Sun Hong cried and said: "He now lives in the prefect's office, there are 3,000 imperial forest soldiers, 500 knife sharpeners, 40 captains, and two imperial commanders to protect him, how can we do it?"

Su Jingzong smiled slightly: "Big brother, you don't have to worry. We've figured it out, and we're going to send someone to kill him tonight. ”

Su Xinzong continued: "Kill Meng Ranhao, and the nephew's revenge will be avenged, and what King Ning told us will be done." ”

Sun Hong hurriedly said: "I will also be reinstated." ”

Su Jingzong and Su Xinzong said: "Big brother, just look at it!" Meng Ranhao lived to the third watch, and he didn't live to the dawn!"

"Are you so sure?"

"Yes. Come! Go to the martial arts building and ask the two to teach. ”

"Yes."

Not long after, two people came, and they entered the hall and bowed deeply to the brothers of the Su family: "See the two chief soldiers!" I don't know what to tell you to call me and me?"

Su Jingzong said: "This is my eldest brother, the prefect Sun Hong. ”

The two came over and met Sun Hong. Su Xinzong said: "This is the two teachers of my house. This hero's name is Cai Wenlong, and he is nicknamed 'Flying in the Sky'; These two have developed the ability to come and go tall, and they have been with us for several years, and they are like brothers to us. ”

After the introduction, the five of them sat down to drink. When the wine was almost over, Su Jingzong spoke: "Cai and Ji, two virtuous brothers, how is my brother Su treating you?"

The two replied, "The sky is high and the earth is thick." ”

"Good. I'll ask you to do something for me tonight, I don't know if it's okay?"

"Just give the two commanders an order. The two of us are here to help. ”

The brothers of the Su family were very happy when they heard this, and Su Jingzong said: "That's good, just because our Guangling came to guard Meng Ranhao on behalf of the sky, and as soon as he entered the city, he killed Sun Fu, the son of the prefect Sun Hong, on the cross street, and dismissed the prefect." My two brothers have eight friendships with Governor Sun, and his business is also my Su family's business. I want to ask the two of you to go to the prefect's office tonight to kill Meng Ranhao, so as to relieve the hatred in our hearts, I don't know if the two teachers dare to go!"

Cai Wenlong and Ji Wenhu drank a lot of wine. Ji Wenhu, in particular, was top-heavy drunk. He said: "Kill Meng Ranhao? Say. Please rest assured. Prefect, we will avenge your son!" After saying that, the two got up and were about to leave.

Su Jingzong said: "Wait!" He asked for the silver, and said, "These are five hundred taels of silver." Two hundred and fifty taels per person. If you kill Meng Ranhao. Another thousand taels per person. ”

The two of them refused. The Su brothers had to give it, so they had to take it with them. Just as he was about to leave, Su Xinzong stopped: "Two teachers." One more thing to say. If the two of you kill Meng Ranhao, then there is nothing to say, if you can't kill Meng Ranhao, to say something frustrating, if you are taken, Meng Ranhao will definitely interrogate the two of you. By then, will you two confess?"

Cai Wenlong smiled: "Two commanders, please rest assured. It is not easy for the two of us to be taken, even if they are taken, they will die without punishment, and they will never confess!"

Ji Wenhu then said: "Be half-hearted, so that my two brothers will die under the blade!"

Brother Su was overjoyed: "Okay, you can go." ”

The two of them went back to their martial arts building, made tea, took out five hundred taels of silver, and added two hundred and fifty taels to each of them, and put them on the table. The two of them sat at the table, drinking tea, and chattered: "Big brother, what kind of person is Meng Ranhao?"

"Brother Xian, I heard that Meng Ranhao, a bachelor, is a loyal and good man, who understands the pearls in the capital, and is the envoy of the Bohai Sea in Weizhen, and protects the Dahua country. Now he is the Lord of the Heavenly Patrol. No, as soon as he arrived at Guangling Mansion, he removed Sun Hong's prefect and slaughtered Sun Prefect's son. ”

"It is said that Sun Fu, this kid should be killed. We have heard that he has robbed a lot of good family girls, and they are all trampled on! Killing this kid is really a harm. ”

"I heard that the people of Guangling Li did not praise this Meng Ranhao, and some even called him Meng Qingtian."

"Our brothers are going to kill him tonight, it's not quite right!"

