What does the son of a nation do with so much silver?

Naturally, it is to raise soldiers and buy horses.

What do you do with a soldier?

Naturally, he came for his throne.

That's right, this is the logical thinking of the old emperor!

Therefore, several princes did not dare to make any moves in the open, even in private, and several people did not dare to make a big statement, because the surveillance not only came from the old emperor, but also from their brothers.

Qiao Lixi couldn't help but think evilly: The old emperor's suspicion still has some effect.

Think too much, take it back.

Gu Jinzhen wiped out several of Duanmuqing's "big" vaults here last time, and Duanmuqing's vitality was greatly damaged, so he had to make a fuss in "Jinxiu", but Qiao Laosi started later than Qiao Laosi, and now, the technology of the two companies is almost the same, and it is difficult for Qiao Laosi to satisfy Duanmuqing's appetite for a while.

But Duanmuqing can't afford to wait!

At the critical moment, the ambition of the second prince was gradually revealed, and there was no concern at all, the queen mother's birthday, I heard that the princes of the fiefdoms would also enter Beijing, according to the process of palace fighting, forcing the palace or something, I can't run, I just don't know which prince died like this.

By the way, there is also a dragon who sees the head and the end of the four princes, although he leaves Beijing all the year round, but the big and small things in the capital, he knows everything about it, and he has not relaxed at all.

After the rectification, Qiao Lixi and the others temporarily rested in this temporary foothold.

This is a courtyard in the small town of Chengde, close to the downtown area, a small courtyard, there is no difference between the front and back yards, it is enclosed into a square, a main house, a west wing room, a guest room, plus a kitchen and utility room, it couldn't be simpler.

Qiao Yixi knew that this was the courtyard that Gu Jinzhen had purchased earlier, and he must have prepared for many years to deal with Duanmuqing.

In the middle of the night, lying on the bed, Qiao Yixi couldn't fall asleep over and over.

It's not that she didn't want to find Gu Jinzhen's trace as soon as possible, but when she first arrived here, she didn't have any clue, she thought that she should make a plan first and find the right direction.

Following.

According to the content of Gu Jinzhen's previous letters, rice cakes and angelica found the bazaar and looked for the marks left by the master.

Qiao Lixi and Mama Shen were not idle, the two pretended to be shopping, and swayed in the place where the clue finally fell, and this swaying came to a big mansion.

While taking care of the business of the street vendors, Qiao Lixi quietly walked around the house.

The house is not magnificent, but it is very large, and the surrounding houses are all like this.

This is not surprising at all.

In the scorching summer, the emperor will take the queen and the favored concubines, capable officials to Chengde for summer vacation, although the old emperor's summer resort is big enough, but the officials with their families still like to live in their own place, besides, even if it is not to follow the old emperor to escape the summer, he comes over when he has nothing to do, and there is a place to stay, so as long as there is spare money in his hand, officials who have access to the house have bought a house here.

Qiao Lixi rubbed her jaw and circled around the house.

"Little Miss, but this house is weird?" To tell the truth, Mama Shen followed Mrs. Gu when she was young, and she could be regarded as having seen a lot, but she really didn't see anything wrong with this house, but because Qiao Yixi took a second look, she asked casually.

"Doesn't seem to be a problem."

Mama Shen immediately smiled, "Little Miss, let's go to another place to have a look." ”

"But," Qiao Yixi said slowly, "Mama, you see, this house is obviously uninhabited, we have been here for most of the day, and no one has come in or out, but where does this waste water come from?" ”

She said, pointing to the corner.

Generally, the water flowing out of the corner of the backyard is kitchen wastewater, it stands to reason that there is no one in the house, how can there be kitchen wastewater?

Previously, when Qiao Yixi and Mama Shen observed this house, they chatted with the surrounding vendors as if they had unintentionally, and those people said that this house was the courtyard of a certain official in the capital, and every year they waited until May and June before they would let the maid and mother-in-law come over to clean and tidy up first, so at this time, there was no one in this house, even the old man who guarded the door, and he only came to keep vigil at night, and he slept in the gatehouse, and he couldn't even enter the outer courtyard, let alone the kitchen in the inner courtyard.

Mama Shen also sensed that something was wrong.

"We'll come back in the evening."

Regardless of whether it's greasy or not, let's go see it first!

After waiting for the rice cake and angelica, the group had dinner, and after getting ready, they came to the house again.

Qiao Lixi's martial arts have recovered well, and her fist and foot skills are available, but unfortunately she has no internal strength, so Shen Mama does not approve of her following.

can think of it, in case Gu Jinzhen and his people are really folded inside, a few of them may not be able to get people out, in case a few of them are also trapped, leaving Qiao Yixi alone outside, she is even more worried.

Qiao Lixi was brought into the courtyard by Angelica.

The group began to grope from the front yard.

Ordinary three-entry courtyard, nothing special, the decoration inside is not particularly exquisite, but it is also the best around, it can be seen that the owner of the house is not bad for money.

