In the middle of the night, Kyoshi fell silent in darkness and silence.

The lazy bangs of the husband were knocked weakly, and with one or two dog barks from afar in the people's houses, the sound of the bangs gradually faded away.

It was a calm and ordinary night, like countless ordinary nights, with no moon and no stars, and a cold wind howling.

Don’t wait for prosperity to care for the things important to you.

When Jinyiwei and Dongchang surrounded Ma Fu to protect Ma Wensheng, in the front yard of another luxurious mansion in the inner city of Jingshi, Liu Qing, the eunuch of Xuanfu Town, landed on his knees and knelt in the courtyard, and his knees were completely numb from the pebbled front yard, but Liu Qing knelt motionlessly, and his forehead had been knocked out with a red and terrifying blood stain, like countless rivers flowing through his face, and this face in the middle of the night was like a ghost, which was extremely terrifying.

Bang bang bang!

Liu Qing's mind was already a little blurred, and his body was swaying, but his survival instinct was still ordering his body to make begging movements.

After resting for a while, Liu Qing began to kowtow to the front hall again, kowtowing seriously and meticulously, allowing the wound on his forehead to dry up and bleeding again.

"Ancestor, the cheap maid knows that she is wrong, you spare the cheap maid, the matter is not irretrievable, just wait for the more than 20 assassins to ambush and execute it, this matter can be suppressed, please spare the cheap maid, I am willing to be a cow and a horse for your life......"

The low, whimpering sound of begging echoed through the courtyard in the middle of the night.

There was no movement in the front hall.

Liu Qing's heart was cold, he sincerely felt fear, if the owner of this courtyard did not move, it meant that he was destined to become an outcast, and the fate of the outcast was only death.

I don't know how long it took, a figure slowly walked out from under the eaves of the cloister in the front hall, and the figure was hidden in the eaves, and it was impossible to see the eyebrows and eyes.

"The master has spoken, you go back and clean up, don't expect you to guard the Xuanfu Town, tomorrow morning, send Fengyang to guard the tomb. Live the rest of your life in peace. ”

Liu Qing was stunned for a moment, and then he was overjoyed, crying bitterly, and kowtowing like pounding garlic...... The figures of Mafu in the middle of the night are silent, revealing a dull feeling of suppressing people's hearts and wanting to suffocate.

The front yard and the inner courtyard, inside and outside the walls, were full of people, and more than 20 assassins were still lurking somewhere in the capital division, and the factory guards did not dare to slack off in the slightest. If something happens to Ma Shangshu under their noses, His Majesty will not spare them.

Ma Wensheng has been very cooperative in the past few days, after all, although Ma is seventy-six years old, he will not object if he can live for one or two decades, showing integrity is one thing, cherishing life is another, the two are not in conflict, the ancients carried the coffin out of the battle, and there were many things like carrying the coffin to admonish. But this is just an attitude to show the world, carrying the coffin does not mean that they will enter the coffin, it turns out. Carry the coffin into battle or admonish, and the chances of returning home alive are very high.

To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that it was not very convenient to travel, Ma Shangshu also wanted to get a coffin to travel around the city, and then give a speech in the place where there were the most people in Beijing, clearly expressing his determination not to compromise with the thief. Don't play for real.

The oil lamp in the study in the inner courtyard was like beans, and the old servant lit two more candles to make the room brighter.

The study is a forbidden place for men, and ordinary people are not allowed to enter or leave, especially Ma Shangshu. The old wife of Lianfa occasionally came in to help him clean up, and Ma Wensheng was unhappy for several days with a straight face.

However, at this moment, Qin Kan and Ma Wensheng were sitting in the study, with some dim candlelight, looking down at a chessboard in the middle, and the two of them looked solemn. Rack your brains and meditate on countermeasures.

The family is not allowed to enter and leave the study casually, but Ma Wensheng let an outsider in, it is really a little strange, the old housekeeper of the Ma Mansion stood far away outside the door of the study, and kept tiptoeing to look into the study, with a puzzled face.

What's even more puzzling is the chess played by the two, the chessboard is square, the chess pieces are round, and it is in line with the right way of the sky and the round place, it seems to be Go, but the two of them play .........,

"Three lives in a row, five sons have been completed, Ma Shangshu, you lost again." Qin Kan smiled lightly and fell.

Ma Wensheng hurriedly rubbed his cloudy old eyes, and found that this shaft really won, his face suddenly became a little ugly, and he reached out and hated to pull into his sleeve, losing his temper while digging.

"Humph! It's just a trick and trick, which sage created this backgammon? It is not in line with my Confucian way......"

Qin Kan looked at him with a smile and did not refute.

Ma Wensheng pulled out his sleeves, took out the placket, and suddenly stagnated, and nagged in a sad tone: "Let's play chess, what color do you want to add to a twenty-year-old young doll, two taels of silver for a plate, and your old man's silver is blown by the wind?" His Majesty had issued a ban as early as the twelfth year of Hongzhi, prohibiting the folk from closing the fighting lottery, the old man was dignified and the second grade of the book, you actually ruined my name, and the old man was ruined more than ten times, it was a bastard......"

Qin Kan couldn't help but said: "Lao Shangshu paid the silver first and then nagged, if he is so old and pays the bills again, his reputation will fall to the ground." ”

"The old man has lost everything, and he owes it first! When you are young, you are worried about these blockages, and it is difficult to make a big deal. ”

Qin Kan had no choice but to smile bitterly.

The second grade Shangshu has to pay the bill, and the king of heaven has no way to take him, and he wants to curse him for giving birth to a son without an asshole, but it's obviously too late......

The money was lost, but the old man's chess interest did not decrease at all, and he pulled Qin Kan to play another game with great interest.