Cai Wenlong and Ji Wenhu were on the wine table, they drank a little too much, and they should go down to kill Meng Ranhao; I walked out of the living room, let the wind blow, and went upstairs to drink tea again, and the strength of the wine passed, and I felt that something was wrong. After a while, the two of them chatted again: "Blind, this thing is really difficult to do!"

"Let's just say yes, the Su brothers are kind to our brothers, and when they talk back, let's not do it, as if I'm sorry for others."

"Yes, as the saying goes: If you receive a drop of water, you will be rewarded by a spring."

"Blind, go ahead. Killing Meng Ranhao is entrusted by others, and the two of us will be equivalent to repaying the kindness of the Su family brothers, come back and pack up your things, and fly away, we won't serve them!"

"So far, that's all it takes." The two of them said this, ready to go. They unlocked the box and lifted the lid of it, then turned around and reached for the silver on the table. As soon as they took the silver, the two of them were stunned, you look at me, I look at you, right eyes! What's going on? Each of them was short of fifty taels of silver, and five hundred taels were left with four hundred taels.

"Hey, why am I missing fifty taels of silver?"

"Why do I have two hundred taels left?"

"The two commanders are giving five hundred taels! How about four hundred taels now?"

"I'll lose you, weird! Eighty percent of us are wrong, so give us four hundred taels?"

"Blind, it doesn't matter how much it is, let's put it up and go."

The two of them put the silver in each of their chests, changed into their night clothes, and brought their bags with them. Inside the bag are those with sharp points, thorns, hooks, knives, the keys of the Thirteen Taibao, and the small steel knife that pulls the door. Put on your hat, carry a knife, and quietly walk out of the door. At this time, there were more than two days, the two went out to look outside, just went downstairs, felt a swish on their heads, the two were startled, reached out and touched the top of their brains, and found that the hat was gone.

"Big brother, why is my hat gone?"

"Brother, my hat is gone. Did you forget to wear it?"

"Do you forget me? No, I remember wearing it!"

"Let's go, let's go upstairs and have a look, if the hat is in the house, we will always wear it."

The two turned around and were about to go upstairs, when they were immediately covered in sweat. For what? Looking at it by starlight, one of the two round wooden lumps on the left and right railings of the staircase has a hat buckled on it. The two of them shivered. They all gasped. Oops, not good! When I looked around, I saw no one. They took their hats and put them on their heads. muttered in a whisper: "The wind is blowing? No. How can you scrape both hats to the top of a log lump at once?"

"Who is it that joked with us, taking off our brothers' hats and hanging them here?"

"Could it be that this is the will of heaven and tells us that we shouldn't kill Meng Ranhao?"

"Blind, don't speculate here. We drank a lot. Wine helps heroes. Gods and demons fear the wicked. Let's be wicked!" The two shook their spirits, strengthened their courage, and jumped over the wall. Rolling ridge climbing, straight to the prefect's office.

Meng Ranhao and the Imperial Forest Army, the knife sharpener, and the school captain all lived in the prefect's office, and at night, they arranged patrols and sentry guards. Meng Ranhao and Zhang Wen, Li Wu had finished eating and drinking in Sun Hong's back study, and it was not too early to see that it was dark, so they asked Zhang Wen and Li Wu to go back and rest. After the two left, Meng Ranhao closed the door. I usually have to read books, but today I was caught in a flail for a long time during my private visit, and I was promoted to the court to try the case, I was so tired that Meng Ranhao put out the light and lay down.

He lay down and couldn't fall asleep, for a while he thought about Lin Meiyu, the wife of the capital, and for a while he wanted to do Li Mingyuan, after the second watch, he was a little sleepy, just when he closed his eyes and seemed to be asleep, Cai Wenlong and Ji Wenhu came, jumped on the ridge of the room opposite the study, looked at it, listened, and there was no movement. Ji Wenhu said, "I'll go down, and you will patrol me in the room." ”

"Okay, be careful."

"Zhilu Dao."

Cai Wenlong was sentry in the room, and Ji Wenhu jumped out of the room, stretched out his hand and pulled the knife behind his back: Ah? Not good! The knife is gone. He hurriedly jumped into the room again, and Cai Wenlong asked, "What's wrong?"

Ji Wenhu said: "Big brother, my knife is gone. ”

"Why did you forget to bring a knife?"

"Big brother, I obviously remember to bring a knife!"

"Why is that gone?"

"I don't know what to do!"

