The twenty-third year of Tianquan, August 28.

The sky is getting quieter, and the autumn breeze is cool.

On the riverside outside the gate of Hufu, Qiao Sujin wiped the flint and lit a stack of gold ingots she stacked.

"Ziyi, you and I can't be husband and wife in this life, I'll wait for you in the next life." Qiao Sujin muttered in a low voice, "In the next life, will we devote ourselves to the rich and noble?" ”

"Don't worry about food and clothing, don't look at other people's faces, and don't have to pack a hungry meal."

Qiao Sujin threw the ingots into the fire and looked up at the sparkling river, the light disappeared little by little, engulfed in darkness.

"Ziyi, you used to say that after a person dies, he will become a star, a fish, and a grass, waiting to be reincarnated."

"Are you a fish or a star now? Have you been reincarnated? ”

Qiao Sujin whispered, casting his eyes on the river, and was suddenly attracted by the countless black shadows lined up in front and behind the pontoon bridge, those black shadows were running, extremely fast and steady, as if they were carrying weapons, and the cold light was cold.

She stood up in surprise and took a few steps back.

It was just this moment that the black shadow crossed the bridge and ran towards it.

She was scared.

Turn around and run.

At this moment, an arrow pierced the night sky and let out a little whistling, followed by a thud -

Firmly pierced into Qiao Sujin's back, shot at the piercing, she covered her chest and looked at the sky, and fell straight down: "Ziyi, I'm looking for you." ”

At this time, the side door of Hu's mansion opened, and Aunt Liu came out with a basket and saw the black-clothed people who were running and gathering.

She couldn't count them at a glance, but there were at least three or four hundred.

They were all dressed in black, holding bows or large knives, and they were cold and murderous.

"Ahh Aunt Liu turned back to the door, and the moment she turned around, an arrow also pierced her shoulder, and she struggled against the wall, and the blade slashed at her neck.

Hu Qing's noble door frame was stained with blood.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

Two patrolling militiamen came over from the riverside, and when they saw a large number of black-clothed masked people gathered by the riverside, they immediately scolded.

Someone commanded in a deep voice: "The third child, I'll leave it to you." ”

"Yes!"

The man who was called the third man ran over with two people, and the two militiamen saw the person clearly, and they turned around and ran away, but after only a dozen steps, the man in black jumped up and slashed the shoulder of the person on the left...... The other person was stabbed in the back and jumped into the river to dodge in a panic.

The man in black didn't care about him.

Those people split up and shuttled through the alleys, they didn't choose, they kicked the door, they went into the yard, they killed people and grabbed things, they came out, and they continued to the next house.

The knife fell in his hand, and he never relented without any hesitation.

A quarter of an hour later, in the south of the city, there was a wail.

After another moment, the flames rushed into the sky.

Many people were bound and led out into the streets, and hurried to the gates.

The rest of the people split into two groups, and one group went straight to the north of the city. The rest of the people went to the palace.

"Bandits have entered the city!" The lame Sun who was beating the watch knocked on the stick while running, "Don't come out, the bandits have entered the city!" ”

The sound of the door slamming shut.

Doors are closed in every house.

But that didn't solve the problem, someone lit their clothes and threw them into the yard, and the fire either burned firewood or burned the door frame, and there was another fire...... Smoke billowed from the air.

"Don't come out, the bandits are in the city." Sun Cripple ran with all his might, in his memory, it was still when he was a child that bandits entered the city once, and then they were exterminated by the Yamen, and Langzhong City never came to the lungs again.

But everyone knows that only Langzhong City is safe, and a few other places, because of the bandit gate in Niutou Mountain, are not living in peace.

"Call you a shit." With a knife, the front end of Sun Cripple's neck was cut off, blood was splattered, and his head hung back and connected to his backbone.

The bones of the rod rolled on the ground.

Those people disappeared into the night again.

In the palace, the man in black was like a spider, climbing over the wall to enter, Yan Feng sniffed his nose, and said to Fu Yu: "There is a smell of blood." ”

"Copy guy!"

The wind and rain grabbed his weapon and jumped out of the door, and there was already a fight in the courtyard.

"Who are you?" Yan Feng stared at the other party and asked, the other party sneered and said, "The one who takes the dog's life!" ”

Yan Feng said disdainfully: "Then try it." ”

"Autumn is coming, go and inform everyone." Wind and rain stopped in the main courtyard.

There were thirty guards in their group, and the maidservants and chamberlains were not counted.

The man in black ran towards the main courtyard while fighting.

Yan Feng killed one person and sneered: "It seems that your master is really tired of being crooked." ”

Lu Qingqing came over with a knife, and Yan Feng explained to him: "You don't have to stay here, go home quickly." ”

"Stay safe."

Lu Qingqing's face changed, and he nodded: "Okay!" ”

He turned around and rushed outside.

In the palace, blood rained all over the sky.

At this moment, the prefect's yamen opposite the palace, the lantern at the door was taken down, no one guarded the door, no one patrolled, and no one could be seen in the cold.

Walking straight inside, there was no sound in Dou Wanzhao's study.

Mei Chengqiao's legs were weak, he couldn't sit still but couldn't stand steadily, he looked at Dou Wanzhao pleadingly: "My lord, really, really want to kill those people?" ”

"Well, those people...... It's too much, too much. ”

Dou Wanzhao looked up at him suddenly, and said word by word: "They die or you and I die, do you choose one?" ”

Mei Chengqiao sat on his knees.

