Xu Ze saw the man in black passing towards Qiu Ruoshui, his heart was ruthless, and the moves in his hand became more and more aggressive.

"Stop—" A sudden shout shook both sides in the middle of the fight.

The black-clothed man who came to Qiu Ruoshui's side paused, and saw a figure waving a knife towards him.

The waiter of the Criminal Department suddenly rushed towards with a knife, not only startling Xu Ze and the man in black, but also the other people squatting in the woods.

"My lord—" After the head catcher reacted, he hurriedly rushed forward with everyone.

"Gather the old and weak, women and children together, and protect them first." In the gap between the fight between the squire of the criminal department and the man in black, he commanded loudly to the head catcher.

"You two, hurry up and bring the two little girls in the back." The head catcher pointed to Dong Yun and Hanyu, who were hugging each other and trembling, and said to the two catchers under him.

They rushed out of dozens of people so suddenly, and they were also from the Yamen of the Criminal Department, and the guards of Jingning Houfu and the people in black were a little stunned.

However, although Xu Ze and the others were surprised, they were also secretly relieved.

The man in black was different, the leader saw the waiter of the criminal department rushing out with people, and secretly said that it was not good, and seeing that the Qiu clan could not take it away, he decisively withdrew with people.

"My lord, are you chasing?" The head catcher looked at the black-clothed man who had withdrawn simply and asked the waiter of the criminal department.

"Beware of traps, bring these people back first." The squire of the criminal department said calmly.

"Xiang'er, Xiang'er, my Xiang'er, save my Xiang'er......" The squire of the criminal department was instructing his subordinates to count the number of dead and wounded, Qiu Ruoshui suddenly ran over, grabbed his robe and said incoherently.

The waiter of the criminal department was startled, and Mother Wan hurriedly came over to pull her away and comforted her softly.

"What's going on?" The waiter of the criminal department asked Xu Ze.

When the squire of the criminal department rushed to the woods with people to hide, he was a step too late, and he didn't see the scene of Qiu Ruoshui's child falling off the cliff.

After listening to Xu Ze say this, the waiter of the Criminal Department looked at the Qiu clan who was obviously overly sad and a little unbearable, walked to the edge of the cliff, stretched his neck and looked down the cliff carefully.

Just as the squire of the criminal department stretched his neck to look down the cliff, no one noticed, Xu Ze gave a look to one of the guards beside him, and then the guard quietly retreated to the periphery, and finally hid in the woods.

Originally, the waiter of the criminal department felt that such a young child fell off the cliff so hard, and there was basically no possibility of survival, and at first glance, he felt that there was no possibility at all.

However, the squire of the criminal department still asked the head catcher to take two people to find a path to look for it, anyway, it would be good if he could bring the child's body back.

Xu Ze proposed to go down together, and the waiter of the criminal department looked at him twice, and finally waved his hand to agree.

About an hour or so later, the people who went down came back, and the Qiu clan stumbled past, looking at the few people who came back empty-handed, staring at them blankly.

Don't look over your head and don't dare to look at Qiu Ruoshui.

Xu Ze knelt down on his knees and handed a small piece of blue-blue cloth to Qiu Ruoshui with both hands: "Xu Ze didn't protect his son well, please punish the lady!" ”

"Xu Ze, what are you doing kneeling here? Go and help me find Xiang'er! What is this? I don't want you this, I want my Xiang'er, you go and help me find him......" Qiu Ruoshui stopped crying or making trouble, just muttered to Xu Ze.

"Lady-" Mother Wan held Qiu Ruoshui, but she couldn't speak, and Dongyun and Hanyu were also on the side, only shedding tears.

......

Zhang Lei quietly slipped down the mountain, snatched the horse of a passer-by at the bottom of the mountain, and galloped all the way to the city.

When he arrived at the Hou Mansion, Zhang Lei turned over and dismounted, and his wounds and panting appearance frightened the porter.

The porter was about to ask him, but he saw Zhang Lei walking directly inside......

The porter's open mouth took a long time to close.

Jing Ninghou was practicing swords in the courtyard, and after Zhang Lei asked, he didn't wait for anyone to pass the report, and stepped directly into the courtyard and knelt down.

Jing Ninghou stopped his movements, saw that it was him, and immediately "chuckled" in his heart.

"What's wrong with you?" Jing Ninghou asked coldly with his sword.

"We were attacked in Yunfeng Mountain, Childe, he-"

"What's wrong with Childe?" Jing Ninghou took a step forward and looked down at Zhang Lei, with a cold light in his eyes.

"Childe unfortunately fell off a cliff."

After Zhang Lei's words were finished, Jing Ning waited for a long time without speaking......

Zhang Lei knelt on the ground with his head bowed and did not move.

It was already early summer, but the evening wind still brought a hint of coolness, and the courtyard was terrifyingly quiet, and the occasional birdsong or two startled the little people who were waiting on the side.

The little guy subconsciously shrunk his neck, feeling a little cold in his hands and feet.

"You say it again?" It seemed that a long time had passed, and it seemed that there had been no pause at all, Jing Ninghou's voice made the little girl feel colder all around.

