The next morning, Delis's delicate body was so sore that she could barely get out of bed.

Jiang Long was still in good spirits and got up early to practice martial arts.

It snowed for three days in a row, and the snow was a foot thick. The coal mine can only be mined, and the coal cannot be transported. Jianglong was a little depressed about this, if he could find out how good the coal mines were earlier, and pull the coal to all the towns in northern Xinjiang to sell, the people would not be cold.

The reserves of coal mines are amazing, and there are no costs except for mining and freight, so Jianglong set the price extremely low. Not to mention that all people can afford it, but at least one-third of them can buy coal for heating in the winter.

With so many people buying coal for heating, fewer people will go to the mountains and plains to collect grass stalks, which is naturally a great thing for people who can't afford coal. Collect more dry grass stalks, and they can burn more to keep warm.

For five days in a row, there was no movement from Qian Dai's side.

The sky is clear, the sun is shining, and the snow on the ground has melted. Seeing that the sky was good, Jiang Long wanted to go to the coal mine in Hewu County to have a look, but the third child of the Qi family suddenly came to him, his expression was full of sadness, but it turned out that the death of the two servants made the three Qi brothers blame themselves in their hearts, so they ignored Jiang Long's rules and insisted on finding out the masked man who was connected with Qian Dai at night.

When the masked man connected with Qian Dai for the third time, the three Qi brothers chased after him closely.

As a result, he was accidentally discovered by the masked man, turned around and came back to fight with the three Qi brothers, the masked man was very confident in his skills, but after fighting with the three, he found that the other party was not weak, and finally the masked man cut off the left arm of the second child of the Qi family with a knife. A bloody cut was cut on his back, and he fled in panic.

"Have you found a doctor?"

"Hmm." The third child of the Qi family was full of remorse, "It's all to blame for the little greed, the big things of the adults are ruined, and the second brother who is still tired also broke his arm." ”

"The second brother of the Qi family's injury is important, and he must ask the best doctor for diagnosis and treatment." Jiang Long first told him with concern, and then touched his chin and said, "As for my side, there is nothing bad, it just stimulated Qian Dai." At most, Qian Dai was urged to do it earlier. ”

When Qian Dai learned that the masked man had been injured, he was visibly taken aback.

The masked man is a small leader among the Qian family's secret support for the dead, and his skills are definitely not weak, but he can't even put the other three people on the other side. And he also knew that Jiang Long had been sending people to keep an eye on him in secret. This makes Qian Dai very uncomfortable.

Of course, he wouldn't be stupid enough to go to Jiang Long's theory, and Jiang Long wouldn't admit it.

On the contrary, Jiang Long asked about the masked man, and he was a little difficult to answer.

In the past few days, he has been looking at the booklet and ledger of the county government about digging the river, and he is already sure that he can continue to carry out the project, since this is the case, there is no need to keep a low profile. After a moment of thought, Qian Dai asked someone to pass a message to the masked man.

The first target, Hou Jiang!

Hou Jiang's current identity on the surface is the housekeeper under Jiang Long's friend, responsible for investment, and then waiting for the project to be completed before getting a return. Hou Jiang's existence is very important, and it is not good for Jiang Long, as an official, to come forward and put the money into the project by himself. Otherwise, when he throws money, people will call him stupid and put the money in this kind of poor place where the birds don't.

After the fact, there is a lot of money to be made, and people will be very red-eyed.

It can be said that without Hou Jiang, if Jiang Long can't find someone to replace him, the project will not be able to be carried out.

Hou Jiang is no longer dressed in the same tight-fitting clothes as before, but wearing gorgeous robes and furs, no matter where he goes, there are several followers to follow, and when it comes to the affairs in hand, Hou Jianglong is also very busy.

Today there is a big order in the cement factory, which needs to be signed and stamped by him.

It is a relatively wealthy town nearby, and the people are fierce, and they want to paint the town's earthen fort with cement.

The earthen fort was built by the people of the town themselves, although it had to be reinforced once a year, but after a long time, the earth fort was damaged and patched every day. The representative of the town made it clear that he wanted to use cement to plaster the entire earthen fort with a layer of cement to reinforce it. Just like the county seat, this business is naturally not small. Hou Jiang had to receive it in person.

In the morning, Hou Jiang went out with four entourages.

When I got into the carriage, a sudden change occurred.

Several masked men held steel knives in their hands, silently jumped out of the side streets and alleys, and killed Hou Jiang.

By the time Hou Jiang and the others reacted, the masked man had already rushed to the front, and the four entourages immediately drew their swords to fight, but their skills were far inferior to the other party. The masked men were all fierce, and one of them was desperately injured, and he had to deal with his opponent in the shortest possible time, and as a result, a deep bloody cut was cut in his left rib.

After all, Hou Jiang was a river and lake, so he immediately retreated into the courtyard and closed the gate.

Several masked men were about to break down the door when a sharp arrow shot from afar with the sound of breaking through the air.

Burst! It sank through the back of a masked man, and the tip of the arrow passed through the chest.

The masked man's body stiffened, and he slowly fell down without even uttering a cry of pain before he died. When the rest of the masked people saw it, they immediately looked for a place to hide. Whoosh, whoosh, two more sharp arrows pierced through the sky and struck at the two masked men.

There were eight masked men in total, and three died in the blink of an eye.

The remaining five hid in the alleys on both sides, looked at each other, and climbed over the courtyard wall together, intending to jump into the courtyard and kill Hou Jiang. Hou Jiang is the target of their trip, and these people have a clear goal. But as soon as he climbed the wall, one of them was shot dead.

When the remaining four jumped off the wall, one more died under the arrow.

