To the north of the city, where the granary is located.

After the fire, the original granary was burned.

After cleaning up, it was rebuilt.

On this day, it is the time for the major families to send food.

Xu Shu and Huo Jun came early, and the two were responsible for receiving the grain and carrying the grain of each family to the granary. Bags of grain were carried into the granary and all of them were put down.

This event began in the morning and lasted until noon.

In the afternoon, Liu Xiu came with Deng Zhan.

Coming to the 'door' of the granary, Liu Xiu looked at Xu Shu and asked, "Yuan Zhi, how much grain has been sent?"

Xu Shu glanced at the account book and replied, "There are already 25,000 stones, only 5,000 stones are left, and the Qu family's grain has not yet been delivered." ”

Liu Xiu nodded and said, "The Qu family will eventually send it." ”

"Report!"

Suddenly, a soldier came running and reported: "Military advisor, the Qu family's food has been delivered." ”

"Good!"

Xu Shu bowed slightly, and then looked at Liu Xiu: "Lord, food has been sent again, and I am busy with my duties." ”

Liu Xiu said: "Okay!"

Seeing that Xu Shu and Huo Jun were busy, Liu Xiu took Deng Zhan to turn a fist near the granary, and then walked out.

The official road ten zhang away from the granary is an official road three zhang wide.

This place is the only way to or from the granary, but in the woods on both sides of the official road, there are ten dead soldiers dressed in black, all of whom are sent by the Qu family.

The person at the head is named Qu Zhong, thirty times, thin and thin, with a pair of cold eyes and murderous eyes.

Qu Zhong stared ahead with cold eyes, and when he saw Liu Xiu coming out of the granary, he ordered: "Quick, let people push the wheelbarrow out." ”

At the sound of an order, a middle-aged man behind the official road came with his back bent and pushing a wheelbarrow.

"Wheels!

The wheelbarrow walked slowly forward, and an empty sack was placed on the cart.

At this time, Liu Xiu walked over from the front, and the distance between him and the wheelbarrow was less than two zhang away.

The distance was getting closer and closer, and after a moment it was less than a foot.

"Oops!"

Suddenly, the middle-aged man pushing the wheelbarrow had weak legs, as if his feet were crooked.

When Liu Xiu and Deng Zhan heard this voice, they were both attracted.

"Liu Xiu, die!"

At the moment when Liu Xiu and Deng Zhan lost their minds, the middle-aged man pushing the wheelbarrow took advantage of the situation and 'drawn' a long sword from under the sack and stabbed straight towards Liu Xiu.

The sword light flickered, and the light instantly arrived in front of Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu turned to one side and avoided the blow.

"Sonorous!"

Liu Xiu pulled out the sword from the sheath, and the Zhenshan sword in his hand struck, and the tip of the sword shook, and stabbed at the middle-aged man. At the same time, Deng Zhan was already pale, and he drew his sword and stabbed at the middle-aged man.

He is all a person who is 'proficient' at assassination, and now this person is actually assassinating Liu Xiu in front of him, which is simply 'touching' the tiger's buttocks. Especially with him, he still wants to assassinate, it's just looking for death.

Deng Zhan's sword was bright and murderous.

When Liu Xiu made a move, he said, "Deng Zhan, catch it alive." ”

"Yes!"

Deng Zhan gave the order, and the sword light 'pressed' close to the middle-aged man, constantly 'pressing' closer.

"Kill!"

Seeing that the people under his command had not succeeded, Qu Zhong suddenly rushed out of the woods and rushed towards Liu Xiu with his sights.

"Kill Liu Xiu!"

"Kill Liu Xiu, kill!"

"Liu Xiu, you even want to kill the wife and children of Huang County, you shouldn't be a son of man, kill. ”

"Take your life for the wife and children of Huang County. ”

The shouts came out of the mouths of the dead soldiers.

Qu Zhong took ten black-clothed dead soldiers, all of whom were killed directly. These people are all dead soldiers, they are all killers, the sword in their hands only cares about killing the enemy, regardless of their own 'life', eleven people besieged Liu Xiu and Deng Zhan, and the situation was tense for a while.

This movement immediately entered the granary.

Seeing this, the soldiers in the granary quickly killed them.

Qu Zhong shouted: "The officers and soldiers are coming, quickly, kill Liu Xiu." ”

"Buzz!"

The sword light trembled, and the sword in Qu Zhong's hand quickly stabbed at Liu Xiu, wanting to kill Liu Xiu with a sword. When the long sword in his hand 'approached' Liu Xiu, Liu Xiu's sword light shook, and the Zhenshan sword collided with Qu Zhong's sword.

"Bell!

The blade of the sword continued to slam, making a piercing crashing sound.