"The lady was frightened at the time, and when she fell, her son was thrown off the cliff." Zhang Lei couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, his voice was dry.

"Make it clear!" Jing Ninghou closed his eyes and took a deep breath, and when he opened his eyes again, his eyes shot at him like an ice blade, and his voice did not carry a trace of warmth.

Zhang Lei stubbornly told the story of the incident.

"Who did it?" Jing Ning asked.

"The other party is masked, but it should be the same as the dark whistle of the last curved waterway."

"Qin Mosong-" Jing Ninghou gritted his teeth and popped out these words from between his lips, and the knuckles of his hand holding the sword turned white, and he trembled faintly.

"You waste-" After a while, Jing Ninghou suddenly raised his sword and stabbed Zhang Lei who was kneeling on the ground.

The little guy jumped suddenly, stared at Jing Ninghou with wide eyes and slightly open mouth, full of surprise.

"Poof-" The tip of the sword pierced into Zhang Lei's shoulder, and the clothes that had been soaked in blood and dried by the wind and turned dark brown were dyed red again.

Zhang Lei trembled, gritted his teeth and said nothing, the beads of sweat on his forehead dripped down and his eyes were a little itchy.

Jing Ninghou stared at him for a long time and drew his sword.

Blood gushed out instantly, spraying Jing Ninghou's body, Zhang Lei snorted and shook again.

"Go and call Zhang Yi to the study." Jing Ninghou threw the sword in his hand to the little guy and ordered.

After Jing Ning waited for the order, he raised his feet and went to the direction of the study.

"Master Hou." Zhang Yi stepped into the door, and Jing Ninghou was standing under the window looking out with an uncertain expression.

"Brother Xiang'er's mother and son have an accident, I'm afraid we have to prepare early." Jing Ninghou was still standing under the window, and his voice came faintly, and he didn't turn back.

"Yes, my subordinates will arrange it."

"Just be prepared, and don't act rashly until you have to." Jing Ninghou was silent for a while, and then said.

Qiu Ruoshui has been by Jing Ninghou's side for two years, although she has not let her know about her own things in the past two years, but after all, her identity is not ordinary, and only her identity and those previous secrets are enough for him to have no place in Daqing.

However, after all, the past two years have been happy, and Jing Ninghou still secretly thinks that she will rot all those things in her stomach because of the love between them, or he hopes so......

Although the child is gone, he is still reluctant to give up her until he has to.

It's just that the waiter of the Criminal Department really went to Yunfeng Mountain to arrest the wanted criminal so coincidentally today?

Can you really afford to gamble?

After Zhang Yi went down, Jing Ninghou took out a large slap brocade box from the dark compartment behind the cabinet, held it in his hand and rubbed it for a long time, his eyes were burning and obsessed, and he muttered, "Father, mother, don't worry, those things that belong to us, the child will definitely take them back, all the same." ”

.....

The waiter of the Criminal Department asked about the situation under the cliff of the head-catching mountain, and he was also anxious for a long time, and finally had to ask Mother Wan and the two maids to take Qiu Ruoshui aside first and take care of her.

The squire of the criminal department first led people to carefully investigate the scene, and then looked through the corpses on the ground very carefully, and finally left half of the people down to guard the scene.

In addition, he sent people back to Beijing to deliver the letter, and then took the others down the mountain.

The waiter of the criminal department led a large group of people down the mountain, and the formation was considerable, especially this large group of people, the men were all wearing colors, the women were all panicked, and Qiu Ruoshui was even more soulless, and let Mother Wan help her follow her in the crowd like a wooden man.

Xu Ze took more than 20 guards out of the house, and now there are less than ten people who have followed down the mountain, which can be described as heavy casualties.

However, the men in black obviously didn't take advantage of it, and less than half of the men in black on the 30th finally withdrew.

Because the carriages were no longer usable, and they were all brought with them a group of old, weak, sick and disabled, it took an hour to descend the mountain.

When passing by the tea shed at the foot of the mountain, Wan's mother, who was holding Qiu Ruoshui, glanced over there from the corner of her eye, and the middle-aged couple who sold tea at noon were still guarding the tea shed.

......

The waiter of the Criminal Department took people back to the Criminal Department directly.

Confess to the head of the arrest and place these people, and then he went directly to Lord Shangshu's office.

Lord Shangshu was looking through the file behind the bookcase, and when he saw him come in, he raised his head from behind the file: "Everyone has been brought back?" ”

"Song Wen has been resettled. When are you going to be arraigned? The squire of the criminal department asked.

"You go and prepare first, and the official will be arraigned later."

.....

Not long after Ning Shuang returned from the Rejuvenation Hall, Xiaoru returned to the house, and when she entered the courtyard, Yan'er was arranging for someone to set the meal.

"Girl, the matter is done, the little son of the Li family has been handed over to Leng Feng, and he should be able to go to Yuzhou tomorrow."

"Hmmm! You also go down to eat first, after eating, Yan'er will go to Rui Wang's Mansion with me, and Xiaoru will go to rest first. Ning Shuang nodded, and let the two maids go down first.