Chapter 18: Aftershocks (2)

A group of officers and soldiers carrying spears and lining up in a column were patrolling the pile of displaced people, and saw an old woman staggering to the ranks of officers and soldiers. It was a good scene of the military and civilian fish and water situation, but at this time, the sergeant's spear took off for some reason, stabbed straight at the old woman, and stabbed it all at once!

By the time the sergeant retrieved the spear, the old woman was too dead to die. The spear was bloody, the sergeant's head went blank, and the crowd was silent, staring at the spear in the sergeant's hand.

"Officers and soldiers are killing~"

"Paying for your life!"

The speed of the spear head, or the speed of being fiddled with, Xu Qing, who was standing on the city tower, did not expect it, almost as if the spear head himself was conscious. It is impossible for the sergeant to take the initiative to kill on his own, and there are thousands of homeless people present, and if they are in a hurry, they can trample him into pulp.

The homeless people were restless, Ciyuan commanded the troops to gather, and one or two hundred men also gathered and confronted the troops. Someone shouted: "Kill the dog!" ”

The restless homeless people seemed to have a common goal, not true or false, and they all glared angrily at Ciyuan Zhao Tian and the others. Fake homeless people naturally have ulterior motives, and real homeless people naturally have their anger, hunger, tiredness, wandering to Cangzhou, and being killed, why is this? God is unfair!

For a while, the negative emotions in the resettlement area skyrocketed instantly, and the displaced people pointed at the people on Ciyuan's side and scolded angrily, and began to have physical conflicts, Xu Qing waved his hand, and Niu Gouze led eight hundred soldiers out to maintain the situation. Although Xu Qing didn't see who had pulled the gun, he stood on the city wall and stared at the homeless man next to the sergeant, and saw a person quietly leaving the center in the chaos.

Seeing the appearance clearly, Xu Qing took two soldiers and caught them while the cattle were grazing and surrounded the homeless. The man's eyes rolled, startled, and white, and blood oozed from the corners of his mouth. Xu Qing's eyes stared at him, only to see him twitch twice and then lose his breath.

Dead soldiers! This is a dead man!

It is not an exaggeration to describe Xu Qing's heart by turning over the river and the sea, the water in Cangzhou is getting deeper and deeper. First of all, every household raises private soldiers, and now even the dead soldiers that only those nobles in the court have come out, Cangzhou alone, can Xu Qing really suppress it? Is it really as Xu Qing thought, the Shao family has declined, and the others are not worried?

There are also hunters who hide deeply, or rather, big prey...... Xu Qing watched the homeless people get honest under the saber, and his eyes swept over, but he found nothing. Xu Qing himself also smiled secretly, where would he find it if he glanced at it here?

The old woman's death must be explained...... The sergeant wanted to support the old woman, but he didn't think that he would have to carry such a big black cauldron. Xu Qing knew the truth and was unwilling to punish him, but the displaced people decided that "seeing is believing", and if the sergeant was not guilty, he was afraid that there would be trouble......

Fortunately, the old woman who died unjustly was only a black household, no different from a slave, and it didn't have to be a capital crime to kill. Xu Qing gave the sergeant eighty lashes, and after beating them on the spot, he calmed the hearts of the people and secretly sent a lot of money and food for recuperation and comfort.

Turning back to the house, Xun Xue'er found Xu Qing with red eyes, and said in a hoarse voice:

"Brother Xu, Ye Yu and Sister Qi are gone......"

Xun Yeyu Xu Qi is missing!

- Xu Qing's face sank like water, and his heart was as cold as ice: "Those who dare to touch my family will not die!" Xu Qing comforted Xun Xue'er while comforting her, she couldn't do anything too sad.

Xun Yeyu is missing, Xu Qing's feelings are not very big, firstly, Xun Yeyu has a sister and other family members, and secondly, Xun Yeyu is not as good as Xu Qi, he is the first person Xu Qing has met in the Tang Dynasty so far as to be considered a "family".

remembered that when I bought a donkey, I saw Xu Qi as thin as a chicken cub, and she was taught a lesson by someone's teeth, so I was distressed and bought her together. I thought I could have a little maid, but later I found out that Xu Qi didn't know anything better than Xu Qing, and she didn't know anything, so Suo Xin always took it as a sister.

Yesterday I was still having fun in Xu Qing's study, shouting that I wanted to learn to write, and I couldn't learn it a few times, Xu Qing scolded a "stupid girl", so angry that Xu Qi Xu Qi bit Xu Qing's arm and took a big bite, and the tooth marks are still there......

Today, the author of the tooth mark is no longer there. As soon as Xu Qing thought about this, the anger that he had finally suppressed came out again, and the bones in his whole body gurgled. What made Xu Qing even more unhappy was that he had all his strength, but he didn't even know who the enemy was.

Memories are always accompanied by remorse, no wonder the two words are homophonic.

Turning back to the Thorn History Mansion, Xu Qing saw that the cow was eating grass and Wang Shan Qitai were there, suppressed his anger, and said one word:

"Check ......"

Don't look at Wang Shanniu's hundreds of subordinates, but they are not the court servants who eat. Theoretically, they are Xu Qing's family generals, and emotionally they are also Xu Qing's family. They knew that Xun Yeyu and Xu Qi were missing, and they were the same anger and nervousness. Xu Qing only said a word lookup, and they led the troops to go.

Clue? Direction? What else do you want to do, just turn Cangzhou City upside down!

"Xue'er, tell me carefully, how did Ye Yu Xu Qi lose it?" Xu Qing looked at Xun Xue'er, who was worried.

