In order to show the importance of the county order, Xiao Rui, Zhuge Liuying, and Wu Zhanfa were arranged to live in the guest rooms of the county government's back house.

A fight during the day made Xiao Rui exhausted, and after dinner, he went to bed early.

Around the ugly hour, a black shadow suddenly jumped into the back house, waking up Wu Zhan Fa, who was sitting in the room guard, and he immediately approached the door, alert to the movement of the black shadow. Seeing that the black shadow was touching Xiao Rui's room, he immediately broke down the door and prepared to capture him.

Who knew that the black shadow was vigilant and fled.

Wu Zhanfa was afraid that the tiger would be diverted from the mountain, so he did not chase after him, but guarded in the courtyard.

The next day, Xiao Rui woke up naturally, and as soon as he left the door, he saw the Wu combat method of standing guard.

"You've been standing all night?" Xiao Rui asked.

Wu Zhanfa said: "Yesterday, a man in black came in, and I was worried that it would affect His Highness's rest, so I kept vigil here. ”

"The Man in Black?" Xiao Rui wondered, and Zhuge Liuying, who was next door, also walked out and said, "I also found out last night, why did the black-clothed man attack when we first came here?" It seems that it has something to do with the bandits who were encircled and suppressed yesterday. ”

Xiao Rui nodded in agreement, and then asked Wu Zhanfa to go down and rest for a while, and then leave after breakfast.

Before breakfast, the Yamen's arrester sent Xiao Rui and Zhuge Liuying's weapons, and they took away the autopsy yesterday to compare it with the knife wounds on the bandits, so that they could close the case so that they could be reported to the state capital.

After breakfast, the three of them resigned to the old county order, and the old county order thanked him again: "This time, thanks to Xiao Gongzi and Miss Zhuge , I killed the bandits for the people of Qiuyang County, but unfortunately the three of them have something to do, otherwise the official will do a good job of the friendship of the landlord." In addition, the official will apply to the imperial court for a reward, and he can come to the county government to withdraw it when he passes through this place every day. ”

Xiao Rui nodded, complimented a few words, and the three of them said goodbye and left, riding out of the capital.

Who knows, as soon as the three of them left on their front feet, the county lieutenant and the lord Bo hurriedly found the old county order.

"My lord, my lord, something is wrong, Wang Xiancheng has been killed!" The Lord Bo wiped the sweat from his forehead, and it seemed that his thin shirt was wet because of the hurry of running.

"What? He's dead? The old county commander was shocked and hurriedly asked, "Can you catch the murderer?" ”

The county lieutenant said: "Lord Hui, Master Xu and I went to Wang Xiancheng's house to discuss government affairs with him, but I didn't expect him to die tragically at home, and the three murderers fled, but the servants in his house saw the faces of the three clearly!" ”

"Pursue it quickly, and dare to kill the court officials, how can it be reasonable!" The old county commander shouted.

Who knew that the county lieutenant suddenly said: "This matter is hurriedly returned to your lordship, because according to eyewitnesses, the three murderers are the three people who killed the bandits yesterday, and I checked the knife wound of Wang Xiancheng, which is indeed very similar to the weapons of those three people, and I have already ordered to compare it." ”

The old county commander was stunned for a moment, and said suspiciously: "This... No, the three of them exterminated the bandits for our Qiuyang County, how could they kill the court officials? ”

The county lieutenant said resolutely: "My lord, encircling and suppressing bandits and assassinating the officials of the imperial court are two different things, the people of the rivers and lakes are all making a living by licking blood from the knife edge, not to mention, after he killed the bandits yesterday, he didn't wait a few days to receive the reward, and then fled in a hurry, which means that they absconded after killing people, otherwise how could they let go of the rich reward?" ”

The old county commander was stunned, and was persuaded by the county lieutenant's statement, indeed, he left in a hurry without rewarding, and it really couldn't be said.

At this time, he hurriedly came and announced: "Three adults, the subordinates have already checked Wang Xiancheng's injuries, and they were hacked to death with knives!" It just so happened that the weapons of the man surnamed Xiao were checked during the autopsy for the bandits yesterday, and when they were compared, they happened to coincide with Wang Xiancheng's knife wounds, confirming that the three people were the murderers! ”

The county lieutenant added fire and said: "My lord, the murderer has fled, please give an order, I will immediately gather the united troops and chase them quickly, otherwise they will flee from the boundary of Qiuyang County, and we will have no direction to search." My lord, don't delay, this is the official of the imperial court! ”

The old county commander nodded and said, "Go after it quickly, it's best to capture it alive, and the official will interrogate it himself." ”

"My lord, those three people are strong in martial arts, if they resist stubbornly, whether they can be captured alive, their subordinates dare not guarantee." The county lieutenant squinted, his eyes full of murderous insight.

