When Li Huizhi rushed to the house of Qu Yongjie, the leader of the Imperial Forest Army, it was almost midnight, but such a big thing happened in the capital, Qu Yongjie naturally couldn't sleep, and it happened that Lanting waited for Qiu Zhi to visit today, and the two old friends made a few exquisite side dishes, drank a little wine, and discussed this assassination case that was destined to cause a sensation in the capital.

Hearing the report of Li Huizhi's visit, Qu Yongjie's face was extremely ugly, could it be that Li suspected that he had done it? Yes, he lost to Li Qing as a fighting soldier, and he lost ugly, but who is he, what kind of person he loses on the battlefield will be retrieved from the battlefield, so how can he disdain to do such a thing of rats stealing and dog stealing?

With a snap, he crushed the delicate porcelain cup in his hand, and Qu Yongjie stood up, "It's too much to deceive people." ”

Lanting Hou Qiu Zhi grabbed Qu Yongjie, "Wait, maybe there is something else." ”

Qu Yongjie sneered: "At such a time, it happened that Li Qing was stabbed, what else did you say." ”

In anger, Li Huizhi had already come overdue, and Qu Yongjie's eyes widened angrily, "Shou Ninghou, are you here to arrest me?" Squinting at Li Huizhi, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth, the family members of Qu Mansion had already surrounded him angrily.

Li Huizhi glanced at Qu Yongjie in surprise, and in an instant, he understood the other party's misunderstanding, and said with a smile: "Where did Commander Qu say this, Commander Qu is about to confess to Commander Qu, disturbing late at night, please don't blame you." ”

Qu Yongjie's face softened slightly, "There is such a big thing in your Li Mansion, you don't help in the mansion, but what are you doing here with me?" ”

Li Huizhi said with a smile: "There is an old man in the mansion, and I can only run errands. I was going to Lanting Houfu, but I heard that Lanting Hou was coming to the leader, so I had to come over to disturb it. ”

"Please Lan Ting?" Qu Yongjie was stunned, "What's the matter with inviting Lanting to wait for the past at this time?" ”

The smile on Li Huizhi's face remained unchanged, "The old man's orders, I, as a son, dare to talk more." ”

Qiu Zhi was shocked, "Retreat, what's wrong?" Why did the old man let me go so late? ”

"I don't know much about this retreat, Hou Ye knows, what is the matter with the old man, he has never told us juniors, Hou Ye, it's not too early for you to see the sky, we won't bother Commander Qu, how, the old man is still waiting to talk to you!"

Seeing the two of them leave his mansion, Qu Yongjie frowned, suddenly shuddered, thought of something, and couldn't help muttering, "Won't it?" ”

Li Shiwei is far away from the palace, the lights are bright, the security is heavy, the soldiers of the Luoyang Mansion and the Inspection Department are lined up all the way along Juxiang Street, everyone has a solemn face, these people know that if they can't find the murderer as soon as possible, then each of them is likely to be hung up because of this matter.

When Li Huizhi and Qiu Zhi came to the Hou Mansion, they happened to meet Wei Yuanhou and came to the gate, and Qiu Zhi, who came out of the sedan chair, saw at a glance that Wei Yuanhou's family was twisting a person with five flowers, and it turned out to be his stepson Qiu Degong, and he couldn't help but be surprised, "Muzhi!" He shouted.

Li Muzhi, who was about to step into the gate, saw Qiu Zhi, couldn't help but smile bitterly, turned around, bowed and said, "Father-in-law, you are here." ”

Qiu Zhi grimaced and pointed at Qiu Degong, "What's going on?" ”

Li Muzhi hadn't answered yet, and Qiu Degong, who was tied up strongly, had already shouted, "Daddy, help!" Help me! ”

A trace of disgust flashed on Li Muzhi's face, and he said to Qiu Zhi: "Father-in-law, please inside, my father is waiting for you!" ”

Qiu Zhi stared at Li Muzhi, and he had a faint feeling in his heart, could this be related to his own rebel? But Qiu Degong has a few catties and a few taels, and he still knows that such a big battle to assassinate Li Qing is definitely not something he can arrange. And, can he have the guts?

"What did you do?" He roared.

"Daddy, I didn't do anything, I didn't know anything, they pulled me out of bed, tied me up and left, Dad, help!"

Qiu Zhi let go of his heart a little, and said in a deep voice: "What to shout, don't embarrass me, you don't have anything to be afraid of, your own father is in charge of you." ”

"Waiting, please inside!" Li Huizhi said softly on the side. Qiu Zhi snorted coldly, strode but walked inward, at this time, if he didn't understand Li Huaiyuan's intention to find him overnight, wouldn't he be a fool? An Guogong, you are really too deceitful!

