In the evening of the next day, in the city lord's mansion, Kong Ji sat on the throne, listening to the routine report of his subordinates on the affairs of Tongzhou in the past few days.

"Today, we have carried out a house-to-house search in the Qiaotou and woodland areas in the west of the city, but we still have not been able to find the whereabouts of the county lord, and tomorrow we plan to move the search area to the east of the city. In the past few days, the inventory at the city gate has not found any problems, and I am afraid that the county lord is still hiding in Tongzhou. ”

The middle-aged man who stood next to report the situation was named Kong Houhu, who was one of Kong Ji's cronies brought from the family, and after two years of operation, Kong Ji had put him in the position of deputy commander of the Tongzhou City garrison.

If it weren't for the fact that the imperial court would uniformly send the garrison commander in order to check and balance the local officials, I am afraid that Fang Xin, the commander of Tongzhou who was injured by Qin Sixteen and was lying at home, would have been replaced by this person from the Confucian family.

"As for the person who seriously injured the Fang Commander outside the restaurant that day, the feedback from Deputy Commander Lin and the other soldiers was very vague, and there was only one thing in common, that is, the other party's whole body was emitting blood.

In the past few days, the spies we sent have found out that there is only one strong grandmaster with blood-colored internal qi on the rivers and lakes, and that is the young grandmaster who fought with the leader of the horse gang in Zhanma City half a month ago. This horse gang is a force on King Li's side and will not provide us with information, but there are rumors on the rivers and lakes that he was once a stand-in martial artist of the Qin family of the Heavenly Master's Mansion. ”

After listening to the report of his subordinates, Kong Ji's face showed a hint of gloom, the person who helped the county lord of the Xiao family was really a great grandmaster, and King Li's layout was even deeper than he thought.

A hint of lunar color flashed in his eyes, and Kong Ji said in a deep voice: "From tomorrow, all the city gates will be closed to block traffic, and the soldiers in charge of the inventory at the four city gates will be transferred back to speed up the search of houses in the city." ”

"My lord, in this way, the people in the city are afraid that there will be complaints, and our business?" Closing the city gate is a big deal, and generally only this will be done in the event of a war, so Kong Houhu was a little hesitant.

"Don't pay attention to the complaints of the people, I'll explain them myself. Speed up the search in the city, and turn over every inch of land for me!" Kong Ji said coldly, Xiao Duxue was not caught for a day, and he could not be at ease for a day.

"Yes!" Kong Houhu saluted and slowly retreated, the closure of the city is not a trivial matter, even if the city lord orders it, he has to go back and make good arrangements.

After his subordinates withdrew from the chamber, Kong Ji slowly stood up and began to pace aimlessly in the hall, his face full of impetuousness, which was completely different from his calm demeanor in front of Kong Houhu.

King Li has openly rebelled, and has even united with the old imperial forces all over the country to attack Tiansheng City! And his Kong family is very unfortunate that he is one of the forces that stand on the side of the current emperor Li Chi.

The royal capital Tiansheng City is still closed, and the emperor's order has not been issued for a long time, but there is a message from the King of Li's side calling on the world to crusade against the so-called demon cultivation.

The current situation is not optimistic for royalists like the Kong family, so they urgently need to capture Xiao Duxue, the only daughter of King Li. In this way, no matter how the situation changes in the future, who wins and loses between King Li and the emperor, their Confucian family can at least leave a back hand for themselves.

But at such a critical time, a so-called great grandmaster was killed, and he was still a little-known great grandmaster who suddenly appeared! This made Kong Ji, who had already made a plan and was ready to handle Xiao Duxue's ease between the two forces, feel like he was punching cotton.

In fact, there is no royalist faction in this Sheng Xin's country, because this emperor Li Chi is a master who does not ask about the world, even if you want to confront him, you can't find a way.

But when King Li got up, there were still some powerful people who were willing to become the so-called "royalists", and it was clear that the emperor himself had no movement, but they danced very happily.

As for the Kong family, they also maintained a good relationship with King Li's family before King Li's incident, so King Li would rest assured that he would send his daughter here. But this King Li didn't call the Kong family when he got into trouble, which made the Kong family a little confused, obviously they all stored their daughters in the territory of the Kong family, why didn't this rebellion take them with them!

In fact, King Li also has his own concerns, he put his daughter in Tongzhou City, on the one hand, because Yuxiao Mountain is the closest to this, Xiao Duxue's identity is special, in case of accidents, you can flee to Yuxiao Mountain for refuge.

On the other hand, because of his friendship with the Kong family, it is a state of point-to-point. Such a superficial friendship can make him not have to rebel with the Kong family, and the emperor will not do anything to Tongzhou, so that Tongzhou City can completely avoid standing in line. Until the end of the war, he can maintain a position of not helping each other and become the final winner, which can be regarded as a safe haven he arranged for Xiao Duxue.

I'm afraid that King Li would never have imagined that this Kong family would actually do a black hand behind him and directly do it to his daughter. King Li's consideration is indeed quite far, if it is replaced by any Sheng Xinmen valve with some background, he should be able to understand his intentions, and he will inherit this feeling, but this Kong family does not understand.

More than 20 years ago, in the turmoil that swept the entire Shengxin Kingdom because of doubts about the legitimacy of the emperor, many aristocratic families were affected. There are old forces that have fallen, and naturally new forces have emerged, and this Confucian family rose up at that time. And there are many nouveau riche like the Kong family in Shengxin.

They don't have enough political experience, so when they encounter this kind of thing, they will only play their business nature, start betting, and start to rush, not only can't understand the attitude of King Li, but also only want to catch King Li's daughter and use it as a bargaining chip, which is a major drawback caused by the lack of family heritage.

The troubles will not dissipate with Kong Ji's anxiety, they will only accumulate more and more. When he finally stopped thinking meaninglessly in his head, the sky was already dark.

"Someone!" Stopping his thoughts, Kong Ji decided to eat something first, but strangely, no one answered his call outside the tight hall door.

Kong Ji, who was already impetuous, was a little annoyed, and the guards on duty today were destined to bear his anger: "Where are the people?"

There was still no response, and there was silence outside, except for the sparse sound of insects in the summer night. Kong Ji's anger had reached the extreme, and he let out a venting roar: "Are all the people dead?"

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There was still no movement outside the house, Kong Ji couldn't bear it anymore, kicked open the closed door, and strode out. But before he could convey his anger to his guards, he was frightened by what he saw.

"Ahh

Kong Ji's screams echoed through the empty City Lord's Mansion, and this time there was still no one to answer his call.