Xiao Jingqian was very anxious in his heart, he had to rush back to Fucheng before Xiao Huanzhang died, according to Niu Qing, Xiao Huanzhang's current situation should be very dangerous, and he could lose his breath at any time, at this time, only Xiao Jingsheng was guarding Xiao Huanzhang's side, if Xiao Huanzhang died, Xiao Jingsheng would have a lot to do, at least on the matter of inheritance of the head of the family, Xiao Jingsheng would have the upper hand.

Although he has a heavy army, he also knows that this is by no means an absolute hole card in the battle between the head of the family.

Beishan Dao is not the only one who has soldiers and horses in his hands, Luo Dingxi also has tens of thousands of Janissaries after the expansion in his hands, although the number of soldiers and horses under Luo Dingxi is less than half of the troops in his hands, but in terms of combat effectiveness, the Praetorian Guard is definitely stronger than the miscellaneous army in his hands.

The Praetorian Guard in Luo Dingxi's hands is strong in combat, and the army under Xiao Jingqian is composed of the state army, after the expansion of the army, although the strength is not weak, but many of them are recruits who have just been recruited, although some of the recruits use the bandits in Beishan Road as training objects, but most of the soldiers have no combat experience at all.

Whose side Luo Dingxi will be on at that time, Xiao Jingqian has no bottom in his heart.

It is undeniable that Xiao Huanzhang put the command of the Praetorian Guard in the hands of Luo Dingxi, which is full of trust in Luo Dingxi, and Luo Dingxi is indeed loyal to Xiao Huanzhang.

Luo Dingxi is obedient to Xiao Huanzhang, if Xiao Huanzhang dies, Xiao Jingsheng really wants to take out Xiao Huanzhang's will to make him his heir, Luo Dingxi will naturally follow Xiao Huanzhang's will and be loyal to Xiao Jingsheng.

And Xiao Jingqian's personal relationship with Luo Dingxi is not very good, and there are even some contradictions, with the expansion of the Beishan army, many important war materials that once belonged to the Praetorian Guard were forcibly classified into the bag of the Beishan Prefecture Army by Xiao Jingqian, Luo Dingxi, as the commander of the Praetorian Guard, naturally will not be too comfortable in his heart.

It is precisely considering the element of Luo Dingxi that Xiao Jingqian does not feel that he has absolute certainty of getting the position of the head of the family, so the most critical thing now is to quickly rush back to the capital and stay by Xiao Huanzhang's side, only in this way can Xiao Jingsheng not succeed in his conspiracy.

Xiao Jingqian, in accordance with Niu Qing's perseverance, kept this matter strictly secret, and set off overnight to secretly return to Fucheng, in order not to alarm too many people, Xiao Jingqian only brought a few guards and hurried back to Yuchang.

Yutian is only more than a hundred miles away from Yuchang, Xiao Jingqian quickly whipped up, and estimated that he should be able to arrive before dawn.

The moon is dark and the wind is high, and the number of riders is like a whirlwind galloping in the night, like a meteor streaked through the night.

Xiao Jingqian was anxious in his heart, desperately urging the horse, just hoping to give birth to a pair of wings and fly to Yu Changcheng in a blink of an eye, he only hoped that Xiao Huanzhang would not die suddenly before he rushed back to Yu Changcheng.

It was pitch black all around, and everything was silent, except for the sound of horses' hooves.

In order to rush back to Fucheng as soon as possible, Xiao Jingqian chose a closer path, although the road was not as easy to walk as the official road, but it was enough for the horses to gallop.

Xiao Jingqian rode on horseback, but his mind was thinking about how to carry out activities after returning to Fucheng, suddenly heard the neighing sound of the horse, and then felt his body sink forward, Xiao Jingqian was taken aback, the whole person flew out of the horse because of inertia, and then fell heavily to the ground, rolled a few heels, and was shocked, seeing that the horse he was riding had fallen to the ground.

He was not slow to react, quickly pulled out the saber at his waist, stood up, and found that in the middle of the road, there were several tripwires drawn horizontally.

He looked left and right, and on both sides of the road, there were wooden stakes nailed, and steel wires were tied to the wooden stakes.

The horses he sat on were the most vigorous, so they were always in the lead, and the wire tripping rope was naturally the first to trip his horse.

He had just been thinking about other things in his mind, and he couldn't see clearly in the night, and he didn't notice that there were still tripping horses on this road, and at this time a sense of foreboding hung over his heart, and he knew that things were not simple.

Several attendants in the back had already arrived on horseback, and when they saw Xiao Jingqian fall off the horse, they dismounted one after another, ran over here, and shouted, "Second son, are you okay......!" ”

"Whoosh!"

In the dark night, a strong wind hit, and then I heard a series of screams, and several guards who ran towards Xiao Jingsheng fell to the ground in succession, but in the blink of an eye, there were only two guards left, all of whom had already drawn their knives and looked around in horror.

Xiao Jingqian gritted his teeth, clenched the knife in his hand, and checked around, only to see that all around was pitch black, and everything was quiet, it was a kind of death-like silence, a cold chill, and the breath of death permeated the surroundings, Rao is Xiao Jingqian was brave, but at this time, he also felt a chill all over the mountain, and he was on guard, and at this moment he already understood that he must have been ambushed.