At this time, Fan Rencai carried a longbow and rushed quickly towards Hou Jiang's compound.

Hou Jiang didn't know that Fan Ren had arrived, and after inserting the bolt of the door, he didn't alarm the maid ring in the courtyard, so he quickly hid in a side room and pulled out the dagger hidden in the cotton boots. When it comes to the kung fu at hand, he can only be regarded as average, but he is neat, agile, and fast.

Especially in small places, it is very advantageous for the short to be short.

The three masked men looked very anxious at this time, but they didn't expect to kill an archery master halfway, and most of them were broken off just after they acted. Carrying a knife, he was about to look for Hou Jiang's trace, when a maid came out of the main house with a basin of water.

Seeing the blood on the steel knives in the hands of the three masked men, they couldn't help but throw away the basin and screamed loudly.

When the servants in the small courtyard heard this, they all rushed out.

The three masked men were about to step forward and slash with knives, but at this time, Hou Jiang opened the door of the wing room and looked at them at the door. So the three of them changed direction and rushed towards Hou Jiang. Hou Jiang closed the door again and retreated into the house. The moment the three of them broke into the door, a wooden table was smashed. The three of them dodged, and rushed to Hou Jiang again, and there was already a gap between their positions.

Hou Jiang held the dagger in his hand and was not afraid.

The first masked man was tall and slashed with a menacing slash, and he rolled forward with his short body, and he slipped under the opponent's ribs. The second masked man stepped forward and slashed vertically, Hou Jiang just squatted up, his legs instantly flicked his body against the wall, and the knife light flashed past the tip of his nose.

The third masked man then slashed horizontally.

Hou Jiang was about to duck down, but saw Fan Ren rushing over, standing in the courtyard with a bow and arrow, and an arrow shot into the back of the third masked man like a meteor. The masked man's body stiffened, and a mouthful of blood gushed out of his mouth and fell hard.

Hou Jiang took the opportunity to escape from the wing.

When the other two masked men saw the archers coming, they knew that the mission could not be completed, and they would die after biting the poisonous sac in their mouths.

"It's good you came in time." Hou Jiang gasped.

Fan Ren replied as he walked to the wing, "Jiang Long asked me to protect you a few days ago, and I haven't shown up in secret. As he spoke, he checked a few masked men, all of whom were dead. Hou Jiang was a little strange, "Why do you want you to protect me?" ”

"These masked men should be Qian Dai's subordinates." Fan Ren replied.

The masked people were all dead, and the slaves in the small courtyard dared to come, most of them were maids and mothers-in-law, as well as a few teenage boys, all of whom were pale with fright, and their legs were trembling. Hou Jiang asked them to go back to their rooms and not come out.

"Madame, you're fine, are you?" Suddenly, a maid who had returned to the room shouted loudly.

Hou Jiang's expression tightened when he heard this, and he immediately ran over.

Fan Ren was slightly stunned, madam? This is where Hou Jiang stayed, how could there be a wife? Could it be that Hou Jiang married a wife? He didn't know what to do.

When I followed up in the house, I saw Hou Jiang holding a woman's hand and asking for warmth.

The woman's face was a little pale, and she held Hou Jiang's hand tightly, looking a little panicked.

"Who is this?" Fan Ren walked three steps and stopped, his eyes suddenly widened, because the woman's belly was obviously round.

Hou Jiang got up when he heard this, and his expression was a little embarrassed, "This is the wife that my brother married." ”

"Why don't you tell me why?" Fan Ren pretended to be angry, "I'm also going to have a glass of wine." ”

"You're so old!" Hou Jiang waved his hand, "She is a widow, she was cornered by the man's family, and she happened to be brought home by me." ”

"Why did the man's family force her?"

"Poor! She married until the man left, and did not give birth to a boy and a girl, and felt that it was in vain to raise her. ”

"Beasts! Where is the man's house, I will go to seek justice for my sister-in-law! ”

"No need, if it weren't for them forcing each other, I wouldn't have been able to marry such a good daughter-in-law! And I'm going to be a dad soon! Speaking of the most reluctant, Hou Jiangha smiled.

"Yours is yours!" Fan Ren punched Hou Jiang in the chest, and also laughed, happy for Hou Jiang.

The woman on the bed blushed shyly.

Hou Jiang comforted his wife a few more words, and walked out of the bedroom with Fan Ren. called a small servant to send a message to Jiang Long, and the two sat in the main hall drinking tea. Seeing that Hou Jiang was still a little gasping now, Fan Ren couldn't help frowning, "Don't live a life of fine clothes and food, so I put down the work at hand." ”

"You don't understand, my brother is old." Hou Jiang sighed, "When my brother was young, he ran for dozens of miles in one breath without a red face, walked through thousands of mountains and rivers, went north and south, and almost walked the entire country of our country.

But now, alas! Speaking of this, he chuckled again, "Also, the color is a bone-scraping steel knife, which is not false at all." But you're not too young, and you should also taste the taste of this bone-scraping ecstasy, which is still very good. ”

After Jiang Long got the news, he immediately brought someone over.

also found the third child of the Qi family, and after the identification of the third child of the Qi family, it was determined that the clothes of these masked people were exactly the same as the masked people who cut off the third child of the Qi family, and it could be determined that it was done by Qian Daipai.

At the same time, in the palace hall, the old emperor slapped a newspaper on the face of the head of the household secretary Qian Quanyou and scolded him. The newspaper was published by Dingsheng Newspaper, and it was published that after Steward He first arrived in Lingtong County, he took revenge and tortured and killed the two officials.

Qian Quanyou knelt on the ground, his old face was purple and purple.