Walking to the inner hall, I saw the bloodstained Li Qingzheng sitting on a chair with his eyes closed, while Li Huaiyuan was standing in front of an eight-bull crossbow with his hands behind his back, squinting his eyes and staring, as if he wanted to see a flower from above. Seeing Lan Tinghou coming in, An Guogong smiled and said, "In-laws, you came to take a look, how about this eight-bull crossbow?" ”

Qiu Zhi snorted, and was about to attack, his eyes swept over the eight-bull crossbow, and he was suddenly stunned, and hurriedly walked to the crossbow frame, wiping his eyes, as if he thought he was dazzled before.

The eight-bull crossbow is also some years old, and there are some slight differences between the eight-bull crossbow commonly used in the army now, for them these old soldiers, you can tell at a glance, the current Ordnance Department is no longer producing this kind of eight-bull crossbow, although it is old, but it is very well maintained, and the entire crossbow frame is painted by tung shiny.

"This, isn't this my eight-ox crossbow?" His voice trembled.

An Gongguo's eyes lit up, "In-laws, are you not mistaken?" ”

Qiu Zhi's whole person was a little soft at this time, and he only felt that his voice was flickering and near, and it didn't seem to be coming from himself, "It's not wrong, it's mine." His hand pressed against the crossbow rack, an old knife wound.

"Yes, I also remember that when the barbarians attacked the city in Ningyuan Fort, this eight-bull crossbow was slashed, leaving this scar." Li Huaiyuan's fingers gently slid over the old wound, "Later, we drove the barbarians down from the city, and after the battle, you put away this eight-bull crossbow and said that it would be a souvenir, and later, this crossbow has been in your mansion, right?" ”

Qiu Zhi's head stiffened, and he nodded with great difficulty.

"Today, it was this eight-bull crossbow that launched an attack on Li Qing, and of course, there are nearly twenty strong crossbows." Li Huaiyuan pointed to the dozen or so strong crossbows scattered on the ground on the side of the Eight Bull Crossbows, "Some of them have been found to be from our Li family, and some of them want you to come and see if they are from your Qiu Mansion." ”

"This rebel, this rebel!" Qiu Zhi muttered to himself. Huo Di turned his head and looked at Qiu Degong who was escorted in, Qiu Zhi hissed and shouted: "Bastard, you did a good thing." Qiu Degong's face was disgraced, and he held the last ray of hope, and shouted: "Dad, I didn't do it, I don't know." I don't know what's going on? ”

A sneer appeared on Li Huaiyuan's face, "What did Qiu Xuezhong do when he went out of the city late at night?" Qiu Dezhi, do you still want to deny it, tell you, before dawn, Qiu Xuezhong and the people of the Sky Eagle Gang will kneel in the courtyard outside the hall, don't you recruit you? ”

Qiu Degong collapsed to the ground, and the last glimmer of hope was shattered, "Dad, I was wrong, help, help me, brother, brother, help me!" He squirmed on the ground, trying to climb up to Qiu Zhi, who sighed, turned pale, took a step back, and sat down in his chair.

"How did these powerful crossbows from my Li Mansion get into your hands?" Li Huaiyuan's voice was very small, but with an aggressive pressure that people didn't dare not say, Qiu Degong, who had been shattered, was as soft as a puddle of mud on the ground, "My sister gave it to me, and my sister brought it." Speaking of this, a bright light flashed in his eyes, and he roared like a drowning man grabbing a straw, "It was my sister who asked me to do it, it was she who took the strong crossbow, everything was planned by my sister, I just did what my sister said, spare my life!" ”

"Shut up!" Qiu Zhi jumped up, bent down and picked up an eight-bull crossbow arrow from the ground, and inserted it into Qiu Degong, this is just a stepson, and he can succeed another one after he dies, but Qiu is his own daughter, now, Qiu Zhi understands everything, it must be his daughter who secretly planned everything, using Qiu Degong's hatred of Li Qing's psychology, so that Qiu Degong came forward and found a group of outlaws to assassinate him.

When there was a sound, Li Qing, who had been sitting steadily, bounced up, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, the knife in his waist appeared in his hand, holding the crossbow arrow that Qiu Zhi inserted, "Master Hou, the matter has not been figured out yet, why kill people so quickly?" ”

Qiu Zhi closed his eyes and slowly retreated step by step.

"Bring the big grandma." Li Huaiyuan commanded lightly.

Qiu Shi was soon brought by a few old mothers, and when she saw everything in the inner hall, she immediately understood that everything had been completely exposed, and her face was pale, but she stubbornly held her head high, and just stared at Li Qing hatefully. "Your life is so big, it didn't kill you."

"Ying'er, you, you are so nonsense, how can you do such a thing?" Qiu Zhi said heartbrokenly.

Qiu's eyes swept over the people in the hall, Li Qing's eyes were full of murderous intent, his father's eyes were full of worry, his husband's eyes were full of regret, and his father-in-law's eyes were full of emotion, and they were empty.

