The two swords flew almost straight towards the vital point of the two men in black.

The man in black at the head barely weighed it, and almost used all his strength to draw out the long sword in his hand, and with a bang, the sword he threw collided with the two swords, however, due to the huge momentum, it could only change the direction of the blade's flight.

Almost at the same time, the sound of the blade cutting through the placket of the sword was heard, and the two men in black were both injured in varying degrees of their shoulders.

Just in an instant, the situation on the field was reversed, the five men in black, except for the injured, the remaining few people, did not even have weapons in hand, Qi Xiao took advantage of the victory to pursue, the men in black were messed up, and there was a gradual defeat.

Suddenly, there were several sounds of night owls in the night sky, three short and one long, led by the man in black, obviously relieved, jumped to the side of the injured companion, and saw that it was not injured, so he said loudly: "Qi Xiao." There is another reason for your mother's death, if you want to know, come with me. ”

As he spoke, he glanced at each other with the men in black, and then took advantage of Qi Xiao's inattention, jumped on the surrounding roofs and trees, and fled in the direction of the outside of the city.

Qi Xiao stood in place, seemed to be stunned, his feet trembled unconsciously, when those people wanted to besiege him, he was not afraid, but he didn't know why, but at this time, he felt trembling uncontrollably, mother, she-

Qi Xiao frowned and chased in the direction the man left.

Xizhou City at night seems to have regained its tranquility, as if the sword and sword shadows and the moments of the sword are all phantoms.

When it was the turn of the changing of the guard, the person who came didn't see Qi Xiao, so he took a sip and said: "This Qi Xiao, what he said is good, what he said to be on duty for others, but he is not in office, it is really relying on the fancy of the two adults to become more and more indulgent." ”

The other person said a little strangely: "Qi Xiao is not such a person, it is difficult to understand what happened?" ”

The person who came smiled and said: "Forget it, if you say that I still believe in others, Qi Xiao, what can he do with his ability?" ”

When the other people heard their companions say this, they also felt very reasonable, and the two of them talked and laughed and diverted the topic.

On the other side, Qi Xiao followed the man in black in front of him almost not far away, and half an hour later, Qi Xiao and the others came to a seemingly ordinary house, the man in black ripped off the black scarf on his face, said something to the guard, and went straight into the farmyard.

Qi Xiao's eyes widened in surprise, because the face under the black scarf, he knew, it was clearly the people under the regent of Xiliang, thinking that these people were all people around the prince, Qi Xiao was more vigilant, and the man in black simply explained something, and saw the person guarding the door retreat.

Qi Xiao turned around and said with a complicated face, "What is your purpose?" ”

The man didn't seem to want to explain, just turned sideways slightly, made a gesture of please, and then said: "Aren't you just interested in the truth in my mouth when you come here, the truth is in it, you decide whether you want to see it or not." ”

There was a hint of temptation and curiosity between the eyebrows of the man in black, where did he and his subordinates suffer a loss in Qi Xiao, although they couldn't kill them if they got Ning Yi's order, but after all, they suffered a loss, he wanted to see if this Qi Xiao was just a reckless man.

Qi Xiao didn't move under his feet, and said in a loud voice: "Lord Wang, since you have led Qi Xiao here, why don't you come forward and explain things clearly, how about it?" ”

The man in black was stunned, he didn't expect Qi Xiao to guess that Ning Yi was also there, Qi Xiao was tempted, but when he saw the look of the man in black, he knew that he had guessed correctly, and Ning Yi was also there.

Sure enough, there was a high-five in the courtyard, Ning Yi was wearing a dark black gilt coat, and he stepped out, he praised: "Dali is really talented, but I don't want to be a small Xizhou, but there is such a person." ”

Qi Xiao narrowed his eyes and looked at Ning Yi, someone behind him was holding a torch, and suddenly a somewhat emaciated figure came out behind Ning Yi, and shouted in a choked voice: "Brother Qi——"

Qi Xiao's hand unconsciously grasped the long sword at his waist, and he endured it: "Yuxue, why are you here?" ”

Yuxue's eyes were red, with strong hatred and guilt, Qi Xiao was a little incomprehensible for a while, but Ning Yi said: "Your acquaintance is not just him, please inside-"

Yuxue bowed slightly towards Qi Xiao, Qi Xiao noticed that Yuxue's cheeks were a little sunken, and his expression seemed to be a little tired, he thought, whether Yuxue was held hostage or had other hidden secrets, he must be able to approach Yuxue first before he could make the next move.

Ning Yi didn't seem to have the slightest guard against Qi Xiao, leading the way in front, Qi Xiao looked at the courtyard quietly, judging from the corner of the wall and the layout of the courtyard, this is just an ordinary farmer, but it seems that it should have been abandoned for a while.

