Although the little carpenter has no good impression of the Liu family, the second son of the Liu family still has a friendship with Qu Menghu, and Miss Xiaoya of the Liu family has also helped the little carpenter several times.

So seeing the fire in the Liu family at this moment, they must have gone over to take a look.

After deciding, Qu Menghu and the little carpenter rushed towards Sandaokan Town, leaving Luo Fugui and the orange cat who slept like a dead dog, squatting here to guard Wu Banxian.

With Brother Luo's skills, as long as Wu Banxian didn't follow Zhang Qiming, he would definitely be able to win it.

The cottage is still some distance away from the town of Sandaokan, and when the little carpenter and Qu Menghu arrived at the east entrance of the town, the smoke was billowing there, and the fire had already burned half of the sky.

At that time, most of the buildings in Xiangxi were mainly wooden structures, and as soon as the fire was ignited, it was very ferocious.

Fortunately, the Liu family is a big family in this town, the house is spacious, several heavy and several entered, and the courtyard is also large, but it has not affected the neighbors.

Qu Menghu took the lead and rushed to the front of the Liu family's old house, and found that there was a chaos here, and he was hesitating why no one came to put out the fire, and suddenly two people rushed out of the door, gray and dirty, and the pot was black.

He took a look, but it was his classmate Liu Zhiyi, and he was followed by his sister-in-law Liu Xiaoya.

Behind the two of them, followed by a subordinate of the Liu family, who shouted as he ran: "Young master, go quickly, I am blocking ...... here."

Burst......

Before he could finish speaking, the man stabbed him with a knife and fell to the ground.

There was a guy behind him who was dressed in black and his head was also wrapped, and he wanted to catch up with him violently, Liu Xiaoya was so frightened that he couldn't do it, his feet slipped, and he fell directly to the ground, and was caught up by the man, raised his hand, and cut off Liu Xiaoya's head, which was terrifying.

What a ruthless guy.

Qu Menghu and the little carpenter saw it, and hurriedly stepped forward, one left and one right, Qu Menghu kicked the man's wrist, and the little carpenter rescued Liu Xiaoya.

He dragged the panicked Liu Xiaoya out of seven or eight meters, and then Liu Zhiyi reacted, rushed over, and held his sister-in-law.

The little carpenter saw the panic on his face and asked, "What is the matter?" Who is that man? ”

The second young master of the Liu family, who went to school in Beiping, had never seen a big scene at this moment, he was disheveled, wearing a shoe on his left foot, but barefoot on his right foot, wearing a silk robe, some of which were burned on it, and stained with blood.

He looked flustered, and it wasn't until the little carpenter asked a second time that he came back to his senses and said, "Tu, bandits, bandits in Wanglianggouzi......"

Is it a bandit?

The little carpenter looked back and saw that the man in black who had rushed out to kill just now had two tricks with Qu Menghu, and after being defeated, he ran back to the courtyard of Liu's house.

Qu Menghu wanted to chase forward, but someone inside climbed the wall, and when he raised his hand, there was a fire.

Bang, bang......

Two gunshots rang out, and Qu Menghu's mind of taking advantage of the victory to pursue was directly lost, and the round-faced boy changed his body, rolled twice, found a shelter, and avoided the next few shots.

Immediately afterward, he crawled for a few more meters and hid behind a large locust tree.

And after the gunshots rang out, Liu Zhiyi was also half frightened to death, pulled his sister-in-law, and ran away.

The other party has a gun in his hand, then it is not a brute thing, the muzzle of the gun is ruthless, and if you really want to be hit, even if you are a practitioner, you may not be able to carry it.

The little carpenter and the master walked the rivers and lakes, and their knowledge was not comparable to that of Qu Menghu, but they also understood this, and they were very decisive at the moment to find a hidden object to hide first, and then poked their heads out to find Qu Menghu's traces, afraid that their brother would be shot.

Fortunately, Qu Menghu was very dexterous, and after a few tossing and turning, he hid under the eaves not far away, and made another detour, avoiding the shooting range of the gunman on the wall.

The little carpenter turned his head to look at the gunman on the wall, only to see that the man was also looking at him, and his hand was raised again.

The little carpenter hurriedly hid, but heard a "pop" sound, and something whizzed overhead.

It's just a little bit worse.

That guy is a sharpshooter.

The little carpenter felt a chill in his heart, and did not dare to raise his head again, so he hid himself, but after a while, he heard a whistle, and then someone shouted to him......

He endured it for a while, then looked up and saw that the man at the top of the wall was gone.

He was looking at it when Qu Menghu appeared behind him and said, "Those people have already run away." ”

Ran away?

The little carpenter breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I just heard the second young master of the Liu family say that it seems that they are bandits from Wanglianggouzi. ”

Hearing this, Qu Menghu couldn't help laughing: "Bandits? Do bandits have such skills and accurate marksmanship? ”

"Isn't it?" The little carpenter was a little dizzy and said, "What is that?"

Qu Menghu didn't answer, but asked, "Where did Zhiyi go?" ”

The little carpenter pointed to the other side of the street, and said that he had run that way.