"Yes, I did it, so what?" Qiu suddenly shouted hysterically, pointing at Li Qing, "Since I had this mongrel, there has been no Ansheng in the house, finally he left, Ansheng for a few years, I didn't expect him to come back again, I came back arrogantly, since he came back again, Wenhuan's cheap girl felt that she was amazing, your Li family stammered Li Qing one by one, for fear that he would not recognize you, I bah, I killed him to see what you can do?" ”

Li Qinghuo stood up, his eyes were full of anger, this woman was simply unreasonable, he had never thought about what to fight for, what to rob, why should he fight to rob, he was too lazy to speak again, and suddenly felt that it was a mistake for him to return to the Li Mansion, if he didn't come back, how could these brothers who followed him from birth and death die so unexplained and worthless.

With a choking sound, he pulled out his knife, strode to Qiu Degong, who was paralyzed on the ground, and picked him up in front of the stunned eyes of everyone, "Dog mongrel, wait until you get to the underworld, and then go and make cows and horses for my brother to atone for your sins!" ”

Looking at Qiu Degong's eyes full of fear, Li Qing slowly inserted the knife into his chest one by one, and blood gushed out, splashing Li Qing's chest, Li Qing's face did not change, staring at Qiu Degong's eyes that were gradually losing their lustre.

Everyone in the hall didn't expect Li Qing to suddenly burst out and kill, and when they saw Li Qing's eyes full of murderous intent looking at Qiu, they couldn't help but shudder.

"No, don't kill my mother!" A voice sounded at the door of the inner hall, and Li Feng rushed in frantically, standing in front of Qiu, spreading his arms, and stopping in front of Qiu.

As soon as Li Qing's hand was released, Qiu Degong slid to the ground, facing Qiu, Li Qing slowly took a step. This step is not big, but it seems to be stepping on everyone's hearts.

"Qing'er!" Wei Yuanhou's face was extremely ugly, and he screamed. Li Huizhi took a step back, reached out to cover his mouth, and swallowed back the exclamation that came to his mouth, Li Huaiyuan's eyes were still empty.

"General Lee!" Qiu Zhi finally reacted, and ran to Qiu Shi in a few strides, "Ying'er did something wrong, and I, Qiu, will compensate you, but please don't embarrass her." ”

"Compensation?" Li Qing sneered, and pointed the blood-dripping long knife at the courtyard, "Lan Tinghou, but you go and ask my dead brothers, what compensation do they want?" ”

"It's just a few pro-soldiers, and you don't have any major damage, General Li, why be aggressive?" Lan Ting waited.

"Fart!" Li Qing suddenly became furious, "These brothers of mine, did not die at the border pass, did not die in the hands of the murderous barbarians, they crawled out of the pile of dead people, followed me to the capital, and actually gave their lives for these dogskin things, I don't kill the culprit, how can I be worthy of their spirits in the sky?" ”

"Big brother!" Li Feng suddenly knelt on the ground, walked to Li Qing on his knees, and hugged Li Qing's legs, "Big brother, don't kill my mother, if you want to kill you, kill me, I'll atone for my mother!" ”

Li Qing bit his lip tightly and let Li Feng shake his legs desperately, and the blood on the knife fell on Li Feng's body little by little.

Qiu Zhi looked at Li Qing nervously, "General Li, I beg you!" His tears finally fell, "I only have such a daughter, you see that I also killed the enemy in the border in my early years, you see that I have gray hair and no longer a few days to live, spare Ying'er!" He knew that Qiu Ying's life and death today completely depended on Li Qing's words. At present, Li Huaiyuan, the only one who can stop Li Qing, is obviously handing over the disposal of the matter to Li Qing.

Li Qing closed his eyes, and with a bang, the knife in his hand fell to the ground, turned around suddenly, and strode out of the inner hall.

"That's it, from today onwards, the Qiu family will live in the inner courtyard and will not be allowed to leave, and the affairs in the Hou Mansion will be presided over by the Wen family." Li Huaiyuan said.

"Thank you, Guogong!" Qiu Zhi gratefully waved to Li Huaiyuan, he thought that the lightest Qiu family would also be suspended, but he didn't expect that there would be such a result in the end.

Li Huaiyuan sighed, "In-laws, we killed the enemy side by side back then, how happy we were, I can't imagine that we will grow old, alas? The two looked at each other and sighed.

Li Qing, who walked out of the inner hall, spit out the turbidity in his chest, looked at the people kneeling in the courtyard under black pressure, and said to Yang Yidao: "Kill the people who have done it, kill all the leaders of the Flying Eagle Gang, and hand over the rest to the Inspection Division!" ”

After saying all this, Li Qingmai walked towards the west across the courtyard with heavy steps, he felt too tired, not only physically tired, but also mentally tired.

It's almost dawn.