The small courtyard is not big, there are only a few houses, Ning Yi stopped outside one of the houses, and when the guards saw that it was Ning Yi, they knelt down on the ground and said respectfully: "Lord Wang, that person has been recruited." ”

Ning Yi snorted, the person behind him pushed open the door, and a strong bloody aura came to the surface, but Ning Yi and the others did not change their faces, Ning Yi stepped inside, Qi Xiao gradually adapted to the dim light in the room, only to see a person tied to a wooden stake standing in the center, no, to be precise, there was a person hanging, the person's hands and feet were spread in large characters, and a thumb-thick hemp rope was tied around his waist, and at the other end of the hemp rope, a bucket was tied.

Now the bucket was half a bucket of stones.

The person who was hung up, there were several knife wounds on his body, which was dripping with blood, he kept moaning, as if he was suffering a great pain, and his two hands had shown a very strange posture, which should not be able to bear the weight of his body and the bucket of stones, and he was pulled off.

Ning Yi glanced at the person next to him, the man understood, took the bucket next to him, and poured it on the person's body with a bang, the man screamed, his body writhed unconsciously, Qi Xiao was a little surprised, and it took a while to react, the bucket should not be as simple as water, at least it should be added with salt or chili water to have such an effect.

Yuxue stepped forward and took off the hood on the person's face with his own hands, and Qi Xiao said almost in surprise: "*? ”

The person heard Qi Xiao's voice, and reluctantly tilted his head in the direction of Qi Xiao, but his eyes were stimulated by chili pepper water, he could barely see, and his consciousness was a little blurry, with the faint candlelight, he could only barely distinguish that there were a few people standing in the room, and the person in the front should be Qi Xiao.

Suddenly, he turned his head to look at the person closest to him, and suddenly came to his senses, and said, "You are not dead-"

Yuxue's voice was trembling, and he said, "Why? ”

* As if he was a little puzzled, he gasped for breath and even controlled the strength of his breathing, so as not to let the stone tied to his waist hurt himself.

Yuxue was like an angry little leopard, and said: "Why, you want to kill me, just come and kill me, Aunt Qi - she is so good to you-"

Qi Xiao's pupils tightened suddenly, he couldn't believe it, he couldn't believe what Yuxue said, they were obviously friends, weren't they?

* Suddenly chuckled and said, as if in a trance: "Yes, Aunt Qi, she is very good, and she is also very kind, but she knows things that she shouldn't know - so she must die, right?" ”

The rain and snow kept trembling, and these words came out of the mouth of *, which was almost the heaviest blow to him, because during that time, almost all day was before and after * helping. Is it because of him? But who is he, an orphan with no relatives and no connections, who wants to kill himself in every possible way, even at the expense of harming the innocent?

He muttered: "Then Lord Zhao's carriage accident, it was also your hands and feet." ”

Yes, he saw * inspecting the carriage that day, why did he wake up so late? Was it because they were all sent by Wang Lang that he believed? Wang Lang——

* didn't speak, Qi Xiao walked towards * step by step, slowly pulled out the long sword in his hand, and put it on *'s neck, the slight vibration made * bear extremely great pain, * snorted, and said softly for a while: "Qi Xiao, you kill me-"

Qi Xiao suddenly thought of his mother's deathless eyes before she died, and the sentence she kept repeating in her ear, Qi Zi.

Now that I think about it, what my mother wants to say is not the word Qi, but the word strong, it is the word strong - Qi Xiao only felt that the anger in his chest was almost burning his reason, and he hated to hate that he could not break the body of the person in front of him into thousands of pieces, and use his blood to sacrifice his mother under Jiuquan.

But he couldn't, he looked at the rain and snow, and suddenly said in a deep voice: "Who are you doing things for?" Lord Zhao? ”

The culprit is the person who is hidden behind *, *, whether it's Li Qiang, they're just that person's minions, *Qi Xiao is guilty, Aunt Qi's death is also a kind of torture for him, such a kind old man-

* adjusted his breath and said, "I only know that our order is to keep Yuxue from returning to Beijing, because he knows something that he shouldn't know, but as for what it is, I don't know either." ”

After saying this, *suddenly his face turned hideous, Qi Xiao subconsciously went to cover his mouth, but it was too late, *the corners of his mouth were stained with blood, and he actually bit his tongue and committed suicide.

Ning Yi looked at it coldly, as if he had expected such a result, and said to Qi Xiao: "As far as I know, it's not Zhao Yancheng, the person in charge of liaising with *, who has quietly left tonight, and we only have time to catch him——"

Qi Xiao threw the long sword in his hand to the ground, but the clue he finally got was broken, and suddenly he looked at Yuxue, Ning Yi frowned and said: "If he knew what he knew, he wouldn't have fallen to the point of almost losing his life." ”

Yuxue knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Qi Xiao three times, held the long sword in the palm of her hand, and said to Qi Xiao: "Brother Qi, no matter what, it is because of me that you and Aunt Qi were involved, and I am willing to do what you want to do with me——"

Qi Xiao took the long sword, and the cold sword body reflected his gradually calm and resolute eyes, and he said, "Well, since this is the case, you have to catch the person behind it with me." ”

Yuxue was stunned for a while, and only nodded vigorously after a while: "Hmm! ”