As he was talking, a few people came from the other side of the street, and the one who rushed to the front was the local chief Hu Qiao, and there were two other entourages.

followed by the second young master of the Liu family, Zhiyi.

This time, he picked it up, and he didn't have the embarrassed appearance just now.

The group ran around the corner, Liu Zhiyi saw Qu Menghu and asked, "Eight, eight, what's going on inside?" ”

Qu Menghu said: "I heard the whistle just now, and it seems that I have retreated. ”

Hearing this, Liu Zhiyi first breathed a sigh of relief, then his eyes turned red, his fists clenched tightly, and he cried out: "These god-killing bandits, my father, my mother, and my third brother...... So many family members have killed them, it's so ruthless......"

The more he spoke, the more sad he became, his words choked up, and his whole body trembled.

Qu Menghu stretched out his hand, grabbed his shoulders, and said in a deep voice: "Zhiyi, don't mess around, what the hell is going on, you tell me." ”

While he was talking, Hu Baochang next to him learned that the bandits had escaped, so he stopped here and led people to the front, while Liu Zhiyi held his head in pain.

He cried and said: "I don't know, those people rushed in like this, killed people and set fires, very fierce, I was in the side room with my sister Xiaoya, I didn't feel right, so I hid, and then I escaped, and then there were people everywhere, and there were people who rummaged through boxes and cabinets, we were afraid of being caught, and we couldn't stay any longer, so we ran out - eighth, Brother Qu, if you didn't come, I was afraid that I would die......"

Qu Menghu asked, "What about your sister?" ”

Liu Zhiyi said: "It was arranged in the Lao Tiantou restaurant on the street, she was frightened, and I didn't dare to bring her back." ”

Qu Menghu asked again: "I heard Thirteen say that these people are bandits from Wanglianggou, and you said it—how do you know?" ”

Liu Zhiyi said that I heard it when my sister and I were hiding in the room, and they said so.

Qu Menghu frowned, thought for a while, and asked, "Have you seen anyone?" ”

Liu Zhiyi said: "These people came prepared, but they all covered their faces, couldn't see their appearances, and didn't have any obvious features...... Oh, there was a guy who was hunchbacked, and looked a little old, and had a dry tobacco stick stuck in his waist - that guy was the fiercest, and my father was the one he knocked to death with that dry tobacco pot......"

When the little carpenter heard this, he couldn't help but feel a chill, took out his master's dry tobacco pot, and handed it to Liu Zhiyi: "Look, is this the case?" ”

When Liu Zhiyi saw it, his face immediately changed, and while subconsciously stepping back, he said in a panic: "Yes, why are you here?" ”

The little carpenter asked, "If you look closely, is that man's dry tobacco pot hanging from it a piece of black jade?" ”

Liu Zhiyi was really scared just now, and then thought that the little carpenter came with Qu Menghu later, so he took his guard, thought about it, shook his head, and said I can't remember, it was too chaotic at the time, and I really didn't pay attention.

Although he said so, the little carpenter was eighty percent sure that he would enter the Liu family, and the hunchback who led the way was probably his uncle Zhang Qiming.

The little carpenter and Qu Menghu exchanged a look, but did not continue.

The two asked a few more questions, and at this time, the town's chief Hu Bao had confirmed that the bandits had withdrawn, so he organized people from the town to come over to put out the fire, and the three of them also hurried over to help.

The fire in the Liu family's old house was very large, but the rich family, the proportion of stone was also high, and the beams on it were burned out, plus the crowd who rushed to extinguish the fire, the fire was gradually controlled.

And even so, it was not until nearly midnight (after ten o'clock in the night) that all of them were extinguished.

At this time, Lin Yimin, the county magistrate, also heard the news and rushed over with people, after all, after this accident, the Liu family, plus the subordinates and the family, more than 20 people, except for the second young master of the Liu family and Liu Xiaoya, all died.

Gold and silver treasures, plundered.

Such a tragedy, even in today's troubled times, really shocked the state and county.

The corpses were cleaned up one after another, and placed in front of the Liu family's compound, Liu Zhiyi and Liu Xiaoya, who came from behind, knelt in front of Master Liu's corpse and cried into tears.

Qu Menghu and the little carpenter did not dare to leave, and stayed by their side to accompany them.

By dawn, the inventory was basically completed, except for the old housekeeper of the Liu family who returned to the countryside due to illness, and the family's son Dayong disappeared and could not find the body, the rest of the Liu family was placed here.

Liu Zhiyi was a person who went to school in Beiping, and when things happened, even if he was sad, he survived and told Chief Lin who came to inquire about the situation.

And Qu Menghu's side also provided clues, and the person in charge was most likely called Zhang Qiming.

That person had done something at the construction site of the Liu family's new house before.

However, in order to protect the little carpenter, Qu Menghu didn't say much, nor did he implicate the little carpenter, and after being questioned, Qu Menghu found Liu Zhiyi and asked him about his next plans.

Liu Zhiyi told him that after the funeral, he and his little sister were going to go to the provincial capital, first to seek refuge with the eldest brother, and as for the future, we would talk about it then.

After a brief chat, someone came over and said that the head of the militia had rushed over.