Qin Kan rarely does things that have no interests, but he can't resist the coercion of the old man, so he should give love to the elderly.

In the silent study, the two slowly fell, Ma Wensheng stared at the chessboard, and said seemingly casually: "They should come tonight." ”

Qin Kanluozi's hand paused slightly, and then fell steadily.

"How can Lao Shangshu be so sure?"

Ma Wensheng smiled slightly: "Although the old man is a literati, he has also been a secretary of the military department for a few years, a soldier, and a treacherous. The battle is to be right, to win by surprise, to attack unprepared, and the matter is decided. Tonight is the last deadline for His Majesty's strict decree, the factory guards are panicked, they can't live all day, their morale has been half gone, and there is no moon and no stars tonight, and the night vision is not good. Those assassins lost their peace, and they could only seize the right time and place, tonight was their only chance to assassinate the old man, they were all generals who were proficient in strategy, and it was impossible to miss it. ”

Qin Kan's expression was solemn, and his mind was no longer on the chessboard.

"We waited for the factory guards to surround Mafu with three layers inside and three layers outside, and the water could not be splashed in, and the needle could not be inserted. In Lao Shangshu's opinion, what method will they use to attack it? ”

Ma Wensheng smiled calmly: "The old man just said that attacking it is a strange way to use soldiers, the right way is hopeless, and the method they use must be something you can't think of, remember the five assassins who died last night?" They will not let their companions die in vain, there must be an internal cause. ”

"The old book is a treacherous giant...... Ahem, cough, can you give a hint to the lower officials? ”

Ma Wensheng rolled his eyes: "Of course, this matter should be worried about by your factory guards, what is the matter with the old man?" In a word. The way the thief invaded must be unusual, it is possible to go to heaven and earth, and the old man is not a thief. How can you guess? Lianhuo San, Ha Lu Ha, Zhuzi, you finally lost, quickly take the silver. ”

Qin Kan smiled bitterly and took out the silver, the old man was really despicable.

In the next chessboard battle, Qin Kan's hand style was very unsmooth, and Ma Wensheng won several games in a row, winning Ma Shangshu's old heart. The mustache was full of joy.

Qin Kan's mind was no longer on the chessboard, chewing on Ma Wensheng's words repeatedly, and his mind was quickly analyzing and running.

"Heaven into earth, heaven into earth......" Qin Kan muttered to himself for a long time, and then his eyes suddenly widened. The pupils in his eyes shrank into pinpoints, he stood up and lifted the chessboard in front of him, and said in a lost voice: "Not good!" Dig tunnels! ”

Ma Wensheng's originally resentful old face gradually became solemn when he heard the words, and he pursed his lips and said nothing.

"Old Shangshu, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for you to stay in the study and bedroom now. Please leave with your family as soon as possible...... Come! Protect Ma Shangshu and his family members to stand in the open area of the front yard, and immediately surround the inner courtyard! The musketeers entered the inner courtyard and lined up facing the bedroom and study, quick! Qin Kan couldn't help but say, dragged Ma Wensheng's hand and walked out, ordering loudly as he walked. …,

In the middle of the night, the silent Mafu suddenly became noisy.

As soon as they left, they heard a loud bang in the study in the inner courtyard, and the house in the inner courtyard shook and shook, and a thick and choking smoke filled the inside and outside of the study.

Qin Kan's eyes widened, staring blankly at the study that had become a ruin, if he had been half a minute late just now, now he and Ma Wensheng would probably have become two corpses in the ruins.

Cold sweat quickly soaked through his clothes, and as soon as the cold wind blew, Qin Kan felt cold all over his body.

The sound of the explosion alarmed all the captains and fans, and everyone drew their swords out of their sheaths with shocked expressions, staring at the smoke-smoking ruins as if they were facing a great enemy.

In the silence, an invisible and dignified murderous aura gradually condensed, filling the air with the strong smell of gunpowder.

The figures kept flickering and moving, and in a few breaths, the captains had already formed a formation outside the study.

After half a pillar of incense, there was a sudden movement in the ruins, scattered bricks and beams were lifted, and then several figures dressed in black seemed to be evil ghosts coming out of the ground, one by two, three...... More than twenty people gathered outside the study, staring silently at the captains who were waiting in formation several feet away.

Qin Kan's heart tightened, here! They finally came, and entered the horse mansion in such an unbelievable way, if they hadn't guessed it first, they almost caught their way.

The foreman of the East Factory rushed from the front yard angrily, scolding and scolding: "What's the matter? What the hell is going on? Are you Jinyiwei demolishing Ma Shangshu's house? What a bold man! ”

Qin Kan was overjoyed, and for the time being, he didn't bother to care about the grudge between the factory guards, grabbed the foreman, pointed to the more than twenty assassins standing silently on the ruins in front of him, and said, "Look, have you seen them?" ”

The foreman of the East Factory didn't know what was going on in the inner courtyard, and looked at Qin Kan's fingers, and couldn't help but be stunned: "Who are they?" ”

Qin Kan smiled and said, "Of course it's our goal, that gang of outlaw assassins, don't you see it?" ”

The foreman paused for a moment, then was ecstatic, and immediately drew his knife in his hand: "Then what are you waiting for, let's stand side by side...... Hey, what do you mean by backing off? ”

Qin Kan quietly took a step back, and then ...... Flying up and kicking on the buttocks of the foreman of the East Factory, the foreman screamed, and was kicked by a strong force and staggered towards the group of assassins.

"You are so despicable...... "The foreman cried out in grief.

"It's hard work, you can help me try their skills first......" Qin Kan shouted to the foreman solemnly, with a solemn expression. (To be continued) RQ