wall, estimated the height, took out the flying claw, turned it twice in his hand, and suddenly loosened the rope, and when the flying claw was higher than the wall, he gently dragged it, and the flying claw fell silently on the wall.

Li Hongji made a gesture, asked Li Guo to hide his figure, grabbed the rope himself, and flew up the wall, the wall of Aifu was only more than a zhang, and it was effortless to get up, he threw the rope into the wall again, tried to test the flying claw steadily, and then grabbed the rope and slid down quietly.

The black dog of the Ai family was already lying on the snow, motionless, Li Hongji estimated that it would wake up after touching it for a while, pulled out his waist knife, wiped it on its neck, and a warm blood spurted out, melting a large piece of snow.

Li Hongji was worried about the smell of blood, so he got up in the middle of the night to go to the toilet, and picked up some snow to cover up the blood, and only when he couldn't smell the smell of blood did he get up and walk forward.

Li had already inquired clearly, the courtyard of Ai Mansion is a three-in-five structure, the first in front is the accommodation of guards and servants, the middle one is the main hall and warehousing, and the second room on the left is Ai Zhao's bedroom.

They came from the backyard, the nearest house, naturally is Ai Zhao's bedroom, so as not to alarm the guards in front, he tiptoed close to the bedroom, just close to the door, he smelled a smell of alcohol, is it so late, Ai Zhao is still drinking and having fun?

Putting his ear close to the door, there was no sound of anyone talking in the room, but there was a faint sound of a person snoring, Li Hongji was overjoyed: It turns out that Ai Zhao has eaten too much wine, God really helps me! He settled down, and by the light of the snow, he saw that there was no one around, pulled out his waist knife, stuffed it into the crack of the door, found the position of the door latch, and fiddled with it a few times, and the door latch suddenly lightened.

Li Hongji held a knife in his right hand, and slowly pushed open a gap in the front door with his left hand, and when he opened his eyes, there were no lights and candles in the room, it was dark, and after a while, there was no sound in the room except for the snoring sound.

Now that he has come, Li Hongji doesn't care about any danger, after today, I'm afraid there will be no such opportunity, he dodged into the house, the main entrance is still open, in case of an ambush by the guards, it is better to get out quickly.

Li Hongji was crappy in the corner, with the help of the faint snow light, and when he turned around, this was the outer room of the bedroom, and the snoring was still in front.

A strong smell of alcohol came to his face, and the snoring sound was like earth-shattering thunder, only a glimmer of light came from the charcoal brazier under the kang, Li Hongji touched the position of the kang head according to the snoring sound, and moved the sheet behind him to his chest, so as not to get blood stains on his body when he got it.

The person on the kang may have been alarmed, and suddenly turned over, he was lying down, but at this time he was sleeping facing outward, and his right arm was still exposed outside the brocade quilt, Li Hongji was taken aback, and hurriedly leaned against the corner of the wall and hid his traces.

Fortunately, the person on the kang did not wake up, he turned over and fell asleep again, his mouth was whispering, he couldn't hear clearly, as if he was calling a woman's maiden name, I didn't know whether to find water to drink or a woman to accompany him.

But no one answered, and there seemed to be only one person on the kang.

Li Hongji waited for him to sleep steadily, then approached the kang again, took out the fire fold from his arms, twisted the lid of the box, and blew it gently, and suddenly saw a soft ray of light in the room, completely covering the light of the charcoal brazier.

He wants to see if the person on the kang is Ai Zhao, so as not to be injured by mistake, Li Hongji doesn't think it's a big deal to kill the wrong person, this kind of person in the deep house compound, no one is wronged if he dies, in case the main owner Ai Zhao escapes this catastrophe, that is wronged, and he is wronged to death.

The fire fold was immediately extinguished, although the light was extinguished in a flash, but Li Hongji could see it clearly, the person sleeping on the kang on his side, his face was facing outward, and the face was white and red, and it was as well maintained as a big girl's face, but who was Ai Zhao? In particular, the scar at the corner of the eye is almost the sign of Ai Zhao, and it is called "Ai Scar Eye" behind the scenes, which is louder than Ai Zhao's name.

Li Hongji used to come to Mizhi County because he wanted to deliver letters, although he had no friendship with Ai Zhao, but he had also met a few times from afar, besides, how many people in this county town did not know Ai Zhao? Unless you don't want to mix around in the county.

This big man, who usually has five or six people and hugs when he goes out, sleeps alone in an empty room today, not only does he have no guards around, but he doesn't even have a concubine, probably because he can't stand the smell of alcohol in his mouth.

Li Hongji packed up the fire fold, stuffed it into his arms, paused again, suppressed the ecstasy and fear in his heart, he held a knife in his left hand, grabbed Ai Zhao's long hair with his right hand, pulled it back, and completely exposed Ai Zhao's neck.

"Click...... Whew......"

The blade penetrated into the bones, the blood sprayed wildly, and although the sound was subtle, it was particularly thrilling in this peaceful night, and the peaceful Aifu.