Chapter 163: The Strange Death of Li Heng
That night, Li Heng staggered towards the firewood room after he was full of wine and food. After he was ready to "enjoy" Xu Xiaohu again, he would send their family to see Hades. Thinking of the lewdness, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but laugh. Pushing open the door, it was pitch black in the firewood room, and he said, "Huzi, grandpa is here again." Hahaha...... "He didn't bother to light the candle, and touched the place where Xu Xiaohu stayed with his impression. Touching Xu Xiaohu's sturdy body and cold and hard iron chains, his heart became excited, and his body was also hot.
Sensing that Xu Xiaohu's body was writhing, and his mouth was whining, Li Heng was even more excited. "Hey, hey, hey, take good care of grandpa, and it can make you live for a while and a half." Then his whole body pressed up. At this moment, he suddenly felt a cold in his neck, and then suddenly tightened.
Xu Xiaohu said coldly: "You better go to the Nai He Bridge first." As he spoke, he prepared to use all his strength to tighten the chains in his hands.
Li Heng's soul was all gone, and he didn't know how the other party untied the tightly bound chains. He grabbed the tight chain around his neck and whispered, "Xu Xiaohu, you can't kill me!" If you kill me, not only you, but also your father and your mother will pay for my life. Your Excellency hasn't found out who leaked the news yet, and if you do this, you won't be able to clear your grievances anymore. Think about it. ”
Xu Xiaohu was not moved, and his face was already covered with tears. He sobbed and said, "Adults won't let my father and my mother go, you better go and pay for their lives." I'll send someone else to accompany you in the future. After speaking, he used all his strength to tighten the iron chain in his hand, and blood oozed from his knuckles.
Li Heng didn't stop on the ground and kicked his legs, and the nails of his fingers fell off because he was trying too hard to grasp the chain. He wanted to shout for help, but he couldn't. After a while, his face turned from white to purple, then from purple to blue, and he was silent.
Xu Xiaohu took out Li Heng's waist knife and slashed him in the neck again.
The captain on duty, who was standing not far from the firewood room, heard the movement of the firewood room and spat on the ground with hatred. "Thief bird, what a fucking bad luck! What you like is not good, you have to have this kind of bad taste. After saying that, he entered a room, and the people inside were shouting and drinking, and after a while, it became even more lively.
Xu Xiaohu took out the scattered silver taels in Li Heng's arms, grabbed the waist knife and quietly walked out of the firewood room, and sneaked not far from the place where his father and mother were imprisoned to check. Seeing that there were two captains on duty at the door, he couldn't help but hold his head and whimper in a low voice. He stayed for a while to see if he could find an opportunity, but when he heard that someone was looking for Li Heng, he knew that he couldn't wait any longer. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times in the direction of his father, and said silently in his heart: "Father, mother, forgive the child for being unfilial, there is no way to save you." In the future, I will kill these people and avenge you!" With that, he stood up and walked along the corner where the night was thickest. This used to be his home, but now he had to flee on his own.
After emerging from an inconspicuous dog hole, he limped into the night with severe pain in his body.
"My lord, my lord, it's not good. Li Heng was killed in the firewood room, and Xu Xiaohu escaped! A lieutenant hurriedly told Xue Pingchuan.
Xue Pingchuan, who was drinking tea and thinking about picking a good day to return to the capital, threw the teacup in his hand on the ground and scolded angrily: "Waste, it's all waste!" If you can't even handle this little thing, what's the use of asking you! ”
The captain who came to report was so frightened that he cowered, and he didn't dare to open his mouth to anger Xue Pingchuan.
"Send someone to Lao Tzu to chase after him. If you can't catch Xu Xiaohu, don't roll back. Get out of here! ”
"Yes, yes, my subordinates will take people to chase after me." The lieutenant hurriedly turned to leave.
Xue Pingchuan beckoned another henchman to kill Xu Deli and his wife, and then asked Xu Anping to go to the firewood room.
Xu Anping, who had just been lying down for a short time, redressed and came to the firewood room. He saw several torches lit in the firewood room, and under the firelight, Xue Pingchuan's face looked even more gloomy. He first glanced at Li Heng, who had been dead on the ground for a while, and then bowed and saluted, "My lord, what do you have to tell your subordinates?" ”
Xue Pingchuan asked in a deep voice with a pale face: "Xu Xiaohu has already escaped." Let's see how he broke free. ”
"My lord, as far as my subordinates know, the iron chain used by Beizhen Fusi to lock people is specially made by skilled craftsmen, and no one can open it without a key. At that time, when Xu Xiaohu was arrested in the east of the city, it was locked up by Li Heng himself, and the school captain Pan Dayong could testify. ”
Pan Dayong, who was standing next to him, turned pale, and said in a trembling voice: "My lord, it is indeed as Xu Zongqi said, it was Xu Xiaohu who was locked by Li Heng at that time, and it was also the villain who escorted Xu Xiaohu back with Li Heng, and he did not leave the villain's sight on the way. ”
Xue Pingchuan looked at Pan Dayong with sharp eyes, and asked sharply: "When Li Heng entered the firewood room, you were supposed to be on duty outside, why didn't you find the movement in the firewood room?" ”
Pan Dayong's face changed greatly, and he knelt on the ground and stammered back: "My lord, Li Heng entered the firewood room for, well, for his own selfish desires." Although my subordinates heard a little movement, according to Li Heng's previous practice, this was normal, so I hid in the house next to me and ate something with the others. Wu Yuanyi and Qi Xiuwen can testify to their subordinates. ”
"Humph! If you should be on duty but leave your post without permission, go down and get fifty rods. Xue Pingchuan asked a few other people, but he didn't bother to continue to pursue the matter, so he waved Pan Dayong to leave.
Turning around, Xue Pingchuan continued: "Brother Xu, you come over to see how Li Heng was killed, and see if there is something inside." "He was bitten by a snake once, and he was afraid of the well rope for ten years, and when he saw Li Heng being killed, he began to be suspicious again.
"Yes, sir." Xu Anping approached Li Hengdi's corpse, walked around his body a few times, and opened his messy clothes to take a look. When he reversed Li Heng's corpse, he suddenly saw two keys exposed under the corpse. One of them was buried in the earth, revealing a small section of the key. He then shone the torch on the shadow formed by the corpse, and quietly stepped on it slightly, before he said: "My lord, combined with Li Heng's special habits, his subordinates think that Li Heng should have been close to Xu Xiaohu, and the other party touched the key to the chain. Xu Xiaohu took advantage of Li Heng's unpreparedness to open the chain and strangled him. ”
"Oh? How so? ”
"My lord, please look, Li Heng's clothes are scattered, and his key is still pressed under his corpse." Xu Anping pointed to the key on the ground for Xue Pingchuan to see.
"What a fucking bad luck!" Just as Xue Pingchuan turned around and led people to prepare to go out, Xu Anping picked up the key he stepped on in the mud with lightning speed.
At this time, Xue Pingchuan suddenly turned around and said, "You hand over the keys to the chains, and send them to you when you return to the capital." ”