In addition to him, Yu Rong, Dou Wanjiang and others also turned pale.

The crying in the distance was very real.

"Don't be kind to a woman." Dou Wanzhao scolded everyone, "Niutou Mountain was occupied by Zhao Yi, and there are only three hundred people in my hands, even if I want to kill Zhao Yi, there is nothing I can do." ”

"It's the best way to do it now!"

The bandits who entered the city were forced down by Zhao Yi when he attacked Niutou Mountain. Because Zhao Yi's arrangement was unfavorable, it led to the people of Langzhong being held hostage by bandits.

The bandits' request was for Zhao Yi to apologize for his crimes.

Of course Zhao Yi refused, even if he agreed, he could say no, it didn't matter.

As a result, there are two kinds of results.

Zhao Yi is not dead, those surviving people, the joint blood letter went straight to heaven, begging the saint to punish Zhao Yi and give justice to the people of Baoning.

The saint punished Zhao Yi and banned him in the Zongren Mansion, not asking for more, three years is enough.

With these three years, the prince will be able to arrange everything.

In the final result, the saint only reprimanded, and Zhao Yi was not damaged at all. But just looking undamaged, with this incident, Zhao Yi's reputation in the court and among the people was ruined.

He can't even do a small thing to suppress bandits.

He can only and only spend money, and he is a useless showman.

In this way, the crown prince's position as the prince is stable.

In addition, Zhao Yi died, and everyone was happy, and everything was saved.

The bandits of Niutou Mountain killed Zhao Yi by mistake, and he went to the Golden Palace to make a fuss and apologize for his crimes.

As for the dead Zhao Yi, what charges are even more up to him to compile.

"So either result can make the position of the prince firm. And with the prince here, the matter of harboring bandits in Niutou Mountain can be suppressed and we can live. ”

Qiu Weipeng said: "My lord is right, you can't be kind to women at this time. ”

"And that Song Ning." Dou Wanjiang said, "Can people go to the north of the city?" ”

Yu Rong nodded.

Mei Cheng's bridge surface was like dead ashes, sitting on the ground, his eyes glazed.

He...... I just want to be an official.

No matter how greedy he was, he never thought that he would take up a knife and fall to the innocent people.

"Get up!" Dou Wanzhao shouted.

Yu Rong helped Mei Chengqiao up, and was about to speak, when suddenly someone rushed in from outside, shouting as he walked: "Dad, second uncle......"

"There are bandits in the city."

"Second uncle!"

"You quickly went to suppress it, and killed a lot, a lot of people."

Dou Hua ran and pushed open the door: "Second uncle......"

After he finished shouting, he was stunned for a moment, looked at the room of people, noticed Mei Chengqiao's earthy complexion, and stammered: "You, are you discussing suppression?" ”

"Have all the people from the Yamen been sent out to suppress it?"

"Yes, you have to hurry."

Dou Hua said anxiously.

Dou Wanjiang said: "Didn't you stay at home?" ”

"What are you doing here? Don't run around, go to the backyard and wait. ”

Dou Hua waved his hand: "Since you all know, then I am also relieved, I will go home now, my mother is very scared." ”

Dou Hua came and went like the wind, and as soon as he left, Dou Wanzhao asked, "What time is it?" ”

"It's the right time." Lou Shan replied.

Dou Wanzhao bowed slightly, sat down on his circle chair calmly, and said coldly: "There are still two quarters of an hour." ”

"After two quarters of an hour, it's up to Zhao Yi to make a choice."

Dou Wanzhao suddenly laughed, laughing: "What an honest person I am, I don't have any ideas and no disrespect, he is looking for death by himself, can I be blamed for this?" ”

"Blame, I can only blame him for his bad luck."

"I want to help the prince ascend the throne, this world is originally the prince's."

The crown prince promised him, and after he ascended the throne, he made him the envoy of the Baoning Festival.

He didn't have any other thoughts in his life, he just wanted to stay here, and when he was a hundred years later, his son would inherit and his grandson in the future......

He's enough.

Yu Rong sat down opposite and asked, "Will they come in from the pontoon bridge, or from the city gate?" ”

Dou Wanzhao sneered: "The pontoon bridge, I let people cut it off, tonight, no one can come in." ”

There was only one boat on the river that he had prepared.

Without the bridge, they can't cross.

At this time, the horses on the other side of the river galloped until they reached the pontoon bridge, some people rode horses, some people abandoned their horses and galloped onto the pontoon bridge.

Nearly 100 people followed him and got onto the pontoon.

Halfway through the run, I had to stop.

The pontoon bridge in Langzhong is made of countless bamboo rafts on the boat and floats on the water.

At this moment, the pontoon bridge was deliberately cut off, and the cold river water that was half dozens of feet wide blocked them in front of them.

The river flowed, and the broken pontoon bridge on which they stepped on began to swing on the water.

"Damn, it was chopped off!" Li Cai scolded and said, "Tenth Master, Miss Song turn back and ride a horse from the city gate." ”

Song Ning looked at the smoke rising from the opposite bank, she pursed her lips, stared at the water, and said coldly: "It's too late." ”

Detour through the city gate, and ride a horse for half an hour.