"You patrol the room, I'll go."

Cai Wenlong went down to the room and pulled a knife, taken aback. He hurriedly came up again and said, "Brother, it's not good! My knife is gone! It seems that the two of us can't kill Meng Ranhao, let's go!"

Just as the two were about to leave, someone shouted, "There are assassins!"

At this juncture of the voice exit, the eye! kicked Cai Wenlong out of the room with one leg, snap! He held down Jiwen Tiger. Cai Wenlong fell to the ground with a thud. Hearing the shouting, the sentry patrol came everywhere, Zhang Wen and Li Wu also arrived. Cai Wenlong fell not lightly, he didn't get up for a long time, and everyone showed his blades around him and tied him up.

Meng Ranhao woke up and heard a commotion outside; Open the door, light the lamp, and have the Assassin brought in. As soon as Cai Wenlong was escorted into the study, someone outside shouted: "There is another one!" Zhang Wen and Li Wu took their knives out, and with a plop, Ji Wenhu also fell from the house, and someone stepped forward to tie them up and escort them to the house. Meng Ranhao walked out of the door and shouted, "Where is the benefactor?"

Someone agreed. Zhang Wen and Li Wu felt inexplicable and asked Meng Ranhao: "My lord, why do you ask 'where is Engong'?"

Meng Ranhao smiled and said, "When the second assassin came down, someone shouted, 'There is another one', can the assassin himself shout like this and fall down?" It can be seen that there must be a master who secretly helps us, isn't he a benefactor?"

"Oh, yes. Well, why don't you answer for the sake of the benefactor?"

"If you think the benefactor will not show his face, go into the house."

When the three of them entered the room, Meng Ranhao asked the two assassins: "Where do you live, who are your surnames, and what are your grievances with this official?" Let's be honest. ”

The two of them didn't do it either, and knelt down. Cai Wenlong said: "Master Bachelor, the two of us have no enmity or hatred with you, but we are just entrusted by others to come to assassinate. You ask again. We can't say any more, so let's condemn both of them at once. Kill and let the adults fall"

Meng Ranhao looked at the two of them and said, "If you dare to assassinate, why don't you dare to report your real name?"

Gu Wenhu said: "My lord, you set up the oil pot, the two of us dare to jump, and the two of us dare to break through on the knife mountain." If you want to know the true feelings of the two of us, it is absolutely impossible. ”

This sentence landed on the ground. Someone outside spoke: "Don't be embarrassed by Lord Daitianxun, he doesn't talk about it, I'll talk about it!" Zhang Wen and Li Wugang were about to raise their swords to meet them, but Meng Ranhao said: "Don't move, the benefactor is here." ”

The two of them were divided to the left and right, and one walked in from the outside, carrying a knife behind him and two knives in his arms.

Cai Wenlong and Ji Wenhu looked at it, oops. He was the one who stole our knives! Where did he come from? Meng Ranhao hurriedly stood up and said, "Benefactor, please take a seat." ”

The hero said, "Lord Meng." I'm going to leave after saying a few words. As he spoke, he put down the twin knives in his arms. My lord, these two knives belong to the two of them. If they don't say it, I'll say it for them. The two of them came from the General Soldier's Mansion, and the two brothers Su Jingzong and Su Xinzong and the prefect Sun Hong were good friends. It's just because Master Meng killed Sun Fu. Sun Hong held a grudge. Find Su Jingzong and Su Xinzong. asked him and the others to avenge Sun Fu, and the Su brothers sent these two to assassinate them. His name is Cai Wenlong, and his name is Ji Wenhu. ”

The hero said this. turned to Cai Wenlong and Ji Wenhu and said; "I know all about the two of you coming to kill adults tonight. When the two of you were drinking tea on the martial arts floor, you said that the lord was a clean official. You shouldn't kill it, if you don't kill it, you feel sorry for the Su family brothers. You two have no choice but to assassinate. That's why I've reminded you a few times.