"Niu Qing ......!" Xiao Jingqian suddenly thought of something, and asked sharply, "Where is Niu Qing?" ”

After he set off from Yutian City, Niu Qing also followed on horseback, but he took the lead, and he was anxious to rush back to Yuchang City, and he didn't pay attention to the movement behind.

The guards behind him followed, but at this moment, they didn't seem to see the shadow of Niu Qing who was secretly sending the letter.

The palms of the two guards were sweaty, and they glanced at the corpses lying on the ground a few times, and had already replied: "Second son, I don't have that Niu Qing in my hand...... He's gone! ”

A chill that penetrated deep into the bone marrow instantly spread all over the body, just like a bucket of cold water splashed from head to toe in winter.

Xiao Jingqian was frightened, his heart was more angry, he seemed to understand something, and said angrily: "Lao Tzu knows, Niu Qing...... His grandmother's, he's a spy ......! Suddenly, he clenched the knife in his hand and shouted loudly: "Get out of the fuck for Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu knows who you are, is it Xiao Jingsheng who wants to kill Lao Tzu?" Xiao Jingsheng, you get out of Lao Tzu, you have the ability to come out and fight with Lao Tzu in a dignified manner, using this means, despicable and shameless ......! ”

"Ah......h

Before he could finish speaking, another scream came, and one of the remaining two attendants, one of whom was hit in the heart by a feathered arrow, fell to the ground.

The remaining guard turned pale.

He was not afraid of fighting with real swords and guns, but at this moment he could not even see the shadow of the enemy, and the people on this side were almost completely annihilated, looking at the corpses lying on the ground, the guard trembled all over, suddenly turned and ran towards his horse, turned over his horse, and urged the horse to run, but the assassin hiding in the dark did not attack the guard, and let him gallop away.

Xiao Jingqian was even more annoyed when he saw the last surviving guard fleeing, he turned in circles, trying to find the opponent who was secretly attacking, and suddenly froze his body, only to see a figure slowly coming from the darkness.

Xiao Jingqian stood up, clenched his saber, and stared at the visitor with a pair of big copper bell-like eyes, only to see that the visitor was wearing a hat on his head, wearing a robe, and holding a knife horizontally in one hand, and was slowly walking towards this side, he walked very slowly, but every step he took out gave people a sense of stability.

The hat pressed forward and down, blocking his face, and Xiao Jingqian couldn't see the appearance of the person who came at all.

Before the person approached, Xiao Jingqian felt a compelling murderous aura coming to his face, he was born in a big family, pampered, he began to practice martial arts since he was a child, he never knew what fear was, and if he killed someone, the people he had killed with his own hands were no less than double digits, and the feeling of taking people's lives would only make him feel excited.

But now, the murderous aura came to his face, but it was the first time that he felt the fear that went deep into his bone marrow.

Five paces away, the man finally stopped.

Xiao Jingqian finally asked, "Are you trying to kill me?" ”

He knew that the opponent was not just the person in front of him, just a few guards fell to the ground in a row, and the other party must have ambushed the archers here.

The man just nodded, but didn't speak.

"Why?" Xiao Jingqian said in a deep voice: "Why do you want to kill me? ”

The man shook his head, not knowing whether he wanted to say that he didn't know, or whether he didn't want to say it even if he knew.

Xiao Jingqian sneered: "You are the people sent by Xiao Jingsheng? Xiao Jingsheng wants to get the position of the head of the family, but he is afraid that I will compete with him, so he laid this trap? ”

The man didn't nod his head this time, nor did he shake his head.

"Niu Qing was not sent by Steward Liu, but by Xiao Jingsheng." Xiao Jingqian was in a catastrophe, but he felt that his brain was particularly sober, "Xiao Jingsheng knew that Steward Liu was my person, so he got the string of Buddhist beads from Steward Liu, and the string of Buddhist beads was a token between us, and Niu Qing came to me with that string of Buddhist beads, which can make me believe that he is Steward Liu's person." ”

The man remained silent, just stood there silently.

"Xiao Jingsheng wants to kill me, but I have many guards around me, and I have a group of soldiers under him, in Yutian City, he can't kill me at all." Xiao Jingqian gritted his teeth, "That's why he laid this trap and asked Niu Qing to persuade Lao Tzu to rush back to Fucheng overnight, and he also said not to alarm too many people, and persuaded Lao Tzu to only bring a few followers by his side......!" ”

The hat-bearer finally sighed, but still didn't say a word.

"He knew that I was in a hurry to get back to Fucheng, and he also guessed that I would take this shortcut, so he ambushed people here." Xiao Jingqian looked awake, "It's just that Lao Tzu didn't expect that he not only wanted to compete for the position of the head of the family, but even wanted to take Lao Tzu's life...... He is more ruthless than Lao Tzu, although Lao Tzu has always looked down on him, but after all, he is a brother, I never thought of killing him, if I had known today, Lao Tzu should have killed that bastard early. ”

The hat's hand shook, the scabbard separated, and the cold knife was like ice.

"How much silver did he give you?" Xiao Jingqian had the last glimmer of hope, "As long as you let me go, I can give you ten times the reward, and I will never treat you badly." ”

"No amount of silver can buy your life!" At last, the hat-bearer spoke, "Tonight, you will surely die!" ”