"Brother Xu, alas, ......" Xun Xue'er blamed herself, Xu Qing praised her pretty face, Xun Xue'er continued: "Ye Yu and Sister Qi were playing in the yard, but somehow, after arriving at the rockery, I only heard a 'boom' sound, I ran out to see, and I saw Sister Qi and they were gone...... Alas......" Xun Xue'er held back her tears and said in a low voice, looking at Xu Qing with sad eyes.

Seeing Xu Qing thoughtfully, the "rockery" "boomed", could it be, a secret road? This is so bloody, isn't it?,There's an unknown secret passage in your backyard?! Xu Qing thought about it for a while, and immediately recruited his subordinates, planning to dig a rockery to find out.

When he got to the rockery, Xu Qing understood a little. The rockery is placed outside Xu Qing's study, and he works in the study on weekdays, and the courtyard outside the study is where Xu Qi's two children play. In other words, if Xu Qing had been staying in the study office, it would be impossible to have a chance to start......

Displaced people, transfer the tiger away from the mountain...... Secret Passages Unknown ...... Inside the Assassin's Mansion...... Who built the Assassin's Mansion?

Thinking about it, Xu Qing hurriedly and directly ordered the rockery to be dug up, and he didn't have the patience to crack any more mechanisms. Fortunately, this rockery is relatively small, there are only three boulders, first hollow out one side, tied with a rope, everyone is powerful, but only a boom, the boulder is pulled down......

The first boulder fell, revealing the ground, and the second boulder fell, revealing a swarthy hole. Sure enough, there was a secret passage, although Xu Qing had expected it in his heart, he was still frightened, after all, it was a couch place.

The entrance of the cave is not big, and it is extremely narrow at the beginning, so that people can pass through. Entering the entrance of the cave, going down five or six feet, lighting a torch and seeing, there was no trace, it seemed that Xu Qi and the others were stunned, and it was impossible to be killed. That killer would be stupid enough to sneak in just to end up with two kids?

Boldly explored, the secret passage was very short, only about a mile away, and then I saw that the front was spacious, and the torch was illuminated, and it was a small round hole, like a small house. Looking up, a lid. Xu Qing didn't open it, he knew that this was outside the Thorn Shi Mansion, and the people above must have left a long time ago.

Scare! Xu Qing patted his head, feeling that people were going to block the door, although the murderer may have left early, he still had a glimmer of hope.

Outside the Thorn Mansion, the cow eats grass Wang Mountain has already searched the entire Cangzhou City Iron Rope Tower, and the street is searching.

Houses, shops, toilets, up to the roof, down to the cellar, outside to the back of the gate, inside to the dressing table of the female dependents...... Kick open the door that closes, lift off the one who eats, block it when it, and tear it off when it makes people...... Whether it is a noble family, a common household, a green building, or a restaurant, they have all been cleaned by the cattle and grass king mountain.

Although the "military disaster" has spread widely, this wave of soldiers seems to be looking for something, and they don't grab or smash things, and they bring them with them when they go out, which is very polite! The common people were naturally safe, but they were happy to be idle, watching the soldiers come and go......

It's just that the families of the world are extremely depressed...... The woman broke into the man outside in the inner room, it was really insulting!

In the Assassin's Mansion, Xu Qing walked out of the secret passage, because the secret passage was closed and the air was not circulating, Xu Qing's head was a little dizzy, and he breathed hard in the fresh air. As soon as he woke up, Xu cleared his mind and opened his eyes, his eyes were red......

The gate of Cangzhou City continued to be blocked, and Niu Eating Grass and the others were found by Xu Qing again, and immediately sent two teams of men and horses from the Thorn Shi Mansion. A team of cows grazing and taking them to catch all the people in the families of all the clans, whether you are innocent or not...... If I, Xu Qi Yeyu, am hurt, I am ready to exchange the life of the Cangzhou clan!

Another team of people, led by Qi Tai, rushed to the Yu family in Nanpi, and Xu Qing investigated and learned that the first builder of this Thorn History Mansion was the Yu family!

After Cangzhou was calm for a few days, people were panicked again, and everyone was asking, what happened to the assassin Shi?

At the discussion of the Huang family, an old man slapped the table and shouted:

"Is this assassin insane? You see, here's the result of currying favor with him! ”

The head of the clan discussion was empty, and Huang Shimei sat next to her, she knew that someone was taking the opportunity to attack her...... Huang Shimei said softly: "But my uncle doesn't understand the situation, Xu Tingshi's sister is missing, and she accidentally collided with her uncle's room, which is also ......."

"Hmph...... Could it be that he lost a sister and was going to turn Cangzhou City over? Could it be that Cangzhou City is his plaything! ”

"Xu Tingshi saved the Huang family once, and helped the Huang family find his son-in-law, the favor owed to him must be repaid, I hope that my uncle will see the overall situation......" Huang Shimei was calm on the surface, but in fact, she was also worried about Xu Qing, she could suppress it on the side of the Huang family, but the other clans ...... But I love face very much!

At the entrance of the vegetable market, on the ten-mouth oil pot rack, the oil in the pot was burned and rolled, as if it was about to be ignited, and the little guy hurriedly withdrew some firewood. Ten pig killers in Cangzhou City stood aside, with red scarves soaked in chicken blood on their heads, and dozens of prisoners knelt aside.

The soldiers surrounded the entrance of the vegetable market, and Xu Qing was crowned in scarlet clothes, and sat with a cold face......