The old county commander sighed and nodded.

The county lieutenant immediately went out of the house and led the catcher and the local unity army of thirty people to chase after him.

Xiao Rui and the three of them went out of the city, and they did not run fast in order to hurry, so they left Qiuyang County for more than ten miles, and they were chased by the county lieutenant, carrying guns and sticks, and even equipped with bows and arrows.

Xiao Rui and the three of them were still puzzled, the county lieutenant and his people had already surrounded the three of them.

The county lieutenant sat on his horse and stood outside the encirclement, and shouted coldly: "Xiao Qirui, the three of you killed the county Cheng of Qiuyang County, the evidence is conclusive, this official was ordered by the county commander to come to arrest you and return to the county government for interrogation!" ”

After saying that, as soon as he raised his hand, the united soldiers took arrows and drew their bows, and the arrows rained down like rays and aimed at the three of them.

Wu Zhanfa was startled, and immediately reached out to protect Xiao Rui.

Xiao Rui and Zhuge Liuying glanced at each other, and immediately smiled, Xiao Rui asked, "The evidence is conclusive?" County Lieutenant, where did you get the evidence? ”

"The official said that if there is evidence, there is evidence. Since the three of you are stubbornly resisting, come and shoot! The county lieutenant waved his hand, and the murderous aura on his face was no longer hidden.

Whoosh...

In an instant, the bows and arrows rained down on the three of them.

Zhuge Liu's body is like a swimming dragon, dexterous and changeable, and the knife in his hand is waving like a flower, blocking all the arrows that come from it.

Xiao Rui has never experienced the attack of arrow rain, and his body skills are poor, so he can't defend at all, but fortunately, he has the Wu Battle Law Protector, he flicked his back package, took out a long shirt, and waved it like a python, blocking all the arrow rain that came to protect Xiao Rui's safety.

Seeing this, the county lieutenant was shocked, he didn't expect the three of them to have such a high martial arts, especially the burly man, who blocked the dense rain of arrows with his hands.

"Shoot, shoot!" The county lieutenant yelled.

The corners of Wu Zhanfa's mouth grinned, revealing a sneer, and the rain of arrows rolled up by his long sleeves shook it hard, all of which were reflected back, and in an instant, the other party was in a mess, and many united soldiers were in the bow and arrow. Wu Zhanfa ran suddenly, instantly tore open the encirclement, and captured the county lieutenant.

The county lieutenant was a bandit, and he was very vicious in his own right, so he jumped up from his horse and drew his broad-backed broadsword to slash at Wu's combat methods.

Wu Zhanfa shook his body, dodged the county lieutenant's downward slash, then reached out and grabbed the back of the county lieutenant's knife, and then another punch hit the county lieutenant's chest, flying several meters with one punch.

This is also the mercy of Wu Zhanfa's subordinates, the county lieutenant has martial arts, if he is an ordinary person, he will shatter his sternum with one punch.

Wu Zhanfa stepped forward and stepped on the county lieutenant and shouted: "Stop!" ”

The arresters and united soldiers looked at each other, and they were so deterred that they didn't dare to move.

Xiao Rui has a fire in his stomach, if it weren't for Wu Zhanfa to follow, this time he would have been more than lucky, maybe he would explain it here.

"The county is dead, who said we did it?" Xiao Rui asked coldly.

The county lieutenant only felt a sharp pain in his chest, and when he heard Xiao Rui's question, he trembled, and his eyes rolled and said: "It is the order given by the county commander, and he also obeys the order, and asks the good man to spare his life." ”

Xiao Rui frowned slightly, although he didn't have deep contact with the old county order, he could still look at people, and the old county order was not that kind of treacherous person.

Wrong!

Xiao Rui thought about it, he felt that he had become a chess piece, it seemed that things were not so simple.

"Tactics, capture him, let's go back to Qiuyang County!" Xiao Rui immediately ordered.