"One sword, no equal!"

The sword move in Liu Xiu's hand changed suddenly, and he quickly 'approached' Qu Zhong, and the sword light circulated in the air, unparalleled in the world. I saw a cold light slashing across Qu Zhong's wrist, and the wrist where he held the sword in his right hand was already spilling blood.

Blood flowed, and a heart-piercing pain entered Qu Zhong's brain.

The hand that held the sword suddenly lost its strength.

Liu Xiu got up and stepped up, smashed out his left hand, and hit Qu Zhong's temple with a snap. With a punch, Qu Zhong felt dizzy in front of him, and he fell to the ground with a bang, and passed out directly.

"Kill!"

Liu Xiu fell into a fight, and the Zhenshan sword in his hand kept slashing.

Whether it is Liu Xiu or Deng Zhan, both of them are masters of swordsmanship, even if they are facing the siege of more than ten people, they are not affected at all, but they are becoming more and more courageous. There were more and more people who fell under the swords of the two, and several of them were directly knocked unconscious.

After a moment of fighting, another soldier rushed up and surrounded the dead man.

In the face of the soldiers rushing up, the soldiers of the Qu family were not afraid at all, and they were still fighting without fear of death.

In the end, the soldiers lost ten, and all the dead soldiers of the Qu family who resisted were also killed.

Xu Shu had already run over, with a look of shame on his face, and said, "My lord, the lowly supervision is not effective, so that an assassin sneaked into the vicinity of the granary, please forgive the lord." ”

Liu Xiu waved his hand and said: "This matter has nothing to do with you, they have come and gone without a trace, and it has nothing to do with you." Just now, these people said that they were avenging Huang Quan, maybe they were the people Huang Quan was looking for. ”

Xu Shu said: "What about these people?"

He looked at the Assassins who had fallen to the ground, some of whom had been killed, but others who had fainted.

Liu Xiu smiled and said, "The matter of interrogation is naturally 'handed over' to Deng Zhanlai. ”

"You're busy with yours, I'll go back to the county government first. ”

Liu Xiu waved his hand, led a team of soldiers to escort the unconscious assassin, and then headed to the county office. After returning to the county office, Deng Zhan first sounded the alarm bell for the Jinyi guards stationed in the county office, and then came to the backyard.

In the courtyard, all the surviving Assassins woke up.

The bodies, including the hair, have been cleaned to ensure that there are no more murder weapons.

Qu Zhong glanced at the three people around him, including him, four of whom had been taken prisoner and the rest had been killed. Qu Zhong looked at the other three and nodded solemnly. Before coming here, the three of them were already prepared, in case of failure, if they were captured, then they would make a good confession and put the blame on Huang Quan, they came to assassinate Liu Xiu for Huang Quan.

"Step!!"

There was a sound of footsteps coming from outside the courtyard.

Liu Xiu and Deng Zhan came to the courtyard, and Deng Zhan, as the interrogator, looked at the four of them and asked, "Say, why did you assassinate the lord?"

Qu Zhong took the lead and said: "Liu Xiu is tyrannical and cruel, as the saying goes, disaster is not as good as his wife and children, although Huang Quan does not surrender, but Liu Xiu, the dog official, does not even let go of Huang Quan's wife and children. We assassinated Liu Xiu to avenge Huangquan. ”

"Avenge Yellow Springs?"

Deng Zhan sneered and said, "That's a good point, but it's a pity that you are not." ”

Deng Zhan was murderous, he didn't believe such a statement at all, and said: "Tell me, your true identity, who is the person behind the scenes? ”

Qu Zhong said: "It was said that we were avenging Huangquan, but you didn't believe it. Hmph, you are Deng Zhan, as Liu Xiu's lackey, you will definitely not die well in the future. ”

Deng Zhan sighed twice and said, "I will also use the 'agitation' method, but unfortunately, this official is not fooled." ”

"Since you will not tell the truth, then I will serve you with great punishment. ”

With a wave of his hand, Deng Zhan asked the soldiers to bring eighteen torture tools.

After the torture instruments were put away, Deng Zhan began to use torture to 'force' confessions, but these four people were stiff-mouthed and determined to avenge Huangquan.

All the torture instruments were gone, but there was still nothing to be gained.

Deng Zhan frowned slightly, and his face showed hesitation.

The look on Qu Zhong's face was painful, but when he saw Deng Zhan's decadent look, the corners of his mouth suddenly rose, and there was a faint smile. This smile happened to fall in Liu Xiu's eyes.

Deng Zhan also ran out of tricks and said, "Lord, they may really avenge Huangquan." ”

Liu Xiu shook his head and said, "No, they have other identities." ”