A few people found no clues in the outer courtyard, and no traces of human activity were found, and they soon arrived in the middle courtyard.

The group hid in the corner of the wall and followed the root of the wall to the inner courtyard.

The inner courtyard was pitch black, not like a human being.

Qiao Yixi couldn't help frowning.

"Look at the kitchen first." Mama Shen is very experienced, and the group touched the kitchen.

"It's still hot." Angelica reached over to the stove and tested the temperature.

"There's a dark room here?" I am not sure about this rice cake.

However, there are traces of cooking on a fire, but there is no trace of daily life, which means that the person who eats does not live in the open place.

"Look around." Shen Mama and Qiao Yixi were in a group, Angelica and rice cakes were in a group, and the two groups of people searched in the most hidden inner courtyard first.

After nothing was gained, the group retreated to the middle courtyard.

After looking around, I still didn't find any difference.

"That's weird." Qiao Lixi groped for her jaw.

Angelica and rice cakes are also faintly anxious.

Both of them are well-trained killers and guards, and finding traces is their forte, and they find nothing.

"Look outside, if you can't find any clues......"

That's trouble.

This is the closest place to Gu Jinzhen's clues, and it is also the only strange place, but there is no breakthrough!

The group touched the outer courtyard from the middle courtyard and found nothing abnormal, and when Qiao Yixi was about to go back to look again, there was a sudden movement outside!

The old man guarding the gate quietly opened the gate, and a dark carriage entered.

The two big men jumped out of the carriage, and it seemed that they were good at martial arts.

As soon as the two of them stood still, they turned and pulled twice into the carriage.

Qiao Yixi's eyes shrank.

Child!

It's all boys!

More than a dozen children aged seven or eight were tied like rice dumplings, and the rope was wrapped around the neck all the way to the knee, leaving only the calf part to facilitate walking. Everyone's mouths were stuffed, and some of the timid ones were even sobbing.

The two men whispered something while pulling the children, and when all the children were standing, one drove the carriage out of the house, and the other pushed the children to the study.

Qiao Lixi and others followed.

I only heard the heavy sound of movement in the study, and after Qiao Yixi and the others lurked in, the study was empty.

"Sure enough, there is a secret room!" Without waiting for Qiao Yixi's order, the rice cake and angelica groped in the study, looking for the mechanism.

When Qiao Yixi heard a "click" sound and turned around, the innermost wall of the study slowly opened.

"Go down?" It was Mama Shen who asked.

Although there was only an adult man who came in earlier, who knows what was going on inside, there were traces of cooking on the fire in the kitchen.

Qiao Lixi was a little hesitant, it was too risky to go down, but she left like this, and the dozen or so underage children ......

"Ahh

Terrible screams.

Qiao Yixi's eyes shrank, "Go down!" ”

Several people followed the secret passage into the secret room.

The further you go inside, the stronger the smell of blood becomes, and when you get to the back, even if you hold your breath, the fishy smell in the air that can't be concealed is disgusting.

When they reached the bottom, there was finally a faint fire in front of them, and Qiao Yixi and the others finally saw the surrounding environment clearly.

Where is this secret room, it is clearly a slaughterhouse!

There were no extra torture instruments, just a gallows with three iron hooks hanging upside down, which were particularly dazzling in the twilight!

On the iron hook closest to Qiao Yixi, there was a child who had already swallowed his breath!

The hook went through the back of the boy's neck, through his throat, through the boy's neck, his stomach had been broken, the internal organs had been removed, and there was a clear wound on his wrist that was used to bleed!

And the adult man who came in earlier was eviscerating another boy from the iron hook in the middle!

There were more than a dozen boys squatting in the corner, some numbly watching the man's movements, and some were so frightened that they were incontinent!

Rao was mentally prepared, but no one knew that he would face such a picture after coming in, and Qiao Lixi's face turned white in an instant.

Mama Shen was in front of her for the first time, but that hurried glance was really shocking and couldn't be forgotten.

"Miss?" Angelica was red-eyed, waiting for Qiao Lixi's instructions.

Mama Shen opened her mouth, wanting Angelica not to be impulsive, they went back first, and waited for the middle-aged man to leave.

Qiao Yixi said: "Kill that man and get the children out." ”

With Qiao Yixi's instructions, Angelica and Rice Cake were the first to rush out.

Rao is one of them is a killer and the other is a guard, and when he saw such a scene, he couldn't help but shudder.

The butcher was too focused to pay attention to his surroundings, and by the time he heard the noise, Angelica and Rice Cake had already rushed to him.

The butcher's heart sank, and he instinctively blocked it with a kitchen knife, relying on his burly figure and stable chassis, he was forced to retreat a few steps and was not injured.

Angelica and rice cakes cooperated tacitly, and the two attacked the butcher directly.

The butcher is also a bit of a skill, and after the initial nervousness, his emotions fell silent, barely coping with angelica and rice cakes.

Qiao Yixi took a deep breath and killed the past!