On the first occasion he took fifty taels of silver from each of you; The second time, take off your hats and hang them on the round scar on the stairs. You two should have come to your senses, but why are you still obsessed? If I can take off your hats, can't I kill your heads? The two of you came to the prefect's office to assassinate, but this time I pulled out the single knife of the two of you, and the two of you felt bad, so they wanted to run. Don't blame me this time, I'll kick you both out of the room. Since you have been interrogated by the adults, you two should tell the truth, in order to change the evil and the good. You two can hide it from adults, but you can't hide it from me. You say, 'Which of my words is false?'" As he spoke, he took out the silver tattoo from his bosom and put it on the table: "My lord, this is one hundred taels of silver from the two of them, and the brother of the Su family gave him five hundred taels for the two of them, saying that if he kills the adult, he will give another thousand taels for each person." ”

Meng Ranhao said: "Engong, please sit down, don't be in a hurry to leave, help me ask about this matter, and then it's not too late to leave." The hero had no choice but to sit aside, and Master Meng looked at Cai and Ji and said, "You two can't do it if you don't say it, let's talk about it." ”

"The hero is all right, and the two of us don't need to say it anymore."

"Since you two know that the official is not a corrupt official, why do you want to kill the official?"

"Brother Su is kind to the two of us, and the two of us came to kill the adults in order to repay the kindness. The hero reminded me several times, but the two of us still came to assassinate, so my lord killed both of us. My name is Ji Wenhu, nicknamed 'Roll on the Spot', and his name is Cai Wenlong, nicknamed 'Flying in the Sky'. This is the truth of both of us, no half lies. ”

Meng Ranhao listened, turned his head to look at the hero, and said, "If Engong doesn't protect me in secret, my life will be at rest." Just now the two of them also told the truth, I don't know what Engong plans for the two of them?"

"Lord Meng, they are still people with a conscience, if they are willing to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, you can take them in and visit the world with your lords."

Meng Ranhao nodded. The hero said to Cai and Ji: "I have already told you about the favor, please spare you two from dying." However, you two must promise to change your ways from this day onwards. Let me make a statement, the two of you recognize Master Meng as a teacher, loyally protect your lordship, and serve the country. I wonder what you two think?"

Cai Wenlong glanced at Ji Wenhu, and Ji Wenhu looked at Cai Wenlong, and both of them showed a look of surprise on their faces. Cai Wenlong said: "Hero, the two of us are willing to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and we are willing to worship the adult as a teacher, but the two of us are the murderers who assassinated the adult, can the adult accept it?"

The hero looked at Meng Ranhao and said, "My lord, you can take it." I think they can both be converted. ”

Meng Ranhao said: "You two worship me as a teacher, are you willing?"

The two of them hurriedly said: "God, the two of us are willing to worship Master Meng as a teacher and serve Lord Meng forever." If there is half-heartedness, the two of us will not die well!"

Meng Ranhao asked Zhang Wen and Li Wu to loosen the tie for the two of them, and the two knelt down and bowed to the master. Cai Wenlong said: "My lord, the two of us have something to talk about. ”

"What's the matter? Speaking of which. ”

"The two of us came from a poor family, lost our parents when we were young, and had no brothers or sisters. The two of us lived in Guangling, with no money on us, so we had to work on the streets. The two teachers of the General Military Mansion came to kick the field, and were beaten by the two of us, just in time for the brothers of the Su family to pass by, seeing this scene, they asked for details, and recruited the two of us to the mansion to compete with the teachers in the mansion, and none of them beat the two of us. Brother Su used the two of us very much and let them be the head of the teachings. and built a martial arts building. The two of us have a place to live. Brother Su is kind to the two of us, so the two of us have to ask Brother Su for a favor in front of adults, and beg the adults to spare Brother Su for the crime of murdering adults. If they sin again, we will leave it alone. This time, even if the two of us repay their kindness. ”

The two of them said. Tears flowed. Meng Ranhao stepped forward to help the two of them up and said, "Okay, for the sake of the two of you, I will spare the Su family brother this time." ”

The two thanked Meng Ranhao again, turned around and thanked the hero, Zhang Wen, and Li Wu again. The hero saw that there was nothing to do, and he hugged his wrist and said, "Master Meng, we will have a meeting later!"

Meng Ranhao had already stared at him, his eyes were quick, he grabbed the hero, and said: "Engong, you have fulfilled all of us, but we don't know Engong's surname!" I don't necessarily guess correctly, are you the hero who came to my house to find Mingyuan that day and I didn't see?"

This person laughed: "What a clever bachelor! Exactly, exactly. ”

"Hero, I, Meng Ranhao, came out of the capital, and I am expected to have a lot of people who want to kill me along the way. So I was able to be safe and sound, thanks to Engong's secret protection. Please give your noble name in the Gazette, and I will never forget it!" (To be continued......)